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A COMPROMISE VERDICT.

The cases which have been tried In
our circuit court during the last sew
eral DAYS seem 10 have demonstrated
again in a striking manner the fault
ness OF the requirement that a jury
verdict must he unanimous After two
days trial. elaborate argument and
twenty-four hours discussion of the
case among themselves in the jury
room. the jury in the cose o. Harraa
". the Newark Insurance company rem
dered q verdict which is clearly a com
promise verdict-agreed to because It
wa impossible 10 agree at all upon
what all the members considered the
merits of the case. II seems 10 have
been similar to the case OF two men
engaged in trade Of some kind and
who. after haggling TIL both get tired
agree 10 split the difference and lar
it 90 at that. Upon the merits OF m
case, as they appeared TO the outsider
OF average intelligence. the defend8
should have been required 70 pay all
that was sued for OF nothing a. all. III
the question Of liability re ted solely
q pom the question Of whether IT NOT
The house was struck Dy ganing u
!. was. then tae defendant was liable
Tor The value Of the house; if it was
not then the def ndant was not Liable
2, al From tie verde OF the jury
oee might include that tae house
vas only about half struck
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Col Peter N1$hlte

GUS companionship with two OF the
regicides.
Col Damjan Poppoyits who. il must
be acknowledged. has a name 5dz-
gestiye OF battle. murder and sad
den death, is the one reEicide nDoa
whom King Peter is said mostly 70
rely and of whom he stands most
In awe, for Damian Poppoyits is Be-
Loved to have in his possession lat-
ters showing that the present hiaa
had a guilty knowledge Of the plot
which resulted in the death Of Peter
predecessor. The retirement of the
regicides opens the way for a re-
sumption of diplomatic relations be-
tween Seryia and some countries
which have hesitated to send repre-
sentatiyes to Belgrade while the blood
stained crowd still stood around The
throne.
Although King Peter has made the
retirement Of the regiCides as smooth
as possible for them, and as nearly
nominal, they are apparently not al
all sure but that they ought to turn
around and serve him and his family
as they served Alexander and Drasa
A newspaper of Belgrade owned mate
aged and Inspired" by the rGrlc.de-
thus expresses itself.
1--WE do not regret your retirement.
valiant sons Of the fatherland. What
stings is the fact that your hearts a,6
wrune by the very hands into which
YOU gave yourselves with such con
fdence. Withdraw into your oEr
pure souls. but preserve the integrity
Of your motives for another occasion
when the country may again call you
10 her defense BE ready for what,
ever sacrifice the country may again
demand Of ,ou."'
In other words. the regicides give
notice that fl is quite within tha
range of possibility that they may
try their sword and daggets upon the
king as a matter ~ patriotic exercise
Col. lHshlts. as tut5r for the crown
prince has that youth constantly .n
his mower Neither hr Gav or nieht Is
the rather veal minded young man
allowed 10 get beyord the reach Of
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OFFICERS WHO CAN SHOOT.

Chief Egan seems to have sue.
ceeded in Interesting his men in TAR
get practice with pistols TO degree
tina Il highly commedable In other
cummun ties the authorities offer
prizes to promote the deye'apm aut Of
skill in shooting. among their officers
but this is not to be expected from
the Cairo city council in the present
somewhat Strengthened" or strain
ed financial state of the city and
the off GERS must be content to find
their reward in the general benefits
which will come 10 them from pro
fcioucy in handling their weapons
And it will have 10 be admitted
that these benefits are not unimport
ant. either to the Officers or to the
public whom they are expected O
serve. Skill in shooting and in the
use of their weapons generally. viii
give them condd in themselves
and will if said skill be put % propee
use at the proper time-if it be guide !
BY good judgment~-render their ser
vices more valuable to Oh community
and people VIII feel themselves more
secure. Officers Who can shoot and
who will shoot when the circum tan
cea Justify or demand it-aud only
than-are one of the needs of every
community.
AT last account Chief Esan was
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A POPULAR PREACHER.

Sam Jones probably did as much
real good as any other man of his
generation, Some 50 years ago they
used to throw him on a dray and haul
him home in The afternoons. as he
was too drunk TO WALK o. even crawl
| am giving away no secret sam
told It to his audiences thou ands of
times. styling himself the wickedes'
young squirt gun in Georgia" His
language was the language OF the soil
His smiles were his own and none
could have been more apt His slang
was so original and always hit the
nail SO squarely on the head that even
he most learned sayants were spell
bound when he 'cut loose He hit
as straight from the shoulder as ths
Mighty Beecher and was quite as re-
markabfe character, quite as indie
pendent, quite as fearless.
The bast of all stories ever told by
Sam Jones was that which brought
him to a clear understanding with his
wife the morning after they were mar
riad ua toId II In q earn,on rff.ha,5
ana bad eyory avo in Tho conoraga.
ton moist Thara had haan good
deal of strife in some households,
enats hatwean husbands and wives
senarations divorces and other
troubIas sam said ~Tm goip 10 ~,
tn ston = ms all ,,--sensa Navba !,
cam pat Of Won o1d fellows wbo nave
hae, noggina at vou,. uivee for many
raars an5 neon raoqod haol, tiu van
have lost yopr na1hoo5. bpt I'm ao.n,
80 y,v s,nnthing for the yonro NOR.
risd foll.. and ttrsa who cortamnIafe
natrimoov
"yop an rec,IIact when mo and
,frs I,,as cat married Atost oe won
veterans were tba-a that niobt and
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e.,,amher Circulation.

The above Is cOTTeUI anu -
statement OF the circulation Of the
Cairo Bulletin for the year 1905 ana
for tine month OF September, 1906.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
This first day OF October. 1906.
(Seal) ALFRED ooMi1SDo'
Notary Public.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For State Treasurer,

For State Treasurer,
N. L. PIOTROWSKI.
For State Superintendent
CAROLINE GROTE.
For University Trustees,
DANIEL r. CAMERON,
JOHN S. CUNEO.
CLARA P. BOURLAND.
For Congress,
]. NJ. JOPLIN.
For State Senator,
SIDNEY b. ESPY.
For Representative,
RICHARD E. POWERS.
For County Judge,
HUNTER BIRD.
For County Clerk,
JOHN MULVIHILL.
For County Treasurer,
MICHAEL T. CAHILL-
For Sheriff
ALEX. S. FRASER.
For County Commissioner,
BAILEY ANDERSON.
For School Superintendent,
MISS BESSIE NJ. TURNER.
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Vow. children. behave. exclaimed
Nr- Bolrish f-a.u- for compliment
from har guest. really. Mr Crouch
we're always afraid 20 have company
for dinner because the chu.iraH have
such awful table manners.
-Ua-. replied Nr Or rrh 'lf won
had company more frequently the
children mtrht see good manners la3
initiate t1eu-'
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Eor schooI superIntendent.

MISS BESSIE NJ. TURNER author
ICES her announcement as the regn'
iarly nominated Democratic candidate
for superintendent of schools OF Alex
ander county at the election to he
held on Tuesday November G. 1906.
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The Bulletin 10 on SAFE a. tnS iO'
lowing places:
colemzn's, ala Eighth strcss'
Halliday House News staha''
walkers, 10 Sixth strsst.
GLUE Front Restaurant
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FOR County Judge.

HUNTER BIRD authorizes his an
nouncement as the candidate for
County Judge Of Alexander county on
the Democratic ticket at the election
TO be held on Tuesday, November s.
1906.
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For County Clerk.

John MULyIHILL authorizes his
announcement as candidate Tor
county clerk OF Alexander county, al
the election to be held on Tuesday,
November 6, 1906.
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ANNoUNc EMENT.
County Treasurer.

We are authorized to announce
Michael T. Cahill as a candidate on
tha democratic ticket for the office OF
assessor and treasurer Of Alexander
county.
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The persistent man usually wins
the try again fellow Is as lucky iH
esnt advertising a. be Is il all oths-
-'aEx
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The Bulletin II delivered In thirty
surrounding tsEus IN tine Tor tbs
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average daily and Sunday circu'
lation for the year 1905. .212S
Average daily and Sunday circu-
Intion for the month of Septem-
.2o63
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3airo, Alexander copnty, Illinois
Population tG,147.

Population iG,f47
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, II "A. HATCHER
Treasurer, JAMES QUINN
ComproUar ~ $ DEWEY
policn Magistrate, A J. ROSS
Chief OF Police, NJ. y EAGAN,
Alexander County, Population 22963.
County Judge, WA 8. DEWEY.
County C}arl;. JESSE ~ MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, LEE q DAVIS.
Sheriff JAS. s. ROCHE
Coroner mr. JAMES McAlANUa.
County superintendent Of Schools,
PROF. JOHN SNYDER
Assessor aad Treasurer FRANK e.
DANl8
Board Of County Commissioner,
GEORGE PARSONS
DIR. EDWIN j. CAUSE.
J. j, JENNEILE, Chairman
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Accounts o. corporations snd indivi6.
uag especially solicited HTchsnsS
'Ursisbed to any part Of the world-
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Alexander
County National
Bank


-scHa} -..- ....s.......... $40 ~
suroius snd Undivided proHts, $50. 70
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thing 10 rent. nell or srsde 10 aGvsf inc
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Alexander County
Savings Bank
ETRIETLT = SAVINGS BANK.
CAIRO, lLLiNoIE.

CAPITAL. ss.s~s-4-s .-.-- 81 w
surplua ard Undivided Scotia. 5000
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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-03-16
IN SNOW FIFTY.FlvE HOURS.
Remarkable Experiences Of Passengers
In Central South Dakota.

Presho. g. D., March S.-Snowbound 70.
hfty-hve hours II the experience OF .
large party OF passengers on In accommo.
hatIon train on the Milwaukee road west
OF Chamberlain in the recent snowstorm
The accommodation train was made up OF
two coaches, an express car and freight
cars, and IL was started out OF Chamber
lain for Presho, forty miles distant. The
storm increased TO such an extent that at
noon the train could make no further
Roadway, and between two station the en-
CINE stopped in a drift, and the train re-
manned there hfty-fiye hours, when relief
was finally secured. In the party were
forty-nine people, nine of whom were
women. and the experiences they had dur
Ing their long imprisonment are
by one OF the members. They had no idea
but what they would be released before
night. but when night came they were still
In the drift and the pangs OF hunger COM
menced TO assert themselves. One OF the
passengers went into the express car,
where he discovered a case OF eggs. q
large basket of bread, a pail OF oysters, all
OF which was billed 10 a merchant at
Presho. The express messenger could not
stand out long against the hungry crowd,
and he ~capitulated, when the men con-
fiscated the things TO eat. The hard coal
fire In the stove made an excellent fire to
cook with. and a shovel was improvised
into a stew pan on which TO fry the eggs.
while the bread was broken for the crowd.
oysters were served raw or fried. This
bin OF fare lasted until they were released.
The crowd OF men invented various a
in which to pass away the time. While
the games were in progress d Methodist
preacher. who was going out 10 the reser-
walton to live on his claim. held a little
prayer meeting. and he finally had pretty
near all the crowd joining I'm singing
hymns. The last things he did was 10 take
up a collection.
When the train pulled into FRESNO about
midnight there was a hurry for places OF
rest, as but little sleeping could be accom-
plished where the entire crowd was hud-
died into one car, this being done TO econo-
mize on fuel. which lasted until relief
came.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-03-16
MORE PLANTING or
GOOD FOREST TREES
The Big Reserve In the Blac1
Hills Will Be Nursed
Tenderly.
WAR ON BARK BEETLES
One Thousand Forest Rangers VIII
Form the Army PatrolIins the For
est Reserve Over the Black
Hills This Year.

Deadwood. S. D., March 81. +.
Smith, the forest supervisor who has
succeeded Capt. Seth Bullock, recently
appointed United States marshal of
South Dakota, says that considerable
planting will be done on this forest
reserve during the coming year. The
department OF forestry established the
Dismal river reserve In Nebraska as
a sort of a nursery n have been
making experiments there to find u
what kind of trees can be grown sue
cessfully in the sand hills. 1t has been
decided that the bull pine will do well
there. This reserve also raises seed-i
lings for the other reserves. The bull
Dine will be planted largely in the
Black Hills and possibly some of the
yellow pine also. Last summer a large
number of trees were set out IN the
vicinity of Roubaix in this county n
have done remarkably well.
The department has also ~appropriat-
ed a large amount for cutting out the
infested timber in inaccessible parts.
This infested timber has been killed
by the bark beetles, the natural foe of
the pine trees, and when 1t is located
in an inaccessible place such as the
top of the mountain no one will buy
IL as ii cannot be handled with profit.
It is for the disposition Of such tim
Der as this that the department has
set aside a fund.
Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot ex-
poets to increase the number OF n
ers from 700 TO 1000 before July /.
He is authority for the statement that
NE would rather a man would know
the art of saddling a pack animal and
maintaining himself In the mountains
than anything else, The fine points
of forestry" says Mr.. Pinchot, will
follow in time. One thing / must have
understood, and that is that no Grip
pies or weak persons need apply, for
they will not be taken into the service"
There are now employed on the
Black Hills reserve some eighteen men.
Whether or not this number will be
increased is not yet known. This re-
serve Is peculiar In that IL is more
thickly settled than most forest re-.
serves and combines within it's limits
greater agricultural and mining inter-,
ests than are common In such reserves.
Ranger Whitney. from Keystone, has
Just beer promoted and will be trans
erred to a Colorado reserve.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-03-16
BIG INHERITANCE TAX.
First Instance Since Enaotins OF Law
Thai State Shares.

Sioux Falls, s. D., March 6.-What is
believed to be the first Application IN
South Dakota for the terms of the inheri'
lance tax act, passed by the last legisla'
ture. Ia being made In the Minnehaha
county court in this city in the settlement
of the estate of George J.. Storer, or Madt-
The law went into effect last July, but
up TO this time no APPLICATION OF its pro-
visions had been made in this county or
elsewhere In the state. Lying in Mime
haha county and IN the city OF Sioux Fails
are lands. valued at $35. 900. which belong
to the estate OF the late Mr.. Storer. Ac-
cording TO the provisions OF the law this
property is not exempt.
The exemptions In this case are the
amounts Of 5000 to each OF the sons and
daughters, and $4,000 to the widow. Three
children OF the late Mr.. Storer received
the amount exempted by Law from the d.
vision of tho property In Lake county, and
the widow also was provided for to the
extent Of the exemption from the same
properties.
When the will was brought to the atten-
ton of County Judge Bailey he remem-
bered something Of the division Of the
property outside of Minnehaha county and
decided the inheritance tax should apply.
A special appraiser was appointed and
submitted his apra.sement, which showed
the estate to approximate $500 in value,
The tax on this property amounting to
500 will nave to be paid TO the county
treasurer before title TO 1t can be given to
the heirs. The case may be contested, and
1t Is possible that the state supreme court
may be called upon 10 render a decision
as to the const.tutionality OF the new
law.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-03-16
MANY SOUTH DAKOTA
FARMERS join SOCIETY
American Association Of Equity
Has Secured Large Number
of Members.
WILL HOLD THEIR CROP
The Society Has a Membership Of
100000 Farmers, All Aligned TO
Dictate Terms to Dealers in
Their Products.

Armour. S. D., March 10.-Much in
terest is manifested In this part OF the
state In the dispatches from Indianap-
oils TO the effect thai the American So
ciety OF Equity has secured a member
ship Of 1000 farmers and that the
members have determined not to sell
their products after March / except at
the price, minimum, agreed upon by
the officers of the society.
Agents have zealously worked this
part of the state for the past six
proselyting and they have met
with remarkable success. Almost ey-
cry town and village has in its imme-
date environment a branch of this, the
latest i'm the trust busting line. Farm
ers are aigning themselves TO the new
movement In great numbers and are
consequently very jubilant over the
outlook when they will be able to die
tate terms L the dealers in the staff Of
life.
Conditions I'm the agricultural west
are are more propitious than in the east
and the western farmer either seems
more gutllible than his eastern brother
or else he is quicker TO grasp the prin-
ciples underlying the movement than
he of the east.
In the last ten years the farmers Of
the west have recovered from the eff
fects OF the disastrous droughts that
destroyed their crops and where there
was one man then with a bank account,
there are twenty with larger and bigger
bank today. The farmer in
general, Is better off today than the
best ot hts fellows were ten years ago
and consequently he feels his oats"
and refuses 10 be bled any more by the
soulless corporations and proposes TO
hereafter run his own affairs and that
of the
: Farmers of this county held a rous-
ing meeting In the court house yester-
day and they will meet again In a
couple of weeks to perfect the local or
g~anization. The movement in his
county promises TO take on the proper
ttons of the farmers alliance or the
populist party, SO popular is the move
ment.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-03-16

South Dakotans Believe They Followed
n False Prophet Into Africa.

Canton, S. D., March 8.-About two
a ago several families from Lin.
coin and Union counties, had a cali
from a so-called prophet, of a sect
which has some following hers, and the
families were told that they must go
to Africa and preach the gospel to the
heather. They went, and now word
comes hat those of the contingent who
did not return, are being prosecuted by
the natives of that far-off country. The.
prophet is discredited, and they are
asking for funds with which to get
home.
Hon. Frederic Il. Cuthbert, who Is a
candidate for the nomination of attor-
ney general at the hands Of the repub-
lican party at h convention to be held
at Sioux Falls In June, will speak at
Hudson this county on Thursday even
ing OF this week. He will have with
him the famous Moe brass brand.
VIM. Olson and +. H. Dressher, who
were accused of illegal selling OF liquor
at Hudson, were given twenty days
each in the county Jail. They asked
to be taken before Judge Jones In or
der that they might plead guilty, thus
saving themselves much grief which
would have been caused by lying In jail
all summer awaiting trial.
superintendent of Public instruction
". M. Kramer, was In the city yesterday.
He had Just returned from Nashville,
KY, wher he has been attending a
meeting of the National Educational
association.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-03-16
"a ARRESTED ON A
SERIOUS CHARGE
Wholesale Detentions In Sioux
Falls Regarding Sven
Disappearance.
is CREATEE
Detective Has Been There for Tw,
Weeks and Is Said to Have Secured
Most Damaging Evil
dence.

Sioux Falls, S. D., March Twenty
men and four women nave been arrest
ed by local police on suspicion or hav-
ing beer implicated in, or that they
know something concerning the sup
posed murder of Christopher Sven, who
disappeared in this city several weeks
ago.
Among those now under arrest are:
NJ. N. Connolly, a saloonkeeper, in
whose place Sven was last seen alive,
and the other men are frequenters OF
the Connolly saloon: Allen McMannis,
Karl Klomas, Pater Anderson, Charles
Gilmore, Herman Padul, William Clark,
Butts" Kindred, George Sprague, Will
liam Babb, Davey Jones and Fred De
Armonde. Eva Fairchild, a woman
who keeps a resort on Main avenue,
and cleo Gage. wife of Dynamite
Gage, a hackdriver, Grace Wilson and
another woman whose name has not
been disclosed by the police.
Sven was a farmer and lived near
Humboldt.
Sensation Is Created.
A sensation was created when it be-
came known the police had made
wholesale arrests in the case. Today
the police have been busy sweating
those under arrest, but information
concerning the result is withheld for
the present.
1t developed after the arrests had
been made that Edward ]. Hargrove,
a detective connected with the leading
private detective agency of Chicago,
had been in the city during the past
two weeks working on h case. He
mixed freely with those now under ar
rest, and 1t is alleged secured evidence
which fastens upon some of them the
crime of numbering Sven.
Not the slightest rae of Sven has
ever been found.
An Unsavory Haunt.
The saloon In which Sven was last
seer has borne an unenViable reputa-
ton among the police, A GROVE Of
loafers, who do not scruple at rolling"
drunken men, make the place their
headquarters.
The Fairchild woman conducts a
rooming house and resort over Con-
nelly's saloon. David Jones, one Of
the men under arrest, was a witness in
the Darlington murder trial several
years ago. He vas the man RESPONSE
BILE for the discovery by the police of
the body of Erickson, the boy whom
Darlington murdered.
Fred DeArmonde, another Of the
prisoners. is a waiter well known in
Sioux City.
Son Lives in Sioux City.
sven y SoIl, "ho lS AcSiuciit Va oioNN
City, is here with his mother taking
care OF the missing mans farm near
Humboldt. Sven disappeared about six
weeks ago. He was then on a drum
and remained two nights and a day.
The second night lie disappeared. He
visited the F%aIrchild resort, but was
seen most frequently In h Connolly
saloon. He had some money with him
and II is the theory of the police and
the Chicago detective that he was given
Knockout drops and died as a result.
The police believe that the body has
been buried here. Others contend there
is nothing TO the story. Sven was in
debt TO some extent and II Is claimed
by those who are skeptical regarding
the murder theory, that he got out Of
own.