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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03
Iron MOUNTAIN
MAKES CHANGES
Advancement Of Officials All Down
the Line in Passenger
Department.

{. l.. Stone, passenger traffic man
ager of~~the Missouri Paeitie-lror
Mountain. announces some changes
which became effective on the first
day Of January, 1918, Mr.. ] G.
Halleubgck. at present assistant gen
eral passenger agent Of tho Iron
Mountain at Little Rock. is appoint
ed general passenger agent at St
Louis. succeeding Il H. Payne who,
on account 81 continued i'll health
has heen assigned 10 other duties, in
the passenger traffic department at
st, Louis,
II +. Schroeder, for the past
iive years chief clerk to the passen-
ger traffic manager, has been ap-
pointed assistant general passenger
agent Of the Iron Mountain at Little
Rock, succeeding Mr. Hollsnbeck.
II. II. Butler, chief rate clerk in
the passenger traffic department, has
been appointed assistant general
passeng agent with headquarters
at ST. Loais He has been with the
| Missouri Pacific for the past twenty
years and is recognized as an expert
ca matters pertaining to passenger
rates. H will have charge Of rates,
| tariff bureauX, etc.
Mr.. Payne has been with the Mis-
souri, Pacifc-Iron Mountain for 20
years, all of this time filling re-
sponsble positions. In his new oc-
eupation he will nor be required to
Ito amy travelling, which will afford
h5m an opportunity TO recuperate his
health He will take a vacation 70.
several weeks with his family in the
South before 6resRming active duties
MIR Hollenbeck was for number
OF years division pass niger agent O
, the h. 4 n railroad. at Atlanta
. Go; later general agent OF the pass
enger department Of the Missouri
Facidc Ry al Cincinnati, and foi
the last FIVE years has been assistan
general passenger agent Of the Iron
Mountain at Little Rock
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03

Institute at Washing
ton, as its own best evidence, Could
Booth so suddenly thereafter have
forced a new riding boot onto his
broken leg, over the splints, ban
dages and all? Those of us who
have had broken legs know better.
Booths Own Version of His Escape.
Confession to his attorney, Z. l..
Bates, Memphis, Tenn
This distance Tin virginia. was
through an open country, and we
were liable to be come upon at any
moment by federal troops; so to
guard against this l arranged the
plan of my flight, covering the dis
lance from Potomack to the Kappa
hammock as an old negro moving,
An cid negro near the summer home
of DR.. Stewart, possessed Of two inn
poverished horses and dilapidated
wagon, was hired for the trip.
straw was first placed in the bot
tom of the wagon bed. ] got in on
this straw and stretched out full
length. then Stats were placed over
the first compartment of the bed
giving me space Of about eighteen
inches deep. which required me TO
remain lying on the straw during the
entire trip. On the first compart-
N nt OF the wagon bed was placed
the second portion of the wagon
BODY. commonly called sideboards
then there was piled on this, old
chairs. beds, mattresses. quilts, and
such other paraphernalia as is ordi-
narily kept in a Negroes home. A
number of chickens we're caught and
put in a split basket. which was
then made fast to the hind gate OF
the wagon, with old quilts. blankets,
etc, thrown over the back end OF
| the wagon, exposing the basket Of
chickens; and the team was driven
/ by the old negro.
In my concealment, of course,
had to be very quiet. l could not
| talk 10 old Lewis, the old negro
ldriver, and ! made myself as com
Portable as could be in my cramped
position In my side coat pocket
lhad number of letters, together
with my dairy, and think there
was picture Of my sister, Mrs.
Clarke. all OF which must have
worked ont OF my pocket en- route or
come out as was hurriedly taken
from The wagon. But before
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03

the public mind at east, and to sat
isiy public curiosity
capt E. w billiard, OF Metropo-
lis, Ill, in a published article says:
IN was one of the four priyates who
carried the mains of Booth from
the old Capital prison in Washington
to a gunboat, which carried them
about ten miles down the Potomac
river, when the body was sunk in
the river
Here are four responsible people
two generals, a colonel and cap
.ain--each giving it as a physical
fact that Booth was buried to their
certain knowledge in four separate
and distinct pIaecs-all at the same
time Ii the Lord prompted Corbett.
as he himself states, TO shoot the
fellow in the barn. then from the
evidence herein adduced. it would
seem that the devil must have had a
GREAT deal to DO with his burial.
Think Of it. After a silence of
over thirty years. old Mr. MoXley,
who. a the time of President Lin
c0lu's ASA ssination. was the trusted
door-keeper al Ford's theater in
whi6h the president was shot by
Booth, and who peculiarly enough,
was one Of the selected pail bearers
for Booths remains when they were
a.humed supposedly at Washing
TON several years ago and turned over
70 tn Booth family for burial on
the family lot at Baltimore, now
gives out a published interview in
which he fearlessIy says TO an open
world Il knew Booth we'll, and
conversed with him only short time
before the AFFAIR in washington.
am the only one OF the pail bearers
lleft. The man who was brought e
Baltimore did not resemble Booth,
he had brown hair while Booths was
iei black. There was also a differ
ence in their general appearance.
The recorded testimony OF those
who Witnessed the body when it wa
leyhumed at Washington. specifically
states: THE corpse was wrapped IN
muddy army blanket II still has
on both riding boots SUFFERING
Judas, Booth broken leg was s.
badly swollen, just like all broker
gs swell, the day after the accident
that the country doctor lMuddl whit
dressed it had to cut the boot of
land the boot itself is now IN th'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03
LONDON PEACE
DELEGATES ARE
TAKING A REST
Many Belittle Turkish Concessions
as it is Only What They
Have Lost.
Assol Iated rresg .DIspaLell

Assoc lated Press Dispatch
London, Jan 2 The plenipoten-
tiarics to the peace conference en-
ioyed day OF general rest. eren the
meeting OF the ambassadors was sus-
pended, as all agreed that yester.
days advances By Turkey had
changed the situation to such an ex-
tent that they must await CORE
spondenee from their respective gov
ernments. The Turks continued to
declare that their concessions had
passed and that they now cannot
ronrede much more.
That the game il being played on
both sides is evident. The Turks
emphasizing the enormous import
ance OF what they have coded. which
in rea ity, Is only what they have
lost.
They all ON the other hand be.
little the Turkish concession, a.
they desire to settle forever theil
differences with the Ottoman EN-
pirc.
The real Stumbling block is Ad
rianople.
Some suggested that the Turk
cede their possessions. to the powers
which can decide their fate 1t /,
recalled that such a course has beel
taken on other occasions.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03
10 The Bulletin.

Special 10 The Bulletin.
Anna. ILL.,. Jan. John Samsa-
son. white shautyboat man, aged
So, inrarcerated in the Union county
;ail AT .Joneshoro by officers Of
Alexander county to prevent threat
ened mob violence on a charge OF a
criminal assault on the person OF an
eisht-year-o white girl at Cairo,
committed suicide this morning in
his cell between the hours of soc
and l1te0
The body was discovered by Mrs
Bertram Crowell. wife Of the jailer
samsason had secured the rope
with which he had hanged himself
by suhterfuge. asking for matchet
10 light his pipe, these being utilized
in burning in two a three-quartel
inch rope which suspended his bunl
and then. using one of the strands $,
secured converting 1t into perfec
ihangman S knot,
Samsason had declared TO fellow
prisoners a few days ago that h
would commit suicide as h. wa
tired Of life.
| At the time Of placing the suicide
in execution he was the sole oecu
pant OF the Jail.
Samsason claimed to have a VIII
and child in Vincenncs, where h
formerly lived
The eoroner's jury exhonerate
the taller and county authoritie
from all blame attached to the sui
eide
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03

the country to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Just before reaching his destination,
he vacated his team and disappeared,
making his way on across the coun-
try to san Francisco, where he met
his mother and his brother, Junius
Brutus Booth, Fearing to remain
with them, he went to Old Mexico;
and from there he drifted back into
Texas and settled at Glenrose Mills
whore he ran a store for awhile.
llTrom there he was traced, after his
death, 10 various points where he had
| lived under assumed names.
John Wilkes Booth made his first
confession to an attorney. F. P. Bat
| tes at Memphis, when he was sick
and expected to die.
Again, when he had taken poison.
with suicidal intent, at FL Renos
! Okla, he told Mrs Harper wife of a
methodist minister who he was. He
was succored by a physician and left
for Enid where he took a room al
the Grand Hotel After being there
about six weeks he went out quite
late one evening to drug store, got
! some strychnine. came back. went to
his room, and took it all--20 grains.
Presently the night clerk heard ter
/ rihlu ar1sn Id innaAnA -,
Georges room, Calling in the night
fwatch they broke open the door and
entered the room
A physician was hurriedly ca led
He came and remained with George
until 4 o'clock in the morning. De-
spairing of saving the fellows life,
he told the suffering man that the
end was near. and that if he had any
| instructions or requests to leave be-
hind that he had better make them
| quickly. Just then, Mr.. Dumont.
proprietor of the hotei, came in
Then and there to him and to the
might clerk, Mr.. Brown, George
made the following statement: II
have only to say my name is not
George. | am John Wilkes Booth.
and | request that my body be sent
to the morgue for identification.
He died; His body was sent to
| the morgue where 1t was idtntifiesl
by Mrs. Harper; by his old attorney.
I'Mr. Bates OF Memphis; by a MI.
Treadkell, living nine mics from
Enid. who had at one time hired hi.f
to make a drive to Salt Lake Cit,Ss
aud by manly others.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03

can tell you, the back Of the wagon
was taken away, was pulled out by
the heels by Harold and Ruddy, mad
at once hustled into the ferry boat
and over the river where our con-
fedeTate friends were waiting for us,
In the hurry, as we'll as the
method Of taking me from the
wagon, think the letters. diary and
picture OF my sister, were lost from
my pocket. as ! was dragged out.
About this | cannot say, but do
know that after / had crossed the
river and was feeling in my pocket
70 get the check, which | had on a
/ Canadian bank. | discovered !
had lost these papers. asked
Ruddy TO 80 back over the river and
get them out of the wagon, If they
We're there, and bring them to me at
the Garrett home.
In his lengthy, detailed confession
] Booth explains how, because of his
exposure at this point, he could not
wait for Rudy to go over the river
and back. SO he rode off to the Gar
ret home; how before Ruddy got
back Union soldiers came strolline
into the vicinity and how he wa;
forced to abandon the Garrett home
and take TO the woods, without hay.
/ ing any way to get word to Rudy;
how Ruddy got back to the Garrett
home, and was that night shot in an
old tobacco crib near the house; how
i he had been mistaken for Booth be-
cause he had the latter's personal eff.
fects on his person at the time he
was shot, and because of the add.
tional fact that he resembled Booth
in general appearance.
His Subsequent Whereabouts.
/ After getting away safely from the
Garrett home, Just before the APP.
proach of the federal troops, Bootl
claims he went westward on horse
F, back, posing as 2 wounded eonfeder.
ate soldier: that he went on down
through West Vorginia, and crossed
the Big Sandy river at Warfield, into
Kentucky: rested there for a while
Iand then went on down into Mis-
sissirp;. crossing the Mississippi
river at Catfish Point, into the In
dian country where he lived among
these Wild tribes for eighteen
months. Then he went north to Ne
brasks City, Neb.. where he con
ltractcd as teamster to drive acros.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Alexander County
National Bank of Cairo. Illinois, will
be- held at the office of the said bank
IN the city of cairo, Illinois. on Tues
day, January IA. 1913. for the cleo
ton Of a Board OF Directors and for
the transaction Of other business,
Polls will be open from 10 o'clock a
m. to 3 p. m. on said day.
JAMES H. GALLlGAN,
Cashier.
Cairo. Illinois, December Ia, 1912.
Dec. IA, got
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03
OnnIerf bard

u can't understand how that poets
wife is able to dress so well thought
there was no money in poetry" II
guess there isn't: bat her husband has
the job of writing all the advertising
rhymes for one OF the biggest break
fast food concerns in the country.
Have yoa seen their new aGtomobile?"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03
No Conclusive Evidence Of cba,o..

NO CONCLUSIVE tViuenee OF Chanqe.
Five years ago sir" triumphantly
declared the landlord of the Atlantic
and Pacific hotel at Whoopopolis. Ok,
there was no town here at alll'
'H'm!" rep'ied the hypercritical tour
LIST from the east And what makes
you think there is one here now?"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03
River Forecast.

No very decided change is indi-
Gated within the next few days IN
The Mississippi, from below st, Louis
to above Cairo. or for the Wabash
at Mt Carmel. The Ohio, from tbs
Mouth of the Wabash to Cairo, and
the Tennessee, from Florence to the
mouth. will continue to rise for th'
next 2 or 8 days.
r. T. LlNDLEY,
a Local Forecaster.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03
SENDS A LIVE
LOBSTER BY
PARCELS POST
Under the Law Live Fish Are I'm,
mailable; Many Cases of
+, Eggs Shipped,
Assaclatea Pres DIspatch.


New York. Jan. 2-The first VIC
lation OF the parcels post law was
discovered here this afternoon when
a queer looking package addressed
20 Philadelphia was opened 10 reveal
live lobster and 4 handful of live
srhrimp, Under the law live fish
are classed as unavailable matter.
More than six hundred packages
were mailed al the general postoffiee
on Tao lrorx aud more than on,
thousand were mailed at branch of.
ices.
Al the Grand Central station
eight thousand packages came in
daring the morning from suhurba,
towns, among Them we're cases con
tkininss eggs
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03
Few Words ef Truth

TIE sttitade Of ourselves toward
ourselves has wonderful effect in
he way We conduct ourselves.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03

ication. and so the corpse was ac-
ccpted. half heartedly. as that oil
Booth or. in other words it was
quietly disposed Of
Buried Wrong Man.
Where did the government bury
the fellow whom Corbett shot in the
harn2 General Lew Wallace. a
member OF the military court that
tried the other convicts who were
captured, wrot, just before his
death John Wilkes Booth was
buried. under a brick pavement in a
room OF the old penitentiary prison
OF Washington City"
General Dana, in his account Of
the affair. SAYS 'tle was buried
out in the old navy yard. and bal
terry of artillery run over the grave
to obliterate any trace of it
Colonel Wood. of the United states
secret service. said: The body OF
Booth was taken OF the steamer Ida
April -. 1865, down the Potomac
| river and carried to an island TWEEN.
tS-sevcn miles from Washington
and secretly buried there. The story
vas given out that Booth had beer
buried under the flag stone in the
district jail was only told to keel
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03
| NEWS Of THE RIVERS
Stage of River.

stage Of river 1915 rise Of 8 the
preceding "A hours,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-03
CAIRO VISITED BY
AUTHOR IN SEARCH
FOR STRANGE TALE

Concluded from Page one.l
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-03-07

as OokalaI the belt road now Ia pro.
cess Of building BIO noted, 10 BIO fol.
lowed upon tho return 10 Ililo by
visit 10 tho breakwater and tho terri.
torlM wharf, now under process OF
construction,
After lunch trip would be made by
rail md auto 10 tho volcano pit, tho
might belRR spent at the Volcano House.
Tho following day, after breakfast at
tlN Volcano House, the return would bo
made 10 llilo and The Legislators BIO
given tho opportunity 10 visit iho
various points of Interest a. their lpis
ufH, d Lunch 20 hr served a. noon, Ht
hhlfh limo hn opportunity would bo
given f0r confederation m AHY hHal
uefa upiifn which mo people M lla'
HHII might Nanf tu dfHN NJ thr HitNn.
IInu nf iir irHltIHi0H
Tlf IHHf Name km iwfo for
H.tH'V|H "a I.Hf u'flnfh N1Hi Hfiu
hHHn giving mT'H f0Wr ~ lNn HfW
lf A. Hi0fH fhrWffifu il lhe
lH N TUHiInHH#
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-03-07

H. b. Calculating to deputy sherifIs.
Wilcox.
II. B. GS.-An act to pay members
Of the National Guard Tor services
while encamped from August 2S to
September /, i9l9.-Paxsou.
II. b. S6.-Adding "a new section to
Il. l.. H.. to be known as section lSSSA,
relating to nav trials and rcvcrsals on
appcal.-Sheldon.
THIRD READING-MARCH o.
II. b. 2s.-Making appropriations for
benefit of Judge Jacob Hardy Shell
don.
II. b. S9.-Providing for comprehen-
sive course of manual and agricultural
training; elementary course Of civil
government and political economy in
public chools.-Kupihea.
S. b. 7.-Relating to public instruc-
ton and extending scope of public
schools of Territory.-Iaukea.
RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED.
II. r. 61.-Asking for investigation
of Representative Kalakiela by Judi
ciary committee of house.-Kalakiela
Referred to judiciary committee.
s. c. R. 5.-Asking Congress to APP
propriate 100000 for purchase of pri-
waite fishing rights in Territory.-Ju-
dietary. (Agriculture.)
H. Il. 63.-Extending formal thanks
to Governor Frear in appreciation of
his long, faithful and valuable service,
of his integrity of purpose, devotion to
duty and earnestness in the public in
terest. Lota Adopted.
PETITIONS.
No. 11.-F'rOm guards of insane asy-
lum asking for an additional watch OF
eight men.-Introdueed by Kupihea.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
No. 52.-From printing committee
stating II. b. %, 90, 81, 9s, 80, 100, 1902
| l04, los, LOG, los, 100 40 and 11g
had been printed and were ready fol-
| distribution.
No. 53-From finance committee rec
ommending tabling of II. b. SO (Kau
piko) and II. B. 6s (Paxson). Adopt
ed.
| No. 54.-From finance committee rec
ommending passage of II. b. 2S (Shel
don). Adopted.
No 55.-From Judiciary committed
recommending tabling of II. B. 81
(Sheldon). Adopted.
No. 56.-From education committed
recommending passage of S. B. 7 (Iau
kea), with amendments. Adopted.
No. 57.-From education COMMITTEES
recommending passage Of IL. IS. 3!
(Kupihea). Adopted.
No. 5S.-From misc ellany committee
recommending tablirg of II. b. 6;
| (Wilcox). Adopted.
No. So From health and police com
mittee relating to II. K. A (Silva) an,
furnishing information desired. Filed
COMMUNICATIONS.
From board of agriculture giving lis
of employees, salaries and length of scr
vice.
From senate clerk transmitting t.
house S. B. 81 (Iaukea) which ha,
passed third reading in senate.
From the secretary of the Territor.
of Hawaii informing the house he ha
forwarded to proper destinations copie
of II. C. r. No. /, relative to statehoo
for Hawaii.
From senate clerk transmitting S. {
R. No. 8, which had been adopted b.
senate.
From commissioner of public land
transmitting information as to Wais
kea and Piihonua, Hilo, lands.
From board of education relative t
list of department employees, salarie
and length Of service.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-03-07
House Proceedings
(Coniinned from Pare slx.l


mission. enclosing resolution favoring
acqu rement by Territory OF kaiulanl
Park.-Introduced by Watkins.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
No. 4O.-From military committee
recommending passage of II. b. 40 (Ku.
pihea). Adopted.
No. 4l.-F'rom printing committee
stating following bills had been print
ed and we're ready for distributions;
80. 40, SO, "a, 81, 90 and o..
No. AZ From judiciary committee
recommending tabling of II. b. % (Sil-
val. Adopted.
40. 43.-From judiciary committee
recommending passage of ii. B. 40
(Kawewehi). Adopted.
No. 44.-From military committee
recommending passage Of II. B. 20
(Sheldon). Adopted.
No. 45.-From judiciary committee
recommending tabling of H. B. Ss (Sil-
way. Adopted.
No. 46.-From printing committee
stating II. B. s (Goodnessl had been
printed and was ready for distribution.
No. 47.-From health and police com
mittee recommeing passage OF IL. b.
70 (Waiaholo). Adopted.
No. 4s.-From health and police COM
mittee recommending indefinite post
ponement of II. B. 46 (Poepoe). Adopt
ed.
N 49.-From health and police COM
mittee recommending tabling of ii. b.
AZ (Poepoe). Adopted.
No. 50.-From health and police CON-
mittee recommending indefinite post
ponement of II. B. % (Sheldon)
Adopted.
No. 51.-From health and police com
mittee recommending tabling of ii. B.
60 (Poepoe). Adopted.
COMMUNICATIONS.
From senate clerk returning H. B, &c
which had passed third reading In
senate, with an amendment. Amend
ment concurred in.
From adiutant general of Territory
giving list of employees, salaries anc
length of service.
From senate clerk transmitting tt
house S. B. 43, which had passed third
reading in senate.
From board of immigration, labor anC
statistics, giving list of employees, sala
ries and length of service.
From senate clerk transmitting t.
mouse -. ID. 3D. which hdu PaeScu 'HiAN
reading in senate.
From superintendent of public works
giving list of employees, salaries an'
length of service.
From senate clerk returning H. B. 81
which had passed third reading il
senate.
From board of harbor commissioner
giving list of employees, salaries an'
length of service.
From senate clerk returning H. B. %
which had passed third reading il
senate.
From commissioner public lands Civ
ing list of employees, salaries and tim
of service.