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The Washington herald., 1911-09-20
BAND CONCERTS TO-DAY.

BY the United States Marine Band.
William II. Sancclmann, leader, at Capitol
Grounds, 4:31 p m.
PROGRAMME:
Overture "RIenzi'' ................... Wagner
I1yitation TO the Dance NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
CTranscribcd for Military Band by William
II. Ssntelmann.l
Enphonium solo, fantasie. Believe Me.
All Those Endesring Young
charms -.....-.................Ma .Mantia- Moore
(NIusCian GeOTgs Frey.)
Grand scenes from ''Lohengrin'' ... Wagner
tal First Tslse (oH S9................Du .Durand
o. Caprice. Hearts Message" santelmann
Hungarian Rhapsody. No. List
March, 'Semper F:delis'' .Sousa
The Star ,Spangled Banner
BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band, john S. NJ. Zimmerman, director,
p. m.
PROGRAMME:
March, The Winning Fight 80. .Holzmann
Overture, "Hlrandot' '................ Lachner
Patriotic song Let Us Have Peace. Ball
Dedicated with permission TO President
Taft)
Grand SELECTION, "Faust'' .Gounod
Descriptive fantasia, The Spanish Re
view =. Binding
8cerpts from Barry Of Ballymore"..
.Ball-0lco
Finale, The Troubedours'' Powell
The Star spangled Banner" y
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

There are three kinds OF seedless grape
fruits In Siam, one OF which mas q red
meat. Two are sweet. one sour.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20
Handsome Fabrics for
Draperies and Upholsteries.

UNUSUAL beauty and richness characterize the display and
qusitenes of tones and coorngs especially attractive
feature There of fabrics and coorngs, and
individual choice may be easily exerciseoft and delicate Shades
1h and brilliant and the handsome dark coOrngS.
Included Tapestries. Nelou BrOcades, Reps DamaskS, Ar
Soft Silks in suitable styles for both modern and antique fur
nishing and in nerod
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

Miss Elizabeth Birch Baldwin and
Miss A. NJ. Graham have returned to
Washington after a trip abroad since
last July.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Muller. who.
with their son. spent the summer on
the Continent, have returned to Wash
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20
75c to $4,000 the yard.
5Oinch Tapestries specially priced at $3.50 yard.

floral French designs both dark and light
uphocng furniture and drapery
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

Commander Logan, formerly cap
tain of the Mayfiower, has just been
joined by Mrs. Logan at Annapolis,
where he recently was ordered for
duty. Before leaving Washington Mrs.
Logan closed their apartment in the
Connecticut.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

Former Vice President and Mrs. Levi
P. Morton will spend the coming winter
at their Rhode Island avenue residence
in this city. They have been at the
Duncan cottage, Nahant, Mass, during
the past summer. and plan to spend the
autumn at their Rhinecliff estate in New
York.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

The new military attache of the MeXi-
can embassy, Col. Bevero de la Cerda,
has gone to Chicago. where he will rep
resent his government at the Interna-
tional Good Roads Congress meeting in
that city.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

Mrs. Henry McWilliams. of Belmont
street, will leave next week for Mus
kogee, Okla, accompanied by her
daughter. Miss Mae McWilliams, and
Miss Julia r. Colt. They will probably
remain there for some months
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

Mr. and Mrs. FairIie Patton Nash have
issued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter, Mary King. to Mr. Ira
Halsey Patchin, on the evening of Satur-
day, October Z. at s o'clock, at Trinity
Church, Portsmouth, Va. A reception
viii follow the ceremony at $50 o'clock
ar the residence of the brides parents,
3Jl Middle street
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

ington and opened their residence at
I'LL Seventeenth street for the winter.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

Representative and Mrs. A. P Gard
ner are at Hamilton, Mass. for the
autumn. They passed the summer at
their place on Mingo Beach Hill
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

An interesting affair to Washington
will be the private view this afternoon
Of the statue Of the late Gen. William
F. Draper, formerly United states am
bassador TO Italy, which will be given by
the sculptor and his wife. Mr.. and Mrs
Daniel Chester French. at ChesterwOod
StOckbrdge. Mass. At the same time
Mr. French is exhibiting the statue of
Abraham Lincoln which h" has just
completed for the city Of Lincoln, Nchr
Mrs Draper and Miss Draper. widow
and daughter Of the late amba ssador
have already expressed their complete
satisfaction with the statue of Gen.
Draper.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

Former Senator and Mrs. Depew are
now at Briarclif Lodge, Briarcliff Ma
nor, having spent the summer in France
The Washington herald., 1911-09-20

Miss Raphael Ellis, who has been at
Cliff Haven, on Lake Champlain. during
the summer, has returned to Washing
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
services were concluded all partook
Of fine banquet.
Not An Experiment..

Paint Lick Ky-Mrs. Mary Free
man, of this place. says: Before .
commenced to take Cardm, | sufferec
so much pain from womanly trouble'
| was so weak that l was down on
my back nearly all the time. Cardu
has done me more good than any
medicine ever took in my life.
can't possibly praise II 700 highly
Yu need not be afraid to take Cardul
It lis new experiment. For fifty
wears ii has been found to relieve
headache, backache, and simila'
womanly troubles. Composed OF
gentle-acting, herb ingredients, Car
dui builds UP the strength, prevent
ing much unnecessary pam. Try il
for your troubles, today.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
CARE OF THE STREETS.

In Cape Girardeau the city council
aas Just passed and the mayor has
signed an ordinance providing tlat
property along the principal streets
the paved straets-shall be taxed
.hree cents a front foot month for
street cleaning and sprinkling pur-
poses.
In Cairo general sprinkling TAX
ordinance has been talked Of, but
lothing has been done. Perhaps an
ordinance similar TO that of Cape
4irardeau would be preferable. A tax
II three cents month front foot
aught to yield enough money to pay
or keeping the brick STREETS washed
lean, and if regularly washed sprink-
ing would be unnecessary. People
lay now 81 lot monthly for sprink-
ing alone, while the tax proposed
would be only Is cents a lot. This Is
i voluntary tax and as with all vol.
ntary taxes the burden is not equit
lbly divided. The trouble is that it
! not paid by all the beneiciaries,
nd hence those who pay must pay
more than their just proportion for
he service.
That some systematic work mus,
3e inaugurated to keep the paved
treets free from trash and dust
" as nearly so as possible or practi-
able--is not open to question and
conceded by citizens generally,
louseholders as well as business men,
md it is one of the subjects which
;alls for earnest and prompt atten.
ion by the city authorities. Cairo
5 in this respect, as in others, far
lehind the procession OF up-to-date
tiles, and there are few things more
important to make the city pleasant
live in, to say nothing of its i'm.
lortance from sanitary point OF
lew.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
DOCTOR GRASSES o. 0, D.

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smooth as baby's, wouldn't taHc
L thousand dollars for what y, d. D,
las done for me-" wriHes August Saa.
to. of Chilicothe, Ohio.
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are the words of others in describing
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Proven by thousands OF cures. f-r
ten years to Fk absolutely harmless
and reliable in every case CT skin
trouble, no matter what it is,
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14

We desire to publicly express or
sincere thanks to all our friends Whe
we're SO kind and thoughtful on The
occasion of the sickness, death and
funeral of our beloved wife and
mother Mrs. Amelia Tell Zimmerman
and especially among the numHer We
wish to mention the quartette who
furnished the beautiful music at tht
funeral. We are also very grateful
to our neighbours of the country who
attended us in our bereavement
With much appreciation we are
Very respectfully,
PETER ZIMMERMAN,
ROSE ZIMMERMAN.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14

street which stopped operations
there for a while, unG when Cedar
street is filled Cross street VII
again be worked upon.
The fence along the Cross and Ce
dar street lines, which enclosed the
infirmary's back yard has been takel
down and enough earth will be
placed in the yard to bring 1t to
level high enough to prevent the &C
cumulaton of sipe water.
Put in 1900 Yards.
Roy Williams has completed the
work Of filling the lots belonging t
Dr. w. #. Grinstead on Cross street.
from near the center OF the block &c
the corner of Cedar. 1t took 4,Our
yards OF earth to make the FILL Iht
earth was taken from the excavation
on Commercial avenue,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
THAT FRANCHISE
BY. b. r. Po;,er.

The benefits conferred upon Cairo
by the @, & T. railroad before 1t was
built and while in the course of con
struction We're great. There was tht
purchase of much property at good
prices and the removal of unsightly
buildings from it, together witt
others that were converted into tene
ments, affording employment tc
many mechanics an laborers. The
money paid for property was soor
expended in the construction of o.
purchase of new homes ror those wht
sold their old ones. The money thu
circulated added materially to the
business OF the city. Some of the
property bought by the cailroad com
pany was of no value, that In tn,
center of the Lake Edwards distric,
for instance. The owners of this
property were in great luck whcc
they found a purchaser for it.
The Lake Edwards district con
stitu'ed nuisance that was intohr
able Tut which could not be abated
r. did much to give Cairo a bad
name Visitors here in high water
times seeing this great pond, ex
tending from Washington avenue as
far northward and westward as the
eye could reach, were given a very
unfavorable impression OF the place
as the pond occupied a central par
Of the site Of the city. How coull
bis nuisance be removed? This
problem occupied the minds of tbs
people interested for more than ;
quarter Of a century. The city coulc
not ill the great hole. not even tht
streets laid out across it. The SOL
way to do this was by special as
Eessment, and such an assessmen
for street only would be fruitless
as 1t would amount to several times
the sum the lots would sell for
We hear much OF the "yaluabl,
franchise" granted by the city to tn,
G & T. Co. What was the "vall
able franchise?" Was 1t the privileg
, Of filing Lake Edwards without cog
p, to the city, and thus abatlng thu
greatest nuisance Damaging tn.
municipality? Was it the privileg
, of expanding large sums of mons,
for construction work that went int
| general circulation? Was II for tn
privilege of constructing the fines
or most richly finished depot building
in the country, architectural adorn
F, ments the city is proud of and whicl
make even railroad men visitln
them an advertising agent for Cairo
Was 1t the privilege of buildin
paved streets and sidewalks aroun'
the terminal buildings? What els
was this valuable franchise" s
/ much talked of?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
Life Saved at Deaths Door

81 never felt so near my grave,
writes w. r. Patterson, of yelling
ton, Tex, as when a frlghtfui cong
and lung trouble pulled me down "a
100 pounds, in spite Of doctors rteat
ment for two years. My father, mo
Their and two sisters died Of consump
ton, and that am alive today Is
due solely to DR.. Kings New DIS
covery, which completely cured me
Now weigh 1877 pounds and hd"
been we'll and strong for years.
Quick, safe, sure, its the best remed.
on earth for coughs, colds, lagrlph'
asthma, Group, and all throat ant
lung troubles. soc and $500 Tria
bottle free. Guaranteed by all drag
gists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
HorticuIturlst Supreme.

In house built with all the latest
improvements, including every con
venience for hygiene and cleanliness
in the servants quarters. the mistress
was Mortified one day on her round OF
inspection to find the servants bath.
tub converted into geranum bed.
The coachman explained that. with the
shower SO conveniently placed above,
II was too good a chance for geranium
raising to resist.-New York Press
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
UNCLE WALT a 'n''os sSns

The day had Mary man
that for with
nov 10
climbed
o. her
dress of blue
ought
newt S the m a
to decides
lady by phone; with
what the girl is doing hair"
in
with such that
How do voe?"
You've
ssS"sss aa ~ .ss L0axnla~o,>
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
Readily Answered.

Sir Edward Carson, famous british
lawyer, was noted for his ready wit
On one occasion In court, when the
fudge, with whom he had had more
than one passage of arms, pointed ont
to him the discrepancy between the
evidence of two Of his witnesses one
carpenter and the other saloon
keeper, he answered.: That's 50, my
lord. Yet another ease O difference
between bench and bar"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
HOOkWORM EXPERT TO
ORGANIZE SANITARY SERVICE

Washington, March 13--Maior Bail
ey X. Ashford, medal corps United
States army, the "nookworm expert,
will be assigned by tho secretary OF
war to organize and take charge OF
the sanitary service of Porto Rico
provided for at the last session OF
congress. DR.. Ashford will continue
his efforts toward checking the
spread Of the hookworm disease
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14

Probably no sane man who, having
contracted and paid for three 81
more good darught horses, would %
satisfied with the delivery Of one
even though this one We're beau
tifully speckled animal-particularlS
il the acceptance Of this one should
render ii impossible for him ever Il
get any more. And yet that is eX
aetly the position in which Messrs
Smith, Dewey, Magee and Pink, WITT
their l.. & n. associates would place
the people of Cairo in this Cairo &
Thebes railroad matter.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
|LAWIER MOVED
JURY TO TEARS
Concluded from First Page.)

and his body lef in a dreary marSf
He charged the prosecution WITT
unusual haste in proceeding agains
Mrs. Melber, who was indicted three
days after her arrest. and said an IN
dietment could not have been o5
iained except through such hurried
methods.
Several of the jurymen wee
moved to tears in the course of the
lawyers address, and evidences o
emotion were also SHOWN by the
spectators, three-fourths of whom
were women.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
WOMAN BADLY CUT
Another Tennessee Niger Breaks In
to Cairo Jail-Tried to Stab
His Wife to Death.

A young negro woman named Kiz-
4ie Watson was badly cut by her hus-
band, Robert Watson, yesterday af-
ternoon about ) o'clock. The affair
happened in the street near the cor
ner OF Sycamore and Thirtythird
streets. The woman was walking
llong with q companion when Watson
came up. After a Sew words with her
he pulled out a knife and plunged it
nto her back, inflicting a deep
wound. Withdrawing the knife he
attempted to stab her again when
she grabbed the BLADE OF the knife in
her hand trying to get it away from
him. In pulling it away her fingers
were badly cut When be was cut.
ing her the negro said, a told you
I'd git YOU. I'll fix you so you wont
1e no good to nobody"
The negro was arrested and taken
o No. fire station and later to the
aity jail The injured woman. whose
,lothing was saturated with blood
vas taken in the police patrol wagon
o St Mary's Inhrmary.
The woman is a domestic in a
family near Twenty-eighth and Pop
lar streets. She says she and her
husband came to Cairo from Hunting
ton, Tenn, recently. She had not
been living with him for several
months and it was on this account
that ne committed the deed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14

"Oh, yes Mrs. Smith tald VS.. INV
husband is an enthusiastic archacol
ogist. And | never knew 1t till yes
terday. found In his desk some
queer looking tickets with the in
scription 'Mudhorse, TO And
when ! asked him what they were, he
explained to me that they were rellcs
OF lost race. Isn't it interesting"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
TO TEACH RUSSIANS
AMERICAN IRRIGATION

Denver, March l3.-Arthur 7. De-
Wis, clief fthe United States reela
nation service who has been touring
Colorado to obtain data on irrigation
projects, left Denver today for Sap
Francisco en- route 10 Russia where
he will teach officials the American
system Of irrigation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
February circulation.

The above Is correct statement o.
the circulation of The Cairo Builetir
for the year 1910 and FOR the month
of February. 1911.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before M
this third day of March, 1911.
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14

A begging friar came to me one DIV
with a subscription for repairing his
convent. All, but am hereto"
said !, Undoubtedly" with a shrug,
Implying respectful acknowledgment
OF foreigners right to choose warm
and dry lodgings In the other world
as well as In this. but your money Is
perfectly orthodox Lowell's
"Fireside Travels"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
PUSHING STREET FILLING
Contractor Chkrses Has Begun Wort
on Cedar Street-Cross Street
Next--Dr. Grinstead's Lots.

w. G, Charles has stopped the
work of filling Twentieth street west
OF Walnut street and is now puttins
inathe Cedar street fill from Center
street south in the rear of st. Mary's
Infrmary. The water has nearly al
disappeared in the low part OF Cross
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number Of complete and
perfect copies Of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily. and Sunday
during the year 1910. ..2287
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bul-
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of February,
1o11 1854
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
The Bulletin 10 On sale at The fc'
lowing places:
coleman's, 702 Commercial Avsnu'
Halliday House NsWs Stand
Blue Front Restaurant.
VALUABLE FRANCHISES. Z

In his comments on the Cairo {
Tssbes matter this morning Cap,
Potter makes light of the valuable
franchise granted to the Cairo s
Thehes, and makes much of the i'm
provement of the Lake Edwards dis
triet. The Capt makes the mistake
that sonis others make in speaking o.
this matter: he confines mis- con
sideraiion to the Lake Edwards dis
trict.
If this were all that the people
Cairo could consider in the matter
they might be well satisfied with tn
bargain and could be justly criticiAet
for Kicking" But it so happens
that tie Lake Edwards distric'
is ye7y inconsiderable feature il
the case. The people of Cairo con
sented to have big freight nous,
located adjoining the public library
they consented to permit Walnu,
street to be cut in twain by a nes
work Of railroad tracks; they CAV,
up Washington avenue to a stree
car lire in order that the Cairo &
Thehos might possess Walnut street
they gave rights-ofway over half
dozen cross streets, and-more thar
any or all of these-they gave VI
their $4,000 New Levee street, THE
ONLY ENTRANCE REMAINING TIC
THEIR CITY FOR RAILROAD PUR
POSES.
There need be no attempt to I'LL
derestinate the value to the city o.
the improvements made in the name
of the Cairo & TheDes Co; but lie,
us no undervalue or overlook ths
very important concessions made BY
the city. Especially let us keep ir
mind the fact that the improvements
made by or in the name of the Cairo
g. Thehes Co. can not bring to the
city the benefits which were prom
ised, unless they are used accordina
to promises; and that they may worl
positive harm to the city IL the mos
important of the conditions upor
which permission to make them wa,
grantea-giyen by men in whose goo,
faith the people had utmost conf
dence- is permitted to be set asid
because 1t does not now suit thes,
men to abide by it.
The Lake Edwards improvement.
were made by the railroad compan
for Its own benefit, not for the city,
That block would have been filled u
and built up anyway, If the railroa
company had been compelled to r,
main west Of Walnut street with 1t
freight house and passenger station
The fight-of-way across Walnu
street was granted to the compan
In the face of strong opposition froi
citizens and because the compan
insisted upon having 1t, claiming tina
II could not do without it, while
probably was not true. But the pc
rle yielded--they yielded everythi
asked for by the promoters OF tn
railroad, refusing them nothing, Tt
people Of Cairo kept faith with tn
promoters and their associates, an
they have right to expect these
keep faith with them particularly
matter SO vital as that involved
the controversy now pending.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
AMERICAN HELD PRISONER
BY MExlCANS IN NO DANCES

Washington, March 13.-R. Doran,
citizen of Arizona, who Is held a
prisoner by the Mexican federal for
ces at F1ermosilo, is in no danger OF
violence and is assured a fair trial,
according tn telegram received to.
day by the state department from
the American consul at Hermosillo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14

No other medium reaches the PEG
DE OF Cairo and vicinity as does Ths
Cairo Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14
CAIRO IN 1890

On Nov. 3rd the gravel road com
nittes of the Board OF Trade award
I'd Hogan & Buchanan a contract for
travelling the road from Cache bridg
% the hills, at so cents cubic yard
The county ELECTION held on Tues-
lay, Nov. 4th resulted in the cleo
Ion Of John H. Robinson for count
Judge by 456 majority; John Hodges.
sheriff, 351 majority; Sidney B, Mil
Ter county clery; Daniel Mccarthy,
assessor and treasurer, by % plural
ty; John Miller, commissioner, and
Hliey j. Balm, county superintendent
Of schools, by 172 majority. Th
Nessrs. Miller had no opposition
The "Telesram's' dispatches told Of
throughout the country, engulfng
Uncle Joe Cannon, Mckinley, author
Of the new tariff bill, and other Re
publican leadeits. The Democrats
| majority in the lower house OF con
| sress was estimated at 1874. Cairo
loled 2059 vote and gave 50 Republi,
| AN majority to the head of the
| ticket. The county polled S343 votes
With 26S Republican majority.
| Blind Ten, the celebrated negf
rusical genius, gave two piano con.
er'ts on Nov. din and 9Th in X. NJ
<. c. hall.
| The Knights Of st. George Com
Fmandery, Uniform Rank, G. k. of A
held an installation Of officers on the
night of Nov. 18th. Among the new
officers were John d. Sander, treas
irer; Thos. A. Fuller, sergeantst
| arms; w. p. Greaney captain; A
Glauber, 1st lieutenant; d. j. O'Con
nell. End lieutenant and ID. Bucher
md sergeant. After the Installation
IL
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-14

Leave Cairo at ...... -. 7'05 am
Arrive Charleston at -. ..8:17 am
Leave Charleston at -. ...9:47 am
Arrive Morley at. ....... .10:2S am,
Leave Morley H'rice) at. .10:45 am.
Ar. Cape Girardeau at. .12:45 Noon
Returning
Lv.Cape Girardeau (Frisco)2:30 pm
Arrive Morley ............3:38 p.m
Lv. Morley Uron Mt) ..3:47 pm.
Arrive Charleston -. -. .4:S0 pm
Leave Charleston 1870 nm
Arrive Cairo ........... ...7:00 pm
Il Tickets at Union Depot.
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=. Z. LubX P. and r. A., Cairo,