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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16
ORDINANCE NO. III.

An ordnance gran Jag permission
10 the Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago
and St Louis Railway company TO
lay down and operate a switch track
on Commercial avenue and across
Thirty-eighth street
Be 1t ordained by The city council
Of the city Of Cairo
Section !. Permission is hereby
granted TO the Cleveland. Cincinnati.
Chicago and St. Louis Railway COM
pany its successors and assigns to
lay a switch track from its main line
of tack on Commercial avenue be-
ginning at point about one hundred
and fifty feet north from the north
erly line Of Thirty-eighth street
thence in a southeasterly direction
about one hundred and fifty feet to
the northerly line of said Thirty eighth
street. thence IA a soniheasterly direc
ton across said Thirty-eighth street
to the southerly line of said Thirty
eighth street Said track TO be laid
under the direction of the committee
on streets. Provided, said track is
laid and maintaiaed and operated in
accordance with the laws and or
dinances Of the city of Cairo.
Section 2. This ordinance TO take
effect AMI be In force from and after
It's passage.
Adopted March IL. A. D. 1907.
Approved March II. A. D. 1907.
GEORGE PARSONS.
Mayor
Attest: ROBERT A. HATCHER.
City Clelk.
Published in the Cairo Bulletin
March I6. 1907.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16

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Dit vas neatly liseo'slock s!ast night
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siftStss: TIL .oif'diasnsfs esssohyc eiisa
ffheifs:la ?'ths :$uiieft 'gaIIwi.ss.ofa
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Be Nos :a q! esla%
hi: mpanlss and itosthe.. general ;Psas B.
ilc1.as well. h; Il: ..... ~:
Last -.riightis IF: session. was pr6hahlX.
the most labor.ous. one -.of all;. for';.aS
this all the serious polnts.oyer. which:
the controversy has been waged 10
he last are said to have been in a
manner. disposed Of II was stated
early III the afternoon that basis Of
agreement had been reached between
the two companies, or one had been
suggested, which would probably be
acceptable To them and that II would
be comparatively easy sailing for the
commit tees last night This seems
not TO have been the case, consider
ing the long meeting That there
were some very vigorous differences
Of opinion is easily inferred, and II
Is understood that these differences
were most decided over the time
limits to be placed In he lnteEurban
company's ordinance. As is known,
these were left blank In the ordinance
as framed by the at orney and were not
discussed at all in the opel meeting.
II has been Known all along and re.
peatedly stated BY members OF the
Interurhan company that the line
limits were of vital importance to
them, and it may be assumed that a.
discussion over them took up most
Of last nights session and that the
imi finally agreed upon win excite
further discussion. The fnterurban
people want two wears in which 20
complete the track in the city limits,
three years in which to go TO Mound
City. four years to reach Mounds. and
five years to reach Villa Ridge, They
do not claim IL viii be impossible TO
complete the read in less time than
that, but they want the time ample
n order that they may net be ham
nered by restrictions in case OF I'M
foreseeen obstacles. BY the az ee-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16
Crew. in Uniforms.

The bfacon light tender Golden
Rod has a lieutenant commander from
the navy whose name Is james Olive
Lieutenant Oliver believes in the crew
of that boat appearing In a nice new
Uniform. and HI SO ordered that every
man from the deck III to the CAPTAIN
to spruce up but not to appear with
red neckties on. Blue suits and black
ties pieases the navy man.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16
BURTON IN JAIL MONTH"; LONGER.

Abilene. Kas.. March ia letter
from former Senator Burton saws he
consid' reliable ,he report from
Washington that ne must STAY in jail
another month. unless he pays his fine
~ - 500. He says be has no monev
with which TO pay and does not want
80 borrow r. He probably win main
al 1rontrn until April p.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16

how numerously he papers were be-
ing signed.
The mayor has had his own nomina-
ton papers in circulation for some
days past and It is said over a thou
sand voters have signed them
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16

the. same are, hereby Appropriated
for the following purposes, viz:
From the General Fund.
First-To pay the sala-
ries of the regular city
officers and aldermen, in
Guiding police con
stables .............t,,$ 2l.000.0q
Second-To pay cost Of
constructing. reconstruct
Ing and repairing side
walks, including city's
portion CT work or i'm
provement done by spec
ial taxation or assess
ment ......4......,.. 10000
Third--To pay cost of fill
ing. improving and re-
pairing, streets, including
work or improvement, its
portion, done by special
taxation or assessment. 100000
Fourth--To defray the ex-
penses of the city's FIRE
department. including sal
aries of the men en-
ployed in that depart
ment. and for the pur-
chase of new hose,
horses, fire apparatus or
supplies as may be need
ed and ordered by ne
city council for the pur-
pose of improving he fire
department of the city
and the employment Of
men ................. 100000
Fifth-To pay the cost OF
drainage ard for main
tanning the boilers. on
gines. pumps and pump
ing buildings, and for i'm
proving the drainage of
he city. including the
city portion of such in
provemeBt. assessed by
special taxation or as
sessment for such in
provement. and for sewer
pipe and all other ma
terial ........... 100000
Sixth-T0 defray the OK
penses OF the board o,
health and the removal
Of garbage ............ 10000
Seven h--To defray the ex-
penses of the city Offices
and council chamber 81. 100000
Eighth-To pay the costs
Of c.ty elections .s...-.. 10000
Ninth-Tc ray the cost OF
feeding city pris-nefs
and expense of maintain
ing city Jail ... 2.5oOCO
Tenfh-To pay for publish
ing the proceedings ~
the city cornell snd for
other priuzing ....-.. 10000
Eleventh To pay coHting
ent expenses +......... 2ooaoo
Twelfth-To pay cost Of
improving and maintain-
ing public marks ..-.- 10000
ThirteeBth-TO pay Cairo
Nate- company fcr rent
G. fire hydraHts 50 per
{ utTact and for laying
water main. ordered by
the city council .... 2 100000
Fourteenth-To pay cest OF
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16
posroFrrIce CLERK SENTENCED

DanFiIIe. ~. March ls.-Edward a.
Noed Ksnkskee postoffice clerk
vas sentenced to two years imPriso1-
ment AZ hard labor today for sseaiihg
regist red mail.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16
public. lightly The streets
100000

public.lighfigg the streets
Of the city ...... 100000
Fiftcenth-tro pay legal
expenses or the city and
expenses incurred in the
compromise OF bonds and
other Indebtedness Of the
city ...,e..l......,..... 100000
Sixteenih-To pay for the
improvement of roads
and for the construction
and repairs of bridges. $4,000
Seventoenth-For the pur-
chase or construction OF
bulldogs and the puf-
chase and payment for
grounds ....k.sa.. 100000
Eighteenth-For charitable
proposes ....... 10000
Adopted March IL. A. ID. 1907.
Approved March If A. d. 1907,
GEORGE PARSONS.
Mayor.
Attest. r. A. HATCHER,
City Clerk.
Published in the Cairo Bulletin
March i6, 1907.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16
Q q o fl "a
!. Wasilinafofi ! Forecast.

i. Washington Forecast:
!: Washington March, 4 l5.-lllnos--
Falr. and. @armer Saturday; SUNDAY,
.rainsinethee south and rain or SNOW IN
the north .with fresh south winds .a
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-16
Dcn't Forget That

A talebearer Is to be trusted only
so long as held within hearing dis.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20

twigs on the ground. He was moving
slowly away from us.
Moody sprang TO his feet and exciaimed.
Let mo ind a stick. I'll kill him" But
grabbed him by the leg and pulled NM
back. was too tired 10 work the rep
tiles destruction myself and did not care
TO delegate the sport to any one else.
Entirely unconscious of the connection
we made. tho snake raised his head and
looked deliberately about him. Then we
became interested. Our Interest might
have taken a personal turn had he moved
toward us, but he pursued his way In an
other direction. In a little while he raised
his head again, after the manner OF the
boa constructor IN swiss Family Robin
som; only he lacked the impressl yeness
which came with thirty feet Of the boa'S
length, and our snake was not laise
enough 10 swallow one Of MS, much less u
jacloass. He was evidently in search Of
something.
Moody had another paroNysm, and nel-
vously stopped for a stick. laid force
full hand on his shoulder, and commanded
him to deslst. l wished TO see the ad-
venture through, and pleaded with him 10
be reasonable He subslded somewhat, ana
for half an hour We watched the snake,
following him at n respectful distance,
There was no abatement OF Interest In ais
quest til DO reached a log ana slowly crept
over H..
For moment we lost sight Of him. Then
there was movement, and We saw our
snake dart up and down again with light
ming speed a wild. noisy hurry followed,
and We ran forward ana reached the log
in time 10 see tho snake raise himself once
again for :. stroke, and fall yiGiouly upon
the neck of huge rattler that wrfthod,
wrangled, Kissed and shook hts rattles
nOisily. The fight was a glorious one, and
we knew that our black was destined TO
be tho victor Iio lRshod the rattlesnRke
with his tail and chung 20 his neck with a
deadly grip, For Ave minutes the struggle
lasted. The RATHER quiyered and lowered
his tail as q sign OF defeat The black
slowly loosed hts hold and moved on into
the woods. tsavinE his spemy 10 de In
psaqA ..a, - t,a.l 4,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20

1t was the hour u triumph for die black
snake. and also for Moody for. in an ury
guarded moment. he seized n stone ana
sprang toward the victorious reptile and
martyred him In the full hush Of his
achievement. Then hs mutila,ed his body
with stone after stone. l'folt helpless IN
the presence of such unrestrainod blood
thrstiness aud muttered wearlly:-"I feel
sorry for you, Moody"
| was determined. however, that Moody
should do nothing 10 the rattlesnhke, and
prepared 10 protect his dying frame a. al
hazards. for | wanted his skin. lie was u
sars specimen, with six good rattles and
q button, which indi ,atel that his years
upon the mountainside had been seven. ana
that the vlctims OF his deadly bite had
been legion. When he moved his last |
lifted him carefully about the middle Of his
body, ana we went down to the hotel
The hotel man knew the way OF snakes.
and Interpreted the whole affair with the
wisdom of n seer. He told us that the
rattlesnake had been robbing the nest Of
his black brother. as an examination OF his
stomach would show. We ripped him open
carefully and found no fewer than ten lit
tie black snakes. upon which he could
have rested luNiIfously for Il week, free
from ths distress of hunger
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20

lccted for dad. and zee Dade plan of
battle. Eggy and were t. chos" him
IN TO the girls. who stood Of The bnrnyard
gate. They were TO hold him in check
until we brought Mp our forces, and then
we were to fail on his flank, compel his
surrender and tie his legs.
when We told our plnn to the hired
man, whose name is 81. he said it beat
anything he ever heard Of. 1t did.
81 said that turkey Nos a grand bird.
IL was.
Well. the girls took their places. and
Egcy and began 70 mnnneuvre TO cut the
grand bird on, " the flock. hut either he
didn't want to I"ayc the flock or the flock
didn't want to leave him. for they ran IN
bunch aud beat that three times nrtlnd
the wall, " Troy mile or two.
~ sat ON the fence iU encourage us, he
said. hut m, other things he said didrt
have sr much ,unouragrmcnt as humor.
Anyway. ~ fell vi the fence, laughing.
Then We called IN Towsnr, and he I'M
dcrslu1l at once what we wanted, and
rut the grand bird separated from the
flock ia no time. Also he got some Of its.
tail feathers. which did not improve its
'rmpcr ut all. But we drove IL toward
the girls. who. seeing 1t coming, screamed
and ran into the barn. with master turkey
after them, and Eggy, Towscr. the hired
man and me following. Finally, just rs
we thought we had 1t cornercd, It flew. up
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20
KY iiniyrc Oil.

in NUT ring show o; summer iirrs.
S"";h ;ue saaie n = pref irr,,s
'h.nrs thcNswcstcst ~ prSac ia.
From the inuaty mirror asrinst tn- WI
Twas there / tucked nor. w;:h ,.,!ae I'D
pleasure
When east my lot In the r!,y's ~irir!
And cwre1, poor yerianr. BAT mi. one
treasure
My tintype girl.
All. dear, meant only for sweet hesull.ng,
fear you have gloSn most worldly wis.
With the sounds you have hearI--and kept
on smlllng-
with the sights that have passed before
your eyes.
When over the wine cups crimson glow
ing,
While you watch the smoke o, our pipes
upcurl.
We bend 10 the cards. with look how
knowing
My tin,ype girl.
Yet your honest gaze shines on ms clearly
As those nights when we tripped thro'
Virginia reel.
Or we talked land must have loved you
dearly-
knew swinburne by heart. and / read
""Luclle')
How 1t all comes back-I recall each
or that face with It's wonderful pink and
pearl.
pretty creature
Ny tintype girl7
RUTH HALL.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20

sands OF life had nearly run out. that ons
day on leading his horse down through q
lane to a brook Tor drink the animal sud
denly matted, , nnu' turning us mead Ground;
shoes which had lust dropped on. and.
holding 1t In Its mouth with the nails dang
ling from 1t. backed up against Gtone
wall and nlapped 1t on to Its hoof and with
few violent Kicks nailed 1t on again.
The clergyman was NO astonished mt This
proceeding, espcciaily AS ne had only the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20
An Unprogressive Institution.

zone OF tho most sucner1ful clergy
men In philadelphia" remarked col
lsge professor, was proud OF the fact
that he was always addressed ms plata
mister and that he posgcssed no de-
gree which entitled him TO the honor
able name of Doctor
AN elder entered the clsrEyman's
Study one morning ana handed him
markod paper. The itcm stated that
the minister had been hosored by his
old college and that now he could at
tach D. ID. to his name.
"'Well, WELL mutterod the pastor.
not without feeling. for no loved his
college,, my old schooi Is little be-
hind the times, and still believes IN cap
rsl punishment
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20

aerse OF Alexander the Great Bucephaius.
would at night, on hearing blast OF she
trumpet from the soldists ON sua!t. show
Eng the approach u the enemy, run a.
great s2o9l 10 his mRster tent, ana with
his teeth grab the sleeping monarch and
shake him until ne spraHg Into .he saddle
LiA gsliopcd toward the enemy,
Also naN the great Cailph, Haroun al
In the eighth century, In march
iEg toward the forces Of Queen Irene OF
constantly had a number
OF trained Arabian horses thrown forward
an scouts, which from time 70 time returned
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20

to camp and ny n peculiar whinn., and
neigh and the .dwing Of fore foot re-
Jrted tne proximity OF the enemy. Again
explorer. Al0uquei que, wh6lye for many
years In the sixteenth century on the
Island OF 81. Helena, where he ara tie
natiyes taught the herds Of WHO horses
there not only to dig potatoes, but ID bus.
corn and shell peas.
But TO gone down 10 the present day, tina
Sr1ter, Who spent the summer Il. ebe Eerk-
shires, was told by a very ,inrslLgent re-
tired New England clergyman. whoas
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20
The Horse in the Light of Tradition

~ ECALI.INaa tho very Interesting aTti-
Gle In dls HERALD from Professor IN
~ tho Smithsonian Institution. wherein
ho SAID THAI tAe dog was the most IN
tel.lssnt Of ell animals, possibly no may not
know tlUt Smiphson himself, the founder
OF the Institution, was close student 1T
animal lie. especially the horse, of which
hs was A most enthusiastic sdmirer. be-
llevlng q 10 DO the most intelligent OF all
animals, ss,d IN MIA lettsrs 20 Lord Gran
y!ue, published oy The Royal Philosophical
society, who was slsssgrss,ly interested
10 natural history. no relates how the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20

\ Sunday at Old Fort, IN North
II Vi $;% 4, 20 $$ss: Il 4; s's
~ not want, 20 stay, but ! was after
- ward glad that dit for ! saw a
snake story with my own eyes, and chal-
lengo the world for another like It,
Snakes have always been charmingly
mysterious 10 human kind. man Will
declare himself haughtlly indifferent TO
snake story and yet after II few minutes
of listening Will lose himself IN his eager
ness 70 hear It through, II Is because
snakes really do perform wonderful things,
as tho cropping up OF an occasional news
paper article will TESTIFY, and everything
that newspapers publish may be regarded
as solemn truth. Hero viii be found a
rattlesaako or king snake In the centre
OF a city, here Is reptile which Is coiled
about hawk and finally brings him TO
earth from a lofty height, there Is snake
trained 70 casch rats about a residence,
thcre Is a RATHER that has found us way
inIO stove and allowed itself TO be baked
and another that was discovered on front
porch Earmlcssly toying with little child.
81 the tales 90 with infinite variety, and
all are read broa thlessly and hootod Ut as
hut snake stories"
At Old For / had a travelling friend
xrmed Moody who was partner In my
loneliness. We wandered about all the
morning and looked at mountains and
rocks ana trees and flowers, and. becoming
very tired. sat on Jog 20 rest. We were
~ tired that. We were foolish and told
each other viii tales OF Indians who long
ago roamed the msurtains threatening
deadly attacks upon the fort built near by
10 keep them In check. Not that wo'Anew
any OF the tales TO be history, but they
answered the purpose of amusement pretty
well Moody grew enthusiastic Sup
pose there were now band OF savages,"
said he. Creeping from behind that big
rock" held my breath and looked. .
Suddenly there was rustic near our
feet and we both started, 1t was not an
indian. but a snake a blaGlIsnake, which
cleaned In tho sunlight as he drew hts
long body through tho dried leaySs and
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20


l'opp''ohi' E'b, ~ me Voc YORK Herald
'"r'pa' y-dH Rights RsScrtd.l
-HE last time We were at the
farm grandpa told MS the story Of
the cave. uo said that when
he wns little hoy his grand
father told him the story. and
said he was certain that such
cave was ON the farm. GRANDPA used
20 look for I, when ne wns a little chap.
and because ne never could find It made
n, his mind that II was only A story book
ccyo oy,or nil Since the wind blew down
tho tree which had grown Mp In front Of
II and lot Erry fall into 1t grandpa has
md. lots ~ trims ont there and found
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-20

NE time | was forced TO spend
Sunday at DID Fort, IN North
Carolina, where the mountains
loom high ABOVE you and the
country Is wind and rugged, ! did
not want 20 stay, but ! was after
,.-,-a f1..l yR,t IA Tor I AaW "A
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-11
CONSIDER
 STEEL CARS

New York. Dec. l1.-The special committee of the Master Car Build CTS association on steel passenger car construction. of which A. NJ. Waitt of New York is chairman. is holding special session at the rooms of the Transportation club here to- day. This is preliminary to the com mittee,s report being formulated for the annual convention at Atlantic City next June. Master ear builders from d number of distant points, as we'll as eastern manufacturing cen ters. are taking part in the confer ence. Steel passenger coaches have already been tried successfully on a number of lines and ii is believed that the report will urge their general adoption. as being much safer ta.. the public aad, il the long 1un, eeenom- ical for the railroads
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-11
AMERICAN
 { LEAGUE MEETING

Chicago. Dec. Instantaneous with the annual meeting of the Ma tional baseball league in New York, the Ameriean. league magnates are holding their session in Chicago to- day. \ number of reforms are up for consideration,+ but there appears to be- no chance for d change of the playing rules. It is understood that stovall of Cleveland and unslaub Of Boston are. on the market. Rumors of 5the. prospective organization of an outlaw, major league, including Chi cago, St. Louis and possibly other American league cities, are in circu- lation. but the masnates do not con- sider the project seriously.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-11
Methodist Bazaar.

The bazaar given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A W. Mills yes- serday afternoon by the Young La dies of the Methodist church, vas one of the most attractive and sue cessful church entertainments of the season. Mrs Mills hospitality x1ed much to the enjoyment of the afternoon and the pretty floral decorations. and sweet music Wera factors in the social success of the occasion. The articles for sale con sisting ot a great variety of Christ maus novelties and useful articles were all displayed to advantage in the parlor, and their rapid sale was evidence of their attractiveness. and reasonable prices.
 The dining room was rharmin@lv decorated with ivy and red roses. and very pleasing refreshments were served. From a handsome silver urn at the table Misses Cheek and Jessye White served coffee. Miss Hattie Culver rendered bpauti- ful piano selections during the af- ternoOn, and the violin solos by Miss Minnie Hardin accompanied by Miss Sue Perkins at the piano. were much enjoyed. The affair was a decided financial success. The Young Ladies Society realizing over $l00 from their sales. and they are to be congratulated on the re- suit of their enterprise
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-11

Bible class in the First Presbyterian church of jls c;;y.
 To quote from one who knew her well; She was lrnc friend, q wise counselor. ever ready 70 help the needy, and just @ all
 She had the sterling qualities of her Scottish ancestry that have made their history a precious legacy to the church Of all ages"
 Hers was lie Of glorious and self-forsetful service. a life filled to overiiowins With the noble deeds which make life, death, and that vast forever one grand. sweet song.
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