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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
CLOSING UP TOM TAccART.

lndianas vigorous e. vernon has
closed Tom Taggart's gambling house
at the French Lick Springs Natural
ly Thomas cries with pain and some
thousands Of citizens who have rheu-
matism and stomach troubles very
frequently discover suddenly that
these springs are NO good Taggart's
business il hit at both ends It has
been his fortune TO own the whole
thing at the springs, He housed his
guests and what escaped him at the
hotel desk he was pretty sure to get
in gambling rooms above So the
snap that the governor of Indiana has
cut of ii am ampufaticn Of very
important limb. But after all whar
special liscsnse had Thomaa Taggart
4. violate the law? Gambling Id III
tiana Is unlawful, whether ii be crap
athe rear OF dive, or roulette and
thnker In the gilJei palace Ct French
1 Lick Spr ngs There is no defense
/ for gambling. The man has never been
4 horn who con'a invent an excuse f9I
4 I'll Since time began gamblers them
selves have nayer worried about find
/ Ing an excuse. They have always
\ viola ed tie law and have devoted
their time to escaping the law, per
hitting their victims TO find the ex
/ cuses If they could Thomas Taggart
tof course. es Md tell why gambling Il
Ia good thing. but aof the thousands
\ who have congregated at his place
4 lie Is about the only one who has any
timing to shsw for the sport Spring
Geld News. {.
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AMBITION or A PRINCESS.
Woman High in Station Acknowl-
EDGES Fondness for Reporting.


Princess Charles of Denmark was
recently seen at a railway terminus
biiding adieu to distinguished
guest. Looking around with q bored
expression, she saw a newspaper re-
porter scribbling away for dear life
In his notebook. She, too. drew attiny
notebook from her pocket wrote q
message upon a leaf and folded IT
into 4 tiny pellet The reporter watch
ed every motion with glistening eye.
Some important bit OF news he was
sure, was about to be given him.
sure enough the princess threw lie
reliot ~ pager directly az him, With
an unusually good aim for woman
ana Immediately turned the other
way absorbed IN hcr'hoapitable task
( Tie reporter Strengthened out TIE
crumrlo,l ieaf. On It were these
words. II wish | were a reporter
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
IS YEARS AGO TODAY.

(Fr3m the Bulletin OF Aug II, 1870
r yer men say Caro- is tic busicst
point he.w ca pittsbusg an Fails Of
81, Anthony and New Orleans
The QuicEs'ep base ball clGb was
preparing grounds IN the lotions cas-,
Of the court house
Col James G. 500 diel in this city
He was FORMER postmaster of Cairo,
seryed us a state peni;entiary comm s
sl1ner and was register Of the land
oifioe Tor we district OF Shawnee own
dhrn g President Andrew Jaekaon's al.
ministraiion
Hon Jchn NJ Crebs, of Waite couu-
ty was nominated by The democrats
of this (then the old i3th) district fov
Congress His opponent was Dave
Mum
4 IN d game OF haso ball between tht
Delta team and The Mound City tear
The former won by score OF 81 to IS
Petc9 Saup wa umpire and r J
Smith and G.. X Slack were scorers
Mound CITY caught 10 flies and Dcltl
A s."
! The Bulletin expressed Itself as IN
! der obligations 10 Mr.. Fred .. Kent
I
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
DR.. Morrison
DENTIST
Office TOT Commercial Avenue
CANNON FAoNE re
NOT az VERY nvsTeRloua
Simple Explanation Of Phenomenon
That Puzzled Wise Men.

Simple Explanation Of Phenomenon
That Puzzled Wise Men.
Prof Simon Newcomb, the astrono-
mer, said, at dinner in Washington:
THE simplest causes sometimes
produce the most puzzling effects.
Some years ago | spent the month
OF August at friends villa at Long
Branch.
My host, with six or seven OF us.
was walking through the garden one
day after luncheon, when we came to
a great glass globe set half in the
shade and half in the sun.
Here's 4 strange thing, some one
said. The half of the globe that is in
the shade is warmer than the half
that is in the sun.
impossible we chorused.
But we touched the globe and
found that the glass actually was
warmer In the shade than in the sun.
Then everybody tried to explain
this phenomenon. and the most re.
markable theories for 1t were ad.
vanced.
"One said 1t was an effect Of rehec-
ton. another that it was an effect OF
repulsion, another that the exhalatory
law and SO forth and so on.
But had spied the gardener cut
ting roses and I called him over TO MS.
Perhaps you said, can tell rs
why the half Of this glass bowl that is
in the sun is cooler than the half that
is IN the shade?'
Why yes, sir said the gardener;
/ think ! can You see, Just before
you came ont turned the bowl
around for fear Of its cracking III me
I great heat
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
The Hotel on Wheels.

Ola sleeping cars and parlor cars
bring good money in rental before
they are sent to the junk shop They
are chiefly wanted by showmen and
travelling photographers, who run all
over the country with them during
the summer You find them side.
tracked at all the small towns. Some
are used by medicine men and agents
of all Kinds, who travel In large
groups, Scores Of these cars ire ~
the hands of strolling entertainers
VINO don't want 10 remain idle until
noxt season.
The rental Of these movable hoteh
has developed into recognized IN
dustry. A bond Is required for the
return OF the car to the point where
Il was hired. From ten 70 twenty per
sons can live comfortably en- An
Ordinary show" car.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
JUDGE aARKER is A CANDIDATE.

WIN &9
Juigr oliver N fiarker IS q canai-
dare foe supreme Judge In This the lst
judiciafselrcnit, composed Of the coan
e. Of 81 clalrBinton. Washingt n,
Jefferson, Wayne, Edwards. Wabash
White Hamilton, Perry. Ranaolph.
Monroe Jackson. Williamson, Saline.
Gallatin. Hardin, Pope. Union. 10 IN
son, Alexander, Pulaski and Massac.
Judge BARKER has been Circuit
Judge Tor some years He Is now dean
Of the law school Of the Illinois TINT
yersity at Urhana He Is an able man.
Our citizens will remember him as the
man who locked 80 young that when
he opened court here first, the pao
! pie thought he must be his own son
4 Judge Carroll G. Boggs viii be q
candidate for reelection, on the Dem
cara,ic side. Judge 3oggs IL nov
4 our supreme Judge. We was elactei
over Baker bS majority Of about 2oi
votes. He Is fine man ana iulg,
without flaw, There may be othc
4 Democratic candidates. Harker vii
be opposed on his side by Wicker O
Vienna. and Candy Of st. Clair Th,
election IL next June. The term /
nine years, The salary Is ten thou
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14

The movement for national water
ways convention has been formally
handed over TO the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress. II now re-
mains to be seen what that organiza-
tion will Id with IT. Meanwhile, the
efforts Of the Ohio river interests 10
hasten the improvements cf the Ohio
r.yer should not be allowed TO lag or
hesitate The survey Is started and
the agitation Should be kept up until
II has borne fruit in nine feet Of wata'
from Piltsbnrg to Cairo II may e
as wei to Eemcmhe thas good deal
has been accomplished in tae paat
Without the NatiSnBi Rivers and ila
\ beFs Congress and that Il would ha
b g5oi idea To keep on work ng aiof
tie same old auccessfui lines no mat
Ter whas the National Rivers and Har
bors Congress does.
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summer r,cmcs or 9sEiomays.

The Derkshircs will be the center
OF the diplomatic colony throughout
tho coming summer, Great Britain.
Germany and Austria having already
engaged quarters at lerox The am.
bassaaor aud lady Durand viii 10.
main In Amerien during the summer.
The Russian ambassador has NIT de.
cidcd urcn IFS summer home. bnt
wherever the czars embassy Is locat.
"a Il viii he without the Countess
Marguerite casslni as she sails with
her former goycrness and present
companicn On Tuesday to pass the en-
tire summer in Europe. Tho French
ambassador and Nine. lnssetand will
fleEd the summer IN Europe and the
Italian ambassador and Baroness
Mayor Dies planchcs at Atlantic CITY
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
Sans peur ct Sans Reproache.

But, poor fellow. why do you not
wear better garments? Surely some
charitable persons would give You !"
An. kind lady. If | did NOT wear
iesa rags an Eatters--if wore more
presentable attire what would de
ne!ghbors say If dey saw me talkin
to you on your size porch?
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
WHEN DEWEY CRIED.

The following story Ct Admiral Dew
cy is tcld by one Of the sailors who
geturael on he Raleigh. ana printed
by the aKnsas City Journal Just
before the basic Of Manila, when the
ordc- was given To strip for action.
the smallest nowd 9r boy On the flag
ship dropped his coat overheard. He
asked permission to jump after , but
was refused. He went 10 the side OF
the ship, dropped overheard recover
ed the coat. and was promptly arrested
for disobedienee Admiral Dewey
50 Ike kindly 10 the young4ter, who
broke down and said that The coat
conta nad his mothers picture, whica
he had just kissed. ana he could not
bear to see 1t lost Deweys eyes filed
with tears, He fairly embraced tia
boy. ana ordered him to be released
saying: Boys who love their mothers
enough to risk their lives for her pic
lure cannot be kept In irons on tais
fleet
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14

the very oblislng superintendent Of
the Western Union Telegraph Office of
this city. for the following special tel
egram: London. Aug. l4.-News has
been received of a battle near Metz,
this morning in which the Prussians
We're victorious. This engagement. al
though resulting IN great loss of life.
is Thought 10 be preliminary Ia The
great struggle impending IN the hanks
of The Moselle near Nancy or Lame
VILE
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
WHAT OUR NEleHeoRs ARE
SAYING.
says We're struttinu.

Cairo has a peacock strn. on itseh
and all bscanse lis Mayor has made a
pilgrimage 10 oyster Bay TO Invite
the President 10 visit that city his
fan. We have not noticed. from the
Associated Press dispatches. whether
the President ordered war vessel Ia
Oyster Bay upon which to receive
The Cairo Mayor or whether he gavs
&c his honor a private interview with
Private Secretary Loeb.-Benton Dem
ocrat
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
The Gamblers Face.

THAT man over there always has
such cool, unmoyed expression. OBJ
serves the man with the discouraged
hair
"Cool?" repeats the man with the
gold tooth. Cool? us easy fir aim
to be cool II Is said THAT lie II d
shady character
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
SHEARS AND PASTE.
20 Passed the panaer Inc.

FISu Fdsssu me DdUAtT LIlS'
Cell fer-"old MunJobum is so rich
now thai | suppose he indulges aim.
self in the luxury Of giving a million
70 some struggling institution new and
then
Gosch--"o, no. Hes SO rich Tat
every dcllar he tries to give away is
scrutinized and dis Infected he,ore any
body will take IT,"
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average daily and Sunday circu-
lation for one year ending Decem
her Al 1904 ..... 1e45
Average daily and Sunday cireu-
lation for first six months OF year
1905 .............. 2o54
Average Oily and Sunday eircula-
ton for July, 1905 ...,..-.... ,2lo5
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
$1,000 REWARD.

THE BULLETIN COMPANY
WILL PAY A REWARD OF
TEN DOLLARS FOR THE
ARREST AND CONVICTION
OF ANY PERS SON FOR
STEALING THE BULLETIN
FROM THE PREMISES OF
SUBSCRIBERS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14

The Bulletin is on sale at the fol-
lowing places:
coleman's, 214 Eighth street.
Halliday House news stand.
Walkers, 10 Sixth street.
Union News Co, Union depot. NJ
Blue Front Restaurant.
Wilhelm & Ferrinan, Paducah, KY.
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Her Limitation.

Of It's mcst uncanny, she repine1
With canning things I'm losing
nope.
Since after all my work | find
! simply cant can cantaloupe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14

and il is in the largest way for the
benefit of all investigators who care
to take advantage of the opporuni-
ties offered
CHARLES l.. EDWARDS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14

1T is said by those present tina
the speeches of Judges Allon ana Mul-
key. against and in favor of corporal
punishment in the Forbes trial AT
Jonesboro We're The most mastery Eff
forts Of their lives. The argamen
presented were new and striking"
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14
July Circulation

d. ....-....zliu
The above Is correcr statement Of
The circulation OF the Cairo Bulletin.
daily and Sunday. for the year 1904
and for the frst seven months of the
year 1905.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 3lst day Of July, 1905.
LEO ]. KLEB,
Notary Public,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-08-14

sand dollars per year. making S9000o
be sides the awful dignity Benton
Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

less onerous and repugnant. It has
won its way into the hearts and minds
of men until there is none who looks
upon it as an nerny Without yield
ing an atom of it's mystery it has be-
come the familiar OF men and has been
assigned the role of obedient servant.
It has been so circumspect o~utwardly,
so tractabIe. that man has almost
ceased to regard it as one OF the least
understood and most to be feared of
natural agencies
All the time thai man las been gloat-
ing over his cleverness in Harvesting
this mighty force and guiding it with a
steady rein there has been mischief
brewing. Noiselessly, withou exter-
nal manifestation of any description,
but never ceasing and forever drawing
neare the final catastrophe, electric
ity's almost forgotten power of chem
icaI decomposition has been going on.
To this unseen d~isintegration Is u
the systematic undermining of h
Brooklyn bridge, the steel foundations
of the adjacent -skyscrapers and the
miles of underground metallic mains
and wires in the vicinity. According
to the reports of the most expert cleo
tricians in h country. h great steel
spans over the East river and all the
property lying between the termini of
the bridges and within a two mile ra--
dius of them are being di~sintegrated
and corroded by the stray electric cur-
rents and their devastating owe of
electrolysis.
When electricity was first used this
danger was almost entirely overlooked
Even the croakers, those who saw no
merit in the new power, made no point
of the matter. This neglect on the
part of scientists to sound a note of
warning is the more remarkable from
the fact that electrolysis had been
known to chemists for many genera
lions. It had long been an undisputed
and frequently demonstrated fact that
composite substances could be separat-
&c into their elements by the electric
current. Against iron pure and simple
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by the rise OF various powerful corpo-
rations which were able to accumulate
enormous treasure by their ability to
influence h carrying trade and by dis
elimination in rates to drive individual
dealers and small companies out of
business.
The evil became so uncomfortable that
some Of the states began to seek a
remedy in legislation. Some of them
created railroad commissions clothed
with drastic powers to fix maximum
rates and to superintend all the minu-
tiae of railroad management. The state
of Massachusetts was content to under
take advisory powers. The states in
the great grain growing belt were un-
able to enforce their radical measures
of railroad reform, and the offenders
declined to accept the advice of the
Bay State, excellent though it undoubt-
eddy was.
A general demand arose for federal
Intervention. National regulation of
trafic was recommended by President
Arthur in 1888, but it was not until
four years later and after debate suffi-
cient to revise the policy of a govern
ment that the act became a law. Unde
the provisions Of this law all common
carriers by rail Or by rail and water
are subject to control. It prohibits spe-
ciaI rates to individuals and declares
that no particular locality or kind of
trafic shall be given a preference. It
prohibits the practice of making higher
rates for a short distance than for a
long one except by authority OF the
commission. 1t makes unlawful any
arrangement between roads to pool
traffic and divide the proceeds. 1t in
sists that all roads shall make their
rates public and shall not change them
without prope notice.
The act created a commission of five
members with power to require reports
from railroads as to their operations.
to hear complaints and to investigate
any alleged violation of the act. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

The execution of Mrs. Druse and the
-suddenness with which the spa
dropped a subject which for months
had occupied a prominent place in
their olumns led to the assumption
that the new campaign against the ex-
ecution of women a been abandoned.
That this was not so, however, was
made manifest when it was learned
that during the same year a number
of organizations looking to
that end had been formed. The case of
Mrs. Place brought o some activ-
Efty among these organizations, but her
case had never been as nationally dis
cussed as that of Mrs. Druse. and the
activity was naturally more nearly To-
cal.
with reference to Mrs. Rogers and
Mrs. Edwards and the efforts in their
behalf there has been that ~disadvan-
tage, in the case of the former at least.
that until recently no one imagined that
the extreme penalty would be inflicted.
But when the legislature refused to
pass q bill to abolish capital punish
ment and Immediately thereafter defeat-
ed a a looking to the commute
ton of the sentence of Mrs. Rogers to
one of life imprisonment the advocates
of the adjustment of the death pen
atty for women realized that they had
very little time in which to work Pc
tftiOns were at once sent IN blank to
the women's organizations in various
portions OF the country, personal p
peaIs were made to the governors of
Pennsylvania and Vermont, and adj
dresses to the people Of the United
States were sent out through the press
associations.
For some reason the case of the Rog-
ers woman in Vermont has excited
more sympathy and attracted more at
tentfon than thai of the Edwards wo-
man, though it is difficult to find in Ell
Their a single e~xtenuating circumstance.
The governor Of Vermont has no au-
thority to pardon a prisoner convicted
of a capital crime, but he may grant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

the current is inert. Steel, however. is
not an elementary substance. Besides
iron. it contains silicon,
sulphur and phosphorus. The presence
of these elements In small quantities
seems to be essential to the integrity
of steel, and anything which disturbs
the chemical union By which they are
held together the substance
known as bessemer steel into a worth
less, corroded mass. That is the fate OF
the Brooklyn bridge ana its fellows
similarly handicapped. victims Of the
~unscientific conclusions OF practical
scientists.
It must not be concluded that the
bridge la been a failure in every sense
of the term. On the contrary, it has
been one of the most unqualified sue
cesses of the present age. AS a prac-
tical demonstration of a giant concep-
ton it has established It's right to ex-
list. It has contributed immeasurably
to the expansion of the metropolis and
has been one of its most potent mag
nets to attract the visitor. Neither has
it been a financial disappointment. Its
original cost was about SIT. 000, 900.
Three years ago the total receipts had
already exceeded $3.50 200.
The first car crossed the bridge on
Sept. 4, 1885, At first the entire rolling
SlOCh OA the DTluSe railway consisted
of twelve cars thirty-six feet and
twelve cars forty-eight feet in length.
When travel was light only one car
was used. It soon became necessary to
form trains of two or three cars. These
cars were run by cable power n were
switched by locomotives from the in
coming to the outgoing platforms Of
the terminals. Within a short time
traffic had increased so rapidly that it
became necessary to Iengthen n Wild
en- the platforms in order to be able to
run longer trains. This process of ex-
tension has been repeated many times,
and every possible scheme has been
tried to secure additional transporta-
ton facilities.
FRANKLIN TWISS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

and in that part Of the country. Cock
relI did not succeed in keeping his earn
ings for many years. He engaged in a
business speculation, having for a part
ner a man who proved to be dishonest.
CockrelI was not under any legal obli-
CATION to pay his defaulting partners
debts after he had ~absconded. but he
chose to do so, and it took everything
he possessed to do it. The transaction
added greatly to his already excellent
reputation for probity. and it eventual
1y landed him in the United States SEN
ate. Before going to Washington he
had never held a public Office of any
kind. His election to succeed Carl
in 1875 was the triumph of a
poor man over the combined wealth
and ability of his opponents. When
Senator Cockrell's present term expires
he will have been a member of the SEN
ate for thirty years. q record of con
inuous service surpassed by only one
living man, Senator Allison Of Iowa.
OF tall stature. prominent features
and with eyes which do not show the
approach of old age, Senator Cockrell
is a figure among public men long to be
remembered. He is now seventy years
of age, and he has the appearance of a
patriarch. His hair and beard are
snowy white, and he still wears the
broadcloth costum of antebellum days.
In startling contrast to his
tional appearance. Senator Cockrell is
endowed with the of a courtier.
He is an exceedingly modest man and
is inclined to belittle his own ability.
OF two things, however, he confesses
that he is somewhat vain. One of them
is the fact that he has never lived be-
yond his salary as a member Of the
senate, and the other is that he has
never voted any other than the Demo-
cratic ticket. Whenever any of his col
leagues have had the temerity to criti-
else his public career he has referred to
this s-teadfastness with telling effect.
Ebert o. WOODSON.
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reprieves, so thai in the case of an ex-
ecutive who might disapprove of an ex-
ecution it would be a simple matter to
delay It until the end of his term.
Michigan was the first state to abolish
the death penalty. 1t was as long ago
as 1s47, and she seems never to have
had cause to regret it. Her criminal
statistics make ar excellent compare
tive showing. In 1852 the little state Of
Rhode Island followed Michigan's ex-
ample, and q year later Wisconsin be-
came the third of a trio of states which
abandoned Illegal murder" It was al
most twenty years afterward before
there was any addition to the list In
the latter part of 1872 Iowa cleared her
statute book of the institution, and four
years from that time Maine began the
experiment. After a trial period COW
ering three years Iowa became con-
WINGED that crime was on the increase
and restored the major penalty. Cali
fOrnia also made an unsuccessful ex-
pertinent. In Kansas the signature OF
the governor is necessary before a SEN
tence of capital punishment nay be
carried out. Even the state of New
York, with its cosmopolitan population.
once tried to do without the terrible
corrective, but it was found to be i'm
practicable. The total number Of le-
gal executions in the United States
during 1904 was los. of these 100
were for murder. In many of the states
the presiding judge is empowered to
change the supreme penalty to life i'm
prisonment, and in some of them h
trial jury is given the same authority.
1t is indicative of the growing tend
to abandon legal death that so few
convictions are secured in the United
States. The average number of muir
ders for the last few years in the I'm
ion has been about 1900. The average
number Of executions has been rather
less thai 125. 1t is an actual fact that
the number of ly%nchings in some years
exceeded the legal executions.
AUGUSTUS B. WAGNER