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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IN the senate, on the goth. more than
six hours was devoted to debating the
Teller resolution providing for :he pay
ment of principal and interest of gov
eminent bonds III silver. The session
was replcte with argument and ora
tory, but no acrimonious c~ollOquies
were INDUCED in. No other business
was transacted. In the house an
other day was devoted to considera-
ton of the Indian appropriation bill,
ten pages of which were disposed of.
The conference report On the urgent
deficiency appropriation was adopted.
A GENERAL order has beer issued by
the navy department for the prepare
ton of all war ships now out of COM
mission for immediate service, and a
few days will see another formidable
squadron ready for any emergency.
Things are being pushed at League
Island navy yard.
Hon. JOSEPH MCKENNA took his seat
on the bench of the supreme court of
the United States, on the Goth, as an
associate justice. The official cere-
mony Inducing him into this impor-
tant office consumed less than four
minutes, and was simple in the ex-
IRENE.
The armored cruiser Brooklyn, it
was announced on the 26th. will sail
for Key West several days sooner than
expected as the necessary repairs can
be completed to admit OF sailing Feb
lruary /. The Brooklyn will join Adj
miral Sicard's squadron to take part in
the %eyolutiOnS.
THE announcement in the London
morning papers of the Goth, that Lady
Tatton Sykes had gone abroad for the
benefit of her health, caused much
talk, and an evening newspaper init
mated that she has gone to a country
from which there is no e~xtradition.
The Grocers' and Importers ex-
change of Philadelphia, on the Goth.
made it's second shipment of food to
the suffering poor in Cuba. The ship
ment netted over 80, 00O pounds.
The suburban residence of A. j.
Drexel, Jr., of Philadelphia, was COM
pletely destroyed by fire on the night
of the 18th. The loss will reach $780,
600: covered by insurance.
The monetary convention at Indian
apolis, after a two days session, ad-
journed, on the Goth, subject to the call
of the chairman, Mr.. Hugh Hanna.
On the 10Th the house committee on
territories rejected the Arizona. New
Mexico and Oklahoma statehood bills
by a vote of S to 5.
The steamer City of Seattle sailed
from Tacoma, Wash, on the 10Th, for
Alaska, carrying 600 passengers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
BURNING OF THE SEMINoLEs.
Wholesale Arrests of the Murdsrers Soon
to be Made.

Wholesale Arrests of the Murdsrers Soon
to be Made.
GUTHRIE, Okla, Jan. 2I-Deputy
United States Marshal Tilghman re-
turned last night from Pottawattomie
county, where he had been for a week
investigating the recent burning of
the two Seminole Indians. He states
that there is no truth in the report of
the arrest of some of the lynchers.
The names of a score or more of the
mob have been obtained by the Off
GERS, however, together with strong
evidence.
A large number of warrants will be
issued at once and wholesale arrests
will be made before the week is out.
He says that almost every member of
the moi is a resident of the Indian ter
ritory and hal the arrests will first be
made there on a charge of kidnapping
and conspiracy, as the murder charge
will hold only on the Oklahoma side of
the line. United States Marshal
Thompson is daily expecting special
instructions from the department Of
justice to assist the county authorities
in prosecuting the members OF the mob
Tor murder.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
CAUGHT a TARTAR.
Another Insurgent Retreat In Which the
Spanish Got thesWorst of c Fields
Burned.

Another Insurgent Retreat In Which the
Spanish Got the;Worst of It-Cane Fields
Burned.
HAVANA, Jan. &c, via Key West, Jan.
27.-Gen. Molina, on the morning of
the 2Oth of January, began Il second
attack upon the insurgent position be-
tween Boca Camarioca and PuRta.
The insurgents were under leader
Tabarts, and they stood continuous
volleys until the Spanish, about IL
o'clock, began an artillery fire.
The insurgents, being without can
non, burned their camp and made a
flank movement toward the coast and
the Spanish rear. obliging Gen. Molina
to abandon his position, in order to
avoid n rear attack, and compelling
him to retreat toward the coast.
The insurgents Immediately divided
their forces and invaded the rich zone
of sugar cane, burning immense cane
fields with incaiculabie loss. The Span
ish had Is killed, including a captain.
They buried their dead and then re-
tired. They had 2S wounded.
The insurgents have burned the.
greater part of the zane fields on the
Plantation Union, near San Luis, al
though the plantation is protected by
forts and attachments.
The military authorities here criti
cize Gen. Molina for attacking the in
surgent camp at Camarioca, as they
consider it unimportant, and the sacrI-
flee too serious for experiment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
TO OPEN THE FLOOD GATES.
The Public Maybe Delayed with the Filth
OF S~candalOus Trials.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Jan. 27.-The right
of courts to exclude the general pub
lie from a trial because of the OBJ
scene CT indecent character of the evil
dence expected was yesterday treated
in an opinion handed down by Justice
Titus, of the supreme court, in the case
of She People against VIM. Z. Hall.
Hall was tried in Rochester for extor-
ton, and the county judge shut out the
newspaper reporters and everyone but
the witnesses, holding that the public
good required that this be done on &C
count of the disgusting and revolving
nature of the testimony.
An application was made to Justice
Titus for a certification of reasonable
doubt of the guilt of Hall. the argu-
ment being made that lie had been de-
MED his constitutional right to q
speedy and public trial" Justice
Titus granted the certificate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
MISSOURI A NEWS,
Denounced Christian Science.

According to a decision by Judge
Wofford in the criminal court at Kan
sas City, Mrs. Amanda j. Baird, Chris
tan Science doctor, or rather dem
onstrator," will have to pay the fine of
$50 and costs imposed in the police
court for not reporting to the board of
health the case of diphtheria in the
family of 5. Ii. Kinney, GIL Woodland,
from which little ~ten-year-old May
Kinney afterward died.
Judge Wonord created a sensation by 4 scath-
ing denomination of Christian Scientists and
their belief, which he delivered from the bencn.
He declared that a monStrOus wrong had been
done TO society. and that if it were in his
power he would fine Mrs. Baird $1,000.
There has been intense interest in the trial.
Mrs. Baird is n fine, MISUNDERSTANDING old lady
and during the trial she has been surrounded by
the leaders in Kansas City of the sect. They
express no diSapprobation of Judge Woford's
decision, simply announcing that they would
appeal to the supreme court.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
Mr.. JUSTICE M'KENNA.

The New Member of the United states
Supreme Court Formally Installed on tn"
BrDea-The Court Room was Crowded
In Anticipation OF the Eyent-The Cere-
meny, AS Is Customary, was of the SIM
pl-st Description.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Hon. Joseph
McKenna took his seat on the bench
of the supreme court of the United
States as an associate justice. The Of
fetal ceremony inducing him into this
important office consumed less than
four minutes, and was simple in the
extreme. Mr.. McKenna had already
taken the oath of Office before the
chief justice, when at one minute
past twelve o'clock he walked into
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
GROUND TO ES.
Horrible Fate of DIR. Merritt u. Peck, .
Patent Medicine vsnder.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 27.--Dr. Mer-
rlt Is. Peck. n travelling patent medi-
cine vender, who, for the past six
months had been living in an aban-
doned office building of the Fuller
Co., was run down and instantly killed
by All Air,Line freight train tuesday
night. He was dragged Il distance of
nearly 800 feet. When picked up he
WAS nothing more than crushed bones
and flesh. Peck has Il wife aud Jsugh-
ter in Minneapolis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

Gov. Stephens found, after a complete
and thorough examination of the coz
dition of the state treasury, hat there
was 81, l62, $50. 40 in the treasury in all
funds-just , cents more than should
have been found there according to the
BOOKS of the state auditor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
Democratic State Convention.

The Democratic state central COM
mnttee net i'll st. Louis and decided to
hold the state convention at Spring.
field, August 10.
The basis of representation was fixed at one
delegate TOR each 80 votes east for Bryan in
1896 and fraction OF > ID and over. This gives a
total of rs delegates.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

A REPORT issued on the 25th showed
that for the week ending January 10
there were exported from this country
SO, S95 barrels of apples, as compared
with Sassy for the corresponding week
of last year. The total exports To that
date for this year amounted 20 655,7d3
barrels, as compared with 2,2l5. 1853 to
the same date last year, afalling off OF
over I.500, 0O9 barrels.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

The report OF the county assessor Of
Vernon county has been filed with the
county court. There are Is, 9O2 horses,
valued at S23S, 3O9, and 23,G36 cattle,
valued at S2S5, 1862, in the county. The
total personal and real property
amounts to ST, 500, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
Whisky Explodes.

A bottle of whisky exploded in the
hands of a st. Louis saloonkeeper. The
flying glass almost tore his left hand
to pieces. 1t is said that he has sworn
off, and will hereafter drink out of a
hydrant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

Miss CHARLOTTE CRANE. the actress
whom the ladies of Charleston, S. c.,
snubbed, was the heroine of a swell
ball and dinner at Hot Springs, Ark,
on the night of the 2Ist, attended by
the cream of Hot Springs society, in
GLIDING the army officers stationed
there and their wives.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
A Novel Plea.

George Feiferlich, who soon will be
tried in st. Louis for the killing of his
brother, Joseph F., on June &. 1896,
will set up a novel plea of defense.
HypnOtism, he claims. was responsible for
his rash deed. His counsel will endaavor to
convince the jury that the crime was commit
ted while he was carrying out the suggestion
conveyed to him some time previous by u pro-
fessiOnai hypnotist.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
At Springfield Next Time.

The second annual meeting of the
Women's Federated clubs of Missouri
was held at Sedalia. Springfield was
recommended by the committee as the
place to hold the November meeting.
Mrs. Laura L. Scannon. Kansas City,
was elected president.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

The governmental Alaska expedition,
under the immediate charge OF Gen.
Merriam, commander of the depart
ment of the Columbia, is fully equipped
to leave Portland, Ore, February l by
the steamer George w. Elder.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
An Uufouuded Report.

SPOKANE, Wash, Jan. 27.-The re.
port that G. D'Albert, a violinist and
brother of the famous pianist. was
burned in the Great Eastern block fire,
proves unfounded. He was not in the
building at the time. and has been To-
Gated,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
Cargo of Arms Confiscated.

MUsCAT, Gulf of Oman. Jan. 27.-The
British gunboat Lapwing has seized
the steamer Reloochistan, off here. and
her cargo of arms and ammunition baa
been contiscated. Her cargo g held by
the British consul.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

DURING the week ended on the Goth,
deaths from the bubonic plague in
Bombay, numbered S51. The exodus
was increasing and business was
stapnated,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

Mrs. Elizabeth Hembree has sued the
city of Sedalia for $40, 900 damage,
which she alleges she sustained by
falling on q defective sidewalk. Mr..
Hembree also asks the city to pay him
81, 009 for the loss of his wifc's society.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

REAR-ADMIRAL MCNAIR, late COM
mander of the Asiatic squadron, United
States navy, arrived at San Francisco,
on the 25th, on the Coptic. Commo-
dore Dewey is now in charge of the
Asiatic fleet, vice Rear-Admiral Nc
Nair, having hoisted his pennant over
the flagship Olympia on the Sd.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

Gov. MOUNT has advised the officials
of Lake county, Ind, to stop at C
the building of the gambling amphi-
theater at Roby, where it is proposed
to reopen the Indiana Monte Carlo.
Gov. Mount will call out the militia if
necessary to drive the horde of Chicago
gamblers from Indiana soil.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

The United States battleship Maine,
commanded by Capt. Charles ID. Sigs-
bee, which left Key West, Fla, on the
gath, arrived At Havana on the 25th,
and was saluted by the forts and war
vessels.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

LORD SALIsBURY's early retirement
from the secretaryship of state for for
eign affairs in the British cabinet is
foreshadowed by information received
in Washington on the 21st.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

The French have finally begun the
construction of a railroad to connect
their east African possessions in the
Somali protectorate with Abyssinia.
The road is expected to drain n Of
the most fertile countries in Africa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

MINISTER WooDFoRD cabled to the
state department, on the oath, that the
government of Spain had consented to
negotiate commercial treaty with the
United States on the basis Of reciproc-
ity, with scales for Cuba and the PEN
insula. The negotiations will be con-
Quoted in Washington at a time yet to
be agreed upon.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

The Catholic total abstinence socie-
ties Of Chicago have declared a boycott
on all grocers who operate bars where
liquor is sold in connection with their
establishments.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

FAILURES for the week ended on the
21st, Is reported by R. G. Dun & Co.,
were, for the United States, 374,
against 400 for the corresponding week
last year, and for Canada, 5S, against 65
last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

The John jackson lease on 50 acres
of lead and zinc mining land in Chit
wood hollow. near Joplin, has been
soli to PhiIadelphians for SlO5, OOg.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

On the 25th Assistant Secretary Da-
Wis of the interior department rem
dered a decision holding that there is
no law providing a pension for the
widows of soldiers who die of disease
contracted in the service in time of
J peace prior to March 4, 1861.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
THE DEMOCRAT,
b. III. ADAMS, Publisher.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI

On the 21st the senate confirmed the
nomination of Joseph McKenna, of
California, to be associate justice of
the supreme court of the United
States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

WITH it's capital stock placed at
S136, 600, 900, it cost the reorganized
Union Pacific Railroad Co. $40, 400. SO to
incorporate under the laws of Colora-
do. The fee is the largest ever received
at the secretary of states office in that
state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Seewald, of
st. Louis, celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary. They have been
shurch members and regular attend
ants the entire So years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

THE report that American war ships
had been ordered to Cuban waters
caused great excitment in Madrid on
the 23d. The Impartial, in the course
OF a violent article, said: "We see now
the eagerness of the Yankees to seize
Cuha-7
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

W. X. Collins, alias W. Is. Robinson,
was arrested at Nevada on iustruc.
tons from Joplin, where he Is charged
with rnhbin0 a drv-roods store,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

THE Queen City cotton mills at Bur-
lington, VT, which had been shut
down on account of the strike, resumed
operations on the oath. Nearly all of
the employees returned and practical
all the machinery was set in motion.
The Queen City operatives were the
first to resist the general reduction.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

The celebration of the fftieth ami
versary of the discovery of gold in Cal
fornia, known as the golden jubilee.
was begun in San Francisco, on the
oath, immense throngs from all parts
of the state being present and p~artici-
pating in the exercises and diversions
of the day.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
A Successful Riviyal.

The revival at the Cumberland Pres
byteriau church, Sedalia, conducted by
Evangelist Tyler, resulted in 30 con.
versions and % accesslons to the church.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

ADIsPATCH from Constantinople says:
Russia is about to present a note to
Turkey demanding payment of the
whole balance of the indemnity of the
RusSo-Turkish war, amounting to
Isl, 400, O0O, OOO), with a view of max
ing the sultan more docile in the set
Element of the Cretan question"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

DURING the As hours ended on the
21st, II vessels, carrying in the aggre-
gate more than 4, 1000. OO0 feet of lum-
Der, passed in through the Golden
Gate at San Francisco. This arrival of
SO many lumber-laden vessels is due
wholly Il the unprecedented demand
for tonnage to engage in the Alask an
trade.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29

B. +. Wall, one of the weathiest and
most respected citizens of Warrens-
burg, aged 81.
ORoland Burnett died at the home of
his son in Oregon. Holt county.
HE was the oldest white man in Holt county.
Esquire Burnett, as he was Familiarity called,
was born IN Patrick county, Va, March l, 1893.
In 1889 he came to Missouri and settled in what
Is now Holt county, and lived there until his
death. He had two brothers under Gen. Jack
son at New Orleans, but was never a soldier
himself. He was Il justice of the peace in Holt
county before the war, and had been a member
Of the Christian church about thirty-tive years.
Mrs. William Il. McCarty, wife of a
prominent citizen of jefferson City,
from a stroke of apopexy.
lShe was about 20 years of age. and was born
in New York. She was the sister of Maj.-Gen.
Wesley Merritt, of the United States army,
general in N of the department of New
York, and also of State Senator Thomas f.
Merritt, OF Salem, Ill. The remains were taken
to Salem for interment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-29
spinster Offended by a Valentine.

Federal authorities are investigating
the complaint of Mary Thompson, d
spinster at Savannah.
She charges the bride of a former lover. it is
said, with sending obscene matter through the
mails in the form Of a valentine. mailed Febru-
airy IA last. TIL valentine was of the penny al
legged comic variety. and bore in tlaShy colors
the representation Of an ancient tabby. dressed
up in bonnet, clothes and shoes, with hideouS
goggles on. and its tail curled spitefuliy up from
beneath the hem of its dress skirt.
The herald., 1898-05-08
ALL THE PLANS MADE
For the Retention Of the Philippines
and Occupation Of Porto Rico

z WASHINGTON, May 7.-(By the 9
M Associated Press.) The Post will to- q
Il morrow print the following: 1,
ID 'All day yesterday, following the re- j
u, ceipt of official advices from Dewey, :
u important conferences were in prog ),
X ress at the White House and the war j,
Il and navy departments. AS the result =
II of those conferences, plans have been !
il perfected for the retention of the |:
x Philippines, the immediate invasion q
b, of Cuba and the occupation of Porto =
n Rico. kilograms have been sent in I;
Il all directions, advising military and =
* naval commanders of the adoption of !:
II an aggressive policy, and in six weeks !:
n the war ought to be at an end. In the |:
II meantime Spains fleet on the At D
x lantic will be sent to the bottom of Z
Z the ocean. =
q 1.-THE military governor of the Phil
u ippines will probably be General .
Il Henry c. Merriam, brave fighter and (:
Y fine executive officer. There is to .
s be no turning the islands over to a /
|. provisional or experimental govern i
), ment of the insurgents, as will be the =
d case in Cuba. Such step would en- !
x danger the lives of Spaniards, as well t
& as Europeans. and would lose to the .
n United States all the fruits of Dewey's 4
< victory. The flag of the United States 5,
u Is to float over the islands in fact as !:
Il we'll as name"
q NN& 81 III III GN 81 q AE q HMN q u q q q
The herald., 1898-05-08
FAWKfS FAMILY AGAIN.
1T HAS ANOTHER TURN IN THE
BURBANK COURT
Justice Gunnett Sternly Squelches the
Junior Who Was His Own
Lawyer

BURBANK, May 1.-THE Fawkes fam
lily, which has given given Burbank such
a widely known reputation for the last
two years, by reason of their family rows
aired In court, ,Swere. at it again yesterday
In Justice Gunnett's court. j. w. Fawkes,
ST., sued his son, ]. w. Fawkes. jr., to re-
cover possession of certain goods and
chattels to the value of $45.7O j. w.
Fawkes, jr., has appeared against his
father so often in court that he now i'm
agines that he is ful-hedged lawyer, and
with his briliancy and bulldozing tactics
thinks he can run the court to his own
advantage. But Justice Gunnett is not
made of that kind of material, and he po-
litely but sternly informed the irritable
lawyer, J. w. Fawles, jr, that he was
running the justice court of Burbank and
any further proceedings of his kind he
would fine him for contempt of court
After that there was no further trouble.
c. r. Thompson of Burbank appeared
for the plaintiff in the case. The justice
took it under advisement until Tuesday.
Another meeting of Democrats has been
called to meet at Gano Henry's office next
Saturday evening at o'clock sharp.
May 10th.