The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-07

The Illinois senate apportionment com
mittee agreed on the senatorial apportion-
ment for the state outside Of Cook county.
1t is said it makes twcnty'six out Of the
forty one district outside of the ten in Cook
county, republican. If the bill is to DO
adopted by the general assembly it has no
doubt been arranged at Washington and
sent to Springfield to be enacted into a
law. 1t is said that orders have been is
sued from the federal capital and of the
stalwart section that this extra session
must come to a close at once, not lasting
longer than two weeks from last Saturday.
| The new senatorial districts will probably
be reported to q joint caucus tonight. BY
the arrangement making Franklin, Viii
| hanson, johnson and Pulaski q district,
serious difficulties in the stawlart camp in
Southern Illinois have been adjusted, send
ing one more Green B. Raum man to the
senate and two additional members of the
house, if the gerrymanderng in that part
of the state don't fail. 1t was originally
intended to group Pulaski, Johnson, Pope,
Hardin and Massac, thus creating, as it
WAS claimed by the Mum men, only one
republican district, who have now, it seems,
been able to convince the committee that
an additional district will be secured to
stalwartism in Egypt.
Later developments prove beyond q
doubt that the man shot at ST. Joseph, Mo-,
by Robert Ford on Monday was the real
Jesse James. The. shootist was one of the
gang and was in the confidence of James
The circumstances of the killing were as
follows: 1t was between nine and
ten o'clock in the morning
Breakfast was over. Charley Ford and
Jesse James had been in the stable curry
ing the horses, preparatory to their night
ride. On returning to the room where
Robert Ford was, Jesse said ITS an
awfully hot day" lie pulled off his coat
and vest and tossed them on the bed.
Then he unbuCklcd the belt in which he
} carried two 45.calibre revolvers, one a
Smith & Wesson, and the other a Colt, and
laid them on the bed with his coat and
vest. He then picked up busting brush
with the intention of busting some pic
lures which hung on the wall. TO do this,
he got on chair. His back was now
} turned to the brothers. who silently step
ped between Jesse and his revovers, and at
a motion from Charley both drew their
guns Robert was the quickest of the two.
In one motion he had the long weapon to
level with his eye with the muzzle not
less than two nor more than four feet from
the back of the outlaws head. Even in
that motion, quick as thought, there was
something which did not escape the acute
ears of the hunted man He made mo-
ton as if to turn his head to ascertain the
cause of that suspicious sound but too
late. A nervous pressure on the trigger, a
quick flash, a sharp report, and the we'll
directed ball crashed through the outlaws
skull. There was not an cutlery, just a
swaying of the body, and it fell heavily
back upon the carpeted floor, The shot
had been fatal and all the bullets in the
chambers of Charley's revolver still direct
ed at Jesses head could not more eifectual-
ly have decided the fate Of the greatest
bandit and freebooter that ever figured in
the pages Of n country's history. The ball
made It's way out through the forehead,
over the left eye. 1t had been fired out OF
Colts 45.calcbrc, improved pattern, silver
mounted and pearl.handled pistol, pre-
sented by the dead man to his slayer only d
few days ago The authorities were mott
r fled and the remains were taken in charge
: by them The Ford boys SURRENDERED
y themselves to the officers of the law, anc
the inquest Is in progress.
G The Opera House company finds som'
S trouble at times with owners or controller
u of old fences or old slab-sided shantes
y who object to having the said old fence
a and shb-sided shanties decorated will
t fancy show bills, advertising comm!
S troupe--except for q money consideration
9 The opera house managers feel some dis
y satisfaction at this exhibition of sefishnes'
on the part Of the owners of these OLE
# fences and slab sided shanties; they argu,
N that they have invested fifty thousand dol
!. lars in grand institution in this city; Al
d institution from which the city and the pee
}. pie derive great benefit in many ways
G. while seeking to make their investmen
le profitable, they also seek to furnish tn
# people with elevating amusement; they fe,