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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19

you can look 1T Ryanl why. II Tom
Ryan could Only get rid OF his hook
worms he would own ]. P%ierpont him
self In less than q weeki
that's what's the matter With Theo-
dore. He's got EN-, too Got 'em
through his Georgia stock. That's what
kept the White House so quiet while
Theodore vas there. That's the-reas6n
ne had to get Muldoon and q mat to
keep his circulation goin', IIookworm,
Sir. sure, Just imagine how things
would have 'iivencd UP IL it hadn't
been for Teddy's h~ookworrn!
| suggest. then, through the medium
or your valuable paper. the erection.
oy tho combined donations OF Andy
and John D.. and with = assistance
OF the doublo-barreled chap az pro-
i'oter. in some suitable. space at tho
east front OF our national Capttol, a
heroic statue of q Hookworm. the best
friend and benefactor Of our fellow
citizens to the North of Mason and
D:xon's line. for that alone enables
them 10 keep UP In the race. And wo
Southerners don't mind. sir. for We
are dom pretty well as we are.
trust. sir. tilat you win bring this
matter to the attention of the nuhlic:
and beg TO remain. sir. with sentiments
of great considerations.
Your obedient servant
RALPH FACNTLEROY.
Late Colonel Sixth Virginia Cavalry.
Charlottesville. January u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19
Case Was Called.


confident that such would be the result
.oia triai before an honest judge. and
believed Salmon p. Chosc to he such
q one.
The men. howe-;cr. than whom
no more high-tontd mon ever lived.
1inetnd from me. and clearly l wai. in
tieco. an outsider. They had fu!! charge
xf the interests OF air. Davis, ana II 80
happened that he was away from any
POSSIBLE communication by telegram,
and IT was pretty certain ihat the offer
u'onld not be left open to await the
insult OF such elotv ~rrespondenc az
could be availcd of to reach him. Al
hls i1te was at stake. ard tina they
were bound 70 take advantage Of tito
ol,portnnity Of securing his honorable
rGtGaSe ireni al danger, an opportunity
Hiilch might not and indeed would not
oocur aEain. II was thought quite
Iuie .nat II ne were 70 be tried before
tnderwood his conviction would
bt counted on. and that 1t would not be
Wiz 10 expect anything from an APP
peal 70 the Supreme Court as then con-
was decidedly Of the opinion then.
and am now. that :f the matter could
mlrH been presented 10 Mr.. Davis. lac
infllited upon having the point OF any
risk to himself disregardcd. but IL was
tnan:lfest'y not practicable to Obtain his
as icy believed 10 be wholly in accord
ance with the we'll recognized ohliva-
tory PRINCIPLES OF their professfon.
,heir dntY 10 acquicsce in a course
wil:h would bring security to their
client and relief from a situation
winch had been most trying.
-Ani SO II WAS that on the next day
tue 1i!nstrious prisoner was released
and With 10 stain upon his name Inf
without that thorough vind.cation OF
his cause and his people which. ! think
II is now generally recognized. would
have resulted from a fair trial
[ alonc survive OF those wlo wrre
present at this dinner. but my memory
~ perfect as 10 every detail, and am
sure I state precisely what occl,rrnd
on that occnsion. So far as know.
there has been no s%tatencnt made by
any OF MIR Davis's counsel OF tho par
or his release and + cannot nm ,hinv
Ihatit may he we'll to have this thnt
l nave written made u matter Of recnrd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19
WHY JEFFERSON DAVIS
WAS NEVER TRIED

BY 'tW TOM

states just ,appointed IL AN ex-con-
ederate soldier. and two Of this asso-
ciate Judges arc southern men. and
this fact may lend special interest 10
an incident which occurred more than
.orty years aeo, and very soon after
the termination or the civil War.
Jefferson Davis had teen indicted
for treason, and. at the time r refsr to,
WAS on bail. one OF .tia bondancn being
ii1raee greeley I,a =eo.inseI We're
f%arland, OF Richmond: Charles o-Con-
nor. of New York and william, &.
iced OF Philadclphia. Some wonder
was expressed that Chief Justice Chas.
rad come to Richmond to sit with
Judge Underwood. it not being sup
posed thar there was ANYTHING OF pa;,-
ttcnlar omen before tho court. and
-,lr. Davis was known 20 be absent at
sons lutte distant Hoint. ana II was
ucc'ned certain that his case would not
vas invited 10 meet Justice Chase
and unlted states District Attorney
hgacA at dinner al Mr.. Lyons's. who Pc
II,onnaaa q, ltahu,num. since then tho
vent thern In compare With Mr.. Mae
tariand aud noted that we were start
lns z good heal IN advance or the hour
named. On Arrival | found that .hero
was consultation to lie held brtwcan
ne various men who had Nr.
nnviss ensc In charge. They soon be-
gan the discussion, and r termed ti,,t
the subject before tiicn Was Yho, h.r
or not they should accept Il propos,tion
mace ty the government to have a
,noite prosequi" entered on tho ncx,
day. There could hc no doubt on this
point, and the IN per5 were ovc;i tjIcn
peing prepared Tho men wcrn ali
u ne ,'pinlon that there should be no
nesitation on their. part.i In ~asscnt!ng. +
leit, Of course that the RESPONSIBILITIES
was entirely on them. but I could MOI
ilrlp holding another view. convinced
also AS was that Mr.. Davis would
asree with me. I did not consider that
| was, aud that n trial should 81 IN.
sisted on, which could uropcrly onlv
sesuls IN 2 complete Yi.dication or a,lr
thousands who had fought. ana ~ IA
many thousands who mad died for what
tncy fclt TO he the right I.Tlike ali
OF ihe confcderates whom I knew. was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19

2 don6ie-harrei monument to General
Lee, Sir, and TO General Grant,
NOW, sir, as our distinguished foe
man has already got, in Morinside
Park, a monument big enough for any
oody; and as General Lee, sir, don't
need arF monument, ! would suggest
that these public movements might DC
combined and let the steel man and the
OIL mar and the double barrel Sen.uy
unite in erecting q mighty. a colossal.
monument 10 the greatest b~cnefactor
OF the Federal arny-tho hookworn,.
why. sir. If it hadn't been FOR the
W. maxim us poor Confeds
trihin and lazy we would have been
chasin' tho Yanks yet.
Just think how Jackson's foot saw
siry would have covered the ground
lit hadn't been for the hookworm.
What about Fitz Leo and Stuart and
Wheeler. If they hadn't been bcdeviIci
and iInpeded and dragged out by the
hookwormr
Ny dear. sir. calm reflection Will as
sure o that but for the hookworm
Morgan would heve ridden into Iabo
Eric: and Picket. Why he wouldn't
nave stopped this side OF Phi!udcIphia!
Then, Sir. II you will take a glance
at what these lazy, indolent Southern
CT, have accomplished, hookworin and
al. In business. in s,atecraft. In
finance, Look ut the great New York
Subways! Look at. yes. you can look
at. my dear young friend Hobson; and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19
THE nookwonM MONUMENT.
McmoriaI TO the REESE Friend
of the North.

OF the North
To The Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-I trust, sir, that YOU will not
consider that l am treSpassing upon
your time. nor uselcssly occupying
space IN you valuable paper. wren I
ask that you will allow an old soldier
the use OF this pubiic-spirited sheet
as a mirror. sir, to reflect mis- views
among his fellow-citizens, II Sto make
a few suggestions which fitted across
the surface of his mind while lis
depths were helm so profoundly stirred
by the ~eloquence of my young and
learned friend. who SO charmed those
Of us who gathered a few evenings
since-a gradually lessenin' band Of
day, sir. Of our great chieftain, the
n~nconquerable Lee; for no. one. sir.
has ever had the temerity to suggest.
ut least In the hearin' OF one Of us old
the Yanks,
Everybody knores, and it is unani.
mously telt. though anonymously OK.
pressed. sir. that Mars Robert and all
frailin' 'ern: and that brings me, sir.
to the pith Of MY subject.
From, notices in the public press it
appears that. like the r5boer barons
OF the iil-gottcn wealth garnered from
.plundered cities. certain 'nalefactors
OF great wealth" are endeayoring to.
buy off an avensing Providence BY de-
gains 10 public ends. One OF them, sir,
e~rdeayors 10 transfer the public gaza
G.way from tho child labor among the
little "pickers" OF his mines. ana tls
II to the milky way" through a huge
telescope with all oight-foot lens. An
other one. sir, cndows a commission
TO invade our fair southland. sir. ana
And another genius, sir, wants Con-
gresS to appropriate a K0odly sum for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19

Gu you give Iae any Information
about thei WOOD fGm.ly--I mean tho
tirst % mat name who cacAa ever TO
this country: ! arWintormed that Fat
ricl. Henry's sister married z Mood.
and II is that branch OF the family
that esReci1ny Interests me.
WITH thanks.
CONSTANT REAOEEt
I.ood IN History of ~-slbsmarie conn-
~. ES
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19

Please allow mo 70 offer 10 the writer
who mentions the Stubhs family. OF
Glouce5ter my mite" Of information
regarding a Ionn Stubs. Of that coun-
~. He married Miss Cltharinc Thorn
ton, OF Caroline or Hanover county,
Ms memory does not seem clear.
but Tie lad. IIvcd ucar the border, and
the counties adioin hay silver with
their Initials. 1t must have been In
tho last Of the eighteenth century, rs
cause the widow married again while
comparatively young a Mr. Turrsr-
George Wand my mother was born
in 1904. My grandmother died III 1890.
I thinh aged sixty.
p. S.--She had one daughter Court
ney Stubs. who married 4 lawyer
Davis. who had two sons, John and
Hector. OF Richmond, VA. Aiong the
edge Of a LEAF in my grananaoti'er.s
prayarbook IS this entry; Courtney
Stubps Davis diad - eyed thirty
nve. 6na OF Ccurtney's sons married
an educated, rehned lady. Miss 1ones
he disc just before tho VA IContad-
erate) left Ave or six daughtefs. whom
she b. heroic effort gay . fair edu-
oat!on, being herself 2 teacher.
Gu YOU gire mo any Information
about the WOOD family-l mean ti.a
trst % taat name wiho caAa over 10
+his cotrfryr r q M informed 1uaIE Pat
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
THE CHURCHES TODAY
Union Services at ST. Mary's Park
if Weather Ia Propitious-Com-
munion at Presbyterian
Church.

II the weather permits Union
church services will be held this
evening at st. Mary's Park. The
Epworth League of the First Metho-
dist church will have charge of the
Young Peoples meeting presenting
as it's subject, AN Upward Way"
III the weather Is unfavorable the
meeting will be held at the Presby-
terian church
The sacrament OF the Lords Sup
per will be observed at the Presby-
terian church this morning. All
the members of the church are
earnestly requested to be present
There will be special music by the
choir
Morning services will be held al
usual at all the churches which taxi
part In the Union service at night
Morning and evening services
will be held at the Calvary Baptist
the Church Of the Redeemer, st
Joseph's and st. Patrick's churches
and at the dLutheran and Secon,
Christian churches
The Christian Science Society will
meet at the Synagog. The LessoI
sermon will be on Love"
The b. Y. p. U. will hold thei
regular service in the annex of tn
Cairo Baptist church at o'cloc
this evening The subject will
Kindergarten IN Many Lands"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
Tobin.Beathell.

Miss Lutte Beathell of Boonville
Ind, and Frank Tobin of this city
were married Wednesday, July 49,
at the home OF the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. s. e. Beathell Of Boon
vile. Mrs. Tobin is the only daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Beathell and a
charming and accomplished young
woman. %She is well known in
Cairo having visited her sister, Mrs.
Ned Hodges. Of the city several
times.
Mr.. Tobin is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs, James Tobin Of Mounds, H.,
and has been connected with the
Scudder-Gale Company In this city
for the past five years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tobin will make
their home In Cairo. and for the
present are stopping with Mrs. T.
n. Greene OF Eighth street
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30

A curious result ofEoperntions by the
.trlsonometrical survey in India wns,
the conclusion that there was In the
middle Of Inda m underground or
buried mountain range IA Thousand
miles in length and lying about parallel
with the chain Of the Hmalnyas,
This conclusion was based on the
slngularities OF the local attraction OF
gravita ton In central lndia, the plumb
line being DETECTED southwark on the
north side II the supposed suhterrn-
mean chain and northward on the south
side. leading TO tho Inference that n
great elongated mass Of rock Of excess
slve density undcrlies the surface Of
the earth between the two sets Of OBJ
J serving stations
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
q The Word "Hiceo uah.r

Z The spelling "hiccough9 is recent
being a combination Of the Rsyllables
.hic" and the latter term Of cough y
which is without either physiological
or chronological basis. The pronuncia,
ton, with perhaps the rarest excep.
tons, Is still that Of the older form
'thiccup," earlier given variously as
"ktckup." "hickupsnickup," ''hickhop,'
''hickcock,' hitchcock and "hickett,'
with Quasi diminishing suGixcs ock,
1T, but the "hick." syllable aptly OK
pressive Of the spasmodlc sound rso'
duced by the conditions giving rise ID
the particular disturbance, IL found ~
all references TO the origin Of the term
10 which the writer has been able u
obtain. The term singu'tus Is rarely
used.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
Fire at Sixth and Jefferson.

A long shed in the rear Of Mrs.
Ellen McDermott's residence, SIS
jefferson avenue, caught fire in an
unknown manner and was partially
DESTROYED about $3.50 o'clock last
night Stations Nos. and 2 re-
sponded and distinguished the fire in
short order. 1t had a good start
before the firemen received the call
and arrived upon the scene. Part ci
the shed was upon the premises Of
Messrs. Walsh, Mason and Creigh
ton who occupy the double hous,
adjoining Mrs. McDermott's.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Miss Dorothy JACKIE of Kaufman
Bros. left yesterday for tw,
weeks visit in Centralia, Ill.
! Lloyd Slack Of Charleston, Mo.
was in the city on business yester
day.
N. n. MARBLE of Culterville, Ill,
is in the city calling on friends. Mr.
MARBLE was formerly conductor on
the Iron Mountain between Cairo
and Poplar BLUM, Mo.
r, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cochran Of
INT. Pleasant, Mich, who, has been
at the bedside of the formers broth
or, w. j. Cochran, returned home
Yesterday. Mr.. Cochran is reported
| to be improving,
Bedford Berton OF Wickliffe. KY,
was In the city shopping yesterday
Mrs c. c. Terrell and son, Clin-
ton, who have been visiting In
Charleston, Mo, will return home
today. ...
Mrs. Charles Ellington of Wick
life was in the city shopping yes
terday
Mrs. Oma Brewer of Charleston
Who has been visiting friends in
afro returned home yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Halliday and
,hildren of Twenty-eighth street, re-
urned yesterday from a visit to
points in the East \.
|, Mr.. and AIRS. C. s. Dudley have
.eturned from a two weeks visit In
Vest Virginia and Cincinnati.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walker of
Kenneth, Mo, who have been visit
eng their son, Charles Walker. Of
!412 Twenty-fifth street. and daugh-
ter, Mrs. James Sutton of Thirty
sixth street, left yesterday afternoon
sor Pulaski, ILL.,, where they will
tisit their daughter, Mrs. Samuel
Hurt. who is quite Ill.,
Miss Laura Clendenen who has
been visiting Miss Allie Belts of
Mound City, returned home yester-
day
John Hofheinz,i who has been
visiting In Dixon Springs returned
home yesterday,
Mrs. William Boyd OF Mounds was
in the city shopping yesterday
John Lynch 81 Maiden, Mo, is In
.city visiting friends.
Max and Adoiph Kaufman left
this morning for New York on a
business trip.
Mrs. l., T. Graham OF the Cal
cary Baptist church was called to
Paducah yesterday by the illness of
her daughter, Mrs, Paul Graham.
Mrs Thomas Echols Of Grand
Chain is visiting the family of Or. J..
E. Woefe OF 425 Twenty-eighth
street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
DEATH N A WELL !
Continued from Page One.


and the body was carefully and
slowly drawn up by the windlass.
While trying to attach / the hooks
to the clothing of the dead man. DR.
McManus dropped his fine felt hat
into the well and it is there yet.
Gus Orr, the owner of the we'll
says he will never use the well and
will have 1t filled up.
After holding the inquest, the re,
mains were brought to Cairo and
taken to ETA. Burke's undertaking
rooms and prepared for burial.
Relatives of the unfortunate man
who reside in Jacksonville, Ind.
and other. points have been tele
graphed and will probably disect
what disposition of the body is tc
be made,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
STEEL CO. merger
ATTORNEY LEWIS D. LEDYARD
OF TENNESSEE COMPANY
BEFORE PROBERS.
Wanted j.. Pierpont Morgan I
Know Of Grievious Situation
OF Loans OF Moore and
Schley, Brokers.

New York, judy 29-Lewis 8. Led
yard, who was the attorney for Oil
yer Payne of the Tennessee Iron and
Coal syndicate In 1907 when the
merger of that corporation with the
United States Steel corporation was
effected talked today to the COM
mittee of the house of representa-
tives which is inquiring into the
affairs of the steel trust said that he
was the first man who suggested the
transaction to Pierpont Morgan.
Ledyard said Payne was the, first
to suggest that the United states
Steel corporation take over the
Tennessee company Payne said be
asked him to sec Morgan and acqua.
int him with the grievous situation
resulting from Moore and Schley's
loans on Tennessee stock az .coilat.
eral and urging him to seek relief
from the steel corporation.
Ledyard incidentally surprised
the members of the house committed
when, in enumerating the loans oil
Moore and Schley at that time h'
stated that Morgan's firm had loaned
the brokerage Arm money on Ten
nessee collateral, loan howeve,
that the Arm did not call.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30

There seems something moro
speakingly inconprehensible in the
powers. the failures, the inequalities
of memory, than In any other Of our
tEtelligences. The memory is sorre-
times so retentive, so serviceable, 30
obedient; at others, so bewildersd
and so weak; and at others again, 70
tyrannic. so beyond control. Jane
Austen.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
lflnaIlS. Ascendsd Mountain.

After years ot EFFORT 10 reach II,
summit. which lies $500 feet aboys
sea level. Mount Hoffman. Australia
has at last been conquered by motor,
lists. The other day two motorists
climbed up to It's highest summit
through gum tree forests, and over
vast wastes 81 fern and sand. Fully
100 cars have attempted 10 climb thi,
mountain but failed The grades are
SO sharp that II ID difficult In Iona
pull to Intricate the front cylinders o,
motors.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
Funeral 81 George Adams.

The funeral of George Adams will
be held at the family residence, 1925
Division street, at SAB this morn
ing. conducted by Rer. FIR A. Dc
Rosset, assisted by Rev l.. G. era
ham. A special car will be attached
to the regular 1915 O'Clock Illinois
Central train for the accommodation
Of the family, and the remains will
be taken to Centralia for interment
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
PERSONAL.

Miss Emma ] Hebsacker is spend
ing her vacation at Excelsior
Springs. MO
II ~ Parker.who has been in
Cairo for the past three days re.
turned to Memphis yesterday
Robert Gates of the Halliday left
yesterday for Nashville on business
Jack Downing Of St Louis. Mo.
who has been In Cairo on business
for the past few days returned
home yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following marriage licenses
were issued at the county clerks
office yesterday: Lacy Anderson. %,
and Miss While Street, 10, both Of
Cairo.
ElwUOd Askew, II. and Miss Jen
ME Davis. both of Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
y Paving Progresses.

The west side OF Sycamore street
has been concreted from the city
limits near the enerance to the Chi
cAgo Mills ground to point half
way to the bride. A car load of
brink Was unloaded yesterday for
uptown Brick "a coming In slowly
md Is laid as fast a. 1t arrives.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
CHURCH AND MATHEY LOST.

Lake Forest, Ill, July 29,--In one
OF the best tennis matches ever seen
around Chicago, G. M. Bull. Jr., and
Harry Martin Of New York today
won the western double tennis
cnsnrtrnsnip HroH, n. M. Church
and E Mathey cf Princeton. 10
rs, SIS, rs and 81
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
CITY NEWS N BREIE
Renewing Friendships.

Stanley Miller. who three year,
ago. was assistant city engineer d
Cairo. is in. the city calling on old
friends He has been in South
America and the west India Islands
since he left Cairo. He il at presen,
ii the employ 81 the Morgan Ehsi-
neering Co., and says his home is in
PAducah.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30

II is best to close the piano as soon
as you have finished playing, both on
account Of the dust and the variations
Of the atmosphere The keyboard
should be kept scrupulously clean.
Alcohc' or diluted ammonia may be
used ~, this purpose with advan'
tage.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30

One OF the broad slopes Of Mont
Gringuez, France, IL reported TO have
become detached from its foundations.
and to have moved over DISTANCE
Of nearly q quarter Of mile. carrying
with 1t the soil. meadows and woods.
and covering up In its passage roads
and bridges that stood In the way. A
chestnut grove has travelled 500 foet
without suffering any apparent dam
age, but many small lakes have been
formed by the dannmins Of the waters.
Scientific American.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
Will Go Into Business,

Wallace Gore has resigned his
position at the Halliday Milling
Company and IL is stated will take
an interest in the drygoods store of
George r. carnes, at 100 CONNER
Cial avenue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
TOO LATE 70 CLASSIFY,

WANTED Young man, 81, de-
sires position with chance for ad,
vancement; good education, habits
not afraid Of work AL reference
Address KS, The Bulletin
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-30
Moved His stock

Charles eshew yesterday mover
his new stand and fruit store stock
from the corner Of sisth and Rail-
road street to lO2 sitth street
the Peter saap building,