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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08

Some good hustling member OF the
Travellers Protective Association thought
he would do the association and certain
individuals a good turn: consequently, he
pulls an application blank, fills it out.
very often without telling the applicant
how he is making sail applicant answer
the questions on the blank. takes his 81,
sends it and the. application to the secrc-
tary, and thus the Travellers Protective
Association knocker is conceived.
The certificate of membership is promptly
mailed. and often to the wrong address.
because the s6ot where Johnny" gets
his mail was not mentioned in the appli-
cation. The brand-new member files
away the papers and instructions that
came with them. without even a glance
at their contents. and thus the Travellers
Protective Association knocker is born.
LEARNS SOMETHING
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
T. P A. SYMPATHY.

The death of Colonel c. OBJ. Cowardir
by typhoid-fever was a sad blow to the
T. P AS, as we'll as the entire travelling
fraternity. Colonel Cowardin has always
been a true friend of the traveling-man
and always had a cheerful greeting and
a good word for all commercial travellers
with whom he came in contact.
The travelling men desire to tender their
coincidence and heartfelt sympathies to his
bereaved family, through the columns Of
the DRESS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
MANY are Put to Death.

TN To the. present time one hundred and
twelve dogs have been put to death by the
dog-catchers large number of dogs
were caught yesterday. which have not yet
been killed After being put TO death tne
hides are saved and shipped away. Oil is
extracted from the flesh, and the bones are
made into fertilizers. Many OF the dogs
captured by Captain Marion Sutton's
brigade are reclaimed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL As
SOCIATION.

Charleston, S. c., July 18th to 18th
The ATLANTIC COAST. LINE an
nounces rate of one fare, s13.l5. for the
round-trip. account of above occasion.
plus 81. membership fee. Tickets on sale
July Sd, 9Th, It'll and 9Th, with final limit
September l. 1900. Stopover privileges
within limit of ticket.
The Atlantic Coast Line offers a double
daily service between Richmond and
Charleston, and is the only line operating
through trains and Pullman service be-
tween these points.
For further information as to tickets,
time tables. Pullman reservations. etc.,
RICHMOND TRANSFER CO..
No. sos East Main Street.
8 W. STEELE. Ticket Agent
Byrd Street Station.
G. S. CAMPBELL.
Division Passenger Agent.
No, SIS East Main Street
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
Delegates Return.

Mr.. Chris Manning and AIR. John R.
Crimes. delegates to the National Conven-
ton at Kansas City. returned to Rich
mond yesterday at $50 2. NJ The rest of
the delegation viii return at $50 o'clock
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Conliled from Various Sources.
FiETY.SixTH

III the senate, on the 21st, the greater
pant of the days session was taken up
by consideration of the Hawaiian govern
merit bill, little progress, however, being
made. Mr.. Penrose (Pa.) gave notice that
he would call up the resolution seating
Mr.. Quay as senator from PennsyISanla
Sica an' ts sf1;r bji be ihs hodss fu 1na Tu eon1
sideration. Mr.. Cromwell Cep-, % spoke
against the measure. His opposition,
however, was on the ground of policy
OF the substitute. he said. he would vote
for the bill.
In the senate, on the 22d. on account OF
the absence of democratic senators. VINO
national committee, Mr.. Penrose rep.
Pal refrained from calling up the quay
case, as announced, and gave notice that
he would do so on the sd, which met with
some objection on the part of the oppo.
nents of Mr.. Quay......In the house the
debate on the Puerto Rican tariff bill was
resumed and brought out several notable
speeches. The debate was continued at 4
night session.
H. the senate, on the sd. the resolution
involving the seating of Mr.. quay as SEN
atoI from Pennsylvania was taken up.
the vote in favor of consideration oeinS
81 to Is. Mr.. Daniels dem, Va made a
speech vigorously supporting Mr.. Quays
right to the seat. Messrs. Vest and FOR
aker delivered constitutional arguments
opposed to and in support of the Hawaiian
government bill...-1n the house an agree
mept was reached to take a vote on the
Puerto Rican tariff bill on the 9th at .
p. M. general debate on the bill to close
on the 18th. The leading speech of the
day was made by Mr.. Littletield CNe.)
against the bill. The debate was consia-
ued at a night session.
In the senate, on the oath. the entire
session was devoted to the further con-
sideration of the Hawaiian government
bill. The discussion took a wide anSe.
but the basis of it was an amendment
offered by Mr.. Plat Comm as to the
appointment and tenure of office 0f
the judges of the Hawaiian courts.--...I1
the house the debate upon the Puerto
Rican bill was proceeded with. a large
number of speeches being delivered botn
for and against the pending measure.
In the senate, on the 25th, formal dis
cCssion of the right of Mr.. Quay to a seat
in that body was begun. Consideration
of the Hawaiian government bill was re-
sumed, and ELECTED a lively discussion in
which southern election methods were
ventilated. An amendment was adopted
striking out the property qualification of
voters for members of the legislature......
In the house the Puerto Rican tariff bill
was again taken up. and the time for gen.
eraI discussion extended until the night
of the 9th. A large lumber of speeches
were made for and against the bill.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03
The monthly statement of fine col.

The monthly statement OF the ocI-
lections of internal revenue shows
that the total receipts for January,
1900. amounted to S23,0 S, sS5, an IN.
crease, as compared with January, 1899.
of $2,2O6,672. During the last seven
months the total receipts exceeded
those for 1899 by S15,664,455.
Admiral Kautz is expected to arrive
at San Francisco on his flagship, the
Iowa, about March 20. He is now in
Mexican waters engaged in annual
maneuvers and drills. At San Francis.
CO he will transfer his flag to the Phil.
adelphia, and the Iowa will be sent &c
Bremerton naval station, on Puget
sunod, to be locked.
Recent storms have caused great
damage among the outlying islands
of the Shetlands, to the north of Scot
land, where it is reported IA wrecks
and several life buoys have been
picked up.
The senate committee on Pacific
railroads, on the Goth, ordered a IA
vorable report on the bill for a COM
mission to settle the Sioux City 6
Pacific railroad Indebtedness.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03
ENTHUSIASM RUNS WILD.
No Less Marked in the Colonies the
In England.

London. Feb. 2S.-The enthusiasm.
exhibited in parliament over Lord
Roberts graphic details of the SUI
render of Gen. Cronje spread quickly
10 the streets. Crowds of people again
gathered about the war office and the
other bulletin places, in spite of the
rain that vas falling at the time, and
which had been falling since morning
Frequent cheers were given for "Bobs,"
who is the hero of the hour, and one
old soldier became so excited in re-
counting the details of the victory
that he fell dead.
On all sides, the g~allantry Of the
Canadian was much commented on.
Cable dispatches poured in from the
colonies, and the settlements. announc:
ing that the rejoicing in those parts
of the world over Lord Roberts victory
was no less enthusiastic than in Great
Britain itself. Bombay and Gibraltar,
for instance. reported that their cities
became a mass of bunting and that
cheering crowds filled their streets.
1t is reported that Lady Roberts, the
wife of the field marshal, Lord Rob-
erts, will shortly start to join her nus.
band.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the 9th, Mr.. De-
pew On. W delivered a speech in sup
port of the policy of the administra-
ton on the Philippine question. Mr..
Turley spoke on the Quay case, after
which the Hawaiian government bill
was taken up, and an agreement was
reached to take a final vote upon tie
bill on the 2Sth....In the house, the
general debate upon the Puerto Rican
tariff bill occupied the session, and
closed in a blaze of glory, the conciud-
ing speeches of Mr.. Bailey (dem., TeX.)
against. and Mr.. Dollivcr (rep., Ia.)
in favor of the measure, attracting full
benches and crowded galleries.
After a resistance of many days
against overwhelming numbers that
had earned the wonder and admiration
of the civilized world, and of English
men most of all, Gen. Cronje capitu!at-
ed, on the morning of the 27th, sur
rendering Internationally to Field
Marshal Lord Roberts. Among the
fruits of the hard-fought siege were
between 1000 and 5000 troops, II
modern guns, and much camp equip
page and ammunition. The praises of
the Canadian contingent, which took
a prominent part in the long battle,
were loudly sung in London and
echoed all over the world.
The members of the several delsga-
ton from Puerto Rico in Washington,
having read the compromise measure
adopted at the republican conference,
on the night of the 27th, have united
in a statement to congress in which
they say that the idea and theory Of a
tariff is repugnant to them and that
the island is entitled to receive abso-
lutely free commercial relations at
once
The anti-foreign attitude of the
Pekin government grows more pro-
nounced daily, and is regarded as X
tremely menacing to foreign enter
prise. Never in the last 40 years has
the central government of China been
so intensely anti-foreign. Several
Chinese have been ~impeached and m
prisoned because they had assisted in
obtaining concessions for foreigners.
By the settlement of the estate Of
tic late Eleanor c. Scott case, S10,-
900 now awaits the demand of the gen
eral foreign missionary societies Of
the Methodist and Presbyterian
churches, each to have $1,000. No de
mand for the money has been made.
Baron Covers, minister of the Neither
lands t the United States, arrived at
New York, on the 9th, on the steamer
Rotterdam from Rotterdam.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

London, Feb. 2S.-The war Office has
received the following dispatch:
"Paardeberg, Feb. 81, 7:45 a. m.
Seen. Cronje and all of his force
capitulated Internationally at day.
light and is now a prisoner in my
camp.
"The strength of his force will be
communicated later. 1 hope that her
majesty's government will consider
this event satisfactory, occurring as it
does on the anniversary of Majuba.
ROBERTS"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

The wife and daughter of Field Mar.
shal Lord Roberts took luncheon with
Queen Victoria 1t Windsor castle FRI
day
John O. McNlackin, aged 10 years,
SOP of James i. McMackin, who was
injured in last Sundays fire at Salem,
Ill, died Friday.
Austin May, the colcred Waterman
at the Newport (Ark.) electric light
plant was electrocuted by coming in
contact with a live wire.
The death CT Prof. James Barley
occurred Friday at his home in Carlyle,
Ill. Deceased was IS years of age. He
was born in Paris, Ky.
To Wing, the Chinaman recently
charged with murder at Bingham City,
Utah, and sentenced to be shot, conf
mitted suicide, Friday, by hanging.
John R. Mclean, of Ohio, gave a din.
ner, Friday night, at Washington, to
a hundred or more prominent demo-
Gratis, including members of the NJ
Jon democratic committee.
The X county Touring mills, locatd
at Newkirk, Okla, and owned by Led
better d Co., were consumed by fire
Friday. The loss is estimate to be near
ly S5O.OO0.
h. Il. L. Jones, a stakeholder and di.
rector IL the Mermod & Jaccard Jewel
ry Co.. of St. Louis, died at st. August
inc, Fla, where he had gone for his
health.
=. B. Rainy, one of the most prom.
inent cotton buyers at Paris, Tex,
died Friday morning from an overdose
of morphine, taken with suicidal in.
tent.
An old well at Loogootee, Ind, was
shot witah nitroglycerin, Friday, and
a flow followed, estimated at 200 bar
re-; daily. The oil was struck at d
depth of 33S feet.
One woman was killed, several 9th Il
persons were severely injured, ana
property valued at half a million lol.
lars IA destroyed by fire in Philadel.
vhia Friday.
The Frankfort Ky city council
passed a resolution authorizing the
mayor 10 appoint Il committee to in
vestigate the alleged presence in the
city of armed mountaineers.
Joe Walcott, the Barbados negro
received the decision over Joe Choyns-
SIX, of California, in the seventh round
of what was to have been a 25-round
bout before the Broadway Athletic
club, New York city, Friday night
ChoYnsk was all but out
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03
MISSOURI A NEWS.
Recent pcatb..

E LL
Mrs. Elizabeth Foster, at Spring
field.
John S. Wood. former assessor Of
Pettis county.
W. B. Van Schoaick, a INGREDIENT at
Monroe City.
j. S. Nordyke, aged SO, one of the
oldest Baptist ministers in Missouri.
At Marshall.
L. G Dufield, at his home west of
Browning.
Mrs. E. j. Holt, aged 81, at Poplar
Bluff.
Mrs. Fleming Luse. 81 years old, q
Saline county pioneer.
Miss Mort Silver, aged %, at Stur-
geon, after a long illness.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

For nearly two years there has been
a safe robbery about once a month
somewhere in the Missouri-Kansas
mining district. The work is always
done skillfully, and the robbers escape
with the spoils, leaving nc clew be-
hind them. The other night robbers
entered the store of Henry Wear, at
Blendville, a suburb of Joplin, blew
open his safe with powder, robbed it
of its contents and escaped. They got
about 5000 in money and a lot OF vai-
liable papers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03
For a Carnegie Library.

Millionaire Carnegie has made q
proposition to Jefferson City 10 give
the city S25,U0O for the establishment
of 4 library that is to be free, and
steps are being taken to take advan-
tage of the offer. The conditions are
that the city must furnish a site for
the library, and create a fund of $4,000
per annum for the maintenance of the
library.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

Admiral Won Tirpitz, German secre-
tary to the admiralty, has informed
the reicistag budget committee that if
the naval augmentation bill is adopt
ed, ar order for steel plates 10 the
value of 279, 10 900 marks will 60 john
ly to the Stumm Brothers and to Herr
Krupp. Herr Eugene Richter, the
radical leader, asserts that this will
give a clear profit to the manufactur.
ers OF 176, OOO, 900 marks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03
GEN CRQNIE

Of Boer prisoners approximates 1000.
of which about 1,150 are citizens Of
the Orange Free State. The remainder
are citizens Of the Transvaal.
Twenty-n;ne Transvaal officers were
captured and 10 Free State officers
were made prisoners.
The Guns AXE
The guns captured from. the Trans
vaal forces were three rs centimeter
Krupps, nine 1-pounder and n Max
i'm gun. From the Free Staters, the
British captured one rs centimeteI
Krupp and one Maxim gun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

Johns Hopkins university celebrated
its tweuty-fourth anniversary, on the
22d, by appropriate exercises in Me
Coy hall at Baltimore. Nd. The ora
tor of the day was President Benz.
I. Wheeler of the University of CaI;-
fornia, who dwelt strongly on the dig
nified side of politics, and made an
urgent plea for stronger men for polit-
zeal Office.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

Tine most thrilling and important
news, received from the scene of hos.
tiEties in South Africa, on the I'D,
was an account of the battle raging
between Gen. C~ronje's troops, partial
" intrenched in the bed of the Mod.
der river, and Lord Roberts forces
pressed by superior numbers, by whom
pressed by superior numbers by whom
ne was completely surrounded, with
60 guns dropping lyddite, ~shrapne;
anu canister into his lager, whica
was in flames, the Free State COM
mander asked for an armistice of "a
hours. Lord Kitchener's Characteristic
reply was Immediate surrender or re.
sumption of the fight" Gen. Cronjei3
answer was that he would resist to the
death. The battle was still in prog
eess.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

There was a dearth of positive news
from the war in South Africa, on the
21st, the most important being thas
desperate fighting was doubtless going
On between Lord Roberts forces and
the s:oers under Gen. Cronje, who had
probably been largely reinforced. The
heavy list of casualties among officers
reported by Gen. Roberts indicated q
large total killed and wounded list. 1t
was reported in Windsor that it had
keen given ont from the castle that
Iadysmith had been relieved.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03
MAJUBA AVENGED.

The Cofncidentnl Surrender Wa,
Not Unexpected.
London, Feb. 2s.-"Majuba avenged
"Cronje surrenders,' "Great British
victory" These are the expression be.
ing shouted all over London, yet there
are few outward signs of the natural
Joy that Lord Roberts dispatch has
really caused. The capitulation of Gep.
Cronje had been looked upon as al
most a certainty for n week past, and
now that it has come enthusiasm finds
itself discounted by ANTICIPATION.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

GEN. LORD
Gen. Crpnje's force was becoming
more depressed, and that the discon-
tent of the troops and the discord
among the leaders were rapidly in
creasing.
A~ccentunted by Disappointment.
This feeling was doubtless accen--
tuated by the disappointment caused
when the Boer reinforcements which
tried to relieve Gen. Cronje were de-
feated by our troops on February %.
1 resolved, therefore to bring pressure
to bear upon the enemy. Each night
the trenches were pushed forward to-
ward the enemy's lager so as to
gradually contract his position, and ut
the same time 1 bombarded it heavily
with artillery, which was, yesterday,
materially aided by the arrival of fou,
six-inch howitzers which l had ordered
up from De Aar.
Used n Captive Balloon.
"In carrying out these measures a
captive balloon gave great assistance
by keeping us informed of the dispo-
SAtioAAo INV vi IN ShSLbJ
At 3 a. m, to-day a most dashing all
vance was made by the Canadian regi-
ment and some engineers, supported
by the First Gordon Highlanders and
Second Sh~ropshires, resulting in our
gaining a point some 600 yards nearer
the enemy and within about so yards
of his trenches, where our men in
trenched themselves and maintained
their positions till morning, a gallant
deed worthy of our colonial comrades,
and which, / am. glad to say was at
tended by comparatively slight loss.
This apparently elinched matters,
for, at daylight a letter, signed by
Gen. Cronje, in which he stated thai
he surrendered Internationally, wa
brought to our outposts under a flag
of truce.
'In my reply 1 told Gen. Cronje he
must present himself at my camp, and
that his forces must come out of their
lager after laying down their arms.
By 7 a. m, l received Gen. Cronje and
dispatched a telegram to you
nouncing the fact.
Gen. CrOnje's Request.
IN the course of conversation Gen.
Cronje asked for kind treatment at
our hands, and also that his wife,
grandson, private secretary. adjutant
and servants might accompany him
wherever he might be sent. / reas-
sured him and told him his request
would be complied with. 1 informed
him that a general officer would be
sent with him to Cape Town, to in
sure his being treated with proper re-
spect en- route. He will start this af-
ternoon under charge of Maj.-Gen.
Pr~ettyElan, who will hand him over
to the general commanding ut Cape
Town.
The other Prisoners.
The prisoners, who number about
1900, will be formed into commands
under u wv officers. They will also
leave here to-day, reaching the Mod
der river tomorrow, when they will
be rallied TO Cape Town in detach-
ments."
Read In Parliament.
The above dispatch was read in both.
house Of lords and the house of COM.
mons. The reference to the Canadians
evoked immense and prolonged cheer
ing.
About Four Thousand Prisoners.
Some of tle British Casualties.
London, Feb. 81, 6:35 p. m.-The wal
office has issued a list OF 721 non.
commissioned officers and men wound.
ed in the fighting at Paardeberg. Sun.
day, February is, including So Cana
dams and 273 Highlanders.
MAJUBA AVENGED.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

The Central Pacific Railroad Co. has
anticipated the payment of one of its
botes for So, 300, 900, due more than q
year hence, and has received in turn
the same amount in Union Pacific
bonds which were pledged as collater-
ri.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

London, Feb. 81, 5:02 p. m.-The
war Office has received the following
dispatch from Lord Roberts:
"P~aardeberg, II o'clock Tuesday
morning.-From information FUR
nished daily to me by the intelligence
department, it became apparent that
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

Secretary Root is SO well satisfied
with the record made by the troops
recruited from the natives of Puerto
Rico hat he has determined to i'll
crease the number now in service by
another battalion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

Gen. Lord Roberts cabled the British
war Office, from Paardeberg, at 7:45
on the morning of the 9th: Gen.
Cronje and all of his force ~capitulated,
Internationally, at daylight, and is
nowa prisoner in my camp" 1t was
the anniversary OF Majuba Hill, fought
10 Years ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

The tablet presented to the naval
academy by the Maryland Society OF
Daughters of the Revolution was IN
yelled in tibet chapel at the academy.in
Annapolis, Md, on the 22d. The tablet
is dedicated to the officers, soldiers
and sailors who lost their lives during
the war of the revolution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

Hen. Arthur Sewall, of Bath, Me.
candidate for vice-president on the
democratic ticket four years ago, had
a conference, on the 23d, with Mr..
Bryan on the train which took the Ne
b1askan to Atlanta, Ga. Mr.. Sewall
declined to reveal the nature of their
interview.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

Victor Hochenstein, of Spencer, Ind,
has filed a claim for 100000 against
tue Spanish government for ill treat
men; received from Spanish soldiers
in Cuba while he was in the service of
tie Red Cross society. He publicly
charged in Havana that the Spanish
blew up the Maine, vas seized and con-
fined in Moro castle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

Representative Loud, aCthor of the
bill relating to second class mail
matter, secured a special rule, on the
22d, giving two days in March for the
CT nsideration of the bill and provid-
ing for a final vote.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

Based on a total population Of B.
546. zoe, the authorities have decided
that the respective colonies are en-
titled, under the federation scheme,
to the following representation in the
Australian parliament: New South
Wales, %: Victoria, 20; Queensland.
eight; South Australia, six, and Tas-
mania, five; total. e..
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-03-03

At the Metropolitan Methodist Epis.
ccpai church, in Washington, on the
25th, Bishop John F. Hurst preached u
memorial sermon at a special service
held in honor and remembrance OF
Bishop John p. Newman. The audi
tcriunr was filled to the doors. Presi-
dent Mckinley was an interested audi
tor.