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The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
BRIDGES BURNED
BY THE BANDITS
BUT THEY TRAPPED A PASsEN.
GER INSTEAD or THE PAY
TRAIN.
THEN TOOK 70 WOODS
When Mistake Was Discovered
Posse Started in Pursuit But
After Several Hours Gave
Up Hunt.

Chicago, Oct. 22-The boldest an
most picturesque attempt at railwa,
holdnp near Chicaso was reported to
lday from Reynolds. md, near whicl
place five bandits were routed in an
effort to rob Panhandle pay trai,
carrying between $4,000 and $50.
TOGO.
! To accomplish their design the rob
bers burned two railroad bridges with
in two miles, planning to trap the
Treasure train between the streams
They bungled and imprisoned pas,
senger train instead, and when the
pay train drew up later and was stop
ped at the first bridge they had lost
their stratgetic position and were re-
pulsed by armed resistance.
| When they found that they had
halted a passenger train their nerve
Hailed, Instead of dynamiting the
train and shooting those who might
oppose them, the holdup men took to
the woods. Not d passenger aboar1
the trapped train was molested.
Officials or tho railroad were stag
gered by the boldness of the scheme.
The passenger train was backed up
toward Reynolds to notify the dis
hatcher that the track was blocked.
The passenger train, with more than
a hundred excited passengers aboard.
would have plunged into the gap caus.
ed by the burning of the bridges be-
bind 1t II the smoke had not warned
the aagman OF the danger.
The pay train. following the pas
|senger train. also warned by the
smoke Of the burning bridges. and
was halted within few feet of the
burning bridge.
When the crews of the trains real
ized that the burning of the two
bridges was part of plot to hold up
and rob the pay train they notified
the railroad officials and started out
a posse to hunt for the bandits. A
number of passengers joined in the
chase, and for miles around the coun
try was secured.
Guards from the pay train joined in
the hunt for the train wreckers, but
after an all-night and day chase the
hunt was given up.
The pay train hurried back to Rey |
nolds and to safety, and the train dis |
patcher there was able to send word |
out in both directions and stop APP |
preaching tarins. Passengers were |
across the two streams |
and, after delay Of many hours, the
burned bridges were replaced by tenn
Dorary structures and regular service
resumed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
UNCOMFORTABLE MASS.
Greeted President at Chattanooga
He Could But Bow and Smile.

Chattanooga, Oct Probably
1000 people were in danger of in
| juries this evening at Central staticn
when President Roosevelt's special
train arrived at G;10 p. m. II was a
surging mass OF humanity and could
mot be controlled The demonstration
was so great that II was practically
impossible for the president to speak
RI. Clay Evans who was TO introduce
tine president. held up his hand beck
oning for silence but he had as wei
beckoned to a roaring cyclone or an
approaching avalanche.
my fellow citizens" said Evans
But his fellow citizens heard him not.
He wanted to introduce the president.
Tho crowd felt fully acquainted and
deemed no introduction necessary.
Then Mr. Roosevelt tried his hand.
He went TO the right rail and the
people IN that direction cheered and
the president smiled. He leaned over
the rail of HIS car and thousands IN
that direction cheered. He looked to
the left and again tumult OF APP
plause greeted him. He could but
smile and how and wave his hand. No
human voice could penetrate that
great roar of cheers.
Presently Il ceased for little
while. then with all his vocal power
Mr. Roosevelt said.
my friends and fellow citizens. Be
as. quiet as you can and III try to
say few words in appreciation Of
this magnificent ovation. This is the
most enthusiastic crowd and the
largest one that has greeted my ar
rival in any city during this great
trip through the southland" THEN
the crowd began to surge. The presi-
dent held up a warning hand. Don't.
don't. don't. my good people. Remem-
ber there are women and children in
the crowd It is dangerous. Try to
BE- quiet"
The president tried vainly TO speak.
but the few words he had uttered had
consumed ten minutes and al G:3 the
train was signalled ahead. AS II
r. he'd away the president waved a re
.Fponse as re crowd and. The eyes of
The multitude followed his every
movement as long as he could te
seen
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
PRESIDENT GETS
WARM welcome
NASHVILLE RECEIVED HIM WITH
BOOMING CANNON AND
FLAGS UNFuRLED.
CHEERING MULTITUDE
Greeted Him at Chattanooga--Danoer
Of Persons Being Injured Pre-
vaied-Presiden Could
Not BE Heard.

/ Nashville, Get 22.- Never before
has Nashville bsen so e.aborately
decorated as 1t was today when well
coming President Roosevelt Bunting
Goss, banners and pictures of the
! president We're on almost every house
| In the uptown section of the city
whic hwas crowded with people from
a radius Of hundred niles. The
special train entered the Union sta.
ticn amie booming Of cannon. ringing
Of bells. shrieking Of whistles adm
cheering Of thousands.
executive was met with a continuous
avalanche Of applause
President Roosevelt in his speech
az the auditorium here today said In
part.
There has been, trouble in the
stock market and In high financial
world during the past few months:
the statement has frequently been
made that the policies for which
stand legislative and executive are RE.
sponsible for that trouble. Now gen.
tlemen these policies Of mine can be-
summed up In one brief sentences.
They represent the effort to punish
successful dishonesty. doubt II
these policies have had any material
effect In bringing the present trouble.
brit If they have, II wiz not alter In
the slightest degree my determination
that for the remaining sixteen months
Of my term these policies shall be
preserved Unswervfngly
Il will protect the honest mans OF
wealth to the extent OF my ability
Ard in no way can ! protect the
honest man Of wealth so effectively
as by doing everything in my power
to bring to Justice his dishonest
brother OF wealth Our whole move.
ment is simply and solely to make the
deealogue and the golden rule of some
practical moment in the business life
Of the community"
At the hermitage the president
spoke briefly In eulogy OF Andrew
Jackson Shortly afterwards he de-
parted for Chattanooga,
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
GOV. SHELDON
DEF|ES TEDDY
THREATENS SPECIAL SESSION OF
NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE TO
UPHOLD STATES RIGHTS.
SCoLDED BY PRESIDENT
State Executive Frankly Informed
Latter His Capitalization Idea
Was Wrong--incident Of
Trip Down River.

! Lincoln, Neb., Oct 22.-President
Roosevelt on the recent trip of thu
governors down the Mississippi rive,
iattempted to whip the Republican
governors into line for his centralizi
ton idea as against states rights
and as a result Governor Sheldon OF
Nebraska may call an ezra session
iof the legislature to pass laws antag,
Cnistic to the Roosevelt policy
Governor Sheldon came in for a
severe curtain lecture from the presi-
dent, and other governors received
similar talks from the chief executive.
The Nebraska governors fighting
blood Is aroused over the lecture no
lreceived and he has determined to
show Roosevelt that Nebraska can
not stand with him on his doctrine
The president told the state execu
tives that they were way Off on
this states rights business" He told
them the time had come when the
federal government must have the
other big corporations. He told them
the Republican party must declare for
this.
He told them when they opposed it
and permitted their respective follow
ers In their respective staes to op-
pose it, they were merly contributing
aid and comfort to the Democratic
enemy.
The president was especially severe
with Sheldon who frankly admitted
that he was responsible for the
states rights" plank Of the Nebraska
Republican platform,
Roosevelt was first astonished, then
angry. He spoke with unusual vehe-
mence and Sheldon was at first over
whelmed by the torrent of executive
wrath. Finally, however, the govern
or got his courage back and spoke
plainly to the president. /
He told him that ninety-nine Nebras-
ka Republicans out of every hundred
stand square toed for the rights of
the state to administer it's own affairs
without federal Interference. He as
serted that should the Nebraska Re
publicans declare in favor of federal
regulation at the expense of the state
Il would not only put Nebraska sure
ly in the Democratic column, bur
would make every state between the
Rockies and the Alleghenies either
or surely Democratic. =
There was something of strained
when the conference broke up.
other governors had similar ex-
)eriencc.
1t is asserted, in short, that every !
Republican governor was sumoned in
o private conference by the president
md had to face the demand that he
support the Roosevelt Capitalization
loctrinc.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
INDIANA GIRLS
WOULD CO WEST
SEVERAL, HEARING CALL OF SPo
KANE. WAsti,s--AFFiNITY
CLUB MAKE ANSWER.
Mayor of City Busy Communicating
With Fair Applicants Concerning
Climate and Opportunities
in the Northwest.

Spokane, Wash, Oct. 22.-FaiI
maidens in various parts of Indiana
have heard the call of the Spokane
Affinity club, of which j. C. Power
Brown. secretary of the Spokane Min.
irg Brokers' exchange, is president
and they are keeping Mayor c. Her
bero Moore busy debating and sign
ing letters answering questions re-
earding the climate, population, op-
portunities for employment and in
vestment. also homesteads. One of
the letters. typical of the hundred or
more already received by the chief
executive of Spokane, is from Eliza
beth Turner, 817 Clinton street, South
Bend Ind, who says in part:
There are seven young women,
bright ambitious. good-looking, with
good business ability, from 20 to 25
years of age, who are desirous Of
changing their positions and location; I;
what we want is to get into a better
climate. Three of the girls are Al
stenographers, having had from five
to six years experience; two girls.
are expert accountants, with cd
office experience; one girl is ex-
perienced in legal and insurance
work as stenographer and assistant
bCokkeeper, and the other as chief
operator on telephone exchange. We
are all of refined personality and ac-
complished young women. and can
furnish the best oI references. This
iE no joke, assure you; we mean
business. We world like to be located
somewhere in the northwest by the
first of the year. What we would
like to do is to take up a claim In the
spring"
Mayor Moore is sending a personal
letter to each inquiry. He said: II
am doing my best to answer all the
questions propounded by the girls.
and ! am telling them there is a fu-
iure for any intelligent. Industrious
person whotwill come to Spokane. not
get discouraged right away, and work
To such a young woman
feel warranted in telling her to
come to the CITY,"
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
FRENCH TROOPS WALK INTO
TRAP LAID BY PRETENDER;
SAVED BY REINFORCEMENTS
Reconoitering Party Follow Moors Into Hills
General Drude Arryes--Hand to Hand
Fight Ensues--60 Moors Killed

Casablanca, Oct 22.-Via Tangier
Oct. 22.--The timely arrival Of Gener
al Drude with reinforcements alone
saved Colonel Defretays reconniter-
ing column from humiliation yester,
day near Taddert.i The troops, which
We're sent out to search for the body
Of Frenchman named Kuntsmer,
who had wandered from the camp
and was murdered, consisted of a de-
tachment OF cavalry. two companies
of infantry, and section of artillery.
On arriving at Alvaraez, a group OF
sixty Moorish horsemen was seen on
top of mountain. Colonel Defretay
ordered squadron of the regular AL
gerian cavalry to give chase and
hot pursuit was kept up for about
three miles when suddenly the hills
beyond were seen to be sWarming
with horsemen The Algerian troops.
realizing that they had fallen into Il
trap retired slowly Colonel Defretay,
whom he reached his advance force,
occupied d position with the infantry
and spahis in reserve behind the
walls of some marabouF tombs, de-
ploying d force of the Chasseurs De
Antique and Algerian regulars to the
northeast The Moors who We're con
stantly being reinforced then began a
circnling movement with the object Of
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
CHINESE STUDENT
GETS A MUD BATH
YALE MEN ACCIDENTALLY (O
DROP MR.. CHU IN oUADMlRe
AND RUIN HIS RAImENT.

New Haven. Conn. oct. 22.-Mem
bers of teh Yale class in geology tell
of lively expedition to the Stony
Creek quarters. A member of the ex-
petition was -Prousar c. Chu, prince
of the royal blood of China He
boasts Of being the best dressed stu.
dent in the university. his wardrobe
exceeding 1o0 suits Of clothes.
Prince Chu wore a fawn colored rig
which cost $50. While travelling
through marsh two of his fellow
students who wore rubber boots Of
fered to carry him and he accepted
the offer.
Arthur MuIlin Of Salem. Ohio. anJ
James F. Leroy. Of New York City.
started to carry him. but Mullins foot
slipped in a hole and he plunged heal
f1remasf into the quagmire. letting
down the prince with a splash Prines
Chu's valuable clothes were ruined
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
FOLK HURLED INTO MUD
Trying to Run AUto-Missouri Gov
ernor Said 10 Have Walked
Home After Accident.

Jefferson City Mo-. Oct. 22.-Gov.
Folk is fast becoming an admirer of
motor cars. However. he Is not very
favorably impressed with the expert
cnce he had last Saturday evening
while OFT for a spin over the ten-mile
drive ort of this city. when he Is sad
T. have been thrown head fTst .jgtosa
n,ud bank, The eovern6f' va "a nanipa.
hating the machine. il Is said. and in
msking the change Of speed he sud
denly threw IN the high power and
TIE machine dashed down an i1eline.
The car trmed to one side and the
governor and the driver went OF on
he other side head FIRST into the uud-
Neither was hnrt An axle of the car
was broken and the governor and the
driver Waikei home.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23

turning the French position, but wer,
momentarily checked by the sustain
ed fire of the infantry and hail of bul
lets from teh rapid fire artillery.
| Fully five thousand white clad
Moorish warriors threatened to over
whelm Colonel Defreytay's column
when General Drude. who arrived up
on the Moorish flank with two com
lpanies of infantry, two batteries OF
field guns and score of rapid fire
artillery, opened ON the enemy with
all his guns. The Moors We're takea
completely by surprise, and taking
advantage of the confusion into
which the natives We're thrown, Gen.
afal Drude quickly massed and
launched his cavalry into a furious
charge into the thick of the Moors,
resulting in fierce hand to hand fight.
ing. The French troops and the AL
gerian regulars sabering the enemy
right and left. The Moors We're un-
able to withstand the attack ami
broke AMI fed French losses We're
small Cne of the French troopers
sahered Mulai Rachid's standard bear
er and captured the green flag rep
resentatiye Of the prophet. Over six
ty Moors were left dead on the field.
the majority being killed by French
sabres.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
NEARLY A PANIC
IN WALL STREET.
7 SECOND LARGEST BANKING IN.
sTlTUTloN i'm NEW YORK
EMPTlED IT'S VAULTS.
$6,OOO,OOO FAILURE
OF Big Stock Exchange Firm Caused
Wild Run on Bank-Secretary
Cortelyou in Consultation
With Bankers.

New York, Oct. 22.-Credit, the un-
der-the-surface foundation of all bust
ness, trembled for a time today and
before confidence could be restored
New York's second largest financial
institution had emptied its cash
vaults under pressure of the biggest
run experienced here in generations.
The Stock Exchange firm had failed
for $G,0O0.0O0. Wall Streets prin-
cipal securities had settled from IS to
IS a share; call money had risen to
70 per cent and the local bankers
were unable to stem the tide of dis
trust and had been forced to appeal
for relief to the secretary of the treas
ury at Washington. All this was in
the face of reassuring statements by
acting state superintendent CT banks
that the suspected bank was solvent,
the declaration by prominent bankers
that there was no true basis for
alarm, and assurances from Washing
ton that secretary Cortelyou would
not hesitate to act promptly in any
situation where legitimate business
was threatened. Now that the first
scare is over the worst of the figure
discounted. it is believed that local
banking affairs will soon readjust
themselves.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou
reached New York from Washington
at $3.50. He was met at Jersey CITY
by Hamilton Fish, assistant United
States treasurer. and the two were In
earnest conversation during the ferry
trip to New York. Upon reaching
this city they went at once to the
Hotel Manhattan where several bank
ers later presented to the secretary
various phases of local financial con-
ditions.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
UNITED STATES LANDS.

Caledonia. Ont. Oct. 22.-fhe ba'-
Icon United States Of which Major
Hersey. of the L. S. Weather Bureau
Is pilot landed about twelve miles
south Of Hamilton. Ont. at 6.l0 ?. m
The United States eressed the state
OF Illinois. thence across Lake M'eh'-
gan and Lake st Claire to the middle
OF Lake Erie when a change Of vi n
carried i. gcrth isto CaHaska ta the
place Of fandine. about TOO niles from
81 Louis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
CURIOUS FRAUD OF
VEGETABLE DEALERS
NEW WORKERS BUY STONE Po.
TAToEs-o TIA sPERcHA.
BEEF STEAK EXPECTED NEXT

New York, Oct 22-Connecticuts
wooden nutmeg must now give way 10
New Yorks stone potato. In the par
ticular field Of furnishing this
strange and adamatine vegetable sub
stitute, this city. it is asserted on
good authority. leads the world. The
stone potato. It should be understood,
is not a new breakfast food. but IN the
small city markets where real pCta-
tees are sold by the pound IL is a
source Of much profit 10 unscrupulOu5
vegetable dealers. One Of .fhess
stone tubers AID y essst sisi silanter
jaalate.lfs faridly enrich those sell
ing them. The article Itself. so large
has the trade grown. is made from
plaster Of paris and colored properly
Fortunately. however. they canot be
eaten. a fact which makes them less
detestable than the gravel which
which when AIDED TO beans to give
weight has caused many a broken
molar. Persons who have suffered
from these crooked practices assert
that the gutta percha beefsteak NAV
be shortly expected
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
DENVER OPERATORS
WILL NOT STRIKE

Denver. Oct. 22.-There will be no
strike Of the telegraph operators on
the Denver and Rio Grande railway
on account Of the discharge of Wire
Chief r. II. Skeggs of Grand Junction.
Mr.. Skeggs says he has secured 9th.
'er employment and refuses the rein
statement even II the railroad is will
ing TO give him his old position.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
NoTAeLEs WE'D.

Martinsburg. W. Va. Oct PA
wedding Of note today was that oi
Miss Sally Wynn Faulkner. daughter
of former United States Senator and
Mrs. Charles J. Faulkner, and Mt
stephen B. Sncdgrass Of this city
The wedding took place at the Fauik
ner home at Bodyrille and was large
ly attended.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
WIRED HIS SYMPATHY.

New York. Oct 22.-When news Of
his fathers Illness in Chicago reached
him, General Ballington Booth. of the
Volunteers of America. sent mes
sage of sympathy. He has been cs-
tranged from his father for years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
GOING East eY souTn.

Pittsburg. Oct 23.-Three balloons
which left St Louis Monday have
been located in West Virginia tn 3
nsornisg Two passed the moth aAd
south portions Of Wheeling abort
1910 a m and the third was seen
over Nogndsville. Vest vlrgiasa.
twelve miles below Wheeling at l
O'Clock this morning WEDNESDAY,
The balloons are fraxe,fnz IN =
direction east b socth.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
THREE GREEKS KILLED.

Z Versailles. Ohio. Oct pa Big
four train early today struck hand
car on which were nineteen Greek
iaborers. killing three and injuring
Eve Others. The train was immedi-
ately stopped to care for the injured.
whereupon the uninIured Greeks at
tackled the train crew. but we're ove--
unwered.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
MAYOR MISSING.

Chicago, Oct. 22.-Captain O'Brien.
Of the Chicago detective bureau. was
notified by telegraph yesterday that
W W. Ward. mayor of Fairmont.
MINI. had been missing since Sep
tember 80 and that he is supposed to
have been involved in financial diff
cuities.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
WESTINGHOUSE FINED.

st. Petersburg. Oct 22-The
nunicipality Of St Petersburg has inn
posed a fine aggregating s5o000e m
tho Westinghouse Electric cofsaany
for a failure to complete the street
railway lines of this city.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
EXPOSURE KILLED HIM.

Tinin, Ohio. Oct 22.-Fioyd G
Coolev. a member of Company
Eighth Regiment. o. y. G.. died he7s
today Of brain fever Hiss illness WIS
dne to exposure when at Canton vi !
his regiment attending the Mckinley
Monument dedication.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
FAIRBANKS SPOKE.

Dallas. Tex, oct. 22.--Vice Presi-
dent Charles w. Fairbanks was the
chief speaker today at the celebration
of Confederate day at the Texas State
Fair. The exercises were held in the
auditorium this afternoon with Gener.
al w L. Cabell of this city presiding.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23
FRENCH PARLIAMENT.

Paris. Oct 22-Parliament con
vened today and was opened with the
customary ceremonies. The consid
GRAFTON Of matters relating to finance
the church. and the conditions in
the disturbed districts In the south
Of France are expected to make the
Session a lively one.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23

THE WEATHER IS LIKELY TO be
exactly what you want II on few
hours notice, and then you want the
public to know that you have the
goods. Don't wait for the weather to
be here before you make your an
nouncements.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-23

ADVERTISING NOT only suppIlss
real wants, but creates fictitious
wants which come 70 he real In
course Of time. The luxurIes o.
one generation are generally tho
necessities Of the next.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-29
Fair Committce pt Ivorl,

The committee which was appoin+ ed at the mass meeting Of cltizens held in the Council room at the city Hal Friday night, to see the business men of the city and to get their views upon the question of holding another iatr here next fall. began their work this morning
 The committee asks the different bus. mess men who they visit if they are in favor of the holding of the fair. and that if they will close their places for two half days during the week
 Nearly every merchant the commit tee visited during the day expressed himself in favor of the holding Of an. other fair, and promised to close for at least half day during the week. Eli lS aid ds also promised fl the same was needed.
 The committee will report to Chaif- man w. R. Nelson of tn inIss meeting. and lie will report to the president of the Central Alabama Fair Association who in turn. will report to the stock holders meeting of that association Which will be held tomorrow night and at which time it will be decided that another fair will be held during the coming fall months, and that the same Will be on larger and grander scale than either one of the two fairs which the Central Alabama Fair Association has put on in the past