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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

AS was predicted In these columns,
the Alexander county delegation a,
Springfield is not to be caught nap
ping. They broke on the fourth bar
lot, scattering in such manner as to
make sure that some of them would
land In tho band wagon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

tell you, gentlemen, intelligent ad.
ministraton in your advertising de.
partment is much less expensive
and far more printable than any
amount Of experimental uncertainty.
Don't place your ads for charity's sake
but for business.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

Now. William" said the man Of
business 10 the Office boy, y am going
out TO get shaved"
Please. sir said The hoy. hcsitating.
IF any ole calls and wants 10 know
where you are viii say you've gone
TO the bsTtcr's OF down to Wall
street T'-Yonkers Statesman.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

The climate Of the German colony
kamerTn. In Africa. has been found
favorable to tea growing. and the gov
eminent has plarted a large tract with
tea shrubs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14
* YEARS AGO TODAY.

From The Bulletin Of May Il. 1859
Our friend Blum of Washington
avenue who has been absent in ST.
Louis for the past week. Is expec ed
home tomorrow evening Rumor has
1t that he will bring back with him a
young St Louis llly who has kindly
consented to change her name and
accept his instead
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14
The south wind brings

ne south Wind brings
life, sunshine and desire,
And on every mount and meadow
3reathes aromatic fire:
But over the dead he has no power
rhe lost. the lost, he cannot restore
And looking over the hills, | mourn
Ihe darling who shall not return
Emerson. "Thernody.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14
USEFUL INFORMATION.

formation will be briefly given every day, any
question asked by readers concerning any Of
the multitudinous affairs OF daily lie will re-
eeive careful consideration
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14
Federal Control
OF Railroads
BY j. NJ. BECK. Ex-Assistsnt Attorney
General OF the United States

wv if any cases since the bred Scott decision have ex-
cited greater interest than that of the Northern Sc
curtes merger, but this interest is more due TO tho
MAGNITUDE OF THE MONEY INTERESTS
involved than to any novel principle of Jurisprudence
thereby declared.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

Friend-Wby DO you call your worf
trade Instead Of an art? Artist Oh.
] did call it an art before | began t.
make a living nj # Illustrated Hrs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

To remove moles from the skin use
either of the following; Croton oil
ointment or POTASH tartrate OF anti
mony. made in paste. Apply thin
~ to the mole and cover with strips
Of gummed paper, This produces a
posterior eruption and removes the
mole without leaving a scar.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

damsel who played at croquet
Left her little foot in the wuet-
She hit ii a whack.
Then mu,tered "alack,
In golf | should know what to suet
Chicago Tribune
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

Postage stamp mucilage may bc
made my dissolying with heat . partt
gum dextrin AMI ! part acetic acid in
parts of water
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14
Fun AND PHILOSOPHY.

Love is the most terrible and also
the most generous of the passions, il
is the only one that includes in its
dreams the happiness of some one
else. Anon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

Salt eaten with nuts aids the diges
zion and neutralizes the oil in them
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

A 3poonfull Of grated h0rseradish
q the pan will keep milk sweet for
several days
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

yes, said the friends of the fam
iiy, they were married In haste
and repented at leisure. eh?" Quer-
led the other "Oh, no, was the re
ply, they repented in haste, also -
Chicago Daily News
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

No one Is fool always. every ono
s.-McCaIl's Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-14

| Wish could be great inwenti0ner
uBd knew yot brand Of pills 10 smoke
up. Der result would be a gasless
range dot would cook indigestionless
food in a seryautless Kitchen, py
Chimminetty.- Dnkenspiel
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
FINANCIAL NEWS.
BULLS AND BEARS,

Wall Street. March SO.-Interest at the
opening OF the market today centred I'm
the Pacific and trans -continentals. owing
10 the rumors OF absorption OF Union Pa
ciflc in the interest OF ST. Paul. There
were running sales Of S200 shares Of Union
Pacific, at 81 and ssk. compared with S67s
last night. and the stock subsequently,
yielded an additional fraction. Five thou
sand shares OF Atchlson sold at 7i7s and
7l%, compared with 7lh last night.
The taking OF 1900 shares OF Southern
Pacific and 1000 shares OF St Paul lifted
those stocks an eighth. but St. Paul sub
sequently rose a. Great Northern pre-
ferred jumped 2 points. The rest of the
Furious buying OF St Paul carried IL
10 las Atchison was also taken freely
up TO 12h and Louisville and Rock Island
and Missouri Pacific were In demand.
Excepting Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific. prices were better throughout.
Failure of these leaders to respond led
10 aggressive selling, OF them later south
ern Pacific losing u and Union Pacific
a point. Other stocks displayed re
dictionary tendency but hardened later,
when Union Pacific rallied.
ciic advanced 1rs Atchison preferred,
Northwestern preferred, Colorado and
Southern second preferred and Pump
common and preferred advanced IA
The market was feverish and irregular.
Excessive advances at different points
were followed by reactions. Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific consistently held
back. Pennsylvania, Reading, Rock ISL
and ST. Louis Southwestern preferred and
United States Steel preferred made gains
OF and New York Central ~ Buffalo
Rochester and Plttsburg advanced pa,
and Pittsburg c. G. and ~. Louis fell Pa.
Sugar, after long neglect, was taken up
by the traders and rapidly advanced Ia.
The general market continued dull.
BROOKLYN Union Gas fell 4is.
Atchison led a spasmodic rally In the
afternoon. Selling OF the Paclfos was re-
newed with more vigor afterwards L. p.
and Southern Pacific falling TO the low
est OF the day AZ S5iz for the former and
i9S for the latter.
Pressure developed gradually all around.
St Paul losing all but a small fraction
of gain and earlier strong stocks. such
as Missouri Pacific, Atchson. New York
Central, Reading and Pennsylvania reach
ing about a point. Delaware and Hud-
son and Ice preferred sold point under
yesterdays close and Republic Steel
gained l%.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
STUDIED
PNEUMONIA;
Died OF IT.

New York. March Practically n
martyr to his profession. Dr. John Met
calf Polk. n promising young physician
and medical instructor. died yesterday at
the home OF his father at East Thirty
sixth street. BY a peculiar coincidence,
pneumonia. which caused his death, was
the very disease OF which he was making
an exhaustive investigation In the labor
atory OF the Cornell University Medical
college in first avenue.
DIR. Polk was instructor OF medicine IN
Cornell Medical college and adjunt assist
ing visiting physician at Bellevue Hospi-
tai Besides the independent scientific In
vestigations he was pursuing he also
practiced at night.
Just before his illness he sat up for
thrco nights with one OF his patients, and
his friends believe that In doing so he
weakened his constitution, which cor>l
not offer the necessary resistance TO the
progress OF the disease which carried him
on.
While riding in his automobile two
weeks ago the young physician contracted
cold. which developed into Pneumonia.
The disease took an unexpected turn for
the worse yesterday.
Associates OF DR. Polk were shocked 10
In the highest terms OF his abi-~y and at
tainments. He was working on n prob
lem elating 10 the diagnosis OF pne,l-
monia In differentiation from acute tuber-
oular diseases OF the lungs. He has left
Volumlnous notes OF his studies and ex-
periments. which have not yet been pub
lished
Dr. Polk was the younger son OF DR.
William NJ. Polk. dean OF Cornell Medical
college and visiting physician OF Belle
Vue He was grandson os Gen Polk.
OF the confederate army
Ee was only 2s years old. and had been
graduated from the Yale Sheffield Scien-
uhc school In 1896 He was graduated
also from Cornell Medical college and
was In charge OF a medical division at
Bellevue hospital. He left the attcy In
sutution In January, 1902. 10 study
abroad. spending Il year In medical uni
versiues In Vienna and Berlin.
Returning here year ago, DR. Polk
decided 10 devote himself TO the educa-
tional side OF medicine. With that aim
In view he became instructor OF medicine
In Cornell he was a member OF the
Delta Psi. University, Racquet. Yale and
st. ANTHONY clubs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
NOTES FROM THE HARB0R.

ON the run from New York 10 this port
last night. the steamer City OF Taunton
In reported 10 have made excellent time
having made her dock 10 hours and seven
minutes after leaving New York. II was
n fine clear night and Capt. Hazard let
the steamer come right along.
Her feat caused some discussion along
the wharves as to which craft held the
palm for a quick passage, and II was
learned that the Plymouth had made the
trip in nine hours and 2S minutes. This
record WAS thrown in the shade when n
fellow was found who was certain that
the City OF Lowell had, while light. made
the run from dock to dock in nine hours
nat.
The big tug Paul Jones, which was here
last week on her maiden trip arrived yes
terday with n tow and laid over night
of the dock OF the Providence Coal COM
pany's wharf. Though the massive pro-
portions Of this remarkable piece of ma
rine architecture are greatly admired by
local watermen the impression they have
received OF her usefulness In the upper
harbor are not OF the best. for In order
70 be able TO pass down through the draw
easily the captain backed all the way up
through.
In coming down from the wharf today
the tug only used n fraction OF her speed
and even then could not bring the barge
Sumner which II was TO take To Newport
News. IL is outside that this craft is
expected 10 demonstrate it's good qualities.
ihe barge Texas, which recently ar
rived In the harbor. was formerly the
steamship Knckerbocker and has only
this winter been altered as a coal carrier
by the Coastwise Transportation com
pany The Texas carries 25no tons Of
coal and she Is 267 feet long. s3s feet
wide and draws n feet of water
4 rumor which appears 10 have con-
siderable foundation. was current along
tho water 'front.' TO-DAY 20 the effect that
the Stonington line 10 New York was soon
to be resumed on n regular schedule.
May l. A. the Providence line dock moth
ing official had been learned regarding the
matter by the agent and a similar report
was received At the office OF the pas
senFer agents office at the Union sta
tion.
The agent. q. ". Briggs. stated that
though he had not heard definitely that
the service was 20 be resumed May l he
thought that Il would start by the time
the summer travel 10 watch HHl com
mence5. for that place benefited by II
much more than dsd Stonington
The steamers Maine and New Hamp-
shire were ~ present laid up he said
awaiting orders
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
$4,000 TELEPHONE SHOCK.
Company Must Pay Damages for Man
Killed While Using instrument.

Media. Pa. March o.--The jury in the
suit for damages brought by Edward NJ.
and Margaret Delahunt against the
United Telegraph and Telephone company
for the death OF their father, Thomas #.
Dclahunt. who was fatally shocked at a
telephone I'm Chester on April 2. 1909. re-
turned verdict of si5, 900 I'm favor OF the
plaintiffs.
The death OF Mr. Delahunt was n Sc
quel to a heavy sleet storm. Mr.. Della
hunts telephone was out OF order for sew
eral days. on the night OF his death he
heard the telephone making n sound. He
picked up the receiver and fell dead on
the floor.
A heavy charged wire of the Beacon
Electric Light company had fallen across
the wire leading to his telephone. The
detencec ontended the electric light COM
pany was TO blame
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
BISHOP ESTATE, s2,165,044.
Former Head Of New Haven Road Gave
- Much 10 Family Before His Death.

bridgeport. Conn. March s0.--An in
ventory OF the estate OF the late William
ID. Bishop. sr.. who was once president Of
the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad company, and was chair
man OF the board OF directors at the time
Of his death, February 4. has been flea In
the probate court
IL shows a total OF s2.is5,S44E II in
cludes real estate valued at SS6, 500, bonds
worth s6lS4oo, notes aggregating sITs.-
N7 and life Insurance amounting 20 $50
600 Mr.. Bishop had 5U shares OF New
Haven stock, valued AT sl0a. $50.
Mr. Bishop Is said 10 have given be-
tween 2.oOo0oo and So Oo0o ooo 10 members
OF his family shortly before his death
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
INSANE AFTER OPERATION.
Turner Had TcnsIIs Removed, and When
He Awoke Could Not Speak.

New York, March oo.--Henry Turner. a
plumber. Of $50 Wales avenue. The Bronx
went ~ the New York Post-Graduate hos
pital last Saturday and had his tonsils
removed. He had previously had an
operation performed on them and was
dissatisfied with the result.
Early yesterday morning he woke up
dumb. He was so frantic over his loss
OF speech that his roommate tied him up
The patient was taken 10 Lebanon hos
pital. where II was said last night that
Turner would probably go speechless all
his life or would have 10 undergo an
operation which he Is unlikely to recover.
A nerve specialist will be called I'm to
determine II possible the cause OF Tur-
ner's dumbness, which threatens 20 drive
him insane.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
MONEY AND HUSBAND.
Both Disappeared After Mrs. 0Connor
Made Display Of Her Treasure.

New York. March so.-Mrs. Mary O'Con-
nor OF st2 East Twenty fourth street re-
ported to Capt Gallagher OF the East
Twenty-second street station last night
that she had been robbed OF 1890 in cash
and jewelry worth ssas
She said that In the afternoon she had
told her nephew Daniel j. Curley who
lived with her, that she was going 10 buy
house and that she had the money In
trunk.
Curley. she said. had sent her on an
errand. and when she returned the trunk
had been broken open and the money and
tewelry and Curley had ppeared Mrs.
O'Connor asked Capt Gallagher TO find
Curley.
John. Mrs. O'Connors son, said that
Curley IL his mothers second husband.
not his nephew. Mrs. OConnor Is "a
years old and Curley Is half OF that. and
O'connor says that his mother called
Curley her nephew because OF the dis
parity In their ages.
To help the police in finding Curley
Mrs. O'Connor gave Capt Gallagher n
picture OF herself and Curley taken to-
gether
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
INSOMNIA "CURE" FATAL.
Rochester Police Raid a Medical ParIor'
on a MansIaughter Charge.

Rochester, March 3c--charles f. Mar
shall. young man calling himself
physician and in charge Of DR.. Huston's
medical parlors" on Main street east
was arrested today and locked up on the
charge Of manslaughter In the nrst oesree
for causing the death Of Charles Terheg-
gen with an overdose OF some drug sup
posed 10 be laudanum.
Terheggen died In the Homeopathic
hospital this morning. According to Ter
heggen's widow he had agreed 10 pay
Marshall or Huston s25 for cure for in
somnia.
on Sunday Marshall gave him two
bottles OF medicine and n box 81 pils
on Sunday night he took the prescribed
dose and passed restful night. ON Mon
day night he repeated the dose and imme-
diately became drowsy.
Mrs Terheggen became alarmed and
called In physicians who worked over
Terheggen ell night. but without avail
The police raided the medical parlors'
and took all the drugs 10 Headquarters
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
ESCAPED LUKATIC.
Wallace Andrews, Who Fled From Taunton,
Today, Locked Up Here.

A tall. gaunt man called at the Central
police station. this afternoon and said
that he wanted TO surrender himself.
lie gave his name as Wallace Andrews,
said that he was 80 years old and that
early this morning he escaped from the
Taunton insane asylum by scaling a
wall
While he talked nationally OF his incar-
ceration and what caused AZ. the Taunton
authorities said that he was liable al any
moment 10 kill a person.
Andrews said that he bought farm at
Nantucket and became so involved that
he lost his head.
His wife separated from him and his
parents caused him 10 be confined as in
sane
A keeper was sent from Taunton later
in the afternoon TO carry the man back
20 the asylum
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
TWO FATHERS
KILLED BY
THEIR SONS

Birmingham. Ala, March so,-Because
other boys Of his own age. practice 20
which Edward Cole. twelve years old,
was given. the boy got a shotgun yester-
day morning and let his father have the
contents OF both barrels
Death was instantaneous. The father,
G. II. Cole, was marshal and deputy sher-
IN at Battelle. Ala, where the shooting
took place. The boy takes the situation
cooly
W. +. Curry was shot and killed In
Duncanville, In Tuscaloosa county. yes
terday by his ten-year-old son Louis IL is
alleged that the father had been abusive
whipping both his son and wife. He was
preparing 10 assault them both when the
boy seized his fathers shotgun and shot
him dead
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
COMMITTEE
AMENDS
P. 0. BILL

Washington. March s0--The postotfice
appropriation bill as amended by the SEN
ate committee on postorfices and post
roads. was printed and placed In the
hands OF senators early today.
Among the amendments not heretofore
announced from the committee are the
following For separating malls at the
third and fourth postoffices the appropria-
tion Is reduced from 100000 20 $4,000
For allowance 10 third class postoffices
where the salaries OF the postmasters ex-
ceed $1,000 per annum. 10 cover the cost
OF clerical hire. $4,000 provided that no
allowance In excess OF 500 shall be paid
10 any one office.
Among the new items inserted I'm the
bin by the senate committee are the fol-
lowing:
For compensation 10 seven assistant sup
erintendents. salary and allowance given
at the rate OF $1,000 a year, $4,000. An in
crease OF $4,000 Is made for INLAND trans
portation by steamboat and other power
boat routes.
The senate committee struck out the
house bill approprating Sl00.0 900 for the
performance OF mail messenger service In
Chicago by underground electric cars.
Provision IL made for the fulfilment Of
the existing contracts for the 1o-inch
pneumatic tube in Boston at the rate OF
$4,000 per mile to be paid from the ap-
propriation OF $500. 900 for transmission OF
mail by pneumatic tubes
The age limit OF 10 years on cars used
In the railway postal service was stricken
out by the senate committee.
In the railway mail service the mum -
Der Of clerks In various offices has been
Increased materially as follows: In class
8, ar $500. the increase being from 2i7
70 271; I'm class 5. at si400. from 1918 to
1880; in class g. $1,000. from 5l7 TO SAP:
in class 4. at $1,000. from 1891 to 1879;
In class 4, at fl1oo, from 1913 TO 1897;
In class 3. at $1,000. from 4l3l TO 43is;
In class z, az 5000. from 1889 to 20sS, in
class /. ar $500. from 7s9 TO $50. In all
the increase Is from sl395l 900 to s13, .
639. 900.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
$500 FOR 3 INCHES OF SKIN
Brooklyn Physician Needs II for a Beautiful
Patient From the West.

New York. March 3o.--Dr. A. j. Fulton
OF 1s7 St. Marks avenue Brooklyn. has
offered $500 for three inches OF perfect.
healthy skin. HIS advertisement was pub
lshed yesterday.
The three inches Of perfect skin Is
wanted by DIR. Fulton for wealthy pa
tient who lives in the West, but who IL
now in Brooklyn. She Is said TO be
beautiful woman who takes a leading part
in social life and her beauty is marred by
o wound on her throat caused by an u-
Ger.
DR.. Fulton Is sure he can graft skin
over IL so that the throat will resume its
normal condition without leaving any
mark.
DR.. Fulton says that the three square
Inches need not necessarily come from
only one spot.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
DYING MANS DIARY.
FsVsT-Strlcksn and Alone, Jspson Noted
Progress OF Disease.

Bscanaba. Mich. March s0.--Clutching
IN his hand a record he had written
showing his condition from day to day
as he lay dying OF fever. Hans c. Jep-
son. formerly q prominent citizen OF Es-
canada was found dead today In a log
shanty in the woods forty miles from
Escsnaba.
His nearest neighbor lived is miles
away.
The diary covers a period Of eighteen
DAYS and indicates the progress of the
fever. which eliminated IN death on
March 20. the date Of the last scraWl IN
the diary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
"SHOUlD RAISE BABIES"
Mayor Rose Objects 10 Women "Buttlng
Into Politics.

Milwaukee, March 3o.-Mayor Rose,
Democratic candidate for reelection.
startled a noon-day audience by this ref
erence 10 the womans Republican club:
"rhey came TO see me about some mat
ters pertaining 10 cooperation in city az
fairs I received them courteously. be-
cause had 20 do that, but they ought 10
be at home raising babies. Who are they3
"The wife OF State Urea surer John j.
Kempf and his daughter and the wife OF
Zeno NJ. Host, insurance commissioner OF
Wisconsin. These are the bright and
shining lumlnaries around which this
scintIlating constellation, the Woman 3
Republican club. revolves. They have n ,
business butting into politics"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
ACTIVE
STOCK
TRADING

New York, March D.-The Pacihc
shares and 81. Paul and Atchison were
the conspicuous features OF the stock
market at the opening today. all making
gains on fairly large transactions. St.
Paul was the leader in this respect. ad-
vancing 1% In the first half hour, but
subsequently reacting. as did ell tho Pa
cifics.
There was 3 point advance in Great
peared 20 be largely professional. al
though reports credited some OF the
strongest interests with buying OF such
stocks as st. Paul, Union Pacihc ana
Atchison. .
The latter. II is thought. will figure In
some way in the new community or IN
terest scheme There we're no known
over night developments In the ituatlon;
and aside from the stocks mentioned and
Steel preferred the market was Irregular
and comparatiyeiy dull.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
TWO RIBS BROKEN.
Mrs. J. :. P. lawtou Injured In Runaway at
Roger Williams Park.

A quite serious runaway accident oc-
CURED at Roger Williams park yesterday
afternoon.
ton the secretary and assistant treasurer
Of the Gorham Mfg. Co, was riding In
her victoria.
With her was a gentleman who was in
III health
When near the boat houses the horses
became frightened by a passing bicycle
and ran Up an embankment
Mrs. LAwton In endeavoring to save
her friend paid little heed TO her own
peril She was thrown out and sus-
tanned fracture OF two ribs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-30
MARKS SEEKS DAMAGES.
Claims Goods He Shipped by Steamship
Line Were Not Delivered.

Samuel Marks has brought suit against
the JOY Steamship company to recover
$500. Mr.. Marks asserts that on the second
day OF last November he shipped two
cases containing coats, vests. overcoats
and trousers to David Skilrow. & Chrys-
tie street. New York city, on one OF the
defendants boats.
Mr. Marks paid the charge assessed
some 20 cents. but declares the goods were
not delivered In New York as they should
have been. Cooke & Angel are his attor-
news