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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
Mr.. JONES' DILEMMA.

lie Becomes q Citizen of the Hawaiian Re.
public, Yet Wants United States Protec-
tion, notwithstanding ths Adverse Opin-
Ion OF Secretary observation-disclosures His
Case tn Minister WILTSHIRE Treason
Trials still Progressing.
HONOLULU, Feb. 8, VIA SAN FRANCIS
co, Feb. ia letter was addressed a
few days ago to United States Minis
ter Willis by p. c. Jones, a prominent
American resident of Honolulu, saying
that although nearly all his income
was derived from investments in these
islands. he was prepared to pay his in
come tax as an American citizen. but
first desired information of Mr.. Willis
as to his standing and right to protec-
ton as such citizen. According to
a decision by Secretary Freling-
huysen, he has never forfeited
his right as such by accepting local
citizenship in Hawaii, although Secre
tary Gresham is understood to hold an
opposite opinion. Jones says he has
served as minister of state both under
the monarchy and provisional gov
eminent; that he has taken oath to
support the republic of Hawaii; that
during the recent insurrection he car
ried a gun to defend his house and
family and those of others against
mob violence. He low asks the United
States minister whether he continues to
be entitled to protection as an American
citizen Notwithstanding the appar-
emily adverse published instructions
sent to Admiral Beardslee. He con-
siders it wrong that he should lose his
right to protection for SO defending
himself. lie is prepared to pay the
United States income tax, but asks to
have his status clearly defined by the
minister.
Mr.. Willis has replied that he will
submit the question to the authorities
at Washington.
On the afternoon of the 5th the cases
of John w. Cummins and Capt. Davies
of the Waimaualo were taken up to-
gether with the charges of misprision
for treason. Both had contributed
important testimony in other trials.
Cummins' counsel, Mr.. Magoon,
made a lengthy plea for only a fine
for the old man who had been led
away by his intimate, Seward, and
his sOn-in-law, Walker; who was much
broken in health and finances, and
who had been noted for generous
hospitality. Cummins was n of
Lilioukalani's commissioners to Wash
ington last summer. He confessed to
having assisted in arrangements for
the landing of the arms. Both Davies
and he pleaded guilty.
Judge Advocate Kinney thought the
age of the accused and his previous
position in the country would weigh
with the executive in favor of the ac-
cused.
Messrs. Craig and Marshall, who
were convicted of treason, are still con-
fined in prison awaiting the court-mar-
tial sentence to be carried out.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
HEROISM

A Brave Live-Saver Faces Almost Certain
Death, Despite His Mothers Entreatiess
10 Save q Man dashed In the Rigging of .
Wreck, Who Proves to BE His own Broth
er, Supposed to Have Been Dead.
New YORK, Feb. 1.-THE Sun this
morning publishes the following under
a London date:
LONDON, Feb. 16.-A thrilling story
of German heroism at sea which goes
far to offset some of the reports re-
garding the loss of the Elbe, comes
from Schleswig-Holstein. One stormy
morning last week q fishing village
was awakened by a gunshot off the
coast. fastening to the beach the
people saw a ship wrecked OF a reef a
mile away. The crew were in the rig
cling. A lifeboat was run out, but
Harro, the leader of the crew was
absent. Eight men, however, rowed
to the wreck. The crew were got
into the lifeboat, with the exception
of one who was dashed high Upon 4
mast. He was half frozen, and as the
storm was increasing and the lifeboat
overloaded, it was decided that he
Coulu uOt Dt ldhcu Oh. hISA ZIG
lifeboat returned to the shore. Harro
had arrived. He asked whether every
one had been saved, and was told that
one remained.
81 will fetch him." said Harro. will
you go with me-"
The men refused, saying that l. was
impossible.
Then l will go alone" said Harro.
and sprank into the lifeboat. Just at
this moment his mother came running
down, and begged him not to venture
out, reminding that both his father
and his brother had been drowned.
Uwae was his youngest brother, and
as he had not been heard from for
years he was supposed to be dead.
For love of me- Harro's mother
begged, don't 60"
But the man on the mast" ex-
claimed Harro. Are you sure he has
no mother to mourn his loss?' HarrO's
mother said no more, and he and four
men set out for the wreck, which was
quite under water. The waves were
so furious that it was difficult to APP
proach. At last the lifeboat reached
it and Harro climbed the mast and
fetched the half-frozen man down. He
was laid in the bottom of the boat and
Harro bent over him and remained so
until the boat was SO near the shore
that his voice could be heard. Then
he waved his cap and shouted: Tell
my mother we have saved Uwae."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
KILLED AT A CROSSING.
An Express Train Demolishes n Street Cal
One Passenger Killed.

An Express Train Demolishes n Street Car
One Passenger Killed.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 1s.-At $40
o'clock last evening the Cumberland
express on the Baltimore &c Ohio rail-
road, bound for Pittsburgh, collided
with a Second-avenue electric car at a
crossing near Rankin station. There
were eight passengers on the electric
car.
Just as the car approached the cross
ing the trolley jumped from the wire.
The momentum carried the car over
the east-bound track, but it stopped
with the rear end directly on the west
bound track. While Conductor Nc
Chan was replacing the trolley he saw
the express approaching and called to
the passengers to jump. All got out of
the car safely, but Annie Kosack. a Slav
woman, aged is, became bewildcred, ran
directly up the track and was struck
and Instantly killed by the express.
She had just landed from Hungary,
and in 4 few moments would have
been with her waiting parents at Brad
dock. None of the other occupants of
the electric car We're injured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
THE WAR III THE EAST.
The Chimes Suicides-Chinese Forces Re
pulsed with Heavy Losses-Terms OF SUI
render at Wei-Hai-Wei.

render at wei-Hai-wei.
LONDON, Feb. 1S.-The Central News
correspondent in Wei-Hai-Wei says in
a dispatch dated February IL and de-
layed in transmission:
Admiral Ito accepted yesterday Adj
miral Ting's proposal for the surren-
der of the Chinese fleet. He re-
quested the officer who conducted the
negotiations for Ting to open the
military port of Wei Hai-Wei and re-
turn this morning to arrange the de-
tails for the capitulation. The officer
came back early to-day and informed
Admiral Ito that Admiral Ting. Com
modore Liu and Gen. Chang had con-
mitted suicide. Admiral John Me-
Clure was the officer upon whom had
deyolved the duty of negotiating for
the surrender. Admiral Ito then sent
a letter to Mcclure as to the arrange
ments for the capitulation."
The Central News correspondent in
Toxic telegraphs under Saturdays
date:
Gen. Nodzu reports that to-day the
Chinese forces under Generals Iisu,
Chang and Yihi were concentrated at
Hal Chen from the Laio Yang. New
Chwang and Yinkas roads. They at
tackled the city, but after suffering
heavy losses, were repulsed. The
Japanese losses We're small"
From Port Arthur the Central News
has this dispatch:
"a detachment of Japanese cavalry
occupied Ming Hal Chu on the morn
ing of the 12th, without encountering
opposition. Natives say that on the
9th the Chinese force at Hunhcaton
was divided into two parts. The larger
one fled toward Flu Chat Shan, and the
smaller one to Yen Tan.
"On February IA, in the afternoon,
Marshal Oyama reported on the state
of affairs at Wei-IIai-W Wei. He said
that a proposal had been rendered to
the Japanese flagship Matsuma to sur
render the "a ships and the remain
ing forts and their armament at Wei
Hai-Wei provided the foreigners of the
military force be released under a
guarantee obtained from an admiral
of a neutral power. The japanese ac-
copied all the conditions excepting
the one concerning the guarantee and
the agreement was concluded.
Marshal Oyama confirms the former
report of the suicides of Admiral Ting,
Commodore Liu and Gen. Chang. All
three left letters addressed to the
flagship. The garrison of Liu Kung
Tao was conducted beyond the Japan
ese line and was set free. The Chi
nese seamen will be treated in the
same manner The foreigners who
were captured will be taken to some
more distant point and will be re-
leased there.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
ELEVEN DAYS OVERDUE,
And the Steamer City of st. Augustine
VIII Probably Never Reach Port.

New YORK. Feb. 1.-THE steamer
City of st. Augustine, which sailed
from Jacksonville, February .. for
this port, is now eleven days overdue.
and there is very little chance of her
ever being heard from again.
The ship Constance, which arrived
from Dunkirk to-day, reports that on
February IL. when 200 miles southeast
of Sandy Hook, she passed through
large quantities of new pitch pine
lumber, railroad ties and square tim
Der, covering the surface of the sea for
miles.
The length of time the City of st.
Augustine is overdue, and the fact
that her cago was identical with the
material reported afoat in such large
quantities, goes far to strengthen the
theory that the missing steamer has
foundered.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
COAL MINE DISASTER.

Terrific Explosion In a Coal Mine at Odin.
H., with Two Hundred Men In the Drifts
Mine of Them were Terribly Burned,
Some of Whom Will Die.
CARLYLE, Ill, Feb. ia terrible
mine explosion occurred at the Odin
coal mine, Is miles east of this city,
Friday. The force of the conclusion
was felt throughout town. 1t was fol-
Owed by a deafenipg report. The en-
gtnee- at the mine had gone home to
dinner when the explosion occurred,
and it was half an hour before any aid
-could be sent to the 200 miners entombed
in the bowels of the earth. Immediately
after the explosion the mine caught
fire and smoke rolled out from the
shaft as if issuing from a huge smoke
stack. The residents of the town had
been apprised of what had occurred,
and soon the wives, daughters, moth
ers, brothers and fathers of the miners
began to congregate about the shaft Of
the mine. Still no engineer came. The
women became frantic, many fainting
on the spot.
In the meantime the men below were
nearly suffocated with smoke, and it
was decidedly a great relief to them to
see the cage move on its upward trip.
One hundred and seventy of the men
were rescued by the citizens and the
miners fellow-workmen at the peril of
their lives. The fire still continued I'M
abated, and the remaining thirty men
IN the mine were given up for lost.
These men were almost dying from suf-
location in the bottom of the mine, but
by a special act of Providence it seems
the fire died out.
A searching party was Sent immedi-
ately to the bottom. There they found
the miners lying here and there uncon-
scious and nearly dead. They were
piled up like cordwood on the cages
and quickly as possible raised to the
top of the shaft, where they slowly
regained consciousness.
The cause of the accident was a pre-
mature blast in a room in the mine be-
ing worked by Luther Weingartner.
The blast igniteG a twenty-five-pound
keg of powder, which exploded with
terrific effect. The mine in the imme-
date vicinity was torn up in a terrible
manner, and the twenty-five miners
working in the same room certainly
had a miraculous escape from death.
A relief train from C~entralia carried
several surgeons. 1t will be several
days before the mine can resume
operations. Thirty miners were in
jured in all. Those most seriously
hurt are:
Luther Weingartner, burnt about
head and face; has a large family; can
not live.
John Tadlock and son are both
burnt about the head and body: little
hopes of recovery; he also has a large
family.
John Link. aged IS years, severely
burnt about body; will probably re-
cover.
Albert Little, aged II years, nearly
suffocated and badly burned; will re-
cover.
James Smith, single, aged %, burned
about face and hands; recovery doubt
full.
Rodman Eubanks, aged %, married,
badly burned: may recover.
Albert Jacobs, aged II, married, seri-
Ously burned and may not recover.
Az unknown man, aged 80 years, and
another one, aged about 81, are also
fatally burned and can not live. This
is as full a list of the injured as could
be secured. 1t is feared some have per-
ished in the mine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
COULDN'T FACE DISGRACE.
A D~efaultiEE Station Agent Blows Hi
Brains Out.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Feb. i6.-Wkile his
accounts were being audited yesterday
morning, C. j. Bowman, station agent
of the Wabash Railroad Co. at River
ton. this county, stepped outside the
Office and. inserting the end c. a re-
volver in his mouth, pulled the trig.
ger. lis death was instantaneous.
He acknowledged a deficit in his ac-
counts of 500, which he had taken to
further an Inventions patent tele-
phone-he was ~uerfecting.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
MINISTER GRAY'S BODY

FYiil be Brought Home From Mexico for
Burial at indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 16. -Pierre
Gray, o of the dead minister to Mex
leo, say that his fathers body will be
brought here at once for burial.
The funeral will be a large one, many
organizations from all over the state
having already signiied their intention
to attend. The body will probably lie
iu state at the capitol building. The
Legislature adjourned out of respect.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
GRAY'S SUCCESSOR.

ssx-Gov. Crittenden May be Minister to
Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The death of
Minister l. 2. Gray has given rise to
rumor that ex-Gov. Crittenden of Mis-
souri,, consul-general to Mexico, is like
ly to be promoted to fill the existing
vacancy, and that Representative Buck
Kilgore. of Texas, IS very apt to be Sc
Ieeted as coasul-general. Consul-Gen-
eral C~ritteRden is known to stand very
Nigh at the state department.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
PRINCESS PAULlNA,
The Smallest OF Women, Succumbs to Pneu-
mOnia.

New YORK, Feb. 16.-"Princess Pau
Ina" the smallest of woman, known
as the Living Doll" died yesterday
morning of pneumonia. She weighed
but So pounds, and was only seven
teen inches tall. She was to have
celebrated her nineteenth birthday on
the Goth of this month.
She was born at Ossendrecht, Hol-
land. February &c, 1876, the seventh
child of a family of twelve. Her par
ents are robust people, rather above
the average height, as are also her six
sisters and two brothers, all of whom
are living. On the dag of her birth
she measured twelve inches, and gained
only five inches in stature thereafter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
TOADYlNG AMERICANS
Warned that They Cannot be Presented q
the German Court.

BERLIN, Feb. 1s.-Ambassador Run
yon and Mrs. Runyon will be at home
from 3 to ) o'clock on Washington's
birthday. The embassy has received
recently numerous applications from
American visitors for presentation at
court Mr.. Runyon has answered that
it is quite impossible to grant these
requests. He is anxious to have this
understood so as to prevent the disap-
pointment of persons coming to Berlin
to be introduced to the emperor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
HARRIET A. ESKINS,
nose Father Reigned as King OF Guinen,
IhonI M L nIaannnn- PA

Whose Father Reigned as King OF Guineni
Dead mt Lebanon, Pa.
LEBANON, Pa, Feb. 16.-Mrs. Harriet
A. Esl;ins, whose father rcigned a,
king of Guinea, died here Thursday,
aged Ill years. She leaves two daugh-
ters, Francis J. Eskins, of Williams
port, and Mrs. H. A. Baker, of thil
city, besides forty-four grandchildren.
thirty seven great grandchildren.
eighteen Observation-Disclosures ard
fourteen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
cren. Lebanon people think th;c is &
record beater.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
WATCHING FOR ARMS
Supposed to Have Been Shipped on the
Schooner Vine.

Schooner Vine.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.-The steamer
Mariposa brought news from Honolulu
yesterday that the authorities there
are watching for the arrival of the
schooner Vine, Cant. Burns.
Government officials say the Vine was
chartered to carry arms by the same
people who sent the first installnent
on the Wahlberg. Several persons are
now under arrest for supposed p%artici-
patton in the scheme to bring the arms
into the country.
1t is said that the negotiations were
conducted by one Camcrinos, VINO is
under arrest and awaiting trial. His
arrest was based upon certain CORE
spondence w hich fell into the hands
of the authorities, and it was through
that correspondence that suspicion fell
upon Capt. Burns and the Vine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS.
The Chinese Emperor orders Wholesale
Decapitation of Officers.

DecapitatIon OF UIhcers.
LoSpoN, Feb. IA dispatch to the
Central News says that ex-Gov. Wang
of Yunnan has been appointed to re.
lieve Ii Hung Chang, as viceroy of
Pe-Chi-Li in the latter's absence as
peace commissioner to Japan.
The emperor has ordered the gov.
srnor of Shan-Tung to behead all the
city officials and military and naval
officers connected with the defense OF
Wai-Hai-Wei without reporting to the
throlS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
ANOTHER MISSING STEAMER.
The City of st. Augustine Nine Days Over
due at New York.

New YORK, Feb. l6.-The steamer
City of st. Augustine, Capt. Gaskill,
from Jacksonville, for New York, is
now nine days overdue. If the steam
err has been disabled by breaking of
machinery she may have been carried
hundreds of miles out of her course
and would be almost impossible for
her to have yet been able to beat back
with her limited sail power against
the strong westerly winds which have
prevailed for several days.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
He Talked Too Much.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 16.-Edgar
Franz, 10 years old, 4 native OF Penn
sylvania, was deported by order of the
Hawaiian government. He was fur
nished with a steerage ticket and put
on board the Mariposa 4 few moments
before she sailed. Franz does not seem
to have had any part in the insurrec-
ton. His Offense consisted in min
CLING with the royalists and in in
dulging in indiscreet talking.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
Was the Dusky Ex-uueen Imposed Upon:

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The truth of
an extract from the diary of ex-Queen
Lilioukalar.i, read at her trial an
contained in Honolulu advices by the
Mariposa, stating that she had re-
ceived Il present from President Cleve-
land, was authoritatively denied at
the White House yesterday. 1t is
stated there that the president sen no
present of any description to her, and
that she was imposed on if any gift
was given her with the statement that
it came from Nh. Cleveland.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
Three Boys Cremated il Their Burning
Home.

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 1s.-The home
of Eli Seymour, at Lewiston, was
burned Saturday night. The three
children, all boys, whose ages ranged
from 4 to 10, were cremated. Mr.. and
Mrs. Seymour We're a dance when
the fire occurred.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-23
Tired, W6dk, Nervous
Hoods Sarsaparilla Restores
Strength and Bodily Vigor.

The cause of that tired, weak, ner-
vous condition, in which so many
people find themselves, is the failure
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blowing Up a Sheep.

Among the gypsies of Bosnia there
is curious game called tho game
of the sheep"
You know they skin a sheep or
goat in tho cast by dragging the skin
off whole over its head This skin
the Bosnians drip and grease most
carefully. Then they tie up the four
legs and the neck and blow it full Of
air, so that II looks like very
greasy, badly shaped sheep.
This Is thrown In the middle of q
ring, and each man in turn jumps
on it with bare feet until one sue.
ceeds in bursting it The lucky one
then gets purse.
Such funny sight as it is to see
them jump and sprawl, for of course
II they do not strike 1t at Just the
right angle they slip ON the greasy
surface as II 1t were a toboggan slide
and go sprawling. - Kansas City
Times.
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Deschapelles.

Deschapellcs, tho greatest whist
player tho world has ever seen, had
but one hand and was an advanced
republican. His manual dexterity
was remarkable, and it was very in
teresting to watch him with his one
hand-and that his left-collect the
cards, sort them, play them and gath
or them in tricks. Late in life, when
he had developed into ardent repub-
Ecanism, he was supposed to have
been mixed up in some of the at
tempts at revolution which broke out
in the earlier days of the reign of
Louis Philippe His papers were
seized, and II was proved that no had
drawn up list of persons to be dis,
posed of. Among them was an cid
erly acquaintance, so described
"Natry (ANhi") to be guillotined.
Reason-citnyon inutile. Vatry IL a
bad whist player. San Francisco
Argonaut
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Things Learned In the Morrue.

Tho old keeper of the morguo in
this city, who has seen hundreds of
unknown bodies exhibited for iden-
tification, has arrived mt some inter
esting conclusions. If the face of the
dead person is perfectly composed
and natural, of course intimate
friends and relatives recognize him
immediately. But, he says, if the
face is distorted through pain or dis
figured by injuries casual acquaint-
ance can identify the body much
easier than tho closest relation. He
explains this by saying that people
who have known person we'll for a
long time lose sight of the features
and see rather the personality re-
Elected in the lines of the face. A
casual acquaintance notes the fea-
lures and can recognize them when
seen again, even if considerably dis.
torted. -Philade!:,l>::- DsS.s
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Descriptive.

II do detest these girls who think
they know how to be sarcastic, said
Georgia.
Which one is it this timer" ask
ed Willie
"Graco Brown Jones. l sent her
n picture of myself in my football
rig, and what do you think she said
of it?"
Give it up. What's the answer"
She said it looked like a sausage
garnishcd with a chrysanthemum
Cincinnati Tribune.