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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
TWO PERSONS KILLED

And Several BADLY Injured In n Railroad
Wreck On The Pennsylvania, Near New
port-The Injured Nearly All Postal
CIerks-The Cars Took Fire and a Large
Amount of Mail Matter was Destroyed
HAGRIsBURG. Pa, Oct. 25.-A wreck
occurred on the Pennsylvania railroad
near Newport at els a, m. in which
two persons were killed and several in
jured. The wreck was caused by a
broken axle on an e~ast-bOund freight
train, which threw several cars in
front of a west-bound mail train.
There is a high embankment at this
point, and the locomotive and several
postal cars were thrown into the canal.
They caught fire, and. it is said. a
large amount of mail matter was de-
stroyed.
Daniel Wolfkill and J. W. Haines,
of Altoona, the engineer and fireman
of the mail train. went over with the
locomotive and were killed.
The Harrisburg fire department was
asked for assistance, and Chief Hol-
stein went to the scene of the wreck
with two companies. which succeeded
IN extinguishing the flames. Sew
erat small houses in the vicinity
also ignited from the fire. The
city hospital staff were taken to
the wreck on a special car. Wolf
kill and TIaines were buried under
their locomotive, and the bodies could
not be rescued. Most of the injured
are postal clerks, several of whom are
at the hospital in this city. Those re-
ported hurt are:
C. a. Chamberlain, OF this city; left
arm broken and fractured wrist.
+. S. COlville, of Pittsburgh; wound
above ear and right arm sprained.
f. l. Brand, of this city; confusion
of head, sprained wrist and injury to
arm.
A. E. Woodruff, of Lewiston; sprain
of leg and back.
S. Croft, of Mountioy; confusion of
hand.
A. T. Bowan, of Trenton. n. j.;
slight injury to shoulder and leg.
Joseph Donald. freight brakeman, of
Miflin, Pa; sprained ankle.
George Graham, confusion of the
left shoulder.
j. C. Campbell, of Gallitzin; fracture
of scalp, sprained ankle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
IMPORTANT IF TRUE,
thentic-

ouS y az All Lihtlg W DC StTiClly Au-
thentic.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Senor Dupuy
yesterday received the following ca
blegram from Sancti Spiritus:
Marshal Martinez Campos has just
arrived after Il magnificent march at
the head of a small column from Ciego
de Avila, through the center and
stronghold of the insurgents district
to Sancti Spiritus.
Being unable to cross the river
Zaza, which was overfiowed, nc was
obliged to camp for two days, sleep
ing on the ground like a common sol.
der.
The rebels fred ut the column in
the mountains, but took to fight at
the first shot of the troops.
The fact of the commander.in-chief
being able to go with u small column
through this district has given great
hopes of the outcome OF The military
operations.
"Everything is ready for The advance
as soon as the weat her is completely
settled"
Sancti Spiritus is about $50 miles
from Havana. Senior Dupuy dc LONE
attaches great Importance 20 this news
as indicating inactivity Oh the part OF
the rebels totally at variance with
the reports enanatinG from American
sources.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
MINISTER

Answers the Structures of the New York
World and ContradIcts Its Statements
| Claims To Have Done His Whole Duty
by American Missionaries and to Have
| BHfriended Armenlans Whose Methods
| He D-nonnc-s.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-In a cable
gram from Minister Terrell, dated at
Constantinople, yesterday. and ad-
dressed TO Senator Mills and Congress-
man Sayers, Mr.. Terrell makes the fol-
lowing statement:
THE New York World publishes the
charge that l have neglected mission
airy interests. Every American mis-
s%ionary in this city will state that to
be false. Not one American mission
airy in Asia Minor has been injured
during this terrible strife, though more
numerous than those of all Europe.
Danger, l have remained for months
with leave of absence granted.
The attack on my personal relations
with the sultan deserves only con-
tempt. They have not endangered the
ecurity of missionaries. Such attackss
are inspired by secret societies of Ar
menians. whose methods of asSasina-
ton Rev. Dr.. Hamlin exposed in the
Independent of December, 1893.
| have for months kept n Turkish
guard to protect American professors
in a missionary college against
threatened assassination by emissaries
of the secret societies. They cannot
understand and resent my observance
of our established policy of non-inter-
vention here.
have never failed to rescue from
prison every Armenian when arrested
who pore an American passport.
Among them were known revolution
lists.
To expose the assassins of reputation
has become aduty. For the misguided
Armenians l have only pity, but the
American journal hat publishes a
SANDER to impair the influence of its
country's minister at a distant court,
will be rebuked by American patriot
ism and the American press, regard
less of party. Such conduct is not
American, but. perhaps, natural in one
who has grown insolent with tempo
rary prosperity obtained by the de-
vious methods of his paper.
[Signed. "a. w. TERRIBLY"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
VICTORIOUS CUsANS.

Gen. Maceo Invades the Province of Ma
tanzHs and Defeats II Large spanish
Force, Which Voluntarily Marches Into u
| Trap, from Which They Retreat -Four
| Hours Later, Leaving o Men Dead Oh
| the Field.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2Z.-The Times
prints the following dispatch from
Key West:
News received here to-day states
that Gen. Maceo has by forced marches
reached the province of Matanzas, and
that last Monday. with 5000 Cubans.
he engag ed Il cavalry force of $500
~Spaniards in the San Juan valley.
Early in the morning the insurgent
outposts brought news of the approach
of the Spanish cavalry. Gen. Maceo
at once placed his army in position to
receive the enemy. A hollow square
was formed and Il force Of LOCO men
placed in ambush. The Spanish forces,
unaware of the presence of the enc
my, marched into the trap Of death, and
were only appraised of their perilous
position when the insurgents opened
fire upon them.
The Spaniards made Il brave fight,
but. owing to the thickness of the for
est and the boggy condition of the val
ley, We're greatly handicapped. Afte:
a struggle of our hours the Spanish
troops were forced to retreat, leaving
500 men dead on the field.
The insurgents secured all the arms
and ammunition of the SpaniardS.
This battle is the most important fight
since the breaking out of the rcvolu-
ton. The Cuban colony here is wild
with JOY.
Private advices confirm the report
of the landing of an expedition in
Cuba under the leadership of Col.
GARLIC. The expedition was landed at
Boco del Toro, October II, and con-
sisted of forty-eight men, seventeen
pieces of artillery and two Gatling
guns. This is a part of the expedition
which was recently seized at Whining.
ton.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
OUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW
Slightly Lower Prices Result In Increased
Exports-Big Contracts Given Out.

Slightly Lower Prices Result In Increased
Exports-Big Contracts Given Out.
NEW YORK, Oct. OR. G. Dun &
Co., in their weekly review of trade,
issued to-day, say:
Failures in October thus far show
liza Utilities of S7.624,531 of which S..
93S, IT'S we're of manufacturing and
81. G21. $50 of trading concerns. Last
year the aggregate was $3.50, III, of
which 81, 629, GIL was of manufacturing
and s.. $50, SGT of trading concerns.
Failures this week are 231 in the
United States, against 231 last year.
Ten days ago gold exports seemed
very near, but the break in cotton
which then began ripened on Monday
into a collapse sufficient to justify
hope of a free movement. Hides have
also dropped sharply at Chicago,
leather is weaker, and the adjustment
of prices to real instead of imaginary
conditions progresses rapidly. AL
ready lower prices in iron have
brought out some important contracts.
Money markets cause remarkably lit
tie trouble, considering the heavy
movements of products. Cooler
weather has generally helped retail
trade, and with increased consump-
ton by the millions the way will be
clear for better business.
The fall in cotton a week ago,
barely an eighth from the highest
point. was an eighth on Saturday, half
a cent on Monday, and has since been
a sixteenth more. All records were
broken by sales of $4,000 bales on
Monday, and without failures of o n
sequence. Opposite parties then raj
lied prices, but a nor gradual de-
cline followed with a larger move
ment. Exports improve but little be-
cause foreign stocks are so large.
Wheat has risen 8 cents for the
week. although western receipts co l.
tinue unusually large. Nobody al
give a reason for higher corn, and
pork declines % cents, lard n six
teenth and hogs 10 cents per hundred
pounds.
Iron boasts some good contracts this
week, one from Russia for several
months production of armOr plate by
the Carnegie works, one for govern.
ment appraisers stores here, and 9TH
ers for 1900 freight cars, with pros
pect of as many more.
Textile manufacturers have been for
the moment disturbed rather than
helped by the decline in cotton, as il
checks buying of some fabrics, with
lower prices for print cloths. and pros
poets of lower prices for other goods
The demand for worsteds and dress
goods is encouraging, while in wooden
goods the situation does not improve.
Although hides have fallen fully half
"a cent at Chicago, and some kinds of
leather are lower, quotations of boots
and shoes do not change, and many
factories have stopped for a time.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS

As the Result of q Disastrous C~onfisgra-
tion In Augusta, Ga.-Forty-Four Houses
Burned Together with Jesse Thompson
B. Co.'S Planning Mil.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Oct 26.-One of the
largest fires in the history of Augusta,
in respect to extent of territory, Wis
tied this city yesterday afternoon. 1t
started in the stables of the lumber
and planning mill Of Jesse Thompson &
Co., and consumed this plant in a few
minutes. 1t was located on the out
skirts of the city, and on one side was
a great stretch of small frame houses,
and great burning embers were car
ried high in the air, setting fire to
houses two and thre blocks away,
while those much nearer temporarily
escaped destruction. They were
doomed, however, for the wind was SO
fierce and the neighborhood 50 inflam-
mable that it was at no time under
control of the fire department, and the
fire was not extinguished until it had
spent itself. The embers of forty-four
houses are all that remain in the
burned district, which stretches along
several squares. Several hundred peo-
pie are homeless. The total value of
the property destroyed is fully 81. 900,
on which the insurance is only about
So, coo or $50, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
VANDERBILT'S MILLIONS,
While Lavished on His Daughter, Can Not
be Suuandered.

be S~quandered.
NEW YORK, Oct. Elm arranging
the settlements preparatory 20 the Van
rbilt-Marlborough wedding there
were three family lawyers engaged.
Col. William Jay represented Mrs.
Vanderbilt; Chauncey NJ. Depew rep
resented Mr.. Vanderbilt, and X. Hard
ing Milward acted for the duke OF
Marlborough.
1t has been reported that Miss Van
derbilt's marriage portion would be
S10,O 00, 900. 1t is now learned that prince
ly as was Mr.. Vanderbilt's settle
ment upon his daughter. it has a
condition attached to it, namely, that
the income from the $40, 000, 900 shall
be for the use of the future duchess
during her lifetime. At her death the
principal goes to the issue of her mar
rage with the duke of Marlborough.
1t is understood that upon his side
the prospective bridegroom decided
to Miss Vanderbilt large estates
in England, which have been
in his family for years. While
the intrinsic value of these
estates may not be equal to Mr.. Van
derbilt's gift to his daughter, yet they
have heretofore always been consid-
cred too valuable to be permitted to
pass out of the Marlborough family.
Mr.. Milward, who arranged all these
matters for the duke, is a resident of
Birmingham. lie vas the counsellor
of the father and grandfather of the
present duke.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
ENGLAND ALARMED.
War With Russia WOnId be Less Disastrous
Than Ia Allow Her to Get n Firm Grip on
China.

War With Russia WOuId be Less Disastrous
Than Ia Allow Her to Get IA Firm Grip on
China.
LONDON, Oct. 2G.-The Pail Mill Ga.
zette prints a long article commenting
upon the dispatch published i'll the
Times from its Hong Kong CORE
spondent, stating that a treaty was
recently concluded between Russia
and China, by the terms Of
which Russia obtains the right OF
anchorage for her feet at Port Ar
thur, the right to construct and
operate railways and other advantages
of great commercial value. The Ga.
zettc assumes that this practically
means that Russia has annexed China,
if the conclusion of the treaty is Il fac.
Japan, the paper says. will certainly
refuse to leave Port Arthur, and En-.
gland will oppose it to the death. The
treaty also means the presence of R@s
sian warships off Vancouver and sgd
ney, and England must act vigorously
and Immediately, both by means o:
diplomacy and by getting her feet,
ready for sea.
The Globe, in an article on the same
subject, says: Neither England, the
United States, Japan or Germany will
sanction a partition of China which
would virtually render the Pacific
ocean a FrancO-Eussian lake and seal
the markets China against their COM
merce.
The st. James Gazette says: at is
obvious that if Russia has squeezed
China into such an agreement we
must intervene. War with Russia.
with all its risks and possibilities.
would be less disastrous than to allow
her without striking Il blow to get
such a grip On China"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
OLIVE CAR LETON'S MURDER.
The Young Trunk Discovered at
Louisville, ny.

LOUISVILLE, KY. Oct 27.-What may
prove an important clew in the ferret
ing out of the murderer of Miss Olive
Carleton at Detroit, Mich, September
26, was discovered by a reporter Fri
day night. The trunk of the woman
is held as unclaimed baggage at
the union station, having been
checked from Detroit, September
"a, two days before her death.
and since September 25 has been here.
1t was sent via the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton K Dayton and Baltimore Il Ohio
Southwestern railroads. and the num-
Der of the check is 6,406, the duplicate
of which is said to have been discov-
cred in Detroit. The name +. f.
Holmes is painted on the trunk. which
is canvas covered, with one large and
two small straps, and weighs Ia
pounds.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
F~RIGHTFUL AND FATAL
Accident on the New York, New Haven s
Hartford Railroad.

Accident on the New York, New Haven s
Hartford Railroad.
HYDE PARK. Mass, Oct. 25.-A tail
end collision, by which two persons
were fatally hurt, three or four Sc
riousfy injured and some twenty 9th
ers more or less bruised, occurred here
last night. The New York, New Ha-
ven & Hartford passenger train which
leaves Sharon for Boston at Sis vas
a trifle late. and was standing at the
Hyde Park station taking on and dis
charging passengers, being directly on
the time of the passenger train which
left Providence Cor Boston at Ais.
The latter train came steaming down
the line and crashed into the sta.
~tionary train.
The engine Of the Providence train
was forced through nearly half the
length OF the rear car, which was
flied with passengers, and practi,
cally injured ali the occupants of that
car.
After the accident all the physicians
ir town were summoned as quickly as
1t was possible to reach them, and the
depot was temporarily converted into
a hospital and everything vas done to
relieve the sufferings of the injured.
Two persons, one a brakeman on the
Sharon, train. the other a woman.
were found to be badly and probably
fatally hurt. Their names are at pres
ent unknown.
The passengers were mostly men,
and their injuries for the most part
were IN the nature of %contusions or
bruises. caused by being thrown to
tho floor or against the seats by the
force of the collision.
1t is believed hat the recent change
IN running trains on the right hand
track instead Of the left caused the
accident.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
TERRIBLE

Or Board the Tug Morford In the Chicago
| River-Two Persons Dead and Six In
~jured-The Tug o. p. Green Wrecked M
One of the ConSequences-The Shock
Sent Portions of the Wreck FLYNN. I'm
Every Direction.
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.-The tug Morford
exploded her boilers at $3.50 a. IN. in
the river, near Seventeenth street.
The tug o. E. Green was also
wrecked. The following are the cas-
u~alties:
THE DEAD.
John Erickson, fireman of tug Nor
ford, blown to the deck of the steamer
Ionia.
John Feguson. captain of tug o. E.
Green, blown up with pilot house;
supposed to be dead.
THE INJURED.
Daniel McRea, lineman, ankle hurt.
Capt. John Cullinan. rescued from
river in half drowned condition; will
probably survive.
Charles Dix, engineer of the tug
Morford. blown to the deck of steamer
lonia; can not o
WIN. Lynnett, engineer of tug o. B.
Green; not badly hurt.
Joseph Donnelly, fireman of the o.
b. Green; slightly injured.
Joseph Moffatt, lineman of the o. b.
Green; slightly injured.
Roy Mclean, a cook at first reported
among the missing, was not on board
at tue time of the explosion.
The shock came without warming.
Capt. John Cullinan was in the pilot
house. He was thrown with the wreck
of the pilot-house in the river toward
the east shore. The boiler surged
through the air.
The tug O.. b. Green was assisting in
the tow. She was pulling the line to
the wet. The flying iron and pieces
of the wrecked hull raked the deck of
the Green, carrying off her pilot-house
and injuring a portion of her crew.
Continuing on its fight the
boiler curved to the westward and
came down with Il crash against the
east side of elevator 49, of the Bur
lingtOn railroad. The engine room
was filled with twisted iron and bricks.
The engineer and fireman fed fortheir
lives. In the. pilot house of the o. b.
Green was Capt. John b. Ferguson.
He was carried into the river with the
wreck.
Lynnett. Donnelly and Moffatt were
picked up in the yawl boat. These
men were not seriously hurt except
MOffatt. who was bruised and
scratched by the wreckage that car
ried him off the deck of his boat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
A NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
Sought to be Established on the Battle
fields Around Vicksburg.

btluS aTpuiu tIChSDuTS.
VICKsBURG, Miss, Oct. 26.-One cut
come of the gathering of western men
at the Deep-watcr convention has been
the organization of the Nicksburg
National Military Park association,
whose charter of Incorporation is now
in the curse of preparation. Among
the incorporators are Gen. Lee, Gen.
r. A. Aigcr, Gen. John Il. Gordon, eX-
Gov. Hoard, of Wisconsin, and Col.
Fred Grant.
The object is to foster the creation
of a national military park on the
battle grounds in this city and vicinity,
similar to those at gettysburg and
Chickamauga. The proposed park will
belt the city on three sides. The pres
ident is Gen. Stephen ID. Lee of Missis-
sippi; vice-president, Maj. {. J. David
son, Iowa; secretary. Capt. w. j.
Rigby, Ia; treasurer, Col. C.. c. Flow
erS, Vicksburg.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
One Person Killed and Four Injured in a
Collision.

DEs MONIES. To-, Oct. 25.-The Rock
Island train from the north collided
with a switch engine in the yards at
Valley Junction, five miles from here.
early last evening, and one life was
lost. The train was a few minutes
ahead OF time as it entered the yards.
Mrs. Mary Hillhnuse, aged 20, of
Burlington, was thrown against the
front of the cor and her head crushed,
Kill ling her instantly. Four other
persons were seriously injured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
Under ~Compulsion.

"Yes," said the I'M who was Mt
the head of a large establishment. Il
really had to get married"
"Why?"
81 got tired of hearing my business
alluded to as a miss guided enterprise"
Bay City Chat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02

Old Chum-You get very well paid
for performing marriage ceremonies,
do you not?
Clergyman-Yes, as a rule; but think
of the inconvenience and expense l am
put to every time 1 am summoned as
a witness in a divorce court.-N. Y.
Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
Enterprising Valet.

81 left a letter on my table when I
went out. Where is it?"
Valet hope you won't mind, sir. 1
thought it would do nicely for my
sweetheart, so 1 posted it to her. Your
Christian name is the same as mine!-
Lustige Blaetter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
DIED AT MIDNIGHT.
Lieut.-Gov. Willard of California Dead at
Los Angeles.

-
Los ANGELES Cal, Oct. 26-Lieut.-
Gov. Willard died at 1855 Thursday
night.
Spencer Gordon Willard was born in
Ionia county. Mich, in 1856. He was
graduated from Hillsdale college in
1877, and became principal of the Car
son City Mich graded school. He took
very little part in politics up to the
time of his nomination for lieutenant
governor in 1894, but was noted as a
brilliant orator, and was extremely
popular in the southern part of the
state. After his nomination on the
republican ticket he made a vigorous
canvass of the state. lie spoke sixty
consecutive nights, and covered thu
entire state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
Zig Suit Against tn- General Electric Co.
OF SCHENECTADY.

WATERFOWL. n. Y, Oct. 26.-Charles
Cohen, an Englishman. has commenced
a suit In this county against the Cen
trial Electrical Co. of Schenectady, for
5000, 000, alleged to be due him as COM
missions and for breach of contract IN
connection with his services for the
company in electric power and electric
lighting in the gold mining district of
South Africa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02

Road Contractor (angrily)-See here;
1 told you to break those stones SO they
would be small enough to go into q
mans mouth.
Laborer-Yaas, sab. you did, sab, an
dat's what Use been dom. l used ma
own mouf. sah.-E. Y. Sun
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
AN EYEWITNESS
Tall, of the Recent Massacre In Ire
bizonde.

COLOGNE, Oct. 81 "A native OF
Cologne, who is employed on board
the Austrian Lloyd steamship Venus
has sent n letter to the Cologne Ga
zette from Trebizonde giving details
as an eyewitness of the recent mas
sacre at Trebizonde. The letter is
dated October g. The writer says that
at least 900 Armenians were slaugh-
tered, while only five Turks were
killed. The settlements were set q
fire and the inhabitants killed
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
Ten Persons Hurt In "a Burlington Wreck
at WaIdrOn. Mo.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Oct. 25.-The
Denver-St. Louis fast express OF the
burlington was wrecked at Waidron,
Mo-, at 40 o'clock last evening, and
ten persons were hurt. two of them Sc
riously. The train was late, and was
running fully sixty miles per hour.
and when it reached Waldron, in
passing a switch, the rails spread. and
the mail, baggage, n chair car and
the smoker were wrecked. That 10
one was killed outright is little short
of Il miracle.