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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-10-22
FRESH COMPLICATIONS.
Daily Item.

The fact that there is urgent
need for the immediate expatria-
ton of the Spanish troops now in
Cuba is strongly emphasized by
the announcement that serious diff
ferences have arisen between Gen.
Gomez and Gen. Masso and blood
ly instruction is threatened.
Blanco has for some time been
employing his favorite tactics of
false promises, dissimulation and
delay. Spanish diplomacy is dila-
tory and crafty in its methods and
the captain general of Cuba pos
sesses these qualifications to an
exceptional degree. Blanco may
not have intended that his deter
mined retention of the control OF
Cuba should open the doors to
discussions among the Cubaus, but
it has had that effect. The inabi-
lily of this government to take
charge of the surrendered terrific
nv in the West Indies has created
opportunities for discord and
strike which the Cubans were not
slow to embrace.
The following dispatch gives an
idea of the differences which have
arisen between Commander Go
mez and President Masso, OF the
so-called Cuban republic:
New York, Oct. 15.-The Her
aid says: 1t is generally believed
that a serious breach has taken
place between the executive de-
partment of the Cuban republic
and the military leaders.
Gen. Wood at Santiago has
been informed that President Mas.
so has advised that nothing be
done by Americans that can be
construed as recognizing the Gu
ban government. Masso has beer
joined by his colleagues in declar'
ing that the time has arrived to-
disbanding the Cuban forces. Thu
course will be vigorously combat
ted by Gen. Gomez. Gen. Juar
Ducasse, one of the closest advi
sers of Gomez, has arrived in Ha
vaua to consult with opponents o
Masso and oppose further Ameri
can intervention. Ducasse de
clares Gomez will lead the insur
gents back into the field before b.
will submit to disarming then
while American and Spanish sol
diers remain in Cubs.
Gomez, with his hysterical pro
poganda of independence and Ii
berty, is sowing seeds of discor
in the breasts of the Cubans, whic
threaten to produce a harvest
: blood. Once convince the fansti
y cal Cubans that the United State
= is trying to rob them of that fo
n which they fought so long and g
\. increasingly, and they will be prt
l. pared to take up arms against thi
s. country. Of course, Blanco an
his satellites may be depended ny
/ on to fan this sentiment; it is I
their interest to do 80. Their
fore, if President Mckinley dot
not enforce rigidly and uncompr'
misingly the order for the tram
fer of the island to this countl
by Dec. l, the result is likely to |
disastrous to the cause of libert
and enlightenment.
The Cubans must be made
feel the benefits of an Americs
alliance. We cannot permit the
to regard US as crusaders and o.
pressors.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-10-22

the assumption that little or no
argument was necessary in regard
to Cuba, on the ground that its
disposition was definitely fixed by
the terms of the protocol. Not
withstanding at the meeting last
Thursday the Spaniards submitted
suggestions and propositions
amounting to holding that the
United States should take over all
or part of the Cuban debt. After
reading this presentiment in Eng
lish on Tuesday Senior Monte
Rios, president of the committee,
verbally repeated it at length and
reiterated the same in summarized
form.
The Americans in their own ses-
sion on Wednesday took up Span
ish presentiment and determined
the form of the answer Of the Uni
ted States, cnawhich the clerical
force was busily engaged until the
hour of the Friday session, the
commissioners in the meanwhile
devising, simplifying and fortify-
ing it. Careful, exact and full was
the preparation Of the answer and
therefore it became impossible as
intended to serve copy Of it on
the Spanish before the hour of
opening the session, SO that the
oral discussion might begin
promptly. Thus it happened that
the Americans carried the answer,
which was submitted at the open
ing of the session, occupying four
instead ofthe usual two hours, on
account of the exhaustive discus
sion of the matter.
. None save the commissioners,
Secretaries Moore and Ojeda and
, Interpreter Ferguson know what
> was said. Possibly the question
l of the assumption of the Cuban
debt by the United State was set.
r tied then andthere. Whether the
3 Americans declined any Spanish
: obligation on account of Cuba
] none in Paris save those who were
: present knew. Whatever may
: have transpired at yesterdays ses
{ sion, whether the Spaniards were
: or not yesterday advised that th'
: United States declined to assume
: the Cuban debt, it may be distinct
Q ly said that with as much light al
q it now has, the United States com
!. mission will consistently continu
to assume all or any part of tn
= Cuban debt, have not already beer
i informed. the Spaniards will b
d assured that the United States ha
b expended enormous sums not +
f acquire Cuba, but to free it from
l. disastrous condition for self &c
70 vernment, which pre-supposes tn
n self assumption of just obligations
70 The Spaniards will, if indeed
> has not already done, have prees
is ed upon them the fact by the sig
d nature of the protocol they utterl
J. relinquished all claims of severe
10 ignty over and title to Cuba. ]
B. they have not heard it, the Spar
ss isrds will hear the expression c
D. American surprise that Spail
g. having so Internationally and III
y equivocally surrendered Cub'
De should now advance a claim {
~ even a suggestion of the Unite
States assuming a debt of @ terri
to tory, though surrendered by Spail
IN was unsought by the United State
m a. a conquest prize and is not no
D. possession of the United Stat'
and which has been freed by IL
United States at a vast expense
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-10-22
SUCCESSION SALE.

In the matter OF the Succession OF Mrs.
Sarah Smith deceased widow OF Sebas-
tian Smith.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-10-22
MRS. N. BIENVENU.
Or. Conrad E. Cook,

Anex-conf ierate soldier, specialist on the
EYE, EA&, NOSE AND THROAT,
Of twenty five years experience, lately from the
Eye, Ear, Nose anu Throat hospital of New Or
leans, offers his services to the citizens OF St.
Martinville and vicinity, and will be found
every Sunday afternoon at the office of DIR. A. +.
sillap, from to p. m, he will adjus; and fur
uish glasses at prices To suit ali.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-07

A kinsley woman Is the hrst OF neT
sex to file suit in bankruptcy.
Charley Curtis has his eye on the SEN
ate, according to Fred Vandegrift.
rally round the swag, boys" is the
Republican war cry this year, according
TO Dave Leahy.
Col. H. M. Greene of Lawrence, is inn
proving in health, but his right arm is
still paralyzed.
A Douglas county man will lose on an
accident policy because he made an error
in giving his age.
Lyon county Populists and Democrats
have harmonious fusion on the county
ticket and 1t will win.
Mr.. Stanleys newspaper speech and
the one published in the papers are not
alike by several majority.
Sheridan county Republicans put a
Populist, a Democrat and Silver Repub-
lican on their county ticket
The Topeka Capital mas decided that
1t is safe to abuse Kansas soldiers some
more and it is doing its best.
Senator Harris will speak at two big
silver picnics to be held on opposite sides
Of Brown county September Is and 16.
Archie Williams says that Boyle is the
best Attorney General the State ever had
Williams held that place himself once,
too.
About as many people shook hands
with Senator Harris at the Lawrence
rally as greeted Stanley in the same
way.
It was Henry Allen, Of the Ottawa Her.
aid, who launched the first newspaper
complaint about the treatment Of the
army.
Obedience to the law don't suit Re-
publcans, and because Populists require
1t they claim that they should be de-
feated
A. M. f. Randolph, who was for many
dropped dead at his home in Topeka last
Friday.
The negroes of Topeka have organized
an association to provide the Kansas
COlored soldiers at Santiago with hOspi-
tai supplies.
Billy Morgan says that when Senator
PETER speaks at Newton he will be In
the two hour class instead Of the two
minute class.
Billy Pepperell says that the Fifth
district Democrat convention was the
largest and best one held in that district
in sixteen years.
Judging from his reception at Law
NonHtAoko tufI Nnrin no.
some difficulty in getting down among
the common people"
Chester /. Longs effort to be re-elect-
ed to Congress reminds one of the ira
ditional effort Of the camel to prone
made through the needles eye.
If It were worth while interesting
deadly parallels" could be arranged by
placing Costigan's 1898 campaign edi-
torials alongside those Of 1894.
Kirkpatrick is trying his best to es-
cape from that joint debate with Con-
gresham Ridgely. Kirk asked for the
meeting and should not run now.
Iowa Republicans have adopted the
Kansas Populist scheme OF selecting
convention committees by vote of the
delegates In the district caucuses.
At the Hutchinson meeting last week
Governor Leedy was unable to speak on
account of sickness. Secretary Bush and
local speakers spoke to good crowd.
Johnson, of Nemaha, was the only Re.
publican who voted for the maximum
rate law in the 1897 session and he was
promptly turned down by his party.
Mr.. Stanley complains because people
applaud Webb McNall for doing his
duty. It is true that doing ones duty
does not entitle one to more than Or
.dinary credit, but McNalls long line of
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
BIG SHIPS MAIDEN TRIP.
Largest W~haIebnck in the World
Sails Down the Lakes
with Cargo.

The largest whaleback ever built,
the steamer Alexander McDougall. left
the slip at the barge works at West
Superior. Wis, the other day and went
to the Mesaba ore dock to load with
COCO tons of ore for her maiden trip
down the great lakes. Capt. Me.
Dougall. the inventor of the whale.
back, is of the opinion hat boats will
SOC be going direct from Superior to
Europe. He said:
Next year the new Canadian canal
will be opened and il will offer a broad,
er field for lake carriers. Boats ar.
rying 2.N0 to 1900 tons will be able
to 60 direct from Duluth to Montreal
and Quebec and thence to England
and European ports. The new canal
will permit of the passage of boats
279 feet long and drawing Il feet Of
water. Vessels of this kind can sal!
OR the lakes during the season of nav
Igation. and can then go to sea and
remain there in commission all win
ter. when freight rates on the ocean
will demand it. Within the ncXt five
years | expect to see a feet of 1T least
Il hundred boats of this class trading
between Duluth and European ports
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
WILL HELP TRADE.
Interest Excited by Proposal to An
mex the Island of Puerto Rico.
Carefully Compiled Statistics Show
ing the Present Value of Our inn
ports from and Exports to
the island.

The trade between the United States
and Puerto Rico is reviewed in a bull
!etin issued by the secretary of agri-
culture. compiled under the direction
Of Frank II. Hitchcock. chief of the
foreign markets section. Special eff.
forts TO secure the most reliable and
complete data were made. owing to
the avowed intention of the admins
iration 10 make the island n perma-
lent possession.
The official returns show that ouI
commercial transactions with Puerto
Rico during the fiscal year 1897. just
closed. amounted in value to S4.169.912,
the least since the civil war. except
in 1895. when it fell TO $3.340.050. The
highest mark was in 1872. when i'm
ports and exports had a combined
value of $13.s7O,92j. Subsequently the
trade declined rapidly and in less than
ii decade it had fallen off more thar
cne-half. The average annual trade
fell from SG.017.7s5 for 1SSS-92 TO S+.S56.
SIT in lS93-97.
The shrinkage in our trade With
Puerto Rico is traceable mainly to
the falling off in III imports from the
island. The value of the merchandise
we now send to Puerto Rico closely ap
rroaches the value of the goods we
receive in return. Formerly our i'm,
Eorts were largely in excess of our ex.
ports.
Agricultural products play the mos;
important part of this commerce, over
50 per cent. in value of merchandise
being imported and exported. Gun
imports are almost entirely agricul.
tural. Non-agricultural commodities
also form less than 40 per cent. of ouI
exports there. Sugar is the most i'm
portant of the imports, comprising
nearly IS per cent. of all imports, and
combined with molasses would form
yer 95 per cent. Fruits, nuts and
spices are other important agricul
tural imports.
The average annual import of coffee
for the last five years was 164.769
pounds. worth S32,671. This item has
declined about two-thirds in the last
decade.
The leading non-agricultural i'm
ports from there are perfumery and
cosmetics. chemicals. drugs and dyes.
manufactured wood and salt
Rreadstuffs and most products in value
form nearly 95 per cent. of our agri,
cultural exports to Puerto Rico
Wheat flour. the leading export.
reached a value of $57O.619 between
lS93-97. During the last five years the
average annual value of the meat ex
ports returned at S6G2.576 was slightly
larger than that of exported bread
stuffs. the latter declining and the
former Increasing during the last dec
ade.
Wood and its manufactures and
manufactures of iron and steel con.
%stitUte over oue-half of non-agricul-
tura! exports TO Puerto Rico. mineral
Gil ard coal also being most important
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
TO REDEEM MUTILATED COINS.
Capt. Porter. of the secret Service,
Asks That They BE Sent to
the Philadelphia Mint.

Capt. i'ortcy. CT the United States
secret service. says TIA; persons in r5>-
session of muti.ated cons should slEd
thcIn to Tic United States mirIat ilil-
aGeiThia. where the silver viii he melt
ed AID The bullion waite of tie moneys
rcrit:ed 20 nix sender. If the coins
arc but Slightly uuti,a;yd they VII,
he rcG"er.cd. in which case the face
V. re Will be given.
=. Jaw vi L. was l".s.G .&si wear
makes ii Il ":ime for aI.yEo,.y to huy.
sell or possess inT;i.%;cd coins Wi.
Northumberland. hoped there
by &c put Il check on TIE circulation Of
dcfaced or plugged silver pieces.
Despite the law on TIE subject. Capt.
Porter believes hal there is still Il
considerable Trade done III buying and
selling such tbins. the dealers usually
paving bullion value for the money.
Many of the pieces are Subsequent
~ redeemed at the suh;rcasury for
their face value. The profits of such
dealers. it is believed. will vanish en-
tirely row that the money can be for
wardch to the United States mint and
full value obtained.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
CAUSES A ~DiSCUSSlO.,.
Appearance of Picture of MAJ qu>tte
on Omaha Exposition Stamps.
The Post Office Department. Replying
to q DiSpleased Correspondent,
Tells Why the Selection
Was Made.

The question as TO the right OF Father
Marquette to d figure as a leading actor
in the history of this country has
arisen again, in connection with he
fact that a picture OF Marquette sail
ing down the Mississippi is borne on
the Cne-cent Omaha exposition stamps.
a correspondent of the post office de-
partment recently wrote that he made
a search 20 ascertain what claims Mar
uuette has 10 the distinction thus
given him. with the result that history
showed him to have been q foreigner
and a Jesuit, but not marked as Il rlan
of note either in literature or science.
Information was asked as to what his
great merit was.
Mr.. John z. Merritt, third assistant
postmaster general, has written a let
ter showing why the design was
adopted.
He says that the object of the PRO-
moters and managers of the transmits
sissippi exposition is to give expression
to a commenGahle pride on the part of
the inhabitants to the progress OF their
section, and to demonstrate its growth,
and anything pertaining to the men
who were most conspicuous and help
full in blazing the way to these sections,
and laying the foundations of civiIiza-
ton, is fraught with great interest. 1t
may be claimed, he says. that Mar
quette did not discover the Mississippi,
but like Americas Vespucci, he con-
tinued the explorations and America
is named after the latter.
"As TO the religious belief of Mar
quette," says Mr.. Merritt, at never en-
tered into or influenced the selection of
the device, n way or the other"
"As TO the fact of Marquette being a
foreigner" continues the reply, "he
performed services enough as a pioneer
70 earn his citizenship. and his bones
still lie buried on the west shore of
Lake Michigan. Columbus was also a
foreigner for that matter"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
QUICK SERVICE.
Pneumatic Mail tubes in Use Now
Between New York n
brooklyn.

1t takes only two minutes and a half
now for a letter to go between New
York and the Brooklyn post Offices.
This is because the new pneumatic
tube service over the bridge has begun.
The mail wagons took half an hour be-
tween the offices, and they were
blocked occasionally. With the new
service letters may be sen across at
any time. It is calculated that there
will be a saving altogether in time Of
nearly an hour. The tubes worked sat
isfactorily.
The first official test of the rev
tubes was made in the presence of
about rs officers and guests in the
Brooklyn post Office.
The party assembled in the mail
ing-~oom on the main floor of the fed
eral building. and the first carrier on
veyeG d visiting card of each OF those
present to the Office in Manhattan.
Half a dozen other carriers were sent
shooting across to the sister borough,
and the efficiency of the system WIS
established. There will be ar interval
of one minute between the patches
of mail dispatches. Five hundred let
tiers can he placed in each carrier,
but no packages exceeding eightinches
in diameter can be inserted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
MILLS THIRD HOTEL.
This Hosiery for Poor Men VIII Be
Located In the TendcrIOin Dis
trict of New York City.

In carrying out the broad plan of
d. o. Mills. which contemplated the
building of a number of poor mems
hotels in various parts of New York
city. and find their first illustration in
mills hotel No. l." at Blocker and
Sullivan streets. and their second eX-
emplar in Mills hotel No. ." at River
ton and Chrystie streets, the agents
of the famous multi-millionaire are
seeking a suitable site for Mills hotel
No. 3 within the confines of the Ten
derloin.
The Tenderloin is not only the dis
trict which contains the Fifth and
Madison avenue homes of New York's
moneyed aristOcrats, but it holds most
of the best theaters and nearly all of
the palatial hotels of Manhattan, and
practically of New York.
Mills hotel No. 3 will probably be
located in or near Forty-second street,
in the vicinity of Broadway. The lines
Of the downtown establishment will
be followed in general, but No. 3 will
also have some rooms a little larger
than the 5X7h chamber in the former.
and opulent wayfarers in the Ten
derloin will be allowed 10 pay as high
as 80 cents i night for a~ccommoda-
lions in these.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27

The sultan is said to have nearly
completed the largest hotel in the
world at Mecca. This establishment
is TO lodge 6.00O pilgrims at once, with,
presumably, their camels and other
beasts of burden, and promises 10 be
one of the most picturesque places to
stay at in the world, although. OF
course, intidel dogs are not allowed
to approach it. Its vast size has
drawn attention to monster resi-
dences. The largest dwelling-housc in
existence is in Vienna, where there is
an apartment house with 1.5OO rooms
in it, occupied by more than 5000 geo-
pie. This building has 80 s~taircases. IS
interior courts. and so windows on
The street.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
MAKES A PLEA FOR ANIMALS.
Little Chicago Girl Thinks Dog
Cntchers Should Re Employed
Paving streets.

\ letter received by Mayor Har-
rison. OF Chicago, the other day. signed
~ Little Friend Of All Dumb Animals"
complains of the cruelty of the city
dog catchers. The writer asserts that
everybody would be better satisfied
II the dog catchers were put to work
II pairing the street paving. The let
ter is as follows:
Sir: I am a little girl II years old. But
think 1t is a shame the way the poor dogs
are treated by those cruel dog catchers.
Abou: a week ago they caught a dog IN
'front.' Of our house. ard the way he was
treated was i shame. l am only a child.
hu; l think thai aEy man who has a heart
i? him or any kind OF a Christian would
protect dumb animals instead of harminG
them. There is a little verse: Never be
cruel to dumb animals: We cannot tell how
much they suffer Every man ought 10
thiah of tina
Why. there Is 70 animal more faithful
than 4 dog. If he is only a cur he is as
faithful! as d great dog. We always keep
two or three dogs. and I would just as well
Kill anybody 1 know as one of our dogs.
And | think It would he a good deal BET
ter if you would pave the streets ard put
off The horrid dog catchers. When l grow
t. be a woTlan l will keep all the dogs l
car keep a1d aiways try TO protect them.
Ptor things, l think q a pity. the way they
are treated. ard they never do any harm.
When God put the dogs on earth He didn't
mean for them to he hurried and killed like
thai.
although he sultan OF Turkey is a
wicked mar in some ways, he is very coed
TO al. dogs. l wish our president was Ike
that. ! think l will close, for l think l have
10 more to say. I hope you will turn to be
1 friend of the poor, unfortunate dog"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-27
LIKE A FAIRY'S REALM.
Original Effects at Mrs. BelmOnt's
Newport Entertainment-Cost
Was $4,000.

For days all Newport,has talked Of
the entertainment given by Mrs
o.. II. p. Belmont. The entertainment
was given at Crag park. and for years
to come all Newport will gossip of its
effects" and origi:falities.
An electric light plant had been
specially set up on the grounds. and
ali the great park spanked and glim-
mered like a bit of fairy land. Then
there was an electric merry-go-round,
on which society danes and maids EN-
ulated the equestrian fears OF the men.
There was a cake walk. participated
in by the fast-biack negroes and tie
crosses. Then followed all the az
fractions Of a country fair. with faliirs
crying their wares and nostrums.
rogues for a night plying their be.
quilting trade trick. and fortune tell.
erS dipping into all sorts offuture> for
those who desired = Try their luck in
the bright beyond.
Led 10y Mrs. Belmont. she bellies and
beaux heard what the fortuEe-tellers
had to say of what was in store for
them. There was u wild west show"
with whooping Indians, lariating COW.
boys. the "Deadwood coach" hold-up
and the rough riding feats of the from.
tier. The guests were taken home in
numbering vans sitting on straw. The
entertainment is said to have cost
$4,000.