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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
The Same Old Story.

Robert G.. Ebenstein, a miner, was
instantly killed at Norseworthy e Co.
mine, east of Joplin. 1t is the same
old story-the premature explosion of
a shot. Ebenstein was in the shaft
alone, hence the exact particulars will
never Ike known. He leaves n widow
and two children.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
Democratic State Headquarters.

Secretary Virgil Conkllng of the
Democratic state central committee has
announced that the Laclede hotel, St.
Louis, has been selected as the head
quarters of the committee during the
campaign, in Difference to the wishes
of the members outside of st. Louis.
Chairman Cook, however, will remain
at the Planters.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
Criminal Costs,

State Auditor Seibert has announced
that the appropriation for criminal
costs has been exhausted. The las
legislature appropriated $40, 900 for
the payment of costs in criminal cases.
The auditor estimates the deficiency
this year at about SI5O, 900. In 1896 it
amounted to S2S5, 600.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

The Madrid correspondent of the
London Daily News says that Generals
Blanco, Castellanos and Leon and Adj
miral Manterola nave been appointed
commissioners for Cuba, and Generals
Macias and Ortego and Admiral VAL
lariano for Porto Rico.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

THE Corean government, replying to
a German request for concessions, has
notified the German consul at Seoul
that it proposes so establish a railway
bureau and to construct its own rail-
ways, and that, therefore, no further
concessions would be granted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
Sullivan County Teachers.

Commissioner Jackson has issued GER
tifcates to the Sullivan county teach.
ers in attendance at the institute: First
grade, II, second, II; third, Al.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

THE men of almost every one of tho
volunteer regiments at San Francisco
are circulating petitions to the secre-
tary of war requesting that they be
mustered out of the service. There
are very few of the officers with whom
this movement has any c~ountenance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

HAVANA papers express considerable
doubt, based upon a ~re-reading of Pres
ident McKinley's message to congress
last April in the light of recent events,
whether the United States government
has definitely pledged itself to declare
Cuba's independence.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

UNITED STATES MINISTER HUNTER to
Guatemala cabled the state depart
ment, on the 10Th, that Gen. Morales,
leader of the revolution, was cap
tured in a cave, on the 18th, and died
of exhaustion and exposure on his way
to prison at San Sebastian.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
An Awful Fall.

DIR. Cleon NJ. Hubbard, house physi.
clan at the Planters hotel, st. Louis,
fell through the passenger elevator
shaft from the seventh floor, so feet to
the granitoid pavement, and was
killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

ONE of the largest fleets of warships
ever assembled in an American port
will be brought together in the next
few days at Fort Monroe. Up to the
10Th 81 warships were under orders to
rendezvous there, and the orders still
to be issued would raise the total to the
neighborhood of 20.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

A TELEGRAM was received in San
Francisco, on the 22d, from the war
department ordering all the troops of
Gen. Merritt's department remaining
there to be sent to Honolulu with at
least four months subsistence and
medical stores, and to be held there
until further orders.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

The president, on the 22d, answered
the aspersions cast upon Capt. Sigsbee
of the Inflated Maine by Capt. Moreu
of the late Spanish cruiser Cristo bal
Colon by advancing Capt. Sigsbee three
numbers for Extraordinary heroism."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

GEO. n. CURzoN will start from Lon
don for Calcutta, with Mrs. Curzon, n
December, to relieve Lord Elgin, the
returning viceroy, at the beginning of
next year. In the meantime Mr.. Cur
zon will recuperate his health, now
somewhat delicate, a fact that was re-
garded as the chief drawback to his
appointment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

The statement of the associated
banks of New York city for the week
ended the Goth showed the following
changes: Surplus reserve, decrease,
R4,272, 600; loans, increase, S7,332, 200;
specie, decrease, S1,651, 200; legal ten
ders, decrease, ST. $50, 800; deposits, in
crease, 81, 259, 200; circulation, de-
crease, $29,1O0.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

A heavy rain, accompanied by vio-
lent thunder, flooded the vicinity of
Springfield the other night. About
three inches of rain fell. This insures
a fine corn crop for Greene county and
the surrounding territory.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

ADMIRAL SCHLEY is confined to his
summer home in Westport, Conn, by
illness, and no one except his attend
ants are allowed to see him or have
any conversation with him. The ILL
ness is pronounced a fever, the charac-
ter of which is not yet known.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
The Chair Slipped.

Mrs. George E. Jones stepped upon a
chair at'her home in st. Joseph to dust a
hanging lamp, when the chair slipped
from under her, and she fell, striking
the point of the chair, which caused a
fatal injury.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

THE Kolnishe Zeitung Berlin) denies
the rumor that Germany has protested
against the United States acquiring a
coaling station at Page Pago, in the
Samoan islands, and declares hat she
would not dream of Directing to a step
which America has an equal right
with Germany to take.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

ADMIRAL MILLER, who was sent to
Hawaii t o raise the American flag,
notified the navy department, on the
23d, that the ceremony occurred on
the 18th, and vas both imposing and
beneficial.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

CAPr.-GEN. MACIAs of Porto Rico, in
his various communications with Gen.
Miles, has shown the best spirit. He
is anxious to cooperate in bringing
about an evacuation at the earliest mo-
ment possible, and is placing no OBJ
stacles in the way of the Porto Rican
volunteers returning home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

ENGLAND has presented a note to
Spain asking for explanations on the
subjectof the Notifications being erect
ed by Spain e a Gibraltar, which,
the note declares are unjustifed in
view of the good relations existing be-
tween the two countries.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
Lived Together a Month.

A suit for divorce has been entered
oy Mrs. Clare Taylor, at Joplin, against
wilkins Taylor, son of John Henry
Taylor, n of the mining magnates of
Jasper county. They were married
July II and separated Aug. Is.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

WORD has reached the Presbyterian
hospital in New York that Sergt. Rob-
ert II. Sillman, of the Aston battery,
was killed at Manila, August 13. Sill
man was formerly assistant superin-
tendent of the Presbyterian hospital.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
}. II. A PGhlisher.

LARGE quantities of supplies for Ha-
VAN are being collected at Barcelona,
Cadiz and Santander. Steamers have
been selected to take home the troops
from the Antilles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has sent a let
ter to Charities Commissioner John W..
keller,o of New York city, thanking him
for his kind treatment of the soldiers
left at Bellevue hospital to recuperate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

CAPT. RoBLEY D. EVANS of the bat
tleship Iowa was taken i'll, on the 22d,
just after seeing his vessel safely to
her dock, and was removed to Boose-
welt hospital, New York city. The
gallant captain had not been feeling
well for a week, but didn't give up un-
til he was compelled to.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
Under One Management.

The Carthage Light Co. mas leased
the Jasper County Electric Co. S plant,
and the two plants will hereafter be
conducted under one management.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
AMERICA AND ENGLAND.
Current Rumors of a Secret Agree
ment Between the Two Re-
garded as Confirmed.
TWO CONTINGENCIES ARE POSSIBLE.
either the Great Powers VIII Come to an
Agreement, OF There Will Be a Great
War, in which England VIII Play q
Leading Part Against Russia and
France.

LONDON, Aug. 25.-The Times Madrid
correspondent says:
The recent articles in the Times
recommending the annexation of the
Philippines by America are attracting
much attention here. They are re-
yarded as confirming current rumors
about a secret agreement between the
cabinets at London and Washington
for joint action in the far east.
Germs of Great international Compiler
lions.
"In any case" it is feared that the
rapproachement which unquestionably
exists contains the germs of great in
ternational complications. Three
months ago, when Spain suddenly
found herself alone face to face with
q powerful antagonist, such prospect
would have been hailed with delight,
because it was believed that in a gen.
eral imbroglio she would be sure to
find allies. Now the political situa-
ton is better understood, and fears are
expressed that in a general conflict of
the.great powers, whatever the result,
Spain would have to pay les pots casses.
Two Contingencies are Possible.
Ell Liberal publishes a significant
article in this sense. Trying to fore
cast the immediate future, it sa Us:
Two contingencies are possible.
Either the great power S will come to
an agreement about their respective
spheres of influence, or there will be a
great war, in which England will play
II leading part against Russia and
France. In the former case Spain
would lose the Philippines, because
they would be included in the parti-
ton. In the latter case, England
would begin by an attempt to get pos
session of the keys to the Mediter-
ranean, including Ceuta and the Bal
earle islands, which may be regarded
as the keyhole.
Would Struggle for Supremacy In the
Mediterranean.
This possibility of a struggle for
naval supremacy in the Mediterranean
at some time in the near future gives
certain Importance to reports of new
forts in the vicinity of Gibraltar and
diplomatic correspondence there anent.
Neither Spain nor England, however,
can be supposed to have any agrees
sive designs, and if we read between
the lines of certain very guarded
semi-official statements, we must
conclude that the Spanish government
has recently received from London
some positive assurances on this point.
Spain must, it is said, maintain her
elementary rights to rational self-de-
Tense, but she has at present sufficient
diplomatic difficulties on hand to pre-
vent her creating additional complics-
tions."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

SPAIN is absolutely quiet. Don Car
los has given his partisaus strict or
ders not to commit acts of rebellion,
while the divisions among the repub-
licans render that party powerless.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

At Sturgeon Robert L. Long, aged
Al, while driving cattle was thrown
from his horse and sustained injuries
from which he died Jour hours later.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

Patrick Presley has brought suit
against the city Of Sedalia for 5000
damages for falling upon an alleged
defective sidewalk
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-13

but near to deaths door. The curse y
upon her, and on the steps Of temple
where she has taken final refuge amid
the solemn music of priests and tolllnE
Of bells. Iris sings her last song ana
dies.
Fifteen men, most of them connected
with the Kobe customs. have been ar
rested and charged with misappropriat-
ing funds belonging TO the customs
house. The method which it Is alleged
was adopted was to forge receipts for
the amounts paid as duty, and appro-
include the appropriation of duties paid
Macy e. Co.. on tea: Oppenheimer
Fries, on camphor, and Jardine, Mathe-
son g. C, on copper, besides the
amount of duties paid by many Chinese
and japanese on exports.
The estimates of the total defaications
vary between 10000 and 10000 yen, but
the police put the sum down to 10000
yen. II Is stated that to ensure the
success of the scheme, which Is sup
posed to have been in operation since
April or May last, there must have been
& confederate in almost every depart
ment Of the customs, and quite num-
Der of stamps must have been forged.
Mr.. EgaWa, the superintendent Of the
Kobe customs, has sent in his resigna-
ton because of the scandals, and his
resignation has been accepted. Egawa
has been superintendent for more than
Is years. Minakami Hiromi, a revenue
inspector in the finance department, has
been appointed to the position.
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FIVE MEN ARE BURIED
Continued from Page ono,)
othing whatever of the heavy explo-

nothing whatever of the heavy explo-
sion.
Evidently the destruction in the
west works is the result of an explo-
sion. The contractors have a powder
house at safe distance from the tun-
rel. but undoubtedly the night shift
carried to some point inside the stock
that would be required for blasting
The discharge must have been terrific
1t wrecked the tunnel itself and tore 10
pieces the structures near the entrance.
There is no guessing what the work
of excavation Will reveal Il seems
certain that not a man of the i've who
are imprisoned will be left to tell the
tale; the conditions warrant the suspi-
eion that the mangled bodies of those
who We're killed viii DC the melancholy
discovery when the work is reopened.
on this work petritz and fisher We're
sub-eontractors Mr.. Petritz WAS en the
scene mt ( o'clock this morning. lie has
the day shift His partner, Usher. is
imprisoned in the tunnel. Mike kesine
and Mai Petr.tz are two others who
are entombsd. Mr.. Petritz said To a
Standard reporter this morning that he
could not give the names Of the two
other men. one Of them Went on shift
yesterday for the first time. The other
began work this week. He thinks both
are Americans. or at least men TO whom
the English tongue is native
At best. hours must pass before any
thing of account can be accomplished
even in a preliminary way toward The
quest after the explosions victims,
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No Cache Is Safe.

Portland, Ore. Jan. 12.-Rev. DR.. S.
Hall Young. who was commissioned by
the board of missions of the Presbyte-
rian church to visit Dawson City and
other points in Alaska, writes to I.
Thoburn Ross of this city under date
Of Dec. 1, as follows: when We ar
rived here short of supplies, as SO
many others are, we found flour sell
ing at from $l25 to $3.50 a pound, and
other things in proportion and not to
be had at all the stores. Only sugar
could he bought. and that soon ran out.
The strife for something to eat is al
ready distressing. Thieying is frequent
and no mans cache is safe when he is
away from it.
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THEY BRING BACK GOLD
Prospectors Return With the
Dust From Alaska.
MINERS WILL NOT STARVE
Yet There VIII Be Suffering in the
Klondike This Winter The Alleged
Discovery Of the Mother Lode
Is Denied as a Fake.

Seattle. Jan. 12.-Thirty- men d.
rect from Dawson City arrived in Seat
tie this morning on the steamship AL
XII These men brought 100000 in gold
dust. The heaviest individual owner of
gold dust was Nels Johnson, who
brought 10000. To-days arrivals
bring no new features in the food sit
uation at Dawson, but confirm the pre-
vious stories-that while provisions are
scarce, there will be no starvation. G.
+. Treat, who was the chairman of
every meeting held at Dawson to dis
cuss the food question, said
If necessary, a government eXpedi-
ton could reach Dawson over the ice
by using dogs, but the scarcity has been
relieved already by people coming out
and going down the river. A. II. Piel
and George Fl. Stevenson made the
journey from Dawson to Dyea in 21h
days.
'Our coolest day was 81 degrees be-
low zero. said Piel. You may not be-
lieve it, but that was our best day for
travelling We started from Dawson
with four dogs and 700 pounds on our
sleds and travelled as high as so miles
a day. That is good travelling, but I'M
derstand we did not walk; we rode
Sam Archer characterizes the story
that the mother lode had been discov-
cred in Skookum gulch as a fairy tale.
AT InlrIy Mile river AFcneF anu ms
party met a man named Vest from
Portland, Ore, who with his partner
was in a sorry condition. They We're
attempting to take To Dawson several
hundred dozen frozen eggs TO escape
sleighing along the river banks they
built raft, intending to float down to
Hootalinqua. Their raft had been
wrecked. and they had lost most of
their provisions, their tent, stove,
blankets and tools. They narrowly es-
capped drowning.
when we first saw them" said Ar
cher, II took them to be men driven
desperate by hunger and hardship, they
looked so badly. Their dogs were so
poor they could hardly stand. We gave
them an ak. and / suppose they got re-
lief at the Canadian station, 20 miles
further on
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-13
In the Alaska Trade.

san Francisco, Jan. Fin a few
days the Pacific Coast Steamship COM
pany will make public the prospective
movements of its steamships that will
engage in the Alaska trade. The Walla
Walla. Umatipa and city Of Pueblo
viii be the only vessels sailing from
this port. but they will connect at Seat
tie with a large fleet and after Feb. 25
there will be five days service between
San Francisco and Juneau Dyea and
Skaguay by way of Seattle. The Cot
tage City is to carry the mail and will
be the only one Of the fleets 70 call at
Sitka. The City of Topeka, on her re-
turn from Alaska. win go to Portland
and run from there to Alaska, making
the trip every Is days during the sea-
son. The Santa Cruz will carry freight
exclusively.
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AFIER lYNCHERS.
The Grand Jury Is Investigating the uber
Outrage.

Genoa. Nev., Jan. 1a.-The grand jury
met this morning and listened to the
charge of the judge ordering an inyes,i-
cation into the Gber lynching case. The
district attorney claims to have in his
possession conclusive evidence indicating
the identity OF the lynchers. Four Wit
nesses were examined to-day, including
the sheriff aud his deputy, who were
in charge of Uher when he WAS surren-
dered to the lynchrg party.
Mrs. y. Harris and Mrs. G. Brown Of
Gardneryille also testified before the
grand jury. Mrs Harris Is said TO know
and to be able to point out the lynchrfs.
Mrs. Brown revealed the names Of sey-
eral men who had urged her son 10 Join
the mob on the night of the lynching.
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ORDERED TO CUBA.
The Bat sieship Maine Is Ready 10 Start
on Moments AarninE.

Chicago, Jan IA special to the
Times Herald from Key West, Fla.
says; The second class battleship
Maine has received orders Tia hold her
SELF ID readiness = proceed is cuba at
an irstant's warning. The orders came
by telegraph tonight In compliance
with these orders, Captain & -. Sigs-
hee. commanding the batt}esasH. has
made al ARRANGEMENTS 70 Eel under
way without delay. lie has been placed
in communication with General Lee.
who will sable whether or rnt IS il IS
necessary for him 10 - TO Havana.
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ACCUSED HER OF FORGERY
LADY JESSICA SYKES SPECULATED
ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
Borrowed Money ut sixty Per Cent and
Put Her Husbands Name to the
Notes She Gave.

London, Jan. 12.-The case of Jay YER
sus Sykes was opened before the lord
chief justice, Baron Russell, to-day.
Lamson Walton, who appeared for the
plaintiff, Daniel Jay, a money lender,
said the action was to recover the sum
of e15,S70 lent to Lady Jessica Sykes
in 1886 on the security of notes purpoft-
ing to be signed by her husband, Sir
Talton Sykes. The actual amount of
cash lent. counsel continued was about
100000, the balance being interest.
Lady Sykes admitted the liability,
but Sir Talton denied that the sigma
lures were his and alleged that they
were forged by Lady Sykes The latter,
counsel said. would testify that her hus
band signed the notes Counsel then
described the relations between husband
and wife, the former encouraging his
wife's extravaganza, yet loath to pay
the bills. The wife consequently be-
came involved in debt and borrowed
money at so per cent interest. AT the
same time. without her husbands
knowledge. she speculated heavily on
the stock exchange When the KAT
fir circus" was smashed. her husband
had to pay E31 900 to her brokers.
Finally Lady Sykes was forced to take
proceedings to obtain relief to which
her husband answered by the personal
criminal charge.
Lady Sykes then testified. She cor
roborated the foregoing statement of
Walton and said her husbands income
was 10000. The notes, she added. were
signed in her presence by Sir Talton.
In addition to the money she had Dor
rowed from Sam Lewis, Lady Sykes
admitted having borrowed $1,000 from
Sanguinetti and G2S,000 from Insurance
companies. At the close of the days
proceedings the case was adjourned.
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Montnnn IsanIks.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Washington. Jan. l2.-Comptroller of the
Currency Dawes to-day gave out the alb
stract Of reports OF the condition on Dec
Is OF the p national banks in Montana
1t shows that since the date of the last
report Oct 8 the average reserve held
by banks has increased from 1876 per
cent. to Is - per cent. Loans and dis
counts have increased from SI.0sS. ID to
s., 237, $40 and reserves have increased
from s1512. 2l7 to S4S9G03o of which gold
holdings decreased from S6a1. 7S6 to seio, III.
The deposits increased from slo539, 236 to
S1I 11a i6a
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A Great Sensation.

Rio de Janeifo. Jan. PA great sensa-
ton has been caused here by the puhlica-
ton of the police report on the eonspi-
racy to assassinate President Mofaes on
Dec last. The report concludes with in
dieting 20 persons, including Vice Presi-
dent Parecia Captain Lopez Cruz Of the
Brazilian navy, seven colonies and majors,
one senator, eight deputies and the sol
der Marcellino, who was executed for the
crime.
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WILL EXCHANGE POSTS.
Charles Page Bryan viii lie Sent to
Brazil.

Washington. Jan. 1a=-An arrange
ment has been perfected by which
Charles Page Bryan of Illinois, nomi-
mated 10 he minister 10 China. and ex-
senator Conger Of Michigan, minister
To Brazil, will exchange posts There
was considerable objection to Rryan's
continuation on the ground that he had
no diplomatic experience and Was not
equipped for 81 important "A place as
that Of minister to China Is likely 10 he
during the present administration. in
view Of the European scramble for pos
sessions in China. Mr.. Conger was min
lister to Brazil during the Harrison adj
ministratIon and was regarded as one
Of the strongest Of our foreign repre-
SpnIatiApS.