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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
MORE EVIDENCE
OF STRONG ARM
EIdridge OF the Mutual Tells of
BIsckmsil Operations.
A VICTIM OF HOLD-UpS
PAYING MONEY OUT RIGHT AND
LEFT TO STATE INSURANCE
lSSlONERS UPON
EXPOSURE THREATS.

New York, Dec. 5.-Instances in
which the Mutual Reserve Life lnsur-
ance Company paid an aggregate oi
about $4,000 in what Vice President
George d. Eldredge of that company
called "hod-ups'' were related to the
life insurance investigating committee
by Eldredge today In one caae, in
1898, Eldrodge testified, the company
paid $4,000 TO John Mcdonald, a Phil
adelphia lawyer, who had been active
in organizing the policy holders of the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance com
pany into movement which charged
Pres dent Durham of that company
with mis-management and demanded
his removal The charges also reflect
ed upon Ellredge's management as
vice president and threat was made
to ask for the appointment of a receiv-
er for the company, Engaged in this
movement Of the policy holders also
was J. S. Hoffecker former auditor
of the company who had been dis
mi, sed or who had resigned Before
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
NO COMMUTAT|0N
IN WOMAN s CASE
Governor Bell says Mary Rogers
Must Hang.
CAN DO NOTHING MORE
HAVING GRANTED REPRiEvES IN
ORDER TO GRANT ATTORNEYS
CHANCE TO EXHAUST ALL
LEGAL RESOURCES.

Chicago, December 5.-"The end has
ccne for Mary Rogers" said Governor
c. j. Bell, of Vermont, at the Great
Northern Hotel, tonight
Her attorneys have exhausted their
financial and legal resources, and
have granted every reprieve that seem.
ed TO be just or that the law required.
l,can do nothing further, and | do not
ee how any new reason for a reprieye
or commutation can arise"
Governsr Bell spoke calmly an1
quietly, but with decisive manner
that left no doubt that his mind Is
made up.
AS private citizen, setting aside
your duty as Governor, what are your
sentiments as to the hanging of a wo-
man by the state?' he was asked.
Governor Bell hesitated momentar-
lily then he said: u would rather not
express any opinion other than al
Governor at this time.
THE agitation has been the result
of newspaper talk, he said when ask
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06

leaving the company HoGecker in.
formed Durham that he resigned be
cause their ideas as TO common hon.
esiy d ffered much aud because he
knew Of so many questionable transac
tions of which Durham had approved
ElIredge declared II ffecker was nol
dismissed until he had demanded an
increase in salary from s35 to 100 a
week and practically said it was safer
for tho company TO keep him than to
let him go. in view Of what he knew
about the company.
Another In tance Of a "hold-up1 EI
dredge said was in 1898. when Max
Beehler, so-called examiner OF the
Iowa issrranoe department" came 10
New Y,rk with his son as an assist.
ami examined the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance Company and presented 10
1t bill for siS9 for the examination.
Rather than pay the bill the company
withdrew its business from Iowa. bu
a litfle later paid that bill and another
of S@t6 to Max Beehler fer verifica.
lion of his previOus examination in
order to get permission again 10 d.
business In Iowa.
Eldrcdge told also how he tried 10
secure a license for his company to
do business in Missouri ia 1898 and
founi that 81 would have 10 employ
w. II. Phelps as attorney before it
could DO so. Phelps got the licen- @
for the company in three days and
was paid $500 as Illegal fees" ri.
dredge said.
Eldredge testified also that he was
certain there was no truth in the state
ment made 10 a C-nnadian investigat
inG committee by James p. Wells. for
mer vice president Of the Mutual Re
Continued on Second PAge.l
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
TWAIN EXHIBITS
STOCK OF HUM0R
AT DeImOnicO Dinner Given in
His Honor.
IS SEVENTY YEARS OLD
PRESENT AGE IN US.
UAL WAY - BY STICKING
STRICTLY TO SCHEME
OF LIFE.

New York, Dec 5.Mark Twain
tonight was the guest of honor at a
dinner at Delmonico, gwen in honor OF
the humorist's seventeen birthday.
Guests were confined closely to the
writer's of imaginative literature. Dur.
ing the thinner, c3ngratulatory cable
messages was received from England
by forty Of the most distinguished
writer's there. President Roosevelt
Joel Chandler Harris sent letters and
many of those present spoke Or pre-
sented poems. Mark Twa'n, spoke on
how to get to be seventy and not mind
it,
He sad he achieved his 20 years
in the usual .way-by sticking strictly
TO the scheme of life, which would
kill anybody else. I'VE have no per-
manent habits" he said, until we are
forty, Then they begin to harden. and
presently they petrify, then bul mess
begins. Since forty | have been regu
lar about going to bed and getting up
and that is one of the main things.
| have made ii rule TO go to bed
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
MESSAGE READ TO
NATIONAL S0LONS
Follow Reading Throughout
With Printed Copies
WILL HELP BIG DITCH
PRELIMINARY STEPS TAKEN TO.
WARD APPRoPRlATlNG EN-
ERGENCY FUNDS-PER.
Feet FLOOD OF BILLS

Washington, Dec. 5.-The senate
was in session almost three hours to-
day and gave practically all its time
to listening to the presidents mes
sage. The document received c,o@e
attention many senators following the
reading throughout with printed cop
les in the hands.
President Rcosevelt's message re-
ceiyed the attention of the house for
two and half hours today. It's reading
was listened to with marked atten-
tion ana at its conclusion the docu-
ment was applauded Preliminary
steps were taken toward appropriating
needed emergency funds for the Pan
anna canal and this matter will be the
business for tomorrow.
Should unanimous consent be refus-
ed for its consideration a special rule
will be available which will put the
bill on its passage after a limited
period for discussion.
The house received and ordered re-
ferred to one of the regular election
committees protest from the Fifth
Congressional district Of lllincis stat
ing that Anthony Miehaelk, who was
yesterday sworn in as member of the
house from that district is not a cti
zen of the United States The protest
was presented by Rainey Of Illinois
who asked for a consideration of the
matter by a lpecial committee. This
point was the only one contested, ii
being suggested by Mann that it was
n matter for the proper election com.
mittee 10 consider and his amendment
to that effect was adopted.
Upon motion of Goldfogle of New
York. resolution was read expressing
the sympathy of the American people
fer distressed Russian Jews The re.
olution was ordered printed in the rec
ord and referred to the committee on
foreign affairs
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
WILL USE TORPEDO BOATS.

Washington, Dec 5--In response TO
1 cable inquiry from the state depart
nent as to the state of communication
between Berlin and st. Petersburg
Amba sador Tower today replied that
eIeg g-aph communication between the
wo capitals is entirely suspended and
~ail communication exists only from
Berlin to Eydrkuhnen on the border
between Russian and Russian Poland.
An effort is being made to arrange
a system of water communication be-
tween ST. Petersburg and the outside
world through the use of German and
British torpedo boats.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06

when there was not anybody left 10
Sit up with: and have made it rule
to get up when ! bad to-
In the matter # diet" he said
he had made it a rule TO stick to
things which didn't agree until one or
the other Of MS got the best Of It" I'm
tl lately he got the best OF II himself
But last spring he stopped frolickng
with mince pie Up TO then he didn
Snow it was loaded.
Il have made it a rule never TO
smoke more than one cigar at time
have no ether re trictions as regards
smoking. | do not know just when
Began Ia smoke. only know that IL was
n NV fathers lifetime and that l.
vas discreet. He passed from this
life as early in 1874. when was
shade past eleven: ever since that
have smoked publicly As an example
% others and not that care for
moderation myrelf, it has always been
ny rule never TO smoke when asleep
and never TO refrain when awake
"As fer drinking. | have no rule
about that. When others drink I like
20 help; otherwise ! remain dry. by
habit and preference. This dryness
ioes not hurt me. but % could easily
hurt you. because you are different
You lei Il alone
i have lived a severely moral life.
But It would be a mistake for other
people to try e.. or for me TO recon-
mend IT, Very few would succeed.
You have TO have a perfectly eollos-
sal stock of morals AMI you can net
ger them on a margin. you have 20
have the whole thing, and put them in
your box Moral are an requirement /
like music, like a foreign language. /
HE piety. poker. paralysis-nO man I
fConcIuded On EecOn.i paZe1
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
CRIMINAL BANDS
SECURING RUSSIA
Go npIete Anarchy Prevails in
The Ba'tic Provinces.
STREAM OF FUCITIvES
CROSSING FRONTIER TO GER.
MANY--DRUNkEN SOLDIERS
FRATERNIZE WITH THE
RED SOCIALISTS

Berlin, Dec. 5.-The Ost Preusische
Zeitung Of koeniesburg says:
upon information gained from
Russian fueitives complete anarchy
prevails in the Russian Baltic pro.
vinces. The government has wholly
lost its power and the military are be-
aiming to fraternize with the revolu.
tionists.
zone frequently sees drunken sol
diers paracing the streets with social
SITS waving red handkerchiefs.
"Protection of life and property has
wholly ceased to exist. Bands of
criminals are securing the provinces
and numerous estates have been pill
1ged, their arms, horses and money
seized and cattle burned to death in
stables.
"The stream of fugitiVes crossing
,he frontier is daily increasing.
"Nobemen from the Baltic provin-
oes are arriving at koenigsberg to
place their women and children in
1afety."
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
PANAMA CANAL EXPENSES.

Washington. Dec. 5.-A summary o.
expenditures of the lsthmian Canal
commission in all departments to Sep
tember 50. 1905. was presented to The
house today by MIR. Hepburn. The
aggregate is ss.O95. .092 which is made
mp of various items including canal
construction sf.0l0105: purchase Of
steamers Havana and Mexico 81 800
GOO; material and eupplies S2091 .25S.
Cost of waterworks. seweres. roads
was also included Estimated expen-
ditures f~r October and November
1905. sl.S92.Ooo. making the total for
the entire period to December l, 1905
$685., ,092.
Hepburn filed also a detailed state
ment Of amounts composing appropria-
tiou Of s16.5o0000 asked for in the
emergency bin now pending. The state
ment includes estimated liabilities to
December I, covering material ordered
and in transit $4,000. .ea0: equipment
S3.S500 000; material purchased Decem-
Der !. 1905, to June 20, 1896. $500.
Concluded on Second psge.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
SURPRISING FACTS.

New Orleans. La, December 5.-Ac
cording TO the official health bulletin
issued TO the Engl sh steamship Prince
Arthur of the Southern Pacific Line
which arrived here today from Ha.
vana, there we're % cases Of yellow
fever al Havana last Saturday The
disease is reported n epidemic. and
IT is raid that the Cuban health au-
thorities are Withholding the true con
dltion cf affairs
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Wednesday, December 6, 1905.

Aged woman butted to death
> by a big ram.
Revenue cutter William Win
, dom scovers many cases of
revolving cruelty on oyster
boats in Chesapeake Bay.
Governor Bell says there Is
to be no reprieve or commuta-
. ton for Mrs. Mary Rogers and
= she must hang.
, Grave charges made against
, superintendent of Girls Indus
trial schc oil.
. Company X to accompany
= Governor Deneen as part of
, guard Of honor TO unveiling of
e. monument at Vicksburg next
, May
+ Extracts from President
. Rooseyelts message to con
, gress on vital questions of the
4, day.
; Architect Kusener received
> order to draw up plans for new
, home for Alexander club.
, Eldredge of the Mutual Re
> serve testlfies to how his com
, pany was subjected TO hold :
, ups" by state insurance com Z
> mis- toner's
Local Ben Hur Tribe holds .
; annual election.
, Alderman Koehler starts the 4
ball rolling for a Greater Cairo 4
, by introducing resolution for :
) paving many streets with vitri- 4
) fed brick.
; Mark Twain exhibits his fine =
) sense of humor at a DelmOnico .
. banquet rendered in honor Of Z
his seventeen birthday. (
; Anarchy prevails in the Rus Z
, sian Baltic provinces. Soldiers =
= fraternize with the Reds. =
Ven Z. l.. Roland in address =
; al Episcopal synod AT Spring .
field said Cairo negroes as a 4.
, clas are the worst of any city .
b in the Union. being largely re- !.
sp- nsible for the crimes be .
ing committed here .
Parties are in the city en- .
deavoring TO rent Company KS .
armoTy for a skating rink. 4.
Illinois State Board Of Rail /.
road and Warehouse make hori- =
zoniaI reduction Of 20 per cent =.
IN freight rates =
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06

ed about the popular sentiment IN
Vermont There is no extensive
movement in behalf Of Mrs. Rogers in
our state.
Only a year ago the Legislature re-
fused To abolish capital punishment
The law applies alike to men and
women, and believe in enforcing the
law"
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE.

Washington, Dec 5.--Among the
bills introduced in the house today
were: BY Cochran New York; u
joint resolution providing for the
amendment Of the constitution which
will make II possible for members of
the house to be elected for four years
Snapp tIllinoisl, a postal savings
bank bill which provides that the post
master general is 10 be in charge of
q central bank in Washington, which
shall issue postal savings stamps of
denominations and provide stamp
cards on which these may be pre-
served until they aggregate 81, when
postmasters shall receive them as de
posits
Hepburn (IowaD making liquor sub
iect to the laws Of the stale in which
il happened to be while in transit on
railways crossing several states.
Other bills included were TWO bills
designed to permit tobacco growers tt
escape internal revenue tax. The first
provides that no internal revenue ta'
hall be imposed on tobacco in thf
natural leaf and the second permits
farmers and other tobacco growers to
sell the natura! lea without tax or
charge. II also provides that this
leaf may be made into twist tobacco
without becoming subject to the re
venue laws.
To construct cable between the
United States and Panama
To protect foreigners in the Unitef
States from lynchings. 1t provide.
that death or Imprisonment shall be
the punishment for three or NOR,
persons lynching a subject of foreign
power
Prohibiting the issuing of United
States liquor licenses 10 persons desir /
ing to sell liquor in communities where
the sale of liquor is prohibited by state
+ local lave.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
AIDED BY BLUE JACKETS.

Georgetosn British Guiana. Decen
Der 5.-The streets are patrolled n
tinuously By militia. police and special
constables- Blue jackets from the
British cruiser Sappho are assisting in
maintaining order during the wharf
labOrers' strike.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
TROUBLE m DOMINGO.

Sanio Domingo. December. 5.-The
pilitical situa ion is strained. Vice
President General Raymond Caceros.
who Is under TODD 10 be hostile to the
Chief Executive, has arrived here. He
denies. however, that he has any nten-
lion q forcing the President TO re
sign
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
OUR MARINES ARRIVE.

ST Petersburg Dec. 4, via Eydt-
5uhnen, East Prussia. Dec 5.-The
guard for the American embassy con.
3isting of marines. under a petty Off
2er from the United States cruiser
Minneapolis, arrived here today.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
ORDERED TO BOHEMIA

Vienna. Dec 5-The Neue Freie
Prssse SAYS that twelve infantry hat
talions -iarioued az Linz. CracoW snd
Oimeutz. and Dragons stationed a.
Neustadt have been ordered 20 Bo-
hernia Serious disorders are aniici-
pated in Bohemia in connection with
the Suffrage reform agitation.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06
TO PROTECT SWEDES.

Stockholm Dec. 5.--The Aftonbadet
says that two war vessels will be dis
patched to st. Petersburg to protect
Swedes there and to bring home those
who wish TO return.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-06

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Concluded on Second psge.)
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
CHICAGO HOARDs
100000 EGGS
City Guards Against
Farnir1e-Has Butter,
=, Too.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Dec. Thirty million
dozen eggs-seo,ooo, 900 eggs-in one
million cases are awaiting consumption
in Chicago's coldstorage houses. Thirty
million pounds of butter in $4,000 tubs
are also locked up in the coldstorage
vaults, ready to be spread on Chicago g
bread whenever she is hungry. These
enormous quantities Of dairy products
put by in her commercial larder are the
greatest in Chicago's history, and set
mark that overtops that Of any prev
ious year.
While New York is complaining
about the high prices Of first-class eggs
and eastern dealers are tearing THEN
hair in frantic manner because the her
has gone on a strike, with a shortage
in the supply of the highvgrade article
Chicago dealers are, assured there vii
be no shortage Of the best eggs here al
winter. < w.
New York is, paying from .35 to. ,5ss
cents dozen retail for the best eggs
while Chicago is giving from 20 to 81
cents for the same article.
Dealers, on South Water street say
the western hens will lay enough eggt
to keep Chicago supplied with good
fresh eggs nearly all winter. The refrig
orator egg will be eaten only by the
man who pays for it and who knows
what he is getting. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
EYE FOR AN EYE NOT ri
A CIVILIZED THEORY
Ohio Scion Will Try to Discontinue
r. Capital Punishment.

r. F., Capital Punishment.
BY Publishers Press. = ~ >.
LEVELAND, Dec. 9.-Infuenced
q ! by the Rogers execution, a bill
to discontinue capital punishment
in Ohio will be introduced in the 1egis-
lature by Representative j. G. Saw
icky. He. said today that the theory
of can eye for an eye" was, obsolete
and relic of barbarism. -
"The taking of a life by a state is
cold-blooded MURDER he said, "and
sometimes worse than murder, for muir
der is often committed in passion
when the assailant does not recognize
the enormity of his action. The popu'
lation in the state Of Ohio ought tc
take the lead in setting a good example
in this matter. A life sentence in the
penitentiary is severe enough penalty
for any crime.'' s.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

Former Minneapolis Mans
Name Used by Rockefel-
ler-Ryan People.
New York Herald Special Service.

YsEW YORK. Dec. "A move
IN ment is on foot among certain
F< trustees Of the Mutual Life In
surance company to make w. III. Trues-
dale president. This movement is said
to be due to the desire of the Rookie
feller-Ryan group Of trustees to shut
OF the damaging disclosures as to the
conduct of the company. There is a
belief, it is declared, on the part of
those who urge Mr.. Truesdale's cleo
tion, that he would bring the ,s'house-
scieaning'' agitation to a speedy close
and thus check further deterioration
in the company's assets.
Mr.. Truesdale. who is president of
the LackaWanna. railroad and also
chairman Of the committee of trustees
investigating the Mutual's affairs, il
said not to be in favor of so sweeping
an inquiry as are the other members
Of that committee. ) ohm M. Auchin.
Gloss and Stuyvcsant Fish.
No Chance for Peabody.
The opposition to Mr.. Peabody has
apparently destroyed his prospects as
successor to Richard A. McCurdy. The
Standard Oil clique may be baked
however. as a result of resolution in
troduced by Eloridge T.. Gerry, at yes
terday's meeting Of the Mutual tru,
tees and adopted. >. The Gerry resolu.
ton specifically declared that the
'house-cleaning' committee should
continue its business even after per,
manent president was selected.
Until that resolution was adopted
some of the trustees thought they
could get rid Of all their troubles mere.
ly by the election Of a permanent pres
ident, and because the Truesdale- Fish
faction was in the minority there was
not much use in wasting time consult
ing their wishes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Standard Oil Crowd.

The dominant faction, consisting of
TIE friends of George F. Baker, Of the
First National Bank, and Henry III.
Rogers, Of. the Standard Oil company
was inclined to be, a little. impatient
because Messrs. Fish and Truesdale die
not take kindly to their choice Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
NOBEL PRIZE FOR ROOSEVELT.

Journal Special Service.
| Paris, Dec. 9.-The Matin today de-
clares ION authority" that President
Roosevelt and Henry Sienl1iewicz the
Polish novelist will divide the Nobel lit
erature prize.
The paper says that the prize for the
greatest medical service to humanity will
be awarded to Professor Koch Of Berlin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
STEEL TRUST s
HEAD SMIRCHED.
Carnegie Mistaken When He
Deemed Corey Proof
FL Against Wiles.
Everywhere Is Discussed the
Steel Magnate's Affair
With Actress.
New York Herald Special Service.

~ 1TTSBURG, Pa, Dec. 9.-When
Andrew Carnegie named Will
liam E. Corey head Of the Unit
ed States Steel corporation to succeed
Charles M. Schwab, he is alleged to
have said: "There is a man whose
head never can be turned by woman
That the prediction of the Laird of
Skibo failed of fulflment is proved by
Corey's infatuation for an actress.
At Chicago, in saloons, in society
everywhere-the sensation is the all
absorbing topic, and while some are un-
charitable enough to call it scandal, all
admit that it furnishes food for gossip.
In Pittsburg, as well as in his old
home at Braddock, the feeling against
him over his alleged ill-treatment of
"Laura,' as most Of the people in the
valley know Mrs. W. Ellis Corey, is
very bitter.
Uncle Gave Him Start.
Twenty years ago slim youth walked
into the office Of J.,B. Corey in Brad
dock and said: "Uncle, give me a
job.' -...:t' = ....s- .
"All right, Ellis; I III put you to work
and if you stick by me I'll make a
man out of you. Report here tomorrow
morning. ............- .-.-..-..- -..... .-.-.
The next morning W. Ellis Corey re-
ported at the office Of his uncle and
was put to work on his coal tipple
dumping cars. There was a series OF
protests, but they were UNDECIDED by
the old man, who had worked his way
up from Mississippi coalboat pilot to
that Of millionaire and who had toiled
side by side with John D. Rockefeller
If Ellis, his favorite nephew, wanted
to make his way in life, he must begin
as the bottom out here, roughing it with
the rest Of. the. boys. Ellis would get
$40 month and must wait till pay day
for his money, the same as the rest OF
the men. -. ~. t:@*S
Young Corey's Work.
Young Corey remained at work for 6
time. His duties were to push loaded
cars as they came from the mine to the
1lpplo vi W d oo1G VI d cage, lOCh GueI
there, press some sort Of lever, which
would tip the cars and shoot the Goa
into cars below thru a chute It was
the worst kind Of dusty and grimy
work. !"
1t was not long until young Corey
found an outlet. There had been long
standing feud between his uncle an6
Captain Johns, who was superintendent
of the Braddock mills. Captain Johns
had been asked by J. B. Corey to close
his mills on Sunday, but he had indig
nantly refused. Seeing young Corey
one day covered with Crime, he said
cit IS shame for the old man to treat
you 50. Come over to the mill office
and I III give you a job that will be il
keeping with your ability. I'll put yo,
to work in the laboratory and make {
chemist of you.' $780,
To the Steel Mills.
! Without SO much as word of fare
well, Corey passed from the coal tippl
to the laboratory of the Braddock Stee
Gon4inuoI an Cd Do lei