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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
At Danger Line at Cincinnati and n Disas.
trOus Flood Anticipated.

CINCINNATI, March 24.-The rain still
continues. The river at 10 am. reached
danger line ana was rising four inches
an hour. The real danger point is so
feet. 1t requires over 53 to reach the
railway tracks. With the river rising
rapidly from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati
and the great Miami pouring in an I'M
usual flood below Cincinnati. and with
the rain still falling, it is difficult to
see how a disastrous flood can be
avoided. River men and others hope
for the early appearance of cold wealth
err to cheek the flood.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

A RELIEF fund of s9,233 and 81 car
loads of provisions and clothing, col
lected in Missouri, Kansas and Okla
homa for the starving Cubans of Ma
tanzaS, was forwarded south from
Kansas City, Mo-, on the Goth. These
relief measures are carried out under
the management of the Kansas City
Star, and agents of that paper will aid
in the distribution at Matanzas, under
the direction of United States Consul
Brice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

The annual declamatory contest of
the young ladies of Moniteau county
took place in California. Miss Georgia
Hill, of the California high school, won
first prize: Miss Virginia Leah Clark,
of Upton high school, second. and Miss
Cora DefOe, of Sherman school, third.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

SENIOR Polo, the Spanish minister,
said, on the 22d, that the report from
Madrid that he had notified his govern
ment that the American naval court of
inquiry's report was that the explosion
was of external origin was an error.
He had had no means of ~ascertaining
the fact and had made no report to his
government.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Wrecked BY a Storm.

A storm wrecked II houses and de.
stroyed many smaller buildings at Blue
Mills, a little village near the summit
of a hill about ten miles northwest of
Independence. on the Missouri Pacific
road. The house of Martin Hugle was
carried a distance of 20 feet. Hugle
was internally injured and may die.
Neither Mrs. Hugle nor the children
We're injured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Fatal Wreck in Texas.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March ga ia
tai wreck of an extra freight train on
the Southern Pacific, took place six
miles east of Langtry, in Edwards
county. Engineer Geo. Smith and Will
Dulling, of San Antonio, were caught
in the wreck and injured, Smith dying.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

NINETEEN steamships were chartered,
on the 18th, to load grain at Philadel-
phia, New York and Baltimore on Eu-
ropean account, which is claimed to be
the largest number ever chartered for
that purpose in a single day. 1t was
estimated that these vessels would
carry at least 5000, 900 bushels of grain,
and it was reported that many orders
from London were not filed because of
the rush.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
VIII Respond Promptly.

Adjt.-Gen. Bell stated the other night
that in case the president made a call
for troops the national guard of Mis-
souri, would respond promptly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
A Venerable Banker Seriously I'LL.

CLEVELAND, O., March %. - The
venerable Truman H. Handy, widely
known as the oldest banker in active
service in the United States, is serious
" i'll at his home on Euclid avenue.
Mr.. Handy is over 81 Years of age.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

IT is known positively that the ne
gotiations between Gen. Pando's dele
gates, Ramairez and Charvez, and Gen..
Calixto Garcia and other prominent
Cuban insurgents, in which the radical
autonomists made what are said to be
final offers of practical independence,
proved an absolute failure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Fright and Bad whisky.

Black Ben Norris, Il st. Louis negro,
committed suicide by shooting in the
head. He believed lie was Il murderer,
a condition of mind brought about by
fright and bad whisky.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

A LETTER, alleged to have been writ
ten by Gen. Weyler to a Havana editor,
tells of preparations having been made
in Havana harbor for just such a catas-
trophe as happened to the Maine. In
it he says he rapidly finished the work
hat Martinez Campos carelessly aban-
doned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Relieved of His Command.

CHICAGO, March 23.-Col. Marcus
Kavanaugh has been relieved of COM
mand of Seventh Illinois national
guard by Gov. Tanner for pa-ading his
troops on st. Patrick's day. Lieut.-Col.
Daniel Moriarity has been placed in
command
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

THERE were about 300 persons pres,
ent in the grand hall of the Hotel Cecil,
in London, on the 18th, when the third
cable chess match for the Anglo-Amer-
lean chess trophy, presented by Sir
George Ncwnes, was opened. All the
prominent London chess men were
among the audience, and the exchange
of greetings over the cable elected loud
and prolonged cheers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

At Bradleyville, fancy county, Scott
Masterson's son was married. and the
event was celebrated by a dance at Mas
terson's house. A difficulty arose, and
Il fight resulted, in which Masterson
shot Jake Lakey through the breast.
Lakey was u fiddler.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

THE London morning papers, on the
21st, published a long statement by
Seaman Newman, recently arrived in
England, who was on board the Maine
at the time of the disaster in Havana
harbor. Newman solemnly declares
that the explosion was external and on
the port side of the ship.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

THE Spanish minister called at the
state department, on the 21st, and pre-
sented Messrs. Angulo, Valera and Ca
denas, who are the direct representa-
tives of the autonomous cabinet in
Cuba. With this presentation negotia-
expected to begin.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

SECRETARY LONG has re-christened
the cruiser Abruel, recently purchased
from the Brazilian government, and
hereafter she will be known as the Al
bany, in honor of the capital of the
Empire state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

THE weekly statement of the New
York associated banks, for the week
ended on the 19th/ showed the fol-
lowing changes: Surplus reserve, in
crease, $685. CPS; loans, increase, S1O,-
55S, 100; specie, increase, S5,211, 800; le-
gal tenders, decrease, 81, sos, 500; de-
posits, decrease, 81, 1904, 500; circulation,
increase, 500, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
A Rich Man and the jury.

A rich man of st. Louis told Il judge
that he would rather pay 500 fine than
serve a week on a jury. Very WELL"
said the judge, you be here Monday
morning or it will be ten days in Jail"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

Wm. Walker, aged1 IA, was accidental
ly shot and killed by James Anderson,
aged -, at Bcaman, Pettis county. The
boys We're scuffiing, Walker attempt
ing to take the weapon, which was not
known to be loaded, from Anderson,
when it was discharged.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

GERMANY has no inclination to inter-
fere in the Cuban question. The Ber-
lin Post says that Germany's complex
commercial interests, as well as her
regard for the German residents in
the United States, forbid any inter-
ference.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

Oscar Hursteind John Berry We're very
seriously, one is thought fatally,
burned, at Rich Hill, the other night,
by the explosion OF a can of powder
from which they were loading shells.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Buried Under Tons of Earth.

ST. LOUIS, March 24.-Louis J. Koch
Ter and Noah Laroe were buried under
an earth slide in the Koehler Sand Co.'S
pit, in Carondelet, at $50 a. m, and
both were instantly killed. Mr.. Koch.
Ter was manager of the company.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Brought I'm a Verdict of Guilty.

WEST UNION, Ia, March 23.-The
jury in the Frank Dorland murder
trial yesterday brought in a verdict of
guilty of assault with S2sent to commit
great bodily iniur,.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

SUPT. J. W. MILLS, of the Pomona
Call agricultural experiment station,
has succeeded in grating a morning
glory on a sweet potato vine. As a re-
suit both plants attained an unusually
large growth. The sweet potato vine
produced 81 pounds of potatoes, the
average being from 10 to II ounces.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

SECRETARY LONG issued an order. on
the 21st, that the Amazonas, the cruiser
recently purchased at Newcastle-on-
Tyne from the Brazilian government,
shall pear the name of New Orleans,
in honor of the principal city of Louisi-
ana
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Confirmed BY the Senate.

Nominations of the following to be
postmasterS of Missouri towns have
been confirmed by the United States
senate: W. l.. Siliman. GAINESVILLE; e..
+. Robinson, jefferson City; WE. Bloc.
baum, st. Char les.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

SENATOR PROCTOR, of Vermont, made
ais promised statement upon affairs in
Cuba, on the 18th, in the form of a
speech in the senate. 1t was a graphic,
but unimpassioned picture of what he
had witnessed during his recent visit,
and was listened to by crowded cham
Der and galleries with deep interest.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

The western portion of Richmond was
visited by a tornado early the other
morning. Three houses were demol.
ished and others were lifted from their
foundations and turned completely
around. Several persons were slightly
injured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

THE president announced, on the
22d, that he had decided to appoint
Judson Lyons, the negro national COM
mitteeman from Georgia, to be register
of the treasury to succeed the late b.
X. Bruce.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
The Emery wheel Burst.

At Kansas City, Edgar Farley, aged
II, was working at an emery wheel
when it broke. one-half of it crashing
through the boys skull. He died.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

SENIOR SoBRAL, late Spanish naval at
tache at Washington, who has full
plans of all the United States coast de-
lenses, has been appointed on the staff
of the Spanish admiralty. He had a
long conference, on the 18th, with the
minister of state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
THE DEMOCRAT
B. ii. ADAMS, PGhiisher.

THE Pail Mall Gazette says that Mr..
Gladstone's general condition is appre-
ciably worse, and it is his OWL wish to
be moved to Hawarden with as little
delay as possible.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Dunkards to Go to North Dakota.

A colony of 125 Dunkards left War
r~ensburg recently for North Dakota to
make their homes there, where they
will be joined by a number from In
diana.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Struck by Lightning and Burned.

The depot of the Kansas City, Pitts
burg & Gulf railway at Katy, Vernon
county, vas struck by lightning and set
on fire. The building and contents
were consumed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

Robert Bragg, accused of murder in
Clay county, W. Va, was arrested at
Jacksonville, Linn county, and lodged
in Jail at Linneus, by Deputy Sheriff
Critchfield, of Brookfield, and Marshal
Reece of Meadville.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Died Broken-Hearted.

Sallie Bean, from Clinton, was found
dying in an alley at Nevada, having
taking morphine. She left a note stat
ing she died broken-hhearted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

May, Stern & Co.'S mammoth house.
hold furniture warehouse. St. Louis,
with its contents, was destroyed by
tire. The loss will reach 500, O9O.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

THE naval appropriation bill, as re-
ported to the house, on the 22d, carries
a total of So, 6S3, O5s, an increase over
last year of So, 764, 432 and over the cur
rem estimates of s., 514, S24.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Farmer and Three Daughters Drowned.

While trying to ford Pomme de Terre
river at Flowers Mill, Is miles from
Humansville, Henry Walker, Il promi-
nent farmer, and his two daughters
were drowned and the wagon and team
!lst.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
THE FLOODS IN OHIO.
Railroad Tracks Submerged and
Towns Inundated.
Hundreds of Families Driven From Their
Homes and the Losses to Property,
Public and Private Will be
Enormous.

COLUMBUS. O.. March 24.-The Cleve-
land division of the Big -Four railway
and the south line of the Columbus,
Sandusky & Hooking were the only
two of IL railroads here that could
move trains out of the city yesterday.
The fine condition of the Big -Four line,
north enabledit to handle its own bust
ness and trains of the Panhandle, Co.
lumbus. Hooking Valley and Toledo rail-
ways. The water trouble with most
of these roads was, and is, in or near
this city.
1t seems to be settled hat the sys
TEN of lavees which protected the west
side of the city against ordinary Hoods
are gone. They are submerged and
are known to be badly broken in many
places. These breaks permitted water
to flow where it had not gone, perhaps,
in 40 years. People in these parts
were slow in moving out or upstairs
There are 1.5OO or 1000 of them on up
per floors of dwellings situated in an
artificial lake.
Men who worked all of Tuesday
night to save bridges and levees sent.
out messages to warn householders,
but many of them. considering them
selves safe, remained at home.
The central part of the city is with
out water. the west w~aterwOrks being
subject to inundation and the east sta
ton not being adequate to the emer-
gency. The electric power-house Of
the Columbus street railway is sur
rounded by water, but sufficiently pro-
tected, it is believed, to continue oper-
atoms. The first gas holder to be
erected upon the site of the new gas
work is enclosed by water.
West Broad street, part of the old
Natural road, being high and COM
pactly built, is the only west side ave-
nue. open to travel its full length. 1t.
divides the upper and lower artificial
lakes, except as connected under
bridges.
The water is now falling.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Lost His Life by the Sweeping Away of q
Bridge.

NEWARK, o., March 24.-H. C. Ross.
lost his life when the East Main-street
bridge was swept away by the food
yesterday at this place. Many people
owing to high water are leaving their
homes. The water is the highest ever
known. The street car po~wer-house is
flooded and no are running. Many
country bridges are washed away.
Telephone lines are down and all rail-
road trains are at a standstill.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Damage by the Flood at DeIs

Damage by the Flood at Delaware, Ohio.
DELAWARE, o., March 23.-The flood
which began last night continued to-
day. torrents of water pouring through
the business streets. Four squares of
business houses are under water and
stock is either damaged or completely
ruined. The rushing waters removed
buildings from their foundations, while
scores of wagon and foot bridges have
been carried away.
1t is stated here tonight that the
village of Waldo, north of here, has
been washed out of existence, but the
report cannot be confirmed, as all COM
m]unication with Waldo is cut off.
The Columbus, Hooking Valley &
Toledo railway trains were run oye
the Big -Four tracks between here and
Columbus. The Columbus, Sandusky
Il Hooking traffic was blocked, and
passengers were transported IN hacks
from one train to another. The loss in
this city will exceed $4,000.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Worst Flood in the History of the scioto
River.

COLUMBUS, o., NJ arch 1.-The worst
local flood in the history of the Scioto
river is in progress here. Thirteen Of
Is railroads Ear not get trains in or out
of the city. Fifty families at least are
homeless and 500 more houses are flood
ed. No lives lost so far.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
The water is now falling.
Dayton, o., in Imminent Danger-Hun-
dreds OF Homes Under Water.

dreds of Homes Under Water.
DAYTON, o., March 24.-Dayton is in
worse danger than at any time since
1866, when the central part of the city
was flooded. The Miami river shows
1872 feet at the government gauge and
is rising. Last year when about $780,
900 damage was done, the rivers high
est mark 1914 feet. North Dayton is
completely under water and fully BOO
houses are almost covered. There were
several narrow escapes, but no lives are
reported lost. The backwater is doing
great damage below the city. Three of
the six trolley lines in the city are.
blocked, and the steam rail-
roads north of the city are
d~emoralized. At this writing the,
levees protecting Miami City and
Riverdale, very populous sections, are
in danger, and every effort is being
made to strengthen the levees. The.
water is in the cellars in the central
portion of the city, and large and val
liable stocks of merchandise will I'M
doubtedly suffer, so that the loss in.
that direction alone will be tremend-
GUS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
The Rain. sleet and snow-storm.

The rain. sleet and snow-storm of the
22d and 23d caused great damage in
Missouri, especially in the northern
and central portions. Many streams
were made torrents, flooding farm
lands and sweeping everything before
them. Freezing temperature extended
as far south as st. Louis; in the north
ern portion of the state the mercury
dropped to 20.
Fears We're entertained for peaches
and early fruits that the warm weather
had almost caused to bloom.
In many localities rain fell GO hours
without ceasing, and hen turned te
sleet and snow.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
A NEWS


George C. Brown, an old and highly
respected citizen of Howard county, of
Bright's disease, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. w. w. Walker, of Arm
strong.
May, the 1~4-year-old daughter of Hon.
Robert ~Shakelford. at the home of her
parents in Wellesville.
Mrs. Catherine Sublette, of Sedalia,
aged &c, one of the heirs to the Sub
lette estate in St. Louis. She was
buried at Harrisburg, Boone county,
where for more than sixty years she
was a member of Mount Zion Mission
airy Baptist church.
DR.. Timothy L. Papin, an old ply.
stefan of st. Louis.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05
CURIOSITY SATISFIED.

MT. McSwat groaned in his sleep, rolled over, and awake.
 He sat bolt upright in his bed.
 What is the matter. Billiger?" asked Mrs McSwat, whom his uneasy mo- tions had aroused from her slumbers.
 Nothing much" he answered. T had something like a nightmare, I think
 Were you rolling off the roof of house. and did you wake up just before you hit the ground?" queried Mrs. Mo- Swat, becoming interested at once. Do you know some people think that if you don't wake before you reach the ground you"
 'I think I'd like to go to sleep again, Lobelia," murmured Mr. McSwat lying down and emitting a large and lugubri- OuS yaWn.
 But what was your nightmare, Bil- liger?" persisted Lobelia.
 'I didn't say it was nightmare. I said it was something like night mare'
 "Something terrible looking at you over the footboard of the bed, and you tried to scream and couldn't? Was it like that?"
 NO, and it wasn't a big fish with horns and a contralto voice trying to swallow me. Suppose you quiet down now and go to sleep.
 T think that's as mean as it can be. You woke me up, tell me you've had a nightmare"
 Great Scott, Lobelia-"
 tSomething like a nightmare-that's what you said. It was enough to wake you up, and you woke me, and now you won't tell me what 1t was. You must have some reason for it. How do you suppose I can go to sleep again when you act like that? Was 1t a note com- ing due? Have you been running into debt without saying anything to me about"
 If you'll not say anything more I'll tell you as nearly as 1 can"
 There's no use in your saying that. You know exactly what it was. I want the whole story
 Suffering Socrates! There isn't any whole story. All there is to tell Is that I seemed to be oppressed by some pre- monition of coming eVil-a vague sort of feeling that something weird and unearthly was about to happen-do make myself clear, Lobelia? ?"
 ''Yes, yes. Go on"
 'sThere was an indefinable sensation of dread, an uncanny, creepy kind of impression that seemed to portend some mysterious calamity or untoward event of whose precise nature I was ignorant save that it was inevitable and was swiftly impending-are you quite sure you follow me?"
 '.Yes, yesi What else?"
 ..So strong was this impression upon me that I awoke. I awoke, Lobe!ia. to the immediate realization Of the ca lamity whose shadowy-or foreshad- owy-horror had weighed upon mel It is present now, Lobelia! Does not your soul sink beneath it's"
 Don't talk that way, Billiger! You frighten mel What is il?
 What is it? That everlasting, dog goned smell from the stock yards! Where is your nose? You're nearest the window Oblige me by getting up and putting it down. Thanks Now will you have the goodness, Lobelia. to consider this a closed incident and let me go to sleep again?'
 Silence settled down once mora upon the McSwat household, and Billiger's deep bass snore was the only sound that disturbed the heavily laden atnlos- phere.-Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05

That day replenished my satchel in Jackson and started back by circuit ous road toward the Federal lines. I had 10 further bother from the Con- federates and my gifts of tobacco to several officers whom met made me friends.
 I reached Grand Gulf at dawn on May Il. I was thanked for the information I had got for my army and a month later I was first lieutenant in my com- pany.
 Of the twenty men who went as spies at that time four were captured and three were hanged. One man was shot dead by a sentinel.
 I was in Nashville. Tenn. in 1888 and I called upon Colonel Jason Parker. who was on General Smiths staff and who devised the attempts to catch me mapping in my role as a dummy peddler He recalled the circumstances clearly and we became fast friends. He said he was, cock-sure when l started away from General Smiths headquar- ters that I was a genuine deaf mute and he had felt sorry for me in my affliction.
 WILLIAM W. JEFFORDS, Captain Company A, Thirty third Regi-
 ment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05


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