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The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
A VOICE FROM ST. MlcAAELs.
Tells of Prospective Suffering with Posi-
BILE Riot and BIOodshed.

Tells of Prospective Suffering with POSI-
bic Riot and IslOodshed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-Sheldon jack
son, United States general agent of
education for Alaska, writing from st.
Michaels, under date of September 13,
has sent report to the interior de-
partment regarding the gold boom.
He says:
Il am still detained at this place
waiting upon the movements of the
Bear. Since reaching here, August
"a, several expeditions of miners have
arrived on steamers and sailing vessels
from Puget Sound, Seattle and San
Francisco. They bring with them
lumber and mechanics, expecting at
this point to build small river steam
ers and barges in which to proceed up
the Yukon to the mines. There are
eight or ten of these vessels now in
the harbor, and Is more are expected
from the south.
The season is now closed for get
ting up the river this year. The most
that the miners now here can do will
be to get. perhaps, 100 miles up the
river to timber, then go into winter
quarters, erecting log huts for shelter.
Those that come up later will be COM
pelied to winter at this place. As all
these people were pledged to be taken
to the mines this fall you can imagine
that there is not only much disappoint-
ment, but also much irritation and
anger that is liable at any moment to
break out into open violence.
Among the hundreds now camped
upon the beach in tents are all classes
from the best to the lowest; profes-
sional men of ability and standing,
gamblers and desperate roughs, the
wealthy and the poor, and the presence
of the Bear is the only restraint on
lawlessness. We are hourly expecting
the arrival of another cutter
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
FIELD MAY RETIRE.

Stories to That Effect Again Current Al
Washinston-The Aged Jurist Remains
Reticent-His Ambition to Eclipse Chief
Justice Marshalrs Record Has Been
Achieved, and 1t is Believed He VIII
Give Way to a Younger Man.
WASHINGTON, Oct 14.-Justice Ste
phen j. Field, of the United States su-
preme court, it is believed by many of
his friends, will announce his retire
ment from the supreme court bench
some time during the present term,
though he himself would say nothing
about the matter for publication when
newspaper men called at his residence.
1t had been his ambition to eclipse
the record of Chief Justice Marshall
for length of service on the supreme
bench, and in this ambition he was
successful during the past summer.
He was appointed in 1868 to his present
position, and being now nearly eighty
one years old, has been eligible
for retirement on full pay for
nearly eleven years. He has been
in feeble health for several years,
but has continued in service,
though for some time past his attend
ance has been rather irregular. and he
has not taken as active part as form
erly in the preparation of opi1iOns.
Now that he has passed Chief Justice
MarshalPs record he has had retire
ment under serious consideration, and
1t is thought an announcement will be
made before long that he has taken
this course.
Atty. Gen. McKenna is regarded as
being almost certain to succeed Justice
Field. Both come from California.
a reporter called at Justice Fields
residence, but the justice excused him
SELF, sending down word that he was
not feeling well. Mrs. Field would
neither confirm nor deny reports of
her husbands impending retirement,
though giving the impression that it
was at least under serious advisement.
AT the supreme court it was said that
nothing was known there on the sub
ject, and that any announcement must
come from Justice Field himself. That
the members of the court believe the
justice will decide to make way for a
younger and more active man is shown
by the fact that they have postponed
hearing several important cases until
the beginning of the new year, by which
time it is thought quite likely Justice
Field may have retired and his success
sor be in Office, though, of course, it is
possible that the justice may in the end
decide to remain in office, a decision he
reached several times in the past when
his retirement was contemplated by
himself.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
THE YEARS COTTON CROP
Estimate Made on Lines that Have Here
tofOre Proven Accurate.

Estimate Made on Lines that Have Here
tOtore Proven Accurate.
New YORK, Oct. 1.-THE Daily Dry
Goods Record says:
Working on those lines by which
such close estimates of the actual cot
ton crops of the last two years were
obtained, the figures just now obtained
indicate a crop for 1S97-9S, which varies
from S,953, 7SS bales to Q, 391, 532 bales of
500 pounds each.
For the last crop of 1S96-9T, our esti-
mate was s, 7i2, 90l bales, against 5, 714,-
Oil bales as the actual returns, while
the estimate for the previous year, or
1896, was 7,l42, 900 bales compared
with I, 162, 4T3 bales. The closeness of
these estimates to the actual returns
has stamped them with the imprint of
correctness, and for the current crop
year our estimate is submitted with Il
degree of confidence that, barring un-
expected happenings, the yield for
1S97-9S will not exceed the maximum
figures of 9,37l, $50 bales of 500 pounds
each.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
A VERITABLE GOLCONDA.
Estimated Richness of the KIondike by Ono
Who Has Been There.

Estimated Richness of the KIondike by Ono
Who Has Been There.
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 12.-Pat Calvin,
who arrived here Saturday from Daw-
son City, and who is recognized as one
OF the bonanza kings of the Klondike,
where he has been engaged in mining
for the past three years, in an inter-
view yesterday reviewing the gold re-
gions of the north, estimating their
probable output, said:
There are 461 claims which have
been operated sufficiently to prove
their richness. There are 2S0 claims
already stalled out, but not developed.
BY reason of their location near other
claims already shown to be very rich,
have no doubt they will prove equal
to the other s6l.
Taking these claims and figuring
out their cubic contents and making a
conservative estimate, do not see why
the output from these claims alone will
fall short of $50, 600, ,OOO."
Mr.. Calvin unhesitatingly declared
that nothing that had been published,
so far as he knew, even approximated
the truth of what is really known OF
these great gold fields.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
HERE AND THERE.

II IL expected in Tokio that Japan's
budget next year will show deficit OF
e5,O00,000 silver dollars.
The number of young fishes trans
ferred last year from the hatcheries to
the waters of Wisconsin was 100000.
Denmark has labor unions compris-
ing $4,000 members. The Swedish
unions have a membership of 1000, the
Norwegians of 1900 laboring men.
Japan. which 40 years ago had nc
other than coasting vessels, none Of
them steamers, now has several steam
ship companies, the largest of which
owns 63 vessels.
In the Forestry building at the Ten
nessee centennial exposition As differ
ent kinds of hard wood are shown as
the product of single farm in Mont
gomery county, Tenn.
Some fish exhibit great power Of en-
durance when deprived of access to
their native element. Thus it is COM
mon practice in Holland to keep carp
alive for three weeks or a month. the
fish being placed in wet moss and kept
in cool spot.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad is
having built ten express cars for the
use of the United States Express COM
pany on the Baltimore & Ohio lines.
These cars are to be 60 feet in length,
of extra strength and so arranged that
they can be used for the transporta-
ton of fine horses. They will be fitted
up with removable stalls and when not
used for horses viii be placed in regu.
lar service
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
ORDERS TO UNITE.
joclety of the American Revolution Will
BE the Outcome.

jocIety of the American Revolution Will
BE the Outcome.
CINCINNATI, Oct IA plan of per-
manent union of two patriotic societies
nearly similar in name and purpose
has been agreed upon. They are the
National Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution and
the General Society of the Sons of
the Revolution. Both societies met
in separate session Tuesday and adopt
ed the plan of union prepared by
conference committee, with some
amendments. The Sons of the Revolu-
tion came to decision, after 4 long
debate, in which considerable opposi-
tion developed. The name agreed up
on is the Society of the American Revo.
luton Membership is to be limited
strictly to lineaI descendants CT
soldiers of the American revolu-
ton. The constitution adopted and
the plan of union are to be submit
ted to the several state societies of
both organizations by committee of
five from each national organization
for approval. When approved by 4
majority of the state societies these
committees are to call convention of
the members of both organizations to
launch the new one into existence.
DIR. Gallaudet, of Washington, d. c.,
is chairman of the committee of five
of the Sons of the American Revolu-
ton, and A. II. Pugh, of Cincinnati.
serves as chairman of the Sons of the
Revolution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
MISS CISNEaoS' ESCAPE.

II Can Not EmbroiI this Country In Trouble
with Spain-Safe as u Refugee Under Our
Laws, While Her Rescuer is Specially
Protected by an Article of the ExtradI.
tion Treaty Between Spain and the
United States
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-State depart
ment officials make light of the prospect
of any international trouble following
the escape of Miss Cisneros. They say
that, assuming that the girl and her
rescuer have reached the United
States. they cannot bp surrendered
even if claimed by the Spunish authori-
ties. The case is covered by two prin.
ciples of law that arr never deviated
from, according to the state depart
ment people.
As far as concerns Miss CisncroS. she
being a political refugee, cannot,
under our organic law, be surrendered,
and there Is no clause in the Spanish
e2tradition treaty that would serve as a
basis for claim for her ersurrender. The
circumstances under which she may
have reached the United States cannot
IN any manner effect the force OF this
doctrine.
As for the Journal agent, who Sc
cured the escape Of the girl, his case is
expressly covered in the following
article of the eXtradition treaty be-
tween Spain and the United States,
concluded in 1871:
Article VIII. Neither of the con-
tracing parties shall be bound to de-
liver up its own citizens or subjects
Under stipulations of this convention" "
This treaty was amended in 1882, but
this particular Article VIII was not
touched and remains in full force.
Moreover, it has been the general
policy of the United States to refuse to
deliver up its own citizens to a foreign
state, even when they were accused
of crime in such state.
AT the last session of congress Presi-
dent Cleveland sent to the senate the
draft of two treaties he had negotiated
and submitted for its approval. These
were the extradition treaties with the
Argentine confederation and with the
Orange Free State. In each case an
article was inserted permitting the
surrender of the citizen of a state to
another state upon charging of a
crime. These articles were inserted by
express direction of the president.
When the treaties were taken up in
the senate the new form was discov-
cred, and the senate very promptly
cut out the two articles, the debates
very strongly asserting the decision of
the Legislature To countenance no such
principle. President Cleveland was SO
firmly convinced of the value of the
articles. and SO determined in his opin-
ion that :his country could no longer
be permitted to shield criminals, even
though they were Americans. that he
refused to complete the negotiations,
although neither of the other contract
ing parties cared particularly for Tho
retention of the articles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
THE TEMPLE CUP
Easily Won by the BaItimores, the Pre-
yious Holders OF the Trophy.

Easily Won by the BaItimores, the Pre-
vious Holders of the Trophy.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Oct. IL. The Tenn
pie Cup will stay in Baltimore another
year. 1t has been won twice in sue
cession for the first time in its history,
! and if the 'Orioles" take it again it IS
theirs absolutely.
The former champions also take so
per cent. of the money paid in at the
gates in Boston and the two played
here, while the winners of the pennant
! will get but 40 per cent, unless, Us is
generally believed, the players have
agreed among themselves to divide the
spoils equally.
Yesterdays game, like all the 9TH
erS of the series save the first one, was
an easy proposition for the Balti-
moreaRs, who seemed to win as they
pleased, while the visitors never ap-
peared to think they had any chance
whatever. An audience SO small
that the management refused to
give the exact number, and SO
utterly devoid of enthusiasm that
scarcely ripple of applause occurred,
saw it done and appeared to be glad
that the game which, by the way, was
one of the hottest on record, was over,
and that the season was over with.
At it's conclusion both teams dis
banded and many of the players left
for their homes.
THE SCORE.
Baltimore. % x-s
Boston. 0 0 0 o Ia
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
G. A. r. APPOINT MENTS.
Members of the Staff of the Commanders
in-ChieH Announced.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 14.-Gen. j. P.
S. Goblin. of Lebanon, commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, has made the following appoint
ments: Inspector-General, Alonzo Will
liams, Providence, r. l.; judge advo-
cate-general, Eli Terrence, Minneapo-
lis, Mimi; senior aide-de-camp. Milton
4. e. Herst, Lebanon, Pa. Executive
Committee of the National Council of
Administration-ER K. Monfort, Cincin-
natl. o.; f. NJ. Sterrett, St. Louis, Mo-. :;
William II. Armstrong, indianapolis,
Ind; Robert w. Hill, Canandaigua, N.
Y. (member from iian territory);
Thomas W. Scott, Fairfield, ILL.,; Lu-
man Caldwell, Decorah, Ia; E!lwood
Craig, Wilmington, Del.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
HOW TO WASH EMBROIDERED
LINENS.

To wash embroidered linens so as not
to fade the co,ors, fill tub half full of
warm water, to which add little Ivory
soap, wash each piece through the
suds carefully, rinse in blue water to
which little thin starch is added.
Hang en- the line to dry. Iron on the
wrong side, pressing down heavily to
bring out the stitches, thus restoring
their original beauty.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
THE HOOSIER CAPITAL
Carried by the Democrats by Large Plu
raIIty and Good Majority.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE
official and unofficial returns of Tues.
days election show the vote for mayor
to be: Taggart (dem.) 90. 1sS; Hard
ing (rep.) $3.50: Taggart's plurality
over Harding 4,OOS. The probabilities
are that the majority may be in
creased.
Taggart's majority over all is at this
time 2,955, .here being six mayoralty
candidates The remainder OF the
democratic ticket is also elected.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
Try Grain-OI Try Grnin-o!

Ask your grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
distress. ii the price of coffee. l5c and
% cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
SMALL FORTUNE LOST.
A Package Containing Fourteen Thousand
Dollars Missing from the Malls.

CHICAGO, Oct. 14.-Some where be-
tween Omaha and Denver a package
containing S14, 900 has been lost. The
money was sent by registered package
by bank in Chicago to financial in
stitution in the west.
Inspector James E. Stewart, of the
post office, and his men have been hard
at work Oh the case several days, but
their endeavors can trace the money
westward from Chicago only as far az
Omaha
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
FAREWELL BANQUET.

Ethan A. Hitchcock, Minister to Russia, to
be Given a send-Or Mt st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. IA farewell dinner
will be rendered Ethan A. Hitchcock,
the newly-appointed minister to Rus
sia, Saturday evening, at the st. Louis
club, by the members of the CONNER
cial club, of st. Louis. Robert Mex.
Jones, the secretary of the club, has
the arrangements in charge, and al
though he says the event will be pure
ly informal in character, it is conceded
that it will be one of the swellest of
The season.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
Take the Air Line

To Louisville and Eastern Cities, So miles
the shortest from st. Louis, makes quickest
time, Pullman Sleepers, Parlor and Dining
Cars. All trains leave from st. Louis
Union Station. For complete information
address J. r. Tapp, Travelling Passenger
Agent, Kansas City. Mo. r. \. Campbell,
General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
COugbeu Is Yeara.

/ suffered for 25 years with cough, and
spent hundreds of dollars with doctors anC
for medicine to no avail until | used DR.
Bells Pine-Tar-Honey. This remedy make:
weak lungs strong. 1t has saved my life
j. b. Resell, Grantsburg, Ill. All Druggists
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
SENATOR-ELECT MONEY
appointed to Succeed the Late Senator
George, of Mississippi.

George, of Mississippi.
JACKSON, Miss, Oct. 12.-Gov Nc
Laurin wired last night from his home
in Brandon that he had appointed SEN
ator-Elect fernando De Soto Money as
United States senator, to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of the late
Senator ]. q. George, whose term cx-
pires in 1899.
The last legislature, after a long
deadlock, elected Mr.. Money for the
regular term, beginning in 1896. Seua.
tor George having declined reelection.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
OHIO SUPREME COURT,

Albert j. Frantz Must Dle-Must Not Use
LincoIn's Picture.
COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 1S.-The supreme
court yesterday decided that Albert J.
Frantz, of Dayton, o., must be elec.
trocuted for killing his sweetheart
The governor gave Frantz respite
until the 10Th to give him u chance be-
fore the board of pardons.
The court also decided that the ne
gro party, not having been through
the last election, could not Use pic
ture of Lincoln US All emblem at the
head OF their ticket.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

"Well, Willie" said grandma, ''have
you had all the dinner you want?"
NO" answered little Willie; "but l
have had all l can eat."-Tit-Blts.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
THE SPANISH WINKED.
So Thinks w. B. Calhoun About the Is
cape of Senorita Cisneros.

CHICAGO, Oct. IA special to the
Daily News from kaIkakee, ILL.,, says:
W. Is. Calhoun, of Danville, ex-special
commissioner to Cuba, knows enough
of the political situation in that island
to warrant his belief that the Spanish
authorities winked at the escape of
Miss Cisneros from Havana prison.
1t released the authorities from an
unpleasant situation without loss tc
their pride.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
New and Valuable

medicinal agencies are combined in DR..
Bells Iar-Honey. 1t advances a new
theory IN the treatment of coughs, colds,
lung and bronchial troubles. 1t gives i'm
mediate relief to consumptives.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

When the baby cries in a crowd mar
ried man tries to do something for it. Th
unmarried man thinks it is a nuisance
Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline.
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

An Uneventful Life.-'Ever buy a gold
brick at half price, uncle?' asked the fresh
city boarder. NO" said the innocent old
ruralist, 81 never had TO chance of that
kind yit t''-Indianapolis Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

What bicyclist fears is rising ground
especially the kind that rises up and strikes
him on the head.-Up-to-Date
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
star Plug Is strictly High Grade.

No expense is saved-no false economy is
practiced-in the manufacture of Star plug
tobacco. 1t is strictly high-grade in every
particular.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

An empty purse and miser's heart are
two of the hardest things in the world to
fill.-Ram's Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

Some people don't care how worthless an
article is so it is expensive.-Washingto
Democrat
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

If we ever invent anything it will be a
salt cellar that always has salt in it,-Wash-
ington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

Bargains are never offered us until it is
too late to do us any good.-Washington
Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

Guess from Experience-She- -"Who was
it that said that a wOman's best friend was
her dressmaker?" He - Probably the
dressmaker. .'-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

A slip, a fall, sprain-laid
Up. St. Jacobs Oil the cure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

As long as a girl lets you see the address
on her letters there is nothing serious going
on.-Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

Some people would rather be deceived by
their children than be told that they dis
obey them.-Washingto Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

Some men seem to be glad that they are
so poor that no debts can be collected from
them.-W ashington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

From any cause a bruise is cured
BY st. Jacobs Oil. Use it promptly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
Shake Into Your Shoes.

Aliens FootE Ease, powder for the feet
1t cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of CONS and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
OF the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight
or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain cure
for sweating, callous, hot, tired, aching feet.
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package, FREE. Write to
Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

The worse one feels, the more people wan
to talk to him-Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

Piso's Cure for Consumption relieves ths
most obstinate eoughs.-Rev. ID. Buch-
mueller, Lexington, Mo-, Feb. "a, '94.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16

Can't cure? Try it. That means
Rheumatism cured by St. Jacobs Oil.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-09-22
CIRCASSIA ARRIVES.
Passengers Are All Well and Ar G
Safely Landed at Queens
town,

Queenstown. Sept. 1.-The overdue
Anchor line steamer Circassia. which left
New York on August % for Glasgow
and which should have reached that port
on Thursday, September 8, was sighted
this morning off Hinsale head, in tow IF
the British steamer Memnon. Capt.
Bales, from Montreal on September y
for Ayonmoutn.
On September the Circassia was
ovcrhauled by the Thingvalla line steam
er Island from New York for Copen-
hagen. and was taken i'll tow by the lat
ter as she was in a disabled condition.
Owing to the heavy sea which prevailed.
however, the hawser parted and the ISL
and was unable to again take the Cir
cassia in tow.
The passengers of the Circassa are all
we'll and have been landed here. The
Memnon met the CircaSSia on Monday
last. September 13. when the two yes
sells were about go miles west of Queens
town. the Anchor liner having drifted
eastward about 80 miles after becoming
separated from the Island. The accident
which disabled the Circassia occurred on
Saturday, September /, when 900 miles
from New York.