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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
LATER N WORSE

Reports from the Scene of the Great
Southern Storm-The Death Roll Crow
ing.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 4.-ReportS
from the remote sections where the
storm visited increase the number of
dead. At Doublesink, in Levy county,
a large settlement, nearly every house
was swept away, and Miss Jcnnie
bayfield, was killed. Mr.. Hayfield and
several children are seriously hurt.
J. d.. Stockman's house was blown
down, and he was caught in the falling
timbers and painfully hurt
Nearly every house in Lafayette
county has been destroyed. Nothing is
left OF Mayo, the county sea One
man and a woman were killed there
by a falling tree. William Mayo re-
ports hat almost nothing is left of the
county. All of the timber and % per
cent of the residences are down.
At Cedar Keys the rescuers are pick
ing up dead bodies along the coast.
At Shell Mound, a great pleasure
resort, the bodies of a party of II, five
men, three children and three women,
were lOuuu SIEcNn Ou IIlC SlOEG dlOnR
the river, close together, which would
indicate that they were simultaneously
killed by the tidal wave.
Some of those who went down to
Cedar Keys and returned yesterday
say that in addition to the IL bodies
named above, eight others have been
found on the beach. Scores of spon-
ers and fishermen are still missing,
and the probability .is they have been
drowned.
The details were meager at first, aud
gave faint idea of the devastation that.
had been wrought by the storm and
the restitution OF hundreds Of people
along the path OF the tempest. From
Cedar Keys, on the gulf, almost to
the shores of Jacksonville come heart
rending stories of ruin.
The storm not only laid the forests
low, but swept away residences and
outbuildings and left hundreds, if not
thousands, of people without food or
shelter. The condition is one of actual
suffering that has never before been
experienced in this state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
THIRTY WEALTHY ARMENlANS
Arrested on Suspicion, But Believed to be
Wholly Innocent.

Wholly Innocent.
CONsTANTINoPLE, Oct. 2.-Up to Sep
TENDER 20, 80 wealthy Armenians, in
Guiding one Armenian ~notability, had
been arrested on suspicion of having
taken part in the recent revolutionary
movements. The general opinion IS
that these persons are wholly inno-
cent.
Considerable excitement was caused
in the Yeni Kapu quarter Wednesday
evening by the explosion of a bomb.
The police say that the explosion,
which did no damage, was the result
of an effort on the part of an Armenian
woman to get rid of a number of bombs
which she had in her possession. She
was in the act of throwing the bombs
into the sea when one of them e.
ploded. The woman was arrested. a
Gordon of troops las been thrown
around the Turkish quarter of Peruz-
aph. This action is believed to DO a
precautionary Isl against trou-
BILE growing put of the arrest of GER
tain Turks connected with the grow
ING discomfort of the Moslems with
the present government
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The boy triplets born, four months
ago, to James and Mrs. White, of no
komo. Ind, and named William Nc
Kinley, Carrot Hobart and James
Blount, have received honored recog-
milton. Mr.. Mckinley has sent his
namesake a fine portrait of himself,
and young Mount received a gold ring
and chain from the gubernatorial can
didate. Young Hobert is expecting his
token any day.
KEARNEY and Haynes, the two
Americans who we're arrested in Rot
terdam at the instance of British de-
tectives, who claimed that they were
implicated in a widespread dynamite
conspiracy and hat they had been
manufacturing explosives at Berchem,
a suburb of Antwerp, have been con-
Quoted to the frontier by the police
and expelled from the country.
The weekly statement of the New
York associated banks, for the week
ended on the Sd, showed the following
changes: Reserve, increase, S2,3l0, coo;
loans, increase, s., 264, 900; specie, in
crease, $1,47O, 200; legal tenders, in
crease, s., 40, 900; deposits, increase,
Sc, 364, 400; circulation, increase, S25l,-
300.
ARTHUR SEwALL, democratic candi-
date for the vice-presidency, called OIL
Treasurer st. John in New York city,
recently, and left a check for $50, 900, to
be applied to the campaign fund. This
does not represent all that Mr.. Sewall
has given during the campaign, but it
is the largest single contribution that
Treasurer st. John has received.
DYsENTERY is spreading over the
empire of Japan, and many deaths re-
suit. There were 2+,693 cases report
ed during the month of August, 800
cases in the city of Toxic alone. The
proportion of deaths throughout the
empire is about one in ten of those af-
fected.
THE next annual reunion of the So
ciety of the Army of the Tennessee
will be held in St. Louis November Is
and 10. There will be a large number
of veterans from the posts throughout
the country present, and steps are be-
ing taken looking to their entertain
ment.
ADvICEs received from Havana state
that Antonio Maceo in a recent attack
on the trocha inflicted terrible losses
on the Spaniards, more than 1000 be-
ing killed or wounded. The attack
was made at night and was carefully
planned.
On the Sd the associated banks of
New York city held SIG, 526,0 in ex.
cess of the requirements of the 25-per-
cent. rule.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
A Good Showing.

Reports from the Sunday-schools of
the st. Louis conference of the NJ. E.
church, south, show 13, $50 schools, 3D.
571 teachers, SIS, c95 scholars; increase
in teachers, 233; scholars, 1918. The
report on missions shows a decrease in
collections for the past year of about
$4,000. The report of the fourteenth
year of the NJ. Z. church extension
shows an increase of 81 churches.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
State Department Collections.

Secretary of State Lesueur gives out
the following statement of fees col
lected by the department of state dur
ing the month ending September 30,
ury: Notaries public, $3.50; miscel-
laneous and land department, 1874. 80;
domestic corporations, 81, 7s5; foreign
corporations, 500; endowment tax,
S10s. so; bank examination, S63l; total,
So 59. 40.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
A Marrow Escape.

Aeronaut II. Kilgore narrowly es-
capped death at Boonville. When the
ropes were released the balloon shot
up rapidly to the height of several
hundred feet, and then began to de-
scend suddenly. The wind swept it
against the Presbyterian church and
kilgore was forced to jump without
his parachute, but escaped injury.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
A TRESTLE.
Seven Cars Went Down as the Result OF
n Broken Axle.

L~YNCHBUEG, Va, Oct. 2.-The axle
of a car of a freight train coming
north on the Southern railway broke
while the train was on 4 trestIe Il few
miles north of Danville. The drag
ging of the broken axle caused the
trestle to give way, and seven cars
went through. Nobody was hurt.
Passenger trains have to go from here
on the Norfolk & Western to Burke
vile, from the south on the Richmond
&, Danyille branch of the Southern.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

AT the coroner's inquest heldin Mon
treal, Can, on the Goth, on the body
of Lee Tung, a Chinaman who died the
day before, medical evidence was pre-
scented showing that death had result
ed from leprosy. Lee Tung had been
living there for over z year. The jury
asked the health authorities to take
all precautions to prevent the dread
disease from spreading.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

R. A. Falk and wife. who live at 7Os
Sylvania street, st. Joseph, were the
victims of a burglary early the other
morning. Chlor oform was used.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
A HORRIBLE SUSPICION.

Apparently Justified by the Facts Dis.
cIosed-Murdered or Missing.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. 4-Since
September u Bud Chatfin, his wife and
five children and John King, the hired
man, have been missing. An investi-
CATION of the Chaffin home revealed
blood stains spattered on the floor and
walls. No bodies were found, how
ever As it is known that King was
intimate with Mrs. Chaffin, it is.
thought that the two murdered Mr..
Chattin and his children, secreted their
bodies and eloped.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
A Treaty for the Return of Political Of
fenters.

PARIS, Oct. 3.-The Gaulois says that
France has concluded an agreement
with Italy, Germany and Great Britain
for an exchange of political offenders
who may take refuge in any OF the
countries mentioned. The statement,
however, lacks confirmation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

LORD SALISBURY was at the foreign
office, in London, on the Cd, and was
called upon by Baron de Courcel, the
French ambassador, and NJ. DeStael,
the Russian ambassador, with whom
he was in conference for some time.
He afterward had a conference with
Ri. Hon. George ]. Goschen, first
lord of the admiralty.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

IT was announced in Paris, on the
goth, upon semi-oficial authority that
foreign diplomats at Constantlnople
were unanimous in their support of
the attitude taken by NJ. Cambon, the
French ambassador to the porte,
which they believe is likely to reduce
the a~cuteness of the situation there.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
accidentally Shot His HaIf-I,rother.

Theodore Deutsch, aged 10, was ac-
cidentally shot and perhaps fatally
wounded, at st. Joseph, by his half
brother, Logan Miller. aged l6.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

Dr.. A. b. Shaw, Il well-krown physi-
clan -of st. Louis, IN authority on
nervous diseases, died recently from a
combination of complaints.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
To Look After Schools.

Gov. Stone has appointed John s.
Sullens, of Bass, county commissioner
of public schools of Cole county, vice
J.. L. Proctor, resigned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

The 319-year-old son of Pierce Fon-
burg, Is miles southeast of Nevada,
was fatally burned the other evening.
The clothing of the little n caught
fire from the kitchen stove.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

A DISPATCH from Constantinople, on
the 3Oth, said, THE Turkish govern
ment tribunal has sentenced to Is
years Imprisonment each a number OF
Mussulmans who were convicted of
taking part in the recent riots. These
are the first rioters who have been
tried and found guilty since the late
m~aSSacres."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

A DEVASTATING storm, said to have
been worse than hat of 1893, visited
the coast of Georgia, on the Goth. At
Savannah many lives were lost and
81, 900, OOOdamage to property including
shipping in the harbor, was done. AT
Brunswick loss of life and $780, DOC
damage to property resulted. Many
other places suffered severely.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

A DISPATCH from Bombay, on the
Goth, said: The drought continues IN
northern and central India, where
there has been no rain for many weeks.
The crops in those sections have utter
lv failed, and grain riots have occurred
in many places as the result OF the
scarcity of cereals"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
st. Louis Taxable Wealth.

The bank stock owned in St. Louis
Is assessed at $50, 900, 900 this year. The
aggregate assessment of property in
the city is S342, 600. This is greater
than the assessment of Chicago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

A freight train on the st. Louis di-
vision of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway vas derailed at Wilton Sta
ton, Boone county, by reason, it is
supposed, of some one having tempered
with the switch. The engine turned
over and Fireman William Blake, Of
Franklin junction, was killed. Engi-
neer Evans jumped and escaped with
a few bruises. Six ears of merchandise
were demolished.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

The will of Edison Keith, a Chicago
capitalist and business man, who re-
Gently committed suicide by drown
ing, was admitted to probate on the
goth. Mr.. Keith left an estate valued
at 81, 500. 900, of which 81, 100, 900 is per-
sonal property. The estate, with the
exception of SO, 900, which goes to the
Old Peoples home on Indiana avenue,
is divided up among the family.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

THE treasury circulation statement,
Issued on the I'd, places the aggregate
of all kinds of money in circulation Oc-
tober /, in the United States, at ST.
$50. 3o2, $50, or an increase during Sep
TENDER of $50, 1872, 655. The per capita
circulation is stated at S22.05. The
statement increases the gold coin is
sued or in general stock" from S570,-
6s7, oS3 on September /, to 5000, 544,2 27
On October l.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

LATER intelligence from the destruc-
tive storm which swept over the south
eastern portion of the United States,
on the 3Oth, tells of awful loss of
human life and property almost be-
yond compute. Over twenty towns
and villages in Florida, including
Cedar Keys, are reported to be
wrecked, and from all directions come
rcports OF death and devastation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

PRESIDENT CLEvELANDs suburban
home at Woodley, near Washington
city, was badly wrecked, on the morn
ing of the 3Oth, by the storm that
swept over and wrought such havocln
the national capital. Roof and rafters
were carried away and landed 500
yards distant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

Gov. Stone has offered a reward of
5000 for the arrest and conviction of
the unknown murderers of an UNI
known mar in Lawrence county.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
VIII Reopen in Indiana.

Col. A. P. Fleet, owner of the Mis-
souri, military academy, located at
Mexico, hat burned recently, will re.
open his school at Culver City, Ind.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

The receipts of the last week of the
St. Louis exposition will be given for
the relief of the tornado sufferers.
There will he 4 rush.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

TIE Vienna correspondent of the
London Daily News t~elegraphed, on
the 1st, that the powers had agreed
upon a pacific settlement of the east
ern question honorable to all parties.
He added that the agreement amply
guarantees the future security of the
Armenians.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

HATTIE HAsHAGAN, an artist, whose
decorative paintings have delighted
thousands at the New York art eXhl-
bition. is now Mrs. Thunder Cloud,
having married her Indian model, the
handsomest warrior of the Sioux tribe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

AT the Massachusetts, republican
,tate convention in Boston, on the 1st.
Hon. Roger Wolcott was nominated
for governor by reclamation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

LIEUT.. ROBERT E. PEARY, US. N.,the
Arctic explorer, arrived in New York
city, on the I'd, on his return from his
last Arctic voyage. His trip was very
successful, as two carloads of valuable
specimens of Arctic animal life, in
Guiding two polar bears, were secured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

THE Franklin sugar refinery at Phil
adelphia is to close down for an in
definite period. The shutdown is
due to the recent heavy importations
from Germany of granulated sugars
and the heavy stock of sugar on hand.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

The correspondent of the United
Associated Presses at Honolulu, writ
ing under date Of September "A, said
that Consul-General Mills would
send the remains of Kate Field to the
United States for cremation, there be-
ing no facilities for that purpose in
Honolulu.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

THE steamship Teutonic, which ar
rived at New York from Europe, on
the 2lst, brought So, $4,000 in gold.
Total arrivals for that day, 81. 544,55
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

DUKE ALBERT of Wurtemburg was
seriously injured by a wounded stag
while Devastating in the Austrian
Alps on the lst. The wounded animal
charged upon the duke, throwing him
down, and but for the timely arrival
of attendants would have killed him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10

Secretary Of the Interior Francis has
appointed William T.. Coleman, of Rich
Hill, one of the commissioners to eX-
anime and determine the boundaries
of the klamath Indian reservation in
Oregon. The whites have been
encroaching on the territory of the
Indians, and the latter formally pro-
tested to the secretary of the interior.
The salary of the commissioners is $40
per day, and So a day is allowed them
for expenses. This was the first plum
that Secretary Francis had thrown to
a Missourian since he took charge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-10
MISSOURI A NEWS.
An Awful Tragedy.

When the two daughters of Mrs
John Bomley, wife of a farmer near
Arkoe, Nodaway county, returned
home from school they found
their mother lying dead in the
kitchen, with her brains beaten
out, and signs of a desperate encoun-
ter in several rooms. 1t is supposed
that a tramp found Mrs. Bomley alone
with her babe, and attempted an as
sault. Indications point to the struggle
having been first made upstairs, where
broken furniture tells the tale of a
desperate fight. From there the par
Elephants descended to the first floor,
and finally reached the kitchen.
where Mrs. Bomley seized a stove
lift and defended herself. Wounds
about her head and body show
that her assailant completed his muir
derous work with a stovelid. All the
rooms where the parties fought were
covered with blood and tell of the des-
perate struggle the woman made for
her life and honor. Mr.. Bomiey was
away from home during the day.
More About George Taylor.
Says a dispatch from Guthrie, Okla:
"Deputy-Marshal +. NJ. Canton says he
has positive information hat George
Taylor, the escaped murderer of the
Meeks' family in Missouri, is living in
the mountains of the Creek reserva-
ton. He is with former Missourians,
and in the hiding places in hat sec
&c. l.
had him definitely located several
weeks ago, and was organizing to go
after him when Taylor learned of the
intended raid and moved to another
point. Other deputies in from that
section say that Taylor is organizing
d gang of outlaws, and will become
as desperate aud notorious as Bill
Doolin."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-27

"ions without license Of Her Majesty" he did
.'unlawfully prepare a military expedition to
..nroceed against the dominiOns OF certain
"friendy State-to wit the South African Ike
public" That Is explicit. On the face OF it, 1t
should be readily proven. There Is reason to
believe, however, that the prosecution Will ina
itself confronted by ut least Two serious diff
cuIties The one is indicated by :he phrase "A
certain friendly State In the letter IT the law
that means. Of course, IN Independent. sovereign
STATE But that is just what the British Govern
ment does not conccde the Transvaal 10 be. II
holds the latter to be a tributary State. part of
the British Empire. over which the Queen is
sIIZclain. just as she Is over Canada or Australia
Lord Salisbury has within the last few weeks
made that entirely plain. If. then the Trans
vaal be not foreign and sovereign state. the
charge against Dr. Jameson must fail. If. on
the other hand. the charge be sustained and he
be Convicted by that very fact the Queens siizer
ainty will be repudiated md the Transvaal de
clarcd an Independent state. That is the diem
ma which confronts the British Government in
this prosecution. and 1t is not easily to be avoid
ed Either DR.. jameson must go free or the
TInsvaal gain absolute sovereignty. There IS
no third logical course.
The other difficulty will be to prove that the
expedition did proceed against" the dominions
Of the Tunsvaal. Never did DR.. jameson cx-
press or manifest any malice against that Rcpub
lie. There is no proof that he intended 10 over
throw the Pretoria Government. lie made no
proclamation to that effect. He attempted no
seizure Of territory or property. He waged no
war against the Boer forces. except In sclf-dc-
fence His crrand was to rescue. not to assal
lie was informed that Il state OF civil war exist
cd in the TranSvaal. and that one Of the parties
to II. the one which the more commanded his
sympathy on grounds Of blood and race, was in
sore straits and in danger Of massacre So he
went in to protect that party. That was all. or,
at any rate all that seems likely to be proven.
1t Is all we'll enough for Mr. Labouchcre to say
President Kriiger has proof OF conspiracy be-
tween Mr. Cecil Rhodes and DR. Jameson, or OF
Mr. Rhodcs's completely with the raid. intimating
that there was a plot to overthrow the Trans
yaal Government. But Mr. Labouchere is not
the British Government, nor the prosecutor OF
DR. Jameson. nor are his statements in Truth
such as should command the serious attention
of serious men. Moreover the British Govern
ment has already passed upon Mr. Rhodes's case,
and has fully acquitted and vinlcatcd him.
After sending him back in honor, 10 be the adj
ministrator of ITS vast empire in central South
Africa, 1t cannot convict DR.. Jameson Of being
his confederate in an unlawful conspiracy.
Evidently there IS n chance for some uncom-
monty interesting arguments at Bow Street two
weeks hence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-27
SCHOOL TRUSTEES.

Every intelligent student OF the public schools
of this CITY is aware that of the worst Of the
many evils that afilict them is the ward trustee
system 1t Is a survival Of the unfit; relic Of
the old-timc method OF governing the schools
that has no place in the present era of enlighten
ment The ward trustees control the appoint
ment of teachers in the schools. and also have
the care of the school buildings. thus having
considerable patronage and some expenditure Of
money at their disposal. The places are in many
cases sought after by politicians. and even men
who have been shown not TO be actuated by the
highest motives in the discharge Of their duties
ofteptimes have sufficient Influence" TO secure
reoppontment 1t is through the ward trustees
that our schools are constantly kept In politics;
and nothing stands to reason more clearly than
that a school system run on a political basis
cannot accomplish the best results The wonder
is indeed. that the schools Of New-iork Ci'y are
as good as they are, though as matter OF fact,
the evidence is complete that they are far behind
those of many other cities in both methous anu
accomplishments. 1t is not strange ti'i lam
many Hall should feel special interest III Min
taining the ward trustee system but IL Is ue-
plorable that intelligent men, Ike the pTes'uen'