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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-09-08
STATE OF ILLINOIS, 60

In the Alexander County Circuit Court. Oc-
tober term. A. ID 1901. in chancery sitting
Bill in chsncery for foreclosure of mortgage.
Laura X. Pink complainant; vs.. Mel ie Hlat-
teau, Martha Mildred Blattsan, Helen Louise
Blatteau, Margaret Blatteau, defendants.
Bae above named defendants are herebv noti-
fed that said complainant has this Gay flied in
said court certain bill in chancery for fore
closure of mortgage against Nellie Blatteau
Martha Mildred Blstteau, Helen Louise Blat-
teau and Margaret Blatteau. and that sum-
mons has issued thereon returnahls on the
first day of the next term of said ct'irt. to he
holden at the court house in Cairo, Illinois. on
the 10th dav of October. next
Cairo. Illinois. September 9th. a d.. 1891.
LEE u. DAVIS, Clerk.
Reed Green Complainanps Solicitor.
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BANDITS ARE
IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, May detectives represent
ing tho ls-targo Express company, the
Southern Pacific Railroad company. the
Pinkerton Detective agency and deputy
sherfIs from California have been in Sc
attic during the past few days on the trail
of three desperate bandits who are be
leved to have held up a train at Copley.
Shasta county, Cal, March 81. at which
time Express Messenger W. J. ONeil was
murdered. George Gates. Edward Vernon
and James Arnett are believed to be the
men who committed the hold-up. Rewards
agsregating $500 have been offered for
their capture.
The career of the three young men is
said TO have rivaled that of the notorious
II! p9lu99No iIlu9oaI 'sI9Iopmm ureq IB9
Chicago. The hold-ups of street cars, trains
and citizens on the Pacific coast during
the past few months are believed to have
been the work of the trio.
One of the bandits has been seen here.
and it is thought that the three are in
hiding in some one of the resorts.
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HOW PRESIDENT FRANCIS
RUNS THE WORLDS FAIR

ST. LOUIS, May 9.-David Rowland
Francis, president of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition, ex-mayor OF st. Louis,
governor OF Missouri for four years, and
former secretary of the interior, is a man
very much in the public eye.
In fact, he is in it so much that the
West insists on considering him a -
dental possibility. 1t is pretty W L.
derstood that he will be mentioned or
the Democratic nomination four years
hence.
Francis is born diplomat, a shrewd
business man, polished gentleman and
an indetatigahle worker. He is said to be
the busiest man in the world today, and
the assertion is not very much exaggerated
Francis is a tall, slender, handsome man,
who hardly looks 40 of his "a years His
sandy hair is streaked with gray. it is
true but it seems to add dignity not age
to the man. His face is calm and time
has put few lines upon it. These but ac
centuate the kindly mouth and firm Jaws
His eyes are gray and piercing not
unkindy. They are penetrating and look
at you squalely without movement Of the
lids. His nose is aquihne and rather
large.
The man is the personifcation of con
scious power. His movements are rapid.
with all the appearance of deliberation,
yet he does not impress you as an emo
tional man. If he had not nerves of
chilled steel he would be mental wreck
long before this
He sits squarely and aggressively at a
fiat library desk in his office. at the adj
ministration building. Like all capable
executive men, he pays no attention to
minor details. Yet negligent interiors are
astonished and frightened by his intimate
knowledge of affairs in their departments
displayed when things go wrong.
He has the faculty of solving a problem
or turning it over to a subordinate, and
then dismissing it from his mind as alb
solutely as though it never had existed.
Yet its component parts are stored in
his wonderful brain-indexed and filed
therefor reference at a seconds notice.
President Francis--everybody i'm st.
Looey' calls him president Francis
arises at a. m He breakfasts at :
a. m. and as he enjoys his coffee and rolls
he dictates letters to his secretary. Mean
time his trap is driven to the door and at
about f4U a. m. ne starts to drive to the
exposition, about mile away. He
handles the rens and continues his dcta-
ton as he drives
As he passes the transportation building.
a ruddy-cheeked young giant in blue jeans
drops truck, waves a big gloved hand
and bellows:
Good morning gov'nor!"
The young giant is Charles Francis.
youngest son of the president Young
Francis is a Princeton man He asked
his father for job Il do not want any
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METHODISTs FILLED THE PULP|TS

Los ANGELES. May 9.-Within a
radius of go miles of Los Angeles the pull
pits of the Protestant churches were occu-
pied yesterday by bishops, ministers and
presiding elders who are attending the
general conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church here
Rev. George p Eckman, pastor of st.
Pauis church, New York a candidate for
bishopric honors. spoke yesterday morn
ing to a large congregation at the First
Methodist church in Los Angeles Be
sides hundreds of citizens, many visiting
churchmen were present, In the evening
the pulpit was occupied by DIR. Frank NJ.
Bristol. pastor of the Metropolitan church.
Washington, d. c. Hundreds were unable
TO gain entrance to the beautiful house
of worship.
The congregation of the First Methodist
church in Pasadena, one Of the wealthiest
congregations in the Methodist denomina-
ton. was addressed by DIR. A. r. Leonard
in the morning and DIR. Jesse Bowman
Young. of the Walnut Hill church, Gin
cinnati in the evening.
From every point where members of
the conference held services yesterday re-
ports that much religious enthusiasm was
awakened have been received
Bishop c. c. McCabe, the greatest evan
gelist of the Methodist denomination,
spoke twice to large audiences, the
first time in the morning, at the South
Pasadena First church, and the second time
in the evening at Blanchard's hall, in this
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sion company. He is president of two
banks director in half a dozen more and
is reputed worth several millions
He has been the ruling spirit in the
worlds fair He accepted the presidency
on condition that there be no salary at
tached to the office, and has given it lNs
time for four years. He went to Europa
a year ago, remained there nineteen days
and was given audiences with seven crown
ed heads. His visit did much to interest
European governments in the exposition.
He was born at Richmond, Ky, October
!, 1880 but has lived in st. Louis since
childhood. He was elected mayor of st.
Louis for four years, 1885, and governor
of Missouri for four years in 1889 Presi-
dent Cleveland named him secretary of the
interior during his last term. He was
identified with the gold Democrats in 1895
and still is recognized as belonging to that
element of the party.
w. B. KENNY.
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AN HOUR IN THE GARDEN

The amateur gardener should have tools
which will enable him to work easily and
We'll
First comes the spade. This should be
thin hladed and sharp. Dull tools are an
abomination.
He will need hoe. During the early
part of the season it will not come in play
to the extent the spade does, but later it
will be needed daily Therefore, he wants
the best, Let me advise him to get the hoe
with N-shaped blade, This has a socket
for the handle in the center of the blade.
and really makes two hoes of it. as there
is a wide edge and a point The wide edge
which generally has saw-like teeth. an
swers for all purposes where the ordinary
hoe would come in play. The point will
be found useful in working among plants
where it is desirable to get close to re-
move weeds This cannot be done safely
with any wide-bladed hoe. But with the
point Of a N-shaped hoe. one can soon
learn to pick weed away from the flower
growing close TO it,
He will need steel rake. One with
slender sharp teeth. These win take hold
OF the soil readily and win do most effec
tive work An ordinary iron rake will
answer for many purposes. and cost less
but for use ON the soil in early garden
work steel rake is best. as its teeth
viii spring when they come in contact
with obstacles, without bending.
\ wedding hook is a necessity. unless one
likes to pull weeds with the fingers. and
few are fond of that kind of work There
are several weeders. and most of them
have their good points But the best one
has fine fingers. and is shaped like a claw
These fingers drag the weeds from the soil
and at the same time loosen and pull
verze the surface
Thus one is able OF do two kinds of
work at the same time by the use of this
weeder, which can be bought at any store
where agricultural and garden implements
are sold for 10 cents,
A transplanting trowel is necessary. IF
one can afford ii, kit of these trowels
is used. There are three IN kit" a
large one, a medium-sized and small one
Each size will come in play many times
during the transplanting season.
And the gardener viii need watering
pot Get one that holds about ten quarts
BY all means get galvanized iron one. Tin
pots rust out. There should be nozzle.
for sprinkling. and an extension spout that
will enable one to get water close to the
roots.
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until the funeral feast is prepared.
Three bulocks y hogs and many chick
ems are carried 60 the scene. In this case.
local butcher viii supply the bulloek-
and hogs. The feathers are burned from
the chickens while alive: and the squawk
ing. az well as the odor. the Igorotes are
convinced, viii brighten away the evil
spirits
With their long sharp bolos the Igorotcs
fall upon The bullocks and hog- aud cut
them into pieces Meantime. blaze,
started from the funeral ire. has been
kiudled beneath the huge kettles near the
now shriveled and blaekened mummy The
meat is thrown in, water is added and
more wine is passed around. The dance
and chanting are resumed.
After several hours the master Of cere-
monies gives signal. Everyone rushes
TO pen, where 10 dogs have been fattened
for the event. They are seized by the
yelling sa,ages and carried to the corpse.
One man holds each dog and another beats
its brains out with a club. Then the hair
T. singed off in the flame as near to the
corpse as possible Next the entrails are
removed and the bodies cut up and thrown
into the pots.
IN about ten minutes, at another signal
everyone dives into the pots with spears.
knives and sharpencd sticks, aud the feast
is ON. The tavorite piece, OF course. is
dog, and each savage tries TO get piece.
Then they all drink more wine and retire
until sunrise the next day. when the pro
gram is repeated. All this time the corpse
is being smoked
The length Of "canyow" depends on
the wealth Of the deceased or the number
OF dogs she has contributed to "canyows'
over friends Ten dogs are used each day.
II Maura has contributed twenty dogs. her
ceremonies will last two days She was
a generous woman, probably contributed
many more dogs, and her ''canyow" is like
~ to be big one.
At last the body is carried to a grave
and buried without ceremony In this
case, Maura's body may be preserved and
taken back to the Philippines. where there
viii he another "canyow.'
II, however, after a burial it is found
that someone owes the deceased. the body
is exhumed aud another "canyow" is pulled
off. The idea is that everyone must be
paid all that is due him.
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nepotism about this exposition said the
president
The next day a young man applied for
IA job at the grounds. The superintend-
ent of transportation noted the broad
shoulders and recalled that he needed
husky truck men. The chap got the job.
What's the name?" the superintendent
asked
''Francis-Charles Francis
Relative of the PRESIDENT" laughed the
superintendent
Yep; slightly related"
''Sure, they all are" was the reply.
Grab truck there and hustle those cases
inside and don't do no soldering either"
Guess you are not the whole fair. gov
nor, remarked Charles that night to his
father His sons all call him governor.
When the president reaches his office.
his flag is run up on the flag staff. This
flag is of three diagonal stripes of blue,
yellow and red, the exposition colors. with
a white tleur de lis on the blue field.
This flag is visible from any point on the
grounds and is notice to all having bust
ness with him that the president is in his
office. 1t is taken down whenever he
leaves, if only for a few minutes
Francis has luncheon at p. m. either
in his Office or in the administration cafe
often entertaining government official
or the representative of a foreign nation
and transactng business with them as they
eat.
His outer office is througed from the
time the flag goes up until it is hauled
down at night, any time from p. m. to
midnight. Anyone who has business with
the president can see him, but it must
be on business a subordinate cannot trans
act. Francis has surrounded himself with
able men and they relieve him of much de
tail.
But there are enough left to keep the
president busy. A quick hand clasp and
the visitor finds himself pushed into IA
chair. Francis faces him with a smile and
an interrogative-
"Well?'
The visitor must talk to the point. IF
he shows an inclination to rambe. the tail
man leaning well back in his chair, quick
ly interrupts with curt. incisive questions.
Information extracted and decision
reached. Francis presses button. a uni
formed page appears and the visitor wakes
up to find himself being escorted to an
other department.
Francis dimes frequently at the same
cafe, but never before p. m. which is
his dinner hour at home. If he dimes at
the building. he works late. often until
midnight. If he goes home. his secretary
accompanies him and in the library of the
beautiful Francis home on Maryland ave
nue., the pair labor until stiffness has set
tied over the city.
Francis has been in the commission grain
business all his life and is now a member
Of the firm D. R. Francis & Bro Commits
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selects place for the funeral fire
Two bamboo poles are set in the ground
four feet apart at the base aud their tops
are bound together. The body of the
woman is carried out TO the poles and
seated between them on the stool she used
when alive, her hands crossed, but her
eyes open.
Green wood is then piled around the
body and set on fire. The master of cere-
monies is careful to see that no fame
reaches the corpse, but that there is plen-
ty of smoke
As the smoke rises, dense and suffocat-
ing, now hiding now half revealing the
openeyed body bound TO the poles. the
pagans begin to dance around the pyre.
Faster and faster they move, aud louder
and shriller grow the excited walls and
frantic shrieks Of the mouruers Gradu-
any, exhausted, the dirge grows weaker
ana disappears. but the dancing continues.
The smoke is gradually turning the
naked corpse black. After dancing in sill
ence awhile, the master of ceremonies be.
gins to chant the good deeds of the de
ceased. calling up the good spirits TO watt
her breath safely away TO the spirit land.
Next some relative chants history OF her
HE, and the good spirits are urged to
hear it,
After three or four hours of this. the
master of ceremonies deposits huge pot
at the feet Of the corpse. 1t is filled with
''tapoi,' or rice wine. The master Of
ceremonies shouts and everyone drops to
the ground a relative throws some wine
on the corpse and drinks some All rela.
tives follow suit and then others drink.
J The songs and dances are resumed again.
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proof wire fence. Instead of killing the
animals with bow and arrow, lance and
knife, the Indians had to drive them into
corrals, and after this was accomplished
Horse Chez announced his selections
The Indians had acquiesccd in Miller $
plan to have white people a. spectators and
row OF seats enclosed the field gen
eral exhibition Of rounding up and brand
ing cattle, riding roping shooting and OF
other accomplishments, past aud present,
OF life on the plains was given.
Horse Chief was selected chief at sun
dance year ago with all the weird cerc-
mony of Indian custom
The custom of selecting the council from
the most skilled hunters dates back to the
days when the Indian who could bring in
the biggest amount of buffalo meat was the
biggest man
His achievement was an in licaton Of
strength and skill with bow and
lance
The Pouca invitations were sent to the
O>ages, Pawnees, Kaws. Tonkawas. Otocs.
NJ ssouris. Cheyennes aud Arapahoes
Horse Chief is elected for life Should
he live as long as his father has he
win be the last chief of the tribe and
hiscute little ropper-sldnned infant son.
Hairy Back, viii never be the central fig
are OF sun dance or select his council by
4 buffalo hunt, The tribe viii be scat
cred 10 the winds, probably before he
,omes of age and the buffalo will be
memory
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BLISS, OKLA, May o.. The last buffalo
drive by blanket Indians was held here
yesterday. The occasion marked the in
suguration Of Horse Chief as ruler Of the
Poncas, a tribe which has maintained
unbroken its peace with the white man
and has preserved its race peculiarities
and purity Of blood
While all ceremonies Of the Poncas arc
unusually impressive. the spectacle yes
terday was the most elaborate and the
last of its kind, for the last tribe Of indi
ans may disintegrate before Horse Chiefs
little son succeeds his father. as Horse
Chief nov succeeds White Eagle. his sire
Nearly 5000 Indians were present The
Poneas were feathered painted and be.
decked in their gorgeous blankets and were
the hosts of the occasion
Ponca custom requires that the incom-
ing chief shall select his council from the
most skilled buffalo hunters. When White
Eagle assumed office 80 years ago. the
prairies were filled with buffalo and the
precedent was maintained.
But conditions have changed. and Young
Hogee Chief was in dire straits to preserve
the traditions Of his fathers Finally j. {.
Miller. owner of a large ranch offered to
furnish the buffaloes and place to hunt
them and joy reigned in the Ponca tepees.
Miller purchased three OF the last huffa-
loes for the drive. skill in hunting these
was 10 determine the next council of l0i
of the Ponca tribe
B0-aere arena WAS enclosed in cattle |
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city. In the afternoon Bishop Charles A.
Fowler, one of the ablest speakers in the
church, addressed meeting for men only
on the subject of "Reincarnation.'
A large congregation was attracted to
the Temple Baptist church yesterday morn
ing to hear the sermon of Rev. r. Day of
the Syracuse university. There is move
ment on foot to defeat DR.. Days candid
acy for the episeopacy on account of the
views held by him in regard to the higher
criticism This fact has aroused general
public interest in him, and hundreds flock
to hear his sermons.
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st. LOUIS. May "A hundred savage
tgorrotes the head hunters Of the FIJI
ipinos, are preparing for pagan funeral
or canyon. 1t viii be commenced when
the Filipino village is completed, next week
and il may last day. week or a
month.
An lgorrote funeral is marked by the
chanting Of weird songs. devil dancing
moaning Of women and children. yelling of
men, mingled with the odor Of boiled dog
chicken, beef and pork, all eliminating in
the pagan ceremony Of smoking the corpse
The dead woman in whose honor this
canyow is to be held Was called Maura
She was Is years old. the another Of two
sons, and was very popular with the 9TH
ers Of her savage tribe
As1..ss.a lalonlong, an lgorote boy who
has learned English. descr,pv,. The eere-
monies fns the Newspaper Enterprise 81.
ISOLATION bureau The Igorrotes are
pagans. They have no religion. but they
arc superstitious. aud spend not little
time trying to placate demons and spirits
OF evil.
So, on the day set for the "canyow. .
ct sunrise the members Of the tribe will
be aroused by tom-toms and shlill reed
pipes When all are assembled. relative
begins a weird wall, like the baying Of a
fo~hound. All JOIN with him, and then all
begin 10 dance.
Meantime, the men Of the tribe have
selected a master of ceremonies He
auiets the others and does dance alone.
waving his arms and shouting to call the
good spirits 10 witness the funeral rites.
lie chants a dirge. facing first one point
Is the compass, then another. and then
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ID; chestnuts, ia BE ID; cocoanuts, 759
90c doz
POULTRY.
Chickens, hens, l2h@l4c; springs, 20c
lb dressed turkeys, 2O@23c ID; ducks, live,
lie; dressed, lac; geese, lO@llc ID; dress
ed, l5c lb squads, scarce, S2.50@3.00 doz.
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED.
Oats, $26. 50027 so tom barley $3.50 ton;
wheat SIS ton; chop, s22.50@23.5O ton;
shorts, 500 ton; bran $2l ton; oil meal,
$1,000 ton; E. w. timothy, new, S22@22. 50
ton: E. w. compressed timothy, new, $27
toni new wheat hay, sl6@l7 ton; new al
Sl3.00@l400 tons; new Puget Sound hay,
Sl5(d IS ton; middlings, S27 ton; corn $3.50
ton.
FISH, ETC.
Halibut, sc; salmon, l0@lO1ac; ling cod,
4Ho shrimp, &c; CLANS, sl.40 sack; crabs,
sl.OO@l50 doz.; rock cod &c; herring &c.
BUTTER EGGS AND CHEESE.
Butter Washington creamery, pc;
ranch, l4@l6c; Eastern tub, 2l@22c; CALI
fornia butter. 20(G2lc.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 10000
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MEAT AND PROVISIONS.

Fresh Meat.-Cow beef, 6A@615c; steer
beef, 7Ac; veal, 7a9c; hogs, Sc; trim
med pork, 9@IOc; mutton, 8@sHc.
Provisions.-Hams, l21a0l3c; breakfast
bason, l212@l3c; bellies, fresh, 9@llAc.
VEGETABLES
Yakima potatoes. $500: home grown
potatoes, S27@3O; carrots, soc sack;
ru;abagas 75c sack; California cabbage,
$500; Mississippi tomatoes, $500 crate:
celery. 65(a7jc doz.; radishes. Zoe doz.
lunches; lettuce Sl.75 box; Australian
onions, &c; green onions. l0c dozen
lunches; rhubarb 2@21ac ID: radishes. Zoe
doz.; dry Chill peppers. 25c ID; cucumbers,
$l.5O@l.75 doz.; parsley, 25ce doz.; Walla
WaIla asparagus, $l.25@l. 35 box; string
beans, lO@l2c; green peas, 5@6e
GREEN FRUIT. ETC
Apples, cooking, 75c@$l box; Baldwins,
S5c(G$l .25; Winesaps. 81 5O0l rs; Ben Da-
Wis, $l.5O; navel oranges, fancy, 81. 356
$50; choice, $2OO@225; standard, 81. 75G
$500; seedlings, $3.50; bloods, $3.50: Medi-
terranean sweets, $I.75(Q2 90; lemons, 50. 80
@3.00 box; cranberries, $1,000; Persian
dates, SAGE Id; bananas, $4,000 50
bunch; seedless grapefruit, $500 box:
strawberries, $3.50 crate.
NUTS.
English walnuts. Nc. /, l4hc ID: Chill
walnuts. l3c Id; Ganobie, l3c Id; almonds,
he Id; pecans, l2@l3c Id; B1azils, l2c ID;
hlberts, l3c Id; peanuts, fresh roasted, Sc
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T. H. Phillips

Grain, Commission and Stock Broker
POS Equitable Bldg, Tacoma, Wash.
New York Stocks and Bonds.
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
Eel. Main 80.
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For All
Weather

The nice thing about a rain
coat is, you can wear it in shine
as well as in rain and look we'll.
The best fact about our rain
coats is, they're made for us by
Hart, Schaffner & Marx, which
is only a short way of saying
that there are no better raincoats
to be had anywhere; and that
you'll think so yourself if you
buy one. We have plenty Of
other good overcOats and suits
to show you, the H. S. &. M.
label in them; asmall thing to
look for, big thing to find.
Correct Haberdashery and
Hats at right prices.
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The funeral of John II. Brown jr., took
place yesterday at p. m. from Hoska s
chapel, under the auspices Of the Order of
Foresters. Rev r. S. Stubbs offciated.
Burial was in Tacoma cemetery.
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ALA NJ. Jensen, aged 10 years. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Hans Jensen, died yes
terday of appendicitis at one of the city
hospitals
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Tie following prices were quoted by
fhe wholesale men to the jobbers this
morning: