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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17

forresp onaingIy low rates 70 piheI
points on main lines and branches
in California. Oregon. Washington.
Alberta. Arizona. British columbia.
Idaho. Mexico. Montana. Nevada. New
Mexico and utah.
Tickets ou sale daily iu-iug October
1908 Every Monday on train Ne. ]
al 600 o.. m. through tourist sieepe-
leaves cairo. running via New Or
leans and southern Pacific r. r. &C.
los Angeles and san Francisco
For fll Information apply to J. n
Jones. Ticket Agent. Central Union
station. Cairo. 90
A. n. HANSON. ?. 7. NJ
: C. HATCH. C. P. A.
Chicago. III
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17
KEEP YOUR HEAD UNcovERED
The Constant Wearinss.of "a Hat Propo.
N gates DnndrnfY Germa.

mere are many men who wear theh
hats practically all the time when awake
and are blessed with a heavy shock Of
hair; yet If the scaps Of these same men
once became infested with dandruft
germs, the parasites would multiply All
the quicker for lack Of air Baldness
would ensue as the final result New
bros Herpicide kills these germs ans
stimulates unhealthy hair TO abundant
growth. Herplcide Is a pleasant hair
dressing as well as q dandruf cure and
contains not an atom Of injurious sub.
stance Sold by leading druggists. Send
10c in stamps for sample TO The Herpi
eide Co. Detroit Mich.
n,xr,I. uiunn IN anuea ara A
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17
BANK ClEARlNGS-

New York, Oct lG Total bank
clearings compiled by Bradstreets for
the principal cities in the United
States for the past week S2G3401G,0oo
against $30S3,134o0O in corresponding
week last year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17
Cheaner Than Horses.

Il is said hat the use of an oil or
gas engine on the farm results in a
saving of from 20 to so per cent. as
compared with horses.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17
Still ustra Hand Labor-

In China there are match factories
az which only haHd labor b. employed
orc ~ them. az HsIah Chang has 500
WORKERS. 400 of whom are women.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17
OFFICERS

Accounts OF corporations and IndIvld-
uaIs especially solicited. Exchange
furnished to any part OF the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17
Alexander
County National
Bank

Commercial Avenue and Eighth street
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.
Surplus ....... ............ 100000
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17

Fer Freight ara Pssssss spply ct
HsiHssy q Philip, whsrfeOst Cairo
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
EXCURSION BULLETIN.

One Way Seeond-clsss colonist Rates
to California and Points in the
Northwest.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17

BosERT &. Lee. c. soURNE.
General Manager G. =. ?. =.
General offira = south Frvut street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17
River Transportation
Lee Line Steamers
FER g. leu. ana Way Lsnsirs.

Stacker lee Monday. Oct e. az
Pets-s lee Saturday. oct =. an
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-17

ters, Apply at Sixteenth and CONNER
cial. Rich Construction Co.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
HEARST PARTY MAN
.DfCAMPS WITH CASH
Ohio National Committeeman
and Treasurer Disappears
With Funds of League
Especial Dispatch to The Call

Especial Dispatch to The Call
TOLEDO, Dec. 9.-John Mulholland.
the national committeeman of the
independence party of Ohio can not
be located, although a diligent search
has been made here for him since the
week after election. simultaneously
with his disappearance have gone all
of the state funds of that party, Null
holland leaving nothing behind him
but debts.
Mulholland's disappearance is caus-
ing M. W. Madge, state treasurer OF
the independence party. no end of
trouble, for as state treasurer of thar
party he is daily receiving bills rem
dered Mulholland. for which there is
not cent of money in the treasury.
Then, too, the secretary of state is
after Madge to file the list of campaign
expenditures made by his party in this
state. This Madge is unable to render.
as he claims that Mulholland has all
the records and that he has never re-
ceived one cent in the treasury, but
that Mulholland placed all the funds in
his own keeping.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
SAYS WALL STREET
WANTS LIONS TO Do Duty
Roosevelt Makes Startling Re-
mark to Delegation of
Notable Georgians
snaoiaI pispatoh to The Call

special Dispatch to The Gan
WASHINGTON, Dec 9.-"When go
to Africa Wall street expects every lion
to do his duty" said President Roose-
yelt to a delegation of Georgians who
called on him at the White House to-
day. One of the Georgians was Governor
Hoke Smith. and among those who ac-
companied him were Mayor Robert F.
Maddox of Atlanta and Walter d.
Cooper, secretary of the Atlanta cham
Der of commerce.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Klaw Denies Merger
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES
SMALL ISLAND TOWN
Inhabitants of Skidegafe Are
Thrown Into Panic When
Heavy TembIor Is Felt

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 9.-An
earthquake threw the inhabitants Of
the town of Skidegate. Queen Char
lotte islands, into a state OF nervous
apprehension on the afternoon OF No
vember 80. according to news brought
south by the fishing steamer Celestial
Empire, which reached here from the
northern halibut banks. 1t was esti-
mated that the shock lasted fully z
seconds. Two Indian shacks were
thrown to the ground.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
ROUSFD PEOPLE
REFUSE TO PAY
SPRING VALLEY
Nearly Half of Consumers Defy
Company to Enforce Its Fif-
teen Per Cent Increase
PhraseoIogy of Decision Leaves
in Doubt Amount Required to
Be Paid and Users Rest

The Spring Valley water company
has secured but cold comfort from the
recent decision of Judge harrington,
and in order to extricate itself from
its unpleasant predicament has issued
a softly phrased appeal to the public
courts ruling has prompted some
$4,000 consumers to decline to pay the
excess charges rs demanded by the
corporation. OF the $4,000 rate pay
ers $4,000 have settled for November
on the basis of Is per cent above the
ordinance rate. The remaining 2e,o0o
have declined to pay as long as the
additional Is per cent is added to the
bill
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
POPE GIVES BLESSING
TO TAFT AND FAMILY
Pontiff Learns of President
Elects Friendship for Cath
oIics and Gives Benediction

Especial CabIo 20 IHe o1.'1
ROME. Dec e.-The pope today
blessed President elect Taft and his
family.
The blessing was given In the pres
ence of Archbishop ]. j. Glennon of
st. Louis, who will be one of the first
persons received in audience by the
pope on his resumption of interviews
following his recent indisposition.
Archbishop Glennon told the pope
that he had received letter from
Taft in which the president elect ex-
pressed his cordial friendship for
Catholics. The pope received the news
with unfeigned delight
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
JOHN WALTER WILSON.

JOHN WAL TER WILSON,
in statement to the police:
Miss Laura Rohn1er of the
Western electric company mas
in Bods' office IN the Williams
building at the time Harry
Bods shoDed me the poDders
he had received and she mas
there phcn | tasted them. She
mould secure a lapyer for me
Uhonf Dc both knoD If | could
send her Dofd."
MISS LAURA ROHMER: |
never pas in Mr.. Bods' office
in n7v life. On the evening Of
Wednesday. December 2.
about $50 o'clock, Wilson
met me at the corner of Third
and Mission streets. He told
me that Mr.. Boos had received
some powders in the mail. that
he (Wilson) had tasted them
and they had made him SICK.
| knoD no ldwrer that Wilson
trows and he has no reason to
think | Dould send him a ldD-
per-"
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Amount Due in Doubt

The phraseology of Judge Earring
toms decision left in doubt the amout
the consumers were obliged to pay.
The company claimed that it was en-
titled under the ruling to Is per cent
above the rate fixed by the supervisors,
while the city attorneys office con-
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Senator Knox's Statement

Senator Knox called on the president
this morning and made it very clear
why nothing bearing on this question
had been brought to Washington. He
left a written answer to the presidents
note, saying in part:
This government did not get the
stock books of either the old or the
new Panama canal company. We did
not buy the corporations or their
stocks. We only bought property We
had no dealings with the old company
at all. That company and the new
company adjusted their equities in the
French courts. All 1 cared for was to
see that they did adjust them in such
way as to protect this government.
I'm the absence of any suggestion of
irregularities-and there was none such
it was matter of Indifference to
the United States who owned the stock
of the new company"
Knox said this morning that he alone
was responsible for the manner in
which the transfer of the canal prop
ertv from the Frenchmen to the United
states was accomplished. 1t was his
business as attorney general to satisfy
himself of the correctness and validity
of all the moves in the transaction, and
he had done SO.
Nothing is known in Washington as
to what the French company did with
it's books and records, and there is no
way here of finding out where it is still
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Plea Is Very Touching

.eWill you please analyze your water
bill? How much do you pay the water
company daily for conveying water to
your premises? The average house
holders bill is s2.4S per month, or 1-3
cents per day. Please consider what
use you make of water and ask your
self if the charge is very high one.
The charge does not pay a reasonable
return on the value of the investment
made to furnish your supply. Do you
not think that the company is fairly
entitled to a reasonable return for the
service it renders to you?
"The company earnestly wishes to
lower water rates by reducing it's
operating expenses, and thus in the
end, help yourself by lowering your
water bill. One large item of expense
is collecting bills. Please pay your
bill promptly and thus help effect a
saving. If your bill becomes delinquent
the water must be shut off. The COM
pany has no other alternative"
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10

obliged to pay the excess.
The tender plea presents Spring VAL
ley in a new role The wording of the
document is calculated to start all the
springs of human sympathy gushing in
full commiseration. The appeal runs
as follows:
Many rate payers are without cor
rect informa ton relative to rates and
water supply. The water rates have
been judicially increased 15 per cent.
The water used for domestic and other
purposes will be supplied for some
years by the present system
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
TELEPHoNE kEARNY So
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. Is
WEATHER CONDITIONS

YESTERDAY-East wind; cloudy; maximum
temperature. %; minimum. so.
FORECAST FOR TODAY-Fair; light east
winds. changing 10 north. Page Ia
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Get Supervisors Testimony

Only once during the hours OF de-
Liberation that followed the placing OF
the case in the jury's hands was an
linking given of the cause Of the dead
fock OF Of The identity of the members
81 the jury responsible for the delay
That was late at night, when the jury
entered the courtroom with a request
that certain portions OF the testimony
Of former Supervisors Gallagher, vii
son and Furcy be read to them. Later
Tie request was amplihed by an ap-
piication for further instruction con
corning the law applicable to accom-
plices
During the three hours that the jury
remained in the courtroom one thing
became clearly evident-that Juror
Dennis Murphy was one man holding
out for q verdict Of acquittaI and
sligning himself against an overwhelm-
ing majority Of his fellow jurors.
Whether Murphy stood alone against
the remaining il, or whether he had
the support Of two other members of
the jury. could not be read from what
trsnspired IN the courtroom.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Wilson'S Third Ordeal

A third ordeal was set for Wilson at
the city prison at o'clock last evening.
when he was confronted with Miss
Helen Lawrence OF $40 Webster street.
postal clerk IN substation No 2, In
the Penn drug company's store. 122
Third street. and Thomas W. Toomey.
one OF the proprietors OF the drug store
The police had reason to believe that
Wilson bought the strychnine, with
which 1t Is alleged he killed Boas, at
the Penn drug company, which Is near
the williams building at Mission street
and Third. The police also thought It
probable that Wilson had purchased Of
Miss Lawrence the special delivery
stamp which was affixed to the letter
mailed Boas-
Detective O'Neil accompanied Toomey
and Miss Lawrence to the city prison
and they both identified Wilson a. .
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Fatal Indiscretion

Wilson committed yesterday the fatal
fndiscretion of submitting to an inter-
view with newspapermen- In half an
hour he had entangIed himself in
fabric of falsehoods that are. In their
correlative application. as damaging to
his cause as are the enIargements OF
exemplars of handwriting in the case
made yesterday by Theodore Kytka, the
handwriting expert
Shortly after his talk with the news
nanermen Wilson was visited by his
wife. Mrs. Mary Wilson, whom he had
wanton1y deserted. Wilson wept CO.
piously before the woman he cruelty
mistreated-
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Why the President Is Angr,

These circumstances explain the an
ger of the president at the continued
insinuations of improperly on his part
point of view those insinuations, car
ried to their logical conclusion, cmbody
substantially charge that he pro-
cured the payment of $4o,O0000O for
the canal property to enable his broth
er in law. Douglas Robinson and
Charles P. Taft to make lot of money.
Since the publication of the presi-
dents letter to Mr.. Foulke there has
been a search of the papers relating
to the canal transaction, now on file
ington, in order to see if there is any
thing among them that would tend to
show who constituted the new canal
company at the time of the sale.
All these papers We're overhauled and
submitted to the New York Times cor
respondent. The search, of the papers
disclosed the fact that nothing was
brought to this country that would
show in detail the personnel of the new
Panama canal company. The minutes
of the general meeting of the stock
holders of April %, 1904, report only
the two resolutions carried, and men,
ton the fact that the first was op-
posed by only four stock holders, rep
resenting five votes, and the second by
only three stock holders, representing
s1..oo notes
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Girl Brands Prisoner S
Story Of Tasting the
Drug a Lie
Poisoner Identified by Postal and
Drug Clerks as Man They Had
Seen; Wilson Tangled in
Mesh of Lies

II" H AIRY BOAS was naur-
|" dered and they will get
II II: man y,,.. who ala DIT. E. -als d
Miss Laura Rohmer on Thursday even
ing. December 5. "a hours after Boas
died. according to a statement made
last evening by the woman Earlier In
the day Miss Rohmer contradicted
statement made by wilson in effect that
she was in Boas' ONCE when Boas re-
ceived the letter containing the strych-
nine which caused his DEATH
Miss Rohmer is an intelligent young
woman holding responsible position
with the Western electric company In
Third street between Second and Third
She had known Wilson since Septem-
Der. but their acquaintanceshfp was
casual. although Miss Rohmer had been
entertained by Wilson at theaters and
had received him st her home.. 1O47
Noe street
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Alleged Suicide

On every occasion but the one mar
rated by Miss Rohmer. Wilson contend
ed that Boas committed suicide In
spectacular manner to avoid harassfng
debts. He contended that point yester-
day when he was interviewed.
Only "a hours after Boas' death the
man who, had Boas lived. would posSi-
bly, have been exposed as an embezzler.
said to Miss Rohmer: Harry Boas did
not commit suicide; he was murdered
and they will get the man who did it,"
Now Wilson is In Jail. about to be
charged with the murder His IN
canny prediction is coming strangely
true. The police believe that Wilson
murdered Boas by sending him strych-
nine disguised as indigestion powders.
They declare that their theory is sub
stantiated by the findings Of Theodore
Kytka, the handwriting expert. who is
convinced that Wilson wrote the note
accompanying the powders, and they
also contend that Wilson had been rob-
bing Boas. his employer. in the collec-
tions for the Pennant electric COM
pany.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
THEATRICAL TRUST
PLANS BIG MERGER
Klaw & Erlanger to Absorb rs
Theaters Between Chicago
and San Francisco

CHICAGO, Dec. e.-Initiative steps
to make Chicago theatrical trust cen
ter equal in power and Importance to
the center in New York were taken to-
day upon the arrival in the city of A. L.
Erlanger of Alaw & Erlanger. From
what was learned from an authorita-
tive source the plan involved the mer-
ger of 75 theaters owned or controlled
between Chicago and San Francisco.
For immediate absorption the theat-
rical properties of the cities of Omaha,
Denver and San Francisco are under
consideration and the details OF the
transaction are to be worked out be-
tween today and Saturday. when the
head of the theatrical trust returns to
New York city.
Klaw & Erlanger already control 500
theaters in the United States. with a
money value of millions of dollars.
Klaw Denies Merger
NEW YORK, Dec. e.-Marc Klaw. A.
L. Erlanger's business associate. said
tonight that he knew Of no extension
of the theatrical syndicates activity
such as indicated in a dispatch from
Chicago
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
PANAMA
RECORDS SHOW
NOSHADY DEAL
Former Attorney General Knox
Makes Clear Presidents
Action in Matter
Accredited Agent of France the
Recipient of Coin Paid by
the United States
Especial Dispatch to The Cali


WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-When Presi-
dent Roosevelt wrote his letter to
William Dudley Fouike concerning the
insinuations of improprieties on the
part of the administration in the pur-
chase of the Panama canal property,
he stated completely, so far as the
administration is concerned, its atti-
tude toward that transaction. The
president has always taken the position,
and does so today, that he does not
care what individuals got the 100000
coo paid by the United States for the
canal. The thing he was after was to
get the canal for the United States,
and he got it.
All the papers in Washington bear
ing on the purchase of the canal prop
erty have been overhauled and sub
mitted to the correspondent of the
Times. In them there was nothing to
indicate that the government officials
connected with the purchase had any
knowledge of the ownership of the
stock in the company that owned the
property or that any Americans were
interested in the matter
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Murphy in LimeIight

Murphy. however, failed TO hide his
own position. The fight in the. jury
room evidently had been a bitter one,
and it was $40 o'clock when the re-
quest was made for additional instruc-
tons Foreman Joseph Mcnamara an
nounced that the portions of testimony
desired were those parts of the state
ments OF Gallagher Wilson and Furey
directly relating 10 the offer of bribe
made 10 Furey in the trolley matter
Then the reason OF the indecision Of
the jury became evident. Murphy took
the deepest interest in the reading and
several times volunteered suggestions
as to the portions of the record to be
read.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
SUBURBAN

Metcalf plans to resume practice of law after
recovering health Page 6
Eight shots fred in new tong war after quar-
rel in gambling den. Page G
Closing arguments in Mrs. Martins trial are
begun Page @
stanford faculty organizes club to be known as
the Forum. Page @
Ferry steamer Yerba Buena again hits mud
hank and is stranded two hours Page Z
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Fixing of the Price

The price paid for the canal property
was determined by board of United
States officers after thorough invest
cation on the isthmus. AS far as this
government knew or had any occasion
TO inquire, the persons with whom it
dealt for the canal property were
Frenehmen or their representatives. and
the Frenehman who receipted for the
s40,000,OO0 was the representative of
the Panama canal company, duly ac-
credited by civil tribunal of the Seine.
1t was because of this action of the
French court in the matter that the
president in his letter to Foulke said
that the United States had dealt with
the French government, the French
court undoubtedly being part of that
government.
Neither the president nor any one
for him made an investigation at the
time of the purchase as to the personnel
of the new Panama canal company.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Consult With Foreman

Jurors Alexander Bond and William
Harrison also consulted earnestly with
Foreman Mcnamara. but their conver-
sation seemed directed to suggestions
relative to convincing Murphy, and not
10 requests for further instruction on
their own account
For nearly three hours the reading
progressed. Dozier objected time and
again TO the omission Of portions Of
testimony in the reading, endeavoring
to make himself the censor and force a
reading Of much for which the jury
had not asked.
Not Clear on Law
The reading finished, Murphy de-
ciared that he was still not clear on
the particular point that caused the
trouble.
ITS a question of the law we don't
understand" he said We want to
know whether one who agrees TO re-
ceive a bribe is an accomplice of the
one who offers the bribe. That's what
we are disagreeing over. We want the
law on that point"
The 1nstrUcuons OF the court rel
ative TO the law regarding accomplices
was read. The court repeated again
that the agreement to accept bribe
does not in itself make the one so
agreeing an accomplice OF the person
onering the bribe. and Murphy ex-
pressed himself as satisfied. It was
1918 o'clock when the jury retired for
the last time. Thirty-fve minutes
later Judge Lawlor gave the order for
tRe twelve men TO retire for the night.
Cyarge to Jury
The reading Of the change to the jury
was concluded at 3:S5 o'clock in the
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10

Continued ON page ?, column :
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
COAST

ren Miller. charging him with conspiracy again
Coalition mining stock. Page
Governor Gillett reprIeves wife murderer a
Jail breaker. Page
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
GRAFT

cOLlt slTdlst poIIIIcs III UTegun. EaEe
GRAFT
Ruef jury locked up for night shortly after /
o'clock. Page 1
Assistant District Attorney Francis ]. Heney
appears in court AID testihes against Frank j.
Murphy. on trial for bribery. Page 3
Ex-Nayor Sehmitz granted continuance TO con-
tinue his search of bondsmen to replace Din
gee Page
Grand jury seeks woman who proves to be new
link in Luther Bro%n-John Lawler bribery
chain. Page 5
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10

Continued on Page 4, Column 1
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10

Roosevelt. the man.
Congressional insurgents.
Some strange politics in Oregon.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
Huge Crowd Gathers Around
Courtroom, TenseIy Await
ing Verdict
Juror Murphy Blocks Verdict
4 by Holding Out for an
AcquittaI
Judge LawlOr Defines ACCOM-
pIice" and Specifies Complain
ing Witness Is Not One

w 7 ITH a case before it that
Nm for positive incrimination
of the defendant defies the
assault OF logic, another
Rucf jury stands unready. for the time
at least. TO return a verdict of guilty
against the former boss.
Although the Ruef bribery case was
submitted to the Jurors for their de
termination at $40 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, they had failed to reach
verdict up to o'clock this morn
ing when Judge Lawlor ordered them
locked up for the night.