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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
KILLED BY : CAVE-IN,

Eleven Men Known To Have Been Crushed
to Death by Tons of Failing Rock in n
Nine-rheW Work of Rescue immediately
Begun and Prosecuted with Courage and
NiSor Until Darkness InterveneG-At the
Pts Mouth.
BREWSTER, y. Y, Nov. -. Nineteen
years ago fifty tons of rock fell into
the open pit at the lilly Foster mine,
killing SIX miners and manning three
others for life. From that time until
today the hanging walls, which rise
400 feet above the working level of the
pit. have undergone daily inspection.
If this inspection revealed anv crevice
or other sign Of danger. work below
was abandoned until the threatening
overhang had been dislOdged. This
extreme caution has prevented many
accidents.
Yesterday afternoon about thirty
men We're at work on the 4nO-fOot level
breaking ore and loading the cars sent
down by the cable. About $40 o'clock
the entire northwest wall, apparently
containing over 100 tuns OF rock. fell
into the pit, killing not less than
eleven men, and intlIcting serious in
JurieS upon nine others. William As
pcIt n four others ran AM escaped.
Five Italians also got ont alive.
Aspeil and his companions, as soon
as the bovlders stopped rolling down
the slope, saw Patrick il. Murtha strug-
CLING To get up. lie was pinned fast
by Il rock. They assisted him up and
lie was hOisted Il the surface. where
he died soon after.
just as ;ne rcscuing car started on
the return trip more rock fell, and it
is reported hat one of The three Ital-
lians mentioned above was killed.
The second downward trip brought
Pat II. Kelley and James McCiinn.
They organized the miners left in the
pit, secured tools and began 70 take
out the bodies. Rocks we're thrown
OFF the bodies of Michael Cannon,
Thomas Dennis. john FagaE an Aus
Italians, Nos. 80 and 39l. All were
dead and horribly mangIed.
Mark C~ritchiey, who seemed t o be
suffering from Il fracture of the spine,
probably fatally hurt, wa taken home,
as WAS also Patrick Barns, who will
cover.
Supt. Tomlins and Foreman Lynch
received the bodies upon the surface,
and submitted them to the view of
Coroner Penny and a jury. The I'M
dcr;aiers cared for them as the rcla-
tivcs AMI friends directed.
DARKNESS came on rapidly and the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
THE HUMAN BUTCHERS
Find a New Field for Their Bloody Work
-forty->ix Villages Looted.

-forty->iX Villages Looted.
LONDON, Nov 80 1.-The Times rub
fishes a dispatch from Julia, dated
November :. saying that the AR.
menian villages between Persia and
Van. probably to the number of forty
six have been destroyed by the
llamideh cavalry. AL the reports say
that the number of persons killed was
very large. The refugees are mostly
going to the city of Van. There will
probably be a massacre in Van soon.
Cannon are trained on the houses of
the A~rmenians, and the trees along
the streets have been felled to give
free range to their fire.
Reports say that Hamideh cavalry
are raiding the entire province OF Van
and committing horrible atrocities.
Many women have been carried to the
mountains. Van is the only place
that has been untouched by the Kurds,
who are seizing large numbers of
sheep and cattle.
The whole population OF the Jurta-
Ion, numbering 200. have been killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

EIGHrY-Two women were successful
in gaining the 3. A. degree from the
London university at the last examina-
ton.
CHARLOTTE FOWLER WELLS was the
first woman publisher. She has been
in business since 1911, and is still at it
in New York.
A WOMAN who wanted to play Lady
Macbeth in 4 Topeka amateur show re-
fused to go on because she couldn't
have big sleeves for her slecp-walking
gown.
Fol! the first time 4 woman has re-
ccived the degree Of doctor of litera-
ture from London university IN the
person of Miss Dawes, 4 graduate Of
Girton.
NINE. CAsIHER-PERIER has kept up
the charitable custom OF helping two
hundred poo widows at Christmas
time. This good work was started by
Nine. Carnot.
Miss BESSIE Z. HACKETT, n New
England girl, has received the first
prize IA watch for writing the best adj
vertiscment of the merits of n newly
introduced paint.
Born Of the legs of Miss Eva Dooley,
of Boston, were amputated at the knee
recently to save her life. They were
poisoned by the dye in red stockings
which she had been wearing.
Mrs. NAT COLLINS, widely known
as the Montana Cattle Queen" will
soon issue n volume Of "reminiscences,
giving n history OF w forty years of
life in the camp AID on the prairie.
AT Gardiner, Me, there is n good
looking and spry young woman who
draws a grocery wagon. No fear of
her wasting her time fcoling with the
servant girls unless they have got new
bonnets.
Mrs. ORMIsTOS CHANT, the English
rcformer, says that she has been Of
fered five thousand pounds to be silent
and to cease carrying on the crusade
against the music halls and similar
places of amusement.
Mrs. HENRIETTA NJ. KING, of Corpus
Christi, Tex, owns eighteen hundred
and seventy-five square miles of lard in
Texas, or about Il million and Il quarter
of acres. She inherited this vast do
main from her husband, Richard King
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
IN 1895.

A MAIL CARRIER was sen ont from
Boston, Philadelphia or New York to 4
country town only when there was
enough mail to pay him for the trip.
WHEN a Virginian started on a jour
ney to New York, he made his will and
babe farewell to his friends, as though
he expected nev to see them again.
QUARRELs between the boxes and the
pit in the theaters were common, and
the people in the former sometimes spat
down on the heads of the crowd below.
BUSINESS men and politicians gener-
ally used n cipher in their correspond.
ence, lest their communications become
public property, by being read by the
postmasters.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
NEW GOLD /
Great Excitement over Late Discoveries
Near salt Lake City.

near SAT- Lake tlty.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 30
Recent discoveries of vast gold fields
have been E2ake 1T Mercur, about six
ty-tive miles south of Salt Lake City
which give every indication of max
ing that place not only the largest and
richest gold mining camp in America.
but in the world. For about two years
only one property has been operated,
the Mercur Gold Mining and Milling
Co.
Within a very short period a district
of seven miles by three miles has been
almost entirely taken up and fully a
thousand miners and prospectors are
at work. Three new mills have been
started up and are now operating even
more protitably than the original one.
New discoveries are being made
daily and there is great excitement.
The extent of the surface in which the
ore is found appears to be practically
unlimited and the stock of numerous
companies which have been recently
Incorporated is eagerly sought for at
from % ccnts to s. Il share.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
r

Officials Selected by the Republican MAJ
iorty OF the New House of Representa-
tives-Comp;imentary Selections of Cam
didates Made by the Democratic Mi
nority.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-The combina-
ton ticket for house officers was car
ried through the republican caucus of
the house at the capitol last night
with but one eXception-Mr. Fisher,
of Kansas, who was slated for the
chaplaincv, being defeated by Mr.. Cou-
den, of Michigan.
The result OF the caucus, briefly sum-
married., is:
Speaker-Thomas b. Reed. of Maine.
Clerk-Alexander Mcdowell, of Penn
~sylvania.
Observation-Disclosures f. Rus
sell, of Missouri.
MISREPRESENTATION J. Glenn, of
New York.
Postmaster-Joseph C.. McElroy, of
Ohio.
Chaplain-Rev. Henry NJ. Coudcn. of
Michigan.
After the transaction of some minor
business, the causns at 1:15 a. m, adj
journed, after a continuous session of
more than five hours.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
THE CHINESE MUST GO.
Writ of Habeas Corpus Dissolved and
CeIestIaIs Ordered Deported.

CHICAGO, Dec. Judge Grosscup.
in the United States court, ordered the
writ of habeas corpus, by which
three Chinese. detained in Chi
cago under the deportation law,
regained their liberty, dissolved,
and ordered that the Cinnamon
be remanded to the custody of United
States Marshal Nat :. StearnS
in Vermont. They will then he sent
out of this country as soon as possible.
Contrary to previous statements made
Attorney Thomas A. Milchrist did not
ask for an appeal. He at first intended
to do so, but changed his mind in re-
gard to the matter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
SENTENCED FOR BURGLARY

Charles Harris, While Awaiting Transpor.
tstiOn. Fatally Wounds IA FeIIow-rris-
omer.
ST.. JOSEPH. No, Nov. 29.-Charles
Harris, awaiting transportation to the
p~Nlitcutiary to serve FIVE years FOR
burglary, shot and fatally wounded
James Anderson, a fellow prisoner in
the county Jail yesterday morning,
during a fight among the half hundred
prisoners in the Jail led by Pat Grove,
the NOTED criminal and alleged train
rohber. The factions fought it Il in
the corridors among themselves and
the sheriff and his deputies were pow
erless TO qucll the disturbance. The
uproar and din attracting a crowd
about the Jail.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
HOLMES SENTENCED.
His Motion for a New Trial Denied and
the Death Penalty Imposed.

Ais "obhoh ioE we" lElhl cure anu
the Death Penalty Imposed.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3O.-Herman W.
Mudgett, alias ii. II. Holmes, who was
convicted of murder in the first degree
for having caused the death, III this
city, of benjamin T. PitezeI, was, in
the court of oyer and terminer, re-
fused a new trial and sentenced to
he hanged. The opinion denying
the accused Il new trial was deliv-
cred 10y Judge Arnold. it having been
]cOncurred i'll by Judges Thayer, Wilson
and Arnold, who heard tine application
for 4 new trial. Judge Arnold then
pronounced the death sentence.
Holmes. who had been brought into
court to hear the opinion, was not af-
fected by the adverse decision. and
when Judge Arnold, in deliberate tones.
sentenced him to be hanged by
the neck until dead" the air of APP
parent Indifference. which was SO
manifest throughout the trial. was not
Gcviated from by the alleged multi
murderer. Holmes Fvas tfff returned
to the county prison, and a death
watch WIS pldceu over MINI Inc GATE
of execution will be fixed by Gov.
Hastings.
The opinion covers thirty-seven
type written pages, and Judge Arnold
occupied an hour in its delivery.
Every phase of the noted case was
gone into and the fifteen points raised
by the defendants counsel in the APP
plication for Il new trial were disposed
of seriatim.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
Americans in behalf of
BEDLAM BROKE LOOSE
And ReiGned for Two Hours In Sing Sing
Prison.

Prison.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3O.-One of the
strictest rules of Sing Sing prison is
that silence must be preserved at all
times.
On Wednesday Warden Sage caused
typewriter notes to be posted in each
cell saying that everybody except those
in the hospital extension would be per.
mitted to laugh, whistle, play musical
Instruments, shout, talk and sing, to
their hearts content, provided nc i'm
proper remarks were made or improper
songs were sung, between 3 and ) p.
IN. Thursday.
Notice was given that the hour of 3
would be announced by three strokes
on the gong, and the hour of 5 by five
strokes.
When the sharp strokes rang out
bedlam broke loose. The biggest dog
show New York eve had was as quiet
as a Quaker meeting compared to it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
TWO NEGROES ARRESTED
For QuardrupIe Murder with Damaging
Evidence Found Upon Them.

PARIS, Tex, Nov. 30. United States
Marshall Williams arrested Hickman
Freeman and Silas Lee, negroes ten
miles east of Goodland, Okla, yester-
day. for the murder OF the four per-
sons on the boat found Sunday. Lee
had Jeff MaddOX's watch, Winchester
and some of his clothing. Williams is
positive that he has the right men and
has all the evidence necessary to con.
vict them. but will not give it out
now.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
ANOTHER
Overtakes the Great Coal Fleet En- Route
for Southern Points.

IN
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 3O.-Reports
reaching this city are that the coal
fleets now en- route for southern mar
kets on the Ohio river have again been
attended with disaster. The latest ac.
cident reported occurred at Glass House
rifle, and was caused by the steamer
Dauntless cOlliding with the towboat
Onward No satisfactory explanation
has been received, aside from the
statement that the accident occurred
in the fog. Several coal boats were
sunk and Il number Of others set adrift.
The Onward, ii is said. lost her wheel.
1t is estimated that 80, 900 bushels of
coal were sunk at Deadman's rifle
Wednesday night, and another $50. 900
bushels were lost in the later acct
dent, making a total loss close to 500
OOO.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
MINISTER THEOIM'S WIDOW
Leaves Washington to Return TO Portugal
With Her Husbands Body.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Mrs. Thedim,
widow of the Portuguese minister
who died a few days ago. left the city
Friday at midnight en- route to POrtu-
gal. The corpse of the dead diplomat,
which is to be transported to Portugal,
was conveyed to New York on an ear.
lier train.
The Portuguese minister and wife,
during their brief s~ojourn in Washing
ton, were great favorites with diplo-
mats and government officials
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
MAD DOGS.

An Exciting Chase in a Fashionable Chi
caEo ThorouGhfsre.
CHICAGO. Nov. 2S.-The chase of a
mad dog down three blocks Of Ash
land avenue. one of Chicago's fashiona
Ole residence streets, was attended last
evening by much excitement, much
shooting. the injury of two persons
II killing of three CANNES.
FRANK Vorak and Mrs Dora Orban.
SKY were badly bitten, and are under
the care of physicians.
The chase attracted much attention,
and street was filed with specta.
tors
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
DIR. AhIwardt Coming to America.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. Cdr. ALL
wardt, the anti-Semitic leader in the
German reichstag, is a passenger on
board the steamer Spree, which sailed
from Bremen, November 26. for New
York.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
TEN HOURS ON A REEF
As the Result of an defective Chart of
Cape Graci0s.

New YORK, Nov. %O.-The Russian
steamer Regulus, just arrived from
Livingston, Central America. was
ashore for ten hours on Novem-
Der IL on 4 reef Is miles north.
east of Cape Gracios. The Ioca-
tion of the reel is not correctly
shown on the chart and the Eegulus
ran aground where the chart showed
deep water. Capt. Forstel said that
he had just taken an observation re-
fore the steamer struck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
To he Settled by a Woman,

COLON, Nov. 29.-The queen regent
of Spain has been agreed upon by the
governments of Colombia, Ecuador
and Peru to act as arbitrator in the
delimitation of the boundaries of those
countries
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07
Methodist Theological School ;nauSurated
in Rome.

ROME, Nov. 29.-The recentlv-built
theological school connected with the
American Episcopal Methodist church
here was inagurated yesterday even
ing. A number OF Americans were
present.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Thirty min
utes sutficed to complete the work of
the democratic caucus which was held
yesterday at 3 o'clock to nominate
candidates, for clerk, doorkecper, SER
geant-at-arms, postmaster and chap
lain of the Fifty-fourth congress. The
roll call disclosed the presence of sew
enty-tive members, an unusually large
number, when the perfunctory char
acter of the proceedings is remem
bered.
a few minutes were spent in organic
ing and then Mr.. Catchings nomi-
mated the following gentlemen:
Clerk, James Kerr. of Pennsylvania;
dOorkeepsr, A. b. Hurt, of Mississippi;
sergeant-at-arms, Herman w. Snow,
of Illinois; postmaster, John I. Ross,
of Maryland; chaplain. Edward Is.
Bagbv, of Virginia, and they also
were unanimously chosen, ~whereupon
the caucus adjourned.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-23
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
THE PRESIDENTS COURAGE.

THE PRESIDENTS COURAGE.
The Philadelphia Ledger says The
country is fortunate in having as President
a man of courage and determination, who
can be relied upon to maintain the public
credit. President Cleveland will undoubt
be necessary to check "a suspicion of our
Discrimination or disability TO meet with
the strictest honor every national obliga-
ton Nor need any one worry himsel1
about such an issue of bonds, Especially
at this time, when there is good reason tc
believe that it can be averted. 1t is Ger
tainly better to issue bonds than to have
our credit impaired, and President Cleve.
land has moral courage enough to stand
firmly in defense of the nations honor
disregarding the shameless misrepresenta
tions of reckless partisans
"On every hand there are signs not Of
returning, but of returned prosperity
When the crop movement shall have been
fairly begun-a few weeks hence-a fresh
stimulus will be given through the trans
portation systems to every industry in tn,
land; expectations of gold will cease, and
possibly the tide turned the other way
With such an outlook it is worse than idle
to croak about possible bond issue, which
if made, will be for the benefit of the coun-
try, to prevent an impairment ofits credit
For our own part we do not believe that
all the croakers in the country can halt its
progress; the momentum is now too great
but it is vexing to observe that there is
any man or newspaper so unpatriutic as
little advantage in the game of politics.
WINTER OATS.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says: The
Lancaster New Era records the fact that
farmer of Lancaster county has recently
harvested a crop of winter oats which av
craged sixty-eight bushels to the acre.
This result is an important one to the far
mers of Southern Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sew, MARYLAND, Delaware and other States,
where, for some reason or other, spring
oats have ceased to be productive and oats
of any kind are now only rarely grown.
In letter, quoted by the New Era, writ
ten by Kent county, Del, farmer, it is
declared that winter oats have there yield
ed from fifty to eighty bushels per acre
and have proved one Of the most profit
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-23
"BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS -

The TRADES upon Senator German which
are being published in the editorial col
umns of the Baltimore Sun" are neither
dictated by reason, nor are they i'll accor-
dance with true sense of etiquette and
avoiding the dangerous and contemplate
language that would subject the paper to
suit for libel, many of its publications
have tendency 10 reflect upon the Sen
ator's character in manner that is calcu-
lated to do him the greatest injustice
among those to whom he is not well
known.
In a recent article upon what the Sun"
terms 1.-THE dual despotism of German and
Rasin.' the assertion is made that they
have brought the public life of Maryland
and Baltimore to that point where manly
men, who value their own integrity and
regulations, feel that, as Addison said of
England under the rule of base men, Fthe
post of honor is private station
Three honorable gentlemen, who are
respected and beloved, wherever they are
known, have been nominated as the can
didates of the Democratic party, and have
accepted their respective positions upon
the ticket Does the Sun" mean to say that
these gentlemen are parties to a compact,
are the creatures of despotism that puts
a premium upon all that is ignoble, selfish
and mean in human nature" To say that
''the branding iron of the bosses is in evil
dence' upon these gentlemen would be an
insult that should be resented not only by
them, but by every honorable man in the
State
Democratic ticket, but, in its ardor to
smash things it will do the party service
Democrats will no longer look to it for doc
trine and enlightenment. but will regard
it with suspicion and disgust Its enmity
towards Senator German has led it to ex-
tremes from which honest, sensible men
will shrink It's course is altogether I'M
worthy of a great metropolitan journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-23
FIGHTING IN CUBA.

\ severe engagement, it is reported in
official circles, has been fought at Arimao
in the Department of Santa Clara. Lieu
tenant Colonel Palanca routed the insur-
gents under the command of Roloff and
Seratin Sanchez 1t is added that the
troops are pursuing the enemy toward the
| Camaguay Pass. The insurgents left sixty
dead and wounded on the field and twenty
of their horses were killed The troops
lost two killed and had eight wound
ed
The insurgents under the command of
SuareZ, Zayas, Machado and Fuste are re-
ported to be in fight in the direction of
Campana on the limits of the Province of
Puerto Principe
1t is further announced that Colonel
Olivia Sunday near Bojas in the Province
of Santa Clara engaged a band of insur-
gents, who lost twenty dead and wound
ed
Official advices made public here say
| that the insurgents have attacked the
pIdHtttlou VI hoIIolltt, Dut were TcpulSeQ
| by the the armed laborers with a loss of
| five killed and seven wounded. One labor
er was killed and four were wounded
1t is reported that the death has occurr-
ed in Songo from fever of Serg. Francisco
BaZine, son Of the late French Marshal
Bazine
The insurgents have attactCd the fort at
the village of Sanambras three times and
have been thrice repulsed according to
reports received at Havana.
1t has been discovered that the steamers
to the mines at Juragua, Province of San
tiago de Cuba have been supplying the
insurgents with ammunition.
La Plata Crescent: 1t is amusing and al
most pitifdl to see the frantic way i'll which
the rural Republican Journals saAgover the
State cling to and insist .uIa3 The idea that
the Democratic ticket is a tsGofman tick
ct If they can dcrive1any comfort from
the fact that Mr. German will lend all his
strength to its eleCtion in Heavens name
let them have it. Comfort will be at
premium in Republican circles before cleo
ton day.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-23
G0RKAN AND THE TARIFF.

The Philadelphia Record, one of the
leading Democratic tariff raform journals
commenting on the recent Maryland Dem
ocratic State convention has the following
to say incidentally regarding Senator Cor
man and the tariff law:
although the proceedings of the Mary
land Democratic State Convention were
attended with some friction in regard to
the nomination of a gubernatorial candi-
date, there was no want of harmony in the
enunciation of Democratic principles and
policy The resolutions sustain the revenue
phatically denounce the pernicious her
e'v' of free silver coinage. While the in
fIeuce of Senator German and his friends
was dominant in the convention it was
exercised not only with becoming rodesty
but with magnanimity. Had the convcn-
ton been composed exclusively of the sup
porters of the entire policy of Clcyclands
administration, tariff and ALL the rcsou-
tions could not have spoken of the Admin
istratiaA~in terms of stronger cOmmenda-
ton. There is no question that Senator
German, whose efforts were so successful
ly directed to the promotion of Democratic
harmony in Maryland, has recently gained
greatly in strength and popularity both at
home and abroad Many persons who for
merly regarded him as IA master of politi-
cal intrigue have come to recognize his
breadth and sagacity us a statesman.
This growth of Senator German in pop