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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
AN ICE SHOVE
Threatening to Do Much Damage at Ma
rinette, Wis.

MARINETTE, Wis, April Am ice
shove started here on Green bay Tues
day afternoon which may cause great
damage to property before it subsidies.
The ice on the east shore has broken
UP and, showed by a strong east wind,
it has pushed upon the shore 25 feet
high, and with the wind-a regular
hurricane from the east-:t keeps in
creasing in height. The Menoininee
residence district. which lies along the
shore. is threatened.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

A DISPATCH, on the I'd, from Cairo,
said that the dervishes under Osman
Azrak were advancing upon Suarda,
and another force of dervishes was adj
vancing upon Abu Fatmeh. Osman
Digna was encamped 80 miles from
Suakim.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

The city of Reggie di Calabria, in
the Italian province of that name, was
visited by a shock of earthquake on
the LIST. The inhabitants of the city
were panic-stricken and vacated their
houses with all possible speed many
refusing to return for some hours No
damage was done.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

SECRETARY MORTON has let the con-
tract for the 10, 125, 600 packets of vege-
table seeds to be distributed to the
public under the recent act of congress,
to D. Landredth & Sons. Of Philadel-
phia- The contract for 900, 900 packets
of flower seeds was let to l.. l. May q
Co, of st. Paul, MINI.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

IN the British house of commons, on
the 3lst- 1t. Hon. George \. Curzon-
parliamentary secretary to the foreign
office, said hat consular reports which
had been received indicated thai there
would probably be a renewal of the
recent disorders in part of Asia Minor,
Mr.. CurzOn stated also hat repre-
sensations had been made to the porte
In regard to the matter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

THE president has further amended
the civil service rules by placing under
the classified service the assistant at
torneyS and law clerks of the depart
ment of the interior. The order in
cludes about thirty persons. whose
salaries range from 81, 200 to 81, 80 per
annum.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
4 Victim of Drink.

LAWRENCE, Kas., April lon in
formation from Alton. ILL.,, Charles
Conwell has been arrested here for
forgery. He made a full confession.
Conwell was district attorney of
Wyoming in 1878. Drink caused his
downfall.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
VIII Talk On the siIssr Question.

Inc Union Literary society of Mis-
sour university, Columbia. has chal-
lenged the "Logics" of Westminster
college, Fulton, for a debate on the
silver question. The debate will take
place in Mexico not later than April ~.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
Standard of Admis.ion Raised

The most important proceedings Of
the executive committee of the Mis-
souri, university ~curators at their April
meeting in Columbia was the adoption
OF a rule raising the standard of adj
mission to the law department.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

RUDOLPH S~PRECKLEs, president of
the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar
Co, in his annual report, states that
the worlds product of sugar this year
will probably be 1000, 600 tons short of
the average supply for several years
past
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

On the Cd the president approved
the joint resolution authorizing Gen
benjamin Harrison to accept certain
medals presented to him by the gov
ernments of Brazil and Spain during
his term of service as president
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

A PRIVATE cable dispatch from Capt.
O'Brien of the steamer bermuda, re-
ceived in Philadelphia, on the I'd,
said that the Bermuda landed Gar
cia's party and most of the ammuni-
ton taken from New York before she
was chased away by the Spanish gun
hn1tS
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

THE new Chinese Anglo-German loan
of SIG, 600, 900 was closed, on the 1st,
six hours before the time advertised
for the cessation of bids The loan
was over-subscribed in London alone.
1t bears interest at five per cent
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
Watch Trade Depressed.

ELeIS, ILL.,, April 1.-The Elgin watch
factory, which discharged LOCO hands
in 1893 and has gradually worked back
to $500, will commence Saturday work.
ing Eve days per week instead of six.
The watch trade is considerably dc,
pressed
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

State Treasurer Lon V. Stephen has
filed his report of the transactions of
the treasury department for March
with Gov. Stone.
Balance on hand March 1. s. .1ss. $50 So: re-
ceipts during MarcI. S339. $50 66: disbu-se-
HentS. Si2i,cs9.09: balance at the close of husi-
ness March 81, Il: 90. 2J2. 20; earnings OF the
Missouri penitentiary in March, 81. 63G. 30.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

ADvICEs from the Transvaal show
that the work of preparing for war is
being continued there night and day.
Gangs of men relieve each other at in
tervals in the work upon the armored
forts designed to protect Pretoria
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

An amendment to the sundry civil
appropriations bill providing for the
purchase and repair of the house in
which Abraham Lincoln died in Wash
ington city. was adopted by the house
of representatives on the 1st-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

The Missouri delegation in congress
appeared before the river and harbor
committee and made a plea for money
TO improve the Missouri and Mississippi.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
Old zoe Shelby to Write a Book.

Ten DO Shelby, United States mar
shall for the western district of Mis-
souri,. Is busily engaged in accumulate
ing material for a book on his tx
pcrienccs and campaigns.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

THE Newark On. j. Methodist on
ference, on the 31st, favored absolute
prohibition and decided against the
riding of bicycles on Sunday The sale
or printing of Sunday papers was also
denounced by the conference.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
A Pioneer Methodist Minister.

Rev. James Penn. IA pioneer minister
of the VI. Z. church. south, died at
Canton. He had been a preacher for
70 years, and was the father of four
ministers of the Methodist church.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
Killed His Adversary.

Clyde Tunnel and B~rownlee Simms,
farmers. IL miles northwest of Brown
ing, quarreled over a settlement. Tun-
mel became enraged and shot Simms
through the heart, killing him in
stantly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

A CAPE Town dispatch says that
John Hays Hammond. the American
under indictment at Pretoria, has OBJ
tanned leave to visit Cape Town on &C.
count of his health, but his bail has
been increased to 500, 600.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

NJ HENRI RoCHEFoRT says: There
are two things to which England will
never conSent-the construction of a
bridge over the channel and the evac
uatiOn of Egypt. The English will let
the powers continue to protestagainst
the continual delays in evacuation, but
they are daily growing more deter
mined not to quit"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

DILAToRY tactics on the part of the
opponents of the bill granting state
hood to Arizona preventeda vote being
taken. OF the I'd, in the house commit
tee on territories. on a motion to re-
port that bill favorably. A motion to
postpone consideration for a week was
defeated by a vote of five to six. but
the session of the committee expired
under the rules at noon without dis,
posing c. :be bill
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

THE senate committee On territories.
on the Sd. ordered a favorable report
to be made on the nomination of Pen
jamin Franklin to be governor of the
territory of Arizona. The committee
also favorably reported the bill pre-
viously passed by the house, amending
the divorce laws Of the territories SO
as to require a legal residence of at
least one ear before proceedings in
divorce can be commenced
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

Ebert RAPPELYE, the Cuban CORE
spondent for the New York Mail and
Express, who was expelled by order of
Gen. Weyler. arrived at New York, on
the 3Oth, per steamer Yucatan from
Havana.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

The ~two-year-old child of John R.
Atchly, a prominet farmer, four miles
west of Lebanon, was kicked by q
horse and probably fatally injured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
May Go to Georgia.

DIR, j. d. Hammond. president of
central college, Fayette. has beer
unanimously elected president OF
Wesleyan female college at Macon, Ga
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
super.tition in the Narr penartment.

superstition In the Navy Department.
Says a Washington special to a st.
Louis paper:
Those who are urging that one Of the four
new battle-Ship> which it is expected congress
Will authorize at this session be named the
Missouri should take notice that nothing but
an act Of congress will probably induce the
navy department to depart from n tradition
that's as old as the navy itself. There is a
prejudice in naval circles against reviving the
name OF 4 ship lost at sea or wrecked. so strong
that mere request or entreaty would never
overcome it.
Along in the 'I0s the first steamships for the
navy we're built. They were the frigateS Sus-
Quehanna. Powhattan. Mississippi and Mis-
souri,. The first three did long and effective
service, but on her first cruise the Missouri
took fire in the Mediterranean and was totally
destroyed.
1t would be well. if MisSOurianS want the
name OF their state given to one OF the new
battie-ships, that Senators Vest and CockrelI
make an effort to add such a provision to the
naval bll! when 1t comes before the senate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
VALUABLE HORSES BURNED
In the Destruction of Alonzo Mcdonald,
Leased Stables at Buffalo. Ny

Heaseu STAPLES at Buffalo. y. Y.
BUFFALO, y. Y, April G.-Fire at
h driving park destroyed the stables
leased by Alonzo Mcdonald, the we'll
known trainer, and nearly a score of
valuable horses were burned To death
n hrc wa caused by the explosion
OF an oil stove in one of the cleaners
rooms There were 30 horses in Nc.
Donalds string, most of which arrived
here last Thursday. Among those
which persisted were Red Gothard and
Blue Bird.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
Is. II. ADAMS, Publisher.

IT is understood that President Cleve-
land has written a letter, which will
be made public in due season, declin-
ing to accept a nomination for a third
term.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

STATISTICS show that with a foreign
population of Ia per cent, than
half of our white penitentiary convicts
and more than half of the white in
mates of our poorhouses are foreign
erS-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

The following is a statement of fees
collected by the secretary of state and
turned over to the treasurer during
March:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11

Il continue" said Gen. G~rosvenor.
to count the unelected delegates in
Ohio and Indiana. which reconciles the
difference between the New York
Tribune's figure and mine by the ad-
dition of "a. My claims in Texas. Ok
lahoma and South Carolina differ from
those of others who are figuring.
The present week will not be an
interesting one as far as state conven-
tons are concerned, the only ores to
be held being those of South Carolina
Oregon and Rhode Island; but during
the remainder OF April there will be at
eas rs delegates elected for McKin-
ley, and the first of May will see the
number of Mckinley delegates easily
4S0. There will be elected thereafter
l62 delegates from which Mckinley
Will recruit a large percentage Of the
reserve force"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
ANOTHER CASE.

Fred Schoberth, the five-year-old step-Son
OF Louis Hubert, a farmer six miles north Of
Mexico. also lost his life by fire. Mr.. Hubert
AMI an older son had been raking up stalks in
the field, preparatory to burning them. The
stalks were in rows when they were fired. The
little fellow was warned 10 keep away from the
fire by Mr.. Hubert. who soon after heard his
Oldest boy shouting that Fred was burning up.
Mr.. Hubert found the little fellow with his
head and shoulders in the fire.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-11
MISSOURI A NEWS.


John Clark. a well-known farmer five
miles north OF st. Joseph. decided to
burn several shocks Of fodder near his
house.
Two hours afterward he missed his fve-year-
old boy. and the entire family turned out to
search. BY mere accident the father found the
remains OF his son in the ashes or the burned
fodder. IL is presumed the little fellow crawled
in the fodder and went to sleep. The frenzied
father claSped the crisp corpse in his arms. and
the cooked flesh OF the little body dropped in
shreds as he ran to the house. The parents are
well-nigh craZed with grief.
The morning times., 1896-09-06
Snake Poison and Cholera.

A. L. Sandal, II. B., municipal commits
sioDer, Calcutta, late medical officer to
the local government. Bengal. declares that
the empirical practitioner in India has
wonderful success in combating the ravs ges
OF cholera. Case after case. given up by
thefaculty as hopeless is succe ssfully treated
by him. j mana gcd To elicit the fact that
thepowerful agentempioyed tsubcutaneous-
ly) was a tiDcture of which the poison of
the cobra formed the sole base Later
discovered woman in possession of Q
small supply OF the tincture, and her success
in treating cholera cases was, on smaller
scale. as striking as his. could not help
reviewing the astonishing fact that many
eminent men of this city repeatedly found
in their practice that cases OF cholera given
up by them as hopeless We're cured-pro-
vidcd certain charlatan was called in and
permitted to ipoculate his mysterious eoun-
ter-poisoD-yetnoo one thought himself called
upon to investigate the subject. i am pre-
pared to avouch on the honor OF a medical
man my thorough conviction OF the re-
peatedly successful treatment of hopeless
cases of cholera by the incubation Of the
sufferer with cobra veDom.-M Medical Age.
The morning times., 1896-09-06
SANTA TERESA, THE
MODERN JOAN OF ARC
The Beautiful Young Mexican Girl Who Is at the
Head of the ASqui Indians.
A WARRIOR ONLY TWENTY THREE YEARS OLD
----------------
Disappointed in Love- She Had Heavenly Revela-
tions While in a Cataleptic Fit.
HER CURING POWER AMONG THE MOUNT TAlNEERS
A WARRIOR ONLY TWENTY-THREE YEARS OLD
HER CURING POWER AMONG THE MouN1AINEERs

this they could advance farther into
Mexico. Snnta Teresa is their watch
word, and her face Is engraved upon
their hearts, and printed upon their
banners.
For long tinie the Indians sought
her hand in. marriage, hoping TO cement
her to them. They offered her the hand
of Asquos, the noblest young brave Of
the tribe. but she declined. The father
of Asquos, the richest of all warriors,
next sought her, with the same result.
Now they would think it sacriiege to
! ask for the hand Of Santa Teresa.
The but in the mountains where the
modern Joan OF Arc lives is a bare one
OF the poorest Kind. A bed of bougbs
Is the only furniture. Outside Santa Te-
resa prepares her simple meals, which
consist mostly OF fruits and nuts and
the delicacies brought her by the In
dams. At the door is her altar, where
she can be seen by the reverential In
dians at prayer all night and part of
: the day. eaa-,s
The plan OF the Mexicans is to overthrow
the Asqui outbreak by imprisoDing the sup
posed leader. Teresa Urea is to be brought
out from her mountain fastness and tried.
She win be placed In prison for suitable
time and then banislicd. Nothing but
Imprisonment for life win lid the country
OF her influence, they say, for IL is as
strong as the lives of the Indians. and
banishment would mean nothing but her
return at the head of troops made desperate
by the treatment of their saint
TERESA HIDDEN.
The recent raids are being made with
out Santa Teresa. as the Indians fear
her capture with their present inability
to defend her. Her habitat in the noun
taiDs. too. is kept secret for fear OF
raid upon her while they are away. She
was hidden SO securely a few days ago
that one OF the tribes of the Asqui, failing
to find her, determined to make a small
attack upon Nogaies, sure that she was
within the city.
The border dwclers OF Arizona, New
Mexico, Texas, and Lower California are
in constant terror of a raid led by the
mysterious Teresa Urea. but this they
need not fear il the Indian advices are cor
rect which say that Santa Teresa regards
the United States as tile country that will
help deliver Mexico into her hands.
The morning times., 1896-09-06
uNFoRTuNArE SPEECH.
1t Embarrassedfhe Young Lady ard
rAmused the OnIo0kers.

1t Embarrassed,fhe he Young Lady ard
rAmsssd the O6Tookers.
st Louis Post Dispatch.
It was on 1pelmar avenue car. The
car had stopped, aadeverybody knows ho W.
in the stiffness Of s stopped car. voice
as soft as a cooing, dove smites the gen.
erai ear as clearly as the strdent voice
of the professional orator at ward meet
ing. So "A
The young man fnmbsid in his pockets
in vain. He was moncyiess. In stage
whisper. intended for ms companion's
ear alone. but whicl, -vEhtsto the ears Of
all the passengers, withdat discrimination,
he said:
Have you any change with you; ex-
changed my pants and lefelmy money le-
hind?'
or course. the passengers were all at
tention. They always are on such occa-
sions. The young lady looked in her purse
and felt in her pockets. The search was
vain. She stage whispered, I've done
the same thing"
She meant she had left her money at
home, but she framed it uniappiiy And
when one or two heartIess young men
laughed mildly she blushed and made
things worse by explaining audibly tllat
she had left her money in her other dress
A fellow passenger paid both fares, and
the episode and the car passed on. :
The morning times., 1896-09-06
SUPERSTITION IN POLITICS.
A Mans Reason for Relieving That
Bryan Would Be Elected.

A Mans Reason for Relieving That
Bryan Would Be Elected.
Nail and Express
"a friend OF mine, a Democrat, who be-
lievcs that Bryan will be elected, but who
can give no reasons, Offered to make n
wager with me on Bryan. When pressed,
he told me that his reason for believing
that Bryan would be elected was that
when he was boy he went to a fortune
teller, and, after crossing. her palm. she
recited this doggerel verse:
Your hair is red,
1t will never be black,
Nor will You ever see
A President named "Afac''
"And," added my friend in telling the
story, my hair has been red ever since,
and there has been no President named
Mac"
/ tell this as good illustration OF the
hold that superstition has on some men.
Politics is one continual case OF the
smashing of precesients When Cleveland
was a candidate, the sanie ma n said that
he would fail because no man whose name
began with &C. could be elected. The
superstition having arisen from Henry
Ciay's repeated failures to secure the
election. There are other similar super
stitions which have existed, but failed
70 prove a clear case When Andrew
jackson ran its was Eravely alleged by
SOME people that be would be beaten be-
cause his name contained exactly thirteen
letters. Maybe these superstit0ns work
the other way. Jackson served two terms.
30 did Cleveland Will Mckiuley7
The morning times., 1896-09-06
AN ARTFuL HONOR.
Wanted His Lady Love to Think He
Was Liberal.


was Liberal.
Detroit Free Press.
"You can see lots OF human nature in a
jewelry store" remarked the man who was
srranging tray OF gems in the window SO
as to give them their greatest possible
allurement. ''One OF the things / have
noticed is that most people DISLIKE to de-
pend on their own Judgment. They don't
appreciate anything until they know its
value in dollars and cents"
Just then young man came in and asked
TO see some rings. He was not long in max
ing selection, and, pulling out a roll OF
bills, he asked the price.
Twenty dollars said the ieweier.
The young man put the money back into
his pocket.
lis that all?'' he inquired regretfully.
Yes. l wouldn't be justified in charging
any more. But it's very handsome ring,
and everything about II is just al it's repre-
sented'
Twenty dollars doesn't seem enough to
pay for Il ring for this young lady, he re-
marked pensively. That's a pretty ring
and think she'd like it very much if she
didn't find out what the price was. I'll
tell you what I'll do. I'll buy the ring il
you'il put $50 price tag on it and let it
stay in the window until day after tomor-
row.
81 don't see what good that will do
you
I've set my heart on seeing her wear
this particular ring. ] know she will
like its style when she first sees 1t. But
you know how women are; they're never
content until they know how much every
thing costs. Tomorrow will take her
out walking and we'll pass your window.
Wen stop and look in and she'll recognize
the ring the instant she puts h er eyes OIL it.
j won't say word, but she II notice that
it's marked $50 and win feel that it's not
only fine-looking ring that she's wear
ing. but that it's all right as to price; and
then we can all be happy.
The morning times., 1896-09-06
he LEFT THE BOOK.
but the Man Who Rode with Him W as
Disappointed just the Same.


Disappointed just the Same.
feu Y 'ii
He entered the street car with a parcel
in his hand, and as lie sat down he placed
the parcel at his back.
Book" qucried the man at his lefse
yes"
Taking it home to read this evening""
"Yes"
Il see. Had to go half a mile out of your
way to buy it?''
About half a mile
Just SO. Dollar and a half book, I
presume?"
That's exactly the COST
Think I've read it?''
Cant say, but it's only out today"
''Then / haven't read it and am in luck.
Thank you for taking this car
The man with the book looked at the
other in a queer way for half a minute and
then said.
Ibid you want to see the book"
'Oh, no. III take it home with me, you
see?"
'But l can't loan 1t to you."
No need to; yo1'll leave 1t In the car"
''Oh. l see! Well, sian't leave it,"
He REACHED for the book and laid 1t on his
knees, and after riding three blocks he
slid it down alongside his leg. After
two blocks more he worked it behind him
again and became interested in the young
woman opposite. The encouragement he
received was slight, but it was enough
to keep his thoughts busy, and the first
thing lie knew he was carried a block
past his corner He suddenly started up
and skipped out, and as he went the man
who had been talking with him reached
back for the book and cliuckled:
Told him he'd leave it behind and I'd
take 1t home"
But the book wasn't there. The woman
beside him Lad already gobbled it, and as