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New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
GREEN REPORTERS GUYED.

The Wall Street rumor factory worked over
time, particularly with the big figures Of the
financial district Certain newspapers poured
reporters into the district in much the same
generous fashion that Secretary Cortelyou OF
the Treasury Department poured in gold from
Washington. The more reporters there We're
the more rumors. Many Of the emergency men,
hurried from ship news or police court assign
nents, did not know bull from bear, and at
least one Of the green ones thought the Clear
ing House was a sort of free news bureau. He
tried to use it accordingly, much to the amaze
rnent of the sorely tried bankers whose
shoulders rested the burden of saving the finan-
cial situation. The regular Wall Street men Of
the various newspaper bureaus had no end of
fun with the green men in the frequent lulls IN
the battle for
Every one who followed the Armstrong in
surance investigation remembers the seriousness
with which George w. Perkins, of j. p Morgan
&, ca took the letter of instruction and advice
which Ills father had written him when he first
went into the insurance business.
on the worst day of the panic week Mr..
Perkins was like shuttle between the Morgan
banking house and the Sub-TreaSury. There
were groups Of reporters about both entrances.
once on returning to the banking house one
of the regular Wall Street men got Mr. Perkins
at the door and they talked earnestly for
minute The young banker was dispelling
What did he say?" camored the crowd of
-
He said he had just had letter from father,
and the banking situation will clear up imme-
diatey," answered the Wag
Nine out of the ten reporters knew Of Faith
er's letter" and saw the joke, but the tenth,
man new TO New York, as well as to the Street,
asked soeinnly:
did he give you the exact words of the letter.
They're important"
The wag shook his head and went his way.
The next time Mr. Perkins emerged the new
reporter cornered him.
"Oh, Mr.. Perkins, won't you give mo the exact
wording of your fathers letter on the banking
situation?" he asked.
whats that? What's that?" growled the
surprised financier.
Your fathers letter." stammered the surprised
reporter.
The hnancier's eyes flashed angrily, but there
was innocence written all over the eager young
face peering up at him.
some one has been joking you" Mr. Perkins
jerked out. Got no letter from father. Not a
word"
Yes there was lighter slde TO the banking
furry and all VIII be able to see 1t when the
Knckerboc1er has paid 100 cents the dollar
and business gets back into it's regular channels.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
WEST POINTS GREAT CHAIN.

From an ironmakers point of view the great
est achievement during the Revolutionary period
was the making Of the great West Point chain.
This massive chain which has probably never
had equal since the first hammer struck upon
the first anvil, was stretched across the Hudson
River at West Point TO prevent the British fleet
from making a second attack upon Kingston and
Albany. 1t nearly mile in length and
weighed almost two hundred TONS many single
links being heavy an ordinary sized man.
To complete IL in six weeks sixty men ham
mered day and night at seven forges and the
cost of 1t was placed at 100000
The great chain is buoyed up" wrote Dr.
Thacher "by very large logs. about sixteen feet
long, pointed at the ends TO lessen their OPP
position to the force OF the current. The logs
are placed at short distances from each other.
the chain carried them and made fast to
each by staples. There also a number OF
anchors dropped Mt proper distances with cables
made fast to the chain. to give greater stabll-
ity.'' No British ship passed this iron barrier
With its aid West Point became the strongest
military post in America-so strong that treach-
cry tried where force Of arms had failed.
When Benedict Arnold plotting the sur
render of West Point he wrote Andre and said:
'I have ordered that a link be removed from
the great chain and taken TO the smith Tor re-
pair" The chain however, remained in place
Till the end the war. and links of 1t are stll
TO be seen in the museums of Albany. West
Point, Newburg and of New York City.-Chicago
Naws
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
street has long been pestered by chronic bor-

street has long been pestered by chronic bor-
rover ~
IL oet you Jones will be around for a loan
on the strength of money ne has not lost in the
Ahlckeroocker." said the head of one of the
departments to his chief clerk I'm going to
"llte letter and hand it to him the minute
he comes in"
Jones, the borrower, arrived shortly after
long OF race OF doleful men and short of cash.
isn't this terrible s+o+a 30 a4eo,rso,. -,
cried. -'0 % no
-, 1T certainly is" returned the insurance man.
/ was just writing you a letter"
Me?' questioned Jones'
it is -' W ~
Jones read something like this:
Dear Jones: All my ready cash is tied up in
en9 eIe hhlckerpocker Could you let me have the
500 of cumulative loans that you owe me?'
Beat me TO it, he muttered, as he hurried
away without waiting to explain about the $50
no owed.
The people who stood in line told one another
stories to pass the time and most of them were
or past experiences with banks
do you think we will get money!" an
oVerWeighted woman in an undersized tailor
made suit kept asking her neighbors In the
Trust Company of America line.
Like as not said a hopeful Individual who
was just far enough ahead of her to have a seat
on the stone steps leading into the bank "Out
in Pittsburg once was in a bank run. We all
with the bank at ALL
What started the run, then?" demanded the
woman, who was one Of a rather numerous
type that was ready to doubt the solvency of
the United States Sub-Treasury.
1T was all due to a darn fool woman school
teacher went on the from PittSburg
THE bank was just across the street from a big
factory. 1t was payday. and the men crowded
into the bank TO cash their checks. The school
teacher came along with her deposit. She stood
alone at the receiving teer's window. There
was an ever growing crowd in front of the pay
ing teller.
All going out and nothing coming in she
said to herself. There must be something
wrong with the bank
she went out and told her friends, and in an
hour the bank was suffering as real a run as
You could imagine. 1t a long time before
the bankers figured out the reason for It"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
4 LOAD OF GOLD.

The second man in line was there to withdraw
his entire account. 1t took half an hour to mike
certain that he was not overdrawing. The teller
chose 10 pay him IN gold pieces. He piled them
up one by one. Then clumsy movement would
knock pile spinning.
What am I going 10 do with all that bullion?"
gasped the depositor, when the gold in hundreds
Of coins was pushed out to him.
The receiving teller has a window next to
me-" said the little paying teller. "You might
put it back now that you've proved TO yourself
that we have it,"
Il guess not" cried the man. I'd get another
scare tomorrow and find myself in line again."
He filled his pockets and scraped the remain
ing coins into his hat Two or three fell on the
floor. He dared not Etoop for fear. of spilling
more, and was in q quandary which sent litter
DOWN the line until q policeman went TO the
rescue
There was no little sharp practice regarding
places in line. but the meanest trick so far re-
ported was played upon young woman OF most
attractive form and figure.
Her place in lire was well to the front, and
by noon she was almost within the outer door of
the bank. Some one noticed that the check she
fingered nervously was written in pencil.
They'll never cash that check" observed the
man just behind her Nothing but ink goes on
q day like this"
The young woman. having confirmed her worst
FEARS Of the worthlessness Of a pencilled check,
was on the verge of tears.
I'll hold your place while you go somewhere
and write il out in ink" said a dapper young
man. VINO was looking on.
"Oh, thank you so much" she g7lshed. YOU'RE
Just an angel to do it. I'll be gone only a
minute"
Sell you my place for So" offered the .'Good
Samaritan" as soon as she was out Of sight
Take you said gruff, whiskered merchant
who wanted to cash check TO cover his pay
roll.
The beauty returned in ten minutes to find
her place gone. She burst into tears and then
walls, which brought the police She smiled on
the blueooats through her tears and they made
e place for her just ahead OF the man with
the whiskers-- II was the irony Of fate-or, per-
haps the justice Of it-that the young woman
was the last depositor paid that day and that
the whiskered man who had bought her original
place had the brass wicket snapped in his face,
with curt:
open tomorrow at 10"
A few thousand anxious depositors looked at
the long lines Of other anxious ones and thought
they saw way Of beating the wait. They wrote
out checks IN favor of friends who had deposits
in unshaken banks and sent them in for collec-
ton They wondered why it days before
they got their money
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
EVEN A PANIC
HAS ITS HUMOR.
SOME FUNNY SCENES At
THE BANK DOORS.
Chronic Borr05cers Pretend Their
Money Is In the Knicker-
booker Trust.

A grim, trying period was that which has
Just been written into New York's financial
history the panic of speculative bankers
but with all its grimness it was not without its
humor Even the depositors who waited so
many weary hours in long, shivering lines that
never seemed to get them any nearer the pay
ing teers window relieved the monotony OF
their waiting with an occasional laugh at some
one more nervous and excited than themselves
There was no time or space to write about
il while the panic was under way. Nor was it
fitting. then TO tell of the tactics of delay re-
sorted to by paying tellers in their efforts to
wear out the bank runners It would only have
increased the panic. Now that the storm has
worn itself incidents of the lighter lining
TO that black and ominous cloud are coming
out
Expert paying tellers, who ordinarily could
pay off depositors with amazing rapidity and
accuracy, became veritable snails at the time OF
panic. The prize for slowness certainly belongs
TO q dapper little teller of one of the big down
town trust companies. which. after vainly try
ing 10 wipe out the run by paying off at three
windows, decided TO tire it out.
There were several hundred in the line, which
stretched away from the paying teller's window
and out into the street morning when bank
running" was the all absorbing occupation of
Checks from Montreal, calling for 500, 372n'
was the remark of the first man in line when
the wicket finally opened disclosing the smiling
face of the paying teller
Under ordinary circumstances he would have
been paid off in ten minutes. But the paying
teller took ten minutes for reading the checks
over. Then he ten minutes more making
q list of them. 1t took seven minutes to check
the list.
How long, Lord. how long?" sighed the
second man in line. "Twenty-seven minutes
and no sign of cash"
But the paying teller had just started The
signatures OF the Montreal depositors were
strange to him. They had TO be verified, the
teller informed the waiting line. This took so
long that of them was moved to ask
Say, are you sending those checks to Mont
real for verification?'
Just minute, just minute" said the teller.
blandy.
After an hour and fifteen minutes he brought
out pile OF small bills and began TO count them
YEARLY He would get halfway through a pile
OF one thousand and in some strange manner
lose count Finally he got the right amount
But the end was not yet. The customer had
10 count them, and a long and weary task il
was. His pockets were filed with bills before
he had half the amount slowed away Finally
he opened his waistcoat and filed his shirt front
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
PERFECT COMPLIMENT.

Perhaps the most perfect compliment record
was that paid by a young negro to his bride on
his marriage day.
After being made man and wife the bridegroom
asked the minister what the fee would be.
'.Oh we'll" said the minister. knowing his cir
curnstances. you can pay me whatever you think
The negro turned aud silently looked his bride
over from head 10 fcot then, rolling his eyes re-
piled mournfully:
why, sah you has ruined me TO life; you has
fo' sure. Pick -Ie-up.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
A BOON TO SOME.

II is surprising. too. how many men who
never had money enough TO start bank ac-
Count went around mourning the tying up os
Z ads that never existed 1t was brand new
a use for a loan. and it was worked TO q
II u edge
| OK the big Insurance Offices in Nassau
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-12
HAD HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Eleven Years Old Yesterday and
Found Pay Envelope Containing
Full Weeks Wages

The 11-year-old son of Conductor
Thronberry, of the Cairo Traction Co..
thought himself lucky yesterday 1t
was his birthday anniversary and IN
going through the old base ball ground
he saw piece of paper on the ground
hat looked interesting to him He
picked it up and on Unfolding 1t there
was SO in groonbacks. The paper
proved to be a printed pay envelope of
the CareyHalliday Co, on what was
inscribed hat it was the property Of
Frank Murray, for six days labor at
$3.50 per day. Mr.. Thornberry gave
his son S. of his own money as a
birthday pr sent and put in some time
looking for the owner of
the lost envelope. Severay Murrays
are at work at the mill of the firm
named and the right one had not been
located y sterday afternoon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-12
CRAVING For Drink DESTROYED,

The best aid TO temperance is some
thing that will strengthen the drunk
ards wrecked nervous system and
cure his unnatural craving for drink
We believe that any man who really
Idesirss to be cured of the liquor habit
can cure himself by using Orrine
This remarkable discovery has made
50 many cures among our customers
that we are glad to sell it under an
absolute guarantee to refund the
mon y Ii 1t does not cure.
II is in two forms; No. / that can be
given secretly, and No. for those
who wish to be cured 1t is not only
the most reliable treatment known
but 1t is also the most economical as 1t
costs only 81 box and there is no
detention from the usual duties, write
if cure is not effected there is no ex-
pense whatever. Mail Orders filled
The Orrine Co., Washington. d. c. or
Paul G. Schulz & Sons.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-12
BLIND Man DIED
At HOSPITAL
O. E.. BLElLER, WHO WAS STRUCK
BY ELECTRIC CAR succuMBs
NEVER CONSCIOUS
ElWARD.
ARE NOTIFIED
Cairo Electric and Traction Company
viii Pay All Expenses For
Surgeons and Burial.

o. =, Bleiler, the blind man who
was struck by an electric car at
Fourth and Railroad streets last Sat
|utday evening died last evening about
G,a0 o'clock at ST. Mary's Infrmary,
where he was taken after the acct
dent. He never regained conscious
ness after he was struck and his
identity was learned only by means
.cf papers found on his person. The
address of Eli Rlieler his brother,
who resides at 1916 Blake street,
Denver, Colo, was .ascertained in this
way and Superintendent Lem Skinner
of the Traction company's lines tele-
gfaphed the sad news to him last
night.
Mr. W. r, Halliday president Of the
Traction company gave orders to-
have the remains taken to the under
taking pariors Of Burke g. Blaine
where the body will be prepared for
burial and will be held awaiting word
from the relatives. The company
will pay all the expenses incidental
to the accident. They have taken
charge of the dead mans effects and
will turn them over to the relatives
The faithful dog. which is fine New
is being cared for at the
hospital.
The accident and its sad result is
deeply deplored by all who had met |
Inc blind man during his brief stay |
here. but Il is believed that no blame
IAN attach to the Traction companys
employees under the circumstances,
he man evidently becoming be-
sildered having stepped directly on
he track in front of the car.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-12
NEWS OF HIS FATHER
Wanted BY Son Who Says He Joined
Army in Cairo and Was
Killed.

Capt. y. B. Thistlewood received q
letter yesterday from Robert Delaney
OF GIG Ridgley avenue. Springfield. H.
asking for information regarding his
father whose name was also Rober,
Delaney and who came to Cairo ddring
the war, joined the army here, be
came an officer and was killed He
says his mother married again and
placed him in an industrial home, and
that was the last he saw of her H.
believes his birth is registered in on
Of the Catholic churches Of his city.
Capt. Thistl wood made some in
quiry among old Cairoites and founl
that Judge Robinson knew a man
named Delaney who worked for CT 5.
S. Taylor for a time. but left Cairo.
The Captain wrote this to the Young
man 40 Springfield but viii be peas
ID with any other Information
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-12

Deiature was Sc degrees. lowe, 80
degrees. and total precipitation. o.s9
inch A. Caldwell.
Richland. Olneyl-The ground Is
very wet and spring work has been
greatly delayed The highest tenn
peraiure was 50 degrees. the lowest
90 degrees. and the total precipitation
eaS inch.-Vicfor r. Phillips.
Wabash. Frieni Crore.-Thc wea-
Their continues unfavo1able The hiel-
os temperature vas 81 degrees. the
lowest - deg ees. ana the total prf-
cipiiation 0.76 inch. The sun hine
averaged . PEI cent-V. F. Majors.
WAYNE. Cisne-ThundeTstorms Or
curred on the 4th. SRI and 9Th. Tn.
highest temperature vas 81 degrees Z
he lowest 50 degrees. ana the total
Drecipi alton o.s9 inch. The sunshine
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-12
REUNION or MICHIGAN VETS.

Bay City Mich, Jane l1-All OF
them feeling the burden of their years
and some OF them extremely feeble,
but with the same spirit Of enthusiasm
and patriotism that prompted them 10
so to the front forty odd years ago,
the remnant Of the Department Of
Michigan. Grand Army of the Repub.
lie, assembled in Bay City today for
their annual encampment. The annual
reports show that the ranks are being
rapidly depleted by death and that IL
Is bur q question Of few years before
there will be scarcely enough OF the
veterans left TO hold their annual
reunion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-12
WEATHER AND CROPS
Conditions Last Week Unfavorable in
Nearly All Parts of lIInos-Re-
ports From Southern
District.

The following summary for tho
week ending Monday, June 10th. is
issued by the government bureau at
Springfield:
| Deficiency In temperature. exces
siyc rainfall and lack of bright sun.
shine, were weather characteristics
for the week ending Monday. June
10. Excepting the 7th. when It was
nearly normal, the mean daily. tenn
perature was deficient, the average
for the state being about degrees.
Light frost occurred in the extreme
northwest portion on the morning of
the 9th. The temperature extremes
for the week were 81 degrees and 81
degrees. Showers were of frequent
occurrence, and heavy rain falls we're
registered at many places in the
northern district. In most localities
the soil is too wet for working and
general farming operations are very
backward.
tornado, destructive to life and
property. passed over Washingo on.
Perry and Crawford counties on the
evening Of the 9th.
There was a great lack Of bright
sunshine, the greatest amount OF
Clcudiness prevailing in the northern
district. The average of bright sun
shine for the state was about 40 per
cent.
Southern District.
Clay. Flora-The highest tempera-
tire was "a degrees. the lowest. &C.
dc grees and the total precipitation I
G.32 inch S. Peak.
Hamilton. McLeansboro-The high
est temperature was 81 degrees. the
lowest 80 degrees. and the total pre-
cipitation 0.91 inch--John Jude.
Johnson. New Burnside-The high
ast temperature was y degrees. low
ST. 40 degrees. and total precipitation
10 inch.-George Harris.
Perry. St John-A tornado passed
,ver south Of 81. John. abont G:31 ..
H.. on the 7th. touching he northern
art Of DuQuoin. H.. wrecking a num-
.er Of dwelling houses. uprooting
rees. and blowing cas- of the rail.
cad track Direction northwest 10
tsiheast The highest Temperature I
uring the week vas S. degrees. low 7
81. ~ degree. and tosal ireciuiia- (
ion. 26G inches. This entire amount Z
ccurrel on the 7th.-G. II. Kneizger.
Randolph Chester-A severe thnn- &
erstorm occurred in the early morn q
lg Of the 7th. with a high wind for D
bout % minutes lightning was OBJ c
zrved In the evening Of the 9Th The e
ighesi temperature vas S. degrees.
west = degrees. and total precipits- e
on. 0.60 inca. The sunshine averaged h
per cent?. A. Colon Jr. ltl
Randolph, Tilden-The highest ten D
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-12
GRAND CHAIN, I'LL.
y 49, : I
June IL. 1907

Mrs. w. f. Evars, Of Belknap, spent
Sunday with Mrs. DR.. A. W. Tarr
Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Walker. 1
| boy, on June 3, 1907
$. Q. Sields, of Belknap. was the
lguest of his sister, Mrs. Theo. Ruther
over Sunday
F. Fl. Lombard, of D0ngola, H., was
there on business the first of the week
Jess Yoakum is on the sic list.
James r. Evers, of Belknap, was
here the first Of the week TO visit with
relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Thos. Y. Porter. of
jacksonville, Fla, spent a few days
here with Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Gaunt.
T. =. Echols, Of Cairo was up on
busin So Saturday.
Miss Grace Bourland returned 10
her home in Cairo Sunday after a two
weeks visit with relatives here.
Mrs Henry Mail, of Vienna, ILL.,, Wis
tied with Mrs. r. p. Eyers here one
day last W elk.
Miss india Moore spent a few days
last week with her sister. Mrs. j. D.
Bristow
Miss May Roach is visiting at Lev.
ings, ILL.,
Mrs. John Wheeler visited friends
in Cairo this week.
Abe Wiese. Of Leyings, was hre
on Business Saturday
Mrs. Clint White, OF Belknap, spent
Sunday here with Mrs. r. Purcell
Miss Flossie McIntire visited with
relatives in Mounds Sunday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-12

think Cairo can send team out OF
there that has look with our boys
Next Sunday the Carbonate team
who defeated Mound City d few
weeks ago viii be upon the BILL
r Fl r
Mound City .............10 . 3
Murphysboro ........... Q 5 G
batteries, MurphysboroF Fisher and
Foehr; Mound City, Noodring. Lynn
and Cranor.
Innings pitched, Woodring 4; Lynn
81 Fisher 9. Base ON balls, off Wood
ring / Fisher 2. Struck out, by
Woodring 3; Lynn / Fisher 5. Hit
by pitcher Woodring 2. Home run
Lynn. Two-base hit. Biggs and
Crossman. Umpire. Merit. Time
40. Attendance 300
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-12

Byron L. Ellis ct al to Jacob Klein
wd., June 10, 1907, lots II and IL,
block A. city of Cairo, $500
Master in Chanc ny to Byron L. ans
Harry b. Ellis. masters deed May Il,
1901, lois II. ~, Is, lG and II, block
a. city Of Cairo, $4,000.
Yrs Mary Cnhl to VIM. voght. wd.
s.aT O. 1907 lot 40. block 20 frs
ldditIon Cairo. S1.250
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-06-12

Some filling is badly needed at the
Washington avenue approach to the
Halliday Park fountain. A deep gully
eX ends along the base Of the drive
way to the fountain which makes it
difficult for teams TO reach the
trough A few wagon loads of einders
or gravel need to be put there before
the Hustlers come.