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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
HELD UP IN BLUE CUT.
The Spot Made Famous by the
James Gang
The Scene of Another Train Robbery
Masked Men Capture the Engi-
nser and Fireman and Rob
the Express Car.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 24.-Blue
Cut, between Independence and Glen
dale, No, was the scene of another
train robbery at $40 o'clock last even
ing. Chicago & Alton passenger train
No. As was held up by foul bandits,
who compelled the engineer to use his
coal hammer to break open a safe.
One of the robbers vent through the
passenger cars pretending to take a
poll, while the others attended to the
express messenger, fireman and en-
gineer. 1t is said the robbers got but
a small amount.
cago & Alton train has been robbed in
Blue Cut, which vas made famous by
a robbery by the James boys.
Inspector Flahive, of Kansas City,
left with a posse of eight men for the
place where the robbery occurred. 1t
is about twelve miles from Kansas
City. The train robbed was a fast ex-
press en- route from Chicago to Kansas
City. None of the passengers were
molested, and many of them did not
know a robbery had occurred. The
trai:s was stopped by displaying a red
flag. Not one shot was fired. The
bandits had Winchesters, and are sup
posed to have had horses hitched close
at hand.
The train was in charge of Copduc-
tor A. J. Fell and Engineer James
Walton. At the entrance to Blus Cut
it was tagged. Welton reversed his
engine and brought the train to a
stanstill in the midst of the cut. l:
was pitch dark. He looked out from
his cab to ascertain the trouble when
a gruff voice commanded him to get
out of the cab and be quick about it.
Welton looked into the muzzle of a
shotgun and obeyed. Fireman Post
did likewise. Two more men emerged
from the darkness and mounted
the engine. One of them picked
up the fireman's coal pick.
The engineer and fireman were
then marched to the express car.
Messenger Andy Shields was COM
manded to open up. lie at first re-
fused, but finally complied when con-
WINGED that Posts life was in danger.
The bandits then entered the car.
rifled the money packages, securing
$500 and a quantity of jewelry. The
hold-up occupied altogether about five
minutes. The passengers knew moth
of it until long after the engine had
been cut loose.
Conductor Fell describes the men as
being short and heavy with dark hair.
Their faces Were masked. They car
ried shotguns and revolvers. Inspec-
Flahive and eight picked men left
Kansas City on a special train i'm
mediately after the report of the rob
berry reached here. The robbers are
supposed to be railroad men, from the
fact that they KIN ew how to handle
the enrine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
THE DAUNTLESS CAPTURED,
Together with Her Tender, the X. L. Ma
bry, by the Cruiser Raleigh.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 22.-Of
New Smyrna bar, last evening, the
United States cruiser Raleigh captured
the tiiibustering steamer Dauntless
and her tender the K. l.. Mabry. The
Dauntless was caught about six o'clock,
and the Mabry later. The latter
steamer was putting out to sea with
coal and supplies for the Dauntless
when the Raleigh fired a blank car.
fridge for her to stop.
The Mabrey tried to escape, where.
upon the Raleigh fired a solid shot
eros her bows and the tug heaved
to. An officer was put in charge OF
the Mabry and the Dauntless was
brought to St. Johns bar and now lies
inside, in charge of officers from the
Raleigh. Cubans here are greatly t y.
cited, but claim that the Dauntiess had
no arms nor men on board. In chas.
ing and capturing the Dauntless, the
Raleigh used her guns several times
and the alleged flibuster came near
being sunk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31

mating fatally have been known to his
Intimate friends for some time, but
have only been spoken of confiden-
TALLY. His ailment took its origin in
h excitement arising out of his
joint debate with Secretary Hoke
Smith last summer, when he was
forced to withdraw from that de-
bate for physical reasons, his friends
persuaded him to enter a sani-
tarium for treatment. He was
subject to heart disease. Reassuring
reports as to recovered health have
appeared from time to time, but they
have been largely discounted by those
fully informed as to the facts.
Mr.. Crisp was of the best-liked
men in congress. He commanded the
respect of friends and opponents by
his abilities and his generally unruf-
fed judicial fairness, which was
broken upon only once or twice, DUR
ing the bitter controversy with
Speaker Reed over the Reed rules.
He was born in Sheffield, England,
where his parents had gone on a visit.
in 1916, and this fact took him out of
the category of vice-presidential pos
slbilitieS when some years ago
his name was suggested fer that
office. He was brought to the
United States before he was a year
old, was educated in Savannah and
Macon, Ga, served in the confederate
army and was made prisoner. He
was admitted to the bar in 1866; be.
came successfully state solicitor.
judge, congressman and speaker OF
the house of representatives in the
f~tty-second and tifty-third con-
crosses. His congressional career in
the lower house extended over Il
years, and he was the choice of his
party for the United States senate
when he died.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
The Sensational Advance in Wheat the
Event of the Week.

The Sensational Advance in Wheat the
Event of the Week.
New YORK, Oct. 23.-R. G. & Co. in
their weekly review of trade say:
The event of the week has been the
sensational advance of wheat to SO
cents for cash on Thursday, a rise of
53 cents, and its fall to a. on Thurs
day, gaining ~ on Friday. The rise
was magnitied by covering of specula-
tive sellers who imagined the advance
had gone too far, but was at the bot
ton based on an extraordinary foreign
demand, which has engaged grain yes
sells from all Pacific as well as Atlantic
ports for months ahead. How great
the shortage in ordinary European sup
plies may be is the point of doubt and
speculation, but none now question
that shipments from the Pacific coast
to India and the decrease in Russian
yield are important, and the buying Of
enormous quantities for export, with
engagements of freight room at higher
rates, express the belief of European
dealers.
Wheat exports from the Pacific coast
are large, and over 500, 900 bushels per
day have been engag d ahead for
some time. The Atlantic exports
about 900, 900 bushels larger thar last
year for the week, have been, in Octo-
Der 6,570.2I3 bushels, flour Included,
against 5,OS6, 3SS last year. Corn moves
largely and at lower prices, having
declined a cent for the week. Cotton
has advanced a sixteenth to eight
cents, with only moderate transac-
tions and heavy receipts from planta-
tions. Estimates of the yield vary all
the way from Mr.. Neill's 1900, 900
bales to much less than 5000, 0O0, but
the impression grows that the yield
will be large.
The most striking feature of indus
trial returns is the number of con-
tracts conditioned upon the election.
The movement of currency to the
interior has been only s., 500, 600 for
the week, and the market for CONNER
ciaI loans has been dull. The volume
of business shown by exchanges has
been 81 per cent less than last year
and &c per cent. less than in 1892.
Failures for the week have been PA
in the United States, against 231 last
year, and 60 in Canada, against rs last
year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
UNIVERSALLY CENSURED.
The DastardIy Assault Upon Secretary Car
Isle at Covington Severely Criticised.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 24-The treat
ment of Secretary Carlisle Thursday
night vas the subject of earnest talk
among politicians of both parties in
this city yesterday. Democratic lead
ers denounce and disayow the actions
of those who assaulted the secretary,
and republicans, while c~ondemning
the acts committed, profess the belief
that the insult will help the cause of
sound money III that state and else.
where.
"Tne conduct of the crowd at Sec.
rotary Carlisle's meeting in Coving-
ton last night said Chairman Bah
cock of the republican congressional
committee, cannot be condemned in
terms too severe. Secretary Carlisle
is an honored son of hat state; one Of
her representative citizens, and went
there to speak for the cause in which
he believed. He was entitled to de-
cent treatment under any circum-
stances, but especially in his own town
and among the people with whom he
was personally acquainted. The con.
duct of the crowd in assaulting the
secretary was an attack not only upon
the man, but upon the high Office he
holds.
This rowdyism," he said, will lose
the party represented by the men who
committed this dastardly attack thou
sands of votes"
Chairman Butler, of the national
populist committee, discussing the
Carlisle incident, said:
u regret any such conduct towards
any man, however much l may oppose
his position or however much l may
object to his views"
Good citizens cannot said Mr..
Butler, Endorse such proceedings"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
THIBETAN ANIMALS
Marco Polo's Description of the Yak and
the Musk Deer.

the Musk Deer.
There are wild cattle in that country
almost as big as elephants, splendid
creatures, covered everywhere but on
the back with shaggy hair a good four
palms long. They are partly black,
partly white, and really wonderfully
fine creatures, and the hair or wool is
extremely fine and white, finer and
whittier than silk. Messer Marco brought
some to Venice as a great curiosity, and
SO it was reckoned by those who saw
it. There are also plenty of them tame,
which have been caught young. These
the people use commonly for burden
and general work, and in the pillow as
we'll; and at the latter they will do full
twice as much work as any other cattle,
being such very strong beasts.
In this country, too, is found the best
musk in the world; and 1 will tell you
how it is produced. There exists in
that region n kind of wild animal like
a gazelle. 1t has feet and tail like the
gazelle's. and stays hair of a very
coarse kind, but no horns. 1t has four
tusks, two below, and two above, about
three inches long, and slender in form,
one pair growing upward, and the other
downward. 1t is n very pretty creature.
The musk is found in this way. When
the creature has been taken, they find
between the flesh and the skin some
thing like an imposthume full of blood.
which they cut out and remove with all
the skin attached to it. and the blood
inside this im~posthume is the musk that
produces that powerful perfume. There
is an immense number of these beasts
/ n the country we are speaking of. The
flesh is very good to eat. Messer Marco
brought the dried head and feet of one
of these animals TO Venice with him.
The people are traders and artisans,
and also grow abundance of corn. The
province has an extent of &c days
journey. Pheasants are found twice
as big as ours, indeed nearly as big as a
peacock, and having tails of seven to
ten palms in length; and besides them
other pheasants in aspect like our own.
and birds of many other kinds. and of
beautiful variegated plumage. The peo-
pie, who are idOlators, are fat folks
with little noses and black hair, and no
beard, except Il few hairs on the upper
lip. The women too have very smooth
and white skins, and in every respect
are pretty creatures.-Noah Brooks. ir
st. Nicholas.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
THE VAN
No Armcnians left in the District by tha
BIOOdthirsty kurds.

No Armenians left in the District by the
BIOndthirsty kurds.
LONDON, Oct. ga Berlin dispatch
to the Daily News says: The st. Peters
burg Viedomosti gives details of the
Van massacre, secured from fugitives
who have arrived at Elchmiadzin.
They declare that no Armenians are
left in the Van district. The Kurds.
declaring that they were executing
the sultan's will, mercilessly BUTCH
cred the men, kidnapped the prettiest
women and girls and threw the chill
dren into the pits intended for storing
corn and buried them alive, in order
to save ammunition. The victims
were arranged in rows and were
killed, two and three at a single shot.
The details of the outrages on the
priests and temples and the sacred
books and vessels are indescribably re.
Voting.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31

While blowing a field in the parish
of Tierce, near Anglers, a laborer named
Gilbert had the misfortune to overturn
& wasps' nest. Immediately the swarm
rose and settled on Gilbert, whose head,
and arms were covered with the pesti-
working by his side, was also badly
stung. and was rendered quite incapa-
bic of going to her husbands assist
ance. When the wasps were finally
driven off it was ascertained that the
peasant had ceased to live, and it is
thought one of the swarm must have
entered his mouth and stung him so
that he died from Observation-Disclosures
TelepraDh.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
hANNA'S MANIFESTO

Ia hexbtion TO the alleged Coercion n
W~orkfngmen to Vote for the Repub-
lican Tioket-He Declares the Partiei
Making the Charge Particeps CrIminii
II They Fall to Prosecute Those Guilty
of Such Observation-Disclosures.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-Chairman Hanna
of the Republican national committee
gives to the press the following IN
n~ouncement:
The manifest policy of the silver
democratic managers in this campaign,
as set forth by their candidate fol-
president shortly after his nomination,
has been to create the belief in the
minds of the w~orkingmen that they
were being coerced by their EN-
ployers to vote contrary to
their convictions. The chairman Of
the national committee, Hon. J. K
Jones, has emphasized this policy in a
proclamation, in which he boldly
charges the employing classes of the
country with having entered into a
conspiracy to coerce their employees
into voting contrary to their opin
ions.
This is a very grave charge, and il
iiuo " d llldG JuSlluCI
giving it some attention. 1t is an in
suit both to employer and employee.
We do not believe that one is despotic
enough to attempt to coerce. or thai
the other is so %cringing as to be CO
creed. Employees and employers are
all free American citizens, knowing
their rights and capable of asserting
and maintaining them. To coerce
voter is a crime against the laws of the
land, and if Messrs. Bryan and Jones.
know of coercion they make them,
selves accomplices of the criminals by
not informing the proper authoritie,
and taking steps for prosecution.
1t has been the policy of the repub
lican party, since its organization, tc
protect every citizen in the exercise OF
his elective franchise, and it will still.
adhere to that policy. While we con,
slider the charge absurd, and believe
that American workingmen and EN-
ployers are too Independent and patri
otto to be ooerced or to coerce, the re.
publican committee will do anything
in its power to protect workingmen il
the free and untrammeled exercise OF
their rights as citizens, and will cheer
fully unite with the national demo
cratic committee in any movement
having hat object in view. Coercion
of voters is not only an un-American,
urpatriotic and despotic usurpation of
the rights of free citizens, but
it is a wrong that will in
evitably recoil upon its perpe
traitors. 1t is an arbitrary use
of power That is in direct conflict with
the principles of Our government
The civil compact of majority rule
means free majorities, for whose pro
lection all constitutional powers
should be used, and without which a
political victory would be barren
of results worthy of a great party.
This committee will spare no pains tc
c to every citizen, whatever his
politics, the right 10 cast his vote ac.
cording to his convictions and to have
his vote honestly counted"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
An international Agreement.

LONDON, Oct. 22.-The Daily News
publishes a dispatch from Paris say
ing it is stated there through the eff.
forts of the zar as an intermediary
an agreement has been reached be-
tween the Russian, French and Brit
ish governments for the settlement of
troubles in Turkey. Should the plan
of settlement decided upon be unop-
posed by two members of the drie.
bund. the third member will be obliged
to accept il.
The basis of a policy regarding China
and Japan, the dispatch says, has also
been outlined by the three powers
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
At Washington Thinning Out as Election
Day Approaches

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24-The execu-
tive departments are beginning to
show the thinning out incident to the
approaching presidential election. All
the departments have furnished cam
paign orators, and from the treasury
alone no less than Is officials
or employees are actually engaged in
campaign talk. Secretary Carlisle and
the higher officials are supporting
Palmer, while the under democratic
officials are campaigning for Bryan
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31

And then" related the shade Of
Alexander, Il laid the pipes to acquire
the rest of the world"
The shade of the plumber showed
signs of intelligence.
"Ah, 1 see" it exclaimed. "You took
it for the bill. Well, 1 declare. And
that was $500 years ago?"-.Detxoit
Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
Escaped From the United States Jail at
Fort Smith, Ark.

FORT SMITH, Ark, Oct. 24-Nine
prisoners confined in the United States
jail here succeeded in making their
escape some time during the night,
and have not yet been r~ecaptured.
Their names and the crimes charged
against them follows:
Phil Roberts. burglary; Ed. Rodgers,
Bill Edmunds. Grant Prime, Warren
Willis, robbery; Will Roberts, Jack
Colbert, larceny; Bunk Parker, rob-
bling a post office, and Henry Beecher,
counterfeiting, all Indian territory
criminals.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
GAR AND EMPEROR.
The Meeting at Darmstadt Was of o
Friendly Character.

BERLIN, Oct. 22.-The Reichsanzei.
ger, the official gazette. says hat the
meeting of the z a and emperor, at
Darmstadt, Monday, took place without
ceremony and was of an intimate char
Acter. corresponding with traditional
friendship and family relations of both
rulers. The emperor, the Reichsan-
zeiger says, will officially turn the
rzar's visit to Germany by a visit to
st. Petersburg next summer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
The Spartan FIoated.

ANGLEsEA, y. j., Oct. 23.-The
steamer Spartan, which grounded on
Hereford bar during the recent storm,
vas ioated this morning.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31

"NHo was best man at the ~wedding9"
1.-THE brides father, if cheerfulness counts
for anything. PUCK.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31

MRs. G.. las her husband departs for a
club m~eetingj-''lf you're any later than
midnight, l shan't speak to you'll" G.-"I
hope you won't dearI'-Bazar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31

NATURAL.-''They say that Harry Is the
greatest kicker in his football team.' I'm
not surprised. His father was the infer
nalest old kicker ever knew
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31

1 HAVE found Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton an ~unfailing medicine.-F. r. LORI,
1905 Scott St, Covington, Ky, Oct. l, 1894.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31

CLARA-"Mr. Nicefello said my face was
classic. What is classicl' Dora-"Oh,
most anything old."-GoOd News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31

JUST try q 1Oc box of Cascarets, the finest
and bowel regulator ever made.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away.

II you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic,
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. MANY gain ten pounds in ten days.
over loO, 600 cured. Buy No-To-Bac from
YOUR own druggist, who will guarantee a
cure. Booklet and sample mailed free: Ad
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago orNew York.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-31
E~X-SPEAKER CRISP
Dies, After a Lingering Illness, at
an Atlanta Sanitarium.

He was Subject to Heart Disease, and HIl
Fatal Illness Had Its Origin In the Ex-
citement Attending His Joint De-
bate with Secretary Hoke Smith.
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 23.-Ex-Speaker
Charles F. Crisp died at 2:l5 p. m. He
a been at a private sanitarium here
for 60 days.
The serious illness of ex-Speaker
Crisp and the probability of it's termi-
Tombstone epitaph., 1896-06-21
Weather and Crop Balletin.

h the climate and crop series bulle- tin 0. the Weather Bureau at Phenix, Arizons, Ter the week ending June Ia, 1896, ssys: The week has cen one oi excessive heat throughout the terri tory. At Pheoix the mean iempeYa- ,ure for the week was 93 degrees with . maximum ll5 on the 18th; Yuma IF on the l2th; Signal IA on the l2.b; Gro Blsnco reported trace Of rAIn upon the l2rh. The percentage of sunshine was 100. The condition of crops has not materially changed dur ing the week as all irrigated crops made fine growth. and unirrigatsd ones IT ale none H. all. In the south ern and central portiIn threshing of wheat aud barley has occupied the rnncher-, snd the second crop of slfsl'a has been stacked.
 Cochi-e coenty-A warm week with out drop of rain and A sunshine per- cenisge Of 100 Irrigated crops made fine growth fruits are maturing and rsncbers are thrsshing; cattle are not looking 60 we'll as last week ss the grsse is dryer ard water scarcsr.
Tombstone epitaph., 1896-06-21
AN EDUCATED APACHE
Seven Years III S,hr0l and
 S.;!l all Indian.

During A rseeht visit ,o Girb', tine Citizen ie.,rsssnts,iVe formed the acquaintance of Mir Darald Waters. an Apache gentleman who recently completed course oi seven years and eight months schooling at Carlyle, PenEsy ivanis, shd gives the following account of him. The name Donald was assuusd AS handle to the Eng. fish trsnrlation of his lRiiau pantro- ny mic, which Is Wstsr..
 After his schoo! days ceased Waters wss employed by John Wsnamaker, al Philadelphia, and received S30 per month for his services. He frequently receives letters from Mr. Wananaker and his situation i- still open. MT. Waters says that owing to an uncon- tr,sble leanness cf his purse, he sn- no. dig up the necessary money with which to return east.
 He talks good English ard is at pre.ent selling cedar wood to a min ing company at Globe, for which he receives S6 c cord.
 Mrs. Waters is an Apache lady who had educational advantages at San Carlos. Nothing in the appearance of either of them, ho Sever die,iuguishes them from others of the tribe who have never gone to school. Little MT. Waters occupies the iavori,e Apache position in travelling from one place 10 sncther-ihat Is perchsd upon hls mothers back. With all the care that hs. been bestowed upon their educs- ,ion, they remsiu Apsches, and will 10 the end Of the chapter.
Tombstone epitaph., 1896-06-21
MUST WAIT ONE YEAR.
No DivOrces to Be Obtained in
 Shorter Time.

Tse late divorce law applying to the territories is as follows:
 Belt enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America m congress assembl- ed. That no divorce shsll be granted in any territory for any cause unless the party applying for the divorce -hall have rssided continuously in the territory for one year next preceding the application. Provided, that this act shall not affect any action duly commenced and pending a, the date of the passage thereof. Approved May 25.