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H6KEAITH
GAINED

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nnhappiness Of
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Of lost health.
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The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19

safe person.
Senator Elsberg. Chairman of the
committee, remarked that he had
received letters from certain clubmen
protesting against the enactment of
the measure.
To this Mr. Jerome retorted that
he was after certain member of the
University Club Of New York, who,
he averred, acted as a ''tQut" for Can.
field
Let MS understand each other"
broke in Mr.. Elsberg again There Is
no consideration here for Garfield. "
Then why not give me a chance
to prosecute him. to send him to a
states PRISON. asked Mr. Jerome.
"Canfield will not stand trial. lie will
not endanger the prominent men who
have patronized his resorts in New
York and Saratoga, Why, he has nj.
ready offered to plead guilty If he
could get off with fine or a suspend
ed sentence But we don't propose to
let down on him.
when | find legislature not dis.
posed TO enact a bill to- assist me in
prosecuting an ex-conyict and gam
bier. IL does not conduce to my res.
pect for the legislature All of us
holding public offices are a little bet.
ter of for being watched carefully. -
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
A ROUGH RIDER
MAJOR GENERAL
Leonard Wood Confirmed Yes.
terday By Senate
OPPOSITION OF HANNA
BEING REMOVED BY DEATH
MADE CONFIRMATION
EASlER-lARGE MUM.
BER ADVANCE.
BY The Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
Washington, March lS,-By the ac
ton of the senate in executive session
today General Leonard Wood became
Major General, taking rank from
August s, 1903, the day President
Roosevelt made the promotion.
The contest against his conlirma
tion has been a notable one, begin
ming November 10, last, soon after
congress convened in special session
and continuing through the present
session until today, when by vote OF
IS to 1G the nomination was confirm
ed
Late Senator Hanna was recogniz
ed as the leader of the forces opposed
to Wood and had ii not been for his
death before the disposition Of the
case it Is conceded the vote Would
have been much closor II has nol
been believed at any time since the
contest opened, however, that the
fight against his confirmation would
have been successful.
Some Republican senators placing
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
JEROME DESIRES
AN AMENDED LAW
So He Can Send Dick Canfield
to Sing Sing
WITNESSES TO TESTIFY
IN GAMBLING CASES WITHOUT
FEAR OF PROSECUTION FROM
GIVING tNcRlMiNATlNG
TESTIMONY.

Albany. N. Y, March lS.-~''I want
to put Richard Cauiield in states
prison. and | wanHReginald Wander
bilt, of New YORK. as a witness to
help me do it, declared District At
torney Jerome, Of New York City. to
the Senate Codes Committee today,
in the course of a hearing on a bill
to make it possible for a witness to
give testimony without having his
evidence used against him and which
eliminates the excuse of declining to
testify through fear of discriminating
himself
Mr.. Jerome said he had found oh,
structions and obstacles placed in his
way from the beginning, but he was
determined to pursue Garfield to the
end and to make it plain exactly from
whom he was receiving protection.
Proceeding he said that besides
Garfield there was seven other just
such places In New York City that
he was afteE where II is impossible
for the police to get in or for any
one else, except they secure an intro
duction or have card from somo
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
RUSSIAN SHIPS
UNDER THE GUNS
OF Port Arthur Fearing 10 En-.
counter TOgO's Fleet
SIX JAP SPIES HANGED
BY THE RUSSIANS AS THEY WERE
CAUGHT SIGNALING THE
BoM6ARolN6 JAPA.
NESE FLEET.

Shanghai, China, March lS.-The
Russian squadron, badly crippled is
In the harhor Of Port Arthur, safely
enough under the protection OF the
heavy guns If the fortress, AT no
time since the breaking ont of hos
tilitics has il yentured over seven
miles from the place. as seven miles
Is considered an effective radius for
the guns of the fortress
1t Is understood here that Admiral
Togo's feet has maintained an in.
cessant watch over the harbor en-.
trance The swiftest scout boats are
constantly engaged in patrol duty and
equipped as they are with wireless
telegraphic apparatus the moment
that a ship of Makaroff's squadron
should make its appearance would be
the signal for Togos fast cruisers
and heavy battleships to appear and
engage them in battle Every move.
ment of the Russian ships are known
and constantly telegraphed to the
| Japanese rendezvous.
n During the last bombardment of
Port Arthur four Cinnamon and tgo
Japanese were caught signaling to the
Japanese fleet.
The six men were Immediately
hanged on the hill below the harbor
| fort
Private advices from Russian
sources in Port Arthur state that the
intensest anxiety exists as 10 the
towns ultimate fate. Despite the ut
most vigilance of the military author.
tiles. the place is infested with spies.
who continuously betray information
to the enemy,
Russian police are constantly en-
gagged in pulling Chinamen's pigtail8
to learn II the pigtail men are really
Cinnamon, for the favorite disguise
Of Japanese spies rs the garb OF a
Chinese coolic
Spies are working oven in the for.
titlcations and on the docks and
daily send out Information.
Vice-Admiral Makaroff has ordered
three siege guns to be mounted ON
Golden Hill to command that quarter
from which the deadliest Japanese
ire has come
Gilchrist. the Scotch engineer, who
was directing repairs ON the battle-
hip Retzivan has abandoned the task
| in disgust
Always under surveillance, he was
angered by the suspicion Of him be
cause of his nationality. The Retzi.
van has been dragged by steel cables
to a spot on the beach at the north
east end of the harbor Her damaged
ide Is supported by pontoons.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19

their confidence in the judgment of
Senator Hanna would have stood by
him in his opposition to the promo.
tion of Gen. Wood. but when death
removed the late senator from the
conflict only two Republicans remain
ed in the minority. They were Scott,
member of the military affairs com
mittee, who opposed the nomination
while II was pending in the commit
tee. and kitterridge.
Five Democratic senators voted
with the majority in favor OF the con.
firmation--Cockrell and Pettus. mem.
bers of the military affairs commit.
tee. and Patterson. Clark, (ArkD and
Dubois. The negative vote on the
confirmation was as follows. Bacon,
Berry, Blackburn, Clark. tMont) Cul.
berson, Gibson. Latimer, McCreary,
McLaurin. Mallory. Martin. Money,
Nelands, Simmons. all Democrats.
Kittridge. Scott, Republicans.
Foraker moved to make the vote
public and Blackburn moved to make
public the testimony before the mill
tary affairs committee. A number OF
other motions were made. The one in
regard to the testimony was voted
down and the general understanding
prevailed that the vote was to he
given out In the confusion. however
the announcement was made that
both motions in relation to the testi.
mony and vote we're lost.
The vote on the nomination was
reached about O'Clock When the
senate adjourned last night IT was
agreed that Foraker should speak to.
day in defense of Wood, and that Al
ger should make brief speech along
the same lines Teller was scheduled
for a long address in opposition 70
Wood and Scott with few remarks
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
HELEN GOULD
NOT IN FIGHT
Being Made on smoot Previous
Experience Proving
Costly.

Washington. March is-Miss Hell
en- NJ. Gould has been given credit for
furnishing most of the money to de
fray the expenses of prosecuting the
charges against Senator Reed Smoot
of Utah, and II can be positively stat
ed that Miss Gould did not contribute
a dollar.
Miss Gould gave $4,000 toward the
fund 10 secure the expulsion Of Brig
ham H. Roberts from the house. but
when approached in connection with
the Smoot case. while expressing the
heartiest sympathy for the move.
ment. she declined 10 assist II iinan.
cially on the ground that her activity
in tho Roberts matter had proved dis.
astrous to her brothers. the Mormons
having retallated against their rail.
road interests and done them much
injury.
The Women's Christian Temper
ance union contributed $1,000 to the
anti-Smoot fund, the Council Of Wo
men. 81 900 and another organization
of women $1,000 The $4,000 thus OBJ.
tanned was given TO former Repre-
sentative Robert Taylor, who now ap
pears for the protestants. ......
Forty business men Of Utah. who
oppose the Mormon church. raised
5000. and this was given to John G
Carlisle. for his services. II is said
this represents all the funds raised
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
CHICAGO WAS AEEEcrEp.
Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Chicago, March 1S.-The news that
Daniel Sully "The Cotton King" had
suspended payment in New York caus
ed considerable excitement on the
Chicago board of trade, but as the
failure did not become generally
know until few minutes before the
session closed any panic that might
have followed the announcement was
averted As It was there was de.
cided drop In prices particularly in
provisions, in which Sully Is said to
have direct interests. May lard sold
from s705 TO $6.S215 and May ribs
dropped from sG.75 to G.57k.
A drop Of 2h cents in May wheat
and ~ cents in May corn was gener-
ally ascribed to the failure.
Only one large firm in the Chicago
market is believed to be effected by
the eastern failure and II is moi
thought to have been deeply involved
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
INTENDED BRIDE
DESERTS F|ANCE
On Eve Of Marriage Sister Ac
ccptS Bridegroom
SHE is A HAPPY Wife
WHILE THE OTHER is DlSCONSo.
LATE SHE CLAIMS SHE WAS
DRuGGED-FRlENps
PERPLExED.

Evansville, Ind March lS.-All the
love she ever had for her iiance de
serted her as she was dressing for
her wedding, and Miss Stella Best,
aged 10, of 503h st. Joseph avenue
fed from the house. Then her sister
accepted the man She had rejected
Frank Lyes is 20 years old, and
lately returned from the Philippines.
where he had served three years. and
went with his regiment to Ft. Leaven-
worth. He had been engaged to Miss
Best for some time, but recently they
had a quarrel and the engagement
was broken off. Last Sunday he came
to Evansville on a furlough and he
and Miss Best settled their quarrel
and arranged to get married. The
ceremony was to have been perform.
ed at the home of her parents last
night
Rev. E. G. S, Burdette, of the West
Side Baptist church, was engaged to
tie the knot The wedding supper
was arranged and the groom and pas.
tor went to the home of Miss Best
Only few relatives and friends had
been invited, The bride to be was in
her room preparing herself for the
event.
Suddenly the groom elect was call
ed into the room and informed by
Mrs. Best that her daughter had dis.
appeared. II developed afterward
that she went to the home Of Mrs
Northerner. short distance away
and hid under the bed. Lyles waited
for a short time for her return. but
his home, and the sister Of the bride
to be, Miss Lulu Best, was left with
l.yles for short time. The soldier
boy was determined not to be outwit
ted and proposed to the sister. She
accepted him aud later they met b,
agreement and left the city. The par
cnis Of the girl asked the police Il
locate their daughter.
AT a late hour tonight Miss Lull
Best returned home and told her par
cnts she had been drugged by Lyles
and induced to elope She told dis
connected story Of having gone tC
Kansas City, and there was given q
ticket and sent back home. II would
have been impossible for her TO get
to Kansas City and return in the time
she says she did. The parents of Miss
Best are at loss TO understand her
actions.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
Trump In Bulling the Price OF
Cotton By Welching
CREATED A BIG PANIC
IN THE MARKET SUCH AS BEEN
PRIVILEGE OF BUT FEW BRO.
kERs TO SELECTION
BOBS UP AND DOWN.
BY the Associated Press.

New York. March 1S,-Daniel j.
Sully the cotton operator, who has
for fifteen months been the biggest
figure In the cotton markets of the
world. and who has "bnlled" cotton
from seven cents pound to over
II cents, announced his inability to
make good his engagements on New
York cotton exchange today.
Within few moments cotton fell
nearly thirteen dollars bale from
the highest figures of the day Scenes
such as followed the announcement
of the failure 1t has been the privi.
before. Traders in the stret have
witnessed stock panics in previous
Years; corners being broken, and
many crashes recorded, but none has
been accompanied by such frenzy
and confusion.
While there had been no premon
ition of the impending crash, no
morning of the session had witnessed
more demoralized market In less
than ten minutes after the opening
half a. cent had been taken off the
price of cotton. Prices went up and
down TO- 20, 80 points within two and
three minutes. May opened $1525
and sold down to sl425 in less than
l5 minutes, while July, opening at
sl522. went down to SASS, Toward
the end of the first half hour early
sellers started to cover and there
was rapid advance.
Shortly after o'clock Suliys sus.
pension was announced. For few
seconds there was ominous silence,
then with one impulse a mighty shout
went up from the bears" who had
been fighting Sully and the bull
clique for months. There was a STAN.
pedc for the pit Coats were torn by
frantic brokers in their efforts to un-
load their holdings and chairs and
camp stuols were dashed into the pit
I to emphasize some wild brokers' ef
Ter to sell.
Soon the news reached the stock
produce and coffee exchanges, and
the traders FASTENED to the scene OF
the panic. 1t was estimated about
three quarters of million bales Of
cotton were traded In during the
twenty minutes of panic that follow
ed Suily's announcement and that OF
this. upwards of half million bales
represented forced liquidation OF
selling out by men whose margins
have been nearly or quite ,uped out
As the market slumped $50 points
during this period the loss falling on
this element amounted to something
over million dollars. The market
steadied after about twenty minutes
and then there was sudden upward
shoot of about hundred points
This sharp upward buying was
brought about by the buying of bro
kers and spectators who saw the
market had sIumped too far and
would react just as 1t did. The buy
ing rush was almost as exciting and
just as noisy. II not more SO, than the
panic.
Sully refuses to make any state
ment whatever, but said he might do
so tomorrow.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19

when a messenger boy hurriedly
thrust a telegram into the hand of
c. r. Ellis. s.@anotred well known bro
ker Ellis face went white and he
yelled at he top of his voice across
the ringl For Gods sake. lIayne
stop bidding, Sully has failed"
In an instant the ring was in a wild
1proar and for twenty minutes 1t had
an appearance of being the object OF
he attack of about goo men who
plunged over one another to get near
er the small pit that is the center Of
it,
The suspension of w, f. Fagan,
Sully's New Orleans partner. was an
neunced. This added to the tumult
and brokers fought the harder TO dis.
pose of their cotton. Many supposed
the frcnzied brokers on either side
Of them we're deeply involved in the
failure and this added to the desire
to get rid of long cotton 1t was not
until the brokers found their books
we're clear of long cotton that they
paused and allowed the tumult to
subside. 1t was then that they found
prices we're 50 and $40 bale lower
ti5aq yesterday. quiet tone fol
low8d and the prices steadied and at
the CLOSE May showed recovery r.
points, while July had recovered 49,
On the curb the recovery was more
narkpd May regained II points more
II sis74 and July regained 20 points
1t si40S.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
For Germany Find Arguments
in Jap.RussO War
TO INTRODUCE A BILL
IN THE RElCHSTAG PROVIDING
FOR THE BUILDING OF
NEW DOUBLE
SQUADRON.
BY Associated Press.


Berlin, March lS.-The advocates
of a larger German navy have not
failed to find good arguments in the
Russo-Japanese war. 1t is now as
serted that the government intends to
introduce a bill providing for new
double squadron, which it is desired
to build as soon as possible, and that
the construction of cruisers for for.
eign nations will he deferred until the
double squadron is completed,
The Reichstag apparently does not
share this naval enthusiasm, for to
day it cut down the government naval
pay roll sharply, refusing an addition
of one admiral. one rear admiral
eleven first lieutenants and twenty
nine second lieutenants, but adding
one vice admiral and sixty.five en-
signs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
EXCITEMENT AT NEW ORLEANS.

BY Associated Press.
New Orleans, March 1S--The an.
nouncement of the failure of Sully
the Cotton King" of New York,
created the greatest panic ever seen
on the floor of the New Orleans cot
ton exchange. Prices melted away
until they were SO and $40 bale low
er than yesterdays close and every
moment the fear was that local firms
would go to the wall. When the
panic was over and the commercial
integrity of the local cotton trade
was found to be intact a great sigh
of relief went up from the room, al
though scores of small operators were
wiped out and heavy longs had lost
fortunes.
Soon after O'Clock private tele
grams from New York had said SUI
ly suspended" and for the next three
quarters of an hour immense crowds
saw scores of the most solid and In
fuential business men of the city en-
gage in a rough and tumble fight In
their effort to get nearer the ring and
dump their cotton on an overloaded
market. Prices tumbled downward
10 and 20 points at time and still
the selling continued. Some brokers
had their coats almost torn from their
backs. Hats weer smashed; shirts
backs. Hats were smashed; shorts
about the ring became useless articles
of furniture SO great was the roar
from the ring that II could be heard
for blocks above the noise of traffic
around the busy corner of Gravier
and Carondelet strets.
The announcement of the failure OF
Sully was done in an extremely theat
rical manner. Frank r. Hayne. one
of the best known bull operators in
the cotton world. was bidding for a
block Of 5,ooo bales of July at s1i5t
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
LAID UP FOR TWO MONTHS.

Washington March lS-A dispatch
was received at the navy departmCn mt
from Rear Admiral Rodgers, com
mandant of the New York navy yard
saying the battleship Illinois had been
docked and that a preliminary investi-
cation showed that strut had been
broken. but il had not been ascertain.
ed whether the shaft of the propeller
had been bent by her recent coils
sion with the battleship Missouri. II
was said today that the Illinois would
be disabled for at least two months.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
Made To Secure Holding of Re-
publ an Convention
NO GUARANTEE PUT UP
ALTHOUGH $4,000 WAS PLEDGED
TO DEFRAY EXPENSES
MEETING CALLED TO
CONSIDER.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, March 1S.-lt was
said tonight by member of the Re
publican national committee that Chi.
cago had not yet placed to the credit
of the committee any part of the $75,'
900, which Samuel Raymond, one of
the local committee, who secured the
convention for Chicago, agreed
should be put up as a guarantee OF
expenses.
Shortly before Senator Hanna's
death, Hanna potitied the Chicago
committee THAI $4,000 or $4,000
should be depdited subject to the
check-of the SECRETARY of the commit
tee ID defray rAiminary expenses.
Some bills haMng arrived for the
expenses ed the committee on ar
rangements, whick recently visited
Chicago 8the maaer again was
brought TO Raymond's attention.
whereapon the latter replied that the
local committee had been disap
pointed In collecting subscriptions
and did not have the money, but Ray,
mond requested the committee to
draw on him for any expenses that
might be incurred meanwhile.
The reply was not acted on, but
two days ago another letter was sent
directing the deposit at once of $20,.
600 In trust company of Chicago
subject to the check of the commit
tee on arrangements and it is said, il
response Is not received that this
had been done the executive commit
tee will be called together to decide
what should be done about the mat.
ter
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
THERE WILL
BE NO STRIKE
Miners Decide BY Handsome Ma.
jority to Accept the
Reduction.

The miners have decided by a
handsome majority to accept the 5h
per cent reduction in the wage sched-
ule for the next two years as offered
by the operators. thus obviating all
fears of a strike.
Mr.. NJ. c. Wright was made the re-
cipient of the following telegram yes.
terday giving him the first correct
vote ON the proposition
Chicago. ILL.,. March IS.
VI c. Wright.
Cairo, Ill
The total vote cast was one hun.
dred and sixty-six thousand. a ma.
jority of thirty-one thousand for ac.
ceptance Of operators proposition
HERMAN JUSTT.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
ALExlEFF'S REPORT.
ri, the Associated Press.

st. Petersburg, March lS-Ilnder
todays date. Alexieff cables the en-
peror from Mukden as follows.
Gen. Mlshtchento reports Ping Yang
as being occupied by Japanese in.
fantry with some guns and that Ko-
rcan carts are carrying their sup
plies The encmys cavalry Is -ot
visible in large bodies. and only iso-
lated horsemen are seen. Their
horses are poor. Our patrols discov
cred the presence Of the enemy's in.
fantry on the banks Of the Cheng
Cheng river, five versts about three
and one-half miles) from Anju. The
enemy opened fire and killed one of
our horses"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-19
REFUSES TO RECALL TROOPS.
By the Associated Press.

London, March lS.--The Standards
Tien Tsin correspondent says Paul
Lessar. Russian minister to China.
has renewed bis protest against the
dispatch Of Chinese forces outside
the great wall intimating that unless
they are withdrawn Russia may be
compelled to act of the assumption
that China is abandoning her neutral
ity in favor of japan. and threatened
that on the slightest movement on
China's part that Russian troops VIII
march on Pckin. II is understood
that China refused to recall her
troops