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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
..Rickcty" Dams Friends,

CHESTER. ILL. Jan. 1J.-The friends
of ''Ricllety" Dan Benton who believe
he is Bill Newly, as he claims to be.
have not deserted him. Benton 5 SEN
tenca to the penitentiarv expires in
about eight months, and he declares
that nothing shall stop him from Or
tanning Justice as William Newly.
The case is a singular one. and when
re-opened, which it surely will be, will
produce widespread interest, greater
than before. If the old soldier is Bill
Ncwby, he has been previously and
cruelty wrOnged. If he is Dan Ben
ton. an imposter. he is the shrewdest
rascal that ever wore stripes.
Benton, or Newly, has no stronger
friends than among the boys who
wore the blue. and it is frequently
testified by them that they believe in
their old cOmradc. his identity as
claimed. and his story. The latest
evidence is postal card received by
him from Fairfield, addressed to
William Newly and wife, Menard,
ILL.," conveying an invitation to at
tend a joint installation to the officers
of the Grand Army Post and WOman's
Relief Corps of Fairfield. and signed
by T. ]. Allen, George Daisy and
William CrOme. committee. His
bosom swelled with pride, and there
was a CLEAN of love and triumph in
his eyes as he exhibited the card, re-
with ring of gladness in
his voice:
''See this. The boys believe in me,
and have net forgotten me. Does that
not prove it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
Is Ingersou Converted.

The Christian EndeavOrers believe
they ha ye converted Robert q. Inger-
soil to their religious faith. The
Christian ,EndeavOrers are very nu-
merous and they united all over the
country to pray for the conversion of
Col. Ingersoil. Word has come from
Kalamazoo. which is Il city of nearly
30, 900 inhabitants, in Michigan, tell
ing them that they have succeeded.
There are twenty-three churches in
Kalamazoo and over 1900 persons
are on the rolls of these churches.
The Colonel lectured there on Lin
coin Friday night, and the audience
to hear what the great agnostic would
say was very large. Many of his
periods won their applause: but he
electrified the auditors when he spoke
of his visit to the Peoples Church in
Kalamazoo, and said:
1t is the grandest thing in your
State, if not in the United States. If
there were a similar church near my
home, would join it. if its members
would permit me
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
CreTnated Both.

NEW ORLEANS La, Jan. ia
white man named Pat Morrison and Il
negro woman have been living together
for some time on Il hatbOat in the
vicinity of Southport, disregarding all
warnings to leave. About l O'Clock
Sunday morning number OF shots
were heard in the direction of the boat
which was seen to be burning. About
daylight it was found burned to the
waters edge. and in the embers the
chared bodies of the couple. y two
year-old child of the woman in some
way escaped unhurt.
The Coroner will make investigation
but there is no probability that any of
the mob will be identified.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
Interrupted the Wedding

Lincoln : unfortunate marriage to
Mary Todd occurred in Springfield,
Ills. at the home of Mir. NJ. W. Ed
wards. where Miss Todd lived. She
was the belle of Springfield. and the
story of Lincoln ; unhappT and in
Terrupted courtship is we'll known.
The marriage. although hastily an
ranged in the end, was perhaps the
lirst one performed in that city with
all the requirements of the Episcopal
ceremony Rev. Charles Dresser OF
ficiated. Among the many friends of
Lincoln who Were present was Thomas
c. Brown. one of the Judges of the
state supreme court. He was ii
blunt outspoken man and an old
timer.
ParSon Dresser was attired in full
canonical robes and rccited the ser
vice with much impressive solcmnity.
He handed Lincoln the ring. who.
placing it on the bride finger. repeat
ed the church formula. with this
ring thee endOw with all my goods
and chattels, lands and tenements.
Judge Brown. who had never before
witnessed such ceremony and looked
upon it as utterly absurd, calculated,
in tone loud enough to be heard by
all, God Almighty Lincoln, the
statute fixes all that" This unex
pccted interruption almost upset the
old parsOn. who had keen sense of
the ridiculous. but be quickly recov-
cred his gravity and hastily pre-
nounced the couple man and wife.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
In@CTsoII OnsrcI I'uIpit.

CHICAGO. Ill. Jan. I4.-Rev. John
Rask, of the Militant Church. has
invited Col. Robert c. Ingersoll 70
occupy its pulpit. This letter was
sent today:
Chicago. January i4.-COl. Robert
q. ingersoll, Adrain. Mich: Der
Sir-1he Militant Church, which S
organized for the purpose of betterir e
the condition of mankind. regardless
of creed or lack of it, desires to cA-
tend TO you an invitation to preach
for us some Sunday morning in the
near future on the subject of your
should do, and how. The motto of
our men : club is 'Art in this world.
theoriZe in the next, knowing your
interest in honest, practical work for
humanity, and feeling that the fact
that ] am Christian and you are not
should not prevent us from working
together for the uplifting CT humanity,
and leaving it to the individual helped
to Judge for himself what is true.
earnestly invite you to give Us the as
sistance of your ability for one Sun
day in building up a movement great
enough to embrace and love all hui
manity from the highest to the lowest.
Sincerely yours. JOHN RUSK.' =
In speaking of the matter Mr.. Rusk
said:
Mr.. Ingersoll visited a practical
working church, and wished to Join it. |
| believe had there been institutional
churches when he was Il boy he would ;
have been America : greatest devine, ]
instead of the opposite. He has made !
the people think: the clergy is think /
ing, and, instead Of churches so cold /,
and formal that they make more in I
fidels yearly than Mr.. IngersoIl has |
in Il lifetime. a competition is begin !
ming to see which church can do the /
most for mans body in this world
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
He Was No Citizen.

Seven of the nine men who stood NJ
in front OF Justice Pryor in New York
the other day to be examined as to
their fitness for citizenship were so
ignorant Of the first principles of The
game that they were howled over.
Christian BALI was clever though.
WHY do Americans celebrate the
Fourth of July" aSEed Justice Pryor.
Because. " said BALI. "the Amer
lean people fought against England
in 1874. The Declaration of indie
pendence was passed TO make them
decorate the graves OF the soldiers
who died in the war with England.
That is why the Fourth of July is call
ed Decoration Day"
We'll. we'll, said the Justice.
Live and learn. That is something
| never knew before
Mr.. BALI seemed pleased. but he did
not become citizen.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. January Ii. -
The Secretary of the Interior to-day
received letter from two Indians in
Oklahoma Territory, offering their
services to the Government. should
war be declared with Great Britain
over the Venezuelan boundary
question. The latter is unique in ex-
preston and chirography. 1t reads:
''Q-As-A-Po-C-ka-andTed, Kicka-
poo brave, and No-ToSa-Qua, Il
famous Sac and Fox scalper, desire
the good father to know that if the
British lion insists on piece of
Venezuela they stand ready to march
through the frozen zones of the Es-
quimo and scalp the British as they
go.
I'VE suggest a present of pair of
blankets that the impending bliz-
zard may not chill the ardor of our
patriotic blood
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
With a New House.

Mr.. G. r. Ulrich, well and favora-
bly, known to the people of Southeast
Missouri, is now representing the
Aroma Coffee & Spice Co., of St.
Louis. Mr.. Ulrich has been coming
to this city for thirty years and he is
one of the cleverest and most popular
travelling men on the road. He has
always represented first-class house
and the house he is now with is one
of the best in the country. The mem
bers of the Aroma Coffee & Spice Co.. =,
are all we'll known business men and
our people will find them clever gen.
tlemen to deal with.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
WAR IMMINENT.
Fitting Out of Fighting
Ships.
No Indications of a Back ward step
BY Englane.

LONDON. Jan, 1.-THE meeting of
the Cabinet and the conference of the
Prince of Whales with Mr.. Chamber
lain were important events bearing on
the Transvaal crisis to-day.
The cabinet session lasted three
hours. What transpired is not made
public, but preparations for war con-
tinue, and there are no indications er
rumors thatindicate a backdown. and
there is NO abatement of the war feel
ing.
Count Won MISUNDERSTANDING,
German Ambassador to England, had
long conference with the Marquis of
Salisbury, the Prime Minister, after
The Cabinet meeting ts-day. Baron
De COurcel, the French Ambassador.
called later
Dispatches from Berlin say the re-
port that letters have passed between
Emperor William and Queen Victoria
relating to the subject of the Trans
vaal is confirmed there. 1t is claimed
that this correspondence was not con-
cilistory in its nature, intimation be-
ing made that the Emperor has made
the statement, that while not intend
ing to offend England in any way. he
is still of the opinion that DR.. Jami-
son 5 raid was criminal and worthy
of his condemnation
The first destination of the British
flying squadron will be the Me'hter
ranean. The vessels which may event
ua!ly be ordered TO Delagoa Ba- IL
proceed via the Suez Canal SO that
the Admiralty can communicate with
them until the last moment
The first naval reserve men have
been ordered to hold themselves in
readinessfor service. The second naval
reserve, which is composed of men
belonging 10 the mercantile marine.
have been notified that the services
of some of them will shortly he re-
quired.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
\ Missourian Who Has Views Much
Out of the Common.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo, Jan. II.
Street Commissioner A. w. Nc
Caslin, who in his report to the City
Council few weeks since asked for
an ordinance requiring that women
and girls who ride bicycles on the
street should appear in bloomers, has
submitted another report, in which he
asks the Council to pass an ordinance
to make any and all persons inellgi-
BILE for any city Office here who are
not unequivOcally in favor of the
Monroe doctrine; and he also recon-
mended that an ordinance be passed
prohibiting anyone from holding any
city Office who either directly or in
directly owns any stocks or bonds in
any corporation within the city mails.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
Balloon voyage to the North Pole.

The Foreign Ministe"of Sweden has
sent a notice to Russia. Denmark.
Great Britain and the United States
with reference 10 the projected bal
loon voyage 10 the North Pole Of
Prof. =. \. Andi'er. asking tn" CO.
operation ot Thc countries whose ter
ritorics have coasts on the polar
seas. and has also asked these roun-
tries to distribute thcp~InG~ Of leaflets
asking for information from any one
who NAV chance to secure it of the
time the balloon is seen and the direc-
ton of the wind 4: the time.
Prof. Andrce has given many
wears study ana experiment to this
subject. and has haceme an expert
ballonist. II" read paper on Il plan
to reach tie North Pole by saloon
before the Geographical Congress in
London last summer. but ne received
little encouragement from that highly
distinguished. though rather conserv-
ative. scientific society. However. the
Swedish Academy of Science and the
Swedish Society OF Anthropology and
Geology have recommended Prof.
Andree's plan and promised to bear
4 share of the expense.
King Oscar of Sweden has also sub
scribcd a sum of money for the eZpe-
dition. which Prof Andree hopes TO
have started some time in the summer
of 1896.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
FORAKER WINS.
The Foregone Conclusion at Column
bus, Ohio.

The Foregone Conclusion at Column
bus, Ohio.
COLUMBUS, o.. January 1.-THE
two branches of the General Assembly
voted separately to-day for United
States Senator to succeed Senator
Brice
Tomorrow they will finish the elcc-
tien by voting in joint session.
In the Senate to-day the vote stood:
Foraker. %; Brice. &: and George A.
Groot, l. There are thirty Republi-
cans in the Senate, but one member.
Mr.. Porter, of Cleveland. was absent
because of sickness.
Groot is a POpulist, and received
the vote of the single Populist Sena-
tor, Mr.. Conley, of Mercer County.
In the House the vote stood: For
aker, 81: Brice, 2l: f. j. Blandin, i:
John H. Thomas, !: Lawrence T. Neal,
l, and Isaac Kagy, /.
Every Republican voted for Foraker.
The four Democrats who refused to
vote for Brice are Williams, of Lick
ing County, who voted for Neal: Wylie,
of Wayne, who voted for Blandin:
Ludwig, of Darke. who voted for
John Thomas, and n. Conley. of De
tiance, who voted for Kagy.
Tomorrow the two branches will
meet in joint session and conclude the
Senator Brice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
A VALENTINE PARTY.
some Noval Ideas That VIII Prove
Entertaining.


If you are going to have a valentine
party. here are few hints which NAV
.enliven the evening: You can go in
for decorations as deeply as YOU
choose and find plenty of appropriate
symbols that will suggest the senti-
ment Of the holiday. y flying Cupid
with bandaged eyes may bc suspended
from the chandelier.
Roses of deep red. loves own color.
may be distributed around IS freely
as you choose or Is your purse will
allow. Drape the mantel with smilax.
caught mp with red ribbons tied in
true lovers knots. Pastehoard hearts
pierced by gilt arrows can be bought
or manufactured at hcme. and form
most attractive decorations. \ pair
or two of turtle doves should not be
forgotten, for they add much to the
general effect.
In pairing Off your guests for the
evening you can manage to have Il lot
OF fun. One method which is sure to
put every one in good humor and
break down all the barriers of formal
ity Is as follows:
Hang a sheet il Il doorway between
Two rooms. With charcoal or ink
draw Il grotesque face on one side
ana cut holes fOreyes. Let the ladies
20 into the room behind the curtain
while the gentlemen remain in the 9TH
er. Then let the ladies each stand
behind the face on the curtain and
look through the apertures. The men
are then allowed each Il chance of
guessing who IS the owner of the eyes
which are pe,ring through at them.
The guessers whisper the name to the
unknown fair one. and if 1t is right.
she retires and he has found his part
ner for the game of hearts which fol-
lows. If not. the lady winks saucily.
and he must try his luck another time.
Underneath the face you may write
something like this:
I'm looking at you, love,
With eyes that are true, love
lfyou gness these eyes are mine,
Twill be your Valentine
Another novel way of mating your
guests is to get as many card valen-
tines as You have guests. Have them
in duplicate pairs, and put each in an
envelope, one of pair in an envelope
for a gentleman, the other in one for
a lady. As the guests arrive hand
each an envelope and let them
find the person who has the duplicate
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
Two Towns Burned.

HAVANA, Jan. 1.-THE town of
San Francisco de Paula, only five
miles from here, has been burned by
the insurgents. The Spaniards sneer-
ingly say it is the work of few re-
treating rebels: but it seems strange
that if this is true the Government
forces should permit such things so
near the capital. The insurgents have
also applied the torch to Managuas,
fifteen miles from Havana.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
\ Story From TcXas.

H. Clay Emmett. a young cowboy,
who passed through Bolton, Tex, re-
Gently. reports a singular find made
by him during Il cattle hunting raid
nor less than a pctrified pony. stand
ing erect and complete in all its parts.
Emmett says that he and his partner,
b. c. WoOdville. were riding across
the prairie late one afternoon. when
their tired ponies neighed and whin-
MED as if they were aware of the pres
ence of another animal.
Looking around, they discovered
what they thought was broncho
tethered to a mesquite which crowned
the summit of little knoll to the
northward. They found that thehOrs
was fastened by a chain, but stood so
rigidly still and seemed altogether so
mysterious hat there own horses
reared and plunged as if in fright.
Finally they dismOunted and found
that the pony was petrifed, not hair
or hOof amiss. Emmet says that some
ranchmen years ago must have chain
ed the poor horse there. leaving him
to starve upon the plains. As the
ribs of the animal are plainly visible
in the petrifcation, and he seems to
have been otherwise much emaciated,
this is most probably the case. En-
met will arrange to have the strange
find exhibited in some museum. Phil
adelphia Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
LIFE'S BATTLE.
For The Second Time
DueStrOw is Put on
Trial.
Prospect for Conviction Good Be
cause the Defense is Known ana
the Community is Hostile.


the Community is Hostile.
+ Once again Arthur DuestrOw is to
stand before the bar of justice and
plead for that life which the State de-
clares he has forfeited by a terrible
double crime.
Nearly two years have passed since
that fateful day in the career of the
wealthy defendant. when. crazed by
drink, or cursed by INSANITY, he drove
the leaden bullets into the brains of
his wife and child.
Then he was big and rich and strong:
defiant of the world. with the power of
his wealth behind him. making friends
and silencing enemies. Now he is a
poor miserable wretch, a wreck of his
former self. squandering that same
wealth which hurled him to his ruin.
in a desperate attempt to stave off the,
vengeance of the law.
For the fourth time he goes to the
little town of Union to face a jury OF
his peers. Twice the point at issue
was his existing mental condition, for
the laws of Missouri hold that no man
shall stand trial whose mind is so
unbalanced that he cannot appreciate
his position. Once the jury disagreed,
but the next time the twelve men said
! he was sane.
Then came the real issue-his re-
spOnsibility for the crime itself-and
after one of the mOst desperately
fought medico-legal battles in the his
tory of the State the jury disagreed.
Now comes another attempt TO de-
termine this question. and the termi-
nation of that second insanity hearing
seems like an evil omen. May it not
be this which has prompted the defense
to make Overtures of compromise?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
Mrs. Vanderbilt Married.

New York society lis rolling as a
sweet morsel under its tongue the
marriage, by Mayor Strong, of Mrs.
Alyah f. Vanderbilt, the divorced
wife of William Nissan Vanderbilt.
and Mr. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont.
alse divorced, the ceremony having
taken place Saturday morning at No.
24 East Seventy-second street. the city
residence Of the bride.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
BuCklen'S Arnica SaIVe.

The best salvein the world for cuts.
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands.
chilblains, corns, and all skin erup
tins, and positively cures piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale a
Blomeyer & Haman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
I'm looking at you, love,
With eyes that are true. love.
Ifyou gness these eyes are mine,
Twill be your qlentine.
Died From the Blow.

On the night of Dec. 20 last year r..
Lynn Minton. editor of the Anna
Talk. Anna. ILL.,, was struck on the
head with a chair by his composing
room foreman. James 7. Morelan, in
the Office of the Talk. Mintop has
been cOntned'to his bed ever since and
died Saturday.
MOrelan was arrested. MintOn had
been publishing the Talk since 1883,
and was at one time President of the
southern Illinois Press Association.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
An Embryo I.aderewskf.

Now, this is bass said the boy.
sweeping all the keys from the center
down to the last low octave. land
these squeakers are the trebles." " run
uing his right thumbnail along the
white keys on the opposite side.
This is the bass,
And this is the treble
If don't be good
I'll be licked like the debbiI''
He repeated this cXtempOrized verse
half a dozen times, with an accompa-
niment of three flats and two sharps,
and ended with Wagnerian climax.
"2and! Rand! Are you practic-
ing?" The boy did not answer his
mother. He saw no need of it. "Am
practicingl" he said to himself. Il
suppose she didn' hear me. Mebbe
she thinks I've run out. P'r'aps she's
got 4 notion in her head that the Forty
seventh Regiment Band is here prac-
ticing. That's always the way They
never think I'm doing anything. I'll
make her hear me this timei'' Hitch
ing one toe hacl. of the other leg and
his foot from his slipper,
he poised the well-llattened and i'll
shaped article over his head. This
will be the Grand Army coming down
Bedford avenue. I'll whistle for the
flies, and this, wabbling the slipper.
will be the bass drumstick. and this"
placing his finger on the deepest toned
key on what he called the here comes
the wsOlywOoly-wolf side" of the in
strument. will be the drum. All
ready: for-r-r-r-war-r-r-d. mochr:
Half singing, half whistling, he start
ed through Georgia $4,000 strong. But
a sudden order to halt came from
his immediate superior in the sewing
room. before the advancing column
had passed beyond the confines of
Atlanta. New York Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
HUNTED DOWN.
That's What They Done to Those
Hog Thieves.

Hog Thieves.
Joseph Hobbs passed through this
city late yesterday afternoon on his
way to Jackson, having in charge five
men which he was taking to Jail. These
men are a part of those who have been
making business of driving off and
killing hogs which are to be found in
the swamps south of this city.
Mr. Hobbs has large interests in the
hog business in the swamps and be-
ing 4 looser to Il considerable amount
in this way concluded to take active
steps and protect bis stock which is
running at large. He was not long
in locating these thieves and at once
took them into custody and they now
rest peaceably in the county Jail at
Jacksen.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
The Negro Punished.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. January 13.-
Near Fewanansville, in Alachua
county, yesterday, a posse chased
Harry Jordon, negro wanted for
assaulting DR.. McCord, into an un-
occupied house. Jordon refused to
surrender and fred on the posse. The
building was then fired and the negro
perished.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
Child Fatally Burned.

DEXTER, Mo-, January 12.-Edna
May Williams, the 3-year-eld daugh-
ter of L. L. Williams, near Bloom
field, was fatally burned to-day. Shit
was playing with fire and her cloth
ing became ignited.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-18
Cherokee Bill Sentenced.

FORT SMITH, ARK, January H.
Cherokee Bill has until March II to
live. Judge Parker passed sentence
upon him this merning. He had
nothing to say and smiled when the
day was named.