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The herald., 1898-01-09

to the high water it was impossible to
make an examination before the follow
ing Sunday.-when, to Mr.. Baldwin's
surprise. he found that the water
wheels We're clogged up with dozens of
cells, varying from three to four feet
in length, weighing in the mass sew
eral hundred pounds.
After the cells had been cleared away
the mill was run at full power with
but three wheels in operation. This is
the second time in the memory Of the
traditional oldest inhabitant that eels
have been in evidence in the Mahoning
river. Some eight years ago. it is said.
Game Warden Samuel Lever placed q
number of young silver cells in the
The herald., 1898-01-09

twenty-five per cent. of the cotton acre
age of the South, he is talking in big
figures; he is speaking of a revolution
IN great industry, that means an in
crease of millions in the national
wealth.
The pictures here presented are from
actual photographs.
Copyright. 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-09

ment surveying and exploring parties.
as it is designed to travel continuous
ly night and day."
Some idea of the service expected Of
the craft may be gathered from view
of the guard rails on the sides, de-
The herald., 1898-01-09

A wild cat, by tradition, is harder to
tame than a zebra, and not quite SO
sweet-tempered as a hyena. Occasion
ally. in menagerie, a professional ami
NAL tanner exhibits one that has been
subdued by fear to some degree of
docility, but wild cat as pet has
The herald., 1898-01-09

bilities and uses may be judged from
the following statement:
MY improved sled-boat can travel
over rough and uneven country. over
obstructed trails, across bitches, ra-
vines, and water courses, climb steep
The herald., 1898-01-09

comes into play when the regular
masts OF ship go by the board.
1t really makes 1T possible for a ves-
sci which has any apparatus aboard
for furnishing power to tow itself. That
is what causes 1t to be termed the in
vention that makes every vessel its
own tugboat
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-01-09
The Widest Of Beasts Is His Pet.

with big drug-making company. The
cat has the run of the extensive prem
ises, and at last accounts had not COM
mitted any homicide. In fact, he seems
as mild and gentle as an ordinary
tabby.
He is a handsome beast, about as big
The herald., 1898-01-09
George Meredith

George Meredith sometimes rewrites
a chapter several times before he is sat
isfied with it, and then occasionally de-
J cides to use the first draft
The herald., 1898-01-09
Enormous Power.

1t would take 10000 rowers. working
at their oars In eight-hour shifts, to de-
velop as much power as the Lucania's
engines
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as an English bull dog but far strong
er and incomparably more active. His
color is gray; his ears are sharp. and
each is tipped with a bunch of hair
that comes to a point; his tail is a
queer, stubby appendage, four inches
The herald., 1898-01-09

hitherto been about as easy to find as
a white blackbird. Now, however, Chi
cago comes to the front and claims a
record.
The tame wild cat is owned by
George w. Mathison, who is connected
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

IN the senate, on the 9th, the omnibus claim
bill. carrying over e, 900. 900, was passed. Consid-
cradle discussion was developed in connection
with the rejection by the government of the
steamship Centennial as a transport, and some
ugly charges against ship owners on the Pa
cific coast were made and controyerted. .....In
the house the conference report upon the war
revenue bill was presented and adopted-l5 to
l0T. Consideration was resumed Of the bill to
enable volunteer soldiers to vote in congress
sional elections.
lN the senate, on the 10th, after discussion,
lasting four hours, the conference report on the
war revenue bill was agreed to by the decisive
vote of 43 to - Every republican eightdemocratS
one silver republican and one independent voted
for the measure. III the house the feature
Of the days session was the securing of an
agreement to consider for four days. and vote
upon the NewlandS resolution to annex HAWAII,
The vote to be taken on the 18th. The bill to
enable volunteer soldiers to vote at congress
sional elections was passed, and 4 number Of
minor measures, chiefly OF a private nature
were considered.
THE senate was not in session on the 18th.
.......In the house the Hawaiian debate was
begun, and six speeches were made covering
generally the contentious Of the support and
opposition TO the resolution providing for an
neXation. There was a good attendance in the
galleries, but barely a quorum at any time upon
the 1OOr.
IN the senate. on the 18th, an act authorizing
the appointment of a nOn-partiSan commission
TO collate information and TO consider and rec
ommcnd legislation to meet the problems pre-
Sented by labor, agriculture and capital, was
passed. The resolution directing the claims
committee to inquire into the Methodist Book
Concern appropriation was discussed for two
hourS......In the house a bill dppropriating
S473, l5l.26 to pay the Behring sea award was
passed. The debate upon Hawaiian anneXa-
tion was continued, ten speeches being made
upon the question.
IN the senate. on the 18th, the resolution di-
recting that an inquiry he made into the dispo-
sitiOn made Of the Methodist Book Concern
claim, (which vas paid recently by congress,
was adopted without diviSiOn. The house joint
resolution appropriating SI73, l5l to pay the
Behring sea award Twas adopted.......In the
house, eight hours, comprising afternoon and
evening sessions, were devoted to debate of the
NewlandS resolution for the annexation Of
Hawaii. Twenty speeches, most OF them brief,
were delivered.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IN the senate. on the 18th, a large
n2mber of pension bills ~ere passed.
The senate then resumed consideration
of the international bank bill. which
had not been concluded when the
senate adjourned. LIN the house, by a
vote of 200 to 81, the Newlands resolu-
ton, providing for the annexation of
Hawaii, was adopted.
Oh the 18th. the navy department
posted the following bulletin: "Ad-
miral Sampson reports that he has been
reinforced by several hundred Cubans,
and that our forces at Guantanamo are
in a very satisfactory condition. The
town of A~cerraderOs has been occupied
by the troops under Gen. Rabi. The
men under Gen. Garcia are co-opera-
ting with the American forces"
WHILE the first secretary of the GeI-
la embassy in London, Count Won
A~rco-Nallcy, was emerging from the
embassy. on the 18th, a stranger fired
two shots from a revolver at him. One
of the bullets entered the secretarv's
back, but the wound is not believed to
be fatal. His assailant was arrested
after firing at and missing a police
man.
NEAR Wetumpka, Cal, on the night
of the 10th, the house of VIM. Gurden
was burned, and he, with his wife and
William Curley, all white, were ere
mated. Gurden had the reputation of
keeping Il hoard of gold, and there is
little doubt that the three persons were
murdered and the house set on fire.
The state department has been Off
cially advised that reports that Ger
many would make an issue in the Phil
ippines are unwarranted. German
ships will be on hand at Manila to af-
ford protection to German subjects and
property, but Germany has not thought
of Intervention.
Two PROPOSALS were made to the
government on the day the new three
percent. popular loan as opened. One
was to take whatever portion of the
loan was not subscribed by the people,
and the other was to take the whole
loan of 500, 900, 900 at par.
The general deficiency bill, carrying
an aggregate of S224, O32, 1923, vas re-
ported to the house. on the 18th, by the
committe on resolutions. All but
SIS, POS, zoo is for war expenses, and
Ss,O7O, s72 of these ordinary deficiencies
are for pensions.
BY a vote of 2O9 to 81 the house of
representatives, on the 18th, adopted
the Newlands resolutions providing for
the annexation of Hawaii.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY has conferred
the degree of LID, upon Admiral
Dewey.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
SUCCESS OF THE WAR LOAN.
The Way subscriptions are Rolling In Sets
All Doubts of Success at Rest
Some Want 1t All.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-If there was
ever any question about the success of
the new three per cent. war loan, it
has been set at rest by the way in
which subscriptions are already begin
ming to come in at the treasury
department. The assurance of the sue
cess of the loan, however, has been
made absolutely certain by two
propositions, each covering the entire
present issue of 5000, OOO, 900. The sub
scription of the National City bank,
the Central Trust Co. and YER
milye & Co., made the day the
loan was opened, was for any
part of the total issue that should not
be taken by the public. Another pro-
posal was formulated the same day
covering the entire amount. 1t came
from j. Pierpont Morgan and others.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
INTERVIEW WITH SAGASTA.
Leading FInanciers Say Russia Has Taken
Steps to Intervene In the
Philippines.

LONDON, June ga special dispatch
from Madrid, published here, purports
to give the substance of an interview
with Senior Sagasta, the Spanish pre-
mier, who is quoted as saying that Tues
day'srise on the bourse was due t tele-
grams advising leading %6nanciers hat
Russia has taken steps to intervene
shortly In the settlement of the Philip
pine question.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
CUBANS ARE COOPERATING.
Admiral SIMPSONS Force Has Been Rein
forced by Several Hundre Cubans
at guantanamo.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-The navy de.
partment posted the following bulle.
tin: Admiral Sampson reports that he
has been reinforced by several hundred
Cubans, and that our forces at Guam.
tanamo are in a very satisfactory con.
dition. The town of Acerraderos has
been occupied by the troops under Gen.
Rabi. The men under Gen. Garcia are
cooperating with the American forceL
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

AMONG the delegates attending the
international Missionary union at Cliff
ton Springs, n. Y, is Mary +. Brewer,
a niece of Justice Brewer, of the SUI
preme court. She has just arrived
from Asiatic Turkey, where she has
spent ten years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

SEVERAL Spanish generals are quoted
in Madrid as saying that Spain al con-
tinue the war in Cuba for two years,
and that it is useless to talk of peace
unless on the basis of statu quo ante
bellum.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

Mrs. DAY, wife of the secretary OF
state, has so far recovered in health as
to leave the Cleveland Co., general hos
pital, where she underwent a dangerous
operation, and was under treatment for
six weeks. She has returned to her
home in Canton.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

STEAMERS arrived at Liverpool from
Sierra Leon, West Africa, report that
1000 persons were killed in the recent
uprising in that district. One hundred
and two inhabitants of Freetown,
most of them traders, are known to
have been massacred, and other col
onists were carried into the bush by
the ''war boys" and undoubtedly met
a worse fate. Three hundred friendly
natives were killed, and, besides the
white Missionaries, six colored mis-
sionaries of the United Brethren of
Christ were murdered at Manohbargru.
The English missionaries are at the
mercy of the var boys, but have not
been molested.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

THE California state prohibition con-
vention, at Fresno, on the 9th, noml-
mated j. E. McComas, of Pomona, for
governor, and Robert Somers, of a
Jose, for lieutenant governor. and
named a full congressional ticket.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

SIR JOSEPH ADoLPH CHAPLEAU, for
merly acknowledgement of Quebec
and secretary of state of the IN
and one of the great French-Canadlan
statesmen, died in Montreal on the
18th. He was born in 1S4O.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

THE British government, following
out the policy adopted in connection
with its big naval stations, is about to
store an immense supply probably
100, OOG tons) of Cardiff coal. the best
steam engine coal produced, at the
Esquimault (B. c. dock yards.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

Miss HARRIET GAULT, who was Mrs.
McKinley's teacher at Brooke Hall SEM
mary, over thirty years ago, has been
appointed postmistress at Media, Ia.
Her term begins in August, hen the
commission of the present postmaster
expires.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

THE Niger boundary dispute, in
which English papers and politicians
have seen a war cloud, is practically
settled. A convention covering all dis
putes is ready for signature. France
gets two commercial depots Oh the
lower Niger for outlets for French
trade with Upper Dahomey, while
Great Britain's gains consist of terri
tory on the gold coast.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

STATEMENTS sent out from Ottawa,
Ont, that the government had decided
to deport Senior Dubosc and Lieut.
Carranza, the alleged Spanish spies,
lack foundation. The power to do so
can only be exercised by special act OF
Darliament
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

IT is reported in Rome that the queen
regent of Spain has changed her atti-
tude toward the pope, so far as his in
tervention is concerned, and that she
has intimated that she will abdicate.
should it be seen that this course would
relieve the situation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

Word reached the navy department,
On the 14th, from Commander Leary, at
Provincetown, Mass, that the San
Francisco, his flagship, had suffered
no damage through grounding recent
ly. The navy department was a good
deal relieved by this report.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

THE war department announced, on
the 1atn, that it had begun the active
preparations for the second army OF IN
vasion. 1t is believed the second army
will 90 to Porto Rico.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

SENATORS LODGE and Elkins have
made a partial canvass of the senate on
the Hawaiian question, and they say
that they are satisfied hat Il sufficient
number of advocates of annexation
will remain in Washington to make a
quorum of the senate and to insure the
passage of the house resolution by that
body at this session.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
A Forger WEEDS In Jail.

3. B. Turner, the gentleman forger,"
who was convicted of forgery and SEN
fenced to five years Imprisonment at
Kansas City, was married, in Jail, to
Miss Lillian Bailey.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
Found Floating.

At Postal, Pettis county, an inquest
was held on the body of an unknown
man found fioatlngi in the Lamine river,
and the remains were identified as those
of w. C. Christian, a laborer of Sedalia,
who had mysteriously disappeared.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
To Fill n

DIR. A. II. Heaton has been appointed
a member of the Pettis county board of
pension examiners, vice DIR. $. X. Craw-
ford, resigned, to accept the position of
surgeon of the Second regiment of Mis-
souri, volunteers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

EHE navy department received its
first mail advices from Admiral Dewey
since his arrival at Manila on the 18th.
Under date of May 4, at Cavite, he
gives a detailed account of the battle
of Manila bay, and speaks in high
terms of praise of the crews of his
ships, saying that never had officers
such loyal and brave men.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

POLITICAL circles in Madrid declare
that no suggestions for peace have
been received. Such suggestions would
be declined, for Spain has decided to
pursue the war to the bitter end.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

A REPORT from the collector OF Gus
toms at New York shows that the i'm
ports of diamonds at that port during
the period from January l to April 80,
1898, amounted to S2,Os5 ,435, as CON-
pared with S241,1 IFS for the same pc
riod in 1897.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

THE Fifty-frst regiment OF Iowa
volunteers, numbering nearly 1000
men, arrived at San Francisco, on the
10th, tired out after their long journey.
The soldiers from Iowa are the best
equipped troops hat have reached a
Francisco.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
Joplin Bonds Sold.

Joplin city bonds to the amount of
$780, 900 were sold at par to the First
national bank of Joplin. They were
1O-year S per cent. refunding bonds.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

Albert Throckmorten, aged "a. a
farmer and school-teacher near Bar
nard, Nodaway county, killed himself
because of bad health.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
Great Increase.

The following comprehensive state.
ment of the manufacturing industries
of st. Louis, says the Republic, shows
a wonderful increase, and it must be
remembered hat values in 1890 and in
1890 were much higher than at present,
SO that if the present output was val
ued on the same basis as in those years
it would show a tremendous increase:
M Of No Of Amount Of y,I,ooS
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

WORD was received at the navy de-
partment, on the 18th, from a high,
though unofficial, source that Admiral
Camara's fleet had been found unfit for
sea
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

Claus Heinamann has struck a re-
markably rich vein of camel coal on
his farm on Haw creek. south of Smith.
ton, Pettis county.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

ton of the war department, and it has
been found that the great powder
magazines at jefferson barracks, st.
Louis, are safe repositories for smoke
less powder. Immense quantities of it
will be shipped there at once.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Changes In Postmasters' Salaries.
Following shows changes in salaries
of presidential ~postmasters in Nilsson
ri, to take effect July 1:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
Deaths Doings.

John E. Hartley, aged II, at Stock
ton. He was one of the pioneers of
Cedar county, holding the Office of
sheriff for three years in the later 4Os
and early sos. He was principal stock
holder and for many wears president of
the Stockton Exchange bank.
ID. p. Green, a native of Ohio, but a
resident of Pettis county for 81 years,
near Sedalia, aged 60.
Lucinda Simpson, the oldest person
in Oregon county, and perhapsin south
ern Missouri, aged 1O4. She had been
blind for many years.
Charles P. Kinsey, a young private,
Co. E, Fourth Missouri, at Camp Alger,
Va, and was buried at Fillmore, An
drew county.
w. NJ. Ackson, of Stockton, aged So,
He had been a prominent and active
business man for more than thirty
years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
County Judges Sent to Jail.

Judges Thomas Gill, Thomas hewitt
and Robert Lyon, of the county court
of st. Clair county, were taken to Kan
sas City the other night by deputy
United States marshals and lodged in
Jail for contempt of court in refusing
to call a special election for July % to
vote for the compromise of the claims
of holders of railroad bonds issued by
the county 30 years ago.
Says a dispatch from Kansas City:
The judges appeared before Judge
Philips in the federal court to explain.
Judge Lyons informed the court that he
had voted for the special election to be
held in July. Judge Philips permitted
him to return to his home. The two
other judges, having refused to order
the election, were sent to the Jackson
county Jail, to remain until Judge Phil
Ups decides what punishment shall be
inflicted upon them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18

No. of No. of Amount OF Value Of
factO- emplOyes. WAGES paid. products
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25
FROM PORTO RICO,
over Two Hundred Sick and wound
ed Soldiers Arrive at New York

New York, Aug. u. The United
States hospital ship Relief has arrived
here from Porto Rico with sick and
wounded soldiers. The Relief left
Ponce on the 18th, and Mayaguez on
the 18th inst. She carried 24S sick and
wounded soldiers from Gen. Miles
army. Ten deaths from typhoid fever
occurred on the voyage. Nine Of the
victims We're buried at sea. The fol-
lowing sick and wounded Wisconsin
volunteers were aboard the Relief:
Robert f. Estabrook, private. Company f.
Second Wisconsin: Henry b. Hargraves, cor
poral, Company ID, Second: Herbert S. Stern
berg, corporal, Company ID, Second; Fred
Armstrong. private. Company l, Secord: Ed
ward X. HungerSord, private. Company L.
Second; Robert Morton. Company A, Third;
Robert c. Foyle. private. Company f. Third;
Wilbur II. Elmer. private. Company NJ. Sec
end; Robert Gray. Company NJ, Second; John
Klaze, corporal. Company NJ. Second: Bernard
J. Sunt prcvatr, Company l, Third: Louis
+. Jensen, private, Company b. Second;
George Cpham. corporal, Company l. Second;
John McDousail' private, Company NJ. Sec
ond Thomas b. Young. private, Company b.
Second: Slas NJ. Lewis, sergeant Company
l., Third; John Pler. sergeant Company f.
Second; John II johnson, private, Company
j., Second: Frank Mayer, private, Company L,
Second; Bedford j. Kinnie, Company l. Sec
ond John /. Marshall. Company Il. Second;
Richard J. Ruthernberg. Company /, Second;
Melton G. klas, private, Company ID, Second;
Henry J. FrCmholz, private, Company L. Sec
ond William p. Appleby, private Company
M Second; Jesse Coke. private, Company b.
Second Gustave Pawasaret, private, Company
A, Second Allen r. Billings Emil thinner
man, Charles Hahn. Stephen Richer. John p.
Juett, Henry Wright. Roscoe c. Carpenter.
Walter Weise. Otto NJ. Iskell, Jud Leman,
John Bowker( NJ. j. Nicholson, James Cohen;
privates. Third Wisconsin. Hans Folsom Nell
son Parson. Fred X. Meckenhasen and Martin
Haughe.
Officers: Capt. Arthur II Lee. British army;
First Lieut.. Charles II. Hunter, First
tillery; First Lieut.. John p. Haines, Third
artillery; First Lieut.. Joseph c. Byron. A.
ID. c., Eighth cavalry; Lieut.. Charles Green.
Company A, Second Wisconsin; Capt Agar &.
Barnes, Second Wisconsin, First Lieut.. Frank
T.. Lytton, Sixth Illinois; First Lieut.. Joseph
II. Showalter, Sixth Illinois; Second Lieut..
Ralph r. sherman, sixth Illinois; Mai Nor
r.s +. Cauley, surgeon. Fourth Pennsylvania.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
Many Difficulties VIII He Avoided by
American Annexation.

London. Aug. 81. 49, The Times says
aditorially that it fOresees circum-
stances which may compel the United
States to permanent occupation Of
Cuba. and adds: If America is pre-
pared 10 undertake the responsibility
Of the government of the whole Philip
pine group ii is hard to see how any
other power could legitimately inter-
fere If the United States regulates
such responsibility very perilous
state of things might ensue, because it
would not be easy to dispute the right
of other powers to terminate the state
of anarchy. Therefore, many difficult
ties will be avoided by American an
nexation. In any case no European
power need reckon upon finding the
Uulted States so easy TO coerce as
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