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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12
DOW|E AND VOL|VA
WRANGLE OVER
COMMITTEES
CONFERENCE TO NAME AR5lTRA
TIoN COMMITTEE ADJouRNS
WITHOUT RESULT.
is NO PEACE IN ZION
Contestants Are As Far Apart AS They
Were Before They Met in Court
and Signed Iron Clad
Contract.

Chicago. May 1l.-There is no peace
in Zion. Dowie and Voliva are as far
apart as they were before they met in
Judge Wrishts court yesterday and
sign I'd an ironclad agreement 20 ABIDE
by the decision of a committee Of
thee Each -ide was T. name one Of
the committee. The third was to be
agreeable - both parties.
Il took only a few minutes 20 get
twothirds Of the committee. VOliva
named Alexander Changer TO repre-
sent him. Dowie selected Deacon John
A. Lewis.
Then all part 'es adjourned to the
offices Of Attorney Weten- There they
began the task of finding a third man
Contiuued on Sixth mage
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12

While this testimony and these cir
cumstances do not necessarily prove
anything more against Bcgard and
Bowman than they have admitted, they
do justify The feeling that the case has
not been sifted TO the bottom by any
mean, and that it is still de erving of
earnest attention from Chief Egan and
his sleuths.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12
SUCCEEDS LAMsooRF.

ST Peter burg. May lit is offic
tally ennounced that NJ Iswolsky. re-
Gently Russian minister at Copenhagen
has been appointed ruccessCr 20 Coun,
Lamsdorf as minister OF foreign affairs
ana the latter has been nominated as
a member of the council Of the cm-
pire.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12

New Yo~l Ma it-The storics NJ
Charlie L. Spler's dcealcatio1 have
be~n ken frNn, bis widow. Eyariin.-
tion of Sple''s books and accounts
how. that while ~ctirg as Confidential
agent of Hen-v II Rovor, Of the
Standard on co~n7nv h enhevzle1
$3.50 600 - s"r0or0 in cash and Sc
aur ties II Is likely howe~er. that the
loss TO Nr Roger will ho reduced %
a nominal a~oun' through the racov
arv Of securities so~~e Of which Spior
bad transferred without warrant to
the name Of his wife.
There is evidence that SDier sr~er-
lated to a verv heavv e-t~nt aad thu.
he was caught in tho slurn In tho
stock market which followed tie Sgn
Francisco carthquate. II wa ~eD~r'of
today in TIE fpanciad district 'hat rh7
firm which held tho Spicr accounts
was Keoch. awe &. CO.
Frank u Koech. tao renio~ mariner
tciav admitted ths' thee had been
relation with snlor He declined.
however 10 20 into deals
our relations" said Mr.. keeeh.
were only for few months It is
most unfortunate affair anl I do not
think tina. Mr. Snicr would ke any
thing more said about it,
Mr. Kcecb was questioned as 10 a
Wall stree report that S"isr's a.
count showed a l-ss Of 100000. He
replied:
Il won't ssy ANYTHING whether the
amount s. Sl05.0Oo. SO 000 or s. 600"
Askel io another report that Sc
curitics which Soier had pct up as
margin against his account had hean
obtained aga'n by aim ilst before his
death on the ground that they would
have to go through a uroc"ss Of re
Organization. so that when SDier died
thee was virtually 70 marai1 in the
posse sion Of his brokers'. Mr. Ksash
answered.
even. don't know anything about
that"
Pressed D u whether anv possible
existed by which there n cat
be- legal controversy over securities
between hi firm end Henry n Rogers
be said wit5 a nile
We have no quarrel with Mr.
Roger: We world have to be bigger
nen To have qua rel with him.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12
BRIDEGROOM FREE
PLANS BELATED
HONEYMOON
FREEMAN AND EVANS DIscHARG.
ED FROM CUSTODY BY GOTH
Am JUSTICE.
SCORED CHICAGO CHIEF
Upon Whose Telegram the Men Were
Arrested and Compelled to Give
5000 Cash Bail
Each.

New York. May 11.-Victor B. Free
man and Rufus A Evans. lumber mer-
chants Of this city. were arrected
Tuesday on the strength of tele-
gram from Chief of Police Collins Of
Chicago. charging that they were
guilty Of embezzlement and we're about
10 fee the country, were today honor
ably discharged in Tombs Police court.
The discharge was effected through
telegram from Chicago purporting t)
come from Collins and which read:
Release Rufus A. Evans and Victor
f. Freeman. States Attorney refuses
TO sign reduisition. He doesn't think
evidence strong enough 10 convict"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12

What appears to be a very plausible
story was developed yesterday with
reference to the death Of young Web
White of Sikeston, Mo- last Sunday
night, in the Illinois Central freight
yards here. II was the result of some
dilgeat work by Chief Egan and his
force, and ii seems to account satis
factorily for the main facts in the
case. 1t was given to the Chief. to
States Attorney Wilson and to Coro
ne2 McManus by two young fellows
from Charleston to whom circum
stances pointed as implicated in the
affair and who We're brought here by
Sheriff Parish, at the request Of Chief
Egan.
These two young fellows were Ell
bert Bogard and Joseph Bowman alias
Red Jodie" One of these is the son
of a justice of the peace in Charleston.
While they had The appearance yester
day Of being innocent country boys,
they have both been engaged in follow
ing street fairs, the one handling
tickets and the other do ng black-face
sketches, hence they may not be quite
as ignorant Of the ways of the world
as they seemed to be while in the
sweat box" yesterday morning, How
ever. they satisfied all present that
they had told the truth. and they
were released from custody and re-
turned home
In their statements made yesterday
ney Wilson and Coroner McManus
these two young fellows practically
agreed, although they were questioned
separately Bogards statement seems
to be the more specific and was, in
substance, as follows:
Bona, Canaday and myself met
White in front of O'Donnelly's saloon
about 1880 Sunday night We had
been TALKING about find ng some
amusement house where we woud
not have to pay dollar bottle for
beer. White came up and offered to
lead us 10 such house, saying we
didn't have to buy any beer If we did
not wish to- He led u to the depot
close to the river. When we got to the
freight shed White turned round,
pulled his hat down over his eyes. We
stopped and he laid his hand on
Canaday's shoulder ana told us to
"hurry on or III blow your brains
out We ran back the way we had
come and could hear scuffling. When
We got from behind the ears we heard
two shots and Canaday came running
up to us and sa d: I shot at him twice
and | think | hit him. He ran up the
platform. He struck at me with a
knife He got my hat but | got his,
but ! don't care; think | got the
best one He didn't get my money
I'VE then walked to IIubbard's
saloon where Bomar went to bed.
Canaday said I want one of you boys
to show me where my bed is. went
with him 10 the Farmers ho,el and he
told the bartender he wanted to go to
bed and be called for the O'Clock
train for Vincennes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12
He TOOK POISON.

New York. May IA man believe
to be Hjslmar Weshedt. manager oi
the Green BAY Paper and Fibre Com
Dsny. Borksw. Wis. entered the bar
her shop r the New Amsterdam Hotel
today, poured part Of the contents Of a
small phial into a glass Of water and
drank IT, A few minutes later while
be was being Ehayed he was taken
with commissions and died The cor
oncT is invest eating the case.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12
RESOLUTIONS AND APPEALS.

Memphis Tenn. May 1.-THE two
sessions Of today's convention Of the
Brotherhood of locomotive Engineers
viii be given over entirely to the pre-
entation OF -1sc nm and appeals
from various ,liviC.ons all Of which
we're in turn referred 70 proper com
mlttees tor consideration
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12
BANKER SLAIN BY
A BROTHER WHO
DEf|ES POSSE
SHOT BY A MANIAC AFTER A
QUARREL OVER MONEY
MATTERS.
cRAzEO BY OLD FALL
Murderous Criminal surrenders to the
Sheriff After Several VoIays
Were Fired BY the
Posse.

Montezuma, Ind May H. Stephen
Sylvester, insane went 10 the home OF
his brother, w H. Sylvester. this af
tcrnoon and during dispute over
money matters drew a revolver and
fired one shot into the body Of his
| brother, who died almost instantly
The bulie. pierced the stomach and
the intestines.
The dead man was president of the
First National Bank of this place and
was one of the most prominent busi.
ness men Of Parke County.
After shooting his brother, Stephen
Sylvester ran from the house and down
he street to his own home. secured 4
shotgun and went to barn In the
rear cf the lot where he barrlcaded
himself and stood guard, nourishing
several revolvers and the shotgun He
supplied himself with abundance of
ammunition and awaited the coming OF
the crowd of angry citizens ana the
off GERS.
Flefce right al Barn.
The insane man was not captured
until three h)urs after the crime
During that time battle took place
jetweon the sheriff and deputies and
the barricaded man. and vclley after
yolley of shots were fired by the off.
GERS.
No ooner had the tragedy occurred
In the home of the banker than the
news spread like wildfre along the
streets, and a crowd quickly collected.
Stephen Sylvester had hed from his
brothers house into his own home
and out through the back door to his
barn.
The insane man had cunningly pre-.
pared for just such an emergency and
he crowd discovered that the section
of the barn IN which he was located
"a constructed Of lumber eight incacs
thick and covered with ircn The barn
was a veritable fort Its occupant had
provided himself with guns and ammu-
n tioo, plainly intending to sell his
life dearly.
The sheriff swore in citizens as de-
1uties, and organized posse to cap.
ure the de- perate man After con.
iultation It was decided that no
chances should be taken, and the sher.
IF ordered his deputies to open fire
Insane Man Surrenders.
Volley after volley poured into the
barn. But there was no response. II
was believed that the insane man had
been killed. But no one seemed anx-
ious to go inside and investigate
But finally the maniac appeared at
The docr and voluntarily surrendered
He was sulIen and refused TO talk. He
was Immediately taken TO the Jail at
Rockville.
There had been differences between
w. H. and Stephen Sylvester for some
time because Of mouev matters. Ste.
phen Sylve. ter was of unsound mind
because of fall several years ago.
Today stephen went to the home of
w. II. Sylvester aud demanded the
$1,000 al issue between them, and
there We're angry words, followed by
blows. Stephen drew a revolver and
fired, pont blank. he bullet striking
his brother in the stomach and causing
almost Immediately death. Both the
Sylvester were men of mature years
being eighty-three and un-
married. Both were wealthy.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12
EXPORTS OF GRAIN.

Wheat including foar exports =
142.0Qa bushels aealnsf S99 600 this
week last year. july I. 10 1is.T4s.e0
bushels against 54. .s92 900 las year
Corn exports 1.574. 900 bushels
against 152s.0oa bushels wears sgo
July r. date 1851 .eoo against IL
sos 0oo in 1905.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12
FOUGHT TO A DRAW.

Los Angeles. Cal. May 11.-Kid Her
man and Abe Atell fought to a draw
st the end Of the tvsnty-sixth round
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12

The theory upon which Chief Egan
has been working and which seems
to be borne out bv the story told by
these two young fellows, is that young
White had learned that Canaday (whO
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12
MYSTERY NOT YET SOLVED
In RAILROAD YARD TRAGEDY
Two Young Charleston Suspects Tell Plausible
Story But Fail to Account for Important
Testimony and Circumstances

was the owner Of the white hat found
on the platform) had money and had
determined to rob him; that he en-
ticed him and hi two friends to the
freight she'd believing that be could
scare Bomar and Rogard away and
then accomplish his purpose, He had
been heard to say tha he was broke
would have 10 get some money in
some way. When Canaday drew his
pistol and shot the f"st time he ran
along the elevated freight platform
and when he got to the end of The cars
turned suddenly and jumped off,
break ng his arm and neck in the fall,
and meeting his death.
The story told by the two young
fellows is borne out, in the main, by
other witnesses and by circumstances.
The barkeeper at the Phelps house
confirms what is said about the ap-
pearanca Of the two there early Mon
day morning and the departure of
Canaday for Vincennes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12

But the stor es Of these two young
men do not harmonic with some very
positive testimony given by others
nor do they account for some very
triklng Circumstances in the case. One
can no help thinking, for instance that
young VIII te could hardly have been
so foolish as to entice three strangers
(who he had a right to assume were
friends to each other) to some lonely
spot for the purpose of robbing one
of them single handed-with no wea.
pom of any kind, in his p0s1 ession as
far as has been learned-for none was
found upon him nor upsn the ground
or platform in the vicinity
Then there is the testimony of Mr.,
Meyer, the n ght agent Of the Illinois
Central who saw THREE men not
FOUR coming towa-i the denot. the
taller one wearing a white hat in the
ssiddle, and two shcrter men on either
side, his description of The shorter
men tallying with thus of BogRrd and
Bowman; and he DID NOT recognize
White as one of the party
Again there Is the story the woman
in No 230 ThiiteGnth stree, who
said she heard Bogard and Bomar plot
ting to rob Canaday and that they all
went out Of the house together.
And, perhaps most important of all,
there is the fact that the body of
White must have been moved from
where II fell by the man or men who
were responsible for his death, for the
dead man could not possibly have
jumped or fallen from the platform to
where his body was found by Switch
men Weber, Stout and Helm
II does not account for the jagged
ndentation of the bard gravelled sur
face Of the ground just inside the
rail about two feet from where the
dead mans toes reached, and the lead
pencil lying loosely there in the cen
ter of the abrasion
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12

The Bulletins subscribers havs
money 70 bur sta
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12

lCOntinued % sirth FsgsJ
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12

"THE AIM, lF REACHED or not,
makes great the llfe." Applied to bus-
ness this sentiment means "try to be
Wanamaker, one Of the most success.
ful advertisers In the word.'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12

SYSTEMATIC ADVERTISING holds
Business N line just 40 briais and
reine do horss. With,ut ths advsr.
t'sin9 and the reins the bur,ness and
the h7rse is no. likely % b. properly
managed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-12

Continued on Sixth page.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-05

Never Break Steel Ranges. I-uotrr
front with safety valve. ii
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-05
WhEkLN WEATHER BULLETIN
Rainfall Above the Normal in the
Trinity River Valley.

The week opened with general
showers over the entire state except
over the northwestern counties,
where it was fair There was no
precipitation during the latter half
of the week and the conditions dur
ing this period were very favorable
for field work The rainfall was
above the normal in the Trinity river
valley and adjoining counties and in
the northeastern. north central and
extreme western counties. The Pan
handle and northwestern counties
and the upper Red river valley re-
Ceived no rain and very little rain
fell in the southwestern counties and
along the southwestern coast. The
heaviest precipitation occurred in
Harris county, Houston reporting
3.05 inches In the other counties in
which the precipitation exceeded the
normal, the amount was less than
two inches No destructive storms
have been reported.
The temperature averaged either
normal or was above the normal On
the southwestern coast the Jempera-
ture was five degrees above the nor
NAL and in extreme western Texas
| ii was three degrees above. With
! these exceptions there were no mark
ed departures from the normal tenn
perature During the latter half o.
the week the weather was very pleas
ant. There was considerable sun
shine and, while the day tempera
lures continued high. the nights be
came cooler a sharp fail in tempera
ture occurred on the last day of III
week The highest temperatures re
ported ranged from IS degrees a
Dublin to 80 degrees at Greenvill'
and kerrville, and the lowest from
II degrees at Ballinger to 6S degrees
at Galveston The week closed with
generally fair and unusually cool
weather over the entire state, eX-
! cept that there was an area of cloudi-
mess over eastern and southeastern
J counties
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-05
CIRCUS NOVELTY
tfhgiiag Hrstti,rF~ Present a Gorge
ou~ Dramatic Spectacle, Intro
duciug I 200 tiaraeferN,

The Field o{ the Cloth of Gold
IS Rluglinc Brothers sublime, beau.
tifui and instructive new spectacular
production In its action uro goo
characters geo cheFisters. 8bo dane
Ing girls and hand of ufty sol0lstx.
Kings queens princes lords.
mobiles. cbeyaliers. nights. courtisrs.
fnnetionaifies. church officials Mt
tendania. pilgrims. pages, soldiers.
penitents, choristers theologian. stu
dents agchers, serfs, vassaIs. char
acieristIc types OF every class, dane
Ing girls. singing women. exuberaut
children aud q Thousand aud one
other picturesque characters. give
varied animation and color and en-
thralling interest TO the panoramic
changes of incident and scene. The
grand ballet diycrtise mont is an ori-
ginal conception and more entranr-
tngiy beautiful than any dancing con
ceit ever invented and interpreted
The legions OF girls employed in
evolving the elegant aud graceful fig
ures of the novel ballet are artists,
graduated from the best masters Of
terpsichorean art, lithely and lssom-
~ young and sensitively practiced in
accomplishing the highest and most
delightful effects in dancing study.
The splendors OF the sixteenth cen
tury are revealed in reveling scenes
upon a scale Of magnfieence and ex-
penditure never before attempted.
This prodigal display of mediaeval
luxury and Oriental extravaganza is
only in keeping with the progressive
policy of the Ringing Brothers, who
have enlarged and improved every de-
partment OF their enormous shows,
by far the greatest in existence. until
now they appear to have reached the
climax Of human possibility. The
great shows will exhibit in Waxa-
hachie Wednesday, October to, aud
give two performances only. at >
o clock in the afternoon and in the
evening at O'Clock
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-05

The popularity of the Leader as a
place for fashionable hats is being
maintained by Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Rein The fan opening for the show
uer's art is now in progress there.
The display at the Leader has been
arranged with excellent taste as TO
coloring and style. and the showing
has been much admired As 10 ma
torials velvet is playing "a more promi-
uyut part than ever in tall and win
fer millinery Hats barge and small
Jr, being formed of b.. and trimmings
arranged of ils soft folds boa every
conceivable mode
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-05

y large crowd was at Dillon's rink
last night to witness the feat OF ii
skater descending a forty-foot in
cline and leaping a gap of fire. The
feat was successfully accomplished
and will be repeated tonight. This
tincline track is arranged inside tn
! rink. The skater comes down thi
| with the speed of lightning and leap
| a gap of eleven feet, passing througl
! tongues of flame without so much a
scorching his costume.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-05
CIRCUS DAY TOMORROW /.
The First Visit of the Iiagr rnbs,rk
show viii BE Made to this
City Tomorrow

The FIRST visit OF the Hagenbeck
Greater Shows viii be made 10 Waxa-
hachie tomorrow Three special
trains bearing this big tented amusc-
ment enterprise viii arrive I'm the
city early tomorrow morning from
Cleburne, and II pretty weather pre-
walls the work Of unloading will be
Witnessed by the usual large crowd
of sightsecrs The tents wilt be 10
Gated ON vacant lots at the head of
Dunn street. The parade down town
will be given at 10 o'clock
The name of Carl Hagenbeck has
become known the world over FOR
his marvellous trained beast acts
This year these animal acts have
been added TO an immense three ring
circus and East Indian Pera -Hcra or
exposition. II is said that the Ameri-
can capitalists who are associated
with Mr.. Hagenbeck have spent over
two million dollars in organizing this
new giant amusement enterprise
Three rings, two stages. an aerial
enclave and a big steel arena will be
shown in continual operation Twen-
ty-five displays of five acts each or
l15 separate acts. in which over 200
performers take part will be given
There are many features attached to
this circus which cannot be seen with
other shows. Particular interest viii
attach to the first visit 10 this coun-
try of the troupe of East Indian per
formers. the first ever seen in Am
erica. The troupe includes NEGRO
mancers, word-swailowers, magici-
clans, acrObats, nauteh girl dancers.
devil worshipers and bird headed
men. Much has been written by trav-
elers in the East concerning these re
markable Hindoo people and they
will undoubtedly prove a most in
teresting and unique attraction with
the Hagenbcck circus this year.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-05
WILL MOVE SaTIfsDi,
Trinity and Ernzo~ Valley offices to
tsu Ia Fort Nufft, Al Dnce.

u is learned the Trinity and Hrazos
VALLEY railway general offices are
making active preparations for fhc
mplated move to Fort Worth.
and according 20 one report ara to
leave the city for their new location
next Saturday.
The people Of Cteburue win great
ly regret the move. as aIl the officials
have many friends here and their
families are part of the cify's social
and church fabric without excep-
tion all those who came here with
the new road have made many friends
who, while regretting to see them
leave. will wish for them as pleasant
relations and as worm friendship in
the new home Cleburue Enterprise.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-05

a stranger giving his name as Bar
ney JakO. arrived at Ennis on the /
O'Clock southbound train Wednesday
afternoon and was taken TO the rail
road hospital. 1t was plain that he
was in the last stages OF Brights dis
Wednesday evening.
The dead man was about - years
Old, > feet S inches tall dark com
pleXion black hair. dark mustache,
beard a week Old He is probably
known at MeXia.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-05
The Stree TaX Discussed.

Forty or fifty citizens of the towr
who have been opposed to the pay
ment of the street tax recently i'm
posed by the city ordinance met at
the city hall last night 20 discuss the
proposition of fighting the matter
through the courts The meeting
was addressed by Attorney Joe a.
Worsham. who cited various author
tiles showing the constutionality OF
the law. At the conclusion of Mr..
Worsham' $ remarks II was decided by
vote TO abandon the fight.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-05

The military band organ, which
has been installed in the Main Street
Skating Rink, was bought through
Joe A. Harris, the jeweler. The in
strument plays eighteen pieces, the
music consisting of waltzes, two
steps and marches, The organ is
propelled by electricity and is sup
piled with a snare drum and base
drum. A large crowd was out last
night to hear the music An admis
sion fee of ten cents will be charged
at the night sessions
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-05
BIG SHOW TOMORROW

PIE aSe get your or
ders in early so | can
get my teams off the
street before the pa
rade.
ST A. LASSW ELL.