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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

of strawberry ices and
cake were served. The chief fea-
ture of the evening was the rendition
.of splendid program of music and
readings. Every number called
forth repeated applause
A quartette composed of Fred Nc
Dougal Everett McDaniels, Hake
and billions gave the opening and
closing numbers. Mrs. Glendale
Morgan of Chicago, formerly Miss
Sarber, sang in duet with Albert
eMontcourt, and gave two solos
Mrs. George Parsons and Mrs. w. L.
holt of Vincennes, Ind, played a
duet II Trovatore; Miss Minnie
Conant sang pretty selection; Mrs.
Henry Gilhofer gave two selections;
Albert DeMonteourt sang Dreams
just Dreams;" Mrs. W. l.. Holt sang
"A Gypsy Maiden T." monologue,
The Sweet Girl Graduate by Miss
Lois Holt and reading "Billy Brad
and the Big Lie by Miss Birdie Ma,
Matthews completed the numbers,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
Mother of Dead Negro Found.

The joseph Gibson wanted by the
undertakers at Gary, Ind, who had
be body OF his brother. Arthur
Gibson was a negro. Chief Egan
and his force did not succeed in To-
eating Joseph but found the mother,
who resides here She carried life
insurance on her son Arthur and
las sent for his body which will be
buried near Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
Honor Out of Town Guests.

Mrs Davis, wife of DIR. Henry A.
Davis OF 3401 Washington avenue,
entertained yes '.,iay afternoon VITA
$500" party in honor of her guests
and the guests of Mrs. d. Harris
Wearen. Mrs, Davis was assisted
in entertaining by Mrs. Wearen
The honorees were Misses Anna T..
Anderson of Commerce, Mo: Edna
Riley of New Madrid Mo. Ina Mall :
ing OF Union City, Tenn, Bess Mat
thews Of Ste. Genevieve, Mo-; Paul
inc Moore and Anna Doris Cren-
shaw, of Charleston. Mo-, and Mar
garet Leonard of Marshall, Mo.
The high score prize was won by
Miss Lola Steinel the guests prize by
Miss Bess Matthews of Ste. Gene
We've.
The other guests were. Misses
Florence Moody of Hot Springs, Ark,
Huff of Louisville, Ruth BUsby Of
Chicago, Mrs. Henry Thomas, Mrs.
Herbert Steinel, Misses Winfred Cox.
Lola Steinel, Roberta Roberts, Ger
aldine Schulz, Mary Butler, Gather
inc Wing, Catherine Cushman, Lu-
cile and Ingabo Cary, Stella Shields.
Pruden Malone, Birdie Mai Mat
thews, Xela Bondurant, Mary Lou
Use Gallagher. Phyllis Smith.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
CARD OF THANKS,
IA

We desire to publiclyexpress on.
heartfelt gratitude and appreciation
to our many friends for their acts ct
kindness before and at the fune'gI
OF our brother, William f. Desimoni
MIR. AND MRS. c. f, JORDAN
CHARLES A, DESMOND.
JOSEPH DESMOND
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
Ladies Give Social.

The Methodist church ladies So
eiable given last night was great
success in attendance, entertainment
and financially The affair was held
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
II Lawson, 1906 Washington ave-
nue.. The home was prettily deco
rated and brightly Illuminated, Re-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
FIVE PATRONS WIN
PRIZES AT GEM THEATER

The prize giving TO patrons OF
the Gem theater has proven SO popu-
lar that the management is making
it almost an every other night af-
fair. The winners of the prizes last
night were; Mrs. Hunt, berry set;
w. C. Gore, dinner set; J II. Kierc2,
Dutch set; Ralph Chhildress, fruit
set and Louise Nichols, dinner set
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
Entertains For Guests.

Mrs. f. A. Daley of 315 Seventh
street, gave a 500 party yester-
day afternoon in honor Of her sister,
Miss Helen Crate, of ST. Louis, and
her cousin, Miss Alma Knecht, of
Poplar Bluff, Mo-, who are her
guests, A deectable luncheon was
served Miss Knecht was awarded
the nigh score prize and Mrs. w E.
Fluke the cut prize.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
NEGRO WHO BROKE GLASS
AND STOLE WHISKEY HELD

Dan Longmyer the negro ar
rested for breaking plate glass
window at Ford's wholesale liquor
house Thursday night, and took a
lot of whiskey, was given prelimi-
nary hearing in Justice Ross court
yesterday. lie was held to the
grand Jury. The negro claimed it
was another negro who broke the
glass. lie is not a resident of Cairo
but Of Bonneville, Ind.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
Twins Run in Family.

Golden, Colo, Aug. 16 The
birth of twin boys in the family OF
Prof Charles ID, Test of the depart,
ment Of mineralogy in the state
School of Mines here today, proved
no exception to an ancestral charac,
teristic. Prof. Test himself is g
twin, Mrs. Test has a twin sister
and Prof, Tests father came into tn,
world with brother, Both Prof
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

kinds of salves and ointment, but found no
relief. Some salves seemed TO make it
worse until there were ugly sores. which
would break open and run.
Zone day | saw an advertisements of
Cuticura Remedies. l got a sample of the
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and
began by washing the sores with the Cuti-
cura Soap then applying the Cuticura ONT
ment twice day. | noticed a change and
got more Cuticura Soap and Ointment and
In few weeks was cured. 1t has healed
so nicely that no scar remains" (Signed)
Mrs. Anna A. Lew Dec. II, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment do so much
for pimples. bIackheads, red, rough skins.
itching sealy scalps. dandruf, dry, thin and
falling hair, chapped hands and shapeless
nails with painful tinger-ends. that it is
almost criminal not TO use them. Sold
throughout the world Liberal sample of each
mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. T. Boston,
8~Tender-faced men should use Cuticura
Soap Shaving Stick, 25c. Sample free.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
WOMAN IS ELECTR0CUTED.


Associated Press Dispatch.
Richmond, Va, Aug 1G Vir
ginia Christian, a negrcss, he frs
woman to be put to death in tn,
electric chair in Virginia was exc
cuted early today, Gov Mann re
fused to yield to the entreaties 10
clemency by several Chicagoans.
Virginia Nas convicted of tn,
murder and robbery of her employer
Mrs. Ida Virginia Belote, at Hanp
ton, Va, Aug. is last.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Miss Helen Hartman Of Carbon.
dale is the guest of Miss Virginia
Rennie of 607 Washington avenue
Miss Hartman was -or number d
years resident Of this city, 81,
has been spending the past tire,
months east portion of the time a
Boston with Mr.. and Mrs lohn T
Rennie. She accompanied Their
from Boston to Indianapolis in Their
auto and by rail to Cairo
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
Entertained Friends.

Mr.. and Mrs. r T. Black enter
tanned number of friends last
evening at their home, $40 Thirty
sixth street The evening was spent
listening to good music, playing
games and a general sociable time.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
Bic Dance in Mounds.

There will be a dance at the
Titus Dancing Pavilion at Mounds
every Thursday night. Lynehs or
chestra. Everybody invited. Good
order, good lights, good floor, and a
good time is assured. Admission,
Is cents per couple.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
To the Readers of The Bulletin.

. |, the undersigned, wish to state
that VIM. Hill, who drove for years
for SCOTS hack line at nights is no
more in my employe, nor has hee1
for the past two months. Charles
Bell is in his position and you will
find him at all trains and boats.
CHAS. SCOTT,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mrs. Abair, of 915 Walnut, wife
of II. T. Abair of the Sears-Roe-
buck local plant, returned Yesterday
from months visit in the north,
spending most of her time at Mack
anaw and Saginaw, Mich. A. the
latter place she visited with her par
euts. Mr.. Affair accompanied his
wife to the north, but remained
only two weeks.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

to spread until it formed
large blotches. The itching
was terrible and almost
constant. Many nights l
could not sleep at all.
After scratching il to relieve
the itching it would burn
SO dreadfully that ! thought
[ could not stand it. For
nca,1v a. year L tried all
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

After Aug. rs the Browns Bust
ness College office will be open
every evening from to s o'clock,
Call and see the new shorthand
machine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

The Crescent class of the First
Methodist Sunday schoot VIII hold a
delicatessen sale Saturday after
noon at Logan & Walters grocery
IN Eighth street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mrs. II. r. Rothenberger formerly
of Cairo, who was reported seriously
i'll at her home in Seattle is much
improved and able to sit up.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mr. and Mrs. Callahan of East St
Louis are guests of Miss Cordelia
Bozman OF Sixth street They are
EN- route to Vienna for visit, .
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mrs. stephen Bird of $500 Syca-
more street, has returned from a
weeks visit with relatives and
friends at Charleston, Mo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
Mrs. Naugle Entertains.

Mrs. Fannie B. Naugle of ,316
Seventh street entertained informal
ly a few of her friends yesterday
afternoon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mrs. w. L. Hobson Of Cape Girar-
deau. arrived yesterday to accept a
position as salcslady in the W Is.
Wall department store. Her hus-
band has been connected with this
store for some time.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mrs George Duncan and son, Har
mon. of Jackson, Tenn, and Mrs
Harmon Hoffman and son, James, of
Mt Carmel, AL, are guests Of the
formers father, James A. Hoffman
of TO4 Center street,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Henry Stout of Thirty-eighG street,
is in Chicago to visit hen uncle
and aunt for two weeks.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
Pnstnnne Dance.

The dance at the Alexander club
which was to be given tonight has
been postponed to next Saturday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mrs. c. Fred Gallagher is sojourn.
ing at Macatawa, Mich, for few
weeks.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mrs, Mark Gare,ot visited rela-
tives in Mound City yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Test and Mrs Test came from .
lineage noted for twins. They We're
married a year ago.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM, McGruder Of
Clinton, Ky, are visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. E. NJ. McGruder of 224
Nineteenth street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Ralph Richardson returned yes
terday to his home at Bardwell, Ky.
He has been the guest of Leonard
Burnley of upper Sycamore street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
BREAKING OUT
SPREAD ON LEG
Formed Large BIotches. itching
Terrible. Ugly Sores Would Break
Open and Run. CutiCura Soap
and 0intmentCured Weeks.

Hilltop. kan About two years ago
began to notice breaking out on my leg.
At first il was very small but soon it began
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Miss Florence Carey is sojourning
at Dixon Springs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mrs. w L. Burnley of 27eG Svca-
more street is visiting friends at La
Center, Ky.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Miss Ruth Reed, daughter Of Mrs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mrs. James Meehan and daughter
Inez OF 401 Washington, leave today
on the steamer Rees Lee for visit
with friends and relatives at ST.
Louis.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Miss Roberta Roberts of $500
Washington avenue, leaves tomor-
row for Vienna, where she will visit
with her sister, Mrs, j. Homer FL
kins.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. l. Cohen have re
moved from 1414 Poplar street to
527 Tenth street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Miss Maude NJ. Gilman, 70S Cen.
ter street has returned from Harris
burg where she visited friends sew
eral weeks.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

and aunt for two weeks.
Mrs, H. r. Rothenberger formerly
of Cairo. who was reported seriously
i'll at her home in Seattle is much
improved and able to sit up.
Mrs. stephen Bird of $500 Syca-
more street, has returned from a
weeks visit with relatives and
friends at Charleston, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Callahan of East St
Louis are guests of Miss Cordelia
Bozman OF Sixth street, They are
en- route to Vienna for a visit
Ralph Richardson returned yes
terday to his home at Bardwell, Ky,
He has been the guest of Leonard
Burnley of upper Sycamore street.
Miss Roberta Roberts OF $500
Washington avenue, leaves tomor-
row for Vienna. where she will visit
with her sister, Mrs, j. Homer FL
kins.
Mrs. James Meehan and daughter
Inez Of 401 Washington, leave today
on the steamer Rees Lee for visit
with friends and relatives at ST.
Louis.
Byron and Oscar Herbert drove to
Dixon Springs Friday in the for
mers automobile Mrs Byron Her.
bert went to Dixon Springs the day
before.
i.
J. w. Rupert of the National
Wooden Mills store has gone on a
vacation of several weeks. He will
visit Chicago, Pittsburgh and other
eastern cities.
Clyde Hornbuckie with the Schulz
Drug Co. left yesterday for two
weeks visit with his family who
have been spending the summer at
New Burnsides.
Misses Nellie and Lucy Bird Of
Birds Mill, Mo, are the guests OF
Mrs. Anna Fitzgerald of 724 Center
street and Mrs, George B. Walker
Of 1873 Twenty-first street.
Joseph f. Fiske has arrived TO
assume the position OF w A. Fair
child as manager of the Koenig'S
labor agency. The latter has been
transferred to Kansas City,
Mr.. and Mrs, Aft T. f. Haynes
and States Attorney and Mrs Alex
ander Wilson are sojourning at
Dixon Springs. They went there
Friday in the formers automobile.
Howard Frank and KYLE En-
musicians at the Biicu theater are
taking recreation at DivOr
Springs and incidentally play for
the Venetian entertainment to b.
given there.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Howard Frank and KXle En-.
musicians at the Biiou theater are
taking recreation at Divor
Springs and incidentally play for
the Venetian entertainment TO b.
given there.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Miss Margaret DeBaun and Miss
Lynette Greaney. visited friends in
Mound City yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Byron and Oscar Herbert drove to
Dixon Springs Friday in the for
mer's automobile Mrs. Byron Her.
bert went to Dixon Springs the day
before.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mr. and Mrs Aft T. f, Haynes
and States Attorney and Mrs. Alex
ander Wilson are sojourning at
Dixon Springs. They went there
Friday in the formers automobile.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Mr., and Mrs. VI. J. O'SHea Of 43S
Eighth street, are entertaining Miss
Ollie Fogassie of st. Louis.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Miss Anna Jackson of 1,acomb,
Miss, is the guest of Miss Louise
Ward of 227 Tenth street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

John Hofheinz and Paul Glen
denen left this morning for weeks
sojourn at Dixon Springs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17
PERSONALS.

Miss Florence Carey is soionrninc
at Dixon Springs
tiyes in Mound civ vastoraav
Mrs. G. Fred Gallagher is soion,r
weeks.
-
Mrs. w r. BurnIev If o7ef cyo,
Center Ky
Mr. and Mrs ! Cohon h..o -
moved from 1A1t po,,o. 80. ).
Miss Margaret Dapaun an1 Mic
I.ynetta Craanev yisitaa fu;.5, :.
Mound civ vestord,v
rohn ro.,o, s
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

j. w. Rupert of the National
Wooden Mills store has gone on a
vacation of several weeks. He will
visit Chicago, Pittsburgh and other
eastern cities.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Clyde Hornbuckte with the Schulz
Drug Co. left yesterday for two
weeks visit with his family who
have been spending the summer at
New Burnsides.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Joseph F. Fiske has arrived to
assume the position OF w A. Fair
child as manager of the Koenig s
labor agency. The latter has been
transferred to Kansas City,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-08-17

Misses Nellie and Lucy Bird q
Birds Mill, Mo, are the guests Of
Mrs Anna Fitzgerald of TIA Cente!
street and Mrs. George B. Walker
OF 1873 Twenty-frst street.
Gilpin observer., 1912-03-28
WASHINGTON.

Senator Cummins of Iowa has intro
duced in the Senate nationwide
presidential primary bill, the national
primaries to be July 8.
Supervising Architect j. Knox Tay-
lor has informed Gen. George w. Cook
that he would positively complete the
new federal building in Denver by July
!, 1912 ready to be occupied.
Qualified or probationary independ-
ence for eight years, from July 4, 1913,
until July 4. 1921 after that, full in.
dependence for the Filipinos. This is
the plan of the leaders of the Demo.
cratic House of Representatives with
respect to the solution of the Phillip.
pine problem"
The waste of millions of dollars
worth OF natural gas which is going
on each year in the petroleum wells
Of the country may be stopped soon
by plan that has just been made
public by the federal bureau of mines.
DTlclly. lhc pioll do oulllntu Dy OIL cA-
perts of the bureau Is to take the So
called wet gas" found in all the oil
fields and obtain from it liquefied
gas that can be used for Illuminating
purposes. This liquefled gas. which Is
a by-product of the natural gas, is
held under high pressue in steel con-
tainers and can be shipped to locali-
ties that do not have gas system.
In this way small towns, hotels and
country estates may have the advan-
tage of gas illumination at fair cost.
This gas, it is thought, will also prove
an excellent illuminant for light
houses. lightships and other public
works OF a similar nature that must be
located at distance from a CONNER
cial supply Of gas.
Gilpin observer., 1912-03-28
w WESTERN.

Cracksmen robbed the safe of a sa-
loon at Washington, Cal, of $4,000 and
some costly jewelry.
A Ieculiar disease has attacked
many horses in the Platteville, Colo,
vicinity and farmers report losses of
valuable animals.
Reuben Harris, 81 years old, mar
shall OF Quitman, Mo-, is dying as a
result of the excitement attendant on
his first arrest.
Kansas fruit prospects have never
been Letter than they were this year,
according to the secretary of the State
Horticultural Society.
Employees of railroads when riding
on passes in future, will be required
to give preference to cash passengers
in the matter of sleeping car berths.
Three of the train crew were killed
when the westbound limited freight
on the Great Northern plunged into
rock slide six miles west of Sand
Point, Idaho.
To colonize poor families of st. Paul
and Minneapolis on forty-acre farms
in northern Minnesota, provide homes
Tor them and give them start at
farming, is move started by the Sal
vation Army.
Foreign capital. mostly American
aggregating $125.00O,OOO and invested
in the border Mexican states of Du-
range, Coahuila and Chihuahua, is
non-productive and threatened by rea-
son of the revolution, according to
information in the possession of El
Paso bankers.
The war department is considering
the advisability of removing to some
western reservation the remnant OF
the Apache band captured at the time
of the surrender of Geronimo. The
males from the original band, six in
number, are still held at Fort Sill
okla, as prisoners of war.
Enough potash to supply the United
States probably for the next thirty
years has ben discovered by govern.
ment scientists in Searles lake, San
Bernardino county, Cal. Estimates of
field men of the Geological Survey
and the bureau of soils is that the de-
post may amount to four million tons.
The state flags OF Washington, Ida
no, ~. ontana and Utah have been plant
ed on the Panama Pacific Information.
al exposition grounds in San Francisco
on sites for state buildings selected by
Governors Hay, Hawley, Norris and
Spry, respectively. The sites ad1oin
tho nraaa,, and Navado plnta tho Tda,
no and Montana grounds next the bay
shore and the Utah and Washington
plots across highway from them.
Gilpin observer., 1912-03-28
SPORT.

Frank Klaus, victor over Jack Dillon
at San Francisco, and Eddie McGoorty,
the Oshkosh, Wis, boxer, will meet in
a 20-round bout the middle Of next
month before Jimmy Croffoth's club
at San Francisco. This announcement
was made by Martin Foorkins, mana.
ger of McGoorty.
Carl Morris, whose aspirations as a
white hope" received another set.
back from Jim Stewart in New York
is on his way back to Oklahoma for
a vacation. Boxing experts doubt
whether he will attempt to return L.
the arena for long time, II at all
The matchmakers of the National
Sporting Club are said to have with.
drawn their offer for ten-round bout
between the Oklahoma giant and AL
PalZer.
Gilpin observer., 1912-03-28
GEN ERAL.

The New Jersey State Senate de-
feated a resolution providing for the
right of suffrage for women.
The three-year strike of the sea.
mems union, involving $4,000 men on
the Great Lakes, has come to an end.
w. II. Walker. farmer living near
Murphysboro, ILL.,, missed a hawk ana
shot and killed his eight-year-old boy.
Miss Mary Lonergan. an artist of
Kankakee. ILL.,, obtained verdict of
$25,000 against DR.. Daniel B. Hayden.
a Chicago physician, on the ground of
breach OF promise.
Consideration by union officers of a
possible compromise In the wage de.
mands Of the miners in the bituminous
coal fields Of western Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois resulted In
decision that when the conference
with the operators IL resumed the
miners will adhere to their original
demand for 10 per cent increase and
shorter working hours.
Gilpin observer., 1912-03-28
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

Gen. John w. Noble, who was secre-
airy of the interior in President Har-
rison's Cabinet, died in St Louis re-
Gently.
A negro convict, Home Howell, was
lynched at Cochran, Ga, after he had
killed Guard Joseph Coody in the con-
vict camp.
The Spiritualists in New York city
are to build a 100000 temple in the
heart of the fashionable Park West
section
A new crusade against the long hat
pin is being launched in New York
this time by the city's department of
health
A gas we'll struck near Silver Creek,
is flowing 100000 feet day. 1t is
the biggest gusher ever struck in New
York gas fields.
River men are apprehensive OF
floods along the Mississippi river be-
cause of the rapid breaking up of ice
and melting of snow.
Six inmates of the Huron county,
Ohio. infirmary are dead as result OF
asphyXiation. Seven others were over.
come but are recovering.
Chicago is soon to have q hippo.
drome with seating capacity of 6.100.
1t will be the largest auditorium used
exclusively as theater in America.
A mob of 500 broke into the Fort
Smith. Ark. Jail and seized an uniden-
titled negro and hung him to tele-
phone pole.
Much anxiety is felt over the prob.
ability of floods in the Missouri river
watershed. Railroads are expecting
trouble. Dynamite, with which to break
up possible ice -gorges, has been dis
tributed to various places. There IL
more snow on the ground than for
many years at this season.
With the brain of newborn babe
substituted for portion OF his own,
William Buckner, a wealthy real es-
tate broker and operator of Cincinnati
Is recovering from the rarest opera
tion ever performed in the Johns Hop
kins hospital at Baltimore. Buckner
ndu lOI HuoHtuS oocu Al u oeoeo VI
semi-coma.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern railroad was found guilty in Unit
ed States District Court in Buffalo Of
violating the commodities clause OF
the Hepburn act and was fined $4,000.
The company was indicted on 20
counts and faced a maximum penalty
Of 100000, the charge being that 1t
shipped free from Buffalo to Scranton.
Pa, a quantity of hay to be used in
feeding mules in the mines.