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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03

bring about an Anglo-Russian under
standing and II Is understood that
negotiations are on foot in the British
foreign office 10 formulate the basis
of an agreement
A TwofoId Reason.
Russia's reasons for isolatng tn
Kaiser are twofold n the first place
Russia's internal interest Is such that
she could net offer military aid TO her
ally. France; in the next place, a war
between France and Germany woull
so tie up the money bags OF Paris and
Berlin that ST. Petersburg could not
possibly float the new loan Of which
she i I'm such urgent need.
SO desperate. indeed, would Russia 5
situation be in case Of war between
France and Germany that the Gar is
even ready to sacrifice his schemes in
Persia and to abandon his cherished
plans of reach ing the Persian gulf.
Has Reached Persia.
The news of the great international
plot to hoist the Kaiser has already
reached Persia. and a telegram from
Teheran TO st. Petersburg is repub
lished in which the Russian govern.
ment is warned that If she strikes
hands with her ancient rival. England.
it will mean the partition Of Persia
and the loss Of all that Russia has
gained
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
UNCLE SAM IN A COMPLETE
STATE OF PREPAREDNESS IN
CASE OF TROUBLE IN CHINA
Thoroughness Of Detail For Hurrying Of Troops
Across Pacific Little Short Of Astounding
WOULD SEIZE A CHINESE PORT

the report of the Empress Dowager''
Heath and asserts that the object o
he reports is to depress temperate,
he value of Chinese bonds. II Ii
admitted at the legation that thers
might be Slight disturbance" In the
event of the death of the Dowager
such as would occur on the death o
any ruler, but that satisfactory foreigf
relations with China would be main
aimed.
There is, however, quite differ
ent opinion, in other circles. The Dow
ager is the head and front of the reac
-ionary party that practically applaud
I'd the murder of Baron Won Kettler
he German minister, the siege OF
legations at Pekin and beheaded the
leaders of the reform association
'ong ago, and stands for the boycott
The important consideration is that
while the reactionary party is the
trongest in China, the current policy
for foreign consumption, is the re
verse.
If, therefore, the reform party
should endeavor to take the reins of
the government on the death of the
Dowager, there would be civil war,
which would affect adversely every
foreign interest and foreigner in Chi
ma.
If the reactionary party should sue
coed, as is most likely, the alignment
If China would be back again with
Russia, and the effort would be to
hold the trade of China for her old
master. the Gar.
AS it was well put today. the En-
press Dowager's party is one that Is
now seeking a loan CT from ten to fifty
million dollars in this country and the
interest for the loan for the purchase
If arms and ammunitions of war. None
Of it Is for reforms.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03

on the table where a sccre of her as
sociates In the under world have sat
and for five minutes wept and sobbed
convulsiyely
State Says Fermentation.
The state closed with the introJuc.
tion Of the three letters which she had
written TO Genron four weeks before
his murder.
The sum total Of the states case Is
now that up to June rs Bertha Claiche
and Emf Gendron were living upon
terms Of the deepe't affection: that fol
lowing this date Gendron brutally a.
saGlted the girl. upon which she vowed
TO kill him. That thereafter she pur-
chased a revolver. made arrangements
to have him arrested. and. on the night
that he was arrested. she being pres
eut to point him out to the police. she
drew her revolver after Gendron had
been taken into cultody, and shot him
down
Upon these proven facts the state
must go 70 the jury. The charge OF a
-'AiAA1 ~ az W. tfFt AWANLtlArM ilhEEF
Morton and Berthe Cla che to put
Gendron out Of the way. has fallen
down. Justice Davis today interviewed
in the matter and declared there was
no proof Of a conspiracy between
The policeman and the defendant
Policeman Morton took the stand
after Harry Moyne. a plumbers helper.
had n Of seeing Gcndron beating
the girl Morton told Of his many Vt
its to the apartments Of the Caiche
girl and helping her 10 get her trunk
away from Gendron's rooms after the
quarrel
The a. be said. complained to him
Of an assault upon her by Gendron.
Her eye was bisckened and there were
bruises on her throat and breast. She
asked him to arrest Gendr-n. The
Concluded % third Page.)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
WITH PEN IN HAND
JABS HIS CRITICS
COL. MANN WHITEWASHES HIM
SELF IN TOWN TOPICS or
WRONG DOING.
NEVER RECEIVED MONEY
LEGATION of Complimentary
Notice-Proud of Fads
and Fancies.

New York, March I'm The current
issue of Town Topics Col. Mann sharp
ly scores his critics and declares he
never received mony for the suppress
sion of any complimentary notice in
Town Topics. The Col. absolutely de-
MES any connection with the Society
Editors association, Americas Smart
Ser or the New Yorker, and says he
Is very proud of his connection with
"Fads and Fancies,' and offers TO re-
fund the amounts subscribed to any
one who is dissatisfied with the book,
or who was induced to subscribe by
improper methods. The Colonel says,
in part:
Il am compelled to speak plain
words that border on brusqueness.
This is because of the tumble in the
minds of the public and the facts de-
veloped in the alleged trial of Norman
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
WOMAN ON TRIAL
SWO0NS IN COURT
BERTHE CLAICHE coLLAPsEs
WHEN STORY or CRIME is
DRAMATICALLY TOLD.
EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE
Is Very Strong-conspiracy Charge Of
State is Badly Shattered--Pris-
oner Wept at Reading of
Love Letters.

New York, March Outraged ma
ture solved the enigma Of Bertha
Claiche today. Compelled TO sit and
listen to the terrifying story of her
career dramatically recitel by former
Judge Rosalaky, and to the cold, blunt
reading of her letters of burning love
to Emil Gendron, sent TO his grave by
her vengeful SHOTS the young prisoner
broke down ana wept.
Led back to the Tombs Prison at the
noon recess she fell into swoon and
it was half an hour before DR.. Meonen
restored her to consciousness.
Then she was led back to the trial
room once more, and for the third
time-when her two sisters--f rail,
pinched and wan. were brought in for
Identification and stood directly be-
hind the prisoner-a most dramatic
picture-Bertha Claiche sunk forward
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
A FIERCE CYCLONE
SWEEPS MERIDIAN
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN
WAKE OF THE STORM $50
LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST.
WORK BY CANDLE LIGHT
At Reseuing Persons Still Alive
Flame Complete Work of Tor
nsdo-city is in Total
Darkness.

Birmingham, Ala, March
"A terrific tornado Is reported to
have destroyed a large portion of
Meridian Miss, late this afternoon.
Wires are down.
The local fire department has been
notified that large part of the city
is in flames and are making desperate
appeals for assistance.
The last report received at the local
Office Of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany says the loss of life is very
heavy.
Mobile. Ala. March "a telephone
message from Meridian. Miss, says
the cyclone swept nearly every house
from Front street. one of the principal
business streets of the town.
Fire broke out in the ruins and de
spite a heavy rain the flames were
burning fiercely when the report was
filed.
number Of bodies are reported to
he in the ruins and recuers are work
ing by candle light.
The CITY is ip total darkness. the
Electric lighting plant having been put
ut of business.
The cyclone worked severe dam
1ge al other points.
The Western Union Telegraph com
psny reported the loss of fifteen miles
of wire and the Postal Telegraph com
pany suffered great damage
It is though $50 bodies are in the
Wrecksge
Mobile. Ala. March "A long dis
lance telephone message from J. ID.
Breaux. service man of the Cumber-
land Telephone company at Meridian,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
AFTER COUNT BON|
Attempt Of Creditors - Levy on His
Goods Resisted BY ceun-
tess ANN.

PatIs.. March Am application vas
made in the evil tribunal Of the Seine
today in behalf Of a money lender for
permission 70 levy on the household
goods in the esstellane mansion to
satisfy a claim Cor money advanced
10 Count Boni
Lawyer for the COUNTIES resisted
the request on the grounds that thu
goods are her =epa-ate property. The
case finally was referred ~ a Judge
in chamber 20 determine whs9her a
portion II the Counts belonging are
in the mansion. The case g. considered
10 be a test affecting the numerous
other creditors.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03

Hapgood for libel on the complaint of
Judge Deuel..
1T is true that during the fifteen
years since I began the work of build
ing mp a MISUNDERSTANDING ruin in
my Boudoir car enterprise through a
Wall street conspiracy have often
had occasion to seek and often re
ceived loans and discounts.
"All of my loans have been either
abundantly secured by good collateral
or real estate mortgages. or have been
made by the lender of his free will
and his faith in my integrity. and that
his loan would be repaid when due.
If any person asserts that this broad.
clear and definite statement is not
true he is an unmitigated liar"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03

gives details of the tornado that struck
Meridian this evening. The wind was
probably blowing as miles an hour.
Three or four whole squares were de-
vastated. A conservative estimate
places the number of buildings blown
down at between thirty and forty.
From the business center the tornado
Jumped 10 the east end where a num-
Der of residences were blown down
and others badly damaged.
Breaux stated the number of lives
lost is small, probably not more than
three or four persons.
Several fires were started as a re.
suit Of the tornado. but only one Of
serious consequence was, that in one
of the cotton congresses. All the fires
were extinguished by 10 p. m.
The telegraph wires are still down.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03

Washington, ID. c., March Pre-
parations that are little short of as
founding in their thoroughness have
been made for the hurrying of troops
to China In case of an uprising. For
two months and more highly trained
officers of the general staff have been
working night and day on the problem
of a Chinese campaign, and If neces-
sary, in days notice the War Depart.
ment is prepared to get $4,000 troops
started on their way to one of the
Chinese ports.
The War Department has its plans
thoroughly made for meeting trouble
in China, and knows what troops will
be called upon in case of difficulty
These plans. in the most minute de
tail, are In the hands Of the chief of
staff. Fifteen regiments Of infantry
will be sent from this country if there
is an outbreak, four regiments of cayal.
ry, four batteries of light artillery,
and the siege battery. equipped with
seventeen siege guns, from Fort Lea
wentworth.
In case Of an uprising calling for
troops, San Francisco will be made the
point of rendezvous, and the troops
will be hurled across the Pacific as
fast as transports can take them.
This plan for sending troops to Chi.
ma in case of trouble has been made
solely with the view of having Ameri-
can troops act with theforces of theal-
lied nations whose subjects or citizens
may be in danger.
Would Sieze Chinese Ports.
The war department is advised by
its experts that to act alone in making
successful advance on Pekin would
require the services Of not less than
100 ,G0e.men. and that the despatch Of
a smaller force would be to invite dis.
aster Should this country. however.
be forced to act alone, the plans as
prepared contemplate a joint move.
ment of the army and navy TO seize
one of the great Chinese ports which
could be held for indemnity.
Government officials do not believe
that such seizure would have any
great effect on the central government
of China. which cannot be called all I
powerful in imperial matters.
Rival Factions in China.
The Chinese legation here discredits
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
ASK ANN TO ARplcArE.

Seattle Wash, March Before the
imperial high Chinese commission left
Seattle, a petition signed by Chinese
reform societies of Portland, Seattle
and Vancouver, B. c., were presented
them asking the abdication of the EN-
press Dowager and the restoration Of
The throne TO the emperor. The COM
mission promised to submit the petit
ton to the empress.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
A NEW BALANCE OF
P0WER|S PLANNED
NICHOLAS AND EDWARD SCHEME
TO STOP WAR BY lsoLAT-
ING KAISER.
ONE AVENUE or ESCAPE
For France of Being Embroiled in War
With Germany--War Lord viii
Not Dare Push His
Ambitions.

Paris, March 2--The French gov
|ernment sees but one avenue of es.
cape from war with Germany. 1t is
through new and remarkable ar.
rangement of the balance of pewer
in Europe which is impending, the re.
suit of which will be to leave the Ger.
man war lord so completely alone that
he will not dare push his ambitions to
the fighting point.
Russia and England.
The coalition that will bring about
this end is between Russia and Eng
land. The existing alliance between
Russia and France might not deter
Germany from her plans, but a triple
alliance between Russia, England and
France would, it is believed, make
even the Kaiser halt 1t is well known
that Premier W.tte Is working hard tc
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
SIMPLY AS A TRAINER.

Chicago. March Jack Mccormick.
ex-pugilist, who. once. defeated kid"
Mccoy has signed as a member Of the
Chicago National League baseball
team. He will have an active part in
training Of the team
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03

Mobile. Ala, March 2.-Estimates
of the dead at Meridian, Miss, are
now placed at twenty-one white per.
sons and over a hundred negroes.
The property loss is placed at $780,
600.
There we're also scores OF seriously
injured by being caught in the wreck
age OF houses.
A whole tenement district was wiped
out
The full extent of the disaster will
not be known until daylight.
The path Of the storm was about six
hundred feet wide. and one mile in
length.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
NO ARRESTS MADE FOR
MURDER OF AUGUSTUS

Paducah News-Democrat: Although
the police claim to know who the two
men were that killed William Angus
tus, and where they live, no arrests
have been made. From all indications
the police have been pulled eff the
case. with the exception of Detective
T. j. Moore. who has been down in the
jungles near Fulton since Wednesday
night He IS expected to make an
arrest any minute.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
NEXT TO HOLINESS.

Findlay Ohio. March Rev. J. W.
Thomas. of the Lutheran church Of
Arcadia. has patented a washing ma
chine a company has been formed at
BlOomdsle TO manufacture the ma
chine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
viLJoEN's AMBITION.

- Lou S. March 2-Gsnerai Vilioen
the famous BOer leader. in an inter.
view here today EXPIRE sed the desire
70 join the Missouri troops should they
be called out for service IN China
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03

Memphis. Tenn, March 2.-Special
to the Commercial-Appesl from Merid-
ian. Miss, says:
The Union and Queen and Crescent
stations were among the buildings de-
molished and II is estimated more than
a score are among the wreckage.
Eighteen bodies have been recover
ed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
FOR FAMINE SUFFERERS.

Pierre. S. D.. March 2.-GOvernor
Samuel II. Elrod has Issued an appeal
10 the people of South Dakota in be
half Of the famine sufferers Of Japan.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
20 sIop HoxINa MATcHEs

Denver. Colo March Orders
we're given today to Chief Of Police
Delaney to prohibit ali boxing matches
and glove contests in this city IN the
future.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
FIVE KILLED IN COLLAPSE.

Lyons. France. March by the col
lapse of tenement house here tonight
FIVE children were killed and several
adult tenants severely inquired.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03
DAN JONES DEAD.

KOkom1. Ind. March Private
Dan jones. the last Of thu survivors
except General Miles. who captured
JeH Davis, ed here today.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-03

tcOntinlsd o. -a.fd Pssa1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-24
SKYscRAPERs OF ANCIENT AMERICA.

SRYSCRAPERS OF ANCIENT AMERICA.
Mscaulay's New Zealander. standing on Lon
don Bridge and musing upon what manner OF
civilization that had been whose ruins spread
about him. belongs. IL at all, 10 some almost
incOnceivably remote future. but his counter
part. as respects America, Is living, exploring
and dreaming to-day among the remains of
ancient civilization in the luxurant forests OF
Central America. where are ruins which were
old and forgotten before Columbus sighted the
first land in the so-called New World. We say
so-csled. for NJ. Jean Finet, in The Contem-
porary Review" recalls the fact that Baron
Waldeck, who died in Paris IN 1875 at the age
OF 10o-a savant who at the age of 1O2 under
took for the famous firm of Didot three vol
ume encyclopedia upon archaeology, on which
he was an acknowledged suthority-was pos
sessed with the idea that Egyptian civilization
descended in a direct line from the Mexican
Leaving that theory for what It may be worth
certainly psychologists Of to-day are unable 10
grope far enough into antiquity definitely to
decide upon the time and origins OF the lost
civilizations OF the American Continent. To
readers Of to-day. unless of the antiquarian and
archaeological kind. even the names Of Ttkal
and Chichen Itza-"respectivey the Rome and
Athens OF ancient America'-are unknown, and
so completely have the records of their great.
ness and fame passed from the memories OF
men that the first explorer OF them-1rst, that
IS according TO our comparatively modern rec
Ords-Bishop Diego de Landa, of Yucatan
about four centuries ago. had also been almost
forgotten while the chronicle OF his researches
slumbered for hundreds OF years undisturbed
In Spanish monastery. Yet Il Is TO the honor
Of the spirit OF inquiry among scholars OF to-
day that this old and almost forgotten record
OF the ruins OF the Mayan metropolis has served
Professors Maudslay and Mailer. Of the Pea
BODY Museum OF Harvard, and Count Maurice
de Peregny, the French archeologist as their
guide In explorations which when completed
and published in full bid fair TO Quito the won
cers or romance and awaken a new interest
In the ante-Columbian period OF American his
tory.
The reader who may care for these things
and who may desire 20 know what has al
ready been accomplished, as well as 10 get an
Idea by Photographic reproductions OF the earli
est American skyscrapers. temples and pyra-
mids should read Mr.. Grifith's article IN the
current number OF The Craftsman" The minis
OF Tikal and its contemporary cities are now
believed 20 be those in part recently explored nv
the archeologists referred 20. and lie IN the
Usumatsintla Valley, on the borders az Me,ico
Guatemala and Yucatan. More than twelve
massive pyramids, some Of them more than two
hundred feet high, aud suggestive IN architect
ure and presumable astronomical purposes n.
those OF Egypt have been explored Each az
these pyramids, however, unlike those OF Eayvnt
IL topped by a temple, which also shows the 70.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-24

ligious aspect OF their construction In add
tion there are in this region other buildings OF
the Maysn metropolis. one at least of which
clearly suggests our modern skyscapers IN
Its height and I'm the audacity OF its builders.
These ruins by their number. stability and rude
grandeur attest the genius of the masons and
architects of the Magyar period and prove them
worthy TO be regarded in this respect as the
Egyptians OF the New World.
That even this redlscOvery OF these ruined
cities will be anything more than an episode
in The history Of exploration is not probable.
The wonderful luxuriance of Central American
forests makes il almost certain that in decade
or two the jungle will again encroach upon
them with its rank vegetation and cover up
ruins which have survived the memory of their
builders-unless in the mean time what may
he called in fits broadest sense American inter
est may be awakened and a combined attempt
made by the different American governments
TO preserve these impressive remains of a lost
civilization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-24
THOSE PART TIMERS"

When Mr.. Mcclellan took upon himself the
task Of providing adequate school accommoda-
tons for the children of this city he doubtless
did not realize its tremendous difficulties. He
did not then know as much about civic affairs as
he does now. ON the stump in 1908 he severely
criticised the Low administration for failing TO
solve this particular problem. and both as can
didate and rs MayOr-eect he promised 10 abol-
ish the system OF part time classes.
Statistics prepared by the Department of Ed
ucation since the schools were opened this
month show that there are nearly $4,000 more
part time pupils now than on June so, 1908. At
that time there were 56O11 children without
seats for a full school day. On September 10,
1906. there were S2,625. The second year of
the Mcclellan administration manifested a
slight Improvement over the first, but the gain
then made has been more than lost. On June
80, 1904, there were 66925 pupils in part time
classes, and on the same date in 1908. 5000.
We are not inclined TO say. in view of all the
facts that the words which the Mayor once
used in speaking of Mr.. Low are now appro-
pirate to himself. But Mr.. Mcclellan must re
member with modification that on a public
platform in 1903 he said OF his opponent: He
wishes 10 be judged by his record. What more
eloquent comment on his record than the thou
sands Of children denied the inherent right OF
IAN elementary educat don because OF the failure
"of the present Mayor TO keep his word"