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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-28

thAlhfEh opinion
men may hold as to
Ewing's managerial
ability, It must not
be forgotten that
he won with the
New Yorks when
men with reputa-
tons equally as
good were wholly
unable to bring the
ponnant. II must
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-28

s'Thcie Il no hunan invention -
npfly calculated Tor the formation Of =
lrpe-born people a. that Of The sheaier"
--.elcale.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-28

F4a SEASON NOTES OF TAG
NATIONAL GAME.

mack EWinR HAS neen paiastiy crIti-
sisoa Quincy Gets Western League
Traaehise ~ Last-Ellls l. Practical
The Farming rlan-other Matters.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-28

The cat Is out Of the lag at last It
had to get out finally. such things will
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

Murdered His Helpless Child.

William Carr, who threw his child
INTO the Missouri river and confessed
to doing the deed, was senteGccd at
Liberty, by Judge E. j. Broaddus, to
be hanged December Il. The Judge in
sentencing him said:
Your confession. admissions and the
evidences show you are guilty beyond doubt.
Belle was 4 little three-year Cd girl
your own child. Her mother was dead. and
you had another wife. 3 = = Your tiimSy
excuse that the child was quarrcISome
ana dlSa"reeable to your wife'S nIne-year-Old
son can not be accepted by the court. The mo-
tive must have been Il more powerful one. and
II another may have hal any hand in this crime,
anu you. IN your hours of cOninemea; and Soli-
tary meditation, lind nothing to soften your hard
heart ana disclose the truth, then you are simply
not human. Men and women commit many
crimes anu for many motives. You assign no
motive that Is worthy of consideration. II YOUR
confession and other statements are to be-
IcVed, you stand Il singular instance in the an
ralS of crime-a confessed and constituted MUIR
derer without L reasonable motive for the
crime.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE monthly statement of the col
lections of internal revenue, issued IN
the 18th, showed that the total re-
ceipts from all sources for the month of
October last aggregated Sl4, O36. 531, an
increase over October, 1896. of $751;, 1913.
For the four months of the present
fiscal year the total receipts exceeded
those of the corresponding period in
1896 by Sc, 759, O69.
A DISPATCH from Montreal, Can, on
the 18th, said: THE story t~elegraphed
from Quebec of a terrible landslide on
the Duchene river and the loss of 40
lives turns out to be untrue. French
daily published the story and added
details of the disaster, but investiga-
ton proves hat the whole story is a
fake"
On the nth, W. II. Clemens and Riley
Wallace, while at work at the, sheds of
the st. Louis Cotton Compress Co.,
which were wrecked by the tornado
last year, and are now being rebuilt.
fell, by the giving away of a rotten
timber, a distance of 80 feet, and both
were fatally injured.
| THE yellow fever having been ended
by the recent cold wave and quaran-
tines raised generally the Southern
railway announced the resumption of
through Pullman service between New
York and New Orleans, via Atlanta,
Montgomery and Mobile, beginning on
the 18th.
1T is estimated hat about 800 per-
sons living in and around St. Peters
burg were rendered homeless by the
rising of the waters of the Neva. on
the 10th, and the flooding of the canals,
the suburban islands and the outlying
portions of the city.
ALFRED ORDwAY, the portrait paint
er, died in Melrose, Mass, on the 18th,
aged rs years. He was one of the
founders of the Boston Art club, and
was its first secretary and treasurer,
subsequently being the clubs presi-
dent.
SPECIAL dispatches received from
Paris and elsewhere, on the 18th, re-
ported that heavy rains and floods pre-
vailed in the south of France, and that
all railroad communication between
Spain and France had been cut off.
AT the s~emi-annual meeting of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Co., in New
York city. on the 18th, a dividend of
one per cent. was declared, payable
December l. The treasurer reported
81. 227, 40 available cash on hand.
JUDGE EMORY +. BEST. of Georgia. as.
sistant commissioner of the general
land office, has resigned, aad, on the
18th, was appointed assistant attorney
in the interior department.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
AN UNPOPULAR OFFICIAL.
Great Excitement Expected When the Unit.
ed States Congress Meets.

q" oiabSo SOhSA cbs IhcCsss
HAVANA, via Key West, Nov. 49,
The new secretary-general of Cuba,
DIR. Jose Congosto, formerly Spanish
consul at Philadelphia, continues to
make himself unpopular. He has had
n dispute with a prominent conserva-
tive, Senior Francisco de las Santos
Guzman, a former president of
the congress, and he also had a
misunderstanding with Senior Cue
tro prominent autonomist,
with the result. it is understood, that
letters have been written to Madrid
calling attention to the alleged eccen-
tricities of the secretary general, and
also dwelling upon his peculiar politi-
cal sentiments. In fact, the dispute
between DIR. Congosto and Senior Guz-
man became so heated that it nearly
ended in Il most disagreeable manner.
and their conversation becoming gen.
orally known has been much CON-
mented upon and has had u very IN
favorable effect among the Spanish
residents.
1t is believed here that there will be
great excitement SO soon as the United
States congress meets.
Letters found upon captured insur-
gents recently advised them to keep up
the struggle for three months longer,
pointing out hat the first act of the
Sagasta government would be the re-
moval of Gen. Weyler, and adding that
war would be made on the Spanish
minister at Washington, Senior Dupuy
de LONE.
1t is charged that Senior Dupuy de
LONE and DIR. Congosto are to blame for
the spread in the United States of the
sentiment in favor of autonomy, and il
is even alleged hat they have induced
American newspapers to advocate this
policy.
There is much excitement here at
present over the news of the landing
of another filibustering expedition by
the Dauntless and the hard feelings
against Americans nave consequently
been increased in bitterness.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
THE BATTLESHIP IOWA.
Final Trial Trip of the Vessel Gives Entire
satisfaction to the Inspectors.

Final Trial Trip of the Vessel Gives Entire
Satisfaction to the Inspectors.
New YORK, Nov. 1S.-The United
States battleship Iowa arrived at the
Brooklyn navy yard yesterday after
noon after concluding her trial trip.
Before coming up the upper bay the
battleship anchored for u short time
off Tompkinsville, where the inspec-
ton board went ashore in the ships
steam launch. The report of the board
will be Sent by telegraph to Washing
toa, and it is said that the performance
of the Iowa during the trip was in
every way satisfactory and that the
board will recommend that the gov
eminent finally accept the war vessel.
All the guns on board were fired on
her way home, and everything passed
off very satisfactorily.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
Married Thirteen Times.

Albert kneeland pleaded guilty to
The charge of bigamy in the criminal
court at st. Joseph, and was given 81
years in the pen~itentiary.
Mrs. Orma kneeland. of Chicago, the only I-
gal wife of the pOlygam.St, was in the court
room when kneeland was sentenced. She did
not speak to him, and he glanced at her only
once. One of his numerous mother-in-laws was
there, the one who lives in St. Joseph. Knee
land married Mrs. Hattie Moon, of St. Joseph,
April II, 1895 He represented to Mrs. Moon
and her daughter that he had been divorced
from his former wife. He did not tell them he
had a dozen more in different parts of the couu-
try.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
TO PRoLONG DURANT'S LIFE.
Attorneys for the Condemned Man Trying
"A New Trick.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1S.-The attor-
neys for Theodore Durrant have made
a new move. The condemned ina low
stands convicted of the murder of
Blanche Lamont. No disposition has
been made OF the additional charge
made based or the murder of Min
ME Williams. A document has been filed
with the Encouragement. Civ
ing notice that, On Friday next,
the attorneys for the accused will ap-
pear before Judge Bahrs and demand
that a date be set for the trial of the
Williams case in tine same manner as
though there had been no trial and
conviction for the murder of Blanche
Lamont. District Attorney Barnes
takes the position hat the William,
case can not be forced to trial.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
Missouri a Great Fruit State.

Says an item sent from Sedaiia a few
days ago.:
A T. Crowell, a carpenter, has in his yard q
pear tree that has produced the second crop of
fruit this season, but only Il small portion Of it
has reached the normal size. He also has an
apple tree in full bloom, after having produced
. crop at tme usual time. Frank A. Sampson,
who lives at Tenth aud Ohio streets, has IN his
yard two peach trees that produced a liberal
supply of peaches in season, ami are again in
full bloom.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
IN NORMAL CONDITION..
Yellow Fever Restrictions Removed From
southern Railroads.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Nov. 1S.-The
end of all interference with railroad
traffic by yellow fever restrictions
has practically been reached. Mat
ters are now virtually in nor
NAL condition. The quarantine
regulations in Florida have been SO far
modified as to permit passengers from
all northern points entering the state
without trouble or annoyance. The
Louisville & Nashville railroad and
Plant system, who practically hold the
key to the Florida travel from
the northwest, the resump-
ton of through sleeping-car service to
Jacksonville and other points via Mont
gOmery, Ala. This restores business
with Cincinnati, st. Louis and else
where to the usual plane.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
Fierce Assault Upon Two Companies of
Sikhs.

SIMLA, Nov. 1S.-Two companies of
Sikhs holding the spur OF the hill were
SO tiercely assaulted that they had to
call for reinforcements. Col. Haugh-
ton, with the balance of the Sikh regi-
ment, rushed to their support.
The whole force withdrew gradually,
fighting every step to the valley.
Dusk had now set in, and the enemy
was crowding the British on all sides.
Col. Haughton determined to camp for
the night and sent five companies to
storm a couple of block houses. The
Sikhs drove out the enemy at the point
of the bayonet.
Six were killed and many wounded
during this charge. The wounded were
then brought in under the enemy's
~unceasing fire, and the force finally
reached headquarters the next morn
ing without further casualties.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

STRIKING evidence of Spain's fnan-
cial straits is furnished in the dispatch
of the Madrid correspondent of the
London Daily Mail, cabled to that paper
on the 18th, saying the Spanish gov
eminent, finding it impossible to raise
the sum of G3, ZOO, 600 (S15, 900, OOO) by
loan or taxation to carry out its orig
inal naval plans, had decided to build
two new cruisers only of 1000 tons
each.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

The Behring sea meeting in Wash
Ington, in which representatives of
Great Britain, Canada and the United
States participated, came to a close, on
the 10th, the seal experts making a
unanimous report concerning the con-
ditlon of the seal herds, and the diplo-
matte representatives of the respective
governments reaching an understand
ing by which they hope at a later day
to effect final adjustment not only of
the Behring sea question, but of other
pending border controversies
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
Fire on the Stnte Farm.

The residence of the dean of the agri-
cultural college, located on the state
farm, southeast of Columbia, was de-
stroyed by fire.
The building was a large, roomy. two-story
frame structure, built in the old style. 1t was
originally the property of President Hudson of
the state university, having been built by him.
loss is about 81, OOO: insured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

LATE advices from Australia report
that her majesty's ship Penguin re-
Gently returned to Fiji after surveying
the proposed Pacific cable route from
Suva to Honolulu. The bottom of the
ocean was found to be very uneven.
One or two uncharted patches near
Honolulu were discovered, but as they
have seven or eight fathoms of water
over them they are not dangerous to
navigation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
Premier sasasta and the Cortes.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-A dispatch to
the World from Madrid says:
The government will not dissolve
parliament or fix a date for the cleo
lions and the meeting of the new cortes
until Premier Sagasta can definitely,
in December, form an opinion on the at
titude of the American congress toward
Spain, and until President McKinley's
message and the contemplated note On
the question of filibustering expeditions
enable him to see the drift of McKin-
ley's policy. The government and
even the leaders of the opposition deem
it unadvisable to risk being without a
parliament in case complications arise
in its relations with the United States.
Should the attitude of the American
congress and president be ~reassuring.
Premier Sagasta will dissolve the cOrtes
in December, and appoint the cleo
tons for February. thus bringing the
meeting of the new cortes early in
March.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

On the 18th Mayor Warwick of Phil
adelphia signed the bill recently
passed by the councils leasing the city
gas works to the United Gas Improve
ment Co. The terms of the lease are
hat the United Gas improvement Co.
is to pay a rental of 81, 200, 900 a year
for 80 years, and to spend S., 600, 900 on
the improvement of the gas works.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
a SERIOUS AFFAIR.

h Loss by Gen. Kempster's brigade In
h Recent Battle with the East Indian
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Officers and
Men Killed and Thiriy-One ounded-
The Wounded Brought In.
SIMLA. Nov. 1S.-Further details from
the Madam valley show that the loss
of Gen. Kempster's brigade is quite Sc
rlous. The force consisted of the Dor
setshIre regiment and regiments OF
Slkhs and Ghoorkas. The insurgent
tribesmen made their usual attack
upon the rear guard, but were brill
iantly repuIsed by the Sikhs- The
Dorsetshires lost their way in the
darkness, and were cut off by the enc
my. Lieut.. Haley and Lieut. Crook
and nine men were killed.
The rest of the Dorsetshires attached
themselves to the Sikhs and arrived in
camp in safety. The other officers
killed were Lieut.. Wylie, of the Ghoor-
kas, and Lieut.. Warne, of the Sikhs.
Fourteen Sikhs and Ghoorkas were
killed. Col. Abbott, Capt. Custanio
and Lieut.. Mum were wounded and 2S
SilShs and GhoorkaS were wounded.
This shows Thai IS men were placed
hors de combat in this affair. of whom
% officers and men were killed and 81
wounded.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

JOSEPH A. IAsIGI, formerly Turkish
consul at Boston, who was arrested in
New York last summer charged with
the e~mbezzlement of large sums from
trust funds held by him, and who was
recently found guilty in the Suffolk
county (Mass.) superior court, vas on
the 10th, sentenced to serve a term of
not more than is nor less than IA
years in states prison, with n day
solitary confinement and the rest of
the term at hard labor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

EMPEROR WILLIAM made the highest
shooting record in Il battue on the es-
tate of Prince Lichnowski at Kuchelna,
Germany, On the 18th. The party
killed 4.244 pheasants, of which the
emperor shot 1,224, an average of five
per minute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

The state department has finally re-
fused the application of the Mexican
government for the surrender, under
~extradition proceedings, of Jesus Guer-
ra, who was one of Garza's lie%utenants
in his attempted revolution some years
ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

THREE passengers on the steamer
Mascotte, who arrived at Port Tampa,
Fla, on the 14th, from Cuba, reported
a successful landing of the last tilibus-
tering expedition. They were of the
flibustering party, but refused to give
any details.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
A DIVERGENCE OF OPINION.
Shall Gen. weyIer be Honored on His AR
rival at C~orunna?

Shall Gen. WeyIer be HOnOred on His Ar
rival at Corunna?
CoRUNNA. Nov. ls.-There is a VIC
lent campaign here for and against q
popular demonstration in honor OF
Gen. Weyler, the former captain-gen-
eral of Cuba, when he arrives here
from Havana. The moderate repub-
licans and Carlists are in favor of a
demonstration, and are doing every
thing possible to organize a reception
for the general. On the other hand,
the republicans, liberals and socialists
are organizing a counter demonstra-
ton. The general public is indiffer'
ent. Gen. Weyler's son was serenaded
yesterday on his arrival from Cuba.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
Their Golden Wedding.

Judge L. ]. c. Fagg and wife. of
Louisiana, celebrated their golden we'd
ding the other day. Of the guests pres
ent at the dinner three were at the
wedding. A banquet was rendered to
tie couple at the Grand Central hotel.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

CONSUL MACBRIDE, at Edinburgh,
says in a report to the state depart
ment, that it is claimed there that
American frozen beef has a great sale
in that city, but that it is made clan
destinely, large quantities of that ar
ticle being taken to Edinburgh and
sold to the butchers at seven cents a
pound, and retailed at 20 to % cents as
home-fed beef.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

All St. Joseph is laughing, and Bank.
er A. l.. Tracy is mad.
During the absence Of the family, at night, a
tramp entered the bankers residence, took a
hot-water bath, donned a 500 suit OF clothes and
made u complete change OF apparel. He piled
in the middle of the hOor the dirty garments
hat he had worn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

Col. JOHN JAMESON, general super
intendent of the United States rail-
way mail service under President Ar
thur, died at his home in Brooklyn on
the 18th. Col. Jameson was born in
Albany. n. v, in lS4l. During the
civil war he served in the First Wis
consin artillery. Upon leaving the
army he entered the postal service,
and rose to be chief of the railway
mail service,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

Geo. Davis, colored, saloon-keeper,
who shot and killed Hayden Vaughn,
Mt Sedaiia, has been discharged, be-
cause the evidence was not sufficient to
convict.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

The Missouri Pacific fast mail train,
running A miles III hour. struck the
team of Fletcher Breeder, at Lamonte,
Pettis county, killing both horses and
demolishing the wagon. Breeder es-
:aped without a scratch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

The correspondent of the London
Times at Valparaiso, Chilli, says that
the harvest of cereals will be a third
greater in hat country than it was
last year, while crops of all kinds
promise above the average.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

On the 18th workmcn began tearing
down the many additions to indie
pendence hail in Philadelphia that
have been built from time to time,
and which married the simplicity of
the historic structure, it being the in
tention to restore the building to as
near the original design as possible.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

IT is said one of the first bills to be
introduced in the New York legislature
will be one providing for u new state,
to be carved out of the Empire state,
by permitting a constitutional amend
ment to be passed and approved by the
United States government divorcing I6
counties of the state and including
them in what shall be known as the
state of Manhattan, with a population
of 5000, 22O.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

j. e.. Hubbard, of Barnard, aged 65,
a prominent citizen Of Nodaway coun-
ty, was found dead in bed. Dea.h was
probably due to heart disease.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
Central Missouri Cattle for England.

Ninety carloads of cattle will be
shipped from Boone county in Decem-
Der for England. This will be the
largest and finest bunch of cattle ever
shipped from central Missouri.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
Il. ii. ADAMS, T-shIishe-.

The Cuban insurgents dynamited a
train on the line to Sancti Spiritus on
the 18th. Several cars were demolished,
but, fortunately only two persons were
injured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

Mrs. TERRILL and her nephew, Ed
ward Mason, were burned to death on
a farm a few miles from Peru, n. Y,
on the night of the 18th, by the explo-
sion of an oil lamp.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
Decided He Had a Right to Swear.

A st. Louis justice decided that q
man has u right to swear in his own
home, and discharged a man who was
arrested on complaint of a neighbor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
He FoIloMsd Little GIrI..

A st. Louis judge fined negro $500
for following little girls. This will
keep him in the workhouse one year,
and the St Louis ~workhouse is a ter
ror."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20
THE SPANISH NOTES..

The President VIII Not Incorporate Them
His acknowledgements With Public
Interest-It Is Spain's Desire, Also, that
They be Withheld for the Present for
Political Reasons-Premler Sagasta and
the Cortes-
NEW YORK. Nov. 1S.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says: 1t is
said to be the present intention of
President Mckinley not 10 incorporate
the recent Spanish correspondence in
his annual message to congress. He
does not deem it compatible with the
public interest to publish the full text
of the notes pending further CORE
spondence, and the carrying out of the
promises made by the Spanish govern
ment. The papers will be accessible
to members of the committee of for
eign affairs for their guidance in deal
ing with various resolutions which
may come before them.
This is the usual course pursued when
international negotiations are in prog
reSS.
1t is reported that Spain asked to
have the correspondence withheld for
the present for political reasons The
new ministry fears that its concilia-
tory attitude towards the United
States. as shown by its note, may cause
embarrassment at home, and thereby
make it impossible to carry out the
proposed reforms. On the other hand,
there is the fear that jingo members of
congress who have been expecting so
much ut the hands of Mr.. Mckinley
may not be satisfied with all mat
Spain has promised, and that another
outbreak in congress will tend to az
gravate the situation in Spain.
The presidents chief desire is to
stave off action of any kind by con-
gress until it can be definitely known
whether SPANS new plan is to succeed
Or fail.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

AT Toledo, O., on the 18th, Tax In
quisitor Mcfarland began In &C ton
against the Woolson Spice Co., filing a
citation with the county auditor in be-
MALT of the county, to recover taxes on
between $500, 900 and 5000, 900 in credits
and cash which has not been listed for
taxation. The taxes Will amount to
between $50, 900 and $50, 900.