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Southern RAILWAY Co.

oSneoule In Effecf June 10, 1905,
trains leave Birmingham as fololvs:
o'lV d. m'-No. 80, for Atlanta. Washing.
ton, baltimore. Philadelphia
New York and the East Pull.
man Drawing Room sleepins
Car, Birmingham to New
York.
o'zo a. m'-No. 10 for Montevallo. Ma.
plesville. Selma and way sta
lions.
H25 p m.-No. IS. for Columbus. wes,
-. Point Winona. Greenwood
and Chenille; also Shenield
and Florence and North Ala
bama points.
o'so D. m.-No. 10. new train. for Cordova,
Oakman, Corona and way sta
lions; also Blossburg.
o'~ D. m.-No. 22' for Admission ana way
static: al, TalladeEa.
b;15 p. rl.--No. 80 for Atlanta. Jackson.
Vile and all Florida points:
a also Charlotte. Richmond,
Washington. New York and
the East. Pullman Sleeping
Il Car Birmingham to Jackson.
VILE: also Birmingham to
Richmond. Va
1920 p. m.-No. 81. for Columbus. West
Point Winona. Greenwood
and Greenville. Pullman Draw
ing Room gieepins Car Br-
mingham to Greenville.
l2:lb a. n.-No. q, for Selma, Mobile and
way stations. Pullman Draw
Ing Room Sleeping Car Bir-
mingha.. TO Mobile.
1880 D. n.--No. 80, new train, for Atlanta.
Admission and way stations
Pullman Drawing Room
Sleeping Car Birmingham to
Atlanta. Sleeping car can be
occupied at Union station $3.50
p. m.
For detailed information and sleeping
car reservations Apply passenger office
Morris Hotel building Telephone SIT.
]. N. HARRISON. Dist. Pass. ACT.
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The cotton marked found a new low
level today the trade was very small
both at home and abroad. Liverpool Flver
a holiday of four days, opened TINS morn
mo at a decline of to 4 points Tor tu-
lures and unchanged for spots There was
/ to 2 points further decline before the
close. The local market opened j TO D
points down. July selling at 10 rallleo
to IT'S. after which there was stump TO
90 There was no support given to the
market after the first half hours trading.
The receipts continue very heavy. Inc
weekly government report from Washing
ton says: Cotton planting has peeh ac-
tive under favorable conditions over most
of the cotton belt. but was delayed by
rains I'm Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Ar
kansas and Northern Texas. The frost
of the 18th killed much cotton In por-
lions of Alabama. Georgia and the Caro-
,inas t,honping has begun in Southern
Texas Cultivation in South Georgia very
favorable.
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Interior Movement,

Houston-Easy; middlins. 7ssc; net re-
ceipts, 5l72, gross receipts, 5172; ship
ments, 5672; sales. 7S6; stock, 59,4f3.
Augusta-Steady: middling, 5-16c; net
receipts, 1850; gross receipts, 1850; ship
ments 1914; sales, 1896; stock. 1913.
Memphis-Steady; middling, 7ssc net re-
ceipts. 900; gross receipts. 2722; ship
ments. 1883; sales, 1O00 stock 70615.
st. Louis-Quiet; middling. 7ikc; gross
receipts. 22s2; shipments, 2232; sales, 55
stock. 57504
Cincinnati-Net receipts, 365; gross re-
ceipts, 365: shipments. 375; stock ssh
Louisville-Firm; middling 7Ac.
Total today-Net receipts, G596. gross re-
ceipts, 11,s51: shipments, H7lGi sales, 1886
stock 235 325.
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Locally demand light; spot s5oS543O.5 80.
Copper in London lower; spot EOS 5s; flu
lures sec SIS Cd. Locally weak; lake and
electrolytic si5O0@15.25 on spot casting
S14 75a15.00. Lead unchanged in both
markets, closing locally at a.50d4.6O, and
at f12 les in London Spelter was I'M
changed at $500 in the local market and
e24 in London. Iron closed 54s Id in
Glasgow and at sis Cd in Middlesboro.
Locally iron is weak and unsettled; NO
1 foundry northern $l725@ls.o0; No. 2
foundry northern sl6.75@17.s0: No. foun-
dry southern and No. foundry southern
soft 81. 2511S.0O
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Liverpool Cation Market.

Liverpool. April 25--Cotton-Spot quiet;
prices points lower: American middling,
fair, 4.60o; good middllng, 4.&e; middlng,
412c; low middling, 39Gc; good ordinary
3.7Sc: ordinary. 3.G2c The sales of the day
were 5000 bales, Of which 800 were for
speculation and export. and included 300
American. Receipts since last report.
5000 bales. including $500 American Flu
lures opened easier and closed steadier
American. e. o. G.. APRIL April-May. 800;
May-June. 1896: Jine-July. 4esc: July-Au-
gust. Id August September ho2: septem-
ber-October. 40s; acknowledgements, ADA
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Iva Stock Market,

Chicago, April -Cattle-Reeeipts 1000;
market stronger Good to prime steers
se.oOa6.s5; poor to medium $i5Od475;
stockers and feeders $250@51O; cows
S25Oa55 0 heifers $9.0O@5.55; Gamers Sl.6O
d310; bulls S25OQ4S5 calves s3.00a6.0O
Hogs-Receipts 1900; market sc higher.
Good to choice heavy $5.5Oa557is; light
s.. sO@5.45; bulk of sales $5.i0d550.
Sheep-Receipts 1S000 sheep and lambs
steady. Good to choice wethers $3.50
$50; fair to choice mixed s4oOm475; west
ern sheep $450@5.5O; native lambs &.50Q
$50; western lambs $450@760.
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LOCAL MARKETS.

Owing to the weat weather the produce
market was not very active yesterday.
Green stuffs were particularly slow of
sails.
The best strawberries brought only " a
crete: lower grades sold for sl.5t.
Eggs wc-e steady e. To-.
Lines have an upward tendency and
now range in price from $1,So to sl.5O a
hundred
Apples have been in brisk demand this
week and the best russets sold for A.2S.
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Bonds.
Money on Call.

New York. April 25.-Money on call firm
at 2s4d31s per cent; closing bid, 2la; Of
fered at ga. Time loans steady; sixty
days, 81; ninety days, 3l2; six months
31hd3s4 Prime mercantile paper 4d415
per cent Sterling exchange firmer. with
actual business in bankers bills at 4S6. 25@
$3.50 for demand and at 4S4S544S4.4o for
sixty-day bills; posted rates, B5m4S7.
Commercial bills, 4S41sG4S4iz. Bar silver,
5715c Mexican dollars, 4415c. Government
bonds irregular. Railroad bonds steady.
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Cotton Seed Oil.

New York, April 25.-cotton seed oil
easy, prime yellow 25lsn2b. petroleum
ensy. Rosjn steady: strained common to
good, 81. 20ms 25 Turpentlne nominal %
M5e1ac.
New Orleans April 25.-cotton seed oil
firm. Prime crude, loose. q: OFF rehned
in barrels %; prime refined in barrels
261a
Memphis April 25.-Cotton seed OIL
prime crude, 2S1a off crude nominal prime
summer yellow 231s: off do nominal; choice
COOKING less than carload lots, noml-
nal Prime meal and cake $40. 1921.
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was firm In spite of the buying of stocks
here for London account.
Bonds were steady. Total sales, par
value, s2,665OO0.
United States 2s registered. declined
4 and the 2's coupon advanced Is per cent
on call.
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Chicago, April 25.-Comparative calm
pervaded the wheat market here today.
To all appearances the famous deal in
May wheat is now absolutely a thing of
the past. Influenced by substantial
decrease in the worlds available stocks,
the market closed firm, with July up 1k1
SEC The May option closed practically
at yesterdays final quotations. Corn IS
up 1ac. Oats show a gain of is0Ac. Pro-
visions are up DC to NE.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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New York. April 25.-The dry goods
market continues unchanged, but with an
advancing tendency. Buyers are operat-
ing more freely on certain lines Jobbing
trade is hampered to a certain extent by
preparations for the wash goods sale on
Nav l.
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UNWILLING
Confederate Monument, Birmingham,
Ala, April &c, 1905.

on account of the above occasion tho
iouthern railway will sell tickets to Blr-
bingham at the rate of one and third
fare for the round trip. Tickets will be
sold for trains arriving in Birmingham
during the forenoon of April &c, with
final limit returning April 27. 1905.
4-12-td j. N. HARRISON, D. P. A.
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NOTICE.

Effective Monday, April II,
the Cleveland cars on the
South Bessemer line will
turn back at Cleveland Sta
ten instead OF Lesser.
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Local Staple Groceries

Sugar -Granulasc-. 6Ni 7. C.. 81.
Flour-Fancy patent. $50; hat patent.
js.M
Coffee Green. 1o11sc: Arbuckle's >.
Porto Rico. s13.55.
Meat-Dry sailed ribs. 81: dry sailed
rib bellies, SSc hams. fancy, 12hc; me-
dium IL; extra clears, S1si bacon bellies
lA
Lard-Leaf, 9Ac.
Compound Lard-Snowdrift. SIC.
Molasses-Cenrfugal. 15M35c: sugar
house. 40c: Georgia cane. ESQ.
Beans-Navy $40 per bushel; Lima.
6Nc per pound.
rear. ori,s-U pou-ls. 81 CO.
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Corn. No mixed. . OIL bushel sacks.
Csc; kiln dried. &c.
Oats. No. 2. rixed 43c; No. white, 44c.
Wheat bran. so or 1j0, s22.
Cotton seed feed meal. 81; prime s22 so.
Purina food. SIS.
Corn chops. 81. %.
Corn heart-. s21.00.
Shorts, 100 pounds, s23.
nulls. pales 2an3lihc.
Hulls. sacks. 33 lac.
Hay. choice timothy. $3.50; No. ] tim
othy, SIS; johnson grass. $500; clover sls.
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Treasury Statement.

Washington, April 25.-Today's treasury
balances, exclusive of the gold reserve,
shows Available cash balance, SlSS7S9,-
564; gold So, 1898, 742.
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New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, April 25.-Spot cotton was
steady, with fair demand. Sales, 5000
bales, including 1000 after hours yester-
day and 100 to arrive. Quotations I'M
changed Futures opened quiet and weak,
with prices to Z points down. Liverpool
closed 3 to points (English) lower. The
only support the market had was covering
by shorts, who feared the effect of the
bureau report, but the readings of the
report apparently resulted in sending
prices downward. During the session May
lost II points from 7.0S to 69G, and July
lost IA points, from III to 6.97. The mar
ket was comparatively dull at the close,
the list showing net losses of II to IA
points.
New Orleans. April 25.-Cotton easy;
sales. 300; ordinary, 45sc; good ordinary,
13-16c; low middling, 11-l6c; middling,
3-1Gc; good middlng, TIC; middlng fair
TIC. Receipts, 9203; stock, 2lS,410
New Orleans, April 25.-Cotton futures
barely steady; April. 695@e96; May. $3.50
697; June. 696n6.9S; July. 697a6.9S; Au-
gust. 7.00m702; September. 704m706; Octo-
Der. 70Sd709; November, I1Onl12; De-
cember, sI13M714
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clearinos and EXCHANGE.

Memphis, April Chickering's. 1922, 2S9;
balances $40, 21S.
New Orleans. April 25.-Clearings, 3d.
1853. 154. New York exchange per $1,000
premium, commercial paper, 75c per $1,000
discount
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Fruits and Produce.

Lemons-Per box. extra choice, Sm350
Limes-Per 1O0 si.35M150.
Bananas-Per bunch, 75c@H.75.
Apples-Per barrel, Baldwin $35OQ3.75i
Russets, $400dti.25.
California navel oranges. S3q3. Is.
Peanuts-Fancy. per pount, &c; No. 2
51ac.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 81.
Potatoes--lrish potatoes. per bushel.
SIS to Coo; new s1.50.
Sweet potatoes. s3a3.50 per barrel; Dooly
yams, per bushel, $L25.
Florida Cabbage-Per crate, 81. 50q2.75
Onions-Per pound. SC.
Turkeys-Live, 15c.
Hens-35c; chickens, 25I DC.
Butter-Fresh. l21s@l5c; renovated, 26c.
Eggs-Per dozen, loo.
Florida Beans-Per crate. $3.50.
Florida Squash-Per crate. s1.50d2.00.
Florida Cucumbers-Per crate, $3.50.
Florida Tomatoes-Per crate. $3.00d3 80.
Alabama Peas-Per hamper. 81 .7542.
Alabama Strawberries-Sl .50Q2.O0 per
crate of "A quarts.
Peas-White. per bushel. 81. s5g1 80: clay.
per bushel sl01.15.
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Seaboard Air Line,
Chicago Change.

Baltimore, Md, April 25.-S. A. L. com
mon, 1874; do. preferred, 3Sd39.
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s7.sss. $50. "a
RAILWAY SCHEDULES

showing the arrival and departure u
passenger trains at the union station
Birmingham:
effective January 8. $500 p. nj
Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
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Dry Goods.

November December. A05; December-Jan-
uary, 406; January February, 40s.
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M staI Market.

New York, April 25--Tin in London
steady; spot a1S9 los and futures flS4 los.
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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour easy.
Wheat-No, 2 spring wheat, 92ia994lkc;
No. 3, CSC; No. red, &c.
Corn-No. corn, 46s4c; No. yellow,
47lsc.
Oats-No. 2 oats, 291hm25c: No white.
3I1sdS2c; No. white, 29d31Ac.
No. rye, 74c.
Good feeding barley, S7M3sc; fair to
choice mailing, 4od47c.
No. l flaxseed, $l.25 No. northwestern,
s1.4o.
Prime timothy Seed $3.50.
Mess pork per barrel, $l2. 15m122O.
Lard, per 100 pounds. s7.07hm710.
Short rib sides, loose, s6.7506S71l
Short clear sides, boxed. s6.S71Sn700
Whisky, basis of high wines. s12S.
Clover contract grade, 1880.
On the Produce Exchange today the
butter market was weak: creams. 22G29c;
dairy. 20d24c. Cheese strong 14c. Eggs
weak at 141sd14%c.
Coffee Market.
New York, April 25.-Spot Rio quiet;
mild steady. Futures opened steady at
an advance of 5@10 points in response to
steady European cables and continued
small Brazilian receipts. There was very
active trading in the way of May long
switching into the later positions. but
at the difference of 10 points between
May and September and of 20 points be-
tween May and December trade interests
seemed willing to take all the May Of
ferings selling the latter option against
it, and the market a little better than
held its initial gain Market closed steady
at net advance of sails points. with
sales of 100000 bags. May 6.30M6.35: July
SIS; September 6.75; December 7.O0M7.05.
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Phone 276 tPeopleB II you want the
Gawk Engraving Co.
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ToMBiGBEE K NORTHERN ny. CO.
Passenger Schedule Effective Deeempsr
L l9va
Ar. S;25 p. m. ....Calvert.... bv. S:35 D. N.
Train No. L Train No. 1
to and from Birmingham every day In
the week including SundayA
For other information apply 70
Lv. 600 a. m. ....Fai-ford.. -. Ar. 7:45 a. M.
Ar. e:25 a. m. -....calvert..... Bv. Z 20 a. m.
Tombigbee and Northern trains con-
meet with all Southern Railway trains
Train No q - -
Lv. 500 .. m ..Fairford.... Ar. 300 .. m.
gasq'et JOHN T. COCHRANn.
I'm - General Manager.
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BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTIC n. r.
Read Down. Read Up.
No. l. No. 3 No. Z No. /
am pm am. pm.
Close connections made A. Talladegs
with Eastern of fstDama to PyT.ton
Trains Nos. 81 and IS daily. All Others
7:20 $500 Lv. .Tsladega. Ar 1910 7:A
s:35 1852 Nv. PEI City...Lv $50 $50
s:5s 1906 Ar. Dir CHAM. .L- clio s;is
daily except Sunday.
J. y. FLEETWOOD. q. p. A.
John @. Soay General Manager.
cARROLLToN SHORT LINE RAIL
WAY COMPANY,
TO Carrollton and StanssL Ala. via
Reform, Ala.
No. z Ne. L
Il ~ m Leave st -sI. .--lv5 3;9 pr
II 10 am Arrive Reform. .Leave S:25 pm
90 am Leave Carroiitor. Arrive l:06 pm
JOHN T. COCHRANE.
Pres and Gen'l Manager.
Carrolitou. Ala.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-03

the American national anthem, and
the French tricolor was dipped In sa-
Lutte
The reception occurred n the salon
Des Ambassadors, where President
Loubet was assisted by Foreign Min
lister Delcasse and number of Off
cials. In presenting his credentials
Mccormick spoke OF the century's
friendship unit ng France and the
United States In an alliance moss en-.
dur ng than that OF treaties. He re.
ferred also to the recent closer feeling
OF friendship between France and the
mother country Of America. These
feelings OF friendship, he said were
of the greatest benefit to commercial
and pacific interests, which are those
OF tho progressive world
President Loubet, replying. said
France had no. prouder heritage than
her partlc patton in the work which
brought the powerful American ma.
tion into being. More than n century's
test had not been able TO interrupt the
friendship FIRST established.
AS Mccormick withdrew the Ameri.
can anthem was again heard and the
party was escorted with military cere.
mony back to the American embassy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-03
MANS FATE RESTS
WITH THE JURY
RECORDER ooFF WILL DELIVER
HIS CHARGE EARLY THIS
MO r N ING - PROSECUTOR
RAND AGAIN SHOWED NO
MERCY.

New York, May 2--The fate of Nan
Pattersc will be in the hands Of the
jury early tomorrow. Assistant Dis.
triet Attorney Rand completed his
closing argument fer the prosecution
this afternoon and court adjourned for
the day.
Recorder IN announced that he
would charge the jury tomorrow. IL Is
believed his instructions will be
lengthy and probably before noon the
jury will have retired to consider the
verdict.
At the close of the argument today.
after Prosecutor Rand had arraigned
her in most scathing terms, had as
serted her Hence in this trial was
confession of guilt, had declared that
her sister had lied on the stand and
that her counsel had based his plea
for her life on a foundation of fabr ca.
tions, Nan Patterson said she still felt
confident that the jury would acquit
her.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-03
10000 PERSONS
STRIKE IN LODI
INDUSTRIAL POPULATION GREAT.
LY WROUGHT UP OVER
BLOODY MASSACRE OF Wo.
MEN AND CHILDREN AT WAR.
SAW.

Warsaw, May 2-The industrial
population are deeply exasperated
over sangunary results of yesterdays
encounters. Strikes have been inau.
guarated on large scale mere and at
Lodz and in other cities are rapidly
spreading. $4,000 persons are on strike
in Lodz. The Cossaeks are patrolllng
the streets of Warsaw by companies
on account of danger to smaller de-
tachments.
A great crowd which gathered today
in front of police s'a ions to VIII ch
corpses of those killed on Monday had
been taken, demanded bodies Of their
dead. 1t was dispersed by Cossacks.
Accord ng to an official statement,
the dead, not including those of
wounded who died in hospitals. mum
hered 81
In Lodz, according to an official re-
port, four women were killed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-03
PRICE OF GAS
AND ELECTRICITY
May be Fixed Hereafter by
The Giles
CHURCH BILL is PASSED
LEVEE DISTRICT BILL ALSO GOES
THROUGH. AS DOES TIE
GOOD ROADS 6ILL-oTH.
ER MEASURES.

Springfield. ILL.,. May 2.--In three
long sessions today the house dispos-
ed of about twenty bills and four joint
resolutions, Tonight's session was
given over entirely to the passage Of
house bills.
The good roads bill, the Church reg
ular" bill giving all municipalities Of
the state power to fix the minimum
price Of gas and electricity and the
st Clair and Madison county levce
district bill, were among the big mea.
sures passed. The latter. which pro-
vldes for the formation Of leyee dis
tricts along the east side Of the Mis-
sissippi in the counties named ID a
senate bill, and now goes to the gov
ernor for approval
The house also concurfed In the SEN
ate amendments to the charitable ill.,
stitutoins civil service bill, and that
bill also goes to the chief executive.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-03
BRILLIANT SCENE
IN FRENCH CAPITAL
Attends Presentation of Ambas-
sad0r Mccormick
MAKES ELOQUENT TALK
REFERS TO LONG AND INTIMATE
FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN UNIT.
ED STATES AND LOU.
BETS COUNTRY.

Paris, May Ambassador McCor-
mick was rece, we'd by President Lou.
bet today with that military pomp
which traditlonally marks an ambas.
ador's first meeting with the head Of
the republic.
The ambassadors party was escort
ed by squadron of cuirassiers. at
tracing throngs OF sightseers.
Arriving at the palace of the Elysee
brilliant picture was presented by
long lines of infantry making com.
plete circuit Of the palace court. AS
the ambassadorial party drove within
the circle of infantry the band took up
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-03
LECTURE TONIGHT
Woman's Club Meetings fer
Beauiifying Cairo
MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL sPE.
ciALLY REQUESTED TO AT.
TEND AND PUBLIC IN
GENERAL.

Printed invitations have been is
sued TO the ladies of the Womans Re.
lief Corp. the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union, and many similar or
ganizations in the city. to attend the
lecture 10 be given ton ght under the
auspices of the art department of the
Cairo Womans club, at Library hall.
The mayor and members OF the city
council, the teachers and pupils of the
Cairo schools and the public In gen
eral who are interested in the move
ment to "beautify cairo" On which
subject is based the lecture, have been
requested to attend
Today the Wpman's club Of the city
will hold their tn I'd and last meeting
OF the year and they have prepared q
program for the afternoon and even
ing which Will doubtless be the best OF
the series. In the afternoon papers
prepared by eminent people, who are
fully competent OF handling such sub
iccts, will be read. Mr.; Isabella Can
dee will read one whitten by Mrs. Cora
S. Jones, chairman of the Massachu.
setts forestry committee, on Practical
Nature Study, and Keynoteof the For
est Problem and Mrs. g. s. Hudson
will render one on "Out Door Art in
Women's Clubs, which was prepared
by Mrs Il. r. Milspaugh Of Chicago
The feature Of the program VIII ch
has been arranged for the evening
will be lecture prepared by Prof. d.
G. Simons Of Chicago, read by Prof.
Clyde Sloane, Of the Cairo high school.
The lecture to the X. of P lodge In
this city and fifty slides showing beau.
tiful streets, yards and landscapes in
cities this size In various parts Of
the country A muaical program of
great merit has also been prepared for
| the evening and among the numbers
will be vocal solo by Miss Sarher
and two selections by the Ladies' Don
bio Quarsette, under the direction 81
4 Miss Emma Lansfea1
| The hour for the commencement oi
| the lecture has been set fer Ss15
o'clock in order that church services
may not be interfered with and all
are cordially and urgently. requested
to be present
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-03
NO MORE GRAFT
FOR WISCONSIN,
BILL WHICH PASSES LEclsLA.
TaRS EVEN pRoHlBlTs TIPS
To PoRTERs, BooTHLAcks
AND WATERS.

Madison, Wis, May. 2.The Stcut
anfigrsfl bin is now Jaw. me gov
ernor having sigFed It today. 1t is.
one Of the most far reacalng measures
again { corruption ever passed.
i Is not aimed at corruption lii poll,
tics, but at graft in business and pro
yides that whoever corruptly gives or
offers any agent, servant or employe
any gift or gratuIty whatever with an
Intention TO influence his actions fri
relation to his employers business. or
any employe who requests or accepts
such gift shall be liable 10 q fine of
$40 to $500 or by such fine and inn
prisonment for one year II Is claim.
cd this law il enforced win stop tips
to porters, bootblacks or waters.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-03
CANAL DEBT CAN'T
Be ENJO|NED
COURT OF APPEALS AT WASHING
TON KNOCKS OUT CHICAGO
MANS SUIT TO STOP s5o,ooo,.
COO PAYMENT.

Washington, May 1.-THE court, of
appeals Of the Dlstrict Of Columbia
today decided that the secretary of
the treasury cannot be enjoined from
paying the s50,000,0oO appropriated by
congress for the purchase of Panama
Canal property.
The decision was rendered In a
suit brought by Warren B. Wilson, Of
Chicago, who attacked the act as un.
const tuticnal.