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The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
TO SPEND $4,000.
VALLEY TRANSPOR-
rATioN co. GIVES AssuR-
AkcE TO DO THIS HERE.
Correspondence Between Mayor Par
sons and Secretary Mathews
Aren't Cairo Board OF
Trade Meeting.

Some weeks ago representatives OF
the Mississippi Valley Transports,
|tion Co with headquarters at St,
Louis were before the commercial
bodies of this city outlining the pur-
poses OF the company and trying to
Interest the citizens OF Cairo in tax
ling stock in the enterprise. Their ex-
plantations and arguments We're quite
convincing and well received BY the
citizens present at the meeting. but
1.-The large amount OF stock they asked
Cairo citizens to subscribe put dam
per ON enthusiasm: $4,000 stock is
what is desired from Cairo citizens.
investment. that Cairo will be made
an important depot of the company
and large expenditure OF money u
made here a greater interest in the
project will be manifested. The COM
i pany is going ahead with the build
ing of the first boat and expect 10
have ii in operation this coming sum,
liner.
The following communications be
Tween Mayor Parsons and the com
lpany officials will explain the situa-
| ltion:
Cairo. III, Feb. II, 1910.
Edward Hooker. Care Miss. Valley
| Trans. Co st. Louis.
Dear Mr.. Hooker; The Cairo Board
Iof Trade held its last meeting Tues
laay night as per previous arrange
iment and discussed the interest ol
he Mississippi Ealley Transportation
company In a very favorable manner
Those present felt that it would bt
best for you to send III a representa-
siva to secure subscriptions to stock
"A further suggestion was made that
nasmuch as you were asking for /
lsnecitic amount Of stock to be SUB
5cribed for here, you give our peoplt
,ome kind OF tangible assurance tha
lthe money mentioned in the pros
Ipectus as being the amount OF none.
I.o be spent here for permanent i'm
movements will actually ne investes
IN Cairo. The sentiment expresses
il the meeting was that such an I'm
derstanding would appeal to our pee
Inle very much more quickly than an.
other argument that could be used,
Very sincerely yours,
GEORGE PARSONS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
NARROWLY ESCAPES LYNcHlNG

Sulphur Springs. Tex, Feb. 20
Hooker Finney, a negro, escaped
lynehing at the hands of mob Of
Como citizens by just half an hour
last night, when he was hurried TO
Greenville al $50 by officers in q
private conveyance. A mob OF hun
dred men from Como descended upon
the court house jail at O'Clock and
upon being shown through the prison
was convinced that the prisoner was
mot in hiding there. Finney attacked
and assaulted the 10 year old daugh-
ter OF DR.. NJ. c. Lynch, of Como. ten
miles east of here yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
WILL MEET TONIGHT
ELECTION Clerks and Judges to Ee
Examined Tonight at CONNER
cial Club Rooms.

The board OF election commission
lers have changed the place Of meet
hing Of the selected igdges and CLERK;
iof election from the court house. u
1.-THE Commercial Club rooms: the TIM.
Iof meeting will be o'clock
The four military companies sta
ltioned at the court house occupy mos
,of the room now and ii was though
fbest. on this account, to changt
There will he about G5 men in at
tendance for examination tomorroo
seyening.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
DOG TAX DUE.

The tax on every dog in the city Of
yairo over the age Of three months
Is hereby fixed at Two Dollars for
ach year commencing with the first
day Of January in each year, to be
'ald by the owner or person having,
keeping or harboring such dog. to th
Street Supervisor. This law will be
strictly enforced this year.
John Sheehan,
Street Supervisor.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
ZIMMERMAN KILLED.

Shreveport, La, Feb. 20.-J A. vii
son, head of the lumber company
bearing his name. and former citizen
Of St. Louis, was killed here this
morning when he aiignted from a
Highland Park car He slipped on the
ice and stumbled directly in front Of
horses drawing heavy hose cart to
p fire.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
.BRlTAiN's FIRST NAVAL AiRsHlp

London, Feb. Britain's first
naval airship will very soon be deliv.
'ered from the Vickers- Maxim works.
It win be the biggest OF Its kind, eg'
cept the Zeppelin tlirigible. Like that
monster it Is of the rigid type, and
it's purpose will be to patrol the, North
Sea. on the alert for hostile mani
Hesitation from Germany.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
Secretary

Mayor Parsons failed to find the
written assurance said to be en-
closed in the letter Of Secretary Ma
thews but it will probably be received
in the next mail, the assurance asked
for was the guaranteeing of the ex
penaiture of $4,000 at Cairo in pro
viding the necessary equipment for
the handling OF freight and passen
gers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
DR.. COOK WON'T TALK.

Santiago, Chile, Feb 20--Dr. Fred.
erick A. Cook, being afforded on ap-
portunity today to make public a
statement regarding his claim OF hav-
ing discovered the north pole and
whirh claim was discredited by the
university OF Copenhagen. fatty re.
fused to grant an interview His sole
expression was that he wished to be
left In peace
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
SKI HoNoRs DECIDED.

Coleraine, Mimi, Feb. 2o.-Anders
Haugen, of Chippewa Falls, Wis, won
first professional honors in the Ma
tional Ski tournament here today
with a score of 271 points. Oscar
Gunderson, Of Chippewa Falls, was
second; Ole Feiring. of Duluth, third;
Ole Mangeson Coleraine, fourth; Toi
lef Hammestveedt of Eau Claire, fifty
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
REAP7OiNTS RECEIVER.

Chicago, Feb. 2o.--Judge c, C. Kohl.
saat, in the Un,sed States circuit
court today, reappointed Charles G.
Dawes and David X. Forgan receivers
of the Illinois Tunnel Company after
the Central Trust Company, trustee OF
the $30,000,000 bond issce, mad fore
closed its mortgage on tne property
Of the corporation.
Messrs. Dawes and i'organ were ap-
pointed receivers of tie tunnel com
pany on Dec ], 1909
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
TAFT WILL VISIT CINCINNATI.

Washington. Feb. 20. = President
Taft today consented to attend the
Ohio Valley Exposition at Cincinnati,
which opens on Aug. ~ and closes
Oct. /. F. Tt Davidson OF Cincinnati.
called at the White House today and
the president promised to attend some
day while the exposition is on.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
FIRE SAFELY STOPPED.

Peoria, Ill.,. Feb. 2o.-President
Richard Newsam Of the state mine
board, returned today from Cherry.
ILL.,, where he superintended the re-
opening Of the st. faul mine. in
which nearly 300 men were killed last
November. Newsam says the mine
fire is safely confined In small space
by three cement fire shoppers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
TAFT ACCEPTS INVITATION.

Albany, ~ r.. Feb. 20.--Gov
Hughes has been advised that Presi
dent Taft has declared definitely &C
visit Albany on March 10. He will at
tend dinner at the University Clut
in the evening and will be the guest
Of honor of the governor at the execu
tive mansion during his stay.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
FAIRBANKS IN BERLIN.

Berlin, Feb. 2o-Charles w. Fair
hanks, formerly vice president of the
United States, today occupied the pull
pit of the American church. Mrs Hill
wife Of the American ambassador,
gave reception in Honor Of Mrs
Fairbanks in the afternoon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
FOUGHT DUEL OVER HOUR.

Paris, Feb l9--Marquis Campo
bello, the Spanish military attache at
London fought vicious sword duel
here today with NJ Payer, a we'll
known Paris merchant The duel
lasted for an hour and a half, when
Payer finally ran the marquis through
the arm. The adversaries were still
.unreconciled on leaving the field. The
affair has caused much gossip in SO.
cial cir'es.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
AFTER
SUFFERING
one YEAR
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams sVegetable Compound
Milwaukee, Wis. -" Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has made

me a well woman,
and I,would like to
tell the whole world
Of it. / suffered
fromfernale trouble
and fearful painsin
my back. ! had the
best doctors and
they all decided
that I had q tnmof
III addition to my
female & trouble, ant
advised an opera
tion. lydia Il.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21

Sale-nf personal property of TIE Iat
iB. r. Thistlewood, commencing Eel
lend. and continuing until property /.
| disposed of. The property consists O
~ HEAD or MULES, I HORSE, Il
R. pows. cultivators. lot OF chain har
mess. buggy, set Of double harness
IA set Of single harness. household an
loffice furniture. / grader. lot,of corn
rs wagons. Sale will be for cash o
on time, purchasers giving note wit!
approved security. notes drawing si
lper cent interest
W. f. GIBSON,
N. B. THISTLEWOOD,
/, Feb. II. 1910. Administrators.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
nut why sleep?

He's a mean man who will snore !,
church and keep others awake. -
change.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-21
Bees Must Be Busy.

The collection OF pound OF nectar
requires $4,000 foraging expeditions
by the bee .s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

ton take effect on the fourth day OF
July next succeeding such admission
Since 1918 26 stars or sovereign
states have been added to the union,
making 46 in all.
The flag has become more and more
the symbol of an indossoluble union OF
indestructible states-holding liberty,
equality and fraternity as the guiding
principles upon which, as a nation,
these states stand united.
Carried to the utmost parts of the
earth, the flag has been thrown to the
breeze, proclaiming liberty, and
American citizens have had feeling
OF satisfaction and patriotic pride
when contrasting the meaning in far
distant lands of our and other flags
displayed together. 1t is to be regret
ted that of late years the flag of the
free" has been placed over a people
as an emblem of government without
consent of the governed" That is not
the fault of the flag nor is it its mis-
sion; nor should it lessen the respect
and allegiance a free people entertain
for it; but it should impel them to an
earnest effort to hasten the time when
the flags meaning in far distant lands
shall be restored to it's original glory.
Flag day can be properly utilized
to impress upon the public the patriot
ism they owe their country to bring
about as speedily as possible the aban-
Comment of colonial policy.
Let Flag day, 1910, be periodically
observed by all the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

ture of garments give positively no
satisfaction to the wearer.''
Not only the suit of clothes, but
everything else that the workingman
uses, has gone up in price. The denim
,overails that he formerly purchased
for so cents are now rs cents, and his
cotton shirt has advanced from so
cents to rs cents and 81. He is still
offered so cent shirt, but it is made
of a poor flimsy fabric in which he
really can not afford to invest if he
has the price of the better quality.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
What the Tariff ON Wool Costs You

Mabel Potter Daggett in the Define
ator for June: This summer the wear
ers of mems ready made clothing will.
pay throughout the United States an
aggregate of $4,000, 900 more than
ever before. Directly after schedule
k of the 'Payne-Aldrich tariff bill
was settled last August, the wooden
manufacturers sent out to the manu-
facturers of clothing notice of a 80 per
cent advance in prices of cloth. The
manufacturers of clothing say they can
not afford to pay that advance Thew
pass it on to the consumer who is
compelled to. 1t has been distributed
through every city and village in the
United States. By a marking I'D OF
prices, the SO suit has become $3.50,
the SIS suits SIS, and the $40 suit SIS.
The man that has to nave it will still
find a $40 suit. But most of it will
be shoddy.
During the tariff debate congress
received communication from the
Cincinnati Clothiers' association urg-
ing reduction in the tariff on wooler
and worsted goods, which was noS
granted. The Cincinnati association
said: Not in so years has the cloth
handed in our trade been of so inferior
a quality for the price as now. The
masses. consisting of laborers, me-
chanics and farmers, the real users of
ready made clothing, are receiving
practically no value for their money
The qualities and colorings are so poor
that in many instances the colorings
fade and cookie. and in the manufac-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
FLAG Day-June Ia.

The American Flag association with
headquarters in New York City has adj
dressed a circular letter to the gov
ernor of each state, the mayors of
each American city, the American
| newspapers, the officers and members
of all American patriotic societies and
to all citizens reminding them that
June II will be the 1881 anniversary
of the adoption of the stars and stripes
as the flag of the United States, and
by so doing to secure their coopera-
ton in securing the widest possible
observance this year.
1t is desired that flags shall be dis
played on. this anniversary upon all
public buildings of the states and
cities, that editors of newspapers shall
by editorial comment and the publica-
ton of historical articles upon the sub
ject of the flag call attention to the
day and call upon the public to display
the national eolors on Flag day.
To use the words of the circular
letter:
I'VE respectfully appeal to the gov
erncrs Of all the states of our land
and to the mayors of each American
city to herald the coming and celebra-.
ton of Flag day, June IA, 1910, BY
proclamation; we call upon every pub
lie officer, every teacher of the youth
of our land, the editors OF all news
papers, the daily instructors of the
youth of our land, to call public at
tention, to arouse enthusiasm, and to
provide for public exercises and gen
eral celebration of the day.
I'VE earnestly exhort our citizens to
join in making Flag day an event, and
its celebration in 1910 a great event
Let us, from one end of our land to
the other, fling the stars and stripes
to the breeze on June IA, 1910 May
it greet the rising and salute the set
ting sun, and float all day long from
every church edifice, school and build
ing, public and private and however
humble throughout the entire land
While the mere display of the flag
Is not in itself an evidence of patriot
ism, it is reminder of the respect we
owe to it as the emblem of liberty. the
constitutional guarantees and all the
principles the flag represents. The
setting apart of one day in the year as
Ae1S LAY " ICebSA Tie obOt VI SAAC
flag and what it represents is, there
fore, to be commended.
Historically speaking, the stars and
stripes was adopted as the flag of the
Is United States on the 18th day of
June, 1777, by the following enact
ment:
THAT the flag of the 10 United
States be IS stripes, alternate red and
white; that the union be Is stars.
white, in a blue field, representing
new constellation"
The number of the stripes having
been increased by the admission of
new states, the possibilities of the ma
TONS figure development dawned upon
our fathers and the 13 original stripes
were unchangeably restored by the act
of congress on April 4, 1918, when it
was enacted:
That from and after the fourth day
of July next, the flag of the United
States be IS horizontal stripes, alter
nate red and white; that the union be
20 stars, white, in a blue field, and
thar Oh the admission of a new state
into the union, one star be added to
the union of the flag; and such addi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
General Serwood Old Member of Congress From Ohio
Exposes Washington Extravaganza

Thirty-one cases lithia water, $124.
For laxative bromo tablets, quinine
pills. mentholated cough drops, witch
hazel, bromo settler and hair brushes,
$S1.20.
Dixie spring water, $4,000
One hundred and sixteen cases APP
polinaris water, s1,461.
Forty-nine cases of splits, $416.50.
Lather brushes and shaving mugs,
$1S.45.
Thirty cases spring water, 81 cases
Poland water, 81 cases of Chippewa
water. $1.106.72.
One barrel of perfection soap,
s4795.
For taxicab service, taking senators
home from sessions, $711O.
For carriages, taking senators home,
ss5'
For winding senate clock, $40.
Four and a half gallons alcohol,
$13.65.
For Washington directory, who's
Who,' and other books, $44S.25.
For patent leather paste, elite shoe
polish blacking brushes, $2754
What does the wage Garner, who is
taxed almost II per cent on his hat,
coat and shirt, think Of these expendi-
lures?
And day by day we are adding new
burdens to the already overburdened
taxpayers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
A Good Platform.

A. dinner in honor of the execu-
tive committee of the Democratic
league in Buffalo, Judge D. Cady Her
rick proposed a party platform upon
which all democrats ought to unite
with real enthusiasm.
He proposed opposition to federal
encroachment upon the jurisdiction of
the states; tariff for revenue only
public economy; exposure and punish
ment of corrupt politics wherever
found; more direct action by the peo-
pie in the selection of candidates for
Office; simplification of elections md
increase of the power of the independ-
ent voter and reform of the ballot
laws so that elective officials should
, be truly representative of the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
The Comet, the Bible and the End OF
the World.

| Those who are making themselves
i'll with dread that Halley's comet is to
prove the instrument of destruction
of the world, may find some consola-
from Matthew 1886:
*~=And the disciples came unto Him
privately saying: Tell us when shall
these things be? and what shall be
the sign of thy coming, and of the
end of the world?
And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Take heed that no man deceive
you. %*% And We shall hear of wars
and rumors of wars: see that We be
not troubled for all these things must
come to pass but the end is not yet
For nation shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom, and
there shall be famines and pestilence
and earthquakes in divers places. All
these are the beginning of sorrow. %**
Immediately after the tribulation of
those Gays shall the sun be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light
and the stars shall fall from the
heaven and the powers of the earth
shall be shaken.
And then shall appear the sign of
the Son of man in heaven, and then
shall ali the tribes of the earth mourn,
and they shall see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven with
powe: and great glory.
And He shall send His angles with
a great sound of trumpet, and they
shall gather together His elect from
the four winds from one end of heaven
to the other.
Verify 1 say unto you, This genera
ton shall not pass till all these things
be fulfilled
But of that day and hour knoweth no
man. no, not the angels of heaven, but
my Father only.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

According to the figures of the
United States commissioner of inter
nal revenue the people of this country
are using $4,000 gallons more of dis
titled and fermented liquors day than
year ago, and the revenue from the
liquor tax this year will be much
greater than ever before in history.
Putting the saloons out Of business
seems to be booming the distilleries,
and the man who will have his liquor
drinks at wholesale instead of retail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
An Ideal Husband

is patient, even with a nagging wife,
for he knows she needs help. She
may be so nervous and run down in
health that trifies annoy her. If she
is melancholy, excitable, troubled
with loss of appetite, headache,
sleeplessness, constipation or faint
ing and dizzy spells, she needs Elec-
trio Bitters, the most wonderful
remedy for ailing women. Thous-
ands of sufferers from female trou-
bles, nervous troubles, backache and
weak kidneys have used them and
become healthy and happy Try
them. Only so cents. Satisfaction
guaranteed by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
The ssasonabIs Event.

The Seasonable Event.
Hey. there.
You can have
Three guesses.
Guesses2
Have them.
Yes. to burn.
What direction
In the springtime
Does
The young mans fancy turn
Think you're smart
You know
The answer.
Well. who wouldn'tf
It's q snap.
In the spring
The young mans fancy
Turns
AS upward flows the sap
To the laughing
Little midget
Who last winter
Turned him down.
Whom he thinks
Beyond a question
ID inc only
Girl IN town
VIII he find
With her
More favor
When the leaves
Begin TO bud.
Or he wonders
As he wanders
VIII his name
Be still
Just mud?.
VIII she como
In tears. repenting
Ger the cruel
Words she said
When the other girls
Have fellows
And the rose OF June II rear
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
A Man Wants 70 Die

only when a lazy liver and sluggish
bowels cause frightful dependency
But DR.. Kings New Life Pills expei
poisons from the system: bring hope
and courage, cure all liver. stomach
and kidney troubles; impart health
and vigor to the weak. nervous and
ailinE. rs cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

Among the conspicuous comets of
the last so years, since Halley's wan
derer was last seen, were Donati's in
1858, Coggia's in 1874, Tebbutt's in
18S1-S2. All of these objects were con-
spicuous in the heavens. 1t is doubt
less true that many persons yet living
remember the one first mentioned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
May Is in American
History

1915 - James Marquette. missionary
and explorer died; born 1887.
1864 = Nathaniel Hawthorne, distin.
guished novelist and sketch writer
died; born 1904.
1909-Dr. Charles William Eliot retir-
ed from the presidency of Harvard
university after forty years serv-
ice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
BY GENERAL ISAAC r. SHEER
WOOD, M. c.
Especial Correspondence of The Argus

WOOD, M. c.
Especial Correspondence of The Argusl
Washington. May 16.-The president
is home again from another speaking
touri
1t is due to mention as a historical
fact that this is the first time in the
history of the country that any presl
dent has LEFT Washington in the hurry
and rush of the closing of a session
of congress, to go on stump-spealling
tour 1 offer no comments. Every in
telligent citizen, who is not a hide
bound partisan, can comment to suit
his convictions.
will only add that President Taft,
since his Inauguration, has always
acted as if he felt that he is the presi-
dent of his party, and not the presi-
dent of all of the people.
When congress voted the president
about $4,000 a year for his salary
and clerk hire, and White house eN
penses, and added $25, 600 to his salary
and SIS, 900 more for travelling ex-
penses, the president should have rec
ognized the fact that this money is
raised by the taxation of all of the
people, and that, as president. he
should not use any of the money to
travel over the country to the neglect
of his official duties in order to make
political speeches in the interest of
any party
There is more business for a pro-
fessional cut-to-the-quick economist,
right here in Washington, than the
president could possibly attend to,
should he put in all of his time. For
instance, there is great waste in the
senate expenditures that the president
could stop with only few Gliding
words.
The miscellaneous items of expendi-
ture for surplus luxuries and convent
ences for the senators covers 165
pages of closely printed type. All, or
nearly ali, of these iterNS are for
goods, drinks and wares that the SEN
ators should pay for out of thSin sal
aries. Here are only a few of Neese
aggravating items:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

The New Jersey woman who has
started suit for divorce on the ground
that her husbands suffering makes
life with him unbearable doubtless OBJ
jects to his taking so much time in
saying the little he is permitted to say.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

Another argument in favor of the
conquest of the Philippines. They are
liable to see the eclipse of the HALEY
comet and the sun there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

Senator Piles made a speech in the
senate merely to put inSo the record
tina. he didn't have anything to do
with the appointment of Ballinger.
This leaves the guilty party still in
doubt