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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Sergeant Buck Taylor, one of TIE
famous Rough Riders, is a personal
friend of Governor Roosevelt, of New
York. He accompanied Governor Roose'
welt on his great s%tumping tour
through upper New York state. He
was promoted through gallantry in
the field during the late war.
The Sergeant has the following tc
say of Pe-ru-na: Il think there is nc
better medicine'on earth than Pe-ru-na
for catarrh. It has cured me. II
would take a volume to tell you all
the good it has done me-. Pe-ru-na is
the best catarrh cure on earth. and
know, for l have tried nearly all of
them. Respectfully.
"Buck F. Taylor"
Winter weather causes catarrh. Ev.
-erybody knows this. But everybody
docs not stop to think that winter
weather delays the cure of catarrh. Ii
takes longer to cure 4 case of catar-h
in the winter generally, than in the
warm season. Spring is here. Now
Is the time favorable to tie treatment
of old and especially stubborn cases
of catarrh.
Send for book entitled Facts and
Faces" Sent free by The Pe-ru-ns
Drug Mfg Co.. Columbus, o.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, %
r-n.. lNDr.n.rr &c.

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner OF the firm of +. j. Cheney
g. Co., doing business in the city Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum ofOne Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured By the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
: orn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December. A. d.
iSS6. 4. w. GLEASON,
GSpal] Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send FOR testimonials,
free. +. j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night. 1t spoils their sleep. You
can drink Grain-O when you please and sleep
like 4 top. For Grain-O does not stimulate;
it nOurishcs, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons, young people and children Grain-O
is the perfect drink. Made from pure grains.
Get Il package from your grocer to-day. Try
it in place OF coffee. 10 and DC.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
No Reciproeity.-"I could tell you

No Reciproeity.-"I could tell you an
amusing incident about my visit to the Brit
ish museum" said the friend who had
travelled, which yoG are welcome to publish
If you don't use my name" The British
museum" colGly replied the editor of the
Boomville Terror, 'has never sent NE any
cnmplimcntarics, so far as | can remember,
aud it isn't going to get any free aGvertis.
IT. in this naper.NLChicago TribIne.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
Crescent Hotel. Eurcka Springs. Ar

Opens February %. In the Ozark Noun
tains. Delightful climate. Beautiful scenery.
Gnequa!ed medicinal waters. Cheap ex-
.ursion rates. Through sleepers via Frisco
Line. Address J. q. Plank. Manager. Room
II, Arcade. Century Building. or Frisco
Ticket Office, No. I0I y. Broadway, st.
LnmIs. No.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
R.r,r>-a Acros, the English Channel.

The English Parliament is considering the
plan OF connecting that country with France
by railway. Engineers say a roadbed can be
laid on the bottom of the English channel,
and by mounting trestlework on wheels, so
that it projects above the water, the railway
can be operated. This seems beyond belief,
but it is perhaps no more remarkable than
pome of the cures accomplished by Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters in bad cases 81 dys-
pepsia, indigestion and constipation. This ID
an age of wonderful achievements.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
Scientific NOtC.

i sec that distilled water is really poison
GUS" SAID the maiah. That is what comes,
sab. of interfering with nature
Right, slh," 2sSented the colonel. "Na-
tuah nevah intended the distillery, sab, TO
he idling its time away on watah, sah."-
Indianapolis Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
You Can Get AIlen:s Fnot-Easc EKEE

Write tn-dcp 70 Allen S. Olmsied, lie Roy,
N. =, for 4 FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, Il powder to shake into ycur shoes. IL
cures chiibiains, sweating, damp, swollen,
is'hinG feet. II makes tight shoes easy.
lures CorDs, Bunions and Ingrowing Nails.
A!lGruggistSand sb0cstOrcs sellit. - cents.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
Jul Industries.

Cuba seems to adopt our industries quite
readily"
Yes, I'm told Cuban tobacco is already
being produced in Cuba to some EXTENT
Detroit journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
"cyger's Forecast.

Il don't think growied Gen. Weyler,
that my ability as a prophet is recognized
as 1t should be-
whats the matter, general"
well. didn't | predict that Cuba would
eventually be pacified?"-Pittsburgh Chron-
icie.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
LMDWGENT
MOTHERS

llillC VI liiCiioli dotASAis 6
mistaken kindness permi
about physical health.
Miss CARRIE NJ. LAMB,
Mrs. PINKHAM-A year
irregular menstruation
and leucorrhGa. My
appetite was variable,
stomach sour and bowels
were not regular. and
was subject to pains like
collie MISREPRESENTATION
1 wrote you and began to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and
used two packages of
Sanative Wash. Youcan't
imagine my Tellef. My
courses are natural and
general healthimproved."
Mrs. MAMIE ADKINS,
La Due, Mo-, writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-
I feel it my duty to tell
you of the good your
Vegetable Compound has
done my daughter. She
suffered untold agony at
time of 1nenstruation be-
fore taking your medicine;
but the Compound has
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
For n Culinary Reason.

pa" said little Willie, "why-is a bad
actor called a ham,"
Perhaps" his father replied, "beeause
Standard and Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and Kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price ~ and SOC.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
During the Solo.

The Man-Anyway, her singing browns
conversation.
The Maid-Dear me! | always under,
stood that drowning was an easy death
y. \. Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

a." said the orator, "am an American of
the good old stock, rooted deep in the soil
The only stock l ever heard of that rooted
deep in the SOIL" said the farmer in the
audience, "was hogs."-Indianapolis jour
nal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

This would be a quiet. peaceable world
were it not for the movements of the under
jaw.-Chicago Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
Was n Poker Term.

Did your rich aunt leave you anything?:"
Not a cent
We'll, well! So she wasn't even a penny
auntie to you, eh?"-Philadelphia North
American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
TEc FRS: Horror.

Th" first horror occurred irst 4:
minutes after ia" fire ocohr ct. \
handsome woman appeared ~ tie win
dow Of Il room on the fouth floor. Size
held out her arms 10 the crowd r,alGw.
Then Size raised her hands as il i , sup
plicatioT. and in a moment climbed IL
the window and lcapcd. she ;urnCd
about like Il top. and strUrl, thr iron
railing in front Of the hotel. Her bcty
seemed to he impalcd there. but !: fell
off and into The arcawa.r. $iin W.
Mrs. AMELIA Paddock. OF ~lrvirgt"u. y
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Paternal Finesse.--".My son is taking an
exhaustive course in political economy"
whats that for?" Il had to do some
thing to keep him out OF my business."-Ch
cago Dali" Record.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Kemp's Balsam will stop the. Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles - and 80
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Its gone" he said. 40 years of rhcuma-
tism. 81. Jacobs OIL did it."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

| am entirely cured of hemorrhage of
lungs by Piso'S Cure for Consumption
Louisa L~lndaman, Bethany, Mo. Jan. s, 81.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Upon a man stating that he owned a mule.
a friend asserted that It was n case Of self
poSSessiOn.-Boston Wa.chman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Frankness may ruin a man. hut duplicity
always GIshonors him.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

A Dose in Time Saves Nine of Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for Coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

The pen may he mighticr than the sword;
but 1t i always the pen that tells you so.-
Town Topics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

The bigot is always dead sure of some
thing he knows nothing ~about.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

See. Bad sprain is cured. St. Jacobs Oils
magic worked it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Some men think they deserve credit for
liking their WI Observation-Disclosures
Qa.) Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Often a man gets out of the rut only to
get into the ditch.-Town Topics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
"Spring Unlocks
The FLOWERS
To Paint the Lauabi7q SOIL"

To Paint the Laughing Soil"
And not even Nature zuoua
aHo4v the flowers to grozv
and blossom to perfection
zuahout good soil. Mo1u
Nature and people are much
alike; the former mast have
sunshine, latter mast haze
pure blood IN order to haOe
perfect health.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures blood trou.
bies of all sorts. 1t is to the human
system what sunshine is to Nature
the destroyer OF disease germs. II
saerer disapp0intS.
Poor Riocd-" The doctor said there
were not seven drops OF good blood in my
body. Hoods Sarsaparilla built me up and
made me strong and we'll" SUSIE L. BROWN,
10 Aston Hill, Lynn, Mass.
Dyspepsia, etc.-"A complication Of
1iouoicSr uSSptpSId' ChloiilC Cd'atiH anu
inflammation of the stomach, rheumatism,
etc, made me miserable. Had no appetite
until / TOOK Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
acted like magic. / am thoroughly cured"
N. B. SEELEY, 1874 W. 18th Az, Denver, Col.
g2heunatism-"My husband was
Obliged to give up work on account Of rheu-
matism- No remedy helped until he used
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which permanently
cured him. It cured my daughter OF ca
tarrh. I give it to the children with good
results" MRs. J. :. MCMATH, Stamford, CT.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Theoretical philosophers are sometimes
practictl foo.s.-Chicago Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Never mind a cane or crutch. st. Jacobs
Oil viii cure lame back.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

Where's it gone? Ask St. Jacobs Oil
1t cured that ~bruise-gone.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

\ heightened Young man-Tnc tenor
singer.-Christian Work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

St. Jacobs Oil cures Soreness.
St. Jacobs Oil cures Stiffness.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

1t is easy. sure. 1t will vanish. Use St.
Jacobs Oil for Neuralgia. Its done.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
Lanes Family Mcdirirt

He doubles his trials who complains of
them.-Natchman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

relieved the pain. given her a better color, and she feels
stronger, and has improved every way. lam very grateful to
you for the benefit she has received. 1t is a great medicine
for young girls"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
4 Daring Rescue by Fircmrn.

One of the most, dariaE rascu,s CT.
fccfcd by the firCmcn ocrirr,d IN TIC
fifth floor on the Fifth Hruuc frart.
An elderly l. WAS r'"n =: a win
dow. ard two iirrmcn rccr, lei IL
ryac!Iin" the window underneath. Ga.
of thom climbed 10 the coping Of TIC
wind0wOnwhjchs She was standing, 4 &C..
thCn sWUn" III" woman cl"ar q; tis
window, aHd landed her safely IN tie
arms Of his companions. VIVA. villa
The resistance Of ~srv"rGi i;rcu1rn.
nnS.-l Lnr 10 LII. -trani.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

HANY a dutiful daughter pays in pain for her mothers
" ignorance or perhaps neglect. So CSg q
Az The mother suffered and she thinks her daughter
must suffer also. This is true only to a limited extent. No
excessive pain is healthy. Every mother should inform her
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

The Best Prescription for ChiIIs.
and Fever is Il bottle OF GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Toxic. 1t is simply ircn and quinine in
a taStelesS form. Nocure-no pay. Price, soc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
The Fire Engines Appear.

One alarm after another was turned
IN. and the first of the fire engines
were not long in appearing upon the
scene. The engines caused Il wild
scramble among the paradc"S and
spectators as they rushed along the
street and fell into positions for ser =
ice.
In addition to the regular guests OF
the hotel the windows were crowded
by a large number of spectator. resi-
dents of this city. who had corGregat-
ed there to witness the parade.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
VUT IIIOTS "HN VT |N"'E
Died Mt Nearby Residences.
A Spectacular Scene.

The fir" WIS the most spectacular
that could he imagined. When it
broke out Fifth avcnuc was crowded
with people watching the st. Patrick's
Day parade. and every window in the
front of the hotel facing Fifth avenu"
WAS filled with spectators. The day was
all that could be desired. and an unusu
ally large number of people we're Oh
the streets on that account. a fact
which intcrfcrcd not 4 little With the
movements of the fircmcn and police.
Drove the People from the Streets.
As soon as the flames wcrH ,'iscov-
cred shooting from the windows. thai
part of the st. PatriCk's Day racrs-
sion which was near the building "arlc
to n halt. and in a few INMATES IL:
parade was disbanded. for the polio"
came rushing toward the fire rom ev-
cry direction. and as far as the wcra
bic. drove the BrOple from the streets.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

A bang-up affair-An artillery salute
Christian Work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

self for her own sake and especially
for the sake of her daughter. Write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn. Mass.
for her advice about all matters
concerning the ills of the feminine
organs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
Heroic Rescue os Several Women.

hSEoie sNNNtu' vs. 'E"E hAV
One Of the most thrilling scenes o.
the firc-at Il time when the huildiT"
was 4 SETTLING cauldrnn Of lanr-waS
the heroic rescue OF several ONE
from the upper stories. One hal been
carried down from the iiith stor:
Mrs. A. II. fuller. OF Pittsburgh. then
appeared. with her maid. Il; III. WIN
dow Of the fourth story. l. Scrmod ~
age before the ladder was lowered.
Firemen ran up. and win cr"a: dir;.
Guilty brought down Mrs. F'1l!cr al d
her maid. just as she WAS gotten oTr
Of the window Il middl"-agcd wnm"r
appeared at IL window iUSI north CT
that at which tn" ladder was placed
The woman. fearing that she would Trt
he rescued. prepared 10 iu'ap. Sic "; S
warned to keep back. and brcamr pan.
ie-stricken. and stepped b1rk into Tie
dense smoke. \ hook and-IaGdcr mar
seeing the desperation uf ih2 Woman
seized a scaling ladder aud went NJ
story after story through the binding
smoke. He climbed TO the copin" just
as the oma rcarpcarcd. Selling her
by the waist and holding tightly 10 the
wall of the building. he crrpt slowly
en- the coping and passed the taintira
woman 10 another fireman. who had
braced himself to ~recciv" her. There
was Il dreadful suspense ;S the fireman
drew the woman toward him. and tinAI.
ly had her safely on the ladder. \
tremendous cheer went up from the
crowd.
other Brave Rescues by Firemen.
Fireman John Hanna. of the fire
boat Zephar Mills. rushed through the
smoke TO the top floor. and found
Night Waterman MacNicilul. ha'f as
phyxiated. Hanna lowered him by
means of Il wire to the fire escape two
stories below. ald let himself DOWN
the same way. His hands were badly
cut by the wire. Then Hanna insisted
the old man down the fire escape.
Fireman William Kennedy. os En-.
CINE Company %. rescued n Mrs. Erarn
from the fourth floor of the hoiel hy
mean of a scaling ladder. Ills rescue
\ crippled woman was found on the
floor of a room on the fourth iloor un.
able TO move, and was carried in safety
TO the street.
Assemblyman John H. Maher, Sheriff
Dunn and Police Commissioners Hess,
Sexton and Abel all assisted in taking
PERSONS from the hotel.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
DEATH HOLDS A CARNIVAL
Sudden Destruction by Fire Of the
Windsor Hotel in New
York City.
LARGE NUMBERS OF GUESTS PERISH.
The Windows Were Crowded with
People Witnessing the st. Pat
rick's Day Parade; Many of Whom
Jumped from Windows and Roof
to Instant Death.

New York, March 1S.-FlameS, which
originated from the igniting of 4 lac"
curtain, burst forth from the secon.!
iloor of the Windsor hotel. at Forty
seventh street and Fifth avenue, short
~ after three o'clock yesterday after
neon, just as the st. Patrick's day pa
rade waF p%ss.ng the building, and in
a few moments they had leapcd to tlc
ROOF and enveloped the entire Fifth
avenue and Fo~rty-seoond street fronts
of the hotel. Ten minutes later the
flames were roaring through the IL
terror of the hotel. and all escape by
means OF stairways and elevators was
cut off.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
floods Saa5abaag
~AMSan~

Hoods Pills cure liver ills. the non irritating and
ans onl7 csthartic to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
pnnic-Stricken Guests.

nnlc-StrlclNe1 'Ucsts.
Soon after the first alarm was given
people in the lower floors of the hotel,
Who had easy access 10 thc streets
and to the stairway. commenced Il
pour out of the building in grca. num-
bers, but il very 70 became apparent
that Il great majority of the occupant,
of the hotel We're either panic->.ricken
or unable to make their way 20 the
ground foCr. Windows were thrown
up on every side of the build.,.". and
guests, mostly women, IT, all Sia@es OF
terror. made their appearance and III
tered frantic appeals to the crowd Lr,
low for assistance.
Failed to Break TheiS Awful Fall.
As the flames gathered about then,
they became more and more terror
stricken. and presently some Of then
stood upon the narrow window sillS
and beckoned TO the spectators that
they were about to leap. Men collect
ed upon the sidewalks ready to render
any assistance they could, and in IT,"
mean time some of the women LEFT tin.
window stills and droppedtothe streets.
In most instances the efforts to catch
them and break their awful fall were
unavailing. for they struck the siIc.
walk, and in most cases broken limbs
were the result.
Many Cases of Heroic Rescue.
As soon as the firemen could ga,
their scaling ladders into position they
climbed the sides of the building ard
entered at every window where there
was an unfortunate guest appealing
for assistance, and many cases Of
heroic rescue were witnessed by the
throng in the streets.
Taken to Helen GOuld's Residence.
At the corner of Forty-seventh street
and Fifth avenue, directly across from
the hotel is the home of Miss Helen
Gould. and at her direction many OF
the injured were carried the -, anc
were treated by physicians ard nurses"
whom she had sent for. In tie mean
time the chief of police had teIephonnd
to every hospital in the city asking
that assistance be sent. Ambuiances
forced heir way through the crowds
as quickly as possible, and the injured
people who had made the frightfui
leaps from the hotel windows were
placed ir them and removed to tie
hospitals.
I.enped from Windows and Roof.
Scr ,raI occupants of the hotel az
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
;. Hall Boy Gives the Alarm.

There We're many thrilling enc il
the hotel during the early ages of
the fire. \ hall boy discovered tie
flames while he was passing aion" thc
fourth floor, Immediately over ttt:
Rooms occupied by President Mckin-
ley's brother. Ahner Mckinley. and hi
family. The boy pulled a c!7ain at
tachcd TO the fire alarm. nut lie chain
broke. and then he cried Unt al alarm.
OF fire. and ran 10 the floor below. TIC
blaze was then licking an everything
on the Fifth avenue cud of the build,
ing. and the lad when h got % TIC
floor above the main hall, ran into III:
American dining pom. and gave tie
;iarm to the guests there. Dnly 4 few
persons were in the dining roIin 1T tn.
time. and they escaped. When me boy
reached the main floor. Warren Ec!and;
proprietor of the hotel. was in the rear
Of the long hall, and the boy =houtt:
TO him that the building WAS Or fire.
At Mr.. Lcland'S instructions the
clerks tried to save all the books ana.
Papers, and the boy then rushed down
the basement stairway rrI alarmed
TIE women who were at work IN the
laundry. 1t is believed that NJ of
,i,- .-.,,.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
wild Scenes of Excitement.

There was the widest scene of eN-
citement within and without The IuiiG-
ing. Hundreds of guests and employees
were in the hotel when the fir" broke
out, and for many of them to escape
was simply impossible. Probably from
10 to Is lives were lost within a hall
hour, ard 30 or 20 persons were injured
in jumping from the windows and IL
rushing through the roaring flames III
the corridors and on the stairways.
Died Mt Nearby Residences.
Many who were injured died later I'll
nearby residences anda at hospitals and
others who made wild leaps to the
stone sidewalks were so BADLY injured
that they are still lowering between
life and death. II may be 2i hours and
more before the complete lis; of IA
t~alities becomes known, and Il VIII III
longer than that before il can l." aSccr-
tanned definitely how many charrei
bodies are in the mass Of fallen mason
~ that marks the spot where tn hotel
ctnni