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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28
RATES FOR MONEY
TOPS TIVE RECORD
YET THE SPECULATIVE POSITION
WAS MAINTAINED WITH
EoUiNIMiTY--cLosiNG WEAK
AND ACTIVE.

New York, Dec. Ell proved i'm
possible TO entirely ignore the none
stringency in the action of speculatio,
To-Day. but considering the violence O
activity III the money market and higl
rates paid therefor accommodation i
must be conceded that the specuIatly,
position was maintained with remark
aple equinimity. No such rates have
been paid for money on call as those
eAacted at the stock exchange since
l-lhe panic OF the spring of 1901 and the
prevailing rates of from 80 to 80 per
ceht We're as such as have proved an
lnde& OF panic conditions in the srocIy
market in times past Yet the nres-
sure upon stocks proved so light thar
II might be said TO reprezent little
more than a cessation.
recent obstinate determination Ia
ignore absolutely the strineency Of
money markets showed some signs Of
vitality this morning in determine
the bidding up of a handful of stocks
III spite of the admonishing effect Of
money rate on the general list. Amer.
lcah Smelling for instance was rush
ca up TO new record price and there
were vigorous advances in few minor
speclalt.es. Determined optimism of
me speculative opinion was shown bv
Tue character Of some arguments
heard The very stringency Of mo
money market. said these re5soners
was evidence OF the eagerness of very
wealthy capitalists TO withhold funds |
from the money market for use in the /
purchace Of stocks. The presence IN
wall street of the secretary Of the
.teasury also came in for The usuaI
Interpretation on the part of
confident operators for advance al.
hongh such limitations of the score
airy purpose toward the money mar
Aet as were allowed 10 become mfb.
&c oiiered no encouragement for hopes
Il fellef Tor any purely speculative dis.
fesses Reports of the progress OF Inc
~ tiement OF the bankrupt Chicago
ahh5 were less satisfactory and con.
lhueu % discount on New York OK. (
mango at Chicago showed mainten.
nee OF measure there for funds ON
lew YORK. S-me other interior cen
'fs as wen reported discolin, on {
e" York exchange Amounts taken 6
ON the banks by the nb-treasurer,
nee the last bank statement was eZ.
ended 10 $9,3S20GQ.
Attention was attracted by tha es. \
mate of The Journal of Commerce y
AT the dividend and interest dis. =,
easements 10 be made in January
III reach The record of figures of
4i,o0o00o an increase over last Ian. A
ny disbursements 6 $4,000 The u;
ignilnde of the sum thus to be pro. IN
led for in the face of the low condi.
IN OF the bank reserves and active
rrowIng for speculation offers OK.
inatlon for the course OF the money
irket
me market broke badly during tho
It hour with wider flights in money
&c and The closing was weak ana
ry active
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28
CHICAGO GRAIN.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

Chicago. Dec. 27.-CATTLE-T There
was not very good demand for cat
tie this week Prices are largely
ten lower than at the close of last
week. The trade In cows, hoifers
stockers and feeders was fair
HOGS-'rhe market was no, very
animated. Prices averaging lower
than yesterdays best time
SHEEP-Trade broke i0at5 in val
ne a. compared with those Of The
previous day Demand fairly good
but there was liberal run and buy
ing was nj active enough to enable
sellers to hold their prices M.
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Notice.

The regular annual meeting OF the
stockholders Of the City National
Bank, of Cairo, Illinois. will be held
at the Office of said bank. Tuesday,
January 9TH. 1906. for The purpose of
oiccting seven directors and such
other business as may properly come
before said meeting Polls open 10
a. m. and close D. m. Of said day.
J. :. AISTHORPE.
Cairo, I'LL. Dec. 9th. 1905. Cashier
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The Iron Mountain Missouri Pacific
ystem will sell special low rate tick.
cts 70 an stations on che system. &C
count the Christmas and New Year
holidays. December p p. =. 25. 20
and 81. 1905. and January l. 1906.
good for return to aud including Jan
nary 4. 1906. See agents for fun par
tiCuiars.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28

The Big Four viii run their through
trains Nos : and Sunday Docem.
Der - and 81 same schedule a. week
days 70 accommodate holiday travel
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28
NEW YORK COTTON
GOYERNMENT BoNns.
Today Yesterday


Csl mcnsT today vas N great l.
rand AID supply vas sTpsr51tIv hare
y Sufficient Rate of-es rsr cent ~
znE1u h-SEe1- = .ss-z a. toE-ss-
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28

Advertisers In The Bulletin get the
best results because 1t has the largest
circulation and goes to the people
having the purchasing power.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28

TRY. again" is not always a good
creed. II will not avil for the man
who is trying TO sell or rent his house
solely by the use OF a placard in the
window IN such case you haven
really tried al all until you have adver
tiseI.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28

Men and aomen eAf sTobe alrpris
ingly yell considering hsw a.r1. rae
men know abouf the women. and low
much ihe vome1 suspect about the
meD.-Atchiscon Globe.
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Stocks Bonds = Cereals

late N the afternoon highest IS. low
est 80, fuliag, rate 50. last loan So
closing bid 80, offered al 80 per cent.
Time fiian sixty days six per cent
and commission, ninety days six
months six per cent Prime paper 5Is
and per cent Exchange weak, de.
mand $i.S5.50 and S4S555 sixty days
Sl.S2. and $685. Bar silver G51h.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28

rgz-.a- f-r-s- "a E--ks-s
re- :. ~ v--s- a. s-gsv.s .
- 2 zss
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28

The Bulletin IL delivered in thirty
surrounding towns In time for tbs
breakfast table.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28
Receipts and Shipments.

Chicago Dee 27. The following re.
ceipts ana shipments represent the
car load lots from this market today:
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onleers.
Directors.

Interest paid on time deposits at the
rate OF three per cent. per annum.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

All that's called want advertising
is not want advertising" any ade-
quate sense. Only paper which eau
give the largest publicity to your want
is adequately advertising" that want.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28
Alexander County
Savings Bank
STRICTLY A SAVINGS BANK.
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.

surpIu, and Undivided profits, $4,000
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-28

The brst Is always the cheapest
nse the nnliestn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20
MINNESOTA NEWS
The Concrete Industry.

'- 49, ~@S "E 80
= The first annual meeting of the.
Northwest Concrete Manufacturers
Association, is to be held at .:Minnea-
polls, January oath, 25th and 26th,
1905.
The object of the meeting is to bring
together in aconvention the manufact-
urers of cement products, contractors,
engineers, architects and all persons
interested in the progress and develop
ment of the concrete industry.
So many people have already signi-
fed their intention to be present at the
meeting that the management has
deemed it necessary to engage the en-
tire fourth floor of the county side Of
the new court house and city hall.
There will be papers and discussions
touching upon the various uses of
Portland and native cements, covering
the field of building blocks, freproof-
ing, sidewalks, sewer pipe, cement
brick, ETC., read by prominent promi-
nent authorities on each specific issue.
It has been arranged to have q large
exhibit in connection with the e
ton of concrete machinery of all de-
scriptions, samples of finished prod
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20

and a very few other leaders of events.
But the event is the Aston ball-that of
Mrs. Aston.
There is but one Mrs. Astor, the widow
Of William of that name. Newport yet
remembers the struggle between her and
Mrs. William Waldorf Aston as to which
was 1.-The" Mrs. Aston. The younger
woman claimed precedence as the wife
Of the older sOn-an English rule. The
postmaster Of Newport was commanded
by both ladies to deliver to them all let
tiers addressed simply to Mrs. Astor."
He delivered them all to the older lady,
following American, precedent. The
William w. Astors, for that and other
reasons, went abroad and are now Brit
ish subjects. Mr.. w. w. Astor is a
widower. Mrs. (William) Aston is the
leader of society in New York; the I'M
questioned, %unrivalled leader. Great
therefore is the comment upon the fact
that she has asked 1000 people to attend
her ball, always the largest, as it is the
most distinctive of such entertainments.
The date is January 8. No other society
event Is scheduled fer that night. That
would be useless.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20

The little people follow Jim KeEne
s~metimcs because they do not. know
that they are doing it, sometimes be-
cause they do know it, but think
that they can unload" before he is
ready. But whether Keene or Flower or
any other man leads, the result is the
same. No mar is smart enough to gam-
Bile in stocks on a margin.
1t has been a trying season for the
"sure tip" men who advertise in the
Sunday Newspapers. There were one or
two of these worthless who won quite a
reputation for accuracy during the bear
campaign a year ago. They were used
by leading bears to predict attacks
which they were about to make and not
only did the attacks come. off promptly
on time, but the public aid the advert1s-
ing tipsters were able to swing mate
rally helped the campaign. It began to
look as if bear tips couldn't 60 wrong.
But just about at the bottom the bears
began to get beaten about twice out OF
three times. Then the tips went wrong
and they have been going wrong eve
SINCE. One Information bureau" an
nounced last spring in two full columns
of display type that w. r. Hearst was
going to be elected president, that the
bear movement was but just begun,
and that stocks would sell far below the
lowest prices they ever reached. That
information house is still advertising.
It's patrons must have had bad memories.
More likely, they are not the same
patrons. Practically all the tipsters
were caught by Lawson's panic.
In spite Of all the efforts Of the wash
sale" tricksters and the advertisements
of the tipsters, paid for in part by opera
tors, it is often charged, the public were
not drawn into the street last year as
they were in 1900 and 1901. 1t will prob
ably be a long time before they are; and
just as we'll. But the gamblers will be
apt to blame Lawson for the dullness
which will for the most part continue to
aff1ict them. The golden egg laying
goose won't stand killing too often.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20

different as could possibly be imagined.
keene is one He is a born gambler.
He spends money freely and has been
"broke' several times. He is not a peo-
pies man. He would never dream Of
appealing direct to the public. like Law
son. He works under cover. Such is
his prestige that the whisper "Keene is
points, and more if the report seems
confirmed. Besides his campaign in
Amalgamated, Keene has been employed
in sensational steel operations. He won
his greatest personal triumphs before
that as a bear using his own money. AS
a bull leader for a clique Of men getting
ready to unload, he is not less skillful.
But his skill is all of the market. He
knows Wall street; he does not know
the country.
The other leader was a man not
usually so Observation-Disclosures P. Flower.
In appearance he was, what in fact he
really was, a Jefferson county farmer.
A plain man, ready of access to every
one, homely of speech, he had been more
than an average governor of New York,
a homely but forceful speaker at county
fairs. He was not great in finesse, but
when he made a plain, strong statement
people believed him. Flower had
control of ~money-not a great deal,
as things go-through the estate of a
relative, of which he was executor. He
took hold of Brooklyn Rapid Transit
and worked the price up to 1870. When
few shares himself. The stock never has
paid a dividend. 1t has since been as
low as %.
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presented to him by q southern admirer.
This strip is made from cane juice. is a
clear white color, a little thicker thar
maple strip. and the president says is
just the thing for buckwheat cakes. The
cane from which this article is manu-
featured is grown on the gray hammock
soil, near the coast, and partakes CT the
color of this soil.
The grinding of the cane and the evap-
Grafton of the juice to a strip is an in
dustry of the southern upland planter
which is growing in Importance. The
old-fashioned New Orleans molassea
and clear strip have gone out of fashion
| somewhat, but the taste for the juice oi
| the cane is now liable to be revived on
account of the use of the article by the
president of the United States. j..
Senator Proctor, of Vermont. is a IT.
tie jealous of the efforts to p~opularize
the treacle from the south, as he wants
the genuine. old-fashioned maple strip
from the granite hills of his state to hold
first place in the affections of the Off
Gals in Washington. He has made it a
practice for some years to keep the pres
ident's table and those of his Official
friends in Washington well supplied
with this toothsome delicacy, and he
laughs to scorn the idea that the south
| ern strip can take the place of the arc.
matte maple as an accompaniment to the
presidents natutinal dish of batter
| cakes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20

oANJ 0~ Nv
hall in an ambitious western city.
Behind both is a huge ballroom.
with an entrance into both par
lors, themselves big rooms, which
serve a. supplementary bathrooms. Or
dinarily the ballroom is closed from
both houses, for the sake of a snugger
and more home-like effect within. On a
upon a high chair not unlike a throne,
placed directly under the portrait of her
painted in 1886 by Carolus Duran. She
is not beautiful, but she is in every sense
of the word a lady; and she can stand
the comparison with her own picture of
two decades ago.
A thousand dancers can find space in
the ballroom, a hundred in each Of the
parlors. These have never been needed
before. Last year there were 900 guests.
The personnel has changed for reasons
other than number. Some old-time mem
bers of society have, by their OWE wish,
dropped out. as their narrowed means
will no longer permit them to return hos
pitality upon the princely scale now de-
manded by fashion. Many more have
come from the west and the south. Mrs.
Astor's invitation is to such new corners
an accolade. The leader is not unduly
exclusive. 1t would be absurd in these
days to say that society is composed of
400 persons. Ward McAllieter made that
famous phrase. He was known as a social
dictator only because he was honored
by Mrs. Astor's choice of him as a lieu
tenant and master of ceremonies. The
number Of the insiders grew In his day
to $50, then to 700, then to 900; now it
has leaped to 1000. In every case it
was Mrs. Aston who made the list and
set the limit II it is further enlarged
society may have to build larger. ball
rooms. There are not above six in the
city now that would not be hopelessly
crowded by 1000 persons. It is alto
gether likely, however, that society will
subdiyide itself into cliques and groups
of natural associates, as in London.
r e : OWEN LANGDON.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20

republican, victory. The bird was sent
i; here to crow over this victory, and heGid
it in fine style. Mr.. Casson, the ser-
geant-at-srms, placed the fowl ii d bar
rel and secreted it in one Of the corridors
OF h basement of the capitol. His
roostership did not fancy confinement,
! managed to escape from the barrel AMI
started on a tour Of discovery through
the historical capitol building.
After leaving the barrel he gave vent
to an ear-splitting crow, and the capitol
police started after him. The rooster
ran upstairs and took refuge in the
house interstate commerce committee
room, where he saade-, his presence
known to Chairman Hepburn, of lows,
by a series of tremendous roars.f Col.
Hepburn ordered the bird caught and
dispatched, but some told him that
it was an Iowa bird, sent here to cele-
brate the republican victory. I'll. that
is So" said Hepburn, "just kick him
gently; don't wiring his neck, and
then drive him down to- the CON-
mittee on merchant marine and fish
cries and let Gen. Grosvenor hear him
crow" -ry..
The bird on being driven out of his
refuge, scuttled downstairs to Speaker
Cannon's room, but found that states
man had gone to his home in Illinois.
He then darted into the house lobby
and finally into the house itself, where
he perched himself on the desk of Gen.
Bingham, the father of the house, and
emitted another patriotic shrek. From
that point of vantage he flew to the
speakers chair, and was just preparing
to give a sample Of his vocal ability
when he vas captured by an active
page, and now confines his songs OF
triumph to Sergeant-at-Arms Casson's
back yard.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20
News Notes.

The St. Paul curriers' make prepar-
atoms for the Northwestern bonspiel
to begin at the Nushka rink Oh Jan.
%. i
The associated school boards section
of the Minnesota Educational asso-
citation condemns football.
X. r. Quale, a prominent merchant
of Pelican Rapids, dropped dead at his
home.
Joseph Guilmette was sentenced at
Crookston to life imprisonment at
hard labor, on recommendation of the
attorneys for the state and the fore
man of the jury. He said nothing but
I'm innocent" The sentence seemed.
to relieve him.
Governor Van SAINT has appointed
Charles C. Whitney of Marshall to fill
the vacancy on the board of trustees
for the Soldiers home caused by the
resignation of w. P. Dunnington.
81 While William Stueber Of tile town
of Grafton was attending church, his
dwelling burned with all its contents.
The loss is about $1,000, with no in-
surance. The cause, of the fire way a
defective chimney.
Miss Bertha Thurman, aged SO
years, was burned to death il her.
mothers house at lie Sueur while
alone. her clothing having caught ire
IN some unknown manner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20

ity to secure appointments to the more
important committees. These commit
tees are those on rules. appropriations,
ways and means, and judiciary. When
a member is assigned to any one of these
desirable committees he is looked upon
as a house aristocrat and is an object Of
both admiration and envy. The honor
Of these positions is felt more in WASH
ington than anywhere else, as a con-
CHEESEMAN'S constituents do not. as a rule.
appreciate the fine distinctions that OBJ
a member who has been made chairman
of an obscure committee, one that has
nothing to do and never meets. would be
regarded by his folks at hCme as a much
more important ~persorage than if he
were to be given a position on the COM
mittee on appropriations.
There are 81 committees in the house,
and the majority of them are only
known by their names. A great many Of
them never hold a session. but a comfor-
table committee room is provided for
them, and there the chairman is located.
virtually enjoying a well-furnished pri-
vate Office and reception room where he
can meet and entertain friends.
To become a member of the house aris-
tocracy means that the congressman
must be a man of force and ability. The
committee on rules is probably the high
est. as in this small body under the pres
ent system is lodged the real power Of
legislation. When anything is to be pu.
through the house that does not have the
right of way under the regular rules, a
special rule is reported from this CON-
'nlttee. 1t consists of but five members,
the chairman being the speaker of the
house. Besides the chairman there are
TWO majority and two minority men,
bers. 1t can be easily guessed that the
speaker and the two majority members
dominate the committee.
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fully nursed little boom of the brokers.
The market had been worked along
for five mon" for a killing at the end
Of the year. "hen the public could be
enticed into the street to take high
priced stocks off the hands OF their hope
full owners. That plan went to pieces in
the ruin Lawson wrought. Out of the
heated discussions of the market have
come one or two golden nuggets of
truth. One was Jim Keene's lot
ter admitting that he had worked OF
$4,000, 600 worth of Amalgamated Cop
per stock upon the public at an average
price Of about 95; and the ingen-
uous confession that the Amalgamatec
insiders had wished him to push the
price higher, but he refused because he
said a higher price would swamp them
with stock. Everybody knows that the
price did go higher and that the market
Was swamped. Keene knew.
The second was a better understands
ing than was ever before common about
the speculative use of wash sales" This
was brought out in a lawsuit at about
Lue lluIe Ol Lawson S famous copper
"drive.' If by buying from himself and
by selling to himself 10, 1000 shares a day
at prices gradually rising from so to
IS, let us say. an operator can ac-
tually sell 5000 shares to outsiders
near the latter price, he has made money
upon the whole transaction. Operating
through a member of change, each sale
and purchase has cost him two dollars
per 100 shares as commission, instead
of $3.50, which would be the price to
an outside Spectator. Jim Keene, say,
with $4,000 shares of Amalagamated to
swing, could "sell' the entire amount
daily and buy" it back from a different
set of brokers at a commission cost Of
only SLIGO per day. Three months at
this rate, counting out Sundays and holi-
days, might run to $4,000, which would
be doubled by advertising. circulars, etc.
The expense of manipulation to a full
pool, indeed, runs from three dollars to
nine dollars a share. But think Of the
profit of selling stock worth, Lawson
says, $50 to $45 a share, at more than
twice as much!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20

the most spectacular performance that
has been witnessed in the halls of con-
gress for many years. There has been
no impeachment trial since that of Sec
rotary of War Belknap, in President
Grants last administration. There has
been no Impeachment Of a federal judge
since that Of Judge Peck in the famous
trial of 1880. The matter-of-fact bust
ness methods of the present day CON
gress will rob this trial of it's most sem
sational features, as was shown when
the committee of the house notified the
senate the other day that the house i'm
peached Judge Swayne. This nutifica-
ton required about three minutes and
created scarcely a ripple in the senate
proceedings.
Those who have in their mind the most
noted of impeachment trials-that Of
Warren Hastings by the English 6arlia-
ment, will be disappointed in the coming
trial Of Judge Swayne; but there will
still be enough of the unusual to attract
much interest and attention. In forme:
trials. in the early days Of the govern
ment, the senate cha mber was appropri-
ately draped and the old ceremonials al
hered to. To-day the senate will handle
the case more as a matter of routine
business. Judge Swayne will be present
either personally, or by counsel, and
there will be a committee of managers
on the part Of the house, who will con-
duct the trial, much as a case is tried in
! court.
Noted men we're engaged in former I'M
parchment trials. James Buchanan. of
Pennsylvania. afterwards president OF
the United States, was one of the mani
ayers On the part of the house in the cas-.
against Judge Peck. In the imreach-
ment proceedings against President An
drew Johnson. James F. Wilson. of
Iowa; Herr; L. Dawes, of Massachu-
| sets; Charles Sumner. Senators Conk-
ling, Morton. Ben Wade, of Ohio; Ben
jamin F. Butler. and other 81 atesmen of
great fame were engaged.