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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
AMONG THE CLOUDS.
Mining Camps Nearly Eighteen Thousan'
Feet Above the Sea Level In Peru.

Mining Camps Nearly Eighteen Thousand
Feet Above the Sea Level In Peru.
WASHINGTON, july 2f.-1t has long
been supposed that Galera, a village in
Peru. Il. 635 feet above the sea, was the
highest inhabited place in the world.
MIR. Arthur Pearce, an engineer, who
has been prospecting and making me-
teorolOgical observations in the Andes,
has discovered two mining camps that
are even higher. These are Arevichi-
ary, 1850 feet, and Muccapata, 16, 1873
feet and more above sea level. each
with a population of miners aver
aging 200 the year around. High as
some of the points are, on
the Panama Oryara railroad
of Peru, of which the Galera tun-
mel is the summit. that road will be
surpassed by narrow gauge railroad
now under construction to connect
with it. This, when completed, will
have length of 75 liilometers and a
mean altitude of 1850 feet. In one of
the mines a tunnel is being driven at a
higher elevation than Galera, which
when completed, will be fully as long
if not longer, than that tunnel. This
work is being done by means of COIN
pressed air brakes, and the tunnel Is
lighted throughout by electricity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON,

THR number of post offices in the
country June 80; 1897, was 64,39l. as
follows: First class, ii6; second class
$50; 'hird class, :,25G: fourth class, Gl,-
4ia This is an increase of a,OyO offices
during the year.
IN the Unit"d States the output of
pig iron for the first half of 1891 was
3.%1I,G-5 gross tons, against 1850, ,5l3
gross tons il, The first half of 1890.
Is Washington the National Society
OF the Daughters of the Revolution
was incorporated with Mrs. BENJAMIN
Harrison as president general. .
The business failures i'll the United
States Turing the seven days ended on
the 18th nun bcred 35i. against Pa the
preceding week and 1873 for the core
spending week last year.
A BULLETIN from the census Office
shows the United States to be the larg-
est producer OF copper in the world, its
product for the year 1889 being 22G, 05f,-
962 pounds.
IN the United States the total inter
nal revenue collections from all
sources during the year ended Jtine SO
Inst were Sl46. 6.035.3i6. an Increase of
81, i4O,6s0 over the preceding fiscal year.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses In the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
S9O3. .IlS.siI. against Sl.00i, ,O79.355 the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of 1899 the decrease
amounted To ID
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
THE EAST.

MASSACHUSETTS republicans will
hold tacir state convention in Boston
on September 10
THE home for widows and orphans of
odd fellows was dedicated ut Laurel
Station. Pa.
IN Edwaftisyillc. Pa. the earth cavcd
In at many places, causing houses to
tupple over and rendering the land in
the virinity Useless for further building.
HARRY BOYD struck John My ford n
blow which caused his death in a prize
fight near Monungahcla City. Pa.
Az indictment was found against
Charles licnnessy. city editor of tie
New York Daily News. for publishing
an account of the recent Sing Sing eX-
ccrtions by electricity.
GS the charge of having eight living
wives Augustus Lewis was placed in
Jail at Rundnut. y. Y.
FLAMES destroyed the cotton and
wooden mill of Campbell & Elliott in
Philadelphia. the loss being 100000
WILLIAM y. WEEDES, the inventor of
the Waterbury watch. died at New
Bedford. Mas. ut the age uf 30 years.
TWIN babies Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Eghcrt, of Taylorsvillc. Pa, died from
the effects of a wrong dose of medicine
given them by their mother.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

Is the National league the per-
eentages of the baseball clubs for the
week ended on the 25th were: Chi-
eago. .5gJ! New York. .5sS; boston,
.5G5: Cleveland; 5i3; Philadelphia,
$50: brooklyn: 400; Cincinnati;
;42S; Pittsburgh; 400. The percentages
In clubs of the American association
Baltimore, $50: Athletic, SOC; 'Colum-
bus, .49I; Cincinnati, .4aS; Louisville,
.:3:al5: Washington, 800.
SEVENTEEN business houses and resi-
dences in South Haven, Mich, were de-
stroyed by fire.
At Kansas City. Frank Lindenstine
broke the worlds high diving record
by diving from platform 81 feet high
into the lake at that place:
MAskEB men took John Brown. a
young negro desperado, from Jail at
jackson, Tenn, and hanged him to a
tree.
a MOB lynched John Granger. a
Franklyn (Ky.l negro, for making
threats against his white neighbors-
AT Woodsdale Park, an excursion
train returning to Dayton, o., from
Cincinnati was run into By freight
train and four of the excufsionists
We're killed and fifty injured. some IA
tally.
Is Ashe county: N. C.. Stephen Os-
borne and wife celebrated the seventy
second anniversary of their marriage.
Mr.. Osborne is 10i years old and his
wife 9a. They have twelve children,
sixty-nine grandchildren, more than
200 grcat-grandchildrcn and nine great
grcat-grandchildren.
A cLoUDBURsT swept away the town
of Genoa, Mo.
FLAMES at Newport News, Va, dc.
stroycd over twenty buildings, stores
and dwellings.
FIVE persons were killed in a rear
end collision near Gallon, o.
FIRE destroyed Frazer & Co.'S
grocery warehouse and Quine'. car
riage factory at Montreal. Can. Loss,
SlOO.OO
WHILE in the act of making counter.
felt dollars William A. Teal WAS ar
rested at indianapolis
A CoLoREp tramp named Craig went
to the house of Nathan Conway neal
Paris, Ky. and killed Conway and his
wife and their two sons. Neighbor.
captured the murderer and shot him to
death.
AT Cedar Falls Ia, Mary and Bertha,
aged Il and 10 years respectively,
daughters of q. Thompson, were
drowned while bathing in the river.
Ar Evansville. Ind, an earthquake
shock caused great fright but no dam.
age.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
A Run on . San Francisco Bank.

SAN Francisco. July 2s.-A run on
the Peoples Home savings bank was
begun yesterday by the depositors,
and several thousand dollars were
paid out. An investigation of the
banks affairs has been begun by the
bank commissioners. Columbus Water
house is the president of the institution
and DIR. r. II. Mcdonald, president OF
the Pacific bank. is one of the directors
The capital stock of the Peoples
bank, according to its report July I, iG
81. 600, 900, of which one-third is paid up.
There is due depositors. who number
5000, the sum of slOO.0o9. The banks
officers declare that the bank is solvent.
Two San Francisco papers have di-
rected attention to the bank for the
past two days, contending that the
state bank examiners had not made a
proper examination Of the banks fin
ances
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
A NIISef's Estate.

An order of distribution of the estate
81 George c. Hayden, an eccentric st;
Louis miser, was made by the probate
court the other day. The. estate has
slo'.6s5 to its credit. The legatees are
the half brother and a number of
nephews and nieces of the testator who
live at Bangor, Me. Hayden, -
years of age, died in apparently
destitute circumstances March %, 1889.
The public administrator took pos
session of his effects and found
money and securities amounting to
over slOl,O00. Heirs sprang up
from various parts of the country, but
particularly froih Bangor. Me. the old
mans boyhood home, and from Chi
cago. The Chicago heir, Mrs. Anna
Cascaden, claimed that Hayden mar
ried her mother, Rosanna Parrish, at
Bangor, in 1874 or 1s45, and that short
ly after her birth Hayden left his wife
and infant child and wandered away to
parts unknown. Mrs. Carscaden could
not prove her-riaini, and the court de-
cided that she was not an heir.
The claimants from Maine established
the fact they were the children and
grandchildren of Hayten's two sisters
and a half brother, and the court de-
eided in their favor and ordered the es-
tate paid to them. The grandnieces
and fiephews get one-forty-fifth each.
The estate is all in money, and the
grandnephews and nieces will get
check for 81, $50 each.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

THE annual coffee crop of the world
is estimated at over eleven billion
pounds. worth at first hands SlS5. .0OO,-
900. This enormous quantity is grown
in lands between the parallels of thirty
degrees north and thirty degrees south
latitude. mainly in British India and
the ncighboring islands. in Liberia and
other parts of Africa, in the West In
dies. Mexico, Central America and
Brazil The domestic consumption of
:hc United States amounts to sol. 49,
100 pounds. which is valued here at
So, 100000. and of which 90 per cent.
comes from countries geographical be
longing to this continent.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

DIR. l.. Peterson, one of the large mine
operators at Joplin, was in st. Louis
the other day, and told of the interest
taken in the recent election in Jasper
county to establish two county seats
and to build two courthouscs. Car
thage and Joplin" said he, ''wcre in
the field against Webb City, Carter
vile, Zincite and all the rest of the
county and won. There is to be
courthouse built at Carthage TO cost
500, ,OOG, and one at Joplin to cost Si5,-
OOO The two towns are sixteen miles
apart, have been rivals, but owing to
the recent victory, Joplin voting for
Carthage and Carthage for Joplin, they
are virtually one town. The mining
interests in southeast Missouri are be-
ing largely developed. In Joplin $50,
900 are paid out weekly for wages to
miners"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

A BULLETIN in regard TO the distribu-
tion of population in accordance with
altitude has been issued by the census
bureau 1t appears that about one
sixth of the people of the country live
less than 100 feet above the sea level,
namely along the sea boards and the
low lands of the south. More than three
fourths of the entire population live
below the altitude of 1,0OJ feet. while
below 5000 feet are found % per cent.
of the population. The population en-
gagged in commerce and manufacture is
nearly all found below the elevation of
500. and between the elevations of 800
and l,5OO are producing classes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
LATER.

DISPATCHES from the Delaware PEN
,nsula state that the anticipated great
peach crop has rapidly faded tc very
moderate proportions by reason of the
ravages of the mysterious "yellows,"
and the unusually large "June crop"
has dwindled down from the estimate
of 10000 baskets made in May, to
less than 1000, 900 baskets in July. and
there is every indication that it will be
still less.
A MAN named Guereler recently ar
rived in Berlin from New York with
the avowed intention of challenging
the emperor to fight duel. Guereler's
grievances is based upon some action
of Prince bismarck years ago. for
which it was his intention to hold En-
peror William responsible. The would
be duelist has been placed in an asy-
lum by rich relatives.
Mr. WHARTON, assistant secretary of
state, has received from the United
States 'consul-general at Vienna dis
patch giving the details of the exhibi-
tion which it is proposed to hold at
Vienna next year, under the patronage
of Archduke Charles Louis. for the
purpose of illustrating as completely as
possible the history and progress of
.he drama.
Two INDIANS belonging to the Crow
tribe were run over by the Atlantic
express near Billings, Mont, on the
26th. 1t is believed that they had
been killed and placed upon the track,
as theoremains were cold when train
hands found them after the train
passed. Investigation is being made
by the authorities.
INvEsTIGA ALTON into the Ste Mande
railroad accident by which sixty-two
French excursionists were killed or in
jured, on the a6th, has disclosed the
startling fact that the disaster was in
tentionally caused by some unknown
miscreant, who deliberately altered the
signals so as to bring the two trains
into collision.
SEVERAL prominent officials and citi.
zens of the Duchy of Bukowin, on the
Russian and Roumanian frontier, have
been arrested for connection with ex-
tensive smuggling across the Austrian
frontier, and Director Boscanz, of the
Bukewina customs bureau. has COM
mitted suicide as q result of the dis
coveries-
The freedom of the city Of Edin.
burgh is to be conferred upon Sir Dam
iel Wilson, president of the university
of Toronto, Can, and fellow of many
learned societies.
CHANCELLOR CAPRIvI will shortly visit
Premier Rudini at the latter's seat At
Cuneo. Italy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

TELEGEArHY without wires is said to
nave been accomplished in England.
Mr.. Prcccc, the head electrician of the
postal system, succeeded in establish
ing communication across the Snlcnt
t" the Isle of Wight. and trlcgraphcd
also across the River Severn without
wires, merely using earth plates at a
sufficient distance apart. 1t is now
proposed To make .. practical Use of
this system in communicating with
liphtShinS
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

Mr.. GLADSTONE, in a letter intimat-
ing that he would be unable to attend
a liberal meeting, says: We, in our
affliction. are deeply sensible of the
mcrcies of God lie gave us for fifty
years n most precious son. He has
now only hidden him for very brief
space from the sight of our eyes. 1t
seems a violent transition from such
thoughts to the arena of political con-
tcntion; but the transition may he
soltened by the conviction weprofound-
ly hold that we, in the first and greatest
of our present controversies, work for
the honor. well being and future pe4ce
of our opponents not less than our own. :"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

PROF. y. f. FooTE. of Philadelphia.
who had the largest display of minerals
at the centennial exposition, means to
send to the fair the finest collection
ever shown. The professor Is now west
enriching his collection. lie has been
awarded prizes at London and Paris.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

MoEMoN enterprise has uutcroppcd
once more in the occupation by rcfu-
gees from Utah of the fertile Sonora
valley of Mexico. in which are situated
incstimablc deposits of coal and pre-
cious ore. a railroad under Mormon
auspices is being built To afford Il north
crn outlet. and it is expected that in
time the majority of American Nor
mons will find homes thcrcabuut
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
INESTIMABlE DAMAGES
Threatened to st. Joseph. from the Flood
In the Missouri River.

Threatened to st. Joseph. from the Flood
In the Missouri River.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, July 2s.-Unless an
almost miraculous influence is brought
to bear upon the Missouri river to
prevent the inroads made at a point
west of the city known as the Belmont
bend, the town Of Elmwood opposite
St Joseph and territory of about
square miles of farming country will
be submerged and the bridge and rail-
road tracks will be rendered useless.
The neck of land separating the river
above and below the bend has been re-
duced to width of 1000 feet. Should
the river cut through the Kansas bot
toms this city would be deprived Of
three of its most important lines Of
railroad for months at least The iron
bridge now spanning this point would
be rendered useless, all communication
with the Kansas farmers would be cut
off and it would be impossible to esti-
mate the damage to the merchants and
business men.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

THE usual Signature of Mrs. jefferson
Davis is ~. jefferson Davis. II WIS
explained by some writer not long ago
that the V. stood for the French word
widow. and that the signature as writ
ten by her was the lady's own cnuccit
for paving homage to her distinguished
husbands name. That this writer was
partly wrong is shown hv the signature
in the reply made to the request that
she designate Richmond as the final
burial place of Mr.. Davis. This reply
is signed ''Narina jefferson Davis"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
A Mine Of Information.

CHICAGO, July 2s.-After working for
the last 4s hours with scarcely any rest.
Immigration Inspector Stitch, yester-
day morning. found himself in posses
sion of mine of information regarding
the evasions of the alien contract labor
law. The evidence he secured shows
that some prominent railroad oficiala
will have to make many explanations
before they are clear of the suspicion
of having provided the money with
which to bring over thousands OF 1tal-
ians to work as section hands in Iowa
and other western states at eighty-five
cents per day.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

THE New York board of education
has prohibited the use of pet names of
teachers on the official records Thus
there will be no more Sallics and Res.
sizes and Mamics and Maggies on the
payroll. but in their place will he in
scrihcd the more sensible and tlignificd
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

IL two-thirds Of century but ont
man has been rcn"ininatcd for the
vice presidency. He was Richard
Mentor Johnson. put up with Van
Burcn in ls4D. He was defeated
Johnson WAS one Of the most striking
and picturesque characters in his time
He had been Il gallant officer in the
war OF 1872. and had served in both
before reaching the vice presidency.
Socially and politically he stood high
in his state, Kentucky, and in the
country at large
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
The st. Mande Wreck Caused by Some
Unknown MIscrant.

The st. Mande Wreck Caused by Some
Unknown MIscrant.
PARIS, July 2s.-At 8 o'clock this
evening LIE Paris states that an investi-
CATION has been made into the st.
Mande railroad accident, and has dis
closed the startling fact that the disas-
ter was Intentionally caused by some
unknown miscreant, who deliber-
ately altered the signals SO rs
to bring the two trains into
collision. This announcement has
caused the most intense indigna-
ton among the relatives and friends of
the victims and has aroused popular
feeling generally to state Of great
excitement
There seems to be little doubt as to
the fate that awaits the cowardly
wretch who caused the terrible loss of
life should he fall into the hands of the
mourners now gathered at St Mande.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
A CLOSE CALL.

wreck Of the Cstnnarnn TyPhoon on
Long leland sound on Branford beacon
and the Marrow Escape of Those ON
Board. Five in Number, from = watery
0vave-Eight Hour Afoat Clinging to
the Wreck.
New HAyBx. Conn, July es-The
eatamaran "Typhoon," having on
board Judge Hugh Daley, his little
niece, Capt Geo. Austin, Clarence
Beebe and Rufas Shepherd, went to
pieces about miles of Branford bea-
con, In Long Island sound, about
o'clock Sunday night Capt. Austin
and his niece took the only skif
the catamarsn had and after rowing
about miles, were picked up and
rescued by the steamer Margaret
1t is thought that the others
were lost The last seen Of Judge
Daley, Beebe and Shepherd they were
clinging to the wreck with the water
up to their necks, the waves threaten
ing to carry them under any moment
The Margaret landed Captain Austin
and his niece here, and when the calam-
were organized. At midnight. after a
thorough search, the hunt was aban-
doned The Typhoon was regarded as
a crack yacht, and was well known by
eastern yachtsmen.
Judge Daley was one On the leading
republican politicians of Connecticut
and a man of means Mr.. Shepherd
WIS o well-known banker of New
Haven, and Mr.. Beebe belonged to one
of the city's being families Capt Aus
tins account of the disaster is in sub
stance; ave were sailing along nice
ly with no idea that trouble was imi-
nent. The sea was rolling, but not to
any extent, there being only moder-
ate breeze blowing. AS we got abreast
of the beacon the water began 70 roll
heavily and the catamaran labored
hard. Judge Daley began to hsye
doubts of our being able to weather it.
He spoke to me and asked what we
should do While we were discussing
ways and means the Catamarnn quick
ly capsized. took his little niece and
jumped into the skiff. We had an aw-
FIJI time before we were picked up, the
waves dashing into the little craft We
succeeded, however. in keeping her
afioat until we were rescued by the
Margaret. am afraid the others were
drowned. They were clinging to
the wreck the last time / saw them"
Later-Thry Were Saved.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, July 2S-Judge
Daley, Clarence Beebc and George
Shepherd, of this city. who were left
on the catamaran Typhoon when she
went to pieces at midnight and who
were thought to be drowned. were res
cued at daylight this morning off the
Cow and Calf reef, near Brender point
The three men had hung on the rem
nants of the boat for eight hours
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
Pctti. County school Children.

Pettis county has 9,546 children be-
tween and 20 years of age, and there
fore entitled to school money: White
males, 1906; females, 4,211; colorcd
males, AZ; females, IG5. Total, 9,546.
The figures are made up from the ccrti
fled returns of the 100 school districts,
and show an increase of 1865 over last
year. of the public apportioned for
school purposes pettis county will Sc
cure about Sl2, 800, or at the pro rata of
about Sl.30 per pupil.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

THERE is laundryman in Paris who
has discarded all soaps, sodas and
bleaching powders in his establish
ment He merely uses plenty of water
and boiled potatoes, and can cleanse.
without employing any alkali, the nosi
S~''ed of linens, cottons or woolens,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

Mrs. LooAS has left the generals
library in Washington just as it was
when he last occupied it, untouched.
except by the dust brush. and I'M
changed. Ills arm chair still retains
its customary position. and hardly a
paper has been removed from his desk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

WILLIAM F"sTEH Is Il respected farm
or of tniOntOwn. Pa. who fancirs that
an old sock is safer than bank. His
theory worked admirably until the 9TH
or night. when lurglars raided his
house and made away with the sock.
Mr.. Foster is now on the verge of con-
version to business principles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01
hollands Motion for . New Trial Taken
Hinder Amusement.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, July 2s-The
motion for a new trial in the embezzle-
ment case against ex-State Treasurer
Noland was argued before Judge Bur
CESS yesterday. The defense tried to
prove by ten affidavits and several de-
positions that one Of the jurors was
drunk and five prejudged. Twenty.
five affidavits were offered in rebuttal
and then the LAWYERS talked necessarily
for six hours The case was then taken
under advisement, and decihion will
be returned to-day. It IL believed that
Q new trial will be refuseA
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

An Indiana judge who did not be-
lievc that women were curious has
changed his mind since the ladies' at his
hotel locked HIM in his room and re-
fused to release him until he gave them
the Judgment he intended to give in a
divorce case which hc had taken under
ahviscInrni
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-01

Hon. James B. CAN'T. presiding judge
of Division No. . of the supreme court
Of Missouri, was married to Mrs Matte
Werdemeyer Lee. daughter of J. NJ.
Wcrdemeyer. of Clinton, few morn
ings ago. The judge and his wife left
Immediately for Denver and other
points in Colorado, and will make tour
of the National park before they return
to their home in jefferson City.