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The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
-FOUR NEGROES IN JAIL
Under Suspicion of Causing the
Death of Jchn West, The Tamaa
Man, Saturday Night.

The police have four negroes in
jail under suspicion Of having caused
the dsath Of John West, q negro hot
tamala man, who was mysterlonsly
killed at so o'clock Saturday morn
ing. The police think they have good
evidence against two OF the men and
their hearing will come up today be-
fore Police Magistrate Whitcamp.
West was shot in the back ana
must have died almost instantly. The
body was found lying in the street
at Dot glas and Cedar OFFICER Hagey
used his bloodhound to try to follow
the cent and the dog lead him from
where the empty taniala can was
found, near Locust and Fourteenth
streets, down Jefferson avenue to
Tenth street and to the railroad
yards where the scent was lost,
Several railroad men who We're on
duty in the yards report having seen
two negroes crossing the yards near
Tenth street shortly after 1880 O'clock
and thought they might have boarded
a freight train that passed north
shortly afterwards.
West lived with his mother near
Division and Poplar street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
INDIANA POLITICS
IN L|MEL|GHl
BRYAN WRITES TO GOVERNOR
Observation-Disclosures MAY
ENDORSE SENATORIAL CAN
DlDATE SOON.

Indianapolis, April 24.-New inter.
est was added to the fight that Gov
ernor Thomas r. Marshall and other
leaders of the democratic party in In
diana are making to have the party's
state convention next week indorse q
candidate for the United States sen,
ate when it was learned that William
j. Bryan had written a letter to Gov
ernor Marshall congratulating him on
his efforts to have the convention
take such action.
The popular election Of senators
has been endorsed by the last three
democratic national conventions,
says Mr.. Bryan in his letter, "and the
nomination of a republican candidate
in Indiana makes 1t even more i'm
perative that our party shall meet the
issue solidly with clean cut plat
form and strong candidate"
The opposition to the convention
indorsing candidate for the senate
Is being led by Thomas Taggart, for
mer chairman OF the democratic ma
tional committee, who Is candidate,
and this question overshadows all
others. The convention promises to
be one of the most hotly contested
ever held in the state.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
BALLiNGER's ATTORNEYS THINK
PlNcHoT TRIED no OVER
THROW SECRETARY.
FURTHER REVELATIONS
Promised by Brandeis Regarding
Wickersham's Summary Of cla-
Wis Charges, Which He
Attacked Friday.

Washington, April 2i-An effoft
was made BY the defense" In the
Ballinger-Plnchot investigation yester
day to show that Clifford pinchot and
his associates had conspired to over
throw Secretary Ballinger because he
opposed "Pinchot's way Of eonserv-
ing.
Attorney Brandeis. for the proseeu-
tion, promised the newspaper men
some further revelations regarding
the attorney generals summary of
CLAWS charges, which he intimated
yesterday had been written two
months after the date 1t bore.
George Otis Smith, director OF the
geological survey, occupied the stand
and tod OF conversation he had
with Pinehot last July, during which
the latter he said, characterized Bal
linger as a yellow dog" and to have
threatened to lead fight against the
secretary II there was any criticism
|of former Secretary Garfield at the
Spokane irrigation congress.
Smith told Of talk Associate For
ester Oyerton had with Price last Sep
Itember, while the latter was acting
forester in which Price Is alleged to
have declared we win get him (Bal.
lnger) one way or another
Smith said he attended the Spokane
congress, where the fight was preelpi-
tated over the charge that BalIlnger
had allowed the interests to grab Il
large iunber Of valuable water power
sites.
Smith then read a letter he wrote
to the subordinates in his Office here
after the Spokane convention, descrih.
Ing the fight. Smith wrote that al
though no criticism OF Garfield was
made, the fight came off as planned.
He said Governor Pardee of Cali
fornia augmented the trouble by
speaking on the "sins Of Ballingers in
stead of irrigation" as scheduled.
Smith wrote further:
"The attorney was there to fight
Plnchot's fight. The big grab shrunk
every hour and Pardee's insincerity
made bad impression on many dele.
gates
Smith fought against the charges
for Baliinger and said the opposition
tried to gag him with motion to
adjourn. Smiths letter said war was
apparent Pinchot and his associates
sought the overthrow OF BaIlinger for
opposing Pinchot's conservation pro-
gram.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
VICTIM WAS TWICE BOUND TO
CROSS AND WILL PRoBA.
BLY, GLE.
FOUR ARRESTS FOLLOW
Crown of Thorrs Placed on Accused
Foreign Miner Suggests Ex
cruciatino Method Of
Torture.

Washington, Pa, April ga George
Rabish a foreign coal miner, is Ia a
critical condition today as result Of
an outrage pefpetrated upon him yes
terday by crowd Of drunken coun.
trymen, who twice crucified their
victim after crowning him with
thorns. Four men are under arrest
as a result of the oetrange, and pri-
vate and public Officers are securing
the country for others implicated.
Rabish incurred the enmity Of others
employed at the Avella mines Of the
Pittshurg and Washington Coal Com
pany, ten miles northwest OF here.
Ii IL claimed he was acting as a
company spy and had reported sew
eral miners for breaches Of the min
ing rules. He was ordered to leave
town and refused. Yesterday crowd
of carousing miners dragged him
from his boarding house to the edge
of the mining hamlet. One powerful
foreigner plated crown Of throns
and thrust it upon the terrified man.
This suggested crucifixion, and Rab-
sh was bound to a hastily construct.
a cross. which was planted In a hole
lug BY other members Of the party
5abi.h's arms and legs were bound
securely to the cross, ana while he
begged piteousiy to be released, his
'ormentors reviled and taunted him
and hurled stones at him.
Supt. G. y. Neiser was notified and
'oscud Rabish Four Of the ringlead-
ars were arrested and at an immed.
ate hearing before Justice w NJ.
Gimmann were heavily fined. The
enlistment. however, did not have
he de lred effect, for soon afterward
word was carried to Neiser that Rab-
sh had again been hanged upon the
ress He was rescued by officers
his time in an exhausted condition,
md four men were arrested and
,lac in the Avella lookup Others.
alarmed at the determined air OF the
officers fled and are thought to be
-oneealed somewhere in the vicinity.
English speaking residents of the
district, headed by General Manager
YIN. Boggs. of the coal company and
ocal officers, have been unable, after
IN all day search to locate any Of the
others The American residents are
greatly aroused and are demanding
immediate prosecution of the offend
ers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
.DEPEW GLAD HE
CAN ENJOY LIFE
DELIVERS STRIKING ADDRESS AT
DINNER or MoNTAuk
CLUB.
GROWTH OF THE TRUSTS
Said American Laborer Should Be
Protected from the Cheap Immi-
grant Laborer--Praise
for Roosevelt.

New York, April 24.-'For a long
life. abounding in good things, in a
capacity for enjoying everything. in
reciprocal attachments and contribn-
, tions with multitudes Of men and
women, in more than my share of
health and of happiness, reyerently
thank God both that am alive and
that have lived" was Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew's estimate of
what the world had all amounted to
in his life. The senator was speaking
at the nineteenth annual dinner given
him by the Montauk club Of Brooklyn
in celebration Of his seventy-sixth
birthday last night. Senator Depew
apparently, is as hale and hearty as
ever.
Speaking of the growth OF the
trusts, he said he believed in govern
ment control, not ownership, He said
the present high prices are not due to
national extravaganza. He said the
American workmen received double
the wage of the workers of other
countries, but the government had not
yet protected him against the com
petition Of the immigrant laborers.
who will work so cheaply. He said
the most beneficent exchanges that
had occurred in his time have been
laws granting rights to women. He
favors female suffrage.
Concluding, he said:
1T is glorious thing for any peo-
pie to have thrills of enthusiasm.
think all Of MS, no matter what our
views of him may be- no matter how
much we differ with him in opinion,
no matter how much he may have an.
tagonized some Of us by his actions,
feel prouder of the product of Ameri.
tan liberty ANU opportunity, because
the eye of the world is just now filled
to the exclusion Of all other men. by
the yirile figure of Roosevelt"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
D. A. R. MEETING
COMES 70 END.
LAST SUBJECT DISCUSSED WAS
STATES RIGHT. IN THE MAT.
TER OF ELECTION OF STATE
REGENTS.

Washington, April 24-Wivh an am
mated discussion OF states rights as
a finale, the ninth continental con-
gress Of the National Society Of the
Daughters OF the American Revola.
tion closed last night. The delegates
refused, as on Thursday, and at Sari
GUS preceding conventions. to amend
their constitution so as to authorize
the election of state regents and state
vlce-regents to be held in states
Among the state regents and vice.
regents chosen were
IllinoisMrs. Minerva Ross Ames,
Mrs, Gertrude Ball Welty
Indiana Mrs. Sarah Al. Dinwiddie.
Mrs, Emma Ball
Iowa. Miss Harriet IsaGera Lake.
Mrs. Eva Garfield Metcalf.
Michigan--Mr Emma Sanford
Brayton Mrs. Abby Lerfife.
Mrs. Martha c. Wells,
Mrs. Nellie Coburn jefferson.
Nebraska Mrs. Jeanette d. Rhes-
lander Ward, Mrs. Lottie G. Norton.
Wisconsn-Mrs Frances Conkey
Fethers, Mrs. Matty Culver Van
Osten.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
COL. ROOSEVELT
HAS QUIET DAY
ATTENDED CHURCH WITH AM.
RAssADoR BACON YESTER-
lCtAY MORNING.
TOOK AUTOMOBILE RIDE
Lunched With Ambassador Jusser.
and in Aftcrnoon---Wha the
:. French Newspapers Say
About Roosevelt.

Paris, April cl.-Roosevelt passed q
comparatively quiet Sunday. Accom-
panied by Ambassador Bacon in tae
morning he attended an American
church.
All lunchea with Ambassador aad
Nine. Jusserand. In the afternoon
there was an automobile ride, and
Roo eyelt visited the chateau OF
Henri w. Roosevelt did not visit
the voting booths, though general
election was held today.
Tomorrow Roosevelt will be the
guest of the municipality OF Parls.
The city fathers will receive him
at the hotel DeVilla, where lunch
con viii be served. In the evening
he will dine with General Brugere
and go to the opera. Salome was the
bill, but by Roosevelt's wish -Samp.
son and Deliliah" was. sub titlted.
AT the close of Roosevelts lecture
in Sorhonne yesterday, a person in
the gallery hssed, but this was un-
noticed in the applause, 1t was an
Egyptian who explained that he de-
sired to protest against the speech of
Roosevelt at Cairo. The Sorbonne
lecture has created tremendous inn
preston. The newspapers, in spite
OF the election news, devoted an i'm
mense amount of space to 1t and
Rooseyelts doings.
With the exception of some mock
ing criticism by free lances, such as
Henri Rochefort, editor OF Patife,
and Ernest Judet, of the Eclar, pa
pers of all shades of opinion ring out
in approval of the doctrines of civic
morality expounded by Roosevelt.
Some ultra Catholic organs are silent.
The Temps. anneals to France to
take the advise OF an honest man
whose deeds and life during the last
80 years qualify him to speak"
The Journal Des Debats, says:
Our great democracres are expert
ments. From the beginning --A'
have leaned toward corruption.
Roosevelt's simple and energetic
language is like that of Hercules.
armed not with a club, but broom,
at the door of the Augenan stable"
The faris Journal says;
mo nobler lesson of civic duty ever
fell from human lips"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
Which Is Who?

damage has been done by the coolest
late April weather on record for those
states.
Information from Wisconsin and
Michigan indicates that the fruit crop
will be about half the average size,
Reports of heavy snow with tempera-
ture below freezing come from
throughout southern Illinois tonight,
A severe snowstorm is raging in
Cairo and vicinity.
All records for late cold weather In
central Illinois were broken today. 1t
was ten degrees below freezing this
morning at Springfield.
Only once for the entire month of
April for any previous year has the
temperature been so cold. That was
on April /, 1899, when the mercury
dropped to 10.
The snow fall for yesterday and last
night was three inches, according 70
Director Burns Of the government
weather bureau ut Springfield,
H M
The steamer Northern King has not
been reported since leaving the 500
Friday, for whose safety apprehen-
sion Is felt. 1t is hoped she will find
safe shelter at Houghton, Mich.
The Goodrich Transit Company's
steamer Iowa, which went aground
Friday night near South Racine. was
not released this evening. The vessel
is resting easy.
The binding snow and rain, which
obstructed the view of automobile
drivers, resulted in three serious auto.
mobile and street car collisions in
Chicago today. in which fourteen per-
sons were injured.
h Vessels still report heavy sea on
Lake Michigan.
The storm Is abating in South Da-
kota,. and the ground is freezing to.
night. The temperature is falling in
Indiana.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
PROHIBITION IN
3 STATES FAILS
cHAFlN COMMENTS ON TENNEs.
SEE, MISSISSIPPI AND ALA.
BAMA - THINKS PATTERSON
WILL BE REELECTED.

New Orleans, La Apr. 24.-Eugene
w, Chain, presidential candidate on
the prohibition ticket two years ago,
and now making tour Of the South
.ern states with the idea Of developing
prohibition candidates for congress
for the approaching congressional
election for the approaching congress
sional election. lis not like other polit-
cal leaders while handling big prob
lens. Instead Of predicting success
and depicting the growing wave of
prohibition, he takes a rather differ
ent view of the stuation predicts
the election OF Governor Patterson In
Tennessee because of his stand on
the liquor question, and says further
that statewide prohibition in Tennes.
see, Mississippi and Alabama has
proven to be a dismal failure.
He declared that this failure was
the result Of Interstate shipments OF
liquor. and as long AIS this was per
mitted BY the interstate commerce
commission, he saw no relief from the
situation until congress acted. That
was why he and his friends were di-
recting their attention to congress
now. They hoped to elect few mem,
bers, and with that nucleus they
might accomplish something. sS
Mr. Chain was accompanied by
Charles II. Jones Of Chicago, and they
conferred with local lights In the
party today, Tomorrow Mr.. Chain
VIII deliver two addresses.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
BRITISH PRESS COMMENTS.

London, April .-Rooseyelts Sor.
bonne address is printed in many
British newspapers and is the sub
ject of much editorial comment.
The Chronicle says:
HE is not subtle thinker but he
knows that the majority of mankind
like to hear eternal verities thrust
at them through megaphone.
He knows also that his preach
ings, il universally practiced, would
mean a regeneration Of the
world. and large part of the effect
they produces comes from the know
ledge that Roosevelt does practice
what he breaches, and that the quail
tiles he recommends he haa himself
displayed before all mems eyes with
astounding results"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
WAS THOUGHT LOST.

Ann Arbor. April 24-Nordman r,
Cummings, millionaire real estate
owner Of Chicago who mysteriously
disappeared from Chicago last Wed.
nesday with a large amount Of cash
and several thousand dollars worth
Of iewelrv. was located in a hotel to-
night. He says he came here to vi 1t
HIS mother He left Chicago on the
spur OF the moment but has commu-
nicated with his wife.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
COLLECTIONS TAKEN TO
FIGHT WHITE PLAGUE.

Chicago, April 24-Neariy al the
leading churches throughout the
country joined today In the various
ccitirs In making this tuberculosis
Sunday. The movement has the sup
port of Taft, the governors Of nine
states and mayors Of hundreds Of
cities. A collection was taken to
wage war against the white plague.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
SHOWING Off
PIeases Many Fight Followers Who
Visited His Quarters--Berger
Is More Hopeful.

Ben Lomond, Cal, April 24.--In the
presence of a crowd Of critical fight
followers, Jeffries gave physical cul-
ture exhibition that satisfied the visit
ors today.
Jeff's condition shows remarkable
Berger has said Jeffries' work
lacked ginger, but this morning he
declared he was satisfied with him for
the first time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
DEsPoNDENT MOTHERS DEED.

Chicago, April 24.-Despondent be
cause she and one daughter are in
valids, Mrs. Margaret Collins, 26 years
of age, killed herself and two little
daughters here early today by turning
on the gas. The bodies were found
by the father, in bed
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
OPEN CAMPAIGN TONIGHT
vice.President Sherman viii Fire
Opening Gun In Fight in Illinois
and Missouri.

Washington, April 24.-Vice-Presi-
dent Sherman will fire the opening
gun of the congressional campaign in
Missouri and southern Illinois tomor-
row night at dinner at the City IN
dustrial association in st. Louis. Rep
resentatives Fassett Of New York and
Fordney Of Michigan, former Senator
Hemingway Of Indiana, and former
Representative Watson of Indiana left
with the vice-president today for st.
Louis
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
CROKER COMING BACK.

New York, Arril "a. Friends or
Richard Croker, an old-time Tammany
leader, said tonight that he will re-
turn to make New York his perma-
nent home, He finds himself lonely
in Ireland. Croker is g. He will net
re-enter politics.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
SEVERAL DIE IN FLAMES
Mother and Five Children Perish
Father Saves Infant, But Is
Fatally Burned.

Ponoa, Neb. April 24.-Mrs. Jerry
Miner and five children were burned
to death this morning when the cot
tage caught fire. Miner saved the
two-year-old baby, throwing it out the
window. The father was terribly
burned and is not expected to live.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
TRINITY Rich CHURCH.

New York, Arril "a When the
year book Of the Trinity parish. the
richest church corporation in the
world. was made public today, the
total assets of the parish were
sl4,500,000. This is the first time
Trinity has given publicity to its IL
naneial affairs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
BOYS TRAGIC DEATH.

New York. April 24---Louis Rose,
ten years old. Of Jersey City. running
to catch foul tip in a baseball game
today, fell head foremost into shall
low pond and stuck to the mud bot
tom. He was dead when pulled out.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
cHAs. 3. DRAPER DEAD.

Chicago. April 24.--Charles b. ORA.
per. proprietor of Draper Hall at
0conomowoc, Wis, one OF the most
widely known hotel men In the coiln-
try. died at that place today Draper
was born at Milwaukee In 1860.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
JoHANsEN BEAT CROWLEY.

New York, April 24--Thure Johan-
sen, the Swede, defeated James j.
Crowley in a professional match race
today over the full Marathon distance.
The Swede won by two miles in
2:39.424-5.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
DEFAuLTlNe CASHIER ARRESTED

Chicago, April 24.-Stedman Thorn
as, cashier Of the Dairymen's Ma
tional Bank of Sheboygan Falls,
charged with misappropriating 100000
OF the banks money. was arrested
here today.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
NO MORE BODIES FOUND,

Cincinnati April 2i.--A search in
the ruins Of the Hotel Thoma, destroy
ed by fire last night, failed to locate
more bodies. 1t Is believed all except
three escaped
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
"PolA" FOR ROOSEVELT.

Berlin, April 24.--The emperor has
ordered that Arthur Nevin's Indian
opera, "Poia," be given at the Royal
Opera House in honor Of Roosevelt
during his visit to the castle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
FIRE DRIVES 90 OUT
INTO FIERCE SNoWsroRM

Chicago, April 2f-Clad In their
night clothing. sixty persons were
driven out into the snowstorm here
early today BY an alleged incendiarg
fire In the cledan apartment building
on the south side. One was probably
fatally hurned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
FIRE LOSS 100000.

Lake Charles, La, April 24-The
loss entailed by the disastrous fire
here yesterday is 100000, falling
short Of the earlier estimates
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25
TWELVE FlREMEN INJURED.

Philadelphia. April 2iTwelve FIRE.
men were overcome By smoke today
in a fire which destroyed the depart
ment store Of George B. Davis q Co.
I0ss SlGo.ON0.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-25

Laughter 4 Good Medicine.
Always laugh when you can; It II
cheap medicine. Merriment is .
philosophy not we'll understood. It II
the sunny side Of existence. Byron.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-31
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Old Man With the scythc.

The wonderful new year has way
.of coming round once In / 3 months.
seeming so much the same when II
daWns upon US as the one just passed
that we hardly realize another one
has been added TO those who answer
TO the roll call OF Time.
When We do realize 81. there -
always a bit o. silence. except with
the chndren-with them everything
is new. as We think OF the fresh book
of three hundred and sixty-fiye saves
that opens In It's whiteness for Us &c
MI the pages. And We hope that the
record will be better than any pre-
vious one whether good or ilL And
We put up little prayer that we may
make good" our nobler resolves and
measure mp" toward our high
ideals. so that the world shall be
better for our having lived this year.
II Is a good time to be optimistic
to bel.eve, with Browning. that
Gods IN His Heaven, ANS well with
the world" when time begins throw
passing year puts into his laden wa
let a little light from the ewes. "a
little bloom and softness from the
cheeks. little gloss aud color from
the hair. a little lightness from the
step. and bestows upon tais. in their
stead. a varied assortment OF odds
and ends. which are, as TO value. ex-
actly what We choose 10 make them.
IL needs a little moral alchemy TO
turn them into gold and diamonds.
pearls and opals; but with tlns trans
forming touch. Times gifts ara
growing patience which brings sweet
ness and gentleness in the train. And
all OF these things write themselves
clearly enough on ageing fares,
sometimes beautify.ng what was
once almost destitute Of charm: and
sometimes spiritualizing what once
was beautiful in form and color, but
lacked the loneliness that results
from an equal balance OF mind and
.heart.-Unknown
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-31

THEATRICAL ROTES


When the curtain falls on that last
pitful scene when the wages OF sin
have indeed brought death of the bit
Iterest kind, one turns to go out with
a hushed feeling Of tender reverence
as though the emotions awakened
had gone too deep for words. and the
pity ard sorrow of the shattered life
had made holy ground out OF the sim
full waste
That was the effect that Madame
X" had on most OF the audience. and
the sympathetic following OF the
tragic story of the mother love was
due to the rendering as much, and
even more. than TO the lines them
selves. Il would have been painful
to have had the beautiful story
spoiled by the least touch of discord
in Interpretation. for the very tender
est. hottest feelings Of which human
nature IS capable are woven into the
pit.ful soriid story Of sin and suffer
ing.
Wrong of the cruelest sort was in
the woman's first fall. but from the
beginning comes the feeling of too
harsh Judgment and undue punish
ment for the SIN that could have no
palliation but through the great ex-