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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
TENNESSEE coNvIcTs.

Proposition to Repeal the Present Con-
Wet Lease Law and Substitute Another
and More Liberal One Dictated BY the
Lessees Of the Penitentiary.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Sept s.-The SEN
ate met yesterday morning and ad-
journed in observance Of Labor day
Immediately after Mr.. PenIsnd's bill
to repeal the convict lease law had
been offered. The Tennessee Coal,
Iron & Railroad Co., the lessee of tho
penitentiary, will to-day, through the
chairman of the peniteutiary COM
mittee of the legislature, sub
E1it proposition to cancel
the present contract and n1ske new
one. According to authentic informa-
ton the lessees agree in this proposition
to pay 81 per diem for the labor Of each
convict, the state to feed and clothc
the convicts and bear the expense of
transporting them to and from the
main prison. The lessees propose to
employ all able-boGied convicts at the
mines in Marion, Bledsoe and Sc
quatchie counties only. They offer to
erect new prison by convict labor
at a cost of several hundred thou
sand dollars and confine within its
walls all convicts who are not strong
enough to dig coal. The new prison is
to be built at the head of Sequatcbic
valley, under the direction of the state
architect, and 500 acres Of ground sur
rounding will be given TO the state, the
ground to be worked by the partially
disabled convicts.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
HEARST'S HIVE.

4 Two Million Dollar strdcttire I'd be
Erected In Washington by ". Il. Hearst
as Headquarters for the Busy Bees Of
the Press and the Indian Depreciation
Claims Bureau.
WASHINGTON, Sept. wv. B. Hearst,
proprietor of the San Francisco Exam.
iner, contenplates erecting here, in the
vicinity of Newspaper row, a commo'
dious structure which will cost nearly
two million dollars. It will be NAMED
the Examiner" building, and will
be designed and built with view to
accommodating press associations and
newspaper correspondents, with rooms
specially adapted to their business
wants, and will be the headquarters of
the correspondents in Washington.
The Examiner Indian depreciation
and claims bureau will also be located
in this building.
Mr.. Hearst is now in the east, having
recently come from the Pacific coast,
stopping at Chicago. ST. Louis, Cleve-
land. New York and Boston, where he
is negotiating with a number of the
journals to join the San Francisco 'Ex-
aminer," the Omaha Bee and St
Paul Pioneer.press In the prose-
cution of Indian depreciation
claims against the government.
The originator Of the idea
of d combination Of leading journals to
prosecute these claims was the late
Senator Hearst, and Mr.. Hearst, in
establishing this gigantic claims bu-
reau, is carrying out long-cherished
scheme of his father, the California
senator, which ended in full frui-
tion by the bill passed by the last con-
gress transferring Indian depreciation
claims from the interior department to
the United States court of claims
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
A. PUZZLED COMMUNITY:

Tho People OF Savannah, No., PuxxllnG
-Themselves to Account for the PossesaIoa
Of n Pistol by Murderer BullinE, by
which He Nearly Cheated the Galiows
and Barely Missed Adding Another Mas.
def TO His Aceoent.
. SAVANNAH, Mo-, Sept 6.--This com.
munits has not yet recovered from the
STOCKING seeIes Witnessed in the Jail
yard yesterday dtiftng the execution Of
Lofts Bulling: The question Id every:
ones lips Is who gave the murderer the
pistol by rieans Of which he came SO
near eafryine But His oft-utteted boast
that he would never grace scaftold:
This question has not yet been satis-
factorily answered. The immediate ar
rest of the clergyman who was with
Bulling when the shots were fired,
leads, of course, to the belief that the
sheriff had good grounds for his action.
But aside frem this nothing is known
that will 60 toward fastenins the aet
upon him:
Many people believe the weapon was
given Bulling by the man who has been
most intimate with hirn since his last
confinement here. This mans fiaftfe is
Hartman, an inmate of the Jail, held
for passing bogus coin. He has been
treated as ''trusty," and for some
time has acted as errand messenger
f0f the wife murderer. Hartman, OF
course, denies all knowledge Of how OF
where the pistol was obtained. So ths
case reses at present The sheriff and
other iail officials refuse tn tell what
information they have in regard to tho
matter.
Billings remains were buried III tho
potter's field, and the funeral procession
was by far the largest which ever en-.
tered the inelUsure where are burif d the
indiGeIit and Unclaimed dead,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

'INJUN Jo," the original of one of
the characters in Mark Twain's Tom
Sawyer" still lives in Hannibal. near
where the scenes in the book are laid.
He is now tough old man of IS, and
hauls trunks from the depot on rcd
express wagon drawn by white horse.
He has accumulated modest fortune,
owning twelve small dwelling-houses,
but his clothes grow shabbier and
more ragged every year. He has al
ways been displeased with the notoriety
Twain gave him. and considers himself
insulted when the SUBJECTS mentioned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

ADvIcEs from Rome bring official
intelligence that the provincial debts
of Italy amount to $3.50. 500, 900, Oh
sl03 for each inhabitant. while the ma
tional debt is nearly $4,000, 900, 900. II
ali. therefore, the obligations of Italy
foot up about $1,000, 100000 In the
meantime emigration continues and
largely increases. This vast debt has
been incurred by bankrupt Italy in
part by the large sums paid to official
sinecures, but mostly by the enormous
amount of money wasted in keeping UP
an army and navy on n scale comport.
ing with those of the other members OF
the Dreibupd.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
A FEARFUL FATE.

A Nine-Year-Old Boy Literally Chewed to
Death by Six Ferocious Mastins at
Wheeling, W. ya.-Five Of the Brutes
Killed.
WHEELING, W. Va, Sept Edward
Gillis, years old, had horrible and
fatal experience in this city Saturday
evening. Young Gillis was playing in
the street and near at hand was a dog
kennel in which were confined six huge
English mastiffs. While playing Gi Ills
began teasing the dogs, and they be-
came fearfully enraged. One of the
dogs broke down the door, and the six
ferocious brutes made an attack on the
boy. He was knocked down at the first
onslaught, and all the dogs began biting
and chewing him.
Policeman James Carney, assisted by
VIM. Robinson. armed with revolvers
and crow bars, finally reached the in
furiated animals, but it was impossi.
BILE to make them loosen their holds,
and Carney shot five of the dogs dead
while they were still chewing and bit.
ing their victim. The sixth brute es-
capped. Carney himself was severely
bitten. Gillis' wounds are terrible; his
eyes, ears and nose were literally Bit
ten out, and his body has no fewer
than sixty wounds. The dogs that
were killed were valued at 800 each.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

The English matron objects to the
modern fashion of advertising infant
foods by means of photographs of light.
ly-clad babies which have been reared
upon them, because, forsooth, in future
years when these infant girls, whose
identity is established by the publica.
ton of their names beneath the por.
trait, become modest maidens, it will
be embarrassing to have the young man
of the future possess these portraits OF
the misses in-shirts. OF course, the
baby boys of to-day are assiduously
collecting and preserving the portraits
for future reference in case of meeting
their originals.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
A SWEEPING INVITATION.
Every Civil and Military Organization IN
4ha GnItad Sfa4as lnxifed tn the LIN.

Every Civil and Military Organization IN
the United States Invited to the I'm.
yelling Of the Grant Statue In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Sept 6.-Every civil and
military organization in the United
States is to be invited to participate in
the exercises attending the unwilling
of the Grant statue in Lincoln park.
The event is to take place October 8,
and, according to the executive COM
mittee of the monument association,
which met yesterday in the opera
house building with the trustees, the
occasion is to take the character of a
national demonstration. As it will be
impossible to issue separate invitations
to all the civil and military organiza-
tions, a general invitation will be issued
through the press.
At yesterdays meeting Geo. H.
Heaford announced that half rates had
been secured on the western, north
western and southwestern and some OF
the Ohio river lines
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
THE CIRCULATION.

United States Treasury Figures showing
the Circulation of the yarions Kinds Of
Money for Thirty Years.
WASHINGTON, Sept 6.-Secretsry 6. Fos-
ter, in response to many inquiries from
different sections of the country. has
prepared statement showing the
amounts of various kinds Of money in
circulation in the United States during
the past thirty years. Tables accom-
panying the statement show the
amounts of money in the United States,
in the treasury and the amount pc
capita In circulation from 1860 to 1891.
inclusive.
The amount in circulation at the date
specified and the per capita circulation
is shown in the subjoined table:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

A PROFESSOR of the Paris academy of
sciences has been making experiments
which have resulted in convincing him
that the rabbit is of all living things
the most capable of withstunding a
very low temperature. lncloscd all
night in block of ice, rabbit was
found next day getting on very COM
fortably and evidently not aware of
anything very peculiar in his circum-
stances
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

THERE is nickel in the slot in Idaho
to an abounding degree. Near Hope, in
that state, a vein of the metal has been
discovered which is seven feet wide
and the ore assays very rich. Nickel
is worth seventy cents per pound and
has never been found before in large
quantities in this country, and the fact
that the navy department has adopted
nickel steel for armor makes the dis
covery one of great importance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
CREATED A SENSATION.

A Native Of Holland. who Thought Life
No Longer Worth Living. Commits
Suicide by Means Of . Dynamite Bonb
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept s-F. L. Carroll
registered at the Prescott house yester-
day morning as VIM. +. DeYoung. Of
Fresno. Shortly afterward an explo-
sion, which shook buildings in the
neighborhood, attracted attention to
his room and it was found he had COM
mitted suicide by exploding a dynamite
bomb. His remains were scattered all
over the room and one Of his arms was
found in the street The windows and
plastering were broken.
Deceased had been working on .
fruit farm near Fresno. He told .
number of persons here that he in
tended taking his life as he wanted to
create a sensation for the newspapers,
but in a note to the coroner giving his
age as IS, and birthplace as Holland, he
saws he committed suicide because life
was not worth living.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

In accordance with the decision OF
the universal postal convention at
Vienna, the post Office department will
issue double postal card for interna.
tional use. II consists of two parts,
one for the original message and the
other for the reply. The cost of the
card is four cents and it can be sent to
any country in the postal union, now
including the Australian colonies Hav-
ing adopted the double foreign card,
we see no reason why the government
should not adopt the improvement fur
the domestic service. This would be
more convenient THAI the Enclosed
stamp for reply"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
Fearful Accident to . Marin. Diver.

MUSHROOM, Mich. Sept IA horri.
BILE accident occurred TO Abe Sanquist,
a marine diver, who was at work on
the government piers here Saturday.
While in 25 feet of water the air tube
broke, and he was without lifeline or
signal cord. He managed to crawl to
the surface on ladder and was taken
from the water. His head and shoul.
ders within the helmet and cape were
congested and blood was gushing from
his eyes, ears and nose. He became
unconscious after reaching the surface.
and now lies in critical condition.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

THE New York Journal of Commerce
says it is safe to declare that the prob
lem of how to get rich engrosses the
attention of one-third of our popula-
ton, while the question of how 10 keep
out of the poornouse engrosses the at
tention of the other two-thirds A lib
eral share of both classes arc engaged
in the study of how to keep out of Jail
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

WASHINGTON, Sept Private ad-
vices received here state that Senator
Hawley, CT Connecticut, has been Of
fered the var Office. to succeed Sec
retary Procter. Gen. Hawley is at
Cape May comforting with President
Harrison about the matter. Friends
of the senator who are familiar with
Connecticut politics, and who regard
his chances for denomination, as against
Gov. Bulkeley, and reelection to the
United States senate for the term be-
ginning in 1893 think it very probable
that he will accept the offer and be the
next secretary of war.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

An experiment made at Montreal of
completing a cable circuit to make a
continuous line of eight thousand miles
shows that electricity travels that dis
tance in one and five hundrcdths sec
onds, whereas nerve force. which is cal
culated to travel only at the rate of a
mile a minute, would have taken near
ly week to make the Journey. These
are the calculations made in defense of
electrical execution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

Two REMARKABLE old Indies are Mrs
Hannah Eustis md Miss Sarah Barr, of
Wakefield, Mass. They arc twin sisters.
born In 1900, and are still bright and In
active health. So great ia their feseim-
hlance in figure, voice and manner that
one is frequently mistaken for the other.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

A GSoRGA man, In selecting the ten
greatest men in history. has found nine
of them as follows: Moses. st. Paul,
Julius Caesar, Martin Luther, William
the Silent, Shakespeare, CROMWELL,
Peter the Great and Napoleon. Gentle-
men who are candidates for the last
place on the list will please send in
their names early and avoid the rush.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

WARRINGTON. Sept. 7.-Lieut- Saw
yer, Worlds fair commissioner to
Brazil, reports that on his visit to Ma
ranhao, Brazil, he was received by the
government and other officials with
great cordiality, and received their
active support and cooperation. The
government called q public meeting Of
citizens in the theater at Maranhao, at
which Lieut.. Sawyer explained the OBJ
jects and scope of the exposition, and
committees were appointed to prepare
memorials to the state Legislature for
an appropriation sufficient to secqrs
complete exhibit Of its resources.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,, Sept. s.-Yester-
day morning DIR. C. E. Ballard, . mem-
Der of prominent family at Saybrook.
shot and killed Miss Bertha fson and
then killed himself. He had been en-
gagged to the lady, and on Saturday
took out Q license to marry her. She
changed her mind Sunday and refused
TO marry him. Yesterday morning he
made a anal appeal. and being refused
shot her through the heart He then
shot himself three times in the breast
and once in the head, and died in q few
moments. He was 80 years old MrA
Ison's is nearly dead with grief.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
NEAn Marnnlia. Ark.. four ncrsor

NEAR Magn ola, Ark, four persona
were killed by lightning during a
storm which struck the house Of John
Couch
WsnE and John Fielder were SEN
teneed to be hanged Friday, October q
at Rush, Tex. for the m,irJef Of
Ybhnee Thompson, the fathef:ii-iiw Of
John Fielder.
THE total valuation of real estate Of
Indiana Was placed at 81, !, ,oOo. 900;
s.,aiist $500, 600. 900 last year,
THE Youngstown (O.l bridge works
were totally destroyed by fire, includ-
several bridges nearly ready for ship
ment, throwing $50 men cut Of end
ployment,
FRANK DANFoRrH, a wife murderer,
was hanged at Augusta, Ga, and Will
liam Bulling, another wife murderer,
paid the penalty of his crime at Ssvan-
nah. Mo. Shortly before his execution
Bulling attempted self-destruction by
shooting himself twice In she breast
with a revolver which was said to have
bcen given Hin BY his Spiritual adviser.
ExPERr accountants who examined
the books of Martin Mower. president
of the st. Croix boom corporation at
Saltwater, Mimi, who died some time
since, found that he was short sa6,-
10l.1S in his accounts.
THE valuation of the famous trotter,
Axtell, was fi-ed hy tts tai t6inmis:
sioner of indianapolis at SIS, 900. The
horse was sold in Chicago recently for
S1O5, 900.
UNITED STATES cavalry began to
drive intruders from the Iowa aid Sac
and Fox reservations
J. Ii. DUNHAM (colored), of Ken.
lucky, OF present United states consul
at San Domingo, was appointed by the
president minister resident and consul
general to 1iayti
HEAVY frosts on the night 6f the Sd
destroyed the corn crops lii Wisconsin
and Minnesota.
LIE American fat and live stock
show will be held in the exposition
building in Chicago November 1l-21,
inclusive. The aggregate premiums
would be limited to $4,000.
law, was shot and killed near Archer.
Fla, by Hardy Early, negro lad IT
years old.
THE death of Capt. James Franklin,
a noted horse breeder, occurred ut Gal.
latin, Tenn, aged 45 years.
A STEAM yacht owned by J. Eggles
ton, of Boston, and valued at 800, 600.
was wrecked on the rocks off the New.
foundland coast
Ths assistant principal Of the Eagle
wood high school at Chicago, o. O.
Lyon, was killed by a Chicago g. West
ern Indiana train while crossing the
tracks.
Four sold;ers-Corporal Offerson, ].
O'Kcefe, j. Brown and Patrick Hogan
belonging to Company II, Fourth in.
fant.y, were drowned while out boat
ing on Lake Occur d'Alenc, near
Spokane Falls, Wash.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

LINCOLN, Neb, Sept 6.-Fred A.
Eichler, of Chicago. whose parents
live at 4G Alexander street, this city,
was found dead in his bed at six o'clock
last evening, with indications that the
unfortunate man was Respondent over
love affair, and committed suicide by
taking morphine. He left a letter adj
dressed to his sweetheart in this city.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
The New Chtilan Cover

WASHINGTON, Sept a-The depart
ment of state telegrsphed TO Minister
Egan on September 4. that II . govern
ment acceptable to the people had been
formed by the congressional party he
should recognize IL and open communi-
cation with its head; Yesterday the
depsrtment received . telegram from
Mr.. Egan stating that . provisional
Government had been established on
the 4th inst. with Jorg Monnt tss the
president which was universally &c.
cepted by the people, and shat Be (Mr.
Egsn) was in very cordial eommunies-
tiou with y
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

UNCLE SAN is not old, but the statis-
tics show that his taxable wealth foots
up s62, 500, 000, 900. and that is only but
a fraction of his real wealth. No won.
der the eyes of the world are on ''old
glory" as it floats over 1.-The land of the
brave and the home Of the free"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

Judge W. B. Sanford, recorder Of St.
Joseph, died the other day from the ef-
fects of carbuncle on the back Of his
neck. He was Sc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
Proposed Strike of Colored Cotton
PickeYs.

GALVESTON. Tex, Sept Tt Is said
that the colorcd cotton pickers have or.
ganized and that they have agreed not
to pick cotton altar September 10 for
less than one dollar per 100 pounds and
board. This organization has been per-
fected through the colored alliance, and
now numbers 500. 900 members with
thousands being added every day
throughout the southern states A
secret circular has been mailed to every
sub-allisnce throughout he cotton
belt setting the date when the strike
win b simpltansousIy iassgurstsd
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

State Treasurer Stephens mcnthly
report for August, as filed with Gov.
Francis, shows a balance in the treas
ury at the close of business August 81,
of S347,77O.7l; receipts during August,
$3.50, 496. 90; disbursements during Au-
gust. 81, 1O6. O04. 70; earnings of the peni-
tentiary in July reported in August,
BIG, 1881. Included in the above dis
bursements was ss6s, 259.69 school
money. Reduction of the bonded debt
during August, 500,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12

A MAN fishing at Jersey. Eng. was
caught by the rising tide, and a boat
had TO be put out to rescue him. The
next day the magistrate sentenced him
to eight days hard labor "for the
trouble he had caused"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
FREE DELIVERY EXTENSION.

An Esafllnstisa of the Reports % the
Experfmenfal work on the Extsasson ee
the Free Postal Dgl1veey 9yBes0 Shows
tt 70 Have Been, ON TIE Average Soc.
eeAsfsi. and Exceedlng the Hcstmastsf-
0snsxal's Antisipatiens. 80
= WAsHiS6fgN, Sept a-PAtmaster-
General Wanamaker was very. indiG-
nant yesterday, wtssn he learned that
during his absence on vacation an ILL
informed clerk in one Of the bureaus Of
the post office department had given
cot false information TO the press that
the free delivery experiments are not
success He caused sn examination OF
the latest reports from these expert
ments ~ BE- made and found that they
succeeded beyond his most sanguin
expectations and In . way ut
teffy TO confound the critics OF the
experiment. II Is already an estab-.
lished fact that ths increased revsnne
in those Offices where TIE free delivery
experiments is on trial alrnos4 pays for
the increased expenditure. snd 1t is
hoped by judicious management that IN
the average the experiment will en-
titeff pay for itself, ~ some Of tho
Offices more than do now. Mr.. Wana-
maker has it deHSiteiy in mind to pre-
sent to the next congress scheme by
which, when q given sum h asked for
free delivery In a given community, tho
sum being calculated on the area to
be served. the population and
other such items II Is almost
. mathematical certainty thst q sum
almost II not quito as large VIII be
added 10 the net earnings of the Office
in question. Even II the free delivery
does not quite pay for itself, 1t is likely
that the postmaster-geueral will ask
congress to consider the question
whether the rural districts Of the coun-
try may not properly expect this slight
contribution to their postal facilities
where. in so many quarters, they have
up to the present time been considered
20 limited.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
Bad Saw-Mill Fire.

The St Louis saw-mill. located in st.
Louis, was destroyed by fire few days
ago. Loss, $50, 00O, and 100 men and
BOYS thrown out of work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-09-12
The 81. Louis Post once.

The sale Of stamps at the st. Louis
post Office for July and August were 8
per cent greater Shan for the CORE
spending months of 1891.