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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
I~nterxtatc Live-Bird Handicap Shoot

Sioux City, Ia, Nov. 22.-The big
interstate livebird handicap shoot of
the 500 Gun club opened yesterday
with a good attendance of sportsmen
from Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota
and Minnesota. The conditions made
shooting impossible and the scores
were only ordinary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
All Well mt Ladysmith.

Durham, Nov. 22.-The government
has received the following advices from
Col. Royston, commandant of the vol
unteers at Ladysmith, under date of
November 16:
"All the volunteers and police are
well, and there are plentiful supplies
for man and horse. All was quiet yes
terday( Wednesday, and the same con-
dition exists this morning. There has
been no further bombardment, and
the effect hitherto has been trifing.
We are anxious for news from the
SOUTH"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
A Terrible Domestic Tragedy.

john Hayslip. 4 horse-trainer, at
Kansas City. shot his wife through the
heart and mortally wounded Charles
Ferry, an ice wagon driver, and Maud
Mitchell, aged %. The tragedy &C.
CURED ut the Mitchell woman's house.
Mrs. Hayslip had deserted her husband
and was living openly with Berry,
and Maud Mitchell had influenced her
I o make the decision.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

Former residents of Texas, living in
Chicago, met at the fremont house.
on the 10Th, and made plans for tbs
establishment of the Chicago Texas
club. James Pfouts was elected pres
idcnt and j. NJ. Cox secretary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

Work on the United States governs
ment wharf at Pago Pago, Samoa, is
progressing rapidly now, and about
two hundred feet of the pier is com,
picteG. The United States agents are
negotiating for the purchase of land
adjoining the coaling station.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
At His Old Profession.

John Grant, n convict, sent from
Kansas City under sentence of II years
Cor burglary and larceny, escaped
from the ~penitentiary the other night
and bnrglarized several houses in JEFF
ferson City.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

News was received, on the 10th, of
another armored train disaster to the
British, moving out from Estcour..
The Beers tore up the track and bonn
barded the wrecked train while con
cealed marksmen picked off the heroic
banG, some Of whom fought the un-
seen enemy while others tried to RICH:
the train. Comparatively few returned
to tel! the tale,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

With flags flying and soldiers cheer
ing and with the band of the Forty
first infantry on her deckplaying The
Girl l Left Behind Me-" the United
States transport Logan steamed down
the bay from New York, on the Goth,
and out to sea on her way to the Phil
ippineS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

About $500 Chicago members of the
Knights and Ladies of Honor have Sc.
coded from the organization because OF
dissatisfaction with the management
OF the affairs of the body by the SUI
pIeme lodge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Distinguished PersOnnges Who Will
Attend the Funeral Saturday.

Washington, Nov. 22.-Vice-Presi-
dent Hobart's funeral, on Saturday,
will be attended by the president and
his cabinet, the supreme court, the
senate in a body and IL large commit
tee from the house of representatives,
besides many other high dignitaries of
the government, who will journey to
Paterson to pay their last tribute of re-
spect to the memory of the vice-presi-
dent. Every senator has been invited
to be present, and the senate will meet
at the Fifth Avenue hotel in New York
Saturday at IL o'clock, and thence
travel in a body to Paterson. Sergeant
alarms Bright has engaged a special
train to convey the president ard his
cabinet and the United States supreme
court to Paterson. The train will leave
Washington over the Pennsylvania
railroad at seven o'clock Saturday
morning. and will arrive OF the return
at II p. m.
The Law of succession.
The law applicable to the vice-presi-
dency was enacted January 10, 1856, by
the Forty-ninth congress. first session.
The main features are as follows:
BE it enacted, etc, that in case of re-
moval, death, resignation or inability
of both the president and vice-presi-
dent, the secretary of state, OIL y r .
secretary of the treasury, or i
secretary of war, or = = : attor-
new general, or i i = postmaster
general. or = = = secretary of the
navy, or + : : secretary of the in
terror shall act as president until the
disability of the president or vice-pres-
ident is removed or n president shall
be elected.
The law further provides that when
one of the above cabinet officers sue
ceeds to the presidency, he shall call
a special session of congress. \ pro-
viso limits the succession to those who
would be eligible to the presidency I'M
der the terms of the constitution, and
who have been appointed with the ad-
vice and consent of the senate.
The effect of the law is not to pro-
vide a succession to the vice-Presl-
uencE, Dut lnerely 10 insure Il success
sion to the presidency.
Mr.. Successor.
BY the death of Mr.. Hobart Senator
William z. Frye. of Maine. becomes
president pro tempore of the senate,
and will discharge all the duties of the
vice-president as presiding officer of
that body. The senate rules speciii-
cally provide that no election is neces-
sary at the beginning of the session.
Senator Frye accordingly will continue
as presiding officer till the end of Pres
ident McKinley's administration.
4 Singular Coincidence.
A curious coincidence of the death of
NIce-President Hobart is found in the
fact that of the six vice-presidents who
have died in office. four died within IL
few days of the same day of the month
of the year of their deaths, the death
of Mr.. Hobart the 21st of November,
1899; that of Mr.. Wilson the 22d of No.
vember, 1875; that of Elbridge Gerry
November %, 1914, and that of Mr..
Hendricks November 25, 1855. The 9TH
er two vice-presidents who died in Of
flee were Clinton and King. The for
mer died April 90, 1872, and the latter
April II, 1853.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
Minister Wants Divorce.

Rev. W. II. Blake. who at one time
was Il candidate for governor of Mis-
sturi on the labor ticket, has brought
suit for divorce at st. Louis. He is a
NJ. T.. south. minister, declares that
his wife has not been at home six
years in their % years of married life,
kcrce he alleges deserticn. She trav-
els anI lectures on music.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
The Final

Mr.. Hobart had a very weak spell
late Monday afternoon, from which he
rallied at about $50 p. H., but he
again grew weaker toward midnight.
Later on there seemed to be a slight
Improvement, but 500 after mid
light he became unconscious and re-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

business failures in the United
States for the week ended on the 18th,
number 100, as compared with 1s2 for
the previous week, and 229 for the cor
responding week n year ago, 235 in
1885,, 3OS in 1896 and 323 in 1895. in
Carada the weeks failures were 10, as
compared with "a for the correspond
ing week last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

The cardboard manufacturers of the
United States, in conference at Buffa-
10, \. Y, decided, on the 10th, upon an
advance of ten per cent. in the price
of ali kinds of cardboard, to go into
effect Immediately.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
To Emphasize Their Appreciation.

London, Nov. 22-The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
Preparations are being made to give
the United States war ships a hearty
reception in order to emphasize the APP
probation by the c~olonists of the
meaning of an American naval dis
play in South African waters at the
present iuncture."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
Has st. Louis n Murder Fiend:

Mrs. Henrietta Bamberger, midwife,
has been arrested in st. Louis OF the
charge of having committed awful
crimes. The grand jury has indicted
her. 1t is said hat she has drowned
children. and then burned their bodies
in the cook stove, and that women
have died under her hand.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

The lower parts of Athens and
Piraeus, the port of Athens, Greece,
were flooded, as the result of heavy
rains, on the Goth. Several houses
fell and furniture, goods and cat
tie were swept away. There was some
loss of life also, and railway communi-
cation was interrupted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

Sir Richard Webster, the British at
tcrpey general, has been made a baro-
net, in recognition of his work before
the Venezuelan arbitration commits
SION. Sir Robert T. Reid, of counsel
for Great Britain, has been made 4
knight of the Grand Cross of the Order
of St. Michael and ST. George.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

Up to the hour OF closing the treas
ury department, on the 10th, Secretary
Gage had received reports from three
s-ub-treasuries on the offerings of
bonds under the secretary's offer t.
purchase So, 0OO 900 worth. These
were New York, S2,S94,2OO; Baltimore,
$50 O0 and Cincinnati, S2S, 700, max
ing Il total of s. ,941,9 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
Too Much Liquor.

Sergt. J. L. Forgey, Of the st. Louis
pciioe, has been sent TO the city hos
pitai, suffering from alcoholism. y few
years ago he nearly dubbed Il citizen
10 death with a baseball bat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
CHILEAN Claims Commi..ion,

Santiago de Chill, Nov. 22.-Congresa
has approved the renewal OF the Chill
ian Claims commission, or the WASH
ington tribunal, according to the con-
yention with the United States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

Chicago engineers are designing an
earthquake-proof steel palace for the
crown prince of Japan, which is to
mark the advent of American steel
construction in the Mikado's land, and
the imperial government has appro-
priated $4,000 to pay for its cree.
ton.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

Advices received at Cape Town, on
the 18th, show hat on the 10Th a COM
b:ned force of Free State and Trans.
vaal burghers occupied Colesburg,
Cape Colony, without opposition by
the residents, and proclaimed the dis.
trict to be Free State territory.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
GARRETT y.

manned in that condition until his
death. which followed an attack of
angina pectoris which began at seven
o'clock.
Before Mr.. Hobart became uncon-
scious he was able to converse with
Mrs. Hobart about some private af-
fairs. He was very patient and showed
his remarkable will power up to the
last.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
A Little Lump of Sweetness.

Prof. Paul Price and wife, of Utica,
Livingston county, have become the
parents of what is probably the small
est baby girl in the state, ~ pounds.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

A6vices from Apia, Samoa, dated the
9d, and received on the17th, per steam
Ell Alameda. from Australian ports, via
Aria and Honolulu, state that every
thing is quiet in the Samoan group;
that the collection of taxes is progress
ing smoothly. though it is said that
the Mataafans will not pay the taxes
over to the government.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

y continuance of stormy weather
aud torrential ram is reported from
Jamaica, extending over the area pre-
v.ously damaged, and making the pop
uiar distress more widespread, while
isClating from immediate relief Ger
tain districts, principally the northern
and eastern parishes. Some fatalities
are reported.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
Gold Found.

While demolishing the chimney of
an CID house at Luxembourg, st. Louis
county. Henry ID. Murren found 5000
in gold. 1t vas probably placed there
before or during the civil wal
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

A Manila dispatch, of the 18th, tell,
of operations on the Island of Panay
in which the troops underGen. Hughes
had occupied Tagbana, Guimbal and
other towns.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
V@CEPRES|DENI IS DEAD.
Hon. Garrett A. Hobart Passed
Away Surrounded by Family
and Friends.
GENERAL MOURNING At PATERSON, n. J.
Flags HaIf-Masted at the National
Capital. Where He was Beloved
by Political Friends and OppO-
Observation-Disclosures by the Presi-
dent-BiOe raphicaI Sketch.

Paterson, \. j., Nov. 21.-Nice-Presi-
dent Hobart died at $50 a. IN. The
family and physician were at Mr.. Ho-
bart's bedside when the end came.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

Immediately hauled down to h~alf-1nast,
and the doors of the mansion closed to
the public.
The President Deeply Affected.
The president was deeply affected
by the telegram announcing his col
leagues death. and at nee dispatched
a telegram conveying the sympathy
and consolation Of himself and Mrs.
Mckinley to Mrs. Hobart. Meantime
the SAD intelligence had been bulletined
by all the newspaper offices, and the
whole city was soon mourning the loss
of the vice-president.
Secretary of State Hay, upon whom
the succession of the presidency now
falls. heard the news on mis- arrival at
the state department, and he immedi-
atcly repaired tc the White House.
Meantime Senator Fairbanks. of In
diana, and Senator Foster, of Washing
ton, had joined the president, and were
with Kim when Secretary Hay arrived.
The secretary remained about ten min
utes. He was viibly affected when
he left the White House.
VIII Attend the Funeral.
He said no arrangements had yet
been made, but the president and all
the members of his cabinet would at
tend the funeral. President Mckinley
was deeply moved, and when Senator
Fairbanks had left he joined Mrs. Nc
kinley in his private apartments. His
rlnSa and InfiIp1tn relations with his
colleague made him feel the vice
presidents death as a great personal
bereavement. Mrs. Mckinley was
greatly affected. She gave way COM
pletely to her grief and sobbed ON
vulsively. Mrs. Mckinley has but few
intimates here, and among her most
cherished friends were the vice-presi-
dent and Mrs. Hobart. President Nc
Kinley did all he could to comfort his
wife and did not return to his office
until the members of the cabinet be-
gan to arrive.
The Cabinet Informed.
The members of the cabinet were
made acquainted with the sad news
as soon as the president himself was
informed, by e of telephone from
the White House.
This was the regular cabinet meet
ing day, and the members gathered at
the White House at II O'Clock. but the
death of the yicc-president over
shadowed all else and public business
was not mentioned. All the members
of the cabinet. especially Att'y.-Gen.
Griggs. showed the emotion they felt.
The latter intimated that he would
leave for Paterson an once.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
Termination Gets Asylum.

The commissioners appointed to
select a site for the state asylum for
insane in southeast Missouri have
chosen Pennington.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
Occupied Naauwpoort.

Cape Town, Nov. 22.-The British
troops reoccupied Naauwpoort on
Sunday.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

and Miss Alice Waddell, the nurse,
ly from the time he was sick.
Garret \. Hobart. Jr.. was also at
his fathers bedside. Mrs. Hobart
bears up well under her great be-
reavement.
Token of Mourning ut Paterson.
The flags on the city and other pub
lie buildings were half-masted when
the news of the vice-president's death
became known. Flags on many pri-
waite buildings and dwellings were also
hung at half-mast.
The bell on the city hall was tolled
at intervals during the forenoon.
The Passaic county court adjourned
in token of respect to the dead vice
president.
Although the vice-pTesidert's death
had been expected ut any time, there
was still Il faint hope. up to the last,
among his personal friends in Pater-
son. that he would survive fer some
time to cone. These persons. who had
been neighbors and lifelong friends of
the vice-prcsident, were deeply affect
ed over his death.
President Notified.
At 7:30 n. m. the vice-president's pri-
waite secretary, Mr.. Evans, called up the
White House by telephone and notified
President Mckinley hat Mr.. Hobart
was dying. At nine o'clock Mr.. Evans
communicated again with the presi-
dent. notifying him of the ~vicc-presi-
dents death.
Messages of Confidence.
Soon aftcr the news OF Mr.. Hobart's
death was sent over the wires. tele-
grams of coincidence began to arrive
at Carroll Hall. Among the first to
send words of sympathy and con-
doIence TO Mrs. Hobart were President
Mckinley and Mrs. Mckinley.
Notifications Sent Out.
Among those to whom kilograms
were sen announcing the v~ice-prcsi-
dents death wer" United States Sem
ator Sewall and United States Senator
Mark Hanna.
President Mckinley sem word that
he would endcavor 20 nave a talk with
Mrs. Hobart over the telephone in the
afternoon. During the forenoon many
OF the vicc-presiGent's intimate friends
and neigEbors called at Carroll Hall
and left their cards.
business Houses Draped.
The business houses and public
buildings in Paterson are being
GrareG in black. y special meeting of
the common council was called for
neon, at the city hall, to take suitable
action on Mr.. Hooart's death. The
vice-president's private offices in the
city were closed as soon as his death
was announced.
The funeral will probably be held
next Saturday. although no public an
nouncement of this fact has yet been
made.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
\ Proclamation.

To the People of the United States-Gar-
ret Augustus Hobart, Vice-president OF
the United States, died at his home in
Peterson, y. j., at eiSht-third O'Clock
his morning. In him the nation has lost
one of its most illuStriOuS citizens and
one of its most faithful servants. His
participation in the business life and the
iaw-making body of his native state was
marked by answering fidelity and by 4
high order of talents and a~ttainments;
and his too brief career as vice-president
of the United States and president of the
senate exhibited the ~loftiest qualities of
upright and SagaciOuS craftsmanship. In
the world OF affairs he had few equals
among his contemporaries. His private
character was gentle and noble. He will
LONG be mourned by his friends as a man
of singular purity and attractiveness,
whose sweetness of disposition won all
hearts. while his elevated purposes. his
unbendinS integrity and whole-hearted
devotion to the public good deserved and
acquired universal respect and esteem.
IN Borrowing testimony of the loss which
has fallen upon the country, | direct that
on the day of the funeral, the executive
offices of the United States shall be closed
and all stations of the army and navy
shall display the national flag at half
mast and that the representatives of the
United States in foreign countries shall
pay appropriate tribute to the illustrious
dead for a period of thirty days.
In witness whereof, | have set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this
twenty-first day of November. in the
year of our LORD. one thousand eight
hundred and n~inety-nine. and of the in
dependence of the United States, the one
hundred and tw~enty-fGurth.
[Signed.l WILLIAM MkINLEY.
BY the President.
JOHN HAY, Secretary of State.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25


London. Nov. 22.-Late Monday even
ing the war Office made public two dis
patches from Gen. Butler. at Cape
Town. The first had been received
from Gen. Cleary, dated Monday, No.
vember 20, and announced that three
privates were wounded the previous
day at Moot river. The second was
from Col. Baden-Powell, dated at
Mafeking, November 16, saying: "All
wei! here. We have had a few success
full sorties. Our loss is two officers
and - men killed and our officers and
30 men wounded. The enemy's loss is
heavy. His numbers are decreasing,
but his guns remain and shell us, keep
ing out of range of our small guns.
Have had no news from the outside
since October 90"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
HAS THE TRUE RING.
Only Asks His Men to Do What He Il
willing to Do.

Cape Town, Monday, Nov. 2O.-Gen.
Gatacre, commanding the British col
I'M assembling at Queenstown, Cape
Colony, made a speech TIC the troops
there. He said the regulars should
watch and learn from the irregulars,
who were acquainted with the coun.
try and the habits of the Beers. Once
the forward movement is begun, he
continued, there could be no question
of stopping it, and he asked all TO do
their best, adding:
Il Will never ask you to do anything
1 am not willing TO do myself"
Reports from the northern portion
of the colony are more ~reassuring, but
there is distinct danger of the Dutch
actively e~spousing the cause of the
Beers, who now effectually bar three
lines of entry into the Free State.
Most of the students of the Burghers-
dorp theological seminary joined the
invaders after the latter occupied the
town.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
Il. II. ADAMS. Publisher.

CAPE GIRARDEAU. : MISSOURI.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
A aNiId Cat Banker Goes Tn.

Leonard B. Imboden. convicted OF
conducting a wildcat" bank in Kan
a City, was sentenced to ten years
in che ~penitentiary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
TIL PRESIDENT TO THE PEOPLE.
announcement of In
Dcnth of the yice-President.

Washington, Nov. 21.-After the cab.
iret meeting the president issued the
following prcclamation:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25
Around the Couch of Death.

Mrs. Hobart, DIR. Newton. Mrs. New
ton, who is a cousin of Mrs. Hobart,
and Miss Alice Waddell, the nurse,
were at the patients bedside constant
ly from the time he was sick.
Garret \. Hobart. Jr.. was also at
his fathers bedside. Mrs. Hobart
bears up well under her great be-
reaVement.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-25

IN the p~enitentiary.
Daughters of the Confedcracy.
Mrs. Jennie Edwards, state presi-
dent of the Missouri Daughters of the
C~onfeCeracy. has reorganized the
camp at Ssdalia-