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THE CAIRO BULLETIN.
Daily Service
PUBLISHED
J
OF THE
, ASSOCIATED PRESS
fcVfcKY MORN I NO f
in int vtAK
VOL XXXVI. NO.
CIO 10 BE VISITEO SUMUT MOVER IS PRODUCED IN COURT
Bl NASHVILLE AND LAWRENCE R GOV. PEABODY S SOLDIERS
Lawrence tiack From livansville Sal unlay (o Rejoin Nashville
Both Laying Over Sunday and Leaving Monday
For St. Louis.
It is now settled beyond further
ct son able doubt thai ths gunboal Nash
tills will arrive at Cairo sonic tine
Silurday. in all probability in tile
evening and lay In our harbor until
.Monday, when she will resume her
Journey, to st. Louis, Recomputed
by the torpedo destroyer Lawrence,
which win return here Saturday even
ing from livansville, anil the liRht
house teuiler. Lily now laying hen-
under orders to accompstsy the boats
to St Louis.
Captain Began, f the Lilly, vou
chsafed the Information thai he, act
ing under orders, is awaiting the
Nashville, due here Saturday even
lag.
Taking into consideration thai the
Lawrence made a remarkable fast
run yesterday lo livansville, leaving
here precisely at 8:10 a. m, and ar-
rlviag there at 6:31 p. nr. consuming
12 hours and 18 minutes, the last
hundred miles of the journey being
covered leisurely, it Is probable that
the "sealed orders" given her com
mander Instructed him to leave Bvans
ville Saturday morning, allowing her
plenty of time to reach here hefore
dusk on Saturday.
The message that Mr. Aisthorpc
wired Commander Ugbbard at Mem
phis, arrived there after the Nashville
had departed, was delivered to the
Captain of the lighthouse boat, who
in turn forwarded it up the river,
In connection with the anchoring of
two warships, and their lit! hour stay
In our harbor, the Big Kour railroad
lias arranged for an excursion from
Vincennes to Cairo, leaving the start
ing point at 0 in the morning and ar
ttvine here at no, n. Hie fate for tin
round trip being placed al one dollar.
In addition, the Dick Kowb r will
bring down a big excursion from I'm
ilncah and way landings Both, ,.ar-
ships will be open for inspection by
PLAN APPROVED
N0R1RERN SECURITIES DIVIS ON
Of the Stock in the (ircat Railroad Merger-Meeting Attended By
Half Oozcn Stockholders Who Voted Two- Thirds
of Total Stock Issued.
Special to The Vutletin
New York. April 'J I. The stock
holders of the Northers gecuritles
company held a special meeting In
Hobottea, N. .1 . today to vote on the
proposed pro rata plan ef distribu
Hon of assets as recommended by the
directors. Oflnlala of Die company
w ho were present include I ('resident
.i .1 Hill. Poarth Vic. President and
Crucial Counsel W 1' Clough, geCH
tary K. T. Nichols and Nicholas Tat
buiie. a director Others present in
eluded WlBS low S Pierce and It S
Lovett, the legal representatives oi
the llHrrimau interest
Less than hall a dosefl stockholder
att tided the meeting. One of these
George i, Richards, of Washington
D. c, said he screed ion iharns u
siock, and declares! himself befon
the meeting opened in favor of fhe
pro rati rlejnldatloa plan President
mil presided and Secretary Nichols
bsiied the call for today's meeting
There was then a brief whispen I
conference ggtweep Prestdeol inn
and Mr Pierre. The latter read a
formal protest in which he said that
Hie Northern Securities company II
led now and never was the owner of
the stock sold by L It llarriman and
Witislovv B, Pierce, and that the
Northern Securiiies company had no
light to distribute the stock under
the plan proposed. There was IBM
another whisMied conference be
IWesSJ President Hill and Messrs
Pierce and Lovelt. In the meantime
inspectors had bet ti appointed lo
fount the nimiluT of shares refrg
s sjted at the nice-ting
Messrs Pierre as I Lovett then rr
tired from the m'ottsg and Seerefaiy
Nichols read the minutes from the
last annual meetings and of the sev
eral meetings of the executive com
unite,' ot the North rn Securities
mpa n y TbSM were adopted With
cut a dissenting voire. Stockholder
Rl.hOtdl wanted to know kg what
prnrews of calculation the figures
to, Notthern Purine and $::.I7
for Croat North' rn had been arrive,!
at
"Hy ratable distribution." MM Vice
President Clough. and Mi. Richards
was satisfied Mr Richards then
voted hi shre for th annHine
d plan of distribution No ether out
84.
visitors ami it. very probable thai i
reception and supper will be tendered
the officers of both .ships upon theii
arrival Saturday evening,
The follow inn la a description of the
Nashville taken from the report of
the secretary of the navy;
Displacement, 1,371 tons, light
draugbl gunboat, steel bull, Indicated
bor.se power. S.&38, twin sarevv, as
Bigned to Carribean squadron, anna
meat, eight i inch breech loading guns
in main battery, one of which, the
Krt alter gun. was the lirst gun lire!
in the Spanish American war at (iuan
tnnama, Cuba; four six pound, i rapid
Orers, two heavy i pounder rapid Brers
and two 0 millimeters Colt automatic
rifles in the secondary hattery.
The Nashville la schooner rigged,
huilt by the Newport News Bhipbnild
and Dry l)ck company, of Ncwpor!
News, Va.. building from August !,
1894, lo January I!.'. 1S!; and placed
in eoamkalon August in, ixd7. Her
lengtll on load water lines is 886 feet
ESxtreme length ;is ft. 1H in.Bhe exhlb
ited a speed of 16,30 knots per lion i
on trial.' She has a bunker capacity
baaed en I", cubic feet per tOtt, of 4(HI
tons of coal and p, ssosaos a steaming
radius at lo knots per hour with this
supply of coal of 3,318 knots. The
en ;t of hull and machinery was $L'so.
uuu. Her full Complement of crew
consists of ii officers and li? men.
On the Nashville are COtBBtaadCI
John Hubbard, Lieutenant Commas
dot iris m Wltsel, Lieut Roacoa c
Moody, BnBlga James C. Cress. Ku
sign w. s. Case, Bnstgn John r .lack
son. Assistant Bnrgeoa Herbert
shii'iert. Paymaster H, C, Lamar, War
rant Machinist James Quill and Pay
Clerk L. gj. Coiner
Commander Hubbard was assigned
the command of the Nashville, Febrit
ar II, Dm;;, relieving Commander N
K. Nlles, I'. S. N.
Bl TRE HOLDERS
side stockholder appeared lo have
feny Interest in the matter.
The polls were closed shortly be
fere BOOB, and. when the vole was
announced, it appeared that of the
960,000 shares of Northern SecurKiei
sleek a total of 8.8 1 1,748 shares had
been rated in favor of the IB SH III SI ltd
plan for the distribution of the hold
Igga of railroad stocks and none
agaiasL
The Rseottng adjourna l soon afte,
the vote was counted Pre i b tit Hill
. aid the rC nil was BJ ht) expected it
v baM be.
The notice present' ii by the UoiOS
Pacific interests reads as fotlowe:
"Notice is hereby given to the IpS
cial meeting of siockholders of tin
Northern Securities company that
the undersigned claim that the share-,
of the capital stock ot the Norther,
Pacific Railway company, delivered
by Kdward II. llarriman and Win
low S. Pierce, to the Northern Be
CUftl I' s company, on h about Novem
hat is, tfggj and consisting of $.17.
089,008 par value of the eC4MMM
stock of the said railway company
and Hlj8ie008 par rallN of the pre
Ii rn d stock of said railway company
uud thC common stock into which
said preferred slock has been con
verted, belong lo the Oregon Sln.it
Line Railroad company, as the leg il
and equitable owner thereof, that the
Northern Securities company is nor
now and never became the owner
thereof, but is simply a custodian and
that the undersigned are entitled to
the return and delivery to them of
cerUgcates for said stork of the
Kef there Psetht Railway companv.
i'iwn the surrender by them of
19171 par value of the capital stocs
o,' tin Northern Securities company
ami the payment of S,9t.".r,29 in rasa
received by them on such delivery of
said Northern Parilic stork to the
Northern Securiiies company as
aforesaid
' Notice Is further given that thr
said Northern Securities company
ha no right to rllntrthute the said
Northern Pacific i-t xk pro rata
among the tockho'drrs of th' North
em Seeur i - company, or otherwls
dtspnee of th- ame except to return
the same fo she SdetVtgBed."
Then follons the formal notice if
lh suit begun before Judge Kirkpat
rjgfe in New Jersey.
CAIRO, ILL.,
After Several Weeks Incarceration at Tclluridc, Where Martial
Law is in Force, Not as Recognition of Supreme
Court But Act of Courtesy.
By Associated Press.
Denver, Cot., April :i. President I
Charles II. Mover, id the Western
Federation of miner.; .who arrived in
Denver today in custody of the stale
troops alter several weeks' incarcer
alien ta Tellurite, where martial law
Ii in force in cob sequence of labor
troubles, was taken b fore the slate .
lupremc court this afternoon under a
writ of habeas corpus. Which had
been issued In his case. Attomey
lot the military stated that Mover
was restrained of his liberty under
and pursuant to an express command
of Governor I'eabo ly and commander
inchict of the military forces ol Col
orado as a military necessity in the
course of the suppression of an insur
rection in San Miquel county, denying
the jurisdiction of the court and thai
Mover was presented not as an act ol
recognition of the court's order, but
is an act of cottrteay on the part of
the governor to the court.
The court heard the arguments on
the motion of petition1 r lo be admit
ted to hail pending a decision on the
question of the court s Jurisdiction
ONE
OLO BAY STATE DEMOCRATS
El
Pass Through Scenes Marked By Ureal Turbulency Olnc and
Hearst Adherents Simple For Master) Hut Victory
Rested Willi the Former.
My Associated Prrsa.
Host' Hi. Mass. April Z fly an
overwhelming vote the Masscdm
set's Democratic conveniion today
Instructed four delegates al large ami
twenty delegates from district., to -up
iort Richard oinov. of Boston, tor
presblemial nomination at tin- BJ
Louis convention.
Kour delegates at large who aii
pledged to the BBppMl of Olnev were
elected and the supporters of Hearst
as the presidenlial nmin e Itn de
feated li a vole of about si nun
died lo two hundred Resell 1 1 tli 'i
endorsing Hie candidacy ol lieu. I
Te voted do.vn liy a large majori'v
The tollo.ving were ee, t'd ibd -gan s
at large William A tJastsa, of Itos
ton; Patrick A. Collin-", of BssdoSI
William I. D uglas. of BrochtOW, Jno
R Thaver. of Worrit, sler. Oeorgi
Krei Williams leater of that fartioS
of fassarhiisetts Dernrv rriev wpport
ing the esndacy if Wm R Ifeeref,
niade a vigorons proit agiins' th
ailinion of the unit rule but m
vent, s lv a rote of nearlv three h
ore, rfitwrd In xlrtke fmm tlir plat
form the rlause calling for unanimous
anion with reference to thi- pnsi
dpntial nominees and after adopting
the rt.-elutlous prf en'el l.v a onto!
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 22. 1904.
an I took the matter under advise
ment.
Mpycr was then removed lo the ho
tel in custody ol the military. DJI
im. the detachment of cavalry which
bfOaght Mover before the supreme
court. W D Haywood, secretary
treasurer of the federation, attempts.!
to hold a conversation with the prl
oiu r while he was being taken from
the train.
HayWDOd refused to obey the order
id' the guard to stand back and struck
the commanding officer.
He was immediately attacked by a
number of the troopers and probably
would have been killed but for the in
tcrventlon of Capt. Welles, who res
cued him from the guardsmen,
When the police demanded the re
lease of Haywood on the ground thai
the military rule did not extend to
Denver, General Hell replied that he
Intended to hold Haywood as a mill
lary prisoner, and would shoot any
cue who attempted to take him Nev
er! he les-. under orders liom the
governor Haywood was surrendered
to the sheriff and placed in jail.
ISSUE ON WHICH ALL PARTIES PULL
ity ..r
.losiah
ts committee, on mot!
'I!
jiiini y, voted that the unit
rule govern not only th
suppott of
Dhiey, but all matters pertaining to
lbs convention
The platform adopted Bjoagtsted t
a singe plank, an endorsemen: oi
Olney's rsadldney and Instruction i to
the neb'gates to vote as a unit lor
him
The proceedings were Marked '
limes by scenes of j;rcat tnrbub le
It a during the reading of Mjm
ity that the eon vention reach d the
dfmax f it- turbulence
The t rst mention of Olnev
reohed troeoMp d appi ms,'. but w ie n
th" luti xlurlion of the ado'ton ot
;h, 'lint' '' rub' was made. th'T" wa
I an SSfl r
Shout of no no.' trom Meant d I
egafes ring through the hall arid rrh
i of "If . an outrage could lie dhS ,'
?iiih'd in the generil noise and mi
fie Ion Snddenlv the Hrai-i it'
gat's stood ii(hiii tlnir seat and wi.'h
great enthusiasm gave cheer aft, r
cbor tor Hearst The spirit seemed
to infect Olnev run. for they, ton
stood and Cheered hearlllj f r their
choice When thi demons! ration
(which HMted several minute had sub
'.-ltd John A Cou It hurst r ad tbr
ll
IN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED
CHICAGO POLICE
MAKE
Of Four Men Guilty f Robberies
and Hold I'ps.
CONFESS OTHER GRIMES
AMONG WHICH WAS THE ROU
BtRY OF TWENTY MEN IN
A MEMPHIS GAMBLING
HOUSE.
rty associated Press.
Chicago, April 31. Kour men,
Frank Howard, Albert Bchoeppe, Wil
liam McPaddcn and John Mack, were
arrested tonight on the charge ef hav
lag committed numerous burglarise
and hold-ups in the city
After they had been locked up. the
men confessed numerous crimes of ,
similar character committed in the
south, the principal one being in a
gambling house in Ml tnphis, w here
the) saiil, they compelled Iwenty
men to line up while they searched
them, but got less than 8480.
Later they planned to P b the State
Bank of New Orleans, it is said, hut
save Dp the BSdertakieg when they
found it would be necessary to kill
tWO clerks. "We would have killed
them," said Mack, "if it had not been
for the work in the ease of carbarn
bandits in Chicago, I would not stand
lor murder after that, ami we gave
up the jcli."
rOOETHIR.
minority report endorsing Hearst a
th" Democratic nominee The read
in' oi this report stss the signal fm
an Ihei uproar. TIh' question then
came upon constitution of minority
report for majority report,
heated debate followed, several
delegates seising the opportunity to
maks UnpasaioQed speeches in behalf
i . Otne) or Hearst D' b g ites CttB
uingham, oi Boskervlile, declared if
the Hearst deiegatci were not given
a fair show they w mid form s new
! party.
Dm Ing tin t di b i
cheers, blaoci
terjected nets
or disapproval
hand el ippltig and lap
mettoBI of approval '
contlnut d.
The vote on id,, ip
m of th"
Kttbrr Itntl ti resaNed in uierwhwimlag
vicloiv for the Olnev forces, the
notion io substitute beksg lost.
The Majority rcmrt was accepted
bv a larie moril.v After the adop
ti iii oi the "unit rule itn- convention
adjout eed
WHOLESALE
CONVICTIONS
0' ,viey Out of the Wtcching of a
Nattoeal Bank at In
dianapolis. By the neaatai rrea
ladkaaassifls, aawg
l"'n, dir-t ir of the
Hoaaf bmM ol ku I ad
of the Hepllbllcan -lit'
and a m 'iter of
Indiana V,
nd tiii'tsl' '
coaHaMti
inr in hta i
ht years in
taff WSs 'BteaCed to
the p nltentlary for p,n t'eipathm tn I
wrecking tin bank lames Rrodrrirk
preset, ni. wa. given IsO years, ant
U- L ' i i t: vi.-ms
CHICAGO CAR BARN
10 DE HUNG THIS MORNING
Ncidermeyer Has So Far Recovered That He Will Be Able to
Walk to His Doom Governor Yates Refused to Interfere
Habeas Corpus Writ Denied.
Chicago. April 81.- -Peter Nebler 1
meter, Harvey Van Dine and Ousts
Marx, the youthful car bam bandits
began their last full day .in eaiih thlt
morning, apparently indifferent lo th
fai l tliHl they aie to die on the gal
lows tomorrow.
NeMermeier has so far recovsret
from his elf-infllctcd wound, and thi
effects Of the pllOlipborOH!' he swal
lowed ihal he whs permiti.-l to eat
poached eggs today at noon. He also
asked lor and smoked a cigarette, hut
the guard lighted the match for bin.
and held it so Ihat Neid. rnieier c ul,i
Bl I BO) tile lo his bed clothe; and
thus evade the penalty the l.ivv BBS
deci il he meat pay for his crimes
Jailer Whitman made t ho announce
Ben! a: noon that Nei lermeicr would
.valk lo the gallows on Friday Thi.
lavaauncemsni was made with sighs
:f relief, for the .iail-r and tits aid;
lid not relish the th Oghl that Nei l r
meicr might have to be carried there
m a stretcher and supported to his
feet and held while the noose was
adjusted. The law, however, com
Stands that this be d me if there is a
breath of lile remaining in Ibe con
demand person, and Mr Whitman had
completed the arrangements for this
detail on the gallows.
Sheriff Barret) arrived in the city
from Memphis. Tenn , at 10:39 o'clock
:bls noming and went al once to the
county jail, where he had a piivHtc
TOOference with Jailer Whitman Up
on coming out of the jailers room,
where the conference was held, the
dtorlfl expressed himself as well
pleased wiih the present condition of
Ncidemclcr.
"The prisoner Is in a much better
condition than i hail expected t" Bad
line He will be able to walk lo I he
.allows on I'riday. hut If he la unable
lo do so he w
i stretcher has
ill be carriedi even If
to lie provided tor that
purpose "
Mrs. V.m Din
names of her si
peilthin to tiov.
In
ins
Vali
ur"d
In
j to a
respite
mil today ',vns still cngagctl In pro-
Hiing information for the state board
tf paid n:'. Il Is understood BPS has
ailed upon members of the bsndlt
jury" and procured live of their
uatnes to add lo the pel Ition
Neldermeicr's mother, still muni
ding threat. , against the attaches ol
'In pail. Htid the police w-as permit
ed to visit her ion tad night She
raved so vvlieii the (aw him Iving
white and apparently unoonscl us
'hal she had to be put out of the hOS
ailal for the lime being because of
the effect her talk had upon the oilier
inmates ol the hcspilal. Today she
visited the jail, accompanied by a
nephew, who pr talced that his aunt
Would be tjulel if permitted to vlsll
her .on. Jailer Whitman act d as
their escort ami in them to the Jail
hospital.
NfliderflSfdcr smiled when be sin
his moth'M and conversed with her
in BormeB When ahe gsesarted bis
tpirits issmed to have risen oeasidei
ibly and he rasjOWOd his request for
ea thing to eat Karller in the day
he had warned his guards that he
would yet defeat Hieni and Starve him
If lo death
Before an hour had pi - i d how
"vor, he had asked lor some loud and
the nurses informed him 'hat al
o'clock in the afternoon h" Would he
nermitted to partake of i we broth
and vegetables At BOOS the rogueal
for loud was repealed and poached
eggs were given him Jailer WUt
B
Seeking Safety on Opposite Hank
Is Tmloiihtcdlx I ikcliiaily
Hie I o tmed
RUSSIANS ARE FLEEING NORT
By She As.otiated Pres.
London, Aprd 22. The td't spoodent of the Timet, tabling from Nsw
ChWSOg, says a mcsscngrr ln arrived thrir from the Yalu nvfr vs,ih in
formation that the Russians are fleeing north across the ever in overcrowd-r-1
roat'V and are losing hundreds by drowning.
The t errrspondent ef the Standard at Tien Tsm says: "Japanese
troops ar now embarking from Korea and possibly art bemq reinforced by
frrrrs en the Yalu river, from vhtcn the Russians njve practically vi to
ri' I wn
Th- r-itun r'-'rrepondent of the Telegraph says' P"it Arthur is un
doubtedly effectually blocked and that events are culminating around the
(looo'ed fcrtreii.
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
Rv Aswv1atM Press
Harbin Manchuria April LM Two
, Irb ,-r "t th.- Japan' s' gem i it -t if
., , .! J c;,tsin. arr-'s'i a
the railroad gusrl rtghtrxm mile"
from this place. April Kith, were
found guilty by court martial, and
entenced to be bangoU. They lis
ESTABLISHED IN J 868
nan warn
;bat they
neier to f
iny sharp
neier was
i dull ed)
lermitted
d
lie niir.is and guards
ist no. permit Neider-
I llllliself ,,r get hold of I
Iged utensils. Nei ler- 1
d with the assistance of 1
i ii which was not
leave i he hand of the
nnse holding it After eating lightly
if the eggs Neidcrmeier asked for
mother c igarette It was given to 3
him.
Marx and Van Dine at every op
: oil unity ask how Neidermeier is get
ting along and both express the hopo
ihat he will live io accompany ihent
'o the scaffold Jailer Whitman is of
he oplni n that Neidermeier is ham
ulus a great deal of his weakness
and is only remaining pauoive until
ue can exert his fertile brain in the
direction of another attempt io cheat
ibe gallows, Kvery precaution is
taken to prevent any further attempt
at suicide.
(iovernor Yates, following the rec
omnieii'iaiiou of the state board of
pardons, declined to stay the execu
tion ot Van Dine. The execution of
Neidbhniieil was threatened wMh rat
gal interference for a time today,
when attorney representing James
Summons, and John Lynch, under pen
alty of death fur the murder of Sa
loonkeeper Patrick Barrett, began
habeas corpus proceedings. No judga
could be found, however, who would
agree to grant the requests. The
lawyers first sought appointment "f
I e, fnnitssion to take evidence ot Nel
tlermeler as to his knowledge of Mur
l dei of Barrett,
Neidermeier some time ago made
a statement that he and two mm pan
Ions had killed Barrel! and Ihat Sam
moiiH and Lyncb were innocent. When
the lawyers failed to have the com
mi dot appointed. Illcv tiled applica
tions for habeas cm pus for Nchler
i meler. Judges Clifford, Gary and
1 Brentano, in turn, refused lo gr.iNt,
either of the demands of the lawyer.!,
declaring Hie writs a;. Ited for would
not lie because the accused had al
ready been sentenced and no trial
was at this time pending.
Lawyers for Lynch, and Sanimona
stated tonight that tin y will try again
tomorrow morning to have the execu
tion of Neidermeier slaved. Any ef
fori io delay the execution of tho
bandits will be opposed by the states
attorney
fly the Associated Press
Hprlngfleld, III. April 1 -Mrs. Van
Dine, mother of one of the condemn
ed bandits, was on the point of de
paif ir for Plttsfbdd to see (Iovernor
Vat.s io make a personal plea for
clemency, when she changed her
mind fearing that If she were not sue
ces tui she would not arrive in Chica
go in time to bid her son good bye.
Sh accordingly sent Gov Yates a
telegram t" that effect, and aske,) thar
a respite of a few hours at least he
granted In order that she could hid
lam larewell She left for Chicago at
,110011 Governor Yates tel graphed
Sheriff Barrett, of Omk county, fg
allow Mi Van Dili" lo see her son
tooighl no mailer how late she might
arrive t the jail Mr Van Dine r-
lieived a copy of this message wb II
: her train arrived al Joliet.
By the Associated Press.
Ch" ago. April L'l With all hope al
clemency gone, the three murdererg
tonighl seemed usigii'd to their fate,
and retired early.
SE
f the Valu Kncr Port Arthur
Hlockcd No Hope I or
J ortrcs.
eonit. tan Hii!s,tiieiiilv a ''! that
their llvi t- -pared general Kuro
patl in n nfirmed the hn lings of the
!nt taking int" ,-onslderatlon
he fart that the aecuseJ were sol
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