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Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15

Regent Virgins. Supreme Vice Regent
Sands Emmett FINLEY. A. T. Flickinger,
Grand Regent Reckard of Nebraska and
others
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15

This week the handy fruit and vegetable
slicer for Sc for cutting plain fiutings and
shoestrings See It in our window. swaine
& Maurer. 33e-Sss West Broadway.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15

HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR SCRAP
IRON. METALS AND RUBBER BY J..
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15

varnishes. stains and enamels at Is per
cent discount from regular prices. Ken
nard Glass and Paint company. 18th and
Dodge streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15
BOSTON Copper Market.

Closing quotations on Boston copper mar.
ket, reported by Logan g. Bryan, liz Board
Of Trade building. Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15
London Closing stocks.

sILvER-Bar, steady. 317sd per ounce.
MONEY-41fd6 per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market
for short bills is AZ per cent; for three
months' bills. ~ per cent.
sEx-dividend.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15
New York Mining stocks.

NEW YORK, FEB. 1A-Closing quotations
an voIpinR stocks were:
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15
Bank CIearinEs.

OMAHA, Feb. A-Bank clearings for
today were 1915 S68. 90, and for the CORE
spending date last year $1.47, 1855,
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15
Marriage Licenses.

Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15
Teaching AErlculture In Schools
House Billa Paaned.

The house today passed the bill by Arney
providing for preserving the record so that
when inmates Of the Soldiers home be-
come insane the cost of their maintenance
can be charged to the county from which
they come.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
Oycrcrowded Vienna.


Visitors to Vienna, admiring the
symmetrical compactness of the city,
little think how dearly this compact
ness is paid for. says the Pail Mall
Gazette. Shocking revelations re-
garding the overcrowding which OK
lists among the poorer classes were
made at a congress convened to dis
cuss the housing question here
No less than 592,134 persons or as
per cent of the whole population q.
the city, live in apartments contain
ing only one room besides the kit
chen OF these dwellings 23.307 arc
reported TO be oyererowdcI: that Is to
say, occupied by six or more persons
Conditions in the country towns
are very little better If was found
that In sixty provincial places nearly
a quarter of a million people, or %
per cent. Of the total population,
were living in ore room, aud s 3 per
cent Of these apartments had six. or
more inmates. Under such condi-
lions II is difficult to Eight against tho
spread or co79Imptio9 other in
fewiofa discs as. AMI hrfain. as one
spcaa to~ rhed. "tbe suNerings Of
the poor constitute the danger OF the
rich"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
MANY CAIROITES WAITING
FOR LOW RAILROAD RATES
Before Making Trips North--0ffciaI Order Re-
ceived Here Yesterday Goes Into Ef-
feet Sunday Night

Yesterday Agent j. II. Jones. at
Central Union station received official
rotice that beginning at midnight
Sunday. Jnne 80. all railroad rates be-
tween points in the state of Illinois
would be reduced to ? cents per mile
Incidental to this comes the abolish
ment Of all special rates within the
state. an clergymens rates. excursion
rates. etc. except that the usual sum
mer tourist rates will not be inter
fered with
The order does not extend 10 rates
beyond the state except where state
laws provide for a 2-cent rate. The
report sent out from Chicago some
days ago. that railroads had agreed
10 make all interstate rates cents
pei mile was not true State laws
will govern in through rates the same
as they do now For instance. Hi
nois. Missouri. Kansas and Nebraska
have all passed 2-cent rate laws. and
tickets will be sold from Illinois TO
any point in those states at that rate
Through tickets sold to points beyond
Nebraska viii be calculated on the
basis Of cents to the western border
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28

SO you thought that SNUFF had
died out, did yon?" said a million
aire snuif manufacturer Of Phila-
delphia We'll. It has died out
among fashionable people. but mil.
lions OF pounds of it are sdll con-
sumed
II send a great deal of SNUFF south,
in Georgia. Alabama. and the Caro-
linas. where the poor dip snuf 10
huge quantities. To dip It is to
rub e on the gums and in the crew
ices OF the teeth
Il also send a lot of snun to
France. The lower classes Of
France still carry their horn snuH
boxes. and sim sniff SNUFF up their
noses IN the regular way.
u do good trade, too. with South
America and Africa The Kamrs
stuff their noses with snun mixed
with pepper. while the Patagonisns
ram q up their nos;rils si;h small
wooden spoons
Have no fear about the SNUFF
trade There is still a good living
in it, Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
WHERE rArLoRs OBJECTED.
Refused TO Permit Performance
That Satirizcd Their Craft.

In 1863 Foote had produced a bur
lesque, the author of which has
never been discovered, entitled THE
Tailors; a Tragedy for Marin
Weather" Dowton announced the
revival of this piece for his benefit,
As tAe tide implies, II was a satiia
upon the sartorial craft. and uilon
the bills being issued an indignation
meeting was convened by the knights
or the needle, who vowed to oppose
the performance BY might and main,
Menacing letters were sent TO
Dowton, telling him that 1900
tailors would attend to his piece, and
one. who signed himself Death. ("
added that 10000 men could be
found II necessary. These threats
were laughed at by the actors; but
when night came 1t was discovered
that the craft We're in earnest, and
that with few exceptions, they had
contriyed to secure every seat In the
house, while mob without still
squeezed for admission. The mo-
lntHl boWiOll rpP0ttith hpph NtiN
stage there was hideous uproar,
and some one threw Il pair of shears
at him
Not a word would the rioters
listen to, nor would they accept any
compromise in the way OF changing
the piece Within howled and Kissed
without intermission hundreds ,of OK
asperated tailors; outside 'howled
and beloved thousands OF raging
tailors, who attempted to storm the
house. So formidable did the riot
wax that a Magistrate had to he sent
for and special constables called out,
but these We're helpless against over
odds, so troop of Life
Guards was ultimately summoned
who after making sixteen prisoners
put the rest to flight
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
ARTIFICIAL PEARLS.
Silvery Luster on a Pond That Set a
Beadmaker Thinking.

The string of artificial pearls was
very beautiful But for the regularity
OF the beads anyone would have
thought it rope OF real pearls worth
L kings ransom
iii tell You" said the jeweler, as
he wrapped up the deceptive neeklet,
how the wonderfully perfect artificial
pearl came to be invented
A rich French beadmaker, Noise
Jaquln--he lived in the seventeenth
eentury-found pond in his garden
covered one morning with lovely sill
very luster Amazed he called his
gardener. who said it was nothing
some albettes had got crushed, that
was all.
Athletics We're little fish--bleaks-
the Leueiscus alournus. The gardener
explained that If you crushed them
they always gave the water pearly
sheen like that. Joaquin put on his
thinking cap.
For six years he worked with beads
and hleaks, wasting millions Of both.
Put finally he achieved success. He
learned how TO extract the pearly ms
ter from the bIeaks' scales and to
cover glass bead with 1t.
What he did--and his method Is
stlll used-was to scrape the scales
frnm the fish, wash and rub them
and save the water. The water, de-
canted gave of a lustreus fluid Of
the thickness Of oil. a veritable pearl
paint, magic fluid that imparts
lovely pearly sheen TO everything it is
applied to-
1T takes 1000 bleaks to yield an
ounce of this pearl paint IN. o
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
Washington coiIeoe Girls Angry.

When Bishop Seadding Of the do
cese u Oregon. in the Episcopal
church said that western girls are
cheapcr 10 entertain than Tho eastern
variety he was unaware that be
touched tender SPOT In the make.
up Of he girls az the University Of
Washington The varsity Young WON
cn say the Bishop does not know
whereof be speaks or he would not
make such assertions.
TIE girls say that a gaze at Mount
Rainier IS not substitute for ice
cream. and that ihey demand other ar
iicles H diei besides sea food They
also Intimate that the Bishop has
not been in the babit Of entertaining
tiIe sweet arl sassasfes 81 The land
OF b. would ROT say obey are cheap %
feed
The girls do not want the impress
sion ~ get ont. however. that fhev
are expensive iHxuries and that they
bleed the southfal suains of the
west s happy medium is the her
Tote Ct their sr1timcnts.-Seattie
----~s
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28

Of Nebraska and then on the basis OF
the higher rate permitted by the laws
OF the states beyond.
But it is understood that there will
b. no change in the round-trip rates
from points IN Illinois to points in
adjoining states, which are already
lever than the 2-cent rate. II viii be
some weeks before new rate cards
car be made and issued TO meet this
new order Of things and IN the mean
time the round trip rates TO inter. tate
points viii be calculated in the old
way
Many Cairo people who contem-
plate travelling have put on their trips
tin next week In order 10 get the
benefit Of the lower rate. An entire
sleeper has already been engaged for
next Monday The rates to Chicago
will be $3.50 instead of si095 and to
s Louis II will be 1925 instead Of
$3.50. There win be no difference in
he round trip.
An important point is that all who
would get the benefit Of the lower
tate must buy tickets at the com
panys' offices OF stations Train fare
will be 3 cents as hitherto.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
OTHER FAKES AND FAKERS.

Il hope that the president will not
decide before next Christmas 10
abolish Santa Claus as the creation
81 paiire takers, meant to deceive
ililJren. said Miss Phoebe Couzlns
70 ST. Louis reporter She added
that IA loi of things taught to chill
dren have Away. been fakes, and
she didn't Know that anyone was the
worse Cor IT, Which remark shuws
that the Incorporating speaker for
women's suffrage but presenttime
enemy Of that idea is a pc OF deli.
cate feeling and wholesome imagina-
ton. There are millions of grown-up
and farsfrom. grown-up children who
will join her nope ana support her
logic VITA all heir hearts There Is
some so-called nanrefaking that Is
legitimate The inventor on Santa
Claus was worlds benefactor. He
has put more laughter into the lives
OF children than anyone else He has
filed little hearts with Joy. little
minds with sweet imaginlngs and lit
tie natures with gentleness. Dear oil
Santa Claus; WHO Of the aged and in
firm does not love him as the great
friend of bis childhood?
Every time a little child laughs a
fairy is born" says 7eter Pan. "and
every time some one says h. doesn't
believe in fairies fairy dies. II
takes the fairies and the fakes to
make life bnarablc and relieve exist
euce Of duh. p7osaic sunoestinr
liberalism. Il takes them TO make
earth habilable 10 the young and to
make the old retain some If The
springiness Of youth
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
The Worst Climates.

Speaking of rank climates" said
a globe-trotter as he laid on fresh
log, II have experienced the three
worst,
"Of these three unspeakable ci-
mates ! give the palm to The Straits
Of Magellan There 1t rains. on an
average. $50 days In tho year The
wind blows hurricane from Jam
uary TO December The thermom-
eter never rises much above the
freezing point A year round OF
raw, bitter days Of rain and snow.
Next comes Sierra Leone. on The
African west coast That low-lEiag
marshy region has IN average tam-
perature of 81 degrees, and tine an
nual rainfall is $50 INCHES sao4-
nous, There are. teo The smokes
These are mists, smelling like oyster
mud, that rise cQnBnuallF from the
marshes, giving marsh fever 40 hfpA
out Of ten Of thefwh.fe MIN thsst
breath them A yeag FOUND OF hot
and sticky days, WIZ ylla-snelliag
clouds Of mist and viii ing ciodds
Of mosquitoes.
Last come the high table-lanas
Of Central Asia, where the lack of
moisture in the air makes the DAYS
Saharan and the nights Attic. Days
like red=hot furnace. nights like
January blizzard before tiiis
range OF Temperature no human cod
stitution can stand mp"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
One on the pompous Peer.

Tho late Lord Richie was not re-.
nowned as a wit, but a few years ago
he scored against pompous peer who
resented the inclusion Of a middle
class commoner in the cabinet They
met al an official dinner, given on
the eve Of the opening Of parliament,
and when they were introduced the
peer regarded Mr.. Richie supercili-
ously, and quite irreleyantly intro
duced the subject of the sugar trade,
in which Mr. Richie was commercial
ly interested.
Quite an interesting business,
said the peer, playing with his eye
glass.
Very interesting" the minister as.
scented,
How much sugar goes to the
pound, Mr. Ritchie?' inquired the
peer, with a slow, insolent smile
"A pound Of sugar and a pound Of
oakum weigh exactly the same, my
lord" replied Mr. Richie.
The peer turned away with an
angry flush One Of his relatives had
recently been convicted of fraud.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
JUNE 20 IN HISTORY.

1i9l-k King Henry VIII Of England
bora at Greenwich.
de Cholsel, minister OF
Louis XIV Of France. born. Died
May s, 1875.
ISL Nine. Thible, first female aero
naut, made ascent in Parts.
! 1885 Lyman j Gage, American
banker ana financier, born.
1865 William L. Courtleigh, Ameri-
can actor, born.
1890 Major Panitza executed at
Sofia. Bulgaria, for conspiring
against the government.
ts92-Twelfth Parliament Of Queen
Victoria dissolved.
SOS Semi centennial of Wisconsin
as state celebrated at Mil
Yankee,
904 Steamer Norge lost off the
Scottish coast ana GAG persons
persisted
905 John ID Rockefeller gave ST.
100000 to the endowment fund
Of Yale University
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
wATTERsoN AND BRYAN

Mr.. Bryan is good enough senten
) tiously to observe in this weeks Com
mGner.
Henry Watterson says his candi
date wears mustache, Hist, Have
you noticed Marse iicnry's facts
aadornmeug n
Billy llpys dear, Your Marse Henry
~ not III the running. He has d mn.s
tache but, alas II Is gray So was
his coat though thar was a long. very
long time ago and, meanwhile, be
fails 10 fill any Of the requirements
svas not regulation Democrat ii
1896; still glories In his shame: lives
ON the South, not on The North. side
of the Ohio. etc. etc. etc, But all tho
same, dear Billy boy, he nurses a
sneaking kindness towards yos. as the
saying hath it, and admires your part
of speech immensely. and. if he ever
wrote cross word about you, he
takes II back and apologies. In case
you insist on making the race next
year he viii go with you even If you
go to that very hot place with the
very short name, But why should
either of us take any risks. dear
Billy boy. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
Change in incorporation Made
Necessary by Courts De-
ciSiOn
Company Now Has Right to Engage in Passenger
Business OnIy--0HiciaIs of Mckinley Sys-
tenn and Stockholders to Meet and Ask
Changes In Franchise

The future Of the Southern Illinois
lInterurban Company. which is 10 be
financed and built by the Mckinley
lInterurban system will be decided "a
a meeting 10 be held this morning
TAT the city council chamber, which
Twill be attended by the stockholders
in the Southern Illinois Company. all
dermen. the mayor, officials OF the
Mckinley system and interested citi-
zens-
Ii is probable that at this meeting
steps toward the reorganization of
the company will be taken and hat
the plan TO build and operate an cleo
trie line from Cairo to Mound City
ana Mounds viii be put on definite
basis and arrangements to finance
and build the line at once, will be
made,
The Reorganization Of the Southern
Illinois Company Is made necessary
hy the supreme court decision, rem
dered only a few days ago, which
makes the Incorporation Of the com
pany valueless as an enterprise be-
cause the decision holds that all com
nanies Incorporated under what Is
known as the street car act have the
right to carry only passengers and not
to do commercial business AS the
hackers OF the road intended engaging
IN general business. il. has therefore
become necessary to re-incorporate
lnder what is known as general cleo
.ric railway act, which Will give the.l
right TO earry freight as
veil as passengers.
Tonight a special meeting Of theI
lily council will be held to take ac-
ion upon some changes and amend
nents III the franchise recently
granted, made necessary by the court
iecision.
If the reorganization takes place II
viii be necessary for all the fran
,hises from Cairo, Mound City and
Mounds as well as those granted by
he counties of Pulaski AMI Alexander
b be re-granted This, however. It Is
will be- only a matter OF
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
j. P. WILLING TO
LEND TO ALTON
FORMER ROAD STILL HOLES MA
JoRlTY OF STOCK AND WITH
THE ROCK ISLAND WILL AD-
VANCE MILLIONS ON NOTES.

New York June e. Robert Ma.
fhtr. president of 'he Rock Island rail
way company. said today that the re-
Port thai the Rock Island and Union
Pacific had made a loan to the Alton
RAILROAD was not wholly correct He
said the report probably was based
On the fact that the Rock Island and
The Union Pacific bad agreed go take
notes 81 the AlOn. IL any were isuel
in The mex two years. Of an amouni
not exceeding 81 cfe 400. io Dr. uzcl
TO pay Tor new work and improve.
ments that could NOT properly be paid
out Of the earnings.
OF this amount Mafher said. Harri-
wan flr ibe iTuiUB Pacific. bad agreed
to take 8 ae9.e and the Rock
Island $500 CO. Explaining Wig the
Union Pacihc was Sin willing 70 lead
money 70 ths Alton though thf ssree-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28

LYMAN hudson Gage who was sec
Iretaiy Of the United States treasury
from 1887 to 1902 was born in Madi-
son county. New York. June %, 1896.
His schooling was received in the
academy at Rome. n Y. and after his
graduation from that institution he
began life as an office boy in bank
lat Oneida. Here he remained until
1855, when he decided that the west
offered a more promising field for his
energies. He went 70 Chicago and
his first employment in the western
metropolis was as a clesk in a plan
ing mill This he soon gave mp, how
ever To accept b position as book
keeper In 4 bank. realizing that the
business OF finance was his real voca-
ton. From the position Of an assist
ant ho0kkeeper he rose until he be-
came president Of the First National
Bank of Chicago. one of the greatest
financial institutions of the country.
MIR. Gage continued with the FIRST Ma
tional bank until invited TO accept the
secret arysbip OF the United States
In 1902 he resigned his
portfolio in the cabinet to accept the
presidency Of the United States Trust
Company Mr.. Gage has taken an ac-
tive interest In many public welfare
and was three times presi
dem OF the American Bankers Assoc
citation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28

The latest fish story concerns the
herring and sea gulls. and it comes
from Nanaimo 4 boatload Of her
ring. containing about Is tons. was
LEFT at Johustons wharf, Nanaimo.
during the noon honr. while the fish
ermcn went 10 dinner.
During their abscuca several thou
sand sea gulls, the chroaicler saws
10000. ate all the fish on one side Of
the boat with such good results that
they empded it, and when The last her
ring had been removed from that side
It was ike to the last straw that
broke the camers back, for the boat.
with all the weight on the other side.
upset. splitting ali the remaining FISH
into the water.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28

mere form as the franchises as the,
now stand are said to answer prac
tically every purpose of the officials
of the Mckinley system.
The right-of-way which has been al
most entirely secured by the South
orn Illinois Company@Mill have to b.
turned over to the new concern, but
! no difficulty is anticipated on this
score.
Perhaps the most important mat
| Ter connected with the meeting is the
hope of the Mckinley officials to de
teImine whether or not Cairo people
as well as those of Mound City and
Mounds and intermediate country.
really want an interurban line and
stand ready 10 lend their moral sup
port to the plan.
lis up to the people. said local
Officer in the Southern Illinois Com
paHy last night THE Mckinley PEG
pie stand ready and anxious to
finance and build the interurban line
but will NOT OF course attempt II I'M
less the people VINO viii be benefited
realize Its Importance ana show that
they really are ready 10 40 their share
toward advancing the cause.
e'rhe idea Of reincorporation is
only 10 widen The scope and the gen
eral us efainess OF the project and to
AFFORD better. service to the residents
of tits end Of the state. There is no
doubt that the Mckinley people mean
busihess and That if they meet with
encouragement from local people thaI
the project viii be rushed with an
possible haste and that it will be pos
sible for Cairoites to go TO Mound City
or Mounds ON electric cars before
next Christmas The Mckinley peo-
bic have every facility for doing the
work quickly and WE'LL
Tile coming Of the Mckinley sys
ten to Cairo would mean d big thing
for this city. 1t means that this
great interurban corporation viii
make Cato its southern Illinois head
CHARTERS. the same as it has done for
DauyIlle on the east and Springfield
ii the center
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
DEATH OF TOM LOGAN
Brother of the Famous General Of the
Civil War Passes Away at
Murphysboro. q.

The death of Thomas NJ. Logan oc
cured in Murphysboro "Wednesday
evening, He was brother # Gen
John A. logan. bu lived la Murphys
boro nearly an his life doing much to
build up the city and owning consid-
cradle property He was over 80
years old and had long been In fee
bic health. Funeral arrangements vii.
await the decision of Mrs. John A.
Logan.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28

streets. and for the 7.foot strip TO De
occupied BY It's single track from
Second TO Sixth streets.
The work Of laying these tracks VIII
begin In a very little while and viii
proceed regardless OF the general paw
ing of the street by the city
The rails have been on hand for
some weeks 100 tons of them at Si070
per ton. W.. r. Halliday says they
could have been BOUGHT At about ha'f
chat not SO very long ago
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28

BELT LINE cars due to leave Second st. &c
ing north on Commercial Ave, every IL min
ptes from q, N. 10 q. m
Going pEtb or Walnut st every is minntes
from Cos N 10 le;5 usm
POPLAR ST. LINE-Holhrook Ave, car due
~ leave sPcoSr 1T geing nerth on Holrroos
Ave. at 5.5f: s n; 6:42; 6:5T; 7:i2 q. m. and or
same ties every hour until i0:42 and i1:lf
y. m.
Going west on Twenty Eighth -. 81 5:Ae'
6:fs; 6:24: 6:43; and 7.O4 a. q aud on same min
ute S every hour un II 1924 ard ii:n4 p. NJ.
Poplar ST. cars due 20 pass st Asry's parR
! minutes after leaving Secend vt.
BELT LINE OWL @ RS north ON Walnut
II 80 p. m. 1874 a, M; 80 q. M; also q. m;
3; 20 a. M; a 80 a. m; 80 a. m.
North On ommercial-l2 90 p. Nj ! :00s
m 2 800 m. 3 90 q. m. 100 a m. a, m,
Belt and Owl cars are due to pass West
Thirty fourth - is minutes after leavinp
Second 81
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
LISBON SITUATION IMPROVED.

Lisbon, June Political situation
is much improved. Opposition to the
ministry is dying out. politicians APP
parently realizing this would only lead
10 disturbances, discrediting them and
strengthening the ministry.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-28
May Circulation.

Of. SIIU
The above is a correct statement
of the number of copies printed of
the Cairo Bulletin for the year 1906
and for the month Of May, 1907.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Bird day OF June. 1907
LEO J. KLEB,
(Seal) Notary Public.