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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
Representatives Of Appropriations
Committees of Legislature viii
Be Here Friday. /
THEIR REPORT WILL DECIDE
Conditions So Far Favor State Aid
Of $25O.OOO for Cairo and
$4,000 for Mound City.

A joint subcommittee composed
OF members of the Senate and House
Committees on Appropriations vii
arrive in Cairo early Friday morn
ing from Springfield to look over
the levee situation at Cairo and
Mound city.
This subcommittee will leave
Springfield Thursday afternoon at
3:07 and arrive here the following
morning on the Padueah sleeper,
thence to The Halliday hotel.
A committee of the Citizens Ex-
ecutive Committee and others will
meet the Senatorial and House COM
mittees and with a special train be
taken over the entire circuit OF
levees surrounding Cairo land the
Drainage District.
1t is reported that Governor Ed
ward f. Dunno views with favor
the Appropriation of $3.50, 900 for
strengthening and raising OF the
levee system of Cairo and the ap-
preparation OF S50,000 for the same
purpose at Mound CITY. but largely
upon the report to be made by this
legislative committee. depends tho
success or failure OF the state execu-
tive to sign these two measures for
I9the relier Of Cairo and Mound tsfty.
Ii Is said that Senator O'Connor
of the Appropriation Committee OF
the Upper House. and Hon. d. H.
Shanahan. chairman OF the Appro-
priation Committee OF the Lower
House will accompany the two COM
mittees.
The Cairo delegation consisting
OF Former Senator Reed Green. At
torney Angus Leek. Sheriff A. S.
Fraser and Mr.. Miller returned yes
terday morning from Springfield
buoyant and feeling assured that
the cause oil Cairo will triumph as
justice Is arrayed upon the side OF
the city so strong that its aims Tor
state assistance cannot be denied
| once ii has been demonstrated that
Of the absolute needs for the appro-
ipriation under existing cireum-
stances
The visit OF the two sub-commit-
| tees and a thorough investigation
OF the situation Will beyond
doubt reasonably insure the passage
| of the two bills for Cairo and
Mound City.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
remains OF LATE
INTERNATIONAL
BY Z FISHERMEN
Body of Capt. r. R. Farnsley is
Found at Point Opposite the
Halliday Elevator.
OPPOSED WAS DROWNED IN DECEMBER
Accident Happened When Deceased
Made Attempt to Cross to Barge
Over Slippery Plank.

Yesterday at noon, two fisherm an
boating in the Oaio river near the
Halliday elevator discovered the
body OF 1op.. frank R.sFarnsley
who was drowned ,.ear taera on De
cember 20, 1917. Co,olcr McMaGus
held an inquest o,sf The remains
shortly afterwards and they were
later removed t0,iha undertaking. Is.
tablishment OF Mrs; /. r. Falconer
on Sixth street
Last evening the aeceased's wife
and daughter arrived from their
home in Padueah to take harge Of
the body. They returned TO that
city this morning on the early train
accompanying the remains which
will probably be inferred there to-
day. Capt. Wallace Farnsley. son,
was also here.
About 1880 in the evening OF the
date mentioned, Capt. Farnsley was
attempting to cross from the Bar
ret wharfboat moored just below
the Halliday park, unto barge
that was just ahead, The plank
leading to the craft which was at a
deep slant was covered with ice and
snow and it was while walking
across that he slipped and fell into
/ the river. Just few moments be.
fore he had admonished seyera
,cthera NOT 10 cross On the board be.
cause of the danger
Efforts were made to recover the
| body and the river was dragged in
that vicinity numerous times but
without result.
Yesterday when the body was dis.
| covered ii was in badly decom.
posed state and Identification was
only made possible by a shirt stud
that Capt, Farnsley always wore
| and bunch of keys containing a
masonic emblem.
Capt. Farnsley was a river man oil
extended acquaintance up and down
the Ohio and Mississippi and the
news OF his death caused deep re,
gret among his friends. He was sc
years OF age.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
FORTITUDE IS REMARKABLE
Says in Conscious Moment, if He Be
Dying Sensation is Not as
Generally Pictured.
Macon, Ca, May 20, a. m.---
Walker died shortly after midnight.

Macon, Pa, Day 21.-Displaying
in few conscious moments, cour-
age which has characterized his
fight with death from poisoning, ID.
Saunders Walker tonight was report
ed by his physicians liable to die
at any moment
Although he has bait ed for his
life since last Wednesday when he
took several bychlolide OF mercury
tablets by mistake. the young bank
er late today for the first time
lapsed into unconsciousness Since
then at intervals he has regained
onscioV'ness flor onl Few mo-
ments.
Characteristic utterances made
just before he went into state OF
coma today, indicated the remark
able composure with which he has
faced death.
III | am dying, then the sensa-
tion is not as it is generally pic
tured. II this be dying, then no one
need fear its terrors."
Tonight the attending physicians
are certain that every method OF
laspwciicai trrntment KNOWN 40 srfenre
has been exhausted and that the pa
tient has only several hours longer
to live,
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
GUNMAN Is SUBDUED BY
SISTER OF GIRL HE LOVES.

New York, May 21.-When Gio-
vanni LamOndo went to call on
Augustine Spinella. his nineteen
vear-old sweetheart, he forgot thae
August'na's sister-in-law was twice
his size and that she had already
warned him to keep away from her
younger sister. Mrs SpinelIa re-
iterated her warning when Lamondo
appeared Pulling revolver.
Augustinas lover announced his in
tention of killing Mrs. spinella first
and then himself If further him
drance was put in his way Mrs.
Spinella's $50 pounds of bone and
muscle collided with Lemondo alb
rubtly. They rolled around the
door twice and then he was marched
to The nearest police station.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
maniac MURDERS
SLEEPING MATES
Crazed Convict Kills Five Asylum
Companions Beats Them Over
Head With Tahe.

Blackfoot, Idaho, May IL Peter
Bradovich, an insane convict in the
Southern Idaho asylum here killed
five room mates by beating thsm
over the head with table as they
lay asleep this morning. No evil
dence of a struggle between the
maniac and his victims was visible
except on the body OF one. Two
bruises on the arm showed he trie /,
to ward off the blows The heads
of each OF the five We're completely
crushed Bradovich was committed
TO the insane asylum two years ago
from the state penitentiary where
he was serving life term for muir
der.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
Have Accepted Governments Part
of Work on Stone Wall
and Levee.
WORK STARTS ABOUT JUNE 10
In Drainage District and Government
a Month Later Big -Four
is Filing Breaks.

The United States government en-
gineers here Tuesday in conference
with the Citizens Executive Commit
tee informed Engineer G, II. Miller,
prior to leaving Cairo on return to
their respective posts of duty, that
they approved the plans for the rails
ing and strengthening the levee sys-
TEN of Cairo and the Drainage Dis
trict They further agreed that the
U. S. government would accept as
their part of the work the construc-
tion of the stone retaining wall and
the raising and strengthening OF the
levee on the west side of the city
for half mile from the junction of
the Chic and Mississippi levees, rais-
ing the latter up to So feet grade
and SIS feet on the Ohio side, which
will cost approximately $iS0,000,
the government spending 100000
and the City OF Cairo $4,000, the
remainder, $4,000, of the govern
ment appropriation of $250,000 to
be expended on the levees in the
Drainage District, the total to be
expended in the whole improvement
amounting to $64S,000, the District
and railroads contributing the re-
mainder.
The engineers agreed to make this
report I'd the chief engineer OF the
Government and about ,Mne 10 all
vertisemants asking for bids on the
work will be published by the gov
ernmcnt. These bids under the
government rules cannot be opened
under 80 days after the insertion
Of the advertisements which will
bring the matter up to July 10 with
the work of the government started
about 10 days later.
The work of raising and strength
ening the levees in the Drainage
District will be started Immediately
following the acceptance OF bids on
June by the Drainage District
commissioners advertisement asking
for these bids having been published
some days ago.
In the construction OF all the
work, contractors are required to
make allowances in raising the
levees from the present grade to the
81 and 5S feet. up bo the proposed
60 feet, in the event Cairo succeeds
lin getting favorable action on the
National appropriation of s500,OaO
and the State appropriation of $780,
600, the other $250,000 OF the
necessary $1,000 900 to be raised by
Cairo under the Enabling Act and
her varied interests.
The Big Four railroad is now pre-
pairing to close the breaks in Its
embankment In the Drainage Dis
trict occasioned by the high waters
of last month, the tracks already
having been laid, d gang of men and
steam shovel also being here. This
work will be commenced before this
expiration of the present week
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
DAUGHTER OF GADSKI
HER MOTHERS RIVAL.

New York, May 21.-Lotte Taus-
cher, the daughter of Nine Gadski.
has sailed for Europe on the North
German Lloyd steamer George Wash
ington with the ambition to become
as famous a prima donna as her
mother. Nine. Gadski accompanied
her.
Despite her youthfulness miss
Tauscher is not yet nineteen). she
has already proved. in the opinion of
many, that her voice will be as won
derful as her mothers. Nine. Gadz-
XII was opposed to her daughter go
ing on the operatic stage, but the
girl would not consider any other
career.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
GOV. DUNNE MAKES
TCH00L APPOINTMENTS

Springfield. III, May 21.-The
following appointments were an
nounced by Governor Dunno today:
State Board OF Education. George
Hughes, Hume, Edgar county. vice
C B. Kamman; f. X. +. Kimbrough.
Danville, succeeds himself. Western
illinois State Normal School. Charles
w Flack, Macomb, vice John NJ.
Keefer; Jacob Green, Carthage, vice
John A. Mead; $. S, Haitian. Mon
mouth, vice T. NJ. Hanna: d. z.
Hcllis, Pittsfeld, vice Fred Il Jcl-
iff.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
WIDOW RETURNS Sl64
AS CONSCIENCE MONEY

Washington, May 21.--A widow
OF North Dakota. stricken by con-
science for some fraud against the
government OF the United States.
sent Secretary MeAdoo sl64 in res
titution. with this note:
This is money that | promised
God | would send back if ever | was
able.
"tSigned) A WIDOW"
The money came by registered
mail and the identity of the penitent
was not disclosed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
FORMER POLICE OFFICIALS
IN NEW OCCUPATIONS

Police officer Frank Hagey has re-
signed his position on the force to
accept a position with the Iron
Mountain. His resignation took ef-
feet last evening.
Former Chief of Police Mart s
Egan has assumed the duties OF
wharfmaster at the Halliday Phillips
wharfhoat for the Cairo Trust com
pany. a position he previously held.
succeeding G. T. Abel, who was
transferred to other duties in the
Drainage District.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
MUTINY IN FRENCH ARMY:
TROOPS BURN BARRACKS

Paris, May 21.--Serious mutinous
Suprisings due to the proposed ex-
tension of the military term from
two years to three. are occurring In
the French army. The war office
today received dispatches from
frontier points which stated that
dangerous consequences may follow
II the government persists in put
ting through the bill extending the
term Of service. In several in
stances barracks hav been burned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
FIRE SWEEPS VILLAGE
WITH 100000 LOSS.

Paris, H., May 2i.-Fire originat-
ing In the Brinkerhoff elevator de-
streyed the entire west portion of
the village OF Redmon, ten miles
west OF this city. at an early hour
this morning. The loss will APP
100000. including the
damage to the elevator. lumber yard.
vandalia depot. several stores and
number of residences.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
Local Lads Preparing for Athletic
Event With the Troop From
Charleston.
GOOD PRELIMINARY SHOWING
List Of Entries Shows That Kiddies
Are Going Into Affair
With Vim.

The boys have been faithful in
turning out for the, prellminaries.
They all made good time taking in
to consideration the condition the
track has been in for the past few
days.
The following Scouts have quali-
fed in the preliminaries and viii
participate In the Charleston Cairo
dual meet
C..ass A.
so yard dash, Westerman. Sand
Ter, Finch
100 yard dash. Westerman, Finch,
Sander.
220 yard dash. Landon, Finch.
Sander.
Relay race. Landon, Finch, West
erman, Sander.
/ Pole vault, Thompson, Miller.
Werner.
Running broad jump, Westerman,
Landon, Thompson.
Running long jump, Westerman,
Landon, Wunderlich
Running high Westerman,
| Thompson. Adams.
Standing high jump. Westerman,
Thompson, Sander.
Shot put, Wanderlich, Sehoembs,
lsAird,
44o yard dash. Westerman, Wei.
ty, Sander.
Mi e run. Fitzgerald. Hickcox
Sander.
Half mile run, Fitzgerald, Hick-
cox. Sander
Two mile run, Fitzgerald. Welty
Thompson.
Discus throw. Finch, Arid, West
erman.
Glass 3.
so yard dash Schuh, Terry. Sand
Ter.
100 yard dash, Motchan, Terry,
Sander.
220 yard DASH Sander Terry,
Werner,
Relay race, Terry, Werner. schuh,
Sander.
Pole vault, Werner. Miller, May
lard
Running broad jump, Schuh,
Sand 'er. Werner,
Running long jump, schuh, Blat-
teau, Sander.
Running high Jump. Adams,
Schulz, Maylard.
Shot put, Schuh. Terry, Motchan,
Discus hurl, schuh, Terry, Notch
| an.
44o yard dash schuh. Batteau
Sander.
One mile run, Welty, Batteau,
Marx.
Half mile run, schuh, Werner
Batterton.
| There will be no changes made
The Scouts have written twice tc
Sikeston for a track meet but Skies
ton will not reply to any letter sent
them
| Charleston was supposed to have
meet with Sikeston on the 17th
but it was postponed one week on
account of rain, This postponement
delays the meet with Cairo until
the seth or Slst.. In the track
meet with Cairo, Charleston has
cancelled the hammer throw in
both classes, as they have no ham
mer. The Scouts have also written
to Cape Girardeau and East Prairie
for track meets.
Walter Kusener and Lindsey Ire.
land Gin A. Glass; and John Bat
terton Tin b. Glass; became mem
bers of the Troops on May 18TH
Kusener and ireland will remain ae
tive scouts for a few months anC
then become members of the loca
council which is being organized.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
NATION CHOSEN BY VETERANS

Atom, Ill.,, May 21.--- Mattoon was
tonight unanimously chosen as the
next scene of the annual Illinois @,
A. II. encampment. Tomorrow. ogi-
GERS for the ensuing year will be
chosen at the eneampment being
held here.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
SLIGHT EARTHQUAKES is
FELT AT HELENA, MONT

Helena, Mont, May 20.-A slight
earthquake tremor was felt here
shortly after midnight.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
Rent
That
Idle
Room

There are hundreds of peo-
pie in Cairo who are always
seeking a desirable room,
Let us publish a little want
ad in The Bulletin for you.
1t will reach these people
and rent your room.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22

Ill'nois-Fair Thursday and cooler
in the east portion: Friday warmer
Kentucky-Fair In the west, show
ers in the east portion Thursday:
cooler; Friday fair.
Missouri--Fair Thursday and Fri
day; warmer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22

A large number of dips, sure thing
men and gamblers, either attached to
Ior following the carnival company at
present in Cairo, learning that there
was to be nothing doing in their line
have hiked out for Paducah. stating
that since the "Big Bulls referring
to Chief Fuller and Commissioner
Hurd, would not stand for the graft
there was no use paying board money
just for the fun of eating three
squares day on the outside. >
There still remains few under
cover awaiting an opportunity to
make a sneak pitch and quick get
away, If they can.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22
SURE THING men
PASS Up CAIRO
ACCOUNT POLICE
Two Smooth Young Fellows Given
Hours-Some Still Lying
Under Cover.

Two neatly dressed, smooth young
fellows with a coarse" game We're
rounded up yesterday afternoon by
Officer Terry and given hours to
leave town on the first train by
Chief Fuller.
A complaint had been filed at
headquarters that the two young
men were working an alleged con-
fidence game in securing subscrip-
tions to an Iowa advertising maga-
zine, first making an absolute gifs
Of a fountain pen to any one they
approached merely as an advertise
ment and then demanding that the
recipient subscribe for the paper at
a fancy price, paying in advance.
When the person declined to pay tho
fancy price the return of the pen
was demanded They had been a.
Paducah and also received orders
from Chief Franklin to move on. 1t
appears they follow the carnivals
hunting easy marks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-05-22

Concluded on Page six.) .
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-01-31
Moscow Survivors.

That soldiers-once they escape the
risks Of WARFARE long lived Is shown
by Russia's finding four or five sur.
vivors Of the Moscow campaign, the
centennial of which is now being cele.
brated.
These veterans must be 115 years
old, at least, unless small boys were
enlisted in those days.
After the 20 years Of war of the
Napoleonic era, Of the SO marshals Of
France, 26 survived. or the 10 who
were gone, only two died of diseases;
three fell in battle, one was drowned
one was a~ssassinated, one was a sui
eide and two were executed.
The survivors reached an average
age of 70 years, 10 of them dying as
octogenarians.
Many other generals have reached
extreme old age. Marshal de Richie.
lieu was 81 years old when he died in
1888. Two years before his death he
married a girl of IS, who was able to
say to Napoleon III. in 1862: "Sir,
Louis XIV asked of my husband
She was then 80 years old and lived
two years longer.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-01-31
HARE and TORTOISE
Another Instance Where Honesty
Proved the Best Policy
and Won Out.
BY GEORGE COBB.

Tortoise Mowbray they called him
at school, in contradistinction to
Hare Snyder; and never we're two
sobriQuers more fairly earned. Sny-
der was the particular bright boy OF
the class, and always at the top, while
Tortoise" Mowbray Jagged respect.
ably near the bottom of it. When
Hare Snyder took advantage of the
honor code to cover his cuffs with HE
roglyphics and passed his examina.
ton for college with honors, TOR.
toise" Mowbray got in by the skin
of his teeth and kept his soul un-
sullied.
After college it was the same.
Hare" Snyder and Tortoise" Now.
bray obtained positions in the same
corporation, Snyder through a pull"
Mowbray because the straightforward,
%clean-cut appearance of the young
mar favorably impressed Henry Da.
venrich, the president. And Snyder
went up and up by means Of sundry
devious and doubtful short cuts. while
Tortoise Mowbray remained pretty
much where he had started, in the
accounting Office.
The hare" made money and spent It
recklessly, while the tortoise" put his
aside, added to it, and lived modestly
and soberly, They were always friends
of a sort, for Mowbray was ~patronized
by Snyder and never openly resented
it.
The test Of this friendship came
when they both fell in love with the
same girl. Cynthia Lanfrey was a
niece Of Davenrich and lived in a
big building on Madison avenue,
she kept house for him. At
this period the hare" and the tor
toise" had been working with the cor.
poration for nearly ten years. Snyder
was pretty lear the top, thanks to
the pull aforementioned, and was
4 constant visitor at Davenrich's
home. Mowbray was invited casually,
some grand occasion; but Cynthia
liked him and he was invited again.
Then, n evening, Mowbray told
1ynthia his story in a plain, slow.
ipoken, manly fashion. He had loveL
Ter for a long time, he said simply,
md he was quite SUR he would never
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-01-31
NO LONGER LIVING WATER
Act Of Ignorant Katfr Made Good
Comparison Between Surgeons
Of the Past and Present.

Discussing the recent clinical con-
gress of surgeons in New York, DR..
Volpius of Heidelberg said:
1.-THE wonders we have seen here
make the surgery of the past seem
ludicrously ignorant. Beside the
present-day surgeon he of the past
knew as little about his profession as
the Kafir knew about the nature of
the sea.
"a Kafir, having visited the
coast, returned home with wonderful
sea stories.
"'The waters of the sea- he said,
are alive. They jump, leap, splash,
foam, roar. l have brought some
back in a gourd to show you
"a great crowd congregated to
behold the miracle of the living wa
ter. The Kafir emptied the gourd
into a bowl. But the water, to his
surprise and disappointment, did
not move. 1t neither splashed nor
leaped. 1t neither foamed nor
roared.
ALAS he said sadly, alas, it has
died on the journey"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-01-31
Discovered That Snyder Had Taken
His Nine Thousand.

love anyone else. He could not ask
her to share his t~hirty-ive dollars a
week, but could he dare ask her to
wait?
And Cynthia had laughed a little
and cried a little and treated him
like a big, oyergrown school boy.
Somehow everybody treated Mowbray
pretty much in the same fashion.
You're too late" she said. with a
little sob and a following laugh.
"James-Mr. snyder-asked me YES.
terday."
But that was always the "tortoise's"
way. He vas always one lap behind
the hare" So, because he had not
expected anything different, he went
away. Next day Snyder, who had
somehow guessed his secret, began
laughing at him. He told some of
the men in the Office, and they laugh.
ed at him, too. But these men were
toadies of the hare"
1t was about this time that the
tortoise was temporarily placed in
charge of the books of one of these
toadies and discovered something
that made him sit up all night, think
ing. In the morning he went straight
to Snyder and told him what he had
found. Snyder leaped out of his chair.
MY God, Tortoise" he yelled.
did old Davenrich put you in charge
OF the books?" Then he came to his
senses.
You'd have done the same if you'd
been in my place, Tortoise" he
whined. How did you suppose 1 was
going to keep up my style of living
on seventy-five dollars a week? Be-
sides, 1t wasn't really a crime. for
Davenrich is going to make way for
me next year, and he owns half the
stock in the concern. Then, when I've
married Cynthia, 1t will be practically
my W business. won't It? What
are you going to do about it?'
These defalcations," said the "tor.
slowly. ~clenching his lists
somehow he always hated to hear
the hare" pronounce Cynthia's name
amount to nine thousand dollara
and se~venty-three cents"
Cut out the cents" said SNYDER
Yes, | guess that's about the az.
nre."
I have four thousand dollars" an.
/.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-01-31
JOHNNY TOLD E

The afternoon was warm, HOLIDAYS
were approaching, and the teacher
was almost worn out trying to drum
the elements of grammar into the
wooden craniums of her pupils.
Now, Johnny" she said YEARLY,
tell me-would it be proper for YOU
to say: you can't learn me Moth
ing'?"
Johnny looked thoughtful for a
moment, and then replied in a tone
of conviction:
eyes, num-"
The teacher sighed.
why, johnny" she asked. @Tell
why?"
And the answer came quick and
pat:
Cause yer can'tp