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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23

pense". and Leon, he was bending
over her, A handkerchief was stick
ing out OF her mouth ana | saw blood
on IL. She was fighting him but he
only pressed the handkerchief harder
into her mouth Finally she struggled
no more and lay still and Leon stool
up and looked down at her,
Those who heard this recital were
almost overcome with the thought that
Chung could have stood in an adjoin-
ing room without raising a hand to
prevent it.
In one version of the Chinaman's
confession. it is said he admitted help
ing Leon tying the trunk. also thl5
he aided him in placing the body IN
it, He also admitted giving most OF
the money he borrowed from Chu
Gain TO Leon To aid the latter in his
flight from New York.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
COURT CLERKS
SAD MISTAKE
READ JURY'S VERDICT "NOT
GUiLTY"--SHOUlD HAVE
BEEN GUILTY"
PRISONER STARTED OUT
Was Caught at Door of Court Room
After Mistake Was Discovered
Sentenced 20 Prison
For Robbery.

Chicago, June 22.-The cup of free
in Judge Brentanos court today only
10 be snatched away from him in a
way that caused a sigh of pity to
spread among the spectators when 1t
was discovered that the clerk of the
court should have read the iury's YER
dict as guilty" instead of mot
guilty" The prisoner. who was
caught at the very door of the court
room believing himself free. was
Frank ODonnell. accused of robbing
Il citizen at the point of revolver,
The jury was out but ten minutes.
The foreman OF the jury handed the
clerk two forms, one for guilty and
the other for acquittal.
Not guilty" read the clerk, absent
mindeily. failing to note that he was
reading the unsigned form.
ODonnell jumped from his seat
excitedly laughing. and wrung his
lawyers hand. He started from the
room with his head in the air and his
eyes sparkling, Then the mistake
was discovered and O'Donnell was
brought back His head sunk on his
chest as the real verdict was deliv.
cred reading guilty, and condemned
to serve a term of his natural life in
prison.
Even the prosecutors and their
regret at the accidental cruelty with
which the finding of the jury's verdict
was accompanied.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23

ton OF an expert sent here to see
that the work is done according to
specifications. The company, how
ever, guarantees the pavement for
ten years and puts up any kind of a
bond desired.
The company also donates TO the
city a repairing machine, a simple
and the repair work is
easily done, in case the pavement is
torn up to put down sewer or gas or
water mains. The same material
that is taken up is put down again
after being heated properly.
The cost of this pavement is no
greater than that of brick, and it
makes a smooth and noiseless pave
nent. easy on horses.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
ON Icons TRAIL.

Johnstown. Pa, June 22-An Amer
icanized Chinaman who alighted In
Johnstown from Pennsylvania pas
senger train this evening is believed
by the local officers TO be Leon Ling,
the alleged murderer of Elsie Sigel,
the New York settlement worker,
The Chnaman went to laundry and
his restlessness excited the suspi-
cions OF the owners of the laundry,
who notified the authorities TIL =
stranger disappeared aud tonight the
police are searching .or aim. The de-
seription of the visitor ;aiies remark
ably we'll with that of Leon
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
eaancs. WIsIEEITEaIIHHMx


In line with his claims for the as
phaltic concrete pavement. a sample
Of which is displayed in Mr.. Schuh's
window as stated, Mr. Barton offers
the report of a committee of promi.
nent citizens of Terre Haute. Ind,
G. ]. Herbert. John Shneman and Or.
S. r. Ramsey. who went on an in
spection trip recently as the repre-
sentatiyes of citizens GU street or
dered to be paved, for the purpose of
learning something of the relative
value of pavements and reporting on
same. They visited Cincinnati, Pitts
burg and Columbus. They examined
all manner of pavements in the cities
named and speaking of the asDhaltic
concrete pavements at Pittsburg they
said:
We then examined the asphaltic
concrete payements on Lang avenue.
between the railroad tracks and
Homewood cemetery, Homewood ave-
nne between the Homewood cemetery
and Penn avenue, Linden avenue
from Penn avenue southerly two
blocks, also Amberton avenue TO
Homewood avenue, Clyde street from
Ellsworth avenue to Fifth avenue.
Bellefleld street, from Fifth avenue
to Forbes stree, and Dithridge street
from Forbes street to Center avenue
We found these payements generally
in excellent condition, notwithstanl-
ing their very great age and the
heavy traffic they carry"
This same committee presented al
repor; from Joseph II. Ryan superin
teudent OF asphalt maintenance of
Pittsburg, in which the ages Of the
above referred to are
given as follows
Hlomewood avenue completed Jan. |
S, 1894. fifteen years old.
Lang avenue completed Jan. 70
1897, twelve years old.
Linden avenue completed Oct. %, |
1899, seventeen years old.
Amberton avenue completed Dec |
%, 1890. nineteen years old.
Castleman street completed Dec. |
Z, 1893. fourteen years old.
Rellefield avenue. completed Jan. |
TO- 1897, twelve years old
Dithridge street completed Dec 26, |
1894. fifteen years old.
Local Contractors Do Work.
Mr.. Burton says his company does
not do the work, but sells the ma
Lerial to local contractors who put
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
CONFERENCE FOLLOWED
Concluded from First Page)

bnt each corporation will be allowed
$4,000 exemption which means that
the tax will not be collected except
upon earnings in excess of $1,000.
There will be penalties for false re-
turns.
/; is intended that the bill shall be-
come operative Immediately on its
passage An estimate given tonight
placed the probable amount that
would be raised by the proposed two
per cent tax. after taking into consid-
GRAFTON all exemptions stated. at from
1926, 900 600 10 $30000,000
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23

Mr. Harris Schulze and Miss Her
nina Lohr were married at the Luth.
eran church on the afternoon OF No
vamber 81. Rev. c. Duerschner. pas
tor, performed the ceremony. The
attendants were Adolph Swoboda and
Miss Minnie Rossman and Frank
Siandinger of st Louis. and Miss
Emma Schulze. Prof. George Eisen-
berg presided at the organ. The
church, which was profusely and
skillfully decorated with flowers. was
crowded with the friends of the
couple. Among the wedding gifts
was a fine brick residence on Ninth
street furnished throughout In an ele-
giant manner. This was the gift of
the brides father.
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NEW COMET DISCOVERED.

Paris, June 22.-The director OF the
Paris Observatory announced at the
Academy of Sciences tonight the dis.
by VI. Borrelli at Marseilles and Prof.
Daniel OF Princeton AS The obserya-
tions were made about the same time
the comet will be designated "Borrel-
liDaniel."
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
LATER-cRiME DESCRIBED.

New DIRK June 22-More of Chung's
confession became known late tonight
giving an actual description of how
the murder was committed.
Elsie Sigel. the girl. was on the
bed" said the Chinaman. while his
hearers drew closer in Mortified sus-
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1908. -. .2084
Average number Of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month Of May, 1909 2143
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
ASPHALT CONCRETE.
FOR PAVEMENT
COMMITTEE or CITY OFFICIALS
AND CITIZENS TO MAKE
TRIP OF INSPECTION.
STRONGLY RECOMMEND.
BY Citizens Committee OF Terre
Haute-Pittsburg Streets Paved
From Twelve to Nineteen
Years in Good Condition

Today in the window of Herman C.
Schuh's drug store at Eighth and
Washington. may be seen a sample
of asphaltic concrete. such as is pro
posed to be put down on Walnut
street and other streets of the city If
the Board of Public improvements
will permit it. 1t is similar TO the
samples displayed there some time
ago by EX.Alderman Fraser, who had
also a sample of this kind of paving
cut from a street in Pittsburg which
had been in use sixteen years, This
sample was also one of those offered
to the Board of Local Improvements
by Mr.. Aisthorpe, at the recent public
hearing.
The Pittsburg street from which
this sample was taken was put down
under, the direction of the company
represented by w Burton and is
called the "El-Oso" paving. Mr.. Bur
ton is endeavoring to get a commit
tee made up of city officials and rep
resentatiye citizens TO accompany
him on a trip of inspection Of pave
ments put down in other cities under
the direction of his company. He
prefers to have the delegation com
posed OF men who are friendly to
brick. because he feels sure he can
convert them by the exhibits and
testimony he will be able TO offer He
hopes to have his committee made
up this evening and leave with them
tnr,irrht =, t.. o. III q.
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READY TO FLY TOMORROW.

Washington. June 22-The propel
lers were set in place on the Wright
aeroplane at Fort Meyer today. With
the exception of the motor the ma
chine is practically ready for fight.
The motor will be installed tomorrow
but the fight will probably not take
place before Thursday or Friday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
MUCH SPEECH MAKING
CONCLUDED from First Page.

ton Of 25 per cent on rough aud 1E
ished lumber below the Dingley rates,
except lumber planed on one side,
which retains the duty Of the present
law
An amendment increasing the duty
on shingles from 80 10 80 cents a
thousand was also reported.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
Architecture,

"A man who is the architect of his
own fortune should get great deal of
comfort out of life But he doesn't
as a rule" answered Miss Cayenne.
Hes too busy building additions"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23

On the evening OF Nov. 29rd. citi-
zens of Cairo presented DR.. ]. J. Cor
don with magnificent gold medal in
appreciation of his faithful and fear
less services among patients during
the late yellow fever epidemic. The
medal was appropriately inscribed
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23

The Daily Evening Argus new
venture, was launched on the journal
istic sea on Monday. Nov. 18th. Walt
r. Mckee and Lon Daniels were in
charge.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
ATTORNEYS VERY BUSY
Concluded from First Page).

never spoken to her bur once about
Dustin Farnum, the actor, and hal
then told her that their names were
not linked together" in any inn
proper way.
Would Protect a Lady.
Mr.. Shearn next read the deposi,
ton of Lieut.. Bankhead The wit
ness said that he was the son of Sen.
ator Bankhead of ALABAMA, and he'd
entered the army in 1898. The wit
ness testified in regard to the various
visits of himself and wife to the
Gould estates and at hotels in this
city. He had never seen Mrs. Gould
intoxicated or observed her conduct
to be indecorus or unladylike. Her
conduct always had been proper in
every respect, the witness deposed
and he had never seen her drink
more than any of the guests at din
ners.
On cross examination Lieut. Bank
head was asked: AS man or army
officer. would you NOT testify reluct-
antly In regard TO the conduct re-
hecting upon a woman who had been
your hostess
AS man or army officer ! would
do So ordinarily. but when placed on
my oath to tell the truth | should
testify unhesitatingly" was the re
ply.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
(caIro Bulletin, Edited by John H..
oberiy).

Capt VIII ID. Llppitt was appointed
commander of the wrecking steamer
r. F. Eckert In November
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23

Moses B. Harrell assumed editorial
charge of The Bulletin on November
9th.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
His Own Case.

Taking up his own case Chung ex-
planned his sudden disappearance af-
ter the murder by saying that he had
been employed by a well to 10 New
orker. at whose country place near
Amsterdam he was arrested yester-
day Chung says that he accepted the
position in order TO get out of town
having hurried from the scene of the
the murder in fear. and sought out his
brother in Chinatown. who procured
him the position.
He admitted having borrowed $3.50
from Chu Gain. proprietor of the Port
Arthur restaurant in Chinatown. VINO
is also held in connection with the
case incidentally he said that Leo1
and Chun had come to blows over the
girl in Chinatown some weeks ago
The police theory is that Leon killed
the girl because of her attentions TO
Chu Gain.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
CLYDE SULLIVAN,

Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of June, 1909.
LEO ]. KLEB,
Notary Publ.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23

The Bulletin has the exclusive ser
vice of the Associated Press.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Cairo, Alexander County, illinois.
Population 16.f47.
Mayor GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk. r. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer. FRANK B. ARM.
STRON.
City Attorney, HUNTER BIRD.
Comptroller. ERNEST WORKMAN
Magistrate, ANDREW WHITCAMP.
Chief of Police, M. 8. EGAN.
Alexander County, Population 27,4o7
County Clerk. JESSE Z. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN.
Sherlff, FRANK e. DAVIS.
States Attorney, ALEX M. WILSON.
County Superintendent of Schools.
PROF. s. f. GOTT.
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED n.
NELLIS.
Coroner, DIR. JAS. M'MANUS.
Board Of County Commissioner
j. j. JENNELLE, Chairman.
C. v. NEFF.
DR.. EDWIN CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23

In Cairo nearly everybody reads the
Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
DESCRl6 e ALL But
THE ACTUAL CRIME
Concluded from First Page).


the body with a blanket up TO the chin
and pulled trunk to the middle OF
| the floor Leon was emptying the
| trunk preparatory TO placing The body
| therein. A rope, with which the body
was bound, was lying on the floor at
the time, according TO Chung. Once
again he went down stairs, sale
Chung, where he remained until Leon
called him. When he entered tie
room the body was not visible. having
been bound with the rope and placed
in the trunk
At this point of the story the China
man was asked savagely if he had
not assisted in putting the body IN
the trunk. Chung startled perceptibly
but said he had no hand in it.
"Rled to Death"
II did not see her no more, said
Chung, And when | asked Leon how
she died he said she had bitten her
tongue and BLEED to ceath.'
Leon told him, Chung added, that
he was going to send the trunk to
Jersey City. thence to Europe. As al
matter of fact it lay untouched in the
room until Sunday Leung, the pro-
prietor of the restaurant below, no
ticed an odor about the building and
summoned the police.
Until Chung's complete account Is
made public 1t will not be explained
why he saw the dead girl and the
for the removal of the
body with such apparent concern al
the time. Also, despite the repeated
interrogations. he declined TO say just
what happened in the room when the
girl was murdered He admitted hay-
ing heard a scuffle In the room dur
ing the night and told of Elsie having
arrived on the previous afternoon. thy
day when she disappeared from hef
home He insisted that she went to
the room alone.
WAS she in love with Leon, or
ieon in love with herr" was another
question. At this Chung relapsed in
to silence and then only smiled ami
shook his head. He indicated. howev-
pr. that the girl had sought out the
Chinaman.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
May Statement.

~ Iol
The above is correct statement OF
the circulation of The Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1908 and for the month of
May. 1909.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
WHITE SOX LOSE Two
Concluded from First Page).

Good Batting Wins.
Cedar Rapids June 22.-Cedar Rap
ids won by superior batting.
Score RH q
ItudE hdplbS .,........ ......'. IL =
Decatur .-...- ..,,........-.
Batteries-Engman, Hofter ana Kel-
ly: Jacobson. Boucher and Fisher
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-23
.ocaI Contractors DO Work.

Mr. Burton says his company does
not do the work, but sells the ma
terial to local contractors who put
down the pavement under the direc-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-25
lCELANDlC FORM OF PEDIGREE.
Simple But Effective Manner of Keep
ing the Record.

The inhabitants of Iceland have kept
their pedigrees in a Jealous way Num-
bers of them can trace their descent
from the Vikings who emigrated from
Norway to Iceland in the ninth cen
fury Unlike many other countries,
there have never been really any no.
bles in this island, the nation having
ever been republic in spirit. Conse-
quent upon the smallness of the popu-
lation there has been a considerable
amount of inbreeding, and all Iceland
ers seem to be cousins. There Is an
old Icelandc adage which translated
Into English reads: Cousins are worst
to cousins" The most curious clrcum-
stance in this connection is that there
are scarcely any surnames, as known
on the American continent. AS dis
tinctive mark an Icelander places his
fathers Christian name after his own
Christian name, adding to the former
sson." which signifies the son Of"
and this is continued from generation
to generation. An Icelandc pedigree
reads as follows: Thorsten AS
gjersson, Sigurd Thorsteinsson, Einar
Sigurdsson Baldur Einarsson, Thor
stein Baldursson, Hafstein Thor
steinsson, and so on
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-25
Notes From ValderS.

Mr. Eli Larson, who took the agrlcul
tural course III Madison, is now visiting
relatives and friends around here.
The spelling contest for the town of
Liberty will be held April 2nd at it.
Dist. No 3.
A very large crowd attended the
school entertainment which was held at
Valders Friday night. Both pupils and
teacher are to be congratulated on the
excellent program which was rendered,
Miss Aletta Gearldson and Miss Gena
Larson are visiting at John Torrison's.
School is closed in Dist. No. 3 on &C.
count of the illness of the teacher, Miss
Kathryn Laughlin We all hope for her
speedy recovery,
Mr. Berge attended the Farmers meet
ing which was held at Mantowoc last
Friday and Saturday.
The Carks Mills parochial school Is
closed because of the measles.
Mr.. Ole Gigstad Sr, ls seriously i'll
Spring has come Let us all watch
for the return Of the birds.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-25
TO CAN PEAS STILL FASTER,

Those who imagined that labor, waste
and time saving machinery in the pea
canning industry had been developed to
its highest possible limit in the equip.
ment that has been in use will be sur
prised to learn that the Wisconsin com
pany will this season receive a train
load of sixty threshing machines, which
are said to be a vast Improvement over
the ordinary viners. The peas will be
picked, shelled, cleaned aed oIted auto
matically with more CELEBRITY and better
results than with even the most improv-
ed machinery in use heretofore. With
an increase of acreage and modern
methods Manitowoc bids fair to main.
tain its supremacy in the pea paking in
dustry.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-25
HUCCER ESCAPES FROM CUSTODY

The young man arrested for playing
the part of Jack the Hugger in this
city last week made a sudden and
silent escape from the county asy-
lum last Friday evening. He had been
sent to the asylum for confinement pen.
ding an examination as to his mental
condition and managed to make his es.
cape from there through ventilating
hue. Later he was reported as having
been seen at the calumet yards, but
when officers arrived there to take charge
of him he could not be found 1t is be
lieved that he got away on an out going
freight train.
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Notes From Maribel.

Mr. Jno Shimonek Of Denmark. has
purchased the saloon property of Jno.
Chadek at Rosecrans. Consideration
81, 500.
Mr. f. Touhey and his crew of men
finished the job of loading timber for
the Two Rivers Wooden Ware Co.
Miss Mabel Reedy from this burg
was Green Bay visitor last week
Mr.. jos Froeich, has purchased the
farm Of Wm. Warm, at Stark. Frank
Warm, who has been engaged in work
ing the farm the past year will now take
up his residence in Maribe!.
A number of people from here attend
ed card party at Henry kame's last
Wednesday evening. They reported a
highly enjoyable time.
Emil petska of Rosecrans, has pur,
chased the wagon shop, and residence Of
Anton Krall Consideration, $500.
Messrs. Martin Kvitek and Emil
pohnal spent few days at Oconto, last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Skaravido OF Francis
Greek were Maribel visitors, Sunday,
Louis Leyruhagen, the Stark pedago.
que, smiled ON his Maribel friends, Sun.
day.
Messrs Vim Buth and Henry Yanke
visited at Merrill, Wis last week,
The funeral Of the six.year old son of
Rudolph Busse, who was killed by be.
ing caught in the tumbling rod of a feed
cutter took place at the Methodist Gem
etery last Saturday,
A spelling contest will be held at
Petska hall, Rosecrana, April Is. The
contestants, will be the advanced pupils
Of the Rosecrans aud Stark schools
Dan Noonan, has been travelling
through some Of the northern towns of
Wis the past month, in the interests Of
the Maribel Mineral Springs Go.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-25
MUST PAY OR GO TO JAIL,

John Rehrauer resident of the City
of Two Rivers must either pay his wife
alimony in accordance with the orders
of the Court, or he will be sent to the
county jail to servea term for contempt.
This was the nltimatum issued to him
when he was brought before the Circuit
Court here on Monday charged with
failure to obey its orders In the matter
of payments for the support of his wife.
Rehrauer and his wife were married at
Sheboygan IN 1858, and she secured a
divorce from him in 1905. In the de-
cree he was ordered to pay her alimony
in the sum of $50 per month for the sup
port of herself and their children. For
his failure to comply with this order he
was hailed before the court, but the
matter was adjourned until the first
Tuesday in May in order to give him an
other chance to make the payments
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-25
ROAD TO Be BUILT.

The town boards of the towns of Meme
and Centerville have decided TO build a
road on the section line between the
towns which was applied for by Charles
Noss and Others last fall and which was
at that time refused by the towns. Noss
appealed from the decision of the town
boards and board of commissioners ap.
pointed by the county Judge after view
ing the premises decided that the road
was necessary. The towns still persisted
in their refusal to construct the highway
and amandamus proceeding was brought
to compel them to proceed with the
work without delay. Their action in
going ahead with the matter now avoids
the necessity for further court proceed
ings.
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Notes From CenteryilIe.

Don't forget the spelling and adding
contest which will take place at Liberty
hall on Friday evening. All interested
IN the contest should not fail to attend
The Misses Lucy and EIeanora Schult.
te, Miss Hoffman, and Peter Schultz
spent Sunday with the Lonsdorf family
in Newton.
Quite number Of people of this Vi.
cinity attended the Agricultural meet
ing held at Manitowoc on Friday and
Saturday last. All pronounced tbs
meeting very interesting and instructive
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Sachse Of the NJ
NJ. G. at Milwaukee have arrived her,
TO spend several weeks with Mr.. Sachse'
parents
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THE ONE YEARS DEAD LINE.

According to the ruling of the post
master general which took effect April
l, 1908, weekly paper is no longer mail
able at the second class rate to a sub
scriber one year or more in arrears.
The PILOT desires to comply with the
law and asks the co. operation of its sub.
scribers. To insure the future delivery
of the paper to your address, see that
your subscription does not run oyer the
cad line. Look at the date after your
name on the margin of the paper, or on
the wrapper if your paper is being sent
IN single wrapper. If it reads 1April0S,
that means that your subscription is
paid up to April /, 1908, and that you
must pay before April /, 1909, or your
subscription will lapse over the dead
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