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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
THRILLING ADVENTURE
OF THE PONY RIDER

Gne of the distinctive characters OF
western life few years back was the
'pony'rider," or mailcarrer, who was
the only means of public communica-
ton between one settlement and an
other,
Their routes we're over sections OF
country where stage roads had not
been opened, sometimes extending for
many miles, and sometimes serving
only as connecting links between lines
already established
Some of these riders were young
men for such a responsible duty, you
might think. but they had been brought
up in the country, had taken part in
its adventures, dangers and trials and
at eighteen or twenty years of age
were as manly. courageous and saga
cious on the trail as you would ex-
pect men of forty to be
The lives of these mail-carriers
were full of adventure The country
through which they rode was wild
and unsettled. and encounters with
Indians. wild beasts and desperate
highwaymen were frequent.
One of the pluckiest riders was lit
tie Sam Dudley, He was only eight
cen years old, and mis- build was
almost as slight as a woman's, but
the strongest man couldn't stand "a
tigue any better than Sam He seemed
to be made up of steel and steam.
Sam had a route that was pdrticu-
larry dangerous. as it lay in a region
where bands of Shoshone Indians
were always proving about War
path or no warpath. they robbed and
butchered white men whenever they
found them at a disadvantage, and
when pursued by parties sent out TO
avenge the outrage they hid them
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
relephone Line Started.

Thobes Star: Work OF buill:ng
the Thebes and Caro- telephone lne
be begun in canes. the first pole
being placed at Thebes last Satu day
on Poplar street between Second aud
Third streets. superintendent Of con.
siruction McCrackea -is present and
christened the poi1, but refuses ia
tell the ,7ame.
Poles are being distribU ed slouG
the line. one car being left at Olive
Brsnch. where ihav are being
noiched preparatory g. putt ny tho
crrs bars on. Work " construction
viii now advance ? rapidly as the
weather will permit.
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BUILDING HOMES
The Need of the Hour in Cairo and
Movement Seems Vigorous To-
ward Meeting It,

But few houses remain on the
Cairo & Thebes terminal grounds
Nearly all have been removed to the
12S lots bought by Mesrs. Hartman
Leek, Feuchter, el al These lots
have been decided in trust to Mr.
Feuchter. and they will be ON the
market. There arc probably a hun.
bred of them which are vacant 10
Gated mostly between Fourteenth and
Nineteenth streets, west Of Cedar.
There is still room for a thousand
comfortable new homes in Cairo and
indications are that there will be
pressing need for half Of that mum
Der within the coming year. At the
last council meeting an even dozen
new homes were au horned to be
built at total cost OF over nearly
$4,000.
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SOCIETY NEWS
kirkpatrlck.orr.


The marriage of Victor Orr son o
Mr.. and Mrs. w. WI Orr of this city
and Miss Ruthyen Kirkpatrick daugh
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Kirkpat
rick, Of Anna, was ~olemnized yester
day at 1880 p. m. at Emmanuel Luth
Gran church. the Rev. Charles II. Arm
strong, officiating.
The bride was accompanied To Cairl
by her father and her two brothers
Messrs. Samuel and William Kirkpat-
rick. Only the relatives witnessed
the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs Orr have gone to
housekeeping at TAI Thi!ty-sixth
street. Mr.. Orr Is employed in the
grocery of his father at Thirty-fourth
street and Wa Ellington avenue, and is
an upright and honorable young man
much respected by his friends His
bride is most estimable young girl
The young couple have the best wish
es Of all their friends for happy we'd
ded Life.
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POSTAL DEFICIT LARGE
Concluded from First Page)

several branches. slch action can b,
amply just fed 10y exciting ccnI
items.
Second-Clsss Matter.
This subject va. al 10 discussed
length in my last report. During The
period have bad charge of the q
p3rtment have found tia laws ria.
ing TO gec5nd-class mail poorly adopt
cd t0 present conditions. and ave
become convinced jnat a substan iil
charge er revision tending To simpi
fication j. most desirable. For year
the dspa tment has been cndeavoring
~ secure a revision Of these statutes
From time 70 time their defects have
been expla mel and pJin,c1 out. This
c's=s IS intended 81 ply for bona fide
newspapers and periodical. and for
thme only when they observe the
laws limitations. There we're and
still are abuses and they occasion loss
Of revenue. Reform Of the abuses is
progressing steadily. but each years
experience gives fresh emphasis to
the aeed 81 Lee sIstire action.
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! selves among the rocks and lay quiet
Ilntl it was safe to come out again
/ This was down in Nevada, near the
Toquima mountains Sam rode from
! Austin to San Juan, a distance of fifty
miles, his course running most OF the
way along the Reese river
Sam was due in San Juan one af-
ternoon about three o'clock but that
hour passed, and then four o'clock,
and he had not arrived. The mail
agent seemed to be a trife uneasy as
he talked about the delay.
He said Sam Dudley the rider, was
as brave a fellow as ever straddled a
pouch. but there were bands of In
dams all along his route and he
thought 1t was only a question of time
when they would wing him.
He had already had adventures with
them. in which his escapes had been
little less than marvellous, and it was
while he was telling me about one Of
them that we heard shouts outside his
cabin, followed by the sound Of a
horses feet at a rapid gallop.
Every one hurried out and saw a
sight that was by no means uncom-
mon in such country. A young fell
low. apparently a mere hoy in years,
was riding toward the station on a
dark-bay mustang.
His buckskin clothes were solied
and bloody, and his left arm hung limp
and useless at his side His right
hand grasped the long black hair Of
an Indians scalp, which he swung
round and round above his head. The
reins lay upon the ponys neck, but
the beast knew his stopping place and
needed no guiding. In minute more
he had halted and all anXiously APP
preached the ride-
II was Sam Dudley. tho young mail
carrier. pale and weak from wounds
and loss of blood. lie was helped of
the ponys back. bat tainted before ne
got into the agents cabin. The maii
pouch was safe. however.
sam was not long coming to him
self again. His left arm was broken
above tho elbow by a rife ball and
another bah had entered his chest
near the Let shoulder. Neither wouad
was dangerous.
About five miles from San Juan, az
he was Jogging along at an easy pace
over "a stretch OF tab'oland. he saw
three mounted Indians some distance
ahead Of him They we're coming from
an es.tcsly direction and their course
would inte-scct his almost at right
angles. They evidently saw him and
hc had no doubt they would attack
him. that vas what they were there
for.
Hut what could ne doc TO turn hack
Was mo- safer than to go forward for
they would pursue and overtake him.
Thea. oven If they had no hostile !n-
tentions. his running from them would
be sure to bring them after him
So he determined 10 90 ahead and
trust % his usual good luck either to
outrua or outwit them Without
slackeninz speed he rode on toward
them. Hc was armed. Of course a
repeating rife was slung across his
back and q revolver and knife we're
stuck in his belt
Whom thes we're within 200 yards 81
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
THEY STOLE OATS
One Commission Firm Missed ST.
Sacks Night-Watchmen Have
Been Engaged.

Burglars have been busy at ono
II the warehouses on Railroad street
and watchmen have been placed in
them with guns loaded Thistlewco
Company report that they have
missed five and six sacks If oats per
night. for some time pas. The grain
being taken out through a window and
probably hauled away in a wagon OF
wheel barrow.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10

Mr.. and Mrs. n. J. Wildermuth Of
Sardis, Miss, formerly Of Cairo, ar.
rived here yesterday to attend the
funeral Of the late Walterson Peter.
son. son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. p Peter
son. Mr.. W'Sldermuth during his resi-.
dence here was connected with the
Weis-Peterson Company.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
Plenty of Ducks.

a party of twelve or fifteen hunt
crs passed through the city ycstcr
day morning. en- route to St Louis
Their home city from Charlottesville
end vicinity. They had come down
by boat and returned by rail They
reported having had fine sport. es
pecially in duck shooting Angcs So
carta was at he head OF the party.
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Has Been Too Busy.

The Bulletins Charleston Mo, cor
respondent. Mr. NJ A. Drane. circuit
clerk, offers the following in expana
tion Of his failure to send news
lately: Born, IN this city. Friday
December 9TH, 1906, to the wife of
Bert II. Drane, great. big (eight
pound) boy. All parties concerned
are doing finely"
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
ELECTED OFFICERS
Banner Camp No. 100 Woodmen of
the World Chooses New Lead.
ers for 1907.

Banner Camp No. 100 Woodmen OF
the World have elected new officers
as follows:
Council Commander. S. Porter
Advisor L.euteuant--C. c. Stanley
Banker-James Priddy.
Clerk-H A. Sallner.
Past Counsel-John Stackert.
Watchman-W S. Carter
Sentry Walter Sioton
Managers-Robert Sanderson Rob
ert Clay, Peter Zimmerman.
Physician-R f. Clancy.
If you like Mrs Austin's famous
Buckwheat -four. won't you kindly tell
ycur friends how delicious it is?
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
LOOK WHO'S HERE7 PIPP!
Cham. in Authors, pnsi,inn.

II is pleasant 10 read Of all these
contemporary authors. with their
sumptuuus royalties and their success.
ful investments in mines Grub street
is no longer for them. I'heit lines are
cast on Easy street.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
Ballard County Dry.

Hon. j J Corbett. of Wickliffe, Ky.
was in the city yesterday. He reports
that Ballard county's majority voting
on local option was 1870 hence it can
be seen that the sentiment there was
very strong for a dry" county.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10

Messrs. Willis Ezell, of Paducah
and Meredith Ezel, of Greenville. Mo.
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. j. H. Eel
The two visitors are brothers.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois
Population 16,tH.
a
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, r. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer, JAMES QUINN.
Comptroller, II. $. DEWEY.
Police Magistrate, A. J. ROSS.
Chief Of Police, M. s. EAGAN.
Alexander County, Population 22963.
Comptroller, ERNEST WORKMAN.
County Clerk, JESSE E. MILLER
Circuit CLERK. LEE b DAVIS.
Sheriff, FRANK +. DAVIS.
Coroner, DR.. JAMES McMANUS.
County Superintendent OF Schools,
PROF. JOHN SNYDER
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED ID.
NELLIS.
Board Of County Commissioners.
J. ]. JENNELLE, Chairman
GEORGE PARSONS.
DIR. EDWIN J. CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10

Mrs. Walter Stout, of The Halliday.
and little niece OF Jackson, Tenn
left last night for St. Louis. where
they will spend few days with re.
latives.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10

Mrs, Austin's Buckwheat IL the real
you genuine old buck
wheat flavor, Be sure and get it,
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10

Matt. Walsh, Jr.. Of Chicago, is In
the city visiting relatives and friends
He is son Of Matthew p. Walch, for
merly Of this city.
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NOT YET. GUT SOON. PlPP!

The ladies' cf The NJ. Z. church y u
hold their annual bazaar and supper
al X. VI. X. c. Hall December Is.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10

Sheriff Frank Il. Davis Is reported
to be very III at his home on Sixth
street with threatened attack of
pneumonia.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10

Ar advertisement y Ths Bulletin h
rad BY ten thOussne pe0pil ever,
az,
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10

Nothing is more piuful than the man
who fails because he is afraid he viii
not be able TO stand prosperity.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
GET THE PIPP FEvERl!
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Meeting at children's Home.

A meeting of the members of the
Children's Home Society will he held
this afternoon at the Home at 2:30
o'clock.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
PIPP IS A PIPPIN!I
Man and His Faults.

Every man has his faults. but no
man has as many as his wife thinks
he has.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
PERSONAL NOTES

Arthur Mattingly. Of the firm of j.
nj. Mattlngly and Brother, left last
night for Indianapolis on business.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10

To have your Advertisement read
By the greatest number Of people u
mast appear % lie Bullets.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10

Joseph Hires, night clerk at The
Halliday. has been confined to his
room by illness for several days.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
CHARLES GRAPEVINE AS PIPP!
AT TIE RINK.

Culyer's Band will play at the Roll
er Rink tonight
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-10
WHY LOOK olp7

F,cisi treatment produces the
rosy appearance Of youth. Fac
isi bienishes and wrinkles re-
moved. Scalp treatment and
rnsnieUring for ladies and gentle
men. Appointments b. telephone
Cairo 79zl
LANcAsrEE's, Sis Str ct.
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The best In AVIAN NE eheaFesa
advsTuHtfp arr us asDs,in-
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HOW THE TRAINS RUN

Corrected to December s, 1906.
TRAINS ARRIVE TRAINS DEPART
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several brant hes. slch action can be-
amply just fed 10y exciting ccnI
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-03
MRS. COREY GETS A DIVORCE.
Wife Of Head Of Steel Trust Moved to
Tears When Decree Is Granted.

Reno, New, Aug. Mrs. William
Ellis Corey, wife of the president of
the United States Steel corporation,
was awarded divorce in the Second
district court of Nevada, sitting at
Reno yesterday. The case was sub
mitted without argument and the jury
took but one ballot. 1t was out but a
few minutes.
Mrs. Corey was in tears when told
that she had been given decree and
the custody of her sixteen-year-old
son, Allan Corey She drove at once
to her home on Riverside avenue,
where she says she will continue to
reside. No evidence was submitted
by the defense.
The question of alimony was not in
troduced. Mrs. Corey made an inter
esting admission, however. touching
upon this phase of the case, stating
that in May, 1906, several weeks be-
fore her petition for divorce was filed,
she negotiated through her attorneys
financial settlement with her hus-
band. She was not asked what the ma
ture of this settlement was.
Il am resident Of Reno, Nev.," said
Mrs Corey, when placed on the stand,
"and the wife of William Ellis Corey,
the defendant in this action. We were
married en- Dec. /, 1888, at Pittsburg,
Pa, and lived together until May l.,
1905. At that time my husband de-
serted me and went to New York. l
followed him and held conversation
with Kim in the Hotel Lorraine 1t
was there that he told me that he had
decided to live apart. He said that it
was impossible for us to live happily
together and that | would never see
him again. He stated that he intend
ed going to Europe for several months
There was no scene. l talked with
him about the matter and urged him
to again resume his place in our home
but he refused. | have never seen him
since"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-03
General.

Cubans who have arrived at New
Orleans from Havana say their cane
and tobacco crops are almost complete
failures this year.
Brig. Gen. Edmund M. Rice, retired,
died at his home in Wakefield. Mass,
after brief illness Of heart disease.
He was sixty years of age.
Texas has been paid $375,OO0 by the
national government for money ex.
pended by the state on frontier de.
fense This wipes out the state treas.
ury deficit.
Former Gov. ]. L. Bates will pre-.
side at the Massachusetts Republican
convention which will be held at Bos.
ton Oct. s. Gov. Curtis Gould will be
a candidate for denomination.
The American Surety company is
to be ousted from Kansas. Employees
Of the Missouri Pacific railway and the
Pacific Express company have been
forced to secure bonds from this com.
pany. 1t is alleged.
Because David Tent. seventeen
years old, OF Kansas City, has a
mania for kissing pretty girls who
pass on the street, he Is to be sent
out Of the city. The boy came to
Kansas City recently from Beatrice,
Neb.. where he had been attending
school for the feeble-minded. He
has been arrested several times. Col.
]. C. Greenman, humane officer, told
Judge Kyle in police court that the
boy was incorrigible
A twelve-year-old boy called at the
hospital at Ishpeming, Mich, and told
one Of the doctors he wanted to have
some leaves pulled out of his ears.
The youngster had been in swimming
and had plugged his ears full OF leaves
so that no water would enter. He did
q splendid job, the leaves being
wedged in 80 tightly that he could not
remove them. 1t took surgeon halt
an hour to dig them out.
An express company has put up a
long hunt at Pittsburg for wagon
containing 100000 In cash. which
was deserted by Its driver. who mis-
took policeman for . hold-up man
When the wagon failed to reach the
ONCE on time an alarm was sent out.
The wagon finally was found, the
horse contentedly munching grass BY
the sidewalk.
The striking freight handlers Of the
Southern Pacific company have re.
surned work. The company agrees to
grant the men the increase In wages
demanded. which 10 from ~ IL cents
to IS cents A hour.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-03
The News Of the Week


Il
A dispute over the possession OF q
nickel is supposed to have resulted in
the killing with rife at West New.
ton, Pa. OF William Burkhart, eight
years old. by his playmate, Ralph
Bailies, aged twelve years.
James Lafferty and Dan Thompson
have been bound over to the district
court at Dillon. Mont, by Justice OF
the Peace Elliott on the charge OF
highway robbery. Their victim was
Charles Lindbury of Butte.
John Dauron, aged sixty years. a
well known farmer OF Cherokee. Kan.
was shot and killed by his wife, who
is forty-five years old. Dauron and his
wire have had many quarrels of late
and recently they separated.
At Fulton, Mo-, the jury in the mur.
der case of Mrs. Edmund Bailey
charged with being an accessory to
the killing OF Jay Lawder, whom her
husband shot dead, returned a yer.
dict of acquittal after having been out
for forty hours. Bailey was acquitted
few days before
William J. Hudson, an engineer who
shot and killed his wife in Pasadena,
CAL, at the home Of DR.. A. Hoag,
where she was employed as domes-
tic, later committed suicide by drink.
ing CArbolic acid. The Hudsons had
not been living together for some
time.
Mrs. Elizabeth McVittie and Albert
r. King. arrested at New York on sus-
picion of knowing something about the
theft Of $50,000 worth o. jewelry from
Mrs. Halsey Corwin, were discharged
from custody. No objection was of.
fered by the district attorneys Office
or counsel for Mrs. Corwin.
The badly decomposed remains OF
Charles Hartman of Troy, Mont, have
been found in the Kootenai river, near
Sand Point, Mont, where either Hart.
man was accidentally drowned or
committed suicide, color being given
the latter theory because of the fact
that the mans tracks led directly into
the river.
e. e. Snyder, formerly a banker of
Olin, Iowa, was arrested at Sioux City
on an indictment charging fraudulent
banking, any was taken to Jones
county for trial. His bank made an
assignment two years ago and cred
itors were paid 20 cents on the dollar.
Snyder has been employed as time.
keeper for railroad construction
gang.
Edward Walker, young farmer Of
Bernard, Mo-, cut the throat of his
nineteen-year-old wife and then
slashed his own throat He is dead
and she cannot recover. A note found
indicates that the couple had agreed to
die together. Walker was discharged
from q hospital for the insane five
years ago
Two colored cavalrymen from Fort
Washakie, WyO., will be arrested.
charged with the murder of City At.
torney Moody and the shooting OF
Binder Anderson at Shoshone, Wyo., a
few days ago. The authorities have
learned that two soldiers who had
trouble with Night Watchman Mccoy
were looking for Mccoy on the night
Of the murder, and 1t is generally be.
lieved that they killed Moody by mis-
take.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-03
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO.
Blast Also Damages a Historic Man
sion at vincennes, Ind.

Vincennes, Ind. Aug. 1.-Two men
were killed and more than twenty
were injured by the explosion of a
boiler at the plant of the Vincennes
Paper Mills company yesterday. The
property loss is $4,000.
The boiler was hurled through the
roof of the boiler house, over the main
building, 100 feet distant, tore down a
tree and badly damaged the Harrison
mansion, which was the home of Will
liam Henry Harrison when he was
governor of the Northwest Territory.
Mrs. Edward Shepard, wife of one of
the propretors of the paper mills COM
pany, who lives in the mansion, was
slightly injured.
Charles Connors, one of the sur
vivors, was blown fifty feet through
the air.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-08-03
CONftssts CHAsTlY CRIME
MURDERED WOMAN AND TWO
CHILDREN AFTER ATTEMPT.
ING ASSAULT.

Washington, Pa, Aug. Up to
midnight no attempt had been made
to take Elmer Dempster from jail, the
negro who is charged with the murder
OF Mrs. Samuel Pearce and her chill
dren at Canonsburg Sunday night.
The excitement which prevailed upon
the arrival of the officers with the
prisoner subsided during the night,
and all danger of demonstration is
apparently over. Dempster made sew
eral confessions during the day, and
late last night made a clean breast of
the Canonsburg tragedy, admitting
that he killed Mrs. Pearce and the
children.
Clears Up Another Mystery.
In supplementary confession he
cleared up another mystery which has
led to the arrest of two other negroes.
These men were arrested by the
Washington county officers last night,
who, upon Dempsters information.
went to the mines of the M. A. Hanna
Coal company in Cherry valley near
BurgettstOwn, and took the men as
they came from their work in the
mines. The names of the men are
Patterson and Bucher, and they are
charged with the murder of John Ko-
boda, wealthy foreigner, who was
found dead in clump of bushes along
the Wabash railroad tracks, in Inde-
pendence township, on May 1. The
men were placed in the Mcdonald
lookup, near Gurgettstown last night
and will be brought to the county jail
here to-day. Dempster further con
fessed that he had served time in Al
legheny, Lafayette, Westmoreland
and twice before in Washington coun
ties.
Attempted Worse Crime.
Dempster was a helper on the
Pearce farm, and after the departure
of Samuel Pearce with his sister, Miss
Fanny Pearce. for the Canonsburg
railroad station, Dempster is said to
have been at the scene of the tragedy
looking after the stock. He was taken
from his bed at 2 o'clock yesterday
morning and put through course of
when he made complete confession.
According to the story told in his
confession, young Dempster attempted
an assault on the four-year-old daugh-
ter, after the departure of Mr.. Pearce,
but was frustrated by the mother, who
went to bureau to get a revolver to
shoot him. The negro says he secured
the gun first. and after killing the
mother and shooting the children, set
fire to the house to hide the crime.
Almost a Lynching.
Shortly after leaving Canonsburg, a
crowd of about twenty men boarded
the car, and, with shouts OF Lynch
him! Kill him!" dragged the prisoner
and officers from the car.
A fierce struggle followed, but the
officers succeeded in keeping posses
sion Of the negro and finally drove the
mob of at the points of revolvers.
When Washington was reached
nearly 300 persons had gathered at
the court house, but the crowd was
eluded by taking the prisoner through
the basement to the Jail.