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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-14
Boston Mining Stocks.
Omaha Live Stock.

N#%HNH HHE@WaN#
Omaha, July 13.-Cattle: Receipts,
$500. Market SC to 1Oc lower. Ma
tive steers, $4.25@7.5o; cows and
heifers, $2.75@4.75; western steers,
$3,5o@5.75; Texans, $3@4.s5; calves,
$2.B@5.75; stockers and feeders. 81
@4.5O.
Hogs: Receipts, $4,000. Market
Sc to 1oc higher. Natives. $4,000
6.75; mixed, s6.47h @6.50; light, $6.40
@6.5o; pigs, s5.5o@7.25; bulk, ss.45M
$3.50.
Sheep: Receipts, $500. Market
10 cents higher. Yearlings, $4@4.6o;
wethers, $4.5o@5; ewes, s3@3.75;
lambs, 1907.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-14
Eiain Butter.

Elgin, July 13.-Butter, firm, %
cents; output for the week, 1,011,7oo
pounds.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-14

The lone Georgia delegate, who re-
fused to make 1t unanimous, was the
~ in the ointment.-Missoulian.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-14
New York Bonds.

New York Financial Letter.
New York, July l3.-The local stock
market gave evidence Of the relief
afforded BY the sales to take profits
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
CAIRO MAN IS
HURT At MOUNDS
RALPH 6RlsBlN, EMPLoYE OF
ILLINOIS CENTRAL HAS ARM
BADLY CRUSHED WHILE AT
WORK.

Ralph Brisbu of 5000 Poplar street,
assistant yardmaster of the Illinois
Central at Mounds suffered a painful
accident yesterday morning early
when a switch engine ON which he was
riding jumped the track.
The accident occurred as the engine
was coming out of the south yards.
The engine jumped the track but the
tender remained on and Brisbin who
was in the cab was caught between
the two, his arm being held tight for
As minutes, during the time he hal
the courage to joke with the men who
were working to release him Finally
he succumbed to pain and begged
them to cut of his arm. He was re
leased from his painful position and
brought TO Cairo 10 his home. Dr..
Charles Boswell of Mounds attended
him.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
: NEWS OF The RIVERS ;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The river marked 3l.S feet on the
Cairo gauge last evening showing a
fall of OIL Of foot in "a hours.
The Stacker Lee from Memphis for
St. Louis was in port from ? till 6 a. m.
exchanging freight
The government steamer Lily
cleared for st, Louis yesterday morn.
ing.
The Ferd Herold came out from St
Louis yesterday morning and cleared
for Memphis at 900 p, m. with literal
additions here.
The Dick Fowler from and to Padu-
cab did a good business beth ways
yesterday.
The government light house tender
Oleander is coming up from Mem
phis. leaving that port Tuesday for
Cairo.
Capt Thos. Stead has teen trans,
ferred from command Of the Sadie
Lee to that Of the James Lee in the
Memphis and Friar's Point trade.
The Stacker Lee viii leave st.
Louis today for Cairo and Memphis
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
SP[kh7 TAKES COMMAND
Will Take the Battleship
Fleet ArOur.l the World.
is AN ABB: OFFICER
In the Spanish Var lie Missed the
Glory but Net l,e Haru Work.
A Quiet Mathematician Who Has
Eeen in the Nay, Forty-Sis Years.
4 Romant't Start.

Do know Sperry? Let me see.
He entered the seryiceuu 60; that
was forty-six years a1o If that
computation is right, ! have kno"n
Sperry forty-iive years and have
known him intimately some forty
odd. says +. w Very. retired OIL
Ger of the United States Navy. You
want to know what kind of COM
mandei -in-chief he is going to maha.
II so far as the fleet Is concerned |
can say without hesitation, that pre-
cisely as Evans has reported fro Il
Magdalena Bay that the fleet Is n
better shape than il was when 1t lett
Hampton Roads, so Sperry will he
able to show to an inspection board
when tie ships anchor there again
His start In active service was as
romantic as the start of harrowin5
dime novel. although | never could
persuade him to view it N that light.
He started for the China station on
the corvette Sacrament and they
got along all right until somewhere
near the mouth of the Hooghly River
on the way to Calcutta. when the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
TO NOTIFY TOM WATSON.

Atlanta Ga July S.-The Popnli sts
of Georgia are planning a great time
for this city tomorrow. They will as
semble in state convention. which will
also be made an occasion for the OFF
cial notification OF Thomas +. Watson
OF MS nomination on the Populist
ticket for president OF the United
States. There will be no state ticket
put cut by the POpulist party OF Geor.
gia this year. The proceedings - to-
morrow's convention therefore will
be confined TO an address on state it,
sres by Mr. Watson, the naming OF
Populist electors for the state of
Georgia the selection of a new sta g
executive committee. and the trans.
action OF such other routine busiu SIS
as may be- brought zap
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
FAIR NOTICE.

Every Anti-Saloon or Local Option
man in this district knows that We
should have hut one candidate before
the August primary.
am willing TO submit the selection
CT that candidate 10 the AntiaS looa
Democrats of this district but under
stand. gentlemen, | will not yield the
track to any man who does not come
out openly and publicly and announce
himself in the papers. as a county 10
cal option man.
Nov gentlemen. have spoken.
Time is short No tricks go.
Respectfully submitted
l.. Z. ROBERTSON,
Candidate for Representative. Fiftietn
District. Carterville. I'll.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Married to a Bunch of Flowers.

In India. with its toeming and
poverty stricken myria6s. parents Of
teen find il no easy task TO marry of
their daughters, for a wife has TO he
bought by the sutton Widows are
cheap, and when a father finds his
daughter getting on in years, he
makes a widow of her by the simple
process of marrying her TO a bunch
of flowers, when the flowers are
dead she is technically a widow. and
can be offered at a bargain price -
London News
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09

ship went ashore at night in a fog
and was total wreck. No lives
we're lost and no clothes were saved.
so al hands cane home rich only in
experience II were commissioned
to write Sperrys biography, | could
no doubt rake up lots Of such mate
rial of narrowing iaterest TO the peo-
Pile no pass their lives at home, but
IN order to be truthful | would have
TO get my deta led facts from tho
fountain-head. and right there Is
where / should peet wit. defeat Tor
the reason that AL such episodes
would appear to him too common
/ place 10 be worth even relating,
Sperry is phlegmatic. ! doubt II
he took his shipwreck any more Sc
riOuslv than a person wollG VINO
stepped in a mud puddle. 1t was all
/ over as soon as his pajamas got dry
/ Appearances are always deceptive
ard the matter-of-fact air may come
/ from absolute yacuity OF mind, but
such an accusation can hardly be
/ laid at his door. His innate mathe-
/ NAUTICAL ia en-. sent him repeatedly 10
/ the Naval Academy as ar Instructor
/ in higher mathematics. Only the
best talent In the service would ever
| be picked for president of toe Naval
/ War College, and he served IN that
/ capacity for three years, relinquish-
( ing It To go as the naval member OF
/ the Hague Conference.
He missed the g!Cry Of the Spanish
/ war. but he by no means missed the
hard work OF it, for as ordnance OIL
/ Ger of the New York navy yard he
/ had anything but a slnecure. There
was see ~cely a day for more than six
months then that at least dozen OF
/ the purchased yachts were not at the
/ docks K be armed and sta ted of
/ in a hurry. but not a mistake must
be made.
/ / saw Sperry at his work often In
! those days. and 1t was a Joy TO the
/ spirit to see he machine work. There
! Was a tangle in the thread every five
/ minutes but II came straight In
moment and without stop In the
] regular UlbLlJu VI tue SHHAtat- "a"
/ is goinf to handle the feet o. battle
SHIPS H. exactly the same va. 1t ia
not merely a matter of navigating
some twenty odd vessels in company.
/ There is the comfort. the well-being.
/ the training. and the steady enthus-
/ iasm OF fifteen thousand people 10 be
maintained. 1t takes steady hand
at the wheel and solid sense unaf-
| fected by what IS called the exalted
I position. to carry the cruise to a sue
J cessful finish. Trust Sperry.
lie will iscrease the fleets effic-
1 iency Jeyond the slightest dot BIT He
knows the business of naval work OF
to-day. all through his life. come
good or come i'll. he has not only had
! the faculty but as shown in his work,
/ he has exercised 1t to the full of keep
1 ing up with the times. and making
use of experience in the most ef-
fective way; and under all circum-
! stances doing his work with the ease
and steadiness of the framed athlete.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Yesterdays River Forecasts.

The Ohio at Evansville and Mt Yer.
non. not much change with a falling
tendency during the next IS hours Al
Paducah, will rise slightly during he
next 3G to As hours. At Cairo. will
continue falling during the next sey
era days.
The Tennessee from Florence to be
low Johnsonyille, will rise for two OF
three days.
The Mississippi from below 81
Louis to Cairo, will fall at an increas
ing rate for a number OF days
The Wabash at Mt Carmel will con
tinue at about the present stage for an
indefinite period
W T. BARRON.
Observer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09


iomitable activity. While lie was
developing tho automatic telegraph,
be needed a solution which would
give a chemically prepared paper
upon which characters coIlG be re-
corded at a sbe, Il greater than 200
words minute He ate az his desk
and slept in his char uuti he had
found the formula Ultimately he
succeeded IN recording 3.l00 words
a minute
The electric Hight. which followed
his telephone experiments, Afforded
an even more striking illustration Of
this persistency IN hunting for the
thing In this case it was 3 tilamen;
that would hold out 10 burn Ike the
proyerbial candle He tried silicon
and boron aud host of other ma
terias, Finally he got some ordi-
nary cotton thread and carbOnized
II, When it III ~ he and his as
sistants watched il breathlessly for
mere than forty hours would 1t
last? II lasted and they saw that
carbon was what they we're after
What kind of carbon was the next
question Trying various things,
they at last carbonized a strip OF
bamOJC from a Japanese fan and
found they were on the right track.
Even then Edison sent a schOOlmas-
ter to Sumatra and another fellow
Ia
Moore, one of his associates. went to
japan to get what was wanted The
search for a suitable fiIament for the
electric lamp cost Somewhere about
100000
The human touch which character
lied every achievement of the Wiz.
ard" whom imaginative journalists
pictured as dwelling in cave OF
marvels more wonderful than any
a,chemists retreat. Is SHOWN m the
story OF the first phonograpa. The
model had just been completed, and
Carmen. the foreman OF Edison g
machine shop, unable to believe what
he had been told, bet Edison box
VI At-ti = iHdt AAAE Ab'ii = "'hfAA l
work. The inventor good humored.
ly accepted the wager, and With a
smile slowly turned the handle Of
the machine, speaking into the re-
ceiver the first yer, of Mary
had little .amb." Then the cyliu-
der was turned back. aud faint but
distinct. came back the words OF that
juvenile classic faithfully repeated
T.: Edison familiar tones.
The kaleidoscope. the magnetic ore
separator, the method of turning rock
and limestone into cement the build
Ing of solid concrete hous,s by
mouths, an these Inventions have
interesting stories connected with
them. Edison has been by far the
most prolific inventor and patcntee
OF any time. having filed more than
l.200 APPLICATIONS in America alone
There are typeWriteis. electric pens,
vOca, engines. addressing machines,
methods of preserving fruit. cast
iron manufacture. wire-drawing
electrical locomotives. making plate
glass, compressed air apparatus and
many other things among them.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
l;I5) o.. ID
te0POIS0N n.
M Bone PaiHl Can. xk
M Ger, Scaly Eda, 49,
Nj " RE,leS . ~
Many people suffer from elooo
Poison and don't know il.

FOteOH dVu uOn FnOW "
If YOU have aches and palms In =,
bones. back or joints. Itching. ScaL0,
skin. blood feels hot or thin: SwoI'
Glands, Rising and Bumps o.. 49,
skin, Sore Throat or Mouth, falling
hair, Pimples or offengive eruptions
Cancerous Sores, Lumps OF Sores on
Lips. Face or any part of the bod
Rash on Skin, are run down or ue'
yous, Ulcers on any part Of the cody,
Carbuncles or boils. Take Botanic
Blood Balm, (B. 3. B. Guarantee
10 cure even the worst and most deep
seated cases. r. b. p drives ali DO.
onous matter from the system an
sends a food of pure. rich blood al
rect to the skin surface. In this wa.
Aches and Pains are stopped all Erup
tons. Sores. Pimples. even cancer are
quickly healed and cured
BOTANIC BLOOD BALM, (B. q. B.
comnosed Of pure Botanic ingredients
DRUGGISTS 81 Sold In Cairo, ~.
by w. = Simon, 1901 Washington Ave
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Cyclone and Tornado

The cyclone Is formed by the rush
ing of air AT a high pressure into or
to ward a center of less pressure. in
constantly narrowing circles or spi-
rails. and. through much of the area
covered at q constantly increasing We
locity, a tornado has been fifty
named a secondary cyclone" It's ex-
tent is less. but its energy is more in
tense than that of the cyclone
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
The WEATHER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Yesterdays Cairo Temperatures.
General Conditions.

The day was fair and quiet with no
sign of rain. The goyernment buiie-
tin reported rain from II points. all
light and none in the river valleys
Extremes Of temperature were loz at
Phoenix. Ariz.. and 81 at Helena and
San Francisco.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09

The Sims CO. contractors. are Sill
at work at the north end of the Cairo
q Thebest finishing their grading
contract They are working a short
distance south OF Theoes. Work on
the Thebes approach is being held IN
allowance pending a settlement of the
matters at issue between the G. & T
and the companies controlling the
bridge
The Carroll Construction Co. has
only some finishing work to 10 which
can not be- done tin the water goes
down several feet more
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

BY mutual agreement the firm of
Fl. F Moreland & Co., composed of I'll.
F. Moreland and F. B. Morelaud, tin
copper and sheet iron workers, is this
day dissolved, H. F. MoI@and as
sumes all debts contracted by the firm
and is authorized TO collect all out
standing bills due the firm
Witness our hands this 9Th day Of
July. 1908.
II. F. MORELAND,
Z. b. MORELAND.
Witnesses.
HARRY LONG.
AGNES RITCHEY.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09

The average man seems TO think
that when he has impressed the Of
fee boy with his greatness the world
will be convinced.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
RESUME WORK
ON CAIRO & 7HtBtS
CAIRO DREDGING COMPANY HAS
RIVER PUMPING PLANT
READY FOR BUSINESS.
Grading at Upper End of Line Being
Fnshed-CarroII Construction
Co. Waiting For Low
Water.

In a day or two the Cairo Dredging
company will again be throwing sand
into the city from the bottom of tn
Mississippi river, at the rate of 2.000
cubic yards per day or more than
double It's former capacity The boat
carrying the new pumping plant has
of the city and will soon be anchored
and the piping connected mp ready
for business The filling will be r.
sumed on the Cairo 4 Thebes right-of
whore a great deal Of work has been
done.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Washington Forecast.

Washington, July S.-ILLlNOlS.-
Fair ami warmer Thursday and FIR
day. local rains Friday; light variable
winds.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
The New Hat

} " ~ l.
damp and hot in the big, hard pam
OF his father once In VII ie lie
w1uld wipe away the drops Of per
splrati5n on his freCk'ed forehead
with the sleeve of h 5 ro.&a-lotttd
blouse.
But Jimmy want thnk'ng 20 II
the heat His thoughts We're leap
ing happily ahead along the yellow
reich of country road to the VII
laga store. In his minds eye he
could a ready see the rel, WI te and
blue sign IN the " ndow, "Children's
hats 70 IS, ! ) cts, 25 ct, and
90 cts II little heart leaTed at
the thought. A new hat jimmy
co4lin't remember the last time lie
had had new h@t.
The first houses of the l.ttle viii
lage came In sight as they rounded
the bend, ana farther on they could
see the big flag flapping In the
breezes Jimmy looked at W IN
ave. He clutche1 his fathers hand
more tightly as they came TO the
stores Peop'e stared curiously at
the big, rough man and the Ii tie,
shrink ng boy. walking along with
dowucast eyes beside him.
J., .t ne ' nhaa5 - 90 a,.ntna IN 80
corner. Jimmy regar el him
gravely as he pushed his hat back
and wiped his hot forehead with
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LOOK u''n oy Tue '""' "",' 80
crossed Tue S.eet " 'ue '49
e'oIe jimmy 'H' nv" at
Oh the Ieu' Ehle anu oiu7 81
ne" Wa'' ne :. ui.'o,eN 10 '"e
am interior atteF ms 'a'ueF' =
man win green hse"' t "n j. rug
on ms Ahser came from Oei''"u ii7
counter
now 40 MI ! ia -, re
cnuch9u Jimmy uL~s nm
Hello' sonny nat 5 lnal a nat
lot Jimmy hlsht III way 'IN-
my loiio"ed IN IN 10 tue uthe' Gu
OF 'he store NINA III an asoh'"-
ing tdrhoil OF bilsS ana e'uo4'' IS
meh' ne man WIN the gre Il
hecktie brought On nat alttF HSt'
"hich were cfdhliheu On '!il''"H
mead TO no AVIAN. one was TOO ID Se'
another 100 smali. Al lehGtn the
man placed nat uioh Jimmy
head that was Just T eht' lle Sd'u
it was made Tor Jimmy jimmy
eyes Were "lae win the prSu con-
seriousness or II, as ne caught ms
Wabbly rehect'on IN the Mirror. IL
mad a h'gh crown ana narrow
Dflm' win red Nh't' ana oiue
band' But Jimmy s tather mad ire
clerk take II on ana put II away
"hen ne learned ire lri'e'
jimmy watched MIN put II b&eE upon
the shelf with an agony OF dl'ap-
|. pointmeht. II was the asst one
Come over here. Mr., Julkins.
Now ! have real bargain here n
chtld's hat, the last enc we've OF.
A regular 75-cent nat marked down
TO 80 cents. The man held t "
on his hand and turn II s!oHly
around. Jimmys blue eyes " r.
bullying with horror. He had seen
, hat like that before, broad br m
around low crown and two little
tails OF red ribbon hang rg down
behind A girls hat m ny VS.
trembling in an agcnF OF fear Yes,
the man was putt ny It on, jamming
the stiff straw hat down over +
little red head. He felt the etge
of it touch his ears and spread IN" m
out His image in the glass was
blurred by the humil ated tears in
his eyes. A girls hat!
As IN dream he heard his father
/ give the man - cents, felt S hand
crumpled IN the hot. hard palm o.
his father, as he led HIM from the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Sun and Moon,

Mote: The above sun and moon
record is for Illinois and approx
mates the record at Cairo within
few minutes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09

The Bulletin is member OF the As
ISOLATED PRESS the greatest news
satnerinR ogAnizatlon In the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
The Worlds Want.

The world wants strong men who
are not hard. and gentle men who
are not sentimental.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09

The Cairo Bulletin Is the only Cair,
paper with the service OF the Asso
clAted Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Enrecasts Eor Today.

cair and vicinity Fair; rising
temperature.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
A Word from Josh Wise.

sFrien'ship among mems governed
IL tn time they have ter spare fer
/,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Commas Of the Desert.

The fshhook cactus IS the compass
of the desert, for it always points TO
the south.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Sheldon is treasurer.

The appointment of Sheldon as
treasurer vas a surprise and was ac-
Companied by an element of mystery.
Preceding the meeting of the eXecn-
tive committee, all indications of the
selection of a treasurer had center,d
upon Mckinley, of Illinois, treasurer
of the Republican congressional com.
mittee II was generally believed by
leaders who have been here to con
suit with Taft that he desired McKiu
ley as treasurer Of the national com
mittee and had practically told him he
would have to submit 10 be drafted fog
that position, and until today the
name of George r. Sheldon had not
been canyassed in the conferences in
relation to the treasureIship.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Embarrassment soIved.

The designation OF VOrys to be ir
charge Of the national campaign in
Ohio is regarded as solution of the
embarrassment arising from the selec-
ton of Hitchcock in preference to
Vorys BY this arrangement the cam
paign in Ohio will he in sense sep
arate from the balance Of the country.
Vorys will be accountable only to
Taft
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Was Expected.

The selection OF Hitchcock as chair
man was expected as the presence
here of all factions OF the party WHO
would be likely TO make a felt
against his appointment had not de.
yeloped any purpose TO oppose his
selection. He was known to be the
choice of Taft and several OF those
who had been called in consultation
with Taft subordinated their personal
preferences in Difference TO the wishes
of the presidential nominee in the Sc
lection of the man who is to manage
his campaign
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
HITCHCOCK IS
TAFT'S CHOICE
is SELECTED TO BE CHAIRMAN
OF REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE.
V0RYS OHIO MANAGER
And Selection For This Job Solves
Embarrassing em-George
r. She ldon Tire asurer-Mc-
kniey Not Worried

Hot Springs, Va, July S.-Frank IA
Hitchcock, of Massachusetts chair
man of the Republican national com
mittee and manager of the national
campaign; George r. sheldon, of New
York. treasurer OF the national com
mittee; Arthur |. Volys, of Ohio, mem
Der of the national committee in
charge of the Ohio Republican head
quarters which are TO be in Cincin-
natl This was the result Of the
meeting Of the executive committee
of the Republican national committee
here today The action Of the commit
tee was an approval of the recommen-
datons of William H. Taft nominee
of the Republican party for the pres
dency who presided al the meeting.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09

Laughter in Pc STA is considered
edeminate.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Recommended sy sMss.

1t is stated that sheldon $ appoint
ment was upon the recommendation Of
Mr.. Cornelius ~ Bliss, treasurer of
the committee since 1892 1t is also
stated that his selection had the APP
proyal Of President Roosevelt with
whom he was a classmate at Harvard.
Sheldon is a close personal friend OF
Bliss. whose counsel will be at his
command relating to the campaign
funds.
His appointment is also regarded az
bringing the question Of the publicity
of campaign funds into the campaign
with the same force that would apply
We're there a national law, as it is said
.the law OF New York state will gov
.ern his actions in relation to the ma
tional campaign
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-09
Mckinley Smiles.

Mckinley accepted the result smiH
inglv, never having actually been 2
for the place. After it was
known several days ago that Taft de-
sired 20 draft him for the treasurer.
ship, protests We're made by both
Speaker Cannon and Representative
sherman, chairman OF the republican
congressional committee and vic.
presidential candidate on The Repub'I
can national ticket.