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The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
Embarrassment Caused by an Act of the
Minnesota Legislature.

DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 2.-The city
funds are practically exhausted and
the city employees will probably be
paid off in orders for many pay days to
come. This embarrassment is attrib-
uted to law passed at the last lepis-
lature allowing taxpayers to June of
next year in which to pay their 1897
taxes. The heads of one-third of the
police force were severed yesterday,
five engine houses of the fire depart
ment will be boarded up and all park
and other improvements have been
stopped.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
CANADA'S WHEAT CROP.
1t Is On 3 Par with That of the United
States.

TORONTO, Ont, Sept. 1.-Advices re-
ceived here report that all of 25, 900, 900
bushels of wheat in Manitoba is now
cut. There has been no frost suf-
ficient to damage the wheat in Mani
toba this season.
The crop will be the largest in the
history of the Canadian northwest.
The yield will run as high as 35
bushels to the acre, while in Ontario it
is as high as 40. The total wheat crop
of Canada this year will be fully 60, OOO,.
900 bushels of prime wheat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

CONSUL KAREL at st. Petersburg in
forms the state department that a
measure has been sanctioned by the
emperor of Russia, providing that after
January 1, 1900, all coastwise trade of
Russia must be carried in Russian ves-
sells, with the exception of salt from
the Black and Azov seas to ports on
the Baltic. A similar law was passed
in 1880, but has remained q dead letter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

II was announced in Madrid, on the
3lst, that anarchists would no longer
be allowed to land in England, and
that, therefore, the government OF
Spain must deport them to some Amer
lean republic or to a distant Spanish
possession.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

WITHIN the past two months the
eight local salt plants at Hutchinson,
Kas., have made and shipped more salt
than in any other two months since
they were built. A new plant is on
course of construction and those now
in existence are running to their full
est capacity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

Col. ]. S. P. GoBIN was unanimously
elected commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, in ma
tional encampment at Buffalo, \. "
on the 26th. Cincinnati was chosen as
the place of next meeting in 1895.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
What a Little Girl Found.

Madge Ma 10y, of st. Louis, who is
only ten years old, succeeded in find
ing what some people have been
searching for for years-"the man un-
der the bed" She was playing hide
and-seek at home, 2419 Robin avenue,
and thought the space under the bed
offered good place to hide. So she
crawled under, only to find a negro
had espied the place before her. She
screamed and the negro rolled out
jumped from a window and ran. The
police say he was burglar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

GEN. WEYLER's last decree is an Or
der commanding the Spanish troops
throughout the island of Cuba to move
into the larger towns, leaving the in
terror entirely free. Stringent orders
have been issued also that any paciti-
cos caught cultivating farms in the in
terror will be shot at sight.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
MISSOURI STATE NEWS,

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 27.-The local mar
ket for wheat closed yesterday at 97Ssc
August; 971sc September; 991sc to 991lc
December; 991Ec May; 9714c No. red.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 2S.-The local market
for wheat closed lower yesterday at
ea15c August; 931sc September; $3.50
December; 9S15c May; 931zc No. 2 red.
ST. Louis, Aug. S1.-Yesterday the
local market for wheat closed at 90 &c
August; 922lc September; 9214c Decem-
ber; 94c May; 9215c No. 2 red.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1.-The local market
for wheat closed quiet yesterday at
932Ic August. 9314c September, % -
December, 94llc May, 92c No. Q red.
Great Exposition.
The st. Louis exposition this year
will be great attraction. The man
agement, composed of some of the most
enterprising citizens of st. Louis. has
secured many new attractions, and
visitors will be greatly pleased. This is
the only successful annual exposition in
the United States, and st. Louis is very
proud of the fact. Crops are bringing
more money this year, and doubt
less many who have desired to see
the pleasing sights presented
there every year, and have not
been able to spare the money,
will improve the opportunity this year.
From 10000 to 10000 people visit the
exposition every day, yet the building
is SO large that there is no crowd
ing or Inconvenience. One can enter
the building in the morning and remain
until II o'clock at night for only one
price of admission, and wander through
the various departments, finding plenty
of places to rest, eat their lunch, which
they can take with them or purchase
in the building.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
Confederate Veterans. to Meet.

The camps of the United Confederate
veterans of Missouri will hold their
first annual encampment at Moberly
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
September IS, 30 and 30.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

The owners of the Hazeltine orchard,
near Springfield, estimate a net profit
this year of $4,000. And this orchard
is young yet, and has not near reached
its full-cearing CAPACITY.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

Miss MARGARET CRAVEN, daughter
and only child of the woman who is
fighting for a share in the Fair estate,
was married at San Francisco, on
the 1st, to Henry Koehler, of st. Louis.
1t will not matter to Miss Craven
whether her mother wins the big suit
or not, for her husband is a million
Rire
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

CoSsUL-GENERAL LEE, at Havana,
telegraphed the state department, on
the 26th, that the case of EvangeliAe
Cisneros had been greatly misrepre-
sented and exaggerated. He added
that he could not ascertain that there
had been at any time any intention to
deport her.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

The Dominion postmaster general
has informed the Washington authori-
ties that he has completed arrange
ments for carrying the mails between
Dyea and the Klondike. The mounted
police will convey the mails from Dyea
to Dawson City, and after September
the service will be monthly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
Want Mrs. Hofrman's Scalp.

Jefferson City people are circulating
q petition for the removal of Mrs. Clara
Hoffman from the presidency of the
State Woman's Christian Temperance
union.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
His Work Finished.

swell. Pm through exclaimed DIR.
A. P. Bowman in church at Ladue,
Henry county. Then he fell paralyzed,
and died in the edifice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

THE ravages of hog cholera in the
vicinity of Atlantic, Ia, are even more
severe than last year, when 81, 600 hogs
died in Cass county alone. Large num-
bers of farmers have lost their entire
droves of hogs, some men losing over
200 head.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
VIII Go to California.

Prof. Silas Dinsmore has resigned as
instructor in chemistry at the state
university to accept place as teacher
in the high school at Merced, Cal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

FAILURES throughout the country
for the week ended on the 27th, as re-
ported by r. G. Dun & Co., were 223,
against 22S for the corresponding week
last wear; for Canada, the failures were
"a, against SO last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
Director of University Gymnasium.

The curators of the Missouri state
university have elected Crawford
White, of Sedalia, to succeed DR.. q. w.
Cutler, of Massachusetts,, as director OF
the university gymnasium. DR.. Cutler
received a salary of 81, 600 a year.
Limited appropriations by the last
legislature have reduced Whites salary
to $500 a year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

Ex-State Auditor and Railroad Com
missioner John Walker died at the res
idence of his son. G. r. Walker, eight
miles southeast of Fayette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
New Postmaster at Clinton.

The Clinton post office has changed
hands, Fl. II. Mitchell, of the Henry
County Republican, taking charge. His
daughter, Miss Maud, will be his chief
deputy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
FOR THE KlONDlKE.
The First Letter Mail Under the Arrange.
ment with Canada.

ment with Canada.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The first let
ter mail to be dispatched from this
country to the Klondike region, under
the new reciprocal arrangement with
Canada, effected by establishing an in
ternational exchange between Dyea,
Alaska, and Dawson City, will be for
warded from Seattle by steamer leay-
ing there September IL.
From that time forward letter mail
will go over the new service regularly,
once Q month.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

THERE are 1000 Spanish soldiers in
the hospitals in Havana and at other
principal points in Cuba About 2,O0O
are sent back monthly to Spain inca
pacitsted. Sickness is increasing.
The health of the city is bad. The
official reports show that for the week
ended August 12 the death rate was 80
per 1000. Business is at standstill.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
Suicide of q Fun-Maker.

Business troubles and dependency
moved w. S. Hadersett, of Appleton
City, to commit suicide by taking car.
bolic acid. He left widow and four
children. Hadersett was we'll known
as a member of Mckinley glee club
last fall. in which, by his grimaces and
antics, he convulsed many in attend
ance at political meetings.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
A Smaller Loaf of Brea d.

The price of q loaf of bread will not
be increased in st. Louis, but the size
of loaves will be diminished to meet
the advance of -four.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
Desperate Criminals Escape.

Three desperate criminals escaped
from the st. Louis Jail the other day.
They evidently received assistance
from the outside and from within the
prison,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

NOTWITHSTANDING the light receipts
of new cotton during August, which
were generally anticipated, operators
look for large crop, the most popular
estimates being in the vicinity of TO-
900, 900 bales.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

THE wheat crop in the province of
Santa Fe, Argentina, is calculated at
about 10000 tons, scarcely more than
enough to supply the province for the
year. What is true in Santa Fe prov
ince, it is said, is true in the other prov
inces; that is, none will furnish more
than enough grain for home use.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

SENIOR SAGAsTA, the Spanish liberal
leader, made fresh declaration on the
political situation on the 27th. He
says it is daily growing worse in Cuba
and continues serious in the Philippine
islands. Senor Sagasta is ready to ap-
ply autonomy to Cuba, and expresses
the belief that the liberals will assume
power caller than expected.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

The London Times, in an editorial
article on the wheat question, ex-
presses the opinion that the era of
better prices is coming, the long period
of depression caused by the constant
addition to the acreage of wheat, rem
dered possible by the extension Of rail-
roads into new countries, having come
to an end for the present.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

THE New York Herald's correspond
ent in Montevideo says it is feared that
the widow of President Bordo will be-
come insane as the result of grief
caused by her husbands assassination.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

GEN. WoODFoRD, minister to Spain,
cabled the state department, on the
27th, that he would leave Paris on the
3Ist for San Sebastian, where the
queen regent has been spending the
summer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

Mrs. Jack Lester, of Moberly, died
from the effects of gasoline burns re-
ceived while she was cleaning bad
stead with the fluid
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

E. c. LITTLE, private secretary of
Gov. Leedy of Kansas, has been deco
rated by the khedive of Egypt with the
insignia of the grand Gordon of the i'm
perial order of Mejidieh of the Otto
man empire. The decorations arrived
at Topeka, on the 3lst by express, ac
companied by certificate from the
sultan of Turkey.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04

The Harris mills at Providence, Z.
l., started up, on the SOth, after ashut-
down of two weeks. The mills employ
about 800 hands.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
FAMINE ALMOST CERTAIN.
A Gloomy Outlook for the Winter On the
klondIke.

klondIke.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. News re-
ceived in letters to the Alaska Com
mercial Co. that famine is almost GER
tain on the Klondike next winter, re-
ceives confirmation from Mr.. Goodhue,
a newspaper correspondent at st.
Michaels. He states that the Yukon i.
unusually low, and that the chances of
getting enough food to Dawson to sup
port those now there and those flock
ing in are slender.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
ANOTHER WARNING.
The Klondike veritable Bonanza
of Wealth.

It Is Also a verItable Golgotha-One In
Twenty who Brave the Hardships OF
that Frozen Cline will Strike it
RIcb-Others Will Suffer.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-28

home. With various other foods
stutfs and fruits the same change
has been noticed, Cattle are
raised in sufficient quantities 10
supply the home market and stats
tics show an increase of over two
million head of hogs in the cotton
states from 1890 to 1896.
Hawaii today is in much the
same position as the cotton states
Of the South in their palmiest days,
About all Its hope for the present
and the future is locked up in the
sugar barrel. Sugar has been the
money product and to sugar the
industry Of the country has bowed
q willing knee, because there was
profit in il. The nation aud the
people have Jared well, 50 well in
fact that the possibility Of a rainy
day seems to have escaped the
minds Of the community. The
minds Of the community. The PEG
pie have followed in the same path
that has led many another nation
through fields Of valuable, though
most disagreeable experience. So
many examples have been furnish
ed Us in recent years. it seems rea-
souable that our citizens should
profit from those lessons and fore
stall the always possible evil day
when depression may surround the
staple product. Hawaii needs
more houses of refuge on its indus
trial battle ground.
An evidence Of this was brought
out by the Hilo Tribune in Its last
issue. Reference was made to a
large shipment Of hogs that sold
in HiIo at eight cents a pound.
The fields about Hilo can produce
nearly three crops Of corn year,
enough to feed all the hogs re
quired for the Hawaiian market
and then have plenty TO spare.
This Is only one instance among
many where Hawaii is paying out
irs money needIesslv for necessi-
ies that can be produced home,
In the days Of prosperity the big,
rapid money making schemes are
binding the eyes Of the people to
the small affairs.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-28
NGRE INDUSTRIES.

Apropos OF the crying necessity,
IN this country for more diverSL-
fed agricultural industry, MANY
valuable and interesting lessons
may be drawn from an article On
the new farmer Of the Southern
States by Prot Dabuev Of the
United States Department Of Agr-
culture. The writer points ouT
that the depression N the cotton
and tobacco markets has indirectly
proved beneficial 10 the farmer Of
the South since It has forced him
10 cease giving all his attention 10
one product Prof Dabney states
that many Southern farmer
through bitter experience has dis
covered that cotton and tobacco
ara not the only paying crops AMI
many u The more Intelligent who
turned their attention 70 rFT-k
crops OF fruits have established a
business which pays them far bet
ter than cotton did even IN the dav=
II high prices
4 the result Of this awakening.
the past i've years have Witnessed
g remarkable change n the agri-
culture Of the South Farm erops
have become diversified Where
corn was once purchased from the
Northwest, It ( HOW produced ct
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-28

Governor Pingree of Michigan
has vetoed "curfew law" on the
ground that II involves interference
bv the State in matters of purely
domestic concern. In view OF the
successful workings Of such a law
in many cities. Governor Pingrees
argument seems pretty far fetched.
Since the enactment OF the curfew
law IN this country no complaints
have been registered against State
interference with domestic affairs.
When fathers and mothers fail 10
look after their children, it is Ger
tainlv within the province OF the
State TO take hand in the matter.
The State guards children against
cigarette poison, why has it not the
same right TO protect them from the
degrading influences boys and girls
encounter by wandering about the
streets late hours at night.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-28
PEARL EARBoR SPEcULAToRs

During the discussion Of the
Pearl Hlrbor appropriation in the
United States House Of Bsprs=eu-
-a-lves, Congressman HlLbo-u an
uouueed rhar aLL the land about
The hE5or : owned by sgecuLa-
tors, and / held for the purpose
u being sold 90 the United States. e
He also stated that during his visit
70 Hawaii d gentleman was pointed
out 20 him a. & prospective mil
E0naire- He owns Fort's Island
In Pearl Harbor, and It was stated
that that body Of Land was indis-
penSabLe To the United States: that
the United States would Ultimately
have to buy that piece land for a
navy yard
We presume the Congressman
considered this 4 very wise and
cLinehiug argument. Possibly II L
60 the man who fails to stop and
think five minutes To others Il
Is simply 4 proposition Tor the
United States TO throw away the
greatest naval stronghold IN the Pa
cine Ocean. because some one L la
be To make : little money BY the
sale Of what land the United States
VIII require
II demonstrates 10 what faILa-
ei7uz heights some men can climb
In adE1eaTiug measures that VIII
block American progress N the
Pacific True II l. that the United
States does not own 4 foot Of land
about Pearl HarHor, that the Unit
81 S-ares would have TO purchase
ant Of private iHdividuaL=- We
Ers not aware however, thar such
purchase would create any new
ui--l7ulres IN this county Fur
r1srUgrs- WE taiI TO understand
how land purchase affect the prin-
eipLe involved N the improvement
and fertilization of Pearl Harhor
By the United States
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-28
SOCIETY NOTES.
Some OF the EveutS That Took
Place Last Week.

Some OF the EveutS That Took
Place Last Week.
Society took slight brace last week,
but the hot weather seems TO be get
ting in its deadly work slowly and
surely. The events of last week were
confined almost entirely TO dinners.
Speaking of the hot weather, a prom
inent society lady said yesterday that
she thought it would be a good plan
if all the society ladies Of Honolulu
would make all their calls now. and
for the remainder Of the scorching
days remain in the quiet seclusion of
their own homes, having to think
nothing about anything but holokus.
At o'clock this evening the chill
dren of Mrs. Gums dancing school,
who have been taking lessons for a
number of weeks, will give an exhibit
ton in fancy dancing in Arion hall.
back of the Opera House. There will
be a fancy drill before the dancing.
and after that there will be six or eight
fancy dances. including the hornpipe,
Spanish and others. The children will
dance until o'clock, when the floor
will be cleared and the Quintette Club
will play music for the grown people
to dance by. Those who intend going
would do we'll by arriving early. as a
large number of tickets have been sold
Mrs. E. D. Tenney had a narrow es-
cape while going out of the Walker
premises in a buggy. Wednesday after
noon. Her horse became frightened,
started off and threw her upon the
shafts. to which she chung until res
cued by Captain Renken of the Mount
ed Patrol She is very much bruised,
but fortunately received no more seri-
Gus injuries.
II. B. Ms Commissioner A. G. s.
Halves entertained the Gay party at
dinner yesterday, the event being an
occasion of farewell before their de-
parture for Kauai today.
Mrs Avery will leave for Samoa on
the Alameda OF June Sd. She has re-
manned here longer than she at first
expected. This is no small compliment
TO Honolulu.
Mrs ]. S. Walker entertained Mrs.
VIM. G. Irwin at dinner in her new
home, King street, yesterday.
Mrs A B. Carter, of Evanston, Ill,
a Honolulu lady. is expected here about
the middle of next month.
Captain Cotton gave a dinner to Mrs.
VIM. G.. Irwin aboard the L. S. 5. Phil
adelphia yesterday.
Mrs. VIM. G. Irwin entertained
number of friends al dinner Friday
last
Mrs H. VI. Won Holt returned from
the Garden Isle yesterday.
The Brown-Atkinson nuptials are an
nounced for August 18th.
Mrs. Swanzy gave a dinner for Mrs.
VIM G. Irwin Saturday.
The Gay party will return 10 their
horne on Kauai today.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-28

Notwithstanding the defeat Of
the arbitration treaty in the United
States Senate, the pacific influence
Of that document Is not entirely
lost. The fact remains that the
leading diplomats Of Great Britain
and the United States succeeded in
reaching an understanding that all
matters Of difference between the
TWO nations shall be submitted TO
arbitration. After all Is said and
done the destiny Of fraternal reIa-
lions between nation and nation Is
in the hands Of the diplomats, and
the influence OF the document sign
ed by Secretary OInev and Sir JUL
an Pauucefote viii not be lost be
cause the Senate failed to secure
the necessary majority Tor lis
adoption as q national measure
The moral power IN the respective
foreign Offices viii be felt and re
.eognized a long as the conserva-
tive element rules The diplomats
viii exhaust every effort 10 secure
the peaceful settlement Of troubles
whatever the cIamor Of the people
may be. \ long step IN the path
way Of international friendship has
been made although the hopes Of
arbitration treaty advocates have
not been fully realized.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-28

Labor Commissioner Fitzge-
raids report upon conditions In
Hawaii L about what might have
been expected in view OF remarks
made in interviews published be
fore he left Honolulu He Is con-
WINGED that climatic conditions are
not such as to forever bar the white
man from labor In Hawaiian cane
fields He advances arguments
IN support Of the Reciprocity
Treaty which American statesmen
can hardly afford 20 cast aside.
He sounds a note in Hawaiis IN
terests which viii touch a sympa-
thetic chord IN the labor circles
throughout the United States. We
believe II VIII be effective a. were
Mr.. FitzgeraIFs arguments when
dealing with the question during
his stay IN this country
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-28
STILL UNSETTLED

HaHEls cumusrcl4L prospects
are sui In the balance. With the
prospect that Seu41orizI discussion
q the tariff bill VII keep the peo-
pie u this country On the auE1uz
sear I'll vel into the summer
TEesuzar schedule Of the amended
ra-IE L being subjected 20 the
uosz @egeeliHz criticism By the
American press and j =t5zIay path
wav l. promised when the discus
sion In the Senate L opened The
old statements rsgrdl1z improper
dabbEnz Ii stocks are being rzzu--
rec-=L and although there Is no
ground fur the s-z1ler the talk
serves Cd arcuse the people WEa-
the E1lI effect u tbs agitation
VII Is remains c1 b= seen I-mz7
not cause s direct reversal Il the
schedule nov before the Senate
bur II VIII individually ntueuee
the Hoa=e % stand 81 II original
schedule when the bin goes 10 the
cOLIErElee committee HEWEI :