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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25
NOT CONTAGIOUS.

The Reported Case of Pluro Pneumonis
at Drptford. England. Proves to be
simply Catarrhal Pneumonia and Not
Contagious.
WAsmE5TON, April 2i.-Inquiry was
made at the department of agriculture
yesterday in regard to the alleged case
of fpleuro-pneumOnia said to have been
discovered at Deptford, England.
among animals imported from the
United States. DIR. William Dickson.
assistant chief of the bureau of animal
industry, speaking for DIR. Salmon,
who is confined at his home with a
slight attack of the grip. said:
''Our representative, DIR. Wray, ca
bled us yesterday that this is not a case
of contagious pleuro-pneuEonia. and
that most eminent British authorities
coincide with him in this view. The
fact of the matter is" added the doc
tor, I'VE are satisfied this case will turn
out as the last one did, in which, after
thorough investigation, il was shown
to the satisfaction of every body. includ-
ing the British inspectors, that the sick
animal had been suffering with moth
ing more serious than catarrhal-pneu-
monia
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
EROM WASHINGTON.

SECRETARY BLAINE's reply to the
| italian government on the subject of
! tine New Orleans massacre on March "A
was made public. Mr.. Blaine says
aliens can claim nothing I rom a govern
ment which it dos not afford to its
I own citizens, but says that, under GER
| tain conditions. congress may be asked
| to help the widows of the men killed.
| The secretary quotes Daniel Webster to
sustain the position taken 10y the United
States
THE wife of f. W. Halford the prcsi-
dents secretary. died in Washington.
aged about ~ years.
DURING March exports of bread>tuffs
We're SI2:sa, I:iO, against sl5, :!29 the
same month last year. Exports of beef
hog and dairy products were Sl2.30+, lj:,
against SO. during the same
month g 1880.
! ByLLETIN has been issued by the
census Office giving the population of
cities in the country containing 5000
inhabitants or more. The total urban
population in 1899 was lS.23J.61O. or
-. Il per cent. of the total population.
In $50 the urban population was H.
jl3.541, or ,. - per cent of the whole.
y TWO DOLLAR counterfeit silver Ger
tificatc was received at the treasury
department of the series of 1ss6. check
letter Il 1865. The note bears the por-
trait of Gen. Hancock, and is signed by
W. \. EosccranS a> register and James
W Hyatt as United States treasurer.
The i in register is not dotted and the
IT in states is not crossed.
THE business failures in the Inited
States during the seven days ended on
the 18th numbered 25l against 24j the
preceding week apd 2li for the CORE
Spending week last year.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing-houSes in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
SLIP. -. 2G::. against Sl.019. 9i'i. 9s the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of 1890 the decrease
amounted 10 0.3
Is Washington Rear Admiral Alfred
Taylor. on the retired list of the Initcd
States navy, died of pneumonia in his
Sl>t year.
For the month Of March the receipts
from internal revenue amounted to SIl.-
:irI..:I9. a. follows: Spirits. S'i.9i5.612;
tobacco -. .ISa 80: fcrmcntcd liquors.
Il .g37lGS olcomargarine, Sl5f,GO2;
miscellaneous. Si1.5i2.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

THE centennial celebration of the
patent system in Washington recently
WIS an event "f great interest In
fortunately many of the men. says the
Inter Ocean. who devised the plans
that brought millions to the muncycd
hacker" have passed into olscurity. or
death, or had too little money tn at
tempt the luxury Of being present
When the true history Of patents is
written some large names viii appear
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

NEW YORK, April a1--Col. Henry As
tor Weeks died yesterday morning OF
pneumonia at his residence, 20i West
Seventy-third street. He served dur
ing the war as colonel of the Twelfth
New York volunteers He was a MEM
Der Of the G.. A. r., the Loyal Legion
and the Army of the Potomac. He was
also a member of the colonial club and
the driving club of this city. He had
been i'll only few days lie inherited
large wealth, which by judicious in
vestments he augmented. Col. Weeks
leaves a widow, an unmarried daugh-
tor and one son, Barlow ). Weeks
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25
Isaded the Esiitcr.

ter age" of the Aroostook (Me.
~ was serenadcd by a COW q
and all tgO. lie said: "She sta
AT Qudf directly under our bed
Mrs. Hisv and beoan to ripo tho
groom is =.
AT NJ: 'aria'iohs Oh the iilosl
storm ed tliscordant cow-bell that
paper mErned out of foundry.
cvr, m claPerty-clap, diug-dong,
little to. tickle, tickle We had
Beaver eng that the addition of a
IN iSorth Aroostook granger
Hemnste al management ofthe Star
candidat. some agricultural re-
OF 1863 vose had not expected the
,.,ir, tinS, take the shape of a sere-
band aid COW at 2 o'clock in the
trouble After listening to the dole
Anprf acting sound for half an
fancr ,,or arose in his wrath and
partly down and with a club con-
found ow that she had walked up
W.: H, turnalist. Such is a news
brother life in Northern Maine.
ing her hCase iUr tn.
her.
The government life-saving ser
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

THE great. arid desert of Sahara has
been tapped and found to he full OF
water. An enormous reservoir only one
hundred and twenty feet below the
surface has been discovered at El-Golca,
d small caravan station in the middle of
the desert. The Importance of such a
discovery can scarcely he appreciated
by the people of this country. FL
Golea is one of the stopping places in
the Sahara desert of caravans which
travel across that region. and this dis
covcry is expected To develop greatly
the caravan trade. The desert of Sa.
hara may in time cease to bc Il syno.
nym of all that Is vast and desolate
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

HALF DIMES were first coined il,
October, 1872. and their production was
continued at intervals until 1906. and
then discontinued until ISIS. The is
sue ceased entirely in 1873. The coin.
ing of the three-ccnt silver pieces, first
issued in ISL, ceased in 1873. The
tivc-ccnt nickel was authorized in IS66.
and has been issued regularly to the
present time. In 1850 nickel threc-ccnt
pieces and small number of nickel
cents were coined. The two-ccnt bronze
pieces were issued in 1861, and discon-
tinucd in ISIS. The bronze cents issued
in 1864 have been coined annually ever
since that date.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

PITTSBURGH, Pa. April 21.-Ads
Young, about 10 years of age, whose
home is at Buffalo. y. Y, is held at the
Allegheny police headquarters to await
the orders of the Buffalo police Off
cials. who ordered her arrest Miss
Young was arrested yesterday after
noon on Morgan street, Allegheny, where
she occupied a room with another young
lady. What the charge against her is,
is not known. Miss Young says she
left her home in Buffalo on account OF
having to stay in the house at night. and
came 10 Allegheny to make her ow1
living.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

A NEW perfume delights the olfacto'
ries of the opulcnt. 1t owes its discov.
cry and was brought to this country by
Mrs. Stanley. 1t is called Lily of the
Nile" and is a distillatinn of the odors
that linger along the great African riv,
err Some enterpri>ing dealer has dis.
covered that its subtle aroma may lie
easily duplicated from the common
lilies which,growin marshes, and has put
his idea into profitable practice by not
only utilizing the scent but also the
stalk: of this plant, the latter being
woven into STANLEY" mats.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

TIE Pail Mall Gazette tells Of doe
tor on a man-of-war who had very
simple method of treatment He would
lie a piece of tape around the waist of
the c"mPlainin" mariner. and command
him {" state whether the pain existed
above or below the tape. If above. an
cm"tic. and if below. dose of salts
followed a. Il matter Of course.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25
WEST AND SOUTH.

IT was said that the new secret order
known as The Knights of Reciprocity
was rapidly gaining a strong footh"ld
throughout the west. Members are re-
quircd to pledge themselves to support
the pcrpctuity of the union. to favor
liberal pensions to soldiers and sailors,
To maintain the doctrine of protection
of American industries, and To advO-
cate and work in favor of free ballot
and an honest count.
The season of the Western baseball
association opened with games at Lin
coin Omaha and Denver. wet grounds
preventing game at Kansas City.
J. W. JACOBS and Abraham Carr,
prominent citizens of Jeffcrsonvilic,
Ind. were attending funeral at Ben
ncttsville when their horses ran away
and both SuiIs. $3.50 'h-'''-'' C"'
and prob; large enOug.. TO grapplc .mi' m
~ d great navicS as those of 81
badIv iniigland. j, manned i'm time 70
The d, .903 officers and 61,OO7 tn
g7vernorm 1000 are gunners. 10
near Mil tn
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

JACK ROBINSON. son of Circusman
John Robinson. says that on one occa-
sion his father, his brother Gilbert and
himself paid visit to Barnum at his
home in Bridgeport. After some rem
iniscenccs Mr.. Barnum asked them if
they would take a drink with him.
They assented. and as Mr.. Barnum
himself stepped to the sideboard to
produce the tipple they expected some
thing particularly fine. Judge of our
surprise, said Mr.. Robinson, when
the old Snowman passed around the
iced water" Mr.. Barnum could not
perhaps have done anything else that
would have SO impressed his visitors.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

The bill providing municipal suffrage
for women has again been beaten in
the Massachusetts, legislature. This is
the twcnty-tifth annual defeat which a
female suffrage measure has cncoun-
tered in that body: and as the adverse
vote was quite as crushing a. on any
previous occasion. the reform seems q,
far off aS ever. However. the Nassa-
chusctt> rcformcrs are patient and
long suffering: and the measure will
put in an appearance at Boston an
nually for many years to come, per-
haps until il is adopted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25
THE formation of the commonwealth

THE formation of the commonwealth
of Australia is an event in the history
Of the world the significance of which
j. lust being realized. There is no sep
arati"n from England. The common
wealth will have f"urc-head gov
"rn"r general. just a. has Canada. Int
new and great Angln-SaXun nation
has Just been chri~tcncd. Il nation
which among all Those of the world
will most resemble the nitcd States.
The question of absolute independence
iN Of course, only 4 matter Of time, or
raf her nf nnt inn
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

Ex-State Treasurer hollands case will
probably come up May 4. The ex-treas-
urer is now residing in St Louis with
his family.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25
A Yellow Fever-Infected ship Ordered to
Quarantine.

WASHINGTON. April 2I.-Surgeon-Gen-
eral Hamilton of the marine hospital
service has received the following tele-
gram from DIR. IIargis, at Pensacola,
Fla: "Ship Curlew, forty-seven days
from Rio. arrived here on the 18th, had
eighteen cases of yellow fever on the
passage, three resulting fatally. The
Ordered the ship to Chandleur quaran-
tine station, and she has left this har-
hor :"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

A DuwNEY Ual.D editor is in trouble
from having published the following:
Miss Jones. who came here before
th" flood. is still the guest of her
brother" II" found it difficult to con-
vince the lady that hc meant no refer
curt. To- her noe
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

a DOCTOR in New York has diScov-
cred that carelc>>nc>s ia his practice is
not eXcusahlr because lac did not cx-
p"ct to get his pay. The court held
him guilty Of malpractice just tine same
for the pauprr a. for the millionaire
patient
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

During the first quarter ot the pres
ent year the st. Louis street railways
made l.lO6.O4 trips and carried 16,546,-
4l5 passengers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25
LATER

cr WHEN the polls in the New TIamp
shire Methodist Episcopal conference.
at Newport, closed on the Goth it was
found that tifty-scvcn had voted in ia
Sr vor of admitting women as lay dele
gates to lay electoral and genera, confer
III enccs and twenty-scven against. Thir-
g ty-four opposed, the amendment of the
rt second restrictive rule, while fifty-three
"r favored it.
= BARON FAvA arrived in Paris, on the
~" Goth, on his way to Rome. The Soliel
says that in conversation on board the
" steamer La GaScogne the cx-ministcr
~ stated that Marquis Inpcriali would
u, soon be recalled and that Italy would
T. not be represented at Washington until
the New Orleans affair was definitely
- settled.
+, 4 LARGE tank containing $4,000 gal
n. Ions of petroleum oil belonging to the
~ st. Paul Minn.) Electric Railway Co.
y. wGs.cXplodcd. on the Goth. by the lamp
ion that cverb Der who was working under
he proprictk, and blown To atoms.
heir agents. could be found of the work
o refund thonains
he medicine STATES Consul GENERAL
ior il. Can n was elected IN honorary
his2 Remerof the Slav benevolent society
,ame ia to tIte rshurg on the 18th. Count
* in the abo president of the society.
lain, IN ur,raiscd Mr.. Crawfords admin
,ottle bpt to of the consulate.
.I,;us Neil committee of the Mime
o,,,or fy,o, lature. after an investigation
.I;IIor 6, WIS of needless cruelty to pris-
D., S,.I,,.I, the Goth. recommended the
of Deputy Warden Lemon of
sater penitcntiary.
"a supreme court of the United
Those wboI the Goth. argument in the
sea SCHOONER HaywarD case
os'er sing artery law habeas corpus case
week will re2y the Mobile Register, was
20 hear sini for one week.
or o..o rMAHoS. aged 30, son of the
dent of the Emigrant savings
become oNew York. committed suicide
II the world phine at the Manhattan cluo
he JeffersoIth'
81, New York tenement house
'ne no" by seventeen families, on the
llted in a panic and the fatal
f tone qualDf several of the inmates.
otos- .SbFGUsr V. KAUrZ, of the Eighth
:, and desceI 10 fT tha pc racancr oansad @ - nv
f the bass clment Of Gen. Gibbon.
a incredible ESRY DARLING, ID. d., Ii. D.,
old I'm + of Hamilton college, Clinton.
ed of bronchitis, at his home in
Z, at the Opon the Goth.
IA dividend of per cent, payable on
May Is, was declared by the Pullman
C Palace Car Co. on the Goth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

a SCHEME i proposed for building a
railway To- run over the tops of the
houses in New York city The princi-
pal material u>-d in the manufacture
Of that road will he supplied 10y pow
erful ima~inatinn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

OSE of the streets of Palermo is
named after President Lincoln. This
was done by order of the Marquis di
Eudini. the new premier of Italy, who
was mayor Of Palermo at the time of
LincOln's assassination.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

Mintcr Bros. dry-g"ois merchants OF
Scdalia. have Instituted suit in the Pet
It's county circuit court against the
Erad>trcct mercantile agency. Of New
York. for 5000 damages for alleged
enormously reporting them in the daily
notification sheet in December last
thereby injuring their credit. Plaintiffs
alleged that tn. first publication was
made on December 5 and second on
December -. and 500. 900 damages i
asked on each count. Vim. Parm"lcc
Scdalil agent for liradNtrcct's. when in
formed OF the suit said he stood pre-
pared to prove everything he sent ont
in the notification shrt.tS
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

At Clinton the other day Sam Pen
land and his son JEFF quarrcled. \ dis
pute between the two occurred and the
father ordered the son to leave. lie went
up town. but returned home to get his
clothes. when his father again told him
to leave. Jeff told his father he did not
old man struck the son with an iron
pipe over the head twice. Jeff caught
and held hi. father for a little while
When he turned the old man loose the
father ran in the house and got his gun.
Shooting twice at the young man, both
shots missing him. however.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

Judge Thayer, of the United States
circuit court ut st. Louis, has annuled
fifty naturalization papers. They were
obtained through fraud.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25
IN THE LONE STAR STATE.

The Presidential Party Visit San Antonio
In n Driving RAMA Welcome None the
Less Cordial on that Account-A Visit to
Fort Houston and Then Away to EI
Paso.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April 2I.-Ths
presidential train arrived in this quaint
| old city at a. m in the midst of a
| driving rain-storm- The streets were
in terrible condition and the programme
was altered considerably on that
account The street parade was
practically abandoned and only
two troops of the Third cav
airy formed the escort to the
president from the railroad station to
the opera Eouse. where the speaking
took place. At the station a large re-
ception committee, headed by Mayor
Bryan Callaghan. number of army
officers and members of the city eoun-
ell, federal and state officials and
prominent citizens, the wife of
Gen. Stanley and a number of other
ladies, boarded the train. The houses
along the route of the procession were
decorated with bunting and evcrgreens,
and wreaths of laurel were suspended
from one side of the street to the other.
The carriages containing the presi-
Dental party were covered with roses
and laurel. At the opera house q
large crowd had gathered. and the pres
ident received an ovation. Speeches
were made by Gov. Hogg. Mayor Cal
laghan and President Harrison. and at
the conclusion of the ceremonies the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

]. NJ. MCMAHON, an American, has
patented in Europe Il nitro-glycerine
shell which can be thrown ten miles
from cannon with ordinary black
powder. Mr.. Mcmahon has also pat
ented this cheerful device in the United
States
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

THE dust collected by small patch
of snow between November II and De-
ccmbcr - last indicates that one thou
sand tJE5 IF SCOT settle monthly on the
one hundred and ten square miles of
I
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25
An Investment Company Assigns.

The Winner Investment Co. of Kan
sas City. has assigned. The company
was organized in 1>S3 with paid-in
capital of Sl.0OO. 600 according to its re-
PORTS. Assets and liza hilitics. November
Il. 1890. We're placed at s3.9O4.Oi0. The
total amount of loans unpaid and out
standing was: Guaranteed. SI.5OO, 965;
unguarantecd. 81 500. 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

Page Mcpherson, well-kncwh
broker and society leader of St Louis,
disappeared a few days ago in a nys-
tcrious manner.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

Col. Richard c. Kcrens, of st. Louis,
has been appointed Il member of the in
ternational railroad commission vice
George Pullman, resigned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

Ex-Gov. Thomas &. Fletcher of Mis-
souri,. who has been dangerously i'll at
his residence in Washington. ID. c., is
after two weeks illness from bronchitis.
is recovering. Mrs. Perry Bartholow
is v'ith her parents. having been sum-
moncd by telegraph when her fathers
condition was considered critical
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

WRITER describes Kodiak island,
Alaska. as larger than either of the
New England states. with genial eli
mate capa ble of producing many vari
cites of fruit
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25
Reward for a Murderer.

The governor has offered a rev ard OF
$500 for the capture of Louis Bul;ing. n
murderer under sentence of death who
escaped from the Savannah Jail.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

Mrs. J. 4. Houston, wife of pros
porous jackson county farmer, is said
to have cInped with Dick Black, a col
ored aand employed by her husband.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

\ B"sToS scientist declares that only
the microscope can discover the differ
ence bctv zen "leomargarine and but.
ter. Few boarding houses can afford
micrO>copcS a. side dishes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

Miss Phnbe Couzins has been formal,
" deposcd as secretary of the board of
lady managers of the Worlds fair. but
declares she will take the matter into
the courts before submitting to be
ousted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

Judge ]. ]. Lindlcy. of Kansas City.
who had been visiting his son at Neva.
da. was stricken down the other even
ing with apoplcxy and died. His wife
and daughter were called by telegram
from Kansas City. Judge Lindlcy was
20 years of age, and was for many years
prominent in st. Louis at the har. on
the bench and in politics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

Page Mcpherson. who disappeared
recently from st. Louis. where he was
prominently engaged in business. is
found to have left an Indebtedness be-
hind him of about S3l. 900. which he
WAS nnahlc to meet.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-25

Rev. Father Ilvmas Sherman, son si
the iate Gen. Sherman, has taken toT.
porary charge Of s.. Michaers church,
St. Louis