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The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-12

for us to do was to come and tell
everything we knew
He told Of a meeting of fish dealers
here during the legislative session. He
said they were told it would take a
thousand TO kill the fish bill After
he returned home, he said he was in
formed that ii would take two thous-
and. A little later it was raised to
three thousand and finally they were
told, so he testified, that if they made
it four thousand a bill would bo passed
which would give the fish dealers
everything they wanted in a legisla-
tive way.
Dan Yeck, also of Meredosia, testi-
fed that he paid hundred dollars to
Schweer, $25 Of which was collected
by John Dixon, Of Peoria.
John Workman, of Meredosia, did
not appear
The jury adjourned to June 20
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FISH DEALER IS
GOOD WITNESS
VOLUNTEERED TO GIVE TESTI-
MoMY, AND WAS ALLOWED
TO TELL ALL.
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
Bearing Additional Volunteer nforms.
ton Are Received BY States
Attnrncy Burkcs
Office.

Springfield, June 11.-Along with
more communication bearing addi-
tional volunteer information for
States Attorney Burke came the first
volunteer witness of the investigation
in person. j. D. Mclean, of Meredosia.
who today walked into the office of
Burke, ddn'tS find him, bolted into
the grand jury room where he was
permitted to testify.
He said with emphasis: Eyes, |
contributed TO the fund to kill the
fish bill. | believe in telling the whole
thing. I gave the money to Otto
Schweer. He told me it was to be
used to defeat the bill. Why, sir we
have been held up, robbed, every legis-
latiye year, for so long that it is high
time we were doing something to stop
1t. They come to us and tell us they
have to have money, and there is
nothing for rs to do but dig. told
everybody from the start the thing
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RESOLUTION IS TABLED
Rainey Wanted Wickersham to Tell
What Part of Defense Was
Written in His office.

Washington, June 1.-THE house
today tabled the resolution introduced
by Rainey, OF Illinois, calling upon
the attorney general to state what por-
tion of the speech delivered by Rep
resentatiye McKinlay, of California,
defending him against the charge OF
having been attorney for the sugar
trust was written BY him or in his
office.
Representative Martin who is wag-
ing fight to secure an investigation
of the alleged unlawful procuring OF
the Friar lands in the Philippines by
the sugar trust, today received infor
nation which he demanded from the
war department. Martin says the in
formation shows that IRE lands
trc again being decided TgNsVored
rersors n the Phi,irpiros, including
ono official and nephew Of another,
at from eight to twenty cents an acre,
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This loss of confidence in congress
Is matter for deep concern to every
thinking American. 1t has not come
quickly or without good reason. Every
man who knows the names of sena-
tors and members WHO betray the
people they were elected to represent,
and knows also the names Of the mas
ters whom they obey. A representa-.
tive of the people who wears the col.
lar of the special interests has touched
bottom. He can sink no further.
What Garfield Said.
Garfield spoke for cooperation be
tween the state and national govern.
ment in conservation and said thai
in dealing with the coal properties
and water power rights all mus;
have voice in their disposition. Ir
dealing with the progressive COZ
servation policy he said: "The chic
opposition to conservatism comes
from men VINO have been stopped
Concluded on Fifth Page.)
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to protect the wool-grower, is found
ito result in sacrificing grower and
consumer alike to one of the most
Irapaeious of trusts,
The cotton cloth schedule was in
creased in the face of the uncontra-
dicted public testimony of the manu-
facturers themselves that it ought to
lremain unchanged
The steel interests demanded and by
Ia trick secured an indefensible in
Icrease in the tariff on structural steel
The Sugar Trust stole from the gov
lernment like petty thief, yet con-
lgress, by means of dishonest sched.
lule, continues to protect it in bleed
ling the public.
AT the very time the duties on
manufactured rubber were raised, the
Header of the senate, in company with
lthe Guggenheim Syndicate, was or.
ganizing an international rubber trust
Whose charter made it also holding
company for the coal and copper de-
|posits ofthe whole world. ~
For dozen years the .denrend OF
1.-THE nation for the pure food and drug
bill was outweighed In congress by
the Interests which asserted their
right to poison the people for a profit
Congress refused to authorize the
of a great plan of water
way development in the general In.
|terest, and for ten years has declined
to pass the Appalachian and White
Mountain National Forest bill, al
though the people are practically
for both.
The whole nation is in favor of pro
|tecting the coal and other natural re.
sources in Alaska, yet they are still
in grave danger of being absorb
led by special interests. And as
for the general conservation move
ment, congress not only refused to
help it on, but tried to forbid any pro.
gress without its help. Fortunately
for us ALL in this attempt it has ut
|terly failed.
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RULE 52 IS RESC|NDED
Protecting Arm Of National Commits
sion Mo Longer Hovers Over
Semi professionals.

Cincinnati, June 1.-THE protecting
arm Of the National Baseball Commits
sion no longer hovers over the scmi.
professional baseball players. Rule 81
which prevented any major or minor
league from signing semi-professional
baseball players without gaining the
consent of the player and coming to
terms with the semi-professiona club
manager, was rescinded today.
The ruling states that semi-profes
|sional clubs are not respecting the
rule. and 50 thought II best to re
scind It,
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SECURED AN INJUNCTION
Dalxeli Prevents Recount OF Ballots
in Contested Election, Called
For Ry Opponent.

Pittsburg. June 1i,--4Congressman
John Dalzell secured an Injunction to
day restraining the county commits
sioners from openig the ballot boxes
and recounting the votes in the pre-
ciucts of the thirtieth congressional
district, contested by Robert ] Black,
his opponent for the Republican con
gressional nomination.
The injunction was granted within
an hour after Black had been granted
IA recount.
The injunction VIA tie up the con-
test for several days.
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FIGHT ON HOUSE RULES
viii Be Opened Again Before Ad
Journment is Taken--Rcprcsen-
tative Fish viii Open it,

Washington, June lf.-Tnere viii
be another fight on rules Of the house
before adjournment of the present
session Representative Fish 'insur
gent" Republican, of New York. is
preparing TO call up his resolution
to change the rules so as to provide
againt "burying' bills in committee
by making it possible to call them up
in the house any time after they
have been in the committee fifty
days.
The question OF whether any fur
ther effort will be made to depost
Cannon Is as yet an open one.
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in a hearing the resolution which
proposes a congressional investigation
of the subject.
Turner charged that the officers OF
the secret service, forest ranges inn
migration officials. sont.ers, v-c---%~sls
officials and local police in many
cities have been working in conjunc-
tim with the authorities in Mexico to
bring about the return of Mexican
they might be thrown into prison.
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ALSO DECLARES THE SOUTH is
IGNORANT ON ALL PoLlT-
icAL QUESTIONS.
.SOUTHERNER WAS THERE
And Shouted at isn't soi"--Shaw
Was Speaking Before Hawk.
eye Club in chicago--Strty. as
ed From Subject.

Chlcaso, June ll.--LeSlie Nj. Shaw,
former secretary of the trea ury.
speaking befora the members Of the
HawkHe Fellowship CLUB here to.
day, scored the Insurgents and de-
clarcd the stand pat ideas are the
only logical principles of government
and stigmatlzed the south Az ignor-
ant on political questions.
Shaws remarks regarding the
south were given an unexpected
twist when a southern born news
paper man, who was reporting the
address forgot himself, and shouted:
ut isn't sol"
1T is true" responded shaw
"The south Is the be place TO
| make speech, because the peop,e
arc so ignorant on political questions
Their fault and the burden Of the
great struggle is still upon them
Championing the "stand pat" meth
ods of legislation, particularly in re-
| gard to the tariff, Shaw said "The
| people can't make the tariff 1t
would be as wise to expect the stock
| holders to run the railroads"
Earies he said; Il have no more
respect for those people who style
| themselves Republicans and are not,
than for those Democrats who live in
Florida and pretend to be Democrats
and are not"
Shaw had announced that he woui
speak upon Evolution in Politic'.a
His iigressions from the subject
were more interestin,
| Shaw said: when | was nomi
mated for governor of Iowa in 1897
my canvas cost+ne exactly $3.50. aus
a Democratic paper said that the ma
chine was brot3n No man in ms
state today could ne elected withoui
a machine behind him, unless he
spent a half million dollars. This il
the evolution in politics,
In Illinois, not long ago. resident
# The state of Washington onteret
the senatorial contest and he got, 20,
600 votes. This too, is evolution.
s'espte these things when some o
us do not think the direct primary
the highest form Of government, 1t /
aid We have last faith in the commo.
people. We cannot be consistent IL
politics we are so selfish, sc
greed that we can't rise to Gue plan'
Of citizenship.
when the tariff was being framed
Minnesota sent a man to Wa hingtol
TO sec that barley be protected, To
day In Minnesota every public mai
who voted for the tariff on anythin|
except barley is likely to be retire.
from public life.
Il would say of the insurgent
what was said by a famous man L
the Dcmoncrats: Tou run govern
ment? You! What do you know O
government? Why we could hardl
run the government ourselves
"It takes a ncrvy engineer to rul
1 w thblHS VIZ oNhNuuit w h lpSS,
night. The fog Il here for us am
there win be trouble ahead unles
we begin to take care. We hav
gotten to a point where we do no
, think of public questions candidls
This Is well enough, for II we did no
, like conditions, we could hayeothe
papers. The sentiment Of section /
, the thing that dominates. God hell
us to get away from it Genera
principles are what we need. Som
time when the family feud is over
let us go back to the old homestead
and again eat bread together"
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N|TRATES ARE INJURIOUS
When Taken Into Body They Weaker
Blood--Nitrites In Bleached
Flour, Expert Declares.

Kansas City, June t1.-Dr John
Marshall professor of chemistry at
the University of Pennsylvania testi.
fed today in the bleached -four case
here that nitrites. such as the gov.
ernment contends are found in the
bleached product, are dangerous when
taken into the body, He said nitrites
changed hemigobins in the blood into
met-hemigoblins. thus weakening 1T.
Experiments made by him on dogs
proved this, the chemist said,
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ANOTHER RECORD SMASHED

New York, June 11.---At the New
York Athletic club games today
Gardner, Of Harvard, made tho 351
yard hurdles in "A is seconds
breaking the American record OF
A As, made by the late f. c. Puf
fer in 1894.
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TWEEoALE is ELECTED.

New York, June 1l.-Alonzo Twee.
dale, of Washington d. C., was TO
pay elected president of the National
Association of Comptrollers and Ac-
counting Officers. The next conven-
ton win be held at Birmingham.
Ala.
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TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Was Stolen from Kansas Woman by
Man Who Murdered Her and
Burned Her Home.

Levanworth, Kaz9 June ll.--Ten
thousand dollars, the police believe
is the amount the murderer OF Mrs,
Katherine Schultz obtained from her
home after killing the woman AMI
setting tire7 to her horse Thursday
morning.
Bankers told the officers that for
years the woman had been hayins;
small change converted into $50 and
800 bills. Not 4 cent did she ever
place In the bank
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REFUGEES FROM MEXICO.
Kidnapped ard Forcjh'3 Returned TO
Mcxico by Police IN United
States Says Magazine Writer

Washington, June 11.--Chargcs that
Mexican political refugees in the
United States were kidnapped and an
effort made to forcihly carry them to
Mexico, made by John Kenneth Tur-
ner, magazine writer, before the
rules committee of the house today
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Detroit June 11.--New York took
an exciting game, 4 to 3. Home runs
by crawford and Wolter, the latter
with man on base wcer the features.
Cobb rtipled in the fourth, but was
thrown ort trying to stretch II to a
home run.
Score RHE
New York ...........,....
Detroit ..... ,,.-.... 8 6 1
Batteries Vaughn and Mitchell;
Willett, Stroud and Stanage.
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In Game With New York--Browns De-
feated az Usuai---White Sox
Were Shut Out BY s
M Washington.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburg shut Out.

Philadelphia, June 11.-Philadelphia
shut out pittsburg today, 5 to 0. The
game was played on soggy field, All
the runs were scored in the vrst in
ming, when Philadelphia made four
hits and Pittsburg three errors
Score III 70
plttsburg .,.... ........ O Z
Philadelphia ........ ..... 5 6
Batteries~-Lieheld, Leeyer and Glib
son; McQuillen and Doom.
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Postponed.
Cleveland Boston, ram.
CHICAGO shut Out

Chicago, June Washington hit
Smith and Scott hard, and defeated
Chicago 3 to 0. Smith turned an
ankle iu the sixth and was forced to
retire, Chicago obtained Outtielder
George Browne from Washington to-
day, by the waiver route.
Score X
Chicago ........ .....,.. o 6 ,
Washington .......a ...... ) ii
Batteries Smith, Scott and Payne;
Reisling and Street.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
standing.
Browns Wer Easy.

\ st. Louis. June II. Philadelphia
had no trouble defeating st. Louis to
day. Plank was hit freely but st.
Louis could not get runners across the
plate.
Score X II r
St Louis ..............., 2 s s
Philadelphia ....... ... 10
Batteries Lake, Wadden and Kill.
fer; Plank and Lapp.
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In Cairo nearly everybody reads
The Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-12

New, York-Cbicago, wet grounds
Brooklyn-St. Louis, wet grounds
BostonsCincinnati two games, rain.
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Postponed.

son; McQuilen and DOOM
The new era., 1910-02-10
"CROPE THROUGH A CRACK"
Uncle Eph Had at Least One Idea OF
How His Hogs Might Have
Got Away.

Uncle Ephraim had two hogs, which
be kept in pen at the rear end of his
little lot. They were of the razor
back" variety, and although they were
fed bountifully with kitchen waste,
it seemed impossible to put any fat
on their attenuated frames. One morn
ing when he went out to feed them
they were not there. They had dis
appeared, leaving no clew to the man
ner in which they had made their es-
cape.
whats the matter, Uncle Eph?"
inquired a neighbor, noticing the deep
detection with which the old was was
looking down into the empty pen.
My hawgs is done gone, sab" he
answered.
"Stolen?"
mo, sab. don't see no signs dat
anybody tuck EN-"
did they climb out over the top"
mo, dey couldn't "a done dat"
How do you think they got away?"
well, sah," said Uncle Ephraim,
my pinion is dat dem hawgs kind o
raised deirselves up on aidge an crope
through crack" - Youths Com
panion.
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with them and the time came for her
to say good-by to some of her friends.
This she refused to do, and but one
alternative remained. A seven room
house was built adjoining her home at
1906 Bond avenue. The feline domi
cile was built with the same care and
expense as though the owner herself
were to live in it.
The entire front of the home is
large library, fitted with upholstered
couches, silk draperies. lace curtains
and heavy rugs. Steam heat and gas
as well as a modern bathroom were
included for ktty's comfort.
The 35 members of the cat family
share six bedrooms. each fitted with
little brass cots, mirrors and costly
hangings. Each pet has its own bed,
with silk spreads and downy blankets.
Head of the household is Lord Bar
isford, large white $1,000 Angora.
"who rules with an iron hand" set
Ting all disputes and broolling no in
subordination. His mate, Connie Lock,
is the pride of his life, and might well
make his rivals jealous. She is a pure
white Persian with large brown eyes
The only militant member of the
colony has precipitated so many rows
in the home that he now lives in the
family home with Mrs. Colburn. This
Is Kee Kee Vita. short-haired Siam
ese with pretty. innocent blue eyes,
but possessed of n violent temper. He
left the marks of his disposition on
many prize animal before separated
from his kin.
Mrs. Colburn has always derived
much pleasure from spending her time
tending the pets until her health
failed recently. A woman has now re-
lieved her of the cares of the cat fam
lily and spends most of her time in the
cat home.
The new era., 1910-02-10
Jim's Cost a Dollar More.

Richard lie Gallienne. the noted
poet, was entertaining group OF
magazine editors at luncheon in New
York.
To compliment upon his fame Mr..
LIE Gallienne said, lightly:
But what is poetical fame in this
age of prose? Only yesterday
schoolboy came and asked me for my
autograph. | assented willingly. And
to-day at breakfast time, the boy
again presented himself.
"'Will you give me your autograph,
sir?' he said.
But said I, I gave you my auto
graph yesterday
81 swapped that and a dollar he
answered. for the autograph OF jim
Jeffries'"
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New Miners, Safety Lamp.

A new safety lamp for miners has
been invented. comprising a battery
and a metal tilament lamp which are
completely incased. The circuit of the
lamp is kept closed by means of a
spring-pressed rod bearing against a
light ring on the glass casing of the
lamp Should the glass be bySken.
the ring would be sure to break or be
displaced, opening the circuit of the
lamp. so that there would be no dan.
ger of igniting the gases with the
incandescent lilament.
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BUILDS A HOUSE FOR CATS
Chicago Woman Erects Sevcn-Room
Structure for Valuable Feline
Pets to Live In.

Chicago.-Chicago may claim the
distinction of having probably the
most remarkable cat fancier in the
world.
Mrs. w. Eames Colburn. wife of the
head of the banking firm OF
w. e. Colburn & Co.. has built
a modern seven room house for her
feline pets and provided her 80 prize
cats with all the luxuries of urban life.
A liking for cats forbade her giving
up one of her pets, but impels her to
frequently add to their number Grad
ually the house grew to be overrun
The new era., 1910-02-10

also take big pan of pay gravel and wash 1t
until the specks of gold free from dirt. In
their fur park and buckluks they trot beside
the dog sled on the winter trail and when the
journey of several hundred miles is over they
can play Mendelssohn Chopin the piano
that takes up half the room in the little cabin.
I'VE never Sleep" declared a happy arctic
housekeeper "In the it is light for "a
hours and it is not worth while to go to bed and
in the winter. when it is dark for "a hours, we
have to be doing things to forget the darkness.
SO there is no chance to sleep"
But wether they sleep not they look fresh
and unfagged like the days they go forth to SO
joyfuly meet.
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Photos COPYRIGHT BY
NN0E2NQ0o & UNDERWOOD

ria la Major, which in Moorish time
mosque and still retains some of the familiar
cupolas and going to its right descend to the
two lower bridges, the Puente de San Miguel and
a specimen of Moorish bridge building, the Pu-
ente Viego, finally descending to the lowest
Moorish mill. past which the river dashes in
seething rapids and from which the view to the
great bridge above. which seems suspended in
the clouds. is sight to be remembered.
When you ascend to the town and stand
upon the public promenade with it's walled plat
forms and look down upon the clustering roofs
of the old town. the fertile titled land spread out
below, the river 600 feet under you and the
purple mountains standing out clear and bold
against the blue sky feeling the fresh, exhilarat-
ing air blow upon your face, you well mag
inc that the dwellers in Ronda cannot help be-
ing what they call themselves in their proverbs.
En- Ronda los hombres Ochenta~ Pollones'
I'm Ronda the at so Chickens for
they have every nducement to preserve their
vitality and vivacity, though they take good
not to overwork themselves in their flour milling
fruit growing and vine cultivation. the wine from
which. excellent brand. may have something
to do with the Andalusian gaiety of spirit so
unlike the reservedness of many of their coun-
trymen.
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a dozen. You cannot find an Alaskan
who will find fault with Alaska and so
every one is satisfied. the mining
camps at Dawson. Fairbanks and
Nome, or the cabins out along the
creeks, miles and miles from what we
call civilization hold only happy
housekeepers, women who know more
ABOUT canned goods and what can be
done with tin of beans than any
body on either continent, says the
Housekeeper.
everything that comes to their
doors Is canned, milk. eggs and pota-
toes, as well as the vegetables that
we all use. In the larger camps fresh
vegetables are brought in by steamer
IN the summer and until the shops
bloom with a wealth of succulent
green things. but only the anecdotes
OF these delicacies reach the creeks" :"
The gardens at Dawson are famous,
Tor almost any vegetable will grow y
the housewife will bother TO plant It.
Although the season is so short the
sun shines night and day the cabbage
keeps the same hours.
Condensed milk is the arctic house
keepers standby and you would not
believe how much was used unless
you saw the pile of empty tins. Ev-
cry woman has to learn to make muf-
fins and cake all over again until she
knows just the proportions of milk
and water that will produce the light
and feathery result. Canned eggs of
fer similar course of study and so
do timed potatoes to the woman who
must serve three palatable meals a
day from canned or dried foods.
1t is a wild, free life these arctic
women live. They know how to shoot
and can keep the larder replenished
when the men are busy. They can
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MOTOR CAR CIVILIZATION.

Let our wild people rush up against MI Auto
and they will not want for a lesson. The auto,
like war is rounding up and quetng and sooth
ing our wild Comanches and Mohicans. Around
our greatest cross streets no longer sees
ancient jackass stunts, no hollering or shrieking
and running; everybody is all attention and, as
fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom
so military attention in army of wild Wi1ies
is the beginning of that blessed discipline which
we need.-New York Press.