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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
FOREIGN.

KING HUMBERT of Italy bestowed the
title of prince upon Premier Crispi as n
protest against the repeated attacks
made upon him by socialists and others.
A MONUMENT to the late Sir John A.
Macdonald on Parliament hill at
Toronto, Ont, was unveiled by Premier
Mackenzie Rowell.
FIRE destroyed Godillot's military
outftting establishment and other
buildings in Paris, the loss being :, O00,-
900 francs. Two thousand people were
poor people were left homeless.
A GREAT strike of silver was reported
from the famous Conception mine in
the state of san Luis Potosi, Mexico.
A LARGE portion of the town of
Eslarn. in Bavaria, was destroyed by
fire. One hundred and seventy houses
were burned and hundreds of persons
are homeless.
Four men who held up the paymas-
ter of the Nacasari Copper company
June 13 were captured by the authori-
ties of Sonora. Mexico, and taken to the
scene of their crime and, under a new
law, shot to death.
AT Ilamnedd, Sweden, lightning
struck a building in which ten persons
had taken shelter, killing seven of
them and injuring the other fatally
three.
CANADA's criminal code is to be so
amended as to include poolrooms that
accept bets on races in the United
States.
RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, who has
represented Midlothian since 1850 IN
the British house of commons, in a let
ter announces his retirement from pub
lie life.
HIGH G~uatemalan officers were
charged with stealing 81, Oo0, 900 from
the government.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
a vERITAeLE CLEARINGHOUSE.
A Levee Camp Occupied Only by Dead
and Dying Victims OF Smallpox.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July s.-About
twelve miles south of this city is the
levee camp of c. F. Degaris, though It
now contains only two tents. These
are in a dense and muddy swamp. Its.
desertion by all the former occupants
of sound health is due TO smallpox.
A vigorous shotgun quarantine is
maintained. While the camp is on
Tennessee soil, a narrow strip of Mis-
sippi land in~tervenes, and it is to pre-
rent the crossing of this that the
guard is kept In the tents are four
cases OF smallpox. one of them a
corpse Nothing can be done with or
for them, despite the desire of the
local health authorities to emove the
living patients to the pesthouse and
to bury the dead. The dead and dy-
ing are all negroes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
THEODORE NOT A BUFFER,
And When He Ordered the New York City
Saloons Closed They Closed.

And When He Ordered the New York City
Saloons Closed They Closed.
New YORK, July s.-This city yes
terday had somewhat the appearance
of a Maine prohibition town. There
were fewer saloons doing business than
on last Sunday. Many which had
done a quiet business on previous
Sundays were closed yesterday beyond
all doubt. Many of the saloon pro-
prietors had been impressed by the
statement of President Roosevelt
of the police commission during
the week past, that the excise law
would be strictly enforced on Sunday,
and that any M caught violating it
1ould be arrested. President Roose-
welt had convinced the saloonkeepers
that there would be no bluff" in en-
forcing the law, so most of them, de-
cided not to take any chances. A few,
however. kept open, but, as on last
Sunday, they would not admit anyone
unknown to them.
Heretofore, on Sundays, in the hotel
cafes, small plates of cheese and
crackers were placed on every table
and anybody who presented a r~especta-
BILE appearance could take a seat and,
by eating, or pretending to eat SOM of
the cheese or crackers, could get what
ever he called for TO drink. This
was changed yesterday at all of the
hotels. Patrons were handed a menu
and requested to order something to
eat before anything to drink was
served to them. The famous tender
loin district" was no exception to the
dryness prevailing in other parts Of the
city and the BoweTy vas practically
deserted. In many churches the min
listers delivered sermon extolling the
crusade against the opening of the
saloons on Sunday.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
MISSOURI a NEWS
Triple Tragedy.

A terrible tragedy was enacted the
other day . miles northeast Of Wheel
ing, Livingston county. S. A. Fields
cut the threats Of his wife and 5-year-
boy and then killed himself.
That the triple 'ragedy was premedirs ted and
deliberate is evidenced by the contents of a
note written by Hrs. Fields, in which she be-
queathed all theiI. effects to her mother. Mrs.
Thomas. Before proceeding to a pasture
Mrs. Fields, after a short conversation with her
husband, went upstairs to her room and
changed her clothing, putting on an old dress,
and the three left che house, conversing cheer
fully as they went. and proceeded to the pas
ture, where the husband and father first drew
the razor across mis- boys throat, mex: his
wife's and then his own, almost decapitating
himself.
Mr.. Fields was an attorney of Polo, and for
merly edited the Polo Post. He and his family
were on q visit to Mrs. Fields relatives. she
having been a Miss Thomas Fields was Of a
melancholy disposition, and from letters found
1t seems that he had been an applicant for a
position under the state government, and, fall
lug to secure the appointment, grew despon-
dent, and prevailed upon his wife to die with
him. He had $3.50 in his pocket.
Fields at one time resided in Linn county
and owned the Meadville Messenger. Nine
yNS-' L. "a "a SdldAuhNC AOL ClECult Clt n
Of Livingston county on the democratic ticket
and was defeated by only o few votes.
Recalling the StiIlwelI Murder.
DR.. j. c. Hearne, who married the
widow of the late Amos Stillwell, of
Hannibal, recently visited there on
important business.
Several years ago Amos Stillwell. a wealthy
citizen Of Hannibal, was murdered, but by
whom has never been divulged. In less than a
year the widow married DR.. Hearne, and they
are now making their home in California. The
San Francisco Chronicle published an article
written, 1t is alleged, by James Blunt, Of San
Diego, Cal, intimating that DR.. Hearne was
connected with the murder Of Stillwell. DR..
Hearne has sued NJ. H. De Young. proprietor
Of the Chronicle, and Blunt, the alleged author
Of the article, for 100000, and his visit to Han
nibal was for the purpose of taking deposit
tons to be used in the damage suit. DR..
Hearne says he desires a thorough investigs-
lion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13

Herbert Chadwick, aged II, of 2109
North Third street, st. Joseph, was
drowned in Hundred and Two river
while bathing, a few days ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13

The Exchange bank of Sturgeon has
temporarily closed it's doors on &C.
count of al alleged shortage of $500
of its cashier. A state bank examiner
is in charge. Depositors, it is stated,
will lose nothing.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

W. II. HARTMAN, editor of the Water
loo Daily Courier, died in Waterloo.
aged 81 years He was one of the pio-
neer newspaper men of eastern Iowa
Gov. ATKINSON, of Georgia, who was
so neal death that his physicians aban-
doned all hope, was on the march
toward rapid recovery.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
A Minister in Trouble.

Rev. Z. d. Richardson, pastor of a
Baptist church at lakewood, a suburb
of Hannibal, has been convicted of
conduct ~unbecoming a man of the
cloth, and recommendation made that
he be deposed from the ministry. The
plaintiff was a young woman
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
Important to Railroads.

The Missouri supreme court holds
that railway cars in transit between
states can be attached. This is an i'm
portant decision to railroads.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
VIII BE Licensed.

The Sedalia civic federation, after
c~ontesting every inch of the ground,
has been defeated in court, and saloon
keepers who have violated the Sunday
law will have their licenses renewed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
Senator Vest Leaves for Carlsbad.

Senator Vest has departed for Carls-
bad, Germany.
The senator had been at Sweet Springs since
his return from Washington. His health is
poor, and his physicians advised the trip TO
Carlsbad. His stay will be Indefinite.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
The Fourth at the PenitentIary.

The 1900 convicts in the penitentiary
at jefferson City were given consider
able liberty on the Fourth. There
were various games, and when it came
to boxing some of the convicts from
the shady districts of St. Louis and
Kansas City put up rafting and inter-
esting bouts.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13

William Wright, of Nevada, is
charged with wife murder. 1t is said
that he chopped the unfortunate wom-
an to pieces with an AK.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
One Hundred Years Old.

Mrs. Eva Stone, living a War.
rensburg, and well respected, is loo
years old. She celebrated that ami.
versary a few days ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
To Meet at SedaIIa.

Democratic editors of Missouri who
Endorse and advocate the free and I'M
limited coinage of both gold and sill
yer" are requested to meet in Sedalia,
Tuesday, July 90.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13

Clyde Hall, a boy, lost an eye, and
Fred Baxton, his chum. has an awful
ly sore head, the result of a can of
powder exploding at Lexington.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
Mrs. Mary E. Ferguson.

Mrs. Mary E. Ferguson died at Gin
ton from heart disease. She was the
widow of the late Hon. John c. Fergu-
son, of Osceola, and a sister of Hon.
Joseph II. Outhwaite, of Ohio.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13

Pulaski county has been visited by
heavy rains, and in many localities
corn has been washed away, other
crops ruined, and much fencing de-
stroyed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13

Mrs. Savannah George, so years old,
was struck by a Burlington passenger
train at Parkville, Platte county, and
her neck and back broken.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
MIS-. wal.er Granted q Divorce.

Mrs. Hannah Walser, wife of Geo. H.
Walser, and the famous Spiritualist Of
Missouri, has been granted a divoics
and alimony.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13

Alexander Hesler, the first photogra-
pher in Chicago. is dead
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
RAGING ELEMENTS
Wreak Their Vengeance Upon Life
and Property.

Great Destruction Occasioned in Kansas
and Missouri Accompanied by
the Loss of MANY Prec-
ious Human Lives.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-13
A Missouri Town Swept to D~estructl
with Great Loss of Life.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo, July IA special
to the Republican from Winona, Mo.
says:
Winona, in point of population and
business Importance the leading town
of Shannon county, vas totally wiped
out of existence by a cloud-burst or a
torrent similar in devastation between
1890 and l o'clock Friday morning.
Winona is situated on the Current
River branch of the Memphis railroad,
1913 miles eas. and a little south OF
Springfield. 1t had a population OF
610.
Birch Tree, eight miles west on the
same railroad. with a population OF
525. suffered great damage, but no loss
of life.
Twelve persons were drowned at
Winona and the financial loss viii
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-23
Judge Caldwell's Views,

Henry c. Caldwell is the senior
United States circuit Judge from this
judicial district. He was appointed
a district judge by President Grant
Szid promoted to a circuit judgeShip
by President Harrison. He holds his
position for life, He is regarded as
one of the ableSt men of the nation.
On April 3Oth he wrote a private let
ter to an old army friend who lives in
Denver. This friend had seen fit,
without consulting Judge Caldwell,
to publish portion of this letter
which is as follows:
THE country is about entering up
on another struggle for the protec-
tiOn Of the rights and the promotion
OF the interests Of the labOrer and pro-
duCer, which is, In my judgment, of
even more moment than the first. l
have been surprised that the issue has
been so long delayed.
"The fight ought to have been fore
ed years ago on the line OF absolute
and unqualified free coinage of gold
and silver at the ratio Of Is to l,
without regard to the action Of Eng
land or any other foreign power.
''If We are TO be subservient to
England in our tinancial,pOlicy, why
not in other matters? The financial
policy Of nation determines its
strengthened prosperity and the na.
tion which consents that another and
competing nation may regulate its f.
nancial policy will find its producers
impoverished and its industries de-
strOyed and the nation itself will
soon be little more than q mere de-
tendency Of the power to which it
surrendered the most vital function
Of government.
''If We are not capable and able to
establish and maintain our own flnan-
cial policy, We ought to haul down
'Old Glory which you fought so
CALAMITY to uphold, and turn the gov
ernment over to Queen Victoria, or
ask Canada to annex US.
"The president has thrown down
the gauge Of battle. trust the sill
yer men in all parties and everywhere
will take it up. lam happy in the
belief that platforms that mean any
thing or nothing on the silver Ques-
ton will in the future 60 for nothing
with the members of all parties.
"The people have been deluded and
deceived until their eyes are open.
There has sprung up among them
that hostility tosuch platforms which
the empty and perhdiOus hypocrisy of
such phrases neyer fails in the end to
inSnire.n
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-23
practicable for the receivers either To

practicable for the receivers either to
increase the use Of coal from these
miners or to lower the freight rates
from there. That coal, he said, costs
the company good deal more than
the product Of either the FrontenaC
or Trinidad mines, and did not give SO
good satisfaction. The company was
now using Scranton coal 10 its en-.
glnes between Kansas City and Nick.
ersOn-abOut 5000 tons a month. 1t
would not be practicable to extend
the use Of Scranton coal to other
parts Of the system for the reason
that engines which had been using
Frontenac, Trinidad or other coal
would have to be altered, and besides
fremen who had been using other
Goals would not for some time be able
to get as good results from Scranton
coal. Trinidad coal costs 80 per cent
less than Scranton coal and would do
nearly 80 per cent more work.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-23
A Strange Case.

There is something mysterious In
the case Of the man Rogers on trial in
tie district court for burning the rec.
ords Of Harvey. As was mentioned in
the News Of Tuesday it is claimed he
was stricken with apoplexy on Mon
day evening at Newton. Jude Mar.
tin sent Drs. Colladay and Klippel to
Newton on Tuesday. where they, in
company with DR.. Boyd Of that city,
made an examination Of Rogers, and
on yesterday pronounced him able to
be brought into court, whereupon
Judge Martin ordered Sheriff Patten
TO 60 after him and bring him to
Hutchinson, and into court. Sheriff
Patten brought him down and kept
him at the Midland over night and
this morning brought him into court
on a cot. Rogers was apparently un-
conscious and it being impossible to
arouse him, Judge Martin ordered the
sheriff TO take charge Of him and take
him to a convenient place and sepa-
rate him and his wife, only allowing
her, or, in fact, anyone, except the
men in charge to see him in the pres
ence of a physician. The judge also
appointed Drs. Wetherby, Wilson and
Sherer to take medical supervision
over the patient and try and deter
mine whether he is playing a game or
whether he is truly paralyzed. Court
will be adjourned from day to day
until the matter is thoroughly deter
mined.
The reporter had a silent" inter-
view with Rogers as he lay in the
court room awaiting removal after the
adjournment Of court. He was SEEM
ingly in condition of deep stupOr,
and not aware Of anything transpiring
around him. He keeps his mouth
slightly open. To look at his fac one
was reminded of man enjoying a
restful sleep, his face was slightly
flushed and his breathing normal.
While the reporter was watching him
at little distance, his wife raised his
head and poured a little water into
his mouth, whsch he held for few
seconds and then swallowed it to all
appearances as naturally as well
person would do it.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-23

II the editor Of the Wellington
Mail will point out something new in
Coin, something that has not already
been refuted by the practical expert
ence OF past years, we will give him
our number when it comes to arrang-
ing seats for the celestial choir
DightOn Herald.
The editor Of the Mail Is not en-
gagged in pointing out either the new
or the old in Coins writings. We
have not even read any of his works.
We have been pointing out some
facts found in the United States stat
uteS and in the record history Of the
United States. We do not belong to
that class, represented to the best
Of his ability by the editor of the
Herald, who refuse to recognize a fact
simply because Populist, a Demo
crat or an Anarchist states it. There
are great many facts relating to the
coinage question of the past that
ought to be known to Bro. Lobdell, of
which his editorial squibs would in
dicate that he is absolutely ignorant.
If Coin or any other man states facts,
admit them. If his reasoning on
these facts is erroneous and leads to
false conclusions, expose his fallacies
which are unquestiOnably convincing
the minds of many of his readers that
he is right. We would like to see
Bro. Lobdell undertake this task
Mail.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-23
Wheat and Silver.


Amid the believing bulls and
growing bears Of the grain pit, the
price of wheat has gone up few
cents, and then rose the howl of the
gold trust organs: where now is
your argument that silver and wheat
sympathize with each other" And
as Gotten gained a few points the
echo is heard on the cotton question
as well. A fact is a hard thing to get
over. As people in the general do
not have time to look up the answer
to all the falsehOods ahOat or to the
deception practiced by the money
lenders newspapers, it may answer
all this noise and confusion to look
at the market quotations for March
and April, which cover the period
that the Japan.China treaty was in
fuential from its indemnity demand
OF 300 100000 silver then, on the price
of that metal. For example: On the
It'll day Of March, last silver quoted
in New York at 6Os cents an ounce:
cotton uplands at ): cents. And on
the same day wheat for may delivery
sold in Chicago at SO rs cents per
bushel. So much for that date, and
it may be well to fix the figures in
mind, so the next can be compared
with facility.
On March 18th just three weeks
later, silver rose to 81 cents an ounce
while cotton went up TO GIG, and
wheat to 55t cents. Or, in round
numbers, close enough for comparison
silver rose 3 cents, wheat 2 cents
and cotton cent. Then once more:
On April %, only a little over an
other three weeks interval, silver sold
for 81 cents, cotton Il and wheat 80
( 7-6. The same relative prices almost
to fraction.
We shall not preach a sermon on
these remarkable parallels, but use
them simply to puncture the gas
pouches tof the gold organs AMI the
repeaters of assertions they only know
about from sound. The campaign
of education" has begun, and the re-
cent riSein wheat has been seized up
On to break the crushing force of the
facts of the gold standard on the
price of farm products.
At the same time this has been 60
ing on, and for all the years since
1873, "a silver dollar buys the same
amount Of cotton in India and Mexi-
co that it always did, and does so to-
day. So that the Manchester spinner
buys dollars worth of cotton and
wheat at Bombay with his 80 and 50
cent silver bought of our mines, and
has the margin to beat our farmers
on. That is bed rock business fact
Kansas City Journal.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-23

In conversation Mrs. Rogers in
formed the reporter that she did not
think he actually swallowed, but that
1t was a contraction OF the muscles
which at times caused him to close
his mouth and attempt to swallow
whenever anything was placed in his
mouth. She also claimed that she had
not seen him move, but even while
she was speaking Rogers turned his
head TO one side and drew a long
breath just like person disturbed
from quiet sleep.
At the close Of the interview Mrs.
Rogers said: This is a case of politi-
cal persecution; my husband was a
Republican, but left that party and
went over to the Democrats. They
have robbed US Of $4,000, all we had
in the world, and now they are trying
to take his life. He is 81 years Of
age and cannot stand much more"
The case is attracting great deal
OF attention in this city, aud the gen.
eral opinion is that if Rogers is sham
ming he is doing it in good shape
Hutchinson News.
What makes the authorities so sus-
picious OF Rogers just now are the
peculiar circumstances that surround
him. He has been tried and convict
ed once on this charge-upOn the evil
dence OF his partner in crime. The
supreme court reversed the case. His
accomplice has been arrested and con-
victed Of crime in Iowa, but has not
been sentenced yet. The prosecution
have this witness in the Newton jail,
having secured him by giving heavy
bond TO the state Of Iowa for his re-
turn by certain day, when he is to
be sentenced to the Iowa peniten-
tiary. II Rogers can prevent his
trial from coming on until after this
man is returned to Iowa he is sure Of
acQuittal.