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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28
FOUGHT A SNAKE
And Saved child's Life--rhe Heroic
Act OF a Woman.

Mt sterling, Ky, June 27--On Clay
Branch, in Lee county Mrs Anna Mar
ton fought desperate battle With a
black snake. The woman was at cow
gap milking and her little foureyear-
old child playing near by. The child
screamed. and when Mrs Marion rush
ca to It's aid she found him In the
coils Of the snake. After desperate
battle she killed the reptile which
measured seven feet aud four inches
In length The snake had TO be un-
wrapped from the child's body after Il
| was killed, The child will recover.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28
KUROPATK|N RE-
PORTED KILLED
AND 10000 RUSSIANS SAID TO
HAVE BEEN CUT OFF BY GEN.
NoGi - NOTHING coNFlRMA-
TORY RECEIVED.

st. Petersburg June 2S 2 a. ma
rumor was spread throughout the city
last night that General Kuropatkin
had been killed This rumor was con
nected sometimes with a report thai
10000 Russians had been cut off by
General Nogi's army and kuropatkir
taken pr soner
Nothing confrmatory of these I'll
mors has been been received either by
the general staff or press dispatches
The members Of tla general stat
say that no reports of special import
ance have been received.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28
TO THE SENATE
Governor LafoIlette May Not Go, He
Says in Sioux City.
--~--~------ --3


Sioux. City. Iowa, June 27-~tioyern
Or Robert N LaH'ollettc OF Wisconsin,.
may never qualify for HJnited States
senator from Wisconsin, to which po-
sition he was recently elected to sue.
coed Senator Quarles, whom the presi-
dent subsequently made federal Judge.
lie spent yesterday and large por-
tien of today in this city
lie was asked what he proposed to
do, serve out his term as governor or
resign and become senator.
i haven't made up my mind yet,
was the response. 1T is possible |
may not go to Washington and it is
equally possible that may will
know by next December"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28
REPUBLICAN WINS.
Democratic Candidate For Mayor Of
Joliet Loses His Contest.

Joliet, Ill. June 27~-The contested
election clash before Judge Dibelin in
the circuit court involving the mayor,
city attorney and police magistrate,
were concluded today
r.. j. Barr, Republican, was declar
cd elected mayor by 119 votes over
William G.. Crolius, Democratic can
dldate. who inaugurated the contest
This Is an increase Of three votes owe,
the official returns. The vote for 9th
er Offices was unchanged Gross
frauds we're discovered in the thirt
and fifth wards. Several detectives
are here and arrests, are expected,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28
NEW RAILROAD.
incorporated at Sprinefield--WiI Run
From CarIinVlIe to st. Louis.

Springfield, Ill, June 27.--Articles
OF incorporation We're filel in the office
of the secretary Of state today of the
Carlinville, Alton and St Louis rail
way company, the principal office to
be in Jerseyyille. 1t is proposed to
to Jerseyvlle and Alton through the
counties of Macoupin, Jersey and Madi-
son to the east bank of the Mississippi.
The incorporators and first boa ID of
directors are Andrew w. Gross, JOS
eph NJ. Page, Joseph W. Becker and
John G. McGrath, all of Jerseyville;
Aaron 0. Auten, Of Chicago, and Rob
ert Curdle and June NJ Rhoades, Al
ton
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28
AiRsHlP SAILS AGAIN
With a 1o-Horse Power Gas Engine
Aboard--Was up as Minutes.

TgIedo, o.. June 81 Roy Knaben.
shuS today made trip In now air
shipS9which hc has Just completed
Knahcnshue has been working on the
new ship five weeks. He sailed Is
minntes with and against the wind
ThoNtrip was very successful lie
placNd in, the ship ten horse power
gas#1ngine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28
TRY TO KILL GAME WARDEN
tempt on Life of an Illinois
Official

Harrisburg. H.. June 27-Deputy
Ganle Warden George Newell of this
city.rtrofted an attempt on his life
by some unknown persons while he
was in search Of violators OF the game
law in the hills along the Saline river,
ten miles south of here. yesterday
evening, Six shots were fired at him,
bur ne escaped death by dodging be-
hind trees. A small bruise on his
forehead caused by piece of bark
which was Knocked from a tree by one
of ibe bullets is mis- only injury.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28
RueoNlc PLAGUE.
Case Develops at Panama and Police
Are Standing Guard.

Panama, June 27.--There have been
no new developments in the case OF
Bubonic plague at Laboca against
which strict quarantine has been en-
forced. A Gordon OF canal zone police
prevents all communication with La
boca
w. Il. Woodbury., associate editor o.
the Panama Star and Herald, died lat'
last night.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28
GOING TO SEE REGATTA.

Berlin, June 27.--The empress hav'
ing fully recovered from her recent
indispos'tion starts for Kiel this even
Ing to witness the closing regatta. iieI
majesty will join the emperor tomor
row on board the imperial yacht Ho
hen2ollern.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28
RECIPROCITY MANAGER.

Chicago, June 27---Promlnent rep
reseptatives Of the agricultural, com
mercial and I've stock industries
throughout the country met here today
and completed arrangements for ma
tional reciprocity conference to be
held In Chicago some time In August
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28

PANAMA RICH IN MINES
And the Government Holds They are
Government Property.

Washington, June 27-~Consul Gen
eral Leo of Panama, notified the state
department of the uninimous passage
of resolution by the cabinet counsel
Of the Panama republic holding that
all mines, whether found under tha
surface Of private property or not, be.
longed to the government of the re.
public. Lee adds that Panama is i'm
doubtedly very rich in mineral re-
sources and the number of Americans
arriving there for exploration and
working mines is constantly increas.
ing.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Promotions Announced BY Vice Presi
dent Harahan

Chicago, June Announcement
was made today by Second Vice Pres
ident Harahan of the Illinois Central
Of the promotion of the four officials
of the system.
r. ]. Hudson appointed general
traffic manager and the office of traf
fic manager abolished.
A. II. Hanson, to become passenger
traffic manager.
S. c. Hatch, promoted to the posi-
iton of general passenger agent.
r. D. Bowles. to be freight traffic
manager.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-06-28

London. June 27.--Jon Kubelilx, the
vlolinist, has signed contract for a
season Of 100 concerts in the United
States, beginning pevember 4, next
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04
SWAN TO HIS. WEDDING.
New Yorker Was Marooned on Island
by Joking Friends, But He Ar
rived in Time for Ceremony.

Syracuse, N. Y.-The wedding of
George Cooper. salesman, and Miss
jeanette Villains. a pretty stenogra-
pher formerly employed in the St. Cloud
hotel. occurred the other day according
to schedule, but in order to reach the
side of his bride in time for the cere-
mony the prospective bridegroom was
forced to swim mile in the none too
warm waters of the St. Lawrence river.
When Mr.. Coopers friends discovered
that he was contemplating a secret
marriage they quietly found out the de-
tails and then laid their own plans By
some means, not plain at this time, the
bridegroom was inveigled to a barren
island in the st. Lawrence near Clayton
where he was marooned and told to get
back the best way he could.
The nearest point of land was Grind
stone island, one mile distant. To this
the marooned lover finally determined
to swim, and, plunging in. he boldly
struck out. Being a good swimmer he
eventually reached his goal and took
the first train for home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04
FSNAKE AND EAGLE
FIGHT TO DEATH
A TRAGIC DUEL IN A VAST
COLORADO ARENA.
RATHER WON AND LOST
Killed His Adversary with Poison
Fangs and Gave His Life as For
felt to the Audience-An
Old Feud.

Denver-An ancient fight-as ancient
as the time dividing bird from serpent
"a fight thousands of times repeated in
the lonely places of earth each year, but
which man seldom sees, was witnessed
recently by John Wethersby, of Colo
RADIO City. 1t was q struggle to the
finish between an eagle and a big rat
tlesnake. Death was referee, as he is
in all the contests waged under natures
code Of fang and claw. Man, in the per-
son of Wethersby, put in his hand when
the two cOmbatants had settled their
strife, and ended it to suit himself-as
man always does. The arena was the
big bluffs that mark how the mountains
have crumbled into the plain, about 20
miles east of Colorado Springs-an open
big enough for the armies in Manchuria
to maneuver in.
Among other things, there are two
that man may not know, so it is said:
1.-THE way Of the serpent upon the rock;
the eagle soaring in the sky" Each
has a wonderful power that man does
not nderstand-does not understand
any more than he does why they always
fight when they meet, and that they al
ways should and will, so long as there
are serpents upon the rocks and eagles
soaring in the sky If there were no
eagles the rattlesnake has no enemy in
the sky or upon the earth, save man, to
fear.
The eagle, likewise. has no fear Of
anything. unless it may be the glisten-
ing yellow and brown poison creature
of the rocks-the RATHER.
Natural Enemies.
Thus it lives forever the death
feud Of the eagle Of the Montezumas and
the spent father Of the NOTES.-The rat
tier.
How it began, Wethersby did not see.
He was standing near the top of a big
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04

her by the throat and strangle her to
death, right there.
Il struggled against the desire and
Overcame it for the time The strange
part of it is that l love the little girl
better than my own life. Just before
that incident the same kind of an i'm
pulse came upon me when a woman
wanted to take from my arms baby
that was holding. could have killed
the woman but, again, l was able to
overcome the impulse.
''Thus far have been able, by great
ter of it, but the inclination seems to
be growing on me, and I am afraid
will do somebody violence If I am not
put in a safe place. At times, just
as do now, l know that l am all
right and would not harm kitten.
Then, all of sudden, my whole ma
ture changes and I become a tiger.
OF course, am insane. l must be.
That's why want to be locked up"
The police committed him to Jail,
where he will be kept, pending an ex-
animation as to his sanity. Before
visiting the station-house he placed
his businesS affairs in the hands of q
lawyer fearing. that he might soon be
unable to attend to his business. Then
he made his strange call on the po-
lice. After being examined by a COM
mission ne will be treated in sani-
tarium. Donahue is known as sober,
Industrious, Woodworking farmer, own
ing a small tract Of land north of this
city. He has never exhibited symp-
toms of insanity to those who know
him, and is said by his friends to be a
model man, fond of his wife and chill
dren, and a good citizen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04

of the system under which they worked.
But they marveled also at the number
of times day when the department was
called upon to exercise it's talents. I'VE
don't have so many fires" they said.
This is quite true. They don't have so
many. No city in Europe has anything
like so many fires as New York in pro-
portion either to the population or to
the number of buildings. New York is
always burning. And while the losses
for fire may be very low, according to
the statistics with which the fire de-
partment and the city comfort them
selves, fires mean danger and death.
Within the week more iremen have
been killed, and many firemen injured.
Within the week there have been sew
eral deaths at fires as a result of leaps
from windows and other efforts to es-
cape. No human ingenuity seems to
have been able to make fire escapes that
will guarantee safety1in building; and
naturally the average dwelling is with
out fire escapes Of any kind. rs the day
coming when every building, residence
or otherwise, will be constructed with
appliances that assure safety inscase OF
fire? And why does New York have so
many fires? Is there not field here for
reformatory inquiry? is New York too
confident of its fire Department.. Does
this confidence pay? Is s AZ az
- - l.. OWEN LANGDON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04
RICHES COME FAST
TO BOY BLUEBEARD
BOGUS TITLE ALLURING TO
WEALTHY WOMEN.
LATEST PARIS SENSATION
Son of a Nice Halter Proves q Veri-
table Johann Hoch for Europe
Wives Die Suddenly When
He Gets Money

PariS.-The fascination exercised by
. good-looking boy adventurer over a
number of wealthy women formed the
thread of an amazing story, as roman
tic in its outlines as it's details are sOr-
did, which the public prosecutor told
at the Paris assizes.
II the prosecutors story is substan-
tiated, a hoy Bluebeard" without a
peer has been discovered.
Two men and woman are on trial
for attempting to obtain $150,0QO by
fraud The interest of the case cen
tered around one prisoner, a young man
calling himself Marquis de Massa- Malsa-
pima.
According to the public prosecutor,
his real name is Massa, and he is the
son Of Nice halter. He is now "a,
and for the last seven years he has been
living on the credulity of wealthy wom-
en-, some of whom he married, and two
Of whom have died under mysterious
circumstances
After he had received a good educa-
ton at the Nice Lycee he began to con-
- AOueC ooSACtJ ACWo ~ luc INV lcl d. pd
pers. In this way he had the entry to
a number Of ladies' houses, and he soon
began to live the life of wealthy society
man. The want of title was a draw
back to his social success, so he assumed
that of the Marquis de Massa Malaspina
Leads spendthrift Life.
1t Is alleged that he then began to live
4 spendthrift life upon money which he
extracted from well-to-do society wom-
en-. Professional beauties, the daugh-
tiers Of well-to-do tradesmen, and wom-
en- of all classes were brought within
his mesh.
When necessary he did not hesitate
to contract marriage. In Vienna he
captivated wealthy lady, the Countess
Kufstein, who according to the public
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04
SELLS CHILD FOR A DOLLAR
Mother Surrenders Parental Rights
for Money and Baby Gets
New Parents.

Detroit, Mich.-The release of all
rights to her child for the consideration
of one dollar may appear on the surface
rather a cruel proceeding for mother
to enter into, but such proceeding is
quite often resorted to-.
Another instance of the sale of baby
for a dollar went on record in the pro-
bate court when a nameless babe was
adopted by highly. respected family.
The agreement reads:
II, Emma Graham, of Bad Axe, Mich,
being the mother Of q certain female
child born in Mercy hospital, Detroit,
Mich, in consideration of one ($D dol
lar, paid to me in hand by Mrs. H. C.
Sterling, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, have surrendered and
do hereby surrender and release all my
parental rights in and to said child and
give Mrs. H. c. Sterling the care and
custody of said child for adoption. In
witness whereof set my hand and seal
this 9th day Of January, 1905.
ELLA Graham"
Mrs. Sterling, who is matron of Mercy
hospital, has given the child into the
family of its future parents, who are
unknown to the child's mother.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04

rants, and people say they like what they
get there. But the Japs must hustle TO
catch up with the Chinese. The Chinese
restaurant is no longer a novelty, the
mere incident of Summing tour O.;
night adventure. The Chinese rstau-
rants have come to stay, and have i'm
mensely increased in number. 1t seems
but year or two since there were but
three balconied places in Chinatown,
to which it was considered comfortable
to take visitors, particularly visiting
ladies. Now there are 20 or more fash
ionable earthquakes in Mott and Pell
streets, gorgeously decorated with
dragons and other oriental filagree.
Chop suey continues to be the STAPLE. but
there is long list of dishes. many of
them dainty and mysterious in service
birds nests, pike and pineapple.
shrimp salad, beef and peppers, mush-
rooms, water chestnuts, star fruit not
to mention those shrouded in weird Chi
nese names. Dinner parties, often or an
elaborate scale, are of nightly occur
renee, and the service is excellent. the
bewildering variety of dishes coming as
q particular surprise to the lady guests
The walters display no excitement under
any circumstances The comnlacent
calm of the Chinese, .proprietors and
servants, under all circumstances is ono
Of the characteristics of the environ.
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rants, because the restaurants of many
nationaliites, which the visitor wishes
to see-French, Italian, Greek, Assyrian,
and so on-are very often in more or
less respondent cellars. But the event
of the convention was not any OF the
strictly metropolitan invasions, not
even the frolicsome night at the thea
ter, but the night at Coney Island. The
convention bodily adjourned to Coney
island. It is the thing conven-
tons do in summer. And Coney
is always ready. There is more
of it than ever, so much of it that
a convention or two may be added and
not be noticed. There are 900 people
there at this moment of writing. All
that have said as to the plans for
Coney's season are borne out by the stu
alton. It is no exaggeration to say that
Coney Island is the most conspicuous
feature of New York in the summer sea-
son. 1t is the point most definitely
fixed in the mind of every visitor, native
and foreign. There is no class, rich or
poor, that is exempt from the hive of
this extraordinary show place. No show
place, either in form of a national fair
or of a private device for making dol
lars, ever interested so diverse COM
pany Of visitors. The new features-not
to speak of those added to such places
as Luna Park and Dreamland-new
places Ike the Boer War and the JAP
anese Paradise, are prophetic of many
more. All will flourish, for the stream of
visitors seems to be endless. The
scores of thousands of electric lights il
Illuminate the heavens with sensational
glare. Far at sea the incoming ships
discern glow as of some vast confagra-
ton. At times the ocean itself might
seem to be forgotten. Yet the bathing
hours are unanimously busy hours
Sometimes the beach seems as hot as the
city. But the hot days find the most
people there. It is the tradition that It
must be cooler there, as, of course, it
generally is.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04

prosecutor, was possessed of great
wealth. and had estates in France as
we'll as Austria. She took the false
department of Morbihan
There his extravaganza and the prodi-
gality with which he spent her money
made him glorious all over the country
side. He quarreled with the local may
Or and on that official making some in
quiry which brought his identity TO
light Massa decamped.
He turned up next at Marseilles in
1900. He was then II. There he met
Nine. Anger. a lady 25 years older than
himself, and married her after she had
settled on him the sum Of 100000.
Less than year after, while travelling
with her boy husband in Russia, she
died suddenly and mysteriously The
manner of her death, said the prose
cutor. was suspicious and has never
been satisfactorily cleared up.
Gives Away an Estate.
The youthful widower then went to
Algeria, taking with him the 100000
which he had secured from his dead
wlfe's estate. He bought an estate
there, and after living on it for few
months presented it to young soldier
with whom he had contracted a close
friendship.
He was next heard of in Paris in 1902,
where he married the daughter of a
wealthy widow named Pallet, receiv-
ing with her marriage portion of s40,-
900. He took her to Tunis, where she
died so suddenly and so mysteriously
that the police ordered an inquiry.
He Is now under arrest, in conjunc-
ton with an adventures styling herself
the Countess Chatillon and a needy bar
rister. on charge of conspiring to rob
the executors of rich man by a forged
lou
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04

Daylight decollete 80 not our inyEn1
ton. Let us get what comfort we can
out of that. It comes from England
England and the continent. And we ara
told that we can't expect so many Of
our American women to visit Europt
and not fetch back with them effete hab+
its of some sort. The latest thing they
have brought back-that is to say, the
latest thing they have left behind, ID
the necks Of their gowns. Possibly
somebody will agrue that it is great
economy, for now the fashionable won.
an can wear her regular ball gown of an
afternoon If she wishes. am told that
she will do that next fall, which means
that the afternoon functions of the au-
tumn are to be dressier than ever.
I have been guilty of two reflections.
anent this announcements: What about
the bathing places? If daylight decol-
lete-ism is to be permitted, suppose
some one tries it at the beach in con-
junction with the bathing suit-in other
words, suppose she dresses like in the
French pictures. The bather is we'll
robed now. She can't wear white; she
can't wear too loud a crimson. She
can't wear anything ''too conspicuous"
Will the censor interfere if she tries the
decollete bathing gown?
Again, how about the men? Is the
clawhammer to come in before dinner?
Will not life be disrupted if he does?
Will not the ordinarily dressed man
-
the company of extraordinarily dressed
women? 1t is nice question. Some
thing will have TO be done about it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04
WIDOW Webs FARM HAND.
Latter Proposes and Is Accepted
While He Is Going for License
for Employer.

Butler, Pa.-Christian Otto, Of Butler
township. the other day made informa-
ton against Harvey H. Hayes for as
sault and battery and for kidnapping
three children of Mrs. Otto's, the chill
dren's name being Hagen.
During last winter Mrs. Hagen was
employed by Hayes as hOusekeeper at
his farm, her three children being with
her. Later Mrs. Hagen and Hayes de-
the woman 36. Hayes, being busy on
the day fixed for the wedding, sent Otto,
whom he had engaged as farm hand a
short time before, to town with Mrs
Hagen to get the license and bring out
a minister. On the way to town, Otto,
who is 80, won the widow, and when
they reached the courthouse they took
out license to we'd They stopped at
the home of the minister and were mar
ried.
They returned to the Hayes home
The farmer did not take serious offense
lived in peace until the other day. when
Hayes began loading his personal be-
longings on wagon, preparatory to
moving away
Otto looked on without objection I'M.
til Hayes picked up the three Hagen
children and put them on the wagon.
Then, it is alleged, there was a fight.
Otto was knocked down. and Hayes
drove away with the children, leaving
their mother and Otto together.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-08-04
Gay Youth Of 90 Is Wed.

Prescott, Mich.-George Sinton, of
Logan township, was married to Miss
Maud J. Love recently. The wedding
was on the ninety-eighth anniversary of
the bridegroom, while the bride, is a
school-teacher of IS, who has saved the
bulk of her salary for teaching school
Is years. This was the bridegroom's
second marriage, and the bride will
come into possession of six buxom
daughters, all of whom are grandmoth-
ers, which will give her the distinction
of being the youngest great-grandmoth-
er' in existence.