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The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25
Compelled to Borrow $50 to Pay
Household Expenses for
Past Month.
ASSESSED TWENTY PERCENT
EVERY MONTH IN INTEREST

While the commissioners are foi.
lowing the precedent established BIZ
n Democratic pres dert incorporate I
in what is known rs the "Wilsonian
Watchfr! Waiting" policy, the Cairo
Money Trust of Sharks and Conf
pany, Not Inc" is pursuing its way
nrestr ted and rearing a harves.
at the expense OF the poor unfor.u-
mates driven by circumstances inio
the clutches of these Shylocks.
And while the "Watchful Wait
ing" policy is in force Sharks aud
Company, Not Inc" are laughing in
their sleeves.
The latest case. wherein positive
evidence has been produced to The
Bulletin proving eXtortion, was yes
terday unfoIded.
A well known railroad man in
the employ of the Illinois Centra,
with & regular monthly earning
capacity OF $l25 possessing a fam
lily consisting Of wife and four chill
dren, two boys and two girls. one
evening two years ago had lapse
and biIahled into a poker game at
Mounds, something very remarkable
in this enc instance as the gentle
man Is known for the general en-
cellencc of his habits.
AS a result of that poker gamo he
lost the major part Of his monthly
salary andA as debts incurred in
household expenses must be met the
very next day. he was compelled to
borrow $50 from Sharks and Co"
This lean was negotiated by his Civ
ing a lien or assignment upon his
wages at the Illinois Central. Fur
|thermoro he agreed to pay $40 per
month interest--twenty percent per
month or 2i0 percent per year.
This Illinois Central empioye
never told his wife OF what had oc
CURED tc him, either as to the poker
game o. the loan he had negotiated
He struggled along for Is months
paying regularly $40 per month i'll
terest except for three months when
other debts incurred by illness Of
two children compelled him to miss
three interest payments. All this
time he was forced tc lie and "re,
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25
ALL INFECTIOUS
DISEASES MUST
Be: R[P0RTfD D
Health Officer Issues Warrants for
Arrest of Five Persons Not
So Reporting.

Tho City Physician and Health
Officer DR.. w. c. Clarke, has had
warrants issued for the arrest % i've
persons, all colored, for not abiding
by the law and the city ordinances
in reporting infectious diseases in
their homes. Their names: Maggie
Thorpe and Dorothy King of $40
Sixteenth street, Dance and Polly
Porter of s12 Sixteenth street and
Nancy Pruitt of 1901 Commercial
avenue. In these three houses were
cases OF smallpox and none of the
inmates made any report of the fact.
DR.. Clarke says he will insist up-
on a strict enforcement of the city
ordinances covering such cases, nc
matter who may be the victim caught
in the Gragnet.
In order that all may become con-
versant with the this law a copy Of
tho section which gives tho ordi-
nance and tho penalty is herewith
printed.
Section sos, page 25S of tho re-
vised city ordinances says, in para
graph 80: 1t shall be the duty ri
the proprietor or occupant of any
house in which the smallpox or other
infections disease shall make its ap-
pearance Immediately to give notice
to the mayor or city marshal, or IN
case of the absence of these Off
GERS, to any police constable, and
upon 1t failure to do so he shall be
liable to a fine Of not less than
twenty five nor more than one hum
dred dollars. To this may be added
that if the case is reported direct to
the health officer he will see trat
the proper precautions are taken
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25
Attend Conservation Ceremonies.

Fathers Downey. of st. Patrick $
church. and Gillen, of St. Joseph $
church, went to Belleville MondG y
night to be present at the consecraS
ton ceremonies of Bishop Elect
Henry Althoff. successor to the late
Bislop Jansen, Arch Bishop Glen
non, of st. Louis delivered the En-
giish sermon at the conservation
and Bishop Schrembs, of Toledo, o.,
spoke in German. Arch Bishop
Juigley, of Chicago, assisted by
Bishop Peter Muldoon, of Davenport
and Bishop Paul P. Rhode of Chi
cago, officiated at the ceremonies.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25
Cairo Grain Men Leave to Continue
Fight Before Utilities Conf
mission.
POWERFUL RAIL INTERESTS
WITH CHICAGO BOARD TRADE
Dread Competition On Waterways
Which Will be Aroused By
Panama Canal

Unless the rates are raised"
shippers in central Illinois grain
fields VIII send all their products BY
way of Cairo
"As far as Chicago traffic is con.
cerned, it will practically be ruined.
1t will be useless for Chicago to
compete with the southern shippers
unless the primary markets are
kept on an even basis" Testimony
of E. B. Boyd, manager transporta-
tion department of Chicago Board
Illinois Utilities Commission.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25

Messrs. A. K. Rust, ]. B. Maget
and others interested in the matter
left last night on the Seminole Lin
of Trade, at former hearing by The
tied for Chicago where the hearing
before the Public Utilities Commits
sion of the State of Illinois, will be
resumed this afternoon relative ta
the complaint of the Chicago Beard
Of Trade that there is discrimina-
lion in railroad rates on grain in
favor Of Cairo.
The Commission recently suspend
ed for sixty days the authorized
higher rate pending further investi-
cation into the matter which will
be resumed, beginning at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
The proceedings before the Utili-
tics Board at tile former hearing, as
exclusively published by The BuIlc-
tin each day during the hearing
shows that the Chicago Board OF
Trade il eager for the raise in rates
and in this effort is being assisted
by powerful railroad interests as
these railroads, antagonistic at pres
ent, as in the past, to the Panama
Canal see that there will be a re-
sumption Of traffic upon the waters
of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
when the canal is formerly opened
for commercial purposes.
Naturally in the opening of the
Panma Canal intrastate, as we'll as
interstate traffic will be diverted
via Cairo where it will be tranship.
ped by water.
The Illinois Central, through !ts
attorney. A. p. Humberg will intro
duco witnesses i'll an effort to prove
that the raise in grain rates, fer
which the Chicago Board of Trade
Is struggling, will be a benefit TO
every ono If regulated under a re-
cent ruling of the Interstate Com
ferce Commission.
The Cairo men and farmers from
all points of Illinois are well for:i,.
fled with facts ably presented by q
host OF witnesses in addition to be-
ing well represented by attorneys in
the matter.
1t has Deen powerful railroad in
terests that have always opposed
any bctterment of the waterways
and their opposition today to any,
thing that will tend to divert tlaf-
fic TO the Panama Canal by :hc
maintenance of equitable rates, is
but another method OF throttlln2
competition.
IL was this same powerful railroad
interests represented by James j.
Hill of the Great Northern which in
1900 defeated the project of the
construction of canal by the Fed
eral government connecting Laac
Superior via the st. Croix river and
the chain of lakes which intersact
and bisect the state of Minnesota
with the Mississippi river at st.
Paul, the canal by government esti-
mate, costing only S6,000,000.
The building of this canal would
have diverted all tho grains from
the Canadas and the NORTHWEST GEN.
tering at Duluth and the iron ore
from the Messba range, through .hc
canal down the Mississippi river 20
Cairo the river being maintained at
a constant navigable stage to the
Buff Of Mexico the year round by
water from Lake Superior which is
fed by over 200 streams.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25
Attend Funeral Of Relative.

]. b. Scoville and daughter. Mrs.
Louis Rossman are in Chicago
where they went Monday to attend
the funeral of Mr.. Scoville's brothers
in-law, A. w. Baker, who died il
that city. -.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25
Will Use Rome.

An association of Kansas farm
er's has adopted resolution put
ting the automobile thief in class
with the horse thief.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25
Groceries At Cost.

Chicago has opened a municipal
grocery where goods will be sold at
cost, for the benefit of men who are
temporarily without employment.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25

Countess de Bertier, wife of an
attache Of the French embassy at
Washington, has startled society
with her costumes direct from Paris.
Having j,ist arrived, the countess
GENES With the latest things turned
out by the Paris designers, and sho
has shown some OF their extreme
fashions
While many women in Washing
ton wear fashionable clothes, they
had not seen anything, except N
pictures, just like the countess
wears. The position of her husband,
of course, brought her into society
at once, and the matrons and youG6
women have watched her many
changes with great interest.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25
Plucky Alexander County Officer
Will Not Delegate Duty 10
One Of Deputies.
FIRST LEGAL HANGING
OF WHITE MAN IN CAIRO
Judge Butler Will Pronounce Sen.
tence Of Death Next Monday
on Murderer.
"I'll DO the work myself" Sheriff

"I'll DO the work myself" Sheriff
Fraser.
This was the response to the ques-
ton whether he would oificiate at
the hanging Of Wilson or delegate
the duty of springing the trap to
ono of his deputies.
"We. the jury, find the defendant,
VIII wilson. gritty of mar. Is
charged in the indictment and we
fix his punishment at DEATH
This was the verdict OF the Jury
that tried the case of Will Wilson.
the slayer of Special OFFICER Thomas
Logan of the Mobile & Ohio railroad.
January 18th last. The jury was
out six hours having been given in
structions by Judge Butler at 10
O'Clock Monday night and arrived at
their verdict at 4 O'Clock Tuesday
morning. Judge Butter was called
and received the verdict and ,aues-
toned each juror as to his absolute
decision.
AT the first ballot 1t is said the
jury stood six for the death penalty
and six for a life sentence and as
the hours dragged en- the others
We're brought to the same conclusion
that Wilson should have the limit
OF the law.
Wilson, who had maintained all
through the trial a lack of interest
in the proceedings. heard the verdict
without any apparent emotion. 6ut
before the jury had reported. he
evinced great anxiety in awaiting
the announcement of the report Of
its deliberations. When he was
taken back to his cell he appeared
to weaken and to realize the import
of the verdict.
Wilson was seen by minister
yesterday morning. who offered to
write 10 his relatives for him. IL he
had any, but he evinced no desire to
have them acquainted of his predica-
ment and would give no address.
Whether motion for new trial
which is usually made in such cases
will be made has not been stated end
1t is hardly thought probable that
the attorneys who had been appoint
ed by the court, will undertake 10
carry the case any further. Judge
Butler, who left yesterday after re-
ceiving the verdict Of the jury, fer
Murphysboro to hold court there.
will return and 1t is said will hear
the motion If made or sentence VIII
son on Monday next to be hanged
by the neck until dead"
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25
WEATHER.

Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri
Fair and warmer Wednesday and
Thursday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25

No matter how hard times get tn
wages o sin are allus liberal an on
tn do. Politics makes strange
puSt-masterS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25

l.. II. Myers, who was sheriff of
Alexander county in 1879, being
asked rs TO whether there had ever
been a legal hanging In this county
of a white man, said. mo. caa-
not recall that there was ever
white man hung by any sheriff cf
this county. My recollection is that
there were only three hangings and
they were of negroes. | have lived
in Cairo 81 years and know that
during that period no white nan
has ever been legally hung in this
county"
Peter Saup, who was sheriE Of
the county in the SOS said: Il
have no knowledge of the legal hans.
ing of white man IN this county.
The nearest TO it was the case OF u
nan from johnson county. whose
'rial was held in this county oG 3
change of venue from john
NpH NNunNss AiG " hdc ASN'@
guilty Of murder in the first degree
and was executed at Vienna. Ac-
coriing to my recollection there has
been four legal hangings in Alex
ander county. two BY Sheriff irwin
and two py Jack Hodge. | only re-
all to mind the names Of two OF
those. Charles Glass was hung by
Sheriff Irwin and Riley Powell by
Sheriff Hodge. the other two have
forgotten"
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25
Local Data Yesterday.
Sunrise and Sunset.

Sun will rise today ..,. S .3S
Sun will set today -. ...5.i7
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-25
Weather Forecast.

Cairo and vicinity: Fair an
warmer Wednesday,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-07-29

How to Preserve the Yellow of Lace.
Yellow lace is apt to become white
If it is washed with soap and water.
so that If the owner of yellow lace
wishes to keep 1t yellow she must be
very careful of its cleansing.
Cover 1t first with gasoline. placing
it in covered earthen crock. Shake
1t about in the gasoline. rubbing soiled
spots between the hands. Then COW
er the crock and leave 1t for five or
six hours. Be sure that the lace is
quite submerged In the liquid. At the
end Of this time shake the lace. squeeze
it and hang In the open air until quite
dry.
Then place it on clean ironing
board and dampen little. Pull it into
shape with your fingers while it Is
damp. II 1t be lace collar or a wide
piece haste it to thick. damp cloth.
stitching each scallop or figure Then
place thin. damp cloth over it and
press with a warm iron.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-07-29
CIeveland's Clean Up.

Recent efforts put forth by Cleveland
residents. the first in the official clean
up and brighten mp campaign. trans
formed the city into a vesuvius that
belched forth ashes and rubbish enough
to have almost buried another PompeiL
More than 100 wagons. manned by
1000 drivers. helpers and cleaners.
gathered 226.S00 cubic feet of ashes.
rubbish and street refuse during the
Cleanup week. If placed in one spot
this could have been made into pile
pr the same dimensions as the twelve
story tower of the Guardian Savings
and Trust comnany's building This
tower. which rearS its top above the
neighboring buildings on Euclid ave
nue.. is l5O feet high. with n thirty foot
front and a depth of sixty feet
This amount OF refuse and ashes
would nave filed 1874 gondola freight
cars. which would have made a train
one mile and quarter long.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-07-29
WHY HE DOES 1T
Druggist Arthur L. Cheney Gives Rea.
for Selling at Half Price

1t isn't often that have faith enough
/ n the medicines put up by other people
to be willing to offer to refund the money
IL it does not cure, said Arthur l.. Cheney
to one of his many customers, but am
glad to sell DR.. Towards specific for the
cure of constipation and dyspepsia on
that plan.
1.-THE DIR. Howard Co., in order to get
quick Introductory sale, authorized me
to sell the regular so cent bottle of their
specific for half-price, 25 cents, and al
though have sold a lot of it and guar
anteed every package, not one has been
brought back as unsatisfactory"
am still selling the specific at half
price. although / cannot tell how long 1
shall be able to do so. Any person who
is subject to constipation, sick headache,
dizziness, liver trouble, Indigestion or
general played out condition, ought to
take advantage of this opportunity.
the specific does not cure them. they can
come right back to my store. and will
cheerfully refund their money. Adv.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-07-29
Commercial ORGANIZATIONS.

In 1912 the bureau of foreign and do
nestle commerce issued a monograph
entitled Commercial Organizations
Especial Agents Series No. COZ. cover
ing general features of commercial or
ganization work This is now supple.
mented by second publication under
the same title Especial Agents Series
No. 70. obtainable for 10 cents from the
government printing Office. Washing.
tom, in which the salient features
of individual commercial organizations
of twenty-five southern and western
cities are covered The data given
are valuable not only as conveying
Information regarding the activities
of the particular organizations men,
toned. but notably as offering sugges-
tons to those wishing to CLEAN ideas
on how to conduct commercial work in
general. Intimate details are given as
to the main objects of the organiZa.
ton, accomplishments achieved. under
way or contemplated. methods of
financing. etc. Among the larger cities
whose commercial organizations are
studied at length are Houston, New Or
leans, Atlanta. San Antonio. Spokane.
Seattle, Portland. San Francisco. Los
Angeles. Minneapolis and St Paul.
State wide consolidated bodies. such
as the California development board
and the associated chambers of com.
merce of the Pacific coast, are also in
cluded,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-07-29
TRAMWAYS AS ClVILIZERS.
Farreachine Effects of Street Cars In
the Old World.

Farreaching Effects OF Street Cars In
the Old World.
If the steam railway brings civiliza.
ton into savage countries. street cars
or tramways certainly bring measure
of cleanliness into dirty towns.
The workers. who for countless gen.
erations have huddled together in filthy
iens cooped up within the walls of an
old town flor no man, in the days when
banditti roamed everywhere outside ar
row shot from the towers Of a medic
val town. dared to be outside its gates
at night, now. by the aid Of tramways,
can live in the country in houses the
rent of which is cheap and can go in
to their work in the early morning by
the tramcars. What the bicycle has
done for English and French workmen
the tramcar is doing for the near east
and far east. where the roads are not
good enough for cycling. In India. in
China, in Africa and in South America
the tramways are great civilizing in
fluences as well as money making I'M
dertakings.
Four tramway routes are to be laid
down all starting from the Jaffa gate
of Jerusalem. One of the lines is to run
through the great business quarter out
side Jerusalem, another line is to run
through the new Jewish quarter be-
yond the walls. and the other two tram
lines will be the tourist lines. One Of
them is to run the six miles out to
Bethlehem and will pass many of the
holy places which lie outside the city
wells and tombs and convents-and the
fourth is to circle the old city, with
hating places at Gordon's Calvary,
which is held by many scholars to have
been the scene of the crucifixion; the
Tomb of the Kings. the Valley of Je- |
hoshaphat and the Mount of Olives. |
The existence of these tramways will |
make Jerusalem far cheaper place for |
sightseeing than it has been heretofore. |
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-07-29
Theirs to Mold Lives.

Mothers and maidens, believe me,
your lovers lives is In your hands;
what you would have them be they
shall be, If you pot only desire to
have them SO, but deserve to have
them so; for they are but mirrors in
which you will see yourselves imaged.
If you are frivolous, they will be SO
also; if you have no understanding
of the scope of their duty, they also
will forget it; they win listen-they
can listen-to no other Interpretation
of it than that uttered from your lips.
-Ruskin.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-07-29
FOlLED THEIR PLOT.
Nine. AIboni CIeverIy Broke Up Hiss
ing Conspiracy.

M,ss. AIboni cIeverly Broke Up Hiss
ing Conspiracy.
"Once upon time, when Nine.
Alboni was at Trieste writes Hen
ry G. Lahee in Famous Singers OF
Today" "she was informed of the
existence of a plot to hiss her off
the stage. Having ascertained the
names of her detractors and where
they were to be found, she donned
male attire, to which her short hair
and robust figure helped to COM
plete her disguise, and went to the
cafe at which the conspirators met.
Here she found them in full con-
sultation, and, taking a seat at a
table, she listened to their CONVEX
sation for time. After awhile she
addressed the leader, saying: T
hear that you intend to play trick
upon some one. | am very fond of
a little practical joke myself and
should be glad if you would allow
me to join you on this OCCASION
"'With pleasure was the reply.
I'VE intend to hiss an opera singer
off the stage this evening"
Indeed! And of what is she
guilty?'
"'Oh, nothing, except that, being
an italian, she has sung in Munich
and Vienna to German audiences,
and we think she ought to receive
some castigation for her unpatriotic
conduct
"1 agree with you, and now
please tell me what I am to do
"'Take this whistle said the
leader. at a signal to be given at
the conclusion of the air sung by
Rosina the noise will begin, and you
will have to join in
"1 shall be very glad to do so,'
said the singer and put the whistle
in her pocket.
'1n the evening the house was
packed-every seat was occupied
and the audience warmly applauded
the opening numbers of the opera.
In due course Nine. Alboni appear
ed, and at the point at which she
was about to address her tutor
few of the conspirators began to
make a disturbance, not waiting for
the signal.
"Without showing any concern
Nine. Alboni walked down to the
footlights, and, holding up the
whistle, which was hung to her
neck by a ribbon, she exclaimed:
Gentlemen, are you not a little be-
fore your time? | thought we were
not to commence whistling until | |
had sung the air.
"For a moment a deathly still |
ness prevailed; then suddenly the |
house broke into thunders of ap-
plause. which was led by the con- |
;pirators themselves"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-07-29
Visit Childhood Scenes

VIM. S. Cheney had as visitors few
days, recently, his cousins, George and
David Cook of West Charleston. This
This was their first visit here in sixteen
years. They are natives of this town,
being born at Cady's Falls. Their father
was the late John Cook who, sixty years
ago, built the building at the Falls re-
Gently taken down and for some time used
by the Lilley Wagon Co. Mr.. Cook was
engaged in the wooden manufacturing
business there several years, and also
built the house now occupied by Joseph
Sherman, over the door of which may
still be seen his initials, ~. c."
The two visitors were greatly interest
ed in looking over the scenes of their
boyhood; they also visited the farm in
West Morristown where Mr.. Cheney was
born, now occupied by Henry Walton.
Thomas Cheney, w. SIS father, who
lived to the remarkable age of 81 years,
lived on that farm over sixty years, COM
ing there from Plainfeld, \. H with his
bride when about 80 years old and living
in log house. 1t might be interesting
to young men of to-day to state that the
senior Cheney worked out for $1,000
month until he had earned 5000 90, with
which he purchased the farm.