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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09

a resolution OF small majority at
q meeting of the latter society.
Lord Cromer, in reply, declared
that the magnificent results achiey-
ed by the experimental method in
the direction OF saving the lives and
preserving the health of human be-
ings and of animals had been proved
conclusively. He considered it a
calumny to accuse the members of q
profession whose main work in life
was to relieve suffering of being in
different to the sufferings of others,
whether man or brute. Facts were
distorted in order TO hold up these
men to the unmerited odium of an
uniformed public. During their
experiments pain was probably not
altogether absent, but it was reduced
to Il minimum His duty and that
of the Research Defence Society he
regarded as clearly to offer a strenu-
Gus opposition to any measures
which would retard the advance OF
knowledge.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
Cruise Of Great Lakes League.


The first annual reliability cruise
contest of the Great Lakes Power
Boat league for the Commodore
Scripps trophy will start FROM Detroit,
Monday. Aug. T. and end at Grand Isl
land, Buffalo. Monday, Aug. IA. The
distance to be covered is 642 miles.
and it is planned to make each one Of
the yacht or motorboat clubs at the
different ports the headquarters where
various entertainments will be pro.
vided.
1t is expected that from twelve to
fifteen boats will be entered in the
cruise, the entries being largely made
by the different engine manufacturers
as the intention of the cruise is to
bring out practically all the good and
bad points Of the different engines and
make 1t the Glidden tour Of the motor
boat industry. Boats to be eligible
must be of the cruiser type, not under
thirty feet in length, and must have q
speed of not less than eight miles al
hour. The average distance to be GOV
cred is eighty miles day.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09

them on fire and bcmsd them to the
ground.
Taken to Patent Office.
ION the 18th of August l returned
to Washington and found the presi-
dents house and public Offices still
burning, and learned that the British
Army had. evacuated the city the
preceding evening.
"As a part of the British fleet scon
afterward assembled the Potomac and
plundered Alexandria of large guam
tity of -four and tobacco. threatening
washington az the same time with a
second invasion, it was not considered
safe to bring the papers Of the State
Department back for some weeks. not
indeed until the British feet generally
had left the waters of the Chesa'
peake.
In the meantime it was found nec-
essary for me to proceed to LeesbulS
occasionally for particular papers to
which the secretary of state had oc-
casion to refer in the course OF his
correspondence"
In 1911 the Declaration of lndepen-
ence was transferred to the patent Of
fee for safe-keeping during the con-
stluction of the present state, war
and navy building. The document re-
NAMED in the patent office until 1877
when Secretary of State Hamilton
Fish requested its return to the State
lsBepartment along with the other
state papers that had been sent to the
patent office.
Since April, 1894, the document has
been kept in a steel safe in the library
of the State Department, as it was
| found to be fading rapidly from. its
long exposure to the strong light that
fell on the cabinet in which 1t had
been kept for SO many Years. The
heavy band writing of John Hancock
Is scarcely visible and only few OF
the names can be read with tne un-
aided eye,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09

According to his narrative, when
the British We're in the Chesapeake
2nd~ it was rumorel they We're as
ccnd!ng the Potomac 10 learn the
news. He sent back note warning
the State Department officials to take
care of the valuable state papers.
Hidden in Linen Bags.
"Whereupon, says Gen. Pleasan-
ton, Il proceeded to purchase coarse
linen and caused it to be made into
bags OF convenient size in which the
gentlemen of the office, assisted BY
me, placed the books and other pap
erg after which ! obtained carts and
had them conveyed to a grist mill,
tnen unoccupied belonging to Mr.. Ed
gar Patterson situated a short dis
lance on the Virginia side Of the Pc
tomac beyond the chain bridge, SO
called, two miles above Georgetown.
"While engaged in the passa geway
~ the building with the papers, the
state Department being on the ore
side and the War Department on the
other side of the passage, Gen Arm
strong, then secretary OF war. on his
way to his own room, stopped a short
time and observed to me that he
thought we were under unnecessary
alarm as he did not think the British
we're serious in their intentions Of
coming to Washington.
II replied that we We're under dil
| ferent belief, and let their intentions
be what they might it was the part o.
prudence to preserve the valuable
papers Of the revolutionary govern
ment, comprising the Declaration o.
Independence, the laws, the secre'
| journals Of Congress fthen not pub
lishedD, the correspondence of Gen
Washington, etc.
considering the paper unsafe a
| the mill as. if the British forces got t
| Washington, they probably would de
tach a force to destroy foundry fol
cannon and shot in its neishborhood
| and would be led by some eyil-dis
posed persons to destroy the mill an'
papers also, proceeded to some farm
houses in Virginia and procured wa
CONS. in which the books and papers
were deposited.
"We then proceeded with them Il
the town of Leesburg, distance O
thirty-fve miles, at which place al
empty house was procured in which
the papers were safely placed, thu
doors locked and the keys given t.
Rev. Mr.. Littlejohn, who was thel
w had been one of the first collectors
Of internal revenue
Being fatigued with the ride an'
securing the papers, I retired earl.
10 bed and was informed next morn
ing by the people of the hotel wher'
| stayed that they had seen the pro
ceding night being August "a, larg
fire In the direction of Washington
which proved to be a light from tn
public building The Sneny had Sc
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
CAIRO vs.. PADUcAH
Fans Go To Paducah This Morning
to Witness Ball Games--Exeit-
ing Contest Looked For.

A number Of base ball fans will
go to Paducah this morning via the
Illinois Central to witness the game
of ball between Cairo and Paducah
teams of the Kitty League. There
woud have been large crowd of
people gone If 1t had been possible
to have secured steamboat to carry
them. No boat could be charted.
The ferryboat Three States would
have been engaged but the boat has
gone to Cape Girardeau where she
had been charted to take out an ex-
cursion today.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
BAD shot AT DOG
Policeman Shot Good Leg off VESSEL
Captain Who Was Holding
Animal.

st. Paul, Mime, July S-Police-
man Chris Thon, tried to shoot a
dog today. He fired three bullets at
the dog without hitting him but
one of the bullets lodged in the good
leg OF ED" Foncet, vessel captain
OF Duluth, who was holding the dog
for the policeman. Faucets other
LEG is made of cork.
The dog ran away.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
Didn't Ell Bill.
Came a soft, appealing voice through
the telephone.

Came soft, appealing voice through
the telephone:
Miss Laura Jean Libbey"
Eyes"
"Oh, Miss Libbey, my heart IL
brokcn / have had falling out with
my-my--is it correct TO say gentle
man friend Miss Libbey?"
81 think should not use that phrase,
my dear; It's banality, IL you know
what that is. But you might speak of
hi-a as your 'gentlemanly friend per
haps."
Then the soft, appealing voice be
came a loud screech.
what! Bill Smldgins gentlemanlyt
He amt! You don't know him! He's
thick headed, wall eyed. splay foot
ed, crooked nosed tizzerinctum, and he
hain't got sense enough to scratch him
self when he itchesr'
Then the receiver was hung up With
slam,
Another desolate soul had found con
olation.-Chlcago Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09

Joe Jackson, now with the Cleveland
Maps, has played in four different
leagues. In each organization he led
all hands In batting. He started With
Greenville. in the Carolina league, and
topped the field with a batting aver
age of .346. With Savannah he led
with 1858, and with New Orleans he
was the pacemaker with .354. Last
year, with Cleveland, In twenty-six
games he led the American league,
beating out Cobb and Lajoie with 1897
per cent Jackson's grand average dur.
Ing his short career Is 1862 per cent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09

Christy Mathewson, 1t is said, Is us
ing different system of pitching now
from what he did formerly. Matty
realizes that be cannot last forever, yet
he wants to stay as long as he can;
consequently he is giving his arm all
the rest he can. Mathewson Is saving
his mighty right arm. As he grows
older Matty realizes that the time j.
approaching when he will be compel
led to retire. For that reason he doesn' 7
use great speed at all times, but EN-
pIoys methods that keep his tielders
away. 1t is only when he finds him
self in tight places that Matty puts
smoke on the ball TO bowl over the OPP
posing batsmen. Headwork rather
than brute strength is the secret OF
Mathewson's pitching this season. His
prestige remains Incompatible. and
the moment he appears on the mound
the Giants rivals seem to know they
are up against hard proposition.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
DEAD MAN IN RESERVOIR
Residents of Martins Ferry and
Bridgeport Complained of Drink
ing Water.

Martins Ferry, Ohio, July S.
Residents of this city and Bridge
port, Ohio, Tor the several days have
complained OF water coming from
the reservoir here The decomposed
body of a man was found in it to-
day. Investigation showed that
foreigners working in. the coal mines
have been using the reservoir for
bathing purposes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
In Memorium
CHARLES S. CAREY.

Secretary Of Cairo Commercial Club.
Born at Greyville, Illinois, on the
18th of June, 1858.
Died in Cairo, Illinois, July 3rd, 1911
At special meeting OF the Board
of Directors of the Cairo Commercial
Club, the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That in the death OF
Charles S. Carey the Officers and Di-
rectors of the Cairo Commercial Club
mourn the loss of most faithful
Officer, worthy Of any trust con.
ferred on him, who was always
guided by the highest sense of honor
in all his transactions.
Resolved, That in the departurt
of this life, the City of Cairo sus
tains the loss of one of her foremos
business men, an honorable ant
high-minded citizen, and his famil,
kind and loving husband an'
father.
Resolved, That the Directors o
the Cairo Commercial Club hereU.
express to the bereaved family on
heartfelt sympathy and extend t.
them our sincere coincidence il
these days of sorrow.
Resolved, That copy of thes
resolutions be spread ON the minute
of this Club, also that a copy b
mailed to the family and Press o
the city.
G. c. TERRELL,
e SAM'L WHITE,
z p. T. LANGAN,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
Cornell May Row Navy Next Year.

There Is every reason to believe that
Cornell will row against the Naval
academy crew at Annapolis next
spring. This information has been
given out by Ensign Jonas FL. Ingram
who refereed the recent race between
Harvard and Cornell.
Ingram, who was one of the best
oarsmen the academy ever turned out
and who stroked the eight at Pough
keepsie. N. Y. four years ago, stated
that the Cornell rowing management
would very likely bring large por
ton Of the squad to Annapolis so tina
the crew could get on the water earlier
than is possible at Ithaca.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
LYNCH a piscinlinariah.

Suspensions and fines are almost an
everyday occurrence In the National
league nowadays, whereas If memory
serves right not single player or a
manager has been punished in the
American league by the chief execu.
tive. President Lynch is doing his best
to preserve discipline, but apparently
lacks the support Of some Of the club
owners.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09

Washington. July S-Illinois.
Fair, continued warm Sunday; fol-
lowed by thunder showers and cooler
in afternoon or night and on Mon
day; moderate south winds hecom-
ing variable.
Arkansas Local thunder show
ers Sunday and probably Monday.
Missouri: Local thunder showers
and cooler Sunday afternoon or
night; Monday showers.
Kentucky: Local thunder SHOW
ers and cooler Sunday afternoon or
night; Fair Monday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
Our Elrst Families.

Science tells US that the Tipulidac, or
Daddy Long-egs. were the original In,
hahitants Of North America. and that
they occupied Colorado Ia vast mum.
bers during the tertiary period. 1t is
understood that the descendants Of
Colonial families have protes..sd
sGsinsl THIS Infringement Of shslr
tights Enstish e<ehsnre
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
The Daring Lille Hummina sird

The Daring Little Hummng Bird.
Courage has little or no relation 10
bodily size The humming bird Is the
smallest of birds. but also one OF the
most fearless and pngnacious. lie al
tack kingbirds and hawks, and those
tyrannical creatures. though Oh mon
strous size In comparison, seem not a.
I'll ashamed to ny from his onsats
The fights of humming birds among
themselves are cftcn fierce aud pro
trscted
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
ATTACKS THE KING
REMARKABLE OPEN LETTER
READ FROM PULPIT BY
LIVERPOOL PASTOR.
Criticises Militarism and Pomp at
Coronation-Lord Cromer De-
tends Vivisection-Truth
Is Distorted,

London, July S-A most re-
markabe attack was made on
the king, charging his majesty
with exaggerating the military
aspect of the coronation, by Rev.
Harry Youlden, the clergy man who
occupies the pulpit from which Dr.,
Aked. since of New York and San
Francisco, formerly preached in
Liverpool.
The attack took the form of an
open letter read in the course of a
sermon. 1t began as follows: I'VE
owe you no loyalty except so far as
the welfare of the nation depends
on you, If we are cold amid the
general excitement of your corona
ton day, it is because we are not
! convinced that the greatest duty of
the nation Is bound up with the
| throne. We are not revelutionaries,
| There are grayer matters to attend
to than the absurdity of royal cerc-
monies. | have said this much for
the sake of sincerity, and that
might clear myself Of the company
Of those who are now grovelling be-
fore you and behaving like pagans
before a fetish"
Then the letter goes on: would
it make your coronation less real il
you were accompanied to the abbey
by men from the forge and the mine
instead of by troops? Although you
choose to live for the world of sol
diery, not by them is your throne
supported. 1t is open to you to be
patron of the arts You have be-
slowed honors which we at present
despise because they have beer
wrongly bestowed. Mean
while genius is starving in its gar
ret--starving unrecognized Paint
ers, singers, writer's. actors, men o.
science, have to sell their souls tt
make living. Nothing, sir, II
your empire Is so cheap as brains
and genius; nothing so easily dc
Ispiscd by the vulgar rich, NOTHING
so tragically misunderstood and dis
regarded You patronize the tur
and stimulate the multitude to gam
BILE on horses they never see. You
private tastes are not my concern
but if you are the head of this nation
/ you must make yourself acquainted
| with more than its jockeys. TIL
, glory of kings in the past has beef
too much the glory of the sword an,
conquest There is a greater glor.
, within your reach II you have cour
age and discernment,"
! Defends Viviseotion.
+ The bitter controversy which ha
:. ragged SO long between antiyiyisec
( tionists and scientists has reached
further stage through the firm att
tude Of Lord Cromer, who IL presi
dent of the Research Defence Socie
ty, in declining to resign the vice
presidency Of the Society for tn
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
His holding Of office in the two &c
ie4ettes was declared inconsistent y
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09

Wuf@ FNscHs FTUFscs 70 FFsuE EuFUEu'
James r. Keene has decided to send
twelve or fourteen yearlings and FLIES
to his stable In England, which will
give him one Of the biggest stables of
American horses now in that country.
Major Dangerfield, who has charge Of
Mr. Keene's Castleton farm, In Ken
tucky, win pick ont the most desirable
colts for the trip to the other side.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09

Owing to lie diminishing supply OF
sturgeon caviar, Siberian fishermen
have been experimenting with salmon
roe. a commodity that was formerly
thrown away as valueless or even IN
furious to health,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
SAVED BY A CLERK
DOLLY MACtsoN'S RESCUE CT
DECLARATION OF lN0EPEND-
ENCE DiscREDITEO.
Madison's Negro Servant Tells How
British Missed Important seiz-
ure-Wis Hidden in Great
Mill.

Washington, July S.--A most Inter
esting scrap of history, which is W.
known TO the many Millions of pee
pie VINO this year celebrated the ami
versary CT the birth of the republic.
has just been revealed
1t is the fact that when the British
Army in 1911 sacked the capital and
burned the Capitol Building. the De.
claration Of Independence was remoy
ed from the State Department by the
foresight of a government clerk, tax
en- in a canvas bag and secreted in an
old mill on the Virginia side OF the
Potomac River, near the chain bridge
Afterward it was removed to Lees
burg. Va, and deposited with Other
VARIABLE documents and records in {
vacant house, there to repose for sew
eral months or until the British he,
evacuated Washington
The oldest employee of the State De
partmeht could not remember, whel
asked what had been done to preserve
he MAGMA charter during the as5au+
nf the British that the question na,
ever before been propounded. Natur
ally, no one in the department coult
answer olfhand, and it was not unit
several venerable historical work
had been taken from the shelves ant
examined that the answer was found
True, there was general impres
sion that the romantic Dolly Madiaol
( had figured in the sa,'ekeeping o
the document, but no confirmation
of this legend exists in print 1t arise
from the familiar story of how Mrs
Madison, when she heard that tn
! British were in the city, cut the POT
, trait of George Washington from tn
frame and carried it to a place Q
safety.
Dolly Didn't Have Time.
Even for this pretty story there /
no reliable corroborative evidence. o
| the contrary, there exists in the put
fished "reminiscences Of Paul Jennings
the negro body servant Of Presideu
Madison, the following paragraph:
SIT has often been stated in prin
that when Mrs. Madison escaped fror
| the White House she cut from tn
frame the large portrait of Washing
| ton (now in one of the parlors there
and carried it off. This is total
false. She had no time for doing !
at would have required a ladder
get il down. All she carried of wa
the silver In her reticule, as the Bri
ish we're thought TO be only a fe'
squares off and were expected ever
moment
Bur whether the story Of the 20
trait is a fable or not the fact tns
the Declaration Of Independence We
rescued was fact The story is toi
IN a letter written in 1S4S by Gel
| stephen Pleasanton, assistant to U
cnief clerk of the State Departmei
under Madison, to VIM. H. Winder
Philadelphia This was thirty-fot
| wears after the occurrence, but u
writer said the memory was perfect
| lear al 10 th4 ula!n details ~
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09

The Grst fire insurance policy IN the
United States was issued at Hartford,
Conn
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
THE WEATHER
Yesterday's Cairo Temperature.
General Conditions.

The day was partly cloudy with
d light breeze little rain was report
ed in this section and no material
change in temperature.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
Sun and Moon.

Sun will rise today -. 4:45 am,
Sun will set today. M. 7:19 p. m.
Moon will set tonight. 2:41 a. m.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09

Keeping up the quality is what
sells the Gate Post &c cigar
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
Had Enough Chin.

Barber Shall go over the chi
again. sir2 vietlm-No You didn
say angtling yf s'telrytiHg Life
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-09
Forecast For Toda

~ ~ 4 VI 0te'1 : Vt = 4estJ =
Cairo and vicinity: Unsettled
slightly warmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
USE HORNS AS WEAPONS
Three Members of Prison Band Beat
Down Guards and Escape.

Ossining. N. Y. Jan. 27.-A1l night
search for the three convicts who escaped
from Sing Sing prison last night and were
believed to have crossed the Hudson river
on the ice, failed to reveal trace of the
fugitives.
The escape of the trio. one of whom is a
life convict, was sensational affair. 1t
was effected after a rehearsal of the
prison orchestra when Ralph TAYLOR,
Charles McGinn and VIM. Rush, instru-
ments in hand stole into the court yard
passageway, beat down two guards with
blows over the head with cornets and
flutes and slipped through an open space
in the iron palings by the riverside. They
were fired at by the guards but it is not
believed any of the bullets took effect and
sight of the fugitiveS was soon lost in the
foggy surface of the. ice covered river.
Rush was the life term prisoner having
been sentenced in 1902 for murder IN New
York City. Ralph Taylor, known as 1.-THE
silk hat burglar" was serving a twenty
one year term for burglary in West Ches-
ter county, and McGinn was serving
a five year sentence for burglary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
HELD BY A FOG.
Big Fleet Of Transatlantic
Liners Tied Up
About the Entrance to New
York Harbor.
TWO SHIPS GO ASHORE
One Has Been FlOated Without
Serious Damage.
The Mauretania Is Among the
Vessels Detained.
TWO SHIPS GO ASHORE

New York. Jan. 27.-Dense fog that
nIanketed the harbor and adjacent wa
ters last night and this morning tied
up Dig heet of transatlantic liners
ana coasters down the bay and ont
sloe the harbor entrance and was the
cause or the running ashore of two
steamers IN the extreme western reach
es OF Long Island sound
Inc stranded crafts were the freight
ers Mohegan New York for Providence
and the H. M. Whitney, a metropoli-
Tan liner plying between here and Bos-
ton. Both grounded in the vicinity
OF Ihroggs Neck. Neither was beIiev-
eo to be seriously imperilled and this
oel1ef was justified in the case of the
Mohegan which was foated practically
undamaged before the forenoon was
far advanced
There We're no reports of accidents
from down the bay but for Several
hours several ship loads of passengers
were obliged to wait for the fog TO
lift and permit the liners to proceed To
their piers. ~
The big turbiner Mauretanfa from
Liverpool, which anchored off Am
brose channel shortly after 8 O'Clock
last night, was one of the detained
craft, while the Prince Friedrich VIII
helm from Bremen, which Yesterday
afternoon arrived off the lightship. vas
another. W."