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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06
Teetlmony Of Fireman sullivan.

Mayor Par ons CAL Mr.. sullivan.
MIR sullivan viii you give your state.
menta
Mr. Sullivan: Well. first I heard Of
70 was a week ago Sunday night, about
I O'Clock. Mr. McRcvnolds called mo
ont on the sidewalk and told me he
had a prop sitou TO make some
money / asked him what it was. He
tCld me it was man mp town in bust
ness who said he wa led up could
mo- get his money out; had to move or
do something ana the fire department
could be fixed 50 that he could give
the hu lding time to burn without in
Mring the adjoining property. | ask
ed him who it was and he said he could
no. tell who it was. and he went on so
say he took him up stairs and showed
him where ne Intended 10 set the
house aGre said it was near the nuc
and he had made complaint about the
nue 20 a party VINO had owned the
house brt he was refused to fix it,
Also said. the man old him. If ] am
no, m staken. he bought two or three
new carpets and raised the insurance
10 the limit. Taken OFT an the insur
ance be c-uld get. and he said If he
could make arrangements with him h.
would Ike to act as plugman. hat is
get off the plug and. In doing that he
could delay turning on the water.
Alderman Scuilin. Did he make
proposition to you 90 change places
with him or was iaat D. proposition II
Johnson'se
a. It was his he aid IL I could
change places viii Won ! could delay
turn ag on the wafer and give The
house @ chance 10 burn.
Alderman SNYDER. Did he iell
Whore the man vas 10 touch It on2
4. Yes fa did. Immediately after
hotrld me the Captain caue down fhc
etre-t and rap-rel it to him. told
him would Ike 90 have tbe rest =
ffe ofice nnl ont about 30 beca.se T.
Ta 1'7cs burned and nobody knew
abort tt tHt HeBeynolds ana myself
] would have hard time % make
people beiieve 9 was got in f. Nr
Eeli~ woe f7 ft aad ha t~ld him about
.ra particulars. who tte maa vas and
everything
Mayor Parsons: Give us the ac-
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HOTEL COLLAPSED
Killing Fiity-two and lnju ing Seventy
O,hers-Roof Had Just
Been Put On.

Nagold Black Forest. Germany.
April 5-Fifty-twO persons were
killed and seventy dangezoutly in
iu~ed today by the collapse OF the
Hotel Zum lirchen The building had
not been mlly complei "a and the
catastrophe g. attributed 10 the non-
observance Of proper precautions.
The roof had only been put in place
this morning. an event which in ae.
cordance with the German custom.
was celebrated by a feast. The guests
were reported 10 have engaged in a
dance, and This together with the large
number of persons on the ao0r was
what caused the building 90 collapse.
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Testimony Of Fireman Kelly.

Mi Kelly called.
Mayor Parsons: We want you n
tate 10 the committee now just what
story was told to you by Mr. Mercy
nolds regarding the proposed fire on
Twenty-sixth and Commercial avenue.
A; Mr.. Sullivan had asked him.
q: Do you remember when II was ?
a: II was about when we were held
mp IN Twenty eighth street, Saturday
a week ago Mr.. Sullivan had told me
about il Friday He says: Dd Nc
Reynolds tell you anything about the
fire on Twenty-sixth and Commercial?
No. sir. he did not. Him and John
son are figuring on burning The place
on TwentysiXth and Commercial and
says | thought he said mething
about it. We had that run between
|nooa hours and got stuck in the mud,
says, McReynolds, | thought that was
he place you were going to burn up.
He says that place was not going to
burn until after midnight ! question
ed pretty close and he told me It was
going 20 be Johns0ns s. He said he
was going to get $2j; there was going
70 be a man OFF and he was going TO
give us sG,25. says. Tom do you
mean that2" He says; Yes that is all
right. Johns n has fixed it'up with me
and took me mp stars and showed me
where il is going to come out up in
he fiue fixed it up wi h Sslllvan;
{ VIII take his place as plugman"
says: Sullivan did not trade jobs
With you did he?" He says: "Sulli
van will trade with me" | says:
lon't believe he will"
@: There has been a good many
umors about lcafers and other peo-
pie who are not connected with the
department who spend a good deal Of
time there?
A: ! told You there has not been
any loafers around here outside of one
man since the Captain has been of.
lie brought a drunken painter in here
He was n there settling down when
was back from supper and made him
stay there.
Q; Now about drina;ng while on
igty. DO any OF these boys drink to
excess while on duty?
A: Not that know Of.
Q: These rimOrs are embarrass.
ing?
A: guess there is not anybody
who does not drink. but a. far as
drinking 20 excess around the fire de-
Dariment. have not seen any.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06

! Philadelphia, April Sin the an
ihracite region, the arbitration promo
sition made by the miners during the
conference at New York today Is re
garded in varying lights by the d ffer
ent interests involved. Those Of the
operators in the region who could be
induced to venture an opinion ex-
pressed the belief II will not be ae
cepted Various reasons for It's rejec
tion are advanced among Them the
dlsinclinat on Of the operators t1 leave
the solution OF technical mining prob
lens TO an umpire who might prove
Incompetent. Judge Gray was aske1
tonight AZ his home in Wilmington.
Delaware if he would be willing to
act as umpire n the event of the
operators accepting Mitchell pr0po.
=ition. IIe declined to discuss the sub
ject giving as his reason that he had
not been officially requested 10 serve
in that capacity
An official of the Mine Workers
union at Sc-anjoa said ton ght.
"Ope. ators have been aoodinc The
paper, aud magazines with facts AMI
figures TO prove what an excel 'ent in
=tituiion is the board ~ conciliation.
Now. Mitchell has put it I'D 20 them
TO accept his proposition or admit they
q q not mean al the nice thing 'hey
said about the board Of Cancellation.
Mitchell has them mp a tree and they
have got 10 come tn his terms
". l. ConneIi. of Scranton. chail-
man Of the board 0f c9n-iiia'i0n-
stated that if The matter vas sub
mifted to the hoarl he was willing io
accept the task ana presumed The
other members were Of the same
mind. 4
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DOUBLE TRACKING ROADS.

Berlin. April 5.-The Prussian gov
ernment publishes a bill tonight for
the construction OF twentvfour sec
ondary railways and double tracking
rwenty-seven existing roads and four
other railway purpose. total cost
81 200 600
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06

Pittsbnrg. April Gradually the
controversial situation in The soft coal
mining field is assuming normal
aspect, especially in the P.ttsbure dis.
triet. Foriy-three mines Of the Pitts
burg Coal company we're III operation
today and the adjourning Of the dis
trict convention here today 1t Is ax-
pected i viii be out a fey days more
when all The mines in fhis district in
cluding lhe independents, will be In
operation. The independent operators
of this district. who Tuesday night
formed an organization 10 carry on
their fight against granting the new
scale, VIII hold another meeting to.
morrow night and It Is expected that
in view of the increase Of msnAs in
operation, the independents will de.
eide TO sign the scale. Seven indie.
penatnta who refused 10 safn the az
tion Of the others Tue day night
signed the scale today.
The district convention which has
been in tnmultous session for sew
aral weeks adjourned today.
The convention did nor aIjonfn be.
fore taking a vote to expel Patrick
Dolan and Uriah Bellingham from the
organization Dolan was present and
declined 10 yield up the Office. claim
ing he was reelected last January
and was legally entitled to the presi.
lency until March 81, 1897 Union
flicers Will institute legal proceedings
10 remove Dolan and Belllngham from
he headquarters of the organization.
Al Roscoe, Pa, twenty-five hundred
miners returned TO work while Irwin.
Somerset and Johnstown st'l remain
threatening storm cente's. All the
mines of the Somerset Coal company
are being run as usual More men
returned to work al Johnstown and
-eyeral mines We're reported in opera.
ion the injunction prayed out by the
coal companies having had a pacific
Effect. News from other sections about
he biiuminous field as far as can be
learned ton ght is OF like encouraging
nature.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06
BUY WALSH ROADS
New York Central Lires Acquire ths
Property for 5000. .ooc-Undsr
One Head Nov.

Chicago April 5.--Omoials Of the
New York Central lines TODAY per
fected the con olidatiou of the Indiana
Harbor and Indiana. Illinois aud Iowa
railroad companies The new company
wiil be snoan as the Cbiclgi. Indiana
ard southern The capital stock OF
ths new company is s290aa. .0a0 OF
wh'eh the Lake Sh re and Michigan
ovns si7eaa0o1 ard the Michigan
Genital S3.n10 nga
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06
PEACE IN HUNGARY
At LAST ASSURED
ON THE BASIS OF POSTPONlNG
MILITARY DEMANDS FOR
THREE YEARS.
STARTED FOR VIENNA
Francis kossuth and Count Andrassy
TO Hold Conference With EN-.
peror Francis Joseph--Wll
Form New Cabinet.

Buda Pest. Hungary. April j.-AF a
result Of conference OF the leaders
of the coalition party held here today
under the presidency Of Francis K 70
suth. a complete underst anding has
been reached which may be expected
to end the legislative deadlock. Herr
Kossuth and Count Andrassy started
tonight for Vienna where they will
have an audience with Emperor Fran.
els Joseph tomorrow
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06

Vienna. April 5.-Late this evening
II was reported that peace in Hungary
now seems assured on the basis of
postponing the militay demands for
three years and that should negotia.
tions with Kossuth and Andrassy be
successful a cabinet with And~assy a.
premier will he appointed April .. and
election, held Immediately. thus en-.
abling the new parliament to as emble
af the end of Nav
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Testimony Of Fireman sieReynods.
4


Mayer Par-0ns. ! want sou % tell
this committee tho details If the pro
posal 10 have the fire On Tweniy-s xtb
and Commercial as it was presented 10
sou
A: DO SON want ihat you have
had or 10 won want
Q: want the proposal about the
nre2
4. Wen enc day when ! was com
ing uD Twentysixih in a sprinkling
rain. a0pDed in froat of j hnson's
place oui n the rail and his door
was rpen and as ! pa sed ] gave him
a signal with my hand and he says
hello old fireman. He SAYS here Is 4
1 Concluded on second uaga1
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Barons Are Surprised at Proposal and Nav De-
cline to Leave Settlement Of Controversy
to Third Party
MANY GRANT ADVANCED SCALE

New York, April r.. Having failed
70 come to an agreement among them
selves, the hard coal miners of Penn
sylvania, through their representa-
ttVes today proposed 10 the operators
that all matters in dispute be referred
TO board Of arbitration for settle
ment, the tribunal TO bt composed of
the board of Cancellation created by
the award of the anthracite strike com
mission Of 1908 with Judge George
Gray of Delaware, or any person he
may appoint as chairman and umpire.
II the operators accept the proposition
and the convention of mine workers
approves the plan the 10000 men
idle in the anthracite fields will re.
turn TO work at once. While il had
been reported for several days the
miners might ask that the differences
be arbitlated, the proposition made to
the mine owners today came TO them
as a great surprise as they did not
believe the union leaders were ready
to leave the controversy to a third
party at this time.
That the operators VIII accept the
miners proposal as submitted. Is not
generally believed; in fact ii is init
mated they may fatty refuse the offer
on the ground existing conditions are
the result of arbitration Employers
have decided to consider the miners
latest move and probably VII give
them an answer Monday, when an.
other meeting of the two suh-commit.
tees viii be held In this city
The miners proposition was real
to the operators by Mitchell and along
with 1t he submitted the original de
mands of the miners. the reply of the
operators In which they propGs cd the
strike commission award be renewed
and continued for three years and @
letter Of Governor Pennypacker. who
urged both parties TO make resDnable
efforts 10 come 10 an agreement, The
conference Of The subcommittee last
ed less than an hour, and at its con
cnsion. the operators hell a meeting
10 informally discuss the miners
offer Later they 1 sued a statement
in which they briefly stated the de.
mands made by The miner and the
operators reply
The operators al their meeting de-
cidcd that before they would frame a
reply 20 the miners they would lifs
consult all interests in order TO get
the sentiment of the heads Of all coal
carrying roads. as we'll as that of
the Independent operators.
l. was stated at the miners head
quarters that If the operators agree to
arbitrate. a call will be sent out at
once f3r a convention Of miners at
which instructions would be adopt ed.
If they raify the arbitration plan. for
the miners to return 10 work inn
med ately.
District Presidont Nichols of tha
ackawana-W Wyoming district, received
a complaint from the mine work
of Yatesvlle today TO the effect that
the state con tabulary wee entering
ana searching their homes for fie
arms. Nichols sent instructions to hi
organ zers In the field TO take meas
ures to project the miners and employ
counsel Il necessarv.
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TAKEN TO CINCINNATI

Columbus. Ohio. April 5.-Gover1or
Tallisor uas taken - Cret-n 7ff f0
Iiaf rn 81 pecial ru and
arsl fa- teTaorar'E at Cmi-'ar
taspIfa Dob flai C.tv
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06

It's a wise advertiser that knows
The best medium The Ban.tin las
aouble the clreulatioa Of any other
Cairo paper.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06

Inc sitralion in the coal fields ro-
mans unchanged. 0ceas onal disturb.
ahces are reported from various sec.
tlons, but they are regarded ali IT..
consequent. As a result Of tha suspen-
sion OF mining operations. all rail.
roads which handle hard coal have re.
duced their forces or their WORKING
hours Four thousand lahorers on the
pennsylvania railroad are now work.
ing half time. More than Two thousand
OF these are employed In The car and
repair hops in this city. Many freight
crews on the Lehigh Valley ana Read
ing railroads have also been tenn.
porarily suspended.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06

Want adds in The Bulletin alw1rs
bring results A faTor8 advertise
menf. published 10 lhis paper three
t'noe brought g reaiies This IS
nothing unusual A word TO the wise
etc
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06

$50 tata called "vsrl aa-eriising"
is nat "vaB- a1rer. .isiaz i'm eng aIe-
auafe sense Only rsrer which car
give the largest publicity 70 your want
Is adequately advertising" that want
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06

SEATED AT HOME II your sasy
chair you may select a new steno,f
grapher, a new apartment, decide OPP
on new investment IN real estate.
by consulting The Peoples column
Of The Bulletin.
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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-06

WHAT IS SAID In the advertising
columns Of a newspaper costs as much
money as does that which appears In
the news columns, and II deserves con.
sideration accordingly from the resc'
ing p9blc'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-22
CAIRO WANTS Them
Strong Effort to &c Made to Secure
Southeast Missouri Drummers
Meeting for 1907

There 4 likely to be an irresistible
pressure brought TO bear upon the
Southeast Missouri Drummers' asso-
citation, to hold their next meeting In
Cairo. a movement has been started
10 induce the bevy of charming young
ladie, who took part in the EllIs' enter
tainmenf recently and have become
famous as the TEDDY Girls. to &C
eampany the Cairo delegation. under
TIM lea fership' Of Hon Reed Green,
ald aid that delegation in urging the
claims of Cairo a the nex meeting
place slsat
The a. oo alton named will meet al
Poplar Rluff on Thursday. Friday and
Saturday of this week, and II is under
sfoetl that many of them wish TO come
tp Cairo next Year and favor such all
amandmeDt of th 'ir Constitution that
tisiF miH be permissible fA
saiTheH desire % affil ate with. tbs
Southern Ilipo Hustlers aud would
meet them hero poxt year
MF. Green lia given his word io
Mr. Parham. one oftbe lasdins pirll7
of the Missouri Organization. that be
VIII 90 provided the Teddy Girls
will 30. and II is now up to" these
Young ladies'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-22
WAS UNDOUBTEDLY INSANE
So Thought Pension Bureau Oficiair
OF Visitor, and They We're
Right.

representative un the Uem1crlt &
side of the house enjoys nothing he'
ter THAI to rccounr story which, IN
declares, he had from an Official iI
the pension. bureau.
One day, so the tale runs. tAc bure1u
was in receipt of an eXtraordiu NY
communication from the ives In
which the writer, among other things.
made this astounding statement:
II am now drawing pension OF So
4 month. Recently the Lord has pros
pered me: so. being convinced that
am not entitled of right to this money.
desire that my name be stricken OF.
the roll"
AS soon as the bureau recovered IN
a measure from This staggering intell.-
gcucc. an investigation was SGT on
foot The examiner IN thr field re-
ported as follows.
4 have The honor IN inform YOU
that the peracu Who desired that The
name 10 stricken from The pension roll
- now IN IN in1ane asylum IN this
piacc, and h75 been for come time
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-22
ALE xANlER, COgNTN NEEDS D
IMPROVE her COURT HOUSE
County Commissioners Will Advance Plan Provid-
ina Work Can be Done at Reasonable
Expense
DETAILS Of A PROPOSED PLAN

, iurp room, The latter ofswhich y
greatly. needed, The couaty judge and
county treasurer being obliged al pres
pnti 10 yacate their offices in order to
give the grand jury "A room In which
70 meet when Il Is In session.
This plan would necessitate chang
ing the order of the court room, tne
bench iusiead Of being located on the
south side of the build ng woald be on
the west front about midway between
the large double doors and the south
end Of he room, the prisoners dock
being on the southwest corner Of the
building and the seals for spectator
being heated east OF the bench.
At q point north OF the double doors
the consultation room would be 10.
Gated between The court room proper
ana the office OF the county superin,
tendent of schools which would re-.
main in IT'S present location. The
grand jury room would be located
across a hallway from the consulting
room betweep the court room proper
aud the present jury room which Is Ia
the northeas corner Of the building
and by this plan would be retained for
iis present USE Partial, glass parti
tions. have been suggested between
The various rooms 50 as to admit
plenty Of light aud arranged 80 as to
have perfect ventilation, A steel cell,
ing and other Improvements including
tlle yerp Important one Of hog chains
which should be used 70 strengthen
tho building have been suggested
While this plan viii reduce the size
81 the court room proper II Is nor at
Objectionable point az there will BE-
ample room for all persons VINO have
busine.s in The court room.
b Before the commissioners submit
the matter formally to the people they
viii have the estimates OF architects as
Ia the cost OF such an improvement
which would make the old court house
hahitahles for its purposes for many
years longer.
Otherwise, a. new one Will have TO be
considered before long al great ex-
pense 10 the county People residing
OUT In the country haze noticed the
bad condition of the building as well
as Cairo residents and ii is believed
that the county commissioners will
have no opposition when they broaca
the matter Of this needed improve,
Uent,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-22
THE GIRL or TIE DAY.
r. Weak She L. Sent Out Of Doors to
Build UP and Physical Defects
Corrected.

Nowadays if girl loses color. be-
comes anemic. turns stoop-shonldered,
loses interest in life, she Is not
dopcd with cod liver oil and
coopel up in steam-heated Hat, but
she II taken promptly from school
and given course in outdoor
life. says writer in St. Louis Globe
Democrat. Yon can see the little
daughters of the rich, bare-footed and
hatless. playing on private beaches ID
the summer, You can find girls In
their teens camping In the Adlron-
dacks and Catskills every summer,
sleeping on pine boushs IN the open
air and training like athletes under
young woman who has studied for Just
such service The average American
woman's waist is two inches larger
around in 1906 than it was in 1860, and
her respiratory organs have gained by
The change. The belle of the first EN-
pire laced her stays numerically and
pinched her feet relentlessly The
wen -brought-up girl Of to-day treats
her body properly because she knows
the innermost workings OF this mar
velous piece of divine mechanism.
When she is told to do certain thing.
she asks "why?" and receives an an
swer
Fifty years ago ii girl was born
with some terrible defect OF face OF
figure, such as L club foot, twisted
shoulder or curved spine, she either
underwent rare surgical operation
(after the affection had been given
ample time to get its grip upon her
supple young body), or she went
through life resigned" like her del.
icate" sister To-day the mother
prides herself on her baby daughters
sturdy figure II the slightest defect
appears, II Is Immediately treated by
skillful manipulation while the bones
are soft and tractable, There Is no
waiting to see whether IL develops In
to something serious. Anything that
threatens her health or her beauty Is
taken in hand promptly.
n her hair is thin and coarse, she l.
sent to hair cuIturisl for treatment
Her great-auut Hursed her hurt pride
until she was old enough to buy
chgnon or q switch. II her hands are
not just The right shape she does not
weep over them in lG-year-old secrecy
but is sent daily to a manieurist, II
her complexion is muddy her mother
does not trust TO her outgrowing The
affection. She calls in. not mistress
of cosmetics. bur a physician, who
traces the trouble to its cause ana re-
moves the latter.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-22

matter with Hemock Hollow Ire.
menbered that the fat man had men
toned Hemlock Hollow as The placs
where the actress lived.
Hemiock Hollow was black as pitch
when the train stopped lherel hap
pened 10 be the only passenger tnaI
got off A stdI.onmasIer came oul
on the platform, swinging lanterr
and stretching his jaws AS Ii he'd
just walked up. | asked II he'd seen
a Young gent sei OF there that nigh
IN a light oyereoat. He concluded tha'
he remembered such party, because
be Il hired Il carriage that run IRON
the station and gone away on TN
swamp road
thhere's the swamp road?" says
He pointed straight before us inS
The darkness.
Does 4 woman named Bebe stoi
round there" says /.
II never heerd tell Of her says he
wasn't going 10 blab secrets, so
stuck my tongue INTO my cheek ano
made OF as fast .is my legs could carry
me. The weather had turned killing
cold Ny teeth clicked faster than
telegraph. The sky was cloudy, bul
there was moon somewhere over
head. and | could discern the track OF
MIR. Dacres carriage in the snow. ]
followed it.
Well, after III chased over nun
dred miles, or 50, saw. light You
bet was glad. Sure enough the
carriage track stopped at a gate. J
went through it and up to q small,
low house. set in or open place in the
woods. | raped on the door
Now, if Behe herself comes, whatll
/ say to her." thinks l. But the per-
son that opened TO me was a gray,
elderly man in working clothes.
rs Mr. Dacre IN this house, says l..
Yes. says the man.
Il want 10 see Lin, bad" says |,
Come in. says he; YOU look about
frozen. my boy"
He showed me- into 4 room that
opened off the ehtry. There ! found
Mr.. pacre. sitting before a big fire
His light overcoa. lay across chair
near him. and h. herd a cigar be-