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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-18

Alexanoretta. Asiatic Turkey, April lin
Christians on the Paias coast have been at
tackled by Mussulmans. Two Christian vilayet
have been burned over, and the Lazarist mis-
sion is IN grave danger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-18
uTNNEHAHA AGROUND.
atlantic Transport Liner, 1t Is Er-
oected Viii Be Floated To-day.

Tho Atlantic Transport liner Minnehaha
.,,,t.h sailed for London shortly after o'clock
vas.sr1ay afternoon. went aground last n'ght
while passing through Gedney channel inc
weather was clear when she passed GOWN tle
Lower Bay, and it is believed she ran oli 'i'
a,oaI while irving TO avoid another vessel.
IT, weather at Sandy Hook reported as
oo,,,,,oz+ night. and the steamer was in no dan
- II &c expected that she will be fioated at
17ox+ bfe, water. which is at 8 o'clock this morn
ing The Minnehaha carries only cabin pas
sengers and freight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-18
NATIONAL GUARD MEN ON HIKE.
Eighteen Members of 18th Regiment Expect to
Reach Armory Tomorrow Night.
[Bv Telegraph 20 The Tribune

TBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune J
Trenton, N J., April 17-After hike OF twelve
hours during which they covered thirty-seven
miles eighteen members Of the 18th Regiment OF
the New York State National Guard marched
into the Trenton armory At 10::46 o'clock tonight
They under command of Captain Frederick
c. Hartman. with whom are First Lieutenant
Reginald Reynolds and Second Lieutenant John J.
Dean, OF Company l.. The members OF the detach-
ment were all equipped with new Hartman packs,
weighted at twenty-eight pounds including blan-
kets. shelter ponchos and wearing apparel
The hike will be continued at I O'Clock to morrow
morning, and the detachment will camp morrow
night either New Brunswick Perth Amboy.
They expect to reach the 18th Regiment Arnory on
Monday afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-18
SENDS WIFE OUT, DIES.
Letter Carrier Crippled srith Rheu-
mdtism q Suicide.

Persuading his wife Of three months 10 leave him
alone for short time Samuel Berlau. a letter
carrier committed suicide last night at his homo.
No. 1910 Park avenue by inhalng gas.
For more than a month he had been crippled with
rheumatism IN the feet. and during the last four
days he had been unable TO leave his room Beriau
worked In Postofice Station L. at I03d street
and Third
His wife was Miss Annie Grassgreen. OF Perth
Amboy, n J. II was Berlau's second marriage.
There are two children by his first wife, who are
with his parents in the country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-18
4 WARNING TO TURKEY.
ambassador Leisbman ActiUe-Ihe
.Scornion at Capital.

Washington. April 17.-Anlbassador Leishrran
ssnt q dispatch to the State Department TO-DAY
saving that he had placed emphasis on the ne
cessity of the Turkish governments taxing
measures for the protection Of Americans. f.is
dispatch indicates that he is fully alive TO 'he
acute situation
It was said to-day that no American vessels
had vet been ordered to Mersna. The gunboat
Scorpion is at Constantinople-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-18
TO BUILD PEReoLA ON HousEToP.

Mrs E. R. A. Seligman, wife OF Professor selis-
man. of Columbia University, is going to build an
Italian pergola on half Of the roof Of their doube
house al Nos 324 and 226 West s6tk street 1t VIII
have Doric columns supporting an ornamental iat-
Sice vines and staircase and walk tncioSeo IN
wire mesh. The Improvement IL to be made from
designs by Hoggson Brothers. Mrs. Seligman is TO
Cultivate the roof garden herself She has long
been student Of landscape and architectural gar
6eninS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-18

Constantinople April News received
here this morning from Asia Minor is distinctly
alarming There is great excitement among the
Mussulmans at Beirut and Erzeroum. and mas
sacres are feared.
The latest advices say that several hundred
Armenans and Moslems were killed at Adana
In the rioting there, and that the Armenian
quarter of the town finally overwhelmed
and destroyed by fire.
Consular advces show that the Armeniens
made a good fight and bravely defended their
quarter of the town against the fanatical Ma
honaetans but were driven back, and their op-
ponents sacked their homes.
Three hundred Mahometans armed with rines
left Adana by train for Tarsus. about twenty
miles away, Since the departure Of these men
communication with Tarsus has been Inter
rupted. Grave approximations are felt regarding
the situation there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-18
MdSS4CRES SPREAD.
Tarsus Reported Destroyed-R's'r'g
on the Paias Coast.

Paris. April 17-Dispatches received from
Constantfnople say that the situation in Adana
has become much worse. that q number of cities
have been burned, and that Tarsus has almost
been blotted out The dispatches add that a
French factory has been sacked. and that the
peasants are coming down from the mountains
and massacring the Armenians.
At the urgent request Of NJ Constans the
French Ambassador at Constan1nople, the gov
eminent has ordered cruiser TO go to Alex
andretta Immediately.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
JUMPED THROUGH
W|NDOW;;ESCAPEO
JOHN LONG, WCUlDBE ASSASSIN
OF FfSRERh;A;l SWAGER,
STILL AT LARGE.
WARNED BY HIS DOGS
OF Officers Approach Hc Takes
Refuge in Woods-offlccrs
Had Diff Guilty Reach
ing His Cabin.

John Henry Long, the negro AT
II an attempt to assassinate him last
Saturday night while driving on the
river road to Cairo, made his escape
from the deputy sheriffs sent to ap.
prehend him When the deputies
reached his home, Long suspected
their purpose jumped through a rear
window of his home and got away.
Longs homo lies between the Missis.
sippi river and a slough and the men
sU-t to arrest him had some difficulty
in reaching it, They attempted to
cross the slough in boats but one of
them sank while the men in the other
were kept so busy bailng that they
could not make mrch Roadway, After
wading mud to the knees. they ar
rived at the house and Long. warned
of their coming by the barking of his
dogs, got away as stated,
Swager and his two sons were driv.
ing into Cairo from KIondyke where
staying during the high water. They
were a short distance away from
Davis Tower on the NJ. & o, tracks
when Long fired shotgun at them,
some of the shot taking effect in the
head and face of one of the boys. The
horses also received some of the
ghOs
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
Mounds VS.. Harrisburg.

Harrisburg aud Mounds crossed bats
yesterday at Mounds, the game going
to he latter team by a score of Is to
9. The game was one sided and some
very ragged playing vas done by the
visitors. The feature or the game was
The heavy hitting Of Tom Halliday who
got a single, a two bagseT and home
run out of the four times at bat
The Mounds team returned early
Sunday morning from their tour
through Kentucky and Tennessee.
They dropped three games to Union
City the scores being to /. to 8 and
10 to S. The teams played on a grass
diamond and the Mounds boys were
handicapped considerably as they were
not used to playing on that kind CT a
field.
The next stop made by the Mounds
boys was at Fulton where they played
three games, taking two OF them. They
won the first game by a score of 4 TO
?, dropped the second by 6 to / and
captured the third by / to 0. They will
play Carterville, ILL.,, next Sunday at
Mounds and the boys EXPECT a hard
tussle TO win this CANINE. They are
playing fast ball and have proven
themselves TO be one of the fastest
teams in Southern Illinois.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
Household Notes,

To kill lice on an ivy plant, wraD a
to prevent dirt getting into the water,
tie it, and immerse the whole plant in
ii bathtub OF water and drown the
pests. Keep the plant under water
long enough to kill all insect life.
Making paper cones and placing them
over plants and burning -four of sui
phur in a dish under the cone Will
kill lice on harder plants, but it in.
lures more delicate leaves, for which
reason drowning the-pests is best
Fasten several brass screw eyes
above the bathroom sink, and they
make a most convenient holder for
toothbrushes, better really than the
two-prong hooks for the purpose.
One of the incest and cleanest pie
boards is made of a square of slate
roofing. II is cool and can be kept
scrupulously clean.
In ripping bands from old dresses
fasten the dress to the machine un'
der the presser foot, uplift the fold
and cut with a sharp knife along the
edge of the fold. This prevents cut,
ting the dress. If the knife is very
sharp, as 1t should be, the fold can be
quickly removed, and all threads will
adhere to the fold and not the dress
A whisk broom will soon scatter what
threads remain on the garment
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
ALDR|CH AND
PAYNE CLASH
TARIFF CONFEREE5 HELD A SPiR-
TIED SESSION LAST
NIGHT.
NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED
A d ich Wanted Vo;e on Motion to
Make Hides DutiabIc at ~, Per
Cent-Paync He'd Cut For
Free Hides.

Washington. July 25-Bitter words
between Senator AlGl;cl and Repre-
sentative Payne closed tonight.s SEES
sion Of the tariff conferees after the
repeated futile attempts of the former
to compel vote on the motion to
make hides dutiable al ~ per cent,
half of the existing rate. Aldrich said
to have angered by Paynes frequent
statement that the country and the
president were in sympathy with the
house action of putting hides on the
free list, and that he did not purpose
TO he governed by what the majority
CT the confereCs thought about the
question. Mdrich upbraided Payne
for his 'obstinancy", but Payne YVES
unrelentiug.
When it was seen that nothing
could be accomplished, Payne's sigma
ture being necessary for making re
port, the conference adjourned.
After tonight's session the hide and
leather situation is still entangled as
much as it was yesterday The con.
ferees are fighting with locked horns
Until the senator's assured Of suffi-
cient votes to adopt the conference re-
port carrying hides on the free list
they viii not permit this question to
be brought to a vote. The house lead
ers INSIST that the conferees are not
to agree on duties lower
than the lowest rates nxed by either.
branch of congress. Some argue that
II is possible to bring in a special rule
in the house declaring in order rates
on leather goods below the duties fix
ed by the house. Without such a rule,
il was said, the speaker would decide
that the conferees in making hides
free would have exceeded their author
ity. A canvass will be made tomorrow
to ascertain the sentiment in the house
a rule of that character.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
OBJECTED TO WEDDING
CONCLUDED from First Page).

cago there is no doubt that he was
madly in love with Miss Mem. He in.
formed his parents of this fact by ca,
bic, and in reply received word to re.
turn home. The barren was led to be.
lieve that there would be no objection
TO his marrying Miss Mem, but upon
his arrival in Vienna he was informed
that such a marriage would never be
tolerated.
Facts gathered by the Rothschild7
were presented to the young baron in
the hope that he would break the en-,
gagement These stories. 1t is claiu.
ed, so worked upon the young baron
that he lost his reason and took his
own life.
II was learned tonight that Miss
Mem did appear here as an amateur
performer. She was In a charity ba.
Ear and was considered a very clever
performer. So far as could be learned
Miss Mem never appeared on the pro
fcssional stage. She took part under
her own name and with the full con
sent of her parents. with her in the
cast were some of the most prominent
young folks of Chicago
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
Seslinu Wax Ornaments.

This is not new work, but some
thing has been added to it that makes
the large vases very attractive. Fol-
example. one woman purchased a guam.
tity of white wax and also some vel.
low sealing wax. Both were melted
in different tin cups, with a lip pres
sed in each cup, so that the wax would
pour in a tiny stream. An old water
bottle with round base and tube
shaped neck was chosen for the vase,
since it was cracked and no longer
serviceable. First the yellow wax
was poured in little zigzag lines
around the neck of the bottle. When
a half inch was covered and hardened,
or partially hardened, line of waver.
ing white wax was run beneath. This
stream of wax was more delicate and
not so wide. The next row of yell
low wax was an inch wide, followed
by water line of white. Gradually
the yellow lines widened, but the
markings of white were delicate. The
effect was beautiful and the vase had
all the appearance when vanished of
being something very exquisite in
china. Both the white wax and seal
ing wax have very high gloss. which
adds so prettily to the pieces designed
I'm this manner. Brown and yellow
sealing Wax can be used In the same
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26

AND ROWOYISM
MOB OF BLACKS AND WHITES
FROM HALFWAY HOUSE
SATURDAY NIGHT.
MADE "HELLON WHEELS"
OF Last Car Into City-Ladies and
Gentlemen From Country Club
Subjected TO cross
Insults.

Gentlemen and ladies' who went to
the Country Club Saturday night, for
~ or fifty, again had very unpleaa-
ant experience on returning home
about 1890 O'Clock. They had al.
agreed to patronize the last car, which
they understood would De sent up es.
pecially for them When it arrived
they all got aboard, occupying nearly
every seat and they expected to be
whirled into town happy, pongeniai
crowd. Instead OF this the car went
up to the Halfway house, through
some misunderstanding or orders, ami
there took On a lot of drunken row
dies, black and white. male and fe.
male. who made the trip into the city
one of bestial hilarity. Negro men
took their women on their laps and in.
dulged in foul Language, others
cursed and made threats flourishiug
knives at each other over the heads
of ladies who sat in tremor momen-
tarily expecting bloodshed; negro
women boldly proclaimed their pur-
pose to visit bawdy houses on arriving
in the city and have a - of time"
The white male and female prosti
tutes of whom there were half dozen,
behaved no better A fellow named
Bruce, bar tender down town. was par
ticularly vile in his language and con
duct. None of the moo aad the Slight
est respect for self or others. No at
tempt was made by the conductor 10
check the rowdyism. probably from
fear of causing rios; and like fear
restrained other men on the car
Among the ladies on the car were sew
eral visitors from out of town who
had an experience they had never eN
pected to have and hope never to have
again.
On an earlier car fight took
place between white men when the |
car was at or near the subway ami |
the car was stopped there TO let the |
men fight it out No arrests were
made
The negro drivers of beer wagons, |
delivering beer to Gaskins' place Sat
urday night did their share toward
making things lively on the road. b. |
firing their pistols in the air as they
drove along.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
SOME BUILDINGS
NOW UNDER WAY
ScuDDER-GAlE WEAREN BuSI'
NESS HOUSE READY FOR
OCCUPANCY AUG IS.
NEW APARTMENT HOUSE
For Mrs. FarroW Started Friday
Cairo Baptist Church Annex
Finished September -
Other Projects.

Ground was broken Thursday on
the site Of the new apartment house
to be erected by Mrs II. o. Farrow
at Fifth and Washington. The new
building will be somewhat larger than
the apartments first erected by Mrs.
Farrow on lower Washingtcl avenue
but the design will be about the same.
Stephens e. Son are doing the brick
work. 1t is expected to have the
building ready for occupancy within
ninety days.
Work on the new business house ca
Ohio street above Twelfth street has
been progressing rapidly and carpen-
ters are now engaged in putting in
the ceiling rafters for the second
floor. The bulldog will be com
pleted about August 18th and will be
occupied by Scudders-Gale-Wearen
Co Mr. Pink has let the contract
for the second floor to be added to
the warehouse now occupied by Pink
& Co This will make practically one
big building Of the two AMI will be
two stories in height and have one
hundred feet frost on Ohio street.
The new houses 5eing erected on
Washington avenue just above Sixth
street are rapidly nearing completion.
Miss Virginia Rognie's. building is
just about completed. Gilbert's house
adjoining 1t will be completed about
September list These two houses
are unique in that they are being
built of concrete, and are attracting
much attention.
The foundation for Or. Grinstead's,
bur galow. opposite st. Mary's Infrm-
airy is finished and the carpenters are
now engaged in putting up the fran
ing of the house.
The annex Of the Cairo Baptist
church win be completed by Septem.
Der LIST The interior is now being
plastereI and carpenters are putting
in the interior woodwork.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
SUTTON HAD NO PISTOL
Concluded from First Page).

the marine officers camp. They
were found, she declared, locked in
his suit case, inside his tent, after his
death.
The navy department. refused. so
she says to turn these revolvers over
TO her, but offered TO let her buy
them at about ST. apiece. she de.
clined to do so, not being at that time
as familiar with the case as she be
came later. They we're turned over.
so she understands to the department,
and they were put back into service.
They are COW in the possession of
two student officers at one of the ma
rine corps schools.
Attorneys of the Suttons intend to
bring up the matter of the revolvers
in Sutton's suit case during the pres
ent inquiry. The presence of the re.
volvers amcgg Sutton's effects tends,
so they believe to cast doubt on the
idea that Sutton ever armed himself
at all on the night when he is said
10 nave shot at Adams and Roelker
and to have killed himself.
Attacked Sutton's Sister.
There is likelihood that Mrs Par.
ker will testify that trouble existed
between Sutton and Adams for a
week prior to Sutons death. Mrs. Par
ker has f1timated that she knew of
such trouble. 1t arose from Adams
having made sluring remark to Sut-
ton concerning Mrs. Parker herself.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26

NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBoRs


Mr.. and Mrs H. NJ Palmer who have
resided at the home of the latter S
mother, Mrs. J. W Johnson, on Com
mercial avenue have gone TO hous e.
keeping in the Mert2 cottage on Main
street.
Robt Schuler returned home Satur-
day from a visit with his brother Jno
Schiller ar Cape Girardeau
Miss lnez Rice. who has been the
guest of Miss Florence Stophlet On
First street. left Saturday for her
home at Mattoon.
Mrs. j M. Hurst. idrs. Robert Hurst,
Mrs. H. V. Handley, and two children
and Mr.. Will Hurst LETT Saturday to
visit relatives at Pulaski few days.
II. NJ. Mccartney OF Greenwood was
in the city Saturday on business Tor
the J. T. Polk Preserving Co, of this
city
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
$500 ST. LOUIS AND RETURN.
SUNDAY, AUGUST tSr,

A popular rate excursion will be
run b ythe Illinois Central to St Louis
on Sunday August LIST, at rate of s. 10
for the round trip. Train leaves
Cairo at 1880 a m. and returning will
leave st. Louis at 80 p. m.
Sunday attractions in st. Louis are
National Baseball game between St
Louis Cardinals" and "Bostons'
Grace Won Studdiforf in drama. Del
mar Garden Vaudeville. Forest Park
Peter Pan, Suburban Gar.
den. Stock Co, West End Heights
Dancing, Boating, etc, Meramec High
lands. Creve Occur Lake; Sight-See.
ing automobile tours.
For tickets and further particulars
see Mr. J. II. Jones. Ticket Agent, Ill
nois Central r. r.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
MOUND CITY,
-asl4ra-slss-.zlla
July 25.

Miss Edith Drake who is employe
as clerk in the Blum store at Mound
spent Friday night at her home in tAis
city.
S. A. Steers of Valley Recluse was
in town on business Saturday.
Rev. J. NJ Whitley, rector OF 81
Peters Episcopal church in this city
went 10 Metropolis Saturday to hold
services Sunday.
Mrs. Kate Richards returned home
Friday from a St Louis shopping trip.
Mesdames T. A. CCrziae. Sam Little
john and Hugh Mason Misses oma
and Meta Sheerer and the little Miss
es Alma Corzlne and Hazel Mason
were Cairo visitors Saturday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
FLIGHT FOR LAHM CUP.

St Louis. July 25---An attempt to
capture the Labm Cup was started to-
night when the balloon University
City piloted by John Berry, assembled
at sunset. bent on distancing the
mark Of AS miles made by Captain
Chandler in October. 1907.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
BIG Y. M. c. A. MEETING
CONTINUED from First raxe.)

of New York, now promises to be at
the hearing.
The Wright Brothers may make
their official aeropane fight this
week They appear ready for the SUI
preme test of their aeroplane.
The Sutton inquiry at Annapolis
will he continued Monday.
The seventeenth worlds conference
of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tic. will be held AT Barmcn. Fiber
field, Germany, beginning Wednesday
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
EXPEC1IREpORT TUESDAY
Concluded from First Pagel.

fecting home industries or to admit
imports to what, from a Republican
standpoint. will be unfair foreign com
petition. but downward revision as !
means of protecting the peopl from
monopoly and excessive prices.
He summed up his theory of tariff
revision as net 50 much to bring about
immediate lower prces to the consum-
CT from exorbitant prices which might
BIT possible behind a ;arifI wall main.
ed at an excessive height.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
Real Manhood

True manhood is openness without
leNity, generosity without waste.
secrecy without craft. humility without
neanness, boldness without insolence.
caution without anxiety. regularity
without formality. mildness without
tlmidity. firnness without tyranny
GaEatcr.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
STEAMER 0l'ikS.

Boston. July 25&The steamer
Kenosha, Of Marqr etc, bound from
Baltimore to Boston, sprang leak
and sar k eff Fire island lightship
yesteday. Thes team0r Howard from
Norfolk today brought the crew of
eighteen rescued from the Kenosha's
small boats.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
4sseaaasasaaaa2aa&aaaa42ss
/; NEWS OF THE RIVERS +:
Sssxss5ss1ssssssssssssss..

The river marked $3.50 feet on the
Cairo gauge last evening showing a
fan Of "a feet in "a hours.
The Stacker Lee passed up yester-
day morning from Memphis to St
Louis.
The George Cowling brought an eX-
cursion from Metropolis yesterday.
The Ferd Herold will leave Mem,
ph;s today for Cairo and st, Louis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
SIX UnACCOUNTEO FOR
CONCLUDED from First Page).

ricane A vast torrent of water
swept down the Colorado river, carry
ing large amount of driftwood with
it, Striking a new bridge which was
iefEg built across the stream at con
gross avenue, it carried away about
two hundred feet OF the trastle and a
large pile driver used in construction
work, Tho hess vas about $4,000.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
WINS SWIMMING MARATHON.

Chicago, July 25.--W S. Merriam,
of the Marion club. of Indianapolis
won the swimming marathon here yes
terday He swan the distance of two
and a half miles in 52:25, defeating
NJ. McDermott. Of Central Y NJ. c. a,
bv q second.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
AGED DEMOCRAT DIES.

Jacksonville. ILL.,. July 25-Wells
Brown, aged II. general solicitor for
Is years prior to 1905 of the Alton
Railroad died today IN 1874 he was
chairman Of the Democratic State
Committee. and also served as state
senator.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26
:. I. HABERER.
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE.

Washinctcq, July 25-Senators
Aldrich. Hale, Burrows and Pebrose
hal two hour conference with the
president at the White House last
night The conference lasted until
midnight, but these who took part in
it would diyulge nothing as to what
has been accomplished
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26

Mummied apples which remain up
on the trees after the leaves have
dropped in the fall should be picked
of and destroyed. in order TO do
away with this source of infection
during the following summer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-26

Skim milk, clover or alfalfa with
tankage and corn meal make pigs
grow very rapidly, and when Rx to
seven months old can be finished on
corn quickly and profitably.