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Natchitoches populist., 1898-04-29
vvould-be-salnts.

The members Of the Constitution
al convention have already, and
will doubtless continue to claim
great credit for passing the Rail-
road Commission bill. The few
papers in the State which will dare
to indorse said convention in face
of the disgust and scorn which it
excites in nearly the whole peo-
ole. have already quoted the ring
tailed, pap-fed organs Of the pres
sent fraudocrscy, in laudation OF
the supporters Of said commission
bill.
Let rs see how much credit a
man, especially a North Louisiana
man, is entitled to for supporting
it.
First, it has a clause allowing
the commissioners to grant dis
examinations in certain cases, thus
defeating the very purpose OF all
railroad control, and making the
bill a farce and q humbug, save
TO furnish more places for hungry
politicians, and give them q lever
to prize out bribes from the rail-
roads and business men who want
determinations.
Second, the commissioners are
to be paid $4,000 per year and all
travelling expenses and their clerk
$500, with the privilege of hav-
ing it increased by the Legislature,
besides the fat pickings from the
railroads and business men who
must have determinations.
Third, o majority Of the COM
missioners are to be taken from
New Orleans, and the adjoining
parishes, and will regulate rates
in the interest Of that city and to the
detriment of Alexandria, Shreye-
port, Natchitoches, MOnroe-in
fact, all Of North Louisiana,
Fourth, New Orleans drnmmers
are already boasting that they will
soon be able through the commits
sion to knock out their North Lou.
isiana competitors, that it cost
New Orleans merchants nearly
half a million dollars to do it, but
they were wiling to spend it.
Fifth, it Will raise low raEes III
stead Of lowering high rates Wher'
ever it happens to try to equalize,
as has been the case in Texas, anc
every other State where there
is d Railroad Commission.
Yet these frauds, ID company
with Fitzpatrick, Flynn, and th'
balance Of that New Orleans boo
die gang, will pose as patriots anf
try to have the people look upol
them as reformers- almost Popu
! lists-who have withstood tn
temptation of railroad Doodle ant
free passes, which they did bocaus'
the pile was bigger on the othe1
side, and the fool voter will con
tinue to vote for them as long u
be can stand up under bis bur
dens.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-04-29

You can ''kuss" the Constitu-
tional convention as much as you
please, but it won't stop. That's
the beauty Of bossism in politics.
They lay on the party lash and
make you ''vote'er straight" !" then
they do as they please.
Just stick to the Democratic par
ty and sec if it don't stick 1t to you
Natchitoches populist., 1898-04-29
NlecOnsIder IL.

The Constitutional Convention
has been Grating on the suffrage
clause for three -fOurths Of its limi-
ted life and after al saitl and done
has disgnsted the people and in
their opinion, disgraced themselves
as delegates.
1t is the common belief that they
would act wisely if they would re-
consider their awkward work,
alnlish it and give us a clause
which may be understood by an
honest man of plain common sense.
The people want, need, and
should have such a clause as they
can understand, and not one thai
tricking and unscrnpulons politi-
clans Gun nso to c0nf0und under.
standing and then, like 4 silk worm
wrap their dirty work up in q CO
coon Of rascality and practically
defy discovery by anymeans avail
able to an. outraged constituency
Honesty requires no mask, ant
no subterfuge, for like Truth, j
shows to hest advantage stark na
ked.
We sayto the CoRsention, Civ,
us a constitution such as the peopl
want, and if this cannot be done
knock off and 60 home. -Opelou
sas Courier.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-04-29
Facts About Cuha.

There ID q great deal Of talk
about the complexion Of the popu-
lation Of Cuba since the inaugara.
ti0n Of the present war. No re-
cent census has been taken owing
t6 the distrrbed condition Of the
Island. Slavery no longer exists
ii tbst isIaEd. The ares Of Cuba
and coast islands is 1888 miles,
az less than Louisiana, which is
4s.720 miles. The population is
1881, ,e84. Id 1851 this division
ssood: Whites 730,S94; Asiatie
coolies 54,834; MexicaIs, 1,047;
free coIored 232 ,499; slaves $780,
55S; resident foreigners, 5,298;
passing foreigners, 1887; Span
irsls, 17,424
Since that period Of nearly 40
years ago the white population has
largely Increased. Then the 10.
habitants numbered 4 1896, $50, and
now estimated at 1,5!s1, ,684, or
over 150, 600 increase, q very con-
servatiye estimate. Yet ia 1861
she whites including Mexicans and
gpaniards. out numbered the free
eolored and slaves over 100000.
The census of 1890 places the pop
uEation Of Louisiana at whites 55S,-
99S; e0l0red $50, 1872; total 1,118,-
587. These statistics, taken from
reliable compilation are SIMPLY
given to show the mistaken ideas
held as to the character of the peo-
ple Of The country that is now the
bone Of contention that may pre-
cipitata d Gigantic war,
Comparison Is made with Louis
lana as being near the theatre d
sbe war. Yet this state il the
twenty-ffth Of the United States
ii population and the thirty-frsi
ia area There is much the same
onorace as to tho climate Of CnbS
as khore IS relative to the popula
ton. At Havana in Che warnlest
montho July and August, says th'
Baisiannics encyclopedia, the aver
ages temperature is 50 Fair. auc
faafing between d maximum df u
ar4 ninimnm of 7Es. In th
cooler months from 78 TO 80
s.IheFe are 40 dIsease specially in
diQen0as TO tho island; the yelloy
lever, which breaks cut with re
rewed virulence with the wet sea
son ii The c0ast-lands and seaport
o Cuba, annually causing grea
hsss Of life, is quite unknown i
The interior Shreveport Times
It's expected That the first ma
M battle Of The var will be Tough
iong tho philippine Islands, 9
efn an2 fha limited States eacl
Natchitoches populist., 1898-04-29

The sneers of interest will never
prove an argument against loyal
devotion to native land.--Times
Natchitoches populist., 1898-04-29
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Delegate Breazeale prefers a
drunken Democrat to a sober Re.
publican iii Office. There is no ac
counting for taste. Daily Item.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
CURRENT TOPICS.
III NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

In the senate. on the 18th. an hour was de-
| voted the discussion Of the bill restoring the
annuities to the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands
Of Sioux Indians, after which consideration OF
the bill to incorporate the International Amer
lean bank was resumed. A test vote on an
amendment disclosed a majority in favor of the
bill......In the house the general deficiency
bill was considered, but not disposed Of.
IN the senate, on the 18th, the foreign rela-
tions committee reported fayorably the New
| lands resolutions for the annexation Of the Ha-
waiian islands. The bill to incorporate an in
ternational bank was passed, % to 23......In
the house the general deficiency bill occupied
the attention of the members until two o'clock,
the hour set apart for e~ulogies upon the late
Senator Harris, of Tennessee.
THE senate was not in session on the 18th.
I'm the house consideration Of the confer
ence report upon the District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill was resumed, but had not been
concluded when, at two O'Clock, pursuant TO or
der, the session was given up to ~eulogieS upon
the late Senator Isham G. Harris, Of Tennes-
see.
In the senate, on the Goth, discussion OF the
question Of Hawaiian annexation was begun,
the speakers being Mr.. Morrill, (rep, VT and
Mr.. Bacon dem, Ga) in opposition to the pro-
posed action. A test vote, forced by the friends
of the measure on a motion to adjourn. showed
a preponderance Of Al to ID in favor OF anneXa-
tion.-....ln the house the general deficiency
bill, carrying SS2I, 900, 900, was passed. practical
ly as reported from the on appropri-
atoms. The remainder of the day was given to
District of Columbia business.
IN the senate. on the 2lSt, among the bills
passed was one providing severe penalties for
the malicious injury or destruction of subma-
rine mines, torpedoes, Notifications or other
coast defenses. Nearly the entire days session
was devoted to discussion of the question of
Hawaiian annexation. In the house several
bills of minor importance were passed, and in
| committee of the whole n bill was discussed to
refer to the court OF claims certain claims Of
persons for property taken or destroyed by the
confederate invasion OF the southern counties
of Pennsylvania.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IL the senate. on the 22d. the col fer
ence report on the Indian appropr;a-
ton bill was presented and read, but
no effort was made to dispose OF it.
Opponents of the annexation of Ha-
wall occupied most of the session in
speeches against the adoption of the
Newlands resolution. In the house 4
bill Incorporating the National Con-
'greSS of Mothers vas passed, and the
conference report upon the bill to rati-
fy the agreement between the Dawes
commission and the Seminole Indians
was adopted. Several private bills
were passed, and the house went into
committee of the whole on District of
Columbia legislation.
TIE Ohio Republican state conven-
ton in session at Columbus, on the I'D,
made the following nominations by ac-
clamation: Secretary of state, Charles
Kinney: supreme judge, w. I. Spear;
clerk of supreme court, Josiah B. AL
len; food and dairy commissioner. Jo-
seph ii. Blackburn, member of the
board of public works, W. q. John
son.
BY the capsizing of a boat in which
a party of young people were rowing
on Flint river, at Flushing, Mich, on
the I'D, Chauncey Cook, aged Is; Lulu
Loup. Il; Odalina Loup, 16, and Mil
dred Packard. aged two years, were all
drowned. Arthur Maxwell, 90 years
old, in attempting to rescue the party,
was also drowned.
A MILITARY fete, given at the St.
Louis fairgrounds by the Daughters of
the ~Confederacy and the Daughters OF
the Revolution on the 2lst, for the bene-
fit of the st. Louis soldiers in camp at
Chickamauga park, was an unqualified
success, both in attendance and finan.
cial results.
On the ed Senator Foraker intro
duced a bill authorizing the organiza.
ton of a division in the volunteer army
not to exceed six regiments, to consist
of colored immunes, to be recruited
from the nation at large, and that the
president shall appoint the necessary
officers.
The situation in the mining regions
of Catalonia, Spain, is most serious.
There are 1900 people out Of employ
ment and more factories are expected
to close shortly. A renewal of rioting
is feared.
PRESIDENT FAURE of France has in
vited NJ. Paul Louis Peytral to form a
cabinet which shall be representative
of the different republican factions.
The statement of the condition Of
the treasury, on the I'D. showed:
Available cash balances, Slss, Sid, $50;
gold reserve, Sl65, 500, 4le.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Deaths Doings.

j. A. Whitsett. aged ~, at Odessa
de was a retired merchant, and one of
the wealthiest citizens in the city.
John Babcock. ST., at the home of his
son, w. w. Babcock, at Moberly, aged
81. His son, John Babcock, Jr., is
president of the bank of Moberly.
Mrs. Rebecca Chicken, of Smithton,
aged 80, for many years a resident of
Pettis county.
Emile Pfeiffer, alaw student, aged21 j,
son of Phil Pfeiffer, nurseryman, at Sc
dalia, of brain fever.
Mrs Mary Alexander, widow of the
late Judge j. E. Alexander, and moth
er-in-law of Judge John C.. Curfman, at
the latter's home in Maryville, aged 70.
Judge and Mrs. Alexander were mar
ried in Orleans county, VT, in 1897.
They located in Jackson county in 1912,
and in 1s43 located in Nodaway county,
where they lived until he died about a
year ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
CERVERA'S FORLORN HOPE.
lie is Said to Be Prepared to Make a Dash
Out of Santiago Hsrbor IL OPP
%portunity Presents.

New YORK, June ga special dis
patch from Santiago de Cuba. June
20, via Kingston, Jamaica, says that
Cubans have brought imforma-
lion to Admiral Sampson that
Admiral Cervera is prepared to
make a desperate effort to take his
ships out of Santiago harbor at the
irst favorable opportunity. The Span
ish warships, it is reported, have been
,oaled to their full capacity, and the
crews are refused shore leave.
Every night the vessels drop
1own the bay to be prepared to EN-.
brace the first favorable opportunity
20 attempt a dash past the blockading
squadron.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
Press of Madrid Protest.

MADRID, June 23.-The press of this
.ity protest that there is no foundation
ior the reports, coming from foreign
;ources, that it is the intention of the
queen regent to abdicate. 1t is semi.
officially declared that her majesty is
determined to unhinchingly carry out
;he duties of her position.
The government has 10 news of the
expected attack on Santiago de Cuba,
out entire confidence is felt in the abil-
ty of Generals Linares and Pareja to
meet the emergency. 1t is reported
hat great enthusiasm prevails among
ihe troops and citizens of Santiago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

The New York state military author
tiles announced, on the Goth, that none
of the organizations of the national
guard which did not go out under the
first call will be given an opportunity
TO volunteer under the second call
This decision will prevent the Seventh.
T~wenty.third and Seyenty-fourth regi-
uents and ten separate companies
from forming a part of New York's
quota under the second call.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

THE captain of a German steamer.
which arrived at Gibraltar, on the 18th,
reported having sighted the Spanish
Cadiz fleet off Ceuta, north coast of
Africa, about opposite to, and II miles
south-southeast of Gibraltar, on the
10th. The war ships, it is added, were
going in an easterly direction. The
feet consisted of two battleships, four
large cruisers and four torpedo boat
destroyers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
Cheap Burial for Paupers.

For several years there has been
much rivalry among the undertakers
over the contract for burying the pau
per dead of Kansas City. Last year
the contract was awarded at ten cents
a body. When the board of public
works opened bids, the other day. for
the work for the coming ear there
was one bid of five mills and another
of n cent. Both bids include am
bulance service, pine collins, the fur
nishing of lots in the cemetery, and no
extra charge, as heretofore, for cholera
and smallpox cases.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

AN official dispatch from Havana to
Madrid, on the 21st, said that about so
additional ships, many of them loaded
with troops, had appeared off Santi-
ago de Cuba, and that a battle was i'm
minent with the Spanish forces occu-
pyinc the coast.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

ME-. F. w. RAMsDEN, the British con-
sui at Santiago de Cuba, who is acting
for the United States in the negotia-
tions with the Spaniards for the ex-
change of Lieut.. Hobson and his COM
rades of the Merrimae expedition, has
suggested to the officials at Washing
ton that a ransom might secure the
prompt release of the American pris-
OnerS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

George j. Grosshans, a grocer. was
stabbed in the left side and seriously
wounded, at Sedalia, by A. P. New.
kirk. keeper of a restaurant, in a quar-.
rel as to who had the right to purchase
a farmers load of cabbage.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
Mr.. Myers Log Castle.

S. I. Myers, the st. Louis tobacco
manufacturer, is having built a log
castle in Sheridan park, in the Teton
mountains, near Yellowstone National
park, to cost $1,000. This hunting
lodge will be in the best hunting and
fishing grounds in the west. The lodge
will be entirely of logs, but will be
finished in most elegant style. james
Williams, superintendent for Meyers,
was left for the purpose of overseeing
the work of construction.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
New President of Lincoln Institute.

The board of regents of Lincoln in
s~titute, Jefferson City, have elected J.
Ii. jackson, of Frankfort. KY, presi-
dent. The new president is a grad
uate OF Berea college, Kentucky. He
taught in the colored schools of Kan.
sas City for six years prior to 1887, and
has been president of the state normal
school for colored pupils of Kentucky,
located at Frankfort, for the last ter
years. He m highly recommended
The salary of president is $4,000.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
Wounded BY q Burglar

John A. Logan, a salesman in a Soda
liza store, was seriously wounded by a
negro burglar, whom he found in his
room and tried to capture.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

PROF. HAUPr, of the Nicaragua canal
commission, was before the senate
committee on the Nicaragua canal on
the 10th. He expressed the opinion
that the canal, as proposed, was en-
tirely feasible, and placed the cost of
construction at between $50, O0O,O 900 and
Sos. 900, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

AS SOON as the three vessels carrying
The first Manila expedition were sighted
at Honolulu the whole city turned out
to welcome the soldiers. The docks
were lined with people, and as the YES
sells entered the harbor the spectators
yelled themselves hoarse. The vessels
left Honolulu on the 4th.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

Gov. BUDD of California has COM
muted the sentence of Salter D. Wor-
den, the train-wrecker, to life impris-
onment. A medical board, appointed
TO examine Worden's mental condition,
decided that he was insane at the time
he wrecked a train bearing United
States soldiers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

A SPECIAL dispatch from Paris says
an Austrian agent has returned from
Madrid, where he delivered to the
Spanish authorities, via the Pyrenees,
1900, 900 empty cartridges and 100 tons
of explosive, derived from French, Aus
trian and Belgian sources.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
Taxation of Express Companies.

The state board of equalization has
decided that express companies doing
business in this state shall pay axes
on the stock used in conducting their
business in Missouri.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

In response to a cabled inquiry Mr..
Ramsden, the British consul at Santl-
ago de Cuba, sent the following dis
patch, on the 2lst,,to the New YORK
World: Nothing happened to Hob
son or others during bombardment."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

At Sedalia, while Mrs. Matte Hobe-
recht was attending a social near her
home, her residence was entered and
S140 in cash stolen.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

RELYING to a question in the house
of commons, on the Goth, the first lord
of the admiralty, Mr.. Goshen, said the
annual naval maneuvers had been
abandoned in consequence of the
serious character of the strike of coal
miners in Wales.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
Col. Henry FIad Drops Dead.

Col. Henry Flad, of st. Louis, the
noted hydraulic engineer, who, with
James b. Eads, built the st. Louis
bridge, dropped dead on the street at
Pittsburgh, Pa, of heart disease. Col.
Flad, who was a member of the Missis-
sippi river commission, was on his way
home from Washington, and had stop
ped off at Pittsburgh to see an old
friend, q. E. Stengle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
In q General Fight.

In a general fight at Unionville. Put.
nam county, Douglas Rumbley was
severely cut in the arm and shoulder.
Harry Sills was stabbed in the lungs
and Henry Fuller was beaten almost to
death with clubs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

UNITED STATES MARSHAL HoRR at
Key West, Fla, received instructions
from Attorney-General Griggs, on the
21st, to hold all persons captured on
Spanish prize ships until further Or
ders. This looks like retaliation on the
Spaniards for refusing to exchange
Lieut.. Hobson and his men.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

GEN CALIXTo GARCIA and staff were
taken on board the Vixen at Gen. Rabi's
camp, Smiles west OF Santiago, on the
10Th, and conveyed to the cruiser New
York, where a long consultation with
Admiral Sampson was had regarding
prospective operations.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

The Boone county grand jury re.
fused to indict William II. DAVIS for
killing James Ivie several months ago..
They quarreled over a
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

THE statement of the associated
banks of New York city for the week
changes: Surplus reserve, increase,
Sab, 700; loans, decrease, S426, 900;
specie, increase, So, 723, 200; legal ten
ders, increase, So, 399, 900; deposits, in
crease, Sc, 765, 600; circulation, decrease,
$40 600.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

GEN. AGUINALDo, the Philippine in
surgent leader, has informed United
States Consul Williams, at Hong Kong,
of the formation of a provisional gov
eminent, merely for cohesive purposes,
and has notified him of the desire of
the insurgents hat the Philippines be-
come an American COLONY.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

THE London Spectator of the 18th,
commenting on the significant assem-
bling of German war ships at Manila,
said: Emperor William means moth
ing but friendly observation. Would
it not be expedient, however, to send a
couple of cruisers to Manila to join in
the friendly observation and to rein
force Admiral Dewey, if attacked"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
Three Murderers Hanged.

AT jefferson City Ed Mckenzie and
lobe Lanahan were hanged from the
same scaffold. The former killed his
employer and the latter a 13-year-old
girl. At st. Louis John Thomaschuetz
was hanged for the murder of his
sweetheard. Annie Rausch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25
!. III. ADAMS, Publisher.

AT the proper time Gen. Merritt IS
authorized to transfer his military
command to- the next ranking officer
and announce himself governor OF the
Philippine islands.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-25

THE United States cruiser Columbia,
which had been undergoing repairs at
the Brooklyn navy yard since Decora-
ton day, left the yard in command OF
Capt. Sands, on the 10Th, and passed
mt to sea an hour later.