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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
NEW Ships TOR OUR NAVY.
Generous Provision Made by the
Naval Appropriation Bill for
Ships and Dry Docks.
THE LATTER TO Be OF AMPLE CAPACITY.
Tho Now Vessels, 70 be the Very Highest
OF Their Several Glasses, Will Prove q
Formidable Acquisition to Our Present
Naval Observation-Disclosures for
Dry Docks.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The naval
appropriation bill as reported to the
house yesterday carries a total of $751;
6S3 ,O5S, an increase Over last year of
81, 7G4, i32 and over the current esti-
mates OF S2.5l4,S2i
For the increase of the navy the bill
allows to be constructed by contract
three sca-gOing coaSt-line battlcships,
designed to carry the heaviest armor
and most powerful ordnance, displace-
ment Il.OOO tons, with the high
est practicable speed for their
CLASS, to cost, exclusive of
armament, not exceeding $1,000, 900
each, one to be named the Maine; six
torpedo boats and six torpedo boa de-
StYOycrs, to cost not exceeding S2,3t0,-
600; and one gunbOat. to take the
place of the United States ship Michi-
gan, to cost, exclusive of armament, not
over S2G0, 900, to be built on the great
lakes. One of these sca-gOing battle
ships to be quilt on the Pacific coast.
The contracts for the construction of
all these vessels are to be made within
90 DAYS of the enactment of the bill.
Toward the construction of four tim
Der dry docks 500. OO0 each is allowed,
each to be not less than 700 feet long
and sufficient to meet probable future
requirements of the largest vessels.
They are to be located at Portsmouth,
Y. H.: Boston, Mass; League Island,
Pa, and Mare Island, Cal, the total
cost, when completed; not to exceed
$3.50, 900 each.
At Algiers, La, a dry dock is to be
0uilt, but it is to be of a double-sided
steel floating type known as the COM
oined floating and craving sclf-dOcking
dock, capable OF lifting Il vessel of H.
900 Ions displacement and - fee: draft
of water, to cost, including mornings
and wharf. SS5O.OOO, of which S203, 600
is appropriated this year.
The bill directs the appointment of a
board of naval officers to determine the
desirability OF locating and construct
ing a dry dock in thc harbor of Calves
ton, Tex, and to report to congress at
The next session.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
A DOCTORS DIRECTIONS.
They save a daughter
from blindness.

a common experience TO have rr. Ayersr
S~arsaparilla prescribed by a physician.
II is a common experience to see a " com
plete cure" follow the use of a few bottles
OF this great blood purifying medicine.
Because, it is a specific for all forms of
blood disease. If a disease has its origin
in bad or impure blood. DR.. Ayers Sars-
aparila, acting directly on the blood, re-
moving its impurities and giving to IL
vitslizing energy, will promptly eradicate
the disease.
The great feature of DR.. Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla is the radical cures that result from
its use. Many medicines only suppress
diseaSe-they push the pimples down
under the skin, they paint the complexion
with subtle a~rscnicR1 compounds, but the
disease RACES in the veins like a pent-up
FIRE, and some day breaks out in a vol
canic eruption that eats up the BODY.
Ayers Sarsaparilla goes to the root. II
makes the fountain clean and the waters
are clean. 1t make the root rood and
The fruit is good. It gives Nature Ire
elements she needs to build up the broker
down onstitutiou-not to brace il up with
stimulants or patch it up on the surface.
Send for DIR. Ayers Curebook, and learn
more about the cures effected by this
remedy. It's sent free. on request. bv ths
J.C- Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Beware the March Wind,

Escape the rigors of the winds this month
by going South over the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad. This line has a perfect
through-car service from cities of the North
to all Winter Resorts in Georgia, Florida,
along the Gulf coast in Texas, Mexico and
California.
The Florida Chautauqua now in session
best lecturers and entertainers, in a climate
which is simply perfect. Very low rates
for round trip tickets, on sale daily.
Homeseekers Excursions on the first and
third Tuesday. Tickets at about half rates.
For full particulars write to C.. P. Atmore,
G.. p. A, Louisville, KY, or Geo. B.. Horner,
D. p. A, St. Louis, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
THE PRESIDENT WILL ACT.
The Report of the Board of Inquiry
Into the Maine Disaster Must
First be Disposed Of.
INTERVENTION AS A SEPARATE ISSUE.
Whatever the Result of the Boards Inyes-
tigation May Prove to Have Been, the
War, With Its Inhuman Barbarities
and Devastation, Must Cease In the Fair
IsE.nd of Cuba.

WA%sHISGTOS, March 24.-The pre-
vailing impression among the republic
can leaders of the house is that the
president will intervene in Cuba on hui
name grounds, but it is positively
stated by one of them, who is close to
'the president, that the intervention
will not come until after the report of
the board of inquiry into the Maine
disaster goes to congress.
The two questions will be treated
separately" said he yesterday. and
the message relative to Cuba will be
sent to congress o o after the report
on the Maine question"
The Cuban message, as forecasted by
a prominent republican, will waive the
question OF the Maine disaster and,
putting aside hat awful occurrence
will be in effect a declaration TO Spain
that the present methods of warfare in
Cuba must cease. 1t will result in
intervention in ease Spain demurs. The
message will be accompanied by the
reports of the consuls in Cuba.
Mr.. Bolliver rep, la says that in
tervention on humane grounds will
place IL action upon a moral level
that would command the broad SYM
pathy Of the world. We could afford,
he says, to waive all question as 70 the
Maine, if the board does not fix the re-
sponsibility for the disaster on Spain,
in order to make the greater issue.
a prominent member of the house,
who has been several times in consul
tation with the president recently. and
who possesses as much unofficial infor-
nation of the cause of the Maine disas-
ter. probably, as the president does.says
that while the report of the board will
not fix the responsibility for the explo-
sion. it will BE- startling in its nature.
The information AZ the capital is that
already So. 900. 600 of the $50, 900. 900
appropriated for the national defense
has been expended or contracts en-
tered into for its expenditure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

when a father writes that you-s lis the
best medicine in the world" you can
allow something for seeming extrava-
gance in the statement if you know that
the medicine so praised, cured a loved
daughter of disease and restored to her
the eyesight nearly lost. The best med
iciue in the world for you is the medicine
that cures you. There can't be anything
better. No medicine can do more than
cure. That is why John S. Goode, of
Orrick, Mo-, writes in these strong terms:
Ayers Sarsapnril1a is the best med
icine in the world. My daughter had a
relapse after the measles, due to taking
cold. She was nearly blind and was obliged
to remain in a dark room all the time.
The doctors could give her no relief; one
of them directed me to give heI Ayers
s~arsaparilla. Two bottles cured her COM
pletely."
The thousands of testimonials to the
value of DR.. Ayers SarsapaTilla repeat
over and over agai-, in one for1 or another
the expression: "-he doctors gave her
no relief; one of them directed me to
give her DR.. Ayers S~arsaparilll- Two
bottles completely cured her"
1t is a common experience to try DR..
Ayers Sarssparilla as q last rescft- It is
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
The RING OF THE TRUE METAL,
NJ Spain is Responsible She Will bc Held to
Strict Account by Our Government.

NJ Spain is Responsible She VIII he Held to
Strict Account by Our Government.
CHICAGO, March 23.-Thc Posts
Washington special says:
THE time taken by the court of in
'4uiry TO investigate the Maine disaster
has given the president opportunity to
test the sense Of Americans and to
formulate a course of action. All
doubts may be set at rest and the peo-
PIE may feel certain hat their will
with regard to Cuba will be executed.
There has never been any doubt on
shat question, but there has been I'M
certainty as to the time and methods
which it might be found best to Ell
pioy.
1t is as good as settled hat any de-
mand from Spain for reference OF the
iaSueS growing out of the Maine YER
diet TO a neutral court of arbitration
will be denied. The position taken is
that if the report is anything short of
All explosion from clearly prevent2-
tive causes, the question of ma
Ea0nal honor IL be diSassO-
ciatcd from the issues, and that
no question in which national honor
rs involved, even in the remOtest de-
gree, can be submitted to arbitration
bT outsiders. 1t is contended it is 4
Enattcr for Americans to settle for
themselves, and in their own way,
through 4 president and a congress of
their own selection. They hold that
If Spain has a defense t make or facts
10 present she must make them to an
American tribunal court owing al
Ecgiancc only to the flag of the United
States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Central Illinois Flooded and Railroad
Traffic Suspended.

SPRINGFIELD. H., March 23.-Tht
heavy rains of the past few days have
flooded the creeks and rivers of central
Illinois until many of them extend for
miles in width across the low lands.
Several washOuts were discovered yes.
terday on the different railroads. The
Chicago, Peoria IL St. Louis and the
Bluff Line, between here and st. Louis,
came in over the Chicago &c Alton.
Another washout north on the st.
Louis & Peoria has stopped traffic on
that road between here and Peoria for
the present.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
BLIZZARD SOUTH AND WEST.
Crops by Snow, Sleet and Cold in
Many Sections.

ST. LOUIS, March 24.-The blizzard
transferred itself from the extreme
west to the south and portions of Hi
nois, Missouri and southwestern states
yesterday. In many places there was
a drop OF 40 degrees in the mercury in
"a hours and the stories of destruction
of fruit are plentiful.
4 dispatch from Nebraska last night
stated hat the blizzard was over in
that state. and, while there had been a
heavy loss of sheep, it was not believed
that the wheat crop of the state or
that the cattle had suffered very much.
The blizzard did not touch Missouri
lightly. Advices from different parts
of the state say that fruit has been
damaged and wheat has been ruined,
but in all probability the fruit has es-
capped comparatively easy. The dam
age to the apple and peach crop, how
ever, will DE large. while vegetables
were killed. The mercury registered
but 10 degrees above at Warrensburg
yesterday and at Lutesville there was
u drop of 40 degrees.
In Illinois there was a big drop in
the mercury. and in many places there
was a heavy sleet and snow. there be-
ing two inches OF snow at Alton. The
indications are that vegetables and
some fruit have suffered, and that
wheat, too, will be killed in many To-
c~alities.
The blizzard struck Arkansas. and
the strawberry crop will be one-half,
while peaches, pears and plums, which
are in the bloom in many places, have
been killed. and other fruit will also
suffer.
Even Texas did not escape the win
try blasts, and reports from there say
that early fruit and vegetables have
been ruined, while at San Angelo the
young grass has been blighted.
There was Il heavy frost in parts of
the Indian territory and around Perry,
Okla, thousands of acres OF oats have
been destroyed. for the weather IA
unusually cold for this time of year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
WILL USE THE OLD MONITORS.


WASHINGTON. March 24.-The navy
department yesterday took the most
decisive step toward defensive prepara-
tioEs for emergency that has been
made since the squadron was conferred
at Key West. The orders bring into
service the eight Single-turrctcd mont
tors used during the civil var for serv-
ice as coast defense ships. They have
been lying for some time at the League
Island navy yard at Philadelphia.
The monitors ordered 30 Boston and
New York will proceed under their
own steam. as they are good sea-boats,
and their engines are in fair condition,
capable of a speed of five to seven
knots an hOur.
The orders concerning the four mon
itOrs remaining at Philadelphia direct
hat they shall be completed and ready
for commission within the next 80 DAYS.
In order to do this three of them are to
be given new boilers, and Secretary
Long approved orders Tor these boilers
at a cost OF 81, 900 each.
Simultaneous with the issue of these
orders to the old sing~lc-turretcd moni-
tors Secretary Long also ordered the
modern dOuble-turretcd monitor Ter
ror from New York. where she has
been stationed. to Key West. This
last move takes from New York what
has thus far been regarded as her
chief vessel reliance for harbor de
Tense, and the monitors Nahant and
Jason will now supply the place of the
Terror.
While there is a vast difference be-
tween the old and new type of these
peculiar naval engines. yet they are cs-
sentially the SANE, and naval officers
say that it is Il great mistake to believe
the effectiveness of the old monitors is
past. In recent years they have been
somewhat ovcrshadowcd by the fine
cruisers and b~attleships of the
new navy, but the navy de-
partment never has lost sight
of them as effective coast defense YES
sells in time of need. Monthly reports
have been made on them, and these
show they are well equipped for the
special service they are now called on
to perform. They have two 15-inch
guns mounted in a revolving turret.
The turrets are in perfect condi-
ton and the mechanical devices
which operate the turrets are in good
working order throughout. The guns.
while not of the latest type. are eff
fective for heavy. solid shot. The fact
that they will proceed under their own
steam from Philadelphia to Boston in
dictates the confidence of the naval au-
thorities in their seaworthinesS.
In a heavy sea they are awash,
save the turret, but it is said that this
is an advantage rather than otherwise,
and hat even in this condition they
can make some five to seven knots an
hour.
There is no intention of utilizing
them otherwise than as harbor defense
boats Even in this latter character
the naval officials are fully conscious
of their defects, but are satisfied that
they will prove adequate for the limited
defensive purposes to which they are
assigned.
The Catskill and Lehigh will undergo
some additional repairs when they
arrive at Boston.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
ST. PAUL BANKS VCfiMiZED.

Bogus Time Checks for Mississippi River
Commission Work Rung in on the Banks
to the Extent Of 100000, or More,
Through the Suspected Connivance Of
Government Clerks.
WASHINGTON. March 23.-Information
has reached the government, through
q number of banks at St. Paul, MINI,
that during the past year and more
these and other nearby banks have
been made the victims of colossal
frauds through the suspected collision
of government clerks connected with
the commission having in charge
the improvement on the up
per Mississippi river. Full details
of the affair have not yet reached the
government, but the statements sub
mittcd by the banks indicate that $780,
600 or more has been procured from
then through fraudulent time checks
for services never performed. Copies
of some of these timC-chcckS are said tC
be signed byJ II. Southall, chief clerk
of the United States engineers Office at
St.Paul, andare dated at different times
during the year 1897. Others, it is un-
de-stOOd, are dated in 1896. How the
banks came to be imposed upon to the
extent indicated, and why the checks
have been withheld until this time,
can not be eve conjccturcd. 1t is un-
derstood that the banks will make i
claim for reimbursement, but the law
is said here to be clearly against the
contention. The government will be-
gin Il searching Investigation at once
into the whole matter
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
a BAD WESTERN BLIZZARD.
Vegetables, Coaxed Out by Balmy Wealth.
or, and Fruit Trees Ruined.

KANSAS CITY. No. March 23.-The
most severe storm of the season is in
progress at the southwest and west.
Emporia, Has. reports Il fall of 40 de-
grees in temperature since Monday
night, and Wichita. Florence and
other Kansas points make like
reports. Beatrice, Neb., reports a fall
OF 20 degrees in the past II hours. Veg
etables have been ruined, and it is be-
lievcd that the fruit crop has been Sc
riously damaged.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
THEY ARE READY TO RESIGN.

Protests From Capt.-Gen. Blanco, Admiral
ManteroIa and Capt. EuIate.
New YORK, March GA special dis
patch from Havana alleges that Capt
Gen. Blanco and Admiral MenterOla
have notified the Madrid government
that they will resign their Offices if the
Spanish torpedo fleet is to be detained
at the Canaries in obedience to the de-
nand of President Mckinley. Capt
Eulate of the Vizcaya is also alleged to
have sem a message to the Spanish al
sniralty similar in tenor to those Of
lRlanco and Manterola.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Rains Cause an Unprecedented Rise in the
lamon River.

PORTLAND, Ind, March 23.-The ter
rife rains have caused an unprece-
denied rise in the Salamona river and
it is out of its banks, submerging hun
dreds OF acres OF farming land. The
river is rising rapidly every hour. The
north and west portions of this place
are flooded, and Meridian street. al
most in the heart of town, is a raging
current. The water is expected to
come much higher. Great damage has
already been done.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
CAPT. BROWNSON IS IN PARIS.
Our Representative Abroad Finds Ready.
Made Warships a Rather Scarce
Commodity.

WASHINGTON, March 24.-The navy
department has purchased no further
ships abroad, and the negotiations are
not proceeding in a manner to promise
success. It has been definitely deter
mined that the battleship Gen. O'Hig-
gins could not be secured. Command
er Brownson is now in Paris, after hav-
ing inspected the Brazilian ships now
building at La Seine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
MISSOURI VILLAGE WRECKED.
Fourteen Houses Blown Down and Many
Smaller Buildings Destroyed.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, March GA spe-
cial to the Star says: y storm wrecked
IA houses and destroyed many smaller
buildings at Blue Mills, Mo-, a little
village near the summit Of a hill, about
ten mills northeast of independence,
on the Missouri Pacific road, yesterday.
The only house occupied, that of Mar
tin Huglc, was carried a distance of
120 feet. Hugle was internally injured
and may die. Neither Mrs. Hugle nor
the children were injured. The prop
erty damage was nominal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Zero Weather Predicted for Nebraska.

OMAHA. Ncb.. March GA terrific
blizzard prevails throughout Nebraska.
The mercury has fallen 40 degrees.
The wind is ~ miles per hour. Ie.o
weather is predicted. The storm IS
particularly hard on cattle and winter
wheat. The severe weather is general
throughout the west.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

There is no reason why a calico dress
should not look as well as a stuff dress if it
be properly made. Get a piece of Simpsons
Print and you can find nothing to equal it
in quality, b%rilliancy of color or beauty Of
design. The name VIM. Simpson & Sons on
the ticket is the best guarantee you can
have.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
THROUGH TOURIST SLEEPERs
To Portland, Ore, for Puget Sound Business
via Burlington Route.

WEDNESDAYS from st. Louis, THURSDAY
from Kansas City via Denver, scenic Col
orado, Salt Lake-a great feature-PERsoS
ALLY CONDUCTED. The success of the season
for general northwest travel. Write L. W.
WAKELEY, q. P. A. st. Louis, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No hts after first days use of Br. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
For Lung rem

deep-seated coughs. throat disorders, and all
bronchial troubles DR.. Bells Pine-Tar,
Honey is an eficacious remedy. The first
dose gives relief. 1t will cure q hacking
grip cough or a cold in one night.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
WiIIie's Query.

Willie-Say, pa?
Pa-Well, what is it, Willie?
as painting the town red q cardinal sint'
Chicago Evening News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

A man would rather spend five dollars
In his pocket.-Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

We can't see the benefit in learning u
work puzzles.-Washington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

Sacque religious-the young woman who
uses the church to advertise her new clothes.
Rural New Yorker.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

If canes were to go out of fashion, SOM.
young men would have no visible means o.
support.-Chicago News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

How many petitions have you signed
without knowing what they were all about
Rural New Yorker.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

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. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

The people who get the least mail are the
worst kickers when the mail is late.-Wasb
ington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

No mistake. Thousands have been cured
Promptly of neuralgia by St. Jacobs Oil.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

A hand separator-not letting your right
hand know what your left is doing.-Rural
New Yorker.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

bumped and bent. Lame back did it.
Straight and sound. St. Jacobs Oil did it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

Tomorrow will be like to-day. Life
wastes itself whilst we are preparing to Iva
Emerson.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

How to dissolve ~bones-feed the children
on corn meal, fat meat, pie and cake.-Rural
New Yorker.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough al
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get Z
sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 81
cents. Go at once delays are dangerous.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

1 can recommend Piso's Cure for Con.
sumption to sufferers from Asthma.-E. d
Townsend, Fl. Howard, Wis, May 4, "a.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

Crippled for years? Pshaw! Why st. ia
cobs Oil will cure sprains right off. Sure
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

A woman's idea of the best plastering d
the kind you can drive a nail into any
Observation-Disclosures Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

Pleasure o o pals when it costs notbins
RAMS Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-26

I. nm nm lChEs-Farns, Timber, Mineral
Celery i,sdss sssn, sA..,, ~, -.
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