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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
RELEASE.

The Ek-United States Consul at Tamatnvs
Once More Free, and is Correspondingly
Grateful to Those Through Whose En-
forts Ills Pardon was Secured-He VIII
Sail for the United States February 30.
PARIS. Feb. 22.-John L. Waller, X
United States consul to Madagascar,
who was court-martialed and sentenced
to 20 years imprisonment under con-
yiction of having illegally communi-
Gated with the Hovas, arrived at Paris
at 9 a. m, having been pardoned and
released from Mines prison Thursday.
Mr.. Waller was seen soon after his
arrival here by a representative of
the United Press, to whom he
said: 1.-The governor of the Mines
prison informed me at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon that he had
just received my pardon. The formal
tiles necessary for my release occupied
some time, but | vas able to leave the
prison in season to take a train for
Paris at S o'clock in the evening. l am
grateful for this opportunity to thank
the president of the United States, the
state department at Washington and
United States Ambassador Eustis. as
well as Secretaries Vignaud and New
ton Eustis of the United States
embassy, the latter of whom Wis
tied me at the prison. His visit
cheered me very much, and was
followed by a marked improvement
in my treatment. feel highly elated
to find myself free after eleven months
incarceration under condemnation to
solitary confinement for 20 years,
which was equivalent to eternity. I
am in good health and scarcely suffer
at all now from the Madagascar fever,
which made such terrible havoc among
the French troops in Madagascar. l
shall remain four days in Paris, and
shall also stop a few days in London.
l expect to sail for America on Febru-
airy %"
Mr.. Waller added that although he
was treated as a prisoner of war on
board the ship which brought him to
France, the treatment was modified
later, although he said he received good
ordinary treatmcnt-equally as good as
that shown to white prisoners in the
Mines prison. All things considered,
Mr.. Waller looks exceptionally well.
He lost but little weight, despite his
attack of fever while in the prison.
Mr.. Waller expressed great anxiety
to learn the detailso of the conditions of
peace which the French had imposed
upon Madagascar.
1t appears hat Walters release was
promised by the authorities n fort
night ago. Failing in the meantime to
get the notification of the decree of
pardon signed United States Ambassa-
dor Eustis, on February 10, called
upon NJ. Bcrthelot, minister of foreign
affairs, at the foreign Office. and as the
result Of the interview between the
two President Faure signed Walters
pardon Thursday morning. An official
Immediately conveyed the news to
the American embassy, which immedi-
ately cabled the information to the
state department at Washington in a
cipher dispatch and also notified Waller
of the fact that the president had
his pardon.
The release of Waller is being wide
~ discussed in diplomatic circles, in
it is the consensus of opinion
that the granting of the pardon Is a
tribute on the part of France to Am
bassadOr Eustis, who is highly es.
at the foreign Office.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
HIGH PRICE FOR POTATOES.

The John. A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, pay high prices for new
things. They recently paid $500 for a
yellow rind watermelon, $1,000 for 30
bu. new bats. $500 for 100 lbs. of pota-
toes, etc, ete.l Well, prices for pota-
toes will be high next fall. Plant
a plenty Mr.. WideawakeI You'll make
money. Salzer's Earliest are fit to eat
In IS days after planting. His Cham
pion of the World is he greatest yield
er on earth and we challenge you to
produce its equal.
IF you WILL SEND Us 10c. in stamps
to the John \. SalZer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. You will get, free. ten
packages grains and grasses, including
T%eosinte, Spurry, Giant Incarnate Clo-
YER, ETC., and our mammoth catalogue.
Catalogue alone sc. for mailing. (H.)
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
OUR ~COUNTRY'S FLAG.
Gen. Miles Talks of 1t to the Washington
High chOOI Pupils.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The feature
of the Washington birthday celebra-
ton at the Eastern high school was an
address by len Nelson \. Miles.
My young friends" he said, the
flag is nothing in itself, but it is great
as an indication of the principles it
represents"
Gen. Miles referred to the Chinese
fiag-a dragOE-the symbol of strength
and numbers, but, ne added, it has been
demonstrated recently how little hat
avaiis without intellect and training.
IN describing the flag of the United
States, he referred to the white as a
token of purity, the red as showing
the sacrifice of blood to sustain the flag
in the air, and the blue as union and
loyalty.
1T is especially fitting" continued
Gen. Miles, that the flag should float
over every school and educational in
s~titution in the country. The purpose
of it is that you should see it, love and
respect it, and, if need be, die for it. in
order to preserve it. Should danger
threaten, and if enemies, inland or
foreign, should attempt to lower it, l
urge you to defend it to the last de-
gree on LAND and waving billow."
In reply the principal of the school,
Mr.. c. NJ. Lacey Sites. made a speech,
in which he paid a glowing tribute to
Gen. Miles as one of the heroes who
have upheld the flag on the battlefield
during the past third of a century. In
conclusion he said:
Boys and girls, l call on you to
pledge with me, in the presence of Gen.
Miles, once again, everlasting loyalty
to the flag"
Three ringing cheers were given for
the flag, for Washington and for Miles,
amid the waving of many flags.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
COMMANDO BOOTH

Refuses to R~e:inquish Command of the
Salvation Army or to Fgke Orders from
~Engiand-The Amour cement of His De-
termination Causes Rejoicing Among the
Rank and Fne of the Army-A Bogus
Telegram.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Commander
darlington Booth of the Salvation
Army last night announced to the
members OF his staff that he had de,
clded not to relinquish command of
the army in the United States and that
under no circumstances would he take
orders from England.
This was taken to mean that he will
reorganize the army in this country on
an independent basis, and it was re-
ceiyed with cheers and other demon
s%trations of approval.
Commander Booth appeared at the
army headquarters last evening, and
held a council of war with his staff
supporters, and declared it his inten-
ton not to relinquish his command
until compelled to do SO. Col. Alex
ander n. Nicol, the personal repre-
sentative OF Gen. Booth in the present
difficulty, and Col. Eadie, who has as
sumed to exercise the authority of
acting commander, were called to the
council room and given to understand
the commander position. They went
into his presence pale and trembling,
and they emerged from the oom look
ing very much troubled.
During the session a message was re-
ceceived, p%urporting to come from
London, to the effect that Commander
and Mrs. f. De L.atcur Booth-Tucker
had been appointed TO succeed Mr.. and
Mrs. Ballington Booth in the United
States. This was promptly bulle-
tined by Mr.. Nicol, but its truth
was denied by Commander Booth and
his friends, who declared that the dis
patch was bogus and was issued by
Eva Booth, who is in this city, to ere
ate a false impression.
Commander Booths statement that
he would not recognize the message
as official was received with applause.
1t was argued hat the message could
not be authentic, because Gen. Booth
is not in London and would not make
an appointment OF such Importance ex-
cept in the regular way from the Lon
den headquarters.
Commander Booths arrival at head
quarters was entirely unexpected, and
took the opposition by surprise. The
regular Sunday evening Gospel service
was in progress and the large hall wa
well crowded.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
TEN THOUSAND SOLDIERS
To he Sent to Abyssinia to Reinforce the
Italian Army There.

ROME, Feb. 22-The minister of war
has received the report of Gen. Barati-
eri, commanding the Italian forces in
Abyssinia, in regard to The recent COM
bats between the Italians and the rebel
bands near Adigrat. In these fights
the Italians lost o. killed and from
thirty to forty wounded, and the eRe-
mT's losses We're about equal to those
OF the Italians.
The report was laid before the cab
met, which. yesterday. authorized Sig.
Crispi to send to Abyssinia immediately
whatever reinforcements may be nee
essary. Ten thousand men are al
ready in readiness 20 be embarked Cor
Massowah to join Gen. B2ratieris
forces IN the interior.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
AN AGED
Forced to Take the Kelley Cure and PAY
for 1t with His Pension Money.

LEAvENwORTH. kas.. Feb. 2i.-Thom-
as Wilkins, GO years of age. an inmate
of the Leavenworth National Military
home. has filed suit in the district court
against \. j. Smith, governor OF that
institution for damages in the sum of
Sl5,O66.9O Plaintiff alleges that on
threat of imprisonment and dishonora-
bic discharge from the home he was
tcrrorized and forced to take the
Kelley cure three times by Smith,
who compelled him to give an order on
his pension money in payment. the same
being collected by Smith and appro-
priated to his own use.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
CHARGES OF CRUELTY
Preferred Against the Superintendent of
Island

NEW YORK. Feb. 21.-Charges of
cruelty and neglect Of duty have been
preferred against Lawrence Dunphy,
superintendent of the Blackwelr's
Island workhouse, by former inmate.
1t is alleged hat Dunphy beat and
starved the inmates without just cause;
that he kept prisoners in dark cells for
days at Il time. and that inmates who
protested against the unsanitary con-
dition of the workhouse were kept in
chains for a week, locked in a padded
cell and kept on bread and water.
Furthermore. it is alleged that one
Thompson, afflicted with Il loathsome
disease, was permitted to mingla with
the inmates, and Il man who refused to
sleep in the same room with Thomp-
son was put on the rack. The chart
ties commissioners Will make an inves.
tigation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
INSANE.
EK-Aidsrman Salo W. Roth the DefauIter,
Committed to an Asylum.

tomn1Itted To an Asylum.
CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-Ex-Aiderman
Salo W. Roth, who. as secretary of
two building and loan associations. is
responsible for n shortage of $500
in the funds, was a~djudged insane
yesterday by a jury in the county
court and ordered by the judge COM
United to the asylum at Wauwataso.
Wis. This judicial disposition of the
case precludes a criminal prosecution
for the defalcation, but the ~assOcia-
tons will endeavor to recover the loss
from the estate, which is estimated at
less than fifty thousand dollars. The
evidence showed that Roth had been
suffering from melancholia more than
three wears.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
VENEZUELAN COMMISSION
Engaged IN Study ing Papers Bearing O,
the COntroyersr.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The Vene.
Enelan Commission held no formal
meeting yesterday on account OF the
absence from the city OF Mr.. Coudert
and Prot. Gilman, but Justices Bre wer
and Alvey and Dr. White were in con-
s~altation at the commissions office
with the geographical expert and as
upon oth,: days of the past two weeks
were engaged in studying :he papers
bearing on the controversy which have
accumulated IN vast proportions
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
A GRAND JUROR
Indicted for Violation Of the Prohibitory
Law.

TOPEKA, Kan. Feb. 24.-BcfOre final
adjournment the grand jury added to
is list of indictme nts one agains: W.
I. Niece. one OF the grand jurors, for
violating the ~prohibitory law. Nece's
son had been arrested previously for
the same Offcuse. The grand jury was
in session % days, and examined over
three hundred witnesses. resulting in
Fl indictments. Fourteen of the ac-
cGsed men have been apprehended,
and all except two have given bond
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
AN ATTACK ON JARUCO.
The Rebels Too Quick for the SIow-Mov.
ing Spanish Troops.
From a STAFF Correspondent: OF the United
Press

From a STAFF Correspondent. OF the United
Press.
HAVANA, Feb. 21.-An official report
yesterday states hat Capt.-Gen. Wey-
Ter. learning that the insurgents in
tended to make an attack on Jaruco,
an important town on the railroad
midway between Havana and Matan-
zas, sent a body of troops from this
city at four O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing to protect the town.
His measures to meet the rebels
Were, however, fruitless for the at
lacking party, which vas made up of
men from the combined bands of Co
mez and Maceo, moved so rapidly that
by the time the troops arrived the
rebels had done their work and disap-
pcareG.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
II ONLY HOPE
OF the Prisoners Taken at Johannesburg
is the Mel,Owing Influence of Time.

VI the Prisoners Taken at Johannesburg
is the MeltOwing Influence OF Time.
NV YORK, Feb. PA special cable
to the Herald from Cairo, Egypt. says:
Cecil Rhodes was interviewed by a
Herald reporter yesterday. Mr..
Rhodes dacline to discuss the affairs of
the South Africa Chartered Co. When
asked about the position of his mining
manager, Jack Harmon, he answered
that bail had been provided. but that
nothing further could be done. lie
added that Mr.. Hammond's ease was
similar to that of his own brother, for
whom he had been unable t o do any
thing except to find bail Cor him.
Matters" he added, are evidently
quieting down of themselves, and l
think time will gradually smooth them
over. l am of opinion that the pris-
oners will be tried and simply fined"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
Attempted Suicide OF a Wealthy Chicago
Hermit.

CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-Almos Butterfield,
a commission merchant, cut his throat
in his room on South Water street, and
lies in the county hospital without any
hope of recovery. He was a graduate
of Northwestern university. and was
reputed to be worth $500, 900, but lived
the life of a hermit.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
GEN. BOOTHS RESIGNATION
One of the Factors Leading to His Depo-
sition from Command of the Saliva
tion Army of the United States.

One of the Factors Leading to His Depo-
sitiOn from Command of the Saliva
tion Army of the United States.
New YORK, Feb. 24.-Another fea-
ture of the trouble in the Salvation
Army growing out of the deposition of
Gen. Darlington Booth from the com
mand of the army in the United States
has developed. 1t is the outcome of
the mass-mecting held recently in this
city ut which Hon. Chauncey NJ. De-
pew presided. At that meeting reso-
lutions asking that Gen. Ballington
Booth be retained as commander here
were adopted and cabled to interna-
tional headquarters.
Mr.. Depew has received a reply
which shows that Gen. Booth, the in
ternational commander, is firm in his
decision as to the change in command
of h United States, and further, that
as long ago as January 81 Gen. Bal
lington Booth had handed in his resig-
nation as Il result of his removal from
the command in this country. This
resignation, it appears, resulted in the
sending of three mediators to this
country, but their mission was unsuc-
cessful.
The cablegram received BY Mr.. De-
pew is as follows:
LONDON. Feb. -.
Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, New
HOrk:-Cabled the General a summary
of yours. He instructs me to cable that
universal changes and equity compel
him 10 confirm the arrangement. Pro-
foundly deplores resignation dated 31st
January. Has done by three medi-
storS his utmost without success.
CSlgned) BEAMwELL BOOTH.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
A Bill to Abolish the Fee System and
Substitute Salaries.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-The house
committee on the judiciary yesterday
agreed on q Dill 70 abolish the fee svs-
TEN of the United States district attor-
neys and marshals and substitute sala-
ries. Under it no salary or compeusa-
ton of any officer will be Increased be-
yond the amount paid under existing
law.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
KILLED BY THE OFFICER
Who was sent to Arrest Him and Who
Then Surrendered.

NATCHEZ, Miss. Feb. 24.-News of a
killing about % miles below here on
the Louisiana side of the river has
reached here. J. d. Miller, a promi-
nent planter and justice of the peace,
attempted to arrest James PettIt, a
fisherman, for carrying concealed
weapons. Meeting with resistance
Miller armed himself with a rifle and
as he returned met Petit similarly
armed. Both men opened fire at once,
with the result that Petit received
two bullets through his body and Eel
lead. Miller surrendered.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
Terrible Explosion of a Locomotive.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Feb. 2l.-The
boiler Of a freight engine on the Nash
vile. Chattanooga Il st. Louis railway
exploded yesterday afternoon near
Bridgeport, Ala. p miles from here.
playing fearful havoc with property,
and instantly killing the engineer and
fireman, and scalding a brakeman, per
hapS fatally.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
ALFRED FIELDS
Confesses ths Murder of Mrs. Ellen Ran.
dolph in Chicago-Was Hired TO Do 1t.

CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-Alfred Fields.
colored, elevator boy at the Hotel
Lexington, confessed to the police that
he murdered Mrs. Ellen Randolph,
whose frightfully mutilated body was
found on a burned bed Thursday.
Fields says he vas to receive So from
Edward Mcintosh, a former lodger
with Mrs. Randolph, for the commits
sion OF the crime, the motive of which
was a quarrel about one due Mrs.
Randolph.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
March

April, May are most emphatically the
months for taking a good blood purifier.
because the system is now most in need
of such 4 medicine, and because it more
quickly responds to medicinal qualities.
In winter impurities do not pass out of the
body freely, but accumulate in the blood.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
April

The best medicine to purify, enrich and
vitalize the blood, and thus give strength
and build up the system, is Hoods Sarsa-
parilla Thousands take it as their Spring
Medicine, and more are taking it to-day
than ever before. If you are tired, "out Of
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29

ANY feeling that takes a man away from
his home is a traitor to the household.-H-
W. Beecher.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29

FRS stopped free by DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Motifs afterfirst DAYS use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29
law

sorts" nervous, have bad taste in the
morning, aching or dizzy head, sour
stomach and feel all run down, a course
of Hoods S%arsaparilla will put your whole
body in good order and make Y u strong
and vigorous. 1t is the ideal Spring
Medicine and true nerve tonic, because
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-29

A NAYS best friend are his ten fingers
Robert Collyer.
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NOTICE..

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to show cause why final Judgment shall not be en-
+. Bugbee * Company. versus II. +. Sanderson
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