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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
cIFTY.FIFTH CONGRESS.


In the senate on the 18th, the open session
was devoted principally to a discussion OF Mr..
Harris resolution relating TO the Union PACING
railroad. Mr.. Morgan (Ala) concluded his re-
marks in favor of the resolution, and MI Stew
art spoke in opposition to it Mr.. Thurston
Ne5.) was speaking in opposition when, at
five O'Clock, the senate went into executive ses-
sion and shortly thereafter adjourned-.-...In
the house the final conference report on the
general deficiency appropriation bill was adopt
ed, after which Mr.. Dingley offered the report
of the conference committee on the tariff bill,
which, after much time spent in discussion,
was adopted by 4 vote OF ls5 to lis.
IN the senate, on the goth, the conference
report on the tariff bill was submitted. but lit
tie progress was made with it beyond the for
NAL reading Of about two-thirds of the report
The senate passed a joint resolution authoriZ-
ing and requesting the president to take all
necessary steps for the release OF the Competl-
tor prisoners from prison at Havana......The
house was not in session.
IN the senate. on the 2lst, the formal read
ing Of the tariff conference report was con-
Guided. The debate was spiritleSS in the main.
The reciprocity amendment and the abandon
ment OF the stamp tax on bonds and stocks de-
yeloped much criticism -. In the house a Joint
resolution was paused requesting the president
to make such Investigation as will elicit all the
facts in reference to the restrictions put upon
the sale of American tobacco in foreign coun-
tries under what is known as the Reggie. or
government contracts, and to enter into nego-
tiations with the governments of those coun-
tries with u view of obtaining a modification
of these restriction.
IN the senate. ON the I'D. consideration Of the
tariff conference report was continued. MeSSrS-
Chiffon. of Texas, and Jones, of Arkansas,
made formal speeches against the approval Of
the report. Thomas b. Turley. OF Tennessee,
was sworn in as the successor of the late sena-
tor Harris. go. In the house q bill was passed
to authorize the president TO suspend, in part
or in whole. the discriminating duties imposed
on the vessels of foreign countries which i'm
pose Similar duties on our vessels.
IN the senate, on the I'D, after an exciting
and dramatic debate. an unanimous agreement
was reached to take the final vote on the con-
ference report on the tariff bill on the 2ith at
3 p. H. In the house recess was taken until
five. and afterwari until eight o'clock, in an
ticipGtion Of action by the senate on the tariff
conference report; but a the senate adjourned
without action. when tn house met at eight
o'clock that body also ADJOURNED until the 2ith
at noon. No important business was trans
acted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the cath, the con-
ference report on the tariff bill was
adopted, 40 to 80, signed by the vice
president and sent to the house. A
message was recommended from the
president recommending the appoint
ment of a currency commission....l
the house the message from the presi-
dent recommending the appointment
of a currency commission was received
and the bill was passed. The tariff
bill. with the signatures of the pre-
siding officers OF the two houses. was
Sent to the president. At nine o'clock,
p. m, the special session OF the Fifty
fifth congress adjourned sine die.
THE conference report on the Ding
lev tariff bill. having been previously
adopted by the house, met with SINH
lar Endorsement in the senate, on the
9th, secured the signature of the vice
president and was returned to the
house for the signature of the speaker,
after which the bill as passed was sent
to the president.
TIE weekly statement of the associ-
ated banks of New York city, issued on
the cath, showed the following changes:
Reserve, increase, S1,324,675; loans, In
crease S., $780, 200; specie, increase, S146.-
700; legal tender, increase, SIS, 1872, 500;
deposits, increase, S9,25s, 500; circula-
ton, decrease, Sl06, GOO.
The jury before which DIR. j. Sid
ney Goodmason was tried at Ponca,
Neb., for numbering his wife has re-
turned a verdict of not guilty. This
was the second trial of Goodma on, he
having been convicted of the crime If
April.
A from London says the
negotiations for an international con-
ference as to sealing in the Behring sea
are proceeding smoothly, and the pros
poets are favorable for an early agree
ment between the English and Ameri-
can governments.
A DISPATCH from Singapore states
that the Chinese steamer Srikongann.
bound from that port for Malacca, with
100 deck passengers, capsized during a
squall. Capt. Rawlingson and 100 of
the passengers and crew were drowned.
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE WILSON
believes hat congress, at its next
session, will authorize the establish
ment of an agricultural experiment
station in Alaska
THERE is every probability that
Wells, Fargo & Co. will establish an
Office in Dawson City, in Alaska, the
coming spring.
On the oath the associated banks OF
New York city held S47. 1854. SIS in ex.
cess of the requirements of the 2h-per-
cent rule.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
A THIRD BRIDGE
To be Erected Over the Mississippi Rive,
at st. Louis.

at ST LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, July 24.-Within the next
80 days a commission of government
engineers will arrive in the city to To-
cate the third bridge over the Missis-
sippi river between St Louis and
East. st. Louis. This commission
was provided for in the char
ter granting the company the
right to build the bridge under this
three-quarter mile limit Everything
has been arranged for their coming,
and as soon as they get through with
their work the company will proceed
with the work of letting the contract
for the construction of the bridge.
1t will be the duty of the commission
to take testimony, make estimates and
measurements, and finally fix the To-
cation of the bridge. Under the ex-
isting law it will be impossible for the
new company to select a site within
three-quarters of q mile of either of the
old bridges
1t is thought that the site will be
near the foot of either Mullanphy or
Florida streets, but until the commits
sion makes its report it will be lmpos-
sible for the company to proceed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
MISSOURI A NEWS.
Missouri Crops

Says the recent state w~eather-crop
report:
The weather has been favorable for haying,
oats harvest and threshing, except in q few To-
calities in the eastern sections, where showers
interfered, but in many OF the southern and
western counties crops are badly in need OF rain
In quite u number of the extreme southern
counties corn is being greatly injured by the
drought and over the greater portion Of
the southern section and in many Of the
central and northern counties it is needing
rain. A large per cent OF the crop has now
been laid by.generally in good condition. Some
early fields in the southern counties are in
roasting ear. Chinch bugs continue 10 do much
damage in the central and southern sections.
Wheat threshing is in progress in all sections.
Oats are nearly ell cut. and in some counties
haying is about completed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31


Wesleyan conference at Leeds, En-
gland, was an eloquent speech By Rev.
w. H.. Milburn, chaplain of the United
States senate. In the course of his re-
marks Mr.. Milburn said that Method
ism was one of the mighty forces bind
ing England and the United States to-
gether.
THERE have been serious outbreaks
and riots at Barcelona, Spain, and the
gendarmes have been stoned by the
mob. The government sen large rein
forcements to restore order.
EX-UNIrED STATES SENATOR JAMES r.
D%ooLITTE, of Wisconsin, who has been
in the east for some time, is lying very
i'll at Providence, z. l., and is hardly
expected to recover. Mr.. DOolittle is
nearly sS years old.
ANOTHER drop in silver was recorded
in the home market, on the 22d, the
price quoted in New York city being
593s cts. an ounce. There was a marked
absence of demand for the metal. The
value of the silver in a silver dollar,
according to the price quoted is just a
fraction over 4G cents.
Mrs. AUGUSTA LARNEY, former wife
of Michael Baumgartner, on trial at
Oconto, Wis, for the murder of her
husband, was discharged, on the ed,
there being no evidence that she u
dered Baumgartner.
Ten thousand school children laid
floral offerings at the base of the Brig
ham Young monument in Salt lake
City, Utah, on the 22d, and then
marched in the monster parade of the
school children.
A RAIN, of the proportions of n cloud
burst prevailed, at Waterbury, Conn,
on the 22d, and as Il result a flood was
caused, which gave indications of be-
lug the greatest on record in that
city.
A HEBREW peddler was shot and
robbed at Beaver, Ia, by three men.
A posse pursued and captured the trio
and then lodged them in Jail at Boone.
The wounded man may die.
ALBERT SCHODEosKY, aged two years,
son of Mrs. Elizabeth Schodrosky, u st.
Louis widow, a run over and hOrri-
bly, mangled by Terminal engine No. 9
on the 22d. The child was attempting
to cross the street in front of the loco
motive.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., was visited by a
terrific cloudburst, on the evening of
22d, which caused a flood that mum
dated q portion of the town, and re-
suited in the drowning of many per-
sons and the destruction of much prop
erty.
HoN. EDWIN F. UHL. formerly ambas-
sador of The United States to Germany,
arrived at New York on the 23d, on
board the steamer Normania from
Hamburg.
On the Esd 4 boat containing - en-
ployes of the Hamburg engine works
capsized in the River Eibe, and six per.
sons were drowned.
AT Trinidad. Col, six men and two
women have been arrested charged with
the murder of Deputies VIM. Gregg
and VIM. Kelly when they were in
search of cattle thieves in the spring
of 1896. Officers are in pursuit of two
more men who are said to have been
implicated in the crime.
On the 23d, during the prevalence OF
a heavy rain and thunder storm at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, the powder maya
zine at the Empire mine, operated by
the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co., in
which 90 tons of powder was stored,
was struck by lightning. The force Of
the explosion was 80 great that it shook
the Il of nearly every dwell.
ling in Wilkesbarre. John Higgins,
who was driving by at the time, wal
instantly killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
BRITISH NAVAL MOVEMENTS

Regarded as 3 Justification of .the Amer
lean Protest.
CHICAGO, july ga special to the
Chronicle from Washington says:
The officials of the navy department
regard the movement of English yes
sells to .Behring sea as indicating SIM
ply that England has realized the
justice of Secretary Sherman's COM
plant in his note to Lord Salisbury.
that the British government has not
heretofore maintained an adequate or
efficient patrol Of the Behring sea seal
fisheries.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

Judge Culver, at st. Joseph, admin
stored a severe rebuke to a jury be-
u of a verdict of acquittal in the
case of A. E. Bradbury, tried for per-
jury. The vote at first stood six t. six.
The court thought the evidence amply
strong enough to convict, and did not
hesitate to say so.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
Dougherty Acquitted.

James Dougherty, who shot and
killed James Dennis at Burton. How
ard county, May 2, 1896, during a pri-
mary election, and who has been in
Jail since then, has been acquitted in
the Howard circuit court.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
Robert Mcmillan Dead.

OSHKOSH, Wis, July 2+-Robert Nc
MILAN. the millionaire lumberman, is
dead at the age of 6Z. He was the
head of his big lumber firm, a di-
rector of the First national bank,
trustee of the Lawrence university at
Appleton and president of the Fox
River Paper Co.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
Noted Criminal Dead.

CHICAGO, July 23.-News is received
here of the death of Charles A. Ketch-
um, alias Kaiston, slias Dick Wilson, in
the Michigan City und) p~enitentiary
by the bursting of . blood vessel
Ketchum was well known in this city
as a forger and confidence man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
on For the KIondike,

William b. Moore, of Kansas City,
accompanied by his son. Will &. Moore,
has left for the klondike gold fields in
Alaska. They are the first Kansas
City people to leave for hat country
since the receipt of the news of the
gold discoveries.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
A Gushing Vein of Oil.

A real oil vein, a gusher, has made
its appearance on the property of VIII
liam Swafford, in Wyatt park, st.
Joseph. The oil has not been struck
in a new well, as is usually the case,
but has come in underneath the ground
and mingled with the water that has
partly filed the we'll since it was first
sunk 10 wears ago,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
Missourian Reinstated.

J. c. S. Colby. a Missourian. who held
q position in the legislature and was
afterward consul to a Chinese port, has
been reinstated in the treasury depart
ment, from which he was discharged
by the last administration.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
Wants Women Pardoned.
Saws an item sent from Sedalia

Says an Item sent from Sedalia:
Mrs. Lucy NJ WiSker. superintendent of jail,
prison and almshouse work for the WOmen's
Christian Temperance union. is circulating a
petition praying Gov. Stephens to grant a par
don to one woman convict in the penitentiary
at each anniversary Of Flower mission day.
The petition has been numerously signed. and
after being circulated in other cities will be
presented to Gov. StephenS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

OCEAN GROVE, n. j., July ga
Jubilee of the home and foreign mis-
sions of the A. NJ. E. church is being
held at this place. There are over
5000 colored people in attendance from
different PARTS Of the country.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
Rejected All Bids.

The state textbook commission re-
jected all bids for text books. The
commission believed the prices were
too high, and that the people could get
cheaper books.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
jasper County,s Oldest Man.

Bannister Hickey, aged 95, died at his
home west of Garth age. He was the
oldest citizen of Jasper county. The
deceased was for many years an elder
in the Christian church.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

Henry Neun, an old resident of st.
Louis, died at his home in that city.
He vas born in Biedingen, near Darn
stadt, Germany, in 1910, and came to
America and located in st. Louis in
IS4S.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

Mrs. NJ. F. Hopkins, of Brashear, who
ven to Sedalia on a visit to her broth
er. Hon. George W. Barnett, died OF
dysentery after a brief illness. The
remains were taken to Brashear for in
terment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

The school textbook commission has
landed another blow at the scbool~book
trusts and combines by rejecting all of
the bids received July II for high
school books. This action is in line
with the rejection of the bids for the
common school books previously an
nounced. 1t was just as unexpected,
too.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
is 1T STILL BINDING
An Interpolation Affecting the Hawaiian
Question.

An Interpolation AFFECTING the HaWaiiah
Question.
LONDON, July 24.-Mr. James Francis
Hogan, anti-Parnellite member for Mid
die Tipperary, has given notice that
on Monday next he will ask Hon.
George n. Curzon, under secretary for
the foreign Office. whether the provi-
sion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty to
the effect that neither Great Britain
nor the United States shall annex Ha-
wall is still recognized by both powers
as of binding force.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
Convicted of Murder.

Walter Black, the a~ccomplice and
confederate of James Stewart in the
murder of Michael Prendergast, was
tried in the st. Louis county circuit
court at Clayton and convicted of muir
der in the first degree. Black is 10
years old, and is a nephew of Cosley
Black, of Bonils Bottom, opposite st.
Charles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
Couldn't Agree With stepmother.

Mamie McGawley, aged IS. pretty
and well sonnected, took poison at her
home, 1920 Bayard avenue, st. Louis,
because she could not agree with her
stepmother. Doctors saved her.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

A DISPATCH from Constantinople on
the 2Ist, said: The sultan has issued
an trade sanctioning the settlement OF
the frontier question in accordance
with the wishes of the powers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
Reward for a Murderer.

Gov. Stephens has offered a reward
IF 500 for the arrest and conviction of
Herb Irwin, who killed James Curtis in
Scott COUNT.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

REAR-ADMIRAL j. n. MILLER will sail
for Honolulu on the mail steamer leav-
ing san Francisco on August 5, n
upon arrival al the Hawaiian port will
assume command of the Pacific squad
ron
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

RETURNING Christian Endeavorers
visiting the National parkin Wyoming
on the Goth, enjoyed the novelty OF a
snow storm in July.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

The Masonic grand chapter of the
Order of the Eastern Star met at
Palmyra, and was attended by $50
leading colored men and women of the
state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31
In Missouri Cotton Fields.

Cotton is reported suffering from
drought in Ozark and portions of Dunk
liz counties, but is doing nicely in Stod-
dard and New Madrid.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

MEMBERS of the congregation of the
First Presbyterian church of Washing
ton deny in the o emphatic manner
that there is any dissension between
Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage and them
selves.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

Judge J. H. Dale, aged 20 years, died
very suddenly at Excelsior Springs. He
was born in Clay county and lived there
continuously.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

The ambassadors al Constantinople
have forwarded to their respective gov
ernments their joint suggestions rela-
tive to the measures they think neces-
sary in view of the contumacy of the
DOrtp-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

SPECIALS from Fargo. Grand Forks
Crookston and other Red River valley
points say that too much water Is fall
ing for the good of the wheat crop.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

The receipts of the Sedalia electric
railway lines on the day the cars were
N charge of society bells as conductors
we're S156. ~.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

Clarence E. Burton, aged %, a clerk
in the Missouri, Kansas & Texas gen.
eral offices since he vas Is years old,
died in Kansas City.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

THE official press of Yokohama
states that it is probable hal the Jap
anese government will agree to the
proposal of Hawaii, and submit the dis
pute between the two countries to ar
bifratiOn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

THE conference committee on the
tariff bill agreed upon that measure, on
the 10Th, and submitted its report to
both houses of congress. The bill as
submitted was passed by the house by
a vote of 1S5 to lis
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

BUSINESS failures throughout the
United States, for the week ended on
the sd, as reported by r 6. Dun "
Co., were 227, against Isl for the CORE
spending week of last year. For an
ada the failures were 2S, against 30
Last year
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

THE Indiana statute of 1895 provid-
ing that no convict-made goods from
without a state license and bond OF S.
600 has been declared unconstitution-
al. The law also required that the
goods be labeled convict made"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

TWELVE document cases in the Office
of the clerk of Kings county, in Brook
Ign, toppled over on the 2Ist, causing
chaos that will cost 500, 600 to correct.
The cases were filed with index
records of court proceedings and other
official papers dating back as far as
1870
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

The amount OF treasure brought
down to Seattle, Wash, from the famed
Klondyke region by the steamship
Portland is now placed at Sl,aOO, 900,
and there is good reason to believe that
the SUN was nearer to 81. 900, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

THE colossal equestrian statue to
Maj.-Gen. John A. Logan was unveiled
in the Lake Front park, Chicago, on
the 22d, by John A. Logan the Third"
the five-year-old grandson of the
BLACK Eagle" of Illinois, in the pres
ence of an immense %concourse of peo-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

On the 23d the president appointed
VIM. E. Corson, of Wisconsin; D. A.
Keepers, of Ohio; John I. Wertz, of
Nebraska; James Jeffreys, of Tennes-
see, and Howell P. Wyton, of Indiana,
to be special agents to make allotments
of lands in severalty to Indians.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

The Carnegie and Bethlehem iron
companies have refused to bid for sup
plying armor for battleships within
the $500 limit fixed by law, on the
ground that it is not possible for them
to produce armor of the quality they
have been supplying to the government
at that figure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

NOAH BANEY. a convict at the Michi-
gan City Qnd.) prison, has made a writ
ten confession, which, if proven true,
will have the effect OF giving Rev. w.
f. Hinshaw. who was co~nvictedutwo
years ago and sentenced to life impris-
onment for the murder of his wife, his
liberty.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

A COMPANY has been formed in Port
Townsend, Wash, which will at once
send a buyer to the sheep ranches of
eastern Washington and Oregon t.
purchase 1000 head of sheep, which
will be shipped north and driven to
Dawson City to supply mutton to the
Klondike miners.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

REPORTS from every wheat-growing
county in Oregon show that the wheat
crop will be the largest in the history
of the state. Eastern Oregon, it is
estimated, will produce approximately
IL, 500, 900 bushels, while the western
Oregon crop will amount about 6, $780,
600, making a total of IS, DOC, 900 bushels
for the state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

ANOTHER effort is to be made by the
American and English governments to
pass an arbitration treaty. There is
the best reason for believing hat the
matter will be re-opened at Washing
ton in October, and that a short treaty,
of less scope than the last, will be ar
ranged for submission to the respect
i've oyernmen
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-31

AN ordinance has been passed by the
city council of Los Angeles, Cal, and
is now in force, which prohibits the
public exhibition of pictures of pu gil
listic contests by the vitascope or
other similar devices. The ordinance is
the resultof = petition of the Woman's
acknowledgements union.