davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
WILL RACE FOR
AMERICAS CUP
swEpes BUILDING NINETY FOOT
YACHT - ESTIMATED COST
stso so.ooo-NEARLY ALL SUB
SCRiBEO.

Stockholm, Oct. 14.-William OIL
son and Coca Kyhlberger. who are
at the head of a movement here To
build a challenger for Americas cup.
say that large portion of the money
required to construct and sail the 80
footer. estimated at about SlSs,0OO.
has already been subscribed. Many
large manufacturers have offered to
furnish material gratis and the cap
tain and three mates of the yacht viii
sail her without any pay. The design
er will accept no compensation for ms
work and the builders only will charge
the net cost OF construction.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
STRIKE ENDE0.
ASSERTS SMALL
oUsTED LEADER or OPERATORS
SAYS THEY WILL BE WORK
ING TO-DAY.
IGNORES BOAR0'S ORDER
That i4e BE suspended--Presldent
Mackay Of Postal Company Says
Faithful Men Ought
to Organize.

New York, Oct. 14--Notwithstand-
Ing that his suggestion that striK,
ing operators vote to return to work
was repudiated by practically every
telegraphers' Union la the country
yesterday and that the executive
board notified him last night that he
had been suspended, 8. ! Small
president of the C TIL. A., declares
the strike is at an end and that the
men will all go back t0 work tomor-
row.
"The strike will be called off tomor-
row and the men will be back at
work" he said this morning.
"Will you give word Of advice 70
the men as to whether they should
vote to call it off, and seek reinstate-
ment?' he was asl ! i.
II will cover that point at the meet
ing with the men in New York today,
he replied. "The object In sending
out my statement to the men Saturr
cav was to put the question right up
to them. Our resources are ex-
hausted. and If they waat to cont'nne
the fight they will have M furnish the
funds. That is square ISN'T it2
/ III you were In one city and ! IN an
other supporting yet Insaa flight i
would be proper for rfH Hts notify you
If / could not give svH nay further
help. That is what have done pnt
I the question right up 10 them
| percy Thomas says YOU have sl3'
600 in the treasury. was suggested
| In whose treaaary2'' asked Mr
Small. I'VE have $4,000. but notNfcl
strike uses. That Is a mutual beneh'
fund for insurance. II We have money
why couldn't we pay off here yestfr
day? But there is always talk OF TILL
Kind ut the end of every strike.
have been through about thra'
months of this, ever since the strike
began In San Francisco last June
land 1t don't bother me any more.
| slf Mr. Thomas wants to fight thf
Icalling off of the strike, let him do i
II am going to that meeting VIII
lbrass knuckles. Generally labor lead
ers advise each ether TO dlsregart
the suffering of their men when
strike is on, but | will not do that
IOur men have been out for thre'
months and more, and when MAJ
STAYS out that long, with small strik'
,, benefits. it gets serious. We nigh
held out couple of weeks longer ol
nothing but encouraging talk, but tn
men of the weaker characters woul'
be slowly returning to work, Will
the stronger men would hold vct an
suffer the most. just because the
were the most stauneh. There Woul
not be any union left"
What if the locals decline To call
lof?" he was asked.
We'll, there will be nothing to u
hut keep up the fight as long as the
can, but it will be up to them to pre-
wide the funds. We have exhauste
our resources. The strike was irregl
lar from the beginning"
=, 'Then the strike is hopeless. and
might as well be abandoned%
THAT is it," replied Mr.. Small.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
MAcKAY PRAISES MEN.
who Stood BY Company and Came to
lts Aid During Strike.

New York, Oct l4.-Ciarehce
Mackay, president of the Postal Tele'
graph company. today announced That
the Postal Telegraph company fav-
ored the organization of the Postal
Telegraph Employees association.
President Mackay believes the loyal
spirit displayed by the employees who
remained faithful and by those who
came to its aid when so MANY old EN-
ployes abandoned their duties. that
this loyal spirit may be strengthened
by the association into a powerful
agency for maintaining good relations
between the companies and It's EN-
ployes, and the prevention Of sucf
movements as eliminated in the &C
currences of last August
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
INJUNCTION ISSUED
ON APPLICATION Of
STUYvESANT FISH

Chicago, Oct. 14.-Judge Bell Of the
supreme court today issued an In
junction upon the application Of Stuy-
vesant Fish restraining the Union Pa
ci6c Railroad company, the Railroads
Securities company and the Mutual
Life Insurance company Of New
York, from voting at least 2SG,73l
shares Of stock at the meeting OF the
stockholders Of the Illinois Central
Railroad company to be held here
Wednesday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
FOUR KILLED AND
ONE FATALLY HURT
IN AUTO SMASH UP

Pottstown, Pa, Oct IA Az re,
suit Of grade crossing accident ~
the Philadelphia and Reading railway
at Keim street here tonight. four per
sens were killed and one probably
fatally injured, when an automobile
was run down by the Pottstown Ex
Lress. The dead are, Jacob Reese
aged 55 Mrs. Jacob Reese, aged AZ;
Mrs Anthony w Emeri, Jr.. aged 4z'
Belva Emeri and one child OF Mrs
Emeri. Anthony w, Emeri, Jf., owner
ana driver Of the ear received Ar
ternal injuries.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
EX-MAY0R SCHMIDT
CAN NOT APPEAL

San Francisco. Oct. 14.-Aecordins
to the district attorneys Office Ell
gene Schmidt. former mayor Of San
Francisco but now convict. has los,
the right of appeal to higher court
throught the blunder of his attorney.
Charles II. Fairall. and must go TO tn
penitentiary forthwith. Moreover. tn
claim made that after Fairall bad dis
covered his mistake. he sought aad
procured a change in record Of the
transcript Of the apeai TO cover his
own error. These recommendations
in ink occurred in a printed volume
and the prosecution refused TO accept
service in the mater.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
TRANSATLANTIC WIRELESS.

New York. Oct 14.-Nctable among
the events scheduled fer this week
is the Inauguration of a regular trars-
Atlantic wireless service William
Marconi. Il is understood. on Tuesday
viii open hts stations In Nova Scotia
and ireland for the transmission 81
press and commercial messages direct
between America and Europe.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
STATE TO ASK
| MAC|LL' DEATH
|SToRY or SECOND DEGREE YER
DICT AND AcQUITTAL FOR
WIFE DENIED.
LETTERS AS EVIDENCE
Postmaster OF Clinton to Testify To-
day---Everybody Has Quiet sun
day But One Juror Wanted
A Bath.

Decatur, ILL.,, Oct. 14.--The prosecn
tion will end its testimony against
Fred Magill, the former Clinton pahh-
or. and his wife, Fay, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Pet Magill. by tomof-
row night.
awe will show the character Of MA
oil and establish bis guilt beyond any
reasonable doubt say the stare ,
attorneys.
II is generally believed the state
will consent to an asatlittai TOT fas
Magill and that verdict Of murder IN
the second degree will be asked fot
Fred Magil. The attorneys, however,
deny this. They say they will demand
the death penalty for Magili ald .
lighter sentence for his wife.
Postmaster Frank Davidson of Cilh'
ton. an intimate friend Of the Maglit
family ana a member OF the coroner y
iury. viii be the first witness tomot-
row He win tell af Magilis nervous
ness on the morning after ms vile 7
death. When the question Of an I'D,
quest arose Magil IL alleged to nave
exclaimed to Davidson:
"Why il an inquest wanted? REQ.
ple don't think killed her, DO theyf
Miss Ida Grandy, sister Of Mrs RET
Magill, whose home Is at Dayton
Ohio, will DE here to testify as 20 tiie
geauineness or the letters Under ele
laws of Illinois there can be no eA'
peri witnesses on hand writing. ohls
those familiar with the penmahshap
nc writer's are competent to pass upon
the reliability Of chirography MRS
Magills former correspondents WI
PASS on the letters.
Warren Houghton Of Denver an
BENJAMIN Silverman OF Coioras"
snrings arrived in Decatur tonight.
II Is said Houghton is in possession
II letters written by Fay Graham ah'
that these documents will throw llgh'
IN the motive for the death OF Mrs
MagiIl What siverman VIII swear -
Ii not revealed.
The Magills spent a quiet DAY a.
the Decatur Hotel. In the afterliooi
they took a short walk. They reaa
all the Chicago, St Louis ana loea
newspapers and fiercely critlcise'
what had been written about them,
Fred Magill sits in the lobby OF 'h'
hotel and discusses his case with an
one coming along who wants 10 man
a conversation. The Rev. }. H. ia
wilson, pastor Of the First Methodis
church. delivered an old-fashlone'
sermon to the jury today and refrain
ed from saying anything about mu'
der cases or the duty OF 1urymen'
The iurymen got no beer touas
Some of them are in the habit OF ploW
inc foam from "the largest and COO
est glass in town" and they iooke
longingly at the swinging doors Oh ps
caturs inviting cafes as they marci
cd about this afternoon. one oil IN
inrvmen asked for a bath this mori
ing ,.,,au,s
"Hevl you 'leven bther fellows
said the bailH, Joe here wants
hath Want to go down to the rive
with him?" But they didn't. Tomo'
row Judge Cochran will be asked
nroyide them with bathing iaci'i.,e
There are none convenient 10 III
rooms in which they sleep
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
Elevated TRAINS
CRASH IN CHICAGO

Chicago. Oct. 14.-Many persons
80 inuired. four of them seriously
today when a train of the Metropohta'i
t-,evated crashed into the rear OF q
south side Elevated train at state anu
Van Buren street The South sid'
ain had stopped at the station an
The messengers were entering al
living the train when the Metropoi.
tan train came up from the rear aile an
crasbed into the last car OF the soutn
c,5e train. The rear end OF the cai
Vas stove in and all the windows ~er'
shattered.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
FROM ASPHYXlATlON

San Francisco. oct IA D.
.srreekles. Jr.. son of John d. spreck-
les. had a narroe escape from as
nhvxiation at his home last night
The man was taking his bath and was
overcome by escaping gas from the
heater in the bath room. His pro
longed stay in the bath room alarmed
members Of his family who broke
oren the door and found him uncoa
scious.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
Silver Dollars In New York.

Circulation of silver dollars Is IN
creasing in New York city. BY calcr
lation 1t is estimated that where the
ordinary citizen received one in
month a year ago, he now receives
three. Restaurants and small shops
particularly have an increased number
of them.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
WEDDING NOT POSTPONED.

Newport. Oct. 14.-Friends of Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt today declared
the report that the wedding Of
|clsdv Vanderbilt to Count Seaehonyi
had. been indefinitely postponed to be
groundless.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
BRITISH NAVAL SPIES
CAPTURED in German Forbidden Waters
Suspected Of Having Taken
soundnes and Photographs.

Berlin. Oct. 1.-THE correspondent
Of The Tageblatt at Emden. telegraphs
that according to a dispatch received
from Horkum, a spying yacht with
English naval officers on board, has
been captured by two sNilhelmsnayen
torpedo boats. The officers are sus-
pected OF having taken soundings and
made photographs In forbidden wat
erz
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.

Richmond. Va. Oct. 1.-THE prin-
ciple event in the general Episcopal
convention today was the defeat of the
so-called arch bishop or provinces
bill which has been holding the at
tention of the house of bishops and
house of deputies for the past two
days.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15

ticulars, to annul, the former banker
win next week be called to the bar
I'll Justice to answer for his alleged
misdeeds. His defense, Il IL under
stood viii be largely technical one,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
EDlTOR AND FORMER
UNITED STATES CONSUL DEAF

Yonkers. N. Y. Oct. 14-LCaptain
,obn +, Wells. formerly American
oonsnl at Madagascar and associate
editor of the Yonkers Standard dle' @
Al his home in this city. captain
Wells gained some international prom,
,nance when in consular service py 4
non,,,ct with the French authorities a.
Madagascar as result oil "H''"
was imprisoned.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15

Mankind moralized Uncle Allen
Sparks. lis made up Of good men. fair
to medium men. plain sinners desper-
ate sinners abandoned criminals. and
the nan who sits opposite yoa al q
restaurant table and cough a. you
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
An Observation.

The boy who always had trouble
with his arithmetic lesson while going
to school finds it the easiest matter
in the world to keep track of the
batting averages Of his baseball he
Toes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
OFFICIAL RTSlGNs.

New York, Oct 14.--The resignation
Of David b. Carse Of the advisory
committee of the United States SteeI
Corporation was announced today.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
wsshinoton Forecast.

washington. oct 14.-ILLiNOls-
Fair in south portion and in nortn
portlon: Tuesday warmer; WEDNESDAY
,artly cloudy, fresh southwest Winds
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-15
vlo-ld Be End Of Esteem.

Let q rlaa pray that none Of his
votnankiEd should form a just esti-
nation Ct him.-Thaekeray.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-20
HAMPTON.

Mrs. Gus Johnson, who has been
visiting in Rock Island, has returned
home. Her sister, Mrs. Hiram White
head, returned with her.
L. F. Baker was the guest of his
son, S. l.. Baker, in Moline, Sunday
and his other son, Howard, in Rock
Island, Monday.
Mr. Johnson, soldier, of Andalusia
was buried here Friday. The G. A. r.
had charge of the services.
Mrs. Samuel Bryan and Mrs. Emil
Henline were guests of Miss Hattie
Skies at the Old Ladies' home in Rock
Island Friday
| Frank Bryan and Solomon Vain.
wright were in from Wake vicinity
"Wednesday calling at the Samuel
Bryan home.
Mrs. Martin Corners of Rock Island
was a recent guest of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. McNabney.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Hawkins have a
tson, born Friday.
A small fire, which was soon ex
tinguished, broke out in John OFT
|
origin of the fire is not known and the
damage was slight.
A Christmas entertainment given
by the Sunday school will be rendered
at the town hall Christmas eve.
| Mrs. E. Norton had as Sunday
guests James McCutcheon of Daven
port and David McCutcheon of Rock
| Island.
| Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Cook had beer
married so years Sunday and the
event was celebrated at their hons
that day by the ingathering of rela
tives and feast suitable for the oc
, casion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Wilken were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand
Engweist near Bowlesburg Tuesda!
evening.
Mrs. William Bishop is here from
Beardstown for a stay with relatives
Miss Grace Guckert came home will
her.
Mrs. Clara Holland was here from
Rock Island Friday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-20

penditure of over $4,000 in improve
ments, is nearing completion and not
semblance of the old hotel is in eX-
istence with the exception of the out
side walls. Manager ]. H. Helm an
nounces he expects to open the New
Kimball jan 20. 1t will be one of the
finest hostelries in the state.
Crooks Claim Home Here.-Guy
Stanley and wife, Nellie Stanley, sup
posed to be a Davenport couple, are
under arrest at st. Louis on the
charge of horse stealing. The couple
cannot be identified by the local po-
lice and inquiries made of several
families here by the name of Stanley
bringe the response they know of no
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Stanley.
O.
Would Close SaIoon.-Mrs. Fannie
Dale has filed petition in the district
court asking to have an injunction is
sued against the Eldorado saloon al
| 116 East Third street and closing the
lplace The defendants named in the
petition are Louis and Harry Martens
proprietors, and Gus and Tony Koes
ter. owners of the building. AS pre-
text for starting the action, it is
claimed Mrs. Dale alleges her husband
has lost $4,000 in gambling at the
lclub rooms over the saloon. The pro
prietors of the place emphatically
deny Dale has lost any money there
or that he has even played there fol
over a year. For a time he was EN-
ployed in the club rooms and ever
lDale's friends laugh at the idea tina
he ever lost $4,000 or any part of it
las they declare he has never known
what it was to have such wealth il
lrecent years. Mr.. Dale was for time
inspector for the gas company in it:
street work. He also applied for {
position on the police force under the
present administration, but his appli
lcation did not receive a favorable re
lSpOnse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-20
MILAN.

Mrs. JohnaS Bowman, living on Grant
street. is quite sick at her home with
rheumatic fever.
John Gilmore, who has been sick
with the grip, is better.
w. P. Walker, who was called to
Burlington by the death of his brother,
returned home Sunday evening.
Thomas Cannon is able to be on
duty as Argus boy again after an i'll
ness of 10 days.
Miss Gertrude Bradley is i'll at her
home in Fairview.
Mark Slaymaker came out Saturday
evening and spent Sunday at the home
of Paul and Dickson Matthews.
Mrs. A. p. Nelson was called to Coal
Valley Sunday. She returned home
Sunday evening.
Oscar Anderson, who has lived since
spring in one of Charles ThompsOn's
houses on Third street, moved to Il
farm south of town Tuesday.
John KehOe of Niles, Mich, who has
been visiting his parents for the last
week, returned to his home Saturday.
| Mrs Cecil Jackson from Oregon, Ill,
came Friday for visit with her moth
er, Mrs. Anna O'Neal. Mr. and Mrs.
jackson expect to go to Canada to
Ispend Christmas at Mr.. Jackson's
home.
Miss Dorothea Chopper, who went to
Swift Current, Canada, with her par
tents two years ago, decided Illinois
was better than Canada, and has re-
turned to her old home town, Milan
and will take a school for the winter
after the holidays
John Montgomery of Aledo is visit
ing Milan and Rock Island friends this
week.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Pres
byterian church meet Friday Afternoon
with Mrs. John Campbell.
Milan lodge No 81, NJ. w. A, elected
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-20
FOSTER.

Mrs. 7. Watson returned to her home
Friday after spending several days in
Muscatine.
The Misses Pearl and Arizona Wat
son. Ethel Foster and Carrie Freyer-
muth spent Saturday and Sunday in
MuScatine.
George Essex and Archie Foster are
painting and papering the Baptist
church at this place.
The Baptist people are planning a
program for Christmas
Mr. and Mrs. William Kruger of
Ferdinand, H., spent Monday at ne
home of the latter's brother, D. A.
Kleist
Henry Ahlschlager and Robert Work
man spent several days last week in
Muscatine at the home of the former S
mother.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-20
TAYLOR RIDGE.

Jim Carothers of Peoria was visiting
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Carothers last week
Mrs. P. McManus was calling in Rey-
nolds last week
Silva Brown of Milan visited at the
home of Jim Hogan last Friday.
Louis Roberts left on Monday to Wis
it with friends in Savanna, ILL.,, this
week.
Archie Webster and William Cristy
were Rock Island callers Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. A. Ramsey was in Rock Island
few days last week
Those who went to Rock Island on
Friday were F. E. Garnett. Mollie
Rain, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Crawford
and sons.
The lecture by L. Wilson at the
Methodist church Friday evening was
well attended and everybody was well
pleased.
H. J. Buck of Milan moved on to the
Little farm lately vacated by D. ]
Little.
| F. E. Garnett with help of Mr. Kale
of Milan is putting furnace in the
parsonage this week
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Haze
Salve. Get DeWitts. Sold by al
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-20
HAMLET.

Jesse and Frank Cooper and Riley
Halstead returned home Saturday after
spending several days at Bay island.
Oscar Boyles of Marion, Iowa, spent
Monday night with his sister, Miss
Addie
Prentice Dumbell returned home
Monday from a pleasure trip to Okla
homa.
The Ladies' Missionary society me
Thursday of last week at the home o.
Mrs. Benjamin Halstead.
Will Cook and family went to New
Windsor Thursday of last week to visi
few days.
Mrs. Leste II Cooper is visiting rela
tives in Hancock county, this state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-20
HIlLSDALE.

Mrs. Elizabeth Walker and son-in-
law of Canton, ILL.,. were business visit
ors in Hillsdale Monday.
Rev. DR.. De Blaies of Chicago gave
a interesting and instructive lecture
Thursday evening on the questions of
the day
John Hamburg of Moline was a Wis
itor in Hillsdale Monday.
Jesse Dillin is visiting in Nebraska
with relatives.
The two youngest children of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Sheppard are now
taking their turn of the smallpox. 1t
is very light. The children are able
to play around the house.
The youngest child of William
Schonk is recovering from the pneu-
monia. Their little girl, Hattie, has a
very mild form of the scarlet fever.
The home is under quarantine.
The Enterprise, Bethel, Yuma and
Hillsdale Sunday schools will have
their Christmas entertainments al
their different churches Christmas
eve
Mrs. Markers parents shipped a
piano to her this week for Christmas
present
Miss Ethel Virgins returned tC
| Hillsdale last week after a two months
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-20
ANDALUSlA.

Albert Simmons and mother have
moved into Theodore Simmons house
lately vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Strohmeier, who have moved into their
own property on Main street.
Miss Theresa Burmeister has gone
to Chicago to be operated. on for an af
Fiction she has been suffering with
for several months.
Mrs. McIntire and daughter Pearl
were in Rock Island shopping Monday
Miss Sara Richerson took sick Mon
day and had to dismiss school and was
not able to teach Tuesday.
The children of the Baptist Sunday
school are to give cantata entitled
Santa Claus Vision" Christmas eve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-20

sum which is to be given to the Baby
Fold at Normal, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kruger visit
ed friends in Muscatine last week and
attended the Sunday meetings which
were being held there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tice departed
Monday for Richland Center, Wis.
where they will visit relatives for sew
eral weeks.
Delmar and Matte Ryan have been
suffering from an attack of the grin
for over week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-20
Hn1ericdn
Surety
Company
OF Hep York

Capital and Surplus -. 800 900
LudoIph & Reynolds, Attys, Blu
ford block, Rock Island. John A.
Goodmanson, Agent, 1922 Fifth
Onlleaf, attorneys, Moline, Ill.