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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
JURY SELECTED TO HEAR
OBJECTION, IF ANY, TO
AN ASSESSMENT ROLL
North Alexander Drainage District
Matter Will BE Heard in
County Court inv 27

The date set for the hearing on
the assessment roll of the North
Alexander Drainage District in the
county court has been set for July
q. A jury has ben selected to fix
the amount of benefits or damages
to all parties who make objections
to the assessments as they stand.
The jury as selected is as follows
Jacob Solomon, w. ]. Buchanan,
Peter Saup, Fred Steinhouse, C. p.
Martin, William r. Gibson, II. II.
Halliday, Louis H. Kaha, Wiley
Clutts, E. f. Cox, Paul II. Schuh,
Henry G. Welman.
If there are objections to the as
sessments as apportioned by the
commissioner as there is said there
will be, the jury will have to make
a trip over the upper end of the
county and be sighted on all the
points to be considered.
The two contested election cases
entered by Thebe5 parties recently
have been withdrawn. Plaintiffs
took nonsuit, and judgment for costs
vas assessed against the plaintiffs
The cases were Alfred whitney
and j. Il. Underwood VS.. A. C.
Brawn Henry c. Douglas and 9th
ers VS.. Walter A. Patterson Horace
Caldwell, c. r. Knowlton and Oliver
Holmes.
u. F. Roberts, charged with lar
ccny plead not guilty, His trial was
set for hearing July Is.
Willie Hudson, charged with lar
ceny plead guilty and was sentenced
to five days in Jail and to pay q fine
of $40 aud costs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
FIRST rain Of
CONSEQUENCE IN
over 60 DAYS
Nearly One Third of An Inch cf Ra n
Fell During Early Hours cf
Last Night.

The first rain IN this yrmjty Of
any consequence since ne crolth
that has prevailed for tho pat two
months fell last night and vas joy
fully received. The weather bureau
reported that up to &c * last
evening .OS OF an inch fall nd after
Z o'clock % Of an inch fell early
in tho night, making 4 total rainfall
of > or nearly oacthiyd of an
inch.
The last heavy rain to fall pre-
vious to this was on the night of
May As when 2.54 inches covered
the earth in this locality and was
considered more than a local rain.
On the 2nd of July there was %
of an inch and on the 4th Of July
.0l of an inch was recorded. Pre-
vious to these dates there have boen
recorded only traces of rain for
nearly two months. The forecast for
Saturday is fair weather.
The storm last night was cleo
trical and was local. lightning
struck in many places in the yicin-
ity. One stroke caused the burning
out of the lights on one side of the
arch on Eighth street
In summing up the amount of
rainfall in this vicinity the records
show that from the first day of Jan
uary up to the present time there
was $50 inches below the normal,
that is to say that this vicinity is
short.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
Signs in Illinois Central Cars, Run
ming Between Cairo and Car
bondale Said to Read
THIS CAR FOR WHITE
PASSENGERS ONLY
State Utilities Board Chairman J. E.
Guam, Writes to l, c.
Officials.

Springfield, Ill, July 1o.---'Jim
Crew" cars for negroes will not be
permitted on railroads operating in
Illinois. This Is made plaiu in Il
letter addressed to officials of the
illinois Central by Chairman Guam
&C the state public utilities commis
sion.
The charge that tho Illinois Cen
tIal is refusing to permit negroes to
ride in the same cars with white
passengers was made in letter to
Governor Dunno from ]. d. Aston,
editor of the Christian Anchor, pub
lifhcd at Murphysboro. He claims
in the letter that on cars on illinois
Central trains between Carbondale
aud Cairo there are signs reading
This car for white passengers
enly." He declared that in fairness
TO the colored people of the state,
the railroad should be lrade to obey
the law against discrimination.
Alston said he asked the conduc
tor il he did not know that discrimi-
ration between passenE gers because
of race or color is violation of the
law. The conductor told him, he
SAYS, that under the Interstate Jim
Crew law" the road had a right 20
separate passengers.
rhc governor was greatly aston
isted at the charge and Immediately
roferrcd the letter tc Chairman
Quon with directions to make 1 full
investigation. The letter written by
Chairman Guam to officials of the
road today is as follows
Dear 5ir;---A complaint has been
made to this commission that the
illinois Central railway company's S
train leaving Cairo at 2;45 +. N.
and the train leaving Carbondale at
o'clock a. m. have posted in the
cars a sign reading; This car for
white passengers only
There surely IS some mistake
about this as the commission cannot
believe that any railroad in the state
cf Illinois is discriminating in this
manner. Please let us have an i'm
mediate answer.
"N cry truly yours,
a. e. GUAM, Chairman"
Unless the company immediately
orders the signs removed from the
cars, there is likely to be trouble
between the company and the Illi-
nois utilities commission.
Tho Illinois Central operates ex~
tensively in Kentucky and it is sup
rosod at the offices of the commits
sion here that the cars about which
complaint has been made have been
IL use across the Ohio. where Jim
Crow" cars are protected by law.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
The Little Sternwheel Boat Flor
ence T." With Barge Enters
Trade This Morning. 4.
CAN ACCOMMODATE s TEAMS
so PASSENGERS EACH TRIP
The Big Watermelon Crop Of Mis-
sissippi County Car Then Be
Brought to Cairo. 4

This morning the farmers from
Mississippi county, Missouri, can
get into Cairo with their garden
truck, produce and chickens, which
they have not been able 10 do snr a
long time owing to the lack Of ferry
accommodation between Cairo ard
Greenfield Landing.
Arrangements have been cont
pleted for this service a few days
ago with Cart. Metheney, owner OF
the little sternwheel boat Florence
e." This little craft about &C feet
long Is operated by gasoline. 1t has
q neat cabin for The accommodation
Of ladies and can carry as many as
fifty passengers at trip. The boat
is equipped with barge 20 by 50
feet in size that will carry each
trip eight teams.
Four trips a day will he made at
present, but when there is demand
Tor moro trips as the season reJnires
additional trips can easily be made.
The barge has been reconstructed 50
as to pernii. CO loading and unload
ing the teams.
There has been no service for the
transferring of teams In the Green
field ferry since the City of cairo
left this trade to ply between Cairo,
Birds Point and Wickliffe, which Is
over a year, and the farmers over
In Missouri have been going to
| Charleston and other points with
| their produce much to the detrimont
Of the citizens OF Cairo, all of whom
have been affected by the stopping
Of tGis ferry service.
The Cairo Chamber of Comm srce
| through its ferry committee has
Leen instrumental in getting this
serydce in operation land Will en-
deayor as soon as practicable to i'm
prove upon it. by putting in a larger
Loaf. The Florence Z" has eeen
| running in the Cairo and Hickman
trade.
The Cairo Association Of Com
| iaerce ferry committee is composed
If +. T. Langan, G. G. Terrell John
3. Groaney, Samuel White and Oris
| castings. The committee has, in
the past few days, had the ap-
proaches to the landings on both
sides of the river placed in condition
to afford convenient and safe ap-
proaches to the ferry. N%nHB
When the new ferryboat Three
States which is expected to be
'eady for the Wickliffe and Birds
Point trado about August |, arrives.
the people of the city will gladly
cive credit for both these helps TO
The prosperity of the city to rhc
| Cairo Association Of Commerce and
to its excellent ferry committee for
their valuable service.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
HOLD ALL NIGHT WATCH
AT CIRCUIT CLERKS
DOOR AT COURT HOUSE
Candidates Who Want to Get Their
Names First on the Elec-
ton Ballots.

An all night watch was maintains
ed last night at the court house by
friends of several Of the candidates
for nominations on the different
political parties for county offices.
Today is the first day that nomi-
nation papers can be filed and some
If the candidates want their names
first on the ballots. The county
clerk will not arrive in his office I'M
til S o'clock this morning when the
first paper turned in will be entered
first, and the Others in their order.
Half a dozen candidates for county
Judge, county assessor and superin-
tendent Of schools were on hand
early in the evening, but as the
night advanced, one by one got tired
and gracefully withdrew, leaving
only two friends of several of the
candidates to stick 1t out alone, JOS
eph LeMay and Ralph Childress to
hold their places at the door. AS
these two had gotten extra sleep
earlier in the day they Were in
prime condition to hold the fort.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
APPROPRIATION
OF 100000 FOR
SALEMISUFFERERS
Passes House 161 to Sc
Despite Opposition of Chair
man Fitzgerald.

Washington. July 10.---Congras3
today appropriated 100000 for the
relief of the sufferers from the
Salem fire. Nm spite of vigorous
opposition led by Chairman Fitl
gerald of the Appropriation Commit
tee, who said it was not part of the
f deraI governments duty to ap-
prnpriate money for the fire suffer
crs. the house accepted, by a vote
of lei to &c, tie senate amendment
to the sundry civil bill to apprOp-
riate the money.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
TOURIST POSING
AS AN OCCjL|ST
IS IN THE CITY
Not Conducting Business Strictly
According to That of a
Legitimate Peddler.

A tourist peddling spectaclcs and
giving the name of Or. w. l.. Ches-
ter, o. d. n. p. has been disposinf
of large number of glasses unde'
the pTeteXt that he has treated
Cairoites in st. Louis. He uses the
names Of well known Cairo people
and of course has been very success
full in making a big haul. 1t is sale
that on one corner of a residence
section in a house to house canvas
that he sold spectaclcs that brought
him $14.
On his card he has NaturopathiC
Oculist and Optician, Hospital AS
sistant, 5t2 Commercial, Cairo, Ill.
He has also stated that he is en-
ployed at one of the hospitals here,
but inquiry at the hospitals proved
that he is not known. He told sew
eral people that he was in Anna
yesterday, hut from an indications
he must have been in Sikcston. A
hotel keeper there called over the
phone to Cairo parties asking infor-
nation of the peddler stating that
he had jumped his board bill He
also used Cairo peoples names at
Sikeston.
So be on your guard for the Or,
Chester. He has never even seen
some of the people whose names he
uses.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
JURY IN PETRAS
CASE DISCHARGED
result N|STR|Al
Were Out 40 Hours Eleven Jurors
in Favor of Acquittal One
He'd Out.

Geneva, H., July 10.--Thc jury
in the case of Anthony Petras, ac-
cuscd of tho murder of Theresa
Hollander last winter, disagreed and
was discharged at $50 this morn
ing by Judge Irwin.
Miss Hollander, once a sweetheart
of Petras, now married. was dubbed
to death in st. Nicholas cemetery
in Aurora.
Theresa Hollandcr was dragged in
to st. Nicholas cemetery in the out
skirts Of Aurora, ant clubbed TO
death the night of Feb. Is last Her
body was discovered the next morn
ing, lying in the snow, with her
arms broken and her skull fractur-
ed. Robbery was not the motive as
all her belongings were intact.
The State tried to prove that a
knife found near the body belonged
to PctraS.
Miss Hollanicr and Petras had
been sweethearts UP to a year be-
fore the crime was committed. 1t
was brought out at the trial that
the girls parents caused a break be-
tween the two. Shortly afterward
Petras married Miss Meta Mathews.
She sat with Petras throughout his
trial and encouraged him.
The trial began June %. The
court room daily was overcrowdcd
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
WONEN'S RIGHTS
RECOGNIZED At
ST.PAUL MEETING
National Education Society En-
dorses Woman Suffrage, Equal
Pay, and Elects DR.. Jordan,

st. Paul. Mimi, July 10.---Wom-
ems rights were recognized to tte
fullest extent by the National Edu-
cation Society which passed a reso-
luton endorsing woman suffrage,
equal pay, regardless of sex, and al
lotment of five of the ten vice-presi-
denotes to women.
without a dissenting vote, DR.
David Starr Jordan of Leland stan
ford University. was elected presi-
dent Of tho association for the ensu.
ing year.
Oakland, Cal. was chosen as tht
meeting place next year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
Grand Jury Adjourns to Give State
Time \ to Strengthen
II Case.
NEW DlCT0GRAPH THEORY
IS NOW BEING ADVANCED
Mrs. Carman III in Cell While
Friends Are Rallying to
Her Support.

Treeport, l.. J. July 10.--~Did Mrs.
Florence Carman equip her home
with a dictograph because she was
Jealous of her doctor husband, or
was it because of an uncomfortable
desire to know the secrets of her
neighbors?
Or. Carman made a speciality of
women'5 cases. He was therefore in
possession of the innermost secrets
of the daily associates of his wife.
Did he refuse to share with his wife
what he knew?
If the wife was consumed with
curiosity and not with jealousy, did
she kill Mrs. Louise Bailey. the pa
tient OF the doctor in his office?
Or did some husband. who sus-
pected Dr. Carman of too intimate
knowledge of his family affairs, or
someone to revenge himself for sup
.osod injuries s! G.t al the doctor
and kill the woman by mistake
The ioregc ng is one of the many
new angles Of the speculation this
morning in tho Carman case since
it is accepted generally that the
States case against Mrs Carman is
so weak that an indictment may
not follow
Physically and mentally i'll, Mrs.
Florence Conklin Catman IS in al
most complete solitude in the Mas
sau county Jail at Mineola, while
the officials are pressing forward IN
their efforts to get evidence strong
enough to convict her, and her FAM
lily and friends, on the other hand,
are rallying to her defense.
The grand jury, which was TO
have begun the taking of testimony
Thursday, did not do so, but @d-
journed to Tuesday. Apparently
that was to give the State
time to strengthen its case.
The presence of Burns, the detcc-
tive and some of his men at Min
cola and Freeport last night seemed
to bear out this view.
The outlook is that there will be
a struggle between District Attor-
ney Louis J. Smith and George NJ
Levy, Mrs. Carman' attorney, on
the question whether her hearing
before Justice of the Peace Corodon
n. Norton shall proceed on that day
or be postponed. Smith wants a
postponement to bolster up the
States proofs. Levy would rather
go right on and endeavor to tanglc
up the States witnesses, and take
a chance that Justice Norton would
he obliged to discharge the Doctors
wife for lack of evidence. Admit
tedly, there is possibility of nor
discharge. Even the District Attor-
ney conceded yesterday that his
evidence was none too strong. The
defense's main hope is that this
evidence, under cross examination
OF witnesses, may be torn to pieces.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
POSTMASTER SMITH RESIGNS

Postmaster L.. f. Smith of Me-
tropolis sent in his resignation to
the postal department at Washing
ton, u. G.. last Wednesday.
MIR. Smith did this in order that
he might make the race for Sheriff
and not have the claim made that
he was holding on,
Just who the now postmaster will
be is hard to tell. Several have
their applications in. Among the
most prominent mentioned for the
place are Judge r. n. Smith and II
NJ. Stewart. Metropolis Herald.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11

For many years before Glulia
Morosini, daughter of very
wealthy broker of New York, who
got most OF his wealth by acting for
Jay Gould, was kept secluded in her
home in New York City. She was
permitted to meet few men, and
then only under the eye of her faith
or. One daughter, unable to bear
this life, had rNn off and married,
and the father didn't forgive her,
at least not foc years.
shortly after the aged man died
Giulia was saved by a New York
traffic policeman. He was fine
figure Of man on his horse. She
fen in love with him, and later mar
ried him. Now she has barred him
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
CONFERENCEENDS
AND CARRANzA
ISWELLS SATISFIED
Generals of Villas Division Reaf-
firm Recognition of
Carranza.

Saltillo, Mex July 10.---The con-
feI encc at Torreon which met to ad-
Just differences between Carranza
and Villa has completed its labors
to the satisfaction of Tarran2a. De
tails of the conference were not
made public.
1t was announced, however, that
all generals of the division of the
north, commanded by General Villa,
rave reaffirmed their recognition o.
Carranza's authority.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
UNION SERVICES WILL
BE HELD AT ST. MARY'S
PARK SUNDAY NIGHT

The four churches. First Mctho
dist, Presbyterian, First Christian
and the Southern Methodist. will
Eold their union services Sunda :
evening at st. Marys Park, at 3
o'clock. As before the name of the
pastor who is to deliver the sermon
will not be stated The meeting Q
last Sunday evening was attended
by about a thousand people.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
NIGHT SERGEANT HIGLEN
ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE
DURING ABSENCE CHIEF

Night Sergeant Higlon has been
acting chief OF police since the chief
has been away on his vacation. II
has been rumored that the chief has
gone to get married, but this is de,
MED by some of his friends He i
TO be absent about month, being
now at Detroit, Mich.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
CABBAGE WILL BE
PLENTIFUL IN CAIRO
CAR LOAD HAS ARRIVED

The scarcity Of cabbage in the
local market because or the con-
tinued drouth in this portion Of the
country has caused such demand
that in order tc supply the trade of
loca, ard neighborhood merchants
Cotter Bros. ordered car load OF
fine stock from Iowa. The car ar
rived yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
P. I. LANGAN LUMBER co.
BUILDING LARGE VAULT

P. T. Langan Lumber Company
is having built a large concrete fire
proof vault in the rear of the offices
in which to place safes and to store
valuable papers. The vault will be
10 by 10 feet in size,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11
Woman's Club Special Meeting.

A special called meeting will he
held by the Cairo Woman's Club at
Library hall for the trans ction Of
Business. Saturday afternoon at 3
O'Clock, by order of the president.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-11

Dollars grow In our advertising
,olumns. Advertise and Readers
gather them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-01

When the play of "Life's Shop
Window is presented at the Leon
opera house on Thursday, Jan. Sth,
the theatre goers of this city will be
treated to one of the most beautiful
scenic productions seen here in
years. The first act is scene repre-
senting one of the great hay fields Of
England and is true picture of En-
glish farm life. At the end of this
act comes a great storm, and real
rain storm takes place on the stage,
something like two and a half bar
rels of water falling during the
storm. The play then shifts to Ameri-
ca and the scene is laid out in the
picturesque hills of Arizona, with it's
wealth of beautiful scenery. Here
the last three acts of the play take
place and the play become thorough
~ American The characters are the
true type of American manhood,
found in the country where honor
stands first in the code of morals.
The last scene is particularly beau
tiful,. representing a camp in the
foot hills. The gray dawn of day is
Just breaking and the massive rocks,
With the giant eactua in the distance
makes the sceds ON Of unparailel
DeaAty. 20
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-01
Mrs. &. w. Baker.

Susan Warner was born in Dark
county, Ohio, April 3, 1890, died at
Leon, Iowa, aged SO years. s months
and rs days.
She was married August Is, 1850,
in Dark county, Ohio, to Mr.. Carl
Jacob Hoffman. They came to Leon
in 1854, and settled on a farm just
north of Leon. At that time Leon
was known as Independence, there be-
ing but three or four families here,
domestic use were hauled by wagon
from the Mississippi river points by
wagon and it was a trying time for
the sturdy pioneers who blazed the
pathway for later developments. To
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffman were born
four children, G.. w. Hoffman, of
Leon, Iowa, Mrs. Himena Parrish,
of Des Moines. Iowa, and Frank and
Leo, who died in infancy. Mr.. Hoff-
man died Dec. -, 1858.
The deceased was again married,
July Is, 1861, to DR.. G. w. Baker,
at Leon, who died in this city Jan.
10, 1909. To them were born two
children, Geo. w. Baker, of Leon,
Iowa, and James ]. Baker, Of St.
John, Washington.
Mrs. Baker early in life associated
with the people of the Christian
church, and many are living today
who can testify to her loyalty to the
plea. of her people and the consecra-
ton to every religious duty and
privilege.
The social duties Of her life also
l)o6 hor into n,onv an active minis
try. When, in the days of distress,
word was brought to her and her
family, no one was more ready to
drop the work of her home affairs
and go for days and nights to attend
upon the needs of her neighbors.
Memory, in the minds of many, will
recall her efficient services in this
line and they call her blessed.
Mrs. Baker had always been bless
ed with a remarkable vitality and
constitution, but for the last few
months her affection was too much
for even her, and though one of the
most patient souls that ever was,
yet she, too, }at last Joined the cara
van moving to the mysterious realm
of the blest, waiting the incoming
Of all loved ones in the eternal re-
union. IS:
Funeral services were held at the
Christian church on Monday after
noon at 1880, O. clock, the sermon be-
ing delivered by the. pastor, Rev.
James w. Johnson, assisted in the
services by Rev. 1; Guy j., Fansher,
pastor of. the M. E. church, Al large
concourse of sorrowing friends being
present to; pay their last tribute OF
respect 10 one 81 Gods noble; Nonsps
Interment, Was 10 the ,Laen. cemetery.
For He giveth His beloved sleep. !"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-01
You Will Not BE Sorry.

You will not be sorry for hearing
before judging, for thinking before
speaking, for holding an angry
tongue, for stopping the ear to a tale
bearer, for disbelieving most of the
i'll reports, for being kind to the dis
tressed, for doing good to all men,
for speaking evil of no one, for be-
ing courteous to all, and last but
not least for insuring your home and
all that you hold in the Farmers Of
Cedar Rapids, with Pease & Pease,
1.-The old reliables.' Take their
word for it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-01

Mrs. F. S. Stewart received q mes
sage Saturday stating that her broth
er, Will Cowl, of Omaha, was danger
ously i'll, and for her to come at once.
She started for Omaha on the after
noon train, but was intercepted at
Osceola by another message saying
Mr.. Cowl had been taken to a hospi-
tai and would be operated upon Sun
day and that she could not see him
if she went to Omaha, so she return
ed home via Charlton Sunday noon.
Later reports from her brother are
that he is in serious condition,
suffering from appendicitis. g..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-01

Our good friend and oldest sub
scriber of The Reporter, Squire S.
L. Cox, of southwest of Leon, made
his annual visit to our office yester-
day, and paid for five copies Of The
Reporter for the coming year. Squire
Cox subscribed for The Reporter be-
for the first copy was printed away
back in 1854, and has taken the
paper continuously ever since, be-
sides having sent it to distant rela-
tives for many years. He is good
friend of the paper and the kind we
appreciate.