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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
WOMEN OF CAIRO DEFENDED.

Editor of The Bulletin.
In reading the editorials AMI com
ments of the outside press, We find
many reasonable suggestion as to the
cause of our recent outbreak and
many wholesome ideas offered for re-
form. The Peoria CID editor was
right when he said that any jury that
will set such murderers free is just
as guilty as the mob.
The Jackson tfenn) editor is also
striking at the root or the matter
when he said "Condltons in Cairo,
are simply the logical result of the
encouragement given to the liquor
trade. the number of low saloons and
their unlimited license allowed in
such matters, which has begotten a
contempt for the law.
But the Chicago editor who so
readily and openly condemned our
citizens and especially Cairo women"
and who so unjustly accused the
women of assisting the mob and the
negro of being victim of race preju-
lice, might have offered a few words
of protest against the injustice of
our trials by jury in times past, had
he posted himself in such matters as
thoroughly as he thinks he has in
regard to the recent fynching.
Perhaps he was like Gov. Deneen,
mot reading the papers at the
proper time. If he had read the case
where mother was shot and killed
by a man who had enticed her II.
year-old daughter to her ruin, while
trying to rescue the girl from him
and that within the past year! and
had he read how our lawyers resorted
to every means within human power
to save that young man from justice,
he might see us in a different light
That young man today walks the
streets of Cairo-upneld and en-
couraged by the lawt?) to lead other
innocent girls to their eternal ruin
The other victim of the mob--Salz-
ner had been languishing in our Jail
for the past three months, with no
probability of trial FOR some time
TO come And experience teaches us
that he would probably have been
freed to go forth and commit the
same dastardly crlme upon some
other defenseless woman.
And what was that crime? Sneak.
ing in in the night time to chop to
death with Ratchet the woman he
had promised to love, honor and pro-
tect. The woman to whom he had
not given the treatment one would
give to pet dog, ana she was the
mother Of his children.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18

crat. Copied by The Cairo Bulletin
Dear Sir:-Your article seen in
above paper this a. m This letter
of thanks comes to you from q girl
friend of Miss Anna Pelly. There
have been so many articles, but yours
has told the officials of the city of
Cairo there Is one man who Is not
afraid to voice his beliefs in plain,
good everyday English, as well as
same has reached every true heart.
Accept my thanks for the rub
you have given the corrupt officials
and politicians, for they are the insti-
cation of it all Had they been true
to their oaths of office, this would
never have happened. Join heart
and hand with you in saying "Hurrah
for Cairo" and Three cheers for the
so-called mob" | shake hands with
You by wireless and remember you
as a good friend to true woman.
kind
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
MOUND CITY.
November II.

The Pulaski Enterprise office is
receiving number of improvements
throughout the interior A large mum.
Der Of Tungsten lamps serve to make
il very brilliant and among the
changes will be fresh coat of paint.
w. S. Love has taken charge of
the opera house and will operate a
moying-picture show every night.
Mis-. C. E. Richey is on the sick
list at her home on First and Poplar
streets
H. H. Teeter of Carbonate trans
acted business here Tusday.
Mrs. George Woods of Mounds was
in town Tuesday on business.
P. Nigren of Hannibal arrived We'd
nesday to visit relatives here few
days. Mrs. Nigren has been the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Jennie
Montgomery, on Main street for the
past two weeks
]. R. Harris made business trip
to Mounds Tuesday evening.
Mayion Bankson spent Tuesday
evening in Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
OPINIONS OF THE EDITORS
ON CAIRO AND ITS TROUBLE

head jurors" turn men loose, it is
because the officers of the law per-
NIT these two classes to have an in
fiuence in the community which their
following cannot command for them
|if resistance is made
ln no town Or city of the United
States is the lawless element in the
majority. The lawless at times may
control, but IL they do, it is because
|of the Indifference of those who OBJ
serve the law, and this Indifference is
manifested by the character of men
they elect to enforce the law.
If there are bad judges and bad
Jurors in Cairo, it is the fault of the
'law-abiding people of Cairo them
selves.
If the law is not enforced in Mem.
Hphis as it should be, the fault is in
the law-abiding people, and in the
character of the public servants.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
GRAND CHAIN.

Mrs. Sarah Marguerite GalbIaith was
born at Springfield, Ohio, January 25
1882, died at Grand Chain Nov. IL,
1909, aged n years, 10 months and
II days. She was buried at Villa
Ridge on Nov, IA. Funeral services
were conducted by Rev. Monroe Of
Mound City. She was member OF
the Congregational church She
leaves a step son, Mr. Edward Moore
of Cairo. two sisters, Mrs. A. c. Bar.
tleson of Grand Chain and Mrs. Pau
lima Miller Of Villa Ridge and a host
Of friends and other relatives to
mourn her departure.
Mrs. N. V. Lewis of Cairo was here
Tuesday on business.
Mr.. Willis Gatlin of Vienna was
here Saturday for a few hours with
relatives.
Miss Lou Fields went to Cairo Mon
day to see DR.. Dunn. t
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
CRIME AND LAW IN CAIRO
I I DISCUSSED BY THE PEOPLE

Within short space of time mum.
Der of our prominent young ladies
have been knock dow IN our streets
by Just such villains ald only es.
capped the fate of poor Anna soelly by
the timely arrival OF some private
citizen who happened to hear their
cries for help.
Truly the women of Cairo do weep
for shame" to think that our daugh.
tiers are not murdered, perehance but
must be polluted by breathing the
same air with defilel creatures.
Yea! we bow our heads in shame
in acknowledging that few of our
prominent citizens own and rent
"shacks" to be used as such foul dens
OF vice as the one to which Anna
Pelly was taken. And ii they don't
know for what purpose they are used
they are grossly at fart; for not know
ing.
We bow with shame when we re,
fleet that one policeman not afraid to
do his duty was stabbed to death by
parties emerging from one of our
dens OF vice that the mayor and
chief of police want in this wide
open town and those parties were
pronounced suiltless in the eyes of
the law.
We agree with the Chicago editor
and Gov lpeneen. "Our fair state is
disgraced-our nation is disgraced
and high heaven has been insuted'-
not by the men who melted out jus.
tice that could be obtained in no
other way to those two worsethan-
| nurderers, but because our laws are
so framed that slight technicalities,
bribed iuries and so many other
things can keep the vilest criminals
from justice-beeause speedy trials
and qrick retribution are not com
pulsory, because our political system
Is so corrupt that an honorable man.
honorably elected is well nigh an i'm.
possibility; and because criminal AMI
corporation lawyers are permitted to
Use unlawful means to insult the ma
lesty OF the law and deride justice.
Cairo women, we do weep And
may our tears not be shed in vain!
Let us begin now and with gentle
dignity WELD every influence that will
tend to elevate the morals of Cairo
and try to create public conscience
by eliminating the minor evils III our
midst which slowly but surely lead to
greater evil and may II be said that
through the influence of Cairo women
such scenes as have been witnessed
IN our city the past week may never
again be known and true womanhool
oe respected in its highest and purest
sense.
A CAIRO WOMAN.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
CAIRO I'M THE LlMELiGHT.
(Memphis Commercial-Appeal).
Cairo, Ill.,, Nov. IS, 1909

CAIRO, Ill.,, Nov. 10, 1909
You say that the law would have
quickly killed him yes that is the
trouble today, your paper say that the
law will fix them. how many has the
law fixed in Memphis in the past five
or six year. you have lot of dirty
politicians and whiskey head Jurors
to free them as fast as they are arrest
ed, same as Cairo there has been muir.
der after murder commtte here and
the law has not convicted them, it's a
dam pity a poor working girl can not
walk on the streets without being
outraged by dirty brute of a niger,
its all right for you to set in your of
flee and tell what the law will do in
the future the people will do the kill.
ing themselves, people who live in
glass houses should not throw cobbla
stones, how many crimes have been
committed in your city and state, I
notice your city has a million dollar
court house, what are you going to
do with it try and convict muldres
like you have been doing for the past
) years in that shanty boat corner Of
Poplar & Main st,
Yours truly,
Edward Toone,
Cairo, ILL.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18

aud made me feel like new person,
And 1t shall always have my praise. :"
Mrs W. P. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue. Camden, N. j.
Gardiner, Me. = 81 was a great suf-
ferer from female disease. The doc
tor said | would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me in three months. -
MRS. 8. A. WILLIAMS, r. +. ID. No. IA,
Boz 80, Gardiner Me.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases Of female ills, such as in
fammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, Indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
vous prostration. 1t costs but trihe
to try 1t, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18

While Mr.. Tones letter Is crude,
yet it raises several points worth dis.
cussing.
HIS letter Is tn quoque answer.
We admit to Mr.. Toone that we do
live in glass house, but glass houses
are all over this country.
The outbreak at Cairo might have
occurred in Louisville, in Nashville.
Memphis or Little Rock. Years ago
there was lynching in Memphis, and
twenty years ago the streets of Gu
clnnati for several days were in the
possession of mobs. But the CONNER.
clal Appeal has not been silent in
commenting on lawlessness, no mat.
ter whether it was in Cairo or Mem.
phis.
We have some reason to believe
that our efforts towards bringing peo-
pie to a realization of the enormitv
of outbreaks like that in CAIRO have
been, in measure, successful.
Mr., Toone roughly makes some ex.
ceilent points. He says the blame for
the riot at Cairo on the officials of
the law, and states that in that city
crime has not been punished because
of the dirty politicians, and whisky
mead jurors, who free criminals as
fast as they are arrested"
He states that at Cairo murder az
ter murder had been committed, ami
the law has not convicted the muir
derers. He is so earnest in his dec.
laration that he fortifies his state
ment with few oaths.
II dirty politicians and whisky
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
Forced into Exile.

VIM. Upchurch of Glen Oak, Okla.
was an exile from home. Mountain air
he thought, would cure frightfu
lung racking cough that had defed al
remedies for to years. After six
months he returned, death DIGGING
his steps. Then began to use Dr.
Kings New Discovery" he writes
land after taking six bottles | am as
well as ever 1t saves thousands
yearly from desperate lung diseases
Infallible for Coughs and Colds, il
dispels Hoarseness and Sore Throat
Cures Grip. Bronchitis, Hemorrhages
Asthma. Group. Whooping Cough. soc
and sl00, guaranteed by all druggists.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
Saturdays Play.

This seasons comedy success is H.
II. Whittakers production of "A
Country Kid" when will appear at
the opera house matinee and night,
Saturday. Nov. 20. This play is max
ing hit both artistieally and finan.
cially. The company that appears
here is the original production. The
cast includes only we'll known players
SO first class production is assured.
Prices. matinee 10 and 25c night %,
SO and &c M
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
Minstrels Sunday.

A minstrel show no longer" say
some OF the old timers referring to
the Al G Fields Greater Ministries,
which will appear at the opera house
Sunday, Nov 21st Possibly not a
minstrel show of the bone rafting,
clong dancing variety, but certainly
an attraction of the twentieth century
kind. Prices 25c to 81,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
Gay Morning Giories.

Variety is the spice of life. change
now and then is relished by the best
OF men. The amusement seeking
patrons of the Cairo opera house will
have an opportunity on next Wednes-
day, Nov. oath. of seeing an attrac-
tion that really is a change from any
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
F, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIs?'

Does your head ache or simply feel heavy and un-
comfortable? Does your back ache2 Does your
side ache? Do you feel tagged out The tonic
laxative herb tea known as Lanes Family Medicine
will clear your head, remove the pain in side or
back and restore your strength. Nothing else is 80
good for the stomach and bowels. AT druggists
and dealers, csc.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
GUSHING UNION MEN.

Deadwood. S. D., Nov. 1.-THE
Homestake Mining Company notified
its $500 men today that after Jan.
| only non-union men would be EN-
ployed, but the present scale will be
maintained. The miners called q
mass meeting to be held at Lead to
morrow night.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18

this valuable medi-
cine, Lydia Z. Pink
hams We &c Ia BILE
Compound. i suf-
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and SO
weak Ieould hardly
5 tand. Lydia L.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound re-
stored me to health
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18

NEWS FROM OUR NEIeHBoRs !


Remember the play In Search of a
Servant" to be given at the opera
house Wednesday evening Nov. Gath
This play will be staged by the Wom-
ans Club and deserves a splendid pat
ronage. Prepare to attend.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
"A TRIP TO AFRICA
With "Black PATTI at Cairo Oper;
House Tonieht-comedy Satur-
day--Minstrels Sunday.

"A Trip to Africa which the orig
ina. BLACK Patti" snow is appearing
will come to the opera house tonight
with the entire production in thre,l
acts written by tie only Jolly" John
l.arkins, with al its original music
scenic and other effects carrying a
company of forty.three people. Prices
$3.50 and 15c.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
MORE
PINKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, Nj at is with pleasure
that I add my testimonial to your
already long list hoping that it may
induce others to avail themselves Of
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
APPREclATIVE cAIRoIrgs,
(Belleville News.Democratl

tBelleVlIe NeWs-Democrat)
From large number of letters
which have reached our office since
the Cairo incident in appreciation of
our editorial comment on the start
ling occurrence, headed Cairo Re.
deems Herself, we print the follow
ing as fair specimens: They are all
written in the same spirit and all are
commendatory and filled with praise.
Coming from distant strangers, to
whom our name is not even known
and who have never seen a News
Democrat, or heard of us, they are
doubly weighty and therefore repro
duced here:
YESTERDAY ABSTRACT co.
Cairo, H., Nov. Is, 1909.
Editir News-Democrat, Belleville, Ill.,:
Dear Sir:-Your editorial repro.
duced in the Cairo Bulletin of this
morning. has received much favorable
comment, as it well deserves.
The wonder is, how could you size
up" the situation in Cairo so well at
long range. The people, as you say
are not all bad, and we contend and
believe we have some as good people
in Cairo as those of any city in the
world even if there are many cases
of political 'astigmatism", which has
the peculiar effect OF making the vic
tim see only spoils and IS.
We have apparently sown to the
wind and have just harvested an
abundant crop of whirlwind, but are
now preparing for rotation of crops,
and will SOW something that promises
better returns.
Thanking you for what you did for
us, | am,
Very respectfully,
M. YESTERDAY.
From Lady.
Cairo, ILL.,, Nov. Is, 1909
To the Writer of the Article Publish
ed in the Belleville NewSDemo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18

thing ever seen here before. Prices
Is, 50 and 75c.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-18
From a Lady.

From a Lady.
Cairo, ILL.,, Nov. Is, 1909.
To the Writer of the Article Publish
ed in the Belleville News-Demo
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-07
TELLS HOW LONG
COAL WILL LAST
Hurry in Your Winters Supply
Only Enough for 1869
Years More.

Washington, Oct. 4-TIousehoders who
have not yet laid In their winter coal had
better hurry. There are only 1904. s34111,-
ono tons yet remaining IN the United
States, according to n report nv f. W..
Parker of the United States geological
survey.
Mr.. Parker's report Ia likely to prove a
"facer" for the conservationists. who
have declared that the anthracite In this
country would he exhausted IN ffty
years and the hituminous In century.
Mr.. Parker states that the total produce
ton In 1908 was 415. $4,000 tons. which
would seem to Indicate that at the
present rate Of consumption the last
cinder would drop into the ashbox some
1859 years hence, or along about the
year 9?95 n the coal is not all gone rs.
that time Mr.. Parker will be glad 10
explain the reason to any one who calls
Here Is what he says:
1.-THE revised estimates place the total
original coal supply of the United States
at 3.o7s col HO, ono short tons, Of which
| a22 90 no, ro short tons arc considered tc
be easily accessible with difficulty. Clas-
sifed by the character Of the coal, the
original supply consisted Of q. 0oo M OK
snort tons or anthracite. .fSI ,457 WN."F
tons NJ bituminous coal, go 157. mo. c0o ton,
~ suh-htuminous coal aud 743. 5a0 on0 90
tons Of Ignite
THE total production of coal IN thu
United States at the close OF 1908 wa.
72so $40, 2s5 short tons. which. including Thu
waste involved In the mining and prepare
ton. represented an exhaustion OF 1870
o49.eoo tons leaving as the apparent sup
ply still available 1904 334. oil .oo0 tons. o.
aas per cent of the original supply
that Is to say. up to the beginning Of 100
only four-tenths Of ono per cent. OF tn
original supply Of coal has been ex
hausted The quantity Of coal still avail
able at the close OF 1903 was 1909 times
the production In that year and 4al
times the exhaustion represented by tina
production"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-07
WRIGHT LAST
PUBLIC FLIGHT.
Hereafter Will Devote Entire At.
tention to Marketing and
Perfecting the Airship.

New York, oct. 5.-t'nloss somo chanys
of heart shall alter the decision announced
to-day by Wilbur Wright. the spectacular
flight made here over this harbor and
river yesterday by tho daring DAYTON
aviator is the las he or his brother.
Orrillo, propose to make in public
"Hereafter.' said Wright, eve shall
devote all our efforts 10 the commercial
exploitation of our machines and onlr Az
as matter Of experiment To tost thu
value Of whatever changes we decide 10
make in their construction
Mr.. Wright added that neither he nor
his brother wished to he looked ,.non a
showmen and that ali offers to nv for
exhibition purposes would be rejected Nv
them. Wright did not know exactly what
method he and his brother will adont In
putting aeronlanes on the American
market but thought likely that a stock
company would be formed Of which ia
and his brother would retain majority
control
LEAVES FOR OFFlCERs' SCHOOL.
Wright left FOR Washington -o-,f,,,,
to continue the instruction ~ arro, a.
fcers In the art of aoroulqn,u- rTe ry.
poets to spend two or tIIro weeks ir
teaching Lieutonants Tarm and fau1ois
and other officers the u anavonlort or III,
machines. After that he will IN ~ nav-
I ton and arrange for the mauufa tura of
his aeropanes on ar extensive scale.
I'VE have received many orders"
he said. but have fixed no tim, for
| delivery rs vet"
Amplfyinz his interview ~ today.
| he said:
eve are making serious study 4
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-07
HOW HUDSON ENTERED THE
RIVER.

Mr.. Thomas a, Janier. In his timely
little book Henry Hudson Just pub
hshod by the Harpers. quotes from the
log OF Hudson's Half Moon the parts that
tell Of that good little ships approach To
Sandy Hook, and Of her passage into the
Lower Bay The log contains references
quaint enough in the retrospect Of three
hundred years.
Then the sumo arose, and we steered
north again and saw the land Uhe low
region about Sandy Hook all like
broken islands. From the land which
we had first sight OF. until we came to y
great lake of water Uhe Lower Ray) as
we co"id Judge II to be. being drowned
land which made It to rise l,ko islands
wn'cn was IN lensth ten leagues. The
mouth OF that land hath many shoalds
ana 'ne sea breaketh on them as It 's
v'' ou' :" 'he mouth OF 1t. Far to
'ne ho'tN""rd or us we saw high hills
tStaten Island and the Highlands)
pleasant land to see. The third morn
ing mystic until ten Of the clocke. Then
1t cieered' so we weighed and stood >c
the northward. The land Ia very pleas.
ant and high and bold to fall withal. A,
three of the clocke in the after noone
we came to three great rivers Uhe Ror,.
tan. Arthur XIII. and the .Narrows)
We found 1t the Narrows) to have II
very shoald barre before II. for we had
hut ten foot water. Then we cast ahou,
to the southwark. and had five and six
fathoms, and anchored, . so we weigh.
O. and went in. and rode in five fathoms
oze ground, and saw many salmons. and
mullets. and raves. very great"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-07
THE COMING ENUMERATION
Census Director Durnnd's Decision
COnce ruimg the Census of Poultry.

Washington d. c., Oct. 4, 1904 spec
ial effort Is being made by United states
Census Director Durand to secure list
Of the poultry keepers In the cities ana
villages Of the United States with n view
toward taking In 1910 more complete
and accurate census of the poultry and
egg industry than has been possb Bile at
any previous decennial United States
census.
It Is stated by Chief Statistician I.e-
Grand Powers of the census division Of
agriculture, who is In charge OF the In
curry that tho list will comprise only
those city and village poultry farms
whose annual output exceeds 500 in val
ne each.
The appeal for names and addresses is
made to ali persons, firms, poultry peri
odicals and organizatio Interested in
the industry, and it is suggested that
the names and addresses should be sent
direct to the census bureau.
In an official letter about TO be sent
to tho poultry trade Director Durand
states that the statistics Of poultry and
eggs secured by the census of 1900 we're
incomplete because fowls under three
months of age were excluded from the
reports of poultry on hand June l. 1900,
in this way eliminating practically all
of the young birds hatched that year.
This caused the statistics to show a
smaller number of fowls on hand in 1900
than in 1890, condition which Is be-
lieyed to be quite at variance with the
real facts. 1t Ia also pointed out by the
director that Mt the last census, a con-
siderable proportion of the poultry es-
adjustments in cities and villages, were
omitted entirely by the enumerators.
many of whom did not consider them
farms" although the census rules de-
clared all such establishments to be
farms" for census purposes, provided
they had an output of not less than 500
per annum or required the major part
OF one PERSONS time.
1t Is announced by the director that
the census to be taken April 18th next,
will ask for the number of fowls on
hand at that AsaA dividing than Into