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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-13

The Rev. James Boyd Brady, pas
tor of the Peoples Temple, in Boz
ton. .presides over the destinies of
the largest Methodist church in the
country.
Big. candid. Scotch-Irishman that
he is, DE-. Brady has built up the
Temple financially and numerically,
and today he is the pastor Of flock
of 100.
DR.. Brady devotes himself with un-
tagging courage to anything he un-
dertakes. The chief characteristic
OF his ministry has been progress, in
number. financial condition and
moral and spiritual growth. He is
a man OF plain. but vigorous words.
So much has been said aud written
about Dr.. Brady-his work, his pro-
gressive methods, his eloquence aud
his power as minister, that the
following letter from him will be
convincing and helpful to many per-
sons besides the large number who
are every Sunday Influenced for good
by his powerful preaching. He
writes:
Boston, Sept. 81. 1897.
Paine's celerp compound, il widely
and wisely used. would relieve ner-
vousness, soothe restlessness, reduce
sickness, strengthen the body, in
vigorate the mind. and add years OF
happiness to life.
JAMES BOYD BRADY,
Pastor Peoples Temple.
The man or woman who does not
take time to get well will sooner or
later have to take time to be ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-13
psr.e,.ry cs American Republics

Washington. Nov. i,-secrstsry sher-
man. Minister Romero. of Mexico. are
Minister Merou. % Argentine. members
of the executive committee Of the Bu-
reau % American Republics. were at the
White House yesterday and presented
the first volume OF the commercial dirsc-
tory of the American republics 10 Presi-
dent Mckinley. There was considerah.e
fcrmality about the matter. the prcscn-
tst.on being made In the blue Roora.
Secretary sherman presented the voI-
NINA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-13
The Dingley Bill

After years of effort to Sc
cure to the public a guaran-
tee of buying pure and un-
adulterated liquors, gave dis.
tillers the privilege of hottling
their product in bond under
the direct supervision of the
government, and requiring
that each package should bear
a stamp certifying the age and
quality of its contents. We
have secured the exclusive
agency for Clark's pure rye
bottled under the above con-
ditions expressly for family
and medicinal use. No med
icine chest should be without
an article that the public
can fully depend upon as
being what it represents. If
goods are not satisfactory on
trial they may be returned.
On sale only at the
H-El Family Liquor Store
l7oe Third Avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-13
ve-av,a- 4 speasiae F,r-.

Maple Nov. i2-rhc eruption of
Mount vesuvius which began on Nor
day last. IL Increasing In activity The
spectacle r. grand. Columns % smoke
and tongues % flame are beiching from
The central crater while showers Of Gin
ders are falling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-13

Consumption in its advanced stsges
is beyond power Of man to cure. II
can be prevented. though. bv timely
use OF DR.. Woods Norway Pine Sy-
rsp. na.u'e's own remedy for sough b.
and colds. Sold BY Marshall &
Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-13

Aa-h s:.;Sn. - so-r.. ssi Cas-
ssrei csndf ca'bsstie cprs gu.r~n
s---' 81 ---s. ~ ss@,,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

While His Wife and Children were Burned
to Death-Seven Persons Burned in Ho-
bOkon and Thirty Families Rendered
Homeless.
HoBoKEN, n. J., Feb. This city
was visited by two disastrous fires be-
tween 1880 Saturday night and )
o'clock yesterday morning. Seven
persons were burned to death and 80
families were made homeless.
The Saturday night fire started in
the three-story frame building at 41G
Newark street. Here six persons lost
their lives.
The father of the family, Charles
Schroeder, was in a nearby saloon
playing cards while his wife and child.
rem were dying.
The second fire started at 8 o'clock
yesterday morning in the five-story
double deck tenement at 157 Four
teenth street, rel a mile from the
scene of the first. In this fire three
tenements, J55, 157 and 159 were en-
tirely wrecked and 1873 was damaged
badly by water. One child was burned
to death on the fourth floor of No. 157.
She was Mabel Mangles, 3 years old
As near as can be determined the
fire at 41O Newark street started in a
defective fue in Schaeffer's wheel
three-story frame building. Schaeffer
occupied the second floor as living
apartments. The front rooms on the
third floor were occupied by Charles
Schroeder and his family, while James
Blanchard and family occupied the
rooms in the rear. The Blanchard
family was first to discover the fire,
which had gained such Roadway that
they barely made their escape by way
of the roofs of adjoining buildings.
1t was impossible to discover the fate
of the Schroeder family until the lire
had subsidized.
When the police entered the build
ing little save the shell remained, and
they were obliged to exercise great
care in climbing about the place.
They finally reached the top floor and
made their way into the front room.
Stretched across the bed, blackened
and charred, lay the mother, and
clasped tightly in her arms was the
little baby, Willie. Beside the E5other
and baby, in the same bed, lay the
charred bodies of the girls, Maggie
and Kate. 1t is likely that they were
suffocated in their sleep. On u mat
tress on the floor near the window Law
the body of the boy, John, but the
body of Henry, the oldest boy, was no.
where to be seem. Upon further search
hainn mazda tina hnufS hn1u ~ f,-I
under a mass of debris in the hall,
burned almost to a crisp.
1t is believed that the boy was
aroused during the fire; and in his eff
forts to escape ran into the hall.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE senate vas not in session on the
3Oth. In the house almost the sole
subject of consideration was the agri-
cultural appropriation bill. AS usual
the distribution of seeds was the sub
iect of discussion. Il motion to strike
off the appropriation altogether being
lost by a vote of "a to 20. The pro-
posed Encouragement of salaries of bu-
reau officers were stricken out of the
bill and the provisions of the present
law inserted in place of them. The
bill was then passed, as were two or
three private bills, when the house adj
iourned.
The German government is about to
send a special commission to Bombay
to investigate the bubOnic plague
which is raging there with a view of
adopting precautionary measures
against the introduction of the disease
into Europe. DIR. Kock, the eminent
German bacteriologist, has been sum-
moned from South Africa to head the
commission.
THERE will be no Communication of
the sentence of eight months impris-
onment imposed on Lady Scott for
libeling her sOn-in-law, Earl Russell.
Earl Cadogan and other of her friends
have sought to obtain her release, but
they have failed to shake the home
secretary's decision not to set her at
liberty.
The statement of the associated
l-~1- ~ No. Vii a,t- g. kLn
week ended the 10th showed the fol-
lowing changes: Reserve, increase,
81, OsO. $50; loans, decrease, 81, 573, 900;
specie, increase, $3.50, 500; legal tend
ers, increase, 81, 493, 900; deposits, de-
crease, Sl47, 500; circulation, decrease,
S36S, 800.
The New York World alleges that
SO, 900. 600 by the railroads of the coun-
try by means of padding the mails for
a period of 80 days every -four years,
when the government is about to
make its quadrennial reweighing.
BETWEEN one and two o'clock, on the
morning of the 31st, the extensive plant
of the Scranton, PA Heat and Power
Co., in the center of the city, was al
most totally destroyed by fire, at a loss
of $50, 900. Half the town was left in
darkness.
PRINCESS LOUISE, eldest daughter of
King Leopold of Belgium, and wife
of Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, brother of Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria, has eloped with al Austrian
captain of hussars.
THE resignation of Lieut.. C. A. Stone,
o. S. N, retired, has been accepted,
dating January 81.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

A DISPATCH from Constantinople
says: The sultan is detected at the
prospects of his Mohammedan SUBJ
jects backing the European demands.
His grand vizier and foreign minister
are both exhausted from worry, and
the grand vizier is seeking permission
to resign.
The recent cold wave found many
unprepared to resist the biting blasts,
and intense suffering was reported
from the big cities in its pathway. In
Chicago especially the distress of the
many thousands of hungry families of
the unemployed was truly pitiable.
Mrs. HUNGERFoRD, the novelist, bet
ter known by her o de plume, The
Duchess" died in Dublin on the 2lth.
Mrs. Hungerford had a rare person.
Though past middle age, she always
retained a bright, youthful appear
ance, and was generally in a vivacious,
cheerful mood.
AN Egyptian commission, appointed
for the purpose, has started on a tour
of the various Red sea ports to ar
range precautionary measures against
the bubonic plague which is raging in
Bombay and other ports of India.
THE marquis of Dufferin, the retir-
ing British ambassador to France, has
accepted the presidency of q commit
tee to celebrate, at Bristol, the four
hundredth anniversary of Cabot's dis
covery of America.
THE preparations for the Bradley
Martin ball in New York, that is to
outshine the Vanderbilts, continue.
1t is said, however, that several
wealthy women have concluded to
remain at home on the night of Feb
ruary 10, fearing an outbreak of some
kind at the Waldorf as the result of
the great prominence which the affair
has received.
The plague news from Bombay is
not reassuring. The British sanitary
commissioner has reported seriously
on the situation, but Englighmen re-
gard the chances of the plague getting
a foothold in Great Britain as being
remote.
The consular and diplomatic bill
was reported to the house on the 25th.
1t carried an appropriation of 81, 651,-
SOB, which is an increase of $50, 600
over the appropriation for the current
fiscal year.
EDWARD j. IVORY, alias Bell, acquit.
ted in London of a charge OF compile
ity in a dynamite conspiracy, and John
A. Mcintyre, formerly district attor-
ney in New York, who went to London
in defense of Ivory, sailed for New
York on the 25th.
The senate foreign relations COM
mittee, on the 25th, favorably reported
a bill providing that the shore end of
any new submarine telegraphic cable
which shall be protected in any for.
eign country by exclusive landing
rights or other special privileges shall
not be permitted to land IN this coun-
try without the consent of congress.
Mrs MCKINLEY, wife of the presi.
dent-elect, accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. Barber, arrived in Chicago over
the Lake Shore road from Canton, O.,
on the Goth. They were driven at
once to the residence of Mr.. Lafayette
McWilliams. 1861 Lake avenue
Miss ANNA VANDEwATER and two
children, a boy aged about eight years
and a girl about four, persisted in a
burning farm house four miles south
of Bel4eville, Mich, on the Goth
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
George Taylor.

Sheriff Buckner and q posse and
brought to town. Taylor was taken
by surprise and made no resistance
whatever. He had been domiciled in
a small cabin on the ranch, and ap-
parentlv felt secure that his identity
was unknown. A strong guard was
placed over the prisoner in the city
Jail, and the governor will ibe applied
to for extradition papers.
George and William Taylor, farmers,
were convicted of the brutal murder
of Mr.. and Mrs. Meeks and the at
tempted assassination of their little
daughter, who survived to tell the
tale of the crime. Both brothers at
tempted an escape from the jail and
George succeeded, and no trace has
since been found of him until now.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
HON HELPS.

A handful of hops in the brine in
which hams and bacon are picked adds
to the flavor of the meat and keeps the
brine sweet. d.
To remove iron-rust spots in the abb
sence of sunshine, soap them well,
place a wet cloth on a very hot iron;
when the steam rises, lay the spots on
the cloth and Immediately rub with a
crystal of oxalic acid, or a damp cloth
dipped in powdered crystals. When the
spots have disappeared, wash at once in
several waters. Guard the acid well, as
1t is a deadly poison.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
EVERYDAY THINGS.

Paper collars are now almost gone
out of use, owing to the cheapness of the
linen article and the convenience and
excellence of the work done by the
laundry. They were made of a basis
of linen with a film of paper celluloid
spread over it's surface.
Pocketknives are now machine made,
the blades being stamped from strips
of steel and afterwards ground and
polished before being fixed in the
handle. The assembling" of the diff
ferent parts Of the knife is q matter
of hand labor
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

The large grain elevator of the W.
Il. Purcell Mating Co., at One Hun
dred and Twenty-third street and the
Belt line tracks, Chicago, was de-
stroyed by fire on the Goth. The ele-
vator was recently rebuilt. two former
structures having been damaged by
fire. The loss, which is estimated at
1850, 900, is nearly covered by insur-
aupa
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

IL the Missouri senate, on the 9th,
a Joint concurrent resolution was in
troduced by Senator Schweickardt, and
adopted, that $3.50, 600 be appropriated
for the relief of the tornado sufferers
at St. Louis, and that a commission be
appointed to attend to the distribution
of the money.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

The senate committee on foreign
relations, on the 25th, discussed the
general treaty of arbitration for
more than an hour, but no conclusion
was reached on any portion. The
whole time seems to have been de-
voted to a discussion of the relations
of the Nicaragua canal and the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty to this proposed
new convention. Many suggestions
were offered, but none took tangible
form.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

On the 27th the president approved,
among others, acts to enable the town
of Flagstaff, Ariz., to issue water
bonds; to incorporate the convention
of American Instructors of the Deaf,
and for the relief of telegraph opera
tors who served in the war of the re-
bellion,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

AMONG the f~rst-class post offices
showing a falling off in receipts for
the last quarter of 1896 Chicago shows
q decrease of 81, 735; Cincinnati, SlO,-
ADJ; St. Louis, $50, 5O4; Cleveland, ST.
EOS; Kansas City, 81, 221; Minneapolis,
Sc, 2O2; ST. Paul, S., COS, and Louisville,
81 .59s.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

ATHENS, O., Jan. 30.-Reports have
been received here that the town of
Albany, o.. is burning. There is no
direct communication with the place,
which is off the railroad. The loss Is
said to be heavy, but nc particulars
can be learned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

A DISPATCH from Madrid says that
President Canovas has made a formal
denial that any negotiations for a new
commercial treaty between Spain and
the United States are in progress.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

A MOVE to break down the great
Welsbach monopoly in incandescent
gaslights will be made in the United
States circuit court in Chicago. The
attack will be made on the patent
itself, and it will be claimed that the
legal rights of the Welsbach company
expired in August of last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

HENRY CHENowITz, a mason, 55 years
old, returned to his home in Long Is
land City, n. Y, on the 2sth, after re-
covering from an operation by which
the whole of his tongue was removed.
His trouble was due to cancer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Missouri School for the Blind.

The attendance at the school for the
blind in st. Louis during 1896 was the
largest in it's history. The new class
this year numbers about 30.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

The Hawaiian Gazette of the 18th,
in it's annual review of trade, says
hat the past year was financially the
most prosperous in the history OF the
island.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

THE president-elect of the United
States is "a years old. 1t was on Jan
uary 20, 1s4s, that he first saw the
light of day at Niles, O.. where his IA
ther was manager and proprietor OF
an iron foundry.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

On the 22d State Insurance Commits.
sioner Matthews of Ohio announced
that he would not relicense'the Lloyd's
insurance concerns of New York to dc
business in Ohio, because they were
notlegal organizations under the laws
of that state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

FAILURES throughout the United
States, as reported by r. G. Dun & Co.
for the week ended on the Goth were
831, against 400 for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 81, against 20 last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
TAYLOR

The Murderer of the Meeks Family Found
In California, Living In Seclusion on .
Ranoh-The Crime for Which the Taylor
Brothers were Sentenced to Hang,
Which Penalty One of Them Has Al
ready Paid.
HANFoRD, Cal, Jan. 31-George
Taylor, under sentence of death %
participating in the murder OF the
Meeks family near Carrollton, Mo-,
and who escaped from the Carrollton
Jail several months ago. was captured
on the Jacob ranch. near Hanford, by
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

The Hall-Lansing block, 1896 o
street, Lincoln, Neb., was totally de-
stroyed by fire at an early hour OIL the
morning of the 10Th. The block was
occupied by roomers, and, as the leg
islature was in session, was quite full.
Several had narrow escapes. The
building was valued at $4,000; par
TALLY insured. The u of the fire
was a lamp explosion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
A Good ONCE.

The governor has appointed Charles
P. Higgins excise commissioner OF st.
Louis. The office is Il good one, and
Mr.. Higgins, like his predecessor, will
'etire rich.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
The Governor Had Mercy.

John NJ. Meacham, aged Is, who was
sentenced to the pe%nitentiary for two
years from Worth county, through the
mercy of Gov. Stephens will go to the
reeoy2 school for boys at Boonville.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Grip Caused His Death.

John Q. Bryan, city marshal of Se-
dalia Immediately after the war, died
at Camp Branch, six miles south of
Sedalia, recently, of grip, aged ST.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

Hon. Lafayette Dawson, noted as a
criminal lawyer, died at Maryville,
aged about So. A few days before his
death he was received into the NJ. Z.
church, south.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
GOV. BRADLsY'S DILEMMA.
Dire Punishment IL He Does and n Ter
rible Fate IL He DOesn't.

ribIe Fate IL He Doesn't.
FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. 1.-Gov. Brad
ley has received the following letter,
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Jan. "a
Gov. Bradley, Frankfort, Ky. Sir: 1t would
be unjust to hang Scott Jackson and WalIinp
on my account, for l am alive and we'll, and nv
parents will never be able to find me.
Respectfully,
A BRYAN.
P. ST. leave here this afternoon.
The governor has received numerous
letters threatening him with dire pun,
ishment if he does not commute the
sentences of Jackson and W%alling.
Others say he will meet with u terri
BILE fate should he show mercy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

The total land valuation in st. Louis
county for taxation is S22, 4Os, 2lO, and
total valuation of personal 81, 976, 1873,
making a grand total of SPA, aS9, $40.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Death of q Wealthy Woman.

Mrs. Ann R. Allen, of St. Louis,
widow of Thomas Allen, died at Pitts
field, Mass, recently, aged 20. She
was worth $40, DOC, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

JONAH and the whale furnished an
hours mirth to Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, on the evening of the oath,
and Rev. Lyman Abbott, the preacher,
dissected the Hebrew prophet with a
skill and a humor that delighted his
auditors. Indeed, the audience be-
came SO hilarious at the close that DR..
Abbott felt obliged to administer a
mild rebuke.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
Baptist Conference at sedaIia.

The fifth Sunday convention and
special conference of the pastors of
Harmony Baptist association was held
at East Sedalia Baptist church, and
was largely attended.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

The house committee on labor, on
the 9th, ordered favorably reported
the bill of Mr.. Watson, Of Ohio, pro-
hibiting the use of prison labor on
buildings erected for the United States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

A resolution was adopted in the Mis-.
souri, legislature indorsing McKinley's
proposition 10 devote the inaugural
fund to charity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

The formal enforcement of BIT.
Hon. and BIT. Rev. Mandel Creighton,
who was recently appointed bishop of
London to succeed BIT. Hon. and Most
Rev. Frederick Temple, the latter hav-
ing been elevated to the Office of arch
bishop of Canterbury and primate OF
all England, will take place on the
10th
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06

HERR FRENTzEL, a merchant Of Ber-
lin, and Herr Krupp, the gun maker,
of Essen, have been appointed life
members of the upper house OF the
Prussian landtag.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
The warrenbure Normal.

The third quarter term of the War
rensburg state normal school opened
with an enrolment of lis, an increase
over the enrolment of last term of 20.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-06
MISSOURI a NEWS.
The Normal School Question.

Principal points in Representative
Aydelott's bill for abolishing state
normal schools in Missouri:
WHEREAS, The state, after twenty-five
years Of experience with normals, with an ex-
penditure Of sells, 755 up to 1896 hand up to 1894
only sent out 10 four-year and 3ls two-year
normal graduates as against SIG private college
graduates without cost to the state; and
WHEREAS, The forthcoming report Of the
state superintendent of public schools will
show that out Of the 1900 teachers in the
state only 1000 have attended either Of the
state normal schools as much as six months
showing that less than II per cent. Of the
teachers in the state have enjoyed any OF the
advantages of the said normal schools; there
fore be 1t
Resolved, That it is the sense Of this house
that the state normals, located at Kirksville,
Warrensburg and Cape Girardeau, should be
turned over to the communities in which they
are situated, by nominal sale, without appro-
priations and power to grant state certificates,
and by so doing give each OF them a chance tc
stand upon their own merits, as the private
normals ard colleges OF the state must do; and
be it further.
"ReSo Jred, That this house will favor o lib
eral appropriation for the maintenance of O
normal department to the state university,
which shall be the one authority outside OF the
state superintendent Of public schools which
Shall be given the authority to grant state GER
tihcates TO teachers, to the end that private
enterprise In the way OF establishing normal
schools and colleges in this state, may be en-
couraged."