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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
WILLIAM .
RAILROAD KINGS
ATTORNEY GENERAL RENDERS
DECISION REGARDING THE
ALTON DEAL.
CIVIL REMEDY AT HAND
Against Financiers Who Wrecked
Prosperous Road at Profit OF
$24,6s4, Stockholders
Would Suffer.

Springfield ILL.,, April 7.-That Gov
Iernar Deneen Is planning TO second
| the actions of President Roosevelt ia
laying the "blg sick" across the hacks
of E. II. Hartman and others Of the
railroad kinds, is evidenced in an op
inion handed to Governor Deneen to
day by Attorney General Stead
| The opinion treats of the manipula
! tions of the Chicago and Alton rail
road propert es within the last few
years by Hartman and some of his
financial associates, inclnding q, j
Could James Sillman and Mortimer
l.. Sehiff. 1t is given in response to 4
request from Governor Deneen on
March % last, in which Che attorney
general is asked to advise what his
conclusions ae'e in the matter and
what action, ff any Ii contemplate ed by
the legal department of the state.
Civil Remedy For Roads Wreoksrs
After setting out at some length the
yarions manipulations to which the
railroad corpora ions ana properties
worming the Alton system were sub
jected Attorney Gnetal Stead con,
cludes that there Ia not the least
doubt that d civil remedy exists
against the 'tinanciers who have
wrecked this prosperous railroad com
pany. and at the expense of innocent
stockholders and bend holders, have
gathered 10 themselves a harvest OF
millions of dollars.
Mr.. Stead is doebtfnl. however
however whether it ID within province
Of the state Of Illinois To enforce the
femedy. The revocation Of the cSln
pany's charter which apparently
would be tfgs natural procedure onths
part of ihe state, would bring moss
Iof the suffering upon innocent stock
hold rs, Hartman and his Wall street
friends having already unloaded a
large part of their holdings
According TO The figures in MT
Steade opinion. Hartman and tho
men associated with him made total
profit Of $246fS.Go0 out of their ore
ations involving the Alton properties.
AS a result the railroad companies are
thrown into hopeless bankruptcy
indebtedness Greatly Increased
The Indebtedness 0 fthe companies
as shown by the opin on, has been
ncreaeed a total of $50 GiG,2lS since
they fell into Harriman's hands. OF
this amount only $22,50o,000, accord
ing to Harriman's own testimony
Concluded on Fourth Page)
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
INDIANS MAY co
ON THE WARPATH
sEMlNoLEs IN FLORIDA IN A
RAGE BECAUSE S A c r & Q
BONES OF CHIEF WER ESToL.
EN- 1Y WHITE MEN.

Fort Pierce, Fla, April Now tina
he restraining Influence of the.l
great Rhits chief" the late United
states Senator Matthew Stanley Quay
gone, the Seminole Indians Of Flor
"a are threa ening TO go on the war
jath. They say that the white mer
ave stolen th1 bones of Big Chiei
rom Tiger and that unless they are
etuTned the iribe will go on the war
oath. In order TO appease the I-dian
he local author ties have done very
hing in their power to rebover the
oien bones and punish the thlef
The Dade county. Florida. grand
Jury. in ses. ion at Miami reiurriec
an indictment against J. T. Flournty
# Johnstown. Pa, for removiog the
zones Of Tom Tiger. the big chief
f the Seminole Indians. from thei
as resting place In the everglades.
Meas res ar being taken to procur
The arrest Of the man Flcuiney. wha
protested to be working in the inter
st Of the Smithsonian institution ai
washipgtoa. ana the return Of rhs
elics. The danger. from advic re-
-eived here. j. not over. as the Florida
authorities are fearful thai il viii Dc
matter Of two or three months te
fore the bon can be returned and
the Indians may commi. dep7edations
in the meantime.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
CAN I CUT SALARY
OF LIFE OFFICIAL
Ex.PREsIDENT CLEVELAND DE
cLAREs STATES CANNOT STOP
BIG CONVERSATIONS.
FAIR PLAY is ASKED FOR
And Expected, By Insurance Com
panies, He Says--Decides That
Concerns Have Same Rights
as Citizens.

/ New York, April r. Former Presi
/ dent Grover Cleveland counsel for
The Association Of Life Insurance
Presidents, has just submitted to that
association. brief, in relation to
salaries paid by life insurance com
tpanies. The occasion for its presen-
tation, ii is stated is the fact that GER
ltain western states have now pending
before their respective legislatures,
lbills that would limit the salaries OF
life insurance offices to $4,000 a year
while in others the liimt is fixed at
| $25 900 a year.
! The brief, it is announced. will be
lfiled tomorrow with the Wisconsin
| Legislature, in opposition to the bill
providing for compulsory investment
OF reserve funds in the state, largely
increased taxation Of premium RE-
ceipts and other subjects
After calling attention to the fact
that insurance companies are private
corporations, Mr.. Cleveland says
Same Rights as Citizens.
at has been judicially determined,
beyond the reach Of controversy, that
in legal contemplation these COM
panies are within the definition OF
lpersons, and, SO far as their rights
are concerned, they are on the same
footing as citizens of the United
States and of the several states The
fourteenth amendment of the federal
constitution provides that no state
shall make or enforce any law which
shall abridge the privileges of i'm
mnnitios o. citizens of the United
States. nor shall any state deprive
any persons OF life, liberty or prop
lerty without due process of law.
I'll IS clearly the intent and in
evitable effect Of the contemplated
Legislation to abridge these privileges
and immunities' of corporate citizens
of the United States, by imposing
upon them limitations concerning the
compensation 10 be paid their officers
and employees, in the face of the law
Of their creation and domicile. which
makes them free from such lmita-
ton.
Legislation of this character is so
new and startling as 20 indicate a
disposition to depart from all con
serva i've and steady sentiment touch
ing state supervision and regulation
Of life insurance companies"
Paid Small Percent of Receipts.
He then takes up for consideration
the salaries paid to president and first
vice presidents in 20 leading com
panies, including the five large com
panies that pay $4,000 or more and
adds:
From this examination II appears
that the total premium receipts Of the
% companies amounted to s440,GG5.-
90S; that the percentage of these re-
ceipis paid 60 presidents and vice
presidents by all the companies was
Concluded on Sixth PageI
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
CURTAIN RISES ON
LAST ACT TODAY
CONCLUSION OF THAW-WHlTE
TRAGEDY WILL BE REACHED
THIS WEEK.
DEFENSE COUNSEL CLASH
over the Calling Of More Witnesses,
is eported--DeImas to Ask
Adjournment to Get Full
Day for His Plea.

New York, April When Judge
Fitzgerald qomorlow morning an
lnounces formally the findings Of the
lcommission In lunacy, which inquired
Into the present mental condition of
Harry X. Thaw, the curtain will rise
on the last act of the long case.
Mr.. Delnas, il is said, will ask an
adjournment unti 2 o'clock tomorrow
Afternoon. II Is because he finds II
Impossible to make his address to the
jury In one day that he will make his
opening tomorrow afternoon To leave
him the fnll day Tuesday In which to
lconclude his summing up.
District Attorney Jerome is ex-
pected to occupy three or four hours
| Of Wednesday and his summing up
may take more time, There will then
remain only Justice Fitzgeralds
charge before the case goes to the
ljury which can hardly be later than
Thursday.
Thaw in Good Spirits.
Thaw passed quiet day in the
Tombs reading the papers and writ
ing, He was in unusually good spirits
| and attended religious services.
What may be a serious disagree
ment developed among couT sci for
Harry X Thaw today over the ques.
tion Of calling more witnesses for the
defense when the trial is r sumel
Monday morning. Some of Thaws
lawyers believe that the summing up
should be begun al once. while others
| are equally positive that th4ir case
wuld be strengthened by calling more
Witnessea.
| One m Thaw's counsel said toaay:
| When the trial was interrupted Dir.
1 HanTilfen vas on the stand and his
examination was not completed. Wissa
| he case is resumed DR.. Hamilton viii
BE stlTl on the stand and the question
before us is whether it is wi.e or
not to continue his examination. I
fayof asking Df. Hamilton his opinion
| II Thaw's sanity. He win testify tina
| Thaw was insan at the time of the
shotting we think, and that will heip
our case What his opinion is in re-
| gard to Thaw's mental condition nov
!oes not matter in view Of the com
N ssion'J report. VIE will ge' together
| before Monday and try to thrash the
| natter out and arrive at SOM conclr-
sion. Nothing has yet been decided de-
hnitely"
Delmas Prepares Speech.
D. NJ. Delmas was busy today put
ting the finishing touches to his SUN
ning-up speech and it was said al his
9ffic that he will take more than Q
| lay TO deliver It, 1t was said that
he win be the only member Of Thaw's
counsel that W II add ess the court In
the summing up.
1t is understood that some rather
perfunctory procedure viii take place
| concluded on Fourth Page.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
TEN ARE RESCUED
IN A HEAVY GALE
LIFE SAVERS SHOOT eREEcHEs
BUOY OVER WRECKED SHIP
AND SAVE = PASSENGER
TWO ARE WOMEN.

Norfolk. Va. April Ten persons
vo of whom are women. were res
red from death by Capt Etheridge
nd his crew Of life savers at the
gagshead. \. c.. station early today
hen the feur mas ed schooner
.ouis Bossart was blown ashore By
he heaTy northeast gale thar has pre-
allied aleng the coast Tor the past IS
lours.
shortly afer midnight she ran on
the beach and was discovered in the
breakers by a coast guard from the
Naeshead station. On a-coant Of the
aigh sea no attempt was made %
'auuch toe boats. 4 line vas shot
over and the breeches hroy vas nun
cot. when the snrfmen pulled Sc IN
he found a young woman as rassen-
ger. the daughter Of Captain Fletcher
Of the wrecked craft.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
BUSSE WILL NOT
RUSH TO OFFICE
NEW CHICAGO MAYOR DECLARES
NE HAS NO INTENTION OF
ASSUMING DUTIES BEFORE
APRIL 18TH.

Chicago. April IL have NJ PIE
enf idea Of taking Office until April
IS. ! do not expect 10 go to the city
haii on Monday or any d4F tais
week This announcement BY
Mayer Fred A. Busse tonight gave
practical assurance that Chicago VIII
not be the scene Of q inal municipal
government and at endant oompiica.
tions which it wss feared might fol
loW the swearing in Of Bnsss as
mayor Saturday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
HARTMAN IS NOW
|. FACING BIG SUIT
PROSECUTION UNDER THE ANTI
TRUST LAW BELIEVED AL
MOST CERTAIN.
PROBE RESULT APPARENT
6y Acton Of Interstate Commerce
Commissioning DECIDE Today
on Question Labor Raps
Roosevelt.

Waahingt NJ April 7-As result
of the Hartman inquiry. which has
lengaged the attention N the inteF
\ state commerce commission for TIM
Hast three months arguments IN the
Tease being concluded yesterday. this
| Is the probable outcome:
Prosecution of r. II. Hartman for
alleged violation Of the Sherman anti
TRUST law BY purchasing as president
of the Union Pacific the stock iii tho
Sou hern Pacific thereby restraining
trade on parallel and competing lines,
Prosecution Of Hartman for the
alleged violation OF the same act by
entering into contracts with the San
Pedro railroad, built BY ex Seaator
Clark of Montana from Salt Lake City
to Los Angeles, whereby competition
Iis eliminated between the Claik iinR
and the Hartman lines.
Request by the commission for eon-
gress to pass law regulating the III
suance of stocks and bonds By car
rers of Interstate commerce.
Want More Stringent Lava.
Request by commission for con
gress to pass more stringent laws re
garding the systems OF bookkeep ng
employed by the railroads.
Investigation OF the combinatio on Of
railroads forming the Pennsylvania
system, the Vanderbilt lines, the Rock
island and the Hill lines.
The first thing 10 be done II 70 de-
cide whe her Hartman will be hilel
into the federal courts Of southern
New York u answer certain ages:
ttions which he refused 10 al til New
York inquiry This win probably be
deteInFied Monday and II Is believed
will result IN the proposed court pto-
lcceglings.
| The legal advisers on the conamis-
doctrine 81 the Hartman lawyers
that the Union Southern Pacifie ccm-
| bination is not a violation of the
| Sherman antitrust act because that
act contains no inhibition against the
purchase of property even il competi
tion be eliminated They say that
the supreme court OF the United
states long ago exploded that afgu-
ment. In this instance as well as in
the Clark line they charge that there
has been restraint Of competition.
Deny Competition Exists.
The Hartman lawyers in the latter
case say that there can be no re
slraint Of competition and they point
to the fact that the principal contracts
in question merely prohibit the rail-
roads from building lines into the
enemy's country AS to the investi
CATION Of other railroad systems. this
was insisted upon by the representa-
tives OF Hartman, who said that II
was as plain as the nose on the face
that other parallel and competing
Ines besides those in which Hartman
I. interested had combines. II ia be-
lieyed that the commission will grant
this demand of the Hartman men
for a square deal and like treatment
f., all
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
STEVENS GIVEN A
ROUS|NC SEND OFF
CHIEF ENGINEER OF PANAMA
CANAL TENDERED RECEP-
TIoN BY OFFICIALS PRIOR TO
DEPARTURE FOR THE U. S.

Colon, April John f. Stevens, for
mer chief engineer Of the Panama
Canal, was given a splendid SIND of
last night previous to his departure to
day for the United States. The recep
ton was held ca Pier II Crisfobal
Among those present were W. G
Bierd. neral manager Of the Pana
ma railroad. who acted as chairman
the heads OF departments OF the crlal
commission and the Panama Railroad
company; Jackson Smith. who is IN
charge Of the labor department ol
the canal and 1900 others.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
MAKING A NOISE
LIKE A SPHINX
NOTHING TO SAY OF CAM
PAIcN clFTs-THE CANNON
PARTY HOME.

New York. April 7.-SpeaFer jos
eph b. Cannon and other congress-
men who have been guests Of Con
gressman McKinleT of Illinois On a
trip TO Panama and the West Indies.
arrived tonight Mr.. Cannon refused
10 discuss the dispute between Presi
dent Roosevelt and Hartman. Con-
gressman Sherman when asked con-
cerning campaign contributions in he
fall Of 1904 said;
"Genfiemen. I'm noW giving a cor
rect imitation Of the sphinx
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
TOSAVEM|LL|0NS
IN j. S. PRINTING
COMMITTEE AT WORK IN WASH
INGToN LOOKING OVER
FEDERAL LAWS.
MANYUSELESSVOLUMES
OF Reports, It is Believed Are Now
Made at Great Cost---Waste
Of Time and Money Declared
to BE Farcial.

Wa hingion, April T.. Work on one
important matter 81 legislation Is
being continued during tic interim
between the closing of the iifiy-nlnih
congress and the opening Of the six
Itieth congress, Thi involves the task
Of overhauling the printing laws and
ldisposing OF the enormous accumnla-
ton Of documents which has been pill
ing up in warehouses for fifteen
Years.
The printing investigation commit
|tee, which includes In is membership
the senate and house committee on
printing, was continued by the last
congress. Representative G. b. Ian.
dis. chairman of he subcommittee
having the work directly in charge,
will have direction of the work in the
succeeding congress in the same posi-
ton.
The commission Is proceeding on
the theory that an intelligent and
consistent printing law can be build
Cd In sections more easily and more
safely than one could be formulated
and passed,
Great Economies Made.
study of the legislative history
and development of the existing law
led Mr. Lands 10 remark recently
that 1t would be ais easy to dive a
copper wire throuha and armor plate
as it would be to drive consistent
printing law through congress. At
the end of the. effort he said. one
would be as badly twisted as the
other
About year ago the commission
reported To congress two Joint resolli
tlons, which were adopted While
they attracted Hike attention at the
lrsnie. the have worked great econo
fshfes. They contained about ter
Tines. One OF them cut off the print
ng of more than 100000 volumes
asst year which In years had been
printed not because they were needed
ut just because the law required II.
Millions OF these volumes, most of
them obsolete and Of no value except
as old paper are occupying ware
houses for which the government Is
9aylng nearly $4,000 per year for
ent. but they are so sacred from the
touch Of anyone as the money in the
rcasury and II will require legisla.
ion to dispose OF them.
Laws Observance Farciai.
The other resolution made the
,ifice or department which furnished
ne oepy responsible for the cost of
printing, and as result many gov
rnment publications have shrunk to
alf The number OF pages they for
merly occupied So that instead Of a
printing bin of $750O.000 for The com
ing year-the figure which would
rave been reached If the increase in
appropriations had oentinued-the
siIl will be about s5.500,000. And this
N spite of the fact that a number OF
new bureaus have been established
several laws. including a new lmm
grati0n law. the pure fool law and
he railroad rate law. which have en-
allied enormous volumes Of printing
laving come into operation
While the commission a year age
'ealt with but two propositions dur
ng the session just closed Il has
'cali with half a dozen more. The
aw as It stood was impossible Of oh
ierYance without tying The hands o
ff,ooot,,aod 80. .,.n,. paraA
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
TO ASK FOR NEW
PRISON AT JOLIET
TRUSTEES w A N r APPROPRih.
TiON AS RESULT or CONVICT
LABOR MEASURE.
INMATES TO DO WORK
Requiring Ten Years 10 Plan Proposed
Say Present Penitentiary is
Unsafe, Unsanitary and En-
trely Too Small.

Springfield, H., April 1.-THE CON
plete reconstruct on Of the Northern
| Illinois state penitentiary AT Joliet
may be asked as result Of the con
test over the Chiperfield convict labor
bill in the legislature.
The board of trustees has had q
plan for the rebuilding in mind for
some time, but it had not b, en- deem
ed expedient to breach it at this time
and no appropriation was asked. The
trustees think that the present fight
may open the way for them to obtain
| their desirg.
Would Solve Labor Question.
Action along this line would afford
welcome relief to a number Of mem
bers of the assembly, who are "be-
tween the devil and the deep sea- as
regards the Chiperfleld bill. There
are many members Of both house ana
senate who are opposed TO the pro
posed repeal of the act of two years
ago allowing the state board of pris-
on Industries TO sell the output Of 40
per cent OF the prison inmates on the
open market. But more than one Of
these same m mbers hesitate to vote
their sentiments on the bill because
of the strong labor lobby at the capi,
tai urging the repeal Of this 30 per
cent clause.
AS the pro- CT for the building CT a
new penitentiary contemplates the en-
ploymeat of conyic.s in the construc.
ton work, it offers a solution OF the
vexations convict labor problem for
several years to come. This work, i
is figured. would gye employment to
all the inmates of the penitentiary at
Joliet and at thg same time the con-
yicts In the Southern Illinois peniten-
tlary at Chester could be employed in
the manufacture of articles for use in
the various state institutions.
New Site to Be Asked.
The scheme for the rebuilding Of
the Northern penitentiaiy as outlined
by John n. Harrison of Danville. 4
trustee of that Institution, is an ella
borate one. First, it cont mplates a
new prison site. The present location
is universally condemned. The land
lies below the level of the drainage
canal near by, and it is physical inn
p, ssibility 10 provide adequate drain
age for the prison grounds.
- Nbf fp IN
the proximity o fthe plant OF the Illi-
nois Steel company The innumerable
smoke stacks from this great plant
belch forth clouds of smoke that com
pletely envslop the prison grounds
|anI half stille the inmates.
The ground now oecup ed by the
prison is aaid 10 be of value for manu-.
featuring purposes, and Mr.. Riley, a
member of the house residing at Jol-
let says the land has been valued at
S., 900 an acre. IL Is believed hat the
land now occupied could be sold for
a sum sufficient TO purchase 1000
acres of land far more desirable for
prison purposes.
Buildings Antiquated and Crowded
The nee gsity for a new prison at
Jol ct has long been apparent The
present cell house was built fifty
years ago, when modern sanitation
was unknown. and 1t is proposed about
as bad as institution physically as
could be. The cells are TOO small air
tCopc,uded on Sixth Para)
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
LABOR ATTACKS ROOSEVELT.

LABOR ATTACKS ROOSEVELT.
New York. April THE Moyef-
Haywood conference organized In
New York to aid the labor leaders
now Imprisoned in Idaho today took
up the cudgel against President
Roosevelt as a result OF the dis
closures made In the Hartman con-
ioversy. a letter was sent toiay 70
tho president in which it is stated;
As the executive committee of the
Moycf- Haywood conference OF New
York. a body composed by duly
elected delegates OF more than 500
bona fde labor organizations With
membership aggregatinE mere than
100000 men. we consider ourselves IN
duty bound 10 take issue with you re-
gsrding the language quoted aud
widely published
Neither Moyer nor Haywood-we
leave Debs out of present cousidera-
ton for obvious reascns-hss anY
connection giih the quarrel between
yoa and the financial msgnaie who
claims 10 have raised q large cam
naign fund in 1905 by means Of which
$4,000 votes were turned in New York
.cly. assuring your triumphant elec-
tion.
Demands an Explanation.
~Whv then. shouts YOU dras Mover
AMI Haywood into this ness Yen
Gre in a position % knov the nan
facts Of this case. 70 know hoE tier
we're officially KIDNAPPED in 1895 from
fhei- homes n Denver and taken =
Idaho without having ehaace 70
communicate with their faniiies aRd
friends Or 10 appeal - the coats of
their own state for legal protection"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08
Ix.paesIOENT AssAssINATgO.

Mexico City April 7-Ex-3residen'
Jose Lizandro Barriilas Of Guatemala
va sssassinated in this eity f1n sht
al the house Of commons by a young
Guafenaian NAMED Cabrera. aged IS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08

THE MORNING PAPER LIVES
AL DAy-THE EVENING PAPER
DIES M AN HOUR.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-08

(c0ncluded on Third PagsJ
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
Will Listen for the Call.

l will leave Sunday afternooA for Huntingdon, Tenn. My daug hter, Grace, Mir. Humphry and Mir. Smith of De Queen, and MT. Williams of Mena, will leave this point with me; Miss Pearle Johnson oi Gillham, Mr. Babcock ot Wilton, and MT. Mansfield of Delight, will join us on the way. Arkansas will be we'll represented at my opening in Tennessee. The Southern University of Hunting don IS a fine institution, sur. rounded by rich territory, and my connection with same will doubi. less elevate my profession to higher planes of honor and dis. junction, but l am not rejoicing over the move. l am longing ,o a see. the eay when 1 can hear the call, "Come back to your noun. tain home, Mena.n
 J. E. Wootton.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-22
WATER CAUSED PANIC.
6ursted Main Did Several Thousand Dollars Worth of Damage
 in Chicago.

Chicago. Aug. 17.--With a roar tha brought frightened sleepers froni their beds for blocks around, SG inch water main in Chicago avenue bursted early Friday. shooting q column of water GO feet into the air. imperilling several lives and damag, ing property to the extent of several thousand dollars. The water broke through the brick pavement in front of the Stockholm hotel causing a panic amoung the 800 guests. A wagon load of policemen rushed into the hotel and carried out the women and children. The yards in that vi. cinity are four or five feet below the level of the street and it was only q few minutes until they were com. pletely inundated. The water quickly flooded the basements for two blocks east and west and a number of fam flies had to be rescued by the police Nine horses were drowned.