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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
.TR|CKERy USED BY
THE STANDARD
OIL TRUST
MADE CUSTOMERS BELIEVE PRO-
DUCT SUPERIOR WHEN IT
WAS INFERIOR.
NAMES OF THE 8RlBERS
Given Who Had Obtained List of
C3mpetitors-Charges Against
Railroad Companies and
Manufacturers.

Chicago, May 12.-The investiga-
tion of the interstate commerce com
mission into the relations of the
Standard Oil company and the rail
roads was concluded this afternoon
so far a.. this section is concerned,
and will be resumed in Cleveland, May
oath.
f. S. Hibbs, of Peoria, who was for
fifteen years in the employ of the
Standard Oil company was the saE
witness today. He demonstrated how
the agents of the Oil company were
accustomed to trick customers into
thinking the product of their company
was superior, when in fact il was in
ferior n the product of independent
companies. EE
He gave the names Of men whom he
had br.bad to give up information of
the business Of the competitor and
on cross examination declared 'thc
Standard Oil company Is doing all
those things today"
Other witnesse of the bfibing en-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
BAILEY MADE BITTER ATTACK
UPON PRESIDENT IN SENATE
Charues That Roosevelt Is Not an Iron Man,
But Clay and Very Common Clay At That
He Surrendered
DURING DEBATE ON RATE BILL

Washington, May Ex-senator Bal
ley's speech In the cenate today is pro-
nounced cne of The bitterest attacks
that has been made upon President
Roosevelt during the debate on the
rate bill. Bailey charged that the exc
cutiye had surrendered his position adj
yocating an effective measure" and
had abandoned his demands for tariff
revision. The Texas Genator charged
thai the presidents arraignment Of the
trusts had been made after his cleo
tion and that before that time he had
been silent as the grave" on the sub
ject of regulating the railroads.
lat'ng the railroads.
Carter interrupting, said that in the
public address delivered in MinneapO-
lie before his nomination, the president
had in clear, distinct and unequivocal
terms announced his position upon the
subject of rate regulation and like
wise upon necessary antitrust prose
cuticns and legislation. Bailey said he
did not know the president had dis
cursed the railroad question in Min.
neapolis, but he had examined the
presidents public messages prior to
election and had found nothing of that
character in them The presidents
secretary in a letter 10 the editor of
Freight" In 1904. promised that the
president in his letter Of acceptance
would speak out" on the railroad
question, but that promise was not re-
deemed.
Perhaps" said Bailey" these insur-
a~ce companies which were contribut-
ing the funds of widows and orphans
to secure his election owned So many
of those railroad bends that they de-
TERED not only the president, but the
presidents advisors from incorpora-
ting In his letter a message Of hostility
against the roads preceding the cleo
ton
Continuing. Bailey said; 'Mr. Presi-
dent ] love a brave man, | love
fighter and the president of the United
States is both on occasions, but he can
give up with as much alacrity as any
man who ever went to battle either
civic or political. He fights furiously
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
FRISCO RETURNS TO
ROUTINE AND
ALL IS WELL
EVEN GRAPHAPHONES RESUME
AND PLEASURE LOVERS
SEEK PRoMEMADES
REBUIL DING C0INo ON
Courts Are Getting Sack Into Cd
Routine-Reic Verders Are
Fewer-.Thre Is Now
No Disorder.

San Francisco, May 12.--Whilc life
in this strenuous city runs more ana
more perceptible in its accustomed
channels with each succeed ng day
The environment of those channels
i'll remains oddly changed. The peo
nle are eating regularly and sleeping
soundly and going about on street cars
and sending their linen to be laun-
dered and drawing salaries or wages
paid with cheerful promptltude.
The courts arc getting back into
he old routine, the vendors of relics
IRE getting fower he tailors are cut
ing out new garments, the florists
nave come back with great masses Of
the flowers that make California
glorious, the graphophone again
squeals its echo of Caruso from the
mart, where It is .andwichod between
a sewing machine and a typawrite~.
the photographers, glutted with runs
are once more king everybody tt
look pleasant
There is NO disorder anywhere save
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13

when 1t Is a physical contest | grant
you, because that is question oi
courage as well as endurance, but he
seems TO have no endurance In politi
cal contests here. Why, he was go
ing to revise the tariff and his friends
called him off and then that great
voice that was filling the nation with 2
demand for tariff revision suddenly
sank into the gentleness and weakness
of whisper.
Then he was going to have the
railroads regulated and it was an
1ounced that congress would be con
yened in eX; ra0rdinary session TO deal
with it, but the real leaders assem-
hled with the president prayed with
him little while, and no call was
-e"ed for an extraordinary eess en-
of congress. He waited until the
regular session and five months of
that has elapsed and s ill no legis-
lation. And when we do get a bill.
its God save the country from such Il
bill as it will be.
IF the president had been the heroic
figure which the senator from Montana
would have us believe he was, you
know what he would have done He
would have summoned the Republican
leaders 70 conference from the house
and senate and he would have said to
them: Gentlemen am not talking
TO you now as president of the United
States, am talking to you as Theo-
dore Roosevelt, the Republican | am
alking TO you as a Republican, want
to tell you that happen to have learn
ed that unlefs You pass a good bill, the
president cf the Uutted States in
tends to veto II And then they woult-
have passed a bill fulfilling in some
degree the laudable expectations of the
people. If congress had failed to do il
and he had vetoed the bill they passed
and then convened them in extrord.
nary session to pass a good one, he
would have written his name side by
side with the names of jefferson, ami
Jackson, and Lincoln, and others
among his illustrious predecessors.
But. Mr.. President, let us have no
talk in the senate and talk in the
country about this iron man, He is
clay and very common clay at that"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13

again next Monday. Speaker Shurtled
and his house fellow conferees are
standing absolutely against The senate
pr position to allow a direct vote as
70 county officers (merely TO instruct
delegates from primary diatricts) as
well as on state. congressional and SEN
7torial candidates
Senate Will Likely Give In.
That the senate, after bluffing and
clustering about county offices to put
Governor DeBeen in a hole" will con
sent to the ShurtIeff bill is probably as
good a forecast az can be made this
week.
Attorney General Stead's opinion
killed the propositions for two KINDS
f delegate districts-one for comfy
and one for state. senatorial and con
gressional delegates-and for section
- which would be uncD q titutional
because it allowed political parties in
Cook c-unty alone to hold separa, @
primaries. However. he told the con
ferees they could legally insert an en-
ergcncy clause In their bill.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
SENSATIONAL STORY DENIED
IN FREIGHT YARD TRAGEDY
Illinois Central Switchman Tells How Body Of
White Was Found--Some Reason
able Specuations

A sensational report was in circu.
lation yesterday ana the day before
to the effect that the Illinois Central
switchman who found the body Of
Young Web Whi'e in the fre ght yardi
! est Sunday n,ght had seen two rlen
1ragGng II awav from the shed with
the evident intention of throwing 1t
upon the main track. This story WIS
not we'll foundsd. Switchman Stout
made the following statement to a
Bulletin reporter:
THE firrt | knew of the body wa
when Switchman Weber called to me
that he had found a dead man We
thought at first II was a drunken man,
but found out different in a moment.
He was lying on his face with his left
leg stretched out straight and his
right leg drawn up little. | turned
him over where h lay and rs ! did
30 his yight leg seemed to twitch a
little. Gus Helm. my partner came up
shortly after | got there. We did not
see or h ear any one but ourselves. We
-ent word to the police as rapidly as
possible"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
DENEEN TOOK ANOTHER FLOP
PLAYING PART JEKYLL-HYDE
After Advocating Direct Primary Law at Banquet
Now Denies He Ever Did Anything
of the Kind

Springfield, H.. May 12.-Govenor
Deneen'5 flip.fop on the primary bin
was today legislative sensation. Part
ly as a result of his speech before the
Illinois Dental Society. where 500
heard and applauded his declaration
for direct primaries. the conference
committee of house and senate was
left surpendod in air and did not fin
ish preparing the compromise" meas
ure on which It had been making such
rapid progress-until the governor
spoke.
Now the conferees have split-"hope
lessly," according to several Of them
and there remains the prospect of no
primary law or one simply providing
for primaries all on the same day,
with all the vicious prime pies of boss
rule in conventions retained.
There was third possibility. or
probability. today fer few hours-a
direct primary law 20 be put through
with Governor Deneens tardy support
but this prospect faded in the after
noon whe. he issued an official dis
claimer as to his speech. denying thar
he had come out for Girect primaries.
To bolster his rebuttal he gave out.
as drawn from his notes, an official
transcrip of his remarks. Peculiarly
this transcript" contains no reference
10 a direct primary.
Deneens Disclaimer Amszes.
Much of mystery attaches to the
Governors revised attitude. Out Of
the 900 senator's. educators and lead
ing dentiajs Of the state who hearl
the Governor. not one could be found
today that did not understand the
Governor to make a hatfOoted declara-
tion in favor cf direct primaries. The
correspondent interviewed between
twenty-five and ghirty who we're pres
ent at the banquet.
Yes. I heard Governor Deneen's re
marks on primary election legislation"
said President Edmund James of the
University of Illinois. He stated thai
the people 4 the state should have
the right TO vote directly for their
choice Of party aominsiions. As 20
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13

in the old Chinatown district, and the
disorder is confined to the walls of
petty looters who are rounded up and
impressed for duty in removing debris
Rebuilding Goes On Faster.
The rebu ldirg movement TODAY pro
gressed with the samn increa ing ac
celeralion thar has characterized +.
--om the beginning. Manv cf the prop
orty owners in the most comnletelv
devastated dis'ric.s are not only con
ractirg for toe erection Of one pe~.
-lPnent cdifice. but for two or three.
The insurance matters appear Ia be
noving steadily toward an am m'cahle
fettlemeni. am a su-p .sing unanimitY
'xists among all concerned in framing
'he new building laws. Even the prob
en- sprung IN the discussion regard
tng the probability of -e-locat'ng the
Chinese quarter Is being conducted
with the utmost courtesy. though ihc
objections Of those who do not want
another Chinatown on the site Of thai
which Is gone are no lcss urgent than
The contrary arguments advanced hy
the Six companies.
The emigration has been changed
into immigration. the foggiest puzzles
have been resolved into solvable
mathematical propositions. the belief
Of the Dopuisce itself has been vindi-
Gated All is well.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13

therefore have jumped az far away
from the platform as he would Eava
done had he ran across the platform,
Y would be reasonable 10 assume also.
that. with such running lump a. her
must have made If Bosari's story II
true, hts body woHll MT havs fallen
IN position at riga, angles wIta ,ha
platform, as 1t wa found 81 tha
switchmen.
But there is a more gtrikino ~
cns'ance' equally difficult ii nct IN.
possioie OF explanation III sae sfafo.
hhents OF these young man ave tFne "
10 ,he broken rock and left arm of tha
dead man. He mu have strlcl, IN
ground on his he'd and On III las.
arm with The full weight of hls bodv
~ order to prolucs tlIe-e 'niuriax
ana II Is absolutely iuoos sible bat
IN tne manner in which he must hava
ieit the platform, a -ccr4i,ng tn tho u.
ieged statement OF canadav MI
lead could not have str1cE tha g-o,,u.l
FIFTEEN FEET AWAY from inc hara
OF the platform. and hi ho1y fal,s,
PACK with his feet towaId the plat
form.
N vie'v Of all the circumstances
ana II the allegc statenan7s of car
faay that White iran I'D t'-a platform,
true, the only roasoaahle concinsjon
Is That White turned eff the platfo--,
suddenly and un~vpaot ,dlv al the end
p me car, striking The r4oGnl oa Mn
lelt lde betwe0~ tAe rai's. shattar.rv
ms left arm ani Els sead ra'-irr tba
ABRASION In tho aurl raieat .4,~
the outer rail and tfa. ScMEacnv
Went down there afterwards ana
dragged the bolv awav fr,rn whera II
had fallen-away from between The
rails whore I Law all In q bean--pp
onto the higher and sharply slantinr
ground toward the rai7 track an3
left i lying there on iss face. witi tha
feet close 70 where the head had
struck
And the narl~ who lid this ;lroDual
= pencii-a pencil with yellow cna.n.
eiiea sariaee---ii = ssss'st es thsa ra=gaa i.ss
uentation mate in The hard ground BIZ
the dead mans heal
Who was / tlat dragged the bo1y
away?
Who / the owner Of the yellow lead
pencil?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13

state, congressional and senatorial
candidates, he repeated his remarks
with emphasis, as | recall several
times. As to county officers. however,
he stated that not so much Importance
attached, illustrating by mentioning
the office of county clerk"
President James then read the brief
report On the Governors remarks a.
published today.
That seems a fair statement, and IS
certainly the gigt Cf his expression, -
mmented the President
His 500 hearers also had evidently
IN sunders cod the Governor. As
one result Senator Daniel Campbell
was besieged today by dentists from
his home districts in Chicago, all ask.
ing why since the Governor was for
direct primaries, Campbell was taking
a contrary position.
5esieeed, Deneen Wits.
The press OF or ticism finally became
so sharp that Senator Campbell who
heads the senate half of The confer
ence committee. called on the Cover
nor. ard was closeted with him for
forty minutes On a similar errand
then came Speaker Shurtleff. heading
the house eonferees, also to hear from
the Governor the latter's own inter
preta'ion of his midnight speech at
the banquet.
The official disclaimer" followed.
However. the Governor did not deny
TO every enc that he had declared for
direct primaries.
You aln-os; came over TO the iu-
surEents position sand one visitor.
referring to the sixteen house Repubm-
cans tba had stood out for direct plu-
rality nominations.
But you will notice" replied the
Governor. that | did not ouch upon
the restrict ions that should be thrown
around direct primaries" referring TO
the 35 per cent plurality minimum for
nominating. as pr vided in the Stead
bin behind which he is supposed 10
. land.
Instead Of completing their bin to-
dsy tie conferees adjourned 10 meet
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
OVER AN EDITORIAL.

LeXiugi n. Ky. May i2-Because Of
an editorial in the Kentucky Democrat
at Nicholasville. today. IN which Edi-
tor Louis Pitcher bitterly attacked the
private and public life OF Judge james
Peet. both men engaged in a fight In
which Pitcher was badly beaten by
Peet. Pitcher then drew q pistol and
shot Peet inlicting. perhaps. fatal
wounds. Pitcher was arrested.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
SULTAN WEAKENED
Eleventh Hour Surr ender to British
Demands-Will Hold Fleet
Ready.

London, MAY 12.-lna manner char
lctcristic OF Turkish diplomats the
Dorie has made an elevent hour sur
rrender to The Brit sn demand con
corning the Tsbah boundary. AZ the
foreign office tonight the Associated
Press learned that Il was quite uu-
likely that Great Britain would accept
anything in the nature of mixed o.
international commissi n to examine
the frontier question. ia is understood
fhe British feet will kent al Pharle.
-um Bay, pending a final settlement
IF the question and delimital,on OF the
frontier.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
NEVER REFUSED REculslTIoN

Springfield. H.. May Govern r
Deneen when Informed today of the
statement made by Special Counsel
Monnet in the Standard Oil case in
statement made by f. oshrdnetaois,s.
Chicago said he never had refused
rcquisition for Crittenden T. collings.
president Of the Standard Oil company
of Kentucky The petition. he says,
never was presented q him.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
VIOLATE s-HoUR LAW.

Washington. u C.. May IA com
mittee representing the American Fed
GOmpers discussed with President
Roosevelt this afternoon a specific vio-
lation Of the eight-hour Law by Off
cials Of the government and the status
of the proposed antiinjunction legis-
latiOn now before congress. The presi-
dent did not indicate TO the committee
what action. if any. he might take on
the subject pending
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13

Careful measurements were made
ny some cne yesterday of the height
If the platform and the distances be-
'wo2n it and where the body lay He
found thar the platform from which
White jumped or fell is 3 feet 8 inches
above the g-ound that the feet Of the
1ody were a little over feet from the
base of the platform aad that the head
Of the body was at least Is feet from
he base Of the platform, for the body
lay nearly at right angles with the
platform and the man was nearly 6
feet tall.
with straight running jump a man
night eas ly land 8 feet away from a
platform az reer high; but the testi
Inv ~',-er nv the two vonng fellows
from Charleston is that White ran
up the platform. The presumption Is
tnat he ran quite hard, as hard as he
could after being shot by Canaday and
that as soon az hs got to the end OF
the train of cars he jumped off the
platform. Hence we must assume that
the momentum of his body In running
was parallel with the platform not a
right angles with H. and he coull not
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
UNHAPPY MARRIED LIFE.

Fairbury Neb., May l2-The deal
bodies Of Sidney Mackey and wife
we're found today al their farm four
teen miles nth Of here. 4 pistol
was clutched in Msckcys hand and be
wa evident he had first shot his wife
and them himself Mackcy was 90
years old and wealthy. he was an
ex-courty of-c Al. The couple had
been married less than two years and
their married life had not been happy
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
THROWN FROM BUGGY.

Lacrosse, Wis, May While rid
ing in the night to answer a call to
the death bed Of a parishioner. Rev.
N. A. Keegan, the Catholic priest of
this diocese was thrown from his
buggy and died from his injuries today
at Ayoca, Wis, Keegan had been sta
tion at Lprefto Ettrick, GAINESVILLE,
Eau Claire and Avoca.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
OUR |NTERURBAN BANK BURGLARS.
TWO Young Men Prominent in East
Prairie, Mo-, Charged With Bur-
olary a. Marion, lii.

The sheriff Cf Marion, ILL.,, passed
through Cairo yesterday en- route to
East Prairie, Mo, where TWO young
men were IN custody at his hehe,
charged with burglarizing the bank at
Marion a short time ago.
The young men are prominent in
East Prairie. They we're absent from
home frequently and are believed to
have followed burglary as a profess on
when away from home.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13

ployes Of railroads and manufacturing
companies, and an instance was re-
lated where a wire and nail mill IN
Indiana was compelled to shut down
because grit had been placed in oil
purchased Of an independent concern
at the instance of Il salesman Of the
Standard company.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
MURDERED MOTHER AND SON

Guymon OKLA May Ed n.
Fratzke and his aged mother we're
found murdered TODAY Oh their farm
near Guvmon NeighbOrs who pass
ed the house found Mrs Fratzke's
body outside the house and the sons
inside. There was evidence Of a des-
psrsts struggle Nc clue.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
a BRUSH WITH zULUs.

Durb.n. Natal. May 12-Natsiian
troops under Major Murry Smith have
had a brush with the Zalu tribe IN the
Helpmaker district. the rebels were
badly bes3e1. thirty being killed TIE
Nstsliaus suffered ID lusses.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
AFFECTS $4,000 MEN.

London, May 12-Tac coal mines
bill. the object OF which is to grail
ually reduce the houls Of work tilt
they reach the eigh hour limit in 1908
without reducing wages. was pa sei|
unanimously on second reading In tha|
house cf commons today. The bill
affects 670. 800 persons
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
SAW TIE KING.

London. MAY T. erred W
Whi'bridge - New No-k. sppointeI 8
by President Roosefcst to represent
fhe United States AZ the wedding Of
King Alfonso. wa presented 10 King
Edward a. Buckingham Palace tolay
hy Ambassador Reid
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
ELECTED HER MAJESTY.

Berlin. Nav 1s.-The Dowage :,
Queen Emma of The Netae-Iands
mother Of Queen W lhelmina wzs
thrown from an automobile today a
Steinfurt Wcsiphalia The macnine
struck a butchers wagon. The Queens
mother vas bruised but iesumed ne:
ride
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
pRgPAsINo AN ANswre

Nashin gton Nav fe-PreSS
Roosevelt and the White Hcus>
grapher were at wo-k until
tonight end it T. believed
has prepared a state
Tillman. The staten
public tomorrow.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
LARGEST LINER SAILS.

Dover England. NAY te-Ths
Hamburg American Line steamer
Kaiserin Aususic Victoria ths largest
vessel ahoat. sailed from here today
on her maiden voy, &c across the At
lantic.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
SCHNRZ is BETTER.

New York, May l2.-Carl Schurz,
who is critically i'll at his home N
this city, rallied during the day and
tonight is somewhat better.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13
RELEASE POLITICAL PRISONERS.

WARSAW May 12-The authorities
have ordered released from Warsaw
prisons al petty political priscnerS
snd the abrogsiion ~ martial Law n
Russian Poland q sTpec'ed neat vesk.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13

"oUR DAILY THOUGHTS should be
the prayers Of our hearts. There are
moments when, whatever thu attitude
Of the body may be, the true soul Is on
bended knees before the ideals Of our
lives"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-13

DEEP WITHIN our BEivce sner,
lives principle of psychic unity,
whereby all that IL osntls and gracious
IN our naturss 10 psrsstsnsIy held to-
scther like the chords in yac'-t nnusic."
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-19
WANTED.

WANTED-A Newspaper gpporter.
Must be acquainted with Richmond.
Call at Palladium Office at dice. 1873
WANTED-Girl for general house
work, good wages, small f4mily. 10
South 18th street 1886
wANTED-Placet to do general house
work. 634 South 10th st. 1885,
wANTED-20O wood chopIe rs for
chopping 1 It. hard wood lat $1.15
per cord. Steady work duf ling the
year. Board $3.50 per we{k. Good
men make $3.50 per NJ Take
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway
to Simons or Westwood. Michigan.
Antrim Iron Co., Mancelona. Mich.
14-tf.
WANTED-Cabinet maker at the
Rowlett Desk Mfg. Co.. North 10th
street. 13-tf
WANTED-A girl for homework at
525 Main street. 1885,
WANTED-A man to help on furni-
ture wagon at Dunham's. 1S-2t
WANTED-One hundred old feather
beds. highest price paid for old
feathers. will stay in your city
one week. Address Rosenthal
Feather Co.. General Delivery.
Richmond, Ind.
Send postal card, W IN call. 1885,