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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19
hcemher Circulation.

The bove. is correct statement o
the circulation of The Cairo Bulletir
FOR the year 1919 and for the Month
of December 1910.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before n
this 9Th day Of January, 1911.
LEO J. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19
OKLAHOMA SURE "pRY,"

Oklahoma City, Jan. 1S-The lower
house Of the legislature today passed
new prohibition bill which abolish.
es the state dispensary and enfnrcs-
nlent department, requires the ne
truction of coniiscated liquor, AMI
n'akes a habitual violator subject to
punishment by imprisonment of from
one 70 FIVE years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19
The Bulletin 10 on sale at the fol
lowing places:
coicman's, ZOE Commercial Assnus
Halliday House News stand.
Glue Front Restaurant.

In the state senate measure has
been introduced by Senator Barr max
ing the recall per cent, in the Com
mission form law to % instead Of Is
as it now stands. Doubtless this fig
ura will be raised before the bill is
passed. but it should not go above
So per cent.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number Of complete and
perfect copies Of The Cairo Bull
letia printed daily and Sunday
\ during the year 1910 ........, 22sI
Average number of complete and
perfect copies Of The Cairo Bull
N letin printed daily and Sunday
q during tho month Of December
1910 . ......... .25s
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19
r. he Restaurant.
r.. .he Restaurant.
"Pah. waiter. How long do you keep
eggs here"
Until ate. slrN kipr!ueotts.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo Alexander County, Illinois,
Population 13,147.

Cairo Alexander County, Illinois,
Population 13,147.
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, r. A. HATCHER,
Treasurer, FRANK b. ARM
STRONG.
City Attorney HUNTER BIRD.
Comptroller, ERNEST WORKMAN.
Mag strate. ANDREW WHITCAMP
Chief Of Police, j. c. COWELL.
Alexander County, Population 27,461.
County Judge, W. S. DEWEY.
County Clerk, JESSE E. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN.
Sheriff, A. S. FRASER.
States Attorney, ALEX 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.
]. J. JENNELI.E Chairman.
G. V. NEFF.
DIR. EDWIN CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19
UNCLE SAM LOST MONEY,

Because all the exposltions that
have heen held have been losing prop.
lcsiticns Nh fat as the federal govern
IAent II concerned congress Is going
Sow Ia the matter Of deciding
N hetLsrB tho Panama AFFAIR shall! be
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19

working for months to induce the
navy department to make this pur-I
chase and have only now met with
success.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19

Supt Thos, Lewis of the street rail-
way line, announced a change in the
manner Of running care from 20tl
street north, so as to save annoy
anee to passengers in the changing
OF horses Transfer tickets will be
given to those who wish tnem, ana
they will have to tarry very few min
utes al 20ln and 2Sth street stations,
AT goth they can sample Raggio's
fruits and Lohr's temperance bever-
ages. AT 18th, they can price Me-
Gahey's groceries or listen to his chin
music.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19

Christopher Columbus Wick ami
Miss Josephine Coakley were married
at the Arlington Motel on July 1Sth. by
John II Robinson. Both parties to
the ceremony were popular school
teachers in the county A brother
and sister OF the bride witnessed
the marriage.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19

The members OF the Elite Social
Club and few invited guests made
the round trip to Paducah on the
steamer New South on July 18Th. In
the party were Mrs. VI. F. Gilbert,
chaperone, Misses Birdie Orr. Mollie
Riley. Nellie Gilbert, Mary Baker, ana
Messrs. Ned Halliday, Sam Halliday,
Walter Wood and others.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19

Ellis E. Cox. a former Messenger
on IKE Iron Mountain Route, was
made local agent Of the Pacific Elk
press office in Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-19
CAIRO IN 1899

The Master Painters Association
gave the ionrneymen painters a ban.
quet at Uncle Joe's hotel on the
might OF July 1lth. ]. c. Fischer was
president Of the association and S, CE.
Ward treasurer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31

is organized to be helpful in doing
what the organized workers of Amer.
lea deem should be done"
Tom l.. Lewis, retiring president OF
the United Mine Workers, says that
after April l he will go back to the
manuel labor OF the mines. II is un-
derstood that advances have been
made to Lewis with a view OF gaining
from him certain information that
could be used against the miners, this
information having been gained dur.
ing his term of office. Lewis says: ~
have pledged my word never to So,
my knowledge to friends or represen.
tatives of the cause which the miners
are fighting for living wages and
hours"
The committee in charge of the pro.
gram for the convention OF the inter.
national typographical union to be
held in San Francisco next August, is
working up splendid souvenir book.
let to contain 200 pages, with colored
illustrations and first class half.tone
pictures.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
Yenaman Sentenced.

Madison, Neb. March rs Specie,
to The News Tom Slayin. me Of the
four men who tried to rob the Mea.
dow Grove bank last summer, plead.
ed guilty in district court here today
and was sentenced by Judge \ a.
WEIGH to ten years In the pcn,ten.
tiary.
Slavin was the only one of four
bank robbers captured. He was taken
at the Norfolk Junction depot on the
evening of the attempted robbery.
The other three, after gun battle
with officers, got away.
The dynamiting occurred one San.
day morning. The yeggmen finally
gave up their attempt to get into the
money vault and, stealing a team,
drove into the country toward Nor
folk They abandoned the team and
hid III the woods all day. AT night
they were traced to the Norfolk June.
ton depot where they were rounded
up. Officers tried to arrest them and
bullets flew. All got away but Slavin.
Slavin said the plan to rob the
bank was framed up in Norfolk. II,
T.. Mason, cashier of the bank that
was dynamited, wrote letter severe
iy censuring the Norfolk police, de
claring that under present conditions
robbers and hold-up men could make
headquarters in Norfolk and be un
molested.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS QUIT.
Legislature Adjourns After Having
Fulfilled Its Pledges.

Sacramento, Calf, March 2S.-The
California legislature adjourned after
enacting into laws practically all the
reforms on which Governor Johnson
made his campaign as a progressive.
Among the more important laws plac-
ed on the statute books were the fol.
lowing:
Enlarging the powers of the railroad
commission; authorizing the physical
valuation of railways; prohibition of
the employment of women for more
than eight hours a day; the Oregon
primary law; the Australian ballot;
abolishing party emblems and an anti.
betting law.
The following constitutional amend.
ment will be appealed:
For the initiative and referendum; ;
for the recall of elective officers. in.
Guiding the judiciary; for women's
suffrage eliminating technical error
as a ground for reversal in criminal
cases
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
House Passed the Oils Bill.

Lincoln, March 25.-Ollis' stoCkyards
bill passed the house by vote OF n 20
81, with eight members absent
The house killed H. K. 1872. proyid.
ing for non.partisan control of state
institutions, by vote of SO to AZ. The
53 votes were for the bill, but since It
requires a constitutional amendment,
it would have taken 60 votes to put 1t
through.
The house also killed H. X. 403, fix.
ing fire insurance rates by scale pre-.
sumed to be uniform. The vote was
Al for and 81 against.
II. Il. 500, fixing a penalty upon the
board of public lands ana buildings or
contractors who permit the expendi.
ture to exceed the appropriation for II,
The senate passed the following IL
Il. PA, providing state aid for building
and maintaining bridges over l50 feet
wide; IL. Il. 40, by Potts. permitting
the state treasurer to sell school Sc.
curities; S. +. 273, by Placek making
reapportionment OF representatives
and senators.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
LABOR NEWS AND NOTES.

In San Francisco the labor unions
are helping Sacramento BARRIERS in
their protest against union men slip
ping by" white shops where fair bust
ness is done to the Japanese shops,
where-the rest is understood.
During 1910 the brotherhood of
painters, paper hangers and decorat-
ors of America, increased its member
ship by 1000. The total membership
of the organization now exceeds 49,.
900.
1t is the general opinion of labor
leaders that until the expressmen and
the express companies in New York
and surrounding cities come to some
thorough understanding, there will be
frequent outbreaks OF strikes, among
the expressmen If not more serious
walkouts than those which have oc-
Cured recently. The general opinion
of sympathizers with the expressmen
seem to feel that they will lose out in
the end, although they believe the ex'
pressmen to be right in their de-
mands, until a complete understand
ing Is arrived at between employers
and employees.
AS a result of certain appeals that
have reached him, President Gompers
has sent out the following letter: 1.-THE
American Federation Of Labor can not
enforce the payment OF the levy OF an
assessment, can not impose fines on
any organization for any cause and
! can not do anything which conflicts
with anybody's ideas. The federation
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
Both Stehrs Are Indicted.

Madison, Neb. March 2S.-Special
to The News: Henry Stehr of Nor
folk was indicted for murder in the
first degree and his wife, Minnie Stehr,
for murder in the second degree, by
the Madison county grand jury last
week, in connection with the death
of Mrs. Stehr's little 3.year-old son,
Kaurt who died after his feet had
been frozen off at the family's Edge
water home last January. The Stehrs
will not be tried at this term of court.
Richard Walton was indicted for
his attack upon a Madison man in a
fight; Quinlan and Shay, two men held
for stealing silk from the killian store
in Norfolk, were indicted. Shay this
morning pleaded guilty.
Slavin, the self-confessed Meadow
Grove would-be bank robber. was ar
raigned today and It was thought he
would plead guilty.
Almost ali jury cases have been con
tinued.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
Many pales Went Down.

Another snow storm, driven by high
north wind, settled down upon Nor
folk and this territory Tuesday morn
ing. For time the ground was cover
ed with Wilderness. The weather man
forecasted fair and colder weather.
Ninety-five telephone poles Of the
Nebraska Telephone company were
broken and laid low between Hadar
and Foster Sunday night by the ter
rife wind which put out OF commits
sion ten of the wires strung in that
section. Monday noon there was but
one wire working on the Hadar line
and no word of the loss reached the
Company's office in this city until late
Monday afternoon. 1t is expected that
the gang of linemen at work making
the necessary repairs will find more
broken poles on the east and west line
between Foster and P.ainview and be
tween Plainview ana Osmond.
The wire chiefs office reported at
o'clock Monday morning that they
suffered no loss and that only few
wires had been interrupted by Sun
farmers from the vicinity of Hadar
notified Manager G.. 7. Sprecher that
many poles were broken down neal
Hadar and Pierce and later reports
came in to the effect that in all sixty
five poles between Hadar and Pierce
and thirty between Pierce and Eos
ter were down. Most of the poles
we're broken close to the ground while
in many cases they were snapped neal
the cross arms.
Foreman Kelley arrived last nigh
from the north line and with his gant
left for the Plainview and Brunswick
line where it is reported more pole'
may be down. Foreman Slaybaugl
and his crew of linemen are hard a
work putting the Hadar and Pierce
line in condition.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31

there, taking one door with 1t into the
middle of the street and smashing the
other three into kindling. When he
reached the street, he put on the emer.
gency brake and ran down the alley,
and it is supposed that he found him.
self discovered by some boys who were
playing nearby.
The only description they could give
was that he was dressed in overalls
and had on an overall jacket. His
partner was undoubtedly on the look.
out for intruders.
The wind shield was broken and one
of the tenders bent out of shape, but
otherwise the car was uninjured.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
FAIL TO BREAK DEADLOCK.
New York Democratic Caucus Will Be
Reconvened Tonight.

Albany, N. Y, March 2S.-The sec.
ond democratic legislative caucus fail
ed last night to select a candidate for
United States senator and was called
to reconvene tonight. Twenty-Five
candidates were voted for, William
F.. Sheehan leading with vote of rs,
less than a third of those taking part.
Those receiving the next highest votes
were: Augustus VanWyck, Z; lisa
dore Straus, 5; John f. Fitzgerald, 6,
and Daniel F. Cohalan, 4.
Senator Bracket said he had re.
ceived telegram from ex-senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew releasing the re-
publicans from their caucus pledge to
vote for him as the minority candi
date.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
NEW WAY TO BURY THE DEAD
Milwaukee Socialists VIII Place Them
In Vacuum Vaults.

A great mausoleum large enough 10
hold 1000 bodies, which are to he
sealed in vacuum vaults and preserved
by new method, is planned for Mil
waukec by the Socialist administra-
ton, which proposes to establish mu-
hiCipal burial crypts.
There are many who do not believe
in cremation our method is a step be
tween 1t and ordinary burial, and it is
Just as sanitary" said w. 5. Halliday,
secretary of the Wisconsin MauSolcum
company, which has been organized
by the Socialist promoters to erect the
new building. our method relieves
burialsof lis abhorrcnt features"
The building. POO by - feet, will
stand in the center Of about five acres
of park.
Private family compartments. with
names o'cr the entries and Of arCht.
lecture TO suit the purcha ser, may BE-
secured, as we'll as individual cryptR.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
HOW TRAIN WAS WRECKED.
Crash Came Without Warnins-sodes
are Recovered.

CECILIA, Ga, March 25.-Seven per.
sons were killed and more than doz.
en- injured when the Dixie flyer on the
Atlantic Coast line, running between
Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla, was
wrecked on trestle over the Alapaha
river near here at 1920 o'clock this
morning.
The first and second class coaches
and the first Pullman sleeper went
into the river carrying away about
400 feet Of the trestle,
The known dead:
w. Culpepper.
o. F.. Bomwart, Henderson, Ky.
Mrs. w. d. Fletcher, Rowland, Ill.
Conductor Charles j. Parnell, Sa-
vannah, Ga.
Express Messenger Woodward.
Fireman Lucius Ellis, colored.
Porter Whiddon colored.
The injured include:
Express messenger, and Baggage
master Powell, serious.
W. T. Perkins, Cattlesburg, Ky.
Mrs. o. +. Bomwark, Henderson, Ky
NICK NdHDOnutuleD, GTdnu hapluS
Mich.
Peter Gerlof, Holton, Mich.
Mrs. j. p. Klein and 3.year ole
daughter, st. Louis.
w. F. Francis, Charlottesville, Ind
Axle On Engine Breaks.
According to reports of some of the
passengers who came to CECILIA, the
crash came without warning. 1t was
caused by the breaking of an axle OF
the engine when midway of the Ions
trestle.
The coaches in the river are abou
ten feet under water, and it is said the
list of dead may be increased wheI
the debris is cleared. Seven bodie
had been recovered at noon and thu
injured were brought here and will b.
sent to the Atlantic Coast Line hosp
tai at Wacross, Ga.
Early Reports Exaggerated.
First reports OF the wreck we're L
the effect that the entire train wen
into the river and that forty person
were killed outright. The scene OF tn
wreck Is in a remote section OF tn
state and 1t was several hours befor
accurate information was obtainable.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
TlLLMAN AWAITING THE END,
Can Never Recover. Says the Senator,
though Looking We'll.

United States Senator Benjamin X.
Tillman OF South Carolina admitted
that he is in hopeless condition Of
health HOd riIHj ;u that remains for
HIM j. Ia await the end
The senator wien told that he was
looking better than might be expected
from tn" newspaper accounts OF his
condition said:
My appearance mislehds every one.
look well. and tell people | am
well, hut | find when | try to do the
things that formerly did and wish to
now that am weak and not able to
do much. | shall never recover from
the stroke which caused my collapse
at Washington"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
Bankers Approve Aldrich Plan.

Washington, March %. The cur
rency committee of the American
Bankers association, representing ~
600 of the $4,000 banks of this country,
unanimously approved the Aldrich
plan of monetary reform. They will
offer some slight notifications in the
technical detail of the Aldrich plan,
but they approve of the principal fea-
lures and will suggest the adoption of
the Aldrich statement by the national
monetary commission.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
CROWS COLLEGE IS OPEN.
Professor Is Seen Instructins = Class
In Corn Pickina.

The celebrated Winsted (Conn) his
torian asserts that Worthwhile wom-
an who drove to New Milford saw a
flock of crows formed in a circle and
facing the center, where one crow
stood. This crow would bend over and
touch his bin to the ground. Those
in the circle would initiate him. Then
he would flap his wings and cav, and
his audience would do the same. Once
he nearly stood on his bill, and the
whole circle promptly tried to do like
wise
Farmers think the instructor came to
Worthwhile to give local crows lessons
on how To get newly sOwn corn out OF
the ground. So the farmers will place
scnrccrowS equipped with bells about
their fields this spring
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
THWART AUTO THIEF.
Bold Attempt to Steal Car Out Of
Garaqe Fooled.

SaTd9c roncu'
Hooper, Neb., March 90. An at
tempt was made about 1890 o'clock
on Saturday night to steal DR.. B. B.
Hauser's automobile from the garage
of Monnich & Monnich, but the thief
was scared away before he finished
the job, though he succeeded in COM
pletely wrecking the front doors Of
the garage.
DR.. Hauser came In with his Velie
car about a half hour before, and
shortly afterward George Bullock. who
is employed there, saw two men look
ing through the windows as he was
getting ready to go home. The doors
are left unlocked, so it was no trouble
to gain entrance to the building. II
appears that the four doors which are
hung on hinges were opened but blew
closed as the thief backed the car out
of the garage. At any rate, the car
went out just as II there were no doors
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31

left on the Nebraska side, is the foun-
dalton of suit begun in the federal
district court by the South Dakota
Cattle and Land company OF Sioux
city, Ia, against residents OF South
Dakota and Nebraska. The value of
the land is placed at $4,000 and the
cattle company says it purchased and
improved it, The Nebraska claimants
allege it belongs to them by rght OF
action. They are now in possession.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
Gear Bio Shin Lost.

Brisbane, Australia, March 2S.-
Cargo from the overdue interstate
steamer Yongala, bound from Towns.
vile to Macky with sixty.eight pas.
sengers and crew of seventy, was
washed ashore today. 1t is feared that
the vessel has been lost. The Yon.
gala is owned by the Adelaide Steam.
ship company of Adelaide. She was
built at Newcastle in 1903. She regis.
tered | 1926 tons net.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
Surprise Mrs. Shippee.

Twelve of Mrs. William Shippee's
friends surprised her last evening at
her home in South Norfolk about 43O,
bringing along their suppers. After
supper music and games were the fea-
ture of the evening. In the guessing
contest Mrs. Ada Johnson won the
prize. Those present were; Mes
danes Frazer, Harrington, Smiley,
Halverstein, Johnson, Hedrick, Will
liams, Schaffer, Miller Schrider, Dry
den, Castle, Shippee; Misses Shippee
and Wilkinson.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
Kansas Case Nears Jury.

Independence, Kan, March %. -
When court opened today in the trial
of A. A. Truskett, the wealthy mer-
chant of Caney, Kan, for the murder
of j. ID. S. Medley of Lima, o., the state
continued it's introduction OF rebuttal
testimony. The defense will have a
few witnesses to present when the
state has concluded and then the ar.
guments will begin. The case may go
to the jury late tomorrow.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
School Notes,

Alvah Bowman has been working
at the postoffice the past week.
Mckinley Kronk is very i'll with
pneumonia.
The high school exhibit is in place
for the teachers association. The
northwest room upstairs is again used
for this purpose. and has been prettily
decorated with pennants. The exhibit
will be interesting to patrons OF the
school as we'll as to visiting teachers,
and they are invited to inspect the
work on Thursday and Friday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
C. C. Miller,

News of the death of c. G. Miller,
for twenty-seven years a prominent
building contractor of Norfolk, was re.
ceived yesterday by relatives from
Orange, Calf. Mr. Miller had been
i'll all winter. Two daughters survive
him in Norfolk, Mrs. Allen Kuhn and
Mrs. F. 2. McGinnis A son, Charles,
lives at Herrick, S. D,
Mr.. Miller was at one time steward
of the Norfolk insane hospital. He
was the contractor who built the Nor.
folk waterworkS plant
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
NO cLew TO COIN MURDER.
Nothing But the hishwayman's Re.
volver to Tell the Story.

Omaha, March 28.-Nothing more
than the old revolver cast aside by
the highwayman who murdered Her
man B. Cohn is left as clew upon
which the police can work, the two
suspects, John Lahey and Henry Mig
merry, having been released from Gus
tody last evening.
They were identified by Conductor
A. w. Baker and Brakeman Keller of
the Missouri Pacific, who declared that
Lahey and Mignery were the two per
sons who boarded their train for Fort
Crook before the hour OF the murder
Saturday night.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
STILL WANT LOWER BERTHS.
Reduction In Price of Uppe-s Has Not
Increased Demand.

lnCreaSec Demand.
Although reduced Pullman berth
rates have been in effect since Feb. l..
passenger traffic officials declare there
has been no appreciate increase In
the demand for upper berths. the
price for which was lessened to so per
cent OF lower berth rates
1t was believed at first by a number
Of railroad officials that the cut In tolls
by the Pullman company would be
eagerly taken advantage of by the
travelling public. 4 number OF rasSen-
ger traffic managers have expressed
the opinion that the public generally
has NOT boon fully acquainted as yet
with the fact that upper berth rates
are cheaper than JhoS" for lowers md
thar ii will lc several months before
this information has been fully dis.
Seminatcd
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
German Steamer Aground.

Cape Haitien, Haiti, March 2S.-The
German steamer Allemannia of the
Atlas line, which sailed from New
York last Thursday for Haitien ports,
is aground off Pointe Mardi Gras and
in a dangerous position. Her ten pas
sengers are safe.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-31
Heavy Snow in Dakota.

Deadwood S. D., March %. - Re-
ports from the valleys and farming
districts generally through the nsrth-
western part of the state indicate that
from four to six inches OF snow fell
during Saturday nights storm, which
commenced with rain. The rain fell
in some sections for a couple of hours,
but the snow is of the greatest value
and there is much rejoicing. Indica-
tions point to a further snowfall to-
day