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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
FORM TOlSTOI SOCIETY
Is Plan Of His Admirers-Interns
Celebration OF His Eightieth
Birthday Called OF.

St Petersburg April 26-Althcugh
in Difference ~ the wishes Of ToIstoi,
the plans for an international celehra
tion at Yalsnaya Polyana this summer
If the writer's eightieth birthday 70
which delegates from Russia an
abroad have been invited. have been
abandoned. admirers of the Russian
novelist purpose to signslize his jubl
Ice by the formation f an information
al ToIstoi society. similar 20 ths
Goethe Dante. and Shakespearisu
societies designed to study and propo
gate the ideas Of TOlstoi. to collect ma
tcrials concerning his life aud activity
and intimately to purchase the home
at Yasnaya PClyana for a Tolstoish
museum Celebrations of the anniveI
say will he held In st. Petersburg
Moscow and other cities.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
ILLINOIS MAYORS
BLAZING THE WAY
FOR SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS
THAT CONFRONT MUNICIPAL
TIES IN THIS AND OTHER
STATES-HEAVY DEBTS.

Chicago, April 26.-Interesting facts
regarding the debts of big cities and
their consequences have come to light
as a result of the formal investiga-
tion into the matter of getting more
money for needed Improvements which
is now being conducted by the mayors
of Chicago and other Illinois municip-
alities. The investigation shows that
Chicago has the least Indebtedness of
any city approaching it in size Boston
is one Of the most heavily bonded com
munities: that city has a net debt of
s57,000,O00, or 1874 a head. Philadel-
phia's debt is $40 per capita and Cleve-
lands only s3i. To New York is re
served the doubtful honor of heading
the list in the matter of liabilities.
Its enormous debt of s609000 900 rep
resents a liability of nearly $3.50 per
capita In comparison with this. Chi
cago's debt of s6S 100000 or S33 per
head seems a mere bagatelle Under
the terms of the present character this
debt cannot be materially increased
until the population grows and the
need of finding some way of further
financing in the meantime without
raising the axes is what led Chicago
to seek the advice Of other cities which
are in the same predicament. The
committee of Illinois mayors which is
now working on the problem Is a uni
que organization. Officially it has no
existence but practically it is blazing
the way for similar organizations
which will he started in other states IL
the Illinois plan proves successful.
The executives meet from time ia
time and compare results but must of
The work is done ny individuals along
lines laid out by the whole body. The
investigation has not been under way
sufficiently long for any final eonclu-
sions to be reached. but enough has al
ready been accomplished to Indicate
tho value = the work Among the
questions which are receiving attention
are the limit of bonded Indebtedness.
the taxing OF public service corpora
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
ENGINES WILD PRANK
Sudde enly and Without Human
Agency Locomotive Started and
Ran Eight Miles.

vicksburg. Miss. April 26-There
was any amount of excitement along
the levee at G:30 o'clock this morn
ing. occssioued by runaway engine
on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
railroad. which ran all the way from
the roundheuse to Bfakelcy. eight
miles above Nicksburg. before II WAS
cvertaken by another locomotive.
which was sent in pursuit
Neither engineer nor fireman was
on the locomotive. when suddenly.
and without human effort. the biz
locomotive started up the track with
out anv one at the round house know
ing anything about IT, II is most
fortunate that the runaway had a
clear track and that no one was hurt.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
WIFE WH|STLtO
RACT|ME MUSIC
HUSBAND SUED FOR DIVORCE
AND COURT HELD HE HAD
JUST COMPLAINT - QUAR-
RELIED EVERY DAY.

Spokane, Wash. April &c -Becauss
she wbistled tunes unlike those ot
his native land when he tried to
sleep Judge f. II Sullivan In the
Spokane county superior court grant.
ed decree to Nels Nelson of Hill
yard. Wash. in a suit for divorce
against his wife. Margaret Merriam
Nelson. who he welded in South Da-
kota four years ago. Mrs. Ne'son is
somewhere in the middle west the
complainant testified. aud he has net
seen her in - months One Of the
witnesses declared that every day for
three years Mrs. Nelson went 70 her
house to talk about Nelson's short
comings. saving also that he only vsy
she could get even with him was 10
whistle comic opera tunes. Nels
dcn't like anything except the folk
songs Of the Vikings" the wife a
quoted as having said and that IS
why I whistle the good old rag time
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
HARD BLOW TO
BRITISH NAVY
is LOSS or CRUISER GLADIATOR
RUN DOWN BY THE ST.
PAUL.
DEATH LIST INCREASED
Are Missing--opinior OF Sea
men is That the Accident
Was Unavoidable.

! London. April 26.-The total mum
Der OF dead and missing of the Glada
, tors crew as a result of the collision
between the American liner st. Pau
and the British cruiser, off the Isle OF
Wight, is 2s.
The admiralty late tonight issued a
revised list of the names OF the
GladiatOr's victims, which includes
an additional death in the hospital,
bringing the total deaths known up
to 5. Twenty ythrec men are missing
according to the list. and six are suf-
fcring severe injuries.
The secretary of the admiralty ex-
presses fear that there are still eight
others missing, but is unable TO give
their names as yet Divers today
searched the sunken cruiser for
bodies but were not successful in
finding any
The opinion among shipping men
and officers and naval officials APP
pears to be unanimous that the acd.
dent was unavoidable being one OF
the chances of the sea which all sea
men must risk.
There will he the usual naval vourt
and an inquiry by the board of trade
Officers OF both ships refuse to dis
cuss the affair until they have given
their testimony officially.
All witnesses of the disaster agree
practically that both crews behaved
as well as possible.
Coming so soon after the loss of
the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger,
which was SINK by the cruiser Ber-
wick of the Isle of Wight on April ;
last, 20 men being drowned, the sink
ing of the Gladiator is sereye blow
to the British navy.
Rough weather prevails In the
Channel today and many of the Chan
mel steamers were unable TO make
their usual trips to the continent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
STRIKE STOPS
SWELL O|NNL R
FIVE HUNDRED PATRONS OF LON,
DON CAFE co WITHOUT
MEAL.
MATTRESSES ALL QUIT
Dismissal Of an Empioye Signal For
All to Join In Sympathy--Guests
Leave Without Paying Their
Bills.

London, April 2G.-London is wit
Messing the novel sight OF a strike oi
restaurant waitresses started with
dramatic suddenness and complete
unanmity,
Some five hundred persons were
lunching at the Cabin restaurant in
piccadilly where girls alone are en-
pioyed as mattresses, Suddenly tha
fifty waiter girls llung down their trays
and declared general strike. So
swiftly was the signal obeyed that
girls engaged in drawing hot water
fr IN urns left the taps open and al
lowed the water to flow on the floor.
The bolder spirits mounted tables, and
made eloquent speeches to the amazed
lunchers, explaining their grievances
and begging the public to boycott the
restaurant until they were given re
dress.
The manager made a desperate at
tempt to restore order, aud as that
proved unsuccessful declared the res
taurant closed The guests left mostly
with Mt paying their bills. A big crowd
gathered in the street and ehecred the
and war to the knife upor
the oppressive management was d."
elared with enthusiasm.
The strike began because one of the
girls was dismissed snmmarily and In
the opinion of her colleagues, unjustly.
Two days before, the fifty girls had
threatened to strike, and To avoid
trouble, the manager promised to re.
instate the victim and not to dismiss
any ether employe during a term of
three months. When the girls after,
ward demanded that this promise
should be put Ia legal form. the man
ager drew back and the whole estab
lishuent decided to strike without
notice. and at the most inconvenient
time for the management.
The girls complain that they are pail
only $40 a week. and that they are
forbidden to accept tips The restaur'
anters have decided to start co.
operative restaurant OF their cwn.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
VIPER ROBBED
OF ITS POISON
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION AT THE
BRONX GEOLOGICAL PARK,
NEW YORK.
pIRST IN EIGHTY YEARS
And Second Time in History Of Medi
cal Scicnce--venom Secured VIII
Last Half Century--To Treat
Insanity.

New York. April 2G,-For the first
/ time in eighty years and the seconJ
in the history of the science of mcdi
cine. an operation for the extraction ol
venom frCm the deadly Lance-hcad
Viper, said to be the most poisonous
of all known reptiles, was performed
at the Bronx geological Park today,
The operation was success and aa
a result sciencesonce more has plen.
tiful supply cf serum which has been
t und almost invaluable in the treat
ment Of extreme cases of insanity and
many of the malignant diseases. When
the precious fluid was obtained AMI
found to be less than a third Of an
ordinary teaspoonful 1t was announced
that the supply was ample to meet the
demands of the world for half ceh-
tury, So powerful is the action that il
is prescribed only in minute quantity,
the largest portion commonly used
containing one ten-trillionth of a
grain.
Todays operation was the culmina
tion of years of painstaking trc ublo.
When the snake was placed on the
table. his head cleyerly pinioned and
Dr. Raymond Ditmars seized him in a
firm grip, Head Keeper Snyder thrust
into the snakes mouth receptacle
which had been prepared to receive
the venom.
It was a glass of unusual strength
aud the wide aperture at the top
had been covered with piece Of
medlcated cause and securely fixed In
place. The vipers mouth was thrown
open, the lips which covered the cruel
fanps were curled back, aud with q
snap the fangs tore through the cloth,
the Jaws closed sharply and poison
enough to gill a dozen men, spurted
harmlessly into the glass.
The snake will be kept in captivity
and If it survives other operations
viii be performed from time to time.
and further supply of serum may be
secured that will possibly last for cen
turtles. This specimen has not eaten
since he was captured In the wilds
of Brazil more than amonth ago and
experts at the 200 Park say that un-
less he soon accepts nourishment he
will languish and die.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
SAILORS FORGET
ROUTINE DUTIES
THINK MORE OF PLEASURE PRO.
GRAM AT NEXT PORT OF
FLEETS STOP.
DAY SPENT IN RESTING
Al Santa Barbara Yesterday-Officer;
Believe That Too Much Merry
Making viii Injure Seamen's
Efficiency.

Santa Barbara, April 26 To-day
was very much of day of rest for the
battleship fleet for which the officers
were duly grateful Tco much merry
making. 1t is believed, is going to mill.
tate against the strict maintenance of
the splendid efficiency gained by care
full training on the long cruise around
South America.
Already the men are beginning to
think more of the pleasure program at
the next port of call, according to the
officers, than of the routine work of
duties aboard AS soon as the ships
anchor the men are anxious to get "on
beach" to have fling at the amuse-
ments the hospitable people of the
coast are 50 lavishly providing for
them.
The fighting force of sixteen vessels
at anchor in the ocean roadstead out
numbers by several thousands the en-
tire population of Santa Barbara
This afternoon tea party at Montl
cito was attended by the admirais and
captains of the fleet and two other of.
ficers detailed from each ship.
Aboard the battlesbip Missouri,
careful inquiry is in progress to deter
mine the extent of the damage done
yesterday when high pressure cylilI-
der head of the port engine creacked
and blew up. 1t is feared that it will
he some time before the damaged
parts can he replaced.
Rear Admiral Evans is expected to
reioin the ships at Monterey May 1.
Admiral Evans return to command
will be of brief duration as he expects
TO haul down his flag fer all time two
DAYS after the grand review of the as
sembled fleet Nav s.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
CAUSED BY LANDSLIDE
Awful Calamity in Little French Village in Pro-
vince of Ontario, Canada--HaIf Of
Town Buried-At Least Thirty
Are Dead

Eight others whose names have nj
been obtained are known to be mi
ing.
Mrs. Des Jardin's cottage also wa.
swept away and she, with her twt
children aud hired maf are know
to be buried in the laud slide.
Rushed into River.
The sliding mass rushed with a rca'
and spread fanlike over part of TIL
place and dumped itself in the swollen
stream at its foot.
Cut off from the outside world. mes
sengers were despatched to Poupere
the nearest hamlet Buckingham wa
appealed to but the flight of the mes
sengers across the spring roads was
slow.
Preparing to Flee.
Those first on the scene found De
Salette in a panic with the uninjured
ones packing their belongings for
flight
The messengers to Buckingham or
dered twenty five ccffins to be sent TO
De Salettc and all the physicians of the
town were hurried across country with
rescue parties.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
MOTHER AND CHILD
Killed When Runaway Team Throws
Family Out of Wagcn-ttusbsnd
Was Hurt.

Hickman. XIV, April 26.-one n
the most horrible accidents that ever
happened here occurred today, whed
the team driven by William Campbell
ran awav aud killed his wife AMI
child They were moving. and while
going down a steep hill. without
brakes unth wagon a heavy box fell
of. soaring the horses. and they ran
Campbell was thrown out His wife
grabbed the rcins and holding the
baby in her arms. was thrown forward
out OF the wagon in front of the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
VALUABLE MAIL
BAGS MISSING
ARRIVED FROM LONDON AT NEW
YORK ON SEPARATE DATES
IN MARCH -- STOLEN Be
TWEEN SHIPS AND OFFICE.

London. April 2G.--London postal
authorities have learned that two
bags of mail from this city. containing
securities and other valuables worth
$500 600. were stolen in New York
the latter part of March.
one of the bags was destined for
st. Louis and was shipped by the
Majestic, which arrived in New York
on March 20; the other. destined for
Brooklyn. was shipped by the steamer
Philadelphia, which arrived at New
York March %.
Both bags disappeared in transit
between the steamers and the post
Office. Efforts have been made to
keep the matter secret while an in
vestigation has been going on.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27

Buckingham, Ont, April 2G.-Hal
of the little French hamlet OF Notre
Dame De Salette, l6 miles from here
on the Lievre River, lies buried t.
night under sliding mountain and al
least thirty OF its small population ar
known to have perished.
News is Magre.
The hamlet has no telegraph or tele
graph and neither is it on railroad
The meagre news of the disaster came
In by messenger from physicians and
other rescuers who were hurried there
when the first calls for aid came al
early morning.
The river Lieyre winds at the foot OF
the hamlet and the mountain tower
behind it, The spring rains for day.
past have been melting the snow and
Ice on the moutain side.
At o'clock this morning, just as
the little hamlet began to stir for early
mass, part of the mountain started to
slide toward the river.
Path of Destruction.
1t tore a path Ct death and destruc
tion on its way and those who were
not killed when their homes We're en-
quilted were left buried under a mass
of rock and earth
Camille La Pontes house stood
first in the path of the avalanche. He,
with his family of eleven, are known
to have perished.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27

wheels, the wagon passing over her
neck. breaking IL and crushing her
horribly. She held the child through
the fall, the child being under he,'
body when the wagon passed over IT.
Mrs Campbell breathed few times
but never spoke. Doctors and hello
rushed to the scene, but the child's
skull was broken and 1t died a few
hoursl ator Mr. Campbell suffered
broken rib and severe bruises, and ia
frantic with grief He was moving
from below town to Moscow. aud was
only a half mile from town. He was
formerly a merchant Of Hickman. Mrs
Campbell was about 30 wears old.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
FOUL MURDER
IN TENNESSEE
UNKNOWN MAN USED HEAVY
RAILROAD LANTERN TO BEAT
FLORENCE MERCHANT TO
DEATH IN HIS STORE.

Murfreesboro. Tenn. April 26.-One
Ct the most CHASTITY murders ever con-
mitted in this county was committed
last night at Florence station by an
unknown man. who beat Squire VIII,
lam II. Hindman a prominent man
and county politician. to death with a
heavy railroad lantern.
The crime was committed about 3
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
RELIEF MEASURES TAKEN
IN THE STRICKEN SOUTH
Thousands Visit Tornado Swept Places and Rem
der Aid-TotaI Dead is NV 350-.ln-
ured 3,200--2, 500 Houses
Destroyed;

New Orleans, April 2G--Totals OF
the death, misery and ruin caused In
-four southern states by Fridays tor.
nadoes came To hayd today in an ap
lproNimatcly correct form.
| Latest Record.
! Briefly stated they are.
Killed about $50, injured painfully
or seriously, LOO; homeless, severa
thousand; towns reporting seriors
wreckage, 4G; habltaions and husi
ness houses practically complct
ruins in these towns, about $500.
The above figures do not include
wreckage on plantations and farms,
scores Of which were struck and dam
aged
The number of dead will never be
known accurately for the reason that
about 300 of them were negroes and
they were buried IN many commuui-
ties without careful reports being
made of their numbers While some
of the first reports giving apparently
accurate death lists have since been
proven unreliable. nevertheless tire
remote places where they were late
IN reporting their dead had served 10
hold the total list uniformly about
$50.
Three Separate Currents.
Apparently the storm struck In
three separate currents and travelled
toward the northeast. The first of
these struck through northern Louis
lana, Mississippi and Tennessee be
fore daylight Friday morning. The
second appeared further south about
Z o'clock in Louisiana and Mississippi.
This apparently was portion of the
storm which had swept through Ala
hama and Georgia ON Friday night
and Saturday morning.
The third portion Of the storm ap-
peared during Friday afternoon. fur
ther south than either of it's predeces-
sors. 'Fhis was the storm which de.
molished Amiie, La, "a and Purvls,
Miss. towns in which the wreokage
was worst
Pictures Tell The Story.
Why fatalities were so unusually
large Is apparent today from glance
at photographs which have arrived
her from many portions OF the tor
nado belt, They all tell the same
story Whole blocks of what were
formerly little residences and cabins
lie spread over the ground in separ.
ate boards.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
KILLED HIS WIFE AND
HIMSELF; INJURED DAUGHTER

Byhalia. Miss. April 25-Wallac"
Polk. well known farmer. today sh {
aud killed his wife. seriously injured
his Is year old daughter, and then
blew out his brains
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
DAMAGE NEAR HArrlEseuRe.

Hattieshurg, Miss. April 26.--R.-
ports tonight from Alcncon say that
Is persons were killed in that vicinitg
in the storm and a number of Others
were injured Tho known dead are c
wv, Howell wife and seven children
and members OF a family living 10
miles southwest Of RIchton are also
reported killed The greatest force o.
the tsoFm passed three miles south on
Richton where much property was
destroyed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
TORNADO In INDIANA.

Providence Ind. April 26.--A tor.
nado swept three townships Of John
son county, this afternoon. demolished
barns. damaged houses, destroyed tele.
phone and telegraph service and
wroght damage estimated at $4,000.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
DEATH TOTAL 36g

New Orleans. April rs News from
the isolated places in AtiRsissippi late
tonight add fifteen mere deaths to the
list Of victims OF the storm, while
three of the injured in hospitals at A.
bertville. Ala, died today making the
total death list 36s.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
Eleven Bodies Recovered.

Latest reports from De Salette make
the number of known dead thirty, of
which eleven bodies have been reccv-
cred. In all twenty houses were en-
quilted in the slide.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27
Sometimes.

The time to argue With man about
the evil Of smoking = Just after his
wife has given him bir,hasy present
OF a box OF cigars.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27

In nv club they toast the absent
members In my wifes club they
ross, The absent members.
.aarsS
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27

Roses and other plants at Mrs. NAL
den's. sfs Twenty street
Leave orders for cut flowers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27

Head The bulletin and get the news
while Il Is news.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27

Houses which were thus scattered
about We're mostly negro habltations.
The homes Of the whites held to-
gether better and the photographs
show that many Of them with the
upper half of the structure ripped off.
but leaving below projections which
must have saved scores from dc tth.
Relief Measures Taken.
To-day has been one of relief mear.
ures throughout the wrecked district
and the ruined towns have been
visited by thousands Of spectator.
many OF whom went vita few dol.
lars in their pockets to distribute
among the needy. Sheds made from
the wreckage have become the
homes of hundreds. Al least a ,icz n
relief funds have been started la as
many cities aud towns.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27

tions and the financing of municipal
utilities.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-27

STORM REPoRT-O YESTERDAY.
Mobile, Arril 26 Specials from
Meridinn hiss,, say that disastrous
tornallu passed through the spsrsely
settled section of East Mississippi
south Of that city late today Timber
properties are reported devastated.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1908-12-18

The Detroit House are nicely
located in their new quarters
on Silver Ave.
1t wont be so awful long be-
fore spring blowing will open up
in full blast in the valley,
Mr.. b. P. Shull is expected to
return this week from a business
trip to Garden City, Kan, his
old home.
A large number Of our ladies
visited J. A. Mahoney's empor-
ium Saturday and received a
nice souvenir.
The laying of the new cement
sidewalk in front of the Office of
the Deming Real Estate, Pur-
chasing & Commission Co. is
under way.
Sheriff ELECT Stephens has re.
tlrned home from n several
weeks stay at his ranch and is
now ready to take charge of his
office on the first of the year.
Division superintendent Myers,
Of the Santa Fe, with headquar-
ters in San Marcial, and II. b.
Cheney, a director the road, were
in the city last Friday in special
car No. 25.