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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-23
DR.. M'RAVEN DEAD
WAS NATIVE AND OLD RESlDEN.
or ALEXANDER COUNTY
AGED So LIARS.


DR.. n H. MeRayen lied Gon,tay
morning at his hc;ae IN East *.
Louis, ill.,, where he emoyea last
August from Mcclure, this county,
where he was norm and lived nearly
all nis lite. He was We'll known IN
Cairo, being frequent visitor nefa
when he Nyed at Mcclure.
Tie remains were taken % Nc
Clure Yesterday evening and The fua-
eral will be held from the residence
of r.. NJ. Gully, Drother-in-law Of tne
deceased, anl internent viii be maze
at the Mcclure cemetery this after.
noon. A number OF Cairo friends
will attend the funeral, going to Nc
Glare in automobiles
DR. McRaven was ror many years
the leading physician of the UPPER
end Of the county and also operated
fine farm. His father, Pilgrim Me-
Raven. was an early settler oil Alex
ander county, moving into this coun'
ty with his family In 1859 Dr. Ma-
Raven was seven ye-rs OF age at that
tine He was about aS years OF age
He mas twice married by his tirs'
m;kriage he leaves a daughter, Mrs
Maud .Iaynes, wife Of Roy Jaynes, Y
Cape Girardean, and two sons, ChaHn
cey ana Claud MeRayen. His seeon
| wife was Miss Matte Culley, dauga
| ter OF the late Jasper Cuiley. Sa'
ana two children also survive MIN.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-23

no fine stores In Cairo then. Henry
1 WAitcamp and @, 8. sayre each had
store boat al the landing, but ! had
item times as many goods rs both o.
them.
/ "After / had been there about y
Idays was wait&l upon By a delega-
ton Of substantial old citizens q
Cairo and ballard county, KY, headed
lby baptist preacher named baldwin,
They warmly solicited me, IN behalf
IA themselves and friends, to remain
Win them few months, anyhow,
promising me them patronage and IN
luence. thanked the committee for
their confidence and promised SUI.
nort, and assured them that they
might depend upon my remaining ~
Cairo, as long as found it profitable
to do so We finally dropped down
nom upper Cairo and moored our boat
hist above sthe wharfboat, then lying
about lAA yards below the present
halliday House. There were at least
25 boats OF different sizes and shapes
wing Immediately above, below ana
inside tho wharfboat
"The occupants Of these made
money easily and fast BY peddling TO
deck passengers and others from
steamboats, landing At the wharfhoaf.
In fact, for many years, at least nine.
tenth, Of Cairos business was trans
acted al the wharfb0at, and the fiat
boats contiguous. lay ait the land
ling and sold goods out or store Shoats
for over two years, then moved into
the bGiliing owned By Kenneth Nc
Nenzie, Of st. Louis. occupied two
large rooms, each Sox22 feet, paving
"a monthly rent OF IS for both. They
had not been used for at least five
years, hence the cheap rents. This
immense building was burned on the
night Of January rs, 1852 lost by
this turnout d stock Of goods worth
$4,000. all my household goods,
clothing and about $4,000 in money
/ my Insurance having been only $4,000,
Well, as indicated in my old hand Dill,
| ! resumed business on the LIST Of May,
| 1882, In the large frame house oppo'
| lite the lower wharfboat This build
ing was owned by Henry Simmons
stood fronting the Ohio leyee an
was about lao yards below where now
stands the Hallday House. This
rouse was sold to Col Taylor in 1885
and was removed TO the corner Q
Commercial avenue and seventt
| street, Here it was occupied 81
ffiees for the Cairo Company fo
about nine years
y viii just mention small matte
| that afforded us boys some amuse
ment at the time Soon after | move
an land. I painted on the window
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-23
AT CAIRO IN 1874
sToPY or 9. s. HARRELL WHO
LANDED HERE WHEN THERE
WAS NO STORE.
t,ar,s. Gown Ohio il "store Boat
Did Big Business Solicited to
Eemain-s;gn That At
tracted Attention.

r,tlnnina are sonla interesting *
r.rt 81 II
''a's A'o'i 7 ,,
Williams from bailes = i'''' !
taken from the baily CAIRO Telegram
IN February IL, 1854 This let'el
ras 3atst clayps ONO. February II
.equ Nh uafren brought h.s lam
II, r.itb i n ope az whom WIS his
iii ,ase.c,, 3angbtar now Mrs. Eiize
If s,t. Bv5rg Vim her daughter
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-23

shutier OF the store, sign that at
|tracted notice and comments from
tie dude passengers that would come
ashore from the steamboats, to say
smart things about the town, me
sign in large letters readsas follows
Family Whisky, Tar and Feathers
Cow Hides, Hand Cuts, Bowie
Knives and SLOW Poison am cer.
lain that this nonsense was copied
into hundreds OF memorandum books
.hy TIE dressed up apes who wandere"
up ana down the leyee from almost
every steamer that landed at the
wharf"
The house which was moved 70 the
corner of Commercial avenue and
Seventh street was later moved ~
the rear end of the lot to make way
Tor Tie brek building now occupied
hy Fred :. Haas Atterward, II was
sold to VI. It. Gholson who wrecked
il ana used the material IN ne con
struction Of house elsewhere.
Following II d copy Of MI tlarrelts
old hand bin, referred to In his let
ter. One Of the original bills is ia
the Museum Of the Cairo Public
Library, ana il III a fair state OF pres
eryatlon. This hand bill II one Of
Capt. Williams numerous contrihn.
lions to the library;
ON HAND AGAIN.!
New and Cheap Goods.
Phoenix like ! have risen from the
ashes of my late disaster, and have
resumed the old business once more,
~ tho+
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-23

Take Little Diapepsin Now and
Your Stomach viii Feel Fine Five
Minutes Later.
If your meals don't fit comfortably,
0r yol feel bloated after eating, and
you believe 1t is the food which fills
you; if what little you eat lies like q
lump Of lead on your stomach II
there Is difficulty in breathing after
eating, eructations OF sour, undigest-
Cd food and acid, heartburn, brash or
4 belching ef gas, you can make up
your mind that you need something
To stop food fermentation and cure In
digestion.
TO make every bite Of food YOU eat
cid IL the nourishment and strength
cf your body. you must rid your Stom-
ach Of poisons, excessive acid and
stomach gas which sours your entire
meal--interfemes with digestion and
causes SO many sufferers Of Dyspep-
sia, Sick Headache, Biliousness, Con.
|sipation, Gripping, etc. Your case Il
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-23
We cannot sell IL because we
are going 10 give il away Sal
urday, December "a. 1910, al !
Up LII
THANKSGIVING DINNERS
o'shea & Aydt Can Supply Alt1Wltf
With Everything Good
to Eat.

Turkeys, geese, chicken Sealshipt
aysters, lake and ocean fish. mince
meat, olives, fruit and other cakes
plum pudding, oranges. apples grapes
grape fruit, lamb, veal, pork, beet
eranberries, celery, lettuce, caul'-
flower, radishes. shallats, parsley
canned peas, asparagus, mushrooms,
sucatash, Lima beans, green beans
pumpkin, Swiss, Roqueiort, Neuchaiei
cheese, sliced peaches for cream
Hawaiian pineapple, Bartlett pears
white cherries, apricots, picked
peaches and dozens Of other articles
Should your grocer NOT have what you
want telephone your order just once
There's a difference. Q'sheai& Aydt
227 Eighth St. Both phones, Prompt
delivery.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-23
GoNln to Vienna.

The Imperial Stock Company play
ing this week at the opera house in
repertoire will go to Vienna this
morning where they will give a per
Torrance tonight. "The spenthrift'
viii occupy the stage at the opera
house tonight. The Stock Co. will re.
sumo operation Thursday night.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-23
TWO MARRIAGE LICENSES
Man Said He Came Il
Start Cupid's Bow in Opera
ton Again.

Two marriage licenses were issued
yesterday Howard Milton Hoopen
garner came down from Harrisburg
to arrange for his marriage with
Miss Margaret ]. Hopkins Of this city
Ne said he had read In The Bulletin
that six days had passed and not a
marriage license had been Issued, and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-23

he was going to set the ball rolling
to show that cupids bow was still In
action.
Following Mr.. Hoopengarner was
Upton T. Imohundro of TT, Smitl,
Ark, who will marry Miss Mary M,
Finley Of Mcclure
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-23
We cslnot sell II because we
are going 10 give n away Sat
urday. December "A. 1910, At 5
p. I'M.

Two cents per day will place The
Bulletin on your breakfast tabls
every morning
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-23
ON HAND AGAIN.!
New and Cheap Goods.
LARGE FRAME HOUSE

Opposite the Lower Wharf Boat.
] deem 1t quite unnecessary to re-
mark that there is now at least one
Assortment of Goods in Cairo;
Suffice to say the present j. one OF
my peculiar kind of stocks To those
customers who have been Kept away
from Cairo, for the last few months
BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN RISE,
AND CONTINUED HIGH PRICES
or GOODS, let me say, NOW CONE
ON, ANA you should be supplied at
Satisfactory Prices.
The object of .his poster is not tC
coast Of my BIG CHEAP STOCK, but
merely to advise my old fritnds thai
i am ON HAND AGAIN, and promise
to deal with them as | have done
For the Last Seven Years
+ would, as a matter of course, fee
gratifed for a BIG patronage at this
time.
Simply Because Need It.
Not Il bit of trouble to show goods,
but considerable bother to fix em a
again.
Respectfully,
b. s. HARRELL.
| Cairo H.. Nav I, 1852.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
WOLGASJPROMISES
BAT ANOTHER MATCH
Manager Jones Consents and
Bout May Be Staged Here
September 9 Next
Especial Dispotch 10 The CGl1

ST. LOUIS, March 22-It was prac-
tcally agreed tonight after an exchange
of telegraphic communications between
Tom Jones, manager of Ad wolgast.
worlds champion lightweight. and Bat
Ting Nelson. former champion. author.
ranchman and real estat te dealer, TO
tight the third and probably the decid-
ing battle between the two 13S pound
ers next September.
Manager Jones early this morning
received telegram about a yard long
from the Dane. The telegram was like
all of Nelson's penciling.. a literary
masterpiece.
Manager Jones prefers Nelson to Nc
Farland, Moran. Thompson or any of
the other fighters. He says Wolgast
beat Nelson in the 10 round fight at
Los Angeles, and again last month. and
did everything but kill him.
The public. he declares. is not con-
vinced as yet that Wolgast is the old
champions master. and he figures a
match between the two would draw Il
$4,000 house on the coast
Jones suggests September 9 at San
Francisco as the logical time and place
for the battle
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
CLOSE FINISHES IN
MOTOR CARNIVAL
Barney OEdfeId Wins 20 Mie
Free for All at DaytOHa
Beach Opening

DAYTONA, Fla, March 22.-Close
finishes in three events were the fea-
ture of the first days racing of the
Daytona beach automobile carnival
In the 10 mile handicap nine cars
finished in a bunch, while in the 10
mile southern championship the first
and second cars were only few
inches apart. Barney Oldheld in his
Knox won the 20 mile free for all
stock chassis event from the Pope
Hartford by a scant half length.
A short circuit in the timing ap-
paratus caused the two worlds cham
pionship races at distances of one and
five miles TO be postponed
The program for tomorrow includes
the one mile worlds championship.
Hotchkiss IN a Hartford won
the first event for the southern cham
plonship of 10 miles. Time, 9:27. Bond
(Stearns). second.
other starters We're HiIdebrand
(MitchelD and Davis (Chalmers-De-
troit}.
oldfeId. driving Knox. won the
second event, 20 mile free for all
stock chassis race. Time, 1S:60-100.
Hotchkiss (Pope-Hartfordl, second, and
Ormesdorf chalmers 40), third.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
Berkeley Widening Racing
Training of the
OFFICIAL Tennis
DATES ANNOUNCED
National Championship Meet at
Newport Set for August Is
by Governing Body

NEW YORK, March 22.-The annual
list of open and championship lawn
tennis tournaments for the country
was issued today from the official head
quarters of the game in this city. The
list includes 119 events.
The most important change is that
Tor the first time the all cOmers na-
tional championship at Newport, X. l.,
will begin on Monday instead of Tues
day The date set is August 15- The
women's national tournament will be
held on the courts of the Philadelphia
cricket club June 20. The clay court
championship of the United States, over
which SO much controversy was waged.
has been put down to the week OF
August l on the courts of the Omaha
field club, Omaha. This leaves the
Newport tournament the climax of the
national championship season.
Among the important tournaments
on the list are:
June 6-New Orleans tennis club. New Or
leans; gulf states championship.
June Lewiston state normal school; Idaho
state championship.
June 1s-West Side tennis club. New York I;
metropolitan championship
June 2o-Philadelphia cricket club. Wissa-
hickon heights, Philadelphia; national champion
ship for women's singles, doubles and mixed
June Montgomery club, Montgomery, Ala j;
cotton states championship.
June 20-Dallas lawn tennis club, Dallas,
Tex; Texas state championship.
June 29-Pacifc States lawn tennis asSoeia-
tion, San Francisco California state champion
ship mems and womens singles
July 4St. Louis amateur athletic club. St
Louis central championship.
July atlanta athletic club. Atlanta. Ca. {;
southern championship singles and doubles
July Basin tennis club, Basin WyO.; Wyo-
ming state championship.
July lS-Multnomah amateur athletic club,
Portland Ore; Oregon state championship
July 1S-Minnetonka club, Lake MinnetOnka,
Minn.; northwestern championship.
July 23-Onwentsia club, Chicago; western
championship doubles, western singles for men
and
July 25-St Joseph lawn tennis association.
ST. Joseph, NO.; interstate open.
August Tacoma lawn tennis club. Tacoma,
Wash: Pacific lawn tennis championship. eight
eenth annual
August 1-Omaha field club. Omaha, Neb.
clay court championship of the United States.
August &Onwentsia club, Chicago; prelim-
mary national doubles.
August 15-Newport casino Newport, r. t.;
~. s. n. L. T. A; championships in singles,
doubles and interscholastic singles
August 22-Intermoun tain lawn tennis associa-
tion, Salt Lake City; intermOuntain champion
ship, singles and doubles for men and women
September 5-Pacifc States lawn tennis asso-
citation. Hotel del Monte Del Monte. Cal; Pa
clfc states championship mems and women S
singles and doubles and mixed doubles
September Merton cricket club, Philadel-
phfa; intercollegiate championship.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
SUb-lfAGUES ALL
DOWN TO FINALS
Academic Track and Field Teams
to Decide Supremacy i'm
Championship Series

All the Academic sub-leagues out
side of this city will hold their cham
pionship track and field meets next
Saturday. The Peninsular meet will be
held at San Mateo, with the schools of
that section competing. At Santa Rosa
the Sonoma- Mendocino county section
will hold forth.
The Academic meet for the cham
pionsfip of all the sub-leagues will
be held on the University of Califor-
MIA track Saturday afternoon, April 2,
at ! o'clock, starting off with the ham,
mer throw, and will be run off in fast
time, so that the spectators will have
time to attend the intercollegiate
baseball game. which starts at 8
o'clock.
The Northern ub-Ieague will un-
doubtedly have the strongest team in
the meet. The local team does not ap-
pear to have much of chance for first
honors.
Robert w. Dodd has been elected
treasurer of the league in place of
Charles Mel.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
Mountain Resort Will
Be Made Ready

SANTA CRUZ, March 22.-All ar
rangements for the training quarters
for Jeffries at the Hotel Rowardennan
were completed today and the ~con-
tracts were duly signed.
Work will be rushed in placing the
quarters in readiness, as Jeffries and
corps of trainers will reach Santa
Cruz April 1. A contract has been
let for the construction of handball
court, and provision for boating will
be made by the construction of large
dam in the San Lorenzo river, forming
a small lake The lake will be stocked
with trout as fishing is one of JEFF
fries favorite pastimes.
Newspapermen and artists from all
over the United States are expected to
flock to Santa Cruz, and quarters are
being prepared for them at the hotel.
F. w. Swanton is to provide music
and Jack Lacey of the Casino is to man
age the grill. Attractions booked at
the Casino will also be taken to Rowan
dennan. The Southern Pacific intends
running occasional excursions, the first
of which is said to be dated for April
s. The supervisors will put the noun
tain auto roads in great shape.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
Empire City Taking Or
New Life

NEW YORK. March 22-As an ear
nest of the belief that horse racing
has taken on new lease of life, a
the task of enlarging the paddock at
the Empire City race track in Yonkers.
Recently acquired property north
west of the grandstand is to be filled
with new sheds which will give this
track the largest and most picturesque
paddock on the Metropolitan circuit.
New stables are to be constructed
and the roof of the grandstand will be
extended about 200 feet.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
Three Cushion Play At
The Graney

In the three-cushion tournament
game played IN the Graney billiard
room last night, Mark Hay took l.
Lockhesrt into camp, % TO l6. The
loser was supposed to play 25 to his
opponents %, but fell by the wayside.
Manteu was scheduled 10 play Snyder.
bat forfeited through non-appearance.
The first of the afternoon games
brought smith (e0) and KeyIer C2)
together Smith won easily. 20 to Is.
Chapman (26) and Hubert 90 played
a speedy match, the former winning.
&c 10 Il.
After THIS afternoons game be-
tween Coleman and Covey, the elimina
tion series viii have been completed.
leaving l3 players in the tournament.
The first Of the real tourney games
will be played tonight, when Carcass
. C2s) plays Hay (22) and Clark (2O
crosses cues with Hurlbert (2sD.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
RUNS AND HITS BY INNINGS

Johnny Mccarthy was booked by an
Oakland club to night boxer named
Carter. but Pop" Mccarthy declares
the lad Will not fight. He claims that
Sol Levinson signed the boy without
consulting him, and he says that the
boy is still minor and he had no
authority to do business for himself
Mccarthy also claims that Levinson
took advantage of the lad by not Civ
ing him a fair purse. Mccarthy is
signed to fight Abe Label Is rounds be-
fore the Metropolitan club next Tues
day night. The battle is a preliminary
to the Burns Ba &y bout.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
Hermann Issues Fiat on
King Case

CINCINNATI. March 22.-It was def
nitely announced here today that the
national baseball commission will hold
a meeting on Friday to take up the
case of Catcher John King.
Il understand that there have been
rumors that the King case has been
decided, said Chairman Hermann of
the commission today. These are alb
solutely false. There has been no
agreement and none will be reached
until the members of the commission,
Johnson and Lynch. meet here
Even then the decision may be de-
layed. I wish it understood beyond all
question that a decision has not been
reached
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
SILENT on REPORTED RoBBERY

NEW YORK. March 22.-Nothing Of
fciany could be learned today at the
Carnegie trust company offices regard
ing the report that the company had
recently been robbed of between S20,-
coo and $4,000 through the lapse of a
messenger An arrest was reported to
have been made in Los Angeles in
connection with the case, but there was
nothing on the police records here to
show IL
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
SPO1rLIGH1rS
ON SLP0R rs

Harry and Clarence Forbes, who were
members of the MabraY gang of
swindlers. were stars in the boXing g
world a half dozen years ago. The
Forbes boys were sentenced by Judge
Smith Mcpherson in the federal district
court at Council Bluffs to serve two
years in the penitentiary for extensive
sWindling and fraudulent use of the
mails.
The Mabray gang consisted of no.
torious swindlers who planned fake
prizefghts and other matches to de-
fraud unsuspecting persons. The Forbes
boys will be remembered by the coast
fight fans. having fought here. Harry
but he lost his title to frankie Neil.
Harry Forbes was matched to fight
frankie Neil at Mechanics pavilion
some years ago, and a coup was planned
10 make big killing by Forbes laying
down to Neil. Forbes was training at
Jockey Monk Coburn's place across the
bay and everything was ready for the
killing. but the cat got out of the
bag in some way or another and the
bets were called off. Harry Forbes be-
ing in no shape to fight, his brother
Clarence was substituted, and the lat
ter was knocked out in few rounds
by Neil.
Terry McKune does not know where
he is going to land. According to the
ruling of the baseball powers he must
go back to the state league. McKune
does not want to go back with Moreing.
Russell Blackburn, Cemiskey's prom
ising infielder, is protege of Connie
Mack. manager of the Athletics. Mack
got Blackburn job with Worcester
and then forgot about him. The next
he heard about him was when Comis-
KEY and Dreyfuss were scrapping for
the young player, so he had no chance
TO cut in.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
a,c CATHOLIC LEAGUE

CHICAGO. March 22.-What probably
will be the largest amateur baseball
league in the. country was launched
last night at meeting of the manag-
ers and captains OF the various socie-
ties and clubs affiliated with the Ma
tionaI Catholic Athletic association.
Eighteen teams, including clubs affili-
ated with almost every parish of prom
inence in Cook county, voted to become
members of the league.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-23
VARSITY SQUAD IN
STRICT TRAINING
TWenfy-Seven Candidates al
Stanford Begin Work for
Coming Struggle
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. March 22.
Strict training is now in order for can
didates for the varsity track team, and
from now on strenuous effort is to be
made to get the men into shape for the
coming intercollegiate struggle.
The first move was made in this di
rection today when the names of 81
of the most promising candidates were
posted on the rubbing list. Those who
comprise the list are:
W. NJ. .Argabrite '13. S. H. Bellah 10,
I. L. Coleman II, H. l.. Horton 10. G.
S. HORNE 13, A. Johnston 10, E. F.
Kern 10 j: 3; Leaman ,13, Fl. Mcclure
e 4 u + Peaks slissP ~ II H W 4 p Poor meTman I6 l.
II. Price '13. W. D. Peaslee 10, w. S.
Porter IL, f. Y. Ruddick .13, H. r.
stoizz 10, II. smitherum II. Y; stevens
Templeton 10, w. M. Wyman IL, c. C.
Whitney IL, G. E. Woolley '12, c. A.
Waring II.
California's list of players eligible for
the intercollegiate championship base
ball series has been received by DR.. F.
Angel. chairman of the faculty COM
mittee on athletics, and contains the
names of 81 men that may play.
The California list is as follows:
C. A Alien, J. NJ Arneill, ]. Barrieau,
F. S. Brush. B. S. Clendenin. r. w.
Elliott, w w. Gray. w. II. Greenlaw.
c. H: Griffen Jr., N. Hamilton. NJ Har-
ris, r. w. Hayes, c. B. Johnson, F. A.
Koester. F. a Lewis. +. Moulton, G.
Oakes, w. A. OKelley, n. s. O'NeilI. NJ.
Parker, g, NJ. Perry; c NJ Price; 6.
sheimer. c. II. Smith. r. c. Stoner, G.
C. White, r. w. Wilson, o. c. Wyllie.
The annual boxing tournament, con-
sisting of events at all weights, is to
be held under the auspices of the Gym.
club during the week following the
varsity track meet.
The varsity nine is to meet the San
Jose state league team tomorrow after
noon for the final game before the
beginning of the intercollegiate series
next Saturday.
With the interclass races over. the
Lagunita boat club is now devoting it's
energies toward the formation of a
winning varsity eight for their race
against California on April Q. The
squad this year is exceptionally
strong in veteran oarsmen and compe-
tition for places in the shell is unus-
ually keen.
The first work in the. eight Dared
shells commenced this afternoon on the
bay near Redwood City, when the
members of the squad took out the
shells for short rows under the direc-
tion of the coaching committee.