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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
,;ra,nt at tue Te:rpnone.

f. l. told of Gen. Grant that wlie;,
he arrived in'SaD h'ranci.cs from ins
famous "trip ar9ui-% tie wuI1d. during
thu psiiod ~of:whschs the ieieyhon- was
p,rfectsd amt Eraa4hI into rs,;. he
vgushrd like =. 5chon-:.,.y ana looked
foolish Ebea d. mutuatfrIeud arranged
d conversation by sire between the
great warrior and his wife. Mrs.
Grant being ut the residence of the
friend while the General w&3 at his
place OF business, many blocks from
Jh. honSe- Cen. Grant looked
a. though he believed be was being
tricked and hat his wife must be near
by hiding, when he distinctly heard
her VOICE from the other end OF the
telephone wire.-Milwtukee Evening
Wisconsin.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
news service Extendel.

The St. Louis Republic r~ecenil:.
made arrangements with the CALI
companies, whereby direct rews irtL
all the civilized world are received.
1t now prints more a~uthlntic fei>igI
news than any other paper auac,n;in'
ues to keep up its record for pnb.ish
ing all the home news. The out!ooi
for the year is one of big news even
fast succeeding each other and tie.
will be highly interesting to every
one. The price of The Republic dali,
is So a year, or $3.50 for three months
The Twice-a-Week Republic will re
main the same-one dollar a year, b!
mail, twice-a-week.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
Another Gau,e of niur.

Ne are reliably informed hal the
eason that the G. u E. /. Railroad is
surveying and going to build Il rail-
road from Marion, ILL.,, to Gray s
Point or Thebes is that tide &. * T.
Railroad ask too much for their
property.
there it is again, Houck wants tro
much for his railroad and the Cotton
Belt says that they can't get into
Cape Girardeau, although everybody
knows that is ''bng dust And bow
the G. & F. l., say they can't get &c
East Cape although there is no rea.
son in the world why it cannot build
there if the C. & T., want too much
for their property.
It begins to look as il these big
roads are playing = gane of Bluff On
the little roads.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
An Unworthy Citizen.

Silveritc Orator-Vthat we G1rt :
nore money.
Skeptic-Would free coinage sirr Is
more money?
S. O.-Certainly. 1t would give us
both gold and silver.
S.-But wouldn't free coinage 1T six
teen to one drive gold out of eirculn-
ton, in accordance with the Gresham
law?
S. O.-My friend. Mr.. Bryan pro-
poses TO repeal any law that is work
ing in the interest of the goldhugs and
shylocks.
S.-But the Gresham law is Il nat
ural law. like the law of graritation.
s. O.-My friend, you are a pess;m:s;
and don't know that you are a citizen
of the grandest country on earth-oEe
that can without the aid or consent ci
any other nation" repeal even the lass
OF gravitation itself if it should becolic
n tool of Wall street. Shame on you.
You don't belong to this country. AS
was saying
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Notice is hereby giEen that letters of
administration NJ @n the estate. of
Gasoline FornkahE- deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned by
the Cape Girardeay Court of Common
Pleas of Cape GiraEdeau county, Mis-
souri, bearing date the 18th day of
April. 1897.
ALL persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to- him for allowance within one
year from the date of said letters or
they may be preclEded from any 5sne-
fiji of such estate: and if said claims
be not exhibited within two years
from the date of the publication of
this notice they Will be forever barred.
HERMAN FORNKAHL,
may1n2 Administrator.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
Her Eyes are Now straight.

Miss Mona White, daughter of
Judge White of this county, had her
eyes operated on by DR.. Ignatz Mayer,
the oculist of st. Louis: the operation
was successful. Both father and
daughter are we'll pleased.-Paris
Appeal, &or. y. 1891.
-. AIayer mas opened an Office at
=. , h"riea H;rtel Parior. room 3, and
N IN consulted free o! charge for IA
Ii uis.i time only.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

If you are a kicker AM see the
shadow of 4 failure in ev~erythih, tE,t
is proposed to help the town. .or
heavens sake go into scme secIul, Il
canyon and kick !your shadow or
some clay bank ana thGs' give The
men who are working 10 buiid az thr
town a chance. One l~ong-iaced, hUll, .
eyed, whining, carping, chronic kich- Il
can do more to keep business ;.nI
capital from Il town than all =,
drougts, short crops, chinch bugs.
and billiards. combined.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
4 Queer (.) Medicine.

The re is "a medicine whose proprie-
tors do not claim to have discovered
some hitherto unknown. ingredient, or
tina: it is a cure-ait- This honest
Medicine only claims to cure certain
Diseases and that lis ingredients are
recognized by the most skilled physi-
clans IS being the best for kidney ard
bladder diseases. Il is Foley's Kid
ne; Cure. w. q. Cvervev. Druggist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
Assignee's Notice.

Notice is hereby given that 1, the
the undersigned assignee of the estate
of John Z. Bats, will on the first day
of the next term of the Cape Girar-
deau Court of Common Pleas, which
term will begin on May 9th, 1897, or
as soon thereafter as | a be heard,
apply to said court for a final dis
charge from my trust as such assignee.
L. 5. JOSEPH,
Assignee of estate of John T. Bats.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
; office to Contractors.

Sealed bids will be received up to
May 10Th to build a frame school
house in the Alternately District neal
Dutchtow. Plans and specifications
a be een by calling on G. c.
Siemers, Will Priest or Christ Hager.
Directors. The Directors will reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
G.. c. SIEMERS,
Pres. of Board
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

II: Flolla l,sisla.ur, Is ;..'.:a
sd5A e@te3eno measures III the re- rio
tion of railway privileges AID 40 uh-
strucion uf.rIiiwsy mauu.cn.eL:: DIT
the Jacksonville I.E..s-Jnion. lie
most Influential .Aper II II STAT.
waras it 3h@t /, - putting 4p 80 bar.
against the cOmmiug 81 the c;tpM.. /
and labor which Florida greal.y
needs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

Goldbugs must have got into tn"
wheat fields, judging from the way in
which wheat persists in going up while
the price of silver is falling. The Bry-
antics must find some other standard
of comparison than their favorite bush
ell of wheat, and they have cot much
time left in this campaign. Boston
Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
RuckIen,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 nc
a required. 1t is guaranteed 10 give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price p cents per box. For sale IA
w G.. Haman's.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

We6sts: Davis IS n0E iHstalio! i
ofnse,aS Assistant Secretary Of t&l
Interior. HIS Office is the oi.ce held
by the late Judge David l.. Hawkins
during Clsvolaad's first administra
ton. The ofi9e pays IA salary Of fyui
thousand i've hundred dollars pc,
year-5etter than tn. gpvsraor5l II
Missouri.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
Unfortunate People

are they who while suffering from
Kidney Diseases ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
all advertised remedies. They should
know that Foley's Kiddey Cure is not
a quack remedy, but an honest guar
anteed medicine for Kidney and Blad-
der troubles. w. H. Coerver. Drug
gist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
Rev. {. +. Brooks

says that his little GIRLS troubled with
malaria very severely. and that since
he gave her Sulphur Bitters, he never
thinks of leaving New York for his
summer resort without a few bottles,
for they always cure his family, and
are far superior to Quinine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
How Bryan win ..Do- the Trusts.

Mr.. Bryan to the Trusts-You fellows
are not in it with me. You think you're
doing great things when you put up
the price of one thing at a t;me-and
you get cussed for it besides. But my
little silver trust scheme puts up prizes
on everything at once. and make 'em
think we're doing 'em q favor. You fell
lows are too slow.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

The mayor Of. an Iowa town has
just been fined for swearing at tie
editor of IA local paper. That's what
Il man gets for ignoring the time
honored custom of abusing the editor
behind his back.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

Col. Il. Z. Kerens viii return hnm
from Washington in a few days. y,
imagine that Col. kerens will find
his office in St. Louis filed up vii
letters awaiting his perusal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
Have You Kidney Trouble,

A SOC. trial bottle of Foley's Kidney
Cure will prevent serious results from
this usually fatal disease. w. Fl.
Coerver. Druggist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

And now a young preacher has
bobbed up,in st. Louis and Is pro-
claiming that ne is directed by Geo
to convert Col. Il. @. IngersolI. An-
other crank added to the already lnns
list of fools.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

y copy of the DEMOCRAT will be
found on file in the Missouri Pacific
Railroad building at the Tennessee
Centennial at Nashville, Tenn, for the
next six months.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

John \. Snider is certainly a hap
Ply man. He has a pretty Tor
IA wife and he has. "a cinch on tie
fourth class post-ofiices IN Southeast
Missouri. What more could a man
want in this wicked world?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

If Congressman Vandiver could Sc
cure US a United States Court for
Southeast Missouri he would make
his seat in Congress perpetual.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

Phil a. Hafaer of tne Scott C1ut =
News0oy is going to walk from 6er-
ton TO Charleston to attend the meet
ing of the Southeast Missouri editors.
Mr.. Hafner does not stand IN with Ii,
big railroad corporations. Walking
over railroad ties is good buti,is i.
full tiIesome.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

Remaining uncalled for in the post Office Of
Cape Girardeau, county Of Cape Girardeau,
State OF Missouri, for the week ending
May 10th, ISL
Andrews Luc:er Burkheuer, Amanda.
Brier, Sary Glitter, DC
CairgtO. Mrs Gross, Charlie
johnson, Mrs. Dora johnson, rohn .
Lewis, Emma ID Luhring, Henry Jr
Schote, Anton Shy, Anthony.
will please say Advertised - giving date oil
the list. If not called for within two weeks
they will be sent to the Dead Letter onice al
Washington City. W. V. LEECH p. NJ.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
school
BaIIard,s Horehound syrup.

Is the best known remedy for Con-
sumption, Coughs, Colds and all
Throat, and Chest troubles. Every
bottle is guaranteed. 1t is the best
remedy for children. Sold at Will
sons drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

The l6 to l cry is dying out. The
warm weather months are coming on
and the Is tramps to straw stack are
scattering out.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

If that ST. Louis preacher converts
Bob ~Ingersoll then the man VINO is
predicting the end of the world will be
able to get in his work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
\ waSrn Friend.

FOley's Collie Cure is very not. but
when diluted it IS a warm friend in
deed 20 those suffering frsO bowel
,coruplaint. II never fails. PC. and
J0c.. W. H. CNerver. Druggist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

There are good men, bad men, men
with principle and men without prin-
ciple in politics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15
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FINABSETTLEME T.-Notice is
hersby given to ali creditors and
o'btrs Interested in the estate of Eliza
brzh Rowing. decreased, that the IN
u,csi gueG executions oil said estate in
trHa Ie make final settlement thereof
al she next term of tbeCape Girarde.u
CUert of Common Pleas of Cape Car
irieau county. Missouri, 10 be held
AZ the court house in the city Of Cape
Giyardrau. Missouri. on Monday,
MAY Bird. 1897.
HENRY RuLWTSG.
BERNHARD e.. ROLWING&
apr2Gnl Executors
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-15

FINAL SETTLEMENT.-Notice is
hereby given to all creditors and
others interested in the estate of Mrs.
NJ. T. Berry. deceased, hat the under
! signed executor of said estate intends
to make final settlement thereof at
the next term OF the Cape Girardeau
| Conrt of Common Pleas of Cape Girs
ardeau county. Missouri. to be held
( a. the cuurt house in the city of Cape
Girardeau, Missouri on Monday, May
Bird. 1897.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-13
ARMENIANs RAID TURKEY.
Several Thousand Persian Agitators Per
petrate CrueltIes.

Several Thousand Persian Agitators Per-
petrate CrueltIes.
Constantinople. Aug. 1O-An official
dispatch received here says that on Fri
day last several thousand Armenian
agitators from Persia invaded Turkey.
They killed 200 of the Migriki tribe,
including women and children. The
wife Of the chief was put to death with
the most cruel tortures, and several
other victims had their noses and ears
cut off.
The authorities have taken measures
70 capture the marauders and to provide
for eventualities in the vilayet of Van.
Van, or Wan, capital of the vilayet of
the same name, Is a fortified city Of
Turkish Armenia. on the east coast Of
Lake Van, about 145 miles southeast Of
Erzerum. 1t is inclosed by double
line Of ramparts at the south face Of an
Isolated rock, crowned by a citadel. It
is Ill built. but has several large Ar
menian churches, mosques, baths and
bazaars, abundantly supplied with prod
uce raised in the vicinity, and some
massive and remarkable antiquities,
which have been attributed to Semira-
mis-. More than 500 looms are employ
ed in manufacturing fabrics Of cotton
imported from Persia.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-13
SUICIDE OF A BROKER.
w. @. Readc, Jr., of New York, Kills
Himself with n Revolver.

New York, Aug. 10.-William q.
Reade. Jr., a member of the New York
Stock Exchange and one of the firm of
Reade, Parsons & Co., stock brokers, in
the Edison building, Broad and New
streets, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the left temple while in a
toilet room on the second floor of the
big office structure
Mr.. Reade's residence was on West
Fifty-first street, but during the sum-
mer months he has been stopping at
his fathers summer house at Mamaro-
neck, on the sound, with his wife and
three children.
When he arrived at his office, the
broker was apparently In good spirits.
Early in the day he was on the floor
of the Exchange. Later he was visited
by young woman at his office, who is
believed to have been his sister. He
laughed and chatted with her and aft
onward joked with the clerks.
At little before noon he retired to
the toilet room where he killed him.
self. A stream of blood which flowed
out under the door of the toilet room
attracted the attention of Elbert T.
Clarke of the Stock Exchange clearing
house. who gave the alarm. Then the
door was forced, and Reade was found
dead, with the revolver in his hand.
The shot had not been heard by the
clerks in any of the offices on the sec
ond floor. No letters or papers ex-
planning the suicide were found on the
body
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-13

New York. Aug. 11.-By the win OF
the late Elbert Bogart, who died at
Roslyn, N. Y, last week. leaving an es-
tate believed to be worth in the neigh
borhood of 100000. it is said the bulk
of his estate goes to the Dutch Reform
ed church at Manhasset, Jones insti-
tute, the town poorhouse near Nor.
wich and to school district, No. g. OF
North Hampstead. 1t is reported that
the only other beneficiary is Miss Pobe
Brooks, his b9lsekeeper, who has been
an inmate of his family for over 4(
years. She will get the interest on
$4,000 for life. The will has not yet
been probated.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-13
ON CAPTAIN HATFiELD'S TRAIL
Three SheriGTs Posses After the Escaped
Outlaw.

Williamson, w. Va, Aug. 10.-Cap.
tain Hatfield, who broke Jail here some
ten days ago, is still at large. despite
the vigorous efforts which Governor
Atkinson. all of the officers of this and
Logan county and man hunters galore
have exerted to place him again in the
tolls. He and his party, consisting Of
his brothers John, Elias and Troy.
Clark Smith, Henry Harmon and broth.
er and one Payne, have from time to
time been sighted by the sheriffs scouts
in the mountains of this and adjoining
counties.
The men are all desperate characters
and there is scarcely one of them that
has not slain more than one fellow
creature. Sheriff's posses have beer
pressing them so closely in the last few
days that they have been forced to
dodge from one stronghold to another
to avoid an encounter, which. owing tc
the superior numbers of the posses
would prove disastrous to the fugitives
They are trying to reach the Virginia
border and there seek a hiding place
in the mountains of that state. Sheriff
Keadle, in anticipation of this move
has secured a requisition for the three
Hatflelds from Governor O'Ferrall, and
go where they may, the daring clan
cannot long evade arrest.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-13
ATTEMPTED MURDER
An ex-Convict Tries to XIII His
Wife In Brooklyn.
THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF IN THE HEAD
His Wife Had Refused to Live With Him
After His Release From Prison
and He Had Been Making Life
Miserable For Her.

New York, Aug. n.-William w. II.
Morris, 95 years old, who was released
from Sing Sing on Aug. l, had a quar-
rel with his wife Margaret, 96 years
old, in Brooklyn and fired three bullets
at her from a IS caliber pistol. One of
the bullets went through her right arm.
shattering it and making a wound in
her breast, finally lodging in the wall.
The others went harmlessly over her
head and were buried In the wood
work of a door. Mrs. Morris escaped
to the basement and while there heard
two more shots, fired by the would be
murderer into his own head The man
was dead when a doctor arrived. The
house where the shooting occurred has
been run as a boarding house by Mrs.
Morris since her husband has been in
prison.
On Tuesday last Morris called at the
house and stated that he had been re-
leased from prison the day previous.
He wanted to again live with his wife.
Mrs. Morris refused to admit him and
ordered him away. He went away, only
to appear again on Wednesday. Again
he was sent away. Since that time
other calls We're made, the last one be-
ing the one when the tragedy occurred
Shot at Her Three Times.
Mrs Morris answered the ring at the
door. When she opened it, her husband
stood there. He pushed through, and
Mrs. Morris walked into the front room.
After she had gone a few steps she
turned around. and as she did so bull
let whizzed by her head. The next shot
hit her arm. The third shot missed her.
The woman then succeeded in escaping
from the room.
Dr. Seaman Atwood, who lives near
by, heard the shots and entered the
house. He went up stairs to find
Morris dead, lying in a pool of blood
with two bullet wounds in his head neal
the right temple. The police were noti
fed, and Mrs. Morris was removed to
the Homeopathic hospital. The woman
will recover.
According to a friend Of Mrs. Morris,
the dead man was formely employed as
an expert accountant in the jewelry
firm of Goldsmith & Co., jewelers. in
Maiden lane New York city. Something
that he did caused his conviction. and a
seven years sentence in Sing Sing was
imposed. For good behavior 1t was re-
duced to four years and five months
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-08-13
z funds having been as

The necessary funds having been as
sured. the steamship Belglca, which is
being fitted out at Antwerp. will sail
on Aug. Is on an expedition to the south
pole
A collision has occurred at James
town. n. Y. between trains on the Dun
kirk. Allegheny ard Pittsburg road and
the Jamestown and Chautauqua Lake
railroad. Several persons were serious
ly hurt.
y A disaster has occurred at Krement-
chug. Russia. owing to the high stage
of the water on he river Dneiper. 4
woman's swimming bath. occupied at
the time by 100 women, was swept
away, and 200 of The women We're car
ried away and drowned.
The British ship Cumbermere, coal
laden. was on fire at Oakland. The fire
is believed to have been started by
friends of Near, the East Indian who
stabbed Captain Bernard. The flames
spread rapidly and did great damage,
almost destroying the vessel.
Thursday, Aug. 3.
Dan McTaggart, ex-state senator
from Montgomery county. Kan. was
shot and killed near Liberty by Henry
Sheesley, lessee of the mill.
John McTiernan, years old, fell from
second story fire escape in New York
city and when examined by a hospital
surgeon was found to be uninjured.
Two hundred women and girls en-
ployed at the F ilton Cotton mills in
Atlanta have struck because of the
employment of negro help by the man
agement.
An east bound freight train on the
Nickel Plate road has been derailed by
the breaking of an axle. Twenty cars
were ditched and an unknown tramp
was killed.
Susie A. Deneky of Lynn, Mass,
threw sulphuric acid in the face of her
sweetheart, Thomas Kiliher, who will
be disfgured for life. One eye is de-
stroyed, and it is feared the sight of the
other will also be lost.
The differences between a large num-
Der of printing and bookbinding firms
at Springfield, Ills, and their employees
have been settled by the state board of
arbitration in favor of the latter. Both
sides will abide by the decision