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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
Recent Deaths.

Mrs. Susan A. King, aged 60 years
and "a days, in Mexico, at the home
Of her son, c. A. King, travelling
freight agent of the Chicago & Alton
railroad, of quick consumption and
heart trouble.
Mrs. Mary Vale La Grave, aged 81,
a member of one of the pioneer fami-
lies of Missouri, after a long illness,
at the home of her son, E. A. La
Grace, No. 1907 Page boulevard. In
terment at Ste. Genevieve. Mrs. La
Grave, whose maiden name was Mary
Vale, was a member of the old Vale
family OF Ste. Genevieve and st. Louis.
Judge Henry A. Clover, in ST. Louis,
in his seventy-seventh year. He was
one of the best-known members Of
the bar in St. Louis. He had been q
resident of the city Sc years, and his
record for public and professional
service was of an exceptionally high
character. He honored the judicial
and legislative positions to which he
was elected, and in his private prac-
tice was one of the ablest lawyers in
the city. St. Louis will remember him
as one of its strong men for half .
century.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

l. Since the discontinuance of the mill
itary departments of Cuba, the form.
er Department of Eastern Cuba has
been created a district and called the
District of Santiago, with Col. Samuel
NJ. Whiteside, Tenth cavalry, IN COM
mand, with headquarters at Santiago.
The officers and clerks of the former
Department of Eastern Cuba are con-
tinued.
The United States ambassador to
France, Gen. Horace Porter, left Paris,
on the 18th, OIL a vacation. He will
be absent about eve weeks, and will
spend the time mostly in the southern
part of Spain. Henry Vignaud, secre-
tary of the United States embassy,
will be charge d'affaires ad interim.
Max j. Lasar, the diamond SNUG
gler, pleaded guilty in the United
States court at Buffalo, N. Y, on the
18th. He was fined 500 and sent to
the Erie county Jail for six months.
He Struggled diamonds which were
sold a few days ago for $4,000.
a report is current in Hazleton, Pa,
that negotiations are on for the sale
of all collieries and washeries of the
region owned by individual operators,
and that the Lehigh Valley and Penn
sylvania railroad companies are the
prospective purchasers.
At a cabinet meeting at the White
House, on the 18th, President McKin-
ley announced clearly and forcefully
to the members his desire that thew
should all remain with him during
the four years of his coming admins
tration.
A judgment of custer against Mount
Hope college at Rogers, was given by
the Ohio supreme court, on the 18th,
and the college loses it's charter. The
ground upon which it was asked was
that the college had been selling di-
plomas.
Thomas Hubbard Caswell, a pioneer
OF 1S4s. who was prominently identi-
fled with the early history of Cali
fornia, and the most exalted mason,
in point of rank, in the world, died at
his residence in San Francisco on the
18th.
The Freedmans' Aid and Southern
educational society met at Newark,
n. j., on the 18th, with Bishop Edward
e.. Andrews presiding. A plumber of
appropriations for academies for col
ored people were made.
At Fruit Cave, Fla, on the 18th, Al
bert Houston decapitated Dorman
Fatio with a knife. They quarreled
over 40 cents. Houston was arrested.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
Divorced Wife's Testimony.

Adolph Kodat, who was convicted
by the St. Louis circuit court of as
sault with intent to kill Mrs. Jose.
phine Kretsch, was returned to the
St. Louis Jail the other day from the
Jefferson City penitentiary, where he
had served nine months of his two
years sentence. Kodat was granted a
new trial by Chief Justice CAN'T of
division No. 2 of the supreme court,
in an important ruling on the COM
Ietency of a divorced woman to ap-
pear in court and testify against the
man from whom she had been d.
vorced. The defendant was convicted
of the assault on Mrs. Kretsch on the
testimony of his divorced wife. The
supreme court holds that a divorced
woman is not a competent witness
against her husband in a case that
originated while the marriage con-
tract existed, and consequently re-
versed and remandeG the case.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
NEWS MOTIFS.

The losses by the Biloxi (Miss.) hNs
are placed of fully S650,0O0.
Miss Florence harrington, e Saliva
ton army worker of St. Louis, has
been ordered to California.
A folding bed closed up on Walter
| Never, at St. Louis, and his father
rescued him, after he. had become un-
conscious.
Merchants from all sections of the
country will meet in st. Louis to dis.
cuss changes in interstate commerce
law.
Walter Buechel, son of Robert
Buechel, a St. Louis musician, was
drowned in the Mississippi river.
Rosslyn Ferret, who was convicted,
at Marysville,O o., of the murder of Elk.
press Messenger Lane, August 10 last,
has been sentenced to be e~lectrocuted
March 1 next.
F. NJ. Smith, aged 60 years, was
hanged at Nacogdoches, Tex, for the
murder of his kinswoman, Mrs. Va
tiers, in July last.
The returns of the election, almost
complete for Oklahoma territory give
Delegate Flynn (rep.) a majority OF
about $500.
The motormen of Pensacola, Fla,
have wen their strike and have re-
turned to work. The company grant
ed them permission to sit on stools.
The Colombian rebels are pushing
the government hard. Several defeats
/ l.,o L~a- e,1al Inv r0vnrrrnont
forces in engagements with the lib
erals.
Unofficial returns from the counties
of Georgia show that Bryan's MAORI
ty will be approximately $4,000. Nine
counties went republican.
A clerk who worked with Cornelius
| Alvord in the First national bank of
New York, testified that he saw the
accused man changed the clearing
house sheets.
McKinley's majority yer Bryan in
Washington is nov reported to be g.
7ss, while Rogers, democratic for gov
ernor, is elected by a majority of B.
226.
A passenger and freight train on
the Southern railway collided at
Hodges station, Tenn. The engineer
was killed and three main clerks were
seriously injured.
The official canvass of the vote Of
the Fifteenth congressional district
of Illinois elects J. Ross Mickey (dem.)
] by 26s plurality. This makes the CON
occasional delegation II to II.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
Gambler Killed by a Policeman.

Tom Smith, a notorious gambler,
was shot and instantly killed by Po-
liceman C. S. Scott in Kansas City.
Smith accused the officer of having
given the newspapers a story about a
row he had in a gambling house some
time ago. He followed Scott into the
Delmonico and picked a fight. He
took SCOTS club away from him and
was in the act of striking him when
the shot was fired. 1t is believed that
this will tend to intensity the crusade
against gambling that has been going
on in Kansas City for several months.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

Surrendered burghers assert that
Mr.. Steyn, after a council of war with
Gen. Botha and Gen. DeLary, adj
dressed the burghers with great pas
sion, urging them to continue the
a He told them that he was going
south and hoped to return with 5000
men. He assured them that he knew
this. Germany had delivered an ulti-
matum to Great Britain demanding
the r~etrocession of the republics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

Miss Mira Hirschey, daughter of the
late millionaire lumberman, Benz.
Hirschey, on the sth, purchased
ground at Muscatine, Ia, for the site
of a public hospital which she will
erect and donate to the city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

Vernando Kempf, better known as
1.-THE Kentuckian," presumably the
%ringleader in the riot at Akron, O., on
the night of August %, pleaded guilty,
Oh the 18th, to the charge of shoot
ing to kill. Kempf had previously
made a written confession of the part
he had taken in the riot. James Bran
nan, a rioter, also pleaded guilty to
the charge of burglary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

Cyrus G. Neeley, aged 81, died unex.
pectedly in the eastern Indiana hospi-
tai for insane at Richmond on the
18th. The deceased was a brother to
Charles F. Neeley, the Cuban post Of
fee agent now in Jail in New York.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
American Claims Against Beers.

Washington, Nov. ia number of
persons claiming to be American citi-
Gems have submitted to the state de-
partment claims against the Beers for
the destruction of their properties
and injuries to their business in the
late South African republic and Or
ange Free State. No decisions have
been arrived at as to what disposition
shall be made of these cases.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

The National Irrigation congress is
to meet in Chicago, on the 21st, for a
four days session. Some of the most
prominent men of the country have
been secured for addresses on irriga
ton and forestry, including a number
of western United States senators and
members of congress-.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
The Result in St. Louis.

The election in ST. Louis resulted
in Mckinley carrying the city by l..
1917 " Bryan. Flory has 4,2s5 over
Dcckery. The democrats elected their
entire city ticket, with possibly on
exception. The republicans elected
/ state senator and s members of the
house, and the democrats 2 state sem
stors and z members of tho
house. The republicans secured two
congressmen and the democrats one.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

The gymnasium of Notre Dame
university at South Bend, Ind, one of
the largest and best equipped college
gymnasiums in the world, was burned
on the 9Th. Loss, $4,000; fully in
sured. While the flames yer doing
their work of destruction the direc-
tors held a meeting, and decided to
vebuild Immediately.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

The reformer, Szki-Nu (the leading
man in the anti-dynastic party Or
gained by Sun Vat SEM, who was
sentenced to death in connection with
the recent yamen explosion at Can
ton, was repeatedly tortured. in order
to extort a confession from him, but
he refused to make a statement in re.
gard to the explosion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

'Mr. Charles T. Yerkes," says the
London Daily Express, "has a scheme
to radiate electric railways for long
distances north of London, and to
build low-rent dwellings for work
men in order to remedy overcrowd.
ing. He is also interested in the moot.
ed scheme of a ship canal between
southampton and London"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

Prof. Pickering, OF Harvard univer,
sity, has begun the erection of an OBJ
servatory at Woodlawn, near Mande.
vile, Jamaica, for his colossal tele.
scope. He hopes to take observations
of the planet Eros, early in December,
ard will, subsequently, undertake OBJ
s~ervations of the moon and Mars. I'm.
portant results are expected.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
Rice Inuuest Adjourned.

New York, Nov. 13.-The inquest in
to the death of VIM. N. Rice, the
Texas millionaire, has been indefinite
" adjourned at the request of Assist
Ant District Attorney Osborne.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

An exhibition of $50 photographs,
taken by American women amateurs.
was opened in st. Petersburgh, on the
18th, and proved a revelation to the
Russian photographers. The collec-
ton was loaned by Miss tombstone, its
owner. The photographs were first
sent to Moscow from Paris.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

According to the annual report OF
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Will
lam A. Jones, the total expenditure
by the government on accoun of the
Indian service from March 4, 1879, up
to and including July 80, 1900, has
been S36S, 35S,217.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
Sir Charles topper for /. Peerase.

Halifax, n. S., Nov. ia Montreal
dispatch says that it is likely Sir Will
fried Laurier will recommend Sir
Charles Upper, the retired %conserva-
tive. for n peerage, for his work in
bringing about the confederation o:
Canada and for the introduction Of
free schools.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

Captain of the Port Young has
asked the government to refuse any
and all proposals looking to the re-
moval of the wreck of the United
States battleship Maine from the har-
Dor of Havana by explosives. The
work will probably be accomplished
by the aid of a cofferdam.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

Gen. Sir Redvers Butler, on the Dun
Vegan Castle, from Cape Town,
reached the quay at Southampton, on
the sth. He was greeted by Lord
Wolseley and his staff as well as by
an immense assembly of townspeople.
At night he attended the mayoral ban.
quet, the first of a long series of func.
lions planned in his honor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

An undated dispatch from Pretoria,
says Gen. De Wet has been wounded
in the leg in a fight with the troops
of Gen. Knox at Rensburg Drift. Ac-
cording to native reports, the Boer
commander narrowly escaped cap
ture.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

A Montreal dispatch says that it is
likely Sir Wilfred Laurier will recon-
mend Sir Charles Upper, the retired
conservative, for a peerage, for his
work in bringing about the confedera-
ticn of Canada and the introduction
of free schools.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

The government is making extensive
arrangements for the Cuban exhibit
in the forthcoming Pan-Americah ex-
position at Buffalo. Grounds have
been secured there, on which will be
erected typical Cuban colonial build
ings, and $4,000 will be appropriated
in furtherance of the plans.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

Senior Cabrera Malo, Venezuelan
minister of the interior, was fired on
by an unknown man, on the 18th, re-
ceivinS a slight wound.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

King Victor Emanuel of Italy cele'
brated his birthday anniversary, on
the 18th, by signing a decree pardon
ing many prisoners.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
Doing Well In Porto Rico.

Frederick L. Cornwell, formely OF
St. Louis, is the first American elected
to important Office in Porto Rico. A
%cablegram from San Juan states that
he was elected to a sea in the house
of delegates of the island, and that he
was the only American thus honored
by the natives.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
Death Came Suddenly.

Thomas j. Stands, veteran river.
man and a resident of Old Orchard,
St. Louis county, dropped dead while
on the way from his home to the rail-
way station.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
THE VOTE IN MISSOURI.
Returns Show That Bryan's Plurality b In
the Neighborhood of $4,000
and Dockery's $4,000.

The following returns have been re-
ceiyed from Missouri. The official re-
turns, it is believed, will not material.
~ change the figures:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
Finger Nails are Poisonous.

VIM. Grady, aged A, of 9o1 Morgan
street, St. Louis, probably will go
blind as result of scratching the pupil
of his right eye with his finger nail.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
Dockery Goes Hunting.

Gov.-elect Dockery is in south Mis-
souri, to spend several weeks on u
hunting trip, to recuperate from the
arduous work of the campaign.
For His Best Girls Sake.
Frank Beebe, aged 16, st. Louis
will go to the reform school for steal
ing SIPS from father. He wanted
money to spend on his best girl.
Accidentally Killed His Father.
William Newly, who lives two miles
south of Purdy, accidentally shot and
killed his father. He was handling .
revolver and discharged it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17

CAPE GIRARDEAU. MISSOURI
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-17
IMPORTANT TARIFF CASES.

Totals 49,. ....I25S. s6Ol2sl, 772l260. BIS 2Ss, 50!
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-12-28
HANNA SHIP SUBSIDY AGAIN.

The boomers of the ship subsidy bill
must be getting in desperate straits
They have sent out as a circular, an ed
itoriaI on the subject from the New
York Commercial of December 10, 1900
in which the editor charges that the
opponents Of the bill are brfbed by for
eign ship owners to make a fight to de
feat the bill, and attacking especially
the New York Journal aOf Commerce
which, he charges, with being owned,
operated and controlled by British
born subjects.
They are also sending out Senator
Frye's speech in favor Of the bill, under
the frank Of Congressman Grosvenor
of Ohio. They are afraid Of the defeat
Of this pet measure Of milIionaire-lov-
ing administration; and 1t ought to be
defeated
In the speech Of Senator Frye of
Maine, and questions asked by other
senators, it comes out that the fast
liners that viii get the bulk Of the sub
sidy viii not carry as freight any agri-
cultural products except, perhaps,
dressed beef. This Of itself ought to
condemn the bill as the bulk Of our ex-
ports are these same agricultural pro
ducts.
Other facts quite as damaging also
show up In the debate. In the affties"
so per cent Of American exports were
carried IN American ships; in 1856,
when this decline began, 70 per cent
were carried in American vessels. At
that time, when the American mer-
chant marine was at its zenith Of pros
Perity, navigation laws were favorable
to American shipping and there were
diseTiminative duties in favor Of her-
chandise imported into the United
States in American vessels. This de
cline in American shipping began when
the republican party came into power
in 1851 and repealed these favorable
laws and put on the statute books OBJ
and burdensome laws to Am
erican shipping.
Senator Frye himself calls these laws
statute burdens on our ships" In the
third paragraph Of his speech as print
ed IN the Congressional Record, on
page one Of the report ofthe Fffty-sixth
congress, second session. On. page two.
be admits that under the system Of
discriminating duties sour carrying
srade was increased" That In those
lays this nation "built the cheapest
ships in the world; and that We even
1uilt ships for other nations He
ilso admits that the protected ship
ards have put up the price Of bulldog
.hipsi and bystatute, the cost Of op-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-12-28
rHE BoER AND rHE BRGrON.

The recent BOer successes in South
Africa are a surprise to the world, and
especially to the British The press
dispatches indicate that the Dutch IN
Cape Colony have risen and that the
outbreak $50 serious that every avail
able man Of the mounted troops Of the
English are being hurried to the scene
Of conflict
This new outbreak Of the Dutch IN
Cape Colony, British province has
been caused BY the wantOn burning Of
B0er farms and the carrying away Of
the women and children and the arbi-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-12-28

grarys UeErOr1Z1ng tactics OF the Eng
lish generals in the Cape province. If
All the BOer sympathizers IN South AZ
RIGA, and their kinsmen who are Brit
ISL subjects, would rise en- mass, they
could drive the English army out Of
South Africa.
The Beers declare they viii fight IN
til the last man is either killed or cap
tured, and that they VIII never give up
the struggle until completely overpOw-
cred. They cite the conflict Of the
American colonies as an example and
declare their ability to keep up the
conflict for the same length Of time
seven years or more-untiI they win as
did the American patriots. May the
God Of armies and Of battles favor
their cause!
In the midst Of all this not a word Of
sympathy, neither from Europe, nor
from the American congressI The PEG
pie Of France, Germany, Holland, and
the United States are in deep sympa-
thy with the struggling Dutch farmers
Of South Africa. Even in liberty-lov-
ing America the 'powers that be" have
prevented up to date any expression Of
sympathy from the administration, OF
It's Representatives in congress. In this
matter it misrepresents the American
people.
This apathy is easily explained. The
administration is pro British In its
sympathies. Its hands are not only
tied by alliance, expressed or under
stood, with the British ministry, but
by a sense Of moral fitness of things
We are doing the same thing in the
Philippines as England is doing IL
South Africa. Hence the mouth i;
stopped and the hand is palsied. There
is Just one court where the Boer cause
will be heard-the court Of Heaven
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-12-28

liberated IN British colonies, 1893; II
Russia, 1861; ia the United States, 1863:
in Brazil, Is71-have been one Of the
greatest advances made by men and
nations in the century now closing,
and beneficial to free and slave alike.
Literature has hourished, and Of the
making Of many books there is no end
The leading characteristics has been
profuseness rather than solidity in
comparison with the Elizabethan age
Of English literature. American auth
Ors have held their own, and in some
respects have surpassed foreign auth
ors. Harriet Beecher Stoves Uncle
Toms Cabin has been transcendent in
its influence on the century. It is an
English classic that viii endure the
test Of time. Gen. Lew WaIlace's Ben
Hurr is another remarkable book, the
dramatizatiOn Of which at enormous
expense has been a high tribute TO its
excellence.
In the religious world remarkable
thugs have transpired. Spiritualism,
theOsOphy, Christian science, and Nor
monism, have perplexed and startled
the world, and the riddle is not yet
solved. The salvation army has be-
come a worldwide organization, and
the so called Christian church has had
prodigious growth for a late formed
sect. The tendency has. been to drift
away from creeds and to give to the
scriptures a broader and more liberal
Interpretation. This fact is everywhere
met with among Congregationalists
MethOdists, and even Presbyterians
DOgmatism has declined, but faith
hope and charity abide
To sum up: The greatest machine,
as influencing the thought Of the age
is the perfected press which turns out
$4,000 eight-page papers in an hour.
The greatest machine, as affecting
transit, is the huge ocean greyhound
that steams 80 statute miles an hour.
The greatest discovery, aside from ap
piled science, is spectrum analysis
which demonstrates the material unity
and identity Of the universe beyond
question or shadow Of q doubt. The
greatest war Of the wOrId-the civil
war in the United States. The two
greatest battles Of the century Water
loo and Gettysburg. The two greatest
generals Napoleon and Grant. The
two greatest naval cOnficts-Trafalgar
and Santiago. The greatest railway
systems-the trans-continentaI lines
in North America and the recently
constructed Russo Siberian railway.
The one great man-Abraham Lincoln.
Thus closes a marvellous age. What
viii be the possibilities and produc-
tons Of the twentieth century, What
Of the worlds tomorrow? Will it ex-
eel the sub marine cable, the dynamo,
the photograph, the kinetiscope and
the photograph? VIII the atmosphere
and the deep seas be navigated? Will
war smooth his wriukled front, and
peace perpetual smile on all the world?
Will a millennium dawn? Let Us
hOPeI