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MANUFACTURES OF UTAH
Capital Amounts to S26, 200, 900 and
Products Are Worth $3s, 200, 900.

preliminary summary of the statistics
for the manufacturing industries of Utah
Tor the year ending December 81. 1901 has
been issued by the census bureau. The f,p-
ures, according to the law directing the
compiling OF such data. are confined to
manufacturing establishments with prod
uct OF $500 or over and therefore exclude
neighborhood industries and hand trades
such as dressmaking, millinery, blacksmith
ing, coooiing, etc. The statement shows
that during the period statad Utah had COS
essapllsnfneh's IN operation, representing an
aggregate capital OF $260ol iii. with a.a
oincials, clerks. etc, drawing salaries total
ing si.02a.S53. and s.039 wage-earners whcsa
wages amounted to $5,l57. 400. IRE value
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woman's Body Found in Greek.

Mrs. Mary O'clock. wife of farmer liv-
Ing near Amber. seventeen miles north or
philadelphia. and her eighteen-months-oid
child disappeared from their home yester<e
day. and late last night the body of t1e
woman was found In Wissahckon creek
Considerable mystery surrounds 1he case.'
and in consequence an unidentified PoIand
er has been arrested by the Mo8tRp1
county authorities on suspicion of IN
something about the dlsappearanca
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the Senate on the It'll of December. and IL
was delivered from the State Recruitment.
MI Whitehonse claims ownership Of a
large area OF desert land. whish, by the
construction OF a tunnel 10 carry of the
Hood waters OF the Nile, caa be made fertile
and at the same time can forever prevent
dangerous foods on the Nile. It IS claimed
Snat this project to prevent foods ON the
Nile was under way In the .iays of fhe
Pharaohs and that Il Is entirsiy practicable.
although nevexNpxried out by the ancients.
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OF the products produced Is shown to be
S3s, 925, SIT, or an increase of LIS per cent
over 1900 The principal industries Of Utah
are shown to be printing and publishing,
-four and grist mill products and butter
and cheese.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-05

secretary OF state from July. 1874. to March.
1877, during part of the administrations of
Secretaries Fish and Evarts. The visitor
was warmly received by Secretary Root and
the assistant secretaries.
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John Z. cadwalader Here.

A distinguished visitor 20 the Department
of State yesterday was Mr.. John L. CAD
waiader Of New York, who was assistant
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Salaries OF Army Officers.

The papers were sent to the committee on
foreign relations. which will consider them
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Cope Whitehouse,s claim.

The claim OF Mr.. Cope Whisehouse to GER
tain desert lands In Egypt has been piacei
before the Senate. The extensive corre-
apondenco In this case was called Tor 81
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
MURDERER CAUGHT
Negro Who Killed Mound City Man at
Ullin Run Down in Tennessee
and Landed in Jail.

The negro who killed Harris, owner
of the merry-go-round, at Ullin, recent
ly was captured in Tennessee and was
landed in jail at Mound City yester-
day The murder was without iusti-
ticajion, and the people of Falaski
county, especially of Mound City.
where the murdered man lived. were
much aroused threatening to lynch
the negro. The negro had been put
off the machine for refusing to pay
fare and sought revenge Two com
panions abetted him IN the murderous
purpose and one of them handed him a
revolver telling him to shoot. He
shot several times killing Harris IT,
sjantly. The negroes ran away and
wild chase was made with the aid
Of blood hounds. One of The rascals
was captured and a lynching was mar
rowly averted: but the fellow who
fired the shots escaped. Sheriff
Gaunt seems to have been untiring in
his determination TO capture him and
deserves credit for his success in run
ming the man down
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
IN THE CITY COURT
Case of Chas, Powers Charged witt
Keeping Gambling House Set
For Trial Next Week.

There was very little doing In the
city court yesterday. Seven cases
were given attention. six Of which
were for minor Offences Of various
kinds-two "vags" and the Others
'disordely." The seventh was the
case of Charley Power charged with
keeping a gaming house This charge
grew out of The raid made some
nights ago by squad Of police. IL
which thirteen negroes were caught
playing dice in room in Powers
place Of bu. ness The officers tooh
the parapherualia used in the game
consisting mainly Of large table.
The trial was set for yesterday morn
ing before Judge Ross. but on a
change OF venue the case was sent 10
Judge Robinson The defendant was
represented by Judge Wall. Of Mound
City 4 continuance was granted ON
application Of the defense because
some witnesses were not present. Tn
case will bC heard Tuesday morning
The big table and the o.her articles
captured by The police were hauled
20 the court on a wagon aud then
hauled back to headquarters for sare
keeping till the trial comes on.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
IN SOCIETY
An Afternoon Coffee.


The ladies' Of the First ~ f.
church gave an enjoyable afternoon
coffee" yesterday al The hosptable
home of MS George r. Carnes zoe
Commercial avenue There was a
large attendance of members OF
various churches and the result fnan.
cially was most gratifying.
Friends Of the hostess sent beauti.
ful flowers 10 adon her home for the
occasion and the profusion of roses.
asters aud yellow Gamma added the.
graceful charm to the .cene.
Vocal solos by Mrs. Ada Loaring
Clark. Of St Louis. with accompanI
mcuts 10y Mrs b. r. Thistlewood were
plea ing features Of the afternoon
Cherry ices. cake and coffee were
served Those assisting in the pleas
ant affair were Me- DANES Thos. }.
pryor. C. BARCLAY NJ. F. Mineh Gcr
W. T Mo.H. II. D. DAWSON Caroline
Rogers. @ Z. Anglen. Mayo Farrin
G.. r. Calhoun !. B. Warner John
Messenger
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
Had a Good Fish Re asst.

Me.srs. Hartman, Feuchter, Ross
man, ct al. who are making d skirmish
in the upper part of Wisconsin in
search of sport on the numerous lakes
there sent a lot of fine black bass and
pike to some Of their Cairo friends
who enjoyed feast at Hanks Bowery
Thursday night. such as is not often
presented to the average man. There
were fifteen men in the party around
the board and they paid eloquent com
pliments to the absen. fishermen as
well as to the caterer The fishing
party expected to be gone three weeks
when they left, but they are on rec.
ord breaking hunt for ,nuskalunge and
they'll stay till they make it if it
takes all winter
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
eIsds.ons,s Wonderful Memory.

William + Gladstone had a marvel
Cus memory Sir Algernon West tells
this story Of it. We were discussing
in 1881 the conversion OF the malt tax
into 4 beer dutS ! had told him that
the estimated profit of the masters
was three per cent on each quarter Of
malt The following day he said. I
understand that the masters profit is
four per cent No. sir 7 said. three
per cent 7 certainly Thought 10 was
four And then turning to Nj Young.
a famous internal revenue official he
said. Can vou rcruilect - FAR hack as
1882 Was MOI the profit then sup
ro-ed 10 be four ner cent % VS.
thon. BE- replied An, Mr.. Gladstone
said. = see how four per cent. has got
into my mind. rccollect studying
the question when Z became member
for Newark In 1892 and 10 vas thai
Squire then 4 gap Of nearly 50
sears"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15

He dressed himself up in the best hc
eou'd get and then went out TO show
himself of among the animals
"telo, Leo cried Mr.. Hippo What
does this meant
WHY. I'm the King Of beasts, and
these are my royal garments an
swercd the lion, looking proudly down
nc his clothes
Mr. Hippo leaned back and laughed
lOid and long
The king Of beasts indeed" eX
claimed he We'll you may have been
before you went crazy, but now that
YOU have dressed yourself up in those
things you are no more than a kings
fool. You are neither beast nor man.
My friend, you've made mistake
50 the lion went home and thought it
all over and finally beat his wife for
giving him such bad advice.-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15

The Sadie Lee was not in port yes
Iterday She was delayed at Memphis
making some repairs leaving there
Thursday morning She will be in
port this morning
The Stacker Lee will be in port
today our from St Louis bound for
Memphis.
The Fred Her3ld is coming up from
Memphis She will be here tomor.
row bound for St Louis.
The river marked 17.6 feet on the
caro- gauge at I y. m yesterday.
showing rise of ~ of a foot in "a
hours One year ago it marked 149
feet.
Rising rivers We're reported yester-
day as follows; Pittsbure 0.2. Nash
vile %, johnson 0.3, Paducah %,
Kansas City 09
The John S Summer took a barge
of wood to Mound City and returning
went south and brought up barge
of logs for the Singer Company.
The T Fl Davis came out from
Joppa with an empty barge.
The snagboat Woodruff came ont
from Cincinnati and returned up the
Ohio.
The Fred Hartweg went south with
three empties.
The Dick Fowler was in and ont on
time yesterday She win be the Padu.
cab packet today.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
Came Too Easy for Him.

Jerusalem, When left town that
night with a hundred and fifty of my
own money in one hip pocket and a
hundred dollars belonging to my firm
in the other, which bulged out my
trousers as ii | carried Colts navy
was the happiest man that ever left
Cincinnati ! couldn't keep from going
out on the platform of the car once in
a while and putting my two hands on
my money while ! threw out my chest
and cooked up my cigar till the lit end
almost burned my eyebrows.
Down in my country they say, A
fool for luck and a bob-tailed dog for
possIms' | reckon because | knew so
little | got along. There wasn't any
house in the country, when | talked to
merchant, that was as good as mine.
The enu OF the month | went in and
the old man said to me. Well. sir,
you've done first-rate You've made a
good record and you can keep on down
there where You are a. a salary OF 500
a month That was when / became too
proud TO count eggs No. Stree. no
more rafting coal oil pumps for me. |
was 4 travelling man.
III had just kept my common sense
and gone right on ia have been lots
better of but after a while / tclt that
/ mus; fash q diamond stud and ]
spent an my salary on iewelry and
clothes and renting poker chips ]
made a good salary, all right, but after
four or five years | got TO be simply
downright ornery yes. sir. orncry. !
had 80 change houses a time or two.
and get on my uppers before ever got
a gram OF common sense.
Now. I've not been to college as my
young friend here has. bat have
bumped II around the country for q
good while, spd ! want to toll You that
even ID q man has something good 10
soil. be must keep hustlinc 10 sell #
and fits getting harder -s.ld harder
every day Competition is growing
keencr and kcener. n WIS easy enough
when ] first started our 90 sell goods on
personality. and while this goes a long
way yet. good clever work must back
M good stuff. You can't distribute your
employers goods 10 any alarming ex-
tent unless you first hand ont a heap
OF energy. attentiveneSs and all round
hustle"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
ON THE RIVERS.
Enormous Saving in Cost on Coal, Be.
tween River and Rail Transporta.
ton--Sade Lee Overdue
Notes.

Mr.. John A. Fox, assistant secretary
Of the National River and Harbors'
Congress-, says The coal produced in
twelve of the state last year was
230 100000 tons Apply the average
saving on this in shipment by rail
and water of 80 cents per ton, and
you have sll5,000,00 a saving in
transportation charges on these two
items alone to the consumer and pro
Queer of nearly the entire initial cost
each year, Add to this the saving on
manufactured products. other mineral
and agricultural products, and the re-
suit will be appalling. When these
results are compared with the cost,
should our National government hes
itate a moment TO undertake these
great Improvements? he state of
New York is preparing to spend the
sum OF $i00000.000 in enlarging its
Erie canal for vessels of loco tons
capacity and yet the congress OF this
the greatest nation on earth stands
hesitating to expend hardly double
that amount on all Of her internal
waterways simply because the Ameri-
can people are not posted as to the
benefits that would accrue from such
an expenditure sufficiently TO back
up the National Government in eX
pending -Courler-Journal
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
SAD BEREAVEMENT
Death of Mrs. Susan Hardy Of Mat
toon, Mother of n. n, Hardy Of
Big Four Railroad,

Friends of Mr.. Hugh r. Hardy.
former travelling passenger agent for
the Big Four railroad with headquar
ters in this city, now city passenger
agent Of the road. at ST, Louis will
egret to learn Of the sad bereaye,
ment he has sustained in the death
OF his mother, Mrs Susan Hardy,
which occurred month ago at her
home in Mattoon
The decedent was about so years of
age and was afflicted with cancer.
She is survived by six daughters and
me son. Mrs. Hardy was a most de-
voted mother She was left widow
when a young woman and by self
denial and industry reared and edu-
Gated her family of seven children, all
IF whom revere her memory with the
nest tender recollection
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
THE WEATHER


The government bulletin dated
Sept. 10 indicates that Gairo's sea
sonal shortage in rainfall was re
duned during the previous week being
81 inches on the date named instead
of 2S inches the week before. The
average deficiency in temperature was
also reduced from 90 Of degree per
day to OF Of a degree, since March J..
The maximum temperature al Cairo
yesterday was 10. the lowest it has
been for some weeks. The minimum
was CO. Al p. m. II was a. Al u
O'Clock last night the street record
was Sc The day was fair and in every
way agreeable The cool temperature
has extended through the river valleys
and To the middle Pacific slope.
Yesterdays government bulletin re.
ported showers in the Atlantic states
upper Ohio valley, in southwestern
Tennessee, middle and western Texas,
Oklahoma, and in the northern and
middle Pacific slopes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15

walked proudly out; but humility came
to me before the day was over. III bet
/ went into 40 places More than once
| felt sorry that | had given my bosom
! friend my old job at clerking, and
wanted to so back to the little village
! and hitch horses for the farmers wives
| who came to town, Yet, | had grit and
that vad in my pistol pocket, and !
| wasn't going TO give up.
THE next morning | walked into a
| big wholesale cigar house, and by this
| time | had learned to pick out where
| the boss stayed myself AS went in the
door | saw an old gentleman sitting in
a little glass Office to the right He
wore long white beard and pair of
gold-rimmed spectacles This time
| braced him straight Good morning,
sub, said |. Good morning, said the
old gentleman, politely Is there some
thing can do for you? Yes, sir, you
| can, said |, I walked the streets Of
| this here town all day yesterday, and
| couldn't find anybody that would
give ile JOB. know | was raised on
a farm and | haven't done anything but
clerk in a little country store, but
believe I've got as much sense as a
whole lot of these fellows that tote
sample cas- around and for a good
many years OF my life got up at four
O'Clock in the morning and fed the
horses before had my breakfast Now,
want to go to work, sir, and to go to
work fer you. All | want is a chance,
and with this / reached back in my
hip pocket and flashed that roll Yes,
sir; 81 | want is chance You give
me case OF samples and if don't
sell goods, don't pay me any money !
can pay I~j own expenses.
Il reckon my straight talk locoed the
old man, for he al once said to me,
Well, young man, like your self-con-
tidence, sir. We shall fix up line ior
you and give you a territory over in
Kentucky. and try you-let us say for
a month. At the end of that time,
come in and we can talk business
sreat deal better. YC1 needn't worry
about paying your own expenses. We
Will not put out man whom we do
not think enough OF to invest this
much in. When you get your samples
up, go to the cashier and he will give
you 800 TO travel on
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
DEALS
Real Estate Transfers Recorded By
Circuit Clerk Davis Yesterday.

Samuel +. Wilton to Clara i. Kyle
q AL qcd city Of Cairo. first addition
lois . 10. II and Il. block 81 s..
frs addition. east half Of lots 12 %
p and p. block 81. 81.
John r. Nichols Of al 10 Edward l.
.Gilber. wd. city NJ Cairo. first addi
tion lots p and p block 81. 500.
r. L. Gilbert Ct Tx 10 Bessie r
Candeo. wd CITY " Cairo. first addi
tion lots % and p. block 81. g
John e. Crowley TO Bessie r. Can.
dee. city 81 Cairo. first addition. lo'
"a block ST. 1928.
Daniel Hartman 10 Illinois Central
Railroad company. a strip Of land .
feet wide zoo the northwest quarter u
The uuthegst quarter section ~. town
ship ~. range !. 81
Henry s Candee 81 ux 20 Illinois
Central Railroad company. a parcel ~
land in the southwest quarter Of sec.
iirH = township y. rance ( 81
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
MATINEE TODAY
The Boy Scout" viii Be the Play
Presented at the Opera House
Last Performance Tonight

Another well filled hous greeted
The Harrison Sutherland company S
presentation of Lady Audleys Sc
cret" and iudgn from the applause
the play ha- lost none Of its old time
favor. Miss Julia Bennett ar Lady
Audley" wasa her best. A matinee
will be- given this afternoon The Boy
S-oui being the bill. and tonight Mr.
Lewis Suihe lands own conception Of
life i'm the west a Hero Of the Hills
will be given. Come FREEDOM mates
in Thu bin and the dramatic interest
never drags from the rise OF the cur
tain tu ihr finale.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
FUNERAL SUNDAY
OF the Late Allison n. Steeie-Was
Resident of Cairo Thirty-one
Years

The funeral of Allison II. Steele
Who died Thursday night at his home
270l Poplar street of paralysis, will
be held Sunday, the arrangements
being in charge OF Stafford lodge, o.
o. F.
The decedent was 63 years of age
md had resided in Cairo since 1875.
having come here from Indiana. For
number of years he was photog.
rapher but wa forced to retire from
the business three years ago on ac-
count of III health. His wife survives
him
The remains will be buried at
Beech Grove cemetery.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
CHA|RMEN CHOSEN
w. c. r. U. Elects Heads Of Various
Departments of Work.

The w. c. r. t. has elected chair
men of its various departments o
work as follows:
Flower Mission, Miss Helen Dough
erty and Miss Blanche Miller
W. c. +. U, Literature, Mrs, Nc
Gruder.
Anti.Narcotcs. Mrs NJ Smith
Evangeistic, Mrs. William David
son.
Sabbath Observance and Sunday
School Work, Miss Mary Foster.
Franchise, Mrs. Kate Glenn.
Health and Heredity Mrs. David
Johns.
Legislation and Petition, Mrs. vii
liam Wood
Medal Contests, Mrs Kate Coffman.
Mothers Meeting, Mrs. Hatcher.
Press Work. Miss Anna Perez
Prison. Jail and Almshouse, Mrs. ].
Denny.
Scientific Temperance, Mrs. r. G.
Clendenen.
Temperance Publications, Mrs.
Blanche Sullivan.
We, T. U. Institutes, Mrs. NJ A.
Wilson
Sociables. Mrs w. L. Bristol.
The w. c. r. t. will hold fancy
work sale in October The date will
BIO published later,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
Copyright 1906, by Joseph D. Bowles.l

1T is easy enough TO manufacture, "
remarked Watkins, the Chicago sales
man, "but the real job is scattering the
stuff after you make it,
81 cont altogether coincide with
your idea" remarked Joannis Caro-
lianus, the young college man who was
out TO pick up points and who, after
having listened to the company OF
plain, blunt business men for time,
had grown little more at ease Does
not Emerson tell us that a man may
make poor things and fail TO sell them
on the busiest thoroughfare, but let him
make good things-aye, d mousetrap
even-and though he be in the midst
of dense forest, people will make
their path to him. / haven't quoted
Emerson exactly right, but | have
given you, notwithstanding, the es-
sence OF his conclusion
Il don't know much about what En-
erson thinks OF business, answered
the hat manufactures, but | do know
that ii doesn't make any difference
how zCod you make stuff, to get rid of
il you must hustle 1t is all right 10
give good circus TO the people after
you get them in the tent but to get
them there you must post up your
fancy show bills and give good street
parade The show bills were enough
to catch me when | was a boy. | recall
how | used 10 go down and stare at
the flaming colors posted up on the
side # the blacksmith shop. | didn1
pay much attention to these things as
| grew older but even now, when see
a woman in a cage Of lions being
hauled through the streets and hear
lot OF relocated fellows blowing
horns, / get the quivers and usually
end mp by taking the children to the
circus
1T used TO be so that a man could
make good stuff and go out in the mid
die nj a forest, as my young friend
here says, and have people come to
him; but nowadays he has fierce time
running EN- IN If he has a ground floor
on Broadway
Merit is a mighty good thing to
have sc a background, but to yet there
you must mix it with a whole lot Of
rustic
Yes, sir; that applies even in our
business" said the publisher 1t used
70 be so that books sold themselves,
but nowadays We have to sell books
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
Mannnnrchor Election.

The Germania Maennerchor has
elected officers as follows President,
Casper Kusener; vice president, JOS
eph Raeth; corresponding secretary,
Henry Hamm; financial seore ary'
Frank f. Davis; treasurer. Louis {.
Herbert standard bearer. Herman
Gunther The officers will be "a
stalled at the meeting next month
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
Al ADimal Story For
Little Folks
THE KING OF BEASTS
MISTAKE

"rvc just been told" said tho lion
to his wife, that I'm the king or
beasts"
"And so you are" replied his wife,
"The only pity is that yon do not con
duct yourself as a King should.
What shall | dof' asked tie lGydly
lion.
well, in the first place. YOU should
dress like n king" answered his wife.
Thereupon the lion went out and
proceeded 10 get what he thought
would he the proper clothes for king
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15
SHOP TALK.
-+....+.+...........+.....

The Solomon Quality nave
said a whole lot about the Solomon
Quality and this without grain Of
egotism--the Solomon Quality Is
strictly individual, we nave labored
for eight years in Cairo TO make the
Solomon Quality" term Of value
and cur efforts have been rewarded
Our study has not been conducted by
one personwe have called into CON
sultation the Greatest Masters OF the
Weaving Art Postgraduates in de
signing and Profe s1rs of Assemble
their combined efforts produce the ex
ceptional Solomon Quality" TO be
seen at
SOLOMoN'S. CAIRO.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-15

Most Cinnamon know little OF ana.
tony. They have an idea that the
heart and stomach are connected and
that the epigastrium is the seat OF
thought. They also imagine that the
sall bladder is the scat Of bolducss
and that all schemes requiring that
quality originate in it,