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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
JUST LIKE A SPANISH REPORT.
One Hundred Spanish Soldiers killed and
Two hundred Wounded-NO Ameri-
can Casualties Reported.

New YORK, June 16.-The following
dispatch is a Journal special from
Camp McCalla, Guantanamo harbor,
June Is:
The scouting parties of marines
which were ent out yesterday re-
turned here at ten o'clock last night
with Is Spanish prisoners, one of them
an officer. The party also captured
100 Mausur rifles and 10000 rounds of
ammunition.
They report having had a series of
engagements with Spaniards, in which
100 Spanish soldiers were killed and
200 wounded.
They also destroyed a Spanish block
house and heliograph station, through
which the Spaniards had been keeping
Guantanamo and Santiago informed of
the movements of American troops.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
VICTOR BLUE SAW THEM
Daring and Successful Reconnais-
sance of Santiago Harbor by
a Young Lieutenant.
SAW ALL OF ADMIRAL CERVERA'S SHIPS.
He Took Great Chances, for II He Had
Been Caught He Would Have Suffered
the Fate of a Spy-Admiral SIMPSONS
Reference to the Guantanamo Affair
Very Brief.

WASHINGTON, June 15.-The last
lingering doubt that may have existed
as to the presence of Cervera's fleet in
its entirety in Santiago harbor was
removed when Admiral SIMPSONS dis
patch reached the navy department
Monday night. Up to that time infor-
nation as to the number and character
of the vessels lying in the harbor,
shielded from observation by the hills,
had been obtained through Cuban
sources, supplemented by such glimpses
as could be obtained by naval officers
from the outside entrance. Now, how
ever, according to Lieut.. Blue, the
ships have been actually seen by an
American officer, counted and inspect.
ed from such points of vantage as were
afforded by the high hills surrounding
the harbor. The officials here are full
of praise for Lieut.. Blues achieve,
ment.
Victor Blue has been long known il
the navy as an enterprising and daring
young officer, but 1T required a good
deal of sustained courage for him to go
ashore in Il hostile country and alone
make this reconnaissance. He was, in
the eye of military law, nothing more
or less than a spy, and had he been
captured by the Spania DIS he would
have been tried by dru nhead court
martial and executed.
Considering the fact that the ma
rines' fight at Guantanamo last Satur-
day night was really the first engage
ment of the war on shore, Admiral
SIMPSONS reference to the affair in his
dispatch was remarkably brief. Hence
it is inferred that perhaps 100 much
Importance has been attached to it
by the public. The action Ct Lieut.
Col. Huntington in removing his men
to a more secure point than the
exposed position occupied by them on
Crest Heights is taken here as an in
dication that no offensive movement is
to be attempted by the marine corps.
but that it will limit its operations to
the defense of small point in Guantan-
amo harbOr to protect the coaling of
our warships, and perhaps to serve as
4 cable station when the necessary
operators and instruments are secured
from Cape Haytien, to enable Sampson
to reopen the cut cable. 1t does not
follow by any means that the place
seized and held by the marines on
Guantanamo bay is to be used as a
point of debarkation for the United
States regular troops now on their
way to Cuba.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
ARE NOT LOOKING FOR PEACE.
The situation at Manila Declared to be
B9tter-The Spies Invited to
Leave Canada.

MADRID, June 15.-The minister for
foreign affairs, Duke Almodovar de
Rio, told the newspaper men yesterday
that the Spanish government had not
taken any step in the direction of peace
negotiations.
The minister also said he had not
received any confirmation of the re
ported third attack on Santiago de
Cuba.
Tae minister of war, Gen. Correa, de-
clr.ed the situation at Manila is better
than was supposed. He said Capt.
Gen. August had concentrated 10000
men for the defense of the city, and
his batteries of artillery are asserted
to comprise 1879 ~long-range guns.
1t was officially announced yesterday
that Senior Du Bose, the former Span
ish charge d~'affaires at Washington,
and Lieut.. Carranza, the former Span
ish naval attache at Washington, have
been invited" to leave Canada, owing
to the Canadian authorities having
intercepted a letter which Lieut.. Car
RAMA addressed to the minister OF
marine, giving an recount of the condi-
ton of the American Notifications
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
DRIVING THE SPANIARDS IN.
Admire Dewey Surprised at the Success
of the Insurgents Before Manila
Surrender Imminent.

LONDON, June Is. The Shanghai
correspondent of the Daily Telegram,
forwarding advices he has received
from Manila up to June 8, says:
lon June ) the insurgents forced
the passage of the Zapote river and
captured Las Pinas and Paranaki.
Since then, up to the time my advices
left Manila, fighting had been con-
tinuous and the Spaniards were being
gradually driven in.
The fall of the city seems imminent
before the arrival of American forces.
Manila is absolutely incapable of re-
sisting bombardment. Admiral Dewey
is surprised at the rebel progress, but
the Spaniards suspect that the insur-
gents are fighting under American
guidance. The defenders of the city
have suffered severely from the inces-
sant attacks and from the want of food
and rest, and the hospitals and churches
are crowded with the wounded.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
HOUSEHOLD PATRIOTISM.
Until Pa Called Her and Came
Out Ahead.

MA an | went to see the soldiers 60
marching off" said Johnnie.
81 tell you twas great fun to see 'em. Pa
asked ma how she liked it IN ma said it made
her feel real patriotic. She said she wished
she was a man an there wouldn't nobuddy
ketch her staying to home such a time as
this: she said she would be off fightin' for
her country every time.
PA said she needn't stay to home On &C.
count of bein' a woman cause she could 60
as a nurse just as lots of others were goin'.
An ma said that wasn't what she wanted.
She'd like ter get right inter the thick of the
battle, where the bullets were whizzin' round
an cannon goin' off an soldiers fallin' all
round. An pa laughed an laughed.
He said he'd just like to see ma in a place
like that. An he said out in the corner OF
the back room where his empty gun was
standin', the dust was three inches thick
cause ma was so 'fraid o. that gun she didn't
dare to git near emu to it to sweep the floor
up. An pa said ma would average II fits
a minute if she got in sight of a real battle,
to say nothin' of what would happen if she
was RICH: in it. An then pa laughed an
laughed, an ma was mad an said there was
times when pa acted like a regular idiot
Lawrence American
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

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The great and unvarying success OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound in relieving every arrangement
of the female organs, demonstrates
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mans happiness and bodily strength.
More than a million women have Been
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Every woman who needs advice
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Mrs. Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
The Cool RetOrt of a Witty Girl to
Her Complncent Fiancee Sets
Him to Thinking.

Among weddings slated for the near fu
ture is that of a clever young lawyer who
has lust won for his bride a charming girl to
whose heart he had long laid siege. The law.
yer is not without a certain amount of good
opinion regarding himself, and particularly
prides himself on being rather a %favorite
among girls of his acquaintance. Nearly a
year ago he first sought the hand of the
bride to be, but she demurred. a few
months later he met will a second refusal,
but determined to make one more effort.
BY this time the young woman had come to
regard him with a good deal of esteem; This
feeling grew in warmth, and so, when, a
week or so ago, he once more urged his suit,
she said the word which made him the hap
pest man in town.
And you will be mine?" he asked.
Eyes"
at seems too good to be true. When shall
the wedding take place."
II don't know"
There is nc use in putting it off,"
NO" she answered. Il think not"
The young lawyer named a day %preposter
ously close at hand, and after some hesita,
ton his charmer agreed.
81 knew that you would realize that you
would be happier with me than without me-"
be suggested, with just a hint of triumph in
his tone.
Perhaps the girl concluded that this wa.
as good a time as any to take him down a
peg or two, for she replied very coolly:
Eyes, | do realize it now. You see, paps
is out of town on business a good deal, so thai
mamma, aunty and l are often quite alone
] have thought it all over and have come tc
the conclusion that it would be ever so much
safer to have a man in the house all the
time"
The accepted lover gasped in establishment
for a moment, but then, seeing a twinkle il
his adOred ones eye, forgave her on the spot
On the way home, however, he voted that biz
future wife would be a dangerous customei
in repartee.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
MORE FIGHTING AT SANTIAGO.
Accounts by a Spanish Correspondent of
Fighting by Land and Sea, Al
ways Favorable to Spain.

HAVANA, June IA, s p. m.-This
morning CTuesday) two American
cruisers and one dispatch boat
opened fire against the batteries at the
entrance to the harbor at Santiago de
Cuba, discbarging between 80 and 80
shots.
The batteries at Castillo del Moro
and Castillo de la Socapa answered the
fire, and the American war ships re-
tired. At the Socapa battery three
men were slightly injured.
Last evening (Monday), about IL
o'clock, the batteries at the entrance
to Santiago harbor fired upon an Amer
lean vessel which had approached
too neal the harbor mouth. Five shots
were fired from the batteries, which
were answered by two shots from the
American war ship.
Yesterday MTonday) about noon what
appeared to be a merchantmen was
sighted off Cienfuegos, about ten miles
from shore. The Spanish gunboat
Diego Velesaquez went to ascertain
her character. When the stranger was
within a distance of five miles it was
seer that she Was a cruiser. She
hoisted the American flag and opened
fire on the Diego Velesaquez, to which
the latter replied. At the same moment
the line batteries opened fire, COM
polling the American to retreat, ap.
parently damaged. The Diego Veles-
aquez was slightly damaged" in the
encounted.
To-day an American gunboat ap.
peared off Havana harbor with a flag
of truce. When she arrived within a
short distance of the fort, Lieut.-Col.
Ramos, on board the Spanish gunboat
Flecha, went to meet her.
This correspondent understands the
Americans proposed an exchange of
prisoners, or some of those captured
with the Spanish steamer Argonauta.
for the prisoners taken at Santiago de
Cuba at the sinking of the United
States collier Merrimac in the mouth
of the harbor there.
Gen. Blanco, it is understood, gave
no definite answer to the American
proposal, alleging hat he had received
no instructions from the Madrid gov
eminent on the subject, and could take
no immediate.
The Spanish troops have destroyed
an insurgent camp at Palma Larga,
having overtaken a numerous band of
insurgents in the district of Zangus de
Cuyamas. They took the insurgent
position after a hard fight, dispensing
the insurgents, who left ten dead on
the field. The Spanish captured a
number of rifles, 1000 cartridges and
the clothing and other effects of the
insurgents, as well as taking six pris-
oners. The Spanish loss was one
killed and a lieutenant and ten soldiers
wounded.
The British steamer Adula will leave
Cienfuegos on Thursday, June Is, for
Vera Cruz.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
The General Deficiency Bill.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-The general
deficiency bill, carrying an aggregate
of S224. O32, 1923, was reported to the
house by the committee on resolutions.
All but SIS. POS FOG is for war expenses,
and Ss,O7O,s72 of these ordinary de-
fciencies arc for pensions.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
THEYCANNOTT TELL THE TRUTH
A Tissue of Silly F~slsehoods Told to Keep
Up the Dropping Spirits OF
Spaniards.

MADRID, June 15.-The government
has received the following official dis
patch from Havana; There are II
American men-of-war before Havana
The number before Santiago has been
reduced. 1t is supposed that some OF
the war ships have gone to repair dam.
ages sustained A former rebel chief
is organizing a battalion OF volunteers
to assist the Spanish commanders"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
THE GERMANS AT MANILA.
The Only Mission Of German Ships Is tc
Afford Protection to German Sub-
iects and Property.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-The state de-
partment has been officially advised
that reports that Germany would make
an issue in the Philippines are unwar.
ranted. German ships would be on
hand at Manila to afford protection to
German subjects and property, but
Germany had not thought of interven.
ton in any manner offensive to the
United State.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
A DEAD BRITISH BARONET,
The Identity of a Man Murdered In Ssr
Francisco Partially Cleared Up
by Documents.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.-The Elk
aminer says: The mystery surround.
ing the identity of Hugh w. Williams,
who was shot during a quarrel at the
home of Mrs. Abbie Gregory, in Ala.
media, is partially cleared away by doc.
uments found in the room of the dead
man, which show that he received let
ters addressed Sir Hugh W. Willie ms
Bart, F. G. s., NJ. l. c. E.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
ANNEXATION RESOLUTIONS.
The House of Representatives Adopts
Them by a Very Pronounced
Majority.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-By a vote of
2O9 to Of the house of representatives
yesterday afternoon adopted the New
lands resolutions providing for the an.
nexation of Hawaii.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

H" SS@S w.
bled with an
ovarian tumor,
each yeargro
ing worse, I'M
til at last 1
was compelled
to consult with
a physician.
He said
nothingcould
be done for
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
Hoods pills are the ~favorite cathartic. CSC.

After physicians had given me up, / was
saved by Piso's Cure.-Ralph Erieg, VIII
Transport. Pa, Nov. -, 1893.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
AN OPERATION AVOIDED.
Mrs. Rosa Gaum Writes to Mrs,
Pinkham About it. She Says:

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I take pleas.
ure in writing you a few lines to in
form you of the good your Vegetable
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

The best time to pick a strange water
melon is in the lark of the moon.-L. A. W.
Bulletin.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
NEEDED HIM IN THE HOUSE.

Pigs do not squeal when they are feeding.
Horn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

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READERS OF THIS PAPER
DESIRING TO BUY ANYTHING
ADVERTISED IN ITS COLUMNS
SHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING
WHAT THEY ASK FOB. REFUSING
ALL SUBSTITUTES OR INVITATIONS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
ARMY and NAVY GOSSIP.
Those Unaccountable Delays in
Starting Gen. Skaters Ex-
petition to Santiago
ON TO PORTO RICO TO Be The NEXT CRY.

Admiral SIMPSONS Dispatch Announcing
Lieut.. Blues Successful reconnaissance
The Second Manila Expedition Ready
to Sail from San F~ranciscO-First Troops
Should soon Arrive.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

For years l was trou-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
THE CLAQUE
IN PARIS,

Francisque sarcey. the famous Pa
risian critic, discusses the claque and Its
inspiring uses for what he terms the
occasional audience in distinction to
the critical first night" He holds that
such an audience Is difficult to move
and has little to form n common bond
of enthusiasm. The thirtieth audience
Is almost lifeless, except at some coarse
joke which appeals to all, whether they
come from one town or another, from
one set or another. With such audiences
the organized applause has its value.
1t tells the crowd where to applaud, it
establishes a center of interest, basis
of judgment, which is lacking in such
an audience, and consequently helps the
people to understand and enjoy. The
claque Is useless in theater of regular
customers or in q provincial theater, but
indispensable in an immense city like
Paris, for here the public is merely n
dust cloud of human beings who never
form whole. The public is never the
same. There are good and bad audi
ences; there are Intelligent and stupid;
there are prudish and broad. word
which one evening provokes foolish
laugh or scene which produces shud-
der through the audience Will be I'M
noticed the next night, when perhaps
some other point will be appreciated.
The claque must change. II begins with
sustaining what the first night audi
ence approved, but at about the eighth
performance suppresses the applause in
| that direction, as 1t is evident that the
audience is surprised.
In the course of this constant change
in the demands OF successive audiences
| there are, Of course, in long runs ele-
ments of similarity in the taste of the
various audiences. They all like good
ness, obvious morality; they all hate
| the villain and like the pure heroine.
mo matter how bad and immoral the
| spectators are. when they once get to-
| gether in the theater they are good, hon
est and generous; they like poverty
and honor; they take part against the
| great lord; they want Plerrot reim-
bursed for his constancy and Marie for
her chaste love"
Put" said Alexandra Dumas. "a
crowd of swindlers and courtesans into
n theater and play a melodrama before
them. You viii have a public of homes,
persons, of good and noble hearts. They
viii shake their fists at the detestable
villain, and they viii wildly applaud the
policeman" Sarcey explains this rath-
err broad statement on the ground thai
every one, no matter how depraved
has ideals OF good that, IL not realized
in his own life, he likes TO see repre-
scented ON the mimic stage.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08

fiat stones for horse effect, six cobble-
stones to put in rumble cart. four old
baggage trucks without rubber tires:
two heavy chains. plenty of grass mats
TO cover gravel when not in use, l6 foot
stepladder.
How many people have any idea that
all this stuff" is on or about the stage
during a single performance of Secret
Service?" Yet it Is only by the use of
this conelomorated mass of odds and
ends that Mr.. Gillette has succeeded in
rounding out his ideal of absolute tidel-
ity to detail which is so marked char
acteristlc of this play. Every individual
thing on the foregoing list is important
and has to be in the right place at the
right time. Those who have seen Sc
cret Service" can imagine the awful re-
suit If Mr.. Koerner should forget to
place matches on the telegraph desk in
the third act or to load the pistol with
which Harry Dumont kills himself in
the famous brother scene" in act 2.
But forget" is word unknown to the
skilled master of properties.
After the curtain is rung down on the
last act the actors have only to wash
up" and to live free from care, so far
as their stage duties are concerned. till
the next performance. NOT SO Win tne
carpenter and the property man. The
scenery has TO be taken down and care
fully laid aside. The properties have
to be picked up and put away until
wanted again. The SUPPLY of cartridges
or stationery has fallen low, The proper
ty man has to get more. Some piece of
scenery or property has been damaged.
1t has to be repaired. There is u big
double door, which the guard knocks to
splinters In act 3. The carpenter has
to take 1t down, rebuild 1t. repaIut It
and rehang 1t before every perform
ancs. The trousers which Caroline cuts
down for Wilfred have to be got in
shape to be cut again, for it is perhaps
unnecessary to explain that by the leg
erdemain of the property man 1t is the
same pair of trousers which are cut
down every night. And so 1t goes with
the men who follow these trades until
people who know about them wonder
why mechanics so clever as these stick
to stage work, with its long hours an
unusual cares. If you should ask one
of them to explain this point he would
probably answer quickly, Because l
like it,"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
PROPERTY MEN
AND STAGE
CARPENTERS.

Some things not seen by the audience
are as interesting-in many cases much
more so--than the thrilling features Of
the play. They may not be as fair to
look upon-in fact that cuts no figure,
for they are never looked upon-but
they are of the utmost Importance to
the success of the stage presentation.
Actors must be letter perfect in their
lines and situations must be carefully
wrought out, or the play is spoiled.
This the spectators know in a general
way. But there are men of brain and
Drawn back of the scenes who are new
er heard or seen without whom the
play would not go on, even with a whole
galaxy of stars on the stage. Secret
Service" the well known play, will
serve well for an Illustration. There
are with the company two men who,
though they are supposed to know moth
ing about acting, do more real work
during every performance than any Of
the players, and who. unlike the actors
have to do considerable work during the
day as we'll. They do not have the sat
isfaction of seeing their names on the
programme. their salaries are compara-
lively small, they never receive mo
tees" for their efforts in the critics re-
view of the play. they do not enjoy the
Difference and prestige which come to
players of parts and their work is never
rewarded by the applause OF audiences.
which. to the actor, Is the very breath
of life; but their responsibilities are
fully as great and their duties as i'm
portant as those of Mr.. Gillette him
self These men are officially desig-
mated as stage carpenter" and master
of properties"
1t takes three enormous double scene
trucks to convey the scenery of Secret
Service" from the company's cars to the
theater. In addition. there are 10 large
crates and boxes of properties and 60
theater and hotel trunks. When It is
explained that the safety. care and
proper disposal on the stage of all this
expensive stun devolve solely upon
these two men. 1t will be realized that
they are prime factors in the enjoy
ment of the play.
As soon as the company reaches the
theater Stage Carpenter James Richard
becomes the foreman of the force of To-
cal stage hands. He is responsible for
the unloading and proper hanging and
setting up Of the scenery. Meantime
Property Man Harry Koerner, who has
made a list on the train of the various
hotels at which the different members
OF the company are going to. live, at
tends to the distribution of the indi-