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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21

| to form the yoke and with elbow
sleeves.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size-Cixteen years
is two and one-half yards twenty-one.
one and three-eighth yards thirty
two or forty-four with three yards of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21

smoke consumer has been recent
ly patented. The machine is an auto
matte device to further the combus-
ton Of coal and thereby prevent
smoke. 1t works automatically with
the opening and shutting of the firebox
door, and the scheme is to inject steam
and air into the firebox The saving
in the amount of coal consumed is
great. 1t is estimated that % percent
of the smoke is consumed.
Only a few years ago America i'm
ported more Portland cement than it
manufactured. Now the tables have
been turned, and this country has TAX
en- the front rank both in the produc-
tion of cement and in it's use in con-
struction. 1t has been estimated that
the quantity of Portland cement used
In this country in 1905 would be suffi-
cient to lay sidewalk 16 feet broad
all around the earth at the equator.
If compacted into single solid cube,
that cube would measure almost 1000
feet on each edge.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
A new process for preserving meat
and putting the ice man out of busi-
ness has been discovered in Paris.
life state department has received a
report from Consul-General Guenther
on the process discovered by Professor
Lapparent, in which he says: "The
meat is hung up in tight box, and
then few sulphur threads are
placed in 1t and ignited, after which
the box Is closed. The meat should not
contain any sawed bones as decom-
position proceeds from them. The box
es ought to be air-tight and be filed
for from "a to 4S hours with carbonic
acid
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-08-21

The Railway Commissioners Of New
South Wales are adopting a system
of electrically synchronized clocks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
FOOD MEN BUSY
AT CONVENTION
THIRD DAY AT JAMESTOWN
TAKEN UP WITH READING OF
MANY PAPERS PRESENTED
ny DELEGATES.

Norfslk, Va JUL 1s,--Amo1g the
paptrr presented at his the third GaY
OF the convention of rs ionnl "a
state fcol commissioners, in session
at the jamestown exposition. were
he following;
"Are lean Vines and the Pure
Food Law" Percy T Morgan. San
Tra' CT COZ" "Adulerlton IN Con.
fectioEesy," V. | Price ST Louis;
'Eestrct!cn ana prohibition of Artl-
icial Coles in Foods" Jay d Miller
Chi ago; TIE Peoples obhy ana It's
Pu!o Fool Work" Henry Beach Ne 4.
nam, Washington p g.; 'The Prepa.
ion OF Fruit and Vegetable Pre-
ucts WIZ and Without Preseryd-
tives" Sebastian Mueller Pittshurg;
Tho Preparation Of Tomato CatsuD
With aud Without Preseryatiyes,'
Charles f. l.ouden Terre Hautc, lad;
The Preparation ana Dist ibution Of
Fruit Syrups With ana Without p O.
servatives." G.. Richard on
Rochester, n. Y; Need for Uniform
Standards Among the States and Ee.
wecn the States and Federal Gov
eminent" A. +. Hit state dairy foo
md oil inspector Of idaho "Fillers WI
Canned Goods PROF. Charles d How
)rd, state chemist Of New Hamps h re
The SAM airy Side OF the Production.
Manufacture and distribution of Fool
Products" DR. J. T. Bryan state
lnalyst Of Illinois, Notes On the Ma
tional Suice Standard !" DR. William
Frear. chemist of the agricultural ex-
nerimeut staticUli State College. Pa;
Plain Labelling Robert Mcdowell
Allen, Kentucky Agricultural Expert
ment station Lexington. Ky:
"Beachod Flour" Prof Il f. I.a9d
chemist and food commissioner. Far
70. n D.; "A Review of Food Control
Work IN the West" f. W. Burke
state dairy and fcod commissioner of
Wyoming; "The Guaranty Clause
Prof. f w Nagruder, heif chemist
IT the department Of agriculture Of
Virginia. Like Substances Prot.
lanes II. Shepard, state analyst Of
Son h Dakota: local Slaughter
House Inspection, Or. Irving A. Wat.
sGn, secretary of the state board of
nealth of New Hampshire.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
INSTRUCTIONS or THE COURT.

Much comment has been made upon
the instructions Of the court in this
case which. as a matter of course
had, or should have had an important
bearing in bringing about the verdict.
Some OF the more striking Of the
instructions given by the court. both
for the prosecution and for the de
Tense are reproduced below. yerba-
tim. II will be observed that strong
language Is used on both sides, but
probably the instructions fer the de-
Tense, in which the limitations OF the
rights and powers Of a police officer
are sci fourth will be read with deep
est interest:
Part Of instructions For Prosecution.
13.-The court instructs the jury
that If you believe from the evidence,
beyond reasonable doubt, that the
defendant had no reason 10 believe
that the said p l. Doud intended to
take the life or to inflict on him any
great bodily harm or do anything
more than to arrest him and in doing
50 protect himself and that the de-
PENDANT STR ok the fatal blow In TO
yenge IT in a reckless spirit the de-
fcndsnt is not entitled 10 claim OK
.cmptiOn from punishment on the
ground that the killing was done in
his necessary or apparently necessary
self defense.
l6.-The jury are further instructed
that if you believe from the evidence
beyond a reasonable doubt that the
defendant Marvin Boren. brought on
the difficulty between the deceased,
Patrick J. Doud. and himself at the
time Of the killing and that the de-
PENDANT was the first assailan', he
can not avail himself of the right Of
self defense in order to shield himself
from The consequences Of the killing
Of Patrick J. Doud II such Is the
proof. however. imminent the danger
10 which he NAV have found himself
in the progress Of the ARRAY which he
80 brought On himself unless YOU
further believe thai the defendant in
god faith endeav0red 10 decline any
further struggle before the mortal
blow was str-ck.
25-And 10 this case If yon believe
from the evidence beyond all reason
able doubt that the said Patrick J.
5oud was such poliee1 an. and acting
aas set forth in the preceding instruc-
lions. and that the defendant a. the
time IN question was guilty Of disor-
derby conduct in the presence Of said
D0ud then g. became and was the duty
n the said Dcud 10 arrest the defend
ant. B0ren, on view without warrant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
SENSATIONAL SCENE.

About o'clock yesterday morning
the jury in the case # the People W.
Marvin Boren rendered a verdict Of
acquittaI at the court house. after be-
Ing in consultation over thf matter
since about 10 o'clock.
The verdict had been agreed upon
at the first ballot. the jurymen said
all agreeing that the accused was not
guilty Judge Butler was notified
about 7 O'Clock yesterday morning
that he jury had agreed and repair
ed to the court room. lie did not want
to make a scene. and did not have any
Of the attorneys notified nor any of
the defendants female relatives. The
defendant and his two bro hers were
summoned into court and confronted
by the jury. Boren was pale and ner-
VOWS TO a degree. but controlled him
self with evident effort. When the
verdict r. the jury was read he stood
silent for a moment bis face witch
ing and ifs palor growing almost
deaihly, then suddenly he cried ont
threw himself into a chair and his
head bent down over the table. ha
sobbed and moaned Historically for
tine. His brothers also cried All
we're evidently surprised az The yer
die They acted Ike men who wee.
overcome with a JOY for which they
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
GUESTS OF TOM TAGeART.

French Lick Springs, Ind. July 10.
The men who work with pen ana
rain the year round TO keep the
Democratic party to the front in In
Llama rounded up here today to take
part in The annual meeting of the
state Democratic Editorial assoca-
ION For three DAYS the visiting
litcrs, many OF whom are accom-
panied by their wives, will remain
aere as the guests Of Thomas Tag
cart, chairman Of the Democratic ma
.ional committee Tomorrow will be
devoted to the business OF the con
yention. in HIDING the reading of
papers by a number Of prominent
editors. One of the chief features of
the meeting will be the address by
Pen Louthian, of Logansport, on THE
Democratic Platform of 1908" which
win be delivered az the banquet to-
morrow eyning.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19

Judge Butler is one of the busiest
judges in he circuit and has not
planned to take vacation this sum
mer as has been the custom Of nearly
all the circuit judges. He will &C
Monday to Murphysboro to hold an
adjourned term of court to settle eie.
ven quo warTanto cases, one involving
the right of certain officers Of a union
telephone company to exercise tho
right OF office Nine OF The quo war.
ranto eases are 10 test the validity OF
issued to dramshop Keepers
in Carbonate Immediately after the
spring election Another case is 20
settle the legality of certain school
to exercise their office.
On Monday. July Goth, Judge Butler
viii go to Saline county TO hold court
for Judge Lewis. where he viii re-
main TWO weeks and on August 18Th
he will convene the August term OF
court for Johnson county at Vienna
for weeks session.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19

farmer NTH his anto and nis
te.a one. his rural free delivery
ana Ills books. magseines and news
papers. eHkes o Pleasing figure, In
startling contrast 10 tNe hey Ruba'
OF the com!r rarers ~ few, q very
few. years z. says Kew York Post.
But In the loAs days az the oncom'
ing stock season he would 80 we'll to
think OF what he has. CT irny as II
opens up vistas OF what he has not
but ought to have and can have.
lie gives entirely too much 70 the
consumer. He deals too exclusively
In raw products; he does not think
enough about his market-,-the MAJ
kct that shout be his-about tao
wants of It's olgs OF consumes.
about ways OF tenn ing them to part
with larger sums In exchang, for
wares he has taken the pains To
make attractive IA VIZ as useful.
The farmer Is no tr~er an iso'a
ted person. except as hn persists in
the old ways and isolat ! himself
He ought to get into closer touch
with his neighboring far ors. and
they ought TO plan to proldce flno
products In operation.
Pillow the brain as well as tie SOIL
and the good years become grea and
the bad years good.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19

/ that Official shah be appointed
In connection with Poplar street a
pc ition was presentedby owners OF
eighty lots between Twentieth and
Twenty-eghth streets, asking that in
stead of being paved with brick The
street be paved with gravel upon n
concrete foundation, None Ct the sign.
erswere present or was heard from
verbally in support Of the petition. But
there were number of citizens pres
ent who owned lots on Poplar nor h
'of Twenty-eighth street, where the lot
Owners do nor get the benefit Of part
payment by the street car line, and
these protested against gravel Among
them was A r. DeBaun, who said he
owned several lots on this street, and
owned several also ON Twenty,eighth
stree; where he had been handsomely
assessed for brick pavement He
said he had favored gravel a year or
so ago, but was glad now the city
council had refused TO give ii to him
and made him take brick. lie said he
wan ed brick for Popiar street also,
believing it TO be the best and cheap
est.
The board did no; give heed to the
petition for gravel and VOTED unani
mously to adhere to both resolutions
The Poplar stree Improvement will
consist of sewers and street films
only. the street being already filed
from lot line to lot Tine 1t IS esji
mated and collecting the assess ment
sG3 .29430
The board hen listened to the read
ing of the ordinances providing for
these improvements and which will
be submitted to the city council AZ its
next meeting
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
Deadly Trades.

Tobacco workers are prone to
deadly nervous diseases. | have new
er yet seen a tobacco worker who Ia
not nervous crank; who Is not of
his head" complained the owner OF
large Bowery cigar factory. Il don't
know why It 10, | used to be
worker myself. ard have never re-
covered from the effects of tho
trade Half the time my men are
away sick or dying. they are always
ill-tempered and Mighty. and a pub
lie agitation makes idiots of them |
don't know the reasons, as said /"
He was advised To consult a physi-
clan and find out
The foreman In stone-cutting
yard was better informed as To tbs
evils of his trade.
See those dust clouds all over
the yard he said. Consumption
there! And quick, at that Tech
nical World Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
w. F. SIMON SUCCESSFUL.

After great deal Of effort and cor.
respondence w r. Simon. the popu-
lar druggist, has succeeded In getting
the Dr. Howard Co 70 make a special
half price Introductory offer on the
regular fifty cent size Of their cele-
brated specific for the cure Of consti-
patton and dyspepsia.
Dr. Towards specific has been so
remarkably successful in curing con
sipation dyspepsia and all liver
troubles. that Mr.. Simon is willing to
return the price paid in every case
where it does not give relief
Headaches. coated tongue. dizzi-
ness. gas on stomach. srecks before
the eyes. constipation. and all forms
OF liver and stomach trouble are soon
cured by this scientific medicine.
So great is the demand for this
specific that Mr.. Simon has been able
to secure only a limited supply. AMI
every one who is troubled with dys-
pepsia. constipation or liver trouble
should cali upon him at once. or send
. cents and get sixty doses Of the
best medicine ever made on this spec
ial halfpriee offer. with his personal
guarantee 20 refund the money If It
does not cure.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
MARVIN BOREN NOT GUILTY
OF MURDER OF OFFICER DOUD
So Says Jury of Twelve Men on First Ballot
Sensational Scene in Court--Much
UnfavorabIe Comment

The sensation OF yesterday in Cairo
was the acquittal of Marvin Boren Of
the murder of Patrick ]. Doud, the po-
lice officer 1t was the subject of gen.
eral comment on the streets in the
public houses, in the business houses,
in the homes-everywhere. And tho
comment was almost uniformly unfa-
yorable In may cases it was bitterly
critical and in not few instances
violent denunciatlons we're heard. In
This wave OF discomfort which spread
over the city the sorrowful incident at
he accused mans home-the still
born babe--had little part. It was
referred to, yes. Expressions Of re
greet were heard and of sympathy for
the poor little woman and for the
other mourning rela ives But 1t did
not serve to temper the feeling to-
ward Marvin Boren. the father; for
him there were few kindly words
The has now two lives to answer for
was the verdict most generally heard.
And there was unpleasant comment
also upon the jury, upon the court,
upon the attorneys in the case-all
were made to bear some portion of the
weight of popular disapproval. in the
eager desire TO find a reason and
place the responsibility for what seems
very generally to be regarded as a
fragrant miscarriage of justice.
But here were not wanting those
also who felt that some check ought
10 be placed upon the police in their
readiness 10 use the club. although
it was generally agreed. Of course,
the warning should not have been n
bloody one and its instrument shonld
not have been Patrick Doud. tie gen
TEST man on the force.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
FREEDOM FOR
VIM. JANUARY
MODERN "JEAN VALJEAN" TO BE
GIVEN LIBERTY ON TERMS OF
PARDON GRANTED BY PREsI.
DENT ROOSEVELT.

Leavenworth, Kan, July 1S.-John
William Ja1uary. the modern Jean
Vatican" whose arrest and return to
prison last spring attracted attention
throughout the country, is to be given
rs freedom tomorrow in accordance
with the terms ( the pardon granted
10y President Roosevelt on the advice
OF Attorney General Bonapafte.
| was in 1895 that January was
convicted of robbing a building at
Saltwater, Okla, that contained a
rcstoffice, He was sentenced to five
years in the federal penitentiary at
r. Leavenworth, from which institu-
ton he escaped after serving three
years After working through Kansas
first as a quarryman and then as
travelling salesman. he went to Kan
sas City. changed his name to Charles
Il Andersca. and married. He en-
gagged In several kinds Of business.
finally becoming proprietor Of a les
taurant and was well respected.
On April p last he was rearrested
through information furnished by a
former convict who had known him in
prisoa. On the day Anderson was re-
turned to prison a movement was be-
gun by the Kansas City newspapers
10 se,u.e his pardon. Three days
later petitions bearing 10000 names
were forwarded to President Roose
welt. Within another two days a se--
ond batch of petitions was sent TO
Washington. bringing the total num-
her of signers to 10000. Many promi
reat persons were among those who
a pardon. Or the
strength Of these petitions and the
evidence furnished that Anderson had
led an honest and upright life after
his escape from prison Attorney Gen
eral Bonapafte recommended to the
president that the sentence be com
mute5 to three months from the date
ii the nearest and that he be par
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
Italy Guards Art Trcasnr i.

Italy DEGREES the keeping of i,s art
treasures within Its own boun aries
and sometimes with rather Odd re-
suits. farmer, finding his fin ices
low, yielded to the solicitations OF an
art dealer and sold him the reno ~
BILE masonry of two ancient windows
belonging to the fragment OF an an
Client abbey. now an clubhouse. In hin
grounds, The government commits
sioner, hearing of the transaction,
visited the farm and officially pro-
htbited the removal OF the windows.
The farmer was In DESPAIR; he had
received his 500 francs. and. like the
Irishman. had squandered his for
tune in paving his debts. The COM
missioner used comfortable words:
"You have sold the windows and he
has paid TO you money which you
have prudently spent Be content"
But the buyer was not equally con-
tented He sought out the commits
sioler, who blandly congratulated
him on having become the owner OF
the windows, which however, he
could not remove Shylock's pound
OF flesh mildly rNpeats itself In ton
of masonry London Chronicle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
MAY APPEAL CASE
TOC|RCU|T COURT
CHARLES POWERS FINED $500 IN
JUDGE RoRiNsoN's COURT
FOR CONDUCTING GAMB-
LING HOUSE.

Charles Powers who was charged
with running gambling game asked
for trial by jury yesterday In Judge
Ruhinggn's court and the jury found
him guilty. He was fined $500, 1t is
understood that he will appeal the
case to the circuit court. Powers
claims that the negroes who were
shooting craps In his saloon were
playing an independent game. The
negroes pleaded guilty to gambling
and were fined.
Samuel Howard who confessed that
he set FIRE to the house of Mrs. Brice
near the Cross levee last Sunday
evening and later made an assault on
T. Russell at saloon at Fortieth and
Sycamore street was bound over to
the grand jury.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
TWO STREET IMPROVEMENTS
GIVEN PUBLIC APPROVAL
Poplar and Sycamore Street to be Filled, Severed
and Paved With Brick at Cost Of
$105,942-44

A meeting of the Board of LEGAL I'M
provements was held last nlsht al
the council chamber. To hear objec,
ton, if any to the proposed improve,
ment of Poplar street and Sycamore
street There were present His Hon,
or Mayor Parsons. and Alderman
Scullin, Snyder, Koehler Bourgeois
Nellis and Thomas Attorneys Lans
den and Leek were there, Comptroller
Nordman. and City Engineer Thistle
wood. There We're also large num-
Der OF citizens present more than had
appeared at any of the recent public
hearings, and there were some strong
expressions of opinion all favorable
to improvements.
Sycamore street Is to he improved
by filing. sewering and paving, at an
estimated cost. including cost of max
ing and collecting the assessment OF
S42G4S14, the Improvement TO extend
from Washington avenue TO the north
line of Thirty-fourth street.
A petition was presented by citi-
zens on said street stating that they
had paid for filing the street in front
of their premises from lot line 70 lot
line as provided for in the resolution
under consideration and asked that, il
assessing the benefits of the proposed
work this fact be aiken into consid-
Grafton. NJ Easterday Zion Bishop
and Jacob Kline We're present and
gave voice 70 this petition They were
that this was matter to be
considered by the commission who ap
portioned the benefits and who could
doubtless be depended upon 70 do so;
ana the hoard voted that this petition
be referred to the commissioner when
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19

The Pope has adopted the tcle-
phone habit The Vatican Is now
as deliberately wired as any great
financial institution or hotel In the
United States house, local and
1ong-distance telephone in every
room The long-distance telephone
most often used by the Pope is the
wire connection with Venice, his old
place of residence and useful activ-
ity From Venice comes stories OF
all sorts of people who are occasion
ally called up by the Pope for mo-
ment's chat for some personal In
struction.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
THE WEATHER
Yesterdays Cairo Temperatures.
General Conditions.

Yesterday was the hottest day OF
the season in Cairo by of a degree
and ii was one OF series OF hot days
which was beginning TO produce more
8c less suffering in the community.
Tne break in the heated spell came
about $50 O'Clock with a rain cloud
from the northwest, driven by a gale
which reached SO miles per hour and
which reduced the temperature quick
Ii TO comfortable degree The
amount Of rainfall as recorded at the
weather bureau in one hour was 81
OF an insh
The government bulletin reported
measurable rainfall from IS points
yesterday the heaviest being los
inches from Parkersburg. and 1O2
from osceola. ia from Evansville.
The extremes of temperature We're
1o4 at Phocsix, Ariz., and "a at sew
eral northwestern points.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19

Among the receipts in the French
colonial budget there flgures sum
of four laos OF sicca rupees, equiva-
lent at the present time TO about
s143.135. paid by the British Indian
government This money is paid an
nually in virtue of a treaty made in
1915, by which France conceded to-
England the exclusive right TO buy
the salt manufactured In what re-
mained of the French possessions In
India.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19

had not dared to hope and their ex-
pressions of happiness were spon-
taneous and genuine. Borcn and his
brothers recovered in few moments.
and they shook hands with the jury
and left the court house in their com
pany.
Boren had barely passed through
this ordeal when another awaited him.
His wife had given birth to a still
born babe at $50 in the morning and
he had not been notified OF this sad
event in his life. He learned of this
when he reached home.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
Rlshnna, EamilIea

The Bishop Of Ripon has eleven
children and the late Bishop of Exc
ter (the father of the new Vicar OF
Leeds) had fifteen children. The
Bishop OF Beverley has seven chill
dren while the Bishop of Norwich
has probably achieved a record In
episcopal families. having not only
fifteen children. but only fifteen
years difference in the ages of the
oldest and the youngest.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19

States Attorney James Z. Lingle,
of Union county, who was here
assisting in the prosecution of Marvin
Boren, the slayer of Police Officer
Patrick Doud returned to Jonesboro
yesterday Mr.. LingIe's mastery ar.
raignment Of the prisoner was com.
mented on by attorneys who heard his
argument as one of he most powerful
and eloquent speeches ever made at
the bar of Alexander county. The
1,2O0 people who composed the audi
ence in the court room Wednesday
night when he addressed the jury
were swayed to deep feeling BY the
telling points and eloquence of his
argument
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-07-19
Beer Making by Prisoners.

Although the Russian prisoners at
Nagoya, Japan. were not allowed in
toxicants. a number of them got very
drunk. 10 the surprise OF the JAPAN
ESQ. The latter wondered where the
Russians got their liquor. investiga-
ted and ut last discovered a beer
brewery In the Russian compound.
With -four, hops and crushed pota-
toes the Russians had succeeded In
making very effective beer. The
brewery was dismantled.