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The herald., 1897-05-28
real position is known the better for al
concerned"

real position is known the better for all
concerned"
Following is an official statement Of the
exports of leading products from the
United States for the month of April, with
changes from last year; Breadstuffs, $12,-
109.64S; increase, $2,565.f05; cotton, @13.94i.-
SO6; decrease. $685., ,008; mineral oils. $4,046,-
1885, decrease, s726. .496; provisions, N2, ,968 Gil
increase. $42S.260.
Prof. e. W. Bemis, who has been inves-
tigating the affairs of the Chicago street
railways. writes the Boston News Bureau
as follows: THE shares Of the three lead
Ing street railway companies have all sold
above par during the year. On the basis
OF the average price Of their securities in
1896 the market value Of the three leading
street railway systems which operate 4sS
miles is, approximately, $50. .000. 900. against
a valuation, measured by cost of duplica.
ton. of about $500 900. All taxes and
special payments of the three leading
roads in 1895 were Az per cent Of the total
or gross receipts of 81, 1,941, ,524. The gen.
eral taxes were $25s,s7e or 2.12 per cent of
the gross receipts. The other payments
ceipts."
The Boynton bicycle railroad invention,
which attracted much attention about one
year ago. may possibly be put in operation
in Boston. The joint committee on metro
politan affairs Of the state legislature OF
Massachusetts Is said to have q very
friendly feeling toward the Boynton in
vention. and charter may be granted
to build q bicycle railroad between Boston
and Fall River.
\ 4 =
The Main-street electric car line of Gin
cinnati has reduced its fare to 8 cents be-
tween and q. m. and s and p. m.
4 +
The net earnings Of the water plant Of
Newark, N. J., for 1896 amounted to 1885,
4S1.50. according to the city comptroller.
4 \ +
The Baltimore. Md. Traction company
and the City and Suburban company,
which control all except two of the street
railways of Baltimore, have consolidated.
Nine million dollars OF stock will be issued
In exchange for the outstanding stock Of
each company.
The herald., 1897-05-28

Mrs. L. A. Kimball and Miss Maude
M. Newell left Tuesday for Chicago
from which place they will go east to
spend the summer on the Atlantic coast.
The herald., 1897-05-28
Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO. May 27-The official
closing quotations for mining stocks today
were as fnllnMA:
The herald., 1897-05-28
Closing Stocks

NEW YORK, May 27-The following
are the closing stock quotations:
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Bond List

NEW YORK, May 2I-The following
were the closing quotations on bonds today:
The herald., 1897-05-28
M AIN STREET SAVINGS BANK.

Junction Of Main, Spring and Temple sts.
CTsmple Block). Los Angeles.
Capital paid up........................ 500, ,00D
Offlcers and directors: T. L. Duque,
President; 1. N. Van Nuys, Vice-Presidentj
q. ". DuQus Cashier; H. W. Hellman.
Kaspars Kohn. H. w. O'Melveny, ]. b.
..alkershim. o. 7. johnson, Abe Haas, W.
G. Kerckhon.
Money loaned on real estate.
Five per cent interest paid on term deposits
The herald., 1897-05-28
H os ANGELES SAVINGS BANK.
80 N. Main st.

J.E. Platter, Pres; H. w. Hellman, v-Pres.:
W. M. Caswell, Cashier.
Directors-1. w. Hellman, ]. e. Platter.
II. w. Hellmah. I. w. Hellman. jr.. w.
interest paid on deposits. Money to loan
on first-class real estate.
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Oats No. p
May .......".....""....... GIN
July Observation-Disclosures
september .........................1 ..1712411M
Cash quotations were as follofwsi! Flour
easy: No. 2 spring wheat. 7014G71A; No. 8
spring wheat, 6Sss; No. red, s5A ass; No.
corn, 23A; No. 2 oats, In; No. white,
211aM21s4; No. 8 white, 1914 @21A; No. 2 rye,
"a; No. barley, nominal; No. 8, 21aG33 T..
o. b.; No. 4, 261271a fob. No. flaxseed,
761hd771s; prime timothy seed, 2.75; mess
pork per bbl.. S.OOaSO5; lard, per 100 lbs,
345; short ribes sides loose, 43Oa4.50; dry
salted shouldersk boxed, 5G5A; short clear
sides, boxed. 41sG47s; whisky. distillers'
finished goods per GAL Lib
The herald., 1897-05-28

Cutlery at rurrsy'O. lss N. Spring st.
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The London Shareholder says: "The
Rothschilds have had bad luck of late.
This celebrated house Is known to be
largely interested In South Africans and in
Brazilian stocks which are in very rot
ten condition. The Grand Central mine of
Mexico is evidently doing badly. and now
something appears to be wrong with Ana
condas. In spite of the recovery In the
price Of copper these shares have been
pressed for sale of late. and as the price
of 5H carries q s@ dividend it cannot be
attributed to imitation. The sooner the
The herald., 1897-05-28

The supreme court in late decision
says: ITO support the deed of corporation
which is without corporate seal, it is in
cumbent upon the party relying upon 1t
to show afiirmatively that 1t wSs executed
by authority of resolution Of the board
of directors, entered on the records of the
corporation or that 1t was ratified by such
resolution"
The herald., 1897-05-28

The Mining Investor also quotes with ap-
proval from the market lists Of a local
firm. which says:
Investors desiring large profits with a
minimum risk should purchase Cripple
Creek gold stocks at the present low
prices. 1t is generally acknowledged by
all who are In a position to form a cor
rect opinion Of the situation that It is
only from the lack Of knowledge on the
part Of eastern and foreign investors of
the good conditions of the mines and the
steady Improvement which is being made
In the output which is preventing them
from taking advantage of the opportunity
which now presents itself of buying
stocks below their value"
The herald., 1897-05-28
UNEQUALED

Consultation Ere.
hours, 9 to 4 daily
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Bell Telephone stock is thus referred to
by the Financial Record: I'VE should
realize in American Bell Telephone stock.
Its present quotation, 2S3, discounts a good
many years good things to come from 1t.
The company 10 well intrenched, but we
hardly think it will maintain its present
monopoly. We do not think that the Bell
Telephone will be able to keep companies
who have secured patents some sixteen
years ago. and whose patents have ex-
pired by limitation. but which have been
restrained on account of the Bell patents,
will continue to be Kept from public use
on account Of the Berliner patents"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

NOTWITHSTANDING the objections adj
vanced by the commandant of the mil
itary academy, Col. Ernst. to the
cadets at West Point participating in
the inaugural parade, the house com
mittee on military affairs. on the 23d,
by a practically unanimous vote.
ordered a favorable report on the joint
resolution providing for their attend
ance.
The city council of Windsor, Ont,
has adopted a bylaw forbidding the
employment On public works of any
one who has not been a resident of
Windsor for six months, under penalty
of 500 fine. This is by way Of retalia-
ton for American discrimination at
Detroit, Mich.
A POLITICAL prisoner named Andres
Delgado, who was imprisoned in com
unicado, has been found dead, hanging
by the neck in his cell, at Sagua, Cuba.
CHOLERA has broken out among the
people employed on the relief works of
the native state of Rewah, India. In
two days 100 deaths were recorded.
THE Cubans in arms feel hat they
have accomplished too much, suffered
too much and been deceived too much
in their relations with Spain, past and
present, to negotiate for peace on any
other basis than absolute freedom.
JOHN D. HART was found guilty in the
United States court at Philadelphia OF
setting ON foot a military expedition to
Cuba in violation of the neutrality
laws. Motion was made for a new
trial.
THE largest herd of cattle ever or
dered to be slaughtered by veterinaries
reached Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 24th.
They belonged to Louis and John Pho
let, of Wysox, Pa The herd numbered
1853. Of these 15e were affected by
tuberculosis, and were slaughtered.
The owners loss is $40, 900.
A SOUTHERN RAILWAY train struck a
wagon full of people at Sherman
Heights, near Chattanooga, Tenn, on
the oath. The wagon contained j. A.
Robinson, a farmer, and his family, and
was struck full by the flying passenger
train. The ground was strewn with
mangled, bleeding bodies and severed
limbs. Robinson and wife and five
children were killed outright. One
child was ~uninjured.
Mrs. JEREMIAH s. BLACK, widow of
President Buchanan's encouragement
and mother of ex-Gov. Chauncey f.
Black, died suddenly at her home in
York, Pa, on the Gath. She retired in
her usual health and was taken sudden
" i'll and expired ten minutes later.
She was II years old, and had been in
feeble health for several years
J. 3. THOMPSON, who was recently
elected city treasurer of Minneapolis,
Mimi, has resigned. He refused to
give the amount of bonds required by
the city council
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IL the senate, on the 2Tth, a victory
won by the failure OF a resolution au-
thorizing the Metropolitan Railroad
Co. of Washington to extend its lines
into one of the suburbs. The remain
der of the session was occupied in the
consideration and passage of the post
office appropriation bill, carrying $685.
$50. 33S......In the house the anti-scalp-
ing bill was passed, after 4 hard fight
against it by its opponents, by a vote
of 142 to 81. Several bills of local in
tcrest were passed, and the house con-
Cured in senate amendments to the
Indian appropriation bill, which was
sent to conference.
a SPECIAL from Placetas, Cuba, says.
The Spanish captain-generaIS personal
campaign against Maxine Gomez in
Santa Clara province is failure. Wey-
Ter has been outgcneraled, Outmaneu-
vered. outmarched and outfought by
the scattering groups of insurgents"
of which he, in his official dispatches
to the war department at Madrid, has
spoken WIFI contempt
The Paris Gaulois says that brutal
tiles and ~veXations which are being
practiced by the Boer government
against French citizens and French in
dustries are engaging the attention of
a number of the members of the cham
Der of deputies, with the possible re-
suit of intervention by the French
government.
THE weekly statement of the New
York city associated banks for the
week ended on the 27th showed the
following changes: Reserve, increase,
81, S55, O25; loans, decrease, 81, 137, 800;
specie, increase, 81, 1913, 900; legal tender,
increase, 81, los, 500; deposits, increase,
1,O9S, 700; circulation, decrease, S122.-
800.
CAPT. JOHN D. HART, of Philadelphia,
convicted of completely in filibuster-
ing enterprises, is an aspirant for the
position of consul-general at Havana,
provided a successor to Consul-General
Lee is appointed.
HAZEN S. PINGREE is still mayor of
Detroit and governor of the state of
Michigan, according to an opinion
handed down by the full bench of the
Wayne county Mich.) circuit court.
The wholesale and retail hardware
store of Morgan & Co., at Fort Wayne,
Ind, was burned, on the eth, caus-
ing a loss of $780, 900; insurance, $780,
0G0.
On the 9th the associated banks of
New York city held s57, Al, 975 in ex-
cess of the requirements of 25-per-
cent. rule.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
WEYLER'S
The Captain-General O~utgeneraled anC
OutfOught by Maxine Gomez.

The Captain-General Outgeneraled ano
Outfought by Maxine Gomez.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-A special to the
Journal from Placetas, Cuba, under
date of February -, says:
The Spanish captain-general's per-
sonal campaign against Maxine Gomez
in Santa ClAra province is a failure.
Weyler has been outgeneraled, out
unanswered, o~utmarched and outfought
by the scattering groups of insur-
gents" of which he, in his official dis
patches to the war department at Mad
rid, has spoken with contempt.
Within ten days his generals have
been defeated in this one province
five times. Gen. Gomez, whom he
said he had penned up between his
Spanish columns and the central
trocha, has crossed his line of march,
defeated his troops, outfanked him
md reached his e
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
Can't. Russell E. Burdick..

Capt. Russell E. Burdick.
Every animal is over Is hands high
and they range from one to three.
inches over that. They are fat,
glossy fellows, and as frisky as colts.
The work of training them was a hard
task, but the riders have got them so
they zeal the saddle and a rider. The
horses had never been used before be-
ing brought to this city, and they have
been trained right to the saddle, and
when all together they present a hand
some appearance.
Col. William II. Harris, late brevet
lieutenant-colonel, U. S. A., organized
the troop in 1877, and acted as its first
captain. The company was fully armed
and ~eqtipped within a year, and in
January, 1880, took part in the parade
at the Inauguration of Gov. Foster Of
Ohio. The troop next was called upon
to act as personal escort to President
elect James A. Garfield from this city
to Washington. Again was the COM
pany honored when it acted as escort
to ex-President Hayes on his return
from Washington to his home in FIRE.
mont, o. The troop was part of the
military force of the state in 1888, the
governor having accepted its services.
Col. Harris resigned at this period, and
was succeeded by Lieut.. George A.
Garretson, late of the U. S. A. The
troop was formally mustered into the
Ohio national guard in 1887, and has
been a prominent figure in state and
national military circles We since.
1t took part in the international
military encampment at Chicago,
the centennial celebration of the in
auguration of Washington at New
York, and did escort duty to Gov.
Foraker of Ohio, President Harrison
and Maj-Gen. Crook, U. S. A.
As escort to Gov. Mckinley the troop
participated in the dedication cere-
monies of the Worlds Columbian ex-
position at Chicago in October, 1899.
In 1898 it acted as part of the escort
at the funeral of ex-President
Hayes. The present captain, Rus
sell E.. Burdick, was elected April 1,
1895, after a service of IL years as
trooper and non-commissioned officer.
During a trip south, in 1895, Lieut.
Gen. Schofeld saw the troop at Chat
tanoogo, and was so impressed that he
expressed a desire to join, and he was
then and there made an honorary
member
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
ESCORT.

Troop A, the Crack Cavalry Company on
Cleveland, O.-Every Horse But Two u
Jet Black They Were Bought ana
Trained Expressly for the Occasion, and
Cost 1O,OOOSCapt. Russell L. Burdick
Is in Command.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 2s.-Troop A,
Ceveland's crack cavalry company,
and the only organization of this kind
in the Ohio national guard, will be the
personal escort of President-elect Viii
liam Mckinley during the inaugural
ceremonies. The troopers have o
some time been Is busy as bees max
ing preparations for the trip. 1t has
required a vast amount of work
to get the company in readiness.
The principal work was to train
81 head of horses, purchased expressly
for the trip to Washington. These
horses cost the company SO, 900. They
are all Kentucky bred animals. Every
one of them is jet black, with the ex-
ception of two of them, which are pure
white. These will be ridden by the
trumpeters, in advance of the column.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
fHE 3 o

Frank Anthony, colored, has been
elected president of the Cleveland, o.,
Building Trades council.
In Detroit % retail hardware dealers
pledged themselves to handle only
union-made stoves.
Cleveland Jewish peddlers have formed
al organization and demand protection
from the attacks of boys and loafers
who annoy them.
The Trades and Labor council of the
city of Ottawa waited on the premier
and asked that the dominion govern
ment pass an alien labor law.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
UNDERMINED BY The FLOOD.

A Five-StOry Warehouse Collapses, Carry
ing One of Its Inmates Down to Death.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 2s.-The first fatal.
ity attending the high water occurred
at AIS yesterday afternoon. Three Of
the floors of the five-story stone front
warehouse on Front street, neal Vine,
owned by Hinkle, Wilson & Kreis.
wholesale grocers, caved in at that
hour. The building is surrounded with
several feet of water.
About 1000 barrels of sugar went
down with the wreck, which carried
with it several men. One was killed
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
1t Costs to Legislate.

From the following it will be seen
that the legislature is an expensive
body:
It costs the people of Missouri s65 every min
ute the house of representatives is In session.
The cost Of the senate is about s3s a minute;
total, s1oS per minute for legislation in Mis-
souri,. No bill can get through the house in less
than . minutes, even if it has no opposition and
no speech is made upon it. Fifteen minutes are
consumed by the senate in the passage Of a bill
under equally favorable circumstances Forty
times 103, therefore, represents the actual cost
to the people incurred in the enactment of a
law that encounters no opposition.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
Quarantine Against Arkansas.

The state board of agriculture has
announced the establishment of cattle
quarantine lines for the state on the
lines established by the general gov
eminent. with the exception of the state
of Arkansas, which is quarantined
against entirely.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

DURING a fight between Cretan In
surgents and Turks on the hills east OF
Csnea, on the 21st, six vessels Of the
feet of the powers lying off the town
opened a murderous fire of shell upon
the Christian troops, which, after ten
minutes, hauled down their flag, when
the firing ceased. Afterwards, while
carrying off their dead, the Cretans were
fired upon by the Turks, but were too
much dispirited by the attack from the
fleet to return the fire.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

In regard to the Ruiz case in Cuba,
It was said at the state department, on
the 22d, that his naturalization was not
wholly in~contestible; that his natural
ization papers, as a matter of fact, have
not yet been approved, and to this cir
cumstance is attributed his long impris-
onment without trial.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
Female Suffrage Defeated.

Cold water was thrown on the female
suffrage movement in the state senate
the other moving. The Powers bill,
providing for the election of women to
boards of education, was defeated by
an overwhelming majority.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
A Third Bridge for St. Louis.

st. Louis is to have a third bridge. It
IAN not be located nearer than three
quarters of a mile of one of the other
bridges, and will be for foot passengers,
ago traffic and street cars.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

AN unforeseen obstacle to the prompt
ratification of the Anglo-Venezuelan
arbitration treaty has been encoun-
tered in a provision of Venezuela's con-
stitution necessitating the use of the
Spanish language in documents pre-
sented for consideration of the con-
gress. A new copy in Spanish will be
Immediately forwarded to England for
Lord Salisbury's signature.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
Remembered the Orphans.

The Baptist orphans home of St
Louis has received a donation of 81, 900
from Mr.. Aaron McPike. He is SO years
old, and, though he began life in pow
erty, he has given altogether more than
$500, 900 to charity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

PROF. BLoNDIN, the celebrated tight
rope walker, who vas the first person
to cross Niagara falls on a tight-rope,
which feat he performed on August II,
1859, died from diabetes, on the 22d, at
Falling, a suburb of London.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

The Venezuelan commission held, on
the Goth, what was probably the last
session of that tribunal. The meeting
was in the nature of a winding up of
the affairs of the commission and a
closing up of its business.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

The last meeting but n of the
Cleveland cabinet was held on the
Goth. 1t is said that personal affairs in
cident to the close of the administra-
ton formed much of the subject mat
ter discussed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

Mrs. Lucia Marotte lesson, widow Of
Edward P. lesson, aged 50, well known
and highly esteemed, died in st. Louis,
where she had resided since 1882.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

A DISPATCH from Athens, on the Goth,
said that King George and his cabinet
had proclaimed their resolution to
maintain their present policy. They
declared that it was impossible for them
to recall the Greek troops from Crete.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

MARY ELIZABETH Is the name given
little Miss Harrison, who arrived at the
indianapolis home of Gen. Benjamin
Harrison and wife on the 21st. Had
the newcomer been a boy it would
have received the name of its great
grandfather, William Henry Harrison,
the victor at Tippecanoe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

CAPT. 81. o. HEIsTAND, Maj. McKin-
ley's confidential secretary, who has
been i'll with grip, left Canton for
Columbus, O., on the Esd, to arrange for
the shipping of his household effects
to Washington. He had been ordered
by the secretary of war to report for
duty in Washington.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
Was Once Rich. Died Poor.

Benz. R. Bacon, who a few years ago
was one of the wealthiest men in Kan
sas City, committed suicide the other
day, firing a bullet into his brain.
Dependency following business re-
verses is supposed to have been the
cause.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

The state board of agriculture an
nounces that it has accepted the offer
of Liggett & Meyers of $1,000 as prize
money for the best newspaper articles
on the tobacco industry in Missouri.
The board will divide the money into
II prizes, ranging from $500 down to
$40. The competition will be open to
all country newspaper editors.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

The Michigan council of the Ma
tional Business Mems league has pre-
sented a memorial to the ways and
means committee asking that the new
tariff be conservative and so framed as
to promote general rather than spe-
cial interests.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
WEYLER RESIGNS.

INC CdpIaIH-UeHeTaI TdCsCdIIy ACRnOWI-
edges Failure.
New YORK, March 1.-The Herald
this morning prints the following:
HAVANA, Feb. 81, via Tampa, Fla,
Feb. est is reported here on the
highest authority that Capt. Gen. Wey-
Ter has forwarded his resignation to
the Spanish government at Madrid, and
will leave the island as soon as posi-
BILE, probably in about three weeks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06
Taxable Wealth of 81. Iou;s-

The assessed valuation of property,
real and personal, in st. Louis is S241,-
667, $40.
OF this amount 1923, 1913, 40 is on real estate,
and 4s,274,43O on personal property In SUBJ
hitting his report the assessor adds: Despite
the great losses entailed by the tornado this
years assessments are somewhat in excess Of
the last year, and this means more revenue to
the city,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-03-06

JUDGE WV. T. THOMPSON, ex-treas-
urer of West Virginia, died in Hunting
ton, W. Va, on the night of the 21st.
Judge Thompson was a shrewd demo
cratic politician, and was frequently
mentioned for governor of that state.