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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12

from Canada only about per cent
as much lumber as we are cuttinr
from our own forests. he said, and
estimates that under free lumber IL
Is not likely that this importation
would 60 above five per cent Of what
we would cut at home
Pinchot is of the opinion that if
the duty were removed there would
BE- little. If any. benefit to the ulti.
mate consumer in the United States.
The waste in logging. according to
Pinchot, is already enormous. being
several times larger than cur i'm.
portations from Canada.
81 do not believe. he said chat
an increase in the use of Canadian
wood under free lumber would he
equal to the increase in the waste"
However. he favors free pulp wood.
PinchOt place the first duty for
conserving the forests upon lumber.
men themselves. declaring that "by
asking for a retention of the tariff III
order to protect the forests, the lum.
bermen have in substance entered an
agreement with the people of the
United States to perpetuate their
forests by wise use
He declared that If the lumbermen
do not make the most of this oppor
tunity legislation is coming, anil
coming very soon. which will force
them to do clean work in the wood
and to leave their cut over lands in
condition to produce a second crcp.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
REFUSES TO TELL lNQUlRERS
WHO He IS-MAY BE MAN
BELIEVED MURDERED.
POLICE WILL VISIT HIM
Officers of Decatur, Ala, Will En-
deavor to Ascertain If he is The
Lost Man Charged With
Killing Family.

Decatur, Ala. March lion a lone
cral miles below Decatur there lives
strange and mysterious white man
with a negro family according to
stories told by Tennessee river steam
boat men. When this man arrived on
the island, how he came thre and
where he came from are questions of
a mysterious nature that no one has
been able to answer The white man
himself will not answer them or tel.
what his name is. 1t is believed
however, that he reached the island
appear to be crazy, but is strange
and mysterious in his action, so much
so that the white people would have
nothing to do with him and the no
gro family, through fympathy, took
him in and gave him bed and board.
The man, it is said has a growth of
beard several weeks old on his face
BY some this man is thought to be
Tom Edmondson, who is supposed to
have been murdered and his body
cremated with other members of his
family at Woodlawn Mills, this coun-
ty, on November 25, 1908. Those who
have seen this man and who have
read descriptions of Tom Edmondson
say the descriptions of the man are
one and the same.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
WANT CANAL BUILT.

st. Paul. Mimi. March IA resc-
luton urging congress TO take i'm
mediate action toward the constrrc.
tion of canal between Lake Su-
perior and the Mississippi river
ton states that BY canal of fifty
miles the Mississippi river could be
connected with the lakes. and this
territory get the benefit of lake ship
ping.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
BROKE CONTRACT LAW
District Attorney Sims Brings Suit
Against Lithogrsphing Com
pany in Chicaro.

Chicago. March li.-Acting under
he advise and upon the evidence
worked up by the United States
bureau Of immigration, District At
toiney Sims today started a suit
against the Meyercord Lithographing
company to collect a penalty of sll.-
0aQ for the alleged violation of the
alien contract labor law. The srft
is based on the importation of eleven
men from Toronto. Canada. more
taan a wear ago. There is penalty
of $1,000 for each man imported.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
FRENCH COLUMN SUFFERS.

Bordeaux, March II Passengers
who have arrived here from Senegal,
the French colonial dependency in
Western Africa, report that Colonel
Gourard's column recently suffered II
severe defeat in that district, after
several sharp engagements in which
they lost heavily. The Moors captur
ed several machine guns from the
French and a large amount off specie
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
OIL CASES ABANDONED
Government May Push Only Two OF
the Several Remainins-Penal
ties May Reach 100000.

Chicago. March 1l--All criminal
prosecutions of the Standard Oil com
pany of Indiana pending in the north
ern district of Illinois. with the excep-
ton of two cases. have been aban
doned by the government as a result
of Julge Anderson's decision. it was
announced today
Two cases which may still be
pnshed are those involving oil ship
ments from Whiting. Indiana. to
Evansville. Ind. over the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois railroad via
Dolton Junction. Illinois. The most
the government could hope for In
these cases is fine Of s1.0O0,00o.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
MEASURE PREPARED BY ILL
NolS ANTESALooN LEAGUE
+
OFFERED IN SENATE.
REINFORCEMENT BILL
Reported Out of House judicial Com.
mittee-Goes Over Till Next
Wednesday - 43rd Ballot
Taken for Senator.

Special to the Bulletin:
Springfield, H., March 11.--County
local option is now before the legisla
ture and will be one of the big ques
tions which that body will have to
deal with this session. county local
option bill prepared by the Illinois
az i-saloon league was introduced IN
| the senate today by Senator Pember
ton and was referred to the commit
tee on license and miscellany, OF
which Senator Ettleson of Cook
county is chairman.
The bill provides that the question
of voting an entire county wet or
dry" shall be submitted to the vo-
ters on petition being signed by
one fourth of the total number OF
voters in the county at the last eleC
ton. Section 8 provides that all ter
ritory within any county which has
become antisaloon territory shall
continue so notwithstanding any
change which may be made in the
limits of the county until the legal
lvoters thereof have voted to discun-
tinue such antlsaloon territory. The
question cannot be re-submitted until
the lapse of three and one-haIf years
Ballot on Senator.
The forty-third ballot for United
States Senator takcn today resulted
as follows:
Hopkins rs, Foss II, Mason 4. Shor.
man ., Lowdcn 2, Congressman Me.
Kinley |, Sburtlcff IS, Robert NJ. 81
mon Chicago 2. Stringer 4, M. l.. Me
Kinley Chicago, l6, Arthur E. Evans
Chicago, IL, Representative Charles
f. Bolin /, Representative George AL.
schuler /, John J. Sullivan. Chicago,
II, Representative Jacob Groves /. T..
J. MeShane Chicago [.
Joint Session Adjourned.
The joint session was adjourned TIL
next Wednesday as next Tuesday Is
registration day for the spring elec.
tions and also the judicial election,
Tho house committee on judicial
apportionment today reported out the
senate bill No. l76. with no recommen-
dation. Browne, the Democratic mi
nority leader, moved to lay the report
on the table, but his motion was los
by a vote Of 80 ayes to So nays.
a number of amendments were then
offered and the bill went over until
next Wednesday morning.
The two factions of the Democratic
party in the house had a war of words
Browne denouncing tho action Of
eight of the thirty members of the
house judiciary committee early his
morning without giving notice to
the other members, and then report
ing out the bill
II is not likely that the bill will pass
in time to be effective for the elec
ton of Judge in the new districts
this year.
The senate bill No. 176 makes the
second judicial circuit consist of the
counties of Alexander. Pulaski. Union
Williamson and Franklin. the coun
ties of Massac. Pope, Johnson and Sa
line being placed in the FIRST circuit
and Jackson in the third circuit.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
CONGRESSMAN HENRY WANTS
TO OFFER FIRST BILL

Washington, March 11.-Represen-
tatiye Henry. of Texas, today asked
the permission of Speaker Cannon to
introduce the first measure i'm the six
tyfirst congress, the joint resolution
proposing to amend he constitution
of the United States so as to change
the date of Inauguration from March
to April 50.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
NEW AiRsHlP PERFECT.

Dayton. Ohio, March 1I.-W, J.
Richardson. the inventor today mads
a test of his new fiyirg machine.
Starting from the ground without AZ
tificial aid and raising to a height ct
over SEQ feet he remained in The air
thirty-eight minutes. Richardson
claims he could have remained In the
air for twentyfour hours.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
cooPERs ELECT OFFICERS.

St Louis, Mo. March 1.-THE con-
vention of the National Coopers' As
sociation TO-DAY elected W Palmer
Clarkson of st. Louis. president; W.
F Wolfner of Peoria, H.. vice pres
ident: F. ]. Benner of st. Louis, sec
retary treasurer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
COM MISSIONER FIRED.

Des Moincs, March 11.-Governor
Carroll today demanded and received
tho resignation Of state pharmacy
Commissioner Goss of Atlantic. This
was an incident in the controversy
over fees and per diem as to the al.
legged habit of commissioners to claim
per diem for every day In the year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
No Trace of Edmondson.

SO far as Tom Edmondson is con
cerned no trace of him has ever cen
found. dead or alive. In the ruins Of
his home the charred remains of Tom
Edmondson's little girl and little boy
were found and the partial remains
of two other bodies, which could not
be identified The family consisted
of Tom Edmondson, his wife. his
mother and two children. This leaves
one person of the Elmondson family
missing that no trace of whatever
has been found. Can the missing one
be Tom Edmondson? Is it possible
that the strange man on the island is
Tom Edmondson?
According to witnesses who testi-
fed in the trial of Bob Clements a
few days ago, Tom Edmondson was
a simple-minded man, but was COOL
farmer and able to look after the
matters pertaining to his farm.
The strange white man on the list
and below here will be called dupon
by officers of this county, for the pur
pose of seeing whether or not he is
Tom Edmondson.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
Bob Clements Convicted.

1t will be remembered that a few
days ago Bob Clements was tried and
convicted for the murder of Nettie
Edmonson, the daughter of Tom Ed
mondson, and it will also be remem-
bered that there are other warrants
against Clements for the murder Of
other members of the family. Glenn
ents was given life time sentence
in the state penitentiary, but he is
still in the county Jail in Decatur,
awaiting an appeal TO the supreme
court of the state.
Ever since the murder of the Ed
mondsons and the cremation of their
bodies in the fire that destroyed their
residence and barn, many people have
been of the opinion that Tom Ed
mondson did it himself and then es-
capped This was the verdict render
ed by coronor's jury that inyesti-
gated the case and was the opinion
of Circuit Solicitor ID. c. Almon and
many others at the time the crime
was committed, and this is still the
opinion of many people. This was the
theory of the defense set up by Bob
Clements attorneys in the trial of
his case few days ago.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12
27 INCHES OF SNOW.

Colorado Springs. Colo. March IL.
-Twenty-seven inches of snow has
fallen here since last night. marking
The heaviest precipitation in thirteen
years,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12

The Cairo Bulletin Is the only Cal
o paper with the service OF the Asso-
sfsted Press
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-12

In Cairo nearly everybody reads
he Bulletin.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-31
By Anne Story ALE

sun coming out Corcoran felt much better.
Mildred had a plan for the Office boy 1t was
inspiration: even Jack. who had thought that
nothing could possibly be done, admitted that i:
worth trying Hardened Jack was t. Mil
dreds sympathies, at least he told himself he
his eyes grew moist he listened 10 NIL
dreds scheme, full OF love and goodwill toward
the Office boy.
i'll her voice. Now must" and
And Jack agreed.
Now Corcoran had made big and
ptiful failure. Long. long ago, when he felt
young. he had started out to make home and
fortune He had got the fortune at least a
good foundation for it. but the home, with ut the
right foundation, had been swept away.
He had married girl who glad enough to
marry him. For there seemed nothing but that
work for her at the time.
OF course neither of them put it to the other
like that The girl persuaded herself that she was
very fond of Corcoran. and Corcoran dragged out
prematurely lovely ideal he had deep in his soul,
and tried his best to realize it in his hancee 1t
was difficult enough when she his fancee:
when they were married the ideal shuddered and
Corcoran had almost forgotten what he had
dreamed for the vision had crept far back into
its hiding-place Corcoran got along as best he
could; he quite got into the way of thinking that
marriage was like this with everybody make-it-
do sort OF arrangement. And If he was not happy.
genial occupation in building that good solid foun-
dation that his fortune was to stand on
Then brute OF out OF the west,
cousin to the girl Corcoran had married And
scared little soul with the strength of the love he
came to have for her. And Corcoran saw moth
ing till one day he came home suddenly. There
was an explanation in which all that was manly
In the cousin arose and took the blame from the
weak shoulders of Corcoran's wife; then another
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vague and nebulous as it was was. he could sweep
it out as if he were using his Will bro ,.n.
And then he turned again to Jack and Mildred
She listening intently while Jack told
a narrowing tale of Office boy. He had waited
to tell her till she should be where the lights and
music and good dinner might counterfeit the eff
feet of the little story. Mildred had a horrld
little habit of worrying about people: thinking
good times. she did, couldn't be well and strong
an always sure of good long nights sleep,
she was. The woman who didn't sleep had been
the cause of half nights torture when Mil
dre6s brown eyes would close and she would try
to keep them open just to see how awful it must
who came for their laundry, and Jack had caught
Mildred lmping about their apartment several
times. when the laundry girl was new to her.
Mildred not morbid. She only vivid.
herself. practical result always followed these
unnecessary observation-disclosures a bunch of the
most cheerful novels for the sleepless lady.
and car-fare- always hand for the limpng
laundress.
So Jack had reserved the ofnce-bcy story the
mood. so that the shadow he knew it would cast
might be as light and feeting as possible.
He had to tell her because the lame laundress
sister to the Office boy and he knew that
sooner or later the story would reach Mildred's
ears.
They ate slowly. and slipped little wine
untastingly and there was laughter now, not
. smile
Corcoran noticed it: that is he noticed !. IL
dreds face. He stirred uneasily and wond cd
from 4 radiant girl to a sensitive, hurt woman.
Corcoran laid down his cigarette and ate his salad
feeling very depressed When his fruit and coffee
came. turning his head little. he that the
red lips were curvfng into q smile. tender win
ming si1a: tAare was hope and gladness in it; the
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barrassed apology. did not lessen his inner exules
alton
What it was all about he would have to deter
mine later. But his heart beat hard and his
he pulled his gloves.
Jack met him at the door.
My sister says she made pretty bad mis-
take just now"
Corcoran answered quite n any other mas
"A good many women" he said '-and men too,
for that matter. turn faint the sight blood"
And then he looked at Mildred deeply. straight
in the eyes. but neither Jack nor Mildred could
find fault with the look
Then Mildred said. to turn her mind from Won
dering at his look. I'm glad you didn't pinch
And they all laughed easily and went down the
steps.
Jack and Mildred went one way and Corooraa
another.
-. I'm glad you selected gentleman" 'a'a
"Of course. I thought it ron. Jack said
Mildred for the sixth time Then she sighed.
Brothers. dear and sweet they were. just
repentance of her thought she held his arm moro
tightly
He did have nice eyes," she said demurely.
And Jack gave her little shake. and his good
humor returned.
Corcoran strobe up the avenue Youth kept
pace with him. His step sprfnGy. his eyes
alght- There was something in the world fof him.
somewhere, somebody. His ideal crept out Of her
hiding-place and summed herself In the warmth OF
his fmaginings.
ct may be she." cried Youth TO Corcoran
Nonsense" began Corcoran: then he stopped.
"It would be absurd to suppose" he began
again.
..Nonsense:" rejoined Youth. Loves ssvsr al
surd."
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talk il which the woman sobbed. and Corcoran
quite cold and felt nothing.
After all the legal steps had been taken, after
her life had been cut from his and joined to the
other mans Corcoran drew long breath, took
bachelor apartments a free man, and started
in to increase his bank account and hold
ings.
But some way somewhere in il ALL he had
begun to feel very old and had gone on feeling
his youth slept deep and quietly that he
quite forgot that it still with him, and he did
not recognize its STRINGS he watched Jack and
Mildred. rather he fixed his Mil
dred's earnest unconscious face, and was glad
from his heart that she smiled again.
They all got up to go at the same time. He
followed them to the courtroom window. Mil
dred stood aside while Jack asked for her coat
1t swift. the whole happening. that II
took till some time afterward for Corcoran to
realize what had happened.
AS he stepped from the window, waiter
dashed by him. badly cut hand extended. his
white apron and napkin splashed with blood.
There little cry from some one back OF
Corcoran. He turned. and slim black-c1ad figure
flung itself against him.
Pinch me, pinch me-" cried . pitiful voice;
don't let faint"
To say that Corcoran surprised would not
be exactly truthful for with one bound the spirit
of youth within him, with all that youth stood
for in tenderness, in protection. in love Of man
for woman. awoke in the full light Of the Beauti-
fully Possible-thefe was room for surprise.
His closed around her naturally
they had never closed about another woman He
pressed her head against his arm with mans
instructive impulse to protect Her cry. her turn
eyes. seemed to him natural as though she had
turned to him 30 . hundred times before.
That he had released her. or she had released
herself instantly. did not alter the fact that he
had held her: that his face was composed and
his voice perfectly quiet - he received her em-
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- oRcoRAN sat IN 4 corner ana watched the
pair at neghboring table He felt old
Sometimes 1t seemed to him as il he were
the very oldest person in New York; and
- often his face had gray. cold look that
went i'll with its almost boyish outline.
The two he watched were very youthful They
dubbed over, in . quiet decorous way with
vitality. with interest, with merriment. Corcoran
smiled. drew his face straight. sighed. and looked
again.
Jack and Mildred nearly always had good times.
And the best Of their good times they had to-
9ether. They saw many things to laugh at;
occasionally they things to be sad about; they
saw loving. sweet, delightful things, right under
each Others hands in sudden and silent sympathy.
CorcoraR hardly ever saw things to laugh at.
He seldom allowed himself to be sad, and the
loving sweet. tender little things that RICH.
been going on under the nose OF blind man for
any thrill Of sympathy that they sent to Corcorans
Nnrcsponsive heart.
Jack and Mildred laughed and ate and talked
and ate and laughed again and drank their pint
OF Chabls. and made royal feast; while Cor
lng little less tired than usual because
suspected current was playing between his table
and the one in the other corner. And because.
TOO. he somehow liked the CLINT of Mildred's wavy
hair and the smile on her pretty mouth. He
also liked Jacks face in negative sort of way.
He wasn't bad-looking that was the way Co-corar
pGt it to himself.
AS he liEhed cigarette and waited for his
salad. he was half conscious that he was feeling
vaguely resentful about something. He tried to
think what there was to annoy him. and not be-
Ing an analyst did not connect the uncomfortable
feeling with the two at the other table. Quite
suddenly he felt as il he wanted to tell some
body something. There one to tell It to.
he realized. and he didn't quite know what he
wanted to tell So he put It all out Of his mind:
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she had grown suddenly sentimental the sub
ject of her birthplace.
I'D "a liked TO "a ceen Thorpe Dedham again
fore l went, she said, but it amt to be.
card the doctor talkin' to you out-ile. = scid
That I'm sure Oh
Gribber said something qalte dut:ful, though
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again want you to promise to Go something
When In gene
CrloEer ready to premise anythins-that
w1s perfectly safe.
Il want to he pat away in the chvrchyard at
thorpe Dedh2n. I've made will for YOU to CO
it. What money I've set is to so - YOU. if you ii
hive Ilc buried decent at Thorpe Dsdhanl. That's
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Gr!bber. therefore, greeted his dear aunt with
very great affection. She lay extraordinarily pale
and languid, and talked feebly and peevishly.
She was angrier than before with her grandniece.
whom it seemed she suspected of affection
for "the felers' than for her invalid aunt; and,
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A POOR BARGAIN

not entirely true. about hoping 1t would be a grea.
deal longer, but the old womans thin face shook
in emphatic negative
NO, no.. she said. lit won't. People as bad
knows we'll enough. l shant last much
more'n a week, Dan, an pr'aps l shan't you
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Copyright. 1909. by BENZ. B. Hampton.

kNIEL GRIBBER had given deal OF con-
sideration to the problem of his aunt. 1t
was his way to consider all his problems
with extreme minuteness, and he found
it paid. And he had problems, too, in
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12
Blaine Items

Dave Davis is at the railroad.
Mr., Porter went to Holly this
week.
Oliver Poer is freighting for
Hall.
B. B. Cant has thrashed his
alfalfa.
Nathan Curtis and Mr.. Colburt
are in the cedars.
A. H. Barrett is gathering his
cattle this week and will begin
feeding.
The Davis boys received a
message from Littleton announc-
ing the death of their nephew
Onie Jones who died Wednesday
and was buried at Littleton Thurs
day February 11th.
The Springfield herald., 1909-02-12
KCNHNTZ ITEMS

O. Keton has moved and is
now living on his claim.
Ed and Emit Robb made a trip
to the road last week.
Eldridge Bryan has gone to
Greeley, Colorado, on a visit.
The oyster supper for the ben
eft of Rev. Dean was well at
tended.
Mrs. Marymee and Mrs. Greg
ory spent the day with Mrs.
Mary Maceky.
Marion Bryan hauled the last
of his broom corn to Syracuse
the past week.
Frank MCGOWAN, S. L. Florey
and C. Cockayne made trip to
Holly this week.
|. A. and Jesse Gregory made
a trip to Miles camp on the Cim-
arron last week.
Sam Dean, Jess Dean and R.
| d. Fleming have gone to Texas
in an auto, prospecting for a To-
cation.
Mrs. Jacob E. Dillinger passed
away at her mothers home in
Little Sioux, Iowa. She was a
former resident Of Konantz.
! Mrs. |. o. Colby and her son
Charles, attended the oyster sup
per at Mr.. Marymee's and report
a fine time and stayed the night
with Mrs. Gregory.