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FACTS MAY BE LAID BARE.
american suGnr Vednipg Company
MIN BE Nnde To Show Its UOOks.

Now York May l3,--Thc Herald says: The
New Jersey chunccry court will be asked on
Monday to issue an order that viii compel
the American Sugar Refining company to
make an accounting Of it's profits since 1891,
aud the court also viii be- asked to call on
the company for 2 specific staten nj Of its
capital how It is invested and what portion
OF the profits have been used TO carry on the
coffee and spice war against the Arbuckles.
Should the paintiffs petition be granted
all the business Of the Sugar Trust will be
laid hare. Its books would he thrown open
for the Inspection OF its enemies, its profits
I'm each year since 1891 would be shown, the
price paid for sugar reiiueries would he dis
closed the cost Of the trade war with tho
Arhuckcs would he known, and tho holders
Of the common stock would learn what has
become Of the surplus.
This important suit. involving n company
that has SO 100000 Of stock. is brought by
Robert Trimble who asserts he Is owner
of 100 shares of common stock and that inc
directors have. to his disadvantage and that
Of other stockholders, misapplied the earn
irgs of the company.
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NrnIM wnN,r rAnK.

Muncie, Ind May l3.--c. +. W, Nesies
was CALLED upon today at the home Of his
sister and tho reported confession OF Mr..
Rich was read to him. Mr.. Neeley re-
fused absolutely TO make a statement, fur
Their than to say that there must be
mistake. Rich was one OF Munce's lead
Ing young business men. a son-in-law OF
Joseph A Goddard, wholesale grocer, and
for several years was travelling salesman
and also secretary OF tho Indiana Travel
ing Mems Protective Association. Rich
has always been an intlmaae friend OF
Neeleys and secured his appointment In
the Cuban postal department through
Neeley They were extensively associated
together.
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prIcc of olI FaIlIng.

corscana. Texas. May 12-crude oil in ithis
market has been on toboggan slide ever
since May l. Today the pipe line company
posted another depressing bulletin announc-
ing that the price OF crude oil at the welfs
from and including runs made May X, wouia
a barrel since May / and the producers are
kicking vigorously against thu decline
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AFTER BANK ROBBERS.
Hundreds OF Men Are Securing the
Cnuntry Ncnr EmpOrin, Kun.

Kansas city Mo. May ia Times
special from Emporia, Kan, says Hun
dreas OF men on foot, on horseback and
in all kinds Of vehicles are securing
Neosho valley tonight for two alleged
bank robbers, James Murphy and t. II.
Estsfl, who. II is charged, last night
added murder TO their crime by killing
Deputy Marshal Edwurd Roberts Of Dun
lap a member OF party that had been
pursuing the robbers for several days.
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CUBAN rosrsu SCANDAL
ResnIts sn director Rntbbone Being
ilrIIcvcd,

Relieved.
Washington. May I3.--The Post tomor-
row Will say: An order will be issued to-
day relieving from duty Mr. T. G. Rath-
bone, director general Of posts in Cuba.
under whose administration the frauds re-
cently disclosed have occurred Ho is
held responsible for the extravaganza IN
the department and for the loose business
methods in the conduct OF postal affairs
on the island, resulting in 40 embezzle-
ment OF funds ea,lmatcd at 100000, He
Is not charged with, or suspected OF any
completely in the frauds, but the poct-
master general and secretary OF war are
convinced that his unitness for the highly
responsible position has been clearly es-
tablished.
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All may BE Called on for Defense.

Lond0n. May 1.-THE Lourenz0 Marqucz
correspondent OF the Times, telegraphing
sunday says ct is rumored that the
Transvaal Rad, in secret session, has re-
solved to order all residents, irrespective
of nationality, 10 assist in the defense OF
the republic in accordance with the terms
of the amended military law"
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cuoLERA IN INDIA.
Four Hundred Deaths in Three pays
nj Mindiyee.

London. May 1.-THE Bombay corre-
spondent Of the Times says The cholera
continues to rage in the famine camps
There have been 400 deaths in three days
at Mindiyee and so numerous are the cases
AZ Godra that It Is impossible TO collect
the bodies. These lie for days IN the
sun. The people have Ned and can not
be induced TO return. A similar state Of
things prevails IT Breach.
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London, May IA dispatch TO the
Times from 1troonstad, dated Saturday,
says II Is reported that President
Kruger intends moving to Gutenberg as
soon as he is Joined by. President steyn,
who left yesterday with General Butha.
The country between Boschplatt and
Kroonstad might have been efecnyeIy
held II the spirit had been willing.
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WEATHER INFORMATION.
Probabilities.

Washington. May 1s,Eastern Te1as-Fair
Monday; Tuesday fair, except showers and
cooler in northwest portion; fresh south to
west winds
Oklahoma and Indian TerritoryFair Mon
day and Tuesday; cooler Tuesday; south to
west winds.
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ucnyy FIuhtinw Rumor.d.

London. May 1.-THE Standard pub
fishes thc following from Durham Sunday;
"There are persistent rumors here Of
heavy lighting IN Natal red cross
train left last night for the north.
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1NsprcroRs GOING ro crpA.

Washington. May i5.-The poetoffice in
speotors appointed by Postmaster General
Smith TO make an investigation into Tho
postal frauds in Cuba arc now on their
way to Havana They are expected to ar
rive there on Tuesday.
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SURRENDER or KnooNsrAp.
British Account Says Free statcrH
Wore Glnd TO Surrender.


Were Glad 10 Surrender.
Kroonstad May 12--The arrival OF
Lord Roberts was hailed with enthusiasm
by all the British inhabitants. Three
thousand Free staters were anxious to
surrender. The bridge 30 the south had
not been destroyed, but the large bridge
near the town had been demolished.
Beers are noe trekking to the Vsal
river, where they arc entrenohed. General
French encamped northeast OF the town
and dispatched a force. to cut the line.
the project succeeded late at night, but
unfortunately after the departure Of tho
last train
Many arrests hnA been made, chiefly
of those who had maligned the British.
IL was found that many persons have heen
deported from Ladybrsnd for ultra SYM
pathy with the British.
President Steyn has gone to Eindley,
the new seat of the Free state govern
ment.
The prisoners appear glad to have beet
captured. They say they are sick of
Wa which can have only one end Sew
oral have exclaimed; I'VE have lost our
liberty, but why should we lose our
llyes?'
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YOKOHAMA. -United States Minister TO
Korea Horace N. Alien is trying to Obtain
gold mining concessions.
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Berlin, May 1.-THE occupation OF
Kroonstad by Lord Roberts without re-
slstance has caused the greatest surprise
here The military expert of the Lokal
Auzeiger finds an explanation in he fact
That many Of the Beers have deserted
He says: lord Roberts advance was
splenddly executed. 1t is worthy to be
placed beside the Kaudahsr expedition,
the situation Is now changed so greatly
in favor of the British that the fate Of tho
TransvaaI Beers is settled
President Steyns movement eastward
is interpreted as confirming the rumors
Of chickering's between the Transysalers
and Free Staters.
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United States weather bureau at p. M.
yesterday. 10Th meridian time: RAN
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
COMPLETE REORGANIZATION.
The Present Month Will See Import
ant Changes in the Govern
mcnt of Cuba.
prisoners.

Washington, Jan. ct is probable
that the present month will be marked
by a complete reorganization of the
military commands in Cuba. The i'm
preston prevails hat there is to be u
heavy reduction in these commands,
and it is intimated that the outcome
will be the creation of two depart
nIents, instead of the six which origin
ally comprised Cuba, and the four into
which the island is now divided.
Gen. Wilson, who commands the
combined departments of Matanzas
and Santa Clara, has been ordered 10
Washington, and it is not the present
intention that he shall return to Cuba.
1t is said that while here, he, with
Gen. Davis, who is coming from Porto
Rico, and is due on the 5th at New
York, will confer with the committees
of congress having to do with the re
alton of a new form of government for
Porto Rico and with legislation for
Cuba during the time it shall remain
under American control.
The combined department of Santi-
age and Puerto Principe is withou. a
commander, although the duties of the
post vacated by Gen. Wood upon his
promotion to the governor general
ship are being temporarily discharged
by the senior colonel.
Thus the entire Orient, as the east
ern half of the island is called, is with
out a permanent commander. 1t is un-
derstood that the four departments in
the Orient will be consolidated into
one, and that a brigadier general will
be famed by Secretary Root, upon the
recommendation of Gen. Wood, to take
command, with headquarters at Santi-
ago
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
III KAFFIR GREETING.
4 Slow Response to the Usual Saluta
ton Is Indicative of
Respect.

"Saku bona" With these words the
outlander makes a start in the acquisi-
ton of n Kaffir vocabulary. He hears
them so frequently that he cannot help
but notice them. The expression is the
common form of salutation among the
natives. 1t may be Ang.icized in ever
so many forms. according TO the taste
of the "Anglicizer," as, for example,
Good morning" How d'you do?"
What cheer?!" and so on.
These renderings, of course, are not
literal. The literal rendering, Il see
you," was capable of nice shades of
meaning in the native mind before it
became so familiarized to white ears.
No doubt the same may yet be said
where the white man does not intrude.
In this way: If the greeting be not
Immediately given, the delay indicates
the respect in which the object of the
greeting is held.
Should a European enter 4 chiefs
kraal and await the acknowledgment
of his. presence, he need not fear and
tremble if deep and prolonged silence
ensue, Gilatoriness in that respect be-
ing an invaluable Indication of the es-
TEEN in which the visitor is held. The
reason for the silence is that the host
is SO stupefied, as it were, by the stu
pendous majesty of his guest that he
cannot embrace in a glance the great
ness Of him who stands before him in
person; the breadth, height and depth
of such a noble presence are not to be
comprehended in a moment; time is re-
quired for the beholGer to become ac-
customed to the unusual and magnif-
cent spectacle. and when at length the
full extent of the dignity of his guest
has clearly impressed itself on the mind
his sable highness breaks The silence,
being able Il utter with all truth the
words 'Saku bona"
On the other hand. in estimating the
space occupied by the iowIy subject
the. average kpfir-the man CT impor-
tance does not require much time to
grasp in every detail the insignificant
proportions presented to his gaze. No
effort of imagination is necessary. In
less than no time the tiny ..speck. be-
fore him is visible in every dimensions;
even a glance is scarcely required, and
atteatisn'barely. arrested. 1t is"Saku
bona"-on the spot, and there is an end
Of it.-London Mail.
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GENERAL SOUTHERN ADVANCE.
IL In Inaugurated by the Brilliant
Capture of Cabuyao-Inculpat-
ing Papers Captured.

Manila, Jan. 2.-The first movement
OF a general southernadvance occurred
yesterday morning,.when two battel.
ions of the Thirty-ninth infantry hand.
ed. and occupied Cabursp, on the south
side of ,lInguna de Bays Two Amer:
fcans were kilFed-and four were wound
Cd; Fwenty-four of the enemy's dead
were found in one house. One hundred
and fifty prisoners and. four 6-pound-
er fapid-fre guns were captured.
Debarked Under ShRapnel Fire.
The gunboat Laguna delay BON
barded the town before the debarka-
ton of the troops from the cascoes,
which was made under the enemy's
shrapnel fire.
The enemy evacuated the place BE-
fore the charging Americans, retreat
ing to Santa Rosa, to which town they
were pursued.
Heavy Fighting Along the ROAD.
Heavy fighting occurred along the
road to Santa Rosa, which was oecu-
pied by the insurgentsretreating south
toward Slang.
The Americans burned the country
between and around Cabuyao.
The gunboat returned to Calamba
for reinforcements and thence came to
Manila to fetch ammunition. She re-
Gently captured two of the enemy's
steam launches, one under fire of ar
tillery at Calamba, and also four cas-
oes loaded with rice.
Other regiments are mobilizing at
San Pedro Macati and Pasig, prepare
tory to continuing the southern adj
vance.
Inculpatfng Documents Found.
Sundays capture of bombs involved
the seizure of documents inculpating =
thousand Filipinos who intendedtorise
against the Americans. Papers were
also found showing a distribution of
the city into districts and a careful as
signment of leaders and followers.
The precautions taken by the Ameri-
cans on Saturday, it is now evident,
alone prevented an uprising. The pro-
vost marshal has requested hat two
more regiments be detailed for the
protection of Manila. Three thousand
troops are now actually in the city.
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HUMOROUS.

Hoax-"Bjones has invented . new
purse" Joax-There ought 10 be
money in thas."-Pniladeiphia Record.
The Visitor-"Busy, old man" Mod
ern Author-"Busy! Why, I'm writ
ing SO much that I.don't have timeto
think."-Life.
Bill+"That man seems to he above,
fighting" Jip-"Yes; he is NEST ofshe
time. Hi. belongs TO the war-balloon:
corps"1YonkerszStatesmah
In Mo- Danger.-P5mous@."T point
with pride to myself as a set-made.
man." Caustic-"Well, you. needn't be
afraid. that anyone will steal thepianS-"
Philadelphia NorthHAnerican.. ~
Unwelcome Suitor-"That's a lovely
song! Railways carries me away She
IF 1 had known how much pleasure
it could give us both, I would have sung
it earlier in the evening."-Harlem Life.
A witty Iowa preacher once said in a
paper that there needs to be a place
where ministers could be locked up un-
til they get over their learning. Per
haps that is why Paul went into Arabia
for a time"
Somebody has discovered that the
slang Talking through his hat" did
not originate in America, but was first
used by Moliere, the French dramatist,
who in his ''Miser" makes m of his
characters say: ITO whom 1 speak? 1
am speaking to the inside of my hat
Philadelphia Times.
Mrs. Greene-"What do you think of
man who will grab a woman's purse in
broad daylight? Don't you think he
ought to be sem to prison for ever so
many years." Mr.Gray-"I think a man
who will steal a woman's purse ought
to be sent to the lunatic hospital OF the
school for Observation-Disclosures
transcript.
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IN DEFIANCE OF THE LAWS.
fuses to Return Contract Labor
ers Brought, Over by Ii.

Galveston, Tex, Jan. 1.-The first in
stance of a refusal on the part of g.
steamship company to deport ifnmi-
grants found by. the United States inn
migration. bureau to be contract. Ia
Aorers. occurred here yesterday. About
two weeks ago Immigrant Inspector
Levy brought Is Slayonians here from
Mississippi, charged with having been
brought here on a North German Lloyd
ship in violation of immigration laws.
Yesterday he rendered them to the
captain of the steamship Roland, of
that line, and they were refused ~
Warrants were issued for S. C. Spen-
eer, agent of the company, and for tho
captain. The ship sailed without serv-
ice of the warrant on the captain, but
Mr.. Spencer was arrested. 81
Mr.. Spencer, when seen by a press
reporter, was very reticent, but
claimed the men had otbeen rendered
to him, and if they were rendered to
the ship without tickets from the Of
fee, the purser val obliged to decline
to receive them.
Inspector Levy says the men were
rendered to the company o. Decem-
Der 10 by the collector of customs, and
the company accepted them, and as
sumed responsibility for their board.
1t is understood that the immigra-
ton bureau has information of some
$500 alleged contract laborers which
It purposes to deport, and that the
steamship companies intend to resist
the orders. Most of these immigrants
came through Baltimore, and manF
through New York.
Under the act of 1891 the penalty for
not returning contract laborers is a
fine Of not less than $500 in each case
and the clearance of vessels may b
withheld pending payment of the fine.
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effort of will. and at last rode into
". He tainted as somebody helped
him off his horse, but his work was
done.
They moved ont at dead of night to
join the main body of the army, car
rying young Lasceiles with them. and
got safely back TO camp.
In her pretty drawing-room at EN-
minister sat Mrs. Ogilvie and Stella.
The morning papers had just arrived,
and they had rushed to open them.
Every one just then was hungry for
war news" so there was nothing ex-
tr%aordinary in Stella's almost feverish
anxiety each morning and evening to
see the --latest intelligence"
But on that morning she suddenly
laid down the paper sand burst ito
tears.
Mrs, Qgilvie crossed the room and put
a pair of very kindly. motherlya arms
round the sobbing girl.
t, What is;it, child ??,Sshe whispered,s
I, Stella pointed to a.nameiHyh he list
of the seriously woNnaed II 5Eas that
of 4ieat. Lascelles of fRe' Sevtath regi-
ment.
Mrs. Ogilsie's eyes held acquisition
which Sts1fa answspsdJ 81 so14 him"
she said, .and have loved hi9efor ages
now he will never know"
Never know!r That was not Mrs.
Ogilvie's idea at an-and the next pas
senger ship 70 'the 'front.' carried the
two ladies on board, bound for a GER
tain toBn in South Africa. where a
hero lay wounded. but mercifully not
unto DEATH" ssa
What passed at that first meeting
who can relate? How Stella went into
that hospital ward, and he. seeing her
coming, could hardly believe the evil
'dence of his own eyes.
But Stella it certainly was, though a
Stella he had not yet seen. She came
up to him and knelt down beside his bed.
Il have come" she said. simply, "just
to tell you that love you, that l have
loved you all along, and that l can't
live without you"
The nursing sister is wont to declare
that it was a mysterious thing the
rapfdity of Mr.. Bascelles' recovery dat
ing from that visit, and soon after, the
war being at amend, he was invalided
home on sick leave. &
During the time he was in England
there came a daywhen England'sq queen
distributed to herbravest soldiers some
little iron crosses with the words: For
Salor" thereon, and the one whom she
Specially, singled ont to speak to him
words which no mar would care to for
get so=1ong as he lived was no other
than little Lascelles, ''the Dufer of the
Craigie Hack
EFT, in London Leader.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
TIE SHOW WAS A SUCCESS
A Lumbermen's Minstrel Perform
ance with Inpromptu Features
That Made Housing Hits.

Yes, our minstrel show was a grand
success" said the man from Pitch Cor
ners as he slapped his mittens against
the stovepipe of a cross roads store in
Franklin county, Me.
1--WE never expected to bring down
the house the way we did, and ii was all
unprecedented, as you might say.
"One of the end men was E;oarin' Bill
Mccarthy, who came down from Jones'
lumber camp specially to take part.
Roarin' Bill is great on singing. but he
didn't make his hit with his songs SO
much as a little side play, as it were.
You see. Bill is awful fond of terbaccer.
CLAWS all the time, and a cud is sort
of second nature It him. So, when he
begun his frs. song he forgot to take
out his chaw, or spit before starun'.
Soon's he opened his mouth, of course
the juice choked him, and he boltcd for
The back of the platform and disap-
pcared. I was in~terlocutor, and, of
course. 1 had to say somethin', SO 1
just up and said: Excuse me, ladies
and gentlemen. but Bill! has only gone
out I o spit. He'll be:back in a minute
well. do you know, that audience
thought it was part of the show, and
they laughed a. if they'll split.
Then, a little later, the other end
man, Pete Soucier. the big Frenchman
who's sled tender up to Jones', fell off
the stage and busted the bass drum OF
the Pitch Corners band. The audience
thought it was part Of the show, too,
and just roared.
70, yes; the show was a great sue
cess" concluded the man from Pitch
Corners. "Have you got any good
smok:n' toba.ker?"-Roston Globe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
Anti-GoebeI Democratic Lobby.

Frankfort, KY, jan. 1.-The lobby OF
a~nti-Cicebel democrats here working
against the contcsting delegates was
supplemented by numerous arrivals
yesterday. The ministers and temper
ance leaders are conspicuous in this
faction. The anti-Goebel headquarters
were formally opened, with Exon
gresham w. c. Owens, Gen. Basil w.
Duke, Senator Geo. H. Alexander, and
Senator Thomas II. Hayes and ex-Sec-
rotary of State John w. Headly 10
charge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
SEVENTEEN HOUSES WRECKED
Many More Partly Wrecked and 9th
err Damage Done By q Natural
Gas Explosion.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. Am explo-
sion of sewer gas at Knoxville, a thriv-
ing borough near here, about midnight
last night, demolished IL frame houses
and a number of stables, partly
wrecked a dozen more frame dwellings
and tore up several streets for hun
dreds of feet. No one was injured.
Two woven, Mrs. John Young and
Mrs. Maraget jackson. are prostrated
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
Beware Of otntments for CataRRO
That Contain Mercury,

evUAE OF o CotDH1
That Contain Mercury,
% mercury Wiz surely destroy the sense a
smell and completely derange the whole ~
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
physicians, as the damage they win do i
often ten fold to the good you can possiby
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure
manufactured byF.J Cheney&Co., Toledo
o., contains no mercury, and il taken inter-
nsny, acting directly upon. the blood. and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
A.irs G : !. . Cure BE- s,ri yoo .S s. he TIE 60 :
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney b Co. Tesk
monials free.
Sold BY Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
HaI's Family Pills are the best.
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Cheerfally Indoried.

She handed the check to the paying teller.
She was calm and collected, n If it was a
everyday matter.
Madam" said the teller, gently, "you
have forgotten to indorse it."
Endorse it, with . little worried mile.
Yes; you must write your name on The
back here to show that You will repay this
bank in case the issuer Of this cheek should
tail to answer our call"
"Oh!" she said, accepting the pen.
When the teller looked at the eheek aain
this is what he read:
THE - bank has always paid ID what
it owes, and you need have no worry. Thers-
fore / iDdorse this cheek. Very truly yozrs.
Mrs. j. B. Blanks. "&yracuse Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-06
Austria-auDEary's Currency Laws

Vienna, Jan. 2-Under the new cur
rency laws, which went into force yes
terday throughout AustriarHungary,
the form and kreuzer disappear. The
unit is the krone, equaling half Q
kreuzer. After the introduction of the
gold standard the krone win be worth
one franc. five centimes.