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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

1t was announced by interested par
ties in Boston, on the 18th, that $500 O0
hal been pledged by one person, whose
name is withheld, t the fund which
is being raised to carry on the work
of Dwight L. Moody. Other large
sums are expected by the committee to
whom has been committed the contin-
uation of the educational institutions
founded by the evangelist.
The statement of the treasurer OF
Harvard university, which will soon be
issued, shows that gifts which were
made to the university from August L,
1895, to July 81, 1899, aggregated ST.
544,S 29. Of this amount $685. AGO was
to form new funds or increase old
ones, and S161, 1868 was available for I'M
mediate use.
Commander C. C. Pollock has been
appointed chief photographer Of the
navy department, relieving Capt. Craig,
who is ordered to England to bring the
cruiser Albany, just completed, to the
United States.
Senior Rafael Salsado, who was mayor
of Santiago at the time of the capitula-
ton, died, on the 14th, of heart failure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

| In the senate, on the 10th, the dis
~cussion of the Philippine question was
continued. Mr.. Laurin (dem., 5. Co.
addressed the senate on the financial
question, making an argument IN favor
of his proposition to confer authority
upon state banks to issue circulating
nCtes....In the house the urgent de-
ficiency appropriation bill was taken
up, the item of S150,000 for rural free
delivery, in which all members are
personally interested, receiving the
most consideration. Mr.. Richardson
made a further attack upon Secretary
OF the Treasury Gage, which was met
by Mr.. Hopkins (lll.).
The Spanish transatlantic steamer
Leo Mi. arrived at Barcelona, on the
10th, from the Philippines, with former
Spanish prisoners and their families.
\ ma iority of them were in a lamenta-
BILE plight. The town authorities and
Req Cross agents met them and gave
needed assistance to the sufferers.
\ dynamite factory at Avigliano, IA
miles from Turin, e~Xplodedon the 10th.
The buildings We're reduced to lii
and the whole ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was
shaken, many houses being badly dam
aged. At least ten persons were killed
and many others were injured.
The king of SaXony, the king of
Wurtemberg and the grand duke Of
Baden, have conferred the same rights
of promotion upon their technical high
schools in Dresden, Stuttgart and
Carlsruhe, as Prussia has conferred
upon her high schools.
A meeting of several prominent
horse trainers and drivers was held at
Cleveland, o., on the 10th, to take ac-
ton against neat betting. \ commit
tee was appointed to draw up resolu-
items and present them to the different
trotting associations.
The agrarian members of the Ger
man reichstag have formally resolved
to press the meat inspection bill TO a
second reading. notwithstanding the
u1gently-expressed wish of Count Won
Buelow that the measure should be de-
ferred.
The board of rapid transit commits
sioners of New York, on the 10th,
awarded the contract for building the
underground railway in that city to j.
Z. Mcdonald, of 100 Broadway. one of
two bidders. His price was So, 1000, 600
The German papers take cognizance
of the civilities extended to the Off
GERS of the training ship Moltke, at
New Orleans, and comment appreci-
atively.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
THE CAMPAIGN IN LUZON.
Robbers From the Zambeles Noun.
tains Get a Sound Drubbing
at Iba, on the 9th.
ScHWAN's TROOPS NEAR sAHTo TOMAS
All Captured Places Garrisoned and
the Armed Bodies in the Field
Are Being Kept On the Jump
More Spanish Prisoners Liberated
and Valuable Booty Secured.

Washington, Jan. 16.-The war de-
partment has received the following
report from Gen. Otis:
Manila, Jan. 15.-Bolomen and
armed insurgents, robbers from the
Zambeles mountains, attacked two
companies, of the Twenty-fifth infan-
try, O'Niel commanding, at Iba, Janu-
airy 6. They were driven and pursued
with loss to them of so men, no casual
ties. Schwan's troops are east and
south of Santo Tomas, Bahamas. Yes
terday Cheatham's battalion of the
Thirty-seventh struck the enemy at
the east of Santo Tomas on the San
Pablo road. The enemy left five dead
on the field. Cavalry soon appearing
pursued the force e~astwards; no re-
port of result. Cheatham's casualties,
one wounded. Anderson, with the
Thirty-eighth, en- route to Lipa, yes
terday, struck the insurgents a few
miles south of Santo Tomas and drove
them through Lipa to Rosario. The
enemy's loss was 20 dead and wound
ed, 60 Spanish prisoners and $4,000.
Schwan has liberated about 200 Span
ish prisoners who are now en- route to
Manila. Anderson's casualties yester-
day were one man killed and two
wounded. Wheaton's force is actively
operating in western Cavite and Batan-
ga provinces. All important towns
are held and there is constant patrol
ing. A great many Filipinos are re-
turning to their homes, believed to be
insurgent deserters. OTIS"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
R NEWS NOTES.

Byron s. Sabin, of New York, fell
dead while witnessing the MctCOy,
Choynski fight Friday night.
st. Louis has n largely increased and
better paid police force, but the burg.
glars continue to do business
: y criminal, under sentence OF death,
is to be shot in the Quartet at Juarez,
Mexico. An admission fee of 25 cents
is to be charged spectators.
The Pan-American Exposition Co., OF
Buffalo, \. u, has decided to give
union labor the preference in all of its
work.
Blees' military academy, at Macon,
Mo-. was dedicated, Friday, with elab-
crate ceremony.
Representative Lloyd, of Missouri,
has introduced a biz which, if passed,
will put a stop to hazipg in the West
Point military academy.
Alfred Morrison, who shot and killed
one Of his wives. with whom he was
living in Mount Vernon, y. Y, is under
arrest charged with murder.
Gen. Corbin announces that the sub
SN1iptAoiAo ~ iC lAtN " 1oAAo
have reached the handsome figure of
SsC, 101.
Commissioner General Peck has OBJ
tanned space for Cuba, Puerto Rico and
the Hawaiian islands at the Paris e
position for a distinctive exhibit.
A pension of $50 a month has been
granted by the commissioner of pen
sions to the widow of Gen. Guy ".
Henry.
Louis, the six-year-old son of S. E.
Randolph, a prominent business man
of Lerna, ILL.,, was choked to death,
Friday, at the dinner table, by food
lodging in his throat.
DR.. Mulhall's suicide, at St. Louis,
is attributed by his friends to a dread
that the malady with which he wa
afflicted Qocomotor ataxia) would ul-
timately render him a helpless bur.
den to his family.
T.. F. Holmes, who operated a curb
stone ticket brokers' office at Omaha
during the exposition, has been held
for trial for forging extensions on
tickets.
Lcmuel L. Williams, of Des Loge.
No., was found deao in his room in 4
St Louis hotel. He had blown out the
gas and was asphyxiated.
a negro. known as Hogs Head"
Harris, has been arrested and identi-
fed as the burglar who shot John A.
Middleton, on December %, while bur
giarizing his residence at St. Louis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
RUSHING THE FILIPINOS.
The Campaign South of Manila Be-
ing Pushed Successfully All
Along the Line.

Manila. Jan. Is, 5:45 p. m.-Part OF
Gen. John C.. Bates troops are operating
about Lake Taal. The insurgents O II
tinue to retreat south.
Col. Hayes, with the Fourth cavalry,
is supposed to have reached Lipa,
where many Spanish prisoners are
held.
Col. Anderson, with the Thirty
eighth infantry, took Talisay, on the
north shore of the lake, with but little
opposition.
Mai. Cheatham, with a battalion of
the Thirty-seventh, on his way to San
Pablo, dispersed 400 insurgents, whom
the cavalry are pursuing toward Ala
minos.
a troop of the Third cavalry lost two
men killed and three wounded in an
encounter with the insurgents near
SaE Fernando de Ia Union, January IL.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources.
FIFTY-SixTH

In the senate, on the 10th, after MI:
Hale Me) had introduced a resolution OF
inquiry addressed to the department OF
state as to the seizure of American flour
by the British authorities, which was not
acted upon, the session was devoted 10
eulogies upon the life and public services
of the late Vice-President Hobart, In
which a large number of senators TOOK
part. The addresses were of an unuSaly
fervid character-...-.1n the house, after
an hour devoted to miscellaneous business
the late Representative Green, of Nebras,
ka. after which the house adjourned until
the 18th.
In the senate on the 18th, a spirited and
al times sensational debate occurred over
the Pettigrew resolution calling for IN
formation on the Philippine question AT
two o'clock consideration of the currency
bill was resumed. Before ADJOURNMENT
passed the bill comforting additional pow
ers upon the director of the census, and a
bill fixing limit of cost of the indianapolis
public building......The house was not in
session.
The senate was not in session on the
12th.---..ln the house Mr.. Catchings, of
Mississippi, who had been detained at
home since congress convened, was sworn
resignation of John Walter Smith, now
governor of Maryland. Mr.. SulZer. OF
New York, presented, for immediate con-
sheraton, a resolution for the appoint
lAtAl VI d SptClIl cOHiillllct W liNeSll-
gate the relations of Secretary Gage with
certain New York national banks, but il
went over under objection. The shipping
bill! was ordered to be reprinted with ex-
Senator Edmunds' argument e~Xpunged.
Adjourned till the 18th.
In the senate, on the 18th, nearly three
hours was taken up with a spirited debate
on the Philippine question. Mr.. Rawlings
(dem-- Utah) spoke in opposition to the
proposed financial Legislation Mr.. Masonln-
reduced a bill to prevent the adultera-
tioL. of food and drugs......In the house
the session was devoted mainly to consid-
GRAFTON of District of Columbia business.
Representative June w. Gayle Oky.) was
sworn in, and Mr.. nno reported the
urgency deficiency bill.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
NO HOPE FOR HENRY BOLLN.
a EmbexzlinE Ex-Treasurer
Gets No Comfort From the Unit
ed states Supreme Court.

Washington, Jan. 15.-In the United
States supreme court Justice Brown
rendered an opinion in the case Of
Henry BoIln. of Nebraska, on applica-
ton made by Bolln for a writ of error
to the Nebraska supreme court in the
matter on conviction of Bolln, former
city treasurer of Omaha. of the crime
of embezzlement. The opinion refused
Bolln's application, affirming the opin-
ion of the state court, and affirming
tine constitutionality of the Nebraska
law providing for proceeding in GRIM
inal cases upon information processes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
For BETTER Government.

Springfield will have in March q
convention of county judges, road and
bridge commissioners and other pub
lie officials and prominent citizens III
terested iE a better system of conduct
ing the affairs of government, local
and state. Judge j. Y. Fulbright, c.
NJ. Bennett and A. j. O'Neal, and Road
and Bridge Commissioner George F.
Reed have issued a call for a meeting
to lie held in Springfield on March Il
and %, which has been mailed to every
county in the state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
Recent Deaths.


Mrs. Martha Morehouse, aged GO.
at Maryville. She was the widow
of y. T. Morehonse, who was elected
Acknowledgements of Missouri in
1884, and became governor in Deem
Der, 1887, upon the death of Gov. Mar
maduke. Mrs. Warehouses; maiden
name was Martha McFadden. She was
reared in Lexington, No., where she
was married to Mr.. Morehouse in 1865.
Joseph w. I,ynes, one of the leading
stock raisers of southern Galloway
county, aged 81.
Two of the oldest citizens of Howell
county, at West Plains-D. D. Powless,
aged rs, and John Bays, aged II. Mr..
Powless had been justice of the peace
u number of years. Mr.. Bays WAS
prominent in the Masonic order.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ophelia Arnold, wife
Of Il. Il. Arnold, cashier of the First
national bank of Mexico, aged IS. She
was 4 daughter of the late Judge John
L. Morris, and 10 brothers and sisters
survive her.
Rev. DIR. George Miller, one of the
oldest and most prominent Presby-
terrain ministers in the state, at Kansas
City.
Col. Robert Emmett, one of the lead
ing officers of the Knights of Pythias
of the United States, at Kansas City
OF paralysis, the result of an injury
received in a runaway.
John Mills. for 40 years a resident
of Butler, and a prominent member
of the 1. o. o. F., and the last of the
charter members of the lodge at But
lei.
John F. Brandon, of Carroll coun-
ty. Mr.. Brandon twice represented
Carroll county in the state Legislature.
For 25 years he was secretary of the
Missouri Valley Baptist association.
Mrs. Mary Jennings, an old resident
in ST. Louis.
DR.. j. H. Patton, aged so, at Trenton,
from pleural pneumonia. He was a
prominent member of the /. o. o. F.,
and well known all over the state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
A recent number of a London paper

A recent number Of a London paper
contains this advertisement: Wanted,
Q man of light weight who fears the,
Lord and can drive a pair Of steady
horses. He must. Lord willing. arise
at seven o'clock in the morning, obey
his master and mistress in all lawful.
commands. sing psalms and join the.
household prayer, look after the.
horses and OCCASIONALLY wait on the,
table"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
Received Their Freedom.

Jacob Henze and Henry Kaiser,
serving life sentences for the murder
O; Stockman Edwin f. Brown, of st.
Louis, in March, 1898, have been par
GoDed by Gov. Stephens. They were
several times sentenced to hang. but
Gov. Stone committed the death sem
tence to life imprisonment. Evidence
was produced to show that the men
were innocent.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
MISSOURI A NEWS.
Schools of Missouri.

The state superintendent of schools
has placed his annual report in the
hands of the printer, and it will be
ready for distribution in a few weeks.
In it the superintendent discusses sew
eral progressive educational move-
ments of the past yes<. Among them
are:
l. New requirements for highter schol-
2. The renewed vigor and the moderniz.
fng of the work Of the state normals and
the arrangements made by them for
teachers summer courses.
3. The new features of the university
summer school, and the establishment in
parts of the state remote from state
schools university extension summer
4. The progressive position taken by the
county school commissioners convention
in unanimously agreeing to urge teachers
to attend good summer schools; to accept
grades made in these state summer
schools in lieu of examination; to excuse
all such teachers from attendance on the
mated in a communication from St. Louis
county to the metropolitan press. cripple
work of the county institute.
8. The rural school course of study, n
how it promises new life and better grad
ing. Of these schools. and their ultimate
a tlSuidlloH Will ufSH SCIOOlS anu dCduc-
miles,, and they, in turn, with the colleges
and universities. This Is considered by
educators the most important and far
reaching movement.
6. The activity in rural districts in Sc
curing libraries and supplementary read
ing and the proper correlation of nature
study, literature, history and art.
Z. The demand for more efficient organ
ization of the rural districts, so as to fur
nish more nearly equal opportunities for
the children, to equalize the burdens of
taxation and to show the necessity for
rural school supervision.
S. The organization of school directors
associations in many counties shows in
creasing interest, as does the work of the
women's club
9. All the state schools are in excellent
condition and prosperous beyond the usual
degree.
The report will also show some interest,"
inS statistics: The total enumeration of
school children in the state for last year
was ISL, 722. The total enrolment in all
public schools was Cos, 0lS. The average
number of days attended by each enrolled
pupil was 92- The average length of term
was al days. The average salary of
teachers was s45.' Total amount of expen-
ditures, 7,04S,S 26. The m value of
school property is ST., O00. 1000.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

When Mrs. EIvira L. johnson, 500
Pine street, ST. Louis, went to the bed
room at noon, she found a man under
the bed. (Funny, isn't it, how a wom-
an always looks under the bed?) She
raped him on the head with a broom,
and fought him until exhausted, but
he got away.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
Something i'm . Name, After All.

Toledo, O., Jan. 16.-Lyman J. Gage,
secretary of the treasury, has sent $40
to help defray the funeral expenses OF
Weaden w. Gage, who died here psnni-
less last week and who claimed to be .
6rst Cousin of the cabinet Officer
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Han
ma said he had no interview in Phila'
delrhia concerning the finances Of the
national committee such as reported.
His talk on the finances was with Phil
adelphia men and related to the ex-
penses of the coming convention.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

The state department has been in
formed by Mr.. Haywood, United States
agent at Honolulu, under date of jan
uary 1, that eight deaths had occurred
from the bubonic plague at Honolulu
since last Geographic report, December
26, which announced three deaths
from that cause. Mr.. Haywood also
states hat the entire city of Honolulu
is in quarantine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill. the first of the important bills for
the government, reported to the
house by Chairman Cannon of the
ways and means committee, on the
18th, carries 6,127, S41, of which $47,-
COZ, 1882 is appropriations for the mil
itary and naval establishments, and
s.525.5 500 direct appropriations
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

In order to secure letter protection
against cattle sw~indlersand workers of
frauds, several representatives of Chi
cago livestock commission firms. en-
route to the Fort Worth (Tex) cattle
convention, stopped off at Kansas
City, Mo-, on the 14th, long enough to
form what will be known as the Live
Stock Commission Merchants Protect
i've association.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

By order of the directors the pay of
the operatives in the employ of the
Nopatum & Newton WOrsted Co., of
Boston, was advanced ten per cent. on
the 18th. This can an actual in
crease and not a restoration, and eff
fects about 600 hands.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

Special Plenipotentiary Kasson, for
the United States, and Senior Daurte,
for Portugal, on the 18th, signed a pro-
tocol intended to make operative the
reciprocity arrangement entered into
last spring between the two countries.
The treaty will not be proclaimed,
however, until the protocol has been
ratified at Lisbon.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

The next United States transport to
leave Santiago de Cuba will carry
back 1000 collins. One of these con-
tains the body of a soldier. As it was
not marked the coffin was mislaid, and
it is now impossible to discover which
one it is, as each box contains three
collins.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

The for~ty-seventh annual report OF
the board of trustees of the C~ongrega-
tional Church Building society was is
sued on the 18th. 1t states that the
year of 1899 was, with one exception,
the best in the history of the society.
The receipts for the year were S247,3O7,
and the disbursements $153,947.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

Consul Skinner, at Marseilles, re-
ports to the state department that the
olive crop in Italy, France and Spain
is practically a failure, and will hardly
reach 30 per cent. of the average.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

Senator Allen, on the 10th. intro
duced a bill in the senate granting a
pension of $40 a month to every SOL
der and sailor who served in the civil
war for three months or longer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

Four members of the Omaha Neb.)
board of education were arrested, on
the 18th, on warrants charging them
with accepting brides. The case
grows out of the letting of a contract
for Venetian blinds for several large
new school buildings erected last year.
The checks with which the payments
were made, and showing the indorse-
ments of the accused, were offered in
evidence.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20
H. \ Publisher.

TIL. financial crisis il Caracas, Vene-
Euela, ID ended. The difficulty between
the government and the banks has
been amicably settled, and public con-
fidence is restored.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

Citizens of Dickson county, Kas.,
organized an Indian Famine Relief as
sociation, ON the 18th, with J. K. For.
ney, recently returned from India, as
president. Its object is to send Kan
sas corn to River Brethren mission
aries at Bombay for free distribution.
The corn will be contributed by farm.
ers, and shipped from Abilene.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

Naval Constructor Gilmore, who is
at Newcastle-on-Tyne, inspecting the
new cruiser Albany, informed the navy
department, on the 18th, that the YES
sci would be ready to receive her crew
within two weeks The department
will send out a complement of about
200 men to form the crew of the Al
bany, and bring her to the United
States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

John Barrett, ex-United States min.
lister to Siam, in a speech in Chicago,
on the 18th, for the first time publicly
States senator whose anti-eXpansion
speech was cabled to Hong Kong and
subsequently put in the hands of the
Filipino soldiers, causing, as Mr.. Bar
rett believed, the open insurrection.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

A robber entered the residence Of
William McCully, No. 1910 Morgan
street, St. Louis, about GAO p. m, and
secured about $500 worth of jewelry
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

Steel girders have been substituted
for the rotting wooden beams in the.
roof OF the Old South meeting house.
In Boston.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

Mrs. Annie Mosier, of No. 1900 North
Broadway, st. Louis, was knocked
down and almost instantly killed by
q cable carr. She leaves seven children.
Stn Ply Their Trade.
St. Louis has increased its police
force to the extent of 100000 per
year, but still the burglars, footpads
and sneak-thieves ply their trsda
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

In a speech in Chicago, on the 14th,
I'm behalf of a fraternal insurance or
~ganization for colored people, Prof.
Booker T. Washington said: 1.-The
negro in the north, as elsewhere, will
prosper in proportion as he learns to
do some one thing well-learns to do
it better than any one else; in proper.
ton as he learns to put brains, skill
and dignity into the common occupa-
tons of life"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-20

Lord Strathcona, Canadian high COM
missioner in London, has offered to
provide, distinct from the Canadian
cortingents, o force of ut least 400
mounted men from Manitoba, North
west territory and British Columbia,
and to arm. equip and convey them to
South Africa at his own expense. est.
mated at 81, 100000. All will De com
posed of expert marksmen, rough rid.
ers and scouts. His offer has heeR 30
cepted