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The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

Probably 1t can be stated as safe
proposition that in any other city OF
Cairo's size in the country, if there
should be an average OF three burglar
les or attempted burglaries a night
for a period of ten days with no evi.
dence that the police authorities were
Going any effective work to cneck
them, the executive authorities OF
such town or city would sit up and
4 take notice" And IL the depreda-
tions continued unabated for two
weeks probably 1t would DE concluded
that there was something wrong with
the police government, and meeting
would be called to make an Inquiry.
In Cairo, however, it is different. The
Sadepredations are permitted to go on,
with little or no sign of active inter
est on the part OF the authorities who
appear 10 be content to remain in a
R6sita III ssmnolent perpleMty, some.
what similar to that Of the Ohio man
recently, who sat mp all night because
he couldn't decide which he should
take of lsst, his coat or his shoes.
Tint When n newspaper Welding I'd
this conlfIiints Of scores OF victims,
volunteers to suggest that there is
s5mcthing wrong and thar something
sought I'd To done; then there is the
devil 10 pay: an Investigation"
il had, md the newspaper is proven
guilty NJ 4 villainous attempt TO "hurt
the town"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
UNCLE WALT 11't,s 'sI.

Of cheerful skate who died and went to the
might said Well like
through Of books, and
witt sim pulled his dgers and
aybooks locke them through
andm Your divisions
and Didn't lie and didn't smoke
high
books plainly show but had
fired and
and
roll busted fat she had beg and
heather because
advertise piety of wife
filled the house with
roll chase yourself the dread abode
and the weates always
realm Of Would jar the till they'd jump
place another sky
sss.s s:sa :.. s L0aakz1laeo1
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
The evening contemporary sug

The evening contemporaries sug
gestion that people show good TEN.
per" in the midst of their troubles
with thieves is a good one and ought
to be generally followed. If a
strange gentleman comes into your
house at midnight or in the small
hours treat him politely. After he
has tuFned your home up-side-down
and left you what he didn't want, do
not get excited and undigni6ed, and
make an unseemly dash for the tele-
lshone to cali the police; but com
pose yourself, step blithely or sedate.
ly (either will do) over to the side
board Or the center table, and take
look at your tBilllkin" tickle his
feet and see him smile"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

PERSONS AT the COull. HtSt WINS
nave the right ring and the right
snap, and they carry with them the
force and determination that be-
speak the indoniatb!e courage of the
nan. Judge Kimbrough is not the
man to weaken nor to sneathe his
word unfi' the fight lis ended, ami
whatever the politicians may say or
10 to DISTRICT or hinder the investi-
cation. he will be found at mis- post OF
duty demanding that the law be en-
forced and that every guilty man Ne
punished. Judge kimbrough is no
strange to the horde of human nv
enas that would now overwhelm HIN
with slanderous reports and basest
insinuaticns He has met them before
and on many occasions, and he has
heard them bark and snarl as he has
ruth them to cover in many fight.
They fear him now more than eve"
before, and In their last stand they
have tarown away all sense OF shame
and decency and are openly defying
the law, the court and the PEOPLE.
What will be the outcome remains to
be seen. but we feel amply justified
in predicting that when the battle IS
over and tine smoke is cleared away,
the stars and stripes will be seen
proudly floating over the Vermilion
on,rt,, no,,r. hnnvn and Tn ,hyva Kin,
brough will be proclaiming from the
bench that law and justice have pre-
vailed and that the saneity of the
ballot had been restored and pre-
served II different result fellows,
then will Danville have greater rea.
sons than ever before to hang her
head In shame and humiliation.
Human progress has been haltet
and opposed at every step IN its NJ
ward course 1t took centuries to
work out The problem Of popular gov.
crnment aud TO establish govern
lnient in which the people rule.
Against every step OF progress the
same forces have been hurled that
nov stand in the way of an !ntel,igen,
and an unsullied ballot. BY constant
ana by desperate struggles have hui
man rights and Liberties ayanced. AMI
they are still beset by every form OF
evil that has ever oppressed the ilu-
man race. The battles that we are
! fighting are no different in principle
nor OF less importance than were
/ those that gave immortal fame to our
forefataers Of colonial days. The
wrongs committed by Great Britain
were no less destructive of human
rights than are the crimes. committed
by the election bribers or Danville.
If our forefathers had set down an |
waited for Great Britain to grant
them independence VIC world today
be subjects to the British crown.
Trey took up arms and drove England
/ across the sea. If the people Of Dan
vile sit still and wait for our election
bribers to stamp out bribery, for our
politicians to purify politics, and fo1
our public grafters TO return their loot
then shall we continue to wallow In
corruption There are but two paths
leading from the present investigA-
tion One leads upward to law AMI
order and justice and good govern.
ment. The other leads downward to
every form of ignominy and crime.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
They sto'e Flours

Two negroes, J, Connie Parker ara
Nose Moore. said to re employ az
the Fl. T.. Halliday Mi ing Co, are
aqc,ysed OF steallaG -four from mo
mill They are supposed to have car
ried ii away sack at a time aHf MD
it. Saturday nsoraing between | and
2 cclork several policemen surround
cd the horse In which they lived near
Twenty-hfth and Poplar streets aud
getting both men, placed them in jan
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
DIRECTORY

Cairo Alexander County, Illinois,
Population 13,147.
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
N Clerk. r. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer. FRANK B. ARM
STRONG.
City Attorney, HUNTER BIRD.
\ Comptroller, ERNST WORKMAN.
Mag. strate. ANDREW WIITCAMP
Chief Of Police. j. G. COWELL.
Alexander County, Population 27,461.
County Judge. w. s. DEWEY.
County Clerk. JESSE e. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN.
Sheriff. A. S. FRASER.
Estates Attorney,gAI.Ex M.WILsON
County Superintendent OF Schools,
MRS, FANNIE P. HACKER
Assessor and Treasurer. W.D. LIP.
PITT.
Coroner, DIR. JAS. M'MANUs.
Board Of County Commissioners.
}, ], JENNELLE Chairman.
G. Y NEFF.
DIR. HlWIN CAUSE. \"
' H Is
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
A DEFIANT COURT.

That Danville, Ill, ds much excited
over the vote buying inquiry by the
grand Jury may be judged from the
following editorial In the Press Demo
cfst a Friday morning.
Judge Kinbrough Is quoted as
saying that mo political gang or fac
iion vii: be permitted to hinder this
bribery investigation by casting as
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

gers on the trains following the test
ing engines were Capt. N. B. This
tlewooi, Jno. #. Rector, T w. Gan
non, p Mahoney, Dan Sullivan and
w. H. jackson, and also John and
Robert Greaney and Byron and Harry
Ellis. The measurement Of the bridg
proper was given as 1860 feet: Of
the Illinois approach 5,S27 feet, and
OF the Kentucky approach 1884 feet,
a total leagtn of 20,iS1 feet.
4. 4. A. Bidders handsome new front
to the Builder Block was completed be-
fore the end of October, and he moved
his jewelry stock into it.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
December Circulation.

The bove issa correct statement 0
TN circulation Of The Cairo Bulletir
sor the year 1919 and for the Month
Of December 1910.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before N
this 5th day Of January, 1911.
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

Another sS50,00O is wanted to raise
the Maine. ii will be worth all it
may cost to find ont that the war
with Spain was justified And even
If the opposite should be shown, 1t
may serve to teach our war-hungry
fellows wholesome lesson.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
Swallowed Toothbrush Fatal.

Howard Bolton, on whom an inquest
was held at the London. England, hos.
pital, died from the effects of swal-
lowing a toothbrush while endeavor-
ing 10 dislodge a piece of meat that
had stuck in his throat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
rouna Equivalent.

did you discover the north pole?"
Not exactly" replied the explorer.
Put ! found place that was sufl--
GENTLY cold and lonely to be itN prac
veal eqnivalcgt"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
solo Stock. WAGONS. &c.

Byron Herbert has sold to Sheriff
Fraser eight lead CT mules, four wa
soas, b3rncrs. anal sew raj agri'rl'
tural implements which he used In
c,lltivating hts corn land oWside the
lnvee. AS soon as the weather re-
it's Mr.. Fraser will continue tie
work Of filing the low streets nortA
Of Twenty-frst and west of walnut
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairo Bull
NIX lettn printed daily and Sunday
during the year 1910 .........22si
Average number Of complete and
perfect copies Of The Cairo Bull
letin printed daily and Sunday
during the month of December
1910 .... .2587
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Bought a Home.

Harris e, Wright sold to Texanna
Gosen, by warrantee deed lots and
G, block 2, Feuehter and Lansden's
addition for $1,400 The house mum
Der is 361l Washington avenue.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
stiII AUDITING County Books.

The county commissioners after
auditing tae looks of ex,Shenf Fire
D. Nellis, will PROBABLY cheek up the
books of ex.CArcuit Clerk Lee b.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
WAS ONLY A ''MQOCHER''
Man Who Selected Dark Place or
Ninth Street to Beg For Money
Aroused Suspicion.

a little stir was created on Ninth
street near the Old electric rover
house last night when several polio
hunted in the neighhorhood for a man
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

There are to be no more horse cars
in New York after this year. Shucks:
Cairo reached that point years aga
and Murphysboro and Paducah fol
lowed suit.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
Science Of Earmlnn

The science Of farming is not as
much IN trying % take out of the soil
every pound It will yield as In putting
back what It will hold.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
Vacuum ExnIained

Nss Wigs John. what is an abb
bolute Vacuum Nfiggs-"An abso.
Lutte vacuum. my dear. is something
that exists only In your mind"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

Might bring some of those Tnebes
deputy shsriffs down here to give the
Cairo boys pointers on how to clt5a
Il 'e141
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
Making Straw Braid.

Straw braid Of fire quality is made
Melgc times as rapidly as by hand
18th machine which Chinaman
as invented
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
-pIneuIt.

There's no danger" said the doc
tor ITS only q carbuncle coming on
me back of your neck But you must
keep your eve on IT,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
PERSONAL MENIoN

Mrs. Charles Scnu;er and Mrs. Johh
Mcneil OF Mound City, were shopping
in Cairo yesterday
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

TIL. evening contemporary Will
take rest today. 1t needs one day
ont az ever seven to primp up its
halo.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

The Bulletin 10 On sale n the sol
lowing places:
coleman's, 7o2 Commercial Avenue
ttsiIIday House Nsws stand.
Elns Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

wlo hauled coal for several local coal
dealers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

Davis, which It is stated has never
been d6re by the board.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

On TIE morning OF October 10th,
the great Illinois Central biidge was
formally opened for traffic. A large
number Of Illinois Central Officials
from various parts Of the country
were present to witness the structure
tested and to make Inc first trip there
on, Among these were President
Fish and Vice President Hartman.
The local |. c. officials were repro
sented by Jos. w Wenger, CONNER
cial agent, John II. Jones, ticker
agent, and others Nine mogul en-
gines, coupled together were sent
over the bridge to East Cairo, where
a tenth engine was added, and all
were brought back to the Illinois sios,
Among the engineers in charge of
these engines were M, Eagan, George
Adams and J. O'Connell Among the
citizens OF Cairo who were passen
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29

Mr. e, =, Ellis returned from st.
Louis, having seen and heard q gra-
phophone, most wonderful invention
CT Edisons, which had been on exhi-
bItion at the st. Louis exposition.
This new talking machine was graph
callyd esfribed in n long Telegram ar.
ticle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-29
CAIRO IN 1889
..t+%+-..%.--%%++-%~~...-.

Mr.. c. T Calhoun, wife and child
arrived from MEREDITH, Ark, late in
October, to make Cairo their future
home.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-19

The great men of Oregon could not
have come to Oregon, but for Colum-
bus. We would not have been here
holding a session of the legislature,
but would have been figuring out
what particular tribe of Indians we
happened to Sslong to.
Mckinney again applied the lash of
humor by asking that Adams birth
day be made a holiday. daughter
Abrams said making a legal holi-
day would cost the state $4,000
Clyde moved a call of the upper
house, and speaker ruled all present.
On rollcall % voted for the bill
and it was declared lost
Clyde, who had voted for the bill,
changed his vote to the majority, in
order to be able to move a reconsid-
Grafton. The bill will come up again
and will undoubtedly pass by a good
majority.
HOuse-Wednesday p. m.
Resolution by Smith to fix compen-
sation of all clerks and stenograph-
ers.
Resolution by Pierce, that all sim
liar resolutions be referred back at
same time.
New Bills Introduced.
No. 120, AIMEE, to prevent assign
ment of wages.
No. 121, Jones, amend Clackamas
county fair.
No. 1872, Bryant, prevent fraudu-
lent disposition of personal property
No, 1913, Miller of Columbia, rela-
, tive to costs in suits for wages.
J No. 1874, Church, naval military
bill and naval board of five.
| No. 1p5, Abrams, to amend cor
poration law.
! No. 1875, Johnson, for additional
grounds at Champoeg.
No. 1877, Pierce, for appointment
of road masters.
No. 1913, Powell, amend county
treasurer act.
No. 129, Ambrose, to regulate op-
tometry.
No. 1870, Neuner, to abolish school
holidays.
No. 131, Shaw, requiring the net
weight marked on goods.
1 No. 1872, Abrams, for establishing
foreign corporations.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-19

demands of woman. Having no clue
to the father of the child she does
not spare him in her arguments.
All at once Frank Ware herself be-
comes involved in a net Of suspicion,
since the artists who are her friends
are busybodies. A tale is carried
concerning the peculiar resemblance
borne by the child to a member Of
their community. In startling man
ner she suddenly finds that the man
she loves and has idealized and who
is the cause of her bitter fight
against men, is the father of the
child.
"a Mans World" is said to be
study of realism, replete with highl!
dramatic features, relieved with com
edy, and telling an intense story. |
is the most successful play in whicl
Mary Mannering has appeared TO
many years. The role she takes al
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-19
COLUMBUS
DISCOVERY
HOLIDAY
vs THREE VOTES IN HOUSE
la and WILL BE PUT THROUGH
ON RECOMMENDATION.

hiu 70 make the day Column
~ discovered the naw world a holi-
Uu9 " ros brought up for third read
ing. 49, hu1 go over
until Mr.. Cole could return.
Fouts explained that Mr.. Cole was
10 nresent soon. October l4th
marked the epoch of the greatest dis
royery in the world. There were
~. holidays enough. Sunday was
5ov of rest and worship. More holi-
5avs we're benefit to laboring peo-
pie. oIo,
teacher and official in Oregon would
have to be paid in full for that day.
Clvde wondered why we honored
al other great heroes but not Co
,rmhus? Eighteen other states hon
ored this day. We named our conti-
,ent after Americus Vespucius, the
Dr Cook of his day and time. Other
.tstes had 10, IL and Is holidays
oregon had but six. This was debt
long overdue Mr.. Clyde made q
hriet but eloquent plea for Column
bus day.
Eaton and Clements were inclined
IN become humorists on this occasion
II was the one bill that all the Port
land delegates were agreed upon
Laughter.
Mckinley thought Oregon owet
more to men like Robert Gray. Lewis
and Clark Whitman, John McLaugh
lin and other heroes who had savet
this territory, than to Columbus. HI
would make Columbus day a nationa
holiday but not state holiday.
Abrams wanted to honor F. y
Matthew instead of Columbus.
BOnebrape had great respect 70
Columbus and for holidays, but h
would vote no
Brownhill favored the bill. Octob
er IA, the rush of farm work wa
over He was NOT a native of Ore
gon or the United States. But TO
Columbus he could not enjoy thes
liberties and he honored Columbu
as much as he did Lincoln and Wash
ingtOn.
FOuts closed the debate and re
piled to Gill of Wasco. School teach
erS would have more to do on ths
day, II it was celebrated as a holida!
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-19

Drop by drop the offensive dis
charge caused by Nasal Catarrh falls
from the back of the nose into the
throat, setting up an Inflammation
/ that is likely to mean Chronic Bron-
chitis. The most satisfactory remedy
for Catarrh is Ely's Cream Balm, and
the relief that follows even the hrst
application cannot be told in words.
Don't suffer a day longer from the
discomfort of Nasal Catarrh. Cream
Balm is sold by all druggists for 6O
cents, or mailed by Ely Bros, 90
Warren street. New York.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-19

fords her notable opportunity 10 dis
play the varied phases Of woman's
character, when confronted by obsta-
cles in the conflict of circumstances.
The Messrs. Shuberts who manage
Miss Mannering have surrounded her
with dignifled supporting company.
Prices, soc, $1.OO, $3.50 and $2.0O
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-19
A Reliable Cough Medicine

Is a valuable family friend. Foley's
Honey and Tar fulfills this condition
exactly. Mrs. Charles Kline, N. Sth
St., Easton, Pa, states: Several
members of my family have been
cured of bad coughs and colds by
the use of Foleys Honey and Tar and
| am never without bottle in the
house. 1t soothes and relieves the
irritation in the throat and loosens
up the cold. l have always found 1t
a reliable cough cure and do not hes
itate to recommend 1t highly" For
la grippe coughs and stuffy colds, for
children and grown persons and for
delicate people use only Foley's Hon.
ey and Tar. Contains no opiates.
Red Cross. Pharmacy.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-19

Ware who having adopted an illegiti-
mate child, is so impressed with the
injustice visited upon it, that she de-
votes her literary talents in demand
ing the same law for the man as the
woman, and that woman should ex-
pect in man the same honor that man
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-19

Mary Mannering will be the attrac-
tion at the Grand Opera House, jan
uary 81. She will be seen in "A
Mans World" which ran for some
months in New York, at the Comedy
Theater. The new role in which Miss
Mannering will be seen is that of a
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-19

ave daily paper giving you reliable information as
proceedings Of the present State Legislature
The Detroit times., 1911-10-06

the church of which he has been the
popular and well-beloved pastor for 50
many years. A few close friends OF
the priest gathered around his hos
pitable board. Wednesday evening. In
celebration OF the day.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-06

The 5 and 6-year-olds. whether they
are boys or girls, delight In playing
horse. The mother may easily teach
her children, even II OF these tender
years. how to make reins. nothing
more Is needed for this knitting than
a spool. four tacks, a bent hair-pin
and some worsted.
These illustrations of the spool
knitter" may remind you of your own
childhood. Though there "a nothing
new In making worsted horse reins
on a spool, II Is just as fascinating
an occupation for children today as
Il was % years ago.
In place OF the old-time pins drive
three or four doublepointed lacks
(Nos. 3 or 10 are the correct sIze)
into one end Of a spool. To keep the
worsted from slipping OF the lacks.
press the points close together and
bend the top OF the tack slightly out
ward
Different colored worsteds can be
tied together for the reins. This
utilizes the odds and ends you may
have on hand. while the variety
makes the work more interesting to
the child.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-06
MRS. KEILY's SUIT FAILS.
Charge OF Fraud Against business Msr
Not Established.

Judge Van Zile directed q verdict IN
favor of the defendants In the case OF
Mrs. Mary Ellen Kelly against Charles
II. Clements, Of the Hotel Metropole;
Bruce Goodfellow. former Detroiter
but now a resident Of New York, and
George w. Renchard and Chas. b.
Marshall, well-known tailors, who are
officers and stockholders In the Cen
trail American Commercial Co.
Mrs. Kelly charged the men with
fraud, claiming that because of false
representations she was induced 70 In
vest $500 In q plantation In Hon
duras, when II turned out later that
the company had no title to the lands.
The big dividends promised her were
never paid, she alleged, and she
brought suit for $4,000 damages.
Judge Van Zile held that the suit
should have been against the com
pany, and not against the individuals.
az the defendants were not members
Of the company at theAtime Mrs. Kelly
made her investment He also held
that the plaintiff had failed to prove her
charges OF Misrepresentation, although
as things turned out later she appar-
entity had been mislead. Mrs. Kelly
purchased her stock In 1901 and the
defendants did not become Identified
with the company until 1902. Judge
Van Zile also said that many OF the
representations made to Mrs. Kelly
were correct, despite the fact that the
Investment turned out disastrously.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-06

noIJuHToN. Mich. Oct. k.-over one
I&-..&nd public school teachers from
= IN |xor northern Michigan attending
ne annual meating Of the upper Ren,s '
|-,.~-1 q fhroe-dayn' session here to-
several educators OF national
.<ominsnoe are also attending ths