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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
HEPBURN RETURNS.

Washington. April 24-Representa-
tieve Hepburn. of Iowa who has been
confined to his bed for three weeks bv
illness was so far recovered today
that he visited the capitc' His uu-
announced appearance in the rcom of
Of which he is chairman, provoked an
impromptu reception so cordial that
the meeting of the committee was
broken up and by general consent
abandoned Hepburn hopes to resume
his congressional duties next week
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
ANTE, La, ALMOST DESTROYED.

New Orleans. La. April 2f.-Amite,
a town in southeastern Louisiana
was almost entirely destroyed by a
tornado today The dead are esti-
mated at 25 to So The first details
were brought here tonight by train
along with seventeen injured. Core
spondents on the scene, however, as
sert that not more than a dozen were
killed outright but that so many suf
fered fatal Injuries that the list will
reach % before morning.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
PIONEER BUSINESS MAN
OF WISCONSIN DIES

La Crosse. Wis. April 24-Jacoo
Kohlhaus. leading business man sat
manufacturer Is dead. aged 20
Kohlhaus founded the first sash an
door factory in western Wisconsin in
1854 At the time Of his death he
was president of the Segelke anl
Kohlhaus Manufacturing Ccmpa1y.
enc Of the largest firms in the north
west in this line
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
EVANS is
WONDERFULLY IMPROVED.

Paso Robes. Cal, April 24.-The
progress made by Rear Admiral Evans
during the past five days is so marked
that those who saw him when he ar.
rived here three weeks ago. are as.
founded The pale thin face marked
hy lines of suffering. and the weaken
ed frame have been changed and won
derfully improved
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
is IMPROVING SLOWLY
Grover Cleveland Not Vet Able to
Leave Lskewood-Not Much
Chsnue yesterday.

Lakewood. y. J.. April 2A-Al-
though Grover Cleveland is said to
be slowly recovering from an attack
of stomach trouble he has not i'm
proved sufficiently to return To his
home in Princeton and the date Of
his leaving Lakewood IS undecided.
It was said at the hotel tonight that
Cleveland Is slowly improving and
that there had been little change in
his condition In the last "A hours.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
ARCHBISHOP OFF FOR ROME.

Milwaukee, Wis, April 24-The
Most Rev. Sebastian O. Messmer. arch
bishop of Milwaukee. left the city to
dav en- rnute for Rome to- pay his al
limina visit to the Pope. lie will
attend the centennial celebration of
the New York diocese during the early
part Of next week and viii sail Tues
day on the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
WENT THROUGH BRIDGE
Enuneer and Fireman OF Freight
Train killed-Brakeman Hurt
Cattle Drowned.

Clinton. Ia. April 24.-Engineer J.
w. Baxter and Fireman II. II. Sey-
mour were killed aud Brakeman
John Doherty badly hurt last night
when freight train No. 1872, east
bound, went through bridge over
Clear Greek. three miles west of De.
witt. The swollen condition of the
creek following a Cioudburst weak
ened the bridge. The cars were
loaded with cattle and hogs and
any we're crushed to death and
druSned
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
ALL NEGROES BUT TWO.

Natchez, Miss. April 24.-Sixty
known dead. all colored except two,
and as many more injured is the
casualty report received here up to
nightfall on the tornado which swept
through a portion of Concordia Par
ish. La and crossing the Mississippi
river continued through the counties
of Adams. jefferson and Claiborne in
Mississippi, for fifty miles. Hundreds
of plantation cabins were destroyed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
2a KILLED IN COLLISION.

City of Mexico. April 24-Twenty-
eight persons were killed and fifteen
seriously injured at Gargantau siding
on the main line of the Mexican Cen
tral railroad today i'm a collision.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
FEARFUL EXPLOSION.

Eagle River, Wis. April 2t.-SiN
hundred pounds Of dynamite in a burn-
ing warehouse exploded today SiV
business buildings were wrecked. The
fronts of other buildings were blown
in and all structures partly demOlish
ed. No one was killed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25

Life is the best thing We can pos
sibly make OF It. II is dull and dismal
and heavy il a man loses his temper;
it is glowing with promise and salts
faction IL he is not ashamed of his
emotions.-Lowef
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
NAVIGATION OPENS.

Sault ste Marie Mich. April "a
Navigation opened here this after
noCn with the arrival Of two steamers
bound from Collingwood to Port Ar
thur
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE.

Buffalo Mimi. April 2f-John J.
Mooney, real estate dealer Of Waverly
was today convicted of the murder
of his wife and sentenced to prison
for life.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
TOTAL 225 DEAD.

New Orleans, April 24-About thirty
white persons and fifty negroes We're
killed by the tornado at Purvis, Miss.
This raises the ctal death list to
225
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
KILLS YOUNGER SISTER.

Springfield. H.. April 2l-Ruth
Bates. aged Is. this afternoon acci
dentally shot aud killed her sister.
Josephine, aged IL, with a revolver
at their home in Virden.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
PENNSYLVANIA WINS.

Urbana. ILL.,, April 24.-University
of Pennsylvania tonight defeated the
University of Illinois in the Aquatic
meet. j3 to Is.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
LATEST RETURNS.

Atlanta, Ga, April 24.-Reports to
midnight indicate that $50 persons
were killed. and 400 injured in the
storms which passed over sections
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
AGAIN
TAKEN TO TASK
SUBMARINE INVESTIGATOR TRY
TO ASCERTAIN BASIS FOR HIS
CHARGES AGAINST ELECTRIC
BOAT COMPANY.

Washington. April 2i-The com
mittce investigating the Electric
Boat company devoted the session to
day to endeavoring to ascertain from
Representative Lilley, the grounds on
which he based his charges against
the company. Lilley admitted that
some of these charges were made on
rumors aud others On what he had
been told Asked If he had tried to
find crt the facts he rchIicd:
Not investigating Committee.
Il did not constitute myself an In,
vestigating committee to so around
and find out what the facts were. l
introduced my resolution IN order
that these facts might be brought
out"
Stevens took up each specific
charge and insisted that LilIey tell
everything he knew concerning IT,
While he did not withdraw any
charge against the company, he
would not say that anyone had been
corrupted by the methods used by
the company.
Asked Several Question.
Lilley was asked a number of ques-
tions which he answered, and when
adjournment was taken the question Of
Hlleys producing his letter book
was pending with the intimatlon that
unless he voluntarily presented 1t
the committee would use its authority
to secure the book.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
Eoiiy OF SeIfishness,

SeIfshness may be compared TO In
growing nails. the longer You endure II
the greater your own suffering.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
ARGUMENT FOR
FOUR VESSELS
CONSUMED TIME or SENATE YES.
TERpAY SEVERAL ADVOCATE
TIE PLAN.
GREATEST PEACEMAKER
Is President Roosevelt Says Senator
Beveridge--Senator Piles Re.
CARDS Asiatic Situation Ser
ious Menace to Coast.

Washington, April 2t.--Argument
, In favcr # the presidents program for
four battleships consumed most OF
| the session of the senate today 'Stn.
ator Piles, of Washington. opened the
debate, declaring the Asiatic situation
affecting the Pacific coast was q men
ace to that section, as war clouds
might quickly rise there over some
clash between the Americans and the
Japanese. He wanted a fleet kept In
the Pacific.
Hale laid before the senate a state
ment Of battleships and other fea.
lures of the American naval program
which he said sb wed that as large
fleet as Is WOW in tn Pacific can b.
kept 'N"r and at the same time there
W Md be ships for a still larger feet
for the Atlantic.
Beverldge concluded the debate for
the day with strong appeal to the
senators To vote for four battIeships
He was constantly engaged In ey
changes Of words With other senator's
He insisted that neace and net war
would be promoted by the building up
the navy.
"We are here with responsibility
for legislation equal to the preEident's
responsibility" said Aldrich today
when the senator from Indiana re-
ferred to the presideut's program OF
four battleships as the number ha
would have The senator from Ia.
diana said he would prefer five or six
lnew ships this year and that newt
year we could see what would he de-
sirable
| Heveridge reminded the senata tha.
|the president is tne gr~Htest peace
maker In the world "Was ~ not"
he asked, possible that he had TO-DAY
the same Idea of promoting peace by
asking for four hattleships when ho
brought about the cessation Of hostil.
tiles between Russia and Japan"
Beveridge made n strong appeal t.
do what he said the American people
desire. to provide an adequate navy To
help maintain peace.
During the latter port Of the session
telegrams were delivered to all the
senators from a magazine appealing
to them for four ships III the -four
battleships appropriation br no.
granted" the telegram stated I'VE
shall urge the president to veto the
naval bill"
Early in the day. Senator Bankhead
of Alabama spoke In favor Of a nation
nj appropriation for good roads.
The senate passed a bill appropriat-
ing 800 000 for the survey Of an in
land water route from Boston to VIII
mington.
House Was Busy
The business of the house proceeded
today at a rapid rate. despite the fact
that the Democrats forced six rcll
calls. over one thousand pension
bills were put through, the largest
batch of the session. A bin also pass.
ed providing for the protection OF life
on navigable waters during regattas
and marine parades There also was
discussed at length the Burleson veso-
luton demanding a report of the com
.--s..t-..-
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25

Tho Cairo Bulletin is the only Cairo
paper with the service OF the AssO
eisted Press
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-25
GREAT INCREASE
IN MEMBERSHIP
CAIRO COMMERCIAL CLUB HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETlNG-sEC-
RETARY'S REPORTS ON MEM
BERSHlP AND FINANCES,

At meeting of the Cairo CONNER
cial club Thursday night the ferry
committee reported having closed q
contract with the Cairo City Ferry
company to pay a bonus of $75 per
month to operate the Three States
during the remainder of the present
year.
An offer from r. Il. Grace to oper-
ate a gasoline ferry to East Cairo
was referred to the Public Service
committee. Mr. Grace wants free
wharfage
A s. hat was voted to Thos J. Pryor
for effective work in securing new
members for the club.
Secretary submitted an eXcellen;
report including the following dc.
tailed statement:
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17
stllI Ahead.

A congressman says he was riding
in a smoking car ON a little one track
road and in the seat In front of him
sat a 1ewelry drummer. He was one
OF those wide awake, never-let-any-
one-get-the-better-of-him style Of men.
Presently the train stopped to take on
water, and the conductor neglected to
send back fiagman. A limited ex-
press, running at a rate Of ten miles
an hour, came along and bumped the
rear end OF the first train. The drum
mer was lifted from his seat and pitch
ed head first against the seat ahead,
His silk hat was jammed clear down
over his ears. He picked himself up
and settled back In his seat. No bones
had been broken. Then he pulled or
his hat, drew long breath and,
STRENGTHENING up. said: "Hully gee!
Well, they didn't get by US anyway"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17
CoNGEsTToN oF OAsH

One of the best indications of re-
turning prosperity is seen in the fact
that the Spokane banks are exper-
fencing the receipt of more cash than
they care for. They have a surplus
and find few borrowers which shows
q condition most gratifying. In this
city the clearing house certificates
are rapidly giving place to cash and
there is more money in circulation
at present than at any time since the
panic began. A general improve
ment may be looked for all along the
line and with the approach of spring
Occur d'Alene will resume her us
ual activity.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17
Murdered BY a Statue.


The death Of ZENITH, the half myth
ical king Of Scotland, was one Of the
most curious and remarkable In his
tory, II it may be called historical
fact. 1t seems that ZENITH had slain
Cruthlintus, son, and Malcolm Duff
fus, the king and brother of Fennella.
She, to be revenged, caused Wiltus, the
most ingenious artist Of the time, to
fashion a statue filed with automatic
springs and levers. Finished and set
up this brazen image was an admirable
work of art. In its right hand Wiltus
placed ever and In the left an apple
Of pure gold finely set with diamonds
and other precious stones. To touch
this apple was to court death. 1t was
so arranged that any one guilty of such
vandalism would be Immediately rid
died with arrows shot from loop
holes in the statutes body. ZENITH
was invited to see the wonder and,
kinglike (and just as Fennella hoped,
tried to pluck the imitation fruit. He
was instantly riddled with poisoned ar
rows, dying where he fell.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17
FOR THE CHILDREN
An Aehromatie Lens.


Many Of the boys and girls no doubt
have read or heard of an achromatic
lens without knowing exactly what the
term means, says the Chicago News.
1t means a lens that transmits light
without dividing 1t into its constituent
colors. A ray of culinary light is COM
posed of the seven colors of the rain
bow, as Sir Isaac Newton showed us
by the use of the prism, each color hav-
ing a different degree Of refrangibility.
When a direct ray is refracted, there
fore, 1t divides itself into the colored
rays, which deviate variously from the
straight line of the simple ray and
thus surround the object viewed with a
halo of those colors. 1t was thought
for a long time that this defect could
not be remedied, but about 1850 man
named John Dolland made an improve
ment that accomplished the desired
purpose. He found that flint glass and
crown glass differ in their power of
dispensing colOrs, and he made a dou-
BILE lens of flint glass, and the combina-
ton of the two gives an almost color
less image. The achromatic lens is Of
great value to astronomers and also to
users Of the microscope.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17
Not Much Nsws.

In the summer Of 1908 an exploring
expedition set out from Cook inlet,
Alaska, in an attempt to climb Mount
Mckinley, the highest peak on the
American continent. They went In
with pack of cayuses through hun
dred miles of tundra and then strug-
gled for weeks over glaciers and
through terrible hardships, to emerge
at last on the Chulitna river, down
which they RATED to civilization, as
represented by Cook inlet.
As they came in. worn, ragged, al
most dead from exposure and hunger,
a tall old man strolled upshore with
four white mems dogs, says Robert
Dunn in 1.-THE Shameless Diary of an
Explorer" They asked him the news
OF the world.
WAL, yer know the pope's Dead"
he drawled, land the cardinals held a
sort Of convention and elected a new
pope.
Roosevelt he's agreed to complain
to the GEAR Of Rooshia about them mas
sacred Jews, and some ones killed
that Queen Dragon Of Servia trying to
jump her claim to the throne. And
ROoshia's going to fight the Japs. The
amt much happened this summer"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17
Apprselatsd the Beautiful.


That It Is not always well to put
on ones dowdiest garments when one
goes to visit the poor is the moral
OF a story told In an English maya
zine recently. There were two phi
lanthropists, according to the tale, one
a professional and the other an anna
teur. The professional had arranged
to take the amateur to a gathering Of
slum jewellers In the east end of Lon
don. At the appointed hour the anna
teur, who happens to be a duchess and
a great beauty, appeared at the house
of her friend, a dazzling apparitIon in
court dress, tiara and Jewels. "Oh,
my DEAR" gasped the professional,
falling helplessly into the neareSt
chair, don't you know that we are
going to one of the lowest and most
squalid slums? l can't promise that
you will bring any Of that back with
you" But the beauty only laughed.
That's all right" she said. II quite
understand you. But poor people love
beautiful things. Their children espe-
cially are captiyated with fine dresses
and feathers. Just wait and you viii
seer And the professional did see.
Those poor, half starved, half naked
slum jewellers had eyes for no one but
the dazzling young beauty who had
done them the infinite honor of coming
to see them in her most beautiful
frock and jewels.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17

A lovely dog. proud old cat,
Lived together in q modern fat.
The nat was way up In the sky
q think twas sixteen stories high.
The dog one day said, with a sigh:
II wonder, dear old pussie. why
Our mistress. who's 50 good, you see,
Makes such q dreadful fool OF me3
For when she takes me for a walk,
I'd tell her II I could but talk,
Please not to dress me up; you see
It makes the doggies laugh at me-"
Now, pussy, who was very wise,
Just opened wide her shining eyes
And bumped her back and curled her, tan.
Then gave a curious yawnllke waii.
Now. doggie. Il IL wrong, you know.
THAT you should always grumble So
For all your mereies you should be
Devoutly thankful Do you see?
II you were hungry or In pain.
Were all bedraggied In the rain
And had no place TO lay your head,
Were longing for a bite OF bread.
Then. doggie. you would know twas sFna.
! know it's solve lived Il through
% DO not look at me like that.
Eor wa once a barnyard cat.'
philadelphia LRdRaR
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17
Whom Do ! can rhla rIma2

II this game is played by a large
company it adds to the fun.
A stake is set up in the middle Of the
room or on a lawn. There must be a
ring for each player and name Of a
player attached to each ring.
There are two sides and a captain
for each side. The hoops lie in a pile,
and the captain Of one side takes a
hoop and losses 1t over the stake, ex-
claiming, "Whom do 1 coll this time p
II the captain fails to place the ring
over the stake the captain Of the other
side takes his turn. On the other hand,
If the ring goes over the stake No.
1 next the captain of the other side
has a guess as to whose name is writ
ten on the slip attached to the ring. If
he guesses correctly he can choose one
from the other side. If his gtess is
wrong that side loses a player, and SO
on until one side far outnumbers the
other. Prizes, of course, add to the
charm.-Washington Star.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17

An iceberg is nothing but fragment
Of a glacier detached by the action of
the water, says the Chicago News.
Some of them are Of immense size and
carry with them great masses Of rock,
earth and sometimes plants. Polar
bears and seals have also been seen on
them. Greenland is the place from
which most of the icebergs in the north
Atlantic come. The waters that wash
the base of glacier are somewhat
warmer in summer than they are in
winter, and this has the effect of loos-
ening and detaching large parts of it.
The ocean currents then bear these
fragments toward the temperate zone,
where they are gradually melted. 1t is
during the latter part Of the summer
season that icebergs are most seen, for
1t takes a long time for them to be-
come detached from the glaciers, with
only the moderate degree of heat that
the warm months give to northern wa
tiers. 1t is said that only about one
eighth Of the iceberg shows above the
water. If, therefore, one is seen that
rises fifty feet above the sea, the sailor
knows that its lower end is about $50
feet below.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17

President Roosevelt says that
Taft's nomination for president is as
sured. With all the strength OF the
national administration behind his
boom It Is not surprising that the
president makes such an announce
ment. It answers two purposes by
giving all government employees to
understand who they shall boost and
cools or the booms OF other candi-
dates.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17
wealth From water power.

A recent report OF the secretary OF
agriculture draws attention to the
enormous amount OF water power go
ing 70 waste In the mountain streams
Of tho country. Government experts
and that the Appalachian range south
Of the Pennsylvania line has u mini.
mum Of approximately 100000 horse
power not utilized at present, and this
% when the streams are running at
their lowest At least one-half OF this
energy 10 said to be continuously avail
abls. and during the wet season. or al
least half the year. this available min.
imuin would be increased by not less
than 80 per cent.
In order to bring the bulk OF this
available power into the service or
commerce and industry some method
Of systematic development VIII be nee
ossarys Several states might become
beneGciariea under a broad scheme OF
exploitation The evil of allowing the
best sites Of our natural resources to
Be grabbed By private individuals to
tha datriment Of nelghborlng fields has
been demonstrated. In the develop
ment Of the water power of range
one plant should not be allowed to rob
another Geld Of its share. Either the
general government or the several
states interested should look upon the
water powers as public utilities and
either exploit them by direct control or
regulate them where private parties
undertake the development, The pres
emit q the time to begin and forestall
clashings in the future between prl-
vate Or corporate and public interests.
Tho streams in the Appalachian range
might earn an annual revenue Of hun
dreds Of millions Of dollars. This sug-
gesm q resource which should be
jealously guarded by every common
wealth In the land where streams OF
considerable volume abound.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17
A Well hammered Cat.

A cat may be taught good manners,
strange as it may seem. There used to
be one at Boston hotel that behaved
better at table than many children do
If you win pardon the editor for say
ing so. He waited every day for the
doors to be opened and then stalked
solemnly into the dining room, where
a table was set apart for him in a cor
ner, and took his seat in a high chair,
where he waited quietly as a well
trained boy would, rubbed his paws
and his mouth on a napkin and then
stalked solemnly out Of the room.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17
Riddlsa.

When does two cent stamp become
one OF less value7 A two cent stamp
becomes sent stamp after your letter
is mailed.
What is the difference between one
yard and two yards3 A fence.
BY well employing my second you
win never negret my first and you
viii more thoroughly enjoy the whole.
What is It? Past-time.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17
Got hln Wlah.

At the height Of their nightly quar-
rel the other day Mrs. Blank choked
back a sob and said reproachfully:
II was reading one Of your old let
tiers today, James, and you said in II
that you would rather live in endless
torment with me than in bliss by your
SELF
"weli. 1 got my WISH" Blank
groWled.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-17

A real Bonaparte girl has married
real prince Of live kingdom. Perhaps
In this way Bonaparte blood may yet
mount the thrones Of kings ana wipe
cut the Oaium cast upon 1t by the
founder Of the house.