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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15

To make the cherries In jelly, drain
the syrup from a can of red cherries.
heat and pour over two tablespoons
fuls of gelatine that has been dissolv-
ed In little cold water, allowing 4
pint and half OF liquid to two table
spoonfuls gelatine. Strain the mix
ture into ring mould and set aside
to harden. Do this the day before
you wish to serve 1t. When ready to
put on table, turn out on low glass
dish. I'LL the center with cherries
from which the pits have been re-
moved. sweeten slightly II necessary
and cover lightly with mounds OF
whipped cream. If preferred, you
may use some OF the quickly prepared
jellies now in the market, selecting
the cherry favor. Follow directions
on the package, but as the jelly be-
gins to set" drop In Maraschino or
preserved cherries. Serve with whip
ped cream.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15

oellcless halsIn 0ssstrt SA4 1ub1
" tuts Tor cvanbsrry sases.


Glazed raisins are Russian aVa9
which makes q delicious deS9i
Take two large or three sm&ll4f m
feet branches Of malaga faisinS; IN
hot water on them to soften them f6y
ten minutes, wipe and lay aside P9oT
Tour on five sharp, sweet best appIe6s
cut them into six or eight sections &9g
cording to size, and lay them IN y
neat fashion close together In AiN|hts
ly baking dish, about one and on1
nall inches high. With the raiaiu6
add quarter OF cup of cold wateis
Over this sprinkle handful of brown
sugar but no spices and no butf4fl
Put in q brisk oven for 20 minutes
and then cover with apple Juice M
brown sugar and water.
Instead of cranberry sauce Or jeiIys
cranberry sherbet Is recommended Ia
serve with turkey. A pint of water
and pound Of sugar to each pint of
Juice should be frozen In the usual
manner: when partly done. stir Iii tle
whipped white OF one egg for each
pint Of Juice: finish freezing. then
add cupful OF chopped crystallixed
fruit softened by previous soaking:
repack the freezer, and let stand f0r
an hour to harden.
Try baking cranberries instead ok
boiling them. To q quart OF berries
add two cupfuls Of sugar. Do not nsd
any water, and bake In q quick oven
until thoroughly soft.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
CHARLESTON, MO.
March 13th. 1907.

At the special election on Tuesday
held for the purpose OF voting on the
proposition Of whether the city should
issue bonds to defray the expenses to
be incurred by constructing a sewer
age system in this city. the PROPOSE
ton carried almost unanimously. The
thr5e wards Of the city voted separ-
lately and in the three. only ten votes
we're recorded against the bond issue
The popularity of the measure. as at.
tested by this fiatiering vote. surpris-
ed even it, stsnchest supporters as
much opposition had been openly talk
ed Of and elaborate PR parations had
been made by the Commercial club TO
ensure the passage Of the proposition
The first move made by the CONNER
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
VIENNA.
y . - 80
March 10. 1907.

John Scroggins. and wife of Bel
KNAPP visited friends in Vienna las
week
Mrs. J. c. B, Heaton of New Burn
sides visited friends and shopped In
cur CITY on last Friday.
Mr.. Sam Lang. of ST. Louis. brother
# Mrs j. Spieldoch, has returned to
Vienna and will once more become a
,itlzen. Some six years ago he was
a member of the firm of ]. Spieldoch
( Co., which firm he will again enter.
| His many friends welcome him home.
Mrs. Margaret Weldon, of Cairo, Is
guest of Mrs. Ed F. Morton. While
| lere she will instruct the Rebekah
odge in some special work being
vice president of the Illinois Rebekah
assembly.
Mr.. Harry Jackson has returned
from Washington. d. c., where he
was employed during the meeting of
congress.
Mrs. F. R. Woelfe was in Cairo
shopping Tuesday
ner Monday the following guests in
honor of Mrs. Hattie Perkins birth.
day anniversary: Mrs. Hattie Per-
kins, Mrs. Bell Galaspie. Mr.. and
Mrs. VIII Gillian, Misses Lois and
Marion and Mr.. Frank Gillian.
Miss Bertha Felts OF New Burn.
sides is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Harry Price.
Lem Waugh of Parker City. was in
town on business the last of the
week
Tom Gore. of the Anna hospital.
made a business trip to Vienna Tues.
day.
DR.. w. r. Mizell. of Burnsides and
Mat p. Reid. of the same place. were
calling on friends last Thursday.
Mrs. John Porter and Mrs. VIM.
Smith of Lincoln Green, visited Mr.. |
and Mrs. |. n. Turley Saturday and
Sunday.
James p. Price left Tuesday morn
ing for Oklahoma 10 make his future
home. having sold his property here.
He expects to locate near Gray.
Beaver county. on land he secured
from the government.
Chas. NJ. Pickens left Wednesday
evening for ST. Louis 10 buy new
spring goods for ]. II. Carter and
company. His little daughter Helen.
him.
J. E. Cunningham spent the greater
,art Of las week in East st. Louis
ransacting business. II
Miss Madge Perkins Is visiting :
elatiyes In MOrehoase. Mo. 1,
Chas. f. Deans. Of the railway mail !
ervice visited his many friends in
Jenna last Monday
Mrs. Harriet E. Goddard died at !
ef home in Bloomfield last Saturday
morning and was buried in the Oliver
emetery at Vienna Sunday after.
oOn- She was at one time a popular
sacber of johnson county.
Mrs. ThrOgmorton. wife of the ID
OuBty clerk is visiting her father &
nd family at Tunnel Hill. r
County Surveyor W. S. Watson. Of 4
oreville. was in Vienna Friday on a L
usiness mission. =
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
THE CIVIL SERVICE
Examinations Ordered to be Held in
Cairo to Secure EligibIes for
Various Positions.

April l0--To fill a vacancy in the
position Of Hindao interpreter, Immi-
grafton service, San Francisco Cal.
al 5000 per annum. and similar va
cancies as they may occur in that
service anywhere In the United
States.
April 10--To fill a vacancy in the
position Of magazine attendant, at 81
per diem at the Naval Proving
Ground, Indian Head. Md, and SINH
lar vacancies as they may occur.
AS an insufficient number of eli
gibles to meet the needs of the SER
vice resulted from the examination
held for this position on January A..
1907, qualified persons are urged to
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15

|cial club In behalf OF the bond issue
was in the form OF a mass meeting Of
citizens at the court house, last Friday
evening at which time speeches were
made by j. j. Russell, j. A. Boone, W.
G. Russell, Il. J. Deal ID. l.. Dick. j. L.
Byrd and others, in support OF the i'm.
provement and the meeting elected j.
l.. Byrd as chairman of q steering
committee" to get the issue clearly
before the citizens, and to work for
the passage OF the measure. Vehicles
OF various sorts were used all day
during the election and their sides
bore various SORTS OF banners emblaz-
oned with signs urging support of the
bonds. The activity of the drain.
age people Disconnected the oppo.
nents OF the measure and no fight was
openly made against the proposition,
and the result was as above stated.
A portion OF the money thus raised
will be paid as Charleston's contribu-
ton toward the expenditures neces,
sary for the drainage canal to be con
'structed from 4 point just south of
this city, and to run TO the Mississippi
RivsI. The balance of the fund will
be used in constructing sewers and
drains In the city, in order that no
such recurrence of the nundation
from excessive railfall. as happened
in the past few months, can again
threaten this city.
The local hunters have been having
good sport with the wild ducks which |
continue to feed In the fields about |
town. Owing TO excessive rainfals |
the fowls have not had to stay on the |
lakes to feed.
The railroad company is miving It's |
scales from a point on their line near
the Air Line Road to the upper end |
Of the yards north of the station. This |
viii be great convenience to the PEG.
pie OF the If ggietown," who have,
for years, been greatly Inconvenience
by the actions fthe railroad in
blocking" the crossings and keeping
them in this condition for long spaces
Of time, and this, too. at the noon hour
when working people have just
short time in which to get their meals
and return to work.
The Republicans of this city are agi
ating the question of nominating can
ildates for city offices, and have is.
'ued cali to that effect. When one
considers the fact that the local Demo.
ratio ticket will appeal for its sup
bort to party that has a majority
II about two hundred, and that there
S no discord in the party. the chance
which he proposed ticket will have
$ about as remote as could well be.
Fhe local Republican paper is push.
ng the thing. however and will get
mt a ticket because ii will mean
title money for the editor OF that
beet. And by the way, it seems that
money is the autuating motive for
most things, these days.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
Yesterday,s River Eorecasts.

The Ohio at Evansville and MI.
Vernon. will continue rising rapidly
during the next several days. pass.
ing the food stage at Evansville to
night or Friday morning, and at Mt.
Vernon Friday night. AT Padncah
and Cairo. will continue rising dur
ing the next several days at an In.
creasing rate.
The Tennessee. from Florence TO
the mouth. will rise during the next
36 to As hours, with food stage in.
Dictated for Jacksonville on present
rise.
The Mississippi, from below st.
Louis to Cairo, will continue rising
during the next SO hours.
The Wabash. at Mt Carmel and
Vincennes, will continue rising dur
ing the next sc TO 4S hours. probably
reaching a stage of 20 feet or more
at Mt Carmel.
CHARLES f. LINNEY.
Section Director.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
BRIGHT Tinware.

II new tinware be rubbed over with
fresh lard and thoroughly heated in
the oven before 1t is used. il win never
rust afterwards, no matter how much
II is put In water. For stained tin
ware borax produces the best results.
II teapot or coffee pot is diseolored
on the inside. boil 1t IN strong solu-
ton Of borax for short time. and all
it's brightness will return.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
To lake Out Tea Stains.

II tablecloth has been stained by
tea or coffee 1t should be removed as
soon as possible aud the stained por-
ton placed TO soak In lukewarm
water. 1t should then be wrung out.
and the cloth laid fat ON a deal table
or other unpublished surface. the stains
being gone over with piece OF sponge
dipped in glycerine. If finally washed
in cold. soapy lather. the damped
part may be dried and the cloth used
once more before sending II to the
laundry, the want of gloss in the
washed portion being hardly notice
able.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
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MOUND CITY, ILL.
March IL, 1907.

Harry Handley is having the from
room Of his residence fitted up as al
Office
Some of the finest lumber ever
handled around Mound City is thai
big lot of cypress being loaded or
cars this side of the Metal Bound
Packag2 company by Archie McCrack
| en-. who is associated with a Cincip
natl lumber concern, and who is TAX
ing up this lumber for that company.
There are many timbers in the lot
16 feet long, inches thick, and from
2 to 3 feet wida that are perfectly
sound without knots or wind shake
i and they could well bring from So to
S4 plank fob. Mound City. TO es-
innate car load is nothing short of
madness.
The Illinois Central railroad will
run an excursion train from Mound
City TO 81. Louis Thursday. March 81,
tickets good returning up to and in.
Gliding March %, for So for the round
"trip.
The appetite Of the Amer lean people
for newspaper publicity. in the Thaw
case especially, is at this writing con.
'siderably appeased. A great majority
II is stated even overlooked a prob
able war with Japan in keeping pace
with jerome, Evelyn and the defend
ant. What are rumors of war. TO this
country in comparison TO trial in the
criminal court? Bah, Japan should
have waited until the jury had turned
in verdict, before trying TO get be-
meath the eyes of the American PEG.
pie.
All physicians, trained nurses and
all domestic help at the Anna hospital
have received an increase in wages
Some new offices have been created
also.
Perks e. Higgins this week are un-
packing four new and serviceable rub
ber-tired runabouts.
The foundation work on Loren
new brick building com
menced today
The First National Bank Is this |
week installing burglar alarms over
he building.
In the way of attractions at the |
pefa house are the Alexis Recital |
company on Saturday night. 16 inst.
md the THE Slave Girl" Monday |
hight, 18th inst. Both are choice at
fractions and demand good audi
,nee.
The gunboat Wasp "stung" a large
'rowd of spectators along the river
oday when she failed to show up as
exported.
Judge Wall spent today in Mounds
n business of importance.
TIL infant daughter of Red Powers
led This afternoon. after lingering
Illness from complication of typhoid
ever, bronchitis and brain fever. We
xtend our sympathy TO this beIeaved
amily in this. their time of sorrow.
seems as If death does seek shin.
~ mark. and the parents are assured
hat heaven has added another soul
the lists in the death of this child.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
FORCES POISON ON CHILD.

Hammond. Ind. March l4.-Mrs
Henry Pitzle gave her four-year-old
daughter Title cafbolic acid. mis-.
taking it for cough syrup. The child
rebelled at the taste. but the mo- her
Insisted on her taking IT. only to find
that she had poisoned the girl. who
will die.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
Msnalna srek.n car..,.

The incest way to mend a broken
corset stay. OF stay in corset that
has pierced through the casing at the
top or bottom OF the corset. is to bind
the top of the stay. or where II NAV
be broken. with a small piece OF
chamois skin
In fitting coat and jacket Ct NJ
ward from the waist lice. as IN atsins
4 bodice
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
PUBLIC BEARS BURDENS
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pay dividends on watered stock and
bonds, the public we're entitled to
have all the money realized from the
sale OF stocks and bonds invested II.
| the properties Thereby the facilities
lof ne transportation companies
should nave been improved. The pub
| lie wag furthermore entitled to d re-
duction in transportation charges as
the volume of business increased and
the cost of service lessened.
That there Is friend Of thought
mo- and more favorable 10 govern.
ncnt ownership of transportation
&C ,0po hes, | do not doubt While
there are advantages as well as dis
advantages TO be derived from govern
mcnt ownership of all the railroads, II
is fardly more than academic ques.
tior al present. Anything approximat-
ing Wholesale government ownership
would be impossible for many years
% co.ne. and he remedy Immediately
before us must necessarily b. 10 per.
feet the lagal authority in properly
constituted agents TO regulate and
control, and then to enforce through
tde.e agents abe rights of the pub.
lie
THE rate making power has been
given TO the National Railroad Com
mission. We should not be afraid to
place rpon that commission men suf.
ficirit; in number to handle these
.quesiiuns. Ineir pay should be ample
and seat upon the National Railroad
Commission shod be regarded as one
fully as exalt d as a seat upon the
supreme court bench OF the United
states.
Additional powers should be given
to the commissioners. bonds and
stock issues upon Interstate railroads
should be submitted for their approval
and none should be permitted unless
them ony derived from their sale Is
TO be spent upon tn properties made
liable for them
Wants Full Power For Commission, /
Transportation companies should
not be permitted 10 load down their
with stocks and bonds for
speculative purpo es The Railroad |
Commission should have the fullest |
lower TO compel proper facilities to |
be furnished Any effort by railroad |
TO retaliate with a reduc. |
ion of service, or by cutting pay of |
employees, should be met by seyehe |
PERSONAL punishment to the guilty of.
icers. State Commissions should be |
empowered with full authority in mat. /
ers OF Interstate transportation. Pub. |
ic sentiment should sustain state and
lational commissions in the most Wig.
'rous enforcement ofthe duties Goa.
ided 10 them
one OF the dlscouraging features
II the situation Is the careless exer
Use OF the power of injunction by fed.
raj and state judges. II this can.
lot be limited by legislation, II Is TO
e hoped that these officials will in
uture, al least. fully hear the facts
I case before they interfere with
coordinate branches of government
Limited railroad ownership. nation.
] state and municipal may be neces.
airy TO supplement national and state
ontrol.
The people are daily gathering in.
1rmation upon transportation cues.
ons. They realize. as never before
he unjust burdens which have been
laced upon them. The future is full
hops"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
TRUST BILL is STIfLED
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DNetap pronoaed that q M No. -

Duptaa proposed that 10 per cent
variancss in price in. different sec.
lions of The sfsse be aifowed and Put.
nam favored MAILING The minimum
price made by any>wholesaler in any
part of the state the required uniform
quotation.
The committee was becoming 50
tangled that motion 10 postpone for
a week and refer to subcommittee
Tor amendment was adopted. and Ia
the meanwhile Rockefelleds l.euten.
ants viii be expecting to enter into
negotiations with the senaIe com
bine's fiscal agent.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
The Man With Dandruff

can now be cured. He should buy
bottle ofZEM0 to-day ZEM0 destroys
the germ that causes the disease. Its
usestOps itching instantly, prevents fall
ing hair and leaves the scalp in a clean
healthy condition. AL Druggists
PAUL c. scHUH q SONS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
FINE SUNDAY SALOONS s2roo.

Sterling. H.. March 14-Twenty
saloonkeepers in Carroll county
pleaded guilty to violating the dram
shop ordinances on Sunday and the
total fines were sz,10o
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
The Hiohest Dam,

The highest dam In the world is
now building across the Shoshone
river in Wyoming. From base to
crest it will measure $40 feet. Great
ing a reservoir of 5000 acres area
that will irrlgate 100000 acres of
land. The Salt river dam in Arizona
is 270 feet high, creating lake
twenty-five miles long to irrigate 300.
900 acres of now arid desert To
build it sixty miles Of wagon road
had first to be constructed, much OF
t through the widest and most pre-.
cpltous canyons
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15

The Bulletin Is the only paper WITH
In a radius Of $50 miles vita ne ser
vice Of TIE Associated Press
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15
The Wasp in Port.

Besides the coming and going OF
the Dick Fowler from and to Padu-
cab there was nothing doing at the
wharf till the United States war ship
Wasp came into port at s p. m. from
New Orleans, and anchored opposite
Fourth street, She will be here till
Monday when she will 90 back south.
Pilot Joe Gibbons brought her up and
will take her back.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-15

The Ferd Herold was delayed at
Memphis discharging her big cargo
OF corn and did not leave that port
for Cairo till yesterday at noon. She
will be here Saturday.
The Pacific No. 9 Is due here today
with several barges of lumber. She
passed Memphis Tuesday.
A new wharfhaa. Ia haine s t>.iit fos
Evansville, at the Howard yards.
Courier Journal. The lighthouse
steamer Goldenrod will start on her
inspection trips from Cincinnati down
stream hereafter instead OF going to
Pittsburg as heretofore.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-10
Phosbus Town Council Cap|tu|a|sd
Last Night and ths Bluscua|s
Will Draw Extra SIS Per Month
THE RATCHET ALREADY BURIED
In Order to Overcome Charter Pro-
vision the Hours for the Officers to
Work Were Reduced to Eleven
Hours, But Then They VIII Work
Twelve and Draw Extra Pay.

The PhOeDus town council and the
six mmbers of the police force buried
the Ratchet last night and the police.
men Will continue to serve the town
and incidentally will draw tho SIS per
month commended for when the con-
troversy started.
The police controversy has been the
real talk of Phoebus since last Fri
day morning when the officers ten
dered their designations to MAYOR
Louis p. Furness., The officers reach
ed the decision because the council
had decided to cut down their salary
Sc per month
Last night, after secret session.
the council met in open meeting aud
had heart to heart talk with tho
officers. The charter OF the town
prevents the council from paying tho
officers more than $50 per month, but
this was easily overcome,
1t was agreed TINT tho officers shall
have eleven hours as n working day
instead of twelve They are. how.
ever, to work twelve hours each day
and for the extra hour they are to
receive S51n cents extra per month.
This plan met with the approval Of
tho police officers.
The officers explained that they
didn't mean anything to the detriment
OF the council when they resigned,
but that they needed the money to
live on during these expensive days.
The council really never intended to
deprive the officers of the 81 per
month, but just how they could over.
cpme the provisions of the charter
was the nut they Ind TO crack hc.ors
the money could BIO paid to the po
licemen.
The extra honr scheme was mn ex
cellent one and the person who de
vised that plan, Is responsible for TIL,
police force being in Phoebus thi,
morning
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-10
BANKS SURRENDERs
HIMSELF TO SHERIFF
Negro Murderer Went 10 Jail and
Gave Himself Up Shortly After
8 O'Clock Last Night.
Says He SHOT IN sElF-1EFtHsE
Claims That He Never Intended to
Shoot Jake Smith or George Walk,
er, But Was Firing at Samuel Rob-
Inson-says He Has Been AS Far
AS williamsburg Since Shooting.

william Banks, who shot and killed
Two men and wounded another in
Thomas Kennedys saloon on Monday
night of last week, walked into the
Hampton jail office shortly after 9
O'Clock last night and surrendered
himself to Deputy Sheriff c. G. Cur
It's
The unannounced visit from the al
legged murdered came as a surprise
to the officer. who had returned dur
ing the afternoon from York county
where he spent Monday night search
ing for Banks.
with his feet sore from walking
his clothing drenched with water and
rs hungry as n grey wolf, Banks pre-
scented pitiable looking sight when
he came into the jail office.
When Banks opened the door
without going through the formality
or knocking. Mr.. Robert Curtis, 4
brother of the deputy sheriff, was sit.
ting III the front reception room. Mr.
Curtls was taken by surprise to sec
me murder standing before him, but
ne was joined in few seconds by
Deputy Sheriff Curtis. who placed
Banks under arrest on the charge OF
murder.
Banks told the deputy sheriff that
he was glad to surrender himself. say
ing that he was tired out from walk
Ing. Banks said he had been in York
county during the past few days and
admitted that he had gotten as far
as Williamsburg. He said that he
walked all the way, with the excep
ton OF a short ride in buggy from
Sunset church in York county to
Yorktown. Banks looked the picture
OF man that had been wandering
around for week. He asked fol
something to eat, telling Deputy
Sheriff Curtis that he had not eaten
anything on yesterday. The deputy
sheriff ordered n supper for the muir
derer.
Banks was locked UP and will prob
ably be given preliminary hearing
To-Day or tomorrow He may wave
4 magistrates trial.
Mr.. Collier Retained.
Mr.. Fay S. Collier, the well known
criminal lawyer, has been retained by
Banks family to defend the murderer
Wnen the trial comes up In the Cir
cunt Court. The grand jury meets In
.A'&S s'iiu ~ 10 lihely lUul BAUkS VIII
be tried during that term of tn,
| court.
Acted In SefDefense.
According to the story told the of
Ulcers by Banks last night he will
fight for his life on the plea of self
defense. Banks declared that he was
compelled to shoot Robinson. Robin
son, according to Banks, had revol
yer and was in the act of using Il
when Banks whipped out his gun ant
began firing. Banks said that he
never intended shooting Jake Smith
or George Walker. Smith was III:
close friend and the killing of Smith
was an accident. Banks also told the
officers that he had been WANDERING
around ever since he left Hampton
on last Tuesday morniAg.
1t has been Known that ever since
the night of the shooting that the
aged mother of Banks has desired her
son to give himself up to the officers.
She is :, good colored woman and nat.
ura", will do all she can to save her
sou from hanging.