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Arizona republican., 1911-04-06
THE LOR|MER SLUSH FUND
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consequences may be to the Interna-
tional Harvester company
Il then drafted IaIer on TINS tele-
gram in conjunction with Mr.. Funk
and sent it to Mr.. Helm"
Q-"And Mr.. Funk is the gentleman
who gave the information upon which
you based the editorial which was
presented TO the committee the other
day."
A.-"Yes."
Clarence S. Funk, called as witness,
was examined by Healy and testi-
fled in part:
Q.-"I direct your attention to a
conversation that you had with Ed
ward Hines of the Edward Hines
Lumber company in the latter part of
May, 1909. or the early part of
June, 1909. Did such conversation
take place."
A.-"Well, l cannot identify the
month. l had a conversation with
Edward Hines shortly after Lorimer
was elected United States senator.
Q-"Where did that conversation
take place."
AT the Union League club.
Chicago"
Q.-"Was the conference arranged
in any way or was it more or less
accidental"
Al met Mr.. Hines accidentally
and he said he had been trying to
get a chance TO see me or get time
to see me-
Q--"Now. will you tell the commit
tee what was said at the conversa-
ton between Mr.. Hines and your
self"
A.-"Well, he said was Just the
fellow who he had been looking for.
He went and sat down and without
any preliminaries quite as a matter
of course, he said: Well, we put
Lorimer over down at Springfield, but
ii cost US about a hundred thousand
dollars to do it. We had to act
quickly when the time came" Then
he said: Now we are seeing some
of our friends so as to get it fixed
up
Il said Why do you come to us?'
He said: Well. you people are
just as much interested as any Of
us in having the right kind of a
man at Washington
Il think ] replied: We won't
have anything to do with that matter
at ALL
He said: Why not?'
II said Simply because we are
not in that sort of business
And we had some aimIess dis
cussion back and forth and I re-
member I asked him how much he
was getting from his different friends
He said: Well. of course we can
only go to a few big people. but if
about ten Of us put up $4,000 apiece
that VIII clean il up
That is the substance of the con-
versation. am not repeating il YER
hatim"
MI. Funk then said that Hines had
told him that any money should be
sent to Ed Tilden." whom he iden
titled as president of the National
Packing company. The witness con-
cluded his testimony by saying he
mad repeated the conversation with
Hines, Cyrus Mccormick. president
OF the company and General Counsel
Bancroft
Arizona republican., 1911-04-06

house. and indeed it was. for with a
wide surrounding acreage, for many
years Mr. Brill was engaged in the
pasturing and fattening of cattle. But
as the city grew portion of his
property was plated and became what
is now known as Brilrs addition.
Mr. Brill was married in 1877 ia
Isabella Rourke by whom he had three
children, Cora, Frederick and Louise
The first named is now Mrs. Alfred
Franklin of this city. He was later
married to Laura Copeland a native
of San Francisco. who survives him.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-06
DEN MIS- DIXON.

Kansas City. April Sid Hester's
featherweight protege. Eddie Dennis of
San Francisco. outpointed Tommy Dix
on of Memphis in .ten-round fight
here tonight? Dennis constantly bored
in on Dickson, keeping the Memphis
man against the ropes a large part of
the time. Dixon, however, seemed to
have a shade the better of the contest
during the last three rounds.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-06
WHAT ABOUT THE Philippines

Washington. April 5.-Representa-
tive Cox of Ohio. today introduced
a resolution calling upon President
Taft to furnish congress with infor-
nation showing the entire cost to
date of the occupation Of the Phil
ippines by the United States.
Mr.. Cox declared that the islands
were burden in case of war: the
country would be Inundated by the
loss Of them.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-06
INSANE BY FRIGHT.
Insurrectos Played Upon Feelings o.
Presidente of Fronteras.

Aqua Prieta. April 5.-As a result of
the visit of the insurrectos 20 From
teras on Saturday. Presidente Pablo
Rivera is a raving maniac A rebel
band commanded by Red" Lopez. cap
tured Rivera and stood him up to be
shot. when the presidente suddenly be-
came insane. The insurrectos then re-
leased him.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-06
THREE MILLION STARVING

Seattle April 5.-Three million per-
sons are starving in Northern Anhwei
and northern Kiang Su. according to a
letter written by John G. Ferguson.
chairman of the Central China famine
relief fund to the Shanghai Mercury.
under date of March 5.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-06
ELECTION OF SENATORS
The Resolution Introduced Into the
House

Washington, ApN 5.-The direct
election of senators by the people is
provided for in a resolution intro
duced in the house-by Mr.. Sulzer, of
New York 1t is identical with Sen
ator Borah's resolution at the last
session, Mr.. Sulzer having consulted
with the Idaho senator.
Arizona republican., 1911-04-06
oUEeEc's ss.s5o,ooo BRIDGE

Ottawa, April 5.-The contract for
the superstructure of the Quebec
bridge across the st. Lawrence river
was awarded TODAY. The estimated
cost of the bridge is sS.650,000
Arizona republican., 1911-04-06
Special Sale on
H0nmOckS

One lot Of Hammocks, assorted col
ors, all well made and have cushion
top. Best ever at our price $2.9e
ECONOMY Basement.)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09
J0NEsBORo ILL.
August 5. 1911.

Scott Rendleman of Piggot, Ark.
Is visiting friends and relatives in
Union County. Mr. Rendleman en-
egrated TO Ark. in 1869.
The Clear Creek Drainage Condem-
nation suit is drawing to a close 1t
evidentially appears strange to ad-
Joining counties that a system of
drainage and leyying our low and
inundated land should be so siren
uosly fought here; when so quickly
adoptd by them. However progress
always wins, and our drainage and
levying projects will finally be adopt
ed.
w A. Kelly was transacting bust
ness in Pulaski Co. the past week
Rains have been prevalent through
out Union County the past week.
DR.. F. NJ Agnew of Makanda was
transacting business in Jonesboro
first part of week.
p. II. Baker and wife will start
on a tourists trip TO California on
Monday for months vacation and
sightseeing. Mr. Baker is our ef-
ficient and accommodating postmas-
ter and this will be his first vacation
IN ten years.
Mrs. John J. Lence and daughter
visited friends in Cairo Friday
The Union County teachers insti-
ffise will convene on Monday August
2lst.
Willis Daniels of Murphysboro Wis.
tied Nich-Harry Hacker Sunday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09
WORLDS END SOON
Elder Montgomery CLAIMS Falling
Stars To Be It's Forerunner.

indianapolis, Ind, Aug S-"The
world will come to an end within a
very few years" declared Elder o.
Montgomery president of the Indiana
conference Of the seventh day ad-
ventists during the service at the
camp meeting now progressing here.
IL cannot set the year 1t may be
next year, it may be five years but
know it will come before the death
of the last man who saw the falling
of the stars on Nov, 10, 1898. There
are few people living now who saw
that phenomenon and know the
end will come before all of them are
gone"
Elder Montgomery said that scien-
fists had bee unable TO solve the fal-
ling of stars in 1898, and that he has
scriptural proof that the millennium
will occur within the generation fol
lowing that event.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09
THE CHICAGO PLAN
BANKERS OF BIG CITY SEEK TO
REDUCE HIGH COST OF
SELLING"
City to Own Gas Works Is Purpose
of Proeeedings--Postal Banks
Succeed--Many Women
Depositors.

| Chicago. Aug. S.-To reduce the
high cost of selling, which author
tiles now agree is the cause of the
high living costs and poor returns
10 producers of food, an adoption Of
the Chicago plan" of banks has
been proposed The proposal inyolv-
es clearing house banking system
as means uniting farmers for CO.
operative selling of their crops and
its sponsors declare II will prove as
important a step as was the strict
system of examinations of banks by
clearing house associations which
quietly and quickly has revolution
ICED banking in the United States
without regard to currency commits
sion, b. F. ioakum head of the
Frisco railroad system, declared.
Last years agricultural products
were worth 50, 600 900, 600 to the
farmers. The government used farm
values in getting figures for the to-
tai, Assuming that the farmers kept
one-third of the products for their
own use the consumrs paid over sl3.
GOO, 000, 900 for what the producers
received $4,000, O00. 900. The cost
of getting the years products from
producers to consumers amounted TO
the enormous sum of $1,000, 600, 000.
The farmers of this country, to re.
ceive better prices. do not have to
experiment with untried theories
The bankers clearing house associa
lions are cited as the only example
of full and effective cooperation in
the United States Bankers and
railroads are becoming intelligent
enough TO see that loss to the farm
ers reacts upon them, said Seth T.
Farnsworth. determined advocatee
of the farmers clearing house sys-
tenn THE result is to be seen, lar
ger and better crops. But ii is to
the interest of those who control
and direct big business of the coun-
try to extend the banking facilities
to give a liquid, cash value to grow
ing crops, so that farmers may buy
and pay for the things they need by
checks on a clearing house bank in
their county" James j. Hill has
said that only starvation will drive
the farmers to effective cooperation
to escape from paying enormous tri-
butte TO middlemen.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09

The opening of a postal savings
depository in Chicago was marked
with an eagerness that argued for
the general adoption OF the plan
throughout the country in the 65,-
600 offices instead Of the $50 offices
10 which the system has been grant
ed since the act of CONGRESS-. The
first dav ordAd With 259 depositors
on Uncle Sans banks books. The
total deposited was s9.416, an aver
age of about $2623 a piece. No
one is allowed to deposit more than
500 in single month or the aver
age would have been raised consid-
erably. One woman wanted to put
in $500 and others wanted to depos-
ii more than the maximum. On the
other hand, there were many child
rem who deposited only 81. Many
appeared with dimes and pennies
and We're disappointed because they
couldn't deposit, 81 II 70 mini
mum. They we're y smother
window, where lo/ chased
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09

pantaloons and acrobatic comedians
who accomplish the most side-split-
ting antics on the backs of horses.
mules elephants, and the aerial en-
clave among the mazes of tight
wires, trapezes. flying rings and 9TH
err aerial paraphanelia.
All of the up-to-date- styles are
burlesqued, nnmber of new play
let's introduced, and gigantic num-
Der In which the full strength OF the
comedy element of the circus is en-
rolled. This feature is entitled "Vi-
sions of Salome' and offers a wide
range of possibilities for pure and
wholesome comedy.
Principal Comedian Pearl is aid
ed and abetted by Jimmy Spriggs.
the original clown policeman; Andy
Adams, the black-face clowns. Bert
Fisher, Marceline's double and Mile.
La Selbini, the Miles Brothers are
also listed among the half hundred
hurlesquers
This funny company will appear
in the free street parade which Is
one of the features with John Rob-
insons circus when the show APP
pears here at Cairo on Monday,
Sunday will also be spent here by
the aggregation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09
UNITY, I'LL,
Aug. Z 1911.

rae lcne drouth vas broken here
hast FRIDAY everything is looking
more prosperous now
Mrs Julia and c. w. Irby have
steamed from Philllppi Tennessee
v''ier they visited the formers
aaurhfar Mrr rhas phillipni.
Mf y y WRIGHT and DAUGHTER
AFuFg have gone to Newton Illinois
where they will visit friends ant
relatives.
Mrs Fannie P. Hacker was tn,
crest of Mrs. G. Allen Of this place
Saturday Eve and Sunday.
Tire Oil Well GO, had 5'-Ae-lusl
this week owing TO seq WAL
dfial point fastened bv N
ilt commence again
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09
THE CLOWN COLLAGE
John H. Robinson's Circus Noted
for Its Fun Makers-In Cairo
Next Monday.

There is no circus complete un-
less the clown is one of the conspi-
cous figures. So numerous these
funny fellows with the John Robin
son Ten Big Shows that their de-
partment has been christined THE
Clowns College OF Comedy. This
bunch OF laugh provokers Is headed
by Harry Pearl. that king OF droll
mimics, who for the past 20 years
has done more to drive away the
blues and cause audiences to realize
that life was worth living than any
other man who ever donned white
face paint and polka dot pantaloons.
While the clowns with the sterl-
ing aggregation Of John Robinson's
circus are remarkably funny. they
are not at all foolish. and the pranks
they play on each other The witty
Jokes the perpetrate and the play
lets the produce are the wholesome,
healthy kind, and more spontaneous
than studied. Fifty comedians, re-
presenting every nationality and In
Guiding every kind of funny man
that one can conceive are carried
with this show to liven up the spec
tators with bevy of nonsense that
lis original and purely funny.
| In the crowd Of fun-provokers tc
be seen with this circus are taking
and singing clowns, those who ca
vcrted around in the early days o.
circuadom: buffoons. burlesQuers,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09
FOR M.B.A. CONVENTION
Mcclure Sends Strong Delegation
. to Attend National Gathering
at Denver.

The Delegates and friends to the
convention OF the NJ. B. of A. i'm Dem
yer Col left st Louis at 9 p. m. the
following are in the fifth special
sleeper: Mr.. John J. Portir and wife
of Mcclure Mr.. II. NJ. Goldsmith,
wife and daughter of Cairo, Mrs.
Minnie Phelps of Cairo, Otis McDan-
iels of Cairo, w. Wimrod Troj, Geo.
S. Hull East ST. Louis w. Fl. Burns
of st. Charles Mo. DR.. F. s. Smith
and daughter of Cypress, Or. A. II.
Hayman and wife of st. Louis Mo.
Mr. Z. A. Weiss and wife of Decatur
III. Mrs Compton Of Old Monroe Mo.
Mrs. DR.. Heilig of Mill Creek, Mr.. III.
l.. Drake and wife of East st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clagg of Olive Branch,
Mrs. ID. H. Harper of Oran Mo. Mrs.
Ida Farrenburg, Farrenburg Mo.
The Illinois and Missouri delegates
have joined forces and are working
hard to secure the convention for st.
Louis in 1914, each of the party is
wearing a neatly made badge M. B.
A. ST. Louis Mo. 1914.
The party are travelling in spec
ial sleeper and were fortunate to Sc
cure the best on the road, they ar
rived in Kansas city at 7.25 A M.
and after two hours and twenty min
utes sight seeing left for Dnver at
800 The party is all well and In
excellent spirits,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09
FOUGHT 100 NEGROES
Patrolman Finally Rescued Negro
Wanted for Murder Over
Game of Cards.

Chicago, Aug. S.-Patrolman
Jeremiah Griffin today engaged in a
fight with more than one hundred
negroes armed with knives and f.
nally rescued Charles Young, negro
wanted for the murder of Newt
Scief, another negro in saloon
fight over game of cards. PATROL
man Griffin was taking his prisoner
to the police station when he was
attacked by a mob of negroes, Lock-
ing his priooner in a patrol box he
used his revolver until rescued by
fellow officers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09

card and other dimes as many
stamps. When nine stamps are on
the card it may be turned in as a
81 deposit There was one feature
that surprised Postmaster Campbell
and the seven men in charge OF the
bank That was the appearance of
the depositors II had been expect
ed that the mass Of applicants
would be foreigners and sock bank
depositors." These were represent
ed, in small numbers and on the
whole the line was made up of rep
resentative Chicagoans.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09

two months, II. N. Taylor. president
of the Illinois Coal Mine Operators
and John P. White president of the
United Mine Workers of America
chosen as arbitrators by the inter-
ested parties began the hearing Of
testimony today.
The mines affected by the strike
are under investigation while those
operated by the Coal Bluff Mining
Co., and the Jackson Hill Coal Co.
near Clinton, Ind, and the S. w.
Little Coal Co.. near Evansville.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09
MOUND CITY, ILL.
Aug. 8. 1911.
A watermelon party composed {

A watermelon party composed of
elye young people of Mound City
lok a drive through the country
.Aonday night. They stopped at the
home of Mrs. and Mrs. George Schu-
lernear Mounds and had water
melon feast and at Mounds stopped
again for more refreshments. They
reached Mound City about midnight.
Those of the party were:
Misses Rose O'Sullivan, Nellie
Motley, Mary Mulroney, Julia Schu-
Ter, Mildred Jaccard and Lucille
Swisshelm, Misses Ralph Schiller,
Harry Armstrong, VIII Jaccard, Fred
Johnson, Edwin Freeman and VIII
DoughertS. Jr
The Ladies Aid of the Baptist
hurch will meet this afternoon
18th Mrs Edward Dunn on Third
treet In the evening a social will
held at the home OF the pastor
lev A. Terrell on Fourth street.
Mrs. Mary Crowell died at her
home at Mound City yesterday
morning at 3 o'clock She resided
at Mound City the past fifteen years
and was well know to the people of
this vicinity. During the past four
years deceased had been afflicted by
cancel She leaves her daughter
larry, aged is years. Funeral SER
hes this afternoon at 10 o'clock at
Methodist Episcoptl church by
en- NJ. y Baker and interment will
made at Pech Grove cemetery.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09
PITTSBURGH" PA. NOW
Postoffice Department Gives Order
Changing Spelling Of Pennsyl.
vania City.

Washington, Aug. S.--The post
office department today added a
long belated IN" to the city of Pitts
burg, Pa. so il now read officially
Pittsburgh, In consequence Pres
dent Taft TODAY cent q the geual.
the nomination of William r. Davis
postmaster at "Pittsburg'' to be
postmaster at pittsburgh" A re
nomination always is required In
cases here the names Of post offices
are changed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09

NEWS FROM OUR NEIcH9oRs
,sssgssygsssssssssssssgysSs

F. NJ. Riggle is going TO remove
guests of D. Wicker and wife of
Goose Island Sunday last.
Mrs. Sarah Drodge was in Unity
shopping one day this past week.
F. NJ Riggle is going to remodle
his livery barn.
The Ice Cream Social was a great
uccess last Saturday eve.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09

The municipal ownership advo-
Gates of Chicago have seized upon
the legal tangle over the new gas
rates as an argument in favor of the
city owning its gas plant, and are
citing Winnipeg as an example of
what can be done by a municipality
The peoples Gas Light & Coke COM
pany secured an injunction prevent
ing the city from enforcing the new
ordinance fixing the price of gas
at 10 cents thousand. Judge Glib
hons, in the Circit court, complicat-
I'd the fight still more by entering
an order splitting the difference"
and fixing the rate at so cents pend
ing the settlement of the iniunc-
ton suit The present rate is IS
cents. The municipal ownership en-
thusasts point to the Winnipeg way
IS the way out of the difficulty.
The Canadian city is planning to
nay $4,000, 900 for the purchase of
the street railway system from Sir
William Mackenzie, who is presi-
dent and chief owner of the Cana
dian Northern Railway system Of
Canada. 1t has just completed a
municipal power plant capable OF
generating 100000 horsepower. In
addition Winnipeg owns and oper-
ates its water works plant. street
lighting system, stone quarry, an
asphalt plant, and a high pressure
water system. The new power plant
will furnish cheap power for opera
ting all these and the trolley system,
as we'll as leaving surplus for sale
to industrial plants Winnipeg is
growing at faster rate than any
large city on the continent, having
gained nearly seventy-five per cent
in population in the last five years,
and 1t is figured that the net profits
from the trolley system will pay the
purchase price and interest in forty
vears.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09
MORE POSTAL BANKS

Washington, Aug. S-0ne hundred
additional postal savings banks were
designated today. One group of fifty
will open for the receipt of deposits
September s and the other group of
fifty on September s. Including to-
days list 1.450 second class post
offices and 40 flrst-class post offices
have been made postil repositories.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09
WILL TRY ARBITRATION
President Of Illinois Operators And
National Head Of Miners To
Settle Differences.

Chicago, Aug. Sin an effort to
settle q working condition dispute
which locked out two thousand and
caused q shut down Of three Of the
largest coal mines In Indiana for
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09

hussian Worksrsln Scotland.
There are thirty-Dse thousand Rus.
SLAMS It work 10 Scottish iron ana
coal mines.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-09

Of Ind N
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