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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-15
The Closing Scenes.

The international convention of
tan Endcavorers closed tonight amid
scenes OF impressive solemnity at
tending the utterance of the last
word' by the president and secretary
in each of the great tents following
responses from each state and Oun
Try represented, and last exhortations
from Methodist Episcopal Bishop Vim
cent, Of Kansas, and Evangelist Chap
man, of New York.
Kilograms Sent.
The following kilograms and cable
grams were read in both tents, the
reading eli the cablegram from Hon.
Andrew d.. White, president of the
American peace commissioners at The
Hague, bringing out storms of ap-
planse:
TO the American Peace Commission,
The Hague:
"Twenty-eight thousand American
and Canadian Christian Endeavorers
now assembled in international on
venticn at Detroit, represent two and
one-half millions enthusiastic for
peace and arbitration. Great peace
meeting held. All wish God-speed.
(SigneG.) FRANCIS E. CLARKE.
president.
John WILLIS BAER, Secretary"
To President William Mckinley, Wash
ington, D. c.:
'Twenty-eight thousand American
end Canadian Christian Endeavorers
assembled in international con-
v'ntIon, received with hearty en-
th"siasm your kind message, and pray
for Gods richest blessing upon you,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-15
Answering TcicEramS.


VIIdNd, VTI.. 'WlF II.
Francis f.. Clarke. President interna-
tional Convention of Christian En-
d~cavOrcrS:
His cXcellcncy, the governor-gcncr-
al, desires me to express his warmest
and most sincere thanks for your very
kind and cordial message of good will
to himself and the dominion of Can
ada.
(Signcd.) MAJ. DHi MMpND.
GOyernor-Gencral'S Secretary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-15
MAJ. DRI MNOND.

Clarke, President Christian Endcavor,
Detroit:
american commission to peace con,
ference sends sincere thanks for mes.
sage. and congratulates You and all
friends of peace for the great success
achieved providing for Il permanent
tribunal of arbitration.
N-irru-T n.-l
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-15

Mr.. Wilbur Chapman preached the
concluding sermon in Tent Endeavor
from the teXt-Luke vi: 6-1O-the
story of the healing of the man with
Il withered hand. The closing address
in Tent Williston was made by Bishop
John II. Vincent. of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

WHEN the time comes when
the people learn the absolute
folly of intrinsic value i'll
money, the republicans will
swear by all that is high and
low that the intrinsic value
idea always was opposed by
the Grand Old Party" just
as they now assert that the re-
publican party is and always
has been opposed to trusts.
There will be some people, as
there are some now, who will
swallow it and call it good.
But there will be others with
sufficient intelligence not to
be misled.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

The democratic committee meeting
which was held in this city last Thurs
day was not attended as it should have
been. Those who attended, however
report a harmonious meeting. 1t was
unanimously agreed that the democrats
would fuse with the PopulistS provided
the democrats are permitted to name
the candidate for register of deeds and
county clerk. Otherwise a straight
ticket will be nominated. The INDEX
does not know whether the gentlemen
who made the proposition are clothed
with authority or whether, if the POpu
lists accepted it, those who control the
democratic convention would abide by
it, or whether they would "change
their mind" after it is too late as they
aid last year. Neither do we know
what action the Populist convention
Will take. w e do know, however. tina,
one of the first duties of the Populists
is to unite themselves.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09
circumstances

JUDGE HAzEN made the in
junction against Insurance
Superint'd't Church perma-
nent and the superintendent
feels relieved. If it had been
an action submitted by a
plain citizen Church would
never have threatened to re-
woke the license in the first
place but on a grievance sub
mitted by a prominent cor
poration lawyer, he had to
make a pretense. But it
terminated just as he want
ed it to and he is willing to
drop it there. McNall fought
the cases to the last ditch ev.
en- in defiance of the federal
court, and won out. But
Church is a friend of the in.
surance companies and he is
serving them-and not policy
holders.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

THERE are 50 many potatoes
in the Kaw valley that they
cannot be consumed. And yet
there are many people in Kan
sas City that hardly know
what potato looks like. The
crop is decaying, not because
there is no demand for them
among consumers, but be-
cause it requires more money
than the consumers have to
transport them. Under gov
eminent ownership where
products would be transport
ed at actual cost the people
could make their exchanges
without being robbed and ev'
erybody would be in better
circumstances.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

If there were no fat jobs
in sight for politicians and
spectators in wealth, how
long do you suppose the war
in the Philippines would have
lasted! Not one Filipino
would have bitten the dust.
But, then, there are too many
political muck-worms in this
country to be taken care of
and there must be new fields
for operation. The capitalists,
too, want to expand their ter
ritory for public plumber and
that is the principal reason
why so many American citi-
zens have been sacrificed. The
American soldier, as we'll as
the Filipino, is splitting his
blood for the benefit of the
never-works.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

WE CAN never get the full fruition
of our postal system until after we &c,
government ownership of the means OF
transportation of the mails. The gov
eminent IS as helpless IN the hands of
the railroads as are private individuals.
OF course this ought not to be true. but
tits true. The gsvernmentcould set the
price for transporting the mails and
compel the railroads to comply. just as
easily and on just the same grounds
that it drafts men into army service
and sets the price at thirteen dollars
per month.-Llving Issues.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

IN the two years ending July |, 1899
the United States sent to foreign coun-
tries goods and products of the value
of So, Ass, 900 900, and received from for
eign countries $1,313 100000 In goods
and products. 1t also sent to foreign
countries Sill 100000 worth of silver
and received from foreign countries
$50 200, 900 worth of silver. For the
two years the total values sent abroad
not counting gold, exceed the total val
ues imported, not counting gold, by the
stupendous sum of one billion, one
hundred and ninety-five million dol
lars. And yet this country received
from foreign countries only 209 million
dollars of gold while it sent abroad SO
million dollars in gold. After deduct
ing the gold payments there was over a
thousand million dollars balance in IA
vor of the United States i'll the last two
years. AS we have recently been send
| ing out more gold than we have been
| receiving, the suppoSition is that this
! immense balance due us has beer paid.
drafts. Drafts are sent to pay int crest
| Oh American bonds of all sorts held in
| Europe; drafts sent to pay dividends
on trust, railroad and oLher stocks held
| by foreigners; drafts to pay ocean
| freights. as foreign ships do about all
| the carrying; drafts taken to Europe by
/ tourists: and finally drafts sent to Eu-
| roDeans who have sold to our capital
! lists bonds and stock. $40, 100000 was
| paid to Spain. But suppose that in
the next twp years this country sells
but little more than it buys, as was the
case in 94-6, then bow can we make
such stupendous payments? VIII have
to ship gold abroad, won't we? Might
issue some more bonds aud take chanc
| es on their being purchased by foreign,
ers, as was done not very long ago.
After shipping abroad much of our
| gold our capitalists might sell some of
their bondheldings at reduced prices to
foreigners in order to stop the outflow
| of gold, but they would not want to do
this IN panicky times when first class
bonds are the only safe investment.
We again ask the question. if Europe
can settle balance due us of sou mil
lion dollars year without sending
more than one sixth of it in coin, what
will happen when there is no balance
or very small balance to our credit in
a years trade? Look out for financial
breakersl-Mo. World.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

The man who measures a country Is
prosperity by the amount of wealth
held by corporations, has a soft spot in
his head. Wealthy corporations on
one side and poverty stricken masses
on the other denote the worst condition
of society 10 he conceived. 1t es-
tablishes the fact that the masses are
III hopeless state of drudgery while a
few wealth owners appropriate their
labor. Yet there are many republican
papers which refer to this condition of
affairs as an evidence of prosperity.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

TIE last public utterance of Col. Rob-
ert G.. Ingersolt on the Philippine war
is being widely quoted. 1t is logical,
sublime and patriotic. 1t follows:
"Ihave ore sentiment for the SOL
diers, cheers for the living and tears
for the dead. If it were meet to weep
over the sacred dust of the braye who
died to render our flag stainless, and
keep 1t in the sky, it is now in order to
flood the graves of the boys who are
falling in the Philippine islands. For
they are not fighting to add to the lus
ire of Old Glory or to save the Union,
but as mere machines at the behest of
the administration, which, for the time
being, is the government of the United
States. War with Spain, for which the
volunteers took up arms has long since
ended. Congress has not declared war
against the Filipinos nor voted money
to carry on foreign war of conquest.
Then why this thunder Of guns, the
flying thunderbolts of hell, and these
new-made graves as numberless as the
stars? 1t is a war not in the name of lib
erty, but agalnstlt. Our arms are not
adding glory to the flag. but instead
are staining that starry emblem of free
dom with the blood and tears of a PEG
pie fighting for the right of self-govern-
ment. The soldier is not to blame,
therefore, when he falls in such war,
his bier should be draped in the deepest
mourning and drenched with the tears
of his fellow countrymen.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09
The business failures are
increasing. So much for Nc
Kir,ley prosperity.

The action of the democrat
ic national committee in max
ing an open declaration that
Populists and free silver re
publicans need not apply
does not look favorable for a
harmonious fusion in 1900. II
also looks like there will be a
strong effort to turn down
VIM. j. Bryan.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

IT is gradually leaking out
that much of the dynamite
used in the Ohio strikes, was
used by the street car conlpa-
MES themselves for the pur-
pose of prejudicing the pub
lie against the strikers.
Strikers often become vicious,
they are driven to it by the
inhuman treatment which
they receive at the hands of
corporations, but their VIC
lence is always magnified by
the monopoly press. If the
facts we're known the cor
porations commit most of the
depredations themselves and
then publish it to the world
as the work of the strikers
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

AT no time in the history
of the country were invest
ments more unsafe than they
are now. You may be in
easy circumstances today and
bankrupt tomorrow. 1t could
not be otherwise under the
present financial system.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

A REPUBLICAN form of gov
eminent is founded on prin
ciples of co-operation.The the
DRY is socialistic and a genu
inc democracy is socialism
There is nothing terrible in
any Of the terms. They all
mean the. cooperation of all
for the general good.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

The estimated wealth of
John d. Rockefeller is $780,.
100000, yet he is taxed on on
ly 100000 personally. 1t is
said that taxes are as certain
as death. Not so in Johns
case. He is practically ex-
empt.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

DIRECT legislation and the
imperative mandate would
dispose of hired judges and
bench made laws ON the
double quick. The people
could not be cheated out of
their rights by one or more
supreme Judges.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

The republican party is
unique in one respect. 1t can
reverse itself in a years time
and declare it never said it"
For instance, the party has
been fostering trusts for more
than twenty years and now
the leaders, recognizing that
public sentiment is crytaliz-
ing against trusts, declare
that the republican party is
opposed to trusts and always
has been. Of course, when
they say they are opposed to
trusts, they wink the other
eye" at Rockefeller, ct. al, of
fer no remedy, but exhort the
people to leave the matter
with them they'll fix it. So
! far, the scoundrels have been
very successful in fooling the
people but we are hopeful
that the voters will soon wake
up. The republican party
can promise anything when
it is necessary to deceive
voters, but it will never dc
anything contrary to the
wishes of the wealth owners
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

IT pays to be an admiral.
Both Dewey ana Sampson
have filed suits for big prizes
because their soldiers sunk
the Spanish fleets at Manila
and Santiago. You can de:
pend on it though that none
of the privates come in for
a "divy."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

The Farm, Field Il Fireside and the
INDEX can both be secured one year
for $l.50 The regular price of each
paper is SLIGO. Only subscribers, old
or new. who pay in advance can take
advantage of this offer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

TIE republicans will hold late con-
ventIon this fall. It's only a matter of
form anyhow. The machine is so
strong that it is useless for any of those
who do not wear the brass collar to at
tempt to change the order of things.
All of the present officials will be re-
nominated.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

ONE of the principal rea-
sons why there is SO much
corruption in politics is that
the better element of society
consents to the vicious ele-
ment's manipulating conven-
tiOns and elections.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09
Arc you troubled with pyspepsia?

II so, do not neglect until it Is too late this
opportunity of Kidding yourself Of it at once.
Doctor Fenner's Dyspepsis Cure as the
name implies. is simply for Dyspepsia and
Indigestion. This is preparation long and
successfully used in private practice by one
OF Americas best qualified physicians, whose
writings are an accepted authority on all
medical questions. Get circular of dealer.
GEM DRUG CO.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09
A GOVERNMENTS bond, &C.

A GOVERNMENTS bond, ac-
cording to the republican
financiers, is gilt, but govern
ment paper money is worth
less. The why's and where
fores should be explained if,
indeed, they are explainable.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

ONE of the disgusting things in poll
tics is to see man protesting to lead
in the ranks of one party when he votes
with the opposite. We have such a
case in mind.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

Gov. STANLEY thought he would go
after the Klondike nuisance but when
Apple Jack W and his gang of cow
boys got after the governor they soon
had him hog tied and dehorned. Stan
ley, by the way, as good Methodist.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.

JUST think of the Offices to
be filled after the Filipinos
are subdued. No wonder the
republican politicians are pa
triotic!
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

UNDER Cleveland strikes
were an evidence of hard
times. Under Mckinley they
are an evidence of prosperity.
Thus doth the Dutchman's
rule here obtain.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

WONDER how those poor
strikers in Ohio like MCKin-
ley prosperity by this time?
Wonder if they wouldn't like
to try another brand.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

THE Populists OF Summer county
nominated their ticket by the Crawford
system and they pronounce 1t success.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

DELPHIA LODGE, No. 140, K of P, meets ON
Monday evening of each week, at the X. of p.
hall. Visiting Knights in good standing invit.
ed 10 attend. G. b. BRANDON, c. c.
G. s. HEsKETT, X. of X. & s.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09
state Omcers.
SOCIETIES.

n II q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 80.
VI liz Ns Regular Communications, first
and third Monday eveningsin each month.
LILAH M. FIELD. W. M
MALvINA l. READ. Sec'y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-08-09

x n TT WI Fidelity Lodge No. 3d.
a. u, u, w ). Meets ID and 4th Friday
night. +. NJ. SHELL, d. w.
]. w. SINGER, Recorder.
B. f. GLAsIER, Financier.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-05-05

In REPLY to the question: Ought the
Jews become Christians 2" the we'll
known Barthelemy st. Hillaire, Chris
tan, wrote: II delay not my answer.
No, they should never become Christians.
! would regard their conversion as an
unreasonable and irreparable misfor-
tune for humanity. There is no people
in the world which has given so surpris-
ing an example Of strength and faith,
none that has exercised such religious
influence. Its Bible. with Genesis and
Psalms, is by far the greatest work
among the sacred books of nations, and
it is this which has made it Gods peo-
pie. The day on which the Jews become
Christians would be an unholy.one. and
the gaps which their apostasy would
hollow out would never be filed The
Jews must remain forever what they are
preserving their faith, which has existed
over 5000 years, and which time could
not alter. An incompatible model
would be lacking to mankind-and this
disappearance would be TO-DAY the sad
der, because the God-idea has weakened
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-05-05
THE JEWISH SOUTH.
Ube mOmen at the vriaII o. fermentation.

What touched me most deeply, how
ever" observed the author, "and that
which at the same time caused the tears
to dim many an eye, was the sight of
group of Jewish women, who were easily
distinguishable by their costume, the
striking feature of which consisted of a
black velvet bandeau about the brows,
and yellow shawl thrown over the
head and shoulders, half yelling their
faces.
They were moving slowly away, with
tears streaming down their cheeks; they
murmured softly to themselves or were
quite silent. They would walk a few
PAGES, then turn gracefully about, and,
drawing their hands from their black
mitts, they would throw agood-bye kiss,
alast adieu to their beloved wall-their
CONSIDER, their confdant, their true friend.
For, said an honest Jew, who often
acted as guide for me in my many wan
behring's about Jerusalem, this wall is a
friend to whom we confde all our sor-
rows; it has known our fathers when
they were happy and prosperous, it sees
usnowin our misery and many troubles
it links us with the past; it consoles us,
it comforts us, and we go through life
aided, sustained and uplifted by IT,
Jewish Exponent.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-05-05

Illinois Central r. r. CO. per cent. leased
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago R'y Go.
Ere and Pittsburgh Il. r. Go. capital stock.
X. r. Co. capital stock NORTHUMBERLAND.
Morris and Essex r. r. Co. capital stock. :.
chicago, Ind. and Louisville R'y Co. prefer
- RED capital stock ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Phila., VII. and Baltimore r. r. Co. capt.
0sVCh
Northern Pacific R'y co. preferred capital
von trust certlncates :..,.................
metropolitan National Bank stock .........
american Exchange Nat. Bank stock -.
The Western National Bank OF the City of
New York capital stock .................
The Bank Of America capital stock ............
Consolidated Gas Co. Of New York capital
80 Stock .......... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
western Union Tel. Co. capital stock ......,,
Total par and market values .........
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-05-05
81. 1893, OOOs2, 295, ss4


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Al ~, Total 1874 1 81
@ S s ane co sSnnssns
I % @ Of ofecton agents and a II, 60
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SURPLUS @
YEAR
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renewed during the year ls sss
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- s';s ss !s for premiums Carried so A'D &c
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Aggregate amount OF receipts actually
THE YEAR
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Deduct all losses oa
Reinsurance in other a eompa n sm SSis @
~ 'euu0'O' ..*"''' 1856 %
s%'s sul ' s .tsS h Sss during r e' s year
charges omce clerks agents and ali 1922
other states - Il Y s $50
~ o"s' pa"enu anu expenditures
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-17
DEATH UNFURLS ROMANCE
AN ANACONDA WOMAN A COW
SPICUOUS FIGURE.
she ASKS to BE Adjudged the Heir to
Half a Million of Chicago
Real Estate.

Chicago May 16.-Mrs. Florence
Moscherrosch the wife of an Anacon-
ia, Mont, miner, to-day filed in the
superior court bill asking that she De
adjudged to be the heir to $4OO, 900 worth
of Chicago property left by Henry w.
Martin, wealthy Chicagoan, who died
intestate in May, 1898. and who, she
claims, was her father. The filing of
the bill has divulged a romance which
has been kept secret for q years.
Martin began his career as a letter
carrier, but after the first of 1871 in
vested his savings in leaseholds and real
estate and became wealthy. His for
tune was left in the custody of Elbert
II. Gary, now president of the Federal
Steel company
Mrs. Moscherrosch alleged in the bill
that Martin married Florence Annie
Conrad, servant in Chicago hotel, in
1872, and that year after she was born
to the couple; that she was brought up
in secrecy and the marriage kept secret
to deceive Martins people. Martins pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. David Martin of
Geneva, Wis, who, with Elbert Gary,
are named as defendants, are alleged to
have refused to recognize the complain
ant as their granddaughter, but later,
on learing of her intended marriage. to
have advised her against it and to have
promised if she would forego it to pro-
vide her with money and home