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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02
A Desirable Heart.

"Mr Wombat. the elderly mil
lionaire, has offered me his heart "
Take it, girl, advised a friend
"His physician tells me that it's val
yular action is very bad"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02

for four or i've days
at a me every
month, and so weak
] could hardly walk.
| cramped and had
backache and head.
ache, and was so
nervous and weak
that / dreaded to
see anyone or have
anyone move in the
room. The doctors
ga We me medicine to
ease me at those
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02
Financing the Affair.

Father, the duke has proposed,
and we want to be married imme-
diately"
"All right Here's check for
your million Tell the duke to step
in and I'll give him a dollar to get
the license"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02
Were Hard to DISTINGUISH.

Percy French on one occasion was
Saying in the country at house
where the landads protested to give
bed and board for Sc week. Il as.
sure yor," said French gravely. = was
there q week before discovered
which W.T. -te 'sTi end which was this
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02
'AYSIER|A IN CUBA.
YELLOW JOURNALS IN WILD
FRENZY TRYING TO STIR
UP REVOLUTION.
Editors Members Of Congress and
Therefore Immune--Island More
Prosperous Than Ever.

Havana, August Cuba just
now Is suffering for enjoying, as the
case may be more or less severe
attack of tropical hysteria. Havana
IS screaming occasionally Santiago
cries out In pain Clenfuogos joins
in the chorus II becomes ear
splitting.
This is early in the day let us
;ay In the afternoon pain and us
vocal manifestations are suspended
for the siesta In the evening 1t Is
important to parade along tho Prado
and well, why not put off the trou-
bic until tomorrow tmanana,
If one reads Ell Dia, the new and
particularly apopletic newspaper re-
Gently born here, he il led to believe
Cuba is about To GO to the dogs
The above refers. as may be SUR
missed. to the prattle throughout the
United states to the effect that
Washington was contemplating q
third Intervention Intervention
spells annexation, according to
those in authority,
But that isn't the real source OF
it, merely a collateral element.
Hives and small pox' Colds and
consumption! When your Cuban
patriot is disappointed in his ambi-
lions to range forth aud grab an Of
fee or a contract, or bespangled
uniform, he begins figuring at once
on the end of the world and how
to bring it about quickly and with
excessive violence
Plays Samson Trick,
He decides TO pull douw the pill
lars of the temple bang just like
that What cares he whether or not
he is carried along In the wreckagc
and unused up? VIII he not have
the satisfaction of knowing in the
hour of his national death that his
hated political opponents have re-
ceiyed theirs?
Hurrah for trouble. Vive le
revolution!
There are two parties here--tbf
leading one at present being the
Liberal (the ruling partyl, and the
Conservative. which appears from
all superficial indications to be mis-.
named
The new paper referred to above
Ell Dia--is conducted by two Gu.
ban congressman. Under the Cuban
law a congressman is immune from
! arrest He can do anything he
wants to, Wherefore Ell Ula acruanl.
ingly asserts day after day that
President Jose Miguel Gomez is q
purple paralleogram-that be is a
perfectly i'm possible person-that
he is things that no American news.
paper would print,
The trip of inspection TO Panama
made by Secretary of War Stimson
furnished the anti-Gomez shouters
here with grand excuse for it5
The assertions made by the Local
ants and agitators became sc
pointed and were so manifestly and
outrageously false that United
States Minister Jackson found II
necessary to inform Washington and
to secure authority to deny officially
that there was any intention on the
part of the United States govern
| ment to intervene in Cuba.
And yet no unbiased man can fail
to recognize that Havana has bios.
somed as the fose--that Cuba r. to.
day 1000 per cent in advance of the
Cuba of yesterday. Everywhere on
the island that one goes the pletho.
rio prosperity of the country literal
ly overwhelms him. But that
doesn't get the Offices Sabe? Where
fore hurrah for trouble and inter.
vention and revolution aud hades
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02

last trial replied the New York
lawyer Suppose you giggle at
first, and we'll see how it goes. "
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02
Action Of Drainage Waters,

Recent experiments In Germany In
dicate that drainage waters do not
take any more plant food away from
fortified - IN unfertiized
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02
Most Easily Discovered.

There are few things reason can
discover with so much certainty and
ease as It's own Insuiiiciency Col
Her.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02

'fShalI weep at the trialY" inquired
the chorus girl
"Gig9ling went all right at the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02
SEVEN
YEARS OF
MISERY
All Relieved by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.

Sikeston, Mo. - For seven years ]
suffered everything. I was In bed
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02
The prnsaic Past.

Looking backward is bore;
With Its buffets and it's biffs,
Life is really nothing more
Than d lengthy string Of 'ifs,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02
A SMILE OR TWO
Too Hot

Doesn't the weather suit you ?"
No; I never liked summer ex-
ccpt in winter"
"How do you get SO many delight
full daeipated dukes and earls' to
your teas7"
By adopting an idea that nv
husband gave me, answered the
American lady who was taking Lon
don by storm. "As in q directors
meeting there's an honorarium Of
ten dollars for attendance"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-02
Some Consolation

Some Consolation.
He who has little wealth has little
cares
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
KNOCKS OUT HEAD WAITER
Waldorf Attendant Lands on
Jaw of Man Above Him.

The usual dccOrun Of the main diiiihS
room in the Waldorf was ccIpsed Tor Il
faw moments early last evening Whiie
paul Pjnedaud. one Of the walters. was
engaged i'm knocking Ionic knutu, the
head waiter. fiat on the floor. 1t is SAID
the trouble began when Pinedaud re-
fused 10 crafty the wishes of one OF the
diners. who asked for menu card. Inc
diner complained and the head waiter
demanded explanations from Pinedaud'
The latter grew offensive and knutNi
discharged him.
Pinedaud. instead of raising his voice.
raised both fists and landed three DIo"S
On o,,jck succession on Knutti's jaw. Ihe
bead waiter went down Ike an OK. Plne-
daud lii out for the laundry room, Where
. locker contained his street Clothes'
y. Smith and 4. T. Costgan, TWO
house detectives, went after him. with
bis hack up against his locker. Pinedaud
bon, both detectives at bay and landed
-, h,ow on Smiths jaw.
patrolman Moore was called In anu
,,.i,b the aid of the detectives placed
pincdaud under arrest.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
HUMAN BRIDGE BREAKS
Weight Of FugitiVes Crossing
Over Mems Bodies Too Great.
CENTRE MANS BACK BREAKS
The Other Two Men Lose Their
Grip on Window Stills and
All Fall 10 Death.

Pauline Grossman. eighteen years old.
tucker. who was injured by leapins
iror, a window of tho shrtwaist factory
SIS the fro was gaining hoadway on the
eighth floor. said last night that three
male employees of the factory made
human chain Of thei' bodies and swung
across narrow alleywav 80 tho hui'o-
ing fronting IN Greene street. According
10 the girls story. number OF persons
passed across the mems bodies and os-
c,,nod from tho burning huildnG by On
tering window Of tho building opposite.
The girl said that as tho pcopl" cross.
ing the human bridge crowded moro and
more over tho mems bodies the weight
upon the body Of tho centre mar became
TOO great and his back was broken.
~ho said hc fell and crashed to The pas
ssgcwav below. The other two mon,
mon whose bodies persons We're passing
~ The time. lost their holds upon th"
window sills to which they clung ana
ieu She also said that number ~
persons who we're crossing at the time
fcll with thom.
Tho sight of th" bodies hurting
through the air To The passageWay be
low had sickenod her. and she had
oned. Whon she regained conscious
ness shc lcaped from one of tho win
dove
She was onc of the Few to escape from
the lnlildinS alive. and suffer d lacef
yatad knee u sp~aiuod right ankle ana
probable Internal injuries She was at
tended al the scene Of the disaster by
Urs Fborlee. cox and Reynolds. OF
Gnuycrneur Hospital.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
TELLS STORY Of FIRE
Samuel Lavine. on Hospital Col.
Describes Horror.
SLID DOWN ELEVATOR ROPE
Several Girls Who Leaped INTO
Shaft After Him Net In
slant Death.

one 81 rho least badly injured hy The
fro was Samuel Layine. 'ho had .
thrilling escape from death bv sliding
down tho elevator cable from th" ninth
floor
Living 80 his cot in tho New York
Hospital with his hands. which had been
burned 10 the bone by tho rapidity Of
his descent. wrapped IN bandaS"s. suffer
ing agony from other severe burns ana
contusions of his body. I.avine CAV" the
following account of his escape:
Il vas AT work on my machine on Tho
ninth floor Of the building" he said,
when ! saw smoke coming through the
racks Of the doors and almost in
stantly heard the cry Of fire. rushed
toward tho stairway. but volumes ~
smoke were pouring mp it and turned
,o tho elevators. but the doors were closed
and hammered on them in vain.
THE hundreds Of girls and women in
the room were rushing around ana
screaming wildly and many Of them
were humping from the windows The
smoke was by this time so thick that
we could breathe only with difficulty. |
took a pail filed with water and poured
il over myself and called 10 some OF the
girls to do the same.
Il then put the pail over my head.
which made il easier for me TO breathe.
and then attacked one of the elevator
doors and finally got il open. The ele-
vator was down at the bottom Of TIE
shaft. and I felt that my only hope was
to slide down the cable ! seized II, and
had slid down "a little way. when a girl
Jumped on my back and loosened my
hold. so that | shot down to the bottom
of the shaft at n terrific speed. and
landed on my back a. the top Of the
elevator.
THE girl VII had jumped on me fell
and vas killed and several other girls
who had also jumped down the shaft
were dead on top of the elevator. AL
.bot,eh was badly shaken up and
bruised | was able to make my way out
side. where / collapsed and vas taken
TO the hospital.
II am married and live IT No. l9S.
Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn. This made
! the third fire that has broken out in the
/ Triangle Shrtwaist Factory since | have
been employed there, q matter Of six
/ Years"
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
HADN'T ENOUGH STAIRWAYS
Building Had Two, Should Have
Had Three Saws Official.

Alfred Ludwig. Assistant Supern-
;endent Of Buildings. said last night that
the building which burned should have
had three stairyvays instead of two. An
investigation Of the records of the Build
ings Department showed him that on
July H.. 1890 the plans Of the structure
were approved 10y Thomas J. Brady Su-
perin,endent Of BuilC ngs at that time.
Mr.. Ludwig said the floor space OF the
building was ten thousand square feet,
and that it had one fire escape.
In so far as the stairways were con-
cerneG. there was a violation OF the
Building Code" said Mr.. Ludwig. The
stairways were protected by four-inch
terra Gotta wall. which vas thick enough
10 last u,.til the tenants could pass out,
but there were no fire walls
Although four thousand complaints
which had been turned III by the FIRE
Department following recent investiga-
tions were examined. Mr.. Ludwig said
he found none regarding the structure in
which the fire occurred last night.
1t will mean" added Mr.. Ludwig,
that there will be a revision of the
Buildings Code so that more precautions
can be taken in the future. 1t IL les
son that teaches the inadcquacy Of GER
tain features Of the code regulations.
The matter of egress and ingrcss will
have to bc considered from point OF
view from which ii has not been con-
sidered before. There are defects in the
regulations. and now they will be more
apparent than ever.
Mr. Ludwig said he was unable To ex-
plain why MIR. Brady waived tine pre-
rogativc of compelling third stairway
I'm the building.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
WALDO EXPECTS NEW LAW
Bill Concerning Fire Escapes
Now Before Legislature.

BOSTON. March Z5.-Fire 'ommisioher
Rhnelander Waldo Of New York, VINO IL
in Boston tonight. said Of tine New York
fire:
Fir. escapes are under The super
vision Of the Buildings Department. !
,a,,o M criticism. 10 offer as To the way
they are taking care OF nrc escapes.
There is now q bill before tho Legislat-
urc which will go long way toward
remedyine conditions ia buildings now
without fire escapes which should have
them I expect the regulation OF hfe
escapes may soon he b'oushl unuet 'ho
s;tneryisicn of the Fire Department.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
BROADWAY BUILDING SOLD
Washington Life Structure
poupht for About 81, 600.

The Washington Life Building, an
oiobteen story office structure at Nos.
a, apd I43 Broadway. and three story
..,,.hle building. 40. l39, adjoining oc-
.,.,ied by the Liberty National Bank
vere sold y,aterday By the Pittsburs Lie
,,,d Trust Companl. The purchaser Is
=, .r,isidiary compan. Of the city In
,.oetin,. COMPANY. The price given was
,,o, stated. bat it is understood 10 have
Iccn about S4.5od."oo.
The property was sold free ana GEAR
LOON, for leases 20 various tenants, IN
,.dinc the Liberty National Iank lease
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
DOOR CLOSED. CROKER SAYS
Thinks Access TO Stairway May
Have Been Barred.

chief Croker said last night ho be
lieved door in partition leading to
IN" back stairway on the ninth floor had
been closed. Iio said he saw pil" Of
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
QUEEN e. CRESCENT STRIKE OFF

Cincinnati March % The strike Of the
white fremen on The cincinnati. New Or
leans & Texas Pacific Railroad queen &
Crescent was decls-ed on tonight. IN
agreement was signed by representatives,
of the brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen end Horace Baker, general
,nanager Of the road.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26

Greene street The three upper noors ars
occupied by tho Triangle Waist com
psny and the Meyers Crown s Val.
Iach Company. manufacturers Of cloth
ing. These tDo firms employed prop
ablv between eight hundred and nin'
hundred women. There were l.JD ma
chimes in tho Triangle Waist Companys
pl,nt. but because il il slack season
only about half the machines wcre in
use when the fire broke out
East Of the factory building. and With
its walls adjoining, is the New YORK
1-niversitv building also ten stories IN
height, on it's top floor is the Ne" York
Tniversity Law School. students ~
which saved many lives. When some OF
the Triangle company's employees, with
clearer heads than their unfortunate tel-
ion workers. gained the roof Of th"
burning building they MANAGED TO mahs
their way 10 tho roof OF the Americ-
Book Company's building and thus eS-
cape In safety 10 the street
No living person has so far been found
angle Waist Company, on the eighth
coor, 10 tell Of the rror Of those first
fc- seconds after IN larm Of hre "as
sounded. The terror Of the hundreds OF
helpless girls on that floor can only bs
imagined IL is certain that many Of
the unfortunate creatures were Killed
not by fire. bu. in the mad tramplins OF
many hundreds Of feet.
Some Of the elevator men told tales
which seem beyond belief in their grew
some details They told Of how young
Italian girls, their eyes starting from
their heads IN terror. fought with insane
strength and savagery 10 gain the ele-
vators. Women threw themselves against
the iron barriers surrounding the ele-
yator shaft and screamed for help. The
scenes when each elevator rose 70 the
eighth iioor again. after carrying down
previous load OF human freight. were
frightful.
Women would cling TO the wire netting
with hands and even by their teeth, de-
termined not 10 give way for those be-
hind Their clothing was torn from
! their bodies, yet they would not give UP
their positions until forced 10 By sheer
weight of numbers behind them. Sew
eral dead and mutllated bodies were
stretched about the entrance To the ele-
vator shafts. not killed by fire. but torn
TO pieces. almost. by frenzied human
hands. 4 Ii was mad fight FOR life. and
some of those who did manage 10 make
their vay To the elevators never lived 10
reach the first floor.
Fearful Crush IN Elevators.
The iour elevators had an outside ca
pacity. probably. of fifteen or twenty
| persons apiece. Yet on ievery ,rip they
| made-and they must have made a
! doZep--w omen and young girls 10 the
number oi dftv we're jammed I'm helpless
masses IN thc small cars. In many cases
the screaming women made flying leaps
I. at the car entrance. landing on the heads
OF those already inside.
The passenger elevators were run By
Joseph Zitto and Joseph Casper. They
continued To make their trips until II
was impossible to run against the val
Of FIRE which burst through the elevator
shaft. Casper continued until the cables
] of his car threatened To- give way under
the intense heat.
ditto. after making half dozen trips
MAS forced to leave his c-r on IN
first door His ear was idle onl.
few minutes. however \ mai
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26

II vas lust 4:40 p NJ. Then the aIar''
of fire was first raised In the DIX u"
story loft building That was hve MN
utss before closing time. and many Or
the girls employed IN the building were
-u,t,nr on their hats and coats. II Is
not known who irst discovered thc nre'
or v.ho, caused the outbreak, out "ltnin
thirty seconds after the cry Of f're'
had been raised the girls neariN sh oi
,hem Italians. began mad rusn iof
a., .,.o passenger and tpo freight ele-
vators.
Whom thev found that they could ro'
all escape by way of the elevators Tue
nanicstricken women turned ana
d,sb.d for m. windows on the WASH
i,eton Plare side Of the building me
windows were raised or broken open
with frenzied blows and the women
climbed ont on the narrow lodges IN 'front.'
n. each window. That happeneh pe'o'e
any firemen had reached the scene. ana
although scores in the street cr'sh 10 o'e
maddened girls not to jump their warn
ings we're not Needed.
Within three minutes. more than ni'S
women leaped from the ninth floor on'y
70 have their lives crushed out on t"e
sidewalk below. The sight OF :" many
human beings being dashed To pieces
sicLered the crowd. and the shrieks OF
the victims and Of hystericsl onlookers
o,o tho scene one Of indescribable
horror.
Al midnight l42 bodies had been taken
out Of the building or picked UP III 'he
street Chief Croker, however, thougn'
more were hidden inside.
The building. according 10 every om-
cial at the confla grafton, was fearfuiiy
dc ficient as to means of exit IN case Oh
fro While it was supposed TO be hre-
nroof and had one fire escape on a iight
shaft the only way Of escape that
seemed to he available TO the unrortu-
nate hundreds who worked on the three
MINER floors. where the fire was con-
6ned was by the elevators. For some
reason the stairway was not used. IL ~
safe 10 say that all those who survived
the holocaust have the elevators ana the
elevator operators to thank FOR theT
lives. The lone fire escape. insteao OF
being way to safety, proved just the
reverse. In that one spot alone more
than fifty women lost their hNes' oeihs
caught as though In trap.
lust after midnight Chief Croker gave
rough estimate of the damage 10 the
building as probably between SlooV"o
and $50 OON Battalion Chief Langford
made = tour OF the building. but FOUND
no more bodies. He said that the water
in the sub-cellar was probably ten feet
deep and that there Nas g strong posi-
bil,tv that more bodies would be found
when the water was drained off
The Gordon OF police around the fire
lires was kept busy driving the crowds
back. Notwithstanding ,he late hour the
crowd showed no sign Of diminishing
ard I'm fact the BgoadNay ears from
the theatre district were crowded with
persons Who had heard ~ the disaster.
An urusual scene was the number o.
automobiles With well dressed wome'
as occupants. that were in the vicinit,
| and hung around on the outside OF th'
! crowds There must have been thre'
hundred of them
Slack Season Reduc.d Workers.
! The building. which. the police say. Il
! op ned by John &. Asch. Of South Nor
| Washington Place and tn same OF
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
Scores Of Girls Leap to Death
in Streets Ter Stories
Below Them.
HAD NO CHANCE FOR LIFE
/ Unable to Reach Elevators or
Stairways. Employees Rush
to Windows.
! CROKER BLAMES ESCAPES
None on Outside Of Building.
Says Fire Chief, Saying That
IsReason for Fearful Loss
of Lives in Disaster.
ELEVATORS SAVE HUNDRE2 IS
rripntful Panic as Trapped Workers
Fight Like Furies for Places in
Cars. Almost the Only Means
of Escape. as Flames
Sweep Through the
Workrooms
ELEVATORS SAVE HUNDRE s

Nearly hundred and fifty lives were ioS' IN "e H
through the three upper stories Of story factor! @ os
,e northwest corner Of Washington Place and Greene sree 7'
o'clock Yesterday afternoon occupied by the Triangle s OoP
ard clothing house mgnight ~ bodies had ooon 'aNe " wv
Fire Chief Croker said:
This calamity Just what have been predicting "elc |
no outside fire escapes this building have been @
syiatrg be put on buildings lu' 'u q" '
arge loss Of lie is due TO this neglect
Thirteen OF the 10 were women ana s"
The cause OF the FIRE No one has tired 10 90 "o
than guess at IT. .......,.
co ~ ,o. ;ndccrbablc horror attended the catastrophe
Scenes ~ GIRLS leaned from eight nine and ten stories ABOVE
the street to their death In place many bodies " '' W
GLASS and iron headlights the were broken
FIRE escape in light shaft proved vertabe deatn trap 0'
than hv girls found dead at the bottom OF the 'ha
Heroic operators saved hundreds OF lives NheH one man
h.,do,ed his car OF stricken crowd IN tho street o
49, o;.s lines reached the elevator and the or ten
more trips saving nearly FIVE hundred more lives
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
oewev.s PURE cLAReT WINES

4 great AID 10 digestion. with meals.
II T. Dewey & Sons co, l}s Fulton 81, ny
tgVt
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
Slack Season Reduc:d Workers.

The building. which. the police say is
op ned by John &. Asch. Of South Nor
walk. Conn, fronts hundred fec, on
Washington Place and tn same on
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26

I3J Tie Atso-Ia- ~ II's'''
@e>!co City. March -1.-fNe ol '''0
neU members Of President Diaz's 'dO-
not have been selected, and II ~ ai''''.'
',rta.H tn. jose Yves Limantoui
.sa,ain IS Minister of Finance. Jun
Sc.ectlOns besides that of Senor "e d"
.arIa aS Minister Of Foreign Rela'io'7
sle.
Demetro sodi, judge Of the Sup''i'1
Continued on fifth page.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
Recommended Weeks Ago.

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