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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-09
London Times Views.

London. Feb. . The Times. in its
editorial laadet this morning. prior TO.
the receipt Of dispatches alleging the
retreat Of Butler, says
Tbs pio5lem before Gen. Butler is
unquestonably most ditlicult ard we
can not be surprised or disheartened
should i,s- be- unable l. selve it with
success His task IS not merely 20 force
his wS.y thru the Boer lines and reach
i.adysmith That operation IS formida
ple enough for a commander opposed
by forces net much inferior 10 his7oM i.
and which have had ample time to in
trench themselves in a mountainous
country i;ut ii would bs easy compared
With ms feat which Cen Butler must
perform. II large st.'ategieal results are
. follow his effor,s ke has got not
nerely 70 penetrate the lines held by
from 5000 II 10000 Beers but to intliet
2 crushing defeat upon them after
wards. uni * he can dFive them into
The Dr;.llersbsrg mountains or break
,hen up in such a fashion t'iat they
wil cease FOR all practical purposes To
lie a forc n being.
Tn. relief Of l.adysmiih can hardly
be accomplished With safety. The re-
t5iis. of the town in the real sense means
the re-estaDiishmen of free, safe com
lmunication between it and th. sea
which is our true base. This can not bs
heffccted except by the destruction o.
4 rout of the lioer commands in Natal
Gen. Butter With the magi.ifieon
troops al his disposal. may accomplish
this feat. but When the many adverss
conditions With which ne has 10 con
4 tena are fully realized we can not avail
withor; considerable ailNiets the issu.
of this. his third effort q break thru
! The Bnsi' defenses. and Of the opera
\ tons which must follow il, if it is /.
4 lead 10 genuine strategic suecess,t
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-09
A1uracrcu IN nus Grnndson,

Dixie Wash. Feb. o Benjamin
Royce. we'll to do farmer. was shot 10
death las nigh by his grandson, Frank
Royce. Who afterwards ciemaiel the
body and committed suicide The MUIR
dered mans Wife narrowly escaped the
same fate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-09
MutinY nfl,roons.

London Feb. GA Cairo special say:
The mutiny az the Soudanese troops at
Khartoum has assumed serious proper
tions. causing great anxiety.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-09
Woman sunraec Association.

Washington. Feb 9.--The morning
session of the National American Wom-
an Suffrage Association was devoted to
addresses by the state presidents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-09
IwoGoei,cl suspects

Frankfort, Feb. q silas Jones ard i
man named Gottsehalk We're arrested
today. inspected Of completely in the
murder Of 6;cebel. Both strongly deny
the charge They arc said to have slept
In the building fora time
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-09

withdrawal of the troops. The other
five points in the agreement We're adj
vanced by the Taylor men after the
long conference with their eader."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-09
British Repulseu Near Ramonza

Pretoria, Feb. 5-Col. Plummei's
force Feb. . attacked the Boer position
near Ramonza. and after heavy fight
Ing, including an endeavor to take the
place BY storm, the British We're re-
pulsed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-09
Flood at Gaicna.

c;alena. III. Feb ~ The rains Of
"Wednesday night and Thursday nioin-
ing sWelleli TIM river 50 that Il pvel-
tleaed its banks covered the railroad
tracks. rendered all strt.ets from Man
street 10 the l'iNst inpassabls. filled All
The cellars ana put out the fires in the
furnaces. causa.g much damage t'e8
merchandise 'FHe pspple who We're
upon the streets We're compelled 10 use
skiffs and mpreNised rats. The aorses
in livery stahss aad 70 be removed to
places of safety . the hills and some q
them barely escaped drowning beseife
they were res q. The high sire s.
an, lined With wrecked carriages. dis
abl.sd horses @ater-soaNesl PROVISIONS
and presents at array of discorgIant
sights.
puring the ,lav labor has been rs
great demand ani as high as s. an h9il3.
MAS paid To nlen 70 rescue eargpes oi
submerged so6tis and convey them 70
places OF safetS The damage to the
city and railr9a{i viii be sonsiaerab
the bridges crassing the river hsins n-
jured by the ssure Of water and
i!oating ice Two miles beiew the city
the ice is gergsl and is piled up forty
feet high
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
DISMISSED THE PETITION.
Refused to Order a Partial Distrib1s
tion of the Estate of Million
aire Davis, of Montana.

Boston, Nov. 6.-Judge Grant of tho
Suffolk probate court yesterday dis
missed the petition brought by h. A.
Rootveny, asking for a partial dis
tr:bution in Massachusetts, of the es-
ate of the late Andrew j. Davis, the
Montana millionaire, in accordance
with the decree of the court in Mon
tana, which affirms a compromise.
Judge Grant said that it did not
seem equitable at this time to grant
the petition, since the application ap-
peared to have been made with a view
to evade liens filed in Montana against
the interest of the petitioner and 9TH
ers.
Mr.. Rootveny's petition is only a
eide issue in an extended litigation
over the estate of the dead mining
king of Butte, which has been before
the courts of Massachusetts, and Mon
tana for several years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
MAKING THE PUBLIC PAY.
The COaI BarOns Intend to Make the
Consumer Bear the Cost of
the Recent Strike.

New York, Nov. 3.-Local coal deal.
ers have been thrown into a state of
CONSERVATION by an announcement
that the price of anthracite coal had
been advanced so cents a ton.
This increase is general and applies
to the annual production of anthra-
cite coal-5O, 600, 900 tons-it NEAR an
additional profit to the Coal trust of
$751; o 900.
A dealer, who has analysed the con-
ditions of mining in the anthracite re-
gion, writes to the Evening Post that,
I'm granting an increase of ten per
cent. in wages to the miners the cost
of production will be increased 81
cents per ton. AS the price of coal to
the consumer had already been in
creased so cents a ton, the new adj
vance gives the operators an addition
nj profit of 81 on the ton, or s5O,0Oo,-
900 . year.
Deducting from this sum the in
creased cost of production on the
basis of So cents a ton, it will be seen
that, rs q result of the strike in the
anthracite region, the operators will
enjoy a net increase of Sass 900 in
income.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
SENATOR A BETTER.
His Condition Much Improved ana
No Danger of Amputation
Appreciated.

St. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 6.-Last ever
ing DR.. A. j. Stone, the physician In
charge of United States Senator Davis,
told a press representative that the
slight operation on the senator's foot
yesterday afternoon showed it to be
in much better condition than either
he or DIR. Murphy had expected to
find it, and that only the simplest
kind of an operation had been leces-
sary in order to clear away a passage
for the pus hat had collected under
the foot. The former operation had
been over the top of the foot, and this
one was under the foot in the same
manner as the first. The senator had
revived from the slight operation, and
he considered him the "liveliest corpse
in the United States senate today"
He insisted that there had been no
question of amputation-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
TO INSURE AGAINST STRIKES.
Austrian Manufacturers Combine for
Mutual Protection, but Admit
the Right to Strike.

Washington, Nov. Ga number VI
Austrian manufacturers have formed
an association for insurance against
strikes, according to United States
Consul Hossfeld at Trieste. 1t is the
object of the association to indemnify
it's several members for all losses, sus-
tanned by them from unjust strikes
which may break out in their respect
i've establishments.
When a strike occurs a committee
will be appointed to investigate all the
circumstances, and if the cause of the
strikers be found to be just no IN
demnity shall be paid.
A similar insurance association, al
though on a smaller scale, is said to
have been organized in Germany.
Both the Austrian and German assO-
Citations, it appears,"says Consul Iloss-
field, recognize in principle the just
ness of strikes which is in Germany
at least an important concession to
labor"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
WAS IT WILLIAM SCHREIBER7
Prove a Clew to William
S~chreiber's Whereabouts.

New York, Nov. According to \
dispatch from Albany to the Journal
and Advertiser, a letter received
there from David Mattoon, a resident
who is travelling in Cuba, says that,
seemingly, William Schneider. the de-
faulting clerk of the Elizabethport
bank, arrived in Santiago, Cuba, on
Manzanillo. The letter which was
written at Santiago, on October 20.
SAYS in substance that a man was
brought to the hotel there from the
Ward line steamer Santiago De Cuba
that left New York on October 4, ar
irving on the 18th. He gave the name
Of Blunt. but he did not put his name
on the register.
He stammered. He told some of
the guests that he was in great finan-
cial difficulties and was being fol-
lowed. He had expected the affair to
be patched up, and, finding that it
could not be, his attorney had ad-
vised him to 60 to Cuba. He was bor-
dering on nervous p~rostration. ana
would come down stairs at midnight
and pace the floor. He finally told
one of the guests who had gained his
confidence, that detectives would be
on the steamer Saratoga which left
New York, October 6. So he took Il
steamer that left October II and was
to stop at Manzanillom C~ienfuegos,
Caiesda, and all other principal south
side ports. Before leaving he told
the people that his name va not
Blunt.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
Declared OutlaWa.

Vancouver, B. c., Nov. 4.-The Au.
stralian police have been bafled by
the Geelong murderers. Seven months
ago the entire colony was startled by
a series of murders which took place
within 100 miles of Sydney. Two well
known desperadoes, Jimmy and Joe
Governor, half breeds, were the only
ones of the murderers who escaped.
Since then they have killed two Off
GERS and a woman. A proclamation
has been issued by the chief justice
Of New South Wales. declaring the
men to be outlaws.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
HIS MIND AS CLEAR AS EVER.
Has Become Unbalanced De-
MED by Physicians.

New York, Nov. 4.-Charles F. Jones,
secretary-valet of the late VIM. NJ.
Rice, who was arrested on a charge of
forgery, and who attempted to COM
nit suicide in the Tombs by cutting
his throat, passed a very comfortable
night. The report that Jones is men
tally unbalanced is denied at the hos
pital and it is declared his mind 10 al
clear as ever.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
OF THE QUEEN.
An Appeal in Their Behalf Sent by
Lord Roberts to His Coun.
trymen at Home.
90 NOT DEBAUCH The GALLANT LADS.
He in Proud of Their Conduct During
the Campaign, and Docs
Not Wish to See Them Degraded
by Being Led Into Excuses ~
Their Homecoming.

London, Nov. 4.-Lord Roberts sends
from Pretoria a striking appeal to bis
countrymen to refrain from turning
the Homecoming of troops into a
drunken orgy. He expresses the SIM
cere hope hat the welcome will NIT
take the form of treating to stimu-
lants, and thus lead TO excuses that
will tend to degrade those whom the
nation delights to honor and lower
the soldiers of the queen in the eyes
of the world, which watched with
u~ndissuised admiration the grand
work they have performed for their
sovereigns and country"
Il, Therefore, beg earnestly" said
Lord Roberts, that the public will
frain from tempting my gallant COM
rades, but will rather aid them to up
bold the splendid reputation they
have Won for the imperial army.
Proud of His Army.
81 am very proud to be able to e C
ord. with the most absolute truth,
hat the conduct of this army, from
first to last, has been exemplary. Not
a single case of serious crime has
been brought to my notice, indeed,
nothing deserving the name of crime.
l have trusted to the mems W sci
dierly feeling and good sense. aid
they have borne themselves like he
roes on the battlefield. and like gem
tlemen on all other occasions.
Most Malicious FalsehOOds.
"aThe most malicious falsehoods
were spread by the authorities of the
Trans.aal of the brutality of Brit
aims soldiers, but the people were
soon treasured that they had nothing
to fear from the man in khaki, no
matter haw battered and war-stained
his appearance.
Gratifying to the People.
"This testimony" concludes Lord
Roberts, 81 feel sure will be very
gratifying to the people of Great
Britain, and of that of greater Brit
ain, whose sons shared to the fullest
extent the suffering as we'll as the
glory of the war, and who helped so
materially to bring it to a successful
close"
Reason For the Appeal.
Lord Roberts explains that he thus
appeals because of the distressing and
discreditable scenes resulting from
injudicion friends speedingt the parting
soldiers by showing bottles of spirits
into their hands and pockets.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
COWARDLY ASSASSINATION.
Wife and Tries to Kill Hey


Lacon, ILL.,, Nov. CIV. j. Linn, alias
Jack Gordon, went to the home Of
Jacob Schafer, ten miles east Of this
place, called Mrs. Shafer to the door
and shot her, killing her instantly. He
then fired at Schafer, missing him.
Linn was arrested a few hours later
at Wyoming, IL miles distant, and ID
now in Jail in this city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
ANOTHER STORM AT NOME.
InnumerabIe Small Craft Demo1-
ished, but No Lives Lost
Other DAMAGE Done.

Seattle, WASH, Nov. Ga special 10
the Times from Port Townsend, says:
The steamship Charles Nelson ar
rived yesterday morning, ten days
from Nome. She reports that four
days prior to her sailing Nome beach
was swept by another severe storm.
which did much damage to small ship
ping and to such buildings as owners
were unwise enough to commence
constructing on the beach after the
September storm. On this occasion
while the damage done was heavy,
there was no loss of life
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
INDIANA AND FLORIDA.
official Totals of the Population vi
the Two States Made Public
by the Census bureau.

Washington, Nov. 6.-The populu-
ton of the state of Indiana, as Off
cially announced by the census bu-
a is 2.;16,462, as against ~2,192,4al
in 1890. This is an increase of 32i,0:a,
or 14.7 per cent.
The population of the state of Flee
ida, as officially announced by tnn
census bureau, is 52S,542, as agains.
391.422 in 1890. This is an increase of
37,12O, or 35 per cent.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
L MAGNIFICENT Donation.

New York, Nov. 81. Pierport Nor.
gan yesterday donated to the Metro
FOlitan Museum of Art Greek orrla
sacnts valued at 100000. The collec.
t:on was purchased from a London
srt dealer. Inscriptions on some Of
The ornaments show that they we're
made about $50 B. G.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
TO SMOOTH AWAI FRICTION.
A Commission Gone to Shan Hal
Kuan to Help Settle the
Camping Disputes.

Pekin, Sunday, Nov. A commits
sion consisting of the senior staff Of
ficer of the forces of each power TAX
ing part in the Chinese campaign is
proceeding to San Hal Kuan ION the
gulf of Liao-Tung),in order to smooth
the friction between the allied COM
manders regarding the places to be
selected for occupation by their re-
spective forces.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
Will be Admitted Duty Free.

Washington. Nov. 6.-The president
has issued an executive order admit
ting free of duty Christmas presents
and souvenirs sent by soldiers in
China to friends in the United States.
The privilege is the same as was ex-
tended to the soldiers in the Philip
pines one year ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
Empress DowaEer Must Go.

der negotiation at fehln, tHeIc DIT
three vital and far-reaching ques-
tions to be determined, viz:
Empress DowaEer Must Go.
First, the removal of the empress
dowager, personally and through the
influence of her advisers, from all
participation in the Chinese govern
ment; second, the creation of an in.
demnity fund by the increase of Chi
mas customs revenue, either by the
payment of the duties in gold instead
of deprecated silver, as at present, or
else by doubling the present silver
duties from five per cent.
to ten per cent. ad valorem; and,
third, the establishment of ministry
of foreign affairs, in place of the old
and cumbersome system of the
tsung Ii yamen.
An Was Responsible.
The demand for the retirement OF
the empress dowager is said to result
from the conclusion now generally ac-
eepted, that the imperial government
of China was responsible for the Box
er uprising. AS the empress dowager
was the ruling authority of the i'm
perial government during the upris-
ing, this responsibility is brought
home directly to her. There is under
stood to be no purpose, however, to
visit upon her any personal punish.
ment or indignity, but merely to SO
form the reconstructed government,
rs to exclude her from all ~participa-
ton in it. 1t is deemed advisable, for
that reason, that she should remain
permanently away from Pekin, and
that her advisers also should be kept
away from the seat of government.
The Doubling Of China's Customs.
The plan of doubling China's GUS
toms duties has arisen from the need
of finding a source to Fay the wal in
IDENTITIES which the various powers
demand. 1t appears. however, that
the increase of the duties has here
tofOre been brought to the attention
of the United States government By
Ii Hung Chang. This occurred during
his visit to Washington a few years
ago, when it was represented that
the five per cent. was fixed in 1858, by
treaties with the United States, Great
Britain and other countries, and was
payable in silver, at which time silver
was worth as much as gold. But with
the change in the value between silver
and gold, Ii Hung Chang pointed out
that China's five per cent. duty in sill
yer actually Melted only about 2h per
cent, judged by the prevailing gold
standard. The matter was not
pressed at the time.
Present Revenues Already Pledged.
China's present customs revenues
are said to be already pledged to meet
the interest and principal of Chi
nese loans, so that it will re-
quire some entirely new source
to meet the indemnities
The plan of substituting a minister
of foreign affairs in place of the
tsung Ii yamen has long been in con-
temptation, as foreign representatives
have found it very difficult to deal
with this mixed body, and to locate
responsibility upon it, particularly
during the Boxer troubles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 3.-The body OF
Clarke u. Carr, son of Gen. Clark L.
Carr. who was drowned in Lake "ast-
f1gton, last Sunday, has been recov-
0ed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
viii Observe the Usual Holiday.

Washington, Nov. 6.-The postmas-
ter general announces that postmas-
teri are authorized to observe the
usual holiday hours in all states in
which election day is a holiday.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
THREE VITAL QUESTIONS.
They Must be Determined First In
the Negotiations to Be Had
With China.
EMPRESS DoWAeER MUST Be SHELVED.
A. Indemnity Fund Must be Created
by an Increase Of Chinese Gus
toms Revenues, and h Tsung-
Li-Yamen Must be Replaced BY o
Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Washington, Nov. 3.-It is stated in
quarters well versed in Chinese af-
fairs that, outside of the questions OF
indemnity. punishments. ETC., now I'M
der negotiation at Pekin. there are
three vital and ~far-reaching ques-
tions to be determined, viz:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
Reason For the Appeal.

Lord Roberts explains that he thus
appeals because of the distressing and
discreditable scenes resulting from
injudicion friends speeding the parting
soldiers by showing bottles of spirits
into their hands and pockets.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
Released on Writ of Habeas Cor

Chicago, Nov. 6.-Ralph Silberstein,
arrested OF n fugitive warrant from
Missouri, was released from custody
on a writ of habeas corpus by Judge
Gibbons. Silberstein was accused of
larceny of jewelry samples in St.
Louis.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-09
FAITH, THEN VICTORY.
Chaplain Cassard breaches at the +
street baptist Church.

'Faith-Victory" was the subject of an
the Rev. w. c. Cassard chaplain, C. s. n
at the E Street Baptist Church Char
lain Cassard was formerly Washington
ian, having occupied the pulpit of the
Twelfth Street Methodist Church for
number of years. Three years ago he be-
came a chaplain in the Navy and was as
signed TO the battleship Indiana. on which
he served during the Spanish war. He
was on that vessel during the battle of
Santiago. He is now stationed at the
Naval Training School at Newport, K. |.
The minister treated his theme in sim
pie yet direct way. illustrating his points
with stories taken, from his personal oh
servation and experience. These stories.
though simple in themselves. were told in
such way as to bring tears to the eyes
OF many in the congregation.
His text, Believe yefthat | am able to
do this" was taken from Matthew ix:ss.
Faith" the minister said. Stands in
separately coupled with the display of
Gods power. Power is Interchangeable. 1t
is man who changes in understanding the
omnipotence of God The chaplain de-
clared that faith gives men power TO
make the most of their lives. The degree
of mans success depends upon the
strength of his faith in the supreme power
Without faith he is nothing. 1t is the
spirit Of God working in the heart of man
that directs him toward a successful goal.
There is a widespread opinion, he said.
that salvation depends upon believing in
Christ and in joining the Church; that
God Will in his own way work out mans
destiny. Some men and women trust God
so implicitly that they do nothing for
themselves; they shrink from assuming
responsibility. A man who has true faith
in God believes in himself and is sure
that God is eXerting his power through
him. Yet some people wait for a super
natural manifestation of divine influence
but God has never yet done by supernat-
ural means that which can be accom-
plished in a natural way. God has never
done more for man than he can do for
himself