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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

United States Assistant Engineer, ".
s. Brown arrived on the steamer Vi
dette from above at 6 p. m. and reports
all safe.
The First Cry of Distress from Flood Suf
ferers.
JACKSON, Miss, April 9.-The Asso-
ciated Press reporter at Greenville, the
seat of the district, telegraphs at l p.
m. as follows: The first cry of dis
tress from the food sufferers of the
Mississippi valley was sent out yester-
day by the citizens of Greenville when
they appealed to the government
for supplies to feed 40, 900 people in
this county alone. This mornings ap-
peal means that the colored people
in Washington county at least have
thrown up the sponge, and have but
little hope, if any, of making crops
this year. This was addressed to Con-
gresham Catchings and Gov. McLaur-
in, and asked for S125, 900 for immedi-
ate use to ration those who will 500
be left destitute.
Reports from the Sunfiower and
Tallahassee river bottoms bring It'd
ings of the waters every moment. At
Clarksdale, Coahoma county, the water
rose 80 feet last night and was still ris-
ing at the rate of six inches an hour.
4 wind storm which prevailed all
last night caused fresh alarm on the
river front and the levee guards were
stationed all along the line of levees
here. The river is still stationary at a
mark higher than ever before and
there is no prospect of relief. The
Western Union and Southern tele-
phone wires from here are down and
there is no communication over these
routes. Skiffs and yawls and RATS are
making trips daily into the interior
with food and general plantation sup.
plies.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
THE MACHINERY IN ORDER
For Promptly Executing the Governments
Plans of Relief.

For Promptly Executing the Government
Plans of Relief.
WASHINGTON, April 10.-The machin-
cry provided by the war department
for the relief of sufferers from the
Mississippi river foods is now in work
ing order and Secretary Alger said to-
day that by Saturday morning the
department would be in a position to
cover the entire flooded district with
it's force of inspectors. The officers
already detailed to this service have
started for the west, and before .leav-
ing Washington they received orders
assigning them to different sections of
the great river.
Maj. Craig, signal corps, is ordered
to proceed to New Orleans to consult
with Maj. G. NJ. Derby, the engineer
officer in charge of that section, and
then proceed to Red river landings, in
vestigating the condition and needs of
the people as he proceeds. His orders
are to report the results of his investi-
cation to Secretary Alger, who will
use this, in conjunction with the SINH
lar reports from other officers, as 4
basis for the distribution of the relief
stores.
Capt. Charles H. Clark, of the ord
nance department is. ordered to Vicks-
burg, there to consult with Maj. ]. H.
Willard, the station engineer, after
which he will also proceed to Red river
landings on a our of investigation.
He, like his brother officers, engaged
in this duty, is instructed to confer
fully with all of the local relief com
mittee on his route.
First-Lieut. A. S. Rowan, Nineteenth
infantry, goes to Memphis, to confer
there with Capt. Fitch of the engineer
corps. Thence he starts on a tour of
the river between Helena, Ark, and
Greenville. Miss.
Mai. Sanger, inspector general, also
goes to Memphis, but after talking
owe the conditions there with Capt.
Fitch. he will take as his route the
river from Memphis to Helena.
Capt. Martin, assistant quartermas-
ter, will go first to Vicksburg and hear
from Mai. Willard, the engineer officer
stationed there. His section of the
river will extend from Viczsburg to
Greenville.
Second-Lieut. II. NJ. Whitney, Fourth
artillery, takes section six of the river,
from Cairo up. He will first report to
Capt. Fitch at Memphis.
The abatement of the flood on the
Red River of the North has caused the
resembling of the order already issued
to another officer to proceed to that
section.
Secretary Alger received to-day the
following telegram from Mayor j. A.
johnson, of Fargo, n. D., where the
flood had been reported as raging.
Fargo is grateful for offered as
sistance. Water subsiding fast. Our
people are in no need of the assist
ance rendered. Damage greatly exag'
gerated."
All the boats of the lighthouse estab
lishment in Mississippi have been
turned over to the war department fol
relief work, so have the boats of the
Mississippi River commission, and Sec
rotary Alger says that if these are not
sufficient, he will charter as many
more of the river craft as may be ne
eSsary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

There il more Catarrh in this section Of
the country Than all other diseases put to
gether, and until the last few years wa.
supposed to be incu,able. For Q great many
years doctors pronounced il a LEGAL disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment,
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j,
constitutional cure on the market. Is is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. Thsy
offer one hundred dollars for any case 4
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi
monials. Address F. j. Cheney & Co., To-
ledo, o. Sold by Druggists, 1850.
Halls Family Pills are the bot.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

Senator Frank P. Genovar, Internal
~ injured.
Miss Della Lamb, Williamstown, N.
c.; fractured leg.
Mrs. r. J. Oliver, leg broken.
Claude Mourer, leg broken.
Miss Lillian Herne Ankre, skull in
jured.
Mrs. j. f. Craddock. badly bruised.
Mrs. Z. a. Pacetti, badly bruised.
Mrs. Katherine Foster, badly bruised
Virginia Cole, badly bruised.
Judge A. j. Corbett and wife. legs
and arms broken.
Amos Corbett, bruised.
A. J. Watts, internally hurt.
DR.. Daney, nose and face badly cut.
Miss Iolo Lopez. leg broken.
A. j. Beasley, leg broken.
Elwood Salmon, leg sprained.
William Mourey. leg and arm broken.
Clarence Bennett. badly hurt.
Mrs. Rose Crabtree, badly sprained.
Miss NJ. w. GCode, bruised and
Bprained.
Miss Delora Foster, both legs broken.
Mrs. Charles Dial, broken foot.
C. Lopez, fractured leg.
Mrs. Parker, internal injuries.
Mrs. w. 6. Foster, nervous shock.
Four hundred persons fell with the
piazza, which was that of the Hotel San
Maco. Mr.. Bryan made a speech from
the piazza to 5000 persons. He
aroused considerable enthusiasm and
when he concluded the crowd
made a rush to surround him and shake
his hand. Hundreds were packed into
the piazza, when, with a cracking,
crashing noise, a section 40 feet square
fell to the ground, a distance of 20 feet.
A general rescue movement was lmme-
diately instituted. and the injured men
and women cared for.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
THE KNOXVILLE HORROR.
List of Those Known to Have Perished-
Fourteen Persons Yet UnaccOunted For.

List of Those Known to Have Persisted
Fourteen Persons Yet UnaccOunted For.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, April 1O.-Of the Sc
guests who were sleeping in the Hotel
Knox Thursday morning when the fire
broke out only 30 have been accounted
for. The hotel register was destroyed,
and it will perhaps never be known
how many lives were lost.
Those known to have persisted in
the flames are:
A. E. Weeks, the Lock On. w., drum
! mer.
G. w. Roberts, of Pulaski, Tenn,
1ightning-rod agent.
E. A. Williams, Springfield, Mass,
retired merchant.
kilograms have been pouring in all
day from different cities inquiring
about people supposed to have been in
knoxville.
The work of searching for the re-
mains in the ruins vas begun late yes
ments already indicate that the list of
dead will be much larger than at first
thought. Charred remains were
found in different localities of the
ruins. Where one of these bodies is
supposed to have been cremated were
found a number of pocket knives,
shears, razors, etc, which leads to the
belief that Weeks, the cutlery drum
mer for the Rochester house, had at
tempted to carry out his sample case.
E Williams, of Springfield, who was
beyond q doubt lost. was IS years old
and was travelling forhis health.
Large rewards have been Offered.for
the bodies and a large force Of men is
at work clearing away the debris.
OF the injured perhaps only a will
die, J. C. NJ. Boyle. of Tennessee, q
civil engineer, lies in a very critical
condition at the city hospital. He in
hailed flames and his limbs are burned.
Messrs. Keppart, Mcmillan Hogan,
Hudson, Keck and Hicks, all of Knox
vile, who are the most painfully hurt
are recovering.
Total loss sustained will foot up ST.
Gil, 900; total insurance, S614, 2O9. 20.
Many of the firms burned out have
secured temporary quarters and the
wholesale houses especially have never
stopped filing orders.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
BRYAN D HURT.

Hany Others Receives Injuries, Some OF
Them Serious-A Collapsed Piazza was
the Cause-An Inconsiaerate Crowd at
St. Augustine, Fla, Who Wanted to Shake
Hands with Mr.. Bryan After Hearing Him
Speak.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, April 10.-Wm.
Jennings Bryan was injured here
Thursday night by the fall of a section
of a hotel piazza. The democratic can
didate for president at the late cleo
ton was rendered unconscious, his
face was badly cut and his body bruised
in several places, but his injuries are
not regarded as very serious. Others
in the wreck were not so fortunate.
Many were internally injured, some
having legs and arms broken, while
nearly everybody suffered or
less. Those most seriously injured
were:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
E LIVES LOST.

Result OF a Fireworks Explosion and Fire
at Buenos Ayres.
BUENos AYREs, April 1o.-An immense
amount Of damage has been caused by
the explosion of a car loaded with FIRE
works. The accident occurred near q
block of buildings adjacent to the
bonrse,, and the buildings almost
Immediately canght fire. A whole
block was destroyed before the flames
were under control. Ten persons lost
their lives from the explosion OF during
the conflagration that Immediately eas
sued.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
SEED
Secretary Wilson Has Initiated q New
System I'm His Department.

Secretary Wilson Has Initiated q New
System I'm His Department.
WASHINGTON, April 1e.-Secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson has initiated a new
system of seed distribution in his de-
partment. His aim is to diversity, so
far as possible, the farm products OF
the country, and to this end he is
making a speciality of select
ing new and valuable seeds from
all parts of the world and
putting them in the hands Of farmer.
likely to use them to advantage. He
has begun the work with sugar-beets
and leguminous plants of all sorts
While sugar-beets are now widely cul,
tivated in the west, the best seed al
present comes from abroad. A large
supply of these high grade seeds has
been ordered and will be judiciously
distributed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
poushkeepsie Glass works Burned.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, April 1O.-Ths
Poughkeepsie glass works were com
pletely destroyed by fire. Only part o.
the factory that the fremen were able
to save was the office and some sheds
under which new goods were stored.
The loss approximates about 500, 600
insurance, 500, 000.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
Recreation in Reading.

If you contemplate a pleasure trip this
season, you want information about the
principal resorts in the west. There are
numerous points on the line of the Union
Pacific, and it is a pleasure to read about,
if you cannot visit them.
Send six cents in stamps and get a copy
of Western Resort Book" Address E. L.
Lomax, G. P. & 7. A. Union Pacific System,
Omaha, Neb.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
Ne-T.-Rae for Fifty Cent

The ill!natured man gives himself a large
field to expatiate in; he exposes those fail
ings in human nature which the others
would cast a veil over-AddisoR.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

We have often wondered why one can new
er find a thing until he quits hunting for it.
Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

The knack of easy travel is in knowing
how to keep ready all the time.-Ram's
Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

When bilious or cestive eat a Csscaret,
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. loc, 25c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

l cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure
for Consumption.-Mrs. Frank Mobbs, 2l5
W. I'D St., New York, Oct. %, 1894.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

Great people always have small enemies.
Rams Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

1t is astonishing how many people there
are who say they do things for others ben
eft.-Wa shingto1 Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

People always want to do things, until
they find out that they can Just as well as
not.-Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

No person who worried a great deal, ever
lived to an extreme old age.-Atchison
Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

Sudden cold brings soreness and stiff
ness. st. Jacobs Oil brings a cure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

Did you ever stop to think how much we
all lie?-Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

A sprain may cripple, but st. Jacobs Oil
will cure it before It can. 1t cures.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

Use St. Jacobs Oil and gay to rheumatism:
'Will see you later"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

Special Low Rates to New York and Return
On Account of Grant Monument Cere-
mnnial.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

For this occasion, which will occur April
q, 1897, the B. & o. S-W. Ry. will give a
Special Low Rate for the roundt trip, tickets
good going April % to %. Returning, good
until May f. For furtE er information, con-
suit agents B s. O. S-W. Ry.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
The Missouri River Bounding Upward.

BISMARCK, S. D., April 9.-The water
in the Missouri river has risen four
feet since Wednesday night. A tele-
graph lineman came owe from Manden
in a row boat and had great difficulty
in making the trip owing to the flow
ing ice. The boat landing erect
ed by the Northern Pacific rail
road for the transfer of passengers
has been swept out, and tele-
graph poles were lifted and swept away
by the torrent. The water has broken
through the dyke at Manden and at
Bismarck, and at eight o'clock was
running into the railroad roundhouss
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
Within Four Inches of the Danger Mark
Preparing for a Serious Flood.

Kansas CITY, Mo-, April a-At six
o'clock last evening the Missouri river
had reached to within Jour inches Of
the danger mark. According to the
predictions of the local weather OBJ
server, it will remain stationary for
two days or SO, with a tendency to fall.
Many river men, however, differ from
this opinion, and think the river will
steadily rise from now on.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17

United States Assistant Engineer, ".
s. Brown arrived on the steamer Vi
dette from above at 6 p. m. and reports
all safe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-26
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE.
Van Houten Post Will Hold Services
at the New York Bay CamefarY.

V&M KEOuttn EOHt VIII HGOtu SERVICES
at the New York Bay Cemetery.
Van Houten Post will assemble at their
headquarters, Grand Army Hall, Belmont
avenue, at two P. NJ, Monday, and will
parade. escorted by the First battalion,
New Jersey Cadets, Major Chas. w. Laws
commanding. This battalion consists of
First Company, Bayonne Cadets; High
School Cadets; American Guard, School
No. %; First Company, West Hoboken, U.
B. B.; Fourth Company, Jersey City, U.
BIB; Third Company, Jersey City, U. B.
B.; Fourth Company Gun Detachment, u.
B. B. The procession will precede the
veterans to the cemetery and fire q. ma
tional salute. The parade will proceed
to the cemetery by the following route:-
Belmont avenue. to Bergen, to Oak street,
to Ocean avenue, to Carteret avenue, to
Grand streets, to Garfield avenue, to New
York Bay Cemetery.
AT the cemetery this programme will
be Observed
Our nlustrious Dead, Van Houten Post
Flute and Drum Corps; Address, Charles
a. Bowers; Rest. Comrades, Rest. Van
Houten Quartette, consisting of Mrs. F.
G. Soule, soprano; Miss I. Crawford, alto;
Mr.. E. H. Mann, tenor; Mr.. F. c. Soule,
bass; prayer, Chaplain Chas. P. Knoeller;
b bka'1; Ritual hnnaYle Of the a Z. a r, c Com asIemr
Charles A. Bowers; In Your Name. My
Comrade, Officer Of the Day NJ. Walsh;
Hon. Isaac F. Goldenhorn; "old Glory
quartette; Salute the Dead, Rifle Guard;
hymn, Nearer My God to Thee" quar-
Fourth Company. gun detachment, d. B.
B., under command of Sergeant C. e.
lain; Last Call. Bugle Corps.
A national salute will be fired by the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-26
TEACHERS FUND CONCERT,
Distinguished Artists Will Appear
on the Programma.


The grand concert which is to he given
in the Tabernacle on the evening of June
8 in aid of the Teachers Retirement Fund
promises to be a success, both socially
and artistically, as well as financially.
The social standing of the affair is as
sured by the distinguished list of pa
~tronesses already published in these col
umns, n musically it promises to be
equal to anything yet given in Jersey
City. The following artists will APP
pear:-Miss Maud Morgan, Americas
most popular harpist; the Cecilia Brad
ford Trio. Miss Cecilia Bradford, first
violin; Miss Charlotte Bradford, second
violin. and Mr.. Joseph Bradford. flute:
Miss Zetti Kennedy. the talented and
charming soprano ~soloists of the New
York Philharmonic Club; Mr.. c. Judson
Bushnell, New York City's ~favorite bari
tone, and equally a favorite in washing
ton, Philadelphia dsothe cities, and DR..
Henry G. Hanchett, an organist and pian-
list of national reputation, founder and d.
rector of the Central School of Musical
Art, Secretary of the Guile of American
Organists, and an officer of the Music
Teachers, National Association. Mr.. d.
hudson Bushnell is musical director Of
the concert and Miss Jessie c. Marvin ac-
companist.
The programme will conclude with the
lists, instruments and the audience win
iOin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-26
IT'S PIFTIETH
Hamburg-Amsrican Line Gives a
Dinner on a Vessel.

The fftieth anniversary of the Ham
burg-American Steamship Company was
celebrated last night with a banquet on
board the handsome steamer Furst Bis
marck. which is lying at her pier in Ho-
boken. The banquet was given in the
dining saloon and nearly two hundred
guests were present. The saloon was
deliberately decorated with flags n arms
of all nations. The host of the evening
was Mr.. Emil L. Boas, the general agent
of the company, and the guests included
the German Ambassador, Baron Won
Thielmann; Everett P. Wheeler, DR.. J..
H. Senner, Justice Van Wyck, Thomas
L.. James, Sheriff Hansen, Consul Ritschl,
Count Won Goetzen, Consul-General of
Italy Branchi, Frank R. Lawrence, Chefik
Bey, the Turkish Consul, and John A.
Mccall.
When coffee had been serv the speech
making was begun by Mr.. Boas pro-
posing the health of the German EN-
peror and three cheers for the President
of the United States, precedence being
given to Kaiser Wilhelm, as the dinner
was virtually on German soil. Mr.. Boas
then gave an outline of the history and
growth of the neutrality-suspicious. Line
during the fifty years of it's existence.
When the company was organized 1t
had a capital of $112,000, which has grown
to 81, 900, 900. 1t started with three sailing
ships, each of $50 tons burden ac-
c~ommodation for 20 cabin and 200 steerage
passengers. Nine years later two steam
ers We're put into the New York service,
horse power. Today the company owns
a fleet of sixty-nine ocean steamers and
fifty-one river steamers, representing a
had but tWenty-Six steamships, aggre-
eating 66, 900 tons.
Mr.. Boa was followed by Baron Won
Thielmann, who spoke in German. He
peror had ordered him to decorate Mr..
Boas with the insignia of the Order of
the Red Eagle, a statement that was re-
ceived with hearty cheers. Other speak
ers were the Rev. Merle st. Croix Wright,
Everett P. Wheeler and Sheriff HANSEN.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-26
CORPORATION NOTICE

SOfbIO xtA11ON NO4IGE
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
of March, 1897, application was made to the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners by
John O'Brien and others for the construction
SEWER IN GERMANIA AVENUE.
from a point 30 feet south Of st. Paups ave-
nue., to and connecting with the sewer at the
Intersection of Gernnania and Van Wrinkle ave-
nueS.
Said sewer to be built conformably to the
provisions of Chapter I'll of the Laws of
1873, and IN accordance with the established
plan OF sewerage, together with all the neces-
sary manholes, receiving basins and appurte-
nances.
Notice is also given that on the 18th day
OF May. 1897. the Commissioners of Assess
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
their preliminary map for said Improvement,
showing the probable total cost of the con-
tempiated Improvement and the probable
benefited thereby, and the same is now open
to public inspection In the office of the Clerk
OF said Board.
And notice is also given that the following
Is included in said assessment, namely
GERMANIA AVENUE,
from a point about Is feet north Of Van
Wrinkle avenue, to a point about 1888 feet south
of st. PauPs avenue.
And that in accordance with the provisions
Of the Act above cited, the LIST day of June,
1897. at 2 O'clock P. NJ. and the Assembly
the time and place when and where the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners will meet
to hear parties interested In said application
and all circumstances against the said pro-
posed improvement that may be presented in
writing.
BY order Of the Board Of Street and water
GEORGE T. BouToN..
Dated Jersey city. May I'll. 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-26
BTTBNGER's DRAMATIo SOCIETY.

The Ettenger Dramatic Society gave its
closing reception last night in Crescent Hall.
The affair was a success, the hall being well
filed with members of the younger set.
Among those present were: Miss Edith
Wright, J. Burgess, Miss Grace Bowen,
Harold Haskin, Isaac Hopkins, Miss Della
Lewis, NJ. E.. Smith, Miss M. Chamberlain
Carl Sitter, r. NJ. Stinard, Oscar Scanlon'
Miss G. Taft, R. Bion, Charles Johnston,
Miss Flora Wilson, Douglas Pendleton, Miss
L. Benson, Miss Charlotte Ettenger, the
Misses Alice and Dora Raft, Miss Sadie
johnson, Miss Lulu Turner, J.. Raft, Walter
Murphy, Walter Stanley. Harry Staples,
Edward Street and S. johnson. The officers
Of the society are: c. H. Ettenger. Presi-
dent; William Van Loren, Corresponding
Secretary Frank Vreeland, Treasurer.