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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
R NEWS NOTES.

Five men were seriously injured.
a result of an accident on the Brook
Ign elevated, Saturday.
Gen. Otis has advised the war de-
partment of the arrival at Manila of
the transports Sherman and Elder.
There were no casualties on either
slip.
-Rear-.Admiral Schlev. who has ac.
ceplod an invitation to visit Atlanta,
Ga, has been asked to make his trip
next week, filling Admiral Dewey's
place.
BY advice of his physician, Adj
miral Dewey has cancelled his pro-
posed trips to Philadelphia and Allan.
ia, and will accept no more invitations
before next spring.
The officers of the British Channel
squadron. which is under orders 10
proceed 10 Gibraltar tomorrow, be.
lievc it is going there for guard duty,
as the garrison at the Rock is weak at
present.
-Buckner Mckee, a prominent farm
er. and Mrs. John NJ. Wilson. Il widow,
were found dead by the roadside, near
Lawrenceburg, Ky. Both had been
shot, but whether it was Il case Of muir
der or suicide. it not known.
The delegates to the International
Commercial congress, in session in
Philadelphia. in connection with the
National export exposition, went 10
Washington, Saturday. for the purpose
of calling upon President Mckinley.
Gen. Lawton's column is establish
ing Il base at San Isidro. Launches and
cascoes navigate the shallow I;io
Grande with considerable difficulty,
but supplies have been landed in the
vicinity, to be transported overland.
Gen. Symons vas one of the few
who escaped on that memorable JAM
vary morning at Isahdula, when near
ly the whole of his regiment, the gall
liant Twenty-fourth. persisted. Thus
there is a tragic completeness in his
victory near the scene of that massa-
ere.
Gen. Frederick Funston, of Kan-
sas, lectured to the student body at
Stamford university on the Philip
pines. He blamed the friars as being
at the bottom of the instruction. The
general numerically attacked the
church, not, as he insisted, because it
was the Catholic denomination, but for
the influence it maintained upon that
class Of people.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
NEW VENEZUELAN CABINET.
Gen. CiprianO Castro Makes Public
the of His OFF,
ciaI Family.

Caracas. Venezuela. Oct. 25.-Gen.
CirrianO Castro, the insurgent COM
manGer. has assumed control of the
government. and has formed the fol-
loving cabinet:
Minister of the Interior-Francisco
Castillo.
Minister of the ENterior-.iDdusea
PaIacio.
Minister of Finalce-Tell Mendoza.
Minister of War-Ignacio Pulido.
Minister of Coinmerce-Manuel Her
nandez Mocho.
Minister CT Public Works-VictoT
Rodriguez.
Minister CT MISUNDERSTANDING
Urbaneja.
Governor-Julio Sarria.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
Want the BasutOs a. Allies.

Cape Town. Oct. 25.-The following
adrices have been received here from
Maseru, Basutoland. dated October %:
"A reliable native lately visited IL
lager of Orange Free State troops
just opposite Maseru. He found it te
consist of wagons. surrounded by turf
piled three feet high. He noticed only
questioned him regarding the feeling
of the different Basuto chiefs. princi-
paIly the paramount chief. Lorothodi,
and in order to draw out the COM
mandant, the native replied that the
chiefs sided with the Beers.
Thereupon the commandment said tie
two republics wished to kill the Brit
ishers and to take over and govern the
BasutOs. re6oring to the latter that
part of the country which the Free
State formerly took from them. AS to
the Britishers. those whom they failed
to kill, they would drive into the sea.
The commandant wished Il decision
Oh the part of Lorothodi and the 9TH
er chiefs as soon as pOssible-whether
they would fight the Beers or the
British-because his contingent was
.9nxious 10 help the Boers elsewhere.
He acknowledged hat his men were
afraid of the Basutos because thei.-
wives and families, as well as their
were within reach of Il Basuto
incursion, and he said ne was prepared
to enter into an agreement with the
chiefs. signing the same. 10 give q
very substantial recompense to the
tribesmen for assisting the Beers.
this. if the Basutos would give
written undertaking not to assist
side. the commandant said his
force would withdraw from the Basu.
toland border and go to the assistance
of their countrymen, where the fight
was hottest.
The Beers on the Basutoland FROM
tier, according to the best informc-
ton obtainable at Maseru. number
about $500.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
Had Grit. hut Lost His Money.

Thomas Con and Mark Carmichael
offered to bet Calvin Cox. an old and
wealthy farmer, says a dispatch sent
from Maryville, that he did not have
the nerve to take 81 1000 from the bank
and keep it in the house all night. The
bank allowed him to take only 500,
but with this in his pocket and a large
revolver in his belt he returned home.
In the morning when he awakened,
the first discovery he made was that
the entire 800 was gone, and further
investigation revealed the fact that his
whole family. including mis- wife, were
missing. When last heard from the
fugitives had crossed the Missouri
river into Nebraska. and were 40 miles
shead of their pursuers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Cleveland, o., Oct. 25-City Council
man J. l.. Reilly has fallen heir to $751;
600. Four years ago, while IL San An
tonic, Tex, Mr.. Reilly stopped a run
away team, probably saving the life
of the driver, a wealthy farmer of Pal
mer. Tex, named John Wallace. His
arm was SO badly injured in the strug-
gle that for a time a%mputation was
thought to be necessary. but eventual
ly it healed. On Saturday Mr.. Reilly
received notice from San Antonio. that
Mr.. Wallace had died and left him a
legacy of $4,000.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
STIRRED BY EXPECTATION.
the Bloody scroll in the Vi
Unity of IOilO.

Manila, Oct. 24. $50 p. m.-llOilo Is
stirred by the expectation of import,
AM fighting. Gen. Pulion begun I'm
rolling the bloody SCROLL" as he prom
ised his followers in a recent speech,
by firing volleys at the American out.
posts nightly. Since Sunday reiu-
forcements have been arriving from
the north. This activity is designed tc
divert the Visayans from their dis.
satisfaction against the Tagalos
Aguinaldo has ordered the release, Oh
parole, of Arenita and other Visayans
leaders who are disposed to negotiate
for peace, and is watching them
closely.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
A Sauerkraut Famine.

st. Louis is threatened with Il sauer-
kraut famine, and at the present rate
of advance in the price of cabbage ISIS
to SIS per ton in carload lots), only
the well-to-do will be able to take
kraut with their Frankfuerters this
winter. Owing to the heavy frosts at
the beginning of the season, many cab
bage plants were killed, and the crop
was very light. The shortage seems to
commission men until the sauerkraut
manufacturers came into the market
for their supplies. Then it was dis
covered that there WIS not enough
cabbage 10 20 round.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

At Paris Alexander Jester was
bound over to the grand jury without
bert Gates in 1871. After the evidence
was all signed, Judge Moss arose and
said:
mfr. Jester. after listening attentive
~ to the evidence introduced by the
state. and taking into consideration
with the case, | deem it my duty to
hold you TO await the action of the
grand jury. and /. therefore, remand
you to Jail, without bail"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
MISSOURI A NEWS.
Recent Deaths.

Mrs. j. p. Tracey, wife of the ex-
congressman. at Springfield, after a
lingering illness.
p. c. Child. of Versailles. at WASH
fngton. Y. j.. af:er a brief illness.
Mrs. Ellen Moore, a pioneer of
Marion county. She was a cousin of
d. r. Atkinson, who for one day was
practically president Of the United
States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
Missouri Post Office Receipts.

The auditors report for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1899. shows the
following gross receipts for those post
offices in Missouri whose receipts
reached $4,000: ST. Louis. 81, s26, 742;
Carthage, S16,170; Chillicothe, S13.116;
Clinton. S11,414; Columbia, STATIC:
Hannibal. $2O.329: jefferson City, $780,
s24; Joplin, $4,000; Kansas City. $685.
Sol: Kirksville. $l4.sO5; Louisiana,
s13,719; Maryville. $1O,O21; Mexico,
s1O.959; Moberly, $11,979; Nevada, 3d.
se7; st. Joseph, $155.S29; Sedalia, $780,
O4s; Springfield, $44,957.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
Mrs. whitney.s Ambition.

Mrs. Victoria Conkling Whitney.who
has been a practicing member of the
bar in Missouri, has been proposed
for admission to the lar before the
judges of the appellate division of the
New York supreme court.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
As They Did Fifty Yenrs Ago..

Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Brockmeier,
of St. Louis, celebrated their golden
wedding. The aged couple walked to
church, as they did 80 wears ago. when
they were poor and unable to hire a
carriage. They are wcll-to-do now.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Carl Casberg, manager OF a 1,C0o
acre stock farm near Randolph, Mo.
owned by the Missouri. Kansas &
Texas Trust Co., has been missing
since Auguest so, and is said to have
gone to his home in Germany. Local
cattlemen. who claim Casberg owes
them an aggregate of $1,000 or over.
have attached what few belonging he
left.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
With Big AspirafiOns.

A combination known as the Ma
Tional Lead. Zinc and Spelter Co.. with
a capitalization of S1O.000.000. and with
n surplus of 100000, to control and
work large interests in the Joplin
Galena district, has been formed at
Kansas City.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Cape Town, Oct. "a private tele.-
gram from Deiagoa Bay says a man
who has just arrived there from JIG
hannesburg asserts that the Transvaal
government has appropriated 500 beds
in private houses for wounded troops
from the front.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
Zinc Mines to Resume.

The zinc mines of the MfAsouri-Ean
sas district. which have been shut
down for several weeks by order of
the Zinc Miners association. are to re-
sumo operations. The shutdown was
declared off by the directors of the
Zinc Miners association.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
Why Mr. johnson Disappeared

Two women. who live within n
square of each other in St. Louis
claim Richard NJ. johnson as their hus-
band. AS for Mr.. Johnson, he has
turned himself loose, and placed the
Mississippi river between himself and
the III
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Che soldiers of the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment, who will be mustered
put in San Francisco. on the 2Sth. vii.
not reach home in time to vote at the
coming party elections. The elections
occur November S in cities of the first
and second class. and voters must be
registered ten days before hat date.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Another battle, lasting over eight
hours, in which infantry, artillery and
cavalry We're used with great effect
was won by the Britishover their stub
born foes or the 22d. 1t was begun a;
Dundee and, covering much ground, was
ended at and will be known as the bat.
tie of Talana hill. The loss on both
sides was heavy, hat of the Beers be.
ing frightful.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

The British arms won a most deci,
coe, in Natal, on the Goth, from 500 to
0 of the burghers being killed and
wounded. The British also lost heav.
lily. 1t is believed that this reverse,
coming when the Beers had expected
victory, will check their onward
movement if it doesn't dampen theft
military ardor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

The United States transport Senator
arrived at San Francisco, on the 22d.
from Manila, with the Iowa volunteers
on board. The trip was uneventful.
She just missed the typhoon encoun-
tered by the Empress of India.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Ex-President Cleveland was asked,
on the 23d, for his opinion on affairs
in the Transvaal. He said he did not
care to say anything now on any pub
lie question.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Owing to Observation-Disclosures
that may possibly arise out of the war
in South Africa it is expected that
British war ships will remain at st.
Johns and Halifax throughout the
winter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

The committe on permanent organ.
lzation appointed by the anti-imperial-
ist conference in Chicago. met there, on
the 10Th, and formed a national Or
ganization to be known as the "Ameri-
can Anti-Imperialist League"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
Two Monuments Unveiled.

WcCdmen of the World unveiled two
monuments with much ceremony at
Sedalia. They We're erected to the
memory of Soyereigns Joseph Evans
and T. l.. Frame.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

BY advice of his physician, Admiral
Dewey has cancelled his proposed
trips to Philadelphia and Atlanta, and
will accept no more invitations before
ley spring.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Jesse Z. Davis, author of many pop.
ular songs, died in New York, on the
18th, of heart disease, aged &c years.
He was 4 negro, a native of Cincinnati.
and a graduate of a college there.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

On the 22d Gen. Funston wired from
San Francisco to the war department
his acceptance of the appointment of
brigadier general in the newly-formed
volunteer service. Gen. Funston will
return to Kansas with the Kansas vol
unteers who will be mustered out o;
the 2Sth. He then will report at Wash
ington for duty in the Philippines.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

SUPERINTENDENT Wyman, on the 18th
received a ~cablegram from Inspector
Woodbury., of the Marine hospital serv-
ice, dated Rio Janeiro, Brazil, saying
that the plague had made its appear
arce at Santos, Brazil.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
A WelI-K Physician.

DIR. Simeon S. Todd. one uf the best
known physicians in Kansas City, died
of pneumonia. the fourth death at his
home in seven months.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Postmaster-General Smith n letter en-
toring an absolute denial of a pub
lished charge of censorship of the
mails at Manila,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Gen. Otis received messages, on the
18th, %purporting to come from the in
surgent Gen. Pho del Pillar, offering TIC
sell out his army, and to deliver Agni-
naldo into the hands of the Americans.
The policy of Gen. Otis is firmly set
against buying any surrenders.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Advices from South Africa, on the
23d, showed that the British forces
were in a position of great peril, being
confronted at every point by burgher
armies immensely superior numerical.
Iy
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
The Eastern Star.

The twenty-fifth annual meeting of
the Order of the Eastern Star of Mis-
souri, was held at ST. Joseph. There
was a good attendance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

A dispatch from Simla, dated the
Goth, said: ''The number of persons
now receiving famine relief through
out Iudia has reached $50, OO0."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
In a Position to Offer Battle.

London. Oct. 25.-The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Mail. teie-
graphing at GAS p. IN. yesterday, says:
Gen. Yule has performed a brilliant
s~trategical movement. BY a swift
march to the south. leaving Glencoe
empty, he has effected a junction OF
his forces with those of Sir George
Stewart White, slightly to the nor;u.
of Ladysmith. The two are now in i
position to offer battle. l believe the
first attack will be made on the large
Free State force which entered Natal
by way of iintwa pass, and which has
since been harrassing Ladysmith. The
military authorities decided that by
joining their forces the two generals
would be better able to COPE with one
large force at a time than by having
two small detachments TO oppose sim
ultaneously two big Boer forces.
Accordingly. after defeating the Free
State troops. they will offer battle to
Gen. Joubert. Only 40 miles now
separate the two Boer forces. Hence
the need for swift and telling action.
THE two sections of the Boer army
together Outnumber the entire British
force by three to one. Hard fighting,
is certain at Il very early date. Our
men are confident. and there is much
enthusiasm.
The fighting to-day outside Of
Ladysmith was a mere brush. Tn.
losses on neither side were significant.
1t was merely an artillery duel iii
which the Beers came off decidedly
the worse
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

The Haytien government has nomi.
mated Judge Day as the sole arbitrator
in the pending MetZger claim against
Eiayti for damages sustained through
the infringement of a certain conces-
sicr. The nomination was promptly
confirmed by the state department.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
Little Boys Awful Death.

A two-year-old son of August Hill,
at Underwood. n St. Louis suburb,
was burned to death while at play at
q bonfire.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

From the gigantic war preparations
being made by England, it is plain that
she does not intend to allow Europe
to dictate her policy in South Africa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

Only a few brewers in the stae are
paying the tax imposed by the beer
inspection law passed by the lcgisla-
ture last winter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
Petroleum in Western Missouri.

Petroleum of a fine quality has been
found at a depth of SIS feet at Lake
City. 20 miles east of Kansas City,
Johnson county.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

The Manila Democracia reports that
the %juntas in the orient and in Europe
intend to send a delegation to Wash
ington to present the Filipino cause.
Regidor will probably be the president
of the delegation, and Agoncillo ano
A2acible will be among its members.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28

At Il meeting of the directors of the
Boston & Montana Mining Co, held in
Boston, or the Goth, the regular quar-
terly dividend of 81 per share was de-
rlared. and also an extra dividend Of
s11 per share. The previous quarterly
dividend. declared last July, was 81
per share and an extra dividend of Sc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
All Well in Nafekinr,

Cape Town, Oct. 25.-A message re.
'eIved last evening from Mafeking, by
way of lourenco Marques, says:
"Ail well in Mafeking on October
60"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
YuLE,sBRILLIANT
By q swift March He Joins Forces.
with Gen. White md
the safety of Both.

London, Oct. 25.-The following dis.
patch from Sir George Stewart White,
to the marquis of Lansdowne. secre-
tary of state for war, received last
evening at IL o'clock, was posted at.
the war office soon after midnight.
"Ladysmith, Oct. "a. 9 p. m.
Information received yesterday
showed that the Beers had established
themselves in considerable numbers
in an exceedingly strong position west
of the main road leading from Lady
smith to Dundee. also had Informs
ton that the Dundee force, formerly
commanded by Gen. Symons and since.
his wounding. commanded by Gen.
Yule, was falling back on Ladysmi:E
by way of the Helpmakaar road, Beth
and the valleys of the Waschbank and
Sunday rivers. and was expected to
reach Sunday river valley to-day. l
therefore moved out with a strong
force to cover the movement of Iulc's
OitlllH II ChtAh. ""'
about seven miles out of Ladysmith,
in a position OF great natural strength,
west of the road. When he saw h a
preparations were being made against
him, he opened fire with one gun with
great accuracy.
Our artillery oon got into posi-
ton and the gun was silenced. Dur
troops were ordered to occupy astrong
ridge, parallel to the enemy's position,
but nearer to the roaG.
Il confined my efforts TO occupying
him and hitting him hard enough TO
prevent his taking action against
Yule's column. Numbers of the enemy
fled t. the west. and the firing had
practically ceased at two o'clock.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
ADAMS, Publisher.

Col. r. W. Huntington, of the marine
corps, has been retired, to take effect
January 10 next.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
CANADA CHANGES FRONT.
Dominion Makes a Proposition For
Permanent Settlement CT the
Alaska Dispute.
AMBASSADOR CROA1E WAS SURPRISED.
The Proposition. which was DeIiv-
Fred by Sir Louis Henry Davies,
VIII be Promptly Forwarded to
WashinEtOnla imperial Pressure
In Strongly Hinted At.

London, Oct. 24.-It is now posi-
BILE TO give authoritatively Canada's
final proposition for a permanent set
Element of the Alaska dispute. 1t is
very different from her former de-
mands, and was delivered to United
States Ambassador Choate by the Car
adian minister of marine and fisheries,
Sir Louis Henry Davies, late the night
before the latter sailed. and dis
patched to Washington by the officials
of the United States embassy. 1t is as
follows:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
Imperial Pressure Hinted At.

The correspondent is reliably in
formed that Canada's new position
was greatly influenced by imperial
pressure, and it can be stated definite
ly that Mr.. Chamberlain advised con-
cession as much as possible. in order
to gain n port of entry free from
United States control. with the pro-
fessed reason that commercial advan-
tages would accrue therefrOm. But it
crease British naval strength by maxi
ing Pyramid Iiarhor a strong naval
station.