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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10

will be found and may be examined
at the office Of the City Engineer Of
said city In the same building. The
bids or proposals must be for the con
struction OF the Improvement in strict
conformity to the terms and provis-
ions of the said ordinance
All bids must be accompanied by
cash or by a check payable to the or
der Of the President of said Board in
his official capacity and certified by
a responsible bank. for an amount
equal to ten (10) per eentum OF the
amount of the bid, and, without such
cash or check, no bid will be consider
ed The bids or proposals may be de-
iivered to the Poard at the time and
place first above mentioned or before
that time to the Secretary of the
Board at his office with the said City
Clerk; and at said time and place, the
said Board, In open session. will open,
examine and publicly declare the said
bids or proposals.
The contractor whose bid may be
accepted shall enter into a contract
with the said City OF Cairo for the
construction of the said Improvements
in accordance with the terms and r..
quirements of the said ordinance. and
shall also enter into a bond payable
TO the said city, In the sum of fifty
800 per centnm of the amount of
bis bid, with security to be approved
by the said Board, conditioned for the
faithful performance, IN all respects,
OF his said contract and for holding
the said city harmless, etc, and he
shall also bind himself in his said
contract and bond to guarantee his
said work for the period of two (2l
years from and after the acceptance
Of the same by the said Board and its
confirmation by the court.
The contractor to whom the con
proyement shall be awarded and who
shall do the work. viii be paid In
bonds of the city bearing interest at
the rate of five t5) per centum per
annum from their respective dates.
Blanks for bids or proposals will be
on application to the City
Engineer at his office aforesaid.
The Board reserves the right to re-
iect any and all bids
GEORGE PARSONS,
President of the Board of Local I'm
provements of the City of Cairo,
Illinois.
Attest. ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary or Board
Cairo, Illinois, April 18th, A. 3D. 1903
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
NEW PENSION BILL

Washington, April ia bill was
introduced in the house today by
Loudenstager. of New Jersey. chair
man of the committee on pensions.
providing for blanket pension of sl4
month for the widow of any officer
or enlisted man of the army or navy
who died or shall hereafter die by
reason of a wound or injury incurred
or a disease contracted in the line
of duty in any Indian war or the war
with Mexico, or the Civil War. proyid
ed the marriage took place prior to or
during such time. If the marriage was
subsequent to that service. a pension
of sl2 month is provided for.
monthly pension of SO is provid
ed for the widow of any officer or
enlisted man who served thirty DAYS
or more in any of the Indian wars
sixty days or more in the war with
Mexico and ninety days or mroe in
the Civil War and was honorably dis
charged
In this case the widow is relieved
of the necessity of proving death TO
have resulted from service.
A monthly pension of IS is provided
for widows as last described whose
marriage antedated by five years the
date of the husbands death.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
DIRECTORS.

Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
ERIE SETTLEMENT
Was Subject of Discussion on STOCK
Exchange Yesterday-Some Ad-
vances From Special Causes.

New York, April 9.-The Erie set.
Element plan was the subject of much
discussion in the stock market today.
There was some mystificatfon over
the motives as between the aggressive
preservative attitude of Hartman to
wards a property, in which Morgan in
tiuence is recognized to be domin-
ant, as against the Seemingly indiffer-
ence of the Morgan interests as to the
fate Of the property Remembrance
OF the bitter contests in the past be-
tween those high official powers added
zest to the canvass of politics of the
finance back of these developments.
That the Erie was saved from a re.
ceiyership and an advance of relief
fund expressed confidence not only in
the property, but in the financial pros
pect III general We're the results sum
med up to be accepted from the cpl
side as whole. The depressing infu-
ences in the market were another de-
cline in the London copper market
and the reiterated assertions that a
cut in prices of steel products was in
United States Steel was affected
these reports, and did not share large
ly in the recovery in prices, in spite
Of renewed assurances from the chair
man of the board of corporation that
4
steel are contemplated. Some notable
advances Of the day were due to spec.
ial causes,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
ELECTION NOTICE.
Cairo, H., March 81, 1908.

Public notice Is hereby given tina.
on Tuesday, the 21st day of April A.
! D., 1908, a regular election Will be
held In the city of Cairo, Illinois, AL
eXander county, for the election OF one
Ia alderman from each OF the seven
wards Of the city.
| For the purpose of the election polls
viii be opened at the following places,
Iviz:
In the First ward, at the store build
ing No. 40 Commercial avenue, being
Situated on the easterly side Of said
layenue between Fourth and Fifth
lstreets.
IL the Second ward, at the store
room of A. HALEY. No. 500 Washing
ton, being situated on the westerly
side of said avenue between Eighth
and Ninth streets.
In the Third ward. at the barber
shop of Dixie Fox. No. 1112 Washing
ton avenue, being situated on the east
erly side of said avenue between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
In the Fourth ward, at the barber
shop of Charles Anderson. No. 315
Fourteenth street, being situated on
the southerly side of said street be
tween Poplar street and Washington
avenue.
In the Fifth ward, at the court
house Of Alexander county.
In the Sixth ward at the hose house
on the southerly side of Twenty-sec-
ond street. between Walnut and Pine
streets.
In the Seventh ward, at the build
ing, No. 2911 Commercial avenue, be-
ing situated on the westerly side OF
said avenue between Twenty-ninth
and Thirtieth streets.
Polls for said election will be
opened at 700 o'clock a. m, and con.
tinue open until 500 o'clock p. m. of
the same day.
Nomination papers for the said cleo
ton can be secured at this office and
must be filed in this office on or be
fore April 9th, 1908.
BY order OF the City Council Of the
city Of Caro-, Illinois
Theme viii also be submitted al said
lection the following proposition To
wit; Shall tHis city become autiaE
saloon territory
ROBERT A. HATCHER,
City Clerk.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
Stocks = Bonds. Cereals
WHEAT IRREGULAR
At Opening and Closed Weak--Corn
Strong eater Part of Day
Oats Irregular.

Chicago, ILL.,, April 9.-WHEAT,-
and distant deliveries weak. Buying
by elevator interests, which was the
feature of yesterdays trade, was
again In evidence early today and
held the market firm until about noon
July and September We're weak all
day because of favorable reports re-
garding the outlook for the fall sown
crop. The price Of these options
steadily declined, new low record
marks being made In both deliveries.
The final hour May weakened in sym,
patty with the other months, closing
1fs lower; No. red 92%@5s; No. 3
red 90ss 641s; No hard 92as Q99
May opened 91as05s; highest 2h;
lowest 500; closing S9A July S3ta
Mss.
CORN-Strong the greater part of
the day, small receipts, wet weather
in the corn belt, and the good demand
FOR cash corn being the strengthening
influences. The market weakened late
in the day on the severe break in
wheat and closed easy; May down
Vi No. 631a No. yellow 66@ Y,
May opened 671sGl7s; highest 712
lowest 6B; closing7. July GA.
OATS-Firm early because of re-
ports of the new crop in the south
west showing poor stand" The
market weakened later with wheat
but closed steady, May shode lower;
No. white 50h@2h. May opened
52b highest s653; lowest &c; clos
ing h019s. July old 45h.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
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FOR SALE.
inducement for French Voters.

A Freshman named Leviril has
left all his fortune to his native vii
lage, on condition that a banquet be
given annually in memory OF him. no
one to be admitted but men who have
exercised their right of suffrage at
every opportunity during the previous
year. In France, according to report,
all sorts of inducements have to be
offered to men to get them to vote.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
FORTUNES WERE MADE
BY Canadians in Smuggling Chinese
Across the Border-Piot is Dis
covered at Detroit.

Deroit. Mich, April 10.-The Free
Press says:
Through the bitter rivalry of three
Canadian organizations for smuggling
Chinese into the United States. a
wholesale scheme of bringing Orien
tails Illegally across the border here at
Detroit has been discovered. II is
twenty five Chinese were smuggle.l
across the line aud that several com
Portable fortunes have been made at
the business during the past two
years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, April 9.-CATTLE.-5,01 900.
Steady to strong; steers 550m740 !;
cows and heifers 340mG35; bulls $50
@Gt0; calves 5M675; stoekers and
feeders 3250515.
HOGS-19,0 900: weak to 10 higher;
choice heavy shipping and butchers
G15@625; lights G00mG20; packing
575Q610; pigs 4500559.
SHEEP-11 000; slow; sheep $500
ESQ., lambs 65O@7G0; yearlings 675@
700.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York. April 9.-WHEAT-Ro
ceipts $1,000; spot weak; No 2 red
96h elevator; No. red 96M fob.
ahoat; options closed d3402h under
last night; May 977B.
CORN - Receipts 5000; spot
steady; No, 2, 76 elevator and 69ia
to.b afoat; No. 2 white 6912, options
closed NON net lower; May 76.
OATS-Receipts $4,000 spot steady
mixed 55; white 56h QS1s; clipped
white 57062.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
Removing cinders from Eye.

A simple remedy for removing Gin
ders from the eye is to dip a small
and perfectly clean cameTs hair brush
in water and pass it over the ball of
the eye. This operation requires little
skill and generally removes all par
ticks of dust instantly without dan
ger of inflammation. OF course, this
remedy is not suggested for the train,
where no one could get the brush
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
The OhIininn Butcher.

The parsons wife had sent an order
for a leg of mutton, and received in
reply the following note: Dear
Madam: | have not killed myself this
week, but can get you leg off my
brother. if that will do--Your affec'
tomato butcher, John Sirloin. "-Phila'
delphia Inquirer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
Makers of HARDNESS,

Great hearts are those whose pres
ence is sunshine. Their coming makes
our climate They oil the bearings OF
life: they make right living easy.
Blessed are the happiness-makers!
They represent the best forces of civil
iization. Newell Dwight Hills.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
WAN %.
Americans Spoil Servants.

A French servant who has been EN-
ployed for any length of time in ar
American family is considered by the
better class of French people a5
spoiled for their service. The cost OF
domestic service of all kinds has ed.
vanced at least 25 per cent. since the
spring of the year 1909.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
SCIENCE PREVENTS sALpNEss.
The Fatal Germ and Its Remedy Now
Facts Of Science.

1t IL the rarest thing in the world for
man TO be necessarily bald. No man
whose hair is not dead at the roots, need
be bald II he will use Newbros Herpi-
eide. the new scalp antiseptic. Herpi-
eide destroys the germ that cuts the hair
off at the root; and cleans the scalp OF
dandruff and leaves 1t in perfectly
healthy condition. Mr.. Mannett. In the
Maryland Block. Butte. Mont. was en-.
tirely bald. In less than a month Harpi-
eide had removed the enemies OF hair
growth. and nature did its work by GOV,
ering his head with thick hair an inch
Icing. and in six weeks he had normal
suit Of hair. Sold by leading druggists
Send l0c. In stamps for sample to 7shs
Herpicide Co.. Detroit. Mich.
Two sizes--50 cents and $1O0.
Paul G. Schulz & Sons, Special Agents
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
DELEGATES UNRESTRICTED.

Gaiesburg, Ill. April 10-The Re
publicans of the Fifteenth district to
day elected Perry {. Ellis. of Quincy
aud Charles Pierce of kewsnee. dele
gates to the national convention They
are uninstructed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
Owl Caused ConfIagration.

An owl flew out of burning chin
ney at Coverach, Cornwall, England,
with its feathers ON fire, and perched
on a hay-rick near at hand The re-
suit was that the rick was completely
destroyed, and several stacks OF
straw barely escaped.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
Drinking Habits Do Harm.

There is no doubt whatever that the
drinking habits of the nation, and
especially of the women of the nation,
are doing more harm to our financial
and social position than is any depres'
sion in trade or other economic causes.
British Journal of Inebriety.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York, April 9.--Money on call
easy; 1h01a per cent closing bid
112 Time loans dull and easy sixty
days 2ai03 per cent; ninety days 8
to ga six months 34@4; mercantile
paper 41s@5A per cent; exchange
firmer demand $4S6.60@65; sixty
days $4S420025; bar silver 54A.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
CT IniIIe CATTLE

st. Louis, April 9.--CATTLE-2,-
GOO; steady; beef steers 475@725;
stockers and feeders 31525; cows
and heifers 3750G00; Texas steers
3501625
HOGS-G,000; steady to strong
ranged 1860.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT.

Minneapolis. April 9.--WHEAT,--
May 97hm9s; July 97ss; Sept. S7A
cash No / northern 9SA asa No. 2
northern 96$4 ORR.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
ILLINOIS Central
Corrected to April q, 1903.
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE
Trains Leave Cairo:

1882 a. m. Daily Chicago Vestibule
Limited, arriving Chicago 1880 a. m
1928 a. m. Daily st. Louis Night
Limited, arriving st. Louis 1908 a. M
Slesping car open at $50 p. m.
500 a. m. Chicago Daylight Express
except Sunday
500 a. m. st. Louis Morning ex-
presi. except Sunday.
HIS a. m. st. Louis Fast Mail.
1115 a. M. Chicago Midday Special
2:3s p. m. Daily st. Louis Limited.
2:3. o. m. Afternoon Express for
Odin. Effingham, Nation, Champaign
$40 o. m. Thebes Accommodation.
7:15 D. m. Chicago and Eastern Elk
press.
2:4s a. m. Memphis and Nashville.
3:15 a. m. Memphis and New Or
teams Limited.
500 Z. m. Paducah and Louisville
1;41 o m. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
1:41 p. m. Daily Nashville, Chatta
nooga and Atlanta.
4;30 o. m. Fulton Accommodation
$50 q, m Psducah and Louisville.
600 o. m. Memphis and New Or
leans Special.
For through tickets. sleeping ca
accommodations and further informs
ton apply at Illinois Central Passer
ger Station. Cairo. Ill.
}. H. JONES, Ticket Agent
S. A. HATCH, @. p. A.
A. II. HANSON, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
Smoker oIsseminates Dust.

According to a German investig
a smoker sends into the air
1000, 100000 particles Of dust at IN.
pull.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
COFFEE.

COFFEE-Options closed stetror, n,
net unchanged. Sales 27,500 ba a ,,a.ss
May 565d57O spot quiet; No. Z / rosoI,,
6; mild quiet; Cordova 9a@13. sr,tbar
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10

, Cut -Sstes for 9fF Legs ne ial4
vas thros. into lnowap DIS au'h
swallowed in the raging torrents
which his body has not beer
covered.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
Accumulated.

Mrs. Pittsburg treading telegT
from her sonD-What a nice flow
hand Jimmy writesi-Puck.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
PROVISIONS.

BUTTER-Stead unchanged. Fre'9h
CHEESE-Steady unchanged. Adopts
EGGS-Easier, western 1906,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sewer Construction and Street Paving
Poplar Street.

Public notice Is hereby given that
until ten (l0) o'clock, a. m. OF Monday.
April Goth, 1908, at the city council
chamber of the City of Cairo. Illi-
nois, No. I'LL Commercial Avenue. in
the said city, the Board of Local I'm
provements of the said City of Cairo
will receive sealed itemized bids on
proposals for the construction ~ 4
vitriflA tic pinc cewAr IN Pcplas
.Strt IN l' saal H.. from T1em
1atU 5.acel to Thntg fuutn street
aud 6f ,itjimd brick pavement
witb combined coue fete curb and
gutter on t1o said Poplar street.
from the east lue oi .Maghhigaon Aye.
nue. to the south line of said Thirty
Fourth Street, together with vitrified
tile pipe house connections and brick.
catch basins and manholes.
Tho above work is provided for and
fully described In Ordinance No 14S.
approved September 10th, 1907, and
the said bids must be for the con4
struction of the said improvements In
strict conformity to the terms and pro-
visions of the said ordinance. which
Is now of record in the office Of the
City Clerk of said City Of Cairo Ne
I'll Commercial Avenue where nrint
81 comics Of the ordinance may ha
ATTAINED IN application to said Citv
CEerl and IN the ofice cf else CiU
CusiHoer of lte said City Of Garo. id
th; same buiidms tbe spfciiicaucha
o aHG for tie said Wog Vill be found
and ma. be- there cNamiled
All bids o. prgp7sais mast be acl
compeNlel by casa OF bE obeek uar.
able to the order of the President OF
the said Board, in his official capacity,
and certified by responsible bank
for an amount equal to ten C0l per
centum of the amount of the bid or
proposal, and without such cash or
check, no bid or proposal will be con.
5idered. The bids shall be delivered
to the Board at the time and place
first above mentioned; and at said
time and place above mentioned the
aid Board, in open session, will open.
examine and publicly declare said
bids or proposals.
4 The contractor whose bid shall be
a keepted shall enter into a contract
p the said City OF Cairo for tn
fruetion Of the said improvement.
.lrict accordance with the term
lIIkIequirements of the said ofdi
and shall also erser into bond
e to the said CITY ~ Cairo in
i,. IN of fifty (50l per ceatum II
iount Of his bid. with security
sRproved by the said Board con
for the faithful performance,
respects, of his said contract
Free holding the said city harmless
~ he shall also bind himself
three aid contract and bond. to
Cling his said work for the period
Is, - years from and after the
,rien ! &c Of the same by the said
re at pd its confirmation by the
It is spl
" as y contractor to whom the con-
ygleI u ,awarded and who shall do the
com sill be paid in bonds of the
10 at rsy of Cairo bearing interest at
two NJ of five 90 per cent, per an
from their respective dates
for bids or proposals VIII ~
/, led on application 70 the ssft
ingineer at his otfirN afaees 45a5
r, Picard reserves tha richl - re-
nv and al bids
GF07CF PAHE0Es
' .pnt IF tho PearH ~ Iaeal 10.
~, ne'e fovements OF the City of Cairo.
u" hiheis.
e:-ERNEsT WORKMAN,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
Estimating His Worth.

T. 4, hard 70 oct wnnlan fo spY the ca'
-, Cor bis oaniue If he neglehich the
~. vic an viii, her wran Sherida
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10

The man or woman who never wrots al
a limerick is going to have an i'm
portant advantage when it becomes
necessary to explain to st. Peter.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
IinatiOns among

agriculture or horticulture made with
a view of enhancing the price of their
own agricultural or horticultural pro-
duct
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
CENTRAL
EXCURSION BULLETIN
One Way Second-class cotonist Rates
to California and Points in
the Northwest

CORRESPONDENCE low rates to other
points on main lines and branches
in California, Oregon, Washington,
Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia.
idaho, Mexico, Montana, Nevsds
New Mexico and Utah.
Tickets on sale daily during March
and April, 1908. Every Monday on
train No. at 800 p. M, through tour.
ist sleeper leaves Cairo running via
New Orleans and Southern Pacific
r.. n. to Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco.
For full information apply to j. n.
Jones, Ticket Agent, Central Union
Station, Cairo, III.
A. n. HANSON, p. r. M.
s. G. HATCH, G. .. A., Chicago, III.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
QfFlcEaa.

Accounts OF corporations and Tndivid.
uals especially solicited. Exchange
furnished to any part Of the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10

All Have Their Sorrows. of his
Young: None think the great ur wise
happy but the great. he in
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.

Chicago, April 9.-The following
car loads represent the days move
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
Sealskin.

fteen years ago a full length seal
SOFT could be had for $500 or 5000.
soeiaroat to-day would cost from
capital 3, A three-quarter length
organizatio, from $500 to $1,000.
anv quality of the fur
hiuatiouc anonp
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-10
SIIGAR.

oouAR nd" III ai' i",' al EN-
ooo' centrifugal 90, 'oa' l'0' dressed
lasses suedf ooI, ItlIiteu o'ooU!' Railroad
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1908-11-19

The Occur d'Alene Exploration Company s
value 81 90 each; Of this amount 200 900 shares
Tbs officers Of the company are: President, Hel
Secretary Treasurer, Prof. Otto A. OLSON, Score
Manager, Theo Brown, popular and we'll known
fence in the Occur d'Alenes
The property consists Of five claims, "a mile
mine at Wardner. Idaho.
We believe that with such valuable propertie
among the most prominent in the district, the fut,
Company is assured and that by next spring its sha
Provisions have already been made and suffc
begin the work planned and carry it along for 80
be no stop to this work and that it will be pushe,
more money will be required and in order to II
time we will sell limited amount of Occur Allen
cents per share. Cash with order.
We believe there is no more profitable buy
advise you to send in your order early or you n
for it, or have your name posted on the list of wa
Our Offices are open from 8: 90 A. NJ. to 900
The daily tribune., 1908-10-29
coLumsINE CLUB.

Tuesday afternoon the Columbine
club WAS entertained by Mrs. Philip
Gri fifth at their magnificent home
in West Florence.
A delightful time WAS enjoyed by
all. Mrs. Carmody was the reci :
pient Of magnificent piece of hand
pained china while Mrs. Brown re-.
oeived the general prize which was
dainty lace handkerchief. Delight
full refreshments were served late In
the afternoon.
This was the regular meeting Of
the Columbine club. but ordinarily
the ladies would not have met at the
Griffith home were it not for the fact
that the Gritffihs will leave next
week for Phoenix. Arizona, where
they will spend the winter with
Mr.. Griffith's daughter, Mrs Sweeney
and husband.