Obituaries and Death Notices
The Cairo Evening Citizen
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1918
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois
Transcribed and annotated by Darrel Dexter
Tuesday, 1 Jan 1918:
Mrs. Mary
Cahill, widow of Patrick Cahill, of 2702 Poplar
Street, passed away Monday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock, at the
age of 73 years. She had been ill only for four days,
but her advanced age made her little able to resist the
illness. The death came very unexpectedly to the
family, as Mrs. Cahill was seemingly in the best of
health and spirits during the holiday celebrations, at which
time a number of the family visited her.
An old resident
of Cairo, Mrs. Cahill came to the city when it had
just been hewn from the wilderness, which at that time still
covered the greater part of what is now a paved city.
Mrs. Cahill was brought to the city a bride, Patrick
Cahill settling here as a city of opportunity and the
couple spent the remainder their life here. Patrick
Cahill died two years ago.
Surviving the
deceased are a son, M. T. Cahill, two daughters, Miss
Josie Cahill and Mrs. T. Williams; and five
grandchildren, Miss Mary Williams, Edward, Howard,
Frank and Ralph Williams.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's
Church, Rev. Father James Gillen officiating. A
special Illinois Central train will leave the corner of
Fourteenth and Ohio streets at 2:30 p.m. for Villa Ridge,
where interment will take place at Calvary Cemetery.
The pallbearers
are honorary: John Hogan, John Barry,
Dave Barry, Mal Cullen, Martin Creighton,
and Patrick Egan.
Active:
Ike LaHue, John Foley, Howard Phillips,
James Cowell, Dave McCarty, William Magner.
(Patrick
Cahill married Mary Casey on 11 Sep 1864, in
Alexander Co., Ill.
T. J. Williams married Margaret Cahill
on 20 Feb 1900, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Mary Cahill Born March 25, 1845 Died Dec. 31,
1917
Mother.—Darrel Dexter)
Entered into
rest. Mrs. Mary Cahill, wife of the late Patrick
Cahill, 2702 Poplar Street, Monday, Dec. 31, at 3:45
o'clock, at the age of 73 years.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 1:30 p.m. at St.
Joseph's Church, Rev. Father James Gillen
officiating. A special Illinois Central train will
leave the corner of Fourteenth and Ohio streets at 2:15 p.m.
for Villa Ridge, where interment will take place at Calvary
Cemetery.
Friends of the
family are invited.
News reached
Cairo Monday of the death at Bedford City, Va., of P. B.
Houghawout, formerly of this city. Mr. Houghawout
was an expert piano tuner and was connected with C. N.
Buchanan's music store. He married Mrs. Maggie
Comings, sister of William H. McEwen, and widow
of the late Walter Comings.
F. A. Post
of Murphysboro was a nephew of the deceased and he went East
to take charge of the remains, which will be cremated.
(Walter L.
Comings married Margaret A. McEwen on 20 May
1885, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(His marker in
St. Mary Cemetery at Mounds reads:
John O’Sullivan Born Dec. 1, 1885 Died Dec. 29, 1917.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral
services for the late George Miller were held this
morning at the family home at Clank, Rev. J. O. Manning,
pastor of the Methodist Church at Thebes officiating.
Quite a large number of friends and relatives were in
attendance.
The remains
were taken to Beech Grove Cemetery for burial.
Mrs. Samuel
Redman, formerly of this city, wife of Samuel Redman,
passed away Tuesday night at 7:45 o'clock, at the family
home at Columbus, Ky. She had been ill for a period of
more than six weeks before her death and died from a
complication of diseases.
Mr. Redman,
the husband, was a patient at St. Mary's Infirmary in Cairo
for a period some months ago. He is a stepson of Mrs.
Helen Redman, of lower Walnut Street.
Funeral details
are not known here, but the interment will probably take
place at Columbus.
Mrs. Liewella
King, wife of B. King, head of the ice plant
at Mounds, died at 6:30 o'clock this morning at the age of
37 years. She had been sick for the past ten days.
Surviving are
her husband and two sons, Donald, Bismarck, Jr., and
George.
Funeral
services will be held at the Congregational church at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Mr. King
in addition to being superintendent of the ice plant of the
Central Illinois Public Service Company, is president of the
school board.
A message was
received Wednesday afternoon by Henry L. Arbogast,
915 Walnut Street, stating that his brother, Robert
Arbogast, 67 years old, died at his home in Vicksburg,
Pa., Wednesday morning. The news was not entirely
unexpected, as Mr. Arbogast had been an invalid for a
number of years. He was however not critically ill
until the day before his death. The funeral services
will be held Friday and on account of the uncertain train
service, Mr. Arbogast will not attempt to go East.
Dawson
Wathen, aged 25, a member of the Cairo Council of the
Knight of Columbus and a roomer at the club, died at 11
o'clock this morning at the club. Wathen had
been ill for about ten days and confined to his bed for the
past three days. It was not thought at first that his
condition was especially dangerous, but the two last days he
weakened greatly.
A nurse in
charge this morning admonished him not to leave the bed, but
while she was out of the room, he got up and went to the
bathroom, where he was found by members of the club.
It is thought the exertion was too great for his weakened
condition.
Dawson
Wathen has been a resident of Cairo for five or six
years, coming here from New Madrid, Mo., where he now has a
sister living. His mother formerly lived at New
Madrid, but is thought to be now living at St. Frances, Ark.
He has been employed at the Illinois Central freight office
as southbound rate clerk. He also has a brother living
at Newport, Ark., who has been notified of his death.
He was a member
of Company K, when they went to the border, but received an
honorable discharge for disability.
The body was
removed to Karcher
Bros. undertaking parlors to await word from relatives.
The body will
be shipped to his home in New Madrid, Mo., Saturday morning.
We desire to
express our thanks to our many friends for their kindness
and sympathy during our late bereavement the loss of our
dear mother.
Mrs. King
was the daughter of William G. and Mary Ann Thompson,
of Walkerton, Ontario, Canada. She is survived by
three brothers and five sisters, William B. Thompson,
with the 160th Canadian Overseas Battalion;
Robert A., principal of the Otterville, Ontario public
schools; and Andrew P., chief engineer for McNeill &
Higgins Company, Chicago; Misses Winnie and Annie
Thompson, teachers in the public schools there, Mrs.
Cloe Clarke of Walkerton, Mrs. John C. Richardson,
of the same place, and Mrs. Ed Anderson, of Owen
Sound, Ontario.
She leaves her
husband, Bismarck, district superintendent of the Central
Illinois Public Service Company and president of the Tri
States Ice Manufacturers Association, and three sons, Donald
Lee, 14 years, Bismarck Earle, 12 and George Andrew, 7 years
old.
She and Mr.
King were classmates in the Walkerton high school in
1897-8 and were married in 1902, after she had taught school
for a couple of years. She came to Mounds seven years
ago when Mr. King accepted the position he still
holds. She made a host of friends, who sincerely mourn
her loss.
Death was the
result of Bright's disease.
Mrs. King
will be buried Saturday morning at Beech Grove Cemetery.
(Levi Clutts
married Elvira Hunsaker on 23 Mar 1854, in Union
Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Mrs. E. J.
Wilson, one of the old residents of Cairo, died at the
home of her daughter Mrs. Anna E. LaHue, 523
Thirty-fourth Street, after an illness of only three days of
la grippe and complications.
She was born
near Chicago 73 years ago and came to Cairo with her husband
in 1881, where she has resided ever since. Her
husband, Van B. Wilson, died seven years ago.
Mrs. Wilson leaves surviving her daughter, Mrs. Anna
E. LaHue, a son, William H. Wilson, of
Chicago, and grandson, Will Wilson, of the U. S.
Army, stationed at Camp Merrill, New Jersey.
The funeral
services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at
the residence, Rev. John S. Coontz, pastor of the
Methodist Church of which Mrs. Wilson was a member,
to officiate.
Ceremonies and
funeral rites over the body of Dawson Wathen, late of
Cairo, who died suddenly Friday, were held by the Cairo
Council of the Knights of Columbus, Friday evening at the
Karcher Bros. undertaking parlors. Arrangements
were made on advice of relatives to ship the body to New
Madrid, Mo., at which place a sister is living.
Funeral
services will be held at New Madrid, probably Sunday.
The body was shipped to that city this morning over the
Missouri Pacific at 11:30 o'clock. A delegation of two
members of the local K. C. Council accompanied the body.
Walter
Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas, of 327
Ninth Street, died this morning at 7:30 at St. Mary's
Infirmary after an operation of appendicitis some time ago.
It is stated that other complications caused his death.
He was 17 years old and the only child.
The deceased
was taken to the hospital about six weeks ago and after a
stay of three weeks, during which the operation was
performed, he was taken home, where he remained for a week.
He was taken back to the hospital and has been there until
death. His parents are prostrated with grief and funeral
arrangements will be arranged by J. J. Walker, an
uncle of the boy. Arrangements have not yet been
completed.
E. A. Burke
has charge of the funeral.
Baby Fisher,
the child of Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher, of 2020 Poplar
Street, died early this morning at the home of its parents.
The twin of the little one died about a week ago.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 o’clock this afternoon
and the body was taken to Mounds with interment at Beech
Grove Cemetery.
E. A. Burke
had charge of the arrangements.
Bardwell, Ky.,
Jan. 7—Perly Benton, a school teacher, and Henry
Ashworth, a farmer of near this place, were drowned, and
Newt Benton, a brother of the former, narrowly
escaped death in Chute No. 2, an old channel of the
Mississippi about eight miles above Bardwell, Saturday
morning, between eight and nine o'clock.
The bodies of the
two drowned have not yet been recovered. Driving a
heavy wagon and a team of horses, the three men attempted to
ford the channel, where the water was known to be very
shallow. The current was swift though, and the stream
was running with heavy ice. When the wagon had made
the middle of the stream, the force of the ice, as it piled
against the wagon, turned it over, throwing the men into the
stream and forcing the bodies of the two killed, beneath the
rushing ice.
Newt Benton,
the third man, jumped when the wagon began to turn and
landing clear of the ice made the shore after a hard swim.
The wives of the men were watching from the bank, when they
were drowned, and are prostrated with grief. Neither
have any children.
Both horses
were drowned and the wagon lost. The man had started
for corn, it is thought, which was on some land they had
been cultivating across the stream, and as they had crossed
often at that place, were inclined to think they could make
the crossing.
Farmers of the
vicinity have been dragging the channel bed continually
since the accident, but have been unable to locate the
bodies of the men. The horses were found about 100
yards down the stream when searching for the men, but the
wagon has not been seen. The current is very swift at
that point and it is thought to have carried the bodies for
some distance. Work in the search of the bodies will
continue. It is thought they will use dynamite in an attempt
to locate the bodies.
Earnest V.
Williams, aged 17, of Sikeston, Mo., passed away Sunday
morning, after an operation for appendicitis. He was brought
to the hospital by his brother, Robert Williams, who
is a resident of Elkhorn, Texas.
The brother,
after bringing the boy to the infirmary, went back to
Tennessee and some difficulty is being experienced in
locating him. It is said that the boy waited too long
to be saved by an operation. He has been at the
hospital for about four days.
The body was
removed to the undertaking parlors of Karcher
Brothers, where it will await instructions from the brother,
who is expected to arrive or telegram this evening.
Byron Rowe,
an aged resident of Buckeye, Mo., passed away at the age of
74 years at St. Mary's Infirmary Sunday evening at 10:30
o'clock. He has been a resident of Buckeye for many
years and was a merchant of that city.
He leaves a
wife and daughter, Mrs. W. A. Hamand, of Bertrand,
Mo., both of whom were at his bedside when he passed away.
The remains
were taken to the Karcher Bros. undertaking parlors
and prepared for burial and were shipped to Buckeye over the
Missouri Pacific at 3:30 p.m. Funeral services will be
held at that place Tuesday with burial at Armor Cemetery.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at
the M. E. church, with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery.
(John B.
Mathis married Mary S. Mason on 24 Jul 1865, in
Johnson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Anna
Cunningham, wife of Charles Cunningham, died this
morning at 9:30 o'clock at their residence, 2503 Washington
Avenue, after an illness of nearly a year. Since June,
Mrs. Cunningham has been practically bedfast, having
been able to be taken out in a wheeled chair a portion of
the time.
Mrs.
Cunningham, formerly Miss Anna Swathney,
was born in Louisville, Ky., on December 19, 1850, and came
to Cairo in 1870. She was married to Charles
Cunningham, of Cairo, February 9, 1874. She was a
most devoted wife and mother and was of a bright, jolly
disposition that made her dearly loved by a large circle of
friends. She was a member of the Cairo Baptist Church.
Mrs.
Cunningham leaves surviving her, her husband, a
daughter, Miss Belle Cunningham, and a son, William
G. Cunningham. She has no other near relatives
living.
Definite
arrangements have not yet been made for the funeral, but it
will probably occur Thursday.
Interment will be made at Beech Grove.
(Charles
Cunningham married Anna Marshall Gwaltney
on 9 Feb 1874, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Mrs. Dora
Brankel died at her home, No. 2217 Pine Street, at 5
o'clock this morning, after an illness of several years, of
tuberculosis. She was 43 years of age.
She is survived
by her husband, George W. Brankel, two children,
Loretta Ionee, aged 13, and William Joseph, aged 15, and two
sisters Mrs. E. J. Sullivan and Miss Loretta
Fitzgerald, both of Tamms, and one brother, Patrick
Fitzgerald, also of Tamms.
The deceased
was a daughter of the late Maurice Fitzgerald, of
Unity.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday from St. Joseph's Church and
interment will be at Villa Ridge Cemetery. Karcher
Brothers will be in charge.
(Eugene
Sullivan married Ellen Fitzgerald on 25 Apr 1899,
in Alexander Co., Ill.
Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Dortha May Brankel 1876-1918 Mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
Cunningham—Died,
Tuesday, Jan. 8, Mrs. Anna Cunningham, wife of
Charles Cunningham.
Special
interurban cars will leave Twenty-fifth and Walnut streets
at 2:15 o'clock for Beech Grove Cemetery, where interment
will be made.
Friends of the
family are invited.
Thomas—Entered into rest, Monday, Jan. 7, 1918, J. Walter
Thomas, aged 17 years, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Thomas.
Funeral cortege
will leave family residence, No. 327 Ninth Street, at 1:15
o'clock, Wednesday, Jan. 10, for First M. E. Church, where
funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Coontz,
at 1:30 o’clock p.m.
Special funeral
cars will leave Eighth and Washington Avenue at 2:30 p.m.
for Beech Grove Cemetery, where interment will be made.
Friends of the
family are invited.
Robert
Castle, formerly of Cairo, late of Chicago, died in
Chicago on Friday of last week, according to word received
in Cairo. He was 75 years of age and lived in Cairo
about 30 years ago. He was buried at Oakwood Cemetery
Monday.
The deceased
leaves three children, Hiram, Lydia, and Ida, and a cousin,
Thomas J. Sloo, of Cairo. His wife was Miss Ida
Harrell, before her marriage.
(Robert
Castles married Ida L. Harrell on 3 Nov 1889, in
Massac Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
We wish to
thank our friends for the beautiful floral offerings and
their kind assistance during the illness and death of our
beloved wife and mother.
We desire to
express our thanks and appreciation to the many friends of
Dawson Wathen, who were so kind to him in his illness
and to us in our bereavement, for the flowers sent and to
the Knights of Columbus for their kind services.
Especially do we wish to thank his brother Knights, Messrs.
Cain and Devlin.
Charleston,
Mo., Jan. 9.—Miss Ezelle Howlett, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Howlett, a prominent family of this
city, died this morning at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
Jennite Gruner, at Farmington, Mo., after an attack
of appendicitis.
She was taken
to St. Louis to enter a hospital for treatment for
appendicitis and became sick on the train. She was
taken off at Farmington and taken to the home of her aunt,
where she passed away.
She was 20
years old on the eighteenth of last May.
The deceased
was a very well known and popular young lady of Charleston
and has a great number of friends who will sincerely mourn
her death. She has visited in Cairo many times, where
she has relatives and friends. She is a cousin of Mrs.
C. C. Terrell, of Cairo.
The body will
be brought to Charleston, tomorrow afternoon and the funeral
will be held later; no arrangements have been made at this
time. Interment will probably be at this city.
Funeral
services over the remains of J. Walter Thomas, who
died Monday at St. Mary's Infirmary, were held this
afternoon at 1:15 o'clock at the First Methodist Church,
with Rev. J. W. Coontz officiating.
A large number
of friends of the deceased and his family were present at
the services, and many beautiful floral pieces were offered
his memory.
Special
interurban cars left the corner of Eighth and Washington
Avenue, at 2:20 p.m., carrying the funeral party to Mounds,
where interment took place at Beech Grove Cemetery.
The pallbearers
were members of the deceased's Sunday school class.
They were: William Tippitt, William
Shoemaker, Russell Coombes, Edward Miller,
John Koontz, John Snyder, Phillip Abell,
Sam Reed, Harold Beashe, Harry Stitles,
John Messenger, Leslie Samuels, Howard
Watwood, Harold Jones, Heirl Smothers,
Lorane Koonce, Edward Norris, Hall Walker
and Ralph Smith.
Cunningham—Died,
Tuesday, Jan. 8, Mrs. Anna Cunningham, wife of
Charles Cunningham.
Special
interurban cars will leave Twenty-fifth and Walnut streets,
at 2:15 o'clock for Beech Grove Cemetery, where interment
will be made.
Friends of the
family are invited.
Funeral
services over the remains of Mrs. Dora Brankel, who
died Tuesday morning at her home, 2117 Pine Street, will be
held Thursday morning at 8:20 o'clock at St. Joseph's
Church, Rev. Father James Gillen officiating.
A special
Illinois Central train will leave the corner of Fourteenth
and Ohio streets, for Villa Ridge, where interment will take
place at Calvary Cemetery.
The pall
bearers will be: Tim Donovan, George Fisher,
Tom Darmody, Mert Kelly, Tom Moran, and
Martin O'Donahue.
Brankel—Died
at 5:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, Jan. 8, 1918, after a
lingering illness, Mrs. Dora Brankel, wife of George
W. Brankel, age 43 years, at her home, 2117 Pine
Street.
Funeral
services will be held Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock at
St. Joseph's Church, Rev. J. J. Gillen officiating.
A special
Illinois Central train will leave Ohio and Fourteenth
streets for Villa Ridge, where interment will take place in
Calvary Cemetery.
St. Louis
papers and Helena World, Helena, Ark., please copy.
Ephraim
Herrin, prominent Herrin citizen, died at his home in
Herrin Saturday and was buried Monday according to the
Carbondale Free Press. He enlisted in the 128th
Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1862 and with the other
survivors of that regiment was merged with the 9th
Illinois and was mustered out in 1865. He was the
first person to make a home where the city of Herrin now
stands.
(Ephraim
Herrin married Fatima Brown
on 6 May 1869, in Williamson Co., Ill.
Ephraim S. Herrin, 19, native of Williamson
Co., Ill., enlisted as a private of Company D, 128th
Illinois Infantry on 26 Sep 1862, and was transferred to Co.
H, 9th Illinois Infantry.—Darrel Dexter)
Funeral
services were held for Mrs. Charles Cunningham this
afternoon at the family residence, 2502 Washington Avenue,
conducted by Rev. L. D. Lamkin, pastor of the Cairo
Baptist Church, of which she was a member. Rev. A. T.
Tomshany, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, assisted
in the service.
A large number
of friends of the deceased and of the family were in
attendance and the flowers were profuse and beautiful.
Pallbearers were chosen from among the friends of the
family.
The remains
were taken by special interurban cars to Beech Grove
Cemetery for interment.
The funeral
services of Mrs. Dora Brankel, who died Tuesday
morning, were held this morning at 8:30 o'clock at St.
Joseph's Church conducted by Rev. James J. Gillen.
There were an abundance of beautiful floral offerings sent
by friends of the deceased and her bereaved family.
Interment was made at Calvary Cemetery, Villa Ridge.
The pallbearers
were Messrs. Tim Donovan, George Fischer,
Thomas Darmody, Merl Kelly, Tom Moran,
and Martin O'Donahue.
The funeral of
J. H. Johnson, who committed suicide Monday night,
was held in Pulaski today. Mr. Johnson,
who was a prominent farmer living near Pulaski, shot himself
in the head as the result of despondency caused by illness.
His wife, who was in the house at the time, did not
notice the shot as boys in the street were shooting at
sparrows and if she heard the shot she thought it was the
boys.
When she
discovered him, he was dead.
He leaves
surviving him his wife, a daughter, Mrs. John Moore,
of Pulaski, and a daughter by a former wife, Mrs. Peter
McComber, of Olmsted.
(J. H.
Johnson married Mrs. Parmelia Bankson on 16 Nov
1879, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Alfred C. Bankston married Permelia J.
King on 29 Jun 1867, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
The 11 Jan 1918 issue gives the daughter’s name as
Mrs. Peter McCormick.
Peter McCormick married Alma Bankson on
15 Sep 1898, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
John Moore,
21, born in Pulaski, Ill., son of Silas John
Moore and Cynthia
Ann Littlejohn,
married Ethel Mae
Johnson, 18, born in Pulaski, Ill., daughter of John
Henry Johnson and
Permelia King, on
29 Jan 1899, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Perks has lost
a good man: one of its best citizens and one of its
best church workers that has ever been here.
Pulaski, Ill.,
Jan. 10—Jack Johnson, a pioneer citizen of Pulaski
and a very highly respected citizen, committed suicide at
his home here while lying in bed, by shooting himself in the
right temple on the evening of Jan. 7. He had been in
very poor health the past year and had suffered and endured
much pain. He was 73 years of age and had raised a
family, all of whom were grown. He owned a farm and
was one who had made farming a success. During the
past 15 or 20 years, he had retired from active farming and
lived a very quiet inoffensive life, although eccentric in
his ways, yet he will be missed by all and the sad way in
which the tragic end came to his well spent life.
Mrs. Elizabeth
Binkley, died at her home, 204½ Washington Avenue, at
2:26 o'clock this morning after an illness of nearly ten
weeks. She suffered a stroke of paralysis ten weeks
ago next Sunday and has been bedfast since then. She
was 68 years old and leaves surviving her one daughter, Mrs.
Agnes Bearden, of St. Louis, and three sons, Messrs.
James Binkley, of Thebes, Robert Binkley, of
Cairo, and Loyd Binkley of St. Louis.
The funeral
services will be held at Carbondale Sunday, the funeral
party leaving Cairo at 4 o'clock Sunday morning.
John Maltman,
of Harrisburg, has received a letter informing him of the
death of his brother, William Maltman, who was killed
on the firing line in France.
He was 28 years
of age and had been in the war for more than two years.
During the long
illness and upon the death of our dear son, Walter Thomas,
we received so many evidences of sympathy that it will be
impossible to see and thank in person all those who
comforted us in our dark hours.
We, therefore,
take this means of expressing our gratitude to all who
contributed in any way to the alleviation of our sorrow,
those sending flowers, those furnishing automobiles, the
choir, the pastor, the Sunday school class and especially
Mr. Carter, the teacher, and all others who
remembered us in any way.
Blandville,
Ky., Jan. 12—J. F. Epperson,
of this place, died Wednesday morning after an illness of
four days from pneumonia. His health had been failing
for several years and he was not able to sustain an attack
of this disease.
He was born in
Middle Tennessee sixty-two years ago and came to Ballard
County in 1870. His father had come the year before,
but died before he could remove to the home he had bought.
He had married
twice, his first wife being Miss Lulu Peacock, to
whom two children were born. A daughter, Mrs. Jennie
Watson lives here, but the son, Ed Epperson,
has been living in Canada for several years.
His second
marriage was to Miss Ann Pease.
Dr. T. A.
Pease, of Kirbyton, and Dr. Barrow, of
Dunningham, were the attending physicians.
Funeral
services were conducted from the residence. The sermon
was preached by Rev. J. M. Burgess of the local
Baptist church.
J. F. (Mark)
Epperson was a very antique character and was widely
known all over West Kentucky.
Interment was
made in the local cemetery Thursday afternoon.
Thebes, Ill.,
Jan. 14—Miss Lois Twente, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Asa D. Twente, died at the age of seventeen years at
the home of her parents near here Friday morning. The
deceased has been ill with tuberculosis for the past year
and up until three weeks ago had been under treatment in the
southwest. She was brought home after the climate
failed to improve her condition.
The young lady
was well known throughout the county and was a student at
the Carbondale Normal School before her illness. She
is survived by her parents, two brothers, George and DeWitt,
and one sister, Lucy. She is related to Sidney B.
Miller, Jesse Miller and Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Twente, of Cairo.
Funeral
services were to be held today at the Methodist church here,
with interment in the Twente Cemetery near the city, but
owing to the weather it has been postponed until sometime
Tuesday.
Tuesday, 15 Jan 1918:
L. C.
Roberts, of 428 Thirty-fourth Street, died this morning
at 5 o'clock at the home of his father in Champaign, where
he has been for the past two months under medical treatment.
He has been ill since early in the fall with heart trouble
and a complication of diseases. He was 32 years of age
and leaves surviving him his wife, formerly Miss Hazel
Neff, of Cairo, and one son. He was before his
illness a boilermaker for the Big Four Railroad and was
highly esteemed by his associates.
Mr. Roberts
was a member of the Knights Pythias Lodge, which
organization will have charge of the funeral services.
The body will be shipped to Cairo and is expected to arrive
here at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. Definite
arrangements have not been made.
Mrs. Anna
Margaret Koch, a pioneer resident of Cairo, widow of
Emil Koch, passed away at 11:20 o'clock Tuesday
evening at the home of her son, George Koch, 226
Eighteenth Street. She had been ill for some time and
was 85 years old.
She came to
Cairo about 1854.
When the first levee broke in 1858, she was living in
the city and experienced some difficulty in escaping the
waters.
As a girl, Mrs.
Koch came to America from Germany and soon after her
removal to Cairo she married Emil Koch, who also came
from Germany. Seven children were born to the couple,
six boys and one girl, the girl and Emil, of the boys, are
deceased. Those surviving the deceased are Henry R.
Koch, of Louisville, Ky., L. H. Koch, Will
Koch, both of Anna, and E. H. Koch, and George
Koch, of Cairo.
The sons will
be present at the funeral services with the exception of
Henry R. Koch, who will be unable to get through from
Louisville.
Funeral
services will be held at the residence Thursday morning at 9
o'clock conducted by Rev. C. Robert Dunlop, and the
remains will be taken by Illinois Central train at 11
o'clock to Anna for burial.
Mrs.
Falconer has charge of the funeral arrangements.
(William
Koch, 27, born in Cairo, Ill., son of Emil
Koch and Anna Johnson,
married 2nd Mable Julia
Hight, 25, born
in Grand Chain, Ill., daughter of Frank
Hight and Polly Wilson,
on 14 Dec 1898, in Union Co., Ill.
Her marker in Anna City Cemetery reads:
A. Margarite Koch Born Nov. 18, 1832 Died July
15, 1918—Darrel
Dexter)
The infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Myers, of 223 Sixteenth Street,
died at 12:30 o'clock this morning at the age of 5 months.
The remains
were taken to Ullin for burial this afternoon. E. A.
Burke was in charge.
The funeral of
Miss Lois Twente, who died at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa D. Twente, in Olive Branch,
Friday, was held Monday morning. The services occurred
at the family residence and were attended by many friends
and relatives. Rev. Mr. Browning, pastor of the
Olive Branch Methodist Church, conducted the service.
We wish to
thank our friends for their kind assistance in the illness
and death of our mother. Their help to us during her
illness and their sympathy at all times has been a great
comfort to us.
The remains of
L. C. Roberts, who died in Champaign, will arrive
tonight and the burial will occur Thursday at Villa Ridge
Cemetery. E. A. Burke was in charge of the
interment.
Funeral
services over the remains of L. C. Roberts, who
passed away at Champaign, Ill., and whose body was brought
home for burial, will be held Friday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Peter Neff, mother of Mrs. Roberts, at
428 Thirty-fourth Street. Services will be held at
1:30 o'clock conducted by Rev. L. D. Lamkin.
A special
interurban car will leave from the residence at 2 o'clock
for Fourteenth and Ohio streets, from where a special
Illinois Central train will leave at 2:15 for Villa Ridge,
where interment will take place at Villa Ridge Cemetery.
E. A. Burke
has charge of the arrangements.
(A marker in
Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Leslie Roberts 1885-1918.—Darrel Dexter)
We desire to
thank our many friends for their kind assistance in our late
bereavement, the death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Anna M.
Koch. Their help to us during her illness and
their sympathy at all times has been a great comfort us.
We wish to
thank our friends for their kind assistance in the illness
and death of our mother. Their help to us doing her
illness and their sympathy at all times has been a great
comfort to us.
The funeral
services for Mrs. Anna M. Koch, who died at her home,
226 Eighteenth Street, Tuesday night, were held this morning
at 9 o'clock at the residence conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, Ph. D. of the Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Interment was made at Anna where the funeral party went at
11 o'clock on the Illinois Central.
Mrs. Thomas
Touhey, only sister of Thomas W. Gannon, formerly
of Cairo, died at her home in Buffalo, New York, Tuesday,
the funeral taking place today, according to a message
received by Mrs. J. J. Lane, sister -in-law of Mr.
Gannon. Mr. and Mrs. Gannon, who now reside
in Little Rock, Ark., were with Mrs. Touhey when she
passed away, arriving in Buffalo a few hours before her
death. Mrs. Touhey is survived by her husband
and ten children. Mr. Touhey is general
superintendent of the Buffalo Creek Railway Company.
Attorney Thomas
H. Sheridan, who practiced in Cairo for several years
and who is well known in Southern Illinois, passed away
Thursday afternoon at his home in Hutsonville, Ill., to
which place he removed from this city.
Funeral
services will take place at Vienna, the old home of Mr.
Sheridan, and the city in which he once established a
newspaper. It was from Vienna that the attorney came
to Cairo. Interment will take place at Vienna.
When he left
Cairo, about a year ago, Mr. Sheridan retired from
active practice because of illness. He never recovered his
health after going with Mrs. Sheridan to Hutsonville.
Thomas H.
Sheridan served at one time in the Illinois Senate and
on another occasion was a candidate for the Republican
nomination for circuit judge in this judicial district.
He was in the newspaper business at various places besides
practicing law. It was in Vienna that he published the
Vienna News.
Thomas J.
Fagin, of the Thomas J. Fagin Company, died at
his home in St. Louis Thursday afternoon. Mr. Fagin
was a pioneer in the collecting business and for six years
had a branch house in Cairo, which was managed by L. E.
Profilet. The office was closed up a year ago on
account of Mr. Fagin's ill health. He was a
well-known and prominent businessman throughout the country.
Vienna, Ill.
Jan. 18—Funeral services over the remains of Thomas H.
Sheridan will be held here Sunday afternoon, January 20,
with interment here also.
W. B. Pierce,
of Tiptonville, Tenn., passed away Friday afternoon at 2:00
o'clock at St. Mary's Infirmary. He was affected with
peritonitis and died at the age of 37 years.
At the bedside
of the deceased at the time of his death were his wife and
brother, who will accompany his body to Paris, Tenn., where
it will be interred. He leaves two children and his wife.
Mrs. Mary Jane
Yocum, aged 89 years, and one of the oldest residents
of Cairo, died Sunday at noon at the home of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. S. A. Watts, 1701 Washington
Avenue. Mrs. Yocum has been very low for
several months, but was feeling better Sunday morning and
was able to sit up for a while. A short time before
she died, she asked to lie down and passed away peacefully a
few minutes later.
She was the
widow of the late George Yocum, and leaves surviving
her two daughters, Mrs. Cantwell, and Mrs. Susan
Broderick, of Cairo, and a number of grandchildren,
three of whom, Mrs. F. W. Cox, Mrs. F. M. Harrell,
and Robert Cantwell, reside in Cairo. She
leaves fourteen great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Yocum
was born in Montgomery Co., Pa., Sept. 22, 1828, and came to
Cairo in 1854, 64 years ago.
The funeral
services were held this afternoon at 1:15 at the residence,
Rev. A. T. Tomshany, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, officiating. Interment was made at Villa
Ridge, the funeral party going up on a special Illinois
Central train. The pallbearers were Messrs. E. J.
Walder, George J. Gilmore, John C. Gisher,
R. H. Spann, D. S. Lansden, Harvey Karraker,
H. C. Steinel, and Henry Steinel.
(Nicholas
Cantwell married Emma L. Yocum on 2 Sep 1869, in
Alexander Co., Ill.
John P. Broderick married Susan A. Yocum
on 24 Jun 1877, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Frederick M. Cox married Ruby M. Cantwell
on 6 Oct 1891, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Her marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge
reads: George W.
Yocum 1827-1912 Father.
Mary Yocum 1828-1918 Mother.—Darrel Dexter)
John Charles
Fischer, a resident of Cairo for 34 years, passed away
at the age of 72 years, at his home, 1915 Poplar Street,
Sunday morning at 6:38 o'clock. He had been in very
poor health for a long time.
The deceased is
survived by his wife, Christina, a daughter, Miss Flora L.
Fisher, and J. Albert Fischer.
J. C.
Fischer came to Cairo 34 years ago from Mound City,
where he had been located for three years previous. He
was born in Bacharath, Germany, and came to this country at
the close of the Civil War, making his home at Tell City,
Ind., where he remained four years before removing to Mound
City.
Within a short
time after coming to Cairo, Mr. Fischer engaged in
the painting and paper hanging business at the corner of
Twentieth and Poplar located throughout his long residence
in this city.
Funeral
services will be held Tuesday afternoon at St. Joseph's
Church, conducted by Rev. James Gillen. The
funeral cortege will leave the residence at 2 o'clock for
the church, where services will be held at 1:30. A
special Illinois Central train will leave the corner of
Fourteenth and Ohio streets at 2:15 for Villa Ridge where
interment will take place at Calvary Cemetery.
Pallbearers are
Peter Day, L. E. Profilet, Peter Lind,
Gus Muthig, William Brinkmeyer, Phillip
Burkhardt, Thomas Ward and Thomas Bechdel.
Karcher
Brothers have charge of the arrangements.
(His marker in
Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
John C. Fischer 1846-1918.—Darrel Dexter)
Fischer—Died
at his residence, 1915 Poplar Street, in this city, Sunday,
Jan. 20, John Charles Fischer, age 72 years.
Funeral
services will be Tuesday afternoon at St. Joseph's Church
conducted by Rev. J. J. Gillen. The cortege
will leave the residence for the church at 1:15 o'clock.
A special
Illinois Central train will leave Ohio and Fourteenth
streets at 2:15 o'clock for Villa Ridge, where interment
will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Friends of the
family are invited.
M. B. Sadler,
well known in Cairo as the owner of two valuable pieces of
real estate on Commercial Avenue, died at his home in St.
Louis today, according to a telegraphic advice received by
Commissioner M. J. Howley, from his son, Norman J.
Sadler, a St. Louis attorney.
He had been
sick for some time.
Mr. Sadler
was a brother of Rabbi B. Sadler, who was in the
clothing business here, while serving as rabbi of Montefiore
congregation, and who later removed to Easton., Pa.
The deceased
was formerly a resident of Centralia and served as mayor of
that city. He owns the building occupied by Fry
& Rossman's clothing store and also the building at
813 Commercial occupied by the Golden Eagle.
Oliver
McNulty, a life long resident of Cairo, passed away
Monday evening at 6:30 o'clock at his home, 3237 Park Place
West, after suffering a stroke of paralysis Monday morning.
He was 53 years old and lived in Cairo his entire life.
He was born in Cairo in 1864. His health had been
fairly good up until the time of the stroke at 11:30 Monday
morning.
Surviving the
deceased are his wife, Louise; two stepsons, Charles and
Fred Wild; three brothers, John McNulty, of
East St. Louis, and Charles and William McNulty, of
Cairo; and one sister, Mrs. Lee Harrison, of Cairo.
Funeral
arrangements have not yet been completed and will be decided
this evening.
(Lorenzo Lee
Harrison married Anna M. McNulty on 20 Jan 1897,
in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
William Van
Meter, of 3110 Sycamore Street, died at his home Monday
at 5:20 p.m. after an illness of several days of pneumonia.
He was 55 years old and had been a long resident in this
city. He is survived by a wife and children.
Funeral
services were held this morning at 11 o'clock. The
remains were taken to Mounds on the regular 1 o'clock car,
where interment took place at Beech Grove Cemetery.
W. L.
Gillespie and brother of J. B. Gillespie, left
this afternoon for Springfield, Ill., where they go to
attend the funeral of their nephew, Alfred Gillespie,
son of George B. Gillespie. The young man is
the eldest son and was a member of the Quartermaster's
Department, U. S. Army, at Camp Houston, Texas. He was
killed in a motorcycle accident at Austin, Texas. The
funeral will be held Wednesday at Springfield.
Word has been
received by the family of Rev. Curwin Henley,
of Tigert Memorial Church, of the death of his mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Henley, at Nashville, Ill., Monday. He
was 73 years old.
G. J. Reeves,
40, a farmer residing two miles from La Center, Ballard
County, shot himself through the head at 2 o'clock this
morning while lying in his bed. Death was
instantaneous. Reeves left no note of any kind to
explain his act. He had been bedfast for a week with
measles and physicians believed the disease affected his
brain. Despondency or temporary mental disorder are
the only reasons advanced by his family for the deed.
The Reeves
family have all been ill with measles for several weeks.
Reeves took the disease a week ago and was under a
physician’s care. Financially he was in good shape,
according to relatives, and this could not have been his
motive.
A wife and five
children survive Reeves.
Word was
received in Cairo today of the death of Cyril Waterman,
known for years as "Doc," of Mounds. He had been at
Lakeland, Fla., since Dec. 19 for his health, but never
materially improved.
Funeral
arrangements will be made upon the arrival of the body.
(A. W.
Ledbetter married Anna Waterman on 24 Feb 1899,
in Pulaski Co., Ill.
W. T. Clanton married Estella E. Waterman,
daughter of Charles Waterman and Martha Cauble,
on 31 Dec 1896, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
FUNERAL NOTICE
McNulty—Died,
Oliver McNulty, aged 53 years, Monday evening.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m.
at the residence 3237 St. Mary's Place West. Funeral
party will leave the house at 1:30 on the interurban for
Fourteenth and Ohio streets, where the Illinois Central will
be taken at 2:15 for Villa Ridge. Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap will conduct the services which are in the hands
of the Woodmen of the World.
Paducah, Ky., Jan. 23—Sam Adams, aged 62 years, a negro
laborer, was frozen to death in his cabin on the farm of
Green Bennett, a farmer in this county. When
found in the cabin, the negro's body was frozen stiff, there
being no fire in the house. He is the first person
frozen to death in McCracken County within the past few
years.
Harrisburg, Ill., Jan. 23—The first death from smallpox since a
quarantine was placed on this city by the state board of
health, occurred Saturday morning, when Raymond Galton,
a seven-year-old boy, died. There are now 137 cases of
the disease in this city. It was expected that the
quarantine would be lifted some time this week.
With 135 known cases of small pox in Harrisburg and county, towns
and state officials leagued in a fight to stamp out the
malady, relief may or may not be in sight within the next
two weeks. Harrisburg's business is suffering.
The town is isolated. After the rail and road
quarantine is lifted, Harrisburg must expect the local
quarantine to continue until the last danger has given way.—Murphysboro
Independent
Makanda, Jan. 23—Early Saturday morning the dead body of Ben
Wright, 17 year-old son of James Wright, of
Makanda, was found in the snowdrifts southeast of town.
The boy had died from a shotgun wound.
Young Wright went hunting a week ago today and failed to
return. Searching parties failed to find him. A
reward was offered.
(James R. Wright
married Effie Jackson
on 7 Dec 1899, in Jackson Co., Ill.
His marker in Evergreen Cemetery at Makanda reads:
Benjamin son of J. R. & E.
Wright Born Sept.
17, 1900 Died Jan. 14, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Carbondale, Ill., Jan. 23—J. B. Peters, 74 years of age,
died in New York City, Wednesday, according to word received
here. He owned property in the Williamson County
coalfield and was general manager and vice president of the
Chicago and Carterville Coal Company for ten years. He
was a Civil War veteran.
Funeral
services over the remains of Oliver McNulty, who died
here Monday, were held at the family residence, 3237 Park
Place West, this afternoon at 1 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
C. Robert Dunlap, pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran
Church.
A special
interurban left the family residence at 1:30 for the corner
of Fourteenth and Ohio streets. A special Illinois
Central train conveyed the funeral party to Villa Ridge,
where interment took place at Villa Ridge Cemetery.
A large number
of friends of the family were present at the services.
A many floral
offerings were received.
(His marker in
Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Oliver McNulty Born May 30, 1864 Died Jan. 21,
1918.—Darrel Dexter)
Mrs. Mary
Catherine Dwyer, aged 54 years, died early this
morning at her home, 2304 Washington Avenue. She is
survived by her mother, Mrs. Ann Cusick, aged 87
years; a brother, R. E. Cusick, of Emmet, Ark.; two
daughters, Mrs. E. F. Darmody, of East St. Louis, and
Miss Catherine Dwyer, of Cairo; and three sons,
Thomas Dwyer, of Galveston, Texas, Stanly Dwyer,
of the U. S. Army at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, and Bruce
Dwyer, of Cairo.
Thomas and Stanly Dwyer arrived this
afternoon.
The funeral
services will be held at St. Joseph’s Church probably
Saturday. Karcher Brothers are in charge of the
arrangements.
William John
Cochran, one of Cairo's well known and respected citizens, died at
9:55 o'clock Wednesday night at St. Mary's Infirmary.
He has been in rapidly declining health for some time.
He was 48 years old at the time of his death and has been
engaged in the drug business in Cairo for a number of years.
His death as caused by pernicious anemia.
Several
specialists were consulted by Mr. Cochran, as his
health grew poorer, including the Mayo Brothers, at
Rochester, Minn., but nothing could be done for him and he
returned to Cairo, his home. He has spent periods of
time at the hospital within the past years and was taken
there recently, where he could have the best of care, and
Sunday he lapsed into unconsciousness, from which state he
had only a few brief rallies.
When his
sisters arrived at this bedside he was able to recognize
them.
Mr. Cochran
came to Cairo from Benton, Ill., his birthplace, and began
his work in the drug business at the G. P. Crabtree
Store. Later he engaged in business for himself and
has remained in the business since.
Surviving Mr.
Cochran are two sisters, Mrs. J. L. Marton, of
Jackson, Miss., and Mrs. Davis, of Wilmington, Ohio;
and one brother, R. A. Cochran, of Mt. Pleasant,
Mich. The brother is on his way to Cairo and is
expected to arrive by tonight.
Funeral
services will be held in the Elks Lodge room Friday evening
at 7:30 o’clock. The body will lie in state there all
day tomorrow.
The services
will be conducted by the Elk Lodge and Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap will deliver the eulogy, assisted in the service
by Rev. L. D. Lamkin.
Saturday
morning at 4:30 o'clock the body will be taken on the
Illinois Central train to Benton, Ill., where it will be
buried. An escort from Cairo Commandery No. 13, Knight
Templar, will accompany the body and the Masonic fraternity
will have charge of the services at the grave. S. G.
Richardson, master of Cairo lodge No. 237, will
officiate.
The active
pallbearers will be chosen from intimate friends of the
deceased in the Elks and Masonic lodges.
Mrs.
Falconer has charge of the funeral arrangements at
Cairo.
We desire to
express our sincere thanks to all the friends who were so
kind and sympathetic during the illness and after the death
of our beloved husband and father, J. C. Fischer, and
especially do we wish to thank those who contributed the
beautiful floral tributes.
Mrs. Christina
Fischer and family
Mr. and Mrs. G.
J. Fischer
C. Columbus
Vick, of Olive Branch, died at St. Mary's Infirmary at
6:45 o'clock this morning of apoplexy, where he was taken
following a stroke received on Jan. 12. He had been
unconscious since Saturday, with the exception of a lapse
into consciousness for a few minutes Tuesday.
Mr. Vick
was born at Mill Creek on Aug. 29, 1857. He leaves
three sisters, Mrs. Israel Cauble, of Elco, Mrs.
George Braddy, of Ullin, and Mrs. John Knight,
of Carbondale, and three brothers, Louis Vick, of
Diswood, Eli Vick and Cephas Vick, of Mill
Creek.
Mr. Vick
removed to Olive Branch in 1889 and has resided there ever
since. He taught school for many years and has been
one of the prominent farmers of his neighborhood.
Funeral
services will be held at the residence Sunday with E. A.
Burke in charge.
Mr. Vick
leaves a wife and two children, Miss Mabel Vick and
Claude Vick. The latter was secretary of the Y.
M. C. A. at Bridgeview Park when Capt. Tuggle's men
were on guard there, and has since been teaching school at
Joppa.
(Christopher C.
Vick married Josephine Coakly on 18 Jul 1889,
in Alexander Co., Ill. Israel Cauble married Mary
Vick on 13 Sep 1891, in Alexander Co., Ill.
George L. Braddy married Sarah Jane Vick,
daughter of Joshua C. Vick and Tiney T. Henry,
on 24 Nov 1895, in Union Co., Ill.
His marker in Olive Branch Cemetery reads:
C. C. Vick 1857-1918
Josephine Vick 1865-1942.—Darrel Dexter)
Dwyer—Died at her home, 2304 Washington Avenue, Thursday, Jan.
24, Mary Catherine Dwyer, at the age of 54 years.
Funeral
services will be Saturday afternoon at St. Joseph's Church
conducted by Rev. Father J. J. Gillen. The
cortege will leave the residence at 12:55 o’clock for the
church. Services at 1:10 o'clock.
Friends of the
family are invited.
That portion of
Mine No. 11, of the Old Ben Mining Co., at North City, where
the explosion occurred Thanksgiving night, killing seventeen
men, was opened last week and three more bodies were found
and removed according to the Benton Republican.
Mt. Vernon,
Ill., Jan. 26—Adam Malendez and William Harris,
of East St. Louis, and Lehman Liannigan, of Mt.
Vernon, were found guilty today of the murder of Mrs. J. P.
Boyle, the wife of a local merchant, on Dec. 15.
They were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Funeral
services over the remains of William J. Cochran, who
died Wednesday night at St. Mary’s Infirmary, were held at
the rooms of the Elks’ Club Friday night, a large number of
the members of the Elk and Masonic orders being in
attendance. The ceremonial was the last service for
the deceased in Cairo, where his body has lain in state
since death.
Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap delivered the funeral eulogy. Rev. L. D.
Lamkin involved the benediction. Mrs. M. C.
Whiting sang a solo.
A large number
of beautiful floral offerings accompanied the body to
Benton, Ill., this morning where final services will be held
and interment made. The body was accompanied by a
number of the deceased's fellow lodgemen, who will attend
the funeral.
All Cairo drug
stores were closed from seven to eight o'clock last evening
in respect to his memory.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Catherine Dwyer were held this
afternoon at 1:10 o'clock at St. Joseph’s Church, Rev.
Father J. J. Downey officiating. Interment was
made at Mounds, the funeral party going up on a special
interurban train.
The pallbearers
were Messrs. John VanCleve, Joe Brankel, M. J.
O'Shea, E. J. Walder, Frank Storman,
and George Darmody.
Karnak, Ill.,
Jan. 26—George Falker, a young man, 20 years of age,
of Karnak, was instantly killed Friday afternoon when he
sprang in front of the northbound Big Four passenger train,
just as it drew into the station here. Falker, it is thought, was mentally deranged and is thought to have been
for some time.
At the time of
the death, a brother-in-law of the dead man was taking him
to Vienna, where he could be under the care of relatives and
in the hope that the change would benefit him.
An invalid
father, who resides at Karnak, and a sister at Vienna
survive the deceased.
(The 29 Jan
1918, issue reports his name as George Felker.—Darrel
Dexter)
The infant baby of Mr. and Mrs. Will Lackey died on
Tuesday evening and was buried at Rose Hill on Thursday.
(Pulaski)
Henry
Whitaker, an old resident of Elco, died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. John Newell, at Mounds, this
morning, after an illness of about five days. Mr.
Whitaker had spent the winter in Mounds and death was
the result of a complication of ailments. The
deceased, who was 75 years of age, had lived practically his
whole life at Elco. The only exception being a few
years spent in Cairo when his children were in school here.
Funeral
services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the
residence in Mounds, and burial will be in the cemetery
there.
Surviving the
deceased are three daughters, Mrs. Newell, Mrs. D.
Sutherland, of Marion, Ill., and Mrs. Chester Webb,
of Cairo; and three sons, Charles F. Whitaker, of
Elco, Jesse Whiteaker,
of Miller City, and Dr. George Whiteaker, of St.
Louis. One sister, Mrs. W. W. White, of Elco,
also survives. Mrs. Whitaker passed away seven
years ago.
Mr. Whitaker
was a veteran of the Civil War. He was regarded as one
of the dependable citizens of the county, a man of
integrity, and worth, living a life devoted to his home and
family, quietly going his own way, but wielding a pronounced
influence in the community. Otho Metcalf
Dies of Fractured Skull after Being Felled by Blow
Charles
Potts, of Wickliffe, Ky., who has been around Cairo for
the greater part of his life, was bound over to the grand
jury by action of the coroner's jury at an inquest held
Sunday afternoon, over the body of Otho Metcalf, of
Grand Chain.
Potts struck Metcalf in a saloon at Thirty-fourth Street
and Commercial Avenue, Saturday evening, after Metcalf
had applied a vile name to him, according to the testimony.
Metcalf fell and, striking his head on the cement
floor, sustained a fractured skull from which he died at St.
Mary's infirmary, Sunday morning at 6:30 o'clock.
Potts was held without bond. According to Potts'
defense and according to those who heard the testimony, the
case will rest largely as one of "self defense."
Potts is a young man, while Metcalf is 48 years
of age.
Potts was taken to the county jail today.
The body of
Metcalf was removed to the undertaking parlors of E. A.
Burke and was shipped to Grand Chain this morning.
Metcalf is survived by a wife and seven children.
(Otto M.
Metcalf married Julia Dixon on 5 Nov 1890, in
Pulaski Co., Ill.
A marriage license for Otho M. Metcalf and
Lottie Gray was issued on 20 Jul 1893, in Pulaski
Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
WELL KNOWN
COLORED RESIDENT IS DEAD
Charles
Phelps, Sr., for years janitor of one of the public
school buildings, died late Saturday night. He was one
of the widely known colored citizens of Cairo and was
respected by all who knew him.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR HENRY WHITAKER
Funeral
services for the late Henry Whitaker were held this
afternoon at the home of his daughter in Mounds and the
remains were buried at Beech Grove Cemetery. A number
of relatives and friends attended the burial from Cairo as
well as other places in the county.
Tuesday, 29 Jan 1918: Card of Thanks
We wish to
thank our many friends for their kind assistance in our late
bereavement, the death of our beloved father, Henry
Whitaker. Their help to us and their sympathy has
been a great comfort.
Children of Henry Whitaker
WILLIS TREMPER
DEAD IN INDIANA
Willis E.
Tremper, formerly wire chief for the Home Telephone
Company of Cairo, died Monday afternoon at Grand View, Ind.
While his death has been expected for some time, it came
suddenly after a hemorrhage.
He is a resident of Grand View, his home, and will be
buried at that place. Mrs. Tremper was formerly
Miss Ruth Reed, of Cairo. Word was received
Monday night of the death of Mr. Tremper by her
parent, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Reed, of 636 Thirty-fourth
Street. They left this morning for Grand View.
Mr. and Mrs. Tremper left Cairo in April 1917.
They have no children.
The funeral services of Cyril Waterman who passed away in
Lakeland, Fla., last Monday were held at the Baptist church
here (Mounds) Sunday afternoon with Rev. M. L. Turner
pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church of Cairo in charge.
Interment took place in Beech Grove Cemetery.
OBITUARY Henry Whitaker
Henry Whitaker, son of Thomas and Prudence
Whitaker, was born at Elco, Ill., July 22, 1842, and
departed this life in Mounds, Ill., at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Mary P. Newell, Jan. 26, 1918, aged 75
years.
The deceased was married to Margaret S. Miller,
at Elco, Ill., May 30th, 1866. To this
union were born twelve children, six of whom, together with
the companion and mother, preceded him in death. Three
of the children died in infancy. Dr. Henry H.,
departed Feb. 22, 1903, Thomas M. departed April 28, 1905,
and Mrs. Gertrude DeGelder who parted to the beyond,
Dec. 17, 1913.
The children living are Mrs. Mary P. Newell,
of Mounds, Mrs. Ollie J. Sutherland, of Marion, Ill.,
Charles F., of Elco, Ill., Jesse E., of Miller City, Ill.,
Mrs. Margaret C. Webb, of Cairo, Ill., and Dr. George
W., of St. Louis, Mo. One sister, Mrs. W. W. White,
of Elco, Ill., and also a number of other relatives and a
host of friends who together with the family mourn their
loss.
When the country was engaged in the Great War of the
Rebellion and was calling men to the colors, the deceased
volunteered in the spring of '62 and served till the close
of the war. He was a member of Elco Post G. A. R.
Henry Whitaker was a devoted father and
enjoyed much the association of his children among whom he
lived during the latter years of his life. He joined
the M. E. church in the old log church at Elco about 50
years ago. Later he moved his membership to Cairo M.
E. Church, but following the death of his wife, he
transferred his membership back to Elco, where he was a
member at the time of his death. He was always an
active churchman, laboring and giving to promote its
interest. A long happy and useful life has arrived at
its close, not death, but passing into eternal life.
(Henry Whitaker married Margaret S. Miller
on 31 May 1866, in Alexander Co., Ill.
John David Sutherland married Evolody
Josephine Whitaker on 10 May 1896, in Alexander Co.,
Ill. William W.
White married Catherine Whitaker on 13 Dec
1868, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Henry Whitaker, 18, native of Alexander Co.,
Ill., enlisted as a private in Co. B, 109th
Illinois Infantry, on 15 Aug 1862.
He was transferred to Co. G, 11th Illinois
and was mustered out 14 Jul 1865, at Baton Rouge, La.—Darrel
Dexter)
Last Friday morning, Jan. 25, a young man by the name of George
Felker committed suicide by leaping in front of the
early morning train. He was mentally deranged and his
brother-in-law was taking him to Johnson County, thinking
the change would help him. As the train was
approaching the station platform he tore himself loose and
leaped in front of the engine and his body was dragged for
about 75 yards, being pulled out from under the tender in an
awful mangled condition.
The remains were taken in charge by Kendall
and James, our local undertakers, and then taken to the residence of Mrs.
Tapley for the night. He was buried Saturday near
Cypress. He is survived by a father and several
brothers and sister. (Karnak)
Wednesday, 30 Jan 1918:
MRS. ANASTATIA GAYER DIES THURSDAY NIGHT Old Resident of
Cairo Passes Away after Week's Illness
Mrs. Anastasia Gayer, aged 77 years, died at
her home, 2107 Pine Street Tuesday night after an illness of
about a week. Her death was caused by a complication
of diseases superinduced by old age. She was the widow
of the late Charles Gayer and had resided in Cairo
for 59 years. She leaves surviving her daughter, Mrs.
Clara Gayer Aydt, wife of R. W. Aydt,
and five grandchildren: Raymond C. Aydt,
William Eugene Aydt, Earnest Aydt, Gayer
Aydt, and Louis Aydt. Huette's Shoe
Store owned by Mrs. Gayer will be closed for two days
on account of her death.
The funeral services will be held at St. Joseph's
Church Thursday morning at 8:15 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
James J. Gillen. The funeral party will leave
the residence at 8 o'clock. At 9:15, a special funeral
train will leave Fourteenth and Ohio streets for Villa
Ridge, where interment will be made at Calvary Cemetery.
Karcher Brothers are in charge of the arrangements.
The pallbearers are Messrs. M. J. Howley, W.
P. Greaney, James Bennett, M. S. Carter,
E. J. Walder, William Schatz, James S.
Galligan, and Leo Carrico.
(Charles Gayer married Anastatia Kerscher
on 26 Nov 1859, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Robert W. Aydt married Clara M. Gayer
on 7 Jun 1893, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
FUNERAL NOTICE
Gayer—Died:
Mrs. Anastasia Gayer, Tuesday, January 29.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at St. Joseph's
Church, Rev. Father James J. Gillen officiating.
The funeral party will leave the residence, 2107 Pine
Street, at 8 o'clock. Services at 8:15 sharp. Special
Illinois Central train leaves Fourteenth and Ohio streets at
9:15 o'clock for Villa Ridge, where interment will be made
at Calvary Cemetery. Friends of the family are
invited.
MISS JESSIE
GREIG PASSED AWAY AT ANNA
Miss Jesse
Greig, sister of Mrs. Margaret McCarthy, and of
Charles Greig, died at Anna Tuesday evening at 4:30
o'clock according to word received here. She was 58
years of age. Funeral services will be held from Mrs.
Falconer's undertaking parlors at 2:30 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
FUNERAL NOTICE
Greig—Entered
into rest Jan. 29, 1918, Miss Jessie Greig, sister of
Charles Greig and Mrs. Margaret McCarthy.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock
Thursday, Jan. 31, from Mrs. Falconer's undertaking
parlors on Sixth Street. Remains will be taken by
interurban to Beech Grove Cemetery for interment.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilkerson's little daughter, Myrtle,
was called to rest after several days' illness. She was laid
to rest in the Mt. Olive Cemetery. Dear parents mourn
not as those that have no hope. For our Savior says,
Let little children come unto me for such is the kingdom of
heaven—so prepare yourselves to become as little Myrtle and
meet her on the other shore, where parting will be no more.
(Perks)
Thursday, 31 Jan 1918:
A large number of relatives and friends from Cairo were in
attendance at the funeral services for Mr. Whiteaker,
which were conducted by Rev. G. A. Dunn, of the
Methodist Church, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John
Newell Monday afternoon. (Mounds)
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to
thank our friends for their kind assistance in our
bereavement, the death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Anastasia
Gayer. Their help to us during her illness and their
sympathy at all times has been a great comfort to us.
We also wish to thank those who sent the beautiful flowers
in such abundance.
Mrs. R. W. Aydt and family
MRS. GAYER'S FUNERAL HELD THIS MORNING Interment at
Calvary Cemetery Villa Ridge
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Anastasia Gayer
were held this morning at 3:15 o'clock at St. Joseph’s
Church conducted by Rev. Father James J. Gillen.
The service was largely attended by friends of the family
and the floral offerings were beautiful and abundant.
The funeral cortège left at 9:15 on the Illinois Central for
Villa Ridge, where interment was made at Calvary Cemetery.
Karcher Brothers were in charge.
Friday, 1 Feb 1918:
MRS. KINSLOW DIED
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. Nannie E.
Kinslow, 58 years
of age, died Thursday night at 5 o'clock at her home, 524
Union Street, after a prolonged illness.
The deceased is
survived by a son, J.
Kinslow, a daughter, Mrs. Frank
Walters, a
sister, Mrs. Hartwood,
of Portland, Ore., and one brother, I. N.
Peyton, of Horse
Cave, Ky.
Mrs. Mary E.
Wilson, aged 77
years, passed away this morning at the home of her son,
Jerry Wilson, at Kewanee, Mo., after a brief illness of smallpox. She was
the widow of the late A.
Wilson, and with
her husband formerly resided in Cairo, living at 2025
Washington Avenue for a number of years.
Surviving her are
six living sons, William and Charles
Wilson, of Cairo, George and Jerry
Wilson, of Kewanee, Guy B.
Wilson, of Minneapolis, Minn., and Joseph N.
Wilson, of
Lawrenceville, Ill. She is also survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Sarah Lovely,
of California.
Funeral
arrangements have not yet been made, but they will probably
take place at Kewanee Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Daisy
Walker and Mesdames Sutton
and Nelms, of
Cairo, are here this week at the bedside of their little
nephew, Michael Hurst, who is seriously sick. (Pulaski)
Funeral services
over the remains of Mrs. Nannie E.
Kinslow, who died Thursday night, were held this afternoon at the
residence of 524 Union Street at 1:30 o'clock, Rev. M. L.
Turner, of the Calvary Baptist Church officiating.
A special
interurban car leaving the corner of Union and Sycamore
streets at 2:30 conveyed the funeral party to Mounds, where
interment took place at Beech Grove Cemetery.
E. A.
Burke had charge
of the funeral arrangements.
Chicago, Feb.
4.—Loyd Bopp was
found guilty of murder by a jury Saturday afternoon and
sentenced to be hanged. This is the second time
Bopp has been
convicted of murdering Policeman Herman
Malow, and the
second time he has been doomed to death.
The case went to
the jury at 12:45 o'clock after Assistant State's Attorney
James C. O'Brien
made a closing argument in which he asked the jurors to
inflict the death penalty.
The greater part
of the closing session was occupied with the final plea of
Attorney Charles
Williams for the acquittal of
Bopp. In
impassioned tones the young prisoner’s defender assailed the
evidence of the state as "the copper riveted case of
coppers," and told the jury that Albert
Michelinie,
companion of Bopp
on the night of the shooting, was the principal witness
against him is "dyed in the blood of Herman
Malow."
The testimony of
Grace Lytle, the
young girl who was a member of the joy ride party when
Malow was shot and who was herself the victim of a murderous attack
several months ago by alleged friends of
Bopp, who are
charged with trying to prevent her from testifying again,
was attacked as a perjurer. Letters of the
Lytle girl, on
whose testimony Bopp
was once before convicted and sentenced to hang, were
pointed to Mr.
Williams in support of his charge.
George M.
Young, former
resident of Cairo, whose articles upon early Cairo history
have been read with such great interest by readers of
The Citizen, died
very suddenly on January 15th, while sitting
quietly in his chair, according to a letter just received by
Commissioner Howley. He had not been very well for a week or more, but had kept
around the house as usual.
Samuel B.
Poor, age 83
years, died at St. Mary's Infirmary Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The body was taken to the residence of his son,
Harry Poor, 517
Twenty-second Street, and on Tuesday will be taken to
Dongola, Ill., for interment. Mr.
Poor formerly
resided in Dongola, where he was in the milling business. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annetta
Poor, and
daughter, Mrs. Dora
Moss, both of Washington, D.C., and by his son, Harry
Poor, of Cairo.
The funeral will
be held Tuesday morning at 9:30 at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Poor,
517 Twenty-second Street, conducted by Rev. A. T.
Tomshany, pastor
of the Presbyterian Church. Interment at Dongola.
(Samuel B.
Poor married
Annette Hight on
10 Dec 1863, in Union Co., Ill.
His marker in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery at Dongola
reads: Samuel B.
Poor
1835-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Poor—Died Sunday, February 3, Samuel B.
Poor, age 83 years. Funeral services will be held at the residence
of Mr. and Mrs. Poor,
517 Twenty-second Street, Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock
conducted by Rev. A. T.
Tomshany.
Interment will be made at Dongola.
Karcher Brothers
are in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Catherine
Myers, aged 74
years, of Pulaski, Ill., was found dead beneath the Illinois
Central railroad bridge over Cache, a few miles north of
this city, this morning by her son, William
Myers. Whether
she slipped off the bridge or was knocked off by a train was
to be determined by Coroner J. C.
Steele, who
summoned a jury to hold an inquest this afternoon.
Mrs.
Myers planned a
visit with her sister in Cairo. She had expected to come
down Monday on Illinois Central train No. 5, but it was very
late. It is believed that, impatient over the delay, she
started out to walk the sixteen miles to this city. She left
her home about 10:30 Monday morning.
This morning her
sons started out in search for her. He walked the railroad
track from his home searching carefully for any trace of
her. When he reached Cache Bridge, he found her shawl lying
on the bridge. Beneath he found her dead body. It was
bruised and bloody. He went back to Mounds and notified
Coroner Steel and
Undertaker William
Montgomery took charge of the remains.
The funeral
services of the late Samuel B.
Poor were held
this morning at 9:30 o'clock at the residence of Mr.
Poor’s son, Harry
Poor, of 517 Twenty-second Street, conducted by Rev. A. T.
Tomshany, pastor
of the Presbyterian Church. The funeral left at 11 o'clock
on the Illinois Central for Dongola, where interment was
made this afternoon.
Fred B.
Hofheinz, son of
the late Fred
Hofheinz, who was for a long period a member of the
Cairo police force, died Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at his home at
Clinton, Ky.
He was born in
Cairo and spent the greater part of his life in this city.
He died at the age of 41 years and has been away from Cairo
about ten years.
He is survived by
a sister, Mrs. William
Boyle, of Dallas,
Texas, and a brother, John
Hofheinz, of
Memphis, Tenn. While funeral arrangements have not yet been
completed; it is thought the body will be taken to Villa
Ridge, where interment will take place beside the bodies of
his parents.
The deceased was
a blacksmith, having learned the trade under this father,
who conducted a shop in Cairo for many years prior to his
appointment on the police force.
Hofheinz—Died,
Tuesday, February 5, in Clinton, Ky., Fred B.
Hofheinz, aged
41. Funeral services will be held in Cairo Friday afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock at Mrs.
Falconer's
undertaking parlors conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, Ph. D.,
pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, and the Woodmen of
the World. Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery.
We wish to thank
our friends for their kindness in our bereavement, the death
of our beloved father, Samuel B.
Poor. Their help
to us during his illness and their sympathy at all times has
been a great comfort to us.
Funeral services
were held this afternoon from Mrs.
Falconer's undertaking parlors over the remains of Fred B.
Hofheinz,
conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, pastor of
the Immanuel Lutheran Church, and the remains were taken to
Beech Grove Cemetery for interment, with the Woodmen of the
World, of which he was a member in charge.
There were 10
enlisted from this village (Wetaug) for the Cuban War and
all returned but two. John
Hankles,
who died in a hospital in the Philippines, and Young
Sydenstricker,
who was accidentally killed in California on the way over.
J. M.
Mattingly died
this morning at 2:30 o'clock at his home, 722 Twenty-first
Street, after an illness of two years during which time he
has been confined to his bed a majority of the time. He was
69 years of age and had resided in Cairo for the past
thirteen years, during which time he has been in the
furniture business in the firm of Mattingly-Ellsworth. He
was born in Raywick, Marion County, Kentucky, in 1849.
Mr.
Mattingly leaves
surviving him his wife and two sons, Brashear and George,
both of Cairo. He also leaves three brothers and four
sisters.
The funeral
services will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the
residence conducted by Rev. Fr. James J.
Downey, pastor of
St. Patrick’s Church. The remains will be taken to
Hardenberg, Ky., Tuesday morning for interment.
Mattingly—Died,
Monday morning, February 11, J. M.
Mattingly.
Funeral services will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at
the residence, 722 Twenty-first Street, conducted by Rev.
James J. Downey.
The remains will be taken Tuesday morning to Hardensberg,
Ky., where interment will be made.
Mrs. Arthur
Gunther, aged 38
years, passed away at 6:30 o’clock this morning at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Sara
Wilbourne, No.
530 Twenty-first Street. Death was not unexpected as she had
been in failing health for the past four years.
Mrs.
Gunther, who was
Miss Gertrude
Wilbourne, was born on Nov. 27, 1880, and reared in
Cairo. She was a member of the Cairo High School graduating
class of 1898. She was also a member of the Cairo Baptist
Church for many years.
She was married
to Mr. Gunther on
Jan. 16, 1916.
Surviving her are
her husband, her mother, two sisters, Mrs. Amos
Twente, of Thebes, and Mrs. Parker
Burnham, of Ullin, and three brothers, Harry and John
Wilbourne, of
Cairo, and George
Wilbourne, of the U.S. Army now in Texas.
Funeral
arrangements had not been completed today.
Mrs.
Wilbourne
was a consistent Christian woman and devoted to her family
and friends.
Funeral services
for J. M. Mattingly
were held Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at the residence on
Twenty-first Street. Rev. Father James J.
Downey read the
service and made a brief talk. There were many beautiful
flowers and the services were attended by a large number of
friends. The remains were taken to Hardinberg, Ky., this
morning where interment will be made.
Mrs. Louise
Wahl, wife of
William Wahl, of
1707 Poplar Street, died this morning at 4:30 o'clock at
their home. She was 45 years of age and leaves surviving her
husband and one son. The funeral services will be held
Wednesday at the residence, Rev. Father James J.
Downey
officiating. Interment will be made at Mounds Cemetery, the
funeral party going on a special interurban. E. A.
Burke is in
charge of the arrangements.
(Her marker in
St. Mary Catholic Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Louise Wahl
1873-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Moses
Lentz, one of the
prominent citizens of Elco and reputed to be the wealthiest
citizen of that part of the county, died very suddenly last
Saturday and was buried today.
Mr.
Lentz, who lived
between Elco and Ullin, is survived by two sons, Joseph and
Charles, and two daughters, Mr. Josephine
Gannon, of Cairo,
and Mrs. Elizabeth
Newell, formerly of Ullin. A granddaughter, Mrs. Derrell
James, also lives
in Cairo.
(John E.
Newell, 24, born
in Rushville, Ill., son of Richard
Newell and Mary
Dean, married
Ella Lentz, 28,
born in Elco, Ill., daughter of Moses G.
Lentz and Mary
Hartline, on 18
Feb 1897, in Union Co., Ill.
His marker in Anna City Cemetery reads:
Moses Lentz Born March 1840 Died February 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Gunther—Entered
into rest Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1918.
Mrs. Gertrude T.
Gunther, 37 years
of age, beloved wife of Arthur
Gunther. Funeral
services will be held at the family residence, 530
Twenty-first Street, Thursday, Feb. 14th, at 1:30
p.m. Conducted by the Rev. L. D.
Lamkin, pastor of
the Cairo Baptist Church.
Special
interurban cars will leave Twenty-first and Walnut streets
at 2:30 p.m. for interment in Beech Grove Cemetery at
Mounds, Ill.
Friends of the
family invited.
Two children, a
girl 14 and a boy of 12, in the family of Thomas
Mize, living a
mile northwest of Pulaski, Ill., were killed in the storm
which struck that locality at 5 o'clock Tuesday morning when
the Mize home was
blown down. The rest of the family escaped although Mrs.
Mize was slightly
injured. They lived on the Sam W.
Heilig farm.
At the same time
while the storm was on, their neighbor, P. G.
Anderson, a
quarter of a mile away, was also having their trouble when
the storm commenced to blow. Mr.
Anderson arose
from his bed and lit the lamp, went into another room to
fasten the door. While gone, his wife and grown daughter
also got out of their beds and were dressing. On his return
to the room, his wife cried out and fell to the floor dead.
Mrs. Anderson had been in poor health all winter and it is presumed the
excitement of the storm overcame her weakened condition and
the shock to her heart was more than it could stand. This is
a great shock to the community and a very sad affair.
Albert R.
Deem, a former
resident of Cairo, who resided here some time ago, while
auditor for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, died at Parsons,
Kan., Jan. 16, after an operation at Mercy Hospital.
Mr.
Deem had been a
resident of Parsons for the past eight years, during five of
which he has been auditor for the M. K. and T. Railroad. He
was survived by a wife and one daughter, Miss Aline, aged
thirteen. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church
in Parsons and the body taken in his home, Columbus, Kansas.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to
sincerely thank our many friends and acquaintances who
assisted so nobly and generously in the sickness and death
of our esteemed and beloved wife and mother, Louise
Wahl.
(William H.
Albright married
Addie May Douglas
on 14 Aug 1892, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery near Wetaug reads:
William H.
Albright 1874-1919
Addie M.
Albright his wife 1876-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Moses
Stoner married
Mrs. Sarah J. Wiard
on 24 Feb 1884, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
A marriage license was issued on 27 Jul 1864, in
Pulaski Co., Ill., for Amos
Wiard and Sarah
Jane Wright.
Her marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery near Pulaski
reads: Moses
Stoner Born Oct.
6, 1849 Died Aug. 6, 1914
Sarah J.
Stoner his wife Born April 23, 1847 Died Feb. 19,
1918.—Darrel Dexter)
White Hall, Ill.,
Feb. 15.—Walter
Bushnell, who died near here Monday on the farm where he
was born 84 years ago, was buried in a casket made by
himself from a walnut tree which was one of a grove planted
by him when a boy.
His instructions
that his funeral be without ostentation and that the casket
should be carried to the cemetery on a lumber wagon were
observed.
Mrs. Lucille A.
Brooks, of Boaz,
Ill., died at St. Mary's Infirmary this morning at 10
o'clock of appendicitis. The deceased was 21 years of age
and leaves a husband, H. D.
Brooks, and a three-year-old son. Her husband and parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Griffith,
were at her bedside.
The remains will
be taken to Boaz by way of the Big Four to Karnak, Ill.,
Saturday morning, and the burial will be Sunday.
Karcher Brothers
are in charge of the burial.
(Daniel
Horner married
Hettie Lentz on 1
Jan 1889, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Lucile A.
Brooks, of Boaz,
Ill., died at St. Mary's Infirmary, Friday morning at 10
o'clock following an operation for appendicitis. She was 21
years of age. At her bedside during her last illness were
her husband, H. D.
Brooks, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Griffiths, of
Metropolis.
Surviving the
deceased are her husband, one son, Horace, aged two years,
her father and mother, two sisters, Mrs. Bessie
Melcher, of
Vienna, Ill., and Mrs. Lillian
Zimmerman, of
Tuscola, Ill., and a brother, Harry
Griffith.
The remains were
taken to the Karcher
Brothers undertaking parlors and prepared for burial. The
body was shipped to Karnak this morning and from there taken
to Boaz, where interment will take place. Services will be
held at Boaz Sunday.
Washington, Feb.
16.—Gen. Pershing
notified the War Department of one death from an airplane
accident, one from gunshot wound, and five from pneumonia.
Mrs. Margaret
O'Donnel, aged 74
years, died this morning at 4:45 o'clock at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Lutz, 2200
Washington Avenue, after an illness of three weeks. She died
of bronchial asthma. She is the widow of John
O'Donnell, who
died in Cairo 37 years ago.
Mrs.
O'Donnell was one
of the old residents of Cairo and has been a resident of the
city for 50 years. She came to Cairo from Canada to which
place she went from County Tipperary, Ireland. Coming to
Cairo she met John
O'Donnell, who lived here the greater part of his life,
and married him. They resided in the city from that time on.
Surviving the
deceased is one daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Lutz, of 2200 Washington Avenue, and seven grandchildren, Margaret
K., John, Allan, Thomas, Wallace, Mary and O'Donnell
Lutz.
Funeral services
have not been completed, but will be tonight. Services will
be held at St. Patrick's Church, conducted by Rev. Father
Downey, and interment will take place at St. Mary's Cemetery at
Mounds.
E. A.
Burke has charge
of the funeral arrangements.
(Melcher
Lutz married
Margaret E. O’Donnell
on 20 Jun 1900, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Judge A. W.
Lewis arrived
from Harrisburg on the noon train over the Big Four today to
preside over the circuit court here this week. The cases set
for today were two murder cases against Howard
Jackson and
another against Charles
Potts.
Judge
Butler will
preside at Marion.
Court convened at
2:00 o'clock with Judge
Lewis presiding
and the jury for the case of Howard
Jackson was under examination. It is not thought the jury will be
completed today.
Jackson killed Henry Baker
and shot L. Bunch
on the Jackson
farm at Dog Tooth Bend after an argument. He is defended by
Alexander Wilson
and M. J. O'shea.
Milton C. Anderson,
county attorney of Ballard County, is assisting State's
Attorney Wilbourn.
JONESBORO, Ill.,
Feb. 18.—S. Emory,
city marshal, was wounded and two others shot and
dangerously wounded last night when a party of "loyalists"
attempted to enter the home of a miner, Clifford
Donaldson, where
L. P. Irwin, a
labor agitator, accused of I. W. W. actions, was supposed to
be hiding. The crowd of "loyalists" at first went to the
home of Irwin.
Emory,
the city marshal went with them, urging that the crowd
preserve order, and avoid anything that might disgrace the
town. He asked them to remember that he had been marshal for
years and had succeeded in preserving order.
When the crowd
arrived at the Irwin
home, the man they were seeking was gone. Thinking that he
was at the home of
Donaldson, the crowd then went there. As they appeared
about to force the door, someone in the house, thought to be
Donaldson, fired,
striking the city marshal in the arm and striking Earnest
Fath in the
crowd, in the abdomen. Someone in the crowd then fired and
hit Donaldson. He
is expected to die.
The crowd then
went to the office of
Irwin, dragged the furniture out into the street and
burned it.
(Harry C.
Lawler married
Anna E. Martin on
4 Nov 1898, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Iona
Leek, of Karnak,
Ill., died Sunday morning at 9:45 o'clock at St. Mary's
Infirmary, where she has been since Thursday. The remains
were taken to Karnak this morning where the funeral services
will be held Tuesday. She leaves surviving her, her husband,
J. L. Leek, and
two sons, Lyell and Thalmage, aged respectively 2 and 4
years. She also leaves four sisters, Nora
Elder, of
Hilderman, Ill., Etta
Bayliss, of Grand Chain, Cora
Miller, of
Karnak, Lydia Fisher;
and two brothers, William
Peek, of Grand
Chain, and Alvin Peek,
of Karnak. She was
the daughter of H. H.
Peek, of Grand Chain. Karcher
Brothers are in charge of the funeral arrangements.
(Her marker in
Salem Cemetery in Massac County reads:
Iona P. Leek
1894-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Aaron
Frields, aged 84
years, an old resident of Dukedom, Tenn., who has been
visiting his son in Cairo for the past five weeks, died
Sunday afternoon at the home of his son, D. A.
Frields, of 208
Twenty-ninth Street. He had been ill for about a year and
died at 3:30 o'clock.
The deceased
leaves three sons, D. A.
Frields, of
Blodgett, Mo., one daughter, Mrs. Mattie
Merrill, of near Dukedom, Tenn., and a sister, Mrs. Mima
Bryan, of
Montrose, Colo. His sister has been at his bedside for the
past week, arriving from Colorado Sunday, Feb. 10.
Services will be
held over the remains at 7 p.m. and the remains will be
shipped to Dukedom, the home of the deceased, where
interment will take place in the family cemetery. Rev.
Langston of the
Church of God will conduct the services.
E. A.
Burke has charge
of the funeral arrangement.
Circuit court
convened under Judge
Lewis this morning, with the
Jackson murder
case before the court. At adjournment Monday evening, four
jurors had been selected. Examination was continued this
morning and at adjournment at noon, the state and defense
had passed for more jurors, a total of eight. The panel was
exhausted and 12 new men from Cairo were subpoenaed for the
jury.
The panel was
completed at 3:15 o'clock, the full jury being: Fred E.
Martin, Everett
Prosser, Andrew Serbian,
William A. Magner,
D. B. Nelson,
Nathan Weeks, P. G. Leschner,
Nat Webster,
George Kobler, C.
E. Bissell, J. O. Zimmerman
and William Burke.
The defendant
Paul Jackson shot
and killed Henry
Baker and wounded L.
Bunch on the farm
in Dogtooth Bend.
JOHNSTON CITY,
Ill., Feb. 18.—Three men were shot at dance given here last
night in Columbus Hall.
The wounded men are: Harlan
Hall, shot
through the lung; Carl
Ruff, in the
stomach; and Houston
Hunter, in the hip.
Italians and
Americans were dancing and at a certain signal, when the
trouble started, the lights were turned off.
We wish to thank
our friends for their kindness to us during our bereavement,
the death of our little daughter Grace. Their help and
sympathy has been a great comfort to us.
(Her marker in
Salem Cemetery in Massac County reads:
Emanda J. Gray 1855-1918.—Darrel Dexter)
Royal O.
Matthews,
prominent resident of McClure, died Monday night. Funeral
services will be held Thursday afternoon, with interment at
McClure.
Mr.
Matthews was
about 65 years of age. He is survived by his wife and two
sons, Stanly G. Matthews, who is in the draft army at Camp Taylor, and Leigh
Matthews, cashier
of the bank at McClure.
Mr.
Matthews is a
large land owner in the McClure district.
Stanley
Matthews will
arrive from Camp Taylor tonight to attend the funeral.
Pleading
self-defense on a charge of murder, Howard
Jackson this
afternoon took the stand in his own behalf. He shot Henry
Baker and
Lafayette Bunch
on the Jackson farm in Dogtooth Bend on the morning of June 11, 1917.
Baker died at St.
Mary’s Infirmary early in the morning of June 16.
Howard
Jackson's story
was almost identically that told by his brother, Clarence
Jackson, and Clarence Jackson's
wife. The defendant told his story in a straight forward,
simple manner with no evidence of passion. His plea was
entirely self-defense, he stating that
Baker and
Bunch rushed upon him as he expected when he came to the door of the
house.
Evidence by
witnesses for the defense was finished at 3 o'clock this
afternoon and the argument of the attorneys was begun.
State's Attorney
Wilbourn assisted
by Attorney Clifford
Anderson, of Ballard County, Ky., presented the summary
of the case for the People and Attorneys Alexander
Wilson and M. J.
O'shea made the
plea for the defendant. The case went to the jury late this
evening.
Evidence in the
case of Howard
Jackson charged with murder was continued at the opening
of the circuit court his morning.
After the
procuring of the jury Tuesday evening, State's Attorney
Wilbourn opened
the case with a presentation of the case of the People
against Howard Jackson, of Alexander County, charged with the willful murder of
Henry Baker, at
which time he shot and wounded Lafayette
Bunch, who has
since recovered.
After the
statement by the defense, the state opened its case calling
Mr. Bunch, the
injured man to the stand. Following his testimony, his son,
Charles, a twelve year-old boy took the stand, being an eye
witness to the affair. Dr.
McManus and Dr.
Dickerson were
called to the stand to testify as to the case of the
deceased, Baker's death. The state continued its case this morning by calling
John Hood and Leo
McDaniel to the
stand to testify in regard to the injured man's condition
and statements at St. Mary’s Infirmary, on the night before
the morning of which he died. The state finished at 10:15
this morning and the defense began the hearing of witnesses.
According to the
testimony of the witness the two men,
Baker and Bunch, were
standing at the entrance to the garden before the house of
Clarence Jackson,
brother to the defendant, where the opening representing the
gate led from the yard.
Bunch was whittling on one of the gate posts with a knife.
Bunch testified
that he and Baker
were standing in conversation when Howard
Jackson came from
the front door of his brother's house, with a repeating shot
gun in his hands.
According to the
testimony of the prosecuting witness,
Jackson hurried off the end of the porch, and with the words, "Now,
you ___, I'll get you," began shooting. The first shot
struck Bunch,
knocking him down and then
Jackson turned
the gun on Baker,
who had turned to run.
Baker fell and
Jackson took another shot at
Bunch, who also ran and was joined by his son, Charles,
who had been working in the garden, two yards beyond the
first fence.
Bunch testified that he and
Baker had no time
to take any hostile action toward
Jackson and the boy's story was along with the same line, though he
was not near enough to hear anything that might have been
said. The boy was hoeing corn and beans in a garden removed
from the place by another garden with two wire fences
between him and the scene of the tragedy.
In the garden
with the boy were Clarence
Jackson and his
wife, who had just come from the house to give the boy
instructions as to the hoeing.
Opening this
morning, John Hood
was called to the stand after a preliminary hearing was held
before Judge Lewis
to determine whether his testimony should go to the jury.
There was no objection, so the jury was called. Mr.
Hood testified
he, in company with Leo
McDaniels and
Leslie Wilbourn,
had visited the man
Baker as he lay in St. Mary's Infirmary on the night
before the morning on which he died and told of the weakened
condition of the man, who declared according to Mr.
Hood and the
following witness, Mr.
McDaniels, that
he was too weak to sign any statements. He was too weak and
sick to make a formal statement, but he had been told he was
going to die and repeated it, wondering who was to pay his
doctor’s bill. He stated before these three that Howard
Jackson had shot him and that he did not know the cause. He told of
seeing Jackson
shoot Bunch and
of turning to run. He declared he was then shot in the back
and returned saying, "Howard, you have killed me."
Mr.
McDaniel's
testimony was identical, except that he did not seem to
remember Baker's
statements as to the shooting.
Dr.
McManus was then
called and testified that the man was rational, and had been
informed by him (Dr.
McManus) that he would die.
The prosecution
then rested its case and the defense called as its first
witness, Mrs. Clarence
Jackson, wife of
Clarence Jackson,
brother of the defendant. On the day of June 11, 1917, the
day of the shooting, Henry
Baker, the dead
man, had been called to the farm of the elder
Jackson to be
paid off and on that morning, Mrs. Clarence
Jackson went to her father-in-law's house to get a check for that
purpose. She saw Steve
Jackson and Henry
Baker in
conversation there. Returning to her home, she filled out
the check for $1.80 and going to the door called to
Baker, who was
now standing near her home, in conversation with some of the
Jackson boys. Baker took
the check, according to the testimony and remarked that it
was so big that he had better give it to her.
What followed
between Baker and
Mrs. Jackson was
not admitted, but she testified he was under the influence
of liquor.
The story of what
followed was told in the same manner by Clarence
Jackson and his
wife. Clarence was not there at the time. Howard came to the
house and asked for some matches and, according to Mrs.
Jackson, got
them. About that time Clarence came into the house and with
his wife went then out the front door, past the two men,
Baker and
Bunch, who were
standing at the gate, and on to the garden where the boy was
working. He had his arm around his wife's waist and they
passed within fifteen feet of the two men, but nothing was
said.
At the time, Mrs.
Jackson was in
the house and before Howard entered, she testified,
Baker and Bunch were
standing at the gate, talking in loud manner about Howard,
urging what she characterized as rough language. She stated
Bunch had a large knife in his hand and was whittling on the post.
Both Clarence
Jackson, and Mrs.
K. Jackson
testified they were standing with their back to the yard
talking to the boy, when they were attracted by the slamming
of the front screen door. Howard, they stated, came out with
Clarence's pump gun in his hand held "candlestick" and
started off the end of the porch. They stated he did not say
a word, but that
Baker and Bunch, the latter with his knife in his hand rushed toward Howard.
Without raising the gun to his shoulder, Howard fired;
striking Bunch
and then as Baker wheeled in flight, striking him.
At the third
shot, Mrs. Jackson
fainted and Clarence left her lying in the garden and ran to
Howard. Bunch and
the boy Charles were then running across the fields, away
from the scene. Clarence took the gun away from Howard
according to the evidence, and Howard went back to his
father’s home, where he lives. Clarence then went back to
his wife and took her to the house.
Clarence and his
wife testified in regard to trouble between
Bunch and Howard a previous winter when Howard had ordered
Bunch out of the
Jackson house for making remarks against their belief in
spiritualism. At the time, a Cairo man by the name of
Moreland was at the Jackson
house. He claimed spiritual powers, which gave rise to the
argument. Bunch
left when ordered, and according to Clarence
Jackson, said,
"I'll leave, but I'm a man just as you are." Mrs.
Jackson quoted
him as saying, "I'll see you later." Clarence testified he
knew of ill feeling between
Bunch and Howard,
but none between
Baker and Howard.
Baker had been employed at the
Jackson farm for
about three months.
Ossie
Jackson, an elder
brother was then called to the stand and testified that he
had talked to Baker the morning of the shooting, before the tragedy and that
Baker was under
the influence of liquor. He quoted
Baker as saying
he was "going to kill your brother." This happened in the
blacksmith shop and the witnesses stated he talked to
Baker, telling
him he had his money and that the best thing he could do
would be to go on. He stated
Baker promised to
and left.
Ossie
Jackson was not
at the scene of the shooting and learned of the happening
two hours after he had talked to
Baker. He
testified that Baker
had a bad reputation for being troublesome when drinking.
Malphus
Brown, son of
James Brown, of
Dog Tooth Bend, testified he had heard
Baker had a bad
reputation and had personally experienced his disposition on
a certain occasion, when
Baker had
attempted to kill him.
Brown was then excused.
At this point
adjournment was taken for noon, until 1:30.
Alfred G.
Johnson, of
Olmstead, Ill., died Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock at St.
Mary’s Infirmary, where he has been a patient. The deceased
was 55 years of age and leaves surviving him three
daughters, Mrs. Violet
Milar, of
Chicago, Miss Leona
Johnson, of Minneapolis, Miss Dorothy
Johnson, of
Appleton, Wis., and a son, Clemson
Johnson, of
Olmsted, and J. M.
Johnson, of Chicago. Mr.
Johnson was
engaged in the drug business at Olmsted.
The funeral
services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Karcher's undertaking parlors and conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen. The
remains were taken at 3:45 to Olmsted where interment was
made in the family cemetery.
Mrs. J. W.
Fullerton, died
this morning at 2 o'clock at her home in Mound City after an
illness of some time. Mr.
Fullerton was
born August 14, 1858, in Owen, Ind., and on December 24,
1874, was married to J. W.
Fullerton in Stenter, Ind. She has resided in Mound City for 35
years. She was the mother of two sons, who died in infancy,
and one daughter, Miss Cora
Fullerton, who
survives her. She is also survived by her husband and two
nieces, Mrs. W. H.
Ashbaugh, and Mrs. C. A.
Griffith, of
Mound City, and a nephew, Ray
Overton, of
Harrisburg, Ill.
Mrs.
Fullerton was
affiliated with the Congregational Church in Mound City
since its organization and was a well-known and popular
woman.
The funeral
services will be held Friday at the Congregational Church,
conducted by Rev. Roy B.
Morgan.
Thursday, 21 Feb
1918:
Howard Jackson, who was charged with murder
after the killing of Henry Baker and the shooting of
L. Bunch, Dog Tooth Bend, on the farm of his father,
Steve Jackson, June 11, 1917, was freed by the jury
last night in a verdict of “not guilty,” brought in at 8:45
o’clock last night.
Jackson took the stand in his own behalf Wednesday evening,
and the arguments of the attorneys which followed lasted
until 5:30, when adjournment was taken for supper, until 7
p.m. At the
convening of the court at 7 o’clock, Judge Lewis
instructed the jury on the law in the case of a killing such
as this. The
case went to the jury just before 8 o’clock, and the verdict
was brought in with an hour.
Court convened before Circuit Judge A. W. Lewis
this morning with the murder case of Charles Potts
for the killing of Otho Metcalf in a saloon at
Thirty-fourth Street and Commercial Avenue and that of Henry
Leach and Billie Goin for the murder of Carey
Belew, negro, whom the two are alleged to have driven
into the river.
Court opened at 9
o’clock, but things moved slowly, as none of the cases were
ready for trial.
Discussion
between attorneys and parties in the two murder cases was
carried on during the morning, and finally both cases were
presented with a request for continuance until the next term
of court in order that both sides might be more ready to
present the case, and particularly the defense.
Attorney George H.
Baker is
representing Charles
Potts, having been appointed by Judge
Butler.
This case was continued.
Attorney Harry
Hood is defending
Billie Goin and
Henry Leach, and this case, upon the action of Judge
Lewis, was continued until May 20.
HOLD SERVICES FOR
CAIRO RESIDENT
Funeral services
over the remains of Mrs. Margaret
O’Donnell, who
passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Lutz, were held Wednesday afternoon at St. Patrick's Church at
conducted by Rev. Father
Downey.
A special
interurban car carried the funeral part to Mounds, where
interment took place at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. A
large number of friends of the family and friends of the
deceased who was 74 years of age, at her death, were
present. Mrs.
O'Donnell was a resident of Cairo for fifty years.
We desire to
thank our friends for the kindness and assistance rendered
during the long illness and death of our beloved wife,
daughter and sister, Gertrude
Wilbourn
Gunther.
We wish
especially to thank those who sent the beautiful floral
emblems and those who assisted in the service.
Mrs. M. F.
Browner, of Mound
City, died Thursday evening at 5:15 o'clock at St. Mary's
Infirmary. She was taken critically ill early in the
afternoon and was brought to Cairo at 3:30 hoping that her
life could be saved, but nothing could be done. Her little
daughter, who was born a few minutes before she passed away,
is also dead.
Mrs.
Browner was the
wife of Mayor M. F.
Browner of Mound City and was formerly Miss Etta
Kennedy of Cairo.
She was the daughter of Mrs. Margaret
Kennedy, of 2036
Pine Street, who survives. She also has two sisters, Mrs.
James Ross, of
Kansas City, Mo., and Miss Maude
Kennedy, of
Cairo. She was married to Mayor
Browner, June 25,
1912. She was formerly member of the firm of
Moran-Kennedy and after
her marriage her sister Miss Maude
Kennedy took her
place in the firm.
The infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Raylor died this
morning at 3:30 o'clock at their home 412 Ninth Street. The
baby was but one day old. Interment was made at St. Mary's
Cemetery at Mounds today.
Arthurs S.
Magner, aged 47,
passed away at his home, No. 300 Twenty-eighth Street, at
9:15 o'clock this morning after an illness of three months’
duration. He underwent an operation about a year ago, and
since then has been in impaired health.
Mr.
Magner was
assistant engineer at the Cairo Waterworks under his
brother, Engineer William M.
Magner, and had been in the employ of the company for twenty-four
years.
He is survived by
his wife and three children, two girls and a boy, the eldest
13 years old. In addition to his brother here, he leaves
another brother, Edward, of Lafayette, La., and a sister,
Mrs. Edward Moore, of Fort Smith, Ark.
Funeral
arrangements had not been concluded today, but the services
will probably be at St. Joseph's Church, of which he was a
member and burial will be at Calvary Cemetery, Villa Ridge.
Karcher Brothers
are in charge.
Mr.
Magner also
conducted a grocery at Twenty-eighth and Poplar, but his
fondness for machinery kept him from giving up his position
at the waterworks and his wife looked after the store.
The funeral
services of Mrs. M. F.
Browner, of Mound
City, who died at St. Mary’s Infirmary Wednesday evening,
will be held in Cairo at St. Joseph's Church Sunday morning
at 8 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen. The
funeral cortege will leave the residence of Mrs.
Browner's mother,
Mrs. Margaret Kennedy,
2036 Pine Street, at 7:30 for the church. A special train
will leave Fourteenth and Ohio streets at 9:15 for Villa
Ridge, where interment will be made.
The active pall
bearers will be Messrs. Thomas J.
Keefe, James H. Galligan,
George J. Fischer,
Egbert Bloms,
Charles O. Patier, Frank J. Fitzgerald,
John Sullivan,
Isaac L. LaHue,
E. J. Langan, George C. Beede,
and E. J. Walder,
all of Cairo.
The honorary
pallbearers will be Messrs. L. C.
Perks, A. W.
Williamson, Peter
McNeille, Thomas
Higgins, Joseph Lutz,
Edward Westerman,
A. Schuler, Fred
Hood, J. F. Kuny, George
Martin, C. M.
Gaunt, and Dr. J. F. Hargan,
all of Mound City.
The funeral will
be in charge of
Karcher Brothers.
(Her marker in
Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Rosetta K.
Browner & Baby
Feb. 21, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
BENTON, Ill.,
Feb. 23.—Three fatalities occurred at West Frankfort. The
first was when the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Hogg was
destroyed by fire, burning their 7-month-old baby to death.
The child had been left in the house alone. The second was
when John Swobsher, aged 55, was struck by a Burlington train, his body being
cut in two. The third was when a 16-year-old boy named
McClintock cut down a tree, the tree falling upon him.
Browner—Died
at St. Mary's Infirmary, Thursday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock,
Feb. 21, 1918, Mrs. Etta
Kennedy
Browner, wife of
M. F. Browner, of
Mound City.
Funeral services
will be held at St. Joseph's Church Sunday morning at 8
o'clock. The cortege will leave the residence of Mrs.
Browner's mother,
Mrs. Margaret Kennedy,
2036 Pine Street, at 7:50 o'clock for St. Joseph's Church,
where Rev. Father James
Gillen will
conduct the services.
A special train
will leave Fourteenth and Ohio streets for Villa Ridge at
9:15 o'clock. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Friends of the
family are invited to attend.
William V.
Penn,
ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Penn, of Oscar,
Ky., died at 5:30 o'clock this morning at the home of J. B.
Whitlow, of 415 Thirty-fourth Street. Mr.
Whitlow is a son-in-law of the elder
Penn. The boy had been attending school in Cairo and lived with his
aunt.
The boy ran a
nail in his foot Saturday while at play with small
companions and the wound became infected. Tetanus setting in
caused his death.
The remains will
be taken to Oscar, Ky., at 7 a.m. Sunday. Services will be
held at Oscar, Sunday afternoon at the Oscar Baptist Church
and interment will take place in the Oscar Cemetery.
Mrs. Elizabeth
Tiernan, mother
of John Tiernan,
of Cairo, passed away at her home in Evanston, Ill.,
Wednesday, after an illness of several months. The funeral
occurred Friday.
Mr.
Tiernan and his
wife have been in Evanston since before Christmas, and were
at her bedside. A daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Tiernan, also
survives.
Magner—Died,
Arthur S. Magner,
at his home, 300 Twenty-eighth Street, Saturday, February
23. Funeral services will be held Monday morning, February
25, at St. Joseph's Church, Rev. Father James J.
Gillen
officiating. The funeral party will leave the residence,
Twenty-eighth and Poplar streets, at 8 o'clock for the
church, where the service will be held at 8:15 o'clock. A
special I. C. funeral train will leave Fourteenth and Ohio
streets at 9:15 o'clock for Villa Ridge, where interment
will be made at Calvary Cemetery.
Mount Vernon,
Ill., Feb. 22—Judge Columbus A.
Keller, formerly
of Mount Vernon, died at his home in San Antonio, Texas. He
was 67 years old. He served as county judge of Jefferson
County when 26 years old and was the youngest county judge
in the state. He had served as grandmaster of the Odd
Fellows in Illinois and in 1913 was grand sire of the Grand
Lodge of the United States. He was a graduate of McKendree
College at Lebanon, Ill.
Mrs. Clara
Schmidt, of 919
Hawthorne Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, is offering a reward of
$100 for the recovery of the body of Oscar
Schmidt, who was
last seen at Aurora, Ind., on the morning of Dec. 13. He was
5 feet 6 inches in height, had dark brown hair, and his arms
were tattooed with woman's head and heart pieces with a
sword. He wore a brown corduroy suit, leather leggings, dark
blue shirt, overshoes with buckles and a plaid overcoat.
She writes to Dr.
Dodds that
“chances are he froze up in the ice and when it thaws out
his body may wash ashore."
Word was received
today that George G.
Koehler died in a sanitarium in a suburb of Chicago.
The deceased was
the proprietor of
Teichman's cigar factory and tobacco store at 703
Commercial Avenue. He was for years in the grocery business
in Cairo and served in the city council under the aldermanic
form of government for a number of years, as a member of the
second ward.
He is survived by
his wife, one daughter, Miss Fay
Koehler, and a son, George E., in California, who started east on
learning of his father's death.
When a member of
the council, Mr.
Koehler was regarded as one of the most valuable
members. He served when the improvement policy was underway
and was a strong advocate of the improvements.
Mr.
Koehler was also
a member of Ascalon Lodge No. 51 Knights of Pythias and of
the Modern Woodmen.
George C.
Koehler was a
native of Cincinnati, where he was born 59 years ago. He
came to Cairo in his boyhood and has since spent his whole
life here.
Mr.
Koehler has been
in failing health for the past four months and ten days ago
went to the North Shore Sanitarium at Winnetka, Ill., where
it was hoped he could gain some benefit. An examination by
the physicians there brought no encouragement and his son,
who was at Los Angeles, was advised of his father's
condition and made arrangements to come back to Cairo to
take charge of the business. It is believed that he is now
en route here.
J. O.
Davies will leave
for Chicago tonight to bring the body back to Cairo for
burial.
(George
Koehler married
Carolena Ehs on 5
Jan 1886, in Alexander Co., Ill.
His marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge
reads: George G.
Koehler
1858-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Harry A.
Naetter, youngest
of the Naeter
brothers, publishers of the
Cape Girardeau
Republican, died Friday morning in a hospital there
following an operation. He was 37 years old and had been a
resident of Cape Girardeau since 1904, when with his
brothers, George and Fred, he came to Cape Girardeau. He
leaves a wife and baby boy.
Funeral services
for Arthur Magner,
who died at his home in Cairo Saturday morning, were held
this morning at 8:15 o'clock at St. Joseph's Church, Rev.
Father James J. Gillen officiating. There was a large crowd in attendance and the
floral offerings were abundant and beautiful. Interment was
made at Calvary Cemetery, Villa Ridge, and the funeral party
going up on a special Illinois Central train.
The pallbearers
were Messrs. M. J.
Walder, M. F.
Kelly, Frank J.
Fitzgerald, Harry
Stout, T. P. Caraher,
John Hogan, John
Barry, and Thomas
Galvin.
G. W.
Coats, died at 1
o'clock Sunday morning at the home of his brother, Neal
Coats, in St.
Louis after a brief illness. He left Cairo last week for a
few days visit with his parents in Mt. Vernon, Ill., before
going to Colorado where he intended to locate. He contracted
a heavy cold which developed into pneumonia to which he
succumbed. His wife was with him, having joined him in St.
Louis from a few days visit with her father, J. W.
Rule, in Indiana.
Mr.
Coats was born in
Mt. Vernon, Ill., August 19, 1892, and had resided in Cairo
for four years, having been manager of the
Roberts Cotton
Oil Company for three years. He was connected with the
Louisiana Lumber Co., during his first year in Cairo. His
marriage to Miss Carrie
Rule, of Cairo was solemnized June 20, 1917. He leaves surviving him
his wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Coats, of Mt. Vernon, Ill., a sister, Mrs. Clark
Hutchinson, of
Mt. Vernon, and two brothers, F. E.
Coats, of Cairo,
and Neal Coats,
of St. Louis.
The funeral
services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the
home of his sister, F. E.
Coats and Miss
Eva Rule, Mrs.
Coats' sister, of Cairo, went up to St. Louis Sunday.
(John W.
Coats married
Catherine E. Waite
on 24 Oct 1867, in Jefferson Co., Ill.
Claud Hutchison married Louise
Coats on 4 Jul 1897, in Jefferson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Lottie
Halliday, aged 23
years, wife of E. P.
Halliday of 3301 Park Avenue, died at her home Sunday
morning at 9:30 o'clock after an illness of several months.
Surviving the deceased are her husband, E. P.
Halliday, and a
son 6 years old.
The remains will
be shipped to Ragland, Ky., her former home, Tuesday, where
services will be held and interment will take place.
E. A.
Burke has charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. T. T.
Moore, of
Doniphan, Mo., formerly of Cairo, died the latter part of
last week in a hospital at Columbia, Ohio.
She was formerly Miss Mary
Magee, and was
employed at
Rhodes-Burford in 1913.
He leaves
surviving her husband, and two children, a daughter 3 years
old and an infant son fifteen days old. The funeral was held
at Doniphan Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. I. G.
Otey, of Lelber,
Ky., passed through Cairo Sunday
en route home from
the funeral. Mrs.
Otey was a sister of Mrs.
Moore.
Eugene, the
six-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
Roberts, of 628 Thirty-seventh Street, died Sunday morning at 4
o'clock. The body was taken to Fulton, Ky., today where
funeral services were held. Interment was made in Good
Springs Cemetery. Karcher Brothers were in charge of the arrangements.
St. Louis, Feb.
26.—Capt. William H.
Thorwegian, 80 years old, president of the Columbia
Excursion Company and one of the oldest steamboat captains
on the Mississippi River, died of hemorrhage of the brain
Monday night at the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium, where he
had been ill for nine days.
Old river cronies
of the veteran captain regard it as significant that he
should be called to the port of landing from which there is
no return, a few weeks after the wreck of his "pet" the
Grey Eagle, a
famous St. Louis excursion steamer, which was crushed and
sunk in the recent ice smashup at Paducah, Ky.
At the age of 18,
Bill Thorwegen,
as he was known to his intimate friends, began his career on
the river, starting as a pantry boy on one of the old
side-wheel packets that flourished before the Civil War.
His ambition then
was to save $10,000. At the age of 21, he bought his first
steamboat, the La
Creole, for $16,000. The
La Creole ran out
of St. Louis and was a famous up the river picket, generally
stopping at Keokuk.
During a recent
reminiscent chat, the captain stated that he personally had
owned more than 18 big boats. Many of them were destroyed by
fire, including the
Grand Republic, which cost $300,000. The
City of Providence,
owned by Thorwegen,
was smashed in the ice and the
City of Vicksburg,
another famous
Thorwegen steamboat, was wrecked in the famous tornado
of 1896.
At the age of 75,
Capt. Thorwegen
decided to quit the Mississippi River and spent his last
days in the sunny climate of California. He and wife moved
their household goods to Los Angeles and bought a bungalow
there. But the old Mississippi kept calling and the captain
came back.
The last boat he
commanded was the Grey
Eagle. The captain always boasted of the fact that he
had carried 6,000,000 passengers during his 61 years on the
river and never lost a life.
A widow, Lilly J.
Thorwegen, and
two sons, William J. and Frank E.
Thorwegen,
survive him.
Funeral services
for Arthur Magner,
who died at his home in Cairo Saturday morning, were held
Monday morning at 8:15 o'clock at St. Joseph’s Church, Rev.
Father James J. Gillen officiating. There was a large crowd in advance and the
floral offerings were abundant and beautiful. Interment was
made at Calvary Cemetery, Villa Ridge, the funeral party
going up on a special Illinois Central train.
The pallbearers
were Messrs. M. J.
Walder, M. F.
Kelly, Frank J.
Fitzgerald, Harry
Stout, T. P. Caraher,
John Hogan, John
Barry, and Thomas
Galvin.
The death of C.
F. Phelps, who
passed away Saturday morning at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Frank L. Lyons,
in Chicago, removes another old resident of Cairo. Mr.
Phelps lived in
recent years with his son, Paul
Phelps, who
conducted the saloon and rooming house on Ohio Street just
above Fourth. His son, Paul, and wife were at his bedside
when he died.
Mr.
Phelps was in the
photograph business in Cairo in the early days. He came here
from Muscatine, Iowa. He was a brother of A. O.
Phelps, for many
years Cairo's well known photographer.
Louisville, Ky.,
Feb. 26.—Norman James
Tweedie, of Wheaton, Ill., is dead at Camp Zachary
Taylor, of pneumonia. He was 23 years old and a candidate in
officer’s training scamp.
It is a custom
followed by time and the reverent regard of Christian people
in the busy march of life to pause and pay fitting tribute
to friends and associates who have "gone before."
We, as Odd
Fellows, among whom this custom has ever prevailed, are
again called upon to mourn the loss of a beloved brother,
who in life was a living exemplification of what true Odd
Fellowship teaches.
With all he was
an upright gentleman, complying with the "Golden Rule" as
nearly as it is possible for poor Humanity to do.
Brother Frank
Kelly was laid to
rest in the beautiful Beech Grove Cemetery on Monday,
January 21, 1918, by the members of his order, the members
of his church and many others of his numerous friends, and
peace be to his ashes.
This lodge
extends their sympathy to the bereaved family and to the
many relations and friends.
The body of
George G. Koehler
was brought back to Cairo this morning from Chicago,
accompanied by John B.
Koehler, brother
of the deceased, his son and daughter, and Joseph
Davies, who went
up to bring the remains home. The body was taken in charge
of E. A. Burke
and at 1:30 this afternoon was taken to the Elks Lodge,
where it will lie in state until 1:30 Thursday, and then
taken to the home of the deceased on Eighth Street.
Funeral services
will probably be held Friday, but definite arrangements are
awaiting word from Mr.
Koehler's son,
George E. Koehler,
now on his way home from California.
Arthur
Gregerson, of the
lumber firm of
Gregerson Brothers of Chicago, known throughout the
lumber world as Big Cypress Man, died very suddenly Monday
in Chicago. The
Gregerson Brothers Lumber Company has a large scale yard
at the west end of Tenth Street in Cairo.
Arthur
Gregerson is well
known personally by the lumbermen of Cairo and was a member
of the Cairo Lumbermen's Club. He has visited Cairo a number
of times.
Friends of the
family are invited to attend the funeral services. (Mounds)
Miss
Wilmouth, a young
girl of the country near Bardwell, attractive and well liked
by her friends, shot her father as he lay asleep in the
night. The
shooting was with a revolver at 11 o’clock on the night of
Dec. 1. The day
previous she was said to have had trouble with her father
over her friendship with a certain young man of the
neighborhood to whom her father had a violent dislike.
The trouble was but the culmination of several
warnings and according to the defense, the father on the
last occasion threatened to kill the girl.
Insanity Is
Defense
Temporary
insanity was the plea of the defense on the ground of
extreme nervous tension, brought on by the high feeling
between the girl and the father, at a period of her life
verging from girlhood into womanhood, that rendered her very
susceptible to any deranging influence.
Friends of the
girl fought desperately, it is said, for her acquittal.
Evidence was
introduced by the defense to show that James
Wilmouth had actually threatened the life of his daughter.
Dr. T. J. Marshall and Dr. W. L. Moby,
physicians of Bardwell, each of whom had at various times
had occasion to call on the
Wilmouth family
in the course of their practice, were witnesses for the
defense, in testifying as to the defendant’s mental
condition at the time of the crime.
Both testified
that in their opinion the girl was probably temporarily
insane, and at her age, it was their observation, that a
young girl’s mental and nervous system, was very susceptible
to strain. This
was the mainstay of the defendant’s case.
Wilmouth Not
Brutal Man
The prosecution
on the other hand endeavored to show that to all appearance,
Mr. Wilmouth was a polite and kindhearted man.
Other members of the family then questioned on the
stand admitted that the father was ordinarily kind and
though he had a rather high temper at times, was not given
to unreasonable outbursts, or in any way vicious.
Other friends of the family and neighbors testified
that he was not unusually harsh or cruel.
The girl took the
stand in her own behalf, but gave little testimony.
Giving no reason for the shooting, she stated she did
not know why she had committed the act, and upon cross
examination held to her testimony, though it was considered
that she had practically admitted the planning of the
affair.
Murder Alleged
Premeditated
The murder was stamped by the attorneys for the
People as premeditated and planned with malicious care,
carried out in the cold-blooded manner while the victim lay
defenseless, asleep in bed.
The prosecution laid great stress on the fact that
the girl was in full possession of her reasoning powers, and
was in no way mentally deranged, at the time of committing
the crime. In
the arguments of the case, the prosecution denounced the
manner in which the act was committed, and demanded that the
law, regardless of sympathy of personal feeling, be invoked
according to the statutes and declared that a verdict of
guilty was necessary on the basis of the evidence shown.
No Motion for New
Trial
There will be no motion for a new trial according to
the attorneys for the defense as the case is considered
concluded as far as any efforts in the court for her
acquittal could have effect.
Formal sentence by the judge has not yet been passed,
but it is expected that he will pronounce judgment Saturday.
The girl will be taken to the reformatory, until she has
become of age, when she will be removed to the state
penitentiary, if her sentence has not been commuted or a
pardon granted.
According to the
jailer this morning the full realization of the seriousness
of the matter is just beginning to break upon the girl and
her condition today is described as "greatly depressed." She
has little to say. It is thought she will be taken to the
reformatory next week.
Funeral services
for the late George G.
Koehler will be
held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the family
residence, No. 329 Eighth Street, conducted by Rev. C.
Robert Dunlap,
pastor of the Lutheran Church, and Ascalon Lodge No. 51
Knights of Pythias.
The remains will
be taken by special Illinois Central train to Villa Ridge,
where interment will be made.
Cairo lodge No. 651, B. P. O. E. will officiate at
the grave.
After lying in
state in the Elks lodge rooms, the remains were taken this
afternoon to the family residence.
All members of
the Cairo Elks Lodge are requested to meet at their hall
Friday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock to attend the funeral of
our late brother, George G.
Koehler.
I would be
pleased to have as large an attendance as possible of all
Knights of Pythias at our meeting tonight to make
arrangements to attend the funeral of our deceased brother,
George G. Koehler.
John D.
Overstreet aged
72 years, died at his home in Grand Chain, Wednesday
morning. Burial will be at LaCenter, Ky.
Mr.
Overstreet is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. Frank
Lipe, at Grand
Chain, and a son, Mack D.
Overstreet, of
Murphysboro.
He formerly lived
in Mound City and Cairo. He was a member of the Odd Fellows
Lodge.
Friday, 1 Mar
1918:
Funeral services over the remains of the late George G.
Koehler were
largely attended this afternoon, as they were held at the
residence of the deceased, No. 329 Eighth Street. Rev.
C. Robert Dunlap
officiated with Ascalon Lodge No. 51, Knights of Pythias
assisting in the service at the residence and Cairo Lodge
No. 651 B. P. O. E. at Villa Ridge cemetery.
Loads of flowers were in evidence, the gifts of the large circle of
friends of deceased.
The pall bearers were: Honorary—W. H.
Wood, H. S. Antrim, L.
Lazarus, H. H.
Halliday, J. W. Wenger,
Fred Teichman,
Herman C. Schuh,
and George Becker, Sr.
The active pallbearers were: J. W.
Howe, Henry Steinal, E.
T. Aisthorpe, E.
E. Cox, Floss
Buder, Mike Egan, Peter
Lind, Sr., and
Harry Becker.
The following resolutions were passed by the Central Building and
Loan Association as a tribute to George G.
Koehler, who was a director of the association.
Whereas our fellow director, George G.
Koehler, has passed into the Great Beyond, after years of active
usefulness and service, not only in behalf of this
association, but also as a businessman and a citizen of this
community. For many years he has been a member of the
board of directors of this association, which office he
filled faithfully and well, being always interested in and
mindful of its welfare and success. Upright in all his
dealings, fair and just to every stockholder, and always
solicitous of the good name and general welfare of the
association, he proved himself the right man in the right
place, and was repeatedly re-elected as director. He
will be greatly missed by us, his friends, associates and
co-workers.
Be it, therefore, Resolved that we, the Board of Directors of the
Central Building and Loan Association of Cairo, Illinois, do
hereby express our sincere sorrow and regret for the death
of our associate director, George G.
Koehler, which
occurred at Chicago, Illinois, on the 25th day of
February, 1918, after a lingering illness, and our
appreciation of the valuable service he rendered this
association in his lifetime, and that we extend to his
family and relatives our sympathy in their hour of
bereavement and sadness.
Be it further Resolved, that these resolutions be spread upon the
records of this association and a copy thereof sent to the
family of the deceased.
Saturday, 2 Mar
1918:
Funeral services will be held Sunday at Centralia over the remains
of Conductor Charles
Kelly, who died early Friday morning. Conductor
Kelly had been on
the Cairo Centralia run on the Illinois Central for the past
six years. He leaves a wife and an adopted daughter.
Arm and Leg
Severed by Pile Driver
Olive Branch, Ill., March 2.—Ralph
Chalmus, of Creal Springs, Ill., was probably fatally injured this
morning at Thebes. His right leg and arm were cut off
by a pile driving machine, which has been stationed here
during the winter. He was just alive at 1:45 p.m.
(The 12 Mar 1918, issue gives his name as Ralph B.
Chamness.—Darrel
Dexter)
Corp. Elliott Forner,
infantry, severely wounded, March 1, J. C.
Fortner, father,
Herrin, Ill.
Marion, the
12-year-old daughter of Albert
Danforth, died
Wednesday at her father's home in New York City. The
body, which was brought here (Charleston, Mo.) for burial,
arrived here Friday evening and was taken to the home of
Judge Levi Danforth
on Virginia Street. The funeral was conducted by Rev.
Lemons of the
Baptist Church and Rev.
Minor of the
Christian Church on Saturday morning. Interment was in
the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Paul Burn Morgan, the
four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Morgan, of East
Prairie, Mo., died at midnight Saturday, after physicians
were unable to remove a ragged piece of steel from his
throat.
The child had swallowed the steel at home and was brought to St.
Mary's for attention when the local physician could not
remove the object.
The remains were removed to the E. A.
Burke undertaking parlors, where they were prepared for burial.
The body was taken to East Prairie Sunday morning where
funeral services were probably held today.
Viola May Vance,
daughter of Edward
Vance, one of Cairo’s enlisted men at Camp Taylor, died
at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Richards, near
the Suburban Hotel this morning.
The remains were taken on the 2 o’clock interurban
car to Beech Grove Cemetery for interment.
E. A Burke had charge of the funeral.
The father returned from Camp Taylor at noon today
for the funeral.
Mrs. Ida F. Kirkwood,
210 Twelfth Street, died at St. Mary's Infirmary at 10
o'clock this morning of appendicitis.
The remains were prepared for burial by E. A.
Burke, and will be taken to Beech Grove Cemetery on the interurban
car at 10 o'clock Thursday morning for interment.
Mrs. Kirkwood was a
widow and conducted a rooming house on Twelfth Street.
Mrs. Saminthia Pool,
aged 72 years, widow of the late William
Pool, died on
March 1 at her home in Mill Creek, after a residence of 66
years in this section. She came here from Whitely
County, Ky., with her parents, William and Matilda
Price. She
was the mother of 12 children, three of whom survive, Louis
and Charles Pool,
and Mrs. Sarah Cruse,
and leaves also three sisters, Mrs. Susan
Keith, aged 83,
of Wolf Lake, Mrs. Malinda
Jordan, and Miss
Elsie Price, of
Mill Creek. A number of grandchildren are also left.
Funeral services were held Sunday morning at the Baptist
Church, conducted by Rev. Mr.
Lockard, and burial was in St. John’s Cemetery.
(William Pool married
Semantha Price on
2 Apr 1863, in Union Co., Ill.
Peter A. Cruse
married Sarah M.
Poole on 31 May 1888, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Richard M. Nimmo married Susan Price
on 28 Jun 1862, in Union Co., Ill.
William M.
Keith, 41, of Willard’s Landing, married Mrs. Susan
Nimmo, 36, of
Anna, on 6 Jun 1876, in Union Co., Ill.
John F. Jordan
married Malinda Price
on 18 Jul 1875, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Charles O.
Aden, 23, married Caroline
Pool, 19, born in
Pulaski Co., Ill., daughter of William
Pool and Samantha
Price, on 27 Sep
1891, in Union Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
We wish to thank our friends for their kind assistance in our late
bereavement the death of our little daughter, Mildred Marie.
Their help to us during her illness and their sympathy at
all times has been a great comfort to us.
Thursday, 7 Mar
1918:
E. R. Price, aged about
forty-four years, died early this morning at St. Mary’s
Infirmary after a lingering illness. He was employed in the
Illinois Central freight offices and has no relatives
residing in Cairo. His mother, Mrs. L. E.
Work, who lives
in Wetherford, Texas, has been notified of her son's death
and the remains are at
Burke's
Undertaking Parlors awaiting word from her.
John S. Ray, aged 74
years, of Bardwell, Ky., died Wednesday of pneumonia, at the
home of his niece, Mrs. Gid
Shepard, near
Bardwell, according to word received in Cairo last night.
Mr. Ray was an old Civil
War veteran and fought on the side of the south under
General A. S.
Johnston, at Shiloh.
Surviving him are two sons and one daughter, two brothers, Curran
Ray and Lee
Ray, of Bardwell, and Paducah respectively.
Funeral services will be held Friday or Saturday.
Mrs. Katherine Gentry,
of East Cairo, died Wednesday morning, at 9 o'clock of heart
failure at the age of 70 years. She was the wife of C. H.
Gentry, a prosperous farmer of East Cairo, and the couple are well
known in Cairo and adjoining Kentucky points.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. at Barlow, Ky.
E. A.
Burke has charge
of arrangements.
Ellis E. Cox and Will
Howe were called
to Gracey, Ky., last night by the death of an uncle of Mr.
Cox, Frank
Cox, of that
place. No details were given in the message.
E. R. PRICE
BURIED AT BEECH GROVE TODAY
Funeral services over the remains of E. R.
Price, who died Thursday at St. Mary’s Infirmary, were held this
morning at Burke's
undertaking parlors, and the body was taken to Beech Grove
Cemetery for burial. Mrs.
Price, of
Whitlock, Tenn., arrived in Cairo this morning.
Charles H. Barry died
suddenly in Philadelphia this morning, according to a
message received by relatives here today. Mr.
Barry was
president of the Pennsylvania Fire insurance Company of
Philadelphia and was prominent and well known in insurance
circles. He was a brother-in-law of Messrs. W. B. and Miles
Frederick Gilbert, of Cairo.
A Creal Springs dispatch gives the following account of the death
of Ralph Chamness,
at Thebes:
The body of Ralph Brose
Chamness, 18 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brose
Chamness,
formerly of this city, was brought to Creal Springs from
Thebes Monday afternoon.
The young man was fatally injured Friday afternoon while employed
on a dredge boat on the Mississippi, being caught in a pile
driver. He was reared in this place and attended the city
schools.
The family lived 1,500 yards of the river at Illmo, where Ralph was
employed in the Civil Service Department at Gray's Point.
(Brose Chamness married
Maude Foster on
27 Sep 1893, in Williamson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
R. L. Scott, agent for
the Illinois Central, died very suddenly at 6 o'clock Monday
evening according to word received in Cairo today. No
details are given. He leaves a widow and three daughters,
Misses Lucille, Emily, and Malone, and one son, Richard
Scott.
R. L. Scott was 58 years
of age and had been agent for the Illinois Central and
Mobile and Ohio at Wickliffe for 29 years. He was stricken
with heart failure at 1:30 in the afternoon while at work,
and died at 5:45 p.m.
The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 o'clock.
Clarence S. Alvey, Jr.,
the three-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Alvey, of 223 Twenty-eighth Street, died early Tuesday morning. The
body was removed to Burke's undertaking parlors and prepared for burial. It was shipped
to Wetaug this morning at 4:30 o'clock, where interment will
take place at Pisgah Cemetery.
The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. The song and
prayer services were held at two o'clock at the Christian
church by Brother
McCave. Afterwards the remains were taken to the
cemetery by the Masons with all the Masonic honors. Mr.
Scott was about
sixty years of age, was born and raised in Salisbury, Tenn.,
and had been employed as depot agent here for the last
thirty-five years with the exception of about three months
about two years ago, when the people elected him for county
clerk, although he did not run for office. He quit the
railroad and served as county clerk about two or three
months and then resigned and returned to the railroad and
has been a constant and faithful employee since, as he was
before and will certainly be missed greatly by all the
people all over the county. He was a member of good
standing of the Christian Church. He was greatly loved and
respected by everyone who came in contact with him and his
employment being such, he met many people. Besides a host
of warm friends, he leaves five brothers and one sister, his
wife and three daughters and one son. The funeral offerings
were beautiful. The bereaved family have the greatest
sympathy from the entire community.
Funeral services for the late R. L.
Scott, who died at his home in Wickliffe Tuesday, were held
Wednesday afternoon in the Christian church. The services
were in charge of the Masonic lodge of which Mr.
Scott was a
member. A large crowd was present and there were many
floral offerings. Mr.
Scott was a
veteran and one of the best known and most popular men in
the vicinity.
Captain William S. Larson,
of the Cairo Corps of Salvation Army, died at the Army home,
2705 Commercial Avenue, this morning at 8 o'clock after a
long illness, which extended through the period he has been
stationed in this city. He was brought home from St. Mary’s
Infirmary Thursday and died of arterial sclerosis.
Surviving the deceased are his wife, Mrs. Rebecca
Larson, and four
children, Louis, Ruth, Noma, and Jessie. His body was taken
to Burke's undertaking parlors and prepared for burial. The body will
be shipped to Galesburg, his home, Sunday morning, at 2
o'clock, where interment will take place.
Capt. Larson succeeded
Capt. Lewis at
Cairo last October, Capt.
Lewis going to
Marion, Ill. Mrs.
Larson will retire from active service for a period at
least and will remain at Galesburg, or will go to her home
at Warsaw, Ind., where her people are located.
MURPHYSBORO, Ill., March 15—Dr. J. P.
Grimes, prison physician at the Sothern Illinois Penitentiary at
Chester, died at St. Andrew's Hospital here today, as the
result of meningitis that developed suddenly Tuesday night.
Dr. Grimes came to
Murphysboro with Warden James A.
White to perform
a critical operation upon Mrs.
White. The
operation was performed Tuesday morning. That night the
surgeon became very ill, was delirious Wednesday and was
taken to the hospital and later became unconscious.
(G. W. Ellenwood married Maggie Hale
on 19 Nov 1893, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His marker in Grand Chain Masonic Cemetery reads:
George W.
Ellenwood Born Oct. 19, 1864 Died March 14, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Saturday, 16 Mar
1918:
Mabel, the seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Ford, 326
Thirty-third Street, died this morning at St. Mary’s
Infirmary after an illness for four days of pneumonia. The
little girl was a pupil of the Elmwood School. The remains
were removed to Karcher Bros. undertaking parlors, where they were prepared for
burial. The body will be taken to Wickliffe this evening,
where the funeral will occur Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Kobler died
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at her home, 711 Center
Street, after an illness of about six weeks. She suffered a
paralytic stroke on February the first and has been
gradually growing weaker since that time, having been
confined to her bed constantly. Mrs.
Kobler has lived an extremely active life and had been in the best
of health until the stroke.
She was 75 years old and was born in Tippah, Miss. She came to
Cairo in 1863. For a number of years she has carried on a
daily business at her home in Center Street. She is the
mother-in-law of James
Hoffman, of 704
Center Street, and leaves surviving her two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Major, of
DuQuoin, and Mrs. Josie
Swayne, of
Sandoval, Ill. Mrs.
Swayne is in Cairo and Mrs.
Major will arrive
Sunday.
No funeral arrangements have been announced.
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Kobler, who died at her home on Center Street Saturday afternoon,
will be held at the First Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock. The funeral party will leave the house at
1:15. Rev. John W.
Coontz, pastor of the church, will officiate. Interment
will be made at Beech Grove the funeral cortege will be
conveyed to the cemetery in a special interurban car.
The pallbearers will be Messrs. John W. C.
Fry, M. J. Howley, W. H.
Gibson, Jesse E.
Miller, Taylor C.
Clendenen, and John
Dewey.
HARRISBURG, Ill., March 19—David
Nally was shot and killed by Richard
Weir, during a quarrel over the ownership of a garden of onions.
Both men lived in the same house. It is alleged
Weir threatened
to shoot Nally,
whereupon Nally told Weir if he did
not shoot he was a coward.
Weir emptied the
gunshot into Nally's
body, causing instant death.
Weir was
arrested.
The funeral services of the late Mrs. Annie
Kobler were held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the First
Methodist Church. Rev. John W.
Coontz
officiating. The services were largely attended and the
floral offerings were abundant. Interment was made at Beech
Grove where the funeral party was conveyed in special
interurban cars. The pallbearers were Messrs. John W. C.
Fry, John M.
Dewey, W. H. Gibson,
Jesse E. Miller,
T. C. Clendenen,
and B. McManus, Jr.
Died—March 19, 1918, Mrs. J. J.
Webster, age 54 years, at family residence, 3515 Commercial Avenue,
Cairo.
Funeral cortege will leave residence at 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning,
March 21st. Funeral services will be conducted by
Rev. L. D. Lamkin,
pastor at Cairo Baptist Church, Tenth and Poplar streets, at
10 a.m. Interment at Central City, Ills., leave
via Illinois
Central at 11:15 a.m.
Mrs. Matilda Webster, wife of J. J.
Webster, of Thirty-fourth Street and Commercial Avenue,
died at 8:20 o’clock Tuesday night at her home after an
illness of more than two weeks.
She was 53 years old at the time of her death and had
been a resident of Cairo for over 25 years.
She died of pneumonia.
Harry Webster and Ralph Brisbin,
her sons, and only children, were called home from Camp
Taylor, where they are members of the National Army to be at
her bedside and arrived on the night of Saturday, March 16.
A sister of the deceased, Mrs. Bennett
Jarvis, of
Centralia, Ill., was also at her bedside, when the end came.
Mrs. Webster came to Cairo from Centralia, where she had married J. E.
Brisbin.
She came to Cairo a widow and married J. J.
Webster here in
1888. She had a
son by each marriage.
The Webster
Hotel at Thirty-fourth Street and Commercial Avenue has been
operated by Mr. and Mrs.
Webster for a
long number of years.
Surviving the deceased are the husband, J. J.
Webster, two
sons, Harry Webster
and Ralph Brisbin,
two brothers, Edward and William
Altenbeumer, of
Centralia, four sisters, Mrs. Bennett
Jarvis, Mrs.
Augusta Jansen,
Ms. Amelia Murphy,
and Mrs. Lizzie
Skipper, all of Centralia.
She also leaves one granddaughter, Miss Juanita
Brisbin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Brisbin.
Mrs. Ralph Brisbin is also in a critical condition and may be unable to attend
the funeral services.
(Jacob E. Brisbin married Matilda W.
Altenbaumer on 24 Sep 1885, in Marion Co., Ill.
John J.
Webster married Mrs. Matilda
Brisbon on 29 Nov
1888, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Albert Yanson
married Mary A.
Altenbaumer on 22 Dec 1898, in Marion Co., Ill.
William H.
Murphy married Amelia
Altenbaumer on 29
Sep 1892, in Marion Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Edie Jane
Turbaville died Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m. at her home in Mounds.
She is survived by her husband, Joseph
Turbaville, two
sons, Paul and Otis T., and one daughter, Doris. Interment
will be at Pulaski, Ill., Friday afternoon, leaving on I. C.
train No. 6.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. at the M. E. church
at Mounds, Rev. J. A.
Dunn officiating.
(Joseph Turbyville
married Ettie Jane
Lackey on 26 Feb 1891, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at Pulaski reads:
Etta J. wife of Joe
Turbaville Born
March 7, 1873 Died March 20, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Miss Clara P. Bailey
died Wednesday at her home in Zanesville, Ohio, according to
a message received in Cairo today. Miss
Bailey is well
known to many of the older residents of Cairo, where she
used often to visit as the guest of the late Mrs. Charles
Galigher.
J. A. Goldstein, former
Cairo resident, when he was senior member of the firm of
Goldstein & Rosenwater,
is very low at his home in New York and not expected to
survive.
D. W. Sammons, an old
resident of Alexander County, died at his home at Thebes, at
8:30 o'clock last night, at the age of 70 years. The
deceased leaves a widow and four daughters, three of them
married and the other, Ruth, aged 8 years, who lived at home
with her parents. His widow was formerly Miss Scenea
Felter, of Cairo.
Mr. Sammons also leaves
two brothers, John A.
Sammons, formerly of Cairo, but now of Thebes, and D.
Sammons, of Olive Branch.
(Webster Sammons married
Louisa J Baygard
on 15 Sep 1870, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Webster
Sammons married Malinda A.
Rose on 4 Apr
1883, in Alexander Co., Ill.
His marker in Thebes Cemetery reads:
Daniel Webster
Sammons Born Feb. 10, 1848 Died March 21, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
James B. Wall, aged 75
years, father of Judge William A.
Wall, of Mound
City, passed away at his home there at 2:18 o'clock this
morning. He had been in failing health for over a year and
on Thursday of last week he was taken down with pneumonia,
from which he was unable to recover.
Religious services will be held at the residence in Mound City
Saturday at 10 a.m., conducted by Rev. J. B.
Johnson, of the M. E. church and the remains will be taken to Mounds
by automobile where the Illinois Central train will be taken
at 11:35 for Anna. Burial will be at the family burying
ground at Western Saratoga beside his wife who passed away
twenty years ago. Funeral services will be held at the old
home conducted by Rev. W. C.
Locker, pastor of
the Missionary Baptist Church there.
Mr. Wall was a native of
Lebanon, Tenn., where he was born on Sept. 2, 1842. He
removed to Union County with his parents and spent the
greater part of his life there as a farmer at Western
Saratoga. About twelve years ago he retired and moved to
Mound City, where he has since lived with his son, Sherman
B. Wall.
Four daughters are also left besides the two sons. They are Mrs.
Maude Southall,
of Louisville, Mrs. Minnie
Adams, of
Centralia, Mrs. Rhoda
Pender, of Western Saratoga, and Mrs. Clem
Wright, of Lick
Creek.
Mr. Wall was a member of
the Baptist Church at Mound City.
E. A.
Burke, of Cairo,
is in charge of the burial.
(James Wall married Ann
E. Wright on 4
Oct 1863, in Union Co., Ill.
Eli Keith, son of Amos Keith
and Mary Crayton,
married Rhoda Agnes
Wall, 21, born in Union Co., Ill., daughter of James
Wall and Annie
Wright, on 15 Mar
1891, in Union Co., Ill.
W. M. Pender married Mrs. Rhoda
Keith on 1 Oct 1899, in Johnson Co., Ill.
His marker in Wall Cemetery near Western Saratoga
reads: James B.
Wall 1842-1918
Father.—Darrel Dexter)
Jacob A. Goldstine,
former Cairoite and at one time leading dry goods merchant
in this section, passed away at his home in New York
Thursday noon. The infirmities of age are believed to have
caused his death.
The body will be brought back to Cairo and buried in Villa Ridge
cemetery. Miss Rose
Goldstine, daughter of the deceased, and Chester
White, grandson,
will accompany the remains here, arriving Tuesday
morning. The funeral arrangements here will be in charge of
the Masonic order, Mr.
Goldstine having
kept up his membership in Cairo Commandary, No. 14, Knights
Templar, until his death.
Mr. Goldstine was born
in Hungary on Aug. 17, 1832, and was 86 years at his death.
Mr. Goldstine received a
liberal education in the schools of his native land and on
May 22, 1859, he was married to Miss Mary
Roth. Two
daughters were born and with his wife and children in 1863
Mr. Goldstine
came to America. First locating in Cleveland, Ohio, he
removed to Cairo on Feb. 10, 1864, and the following year
formed a partnership with Samuel
Rosenwater, and
the firm of Goldstine
& Rosenwater was for years the leading dry goods store in this whole
section.
Mr. Goldstine took
active part in the life of the community. He was a member
of the Cairo Board of Education for many years. His
daughters, of whom, Miss Anna
Goldstine,
afterward married Samuel
White, both
attended and graduated from Vassar College.
After his retirement from the dry goods business here, Mr.
Goldstine for a
time conducted a book store, later moving to New York where
he has lived quietly since, with his wife and daughter Miss
Rosa.
Upon the arrival of the body at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning, it will
be taken to Mrs.
Falconer's undertaking parlors, where it will lie in
state until 9 o'clock.
At 9:30 o'clock it will be taken by Illinois Central train to Villa
Ridge cemetery, where burial will be under the auspices of
Cairo lodge No. 237, A. F. & A. M. Worshipful Master S. G.
Richardson will conduct the services. There will be a Knight
Templar escort. Friends of Mr.
Goldstine and family are invited to attend the burial.
(Samuel White married
Anna B. Goldstine
on 24 Jun 1891, in Alexander Co., Ill.
His marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge
reads: Jacob A.
Goldstine
1832-1918 Our Father.—Darrel
Dexter)
Andrew Donna Scaggs, of
Tyler, Texas, who was killed in an aviation fight in France
recently, was a nephew of Dr. J. W.
Dunn, of 229
Sixth Street. The young man was but twenty-one and give up
his life for our country. In appreciation of this there was
a big memorial meeting in Tyler, when for the first time in
history, stated a Tyler paper, "Ministers of every
denomination spoke from the same platform, honoring the
first citizen of Tyler who gave up his life on the
battlefield of France."
We wish to thank our friends for their kind assistance in our late
bereavement, the death of our wife and mother, Mrs. Edie
Jane Turbaville. Their
help to us doing her illness and their sympathy at all times
has been a great comfort to us.
Mrs. Eliza Sackett,
widow of the late James L.
Sackett, has
recently lost both of her sons by death. The lived on the
Sackett farm one
mile south of Elco in this county.
James L. Sackett, aged
nearly 41 years, died in Chicago, Nov. 17, while on his way
home from a sanitarium at Buffalo, where he had been hoping
to obtain relief from tuberculosis from which he had been a
sufferer for several years. George B.
Sackett also died
in Chicago, where he had gone to receive medical
treatment. He was also 46 years of age.
Mrs. Sackett is left
alone on her farm. Her four daughters are Miss Minnie
Sackett, of Waco,
Texas; Mrs. Silas
Slack, San Gabriel, Calif., Mrs. P. T.
Loeschner, of
Tamms.
(James L. Sackett
married Eliza J.
Anson on 24 Mar 1858, in St. Clair Co., Ill.
William F.
Dunning married Clara M.
Sackett on 5 Jul
1895, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Silas Slack married Mrs. Clara M.
Dunning on 16 Sep 1899, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Paul Loeschner
married Rosa S.
Sackett on 7 Feb 1886, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Two markers in Hazlewood Cemetery near Elco read:
James L.
Sackett Born July 14, 1877 Died Nov. 18, 1917.
Peace Be Thine.
George R. Sackett Born Dec. 8, 1878 Died March 17, 1918.
Peace Be Thine.—Darrel
Dexter)
We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to the many friends
who were so kind and untiring in their devotion during the
illness and death of our loved one.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Lyons,
of Chicago, Ill., and Mrs.
Lyon's daughter,
Mrs. Howard Kendee,
and little son Billy, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Phelps of 422 Tenth Street. They came down with the body of C. F.
Phelps, whose
death and funeral took place in Chicago one month ago. He
was placed in the vault in Oakland Cemetery. He was buried
yesterday in the family lot at Wickliffe, Ky. They will
remain for a few days visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Phelps and other
relatives. C. F.
Phelps was the father of Mrs.
Lyons and Paul
Phelps.
Funeral services over the remains of the late Jacob A.
Goldstine were
held this morning at Mrs.
Falconer's
undertaking establishment on Sixth Street, where they were
taken immediately upon their arrival from New York at 6
o'clock this morning.
The services were conducted by S. G.
Richardson, Worshipful Master of the Cairo Lodge, A. F. and A. M.,
and with an escort from Cairo Commandary, No. 51, Knights
Templar, the body was taken by special train to Villa Ridge
cemetery for interment.
Samuel White came on
from New York to attend the funeral and Chester
White, his son, and Miss Rosa
Goldstine, accompanied the body of their grandfather and
father back to Cairo.
He leaves surviving him Asenath
Sammons, his widow, and three daughters, Mrs. Charles H.
Clifford, of
Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Richard T.
Emmerson, of
Nameoki, Ill., and Ruth
Sammons. Three
former companions and eight children have preceded him in
death. He united with the Baptist Church in 1879 and was a
member at his death. Burial was at Thebes on March 23.
We desire to express our thanks to friends and all who assisted us
in any way during the long illness and death of our husband
and father and for the beautiful floral offerings.
Barney Pickett, a
switchman, was killed at Mounds at 5:30 this morning while
at work on the repair rack.
He was caught between two cars and crushed to death.
He died immediately.
Pickett
was 24 years old and leaves a wife who boards with the
Frizelles at 314
Eighteenth Street in Cairo.
He made arrangements to move his residence to Mounds
next week.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank
our many friends for their kind and loving expressions of
sympathy for the death of our beloved mother and wife.
We also wish to thank those who sent the beautiful
floral offerings.
J. J
Webster
Mr. and Mrs. R.
E. Brisben
Harry O.
Webster
Mrs. Allie
Watwood, who has
been ill for several weeks from dropsy, died March 16.
She leaves two brothers, Mr. Gene
Watwood, of this
city, and Mr. Henry
Watwood, of Jefferson City Mo., also several nieces and
nephews and a host of friends to mourn her loss.
She was buried at the Wickliffe cemetery, the funeral
services being conducted by Rev.
Rudolph.
(Wickliffe, Ky.)
Miss Nina
Cross, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John
Cross, of Birds Point, Mo., who died Friday of
pneumonia, was brought here (Wickliffe, Ky.) for burial.
Mr. Calvin
Voyles, of
Greenfield, Tenn., is the new agent sent here (Wickliffe,
Ky.) to fill the vacancy left by the death of R. L.
Scott.
His wife and little son, Marcus, who have been
visiting him, left Tuesday.
The infant son of John A.
Hofheinz, died in New Orleans Tuesday according to a
message received by Cairo friends today.
Mr. Hofheinz was
recently transferred from New Orleans to Memphis, where he
has charge of the Columbia graphophone department in a large
department store. His wife and baby have been with Mrs.
Hofheniz's
parents in New Orleans and expected to join him in Memphis
this spring. The little fellow underwent a surgical
operation last week and was thought to be getting along
nicely when the news of his death came. Mr.
Hofheinz was in
Cairo, his old home recently called by the death of his
brother, Fred
Hofheinz.
The remains of Barney
Pickett, switchman who was killed at Mounds Wednesday
morning, were taken to Bardwell, Ky., today for burial
there.
An inquest was held this morning over the body of the infant found
dead in the rear of the Green Tree Hotel Thursday afternoon
and a verdict returned by the coroner's jury that the child
was stillborn, removing the mother from any liability as to
its death.
The child was found by the housekeeper at the hotel Thursday
morning and reported to the proprietor who in turn notified
Officer Fitzhugh. Fitzhugh
went to the hotel, heard the story of the dining of the body
and found that the mother was Mrs. Guy
Major, of
Lutesville, Ky., according to her statements.
The officer took her to police headquarters where she
was detained, pending investigation.
He called Dr. Clarke and
the two viewed the body and then interviewed the
mother. The coroner was notified and the inquest set for
nine o'clock this morning.
Testifying before the coroner's jury, the proprietor and
housekeeper of the hotel stated the woman, who is but 18
years of age, had been given a room Tuesday night she had
applied for work and been told that the hotel was not in
need of help at the time. From Tuesday until the time of
finding the body, neither heard any disturbance in the
room. When the body was found, the mother was about to
leave the city.
The mother laid the coroner’s jury at St. Mary’s Infirmary this
morning, where she is being cared for, that she had come to
Cairo to look for work. She denied knowing of her condition
and stated she came from Lutesville, Ky. She was unable to
say where the town was located beyond the fact that it was a
small place without a station in the coal mining
territory. She declared the child was dead when born
Tuesday night.
Saturday, 30 Mar
1918: Mr. and
Mrs. A. D. Anglin
lost their infant son 11 months old the first of the week
from a severe attack of measles and complications.
(Pulaski) Barney
Pickett was killed by a switch engine and Mounds Tuesday night.
He was a grandson of Capt. R.
Randol of this
place (Bardwell, Ky.) The
remains were brought for interment Thursday.
REV. HARDISON’S WIFE PASSED
AWAY
Mrs. J. A
Hardison, wife of Rev. S. A.
Hardison, pastor
of the A. M. E. Church on Seventeenth Street, died at her
home, 2715 Park Avenue, at 10:25 Thursday morning and
funeral services will be held from the residence at 8:45
o’clock tonight.
The body will be taken to her former home at Minneapolis,
Minn., for interment.
Malarial fever and a general rundown condition
resulted in her death.
Mrs. Hardison
is survived by her husband and mother and a brother, who
lives in Minneapolis.
Corporal Arthur Liebermann,
officer in charge of the Cairo Recruiting Station of the
United States Army, received a message this morning from his
home in Chicago stating the body of his brother, William,
aged 15 years, had been found near Chicago. The body had
been missing from home for five weeks and was found drowned.
Corporal Liebermann had
been informed that the lad started out on a hunting trip
from his Chicago home five weeks ago and had not been seen
again; a smaller boy who accompanied the party, also failed
to return home. It is thought possible by Corporal
Liebermann that
one or more others may have been missing also. The telegram
received this morning stated that the boy with others had
been found drowned, giving the impression that the smaller
boy and perhaps another had been also drowned.
The funeral services of Mrs. Fannie
Pergrande, who died Saturday night at the home of her sister, Mrs.
E. C. Miller,
were held Sunday night at 9:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. C.
Robert Dunlap, pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran Church. Interment was made
at Metropolis this morning.
Entered into rest—March 31, 1918—Mrs. Martha B.
Richardson, age
81 years, at family residence, 524 35th
Street. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. J. S.
Clements, pastor
of Christian Church, at the residence, Tuesday, April 2nd,
at 1:30 p.m. Special interurban train will leave 34th
and Washington Avenue at 2 o'clock p.m. Interment Beech
Grove Cemetery. Friends of family invited.
Jacob Hauenstein, of
Tell City, Ind., father of Edward
Hauenstein, of
502 Commercial Avenue, of this city, died at the home of his
son at 2 o'clock Sunday morning at the age of 76 years. He
died of capillary bronchitis, after an illness of about a
week. He arrived a week ago from Tell City to visit his
son.
Surviving the deceased are five sons, Edward, of Cairo, Charles, of
Davenport, Iowa, Albert, of Tell City, Ind., John, of Kent,
Ohio, and Harry, of Akron, Ohio.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap at 9
o'clock at the undertaking parlors of
Karcher
Brothers. The body was shipped to Tell City, Ind., this
morning, over the Big Four Railroad. Accompanying the body
were Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Hauenstein and
Mrs. Willie Oehler
and son.
Mrs. Martha V. Richardson
died Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock at the home of her son,
Thomas T. Richardson,
524 Thirty-fourth Street, after an illness of several months
due to the infirmities of old age.
Mrs. Richardson leaves
surviving her seven children, three daughters Mrs. Adelaide
R. Buchanan, of
Cairo, Mrs. Sue H.
Olinger, and Mrs. R. H.
Sharp, of
Chicago, and four sons, Thomas T. and Samuel G.
Richardson, of
Cairo, R. A.
Richardson, of Kansas City, Mo., and J. S.
Richardson, of
Tampa, Fla. Mrs.
Olinger and R. A.
Richardson arrived in Cairo before their mother's death
and Mrs. Sharp
arrived this morning. Mr. J. S.
Richardson will
be unable to get here for the funeral.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at
the residence, 524 Thirty-fifth Street, conducted by Rev. J.
S. Clements,
pastor of the First Christian Church. The funeral party
will go in a special interurban car to Beech Grove Cemetery
where interment will be made.
The pall bearers are Messrs. H. C.
Steinel, David Johns, Ed
Riddle, C. C.
Terrell, R. P. Flack, and
William Bryant.
E. A. Burke is in charge
of the funeral arrangements.
(Paschal S. Buchanan
married Addie L.
Richardson on 5 Mar 1890, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mrs. Martha B.
Richardson, whose
death occurred Sunday night. The services were held at the
family residence, 524 Thirty-fifth Street, by Rev. J. S.
Clements, pastor
of the First Christian Church, and burial was at Beech Grove
Cemetery.
CLINTON, Ky., April 3—Four persons were killed and property to the
value of $75,000 was destroyed in a storm that swept over
Hickman County about 8:30 last night, traveling from the
northwest to the southeast.
The dead are: Mrs. Robert Jackson, two Jackson
children, Mrs. Delia
Courtney.
The dead were in the Jackson
home three miles northwest of Clinton. Mr.
Jackson was in Clinton at the time. A young man who was in the
house at the time picked up one of the
Jackson children, who was sick and taking another child with him,
escaped from the house. The others remained in the house
and were instantly killed or so badly injured that they died
later.
The storm spent itself before it reached Wingo.
Mrs. Jackson is the
fourth victim in one family to lose their lives in a cyclone
within a year, her sister, Mrs.
Wheeler, having
lost her life in the last cyclone.
Thursday, 4 Apr
1918:
PADUCAH, Ky., April 4.—Presumed to have been despondent over ill
health, Ed Hall,
45 years of age, a well-known merchant of Ballard County,
Ky., shot and killed himself. He had been in bad health for
several months. The deceased is survived by his wife and
three children.
Julius Myers, brother of
Al Myers, of the
Gem Theater, died at 3 o'clock this afternoon of blood
poisoning. He had been a patient at St. Mary’s Infirmary
for a couple of weeks and his death was not unexpected as
his physician held out no hope of his recovery.
Mr. Myers had been in
poor health for a number of years. He spent some time in
the southwest and gained in strength, so that he was able to
come to Cairo and assist his brother in the management of
the two playhouses here, the Gem and the Kimmel. It was
while at work that he injured one of his hands and though it
was thought to be slight at the time, blood poison set in
and soon his condition became a matter of serious
concern. He was taken to the hospital and given every
attention, without avail.
The deceased was unmarried and leaves four brothers. Sam, Al, Rob
and Ed Myers,
besides a sister, Mrs.
Keller.
(Abe Keller married
Annie B. Meyers
on 28 May 1885, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
MRS. JULIA MORRIS
DIES AT SON'S HOME
Mrs. Julia Morris, widow
of George G. Morris,
426 Twenty-fifth Street, died Thursday night at 7:30 after a
brief illness due to the infirmities of old age. She was
past 85 years and was born in Madison, Ind., Jan. 21,
1834. She moved with her husband, the late George
Morris to Mound
City in 1866 and from there to Cairo in 1886, where she has
resided since. Her husband died some twenty-five years
ago. She passed away at the home of her son, J. J.
Morris, 426
Twenty-Fifth Street.
The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:45
o'clock at the residence, 426 Twenty-fifth Street. A
special interurban car will leave Twenty-fifth and
Commercial Avenue at 2:30 for Beech Grove Cemetery, where
interment will be made. Karcher
Brothers are in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Clara McGahey. of
St. Louis, died this morning at 2 o'clock at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. M.
Johnson, in St. Louis, after an illness of about ten
weeks following a paralytic stroke. Mrs.
McGahey was for
many years a resident of Cairo, having left here several
years since to reside in St. Louis. She was 80 years
old. Mrs. McGahey was a sister of Mrs. A. S.
Ent, of Cairo, and leaves surviving her her daughter, Mrs.
Johnson, and son,
Mark McGahey,
both of St. Louis. Her grandson, Raymond G.
Abell, of Cairo,
was at her bedside when she died.
(Alexander G. Abell
married Nellie
McGahey on 22 Aug 1883, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The body of Julius Myers,
whose death occurred Thursday afternoon was taken by
Illinois Central train today on its way to New York, where
burial will be Sunday afternoon in the beautiful Mount
Pleasant Cemetery in Brooklyn, in the family lot, where his
father, the late Herman
Meyers and mother
are buried.
Al Meyers and Robert
Meyers and Mrs.
A. Keller, brothers and sister of the deceased, accompanied the
remains.
Mr. Meyers, who was a
native Cairoite, was associated with his father here in the
wholesale tobacco business and later in the same line in
Cincinnati and St. Louis. It was when ill health took him
to the southwest that he located at Flagstaff, Arizona. He
was a member of the Elks Lodge of that place.
We wish to thank our friends for their kind assistance in our late
bereavement, the death of our brother, Julius
Meyers. Their help to us during his illness and their sympathy at
all times has been a great comfort to us.
Morris—Died: Mrs.
Julia Morris,
April 5, at home of her son, J. J.
Morris, 426
Twenty-fifth Street. Funeral services will be held Saturday
afternoon at 1:45 at the residence, conducted by Rev. John
W. Coontz, pastor
of the First Methodist Church. Special interurban car will
leave Twenty-fifth and Commercial Avenue at 2:30 for Beech
Grove Cemetery, where interment will be made.
Logan Parham, well known
locally, died at the home of his mother, Friday night at
8:40 o'clock. He has been ill of pneumonia for some
time. He has been secretary for the Cairo Bartenders Union
for some time. He was bartender at J. F. C.
Berbling's saloon
at Twelfth Street and Commercial Avenue, until the place was
closed at the first of the year.
The body was taken to the E. A.
Burke parlors and prepared for burial.
Mrs. Ella M. Mumitsch
died at her home in New York City early Thursday morning,
the cause of her death being despondency over the death of
her husband, who died about three months ago. She had
grieved continually over his death and for various reasons
it is thought that the step was planned several weeks ago.
She was the daughter of M. J.
Farnbaker, of
Cairo, and leaves surviving her besides her father, her
brother, Fred
Farnbaker, and her grandfather, Smith
Torrance, of
Cairo. Mrs.
Humitsch was in
Cairo in October 1916 during the last illness and death of
her stepmother, Mrs. M. J.
Farnbaker.
The body will be cremated according to her expressed wish and the
ashes placed in the urn with the ashes of her husband and
deposited in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y., Sunday,
April 7. This request was made of the executrix of her
estate, Mrs. Laura King Gibney.
Herbert Bershers, son of
G. B. Bershers,
of Columbus, Ky., died at the age of 16 years at St. Mary’s
Infirmary at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, after an operation
for appendicitis. His father, a prominent farmer of near
Columbus, was with him at death. The remains were taken to
Burke's
undertaking parlors and prepared for burial. The father
took the body home this morning and interment will probably
take place Sunday.
"Bud" Johnson, aged 55
years, was run down and killed on the Missouri Pacific
bridge at Thebes Friday at 8:40 o'clock when he stepped in
front of an eastbound Missouri Pacific train. The Missouri
Pacific train arrived at the bridge approach on the east
bound track, but a Cotton Belt train running west on the
wrong track, because of temporary congestion, it is said,
forced the Missouri Pacific train on the wrong track.
Johnson,
who is said to have been near-sighted, stepped on the west
bound track, thinking that it would not be used by the
eastbound train, and was run down and killed. His body was
badly mutilated, his head being crushed and his right foot
cut off at the ankle. He leaves a wife and five children.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 6—William
Wright, 52, of Sikeston, Mo., came to St. Louis last Saturday to see
the city. On the same day he reported to the police that he
had been robbed of $80.
On Monday he was stuck by an automobile at Ninth and St. Clair
streets, and was killed. S.
Sachs, 1167
Walton, who was driving the machine, testified at the
inquest today that he was going very slowly and that
Wright, who
seemed to be in a dazed condition, stepped directly in front
of the car. An examination showed that
Wright had been
shot, not later than Sunday. No clues to the shooting has
been found.
McGahey—Died
in St. Louis, Friday, April 5, Mrs. Carrie
McGahey.
Remains will be brought down to Beech Grove Cemetery on Illinois
Central train No. 5, Sunday afternoon and burial will be on
arrival of the train. Cairo friends invited to attend.
Died—April 5, 1918, Logan L.
Parham, age 30 years. Funeral services will be
conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, pastor
Lutheran Church, at E. A.
Burke's
undertaking parlors, Sunday, April 7, 1918, at 2 p.m.
Special interurban cars will leave at 2:30 p.m. Interment Beech
Grove Cemetery. Friends invited.
All members of local 627 Bartenders' International League are
hereby notified to meet at their hall Sunday, April 17, at 1
o'clock p.m. to attend the funeral of our late brother and
secretary Logan Parham. A large attendance is requested. By order of
Camp Taylor, Ky., April 8—Col. William L.
Guthrie, of the 309th Engineers, died today of pneumonia.
Miss Mary Catherine
McElligott died this morning at 12:45 o'clock at her
home, 221 Twelfth Street, after a lingering illness of three
years. She was born September 3, 1884, and leaves surviving
her mother, Mrs. Fanny
McEliggott, three sisters, Mrs. Gus
Swoboda, Mrs. George Shafer,
and Miss Lucy
McElligott, and four brothers, John, Harry, Maurice and
Joseph McElligott,
all of Cairo.
The funeral services will be held Friday morning at 8:15 o'clock at
St. Patrick’s Church, Rev. Father
Downey
officiating. The funeral cortege will take a special
Illinois Central train to Villa Ridge where interment will
be made.
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., April 10—Corporal
Hogan, of
Mattoon, killed himself by shooting here Thursday, April
4. He was with the 10th United States
regulars. He had been despondent for some time.
Thursday, 11 Apr
1918:
McElligott—Died
in this city, Tuesday, April 10, 1918, Mary K.
McElligott.
Funeral services will be held at St. Patrick’s Church at 8:15
o'clock Friday morning, conducted by Rev. J. J.
Downey. The funeral cortege will leave the residence, 221 Twelfth
Street, at 8 o'clock for the church.
Special Illinois Central train will leave Fourteenth and Ohio
streets for Villa Ridge at 9:15 o'clock where interment will
be made in Calvary Cemetery.
Friends of the family are invited.
The pallbearers will be Frank
Schaefer, Andy
Schaefer, Ike
LaHue, Arthur
Kessler, John Tidwell,
William Bambrick,
John Lehning, and
Will Langan.
(A marker in Calvary Cemetery in Villa Ridge reads:
Mary Catherine
McElligott Died April 9, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
(William P. Minnich
married Emma G. Brown
on 5 Dec 1881, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
W. R. Smith, aged 64
years, died this morning at 12:30 o'clock at his home, 618
Thirty-seventh Street, after an illness of some time of
heart trouble. He is survived by his wife. The funeral
services will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the residence
conducted by Rev. M. L.
Turner. The remains will be taken Saturday morning on the Illinois
Central to Metropolis, where interment will be made. E. A.
Burke has charge
of the funeral arrangements.
Joseph Seufert, aged 62
years, of Sikeston, Mo., died Thursday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at St. Mary’s Infirmary, after an illness of four
weeks, the last two weeks of which he had been in the
hospital.
He is a farmer of near Sikeston, and leaves his wife, Mrs. Dillie
Seufert, two
brothers, Frank, of St. Louis, and Adam, of Texas, and two
sisters, Mary and Sofa.
The body was taken to
Karcher Brothers undertaking parlors and prepared for
burial. William
Ramsey, a son-in-law, accompanied the body to Sikeston
this afternoon, where burial will take place Saturday.
Funeral services of the late Miss Mary K.
McElliggott were held this morning at 8:15 o'clock at St. Patrick’s
Church, Rev. Father James J.
Downey
officiating. The remains were taken in a special Illinois
Central train to Villa Ridge where interment was made in
Calvary cemetery.
The pallbearers were Messrs. Frank
Schaefer, Andy Schaefer,
Isaac LaHue,
Arthur Kessler,
John Tidwell, William Bambrick,
John Lehning, and
Will Langan.
(William Page married
Agnes May on 26
Aug 1885, St. Clair Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Smith—Died
Friday morning, April 12, at his home, 618 Thirty-seventh
Street, W. R. Smith,
aged 64. Funeral services will be held at the residence
tonight at 8 o'clock conducted by Rev. M. L.
Turner, pastor of
the Calvary Baptist Church. Interment at Metropolis, Ill.,
Saturday morning.
A telegram from Charleston, S.C., Monday to Mr. and Mrs. James
Favors, of near
Charleston, announced the death of their son, John
Favors, in the
U.S. Navy containment at Paris Island, the death being due
to pneumonia, says the
Charleston Enterprise Courier.
Favors
is the first of the Mississippi County boys, so far as is
known, who has made the "supreme sacrifice" in the nation’s
service in the war. He enlisted in the Marine Corps about
two months ago.
Richard Aldrich dropped
dead on the street at his home in Sturgis, Ky., Sunday
according to word received this morning. The remains will
arrive in Cairo on the Paducah train this evening and from
here will be taken to Mound City, where the funeral services
will be held at the home of Mrs. Will
Allen, sister-in-law of Mr.
Aldrich. The funeral arrangements have not been
announced as a daughter residing in Lilburn, Ky., has not
been heard from.
BARDWELL, Ky., April 15.—John L.
Tegethorff, a prominent farmer whose home was a mile from Bardwell,
Ky., died Sunday after a brief illness of pneumonia. Mr.
Tegethorff was 70
years old and was born in Germany. He came to America when
fourteen and has lived near Bardwell since then. He was a
charter member of the Baptist church in Bardwell and has
been a deacon in the church for the past 35 years.
He leaves surviving him five children, a daughter, Mrs. Will
Haws, of
Cunningham, Ky., and four sons, Ed, Robert, Lon and Floyd,
of Bardwell. Floyd is in training at Camp Zachary Taylor
with the U. S. Army. Mr.
Tegethoff also leaves two brothers, Will L.
Tegethoff, of Cairo, and Charles
Tegethoff, of Bardwell, and a sister, Mrs. J. W.
Dowd, who lives
in Mississippi.
The funeral services were held this afternoon in the Baptist
church, Rev. W. J.
Gardner, of Martin, Tenn., officiating.
City Health Officer Clarke
reported that there were 29 deaths in Cairo in March. Of
the total, 21 were residents and 15 where whites and 14 were
blacks.
Brown—Died
April 15th at 4:30 a.m. Claude Allison
Brown, age 11
months old, of measles, son of J. Ben
Brown.
Funeral will be held at home of granddfather, Mr. Stone
Jackson Tuesday,
April 16. Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery. E. A.
Burke has charge
of arrangements.
We wish to thank our friends for their kind assistance in our late
bereavement, the death of our father, W. R.
Smith. Their help to us during his illness and their sympathy at
all times has been a great comfort to us.
Walter
Hall, who was
called to Cairo by the death of his grandfather, the late W.
R. Smith, left
today for his home in Quapaw, Okla.
John Wesley Childers,
the 17-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Childers, of Marshton, Mo., died at St. Mary's Infirmary Sunday
night after an illness of pneumonia. The child was
brought to the hospital in a dying condition early Sunday.
The body was taken to Farensburg by the parents today, their former
home, where burial will take place Tuesday.
Dupree Miller, aged 16
years and a high school student, son of C. G.
Miller, vice president of the
Peterson Miller
Box Company, was accidentally shot and killed last night by
Arthur Windsor, aged 15 years, son of Nelson
Winsdor, superintendent of the Singer Manufacturing Company veneer
mills. The shot was from an automatic revolver, of .25
caliber.
The parents of the two boys had left the children at home while
attending the Liberty Loan meeting at the opera house and
Dupree came from his home to play at the
Winsdor
residence, bringing the revolver with him. He showed
it to the others, including Arthur, on the lawn and later
when the children went into the house to play. The
Miller boy
removed the magazine from the gun, but left one shell in the
magazine, unthinkingly and laid the gun on the table.
The gun was snapped several times by the children and a
little later the Winsdor boy picked it up and snapped it again at Dupree. The
cartridge fired and Dupree shot through the heart, turned to
run home. He passed out the door, across the lawn, and
fell at the grass plot on the edge of the gutter. Dr.
Bondurant, who
was calling at the residence of H. H.
Halliday, across
the street, examined the boy, but saw that he was beyond
assistance. The bullet pierced the left ventricle of
the heart and internal hemorrhage resulted in death in a few
moments.
The magazine was found today, upstairs in the
Winsdor home, where it had been carried by one of the children,
showing that the gun had never been reloaded. Why the
cartridge did not explode during the first times it was
snapped is unexplained.
The parents of both boys are prostrated and the young
Winsdor boy
refused to be comforted in the death of his playmate by his
hand. Lieut. Robert
Miller, who is at Camp Grant, Clifton, at the University of Illinois
ground school, and Allan, at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wis., have been called home. Allan is
en route, while
the other two brothers are expected to start as soon as they
can obtain military leave. It is thought all will be
here some time tomorrow.
Miller—Died,
April 16, 1918, Dupree Goodwin
Miller, son of
Clannie G. and Ethel M.
Miller, aged 15
years and 10 months.
Funeral services will be held at the family residence, No. 2904 Elm
Street, at 2:45 p.m. Thursday April 18. Special
interurban train will leave Elm and Twenty-eighth Streets
for Beechwood Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. Friends of the
family are invited.
Eugene Carter, aged 42,
died at 3 o'clock this morning, at his residence, No. 307
Third Street.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the family residence
over the remains of Dupree
Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. G.
Miller, whose tragic death shocked Cairo Thursday night.
Rev. A. T. Tomshany,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, officiated and the
remains were taken by special interurban train for Beechwood
Cemetery, where they were buried under a mound of the most
beautiful flowers.
Mrs. Mary McFadden, aged
60 years, died suddenly at her home, 712 Thirty-fifth
Street, Thursday. She was apparently in good health
and her death was a shock to her many friends in Cairo.
She leaves surviving her seven sons, Luther
McFadden, of
Mayfield, Ky., Allen
McFadden, of Austin, Texas, Clarence, Leonard, Arthur,
Walter and Eddie
McFadden, all of Cairo.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at Fulton, Ky., conducted by
a Missionary Baptist minister. Interment will be made
at McGuire Cemetery. The funeral party leaves Cairo
early Saturday morning for Fulton.
Mr. W. G. Spiller,
father of Mrs. Oris
Rule, of Cairo, died this morning at his home in
Murphysboro, after an illness of several months. He was 77
years of age. Mr. and Mrs.
Rule went to Murphysboro this morning to attend the funeral, which
will be Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.
Spiller visited
their daughter here last winter.
(William G. Spiller
married Henrietta
Murphy on 31 May 1866, in Jackson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Carter—Died,
April 16, 1918, Jeane D.
Carter, aged 42
years, at residence, 307 Third Street.
The body of a white man was discovered in the Ohio River Thursday
afternoon by Thomas
Leshur and Morgan
Pulham, and pulled to the bank at the foot of Eighteenth
Street and Dr. Dodds, coroner, was summoned. The body was scarcely
recognizable and had been in the water for a long period,
the coroner stated, and was probably a life lost during the
heavy ice storm of last winter. Nothing could be found
on the body by which he could be identified.
On examination the man was five feet eight inches in height, was
thought to be about 35 years of age, and by the coroner's
estimate, and weighed about 140 pounds before death.
He wore blue serge trousers and vest and Douglas shoes.
Two old cuff links of peculiar pattern, but not mates, were
in his shirt sleeves. Two upper front teeth were
banded and one upper front fully crowned. One tooth in
the upper front and two in the lower fronts set were
missing. The body was turned over to E. A.
Burke and buried
at once, its condition demanding the immediate step.
Is Earl Snow, reported
killed in action in the casualty list reported last night,
Earl Snow, of
Cairo?
The Earl Snow reported
in the casualty list is a corporal, but the branch of the
service is not given.
George M. Hutson, of
Stonefort, Ill., was probably fatally injured Friday when he
was struck the War Relic train at Stonefort.
According to the story,
Hutson thought
the Liberty Loan train, running on the regular train time,
was the regular afternoon Big Four train. He was
walking down the track toward the train at Stonefort, but
did not get off when the train approached head on, thinking
it would stop at the station. Before he could get off
the track, when he saw it was not to stop, he was struck by
the engine and dragged some distance before the train could
be stopped.
His skull was fractured, a leg broken and injured internally.
He was brought to Cairo on the relic train and hurried to
St. Mary's Infirmary. His condition late this evening
was practically unchanged as from last night, the man being
still unconscious, and hovering between life and death.
According to the physician in charge, it is impossible to
tell whether he will live or not.
William Allen Nichols,
aged 68 years, died after a long illness, at 10:50 a.m.
Friday at his home, 515 Walnut Street. He was well
known to residents of Cairo.
Surviving the deceased are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Lena
Green, of St.
Louis, and two sons, H. R. and William
Nichols, of
Cairo.
Nichols—Died,
April 19, 1918, William Allen
Nichols, aged 68
years, at family residence, No. 515 Walnut Street.
Funeral services will be conducted at the residence by Rev. John W.
Coontz, pastor of
the First M. E. Church, Sunday, April 21, at 2 o'clock p.m.
Special interurban car will leave Sixth and Washington
Avenue at 2:30 p.m. Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery.
Friends of the family are invited.
Carter—Died,
April 16, 1918, Jeane D.
Carter, aged 42
years, at residence, 307 Third Street.
All members of local No. 627, Bartenders' Union, Cairo, are
requested to be at the hall, 712 ½ Commercial Avenue Sunday
afternoon at 1 o'clock for the purpose of attending in a
body the funeral of our late brother, Gene D.
Carter.
John W. Sims, age 60
years, of Mound City, engineer at the shutes for 12 years,
was found dead in the coal shute in the Illinois Central
yards at Mounds Sunday evening. Workmen looking for
the man found the body just after dark after first having
found his dinner basket and organizing a search party.
The body was not mangled, but he was hurt about the shoulder and
hip. The night man was the first to discover something
was wrong, when he found
Sims' dinner
bucket, after failing to see him on the change of watches.
The dead man is survived by a wife, three daughters Mrs. Lyman
Reed, of Pine
Bluff, Ark., and Misses Ora and Mildred
Sims, and one
son, John Sims,
of the U.S. Medical Corps, stationed at Camp Logan, Texas.
The son was formerly employed in Cairo at the drug store of
the late W. J.
Cochran.
The death of Miss Melva
McCutcheon, at St. Mary’s Infirmary, Saturday afternoon
was a shock to her Cairo friends, who supposed that she was
getting along well following a surgical operation about ten
days ago. Her death was due to pneumonia, which
developed Saturday morning and to which she succumbed at
5:45 o'clock. So confident were her friends that she
was recovering that there was no one with her when her death
came.
Miss McCutcheon was born
in Greenville, Ill., Oct. 11, 1888, and leaves surviving her
mother, two sisters and two brothers. She has resided in
Cairo for a number of years and was exceedingly popular in a
large circle of friends. She was a member of the choir
of the First Methodist Church and for the past two years has
been private secretary for W. J.
Crossley, of the
Cairo Electric and Traction Company.
The remains were taken to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Moore, with whom
Miss McCutcheon
had made her home for some time and the funeral services
were held at the First Methodist Church, Sunday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. John W.
Coontz. The
body was taken to Greenville this morning accompanied by Mr.
W. J. Dewey, an
old friends of the family of that city, who came down Sunday
afternoon.
George M. Hutson, the
man who was struck by the Liberty Loan relic special at
Stonefort, and who was brought to St. Mary's Infirmary for
treatment, died there Sunday morning at 10:40 o'clock.
Death was caused primarily by a fractured skull. He
was 37 years of age and a minister of the Church of God.
His wife and one child were at his bedside when he passed
away.
The remains were removed to
Karcher Brothers undertaking parlor and prepared for
burial. They were taken to Tunnel Hill Sunday evening.
Funeral services will be held there today, with interment at
Zion Cemetery.
Frederick Luther Ogden
died at his home, 208 Thirty-second Street, at the age of 28
years, Monday at 2 p.m., after a brief illness of pneumonia.
Mr. Ogden, who had been ill for but one week, was truck driver for the
Woodward Hardware Company.
Surviving the deceased are a wife and children. The body was
taken in charge by E. A.
Burke, and
prepared for burial. The remains will be taken to
Barlow, Ky., Wednesday, where funeral services will probably
be held on that day.
Mrs. Celia Dougherty,
aged 73 years, died at the home of C. H.
Gentry, at East
Cairo, Ky., this morning at 6 o'clock. Burial will be
at Barlow on Wednesday, in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery at 3
p.m. E. A.
Burke has charge of the burial.
The bodies of two 6-month-old children were found in a pond near
Willisville, southeast of DuQuoin late Saturday. Evidence
points to murder, as both bodies showed evidence of
violence, according to the
Union Evening Post.
State's Attorney N. B.
Layman and Coroner G. J.
Drysdale were
notified of the discovery and the coroner went to
investigate the circumstances.
Sensational disclosures are expected to develop within the next few
days.
Cornelius Sheehan, an
old resident of Cairo, died at St. Louis today, where he has
been making his home with his daughter for a number of
years.
Will Sheehan, his son,
who is bartender at Ray
Olmsted's saloon,
was called to St. Louis Monday by his father's illness.
A wire from him to
Karcher Brothers today told of his death. The
remains will be brought to Cairo for burial tomorrow
evening.
The deceased, who lived for years at Thirty-third and Sycamore
Street, was formerly employed by the Illinois Central and
retired under pension a number of years ago. He was
said to be over 90 years of age.
"Earl Snow, of Cairo,
was not listed in the casualties, and is safe as far as we
know."
The above report coming in a telegram from Washington, in reply to
the query of an anxious mother, quiets the uncertainty
attending the official announcement of the death of Corporal
Earl Snow,
without address.
Mrs. Harry Stout, mother
of Earl Snow, of
Cairo, telegraphed the navy department asking whether Earl
Snow of Cairo had
been reported killed.
The appearance of the name Earl
Snow in a casualty list gave rise to the uncertainty, as to whether
or not it was the Cairo boy. The casualty, however,
was listed as corporal, while the Cairo boy is a sergeant
and as the mother had not been notified, it was considered
doubtful that it was her son.
Mrs. F. L. Storman, of
608 Center Street, received a telegram announcing the death
of her sister, Mrs. John W.
McCrite, which
occurred at her home in Walla Walla, Wash., Tuesday.
The funeral was held from White Chapel Baptist Church of
which she had been a devoted member for more than 20 years.
She leaves a husband and one son and besides Mrs.
Storman, two
sisters, Mrs. George
Laidley, of Medford Avenue, who has been at her bedside
several weeks, and Mrs. Sarah
Dugan, 631 Thirty-fifth Street, Cairo. She also was a niece of
Solomon Hazelwood
and Mrs. Sarah Durham,
of Elco, Ill.
(John W. McCrite married
Lou Hazlewood on
3 Dec 1884, in Alexander Co., Ill.
John Dugan
married Sarah E.
Hazlewood on 4 Feb 1879, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
John H. Lee, aged 54
years, of Charleston, Mo., died at St. Mary's Infirmary of
Bright's disease at 2 o'clock this morning. The
remains were removed to
Burke's undertaking parlors and prepared for burial.
The remains of Cornelius
Sheehan, who died in St. Louis, will arrive this evening
over the Illinois Central at 6:45 o'clock and will be taken
to Karcher
Brothers undertaking parlors, where it will lie in state
until funeral arrangements have been made.
Friday, 26 Apr
1918:
George Dorris, aged 37
years, died at St. Mary's Infirmary at 2 o'clock this
morning. He was employed on the towboat
J. B. Finley. The
remains were removed to
Burke's
undertaking parlors where they are awaiting word from the
sister of the deceased, who lives in Louisville, Ky.
MOUNDS, Ill., April 27.—E. N.
Bosco, an unknown
man in this vicinity, was found crushed to death at 7:15
a.m. today in a car of lumber in the Illinois Central yards
here. His neck had been broken and several bones of his
body broken, though the skin was not badly torn. The man
had been riding in the car, a coal car loaded with lumber,
and had evidently gone to sleep in the corner. The heavy
load of lumber shifted while the train was speeding over the
road and crushed the life out of him. Death was probably
almost instantaneous.
Luther Hodge and J. L.
Malley, two
employees of the Illinois Central office, were crossing the
yards to work when they noticed blood beneath one of the
cars. Investigating, they found the body of the man in the
corner. The coroner was notified and an inquest held. The
verdict of the jury returned at 10:45 this morning, was
death due to accident, when the lumber of the car shifted in
transit.
The man was white, about 25 or 30 years of age and carried
identification papers in his clothes. His address was
evidently 283 Whitehall Avenue, Atlanta, Ga., and his mother
lives at 2226 McCausland Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. The address
of his mother was given with a request to notify her in case
of accident and gave her telephone number.
The body was turned over to M. O. Coles, undertaker, and prepared for burial. A telegram was sent to
the mother at St. Louis, but no reply had been received at 3
p.m. as to the disposition of the body.
(The 1 May 1918, issue of the newspaper recorded the name as E. M.
Bisso.—Darrel
Dexter)
Roscoe Wilson, aged 21
years, died this morning at 1 o'clock at his home in Mound
City after an illness of several years of tuberculosis. He
is the son of Mrs. L.
Wilson and the late George
Wilson, who died
two years ago. He also leaves a brother, Roy Wilson,
residing in Mound City.
Will Brown, a man
unknown in this vicinity and who was found by Officer
Fitzhugh, in the mud beneath the Big Four trestle below the Halliday
elevator, died this morning at 9:20 at St. Mary's Infirmary
of injuries received in some accident.
The man, who was very large about 25 or 30 years of age, and a
white man, was thought to be drunk at the time of his
arrest, as well as injured, as he was only partially
conscious, and could only mumble when he attempted to speak
at all. It was supposed at the time he wandered on to the
trestle, while drunk and fell off sustaining the injuries,
which later caused his death.
In the morning, however, after a night in the station, he was still
incoherent, and the police, realizing he was dangerously
hurt, sent the man to St. Mary's Infirmary, where he was
attended by Drs. Clarke and Woelfle. He was semi-conscious
for a time after reaching the hospital.
When questioned, the man was able to state his name was Will
Brown, but
initials tatooed on his arm were not W. B. He said he was
unmarried, and had been working recently on a section gang
on the Iron Mountain at Bush, Ill. (a town in the mining
district near Herrin). He said he was a Catholic, but could
give no details as to relatives. No means of identification
were found on the man.
According to the attending physicians the man had been probably
struck by a train or an automobile as the injuries could not
have resulted from a fall. After being injured he probably
wandered in his half-conscious state to where he was picked
up. His body was turned over to
Burke and will be
given county burial.
Edward Lawler, aged 88,
died at his home in Mound City at 5:30 this morning of the
infirmities of age. He had been in poor health for the past
three months.
The deceased is survived by two daughters, Misses Mollie and Carrie
Lawler, and a
son, Jack Lawler,
and three grandchildren, Dorris, Gilbert and Floyd
Derr, all of whom
lived with him, and Mrs. Edna
Little, of Cairo.
Mr. Lawler was a member
of the Catholic Church, under whose auspices the funeral
will be held. (The 27
Apr 1918, issue recorded the name as E. N.
Bosco.—Darrel Dexter) POPLAR
BLUFF, Mo., May 2—Robert
Felts, twice
mayor of this city, dropped dead yesterday on the principal
street from apoplexy.
DIED ON VISIT TO CAIRO Mrs. J.
W. Baker, 55
years old, wife of J. W.
Baker, of East
Prairie, died at the home of her son-in-law, Harvey
Nichols, of
Cairo, Monday morning. Mrs.
Baker went to
Cairo a few days ago for a visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Nichols, and was
ill only a short time.—Charleston
Enterprise Courier
MURPHYSBORO, Ill., May 2—Mrs. James A.
White, wife of
the warden of Chester penitentiary, died at St. Andrew's
Hospital here, Wednesday night, after a prolonged illness. The
patient's decided change for the worse set in Saturday,
accompanied by what must have proved to be her exquisite
pain, minimized to a degree by the use of sedatives. Mrs.
White's extremity
follows a winter replete with tragic uncertainty for her
relatives and friends. The last but one climax came when
the patient underwent a third operation described as one of
the most delicate known to surgery, nerve strain over which,
it is said, precipitated the fatal attack of cerebral
meningitis, which took her surgeon, Warden Surgeon John
Grimes, of
Chester. Mrs. J.
C. Myers, of 3206
Sycamore Street, died after a long illness, at St. Mary’s
Infirmary, at 4:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. She was 44
years of age.
Surviving the deceased are the husband and three children. The
remains were prepared for burial by
Burke and were
taken to Clinton, Ky., today, where interment will take
place probably tomorrow.
Lemen—Died Friday, May 3, Mrs. Sarah E.
Lemen, at her residence, 816 Twenty-second Street,
Cairo, Ill. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon
at 1:15 at the Cairo Baptist Church. Special Illinois
Central train leaves at 2:30 for Villa Ridge where interment
will be made. Senator
Sidney B. Miller
and Judge William N.
Butler attended the funeral of Mrs. James A.
White, at
Murphysboro Friday. The
funeral was very largely attended, the church being filled
with men from all walks of life, testifying to the esteem
with which Mr. White and his wife were held. One touching incident was a beautiful
floral gift from the prisoners in the penitentiary at
Chester, where Mr.
White is warden. They contributed $50.00 and sent the
flowers. Mrs.
Sarah E. Lemen
died suddenly at her home, 816 Twenty-second Street, Friday
afternoon at 5 o'clock of heart failure. She had been
suffering from heart ailment for some time though was not in
a critical condition. Mrs.
Lemen was 78
years old and was one of Cairo's old residents having
resided here most of her life. She was a devout member of
the Cairo Baptist Church. She leaves surviving her one son,
Ernest Lemen,
foreman at the P. T. Langan Mill. She was a sister of the
late Charles
Lancaster. The
funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:15
o'clock at the Cairo Baptist Church conducted by Rev. M. L.
Turner, pastor of
the Calvary Baptist Church in absence of Rev. L. D.
Lamkin. The
cortege will leave the residence at 1 o'clock for the
church. A special Illinois Central train will leave at 2:30
for Villa Ridge where interment will be made. The
pallbearers are Messrs. P. T.
Langan, G. A.
Hilburn, Earl
Stout, William
Barnhardt, J. W. Cozby,
H. C. Steinel,
and C. L. Keaton. W. L.
Storey, of East
St. Louis, who resided in Cairo for the past five years
until a week ago, died Friday morning at the former
city. According to word received by relatives in this city,
he suffered a severe paralytic stroke Friday morning and
died within a few minutes. He was 55 years of age. The
deceased came to Cairo from Charleston, Mo., five years ago
and was employed at the Mississippi Box Company, as night
watchman for the last three years of his residence in Cairo.
Surviving the deceased are his wife, Emma
Storey, two
daughters, Mrs. Gertrude
Phillips, of
Cairo, and Mrs. Lena
Stone, of Little Rock., Ark., one son, L. M.
Storey, of East
St. Louis, one foster son, H. S.
Mitchell, of
Cairo, three sisters, Mrs. Faree
Holland and Miss
Ella Storey, of
Cairo, and Mrs. Mary
Goins, of Knoxall, Mo., and one brother, J. J.
Storey, of Cairo. Mr.
Storey was a
member of the Knights and Ladies of security and the Woodmen
of the World. The
remains arrived in Cairo from East St. Louis at 1:26 this
afternoon. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. E.
A. Burke has
charge. (His
marker in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery reads:
Edward Lawler
1832-1918.—Darrel
Dexter) (Wiley
Riley Rodman
married Susanna J.
Jones on 5 Jun 1878, in Johnson Co., Ill.
Elihu T. Snyder, 28, born in Franklin Co., Ill., son of T. S.
Snyder and Mary
Dobbins, married Minnie
Rodman, 19, born
in Johnson Co., Ill., daughter of W. R.
Rodman and Julia
Jones, on 20 Nov
1900, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter) EAST ST.
LOUIS, Ill., May 7—Charles
Karch, 75 years
old, father of United States District Attorney Charles A.
Karch, of East
St. Louis, and widely known in St. Clair County, died at his
home six miles east of Freeburg, at 1 o'clock Tuesday
morning, April 30. He had been in failing health since
March 1.
Karch lived all his life in St. Clair County and passed away on the same farm
where he was born. He was an extensive land owner and
served as treasurer of the township school district there
for 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary
Karch, two sons,
Charles A. and Gustave H.
Karch, and one
daughter, Miss Laura
Karch. His
funeral was held at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon. Services
were conducted at the family home and burial took place in
the Mascoutah cemetery. OTTAWA,
Ill., May 7—County and city authorities are investigating
the death of a baby girl whose body was found in an empty
box car here which has been traced as coming from Rockford,
Ill. The baby's body wrapped in a flour sack was discovered
by a car cleaner. To those
whom we have never met and who have their love and sympathy
to us by their kindness to my daughter, Melva
McCutcheon, we
wish to express our most sincere thanks. The
train probably failed to stop at that place and, in
attempting to get off while it was under full speed,
Bush was thrown
beneath the cars. His body was cut in two and his limbs
badly cut up. Assistant section Foreman
Jennings discovered the remains Sunday morning.
Bush is survived by his wife, two children, his parents, three sisters and
two brothers. The body was interred Monday evening at
Bardwell.
BENTON, Ill., May 8—W. A.
Gray, aged 36, committed suicide at his home in West
Frankfort Thursday night by taking carbolic acid. Gray
was city clerk and also collector of special assessments of
that city. He left the following note: "To the Mayor and
City, Greetings—Ill health causes me to do this. You will
find no shortage."
Private Edward P. Antourie,
Harrisburg, Ill., wounded severely
Ben F., Jr., the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben F.
Richardson, died
Monday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. Interment took place at
St. Mary’s Cemetery at Mounds.
ILLINOIS
LIEUTENANT IS KILLED IN ACTION
WASHINGTON, May 11—The casualty list today contains 69 names, which
are the following:
Private Glenn Hockenberry
died of disease
Corporal Frank J. Downin,
of Danville, Ill., and Claude H.
Meyers of
Browning, Mo., slightly wounded
Capt. John F. Hardesty,
Winfield, Mo., prisoner. He was previously reported
missing.
Mrs. Nannie Decker,
matron at the day nursery, dropped dead this afternoon at
2:50 o'clock. Mrs.
Decker was a sister of Mrs. Evelyn
McGee, 228
Eighteenth Street and was formerly matron at the Cairo
Orphan's home.
(Ben W. McGee married
Evelyn S. Dickey
on 11 Aug 1884, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
About two hours before he died a serious accident occurred to the
little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Dougher and for
some time the child was in a critical condition. The child
had been having chills and someone was giving it a dose of
chill tonic. In
the excitement, carbolic acid was given to the child instead
of chill tonic. A report from there Friday says she has
recovered from the first shock, but it could not be told
what aftereffect the acid might have.
(Bardwell, Ky.)
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Decker, who died suddenly Saturday afternoon, were held this
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at Mrs.
Falconer's
undertaking parlors conducted by Rev. A. T.
Tomshany, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment
was made at Villa Ridge, the funeral party going up on the
regular Illinois Central train at 2:35.
Mrs. George H. Hornberger,
aged 39 years, died at home near Cache at 11 o'clock
Saturday morning, after a brief illness of nephritis.
Surviving her are the husband and eight children, the youngest of
which is nine months. Services were held today with
interment at Bumbguard Cemetery.
(Her marker in Baumgard Cemetery reads:
Eva Hornberger
1879-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
THREE KILLED IN
CYCLONE AT HARRISBURG
HARRISBURG, Ill., May 13—Three persons are near death today and
eight others were injured as the result of a cyclone which
destroyed nine residences and wrecked a number of barns near
Delwood, 12 miles southeast of here late yesterday
afternoon.
MURPHYSBORO, Ill., May 13—Tom
Burton, aged 12
years, and George
Burton, aged 8 years, brothers, were drowned at noon
yesterday, when their buggy overturned while fording Town
Creek, about two miles from the city.
The stream was swollen by the recent heavy rains and, when the
buggy reached the middle of the stream, it was toppled
over. A sixteen-year-old brother in the buggy made his way
to the bank, as did Tom, who went back after the younger
boy. In the attempted rescue, he went down with his
brother.
Chester, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
McElwayne, of
Anniston, Mo., died this morning at St. Mary’s Infirmary,
where he has been a patient for the past five days. The
little boy succumbed to an attack of appendicitis.
The remains were prepared for burial at
Karcher Brothers and were taken to Anniston this afternoon. The
funeral will be held Tuesday.
FAIRFIELD, Ill., May 14—John
Mason, a farmer five miles east of this city, shot and
instantly killed his former wife, Julia Vincel
Mason, and then
fired two shots through his body at her home.
Mason
was paroled a month ago from the Southern Illinois Insane
Asylum at Anna on the entreaties of his wife.
Mason
was a Holy Roller. His wife, it is said, recently confessed
indiscretions with a Holy Roller minister at Golden
Gate. This, it is said, unbalanced the mind of the husband.
Mason,
it is thought, will die.
(This may refer to John J.
Mason and Mrs. Julia A.
Brewer
Lambert on 31 Mar
1900, in Wabash Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
W. G. White, aged 64
years, died at St. Mary’s Infirmary Tuesday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock after an illness of two weeks. Mr.
White made his
home at Bird's Point, Mo., and farming in partnership with
F. W. Taylor, of
that place and years ago was employed as switchman by the
Illinois Central railroad here. He is well known in Cairo.
The body was removed to
Karcher Brothers undertaking parlors and prepared for
burial. It was taken to Bird's Point on the 2 o'clock
boat. Burial took place this afternoon at Bird's Point.
Little Frances Marian Baker,
the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Baker, 611 Twenty-second Street, died this afternoon at 1 o'clock at
the home of her parents after a three weeks illness. The
little girl was the second daughter.
The remains will be taken to Hopkinsville, Ky., Thursday morning at
9 o'clock for burial in the family cemetery.
WASHINGTON, May 16—Wednesday Marine Corps casualty list contained
only one name that of Private Herman Lesley
Wilson, of Franlinville, Ill., dead of disease in France.
Frank Richard Bullard,
age 13 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Baker, of 411
Thirty-sixth Street, died Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock of
tetanus. The boy, who was a pupil at the Elmwood School on
Thirty-sixth Street was wading in the flooded street after
the recent heavy rains and on Monday of last week stepped on
a nail in a board beneath the water.
He had a touch on tonsillitis at the time and was kept at home by
his parents for the rest of the week. He visited his
grandmother on Sunday and on Monday morning, at home dressed
and went to school. In a short time he returned, saying he
felt unwell, but not until Tuesday morning did the case
develop enough to show its seriousness.
Funeral services were conducted at the residence at 2 o'clock this
afternoon by Rev. Curwin
Henley, of the
Tigert Memorial Church. Special interurban cars left
Thirty-fifth and Sycamore streets at 2:30 o'clock for
Mounds, where interment took place at Beech Grove Cemetery.
Miss Mary Hawkins died
Wednesday night at 10 o'clock at her home 810 Twenty-second
Street after a lingering illness due to the infirmities of
old age. She was 77 years of age. She had resided in Cairo
for about 60 years and was many years ago a teacher in the
public schools here and was born in Cincinnati.
The funeral services will be held at the residence Friday afternoon
at 1:30 o'clock conducted by Rev. John W.
Coontz, pastor of the first Methodist Church.
(Charles C. Marshall
married Harriett E.
Hawkins on 16 Sep 1874, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Capt. Matt Fitchener,
well known river pilot, died last night at Caruthersville,
Mo., where he has been employed by the Caruthersville Sand
and Gravel Company. He was over 70 years of age and had
been in failing health for the last year or two, but had
continued at work.
Word of his death was received today by Gus
Osterloh. So far as can be learned, he leaves no relatives now
living in Cairo and arrangements were made to bury the body
there. His wife is a patient in the hospital at
Anna. Capt. Fitchner
formerly lived at Thirty-fourth and Elm streets, where he
owned a home. His brother, Ben
Fitchner, died
some time ago.
(Andrew Jackson Hays,
20, married Kate
Brady, 17, on 15 Aug 1888, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
WASHINGTON, May 17—Among those on the casualty list today, which
continued 106 names were
Funeral services for Miss Mary
Hawkins, an old resident of Cairo, were held this afternoon at her
residence on Twenty-second Street conducted by Rev. John W.
Coontz, pastor of
the first Methodist Church. Hymns were sung by members of
the Methodist choir, Mrs. F. A.
Willis, Mrs.
Harry Hood,
Messrs. C. M. Roos
and W. A. Dougherty.
The remains were taken by automobiles to Villa Ridge where
interment was made. The pallbearers were Messrs. C. C.
Carter, C. M. Roos, J. J.
Kuykendall, and
M. J. Howley.
CRIMINAL CASES
TRIED NEXT WEEK
Criminal cases
will be taken up next week.
The Potts murder case and the
Hall case for embezzlement are scheduled for Monday.
Charles Potts struck and knocked down Otho
Metcalf, of Grand Chain, in a saloon at Thirty-fourth Street and
Commercial.
Metcalf fell on his head on the concrete floor and sustained a
fractured skull from which he later died.
The case was continued from last term of court.
A total of twelve deaths from tuberculosis 10 of them negroes, was
reported by Health Officers
Clarke to the
council this morning. This from 44 deaths from all causes,
in which 22 were white people and 22 negroes. Pneumonia
claimed eight five of them colored; apoplexy four and
nephritis five, while there were three accidental
deaths. The others were from various diseases.
Of contagious diseases, six cases of whooping cough are reported,
one of diphtheria, two of red measles one of scarlet fever,
and one of small pox.
Mrs. Elizabeth Quinn,
aged 71 years, of Charleston, Mo., died Saturday night at
8:30 o'clock at St. Mary's Infirmary after several days’
futile treatment. Her son, E. E.
Quinn, of Cairo,
and daughter, Mrs. Mary
Simpson, of
Charleston, were at her side at her death.
The body was removed to the E. A.
Burke undertaking parlors and prepared for burial.
The remains were taken to Charleston on the morning boat Sunday and
burial took place at Charleston Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. R. L. Bondurant,
aged 63 years, of Jordan, Ky., died at St. Mary's Infirmary
Sunday, May 19, of cancer, after a lingering illness. Her
daughter, Mrs. Grove
Brown, and son, P. A.
Bondurant, were
at her bedside when death came. She leaves surviving her
five sons and one daughter, also four sisters and was a
sister-in-law of Dr. A.
Bondurant, of Cairo.
The remains were shipped to her home Sunday on the 5:45 train and
funeral services were held there this afternoon. Mrs. John
W. Bransford, of
Cairo, and Mrs. John
Bondurant, of Charleston, Mo., accompanied the funeral
party. Mrs.
Bondurant's husband died last September.
Mrs. Marie Louise Bouchet,
aged 83 years, died about 7 o'clock Sunday evening at the
home of her son, Girard
Bouchet, 813
Cedar Street, after a brief illness. Her death was largely
due to age.
Marie Louise Bouchet,
was the widow of John Girard
Bouchet. She was
born at St. Victor De Malcap, France, November 25, 1835, and
came to the United States in her youth. She has been a
resident of Cairo since 1856.
Surviving the deceased are three sons, Eugene, Joseph and Girard,
eight grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Virginie
Vincent, of Cairo, and a brother, Louie Pierre
Veirun, of France.
While the deceased had been ill for the past six months, her death
was entirely unexpected.
E. A. Burke has charge.
Six jurors had been accepted by both sides when the circuit court
adjourned Monday night in the case of Billie
Goin and Henry Leach for
the murder of Carey Belew, a negro, January 14.
Examination of the third panel of jurors was begun at the opening
of court and at a few minutes before 11 o'clock, the jury
was completed. The men finally accepted are:
Sam Halls, Fred
Lawles, W. D.
Taylor, George Keller,
John T. Burton,
H. T. Galbraith,
Dennis Miller, J. B. Warner, J.
L. Hartley,
George Kobler,
Harry Hubbard, and George Ryal.
The review of the case in the opening of the case by the attorneys
for the State and the defense, was ready, the jury before
adjournment, which was taken immediately after at 11:30
We desire to express our sincere appreciation to those kind friends
and neighbors who offered their assistance and words of
sympathy during the illness and death of our dear son and
brother, Frank Richard
Bullard, also for
the floral offerings which were so beautiful.
Funeral services over the last remains of Mrs. Marie Louise
Bouchet, who
passed away Sunday at noon were held this afternoon at St.
Patrick's Church, Rev. Father
Downey
officiating. A great number of friends, especially among
the older residents, of Cairo, were present at the
impressive ceremony, the deceased being a resident of Cairo
for more than half a century and well known and beloved by
the many whose friendship or acquaintance she formed during
that long citizenship.
Floral offerings, beautiful and numbers accompanied the body to its
last resting place. The solemn procession left the
residence, 813 Cedar Street, at 1:30 o'clock for the church,
where services were held at 2:00 o'clock.
An interurban special left the corner at Ninth and Washington
Avenue, at 2:30 o'clock for Mounds, where interment took
place at Beech Grove Cemetery.
The pallbearers were: P. J.
Doud, M. J. Howley, Will
Winter, Sr., P.
A. Doud, William
Schatz, M. J. O'Shea,
George Becker,
and H. E. Fitts.
W. C. Newsome, of New
Madrid, Mo., passed away at 10:30 Monday evening at St.
Mary's Infirmary at the age of 55 years. He had been at the
hospital for several days. Some time ago he underwent
treatment here but was allowed to go home.
At the bedside were his mother, Mrs. A. P.
Newsome, his sister, Mrs. Eddye
Phillips, and three children, Lynn B.
Newsome, Mrs. Adele Mann,
and John W. Newsome,
all of New Madrid. The three children are all married. A
brother also survives the deceased, in addition to those at
his bedside. The brother, W. W.
Newsome, resides
at Tulsa, Okla.
The body was removed to
Karcher Brothers undertaking parlors and prepared for
burial. It was taken south on the seven o'clock Iron
Mountain boat this morning for New Madrid, the relatives
accompanying the body. Services will be held Wednesday at
the residence in New Madrid, and interment will take place
in that city.
(James M. Price married
Susan E. Pearce
on 29 Apr 1874, in Johnson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Wednesday, 22 May
1918:
Henry Leach and Billie
Goin, indicted by
the grand jury in February for the alleged murder of Carey
Belew, a negro,
and whose case went to the jury at 11 o’clock today, were
freed by the jury this afternoon.
A verdict of “not guilty” (of either murder or
manslaughter) was returned at 2:10 o’clock this afternoon.
With the mother of Billie
Goin weeping happily and friends surrounding them, the
two men walked from the courthouse this afternoon, entirely
freed of any responsibility for the death of the negro.
The mother of the negro was in court and listened to
the verdict in silence, turned to her friends and left the
building.
Argument by the attorneys was taken up with the opening of court
this morning and finished at 10:45, after which Judge
Butler gave the instructions.
In the evidence given Tuesday afternoon before the jury, Henry
Leach and Billie
Goin, both declared they had no intention of driving the negro into
the water, that the affair had arisen out of a general
fight, in which the negro was stated to have taken full part
and that it was purely accidental that the fight led in the
direction of the river.
They also declared they left the place of the alleged death before
they saw the negro drown, and the defense placed great
stress on the fact that the death had never been absolutely
established, as the body had never been found.
Both denied shaking the rope to which the negro held
or throwing anything at him.
On the other hand, a negro, who watched from the top of the levee
slope, declared that the negro sank out of sight in the icy
river and did not reappear.
Ice at the time prevented any attempt to recover the
body.
The case of Charles Potts
is set for trial next in turn and the examination of the
jurymen was begun this afternoon in his case.
Mrs. Ralph W. Cushman
died this morning at 1:30 o'clock at her home in Memphis
after a lingering illness. For the past two years she has
been at Hendersonville, N.C., for the benefit of her health,
returning home February 5th since which time she
has been confined to her bed.
Mrs. Cushman was
formerly Miss Leota
LaMontague, and was born in Charleston, Mo., January 20,
1891, and lived in Cairo for several years, later moving to
Memphis, where she was married to Ralph W.
Cushman, formerly
of Cairo and a son of H. A.
Cushman, of this
city.
The remains will arrive in Cairo Thursday morning at 1:15 o'clock
and will be taken to
Burke's undertaking parlors. The funeral party will go
to Charleston, Mo., on the 7 o'clock boat. The funeral will
be held in Charleston Thursday morning at the Baptist
church. The mother, sister, and brothers of deceased, as
well as her husband, will accompany the body. The
arrangements are in charge of E. A.
Burke.
Mrs. Carelena Thompson,
wife of Alec B.
Thompson, of Blodgett, Mo., died at St. Mary's Hospital
at 1:30 this morning, at the age of about 38 years. She had
been ill for the greater part of the time during the past 10
to 20 years, and was brought to St. Mary's about two weeks
ago, but too late for any assistance.
There being no hope for her recovery, she was to be taken home
today, but passed away in the early morning. Her husband
and her mother, Mrs. C. J.
Robinson, all
that survive her, were at her bedside.
The body was removed to
Karcher Bros. undertaking parlors and prepared for
burial. It will be taken to Blodgett,
via the morning
boat, Thursday, where funeral services will be held Thursday
afternoon.
The deceased was a member of the Court of Honor, No. 1190, W.O.W.
Carl Weis, son of C. A.
Weis, formerly of
Cairo, and formerly connected with the
Weis-Peterson
Box Company, now the
Peterson-Miller Box Company, was drowned on a school outing according to word
just received by Mrs. E. A.
Burke.
He was about 17 or 18 years of age and was to have graduated from
the high school at Alexandria, La., his home, Saturday, May
24. He is the older of two sons, of C. A.
Weis, the second
son being 10 years of age.
The jury returned a verdict at 3:45 p.m. of not guilty.
The case of Charles Potts,
charged with the murder of Otho
Metcalf, went to
the jury at about three o’clock this afternoon. Argument by
the attorneys was begun shortly after 1:30 this afternoon
when court opened after the noon session.
Testimony in the case was begun after the selection of the twelfth
juryman this morning. It was a case of self-defense, the
attorneys for Potts
contended, alleging that
Metcalf, had been
shaking his fist at
Potts and cursing him, as he approached
Potts after an
argument at a card table, in
Scheppleman's
Saloon at Thirty-fourth Street and Commercial Avenue. Scheppleman
testified that he had come from behind the bar and pulled
Metcalf back as he stood shaking his hand at
Potts and testified that as he turned to the bar again thinking the
affair settled
Metcalf resumed hikes loud talking, approaching
Potts,
Potts then struck
Metcalf.
The man fell, striking his head on the concrete floor and sustained
a fracture at the base of the skull, to the right, according
to Dr. Woelfle,
the next witness, which wound, according to the doctor's
testimony, caused his death.
Eleven jurors were obtained Wednesday evening and the jury was
finished this morning. Those selected are as follows:
J. B. Warner, J. L.
Hartley, Dennis
Miller, John Sullivan,
Festus Barter,
Henry Harper, B.
F. Wurner, Harry
Hubbard, Niles Schuh, Allen Hickcox, Ike
LaHue and Joe
Walmer.
MOUNT VERNON, Ill., May 23—Elmer
Gordon, of this city, was a member of the gun crew of the United
States tanker William
Rockefeller destroyed May 18. Gordon
was the first Jefferson County man to enter the war last
spring, having just completed a term in the navy. His
mother, Mrs. Charles R.
Gordon, is seriously sick and the effect of the announcement of the
sinking of the ship is being kept from her.
Word has been received by relatives of the death of Mrs. William
Dale Moore, in
Kansas City, on May 15. She died at the home of her
brother, Robert E.
Devore in that city.
Mrs. Moore left Cairo
about 28 years ago. She was a member of an old Cairo
family, was born in Cairo and was the daughter of N. A.
Devore. Surviving her here are a sister, Mrs. D. W.
Weldy, at Villa
ridge, a niece, Mrs. Charles
Bethel, and a
nephew, Frank Foss,
of Cairo, and a niece, Mrs. J. T.
McCune, at Mound
City.
Mrs. Moore will be
remembered by a great many of the older residents.
(William A. Moore
married Annie Devore
on 19 Nov 1869, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Nicholas A.
Devore married Sarah Ann
Grover on 27 Dec
1864, in Alexander Co., Ill.
William Minton, 23, born in Pulaski Co., Ill., son of Bird
Minton and Julia
Graddy, married Anna Weldy,
17, born in Rain Co., Kan., daughter of David
Weldy and Julia Devore,
on 15 Oct 1895, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The funeral of Mrs. Ralph W.
Cushman was held at Charleston, Mo., Thursday and the
remains were buried in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery. Services
were held at the First Baptist Church, conducted by the
pastor, Rev. Robert L.
Lemons.
Besides her husband, Ralph W.
Cushman, and her
mother, Mrs.
LaMontague, and brother, H. A.
Cushman, and
daughter, Miss Catherine, and Theron
Pritchett,
attended the funeral from Cairo.
Master N. V. Lewis, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Lewis, died at
the home of his parents in Memphis this morning after a
brief illness. N. V.
Lewis, of Grand Chain, was in Cairo today
en route to
Memphis called by the death of his little grandson.
Mrs. William Keefe,
formerly Miss Mary
Conners, of Cairo, died suddenly at her home in St.
Louis, according to word received by her brother-in-law,
Thomas J. Keefe,
of Cairo, late Friday afternoon. Mrs.
Keefe was well
known in Cairo.
Mrs. Mary Pace, mother
of Mrs. Albert Lewis,
of Cairo, died at her home in Mt. Vernon early this morning
after an illness of about six months. Mrs.
Pace was the
widow of the late E. C.
Pace, of Mt.
Vernon.
She had been unconscious for the past week and Mrs.
Lewis has been
with her since last Sunday.
Sister Fara, beloved head of the sisters at St. Mary's Infirmary,
passed away at 10:30 o'clock Friday night after a six weeks'
illness during which time she suffered intensely, but bore
her pain with a courage and patience that were in keeping
with her life of sacrifice and living for others.
Sister Fara was beloved alike by Catholics and Protestants, rich
and poor, as everyone who came under her wonderful influence
became a friend and admirer. She was a cultured and
intelligent as well as a spiritual and saintly woman, whose
mission it was to relieve suffering and who always lived up
to her duty. She lived in Cairo for 29 years, coming here
from St. Mary’s Notre Dame, Ind., where she became a member
of the Sisters of the Holy Cross 30 years ago.
She was 54 years of age and was born in Ireland, coming to the
United States, where she lived in Philadelphia. Her name
was Mary Williamson
and she leaves surviving her no immediate relatives.
The pallbearers are Drs. W. F.
Grinstead, R. E. Barrows,
James McManus, A.
A. Bondurant,
Flint Bondurant, John T. Walshe,
J. E. Woelfle, J.
J. Rendleman, W.
C. Clarke, S. B. Cary,
Samuel Dodds, J.
H. McNemer, H. A. Moreland,
J. W. Dunn,
Johnson, J. A. Davis, J.
E. Strong, N. W.
Cox, E. D.
Morrow, William Fields,
and R. M. Young.
Her faith in the goodness and mercy of God and her infinite
patience were pointed out by Rev. Father J. J.
Downey as the chief characteristics of Sister Fara, which made her
life here at St. Mary's Infirmary so crowned with
success. Father
Downey paid a high tribute to Sister Fara at the service
held in St. Patrick’s Church Sunday morning. The church was
filled with people who had known and loved Sister Fara
during her 29 years of ministration at the hospital. The
physicians of the city, intimate contact, served as
pallbearers. Members of the local chapter of Knights of
Columbus attended in a body and acted as an escort as the
remains were carried to the church from the hospital where
she had so unselfishly devoted the best part of her
life. Sisters of the Holy Cross, her co-laborers, also
occupied seats in the center of the church.
Sunday afternoon and until night, the remains lay in state in the
infirmary, and scores of people passed bit the casket to
gaze for the last time upon the fractures that they had
learned to reverence and admire and love. Later accompanied
by a large number of friends, the body was taken to the
Illinois Central station, to be forwarded to Notre Dame for
interment.
Tuesday, 28 May
1918:
Carl A. Weis, Jr., who
lost his life by drowning at Alexandria, La., on May 21,
while in bathing, was a member of the graduating class of
the high school there, and was attending a school outing
when he lost his life.
The Alexandria
Town Talk, commenting upon the tragedy, says that “the
unfortunate occurrence has cast a gloom over the entire
community and particularly upon his young friends who
compose the senior class as well as the other pupils and
faculty of the school, with whom he was so intimately
associated.”
It was a gay party that attended the outing and it was not until
they were preparing to leave that they missed Carl.
“It is not known,” says the paper, “whether anyone
saw him go down, but when he could not be located, someone
called for him, and no response being received, the party
became alarmed and called for Prof.
Nye.
When Prof. Nye
heard his name called, he returned to the other side of the
pond and began a search for the missing youth.
Failing to locate him, he jumped into the water,
diving down and fortunately recovered the body immediately
on the bottom where the water was about ten feet deep.
It was brought to the surface and with the assistance
of Mr. John Price
and others, was taken ashore where every effort was made to
revive him and physicians were immediately summoned, but
nothing could be done, as life was evidently extinct before
he was taken out of the water.
Carl was an expert swimmer and it is believed he must
have been taken with an attack of the heart.”
The young man was a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Weis, was born in Cairo, Nov. 1, 1901.
His father is manager and principal owner of the
Alexandria Cooperage and Lumber Company.
(Thomas Scanlin married
Alice Vick on 25
May 1887, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The interment taking place in the Catholic cemetery at Villa Ridge
(Mound City)
(Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge
reads:
Ann Linehan
1838-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
We desire to express our most profound appreciation to the general
public of Cairo for the many sympathetic and beautiful
manifestations of their thoughtfulness and devotion to our
beloved Sister Fara during her illness. We shall ever
cherish in sweet remembrance thoughts of those whose profuse
floral tributes so fittingly symbolized their abiding
respect and affection for every trust reposed in her. We
wish to thank them with ample sincerity and assurance that
our hearts are filled with tender thoughts of them.
Gholson—Died,
June 3, 1918, at Jonesboro, Ark., Eugene Milford
Gholson, aged 21
years. Funeral services will be held at the residence of W.
L. Perce, 514
Center Street at 9 o'clock a.m., Wednesday, June
5. Interment private. Friends of the family are invited to
the funeral services. E. A.
Burke is in
charge of the arrangements.
Eugene V. Gholson, aged
21 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Gholson, formerly
of Cairo, lately of Jonesboro, Ark., after an operation for
appendicitis, died at that place Monday, according to
information received by friends of the family here.
The remains were brought to Cairo for interment today and funeral
arrangements will be made shortly. Services will be held
form the residence of Mrs. W. L.
Perce, 514 Center
Street, Wednesday.
(John W. Gholson married
Mary G. Price on
17 Oct 1889, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
A report sent out from Carbondale that Lieut. Ralph
Chapman, son of
former Congressman P. T.
Chapman, of
Vienna, had been killed in France, where he is in the
aviation service, could not be verified this morning. The
Citizen called up Senator
Chapman by
telephone, but he was away from home. Mrs.
Chapman, when asked if she had heard from her son and told that it
was reported his name was in the casualty list, said that
she had not received the news.
Lieut. Chapman is the
youngest son of Senator and Mrs.
Chapman. An
elder son, Ward
Chapman, is also in the artillery service, and a cousin,
Dick Chapman,
also holds a commission.
Joe Davies, of Cairo, is
a cousin of the
Chapman family.
(Ples T. Chapman married
L. May Copeland
on 20 Dec 1882, in Johnson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word was received
here (Barlow, Ky.) Monday of the death of Gene
Gholson, who formerly lived here, but now of Jonesboro, Ark. Died
of appendicitis. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Gholson.
Thursday, 6 Jun
1918:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Feuchter left today for Evansville, Ind., where Mrs.
Feuchter has been called by the death of Miss Emma
Roach, a
relative. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Miss
Roach, the deceased, was principal of one of the
Evansville schools.
Mrs. Feuchter will
remain after the ceremonies, while Mr.
Feuchter will go
to St. Louis to attend the T. P. A. convention.
A small South American Indian girl, traveling with a party of her
race roving through the country in gypsy fashion, was
drowned Friday afternoon at Wickliffe. The child with
others of tender age was playing on the river bank, while
the party awaited the ferry
Three States to make their crossing to Cairo. The party was
traveling in four automobiles.
The children were running up and down at the edge of the water when
simultaneously two of them fell into the water. A frantic
effort was made to rescue them, but one went down finally
before she could be reached. The other was saved.
The body was recovered an hour afterward, by fishermen, who used
grab hooks. Dr.
Melton, who appeared at the scene attempted to
resuscitate the little girl, but the long period in the
water killed her. An inquest was held in Wickliffe, Friday
evening and a verdict of death due to accidental drowning
was returned.
The child was buried at Wickliffe, today.
MOUNT VERNON, Ill., June 8—Mrs. Lottie
Hess, of Isa, a village a few miles south of Mount Vernon, was
struck by lightning and killed last night. She had been
gathering eggs at the chicken house and returning to the
house stopped under a tree to avoid the shower. Oliver
Harris was
severely injured by a stroke of lightning also.
Thomas McFarland, owner
and president of the McFarland Lumber Company, died Friday
night at 10 o'clock, at the Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago,
following an operation for gallstones. His wife and
daughter, Evelyn, aged 19, were at his bedside as he passed
away. Mr. McFarland
has been under treatment for the past two weeks at the
hospital. Before leaving for Chicago, he expressed the
belief that if it was found necessary to operate, he would
not withstand it. He was 67 years of age.
Mr. McFarland was one of
the leading lumber men of the city and had been a resident
of Cairo for the past 12 or 13 years. He was a member of
St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Well known and much
respected, his death will come today as a shock to many who
did not realize the gravity of his condition, when he left
for Chicago.
While no definite information as to the funeral services has been
received here, it is thought that he will be buried at
Chicago as his people are located there, the funeral to take
place probably Monday.
Mr. McFarland was born
in Massachusetts 67 years ago. His family moved to Chicago
while he was yet young and there he made his home until
after his marriage. He was a resident of Chicago during the
big fire of 1871. He was married twice. A lumber man at 20
years of age, he followed the business through his life, and
as long as 18 years ago had lumber interests in Cairo. His
family at that time were living in Chicago.
About 1905 or 1906 Mr.
McFarland incorporated his lumber business at Cairo and
moved his family here. He built the present home of the
family at 2845 Park Place West. Since then he has been a
continual resident of the city and turned all his attention
to his business interests here. He had no Chicago lumber
interests at the time of his death.
His health has been weakened for a long time and lately developed
for the worse.
Five negroes were scalded, one perhaps fatally, and two others
seriously, when one, an inexperienced hand, at his first
day's work, opened a steam box in the rim plant of the
Pioneer Pole and Shaft Company, this morning about nine
o'clock.
The new man, Fines Wilson,
was scalded from head to foot by the steam which burst from
the door and according to the physicians in charge was
practically parboiled. The skin of his face and the greater
part of his chest and lower body peeled off. The chances
for life are against him. His home is in Cairo.
J. W. Crim, of Mound
City and Alec Bush,
of Future City, were burned, but not seriously and were
taken to their homes.
Jesse Beadles and family
were called to Moscow, Ky., by the death of his father,
which occurred there Sunday.
Mrs. Marie E. Sterett,
of Charleston, Mo., died at St. Mary's Infirmary shortly
before noon today, where she was a patient. The body was
taken home on the boat this afternoon, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Strickland. The deceased was 57 years old.
Requiem
mass will be said at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at St.
Joseph's Church for Mr. Thomas
McFarland, whose death occurred in Chicago Saturday and who will be
buried here Tuesday. Rev. Father
Gillen, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, will conduct the mass.
Funeral services for the late Thomas
McFarland will be held Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. in the chapel in
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. A number of the Cairo
lumberman will go to Chicago tonight to attend the
funeral. The burial will be in the cemetery there.
MARION, Ill., June 11—“Uncle” John
Dempsey, Williamson County's oldest resident, died at his home four
days before his neighbors were preparing to celebrate this
100th anniversary.
In addition to his extreme age he was the most married man in the
county, but after he took his thirteenth wife at the age of
95, a conservator was appointed for him. He purchased his
coffin seven years ago.
Harry F. Ray, of
McCurtain, Okla., whose name appeared in Monday's casualty
list, is a brother of Miss Mabel
Ray of the Home
Telephone Exchange in Cairo. Miss
Ray has not heard from her mother, who would be the one to receive
the official notification of casualty.
(James A. Parrott
married Clerissa
Morrow on 24 Sep 1882, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Philip Earnest married
Hannah S. Barger
on 19 Dec 1872, in Union Co., Ill.
Her marker in Mt. Olive Cemetery near Dongola reads:
Phillip J.
Earnest Born Jan. 28, 1855 Died Oct. 5, 1938.
Hannah J. Earnest Born Jan. 17, 1858 Died June 7, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Samuel Royster, aged 82
years, died at 8:45 last night at St. Mary’s Infirmary of
blood poisoning. It is said the blood poison resulted from
the cutting of a corn. He was from Charleston, Mo., but his
former home was Indianapolis, Ind.
His daughter, Mrs. C. C.
Watt, and husband, of Charleston, were at the bedside
when he passed away.
The body was prepared for removal to Indianapolis and
sent over the Big Four this evening.
Funeral services and interment will take place at
that city.
Miss Mabel Ray, operator
at the Home Telephone Company, today received a letter from
her mother in McCurtain, Okla., that she had received
notification of the death of her son, Harry F.
Ray, in France on
May 20. He died of wounds received in action.
Miss Ray has been an
operator at the local exchange for the past three years,
coming here from DuQuoin, where the family formerly resided.
Mrs. Sarah A. Starks
aged 61, passed away at 6:30 o'clock this morning at her
home, 315 Ninth Street. She had been ill for about three
months, during two of which she was under the doctor’s
care. Hardening of the arteries was the cause of her death.
The deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. R.
Dever, and Miss
Kathleen Starks,
both of whom made their home with her and two sons, H. G.
and J. W. Starks,
also of Cairo. All were present at her death
bed. Surviving also are three brothers, Charles H.
Beshers, of
Columbus, Ky., G. A.
Beshers, of Grand Chain, and R. L.
Beshers, of El
Paso, Ill., and a sister, Mrs. Annie
Fansler, of
Cairo.
The remains were taken to Grand Chain this afternoon where they
will be buried Thursday afternoon.
E. A. Burke was in
charge of the funeral.
(Her marker in Grand Chain Masonic Cemetery reads:
Sarah A.
Starkes Born June 25, 1857 Died June 12, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
BELLEVILLE, Ill., June 12—Thomas F.
Powers, an employee of the St. Clair County Gas and Electric
Company, has received a letter telling of the capture of
Lieut. Roy Parker, Twelfth Engineers, formerly an employee of the gas company
in Belleville, by Germans and of his being shot as a spy.
Lieut. Parker was a
graduate of the University of Illinois and his particular
task in his company was that of an observer.
The news was in a letter from G. T.
Stearns, formerly a gas company employee, now stationed at Fort
Riley, Kan. Both
Stearns and
Parker formerly lived at Champaign.
We desire to thank those who so kindly helped us in our late
bereavement the death of our beloved mother and sister.
Mrs. Mary E. Creighton
died at her home, 2706 Commercial Avenue this afternoon at 2
o'clock after an illness of some months following several
paralytic strokes. She was taken with the first last April
and was removed to St. Mary’s Infirmary. Her health
improving, she was taken to her home as it was her wish to
be surrounded by her family and in her own home. She was a
devoted mother and during her illness her children were with
her constantly.
Mrs. Creighton was a
devoted member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. She leaves
surviving her her husband, Martin, a daughter, Miss Mayme
Creighton, and three sons, Joseph, Martin and Mal, all of
Cairo. She also leaves an invalid sister, Miss Ellen
Cullinan, and a
brother, Mal Cullinan.
The funeral arrangements will be announced later.
(Martin Creighton
married Mary Cullinan
on 6 Feb 1870, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Mary E.
Creighton 1853-1918 Mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E.
Creighton, who died Monday, June 17, 1918, will be held Wednesday
afternoon, June 19.
Funeral cortege will leave the residence, 2706 Commercial Avenue,
at 1:30 p.m. or St. Joseph's Church, where services will be
conducted by Rev. Fr.
Gillen at 2 o'clock. Special I. C. train will leave
Fourteenth Street and Ohio Levee at 2:45 for Villa Ridge,
where interment will be made in Calvary Cemetery.
The pallbearers are: Active—C. A.
Pettit, John Sullivan, T.
J. Williams, C.
A. Profilet, A.
W. Lynch, E. J. Walker
Honorary—W. A. McKnight,
C. L. Keaton, P.
T. Langan, T. J.
Keefe, A. P. Ehs, W. P.
Greaney, John
Hogan, Gus Osterloh, John
Barry, D. M.
Kelly.
The remains were brought to Elmwood, Illinois, where they were laid
to rest Saturday afternoon.
A floater was pulled from the Ohio River Tuesday afternoon by
employees at the Barrett fleet and after an examination by
the coroner was buried immediately. The body was badly
decomposed, the features of the face having fallen away, and
the clothes were in no condition to be used as a means of
identification. He was a large man of between 35 and 50
years of age.
The fact that the man wore an overshoe, leads to the opinion that
he met his death during the winter season, when the ice
causes such heavy loss of property along the Ohio Valley.
We wish to thank Father James J.
Gillen, the choir of St. Joseph’s Church, the good sisters of St.
Mary's Infirmary, and all friends whose kind assistance and
sympathy during the illness and death of our wife and
mother, Mrs. Mary Creighton, was such a comfort to us. We also wish to thank those
who sent floral offerings and the friends who loaned their
automobiles for the funeral.
Mrs. Sarah E. Lewis,
wife of Maj. S. O.
Lewis, died at her home in Villa Ridge Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock after a long period of illness.
Funeral arrangements had not been made last evening.
(Samuel O. Lewis married
Sarah E. Walker
on 11 May 1870, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge
reads: Sarah E.
Lewis
1847-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
CLINTON, Ky., June 20—Henry
Featherstone shot and killed Fulton
Bass near Spring
Hill Thursday. Details of the shooting could not be learned
but reports say that a difference arose over a watch that
Bass had taken from a negro hand of
Featherstone’s.
Solemn requiem mass was
held at St. Patrick’s Church at 8 o'clock this morning for
Sister Fara, whose death occurred a few weeks ago. Rev. C.
J. Eschmann, of DuQuoin, officiated, assisted by Father
Downey, Father
Reight, and Father O'Connell.
Louis H. Myers, one time
sheriff of Alexander County, and chief of police, of Cairo,
and for years a citizen here during which he served as a
constable and looked after real estate matters, passed away
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. G.
Wilson, in
Toledo, Ohio, Thursday afternoon. He had been in failing
health for a long time and had gone to Toledo where she
could give him constant attention.
Mr. Myers was in his 85th
year. He was a resident of Cairo for half a century and was
a prominent figure here for years. Ten years ago his wife
died and since that time his home on Tenth Street has been
broken up. For several years he has been in very poor
health, and a few years ago he was so low that his life was
despaired of. He rallied however and was able to be up and
around again.
Mr. Myers is survived by
his adopted daughter, who was Miss Gussie
Myers, now the wife of H. G.
Wilson, and Mrs. W. H.
Williams and
Louis Woolriege,
niece and nephew.
The remains will be brought to Cairo for interment at Villa Ridge
cemetery, under the auspices of Safford Lodge of Odd
Fellows, of which he was a member.
(His marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Louis H. Myers
Born Aug. 20, 1843 Died June 20, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
BENTON, Ill., June 21—Sergt.
Fravell, of Orient, among those killed in action
Wednesday, is a son of John
Fravell, of
Buckner. When the war first started he volunteered
enlisting in the Marine Corps. He is the first Franklin
County man killed in overseas service.
John Massey, the special
delivery carrier at the Cairo post office, was found dead
sitting in a chair this morning at his home, 218
Twenty-ninth Street. He had been in poor health for a
number of months and had not worked at the post office since
before the cold winter weather set in last winter. He was
about his home as usual this morning, however, and was
sitting out in front of the house. Later he went in and sat
in a rocking chair, where he was found dead.
In the same block, a negro woman, Georgia
Ruby, was found dead Friday.
Funeral services over the body of Louis H.
Myers will be held Sunday afternoon at Villa Ridge cemetery. The
body of the late Mr.
Myers will be forwarded from Toledo tonight and will
come south on No. 1 from St. Louis tomorrow. The remains
will not be brought to Cairo however, arrangements having
been made to stop at Villa Ridge.
A special Illinois Certain will leave the Illinois Central station
at 4:30 p.m. Sunday and will proceed to Villa Ridge to meet
funeral party from Toledo.
Safford Lodge No. 67 I. O. O. F. will conduct the services at the
grave. Friends of the family are invited.
E. A. Burke has charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Albert Danneker, a bride of eight months, formerly Miss Cassie
Travers, of
Cairo, died at her home in Mounds at 4:30 o'clock this
morning after an illness of some length. She was born in
Cairo and went with her parents to Mounds at an early
age. She is the wife of Albert
Danneker, a switchman in the Illinois Central yards at that place.
Surviving the deceased are the husband, mother and father, Mr. and
Mrs. John Travers,
two sisters, Mrs. Ed
Raub and Mrs. Edna
Scheuling, and a
brother, John Travers,
all of Mounds.
Service will be held Wednesday morning at St. Raphael's Catholic
Church at Mounds, with interment at St. Mary's
Cemetery. The time will be announced later.
Karcher
Brothers have charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Cecilia Clements,
of Anna, Ill., wife of Charles A.
Clements, who was
brought to Cairo Monday, June 17, for treatment and
operation for gallstones, died Saturday night at 9:30
o'clock at the infirmary. Her husband and family were at
the bedside.
The body was taken to
Karcher Brothers undertaking parlors and prepared for
removal to Anna. It was taken to Anna on the 11:45 Illinois
Central train. Funeral services were held at Anna today.
The remains of the late Louis H.
Myers were buried in Villa Ridge cemetery Sunday evening, beside the
grave of his wife. The funeral services were held under the
auspices of Safford Lodge of Odd Fellows of which he was a
member and Frank E.
Thurman and W. H.
Gibson, officiated. Pallbearers selected from the order were Hugh
Davis, J. W.
Corn, J. D.
Johnson, J. A. Cox,
Walter Priddy and
W. G. Gill.
It was a coincidence that the horse which was his faithful servant
and companion for so many years in Cairo should have drawn
his body to its last earthly resting place in the
cemetery. The animal is now owned by J. F.
Sawyer, the
sexton.
Many Johnson County people knew Uncle John
Dempsey, of Creal Springs, who died last week, 100 years old lacking
4 days—the oldest person in Williamson County. He had been
married 13 times and could not remember all of his wives'
names. His last matrimonial venture was when he was 95. He
lived with her three weeks and gave her $500 and a sewing
machine to separate. Uncle John had been in Burnside many
times, was a peculiar character. He tried hard to reach the
century make and came near succeeding.
INFANT SON OF W.
W. PRITCHETT BURIED
William Walter, Jr., aged 16 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Pritchett, of
2600 Sycamore Street, died Saturday evening at 4 o'clock of
summer complaint. The remains were taken this morning to
Dexter, Mo., where they were buried today.
Mr. Pritchett is
bookkeeper for the
McKnight-Kenton
Grocery Company.
VIENNA, Ill., June 24—One of the most shocking deaths this
community has ever known occurred Sunday when Mrs. James
Hester died of hydrophobia. Eight weeks ago Mrs.
Hester was bitten
on the hand by a cat. As the cat had shown no symptoms of
rabies no specific treatment was taken to prevent that
disease. Although the hand became very sore and the patient
suffered severely, the sore healed and recovery seemed
almost complete when about a week ago symptoms of
hydrophobia appeared.
For the last week her sufferings were very great. So great that
for five or six days she was kept under the influence of
medicine. She died Sunday at 3 a.m.
Danenker—Died,
Mrs. Albert Danneker at her home in Mounds Monday, June 24. The funeral will be
held in Mounds Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at St.
Raphael's Catholic Church, Rev. Father
Techlenberg to
officiate. The funeral cortege will leave the house, 305
No. Delaware Street, at 8:50 for the church. Interment will
be made at St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends of the family
invited to attend.
(Her marker in St. Mary Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Cassie wife of A. J.
Danneker Born Jan. 5, 1898 Died June 24, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Jerry Morrow, aged 60
years, died Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock in St. Louis,
where he has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. L. A.
Fox, for some
time. He was formerly a well-known and popular motorman for
the Cairo Electric and Traction Company and everyone knew
"Jerry" who has been retired for some years. He leaves
surviving him his wife, Mrs. Ellen
Morrow, a
daughter, Mrs. L. A.
Fox, and a son, John
Morrow, of Cairo.
The remains will be brought to Cairo arriving tonight and taken to
his home 627 Sixteenth Street.
The funeral arrangements will be announced later. Karcher Brothers are in charge of the arrangements.
(Jeremiah Morrow married
Helen Hanrahan on
12 May 1881, in Alexander Co., Ill.
His marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Jeremiah
Morrow Born April 1, 1856 Died June 24, 1918
Father.—Darrel Dexter)
We, your committee duly appointed at a special meeting of the
Trustees of the Orphan Asylum of Southern Illinois at Cairo
held June 18th, A.D. 1918, do place on record our sincere
and heartfelt sorrow, for the loss of our co-trustee and
secretary, called from us at the height of his usefulness
and on the eve of a new era in the life of the asylum,
brought about largely by his faithfulness and devotion to
the cause of the fatherless, and untiring efforts on behalf
of the orphan.
Mr. McFarland, since his
connection with this work of charity, has been most generous
and active, never failing to give his help actively and
financially whenever needed.
We hereby, by a rising vote, express our appreciation of all his
good deeds for the Orphan's Home and our respect for him as
a good citizen, a Christian gentleman, and devoted husband
and father, always at the front in public duty, and faithful
to the work entrusted to him.
To his devoted wife and daughter, we extend our tender sympathy and
indeed hope they may find consolation in his goodness and
his enviable record to those in affliction and distress.
Our secretary is instructed to furnish a copy of these proceedings
to the family and the public press.
On Wednesday last, June 19, our little community (Villa Ridge) was
saddened by the news of the death at 2:30 p.m. of Mrs. Sarah
Lewis, wife of
Maj. S. O. Lewis,
Sr., of this place, at the age of 71 years. She had been in
failing health for the past year, but until the last few
months, all had hoped she might still be spared many happy
and useful years.
Surrounded by her devoted family—husband—four sons and two
daughters, she followed the beckoning hand and went to
rest—peacefully—like a babe going to sleep.
Funeral services were held at the Congregational Church, where Rev.
Galvin, of
Mounds, gave in appropriate words, a most touching and
tender tribute to the life and memory of the deceased.
The day was ideal and the church decorated by loving hands, with
ferns and potted plants, was filled with sorrowing relatives
and friends.
A profusion of exquisite flowers dumbly testified to the esteem to
which she was held in her home town, where her gentle
presence will be missed and most to by those who knew her
best.
We extend our thanks and appreciation to our friends who kindly
assisted us during the illness and death of our dear wife
and mother, also for the many beautiful floral offerings and
the kind and sympathetic remarks of the pastor.
Morrow—Died,
Monday, June 24, in St. Louis, Jerry
Morrow, aged 60
years. Funeral services will be held at St. Patrick’s
Church Thursday afternoon, June 27, conducted by Rev. Father
James J. Downey.
Funeral cortege will leave the residence, 627
Sixteenth Street, at 2 o'clock for the church, where
services will be at 2:15. A special train will leave
Fourteenth and Ohio at 2:45 for Villa Ridge where interment
will be made. Friends invited.
Entered into rest, June 27, 1917, Mrs. A.
Hoag, age 68, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John A.
Miller, Jr., 221
9th Street. Services will be conducted at the residence by
Rev. Father J. J.
Downey, Thursday, at 3 p.m., June 27, 1918. The remains
will be taken to Olmstead on the 3:40 p.m. Big Four
train. Interment will be in Mount Zion Cemetery, Olmstead,
Ill.
Mrs. Victorine Hoag,
aged 68 years, for the past 35 years a resident of Cairo and
native of southern Illinois, died at 5:45 Tuesday evening at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. John A.
Miller, Jr., of
Ninth Street. She had been ill for several months with
hardening of the arteries. She was the wife of Albert
Hoag.
The deceased was born at Caledonia, Illinois, and spent her entire
life in the part of the state. She married
twice. Surviving her are the husband, Albert
Hoag, two
daughters, Mrs. J. A.
Miller, Jr., of Cairo, and Mrs. J. J.
Fisher, of Little
Rock. Ark., one son by her former marriage, W. D.
Barnes, of
Moline, two sister, Mrs. Mary
Moore, of Grand
Chain, and Mrs. Annie
Carson, of Artex, Ark.
Funeral services will be conducted at the
Miller residence 221 Ninth Street, Thursday afternoon, Rev. Father
Downey
officiating. Interment will take place at Caledonia, the
remains to be removed Olmsted on the Big Four at 3:45.
E. A. Burke has charge
of arrangements.
(Thomas C. Hough married
Alice Barnes on
18 Jan 1879, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Thursday, 27 Jun
1918:
J. R. West, a negro,
working at the Illinois Lumber Company, dropped dead of
heart failure in the lumber yard Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. He was working with a number of other men at
the time and made no complaint of illness before dropping to
the earth. When his fellow workmen reached him, he was
unable to speak and died at once.
A coroner’s jury empaneled by Coroner Samuel
Dodds returned a verdict of heart failure.
The body was removed to Mound City, where
West has resided.
The dead man was apparently in good health and has been for
the past two months, for which period he has been working at
the lumber yard.
Mrs. Delphine Holderby
died Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. E. R.
Godden, in Denver, Colo.
A message to this effect was received Wednesday night
by her daughter, Mrs. W. L.
Rutter.
Mrs. Holderby was the
wife of A. Holderby
and was 68 years of age.
She has been practically an invalid for the past year
following a paralytic stroke and a month ago went west with
her daughter. No
word was received in Cairo that she was in a critical
condition and the news of her death was unexpected.
She was a well-known Cairo resident and had lived
here for many years.
She leaves surviving her two daughters, Mrs. J. M.
Rutter, of Cairo,
Mrs. E. R. Rodden,
of Denver, and three sons, Rev. William
Holderby, a
chaplain in the army at Galveston, Texas, Captain Robert
Holderby, of Camp
Grant, Rockford, Ill., and Capt. Ben
Holderby, stationed at Dallas, Texas.
Her husband, who also survives her, is in Chicago in a sanatorium
Funeral arrangements cannot be announced until later.
WASHINGTON, June 28—A marine casualty list issued today contains 50
names, among which are those of Sergt. Thomas P.
Arnett, Christopher, Ill., and Private William
Moss, Mt. Vernon, Ill., killed in action.
WASHINGTON, June 27—The army casualty list today contained 80
names, among them that of Private William
James,
Springerton, Ill., died of wounds.
We desire to extend our thanks to the friends who extended their
sympathy and sent beautiful flowers on the death of our son
and brother, Jerry
Morrow.
Rainy Woody, a
13-year-old negro boy living at Thirty-second Street and
Commercial Avenue, was drowned in the Ohio River at the foot
of Twenty-sixth Street Thursday afternoon at about 4
o'clock. The boy was swimming with a number of others
when he suddenly began struggling to keep his head above
water. It is thought he may have been seized with the
cramps. The river was dragged at the point where he
disappeared and the body recovered at 5:30. It was
taken to the home of his parents.
Private Randall Mattingly,
former Charleston High School football star and member of
the local track team in 1915-16, was killed in action with
the United States Marines in France on June 17, says the
Charleston
Enterprise-Courier.
Mattingly
was about twenty years old and had been in France since
early in April. He enlisted in the Marine Corps
through the local postmaster last summer, shortly after the
death of his mother, and received his training at Paris
Island, S.C. In his company at the training camp and
later in France were Harry
Lee, another Charleston football man, Wert
Gwaltney, former manager of the Standard Oil station and Otis
Josyln, son of
Mr. and Mrs. O. W.
Josyln.
At the beginning of the war, young
Mattingly wanted to enlist for service, but at the request of his
mother, who was then in ill health, he abandoned his plans.
His mother died in August, and shortly afterward he applied
for enlistment in the marines and was accepted. After
his enlistment, his father, a traveling salesman, removed to
Cape Girardeau, and that city was given as
Mattingly's home in the casualty list.
Besides his father, young
Mattingly is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Gray, who lives
in Cape Girardeau and two brothers, Jack, who lives at
Carbondale, Ill., and Paul, who resides with Mrs.
Gray.
We wish to thank our friends for their kind assistance in our late
bereavement, the death of our dear baby. Their
sympathy at all times has been a great comfort to us.
William E. Jones, aged
66 years, died at St. Mary's Infirmary at 1 o'clock this
morning after an illness of seven or eight months. The
remains were removed to the residence of his son, Frederick
B. Jones, 1313
Walnut Street.
He leaves five sons, Clyde F.
Jones, Fred B.
Jones, Roy
Jones, Charles E.
Jones and Claude H. Jones.
The last named now fighting somewhere in France.
The remains were removed to Benton, Ky., this evening at 5:40
o'clock. Funeral services will be held at Benton with
interment in Palmer Cemetery Sunday, June 30.
Funeral arrangements are in charge of E. A.
Burke, undertaker.
We wish to thank our friends for their kind assistance in our late
bereavement, the death of our beloved wife and mother, Mrs.
Albert Hoag.
Their help to us during her illness and their sympathy at
all times has been a great comfort to us.
H. C. Mulcahy is
reported to be very low at his home near Willard and his
recovery is regarded as a matter of grave doubt.
WASHINGTON, July 1—The army casualty list today contained 49 names,
among them being Corporal John Henry
Dorman, Jr., East
St. Louis, Ill., died in action, and Corporal Jesse F.
Hubbs, Lamb,
Ill., severely wounded.
H. C. Mulcahy died at
1:30 o'clock this morning at his home near Willard,
following an illness from Bright's disease and other
complications. He had been confined to his bed for
about ten days.
He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Minnie
Foster and six
children. The deceased was a son of the late James H.
Mulcahy and one
brother, E. P.
Mulcahy of St. Louis, and a sister, Mrs. L. C.
Ricks, of Mounds,
are all that remain of the family.
The funeral services will be held Thursday, July 4. The
remains will leave his home at 12:30 noon for interment in
Bumgard Cemetery at 2 p.m. E. A.
Burke,
undertaker, has charge of the funeral arrangements.
(James H. Mulcahy
married Nancy A. M.
Burress on 13 Jan 1870, in Alexander Co., Ill.
His marker in Baumgard Cemetery reads:
Henry C.
Mulcahy Born July 16, 1873 Died July 2, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
WASHINGTON, July 2—The army casualty list today contained 81 names,
among them being Sergt. Benjamin H.
Lewis, of
Centralia, wounded severely.
Mrs. L. E. Boyce, of
Charleston, Mo., died at the age of 27 years, at St. Mary's
Infirmary, at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. She is the
wife of L. E. Boyce, of Charleston, and was formerly Miss Roxie
Mattingly.
Surviving her are her husband, a daughter, four weeks old, and her
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
Mattingly, of
Charleston, three brothers and two sisters.
The remains were prepared for burial at
Karcher Brothers, undertakers, who drove with the body to
Charleston, Mo., this morning on the 7:30 trip of the
Pete Langan. The relatives also accompanied the body in
automobiles.
Funeral services will be held at Charleston Thursday afternoon,
July 4. Interment will take place there.
Noble M. Cunningham,
meteorologist for the U. S. Weather Bureau, died at Red
Bluff, Calif., on May 19, according to word received in
Cairo through the service. Mr.
Cunningham was in charge of the local weather bureau about ten years
ago.
Charles Meshew, aged 33
years, died Thursday morning at 2 o'clock at St. Mary’s
Infirmary of tuberculosis. The deceased is well known
as a news agent by Cairo people, and had been in that
business here for a number of years. His health failed
him gradually. The body was taken to the E. A.
Burke undertaking
parlors and prepared for burial. The remains were
removed to Paducah, Ky., this morning, where interment will
take place at Oak Grove Cemetery.
(Walter E.
Hight, 23, of Wetaug, Ill., farmer, born in Wetaug,
Pulaski Co., Ill., son of Alexander
Hight and Matilda Williams,
married Cora E.
Heater, 16, of Mound City, born in Wetaug, Ill.,
daughter of Martin Heater and Leah E. Hartman,
on 22 Apr 1894, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery near Wetaug reads:
Ruby V. Hight
Born May 9, 1918 Died July 5, 1919—Darrel
Dexter)
FORMER MOUND CITY BOY KILLED
IN ACTION
Curtis Disbenet, son of
Edward Disbenet, Has Uncles There
MOUND CITY, Ill.,
July 10—Curtis
Disbenet, whose name appeared recently in the marine
casualty list as killed in action, is a former Mound City
boy, and has two uncles now living here.
He, with his
parents, resided in Mound City until five or six years ago,
when the family removed to Memphis. His father is
Edward Disbenet.
Thomas Disbenet
and J. E. Beaver,
both of Mound City, are uncles of the dead hero.
(Thomas
Disbennett, 20, married Maggie
Thurston, 15, on
1 Dec 1900, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
J. W. VICKERS, BARLOW
POSTMASTER, IS DEAD
BARLOW, Ky., July
10—Postmaster J. W.
Vickers, of Barlow, died at his home in this city at
3:50 p.m. July 7, Sunday after an illness. The
deceased was a resident of Barlow for the past 30 years and
was 69 years of age at his death. He held the office
of postmaster here for the past 16 years.
A wife, daughter,
Mrs. Ida Edwards,
and granddaughter, Mary
Edwards, survive
the deceased.
Thursday, 11 Jul 1918:
MATTHEW T. WALSH DIES THIS
RMONGIN
Former Cairo Man Passes Away
Suddenly at Home in East St. Louis
Matthew T.
Walsh died
suddenly at his home in East St. Louis this morning at 10:30
o'clock after a paralytic stroke. He formerly lived in
Cairo, where he was a number of years ago agent for the Iron
Mountain Railway. He was at the time of his death
connected with the Wabash Railroad with headquarters in St.
Louis. He was well known in Cairo.
He was a brother
of the late Pierce P.
Walsh and Frank T.
Walsh, of Cairo, and Martin
Walsh, who resides in Tennessee, and a father of James
C. Walsh, of Chicago, and Mrs. Leon
Gilbert, formerly Miss Jessie
Walsh, of Oklahoma. Mrs. Niles
Schuh, of Cairo,
is a granddaughter.
The funeral
arrangements have not been definitely announced but it is
though probable that the remains will be brought to Villa
Ridge for interment.
Friday, 12 Jul 1918:
MATTHEW WALSH TO BE BURIED AT
VILLA RIDGE
The remains
of Matthew T. Walsh,
who died at his home in East St. Louis Thursday morning,
will be brought to Villa Ridge for interment at Calvary
Cemetery arriving Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
Funeral services were held at East St. Louis this
afternoon.
EVANSVILLE MAN DIES PRAYING
FOR U. S. VICTORY
EVANSVILLE, Ill.,
July 12—With a prayer on his lips for victory for the
Americans in the present war, Conrad C.
Reichert, 80
years old, veteran of the Civil War and former businessman
died here Thursday.
Saturday, 13 Jul 1918:
I. C. PASSENGER CHIEF DIED OF
HEART DISEASE
Samuel G. Hatch Passenger
Traffic Manager Dead
Dispatches were
received from Chicago yesterday by railroad officials here
announcing the sudden death of Samuel G.
Hatch, passenger
traffic manager of the Illinois Central Railroad. He
was stricken with heart disease while conversing with
General Passenger Agent H. J.
Phelps in the
office of that official at Chicago headquarters. For
some time past Hatch had made his headquarters at Atlanta as a member of the
Southern Lines Passenger Committee. For many years he
resided in St. Louis during his early railroad career and
was connected with the Cotton Belt Railroad passenger
departments. He served the Illinois Central as passenger
traffic chief for over twenty years.
Tuesday, 16 Jul 1918:
FORMER CREAL GIRL'S CHILD
STRUCK BY AUTO
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Bateman Severely Injured at Alton
The little son of
Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Bateman was run over by an automobile truck while
playing the street near his home in Alton Saturday. He
was severely injured and fears are entertained that fatality
may result.
Mrs. Bateman
was a former Creal girl and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Logan
Randolph.
FORMER MOUND CITY WOMAN DIES
MONDAY
Mrs. Fred Edmonds Passes Away
at Home in Denver, Colo.
Mrs. Fred
Edmonds passed
away at her home in Denver, Colo., at 9:25 o'clock Monday
morning after a lingering illness of asthma. Mrs.
Edmonds was 43
years of age and was formerly Miss Agnes
Williams, of
Mound City, where she was born and raised. She was a
graduate from the Mound City high school and was a
cultivated musician.
She was married in Paducah, Ky., where her father,
Capt. Michael Williams, resides. She is survived by her father, her husband
and two children, Margaret and Herbert. She also
leaves three sisters, Mrs. E. J.
Stuart, 625
Thirty-fourth Street, Mrs. Joseph A.
Lutz, of Mound
City, Mrs. J. J.
Rohan, of St. Louis, and two brothers, Edward
Williams, of
O'Leary, Ohio, and Sergt. Joseph E.
Williams, who is
with the U. S. truck service at Fort Armistead, Baltimore,
Md.
Mrs. Stuart
and Mrs. Lutz left this morning for Paducah to be with their father. The
funeral arrangements have not been announced.
(Michael
Williams married Mary Ella
Fitzgerald on 25
Jan 1874, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Joseph Anthony
Lutz, 30, butcher, born in Mound City, son of Anton
Lutz and
Kresanzia Moser,
married Lena Francis
Williams, 22, born in Mound City, daughter of Michael
Williams and Mary
E. Fitzgerald, on
5 Jun 1901, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
James J. Rohan,
29, manufacturer, born in St. Louis, Mo., son of John
Rohan and
Christina Lortz,
married Margaret B.
Williams 21, born in Mound City, daughter of Michael
Williams and Mary
E. Fitzgerald, on
7 Jun 1899, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
ILLINOIS MARINES KILLED IN
ACTION
Corporal Also Wounded,
According to Army List
WASHINGTON, July
16—The army casualty list today showed a total of 100 names,
including Corporal Herbert H.
Miller, Raymond,
Ill., severely wounded.
The Marine Corps casualty list today contained 887
names, including John A.
Maxfield, Palmara, Ill., and Henry E.
Fisher, O’Fallon, Ill, both killed in action.
Wednesday, 17 Jul 1918:
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Fred
Edmonds of
Denver, Colo. Mrs.
Edmonds will be
remembered as Miss Agnes
Williams, being a
daughter of Mr.
Williams, of Paducah. She was born and reared in
Mound City and was a sister of Mrs. Joseph
Lutz and Mrs.
Edward Stewart,
of Cairo. (Mound City)
Thursday, 18 Jul 1918:
CYPRESS BOY IN CASUALTY LIST
In the marine
casualty list published yesterday was the name of Realis C.
Kiestler, of
Cypress, Ill., killed in action.
Friday, 19 Jul 1918:
OLD RESIDENT OF MOUND CITY
DIES
Miss Mary O'Hara Passes Away
Late Thursday Afternoon
Miss Nona
O'Hara died at
her home in Mound City Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock,
following an illness of several months. She was born
in Mound City in 1865 and has always lived there. She
was the daughter of the late Mrs. Mary
O’Hara and leaves a sister, Mrs. Hal
Reed, and two brothers, Ed
O'Hara, of Mound City, and William
O’Hara who is now
in Morgan City, Ala. William
O'Hara has recently returned from France, where he was sent after
signing up for ship building service.
Miss O’Hara
was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church from where the
funeral will be held. The arrangements are not
announced at this time, as it is not known when her brother
may arrive from Alabama.
DEATH CLAIMS OLD RESIDENT OF
CAIRO
John Sullivan Passed Away
Early This Morning
John
Sullivan, one of
the oldest residents of Cairo, passed away at 5 o'clock this
morning, at his home, No. 234 Twelfth Street, after an
illness of about two weeks. Pneumonia developed and
death finally came as a relief to end his suffering.
Mr. Sullivan
was 78 years of age and had been a resident of Cairo since
the early fifties. He came to Cairo directly upon his
arrival in this country from Ireland and has remained here
ever since. He was a hardworking man in his early
years and accumulated some means which he invested in Cairo
property. For the past thirty years he has devoted his
time to looking after these real estate interests. He
was always a firm believer in Cairo's future.
Mr. Sullivan
is survived by his widow and five children, Mrs. T. G.
Cowley, of East
St. Louis, who was called here by his serious illness, Mrs.
T. L. Karcher, of
Cairo, Daniel
Sullivan, of Denver, Colo., William and Miss Katherine
Sullivan, of
Cairo.
Funeral services will probably be held Sunday at St.
Patrick’s Church of which he was a member and the body will
be taken to Calvary Cemetery Villa Ridge for interment.
(John Sullivan
married Nancy
Hair on 20 Oct 1862, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Thomas Cowley married Mary Sullivan
on 3 Oct 1888, in Alexander Co., Ill.
His marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
John Sullivan
Born June 21, 1844 Died July 19, 1918 Father.—Darrel
Dexter)
Saturday, 20 Jul 1918:
J. S. CHAPMAN DIES EARLY THIS
MORNING
J. S.
Chapman, aged 53
years, died at St. Mary's Infirmary this morning at 1:30
o'clock. Mr.
Chapman was well known in Cairo where he has many
friends. The remains were taken to
Burke's undertaking parlors from where they will be shipped Sunday
on the Illinois Central to Vandalia. The funeral will
be held in Vandalia at the home of Mrs. Barney
Brannon, sister
of the deceased. Interment will be made at South Hill
cemetery.
CORP. N. D. HUMPRHEY SEVERELY
WOUNDED
Corporal Naylor
B. Humphrey, of
Wickliffe, has been severely wounded in action, according to
a message received by his father this morning. He is
with the Thirtieth Infantry, Company D. Before joining
the army, Corporal
Humphrey was correspondent for
The Citizen.
COBDEN BOY HAS BEEN SEVERELY
WOUNDED
Washington, July
20—The army casualty list today showed a total of 120 names,
including Fred W.
Elftman, of Maywood, Ill., missing in action, and Claude
W. Horn, of
Cobden, Ill., wounded severely.
(He survived his wounds and a marker in Cobden
Cemetery reads:
Claud W. Horn
Born Feb. 22, 1897 Died July 24, 1924 Illinois Cpl. Sup Co 9
Infantry World War I PH—Darrel
Dexter)
FUNERAL NOTICE
Sullivan—Died: John Sullivan,
Friday morning, June 19, at his home, 234 Twelfth Street.
The funeral cortege will leave the residence at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon for St. Patrick's Church, where services
will be held, conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Downey, at 2:15
o'clock. A special Illinois Central train will leave
Fourteenth and Ohio streets at 2:45 for Villa Ridge, where
interment will be made at Calvary Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be Messrs. Mark
Kain, John
Hogan, Mike
Kilmartin, Dave Meehan,
Mike Hart, Dave
Barry, John Barry, P. T.
Langan, Dick
Jones, Mike O'Shea, Mikle
O'Donnell and
Andrew Whitcamp.
Monday, 22 Jul 1918:
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend
our thanks to the friends and neighbors who were so kind to
us during the illness and death of our beloved mother,
Margaret Atherton,
of Karnak, Ill.
The children:
Alice Walker
Sarah Hennington
Victoria Schlafer
Henry Chaney
(M. P.
Walker married
Mrs. Margaret
Atherton on 17 Jul 1889, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Tuesday, 23 Jul 1918:
ILLINOIS MAN SHOT AND KILLED
DURING QUARREL
BENTON, Ill, July
12—Following a quarrel at Ziegler, Albert
Druary shot Christie Bush,
aged 33, in the back of the head, killing him instantly.
Druary was
brought to Benton and placed in jail.
LIEUT. CHARLES L. TWISS AMONG
CASUALTIES
Lieut. Charles
Lee Twiss, of
Shelbyville, Ill., was among the severely wounded in
Monday's casualty list. Lieut.
Twiss was a Cairo
linotype operator when he joined his company C, of
Shelbyville, in the Fourth regiment. He had worked for a
morning paper here, and when Cloyce
Dixon, operator of The Citizen
left, Mr. Twiss
came to take his place on this paper. He was well
liked by all of his associates, who will hope to hear of his
recovery from his wounds.
GIRL DROWNS LEAPING FROM
SKIFF
EVANSVILLE, Ind.,
July 23—Miss Myrtle
Furlow, 17 years old, was drowned in the Ohio River near
here and a companion, Miss Addie
Bruher, narrowly
escaped when they attempted to jump from a skiff to a barge.
OLNEY, ILL., BOY SEVERELY
INJURED
WASHINGTON, July
23—The casualty list today contained 105 names. Among
the severely wounded was John I.
Herman, of Olney,
Ill.
FRED RIDDLE DIES AT HOME IN
MOUNDS
Fred
Riddle, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Newton
Riddle, of 316 Ninth Street, died about 7 o'clock last
evening at his home in Mounds. The end came suddenly
after about five weeks’ illness. Mr.
Riddle has
resided in Mounds for the past eight years, where he had a
large circle of friends.
Mr. Riddle
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace
Riddle, his
father, and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Newton
Riddle, of this
city, and three sisters, Miss Anna
Riddle, of St.
Louis, Miss Mayme
Riddle, of Cairo, and Mrs. Nona
Hill, of Cairo.
He was 36 years of age and was born in Dexter, Mo. The
funeral will be held at Mounds tomorrow morning at 10:00
after which the remains will be removed to Anna, the home of
his wife's parents, for burial.
(His marker in Anna City Cemetery reads:
Fred Riddle
1882-1918 Grace
Riddle his wife 1885-1958.—Darrel
Dexter)
GEORGE B. BAKER'S SON WAS
DROWNED IN THE OHIO RIVER
Lad Lost His Life Tuesday
Evening While in Swimming on the Kentucky Beach
WAS MEMBER OF BOY SCOUT
CAMPING PARTY
Companion, and Rev. Tomshany,
Scoutmaster, Barely Escaped in Effort to Save Him
The Presbyterian
Boy Scouts outing came to a sudden and tragic termination
yesterday afternoon between four and five o'clock in the
morning by the drowning of Rue Edward
Baker, 13-year
old son of attorney and Mrs. George B.
Baker, prominent
resident of this city.
Young Baker
with several other scouts were swimming in the Ohio River on
the Kentucky beach just opposite the Cairo Point only a
hundred yards from their camp site, under the care of Rev.
A. T. Tomshany,
pastor of the church, and scoutmaster of the troop.
The beach that had been carefully selected for their
swimming has been abandoned for a strip of beach several
hundred feet down the river, when a sunken barge had been
discovered with rusty spikes and sharp bits of rusty metal
and had caused the boys to fear cutting their feet.
Bounds had been set where the boys could swim in safety.
It was just outside these bounds that young
Baker lost his
life. It is thought that the spot where
Baker drowned was a sand pit where the
Halliday Sand Company had dredged a number of barge loads of sand
last year, since the natural slope of the entire beach and
the practically currentless river would not permit a step
off or such a depth.
When Baker
was discovered to be in distress, one of his companions,
Harold Hartley,
went to his assistance as well as did Rev.
Tomshany, the
latter, however, being handicapped because of his distance
from the scene and the fact that heavy over shoes and
clothes hampered his endeavors to rescue the drowning
boy, Rev. Tomshany
and young Hartley
themselves barely escaped drowning in their efforts to save
Baker.
The theory that cramps caused the boy to drown was
incorrect since the body was in a natural position, slightly
bent as if swimming when brought up.
M. C. Anderson,
a fisherman of East Cairo, recovered the body with a
trotline, after it has been laying an hour in ten feet of
water at the bottom of the river.
Young Baker
was just thirteen years of age and the only child.
Mr. Baker
and the fathers of several of the boys in the party went in
launches to the scene of the drowning where Dr.
Clarke worked
vainly in an attempt to resuscitate the body—a thing
impossible since the body had been in the water long before
the arrival of the physician.
The mother is prostrated with grief while the strain
upon the father and upon Rev.
Tomshany has been
very great.
The body of the lad was brought over to Cairo at 8
o'clock last evening and prepared for burial at
Burke's
undertaking establishment and this morning at 6:30 o'clock
it was taken to Golconda, their former home, on the Big Four
train, for burial.
The accident happened within twenty-four hours of the
time that the boys had expected to break camp and return to
Cairo after their ten days' outing.
Rev. Mr.
Tomshany had cautioned the boys each day that they must
obey the camp rules and yesterday morning impressed upon
them the necessity of obeying the rules. One of these
was that they should not go into the water before 4 o'clock
in the afternoon and another was that they must keep within
the bounds set. The hole where
Baker was drowned
was outside these bounds and was unknown to Mr.
Tomshany until he got into it in trying to rescue the lad.
The body was taken to Golconda, Ill., early this
morning, accompanied by the lad's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George B. Baker
and Mr. and Mrs. B. D.
Crum. The
funeral will be held tomorrow at 1 o'clock.
(George Brown
Baker married Della May
Williamson on 2
Nov 1898, in Pope Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Edward Fitzpatrick
died at Hamilton, Ohio. Mrs.
Fitzpatrick was
the wife of Edward
Fitzpatrick, former resident of Mound City.
LIEUT. TWISS WAS WOUNDED 14
TIMES
Lieut. Charles L.
Twiss reported
wounded in Monday's casualty list, will be seven or eight
weeks in the hospital, according to word received by his
father in Shelbyville. He received fourteen wounds.
A report was current in Cairo yesterday that Lieut.
Twiss had
succumbed of his wounds.
Thursday, 25 Jul 1918:
Mr. Fred Riddle passed
away at his home on Oak Street (Mound City) Tuesday night at
7 o'clock. Funeral services and burial took place in
Anna Thursday afternoon.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to
express our most grateful thanks to the Brotherhood and the
many friends of John Sherman
Chapman—to the
nurses who so tenderly cared for him in his last illness and
the friends who helped arrange for bringing him home.
We are very proud of the high esteem and of the true
friendships he formed while a citizen of your city.
Signed:
Mrs. M. E. Chapman
Miss Celia G. Chapman,
of 6155 Galbleton Place, St. Louis, Mo.
Miss Gertrude Chapman,
with the American Red Cross, Paris, France
Mrs. Barney Brannon,
Vandalia, Ill., mother and sisters of the deceased
(Barney
Brannon married Adeline
Chapman on 10 Jul
1898, in Fayette Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Friday, 26 Jul 1918:
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT BAKER
FUNERAL
Funeral services
over the remains of Rue Edward
Baker were held
from the home of his grandfather, Mr.
Williamson, in Golconda, Thursday afternoon. There was a very
large attendance, as the
Bakers have a
great many friends and relatives there, and there were loads
of flowers.
Mr. and Mrs.
Baker will return to Cairo tonight at 8 o'clock coming
by way of Paducah.
Harrisburg Man Passed Away at
St. Mary's Today
Peter
Albinger, a
resident of Harrisburg, who has been a patient at St. Mary's
Infirmary for the past four or five days, passed away this
morning about 6 o'clock. His body was prepared for
burial by Karcher
Brothers and will be sent to his home in Harrisburg over the
Big Four this afternoon.
OLMSTED SOLDIER SEVERELY
WOUNDED
Elmer Goins, Wounded Through
Accident, Casualty Report
WASHINGTON, July
26—The army casualty list today contained a total of 98
names, including Elmer
Goins, of
Olmsted, severely wounded in an accident.
(He survived his wounds and his marker in Ohio Chapel
Cemetery at Grand Chain reads:
Elmer Goins
1894-1953 Cook Co G 132 Inf. World War I.—Darrel
Dexter)
Saturday, 27 Jul 1918:
MRS. CORA HILL DIES IN
PADUCAH
Mrs. Cora
Hill died at her home in Paducah, Ky., Friday after a year's
illness. The remains will be brought to Cairo arriving here
tonight at 8 o'clock over the Illinois Central. They will
be taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E.
Hogan, 417 Cross
Street and later taken to Thebes where the funeral services
will be held Sunday. Interment will be made in the family
cemetery at Thebes.
Mrs.
Hill leaves
surviving her, her husband, T. J.
Hill, and
daughter, Miss Ethel A.
Hill, of Paducah
and a daughter, Mrs. J. E.
Hogan, of Cairo.
(Thomas J. Hill married
Cora J. Brown on
23 Mar 1888, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Elmer
Goins, an Olmsted
boy, was mentioned in yesterday's casualty list, as sent by
Gen. Pershing, as
severely wounded in an accident. Goins
was inducted into the National Army from the Mound City
local board and was sent to Camp Taylor. This is believed
to be the first mention in the casualty lists of anyone from
this vicinity in the National Army.
Washington, July
27—A total of 168 named, 64 of whom were killed in action,
were reported today. Among them is the name of Lieut.
Daniel W. Chapman,
severely wounded.
VIENNA, Ill.,
July 27—A telegram was received by Mr. and Mrs. P. T.
Chapman that
their son, Lieut. D.
Chapman, Co. B, 104 Inf., 26th Division, A. E. F. had
been severely wounded July 11. Lieut.
Chapman left for
France in January and has been in active service almost ever
since.
This is the second casualty among Johnson County boys. Will
Howell, another
Vienna boy, was slightly wounded a short time ago.
F. H.
Thurman died at
his home, No. 524 Eleventh Street, at 3:30 o'clock Sunday
afternoon. Death came suddenly, Mr.
Thurman having been up and around within fifteen minutes of his
demise. He had been in failing health for some time due to
the infirmities of age, but was able to visit his daughter
in Wickliffe only the week before.
Mr.
Thurman was 82
years of age on June 8th last. Born in Lincoln
County, Ky., he took up the printing trade when his father
removed to Louisville, starting first as a paper carrier and
then learning the trade. In 1858 he went to Hickman to
publish the Hickman
Observer. Later, he published the
Ballard Yeoman at
Wickliffe. For the past 26 years he has lived in Cairo with
his son. Part of this time he was connected with
The Citizen, both in the mechanical and editorial departments.
For a number of
years Mr. Thurman
has retired from active work, spending his time quietly at
his home on Eleventh Street or with his children in Ballard
County.
He is survived by
his son, Frank E.
Thurman, of Cairo, a daughter, Mrs. D. R.
Enlow, and a son,
Horace M. Thurman,
both of Wickliffe. A granddaughter, Miss Pearl
Enlow, of Wickliffe, and a grandson, Ira E.
Enlow, of Cairo, also survive.
Mr.
Thurman was a
member of Safford Lodge of Odd Fellows and of the Parthenia
Rebekah Lodge. He was also a member of the Cairo
Typographical Union. He was a good man and a useful
citizen.
Funeral services
were held at the family residence this noon, at 12:30
o'clock conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, and under
escort of fellow members of the I. O. O. F. and Rebekah
lodges, the remains were taken to Wickliffe on the 2 o'clock
ferry this afternoon.
Tuesday afternoon
funeral services will be held at the home of his daughter in
Wickliffe, and the remains will be laid at rest in the
Wickliffe Cemetery, beside the graves of his wife, who
passed away eight years ago, and of his son, Richard
Thurman.
An application
for a pardon or commutation of sentence has been made to the
State Pardon Board by William
Lampe, convicted
of murder in 1914. It was proven at the trial that he had
murdered Christian L.
Burk, at his home near Elco, in front of his (Burk's)
wife. It was also shown that the murder was
premeditated. This case in court at the time of the famous
Harvey Fields
murder trial and an interesting parallel was drawn at the
time between the decisions of the juries. The 21-year
sentence has over 15 years yet to run.
The application
will be acted upon at the next meeting of the board in
October.
Joseph
Hayes, a negro, was clubbed to death Sunday morning about 7 o'clock
by a negro known as Doc
Thomas. The
murder occurred at Roth's Crossing on the Thebes branch of
the Iron Mountain.
The cause of the
trouble is not known, but evidence introduced at the
coroner's jury yesterday evening proved conclusively that
the crime was committed without cause and was not
justified. The jury therefore recommended that the sheriff
apprehend Thomas
and hold him for the law to take its course.
A wire to James
H. Galligan, cashier of the Alexander County National Bank, today
stated that Mrs. Henry
Tideman had died
suddenly. Mr.
Tideman was in Chicago at the time
en route to Cairo,
and returned to Menominee, Mich., at once. The wire which
was from the company failed to five the details of her
death.
John
Struckmeyer,
proprietor of the Royal Bar at Mounds, died at his home in
that city Monday evening at 5 o'clock, after an illness of
several months. Mr.
Struckmeyer was born January 13, 1881, and at the time
of his death was 37 years of age.
The deceased is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie
Struckmeyer, his
three-year-old daughter, Sarah, a brother, Criss, living in
New Mexico, and a sister, Mary, residing in East St. Louis.
Funeral services
will be held at the home Thursday at 1:00 p.m. after which
the remains will be taken to Beech Grove for interment. It
will be a motor funeral, conducted by
Karcher Brothers.
The funeral of F.
H. Thurman, veteran newspaperman, held yesterday in Wickliffe, Ky., was
very largely attended. It was said to be the most
impressive funeral held in that city for some time, there
being friends of the deceased present from all over that
section of the country, as well as from Cairo.
Services were
conducted by the Odd Fellows in charge of the Hesperian
Lodge No. 62. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, of Cairo were
present, as were representatives of the Cairo Typographical
Union.
(This may be the
same person as William
Painter mentioned
in the 2 Aug 1918, issue.—Darrel
Dexter)
(This may be the
same person as William
Palmer mentioned
in the 1 Aug 1918, issue.—Darrel
Dexter)
Shortly before
the men were to report for the second roll call at 11:30
this morning, Lewis Simpson, No. 280, from Tamms, was shot and killed by Thomas
Ibory, another
negro from Tamms. The murder took place in front of the
office of the local board in the center of a crowd of about
a thousand drafted men and their friends and relatives.
It was a miracle
that no one else was injured, as three shots were
fired. The negro ran out Fifth Street towards the
Mississippi levee, closely pursued by some of the
registrants. He ran through a yard to Fourth Street and was
last seen going over the Mississippi levee through Solomon's
Junk Yard. He stopped as he went over the levee to reload
his gun. An automobile load of policemen set out over the
levee in pursuit. Sergt.
McKinney and
Patrolman Beard
were still searching for him at 1 o'clock.
So great was the
unrest among the negroes that it was impossible to call the
roll again and the morning count had to be used.
Various stories
as to the cause of the trouble were told, but the most
plausible one is that it was caused over the sweetheart of
the dead man.
When the roll was
called this morning, of the 297 men ordered to appear, all
were present, but 18, and two more put in their appearance
later.
At 6:30 this
morning, the negroes of the call, which exhausts Class 1
assembled at the offices of the local board and there
received the instructions. John L.
Jhoens was made captain of the outfit with five lieutenants.
They then marched
to the court house, where C. S.
Britton presided
at a meeting for them. He made a strong patriotic address,
and the introduced Dr. Samuel
Dodds, who told
the men of their moral responsibilities as soldiers. Mr.
Baker was unable
to be present, so Prof.
Singleton,
principal of the Sumner High school, was asked to lead the
men in a few songs. He then made a short address to the
men, urging them to remember the part that their ancestors
had played in American history and for them to do their part
in making the world free. His closing remark, "And I don't
want to see all you men come back privates," brought a
mighty volume of applause from the new soldiers. After the
speaking, the men were allowed to disperse until 11:30 when
they will assemble again for entrainment.
Miss Hattie
Hawley died at her home in Mound City at 6 o'clock this
morning. The cause of her death was attributed to a nervous
breakdown due to overwork. She was employed in the office
of the Electric Light and Water Company, where she has been
for a number of years. Miss
Hawley was
thirty-eight years of age and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. H. Hawley.
She was a member
of the Methodist Church and the Rebekah Lodge and was a
popular, well known young woman having many friends in
Cairo. She is
survived by her mother and a sister, Mrs. C. E.
Richie, of Mound
City. The
funeral arrangements will be announced later.
(Robert H.
Hawley married Mary A. Boren
on 6 Sep 1876, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
John W.
O'Connell, who lived in this city many years ago, died yesterday
morning at his home in St. Louis about 10 o'clock. He is a
brother of Mrs. Mary
Fitzgerald, of 415 Walnut Street.
Mr.
O'Connell came
here shortly after the Civil War and was a successful sign
and house painter.
He moved to St. Louis in the early 70s and engaged in
the same business. He was very successful there and soon
became very wealthy.
He was 76 years
of age at the time of his death, caused by hardening of the
arteries.
(Daniel
Fitzgerald married Mary
O’Connell on 2 Sep 1867, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
According to a
letter received by Charles
Dalton, of Olive
Branch, his son, Frank
Dalton is in a
hospital in France, severely wounded. Dalton
had a leg shot off and his left hand wounded. Dalton is in the draft and went to Camp Taylor from here.
A merry swimming
party was brought to a tragic end last evening shortly after
8 o'clock when Harry
Hine, a member of the party came to his death. The party
composed of O. W.
Brey, his wife and son, Milton, Miss Ethel
Dawson, Mrs. Etta
Jones, Mrs.
William B. Brey,
and small daughter, and the deceased, Harry
Hine.
According to Mr.
O. W. Brey, the
party went out the Tenth Street road to the Mississippi
River and there planned to spend the evening concluding with
a big picnic supper. He and young
Hine had waded around in the water before they had allowed anyone
else to enter the river. They had found the water not
to be over waist deep. About two hours after their arrival,
Milton Brey called to his father for help. He had on a pair of water
wings, but these, in some manner, had become tangled and
were useless. The father could tell at a glance that
the boy was in deep water and was drowning. He rushed
to his aid, but soon became exhausted, although he is a very
good swimmer.
Seeing the
predicament, the other two were in, young
Hine swam to them
and Brey, seeing
that he was merely hindering the other two and about to
drown himself, in some manner reached the shore, where he
lay exhausted some time. By this time the strong
Mississippi current was pulling Milton and Harry far down
stream. Harry finally succeeded in adjusting young
Brey's wings, but
the strain was too great on
Hine, who had
suffered from heart trouble and asthma. They soon
reached a bar but it was
Brey that was
doing his utmost to save
Hine now.
Meanwhile the
party had gone for help and returned with Ralph
Koonce and George
Blough, who
succeeded in pulling the boys ashore. It is not believed
that Hine was drowned because he was never underwater as
Brey succeeded in
holding him up all the time after he became exhausted.
The pulmoter at Fire Station No. 1 had been sent for, but
whoever had been entrusted with this important mission
failed to reach there, according to the firemen.
The coroner’s
jury rendered a verdict this morning that he "came to his
death thru exhaustion from his efforts to rescue a drowning
person."
The deceased is
survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Hine, of 3307
Highland Avenue, a sister, Miss Louis
Hine, a student
in the Cairo high school, and two brothers, Roland, with the
Marines in the front line trenches, and Maurice, a sophomore
in the high school.
Funeral services
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family
residence, 3307 Highland Avenue, conducted by Rev. Curwin
Henley, pastor of
the Tigert Memorial Church. Interment will be made at
Beech Grove.
Burke is in charge of the funeral.
The flag on the
Armory was flying at half-mast today out of respect for the
deceased, who was clerk of Co. D, Ninth Inf., I. N. G.
Alex
Miller, brother
of Mrs. Edward
Rubenacker, of 3201 Elm Street, is reported killed in
action in France, according to a message received by his
sister Monday. The young man is well known in Cairo.
Mrs. Margaret
Vick, aged 73 years, died Saturday morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John
White, at Elco.
Death came after
a period of failing health for the past three years.
Mrs.
Vick was the
widow of George Vick,
formerly of Mill Creek, who died 18 years ago.
Surviving her are eight children, Mrs. Mattie
Dillow and Clyde
Vick, of Mill
Creek, Mrs. Edna
Dillow, Will and Henry
Vick, of Delta,
Mrs. Ida Whitaker,
of Miller City, Sidney
Vick, of Marion,
Ill., and Mrs. John
White, of Elco.
Funeral services
were held Monday afternoon at the Baptist church of which
she was a member, conducted by the Rev. Will
Lockard and
burial was in Vick Cemetery at Mill Creek.
(George W.
McCrite married Margaret
McCrite on 2 Mar 1862, in Alexander Co., Ill.
James Adam
Dillow married Martha Alice
Vick on 24 Apr
1895, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Robert Otto
Dillow married Edna Irene
Vick on 9 Oct
1898, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Her marker in Vick Cemetery near Mill Creek reads:
Margareta Vick
Born Dec. 9, 1844 Died Aug. 4, 1918.
Our mother has gone to a mansion of rest, To a
glorious land by the Deity blest.—Darrel
Dexter)
Hine—Died:
August 7—Harry E.
Hine, aged 21. Funeral services will be conducted
at home of parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Hine, 3307 Highland Avenue, at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 7, by
Rev. Corwin Henley,
pastor of the Southern Methodist Church. Special
interurban train will leave Thirty-fourth and Highland at
2:30 for interment at Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends of
the family are invited.
According to a
letter received by his mother, Mrs. Susie
Allen, of 509
Center Street, Sgt. Claude
Allen, U. S. M.
C., has been wounded in France. The letter was written
June 30, while he was in a hospital, where he states he had
been for three weeks. He does not state the extent of
his injuries, but says he will be "up and at 'em" in a short
while. His relatives had not seen his name in the
casualty list nor had they received any notification from
the War Department. Young
Allen was a
sergeant in Co. 78 Sixth Regiment U. S. M. C.
Washington, Aug.
7—In the Marine casualty list today is the name of Eric
Compton, of
Carbondale, severely wounded.
Funeral services
for Harry Hine,
who died Monday evening after his successful effort to save
Milton Brey from
drowning, were held at the residence, 3307 Highland Avenue
at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Company D, of
which the deceased was a member, met at the Armory at 1
o'clock and marched to the home. After the services,
conducted by Rev. Curwin
Henley, of the
Tigert Memorial Church, the funeral party boarded a special
interurban train at Thirty-fourth and Highland for Beech
Grove where interment was made.
At the grave, he
was given the burial of a soldier by Company D. The
firing squad fired a parting salute to the dying strain of
"taps." Pallbearers were chosen from his friends in
the company.
Charles
Potts, the man from Wickliffe, Ky., who was charged with the murder
of Otto Metcalf
in a saloon January 26, was arrested yesterday by Sergt.
McKinney and
Officer Beard on
a charge of robbery preferred by H. W.
Deweese of
Wickliffe. He was bound over to Sheriff
Ashby and returned without extradition papers.
Charles
Mahafee, another Cairo boy, has been wounded in action in France.
He was gassed and hit by shrapnel on July 19, according to a
letter written to his sister Mrs. Peter
Brackey, but as
the letter was written the following day from the field
hospital, and he said that he was getting along O.K. and
expected to get back to the front. It is believed that his
injuries are not severe.
Jesse R.
Farley, a 17-year-old youth from Morehouse, Mo., died last evening
at St. Mary's Infirmary where he had been brought for
treatment by his mother.
The boy had been
injured several weeks ago in an automobile accident, but his
life could not be saved.
Karcher
Brothers prepared the body for burial and will ship the
remains to Sikeston, Mo.
R. H. Hawley, time
keeper at the Polk Preserving Company, who has been off duty
owing to the illness and death of his daughter, Hattie, will
resume his daily avocation Friday at the plant.
(Mound City)
R. Hutcheson received a
letter from his son, Lieut. Roderick
Hutcheson, who is
a member of the Rainbow Division in France. He recently
suffered an injury to his right hand, caused by a hand
grenade, which he threw back at the Huns and has been at a
base hospital for three weeks. He also states that one
night a number of Hun airships were discovered over their
quarters and the French ordered all lights out with the
exception of the section where the German prisoners were
stationed. The air men, mistaking the lighted place as
an operating quarters, let down their death-dealing fire and
killed some 29 Germans. Roderick says this may be hard to
believe, but as he was on the scene and vouches for the
truth of the statement. (Mound City)
C. A. Rudolph left
Tuesday for Lovelace where he was called on account of the
death of his sister. (Arlington, Ky.)
COLORED SOLDIER DIES IN
HAWAII
Mrs. Sara
Hart, a colored woman living at 908 Walnut Street, received words
today that her nephew, Claud A.
Robinson, a
private in Co. K, 25th Infantry died at Schofield Barracks,
Hawaiian Territory on July 17. The remains are now at
San Francisco and will be forwarded by the government if the
relatives desire. The dead soldier is a grand nephew
of Henry Taylor,
a well-known colored man.
Saturday, 10 Aug 1918:
MRS. JERRY MORSE
KILLED BY TRAIN
Mrs. Jerry A. Morse was
killed and her husband seriously injured Friday evening just
this side of East Prairie, Mo., when the automobile in which
they were driving was struck by a Cotton Belt inbound train.
The car was thrown into a ditch and Mrs.
Morse was pinned
to the ground by the running board of the car, which crushed
her ribs.
They were but a short distance from their home when the accident
occurred.
Golconda, Ill., Aug. 10—The Rev. I. M.
Blanchard, a prominent Baptist minister, dropped dead at his home
near Golconda, Friday.
Mrs. Mary Cashman
Kreher passed
away this morning at 8:30 o'clock at St. Mary's Infirmary
after a lingering illness. She was brought to Cairo
from her home in DuQuoin following the death of her husband,
which occurred but two months ago, this makes her demise
doubly deplorable, as she leaves surviving three young sons,
Edward, the oldest, aged 14, Albert, aged 11, and Earl, aged
9. She also leaves an aunt, Mrs. Timothy
O'Conner, of
Cobden.
Mrs. Kreher was born in
Cairo February 14, 1873 and was married to Andrew
Kreher of DuQuoin, in Cairo, October 31, 1901. Rev. Father
Dispenbroch
officiating.
The remains were taken to DuQuoin this afternoon where the funeral
will occur Wednesday at the Sacred Heart Church conducted by
Rev. Father Eschman.
Mrs. T. J. Keefe
and Mrs. Katherine
Rubenacher of Cairo will accompany the funeral party.
CAIRO BOY WAS
NAMED IN ORDERS
Lieut. Paul M.
Clendenen Carried to Front on Stretcher to Direct Fighting
Second Lieutenant Paul M.
Clendenen, in command of a company of colored troops on
the battle line in France, has been named as one of a number
of Americans officers for bravery in action.
Lieut. Clendenen is the
son of Superintendent Taylor C.
Clendenen, head
of the Cairo public schools.
Junius B. Wood,
correspondent of the
Chicago Daily News, gives the account in a dispatch
telling of the bravery of the negro troops, the old Eighth
Illinois and a regiment of New York colored volunteers over
whom Lieut. Clendenen
is one of the offices.
Mentioning the various deeds for which the men are mentioned in
French and American orders, the correspondent says:
“An epidemic of Spanish influenza gripped the regiment.
At the time, Capt. James Dugald
White, Capt. F.
W. Cobb, Lieut. R. M. Roland
and Second Lieutenant P. M.
Clendenen were
carried to the front on stretchers and continued to direct
their men during the critical hours of the fighting.
Two small boys, living at Tatumville, near Tamms, were run over by
a Mobile & Ohio train and killed some time last night, as
they were stealing a ride. The names of the boys could
not be learned today.
From information gained by
The Citizen, the boys had run off to Jonesboro and were
returning when they were run over by a train. As
conductor on the freight train No. 62 north, claimed he saw
the boys in the north end of the Tamms yards, which would
indicate that they were starting out a second time. At
any rate, their bodies were found at Mill Creek and were
taken to Jonesboro. Mill Creek is in Union County.
(The 15 Aug 1918, issue recorded their names as Reese
Tatum and Frank
Schilling.—Darrel Dexter)
A telephone message from Vienna today to
The Citizen, states that Charles L.
Ford reported killed in France was only wounded. His father,
William Ford, a
school teacher, received a cable from him on August 7,
stating that he was wounded and was getting along nicely.
Robert A. Richardson, of
Mound City, Ill., is named as severely wounded in the
casualty list published in
The Citizen today.
Members of the Pulaski County draft board do not know him.
They have a Joe
Richards and a Henry Leon
Richards, but not
Robert A. Richardson.
Amos Milton Chism, aged
27, of Thebes, died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Minnie
Chism, at Olive Branch, Wednesday evening, at 6:20 o'clock, where he
was visiting while undergoing medical attention. He
had been ill for several months.
The deceased had been in the employ of the Southern Illinois Bridge
Company and of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois road at
Thebes.
The deceased is survived by a widow, who was Miss Mabel
Brown and little
son, Harold Eugene, and by a sister, Miss Florence
Chism, and three
brothers, Howard, Henry, and Leslie.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the M. E.
church in Thebes, of which he was a member, conducted by the
Rev. Mr. Browning,
of Olive Branch, and burial was in the Thebes Cemetery.
(William E. Chism
married Minnie W.
Edwards on 28 Jan 1887, in Alexander Co., Ill.
His marker in Thebes Cemetery reads:
Amos M. Chism
1891-1919 Eva M.
Hewitt Chism
1892-1969.—Darrel
Dexter)
Reese Tatum, aged 15,
and Frank Schilling,
aged 11, were killed early Tuesday morning by a Mobile and
Ohio train about two and a half miles north of Mill Creek.
The indications at the coroner’s inquest were that the boys
had hopped the train to return home from Jonesboro.
The coroner’s inquest was held at Mill Creek. The
Tatum boy's home
was at Tatumville, a small village near Tamms, and the
Schilling boy
lived at Hazlewood, near Elco.
The funeral services were held Wednesday and interment made at
Hazlewood Cemetery.
It is reported that the boys had taken some money from their folks
and ran away because they were afraid to stay at home.
(Markers in Hazlewood Cemetery at Elco read:
W. Leeroy Son of W. C. & H. C.
Tatum Born Dec.
1, 1903 Died Aug. 13, 1918.
He came to raise our hearts to heaven.
He goes to call us there.
The golden gates were open wide.
A gentle voice said come, and Angels from the other
side welcomed Our loved one home.
Frank
Schilling 1907-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Henry B. Cartner
married Mary C.
Boswell on 7 Apr 1872, in Union Co., Ill.
A marker in Hulen Cemetery reads:
H. B. Cartner
1846- Mary
C. Cartner His
Wife 1848-1918.
Father & Mother.
Abide in Me.—Darrel
Dexter)
(A marker in Concord Cemetery near Olmsted reads:
Bernard Bagby
Born July 30, 1913 Died Aug. 3, 1918.
At rest.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Caroline V. McClure,
once a resident of Cairo, and for years a prominent resident
of the north end of Alexander County, died in St. Louis
Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Throgmorton.
She was 85 years of age. The remains will be brought
to McClure for burial Sunday.
Mrs. McClure was born in
Virginia on July 29, 1833. With her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Overbey,
she came to Cairo when eight years of age, attending school
here until she was 16. Her father was in the
mercantile business here. On February 24, 1853, she
married Thomas J.
McClure, who had then acquired quite a large farm at
McClure. To them six children were born, four of whom
survive, Mrs. Virginia
Taylor, wife of
Oscar Taylor, of
McClure, Mrs. Caroline
Throgmorton, wife
of Dr. Charles
Throgmorton, of St. Louis; T. J.
McClure, of
McClure, and Claude
McClure.
Mrs. McClure was left a
widow in 1882, when her husband died on August 23 of that
year. Since that time for many years she managed her
farming interests at McClure, with the assistance of her
son, J. T. McClure.
Mrs. McClure built a
fine home at McClure,
which is one of the landmarks of that section.
(Thomas J. McClure married Caroline
Overbey on 24 Feb 1853, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Their marker in Lindsey Cemetery near McClure reads:
In Memory of Thomas J.
McClure Born Nov. 8, 1823 Died Aug. 23, 1882.
Caroline
McClure Born July 29, 1833 Died Aug. 27, 1918.
Settled on farm in 1865 on present townsite of
McClure, Illinois, Alexander County.
Interested in farming, milling & promotion of welfare
of community, friends & relatives.
Members of Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
A Memorial to our Father & Mother Thomas J. and
Caroline O. McClure.
Erected by the
McClure Family Nov. 25, 1948.—Darrel
Dexter)
WORD RECEIVED
THAT PAUL COCHRAN IS DEAD
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cochran,
at 322 Twenty-ninth Street, have received a letter stating
that their son, Paul
Cochran, who was wounded July 25, was dead. The
letter did not state when he died or under what
circumstances.
HARRISBURG, Ill., Aug. 16—Owing to the prolonged dry period in this
vicinity, coal miners are hauling water from Carmi, Benton,
and Mount Carmel. One big mine has shut down.
At El Dorado, two men were killed and five injured by an explosion
in the No. 10 mine of the O'Gara Company.
E. A. Berry, of the
Webster Hotel, received a message from the War Department
today giving the information that his youngest brother,
Private Frank Berry, had been seriously wounded in action on June 8. This is all
the information contained in the message, the extent of his
injuries and the engagement in which he was injured were not
given.
Private Berry went over
with General Pershing
in June 1917 and has been in the regular army for four
years. He resided in Johnston City, Illinois.
It was learned in Cairo last evening that Mrs. W. R.
Smith, wife of
the former manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Co. here,
had died in Carbondale following an operation. The funeral
was held at Carbondale at 2:30 this afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
resided in Cairo until about two months ago.
All members of Knights and Ladies of Security are requested to
assemble at the Safford Hall, Sunday, Aug. 18, 11:30 a.m.
proceeding to the home of our late brother, Isaac
Zook, where
services will be held. The following have been selected as
pallbearers: George
Gilmore, Horace
Hughes, P. J.
Taylor, G. M. Taylor, Virgil Riley, and
William P. Joiner.
Minnie Lewis, the young
daughter of John
Lewis, of 3110 Sycamore, was accidentally shot and
killed this afternoon about 1:45 by her younger brother,
Leonard. He was playing with a shotgun when the accident
occurred. The body was taken to
Karcher Brothers
to be prepared for burial.
It was learned that the children were playing with a loaded
shotgun, and were trying to put it under the bed, when it
was discharged, the load entering the little girl's
neck. She was dead when her mother, who was in the next
room rushed in when she heard the shot.
The girl was 13 years of age and her brother, who did the shooting,
is 9 or 10. Their father, John
Lewis, was killed
on a shanty boat some years ago and since then their mother
has remarried to Jake
Pratt.
Dr. Dodds, coroner,
summoned a jury this afternoon to inquire into the accident.
Mrs. W. R. Smith,
formerly of Cairo, died at her home in Carbondale, Friday
following a surgical operation. Mrs.
Smith was the
wife of W. R. Smith,
formerly manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Company’s
downtown office in Cairo, leaving here about two months ago.
The funeral services were held in Carbondale this afternoon.
Following an illness of about two months, Mr. Isaac
Zook, of 400
Washington Avenue, died yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock
at his home.
The deceased is survived by his son, Robert
Short, of Kansas City, Mo., a sister, Mrs. Robert
Hogan, and a
brother, Charles, both of Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
E. A. Burke prepared the
remains for shipment to Bardwell, Ky., where they will be
sent Sunday afternoon and interment made.
The following will act as pall bearers: Horace
Hughes, P. J.
Taylor, G. M. Hogan,
Virgil Riley, and
William P. Joiner.
(Isaac Zook married
Minnie Short on
12 May 1897, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
John
Boswell, a
well-known citizen of the Milburn district, died at his
residence there Sunday night of cancer of the stomach, with
which he had suffered for a long time. Mr.
Boswell was a
good citizen and was interested in all movements tending to
uplift his fellowman. He was a member of the Baptist
Church, being a communicant of that organization of
worshippers for almost his entire life. His remains were
interred in the Milburn Cemetery Monday afternoon, the
funeral services being conducted by the Rev. W. H.
Williams, of
Clinton. Mr. Boswell
was a brother of George W.
Boswell, who died
at Bardwell on Saturday afternoon preceding his death on
Sunday.
The coroner’s jury in the case of Minnie
Lewis, the little girl who was shot Saturday afternoon by her
brother, Leonard
Lewis, ruled that she came to her death through the
accidental discharge of a shotgun.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the home, 3111
Sycamore, conducted by the Rev. Jesse
Paris, pastor of
the Church of God. The body was taken to Beech Grove at
2:30 where interment was made.
Funeral services were held Sunday at McClure over the remains of
Mrs. Caroline McClure,
and the remains were buried on top of the hill, beside the
grave of her husband, T. J.
McClure.
The funeral was largely attended. Dr. and Mrs.
Thorgmorton and
daughter, and Claud
McClure and wife and two daughters, accompanied the
remains from St. Louis.
Word was received in Cairo Saturday evening of the sudden death of
Herbert R. Gates,
at his home in Buenaventura, Cuba, Saturday, August 10. Mr.
Gates, who is a
brother-in-law of Mrs. J. L.
Batterson, 821
Twenty-fifth Street, was on his way home from an automobile
ride with a friend, Dr.
Grome, when the
accident occurred and both were instantly killed. No
particulars were given in the brief note telling of the
tragedy and no informational to Mrs.
Gates movements
except that she intended leaving in a few days for St. Louis
where her mother resides.
The news comes as a great shock to the relatives and friends of the
family in Cairo. Mr.
Gates and his family visited in Cairo last winter, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Batterson and
family.
(The 27 Aug 1918, issue records her name as Alta
Hutson.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mozel Miller, aged 51
years, a prominent farmer of Elco, died at St. Mary’s
Infirmary at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, following an
operation Monday for gallstones.
Mr. Miller had been in
poor health for some time and Sunday came down to the
infirmary when the operation was decided upon.
The deceased is survived by his widow and five children. He also
leaves three brothers, Joseph, John and George
Miller, also of Elco. He lives on a farm about a mile and a half
from Elco. The remains will be taken to Elco Saturday and
the funeral will probably be held Sunday, from the Baptist
church, of which he was a member.
Most of the members of his family were present at his bedside when
death came. They are stopping here at the home of Nelson I.
Croft on
Twenty-third street.
Andrew Roark, aged 50,
died at St. Mary's hospital yesterday. The body was removed
to Burke's
undertaking establishment and prepared for burial, which
took place yesterday at Beech Grove Cemetery. He is
survived by a sister Mrs.
Montram, of
Carbondale, who was notified of his death.
Word was received this morning of the death of Mrs. Anne
Hall, which
occurred at her home in Anna, Ill., Friday afternoon, after
a several weeks' illness. Mrs.
Hall was the
mother of Mrs. Charles
Hickcox, of St.
Louis, formerly of Cairo, and of Mrs. Kate
Hartline and Mrs.
Aurora Poole, of
Anna, both teachers in the Cairo schools. She also leaves
surviving her three other daughters: Miss Emma
Hall, Mrs.
Hicks, of
Sikeston, Mo., and Mrs.
Cox, of St.
Louis. Mrs. Hall
is well known in Cairo where she has often visited.
The funeral services will be held in Anna Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock and interment made in the Anna cemetery.
(Frank H. Hall married
Flora A. Elkins
on 22 Nov 1866, in Johnson Co., Ill.
Her marker in Anna City Cemetery reads:
Ann Elkins
Hall 1847-1918—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Grace Edmonds
Flournoy, aged 28
years, wife Clarence S.
Flournoy, died at
St. Mary’s Infirmary at 3 o’clock Sunday morning following
an operation Friday morning in an attempt to save her life.
She has been ill for nearly two months and a greater
part of the time was at the home of her sister, Mrs. Andrew
Serbian, on the
Mound City Road.
She was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Flournoy was an
unusually beautiful and accomplished young woman.
Possessed of an unusually fine contralto voice, she
was an earnest ___ student and was ambitious to accomplish
something with her talent.
She was a valued member of the Fortnightly Musical
Club and the contralto soloist at the Presbyterian Church of
which she was a member.
Funeral services were held Sunday night at 8 o’clock at the
residence, 425 Twenty-sixth Street conducted by Rev. J. A.
Brunberg of Malden, Mo.
Among the floral tributes there was a sheaf of roses from the
Fortnightly Musical Club.
The remains were taken to Mason, Tenn., and interment
was made there today.
Mrs. Flournoy leaves
surviving her her husband, two little daughters, Grace and
Margie, he mother, Mrs.
Gravett, of Mound
City, and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew
Serbian of Cairo,
and Mrs. Frank Henry,
of Chicago.
(Andrew Serbian, 22, of
Cairo, married Bertha
Mikkin, 21, of Cache, on 3 Sep 1899, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
McClary, born last Wednesday, died Sunday afternoon.
It was their first born.
Funeral services were held at ten o’clock this morning at the
family residence, No. 411 Twenty-seventh Street and the
remains were taken to Beech Grove Cemetery for interment.
Rev. J. A. Brunberg, of
Malden, Mo., who preached at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning in the absence of the pastor, conducted the
services.
Funeral services were held Sunday at Elco over the remains of Moses
L. Miller, who
died at St. Mary's Infirmary Friday. A number of Cairo
people attended, including Senator Sidney B.
Miller, William
Brown, Harrison
Brown, Nelson I. Croft,
and family and Mrs. J. S.
McRaven, of
Marion.
We desire to extend our thanks and appreciation to our friends for
their kindness during the illness and at the death of our
husband and father, Moses L.
Miller. We are
thankful to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson I.
Croft for their
kindness and also extend our thanks to the members of the
Methodist choir for the kindness they showed us.
The body of Claude A.
Robinson, colored private in Co. K, Twenty-fifth
Infantry, who died at Schofield Barracks, Hawaiian Territory
on July 17, arrived in Cairo today and will be buried in the
National Cemetery at Mound City Tuesday with military
honors. A special interurban car will leave at 1:30
tomorrow afternoon to take the family and friends to the
cemetery. The young man was a son of Mrs. Saydie
Hart of 908
Walnut Street. He had been in the service for about two
years.
(Claud A. Robinson,
private in the U. S. Army, died 17 Jul 1918, and was buried
in Section F, grave 4682A, at Mound City National
Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Gray B. Honey, an old
resident of Alexander County, died Monday morning at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. J. C.
Garner, near
Thebes.
He was born in Fayette County, Tennessee, December 3, 1847, and
came to Thebes with his parents when a small boy and has
resided in Alexander County since that time.
The deceased leaves a wife and five children, Walter S.
Honey, of Thebes,
Mrs. Cecile Garner,
Mrs. James Benefield, of Fayville, Mrs. L. E.
Holbin, of East St. Louis, and Mrs. William E.
Ayers, Marion, Ill.
Interment in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
(William E. Ayers
married Ione Honey
on 23 Dec 1900, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(The 22 Aug 1918, issue reported her name as Alter
Hutson.—Darrel
Dexter)
Anthony Shimaltis, of
Harrisburg, was in the list of wounded, degree undetermined,
made public yesterday by the war department.
The list also contains the names of 96 reported missing in action.
We wish to thank our kind friends for their assistance, beautiful
floral offerings and automobiles furnished at the funeral of
our infant son.
Asa M. Yates, aged 59
years, died at his home on the Central Bend Road in Dogtooth
Bend at 7 o'clock this morning after a long illness. He was
one of the prominent farmers of his neighborhood.
The deceased is survived by a widow and several children. He was a
brother of Spirus H.
Yates.
(Asa M. Yates married
Ada Foster on 1
Aug 1893, in Alexander Co., Ill.
His marker in Baumgard Cemetery reads:
Asa M. Yates
Born Nov. 12, 1860 Died Aug. 28, 1918.
Addie E. Yates Born Feb. 17, 1872 Died March 1, 1933.—Darrel
Dexter)
Death came into the home and called from a loyal wife and five
children, their devoted father and husband, Moses L.
Miller, of Elco, on Friday, Aug. 23rd, at 2:30 o'clock
p.m.
The village and entire surrounding country mourns the loss of a
very estimable and highly respected citizen noted for his
charity and activity in religious life.
The deceased was born near Elco, March 27, 1868. Early in life he
married Miss Melissa
Smithy. To this union were born seven children, of whom
five are living. Mr.
Miller was a man noted for his kindness toward all who
knew him, ministering to the wants of others and any
differences that might exist thru kindness which he
practiced as an instrument of discipline.
The deceased fought the battles of life bravely. Having been ill
for some time until recently he was advised by a number of
prominent physicians that an operation was necessary to
prolong his life.
The operation was undergone on Monday, August 19th, at
St. Mary’s Infirmary, in Cairo, but proved of no avail.
The Almighty in His infinite goodness and wisdom saw fit to call
from our midst this manly man to reap the harvest to reward
beyond and may he share abundantly in the glories that the
Prince of Peace has so willingly promised to bestow on all
like characters.
The body was removed to the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Bufford, in Elco,
and on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock the funeral was preached
at the Baptist church, of which the deceased was a faithful
and active member for a number of years.
The remains were taken to the Sims Cemetery north of town and laid
to rest, mid falling rain to the mother earth.
We, the people, beg to extend our heartfelt sympathies to the
immediate family in this their sad bereavement.
(His marker in St. John’s Cemetery near Mill Creek reads:
Mosel Miller
Born March 27, 1868 Died Aug. 23, 1918.
Melissa Miller
his wife Born Oct. 5, 1870 Died Nov. 1, 1961.—Darrel
Dexter)
Died—At the residence in Lake Milligan neighborhood, Asa M.
Yates, Wednesday
morning, August 28, at 9:30 o'clock, aged 58 years. The
funeral services will be held at Lake Milligan Baptist
Church near Miller City at 11 o'clock Friday morning; sermon
by Rev. T. W. Tate,
the pastor of the church. The funeral party will leave the
residence at 9:30 o'clock. Interment in Bumgard Cemetery.
Funeral services for Asa M.
Yates will be held Friday morning at Lake Milligan
Baptist Church, near Miller City, at 11:00 o'clock conducted
by Rev. T. Tate,
pastor. Notice of the funeral appears elsewhere today.
Friday, 30 Aug
1918:
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., Aug. 30—Brakeman C. A.
Yow, working between Illmo and Paragould on the Missouri Pacific,
was found Wednesday under an iron bridge, six miles south of
Perkins with his head and one arm cut off. The discovery
was made by the crew of a train.
FUNERAL OF MRS.
BAIN TO BE HELD TUESDAY
Funeral services of Mrs. Sarah
Bain, of 618 Thirty-sixth, who died Saturday evening, will be held
tomorrow morning at the family residence. The funeral
cortege will leave the residence at 10:20 over a special
interurban train for Shiloh Cemetery, Mounds. There will be
services at the grave.
Funeral services of Walter
Cooper, aged 37 years, who died at St. Mary's Infirmary
Saturday, were held at
Karcher Brothers’
undertaking parlors yesterday. The remains were sent to his
home in LaCenter, Ky., where the burial will take place at 4
o’clock this afternoon. His brother, S. H.
Cooper, was at
his bedside at the time of his death.
(The 27 Aug 1918, issue gives his name as N. J.
Livesay and the 4
Sep 1918, issues records it as Nebron J.
Livesay.
Nelson J. Livesay, 24, of Ashley, Ill., born in Washington Co., Ill., 5’5”,
dark hair, blue eyes, light complexion, enlisted as a
corporal in Co. G, 13th Illinois Cavalry on 21
Dec 1863, and was mustered out at Pine Bluff, Ark., 25 Aug
1865. Albert
Koontz married Annie Livesay
on 22 Jun 1893, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Edward J.
Keller, 22, barber, born in Mound City, Ill., son of
Chris Keller and
Lizzie Revington,
married Adelia
Livesay, 21, born in Villa Ridge, Ill., daughter of
Nelson Livesay
and Sarah Hankins,
on 31 Jan 1894, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Margaret Hurst,
aged 71, died at her home in Mound City at 9 o’clock this
morning, after an extended illness of heart trouble.
She had been a widow for several years and leaves two sons, William
H. Hurst, of
Vincennes, Ind., and Robert
Hurst, of Mound
City; and three daughters, Mrs. Christina
Nelms, Mrs. H. V.
Handley and Mrs.
Harry Price, all
of Mound City.
She was a native of Pulaski County and was born near Olmsted.
She was well known to a large circle of Pulaski
County people.
Funeral arrangements had not been announced today.
A female infant, apparently very young, was found dead among the
weeds along the Beech Ridge Road yesterday afternoon about
1:30 by Road Commissioner Andrew
Serbian. It
appeared to have been thrown there from a passing automobile
and was probably dead already.
Coroner Dodds was called
and an inquest was held, but nothing could be learned about
the matter. The coroner ordered the body buried and this
was done yesterday afternoon.
William L. Mattingley,
of Mound City, is mentioned in today's casualty list among
the severely wounded.
The name of Almus Loloss,
of Marion, is also among the wounded.
Both men are privates.
The body of Mrs. Robertson,
who drowned when the
St. Louis sank last week, was found at Chester and her
husband and brother passed through Cairo Sunday from
Chester, where they identified the body and took it back to
Moscow, Ky., for burial.
Mrs. Mary E. Sanders,
aged 50, the wife of Henry
Sanders, of
Commerce, Mo., died at St. Mary’s Infirmary about midnight,
Saturday. She had been ill about four years and had been
taken to the infirmary Thursday. The body was taken to
Karcher Brothers, who prepared it for burial. The funeral will be
held at Commerce today.
Louis Zanone, Sr., died
this afternoon at 3 o'clock at St. Mary’s Infirmary where he
was brought Monday from a sanitarium at Anna, Ill. He has
been ailing for the past several years following a paralytic
stroke.
Mr. Zanone was 63 years
old and was born in Italy. When he came to the United
States he located first at Mounds and in 1869 moved to
Cairo, where he has been in business since. He leaves
surviving him his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Thompson, of
Memphis, and two sons, Enrico and Louis, Jr., the latter in
France with the U. S. Army and Enrico in training camp in
Ohio.
The funeral arrangements had not been decided this evening.
Robert Fellnagel, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William
Fellnagel, 2117 Holbrook, is in a hospital in France
suffering from severe mustard gas burns. His face was
blistered and his eyes injured as well as a number of burns
on his body. When he wrote on August 19, he was just able
to sit up. The men had worn their gas masks all night and
in the morning took them off. The day was cloudy and the
gas was supposedly near the ground. When the sun came out
in the afternoon, the gas rose and many of the men suffered
from the affects.
Mrs. Ella Primper,
formerly of Cairo, died at 12 o'clock today at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Hugh
Miller, at Paducah, where she had been making her home
for the past two months. Blood poisoning starting from an
infection in her foot is said to have been the cause.
Mrs. Primer, who is an
aunt of John Scheel
and of Miss Gertrude
Eschman, of Cairo, is survived by two sisters in
Paducah, the other being Mrs. Lillie
Bethel. She was
a widow.
Funeral services will be held at 4 o’clock tomorrow afternoon with
burial at Paducah.
Mrs. Linda May Bates, of
New Madrid, Mo., aged 30, died last evening about 5:10
o'clock at St. Mary’s Infirmary of puerperal
peritonitis. She had been here since Sunday.
She is survived by a young babe, her husband, W. Claude
Bates, and her
mother. They were all at her bedside when she succumbed.
Karcher
Brothers prepared the body for shipment to New Madrid, this
morning on the 7 o'clock train. The funeral will be held
Thursday and she will be buried near her home.
Louis Zanone, Sr., died
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at St. Mary’s Infirmary where
he was brought Monday from a sanitarium at Anna, Ill. He
has been ailing for the past several years following a
paralytic stroke.
Mr. Zanone was 63 years
old and was born in Italy. When he came to the United
States he located first at Mounds and in 1869 moved to
Cairo, where he has been in business since. He leaves
surviving him his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Thompson, of
Memphis, and two sons, Enrico and Louis, Jr., the latter in
France with the U. S. Army and Enrico in training camp in
Ohio.
The funeral arrangements had not been decided this evening.
Zanone—Died
Tuesday, Sept. 10, Louis
Zanone.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 8:15 o'clock with
requiem high mass
at St. Joseph's Church.
Remains will be taken by special Illinois Central train from
Fourteenth and Ohio streets at 9:30 o'clock for Villa Ridge
cemetery, where interment will be made in Calvary Cemetery.
Rev. James Gillen will officiate.
Friends of the family are invited.
(His marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Louis Zanone
1858-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
We wish to thank the many friends and neighbors for their kindness
and sympathy during the illness and death of our darling
mother, and also for the many beautiful flowers.
(Harry Vantrees Handley,
30, manufacturer, born in Grand Tower, Ill., son of Manuel
Handley and Margaret C.
Pulley, married Sarah Duncan
Hurst, 28, of
Pulaski, born in Villa Ridge, Ill., daughter of Michael
Hurst and Margaret Jane Hurst,
on 16 Sep 1900.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Louisa J. Gibbons,
aged 54 years, died at 2 o'clock this morning at her home,
No. 710 Thirty-seventh Street, after an illness of about
three years. She suffered from a complication of diseases.
The deceased was a widow and spent her whole life in Cairo. She
leaves two sons, Harry
Gibbons, of Salem, Ill., and J. W., of Camp Dix, N. J., and one
daughter, Miss Nondus
Gibbons. There are also two grandchildren and three
brothers Charles Talbott, of Chicago, and Lindza and Fred
Talbott, of Cairo.
Funeral arrangements are awaiting the arrival of relatives and
interment will be at DuQuoin.
Mrs. Gibbons was a
member of the Christian Church. Mrs.
Falconer has
charge of the funeral.
(John A. Gibbons married
Louisa J. Talbott
on 11 Jun 1884, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Eliza Farmer, aged
71 years, died this morning at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Schell, 227
Twenty-seventh street, where she had been making her
home. She had been sick for several months of cirrhosis of
the liver.
The remains were taken to Fulton, Ky., today for burial beside her
husband. Funeral services were held at the residence at 10
o’clock this morning, conducted by Rev. Mr.
Turner, pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church and the body was taken to Fulton on
the 1:45 Illinois Central train E. A.
Burke had charge
of the burial.
Saturday, 14 Sep
1918:
The funeral of Louis Zenone,
whose death occurred at St. Mary's Infirmary late Tuesday
afternoon, was held this morning at 8:15 o'clock at St.
Joseph's Church, Rev. Father James J.
Gillen
officiating.
There were many beautiful flowers sent by friends of the
deceased and his family.
The funeral party went by special train to Villa Ridge where
interment was made at Calvary Cemetery.
Karcher
Brothers were in charge of the funeral.
George Hornberger, a
prominent farmer from Cache, died early this morning at the
home of Mrs. H. A.
Etz, 225 Nineteenth Street. The deceased was about 59
years of age and had been sick for about a month. His wife
died about three months ago. He is survived by eight
children, all living in the vicinity of Cache.
The funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Hornberger—Died,
Saturday, Sept. 14, George
Hornberger, aged
59 years, at St. Mary’s Infirmary.
Interment in Bumgard Cemetery near Willard at 3 p.m.
Friends of the family are invited.
A man, who has been following the circus for the last three days,
dropped dead this morning at Sixteenth and Commercial. He
fell on the sidewalk and then had several hemorrhages, dying
quickly. The police took him to
Burk's
undertaking parlors. He was a one-legged man and had a
small concession with the show. The man's name could not be
learned.
John Clark, sentenced to
a life sentence on a charge of murder at the fall term of
the Alexander County Circuit Court A. D. 1901, will apply
for Pardon or Commutation of sentence or parole at the
October meeting of the Board of Pardons to be held at
Springfield, Illinois, on the 8th day of October A. D. 1918.
Portageville Man
Struck by Train Dies at Infirmary
W. R.
Adams, of
Portageville, Mo., injured in an accident at Lilbourn, Mo.,
at eight o’clock Tuesday morning, when the car in which he
was riding was struck by a Cotton Belt train, died at St.
Mary’s Infirmary at 1:30 o’clock, this morning.
Death was due to concussion of the brain.
Mr. Adams was in a car with three others when it was hit by the train.
He was brought over to Cairo last evening but his
injuries were so serious that nothing could be done to save
his life.
The deceased was a carpenter and had been a deputy
sheriff at Portageville and was well known in that
community. He
leaves a wife and four children.
A son, Alfred
Adams, was with him when he was brought here and was at
his bedside at his death.
He was a member of the W. O. W. lodge.
The body was prepared for burial by
Karcher Brothers
and taken to Portageville at 2 o’clock this afternoon and
funeral services will be held tomorrow.
Uncle of Cairo
Woman Thought to Have Met with Foul Play; Dead
The following story in the
Paducah Evening Sun
will be of interest to Cairo people and probably the man is
known here. The
Sun says:
The family of
James Jones (alias Drake) who
drank carbolic acid Sunday morning back of
Johnson’s saloon
on South Tenth Street, believe that he met with foul play.
His sisters in a statement to
the Sun, this
morning, declared that they believe someone gave
Jones the poison
in some whiskey and that he would never have killed himself.
The police are still working on the case.
Detective Franklin and others are investigating.
Jones, who was better known as
Drake, among his
friends, was born in Nashville, Tenn., August 31, 1884.
He was night watchman on the wharf boat at the time
of his death and had followed the river trade for years.
Relatives of Jones said today that he had brooded over death of his mother also.
His mother’s bones were recently interred and
reburied in another place.
He became melancholy after viewing them.
The funeral was held at 4 o’clock this afternoon from
the residence.
The deceased held a membership in the Tenth Street Church.
The following relatives survive:
three sisters as follows:
Jennie Lynn
of Paducah, Florence
Durrett, of Cairo; Bell
Drake, of Cairo;
a niece, Lillian
Norris, of Cairo; a nephew, Clarence O.
Lynn, of Paducah;
a cousin, Violet
Steely, of Paducah; an aunt, Belle
Carver, and
brother-in-law, George
Lynn, of Paducah.
Friday, 20 Sep
1918:
Mrs. John Major, aged 72
years, died at the home of her daughter in Sandoval, Ill.,
Thursday. She was the widow of the late John
Major, and
formerly resided in Cairo. Her sister, Mrs. Annie
Kobler, of Cairo,
died about a year ago. She leaves surviving her daughter,
Mrs. Josie Swayne,
of DuQuoin, and a brother, William
Douthhitt, of
Monroe, La.
The funeral services will be held in Mounds, Saturday afternoon, at
2:30 o'clock, the funeral party arriving there at noon,
interment will be made at Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends of
the family are invited to attend.
(John Major married Mary
Dauphet on 16 Jun
1869, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
H. P. Cates, of 413
Eighth Street, an aged blacksmith, dropped dead this morning
at the Hastings Elevator, where he was working on their
addition. The coroner's inquest was held at 1:30 this
afternoon. E. A. Burke has charge of the body.
The deceased is survived by his wife and daughter Jennie, of Cairo
and sons, Bruce, of Gary, Ind., Charlie, of Colorado
Springs, Colo., and Chris, of Milbourn, Ky.
No arrangements for the funeral have been made.
A message received this afternoon states that Joe
Glynn, son of
John P. Glynn, of
Cairo, died this morning at 9 o'clock of pneumonia at the
Great Lakes Training Station, following an attack of Spanish
influenza, which is epidemic at the naval station at this
time.
His father received word Thursday that his son was dangerously ill
and went up Thursday night. He has only been ill a few days
and had been at the Great Lakes for about three months. The
news of his death came as a great shock to Cairo, where he
was well known and popular. His death is the first on the
casualty list for Cairo.
Mrs. J. O. Zimmerman
passed away at St. Mary's Infirmary at 12:40 this morning,
following a surgical operation Thursday. Mrs.
Zimmerman had
been in poor health for the past year and recently returned
from Colorado where she spent the summer and where she had
been quite ill. She has not been able to be out since
returning to her home here.
She was a member of the Cairo Baptist Church and was a well-known
resident of Cairo, where she has lived for the past
seventeen years. She was born in Tennessee. Mrs.
Zimmerman had
many friends in Cairo and was loved by them for her sunny
and social disposition and her death comes as a great shock
to all. She leaves surviving her, her husband, a daughter,
Mrs. Frederick K.
Wheeler, of Cairo, a son, Monto O.
Zimmerman, of
Stonington, Ill., a sister, Mrs. A. B.
Patton, of Pine
Bluff, Ark., and a niece, Mrs. J. C.
Witt, of Cairo.
The funeral services will be held Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock at
the residence of her daughter, Mrs. F. K.
Wheeler, 818 Charles Street, conducted by Rev. L. D.
Lamkin. The
funeral party will leave at 11:15 for Makanda, Ill., where
interment will take place at the family private cemetery.
The pallbearers chosen are Messrs. J. W.
Howe, H. N. Henckell,
Raymond Abell,
John T. Brown,
Claude Winter, Lee J. May,
Herbert C. Steinel,
and Leslie Roche.
(Her marker in Zimmerman Cemetery near Makanda reads:
Sophronia Zimmerman 1860-1918. She
is buried beside Jacob O.
Zimmerman
1855-1922.—Darrel
Dexter)
Arriving on No. 5 from Chicago, the remains of Joseph J.
Glynn, Cairo's
first sailor to die in the service of his county, was met by
the Knights of Columbus and Elks lodges in a body. He was
carried in a flag-draped hearse to
Karcher Brothers
undertaking parlors, followed by the lodge members.
Last evening, the remains were taken from
Karcher's Brothers to the Knights of Columbus club rooms, where the
body will lie in state until Tuesday morning under guard of
two Elks, two Knights and two members of Company D. The
body will be removed to St. Patrick’s Church for
requiem high
mass. It will be returned to the club where the funeral
services will be held conducted by Father James J.
Downey.
With full military escort, the body will be borne to 14th Street at
2 p.m. tomorrow, where the funeral train will be in waiting
to proceed to Villa Ridge, where interment will take place.
That a Cairo patriot has fallen is seen on every hand. Many of his
old friends are not here, for they too are in the
service. But he is being mourned everywhere. The city flag
at the Halliday Park and the flag on Fire Station No. 1 were
flying at half-mast this morning, paying a silent tribute to
one who gave his all that it should never go down.
(His marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
John Joseph Glynn Born Aug. 30, 1894 Died Sept. 21, 1918 U. S. Navy.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Cordelia E. Abell,
of 810 Walnut Street, passed away at 2:30 o'clock this
morning, following an illness of about two weeks of malarial
fever. She was in her 86th year and owing to her
advanced age her death was not unexpected.
The deceased was the widow of the late Joseph
Abell and had been a resident of Cairo for nearly 55 years. She was
a native of Cincinnati.
Surviving are five sons, A. G.
Abell, of Kansas City, and Joseph C., Tate, Edward and Samuel, all
of Cairo.
Funeral services will be held from the home of C. T.
Abell, 425 Tenth
Street, but arrangements are awaiting the arrival of E. G.
Abell.
Mrs. Abell has one
brother surviving in Cincinnati. Her eldest brother died
only a few months ago.
Mrs. Rose Fritzier,
formerly of Cairo, died at her home in St. Louis, Saturday
night, about 11 o'clock. She was a sister of William
Steagala and an aunt of Mrs. E. J.
Nambrick and Mrs. Frank
Connell, of this city. The remains will arrive from St.
Louis Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock and interment will be
made at Villa Ridge.
Pioneer River
Captain Succumbs after Illness of Several Months; 47 Years
Old
Capt. Clarence Nichols,
a pioneer Cairo river man died this morning at 3:00 p.m. at
the home of his parents, Capt. and Mrs. Charles
Nichols on Cross
Street. Capt.
Nichols had been
ill for some months and had been under treatment at
Rochester, Minn.
He was removed from St. Mary’s Infirmary several days ago.
He was 47 years of age.
The deceased is survived by his parents, a brother, Capt. Harry,
and two sisters, Mrs. R. P.
Flack, of this
city, and Mrs. D. M.
Scott, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Mrs. Scott
returned to her home about a week ago thinking that her
brother was out of danger.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed, because of the
inability to locate his father, who is on a steamer some
place between Portsmouth and Cincinnati, but it is expected
that he will be reached sometime today.
The body will be taken from
Burke’s undertaking parlors to the Elks Club rooms,
where it will lie in state until funeral arrangements are
completed.
Capt. Nichols was born
in Covington, Ky., on July 3, 1871, and had been a resident
of Cairo for 26 years, twenty of which he had been employed
by the River Coal Company and the Barrett line.
He was regarded as one of the best pilots running out
of Cairo. The
last boat that he took out was the
James Moren on June 5.
The remains will be buried at Beech Grove Cemetery.
Capt. Nichols was a
member of the Elks Lodge and of the K. M. K. C.
VIENNA, Ill., Sept. 23—A letter was received Saturday morning by
Rev. H. C. Tritt,
pastor of the Methodist Church of this place, giving
particulars of the death of his son on the battlefield of
France. No official message has been received. The letter
was the first news the family had of their great
bereavement. Lieut. Herchel C.
Tritt was 22
years of age. He was a graduate of the Carterville high
school and an attendant of McKendree College. He enlisted
in the regular army in January 1917, served first in the
coast artillery at Fort Totten, transferred to Foreign
Service August 18, 1918, and was given a commission as
second lieutenant. He was transferred from Bat. A to Bat. B
and met death only a few hours after being transferred,
August 31.
Lieut. Tritt, the letter
stated, had been sent with another officer and several men
to an observation post and was struck by a shell. He never
regained consciousness and died soon afterward. This is the
first death reported of a Johnson County boy and the
sorrowing friends have the sympathy of the community.
Information was received by long distant telephone last night from
Postmaster B. McManus,
Jr., that three Cairo boys were ill at the Great Lakes,
suffering from the same malady, probably Spanish
influenza. He called Guy
Eichenburger at the Blue Front Restaurant, but he was already on his
way to Chicago. He told Clyde
Jones, the night manager, that Phil
Eichenburger was very ill, though not dangerously. He also stated
that his own son, Allen, and Dick
Roberts were affected.
(George Hornberger
married Eva ____ on 18 May 1895, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Their markers in Baumgard Cemetery read:
George
Hornberger 1859-1918 Father.
Eva Hornberger 1879-1918 Mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
MILITARY FUNERAL
FOR JOSEPH GLYNN
The funeral
services of Joseph
Glynn, Cairo's first sailor hero, were held this morning
at St. Joseph's Church and were very largely attended. The
body was removed after the services to the Knights of
Columbus club rooms, where it was left in state until 1:30
p.m., at which time the funeral party left for the Illinois
Central special train at Fourteenth and the levee. Interment
was made at Villa Ridge.
Led by Company D,
one of the largest funeral parties in Cairo accompanied the
remains of the deceased sailor. The Elks and Knights of
Columbus attended in a body. At the cemetery he was buried
with full military honors—his casket was draped with the
American flag, and a firing squad delivered the last salute
to the dying strains of "Taps."
The active
pallbearers were eight members of Company D and the honorary
pallbearers were:
From the Elks:
Louis
Block, Charles Walker,
And. M. Davis,
Henry Goettel, H.
N. Henckell, Lee J. May,
Tenny Goldsmith,
Edward Hill.
From the Knights
of Columbus: Thomas
Howely, George
Fischer, M. J. O'Shea, E.
J. Walder, John
Crehan, F. J.
Fitzgerald, R. Y. DuQuesnay,
M. S. Egan
A letter from
Phil Eichenberger
states that he was expected to leave the hospital the day
the letter was written, Sunday. A wire from Guy P.
Eichenberger, his
father, stated that Phil had left the hospital but that he
had not located him when it was sent, as he had been sent to
another company.
Died—Nichols,
September 23, 1918, aged 47 years. Funeral services will be
conducted at Elks Lodge B. P. O. #, 651 Wednesday, September
25th, at 2 o'clock p.m. by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, pastor
Lutheran church.
Special
interurban cars leave 9th and Washington Ave., at
2:30 p.m. Interment Beech Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers, H. R.
Aisthorpe, W. H. Wood, W.
F. Crossley, C.
C. Terrell, Gus
Osterloh, M. S. Egan,
James Casey.
Friends of family
invited.
Dave
Mayes, a deserter
from Camp Dodge, Iowa, shot and killed himself at 11:45 this
morning when an attempt was made to arrest him.
He was on Dick
Wood's farm in
the Drainage District and swore that he would not be taken
alive. Sgt. McKinney
and Detective Casey
went to the farm and surrounded the house.
Mayes came to the door when he saw the officers and looked out.
He then passed from the view and a few minutes later a shot
was heard. Dashing into the house, the man was found dead.
(His name is
recorded as David
Mayze in the 26 Sep 1918, issue.—Darrel
Dexter)
A distressing
accident occurred yesterday evening at 6 o’clock between
Cross and Center streets in front of
Steger's bakery,
when Lorraine
Richardson, the 12-year-old daughter of H. S.
Richardson, 25th
and Walnut streets, was run over by an automobile driven by
D. L. Marx. Mr.
Marx, who was driving his son's car, saw the little girl mount her
wheel when he was about fifteen feet away and he had
intended to make a stop. She got in his path, Mr.
Marx says, and he
dodged, but she apparently tried to avoid the car by
diverting her course in the same direction and the wheels of
the car passed over her abdomen, inflicting what may prove
to be fatal injuries. She
was at once taken to St. Mary’s Infirmary where Drs.
Clark,
Woelfle, and
Walsh worked valiantly to save her life, though there is little hope
this afternoon that she can survive.
Lorraine is a
great favorite among her school mates and is an unusually
bright and lovable little girl and has the sympathy of the
entire city in her terrible suffering.
Her father, Mr.
H. S. Richardson,
is a superintendent for the Metropolitan Insurance Company.
He attended
school in Decatur, Ill., and came from there to Mounds, when
he was employed by the I. C. R. R. as yard clerk. He
resigned his position on the 15th of May, 1917,
and enlisted in the Field Artillery of St. Louis, on the 18th
day of May, 1917. Was in Camp at Ft. Bliss, Texas, until
July 23, when he sailed for France.
The first letter
his mother received after his arrival in France was Sept. 1,
1917. He stated that he was in good health and always wrote
encouraging letters. The last letter she received was dated
June 2, 1918, just nine months since the first one was
received. He continued to encourage his mother, telling her
not to worry, as he did not feel that he was in danger. On
Friday, Feb. 12, his mother received the sad message that he
had given his young life for his country. He joined the Y.
M. C. A. January 9, 1916.
(L. S.
Phares married
Elsa Stevers on
23 Dec 1889, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
According to word
received by Mrs. Rose L.
Clifford, of 414
Union Street, from Major General
Barnett, her son,
Corporal Leonard A.
Clifford, U.S. Marine Corps, was severely wounded in
action on July 19. Clifford enlisted last fall and as a very
popular young man. He was a member of the C. H. S. football
team during the season of 1916 and was one of the best
tackles since the days of "Grandpa
Curry", who by
the way was injured some time ago with the British army.
Gen. Barnett's
communication received by Mrs.
Clifford last
night at 8 o'clock follows:
Regret to inform
you cablegram from abroad states that Corporal Leonard
Adolph Clifford,
Marine Corps, was seriously wounded in action on July 19. No
further particulars available. Official cablegram cannot be
sent asking about his condition, but you will be notified
should any details be received."
Leonard
Clifford left
Cairo on January 9, last, and landed in France on May 5. It
is presumed that the young man is improved, otherwise his
family would have even notified previous to this had death
occurred.
Peter
Coldwater, aged
84, died at Mound City at 9 o'clock this morning at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. J. T.
Betts.
The deceased was
a veteran of the Civil War. He is survived by two
grandchildren in addition to his daughter, Mrs. Allie
Easterday and
Arthur Betts, who
is now in France.
Funeral services
will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the family
residence in Mound City.
Little Miss
Lorraine Richardson,
the twelve -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Richardson, of
2502 Walnut Street, died at St. Mary's Infirmary last night,
from injuries received when she was run over by an
automobile driven by D. L.
Marx. The wheels
of the car passed over the middle of her body and despite
the efforts of three physicians, she sank rapidly and no
hope was held for her recovery. The body was removed to
Burke's
undertaking parlors.
Lorraine was a
student of the Cairo public school, being in the sixth
grade.
Funeral services
will be held at the family residence Friday, conducted by
Rev. J. S. Clements,
pastor of the First Christian Church at 2 o'clock. A special
interurban train will leave Twenty-fifth Street and Walnut
streets at 2:30, where interment will be made.
There will be
out-of-town friends and relatives from Paducah, Bardwell,
Wickliffe, Columbus, and others from more distant points who
will arrive to attend the funeral.
Mose
Diggs, a one-arm
negro, is being held in connection with the suicide of David
Mayze, a deserter from the United States Army.
Mayze left here for Camp Dodge some months ago and deserted.
The coroner’s
jury meeting in the Drainage District, yesterday, reported
that Mayze came
to his death by his own hand.
(His name is
recorded as David
Mayes in the 25 Sep 1918, issue.—Darrel
Dexter)
Richardson—Entered
into rest, September 25, 1918, Anna Lorrane
Richardson, age
12 years.
Mr. Ed
Lehrer died in
Paducah this morning. Mr.
Lehrer was a
well-known tobacco salesman and had many friends in Cairo.
The funeral will be held in Paducah, Sunday and friends from
Cairo will attend.
A coroner’s jury
which met in Burke's
undertaking parlors yesterday afternoon, returned a verdict
in the death of little Lorraine
Richardson, that
"she came to her death by internal injuries caused by an
automobile passing over her body and that the accident was
purely accidental and unavoidable. The automobile being
driven by David L. Marx."
The jury
impaneled by Coroner John T.
Brown was as
follows:
M. S.
Carter, foreman;
H. T. Moore,
Herbert Steinel, R. H. Spann,
Niles F. Schuh,
and Lee J. May.
Corp. Fred
White, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Crider,
of 469 Thirty-fifth Street, was wounded in action on July 7,
according to official notice received by his mother,
Thursday.
The young man is
in the U. S. Marines. Two other Cairo boys,
Fox and Clifford, are in
the marines with him, word also coming that the latter was
seriously wounded.
MURPHYSBORO,
ILL., 2:00 p.m. (Special)—Four foreigners, who had becomes
isolated from the rest of the men, have been rescued. They
knew nothing of what happened to the other 20 men. The fire
is still raging.
MURPHYSBORO,
ILL., Sept. 28—Twenty-five men were believed to have been
killed at 5 o'clock this morning in an explosion in a mine
of the Franklin Coal & Coke Company at Royalton, Ill. The
dead include the superintendent and the general manager.
The mine had
caught fire and Superintendent
Rastick and
Manager Helms
with 21 others went down into the mine to fight the blaze.
The explosion
occurred soon after and up to 10 o'clock rescuers had not
found them and all hope had been abandoned.
James
Herring, nephew
of Dr. S. B. Cary,
and well known in Cairo, died at the Great Lakes naval
station at 2:30 Friday afternoon, of influenza.
The remains will
be sent to Union City, Tenn., his former home, where the
funeral will be held probably Monday.
The young man
formerly attended the Cairo high school.
"There are not
enough well people in Elco to take care of the sick ones,"
said Scott Jordan,
in from Mill Creek today.
There are a
hundred cases of Spanish influenza there and Thursday there
was a consultation of physicians which included Dr.
Robinson and Dr. Mathis,
of Ullin, Dr. Heilig,
of Mill Creek, and Dr.
Penniman, of
Tamms.
The matter has
been reported to the State Board of Health and they are
endeavoring to send a physician to Elco to take charge of
the situation.
It is said that
when one member of a family is taken down that the disease
goes right through the family.
So far, no deaths
have been reported.
John M.
Powers, known to
his intimate friends as "Mooney Jack," died at St. Mary's
Infirmary yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock. He had been
suffering from a liver trouble for about a year, but his
case did not become serious until a few weeks ago.
Mr.
Powers was a
native born Cairoite and was 43 years of age. He had been
employed at the Falconer undertaking parlors for years and his body was removed
there. He is survived by his mother, who resides at 1804
Poplar Street, an aunt, Mrs. Charles P.
Arter, and a
cousin, Miss Mary
Powers.
The funeral of
Lorraine Richardson,
who met with a tragic death last Tuesday evening, was held
at the family residence, 25th and Walnut Street,
yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. There were many sorrowing
friends present among whom were the members of Lorraine's
class the pupils of seventh grade of the Lincoln school, who
attended in a body. The floral offerings were of unusual
beauty and abundance. The funeral party went by interurban
to Beech Grove, where interment took place and the
pallbearers were composed of employees of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, of which Mr.
Richardson is an
agent. They were as follows—E. J.
Stuart, A. E.
Hodges, H. B.
McCoy, W. T. Parker, C.
O. Waite, and F.
F. Simmons. The
entire office force and all employees of this District were
in attendance. The services were unusually sad and
impressive and were conducted by Rev. Mr. J. S.
Clements of the Christian Church.
We desire to
express our appreciation to the friends and neighbors for
their many kindnesses, their presence and help during the
brief illness and death of our little daughter, Lorraine and
for the many beautiful floral offerings.
Words would be
inadequate to express our deep appreciation to our friends
for the many acts of kindness shown us in the death of our
beloved one, John Joseph
Glynn. The
beautiful floral offerings and expressions of sympathy
helped us wonderfully to bear the burden in our irreparable
loss.
Especially do we
wish to thank Rev. Father James
Downey, Knight of
Columbus, the Elks, Company D, the choir of St. Patrick’s
Church and Miss Martha
Clark.
That no similar
affliction will strike in any of your homes, is the fervent
prayer of
(Charles W.
Wheeler, 57, of
Cairo, farmer and merchant, born in Stratford, Fairfield
Co., Conn., son of Levi
Wheeler and
Elvira Booth, married Agnes C.
Glynn, 26, of
Cairo, born in Cairo, daughter of Michael
Glynn and Bridget
Fox, 18 Oct 1897,
in Pulaski Co., Ill.
John H. Kriess married Maggie E.
Glynn on 5 Sep 1892, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word has been
received in Cairo by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Alphonsus
Greenwell, that
Paul Greenwell is
dying from Spanish influenza at an eastern embarkation camp.
Mr. Greenwell is already on his way east. Paul was a Caruthersville boy
and was employed at St. Mary's Infirmary where he drove the
ambulance.
John
Hurst, aged 79,
one of the oldest residents of Cairo, died at St. Mary's
Infirmary at 7 o'clock Sunday morning. He was a member of
Alexander Lodge I. O. O. F. and that organization had charge
of the funeral, which was held at 1:30 o'clock this
afternoon from the family residence on Ninth Street. The end
came after a stroke of paralysis last Friday. The funeral
party was taken to the Villa Ridge cemetery in automobiles.
Mr.
Hurst is survived
by five children, _ora, Lena, Della, and Albert, of Cairo,
and John, of East St. Louis.
(John
Hurst married
Ellen Larry
on 20 Dec 1864, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge
reads: John
Hurst Born March
19, 1839 Died Sept. 29, 1918 Father.
Beside this marker is one which reads:
Ellen
O’Leary Hurst Born April 25, 1844 Died April 20,
1910.—Darrel Dexter)
James
Woodward, an old
resident of McClure, died Saturday morning of Bright's
disease and was buried there in the afternoon in the Linsey
Cemetery.
John T.
Galvin died at
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Galvin, 229
Nineteenth Street, yesterday morning at 4 o'clock after an
illness of eight months. He was a little over 27 years of
age.
Karcher Brothers have charge of the funeral, but the arrangements
will not be completed until the arrival of the brother from
Newport News.
Funeral services
of John M. Powers
were held yesterday. The church service was held at mass in
the morning at St. Patrick's Church and at 1:00 o'clock
another service was held at
Falconer’s undertaking parlors at which the deceased worked for
years.
Ten automobiles
accompanied the body to the grave at Villa Ridge, where a
short and simple service was held.
The pallbearers
were: W. P. Ryan,
J. P. Raggio, T.
F. French, Tom Ward,
Benjamin Malinski,
and Charles McNulty.
Scott W.
Harlan, of Cairo,
with the United States Marines, was wounded twice in action
in the engagement at Chateau Theirry, according to a letter
just received his is now in a base hospital. He was one of
the first to go over and has now been in France for sixteen
months.
We desire to
express grateful appreciation to the many friends of our
believed and brother, Clarence L.
Nichols, who was
ever untiring during his late illness and death.
Homer
Beegle, a Mounds
boy, is mentioned in today's casualty list, as severely
wounded. His nearest relative is L. A.
Beegle.
TO HONOR MEMORY
OF PAUL COCHRAN
Mayor
Wood has
requested that at the next regular meeting of the Council,
Commissioner Howley will present resolution expressing the sentiments and
feelings of the people of this city for the first Cairo hero
to fall in the service of his country, Paul
Cochran, who was
wounded and died in France. It is thought that later on a
suitable monument will be erected in one of the city's parks
to commemorate the deaths of all of the young men from Cairo
who have died for their country.
After an illness
of some weeks, Bales
Bains, aged 54, died last evening at 8:30 p.m. at
St. Mary's Infirmary. He had been suffering from
tuberculosis. He made his home at 327 Twenty-eighth Street
with his nephew, A. E.
Heatcock. Besides his nephew, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Heathcock,
of Perks, Ill., and Mrs. Alice
Beams, of West
Frankfort, Ill. and a brother, Napoleon
Bains of McClure. Ill.
The funeral
cortege left E. A.
Burke's undertaking parlors this afternoon at 2 o'clock
on the regular interurban train for Beech Grove. Services
were held at the cemetery conducted by Rev. L. A.
Lankston of the Pentecost Church.
(This may be the
same person as Balus E.
Rains, who
married Georgia
Ashford on 23 Mar 1885, in Hardin Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
We desire to
extend our heartfelt thanks to the friends for their
expressions of sympathy and acts of kindness on the death of
our father, John
Hurst.
Funeral services
for the late John T.
Galvin were held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at
the St. Patrick’s Church, conducted by Rev. Father J. J.
Downey. Interment
was made at Villa Ridge Cemetery.
William M.
Mathis, aged 21,
a prosperous young farmer, of Morehouse, Mo., died yesterday
morning at 9:30 o'clock of peritonitis, at St. Mary’s
Infirmary. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Mathis, and
four sisters and a brother. His parents were here at the
time of his death. The remains were removed to
Burke's undertaking parlors and were sent to Morehouse at 1 o'clock
this morning, the parents accompanying the body.
We desire to
express our thanks to the many friends for their kindness
during the illness and death of the late John Thomas
Galvin, to those
who sent beautiful floral offerings and for the use of the
automobiles, especially do we wish to thank Father James
Downey and the choir.
Many years ago,
we helped an old soldier, Alby
Dent, 2 or 3
years to get a pension of $12.00 per month for a disease
contracted in the army. There is quite a difference now and
25 years ago in getting pensions. About that time ago we
assisted a well-known veteran of the Civil War for about two
years in getting an increase of from 6 to $12 increase for
months for diseases contracted while in service. He was
unable to do any kind of work. In the meantime a great many
affidavits and much evidence was submitted. He became ill
and was confined to his bed a long time. The day he died,
he received notice from the government that his new pension
had been cancelled that it bad been found by an
investigation his pension was not needed or desired. Quite
a number of pensions were dropped at that time. We have
written this year one letter for one woman whose husband
enlisted less than a year ago and she is already getting $40
per month. Uncle Sam is going to look after the soldiers
this time. (Wetaug)
(The reference is
to William A. Dent,
who served in Co. C, 26th Illinois Infantry.
He enlisted on 1 Sep 1861, as a private, was 20, born
in Rowan Co., N.C., and re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer.
He was mustered out as a corporal on 20 Jul 1865, at
Louisville, Ky.
He filed for a pension on 21 Aug 1890.
His marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery near Wetaug reads:
W. A. Dent
Died May 13, 1895 Age about 52 Years.
In my father’s house are many mansions.
His toils are past; his work is done.
He fought the fight, the victory won.—Darrel
Dexter)
Jesse
Pearson, the
negro who deserted from Camp Dodge, with David
Mayze, who shot
himself, was returned to Camp Dodge this morning by First
Class Private Henry
Schroeder, Co. B, 19th Train Headquarters and Military
Police.
BARDWELL, KY.,
Oct. 4—Hayden Geeter,
of this place, a block signal man, employed by the I. C. R.
R., was seriously injured Thursday, when struck by a fast
freight train at Winiford, Ky. Mr.
Geeter had left
his epeeder on the rack for a few minutes while
talking with some men in the tower at Winiford, and seeing
an approaching train rushed to save his car and was struck
on the head, breaking his neck. Dr. W. L.
Mosby, the I. C.
physician, rushed to the scene doing all he could to save
his life. He was brought home on the first passenger train
after the accident, living only a few minutes after he
arrived here, never regaining consciousness. Mr.
Geeter leaves
besides a wife and four children, several brothers and
sisters to mourn his death.
Realis Carroll
Kiestler, of
Cypress, Ill., is mentioned in today's Marine casualty list
as wounded in action. His nearest relatives is Donn
Eady.
Little Marvis
Boren, who was so
severely burned Monday afternoon, passed away at 4 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. Medical aid having been attentive and
the aid of loving friends and neighbors did all that it was
possible to do. The family have the sympathy of the whole
community.
Clarence H.
Hawkins is
seriously ill of pneumonia at Camp Mills, N.Y., according to
word received yesterday by his sister-in-law, Mrs. James
Hawkins. Young
Hawkins was
formerly in the employ of the Mobile & Ohio.
Capt. William M.
Williams, old
resident of Cairo, and former claim agent for the Mobile &
Ohio railroad died at St. Mary's Infirmary at 2:15 o'clock
this afternoon.
Capt.
Williams had been
in failing health for a long time. He roomed with Mrs.
Cassiday on Sixth Street, until his condition required more constant
nursing than she could give him, and he was removed to St.
Mary's Infirmary, where he has been since last January.
Capt.
Williams saw
service in the Mexican and Civil wars, the latter on the
Confederate side. His wife and daughter, Miss Mary, passed
away some years ago and since then he has lived here among
his old friends.
Up to the end he
resigned his official position as claim agent for the Mobile
& Ohio, but he has not been able to perform the duties for
several years.
His only living
relative is a niece, Mrs. Fanny
Hanna, of Charleston, W. Va.
Funeral services
will be held Sunday afternoon, leaving
Burke's undertaking parlors, at 2:30 on a special train for Beech
Grove Cemetery. The funeral will be in charge of Cairo
Lodge 237 A. F. and A. M. of which Captain
Williams was a
member. Friends are invited to attend.
James
Pirtle, of
Charleston, Mo., died yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
St. Mary’s Infirmary. He had been ill of typhoid fever for
only a short time. Relatives have been informed of his
death.
All members of
Cairo lodge No. 237, are requested to meet at
Burke's undertaking parlors at 2:15 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 6, for the
purse of attending the funeral of our late brother, W. M.
Williams. Special interurban car leaves at 2:30 sharp. Interment
at Beech Grove.
James
Heston formerly
of Cairo when he was in the employ of the Cotton Belt
railroad, died at his home in Little Rock, Ark., this
morning, after an illness of a few weeks.
He is survived by
his wife, who was Miss Emma
Susanka, of
Cairo, his father and mother, one sister and five brothers.
He removed from
Cairo to Little Rock about 12 years ago and held a
responsible position with the Cotton Belt at the time of his
death. He was also largely interested in real estate there.
The remains will
be brought to Lewiston, Ill., for burial.
Mrs. J. J.
Lane was called
to Little Rock, by his illness and has been there for
several weeks.
YOUNG MAN DIES AT
HOME OF HIS COUSIN
J. E.
O'Boren, aged 31,
died yesterday after a long illness at the home of his
cousin, Mrs. D. E. Dunn, 419 Thirty-fourth Street. After being prepared for burial, by
E. A. Burke, the
body was shipped to Memphis this morning, accompanied by E.
T. Stewart. The body was taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. Edward
Pleesinger. Interment
will be made in Elmwood Cemetery.
J. W.
Long, of
Wickliffe, Ky., died at St. Mary's Infirmary of dropsy at
9:05 o'clock last night at the age of 77. He had been
suffering for a long time. He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. J. W. Flannigan,
of Mound City, who was with him at the time of his death,
and a son, Frank Long,
of Bragg City. Karcher
Brothers prepared the remains for shipment to Wickliffe, and
the funeral arrangements will be announced upon the arrival
of his son.
Whereas, God in
his wisdom has seen fit to remove from this sphere of life
and usefulness on His earth, July 28, 1918, at a ripe old
age, our friend and fellow craftsman, F. H.
Thurman, and
Whereas, we are
deeply sensible that in his death we have lost a true friend
and a conscientious advisor, and a staunch and true union
man, and
Whereas, Cairo
Typographical Union No. 461 realizes keenly the great loss
his family and friends have sustained, its heartfelt
sympathies are extended to them. Mr.
Thurman has been
a member of this union since its organization and for a
number of years was its honored recording secretary. He was
a man what justly commanded and enjoyed the confidence,
respect and friendship of all who knew him. His strong
personal character and faithfulness in the performance of
his duties were such as made friends for him wherever he was
known. Our friend and brother has left us, but his memory
will ever live and be cherished by those who knew him best;
therefore be it
Resolved, that in
the death of F. H.
Thurman, we have lost a member who was very dear to us
and whose death we deeply deplore and be it further
Resolved, that
this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Union and
that a copy be sent his bereaved family of the deceased.
MOUND CITY BOY
DIES AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS
Floyd
Derr, of Mound
City, died at Jefferson Barracks last night, where he was in
training for army service.
He is the first
Mound City boy to give his life for his country.
Derr entrained two weeks ago. A few days ago he was given the
anti-typhoid serum and it was too much for his system and
made him ill. When his company left, he could not go with
them, on account of his condition and death came last night.
He leaves a
father, William Derr,
a sister and several uncles and aunts.
(William
Derr married Emma
Lawler on 9 Jun
1890, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Little Emaline
Schell, aged four
years, died Sunday at the home of her parents, 227
Twenty-seventh Street. The remains were taken this afternoon
to Fulton, Ky., for burial.
Funeral services
for Capt. W. M.
Williams were held Sunday afternoon from the
Burke's
undertaking parlors and the remains were taken to Beech
Grove Cemetery for interment in the family lot beside the
graves of his wife and daughter. The Masonic lodge
officiated and the funeral was attended by a large number of
old friends.
Capt.
Williams was born
near Pittsburg on May 4, 1831, and came to Cairo in 1855 and
entered the employment of
Williams &
Company, who erected the first brick building on Ohio
Street, still standing and owned by R.
Smyth & Co. In
1859 the deceased went to Arizona as superintendent for the
St. Louis Mining Company and it was while in that capacity
that he escaped from a band of marauding Mexicans, who
killed all of the employees of the company in a raid and
destroyed the plant. Capt.
Williams being
absent from the plant when the raid was made.
Capt.
Williams served
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War until the
surrender of Gen. Lee. Returning to Cairo in 1870, he ran a distillery here for a
time, but later disposed of it and entered the employ of the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad in 1880, which he held until his
death.
In 1863, he
married Miss Rachel
Williams at Covington, Ky., and one daughter, Miss Mary,
was the result of this union. Both passed away a number of
years ago.
Capt.
Williams’ only
living relative was Mrs. Fanny
Hanna, of
Charleston, W. Va.
Capt.
Williams was a
good citizen, a man who made warm friendship, and who was
faithful in the service of his employers and his fellow man.
The body of Floyd
Derr, who died at
Jefferson Barracks Sunday night, arrived in Mound City,
today and was taken to the home of his aunt, Miss Carrie
Lawler. The body
was accompanied by a military guard of two men and was met
at the station by a large crowd of friends.
Private
Derr was 21 years
of age and registered on August 21. He volunteered for
service and left for Jefferson Barracks September 23.
High
requiem mass will
be said at St. Mary’s Catholic church Wednesday morning at
8:30 o'clock conducted by Rev. Father
Techlenberg. The
body will be taken to the church at 2:00 o'clock p.m., where
military services will be held with Company D, of Cairo in
charge. Interment will be made at the Catholic cemetery at
Mounds.
(His marker in
St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery at Mounds reads:
William Floyd
Derr 1897-1918.—Darrel Dexter)
News of the death
of Lieut. Paul M.
Clendenen, son of Mr. and Mr. Taylor C.
Clendenen, of
Cairo, came as a severe blow Monday afternoon.
A dispatch from
the War Department in Washington announced that he had been
killed in action on September 12.
It is believed
that his death must have occurred on the first day of the
attack on the St. Mihiel sector, as that assault was begun
on the morning of September 12.
From the last
letter received from Lieut.
Clendenen,
written on Sept. 1, he stated that he was at a point just
west of the Argonne Forest and that he was just leaving for
a training camp 115 kilometers east, which would bring it to
the region of the St. Mihiel sector.
Lieut.
Clendenen was
born in Cairo on March 9, 1887, and was therefore just 31
years of age. He
graduated from Cairo High School in the Class of 1904 and
from the University of Illinois Class of 1909 and later was
employed by Armour & Co., in the Cairo branch and later
travelled for the publishing house of Silver, Burdette &
Company.
He entered the
second Officers’ Training Camp at Ft. Sheridan and received
a commission as second lieutenant and was sent to France,
being placed in charge of a company of colored volunteer
troops from New York.
They made a good record for themselves and came into
notice for the spirit they showed.
Some weeks ago Lieut.
Clendenen
received honorable mention because during an engagement he
was carried to the front line to direct his men during a
German attack.
At the time he was suffering from an attack of influenza.
It was at that time that he was slightly gassed and
later he went to Paris to recover his health.
He was just getting back into service when he fell on
September 12.
A memorial is
being planned for Lieut.
Clendenen next
Sunday afternoon at the First M. E. Church, jointly by the
church, the Knights Templar, and the Elks Lodge, with all of
which he was actively connected.
Miss Winifred
Fairfax Warder
has arrived in France, according to a message received
Monday evening by her parents, Hon. and Mrs. Walter
Warder.
Miss Warder
sailed from an eastern port on September 25.
Her arrival on
the scene of the war was the culmination of two years of
preparation and effort to give her services to her country
and, though disappointed a number of times, she has at last
achieved her ambition and will soon be on the fighting line
in France.
The service in
which Miss Warder
is enlisted is with the Woman’s Overseas Hospital and she
goes with the most active unit that of Mobile and Gas to
work close to the fighting line for men overcome with gas.
This movement is financed by the National Woman’s
Suffrage Association.
When a group of
American women organized the woman’s overseas hospitals,
they offered themselves to the Red Cross, only to be
informed that they could be accepted to serve with the
civilian population only.
They offered
themselves to the war department to find that the surgeon
general accepted only those hospitals turned over to the
government by the Red Cross, which there upon became
military hospitals staffed by officers of the medical corps.
They offered themselves to the French government,
thru the French high commission and were accepted.
With the French doctors and nurses they have been
able to care for American soldiers brought in with the
French wounded as they are not permitted to care for them in
American hospitals.
Miss
Warder received
her commission to go with this important unit thru her
persevering efforts and experience in various sorts of war
work and organization.
She attended the national service school at Chevy
Chase two years ago and has continually engaged in war work
since that time in an endeavor to be on the fighting line.
She was instrumental in the organization of the Navy
League in Alexander County and was also county chairman of
the Woman’s Committee, Council of National Defense until she
resigned to take up war work in Washington, D.C.
She became known to the National Woman’s Suffrage
Association thru her reputation in this work and when her
application taken to France with Gas unit was sent in it was
immediately accepted.
Going with this
unit are sixteen women, including surgeons, aides and
assistants. Their mission is first aid to gassed soldiers on
the fighting line
Miss
Warder came home
a few weeks ago expecting to spend a two week leave of
absence with her parent, but was ordered to report in New
York shortly after her arrival.
Her mother accompanied her east and remained with her
until the day she sailed, returning about ten days ago.
Miss
Warder has the
best wishes of her many Cairo friends for her welfare and
all are glad that she has at last accomplished that for
which she has so long and faithfully striven.
The council
Monday adopted the following, prepared by Commissioner
Howley and Judge
Dewey, as an appropriate tribute to Paul
Cochran, the first Cairo boy to lose his life in the war.
“Whereas, God has
removed from the scene of life’s battle to the realm of
eternal peace, Paul
Cochran, of Cairo, Illinois, a private soldier of
Company E, 47th Infantry of the American
Expeditionary Forces in France, who after a short career in
civil life and a brief service in the army, was killed in
action somewhere in France.
He was the son of Lee and Betty
Cochran, of this
city and enlisted as a volunteer soldier in the United
States Army shortly after America entered the war.
He was wounded while in action on a French
battlefield on July 25, 1918, and died in a hospital back of
the front line, somewhere in France on August 7, 1918.
Just a young man, he had been a student, workman and
solder. The
latter years of his life, except during the army service,
were spent in Cairo, where he was a trusted employee of the
Singer Manufacturing company.
As a soldier he was faithful in his duty and loyal to
his country and when in July last, the Teutonic hosts were
making their last great drive towards Paris, he went to his
death fighting valiantly for the defense of America and her
allies and for the cause of freedom and democracy throughout
the world; and
“Whereas, the
people of Cairo desire to pay a tribute to the memory of the
first soldier from the City of Cairo and the County of
Alexander to give his life for his country in the present
war, therefore,
“Be it Resolved,
That we, the Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Cairo,
Illinois, in council assembled, and as representatives of
the entire citizenship of the city, do hereby express our
sincere regret that our fellow citizen, Paul
Cochran, lost his
life for his country and for the freedom of mankind, and
that he made this great conflict, which we believe marks the
turning point of the war.
Mrs. Evelyn
King, aged 32
years, died at the home of her father, G. P.
Torance, No. 330
Ninth Street, at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. She was on a
visit here form Houston, Texas, where she resides. Her
husband, J. A. King, summoned by her illness, arrived this morning. Her daughter,
Mildred, aged 7 years, is very low at her grandfather's.
The remains were
removed to Burke's
undertaking establishment and were taken to Trenton, Tenn.,
her old home, for burial today.
Her husband is
superintendent of construction of the firm of
Horton & Horton, at
Houston.
Dan
Cowley, of the U.
S. N., died this morning at 1 o'clock at Atlanta, Ga., from
the effects of Spanish influenza. He formerly lived in Cairo
and as a nephew of Mrs. T. L.
Karcher, of 905 Walnut Street, and also of the
Sullivan family, 224 Twelfth Street.
He was unmarried and leaves surviving him his mother,
Mrs. T. G. Cowley,
of East St. Louis, three sisters, Mrs. Pearl
Cowley, of
Illano, Texas, Misses Maude and Nina Mabel
Cowely, of East St. Louis, and two brothers, Tom and William
Cowley, of East
St. Louis, all formerly of Cairo.
The remains will
be brought to Cairo and taken to
Karcher Brothers undertaking parlors until the funeral, the time of
which is not announced. Interment will be made at Villa
Ridge.
(Thomas
Cowley married
Mary Sullivan on
3 Oct 1888, in Alexander Co., Ill.
His marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Dan Cowley
Born Aug. 28, 1889 Died Oct. 8, 1918 Son.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services
for Jannet Wynn,
the six-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Wynn, of 307
Third Street, were held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap. The baby
passed away at the home of her parents Sunday. Interment was
made at Beech Grove. E.
A. Burke was in charge of the services.
Clarence
Hawkins, a
private in the infantry in training at Camp Mills, N.Y.,
died this morning of pneumonia following an attack of
Spanish influenza. He formerly was employed in Cairo as car
inspector of the Illinois Central Railroad.
The remains will
be taken to his home in Boaz, Ill., where interment will be
made.
Glenn
McDonald, aged
about 18 years, of Thebes, was severely injured between 12
and 1 o'clock this morning, when he fell between the cars on
a train between Thebes and Illmo and his right leg was
crushed.
He was brought
down to St. Mary’s Infirmary this morning to have the
injured member amputated.
His mother and
sister accompanied him.
McDonald was employed in the acid house of Fayville.
His limb was
amputated and he was very weak this afternoon from loss of
blood.
Wednesday, 9 Oct
1918:
COLORED SOLDIER
DIES AT CAMP DODGE
Pvt. Jesse
Johnson, better known as Jesse
Lewis, of 3900
Commercial Ave., who left for Camp Dodge, Ia., with the last
contingent of colored drafted men, died there on October 8,
and his body will be brought back to Cairo for burial.
Corporal Arthur Lieberman,
formerly in charge of the recruiting office here, died at
Jefferson Barracks, Monday evening at 7:40 o'clock. His
death was caused by pneumonia.
Corp. Lieberman first
came to Cairo some years ago as a private under Sgt.
Kresky and then when the war broke out and
Kresky was made an officer of the line,
Lieberman was promoted to corporal and placed in charge of the
office here. A few months ago, when all of the recruiting
offices were closed, he was assigned to active duty at
Jefferson Barracks. His wife is staying at the Melba Hotel.
The body arrived from St. Louis this morning and was taken to
Burke's
undertaking parlors where it will lie in state until the
funeral.
According to present arrangements, the funeral will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and interment will be
made at the National Cemetery. Company D will escort the
body and he will be buried with full military honors.
He is survived by his wife and mother, brother and sister, in
Chicago, who have not yet been heard from.
Corporal Liebermann was
of great assistance to the public library in taking care of
the books that were sent from here for the boys in
camp. After the books were secured, he took charge of them
and rendered every assistance in their transportation.
He had tried to enter an officers' training camp for a commission,
but his lack of a high school education served as a bar and
prevented him from getting into the active service in
France.
(Arthur Lieberman died 7
Oct 1918 and was buried in Mound City National Cemetery in
Section F grave 4964H.—Darrel
Dexter)
Gate City Lodge No. 24 will meet tonight at Castle Hall at eight
o'clock to arrange for the funeral of our deceased brother,
Ollie Crump.
We desire to publicly thank the friends and neighbors who so dearly
administered to us during the suffering and death of our
daughter, Marvis and ask God's blessings to all of you.
Corporal Ralph S. Vick
died this morning at 3 o'clock at Camp Custer, Battle Creek,
Mich., where he has been suffering from influenza and later
pneumonia since Friday. He was, until going to camp,
cashier of the State Bank at Ullin, Ill., where his father,
George B. Vick, resides. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Otto
Serbian, of
Cairo, a married sister in Centralia, one in Washington, and
a brother and sister in Ullen.
He was with the Headquarters Detachment, 40th Infantry.
No announcement of the arrival of the body or funeral arrangements
was made in the message received at noon today by Mrs.
Serbian announcing her brother's death. She went to Ullin this
afternoon to be with her father.
(George C. Vick married
Sarah C. Newcome
on 26 Mar 1882, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His marker in Ullin Cemetery reads:
Corp. Ralph F.
Vick 1892-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. J. W. Mills,
formerly of Cairo, died this morning at Nashville, of
pneumonia, following an attack of influenza. She was only
ill four days. Mrs.
Mills left Cairo where she resided at 428 Tenth Street
to join her husband in Nashville about two months ago. He,
while in Cairo, was employed at P. T.
Langan's and left
Cairo several months ago to work at the government explosive
plant.
Mrs. Mills leaves
surviving her husband. They had no children.
The body of Dan Cowley,
whose death occurred in the officers' training camp at
Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday arrived in Cairo on Wednesday
afternoon and was met at the station by members of Company
D. The remains were taken to the home of his grandmother,
Mrs. Sullivan,
234 Twelfth Street, in a flag draped hearse and escorted by
members of Company D.
Funeral services will be held private according to a decision of
the Health Officer, and will be at Calvary Cemetery, Villa
Ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor C.
Clendenen received a letter Wednesday form the captain
of the company to which their son, Lieut. Paul M.
Clendenen
belonged, stating that he was killed instantly by a high
explosive shell. The letter which was written September 12,
the day of his death occurred, stated that he was buried
with military honors at Gizancourt.
"A pretty little French village, our own men and a brother officer
escorting him as a soldier of honor should be."
The body of Claude Young,
who died at Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday evening, arrived in
Cairo Wednesday evening on Number 6, and were reshipped from
here to Dawson Springs, Ky., this morning, leaving at 5
o'clock. His death was caused by pneumonia.
He was formerly a painter of Cairo and left here to work on a large
painting contract at the government plant at Nashville.
Sgt. White, of 409
Thirty-fifth Street, is officially reported wounded in
action in today's Marine Corps casualty list. Information
to this effect was received some time ago.
Woodrow Wilson, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Hall, died at
their home, 426 Thirtieth Street, Thursday morning, was
buried this morning at Beech Grove Cemetery. The funeral
was private. E. A.
Burke was in charge of the arrangements.
The name of William I.
Simkins, of Thebes, Ill., appeared in Thursday’s
casualty list as severely wounded.
Funeral services for Dan
Cowley, the soldier whose death occurred Tuesday at the
officers' training camp at Atlanta, Ga., were held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of his grandmother, Mrs.
Catherine Sullivan,
234 Twelfth Street, Rev. Father J. I.
Downey officiated and there were many beautiful floral offerings.
Members of Company D acted as pallbearers and a firing squad from
the company fired a salute over the grave. Interment was
made at Villa Ridge cemetery the funeral party going up on a
special Illinois Central train.
The pallbearers were Sergeant
Schuch, Privates
Braughton,
Goodman,
Sullivan, Karcher,
Kuykendall,
Orrick, and Sandler. The
firing squad was Corporal
Weldon, Privates
Koonce,
Dunlap,
Ibacch, Clutts,
Hessian, C.
Stout, and M. Stout.
(Thomas Cowley married
Mary Sullivan on
3 Oct 1888, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The funeral services of Mrs. J. W.
Mayo, whose death occurred at Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday morning,
occurred at Columbus, Ga., Wednesday. Mrs.
Mayo formerly resided in Cairo at 428 Tenth Street and left this
city about two months ago to join her husband who was
employed at the government explosives works there. Mrs.
Mayo had many friends in Cairo who were grieved to hear of her
untimely death.
Funeral services for Corporal Ralph
Vick, whose death occurred at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.,
Thursday, will be held at Ullin Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Cairo friends who may wish to attend will have to
go up at 4:30 in the morning.
Harry F. Carlton died
this morning at 8:45 o'clock at his home, 219 Sixth Street,
after a two weeks' illness of grip. He was 43 years of age
and leaves surviving him his wife and two sons, aged 13 and
10 years. He was manager of the Gold Coin Butterine
Company.
The funeral arrangements have not been completed as yet. Mrs. L.
E. Falconer is in
charge.
BROTHER OF CAIRO
WOMAN DIES
Cecil R. Reynolds died
at Fort Riley, Kan., Friday, according to word received by
his sister, Mrs. James
Stuart, 3114
Poplar Street. The message did not state the cause of his
death, but it is supposed that he succumbed to an attack of
influenza.
The body will be brought to Cairo for burial. E. A.
Burke will have
charge of the arrangements.
Arthur McFadden died
Wednesday morning at Nashville, Tenn., where he was employed
at the government powder plant from pneumonia. He was
injured in an automobile accident several weeks ago and
contracted pneumonia during his illness.
He was 24 years of age and formerly resided in Cairo at 713
Thirty-Fifth Street. His brother, Leonard
McFadden, lives in Cairo. The funeral services were held Thursday
and interment made at McGuire Cemetery, which is about
twenty miles from Mayfield, Ky. Another brother, Clarence
McFadden, who is also employed at Nashville, accompanied the remains
to Mayfield.
Memorial service at First M. E. Church, Sunday, October 13th, in
honor of Knight Paul M.
Clendenen
indefinitely postponed.
The following letters were written to Mr. and Mrs. T. C.
Clendenen on
September 12, the day their son, Lieut. Paul M.
Clendenen was
killed in France.
They are from the captain of his company and from the
first lieutenant of his battalion:
Entire Battalion
Sends Sympathy
12 Sept. ‘18
Dear Mr. and Mrs.
Clendenen:
Today our Battalion lost the officer and gentleman who was its very
joy of life, your son, Paul.
He was instantly killed by a shell in one of the
trenches and his orderly wounded.
You will hear officially of course later.
I have just left him.
He will be at a town called Gizacourt, a pretty
little French village and our own men and a brother officer
are escorting him as a soldier of honor should be.
There is nothing I can say to you both but I felt you would rather
hear something from one of his friends.
Paul was nominated for a first lieutenancy for his
good service.
His company commander, Capt.
White, and
Battalion commander, Capt.
Bobb both counted
on him and were always able to depend on him and were always
able to depend on him in any emergency.
He used to show me your pictures and one of a girl he seemed very
fond of always spoke lovingly of you and his home.
During the battle of 11 July, he acted as Company G
Commander and handled the company alone while really unfit
for duty, on his nerve.
Recently he was in splendid sprits and health and the
life of our men.
We are naturally broken up, but have to “carry on” and it is
another debt we have to make the enemy pay and believe me
they will pay and dearly.
Our entire battalion is with me in our expression of tribute to
your boy and sympathy to you.
Sincerely,
Edward C. Siedle
First Lieut. 2 Battalion
369 Infantry, A. E. F.
What the Captain
Wrote
September 12, 1918
Mr. T. C.
Clendenen,
811 Twenty-sixth
St., Cairo, Ill.
Dear Sir:
Although I realize thoroughly that nothing I can say can make the
burden any easier for you and your family, I feel that I
must write you how deeply Paul’s comrades sympathize with
you all in your bereavement and how much we loved and
admired him
For six months we have been in the same company and have known each
other as brothers.
During that time Paul was always ready for the
hardest work or the most dangerous mission and was always
cheerful after the greatest hardships and under the most
discouraging conditions.
On July 15, when the Germans attacked, Paul was
suffering with fever, but he left his bed to lead his
platoon. Two
days later when I was gassed, Paul took command of the
company and handled it very efficiently, under difficult
conditions. For
these two acts, he was recommended by the battalion
commander for citation and the Distinguished Service Cross.
Knowing his modesty, I am sure these things have been
minimized in his letters home, but you must know that no one
could have done more for the country for which Paul finally
gave his life, than he.
As to his death this morning, I shall only add that he was
mercifully killed instantaneously by a nigh explosive shell
and could not have suffered.
The remaining officer of the company, Lieutenant
Rowland who has
always been with Paul almost constantly for the last six
months, joins me in expressing the sincerest sympathy to you
and your family.
Most respectfully yours,
J. Dugald White
Capt. J. D.
White
Co. E 369
Infantry
American E. F.
France
(Another article in the same issue states she died at Paducah,
Ky.—Darrel Dexter)
Mrs. Hall Whiteaker died
Sunday at the home of her sister in Paducah, Ky., after a
brief illness. Her husband, Dr. Hall
Whiteaker, is
with the army medical corps and has been in France for four
or five months. His wife has been with relatives in
Danville, Ill., and went to Paducah to visit her sister,
when she was taken ill.
The remains will be taken to her home at Mounds Tuesday and the
funeral will be held there at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
conducted by Rev. Mr.
Dunn, pastor of the Methodist church.
Dr. Whiteaker is one of
the well-known physicians of Southern Illinois. Mrs.
Whiteaker was
formerly Miss Tina
Webb, of Paducah.
(Hall Whiteaker married
Mary J. B. Cook
on 15 Aug 1873, in Johnson Co., Ill.
Hall Whiteaker
married Tina Webb
on 29 Sep 1891, in Johnson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Dora Anne Bridges,
wife of J. L. Bridges,
died this morning at 10:30 o'clock at her home, 415
Washington, after a few days' illness of influenza. She was
55 years of age.
The remains were taken to
Burke's undertaking parlors and will be sent to Vienna,
Ill., Tuesday, morning for burial.
(J. L. Bridges married
Dora Harwick on 4
Apr 1886, in Johnson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Miller,
of 2501 Park Avenue, this morning received a message
announcing the death of their son, Hans, who was killed in
action in France on Friday, September 20. He was in the
field artillery, was about 21 years of age and enlisted for
service in the United States army over a year ago, in
Chicago. Before leaving Cairo he was employed at
Patier's Store.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have
two sons in France, Oscar and Bernard, both of whom enlisted
for service. The
death of this young man makes the fourth Cairo boy whose
death has come thru the war. The first, Paul
Cochran, who died
from wounds, Joe
Glynn, whose death was due to pneumonia at the Great
Lakes, Lieut. Paul M.
Clendenen, who was killed in action on September 12, and Hans
Miller, whose
death occurred September 20.
The name of William L.
Mattingly, of Mound City, appeared in the casualty list
of those who died from wounds, published in the morning
papers today. Mention of his death has been made before.
Miss Winifred Warder,
daughter of Senator and Mrs. Walter
Warder, died in
Bordeaux, France, of pneumonia, on October 8, in the
American hospital there, according to a message received
this morning. The message, which was from Mrs. Carrie
Chapman
Catt, reads:
"We are grieved to report the receipt of the following
cable: Winifred
Warder died October 8 in the American hospital at
Bordeaux, of pneumonia, contracted on the voyage. Interment
Thursday at the American cemetery, at Bordeaux."
On October 7, the family received this message. "Winifred
Warder arrived in
France safe and well." This message was from Miss
Farrar, secretary of the National Woman's Suffrage Association.
Miss Warder gave her
life for her country just as surely as if she had reached
the goal of her ambition, the fighting line where she soon
would have been had not death claimed her. From the first
America's entrance into the war it was Miss
Warder's ambition
to go to France and her efforts to do this never
ceased. She was listed to go with the Red Cross a year ago
and was disappointed. She entered a nurses' training school
and finding that this would take two years at least of
preparation she tried other sources to get to the front.
Finally, one a month or so ago she was accepted by the National
Woman's Suffrage Association to go in the Mobile Gas unit,
one of the most hazardous of services for women and which
would have taken her directly to the front on the fighting
line. That she did not see actual service is the principle
regret of her sorrowing parents who consented to her going
only because it was her heart’s desire and because she said
she could not rest until she had done all that she could for
her country.
Winifred Fairfax Warder
was 34 years of age in May and was a graduate of Cairo High
School. She also graduated from Monticello University and
was a graduate of the Hamilton School at Washington, D.C.
and the Sherratt Art School in New York City. She studied
art in the east several years and her efforts in this line
were given principally to exquisite china painting. At the
beginning of the war, two years ago, Miss
Warder entered
the Chevy Chase National service school and later returned
to Cairo, where she was active in organizing the local Red
Cross chapter, the Woman's Committee Council of National
Defense the Navy League, and other patriotic movements.
The fact that her parents were satisfied that she had arrived at
her destination safe and well made the shock of the message
received this morning more severe to her family and friends
in Cairo.
(Walter Warder married
Dora Bain on 24
May 1876, in Johnson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Nora Lieberman,
wife of Corp.
Lieberman, whose death occurred at Jefferson Barracks,
Mo., last week, attempted to end her life early this
afternoon by taking carbolic acid, at the Hacker Flats on
Fifth Street.
She was in an unconscious condition with her life hanging in the
balance and Dr.
Barrows, who was called and attended her gave her small
hope of her survival.
A letter from Mrs. Hacker
said that she could not live without her husband and gave
directions for her burial, while another was addressed to
her mother, Mrs. C. Jenkins, in Malden, Mo.
By the terms of the will of the late Louis
Zanone, admitted to probate today, the household furniture, $10,000
in money and a life interest in the house stead on Twentieth
Street, is left to his widow, Mrs. Cora
Zanone.
All of his property in Italy is left to his sister, Eugenia
Massa.
The rest of his property is placed in certain trust funds to be
held for ten years for the benefit of his daughter, Clotilda
Thompson, and his
sons, Louis Zanone,
Jr., and Enrico
Zanone.
James H. Galligan and
Augustus Botto
are made executors of the will, which was witnessed by
Andrew H. Whitcamp,
William H. Jones
and Sophia C. Serbian.
The following from today's
Chicago Tribune will be of peculiar interest this
evening as the news of Miss
Warder's death
only reached here this morning.
"Miss Winifred Warder,
one of the district representatives of the Illinois Equal
Suffrage Association and well known in war work, has arrived
in France, where she has gone in the service of the woman’s
overseas hospital, the special war work of the National
American Women’s Suffrage Association. Miss
Warder is attached to the mobile gas unit of the movable hospital,
which will operate in connection with the medical corps of
the French army just back of the front line and will connect
with a gas hospital further back. This is said to be the
first experiment of a portable gas hospital service.”
(Samuel Jackson married
Frances P. Bain
on 23 Sep 1860, in Jackson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Junior, the six-week-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Wright, of 227
Thirty-third Street, died this afternoon at 2:00 at their
home. The little fellow has been ailing throughout his
brief life and his death was not unexpected.
The remains will be taken to Wickliffe, Ky., Wednesday morning for
burial.
JOHN H. KELLY
DIES IN ST. LOUIS
John H. Kelly, aged 28,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George B.
Kelly, died at
his home in St. Louis Tuesday evening from pneumonia
following an attack of influenza. The deceased formerly
resided in Cairo and was unmarried. He leaves surviving his
parents, two sisters, Mrs. J. R.
Norris, of
Sixteenth Street, and Miss Lulu
Kelly, of St.
Louis.
The remains will be taken to Mounds for burial where the funeral
will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Nora Lieberman,
wife of the late Corporal
Lieberman, who
has been in a critical condition at St. Mary's Infirmary
since Tuesday afternoon, suffering from the effects of a
dose of carbolic acid, has a chance of recovery, according
to reports from her bedside this afternoon.
The tenth death from influenza in Cairo was reported today at the
city clerk's office. The victim was James
Wise, colored, of 424 Fourteenth Street. He died this morning.
Most of the victims have been among the colored people.
Frederick P. Fawkner,
the photographer, has in his display window at the entrance
of his studio, excellent photographs of Miss Winifred
Fairfax Warder, who died in France on October 8. Lieut. Paul M.
Clendenen, who
was killed in action on September 12, and Joseph
Glynn, whose
death occurred at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station
September 21. The pictures are surmounted by a draped
American flag.
The funeral of John H. Kelly,
who died in St. Louis, Tuesday, of pneumonia, was held this
afternoon at Mounds, the remains arriving there at 1
o'clock. Interment was made at Beech Grove Cemetery.
Karcher Brothers were in charge of the arrangements.
(William H. Albright
married Addia May
Douglas on 14 Aug 1892, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery near Wetaug reads:
William H.
Albright 1874-1919.—Darrel
Dexter)
While influenza cases appear to be on the increase in Cairo, and
the doctors are so worked down that they can scarcely attend
all of the cases, a survey of the 16 deaths reported at the
city clerk's office shows that five are white people and two
of these were brought in from neighboring towns to St.
Mary's Infirmary.
Of the sixteen deaths, the following is the record
The high mortality among the negro men is said to be because they
have not the vitality to resist the disease when it attacks
them.
Mrs. Ethel Wheeler, wife
of Robert Wheeler,
died this morning at 10 o'clock on a house boat at Sixth and
Ohio levee. Mrs.
Wheeler succumbed to pneumonia following influenza. She
was 36 years of age and leaves no children.
The remains were taken to
Burke's undertaking parlors and will be shipped to
Warrenburg, Mo., for burial.
A deferred cable was received Tuesday by Hon. and Mrs. Walter
Warder, from
their daughter, Miss Winifred, whose death occurred in
Bourdeaux, France, Tuesday, Oct. 8. The message which was
evidently filed by Miss
Warder
immediately on her arrival and deferred to give place to
more important cables, was dated Bourdeaux, Oct. 17 and was
as follows:
"Address La Bruyere Landes, Winifred."
Her last words to her sorrowing parents.
The cablegram at first raised a glimmer of hope but on inquiry the
facts were learned.
Elder W. C. Leonard,
pastor of the Tamms Baptist Church, died Tuesday of
pneumonia, following an attack of influenza according to
word received in Cairo today. He was one of the leading
young ministers of the Clear Creek Association and will be
greatly missed. He lived in Anna and leaves surviving him a
wife and one child.
The following letters were received Thursday by T. C.
Clendenen and
were written on September 13, the day after his son, Lieut.
Paul M. Clendenen
was killed in action.
They need no comment as their contents are most
significant:
Dear Sir:
The death of your son was a loss to the service and to the county
and is felt as a personal bereavement by all of his fellow
officers who knew him and who had come to love and admire
him. You have
our sincerest sympathy in your bereavement which can be
lightened by the knowledge that your son died for his county
and that he had always lived up to its highest traditions as
a brave soldier and an upright man.
Although Lieut. Clendenen
was not in my company yet, I take the liberty of writing you
hoping that you would like to hear what happened to come
under my immediate observation as proof of his grit and
steadfastness.
It happened that I was in command of this Battalion from July 12 to
July 23. Prior
to that time for some days your son had roomed opposite me
in barracks where he was taken sick with trench fever.
He would not be evacuated as the battle was expected
daily, but was very sick and I went to see him almost daily.
He was always cheery but had quite a fever and had
lost quite a great deal of weight.
On the night of the 14th we were about a
mile from out billets in our positions when the great battle
started. Your
son got out of bed and rushed to the fighting position, sick
as he was, and struck to it right through.
He was thin and grim that morning, with his jaw stuck
out, hanging on by pure force of will.
I put him in charge of the battalion train on the
first move and after that day he practically took charge of
the company, Captain
White being quite sick and being evacuated the day
after. Your son
was all alone with that large company for the following two
weeks which composed one of the hardest tours the battalion
ever had and in spite of his illness and his inexperience,
handled the company with the highest efficiency.
I was so greatly impressed by his pluck,
steadfastness and skill that I recommended him in the
highest teems for citation, which recommendation has gone
forward and will, I trust, be acted upon.
With assurance of my deepest sympathy, I am
Vey sincerely yours,
John H. Clark, r.
Capt. 369th Inf. U. S. A.
Dear Mr.
Clendenen:
I am very sorry indeed to write you that Paul was hit yesterday
noon by shell fragments and immediately passed away
his orderly who was with him at the time was wounded
in the leg.
I have been with Paul since last August when we were together in
the same company at Fort Sheridan. We were together in New
York before coming across the bunked beside one another at
the infantry Specialist school where he did splendid work.
Since coming to the regiment he has continued his fine work and had
become dearly loved by both men and fellow offices.
Just recently he had been recommended for promotion to 1st
lieutenant and had passed his physical examination.
Last evening his body was escorted by an officer and four of his
men to a quiet, pretty little French village behind the
lines, Gizeaucourt, where he is to be interred beside a
fellow officer.
Paul has always been considered one of the best officers and was
always a gentleman.
His loss is a several blow to us all and has made us
more determined than ever to wipe out the Hun menace.
The moral of the Americans is wonderful and when you
have an army with such spirit it is no wonder that it has
already made name for itself and will continue to add to its
laurels.
If there is anything that I can possible do or you, kindly let me
know, as I will only be too glad to do it.
Sincerely
George P. Stowell,
Ind. St. M. G. Co. 2
369 U.S. Inf.
S. P. 107
Roy Malone, of Memphis,
died this week of pneumonia, following an attack of
influenza. He formerly resided in Cairo and also Mound City
and was at the time of his death employed by the Illinois
Central Railroad at Memphis. His mother, who lives in Mound
City, was at his bedside when death came. The remains were
brought to Mounds for burial at Beech Grove Cemetery. He is
survived by his wife and other relatives.
Robert Trafford, the
8-year-old son of Mr. M. P.
Trafford, of
Morehouse, Mo., died this morning at 7:30 o'clock at St.
Mary's Infirmary, of influenza. The little boy and his
sister, 14 years old, were brought to Cairo Friday and taken
to the hospital where the young girl is now in a serious
condition.
The remains were taken to
Karcher Brothers undertaking parlors and will be taken
to Wickliffe, Ky., Sunday for burial.
A Mrs. McClure died
early this morning at her home on upper Commercial Avenue
near Fortieth Street of pneumonia. The case was especially
pitiable as the family is very poor and the mother, who was
34 years of age leaves surviving her four little children,
all ill with influenza. The children, it was stated, were
taken to the pest house this afternoon for attention. The
mother was given a pauper's burial this afternoon, E. A.
Burke being in
charge.
Mrs. Weaver Tucker, of
Thebes, received sword today that her son, Aud
McNeely, who was a volunteer in the navy, died in England, of
pneumonia, on October 15.
He was a student in the Thebes high school and is the first Thebes
boy to die for his country.
Mrs. Mamie O. Jones,
aged 27, died Friday evening at 5:30 at her home, 1512
Poplar Street, after a seven days' illness with
influenza. She was the wife of H. E.
Jones, of the
Interstate Grocery Company and leaves surviving her husband
and a son, Robert, ten years old. Her father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Thomas, of Bertrand, Mo., four brothers, Ralph, of
Bertrand, Ed and Alex, of Cairo, and W. E.
Thomas, who is in
the army, and one sister, Mrs. John
Blackman, of St.
Louis, also survive her.
The remains were taken to Bertrand this afternoon for interment at
Oak Grove Cemetery. Karcher
Brothers were in charge.
Mrs. Eva Knight, of
Thirty-sixth Street, died Sunday night with influenza her
death following close on that of a little daughter, Dorothy,
aged five years. An infant, but five days old and a fifteen
year-old son, are also seriously ill with the disease. She
leaves her husband, West
Knight, and six children.
The funeral of the mother and daughter was held this afternoon,
conducted by Rev. John W.
Coontz.
Mrs. William Hart, wife
of William Hart,
passed away Saturday night a victim of influenza at her
home, 3901 Commercial Avenue. Funeral services were held
this afternoon with burial at Beech Grove. A daughter of
Mrs. Hart died of
the disease last week.
On Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Margaret
Fay, wife of Thomas Fay,
of 3115 Poplar Street, died of pneumonia at 3 o'clock. She
was 31 years of age. Funeral services were held this
afternoon with Mrs. L. E.
Falconer in
charge. Interment was at Beech Grove Cemetery.
Thomas Hurley, of 524
Eleventh Street, died at 9 o'clock Sunday night of
influenza. He was unmarried and leaves a sister, Mrs. R. R.
Fleming, of
Paducah, Ky., who arrived in Cairo with her husband today.
The funeral arrangements have not been announced as yet. Mrs. L.
E. Falconer is in
charge.
The remains of Mrs. Rosa
Adkins, who died Sunday morning at her home, 418
Thirty-sixth Street, were taken to Wickliffe, Ky., this
morning on the Three
States and funeral services held there this
afternoon. Mrs.
Adkins leaves surviving her her husband, A. J.
Adkins. She was
born in Kentucky, April 26, 1875.
Earl Hoffner, of 530
Tenth Street, died at St. Mary's Infirmary, at 7:40 Sunday
evening of influenza.
The remains will be taken to Wetaug, Tuesday afternoon for
burial. E. A. Burke
is in charge of the remains.
(His marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery near Wetaug reads:
Earl A.
Hoffner Born Jan. 21, 1886 Died Oct. 20, 1918.
Lula E.
Hoffner his wife Born Jan. 2, 1887 Died June 28,
1939.—Darrel Dexter)
Mrs. Sarah H. Decker
died this morning at 1:40 o'clock at her home, 2028 Sycamore
Street, after an illness of several months, following
surgical operation. She was 48 years of age and leaves
surviving her her husband, E. A.
Decker, five sons, Otto and Floyd, both with the U. S. Army in
France, Fred, who is a training camp in the United States,
Sterling, of Cairo, and Dallas, of Paducah, Ky., and two
daughters, Mrs. Mona B.
Braunson, of
Kentucky, and Mrs. Effie May
Barley, of Cairo.
Funeral services will be held at the residence Tuesday at 1 o'clock
conducted by Rev. John W.
Coontz. Burial
will be made at Beech Grove. Karcher
Brothers are in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Add Bode, wife of
Carl Bode, of
Mound City, died Saturday evening at 4:30 o'clock at their
home after a brief illness of influenza, following
pneumonia. Mrs. Bode was formerly Miss Ada
Walker, of Cairo, daughter of the late W. E.
Walker, 209
Eighteenth Street. Her condition was not thought to be
critical until Saturday and her death was a great shock to
her relatives and many friends in Cairo and at her home.
Mrs. Bode was a graduate
of the Cairo high school and was born and raised in
Cairo. She was a loveable young woman and had a large
circle of friends who will mourn her loss. She leaves
surviving her, her husband, her mother, four sisters, Misses
Alice, Corinne, Leola and Esther, and seven brothers,
Fidelis, Charles and Bernard, of Cairo, George, of Hot
Springs, Ark., Frank of Chicago, Edgar with the U. S. Army
in France, and Clarence, of New York City.
The funeral services will be held at her residnce, instead of the
church, on account of the epidemic and will be conducted by
Rev. Father
Techlinberg at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial will
be at Villa Ridge.
(Her marker in Cairo City Cemetery reads:
Ada Walker
Bode wife of Carl F.
Bode
1886-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Otto Edwards, 23, of
Mound City, married Cora
Leschner, 19, of
Villa Ridge, on 27 Apr 1899, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Edward Fain, aged 31
years, died at his home in Mound City this morning at 9
o'clock of pneumonia, following an attack of influenza. He
has been sick about five days.
The deceased, who was section boss for the Big Four, is survived by
a wife and three children, two boys and a girl. He was a
member of the Masonic order.
The body will be buried at Belknap.
Mrs. Lizzie Black, of
3810 Commercial Avenue, died at the infirmary at 9 o'clock
this morning, of influenza.
The deceased is survived by her husband, who is in Anna, and one
child. She also has a brother, David
Merritt, of 212
Thirty-second Street. E. A.
Burke has charge of the interment.
Mrs. Francis Hogland,
aged 65 years, died this morning at 6:30 o'clock at her
home, 321 Thirty-fifth Street, her death being due to a
paralytic stroke. She leaves surviving her two sisters,
Mrs. George Fox
and Miss Lulu
Carlisle, and a brother, H. C.
Carlisle, all of
Charleston, Mo. The remains will be taken to Charleston
Wednesday morning, where the funeral services will be
held. Karcher brothers are in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Carl Schuh today
received a letter from her husband, Lieut. Carl
Schuh, stating that he had received a slight wound in his thigh, but
was getting along nicely. Lieut.
Schuh is on the battle front in France.
(Otto Edwards, 23, of
Mound City, married Cora
Leschner, 19, of
Villa Ridge, on 27 Apr 1899, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Ray Dale, the five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Edwards, died at
their home in Mound City this morning at 4:30 o'clock of
pneumonia. This is the second child they have lost from
pneumonia within the last five days, the other a son one
year old having died Saturday. No arrangements are
announced for the funeral.
(Otto Edwards, 23, of
Mound City, married Cora
Leschner, 19, of
Villa Ridge, on 27 Apr 1899, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Walter A. Welver, of
Murphysboro, Ill., is mentioned in today's casualty list as
killed in action. He is the only boy in this locality
mentioned.
Mrs. Lula Ella Eaves,
aged 26, died this morning, at 1:20 o'clock at her home, No.
312 Thirty-third Street of influenza. She leaves a husband,
John Eaves, and two children.
The remains will be taken to Unionville, Ill., for burial
via the Big Four
Thursday morning. E. A.
Burke has charge
of the burial.
John R. Lett, State Game
Warden of Missouri, died at his home in Charleston, Mo.,
this morning at 8 o'clock of pneumonia, following an attack
of influenza. He was ill only five days and his death is a
great shock to the community. He was 34 years of age July
23 and leaves surviving him his wife and a little daughter,
Mary, one year old. He was married to Miss Nell
Taylor two years
ago this month. He also leaves two brothers, Ab
Lett and Thomas
Lett, of
Bertrand, Mo.
Mr. Lett was a prominent
businessman land owner of the vicinity, was a 32nd
degree Mason and belonged to other lodges.
The funeral services will be held at the Methodist church in
Charleston, Thursday afternoon with interment at Oak Grove
Cemetery.
I wish to thank the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
of Centralia, the Royal Neighbors of America at Mounds, Rev.
Roy B. Morgan, of
Mound City, and our many relatives and friends for their
loving service and sympathy during the illness and death of
my wife, Ellen M.
McClelland.
LEONARD CLIFFORD KILLED IN
FRANCE
Dies of Wounds July 19 While
Being Taken to Dressing Station
Corporal
Leonard Clifford
died at Aron Soissons on July 19 of wounds received in
battle, according to a letter received this morning by Mrs.
Rose L. Clifford, his mother, of 414 Union Street.
This is the first notice they had received of his
death, though a cable was received stating that he had been
severely wounded.
On September 26, the family sent a cable thru the Red
Cross enquiring about Corporal
Clifford and the letter this morning was in reply to the cable.
He enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 9 and
arrived in France May 5.
The last letter received from him was written July 7.
Two other Cairo boys, Fred
White and Moult
Fox, who enlisted
at the same time, have been wounded, Mr.
White twice.
Corporal Clifford's name is the eleventh on Cairo's honor roll.
Young Clifford
was a student at the Cairo High School only a few years ago
and gained a reputation as one of the cleanest and hardest
playing football players in recent years.
He was a tackle and it is interesting to note that
four of the best tackles of recent years are in the service,
namely: George
Curry, with the
British forces and reported wounded some time ago; William
Gibson, U.S.
Navy, Eugene Gibson,
130th Infantry and the deceased. The
advice to the date of his death makes Corp.
Clifford the first Cairo boy on the roll of honor, Paul
Cochran, who was
thought to have held that place, having been killed on
August 3. The
following is the text of the letter announcing his death and
which was sent from Washington, Oct. 22, Bureau of
Communication, W. R.
Castle, Jr., director. "We are
today in receipt of a cable from Paris and I am so sorry to
have to convey to you the bad news but it seems that your
boy was wounded on July 19 and died while he was being taken
in the dressing station at Aron Soissons. "That is
all the cable said, but undoubtedly, a full report will come
by mail in a short time.
I am terribly sorry and I only wish there was
something the Red Cross could do the comfort you. "Your
son gave up his life in a wonderful cause, as you know, and
I think that it must be a great comfort to you to know that
he died while fighting in the offensive that really turned
the tide of the battle.
When the first American attacked at Soissons in July,
it was the first real thing that we had put forward and it
was proof to our Allies that we were able to do what we said
we would. "Of
course, the lives of men such as your boy were sacrificed in
so doing, but I am sure that you will feel that any
sacrifice is worth it, particularly so since things seem to
be shaping towards the end now.
I don't think that anyone will deny but that the
glorious fight that our boys put up at Soissons gave to
France and England the needed encouragement to enable them
to push on and continue their successes. "I
congratulate you on having given up your son in such a
glorious way." Mrs.
Marshall Underwood,
age sixty years, died at her home a few miles west of town
(Bardwell, Ky.) Monday night, after a lingering illness of
cancer. She
recently returned from Paducah, where she went for the
purpose of undergoing an operation, which it was thought
would prolong her life.
The treatment was of no avail and she gradually grew
worse until her death Monday night.
Mrs. Underwood
was a faithful consistent member of the Mississippi Baptist
Church and by her consecrated life and many acts of kindness
to others, she inspired all with whom she came in contact to
live nobler better lives.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters
Mrs. Pat Wilson and Miss Morah
Underwood, of this county, and two sons, Wilbur, who is
with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, and Ray,
who is in a naval training station in Florida.
Funeral services were held from the family residence
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, after which burial was made
in the Mississippi burying ground.
Mrs. Joe
Donaldson died at her home Monday night near Kirbyton, of pneumonia,
following an attack of influenza.
She leaves a husband and several children.
The remains were buried in the Milburn Cemetery
Tuesday afternoon.
(Bardwell, Ky.) Mrs.
Weaver Tucker, of
Thebes, was in Cairo today.
Mrs. Tucker is the mother of Claude
McNeely, who died
from influenza in France recently.
MOUND CITY LADY DIED LAST
NIGHT Mrs. J.
E. Keller, aged
45, died at the hospital at Anna last night.
The remains were brought to Mound City and the
funeral will be held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Neal
Parker, Friday
afternoon. Mrs.
Keller is survived by her husband, three daughters, Mrs.
Parker, Mrs. Sam
Robertson, and Miss Edna
Keller and two grandchildren. She was
born and reared in Mound City and had been ill a long time.
MRS. AMANDA KELLY DIES AT
HOSPITAL Mrs.
Amanda D. Kelly,
aged 33 years, died this morning at 11 o'clock at St. Mary's
Infirmary of pneumonia preceded by influenza.
Her home was at Olive Branch and she leaves surviving
her husband, J. B. Kelly, and three children, the youngest a baby three weeks old. The
remains were taken to
Karcher Brothers undertaking parlors and will be taken
to Olive Branch this afternoon.
Burial will be at Fayville Friday.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO LEONARD
CLIFFORD On the
22d of October, the Bureau of Communication at Washington
received a cable announcing the death of Leonard
Clifford from a
wound received at the battle of Soissons on July 19. Since
the notice from the war department about three weeks ago
that he had been wounded in action, the Red Cross, of Cairo,
thru its Home Service section department, has had inquiries
out for information as to his welfare.
We were hoping for better news than this and I am
sure I am expressing the sentiment of the entire community
when I say we would have been jubilantly gratified to have
brought the news that Leonard was somewhere well or getting
well from his wounds, but the facts were different and we
could not. I
personally know Leonard
Clifford.
He and Harold were chums and he was frequently at our
houses. I know
that he possessed a full measure of loyalty to his county
and that he voluntarily put that loyalty into action as much
as any person that ever went forth to war.
He was the type of patriot Cairo and the nation must
be proud of. He
not only put that loyalty into action, by volunteering, but
he put into action against the enemy with a stern courage
that is directly typical of the America soldier. I had a
letter from him dated July 14th in which he said
"our company has just come out of a scrap with Fritz and in
it we won from Fritz the name of Devil Dogs.”
After a few days’ rest, he said, "We will go back and
do them up worse than we did this time." We can
truly say he died in the service of his country and that
means he died for all of us.
Words cannot take away the burden of grief to his
parents. I wish
they could, but in behalf of the Home Section Service
Committee, I wish to extend to them our sincere sympathy. C. S.
Britton, Chairman A
six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Edwards died
Wednesday morning after several days illness, pneumonia,
following the influenza was the cause.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards were bereaved of an infant daughter last Saturday from the
same ailment.
Funeral services were held at noon on Thursday from the
residence.
Interment in Beech Grove Cemetery.
The funeral was quiet and were conveyed to the
cemetery in automobiles.
Friday, 25 Oct 1918:
Fewer Flu Cases Are Reported,
but Danger Not Past
There seems
to be some let up in the influenza epidemic, according to
the number of cases reported, but the danger is far from
over, as there may be a fresh outbreak of the disease and it
cannot be stated when schools can be resumed.
According to Health Officer
Clarke, there were 60 cases reported yesterday, as against 76 the
day before. Five
deaths were reported during the day. Among
the death reported Thursday are: Jennie
Scott, colored, 2204 Albert
Erickson, 421 Union Mamie
Wallace, colored, 513 Twelfth Amanda
D. Kelly, Olive
Branch
LITTLE GIRL DIES OF PNEUMONIA
TODAY Pine Lee
Jeffries, the
little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Jeffries, of
Thirty-ninth Street and Halliday Avenue, died today at St.
Mary’s Infirmary of pneumonia after a brief illness.
The little girl was nearly four years old.
The remains were taken to
Burke's
undertaking parlors and the burial will take place Saturday
at Beech Grove Cemetery. Ed
Davis, a prominent citizen living north of town (Clinton, Ky.), died
this week after having the "flu."
He is survived by a wife and several children. Mrs.
Charles Erickson
and her infant daughter, five months old, are critically ill
with pneumonia at their home, 421 Union Street.
Albert, a twin brother of the baby girl, died of the
disease Thursday.
MRS. KELLER'S FUNERAL
SATURDAY AFTERNOON The
funeral of Mrs. J. E.
Keller, whose death occurred Thursday, will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of her
sister, Mrs. Neil
Parker, in Mound City.
Rev. Mr.
Matthews of the Methodist Church will officiate. Through
the family of Henry
Beaupre, it is learned that Mary
Crowell, a former
resident of this city (Mound City), has passed away and that
the body would be brought here for burial.
Full particulars were not ascertainable. The body
of Edward Fain,
who passed away Tuesday morning, was taken to Belknap this
morning via the
Big Four, where burial will take place today. A
six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Edwards died
Wednesday morning after several days' illness.
Pneumonia following the influenza was the cause.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards were bereaved of an infant daughter last Saturday from the
same ailment.
Funeral services were held at noon on Thursday from the
residence.
Interment in Beech Grove Cemetery.
The funeral was quiet and were conveyed to the
cemetery in automobiles. Mrs.
Golden Hall was
called to Wickliffe Monday on account of the death of her
cousin, Miss Nanny Hill. (Arlington, Ky.) The
funeral services of Mrs.
Dougherty, whose
remains were brought here Monday from Indianapolis, Ind.,
were held from the home of her son just west of town Tuesday
afternoon.
Interment was made in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Saturday, 26 Oct 1918:
NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY DIES TODAY
Claude
Marrs, stepson of
George W. Groves,
2014 Poplar Street, died this morning at 4:30 o'clock at
their home of pneumonia.
The funeral will be held Sunday with burial at Beech
Grove Cemetery.
Karcher Brothers
are in charge of the arrangements.
Hans Miller Sends Word Home
Day Before His Death
The following letter from Hans
Miller was written the day before he was killed in action in France
and received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. O.
Miller, in the last few days.
A letter sent to his parents from the lieutenant of
the company is also interesting.
Young Miller volunteered for service with two brothers over a year ago. “No
Man’s Land, Sept. 12, ‘18 “Dead
Dad,
“Your letter received and as usual very glad to hear
from you. Things
are running pretty good here.
Well, I would say good, because I had a close call
the other day.
What I mean to say, it was close too.
I was one of those lucky birds. But just the same,
war is hell, but ‘tis all in the game.
“I have been in the biggest battle the Yanks have
been in so far.
You can tell by reading the papers what we are doing.
Oh, I tell you, war is hell.
“Hoping this letter finds you all in the best of
health. I will
close. “With
love to all, “Hans “P.S.
Kindly have sister to write, because I have not heard from
her for some time.” “Mr. and
Mrs. Frank O. Miller 2501
Park Ave., Cairo, Illinois “Dear
Sir, Dear Madam,
“It is with great regret that I have to inform you of
the death of your son, Hans
Miller,
Headquarters Co. 21st Field Artillery, at 12:30
p.m. on September 20, 1918.
He has always proven himself a credit to the country
that he served and to yourself to the end.
“I offer you the sincerest sympathy of the officers
and men of this regiment, in this hour of grief and pain and
trust that it may somewhat repay you for the tremendous
sacrifice that you have been called upon to render to your
country’s need.
I have personally known your son for the past eight months
and can truthfully say that he has always conducted himself
and shown proper spirit of a gentleman.
“Again offering my sincerest sympathy in this hour of
bereavement to yourself, I am, “Yours
sincerely, “Edward
Bureck “1st
Lieut. 21st F. A. “In
France”
INFANT SON DIED THIS MORNING
Benjamin, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Kobler, died this
morning at St. Mary's Infirmary.
Interment was made today at Villa Ridge cemetery.
The infant was christened Friday, Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, pastor of
the Immanuel Lutheran Church, officiating. Walter
Austin, of East Prairie, Mo., arrived in Cairo this morning, called
by the death of his mother, who passed way at St. Mary's
Infirmary Friday night.
INFANT DAUGHTER DIES THIS
MORNING Alberta,
the five-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Erickson, 421 Union Street, died this morning at 9 o'clock at their
home of pneumonia, following an attack of influenza.
The baby's twin brother, Albert, died of the disease
Thursday and the mother is critically ill.
The baby will be buried at Beech Grove Sunday.
EAST PRAIRIE WOMAN DIES AT
ST. MARY'S
Mrs. Rhoda
Austin, of East
Prairie, Mo., died at St. Mary's Infirmary Friday night at
8:30 o'clock of pneumonia.
The remains were taken to
Burke's
undertaking parlors and this morning were taken to East
Prairie. Mrs.
Austin's son,
Walter Austin,
arrived this morning to accompany the body home. A
daughter of Tony
Mullican and wife, of the Berkley section, died on
Thursday and the remains brought to Bardwell for burial
Friday.
(Bardwell, Ky.) Will
Ramage died at his home a few miles east of Bardwell, Wednesday
morning from the effects of influenza.
He leaves a wife and several children, all of whom
are reported to be ill of influenza.
The remains were buried at the Mayfield church
burying ground, Thursday afternoon.
(Bardwell, Ky.) Mrs.
McMurry died Tuesday of influenza.
She leaves a husband and five children to mourn her
loss. All five
of the children were down with influenza when their mother
died. She was a
member of the M. E. church and was a true Christian mother.
She will be greatly missed by all.
The family have the sympathy of the entire community. Mr. and
Mrs. John Marshall
and Mr. Dyas Parker,
of Cairo, were here (Mound City) Friday, being called on
account of the death of Mrs. J. E.
Keller.
The funeral service over the remains of Mrs. J. E.
Keller was held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Neel
Parker, on High
Street, at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon, Rev. S. A.
Matthews of the
Grace M. E. Church officiating.
Interment taking place in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Card of Thanks
We wish to
thank our relatives and friends for their sympathy, kindness
and service given us during our sad bereavement; also Rev.
Roy Morgan, those
for auto service and the many floral offerings. Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Edwards
and Family
MRS. NANCY HOWARD DIES THIS
MORNING
Passes Away at Home of
Daughter after Brief Illness
Mrs. Nancy
R. Howard died
this morning at 2:30 o'clock at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Gertrude
Waldschmidt, 706 Walnut Street, after a brief illness.
Mrs. Howard had a slight stroke a few days ago, but no uneasiness was
felt as to her condition until Friday evening at about 7
o'clock, when she was taken suddenly critically ill and
passed away early this morning. She was
the widow of George T.
Howard, who died
in Cairo twenty-two years ago.
She was born in Cedar City, Mo., December 18, 1844,
and since her husband’s death has resided part of the time
in Cairo and also with a daughter, Mrs. T. B.
Feezor, in Hot
Springs, Ark.
She leaves surviving her three daughters, Mrs. Gertrude
Waldschmidt, 706
Walnut, Mrs. R. T.
Walsh, 218 Sixteenth Street, Miss Beatrice
Howard, 706
Walnut, and Ernest
Howard of Tenth Street.
Mrs. Howard also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Mary B.
Nichols, of Cedar City, Mo., also a brother, James
Irvin, of Cedar
City. No
arrangements are announced for the funeral awaiting word
from relatives of the deceased. (George
P. Waldschmidt
married Gertrude A.
Howard on 5 Sep 1900, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter—Darrel
Dexter)
The many
friends of Mrs. Weaver
Tucker extend
sympathy in her great bereavement of the death of her son,
Claud McNeely, which she received word last Saturday morning.
Claud was a bright, energetic young man was a
graduate at the Thebes High School and since his graduation
had been working in the north and went to England from the
Great Lakes naval station with the ship carpenters.
He was very anxious to go over the sea and help his
country. Claud
is the first Thebes boy to die in service that we have heard
of. A baby
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Lemons died this week and was buried at Bradford, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs.
Lemons are both sick and could not accompany the remains
to Bradford.
(Clinton, Ky.) Will
Kaler, aged 28 years, died at a hospital in Memphis Tuesday evening,
following an operation for appendicitis and taking
pneumonia. Will
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Kaler, of this
city (Clinton, Ky.) and was a fine young man.
He has worked for Don
Weatherford as
clerk for several years.
He is survived by several sisters and brothers.
Funeral and burial services took place at Mt. Moriah
Cemetery Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Willis
Samuel, of Kennett, Mo., a former citizen of this county, died at
his home this week and was buried at Oakland Cemetery, this
county.
(Clinton, Ky.) Tellie
Green, a son of the late Bill
Green, of this place (Clinton, Ky.) died this week at
Hannibal, Mo., of influenza, according to a telegram
reaching relatives here.
Monday, 28 Oct 1918:
TWO CHILDREN DIE AT SAME HOUR The two
little children of James
Rye, of
Wickliffe, Ky., died at their home Sunday afternoon of
pneumonia. The
children occupied one bed and died at practically the same
time.
SISTER OF CAIRO MAN DIES IN
BARLOW Mrs.
Georgia Webb died
at home in Barlow, Ky., Sunday from pneumonia, following an
attack of influenza.
Mrs. Webb
was a sister of Dr. James S.
Johnson, of
Cairo. Mrs. J.
I. Harlan, wife
of a prominent lumber dealer of Barlow, and Mrs. Robert
Price, of Barlow,
died also on Sunday from the epidemic.
Only One Death from Flu
Sunday; 35 New Cases Only one
death from flu and thirty-five new cases was the record for
Sunday, Mayor Wood
told the council that Health Officer
Clarke had
reported to him. This is
quite a falling off from the previous daily record.
At the same time, Dr.
Clarke does not believe it time to relax because the disease might
break out with renewed energy.
Negro Kills Man Who Slashed
at Him with Knife John
Simpson, white,
aged about 21, was shot and killed Saturday night about
midnight on the street near
Hendley's saloon
in Mound City, by Herschel
Henderson,
colored, after he had attacked and cut the negro with a
knife.
Simpson was
intoxicated and started abusive language and hit
Henderson with a
knife when the latter drew a gun and shot him.
He was killed instantly. The body
was taken to the undertaker's where an inquest was held and
a verdict brought of self-defense.
Simpson
was employed in the mills around Mound City.
His home was in West Liberty, Ill.
His brother came down from Metropolis and took the
body back today.
Henderson
it is said will recover from his injuries.
LITTLE GIRL DIES TODAY OF
INFLUENZA Little
Ruth Lucille Pyle,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom J.
Pyle, 3704
Highland Avenue, died this morning at 10:45 o'clock of
influenza at her home.
The little girl was 5 years old and had been ill but
a short time. No
definite funeral arrangements have been made as yet as the
family is awaiting the arrival of relatives.
Burial will be at Beech Grove with Mrs. L. E.
Falconer in
charge of the arrangements.
AGED NEGRO DROPS DEAD ON THE
LEVEE Jake
Gray, an aged
blind negro living in the
Hacker building
on Fourth Street, dropped dead in front of R.
Smyth & Co.,
about 10 o'clock this morning.
A coroner's jury decided that he came to his death
thru natural causes and the body was turned over to
Donaldson for burial.
MRS. W. L. DUNCAN DIES
SATURDAY EVE Funeral
services for Mrs. W. L.
Duncan were held
this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence, 2603 Walnut
Street, conducted by Rev. John W.
Coonts, pastor of
the first Methodist Church. Mrs.
Duncan died
Saturday evening at 6:30 o'clock of pneumonia following
influenza and has been ill for nearly two weeks, pneumonia
developing a week ago.
She was 36 years of age and was born in Kuttawea, Ky.
She was married in Metropolis in 1902 and has lived
in Cairo since that time.
She was a prominent member of the Methodist church
and active in all church work.
Mrs. Duncan
was also a member of the Queen Hester M. Chapter, Order
Eastern Star and of Parthenia Rebekah Lodge. She is
survived by her husband and a daughter, Catherine, also
three sisters and a brother.
Her mother, Mrs. Ida
Bell, of 3304
Sycamore Street, also survives her. The
funeral cortege went in cars to Beech Grove Cemetery where
interment was made.
The pallbearers were Messrs. E. A.
Rust, John
Thistlewood, J. W. Howe,
Leslie Roche, C.
M. Roos, C. C.
Carter, George A. Piper,
and W. F. Crossley.
MOUND CITY BOY DIED THIS
MORNING Frank
Creighton,
4-year-old son of Frank
Creighton, died
at 9 o'clock this morning of a complication of diseases.
He had been ill for several weeks.
MRS. HOWARD'S FUNERAL HELD
THIS AFTERNOON Funeral
services for Mrs. Nancy
Howard, who died
Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gertrude
Waldschmidt, 1406 Walnut Street, were held this afternoon at the
residence, Rev. John W.
Coonts, pastor of
the First Methodist Church officiated.
The pallbearers were Messrs. M. S.
Carter, J. A.
Mitchell, J. J. Kuykendall,
W. R. Brandenburg,
Wood A. Rittenhouse,
and Ira Hastings.
MRS. ELLEN DICKS PASSES AWAY
SATURDAY Mrs.
Ellen Dicks died
on Saturday night at her home, 206 Twentieth Street, after a
brief illness.
The remains were taken to
Burke's
undertaking parlors and from there shipped to her home in
Barlow, Ky., Sunday afternoon, where the funeral services
were held. An
uncle, C. M. Parsons,
of Barlow, Ky., came over to accompany the funeral party.
Mrs. Dicks
leaves one son, Rediford
Dicks, who is
employed at the Western Union.
Tuesday, 29 Oct 1918:
MRS. MARY BRADSHAW DIED AT
INFIRMARY Mrs.
Mary J. Bradshaw,
of Miller City, died at St. Mary’s Infirmary, on Monday
afternoon. She
was the widow of the late S. P.
Bradshaw. The
remains were taken in charge by E. A.
Burke and the
cortege will leave his undertaking parlors at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
Interment in Baumguard Cemetery.
NO LETUP YET IN EPIDEMIC OF
FLUE
Thirty-nine New Cases and Six
Deaths Reported Monday With 39
new cases of influenza Monday and six deaths, Health Officer
W. C. Clarke sees
no abatement in the epidemic of flue.
Sunday only 35 cases were reported showing an
increase of the disease and the importance of exerting even
greater care to prevent its spread.
Forty-eight deaths had been reported at the city clerk's
office prior to Monday's roll.
Once before on Oct. 24 there were six deaths from the
disease and on two days there were five and two others four.
DIED AT AGE OF NINETY-NINE
YEARS Charles
DeMartin, father
of Mrs. John P.
Maloney, of 213 Eighth Street, died at 5 o'clock this
morning at the home of his daughter.
He was 99 years of age and his birth having occurred
in 1819. Funeral
arrangements will be in charge of E. A.
Burke.
Card of Thanks We wish
to thank the friends and neighbors who so kindly
administered aid and comfort to us during the bereavement of
our wife and mother. J. E.
Keller and daughter, Edenia Mrs.
Samuel Roberson Mrs.
Neil Parker Frank,
the 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Kreitner died
Monday morning at 9 o'clock after an illness of several
weeks. A
complication of diseases following influenza was the cause
of his death.
Funeral was held Tuesday.
(Mound City) The body
of Rupert Wallace,
who passed away last week after an attack of
influenza-pneumonia, was taken to Paducah where the funeral
took place. He
was 17 years of age and had been employed in various
capacities about the factories here for some time.
YOUNG LAD DIES AT ST. MARY'S
TODAY Tony,
the thirteen-year-old son of A. T.
Mullican, of
Berkley, Ky., died at noon today at St. Mary’s Infirmary.
The boy has been suffering from the effects of an
attack of influenza for several weeks and was brought to
Cairo this morning by his father in hopes that medical care
here might save his life, but he remained in the unconscious
condition, which had existed some time and died without
regaining consciousness.
SECOND CHILD DIES IN T. J.
PYLE FAMILY Little
Arra Ione, the eighteen months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Pyle, died
this morning at their home, 3704 Highland Avenue, of
influenza. The
baby and her sister, Lucille, aged five years, who died
Monday, were buried this afternoon at Beech Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. L. E.
Falconer was in charge.
CARD OF THANKS We
desire to thank our friends for their kind assistance in our
late bereavement, the death of our wife and daughter, Mrs.
W. J. Duncan. Their help to us
during her illness and their assistance at all times has
been a great comfort to us.
Especially do we wish to mention the Rebekahs and the
church organizations for their kindly tenders of assistance,
as well as the good friends who furnished the use of their
automobiles. W. L.
Duncan and Family Reports
came from Barlow this morning that there were four deaths in
and around Barlow.
The Civilian Relief Corps have telegraphed to
headquarters for a trained nurse to be sent there.
(Wickliffe, Ky.) Two
children of Mrs. Him
Rye died last night and were buried today.
(Wickliffe, Ky.) Word was
received here (Wickliffe, Ky.) this morning that Edd Lee
Lane died Oct. 5,
en route to
France. This is
the second son Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Lane, of Kevil,
have lost in the last month.
LITTLE DAUGHTER DIES OF
INFLUENZA Dessie
Lee, the sixteen-month-old daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Cowan, died late Monday afternoon of influenza.
The funeral was held this morning at the residence,
Thirty-second and Poplar streets with burial at Beech Grove.
E. A. Burke
was in charge.
CARD OF THANKS We
desire to thank our friends and neighbors for their help and
kindness during the illness and death of our dear wife,
mother, daughter, and sister, also for the beautiful floral
offerings. Mrs. J.
H. McClellan Dean
McClellan Mr. and
Mrs. P. G. Horsley Grace D.
Horsley Mr. and
Mrs. C. Carnes
Elizabeth, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Crisman, died and
funeral services were held at the home Saturday at 4 o'clock
interment in Villa Ridge cemetery. (Villa Ridge) Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Brayhill
of Mounds attended the funeral of Elizabeth
Crisman here
(Villa Ridge) Saturday afternoon.
Wednesday, 30 Oct 1918:
MOUND CITY BOY KILLED IN
FRANCE Frank
Cannon, a Mound
City boy, was killed in action in France September 28,
according to a letter received today from Arthur
Betts, also a
Mound City boy who is in the service in France.
No official notice of his death had been received
today by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Cannon. With him
in the machine gun company were Arthur
Betts and
Herschel Scott,
both from Mound City.
MRS. ORVILLE CHILDERS DIED AT
FAYVILLE Mrs.
Orville Childers,
of Fayville, died at 8 o'clock last night of influenza.
Undertaker
Burke was called there last night to prepare the body
for burial. Mr.
Childers her
husband is employed in Calvert store at Fayville.
DIES AT HOME IN CENTRALIA W. G.
Block, baggage
master on the Illinois Central railroad out of Cairo, died
at his home in Centralia, Tuesday night of influenza.
H. F. SHEERER DIES AT HOME IN
CACHE H. F.
Sheerer died at
his home in Cache this morning at 9:30 o'clock of pneumonia
from which he had been suffering but a few days.
The remains were brought to
Karcher Brothers
undertaking parlors and from there taken to the home of his
wife's mother, Mrs. J. H.
Esleyu, 415
Thirty-sixth Street. The
deceased was 29 years of age and leaves his wife, Clyde, and
a little daughter 4 years old.
He was employed as station agent at Cache.
His father, John
Scheerer resides
at Mounds City and a brother, G.
Sheerer is in the
service. A
sister, Mrs. Henry
Kanady resides at Perks.
The funeral arrangements have not been completed.
FLU STILL HAS CROP OF NEW
CASES Of the
83 deaths that had been reported at the city clerk's office
this morning, 49 were from influenza, pneumonia, or grip.
According to Dr.
Clarke, city health officer, there were 33 new cases
reported yesterday and three deaths.
Lylle A. Murphy, City Clerk
of Mound City, Dead Lyle A.
Murphy, aged 37
years, city clerk of Mound City and manger of the Mound City
Crystal Ice and Coal Company, died at 11:30 o'clock this
morning of pneumonia.
He has been sick for the past two weeks and for the
past day or two his life hung in the balance. The
deceased is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J.
Murphy, who lose in his death their only child, his widow, and five
children, one daughter and four sons. Mr.
Murphy belonged
to a number of lodges, including the Odd Fellows, Knights of
Pythias, Red Men and Modern Woodmen, and was very popular in
all of the circles in which he moved. Funeral
arrangements had not been made today. M. T.
Murray, of Winter
Brothers Store, was called to Gillespie, Ill., this morning
by a message announcing the death of his mother, Mrs.
Catherin Murray, who passed away Tuesday evening at 6:30 o'clock. The
funeral over the body of Frank, the four-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Kreitner, was held this afternoon.
Interment in Beech Grove Cemetery.
(Mound City) Alice,
the 13-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Derbeunet, who
died Monday, was laid to rest in Beech Grove Cemetery
Tuesday afternoon.
(Mound City)
First Thebes Boy to Die in
Service
Claude Johnson McNeely
Claude J.
McNeely, son of Mrs. Weaver
Tucker, of
Thebes, Ill., was the first boy of that town to give his
life for his country.
He enlisted in the navy at St. Louis, as carpenter’s
mate on May 21, 1918, and was in training at Great Lakes
until July 21, when he put in his request to go overseas.
He arrived in England safely, but much to his regret
was not sent to the fighting one.
He contracted lobar pneumonia two months later, and
died Oct. 16.
His remains will arrive in Thebes soon and services will be
held there, and then the body will be taken to Bloomfield,
Ind., for burial.
The deceased belonged to the Masonic order at Joliet,
Ill. He was 22
years of age at his death.
“His sun hath gone down while yet day, only to rise
and shine again in a world that knows no sorrow and where
partings shall be no more.” (With
the article was published a picture of Claude Johnson
McNeely.—Darrel Dexter) Mrs. Lou
Baxter, age about 70 years, died at the home of her son, W. A.
Baxter, Monday
morning at 4 o'clock of pneumonia, superinduced by
influenza. She
was a faithful consistent member of the Methodist Church and
leaves three sons, Avery
Baxter, of this
place, Priae, of Bolivar, Tenn., and Leslie, who resides in
Arkansas, and one daughter, Mrs. Minnie
Stegale, of
Memphis, Tenn.
Funeral services were conducted by W. A.
Mason, from the
family residence after which the body was laid to rest in
the Bardwell cemetery. (Bardwell, Ky.) Miss Ina
Nall, 17-year-old daughter of Mrs. G. W.
Nall, died at Berea, Ky., Tuesday, where she was attending college.
Funeral Wednesday by J. M.
Jenkers and
burial at city cemetery.
(Clinton, Ky.)
Thursday, 31 Oct 1918:
MRS. THOMAS BUYER DIES IN
CLEVELAND Mrs.
Thomas Buyer died
at her home in Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday morning according
to word received in Cairo by Mrs. Thomas O.
Keefe.
Mrs. Buyer
was formerly Miss Bess
O'Keefe and has
visited in Cairo the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
O'Keefe. She is survived
by her husband, a baby daughter, her father, John
O'Keefe, and two sisters, Mrs. George
Sheets, and Miss Katherine
O'Keefe, and a brother, John
O'Keefe, Jr.
MRS. CARTER'S FATHER DIES
THIS MORNING Mrs. M.
S. Carter
received word today of the death of her father, William
Haire, who passed
away at his home in Weyauwega, Wis., this morning.
Mr. Haire
has been an invalid for a number of years and his death was
not unexpected.
Mrs. Carter will not go north to attend the funeral on account of the
danger from influenza at this time.
NEGRO SOLDIER FROM CAIRO DIES
AT SEA Mrs.
Pink Fisher, of
No. 2 Fortieth Street, has received the following telegram
as to the death of her son: "Private
Morris Langon
died of Spanish influenza Oct. 6, 1918, at sea.
It is impossible to bring the body home for burial." He was
sent to Camp Dodge Aug. 3, 1918.
He was born in Wickliffe, Ky., and was 32 years old.
Before entering the army, he was an employee of the
Mississippi Box Co. and the Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. He is
survived by his mother, stepfather, two children, and many
other relatives. Mrs.
Edward Fain, who
was recently bereaved by the death of her husband, will
remove with her family to their former home in Belknap.
Mr. Hugh Williams and family expect to occupy the home vacated by Mrs.
Fain.
(Mound City) Mrs.
Will Webb died
Sunday night of pneumonia being sick just a few days.
She leaves a husband, one little daughter, Elizabeth,
mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. T. R.
Johnson, one
brother, Dr. James
Johnson, of Cairo, besides a host of relatives and
friends to mourn her loss, was member of Baptist Church.
Funeral was held at residence Tuesday at 11 a.m. and
body was interred at Barlow Cemetery. (Barlow, Ky.) Mrs. J.
T. Harlan died
Sunday with influenza.
Just been ill one week.
She leaves a husband and three children, two
brothers, one sister, Mrs. Oscar
McReynolds, of
Cairo, was member of Baptist church.
Leaves a host of friends of mourn her loss.
Funeral was held at residence Tuesday at 10 a.m. by
Rev. Hoker.
Body was interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
The family have the sympathy of the entire community
(Barlow, Ky.) Mesdames
Harris, Mag Reece, Miss
Stevenson, and
Carl Miller, of
Cairo attended the burial of Mrs. Ellen
Dick Monday.
(Barlow, Ky.) Mrs. Rob
Price died Sunday night of pneumonia and was sick with influenza and
went into pneumonia.
She leaves husband and five children, the youngest
child being three months old, also leaves mother, father and
several brothers and sisters to mourn her loss.
Member of Baptist church.
Body was interred in Barlow Cemetery Monday.
The family have the sympathy of entire community. Mrs.
Mayme Hocker, of
Cairo, attended the burial Mrs. Ellen
Dick Monday.
(Barlow, Ky.)
Friday, 1 Nov 1918:
Judge William N.
Butler, who adjourned circuit court at Murphysboro
Thursday, passed sentence on Tony
Capello, who pleaded guilty to the murder of an Italian woman with
an ice pick. Judge
Butler gave him a life sentence, the first three days of
each year to be spent in solitary confinement.
The man at first feigned insanity, but,
unable to get away with that, pleaded guilty. He killed the
woman with an ice pick.
J. W.
Frizielle was wounded in action in France on September 30, according
to a letter received this morning by his family here. The
letter which was written on October 9, states that he was
shot twice, but that his injuries were not considered
serious.
He is with the field artillery and left
the United States for the battle front in April.
Ernest
Kusener, son of Architect C.
Kusener, is in a hospital in England with an injured leg
that has put him out of the fighting and may bring him back
home before the end of the year.
But during his service he saw some of
the hottest fighting of the war.
In a letter written from Bouen, France,
on October 7, he writes:
"Dearest Dad: Don’t worry or get
excited. Nothing serious. Fritz got me yesterday. He saw me
in an observation post on our front and dropped a few 77s
into me. The first one got me thru the leg, but nothing
serious. Will leave tonight for England and as soon as I can
get located will let you know the address. When I left the
boys had driven him, Fritz, out of all trenches in our
sector and he was steadily falling back. Leg still part of
my anatomy."
The next letter written from the First
London Guards Hospitals, Camberwell, London, and undated
reads:
"Dear Dad: The above is my present
address and I expect to be here for a while. This morning
the chief surgeon had me on the operating table and gave me
gas preparatory to taking my right limb. It seems as though
quite a bit of clothing and iron was left in the wound,
which made it necessary to operate. There is no danger to my
life and general physical fitness, but when I shall be
convalescent I cannot say. I am attempting to get sick leave
for the U. S. and should I be fortunate, Christmas will see
me in Cairo. Of course this leave is not assured so far. I
lost quite a bit of my equipment. Be of good cheer and
everything will come out alright. It is very strenuous this
writing in bed and whatever deficiencies this letter may
have, pardon them. Lovingly, Ernest."
Mrs. A.
Kellar, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died at her home Thursday, according to a
message received by her brother, Al
Meyers, of Cairo.
Mrs. Kellar's
death was due to influenza. She was formerly Miss Anna
Meyers, of Cairo, and is well known here.
She leaves surviving her four children,
three daughters and a son, all married, also three brothers,
Al Meyers, of
Cairo, Robert Meyers,
of New York City, and Edward M.
Meyers, of St.
Louis. The funeral services will be held Sunday at the
residence, 1143 East Twelfth Street, Brooklyn. Mr. Al
Meyers, at the
advice of his physician, will not be able to go east to
attend the funeral, as he is just able to be out after an
attack of influenza.
(Abe
Keller married Annie B.
Meyers on 28 May 1885, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
James Paul
Tilford, aged 2 years, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tilford, of 3303 Park Avenue, died at midnight last night of
influenza and the remains were taken to Beech Grove Cemetery
for burial this afternoon by Undertaker E. A.
Burke.
Mrs. Stella
Burton, aged 22, of 3912 Railroad Street, died last night of
influenza. She leaves a husband and three children. The body
was buried at Beech Grove Cemetery by Undertaker
Burke.
Dudley
Burton, aged 34, of 3914 Railroad Street, died at 11 o'clock last
night of influenza. He leaves a wife. E. A.
Burke buried the remains this afternoon.
A letter from Joe F. C.
Berbling to
relatives here informs them that he has been wounded twice,
but not seriously. The detachment of tanks to which he is
assigned went on a raid and he and six other men became lost
from their company. They finally returned to their lines but
Berbling was wounded by a machine gun bullet and struck by a piece
of shrapnel. He is at present rapidly recovering in a base
hospital.
That Ernest
Kusener, just before he was wounded in the leg, had taken in some of
the hottest fighting on the western front and came through
unscathed is told in letters received by his father.
In a letter written on September 30
from France, he writes his father, telling of the engagement
the day before.
Dear Dad—Don’t get riled if my diction
is not of the best or if my writing is crude, but conditions
are such that you may call yourself lucky should this letter
reach your hands.
Sunday morning, 29th, our
battalion went into action, followed by the American and
Australian infantry and had one hell of a time of it.
The Huns expected us as events proved.
We had the Hindenburg line to take in our sector and
quite a bit of territory behind and were successful in our
quest. The crew
that I commanded was completely wiped out with the exception
of one man, four killed and five in the hospital out of a
crew of ten. There
were more casualties in my unit than any other four units.
It was very fortunate that the tank did not take fire
when struck. If
it had some of the wounded would never have been saved.
Fortunately I was outside directing my tank into
favorable position when it was struck and the officers who
observed me wonder how I ever escaped the machine gun
barrage that Fritz put up.
It was but a half an hour after being struck that
with the help of German prisoners I had my wounded in a
dressing station after first giving them first aid. My
little German came in very handy and the ___ did with
willingness what I ordered.
While returning with the prisoners and wounded, a
large shell struck about six yards behind me killing a
British lieutenant with whom I was talking on my left and
wounding somebody on my right, but by luck kept me from
getting as much as a scratch.
My C. O. (platoon) recommended me to the captain
about the way I got the men out of my “bus” and took care of
them. Already I
have asked the captain to let me take in the extra “bus”
that he has but he will not let me.
This morning I buried my dead and notified the boys’
folks how they were killed and buried.
As for me, I am OK and if I don’t take a tank into
the next action, I’ll go with something else.
Don’t worry.
Lovingly,
Ernest
Mrs. Honora
Walder, aged 37 years, died this evening at St. Mary's Infirmary at
9:30 o'clock of pneumonia, which followed an attack of
influenza. Mrs.
Walder was taken to the hospital on Thursday and on
Friday morning developed pneumonia to which she succumbed.
She leaves surviving her her husband,
M. J. Walder, and
four children, three boys, John, Edward, and Downey, and a
four-year-old daughter, Esther. The oldest boy is sixteen.
She also leaves her mother, Mrs. James
Curry, whose
husband died but a few months ago, and three sisters, Miss
Gertrude Curry, Mrs. Tim Casey and
Mrs. Louis Riddle,
all of Cairo.
No definite arrangements have been made
as yet for the funeral services.
Albert
Sharp, aged 19 years, died at St. Mary’s Infirmary at midnight
Friday night of pneumonia, following an attack of influenza.
He was the son of Mrs. and Mrs. J. T.
Sharp, 214
Twenty-eighth Street and was employed at the Singer
Manufacturing Company. He leaves surviving him his parents,
two sisters, Miss Pearl
Sharp, of Cairo, and Mrs. May
Stice, of Paducah, and two brothers, Elmer and LaRue
Sharp, of Cairo.
The remains were taken to
Karcher Brothers
undertaking parlors and will be shipped to Paducah Sunday
morning where interment will be made at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Word has been received by O. C.
Armstrong,
manager of the Denison Gholson Dry Goods Company, of the
death of his nephew, Guion
Armstrong, an
aviator in France. He was struck by shell while pursuing six
enemy machines. He was the son of Harry L.
Armstrong, a
Memphis banker. His brother, Estes, has brought down three
enemy machines.
R. O.
Fisher, of Dexter Mo., name members of the firm R. O.
Fisher and
Company, has lost two children with influenza in the last
two weeks. Both were little girls, one four years old was
buried October 29 and the other, four months old, was buried
Sunday, September (November) 3.
Pvt. Butler L.
Robinson, colored member of Co. A, 370th Inf. A. E. F., was
seriously wounded while on the firing line according to word
received by his mother, Mrs. Nealie
Yarber, 2204
Sycamore Street, and is in a base hospital where he is
improving.
Herbert L.
Spaulding, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.
Spaulding, of Villa Ridge, died at their home Saturday evening, from
pneumonia, which followed an attack of influenza.
The lad was 13 years of age and was a freshman at the
Cairo High School, which he entered this fall.
He lived with the family of Judge William N.
Butler while here
to attend school.
He was the eldest child, a younger brother and a
sister survive him.
The funeral services were held this afternoon at
Metropolis Cemetery.
Among the Cairo friends of the family who attend the
services were Judge and Mrs. William N.
Butler, Mrs. Ella
Blauvelt, Charles Wenger,
Mr. and Mrs. P. E.
Powell, Miss Minnie
Lancaster.
A letter received by Hon and Mrs.
Walter Warder
from Dr. Gertrude F.
Brown, Gen. Director of the woman’s overseas hospitals
for S. A., stated that their daughter, Miss Winifred
Fairfax, died of broncho-pneumonia Tuesday, October 8, at
the U. S. A. Base Hospital in Bordeaux, France.
Dr. Brown
stated that Miss
Warder was taken ill shortly after going aboard the
French Liner Lorraine
in New York on September 25, and at first thought that the
trouble was sea sickness.
Later growing much worse, she took to her room and
received the attention of two nurses and the ship surgeon.
She was taken to the hospital as soon as the boat
landed and seemed to be much better—asked for pencil and
paper and wrote two brief letters home.
On October 7, she was much worse and sank rapidly,
passing away at 3:30 p.m.
She was buried in her uniform in the
American cemetery.
Miss
Warder, in her last two letters home written in the hospital said:
“The sea began to be rough and I was
sea sick, O so awfully sick.”
She spoke of the unit coming for them and said that
the physician said she would be in “good condition” by the
time their equipment came.
She ended her letter by sending her
“dearest, dearest love” and it would seem that she never
realized that her condition was serious.
Edward Borden
Gholson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Gholson, formerly of Cairo, died at his home in Nashville, Tenn.,
Monday night, November 4, of influenza. He was born in
Cairo, October 15, 1893, and was a member of the Cairo
Baptist Church. He attended the Cairo High School. Mr.
Gholson was
married in June 1915, to Miss Nellie
Sullivan, of
Poplar Bluff, Mo.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Gholson,
his wife, two brothers, John and Cary
Gholson, and two
sisters, Genevieve and Laura Nell. A younger brother,
Eugene, died June 3 of this year. He was a nephew of W. L.
Perce, and Miss
Annie B. Perce,
of Cairo.
The funeral will take place at Poplar
Bluff, Wednesday afternoon.
(John W.
Gholson married Mary G.
Price on 17 Oct 1889, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Miss Julia
Mowery died this morning at 10:30 o'clock at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Emma Brown,
505 Commercial Avenue. The deceased was 50 years of age. No
arrangements have been made for the funeral as the family is
awaiting word from relatives.
Karcher Brothers
are in charge.
(William A.
Shore, 25, son of Jacob Shore
and Caroline
Elmore,
married Emma Mowery, 18, daughter of Green
Mowery and Barbara Ellen
Miller on 6 Jul
1889, in Union Co., Ill.
John W. Brown
married Mrs. Emma
Shore on 8 Dec 1909, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Idell
Nance, of 328 Twenty-fifth Street, died this afternoon at 1 o'clock
at St. Mary's Infirmary of pneumonia, which followed
influenza. Mrs. Nance
has been ill about a week and was taken to the hospital only
a few days ago. She was the widow of John
Nance, a
well-known railroad engineer, whose death occurred several
years ago.
She was 64 years of age and leaves
surviving her four daughters, Miss Zorayda
Nance, of Cairo,
Mrs. Homer Schaffer,
of Casper, Wyo., Mrs. B. J.
Ford, of Casper,
Mrs. P. O. Woodard,
of Dongola, and five sons, George, Joseph and Bert, of
Cairo, John, of Casper Wyo., and Frank who is with the
American army in France.
No arrangements are announced, as yet
for the funeral which will be in charge of
Karcher Brothers.
The following letter from Miss Marie
Glauber was
written from Paris, where she went immediately after landing
at Bordeaux.
Miss Glauber is a
Red Cross nurse and sailed on September 25.
She is with a party of physicians and nurses on an
inspection tour of Red Cross hospitals with Greece as their
destination.
They will also stop at points in Italy.
The letter was written on October 10.
My Dear Mother and Father:
I am still in gay France and it is the
most wonderful place I have ever seen.
Yesterday we were out sightseeing all day and last
night went to a moving picture show, saw an American picture
with French wording.
The music was beautiful and all of a sudden they
started playing “Turkey in the Straw” you can just imagine
what the Americans did.
Today we went to the big department store, the
Louvre, also
visited American Base Hospital and met a nurse and doctor
from Chicago, very dear friends of mine.
This morning we went to the police
station to get bread and sugar tickets and cannot even have
bread in the restaurants unless you have tickets.
We leave here Friday night for Madane, then to Rome,
will be there for about ten days.
Will wait for the rest of our party there.
They have been very ill in a hospital in Bordeaux.
Winifred
Warder was on the same steamer with us.
She took very ill several days before we landed and
was taken to a hospital in Bordeaux.
We heard from one of the doctors yesterday and the
message stated she was much improved.
One of the doctors in our party has written her
folks. You can
tell Mrs. Warder
she is much better.
The other day we drove out to one of
the largest hospitals here.
A convoy had just arrived with the boys who had been
injured in battle the day before.
They are certainly brave, wonderful men.
We went to the big warehouses of the A. P. C. also
the drug warehouses which supply all France.
You have no idea how much I miss
letters. Write
all the news and tell my friends to write.
Will expect lots of mail when I reach Greece.
We are very anxious to get to work.
We feel very proud of our commission and to think we
are the first.
Tomorrow we are to have our pictures taken in a group, the
reason I don’t know, but watch the papers.
Saw soldiers from Switzerland and
Australia, very queer looking and the French look gay in the
bright blue. My
money is the worry of my life, francs and centimes, really I
am improving and can imagine French fairly well.
As long as I can use my hands I can make myself
understood.
I must say good night, love to all.
Will write you again as soon as I arrive in Rome, so
do not worry about me if you do not hear from me for several
days.
Lovingly,
Marie
Nora Irene, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Johnson,
22 Thirty-second Street, who died at their home Monday, was
buried this morning at 10 o'clock at Beech Grove. The little
girl died at St. Mary's Infirmary of influenza.
Frank
Ashby, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Ashby, of Charleston, Mo., died at their home this morning of spinal
meningitis, following influenza. The little fellow has been
ill about ten days and Tuesday evening word was received in
Cairo that he was not expected to live. He was fourteen
months old.
Mrs.
Ashby was formerly Miss Effie
Anderson, of Cairo, and her mother, Mrs. John A.
Anderson, of this
city, has been with her daughter for several weeks. The
entire family has been ill with influenza and Mr.
Ashby was taken
seriously ill with the disease this morning.
The funeral services will be held
Thursday. Mrs. Theis,
of 518 Eleventh Street, who received the news of the death
of her little nephew this morning, will not attend the
funeral on account of the danger of contracting the disease.
Mrs. Nora
Hethmon, aged 28 years, died this morning at her home, 418
Thirty-second Street. She was the wife of H. L.
Hethmon and leaves surviving her her husband and two children. Her
father, Ben Lawrence,
resides at Olive Branch.
The funeral will be held Thursday
afternoon at 1:30 at the residence conducted by Rev. Mr.
Langston, of the Pentecost Church. The funeral cortege will leave
the residence at 2 o'clock in automobiles for Beech Grove
Cemetery where burial will take place.
Hethmon Died—Mrs. H. L.
Hethmon, aged 28, at residence, 418, Wednesday morning.
Services will be conducted by Rev. Mr.
Langston, of
Pentecost Church at residence at 1:30 p.m. Thursday,
November 7. Funeral leaves the residence at 2 o'clock via
automobile hearse and cars for Beech Grove Cemetery.
Sister Mary Charlotte, revered and
beloved sister of St. Mary’s Infirmary, died Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock after a brief illness of pneumonia. She
was taken ill only Sunday and from Monday no hope was felt
for her recovery.
She had been an inmate of St. Mary’s
for the past twenty-five years and for eighteen years was
assistant in the operating room and of late years of the
x-ray department. Her death will be a great loss to the
institution and she was centered in her work and lived a
life of unselfish devotion to her order.
Sister Mary Charlotte was born in
Canada in 1860, her family name being Catherine
Harnett. She leaves surviving her two brothers and a sister living
in New York. Two nephews are with the American army in
France. Her parents are dead.
The remains will be in state until 8
o'clock tonight when private services will be held in the
chapel conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Downey. At 10:20
the body accompanied by Father
Downey will leave
for the Mother House at Notre Dame, Ind.
Mrs. J.
Byrum, 3204 Sycamore Street, received a letter this morning from her
son, Walter Byrum,
of Co. K, in France, stating that he was wounded in action
October 10. He said that he was getting along nicely. His
brother Ernest also with Company K is all right, he said.
George W.
Ferrill, a farmer of Cobden, Ill., was fatally injured, Tom D.
Wilson, city
marshal of Tamms, was seriously hurt, and Miss Ethel
Ferrill and her
brother, Stanly, were somewhat bruised when a Ford car
driven by Miss
Ferrill turned over on the Tamms road near the County
Farm about noon Wednesday.
Ray L.
Guthrie was coming to Cairo with them and was driving just ahead of
them. Looking back and not seeing the party, he thought they
had had a puncture and turned back. As he did so, he saw
Miss Ferrill
walking toward him and then learned of the fatal accident.
She said that she had swerved out too far in passing a car
on the narrow road and that the car had rolled down the
embankment, turning over twice. Mr.
Ferrill was injured internally and Mr.
Wilson was thought to have dislocated a hip. The ambulance at St.
Mary's Infirmary was sent for but before it could respond,
J. J. Corzine, of
Anna, came by in a truck and took Mr.
Ferrill to the
hospital, where he died thirty minutes after his arrival.
The body was taken to
Karcher Brothers, who prepared it for burial and it was
shipped to Cobden at 4:30 o'clock this morning.
Mr.
Ferrill was 44 years of age and was survived by his wife, a daughter
and son, Mitchell
Ferrill, a brother, and two half-brothers, Sam
Billingsly and Ed
Billingsly, of
Goreville. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. Masons and the
Woodmen.
Mr.
Wilson, who had joined the party, as it passed thru Tamms, was
picked up by a passing automobile and returned to his home
in Tamms.
(George W. E.
Ferrill, 23, born in Union Co., Ill., son of George W. E.
Ferrill and
Matilda A. Davis,
married Mary
Dillender, 22, born in Webster Co., Ky., daughter of W.
C. Dillender and
Miss Williams, on
10 Jan 1897, in Union Co., Ill.
A marker in Cobden Cemetery reads:
Ethel Ferrill
1897-1927.
George W. Ferrill 1874-1918. Mary
C. Ferrill
1873-.—Darrel Dexter)
Funeral services of Mrs. Idell
Nance, who died
Tuesday of pneumonia, were held this afternoon at the
residence 328 Twenty-fifth Street, conducted by Rev. Father
James J. Gillen.
Interment was made at Villa Ridge cemetery.
(Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
John W. Nance
1850-1905. Idell
Nance
____-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Miss Louise
Wasem, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Wasem, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died this morning in Kansas City. She
was a Red Cross volunteer nurse and was it is presumed taken
with influenza. She is but 18 years of age and only began
her work on October 13.
MURPHYSBORO, Ill., Nov. 8—Joe
Grabo, the
five-year-old son of Tony
Grabo, a miner,
died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon after he had been
struck by an automobile speeding toward this city shortly
after the whistles started blowing over the false armistice
report.
NEW MADRID, MO., Nov. 8—B. R.
Hunter, mayor of
New Madrid, and cashier of Hunter’s Bank, died at 2:30
o'clock yesterday morning from influenza.
Mr.
Hunter was well known in Cairo.
E. C.
Wyman died in Paducah, Ky., Thursday afternoon after an operation
for appendicitis, which he underwent Sunday. He was
traveling salesman for the
Denison-Gholson Dry Goods Company and was well known in Cairo, where with
his wife he formerly made his home at the Wenger Inn.
The remains were taken to Blandville,
Ky., where funeral services will be held Sunday. Among those
who will attend from Cairo are Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Kennedy and Mrs.
and Mrs. Bruce Parker.
John Joseph Watson, the infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. P.
Walsh, of St. Louis, died at 9:30 o'clock Thursday night
at the home of Mrs.
Walsh's mother, Mrs. Mary
Linchan, 229
Seventeenth Street, where they were visiting.
The little boy was two months old and
had been ill but a few days.
The funeral will be held Saturday and
burial will be in Villa Ridge cemetery. The arrangements are
in charge of Karcher
Brothers.
Funeral services for Sister Mary
Charlotte who died at St. Mary's Infirmary Wednesday night
were held Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock in the chapel
conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Downey. The
remains were taken to the station at 9:30 o'clock escorted
by the Knights of Columbus and were taken to Notre Dame,
Ind., where interment was made today. Father
Downey accompanied the body.
Corporal George
Mills, of Company K, was killed in action October 5, according to
word received by Cairo friends today. Corporal
Mills was at one time on the police force of Cairo. His father
resided at Dugan, Ky., and he also leaves a sister and
brother. He has no relatives living in Cairo.
Memorial services will be held at the
Congregational church at Mounds Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock for Orren
Koonce, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Koonce, who was
killed in France on September 28. Rev. George A.
Dunn, pastor of
the Methodist church will deliver the address.
Thomas W.
Gannon, former superintendent of the Cairo Water Company, died at
his home in Little Rock, Ark., at 12:20 o'clock this
morning. The remains will be taken to Chicago for burial.
This news came in dispatches to friends
here this morning. No further particulars were given, but
Mr. Gannon has
been in poor health for some time and Friday morning, Mrs.
J. J. Lane,
sister of Mrs. Gannon,
was called to Little Rock by his condition.
Mr.
Gannon was made superintendent of the water company when it was
organized in 1885 and the plant was constructed.
He remained in that position until
February 1913, when he was succeeded by Mrs. C. M.
Roos. He was secretary of the canopy at his death.
Mr.
Gannon is survived by his widow, who was Miss Blanche
Susanka.
A telegram received this afternoon from
Mrs. Gannon,
stated that the funeral party will leave Little Rock Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock on the Illinois Central for Chicago,
arriving at 11 o'clock Monday morning. Funeral services will
be held there Monday afternoon.
Phillip Casper, the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Lawrence,
died this morning at 10 o'clock at their home in New
Burnside. The baby was born September 25. Mrs.
Lawrence is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Casper, of New
Burnside, well known in Cairo.
We wish to extend to our dear friends
and neighbors our many thanks for their kindness shown us
during the illness and death of our dear little son and
brother, May God's blessing rest upon all is our prayer.
Corp. Overton P.
Morris, 612 Catherine Street, Metropolis, Ill., killed in action.
Next of kin Mrs. George
Morris.
Pvt. Cecil
Draper, Herrin, Ill., killed in action. Next of kin, Mrs. Lizzie
Draper.
Pvt. Ernest W.
Vancel, DuQuoin, Ill., killed in action. Next of kin, Mrs. Harryet
Beard.
Rev. Roy A. Morgan
received a message Sunday stating that his father had passed
away at his home in St. Louis. The Reverend left Sunday
evening for St. Louis to attend the funeral. (Mound City)
Rev. John W.
Coontz, pastor the First Methodist Church, received word today of
the death of his father, William
Coontz, at
Scammon, Kan., at the age of 86 years. He had been married
57 years, was the father of 11 children and this is the
first death in the family.
Rev. Mr.
Coontz was unable to state today whether he could attend the
funeral.
Howard R.
Williams, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Williams, 2714
Commercial Avenue, died Sunday evening at about 6 o'clock of
pneumonia after a brief illness. Funeral services were held
this afternoon conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen, with
burial at Villa Ridge.
(His marker in Calvary Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Howard P.
Williams Born
March 17, 1905 Died Nov. 10, 1918—Darrel
Dexter)
The police are watching for a Ford car
with a broken windshield and smashed radiator which crashed
into a buggy opposite Future City Saturday night, while
running without lights. An old man in the buggy, whose name
could not be learned, was believed seriously injured and was
brought to the hospital here.
George N.
Nance died at St. Mary's Infirmary at 9 o'clock Sunday morning of
pneumonia, which followed an attack of influenza. He was 39
years old. For the past fifteen years he had been employed
as foreman at the Illinois Central round house and was a
member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman and
Engineers.
Surviving him are four sisters, Mrs. P.
O. Winstead, of
Dongola, Ill., Mrs. Homer
Schafer, of
Casper, Wyo., Mrs. B. F.
Ford, of Casper,
Wyo., and Miss Zorayda
Nance, of Cairo,
also four brothers, Joseph and Bert
Nance, of Cairo,
John, of Casper, Wyo., and Frank, who is with the American
army in France. His mother, Mrs. Idell
Nance, died of
pneumonia, last week.
The funeral services were held this
afternoon at the residence, 328 Twenty-fifth Street,
conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen. Interment
at Villa Ridge Cemetery.
Karcher brothers
were in charge.
While sitting in the sitting room of
his home last night oiling his revolver, Hence
Downing accidentally shot and killed his daughter, Mrs. Maurice
Lewin. Mr.
Downing had been out in his back yard firing the revolver, a 38
Smith & Wesson and the whole family was sitting around him
with his daughter and grandson sitting directly opposite
him. His fingers were oily and the hammer slipped out of his
fingers. The bullet struck Mrs.
Lewin in the
right breast and is thought to have passed near the heart.
Mr. Downing was
not aware that the gun was loaded, according to Mr.
Lewin.
She was placed on a bed and Dr.
Rendleman was
called but she died in about ten minutes. Acting Coroner
John T. Brown was
called to take charge of the case.
The coroner’s jury brought in a verdict
of death by accident and exonerated the father from all
blame. The jury was composed as M. S.
Carter, John H.
Jackson, Nelson
I. Croft, F. W.
Corn, Ralph Childress,
and A. H. Gilbert.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, employed by the George H.
Goodman Co., her
six year-old son, her parents and several brothers and
sisters.
James
Fisher, an aged white man, dropped dead in the yards of the
Mississippi Box Company yesterday afternoon. He had gone
there to get a push cart of wood and was just leaving when
his death came. He was taken to Mrs.
Falconer's where
an inquest was held at 9 o'clock this morning. The coroner's
jury impanelled by Acting Coroner John T.
Brown found that
he came to his death through heart failure and old age.
MOUNT VERNON, ILL., Nov. 12—W. Duff
Piercy, editor of
the Mount Vernon News,
and former state senator and one of the leading Democrats of
Southern Illinois, died this morning of pneumonia, following
an illness of Spanish influenza.
Cristen
Boaz, son of Mrs. Delia Boaz,
of Wickliffe, Ky., died in Denver, Colo., Monday of
pneumonia, according to a message received today by a Cairo
friend of the family. He went to Denver with his mother
early last spring for the benefit of his health and
contracted pneumonia to which he succumbed. He is a brother
of Mrs. Richard Cocke,
and Mrs. Ike Hodkin,
of Wickliffe, who left this morning to meet their mother and
the remains of their brother.
James
Fisher, of 2020 Poplar Street, was found dead Monday afternoon, near
the Chicago Mill, where he had gone after a load of
kindling. He has a son, William
Fisher, at Camp
Taylor, who was notified by the Red Cross of his father's
death.
Miss Minnie Miller
has returned from Cape Girardeau, where she attended the
funeral of Miss Louise
Wasem Sunday
afternoon.
Lewin—Died Monday, Nov. 11, Mrs. Irine
Lewin, aged 25 years, at home of parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Downing.
Funeral services will be conducted at
the residence, No. 2300 Washington Avenue at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 13, conducted by rev. L. D.
Lamkin, pastor of
the Cairo Baptist Church. Special interurban cars will leave
Twenty-third and Walnut street, at 1:30 p.m. Interment at
Beech Grove Cemetery.
BARLOW, Ky., Nov. 13—Walter
Herndon shot and
killed his wife today and then turned the pistol on himself
and ended his own life. The double tragedy occurred at the
home of her father Mr.
Blankenship at 11:50 o'clock this forenoon. The couple had not been
living together for several years and it is said that
Herndon had threatened to kill his wife if she did not come to live
with him. She made her home with her father and he lived
with his father in the country.
Herndon shot his
wife through the temple and then fired a bullet into his own
brain. He fell across his wife's body. They leave a little
boy nine years old. The coroner called an inquest at 1:30
this afternoon.
Paul M.
Bennett, son of Mrs. May
Bennett and grandson of L. A.
Crecelius, was
born Dec. 14th, 1895, in Olmsted, Ill., died at
the base hospital in Camp Taylor, Ky., Oct. 12th,
with influenza.
Leaving Olmsted, Ill., at the age of
two, with his parents he moved to western Kansas and settled
at Liberal, Kansas. Graduated from the Liberal, Kan., High
School in 1912 and from the Southwestern College at
Winfield, Kan., in 1916, spending the following winter at
Cassoday, Kan., as superintendent of the high school.
Leaving Kansas in the spring of 1917,
he moved to Whittier, Cal., and took a course in voice
exercise and became popular by his singing.
He was inducted into the military
service May 20th and trained with the 21st
infantry at Camp Taliaferro, San Diego, Cal.
From this camp he was selected to take an officers
training course and was transferred to Camp Taylor,
Louisville, Ky., arriving there on Sept. 11th,
and remaining there until his death.
The remains were accompanied to
Whittier, Cal., by a military escort.
He was buried at Whittier on Oct. 19th.
He left to mourn his death a mother and
one brother.
Dorris
Hall, a member of Company K, was killed in France on October 3,
according to word received in a letter written by member of
the company to his mother in Cairo. Dorris
Hall was not a
Cairo boy, but came here from Missouri, was here but a few
days and joined the company leaving with them for France.
Martin
Davis, aged 16 years, of Lilbourn, Mo., died this morning at St.
Mary's Infirmary from the effects of a rifle shot received
by a playmate. He was brought to Cairo Sunday from Milbourn,
Ky. where he was visiting and where the accident occurred
and his brother, Dan
Davis, was at his bedside when death came.
The remains were taken to
Karcher Brothers
and this afternoon were sent to Lilbourn for burial.
Four days after the death of 2d Lieut.
Paul Clendenen,
an order came promoting him to 1st Lieutenant. He had been
recommended thirty days before, but the official order was
slow in coming through.
Lieut.
Clendenen was in virtual command of his troops on many occasions,
performing the duties of captain. He was however too modest
to push himself forward and the recommendation for promotion
came without any request on his part.
Paul
Roberson, son of Mrs. George C.
Roberson, of Gale, aged 6 years, died Monday of influenza.
The
Roberson children contracted the whooping cough about six weeks ago
and last week influenza developed claiming the boy in a
short while.
A private funeral was held for Mrs.
Maurice Lewin
this afternoon at the family residence, 2300 Washington
Avenue. Dr. L. D. Lamking conducted the services and the body was taken to Beech Grove
for burial by E. A.
Burke.
The pallbearers were Messrs. Harry
Hubbard, Alex
Weldon, Raymond Donovan,
Albert Arey, John
Smith and Karl
Karcher.
Miss Mary I.
Henry died this morning at St. Mary's Infirmary, at 8:30 o'clock
after a five weeks' illness of influenza followed by
pneumonia and typhoid fever. She was 26 years old and had
been employed as stenographer in the Big Four Railroad
offices.
Miss
Henry leaves surviving her her mother, Mrs. M. M.
Henry, and a
sister, Miss Mary
Henry, of 824 Twenty-third Street. An uncle, John
Van Cleave also
resides in Cairo. She also leaves a large number of friends
who mourn her untimely death.
Funeral services will be held Friday
afternoon at 4:30 at the residence conducted by Rev. Father
James J. Gillen.
The funeral partly will leave at 5:30 for Henshaw, Ky.,
where interment will be made in St. Ambrose Cemetery.
Karcher Brothers
are in charge of the arrangements.
Bardwell, Ky., Nov. 15—W. A.
Sims, a leading
merchant of Kirbyton, Ky., died at his home there Monday
after a lingering illness. He is survived by his widow and
several children. Burial was made in the cemetery at
Kirbyton Tuesday.
Mrs. Ike
Bodkin, of this place, accompanied by Mrs. Richard
Cache, of
Wickliffe, went to St. Louis Tuesday, where they met Mrs.
Delia Boaz, their
sister and mother respectively, who were returning from
Denver, Colo., with the remains of her son, Crispin, who
died at that place Monday, of pneumonia. They arrived in
Wickliffe Thursday afternoon, where the funeral services and
burial took place this morning.
Mystery surrounds the murderous attack
last night upon the family of William
Mortimore, living
a mile north of Elco, by some unknown man, which may result
in the death of one or more of the members of the family of
five.
This evening the family was brought
down to St. Mary’s Infirmary at the suggestion of Dr.
Pearman, who attended them, Sheriff
Burke having arranged for the ambulance to go out after them to
bring them into Cairo.
While they slept, the unknown man got
into the house and beat William
Mortimore, the
husband and father, into insensibility. Then he turned upon
Mrs. Mortimore
and when their daughter, aged 13, came to her mother’s
assistance, the man attacked her. Two children, Mona, a girl
of 9, and a baby, slept in a bed together, and too
frightened to make any outcry, the little girl lay still and
watched the attack upon her parents. Then the man turned and
set the bed afire, where the children lay and left. The
little girl then sprang out and with the aid of her elder
sister, got the father and mother out and then rescued the
baby. The house was burned to the ground.
This is the story that Sheriff
Burke brought
back today on his return from a search for the assailant. He
was called out at 1 o'clock and with the aid of blood hound
tried to take up the scent. A hickory club lying near a blue
handkerchief into which eye holes had been cut and an empty
quart whisky bottle furnished the only clue. The dog
followed the scent to the main road where it crosses the
creek north of Elco. There he lost it.
Citizens of Elco, not satisfied with
the result made up a purse of $50 and sent for bloodhounds
at Murphysboro which were expected to follow the scent this
afternoon.
The youngest girl told Sheriff
Burke she thought
she could identify the man who made the attack and named a
man living near. He was brought before her and she said he
was not the man and the sheriff released him.
William
Mortimore, the father, has his skull crushed and his jaw broken. His
wife was badly bruised about the head and skull and all of
her front teeth were knocked out. The eldest girl was
bruised on her head and one ear was left hanging and Dr.
Pearman had to
sew it up.
That robbery was not the motive is
evident from the fact that the family is very poor. The man
works at the silica mill. The family live on a hill about a
quarter of a mile from the county road, a mile north of
Elco.
The club which was found is a hickory
stick long enough for a cane and about an inch and a half
thick at the big end and an inch thick at the other.
Funeral services for Miss Mary
Henry, whose
death occurred Thursday morning at St. Mary's Infirmary,
were held this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the residence of
her mother, Mrs. M. M.
Henry, 821
Twenty-third Street, conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen. The remains were taken this evening to Henshaw, Ky., where
interment will be made.
The pall bearers were employees of the
Mobile & Ohio local offices where Miss
Henry has been
stenographer for some time. They were Messrs. John
Barry, Bernard
Simpson, Myron Ruter,
Shelly Buchanan,
Harry Walder, and
Floyd Rutter. Karcher Brothers
were in charge.
Mrs. Myrtle
Burgoise, wife of John A.
Burgoise, died at her home in Urbana, Ill., Friday
evening at 8 o'clock of influenza. She was 24 years of age
and formerly resided in Cairo. Her father, Charles
Ball, of 3208
Sycamore Street, left Friday night for Urbana. She also
leaves surviving her husband who is critically ill with
influenza and a little son six years old who is also ill.
Her two brothers, Clarence and Sam
Ball, reside in
Urbana. No plans for the funeral have been received in
Cairo.
Sheriff
Burke went back to Elco today and it was expected that before night
he would have made an arrest in connection with the
murderous assault upon William
Mortimore and
family late Thursday night.
Today
Mortimore is hovering between life and death, having failed to
regain consciousness since his assailant crushed in his
skull with a club. The eldest daughter is also in a serious
condition.
So aroused is the neighborhood over the
affair that there is free talk of mob violence and an arrest
is believed necessary to prevent this from happening. It is
reported that the attack was prompted by ill feeling over a
business deal some time back and that the assailant was
drunk when he made the attack.
Funeral services for Miss Mary
Henry, whose
death occurred Thursday morning at St. Mary's Infirmary,
were held Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the residence
of her mother, Mrs. M. M.
Henry, 821
Twenty-third Street, conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen. The remains were taken this evening to Henshaw, Ky., where
interment will be made.
The pall bearers were employees of the
Mobile & Ohio local offices where Miss
Henry has been
stenographer for some time. They were Messrs. John
Barry, Bernard
Simpson, Myron Ruter,
Shelly Buchanan,
Harry Walder, and
Floyd Rutter. Karcher Brothers
were in charge.
Private Charles T.
Stokes, of Co. K,
died from wounds received in action in France on Oct. 15,
according to a message to his mother, Mrs. Tiny
Stokes, received
today.
The news came as a great shock to his
mother from the fact that with the end of the hostilities
she believed that she had passed through the war without
injury. No word was received of his being wounded, so he
must have died shortly after receiving the injury.
Stokes joined Co. K on July 25. He was an employee of the
Mississippi Box Company. His parents live on the rural
route.
Frank
Walker, a colored deputy sheriff from Mound Bayou, Miss., was here
today looking for a negro named Robert
Murphy, who
killed the chief of police there. The county offered a
reward of $250 for his arrest and the people of Mound Bayou,
which is strictly a negro village, with all negro officers,
offered $300.
The following account of the death of
John B. Castleman,
formerly of Cairo, is from the
Daily Herald of
Vicksburg, Miss. He had been married but a few days over a
year when death came.
"A telegram announcing the death of
John B. Castleman
at 4 o'clock p.m. yesterday (Saturday the 16) in Lordsburg,
New Mexico, was received last evening by Mr. H. C.
McCabe from his
mother, who was with her unfortunate young son-in-law at the
time of his death.
John
Castleman will be remembered as the young man of sterling qualities
and polished manners, who was associated with the Blanks
Lumber Company in the Vicksburg office. While in business
here, John Castleman made a host of friends throughout the city and sometime
after his removal to another position, he returned to
Vicksburg and was married to Miss Aline
McCabe, daughter
of Hon. H. C. McCabe,
for so many years a prominent attorney of Vicksburg. It is
gratifying indeed to know that young Mrs.
Castleman has her
mother with her to help her bear the deep affliction. Young
Mr. Castleman will be buried in New Mexico sometime today, but his
remains will no doubt be transferred to the Vicksburg
Cemetery at a later date."
A typical Weary-Willie has been
arrested by the county officials in connection with the Elco
murder mystery. He was found near the scene of the crime by
a neighbor and turned over to the sheriff. The only thing
that would tend to point to his guilt was a few blood stains
on his trousers. He explained that this was caused by a
feathery spread of his when a train killed two chickens. He
does not seem to have a care or trouble in life and
apparently hasn't had a bath or shave in a month. He was
slightly worried, however, when he was shown
Mortimore's dead
body. (Mortimore
died Saturday night from his injuries). A friend, Frank
High, is raising
a fund for his burial. But he seemed to be more mystified at
this action than worried. He is being held in the county
jail.
Sheriff
Burke is still working on the matter and from all indications will
probably make a more important arrest soon.
Mrs.
Mortimore and her two children are improving.
W. H.
Drummond was found dead at 1:30 Sunday afternoon at
Kelly's boarding
house, formerly the Courthouse Hotel. Acting Coroner J. T.
Brown held the
inquest and found that his death was caused by influenza. He
was 63 years of age and was employed in tending the furnace
there. He has lived at Olive Branch and Karnak, but little
further was known regarding him.
Arthur
Clay aged 34 years, died this morning at 5 o'clock from complication
following an attack of influenza. He has been employed at
one of the uptown factories and lived in a houseboat on the
Ohio River above the Chicago Mill. He leaves a wife and two
sons, aged 19 and 13 years in destitute circumstances.
The funeral services were held this
afternoon in charge of the Salvation Army. Interment was
made at Wickliffe.
Mrs. Rebecca
Cordell, aged 77 years, died this morning at the home of her
granddaughter, Mrs. Claude
Blessing, 329
Sixth Street, after a lingering illness. Mrs.
Cordell was one of the oldest residents of Cairo, having come here
before the Civil War. She was born in Evansville, Ind., in
1842, and for about thirty years has resided in a cottage
which she owned at Thirtieth and Sycamore streets.
Mrs.
Cordell was a well-known and highly respected woman and had many
warm friends among the older residents. She was a member of
the Episcopal Church as were all the members of her family
who originally came to the United States from England. Mrs.
Cordell leaves
surviving her four grandchildren living in Cairo, Mrs.
Claude Blessing,
Miss Ruby Gibbs,
Ernest Gibbs, and Frank Gibbs.
The latter has just received honorable discharge from the
army on account of physical disability.
No definite arrangements have been made
for the funeral which will probably occur Thursday with
burial at Villa Ridge.
Karcher Brothers
are in charge of arrangements.
Dorothy McAvoy
Murray, the two-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. T.
Murray, died this
morning at 12:25 at the home of her parents, 527 Center
Street. The baby has been ill but a short time and Monday
afternoon was considered to be improving. The funeral
services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at
the residence conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen. Burial
will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, Mounds.
Karcher Brothers
are in charge.
While looking over a bunch of old
magazines in the Y. M. C. A., I happen to find this very
interesting page which I am sending you, showing Miss
Warder on the
rear of one of the big army trucks.
This note was written by Earl C.
May at Camp
Sevier, Greenville, S.C., and the page alluded to was from
The Woman Citizen.
The picture shows Miss Winifred Fairfax
Warder with other
members of the gas unit in full uniform. The paper states
that Miss Warder with three others was a member of the Engineer Corps of the
unit.
Examination of witnesses in the Elco
murder case began at 3 o'clock this afternoon before the
coroner's jury.
Arthur
Clay, aged 35, died at 6:30 o'clock Monday evening at his home above
the Chicago Mill and his body was taken to Wickliffe this
afternoon on the Three
States for burial in the Cain Creek Cemetery. Undertaker
C. A. Burke had
charge of the funeral.
Mr.
Clay leaves a wife and two children.
After three hours of grueling and at
times tedious examination of witnesses the coroner’s jury in
the William H.
Mortimore murder case returned a verdict that he "came
to his death at the hands of a person or persons unknown."
The inquest started at 2:45 o'clock
with Sheriff Burke
on the stand. He, with Ralph
Childress, told
the county officers view of the story. He told how he had
received a phone call shortly after midnight last Thursday
from Elco with a bare outline of the case. His informant
asked him to bring medical attention and the bloodhounds and
he told the Elco man to call Dr.
Peniman of
Tamms. Burke
then called Deputy
Finch and Childress and they went to the scene with the dogs. The found the
house practically burned down when they arrived.
Childress told how they had found a pint whiskey bottle near the
scene and a fresh footprint, which he had measured. The
first real working clue was the finding of the hickory club
used by the assailant.
The dogs picked up the scent from this and worked due
west and finally lost the scent in a creek bed known as
Cooper Creek. The closest house to this point was the home
of Tom Jordan. The
mask used by the murderer had been found before the
dogs started out, but as the neighbors desired to get more
dogs, this was left where it had been found. When the
Murphysboro dogs arrived, they followed the same route as
did the Cairo dogs and stopped at the same place. Nothing
further could be found, however, that would indicate that
Tom Jordan had
been the murderer.
The eldest daughter, Geraldine, told
the best story of the actual scene. The father and small
daughter were sleeping in one bed while she, the baby, and
her mother had been sleeping in one bed all in the same
room. She had seen the assailant, though she seems to have
a very vague idea as to his description, beating her father,
after his shouts had awakened her. She jumped out of bed
and the man said he would murder them if she did not go out
of the house with him. She called to her mother if she
should obey and her mother said no. He then started to
strike her mother, still in bed, and Geraldine said that she
had thrown herself across the bed to save her mother it was
in this manner that she had been struck and knocked
senseless. The next that she remembered was that the house
was on fire and that she had, in some way managed to drag
her father out of the house. She got three quilts out of
the house and wrapped her father in them. The first
neighbors to arrive found she and her father lying together
about 50 yards from the house.
The little girl, Naomi, said that she
had ducked her head under the cover when she woke up and, as
she slept with her father, had been struck on the back
accidentally. When she discovered the house was on fire,
she said that she had picked the baby up and carried it out.
The mother's story was very
disconnected and unreasonable. She said that she had gone
to bed and the next thing she remembered was that she was at
Mr. Davis' house asking for some neuralgia medicine. Mr.
Davis told the
jury that she had told him that she had fallen. The jury
did not follow this point. The thing that appeared so
unreasonable was that she could have walked half a mile the
(distance between the two houses) probably barefooted and
certainly with no shoes on, and yet Mr.
Davis said that he did not notice her complaining of her feet when
he and his wife were performing first aid. It was some time
before Mrs. Davis
had noticed that the house was on fire and he reached the
scene just as a young man from Mill Creek going home from
Tamms came up on his horse. They found Geraldine and her
father as already mentioned.
The next person to be suspected was
Adolphus Jordan,
a cousin of Tom
Jordan and a brother of Mose
Jordan, who, with
J. L. King, was
one of the first to reach the scene. Suspicion was first
pointed toward him when Naomi excitedly told the men that
the assailant looked like him. Adolphus
Jordan had not
been seen in that locality for some time until about a week
before the crime and was last positively identified by a man
in Tamms on either Thursday, the morning before the crime,
or Friday, the morning after. Of this point, the man who
had seen him was not sure. The thing which would
incriminate him most, however, was an affidavit sworn to by
a man named Thomas
Russell that Adolphus
Jordan had told
him the Monday before the crime at Carrier Mill, near Elco,
that he could have his pleasure with Mrs.
Mortimore and her
eldest daughter and later in the conversation when
Russell had told
him that Mr.
Mortimore would not stand for anything like that, he
made a threat that he would finish him if he did anything.
Nothing could be based on this affidavit however, as
every witness questioned seemed rather dubious as to
Russell's
veracity. Furthermore, Mose
Jordan testified
that to the best of his knowledge, Adolphus had been in Anna
on the day he was supposed to have made this statement and
had returned to his home that night. He also testified that
his physical condition would not permit him to commit such a
crime.
The other witnesses, about 15 in
number, only corroborated the versions of
Burke,
Childress and
Davis, as to what had happened when the first people arrived and
nothing further could be learned, other than what Mrs.
Mortimore and the two daughters had said, about the actual
assault. The jury as well as the crowd of spectators who
packed Judge Egan's
court room when the inquest was held were more mystified
when they got thru with the witnesses than when they had
started. The jury rendered their decision in about five
minutes.
The jury consisted of E. M.
McGruder,
foreman, M. J.
Farnbaker, J. H.
Woodward, Sr., Carl E.
Schultz, August
Bode, and J. M.
Davidge.
William
Holland, of 211 Fifteenth Street, formerly employed by the
Harris Saddlery
Company, died at Camp Taylor, Ky., on Oct. 16, from
pneumonia following an attack of the flu.
News of his death has just reached
Cairo friends, through the Leather Workers' Union of which
he was a member.
He leaves a wife and one child at
Paducah, his former home.
Pvt. William M.
Simpson, Mount Vernon, Ill., died of disease. Next of kin, John Y.
Simpson.
Pvt. Frank F.
Gresiak, Harrisburg, Ill., killed in action. Next of kin, Mrs.
Hattie Gresiak.
Pvt. Roy F.
Morkert, Grand Chain, Ill., died of disease. Next of kin, John
Morkert
Pvt. Jake
Pollack, Herrin, Ill., wounded slightly in action. Next of kin,
Charles Pollack.
Cordell—Died. November 19, Mrs. Rebecca
Cordell, aged 66
years. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at
the residence of her granddaughter, Mrs. Claude
Blessing, at 1
o'clock conducted by Rev. M. L.
Turner, pastor of
the Calvary Baptist Church. The funeral cortege will go by
automobile to Villa Ridge where interment will be made.
The blood stained garments of William
Mortimore his
wife and eldest daughter will be sent to St. Louis by
Sheriff Burke for
examination for finger prints in the hope that in that way
the identity of the murderer of
Mortimore and the
assailant of his wife and daughter can be positively
identified.
This was the decision today of the
sheriff and this is his reason for taking this step to
unravel the mystery.
In the struggle with the
Mortimore family
especially with the daughter the man must have used his
hands upon his victims. He must have grabbed the girl by
the arms in the struggle and if he did, it is the hope of
the sheriff that the clothing if the girl will reveal the
finger prints of the man whose prints must have been wet
with the blood of his victims.
If any traces of finger prints are
found then the finger prints of all suspects will be taken
for comparison.
Old yellow suit of underwear that
Sheriff Burke
thought was a pair of pants were worn by
Mortimore and the
eldest daughter who slept in her clothing wore a flowered
dress. All of these garments very much soiled and blood
stained will be subjected for a microscripic examination.
The funeral services of Elery
Atherton who died
at Mound City Wednesday will be held Friday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock conducted by Rev. Mr.
Dunn, of
Mounds. The remains will be taken to Pulaski for
burial. E. P. Thomas, of Mound City, is the undertaker in charge.
(A record of Eastwood Cemetery near
Ullin states that Elery Edgar
Atherton, brother
of A. M. Atherton,
born Feb. 17, 1875 Died Nov. 19, 1918, is buried there
without a marker.—Darrel
Dexter)
We wish to thank our friend and
neighbors for their kind assistance in our late bereavement,
the death of our little daughter, Dorothy. Their help to us
during her illness and their sympathy at all times has been
a great comfort to us.
A memorial to the late Winifred Fairfax
Warder,
vice-chairman of the Cairo Red Cross, was presented
Wednesday night at the annual meeting of the society, by a
committee composed of Mrs. D. S.
Lansden, George B. Baker,
Mrs. A. W. Tracey,
and Mrs. W. F.
Vanderburgh.
The resolutions were adopted and were as follows:
“The Cairo Chapter of the American Red
Cross has received with grief and sadness the announcement
of the death of Miss Winifred Fairfax
Warder, the vice
chairman of this chapter.
“Winifred Fairfax
Warder was born in Cairo, Illinois, May 22nd, 1885, the
daughter of Hon. Walter
Warder and Dora
B. Warder, his
wife.
“She attended at the Bettie Stewart
Institute and Saint Agatha’s Episcopal School at
Springfield, Ill., and the public schools at Cairo, Ill.,
graduating at the Cairo High School June 5th,
1913. She then
entered Monticello Female Seminary at Godfrey, Ill., from
which institution she was graduated with highest honors June
12th, 1906.
“After her graduation at Monticello she
took a supplemental course at the Hamilton School for Girls
at Washington, D.C., and later a course in china painting at
the Sherratt Art School in that city.
As an artist she had rare natural gifts and the work
she left testifies to her intense application and devotion
to her art. She
spent a number of seasons in Washington and enjoyed a large
circle of friends and acquaintances in congressional and
diplomatic circles.
“At the outbreak of the great European
war she became deeply interested in the cause of the Allies
and while spending her summer vacations in Canada she
visited many of the military camps and hospitals of the
Dominion to familiarize herself with the details of war
work.
“In April and May, 1916, she enlisted
and became a member of the First National Service Training
Camp for Women at Chevy Chase, Maryland, near Washington,
D.C. Upon her
return to her home in Cairo, she at once entered upon the
active work of organization for preparedness and war
service. She
organized the Navy League of Cairo, Ill., and became its
first chairman.
Early recognizing the great part the Red Cross was to take
in the world war, she conceived the idea of organizing a
chapter in Cairo in advance of the organization movement
which afterwards swept through Illinois and the Mississippi
Valley.
“She made the first application for a
charter and was selected as the first chairman, a position
which she declined, accepting the second place of vice
chairman, which position she filled with honor and ability
up to the time of her death.
“She was in June 1917 named by the
Women’s Section of the Illinois State Council of Defense as
chairman to organize Cairo and Alexander County for that
organization.
Her work was rapid and efficient.
She received credit from the state committee for
having organized Alexander County as the first county
organization in the state.
“Late on she was named a chairman to
organize Alexander County for the American Defense Society,
a work she had not entered upon at the time of her death.
“She loved the cause of democracy and
equal rights to all and was a worker for suffrage for women.
Her work had been recognized and she was at the time
of her death a member of the State Committee of the Equal
Suffrage Amendment Association of Illinois.
“She was a member of the United
Daughters of the War of 1812 for Illinois, being chairman of
the committee for Southern Illinois to mark the graves of
the soldiers of the War of 1812.
“She was an active member of the Cairo
Woman’s Club and had been repeatedly honored by being named
as a delegate to both State and National Federation of
Woman’s Clubs.
“In November 1917, she was selected by
the Canteen Department of the American Red Cross to go
overseas in Canteen Service, but owing to a misunderstanding
as to date of sailing, she was disappointed in her plans and
her hopes to go overseas were frustrated.
Having the one all-absorbing desire to do service at
the front, she now devoted her whole time and efforts to war
work, preparatory to overseas duty.
She studied war work at the camps and hospitals in
Canada, she took courses of instruction in Red Cross work in
Chicago and in 1918 sent the spring and summer in volunteer
Red Cross Canteen Work in Washington and New York.
“In September 1918, she was selected by
the Executive Committee of the Women’s Overseas Hospitals,
U. S. A., as a member of their Gas Motor Unit No. 1 to give
first aid in soldiers in trenches and on the firing line who
had been overcome by gas or liquid fire.
It was the most dangerous service to which women had
been called.
“Rejoicing that she had at last reached
the goal of her heart’s desire, she sailed on September 25th
from New York on the French liner
La Lorraine in
radiant health and full of patriotic enthusiasm in the work
at the front in which she had so long hoped to engage.
During the voyage over, she was attacked with Spanish
influenza and soon became dangerously ill, arriving at
Bordeaux, France, on the 5th of October, she was
taken at once to the United States Military Base Hospital
No. 6, where she received the best of medical treatment and
nursing, but her disease soon developed into
bronchi-pneumonia and she passed away on October 8th,
1918. She was
buried with military escort in the officers’ cemetery of the
hospital on October 10th, the members of her unit
attending in a body and decorating her grave with flowers.
“She had consecrated her life and her
all for humanity and she had already won for herself
recognition as a successful and devoted leader in her city,
her county and her state.
She freely gave her life for her country. The memory
of her life and supreme sacrifice will live in the hearts of
all of the people of this city and of her friends
everywhere, who knew her best and loved her most.
“Her name will be written and forever
stand on the Roll of Honor alongside the names of those
heroes who in this great world war have died battling in
France for the rights of mankind.
“The officers and members of the Cairo
Chapter of the American Red Cross tender to Miss
Warder’s family their deepest sympathy and they make this memorial a
part of its treasured records.
They will ever cherish in loving remembrance and
solemn pride the name and memory of Winifred Fairfax
Warder”
Bn. Sgt. Major Lawrence S.
McCollum, 444
West Church Street, Benton, Ill., killed in action. Next of
kin, Samuel D.
McCollum.
Corp. Naylor Bryan
Humphrey,
Wickliffe, Ky., wounded severely. Next of kin, Thomas Owens
Humphrey.
Corp. Naylor
Humphrey, mentioned in today's casualty list as wounded severely, is
another Citizen
employee. He was correspondent for the
Citizen until he left Wickliffe, Ky., his home, to enter the
service. His sister is carrying on his work during his
absence.
Jesse
Rediger, aged 18 years, of Commerce, Mo., died at St. Mary's
Infirmary Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Rediger, who
accompanied him to Cairo, arriving at noon Thursday. He was
practically in a dying condition when he arrived here and
the physicians had no hope of reviving him. He underwent a
serious operation at St. Mary's several months ago when he
had a leg removed necessitated by tuberculosis of the bone.
The remains were taken to
Karcher Brothers
and from there sent to Commerce early this morning.
Funeral services will be held there Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Hannah R.
Bride, wife of Henry A. Bride,
died at her home in Pulaski, Friday, at the age of 75
years. A native of Rochester, Vt., who married Mr.
Bride on
September 12, 1865, and they came to Mound City two years
later and have resided in Pulaski County ever
since. Surviving her are her husband, one son, P. G.
Bride, of Cairo,
and great grandchild Mrs. O. C.
Geilhausen, of
Centralia, and James
Bride, of Cairo, and great grandchild, James Richard
Hilhausen, a
sister, Mrs. H. E.
Collins, of Potsdam, N.Y., and a niece, Mrs. C. S.
Britton, of
Cairo.
She had been a member of the
Congregational Church at Villa Ridge for many
years. Funeral services will be held from Liberty Church
Sunday at 1 o'clock p.m.
(Pursey G.
Bride, 22, born in Pulaski, Ill., son of H. A.
Bride and Hannah Henry,
married Mary E. Crain,
25, born in Beechwood, Ill., daughter of Johnathon
Crain and
Margaret Vonida,
on 21 Jan 1896, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Thomas
Scarber, colored, with the American army in France, died there
October 26, according to word received Saturday by his wife,
Mrs. Cynthia Scarber,
313 1/2 Twenty-ninth Street.
J. H.
Rhymer, of Ullin, received word today that his son, Ray
Rhymer, was
killed in action in France on October 26. The deceased
enlisted din Cairo to go into the army and was employed by
the Singer Manufacturing Company at the time of his
enlistment.
The funeral services for Mrs. Edith
Murdaugh were
held this morning at 10 o'clock at the residence, 725
Twenty-third Street, conducted by Rev. John W.
Coontz, pastor of
the First Methodist Church.
Interment was made at Beech Grove Cemetery.
Mrs.
Murdaugh was 28 years of age and leaves surviving her her husband,
Murdaugh and two
children. She has been ill for about seven months with a
nervous breakdown and death came Sunday morning at 8:45
o'clock to relieve her of her suffering. She was a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D.
Youch with whom she made her home.
Judge William N.
Butler, opening the [postponed session of the October term of the
Circuit Court this morning, charged the grand jury with
their duty to exhaust every effort in finding the person or
persons guilty of murdering Will
Mortimore,
seriously injuring his wife and daughter and destroying his
house. The Judge ordered them to run down every clue, be it
based on actual fact, circumstances or hearsay. To this end
he ordered Attorney Reed
Green placed on
the jury and made him foreman so that one of the most
skillful examiners in Southern Illinois could question the
witnesses.
He also charged them to investigate any
violation of the laws of the state which should be brought
to their attention or of which they had personal knowledge.
The grand jury follows: Reed
Green, foreman;
William Ledbetter,
W. Pettis, Sr.,
W. L. Redman, Louis Ruggaber,
J. C. Lewis, J.
M. Green, James
Tuttles, Mike O’Donnell,
P. A. Conant,
Arthur Thistelwood,
J. J. Kuykendall, Sr., all of Cairo; Homer
Wright, Cache; William
Henderson, Unity; J. F.
Eeckelman,
Sandusky; George W.
Grear, Elco; Fred
Honey, Delta; Charles
Edmundson, East
Cape Girardeau; Frank
Rust, Thebes; Lorenzo
Bedwell, Santa
Fe; and William
Greenlee, Lake Milligan.
Frank Harris Electrocuted at Mounds.
Frank
Harris, of 2011 Commercial Avenue, chief mechanic for the Central
Illinois Public Services Company, at Mounds, was instantly
killed at 8:10 o’clock this morning, when 2300 volts of
electric current went thru his body.
Mr.
Harris was attempting to disconnect a motor from the line. It was a
three phase connection and he had disconnected to wires and
was attempting to disconnect the third, when he came in
contact with a live wire, and when picked up all that was
noticed was a slight burn upon his little finger.
Mr.
Harris leaves a wife at the address given above. He had been in the
service of the company for about a year, according to
Superintendent B.
King.
After an inquest at Mounds, the remains
were brought down to Cairo by
Karcher Brothers,
to prepare for burial.
Marshal
Buster, aged 74 years, veteran of the Civil War, and an old resident
of Cairo, died at his home about two miles east of Thebes
Sunday night. He had been ill for the past several months.
Funeral services will be held Monday
afternoon with burial at the Thebes Cemetery.
Mr.
Buster is survived by his widow, two sons, Russel
Buster, of Cairo,
and Monroe Buster,
of Thebes, and two daughters, Mrs. Addie
Brown, and Mrs.
Cassie Hazel, of
Thebes.
(His marker in Thebes Cemetery reads:
Marshall Buster Corpl. Co. A, 10 Tenn. Cav.—Darrel
Dexter)
Pvt. Otis
Turbaville, Mounds, died of wounds, next of kin, Mrs. Etta
Turbaville.
Pvt. Preston
Staton, Herrin, Ill., killed in action. Next of kin, Joe
Staton.
Pvt. Charles W.
Stegle, R. F. D. 3, Anna, Ill., wounded, degree undetermined. Next
of kin, Charles
Stegle.
Mrs. Bernard
Bennett this morning received letters from her three brothers, who
are with the army in France and all three are in
hospitals. Lieut. Albert
Stout and Louis
Stout are
suffering from the effects of gas and Maurice
Stout was wounded
in action. All three say they are getting along nicely and
all are in different base hospitals.
Henry
Parks, a colored man living between Ullin and Olmsted, in Pulaski
County, was shot from ambush early last evening near his
home, as he was returning from his work. He was in a
critical condition last night, having received a charge of
shot in his abdomen.
Samuel
Wilson, another negro, is under arrest, charged with the crime,
having been tracked to his home by the Alexander County
blood hounds, trailed by Ralph
Childress and
Leslie B. Roche.
The shooting was done from a clump of
weeds near a path that
Parks was
following to his home. A man rose from the patch and shot
Parks when he was
not over 25 feet away. Then he turned and ran. Parks was able to walk to his home and get into bed, when he began
to suffer from the loss of blood.
Wilson was taken before
Parks and identified as the man he had seen running away
after the shot.
Both negroes are about 45 years of age
and are landowners in that part of Pulaski County.
The shooting occurred at what is known
as the Boston Wood
place, near Brown's
store, four miles from Ullin, at 6:30 p.m.
Deputy Sheriff A. B.
Sexton was
immediately noticed and at once called the blood hounds at
Murphysboro and Cairo which responded immediately. When
they took up the scent from the ambush from which the shot
was fired, they kept up a lively pace until they arrived at
Sam Wilson's
house, when they went right up to the door, refusing to
leave. Deputy Sheriff
Sexton then arrested Wilson
taking him to Ullin, where he was kept under guard till 9:30
this morning, when he was taken to the Mound City Jail,
Constable Tony Egner assisting Deputy Sexton in arresting and guarding the
prisoner.
Parks was in a dying condition this morning from the wounds in
his breast and stomach.
When the prisoner was taken before him
this morning, Parks
said: "Wilson,
you know you shot me."
The remains of Master Billy
Elsey, who died
at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
Elsey, in Chicago
Monday, were brought to Cairo arriving this morning. They
were taken to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Elsey, 415 Thirty-sixth Street. The funeral arrangements have not
been completed but the services will probably be held
Thursday with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery. The little
boy was six years old.
Pvt. Verner M.
Cravens, R. F. D. Poplar Bluff, Mo., died of disease. Next of kin,
Mrs. Elizabeth Cravens.
Pvt. Orville Lloyd
Lipe, 2025,
Elizabeth Street, Murphysboro, Ill., wounded severely. Next
of kin, Mrs. Jennie
Overstreet.
Corp. Davis S.
Sullivan, Jonesboro, Ill., wounded, degree undetermined. Next of
kin, Mrs. Mary H. Leonard.
Pvt. Herschel
Scott, Mound City, Ill., missing in action. Next of kin, Mrs. Alice
Scott.
Shelly
Allen, formerly of Cairo, was killed in action in France on October
25. While in Cairo he was employed by Fred
Teichman and Company and resided with his sister, Mrs. F.
Kuhn, also
formerly of Cairo, who now resides at Willow Springs,
Mo. He was engaged to be married to a young lady residing
at Des Moines, Ia.
Harris—Died Nov. 25, Frank
Harris, aged 49 years. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the family residence, 2011
Commercial Avenue. Rev. J. J.
Downey
officiating. Special interurban cars
will leaved Twentieth and Commercial at 2:30 p.m. for Beech
Grove Cemetery where interment will be made.
We wish to thank our friends for their
kind assistance and generous sympathy in our late
bereavements the death of our wife and daughter, Mrs. Edith
Murdaugh. We
wish to thank all who sent floral offerings and also Rev.
Mr. Coontz for
his kind assistance.
We wish to thank our friends for their
kind assistance in our late bereavement the death of our
daughter and sister, Mary
Henry. We also
wish to thank those who sent the beautiful flowers. The
help of our friends and their sympathy of all times has been
a great comfort to us.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our friends for their
kind assistance in our late bereavement, the death of our
wife and mother, Mrs. H. A.
Bride. Their
help to us during her illness and their sympathy at all
times has been a great comfort to us.
Mrs. Vesta
Gibson, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Raburn, formerly of Cairo, died at her home in Eldorado, Ill.,
Tuesday. The remains will be brought to Cairo and taken to
Mounds for burial. Mrs.
Gibson was
formerly Miss Minnie May
Raburn.
Miss Annie Elizabeth
Culkin, aged 14
years, died this morning at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Roll, 2700 ½ Commercial Avenue of pneumonia. The funeral
arrangements have not been completed
Karcher Brothers
are in charge.
Dr. L. A.
Jones, a former Cairo dentist, when he was connected with the Boston
Painless Dentists and later for several years located at
Thebes, died at Murphysboro last Monday of stomach
trouble. He had been in poor health for some time.
Dr.
Jones moved to Murphysboro about a year ago. He was a native of
Fayette County, Tenn., and was 44 years of age.
The remains were taken to Daneyville,
Tenn., for burial.
Elsey—Died, Wednesday November 27, Billey
Elsey, aged 6 years. Funeral services will be held Thursday,
November 28, at the residence, 415 Thirty-sixth Street, at 2
o'clock p.m. conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Downey. A
special interurban train will leave Thirty-sixth and
Sycamore at 2:30 for Mounds where interment will be made at
Beech Grove cemetery.
The pall bearers are as follows:
Honorary: Masters
William, Lewis
Morris, Alvin Schafer,
Carl Faulkner,
Herman Faulkner,
Kenneth Sutton, Joe Greaff, Tenie
Everin, Roy
Cliff, Lloyd
Rutter.
Active:
Thomas
Curtner, Commodore
Sutton, Joe
Greaff, Tenie
Everin, Roy Cliff, Floyd
Rutter.
Robert
Graham, a member of Company K, is in a hospital in France suffering
from shrapnel wounds in the thigh and a fractured ankle. He
says that several members of the company have been killed,
but that the only two from Cairo were George
Mills and Dorris
Hall. The former
he said died on the way to the hospital. Before enlisting
in Company K, Corporal
Graham was
operator at the Gem Theatre.
WHEREAS, on the night of November 14th,
1918, some person or persons entered the home of William H.
Mortimore, near
Elco, Alexander County, Illinois and severely beat the said
William H. Mortimore and family, inflicting several mortal wounds upon the said
William H. Mortimore,
from which said several mortal wounds the said William H.
Mortimore on the 16th day of November died.
AND WHEREAS, the assailant of the said
William H. Mortimore,
has not been apprehended.
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board
of County Commissioners of Alexander County, Illinois, that
they offer a reward of Three hundred ($300.00) Dollars for
the arrest and conviction of the person or persons guilty of
said offense.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C.
Clendenen
received a letter this week from Col.
Haywood, in
command of the 369th infantry in which their son,
Lieut. Paul M. Clendenen, was serving when he was killed in action. The
letter was written on November 6, and stated that at Lieut.
Clendenen's death
the battle had waged so fiercely that many officers and men
had to be buried on the battlefield and not taken to the
military cemetery, where Lieut.
Clendenen was buried.
From other sources it has been learned
that the regiment suffered great losses in the battle where
the 369th was serving as a lone American unit in
General Gouraud's splendid Fourth Army.
Pvt. Louis E.
Nannie, Fulton, Ky., killed in action. Next of kin, Jeff D.
Nannie.
Pvt. Charlie
Jones, 110 East Shawnee Ave., Centralia, Ill., killed in action.
Next of kin, Mrs. Josephine
Jones.
Pvt. Robert L.
Parker, Herrin, Ill., killed in action. Next of kin, Mrs.
Dimmie Hall.
Pvt. Albert L.
Wiley, Sparta, Ill., killed in action. Next of kin, Mrs.
Margaret Wilsey
Capt. Joseph B.
Craine, 312 West Main Street, Carbondale, Ill., wounded degree
undetermined. Next of kin, Bernard S.
Craine.
Pvt. James
Martin, Carterville, Ill., wounded, degree undetermined. Next
of kin, William N.
Martin
Charles L.
Mahaffee, West Twenty first Street, Cairo, Ill., wounded, degree
undetermined. Next of kin, Mrs. Minnie
Mahaffee.
Pvt. Otis
Tanner, R.F.D. 3, Stone Fort, Ill., missing in action. Next of
kin, Jimmie C. Tanner.
Pvt. William A.
Leinicke, Ava., Ill., missing in action. Next of kin, Mrs.
Margaret Leinicke.
Pvt. Burt R.
Trigg, R. F. D. 1, Simpson, Ill., missing in action. Next of
kin W. R. Trigg.
Miss Edith
Fitzgerald, aged 22, daughter of Mrs. Emma
Fitzgerald, died at her home, No. 320 Division Street, at 4:50 this
morning, of influenza and pneumonia.
She was born and reared in Cairo and is
survived by two brothers, Henry, who is in the service, and
Maurice, of this city, and two sisters, Miss Emma
Fitzgerald and
Mrs. Gertrude Cowell.
Funeral services will be held Sunday
with burial at Villa Ridge cemetery.
Karcher brothers
are in charge of the burial.
(Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Edith L.
Fitzgerald 1896-1918 Daughter.—Darrel
Dexter)
Evan D.
John, of Carbondale, director of the Department of Mines, and
Minerals under Gov. Frank O.
Lowden, died at
Springfield on Thanksgiving Day.
Two funerals were held at Thebes
Thanksgiving Day. G. A.
Storm, the mail
carrier, who was run down and killed by a C. & E. I. switch
engine, was buried.
The other funeral was that of Mable
Hooker, aged
about 7 years, who died at Rock Springs.
Word has been received in Cairo of the
death of Miss Ada
Galigher, sister of Mrs. H. F.
Halliday, which
occurred at her home in Zanesville, Ohio, Saturday. Miss
Galigher succumbed to an attack of double pneumonia and was only ill
two days. Mrs.
Halliday, who with her husband and children is spending
the year in Chicago was unable to attend the funeral, as she
is also ill at a hospital in Chicago.
Mrs. Ethel
Bingham, aged 32 years, died Thursday at 11 o'clock at the home of
her father, H. D.
Norman, 2901 Sycamore Street. Her death was due to
pneumonia, following influenza. She leaves surviving
her three little children. The remains were taken to
Clinton, Ky., today, where funeral services were held.
E. A.
Burke was in
charge of the arrangements.
Pvt. Edwin F.
Kuehn, Ava, Ill. Next of Kin, Louis
Kuehn.
Pvt. Morris
Langon, 2 Fortieth St., Cairo, Ill. Next of kin, Mrs. Katie
Fisher.
Private Herbert F.
Roberts, R. F. D.
5, Marion, Ill. Next of kin, William W.
Roberts
Musician Joseph P.
Chamberlain, 1615
Walnut Street, Murphysboro, Ill. Next of kin, Joseph
P. Chamberlain.
Pvt. Ray O.
Wagner, Golconda, Ill. Next of kin, Frederick
Wagner.
Private William
Painter, Carbondale, Ill. Next of kin, Mrs. Victoria
Robinson
Funeral services for Miss Edith
Fitzgerald, who
died at her home early Friday morning, will be held
privately Sunday morning at nine o'clock at the residence
320 Division Street, conducted by Rev. Father J.
Gillen. The pallbearers chosen are Messrs. Frank
Gillispie, Ralph
Hessian, William Jones,
George Weldon,
Frank Tobin,
Comer Dacres.
Corp. Clyde
Colvin, Kevil, Ky. Next of kin, J. W.
Colvin.
Pvt. Chester H.
Jobe, Tunnel Hill, Ill. Next of kin, John M.
Jobe.
Miss Edith A.
Hill, aged 29 years, died this morning at 5:40 o'clock at her home,
417 Twelfth Street of double pneumonia, following influenza.
Miss Hill leaves
surviving her, her father, Thomas J.
Hill, of Cairo.
The remains will be taken to Thebes at 3:45 Sunday morning,
where the funeral services will be held.
I wish to thank my friends for their
tender and generous sympathy at the death of my beloved
husband, Frank Harris,
and I also want to thank Father
Downey for his
kindness and our friends for the flowers and may God bless
you all, is my prayer.
The following letter from Lieut. Albert
Stout to his
mother, Mrs. A. L.
Stout, 214 Eleventh Street, is the first letter received
in Cairo from a Cairo boy in France, written after the
signing of the armistice.
Lieut. Stout
is in Base Hospital 26, suffering from a wound received in
action.
My Dearest Mother:
At last the day has arrived for peace.
This morning blood shed ceased on the firing line and
believe me, the people went wild.
I would sure bet they had some time when they heard
the news. Well
now we can figure on coming home and I hope to be with you
within six months and never leave again.
Am still in the hospital getting along
just fine. Get
out every day for a walk and am ready any time to go back
but will have to await my turn.
Tomorrow am going to have my picture taken and
believe me, will send you one at once to let you see how
your son looks upon arrival ____the peace more.
Well now Mother, don’t worry about me
as I am getting along OK and be sure and don’t worry as the
fighting is no more at the front.
Give my best regards to all and remember me to
everybody. Tell
them we are alright and getting along just fine.
Will say good night with love to all.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary A.
Corliss, who died
at her home Thursday night, was held this afternoon at the
residence, 3003 Washington Avenue. The services were
private. Charles T.
Bethel, lay reader for the Church of the Redeemer, of which Mrs.
Corliss was a
member, reading the burial service of the Episcopal Church.
Interment was made at Beech Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Adelaide R.
Buchanan passed away Sunday morning at 10:25 o'clock at her home,
3000 Elm Street, after a lingering illness. Her death
takes away from Cairo one of its best known and most popular
women, intellectual and energetic, always cheery and
interested in her friends. Mrs.
Buchanan was a character not soon to be forgotten.
She was born in Christian County, Ky.,
August 8, 1863. She leaves surviving her three sons,
Lieut. James P.
Buchanan, of the U. S. Aviation Corps, Thomas R.
Buchanan, of
Memphis, and Herbert S.
Buchanan, with
the Canadian army. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs.
Sue Orlinger and Mrs. R. H. Sharp,
both of Chicago, and four brothers, T. T. and S. G.
Richardson, of Cairo, R. A.
Richardson, of Kansas City, and Josiah
Richardson, of
Tampa, Fla.
Mrs.
Buchanan was a member of Queen Hester M. Chapter O. E. S. and was
prominent in club circles. She was a highly
intelligent and literary woman, an omnivorous reader and
business woman of energy and initiative, having represented
locally a majority of the magazine publications for a number
of years.
Mrs.
Buchanan was taken ill the past summer and went to Chicago where she
underwent a surgical operation. This seemed to be
successful and she returned to Cairo fully expecting to
recover immediately and take up her busy life. She was
able to be about only a short time, however, when she again
was confined to her bed and had been gradually growing
weaker until death relieved her suffering Sunday.
(Paschal S.
Buchanan married Addie L.
Richardson on 5 Mar 1890, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The flu situation appeared to be about
as bad today as at any time since the epidemic first
appeared. A total of 79 deaths were reported to Health
Officer Clarke
last night with three deaths and today's report, which will
not be made up until evening, is awaited to see if the
climax has been reached.
In the popular opinion the quarantine
was not put on any too soon.
George
Lonergan, aged 42, died at his home in Mounds this morning of
influenza. He leaves a wife and two sons, aged 17 and
18 years. The funeral services will be held Wednesday
morning at the Mounds Catholic church. E. A.
Burke is in
charge of the arrangements.
Sarah
Buckner, an aged negress, was found murdered early this morning in a
shed in the rear of her home at 209 Sixth Street. She
was 70 years of age. When found by a neighbor, she was
covered with old rags and mattresses. Her neck was cut
on both sides and there was a cut over one eye. She
was taken to Curtis'
undertaking parlors.
About 3 o'clock Sunday morning, John
Springs and
Albert Williams were arrested by Sgt.
Mahaffee after a
desperate fight in front of the house. It was
necessary to send one of them to the hospital, but he was
brought back to jail last night and neither of them know
that the other has been arrested.
The police have learned that these two
negroes, both stranger,s have been staying around the
murdered woman's house and
Williams had been
doing odd jobs for his board. As she had not been seen
since 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, it is assumed that one
of the negroes or both of them murdered her for what little
money she had and they fought over it when they were
arrested, a brother, Taylor, identified two keys found on
Williams as keys
to her trunks.
Williams also had several other bunches of keys.
The coroner's inquest will probably be held before
nightfall.
Aunt Sarah is survived by her brother,
Taylor, and a son, who is with the American Expeditionary
Forces.
Sid A.
Tate, of 416 Twentieth Street, died this morning of influenza, after
an illness dating from late Tuesday.
He was employed by R. O.
Fisher & Co. with
whom he had been connected for the past eight years.
He leaves a widow and four children.
Mr.
Tate came to Cairo from Trimble, Tenn.
Private William H.
Dennis,
Wickliffe, Kentucky
Pvt. Benjamin Lewis
Zweig, North
Linden Street, DuQuoin, Ill.
Sgt. Daniel R.
Herman, Olney, Ill.
Corp. Jackson
Harris, R. F. D. 7, Paducah, Ky.
Louis O.
Back, Murphysboro, Ill.
Pvt. Arthur R.
Barker, DuQuoin, Ill.
Corp. Theodore A.
Arbeiter, Murphysboro, Ill.
Corp. Wesley J.
Rhymer, Ullin, Ill.
DIED OF DISEASE:
Pvt. Thomas
Scarber, 313 ½ 29th Street, Cairo, Ill. Next of kin, Mrs.
Cynthia Scarber
Jimmie B.
Bowden, 426 Twelfth Street, Cairo, Ill. Next of kin, Henry
Bowden
Pvt. Benjamin S.
Kerr, 1919 Pine Street, Murphysboro, Ill.
Pvt. Ossie M.
Vandergriff, Paducah, Kentucky
Pvt. Henry
Reese, Village, Ill.
Pvt. Osie
Waller, Anna, Ill.
Pvt. Maurice J.
Huttman, 612 Morgan Street, Cape Girardeau, Ill.
Pvt. Edgar
Snethen, R. F. D. 1, Benton, Ill.
The following account of the death of
Ray Rhymer, who
was killed in France a short time ago. is from the
Ullin Times:
Answering the call of duty,
as we have always known him to do, Ray O. Rhymer, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rhymer, made the supreme
sacrifice when he gave his life in the cause of freedom from
wounds received on the battlefield of France on October 26th. News of
his death was received here on last Sunday by a telegram
from the U. S. War Department to his parents.
It came as a bolt of lightning out of a blue sky and
left sorrow, depthless, not only to his parents, but to the
entire community, for Ray was, indeed, a likeable fellow,
loved and respected by all who knew him. When the
call came for him to answer the summons of the Nation, he
went willingly and with the feeling that he was doing but
his duty. Soon
after entering the training camp, he was sent overseas for
training, and shortly after his entering the first line
trenches, he met his death. He was
well and favorably known not only in Ullin, but in Cairo,
where prior to the call to arms he held the position of
bookkeeper with the Singer Manufacturing Company.
For several months he was superintendent of the
Methodist Sunday school and he has left a vacancy in that
body which can never be filled to the satisfaction of those
who knew him best.
He was also a prominent influential member of Cairo
Lodge, A. F. & A. M. This is
the first death in action from the ranks of Ullin’s men in
the U. S. service and being as he was one of Ullin’s
favorite sons, a patriot of the “old school” he has left a
bright spot in the memory of the citizens of Pulaski County
which shall remain undimmed as the years go by and time
ceases to be no more.
Mrs. Emma
Billings, wife of Ishmael
Billings, died at their home, 721 Thirty-sixth Street,
at 12:25 o'clock after a few days' illness of pneumonia
following influenza. She was 30 years old and is
survived by her husband, a two-year-old daughter, her
mother, Mrs. Emma
Schlammer, of Beech Ridge, and five sisters, Mrs. Amile
Axelson, Mrs.
Amos Mall, and
Miss Louise Schlammer,
of Cairo, and Mrs. Jerry
Pecord, and Mrs.
Henry Worthington,
of Miller City. Mrs. Fanny
Steger, of 711
Twenty-first Street, is an aunt of the deceased.
The funeral services will be held
privately Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at the residence
conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, pastor of
the Immanuel Brethren Church. Interment will be at
Baumguard Cemetery.
(Emile
Schlamer married Emma
Marquard on 27 Sep 1877, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Joseph Steger
married Fannie
Schlamer on 2 Apr 1877, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Hattie
Irvin, wife of Fred Irvin,
of Fayville, and a sister of C. C.
Calvert, was
reported at the point of death last evening of pneumonia.
(Her marker in Baumgard Cemetery reads:
Hattie C. wife of Fred
Irwin 1882-1918
Devoted Wife and Mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
Coming as a great shock to the
community was the death of Mrs. Gus
Osterloh, which
occurred Sunday morning at 4:45 o'clock at St. Mary's
Infirmary. Mrs.
Osterloh succumbed to pneumonia following an attack of
influenza and was only ill for a brief period. Her
little daughter, Catherine, 6 years old, has been ill for
the past week with influenza and was taken to the hospital
the latter part of the week. Mrs.
Osterloh became
seriously ill Saturday and was removed from her home on
upper Holbrook Avenue to the infirmary late Saturday
afternoon.
She was 44 years of age and leaves her
husband, and three children, Loras, Mary Catherine and
Frances. Three sisters also survive her, Mrs. Fred
Bichoff, of Terre
Haute, Ind., Mrs. John
Zergenfuss, of
St. Louis, and Mrs. Steve
Zahm, of Parsons,
Kan., and two brothers, John and Walter
Gockel, of St. Louis. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John Gockel
for many years resident of Cairo.
(A marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa
Ridge reads:
Emma G. Osterloh
1874-1918 Mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
Tuesday, 3 Dec 1918:
Funeral services for Frank
Lonergan, who
died his home in Mounds Monday. will be held Wednesday
morning at the Mounds Catholic church at 8:30 o'clock.
Interment will be made at Villa Ridge cemetery.
(His marker in Calvary Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Frank H.
Lonergan 1876-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Charles
Beard passed away Monday evening at 5:30 o'clock at her home, 401
Walnut Street, after an illness of pneumonia, following
influenza. Mrs.
Beard had been ill about three weeks, but her condition
was not considered critical until a few days ago. She was 30
years old and leaves surviving her, her husband and a
daughter 13 years of age. The funeral services will be
held privately Wednesday at the residence with interment at
Beech Grove Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A.
Sullivan were
held this morning at 10 o'clock at the residence conducted
by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen. The services were private owing to the order of the
Health Department. Interment was made at Villa Ridge,
the funeral party going by automobile.
Karcher brothers
were in charge.
(Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Mary A.
Sullivan 1860-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services will be held Wednesday
morning for Frank H.
Lonergan, whose death occurred Monday at his home in
Mounds. Services will be held at the Catholic church by Rev.
Fr. Tecklenburg
and the interment will be in Calvary Cemetery at Villa
Ridge.
Frank A.
Lonergan was born July 16, 1876, in Cairo and was the son of William
Lonergan.
On June 11, 1900, he was married to Miss Daisy
Manning and later
moved to Mounds, where he has lived for the past thirteen
years. He held a responsible position with the
Illinois Central railroad until about four years ago when
his health failed him and he retired. He leaves
surviving him his wife and two sons, William and John.
He also leaves a sister, Miss Mayme
Lonergan,
residing in Mounds. He was highly respected and leaves
a large number of friends to mourn his death.
Ernest
Byrum, Co. K boy, wounded in France on Oct. 15, is now in the
army hospital at Ellis Island, N.Y., according to word
received by his mother, Mrs.
Byrum, of 320
Sycamore Street today. He was brought over with the
first ship load of wounded soldiers.
Mrs. Nell
Gilhofer, wife of Charles
Gilhofer, died this afternoon at 1:45 o'clock at St.
Mary's Infirmary after a brief illness of influenza and
complications. Mrs.
Gilhofer was 29 years of age and leaves surviving her her husband
and two little boys, Charles James, Jr., aged 6 years, and
Gene, aged 3.
No funeral arrangements have been
announced as yet.
Pvt. Edward W.
Schwegman, 116 South Thirteenth Street, Herrin, Ill.
Pvt. Ray L.
Walters, Route 2, Olney, Ill.
Corp. Henry C.
Owens, Hickman, Ky.
Mechanic Marvin Hugh
Morgan, Advance,
Mo.
Pvt. Walter H.
Henry, Eldorado, Ill.
Pvt. Ernest
Hardy, R. F. D., Anna, Ill.
Lonergan—Died, Monday, Dec. 2, Frank H.
Lonergan, aged 42 years.
Funeral cortege will leave the
residence in Mounds at 8:15 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 4, for the
Catholic church, where services will be held at 8:30 a.m.
and thence to Calvary Cemetery, Villa Ridge, in automobiles.
Albert
Williams, one of the negroes held in connection with the
Buckner murder,
confessed to the whole crime last night. After a
grueling examination by Chief
Higlen and
Detective Casey,
he related how he and John
Springs, the
other negro held, had plotted to kill the old negress for
her money and then leave the city. They had also
planned to burn the house in which she lay, but they later
changed their minds.
Williams said he had struck her with a rolling pin Saturday
afternoon, although had planned to use a club, and they had
then stabbed her. They covered her with carpets and
immediately after that
Springs accused
him with double crossing him. They fought each other
desperately and were then arrested by Sgt.
Mahaffee who had
no idea what crime they had committed.
Springs wanted to tell his story this morning, but Sgt.
McKinney found
that he had no further information to give, although he
denied Williams'
story last night.
Coroner
Brown impanelled a jury and the inquest started in Judge
Egan's court room
at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
As both the victim and assailants were
negroes, Coroner
Brown impaneled a jury composed mostly of negroes.
The jurors follow:
It is reported two of the most
prominent, local investigators left Cairo for Caruthersville
this morning with the intention of bringing their man back
by Saturday or securing his release.
It is reported on reliable authority
that Adolphus Jordan,
suspected of committing the Elco crime, is under arrest in
Caruthersville, Mo. It is practically certain that he
is under arrest there, but the means thereof is uncertain,
one report being that he is held on the orders of Ex-sheriff
Burke and another
being that a warrant was issued by an East St. Louis private
detective.
Upon being asked as to the truth of the
report, Mr. Burke
said that he did not feel in a position to speak on the
subject now that he is out of office and gave nothing for
publication while he was an official.
Uther Gaston
White, aged 31 years, died this morning at 6:35 o'clock at the home
of his mother, Mrs. Lucinda E.
Crider, 409
Thirty-fifth Street, after a brief illness of pneumonia,
following influenza. Mr.
White was born in
Long, Tenn., and was the son of Dr. Charles
White, deceased. The remains will be taken to Tennessee for
burial, leaving Cairo Thursday morning.
We wish to thank our friends for their
kind assistance in our late bereavement, the death of our
beloved daughter and sister, Edith
Fitzgerald.
Their help to us during her illness and their sympathy at
all times has been a great comfort to us. We
especially wish to thank those who sent the lovely flowers
and those who furnished automobiles for the funeral.
Mrs. John H.
Jackson, 518 Twenty-fourth Street, received word today that her
cousin, Delbert R.
Jordan, was killed in action in France on November 4.
He lived at Enfield, Ill., and was a brother of Claude M.
Jordan, who
married the late Theresa
Allen, of Cairo.
After examining witnesses almost three
hours yesterday afternoon, the coroner's jury in the case of
Sarah Buckner
bound Albert Williams
and John Springs over to the action of the grand jury.
Williams, who confessed Monday night, testified that he and
Springs had
plotted to kill the old negress and take her money and go to
St. Louis where Springs would get him a girl.
Williams whole testimony showed that
Springs had been the instigator of the crime. As to the actual
murder he told the jury that he had been chipping wood in
the back yard Saturday afternoon and when Aunt Sarah came
out of the house he had struck her with a rolling pin and
then stabbed her with a knife. He testified that
Springs had
helped him cover the old lady with carpets and rags.
Williams was an idiotic looking negro and his face was
featureless. But with
Springs it was
different. When
he was on the stand he was very dramatic and never deemed to
be uncertain about what he was saying. He said that
early in the evening he and
Williams had had some trouble over a bottle of whiskey and that he
had gone to bed. He was awakened by
Williams beating
him over the face with a club. A bloody fight then
took place and was broken up by the police, who had no
inkling at that time of the murder.
Williams said the
fight had been caused by an argument over the spoils.
He said they had seen another negro pay the murdered woman
some money on Thanksgiving Day and
Springs had
plotted with him to get it.
There was no doubt in the minds of
anyone as to Williams'
guilt, but as to
Springs, there might be some doubt as to his actually
taking part in the act itself, but he was apparently the
brains of the project. Furthermore, he was too
innocent with his testimony.
No spectators were allowed at the
inquest, partly because of the influenza ban and mostly to
prevent trouble. A large crowd of negroes gathered
around police headquarters and Sgt.
McKinny and
Patrolman Houghlin
stood guard all during the trial.
The coroner's jury named yesterday
should be commended on their intelligent questioning of
witnesses and the fact they never followed any false leads.
The private funeral services for Mrs.
Charles Gilhofer
were held this morning at 9 o'clock at the residence, 3214
Washington Avenue, conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen.
Owing to the influenza epidemic and the order of the Board
of Health prohibiting public funerals, but few of Mrs.
Gilhofer's many
friends were able to attend the services. There were,
however, quantities of beautiful flowers sent by the friends
of the deceased and her sorrowing family. Interment was made
at St. Mary's Cemetery at Mounds, the funeral cortege going
up by automobile.
The pallbearers were: Messrs. Dan
G. Wood, Oris B.
Hastings, E. T.
Aisthorpe, Leo J. Kleb,
Harry Becker,
Lieut. Ward Cotter.
(Her marker in St. Mary Catholic
Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Nell Gilhofer
Born Sept. 11, 1889 Died Dec. 3, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
That the Mrs. William H.
Mortimore, widow
of the man who was beaten to death at Elco, is now with her
parents at North Manchester, Ind., is stated in a letter
from her written Dec. 3, and received by Mrs. J. A.
Oliver, today.
The letter reads in part:
"I got home all o.k., but was awful
weak and am feeling better now. My father and mother
were glad to get me at home. They are old and the
strain they went thru since this happened has almost got
them down. They have started Naomi to school.
Geraldine is not able to go yet, but the doctor came up and
dressed our wounds and they are getting along fine.
"I will get me a job here as soon as I
am able and let the children stay with Mama and go to school
this winter.
"It makes me nervous to write much. I
get strength so slow. The cut on my head looks bad.
The skin has grown fast to the skull and it keeps my eye
pulled up."
A letter written to Secretary W. P.
Vanderburgh
asking about Mrs.
Mortimore's whereabouts was dated Nov. 28, two days
before she left Cairo. There has never been any
mystery about her whereabouts with the court officials here.
Mrs. Hattie Marie
Irwin died at her home in Fayville, Ill., at 1:30 o'clock this
morning of pneumonia, following influenza. She was
aged 36 years and 9 months and succumbed to the disease
after sixteen days' illness.
She leaves surviving her husband, Fred
Irwin, and three
small children. Her mother, Mrs. Lyda
Calvert, of
Fayville, and four brothers, E. B.
Calvert, Graston,
Minn., Harry Calvert
and A. L. Calvert,
of Miller City, and C. C.
Calvert, of
Fayville, also survive her.
Funeral services will be held at
Baumguard Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Friday, conducted by Rev. J.
E. Garrett, of
Fayville. E. A. Burke
is in charge of the arrangements.
Pvt. James B.
Metcalf, R. F. D. 1, Grand Chain, Illinois
Pvt. Harry
Armstrong, R. F. D. 1, Mount Carmel, Illinois
Pvt. Wes
Ross, Wickliffe, Ky.
Pvt. Carr
Allen, 226 West South Street, Harrisburg, Illinois
Pvt. John L.
Mass, 617 McKinley Avenue, DuQuoin, Ill.
We wish to thank our many friends for
their kindness during the sickness and death of our dear
wife, mother and sister for the many beautiful flowers,
those who donated their automobiles for the funeral and
especially do we thank Rev. R.
Dunlap who conducted the funeral services.
Pvt. Claude
Hanks, Dexter, Mo.
Pvt. Richard Lee
Crawford, Route 5, Kevil, KY.
Pvt. Joseph O.
Sweet, R. F. D. 2, Benton, Ill.
Pvt. E. S.
Treece, R. F. D. 2, Anna (or Ava), Ill.
Pvt. Robert R.
Dudley, Bardwell, Kentucky
Pvt. Norman F.
Melvin, 124 North Line Street, DuQuoin, Ill.
Sgt. Walter W.
Crisler, R. F. D. 3, Ava, Ill.
Sgt. Edward
Lampa, Ashley, Ill.
(His marker in Ohio Chapel Cemetery at
Grand Chain reads:
James Boyd
Metcalf Died Oct. 31, 1918 Pvt. 147th Inf. 37
Div.—Darrel Dexter)
Mrs. Charles
Feirich, wife of Attorney Charles
Feirich, of Carbondale, died at their home Thursday night of
pneumonia following an attack of influenza. Mrs.
Feirich was a prominent and popular woman with many friends who were
shocked at her death. She leaves surviving her, her
husband and three little boys.
Mr.
Feirich is well known in Cairo and is one of the most prominent
lawyers in Southern Illinois for many years has been
attorney for the southern division of the Illinois Central
Railroad.
We desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the friends who ministered to us in the illness
and death of our daughter, wife and sister, Mrs. Emma
Billings.
Especially do we wish to thank the operators of the Cairo
terminal and other friends for their beautiful floral
offerings and to those who so kindly furnished automobiles.
John
Hurbert, an aged negro, died yesterday following a stroke of
apoplexy, suffered on November 12. He was a well-known
character and worked for the Halliday Estate for years. He
drove an ice wagon this summer.
His funeral was held today.
CHICAGO, Dec. 6—Lloyd
Bopp, who died in
the gallows today for the murder of Herman
Malow, motorcycle
policeman at Oak Park, a Chicago suburb, was a member of the
notorious band of criminals who figured in the sensational
jail break here several months ago.
Earl
Dear, a gunman and "brains" of his fellow gangsters, also took part
in the escape. He too is under sentence of death.
After a long legal battle, the state
Supreme Court on Oct. 21, affirmed the judgment of the trial
court which sentenced
Bopp to death and fixed the date of execution.
Many times in recent years
Bopp’s checkered campaign was halted temporarily, but he always
succeeded in obtaining freedom after comparatively short
periods, until finally convicted of murder.
Dear, who specialized largely as a dealer in stolen
automobiles, was arrested with Eugene
Hartnett, another
notorious crook and convicted of the murder of Rudolph
Wolfe, a
chauffeur who had shown fight when they attempted to steal
his employers' automobile. Then began the unraveling
of a series of daring robberies.
Hartnett finally was sentenced to 4 years in prison and
Dear was
sentenced to death by hanging, but through influential
friends, Dear
obtained a stay of sentence for several months.
It was while confined in jail that
Dear came into
contract with other members of the gang, including
Bopp, Frank
McErlane, whose
intrepid exploits were long known to the police, and "Bib
Joe" Moran, who
was notorious for his ability to break jail and who boasted
that he could do it again.
The escape was planned and successfully
executed and then began a nationwide search which continued
for several months. The men finally were located in a
house in Chicago’s fashionable north shore district.
Police reserves were called out and the house was surrounded
in preparation for a long gun battle. But the bandits
furnished another surprise by calmly surrendering, while the
three hundred heavily armed officers looked on in amazement.
Moran was taken to Joliet to serve an indeterminate sentence
for highway robbery and
McErlane will
serve a like sentence.
Dr.
Bondurant, one of Cairo’s prominent physicians, ended his life this
morning when his physical suffering became greater than he
thought he could bear.
He shot himself through the right temple in his rooms
in the Cairo National Bank building.
Dr.
Bondurant had been an invalid for the past three years, but
continued to take care of some practice.
With the departure of several Cairo doctors,
including his son, Dr. Flint
Bondurant, to the
war, extra burdens have fallen upon those physicians who
remained, and Dr. Bondurant endeavored to do his part.
When the epidemic of flu spread, these burdens taxed
the strength even of the strongest physicians.
Dr. Bondurant
continued to look after his patients, but for the past two
or three days he suffered an attack from which he endured
great physical pain.
This morning, Dr.
Bondurant asked his nurse, Miss Ida
Barth, to get him a cherry phosphate.
He had one Friday morning and it seemed to help him.
She went across the street to
Henckell &
Bryant’s and on her return found him with blood streaming down his
face.
He had shot himself in his temple.
She hastily summoned medical aid, but he died in a
few minutes.
Dr.
Bondurant was a native of Fulton County, Ky., where he was born on
December 9, 1850.
He attended Kentucky University at Lexington to
complete his education and Bellevue Hospital, New York, to
finish his medical education.
He embarked in the practice of medicine at
Charleston, Mo., where he married Miss Mary J.
Baker, daughter
of Mrs. and Mrs. David
Baker, of that
place, on September 8, 1875.
About 28 years ago they removed to Cairo and Dr.
Bondurant has
practiced here since.
About six years ago he built the Bondurant Hospital
on Seventh Street, a thoroughly modern hospital building,
which he conducted with success for a time, but the task was
too great for his strength, which broke under the strain,
and he was forced to close it.
Since that time he has devoted himself to his private
practice and to the care of his health.
Dr. and Mrs.
Bondurant had ten children, six of whom survive.
Three sons are in the service, Lt. Flint
Bondurant, in the
medical branch of the service at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; Lt.
D. S. Bondurant,
in the aviation service in France, and Private Lonnie
Bondurant, in the field hospital service in France.
Three daughters surviving are Mrs. J. W.
Bransford, of
Yazoo City, Miss., Mrs. William Storrs
Hinton, of Douglas, Wyo., and Miss Vela
Bondurant, who
with her mother, are the only members of the family now in
Cairo.
The children were notified of their
father’s death so far as they could be reached.
Funeral arrangements will be deferred until word is
received from them, but Rev. L. D.
Lamkin was asked
to officiate at the funeral and the burial will be at
Charleston, Mo.
Coroner John T.
Brown held an inquest this afternoon, which brought in a verdict
that he came to his death by a pistol shot fired by his own
hand due probably to a temporary derangement caused by long
and severe illness.
The jurors were M. J.
Howley, foreman;
John H. Jones, H.
S. Antrim, H. R. Aisthorpe,
F. S. Haas, H. A.
Cushman.
Sergt. Claude
Allen arrived in New York Sunday from France, according to a letter
received this morning by his mother, Mrs. Susie
Allen, 505 Center Street.
“The Huns couldn’t get me with shot or
shell, but had to poison the air to get me” and that’s why
he is in the naval hospital at Brooklyn, instead of coming
directly home.
Sergt.
Allen was with the famous and never to be forgotten Marines in the
battles of Belleau Wood and Chateau Thierry and was badly
gassed. He is
recovering, however, and his family expects him home by
Christmas.
Lt. Col. Allen R.
Williams, 423 Themis Street, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Pvt. John E.
Ellis, R. F. D 5, Hickman, Ky.
Pvt. Floyd J.
Laney, Marion, Ill.
Pvt. Earl J.
Houchin, Metropolis, Ill.
Pvt. Charles
Hall, Metropolis, Ill.
Corp. John M.
Kuss, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Corp. Walter
Forsythe, Hickman, Kentucky
Mrs. Georgia Bessie
Bottom died this
morning at 12:45 o'clock at her home, 3010 Poplar Street, of
pneumonia following influenza. She was 27 years old
and the wife of A. E.
Bottom. She leaves surviving her, her mother, Mrs.
L. Reynolds, two
sisters, Mrs. A. W.
Baker, and Mrs. Maude
Grimes, and two
brothers, Lona and Henry
Reynolds, all of
Cairo.
Funeral services will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence conducted by Rev. M.
L. Turner, pastor
of the Calvary Baptist Church. Burial will be at Beech
Grove the funeral party going up by automobile.
Karcher Brothers
are in charge.
Mrs. Mary
Driscoll, of 231 Fifteenth Street, received a cablegram Friday
afternoon from her son, Lieut. Michael
Driscoll, the
first word she has received for many weeks. Lieut.
Driscoll is in a
hospital in Paris, having been wounded in the Battle at
Chateau Thierry.
With the return of Detective
Casey and Former
Chief of Police Thomas
Fuller, from
Caruthersville, Mo., the only hope of indicting anyone for
the murder of William
Mortimer is apparently gone.
After a grueling examination of
Adolphus Jordan,
held in jail there, they found nothing that would implicate
him. He established a perfect alibi, proving
conclusively that he was in Caruthersville at the time of
the murder.
The investigators found him to be a man
little respected in that community, but many people there
testified that he was in Caruthersville at the time the Elco
crime was committed.
Jordan, who was held there on a warrant, will probably be
released at once. What the grand jury will do now is a
question.
Funeral services for Dr. A. A.
Bondurant died
Saturday will be held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the
residence of his son, Lieut. Flint
Bondurant. The
services, which will be private. will be conducted by Rev.
John W. Coontz and Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, in the absence of Rev. L. D.
Lamkin, pastor of
the Cairo Baptist Church, who was to have been in
charge. Members of the Knights Templar will act as
pallbearers.
The remains will be taken to
Charleston, Mo., Wednesday morning for burial in the Odd
Fellows Cemetery. The services at Charleston will be
conducted by the Baptist minister and the Masons.
Miss Helen
Egan, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. S.
Egan, 224 Fifteenth Street, died this morning at 10 o'clock at St.
Mary's Infirmary. Miss
Egan was taken
ill with influenza early last week and was taken to the
hospital Thursday, pneumonia developing. Her death came
peacefully this morning and she passed away in her mother’s
arms. She was twenty-one years old and an unusually
beautiful young woman exceedingly popular among a large
circle of loving friends to whom her death is a great shock.
The funeral services of William
Steinbeck, who
died at his home in Bardwell, Ky., Saturday were held Sunday
afternoon at Blandville, Ky. Mr.
Steinbeck was 68
years old and a Confederate veteran well known in the
vicinity of Bardwell. He is survived by five sons and two
daughters.
W. F.
Gibson, received official notice this afternoon that his son, Sergt.
W. F. Gibson,
Jr., died November 6 of wounds received in action. Sergeant
Gibson was
twenty-six years of age and an only son. He received his
training after being drafted at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.,
and was sent to France last February. He was with the
Thirty-second Division which is known as "Les Terribles,"
holding the post of gunner, a dangerous position and one
which requires unlimited bravery and coolness.
The last letter received from him by
his parents was written October 28 and his death occurred
just four days before the peace armistice was signed. The
shock to his family is severe as they had hoped that he had
escaped danger. No notification that he was wounded was
received.
The family as the sympathy of the
entire community in their sorrow.
CHARLESTON, Mo., Dec. 9—Ben Stacy
Reid, son of Dr.
Charles Reid, of
this city, died in a St. Louis hospital Saturday and will be
buried today. He was a page in the House of
Representatives.
A message was received today by Mrs. A.
R. Powell stating
that her sister-in-law, Miss Mabel
Powell, aged 20
years, had died in Colorado Springs. The message did not
state the date of her death, but it is supposed that it
occurred Sunday.
Miss
Powell has been in Colorado Springs for the past two years for the
benefit of her health and was getting along nicely until she
contracted influenza. Her condition became serious and her
mother, Mrs. E. M.
Welsh, left Saturday for Colorado Springs to be with
her. Miss Powell
succumbed before her mother could have reached her bedside.
No definite announcement can be made
for the funeral, but it is expected that the remains will be
brought to Cairo.
CHARLESTON, Mo., Dec. 9—Oliver W.
Andrews, one of
Charleston's best known merchants was killed in an auto
accident on his way home from the Presbyterian Church, at
Virginia and Commercial streets, last evening. He had
stopped and let a car pass him and just as he started up,
another car, driven by Carl D.
Parker, a youth
from Blodgett, Mo., crashed into him. He was carried into
the residence of Ed
Deal and lived about an hour, never regaining
consciousness. He was 70 years of age.
An inquest held by Dr. W. P.
Howle exonerated
young Parker, as
he was driving only 10 miles an hour at the time of the
accident.
He was a brother-in-law of Mr. Casper
Sanders, of
Cairo, and was survived by his wife and daughter. He was a
grocer and confectioner.
Mr.
Andrews was born in Tennessee on March 30, 1851, and removed to
Charleston from Cairo on July 4, 1874. He was married on
August 30, 1882, to Miss Nettie
Lutz and a
daughter, Miss Inez
Andrews, is the only survivor of three children.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence.
James H.
LaHue died Saturday afternoon at 3:40 o'clock of pneumonia, after
about a week's illness.
He was taken ill with influenza about a week ago, but
was thought to be getting along nicely until last Wednesday
when he grew worse and was taken to St. Mary's
Infirmary. Pneumonia developed to which he succumbed. His
death was a shock in the community where he has been engaged
in the coal business for many years. At the time of his
death he was a sales manager for the Cairo City Coal Company
with which he has been connected for twenty-three years.
He leaves surviving him his wife and
four children, one of whom, Miss Catherine, is a patient at
St. Mary's Infirmary with pneumonia. He also leaves two
sisters, Mrs. Mary C.
Stuart, of Cairo, and Mrs. W. B.
Robinson, of
Vincennes, Ind., and two brothers, Walter and Isaac.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the residence, 516
Twenty-fourth Street conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen. Burial
was at Villa Ridge. The pallbearers were Messrs. George
Fischer, Edward
Stuart, Wallace Gore,
Edwin Halliday,
Charles McKinney,
and R. L. Redman.
Mrs. Annie J.
Keezee died Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mayme
Brisbin, at the
Webster Hotel. Mrs.
Keezee's death was caused from pneumonia, which followed
influenza. She leaves surviving her husband, J. H.
Keezee, three
daughters, Mrs. Mayme
Brisbin, of Cairo, Mrs. John
Nelson, of San
Francisco, Miss Myrtle
Burkey, of
Osawatomie, Kan., and a son, W. L.
Burkey, of
Kankakee.
The funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with interment at Beech Grove
Cemetery. E. A.
Burke is in charge.
Mrs. C. J.
Stack died this morning at 7:55 o'clock of pneumonia, after an
illness of about two weeks. Mrs.
Stack was taken ill with influenza and a week ago pneumonia
developing, she was taken from her home, 216 Third Street,
to St. Mary's Infirmary. She has been very low for several
days and her death was looked for all day Monday.
Mrs.
Stack was 42 years of age and leaves surviving her husband, a
daughter, Mrs. William
Street, and a
son, Warren Stack. She
also leaves a sister, Mrs. Fred
Weber, and two
brothers, Charles and Willard
Mason, all
residing in Cairo.
Mrs.
Stack's death adds another to the series of fatalities from
influenza that have shocked Cairo citizens the past week and
the sympathy of all is extended to her sorrowing family.
J. H.
Woodward received a delayed message Monday evening informing him
officially that his son, Capt. J. H.
Woodward had been
slightly wounded in action, September 29. The message
stated that further information wound be sent when obtained.
Mr.
Woodward received a letter from his son written October 25, in which
he stated that he had been wounded in the leg, he said it
was slight and that he had recovered. This is doubtless the
wound to which the message refers, as Captain
Woodward has been
mentioned as in command of troops in an important battle
since that time.
Mrs. Louis
Wooldriege today received a message telling of the death of a
cousin, Mrs. Gardner
Farmer, in Adams, Tenn. Mrs.
Farmer has
visited Mrs.
Wooldriege in Cairo and has a number of friends
here. Mrs.
Wooldriege will not be able to attend the funeral on
account of the illness of her little son, who is just
recovering from pneumonia.
Egan—Died Monday, December 9, Miss Helen
Egan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. S.
Egan.
Funeral services will be held at the residence,
224 Fifteenth Street, Wednesday at 2 o'clock p.m., conducted
by Rev. Father James J.
Downey. The
funeral party will go by automobile to Villa Ridge, where
burial will be at Calvary Cemetery. Karcher
Brothers are in charge. The pallbearers are to be Messrs.
Bernard Walker,
Burnis Fields, Ward Cotter,
Herman Childers,
Vincent Kelly,
John Lovett, and John Kain.
(Martin S.
Egan married Ellen Daley
on 28 Oct 1891, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Ellen D.
Egan April 2,
1945, Mother.
Martin S. Egan Feb. 8, 1936, Father.
Helen C. Egan
Dec. 9, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
(William J.
Fleming married America
Fulkerson on 31 Oct 1897, in Pope Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Sgt. William
Watson, Carbondale, Ill.
Corp. Roy
McAdoo, 313 McLeansboro Street, Benton, Ill.
Pvt. Charles E.
Alka, Mount Carmel, Ill.
Pvt. Lawrence N.
Fry, Hickman, Ky.
Pvt. George
Besant, 435 South Sycamore Street, Centralia, Ill.
Capt. Russell T.
Walker, Dongola, Ill.
Wagoner James E.
Worley, 910 North Logan Street, Marion, Ill.
Sgt. Clyde
Tuthill, Murphysboro, Ill.
Sgt. Conrad
Wheeler, Vienna, Ill.
Pvt. Lewis G.
Griffin, LaCenter, Ky.
Pvt. Claude
Fox, Alto Pass
Pvt. Roy
Dixon, Harrisburg, Ill.
Pvt. Charles F.
Lamar, Dongola, Ill.
Pvt. Lewis A.
Kennedy, Mound City, Ill.
Pvt. Anthony
Sucrdina, 1103 State Street, Marion, Ill.
Pvt. Tony
Accardi, DuQuoin, Ill.
Pvt. Melvin C.
Grace, 924 Burnett Street, Paducah, Ky.
Pvt. Alonzo Richard
Beals, Essex, Mo.
Pvt. Joe
Wallace, Pulaski Ill.
Lieut. Frank G.
Hoffman, 216 East Fifth Street, Mound Carmel, Ill.
Corp. Lewis S.
Brown, Dexter, Mo.
Corp. Allen
Givens, Essex, Mo.
Bugler Joubert R.
Webb, Benton, Ill.
Pvt. Glen
Lutz, R. F. D. 5, Mount Carmel, Ill.
Pvt. Bennie
Meadows, Villa Ridge, Ill.
Pvt.
Niehoff, Paducah, Ky.
Pvt. Charles
Sawyer, Mound City, Ill.
Pvt. John D.
Sykes, 421 East Oak Street, Carbondale, Ill.
Pvt. Ernest
Chaney, Stonefort, Ill.
Sgt. Clarence P.
Oliver, Dexter, Mo.
Corp. Roy Ulysses
King, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Corp. Frederick
Krauss, Wyatt, Mo.
Pvt. Brownie F.
Turner, F. F. D. 2, Stonefort, Ill.
Pvt. John
Hummel, 319 South Street, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Pvt. Arthur David
Butler, Eldorado, Ill.
We wish to thank our friends for their
kind assistance in our late bereavement, the death of our
beloved son and brother, Uther T.
White. Their
help to us during his illness and their sympathy at all
times has been a great comfort to us. We especially wish to
thank those who sent the lovely flowers.
Corp. Melvin H.
Conner, Benton, Ill.
Pvt. Alvin R.
Dean, Kennett, Mo.
Corp., Albert R.
Kendall, Mounds, Ill.
Pvt. Fred W.
Brenning, R. F. D. 2, Sparta, Ill.
Pvt. Alex F.
Sternberg, Chester, Ill.
Pvt. Oliver C.
Bassinger, Harrisburg, Ill.
Pvt. Harvey Lewis
Westbrook, 411 North Market Street, Marion, Ill.
Pvt. Lovell
Davis, 1316 Henson Street, Murphysboro, Ill.
Pvt. Thomas P.
Anderson, 315 Illinois Avenue, Murphysboro, Ill.
Pvt. Floyd
Springer, Carmi, Ill.
Funeral services for Miss Helen
Egan, who died of
pneumonia Monday, were held this afternoon at the residence
at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the residence of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Egan, 224 Fifteenth Street. Father James J.
Gillen pastor of
St. Joseph's Church officiated and the pallbearers were
Messrs. Bernard Walker, Burnis Fields,
Ward Cotter,
Herman Childers,
Vincent Kelly, John Levitt, and
John Kain.
The floral offerings sent by the loving
friends of the deceased were abundant and the services,
though necessarily simple, were impressive. The funeral
cortege went by automobile to Villa Ridge where interment
was made at Calvary Cemetery with
Karcher Brothers
in charge.
Mrs. C. J.
Stack died Dec. 10, aged 42 years, 6 months, and 21 days. Funeral
services Thursday morning at nine o'clock at the residence,
316 3rd Street. The Rev. Father James J.
Gillen
officiating, funeral cortege will go by automobiles to Villa
Ridge. Interment in
Calvary Cemetery. Karcher
Brothers in charge.
Pallbearers: Richard
Jones, W. E.
Williams, Michael Kilmartin,
George Gilmore,
P. A. Doud,
Michael Walder, Charles McNulty.
(Charles J.
Stack married Maude P. Mason
on 2 Oct 1894, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Maude P. Stack
1875-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Dr. A. A.
Bondurant were
held in Charleston, Mo. Wednesday morning and were largely
attended by friends from that vicinity and from Cairo. The
floral offerings were lavish and beautiful and the services
were most impressive. The choir of the Charleston Baptist
Church furnished beautiful music and the services were
conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, of Cairo,
and the Knights Templar. Interment was in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
Family Assured Frank Gibson Is Safe and Well
“By the time you get this, I expect to
be on my way to the good old U. S. A.”
This was the closing sentence in a
letter written by Sergt. Frank
Gibson ten days
after he was officially reported as having died of wounds.
The letter was received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. Gibson, of
416 Eleventh Street, Wednesday afternoon.
The receipt of the message turned a house of mourning
to one of rejoicing, as there is now a more than reasonable
doubt of his death.
The letter was written from a French hospital and
stated that he had been wounded on November 10, the day
before the armistice, and was caused by a shell explosion, a
piece of the shell hitting him in the leg.
“Do not worry for I am doing fine,” he
says and a postscript added by his nurse, a Boston girl, was
as follows:
“I’ll just add a line that your boy is
doing very nicely and he certainly is a fine lad.
He left this evacuation hospital yesterday for a base
hospital and expect you will hear from him very soon.”
That Frank
Gibson is alive and recovering from his wound and that he will
arrive home within a short time is the belief of his family.
The remains of Miss Mabel
Powell who died
in Colorado Springs, Sunday, arrived in Cairo this afternoon
and were taken to the home of her mother, Mrs. S. K.
Welsh, 213
Twelfth Street. The arrangements for the funeral have not
been announced, but the services will occur sometime on
Friday.
Pvt. Will
Smith, 522 Eighteenth Street, Cairo, Ill. Next of kin, Miss Ella
Smith
Pvt. Robert T.
Murphy, Caruthersville, Mo.
Pvt. Henry James
Webb, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Pvt. Thomas F.
Allen, R. F. D 3, Harrisburg, Ill.
Pvt. Marshall F.
McIntire, Grand Chain, Ill.
Pvt. William Joseph
Morse, Oran,
Missouri
Corp. Turner
Swayne, Mound City, Ill.
Pvt. Elmer L.
Gill, Morehouse, Mo.
Pvt. Elvis
Knupp, R. F. D., Jonesboro, Ill.
Pvt. Leo F.
Stansing, Chaffee, Mo
Pvt. John
Bell, Herrin, Ill.
Pvt. Joseph
Smith, Eldorado, Ill.
Pvt. William Elmer
Gabriel, Kennett,
Missouri
Verner B.
Bain died at his home in Chicago, Wednesday of pneumonia, according
to a message received by Mrs. Walter
Warder, from her
brother, W. B. Bain,
father of the young man. He was about 25 years of age and
had just received his honorable discharge from the navy. He
had been stationed at the Great Lakes Training Station. The
young man was a promising young business man, holding a
responsible position with the Standard Bank Note Company of
Chicago.
Funeral services for Mrs. C. J.
Stack, who died
Tuesday, were held this morning at 9 o'clock at her home,
316 Third Street, conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen. The
funeral party went by automobile to Villa Ridge, where
interment was made at Calvary Cemetery. Karcher
Brothers were in charge.
Will
Smith, 522 Eighteenth Street, is reported in today's casualty list
as died of wounds in France. He had not been seen in Cairo
for about six months, according to people for whom he had
worked, and his whereabouts was not known. He must have
volunteered, as the draft board has no record of his
induction.
Funeral services for Miss Mabel
Powell, who died
at Colorado Springs Monday, were held this afternoon at 1
o'clock at the home of her mother, Mrs. S. R.
Welsh, 2134
Twelfth Street, conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, pastor of
the Immanuel Lutheran Church. Interment was at Beech Grove
Cemetery. E. A.
Burke was in charge.
Miss Kate E.
Gilhofer, younger daughter of Mrs. Josephine
Gilhofer, died Thursday afternoon at her home on Seventh Street
after a week’s illness. Miss
Gilhofer was
taken ill with influenza Thursday, December 5. The disease
developed into pneumonia and she has been in a critical
condition for several days, though hope was felt for her
recovery as late as early Thursday afternoon, the day of her
death.
She was highly artistic by nature and
with her education had a bright future before her in her
chosen profession. She had been for the past two years
supervisor of art in the Cairo public schools and was a
great favorite among the pupils. She was born in Cairo,
August 17, 1891, and has always lived here. She leaves
surviving her, her mother a sister, Miss Jeannette, and
two brothers, Charles
Gilhofer, of
Chicago. Her death is particularly sad as it is the second
in the family within the past ten days. Mrs. Charles
Gilhofer having died of pneumonia December 3. Miss
Gilhofer was a
member of St. Patrick’s Church.
A coroner’s jury impaneled by Deputy
Brown this
morning found that Ben
Sands, an aged
white man living 3012 Commercial Avenue, came to his death
by asphyxiation under a pile of seed in the cotton seed shed
or warehouse of the
Roberts Cotton Oil Co., Cairo, Ill., between 3 and 4
o'clock in the afternoon of December 12.
Sands was found buried under a pile of cotton seed yesterday
afternoon by employees. It is assumed that he undermined a
pile of seed while shoveling and it rolled over him. He
belonged to the Church of God and is survived by his wife,
and, it is understood, by several children.
Earlier in the day, a negro, whose name
could not be learned, had his hand so badly crushed while
working in the mill that it had to be amputated.
(The 14 Dec 1918, issue gives his name
as Benjamin Sande.—Darrel
Dexter)
Pvt. Benjamin
Tankersley, Hickman, Ky.
Corp. Park Gordon
Harret, Ava, Ill.
Pvt. Otto
Howe, Harrisburg, Ill.
Pvt. William F.
Thornton, Anna, Ill.
Pvt. William E.
Lance, R. F. D. 1, Pulaski, Ill.
Pvt. Earl E.
Marlin, 712 North St., Murphysboro, Ill.
Pvt. George C.
Perry, Creal Springs, Ill.
Major Paul C.
Raborg, Vienna, Ill.
Mechanic Snider Ruffian Berri
Cook, Hickman,
Ky.
Pvt. James
Flannigan, 429 South Street, Mount Vernon, Ill.
Corp. Charles Grover
Cochran, Grand
Tower, Ill.
Pvt. Eugene
White, Jr., 311 Scott Street, Metropolis, Ill.
Pvt. Harry
Jameson, Ullin, Ill.
Corp. Lynn
Wiley, 125 Whitner St., Cape Girardeau, Mo.
(William F.
Thornton survived his severe wounds.
His marker in Anna City Cemetery reads:
William F. Thornton Born Nov. 13, 1900 Died Sept. 16, 1971 Illinois Pvt. Co. E,
130 Inf. World War I.
William E.
Lance survived his wounds.
His marker in Rose Hill Cemetery near Pulaski reads:
William Edward
Lance Born March 16, 1895 Died May 25, 1948.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Miss Kate
Gilhofer, who
died at her home on Seventh Street Thursday evening, were
held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of her
mother, Mrs. Josephine
Gilhofer, 219
Seventh Street, conducted by Rev. Father James J.
Gillen. The casket was covered with a double spray of flowers in
soft pastel colors sent by the teachers of the Cairo public
schools among whom she had worked for the past two years as
art supervisor. There were many beautiful floral offerings
from Miss Gilhofer's friends all of whom deeply mourn her death.
The pallbearers were Messrs. Leslie
Wilbourn, Harry
Lind, E. J. Blom, Frank
Wilkinson, Floss
Buder, and George Wichert. Interment
was at Calvary Cemetery, Villa Ridge.
Karcher
Brothers were in charge.
(Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Kate Gilhofer
1891-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
The funeral services of Ben
Sande, who died
Thursday afternoon, will be held Sunday afternoon at 1
o'clock at the residence, 3019 Commercial Avenue. Interment
at Beech Grove.
(The 13 Dec 1918, gives his name as Ben
Sands.—Darrel
Dexter)
During a long quiz at the county jail
this morning, Albert
Williams still insisted that John
Springs was
implicated with him in the murder of Sarah
Buchner. Springs
steadily maintained his innocence.
Mrs. Angie
Reynolds died at her home, 3010 Poplar Street, at 10:40 o'clock
Friday night of pneumonia after a week's illness. She was
67 years of age and has resided in Cairo for many
years. Her daughter, Mrs. Bessie
Bottom, died of
pneumonia last Saturday. Funeral services will be held
Monday at the residence at 8:30 o'clock in the
morning. Interment at Beech Grove. Karcher
Brothers are in charge.
Mechanic William E.
Mabry, Benton,
Illinois
Pvt. John
Ritchie, Sparta, Ill.
Pvt. Walter
Kramer, Olney, Ill.
Corp. Ernest
Maddox, Mound Vernon, Ill.
Corp. John O.
McCollum, Mount Vernon, Ill.
Pvt. Wilton
Mohundro, Kevil, Ky.
Pvt. Virgil M.
Marks, Alto Pass, Ill.
Pvt. John
Carr, Mound City, Ill.
Pvt. George
Coleman, 2204 Poplar Street, Cairo, Ill.
Pvt. Lee
Ozment, R. F. D. 1, Paducah, Kentucky
(J. A.
Jennelle married Louise Kaha
on 25 Nov 1876, in Alexnder Co., Ill.
L. H. Kaha
married Josephine
Laurent on 15 Jul 1875, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The following account of the death of
Mrs. H. E. Duncan,
is from the Wichita, Kan.,
Times. Mrs.
Duncan was
formerly Miss Sylvia
Edecker, of Cairo:
"After a six weeks’ illness with
typhoid fever, Mrs. H. E.
Duncan, died at
12:40 today at her home on Tavis. Mrs.
Duncan was born in Cairo, Ill., October 13, 1886. She was married
on January 13, 1911. Deceased was a graduate of St.
Elizabeth Institute in St. Louis, Mo. She has made her home
in Wichita Falls for the greater part of the past three
years. Mr. Duncan
is with the Benson Sign Co.
“The funeral will be held from the
First Methodist Church at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
Rev. H. F. Draper
officiating."
Cleveland
Troxel, aged 34, died yesterday morning of pneumonia at his home in
Miller City. He had been ill only a short time.
Funeral services were held at the home
at 10 o'clock this morning and interment was made at Olive
Branch cemetery. Burke
has charge of the funeral.
One man is dead, five seriously injured
and one slightly injured as the result of a rear end
collision between an Illinois Central freight engine and a
pusher between Mounds and Villa Ridge at 1 o'clock this
morning. All the men but one are from Centralia.
The dead:
John
Reed, engineer on the pusher
The seriously injured now at St. Mary's
Infirmary:
J. L.
Cherry, fireman on the freight, broken collar bone and badly injured
leg
J. M.
Jones, engineer on the freight, skull probably fractured and bruised
leg
P. E.
Blair, brakeman on the freight, skull probably fractured
Oscar
Baldwin, conductor on the pusher, badly bruised, but extent of
injuries not stated
Bower, fireman on the pusher, face and lip badly cut and badly
bruised. Home reported in Mounds.
H. W.
Keisler, conductor on the freight.
That Co. K has lost only two Cairo men
and that the boys will be home soon is the burden of a
letter received from Pvt. John
Shepherd, son of
S. L. Shepherd,
of 741 Thirty-fifth Street. He writes that he is well. He
says he expects to be back in Cairo in 40 or 50 days.
The two Co. K men who lost their lives
are evidently Corp. George
Mills and Pvt.
Charles T. Stokes.
Mrs. Mary A.
Murphy, who has been quite ill with influenza at her home near
Barlow, Ky., is improving. Her son, Master Harry, died of
the disease last week. Mrs.
Murphy is a
sister of Ed Foster,
well known in Cairo.
Pvt. Fred L.
Alvord, R. F. D 5, Olney, Illinois
Pvt. Rudolphus
Pryor, Mounds, Ill.
Pvt. John H.
Bennett, Charleston, Missouri
Pvt. Eddie
Street, Future City, Ill.
Corp. James A.
Boucher, Murphysboro, Ill.
Pvt. Obediah
Capman, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Pt. Leslie S.
Miller, Benton, Ill.
Pvt. Ora C.
Hughes, R. F. D. 2, Pulaski Illinois
Pvt. Leonos E.
Wyatt, Murray, Ky.
Pvt. Arvil
Jenkins, 701 Main Street, Mount Carmel, Ill.
Pvt. Edward
Stonesifer, Centralia, Ill.
Pvt. William A.
Jackson, Paducah, Kentucky
Pvt. Otho
Dusenery, Arlington, Ky.
Pvt. Harry A.
Yates, Benton, Ill.
Pvt. Richard Frederich
Lee, New Madrid,
Mo.
Lieut. Henry E.
Black, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Sgt. Horace
Smith, 509 West North Street, Metropolis, Ill.
Corp. Earl P.
Roberts, Essex, Mo.
Corp. Michael
Dunn, Naylor, Mo.
Corp. Ollie
Ball, Hayti, Mo.
Corp. Ora R.
Ricks, Campbell, Mo.
Pvt. Albert
Crenshaw, 2184 West Casey Ave., Mount Vernon, Ill.
Pvt. Everett
Jett, Dexter, Mo.
Pvt. William Franklin
Lape, Advance,
Mo.
Pvt. Isaac
Jackson, Kennett, Mo.
Pvt. Stanley
Jones, Dexter, Mo.
Pvt. Robert S.
Hall, Kennett, Mo.
Pvt. Arlie
Edwards, Morehouse, Mo.
Pvt. Almost Nolen
Campbell, R. F. D. 2, Fulton, Ky.
Pvt. John O.
Davis, Advance, Mo.
Pvt. Jewell
Keller, Essex, Mo.
Pvt. Rufus
Miller, Dexter, Mo.
Pvt. Albert S.
Jones, Kennett, Mo.
Will
Redden is dead and Jim
Lemmons is held to the county jail awaiting the action
of the grand jury as the result of a quarrel over a crap
game on the steamer Ferd Herold between this city and Columbus, Ky. Lemons
killed Redden with an axe and was held by the officers on the boat and
turned over to the police upon the arrival of the
boat. Deputy Coroner
Brown summoned a jury and
Lemons was bound
over to the grand jury and taken to the county jail.
Allie Virginia, aged 32 years, wife of
Logan Prewitt,
passed away Wednesday, Dec. 11th, 3:00 p.m. at
her home at McClure on influenza and pneumonia.
Mrs.
Prewitt was the daughter of John and Lorena
Kendall and one of our best county teachers. For several years has
been a member of the Lake Milligan Baptist Church at Miller
City, Ill.
Besides her husband and father she is
survived by four sisters and one brother, Mrs. I. H.
Willis, of Miller City; Mrs. Cyriulle
Abercrombie, of Sandusky, Mrs. J. W.
Simpson, of Beech Creek, Ky., Mrs. G. M.
Pistole, of Sparta, Tenn., and Sgt. Robert T.
Kendall, of Mineola, L. L. N. Y.
Interment took place at the Lindsay
Cemetery near McClure, Friday, December 13th, at 2:00 p.m.
(John H.
Kendall married Lorena Gaskil
on 23 Sep 1885, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Her marker in Lindsey Cemetery near McClure reads:
Allie Kendall
Prewitt 1886-1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
HICKMAN, Ky., December 17—Soldier who
is alleged to have beaten Charles
Lewis, a
discharged Deputy Sheriff, Al
Thomas, when the
latter attempted to arrest him Sunday, was hanged near here
yesterday by masked men.
Sgt. Clarence Arvol
Stodghill,
Johnston City, Ill.
Pvt. Charles
McGee, Hickman, Ky.
Pt. Casey
Roy, R. F. D. 3, Creal Springs, Ill.
Sgt. Dick D.
Dowdell, Carbondale, Ill.
Pvt. Jacob E.
Woolar, Mt. Carmel, Illinois
Pvt. Millard F.
Wilkie, Dexter, Mo.
Pvt. Ben H.
Young, Lebanon, Ill.
Pvt. William
Sylcox, Essex, Mo.
Pvt. Ray Leonard
Shirley, Benton, Kentucky
Pvt. Glen L.
Griesemer, R. F. D. 36, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
Pvt. Cleo
Jones, DuQuoin, Ill.
Capt. Arthur B.
Fleming, Wickliffe, Ky.
Bandman Robert D.
Harrison, 313 Themis Avenue, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Pvt. Dolpha
Jett, Dexter, Mo.
Pvt. John
Melrarg, Malden, Mo.
Pvt. Smith
Cunningham, Metropolis, Ill.
The funeral services of John
Reed, the
engineer from Mounds who was killed early Monday morning in
a wreck on the Illinois Central railroad, will be held in
the Congregational church Wednesday afternoon at 1
o'clock. Rev. E. A.
Dunn, pastor of the Methodist Church, to
officiate. Interment will be at Beech Grove Cemetery.
The deceased was a brother of Oscar A.
Reed, 519 Center
Street.
RICHARD M. CASEY DIES THIS MORNING
Richard M.
Casey died at 12:20 o'clock this afternoon of a complication of
diseases at St. Mary's Infirmary. He was 33 years of age
and resided at 404 Walnut Street. He leaves surviving him
three sisters, Mrs. Ben
Hargan of
America, Misses Elizabeth and Josephine
Casey, of Cairo,
and three brothers Will, of Los Angeles, David, of Denver,
Colo., and Timothy, of Cairo.
Funeral arrangements will be announced
late.
(Cornelius
Westman, 26, enlisted on 26 Apr 1861, in Albany, N.Y., in Company A,
14th New York Infantry.
He was promoted to corporal and then to commissary
sergeant and was mustered out on 24 May 1863.
He applied for a pension on 14 Jul 1890, and his
widow, Lydia Westman,
applied for a widow’s pension on 10 Dec 1918.
Cornelius L.
Westman, 41, married Lydia C.
Henney, 20, on 14
Jun 1876, in Union Co., Ill.
His death certificate gives his parents as Cornelius
Westman and Hanna
Langford.—Darrel
Dexter)
But the influenza has taken toll of
Vienna that will not be in a long time forgotten. Three
heads of families have been taken. T. C.
Penrod, who
leaves a wife and little daughter, Charles
Bridges also leaves a wife and 4 small children, and Joseph
Pender whose wife
died a few days previously and his mother a few days later,
leaves five small children.
William
Keiswetter in the prime of young manhood, leaves an aged father and
mother; also Leota
Smith, a patient at the Anna Hospital and a resident of
this town, was brought here for burial. But perhaps saddest
of all was the death of Roscoe
Flemming, a high
school boy living two miles east of Vienna. Scarcely
eighteen years of age, he was left, by the death of his
father over a year ago, the head of a family consisting of
his mother and four younger brothers and sister. He took up
the task left for him bravely and when he realized he must
lay it down he bade his family good bye, thanked his nurse
for her kindness and with a smile on his face went out into
the great beyond. Vienna has sustained a great loss in
these, some of her best citizens. If it is true, as claimed
by eminent physicians, that the scourge is bred in the
unsanitary home of the very poor, what a striking
illustration it is that we are or should be our brother's
keeper.
Richard M.
Casey died at 12:20 o'clock Tuesday of a complication of diseases at
St. Mary's Infirmary. He was 33 years of age and resided at
404 Walnut Street. He leaves surviving him three sisters,
Mrs. Ben Hargan,
of America, Misses Elizabeth and Josephine
Casey, of Cairo,
and three brothers, Will, of Los Angeles, David, of Denver,
Colo., and Timothy, of Cairo.
Funeral arrangements will be announced
later.
Died—Richard M. Casey,
Dec. 17, 12:25 p.m. Funeral services Thursday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock at residence, 404 Walnut Street. Rev. Father
Gillen
officiating. Interment at Villa Ridge
via auto.
Corp. Davis A.
McNamee, Anna, Illinois
Pvt. Greer
West, Delta, Ill.
Pvt. John D.
Sykes, 421 East Oak Street, Carbondale, Ill.
Pvt. Thaddeus
Lee, 10 Grant Street, Murphysboro, Ill.
Lieut. Sanford J.
Baer, Square Deal, Murphysboro, Ill.
Sgt. Charles R.
Kried, Kennett, Mo.
Pvt. Ralph H.
Baldwin, Jonesboro, Ill.
Pvt. Pearl
Brandt, Fornfelt, Mo.
Pvt. Benjamin F.
Thean, Carmi, Ill.
Pvt. Walter
Turner, Harrisburg, Ill.
Lieut. Carl A.
Schuh, 226 Twelfth St., Cairo, Ill. Next of kin, Mrs. Edna M.
Schuh
Pvt. Barry
Meindell, Benton, Ill.
Pvt. Dewey C.
Edwards, Anna, Ill.
Pvt. Raymond L.
Hollick, Herrin, Illinois
AGED NEGRO DIES
Dave
Scott, an aged colored resident of Cairo, who died Monday night at
his home on Locust Street, will be buried tomorrow at Villa
Ridge. His death was caused by vertigo. He was 78 years of
age.
(His death certificate states he was
born 4 Mar 1841, in Tennessee and died 19 Dec 1918, in
Cairo, Ill. A
marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
David Scott 1841-1918 Josephine M.
Scott 1847-1915
Aaron N. Scott Sr. 1879-1956
Aaron N. Scott
Jr. 1806-1915
Myra V. Scott
1881-1931 Sadie
G. Dunlap 1883-1928 Viola
N. Dunlap
1906-1939.—Darrel
Dexter)
Chancey
Stupper, of Fayville, employed on Joe
Dexter's farm, was killed yesterday morning about 8:30 o'clock when
the tree that he was cutting down fell on him and crushed
him. He lived but a few minutes.
The deceased is survived by his wife,
formerly Miss Pence,
and seven children. He was a son-in-law of James
Pence.
Deputy Coroner
Brown assigned Deputy
Jeffries to hold the inquest and a verdict of accidental
death was returned.
(A correction appears in the same issue
that gives his name as C. J.
Tupper.)
The man killed at Fayville yesterday
morning was named C. J.
Tupper, and not
Stupper, as was
previously reported and mentioned elsewhere in this
edition. The correction was furnished by Coroner
Brown.
Private Eddie
Street, colored, of Cairo, died of pneumonia in France on Oct. 8,
according to word received today by his half-brother, Eugene
Stuart, of Future
City.
Street left Cairo on August 3, with the draft quota for Camp
Dodge, Ia., and arrived in France the latter part of
September. He was employed in one of the lumber yards
before called to the colors.
John D.
Barry, only brother of Mrs. Miles Frederick
Gilbert, of Cairo, died suddenly at his home in Los Angeles of heart
failure according to a message received this morning by Mrs.
Gilbert. The
funeral and interment will be on Monday, December 30, at Los
Angeles.
Corp. William F.
Gibson, Jr., 416 Eleventh Street, Cairo, Ill. Next of kin, William
F. Gibson
Pvt. Harold E.
Elliot, Royalton, Ill.
Sgt. Buren W.
Treece, R. F. D. 2, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
Pvt. Frank
Waller, R. F. D. 1, Carbondale, Ill.
Pvt. George A.
Kuhn, Sparta, Ill.
Pvt. Butler
Robinson, 2204 Sycamore Street, Cairo, Ill. Next of kin, Mrs.
Nealie Yarber
Pvt. Raymond A.
Stokes, Chaffee, Missouri
Pvt. Alexander
Sekoliski, Herrin, Illinois
Pvt. George Cameron
Summers, 501
Thomas Street, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Pvt. William L.
Peters, Naylor, Mo.
Sgt. George Washington
Troutt, Kennett,
Mo.
Pvt. James Joshua
Spencer, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Pvt. Pierre Sesmond
Chappins, 229
North Lorimier, Street, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Pvt. Leonard
York, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Pvt. Josephus J.
Kilbough, 1417 Themis Street, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Pvt. Frank
Pullem, Hayti, Mo.
Pvt. Matthew L.
Pike, Caruthersville, Mo.
Pvt. James F.
Goins, Olmsted, Ill.
Pvt. Elzia William
Vick, Sikeston,
Mo.
Pvt. Silas E.
Campbell, R. F. D. 3, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Pvt. Martin R.
Wilson, Wickliffe, Ky.
Pvt. Grover
Clubb, Kennett, Mo.
Pvt. Charles F.
Kinman, Benton, Illinois
After receiving word that their son,
Albert, had almost recovered from his wounds, Mr. and Mrs.
Lou Stout, of 214
Eleventh Street, have received word from his nurse that he
died November 20, from an operation for appendicitis. They
have not yet been notified by the War Department.
Albert was a corporal in Company K, of
the old Fourth Illinois, during the Mexican trouble.
Immediately after Company K was mustered back into
the federal service, he was made a sergeant and in a few
months a first lieutenant. Pursuant with the policy of the
War Department, to transfer National Guard officers from
their home companies, he was transferred to Co. M, of the
132nd regiment, and was with that company when gassed.
He was taken to a hospital and was well on the road
to recovery, when he attended a dance with his nurse and
contracted appendicitis immediately after and died following
an operation.
Two brothers, Maurice and Louis, are
reported to have been wounded in the same battle in which
Albert was gassed. Besides his parents and these two
brothers, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Bernard
Bennett and
Margaret, and another brother, Edward, all of Cairo. In
civil life, the dead hero was a salesman for Armour & Co.
The nurses' letter to Mrs.
Stout follows in
part:
"I hardly know how to write a letter of
this kind, but one week ago today your son Albert died here
at the hospital in Blois, France. It was to me one of the
greatest shocks I ever had.
"On Saturday evening before his
operation on Monday morning, I went out to a dance with him.
"He had been a patient of mine for
three weeks. All the nurses thought a great deal of him and
he was a son that any mother should be proud of.
"He was such a fine specimen of young
manhood, which makes it the more terrible that he had to
die, but I get great consolation thinking that everything
happens for the best though we cannot see it at the time.
"Your son received the very best
attention from not only myself, but the doctors and two
other nurses.
"Mrs.
Stout, he had some pictures taken the Friday before he died on
Wednesday. I want one, as he wanted me to have it; will you
please send it to me? I shall certainly appreciate it very
much.
"I shall be anxious to hear from you
any time that you have an opportunity to write.
"With best wishes and a heart full of
sympathy.
W. F.
Gibson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Gibson, of 416 Eleventh Street, is mentioned in today's official
casualty list as died of wounds. This puts no different
aspect on the matter, however, as this list was compiled at
the time the War Department notified Mr.
Gibson that his
son was dead. Mr.
Gibson later received letters from his son, which would
indicate that he was alive and well.
Thomas A.
Darter, a farmer of Sikeston, Mo., died at St. Mary’s Infirmary last
night at 8:30 o'clock after being there only a few days. He
was 58 years of age.
The body was removed to
Karcher Brothers,
who prepared it for burial and shipped it to Sikeston this
morning. The funeral will be held there tomorrow morning.
Jim
Lemons, the negro who killed Will
Redden with an axe on the steamer
Ferd Herold last Saturday and was held in the county jail here, has
been claimed by the officials of Hickman County, Ky., and
was removed to the county jail at Clinton yesterday. He
could have been tried in either Missouri or Kentucky, but
Kentucky claimed him.
Roy
Smith, aged 61 years, died at St. Mary's Infirmary this morning at 2
o'clock after an illness of several months. He has been
employed for the past several years as shipping clerk at the
New York Store and resides at 213 Nineteenth Street. He
leaves surviving him his wife, Naomi, and daughters, Mrs.
Iris Riley and
Miss Flora Smith,
both of Cairo.
The funeral arrangements have not been
arranged and will be announced later. Karcher Brothers are in charge.
Mrs. Bundy
Peterson died at Elco this morning from a paralytic stroke,
according to word received by Cairo friends today.
She is survived by her husband, who was
formerly an operator for the I. C. here, but now of
Centralia and a little girl of 3. She was Miss Gertie
Bridges, of
McClure before her marriage.
Sgt. Jake B.
Turnhow, Caruthersville, Mo.
Corp. Otis A. Brayfield, 813 South
Twelfth Street, Herrin, Ill.
Pvt. Dorsie J.
Dolen, Benton, Ill.
Pvt. Jeff
Layton, Chaffee, Mo.
Corp. John S.
Wright, R. F. D. 5, Carbondale, Ill.
Pvt. Leonard
McClure, Cairo, Ill. Next of kin, Miss Nettie
McClure
Pvt. Willie F.
Sparks, Cobden, Ill.
Pvt. George S.
Dawson, R. F. D. 1, Kennett, Mo.
Pvt. George
Chamberlain, Murphysboro, Ill.
Pvt. Earl Young
Smith, Vienna, Ill.
Pvt. Arthur N.
Cole, R. F. D. 4, Eldorado, Ill.
Pvt. Homer
Carry, Campbell, Mo.
Pvt. Charles D.
Lasley, 307 North Maple Street, Centralia, Ill.
Pvt. John
Musical, R. F. D. 2, Ashley, Illinois
Pvt. Ernie Blanche
Cullins, Dexter,
Mo.
Pvt. John W.
Bloodworth, 16 West Broad Street, Paducah, Ky.
Pvt. Titus J.
Seabaugh, 325 North Spanish Street, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Capt., Jabish Hisey
Woodward, Cairo,
Ill.
Sgt. Orion
Berry, Marion, Ill.
Pvt. William F.
Stahle, Carmi, Ill.
Pvt. Allen
Harris, Brookport, Ill.
Corp. James V.
Ballows, Johnston City, Ill.
Pvt. George R.
Snider, R. F. D. 6, Centralia, Ill.
Pvt. Bernie
Fulkerson, Royalton, Illinois
Miss Mollie E.
Riley died at her
home, 522 Eleventh Street, Friday night at 9:30 o'clock
after a brief illness. Miss
Riley was taken
with influenza about ten days ago and pneumonia developed
Sunday since which time she has been in a serious condition
though no special alarm had been felt by her friends as to
her condition until the last day or so.
Miss
Riley was one of the most prominent and well known business women of
Cairo. She has been for a number of years, stamping
secretary for the Cairo Board of Underwriters and was
thoroughly capable and efficient. Miss
Riley was for
years previous to her business life a teacher in the Cairo
public schools having resigned the principal ship of the
Lincoln building to go into business.
Her only surviving immediate relative
is her sister, Mrs. Anna
Riley
Redman, with whom
she lived. She was a niece of Mrs. Isabella L.
Candee, of 406
Twenty-fifth Street, and a daughter of the late Capt. Robert
K. Riley, a
steamboat captain in the Mississippi River in the old days
of river traffic.
Miss
Riley’s death was a sorrow to numberless friends in Cairo, many of
them now grown up, went to school to her. She was 61 years
of age.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence, 522 Tenth Street, at 1:30 o'clock Sunday
afternoon conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, pastor of
the Lutheran Church, with burial at Beech Grove
Cemetery. The funeral party will go up by automobile. E. A.
Burke is in
charge of the arrangements.
(Carran T.
Redman married Anna M. Riley
on 17 Sep 1885, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Died—December 20th, 1918, Miss Mollie E.
Riley, aged 61
years, at family residence, 522 Tenth Street,
Cairo. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. C. Robert
Dunlap, of the
Lutheran Church, at 1:30 o'clock Sunday, December 22, 1918,
at residence. Interment Beech Grove Cemetery,
via automobiles. No flowers.
Funeral private.
Funeral services for Roy
Smith, who died
Friday morning, will be held at the residence, 213
Nineteenth Street, Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. M. L.
Turner, pastor of
the Calvary Baptist Church, will officiate. The remains
will be taken to St. Frances, Ark., for burial, leaving
Cairo at 11:40 Sunday, on the Illinois Central.
Miss Pansy Opal
Wise died at Kewanee, Mo., Friday of pneumonia following an attack
of influenza after an illness of about ten days. She is a
niece of Mrs. James
Stewart, 3609 Highland Avenue, and formerly resided in
Cairo, where she has a large number of friends. She was but
eighteen years of age and with her sister, Miss Hazel
Wise, has been
employed at the offices of the
Fisher Lumber
Co., of Kewanee. She was a daughter of the late William
Wise, who died in
Cairo about five years ago.
The remains will be brought to Cairo,
arriving Sunday morning on the Iron Mountain. From here in
the afternoon they will be taken to Anna, where interment
will be made.
(Her marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads: Pansy
Opal Wise Born July 7, 1900 died Dec. 19, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
Sgt. Albert W.
Mayhall, Shawneetown, Ill.
Pvt. Earl W.
Peterson, 101 East 1st Street, Mt Carmel, Ill.
Pvt. George
Huffman, Mill Creek, Ill.
Pvt. Louis L.
Lee, R. F. D. 1, Columbus, Ky.
The coroner's jury adjourned shortly
after 11 o'clock this morning till 2 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
At the coroner's inquest this morning,
many new phases of the accident were introduced, notably
among them that the infant was not killed instantly. The
body was picked up by a small boy and carried to the
curb. Mrs. Anna LaBonde, an embalmer employed by E. A.
Burke, saw that the child was still breathing and turned her
attention to the mother, who was screaming for her
baby. Mrs. LaBonde
told her that the baby was all right and then went to the
curb and carried it into Dr.
Strong's office. The baby died just as she entered the building.
It was also stated that the child was a
boy and was exactly two months and one day old. James B.
Dunning stated
that the parents had about determined to name the boy George
Henry.
According to Mr.
Dunning, who stayed with the injured last night, there is very
little hope for either the father or mother. Mrs.
Dunning suffered
concussion of the brain and had cuts and internal injuries,
while the baby's father was cut, injured internally and had
his left shoulder and left foot crushed. Nurses were unable
to stop the flow of blood until 3 o'clock this morning.
Various treatments introduced showed
that neither the street car nor the automobile were going at
an excessive speedy, the speed of the automobile being
estimated at from five to 15 miles per hour and the street
car about the same rate. The motorman on the car insisted
that he was not going more than seven miles an hour.
The motorman also stated that the Ford
was between the street car and the trolley pole when the
crash came. It is assumed that the sudden impact caused the
car to jump the track, although the motorman stated that the
car ran about 15 feet before it stopped.
Mr.
Dunning was engaged with his father, above mentioned, in building an
addition to the Tamms silica plant. His father stated he
was 24 years of age and was raised in Tamms. Mrs.
Dunning was about 28 years of age and was formerly Miss Mazie
Isler, of
Sandusky.
The two other children have been left
with Mr. Dunning's
parents (not Mrs.
Dunning's) at Tamms.
Mr. and Mrs.
Dunning were taken into the priest house of Father
Downey, where
they were examined by Dr.
Clarke, who
ordered them taken immediately to the hospital. Mr.
Dunning was unconscious at the time and had not regained
consciousness at an early hour this morning and it is feared
that his injuries may prove fatal. Mrs.
Dunning suffered
a broken arm and probably internal injuries.
She was hysterical last night and continually cried
for her baby. She had not been informed of the baby's death
last night. It was considered byer strange that the baby,
although picked up some distance from the car had no bruises
on him and apparently no internal injuries. Doctors say his
death was probably due to concussion.
According to reports of witnesses and
Police Sergeant
Mahaffee's report, the automobile was being driven out
Ninth Street from Walnut and had turned to go north on
Washington. The street car was struck in the front on the
left side and the Ford swung around the corner of the car
and plunged along left side of the car almost to the rear,
where it smashed into an iron trolley pole. It is probable
that this trolley pole caused the street car to take such a
strange position facing southwest. When the auto struck the
car the trolley pole was about the middle of the car. The
pole probably acted as a pivot.
The
Dunnings reside at 810 Walnut Street, having recently removed from
Tamms. They have two other children, Mary and Sarah
Frances, aged 6 and 3, and it was at first thought that they
were in the automobile. They could not be found and
neighbors broke into the house and could not find them
there. It was then learned that the
Dunnings had just
returned from a visit with Mrs.
Dunning's mother
at Tamms and the two children had been left there.
Mr.
Dunning was employed at the silica plant at Tamms and had moved to
Cairo so that his eldest child could attend school and Sarah
Francis a kindergarten.
A coroner’s jury at 9 o'clock was held
to determine whether anyone should be held for the accident.
The motorman on the street car was H. J.
Neal, an employee
of the company for some years.
Mr.
Dunning is a grandson of the late Henry
Dunning, one of the prominent farmers of the county.
(His death certificate states that
Henry Ezekial Dunning
was the son of James B.
Dunning and
Frances Small.
Markers in Hulen Cemetery read:
Henry E.
Dunning Born Nov. 21, 1894 Died Dec. 26, 1918 His memory
is blessed.
George Henry Dunning Born Oct. 21, 1918 Died Dec. 22, 1918.—Darrel
Dexter)
KILLED IN ACTION:
Ceidres Estes,
Advance, Mo.
WOUNDED SEVERELY:
Pvt. Pet
Rutledge, R. F. D. 3, Paducah, Ky.
Pvt. Bruan C.
Morgan, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Pvt. Anagelo
Speracio, Murphysboro, Ill.
WOUNDED (degree undetermined):
Lieut. Homer Ollie
Kelly, 720 S. 5th
Street, Paducah, Ky.
Capt. William E.
Chapman, 409 N.
Twelfth Street, Herrin, Ill.
Pvt. Frank Monroe
Casper, Dongola, Ill.
Pvt. John
Murray, Eldorado, Ill.
Pvt. Cheron E.
Wright, 921 Clark Street, Murphysboro, Ill.
Pvt. Orval P.
Henley, DuQuoin, Ill.
Pvt. John p.
Honggeller, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Pvt. Orange
Hundley, West Frankfort, Ill.
Pvt. George F.
Folks, Grand Chain, Illinois
Pvt. John W.
Berket, Eldorado, Ill.
Pvt. Martin G.
Phelps, Thebes Ill.
Pvt. Otto
Buehler, Centralia, Ill.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY:
Sgt. Floy
Hoskins, Clinton, Ky.
Corp. Walter
Byrum, 3201 Sycamore Street, Cairo, Ill.
Next of kin, Mrs. Sarah
Byrum
Mechanic Ollie
Cratty, Caruthersville, Mo.
Pvt. Henry C.
Lendaernens, Chester, Ill.
Pvt. Thomas E.
Young, Paducah, Kentucky
Pvt. Marshal
Bagby, Olmsted, Ill.
Pvt. Conrad
Sylvester, Murphysboro, Ill.
Pvt. John J.
Byers, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
MURPHYSBORO, Ill., Dec. 23—Alvin
Clark, an
18-year-old white youth of Metropolis, a prisoner in the
county jail here, died at the hospital this noon. He had
been under constant medical attention for a week and had
been removed to the hospital this morning. The boy was
arrested about three weeks ago in Carbondale for forging
checks.
Joseph
Lenihan, aged 38 years, died at St. Mary's Infirmary Monday of
pneumonia. He has been employed by the Illinois Central
railroad of Mounds. His brother, R. P.
Lenihan, of
Amboy, Ill., arrived this morning and will accompany the
remains to Amboy where interment will be made. Karcher
brothers are in charge.
Superintendent Ben
Jones yesterday
submitted his report to the county commissioners on the
condition of the inmates of the poor house.
It is learned from the report that 27
persons were admitted to the home during the year, six of
them stay for the full year. There were 13 inmates in the
home at the present time.
There were four deaths during the year
as follows:
Jerome
Clark, aged 71
Anna
Clark, aged 36
Mrs. Tennie
Bryant, aged 74
Henry
Overcast, 70
One of the oldest people in this part
of the country resides on the farm. Her name is Lively
Jones and she is
118 years of age. There are several others over 80. The
average of the inmates at the present time is 74.
(Lively
Jones, 119, widow, black, born in Tennessee, is in the 1920 census
of the county alms house in Beech Ridge, Alexander Co.,
Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. E. K.
Gallaer, of 708
Thirty-seventh St., died at 9:30 o’clock this morning. He
was only about a week old. Mr.
Gallaer is senior
partner in the
Gallaer Finch
Motor Company. Karcher
Brothers have charge of the remains and funeral arrangements
are to be announced later.
Pvt. Anton
Hastedde, Campbell, Mo.
Pvt. Rolla
Benson, Ava, Ill.
Pvt. Sedmond
Pollard, DuQuoin, Ill.
Sgt. Sebert
Greer, 1020 Randall, St. Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Pvt. Oscar L.
Davis, Cobden, Ill.
Pvt. Pilate W.
Vettein, Parma, Mo.
Pvt. Raymond
Harrel, 208 South Twentieth Street, Murphysboro, Ill.
Pvt. Chester E.
Leberman, 714 E. Harris Street, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Pvt. Fred R.
Abney, Kennett, Mo.
Pt. Bill
Goodwin, Morehouse, Mo.
Pvt. Steve
Zucea, Johnston City, Ill.
Pvt. Walter
Jones, Golconda, Ill.
Pvt. Paul Willis, Murphysboro, Ill.
Pvt. Eugene
Hawkins, 210 Gaskins Street, Harrisburg, Ill.
(Oscar
Davis survived his severe wounds.
A marker in Cobden Cemetery reads:
Oscar L. Davis
Born March 3, 1895 Died Sept. 6, 1965 Illinois Cpl. Co. E
130 Infantry World War I PH.—Darrel
Dexter)
We take this opportunity of expressing
our thanks to all who so kindly assisted us and were so
attentive during the illness and death of dear husband and
brother, John C. Good, and want to especially thank the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Fireman and Engineers of Mounds and Centralia also the B.
and L. E. for the beautiful flowers presented which were
greatly appreciated and to Mr. O. C.
Walker, J. C.
Mench, Mrs. Furlong, E.
M. Dolon, Mrs.
Marsh and Rev. G. A. Dunn,
for special kindness shown. All these sympathies help us to
bear our loss.
Samuel
White, a veteran river man, about 80 years, died in Nashville,
Tenn., Sunday morning. He has been retired from some years
and is well known among river men. Captain
White was an uncle of Samuel
Shoemaker, of Cairo.
Dr. E. J.
Dye, of Malden, Mo., died Wednesday morning at St. Mary’s Infirmary
of pneumonia. Dr.
Dye was a veterinary surgeon and was well known
throughout Southeast Missouri. He is survived by his wife
and one child. Mrs.
Dye sent a message this afternoon to E. A.
Burke, who is in
charge of the remains, stating that she would arrive in
Cairo Friday. Until she comes no arrangements will be made
for the funeral.
Joseph J.
Oehler, aged 42, son of the late William
Oehler, died at 12:55 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's Infirmary,
of influenza and pneumonia after a months' illness.
The deceased who was a native Cairoite,
and spent his whole life here, leaves two brothers, William
J. and Louis J.
Oehler, and one sister, Mrs. Edward
Hauenstein, all
of Cairo.
Funeral services are to be held at 1:45
o'clock Friday afternoon at the family residence, No. 502
Commercial Avenue and the remains are to be taken to Calvary
Cemetery, Villa Ridge, by automobile. Rev. J. J.
Gillen, will
officiate and Karcher
Brothers are in charge of the burial.
(His marker in Calvary Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Joseph Oehler
1876-1918 Son.—Darrel
Dexter)
Henry
Dunning, who was injured in an automobile accident Sunday night when
his infant son was killed, died this afternoon at 2 o'clock
at St. Mary’s Infirmary. The remains were taken to
Burke's undertaking parlors. His wife who was badly injured in the
accident and who is also a patient at St. Mary's is slightly
improved today, it was stated at the hospital.
Jacob
Heid left today for St. Louis, called by the sudden death of his
brother, who passed away Christmas Day. Mr.
Heid's mother died on Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. Delle
Miller died at her home near Olmsted Tuesday, December 24, at 7
o'clock p.m. Mrs.
Miller was a sister of Mrs. Horace
Hannon and an
aunt of Mrs. J. E.
Woelfle, of Cairo.
(Lewis
Miller married Adelle Jaccard
on 4 Apr 1880, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
We wish to thank our friends for their
kind assistance in our late bereavement, the death of our
husband and father, F. F.
Fisher. Their
help to us during his illness and their sympathy at all
times has been a great comport to us. We also wish to thank
those friends who sent the beautiful, floral offerings.
Pvt. John
Rithes, Sparta, Ill.
Corp. Earl P.
Robert, Essex, Mo.
Pvt. Earnest
Byrum, 3204 Sycamore Street, Cairo, Ill. Next of kin, Mrs. Sadie
Byrum.
Pvt. Claude
Torum, Centralia, Ill.
Pvt. Harry Edward
Hall, Caruthersville, Mo.
Corp. Alvon
Knott, Dexter, Mo.
Corp. William Arch
Williams, Malden,
Mo.
Pvt. Joseph Arthur
Brookhand,
Harrisburg, Ill.
Pvt. Carl H.
Wilson, 123 Eldorado Street, Eldorado, Ill.
Pvt. Charles R.
Smith, Illmo, Mo.
Pvt. Charles V.
Powell, Anna, Ill.
The coroner’s jury in the case of the
Dunning infant,
resuming its inquiry at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening, returned
a verdict to the effect that the death of the child was
purely accidental and no one could be held responsible.
Mrs. Lyman
Haussler, sister of Mrs. C. O.
Patier, of Cairo,
died at her home in Centralia, at 11 o'clock Thursday night
of double pneumonia following an attack of influenza. Mrs.
Haussler was
formerly Miss Florence
Hefter and is
well known in Cairo. She leaves surviving her a little
daughter two years old and her husband, both of whom are ill
with influenza.
Mr. and Mrs.
Patier of Cairo and another sister, Mrs.
Dawson, of Memphis, are in Centralia where they went to spend
Christmas. The message received this morning announcing
Mrs. Haussler’s
death did not state any particulars as to the funeral
arrangements.
Pvt. Robert S.
Courtney, 413 Eighth Street, Cairo, Ill. Next of kin, Mrs. Maggie
Gensert.
Pvt. Kibble V.
Willeut, Poplar Bluff Mo.
Lieut. Albert H.
Stout, 219 Seventeenth Street, Cairo, Ill. Next of kin, Mrs. Mary
Stout
Capt. Fred George
Gwens, Carbondale, Ill.
Lieut. Walter A.
Shadie, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Corp. Fred
Bith, 408 South Hanover Street, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Pvt. Daniel
Sohn, Herrin, Ill.
Pvt. Harry E.
Howard, 525 South Hanover Street, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Pvt. Adolph J.
Krug, 300 South Fourth Street, Paducah, Ky.
A coroner’s jury impanelled by Deputy
Coroner John T. Brown,
late yesterday afternoon held that sufficient evidence had
been introduced to show that the street car with which Henry
Dunning had
collided was exceeding the speed limit provided by city
ordinance.
The verdict would not indicate however,
the company officials or the motorman could be held
responsible, at least they ordered no one held. Any further
action in the matter, unless the family of the deceased
should bring suit, will be left to a grand jury. The
verdict of the jurors follows:
"We, the undersigned jurors, sworn to
inquire into the death of Henry A.
Dunning, on oath do find that he came to his death as the result of
an accident in colliding with a street car of the Cairo
Electric and Traction Company at the corner of Ninth Street
and Washington Avenue, Cairo, Ill., at 7:30 o'clock p.m. on
December 22, 1918.
From evidence introduced, we believe the street car
was going at a faster rate of speed than the city ordinance
allows.”
Claude G.
Robinson, (c) died July 17, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaiian Islands
Leonard
Clifford, died from wounds in France, July 19, 1918
Paul
Cochran, died from wounds in France, Aug. 3, 1918
Lt. Paul M.
Clendenen, killed in action in France, Sept. 12, 1918
Hans
Miller, killed in action in France Sept. 20, 1918
Joseph
Glynn, died at Great Lakes, Illinois, Sept. 21, 1918
Corp. George
Mills, Co. K, killed in action in France, October 5
Arthur
Lieberman, died at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Oct 6, 1918
Morris
Langon, (c) died at sea, Oct. 6, 1918
Cecil M.
Reynolds, died at Ft. Riley, Kan., Oct. 8, 1918
Winifred Fairfax
Warder, died in hospital at Bordeaux, France, Oct. 8, 1918
Dan
Cowley, died at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 8, 1918
Jesse
Lewis, (c) died at Camp Dodge, Ia., Oct. 8, 1918
Eddie
Street, (col.) died of disease in France, Oct. 8, 1918
Edward
Martin, (c) died at Camp Dodge, Ia., Oct. 10, 1918
David
Brice, (col.) died October 12, at Sherman, Ohio
James
Johnson, (c) died at Camp Dodge, Ia., Oct. 14, 1918
Charles T.
Stokes, Co. K, died of wounds received in action in France, Oct. 15
Willie
Holland, died of disease at Camp Taylor, Ky., Oct. 16
Hunter
Barksdale, (col) died October 16, Camp Dodge, Ia.
James
Bowden, (col) died on
transport on way to France last week in October
Thomas
Scarber, (col) died in France, Oct. 26, 1918
Will
Smith, (col.) died of wounds in France, date unknown
Lieut. Albert
Stout, died from disease in France, November 20
Pvt. Raymond Wesley
Jannipan, New
Madrid, Mo.
Corp. Emerson
Lee, 315 North Horn Street, West Frankfort, Ill.
Pvt. Harley T.
Lipse, Benton, Ill.
Mrs. Thomas
Edwards, of Wickliffe, Ky., died at her home there yesterday
morning. She was 82 years of age and is survived by her
husband and one son, John
Edwards. The
funeral will be held at Wickliffe Cemetery directed by E. A.
Burke.
Rex
Brown, son of Ed Brown,
was seriously injured, probably fatally, this afternoon at
2:20 o'clock when he was struck by a street car at
Twenty-eight and Commercial Avenue. He was immediately
taken to St. Mary's Infirmary by the place attendants at the
infirmary stated that they had been unable to determine his
condition at 3:30 o'clock.
As nearly as could be learned the boy
had jumped off a kindly wagon and ran directly in front of
the car not seeing it. Witnesses say that the motorman was
not to blame. The wheels of the car did not pass over the
boy, although it was necessary to back the car up to remove
him. His most serious injuries were about the head. No
further information about the accident could be learned at
3:30 o'clock.
Ernest Ferdinand
Poeppel died at his home 715 Thirty-sixth Street Sunday and is
survived by his wife and ten children. He was 75 years
old. Two sons and a daughter are in Germany, the remaining
children living in the United States. The funeral
arrangements cannot be announced until a son, who resides in
California is heard from. E. A.
Burke is in
charge.
Capt. Horace Y.
Burke, Metropolis, Ill.
Sgt. Royal C.
Folk, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Pvt. William
Whiteen, Sikeston, Mo.
That Frank
Gibson died in a hospital at Mont Dore, France, and was buried in
the cemetery there on Thanksgiving Day, is now accepted by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Gibson, of
Eleventh Street.
Sergeant
Gibson was officially reported as having died of wounds received in
battle on November 6, which date is thought to have been an
error in transmission, as a letter was received from him
written on November 7, and another on November 17, in which
he stated that he had been wounded, but was getting along
nicely, which fact was reaffirmed by his nurse.
Late Monday afternoon, Mr.
Gibson received a
letter from the chaplain, W. W.
Brink, who stated
that Sergeant Gibson
was buried December 30, and that he had officiated at the
services. The
following is the text of the chaplain’s letter.
“Dear Bereaved Father:
“I wish to tell you of the high esteem
in which your late son was held in the army and the
sacrifice he has just made for the cause he held dearer than
life. He died in
the hospital here at Mont Dore, France, and was laid in a
beautiful cemetery on the mountain side.
These noble heroes have not died in vain.
He was laid away at 10 a.m. Thanksgiving Day.
“I will be pleased to answer any
questions you may wish so far as possible.
Address me at Syracuse, N.Y., 700 Irving Avenue or
here at Mont Dore.
“Yours with sympathy and kind regards
“W. W.
Brink, officiating chaplain”
Mr.
Gibson has a letter received from the department at Washington in
answer to an enquiry sent there soon after the receipt of
the last letter from his son.
The letter stated that a cablegram had been sent to
the commander in France and that as soon as any information
could be obtained he would be notified.
The news received Monday afternoon was
a second shock, harder to hear, if possible, than the first
news, as the family was quite confident that Sergeant
Gibson was alive
and well. To
many of the friends of the family, however, there was an
element of doubt nd the confirmation of his death was hardly
a surprise. The
family has the sympathy of the entire community in this
trouble, doubly hard to bear, coming as it does after their
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