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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
TO
Be HELD TO-DAY
DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AND
PoPULlSTS OF NEBRASKA
WILL MEET.
COUNTY OPTION ISSUE.
viii Be Fought Out in Each of Them
insurgents in Republican
Ranks Favor Option
Bfyan~Champions It.

Lincoln, Neb., July 25.--The prin.
cipal question to receive considera-
tion at the hands OF the delegations
to the Republican state convention
here tomorrow are insurgency and
county option. From the appearances
tonight the insurgents" and option,
lists control the situation. TO a great
extent the two ideas are supported by
the same people.
The temporary organization of the
convention is in the hands of the
regular antfoption wing. Senator
Norris Brown is named ny the cen
trail committee for temporary chair
man. The opposition. will probably
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
ALARM SENT OUT
70 ALL POLICE
RUSSO-CHINESE BANK WANTS
CASHIER ERWIN WIDER
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
100000 IN SECURITIES
Taken by Missing Man, Who Used
Them as Collateral in SpecuIa-
tions-His Lawyer in
Touch With Him.

New York, July 25.A general
alarm has been sent to the police
throughout the United States and
Canada for the arrest OF Erwin Wider
cashier of the Russo-Chinese Bank,
who is charged by the banks officers
with having taken $4,000 in bonds
from safety deposit box. Reports
today say Wider has taken securities
approximating 100000. The addi-
tional $4,000 is said to be in stocks
partly owned by the bank and partly
by customers.
No positive statement has been
made as to where these stock GER
titicates now are, or with what intent
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26

While the ship is suspended
ORourke declares shc can be repair.
ed, after being relaunched from the
cable cradle and can leave Havana
under her own steam. This scheme
would present the ship in precisely
the same condition as when she sunk
in 1898 The cassons are to be sup.
ported by wharf piles built on either
side of the wreck. Then between the
wharves and hull six pneumatic cias-
sons would be sunk, on each side. A
hundred little tunnels would he driv-
en- through the mud under the keel
between the opposite calsson.
Through each tunnel steel cable
would be run and each end would be
run up the outside caisson to the
wharf above.
Thus there would be cable under
the hull every few feet, and in the
aggregate calculated to be capable Of
raising forr times the weight Of the
wreck, which is about 1000 tons.
Each cable end would be attached
to a system Of steel screw rods and
the screw jack principle would be
employed. in that the war depart.
ment be asked for thousand men to
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
$4,000 BUILDING
TO BE ERECTED AT ONCE BY
HALLIDAY ESTATE ON
EIGHTH STREET.
Work Begun Yesterday--WiIl Be
Three Stories But Raised to
Five Stories If Called
For Later

The Halliday Estate will at once
build the $4,000 business house on
Eighth street which project has been
under consideration for a year or
more.
The work of clearing away the one
story building now upon the ground
was begun yesterday and the new
building three stories in height and
occupying the space of 44x10o feet
will be erected as soon as possible.
Frank Ferguson has the contract.
The new structure will adioin the
old Webb property owned by the es-
tate, More than half of the new
building has been engaged by future
tenants. The ground floor will con
sist of to store rooms, the second
story will be made into office rooms
and the third floor will probably be
occupied by number of lodges.
The walls will be so built as to
permit extension upward to consti-
tute five story building, or taller, II
future demands shall justify IT,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26

Detroit, Mich. July 25,The Grand
Duke Alexis, eldest son and heir APP
parent to the czar of Russia, is going
to have an American made motor
boat It has just been purchased here
by Captain Ivan de Ravensky, for
merly of the Russian navy. acting at
the instance of the Russian volunteer
fleets officers, who will present the
boat to tho six-year-old czarevitch.
The boat is sixteen feet long and Is
made entirely of nickel. II is said to
be so simple in design that a child
can handle it. Captain de Ravensky
also bought several other motor boats
from a Detroit firm for the use of the
officers of the Russian volunteer feet.
He declared just before leaving this
city that the American type of motor
boat is the best in the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
'ROURKE' : PLAN
. TO RAISE MAINE
WELL KNOWN ENGINEER LAYS
SCHEME BEFORE THE WAR
DEPARTMENT,
IN A CRADLE Of CABLES
Placed under Hull by System Of
Caissons, Wreck Can be Swung
Into Position for Repair
ing and Floatnq.

Washington, July 25.--Iohn f..
O'Rourke. the engineer who bridged
the hr3sot at PouehFeensie and
dove tl3c ennsylvania railroad tun-
mel under North river. today Ia Il be
fore the war department his plan for
raising the blaine fTom the mud in
lIavasa iiarbor. T3e pan is basca
Enon 4 sss'cm Of pneumatic aaisscas.
10 G'Ycrs arc to be rsed and the
ponteon s"stem is Put aside. r.
1nctaol rrc@ossd is TO swing the
Nainc ia a cIah'c cf powerful cables
and NIT heT completely out of tNc
water where inspection OF the hull
W Il be possible.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26

operate the hand screws and by ey.
cry man turning a lever at given
signal it is planned to pull the hulk
up in the cradle of cables In practic-
ally the same way as the pyramids
of Egypt are supposed to have been
built by man power
Once swung above the water line
the gap between the wharves would
be bridged and the engineers would
work under and around the hull.
When repaired she could be let down
into the water.
0Rourke expressed the opinion
that the job could be done in three
A board OF engineers will be ap.
pointed to pass on the scheme.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
LEGG LEADS THE FIELD
Sixty-four Survive First Half Of
Qualifying Round of Western
Golf Championship

Minneapolis, July Harry G.
Legg. of Minikahda, led the field in
the first half of the 36 hole qualify
ing round for the western golf cham
pionship tournament over the links
OF the Minikahda club today. Legg
made Is holes in 20. two strokes be.
low the record The quality of golf
displayed by the Ga survivors in to.
days game was superb.
The survivors today will play rs
more holes in the qualifying round to-
morrow. Those who fail to land there
are out of the championship contest.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26

Merrill, Wis, July 25.-The worst
forest fires ever known in this part
of Wisconsin have been devastating
great tracts of land for days and
have hemmed in and cut off from the
outside world the people of several
towns. The people of Heineman fled
to Bloomvi'le, where they and the
$50 residents of that town were cut
off from escape, the fires raging all
around the place Gleason, north of
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
Al indianapolis.
100000 LOSS BY FIRE,

Chicago. July 25.Damage amount
ing to 100000 resulted from three
fires today The flames swept
through half block of homes In
Lake View, wining out twenty build
ings The Craigan grain elevator Of
the Northwestern Malt and Grain Co.
was destroyed. and the plant OF the
G. f. Ogren Brewing Company was
burned.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26

endeavor to make George w. Norris,
Of McCook, congressman from the
ninth district, and strong anti-Can.
non man, permanent chaEman.
OF the S55 delegates TO the con.
vention, 366--but 62 less than ma
iority--are instructed to support
county option, while only 160 have
instructions against it. If, therefore,
the claim is we'll founded that tho
county optiionists and insurgents are
the same, 1t would seem that Senator
Brown has but slight chance for
the permanent chairmanship
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
Mounted District station.

Mounted Dt6trict station.
"The woman had my life, hy fu-
ture. in her hands" Wommack said
to the police, "and | decided that it
would be just as~-el to end it all II
was she however, who proposed that
we kill ourselves together. She ask
ed me several times to do it, and
finally consented"
Wommack and Mrs. Anderson told
the police that she lived at 1851
Washington avenue, AT this address
which Is the residence of Dr. Howard
Lindsay, it was denied that Mrs. An
derson bad lived there. Occupants
Of the house stated that they knew
neither Wommack nor MrS. Ander-
son.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
MADE 19 MILES IN 25
MINUTES IN A BALLOON

St Louis, July 25.-Andrew Drew,
local newspaper writer, who is
qualifying as pilot for the Information
al balloon race to be held here in
October, today made nineteen miles
in twenty-five minutes, with the bai-
loon Missouri He started from here
at O'Clock this afternoon and ex-
perienced a rough landing at Collins
vile, Ill.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26

Bloomville, also was isolated. AT Gal
loway and vicinity the fire covered an
area ten miles long and three miles
wide. Wausau and New London
steamers have fought the fires but
with slight success. Millions of feet
of valuable timber have been de.
stroyed. The problem of food supply
Is a severe one particularly at Bloom
vile, with its population largely aug
mented by refugees from other points
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS.

Grand Island. Neh.. July rs. Hun.
dreds of delegates are her for the
Democratic state convention. which
opens tomorrow, Tonight all are
discussing the coming fight over
county option,
William j. Bryan, leader for the
county option forces. will arrive to-
morrow.
The leaders of the anti-option
forces tonight claim that more than
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26

A Harvard professor says Plymouth
Rock Is a myth, but we. stubbornly
continue to believe that there was !
Mayhower.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
GAMES N THE
MAJOR LEAGUES
BUT ONE GAME IN NATIONAL
PIRATES BEATEN BY
PHILADELPHIA. NJ
DETROIT BEAT NEW YORK
Philadelphia and Cleveland American
League Teams Break Even in ~
Double Hcadcr--Other III
G Results.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pirates Defeated.

" FTIdtCS UEIGdtcus
Pittsburg, July 25.-Camnitz did
not give base on balls but was hit
enough to lose.
Score X III "
Pittsburg ...... ......... p
Philadelphia ........ ..... 0
Batteries and Gibson,
Moore, McQuillen and Doom.
No other games scheduled 4
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26

Losses from forest fires in several
districts in British Columbia are re-
ported. Fire wardcns have impressed
every available man 20 help check
the spread of the flames, which have
eaten up already several million Of
dollars worth of timber No sooner
Is one fire under coptrol than another
breaks out. The situation is serious
both in Wisconsin and westeren Can
ada
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26

Country jays mile in 2;06, In ad.
dltion to being the fastest trotted
this year, established a new mark for
Il year old trotters. The former
record was 2.o9 held by Vansant
Country Jay also holds the record for
10 year old trotters 2:O7A.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
Conversation.

Conversation.
I'm conversation the perfect virtues
are to listen well and to reply we'll
La Rochefoucauld,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26

Readers Of The Bulletin get tbs
news when Il a newa
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
IS GOOD
AT KALAMAZOO
FIRST DAY or GRAND CIRCUIT
RACES SAW FAvoRiTEs
WIN OUT.
ONLY ONE EXCEPTION
Country Jay Beat Spanish Queen,
Favorite In 2:o7 Trot, after
Grecrs' Harvester was
Withdrawn.


meeting OF too 1910 Grand Circuit
was favored with track and weather
conditions nearly perfect There was
a large attendance of we'll known
horsemen from all parts or the coun-
try. The only disappointing feature
was the announcement that Pop
Geers would not drive, and that MS
entry for the 2:o7 trot, the Harvester,
would be Withdrawn.
Geers will dfive later In the week.
Country Jay featured by trotting
the fastest mile agans a field of
good ones; Willy. the British horse
proved his mef11e by winning the
first race easily.
The favortes had good day.
Spanish Queen, choice in the 2;07
trot, after Harvester was withdrawn,
was an exception. Country Jay prov
ing the best. Willy, favorite in the
2:f4 trot. had no difficulty in win
ming, but Walter w. in 2:05 pace and
Country Jay IN the 2:07 trot had to
be driven har dto win
Much interest was added to the
2;07 trot by the fact that Gus Macy
and Imey Macy, father and son,
were pitted against each other. TAe
son came up behind Spanish Queen
while the elder rainsman landed The
race in straight heats
The Abbe was a heavy favorite in
the 2:1G pace and had d neasy time
as the finish was not even close.
summary
2.16 Trot. Al 900 CFour starters
Iyilt,, !,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26
An Even Break.

Batteries-Groom and Beckendorf;
Smith, Lang and Block.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-26

No other games scheduled.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-07
1O-3-lO-tf.
cnmala Thai RiAA

The Bedouins decorate their baggage
camcls I'm the most fantastic manner.
huge pack saddle is surmounted by
n still larger pQnnler. Above this
again Is sort OF chair I'm which the
rider sits. The long strips OF leather
hanging down the sides are simply
for decorative purposes. / have seen
cnmcls when too young to 20 on long
tricks being carried I'm these painters
AMI they are always used for the Be
douin children.
This tribe has many quaint and curl
ous customs. perhups the most curl
Gus Of these Is the manner I'm which
they show their esteem A'or certain
strangers. One evening when n young
camel had been killed for the meal /
noticed the women collecting the
blood in bowl. Then. 10 my aston
ishmcnt they started painting my
camels on the nccks md tanks with
the blood Unlnowingly I was the
recipient Of the greatest honor TINT
can Do paid stranger. Tho blood
dried on md remained for long
time, acting ns talisman among oil
the Sherarat tribe Douglas Carru-
thcrs In Wide World Magazine.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-07
A Traae4y Of Ins,inet.

The prOcessiOuGrics are rather strange
ca;erpillars. 4 single string Of them
five or six yards long has just climbed
down from my pnrnsol pines and Is at
this moment Unfolding itself I'm the
walls Of my garden. cnrpcIng the
ground traversed with transparent silk.
according 90 the custom ~ the race.
To say nothing OF the meteorological
apparatus Of unparalleled dclicacy
which they carry on their spine these
catcrpiliars, rs everybody knows. have
this remarkable quality that they
travel only in troop one inter tho
other Ike the blind Of Brcughcl or
those in the parable. each Of them oh
stinately, indissolubly following her
leader; so much so that our author
having one morning disposed the file
on the edge OF large stone vase, thus
closing the circuit. for seven whole
days, during an atrocious week.
through cold hunger and unspeakablc
WEAKNESS, the unhappy troop on It's
tragic round without rest, respite or
mercy, pursued the pitilcss circle un.
al death arrived. Forum.
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Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-10
TELLS OF WORK IN
 INTERIOR OF ALASKA
Rev. Charles E. Retticher, Jr., Gives Stereopticon Lecture at Trinity Episcopal Church.

With members of Christ church par fsh in attendance in the vestry of the Trinity Episcopal church there
 was an interested audience, which
 heard Rev. Charles E. Betticher, Jr., tell of his work among the miners and
 Indians of Alaska.
 His story is one which is not often
 illustrated hereabouts and held the
 close attention of his hearers He is
 located at Fairbanks and in the Ia
 mana valley. His missionary field coy-
 CTS about 500 miles in all. with mis-
 sion stations all along the route. At
 Nenana there is special work with a hospital, school and orphanage. In his
 section, which is under Bishop Rowe,
 there are six mission stations, and at
 all of these there are day schools He
 travels from one to another by dog
 team In winter and by launch or ca
 noe in the summer. There are about 1oO00 at Fairbanks and 5O,OCD all together in that section. most of them being miners. The work among the Indians is also consistently pursued In the outlying districts. It is 70 de> grees below zero up there in winter a long way from the coast and is reached by sailing up the Yukon, which he will do when he returns next summer.
 He has seven assistants in his work and will take back four more with him when he returns. He publishes a small paper called - the northernmost magazine published, and it's circulation pays it's publication ex- penses. He finds this the easiest way to answer the 5000 or more letters re- ceived each year, asking about all sorts Of things and particularly his work in that territory.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-10

foreman. Three other Norwich newspa- perS-fhe Advertiser, a campaign paper run by Representative Stark V eAther and Norwicn evening paper, all got their start under ele directing hand in the composing room. For for ty-two years he has belonged to the Typographical union, having joined in 1868, and his record bears witness to his efficiency and knowledge of the de- tails of his trade.
 The fifty years have found both Mir. and Mrs. Tracy favored with goo 1 health at all times, although just al present the former Is not enjoying his usual vigor. finding 1t necessary to cur tail to some extent his hours given to business.
 Their children are four-Mrs. Q. F. Harris of Preston A. M Tracy of No. man In the Russell & Erwin company, New Britain; Charles l.. Tracy of No. I317 Main street, linotype operator for The Bulletin, and Harry W. Tracy qf No. 454 Main street, employed by tie Norwich Gas and Electric departmen ent. All viii be present with their families to assist their parents observe the an- nfVersary. Mir. Tracy has two broth ers-Captam George A. Tracy Of Fres- mo- Cal, and Frank w. Tracy, engineer on the Central New England road and one sister-Mrs C. W. Spalding Of this city.
 That there may be many more an- niversarieg beyond tAfe fftieth and that each recurring year may find the couple favored az they have been in the past will be the wish of the wide circle of friends who hold them in high esteem
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-10

to fhedr knowledge gtirl living of the relatives and obher guests present at their wedding.
 Mir. and Mrs. Tracy will observe the anniversary with A family gathering oql Sunday at their home, but on Satur- doy evening from to II o'clock their son, Charles l.. Tracy is to give an informal reception to his parents at his residence, BIT Main street
 Through all their married life Mir. and Mrs. Tracy, who are both natives of Norwich, have made this city their home. Following their marriage they resided first in their newly furnished home in the Greene block, or Hill street; then living on CliH street for eleven years, then on Hamilton avenue, East Side, for twelve years, and for h1i1e on penobscot street
 Mir. Tracy is son of John Tracy and Sarah Fowler, both of old Norwich families residing In that part of the city which was once Preston. Mrs. Tracy's maiden name was Sarah F. Woodward She is the daughter Of $. Park Woodward and Martha ]. Brew ster, her mother being descendent Of Elder Brewster of Maynower fame.
 An active printer at the age Of Fl, Mir. Tracy, who is foreman of the newspaper composing room of The Bulletin is the oldest active printer in the city today, and has 8 record which Is intimately connected with the print ing and newspaper history Of the city for more than half Of century. When The Bulletin started In December, 1858. Mir. Tracy, who had learned his trade
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-10
DELIGHTFUL CONCERT
 AT osGoOD MEMORIAL
Given by Quartette from Now London and Was Big Suceess-Under Par ish House Association Auspices.

The concert at the Osgood Memorial on Friday evening, given by the quar- tette from the Second Congregational church of New London, was q grand success in every way. The parIorg were filled with an appreciative audience and the quartette, under Eben Learn eds able leadership, and with Mrs
 Grosvenor Elys invaluable assistance sion and provided most enjoyable en-
 tertainment for their audience. The members of the quartette are Mrs Frank H. Merrill, soprano, Mrs. Lillian E. Munger, alto, Eben Learned. tenor and conductor, Eugene E. Seamarg
 bass. Mrs. Merrill has always been a favorite with Norwich music lovers for her sweet, sympathetic voice. This has grown in power exceedingly since her lrst introduo ton to musical circles he-e. as was so plainly evident to her friends last evening MT. Learned is too well and widely known in Norwich for his musical culture and ability t6 say other than that his audience were delighted at his reappearance and gave him his usual hearty welcome. Mrs. Munger and MT. Sea mans are noa so well known, but made favorable inn pression as possessing both voice and technique requisite to make them Wo-- thy members Of the quartette. The fine harmony of the four voices was brought and especially in their encore number
 Don't You Mind the Sorrows, by Coles
 The beautiful blending of the two