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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-26
MISS McCLATCHEY
aids VETERAN TO
The STATE Home
A. NJ. Stearman, Who Fought
With Lee, Will Start for
Higginsville Today.
GIRL CANVASSED TO
GET HIM THE FUNDS
Young Woman Gets Him Trans
pOrtatiOn and then Cares
for Veterans Baggage.

A. VI. Stearman, who vent through
the Civil War fighting under Lee for
the Lost Cause, will say goodbye TO
Care Girardeau today when he starts
for Higginsville, No, to enter the
Confederate Home. lie said yester-
day that he would never again see
Cape Girardeau, which has been his
hone for many years.
Mr.. Stearnan is rs years old and is
growing feeble. The last session of
the Missouri Legislature appropriated
mCney to pension each Confederate
veteran. They were to ne given $40
each per month, but the amount set
aside was not sufficient to meet the
demand and Mr.. Stearman's last check
came in October. Since that time he
has been staying with distant rela-
tives in the city.
He was too proud to beg and he
didn't want to be burden upon his
relatives. He knew Harry f. Alex
ander and ne called upon the attorney
to ask him to find him a home. Mr..
Alexander yrcte to George p. Cross,
superintendent of the Confederate
Veterans Home at Higginsville, tell
ing of the old warriors circumstances
and requested Mr.. Cross to admit MIN
TO the hCme.
Monday morning a letter came from
the Higgin5v;ile institution, saying
that arrangements had been made to
take care of Mr.. Stearman. The
pioneer was the happiest nan in Cape
Girardeau when he received the glad
tidings, but when he learned that the
Confederate Home could not furnish
the necessary transportation, he was
again depressed.
Miss Frieda McClatchey, Mr.. Alex
ander's stenOgrapher, heard of the
war veterans plight and volunteered
to assist him. She drew the cover
from her typewriter, picked up 4 slip
of paper and left the office.
She called upon her friends and told
them that old man Stearman needed
money to take him to Higginsville
where he would enter the Confederate
Home. Each person who heard her
story gave something, and when shn
had finished her canvass, she had th'
railroad fare of $7.14 and about SO
extra. This she gave to Mr.. Stear-
man. They went to the station to-
gether, bought ticket, checked his
baggage and this afternoon he will
begin his trip to Higginsville.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-26
E. G. GRAMLINC'S CAR.
COLLIDES With nag.
Stray Horse Stores up Motor and
Blinks Lights With
His Heels.

A stray horse on the Jackson road
last night created a near panic among
the six occupants Of the motor car of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Gramling when the
horse and car collided, head-on, about
4 half mile outside the city limits.
The horse got to its feet after hav-
ing been neatly tossed to the center
of the road by the blow from the car,
spike the Gramling engine by planting
rough-shod hoofS in the center of the
radiator and, by way of a parting
shot, stove in both the lights with a
pair of well-placcd kicks from his
nimble hoofs. The animal then gal
loped down the road ard disappeared
in the darkness.
The car was being driven toward
the Cape by Mr.. Gramling and as he
approached the place where the col
lision occurred, he glanced to the side
of the road to observe two young men
backing an automobile out into the
road from a driveway leading to a
farmhouse.
As he looked in that direction the
stray horse got in the way of his car
and the collision resulted. The Gram
ling machine was going about five
miles an hour, but the force of the
compact knocked the animal down.
Those who were in the machine with
Mr.. and Mrs. Gramling were: Mrs.
Ralph Wammack Of Bloomfield, who
is visiting in the Cape; T. r. Challen-
or of Cairo, a representative of the
Cotton Belt railroad, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Gramling's two grandchildren.
The women and children were
brought into the city in another ma
chine, and the Gramling car was haul
ed in by DR.. c. f. Schuchert and taken
to a garage.
None of the occupants Of the car
were injured in the collision, although
badly frightened. 1t was not learned
who the owner of the horse is.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-26
FILES FOR CORONER.
DIR. Arthur Poe of Fruitland VIII
Make Race for COrOner's Job.

DR.. Arthur Poe of Fruitland, one of
the best known Republican leaders in
the west end of Cape County, yester-
day afternoon was in the city to file
for his candidacy for Coroner in the
August primary. He paid his filing
fee to George H. Meyer, treasurer of
the Republican County Central Com
mittee, and will file his declaration
with the County Clerk shortly.
DR.. Poe has been a delegate to many
Republican conventions, ard is favor
ably known through the County.
J. H. c. Kerstner, who is known as
one of the best accountants who ever
has been in charge of the County
Treasurer's books at Jackson, filed for
reelection Monday. Mr.. Kerstrer
probably will not be opposed in the
Republican primary and his election
in the fall is practically assured.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-26
SIX NEW SMALLPOX CASES.
Disease Also Appears in Fruitland
and Other Places in County.

A half dozen new cases of smallpox
have developed in Fornfelt in the last
two days, according to adyices received
from there yesterday, raising the total
in Fornfelt to 10 cases. The disease
likewise is prevalent in several COM
munities in the western part of Care
County this week.
DR.. Arthur Poe yesterday came in
from Fruitland, his home, and told
his friends that smallpox has been
discovered in that vicinity as well as
in other communities.
In Fornfelt the physicians fighting
the disease are confident that with the
hot weather or their side, the malady
will not spread and they will be able
to stamn it out within short time.
Nine box cars, all occupied by negro
workmen, at 1llmo have been quaran-
tined, isolating about SO or 60 men.
It is said that in each Of the cars 1T
least three or four negroes are suffer
ing from the disease.
In Fornfelt but two of the cases are
considered serious. Owing to the fact
that smallpox does not thrive in hot
weather, there is no great alarm over
the condition.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-26
RIVAL LOVERS
ADJUST CLAIMS
IN fist FIGHT
Glenn Thompson of Oak
Ridge, Gets Deep Cut at
Base of Brain.
BOYS FATHER TAKES
CASE TO J.P. COURT
Information Charges Ora kinni-
son With Assault to be
Tried Soon.

When Prosecuting Attorney J. Hen
ry CarUthers yesterday filed an infor-
nation in the court of Justice of the
Peate j. II. Bowers at Oak Ridge,
details became known in the Cape of
fight o.er q girl, the sweetheart of
one Of the combatants.
The affair took place last Saturday
and resulted in one Of the men being
wounded seriously Oh the back OF the
neck near the base of the brain and
on the face. He was cut with sharp
instrument, the exact character of
which officials have not been able to
learn.
The information was sworn out
against Ora Kinnison, charging him
with assaulting Glenn Thompson, son
of Herbert Thompson, a prominent
Oak Ridge farmer. Young Thompson
has been put temporarily out of COM
mission as consequence Of the fight.
Both young men are about 10 years
old and have known each other since
childhood. Also, 10th have known the
girl in question for long time and
they mutually became suitOrs for her
hand.
Kinnison claimed victory over his
boyhood friend and rival. The young
lady received a letter last week and
informed Kinnison of it, whereupon
Kinnison's ire was aroused and he
accused Thompson of writing it and
announced that he intended to settle
the dispute by way of fists.
The two joined in combat and pelted
each other for several minutes In the
Ilix-up, it is asserted, KinnisOn drew
forth a weapon with which he cut and
struck Thompson.
Thompson was rendered unconscious
from the force of tne blows he SIS
tanned and the loss of blood. The
wound on the back of his head is sew
eral inches in length and those on both
of his checks likewise are long and
deep.
Thompson also suffered bruises
about his body. Ii was not learned
last night if Kinnison had been ar
rested following the fight. A warrant
nation made out by Prosecuting At
torney Caruthers was obtained hy the
father of young Thomson, who came
to the Cane after the fight.
On KinnisOn'S arrest the trial will
be held in Oak Ridge before Justice
Bowers and it is expected that it will
attract much attention in that COM
munity.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-26
SCENES 300 YEARS
OLD IN PAGEANT
1900 School Children Will Move
Park Back Three Centuries
of Time.

Fairgrounds park this afternoon
will be pushed back 800 years to be-
come a setting for a pageant and
masCue staged by 1900 school chill
dren, all costumed in the brilliance OF
the days of Queen Elizabeth and the
English play writer, William Shakes
peare, in whose honor the second
annual pageant is being held.
Shakespeare himself will be repre-
sented in the center of the pageant,
and the dancing, music and scenes to
be staged by the public school pupils
will be woven into a dream that the
author is supposed to nave had.
Scores of the pupils will be garbed
to represent divers colored flowers, all
of which are frequently mentioned By
Shakespeare in his plays and poems.
Others viii represent characters taken
from his books. They will spring into
reality and act and talk as they did
300 years ago when Shakespeare
wrote the story.
The pageant is being held in ce,e-
bration of the Shakespeare2n tercen-
tcrary, or the three hundredths ami
versary of his death. Nearly all the
Care school children will have some
part to enact in the pageant and the
,,-or.- m tho oao;,. hoe Goo,, o,o;oo. ~,
for the last few weeks in order to
make it big success.
Each Of the pupils mas furnished his
own costume, patterned after a stand
ard make for the division of the pag-
cant ne or she belongs to, and the COS
tunes have been made for the most
part at q cost Of about 80 cents each.
Miss Helen Mueller, one Of the teach
ers, has made 40 costumes for the
little folks in her class. In other
classes the teachers have aided the
pupils in getting their outfits made
correctly, and when the rehearsal was
held the other day, everything was
found to be in tip-top shape for the
public performance.
The pageant will commence at 8
o'clock. The children will go from the
Broadway school to the Fairgrounds
park headed by DIR. c. E. Schuchert's
band.
1t is estimated that several thou
sand people will go to the park to wit
ness the spectacle. The program has
been di-ided into two parts and will
contain dances and historical sketches
of many descriptions.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-26
PRESIDENT AT THE WEDDING
OF DIR. CARY T. GRAYSON
COnfers in New York With Colonel
House on Peace Speech the
President is to Make.

New York, May 24.-President and
Mrs. Wilson were the chief guests to-
day at the wedding of DR.. Cary I.
Grayson, the White House physician,
and Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon of
Washington and New York, in the
chapel of St. Georges church. The
President came here especially for the
ceremony and left shortly afterward
for Washington.
The President and his wife, accom-
panied by Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo,
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, cousin
of the President; Charles R. Crane of
Chicago and John Randolph Boiling,
a brother of Mrs. Wilson, arrived at
the chapel promptly at 4 O'Clock and
the ceremony was at once begun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson were ushered
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-26
MRS. FIR. KINDER
PIONEER WOMAN,
dies IN ST. LOUIS
Sought X-ray Diagnosis at
St. Louis for Mysterious
Illness.
BODY ARRIVES IN CAPE
EARLY THIS MORNING
Wife of Well known Bainbridge
Farmer Left Here Monday
Many Relatives.

Mrs. Frank Kinder, wife of a prom
inent farmer living north Of the Care
near BainEridge, died in St. Louis yes
terday, shortly after her arrival there
to be examined with an X-ray machine
to determine The character of an i'll
ness with which she mad been suffer
ing for several weeks.
Word of Mrs. Kindcr'S death was
received in this city yesterday after
noon and the body arrived here from
st. Louis early this morning. At that
time no definite funeral arrangements
had Eeen made.
Mrs. Kinder during the early part
of last weel: was brought to the Cape
in an ambulance from her home and
taken to st. Luke's hospital in st.
Louis. Since the first of March she
had been suffering with a mysterious
stomach trouble and physicians were
unable to make a definite diagnosis.
Within the last week she became
rapidly worse and the move to St.
Louis for an X-ray diagnosis was
determined on. The family lives on
farm along the Frisco railroad about
two miles this side of Bainbridge.
Mrs. Kinder vas well known in this
county and has many relatives and
friends living in the Care. She had
resided in the Cape AMI vicinity for a
long time and was about 56 years old.
Her mother was Mrs. Mary R. Nix.
She is survived By her husband,
three sons and a daughter. The
daughter is Mrs. Lucy Goza of this
city, and the sons are Alonzo Kinder
of Bloomfield; Linus Kinder of College
street, and Therman Kinder of Illmc.
When Mrs. Kinder went to st. Louis
she was accompanied by her husband,
her daughter and two daughters-in-
law.
1t was stated last night that burial
probably will be at the side of her
mother in FairmOunt cemetery.