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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, May 1S.-CATTLE.-Mar
ket was little more than nominal. Re
ceipts only 1900 and among those of.
ferings none of prime quality. Trade
is closing weak with little change in
price levels from those closing last
week.
HOGS-Market opened with same
strong tone which has featured the
opening on practically every day this
week but all initial strength did not
last through SEES. ion. After scapers
had taken their quota trade suffered
slight setback but even vita weakness
average prices were slightly better
than yesterday.
SHEEP-Trade was strong for
sheep but for first time this week the
advancing tendency of lambs was
stayed Most holders quoted the mar
ket sale lower.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19
LAST OF THE BOOMERS.
One Lonely Old Woman the Sole Sur
vivor Of the Once Famous
Band.

All that remains of the famous
"Bloomer Band" of half a century ago
Is one lonely old woman and a new
word in the dictionary. The term
"bloomers" has survived, but few
know that the word had fits origin
In movement of half a century ago
for the reyolutionizlng of woman's
costume as a first step toward the en-
forcement of equal rights with men,
The woman who led this band was
Mrs. Anne Bloomer, of New York.
Mrs. Bloomer was a famous advocate
OF woman's rights. but she attained
worldwide fame only when she called
upon her enslaved sisters to break the
shackles, defy convention and the
male sex and step into the light OF
day wearing trousers. the uniform Of
liberty. Not all at once did the little
band of women who responded to the
Bloomer call cast aside the garb Of
the down-trodden sex. A compromise
was effected in the form of costume
part trousers part skirt. II was hide.
Gus, a nightmare, a thing to make
both sexes shudder and seek the woods
But many women set their teeth and
marched into the limelight wearing
the new "Bloomer" costume.
The entire world shrieked. The
Bloomerites we're lampooned in type
and picture, even Punch considered
the subject important enough for his
satirical shafts. The nerve OF some
of the Bloomerites failed them after
time and the costume became less
and less familiar in the streets OF
American cities. II was generally sup
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19
WEEKS BANK cLEARlNGS.

New York May IS.-Total bank
clearings compiled by Bradsreets for
principal cities United States past
week S2.954, 492012. increase Is per
cent compared with corresponding
period last year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19
NEW YORK COTTON.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Money Market.

Money on call easy, 3m3h; closing
bid 3. Time steady. Sixty days AZ;
ninety days Az; six months 4lAd434
per cent. Prime papers 5d5h per
cent. Exchange easy. demand s4.S5.25
G30; sixty days, s4S2.056iQ. Bar
silver 67A.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19
n5rt Get old

One Of the wofs. deiasions that ever
erept into 4 middle-aged mans mind
is the conyi1ion that he has done his
best work. tAat he is growing old aad
must soon give place to younger mea.
Success Mag zine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19

Col. Brown-And so You quarreled
with young Jones because he put his arm
round your waist?
Miss Ongbonpwong-He didn't put his
arm round my waist but he tried.
Col Brownies, Of course, that's
what | mean.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19
Russia's Sugar ontnnt

The estimated sugar production OF
Russia for 1866. according 10 the Of
fetal Messenger. of st. PETERSBURG is
2,527. 100000 pounds.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19
WEEKS FAILURES.

Failures this week In United States
2l1 against 240 last year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19

agnes looks dreadfully bad. My
how thin she has grown"
Doesn't she realize her condition?
Hasn't she done anything to save her
self?'
"Oh yes, indeed. She consulted her
doctor yesterday and she changed
dressmakeBs a month go."-Chicago
Journal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19

Cspitsi ......-........... .tooyOoO
Surplus and Undivided Profits, t4o, 200
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19
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RInxssfA

interest paid On TN. s.po.It.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19
Alexander
National
Bank

Commercial Ave. axz xigktk street.
CAIRO, iLllNoia
C&pNMI .....s......s.s. .(EVusUuO
Surplus and Undivided Profits, 5000
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19
OHIcsrs,

Il. A. Buder ......-......-.Pre President
Chas. Fesehter, Jr. -. Vice President
j. III. Gallgsn. ............... Cashier
+. Spencer. .AHsiEtkHt Cashier
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19

Accounts OF corporations sns individ-
uals especially solicited Exchange
furnished to any part Of TIE world
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Standard Oil Denial.

New York.-The Standard Oil Com
pany has issued to its shareholders a
statement in reply to the special mes
sage recently sent to Congress by
President Roosevelt and the report on
the country's oil industry by Commis'
sioner Garfield of the bureau of corpo'
rations which accompanied it. The
statement is signed by c. Pratt, secre-
tary, and was issued by order of the
board OF directors.
1t denies positively the charge that
the Standard Oil Company benefited by
secret rates for the transportation OF
it's products. The statement declares
that the estimate that the company
saved $750,000 a year through the op'
Grafton of certain freight rates could
only have been arrived at by tAeor'
izing.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Advance in Silver.

Keep your eye on the price of silver
these days. At 81 cents it is higher
than for thirteen years past. The
price tendency confirms Mr.. Simon
Guggenheim's statement recently that
if our government will just help little
silver will go to 75 cents and stay
there.
This is very useful to Leadville
which produces millions Of ounces OF
silver every year. To be sure this
metal is associated with other metals
here so that this district will produce
it even at so cents an ounce. but the
present prices are particularly encour-
aging and II maintained for three or
four years will result in Leadville's
doubling its population. The ore is
here, the smelters will take it and We
can pay additional thousands of min
ers $500 per day for work on the de-
posits around us.-Leadville Herald
Democrat.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Traction Companies Defeated.

Chicago.-The Supreme Court of
the United States, by denying the petit
ton of the Chicago traction companies
for a rehearing Of the case SO sweep
ingly decided against them last March,
on Tuesday destroyed the last hope of
the street railway interests in the liti-
cation over the ninety-nine-year fran
chise. Immediately both the city au-
thorities and the traction officials be-
gan to plan for the new condition. The
news was hardly an hour old before
conferences had been arranged and
calculations begun on the possibility
of making new arrangements, under
final and definite relations. between
the companies and the city.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Humble Heroes.

Calling attention to the fidelity Of
the telegraph operators in San Fran
cisco, where they kept their heads
and stuck to their keys till driven out
by the flames, the New York Sun has
this to say: Fix the eyes of the
community on a man in official place
and he will scorn his own safety. Give
the obscure man something to do that
calls for greater activity than usual
and he will seldom fail to come up to
what is expected Of him. Exceptional
ly daring deeds done by our firemen
and policemen are often the result of
the spirit of the service, though it is
possibly less SO in their case than in
that of the soldier or the sailor who
IS Of emulation all compact. 1t in
wolves no reflection on the soldier, the
sailor or those who, in other ranks
Of life. practice the military virtues Of
discipline and obedience to say that
the man who. in great peril. goes on
doing his ordinary duty, with no hope
Of applause, honors or individual dis
tinction, is as heroic as any hero.
That is why we ask you to take off
your hat to the telegraph operators in
San Francisco
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Strike in Little Clara.

The rich find of ore on the Little
Clara claim of the Work company Is
not only one of the biggest strikes in
the district but is proving to be one Of
the greatest discoveries ever made in
Cripple Creek, says the correspondent
of the Denver News. Hodges Marsh &
Co, who are leasing the property now,
have body of ore eighteen feet in
width and the lowest assays thus far
obtained have been not less than two
ounces in gold to the ton.
Hodges said to-day that he had
more than $5O0,O0O worth of ore in
sight, that six machines were at work
and that he intended to increase the
ore breaking force. The large vein
has been proven for a distance of 40
feet and is now being worked at a
depth of 500 feet and at a point ex-
'actly one mile from the portal OF the
Ophelia tunnel. After a round Of
shots this afternoon assays were taken
from portion of the big vein and re-
turns were given of from $55 to $107
in gold to the ton.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
NEWS FROM The MINES and MILLS
Lost Park Excitement.

Remarkable values have been Sc
cured from samples brought in from
the scene of the new excitement in
Park county, near Lost park, by. ]. G..
Mitchell, well-known business man Of
Cripple Creek. The tests were made by
one Of the best known assayers Of this
district. The certificate seen by a
Denver Republican correspondent
shows values in gold as follows:
No. /, 1920 ounces; No. 2, 7.44
ounces; No. 3, 53.52 ounces.
Mr.. Mitchell and his party were
hunting last fall in that section and,
attracted by the geological formation
and float found, made fourteen loca-
tions. Later, the necessary assess
ment work for the year was completed.
These claims are located in the sec
tion between Green mountain and Wig
wan creek, tributary of the Platte,
and with that river as the base OF the
triangle.
This point is about nine or ten
miles distanct by air line from the field
between the Tarryall and Lost creeks,
to which prospectors are also crowd
ing from this district. The creeks
named all empty into the Platte river
and have their headwaters in the
range Immediately south of Lost park.
The snow Is reported deep in that sec
tion, but Mr.. Mitchell will return to
look after his interests with force OF
miners early in June.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
YOUNG WIFE MURDERED.
Husband Accused Of the Fearful
Crime.


Denver.-Police officers in all of the
large cities of the country are on the
lookout for George Composite, alias
George Comperio, alias George Walse,
alias George Voleso. alias several
other names. Composite is swarthy-
skinned, surly-looking Italian of me-
dunn stature. For the last few months
he has called Denver his home.
Composite is. believed to be the man,
who with fiendish brutality first by
striking her on the head with a
hatchet and then nearly severing her
head from her body with the keen edge
of q razor, murdered beautiful Rose
Sario, little over fourteen years of
age, who, by courtesy, he called wife.
The murder was done in the little ter
race they called home at 2437 Central
court, North Denver.
The deed evidently was committed
between the hours of 8 and IL o'clock
last Sunday evening. The lifeless body
of the poor, little innocent child-wife
was discovery Monday. 1t was lying
Stark naked, cold and stiff in death, the
head hanging from the neck by a
thread, in the bed in the house in
which this couple made their home
The body lay weltering in the life blood
that had been spilled by the heartless
murderer.
The so-called husband of this beauti-
full little Italian girl is missing. Every
indication points to him as the muir
derer.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Worlds Largest Battleship.

Washington.-Shal the United
States have a battleship the peer, If
not the superior, Of any batleship in
the world, carrying as heavy armor
and as powerful armament as any
known vessel of its class, was the
question which presented itself to the
House Wednesday when the further
consideration of the naval bill was re-
sumed. The first paragraph under 'in-
creases of the navy" provides for an
appropriation Of $6,00O,O00 for a battle
ship that will be superior to the
Dreadnaught, provided for by the
English government exclusive of ar.
mament and armor. 1t was adopted.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Mexican Tin Deposits.

Americans are becoming interested
in the tin deposits of Mexico, and
while there are many sections in
which stream tin" has been recov-
cred by the natives for years past.
comparatively few lode mines exist.
The latter deposits are attracting the
attention of outside capital, and ex.
pectation is that the industry may be
developed on profitable basis. The
paramount issue, however, is adequate
economic transportation from mines to
seaport, as the greater. part of the
production will probably be sent to the
United States or Europe, because the
Mexican consumption is small. 1t is
worthy of remark that the first ingot
of lode tin was produced near Aguas
Calientes early in 1905; it weighed
fifty pounds, and was smelted from 1876
pounds Of ore.-The Mining World.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
BOY BURGLERs.
Robberies by Boy Church Janitor and
His Chum.

Denver.-Working as janitor Of the
Fifth Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church at Fifth avenue and South Wa
ter street, Clair Davis, fifteen year.
old boy, led dual life and at night
played burglar. The spoils stolen by
him and his accomplice, Leslie Shan
non, aged fourteen, were hidden by the
boys under the floor Of the loft of the
church.
Monday Rev. Mr.. Hopkins, the pas
tor of the church, went into the choir
loft of the edifice and while there
dropped his pencil down a crack in
the floor. Lifting board he discov-
cred hundreds of dollars worth OF
plunder which was identified as that
stolen in the burglaries of the Spauld-
ing Sporting Goods Store, the Tamrhen
Curio Company's store and other bur-
glaries which have been committed in
the city during the past few weeks.
Policeman Henry Sellers arrested
the janitor of the church and his boy
friend, Leslie Shannon, and the youths
confessed to Captain of Detectives
Loomis that they had committed the
burglaries named. The boys are held
for Judge Lindsey Of the Juvenile
Court
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24

Armies and navies are expensive;
we need farmers more than we need
soldiers; we need merchant ships
more than we need battleships. The
civil war demonstrated that it does
not take long to make first-class
,fighting man of the American citizen
and there are 100000 such ready
TO fight in quarrel with a stranger.
THE only power that is at all likely to
give us serious trouble is Japan, and
she will not undertake it until she
shall think herself strong enough to
order all the other white folks out Of
her neighborhood. That will be gener.
ations hence and need give us no con-
cern. Our business is to make money,
mot to engage in war. We have an i'm
mense territory right here in the re.
public that is yet virgin and the de.
mand Is for laborers, not soldiers.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Union. Oppose Trade Schools.

New York.-A criticism Of the atti-
tude Of labor unions toward industrial
schools was embodied In the report
Just made Of the committee on indus
trial education to the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers. The report
declared that labor unions have made
efforts to hinder the perpetuation OF
trade schools.
"Their efforts" said the report, "are
nothing short of crime against all
those young men who desire to learn
q trade, and are the cause, in q con-
siderable measure, for the lack Of
skilled labor In the United States.s
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Dowie Case In Court.

Chicago.-Attorneys for John Alex.
ander Dowie on Tuesday filed an an.
swer in the federal court in the re.
ceivershIp proceedings brought against
Dowie some time ago. In the answer
Dowie denied that he was insolvent. II
all Of his property was restored to him
Judge lands, after hearing argu'
ments fer some time, decided to settle
the matter himself and directed the at
torneys to make no further move in
the proceedings at present. Counsel
for Voliva said conservator would be
asked for later in the day to take
charge OF Zion City until the litigation
is ended.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Rodey Goes to Porto Rico.

Albuquerque, N. M.-The nomina-
ton of the President Of Hon. Bernard
Shannon Rodey as United States Judge
of the district of Porto Rico meets with
universal approval here, and no doubt
all over the territory. Mr.. Rodey rep
resented this territory in Congress as
delegate for two terms, and he is one
Of the best lawyers at the bar OF the
Second judicial district.
He asked for fifteen days to arrange
his affairs here before leaving for his
new duties, and 1t was granted by the
President. Mr.. Rodey has lived here
for twenty-five years.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Gold and Steel From Sand.

II the Chicago Inter-Ocean is not far
afield In its special interviews with
mining experts from the Pacific coast,
three important gains will be secured
from the $4,000 recently voted by
Congress for testing black sands. An
Increased output of gold will be one of
these gains, that which was originally
sought for by DR.. David T. Day of the
Geological Bureau, in his tests of black
sands at the Portland Fair. The Sec
ond gain-of vast importance to San
Francisco-will be supply of build
ing steel from the magnetic iron in the
sands, which has heretofore prevented
the recovery of gold by placer RIFLES.
A life for the Lovett process and cleo
trical smelling is also in view, with i'm
portant metallurgical consequences in
its train.
AS for the increased gold supply, Dr.
Day and his assistants are reasonably
hopeful. The black sands of the Pa
cific coast assay well in gold and in
other valuable minerals, such as plat
mum. But the miners have never been
opiS W 5Sl tulS SOlu OUT DeCduSG Oh Inc
presence of the iron. Some of these
sands run hundreds of dollars in gold
to the ton, but the miner had to pass
them by. In placer mining, sand that
runs over two per cent. of iron cannot
be profitably worked under existing
methods. The iron, being as heavy as
gold, fills up the rifles, and as the gold
is flour gold it runs off with the wa
ter. Instances occurred in the Port
land tests where the gold alone
reached $S42 per ton of sand, while av-
erage samples yielded all the way
from $2.25 to $3.50 per ton. Over 1000
samples were submitted to tests for
platinum and gold.
The success of the Lovett method is
depended upon to give San Francisco
her needed supply of steel from home
material, and in less time than eastern
or Chicago makers can promise at
present, with their 1906 output prac-
tically sold. Thomas j. Lovett Chi
cago metallurgist. is the inventor He
devised method which is simplicity
itself, and while he was seeking to get
the iron out SO that the gold could be
obtained he discovered that the iron
which he extracted was of the highest
possible quality and that he could OBJ
tain 1t in limitless quantities.
Magnetism, as applied to concentra-
ton in this state, is the main idea OF
the Lovett system. 1t takes the iron
away from the sand. one of the Lovett
machines being able to handle from
100 to $50 tons of material per day.
On the Columbia river some of the
sand beds are sixty feet in depth. thus
insuring an abundant supply for the
extraction of iron on large scale. AS
the iron contains no sulphur it is es-
timated that fine steel can be made at
s12 per ton. The gold and platinum
will be ranked as by-products. East
ern steel in Pacific coast cities is now
quoted at $45 per ton.-Denver News.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
viii EIectrlfy Boulder Line.

Denver.-A Boulder special to the
Republican says: T. +. Fisher, gen.
eral passenger agent Of the Colorado
& Southern road, was in the city to-
day and said that the result OF the elec.
ton In Denver would not deter the
company from electrifying the line
from Denver to this city.
He said the object OF electrifying
the road was not to keep out any
competitor, but to be able to better
handle the passenger traffic between
Denver and the northern part Of the
state. He understood that his com.
pany was going to work on the change
or Improvement at the first practicable
moment.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Rebuilding Of San Francisco.

New York.-The Herald says: 1t
was determined yesterday that $780,
100000 shall be the capitalization of
the new mortgage loan corporation
which Is to be organized here to ad-
vance money for the rebuilding Of San
Francisco. The promoters of the en-
terprise at first argued that 100000
900 capitalization would provide an
ample vehicle for handling hundreds Of
millions Of investments, but 1t was
found that San Francisco favors a
much larger capitalization, giving op-
portunity tor investment by the Pacific
coast. Hence it is now considered best
to capitalize for $100,00.000, with paid
in subscriptions reaching $10,000,000
cash.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24

Prospectors in the Lost Park dis
trict, between Tarryall creek and the
Platte river in Park county, about fifty
miles northwest of Cripple Creek, are
sending in rich float for test, from
which some high values are being Sc
cured. The men were grub-staked by
business, professional and mining
men Of the district and went In to the
section without publicity. Others are
leaving for that locality.
A strike of considerable Importance
has been made in the Tennessee mine
at Sunshine. Boulder county. 1t is op-
Grated under lease and bond by George
N. Hicks of Omaha, Nebraska, and
Col. w. B. Teeters of Boulder. Huge
chunks of the ore are being shown
in Boulder which came out OF the bot
tom of the shaft 100 feet deep. The
ore, which is over three feet wide,
runs from $50 to $240 per ton. The
contracts for sinking have been let and
the property will be largely developed.
! The output for April from the Specie
payment mine, In the Idaho Springs
district, through the Two Brothers tun-
mel, was little over sixty tons of ore,
worth $72 a ton, and 227 tons of mill.
ing ore, treated at the Hudson mill.
The laterals on the vein will be driven
steadily east and west. The vein has
been opened about 200 feet and the ore
will pay the expense Of driving. The
mine will maintain steady output
through the Two Brothers tunnel
from now on. The Dubuque tunnel on
Fall river is being supplied with com.
pressed air by pipe line several hum
dred feet from the power plant of the
United mill, and machine drills are be.
ing used,
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-24
Prof. Brander MattneWs ihInks RI,

Prof. Brander Matthew's thinks the
atrical audiences see Jokes more quick
1y than they used to and that this
proud and happy progress in risibility
has come about because the stage Of
to-day is SO well lighted that all the
spectators can follow the changing ex-
pressions on the countenances OF The
Quarreling couple, whereas In the
eighteenth century the theater was al
most gloomy. rs there were only
sparse oil lamps to serve as footlights,
by which 1t may have been difiic2lt to
see . Joke"