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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
MISSOURI A NEWS.
Dairy Herds to he 1nsneot.s.

Upon a call made by the secretary of
the state board of health the secre-
tary of the state board of agriculture
has ordered a thorough investigation
OF the dairy herds OF the large cities
for Tuberculosis. DR.. Z. E. White, the
state veterinarian, will probably be
aided by DR.. Connoway, of the State
university, in conducting the examina-
ton. The secretary of the state board
of agriculture doubts the existence of
tuberculosis in this state, at least to an
alarming extent. but if after a thor
ough investigation any herds should
prove to be infected every provision of
the law will be invoked to protect the
consumers of milk from the ~contagion
and eNtirpate the disease.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
Death of Capt. ID. p. slattery.

Capt. Dennis Paul Slatterv. aged 81
years, one of st. Louis best-known cit
liens, was drowned at Kings lake, III.
GO miles from st. Louis.
Capt. Slattery was born at sea. During the
civil war he served with distinction in the
Union navy, being stationed with the squadron
on the lower Mississippi. He became con-
splcuous for gallantry in the Red river cam
palgn. and his numerous experiences during
the war in later years afforded him an enioy-
able literary pastime. Shortly after the close
OF hostilities he came to St. Louis and en-
parked in the business in which he afterward
amassed wealth and earned Il wide prominence.
As a grain dealer he won remarkable success.
Capt Slattery was also known as one OF the
most expert grain elevator men in the country.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
AN U~NBELIEVER.
Lord woIseiey Does Not Believe In the
PIowshare and P~runinghoox Era.

PIowshare and P~runinghoox Era
LONDON, April 27.-Field Marshal
Lord Wolseley, commander-in-chief of
the British army. was a guest at a
dinner given by the Press club. Lord
WOlseley made a speech. in the course
of which he said he did not believe in
the happiness of a nation that had no
history. He did not hesitate to say
he did not believe in universal peace.
The man who believed that the time
was coming when there would be no
wars was a dangerous dreamer, espe-
cially dangerous Il he happened ia
hold a public position. He hoped that
no such mar would ever b. in the fore
most place in public life in Great Brit
ain.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
Death of DIR. Purkitt.

DR.. Caleb P. PHrkitt, who died the
other day at his home in St. Louis. was
one of the oldest physicians in st. Louis.
He graduated at the Missouri medical
college in ls45, and for 81 years prac-
ticed his profession in the county and
city of st. Louis. "
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

ACCORDING to the Hamburg authori-
ties. after an exhaustive examination,
made at the request of United States
Consul Robertson, the Fischer and
Jaeger estates, to which many Ameri-
cans have been induced to lay claims,
are both fictitious.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
Northwest Missouri BaptIsts.

The Baptist Sunday-school conven-
ton of northwest Missouri closed a
successful session at Chillicothe. About
80 ministers and a large number of lay
delegates were in attendance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
AGAINST GREAT ODDS

The 3 .itish Win 3 Notable Victory nj
Buluwayo-Satives Attacked and De-
feateo-Two Hundre British Soldiers
and One Hundred Native Allies Rout
Fifteen Thousand Native5-Deeds of
Heroism..
CAPE TowS, April ga dispatch
from Buluwayo dated April "a says
that Captains Napier and Duncan. with
200 whites and 100 natives with Maxim
and HOtchkiss guns, met the Matabeies
three miles out from Buluwayo. The
Matabeles fired a heavy volley into the
British party and drove them into the
Umgaza river. One of the whites of
the British party was killed, three
officers We're wounded and several of
the natives were killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

V. I. Fiets, a prominent Pettis coun-
ty stockman, living near Hughesville,
has lost five head of steers within a
few days from some disease. the nature
of which he does not know. The cat
tie were apparently well up to within
a few hours OF their death. Mr.. Viets
will have the matter investigated by
State Veterinary Surgeon White with
a view to determining the nature of
the maladv-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

THE municipal council of Paris held
a meeting, on the 22d, at which NJ.
Fourniere introduced resolutions de-
handing that the chamber of Deputies
defend the rights of universal suffer.
age against the entertainments of the
senate; expressing regret at the deter,
mination of the cabinet to resign and
proposing an immediate revision OF
the constitution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
sam Foster Guilty.

The trial of Sam Foster, the q
who was indicted with John and Peter
Schmidt for the murder of Bertram.A.
Atwater at Webster Groves, near st.
Louis, resulted in a verdict of murder
in the first degree.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

THE unwilling of the statue of Gen.
Hancock ON Pennsylvania avenue in
Washington city will take place on
May IL. The orator will be Maj
Gen. John NJ. Palmer, senator from Il
linois. There will be a grand military
display in connection with the unveil-
ing of the statue.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

The members of the Bourgeois min
istry proceeded to the Elysee, the res
idence of the French president, on the
23d. and formally rendered their res
ignations. NJ. Faure was awaiting
their coming, and accepted the resig-
nations as soon as they were present
"a
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

GEORGE w. Swarts, q well-known
builder, died. on the 21st, at his resi-
dence in Philadelphia, aged 20 years.
He helped to constructth the first steam
boat used on the great lakes, and some
of the principal grain elevators in Buff
falo, \. V, were built by him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
Surrendered by His Father.

Hiram Wilbanks, the 16-year-old boy
who assaulted Dora Bauer, aged 12,
near Thayer, was brought in by his
father and surrendered to the sheriff.
Much bitter feeling is evident, but it is
now believed the law will be allowed
to take its course. The girl is improv-
ing, and she and her brother have both
positively identified Wilbanks as the
one who committed the assault.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
Jailed for Robbery.

Three men, supposed to be tramps,
and giving their as Frank Cree
land, j.. Steel and F. David. were
lodged in the county Jail at Keytes-
vile the other evening for robbing A..
c. Fleetwood,s store at Triplett. The
stolen goods were secreted in the roof
OF an old shed e a Triplett, where
they were discovered by the owner of
the shed the next day.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

THE proposition to admit women as
lay delegates to the general confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal church
has been defeated by a vote of 1915 to
2.529, only Is votes short of the neces-
sary t~hree-fourths.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

J. F. Smith. a well-known druggist
of Texarkana, Ark, ended his life at a
hotel in st. Louis the other day by
taking an overdose of morphine.
Smith was an inventor of patent medi-
cines and was very well known to the
drug trade in st. Louis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

THE New York assembly, on the POD,
passed the Greater New York bill over
the vetoes of Mayors Strong, of New
York, and Wurster. of Brooklyn, by a
vote of 7s to 80. The senate had al
ready passed the measure over the
vetoes, and it was believed that Gov.
Morton would sign the bill
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
Hannibal District Conference.

The annual conference of the Han
nibal district Methodist Episcopal
church south convened at Monroe
City the other day, with Bishop Wal
lace Duncan. of Spartanburg. S. c.. IN
the chair. A large number of dele
gates, including all the ministers, were
It attendance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

GOLD indications Of unparalleled
richness are reported at a point so
miles northeast of Mojave, Cal. The
vein is from two to six feet thick, and
has a pay streak on the hanging wall
of from four to I6 inches in thickness
and of a value of from $4,000 TO 5000 O
atom. p
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

Gov. Stone has appointed Patrick J.
nelly as a member of the board of po-
lice commissioners of St Louis. Nh.
Kelly was born in Ireland, but has re-
sided in st. Louis since 1852.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

FAILURES throughout the United
States for the week ended on the oath,
as reported by R. e. Dun & Co., were
23s, against 23O for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
Tres were A, against 81 last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
An Overdose of Morphine.

John Wack, one of the most extern
sive stock dealers of the northern sec
ton of the state, came to his death at
Salisbury from taking an overdose of
morphine the other morning. He took
the drug at IL o'clock the night before,
o after which a physician was
called, but to no avail.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

MEssRs. O'LEARY and Darby, respect
Nely correspondents of the Philadel-
phia Bulletin and Harper's Weekly of
New York, were, on the 22d, arrested
by the authorities at Matauzas, Cuba,
charged with maintaining relations
with Alfonso Lopez, who was also m
rested on suspicion of being a rebel
spy. They were subsequently released
and ordered to leave the island within
six days.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

On the cath Secretary Olney received
a cable dispatch from Consul-General
Williams, at Havana, confirming the
news thai Walter Dygart had been re-
leased.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

The French senate, on the Path,
unanimously voted the Madagascar
credits, which they had previously re-
fused to grant to the Bourgeois min
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

THE French senate, on the 2lst,
adopted a motion to defer discus
sion of the Madagascar credit until a
new ministry should be formed. The
ministers left the senate chamber
when the vote on the motion was an
nounced, and assembled at the foreign
Office to discuss the situation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

The third conference of the Epworth
League, Clinton district, NJ. E. Church,
south, held its session in Clinton. Over
100 delegates were present.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
In dicted for Arson,

by" Woods was indicted for alleged
arson, charged with cunning the odd
Fellows hall at Alexandria. Five 9TH
er buildings were burned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

By q vote of six yeas to W nays the
house committee on territories. on the
23d, agreed to report favorably a bill
admitting Oklahoma to statehood.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
Dragged to Death.

Luther. the 13-year-old son of John
h. Lewis. near Marshall, was dragged
to death the other evening by a run
away team. He was riding one horse
and fell off and got tangled in the
harness.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

On the 21st the house Judiciary COM
mittee reported favorably a bill au-
thorizing the erection of a penitentiary
on the military reservation at Leaven-
worth, Kas., the structure to accom-
modate 200 convicts and to cost not
more than $3.50, onO, of which $50, 900 is
appropriated for the coming year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
Death of a Prominent Attorney.

Hon. j. W. Draffen. senior partner
of the distinguished law firm of Draf-
fen Il Williams, died at his residence.
SIX miles east of Boonville, the other
evening, of pneumonia. aged II years.
He wa a native Yirginian, had prac-
ticed law in Boonville and central Mis-
souri, so years, and was formerly a
partner with Senator Vest.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02
Beaten and Robbed.

Gilbert Allen was assaulted and
robbed by four footpads at St. Louis.
Two of them held him while one beat
and the other robbed him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

PosTMAsTER-GENERAL WILSON. on the
22d, denied the privileges of the mails
to three firms sending circulars
throughout the country offering to sell
marked cards, loaded dice and other
gambling devices to defraud. They are
Ogden & Co., 1& Clark street, and
George Mason Il Co, 125 Dearborn
street, Chicago, and the American Nov
city CO., of Columbus, o.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

THE Rothschilds haze acquired a
large interest in one of the leading
silver smelling works in New South
Wales.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

LEON SAY. the distinguished politi-
cal economist, died in Paris OF the
21st.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

THERE is a great deal of interest in
Wall street circles over the Cotton Oil
trust management. The trust is no
longer a trust with any control of the
market, and the officials and large
shareholders have awakened to the
fact. Instead of laughing at the APP
pearance of opposition, as formerly,
they are now striving to get business
enough to pay to keep going.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-02

THE German reichstag, on the 21st,
by a unanimous vote, adopted a reso-
luton condemning duelling.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-17
HOW TO VOTE.

Here few simple rules for the guidance of the
These issued under the authority of W. NJ Cok chairman
of the democratic state central committee and c. O. Reed chairman
of the popu centracommee These rules take the place of all
other suggestions to voters previously issued Here what you
need to learn:
II the wishes the straight
Republican Party making other mark the ticket
the wishes the
Hartman let him (X the circle
headed
Republican Party making other mark the ticket
Demo andP Peoples Party Ticket.
mixed Democratic
() the
candidate wishes
Bf the also wishes for Charles Hartman
before
candidates voted for
a
but
blot printed the ballot
counted
ballot damage 1t
nj a judges.
allowed ) minutes in the booth
blindness
ballot
Judges who shall different marking thereof
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-17
HIS RECORD BROKEN
Mr. Bryan Sp'aks to % Enthusi-
asic Michigan Audiences.
THE CARRIAGE BLOCKADED
Dense Crowds Prevent the Vehicle
rrom neachlng the Platform. 90
He Mounts the -eat and Ad-
dresses the Multitudes.

Lansing, Mich, Oct. 16.-Michigan
outdid itself to-day In welcoming Will
lam ]. Bryan, and the nominee ac-
knowledged the compliment by break
ing his own as well as all other cam
paign records. He spoke to % meet
ings. beginning at breakfast at Mus
kegon and ending with Lansing close
to midnight. The aggre gate number OF
his hearers probably surpassed all pre-
vious figures, considering the size OF
the cities where he spoke. Except In
one or two minor Instances the en-
thusiasm was marked. Most of the
candidates hearers to-day belonged TO
the farming classes and at nearly ev-
cry town the vehicles which had car
ried them in lined the side streets for
blocks. Mrs. Bryan accompanied her
husband to every platform from which
he spoke, and when his addresses were
made, from the rear of the cars. she
stood by his side. The floral tributes
were literally showered upon her. and
one end Of the private car was nearly
filed with the fragrant offerings. At
many stations she gratified the crowds
by distributing flowers from the rear
of the car.
Lansing was reached at 1880 o'clock
and torchilght procession three blocks
in length was waiting. Excursion
trains from adjacent towns had been
carrying visitors to the city nearly all
afternoon and the principal streets
were crowded. Three meetings had
been arranged here, one In a large
clothing establishment, to an audience
Of women; the second in the Star the
ater. and the third on a stand erected
In front of the capitol building.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-17
One of His Banner Days.

Bangor, Mich. Oct. 16.-If the en-
thusiasm which Bryan encountered
early in the day is an Indication OF
what can be expected Of the towns yet
to be reached by him. this will be one
OF the star days of the campaign. AT
Holland, when the nominee arrived
there, a large crowd cheered him and
assured him he was all right in man.
ner which must have convinced him
that he was believed to be 80 by those
gathered about the stand.
At $3.50 Fenneville was reached. Not
since the nominee left the enthusiastic
south has so much noise been made by
a crowd of similar proportions. When
at the beginning Of his few remarks
he said that in a five minutes stop he
did not know what he could say that
would change their minds on the
money question. they assured him that
they did not want their minds changed
as they were on the right side and on
election day would support him. He
told them no one accused the silver
dollar OF being a 53-cent dollar until
after silver was demonetized and the
monopoly of the mints' privilege given
to gold.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-17
BOULDER IS ITS OWN
The Northern Pacific Knocked Out by
q Decision.
TITLE TO LAND IS CLEAR
om Carter. Z. D. Weed and Mr..
Goddard Of Billings Have Ar
ranged to Visit their
Montana Friends.
Special Dispatch to the STANDARD.

SpcCAai 10 TIE StdQ0ar1.
Helena, Oct. 1.-THE Helena land
office to-day received the decision OF
Commissioner Lamoreaux of the gen.
eral land Office in the case involving
the title Of Boulder townsite. The COM
missioner sustains the local officers in
all their findings and thus lifts
cloud from the title TO nearly all the
lots in Boulder. The Northern Pacific
company claimed the land. alleging
that It belonged to the company by
reason OF It's grant from the United
States government in June. 1898.
James A. Conrad and Francis ii.
Rhoades applied at the land Office to
make a soldiers additional homestead
entry for a portion OF the land and
Francis M. Rhoades made similar
application for the balance OF the land
In dispute. Under the townsite law OF
Montana Frank Showers. as district
Judge, entered his protest against the
soldiers additional homestead entries
and applied for hearing to determine
the status OF the land so far as the
Northern Pacific was concerned.
w. B. Gaffney and other citizens OF
a protest against the allowance of the
applications of Conrad and Rhoades.
The protest set up that the town had
population OF l,l42 and that the town
improvements represented an outlay
Of more than $4,000. The hearing
was held by the local land Office Jan.
e, 1896. The protestants and the rail-
road were represented by counsel. but
| the homestead claimants, Conrad and
Rhoades. were not represented.
The land Office found that under the
| provisions Of the third section Of the
granting act to the Northern Pacific
| railway the land did not pass to the
| company under its grant and recon-
mended that the application OF
Rhoades and Conrad be dismissed and
the application Of Showers to enter be
| allowed.
Senator Thomas II. Carter and ex-
| Mayor Il. ID. Weed will leave Helena
tomorrow morning ON their tour
about the state In the interest Of the
national and state republican tickets.
| Their itinerary with that Of o. y. God
dard was announced to-day as follows:
| Il. ID. weed-Dillon, Oct. II; Virginia
City, Oct. 10; Sheridan. Oct. 20; Liv-
lngston. Oct. 81: Great Falls. Oct ~;
Anaconda, Oct %; Butte, Oct "a;
Marysville, Oct. 26: Philipsburg. Oct.
| "a; Deer Lodge. Oct. %; Hamilton. Oct
20: Stevensville. Oct. 80; Missoula, Oct
81; Helena, Nov. 2.
Thomas II. Carter-Miles City. Oct
IL Big Timber. Oct. 10; Glendive. Oct.
20; Great Falls, Oct. %; Lewistown.
Oct. rs; Choteau, Oct. "a; Kalispeil.
Oct. 20; Glasgow, Oct 81; Helena.
Nov, 2.
Il; Philipsburg. Oct. q: Dillon. Oct.
%; Lima, Oct. "a; Virginia City. Oct.
26; Sheridan. Oct. q: Butte. Oct. %;
Anaconda. Oct. 20; Deer Lodge, Oct.
30: Boseman. Oct. 81; Billings. Nov. z
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-17
CAPTURED BY BRYAN
PERFECT, SINCERE FUSION
This Much Is vouohed for by Hon.
Tom Patterson. " no nas Made
thorough, Careful Cam
vass of the state.

Chicago. Oct. 1T have not an
atom of doubt about Bryan carrying
Michigan. l have just got through
with a partial canvass of that state.
spending eight days in the southern
and west central portions OF II, max
ing speeches and talking with men of
all politics and every station. Michi-
gan is for Bryan and is for him with
heart and emphasis" So said Hon.
Thomas NJ. Patterson OF Denver. who
has been speaking for Bryan every
day now for four weeks in Indiana, IL
linois and Michigan.
Asked for the facts upon which to
rest so strong a statement he said:
There Is the most perfect and sincere
fusion In that state between demo-
Gratis, populists and prohibtionlsts for
Mr. Bryan. These elements have all
united upon full state and electoral
ticket and they are also as one In
nearly every congressional and legisla-
tive district In the state. Not all the
prohibitionists but five-sixths of them;
not all the democrats. but 80 per cent
OF them. with the solid populistic pha-
lanx are for the ticket. These alone
conditions being normal, would win
the state.
But conditions are not normal; on
the contrary, the Mckinley ranks~ar
In a state of dissolution. Take the
state over, and not less than 10 pei
cent OF the heretofore reliable repub-
llcan voters have openly and defiantly
left the party; any they are coming
out OF II In constantly increasing mum.
bers. ] spoke at Cold Water, Pittsford
Hillsdale, Battle Creek. Marshall. Kal.