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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
WOMAN KNOCKS OUT MAsHER
Cleveland Social Leader, Annoyed on
Street Car, Renders Victim
Unconscious.

Cleveland, o., Aug. 25.- Mrs. Frank
Gilbert, prominent in society and
noted for her beauty, ,rained blow after
blow upon a masher on crowded Ell.
cid avenue car last night rendering
him unconscious with the twelfth
blow.
Annoyed for some time by the at.
tentions, she suddenly arose and dealt
the fellow several blows In the face.
He was knocked down, but got up on
ly to be sent sprawling on the floor,
where he lay helpless for three minu.
tes- Friends picked him up and took
him away, while the passengers an.
plauded Mrs. Gilbert.
Mrs. Gilbert Is 25 pears old and
of fine figure
Il learned to box when was
young she said Perhaps / was
too hasty, but II more women were
able to protect themselves that way
our sex would be open to fewer indig,
nitiec.'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
STATISTlCiAN HOLMES
INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY
To Defraud the Government as Out
confe Of Leakage in Cotton Crop
Reports.

Washington Aug 25 Edwin s..
Holmes, Jr., Of Washington, ID. G.,
until recently associate statistic an of
the department of agriculture, who
was dismissed as the outcome of an
investigation into the leakage in cot,
ton crop reports, has been indicted on
a charge of conspiracy TO defraud the
government. This announcement was
made today by United States District
Attorney Beach. just after he had re-
turned from New YORK CITY, where
he has been instrumental In causing
the arrest Of Frederick A. Peekham.
the New York broker, al Saratoga,
and Moses Haas, Of New York There
are two indictments covering The
charges against the three men.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
DIRECTORS ASK
AN INVESTIGATION
Equitable Officials Want Wrong
Doing
OF MANAGERS EXPOSED
THEY ADMIT THE LOANS TO
cHAuNCEY DEPEW'S I'M
PROvEMENT CO., AND TO
THE TRUST CON-
PANY.

New York, Aug. 25.-The Equitable
Life Assurance Society today joined
with the state of New York in asking
for full investigation in court of
its directors and officers and their
alleged wrong doings in managing the
society's money.
The document which announced this
determination was the answer of the
forty-nine Equitable directors to
charges made against them in connec.
ton with the suit brought against the
society by the state.
Admission is made that some Of
ficials of the Equitable have been
guilty of improper and Illegal acts
by the directors. Among these an.
swers they admit the s250,000 loan
to the Depew improvement company.
They admit the $6S5,000 loan of the
Mercantile Trust Company. but waive
responsibility in this loan so far as
the board Of directors Is concerned
and indicate Alexander. Jordan and
Deming as the persons having the
transactions.
The charge that excessive salaries
were pail the officers of the Equit.
able is not directly answered. But
admission is made, that under guise
of salaries, excessive fees were given
certain Equitable officers who were
also directors IN other companies. Ii
defense the answer states that thes,
practices We're not known to the Who'll,
board Of directors,
Outlining their belief as to the bes
policy to pursue in fixing, blame 70
/ the Equitable scandals the director
| say that the blame for alleged eases d
misconduct will be found to rest on In
/ dividual officers ami not upon direc
| tors as q body. Having made this eS
planation the answer then admits il
a general way the wrong doinI
charges.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
500 MILES IN A TRUNK.
New Orleans Man Travelled and Broke
Shotgun Quarantine.

New Orleans. La. Aug. 2b. Travel
Ing for 500 miles in trunk William
Wilson is the first man who Is known
to have evadcd the Texas shotgun
quarantine. He made a bet with a
fl end that he could get through tbs
lines Without going into detention
camp and then had himself strapped
in trunk and checked through to-
Houston. On his arrival the following
hay he wired friends here to send on
the amount Of the bet
This Ii only one Of the many pecu-
liar methods which are being used ~
escape the quarantine. Governor Var.
daman has declared martial law In
Mississippi City and any one trying
to leave there runs the risk Of siseing
shot,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
GIRL TAKEN TO HER HOME
AND HER ESCORT ARRESTED
VIM. ., Pool OF Joncsboro, H.. Charg-
cd With Abducting His td-year-
old.Cousin.

Cape Girardeau Mo, Aug. 25 WIN
ID. Pool, who lives near Jonesboro
III, was arrested in this city yesterday
in company with 1f-year.od girl
named Maude e Pool, who said she
was his cousin
They We're on their way TO Arkan-
sas. where they said they would be
married and registered az ST Charles
Monday as man and wife
Immediately after the arrest Of the
man, the girls grandfather arrived
and took The girl home with him. The
man " still In Jail here, awaiting the
Illinois officers, who will fake him
back on q charge OF abduction
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
YOUNG MAN
Worth Half a Million Dollars EnIists
as a Private in the Army.

Parkersburg, w. Va, Aug. 25-A
recruit worth half million dollars
was enlisted yesterday by Captain j..
Barbour in charge Of the local STA,
ton He is Glen w. Arnett. son Of
the late w. G. Arnett, Of Farmont
When the elder Arnett died he left
an income Of $1,000 year to h is son,
with provision that at Mrs. Arnett's
death the entire estate should 80 to
the boy. The property Is valued at
half million dollars. In spite of this
the young man pined for army life,
and left today for Jefferson Barracks,
st. Louis, as private in the regular
army.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
THANKS TO ROOSEVELT.
Resolutions Adopted BY the Universal
Peace Convention.

Mystic, Conn, Aug 25.-The annu
al convention Of the Universal Peace
Union closed today, The following res.
olutions We're adopted; THAT our
thanks and the thanks Of the civilized
world are due President Roosevelt for
the admirable and diplomatic manner
in which he offered his good offices
and those Of our government to bring
ligerents, Russia and Japan, and paved
the way for peace negotiations now
being arranged at Portsmouth, the
wise and gracious manner In which he
received the diplomats without show.
ing favor 10 either party"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
CHIEF WILKES REPORT.
Shows That He Seized $6o,944 Spur.
lous Money Last Year.

Washington. Aug. 25-The annual
report of Chief WillSie. of the secret
service. shows a total Of 532 arrests,
Of which forty-one related to counter.
feits of currency, fifty-two to altered
obligatpns, 3if TO counterfeiting coin
and others in connection with various
violations Of federal statutes Coun-
terfeit notes confiscated by the SER
vice aggegrating $36,S34. against $f4.-
$50 the previous year. while coins
seizel aggregate s24,11o. against SIG.
ii9 for the previous twelve months.
But nine new counterfeit notes were
made and circulated and of these but
four were considered deceptive enough
to bring them In the dangerous class.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26

mise were continuing. Up to o'clock
last evening Ambassador Meyer had
received no message from Washing
tom The idea that President Roose
welt might again communicate with
the emperor through the American
ambassador finds credence in official
Quarters. Exchange of kilograms be-
tween Portsmouth and the foreign of
flee continues, but the nature of these
dispatches is a carefully guarded sec
ret II can be asserted, however. ON
the best authority that any suggestion
to Russia from any source whatever
that the assent to payment of indem.
nifty would be most unwelcome, though
a sincere desire for peace leaves her
open for suggestion Of compromise
on other grounds.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
ENJOYS WILL NOT MEET TODAY
Earnest Efforts Looking to Compromise
Along Roosevelt's Plan Going On

st. Petersburg, Aug. %. Everybody
in St Petersburg is awaiting develop
ments of today Saturday in the
peace moves ami hoping compromise
is being effected. the most likely basis
of which, it is believed, would be no
indemnity but payment for Sakhalin
10 be left for future adjustment
In fact il was asserted yesterday in
an exceptionally well informed quar-
ter that thie was tho only possible ba-
sis for compromise. Belief is express
ed In some quarters that there will be
no session at Portsmouth today and
the Associated Press is informed on
excellent authority that further adj
iournment could be taken as most
hopeful sign. as it would prove that
serious efforts looking to a compro
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
WILL ADJOURN UNTIL TUESDAY

Oyster Bay. Aug, 25.-Two emper-
ors, one at st. Petersburg, the other
at Toxic, are the determining factors
In the pending peace negotiations. Al
though negotiations temporarily are
suspeded at Portsmouth they are pro
ceedng actively through President
Roosevelt here, He Is In practically
constant communication with ST. Pet
erszurg and the Toxic governments.
BY both Of The warning nations his
good Offices have been sought ami his
efforts to bring their plenipotentiarlas
IN accord and thus prevent failure of
the conference are unremitting.
Early In the day the president had
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
ROBBED BY NEGRO FooTPADs.
Miller Of Murphysboro Knocked Down,
AssaiIants Captured.

Murphysboro. ILL.,. Aug. rs. Alfred
Savers, vice president of the Reliance
Mil of this city, was waylaid by a
negro highwayman tonight at i0.3U
o'clock and robbed He was knocked
down and his purse contain ng SIT
taken
Within half an hour after the rob
berry the police captured two negroes.
who confessed to the robbery and
gave mp the money They gave their
names as Humphrey Vaughn and Mar
shall Hill of Tulahoma, Tenn.
Another negro was shot and fatally
wounded while fleeing from an officer
during the search The negroes say
they came to this city yesterday % a
fre'ght train.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26

an extended conference with Baron
kaneko, the recognized confidential
agent Of the Japanese government in
this country. Neither the president
nor Kaneko would discuss the nature
Of the interview. 1t appears likely
the ENJOYS will meet tomorrow, and
after perfunctory session adjourn
until Monday or possibly until Tues
day.
This adjournment will afford them
ample time 10 receive and consider
instructions from their respective gov.
ernments which will be based on the
exchanges now in progress between
Sycamore Hill and 81, Petersburg and
Toxic,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
FOR $50 EACH
She Insured Her chidren's Lives Then
Killed Them.

Grayling, Mich. Aug 25--Mrs
Naomi Aldrich, of Frederic. Mich,
after preliminary examination, was
today held for trial on charge OF
having poisoned her two sons, aged
q and $ years, with arsenic
Early in July Mrs. Aldrich insured
the lives Of her sons at $50 each. The
boys died during the week of August
. under suspicious circumstances In.
yestigation was followed by the arrest
of Mrs. Aldrich. II Is alleged the wo.
man made way with her children to
procure the insurance money
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26

Oyster Bay New York. Aug. 25.--
President Roosevelt has accepted tue
office of honorary vice president Of the
Public Schools Athletic League. the
headquarters Of which are in New
York CITY In his letter 70 the pres.
ident of the leagus President Roosc.
welt expressed his cordial approval OF
the objects Of the league, which arc
the promotion of athletics along
healthy lines anon, school children.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
LAST SIX MONTHS
TO BREAK RECORD
Business in all Lines Remark.
ably Prosperous
SAY TRADE REVIEWS
MANUFACTURERS RUNNING FULL
cAPAciTY.-cOLLECTIONs
GOOD, MONEY ExcEP-
TtONALLY EASY.

New York, Aug. 25-R. G. Dun &
Cos weekly trade review is as fol
lows:
Distribution of autumn merchan-
disc is in progress unusually early this
year, and the volume of forward busi-
ness is SO heavy that the last half of
1895 promises 10 establish remarka-
tanned, the urgency of orders received
bic record of commercial activity
Current retail trade is well main
by jobbers indicating dealers in stocks
are becoming depleted, and there Is
little complaint regarding collections.
Special reports regarding manufac-
an exception that plants are working
close 10 full capacity, with little idle
machinery. Encouraging crop pros
poets provide large share of good
feeling. Railway earnings In the first
half of August surpassed last year by
SO per cent, while foreign commerce
at this port last week exceeded the
movement the year prv' 'ous by$2,41D,-
SAC exports and $1,1O6.0o0 imports.
Mills making textile fabrics are en-
joying larger degree of activity and
appear to have more business in sight
than any other branch of manufac-
turc.
Failures this week 1870 against 159
last wear.
What Bradstreet Says:
Bradetreets review says:
August. a period of exceptional ac
tivity in all lines Of trade and indus
| try, draws to clase with buying show
ing further expansion, cereal cr0l
| yields or prospects close to the best
railway tonnage increasing, colIec
tons generally better, money excep
tionally easy for this season notwith
standing Increased crop moving re
quirements and confidence on al
hands of a large and prospectivel,
profitable fall and winter trade.
Dry goods Of all kinds are In activ'
sale, with buyers eager TO secure sup
plies and slow deliveries complainet
Of Shoes. millinery, hats, cloth'nl
and hardware are relatively activ,
and groceries show improvements a
most markets.
AT the eastern markets the feature
are the strength of cotton goods. Gag
erness of buyers of these goods TO ol
tain supplies even at present advanc
ed prices and strength of raw WOO
hides and leather. For the first hal
of August gross receipts of leadin
roads show gain Of per cent owe
the same period of 1904.
In finished products rails and struC
tural material show marked activity
Predictions of very active fall j
all kinds of steel are supported
strong prices for nearly all kinds {
material.
Wheat, including -four. exports fc
the week, 1,170,340 bushels agains
1,0S40o0 last year; July ! to date Z
/ 47S,000 against 10G34,00o last yea
Corn exports $4,000 bushels, again.
764 900 year ago July | to dat
S,064, 900, against 4,56S000 in 1904.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
NO LAW FOR EXPENSE FUND
IN BUILDING AND LOAN
Says Illinois Attorney General, Pass
ing on Southern Illinois Case.

Springfield. ILL.,. Aug 2S.--The attor-
ney general of Illinois ,csiay gave "
as his opinion that there is no war
rant ID law for provision in the by
laws cf building and loan associations
which creates an expense fund. thus
compelling aD extra assessment. This
question ariscs over a case In south
ern Illinois where such provision was
sought TO be included IN the bylaws
OF d new association aud one Of the
share holders objected 70 II.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26

German Diplomat Denies That Emper.
or Bill 10 Meddling.

Lenox, Mass, Aug. 25.- When Baron
Won Dem Bussche, German charge
d'affaires, was shown reports cmanat
ing from Portsmouth to the effect that
the German emperor was using his In
fluence against acceptance BY Russia
Of Japan's terms today, he said: such
reports are contrary 10 the truth The
emperor Is strongly for peace and is
not interfering with President. Roose-
velt's efforts. Quite 70 the contrary,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
SIX DEATHS YESTERDAY
AND sixTY-FIvE NEW CASES,
WHICH is AN INCREASE, BUT
AUTHORITIES Ex-
fVPECT 1T.


New Orleans, Aug. 25.-Action was
taken today at meeting of the state
board of health to enable the federal
authorities to stop indiscriminate
travel between infected points and
New Orleans, the idea being to pre-
vent people from returning 10 New
Orleans from settlements where fever
now exists and causing fresh infec
tion here. The fever situation today
was regarded as having undergone no
change. There was some rise In the
number Of new cases today over yes
terday. but the health authorities said
no unfavorable conclusions were to be
drawn from thar fact. and that there
was likely to be variation Of this
character from day to day
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
FEVER IN MICHIGAN.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. 25.-A
case Of yellow fever has been discov-
cred In Crockery township, Ottawa
county, 10 miles from here. The pa
tient Is Godfrey Limburg, telephone
lineman, who left New Orleans a week
ago last Tuesday. He was taken sick
Saturday but a physician was not
called for several days.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
SUE STATE TREAsURERs
BoNDSMEN FOR $3.50 o,ooo

Topeka, Kan. Aug. 25.--Tbree suits
aggregating sS5o,ooO were commenc.
ed here today by Attorney General
Coleman. representing the state
against the bondsmen OF State Treas.
urer Kelley to recover state funds
which We're IN the hands Of the First
National Bank Of Topeka at the time
Of It's failure.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
RATE WAR ENDS.
Western Roads and Cult Lines Effect
Compromise.

Chicago, Aug 25.A long standing
war between western roads and gulf
lines over domestic and export grain
rates was finally settled today both
interests making concessions. In addi-
ton Il was agreed that elevator
charges for loading be waived aud
that the only charge made would be
th cents per 100 pounds for grain
original ng at, or west Of the Mis-
souri, rver
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
EXPRESS co.'s EMpLovE
Murdered IN Decatur Near Railroad
Station---Wss Only 10 Years Old

Decatur, lll Aug. rs, Joe Rickett,
1s years old, an employe OF the Pa
cfic Express company tonight was
found dead near thc Wabash railroad
station with his head beaten to pulp.
The murderer escaped.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
BANK cLEARlNGs..

New York, Aug 25.--Total bank
olearings complied by Bradstreet's for
the principal cities of the United
States the past week: $,396,543.215,
an increase of 36s per cent compared
with the corresponding period last
wear.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
"THE PRINCE OF PEACE"
Was the Subject Of An Address by
William J. Bryan.

Winona Lake, Ind, Aug. 25.--"The
Prince Of Peace was the subject OF
an address by William J. Bryan, who
was the principal speaker at the after.
noon session Of the Wlnona Bible
Conference today.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26

Petersburg 2:30 a.mAccordng information
family Associated
yesterday
The Soyc Portsmouth
reporting of
o. he
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26

Late Secretary Left Property Worth
over S2SO,00o.

Washington. Aug. 25.--A petition by
Mrs, Clara s, Hay widow Of the late
Secretary John Hay for the probate
Of Mr. Hays will WAS filed today In
the probate court. II shows that Sec.
retary Hay left property. real and per-
sonal TO the value of more than $3.50,
900.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26

he earnestly sympathizes with the
presidents endcavors."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-26
CAR WEAKENING
Report Says He Has Agreed to Pay Indem-
nity--HOpe of Peace Decidedly
Brighter

PORTSMOUTH, NJ r, AUG 25-(6uLLETIN)-THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS is PERMITTED NIcHoL
ANSWER TO PRESIDENT RoosEvELTs PAR.
TALLY RESPONSIVE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-17

spoiled her friends little plan by alb
solutely refusing to accept the Office if
she were elected. She is not in To-
peka and viii not be here but she is
friendly to Mrs. Eustace Brown and
would support her were she here. as
most Of the Third district viii. Mrs
HaIderman is a busy woman. She is
president of a bank at Girard. has
large property interests. and is inter
ested in sociological reforms like her
famous sister. Miss Jane Adams of
Hull House, Chicago.
Mrs. George w. Wheatley of Galena
is the only Third district candidate.
She wants to be secretary and is very
likely to land the place. Mrs. Trout
of Junction City has also been men
toned for the place. Mrs H. B. Ash
er of Lawrence may be elected treas
urer if Mrs. Eustace Brown of Olathe,
who is from the same district is de-
feated. Mrs. Eustace Bown will ap-
point Mrs. Kate Herman of Olathe her
corresponding secretary should she be
elected president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-17
Tha Nervous Svstem

Let me say right here, there is no
such thing as imaginary illness. The
trouble may not always be just where
the individual thinks it is, BUT WELL
PEOPLE DO NOT IMAGINE THEM
SELVES ILL.
There is something radically wrong,
somewhere when a man or women
begins to think themselves to be i'll,
and that somewhere will be nearly
every instance be found to be the
Nervous System.
In a large majority of diseases the
prime cause viii be found to be Elk
HAUSTION OF THE NERVE CEN
TIERS. Those wonderful little storage
batteries that supply the motive pow
er for the proper working of the vari-
Gus organs of the body, and furnish
energy to the system at large.
And there is nothing that viii SO
surely restore the vitality to these
nerve centers, enable them to do their
work properly. and bring about a con-
dition of health, as Electricity.
Electricity is not a stimulant sim
ply, to be followed by reaction and
depression. The nerve centers are not
irritated and sDurred into temporary
activity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-17

Kansas City, Kan. IS trying to COM
pei the Union Pacific railway to pave
certain streets along which it owns
property, and the railroad company is
making a big fight against the PROPOSE
ton. In the Wyandotte court, the
railway company tried to get an in
junction to prevent the city clerk, W.
B. Trembly, of Twentieth Kansas
fame, from putting their property on
the tax rolls for the paving assess
ment. The injunction was denied.
Today the railroad company appaels
the case to the supreme court, There
are about two blocks involved in the
row. The railroad company claims
Nv netitfon. and that it is therefore
not legal The city claims the right
to lay the pavement under the Inter
seeing block" law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-17
Electricity in Treatment
of Disease.

NICOLA TESLA. the famous cleo
trician, in an interview published in
the New York Sun, says: when my
laboratory burned down few years
ago, 7 was so blue and discouraged I
don't think I could have borne up but
for the regular Electric treatments I
administered to myself. You see,
Electricity puts into the tired, worn
out body just what it most needs:
LIFE FORCE, NERVE FORCE. 1t
is a great doctor 1 can tell you. Per
haps the greatest of all doctors No
one afflicted with any disease of mind
or body can fail to be benefited by
some form of electricity.
The above needs very little COM
ment The value of Electricity scien-
tifcally applied in the treatment OF
disease is recognized by all well in
formed persons.
To WHAT EXTENT is perhaps not
50 well known. Tesla's assertion is
not too strongly worded. There is nc
! disease that cannot be reached and
benefited by some form of Electricity.
Tumors and other surgical conditions
that formerly required an operation
are today removed easily and painless
/ ~, and without detention from bust
ness, by Electricity
Electricity and medicine accomplish
results that cannot be obtained by any
combination of medicines WHEN
4 GIVEN ALONE. Every. medicine act!
more efficiently if accompanied By
regular electrical treatment.