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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
Thanksgiving Dance.

The dance 10 be given BY tEe
Womans G'ui'd of the Church Of the
Redeemer, at Armory Hall on Wed
nesdas, November 2S, promises to be
the most notable event of the fail
The best OF music will be furnished
and the affair will be very elaborate
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
Annual Lyeeum Course.

Tickets are being sold by members
Of the Egyptian 1iusaa: Association
for the annual Lyceum course TO be
given this year The course Will
consist of a lecturer. impersonator
ana mus cal attraction The tlck-
cts for the course sci at ST..
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
In the County Court.

In the county court yesterday
Judge Dewey passed upon the case
Of Henry ID. Douglas VS.. f. H. Motion,
which was an appeal from Justice
Collins court, judgment was rem
dared against Motion for $3.50 and
costs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
Cairo Grain Movement.

Receipts and shipments of grain
at Cairo Yesterday as per report OF
Chief Grain Inspector Powell, were
as follows: Receipts, wheat car;
oats 6 cars. Shipments, wheat
cars; oats 10 cars.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
In New Business.

w. l. Bristol has gone into new
line of business lately He. is doing
picture framing at his home at 1913
Walnut street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
Stole Bale of Wire

John p Gardner the contractor yes.
to-day dropped bale of wire off a
street car and some one picked it up
and walked away wit it,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
General Conditions,

4 Ire day was cloudy and que The
government bulletin reported ram
frcm 16 points, none in this section.
lower temperature advancing east
ward.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16

between Beloit College and Lake For
est, Illinois, college today, was won
by Lake Forest, is to s.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
Card Party Tomorrow.

Invitations have been issued by
Mrs. L. L. Denison for card party
tomorrow at her home G21 Twenty.
seventh street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
Running Through Eighth Street.

The Holbrook avenue and Poplar
street cars are again passing through
Z ghth street, the track having been
completed The cars began running
over the new track yesterday morn,
inc.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
y SOCIAL o4ND PERSONAL y


Of willard, were shopping in cair
Y Yesterday
y VIM. Bankston is still at st. Mary!
lnfirmary having undergone a seconC
operation.
J Geo Utterback Of Barlow. Ky.
passed through Cairo yesterday 81
route to Texas.
| Mrs. G. H. Harp has as her guest
| her mother, Mrs, Thos. F. Owens, OF
Milburn, KY
lige .Crippen who has been i'll at
50. Marys Inffrmary is reported
! much improved
Miss Ida Davis who has been i'll at
her home on Twenty-eighth street i
much improved
Mrs. Greer of Sikeston, Mo, ar.
rived yesterday at ST. Mary's Infirm.
airy for treatment.
Alonzo Keaton, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. l.. Keaton is i'll with an at.
tack Of diphtheria,
Mrs. John Wilson and daughter
Florence Of villa Ridge were in Cairo
Yesterday shopping.
Mrs. Ira Lutes is a patient for
treatment at ST. Mary's Infrmary.
going there yesterday.
Mrs Geo. Kelt has returned to her
home in Wickliffe after visit with
friends in this city.
Little Violet Stacy. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Stacy is i'll at her
ZONE on Fourth street.
Mrs. A H. Davis of 209 Eighteenth
street who is at st. Mays lnfirmary
continues TO improve.
Warner Hughes and A. r. Atherton I
Of Villa Ridge passed through Cairo
Yesterday en- route to Los Angeles
cal
p j. Maloney. superintendent of
he Cairo division of the Big Four
abroad after spending day mi
afro returned yesterday up the road.
William Rfeetorius of Memphis is
n the city for few days. He has
'een visiting his sister Mrs. Wasem
II Washington, p. G., who is guest
VI her brother Philip Preetorius al
.oppa, I'll. He will return to Joppa
Thursday to again visit his sister be-
ore returning home e
@@NlOAN REhifu returned yesterday
o Kansas City, Mo. after having
pent week or two visiting relatives
the O'sheas of this city ana rela- +
YES in olmsted. Grand Chain, etc. y
Mrs. b. F. Marshall Of Sikeston,
TO-, wife of prominent merchant Of
nat place who has been at st. Mary's 4
lfirmary for the past three weeks is 8
lpidly improving. a
Frank 0'Shea, brother of Thomas
: o'shea who has been spending a
w days with relatives in Cairo left =
for Charleston, Miss. 3"
here he is employed by the Lamb q
ish Lumber Co. al
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
Junior Leaoue Taffx Social.

A taffy social will be given at the
parsonage Saturday afternoon AMI
evening by the Junior League of the
First Methodist church.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
Sun and Moon.

Sun VIII rise today ,..G:47 a. m.
Sun will set today o. m.
Moon will rise tonight. .4:3o D. n.
[Note: The above sun and moon
secord is for Illinois and approx
mates the time at Cairo within few
minutes.1
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16

ing at the Egyptian Hunting camp
brought home a big string OF fine
ducks Monday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
LAKE FOREST TEAM WINS.

Belott Nov 1.-THE Wisconsin
Illinois football championship game
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16

was on the program for a talk on
Construction.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16
CITY NEWS in BRIEF

Returns From Hunting Trip.
Louis Zanone who was one of a
party of hunters who have been hunt.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16

Mrs, Mrs. Mccoy and daughter Lorraine
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16

Frank o'shea. brother of Thomas
&. o'shea who has been spending a
few days with relatives in Cairo left
Yesterday for Charleston. Miss.
where he is employed by the Lamb.
Fish Lumber Co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16

VIM. Bankston is still at st. Marys
Infirmary having undergone a second
operation,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16

Geo. Utterback OF Barlow, KY.
passed through Cairo yesterday on
route to Texas.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-11-16

Of Willard, were shopping in Cairo
Yesterday
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
DENTAL COLLEGES
ATTACKED IN SPEECH
Officers Elected By Institute
of Pedagogics-Chicago
Next Meeting Place.

Attacking the dental colleges for lack
Of proper attention during the course
Of study to oral sanitation and mouth
hygiene, DR.. John P. Corley. of
Sewanee. Tenn. at tOdzy-s session OF
the Dental Institute Of Pedagogics, de-
cIared that until oral hygiene becomes
the cornerstone OF dental education, the
dentist viii remain a mechanic and an
artisan
DR.. Corley declared that net enough
attention is paid during the school years
to the prevention Of disease, but that
an the course is aimed at the curing OF
wrong and not maintaining OF normal
conditions
Chicago was chosen as the place for
holding the next meeting IN February,
1872
The Dental Society OF the DfStItat and
dental colleges OF the District rendered
a smoker to the members OF the inst
tute, the Dentol Society and the facul-
ties Of the schools here. IN the Red
room of the New Willard last night
Music was furnished by George OCon-
nor, and Fred 6 Barber delivered sew
eraI humorous recitstions-
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
BUSINESS NAN ENDS
LIFE WITH BULLET
DeSpondent Over Financial
Matters, William Lerch
Commits Suicide.

Discouraged over financial matters.
William Lerch, forty-twO years old, a
liquor dealer, ended his life about $50
o'clock this morning by shooting himself
in the right temple in the bathroom Of
his apartment over the barrOom at SD
Four-and-a-haIf street southwest.
Attracted by the shot Mrs Lerch. who
was In the dining room. rushed 10 the
bathroom and found her husband lying
on the floor w:sh a revolver clenched in
his right hand Blood was flowing from
the wound III his head, but as he still
seemed to be alive Mrs Lerch sum
moned a physician. The Emergency
Hospital ami ulance was also called, but
when the surgeon arrived life was ex-
tinct-
Lerch had been respondent over hnan-
ciaI troubles for some time. his friends
say This morning he was more wor-
ried than usual, and told his wife. while
sitting at the breakfast table. that he
feared that he would not be able 20
conduct the place much longer. as ne
was losing money every day
Debts are pilIng up more rapidly than
they can ever be paid, the way money ts
now coming in he said TO his wife
1T seems as though hard luck was with
Mrs. Lerch told her husband not to
worry so much as she believed every
thing would come out all right Get
ting I'D from the breakfast table Lerch
went downstairs and remained IN the
barrOOm for q few minutes Coming
back TO tl1e apartment ne went to his
room, took his revolver out Of a chiffo-
nieT drawer, loaded i, and went 70 the
bath room, where he killed himself
Re left no note, and so far as his wife
knew had never intfmated that he In
tended killing himself
Lerch was formerly in business IN
FOur-and-a-half street. between Della
ware avenue and c street, but abost e
year ago moved 10 500 The change
however. did not prove a successful ven
ture, and Iserch IS said 10 have met with
financial reverses.
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
Christmas Exercises
By Salvation Army

Every child who IL guest Of the Sal
walton Army tomorrow night at the
Christmas exercises IN their hall, $50
Pennsylvania avenue northwest. will re-
ceive q box OF candy, toy. and some
fruit For the occasion the barracks
have been decorated IN accordance with
the dictates Of the season With holly.
Tags bunting. and evergreen bOughs
a program Of yuletide songs and reel
tations viii be given Adjutaut Louise
n GTaZieT. who has charge Of the az
rangements for he entertainment. says
that their present supply Of fruit and
candy anC toys viii not be enough. and
that contributions Of these things OF
cash viii be very 6lady received at the
headquarters
The Washington times., 1910-12-29

Through the combined efforts OF the
Street Cleaning. Fire and Water De
partments. washington is to have clean
CT streets
Answering a Universal complaint.
James n. wood. with the approval OF
Commissioner Johnston, today appealed
to Chief Wagner and W A. Mcfarland
for aid IN removing from the principal
thoroughfares the snow and slush-
At a conference between the officials
II was decided TO clean the streets with
hose to be furnished by the Fire De-
partment The hose is attached to water
plugs and operated by laborers from the
Water Department, who began work in
the northwestern section Of the city this
afternoon. Eight gangs OF four men
each were assigned to the task.
The proposition 10 employ the aid Of
the Fire Department IN cleaning the
streets was suggested last winter. but
was opposed al that time BY Chief
Wagner on the ground TINT il was I'm
possible to detail men from the engine
houses IN view OF the fact that their
services might be demanded at any time
IN answering a fire call.
Under the present arrangement. how
ever. the services Of the dremen VII
not be required. Seventeen machine
sweepers were placed in operation today
for the first t5ne since the recent snow
fail The cold weather. according TO
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
SCRUBBING OF STREETS
OF CAPITAL IS BEGUN
Combined Efforts of white Wings, Fire and Water
Departments Utilized TO Clean Up Washington
Thoroughfares- Sweepers At Work.

Superintendent Wood. heretofore has
prevented the use OF the street sweep
ers.. which can be operated only in
mild weather Following the machines.
men with brushes and shovels picked
up the dirt and loaded it into carts.
With but 81 800 of the appropriation for
snow and ice remaining. the Street
Cleaning Department is exercising the
utmost economy. There is no denial
on the part of those in authority that
the streets should be cleaned, but on
the other hand # is pointed out that
consideration must be had for the fu-
tare-
This saving on the part Of the
Street Cleaning Department is at
tributabie TO the Washington climate
Although the sun may he shining to
day. superintendent Wood says ne
knows not az what hour he may be
called upon TO battle with a raging
snowstOrm-
sitting in his Office, surrounded ~
photographs Of the work or tne
Street. Cleaning Department on the
morning OF March 4, 1903, he is con-
stsntIv reminded of the yagaTieS Of
washington weather. In that emef 8 :
eucv however, there was sSV,OvV al
his disposal. while at present ne mas
less than $1,000 Unless rel1eI IS al
forzed by Congress this sum must
cove. she cost OF the removal OF sno"
and ice fer the remainder OF the WIN
ter
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
MERIDIAN HILL PARK
CASE IS DECIDED
Court Declares Act OF Con
gresS Plainly Appropri-
ated Money Needed

Declaring the act OF Congress prOvid-
ing for the purchase Of Meridian Hill,
lying between Florida avenue, Euclid
street, Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets.
for a public park, and directing that
$3.50 600 be paid therefor, Chief Justice
CIab$ugh, Of the District Supreme
Court. today declared that the act
plainly and clearly appropriated the
money, and did not merely authorize it.
In making this decision Chief Justice
Cla5augh gave an additional impetus 70
the movement for more parks through
cut the city. and. in setting a day for
the appointment Of a commission 70 ex-
anime tie property with q view to val
uing II for purpose OF condemnation
II the property holders refuse TO sell at
the Government price-practicaIly in
sured the city an additional and extern
sive park in the northwestern section Of
the city.
Following extended discussions OF the
subject as to whether the word author
Ike used IN the act Of Congress which
provides for the purchase OF the land,
did OF did not mean appropriate. and
the citing OF numerous cases and Opin-
ions by Attorney Morgan Beach. for the
Government, and Attorneys Fulton
Lezvsss J J. Darlington, Samuel Maddox,
ano Frederick Reynolds, for the prop
Hversd his decision on the distinction 20
be made n the use Of the words "appro-
pirate" and authorize and gave II as
4 his opinion that this particular act Of
Congress plainly mean that the two
were . be used anonymously IN this
sense.
The Chief Justice read the act in
question, commenting on each phrase
1t Says here that the Secretary OF
the Treasury Is ordered 10 pay over the
money necessary for the purchase OF
the tract mentioned. up to the sum or
$3.50. 100-there doesn't seem 70 be much
ambiguity there. It further says that
this money shall be taken from the
Treasury and shall be money not other
~ise appropriated, that one-half sl-afi be
reimbursed 10 the Treasury BIZ the Dis
with interest at 3 per cent Thus the
authorities are directed TO take the land
and they are told where to get the
money from. besides which additional
Improvements on this land are provided
for and the condemnation proceedings
are spoken Of
II the language and intent Of any
act can possibly be plain, then IS this
act plain and clear-at least IN It's
spirit Not only does & say that the
! land shall be purchased. but Il goes into
/ the details OF how the purchase shall
| be made and the details OF the con
demnaticn and Improvements
1t IS perfectly apparent 10 me thai
/ the word authorize as used here
means appropriate
In conclusion the court made q de-
cisfon regarding the Doundage fees being
collected b. The clerk, ana formally over
ruled the demurrer
January was set as the day for TIT
| appointment Of the commission 20 at
| tend 70 the matters OF condemnation
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
NURSE IDENTIFIES
ABANDONED BABY
Had Been Left In the Vesi-
bule of | Street Resi-
dence.

Miss Marie Cox, a nurse at the Ho-
meopathic Hospital, called at St. AIMS
Infant Asylum this morning and identi-
fed the three-week-oid baby boy
abandoned Monday night in the vesti-
buIe OF the home OF Z W. Creecy, $50
I street, as a child who was born at the
hospital about December s
The mother, who is about twenty
years old, represented herself as Louise
Mckenzie, Of 1s X street northwest, but
the name and address were found 10 be
fictitious.
mere IS no doubt about the child
being the same one said Miss Cox.
after leaving the infant asylum y
remember the clothes as well as Il I
.ssss seen them yesterday When she
came 10 the hospital the mother wrote
a letter TO a friend OF relative in Phila-
delphia, and a few days later an express
package containing the chfId's clothes
arrived
The mother talked very little about
herself, and, OF course, I did not qUes-
ton her. No one came to see her while
she was at the hospital. and, naturally,
We knew that everything was not as il
should be. We all felt sorry for the
girl. and did what we could TO comfort
her. She seemed very much discour-
aEed. and when she left the hospital
she said she didn't know what she was
going 20 do
with the information furn1gled b
Miss Cox. the police expect that the.
viii be able to locate the mother Tbs
nurse gave q good description OF th'
woman. She is described as about TWEEN
u years old. FIVE feet FIVE inches tan
,--sfezE-s s1S mounds bIlIe ewes brow
hair, and fair complexion She lett TIT
hospital wearing a blue suit, whit
waist. a white fur hat. and black shoes
The babv is being cared for at the in
/ fant asylum. but unless the mother 1
found within q few days, the chill
VIII be turned over to the Board o
! ChEdren's Guardians. and permanent!
/ Committed to some District institution
/ by Judge De Lacy. Of the Juvenii
The Washington times., 1910-12-29

of Pythias Will
Have Charge of the
Services.

Funeral services for DT. D. Elmer
Wiber. prominent IN social. professional
and religious circles. who died at his
home. 1853 Eighteenth street northwest.
yesterday morning. VIII be held from
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church at go tomorrow afternoon The
Rev. Or. Radcliffe, pastor Of the church
who has for many years been q friend
OF the deceased, will officiste.
Names OF the pallOearers have not
yet been given out, but IL has been de-
cided that they VIII be selected from
among the elders OF the church. to
which body Of dignitaries the doctor
had recently been elected A large at
tendance Of fraternity men IS expected.
as DIT. WibeT was a prominent member
Of the Knights OF Pythias, under whose
auspices the funeral will be conducted
The burial service viii be held at Glen
wood Cemetery
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
HAVE CLUE
To FALSE ALARMS
Two Youths Surprised In
Act of Calling Out
Engines

Believed 20 be responsible Cor the nu-
merous false alarms Of fire sent in from
ali sections Of the city during the last
two monthe. two young white men. de-
tected in the act Of attempting 10 sound
an alarm from the box at Seventh and
Q streets northeast, are being sought to-
day by the police
The police say the young men, both
Of whom appeared to be about nineteen
years old. are undoubtedly responsible
for the large number OF false alarms
which have been sounded recently.
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
Will Write Letters
For Cuban Newspaper

Senior Manuel de Adelantado = Rich.
a Cuban newspaper man, Is visiting his
family at zoos Fifteenth street The
senior is a close personal friend Of the
edisor Of the Cuba and has promised
to write several letters for the paper
during his stay IN this country on sub
iecis presented by the different phases
Of American life and manners Enter
tanning letters were written 10 the Gu
ban newspaper by the senior while he
was attending the Mexican Centenary.
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
Deaths
WHITE

John R Gould. . years, Emergency
Hospital
John y. EeuabIe. s. years, on steam car
between Cumberland, Nd, and D c
Robe-t w Acted, 4 years. us K street
northwest
John ". owens. IS years, 7os z street
William P. Huxford. ss years, The Abe
marie.
George NaUy. years. JOB Third street
northeast
Jonn NJ Sigworth. 50 years. walter Reed
General Hospital
J. Hancock Robinson 50 years. T. .
Senate Office Building
Narv e Sutton, 81 years, 2s3 Tenth
street southeast
John A. sachse, . years, 81 H street
northeast
COIOREZD-
David Lear. g years. 80 I street south
I5,cv strother. 50 years. SIS Kenyon
street northwest
Jessie 3. Haskfns. % years. 20 d street
northwest
Maggie ToIscn. Is years, Freedman's
IoSDifal
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
Babel to Esperanto"

Under the auspices Of the National
Geological Society. an address. From
Babel to Esperanto" viii be given by
R>vof. A. ChTiSten. at the New Masonic
auditorium, New York avenue and Thir-
tenth street, tomorrow evening.
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
CALLERS ENCOURAGE
TAFT TO MAKE RACE
Five State Delegations
Promised Him By
''Favorite Sons"

II the feeling OF the callers at the
White House today Is an index TO the
sentiment throughout the country over
the Republican Presidential nomination
in 1872, President Taft viii have smooth
sailing
Five state delegations are just as good
as delivered now. Nebraska. washing
ton, New York, Pennsylvania, and Mis-
souri, are Taft's for the asking. This Is
what favorite sons Of these four big
States said today.
For days the White House has been
full Of politics. The fact of the Roose-
welt correspondence with the President
came along at q time when politicians
were relaxing for Christmas and had
nothing more serious TO talk about than
1872 affairs.
Developments.
This has been followed from time TO
time with conferences OF more or less
Importance Then came the informa-
ton that the word had gone out to the
PRESIDENTS close friends that he would
Be candidate for reelection and that
the work Of securing the nomination
would OF course be the first considera-
ton
Right on the heels of this is the semi
official announcement that the National
Republican committee will meet IN this
city next month some time and will re-
spOnd to the Presidents wish in choosing
successor TO Postmaster General
Hitchcock, as chairman.
II was a bit significant. It ~ tue.
that those White House callers VINO in
dorsec the President for reelection this
morning were. with out one execution
N TIE lame duck class Of statesmen
but they were none the less certain Of
the action Of theirs States They said
their delegations would 20 10 the con-
veEtiOn solid for the President.
Nebraska's Stand.
Senator Burkett, who was defeated
for reelection BY Gilbert Hitchcock,
said that Nebraska would be solid for
the President he entertained no doubt
whatever OF the sentiment at home.
This was just exactly what Senator
Piles Of Washington said about his
state This Senator IS 10 be s-cceeded
N Few months by Miles Poindexter,
an insuTgent
Senator Warner OF Missouri, who viii
not be returned TO the Senate was
equally sure that the Missouri vote
would 60 70 the President
No sooner had this assurance been
given than Representative DalzeIl Of
Pennsylvania came along He told the
Assem- bled reporters that the Keystone
state was dead certain for Taft Mr..
Dalzell just barely escaped being a
( lame duck"
J. SIoat Fassett. Of New York. who
CURED IN the general opinion that the
nomination Two years or Will go TO the
President and said that New York
could be banked on for solid vote
The Washington times., 1910-12-29
New Peruvian Cabinet.

LIMA. Peru, Dee 22--The new Peru
Wan cabinet was announced here today
The only changes are the selection u
Dr. German Iagui1 Martinez as min
lister Of foreign affairs and DR.. Antonio
Flores as minister Of justice Minister
Martinez IS at present representing MS
country AT the legation at Quito, ECua-
dor