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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01
LOST AND FOUND

LOST SHEPHERD dog; yellow and white
1883 Rewards
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01

Have the children's eyes examined be-
fore they start 10 school. No charge for
this service at Lefferts,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01
Buy your home now.

TRIVEIIHd salesman. prefer expert
s,,rsd o,gar man, acquainted with Nebraska
trade. 500, and liberal expense account.
TRAVELLING salesman 'eSusi t"Oos'
tAyRS ok EEPER for beanoh Offios.@ large
MfR. roneaLn. y A...n.s..-.s--..ssaaanaa
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01

THE squaw Man." a drama OF ranch
life in Utah. will be seen at the Dohany
theater. next Saturday, with a complete
scenic production and an excellent acting
company.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01

wANTED-THREE BOYS TO CARRY
OMAHA BEE. APPLY Is SCOTT STREET.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention

Ths oounen Riuffs offlos Of the
omAba nee IL AZ is scott street.
Both phones -.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01
HELP WANTED-FEMALE

4SuSskSepeFS and observation-disclosures.
j WANTED-W asherwonian for Monday
T pI NJ. ,aiAppIy Mrs. r. r. Han. S2!t
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01
OFFERED FOR RENT

housekeeping Room"
HOUSEKEEPING rooms ''NEi' or en-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01
Stop
Wakefield
Blackberry Bnlsam

Quickly stops Diarrhoea, DysentRry. ChoI.
era Infaptum and ell bowel troubles with
out cOnstipatinS No opium no other habit
forming druES- Accept only WakefielJs.
II cures after other remedies fail, Sc or
three bottles for Sl.oO. Everywhere
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01

one ny NET. St sso two sets single harness.
,,sscon1hand express dsIivsr sood two horse.
Worn mS, s,, b y good order Sot bsd n
worth and s S1Ieen'g Livery Barn. Wool.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01
Iowa Floriats in seasIon.

The eighth annual meeting OF the Iowa
florists will be held at the state house in
Des Molnes. Wednesday, August 81. Dis
cussions of the ways and means Of inn
proving the growth of flowers win mark
the program prom day to day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01

, HOTHL.-L1
modern; Boo
J. king y
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01

RooMIN0
q bargain. II
a No. 1 conI
well rented.
and Dodge. /
LATHE
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01

Thomas $. Britt, has begun action In
the district court for divorce from his wife,
Corneila Britt whom he married In Hot
Springs, Ark, on December 10, 1891. He
alleges that she deserted him on May ~,
1904. He seeks only divorce. ~
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-01

rrtages licenses were yesterday issued
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22
LEGAL DECISIONS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Negligence of insurer in Conducting
LaWsuit.--An insurer contracted 10
indemnify a manufacturing corpora
.tion for any amount under $4,000
which it should be compelled to pay
las damages for personal injuries to
its employees. An employe of the
insured was injured while carrying a
pitcher alleged to be defective, CON
tanning acid. To the, insurer the
necessary facts were promptly com
municated, and the pitcher was in
trusted to it's custody BY the in
surer the action OF the employe was
contested. bur so negligently that it
failed to offer the strongest evidence
for the manufactures. the pitcher In
Attleboro Mfg. Co. V. Frankfort NJ,
Acc. & p G.. Ins. Co. III Federal Re
porter 1875, plaintiff sought to recover
the difference between the stipulated
and the amount it was
forced to pay through defendants
negligence i'll conducting the suit
The Federal Circuit Court concluded
that an undertaking by one not an
attorney to carry on the lawsuit Of
another being ordinarily an undertake
ing to carry it on with due care, 1t
is the basis of an action for toni
where negligence has been substitute
ed for due care implicitly undertaken
ana agreed upon The demurrer toI
The declaration was overruled
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22
EVIDENCE OF CRAFT.

There seems to have been a break
IN the strong guard set up by those
who have been resisting a full and
fair inquiry into the charges or police
graft a. indicated in the story else
where In this paper telling Of the
meeting Of the Police, Jail and Fire
committee Of the city council yester-
day afternoon. This break" has come
from the arrest of one Of the keepers
OF an designation house on Fiji
teenth street. a negro woman named
Vaughan. who says that she paid
money to police officers on her beat,
also that she permitted them to bring
women to her house.
That the woman was unable to re-
member the name of one of the off.
GERS to whom she paid SIS, and could
not identify the man when two men
who answered the description she gave
we're brought before her, may be at.
trihnted to the presence of Chief
Egan. why he is permitted to be
present at these inquiries Is not easily
understood, for he Ii not "A member
0f the committee In view Of the at
titude OF the chief and other Officers
toward all who ventured I'd say any
thing about police graft. and the treat,
inent some Of the witnesses before
the committee have received, the mere
presence Of the chief necessarily has
an intinidating effect upon all wit
nesges called to testify.
II the movement against disorderly
houses and dives generally is to b.
honest and thorough. with the deter
nlination to put them out Of business
there will be plenty Of testimony re
gardina police graft, provided til,
committee will assure witnesses tina
Ne truth II wanted and that they will
M protected from police persecution
afterwards.
Hithefto the practice has been
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

space available and therefore it was
thought advisable to start a new
power station on the block of ground
lying at Thirty eighth and Sycamore
streets, containing in all three acres.
This plant was designed and has been
constrr cted on q sectional plan, which
admits of enlargement at any time
without disturbing the existing por-
tions. The work of building the plant
was commenced last January, but by
reason of the continual high stage of
the river until practically July little
was accomplished until midsummer.
thereby delaying the completion of
the present portion until the present
time.
The present plant consists of con-
crete and steel stack eight feet in
diameter and two hundred and ten
feet high. which has capacity of two
times the present plant; three boilers
each of four hundred horsepower ca
pacity are equipped with automatic
stokers; one vertical compound en-
CINE set of one thousand horsepower
capacity and turbine set of one
tlouSdlht itCt SC-po"Ct Capacity DptiI
of which units drive five hundred
kilowatt generators. With the above
are installed the necessary switch
boards. pumps, condensers, converters
and the numerous other things neces-
say to operate a modern power sta
.tion,
The building In which this APP
paratus is housed Is fire-proof through
out, as IS also the car repair shop
adjoining it, All of the apparatus in
this new station Is now operative and
after the mon in charge of the ma
chinery have become thoroughly ia
miliar with the limitations and pos
sihilities of each piece of apparatus,
then, and not until then, viii the ser
vice from it be all that can in reason
be expected.
The street railway system has suf-
Ffered more in this work of rehabilita-
ttion than the other departments, due
largely to the late delivery of the new
winter ears. which were contracted
to be furnished last October, but
which were not delivered until the
first Of this year, and due also to the
extremely bad track conditions on the
unravod. streets. The time required
to provide Cairo with first-class
street railway system win depend en-
tirely On the raHdty with which the
street paving Is conducted. but after
the completion Of the Walnut street
pavement with the reconstructed
track. which can he placed only stimuli
taneousIy with the pavement to good
advantage, the outer belt line will be-
gin to take on the air Of satisfactory
car line. In the meantime money or
energy viii not be spared to repair
and make operation possible with the
track on the unpayed streets.
The outer belt will be operated with
the ncv ray-as youenter cars, and the
inner belt with the semi-coneertible
Brill cars purchased by the former
owners Of the property but a few
Concluded on Fourth Page1
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22
A Wild Blizzard Rauinu

Brings danger, suffering death
to thousands, who take colds
coughs and lagrippe-that terror Of
Winter Spring. Its danger signals
are stuffed up" nostrils, lower part
of nose sore. chilIs and fever, pain in
back OF head and a throat.gripping
cough. When Grip attacks, as you
value your life, don't delay getting
DR.. Kings New Discovery. One bot
tie cured me- writes A. l.. Dunn. of
Pine Valley. Miss, after being laid
mp three weeks with Grip" For sore
lungs. Hemorrhages. Coughs, Colds,
Whooplng Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
IL is supreme. soc, Sl.00. Guaranteed
lily all druggists
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22
STORY OF RECONSTRUCTION
OF CAIRO'S PUBLIC UTILITIES
Ar COST OF OVER S5OO,OOO
What Has Been and Is Yet to be Done to Give
People of Cairo and Neighboring Towns
Much Needed Service In Light, Power
and transportation

There have been numerous refer
ences in the press to the work of
rebuilding the gas and electric light
and power plants of Cairo. by the
Mckinley people, and the building of
the Interurban railway, but there has
been no comprehensive, detailed story
telling just what has been done. The
great work of rebuilding and of eX-
tending has now been completed, in
the main, although much remains To-
be done before the system is just
what it has been planned to be by
the owners, The work has been in
progress less than two years, and
when the extent Of the changes that
haya been WRIGHT is considered. and
the adverse conditions that have been
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

TO take the gas from the holders
and properly distribute it over the
various parts OF the city. new ten
inch main was laid on Commercial
avenue and new four-lnch main on
walnut street together with Il number
of cross street mains and laterals.
All OF the gas meters in the city
have been taken into the shop, over.
hauled and reealibrated To insure ac-
etlafy in the measurement.
Tho work of reconstructing tie gas
department has been substantially
completed with the exception Of the
LAYING or some adtlitionol mains to
reach several districts to which the
main eaFacity is not now sufficient to
suitable gas pressure.
Cairo Traction and Electric Company.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

Yield sufficient gas to supply the city.
70 parity the gas before sending it
into the holders, where it is stored
ready for delivery into the mains, two
new purifiers have been installed TO-
gether with the necessary tar eX-
tractor. scrubber and other devices es-
sential to The proper manufacture Of
gas.
A new gas holder of 100000 cubic
feet capacity has been installed which
together with one of the old holders
OF 10000 cubic feet capacity contains
and stores sufficient gas to supply
the entire city for more than twenty
four hours without manufacturing any
IN the meantime
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

hours Of greatest consumption
The street Orc lighting formely
consisted Of the open arc lamp. which
was subject to tluctuation by reason
of the rapid consumption of the car
bon end the almost constant variation
in the intensity of the arc. The new
system represents the latest improve
ment in the art of are lamp manufac.
ture and provides the most intense
and best distributed light yet procured
by means of the arc lamp.
The Power Plant.
The old power station is situated in
the congeSted portion Of the city,
where DEVELOPMENT is practically pro
Inhibited BY reason Of the restricted
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22
At The OPERA HOUSE
Two Of Shakespeare Plays to be
Presented Matinee and Night
Other Plays Coming

At the opera house this afternoon
"The Merchant Of Venice" will be
presented, and tonight AS You Like
IT. two Of Shakespeare strong plays.
They will he presented by VIM Owen
and Company with a good scenic
eauipment Theatre.goors arc IA
mitiar with the PLAYS. but Shakes
reare's productions never grow old.
Prices: Matinee, children, 25c; adults,
balcony 80, lower floor r.; night,
lower floor, 800 and $780, balcony,
So 75: gallery. Is.
Tomorrow night "The Sunny Side
of Broadway" will he presented at the
opera house. with Miss Coralyn Ryan
in the leading role. Two Cairo boys,
Ed. Allen and sem Collins are with
the COMPANY Prices; Is, so, Is and
$100 Seats on sale today.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

met with. all will admit that good
progress has been made and that the
men under whose direction the work
was done understood their business
and were no, laggards. Mr.. l.. e.
Fischer, general manager, has been
the directing spirit in the operations
and be has had able lieutenants, in
Mr.. Murray Mr. Armstrong and
others. It is roughly estimated that
upwards Of half a million dollars
have been spent on the properties
here, including the lnterurban rail,
way. ~ Bulletin reporter asked Mr.
Fischer for a statement of what hal
been done and what was proposed %
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

lends itself To the Lest advantage to
the numerous vses 70 which electric
cHrent II now p3tt Tile greatest adj
vantage lies in the better distribution
OF current uniformly over the city at
1900 volts. and the better results to
be obtained from the motors SO far
as incandescent Or Tungsten lamp
lighting Is cortrrred, thete Is prac-
t@"l' III difference, excepting that
the current ii conducted to TIE point
of usage with but ono fa1ri1 tie re-
sistanco loss by PERSON ~ tie Cow 81
the current in the wire as compared
TO the Old system. TIC resf is should
be more brilliant light d9r,ag the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

This corporation operates the elee-
trie lighting and street railway de-
.pastnents, both Of which departments
arc no" icing reconstructed and
which demonstrating is causing the
nany annoyancea oceasioned BY the
interference with the continuous op-
GRAFTON Of p Quasi public utility Blant
The system of lighting heretofore in
-fse In Cairo Is known rs the high
frequency 1850 volt alternating cur,
rent system,
The system being installed il the
low frequency 220o volt alternating
crrrent system which is now the uni
versaliy aiopt-j system, in that il
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

cupied by the Iron Mountain Railroad
company, and the Pacific Express
company were destroyed by fire early
on the morning of Sunday, Sept. SRI,
The Planters House was owned by
John Goekel of St Louis, but for
merly of Cairo, and it was conducted
by Gazzola & Botto The latter's loss
was about $4,000 with no insurance,
P. Neff owned the other building.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
/: CAIRO IN 1882 /:
he
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

4 successful fair and festival was
held the last week in August for the
benefit Of Loretto Academy Al Glib,
son was voted a fine lantern, being
the most popular railroad conductor.
Father Murphy was voted gold pen
and Miss Ada Osterl0h barrel OF
-four The lantern vote Melted about
S2Q0 and the gold pen s95. The en-.
tire net receipts amounted to about
$1,000,
Mrs. $, stats Taylor died 1t
Springfield. ILL.,, Sept Srd. Intement
was at Beech Grove on Sept. 9Th. Five
coach loads OF friends from Cairo at
tended the funeral. Rev. f. p
Davenport preached at the grove, and
hymns were sung by n choral club
composed of the choirs Of several
Cairo Churches, Mrs Taylor was the
daughter Of Commodore Bainbridga.
one of the most brilliant officers Of
the United States navy. III all It's his
tory
The Planters House and an adiofn
ing brick building on Ohio levee. 0c-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

The authorities Of Fulton, KY, and
OF South Fulton, Tenn, publish a
card IN the Fulton Leader, warning
eboot-leggers1 and their aids thar
they intend to enforce the law to the
limit against themt and they offer d
reward of s25 for information lead
Ing to their arrest and conviction
This comes upon the heels Of the foul
murder of a detective who was sent
to the city to find the "boot-leggers :
and stop their work The man was
beaten and shot to death by one of
the fellows against whom he had
filed information The authorities
of Fulton seem TO have been just like
the authorities of Cairo and probably
81 other places. Althogh sworn 70
enforce the law they have permitted
II to be violated with Impunity in
spite of the protests Of individual
citizens until conditions grew from
bad to worse and a great tragedy
came which caused a public uprising,
and the men in authority were forced
to do what they should have done
all along as matter of plain duty.
The tragedy in Fulton's principal no,
tel last Wednesday, like the tragedies
in Cairo on November 8th and 18th.
was the logical outcome of persist.
ent Official panderng to, or temporiz-
ing with, the lawless element, in
which political or other considerations
uf personal interest held sway.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22
ecember Circulation.

oI... ss-.AaJD I.
The above is a correct statement
Of the circulation of The Cairo Bulle-
tin for the year.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9th day of January, 1910.
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

be done and though a very busy man
he took few minutes Off with the
result
Cairo City Gas Company,
Abort 100000 cubic feet OF gas Is
ased each lay at Cairo, which is made
By carbonizing hituminous coal from
Tho Pennsylvania field, For the manu-.
iacture Of this gas, a plant of three
benches Of six retorts each has been
i'll. tho new building situated
1t the foot Of Washington avenue,
These three benches have a capacity
If one hundred and fifty thousand
'eet OF gas per twentglour hours and
primarily two Of the benches will
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1909 -. .2215
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month OF De-
cember. 1909 ............. .2227
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

Jos. NJ Gates will offer at the opera
house. Thursday, Jan eth. the mu-
steal comedy success. Three Twins,
which had RIM of five months at the
Whitney Opera Horse, Chicago and
ten months at the Herald Sanarc The
atre. New YORK Prices 80 rs. S100
and %L50. Seats on sale Wednesday,.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

The Bulletin In on sale st the fol-
lowing places:
coienaf,'s, 2f4 Eighth street.
Halliday House News Stand.
Blue Front Eestaurant
MesheW News Agency, 22f Eighth
street and IL Sixth street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

Henry Watterson writes ominously
as follows in the Courier-Journal
Even as Chase and Hamlin, Hale
and Trumhull, original Democrats,
We're required to form successful
anti-slayery party, SO are Cummins
and La Toilette, Bristow, Beyeridge
and Dolliyer required to make a
triumphant anti-subsidist party. To
that end We should hate to ed under
the leadership OF Theodore Roosevelt,
but nobody can foretell what will hap.
pen in the public life Of America
whilst all Of rs know that politics
makes strange bedfelIows.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

when a negro or any one else said
anything about graft to boycott them.
to arrest them and in some cases TO
club them over the head and pat them
in jail. and even the attitude of the
mayor and OF some members OF the
committee has been menaelng one.
redeem themselves by turning about
face" and doing their best to gel at
the truth, making the Inquiries indie
pendently ordering the police to
keep hands off, and resolving upon
purging the department Of unworthy
men no matter who they may be-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

Probably it will be conceded that
among the greatest factors in the up
Of a community are its pub
lie service corporations Good ser
vice by these at moderate rates go
as far as any other influence that can
be named to make city a desirable
place to live in, to do business in and
to build factories In. In fact without
good service at moderate rates by
these, city will struggle hopelessly
for recognition in the commercial and
industrial word today 1t is therefore
with much satisfaction that the Deo-
pie OF Cairo have looked upon the
great work which has been done here
in connection with the lighting, power
and transportation facilities, hy the
Mckinley people under the direction
OF Mr.. L. f. Fischer, as general man
ager, and they will read with interest
the detailed story Of what has been
done and what il yet to be done,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-22

whics is printed elsewhere in this
paper,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-06-10
New Works Lobster Palaces.

Nobody of distinction of appetit. goes to lobster palace to eat One goes there in gaudy mood or when every other place Is filled or closed or with the kind of man who thinks gay ety means overdressed women. bedia- moned men, walters rushing with champagne as if they had the fro buckets and caterwauling orchestra. At midnight the din and the excite ment incline sedate man to ask him. self whether he Is not in a Fiot If you have lobster digestion. you don't hear the din or feel the maelstrom of omnibuses, walters, head walters and patrons swirliag about you. A man who Is eating lobster has to concen. hate all bis faculties, mental, physical, moral and intellectual, on the ordeal. You have heard no doubt of the young lady who was asked over her first lob ster how she liked 1t 'I think" she declared, fits perfectly delicious if there weren't 50 many large bones in 1t. They look like celluloid, don't they ?'-Richard Duffy in Putnam.a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-06-10

~ New 0oardse.

u~ IVY O00300DS
 What d4 you say your nan,s v,sP 1nQuares tho landlady in a hoarss vAse pr.
 Camp"
 Ladies and gentlemen. this is Mr. Grant"
 She waves you C. a vacant chair The young lady on your right drops | half bow. The young gentleman to your left drops g pork chop. Thus amid covert sneers, supercilious glance, and general awkwarGness, you take your place among an alien people.
 "A nash house introduction always :eminds me of g minstrel show" de. clares the humorous boarder. "Ra seated, gentlemen know each othe, and te acquainted"
 Wbeteat you must smile.
 Chase the COW this way" continues the hu,norn"s boirIer in time honored saference to the railk pitcher, whereat FoD must gutfaw
 YOU are always master of ceremo. n1es. says young lady boarder to the humorous one "As for me. I'm too ti1n1d."
 "Wb,y are you timidy
 "Oh. I'm so littie.'
 Sweet goods come tn small hack. ages"
 'So does polson.'
 Fine old repa!tee! After dinner yop ascend to your ta.i bedroom and won. der If you will ever be at home in this company. But Puu know you will. Within m"ntb you will be lendirc money to the humorous boarder and perhaps have a love affa!r started Puck