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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
FAVOR GRAVEL IN
PLACE OF BRICK
Do Property Owners on Twenty.
eighth Street
EFFECTS BIG SAVING
MANY CITIZENS ATTEND MEET.
ING OF LOCAL BOARD OF I'M.
PRoVEMTNT-To PUSH
THE WORK.

At the hearing attended by property
owners having lots along Twenty
eighth street, general sentiment in
favor of substituting Elco gravel for
yitrified brck paving developed.
City Engineer Thisylewood estimated
that If gravel is used the cost of the
work will be somewhat less lhan one
half of the expenses in case brick is
the material selected, or about $50
per lot.
AT the request of the chair mum
her of the lot owners expressed their
preferences in the matter, interesting
talks being made by VIM. B. Gilbert.
A. r. De Baum, w. p June, Chas Ian
caster and J. S. A'sthorpe Finally,
upon motion of the latter gentleman
it was voted as the sense of thos in.
terested that the local Board of Inn
provement be requested to proceed
with the proposed Improvement TO con
sist of a thirtytwo foot paving of Elco
gravel with concrete curbing and
catch basins as recommended by the
engineer A rising vote was called
for by the chair and there was no
vote against the motion.
The mayor, as chairman of the. meet.
ing called for an expression Of op n
ion in regard to improving Twenty
| eighth street to the west side OF Wash
| ington to Park avenue. Mayor Par
sons was the only interested property
holder present and he stated that he
was prepared to abide by the decision
inf thesIHneo.ement board In the mat
ftcr and acquiesce to any plan adopted
lby that board He stated that othei
property owners on this part OF Twen
| ty-cighth street were of the sam,
frassv suest '3f ut ttrraa ass.cyser-. M s+--
ohAa o,hhAae aaong Twenty-eiglsslsrrec wa
| raised and Alderman Men said that !
| war only by assisting the lot owner
for this share Of the work that
could he done at all. Sentiment ar
peared Id favcg this method rathc
than abandoning the work which,
was stated. could be finished this yea
lif no legal difficulties were encour
tered.
When the matter OF the propose
sewer on Washington avenue fror
ITwenty-first to Twenty.fourth street
was introduced by the char there al
peared to be no one interested#in thf
Improvement present and IL was col
sequently declared ais before8t the ln
, provement Board for action at II
meeting.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
HOPE TO AVERT
: .sREAL REVOLUTION
10 Hungary by Settling Difficult
iy at an Early Date
EXCITEMENT IS ENDED
AND FEELING is OPTIMISTIC
PUBLIC FUNDS ARE NEARLY
ALL GONE FROM THE
ExcHEouER AT Bu.
DAPEsT.

budapest, Sept. 20 The situation
IS becoming clearer and evidence IS
accommodating that both the Coalition
leaders and King Emperor are earnest
|ly er,ieavoring to tind way out of
the difficulty.
The leaders and King Emperor real
ize that some way ous ol the present
situation must be reached at an early
date. ais otherwise economic condition
of Hungary will become SO bad that
serious disturbances cannot be avert
ed. II indeed a real revolution does
mot break out
The public exchequer Il almost
empty owing to the impossibility Of
making any regular collection VI
taxes,
Tonight, much more optimistic feel
Ing prevailed, especially in view Of the
fact public excitement has been an
most completely ahated.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
DOWN HILL
Like Z FIEtrisu
rallied Car--Two Women Hurt

Lima. Ohio, Sept 20 Dashing
down hill on Elm steeTt, 80 miles
an hour, Elmer II. Rudy with his wife
ana M. and Mrs George Wood n his
automobile struck q street car this
evening with probably fatal resulFs
THE street car was thrown from The
track and ran 100 feet into the gutter,
While The auto was reduced to junk
Mrs. Wood fell ON her head and Is
stili unconscious Her injuries are
believed to be fatal Mrs Rudy was
also seriously injured. She has frac-
cures, which, with other injuries may
Gauss her death Ten passengers In
the trolly car were badly injured.
Mi. Rudy ~ member cf the city
coufcil and prominent business
man He was scheduled to make an
appeal against the boss tactics of the
Republicans i'm their convention to-
might, which is now made impossible
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
BIG CRANE
Flew Against the Wires and Tied up
the Trolley System

Canton, Ohio. Sept. 29.-An immen-
Sc crane Of the blue heron species,
met peculiar death near Beech City
today by striking the feed wires Of
the Canton New Philadelphia Traction
Company In that village The bird
was flying south and hit the heavy cop
per wires with such force as to snap
them in twain and effectually tie up
| for while the whole trolley system
and cripple the service IN this city.
Examination Of the bird showed
that its feathers and skin had been
| burned by the electricity, though
none Of it's bones had been broken
7 by the collision with the wires. II
had been eloctrocuted.
The bird measures four feet II
height and six feet from tip to tip
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
MAY LYNCH THE
NEGRO SUSPECT
WHO is THOUGHT TO BE GUILTY
OF THE AWFUL MURDER Of
TEXAS WOMAN AND HER
FOUR CHILDREN

Houston, Tex, Sept. 29.-The bod
les of Mrs. A. ]. Conditt and her four
children who were murdered yester-
day, near Edna, Tex. were inferred
this afternoon in single grave.
The discovery of a bloody adze
with which the crime was committed,
and bundle of discarded clothing
found by blooihounds short distance
from the scene of the tragedy, are
the only clues left by the murderers
However, as a result of suspic on
against Hank Gibson, II year-cld
negro hoy. who was working in a
nearby field an1 who gave first alarm
his home was searched and table.
cloth with bundle of bloody cloth.
ing was found concealed between the
covers of bed IT. Mr. Conditt, the
husband, is able to identify the ar
ticles, the negro will probably be
lynched.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
who Didn't Want ID co 70 School
Killed Himself

Columbus Ohio, September 2a The
deal body of her l5-year0ld son FRANK
with bullet wound N the head, was
The spectacle that confronted Mrs.
Henry 8. Hallwo1d when she entered
the carriage shed nj her home F1e
Franklin avenue, carly this morning
II was plain case Of su eide and the
cause assigned Is that the parents
insisted upon the boy attending school
in preference to seeking employment.
H s. Hallwood the inventor, ~ the
boys father.
The boy had been q pupil at Doug
lass school, but seemed indifferent 10
warl his studies His parents pleaded
with his TO continue at school. Last
evening he took girl friend for ride
and returning about II o'clock u II
not known whether the lad entered the
house, but Mrs, TialIwood, In going tc
his room, discovered his absence ant
began search. The boy killed him
lself with his fathers rsyniver
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
TOGETHER r
In all Their Jaunts are Longworth
And Miss Roosevelt

San Franc SEQ, Sept. 29.--According
TO Information received here every
member of the Taft party belicvea
that Congressman Nicholas Long
worth, cf Cincinnati, and Miss Alice
Roosevelt are engaged The comment
is that all their actions are thoss of
sweethcarts and that they make no
effort to disguise their mutual affec'
tlon. Many incidents are related to
bear out the assertion. The two arc
now In Korea and are constant com
panions IN all the various trips that
have been arranged for The party
President Roosevelt has cabled Sec
rotary Taft that there would be nj
extra session OF congress to deal Will
The railroad rate question This I
taken by members Of congress I,
mean that hc has recedad from his pc
sition. and that tho Eikins BILL, a
proposed, viii BE- acceptable to the ~
minstration.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
HARPER DOOMED
SAY PHYSICIANS
NO HOPE TO SAVE LIFE OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO
UNIVERSITY WITHOUT oPER-
ATioN-cHANCES AGAINST.

Chicago. Sept. 29.-it has been de
cided by the physicians attending
Pres dent Harper. of the Chicago
University that nothing will save his
life but surgical operation of he
roic character
1t is admitted that there is practi-
caliy no chance of saving his life un-
less the cancer which is killing him
can be checked by the removal of a
portion of the large intestines.
1t is proposed by the surgeons 10
make an examination in few days
to decide upon the advisability of an
operation. 1t is however. admitted
that the chances are gratly against
permanent relief of the patlent II the
operation is performed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
ROCKEFELLER'S
IMMENSE RICHES
HOLDS MORE SECURITIES THAN
ANY OTHER ONE MAN-MApE
OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION
ON STANDARD OIL

New York. Sept. 20. The statement
that John ID. Rockefeller now holds
no securities outside his Standard oil
certificates is ridicuIed by interests
familiar with his affairs. The fact
that Mr. Rockefeller carr es very few
stocks in his own name is about the
only basis for the report that his hold
ngs is now confined to STANDARD oil,
Mr.. Rockefeller has under lease
one of the largest compartments oI
the Standard Safe Deposit Company
This compartment contains only q
small percentage of Mr. Rockefeller's
wealth. It is claimed that the valu
alton of the securities held by John
d. Rockefeller is larger than those
possessed by any o'her indiy dual ii
the world.
Of late years he has been devot Ms
little attention to business affairs
His vast security holdings are yirtu
ally in the hands OF his representa-
tives He is identified with only ont
corporation, the Standard Oh Com
pany in an off cial capacity II Johr
D. Rockefeller Jr. regains his healtt
| II is more than likely that he viii
represent his father on the directorate
ef many mere companies than he does
at present
John p. Rockefeller's income from
the Standard Oil has exceeded 500,
N000s0 within the last eight years
! and his Income from other cerpor
| ations n which he is interested !,
said TO be equally large ida has In
vested his income almost as rapid
as he receives II. and has elected hi
business assoc atea to represent hir
i on rhc boards Of concerns whereye
his holdings justified such action,
An idea of the wealth controlled h
1.-The Standard oil Company Interest
eau ba obtained fron the fact that /
1 Is represented on the boards of mo,
| Than l2b corporations II Il estimate
i THAT John u. Rockcfeller's income "
| the past ten years exceeded the nj
| deposits of the National CITY HAM
VIII ch are in The nelghharhood |
i $lloi ioO0,uoo
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
ON THE LINE
The Marriage Was Solcmnized, Then
the Guards Separated the Couple.

New Orleans, La, September 29.--,
with the bride on the Lincoln County
line, near Auburn, and the groom on
the Amite County line, the first anar'
antino wefsing was celebrated IN MIS-.
sissippi today Armed guards stood
by to see that neither bride nor groom
crossed The lines of their respective
counties while the Rev. r. w, Adams,
Of the Methodist church, performed
the ceremony ON the Lincoln County
side.
I The young people thus married un
der difficulties and compelled to sep
arate after the ceremony until such !
time as the quarantine against Amit'
\ County Ia raisei are Aubrey Toler, .
Amite and Miss Lerah Adams Of Lin
coin County.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30

Us the Testimony Presented Before
Tho Interstate Commerce Com.

Chicago. Sept. ~ Testimony In
direct opposition 70 the evidence ny
various western railroad officials was
given before the Interstate Commerce
COMMITTEES today by President Rtley'
of the santa Fe railroad Commits
sion is investigating the freight rates
Oh live etock and live stock products
from a'MIFsouri river pcnt to Chica-
goi s
Ripley declared that the rate on
dressed beef between Kansas City and
Chicago should be ibo per cent higher
than the rate on live stock tie said
| II cosr hess 10 carry i've stock thar
packing house products. and substi
tuisd statistics In support OF hts con
tention
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
REPORT
OF Commissioner on Freight for Tolls
at ship Canal Completed

Granl Rapids, Mich, Sept 20, ~
the case Of the United states against
Michigan for tolls which the state
collected III Sault ste Marie, ship ca
nal, previous 10 September ~, 1901 /,
the date Oh which the STATE ceased col
lecf ng, Special Commissioner Doran
fer The United States supreme court
has completed bis work and forward.
I'd hts report 10 Washington
The lowest amount considered 10
the report IL sss, 1o3 while the highest
is 1921 COS Theioriglnal claim made
10, 1908 was for $GS.927, and q verdict
for this amount was obtained by the
government, Ths latter then entered
claim for interest and the present
| litigation and estimates q Doran In
volve both principal and interests.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
MUST NOT DISPLAY ANKLES
Actress Resigns When Fcrh'dden =
Do High Kicking on stage

Mahanoy city, Pa, Sept. 20, Eu-
gene r. McAtee, manager Of the Fam.
ly Theatre, playhouse for refineu
vaudeville. has placed a ban on ac-
tresses with a penchant for displaying
their legs In singing and dancing
specialties.
Because Of this II Is said Miss sal
lie Randall, singing commed anne
quit her engagement In high dudgeon
after the second performance and re
turned 10 New York this evening
Manager McAtee says: The pat
~ons of this theater do not come hers
10 see shapely ankles showing beneath
lace trimmed lingerie, nor are the'
attracted BY the frou-frou OF silkel
pettcoats.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
gAsr 70 RISE
Declares Charles NJ schwab, and a
College Education not Necessary

Chicago. ILL.,. Sept. 20 No man Of
ability who Is willing to work and
work hard mead feel handicapped be-
cause he has not college diploma or
money or influence. It's entirely up
ID himself To rise, for never yet have
the corporations Of the country been
50 On the alert for good men as they
are today. The area of the self-made
man is not past It's only begun
That was the note Of the optimism
sounded today 70 struggling young
men by Charles M Schwab, formerly
president of the United States Steel
corporal ON at salary Of si,ocsooc
yearly.
Mr. schwab started life as q grocer,
boy at $3.50 weekly, 80 he should
something about the self made man.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
FRANkFuRTERs
And Lahncr, inventor Of the Deiec'
table Sausage, Hopored at Fctc.

Sandusky. Ohio, September 29.--The
residents OF sandusky tonight paid
tribute TO the Frankfurter and its ~.
ventor, johann Lahner, in the Calvary
Epiaconai church, the congregation
ho,iing. a public celebration
The event was called the Frank
fufter wurst Centennial Celebration
The church building was crowded IN
I'm late. The invitations to the AZ
Fair read as follows:
"The pleasure Of your company y
requested on Thursday evening, Sep
tember 49, at Calvary parish house
for the purpose Of doing honor 70 ~
ham Lahner, inventor OK that delcc
ltabcl morsel 81 food, the Franklin
iterr w
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
RAISE BAN ON
JEW STUDENTS
MOVEMENT FOR REMOVAL OF RE.
sTRlcTloNs ON ADMISSION
TO JEWISH STUDENTS IN
RUSSIA UNIVERSITIES

St Petersburg. Sept. Movement
mission of Jewish students 10 uniEer
stiles Is becoming general. Proffes
sors and students Of ST Petersburg
Moscow Odessa and other universities
have adopted petitions to THAT effect
which Lieutenant General Glazoff
minister Of public instruction, viii
lay before the emperor for action.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
THE LAST DAY OF
CENTRAL|A MEET
GOOD RACES, EXCELLENT AT.
FRACTIONS A Nj . LARGE
CROWDS MADE AFFAIR A
GRAND sUccEsS-RESULTs
Special to the Bulletin.

Special TO the Bulletin.
Centralia, H., Sept 20. Today was
the third day OF the race meet and
resulted as follows:
Frat race, one mile Friendless,
first; Bad Penny. second; North Wind,
third.
Second race, ilyeveislssss IA ar mile "
Jennie Hughes, first, Nerva Hustler
second, Blazon, third.
Third race, three-fourths of i mile
Il,aaz Idris, first; Ducasse, second;
Fourth race, seven-eights OF u nrras
Randolph, Jrs first; Sanbadar, sec
ond North Wind. third
Today closed the Centralia Carni
val and racing meet which was
grand success In every respect. Th'
crowds were large each day and night
Thursday was Derby fay, the derb'
race being one by Marie Algol, a Cen
trala horse, which captured tn
purse of $500. The crowd was esti
mated at $4,000 Thursday.
There were sixty-five race horses a
the meet, the largest number that na
ever been at a racing meet in Soutf
arn Illinois,
The carnival attractions we're man
and all met with big business TIL
two main free attractions attraction
were features that were maryelou
and pleasing in every respect TIL
success of the racing meet gives goo
prospects for the continuance OF th
meet each year
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
IN DANGER
Are American Life Insurance Concerns
In Germany as Result OF Scandal

Berlin, Sept. % The German gov
eFnment IL watching with keen inter
tast. fhe inyestIgation now being con
suctesi into the affairs aud conduct Of
American Insurance cosnpanies
Accouiing to the Cologne Gazette
rthe supervising office for private ins
;surance has applied 70 German rep
sresentatlves til the United states All
well as directly 70 the United states
government for Information Oh the
! M'ihRfhiifff sur pars s-y,,.
,esE i5ns MAY be Withdrawn from ra'
| main NJ American insurance corn
lranies doing business here
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
TO RETURN WITH
THE FUC|TVES
A
WHO HAVE CAUSED UNCLE SAM
so MUCH TRouBLE--GREEN
AND eAYNoR To STAND TRIAL
IN SAVANNAH, GA.

Montreal, Sept 2s.--United States
officials arrived here To-Day 70 take
Col. Gaynor and Captain Greene back
IA savannah for trial on charges Of
defranding the United states govern.
ment
They brought warrants bearing the
signature OF President Roosevelt and
will remain here until extradltion pa
pers arrive from Ottawa,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
NJ. PARIS
IS the German Ambassador at Wash
inuton--on His way Home

Paris Sept, %. Baron Won stern
burg. the German ambassador az
Washington, who is accompanied by
the Baroness, has arrived here on a
brief visit before proceeding TO Berhn
to make official reports, after which
he will visit his estates in Saxony
and Sail from Berlin Oct. 49,
He expressed great pleasure over
the outcome of negotiations over the
Moroccan affair which he said "happt
ly promotes relations between France
and Germany"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30

Is the Big Case that contains the
Presidents GIFT to Mikado

Ottawa. Oua. Sept 2o-0n the
special train bearing Baron Komuras
pasting here today, was present
from President Roosevelt 10 the MikaS
do Of Japan.
II il In d long wooden cese most
carefully sealed and laheled No one
will know It's contents Unit II reaches
the Imperial Palace at Toxic.
The president gave II into Baron
Komuras keeping. demandiug that the
| Mikado he kept ignosant cf the pres
ent until the pIepiposensiary delivers
| II al Toxic
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30

Lucy was on her FIRST visit 70 the
eountry. and, although Hhe had heard
OF COWS being rnilked, she aad never
seen the operation On lile hrst even
Ing after her arrival az tha farm shc
said. -Mama, please may ! 80 down
10 ihc harnyarlg want 10 soc lust
how tlisy GetAtha milk into thoNe
COWS ard how thcX geL a ous AGAIN"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30

A naturalist declares, .man could
not inhabit " after nine years time.
in spite OF all the sprays nnd roisons
that could be manufactured for the
obstruction of Insects. The insects
and glugs would simply cut nll the
otchares and crpfs In that tire,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
AN INCREASE
In New Orleans Feve. GSscs But PsK
ccntagc of slckn-rs " Small

New Orleans, Sept 81 Some ifi-I
crease over the very low record of
the preceding four days Was shown
In todays report OF new fever cases. 4
but III view ~ fact population tedAv
n much larger than Il was month
ago. per ,antaEe al sickness is conf
sidered very small The days deaths
showed decline. #
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30
Now TO Avoid washing Quilts.

A good device to sase washing oori-
forters and quilts is 10 bssta across
the top end A facing, quarter q .
yard wide or more, of caeesecloth Or
other material. The facing may ne
taken on and washed frequently TINS
also keeps the bedding from wearing
nttf WA. f M
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30

wMhington, Sept, sa Acting 6e4j|
rotasy oliver has deSirnated HrtxS
diar General Iohn r. Weston, cosnixl1
ary general of The army to rcpxesexI
tho war department At y eel0bySt
jat the University ot Illinois. Cn1
paign. Illinois. October IN nRxt pSk
occasion Of instsllxssem ~ Pxs<l@o
James, Y. wv N \! "A
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30

The members ~ the London stock
Exchange propose 70 do away among
themselves with the Tad practice of
STANDING tue drinks" Each man Y
To pay for hla own
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-30

A German being required 10 give a
receipt In full. after much -~aental ef-
fort. produced the following: ~ ssh
full. 4 wants no more money. John
Swackhewmer."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-05
BRONX BUILDING ACTIVITY IS WIDESPREAD.
Plans FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION WORK THIS YEAR
OIER TWICE As GREAT IS ZOE 1901

Builders beginning 10 show signs of unusual
activity in The Bronx. Within the next eight
months vast areas of land in the section are TO be
improved with modern hathouses. If a building
movement OF the magnitude of the present one had
swept over The Bronx the time of the old build
Ing laws there is doubt that many of the fat
houses erected would have been of the poorest
type. But it is fortunate that the causes which
brought about the phenomenal purchasing and
building movement OF this year as far effects
The Bronx. did not begin to exert powerful inhu-
ence on the market until last fall.
Since the last good building year in The Brcnx
the new tenement house law went into effect and
moreover. the builders have had sufficient time to
learn that the public appreciates the best type of
tenement house and shuns the old whenever possi-
bic. In other words il pays TO erect modern tene-
ment houses, and it is risky speculation to try
put up fmsy structures in the hope Of getting as
good prices for such for those of the
best class building. Old style buildings have little
real market value. Still many hold to a contrary
opinion, but such have not had many dealings with
Spectators of long experience investors Of good
training in the realty market
How much better a place to live in for the man
of moderate The Bronx will be next year,
when there will be thousands of modern fiat
houses. miles and miles of newly laid streets.
paved sidewalks, and possibly better and cleaner
AS the value of land in the most desirable
sections of The Bronx increases values in adjoining
sections viii go upward and a vigorous purchasing
and building movement viii extend far beyond the
limits OF the city There many indications that
the present movements in The Bronx will not be of
uncertan or short duration. but will continue for
some years AS regards modern priced hathouses
the city is wofully underbunt Besides, the demand
for clean and comfortable homes is growing at
such a rate that builders and other persons in
kindred lines hear on every hand the cry: Give us
more new law tenement houses in sections where
we can breathe fresh air where there are good re-