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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
CRUESOMEMURDER
INDIANA YOUNG MEN ARRESTED
IN FORT WAYNE-oNE MAKES
CONFESSION,
duplicates His Companion With
Whom He Had Been Carousinu
KILLED Mother at Anderson,
Ind, to Get Money.

Fort Wayne, Ind. March 22.---Grover
G Blake and Orsel Reynolds, of An.
derson, Ind, were arrested here today
on n charge of numbering Blake 3
mother yesterday at Anderson.
Young Blake made confession
after his arrest duplicating Reynolds.
He said he had been drinking with
Reynolds and they both needed
money.
He went home and entered the
kitchen where his mother was cook
TING dinner. according l0 fhg * lsles
sion He got hammer and noise
lessly crept up behind her and struck
her on the back of the head. She fell
insensible. He says he then opened
her dress and grabbed bag she had
fastened around her nck which con
tanned money and jewelry.
While he was upstairs changing
his clothing he heard a scream He
returned and found Reynolds stand.
ing over his mothers body hammer
in hand. He says reynolds admitted
having struck here when she moved
The two young men then came to
Fort Wayne, spent the night carous-
ing and were arrested.
Blake says he secured s160 in
money and some diamond rings.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
TABACCO BEDS
ARE DESTROYED
BY KENTUCKY FARMERS-FEAR
OF THREATS FROM NIGHT
RIDERS PROMPT ACTION
SITUATION ALARMING.

Lexington, March 22.-Drlven by
fear because of warning letters and
visits from the night riders, the farm.
ers in nearly all of the AZ counties In
the White Burly tobacco district are
busily destroying their tobacco beds,
and at the present time less than one
third of the number usually planted
have been started
Many tenant farmers are preparing
to move to other states. while many
farm owners have placed their prop
erty en- the market with the avowed
purpose of leaving Kentucky.
The murder of Farmer Hedges In
Nicholas County yesterday and raids
in Woodford and other counties last
week have increased the alarm. Con-
ditions throughout the state are de-
clared to be now worse than at any
time since the tobacco war began.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
BRYAN ABLE TO
CONTROL STATE
Is OPINION OF HIS SUPPORTERS
aN IOWA - STATE CoNVEN.
TON AT CEDAR RAPIDS NEXT
THURSDAY.

Des Moines, Iowa, March 22.-The
supporters of William Jennings Bryan
today expressed confidence in their
amility to control the Democratic state
convention which will meet next
Thursday at Cedar Rapids, for the pur
pose of selecting four delegates al
large to the Demo cratic national con
vention.
They say that the delegates at large
Will be instructed to vote for Mr.. Bry
an and that in all probability the
Nebraska Democratic platform, in sub
stance, will be adopted.
The friends of Mr.. Bryan said to-
night that they expected contest for
delegates in some of the congressional
districts.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
GOLD IN COLUMBIA
Precious Metal in Region lnhab
Only BY Indians-Gold Belt 500
Miles Long.

New York. March 22.--According ~
reports brought today on the venlta.
ef the Atlas line, by Adam Umholtz, a
mining engineer. gold has been discoy
cred in Colombia in regions to which
no white man has ever penetrated ua.
til recently.
Mr.. Umholtz. who lives in Washing
ton. ID. C., travelled 1900 miles by
boat and mulebaek through country
Inhabited only by Indians. He found
gold abundant and of fine quality. an
said the gold belt is 500 miles long
AS soon as it is possible to get
the right kind of machinery on the
ground Colombit will become a sec
ond California" says the engineer
for the metal is there. and all that
is necessary is to have the proper
facilities for getting II ont.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
.ENOCH ARDEN TO DATE
Man Returns and Finds Wife Married
TO Another But the Union is
AnnulIcd.

Augusta, Ga, March Frederick
Pfaff who in 1885 was married to Miss
Carrie l.. Parr, and in 1890 disap-
peared suddenly, leaving no clue to
his whereabouts, has returned to find
his wife married to Alfred b. Conner,
a prominent and influential citizen of
this city.
In 1895 Pfaff's family read widely
published reports of his death in a
railroad accident. After several years
Mrs. Pfaff married again
Today Judge Hammond of the SUI
perior court annulled the second mar
riage of Mrs. Pfaff holding that the
parties had entered into the pact in
nocently and in good faith. and adj
judged them entirely blameless.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
WANTS TO RESIGN
Representative LittleneId of Maine,
Would Quit Congress to Attend
His Law Practice.

Roekland, Maine, March 22.-A sen
sation was caused in political quarters
here today when Governor Cobb read
a letter from Congressman Charles
f. Littlefeld, rendering his resigna-
tion as member of congress to take
effect on September 80 next.
Mr. Littletield gave as the reason
for his resignation the desire to re-
srme his law practice. which, in a
large degree he has been compelled
tc abandon because of his congress
sional duties
The resignation came as great sur
prise to the congressman's friends in
his district.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
WILL PLACATE PAPERS
Members OF the German Reichstsu
Want Their Speeches Printed
in Newspapers.

Berlin, March 22-Chancellor Won
Buelow. in view of his approaching
speech in the reichstag on the foreign
affairs of the empire, is striving TO find
a way tc effect settlement of the
difficulty between the newspaper re-
porters and parliament. Two days ago
the leader of the center party Herr
Groeber, called the newspaper men
swine" in open meeting because they
had jeered at the remark of member
of the house
The reporters decided not to send
out wcrd of the reichstag debate
until apology and fullest retraction
had been offered Today they received
assurances from practically every
newspaper in Germany that no men.
tion would be made of the reicbstag
until satisfaction had
been given them,
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
WATER WAY BEATEN
So Say Certain Big Men In Chicago
Who viii Apnear Before Next
Legislature With Scheme.

Chicago, March 22.--The plan of
the state of Illinois for constructing
the deep waterway from Lockport to
the Mississippi river is already beaten
unless the Chicago Sanitary trustees
are mistaken. Already President II.
r. Mccormick of the Sanitary board
is making preparations to renew his
fight to secure from the legislature
the waterpower rights below Joliet.
This is upon the assumption that the
constitutional amendment--"the little
BALLOT will be beaten at the Novem.
forts In its behalf by the leaders Of
the deep waterway movement. II has
been the great ambition of President
Mccormick to carry Chicago's drain
age canal through the city of Joliet
against that city's protest, behind re
tanning walls and to develop the
waterpower for sake of revenue. On
this point the state and drainage trus-
tees collided. The state needed
waterpower revenue to pay for the
great waterway The proposal TO ex
tend the authority of the Chicago
Sanitary district. so far into the state
met with opposition. At the next ses-
sion of the legislature, however. the
Sanitary trustees will follow the ex-
pected failure of the waterway plan
by asking for these rights. Already
efforts to this end have been made
through the medium of letters to legis-
lators and business men.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
JAckiES OF BIG FLEET IN SPLEEN.
DID CONDITION AND TARGET
DILL CONTINUES.
SHIPS HUNT IN THREES
Illuminated Chunks of Steel Take
Their Flight Through Night and
Persist in Hitting Bulls
Eye.

| Los Angeles, Cal, March 22.-En.
thusiastic jackies are sitting up night (,
| down In Magdalena Bay In order to an
noy canvas targets with Illuminated
shells and big battieships, guided b.
| dazzling searchlights, are racing
| across the ranges In order 10 humor
Admiral Evans crack shell tossers In
| their amusement.
IL is an impressive scene, according
to Los Angeles men who returned to
day from trip to the secene of action
ON the gunboat Nellie.
1T was the sight OF lifetime TO
see the show" said G.. C. Keeney, this
evening, removing some Gotten frcm
his ear. However, night is the time
to witness the great doings. Tracer
shells were used and we could see
them fro mthe time they were hurled
tro mthe mouth of the guns. across
The range like balls of fire, to smash
through the targets.
1T was sight to see the big ilium-
mated chunks OF steel strike the water
and then leap from 200 to 800 feet
high Shooting across the surface at
such a low pitch one would expect
them to skip, but they only took the
one big jump and one or two feeble
hops thereafter.
ne OF the most impressive things
outside OF the fact that the shells per
sisted In knocking out the little black
bulls-eyes was the report of the IL
inch guns. 1t began with a rumble and
changed. in volume and tone for all
the world like train running over
bridge and through canyon II was
pretty good music for civilians ear
Theirs are little Ills. arnnnd Maglas
iena BAY q thousand feet high, and
these iiing back the rearing across the
water.
The battIeships hunt In threes.
The craft, prlmed fer war. steam
across the course with searchlights on
tho bunch OF four connected tragets,
the broadside guns bark all the way
across, and the way those gunners
puh'H tht uiSk anu uSNtT UllaS lIt TAT
get bodies Is q marvel.
Then the lighting ships turn and
run close to the targets, using the
searchlights TO make a record of the
score, and the repair launch runs in
and patches up the ragged canvas.
In the daytime the effect is entire.
ly different. ne secs little smoke aud
can not see the shells travel save
after they strike.
"Ail the vessels CT the feet are
coaled. The men of the feet are In Il
splendid condition.
The officers encourage sport We
Witnessed some of 1t on the Connect.
cut Several ring matches were pulled
on the evening we were there. They
were the real thing There are men In
the feet whom professional would not
care TO meet. During the evening one
of the men with the six-ounce gloves
took the count
Il asked an officer if Admiral Evans
encouraged this vigorous form Of
sport. He grinned and said that the
when able took In the events
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
ROAD REP AIRING
APPROPRIATION
TEXT OF BILL INTRODUCED BY
CONGRESSMAN THISTLEWOOD
FOR WORK ON NATIONAL
CEMETERY ROAD.

House bill No. 1868 introduced by
Congressman N. e. Thistlewood on
March 16, in the house of representa-
tives at Washington, reads as TO.
lows:
TO provide for the safety and protec
ticn of travel on the Government
roadway leading from Mounds,
Mound City, and from the Cache
river bride to the national cemetery
near Mound City, Illinois, and to
drain the ponds of stagnant water
which exist along said Government
road wherever. said ponds of water
have been caused by excavations
made in the construction of the EN-
bankment upon which said roadway
has been built.
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the
United States of America in congress
assembled. That the sum of five
thousand dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, be, and the
same is hereby, appropriated, for the
of protective fence
along the Government roadway lead
Ing from Mounds Mound City and
from the Cache river bridge to the
national cemetery near Mound City,
Pulaski county, Illinois. wherever the
said roadway or top of said embank
nent is six feet or more above the
natural surface of the ground upon
which said roadway is built: and for
he draining of the ponds or barrow
pits caused by the construction of
said roadway; Provided. That tine
of said protective fence and
he draining of the said ponds shall
'e under the supervision and drec-
ion of the QuartermasterG General,
United States army.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
HEART Of THE
MAJAVE DESERT
REACHED BY AMERICAN AUTO IN
BIG RAcE-lTALiAN CAR SEC
oNO, FRENCH THIRD, GERMAN
FOURTH.

Ogden. Utah, March 22-Journey-
ing slowly southwark from Skidoo,
Nevada, and following closely the
line of the Salt Lake Route" the
American car, the first in the race
from New York to Paris. brought
up tonight at Dagget, California, in
the heart of the Mojave desert.
At LOS O'Clock this afternoon. the
Italian car left Corrine, 80 miles west
Of Ogden. SiXty-eight miles beyond
Corrine is the town of FELTON,, Utah,
and here the arrival of the Italian
car is seriously awaited.
The French car, running third, is
now believed to be in the neighbor-
hood of Creston, Wyo., having left
Rawlins this afternoon. The German
car reached Larimie, Wyo., tonight.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
CHINESE PEOPLE
ARE INDIGNANT
MONSTER MASS MEETINGS AT
CANTON DENOUNcE RELEASE
OF WAR SHIP.
TO BOYCOTT JAPANESE
Resolutions Adopted Asking lmpeach.
mcnt of Foreicn Affairs Board
For Weakness in Yield
ING to Japs.

Canton, March 22-The greatest
Indignation prevails here against the
government for yielding to the Jap
anese demands In the Tatsu Mar,l
| case, it being considered that the gov
ernment's action in this matter has
brought disgrace upon this province,
The self-government society OF
! Canton has organized several monster
Indignation meetings, at which reso.
lutions will be adopted that the an,
|niversary of the release of the Tatsu
Maru be observed as day of public
mourning. The resolutions also de,
clare boycott against japanese
goods.
More than fifty thousand persons
attended mass meetings held yester
day; buildings were draped in mourn
ing and twenty or more orators de-
liN cred denunciatory speeches.
Among the speakers was twelve.
year-old boy whose defamation
against the Japanese caused the
greatest enthusiasm. great number
among those who had assembled
thereupon diyestod themselves Of
japanese made garments, including
caps and handkerchiefs and made a
huge bonfire of them One dealer in
Japanese goods offered to sacrifice his
entire stock
The meeting recommended the i'm.
parchment of Yuan Shi Kai, Of the
board of foreign affairs, for weakness
In Yielding to the Japanese.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
SEES TRAIN KILL SON
As Mother Alights From One Tram
Her Son is Manaled BY
Another.

Corning, AEN.. March 22.-While
standing on ide track at the depot
with his wife and little son. Earl
Rorntree was killed and bis body
horribly mangled by freight engine
switching at Knobel. six miles below
here. The unfortunate man had his
eyes fixed upon his mother. who was
alighting from the train on the main
line, and did not hear or see the en-
gine approaching. His wife and child
we're not close enough to be caught,
and they. with the horrided mother,
witnessed the shocking accident.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
PRIESTS ARE ARRESTED
Porto Rican Ciergymcn Are Charged
With Obscenity in Article On
Marriage Laws.

San Juan, T. r., March 22.--The
federal & arndujmmhmhmhm
federal grand jury yesterday returned
an Indictment against two priests
named Vega and Janice, the editors
of Catholic publication. for printing
ar article in which It was asserted
that persons contracting marriage un-
der the civil law live in a state of
concr binage and that their children
are illegitimate. The jury holds that
the article In question was obscene
and unfit to be published.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
ROBBERS BREAK JAIL
Men Sawed Cell Doors and Window
Bars--StiII at Liberty at
Last Reports.

Helena. Mont. March 22.--George
Frank Huser and Charles Mcdonald,
charged with having held up the
Great Northern Oriental Limited last
September and nfiing the registered
mails of $4,000 being transported to
a Spokane bank, broke Jail yesterday
and are stll at liberty.
The men sawed their cell doors, the
corridor bars and the bars in a win.
dew. Immediately npon discovery of
their escape several posses were
formed and are now in pursuit, Men
answering their description were
seen in the southern part of the city
making for the mountains.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
.FL0TILLA is DELAYED
Departure OF Torpedo Boats From
Panama Dependant Upon Sup
ply Ships Arrival,

Panama. March 22.--The departure
OF the tiotilla on Its way north. which
was scheduled for today, will he de-
layed on account of the non arrival of
the supply ship Arthesia. Three hun
dred sailors from the dotilla were the
guests of Commander Rosseau. They
were taken on a special train from
Laboca to Colon, stopping of at Gu
Zebra and other points of interest.
They bad lunch at Cristobsl. but later
visited the headquarters of the Y. NJ
c. A., where an entertainment was
given In their honor.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
STATE CONVENTION
OF Illinois Republicans Will Be Held
at Springfield Thursday to
Select National Delegates.

Chicago, March 22.-Illinois Re
publicans will meet in Springfield
Thursday to select four delegates at
large to the national convention. No
other business is slated to be trans
acted. United States Marshel Charles
r. Hitch, of Paris. H., and Frank c.
Rekhart, of Tuscola, are being con
sidered for the office of chairman of
the convention.
Friends of Speaker Joseph Cannon,
following the endorsement yesterday
of Cannon for president by his home
district, the Eighteenth, at Danville,
were confident tonight of his ability to
control the organization.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
MANY Die IN STORMS
Review of Casualties On New England
Coast This Winter Show
$50 Lives Lost.

Boston. March GA review of the
marine casualties on the coast of
New England and British North Am.
erica, during the fall and winter sea.
sons just ended, shows that about $50
lives were lost. or this number 251
persons perished in wrecks of ten
vessels belonging to the French fish
ing feet of st. Pierre. MianeIon.
last fall. Three vessels foundered in
heavy gales. which swept Grand
Banks, Abort 25 New Foundland
fishermen were also lost In these
storms.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
UNFAvORABLE TURN
Taken in Condition of Governor Guild
OF Observation-Disclosures
Pray For Recovery.

Boston. March Physicians In
attendance upon Governor Curtis
Guild were obliged to report tonight
that the condition of their patient
had taken a slighly unfavorable turn
and that he could not be said to be as
comfortable as on yesterday.
Prayers for the complete recovery
Of the governor were on the lips of
probably every pastor in every pulpit
in the state today
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
TO STOP USE or OPIUM.

nekin. March 22.--Thc throne has
given its sanction to an experimental
decrease in the importation of opium,
which has been agreed to by Great
Britain. The experiment will extend
over three years and its purpose is
to determine the ef'ec; this will have
OH domestic cultivation and the use
of opium.
The trone orders further regulation
of the opium evil aud appeals to the
nation at large to abandon its use en-
tirely.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
THREE MEN ARE DEAD
As Result Of Explosion Of Boiler On
Delaware and Hudson
Locomotive.

Binghampton. ~ Y, March 22.-
The boiler of Delaware aud Hudson
freight locomotive was blown out
while the engine was taking water at
Schenevus, about midnight last night,
instantly killing Engineer Hendrick-
son. Brakeman Korfage. Fireman
Smith was so badly injured that he
died at noon today.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
MINERS STRIKE IN ALASKA.

juneau, Alaska. March 22.--At a
special meeting of Douglas Island 10.
cal 109, Western Federation of Min
ers yesterday. a general strike was
called and notices were sent out OF.
dering union men and union sympa.
thizers to stay away.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
BIG CASTING.

Clarksville. Tenn, March 81 An
unusually large casting was turned
ort by the Clarksville Foundry and
Machine company. II * hearth
Jacket and is used in connection with
the base of the furnace proper The
weight is 5000 pounds, aud it is per
feet in every particular.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
ANNOUNCES FOR CONGRESS.

Bath. Maine. March 22.-Harold M
Sewall. o fthis city announced himself
tonight as a candidate for the Republi.
can nomination for representative to
congress to succeed Congressman Lit.
tlefield. Sewall was formerly UniteI
States Minister to Hawaii.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
ELEVEN BODIES RECOVERED.

Bakua, Transcacasiaa. March IA
violent explosion occurred last night
in the vorkmens quarters Of the
Naphtha Works at DsIaehari. So fss
eleven bodies have been recovered
from the wreckage. The cause q the
explosion Is not known.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23

United States, and this distinction
saves such foreign commerce from the
effect of that provision of the secticn
as to continuous carriage beyond the
American saabDard.
THE Commission may regulate In
terstate traffic, whether by rail or by
a combined rail and water route, from
Doint of receipt to point of delivery;
but the Commission in its control over
foreight commerce Is limited to the
recilatlon of such traffic, whether Sy
rei,road or by combination of rail
and water carriers, from and to the
point of trans-shipment.
"The act provides no machinery by
which It's provsiors can be enforced
as 10 transatlantic steamship lines;
th.t fhsence OF such provision can be
explained only b. accepting the inter
pretaion that TIE Commission has 40
Jurisdiction In fh' I"emises.
TIE pooling of traffic by water ca'
riers 's plainly a matter over which
this Commission mas no jurisdiction.
".t cali carrier may control, and CON.
aecs with line of steamships cngased
in foreign conrrrce, with which i.
may Interchange business as freely as
wtl. eLotber rail carrier. and it may
quote d combined Ia5a for the through
the agel,t Of the railroad
collpahs Gcting as the agents of the
steamship company In so doing.
Jurisdiction Over Irland Commerce.
The act provides shat this Commits
sion hall exercise jurisdiction ave-
the inland portion ot the haul, either
To OF IRON the foreign country; anj
Il mIst logically and necessarily fol
low tina; the rate ' iioh must be fil.l
With The Commission tie. sectioh I
Il the act is the rate governing such
On fcr1isn commerce a."
rat" IT, bs published 's'th this Commits.
H. II snould be the rate t. the port an |
'r'th ths port-sa opfr rate which any
who - re to do 80 L,a use with
AGual ad,a antage
"THis position docs Lot conclude
.tp Commission a ga l~t an examina-
ion im:, the relation which exists be.
W, en- the rail carrles - fthe United |
it1tCe GBI the d,f ''.dart water ca.
IT,, I'D condemnaf ~ of such ar
ars -i'so Mt, of the ri, carriers to the
,enh1ard are by ans in.an whatsoever
IS >i' ing any provision u the act 1r 1
.Lnttins to comply nth It's every re-
ldir.Hs-
IN eff ct, through ihcs" conclusions
rc commission ds'' that it has no
iower t.. restrain control or regulate |
hr PRACTICES of TIC traIs-Atian =
steamship lines which appear as de-
endants in this case. Commissioner
,ane says that IL is clear. under a |
,lsin reading of the Interstate Com
nerce act, that no basis exists for |
he contention that the commission |
las jurisdiction as to shipments from |
,orts of the United States to foreign
ountry not adjacent when such ship |
nents are not carried by rail, or by /
all and water. from an inland point of
,rigin to a point of tarns shipment.
There may be an unlimited volume of
III water commerce from the Ameri-
an seaboard to the European sea
'oard. but over such commerce or the
arriers engaged therein. the commits
ion has no regulating power whatso-
.ver so long as the shipments origin
te at the seaboard and are not trans
Concluded on Sixth Page)
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
TATsu WENT AGROUND.

Hongkong, March 22.-The Japanese
steamer Tatsu Maru, which went
ashore Yesterday Sunday arrived
here safely today. Thousands of the
Chinese have started boycott on
Japanese goods.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
KING GIVES DINNER.

Biarritz, March 22.-King Edwar |
gave a private dinner tonight. the
guests including Whitelaw Reid. Am.
erican Ambassador, and daughter
Miss Jean Reid.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23
rILIMAN IMPROVED.

Columbia. s. c. March 21.-UniteA
States Senator r. R Tillman who has
been seriously III at his home is n.
garded as very much better tonight
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23

STORE SUCCESS AND GOOD ad.
vertising usually go together. At any
rate, that has been the experience of
great many big concerns.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23

THE AWAKE merchant 10
always worth a call, but especially
so when he has an important an
nouncement In the papers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-03-23

(Concluded on Sixth Page.)