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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
NOCTURNAL TRYST
ENDS IN MURDER
"SUPERBA," YOUNG AND BEAUTl
Full KILLED AND coMPAN-
ION WOUNDED.
HUSBAND IS SUSPECTED
And is Placed Under Arrest But
Claims Aibi-Mystery Sur
rounds Shooting of Actress
in Secluded Nook.

Brunswick Ga. March 2.-L L'lliar
Davenport, an actress was shot ant
almost instantly killed and w. n
Brown, who was with her. was fatally
shot in secluded part of Win jsol
Park, in this city. early this morning
r. l.. Davenport, manager Of the Ma
jestic theatre. and husband of TIC
dead actress. is under arrest charged
with the killing The indications are
that the actress and the man were
shot when in a compromising posi-
tion. The clothing of both was lady
disarraneed and she had been shot
in the breast
Windsor Park Is a resort near
Brunswick, and + was there that
Brown and the actress went last
night. They sat in a secluded spot.
and had been there only a short time
when the tragedy took place. Ac.
cording u Browns statement. the
man who did the shooting crept up
IN him. Before Blown knew that he
was being watched, he says. he heard
two shots fred ard fell over. As
Brown was writhinE on the grOani
Mrs. Davenport rose to a sitting posi-
tion, whercupCn the man with the
weapon fired a bullet into her breast
and she fell back. Then Erown says,
he assailant disappeared under the
trees. but he himself, although NOR
tally wounded, went to the womans
assistance.
81 Am Dying" She Cried.
Il am dying she cried Loosen
my dress, Let me breathe"
Brown followed her instructions
and placed her on a bench. Though
staggering from loss of blood Brown
started toward the city for assistance.
He frs. notified the police Assist
ant Chief OF Police Owens. with his
mounted officers and physician,
hurried to the park. They were too
late however to render the Daven-
port woman any assistance. She was
dead when they arrived and near her
OIL the ground wero found her cloak,
bpoh anu ClHsltt OI roses. brown
at first said the womans husband did
The shooting, bu' later was not so Ger
fain.
Davenport was ARE ted, but denied |
that he did the shooting, declaring |
that he could prove an alibi There |
are some who will swear that he was
lt his apartments engaged in a soc al |
game Of cards the entire evening |
This has changed public opinion. and |
now II is rumored that another man. |
)ne fascinated with the pretty wife
and who had planned t. elope with |
ler, committed the deed
Brown is a business man of this /
'ity Davenport came to Brunswick |
ast January with the Parker amuse. /
nent company. His wife the dead |
icress, was "Superba," the leading
attraction carried by the Carnival |
Mrs Davenport was a very
handsome woman, and hal been
greatly admired by men She was
mis- - years of age Davenport and
he dead woman came from Illinois.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
RUSSIAN BARON KILLED.

Revai Russia March 2-Tar.n Bid
erg eX-chcf Of tfe EstIonial nobility
and menber of the council q the
nnrirc was ser upon by sis unknown
ucE while d.ivirg near his com y
sea- to-day and killed. OF two scr-
.aHt- accompaayi-e the baron. fsar
vas killed aud nee wounded.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
SCORE HURT IN EXPLOSION.

New York, March "A dynamite
magazine containing explosives usel
ia excavation work for the Pennsy
yanla railroads North Rive tunnel
at Homestead, N. j was blown -
shortly after midnight, injuring
SCORE Of employees at work in the
vicinity and shaking buildings for
miles around. No great monetary l-ss
wes caused beyond the damage doae
10 the contractors plant.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
TWO TOWNS CAPTURED.

M8naSua. Nicaragua, March .
Forces o fthc Nicaraguan government
have captured without resls auco The
lcaduran towns of Conception aai
Maria. They also took G rpus Christi
VIC fard fighting No details of tho
engagement have be received here
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
TO COUNT SUB TREASURY cAss.

Washington. Nar-h Ere tres
rrE fepa ment has displ chei f-1-
experts te Chicago TO take CHARGE ~
'H" rocaHri af thc money ir are p.
treasury iteo. % has been de~i-rI
fp count ryc-y dollar Foo D. sr'-
treasury io ascertain ahctbrr there o..
m r than fl7sooa missing rrc-4 fte
institution The work rf re.o-n.i-s
wii. take several weeks.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
WINTHROP is PROMOTED.

Washington. March 2.-It was an
nounced tonigh that the president has
rendered TO Beekman Winthrop. Of
New York al present governor Cf Por-
to Rico. the position of assistant SER
retsry of the treasury and that Win
'h.op has accepted
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
useful Minisier.

A distinct record is held by the Rev.
= Ciapion. rector Of Stebbi7z. Essex,
England. On a recent Sunday he as
sisted TO ring q peal Of go changes on
thA bells before church. After this he
conducted tho whole service. preached
the sermon and played the organ.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO.

Wilkesbarre Pa March 1.-Two
men were killed and five hadly burn
ed by an explosion Of gas IN the Wood
ward mine Of the Delaware, l.acli.t
wana and Western company. a King
ton this yening The dead are stan
ley Davis aud Edward Reilly. both
bratticemen.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
FOUND DEAD iN Bzo.

Desl WUoi. = ID. Nsrch 2-Ns,4
A1am enc cf the hest known s-tr--
neys in Western Wyoming was f1a7l
'ead IN led az b h-ue ct Sun5sn-s-
WTo- today The c3us e dssts
no. stated Tie fan.ir wee -ci Il
me NJ me sims.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
TATE RETURNED TO PEORIA.

Chicago, March Edward ;. Tao.
wbe has been held here several ta :
on charge Of having committed ru--
vlary in this citv was tolay orde. O.
returned TO Peoria TO answer q charge
of blowing uD the safe cf the Peoria
school hoard. from which ey'den
aEairst Newton e. Doushcrty wee
stolen
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
OIL TRUST TRIAL MoNoAT.

Chicscc March 2.-The triai of o-e
9f the eigi federal inictre-;s
leaius The STANDARD OF company II
Indiana VIII gin before ruitel
States District Judge Lauiis Nond T
TIE indictment contaiDs 1909 90 i-is
and charge acceptance from rai.ra ds
Il Illegal rebates agTr gat.us s-23,-
1NA
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
ASK ROOSEVELT
TO EXPOSE CONGO
SENATOR MORGAN GALS UPON
HIM TO TELL ALL he
KNOWS ABOUT TT.
OBJECTION is RAISED
To Resolution to Get Leopolds Grant
to American Money Kings Before
Congress in Official
Manner,

Washington, D. c.. March 2. by the
terms of resolution reported favor.
Fably TO the Senate today by Mr.. Nor
gan, the president is ask d to send to
the senate all the information he has
about the concessions and concessions
Aries in the Congo Free State.
The object Of the resolution Is Of
course, to get in off cial form before
congre s the facts as to the granting
by King Leopold to Ryan, Guggenheim
and Rockefeller vast territories in the
Congo to be exploited for rubber also
fol everything the great territory con
tans from diamonds to the common
csr minerals.
These concessions We're made In the
face of the exposure by the New York
American of thd impudent lobby main
tanned right here in Washington by
the agents of King Leopold and their
efforts TO influence officials of the sen
at and house.
Report on Calendar.
The Morgan report has attracted
the attention of SENATOR. It has gene
to the calendar and may be distressed
vigorously before the adjournment on
Monday,
Senator Morgan is the father Of the
Congo Free State. II was resolu
tion introduced By him over twenty
years ago that inita ed the interna-
ticnal movement that resulted in g.v-
ing a governmental autonomy and n
tity to the Congo Free State Today
he is fighting to save that state from
the grasp of monopoly to preserve It
as a land in which the negro race
may one day have a chance to work
out its own salvation This cone D.
ton he thinks Il in danger OF being
destroyed because the million,
ares of America. In alliance with
King Leopold Of belgium, are determ
ined 10 snbiugate this great region 10
their schemes Of exploitation.
Sketches States History
The statement which Mr. Morgan |
to the senate today Is a
* tch Cf the history Of the Congo |
Free State. and an explanation of the
that have been practiced
here under the -ulc OF eLopold. II
'ays that Leopold has granted 10
wealthy Am riCans concessions for
'peraiing the rubber resources Of the
ountry; that tho concessions need
confirmation by the signatory powers
# the Bri ssels act; and therefore that
is the duty OF the United States
0 intervene. Moreover Senator Nor.
an points ont that the government
t Liberia is ass ricd on good author.
~ resntly 10 have granted TO British
nierests a rubber and mahogany con
ession
TT is the duty Of the United
'taies," says the senator TO see that
10 barrier Is created By IN act of
.eopold 70 debae the oxiled Africans
Who have been held in slavery In
america from the right TO return 70 L
heir native land and to hold frc op
.ortuulty to enjoy tho great advant
ges now offered to them of repatria
ion in their own country with,u. let !
r hindrance"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
DINE WITH THE KAISER.

Berlin. March Ambassador and
Ms. Tower and Lieutenant Colonel
Joan -. Wiser American military
attache di-ed with Emperor William
and the Empress of Germany ton cht.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03

To be obscure Is easier than 20 be
profound and Just as imDressive-
Life.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03
Awak. % - Of the paY.

Hungary spends sl7.500 eo0 Scarly
on its technical sad agricultural
schools
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03

Friends Of the Bulletin are request
ed 70 send or telephone items to this
office.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03

THE SMALL STORE KEEPER can
|y goods from the same wholesaler
at the big store keepers buy from;
"a he can buy advertising on the
me pages the big ones use so sue.
essfulIy.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-03

at IS ALmosrAs DIFFICULT 10
make man unIesrn hs errors as his
knowledge" And IL Ia function Of
good advertising to make people un.
learn their errors about store.
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07
California Architecture.

One glance at the long low corridor
Of Santa Barbara Mission, of San
Juan Capistrano; another at the solid
adobe walls of such house as the
old Morris residence in Los Angeles,
and you know where the modern
American California found the models
upon which she has based many Of
her most beautiful buildings. says
Travel Magazine. If the mission
fathers from Spain had not built their
missions on that coast; IL their fol-
lowers had not built their adobe
houses surrounding the missions. the
Californian of to-day would have a
different style of architecture.
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07
No Good Definition of Death.

Tests for death occupy considerable
space in medico-legal literature, and
yet they leave much to be desired in
the way of certainty. There is aston.
ishingly little evidence that anyone Is
ever buried alive, and even If true,
suffocation would prevent regaining
consciousness. The stories of suffer.
Ing revealed by opened collins are
merely old wives tales of stormy
winter evenings when weird shadows
were cast by the fireplace, but they
have created popular idea that bur-
ial alive Is common and that we must
have a sure test for death. Yet there
Is no good definition of death, and we
can never have a test for the un-
known. To Loeb and his school, life
Of protaplasm is merely the total of
Its reactions as a chemical machine
a theory already venerable with age,
but no nearer proof than it was $500
years ago. Resuscitation of those ap.
parently dead has been fairly com.
mon, declares the American Medicine.
The startling thought has been an.
nounced that perhaps they were really
dead; that is, the body had ceased it's
activities and team work" was end.
ed. 1t was like a factory in which
work had stopped, but the workmen
were still standing around idle though
ready to begin IL the machine were
started again. 1t needed some one to
turn on the steam, or correct some
defect or breakdown.
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07
Mr.. Lewis-James, the leading b

Mr.. Lewis-James, the leading barry.
tone in the Moody-Manners Opera
company, noted English organiza-
tion, has had an interesting history.
He was born in Aberdare, South
Wales, and went to work in coal pit
when he was IL years old. He sang
in local concerts and competitions
which are popular among the Welsh,
and eventually achieved such prestige
in his home neighborhood that he
was urged to study music seriously.
This he did for two years, while con-
tlnuing his work as a coal miner.
Then the Carl Rosa company visited
Cardiff, and Mr.. James sang privately
for the director, who engaged him at
once for three years, and afterward
no joined the Moody-Manners com
pany.
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07
Make Marriage Engagements Pubic

Make Marriage engagements Public.
About the only practicable improve
ment in marriage is that suggested by
q Kansas legislator, who is going to
Introduce bill compelling the publ.
cation of marriage engagements for
30 days preceding the ceremony. This,
Of course, is already the custom In
some circles of society, where mar
riage engagements are invariably
made public. Among the Jews en-.
gagements are regarded as only one
degree less sacred than marriage it.
self. In Europe the laws of most
countries compel the publication of
banns Of marriage, so that the whole
community is made aware that matri.
mony is contemplated and any i'm.
pediment to the match may be dis
covered. But among large majority
Of people in the United States no
such provision is made. Hasty mar
riages are frequent, and even when
engagements are of some length they
are not always acknowledged. This,
Of course, makes deception easy, and
even crime. A man may marry 40
wives, as Hoch did, says the Chicago
Journal, and unless some unusual cir.
cumstance arises he may escape de-
lection. A law compelling the publ.
cation Of marriage. engagements
would undoubtedly lessen the evils
attending matrimony in this country.
II for 80 days before the knot is tied
the news were circulated and dis.
cussed by everybody interested, many
. bad marriage would be prevented
and much suffering would be avoided.
Marriage is very important event
IN human life, and the state should
take every means to make it safe.
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07

triangular Bit
front yard small for city park
home life
lingering In
the restve bit Of
landscape gardening
anecdote
transfer
P.
When next Mr. Page sought cuperaton from literary toll his oyou
Bemont
which into settlement by ite
with
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07
FEDERAL JUDGES FACING CRITICISM.

Before the winter is over considerable is like
ly to be heard about federal judges who overturn
laws constitutional grounds after the ablest
lawyers among the nations statesmen have spent
weeks and months in perfecting the same. Re.
cent decisions with respect to the employers
liability act have already started the discussion
In his last annual message to congress the
president referred to the almost nonchalant ease
with which federal judges declare unconstitutional
measures which have been "solemnly" considered
by congress-
Almost everybody has forgotten that Judges
Evans and Mccall were once members of the
lower house of congress. Neither OF them made
mark as a constitutional lawyer. The fact is
being pointed ont that many Occupauts of the
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07


Genwy his victories the Roosevelt
to president
e.
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07
Washington Letter
What Is Going On in the National CaptaPeny Belmont Build
ing Spie Fence Shut Off View Of Thomas Nelson Page
Great Demand for Ten-Dollar Bills.

wAsHINGToN.-Perry Belmont and Thomaa
Nelson Page have "a mad with each other
Rapidfre developments In the strife between tht
millionaire and the author have kept society ant
oficialdom at the capital wondering what woult
come next.
Mr.. Belmont won the latest round. He bull
spite fence right across from Mr.. Pages best
beloved window seat and those who have followet
the Belmont fortunes in the struggle claim easy
honors for the capitalist.
Mr. Page drew first blood, and 1t was perhapi
singing blow which marked the battles incep
tion when he wrote some pieces for the maga
zines which not highly fattering to Perry
Belmont nor to his brother. o. H. 2.
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07
-JAck" eREENwAy DECLINES FEDERAL JOB.

- Capt. Jack Greenway, rough rider and per-
sonal friend of President Roosevelt since they
fought and camped together on the wet soil OF
Cuba, has been offered the position of commits
sioner general of the land Office to succeed Will
liam A. Richards who is shortly to go out OF
Office He cannot however, accept, and greatly
regrets his inability to do so because of the affec
ton he bears his friend and chief.
Capt. Greenway is engaged in iron mining in
Minnesota and has given certain pledges to the
company he is employed with. He does not think
he is at liberty to ask release from any of these
pledges.
The noted exsolder and football player Of
Yale has been a guest Of President Roosevelt for
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07


coming spring
would be lame ducks Most of
take Of them when they get out Of job Judges naes wscon
Ptchard
who had lost when elevated to life positions
In
constitutional
crhcsm
Com OF public life
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07

| his mother found him In the attic, be-
meath the gable window In the roof,
Through which the sun streamed
warmly and made, upon the dusty
floor, q golden patch not unlike the
limelight upon stage.
He sat in pile of pink and yellow
and red scraps Of paper. from which
he had cut, with unusual cunning, .
dozen gayly angular figures OF men
and women. These Carter had In
duced, by means Of a basic arrange
ment of pins. to stand upright upon
the floor; in a sing-song voice he was
droning out a crude. fantastic narra-
tive Of childish imagining to which,
with swift, deft hands, he suited the
movements Of his puppets.
"The prince" he cried, has come
| to slay the wicked -for--er--er
more And the scarlet princeiins
fell nightly upon the crumbling vel
| low fairy.
Carters. mother paused on the
threshold; J; there was sick, scared
feeling at her heart.
"Oh, he's got It, too she thought.
bitterly. Her lips tightened with de.
| cision.
Jimmie" she said, sharply, what
are you playing herewith those pa
per-things?''
Carter hung his head shyly. I'll
don't know" he faltered.
He some way hated to tell his
| mother that he called the game by.
a name of his own: '.The Make-Be-
lieve People. Carter had observed in
| his young life that his mother did not
often understand what he meant by a
great many "difrunt" things.
Its not nice game for little boys
to play. You mustn't ever do 1t again
! do you hear mother? Never again!l
You may give me those paper thingsR
Carter's chin quivered; he did not
cry. He wanted to save the red prince
terribly. His mother crushed them all
sternly in her hands, and led him
out of the attic.
| Carter's mother was III on his elev-
enth birthday. Perhaps It should he
said here that the lads father had
died-and he had lived dreaming, long
before Carter could frame an image
of him on his baby brain. The boys
birthday was on Saturday. In the
afternoon his mother called him to
her bedroom and kissed him. slipping
a shining dollar into his hand.
you may take old Hannah and go
down town to buy whatever you like,
provided 1t is not something foolish. !.
she said, kindly. in the precise tones
she always used to children and serv-
| ants.
! At the corner, pasted on the fence
around Simpkin's livery stable. they
found villianous, blood-curdling
scene In road, done with splendor
of coloring and scorn Of conven-
tion. that filed Carter and Hannah
with admiration and forboding. They
gasped.
What is it, Hannahg9 whispered
Carter, wide-eyed.
"A play-picture," Hannah explained
ITS going to be at the town hall to.
day. It's make-believe."
WAS it-splendid, Hannah?"
1T was just grand!'
"A make believe" The words fas-
cinated Carter. They reminded him
Of the scarlet prince.
i Hannah. we're going to it, he add.
ed, conclusively.
ly. But in the end Carter stood
The Jasper news., 1907-02-07
AN INDICATION OF GENERAL PROSPERITY

Secretary Shaw has succeeded in securing the
return to the treasury of 600 $1,000 bills. The
place of these in the circulation has been taken,
in large part, by new ten-dollar bills The reason
is that appeals have been coming to the treasury
constantly to send out more tens, because there
tremendous demand for them.
This demand is simply sign of the great
prosperity of the country, according to financial
men, Several years ago there was a constant cry
for one and two-dolar bills. That cry has passed
and people are wang for tens.
The suppostion is that in these fst financial
days the multitudes are looking upon the ten
dollar note as lightly as they looked upon note
of one.ffth or one-tenth its value in the days
when banks were breaking and people were asking
There is probably no joke about the statemen
of high denomination means that prosperity is
low and when people are spending little OF notl
went ten-dollar bills but they don't get them.
The requests for "tenners" worried the treas
while. Under the law it couldn't put these bills
money didn't come in as rapidly as 1t should;
made to get some notes of large denomination fro
to put the ''sawbucks' out in their place There
bills in the paths of general circulation, and 1t W
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-26
COREA-FLEMING
WEDDING TALK

Special to Evening Teller.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 2s.-
All Washington is taking an interest
in tomorrow's wedding OF Senior
corea, the Nicaraguan minister, and
Miss India Belle Fleming, the daugh-
ter of Col and Mrs. Robert l. Fleming
of this city. The event promises to
be one of the most brilliant of the
season in the national capital.
Senior Corea will have the Mexican
ambassador, Senior Enrique Creel, as
his best man. Miss Fleming will nave
four bridesmaids, one of whom will
be Miss Erma Shaw, daughter of the
secretary of the treasury.
The ceremony will be performed by
Rev. DR.. Teunis S. Hamlin, rector of
the Church of the Covenant. A large
wedding breakfast and reception will
follow the ceremony, which is to take
place at noon at the home of the
brides parents.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-02-26
7. W, LAWSON
so YEARS OLD

Special to Evening Teller.
J BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 26.-Thomas
w. Lawson, high priest Of finance and
arch enemy OF the system" was SO
years old today.
Mr.. Lawson held no special observ-
ance of the anniversary, being kept
pretty busy these days explaining the
future movements of Trinity and other
of his favorite copper stocks.
To a number of his friends who cal
led 20 congratulate him Mr., Lawson
remarked that he is still comparatively
young man and had every expeeta-
ton. of living to see the day when the
Standard Oil school of finance would
have to shut up shop.