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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-04
UNJUST CRITICISM.

That was a very remarkable COM
laint which the Evening Citizen gave
ent to in its editorial columns yes
erday, and no one who has any
powledge of the truth regarding the
inject matter of the criticism can
Ill to know that II is grossly unjust
the people of Cairo.
Speaking of the Burlington railroad
ompany's movement to crcss the
bhio river at Metropolis, the Citizen
aid.
Three years ago Cairo might in
III probability have prevented his.
hree years ago plans were formulat-
ID here which involved the construc-
on of terminal line between Cairo
nd Thebes and which would hay 2
cen followed later by crossing of
he river at this point. The plan
Dntemplated then was to get all Of
he roads that were sseeking south
I'm outlet to find it through Cairo.
"But the plan failed because Cairo
eople did not pull together for the
roject They threw obstacles in the
lay; they made delay after delay;
hey questioned the sincerity of those
no We're trying to carry through for
fairo the biggest proposition that
as ever presented here. And be-
anse of these delays and obstacles
Ii hafnpA fha MIA
build be gotten sufficiently under
Jay, and Cairos opportunity was
bne.
ia The plans for railroad constrnc-
on at Metropolis, Cairo can see the
esnlts of its own lack of united ac.
on for the Cairo G. Thebes road a
wv years ago"
Probably there has never been any
Indictment of this or any other con-
unity that was more glaringly and
ore wantonly unfair than that made
the foregoing. II is not Only a
latter of newspaper and of official
hcord but of common knowledge,
hat the Cairo {, Thebes project had
he almost united good will, if not
he enthusiastic support of large
Majority of the people of Cairo and
heir representatives., from its incep.
ION to the present time-and IT has
hd no active opposition unless that
rerei by the Evening CITIZEN itself,
|hich did not prevail, may be so
esignated.
Nothing that the Cairo & Thebes
romoters asked Of the people Of
afro was refused them; citizens of
afro did what they had seldom done
efore and what 1t is difficult 10 in
bee them to do at any time-they
ent In mass to the council meeting
hen the franchise ordinances were
be voted upon. and by their presence
hd by speeches influenced their rep
esentativee TO adopt the ordinances
ranting a franchise worth hundreds
thousands of dollars. under terms
be most liberal Everything was
tanted that was asked for, and the
rnmoters and those behind them ex-
fessed themselves as entirely salts
I'd. as. certainly, they had every
eason to do.
In short. the people of Cairo were
'Rver more united on any proposition
ban they were on the Cairo &
|hebes: no community could be more
|nited: none could be more liberal:
|bne could have done more than they
ia to help an enterprise along.
II was not to be expected that a
Project OF such proportions should
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-04
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Cairo, Alexander County. illinois.
Population t6,147.

Population t6.147.
Mayor GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk K. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer. FRANK b. ARM
STRON.
City Attorney. HUNTER BIRD.
Comptroller, ERNEST WORKMAN
Magistrate. ANDREW WHITCAMP.
Chief OF Police, M. s. EGAN.
Alexander County, Population 27,487
County Clerk. JESSE t. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN.
Sheriff. FRANK z. DAVIS.
States Attorney, ALEX NJ. WILSON
County Superintendent OF Schools,
PROF. s. e. GOTT.
Assessor and Treasurer. FRED n
NFLLTS.
Coroner, DIR. JAS. MMANUS.
Board OF County commlssIonerG
J. ]. JENNELLE. Chairman
c. V. NEFF.
DIR. EDWIN CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-04

1t would be different proposition
= the men who are leading double
lives were doing the Nork OF tive men.
80 iHdge
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-04
TIME CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RVS

Doll inc cars due 10 leave Second N. &C
D~" As"S Ing north on Comm srciAl Ave
every 10 minutes from 8 a. m. TO II .. m.
Going north on walnut 81 every 10 minutes
from sos a. m to 1858 p. m.
Poplar ST. Line m0, ssSs ss ays ca A. due
ing north on Holbrook: at 5s57; s:27; s.t2; asa
7:i2 I'm and on the same minutes every hour
antil i0a2 and Il12 y. IN.
Going west on Twenty Eighth 81. 81 6,t9;
6:l9. b34 6:49 and 7.04 a. m. and on same min.
utes every hour until 1884 and ii04 .. m.
Poplar 81 cars due to pass st. Maryis park
10 minutes after leaving second st.
Bell Line Owl Cars r ,r: :. on m, w Yss =
M; i:3O .. m; go D. m: $50 ,. m: 40 q m;
go a. m.
North on Commercially p. N. o. N. 10
m. 3 q. m. q. m. q. m.
Belt and Owl cars are due 70 pass We,
Thirty.fourth 81. 10 minutes sfter iaavtn
Sec nd 81 Hf t.s.-1 " p
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-04

move along from beginning to end
without any friction. 1t moved that
Iway in the city of Cairo; but in the
lcounty some opposition was developed
when 1t was proposed to cut through
lfhe land of some of the farmers.
negotiations and chickering's and
scoldings, and finally in law suits. In
| the belief of some men of affairs
| this was a mistake--a very great
mistake if so much depended upon
haste, as We are now asked to be-
| lieve. A few hundred dollars more
or less, a few thousands more or less,
paid for a right-of-way, was nothing
at all-certainly should not have
been permitted 10 stand as an OBJ
stace so forbidding that it endan
gered or promised to defeat the whole
enterprise That the time lost in this |
way was valuable may be granted, for |
it delayed construction work till The |
do their part to delay it still further. |
There was another check when it |
came to going on the Thebes bridge,
and this, probably, was The more |
serious of the two obstacles that
were encountered. But this. too,
ought TO have been foreseen. one
would think, and avoided. 1t was not
TO be expected that any of the rail
road companies owning and control.
ling the bridge would permit a rival
to come upon and cross this
bridge. under circumstances which
would give the newcomer a decided
advantage over all the others: yet it
was not till the route had been sur.
veyed, right-ofway bought and
part OF the grading
lone, that it was discovered that the
which had possession of
he bridge would not consent to the
approach of rhe new road in the man
ler proposed. Nor can it be claimed
hat the protests of these other com
)anies were unreasonable. unless We
would dIscredit the decision Of the
state Board Of Railroad and Ware y
house commissioners, which, after 4
PERSONAL inspection of the situation {
nj a patient hearing of argument, v
ustained the protests. g
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-04

There has been great error OF
great omission by somebody to be
sure; but 1t has not been by the PEG.
pie of Cairo, rs the Evening Citizen
seems determined TO make it appear
The people of Cairo had nothing to
10 with the troubles in the country
and at the bridge, and could do moth
ing TO prevent them. They had a
right to expect that the men who
were managing the project would
foresee and devise means to meet
and overcome them. If it shall come
20 pass that the Cairo G. Thebes rail
road is not built as planned then the
people of Cairo are victims rather
than offenders, for they were induced
to make that very generous franchise
grant upon the express understand.
Ing that a satisfactorily arrangement
had been made with the railroads
centering at Thebes and with others
trarersing the southwest territory,
by which Cairo shippers would be
given much easier access to thar ter
ritory. under more favorable eondi,
tions than were in force at that
time.
The Bulletin does not believe more
than a very small part of what has
been said as to the inception and
projection of This Cairo & Thebes
railroad enterprise. II believes that
there has been a great deal of foolish
talk, seemingly intended to throw
sand into or pull wool over some
body's eyes, and the Ostrich act
has been worn to a FRAGILE" so to
speak. But The Bulletin believes
now, as it has always believed. that
the Cairo q Thebes will be a great
benefit to Cairo, If ii is pushed
through as planned; and it believes
also that the road will be pushed
through, simply because It is not
reasonable to believe otherwise: that
franchises and property and improve
ments worth a million dollars will be
forfeited under the limitation clause
of the franchise ordinances.
But The Bulletin protests against
the repeated attempts to make it ap-
pear that the people of Cairo are i'm
any way or to any extent whatever.
to blame for any of the troubles that
have come upon the railroad or its
promoters. Such criticisms look too
much like trying TO unload something
on a patient and convenient scape
goat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-04

II was not to be expected that a
Project OF such proportions should
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
COURT IS DETERMINED
TO STOP "NIGHT RIDING"

WANERLY, Tenn, May l2.-Judee
Cook today fired bombshell into the
Night Riders camp of Humphreys
county. The court stated that he in
tended TO put stop TO the depreda-
tious if he had to secure d regiment
of soldiers TO patrol the district. He
said that if he had accepted the first
verdict of the jury yesterday he would
have been compelled TO impose the sen
tcnce Of death on all the defendants on
trial, as there were no grades Of punish
ment under the Kuklux act. He was
steadfast i'll the opinion that he did not
have any right TO release the defend
ants, but his present intention was to
release aIl the men but two upon their
own rccogniZances. and make them re
sponsible for lawlessucss committed in
the Night Rider district,
The state lawyers today demanded
that the death penalty be inflicted
upon the fourteen defendants under
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
WIRELESS SYSTEM
ELECTRIC LIGHT
Successful Demonstration of
Wonderful Invention of DR..
Frederick MiIIener.
NOW In OPERATION AT
THE OMAHA AUDITORIUM
Wave Energy Transmitted
Through Air for Miles Fur
niShes the Illumination.

OMAHA, Ncb., May 12.-Ligbting
by electricity without the use of wires
was successfully accomplished by DR..
Frederick II. Millener at the electrical
exposition, now in progress at the
Omaha auditorium The doctor is with
the Union Pacific as experimental cleo
trIcian and is working on a wireless
signal for the control of trains, This
is to be worked in connection with the
block signal system.
One year ago, in the Union Pacific
shop in Omaha, DR.. Millener CON
structcd an electric truck to travel
about the yards by wireless. This truck
is started by wireless aud goes four
speeds ahead and four speeds back
without any power other than the wire
less. BY an apparatus somewhat SINH
lar to that used with the truck the
switch at the Omaha auditorium is
opened and closed,
The lighting of the auditorium sys-
tenn is beyond the power Of any person
10 explain. Through the courtesy Of
Col. Glassford at Fort Omaha, the wire
less appartus there is put in operation.
Then at the auditorium, six miles away,
by an instrument constructed by DR..
Miltener. the electric waves are gath
cred, brought into the auditorium.
where. after the electric power from
the lighting plant has been cut ont,
they pass to the switchboard and out
over the wires and through the hun
drcds of lamps. This wireless power
can be thrown on or off simply by push
ing a button iu the little machine con
structcd by the doctor.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
JAPANESE DIPLOMAT
Is TRULY DIPLOMATIC

BOSTON. May 12.-"We should
carefully investigate the action of pow
ers that tend 10 disturb the national
temper or pride of others declared
ambassador Takahira in an address to-
night before the Cosmopolitan club of
Harvard.
The japanese diplomat expressed his
happinest at the outlook for peace, and
hoped, without mentioning any names,
that nations would conduct themselves
so that this highly desirable condition
would continue.
''Thc human mind is rational with
every people, he said. "Angcr is not
to be melted without some reason or
proyocalon, nor is pride TO be offended
without some good cause.
" Among such causes, those most rea
sopahIy suggested arc misgovcrnment
and disorder of the country. and illit-
eracy and ignorance of its people. Last
year, on the occasion OF the laying OF
the cornerstone Of the bureau of Amer
lean republics at Washington, Mr.. Eli,
hu Root, then secretary of state, said;
''The matters IN dispute between ma
tions are nothing: spirit which deals
with them is everything.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
GREAT COAL MERGER
HAS BEEN COMPLETED
Consolidated Company With
Capital of Nearly $1,000 200
Is Record Breaker.

BALTIMORE. May l2.-The Consul-
ldatcd Coal company today announced
that negotiations had been completed
for merging the Piedmont Coal com,
pany. the Somerset Coal company. the
Clarksburg Fuel company, the Pitts
burg and Fairmont Fuel company and
their subsidiaries, including railroads,
floating equipment. docks and other
property owned, with the Consolidated
Coal company, thus making the latter
corporation the largest mining indus
try Of its kind in the world
The companies have combined can.
Ital stock of S3I 100000 and own and
control 100000 acres of coal lands IN
MARYLAND, West Virginia and Pennsyl.
wanna.
There will be no change in manage
mcnt, President Clarence w. Watson
and Vice President ,Jcrc II Wheel.
wright continuing the directing heads
of the combined companies
The company recently Increased the
capital stock from Sl0.250.000 to 800
100000, of which $6.350,000 was dis.
bursed as so per cent extra dividend
and S5.l00.000 was held in the treasury
for future needs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
TWENTY OR MORE
VICTIMS OF BLAST
Awful Results Follow Premature
Explosion of Dynamite in
York State Quarry.
MANGLED REMAINS ARE
HURLED LONG DISTANCE
Accidental Discharge of Percus-
sion Cap Sets Off Thousand
Pounds of Dynamite.

ALBANY, \. Y, May l2-At least
twenty men were killed today by q
premature blast of dynamite in stone
quarry operated by the Callahan Road
Improvement company near South Beth.
lchem, eleven miles southwest of Al
bany.
The Dead.
JOHN IIOYT CALLAHAN, vice pres
Jdcnt and general manager Of the com
pany.
LEROY MILAN, assistant super.
intcndcnt.
JOHN HENDRICKSON, steam drill
Ter.
FRED SNYDER, master mechanic.
JAMES MALONEI, blacksmith
WILLIAM BAUM, fireman.
FRED ZAPPERT. agent of the Ma
tional Power company, New York.
THIRTEEN ITALIAN WORKMEN.
Terrific Explosion.
One thousand pounds of dynamite cx-
ploded and the bodies were hurled hun
dreds OF feet. AS darkness was fall
ing, u wagon drew up TO the engine
house loaded with bodies that had been
picked up back on the quarry hill.
The preparations for today s blast
had been going on for six weeks. Thir-
teen holes, seventy five feet deep, had
been drilled nj points about twenty-five
feet back of the big quarry and the
explosion of the dynamite with which
they were to be loaded was expected
To displace 10000 tons of rock More
than 5000 pounds of dynamite were
TO have been used.
The worlimen had placed 500-pound
charges in six Of the holes aud were
working on the eleventh. when a per
crssion cap was prematurcly dis
charged A terrific explosion follwed
hurling tons of rock into the air and
scattering the bodies of the victims
in all directions,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
DECLARES CONDITIONS IN
KOREA ARE IMPROVING

SEOUL. Korea. May I2.-Tbc vice
resident general Of Korea has Just re.
turned to the capital from au official
visit to thc eastern and southern prov
iuccs. In an interview, he said:
.'Conditions generally III Korea arc
encouraging, ] found little antI-Japa-
ncse sentiment. Koreans generally are
accepting guidance. The newly estab-
hshcd conrts are working effectively -
Leading missionaries here say Japan
is faithfully performing all her under
talsings, that the country generally is
quiet, There is the highest authority
for the statement that Japan does not
contemplate the annexation of Korea
and that Prince Ito viii return here rs
resident general.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
MANY LIVES LOST BY
F0RM0SA EARTHQUAKE

VICTORIA. b. c.. MAY l2.-The
French steamer Admiral Hamelin, ar
riving today from Havre via the Orient,
brought news of severe earthquake IN
Formosa. causing great loss of life,
chiefly in the northern part. The cen.
ter Of the disturbance appeared TO be
in the sea off Kccmng and Girau
Many Villages collapsed in the nor.
thern part Of Formosa, and reports
were coming in from resident gov.
ernors AT Taipeh and Keeling Of much
loss of life in the various districts. The
tremor. which was both horizontal and
vertical. lasted about three minutes
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
PRESIDENT N0MINATES
NEW AMBASSADORS

WASHINGTON. MAY l2.-The prcsi-
dent today scut 10 the senate the fol-
lowing nominations:
ambassadors extraordinary and pIen-
potcutiary-Oscar 5. Straus of New
York To Turkey, William WoodviIe
RockhiIl of the District Of Columbia
TO Russia.
Consuls gcncral-Charlcs DENLY Of
Indiana mt Vienna. William A, Bublce
of Wisconsin at Hong Kong, Amos T..
Wilder of Wisconsin at Shanghai.
Judge advocate general with rank of
brieadier general-George Il. Davis.
The nominations for consul general
were all transfers. Mr.. DENLY going
from Shanghai to Vienna, Mr., Rublec
from Vienna TO Hong Kong and Mr..
Wilder from Hong Kong TO Shanghai,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
MINISTER DEN0UNCES
SPIRIT OF ORTHODOXY

BOSTON, May 12,-Beforc the Na-
tlonal Episcopal congress today Rev.
Or. Samuel ID, Mcdonnell Of Eastou.
Md, denounced orthodoxy as an OBJ
struction TO thought and trust, and said
1T remained for genius TO break down
its wall. He claimed il was impossible
for man of genius to be orthodox,
while that spirit has always been op.
posed and always viii be opposed TO
the spirit of truth.
John Dewitt Warner Of New York
argued that genius and orthodoxy are
not incompatible.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
BISHOP CHARLES GALLOWAY,
NOTED DIVINE, Is DEAD

JACKSON. Miss, May l2,-Bishop
Charles + Galloway of the Methodist
Episcopal church died here of pneu-
mouis this morning
For twenty years Bishop Galloway
had held rank among the greatest pull
pit orators i'll America,
Bishop Galloway was possibly the
most prominent Of the bishops OF the
Methodist Episcopal church in the
south
He entered the ministry in 1868,
Bishop Galloway's writings covered n
wide range, and he travelled extensive
Iy. For number Of years he took an
active interest In the campaign W2ged
i'm Mississippi and other southern states
for prohibition.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
STRIKE IN PARIS
IS LOSING GROUND
Anticipated Violence Does Not
Occur and Postal Service
Is Virtually Normal.

PARIS, May l2.-Thc first day OF The
postal strike passed peacefully. No
disturbances were reported, and the
movement appears to have gained no
ground. The service in Paris aud
throughout the provinces tonight, with
the exception Of that of the railway
mail clerks, is normal, and as a result
there has been no need 10 take advan.
tage of the preparations made BY the
various business organizations and com
mcrcial bodies to carry on Il private lei
ter service.
The cabinet tonight summarily dis
missed 22S men under fhc decree issued
on March Is. which authorizes The dis,
charge Of strikers from the state sorry
ice and makes other provisions for
dealing with recalcitrants. The min
listers arc confident that the removal of
tho principal fomcntcrs OF the agjta-
tIon viii crush tho movement
The strike leaders experienced another
Encouragement in the failure Of the
miners congress at Lens to vote a SYM
pathetic strike, and thus far none of the
trades unions has made n sign Of ioip-
ing the movement. AT the same time
the government is hurrying the prcpar-
alton of It's promised bull regulating
the status of state employees, which will
he presented 10 committee of the
chamber Of deputies Monday Official
figures place the number of strikers in
Paris at l65 out of ! 900 Owing to
the detection Of majority of the mail
clerks. the outgoing mails arc more or
less stranded.
The hotbed Of the previous revolt.
the Central Telegraph bureau is quiet
the night shift reporting for duty as
usual,
Situation in Provinces,
Reports from the provinces show that
headwav. except ut Havrc, where a spe-
cial service arranged by the chamber of
commerce viii he inauguratcd. At Bor-
dcauX, Lille and Chartrcs conditions
arc normal, In some cities, notably l,y.
ons and Cbamberv. the postal EMPLOYEES
have openly expressed their disapproval
Of the strike. There is some anxiety
at the Paris hotels, where numerous
Americans arc expecting letters contain
ing bank drafts.
\ mass meeting Of postal employees
tonight was not so we'll attended as that
Of last night. The meeting. however,
adopted n resolution TO continue the
strike with vigor,
1T was announced that the number of
strikers was growing rapidly, both in
Paris and the provinces, an instance be
ing given Of the mail clerks on the
Lyons mail, who had quit on the road
During long speech NJ. Lauron de-
clared that violence or destruction OF
property by the strikers would not he
tolerated He said the men would fin
ish the tasks on which they were now
engaged.
Two detachmcnts of naval mechanics.
summoned from Brest by the minister
of marine, have arrived hero and arc
now stationed in the machine rooms of
the Central postofficc and the Central
telegraph bureau. The hotel keepers
union has arranged TO take the mail Of
foreign guests going 10 Brussels. whence
it will be sent abroad. They are also
devising scheme to deliver incoming
mail.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
SEALED CHARGES FILED
AGAINST COMMISSIONERS

OLYMPIA. Wash, May l2.-When
tho Legislative committee that is in
sealed charges agnlnst State Land Com.
missioner f., W. Ross were filed All
the state offices arc TO be investigated,
The findings of tho committee in
the case of the former secretary of
state, Samuel H. Nicholas. resigned.
and Insurance Commissioner John H.
Schivcly. both charged with cXacting
cxorbitaut fees from insurance com
panies, will be submitted to Governor
Hay next Monday
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
ACCUSED SUGAR MEN
PLEAD TO INDICTMENT

NEW YORK. MAY l2.-The six
former employees of the American Su-
gar Refining company arrested last
week on charges OF fraud in connec-
tion with weighing OF sugar, were ar
raigpcd before Judge Hough in the
United States court today 10 plead to
the new indictments charging them
with conspiracy tC dcfraud the United
States OF dniics on sugar importations,
aud also OF making false entries OF
weights on the sugar. They pleaded
not guilty. The old bail bonds were
continued and the defendants directed
TO appear in court on Monday next.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
MANIPULATION or WHEAT
HURTS FLOUR BUSINESS

WASHINGTON. May Wheat
manipulation AT Chicago has rendered
business III American flour impossible
Tor months, reports Special Agent NJ.
H. DAVIS OF the department of commerce
and labor, who is in Europe invcsti-
eating market conditions. 81 consist.
entity believe he says. ''that if the
wheat speculators had let the market
alone we should have exported at least
2,OOO,0OO barrels more Of flour 10 Great
Britain and Europe on the current crop
than the figures will now he able to
show -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-13
RULERS OF GERMANY
PAY VISIT TO ITALY

RRLNDlSI. Italy. MAY l2.-The Ger.
man imperial yacht Hohcnzollern. with
Emperor William on board, came into
Briudisi this morning and WAS salUted
by the booming of cannon from The
shore. The King and Queen Of Italy
went on board and greeted the emperor.
The emperor and empress and the king
and queen all had lunch together on
board the Italian battlcship Vito Rio
Emanuolc. THIS afternoon the emperor
and empress entertained the Italian king
and queen on board the Hohenzollern "A {
tea, after which the German yacht took
its departure.