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and Gaum have leased the new gold property near Spenazuma from Capt. Jackson and are developing it. MT Casey expects to have force of hfty men there within month and the ore Is such as will pay from the start.
 Prescott Courier: Sam Hills arti- sans are constructing 1000 feet Of air pipe for mines on the Santa Maria. These pipes are eight inches in di- ameter and connect with furnace on top of the ground, the draft thus created furnishing air in lower mine levels.
 Journal Miner: The Adrath Min iug & Milling O. have force of men at work erecting null and hoisting works on their Oriole mine at Santo Domingo mountain, near Wickenburg The work is being pushed rapidly and they expect to have everything in shape to commence operations by July lst.
 Journal. Miner: The Harlan mill, On Turkey creeK, has been compelled to close down n account Of a scarcity of water. Mr. Harlan is engaged in putting in pipe line 2,40O feet long, to spring, and as soon as this is com pleted and the water added to his present supply he expects to run the mill continuously.
 Journal Miner: The Garcia Gold Mining O., owner of the famous Gar .. cia mine on the Hassayampa, near Wickenburg, which closed down work for several months, resumed work again on May 1 ard has quite large force of men engaged in developing the above property. The mine will be thoroughly exploited and devel- 'Oped.
 Prospector The Tucson Star says that during the last four months there have been mining sales made in Pima county, including Santa Cruz, aggregating s630, ,00G upon which the payments have been made in whole or in part, Over l76000 cash has thus far been received on these sales, the balance will te forthcoming in the next 60 and l20 days.
 Prospector: The mining camps of COchse county are improving wonder fully under the impetus of high prices for iheir output The copper inter ests just now are in the lead, with lead as a close second. Silver, how. ever, is not being overlooked entirely, and several of our once celebrated producers are still in the market, though in d moderate way.
 Journal Miner; Mir Cleveland, whC has lease and bond on the Cumber- land mine, owned Qy Thos Roach and others in Pine Flat, recently struck q body of good ore thiFty-two iuches wide at depth of ld0 feet. This mine shows up several good chutes Of ore now and Mir, Cleveland is very greatly encouraged by tue outlook o the property He has eight men at work developing It.
 Grahaham Bulletin: There is great excitement at Fort Grant about ; gold mine discovered near the post but on the reservation. Lieut.. Arm strCng, Dr. Tampany, Prof. Gungle Mir. Heinrick and Mir. Mabee are th' fortunate owners; they have sunk hole about four feet deep and have { well defined three-foot ledge whicl shows plenty of free gold and tn owners are much excited. They hay hauled about two tons of the rocl ,nto the post for specimens. Prof
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

When the MaZet investigation COM
| York, on the oh. thu first thing done
was Il declare that in the future none
of the witnesses su~bpocn""l 10 appear
before the committee should! bc repre-
scented by counsel. This was followed
by the excluding from the court room
of Iolicc Capt. Prices counsel, II. {.
Henderson. who created Il :, nSatiOn 1T
the previous sitting OF the committc.:
last week. He MAS arrested later.
\ locomotive. when taking water 1T
Il tank near llockman. Col. on the
Colorado Midland railroad. on the 9th.
broke AVA from its crew, and started
on a Wild run down grade. Near
Bucul Vista he runaway crashed into
AN caSt-bOund passenger tain. Both
engines were totally wrecked. Fire
man George BoSwick wL.: killed ANA
Engineer Arthur Lalondr received ia
tai injuries. No passenger: We're hurt.
Mrs. Belle Marshal itoln>on. wife IF
K. W. RoIoSon. for - wears a prOni-
nrnt and wealthy member OF the CHI
cago board OF trade, committed suicide
at her home, 2ln9 Prairie avenue, or
the 9Th. by shooting herself in the
right temple. Death resulted almost
instantly.
The members Of the ST. Paul and
Buffalo baseball clubs. WHO were ar
rested At Butrain, Y. Y. on the 18th,
while playing hall, CHARGED with VIZ
latimg III" SUNDAY law, were gwen a
jury trial. on the 9th, and acquitted.
The United states auxiliary cruiser
Yosemite. en- route to Guam, CARRYING
CAT. Richard l.. L"arv, /. :. y. he
nrwIy-appointed governor of !iuain-
ana Il garrison OF marines for the isl
and, arrived IT Port Said Cn the 9Th.
The 500 Gun Club amateur tourney
at Sioux CITY, Ia. opened on the 9Th.
Att ou"h a drizliy rain fell nearly all
day. il did not put \ l1ArP"r on the
shoot. Some remarkable shooting MAS
the feature of the day.
The regulations allowing The volun-
tc"rs to purcEras" tn arms and equip
merits which they ca:";"h during thu
iSpauiSh WIZ. will he continued IN 1i.a
case of volunteers returning from Ma
Mia.
Union Pacific uiticia!s At Omaha,
iNth.. received information. ON the 9Th,
THAT sheriff IIaIcn. ~ho w:,< wounded
in the fight with traiA robhcrS, died at
$50 that afternoon.
The United States refrigerator ship
Glacier. Commander e.. II. Arnold.
from. New York. May Il. Cor Manila,
arrive at Gibraltar on III" 9Th.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
EVENTFUL DAY AT ARTHUR.
An Illinois Town Presents the BaL.-
ner Series of Disasters for
One Sunday.

Chicago, June Ga special TO the
Chronicle from Arthur. ILL. says:
y strange chain of disasters began,
Sunday, when the local grand army
post buried T. 7. Wells, who was
a~sphyNiated by gas Il: Il hotel in Chi
cago last Wednesday night.
While the ceremony was in progress
al the cemetery, news reached Gus
Baker that his 13-year-Old son had just
been drowned while swimming. Thu
shock Frustrated Mr.. Baker, and he
had to be taken home in a carriage.
When the news was broken to his wife,
she went frantic and became uncOn-
scious. Both are in a precarious con-
dition.
While the funeral procession was To-
turning from the cemetery. one of the
carriages ran over Mrs. William Sui
livan's little twO-year-old daughter,
manrling her in Il terrible manner
Miss Ola Clark. Il witness TO the lat-
ter accident, tainted, and IA carried
to the nearest house. where she lay
for four hours before recovering sui
ticiently to be removed to Eer home
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
ON HIS WAY TO ALASKA.
Col. $. II. Ray Has Arrived Mt San
Francisco En- Route to His
Post in the Far North.

San Francisco, June 6.--Col. 5. III.
I:ay has arrived here on his wa.T TO
take command of the department of
Northern Alaska. which comprises all
the territory north OF the siNty-serond
degree of latitude. He expects to
.c: about June ~ with hiscommand,
which will consist of two companies
CT infantry, probably from the Sew
enth regiment, now on their way -
the coast.
1t is the intention of the government
to establish three posts along the W.
kon. which will be permanently gar
risoned. Col. RAYS headquarters Will
be at the junction of Mission creei;
with the Yukon, 90 ndlcs from DaH-
son. and about ten miles from the
frontier. When he was in Washing
ton he had the post officially named
Fort Egbert. in memory II the Harry
{. Egbcrt. who fell at Manila, in the
Philippines. The object OF the GOV
eminent is to establish law and order
III the country, and to sccUre its per-
manent occupation ny settlers. Col.
Ray says that the lower Yukon valleys
are capable of raising magnificent
crop-. and he believes that any arti-
cles of food now imported ny ths
miners can be produced along the
banks of the great river.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
DEWEY IS AGAIN AFLOAT.
Ready to start ON the Long
Voyage Home.

Hong Kong. June 6.-AdmiralD Dewey
left the Peak hotel and returned to the
Olympia. Monday morning he paid
farewell calls TO Goy.-Gen. GascogHe
and the commanders of the warships
il the harbor.
ADMIRAL Dcwcy's health has been
considerably benefited by his residence
at the Peak. He has taken Il perfect
rest. lie appears somewhat haggard
from the effects of the continual strain
he has been under and of the climate.
The Olympia will sail at four o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, but Admiral
Dewey will not give a farewell dinner
nor will he accept one.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10

Mary Mueller - years old, O So
called faith healer. was found guilty
IN the court OF special sessions. IN
BROOKLYN. of pra"ticing medicine with.
out having been registered. and was
sentenced tn five months imprison-
.uc;t in the RAYMOND Street Jail.
The war department is preparing
plans fer sending the 5000 more men
needed by Gen. Otis 10 make up his
quota of 3O.OUA. which, he says, he
must have in order Ia control the sit
uatiOn.
The seventh criminal chamber of the
Hcrlin superior court. on the 5th, or
rlcred the coutiscatiOn OF an issue OF
tie New York Herald containing Il
reprint of the poem "Hoch Der kai-
SER given L fame by Capt. Coghlan.
The court expressed horror when the
Interpreter translated the poem.
y Washington dispatch of the 5th
says hat bishop John +. Hurst. one
of the most prominent preiates of the
Methodist Episcopal church. and his
wife. formerly Miss Root, of Buffalo,
have agreed to separate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

The Yukon river * open fo- naviga.
tion fem Lake Bennett to dawson
City.
Cart Wagner. " lincman in the en-
ploy 6 the city, WAS clectrocutcd at
St. Louis Friday.
Harry CanpLrIl. OF Carlyle. H., was
caught in q pulley wheel and wound
to Il horrible death.
Co. of the Fifth Immune regiment
was warmly welcomed hcme by the
citizens of Grayvil!". Ill.
The French miai<try has decided to
prosecute all officers found Ia have
been Concerned III the cahal against
Drcyfus.
Friends Of the Illinois Wesleyan uni
versity have subscribed literally &c
the fund for the raising OF the institu
tons .icht.
Mary zane Williams. u"cd IU@. and
James Morgan, aged 20. were married
| at Galena. has. The bride is a sprigl.t
ly old lady yet.
Two companies Of the Kentucky mi,
Gtia viii guard the courthouse at Man.
chester during the trial of p~artiSans OF
the IIoward-Rakcr feud.
The official medical report of the
First South Dakota volunteers shows
that 90 per cent. of the men of TIE
regiment are unfit for duty.
Two large buildings of the Illinois
asylum for the inSaue, at kankaker
used for barn and storage purposes
was totally destroyed by fire Friday
night.
Maj. Bell surprised and routed &
party of F%ilipinos, near San Fernando
who. being reinforced. turned upor
cover.
y box containing 1000 sovereigns
was found to be missing from the
treasure room of the steamer Alameda
on her arrival n San Francisco, from
Australia. Friday.
The Hague peace conference may
adopt the American plan of arbitra-
ton, but no other result is expected. 1t
is found impossible to agree upon a
method of checking ornaments.
Frank Modlin. aged 10 years. late
private of Co. f. Tenth United States
infantry. and a son of L. F. Modlin.
IN old soldier. committed suicide at
Nen;a. ILL.,, ny taking morphine.
The Philippine commission at Ma.
Mia gave a gorgeous ball n the pur-
pose of fostering the good feeling be
tween the Americans and the natives
IL that city. 1t was j brilliant Success.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
MISSOURI A NEWS.
sedniia Secures state Fair.


After being wined and dined for n
week by the six Missouri cities ambi-
tiouS to have the state fair, provided
for by the last general assembly, tue
state board of agricultur.. arrived az
jefferson City. and held d session III
the hall of the house of represents
lives to heal all the applicants. Thu
representative of each city was az
lowed y minutes time in which Ia
present its claims. Their We're large
delegations from each of the six cities
cunteSting. When the speechmakinS
was concluded the board vent into eN-
ecutive session to consider the formal
propositions in writing from each APP
plicant. Marshall'S offer was 1G3
acres of land and $4,000 i'll cash. Sc
Gala offered 100 acres. Mexico Of
fered the choice of several PROPOSE
rions, including Il mile aud Il half
track. already built. and 40 acres Of
land. Moberlv offered lard in abund-
ance, and Il fine track already con-
structed, and Centralia ard Chilli
Gothic also made liberal offers of land
and grounds already equipped win
buildings and tracks. tn" board re-
manned in executive session for nearly
two hours. and the announced that Sc
dalia had won on the tenth ballot. re-
ceiyin~ ten of the Is votes. The o
on the tenth ballot was: Sedalia. 10;
iIarshall. /: ChilIicothe, /; MOberly,
,; Mexico. ).
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
CAPTURED SPANISH GUNS.
The Question OF Dispensing of the Ar.
tiiIcry Captured from Spain
Finally Settled.

Washington. June G.-The war &c,
partment has solved the question as
Ia the disposition of the artillery cap
tured from Spain. in Cuba and Porto
Rico by turning the whole matter over
10 the governors of the states. Very
many applications have been received
at the department for the gift or loan
OF these guns, and the pressure has
been renewed since the navy depart
ment made known the fact that all of
its guns had been disposed of. The
law under which these guns can be
distributed provides that they may go
only To the soldiers monument ASSOC
ciations, Grand Army posts and muui-
ciral corporations. One gun will be al
lotted to each state. and the governor
is asked to decide what disposition
shall be made of the gun for his state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
THE NEW REGIME IN FRANCE.
President LOubet Doesn't Intend
Tint Trials for Shall
be EarcicnI Affairs.

Paris, June 6.-The ministers met
with President Loubet in the chair,
and decided to remOvc the advocate
general. VI. LOmhart. and the minister
of justice. VI. Lebret, was directed to
begin proceedings against NJ. Tardiff,
president of the a~ssiZss court before
the council of magistracy, for the way
in which they conducted the ease
against NM. De Roulede and MARCEL
Habert, who were acquitted. Wcdnes-
day last, of the charge of melting SOL
diers to characterization at the time OF
the election of President Loubet.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
Three Young Ladies'. Two of Them,
students of Mc~IKendrec College.
Drowned Near III.

Lebanon. H.. June "A most dis
tressing accident occurred here Mon
day afternoon in which three Young
ladies. two OF them Mckendree college
students. lost their. lives. shocking the
entire community and casting a gloom
over the otherwise festive closing ex-
e~rcises at the college. \ party of six
young ladies We're wading in Silver
creek, two miles north of the city.
when IL of them dropped Il parasol.
which tlOated out into the stream. Miss.
Ruth Jepson attempted to reach it.and
in doing SO got beyond her depth. and
WAS drowned. Misses Halle Jack and
Florence Spies attempted to rescue
her, hut were also drowned in the at
tempt.
The other girls who were Mortified
witnesses of the fate of their
ions, started for the city TO give warn
ing, but tainted on the way. One of
them was picked up by a passing con-
veyance and brought to her boarding.
house in an exhausted condition. 1t
was some time before she could tell
the story. Hundreds of students and
citizens began the search for the
bodies Immediately. and succeeded in
finding them after an hours search.
Miss JepsOn was the youngest
daughter of Prof. A.. G.. Jepson. of
this city. and was 10 years of age. Miss
Spies was the daughter of Charles
Spies. Of ST. Jacobs. and Miss Jacks
parents reside at Beaucoup. The two
latter young ladies were each II vea-s
cid.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
THE LOWER COURT REVERSED.
South CarOlinians Have the Right to
Drive Over Into North Carolina
to Buy Their whisky.

Columbia, s. C., June 5.-The supe-
rior court has reversed the decision
of the lower court in an important
case affecting the dispensary law. The
decision gives a citizen the right to
drive over into North Carolina or
across the bridge at Augusta, Ca, or
send his team over with an agent, by
whisky for his own use, and return
with it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
Revision of the Statutes.

The ColIating and indeNing commit
tee of the legislature has decided that
the first volume OF the Revised Stat
utcs. which il is preparing for the
printer. Will contain the laws OF en-
eral Importance. those which Will be
referred TO more than others. The
commission ais" accepted the rcsi@-
nation of Chief Clerk Norton l.. -Ander-
son of the commission. and elected
Kim Stone. son OF former Gov. William
j. Stone. OF St. Louis, to fill the Vi
G.. nCN
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
Used Plain Language.

DR.. Robert \OUrsc. Il w~cli-knOwn
evangelist recently delivered a sermon
on Social Purity" at the First Com
grceationai church. st. Joseph. He
used plain langua&, and greatly OIL
Tended many of the audience. The
church members adopted resolutions
cordemniHg the sermon, and this led
to the resignation of Rev. Albert Bush
nell. the pastor. He is one of the best
known preachers in the state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10

Harvey Y. Hughes. aged -. at War
rensburg. He was born in Jackson
county. Tenn. and located in Johnson
county when Il young man. lie WAS
county treasurer two terms. He had
been president of the Milford tTeX.)
bank. the bank of Warrensburg and
the Farmers and Merchants bank of
WarrenSbur%. ~disposin% of his interest
in the latter bank only a few weeks
ago.
Mrs. Sophronia Wrinkle aged -, u
&ichIand. She WAS the mother of ten
children. seven of whom survive her.
She had - grandchildren and II great
grandchildren.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10

Describing land as Lying on the
south side of a nonnavigable river,
which is also named as a boundary, is
held, in Hanlon VS.. Hobson Coli, AZ
L. X. A. SOP, to convey land to the CEN
ter OF the river. The question of the
effect of bounding a grant on river or
tide water is discussed, with a careful
analysis of the decisions, in a note to.
this case.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10

Speaking of the purchase of tn
from Spain by Germany. the Tagliscfc
Rundschau, the leading organ of the
German expansion policy. says: Ger,
many obtains the remnants which
America. in her superior manner de
spised. The value is small. and there
Is no need of joyous Transports" 9th
er German papers speak in like slight,
ing terms of the German governments
late purchases.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10

President Loubet of France. with
Premier NJ. Duony and the chief of tn
military household. Gen. Mci5ailloud,
drove to the .tuteuil races. on the 18th.
At .Auteuil they were met by a violent
demonstration. evidently organized.
and directed against the preSideu-.
SIch cpithets as. panama" "Abas
Iuubet."' and viva rarmec." were
hurled at him, and he narrowly es-
CAPPED a blow on the head from q
Eludgcon in the hands of Count Chris
Iino.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
Treasurer Pitts Statement.

State Treasurer Pitts has flied the
statement of the transactions of the
treasury department durin" May With
Gov. stephens. II shows the following:
Balance on hand April 80. S~2.oi2."23.3i;
receipts for May. $i5i.ss7.92; di>burSc-
ments for May. $e15.ji,.>5. leaving a
balance on hand May 81. $2.O92.S6j.O2.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10

The jury in the case of Baron and
baroness DE Blra. on trial in Chicago,
charged with using the mails 10 on
Guct a fraudulent business. brought
in Il verdict. on the 9Th. finding botn
Il the defendants guilty. The maxi
mum penalty is twelve years and six
months imprisonment and Il fine of
ST. GO. \ motion for Il new trial was
made. and. pending the decision, sen.
Ience was deferred.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10

Secretary of State .csucur reports
fees and axes collected ~ him during
May and paid into the state treasury
as follows: For u0tarial commissions.
500; miscellaneous fees. S426.2O, cor
poratiuu tax. domestic. S6.46O; corpC-
ration tax. foreign. $2.21J: land depart
mcnt fees. S1i.5O: recording railroad
contracts. $25; hank elimination fees,
$3.50; total. $1O.9i5.1O.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10

Brighten. Wilson, corps Of eng;-
necrs. HIS just completed Il thorough
inspection of the river and harbor for
1i!icatiOn works on the Pacific coast.
He says that he inspected every hhr-
Dor from the Mexican boundary. b.
ginning with san Diego and cudiI.,
with posts on puget Sound. He WAS
very tavorabIy impressed with the OH
dition of the works he inspected.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
Wecdy ~COrnf.Id..

Corn has been retarded by cool
nights. but is generally doing well.
Cultivation is being pushed as rapidly
as possible. but in some sections of the
state the ground is too wet. and the
fields are becoming very wecdy.