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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-30
Why Cairo Loses Trade.

why NdlTO Loses race
J. s Aisthorpe spoke OF the often
heard complaint that Cairo mad lost
the retail trade of Missouri Kentuoky
and Southern Illinois. I'll tell you
why you have lost it, said Mr. Ais
thrope 1T is because YOU have not
go the retail stores here that you
ought to have What the merchants
of Cairo need to do if they would re-
cover that trade is to demand better
and bigger store rooms to show their
goods and stock up, They're not
going TO get the trade If they don
get bigger stores was over in
Sikeston. Mo. a few days ago; hai
not been there for twenty years. and
l was surprised TO see one retail
store there that surpassed anything
We have IN Cairo, a big establish
ment chock full of goods attractiyely
displayed and blaze of electric
lights
". NJ Hurt laughingly invited Mr.
Aisthorpe to call at the Rhodes Bur
ford store in this city and see what
he thought of it, and the latter
Acknowledged the point well made
Mr. Hurt said, however, that Mr. Ais
thorpe was right as to the great need
OF improvement in the direction indi-
Gated in order 10 attract and hold
business. He said his company had
recently invested five or six hun
dred dollars in electric wiring avd
lighting, and had found it the best
money ever invested as a business
getter He felt there was need that
Architect Kusener's suggestions be
followed in Cairo in the matter OF
having buildings puj up by competent
mep and OF good material and the
CITY authorities should exercise
strict supervision over building oper-
ations for the sake Of safety as well
as good appearance
Prof Clendenen said one of the
worst evils was the moving OF old
shacks from place 70 place which
had been too generally permitted.
Civic Pride Needed.
IS p. Huett" expressed the opinion
that the owners OF business houses
ca Commercial avenue were tight
lot n was difficult 10 induce them
TO make improvements on their build
inc-. all wanted a big per cent on
their investments. IN other cities
men who put up business houses
were satisfied with realizing > per
cent on the investment, here they
The sun., 1908-05-10
aLerick r Carter. presiding ministers

Frederick B Carter, presiding ministers
Frank Taft, musical director.
First meeting. Friday. May p, at nocn.
organ preudium, samuel p Warren org mist.
Second meeting Friday, : Z. NJ, Mass in
Minor Part l., Marie Kunkel Zimmerman,
soprano, Gertrude stein Bailey, contralto.
Nicholas Douty, tenor Carl F.. Duht, bass.
Third meeting, Saturday, p. NJ: orches-
trail nterludium, Carl +, Durl, basso; Paolo
Calico and Rudolph WInkler, pianists,
Fourth meeting saturday, p. NJ, Mass IN
b minor. Part II. lSolist- same as on Friday
evening"
Fifth meeting. Sunday, p. NJ; motets and
chorales. speaker, the Rev, Dr. Edward Jud-
son. quartet Of trombones.
The Bach choir ClSj oicesl and the Choir
ale choir Csiyty boys, women and men
choir Of ST. Luke's Church. Walters. Young,
choirmasterl will sing at the second, fourth
and fifth meetings
The orchestra at the second and fourth
meetings will consist Of forty instruments
and at the third meeting Of tvonty-siN in
struments selected from the Philharmonic
Society Of New York, Henry p. Schmltt
concert master; Mark Andrews, organist
and Dion W. Kennedy, assistant organis..
The sun., 1908-05-10

the Penal Code because Il created dis
elimination In favor Of citing on the race
tracks and against the poolrooms, making
the latter felonies. firmly leleye that
the S5ist section should be repealed and that
no law should be made which will here
after constitute gambling OF any sort a
felony instead Of a mlsdemeanor.
The punishment for gambling under the
S5ist section Of the Penal Code is more
severe than that provided for offences OF
greater moral dereliction or public wrong
such as 'embfacery'- Improperly influencing
juror (section IS, Penal COdeD, 'conspiring
to commit crime (secton i6s, Penal Codel,
indecent exposure (section 3lJ, Penal Codel, ,
petit larceny (seCtion 5G Penal Code),
which are all misdemeanors.
THE Congress Of the United States fol-
lowed the ordinary course Of domestic and
foreign legislation in this respect, and we
find that il provided that the act Of gambling
should be punished by fine Of $500 or i'm
prisonment Of not more than ninety days,
or both. This places the offence in the
grade Of misdemeanors. For some reason
or other best known TO Gov. Hughes he has
abdicated his functions as an executive
officer Of this State and has gone upon the
stump TO carry out his policy TO have all
gambling on racetracks bitterly punished,
1T seems TO me, with all respect, that the
first thing that the Legislature should do ia
to repeal the 35lst section Of the Penal Code,
under which no convictions, ] believe can
be sustained against persons who Keep
poolrooms, because Of its unusual severity.
| do not find, from an examination OF the
daily papers, that there is any great public
sentiment back Of Gov. Hughes's move
ment. or course. everybody will 60 to hear
him speak and applaud him, because the
Americans are very polite and are very
fond Of cheering They look upon these
performances as a species OF circus and
when Mr.. Bryan at the last election made
speeches through the country the places
where he received the most applause, where
he thought he was most effective, gave
strong majorities against him. There are
always individuals In a community consist
ing Of sensational preachers and hybrid
societies ready to enter into a crusade for
the extirpation Of vice. 1t is most beautiful
in theory, but in practice IL is impossible
and visionary What we need is TO make
these venial acts such as gambling, prosti-
tuition and rum drinking as innocuous as
possible, and true legislator and humanl-
tartan can do no more.
IF the people Of this State are in favor OF
the abolition Of raaetrack betting let II be
attested by plebiscitum-a rousng public
vote. In the meantime regard this move
ment II successful, as merely chasing a rat
out Of one hole into another
The sun., 1908-05-10
NO MEDAL FOR THIS COP.
Woman Said Let Me Get My Gun, >" Whereat
It Charged, He Ran,

Mrs. Anna Knack Of 10 Beekman place
went to the Yorkville police court yesterday
in response TO the summons obtained by
Samuel Levey. young man who lives
next door. When the young man obtained
the summons he was afraid to serve il
alone and got Policeman William 0'Brien
Of the East Fifty-hrst street station to go
along,
she's an awful woman the young man
said 70 Magistrate CoTigan. As soon
as we opened the door she fell upon her
knees and cried out Good God, look who's
here! Let me get my gun. Then the police
man ran away and ran after him.
The woman said she knelt 10 pray for
protection. She did have revolver, but
Il was under her pillow at the time,
when got up from my knees the po-
liceman was running like lightning down
the back way and this young man down
the front way she explained.
-O'Brien, / think you ought to have a
medal for bravery in running away from
a woman. You are a regular hero, and
am going 30 send a copy OF these minutes
TO your Commissioner, so that he may know
OF your conduct announced the Mag
istrate.
He advised Mrs Knaok and Le7ey to re-
frain from neighborly disputes. which
were the original cause OF the trouble. lhe
case was then dismissed.
The sun., 1908-05-10
EXPELLED MASON SUES.
Brooklyn Man Asks $50 900 From II. Dew
Hamilton, VINO Reported Against Him.

Toilet Paulsen, a Brooklyn painter, has
begun suit in the Supreme Court against
Henry De Witt Hamilton, well known
lawyer with offices at 25s Broadway. for
SsO 600 damages for alleged slander in con-
nection with his expulsion from Rdgewood
Chapter, No. 1853, Royal Arch Masons
The investigation which resulted in Paul
Gems expulsion from the Rdgewood chap
ter was conducted by Hamilton and the
srit is based on an alleged statement made
NV the latter in the Masonic Temple in Al
bsny on February 1, 1908, rejecting on the
integrity and honesty Of the plaintiff.
The controversy in the Arch, Mason
chapter dates back 10 three and hall
wears ago, when Paulsen was endeayorlng
10 get railroad passes TO Seattle, Wash, for
n crinpled son. II was charged that he
ras irving TO get charity tickets iraudu-
Icntlv, Ills alleged by Paulsen that at the
trial his expulsion was determined on by
the dominating influence Of Hamilton,
The papers in the suit were served on
Mr.. Hamilton few days ago. He declines
TO make any statement about the matter
at this time.
The sun., 1908-05-10
INVASION or ONO REPULSED.
Troop 4 Of Cleveland Fire IN Suspected
Tobacco Raiders Indiana Takes a Hand.

MANSFIELD, Ohio, May a,-Troop A Of
Cleveland the famous Black Horse Troop,
had its first brush with night riders shortly
after midnight last night when it fired
on party Of men attempting to cross the
Ohio River near Aberdeen. Volleys were
exchanged. The troop arrived here yes
terday afternoon and Joined the forces
patroling the river in Brown county
So far as known the bullets Of the soldiers
did not hit human mark Advices received
from Frankfort this morning, however tell
a story Of more effective work by farmer
with an old fashioned shotgun. A half
dozen masked men called on him and de-
manded that he destroy his young tobacco
plants. Upon his refusal they started to
scrape the bed themselves and he opened
fire Two fell dead and an arm was shot of
another,
~ sides Of the Ohio in tho vicinity Of
Ripley, Ohio. and Augusta. Ky, are now
patrolled by soldiers. Often the Ohio troops
and Kentucky National Guardsmen get
glimpse OF each other across the muddy
waters
INDIANAPOLIS, May e.-Adjutant-G General
Perry Of the Indiana National Guard has
completed a tour Of the tobacco counties
of southern Indiana and has notified the
Sheriffs 70 swear in 500 deputies TO TO act as
sminutemen' to prevent night riders from
interfering with tobacco growers He told
the farmers that Gov. Handy is ready TO
order out the militia II necessity arises and
that they will be protected In making their
tobacco crops regardless Of cost TO the
State.
The sun., 1908-05-10
UNEMPLOYED MEETING ENDS
with Final Request From Berkman TO
Be sent to Washington.

The national convention for the unem-
ployed ended its sessions at the Manhattan
Lyceum, 0s East Fourth street, yesterday
afternoon without any pyrotechnics from
Anarchist Berkman. Berkman was at the
back Of the hall and kept safe distance
from the Central Office detectives
Miss Mary Baker, who said she repre-
sented the workingwomen on the East Side,
declared that the agitation for the relief
Of the unemployed was a onesided affair
as it ignored the unemployed women.
This convention" she said. "only repre-
sCnts a handful Of the unemployed While
you are thinking Of unemployed men
what are the women going to do. They
are not allowed TO sleep in the parks and
cannot be expected to sleep in the back Of
saloons ! want you to get up and get
work. Get up big demonstration. We
do not want old shoes and charity. We
want work and new shoes
l.. 7. Rosh Of Mobile Ala, said that there
were as many unemployed in Alabama
TO the square yard as anywhere else. What
Re wanted to know was why they did not
elect working men to municipal, State and
national offices,
Resolutions were carried calling on Con-
gress to enact legislation approprating
sljOOOO,OOO to provide work for the i'm
mediate relief Of the unemployed. legisla-
tion by initiative and referendum and old
age pensions for the old and noapacitated
Ct both SEXES. Harry $. Baker was elected
as the delegate Of the conference 10 20 to
Washington and present the resolutions to
President Roosevelt and Congress.
Berkman thcreupon demanded to he sent
10 Washington as a delegate A little girl
who acted as his press agent got the floor
and said that II would be an outrage II Berk-
man was not sent
Now Berkman," said Chairman How,
you know in your heart and soul that yol
would not be received II you went to Wash
ington." Then the intruder subsidized. Ii
was decided TO hold the next convention in
September, the place and exact date to be
fixed later.
The sun., 1908-05-10
BACH FESTIVAL AT MONICLAIR
THE "MASS IN b MINOR' TO BE
PERFORMED THIS MONTH.

The Festival VIII Last Three Days and the
Mass Win Occupy TWO MeetInss-Or'
gan, Orchestra, SOlOlsts and Choir 10
Perform the Composers Finest Music.
Three years ago a Bach festival service
was given at the First Congregational
Church in Montcair ~ j., which was so
much appreciated that a second was given
the following year and a third in 1907.
These festival services have appealed not
only to residents Of Montclair, but music
lovers have gone to them from New York,
Philadelphia, Bethlehem and more distant
cities.
The interest thus aroused is TO he sus-
tanned by a fourth Bach festival service
in the same church. There will be five
meetings covering three days, May 22 %
and a. The principal work to be heard Is
the great Mass in B Minor which in the
opinion Of many admirers Of Bach towers
even above the Passion According to 81.
Matthew" which was produced at last
years festival
Bachs Mass in b Minor appeals To
the followers Of all religions he story
V, l,,'.s ,'n W Tor ,hg tuo Fading churches i'm
Ioi,lsin !, which II was stiIl C,is,ouary to
~, ~ ~, ,,r,,in ,ooaei,,,s narts of tLo Caiho-
r. 1; go ~" he E,rie he Sapctus and The
Gloria. After the death Of the ElectCr
Eriodrich August in I73g Each wanted 10
r,aLs an ornsoI IN hia successor for bet
,arr,,r, ~ b,s rositiop Sn hn Yrotc. for
,bnmso oS tbe lroslen court church Kyrie
and % GI,ria os Miss, Brevisr or short
,,,nss ",'u ~ tSose he GRADUALLY agdad during
,ha Fo,Iavying Gyo years the remaining NUM-
hers Of the "Hohe Messe, the result being
,ba r,astervork krown "a the ~ Minor
Nc /, was never nnrforred in liz
nnt,r,t,, i,,rirg Rach's lifetir,e
~ la needless to say that a work ike this
Loiongs IN tbc cn,irch rather tnnn in the
,onnar, nan For the church il wns written
ii,a most ~ Each's caor,u works. and II il
host annraci3tet in an ccclcsiastlcal on
vironment. where thare is church organ
~ oJJ tn tbo,prapdeur and yarinty of ibe
,nusic As the Mass is too long for per
yor,,,,,,,o at ono seryira the Kyrte and the
G,nria connrising eleven numbers. will
he sung ON Friday evening. while the thr-
,soD n,InLers Of the CreGo. the Sanctus.
0sonno rrrpdicnIs. ARnus Del and DoDa
En'js viii ina heard ON Saturday evening
Rasdns tha ms, dr. Tan has salec,cd
otbe~ nnmb,-s that reveal Bacn's genius
nj lis best The ,irs. meeting on Friday
noon, is an organ prcludium az which some
of Bacl,sfinest organ works will be played.
The second meeting, on trdal esenlnG'
The sun., 1908-05-10
no JURY FOR MRS. COULD.
Her separation Suit Must he Tried Before
a Judge Only.

Justice Dowling Of the Supreme Court
denied yesterday the application of Kathe-
riEc Clemmons Gould for a jury trial Of
her suit for a separation from Howard
Gould. In his decision Justice Dowing
says:
"In an action for n separation from red
and board neither party is entitled to a
trial Of any Of the issues by jury as matter
e right. The granting Of such a trial is
matter Of judicial discretion 10 be cNer-
Cised only in a proper case
The uniform trend OF tho decisions is
against the trial of any issues by a jury
IN matrimonial actions save that Of adultery,
which is provided by statute. EyCn IN
actions for absolute divorce the practice
of submitting any issue 10 a jury save that
Of adultery has beon repeatedly con-
Gomned
In consequence Of the decision, unless
il ho reversed on appeal Mrs. Gould's
suit will br tried In Special Torn before a
Justice and without jury. Clarence j.
Shoarn, counsel for Mrs Gould said yes
to-day that an appeal would certainly be
tlkcn from the order Of Justice DOwIing,
which will mean pcstponemolt Of the
actual trial until the fall
The sun., 1908-05-10
KyIFED GIRL IN THE STREET.
The Girl Says Her Assailant, VINO Escaped,
Had Annoyed Her PrOpOslng Marriage.

Because she refused to receive the atten-
tions Of an Italian whose name is said to be
Rocco, Rachel Cerraciano, 10 years old,
who lives with her parents at SO Frost
street, Williamsburg, was badly slashed
with a knife by him yesterday near her
home. She first met Rocco a few weeks
ago and after he had been introduced TO
her he began to annoy her with proposals
of marriage, so she says. After she left
her home yesterday to 60 TO her place of
employment he followed her and at Jack
son and I,orimer streets sneaked up behind
her and first cut her behind the right ear.
Then he stabbed her in the right shoulder
and in her left cheek.
When the girl raised her right arm 20
nrotect her face the assailant nearly cut
Of one Of her fingers. She raised her left
arm and he slashed her wrist. As she fell
screaming the Italian ran away and was
not caught
Several men ran TO the girls aid and
carried her TO her home, A policeman
sent 10 the Eastern District Hospital for an
ambulance and Dr. Oginz wanted 10 take
the girl to the hospital, but her mother
would not permit it, She was left at her
home in a serious condition.
The sun., 1908-05-10
JARVIS TO THE WORKHOuSE.
Arrested This Time for Annoying Women
In subway station.

William H. Jarvis, alias jackson, who is
under bail awaiting trial on charge on
entering the room Of guest Of the Gilsey
House on April 10, was sent to the work
house Yesterday for jostling women in the
Grand Central subway station on Friday
night.
Three Headquarters men, Hand. Murphy
and McMullen, explained in the Yorkville
court that they saw Jarvis place his hand
nm women on the station platform, 10 the
women's great annoyance. The detectives
arrested Jarvis, whereupon a young man
who was with him and VINO sald he was
charles Sidney, a trained nurse demanded
his friends release. He was taken along
but was discharged. Jarvis told Magis-
trate Corrgan that he had an annual in
come OF 5000 from England. Hs simply
was transferring from local TO an express
train when he was arrested, he said,
The sun., 1908-05-10
WOMAN KILLED BY 4 FALL.
Prof. II. u. OsbOrn's Widow Tripped on
Hug and Her skull Was Fractured.

EAST ORANGE, n, j., May 9-Mrs. Susan
Pauline Osborn, widow Of DR., Henry b.
Osborn, died to-day at the residence Of
her daughter, Mrs, Charles l., Thompson
l2O North Arlington avenue East Orange
az the result of fall on Wednesday. She
tripped on rug and fell on the polished
floor, striking her head and fraoturng
the skull which resulted in a conclusion Of
the brain.
hand was professor Of geology w. and mining
in Lafayette College, EastOn, Pc. and
was the author Of a number OF works on
scientific subjects. She is survived by one
daughter, who is the wife Of the Rev Dr.
Thompson, secretary Of the Presbyterian
Board Of Home Missions
The sun., 1908-05-10
GOod.by to Centre street shot Tower.

Building Superintendent Murphy has
issued TO a Brooklyn firm Of house wreckers
a permit for demolishing the shot tower
on the rear Of the double lot at 90 and O5
Centre street II is owned by the Colwell
Lead Company and is eleven stories high
and twenty feet in diameter The removal
of the tower Ia one Of the results Of the con-
struction of the new subway along Centre
street and the razing Of the landmark will
he followed later by the improvement Of
the lot which Ia occupied by the old Colwell
lead works, now vacated.
The sun., 1908-05-10
Northern Pacific TO Open Up 100000
Acres 10 settlers.

HELENA, Mon, May 9.-Howard Elliott,
president Of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
said to-day that his company would throw
oman Immediately 100000 acres OF land
near GIendive andin the near future 500 900
acres near Billings. The company will
endeavor 10 bring in only actual settlers.
the deeds being conditional on residence
The Detroit times., 1908-09-07
The Moral Soundness Of
Democracy.

Carl Schur2, in The last OF the series
-ttf -ttsatf44a4iS- Eepalnl2cnucez- puhIish
Cd IN the September McCmre's,
speaks strongly OF the moral sound.
ness OF The pain people OF America.
as opposed to the dangerous moral
cOwardicc of The politicians In the re-
public lie says:
- have bid an active part in q
great many political campaigns and
TTODTDtv TrtrtrCy-r-ri ift1tttt-Fef,tilt.
meetings Is any man now living; and
have always found that whenever
any public question under public dis
Cussi0n had in il any moral element.
an appeal TO the moral sense OF the
people proved uniformly the most pow
.crful argument With the majority OF
he people. notably the plain people
using the term I'm the sense in which
Abraham Lincoln was wont tu use it.
found the question is this morally
right TO have ultimately more weight
than the question. will this be profit.
able
we have. indeed. sometimes Wit
messed so-called 'crazes in favor ~
financial policies that were essentially
and the silver craze. gaining an ap.
parentlN almost irresistible momen-
tum among the people But that was
not owing 10 real and widespread
decentralization OF the popular con
science. bat rather to- an artful pres
cntatiun OF the question which covered
up and disguised the moral element
In IL. and 80 deceived the unsophiEtl.
carJ-r- rrrrirrSt-r'ttiiifs- t-i4As.4',.A IA Il :
cowarthce of politicians OF high rs
well AZ low VanlS have seen men
of great ability and high\ standing in
Tng UftfCf1i world -the-mast- ASTON
ishing things when they might. - far
as their voices could he heard. have
easily arrested the.viciOus heresies 10y
a bold utterance of their true opinions.
The moral cowaroltce Of the politicians
..s-aac ~ the most dangerous ailmsnt S
of deInOcracics
The Detroit times., 1908-09-07
EDITORIALS BY THt PEOPLE.
The Times Has. MIR lvett


To the Editor OF The Times:
Why is it that the papers OF TINS
city do not say more as 20 the diner
ence Of men that are candidates fof
mayor? II appears TO me that there "
a grave danger OF losing all that We
have contended for In the past L.
years by way OF the street ear prob
lem
One candidate. MIR. Breitmeyer. pro
poses In his platform 10 have the
n7GTTeT TCfFTTCd 10 tire teEaI'4nn-cnIn-
ell for settlement Is that not pre-.
cisely where the ID. l.. X. wants Nit
with certain men running for alder
men throughout tnC city, and beth All
Breitmeyer and those aldermanic can
didates being backed 10y She Cod
looks mighty suspicious. why
is NOT the candidacy OF Mr.. Dust pre-
scented more TO the public through the
rrIfr.rr~- -i.s.--- @@--..Gt-nne- Of -
can be compared with
him ~ TO fitness or stability. He has
nroxen- himself all that was expected
ot him as a public servant There Is
no doubt ne could have fattened his
purse were he not an honest man.
Now. where is the thanks?