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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
POLICE ROUND UP
PACK OF THIEVES
FouR MEN AND ONE WOMAN
CAUGHT WITH STOLEN PROF
EfTY IN THEIR POSSES
SION
GOODS ARE IDENTIFIED
av Owners-Men Are Strangers Be-
lieved to Be Wanted for Depre-
dations observation-disclosures
Was Servant.

The police did good piece OF work
Yesterday. They landed five sneak
thieves in jail. four white men and a
yonng negress, the former all
strangers in The city, the latter a r
yunt al the home OF Mrs. G, t CfaD-
tree The four men gave their names
as John Dan MCGOWAN, James Mnf'
Inv. John Wagner, VIM Barnett.
Three of them were caught at Smiths
saloon and wagon yard by Chlei
Egan and Officers Fitzgerald ana
Line; The fourth was arrested by the
chief on Commercial avenue. near
twelfth street. having just passed
headouarters where the chief was
seated and being recognized by the
officer from descriptions given of men
who had tiled to sell certain articles.
All of the men had stolen goods in
their possession. and their conviction
seems certain.
The general hunt for thieves was in
.augurated by the chief because OF the
several burglarles which have taken
place during the last few nights, es-
pecially that al Conant & Rennies
store. as related In yesterdays Bulle-
lin. and among the goods found on me
men we're some recognized hy Mr..
Rennie as belonging TO his firm, es-
pecially hat, shoes. underwear and
shirts all OF which the men were
wearing.
But they had a number of articles
which were not takel from this firm.
The fellow caught by the chief had
part of a bolt OF lawn folded up under
his coat: part of bolt Of glngham
Was also found. having been sold To
negro woman named Claypool at odS
Douglas street, who gave il up; there
are also several pairs of socks and
shoes all of which were stolen from
some other place or places and tae
chief Is looking for the owners. The
lawn has a blue figure on a white
ground, was manufactured by the
Malvern mills, cost marked Wa
the Bingham Is blue check OF the
washington mills, cost mark 'OA
The socks are the Mascot brand.
There are also several pairs OF
trousers with all marks gone. some
handkerchiefs. The trousers had
Teen sold to some country negroes
who willingly gave them up The
thieves had dozen pairs OF trousers
ana a lot OF other things OF which
they disposed at different places and
ell the goods are new
The prisoners claim to have bought
the stuff which is not believed. as
they do not look like merchants They
have the appearance of a lot Of devil
may-care fellows, or Of hardened
crooks and the chief feels sure they
are wanted somewhere and was busy
last night sending out descriptions OF
them and Of the goods found in their
possession.
The negro gill is named Mary
| Bledsoe. She was a servant at the
home Of MIS-. Crabtree and stole some
clothing belonging 10 the latter, She
was arrested by Officer Fitzgerald
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
Quarrel Over the Telephone.

She Gin a huff. at the telephone1
lis this Mr.. Higgins
He recognizing the yoice) - es.
dear
Don't YOU dear me.'
"Why, Fannie, What's the"
Don't Fannie me either, Mr. Hug
gins, / have found you out at last"
why. Fannie. there must be some
mistake"
II just called you up to tell you
that our engagement Is broken on"
This is pretty sudden. Why
didn't you tell me sooner?" with a
little laugh.
1.-THE wire was busy. that's WHY"
And bang went the receiver on the
hook.-Yonker Statesman.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
ON THE RIVERS

The river marked S2.l feet on the
cairo gauge last evening, showing
II {al IF 8.5 of foot in "a hours
Rising rivers were reported yes.
terday from Points above here as fol-
lows Cincinnati 80. Nashville on
Chattanooga Of.
The Wash Honsheil came up from
ihe lower river yesterday with a
barge Of logs for the Singer company,
and a barge OF lumber for Joppa- She
returned south with three empiies.
The T. H. Davis went to Joppa At
noon with a barge of lumber brought
Hp BY the Wash Honshell
The ST. Joseph came out from Pa
ducah and went to Memphis having
been repaired cn the ways at the
former port.
The Dick Fowler from and TO Pa
ducah was on time yesterday, with
fair business both ways.
The Herman Paepcke went south
with four empties yesterday to bring
up logs and lumber for the Chicago
Mil.
The City OF Savannah was in port
three hours yesterday out from Ten
nessee river for s. Louis. She clear
ed ftr the latter port at ) p. m.
The Ferd Herold will be up from
Memphis tonight bound for st. Louis.
She put off 1924 packages at Mem
phis.
French's show boat, New Sensa-
ton has been sold to Capt. Price and
is now running in the Upper Mis-
sissippi.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
BIDS WANTED.

Sealed proposals will be received BY
the undersigned up to noon August
LIST, 1907. at his Office, No. sos Com
mercial avenue. for furnishing The Cal
10 Public Schools with 400 tons, rore
or less. Of Lump Nut and Washe J
Slack Coal
Same 10 be delivered a. the sever
al school buildings as ordered.
The right is reserved 70 reject any
or all BIDS
EDWARD 1. GILBERT.
Secretary Board Of Education
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
ar.aLlnn un N. Gloom.

Many things that just happen" are
so strange that they appear TO be the
outcome Of deep-laid design. For ex.
ample. in a long funeral procession
that drove away from a West side
church every other carriage was
drawn by a pair OF white horses. The
funeral director declared that this
odd-and-even arrangement OF black
and white horses was purely acci-
dental. but 1t certainly did look
queer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
Smoking Acnnaintnnce.

"You say you know the Judcef"
asked the officer who had Just ar
rested the chanhfuer for exceeding
the speed limit
well. yes" replied the chauffeur:
I have a speaking acquaintance
aiih him. He once said SIS fine TO
ne. and ! said Thank you TO him
Yonkers Statesman.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
Millions. But.

Marley skinner has been -
10 get me interested in a Ian Doom
in Nerr 10. soy.
wtserau-Pshaw that tract Of bis
+. practically worthless. I don't be
llave anything could ever live there
bat mosquitoes.
MarkIes All, 7 guess that's what
he meant he told me there were nil
lions ia IL
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
An Argument.

Mamma Now, Andrew. you
mustn't cat that candy. because 1t
will destroy sour appetite for din
ner"
Andrew don't think so, me-
NINA
Mamma-"why don't you think
SO. DEAR"
Andrew Because. mamma, I
haven't got a bit Of appetite Just
now"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
TWO DIE FROM SMALL pox.

Washing. on. Jelly 30.-The names
4 two men from the United State'
.hip Wilmington who died from small
Dox at Shanghai. were repor' I'd TO the
navy department. They we're.
George Taylor. c'xswaih- tiFth
Rochester. \. Y. William J. Camp
bell. maehinists mate Of first class
born al Oshkosh. Wis
Both died on June 10
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
The WEATHER
Yesterdays Cairo Temperatures.
General Conditions.

The day was quiet and fair TVS
psYefnment bulletin reported ram
from fourteen points covering some
AZ the river valleys. The extremes 81
ianperaure were lD2 NJ PhoenlS'
Atlz.. and "a al Ninnemucca.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
Forecasts For Today.


cairo and yiciniiy-Fair; slish
change III temperature.
Illinois ISSUED At Chicagol-faif'
slight emperatuge changes.
Kentucky Generally fair,
Tennessee Fair.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31

Doctor. do yOu think will lose
ny teeth yolng2~ asked Miss Passay
"1mpossib;e. Miss Passay. quite
inuossibIe," replied the dentist. po-
isely Detroit Free Press
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
so,isI Framework.

The whole Framework Of society
depends. in a great measure. upon our
getting hungry Al the ssrgs time
Puck
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
Yesterdays River Forecasts.

The Ohio al Evansville and Mt.
Vernon. will continue falling during
the next SO to As hours. then rise. At
Pad cab and Cairo. will continue
falling during next several days
The Tennessee from Florence to
the mouth. will probably continue
falling slowly during the next &c
hours
The Mississippi from below st.
Louis to Cairo viii continue falling
during the next sevral days.
n. N. CUNNINGHAM.
Observer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31
Washington Forecast.

Washington. July s0.--IlI-lNOls---
Fair Wednesday and Thursday with
variable winds. Z
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31

The Bulletin Il the only paper wftb
In e radius Of $50 miles with the ser
vice Of the Associated Prsss
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31

More people In Cairo read the Bu'
Ietin than all other Cairo papers CON
bined.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31

The floating population o. the world
Is 100000. This means the people
NhO follow the 81.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31

''coas yo' belieb dat Jim Johnson
Gm really converted ?"
Deed | does Use bin visitin his
house TO de last free months. an
dey hasn't had a mouthful of
chicken
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31

Read the Bulletin and get all the
oevs while Il Ii neUh
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-31

ever have kind. lingering thought
fur our old friends in Cairo
SAUP.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-30
she was a wife such as would have
frightened her home wherever her
fortune might have been cast.
G. A. R. Encampment Cost.

Fl Wayne, Ind, May 2S.-The
general committee in charge of the G.
A. r. encampment preparations re-
ports that it is able TO pay all its
debts and have a small sum left. This
will be divided equally between the
two Grand Army posts. The total
cost of the encampment was in round
numbers $1,000 and the total SUBJ
scriptions about $4,000 The largest
items of expense were the badges,
81 400; the decorations, $500; the
printing bill, $500; the two arches,
1925 each, and the transportation OF
the twelve National Guard companies
present, $1,000.
The distinctive feature of the en-
campment was the Lawton medallion
which app AIRED on all the badges AS
rain poured down necessarily all day
Wednesday the sale of the souvenir
badges was failure on that day and
there are 600 of them left These hav'
been disposed of TO persons who viii
sell them to those attending the Law
ton monument dedication at Indian
apolis next Thursday.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-30
Take Notice.

Owing to the prevalence of small
pox in St. Joseph county, and the in
efficiency of the Health officers OF
said county in dealing with the situa-
ton, and owing to the intermingling
of citizens of this county with citi-
zens and neighbors of St. Joseph
county, the disease is invading this
county quite extensively.
Therefore, | make this appeal to all
citizens of Marshal county. to be on
the alert and watch carefully for the
first symptoms of the disease. and il
sick and you are not absolutely GER
tain that you have not smallpox, call
your family physician and know for
sure whether you have smallpox or
not. And if you know of any cases
of smallpox in your neighborhood
you will do yourself and the health
officer of this county very great
favor by notifying your nearest
health officer of the cases at once.
and vigorous measures will be taken
to control it, as only in this way and
by your liberal help and support can
we cope with the disease and be mas
tiers of the situation.
DR.. L. D. Eley, Secy
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-30
Iroquois Cases Dismissed.

New York. May 2s.-Fifteen cases
asking in the aggregate for s250,O0O
damages for personal injuries and
deaths caused by the Iroquois theater
fire in Chicago were dismissed to-
day by Judge Hough in the United
States circuit court on the motion
of Lawyer David CARRIER, counsel for
Klaw & Granger, the defendants.
There yet remain twenty-eight SINH
lar cases, none of which. however,
have been placed on the calendars OF
the federal courts for trial. 1t is ex-
pected, according to the lawyers, that
these cases will be reached for trial
at the October term.
A great number of damage cases
were instituted against Klaw & Err
LANCER as the owners of the play ap-
pearing in the Iroquois and as owner
of the theater A number were tried
in Chicago but the courts there
failed to hold the New York theat-
rical firm legally responsible and YER
diets in its favor were returned. For
ty-four damage suits against the
same defendants were then filed in
the federal court here and slated for
trial, notwithstanding the fact that all
of the interested parties except the
defendants and all the witnesses re-
sided in Chicago. Adjournments were
had from time to time and recently
asked again upon the ground that
Lawyer Henry Yonge, the plaintiffs
attorney was very i'll and his associ-
ate, Clarence H. barrow was at
present engaged with the Haywood
Meyer case in Boise, Idaho.
Judge Hough today declined furth-
err delays and ordered the case dis
missed when counsel for the plain
iff announced they were not ready
to proceed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-30
Let the Prince Come.

Many German papers appear to bt
dangerously near lese majesty. The,
criticise the kaiser's reported inten-
ton to send one of his sons to Har.
ward. That is an assumption that the,
know more than he does about a sub
ject TO which he has probably giver
mature consideration Even if the
papers are wiser than the kaiser, they
ought to be careful about saying so
1t is evident that the papers in
question are not so we'll disposed
towards the United States as is the
kaiser who never neglects an oppo-
tunity to show his friendly feeling
The German editors say that if one
of the kaiser's sons were sent to Har-
ward, he might, in the empire of ma
chimes and dollars, lose the proper
appreciation of the roots from which
the German people draws it.
strength" In other words, he might
be Aqericanized.
1t might be a misfortune if thai
were to happen to the prince who is
some day to ascend the throne. Ii
would be misfortune if he were ou:
of touch with his people. That would
make him an unsympathetic and pos
sibly unsuccessful ruler. Being inn
bued with American spirit he might
Try to Americanize Germany too rap
idly instead of going at that desir-
able work gently and gradually.
1t is not>likely that the prince WAC
is to be sent to Harvard will become
emperor, and it will do no harm to
have one member of the imperial
house with knowledge of American
life ard thought He will be a wise
counselor when questions arise af-
fecting the two nations. He may be
able to inoculate Germany with a
little wholesome Americanism and re-
pay in part the debt America owes 70
German example and infuence.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-30

The Lansing, Mich. goods, are up
in arms over the Inconvenience and
duties imposed on them by President
Roosevelt's visit this week and Pres
ident Snyder has his hands full with
eighty indignant juniors refusing to
help out by waiting on guests at the
table during President Roosevelt's
stay. The sophomores and freshmen
join with them
The girls are asked to give up their
beds and bedding, go into the base
ment and sleep on the soft side of a
board.
"You may leave your clothes in
your rooms" President Snyder said
One junior coed said.
1T would be nice, wouldn't it, to
say, President Snyder. please hand
me those-ahem, you will find 'em in
the middle drawer. of my bureau
or yes, my face powder, please, along
with my cold cream When we wait
on the table for his guests it will be
when we receive tickets for our
friends
I'VE asked President Snyder if we
might have tickets for our parents
and invite them to attend and occupy
our rooms. but no. no. just one ticket
apiece, and the rooms must be given
over to the senators and representa-
ives who have comfortable quarters
in the downtown hotel"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-30

A prosperous world expends every
year $25.OOO.0OO in rough diamonds,
and such of them as do not come
from the mines of Kimberly may be
considered negligible quantity, says
the World Today. A very dreary
town, this Kimberly, dumped on the
desolate African veldt, that produces
not an ear of corn. Little better than
a desert, in fact, where artificial irri-
CATION is everywhere necessary.
The city's streets stretch like pro-
tecting arms around the precious
caves which in few years have
yielded more than twelve tons
weight of diamonds, valued at half
billion dollars. Look back on the
story of this desert patch and you
have strange romance. 1t begins
with two little bands of Boer emil
grants fleeing out of Cape Colony a
generation ago to escape British op-
preston. One of them by some
strange fate settled on a patch of
gold forty miles in extent, which has
since become the famous Rand, and
yields s1oO,OOo,OOO every year in the
precious metal
On the other hand, Burgher Jacobs
offcaddled on 100 acres of diamonds
and his little claim today contains an
absolute monopoly of the world in
these gems. His children used to
play in the sand with bright pebbles
for marbles. Neighbor Schalk Van
Neikirk saw one of the stones, took
| it from the little ones with the re-
mark that it might be valuable and
the following year it was ON show at
he universal exposition of Paris as a
magnificent diamond of 81 carats.
Two years later old Van Neikirk
himself picked out of the mud plaster
of Ne,ghbor Du Toit's hut the ia
nous "Star(of Africa" which sold for
$4,000. That was the beginning of
the diamond mines which today en-
| p!oy $4,000 KaffirS and 1000 Euro
peans. "All this for the vanity of
| women" as Lord Randolph Churchill
remarked on his first visit to the dig
gings.
Although the magic caves of South
| Africa turn out at least $4,000. 900
worth of stones every year, and the
DeBeers people are naturally the
power of the African continent.
Careful official calculation has it
that fashionable New York alone
wears s15O,OOOOOO in precious stones
AS to diamonds alone, $57,OO0,OO0
worth of them in the rough were adj
mitted into New York within the
last five or six years. 1t is estimated
that the duty on stones brought into
Americas greatest city during 1906
will amount to more than 100000
or nearly half the entire appropria-
ton for the expenses of he custom
house.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-30
Morgue Points q Moral.

Two fathers met Tuesday amid the
grim surroundings of morgue and
after gazing upon the bodies of their
dead, one looking at daughter and
the other at son, parted realizing in
the fullest sense the wages paid those
that follow the great white way
Rev. Seward Tiney of Grand Rapids,
Mich, was one of the fathers and
he was present to take charge of the
body of his daughter Leah, 90 years
of age. She was shot Sunday night
in resort at 40 Carpenter street.
Beside the minister stood c. A. Eek
man of Lagrange, ILL., He had come
to claim the body of his son lying be-
side that of the girl. Young Eek
man had killed the girl before shoot
ing himself through the head.
The pathos of the sequels TO the
tragedies that occur with unfailing
regularity and become a part of the
lights and shadows of a great city
was intensified by the meeting of the
fathers What bitterness might have
been felt by either was concealed
and each left the morgue taking with
him his dead The body of the girl
was taken to Grand Rapids That of
the boy will be buried in Dorr, Mich.
on the little hill beneath the pines OF
the sheep pasture where | used TO
play" as the young man wrote just
before he committed his double
crime.
The story of the dead couple is not
unlike that of many others. Two
years ago the minister's daughter
came to Chicago to study music, Be-
hemia appealed to her, but she soon
found herself outside her limits and
in the underworld. Time after time
the father sought to have her return
home, but she refused. An attach
ment for young Eckman is supposed
to have caused her refusal. They
were together for some time. Last
Sunday morning their bodies were
found lying side by side both dead
Letters left by the man showed that
he had killed the girl and then shot
himself,
Tuesday his father and the father
of the girl arrived in Chicago and
met almost Simultaneously at Shell
don's morgue, 239 West Madison
street, where the bodies lay.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-30
Council Meeting.

The council met in regular session
Monday night, with all members
present.
Several permits were asked for,
which were referred to the proper
committees.
Supt. Underwood made report on
progress of the wells.
The street commissioner reported
that many on whom he had served
notice of road tax paid no attention
to it. The city attorney was directed
to take the list and proceed against
the parties.
Water bills were allowed to the
amount of 1928.
The provisions of the franchise for
the new telephone company were
read The company, through Mr.. l.
NJ. Lauer, said that while the main
provisions of the franchise were sat
isfactory, there were features to
which the company objected. the
principal ones being the number oil
subscribers required to begin bust
ness with the length of time allowed
to procure the requisite number Of
subscribers, and. the most important
objection, that which required the
holding and sale of stock to be in the
hands of farmers of the county
These exceptions were discussed BY
different members of the telephone
company at considerable length, anc
inally the council asked permission
Tor further consideration of the mat
ter
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-30
Curbs Power of Saloons.

The supreme court at indianapolis
held Tuesday that city ordinance
not only forbidding saloons outside
of the business part of the city but
also defining the boundaries of the
business part, SO as to include only a
few squares surrounding the court
house and the place where most OF
the business is done is valid.
1t held that the only ground on
which such an ordinance can be sue
cessfully attacked is that the city has
been guilty of an unreasonable abuse
of its power and discretion in declar-
ing such boundaries.
1t also declared that state may
authorize saloons to be licensed and
that the saloon business is lawful ex-
cept as declared unlawful by the
state.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-05-30
Eggs.

The following is the law govern
ing the sale of decayed and rotten
eggs:
1t shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to sell or offer
for sale any eggs after the same have
been placed in an incubator or; to
sell or offer for sale eggs in a rotten,
decayed or decaying condition to be
used for food. 1t shall be the duty
of all peace and health officers to
seize any eggs found to be unwhole-
some and which are intended for sale
or offered for sale for human food
Any person. firm or corporation
found guilty of violating the pro-
visions of this act shall be fined not
less than ten nor more than one hun
dred dollars for each offense.