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N. /, Ottumwa.
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T0DAY'S MARKET News
LOCAL MARKETS

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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
STORY Of A "O|Vt"
TRAIN LOAD OF NEGROES FROM
JACKSON, TENN, TO PATRON
IZE CAIRO "HONkAToNK."
establishment Founded BY Charley
Powers Who Could Not Find
Favor in Eyes OF
Police.

Running negroes into Cairo by
train loads to patronize his saloon,
"Honkatonk" and gambling place,
was the feat performed on Decora-
tion Day by Mckee. who conducts
the dive on upper Commercial ave
nue. Mckee Is said to have chartered
the train and given all negroes who
could get on a free rile to Cairo from
Jackson, Tenn. where Mckee for
merly lived. He had the train stopped
at Twenty-eighth street on the levec
and the whole horde of blacks, men
and women. were directed to his
place where he had four extra bar
tenders engaged and had three crap
tables going, while up stairs men and
women mingled in the usual way at
such places.
This place was established by
Charley Powers; but he and the po
lice didn't get along well for some
season. He started in BY sending in
vitations to all the inmates on Thir-
'eenth street to come and have a
good time. The police got wind OF
this and prevented il. Charley didn't
like the police for this, but opened
his place and tried to run a "Honka
tonk." like others are doing. This
also was objected TO by the police
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
CRITICISM BY GERMANS
Concluded from First Page).
manufacturers and their statements

manufacturers and their statements
In innumerable instances are de-
clared to be incorrect and misleading
and, in one case 1t Is asserted the
data presented was false.
The chamber of commerce at Nu-
remburg, for insance, declares "un-
reasonable" the request of the Ameri-
can manufacturers for an increase Of
duty on bronze. The testimony given
before the house committee by Bur
CESS, an American manufacturer of
china and porcelain, is criticised and
termed as inaccurate by German
manufacturers whose names are
withheld and their places of business
are not given. The statement of
Mr.. Kurth regarding the labor cost
in the manufacture OF clay pipes to
the house committee Is characterized
by memorial of the chamber OF
commerce at Limburg to be "incor,
rect" The statement by an Ameh-
can manufacturer OF coal tar dyes,
named Sehoellkopf, Is declared to
mot prove anything" The name OF
the critics and their places of rest
denee Is not given.
All The statements contain asser-
tions similar to the above.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

Now, every citizen of Cairo bow
humbly to Dick Taylor drunken
negro dive keeper; proprietor of The
most notorious resort for dissolute
blacks in this section of the country;
professional conseryator and pan
derer to pimps, prostitutes, gamblers,
robbers and cut throats, who are
given every freedom to hold daily
and nightly carniyals and carousals.
He has declared himself the master
of the peoples chief servants and
they have not dared to dispute his
claim--they have acknowledged by
their action or want of action, that
they are his meek and lowly lackeys.
Let them come on, he declares
Let them arrest me If they dare and
I'll turn up something that will make
them squirm."
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
HIS NEW YORK CAREER.

New York. June i-Those Italian
families in New York in which George
Bettino DiMois won favor, knew him
as Doctor and not as Count. BY
his creditable work as a physician, he
became director of the Italian hospit
al, bacteroligist for the Medico-Lega,
Society, special commissioner for thJ
board of health TO investigate the san
itary condition of Mulberry Bend, in
the heart OF the Italian quarter, and
founder of a private hospital
His wife was Miss Hattie Burchel
of this city, and their son is now a
third year student IN the Columbia
Law School Her brother said today
that he did not believe the doctor hal
ever been divorced from his sister.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

Charley could not understand this, Il
seems. II others could conduct sa
looms with prostitution as an adjunct
why couldn't he? Charley became in
dignant at what he considered unjust
discrimination, denounced the police
and the administration and even went
so far as to start to run for alder
man in the Seventh ward. He
changed his mind about this, pulled
OF the track, and became an "ad-
minlstratlon man" But he never
could get together just right with the
police and when he applied for a re-
newal OF his saloon license 1t was re-
fused, on recommendation OF the
chief. He then sold temperance
drinks and near beer until Mckee
came along who, 1t appears, knew
how to go at the thing, got his
license for dram shop and has been
running a wide-open dive ever since
without molestation.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
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+: LEGAL DECISIONS +:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Special Assessments-oepth of Lot

Special Assessments-Dept of Lot
-Evidenee-City of East st. Louis
vs. Illinois Cent r. Co.-Where, in a
special assessment proceeding, il ap-
peared that all the property In the
proposed Improvement was owned by
two persons and that omst of the
property of the person obiecting TO
the assessment was only 80 feet in
depth, while the depth Of the prop
erty OF the other was not shown,
comparison of the benefits as to the
fot of frontage on one side of the
street with the benefit TO foot Of
frontage on the other might be detri-
mental TO the obiecting person. AMI
evidence of what would be the fair
and just proportion that the prop.
erty Of the objector should bear to a
like number of feet Of frontage on
the other side of the street was or
roueous Supreme Court of Illinois.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
|KNOX'S OFFICE
STOPS WEDDING
WAS TO TAKE PLACE IN PARIS
BETWEEN AUSTRIAN AND
AMERICAN WOMAN.
FORMER NOT DIVORCED
From His Wife in New York--Wom,
ans Sister Took Steps Which
Led to Intervention OF
State Department.

Paris, June 4-The heroine of pro
posed marriage which the machinery
of the state department at Washing
ton was put into motion to prevent, Is
Miss Isabel Garwood, whitehaired
woman who gives New York as hel
place of residence. She is now guest
at the Continental hotel here.
The prospective bridegroom is
Count Bettino DiMoiS Padua, once a
resident of New York, whom Miss Gar
wood met in Egypt. The Intervention
|of the state department at Washing.
ton was obtained at the instance OF
Miss Garwood's sister, Miss Frances
A. GarwoOd, of New York. The state
department transmits to Ambassador
Reid ut London and the latter to Am
bassad0r White her, the results of its
Investigation into the record OF the
counts life in New York and of his
antecedents in Italy which were OBJ,
tanned by the Italian Ambassador to
the United States.
According to this information the
count is not an Italian nobleman, but
an Austrian, who practised medicine
for several years in New York with his
brother. Upon the death of the broth
ar the information declared, the count
common law union with
his sister-iu-law, but he claimed that
four years ago he effected a settle
ment with her and she returned toI
Austria.
The wedding was set for yesterday
and the license procured According
o Miss Garwood the marriage was
lot broken off on account of the in
of her sister but by the
,ount himself when he received let
er from a brother in Austria who hal
earned of the prospective union, say
ng that his sister,inIaw claimed that
he bond between herself and the
'ount had not been annuled. Miss |
iarwood says the count has gone to |
italy to obtain from his father, whC
vas in possession of the papers, proof
If the settlement with the woman.
Miss Garwood says she regard the |
of her relatives in the |
natter as gratuitous.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

make any money and that all mannei
of lawless means are employed to gel
business A reduction of the number
of saloons is demanded in order that
the best interests of the city may be
|served, by placing the saloon business
upon a general higher plane as a re-
suit of enabling the men engaged In
it to make it pay when conducted le-
ultimately.
There is reason to believe that any
figure less than $1,000 would not serve
to reduce the number of saloons ana
would leave the business in the same
demoralized condition it is in at
present; whereas, if there should be
any considerable reduction in the
number at a license fee much less
than $1,000, the revenue to the city
would remain the same as now or
even be reduced
The ordinances have been referred
to committees where their merits Will
doubtless be fully presented and where
any changes proposed will be care.
fully considered in all their bearings,
before being accepted.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
TO BORE FOR OIL
CAIRO OIL AND MINERAL CO. AC.
CEPTs PROPOSITION OF NEW
PROMOTERS.
Squeezes Water Out of Stock--Si0,0O0
To Be Paid Into Its Treasury
More Oil Leases
Needed.

A meeting of the stockholders Of the
Cairo oil and Mineral Co. was held
last night at which steps were taken
which will mean that active opera
tons will be commenced in the near
future, if plans in other direction
run as smoothly. The stock holders
adopted a resolution directing that 4
resolution OF the directors a year ago.
declaring a dividend on stock, be re-
scinded, the effect Of which will be to
squeeze all the water out Of the stock.
leaving it on an all oil basis Tho
stock holders then voted 10 accept
the proposition made TO them BY
Mcssrs Wm. Feuchter. Alex. VI. VIII
son and d. s. Lansden. who propose
TO put $4,000 cash into the treasury
for stock. and to push the company's
plans TO an issue. if possible.
The success of the new organiza-
tion will depend upon securing about
$500 more in subscriptions and also
securing oil leases upon several
thousand acres of land in this county
These nccessaries will be gone after
with all possible energy. at once
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
THE MAYORS ORDINANCES.

Two very excellent ordinances wera
presented to the city council last
Tuesday night by Mayor Parsons.
They we're in accordance with some
of the recommendations he had made
In his annual message to the city
council in April, and in accordance
also with some of the suggestions
presented AT various gatherings of
citizens during the last year They
were carefully drawn, at the mayors
behest, by able attorneys, and can be
depended upor TO prove effective IL
serving tho needs of the city, IL
passed rs presented, and If enforced
when passed.
The fire and building ordinance IS
Of the utmost Importance to the city
insuring as it will much needed i'm.
provement in building operations in
the city, preventing the DETACHMENT
Of neighborhCCds with shacks. and
tending to insure the erection of build
ings according to rules and regu
lations approved by mechanics, health
authorities and fire underwriters
Not the least benefit that will come TO
citizens from the adoption and On
forcement of this ordinance will be
better sanitary conditions and better
protection against flre losses, with
resultant reduction in insurance rates
But the other two ordinances. re
lating to saloon licenses and limiting
the number of saloons are probably of
even greater Importance. because.
while their primary purpose is regu.
latlon tthe reduction or limitation Of
the number OF saloons1 which must.
under the law. be the primary purpose
of all license ordinances. their effect
will be also to increase the city's rev.
enue, without winch various pressing
needs of the city-fuIly as pressing q
those provided for in the other meas
ure-can not he met.
THESE two last mentioned ordi.
nances provide for increasing the
dram shop license to $1,000 per az.
mum, from $500, the present rate: and
for limiting the number Of dram shop4
in the city to one for every 500 peoplc
as indicated by the school census
Both these ordinances are to take el
feet on the LIST Of January 1910. Thesa
ordinances. IL passed as drawn bv the
mayor, would result in reducing the
number of licenses gradually TO ~. on
basis of 10000 population which l.
about the population the school cen.
sus will give us. This decrease would
not come at once. as the ordinance
provides for reissue of licenses 10
present holders if asked for. and If
they are proper persons to mold them.
II is likely. and quite reasonable 10
assume, tJat the number of applica-
ficns would be reduced by 20 at the
beginning of the new year: that We
would have about So saloons instead
Of 75 as now, ard that the city's reve
nue. would be s55.000 instead of s37..
600. This would be the result IL the
ordinances are passed as presented
by the mayor
II. however. the license fee is cut
down materially. the result probably
would be very different The primary
purpose of the ordinances. to reduce
the number of saloons. would be de
feated as we'll as the secondary pur-
pose. TO Increase the city's revenue
We have now one saloon for about ev
cry 2s6 men, women and children ir
Cairo There is one saloon for every
20 men. one saloon for about every
25 so-called drinking men. II is not
surprising that many Of them cannot
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

and the said estimated amount re-
qured to pay the accrung interest
on the bonds issued and to be issued
by the said City of Cairo to antlcE
pate the collection OF the special tax
assessment levied for the making of
said local improvement, amount, in
the aggregate, to the sum of Seventy
six Thousand and Seven Hundred
and Ninety-three Dollars and Forty
Cents $50, 79340), and showing that
said local Improvement has been
finished and completed by Roy l..
Williams. the contractor making said
local Improvement, and showing that
the said local Improvement. as
finished and completed by the said
TALLY TO the requirements OF the orig
inal ordinance providing for the con-
struction OF said local Improvement.
and showing that said local improve
ment was accepted by the Board of
Local improvements of said City OF
Cairo, Illinois, on the 2lst day or
April. A. u. 1909; that said Board of
Local improvements of said City OF
Cairo, on the said 2lst day Of April
A. ID. 1909, also flied in said County
Court it's certain written application
or petition showing the filing by it in
said court OF said written certificate
and asking the said County Court to
consider and determine whether or
not the facts stated in said certificate
are true. and asking the said County
Court to fix time and place for
hearing upon said petition and To en-
ter the same of record; that the said
County Court has made and entered
OF record an order fixing the 2lst day
of June, a. ID. 1909, at the hour OF
nine o'clock a. NJ. as the time, and
the county court room. in the county
court house, in the City of Cairo, IN
the County of Alexander and State of
Illinois, as the place for the hearing
en- the said petition.
All persons desiring To do SO. may
| file objections to the said GER
tificate or the said petition, or
to both OF them. in said court. on
or before the said day fixed by the
said court for the hearing of said Pc
tition. and may appear in said court
on the hearing Of said petition
and make heir defense thereto. IL
any defense they have. not later than
nine O'Clock. A NJ. Of the last named
day.
Dated this 31st day Of MAY. A. n.
1909.
GEORGE PARSONS. President.
=. e, SCUILIN.
WA MAGNER.
r. c. CANNON.
FRANK FERGUSON.
THOS. w WILLIAMS,
Board Of Local improvements
Of the City of Cairo. Illinois.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
WROTE OBSCENE NOTE
To Pekin, IIl., Woman--Doctor Wei
mer Arrested For Violation
OF Postal Laws.

Peoria ILL.,, June 4.--Dr Edward A..
Weimer, formerly of Pekin, Ill. was
arrested here today by Deputy United
States Marshal Adelman. of Spring
field. H., for alleged violation of the
postal regulation. and gave bond for
appearance before the October term
of the grand jury.
Weimer is charged with the writing
Of an obscene note to Mrs. J. w. Bar
rett. wife of telephone manager at
Pekin He was arrested when he
called for deCoy letter. Welmer
collapsed when confronted with the
evidence and it is said confessed
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

The poiceman's star in Cairo has
not been anything much to brag OF
for years past. Since Saturday after
noon it has become a badge Of abiect
servitude to drunken negro dive keep.
ers. undeserving OF the respect Of
selfrespecting citizens. During the
last year two officers. good men, re-
signed from the force because they
were ordered to submit to indignities
from dive keepers. which their man.
hood would not stand for.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
STAR BOWLING.

New York, June 1.-THE star per
formance of the evening session of the
National Bowling Tournament was
that of Cleveland, Ohio five men team
which rolled up a score Of 2s35, taking
second place in the five men team
event.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
Does THIS MEAN Y0U7 .

Indigestion, sour stomach. constipation
no you know that the pleasant herb tea, lanes
Family Medicine will remove al tbesc troubles
almost immediately II you do not know It. get
apaekAge to-day at any druggists or dealers tssci
and you viii be glsd W. told you.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
WON IN THE THIRD
Cyclone Billy" Evans Wins sout
With Jack Mizee-Hsckney Wins
Wrestling Match.

Cyclone Billy Evans won In the
third round in the sparring match be-
tween Evans aud Mice last night
Evans had slightly the better of 1t all
the way through and floored Mice In
the third round with a right to the So
lar plexus and left to the jaw.
The other sparring match was
draw while the wrestling match was
won by Hackney who threw Siegel-
mar two straight falls.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
May Statement.

The above is a correct statement OF
the circulation OF TheF Cairo BulletiH
for the year 1908 and for the month of
May, 1909
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of June. 1909
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

Before The mayor or chief of police
can consistently ask any citizen to
obey any ordinance, they must purge
their official selves of the disgrace
'pu7 upon them by dive-keeper Dick
Taylor last Saturday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

The Book Trust lost its fight in the
Illinois General Assembly against the
Ettleson-Hope bill. which fixes max
rnum prices for school books i'n this
state at figures considerably below
those which have prevailed. The bill
awaits the governors signature
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
: CAIRO IN 1878 F.:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
(cairo Bulletin, Edited by John n
oberIy).

The Illinois Central railroad adver-
tiscd that its train leaving Cairo at
.12:10 a. NJ. arrived at Chicago at
.G:15 p. m. and that its 1:10 p. m,
train reached Chicago at 6 the next
morning. 4,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

County Court its certain written ap
plication or petition showing the III
ling by 1t In said court OF said writ
ten certificate and asking the said
County Court to consider and deter
mine whether or not the facts stated
ing the said County Court to fix a
time and place for a hearing upon the
said petition and to enter the same
of record, that the said County Court
has made aIfd entered of record an
order fixing the 21st day OF June, A.
ID. 1909, at the hour OF nine O'Clock,
A, M. as the time, and the county
court room, in the county court house
in the City of Cairo In the County of
Alexander and State of Illinois, as the
place for the hearing on the said pc.
tition.
All persons desiring to do so, may
file objections to the said
certificate or the said petition,
or to both of them, IN said court, on
or before the said day fixed by the
said court for the hearing of said pc.
tition, and may appear in said court
on the hearing of said petition
and make their defense thereto, If
any defense they have, not later than
nine o'clock, A. NJ. of the last named
day.
Dated this 31st day of May. A. ID.
1909.
GEORGE PARSONS, President,
r p. C. sCULLIN,
WIN. MAGNER.
+. c. CANNON,
FRANK FERGUSON,
THOS. w. WILLIAMS,
Board of Local improvements
of the City of Cairo. Illinois.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies Of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1908. 49,. .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., 1909-06-05

On March 25th the Rough and
Rady Fire company had a grand pa
rade in their handsome new uniforms
and at night gave a bah at Washing
ton hall.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

fessor Charles Denison presented to
Angel a yellum bound testimonial Of
affection and respect bearing the sig
natures Of all the members of the
faculty
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

The spring examinations of the
high school were held March 29th.
Among the pupils honorably men,
toned wre Misses Phyllis Howard,
Anna GoIdstine. Grace AFTER. Mamie
Taylor. Grace Hawkins and Master
Frank Carrie. The girls of the school
presented a flag to the cadet CON-
pany which had been organized by
the high school boys.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

On March 30th q Democratic mass
convention was held at the court
house, Judge William H. Green being
secretary. John H. Oberly, D. r.
Linegar and T. w. Halliday were ap-
pointed delegates to the state con
vention, and Wm. II. Green, S. P.
Wheeler and f, Pross 10 the judicial
convention. The convention indorsed
John Q, Harmon, of Cairo, as can
didatc for appellate court clerk.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

HICKORY STOVE WOOD $f.5o
Big load. stove size delivered. Both
phones. Clark.Danforth Handle Co,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

In March potatoes were quoted at
25 to 80 cents a bushel. eggs 6 to 6b
cents dozen chickens s225to $3.50
a dozen, ham 7h cents a pound and
bacon ~ cents.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

John Cain left for Chester. ILL.,, on
April 1st to accept the position of
keeper of the southern penitentiary.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05

The Bulletin 10 On sale st the fol
eswlno places:
Coieman's, 2f4 eighth street.
Halliday House News stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
BANQUET FOR ANGEL

Concluded from First Psge,.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-26
CHICAGO POLITICIANS
IN SALOON GRAFT PLOT

Chicago, Feb. 28- An alleged
grating plot, said to involve Chicago
politicians of state wide influence
was responsible for the appearance Of
nearly 100 saloonkeepers before the
grand jury today. They were faced
with the alternative of indictment
for maintaining gambling devices for
revealing the identity of those to
whom they are alleged to have
paid tribute.
The clique to which the tribute
is said to have been paid Is alleged
to have divided $50. 600 within n
year through farming out unlawful
privileges to keepers Of saloons.
The daily tribune., 1909-02-26
ROUND TRIP WINTER TOURIST
RATES THE GULF COAST
AND MEXICO.

The Colorado aud Southern has
placed o" sale very low round trip
winter tourist tickets to points In
Texas, the Gulf Coast, Florida, Cuba
and Old Mexico These rates are on
sale daily until April 80th and allow
liberal limits and stop-over privileges
There are also attractive low rates to
the city Of Mexico via the Gulf tours,
going or returning through Cuba and
Florida. For particulars, reservations
and free illustrated descriptive book
lets, call on your agent. or address T.
L. Fisher. general Passenger agent
Colorado and Southern Railroad.
Denver, Colo. 26-ff