The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-14
REBELS DEFEAT FEDERAL FOES AT ALL POINTS AND APPARENTLY CONTROL
SITUATION IN MEXICO CITY DlAz DEMANDING UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
Of NATIONAL PALACE THE remaining STRONGHOLD OF FRANCISCO MADE
S.dden Death of intellectual and
Highly Esteemed Cairo
Woman.
Miss Emma 5. Riley. AGED

Miss Emma s. Riley, aged 81
years, five months, one week and
four days, died yesterday morning
ct a o'clock at her home. 522 Tenth
street, as the result of an apoplectic
stroke received about 6 o'clock the
evening prior.
Miss Riley apparently In her usual
health had eft her Office in the
First Bank and Trust building about
5 o'c ock in the evening and upon
reaching her home went into the
basement to attend to the heating
furnace.
Members OF the family later sur
prised at her continued absence II,
the basement. went down to inyesti-
gate and were Mortified to find her
insensible from stroke of apoplexy.
physicians were hurriedly sum.
mcned by their efforts to restore
consciousness were unavailing and
she died at4 a. m. Thursday with
out ever regaining her normal con-
dition Of mental faculties.
The deceased was born at Browns
VILE. Penna., September 2, 1856 her
parents being Copt. Robert H..
Riley and Mrs. Elizabeth Lanning
Riley. Her parents long since pre-
ceded her into the great beyond.
Surviving the deceased are three
sisters, Misses Mo lie e. and Eliza,
beth Riley and Mrs. Anna IL. He'd
man.
The Riley family moved to Cairo
in 1858 and have lived here con-
tinuousIy since that time. Capt.
Riley during his lifetime was very
prominently identified with river
aviration on the Mississippi having
under his command the very finest
coats in the Anchor Line OF steam
ars. a packet company noted for its
magnificent and palatial boats in
the heyday OF the river,
The decedent received her educa-
tion in the Cairo Public schoo $
where she was very highly esteemed
for the remarkable brilliancy OF her
mental attachments and exactness in
al details of study and habits.
Her business education was OBJ
tanned during her twenty-one years
employment in the H. II. Candee. In
surance Agency.
In 1901 she was appointed secre-
,tary OF the Cairo Stamping Bureau,
a part OF the local Underwriters as
sociation. She was also notary
public
Miss Riley was an active member
of the Presbyterian church.
Miss Riley possessed rare business
acumen and keen insight for wom-
an and her advice in al insurance
matters was always accepted by 10
al insurance agents without ques-
ton. Her mind was remarkably
keen and retentive, any data or rec
,rd once having been read, was
1uickly piled methodicaly away IN
hat mental storehouse OF knowi
edge to be used Mhen necessity de
manded II on the spur OF moment.
As a woman she was extremely
arabic and pleasant, seourteous and
kindly toward all and 1t was, these
qua tiles in addition TO her business
integrity. that made her. highly re-
spected and beloved by all and her
death is sourcesof keen regret.
The, ast sad rites Will be held at
the. family restaenee 522 Tenth
stree, at Q o'clock Saturday morning
Februafy is, the Rev. A. NJ. Eefls
of the Presbyterian. church. officiat-
ing. Interment WILL be, at Beech
Grove cemetery, al special Interurban
funeTal train .eaying the STATEN Al
no clock for the cemetery, s