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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
4 PUERTO RICAN OUTRAGE.
An American Under Arrest Shot and
His A~ssailnnts Escape Aided
by the Police.

Ponce, I. R., Feb. 7.-During a band
concert on the Plaza Principal, Sunday
evening, native policemen attempted
to arrest Joseph S. Bigelow, Jr., of
Boston, on account of leading a dog.
Joseph S. Barkely, 4 deputy United.
States marshal, conducted Bigelow to
the Jail, and he was brought to the
searching room, where, it is alleged.
the native police made an attack m,
Bigelow, who was entirely unarmed.
Finally Policeman Angel Arsmendi'
shot Bigelow in the cheek and fled.
The guards at the outer door permit
ted him to escape, but stopped Felix
a. Mccarthy, al American, who was
hotly pursuing Arsmendi. Deputy
Cbief-cf-Police Antonio Simonpietri,
five other policemen, Mccarthy, Bark
ley and Bigelow were in the room
when the shooting occurred.
Bigelow was placed in an ambulance
and conveyed to the military hospital.
At first his condition was considered:
very critical, but he was better Monday
afternoon. The bullet had not yet
been located. Arsmendi and Simon
pietri were arrested Monday.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources.
F,rTY-SixTH NGRESS

In the senate, on the 31st. during a de-
bate on the Philippines question:, senator
Pettlgrew, in a speech, discredited the
giving credence to that of Aguinaldo. For
this he was scathingly denounced by SEN
atoIs Hawley, SpoOner, Sewall and Gar
linger. the former designating Mr.. Pettl-
crews action as treason, amid great eN-
element in and galleries. Ihe
fipsncial bill was taken up and discuSsei.
In the house the Indian ~approprla-
tiol. bill being under consideration, a wide
r2rSe Of discussion was INDUCED In A
few bills of minor Importance were
passed.
r. the senate, on the LIST, nearly the en-
tire morning hour was occupied by MI.
Allen pop. Neb.) in the discussion of inc
repor: of Secretary Gage concerning his
of New York. The financial bin was fur
Their considered, and Daniel NJ. Rams
dell Qnd.) and Chas. G. Bennett IN.
W were sworn in as ser~geant-at-arms
...-..1n the house, the Indian approprii--
tioc bill being under consideration. Rep
resontative Joseph Sibley, of Pennsyi.
vania, a former prominent champion of
free silver, aSSailed his democratic Cos
leagues for their opposition to expansion,
and formally recanted his free silver he
lief The remainder of the debate was tn
interesting
In the senate, on the I'd, Senator Petit
grew IS. d. attempted to discuss the
Philippines question, but was taken off the
HOOf by a point OF Oruer. he O1ereQ an
other resolution on the subject. Senator
Allen concluded his speech in arraigiI-
ment of Secretary. Gage because of his
transactions with the National City Bank
of New York, and offered a resolution
providing for an investigation, which
went over......In the house the Indian APP
p~ropriation bill occupied most of the ses-
Ing session was held for the consideration
of private pension bills, but no quorum
being present no business was done.
The senate was not in session on the
3d......In the house the Indian apprOpril-
ton bill, slightly amended in unimportant
particulars, was passed. An attempt 20
revive the policy of making contracts
ly been abandoned by the government
during the past five years, failed on the
ruling of the chair that the amendment
was out of order. The remainder of the
session was devoted to eulogies upon the
life and public services of the late Repre-
sentative Ermentrout pa.
In the senate, on the 9TH. Senator CAT
phase of the Philippine question:, in an
swer to a question what, under present
circumstances, he would do with the Fill
pinoS. said: Turn them loose as soon as
we car get rid of them. That would be
better for them and infinitely better for
u.s. ....--1n the house. during the general
debate on the diplomatic and consular ap-
preparation bill, the democrats continued
their assaults upon the administration.
MIR. Sibley (Pa-), who was elected as q
democrat, but has eSpouSed the policy of
expansion. announced that the democrats
could consider his seat as c~onstructively
on the republican side. The bill to appoint
OF polluted water supply of cities was de.
fcated.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
R NEWS NOTES.

Two men were killed by an expyH
S. D.
Tho American Association of Base
bali clubs was finally organized, Fri
day, at Philadelphia.
At Walnut Ridge, Ark, Lizzie Her
MAJ, aged 81, was burned to death by
her clothing catching fire.
Henderson Pierson was hanged at
Gil rksville, Tex, for the murder OF
his wife and mother-inlaw.
Hubbard Savory, Il convicted muir
6erer, sought to cheat justice in the
county Jail at FaHs City, Neb., Friday.
by attempting suicide by hanging.
Alloys Casper, who has been annoy.
ing the ST. Louis fire department fcr
some time by sending in false alarms
by telephone, was arrested Friday.
The $4,000 residence of William Har-
ness, at Kokomo, Ind, was burned,
Friday, while the family was absent at
the bedside of a dying son; no insur-
anCc.
II ldSlHS otaplCS az ietLN 1iii'S
were burned Friday, entailing a loss of
$4,000, including three valuable racing
horses belonging to the Thomas Cos.
tello stable.
At a meeting of tine Harrisburg (II.)
board of education it was decided to
reopen the public schools of the city
Monday, the epidemic Of smallpox hav.
ing subsidized.
A witness in the East of Senator
Clark of Montana, stated that he had
been offered $4,000 to testify against
Clar;: by one of the attorneys for the
prosecution.
The archbishop of Sweden, Most
Rev. Anton Sundberg, who was he.
lieved to have recovered from appen-
dicitis, is dead at Stockholm. He was
born in 1918.
V. L. Penland was acquitted of muir
der ir the circuit court at West Plains,
Mo. Penland killed his brother-in-la
about fourteen months ago OF a public
square in that city.
Burglars entered the Bank of Equal
lily, ILL.,, Friday morning, and wrecked
the safe with dynamite. The burglars
wefe scared away without securing
anything of value.
j. L. Sutton, sheriff of Whitley ccun-
ty, Ky., who was arrested at Louisville
on suspicion of being connected with
the shooting Of Goebel, is now charged
with firing the shot that laid Gcebel
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Henry Walsh, an old and trusted
clerk in charge of the mailing depar;
ment of the Chicago post office, was
arrested, on the night of the 4th, ~
post Office inspectors, charged with
robbing the mails. 1t is calculated tina,
Walsh has stolen 5000 letters during
the last year.
Maj.-Gen. William Woods Averill
the last of the great cavalry leaders OF
the Union army. died at Bath, n. V,
Oh the Sd, aged 6S years. He was one
of the inventors Of asphalt paving,
and in 1893, after II years of litigation,
was awarded 100000 by the appellate
division of the supreme court of New
York as his share of the profits of the
Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
Gen. Butler is reported to have
crossed the Tugela river again OH the
I'd, and a battle was fought on the
I'd. The outcome of this fight is not
yet known. "No definite news will be
permitted to go out until Ladysmirh
is relieved" is the word from Durham,
the cable station.
The Iandrost of New Boshof read
publicly, on January &c, the following
dispatch, which he said he had Just re-
ceived: Lord Roberts is a prisoner.
Gen. Butler has been killed. Nine thou
sand British have been killed and =
600 captured. The British also lost
eight guns last Saturday."
pot,raan = Onn ,rI G ;nnn ncnnlo ro4L
cred at Sioux Falls, S. D., on the 4th,
TO do final homage to the memory of
Jonas Lien, adjutant of the First
South Dakota volunteers, who was
shot and killed in battle with the Fill
pinos March 81 last. The remains
were given a full military burial.
Four tiremen and two spectators
were injured during the progress of IA
fire at the basket factory of John S.
Benedict. in Chicago, on the 4th. One
of the injured firemen may die.
AS the result of a long conference
held in the Gait house, in Louisville.
on the night of the 5th, between rep
resentatives of the rival factions in the
Kentucky government, a complete
solution of the trouble which had SO
nearly involved the state in bloodshed
arrived at. Early reports said the
democrats had secured about all they
had contended for, the republicans
practically ~abdicating in the interest
CT peace and good order.
The Russian campaign in favor of
taking advantage Of the present COM
plications In South Africa TO secure
ports on the Indian ocean and Medi-
terranean is being pushed with vigor.
The st. Petersburg newspapers openly
advocate proiting by Great Britain's
difficulties.
The house, on the 5th. defeated the
bill for investigating the population of
water, Sc to 81, the Chicago members
declaring that it was aimed directly at
the drainage canal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
THE WAR IN TIE PHILIPPINES,
Nine Towns Captured and Dermc.
nently GarrisOued-Hcmp P0Fta
Opened to Commerce.

Manila, Feb. 7.-Brig.-Gen Kobbe's
expedition in the islands of %Luzon,
Leyte and Samar, has occupied per-
manently and g%arrisoned nine towns
with the Forty-third and Forty-seventh
regiments. This has placed on the
market 10000 bales of hemp.
A thousand insurgents armed with
rifles, and Y 5000 villagers armed
with wooden swords, bows end arrows,
were encountered during the entire
trip. The troops killed IS natives, II
of whom had rifles. The others were
| villagers. The American loss was n
man killed and nine wounded. The
Americans captured $4,000 in gold. the
enemy's money, and 40 muzzle-loading
brass amor.
At Calbagog and Samar the enemy
evacuated the towns, the Americans
chasing, fighting and scattering them
| to the mountains.
At C~atbalogan, Lukban, the Tagalog-
general fred the place with kerosene
| just before the Americans landed, and
then fought with cannon and rifles
from the hills encircling the town for
two hours. When the Filipinos were
driven out the Americans did their
best to save the town, fighting the fire
for several hours.
Thirty stone and 60 other houses.
half the business portion of the place.
were consumed. The soldiers prevent
ed the fire from spreading.
The next day Maj. Allen, with three
of the companies of the Forty-third
regiment, pursued Lukban TO the
mountain fastness, and then to the
coast town, where ukban was heading
inhcpes of escaping. Lukban by taxin1
the natives, has accumulated S1O0,O0e'
in gold. His capture is probable.
At Takloban, Island of Leyte, ths.
enemy evacuated the town, and the
Americans pursued them to the hills.
Several fleeing noncombatants were
killed, including three women.
At Palo, seven miles distant, the en-
envy was found intrenched, and resist
ed. Lieut.. johnson and IL scouts OF
the Forty-third regiment drove out Use
of the enemy and captured the town.
The insurgents in these towns were
mostly Visayans, who had been im-
pressed into the service of the Tagalos,
leaders from Luzon. The Visayans ap.
pear Indifferent or sullenly antago-
nistic to the American occupation. The,
Tagalog chiefs influenced them against
US, but when they perceive we are
much more powerful than the Taga-
logs, and intend to maintain garrisons-
in order to open The islands to COM
merce, it is believed the rebel party
will lose its popularity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
THE FINANCES OF u B
Receipts of Internal Revenue on the
Island For Five Months Ended
November 30 Last.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The war de-.
partment has given out an itemized
statement of receipts in the depart
inert of internal e for the island
of Cuba during the five months ended
November 30, 1899. The chief items are
as follows: Inheritance and conveying
tax. $4,000; corporation tax, $3s,90G;
lax OIL railroad freight and passengers,
SEQ, 537. The total internal venue re-
:eipts for the five months ended No
Tember 80, 1899, were $36O,214.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
HIS FIRST.
Will Not Allow Personal Ambition to Stand
in the Way.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. s.-A long con
ference vas held in the office OF Gov.
Taylor, Tuesday night, those present
being, besides Gov. Taylor, Col. Men
gel, Col. Williams, Gen. Collier, Judge
Yost and William Sweeney, the two lat
ter being two of the attorneys of Gov.
Taylor. The conference was secret,
and non of those engaged in it would
talk. They allowed it to be tacitly un-
dcIstood, however, that the position of
Gov. Taylor was the same as that
stated early in the morning to the
press, that if a fair and honest election
law was given to the state, he would
not allow any personal ambition of his
own to remain in the way of a settle
ment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
NOVELTIES FOR K

A handsome pipe of meerschaum is
mounted in gold and set with small
precious stones. The stem is of ivory
and the tip Of amber.
An appropriate gift for a gentleman
is a combination tobacco box and match
safe. It is of silver, gilt, and the lid is
enameled and set with semiprecious
stones.
A handsome cigar ease of silver gilt
has a finish which resembles pigskin.
The case is slightly curved 20 as to fit
the pocket snugly. Rubies are freely
used in ornamentin9 the case
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

A dispatch from Spearman's Camp,
Natat, dated the 30th, said: There is
al optimistic feeling in all ranks. The
troops are confident of ultimate sue
cess. Great enthusiasm was aroused
by the queens message and Gen. Bull
ler's speech expressing admiration fo-
Gen. Warren's and Gen. Clery's divi-
sions and hoping they would reach
Ladysmith in a week"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
The Bland Eul0Eies.

Says a Washington dispatch: Mrs
Bland, wife of the late Representative
Bland, will reach Washington about
March Is to confer with members of
the Missouri delegation in regard to
the eulogies in congress in honor OF
her husbands memory. The question
as to who will address the house and
senate OF that occasion will be left tG
the decision of Mrs. Bland.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
Gen. Averi.l Dead.

Bath. N. Y, Feb. 6.-Maj.-Gen. Will
Jam Woods Averill, the last of the.
great cavalry leaders of the Union
rrmy, died here, Sunday, aged Ga
FEARS. He was n of the inventors OF
Hphalt paving.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
Charged With Mail Robbery.

Chicago, Feb. 6.-Henry Walsh, an.
old and trusted clerk in charge of the
post office, was arrested, Sunday night.
BY post office inspectors, charged with
tuAting the mails. 1t is calculated that.
Wa,sh has stolen 5000 letters during.
the last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
MOUNTAIN HOUSE BURNED.
Large Hotel on Mount Lowe, Near.
Pasadena, CAL, In Ruins
Loss, S100 1000.

Los Angeles, CAL, Feb. 6.-The Echo,
Mountain house, a large hotel on
Mount Lowe, near Pasadena, was.
burned down. The fire was caused by
Il defective iiue. All the guests es-
capped uninjured and most of them
saved all their personal effects. The,
hotel was filled with guests. The loss.
is in the neighborhood of 500, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

The London Gazette signifies that it
is the queens intention to confer the
Victoria Cross on Captains Congreve
and Reed, Lieut. Roberts and Corporal
NIr1, for their attempts to saw the
guns at the battle of Colenso.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

With the release of the two mission.
aries, Harms and Struck, whom the
British authorities parcled and sent to
Durham, Germany's negotiations with
Great Britain ceased for the present.
The damage claims for the seizures of
German vessels by British war ships
will not be presented until all the evil
dence bearing On the cases has been
collected.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

A dispatch from Manila, on the 5th,
said: Brighten. Hobbies expedition in
the islands of Luzon, Leyte and Samar,
has occupied permanently and garri-
soned nine towns with the Forty-sev-
enth and Forty-third regiments. This
has placed on the market 10000 bales
of hemp.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
GOEBE;L's REMAINS AT CONVICTION.
Thousands Viewed the Body as 1t
Laid in State.

ThOuknnds V1eWed the BOdy as IL
Laid in State.
Covington, KY, Feb. THE special
s a. m. from Frankfort
Although the train made no stops
except at functions, there were groups
a. every station along the way. The
train came to Cincinnati over the
Queen & Crescent, thence to Coving-
ton via the Chesapeake d Ohio rail-
way.
During the forenoon there was no
cessation in the current of people pass
ing the c%atafalque. The body will lay
in state here until 10 p. M, and will
be returned to Frankfort
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
Bad Fire mt HarrisOnvfl1e.

One of the most disastrous fires that
ever occurred in Harrisonville broke
out the other morning in the base
ment of c. c. Granberry's grocery
store, burning every building on the
south side of the square.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

The United States and Great Britain,
it was definitely learned, on the Sd,
have reached an .amicable agreement
respecting the operations of the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty as affecting the
RICH. of construction and control by
TIL. United States Of the proposed
Nicaragua canal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

The house post office committee has
agreed on the Loud bill relating to
second class mail matter, except as to
sections two and three. relating to
sample copies, which are still under
consideration.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

Members Of the Kentucky state
board of election commissioners were
admitted to the capitol building at
Frankfort. On the 5th, being the first
civilians allowed there since the legis-
lature was barred out.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

In the New York assembly, on the
Cd, the bill was passed making it &
m~;sdemeanor for any person to solicit
from a candidate for any elective Of
fee. money or other property as a con-
siGeration for a newspaper or other
publication supporting any candidate
for an elective office.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

The senate committee on military
affairs, on the list, reported adversely
upon the bill authorizing the removal
Of the charge of desertion from all SOL
dlers of the civil war who failed to Sc.
cure an honorable discharge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

1t will be impossible for the publish,
ers Of the Topeka (kas.) Capital to
meet the demands for extra copies of
its edition next month, when Rev. Mr..
Sheldon, author of I'm His Steps," is
to run it as a Christian newspaper.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

Il dispatch from Shanghai, on he
31st, said: Emperor Hwangsu con-
tinues to issue edicts in his own name.
Marking and WI Chang officials CON
slider that his immediate retirement is
improbable"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

The total internal revenue receipts
in Cuba for the five months ended No
vember 50, 1899, We're 1860, pa, as fol-
lows: Inheritance and conveyance
tax, $17O, 1919; corporation tax, S3S. 9O6;
tax OIL railroad freight and passengers,
S12O,537.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

The house committee on insular af-
fairs. on the 1st. fayorably reported
the senate bill giving Cuban vessels
the most favored nation rights in
American ports.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
The State Treasury.

State Treasurer Pitts has filed his
report with the governor, showing the
transactions of the state treasury dur
ing January, as follows: Balance De-
cember 81. 1899. $577 ,007.S receipts
during January, $1,221, 92S.6S; lis
bursements during January, 1901 ,094.-
81; balance January 81, 1900, S1,197,-
SEi.99
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

1t has been finally arranged that the
funeral services over the remains of
the late Maj-Gen- Henry w. Lawton,
U S.. ", shall be held in the Church II
the Covenant presbyterian, in Wash
ington, on the 9th, at two o'clock, and
tional cemetery at Arlington.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10
KENTUCKY PEACE TREATY.
The Conclusions Arrived at by the
Conference Held at Louis
vile Monday.
IT NAY AVERT THE THREATENED STRIFE.
Gov. Taylor is willing to Step Aside
If His Fellow Citizens a be AS
Sured of a Just and Fair Election
Law-T,he Remains of GOebel Mt
C~OvinstOn.

Louisville, KY, Feb. THE peace
conference held at the Gait house,
Monday night, between seven repre-
%sentatives of the republican party and
seven representatives of the demo-
cratic party resulted in the
unanimous signing of an agree
n,ent embodying six specific
propositions, which promise a settle
ment of the party differences which
Lave brought about two state govern
ments in Kentucky. This agreement
is in substance as follows:
The Agreement.
First--That if the general assembly,
in joint session, shall adopt a resolu-
ton ratifying their recent action
adopting the contest reports seating
Goebel and Beckham the contestees,
w. S. Taylor and John Marshall, shall
submit without further protest.
Second-That all parties shall unite
in an effort to bring about such a
modification of the election law as will
provide for non-partisan election
boards and insure free and fair cleo
tons.
Third-That the conditions shall re-
main in status quo until Monday, the
general assembly meeting and adj
jcurning from day to day until that
time.
Fourth-That nothing shall be done
to hinder or prevent Il joint session of
the general assembly for taking action
Oh the ratification resolution.
Fifth-That the state contest board
shall meet and adjourn from day to
day, until Tuesday, without taking
any action OF the contests for minor
state Offices. This postponement is
suggested in order that the action of
the general assembly on the ratifica-
ton resolution may be taken first.
Sixth-That the state troops shall
be removed from the state capital at
once, though with all necessary pre-
caution for the public safety. This
matter is to be under the direction OF
Gen. Dan Lindsay, of Frankfort.
Seventh-That the republican Off
cials and officers of the state guard
shall have immunity from charges of
treason, usurpation, court martial or
any other such offenses.
The agreement was signed by the
following:
Republicans-John Marshall, Judge
John w. Barr, Gen. Dan Lindsay, +. L..
Edelen, DR.. L. H. Banter, David w.
Fairlcigh, c. L. Ballard.
Democrats. c. S. Blackburn, ]. C.
w. Beckham, Sam j.. Shackelford,
Trey Woodson, James e. McCreary,
Phil Thompson and Robert j. Brcckin-
ridge.
The Signerx.
The agreement in full was not given
out Monday night, as it was desired
first to submit it to Gov. Taylor for
his signature. 1t was stated by the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

John Cook, who was stabbed by Will
ia,l r1elds, at Mound City, died of his
wounds. Fields was arrested and
lodged in Jail, at Oregon.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

The senate in executive session, on
the 5th, ratified The Hague peace
treaty and the extradition treaty with
the Argentine Republic. Both were
adopted without objection or division.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-10

The statement of the condition of
the treasury issued on the I'd showed:
Available cash balance, 1922, 456, 767;
gold reserve, $a1s, 9s3, 700.