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The Press., 1911-10-11
To Organize Board of Trade.

At the annual meeting of the Stlf- ford Busiuess Mems association held
 at the Springs House Thursday 6ven- l ing, the following officers were leot- ed: President, W. E Han1py; vice.
 president, Lewis McLauRhlin; secre- tary and trfa'urer, Nap Ion Pero, Jr. directors, liau Park, O F.
 Hal W ood, Lewis Mclaughlin, o E
 Brown, R H. Fisk, R w.. Ellis, An
 ders Jacobsen, H F Oadv, J G
 Hodgson; state delegates, 0 B. Gary,
 R. A. Nothnitk; state director. An ders Jacobsen: claims committee, W. H. Webster, Anthony Adams The
 Following committee was appointed to
 take action toward forming a board of trade, William Park, Lewis McLauRh- lin, O. B Pinney, H. Baker and | F. F. Patten. There is a general Tfeeliug that we should have a board of trade to Work for the industrial inn provement of the town by st curing, if
 possible, the rebuilding of mills on the sites left vacant by fire during the
 past year. or inducing nlw industries
 to locate here. It is thought that an Organization formed for this purpcse
 W ould make better working folc I
 than the Business Mems as ociatlon,
 whose membership does not include
 all of the manufacturers. The matter cf- the merchants keeping their stores
 open Fast day and closing Labor day instead was left with the directors.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
mrs REEFS WROTE
IN TRUTH BOOK
DEciPLE OF SEE AND MOTHER
or MONA REEFS ON STAND
IN SEES DEFENSE.
GIRLS GET PROPOSALS
Several Letters Received BY Misses
Rees and Bridges Admirers
Follow Them From
Court.

Chicago, July Mrs. Felicia Rees,
mother of Mona Rees and disciple
Of Evelyn Arthur See testified in
the trial of the latter today, Mrs. Rees
admitted writing many parts Of the
"book of truth.
Many portions of the manuscript Of
which a literary reading makes the
book seem obscene she explained the
symbolical declaring that the whole
purpose of the book was to preach
unselfishness and charity
1t was learned from those associat.
ed with Sees defense that many pro
posals of marriage have been received
By the feminene figures in the case,
Mona Rees is said to have. Eeen the
recipient Of forty letters asking her
hand in marriage, Mildred Bridges, a
dozen wlile the mother OF the girls
nave not been neglected.
The girls are said to have taken
the letters good naturedly at first but
have become annoyed at the number
more recently They are growing ac-
customed to be followed by admiring
men when they leave the court.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
TRADING VERY LIGHT
Long Awaited Report of Commission
err Smith Had No. Effect On
Stocks--Reserves Fell.

New York, July Ito those who ex-
pected the long delayed report of the
commissioner of corporation Of the
United States Steel Corporation would
Rave an unsettling effect on today's
Stock market. the report must have
been something of a disappointment.
Trading @asfvery slight in keeping
With the usual summer half holiday
but the list was at no time weak.
On the contrary decided strength
was manifested in certain issues and
the steel shares reflected steady
undertone.
Arie shares were again the strong
feature of the railroad list. Official
fgures from the local customs antho-
rifles showed that exports from this
Port for the fiscal year exceeded by
s123000, 0G0o these Of 1903 and 1910
while imports decreased over $4S,-
The feature Of the bank statement
was the actual loan increase OF over
100000. The actual loss was $685.
100000 which greatly exceeded all
estimates.
The actual per centage of local re,
serves week fell to rs 17-l00 dis com,
pared with 1858 cent last week.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
CORONER BUSY MAN
TWO Negroes Found Dead--Third
Case Fer Coroner Proved to be
Pulaski County Case.

A negro named Benjamin Dooley
was found dead yesterday afternoon
an the upstairs hallway of one of the
CLANCY houses, 1908 Commercial
avenue adjoining the Glynn building.
The remains were taken to William
Hughes undertaking rooms where at
$3.50 last night Coroner McManus
held an inquest which resulted in a
verdict that deceased came to his
death by natural causes, Doeley was
formerly in the employ OF DR.. Clancy
and lived in the house in which he
was found dead.
A negro named Charles West was
found dead Friday in room at 3109
Commercial avenue. Coroner Nc
Manus held an inquest and the Jury
found that the negro had come to
his death by natural caused
The coroner received a notice
Yesterday that man had been found
living dead on the right OF way Of the
Illinois Central railroad near Cache
While the coroner was looking up a
media of conveyance to Cache a
second message was received stating
that the badly was on the opposite
side of Cache creek and not In Alex.
ander county. DIR. McManus instruct.
ed the sender of the message to mott.
fly the coroner of PULASKI county
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
AT THE CHURCHES TOOA'
President Matthews OF Ewing College
Al Cairo Baptist Church. |. o.
o. r. Memorial at Prcsby.
terrain.

There will be special services at
several of the churches in the city
today.
At Cairo Baptist Church the pulpit
will be filled this morning and even
ing by Rev w, A. Matthews. D. d.
president of Ewing College. who ar.
rived last night from Mt. Vernon
where he delivered commencement
address. He is deeply interested in
the churches of Southern illinois,
AT ithe Presbyterian church this
morning subject will be THE ideal
Government Miss Harriet Carey
will sing a solo at this service. This
evening a memorial service will be
neld for members of Alexander and
Alma Lodges, |. 0. O. r. AT this
service Mrs. Claside Of Centralia viii
sing solos.
Regular services will be held at the
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
Will FEED IAt CROWD
Cairo Bakers viii Be Busy--Ladies
Of Children's Home and
Churches Preparing.

The ..d.as Of the Board OF manag.
ers Of the CtldreA's Home have been
asketl to assist n fixing care OF the
hungry visitors who will be In Cairo
on the Fourth Of Jelly If there is
anything like the crowd Of Visitors
here that are expected the hotels and
restaurants win not be able to ac,
commodate them alli
The ladies will serve lunches,
coffee and refreshments of many
kinds, all day. July 4th in the vacant
store room 61S Commercial avenue.
recently vacated by w. t. Wall &
20.
AL the bakers In Cairo will work
,rerttme Monday and Monday night
ahing bread to help feed the thous-
} rds who will be here at least for Two
aeals on the Fourth
Mrs. John A. Summons chairman
If committee of ladies of the First
Methodist Chuch will open lunch
room in Vincent block on Eighth
street and be prepared to serve the
visitors with lunches and other re-
sreehrnents during the fourth.
Lunches win be served also In the
0andee building on Ohio street by
the ladies' of one of the other
churches.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
COTTON SCHEDULE NEXT
Chairman Underwood Announced
Ways and Means Committee
IL VIII Begin Drafting.

Washington,J .uly .1-Denocratc
Leader Underwood announced today
thu, the ways and means committee
would begin drafting revised cot
ton tariff schedule, next week, sra.
tistics On which a sub committee has
been at work for a month will be
ready then. Mr.. Underwood aided
that there now was a prospect that
the extra session might end August
first. sa
Action In the senate Oh the cotton
schedule probably will be insisted up
IA by the leaders II the upper branch
iisposes Of the reciprocity, free lis,
and wool measures The cotton
schedule will not be ready for ac
ton for two weeks Or more.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
N CREARY WON
PRIMARY RAGE.
FORMER UNITED STATES SENA.
TOR HEADS KENTUCKY
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
JAMES HA0 WALK AWAY.
Congressman From First District Al
vances TO Seat In Senate
~ Lieutenant Governor and
n Auditor In Doubt.

Louisville. KY, July Returns
from the State Democratic primary
from out of the lis counties incom-
plete except Jefferson and Kenton in
dicate that James B. McCreary has
been nominated over William Adams
for governor, that Ollie M. James
made a run away race with Thomas
III. Payntar for the United States
Senate and that James Garrett for
attorney general has an easy victory
Rarksdale Hamlet for superinten-
dent OF public Instruction j. W.
Newman for Commissioners of agricul-
ture and Robert n. Grange for clerk
OF the court Of appeals have been
nominated. 4. N s
Thomas Fl. Rhea for treasurer and
C. s. Crecilius for secretary Of state
had no opposition
The races for lieutenant governor
and auditor of public accounts are in
doubt. &
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
NEW WARFMASTER
John Barry Appointed to Place Left
vancant BY Appointment Of NJ.
s. Esan Chief Police.

John Barry has been appointed
warfmaster for the Cairo Trust Prop
erty, and also win look after the
company's land interests In the Cairo
drainage district. die will assume
the new position today. He has been
for many years connected with the
Cairo City Coal Co.. serving as the
superintendent OF the coal dump In
north Cairo Lately he has been
working for the city inspecting the
paving work.
NJ s. Egan has been wharfmaster
for a year or more UP 10 the time
he was rsappointed chief of police.
Mr. Barry's office win be on the
wharf boat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
ORAN-WOLGAST
BOUT JULY 41H
Affair Exciting More Attention Than
Any Other Since Jeffries and
johnson Met.

Sanfrancisco, July 1.-The twenty
round battle for the hight weight
championship between Adolph Vol
CAST Of Cadillac. Mich, the title
holder ana Owen Maran Of Birming-
ham. Eng, which will take place at
coffroth's oren air arena in this city
on the fourth OF July afternoon is ex-
citing more interest locally than any
other pughstic contest since Jeffries
and johnson met last year In Reno.
Moran and Wolgast are well below
the weight required OF 1873 pounds.
Yolgast's manager today sold his
moving picture rights to the promo
ters and Manager Charles Harvey.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
HEAT RAISED PRICES
Every Staple On Change Went Up
Reports OF Damage To
Wheat Crop.

Caicago, July 1-4FIot weather to-
day raised the price of every staple
on change. The wheat market In par
ticular was effected by apprehension
in regard to what might happen to the
In consequence closing figures were
X and n to " higher than last
night. Corn made net gain Of "
to *. oats " to u Hog products
were 2ls to 32ia.
There were many reports that the
area Of damage to wheat in North
lrtkota was spreading. Other dis
patches told of extremely hig tempera-
ture all over the northwest and de.
clared the crop in South Dakota was
also a failure.
Besides the weather the bulls had
in their favor the fact that deliveries
were unusually small. A decrease in
local stocks at Liverpool helped make
bull support and SO did less favor.
able crop advices from Russia.
The upward tendency o. the market
however was checked by traders be.
ing indisposed to expand commit
ments, three holidays Immediately at
hand proved too much for an obstacle
The clase tone was firm.
The corn crowd paid most atten'
ton to assertions that their pet
cereals had suffered in Kansas from
firing.
Prot taking acted as drive In oats
nevertheless the market displayed
considerable strength. heat and bulge
10 dorm being chiefly responsihls
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
BALLOON CAUSED FIRE
Paper Toy Sent Up Fell On Roof o,
Residence--Fire Department
Called Out.

A paper balloon sent up in front Of
the store of Ehs & Greaney last might
about 10 O'Clock caught fire before
it had gotten very far up BIT the air,
and fell upon the roof or the two
story residence of Capt. Gillespie
SIT Center street. 1t set fire to the
roof Of the house and fire alarm
was turned In. Before the firemen
arrived Capt Gilespies son Daniel
got to the roof and extinguished the
blaze. Only a few shingles had been
burned
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
WOMAN KILLED NEGRO
After Entering House started te
Go Into Her Room--Met BY
Bullets--Woman Fired
Twice..

Fort Worth, Texas, July While
alone in her home with her four year
old child early today Mrs. IL T. GcSl-
win heard a negro tearing away the
fastening Of rear blind. She wait
ed until ne opened a door into her
room, then red twlca, killing him
with bullet through the heart.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
VERY L|TTLt, INSURANCE
Less Than 5000 Held BY Owners Of
Property Destroyed in Future
CITY FRIDAY,

1t shas been estimated that only
about $4,000 to $4,000 OF insurance
was carried by The owners of the bull
dings and coatents that were de
ssroyed by fire at Future city Friday
afternoon. Several of the property
owners are arranging to rebuild
among the number is Sam Pearson
who conducted grocery store. "A
number Of the buildings burned had
been insured, but the insurance ZIP,
Rany having the aigk very recently
pulled out from the Old and returned
the premium for the unexpired time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
FOR new SCHOOL HOUSE
Mound City Securing Ground for
Building to ! Be Erected
Owned by Chicago Man.

N Circuit Clerk Il. p. yesterday, OF
Mound city, went to Chicago to try
To close d deal with George Cording-
ly Of that city for several lots he
owns, which are coveted by the
public schoi building is soon to be-
erected nnd these lots which are
situated in the most desdrabel place
for the purpose are needed. There
Ia d building upon the lots which will
have to- be torn down or removed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
fine WORKS DISPLAY
Men Arrived Friday from Chicago
to Get Everything in Readiness
for Fourth.

The Gregory Fireworks Co, of Chi
cago have three men here to pre-
part for the great fireworks exhibition
to be given on the river Fourth OF
July. The men arrived Friday and
went to work at once. They are
Messrs. Charles Stnppy, Charles Wer
gana ana Walter Martin The most
Or The work required or the men
Ia the building Of the set pieces,
which are constructed here and re
pire some time to arrange.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
REPAIRING THE WIRES
Future City Fire Caused interruption
OF Telegraph and Telephone
service--Poles Burned.

The, fire at Future City caused all
OF the wires from Cairo northward to
be down, one of the poles being com
pletely destroyed, and telephone
service to the north was out for a
few hours. Il. b. Kile an expert
lineman Of Murphysboro, was sent
down Friday evening to fix the Assoc
ciated Press wire for The Bulletin.
which was down. 1t will be two or
three days before Mr.. Kile gets an, OF
the lines in repair. He has several
assistants.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
most SEVERE SINCE TIME or
1906 CAUSES 1uT LITTLE
N DAMAGE.
ONE DIED Or FRIGHT
Several Received Slight injuries In
Jams Trying to Leave Stores
Shocks Felt In Other
Places.

San Francisco, July 1.-TWO earth
quake shocks, the heaviest since the
big shake Of 1906 and separated by
only few seconds Jared the central
portion OF California and western Ne,
vada today. The first sharp shock
experienced at 2:10 O'Clock followed
within a few seconds by one OF SINH.
lar intensity each lasting about five
seconds.
Only trivial damage has been re-
ported from any section but. in San
francisco and other cities In the en-
ected area panic seized upon crowd.
In stores and restaurants and there
was peli NELL exodus from the large
buildings.
One peculiar feature Of the eartf,
luake was that it did no appear To
follow the OLD fault" in the earth
crust which has been the playground
Il treblers in the last but etended
rom the sea coast eastward TO the
sdeurras including hitherto exempt
mountain areas.
It was felt to the northwest OF Sac
ramento in the Sacramento valley,
southward as far as Frisco and to the
east to Carson and Reno. Ney.
Some slight damage done to build-
'ngs in San Francisco. Heavy stanes
IN the cornice OF the Merchants Bank
If the Mechanics Bank builiing were
groved slightly out of alignment;
jupercial cracks were made In several
arge office buildings, cornices of the
lew post Office buildings were disar-
'anged and minor damage was done
10 the interior walls Of a number of
otner buildings.
Within .a few seconds after tiaa
irst shock many down town buildings
we're depopalated an rush to uhe
street. Telephone and telegraph
'eryice was suspended becauHe OF the
operators deserving their posts.
Herbert Hadlay, a lodging house In
nate, fell dead of freight and some
.ases Of hysteris or cut or bruises
uttered in the seni-panic were treat,
I'd at the hospital.
Santa Rosa, which suffered the
rreater in proportion to It's size than
lid San Francisco In the catastrophe
II 1906 scarcely felt today's shoek
San Jose, another heavy sufferer
IN 1906. reported that the shock TO-
lay were the aharpest experienced
,ince that time but they did not 40
serious damage.
Stockton and Fresno people were
frightened by the Earring but there as
lu Sacramento where the state Offices
were deserted In a minute as a result
Of the tremhler the damage to build
ings was triffling.
In Reynolds, New, the shock was
hardly felt hut at Carson 1t was SIC.
we're The federal court was In SEES.
sion in the Nevada hospital and Judge
Jury and attorenys rushed to the
street.
The deep booming reyerbration
which usually marks disturbances Of
a wide spread character accompanied
the first tremor. In San Francisco
the groaning and creaking of the
strong steel structures played large
part in the frightening of people.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
BIG -FOUR LINE OPENED
Party OF Business Men Rode on First
Train From MT. Carmel.
400 Excursionlsts.

Evansville. Ind, July with the
passage Of an excursion trnin bearing
400 Evansville and MT. Carmel lli.,
business men over its tracks today
the new Big -Four line into thls rity
was formally opened.
The line completes the Bik Four'a
Chicago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
PARK HOTEL DESTROYED
Well Known Anna HosteIery Burned
At Loss OF $4,000 Yester.
day.

Anna, H., July 1--Fire early today
destroyed the Park hotel with loss
Of more than 100000. One guest who
was forced to jump from the scond
floor was badly injured. The build
ing was insured and will be rebuilt
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
RESIGNED MANAGEMENT
Edward .. Wheeler AZ Terra l4autc
Club Quits When Pennant
IL Won.

Terre IIaute, iJnly i--IEdward ].
wheeler, who last night won the cen
tral league pennant as manager Of
the South Bend club today resigned
as manager OF the Terre Haute team
and was made free agent by
Louis d. Smith, owner of the fran
chise.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

| hereby warn all persons that
the firing Of firecrackers, blank
cartridges and fireworks will
not be permitted within the city
limits until the Fourth of July
and that no firearms Of any dis
cription will be allowed to be
discharged at any time. under
penalty Of the law. which will
be enforced if Offenders are
caught.
Signed,
M. s. EGAN,
Chief iof Police.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02

Every employer Of labor might DO
worse than to spend Z part Of his day
Of rest in studying the life Of Robert
Owen. born May IA. It'll. He kept
his workinen busy in dull times and
made money By It
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
BLACK HAWCK STATUE
Great Work Of Lorada TAFT pedi
Gated Yesterday At Oregon,
Illinois.

Oregon, ILL.,. July lin the pres
enee Of several hundred people Iora-
do Taft's statute of the Indian chief
Black Hawk was dedicated this after
noon s
The statute which Is forty-sevcn
feet in height stands upon az huge
rock which rises 200 feet above
Rock River. 1t Is made Of r~inforced
concrete. IN
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02

Paris, JrIy III .--Josepn Caillaux,
minister of finance in the tmonis, cabis
net is. the new premier of France.
Premier Monis rendered his resigna-
ton to President Fallieres and rec
commended Caillaux IS the best man
icr Ills successor. Faillieres has fol-
lowed the advice of Monis. Caillaux
one of the ablest of the members
of the latter day school of French
craftsmanship. .E
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
Win Play Transferred Gane--Hender-
son Defeated neutrality-suspicious.
Header AT Hopkins
Vile.
STANDING Of The Kittens.
Where They Play Today.

Where They Play Today.
GAINESVILLE at Cairo.
Vincennes at Paducah.
Henderson at Harrisburg.
Yesterdays Results.
Clarksville IL, Cairo IL.
Hopkinsyille Ms, Fulton Fl.
Henderson T, Harrisburg 6.
Paducah S, Wncennes 2.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
Hts and Errors,

Clarksville. Tenn, July l-4Clarks-
vile won today's game which was
filled with hits and errors. the
game was anybody's until the close.
Of the tenth inning.
Glarksyille's game here tomorrow
has been transferred to Cairo where
the game will be called at o'clock.
II H r
CIarksville ..,......,.....12 Is 4
Cairo ......... .,..v.r... IL IL 8
Batteries: Gill and Horn and Tay-
lar
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
BALL GAMES N
MAJOR LEAGUES
WITH TWO OUTS IN EIGHTH Ia
JOE WINS GAME ron
cLEvELAktt
Shut Out Browns 3 40 0--Chlcaao
Nationals Beat Cincinnati 3 ~
o---Phiiadelphta Won From
Washington.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

= p" AE
New York. July 1--Half Of the hits
made by the New York of Pitchers
Mattern and Griffin were Of the ex-
ira base variety and the locals had
little difficulty in defeating Boston.
r. H e
Boston ......,. .......... 1 - 3
Now lOrk ..s .....h u. 1855 v 10
Batteries: Mattern; Griffin and
Koing; Marquard and Meyers. VIII
son.
Cincinnati. July. 1--aYncinnaH
could not hit McTntrye toIay. except
iR The fifth inning and fast bnse
running spoiled that chance for the
locals. The score.
n III III
Aailcd6o .......l....a...... ~
Cincinnati ...... 10 A.
Batteries: Mcintyre and Graham;
Casper Suggs and Mclean.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02

st. Louis, June lin a fiercely con.
tested game st. Louis won from Pitts
burg today. McKechney and Miller
were put out of the game for pro
testing decisions and Manager Clark
was ordered from the game and lat
ar from the field for selling a ball and
causing mis- players to protest.
Harmon and Iieffeld pitched good
ball The score:
n HE
Pittsplrg .-,..t..........
st. Louis e O
Batteries: Lielfeld and simons;
Harmon and Bliss.
Philadelphia. IuAy 1--PhilaielphIa
defeated Brooklyn in eleven innings
today The score:
RH ID
broOKiyh ..s.s.......'...a ~
philadelphia ...s......... s ~ O
Batteries: Barger. suhardt and
Rucher and Irwin: Ewing and Doom.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
close Game.

Close Game.
Harrisburg, III. July Henderson
won close exciting game here to-
day from the locals. The score:
Henderson ...a........s.7 IL 4
Harrisburg 1880. ..,.,,.. =
Batteries; Wahl and Waller;
Glenn and Overton.
~ "'-',sss Yon Won TWo.
Hopkinsville, KY, July Pitcher
Yon was at the slab for the locals
both games today and won both times.
Score the first game.
r Fl f
Hopkinsville ..........17 16 3
Fulton ................"..
Batteries: Yon and Smith; Shing-
es. Peterson and Blackmore.
Score second game:
r Fl f
Hoplinsville ..n......,. 3
Fulton MISREPRESENTATION. l
Batteries: Yon and smith; Con-
namghton and Summers.
POLE CATS WON.
Paducah, KY, July 1.-The Pole
Cats won today from vincennes, score
5 to 2.
n III T.
Paducah ......o......... 8 . y
VinlcenneS .a.........,..r
Batteries: Brown aud DeRose;
Flynn and Armstrong.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Boston. July six runs in the
third inning when Collins, the local
pitcher was returned won for New
York from Boston The score:
r III 4
New York ..e............. 8 ~ .
Boston ...2 a
Batteries: Ford and Sweeney;
Collins, Moser, Nagel and Nunne-
maker. Williams.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02

Cleveland, July 1--Lajoie today
made his first appearance in game
for Cleveland since May 2s. He bat
ted for Graney in the eighth when
the score stood to with the bases
He'd and two out. He hit over Gala
hams head for two bases and Cleve.
land won to 2. The score:
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02

Batteries: Mcintyre and Graham;
Casper, Suggs and Mclean.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02

Batteries: Gill and Horn and Tay'
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-02

Batteries: Barger, suhardt and
Rucher and Irwin; Ewing and Doom.