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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15
AN APOLOGY.

Perhaps The Bulletin owes an
apology to the people of Cairo. Ii is
strongly inclined to feel that it does,
and others may feel the same way
about it when the case Is stated. The
Bulletin feels that ii did not do its
duty to the people Of Cairo, as
newspaper, in that it did not give %
them. some time ago, all the informa-
ton that came to it indicating ir-
Irregularities in the police department
and irregularities in the proceedings
in the circuit court,
Had it done this, with such ex-
planatory editorial comment as it has
seeking to place the responsibility
for the evils that have afflicted the
community so long where 1t properly
belongs, there is strong reason to be-
lieye that the people of Cairo would
not now rest under the reproach Of
having reelected to office, practically
without opposition. some of the men
who are in greater or less degree
responsible for those conditions and
evils.
AS the matter now stands the re-
election of these men, in the manner
stated, seems to be taken as proof
in some quarters here and elsewhere
in this section of the state, that the
people of Cairo approved all that
these men did or did not do, and all
that resulted from what they did or
did not do In the way OF administra
tion of law; and thus have given just
ground for the charge that the evils
which thus resulted, including the
miscarriages of Justice in the circuit
court, were due to low public sent-
ment"
As a matter of fact-and The Bulle.
TIN btlitNtS tuiS HlAuiS udu luI ptO
pie been as thoroughly informed as
they are now, regarding the evils and
their causes, and had the issue been
fairly and squarely placed before
them, without reference to other
matters, there would have been a
somewhat different result in elections
in this city and county during the last
several years, and the low public
sentiment charge probably woui(
not have been made-certainly il
would not have seeming iustifi
cation to men who Judge only from
surface appearances.
In falling to thus inform them a.
the proper time, which, above all
things else, is the office and duty o
newspaper, the press of Cairo /!
culpable. However, ''it is better late
than never" and according to Thu
view The Bulletin may perhaps CLAIM
some consideration as having tried t,
dot its duty in ample time for future
elections.
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Cairo, ILL.,, December 4, 1909.

mittee. yet we think it right to state
that. bad as the social evil situation
is today, the number of women en-
gagged in it is not as large as has
been publicly stated, and that this
number in Chicago is approximately
500. But of these 800 women who
follow the vocation of professional
harlots, this committee has little to
say; they have abandoned them
selves to this mode of life. and are
not, as a rule. amenable TO moral in
fiuences.
For the protection of the amateur,
however, as those children and young
women may be called who are being
drawn into this hideous life by impure
influences, seductive allurements and
bad economic conditions, we do APP.
peal
The appalling condition Of thous.
ands of girls led astray every year
through saloon dance hall anneXes,
free and easy hotels open to children
and adults alike. through badly man
aged parks and recreation centers,
and through the deplorable economic
conditions resulting in inadequate
wages--this condition demands in
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vi ILLIN E r Y
NEW SHAPES WEEKLY.
TRIMMING FREE.
STEvENSON'S
an2 U~sf,frufau Ave.
FOR SALE.
803 Washington Ave.

WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION
ON DEC. 18TH, 1909, AT THE PREM
Uses THE PROPERTY AT NO. 2309
WASHINGTON AVENUE.
THIS PROPERTY CONSISTS OF
ONE LARGE DWELLING WITH
LOTS.
SALE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A
6 PER CENT. MORTGAGE OF $4,000
INTEREST PAID TO DATE.
TAXES PAID AS FAR AS POS
SiBLE. ABSTRACT AND WAR
RANTY DEED FURNISHED. GO
AND SEE PROPERTY. SALE AT
p. M. J. q. WALL.
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Alexander County Ma
tional Bank of Cairo, Illinois, will be
held at the office of the said bank IN
the city of Cairo, Illinois, on Tuesday,
January IL. 1910, for the election OF
Board of Directors and for the trans
action of other business, Polls will
be open from 10 O'Clock a M. to ) p
N. on said day.
JAMES II. GALLIGAN,
Cashier
Cairo, Ill.,, Dec. II, 1909.
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Observation-Disclosures
LEGAL DECISIONS
ssssssssssssssssssssEsssSs
Delegation of Legislative Power

Delegation of Legislative Power.
A federal statute made it criminal
offense to violate any rule which
should thereafter be made by the sec
rotary of the interior. The regulation
in question prohibited the pasturing
of stock within the forest reserves
without a permit. In United States VS..
Grimaud. 40 Federal Reporter, EOS,
having been arrested for
pasturing sheep within a reserve, con
tended that the statute was void be
cause it did not define the acts to be
punished. and because ii delegated
legislative power to an executive oh,-
Ger. 1t did not declare the grazing o.
sheep to be a crime, nor make any
reference thereto, but declared that
whatever the executive prohibited
should be punishable There was no
way by which a person examining q
statute could conclude that the act
referred to was criminal The exec
utive officer by the statute was at
lowed to define and determine the
crimes, which. according to all the
is legislative affair, The
United States district court concluded
that there could be no crimes except
those created expressly defined, and
penali2ed by an act of congress, AMI
that the indictment could not be sus-
tanned
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CAUSES OF MISERY
REPORT OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CO MI E IN CHICAGO
READILY REV. BABCOCK.


In his address at the Anna Petty
memorial service on the l2th inst"
Rev. Babcock of the Church OF the Re
deemer read extensively from q re
port made some time ago by theI
Episcopal church committee of Chi
cago, who was appointed to investi-
gate the social evil and other evils,
land the influences which promoted
them. The Bulletin was unable to
give the excerpts at the time and
does so now, as being an important
part of what the reverend gentleman
said,
The Saloon and Associated Evils.
The decisions of the supreme court
OF the United States and of the state
Illinois have declared that the sa-
loon is a breeding place of crime, the
harbor of criminal and deprayed
lasses and that associated with it are
o be found all the vices which I'M
Idermine youth, manhood and woman
| hood
In order to ascertain how many Of
the inmates of the public Institutions
of the state of Illinois are there as
result of saloon influences, this
committee has communicated with
the officials in control of each insti
tuition. with the following result:
Fifty per cent of the inmates of the
Asylum for Criminal Insane at Me
nard, Illinois. and eigty-fye per cent
of those in the penitentiary at Joliet,
are there as the result of alcoholic
liquors, either directly or indirectly
The superintendent Of the St
Charles School for boys asserts that
almost every boy there has ben de.
moralized to a considerable extent by
the influence of liquor, and has either
Ipatronized the saloons himself, or is
the child Of parents who have done
SO.
| The matron of the Geneva Home for
Girls states it as her conviction that
if the salons in Illinois and adjacent
states were done away with, the
Home could in time be closed. A large
majority of the inmates of the Home
are girls born Of drunken parents
At the State Reformatory at Pom
tiac, PSI boys out of 1850 We're users
of liquor and in 14l eases the father
of the boys drank liquor to excess.
Twenty per cent Of the 100 pa
tients at Cunning are there as the re-
suit of the excessive use of alcohol,
while at the poor house it is estimat.
ed that ninety-five per cent of the
men and fifty-nine per cent Of the
women, and in the consumptive ward
| ninety-four per cent of the men and
/ twenty.three per cent of the women
have been users of alcohol either in
excess or moderately and the report
of the House of Correction, Chicago
for 1908, is even more startling than
this, showing that out of $4,000 com
Imitments, 1900 were for breach OF
Ipeace," or in the words of Superin
tendent Whitman, drunk and disor
Iderly." Superintendent Whitman es
Inmates that seventy-five per cent OF
: the 1000 are there directly or Indirect
= ly due to the influence of the saloon.
Investigations made by medical ex
!, lperts show that over twenty-five pei
: cent of the patients in the insane
lasylums of the entire country are in
; sane directly or indirectly as the re
! suit of the use of intoxicating
2 liquors.
t The saloons of Chicago are opel
twenty hours each day and sever
4 days each week. Every year 100
Q men. women and boys 20 to tn
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Alexander County
Savings Bank of Cairo, Illinois, will
be held at the Office Of the above
named bank in the city of Cairo Hi
nois, on Wednesday, January ., 1910,
at 1870 o'clock p, IN. for the purpose
of eleeting a Board Of directors, and
such other business as may be
brought before said meeting.
JAMES II. GALLlGAN,
Cashier.
Cairo. ILL.,. December 4, 1909
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15
A CASE IN POINT.

One incident which may not have
been brought to the attention of the
special grand jury in its investiga-
tions OF police graft, in so far as the
may be indicated by a persistent pol
icy of protection to dives" is pre-
scented In the case of the No. 2515
Poplar street. to which premises the
blood hounds tracked the murderers
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15
NOTICE.

The annual stockholders meeting
Of the First Bank and Trust Company,
Cairo, Ill, will be held at the banking
rooms of said bank, Tuesday, January
1lth, 1910, at $3.50 p. m. for the cleo
tion of Directors and such other bust
ness as may properly come before
said meeting
H. r. AISTHORPE,
Secretary.
Cairo, ILL.,, Dec nth, 1909.
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November ClrculatIon.

The above IS a correct statement
Of the circulation of The Cairo Bulle-
tin for the year 1908 and for the
month of November, 1909.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this third day of December, 1909.
LEO j. KLEB,
Notary Public.
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=
SOME SHORT TALKS
ON MANY SUBJECTS
BY RETIRED TEACHER.
Odds and Ends.


To apply business methods to re-
ligious teaching is all right, but to
apply religious teaching to business
methods is better.
Stop fees for making arrests, then
there will be less inducement to gath
ar in visitors who have come to
town to have good time.
The invasion of French morals,
seen in literature and on the stage. is
the greatest evil affecting America to.
day. European anarchists. ex-con.
yicts, mendicants and black-handers
are secondary.
In General.
Reformers do not have to 90 far
from home to find sufficient to EN-.
poy their time and energies. If they
reach out to cover the entire country
or the world. they will accomplish lit
tie.
The preachers are all the time
teaching others their duty; the la,
members might occasionally teach tn,
pastor something, from the standpoint
of-thevwage Garner or business man.
Gain a heaven and escape hell OF
earth, would be good text for TIL,
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

4, st n
Average number complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and sun
day during the year 1908 49,, 2os4
Average number of complete
and perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month OF No
yember. 1909 .............'.' Z+oS
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15
CAIRO & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY CO
UNTERURBAN LiNE.)

TIME CARD.
Cars will leave Second street, Cairo
for Mound City and Mounds az fol.
lows:
First car leaves at 4:30 a. m.
Second car leaves at 6 a. m. and
every hour thereafter until p. m.
Last cars leave at $40 p. m. ans
1920 .. m.
C. &. ARMSTRONG,
General Superintendent
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Cairo. Alexander County, iliinsiS
Poauistlon 1917.
Mayor. GEORCY PARSONa
Clark. Il. 4. HATCHER
Treasurer, FRANK b. AKA.
sTRoN.
City Attorney HUNTER BIRD
Comptroller. ERNEST N0kDMAie.
Magistrate, ANDREW WHirCAMg.
Chief OF Police, NJ. g. icfAN
Alexander County, Population xY,ssl
County Clerk, JESSE II. MILLER
Circuit CLERK, ALFRED BROWN.
Sheriff. FRANK IL. DAVIS.
States AtorneA ALEX NJ WILSON.
County Superintendent OF Schools,
PROF. s. u GOTT.
Assessor and rrrsnuf~I. SRKD II
NELLIS.
Coroner. DR.. ;AS. M'MANJB.
Scare Of County Commissioners
]. ]. JENNEt.i.E. Chairman
G. Y. NEFF
DIR EDWIN GAUSE-
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Damascus Electric Tram"sy.
damascus has an electric tramway
Tho daily receipts OF which average
$I16
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15

Roys fuo ears due TO leave Second ~. go
USAt AIAS Ing north on COMMERCIAL Ave
every Is minutes from D. III. to II y. IN.
doing north.on Walnut St.evSry IL minusos
from Gus u. III To i0t3 p. H.
pouluw CT limo Holbrook Ave. oEr 6is
TVpldI d. haisC to leave Second 81. 20
Ing north on Holhrook; st $751; SIT; 647 GD7
T12 am. and on the same minutes every hour
antil 1912 and l1l2 p. m.
Going west on Twenty Eighth 81. ~ bHY;
e,1a R:34. 6:is and 7ci a. nj. and on same nliu-
utes every hour until 1894 and ll:04 p, m.
Poplar ST. cars due to pass 81 Mays paEk
10 minutes after leaving SECOND St
Belt Line Owl Cars i,'so = on m WANT ~.
M. l:So q. m; 2:so \. m; $50 u. m: LSu n. ra
$50 a. IN,
North ON Commercially y, TIA, D In. -
m a. III. 4 n m. 8 u. m.
Belt and Owl earn ara DUE 10 paaa w eat
Thirty fourth 81 10 minutes xftof ioAvsu
SEQ I'D SIS
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The Bulletin Is on sale at the fol
lowing places:
coieman's, ga Eighth street.
halliday House News Stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15

Good prices are paid in Switzerland
for the flesh of kids from six weeks
to two months old. The meat IL ten
der. and some prefer 1t to lamb.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15

The Board of Education published
its annual report of expenditures,
showing the total to have been So,
963. S4-sS,35o of this having been ex-
pended for teachers salaries. In 1881
there were $50 boys and COZ girls en-
rolled.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15
CAIRO IN 1881
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The old Atheneum building. which
stood upon the site of the present
opera house, was sold at auction Gu
July card, to Thomas Keane for $50
The purchaser was required to re-
move the building in short order.
A boy was born unto Mr.. and Mrs.
II. E. ince on July 21th.
In July, jos. p Robarts' Pulaski
Mound City Patriot said: The
signs OF prosperity are now bright for
Cairo. During the past week the Hi
nois Central Railroad company pur
chased the old Delmonico Hotel (now
COS Ohio street., and win move their
Headquarters from Centralia as soon
as the Cairo building is put in repair
The Dixie Oil company purchased
land upon which they will establish
extensive cotton seed oil works. The
Singer Sewing Machine company pur,
chased the hub and spoke factory
and portion of the Ohio
river front. and will Immediately
to build large manufac-
tory
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15

Concluded o. Sixth Page)
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15

A boy was born unto Mr.. and Mrs.
II. Il. Ince on July 21th.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-15

Cairo, ILL.,, Dec nth, 1909,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02

played the wedding march. There
were about seventy-five guests, both
friends of the bride and groom, pres
ent at the ceremony.
After the ceremony the home OF
Mrs. Pollock, who lives next door to
the Macombers, was thrown open,
and a wedding reception held there.
The Macomber home was beautifully
decorated for the occasion, decorat-
or having been secured from James
town for the occasion.
Rev. Stewart and wife left Bis.
marck on No. 4 Wednesday afternoon
for a short wedding trip. They will
go to Minneapolis and from there
will go to one of the Minnesota sum-
mer resorts where they will spend a
couple of weeks, returning to New
Salem about September %.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02

The state historical department is
doing some interesting work among
the sites of old Indian villages and
hunting grounds along the Missouri
river, accounts Of which have appear
ed from time to time in the state
press. The work is being pushed
with especial vigor at this time, for
with the building of railroads north
and south along the west side OF the
Missouri river, a considerable change
is coming in the old Indian country.
The sites of some old villages are
being entirely obliterated. The rail-
road passes through some of them,
and in a short time it will not be
possible to make researches Of even
what has remained up to now of the
camps and habitations of the Mis-
souri, river tribes. Fortunately, the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02

work of obtaining material was be-
gun several years ago, and the state
society now has an interesting and
valuable collection of relics, with
maps of sites and villages and a good
general description of former camp
ing and village grounds. First hand
observation By the members of the
society of the Indian lands and vii
lagos, just before they undergo the
transformation that will come neces-
sarily with the building Of railroads,
will make interesting material for
description in future publications of
the society and will form an inter-
esting contribution to the historical
literature of the state.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02

purposes on June II, 1902, will also
be restored to settlement and entry
this fall. In order to secure 100 acres
of this land, it is necessary to live
upon it and improve it for five years,
or if the homesteader desires, he
may make communication proof at the
end of fourteen months by paying the
government $3.50 an acre. The land
is very desirable, and it is expected
it will be eagerly sought when open
ed to settlement. All filings must be
made at the United States land Office
at Williston.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02
A NEW EMPIRE.

The Grand Forks Herald calls tC
the attention of persons desiring
homesteads that there is still guam
tity OF unappropriated government
land in Mckenzie county that is de-
sirable for homesteading, and that
the proposed opening of the Standing
Rock reservation does not include
Rock reservation does not include the
to get farm. 1t is true that there
is some government land in the state
that is unoccupied but the total of it
is small and is constantly decreasing.
The building of railroad connections
down from the north and up from
the south makes the land in the
Standing Rock reservation desirable,
and the proximity Of the land to the
railroad insures a large number of
applications for it. Then there is the
element of fascination that lies in
the disposal of the land by lottery,
which is about the only practical
means of disposing Of this land and
avoiding disputes, controversy, and
disturbance.
The number of registrations for the
land promises to be heavy. The res
ervation includes some desirable
farming land and those who are for
tunate in the order of their selections
will have the opportunity of getting
good homes. But, more important
than the good fortune of the individ-
uals, is the fact that tract Of more
than two million acres will be thrown
open to settlement, made productive,
put upon the tax rolls along with the
other property that its settlement
will create, and add largely to the
wealth and population of the states
Of North Dakota and South Dakota.
This is the element of the opening
of this reserve that should appeal to
the people of the two states, ire
spective of the manner Of the dispo-
sition of the land or the temporary
benefit that may be felt at the places
Of registration. The opening of an
area of over two millions Of agricul-
tural land is something of an event
in ITSELF
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
FOR RENT-Furnished room, in mod
ern house. Apply at $40 Fifth st.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02
REV. G. ". STEWART
MARRIES WILTON GIRL
BOTH YOUNG PEOPLE PROM
NENT IN COMMUNITY AND
RESPECTED.
Rev. Stewart is Pastor Of Presbyterian
Church at New Salem - Rev. Har-
ria Ofiici ated.

The marriage of Miss Charlotte
Macomber of Wilton and Rev. Gilbert
W. Stewart of New Salem, was 1ol-
emnized at the home of the brides
parents in Wilton Wednesday after
noon, Rev. Harris of the Presbyter
ian church of this city, officiating.
The bride is the daughter of MI
and Mrs. w, P. Macomber of Wilton,
and is one of the best known and
most popular young ladies in that
part of the county. The groom Is
at present pastor of the Presbyterian
church at New Salem but until a
few months ago was pastor at Wilton
Rev. Stewart is one OF the younger
members of the ministry in the state
but is making record that will sure
ly bring him to the front in his chos'
en- calling. The young people have
the best wishes of An exceptionally
large number of friends for long
happy and prosperous married life.
AT the ceremony Mrs. R. c. Thomp-
son of Wilton was matron of honor,
and Mr. Charles Anderson of Wilton,
was best man The ribbon bearers
were Hazel Woodwork and Reginald
Thompson. Margaret Bigelow was
flower girl and Myrtle Woodwork
was ring bearer. Mrs. D. E. Bigelow
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-02

The oft-repeated tale of the magni-
tude of our annual fire-waste was
never more cogently put than by Mr..
Edward T. Campbell at the Trans
Mississippi congress at Denver.
Losses by fire in the United States,
he declared, cost three-quarters of
million dollars a day. In 1907, the
entire fire-bill reached total of
$456, 900, 900, or about one-half of the
total value of new constructions in
the same year. The neglect of col
lective hazard In the matter Of high
or non-proof buildings is the chief
reason why our per capita fire losses
are about ten times as great as those
in Europe. Unfortunately, even in
our cities where building laws exist
their enforcement is exceedingly lax
and vacillating. There is in this
country a very inadequate recogni-
ton of the fact that fire losses are
never ultimately Unidentified, and
that fire insurance premiums are es-
sentially taxes imposed upon the COM
munity to spread the losses over a
period, rather than to compel indis
viduals to incur the same losses in
lump sums at a single time. The
New York Post takes occasion to add
that at is refreshing to see how
frankly the west can be told of it's
errors in the matter of insurance.
Mr.. Campbell pointed out fearlessly
that the three states Of New York,
Pennsylvania and Connecticut practi-
cally insured the country, because OF
their reasonable laws governing in
surance The trans-Mississippi Sec
ton should not be ashamed to fol-
low the leadership of these states,
whose constructive action tends to
restrict actual waste by fire, as well
as the tax cost of indemnity. IL.