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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Deaths DOinRs.

W. II. Warren, president of the bank
of Shelbina. He was BORN in Monroe
county, July %. 1929, and moved to
Shelbina in 1867. He leaves a widow.
His estate is valued at about S7O.0 O0.
David II. Rice, aged As, son of Gen.
j. III. Rice. editor of the Sedalia Capt.
al, and a brother of the United States
consul at Vancouver, at Kansas City.
Hannibal Hall, aged 50, at Odessa,
after Il long illness.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

In Denver, Col, the National Edi-
tOrial association, on the 9th, accepted
the report presented by W. L. Eaton,
of Illinois, chairman of the committee
on press laws, providing for a stand
ing committee of three to confer with
the various state press associations
with reference to bringing about uni
formity of press laws by concurrent
action of state legislatures.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The conference of West Indian rep
~resentatives at the island of Barbadoes
passed a resolution, on the 9Th, de.
manding aid from the British home
government as a matter of right, as
being the only available remedy for
the industrial crisis, and also demanded
the adoption of measures either for
the exclusion of bounty-fed sugar
from the English market or the n
foreanent of countervailing duties
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
Resulted In AN Explosion.

At Slater, just before noon the other
day. Miss y. Gee attempted to refill
the reservoir of a gasoline stove with
out eNtinguishing the burner, and the
result was an explosion. The young
lady was quite seriously burned, as
was her mothe r and sister and a
young lady visitor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

Joseph Letter has cleared up his IA
nous wheat deal. Every creditor has
been paid, obligations to banks whose
assistance was enlisted nave been can
celled, and IA, 900 bushels of wheat
have been liquidated since the an
nouncement of the voluntary assign
ment nearly three months ago. To ac-
complish this, property belonging to
the elder Letter to the value of SIS, $780,
600 has been mortgaged.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
The Supreme Court Must Decide.

Secretary of State Lesueur has re-
fused to file either state ticket nomi-
mated by the populists, maintaining
that he has not the authority to de-
eide which is the legal one, and re-
ferring the mater to the supreme
court.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
DEPARTURE Of CERVERA.
The Spanish Admiral, His Officers
and Sailors Leave on the Steam
er City of Rome.
FAREWELL VISITS TO THE D. S. OFFICERS.
The mira Again Spoke Enthusiastically
of the Treatment Accorded all the
Spanish Prisoners-An Investigation in
Progress of the Shooting of Spanish
Prisoners on Board the Harvard.

Portsmouth, n. H., Sept. 13.-Most
of the sailors and marines who sur
viyed the disaster which befell the
warships of Admiral Pascual Cervera,
at Santiago, July 3, were taken from
Seayey's island to the steamship City
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The admirals of the foreign powers
stationed in Cretan waters, replying to
the protests of the Cretan executive
committee against the recent mas
sacres, have declared that they will
recommend that their respective gov
ernments solve the question definitely
by the removal of the Turkish troops
from the island of Crete, and the ap-
pointment of a governor to be elected
by the powers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
He Served with Price.

Maj. L. /. Maughs died at Denison,
Tex. He is said to have served the
gun at Chickamauga that killed Gen.
Lyle, the poet-soldier, who composed
Il Am Dying, Egypt, Dying" He was
with Bledsoe's famous Missouri bat
terry, and with Price.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The Empress Of Austria was assassi-
mated near Il pier in Geneva, Switzer-
iand, on the 10th, by an anarchist
ramcd Luigini, who was arrested.
He stabbed the empress with a small,
keen weapon, later ascertained to be a
three-cOrnered file. The dastardly
deed threw the crowned heads of Eu-
rope into mourning and caused great
grief throughout the world.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The queen of the Netherlands and
her mother, on their arrival at The
Hague from Amsterdam, on the 9Th,
were received with the same ceremo-
malls that marked the entry of the
royal party into Amsterdam. The
streets and houses were magnificently
decorated, and the cheering was con-
%tinuous throughout the passage of the
procession from the railroad station 10
the palace.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
ADMIRAL
is

IF Rome. by nine o'clock all were en-
barked. Admiral Cervera with his son,
Angel, made farewell visits to the Of
fees of the navy yard previous to
boarding the City of BONE.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

At the opening of the British Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Science
at Bristol, on the 9Th. President
Crooks, in his inaugural address, adj
vanced the theory that the worlds
wheat supply will fail to keep pace
with the needs of the growing popula-
tion beyond the year 1891.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
Aged Man Lynched.

Benz. Jones. aged Is, charged with
criminal assault on an ~11-year-old girl,
was taken from Jail at Liberty by a
mol and hanged at the front entrance
to the courthouse.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

Persons living in the vicinity of tho
old city hospital in St. Louis declare
that the ruins of the building are
haunted. The structure WAS demol-
ished in the cyclone of May -, 1896,
and Il number of people killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

According to advices received from
Barbados since the death of Hon. Mr..
PHO, speaker of the assembly, on the
I'd. from the effects of the recent at
tempt to a~ssassinate him, the governor
and five public officials have been
anonymously warned that Il similar
fate has been decreed for them, las a
reward for their oppression"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
Drowned While at PLAY.

Mabel, the tive-year-Old daughter of
Clarence Johnston, fell in Il cistern
while playing in the yard of a neigh
Dor, at Aurora. and was drowned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The City of Rome with Admiral
Cervera and staff and over LOO Span
ish prisoners sailed from Seavey's Is
land, On the 18th, for S~antander
Spain. Of the number 1.66S men were
from the prison at Seavey's Island.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
BOY MutiIated By the CARY.

The horribly mutilated remains of a
~l5-year-old boy were found on the
Missouri Pacific track. at Cent ,e:own,
by the station agent at hat place.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

Sir Henry Truman Wood, special
representative of the British govern
ment to the worlds fair in 1888, said
that nowhere in Europe could there
be found such luxury in travel and
such excellent service as are given Oh
hA railwaSa OF the Uritad States"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The president, on the 9th. n AIMED
Senator George Gray, of Delaware, as
the fifth member of the peace commits
sion. This completes the personnel of
the commission which stands: Secre-
tary Day, Senators Davis, Frye and
Gray, and Hon. Whitelaw Reid.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
Fined One Hundred Dollars.

Henry IIetzel was fined 500 in st.
Louis for assaulting his step-father.
He knocked the old MAJ into a sewer
excavation it is said, breaking his leg
in two places.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

A party of st. Louis girls have gone
to jacksonville, Fla, to eI.ter the
army hospital in that city as military
nurses.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

William T. Deweese, of Pettis coun-
ty, has begun a $4,000 damage suit
against a neighbor, John Murray, al
leging SANDER.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

1t is said that Henrik lbsen has upon
his desk at his home in Norway a queer.
collection of little copper animals.
Among them are grotesque cats and
rabbits. He says that their presence
is 4 great help to him in writing, and
that should he lose any of them his flow
OF ideas would be seriously INTERRUPTED.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The Stars and Stripes were raised
with the British union jack and the
royal standard IN the marque erected
on Salisbury plain during the review
of the troops at the end of the army
maneuvers in England Oh the Sth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

Ellsworth hospital, one of the two
leading institutions OF the kind in st.
Joseph. has passed under control of
the Methodist Episcopal chuch.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The navy department is shifting
some of the officers of the battleshipS
Oregon and Iowa preparatory to their
departure from New York on their
.Ong cruise to San Francisco by way
of the straits of Magellan. They will
he accompanied by four of the best
rollers purchased by the government
during the war.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

Mrs. Lottie Thacker. of Athcrton,
Jackson county, died of blood poison
ing. caused by Il small cut on the arm
inflicted while attending to her house
uOIG duties.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
Fatal Fall Down StaIra.

DR.. G. W. Holcomb. of Clinton, fell
dow~nstairs,a few days ago, was picked
up unconscious and died in two
hours.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
Work of q Drunken Man.

Charles Butler, aged 16, Of St. Louis,
was assaulted by a drunken man and
wounded. Blood-poisoning set in and
the bov died.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

Mrs. Elizabeth j. r. Messenger, aged
Ga, has resigned rs teacher in the st.
Louis public schools after Al years of
service.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
Old Land Mark to Go.

The Grace Episcopal church at JEFF
ferson City, one of the oldest places of
worship in the state. will soon be re-
placed by Il new building.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
Robber Came at Midnight.

The Wabash depot at C~arrollton,
was robbed at midnight by Il man
supposed to be a tramp, with his face
covered with Il handkerchief.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The St. Louis board of health has
announced that there has not been a
ease of trichinosis reported in the city
within a wear.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

DR.. j. II. Mathew, who claimed
Springfield as his home. asserts hat
he vas robbed of jewelry and 500 in
st. Louis by street thieves.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

Gov. Stephens has appointed Rowlin
+. Brown treasurer of Caldwell coun-
ty, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Joab J%Oughton.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

NJ. F. Jones, of Fair Grove, Green
county. while hunting, e few days ago,
accidentally shot himself, which re-
suited in death.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The Spanish cabinet has agreed to
take the most stringent measures to
prevent the publication of the proceed
ings of the cortes and to provide for
the censorship of telegraphic dis
patches.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
Rrn Over By a Separator.

C. c. Cronin, of Lamont, was run
over by a threshing machine separator
and, it was believed, sustained fatal In.
juTies.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

\ definite statement has been Sc
cured from the Canadian Pacific as to
its intentions regarding the restora-
ton of rates. 1t will use the basis in
effect prior to last November, taking
care to use the lowest rate in effect
over any American line. This arrange
ment is satisfactory to all the Ameri-
Fan roads.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

The post hospital at Washington
Barrack, District of Columbia, the
Sternberg and Sanger field hospital at
Ihickamauga Park and the military
hospital at Ponce, Porto Rico, have
been designated as general hospitals
and are placed under the exclusive
control of the surgeon general of the
arIny.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
Miners Killed.

Peter Wood was killed and Henry
Haines so badly injured hat he died,
by boulders falling in a mining shaft
near Carterville.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17

A~guinaldo's three commissioners to
the American Spanish conference in
Paris have embarked from Hong Kong
and will arrive in San Francisco, on
the Both, as passengers on the steamer
Gaelic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-17
II. ADAMS, Publisher.

Manuel Estrada Cabrera has been
elected to the presidency of the repub-
lie of Guatemala.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09
FOREST CITY.

Rev. ]. G.. Evans, of the Vandling
Congregational church, and Rev. G. B.
Stone, of the Forest City Methodist
Episcopal church. will exchange pulpits
tomorrow evening.
A bicycle social will be held in the
Methodist parsonage hall on Friday
evening next.
A runaway created considerable eX-
element yesterday afternoon. A horse
driven by j. b. Bloxham became
frightened on Susquehanna street and,
when the driver saw that he had lost
control of the animal, he jumped from
the wagon. The horse came down
Center street at full speed until 1t
reached Delaware, then turned down
that thorouGhfare TO South street and
down South to Main, where the wagon
collided with a telegraph pole and was
badly wrecked. The horse, after be-
ing freed from the vehicle, dashed up
Main street. with the broken thills
dragging after it, but was captured in
front of T. w. Cunningham The
animal was not injured.
Miss Jennie Brown is the guest of
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Angus
Smith, of Starucca.
DR.. b. w. Blakeslee has been in
Toronto this week, attending the in
ternational convention of railway sur
geons.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09
JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.

An adjourned meeting of the coun-
Gil was held last night for the purpose
of considering the sidewalk ordinance
and hearing property owners appeal
on the ordinance. Several citizens were
present and all favored the laying of
sidewalks, but claimed that times were
so hard that they could not afford to
lay them. The members of the coun-
Gil all agreed that not a member was
disposed to do anything to unneces-
sarily distress any taxpayer, but there
are places where there are walks that
are dangerous and places where there
are no walk of any description, and
such places must be looked after. The
ordinance was passed by a unanimous
vote.
Council will meet July % and go
around the borough and arrange to cut
off some of the hydrants and some Of
the arc lights to save expense. The
water and light expense of our bor-
ough at present rates charged will be
enormous and must be curtaied.
The street committee was instructed
to confer with Mr.. Stocker in regard
to a special grade for his sidewalk and
report at next regular meeting.
The members of st. James Episcopal
Sunday school will join with the Trim
ity Sunday school of Carbondale in
their excursion to Farview next Thurs
day
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09

have grown to very large volume. In
1883, AIS piculs of copra Il picul equals
140 pounds) were sent to Europe; in
1884, the exports of this product
amounted to 1924 piculs; in 1855. to
4,7S3 piculs, and thus by rapid strides it
reached 14O0O tons in 1891 and 81, $40, ,146
kilos in 1894, having a value OF 2,349,oSO
piastres q piastre equals 1913 ccnts).
OF this amount 15,500,OOo gilos went to
France, S5Oo.O0O klos to England. T.
0oO,, 900 kilos to Spain and the remainder
to Egypt, China and to Singapore in
transit The method of preparing the
copra is a comparatively simple one.
When the nut is perfectly ripe it IS cut
into halves and placed in the sun with
out further preparation. In a few
hours the meat of the nut is contracted
by the effect of the heat and becomes
detached from the shell. The mcrsels
of nut kernel are then collected and ex-
posed to the sun for several days. so
that all the water which they contain
may be evaporated, care being exer-
cised to guard against moisture and
dew, which would soften the material.
When the substance becomes brittle it
is considered ready for the market.
III oru''dry tliiles IL is cidiiHeu tiidt d
thousand cocoanuts will give, in the
province of Visayas, about 600 to 700
pounds of copra. but actual experience
hardly bears out these claims. the aver
age being from 420 to 49G pounds per
thousand cocoanuts. The copra indus
try during it's comparatively short his
tory of fourteen years in the Philip
pines has attained considerable dimen-
sions
The exports of copra in 1896 amount
! ed to 607, ,529 picus and in 1897 to Sl1, i39
piculS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09
THE RED CROSS.
A Society for Good UniveTsall
Recognized BY Nations.

From the Chicago Record.
1t is a gratifying sign of the advance
of civilization that in the expected en-
gagement with Spain the services of
very strong and humane society will
be enlisted.
The necessity of taking some steps
TO lessen the horrors of war was seen
by the powers so long ago as the Civil
war, and in 1868 conference in which
a number of celebrated jurists partici-
pated was held at Geneva. The gov
ernment of Switzerland, which, on ac-
count of it's absolute freedom from en-
tangling alliances, has always been
looked upon as a safe arbter of in
ternational questions, approved Of the
project for an international compact.
On August %, 1S64,wha are now known
as "the articles of the Geneva conven-
ton" were signed by the representa-
tives of France, Prussia, Italy, Spain,
Holland. Belgium. Denmark. Sweden,
Switzerland, Portugal, Wurtemberg,
Baden and Hesse- -Darmstadt.
These articles were designed express
ly for the amelioration of the condi-
tion of the wounded of the armies in
the field" They required that the army
of the wounded among the enemy. So
patent was the justice of the theory
that a soldier who is disabled from
further combat should be protected
that in but short time the other civil
lied powers accepted the conditions of
the convention. Great Britain, Tur-
key, Greece and Mecklenburg-Sc -Schwerin
joined the convention in 1865. One year
later Austria, Bavaria and Saxony
adopted the merciful policy outlined
at Geneva, and in 1867 Russia Joined
in with the other powers. The confer
ence at Geneva was attended by a
minister of the United States govern
ment, but owing to the presence OF
Civil war in his own country he was
unwilling to join the agreement, al
though the rules laid down by the con-
vention were practically followed by
the federal forces until the close of
the war. In 1881 the International AS
sociation of the Red Cross, which
takes it's name and it's emblem from
the Swiss flag, made an appeal to
President Arthur to join the conven-
tion, and, with the sanction of the
senate, treaty was drafted and
signed in the spring of 1882. Already
Red Cross societies had been organ
ized in nearly every European nation,
and the United States society was
formed and incorporated in 1882. with
Miss Clara Barton as president. The
people acting as leaders in the Red
Cross movement comprise some of the
highest sovereigns of the world, Queen
Victoria being at the head of the move
ment in the government of Great Brit
ain. In case of actual hostilities every
hospital corps wearing the red cross
will be exempt from fire, and every
battleship acting in hospital service
and bearing the same flag will be i'm
mune from attack. BY the terms of
the Geneva convention any power
whose officers should direct their fire
upon a red cross will be subject to the
immediate and severe condemnation of
all civilized nations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09

Of Canton Scranton. No. 4, has received
orders TO muster hts canton for the
grand review to he held in Boston, on
Sept. 81. at the time OF the meeting
of the sovereign grand lodge, ]. .. o.
+. The canton will attend in body.
Morris Moses was in the city yester-
day.
Mrs. c. +. Rose and son, Clarence,
will leave this morning for a two weeks
stay with friends in Brooklyn. N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Jadwin enter
tained at a family dinner party at their
HON on North Church street Thursday
evening in honor of their son. Corporal
II. II. Jadwin, who is home on fur
Tough firm Camp Alger. Among those
present were: DR.. and Mrs. NJ. j.
Shields and family, of Jermyn; Mr..
and Mrs. T. l.. Mcmillan and son and
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Jadwin.
Mrs. II. W. Harrison, Of Wyoming
street, very pleasantly entertained the
Young Ladies Cooking club yesterday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. s. Kimball are in
Waymart where they will spend a
month.
Mrs. NJ. Q. Meaker, her mother, Mrs.
Queal and cousin Miss Queal, are now
in Sidney, n. Y, where they will
spend the vacation period.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09
TERRIFIC STORM.
Trees Blown Down. Cellars Flooded
and street Chr Traffic Interrupted.

A terrific hail, rain and wind storm
visited this city yesterday afternoon
between 3 and o'clock 1t was brief
and violent. All the principal streets
were converted into rivers. Railroad
ties, tree branches, a trunk and fiags
were among the things that hoated
down Salem and Main street. Yes,
huge powders and even flags-Ameri-
can fiags-were swept along by the tor
rent.
( A good-sized Saratoga" packed with
sundry articles pertaining to a sum-
imer outing floated down wall street
and was taken in the Wall street hotel.
At last accounts the owner had not
called for H.
When the tail of the shower was
passing hailstones about the size of
marbles fell thick and fast. Then
Jupiter Pluvius threw the reverse
lever, all the weathercocks headed
from northwes: to southeast and the
storm in all its fury returned upon us.
Finally the western wind prevailed and
the destructive elements passed over
into the happy land Of Canaan.
The huge elm in front of II. f. Mays
meat shop on Lincoln avenue was split
from crotch to roots and may have to
come down, Is it seems to be in con-
dition dangerous to the public. large
maple was blown down on j. b. Van
Bergen's North Church street fence,
which was demolished.
= On River street an immense tree
fell in front of the Atkinson property
1t narrowly escaped crushing the new
Gelder residence.
A tree was blown across the street
car track on Brooklyn street and de-
layed traffic some time.
Thomas OConnelrs cellar on South
Church street was completely filled
and many dollars worth Of provisions
We're totally lost.
A valuable plate glass window of the
fourth story of the handsome Leader
building was broken by the wind.
The street department was very
prompt in getting at work and by early
evening the streets were passable and
presentable.