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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
AMERICAN FRESH FRUITS.

Their Sudden Exclusion from German
Ports Another Evidence of Germany's
Unfriendliness to America
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-The state de-
partment has not vet been informed
by Ambassador White of the decree
against the importation of American
fresh fruit, into Germany, aud the
official statement of the matter is
awaited with anxiety at the depart
ment, which desires to know just how
far the German government is willing
10 yield to the wishes of the agrarian
party, which insists upon the exclusion
OF all American farm products which
enter into competition with the Ger
MAN farmer.
For two years the state department
has been engaged almost fruitlessly TO
secure from the German government
the reversal of 4 decree like the present
one, but applied to our meat products.
The attitude of the Germans in this
matter is not encouraging. and the an
n"ouncement of this additional decree
against another great American STA
pie export has tried the patience
of the department sorely, and there
is no telling how far we may
80 toward retaliation if the
conditions justify it. OF course
nothing will be done in the absence of
full official information from Mr..
White is to the facts in the case, and
it may be that the history of the meat
exclusion negotiations will be repeated
in that there may be IL long CORE
spondence to permit the German gov
eminent to demonstrate, if it can, the
great dangers to be looked for in Amer
car fresh fruits.
But if the facts indicate that there
is as little foundation for this exclu-
sion decree, as was the case with the
products, it is said at the state
that the president proba-
bly, will avail himself of his statu-
power to retaiiate sharply under
section five of the act of August 30.
1891.
10 the knowledge of the state de-
partment no complaint has ever be-
fore been made against the character
Of American fresh fruit. There was
some complaint a few years ago from
Hamburg and Cologne against certain
of dried fruits on the
that they contained traces of
zinc, taken up from the trays on which
were dried, but there has never
before been an attack upon the fresh
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
WINTER CRUISES.
United States warships to Touch at Cuban
Ports.

Ports.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Orders have
been given by Secretary Long to have
the big armoreG cruiser Brooklyn make
n cruise through the West Indies. es-
peciaily among the Windward islands,
st. Thomas and Santa Cruz. The YES
sci Is now fitting out at the New York
navy yard, and it was expected that
she would have sailed before this time,
but certain small repairs were found
necessary at the last moment. How
ever, she will be ready for sea il a day
or two.
1t was at first intended to have tn g
Brooklyn join the North Atlantic
squadron at Tortugas, in which case
She would have gone directly from
New York to Kew West, but the change
in her orders will make it necessary
for her to put in at Newport News,
Va, to take on coal for the longer trip
she has before her.
This cruise of the Brooklyn is to be
followed by others in the same direc-
ton, as was the case every winter. I'M
til the interpositiOn of the veto upon
such cruises brought about by the fear
hat the presence of United States
vessels in the neighborhood of Cuba
might be misunderstood. This fear now
being removed, and the way being
clear for the resumption of the old
practice as to winter cruises, it is the
intention of the secretary of the navy
to allow some of the smaller gunboats
to touch at points along the coast of
Cuba, outside of Havana, such as Ma
tanzas. Santiago and other ports,
where the American flag has not been
seen on a naval vessel for several years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IN the senate, on the I'd, the agricul>
tural appropriation bill was read and
the amendments proposed by the COM
mittee were agreed to. The greater
part of the day was passed in secret
session in consideration of the Hawaiian
annexation treaty....In the house the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
vas further considered and passed,
and the bill to provide coast defenses
for the country was taken up.
Lucy TAYLOR, the ~20-year-old daugh-
ter of Walter Taylor, a clerk in the
treasury department in Washington,
jumped from Il second-story window,
on the night of the lst, and, failing to
kill herself, ran. almost nude, through
the Streets. 1t was half an hour be-
fore she was found, during which time
her father had hanged himself. lie
was cut down and removed to Il hos
pital. Both are likely 10 recover
On the ID, the Prussian minister of
finance. DR.. Miguel, without warning,
issued u decree, to go into effect i'm
mediately, prohibiting the importation
of every kind of American fresh fruit.
The decree was sen to all German
ports and frontier stations, excepting
Bavaria, Saxony and Wurtemburg.
The Indian office will soon issue ad-
refreshments inviting proposals for
erecting 90 miles of barbed-wire fence
along the north line of the Pine Ridge
reservation, ). ID. The fence is con-
sidered necessary to keep out cattle
which might otherwise stray into the
reservation.
AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Diamond Match Co., in
Chicago, on the ID, the SIPS, 767 lost to
the stockholders of the company
through the failure of the Moore Bros.
in 1896, and carried As an asset, was
erased from the books. The amount
was taken from the surplus account.
The gold production of the Cripple
Creek Coli district during the month
of January was, in round figures, ST.
2UO, 900. The dividends declared by IL
mining companies operating there
TO S14G 600, while fully 49,
600 more was cleared up by mines
under private ownership.
A BLooD-sTAISED coat belonging to
4. D. Storms, who is charged at Bur-
lington, Ia, with numbering Mrs.
Rathburn and her daughter, was found
ON the I'd. There was much feeling
Storms, but little probability
of trouble.
WARRANTS were issued, on the I'd,
for the arrest of 40 San Francisco drnp,
gists, charged with selling pills under
counterfeit labels which they knew to
bogus.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
TORN IN THE EAST.

A Score of Persons Reported to Have Been
Drowned from shipping i'm Boston Harbor,
While the Damage to Property ia East
ern massachusetts and Rhode Island Is
lima at Two Million Dollars-Ihe
Heavy Losers
BoSTON, Feb. "a score of persons
were drowned and 81, 900, 900 loss in
hicted by the storm hat swept over
eastern Massachusetts and Rhode ISL
and Monday night and Tuesday MORN
ing.
Four unidentified bodies lie in the
cOroner's office in Gloucester. Five
more are in Linn. brought over from
Little Nahant, where the schooner
Chas. Ii. Briggs was wrecked.
Twelve unidentified corpses are re-
ported to be at Bakers island, in Sa-
lem harbor. They, too, must have
manned some of the schooners which
were lost in Gloucester harbor. That
there are others in the waters of the
bay. seems almost certain Wreckage
Is strewn up and down the coast from
Cape Ann to Cape Cod. Thirty schoon-
ers were wrecked in Massachusetts
bay.
va AHhu nv lOSS LN lilC = III SCClhS
to have been confined entirely to prop
erty.
Twenty-four hours elapsed before
direct ~telegraphic communication was
restored between Boston and the rest
of the world. The electric car service
in this city was restored by noon, but
in most of the smaller towns the troll
lev lines are still crippled.
The cost of the storm in this city is
estimated as follows: Boston Elevated
Railroad Co, S92+.O OO; City of Boston.
s75, 900; Western Union Telegraph Co.,
$50, 900; Postal Telegraph Co., $40. 900;
Long Distance Telephone Co., So, 200,
New England Telephone Co., SI0,-
600; Electric Light Co., 81, 900; fire
alarm and police signal service. S.. 900;
lire losses due to disabled equipment
and defective wires, 500, OOJ; steam
railroads, damage to property and loss
to income, Sl25, 600; loss to shipping
interests about $3.50. 900; loss to Bos-
toms business interests, al least, $780,
900. Total, 81. 42S, 900.
With clearing weather the fleet of
storm-bOund vessels made par
tions to leave port, and several got
under way yesterday. The pilot boat
NarHIna reached here yesterday. after
an awful experience in the storm, dur
ing which VIM. Ii. Fairfield was Sc
riously injured.
The first Information from Vineyard
Haven since the storm was received
yesterday. 1t says that Il violent
easterly gale, with a velocity of 50
miles an hour, swept over that section
Monday night and caused an extremely
hide tide. Tuesday morning the gale
changed to Il northwesterly blizzard
with drizzling snow. Telegraph and
telephone lines were Frustrated and
damage done along the
water front. \ fleet of vessels. mar
bored at the Vineyard. lay safely at
anchorage. The tug Ice King,
with Il wreclking COY and apparatus
engaged in raising the barge Pine For
est, sunk in Quick Shoal, was'obIiged
to abandon the scow, and she was left
with two men on board. The fate Of
the men is unknown.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
POST OFFICE DEFICIENCY.

Reduction of Mail Deliveries in Large Cities
Held Up for The Present-Congress Will
Have IN Opportunity to Wrestle with
the Deficiency and Legislate o. the Car
risr Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. At is officially
announced That the determination
reached by the postal authorities to
defer action looking to a reduction Of
the mail deliveries in the large
cities of the east in order to avoid
a deficiency in the appropriation
was in Difference to the large number
of protests that had been made by
delegations of representative citizens
and members of congress. This deci-
sion will be adhered to for Z time, at
least, to ascertain if there is
any intention on the part OF
congress to grant the post
office department the S163, 900 which
Gen. Gary has estimated will carry the
service through the remainder of the
fiscal year on the present basis. 1t is
also suggested that congress may take
the matter of limiting the number of de-
liveries in the residential sections Of
cities into its own hands, and in ex-
plicit language indicate justhow many
there should be. This course would be
to the postal officials,
who, in the event of protests
remonstrances, would have no
recourse but to carry out the law. The
post office appropriation bill, it is ex-
pected, will Don be reported to the
house, and then the question will be
debated and the matter settled.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.
A New Department Proposed to be Estab-
Iished.

a new department proposed TO De EstaO-
Iished.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce entered into a rather ex-
tended discussion Of the project for
the creation of a department of indus
try and yesterday. Most of
the members participated in the inter-
change of views and suggestions, aud
there seemed to be a general desire for
some measure of this character.
The bill now being considered by the
committee, however, is not satisfactory
in several particulars to some of the
members, and a substitute is likely to
be presented. There is a strong oppo-
sition to the erection of such an office
to a position of cabinet rank, Legis-
~lation, if drafted at all, judged by
yesterdays proceedings will have in
view making the Office of a relatively
lower grade, with perhaps the same
status as the department of labor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS in gold was
taken from the Bank of England. on
the 2Sth, for shipment to the United
States. This is not regarded as the
forerunner of further immediate ship
mentS.
TIE gold reserve, on the 27th,
reached SlG3, GO, 600, the highest point
in about seven years. The accuIlula-
lation is becoming something of Il bur.
den, and the government is no longer
encouraging itsdeposit.
The exports of corn in 1891. were
unprecedented, amounting to 1S9. l2I,-
$40 bushels, an increase of 81 600, 900
over 1896, which itself was u very
heavy export year.
KING LEOPOLD of Belgium, has pur.
chased, for 500, 900, the yacht May
flower, built for the late Ogden Goelet,
of New York.
GEN. PAERADo. the acting captain
general at Havana, visited the United
States battleship Maine on the 2Sth.
He was saluted by the guns of Cabanas
fortress as he went on board. This
was a return of the visit paid to him
by Capt. Sigsbee.
THE state department has been
warned Of a conspiracy TO defeat the
purpose of the immigration bill which
is now before congress by a wholesale
traffic in naturalization papers, where
by immigrants who are not able to come
up to the requirements of the law can
secure entry into the country.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has decided to
send to Havana a special emissary
whose duty will be the distribution of
the supplies sen there by the Cuban
relief committee.
The evidence adduced by the Ohio
senate investigating committee, on the
2Sth, went very far tostow that money
had been used to il influence the election
of Senator Hanna, or that conspiracy
had been entered into to make it APP
pear SO.
Mr.. SEVERE MALLET-PREvosr, of
New York, a member of the firm of
Curtis, MaIlet-Prevost IL Colt, has been
retained by the government of Vene-
zuela as junior counsel before the arbi-
tration tribunal to determine the
boundary line between Venezuela and
British Guiana.
The feature of the session of the Vir-
ginia general assembly, on the 2Sth.
was the defeat of the bill designed to
make flirting with school girls a mis-
demeanor.
The Russian fleet at Port Arthur is
helpless for want of coal, being unable
to steam even to ~VladivostocI.. 1t is
said that the Japanese coal firms
which had contracted to supply the
Russian feet have defaulted.
On the morning of the 3Oth the body
of the chairman of the Bombay plague
committee was found in d field at SIN
mar, in the MasSick district of the pro-
vince, near the scene of the late riots.
The commissioner had been murdered.
The Ocean Bluff house at Kenne-
bunkport, Me-, was completely de-
stroyed by fire On the Both. 1t was
one of the larges3 summer hotsls there,
and was owned by the Kennebunkport
Seashore Co.; loss, SO. OOO.
JULES EMILE PEAN, the eminent
French surgeon, died in Paris on the
3Oth.
The steamer Warrimoo, which ar
at Victoria, Il. C.. on the 30th,
from Australia and Hawaii, brought
Is miners from Australia on their way
to the klondike.
On the Goth the associated banks of
New York city held $50, sos. $50 in ex-
cess of the requirement of the Copper
rule,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

On the evening of the Goth and the
morning of the eth a dozen shocks of
earthquake were experienced at Teh-
uantepec, Mex, causing CONSERVATION
among the people, who have come to
regard the city as standing over the
seat of a violent seismic disturbance.
Subterranean noises, like the distant
rumbling of artillery, were heard, add
ing to the panic. No one was harmed,
however.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
Justice Barclay Resigns.

Chief Justice Shepherd Barclay of
the Missouri supreme court has re-
signed, and the governor has appointed
W. NJ. Williams, of BoonviIle, to the
vacancy on The bench. Judge Barclay
will engage in the practice OF law in
ST.. Louis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

State superintendent John R. Kirk
has announced hal he would hold ex-
aminations for teachers state c~ertiti-
Gates as follows: Springfield, May 80
and 81; Kansas City, June l and ,; Mo-
berry, June 3 aud 4; st. Louis, June o
and Z.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
A NEWS.
Judge EIdridge Burden.

Judge Eldridge Burden, Lafayette
county's Oldest citizen, passed away in
Lexington, at the residence of his son,
John L. Burden, from paralysis.
He was born in Nicholas county. Ky. Deem
Der y, lsO2, and had resided in Lexington since
1888. He was Lexington'S first mayor; was
president Of the first state bank for 10 years;
president OF the State horticultural society
for l. years; was probate judge, and for eight
years was a member of the state legislature,
during which time. through his efforts. the cid
law Of Imprisonment for debt was abolished.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
Given NInrty-Nina Years.

Charles Webo, who murdered Maliie
Wade IN St. Louis, on Decoration day,
1895, was given 4 99-year sentence on
his plea of guilty. Mallie Wade was a
colored school eacher and Webb is a
mixture of negro and Mexican.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
The States Treasury.

Gov. Stephens found, after u complete
and thorough examination OF the con-
dition of the state treasury, that there
was 81, lG2, 3oO.4 40 in the treasury i'll all
funds-just 2 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, 1898-02-05

Rev. w. E. Dockery, a widely-known
minister of the NJ. L. church, south,
retired, OF Ch~illicothe, aud father If
Congressman \. NJ. Dockery, of Gal
latin, and Mrs. Julia Z. Dimmick, of
Chillicothe, were married recently.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
Wanted More MoneH.

Abraham Epstein, aged 20, a st. Louie
butcher, who was not making money
fast enough, in his opinion, went to
bed, pulled the covers over his head,
and shot himself to death.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
Crushed Into IL shapeless Mass.

William Thornton, Il miner, was
crushed into shapeless mass by an i'm
mense bowlder falling upon him in the
Bonanza mine, at Aurora.
The rock weighed between four and five tons,
and fell from the roof of the drift and caught
Ihorton before he could get away. 1t was some
time before the bowlder could be rolled of the
mans mangled remains. Thornton was ~
years old, and leaves I widow ami several chill
1ren.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
Can Use Missouri Pine,

In reply to an inquiry by Secretary
Carol of the Missouri TransmIsslssip-
pi exposition commission, the Omaha
souri, buildings at The exposition may
be constructed entirely. interior and
exterior, from Missouri pine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
by Philadelphia Capitalists.

Another big mining lea was con-
summated at Joplin recently, and an
interest in another rich tract Of lead
and zinc land vas secured by PhiIa-
delPhia capitalists, making the third
big deal they have closed in the dis
trIct recently.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

Hon. JOHN w. GRIGGs, late governor
of the state of New Jersey, who took
the oath of Office as Encouragement,
on the 31st, entered upon the duties of
his new office on the 1st. Later ne at
tended a cabinet meeting.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
A G
Swift Justice Melted Out by . West vIr-
giDia Mob.

BRAMwELL, W. Va, Feb. IAN I'M.
known negro, who was refused the
privilege of walking through a tunnel
on the Norfolk & Western railway,
near here, Monday night, shot Harry
Draper, the Waterman, killing him in.
stantly. ApOsse soon formed and cap
tured the negro, placing him in Jail.
At midnight SO mel took the prisoner
from the Jail and lynched him. after
which his body was riddled with
bullets.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

FAILUREsdu during the week ended jan
nary 81, as reported by L. G. Dun &
Co., were, for the United States, 342,
against 331 for the corresponding week
o. 1897, and for Canada. "a, against 81
for the same week in 1897.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
Sausser Will Sustained.

The suit brought u year ago to set
aside the will of William Sausser, of
Hannibal, giving Westminster college
Sl35, 600, was decided by the Hannibal
court of appeals i'll favor of Westmin-
ster.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS
CLUNIE has declared invalid and insult
fcient the bonds of all fire and marine
insurance companies doing business in
California and not incorporated under
she laws of that state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
Hold for Murder.

At the preliminary examination
Michael Alley, of PIattsburg, was held
for murder in the first degree. Alley
struck James BeIk, of Grover, recently
with an AK, causing death.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

PRESIDENT DIAZ of Mexico is prepar-
ing to make visit to the United States.
His itinerary is not yet completed, but
he will visit, it is understood, all the
principal cities, including st. Louis,
Chicago, New York and Washington
and the Pacific coast.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05
To Jefferson City Society.

Gov. and Mrs. Stephens gave a recep-
ton at the Executive Mansion the 9TH
err night to the two leading society
clubs in jefferson City, the Imperial
and the Pierian.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

SINCE the government removed the
bounty from sugar the compromising
sorghum industry in Kansas has col
Iapsed. A plant at Fort Scott, which
cost 500, 600, was sold to Nebraska
parties recently for 50, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

RESPECTING the negotiations of reci-
procity treaties between the United
States on one side and Spain and Cuba
and, perhaps, Porto Rico, OF the other,
it is officially admitted at the state de-
partment that such negotiations are
under way. They have not progressed
very far, however.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

Mrs. MARY HoLToN died, on the 3Oth,
At The Meadows" the Baltimore resi-
Hence of her son. eX-Congressman Hart
Benton Holton. Mrs. Holton was in
her eighty-fourth year, and was a
cousin of the late James X. Polk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

The weekly statement of the New
York city associated banks for the
week ended on the Goth showed the fol-
lowing changes: Surplus reserve, in
rea 81, 334, 250; loans, increase,
s., 359, 800; specie, increase, 81, to, 200;
legal tenders, increase, S.. S9I, 800; de-
posts, increase. S. oil, 4JO; circulation,
deere are, Sl2 4, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

A WE'LL = AUTHENTICATED report
reached Seattle, Wash, on the 2Sth,
that the steamer Corona, which left
there January 25, with passengers for
Dyea and Skaguay, Alaska, had been
lost. All her passengers and crew
were saved.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

The monthly statement of the bu-
reau of statistics, issued oil the 2Sth,
showed that the exports of wheat dur
ing the calendar year 1897 aggregated
Jos, 800. 32S bushels, a gain of
than 26, 600, 900 bushels over 1896, and
over Al, 900, 900 bushels as compared
with 1876. Wheat -four. however, fell
off over ., 900, 900 barrels as compared
with 1896.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

The completion of the Chilkoot Rail-
road and transportation Co.'S aerinl
railway over the Chilkoot pass to Lake
Linderman, marks a new era for KIon-
dixie travel, as the time between tide
water aud the headwaters of the Iu-
kon river is thus shortened from a
month to one day, besides removing
the perils and hardships of the journey.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

The Teller resolution. declaring the
bonds of the United States payable in
silver, was defeated in the house of rep
resentatives, on the 31st, by a vote of:
Ayes, 1872; nays, 49,.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-05

TWELVE THOUSAND pounds of meat
were served TO 80, 900 guests at the
great barbecue given in connection
with the National Stock Growers con-
Vention at Denver, Col, on the 27th.