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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
CONVENTION Of
MINERS ENDED
ESTIMATED THAT THE MEETING
COST THE MINERS UNION
100000,
THE SUBSTITUTE REPORT
For Special Committees Report is
Adopted With amendments,
Following FiIibusterins
By Lewis Faction.

Indianapolis, Aug. 21.-The special
international convention of the
United Mine Workers adjourned sine
die early today, after adopting the
substitute report, VITA two amend
ments, and practically all the dele
gates, with the exception Of the IN
ternational executive board, returned
home after being in SESSION sen days,
The substitute report, submitted
by William Green, former president
Of the Ohio district, with two amenti-
ments, provides for an assessment Of
one dollar a week on all miners work
ing the Endorsement Of all strikes;
the dismissal of the international or
ganizers and criticism of the interna-
tional board.
BY fiiibusterings the Lewis. faction
kept the substitute from coming 20
vote until all strikes had been eene-
dorsed and the assessment included
| in the provision Before taking the
vote on th@ substitute, President
Lewis announced that ali Tie poinls
in the substitute conflicting with the
constitution would nc. become Law
He declared the dismissal. Oh tie or
ganizers and the section criticisine
the international board, which. he
said had not exceeded its authority
in Illinois, were unconstitutional
1t is estimated that the convention
cost the miners of the country close
to 100000,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
100000 FOR AERIAL FLEET.

Rome, Aug, 2l Early next year
Italy will nave an aerial feet for
which parliment has voted an appro-
priation of sS,OoQooo. Twentyfour
dirigibIe balloons are to be construct
ed during the coming autumn ami
winter, twelve on the plan OF the
existing military airship and twelve
of larger pattern Two arships
will be attached to each army corps
and special corps of aeronauts will
be formed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
At indianapolis.
NEW RELIGIOUS SECT
Four Found Starving themselves to
Death In California; Thought
End Of World Near. =

Los Angeles, Ca, Aug 2i-Lying
on pallets. too weak 10 move. ,letec-
tives found today in an arroyo bunga-
low four members OF queer new
sect, who were deliberately starving
themselves TO death In anticipation
of the end Of the world
They had not touched morsel OF
food for six weeks and for the. last
ten days had not stirred from their
eouches on the floor OF a room that
had not been aired since the long
fast began.
Last night officers forced them 10
take their first fiour!shHient-4a plnr
OF milk divided among the four. John
irving oNeill, one Of the four said
he was the leader OF the sect. which
he called disciples Of the Holy Ghosr
with gift OF, tongues, and invited the
curses of heaven down ON those wh.
compelled him to break the fast.
O'Neill died today
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
alcA TIMER GONG DOWN..

Butte, Mont, Aug. 2l.-A~miners
special from Bozeman says:
A dangerous fire is raging under q
high wind several miles south of here
1t has just crossed Mount Ellis and
Is invading some of the most yalu-
able timber of the region.
The fire has progressed through
the forest at the rate Of more than q
mile an hour and the powerful flames
have been visible several hours at q
distance OF seven or eight miles in
til daylight. 1t Is not possible to get
the extent OF the burned area, brt 1t
is many square miles, Forest Super
visor ConklIn has been calling for a
hundred men to fight the fire, but
thus far orfly 35 have resfonied.
They have been sent to the front
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
AS cHRoNIcLER OF RIVER no.
NANCE sTRoucHToN COOL.
EY IS LEADER.
OF OLD RIVER FAMILY
Son Of Captain stroughton Cooley Of
the Early Days OF Steamboat
Ing on the Mississippi
Turns Author.

st. Louis, Mo-. Aug. PA sue
cessor to Mark Twain as chronieler
of the romance of steamboating up
and down the Mississippi and the
Ohio and their tributaries has been
found in Stroughton Cooley, one OF
the family .of Cooleys who have
spent their lives on the river. Incl
dentally the Oldest steamboatman
in active service on the Misslssip-
pi has been found--his mother now
SIS who gave birth to and reared a
family of tenr and still spends most
OF her time riding up and down the
Mississippi on her sons boat.
In a novel, THE Captain Of the
Amaryllis,'' this Stroughton Cooley.
son Of Captain Stroughton Cooley,
hiss added practically the first fresh
chapters about the river to those
written years go by Mark Twain.
He has told the story Of riyerman's
lives with fidelity in romance.
The Cooleys seemed to take to the
water like the proverbial ducSs.
Stroughton Cooley, Sr, was scarce
Ily twenty1three when In 1S45 he EN-
barked in small fatboat on the
Ohio river, taking with him his
young wife and an infnt son, toget.l-
err with a cargo of carriages that he
had made. He was a fine workman
and might have achieved the for
tune Of the Studebakers had he con
timed at his trade; but he no sooner
had a small stock on hand than he
floaded them on d boat and tioated
down the river to sell them. And
never again was he free from the
wanderMst; never could he stop his
ears to the call of the river. Flat
boating in those days was an import
ant branch of industry, and many
people spenttheir lives in floating
south on the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers with produce selling the boat
for lumber at the end of the trip and
returning north by steamboat
But as the steamboats, multiplied
hatboating fell off. Besides, this
Cooley was one of the fiatboatmen
who made enough out of his six
teen fatboats to buy a small steam
boat. He did not acquire fortune
hut he did manage to make a living
and he followed the bent of his ma
ture. One of the striking things
about him was that his intense love
cf family prompted him to make his
home aboard. And though his wift
presented him with ten children, five
| OF whom grew up, she spent nearly
as much time on the river as he did
When he fatboated the young wife
presided over the little cabin parti
toned of from the freight room
cooking for the little crew and nurs
| ing her babies with as much uncon
cern as any mother ashore. And
when the business prospered and thu
| flatboat was replaced by the steam
boat still the wife and mother fol
lowed her husband up and down the
great river. 1t was but natural tina
as the children grew up they shoulc
fall into place in manning the boat
as pilots, engineers. clerks, captains
so that when the father retired th'
sons continued the business. Now
one OF them haswritten the romance
OF IL as ii Is.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
NICARAGUA REVOLT OVER.

New Orleans, Aug. 21.--That the
insurrection is at an end is indicated
in cable dispatches received In New
Orleans late today and tonight from
Managua and other Central American
points by not only the sympathizers
Of the revolutionists but by those of
Madriz and agents OF commercial or.
ganizations and steamship lines as
well.
For the first time since the
revolution started advices received
by both sides as well as by disinter-
ested parties are practically the
same,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
FIND DEN couNTERFElTERs.

New York, Aug. 2l.--A lien OF
counterfeiters was discovered today
when the police swooped down on an
old ramshackle building on the shore
OF the XIII Won Kull In Bayonne, N
j. Two men and woman were ar
rested and the officers found a com
plete outfit of counterfeiter's tools
while the building was filed with loot
from top to bottom.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
,NcgNp,ARIsM Res,'oNeusLE

q Washington, Aug. 2l,--Ineendiar-
ism is now believed to be respponsi-
BILE in large measure for the spread
of tn devastating forest fires in Ore
gon and the northwest, In which mil
lions OF feet Of valuable timber has
gone up in smoke an millions more
threatened, Acting Forester Albert
F. Potter tonight received advices
from Supervisor Buck, of Medford,
Oregon, stating that the continued
spread of the fires in southern Ore
gon revealed clearly the work of In
cendaries, Potter would not dis
cuss even fnferrentially what may be
the purpose OF the fire brg, pending
an official report of the forest rangers
now engaged In rounding up the def
mite evidence.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
SHOWS TouRINe PLANE.

Asbury Park. N. j., Aug. 2l.--At
the aviation meet today at Interlaken
Walter Brookins, with the new
Wright touring plane" as he terms
mis- freak flyer, gave clever exhib-
ition. After superb fight Brookins
took Hoxsey in the machine with
him and together they few to the
Asbury Park golf club, made sue.
cessful landing and then returned to
the aviation field.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
FIRES SWEEPING ONWARD.

Missoula, Mont, Aug. 2l.-Merci-
lessly and relentlessly the forest fires
of westrn Montana and northrn Ida
ho are sweeping over vast area,
driving hundreds of fugatives before
them, destroying small settlements
and wiping out of existence millions
of dollars worth of property.
The situation tonight is more SER
ious than it was early this morning,
except as to Wallace, Idaho. where
it is believed That nearly half the
city win be saved. Communication
with Wallace to the west mas been
possible at intervals today, but to the
eastward 1t is entirely cut off. 1t
is known that the entire half of the
town above Seventh street has been
destroyed, s.
West of that hard fight is being
made and witn the Improvement in
the water supply there is more
chance that the flames will be driven
back for few minutes. This after,
noon the Daily Missourian's reporter
as (Wallace hal a wire. He sum-
married. the situation as follows:
Thirteen lives lost; property loss
is one million: fire is still threaten
ing
The town of Taft, near the Idaho
line was entirely DESTROYED by fire be
fore daylight.
Saltese, below Taft, has been aban.
doned by the inhabitants and is
known to be surrounded by fire. De-
borgia is seriously threatened and
one man is missing. AT ST. Regis
the fire has crossedd the river an
threatens the outlaying buildings,
though no fears are entertained for
the town. Haughan is reported to
be deserted. the last word from there
being that the ire is dangerously
near and the telephone operator is
preparing to fee.
The area covered is, roughly a
hundred miles square, most in the
mountains and lsparsely settled It
is difficult to obtain information from
any points and impossible to reach
some of the isolated places at all.
There is a probability that there has
been serious loss of life as there are
camping parties and lumber men
throughout the mountains and the
fire may have come uron them while
sleeping last Night, or they may have
been awakened this morning to find
themselves cut off.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
Now Believed That Part of WAL
lace, Idaho, Can be Saved
From the Flames
Many Other Towns Threatened in Western Mon
tana and Northern ---Incendiarsm Be-
lieyed to be Partly Responsible---l
of Life Believed to be Heavy

Rutte, Mont, Aug. 2l.--A special
frdm Thompson Falls, Mont, says:
The fire situation here is alarming.
Thompsoit Falls is threatened by the
forest fires. Portions Of Belknap,
White Pine, Noxen and Heron are
burning, and there is a solid line OF
fire from here to the Montana Ida
no boundary line, distance Of forty
niles.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
BRITISH SHIP AGROUND
Cruiser Bedford Ran Ashore at Quel-
part Island, Near Japan, Satur-
day in Bad Weather.

Toxic, Aug. 21.-The British
cruiser Bedford ran ashore on the
southwest portion of Juelpart Island
Saturday japanese warships have
been sent to assist her. The weather
is bad.
The Bedford, at the time OF the ae-
cident. was sailing with the British
squadron from WeiHai-Wei, China,
for Nagasaki, Japan. She was built
in 1908 and carrier 537 men and off
GERS.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
IRISH OBJECT TO PICTURES.

Dublin. Aug. ei.-The Catholic
church has started crusade against
the Jeffries-Johnson fight pictures.
On their first production in Ireland
today the archbishop OF Dublin pro-
tested to the mayor. The campaign
will be organized and pushed In Eng.
land as we'll as Ireland.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
LoYAlToN SAVED.

Reno, New, Aug. 21.-Tonight,
after two days of work on the part
of six hundred volunteer fire fighters,
Loyalton, in Sierra county, Ca, 25
miles north of here. is out of danger
from the forest fire that burned ever
a district nine miles square, doing
damage estimated at two hundred
thousand dollars.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
BROKE WORLDS RECORD.

Chicago, Aug. 21.--F. Holmes. Of
Chicago, member of the American
Olympic Team, beat the worlds rec
ord for three standing board jumps
today at the track meet Of the Cal
eic Association, making 36 feet 3h
inches.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22

Women can do good educational
work in their own homes, and even
while out shoppinH without speaking
at street cornersA Evelyn Countess
Desart
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
Weather In.t,ne, Of AnIm,,,.

All animals have weather In
stinct. The approach of rain Ia IN
dictated by the fight Of swallows, by
the cries Of water fowl and by the
actions OF cows and pigs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22

Columbus. q, Aug. 2i-~wavne Hin.
kle, aged 10. Ohio State uniserslty
student was struck over the heart
with pitchd bali while PLAYING
baseball at rye Perach on Lake Erie
today, and died q snort time after
wards. MI
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22

Cincinnati, Aug .1.-CIncinnais
hammered wiitse hard. seven hits.
base on balls and an error swing
them seven runs in the fifth inning
Score RIfE
New York ..%.........3 S 2
Cincinnati ..... .......fo 10 0
Batteries-Wiltse, Dickson and
Myers; Gaspar and Mclean.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22

Export o. American Eggs.
Expectation OF American eggs II In
veasing constantly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22

BatteTies-Bell ana Miller; Cole
and King.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-22
Cubs Win TWO.

Batteries Rucker and T
Richie, Overall and Killing.
Second Game.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-25
CANE TO MICHIGAN IN 1881,
Charles s. Woodird, Civil Engineer
In Dead, Aged 80.

YPSILANTl. Mich, Jan. 24.-Chas
8. Woodard. who died sunday In the
Noncompliance hospital at Ann Arbor
OF pneumonia. was connected closely
with the carly development OF Micht
gan and Indiana. lie was horn In
Rose. n. Y. Oct %. 1921, and camo
TO Michigan when a boy OF 10. ridlne
horseback with his father from De
troit to Ypsilanti.
As a civil engineer he was connect
ed with the Cnited States survey In
the upper peninsula of Michigan, and
wi.h Col. J. NJ Berrien In locating the
original line Of the Michigan Ceatrd.
railway. and later was himself success
siveIy chief civil engineer OF the New
Albany & Salem railway, the Jackson,
Lansing Il Saginaw. the Fort Wayne,
Jackson a Saginaw. the Fort Wayne,
Muncie a Cincinnati and the Wiscon-
sin & Michigan railroads, In thu last
being associated with Or. Douglas
Houghton. Of whom he had a fund OF
"reminiscences.
He was the only man for many
years familiar with the old French
surveys OF this vicinity, and many
townships secured his services In re-
establishing their old boundaries lie
was for many years city surveyor ol
Ypsilanu. and even after he retired
The Detroit times., 1910-01-25
HIS HENS ARE
ASH S|FTERS NOW
But Is an Egg Laid in q snOwbank
a Cold Storage Eggl Asks
Squire Baldwin.

NEW YORK. Jan 24.-Are you
ready?
Well--It Is neighbOrhood record
that Squire Hezeklah Baldwin OF
Cedar Grove. n. j.. Is n saving man,
even according 10 standards set BY
the most frugal Jerseyite. II has al
ways been an economic problem with
him whether the energy spent In stiff
ing ashes paid for the disable coal left
after the cinders had been dispersed
This problem with him has been 10 get
the good Goals without expanding the
energy (Note-Squire Baldwin Sits
his own ashes)
Now-SQuire Baldwin has a flock OF
hooded Brahmins which lay like auto
matte egg mills when the going il
good in summer. but in winter they
eat their heads of and don't produce
He cuddled up to an idea recently
and tried IL on the hens yesterday
The visible evidence OF the expert
meut was noted by Squire baldwins
neighbors. They attest TO seeing d
cloud OF dust rising above his domain
OA AAA0BG AOAOs my AhfNoNAoN@NNN $3.50
found his brood of Brahmins raising
ructions on the ash heap In search OF
corn which Squire Baldwin had mixed
adroitly with the ashes. The energy
OF the hens scattered the ashes and
cinders. leaving the partly burned
Goals, which Mrs. Baldwin can use e
excellent advantage in her kitchen
range.
But--The best OF the experiment IL
yet TO come The hens worked up sc
much energy that they were moved
TO lay eggs.
Whereat-They made for them
selves nests In the softest places 81
hand the snowbanks. and filled the
nests with the biggest harvest OF
eggs that Squire Baldwin has gather
ed since last June Neighbors who
counted the harvest will give theii
names and addresses to sceptics.
Howsoever-Squire Baldwin. famed
for veracity, is in a quandary how &c
classify the eggs In offering them tC
the market. He is ready to guaran
tee that they are not more than
day old. On the other hand. the firs'
abode OF the eggs was in snowoanki
and, technically speaking. they are
cold storage eggs.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-25
ESTRADA AND MADRIZ
FORCES IN BIG FIGHT
Revolutionary Leader Has 1000 Troops
and Confident Of Defeating
the Enemy.

Revolutionary Leader Has 1000 Troops
and Confident Of Defeating
the Enemy.
BLUEFIELDS, BY WIRELESS TO
COLON, Jan. 24.-News just conveyed
here from the front asserts that the
long delayed battle between the Es-
Itrada and MadriZ armies at Acoyapa.
has begun. The fight was taken up
all along the line early today. Outpost
fighting began at dawn Sunday.
! To what extent the battle that be-
gan this morning has progressed can
not be estimated now. II Is known
that Gen. ChamorrO is directing the
! fight and that he has been instructed
to tight 10 the finish. The battle line
extends for Is miles north and south
between La Libertad and Acoyapa.
The American gunners. under Ca
brile Conrad, OF Louisiana. are posted
midway between the two places. Ii IS
here the most desperate fighting Is
bound to occur. Eytrada has II rapid
FIRE guns behind fortresses, erected
since the arrival Of troops at the 'front.'.
Gems. Mena and Matuty are directing
the fight under Chamorro. In the
three brigades Estrada has about
600 men and Is confident OF victory
Spies say the Madriz troops are out
numbered.
In a flank movement yesterday de-
tachment OF 1000 Madriz troops at
tempted 10 work around behind the
Estrada lines In an Effort to break con-
pections with the base Of supplies at
Rama
The Detroit times., 1910-01-25

the amount OF capital tied up In our
business would be less than now.
But no packing concern Is respon'
sible for the initial cost OF live stock.
In accordance with which the prices
to the retailer are high or low.
1T Is not the products Of the pack.
ing houses alone which have increas-
ed in price. All farm products have
gone up. Butter has doubled In price,
eggs are higher. chickens and turkeys
never were so high"
Armour said he welcomed the "eat
no meat for a month movement"
II want to see lower prices" he
said. land | think this agitation will
make for lower prices
Increased production is the practi.
cal remedy for present conditions. The
people must go back TO the farms aid
the farms must be made more pro
ductive. Whether by irrigation. re-
claHlat4on. fertilization or colonization
the production OF grain and livestock
must be increased"
This view is supported IN a state
ment by Prof Earl d. Howard. head
OF the department OF economics OF
Northwestern university. Howard be-
lieves the prices Of foodstuffs will con-
tnus to soar until they reach the high
est point which will be about two
years hence. Then will follow a de.
preston.
The movement In favor OF meat
strikes" continues TO gain Roadway
and numerous clubs have been formed
with the object of boycotting meat.
The movement will not get It's great.
est impetus. however. until Feb 6,
when the Chicago Federation will meet
to take action.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-25
RAILROADS STIFLE
TRAFFIC ON WATER
Inland Waterways Commission Urges
Remedial Action Be Taken-Great
Lakes Show Increased Tonnage.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Po,icies
designed 10 govern the future Improve
ment OF the waterways OF the country
and the regulation OF water power by
the government In order TO prevent
monopoly. are set forth In report
submitted To congress today by the
inland waterways commission. The
commission consists OF IL members
OF the senate and house with Senator
Burton, of Ohio, chairman. and has
been hard at work since last MaiFh.
The report credits the general de
crease in water-borne trafic In this
country To the superior facilities OF
the railroads and their practice OF re-
ducing rates To stifie boat trafflc where
II offers competition. The Mississippi
river shows heavy decrease In ton
mage and he great lakes a notable
increase. The Erie canal and the Hud-
son river have shown a falling of par
ticularly heavy In the last few years,
Monongahela rivers among others
have increased tonnage.
To meet cases in which railroads
raise rates after water competition Is
stamped out. the commission recon-
menus tile TSltTOhQS snOulQ not w
permitted TO raise rates once lowered
to meet boat competition without the
consent OF the interstate commerce
commission.
improvement OF national waterways
Is much preferred by the commission
to the building OF canals. the latter
work involving far greater expense In
the purchase of land and cost Of con
struction.
Canals for sea-gotng ships are con-
sidered desirable by the commission
only 10 overcome narrow barrier be-
tween navigable waters 10 save a great
sailing distance, as in the case of the
Suez canal. and to give outlets TO the
sea 10 large cities near the coast
The commission strongly recon-
mends. continues the report. THE
greatest care in the conservation OF
waterpower for the use OF the people.
II especially recommends such legis
lation by congress and by the states
as would prevent monopoly In the
possession OF water power and secure
it's utilization for the general benefit.
The suggestion Is made that q pro-
vision preserving II congress the right
to alter, amend or repeal should be
inserted in every act granting water
power rights"
The Detroit times., 1910-01-25
Armour Says High Prizes
Due to Supply Shortage

CHICAGO. Jan. 24.--"Ynu can elm
mate the meat packers entirely from
the situation aud the high prices will
remain. The prices are high by the
laws OF nature and natural laws can
not be changed. The best we can do
is comply with them. Increase produc-
ton and prices Will fall"
This Is the defense made by ]. Og-
den Armour. head OF Armour a. Co,
against the charges made by meat
strikers" that the packers are respon.
sible for present high prices.
The present market for live stock
is not the sort the packers would
choose" he said. I'VE would prefer
20 buy cheaper and sell cheaper. The
volume of our business would then be
greater. Moreover. with lower prices,