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The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
MORE R|OT|NG IN
PHIL AOfLPH|A
OFFICIAL or THE STREET CAfi
MEMS UNION ARRESTED
AND JAILED.
MANY OTHERS ARRESTED
On Charge Of melting Riot--Laree
Number Of Special Officers
Sworn in to Handle
the Situation.

Philadelphia, Feb. a1.-The police
officials took the Initiative tonight in
the war between the striking car men
and the officials OF the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company when they
arrested Clarence O. Pratt, national
organizer of the kmaigamated Assoc
citation of Etreet and Electric Rail
ways employees, on warrant charging
him with Conspiracy TO incite to
riot Ii lis rumored that warrants
have been issued for otaer labor lead
ers as the result OF conference be
tween District Attorney Rotan, Di-
rector OF Public Safety Clay and
Magistrate Beaton.
The police force was augmented to-
night by the swearing in for riot
duty, an independent military organi-
.zation OF about 200 members.
Plans have also been discussed by
the commanders of three regiments
|of the Philadelphia National Guard
in this city to mobilize the troops ar
a moments notice. The regular force
OF $500 police and 5000 specials was
also enlarged tonight by swearing in
sixty-six park guards and five hundred
lefty employees OF other departments.
Five car loads OF strike breakers
Iarriyed tonight.
All cars We're withdrawn from the
surface lines at o'clock tonight, the
company stating they did not desire
Ito endanger the lives of their loyal
employees.
The first disturbance of the day oc-
Icurred in the center OF the city. As
a car was proceeding out Mark street
a small boy ierked the trolley pole
from the wire, causingra blockade Of
care. A pile OF building material pro
yided ammunition for the lawless elc-
ment and soon the standing cars
were showered with bricks and mis-
4ies.
After battle Of nearly an hour
The police finally drove the rioters
back. William Maloney. said to ne a
strike breaker, had his skull frac-
tuled with brick
Dynamite caps were used by strike
2ympathi2ers- IN many SECTIONS OF the
.ity. number of policemen dis
persed another mob but not until a
conductor had been badly beaten,
Although there were five thousand
persons in the crowd only five arrests
were made.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
Mormons Were Here.

Two prominent members OF the
Mormon church paid Cairo visit re.
emily looking into the situation here
toward the establishment of a recruit.
ne station for the salvatios of souls
through the Interpretation OF the
gospel by the late Joseph Smith,
saint They came unheralded and
'nannounced They spent a portion
of the time while here interviewing
Mayor Parsons and Chief Egan along
the line of protection, should they
make- an attempt to recruit. Lates
they called, accompanied by an elder
of--the-ctnrch, Not getting the salts
faction they wished for they went on
their way. Their visit escaped the
press at the time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22

lib CAIRO BULLETIN
sstssed II tl~ cairo rcsf caAse icr t,sssnissfcs
thrcnkl the nails ~ seeend-ctaAs Eatas.
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SALOON MEET
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS ASKING
AUTHORITIES FOR PER
MISSION TO OPEN.
Agree to Strict Regulations and Not
to Permit Discussion Of
Mob and Kindred
Subjects.

Tho saloon men met last night NJ
the Commercial Club rooms 10 coll
slider the situation In Cairo as affes 81
ing themselves. The meeting was
called to order BY Chris Beck. pres
! ideht or the Cairo Brewing Co. NAa
believed that some sort ofas under
standing could be reached Between
them and the authorities BY which
the saloons smightahe permitted to DO
business nnder STRIFE, rules. George
i, Becker, president soI the AndreS'
Lohr Bottling GO. presided over the
meeting. After a general discussion
resolutions were framed asking the
civic and military authorities ii the
saloons might not be opened under
4 promise that no one would be per
nitted to discuss the mob or any.
thing pertaining ito It'll and under fhe
33strictest rules Of good order. The
resolutions will be presented to the
authorities this morning.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
Ohio Frozen over at Cairo,

Apropos OF the weather Cairo has
had this winter B. McManus, ST.,
lays: Jan. LIST, 1864, the Ohio river
'roze entirely over at Cairo and FOR
some distance up the river. The Mis-
;lssippi was frozen over to a point
Glow New Madrid. The thermome.
Ter as recollect 1t ranged at the time
about 25 degreeh below zero. but I
nave been contradicted on this point
20 the extent of few degrees. AT
hat time | kept store on the ievee
u what is now called the Cotter build.
ing
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22

The examination for qualification
OF the selected judges and clerks of
election took place last night at the
Commercial Club rooms There was
a brilliant array OF would-be scribes
and judges in attendance all anxious
to be enlightened as 10 their duties.
There will be 65 men needed to do tne
work on election days, three judges
and two clerks in each of the thirteen
voting precincts.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22

Martin Gosford's hens received 80
much blame to which they were iHst-
ly entitled That when tAeir owner
could prove them guiltless Of depreda.
tions he fastened 10 their defense
MY flower beds are in q terrible con.
dition, Mr.. Gosford," said one Of his
neighBors one day,
Il know they be, know they be-
groarcd 34artin, but my hens didn't
do ii lhis t.me, Mis- Gagei'
Are you sre?" asked the lady In
c tone Of chill doubt.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
TWO ATTEMPTS FAILED
And Convict Tried to Commit SUICIDE
When He Found He Could
Not Make Escape.

Toilet, I'LL. Feb. 2l.,Eohn Dolan. 4
Chicago burglary convict in the 2peni-
tentiary here. twice attempted to Is
cane and failin.s both times ,rlea tc
commit sricile today.
Dolan leaped . fence of the stone
quarry at noon today but att 9 O'Clock
was captured. While in charge OF
the police he made a second break
hut was quietly recantured In a cell
at the police station he attempted to
hang himself with his suspenders. but
was cut down
Despair over the future caused the
attempts.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
COURT ADJOURNED
GRAND JURY FINDS TRUE BILLS
AGAINST MEMBERS OF
ICE COMBINE.
Grand Jury Dismissed on Request If
Foreman - Law Cases Die
posed Of--Adjourned
to March 7.

Circuit court did not accomplish
much yesterday owing to the confu-
| sion incident to the military eneamp-
ment established within the building,
Judge Butler yesterday afternoon
Sealled the members uf the bar before
him and discussed with them the al
Visibility OF adjournment to March
:. After vote had been taken the
Judge declared court adjourned to
1.-The above date. The petit Jury was
cxcrsed until that time.
Ice Trust Indicted.
The grand jury which had been
working the past two days ON the nj
legged ice combine completed its in
tvestigaton and turned in an indiet-
ment for conspiracy against the fol
lowing ice concerns
Distilled Water Ice Co.
Cairo Ice and Coal Co.
Central lee Co Of Mounds.
Cairo Brewing Co.
Mound City Crystal Mfg. and Coal
Go.
Winter Bros.
The grand jury made final report
tana through its foreman. Joseph w.
EWenger, asked TO \ be discharged,
(which request Judge Rutler readily
tgrantea.
Mr.. Wehger's reason for the Fn
luest is to be found in the fact that
when the grand jury was empaneIled
he mob demonstration oil Friday had
not taken place and the Jury was eX.
pected to inquire only into the cases
of prisoners in jail AS the victim
OF the shooting, Alex NJ. Halliday, was
related to MIR Wenger by marriage
the latter felt that he ought not TO
sit In Judgment on the case Judge
Butler recognized the force Of Mr.
Wenger's statement and dismissed
the grand jury,
Cases Disposed OF.
Disposition was made OF the follow.
ing cases:
Grace Irwin VS. Edward Irwin, d.
vorce on plea Of s-esertion; granted.
Sherman Mason vs. Illinois Bank
ers' Life Association, assumpsit;
Judge heard argument on demurrer,
People, etc, vs.. Russell Tuthili.
Alex. Alexander Ruttel Goats and
Frank Coats. larceny; entered bond
for their appearance at next term Of
circuit court.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22

yes, maam. | am" said Martin.
win emphasis, There was only one
chicken. Mis- Gage, and it hadn't but
just went into the front bed when
sot my dog after it, and he chased that
chicken through every last one o
them flower beds till he got 1t headed
for bone, an there want nary an
other chicken nor hen dast go nigh
ZEN. Youths Companion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
TiLLLMAN STILL IMPROVES.

Washington. Feb. 22.--Continued
Improvement in the condition of Sen.
ator Tillman has inspired new hope
Of ultimate recovery from his present
serious illness, In the opinion OF his
physicians, the chances are now
much in his favor
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
To Celebrate the Day.

All the public schools of the city
Fill have exercises today in comment
oration OF Washington's birthday.
Some excellent programs have been
arranged in many of the grades. A
lalf holiday will be given the pupils
N the afternoon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
s15n.rnn for Cotton Test.

London. The earl Of Crewe, secre-
tary of state for the colonies, has mott
field the British cotton growing asso.
citation that the government has de.
cided to grant 100000 annually for
three years to aid experimental work
In the industry
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
The Eternal Feminine.

1T was to crafty your extravaganza
tastes" cried the desperate man. that
committed the forgery. The crime
is upon your head" The woman
started and gazed at him wondering
ly. is my crime on straight" she
asked.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
Mother Of "a Children.

York, Nineteen funerals in her
own family In her lifetime was the
portion Of Mrs Rachael Myers of Ifo-
bart. this county, who died at her
home here. aged 80 years. Mrs, My
ers was the mother Of "a children,
but all but six have died. Her hus.
band, William Myers, died some years
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
Churches and Theaters.

It ia pointed ont that In four years
9s theaters have been built In New
York and 80 churches. But when 1t
comes to long runs and steady bust
ness the former are not in It with the
latter.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
The PHILOSOPHER Of Folly.

ssThe bes. time to make pessimist
acknowledge that maybe he's wrong.
saws the Philosophe. of Folly. lis
when he has finished his cafe nor
and Is lighting his cigar"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
NEGROES BARRED FROM
USING TITLE TX. or Pr

Atlanta Ga, Feb. a. The supreme
court OF Georgia today handed down
decision barring negroes from using
the title knights Of Pythias' in this
state.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
The Reason.

First Strap Hanger Gin whisper)
- Why did you give that woman your
seat? She isn't bundle laden, tired or
pretty, or even polite.
Second 8. acknowledgements
she is my wife. Harvard Lampoon,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
This is Certain
The Proof That Spanish Fork Read
ers Canot Deny.

What could furnish stronger evidence
of the efficiency of any remedy than
the test of time? Thousands of people
testify that Doan's Kidney Pills cure
permanently,
Home endorsement should prove UNI
doubtedly the merit of this remedy.
Years ago your friends and neighbors
testified to the relief they had derived
from the use of Doan's Kidney pills
They now confirm their testimonials.
They say time has completed the test
Reuben Marshall, First Ward, Span
ish Fork, Utah, says: The public
statement l gave in favor of Doan's
Kidney Pills in 1907 still holds good. |
am glad to again recommend them.
Attacks of kidney complaint bothered
me for a number of years and there
was persistent, dull ache across the
small of my back. The kidney secre
ton were scalty and painful in passage
and gave proof that my kidneys We're
out of order. One day happened to
be in Larson's drug store and had
Doan's Kidney Pills recommended to me-
| procured box and began their use
and to my delight, prompt relief fol-
lowed Doan,s Kidney Pills acted
directly on my kidneys ard in few
days every symptom of kidney COM
plant was relieved. am certain that
anyone who gives this remedy fair
trial cannot be otherwise than pleased
with the result.
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster Milburn Co., New York, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
TIMBER THERE IN PR0FUSI0
Belt Of Two Thousand Square Mic;
Of Best Pine Found in
NeWfcundla

The commercial woods of Newfonnd
land are birch, juniper, pine fir and
spruce. the, latter being in greater
quantity. hVt much OF it is rather loa
small in diameter to accure profitah'e
returns In its manufacture into ium
Der. 1t is more suitable for pup wood
ard for his reason some Of the lun-
Der manufacturing companies have
closed down. and it Is estimated thai
others will do likewise The lumber
manufactured is used principally tor
Ec--c a2a general construction p;;
roses
information has been received tn ,'
there is a pine belt of 1000 square
miles, running through the EXP otis
and Gander valleys, containing the
best grades of white pine on the mar
ket, which is worth from $50 to S.,
per 1000 feet, The remaining pine
In the country appears TO be intermin
gled with other woods To get it out
therefore, involves more lalDr"and il
is improbable unless the othe. woods
necessarily cut at the same time arc
also utilized. .,ts.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
FOOD PRICES OF LONG AGO
Parisans on Eecord rs Paying Large
Sums fer Ordinary Articles Of
Sustenance.

While the French newspapers echo
with complaints about the high food
prices, statistician has figured out
that things were rot so very cheap in
the good old tines either Milk
prices are pretty stationary now
throughout the year TWO hundred
years ago the Parisisns had to pay
three times more for milk in winter
than In summer and the average price
of II quart OF milk was about eight
cents,
Toward the end of the eighteenth
century Paris paid Il cents per quart
for milk In the French country dis.
tricts the price was six cents One
hundred and thirty-fve years ago
only the rich could afford to eat but.
ter IN winter, the average price being
one dollar pound Eggs we're cheap
en- than they are now. but likewise
much smaller. In the year 1900 the
price of turkey in Paris was between
eight and ten dollars head, accord
ing TO size, Rice was is cents a
pound Most of the food is cheaper
now In the big cities than in the good
old times In the middle ages only
princes dared to aspire to eat oranges,
which were one dollar apiece during
the height Of the season.
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SMALL DOUBT SHE HEARD 1T
Under the circumstances Policeman
Might Be Pardoned for Doing
a Little Murmuring.

Really. Jane" demonstrated her
mistress. you must learn to be more
careful. and test the eggs before you
mix them in the pudding! Now, a
good way of testing Is to take an egg
in your hand, swing It around few
times, and then place It to your ear
II It gives out pleasant. murmuring
sound you may then be quite sure that
1t is fresh and good.
Like dutiful cook Jane promised
in future to obey her mistress in.
structions. and that same night there
was hot baked custard for dinner.
AT least. there was to have been hot
baked custard But at the crucial mo
ment Jane appeared upon the scene.
with nothing to show but tear.
stained face.
Well. Jane7" anxiously inquired her
mistress.
Please. num-" gasped the saddened
servant. there's little something
gone wrong. | was a.testin' the egg,
as you told me- and a.swipgin' II
round, when it slipped out of my hand
and blessed If it didn't blff my police.
man in the eye as he was watchin'
me through the window An, please
mum" concluded the cook. breaking
down utterly, II think ii was good
egg. too. for listened, and heard
a murmurin' quite a loud muir
murin' NUM-"
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Gogson's Invention.

Friend-Gogson, how is your aero
plane getting along?
lnNentor-It is complete. with the
exception of one little detail | have
not yet perfected | shall take 1utj That
next
What is it?"
"A mere trire that can think ont
at any time, The principal feature of
my invention is safety net tina, win
travel along under my aeroplane ia
prevent fatal accidents 1t will make
navigating the air absolutely free from
danger, By the introduction of that
net ! have revolutionized the entire
business"
But how is the net itself to be ken,
from falling to the ground when anv.
thing happens to your acceptance"
That is the little detail | haven,
worked out yet"-Life.
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EITHER A FIB OR A MIRACLE
Old SheIlback Had Not Well WEIGHED
His Words Before Recruiting
Marvellous Tale.

Rear Admiral Rogers of the navy
tells the following story of CONVEX
sation he heard between two old
sailors:
ut was rat ship was sailin In
thar trip" said one of the shellbacks
One of the dingdest rat ships | ever
knew. They was rats in /, from bow
TO stern, rats in the hold, in the gal
ley in the Storage. in the fo'castle. in
the old mans room-everywhore
Rats. Nothin' but
'Bimeby It got so bad we had to
put in an get them on. so we hooked
up to a dock and fumigated was
on deck an saw them rats leavin'
i counted EN- They was fifteen
million Of EN-"
Fifteen million?' asked the other.
Amt that lot o rats! Are you
sure?"
Sure? Yes, I'm sure They was
fifteen million rats. and counted EN-.
More than hat. every rat weighed
half a pound. They was big, fat
sassy ones, I'm tellin'."
Fifteen million rats, and every one
weighed half pound, and they all
came off your ship. That's seven
million and a half pounds of rats,
Say. Jim. what was the tonnage of
that ship"
"Oh. about 1860 tons. Judge
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MADE QUITE A DIFFERENCE
Stout Man Emphatieally Declared He
was Not Pillow, but Upon
Some Occasions

After he had roughly shaken off the
head Of the third belated passenger
on the after-midnight train who had
sought repose on his shoulder, the
stout man proclaimed in voice loud
enough to be heard by everybody In
the car that the next time anybody
went TO sleep with his head pillowed
ON his shoulder he would give that
head good punching, that's what he
would do
The stout mans wife said "Sh-sh.
sh. James Don't get so violent"
Violent" said the stout man. I've
right to be violent I'm no pillow,
I'm no feather bed II anybody thinks
am Just let him come on and I'll
show him"
Al the next station two women
came in and found seats near the
stout man Presently the younger and
prettier Of the two began TO nod.
Lower and lower dropped her head,
and soon II found substantial rest.
ing place The stout man sat stiil;
so very still did he sit that his wife
wondered what had happened to him.
She leaned over and looked past his
bulky frame to find out. Her face
flushed
Why. James" she said, Indignantly
don't You remember what you said
little while ago about punching
heads? There's head on your shout
der now
Is there said the stout man
meekly u hadn't noticed it
II was apparen, then that " there
was any head punching to be done
somebody besides the stout man would
have 10 do II.
James. said his wife Significantly
He wriggled uneasily until the head
was gently dis!odged. then the stout
man and his wife changed places
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
RECORDS MADE BY GUNNERS
Men Of the Coast Artillery Prove
They Know How to Use Their
Weapons.

remarkable record was made by
Company ll5 of the Coast Artillery
Corps at Fort Rosecrans, Cal. recent.
~. -Four shots were fired from bat.
terry OF two ten-inch guns at target
80 feet high by so feet long, which
was moving at the rate of eight miles
an hour, at distance of about five
lniles away, All four shots were fired
In n period of ! minute and 20 sec.
onds. and passed through a rectangle
3 feet high by ~ feet wide, three of
them striking the target and the
fourth passing four yards to the left
OF II. The remarkable accuracy of
this firing can be appreciated when
II is realized that a circle with n
radius of eleven yards at the target
would include all the shots
On the same date Company SO OF
the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Rod.
man, Mass, fired four shots from an
eightinch battery al a so by 60.foot
material target which was moving at
the rate of five miles an hour at a dis.
lance of about four miles from the
battery firing All four shots were
hits, and the first shot cut the raft of
the material target in two A circle
with radius OF fifteen yards at the
target would include all the shots. The
interval between the shots was SO
seconds.-Harper's Weekly.
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There is an anecdote in j. A. Ham.
merton's George Meredith in Anec.
dote and Criticism" which hints at the
possibility of the great noyelist's
fountain of talk being sealed at times
A lady who had friends In Surrey
who were on terms of some intimacy
with the novelist was greatly charmed
on one occasion when visiting there
TO find that Meredith was to be one
OF the guests at dinner
She prepared herself for rich in.
gathering OF his celebrated flowers of
witty talk,
But ne was singularly silent
throughout the visit and the only
Meredithian phrase the lady could
carry away with her was his remark
when reaching across his neighbor for
the salt:
Excuse the picnic stretch
Youths Companion
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A CASE OF PRONUNCIATION
uo,v Absorbed Lawyer Was erouoh'
to Pay Attention to Pretty s''
Frivolous Miss.

poror PRYOR. a general In 'H'
Co,federate army. and afierWaie d
noted lawyer and Judge in Ne" '"' "
could never brook a misprohou''
word In MY Day" his wife r'''' W
an amusing incident in this co.. y
tion once. at the White sun wv"
Strings. virginia girl was uro'r w.
care Her husband was abso' u'U ~
study. ana did rot render the ho'
TO which the rair of blue eyes "'''
accustomed ~. ,,,o .
,,o oomr,aired He never has "
word to say to me. He looks as u
he was always thinking about SOM
thing else .,
Lizzie" suggested, you
misrronounce word or two. ana we
see what effect that will have
We put our heads together =,
made out list for her to com wv ~
memory At dinner she fastened
ewes uron our victim. and began %
feriug flower: IFS not very P'p'
tv. but the perfume -
~ beg your PARDON, Miss Dash, , :.
mre. accent on the first sy'iao'F'
he exclaimed -,..,
oh you are so kind. Judge l "''
/ just Illustrates
illustrate, my dear young iaGF' "'
cent on the second syllable i"
pray go on"
"lve never had anybody to teH u,
any of these things!" she hoa"eu
"If you only would
with pleasure" came the core"
response "A beautiful young lau.
should be perfect in speech as VI Il.
things"
The little mink played her part Il
perfection Presently, overcome VIII
the hdicrous situation. she eNcuse'
herself. and my dear innocent f'
marked. as his admiriqg eyes tolioWe'
4 her
AN uncommonly sensible g..
that"
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Butter Wrapper
Day is Saturday

Jails, penitentjaries and the gallows
are built for those who refuse to live
within the law, and want to be a law
unto themselves. Walk in the straight
and narrow path and at all times be
able to read your title clear. There is
a law in this state compelling people to
have printed wrappers on their butter.
Some imagine they are wise and use a
rubber stamp, in this case the ink will
offset unto the butter and probably
poison it, hence it doesn't fill the law.
BUTTER WRAPPER BLUE INK
can be handled only with printing
press and is guaranteed not to offset
"a hours after printing. We, at The
Spanish Forl; Press Office, have won an
enviable reputation with the people in
printing butter paper, that's the only
reason we get the business.