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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
FOUDAI|ONESS STORY.
Published Story Anent the Hay.
P%auncefote Treaty That Has No
Foundation in Fact.
sEc'Y HAYS ATTITUDE IN THE NATTER.
1t Is Purely Negative, and His Re-
tentfon or Resignation of His
Portfolio Will Not be Influenced
by b Senate's Action with Re.
spect to the Treaty.

Washington, Dec. ia prominet
official of the state department said:
There is no foundation whatever
for the story that this government
has received assurance from hat of
Great Britain that the canal conven-
ton will, if ratified by the senate
with the pending amendment, be ac-
cepted by the British cabinet. No
such promise, suggestion or intima-
ton has ever reached the state de-
partment from any official source,
and the department does not know
what action the British government
would take in the event that the
pending treaty is amended as pro,
posed. Every intimation, however,
that has reached here goes to show
that the adoption of any amendment
would be regretted by the British au-
thorities.
Through misunderstanding, or
some other reason,the impression was
convened to the public, as 4 result of
the proceedings in secret s~essionin the
senate Monday, in connection with
the treaty, that Secretary Hay had
stated that he would resign his once
if the pending Davis amendment to
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty were
adopted. The secretary's exact atti-
tude in this matter was purely mega
tive. He simply stated that he had
never threatened the senate or any
authority to resign his Office if certain
actions we're not taken respecting the
treaty. He did not promise to re-
main if it were amended; he did not
threaten to quit"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
LATE NEWS ITEMS,

In the senate, Gu the 18th, the cleo
margarine bill passed by the hous,
was sent to the committee on agri
culture. An order directing that va
cancies on several committees b,
filled by appointment of Senator
Towne (Minn.) was ratified. The shiI
subsidy bill was taken up, and Mr.
Clay (Ga.) delivered a speech in oppo
sition to the measure. In the house
q resolution was adopted for the ap
pointment of a committee of five
members to investigate the death Of
Oscar L. Booz, as alleged, as the re.
suit of hazing at West Point military
academy. The war revenue reduction
bill was then taken up.
The Washington auxiliary to the
National Red Cross association, on
the 18th, sent $1,000 to Mr.. John Seely,
chairman of the relief committee at
Galveston, Tex, to be used in provid-
ing shelter for the homeless. Anoth-
er thousand will be sent soon by the
auxiliary, which is receiving contribu-
tions from all parts of the United
States.
The supreme court of Ohio, on the
18th, dismissed the proceedings
brought by former Attorney-General
Nonett, charging that the Standard
Oil Co. was in contempt of cour5 for
having failed to comply witt. an or
der, issued in 1892, directing n dissolu-
ton of the Standard Oil trust.
In presenting his report of the past
four years of his administration. Pres
ident Diaz says hat Mexico's aim has
been to develop public veal. diffuse
e~dcuation, preserve peace, and, incl
dentally, to foster cordial relations
with the United States.
Another serious landslide has oc-
Cured in Helioland. Thirty houses
nave been engulfed, and a considera-
bic part of the island has been sub
merged. 1t has been impossible to
send relief, and the losses haze not
yet been determined.
Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr.. former
note teller of the First national bank
of New York city, accused of hav-
ing embeZzled 100000 from that insti-
tuition, was indicted by the United
grand jury, on the 18th, OH 81
counts.
The third pan-America1 Medical
congress will meet in Havana Febru-
airy 4. and will continue IN session Iour
The Netherlands government has in
Mr.. Kruger that it must re.
main passive.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
FiETY.SixTH CONGRESS-.
Second SESSION.

lSeCOUu StSSlOu-l
In the senate. OH the 5th. Senator Frye
concludedh his speech upon the shlp subsidy
bill, consideration of which. after the trans
action of some unimportant business IN
open session and an hour and a half spent
behind closed doors, was resumed. At 3:il
p. m. another brief executive session was
held, and the senate adjourned......ln the
house the day was devoted to considera-
tior of the army reorganization bill, II of
the &c pages of the bill being disposed OF
before adjournment.
In the senate, on the 9Th, no business of
Importance was transacted in open SeS-
sion. Almost the entire afternoon session
was passed behind closed doors in consid-
Grafton OF the Hay-Pauncefote treaty...1n
almost exclusively to debate upon the
army reorganization bill, that measure
was passed by a vote of l6 to 1913. Several
amendments were adopted, as was a sub
Stitute for the canteen section absolutely
prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating liquors
at military posts, which was carried by
an overwhelming majority, the vote being
159 to 81.
In the senate, on the eth. no business Of
Importance was transacted in open ses-
sion. Practically the entire legislative
DAY was taken up by an executive session.
LIN the house the Grout olecmargarine
bill was passed by a vote of 1856 to 81. The
bill, as passed, makes all articles nown
as oleomargarine, butterine, imitation
butter or imitation cheese, Transported
into any state or territory Tor consump-
ton or sale. subject to police supervision,
but prevents interference with such trans
portation or sale when such product il
free from coloration in imitation of but
ter.
In the senate, on the 10th, Hon. Charles
A. Towne, recently appointed by the gov
ernor of Minnesota to succeed the late
Senator Davis. took the oath of office. No
business of Importance was transacted in
open session. the senate going into secret
session on the Hay Pauncefote treaty as
soon as the routine business had been dis
posed of-.....In the house. the legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation bill
was passed, after A reading that occupied
three hours and ten minutes debate. The
bill carries s24, Isl, sos. No other business
was transacted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
REPORT FROM GEN. CHAFFEE.
The General Did PrOtes Very Wig
OrOusly Against LOOtfng.

orOusly Against LoOting.
Washington, Dec. 12.-The war de-
partment has received a report from
Gen. Chaffee of the incident that oc-
Cured at Pekin in connection with his
representations to Field Marshal Won
Waldersee. 1t appears that Gen.
Chaffee did USE some pretty vigorous
language in protesting against the
thieving and looting of the foreign
troops. What particularly hurt the
feeling of Waldersee was a pointed
reference by Gen. Chaffee to the fact
that this ~disgraceful and unmilitary
practice of looting was being in
dulged in, not by the men who did
the fighting and opened the way to
Pekin, but by the late corners who had
borne none of the brunt of conflict
and hardships. Waldersee himself
did not reach PeKin until long after
the expeditionary force had occupied
the town.
1t is recognized here officially that
Gen. Chaffee had provocation for his
deliverance, but regret is felt that he
used this tone in addressing the field
marshal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
NEWS NOTES,

The Grout oleo bill passed the
house. 1t imposes a heavy tax on the
article colored in imitation OF butter.
Dan Long, a negro, was lynched by
a mob of 200 countrymen nea Ivan
hoe, Va, for having assaulted a white
woman
The big smelter at Helvetia. Ariz.,
was burned to the ground. The fire
started from n mass of Stag, which
could not he controlled.
A mule on the track caused the
wreck of an east-bound freight on the
Wabash, just west of Norborne, Mo.
Several persons were injured.
\ motion for a parliamentary in
quiry into the charges of cruelty in
the colonies was voted down in the
French chamber of deputies.
ID. b. Baldwin, of New Cambria, No.,
has struck copper ore at distance of
lis feet in 4 shaft he was sinking IN
his land to reach a coal vein.
Robert Il. Scott, 20 years old, for
more than twenty-five years president
of the Scott-Lynch Livery and Under
taking Co., st. Louis, died Friday.
Miss Jennie Rogers, who was a pic
turesque figure in financial circlesdur-
ing the boom of the early nineties,
died at the hospital in Sioux City, Ia.
Kitty Squires.a Beloit (Kas.) school
teacher answered a Brusky (IIl.)
farmers advertisement for a wife and
wa married to him at his home Fri
day,
W. X. Kavanaugh, of St. Louis, goes
to Washington to urge the %appropria-
ton of 81, 100000 annually for deepen
ing the Mississippi channel between
st. Louis and Cairo.
Charles A. Cheseborough, a million
aire of New York city, is dead, aged
70 years. He accumulated an immense
fortune in the manufacture of vase
line.
The next session of the Texas leg
islature is expected to take favorable
action on the long-pending PROPOSE
ton to hold a state constitutionaIcon-
vention.
The state health authorities of Ten
nessee are having much difficulty deal
ing with the smallpox situation, many
genuine cases having been diagnosed
as chicken pox.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir Charles Warren, at
one time commissioner of the Metro
politan police of London, has been
commander of the British
troops in Canada.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
APPROVED BY AUTHORITIES.
Gen.. Chanee's Action in Excluding
LOoters From His District in
Pekin Approved.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Maj.-Gen.
Chaffee's action in excluding looters
from the district in Pekin under
American control, and in protesting
against the removal of astronomical
instruments from the Pekin observa-
tory by the French and German
troops, is in harmony with his in
structions. 1t has the unqualified ap-
proval of the authorities, and no con-
sideration will be given to any COM
plant that may be made in conse-
quence of the tone of Gen. Chaffee's
communication to Count Won Valdez
see.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Recent Deatks.

DIR. E. A. Merrifield, aged as, at q
hospital in st. Louis. DR.. Mortified
was a charter member of the G. A.. r.
post of Macon. During the civil war
he was a surgeon in the Army of the
Potomac, having enlisted with an IL
linois regiment.
Prof. August Waldauer, director of
Beethoven conservatory of music, and
q musician and composer of national
reputation, at a ST. Louis hospital. He
had been i'll about a week, suffering
from an abscess on his back. He was
more than rs years old.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
A GERMAN EXPLANATION.
The Won WaIdersee-Chafee Incident
Closed With a Breakfast.

The Won WalderSee-Chafee Incident
Closed With a Breakfast.
Berlin, Dec. 1.-THE German for.
eign office authorizes the following
statement regarding the Waldersee-
Chaffee incident, based upon a cable
dispatch just received from Field
Marshal Ven Waldersee:
Gen. Chaffee wrote Field Marshal
Won Waldersee a letter in a rough
tone. Field Marshal Won Waldersee
refused to receive it, returning the
same to Gen. Chaffee. The letter
then wrote a second letter, apologize
ing for his objectional expressions,
whereupon Field Marshal Won Wal
dersee invited Gen. Chaffee to break
fast, and the incident was amicably
closed"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Missouri Y. NJ. c. A.

The twenty-fourth annual onven
ton of the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION of Missouri was held at Mo-
berry. The association has done great
good in its meeting in Moberly. Many
were surprised at its thoroughly
evangelical spirit, and, while its meet
ings were business-like from start to
finish, the main point of doing good
to the greatest number was never lost
sight of.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Asphalt In Missouri.

An immense bed of asphalt has been
discovered near the Missouri-Kansas
line, six miles west of Joplin, near the
Badger zinc mine. While sinking 4
prospect shaft the miners opened up
a big cave, with black walls of PEI
culiar substance, which proves to be
asphaltum. The discovery is attract
ing considerable attention to that To-
cality.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Lie uuhc anu uucHeSS o. 1Ork VIII
visit the United States on their return
journey from Australia, via Canada.
A large deposit of "house COAL" es.
timated to contain at least 1,6OO, OOO,.
900 tons, has been discovered at Bar.
mocz, Hungary.
The Klamath Indians have rein.
quished their reservation in Oregon.
Someone, it is alleged, has been of.
fering to sell advance information,
in relation to government cotton re-
ports, to New York Spectators, with
the result that an investigation will
be made to discover, if possible, .he
leaky vessel.
Several relics of Lord Nelson, in
Guiding his watch and many of the
medals awarded him, were stolen
from the Greenwich hospital, on the
9Th, after the attendants had left.
The police have no trace of the thief.
The postmaster general, in his an
nual report, says: 1.-The extraordinary
extension of rural free delivery dur
ing the past two years has proved to
be the most salient, significant and
far-reaching feature of postal devel-
opment in recent times" The terriLory
now covered embraces about 1000, 900
square miles.
A Manila dispatch says: While the
captures of supplies and the occupa-
ton of new points r quite numer-
Gus, those involving actual fighting
are comparatively few. Apparently
the insurgents arc falling back at all
contested points, sacrificing their
possessions in most cases and salts
fed to save themselves.
Lewis G. Tewsbury, stockbroker,
horseman an man-about-town, who
disappeared from his Offices in New
York city, on June 90 last, leaving
creditors vainly looking for sums esti-
mated at 100000 intrusted to his
care, is said to be doing a thriving
business in the City of Mexico, where
he is living in opulence.
Four masked men forced an en-
trance to the office of the Mentor
Knitting mills, at Painesyille, O., on
the evening of the 9th, bound the
Waterman and his wife and blew the
safe with nitroglycerin. The robbers
secured $50 in money and made good
their escape.
A Pekin dispatch states that NJ.
Pichon, the French minister, has
learned that large quantities OF
arms T being imported and that
troops are being massed on the Indo-
China frontier. He wrote to Lii Hung
Chang, saying that this must DO
stopped.
The most strenuous efforts will be
made at the forthcoming session of
the Indiana legislature to secure the
of a law prohibiting en-
tirely the sale of cigarette in the
state of Indiana, and making it a mis-
to smoke them in certain |
places.
Col. P~icquardt, who was so promi- !
nently identified with the Dreyfus
case, has addressed a memorial to the |
chamber of deputies, protest.
ing against the amnesty bill, which,
he says, will include him 'among the
forgers and utterf of forgeries who
will profit by amnesty"
Walter D. Glenn, formerly cashier
OF the Traders Loan and Building as
of Chicago, who disappeared
last summer, with a charge of being
over twenty thousand dollars short in
accounts hanging over him, was
placed in the Cook county jail, OF tho
10th. pending trial
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

The International exposition of
1901 at Glasgow, Scotland, has en-
gagged John rhInp Sousa and his band
to play at the exhibition for four
weeks next October. After his Glas-
gov season, Sousa will take his band
TO london for a series of concerts, af-
ter which he will make a tour of the
principal cities of Great Britain and
Ireland, returning to America about
Christmas time.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

Brighten. Charles r. Eagan, COM
missary general of subsistence, who
has been under suspension since Feb
ruary 9, 1899, under sentence of court
martial, for alleged Incorporate and
abusive language concerning Lieut.
Gen. Miles, in connection with the
army beef investigation. was restored
to duty, on the 9th, and Immediately
afterwards placed on the retired list
of the army.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Decker and Mckinley.

Governor-elect Dockery called at the
White House, the other day, and had
n pleasant chat with President Nc
Kinley. Cordial relations have all
have always existed between the two,
and the governors short visit was
made very pleasant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

President Homer of the Baltimore
clearinghouse and 30 other prominent
business men, representing the clear
inghouse, the savings banks and the
Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation of Baltimore, called, in a body,
at the treasury department, on the
18th, and urged Secretary Gage to ac-
cept the invitation of the president
to remain at the head of the treasury
department for another four years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

Representative Tayler, of Ohio, who
was prominently identified in the
movement to exclude Brigham Rob-
erts, of Utah, from a seat in congress,
introduced a measure, on the 18th, in
tended to bring about federal prohi-
bition of ~polygamy as well as a on
stitutional amendment for uniform
laws on marriage and divorce.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

The Berlin National Zeitung devoted
its first page, on the 9th, to a care
fully-prePared editorial dealing with
the United States as a world power.
After pointing out the enormous
progress, economically and politically,
of America in the worlds affairs, the
editorial declares that in both re-
spects the United States is arrayed
against Europe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

The president, on the 10th, trans
nitted to congress extended reports
on the agricultural u of Por-
to Rico, with special reference to the
establishment there of an agricultural
experiment station.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Lost His Left Hand.

Nelson Davis, a lad of Is, near Aux.
vase, Galloway county, while hunt
ing accidentally exploded his gun,
bursting the barrel and injuring his
left hand so that amputation was nec-
essary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Credentfals Referred.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE senate
has referred the credentials of w. A.
Clark and Martin Maginnis, contest.
ing senator's from the state of Mon.
tana, to the committee on privileges
and elections.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Were Not Parted for Long,

Frank A. Hart, a barber at the
Planters hotel, st. Louis, died at the
city hospital, as the result of a para
lytic stroke, sustained On the day of
his wife's funeral. His death occurred
just one month after that of his wife.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

At the African Methodist confer
ence, in session at Winston, N. c., Bish-
op Wood announced that Vice-Pres-
ident-elect Roosevelt had presented
that denomination with a parsonage
at Oyster Bay, n. Y.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
switch Had Been Tempered with,

Doom, New, Dec. 12.-East bounG
passenger train No. 3 which left San
Francisco yesterday was wrecked
near here, Monday night, by a mis-.
placed switch, which is supposed tc
have been tempered with. No one
was killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
Appointed Probate Judge.

Gov. Stephens has appointed W. H.
Rush judge of the probate court Of
Webster county, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Z. W. Barnes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

The Beers are driving many women
and children from their homes be-
cause their kinsmen refuse to fight
any longer. Forty women and chill
dren, ill-clad and hungry, were taken
into Heidelberg by the British, on the
9Th.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

At Eldorado, Kas., on the 18th, Jessie
Morrison took the stand in her own
defense, and in a quiet, determined
manner told infinitely of her relations
with Olin Castle before his marriage,
and as calmly pictured the scene at
the Castle home during the bloody
tragedy in which Mrs. Castle lost her
life. She proved an unexpectedly
strong witness.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson, dra-
matist, poet, literary critic and trans
lator, died in the city of Rome on the
5th. She was the widow of the late
Albert Dean Richardson, newspaper
man and author.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

Mrs. Mary L. Mclean, the mother
of John r. Mclean, of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, and of Mrs. Dewey, died in
Washington, at 1:30 a. IN. of the 9th,
of acute heart affection, after two
days illness.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
MISSOURI A NEWS,
Census of Missouri cities.

The population of certain incorpor.
ated places in Missouri, having a pop
ulation of more than 1000, but less
than $4,000, is as follows:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

The house of representatives. on the
9th, passed the army Reorganization 4
bill by a vote of 166 to 1873. Several
amendments were adopted, the most
important being a substitute for the
canteen section, absolutely prohibit
ing the sale of intoxicants at military
posts, which was adopted by the over
whelming vote CT 159 to 81. A large
delegation from the w. C. T. U. con-
vention witnessed the fight over the
section from the galleries.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

A German sample room has been
formally opened at Constantinople.
The exhibits embrace an extensive
line of Germany's manufactured arti-
cles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
A O

The stores OF the Milton Strong Dry
Goods Co. at Hannibal was entered by
burglars. Silks, hosiery and socks val
ued at about 1000 were stolen.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

The ten councilmen of Scranton,
Pa, indicted by the last grand jury
<or accepting brides resigned, on the
9th, in part fulfllment of the ugree-
ment made with the prosecuting COM
mittee Of the municipal league in con-
sideration of the cases against them
being dropped. They also agree to
sign a paper promising not to accept
public Office for a term of five years
and, further, to make up a fund of S..
200 to be distributed among the city's
charitable institutions
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

The annual report of the governor
of Oklahoma says that the year has
Eeen marked by general prosperity,
agriculture, grazing, manufactures
and commerce f%lourinshing in an un-
precedented manner. The total as
sessed valuation of property this year
is S49,33s,6 Gel, an increase of s6,3S6,247
over 1899.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
ROBBED Club Members,

Werner Russell, a bellboy at st.
Louis, confessd hat he stole large
sums of money from the pockets of
members of the ST. Louis club.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
tn Clear the Infrmary of Debt,

London, Dec. 12.-Lord Mount
Stephen has donated s25,0O0 to tho
provost of Aberdeen for the purpose
of clearing the Aberdeen infirmary
of debt.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

The Methodists of Butler are hold
ing a great revival. Key. MI. Jones, OF
Carthage, is conducting the services.
Quite a large number of converts.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

Conrad Bischoff, aged So, and Mrs.
Annie Jaeger, aged 81, eleped from
st. Louis to Clayton, and were mar
ried by Judge Henry L. Wilson.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15

The vessels built in the United
States and officially numbered, from
June 80, 1900, to November 80, 1900,
were 495, Of 1928 gross tons.