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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.

CHIEF HARRINGTON shows in n spe-
weather bureau that on September 80
there were over 1.2O0 weather signal
display stations in opcrati n, and in
addition there were over 1900 volun-
tary observers reporting to the weather
bureau
IN his annual report to the secretary
of war Maj. Gen Schofield recon-
mendS the reorganization of the army.
lie also recommends that the enlist
ment of Indians be continued.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 23I aggregated
Sl,2l3, l56. .25l. against 81, 40, 112, 353 the
previous week The decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week OF
1890 was ll.60.
The United States would, it was said,
demand full reparation of Chilli for the
recent attack upon the crew of the
steamer Baltimore at Valparaiso.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven davs ended on
the I'D number 249. against 259
the preceding week and 225 for the cor
responding week last year.
THE sixth auditor of the treasury for
the post Office department in his last
report shows that the postal revenues
of the year ended June 30, 1881, were
S65, 93l, 1s5, against $50. O.SS2. O9i in 1899,
and the expenditures s.. 73O,67S, against
S5.OIs.Gl9 the previous year.
THRoUGHoUT the country business
was said to be remarkably active and
constantly increasing.
MERCHANDISE exports from the
United States during September were
valued at Ssa, 5S7. sS7, against SdS.G93, 49,
during September. 1890. Imports dur
ing September were valued at S5l. .503,-
800. against S75, 939, AZ during the same
month last year.
DURING the month of September the
number of immigrants arriving in the
'nitcd States was -, 100. as compared
with ~. AS for the corresponding month
last year.
The commissioner of the Indian
bureau has designated Mount Pleasant,
Isabella county. Mich, as the site for
the third and last Indian industrial
school.
LARGE numbers of Cinnamon were
said to he entering the United States
from Mexico.
FIGURES issued by the bureau of sta
tistics at Washington show that the
foreign commerce of the United States
during the past year was greater than
any either year in the history of the
country.
SECRETARY OF STATE BLAINE has re-
turned 10 Washington after an absence
of more than five months. lie was in
good health.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
THE EAST.

Is the Wallabout market in Brook
Ivn, y. Y, Il firc caused loss of $50 =
900.
TuE wooden mills ut Glendale, Mass,
were destroyed by fire, causing a loss
of 5000. 001
THREE fishing scEoonerS with their
crews of thirty-siX men We're reported
at Gloucester. Mass. as lost
BY the wrccking of the schooner Red
Wing. of Noank. Conn, 100 miles he
low Lcwcs. Del. the entirc crew of
nine persons were lost
OFF Gurncy Point, Mass. the schooner
Franklin was wrecked and Capt. Kelly.
his two sols and three men were
drowned.
IS New York tie 125th anniversary
of American Mcthodism was cclc-
Iratcd with appropriate services in
the old John Street Methodist Episcn-
pal church. the first church of that
denomination establi>hc IN this coun-
try.
THE six-day bicycle race in Madison
Square garden, New York. was won by
Martin. of Detroit. who made 1.iGi
miles, breaking all records. Six of the
fourteen starters were in at the finish.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

TRAVELLERS returning from abroad
lring with them a plentiful supply ol
yarns. A woman tells the New York
lines that while she was in England
she heard of an American who, on his
first trip on an English railway, quite
held his breath at the rapid running.
When his nervous ness rather overcame
him he approached the guard. 81 say,
guard" he ventured, This is pretty
fast travel for safety. isn't it," "Oh.
no, sir. replied the guard. I'VE never
run off the line here. sir" But,
said the Yankee. quickly. 1t is moi
the line. I'm afraid of running of
your blanked little island"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
LATER.

4 CoUPLE of burglars attempted to
force an entrance into the house of
Charles Brandt, at Preston, Ia, on the
25th. A l5-year-old son of the owner
shot at and is to believed to have ia
tally wounded one man, as blood was
plentiful about the house and on the
grounds. The wounded man must
have been carried off by his comrade,
as searching parties failed to unearth
him.
An order was sent to Admiral Brown
at Callao, on the Goth, directing the
cruiser San Francisco to return to San
Francisco for repairs. The vessel has
been at sea for some time and her bot
tom is badly in need of cleaning and
painting, and the department consid-
ers it unwise to delay.
THE navy department received dis
patch from Capt Schley, of the steamer
Baltimore, on the Goth, announcing the
death of Coal HEAVIER Turnbull. who
was injured by the mob which at
tackled the American sailors at VAL
paraiso recently.
SECRETARY BLAINE was at his desk
at .the state department on the Goth.
During the forenoon he saw no callers,
but occupied his time in acquainting
himself with the status of the numer-
ous matters before the department
Two burglars blowed the safe of
the Omaha Street Railway Co., on the
night of the Goth, and secured si,210,
while pals held up the superintendent
and two workmen with drawn revolv-
ers.
WM. MATsoN, who stole a gold brick
last August from the Wells Fargo Ex-
press Co, at Mohawk. Plum county,
Cal. was captured in New Castle, Pa,
on the a6th.
THE navy department has received
dispatch announcing the arrival of the
Mononcacy and Alert at Shanghai on
the 18th and the Charleston at Woosung
on the 18th.
The Russian famine relief fund has
been increased by 10000, 900 roubles,
added to it from the public treasury,
the amount to be expended in labor in
the forests.
BARCELONA anarchists are preparing
for a grand celebration of the anni-
versary of the execution of the Chicago
anarchists concerned in the Haymarket
riots
THE doctors say that Katie Cole, of
Pottstown, Pa, a colored girl of IS,
who dropped dead in the street, on the
25th, died from the effects of tight lac
ing.
THERE was an increase of zoo, 900
francs in the amount of ladies' cigar.
cites used in France last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

SHIP-OwNERs are sad to be much con-
cerned about the report of Gen. o. NJ.
Poe, of the United States engineers.
that the waters of the great lakes .are
lecoming lower every year. The fol-
lowing figures for five years show the
gradual full: June. 1886, Lake Huron
was 5sS. IS feet above the sea level:
June, 1887, it was 5Sa. a.3s; June, lssS,
5sl.7 20; June, 1889, .5s1.o4; June, 1890,
5si.OI; June, 1891. $50 40. The month
of June is taken because the water is
then at its highest In February the
minimum depth is reached, and the
ship-owners expect to see many exposed
places in that month next year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
STILL PROGRESSING.

The Manufacturers Record Summarizes
the Record of Week in the CONNER
ciaI. Mechanical and Industrial Progress
of the South.
BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 24.-The Manu-
facturers' Record. in its weekly review
of the mechanical and industrial prog
ress of the south, summarizes the report
of its correspondents in the various To-
calities mentioned and the information
received generally from the south as fol-
lows:
Reports from all parts of the south show a
very general Improvement In financial mat
tiers, almost unprecedented cotton receipts
and heavy foreign shipments, somewhat
stronger feeling in iron. and fairly liberal
sales both of charcoal and coke iron. and
marked change for the better in the disposi-
tion of capital to seek investment In this
section; railroads arc rwded with
business. and in some places cars
can not be had fast enough to move the
traffic offered; manufacturing enterprises
OF nearly all kinds are running on full time
and earning fair, and in many cases large,
profits. In general Industrial matters the
week has been busy one. and large num-
Der OF new enterprises have been organized.
At Sheffield, Ala, some big deals, involving
the Investment of several million dollars,
have been consummated; in West Virginia
three coal mining companies with an aggre-
gate capital stock of 81 900 900. $3.50, 90 lum-
Der and boom company, $4,000 improve
ment company and slO0C0J company to
make steel laths have been Incorporated; in
Little Rock q site has been purchased for
brewery; Vicksburs. Miss, Is to have $780,
0U0 brewery; three phosphate mining COM
panies have been organized in Florida; a
$4,000 bottling company at Atlanta, Ca;
s20,0)O iron ore mining company near Cedar
town; electric-light works at Fort Valley.
Ga: a 100000 water and electric-light
works at Marietta. Ga; a $500 brick
company at BeIlavista, Ga; electric
light works at Ashland. Ky; Sc. 900
planning mill company at Covington: a
$4,000 planning mill-company at Louisville;
three power houses for cable line In Balti-
more; a 1900 malt company and two land
improvement companies, with capital stock
of $1,000 and 6',OOI respectively, in Balti-
more. canning factory at South Morganton,
n. c. saw mill at Tillery; cotton congresses
at Darlington, s. C., and Monroe, n. c.;
sl500o0 land Improvement company at
Atlanta, Ga: $4,000 cotton-seed oil
mill company at Lining. Tex; 5000
manufacturing company in Texas:
rebuilding of SIS, ,0oO bark extract works at
Lynchburg. Va contract for rolling mill at
Max Meadows: 10000 Improvement COM
pany at Portsmouth, Va; sI0J.OO pulp mill,
probably at Memphis. Tenn. $50, 900 shIngle
mill company Mt Palatka, Fla. furniture
factory at Lenoir. Tenn. enlargement OF
flour mill In Knoxville to GOO barrels daily
capacity; sl5,1O0 iron works company at
Roanoke, Va; large iron -ore mining opera.
tions at Bessemcr, n. C., etc"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

The decision of a western federal
judge giving an Indian parent the
right to take his children out OF
school because there are no rules is
sued by the Indian bureau providing
for compulsory education of young In
dians has reused the Indian commits
sioner to provide against such contin-
gencies in the future. A set of regula.
tions has been issued intended to en-
force the attendance of Indian chill
dren at the schools provided They re-
quire every child over ) and under Il
years of age to attend some school, the
parents 10 decide whether to the gov
ernment, private or public schools
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
DISASTROUS COLLISION.

The Steamer Boston and the Bark Chsfl-
wood Come Together or the English
Coast, Resulting In the Sinking Of the
Chariwood with the Loss Of Several
Lives
LONDON, Oct e7.-A disastrous colli-
sion between the steamer Boston and
the bark Charlwood. Of the Eddystone
rocks, occurred about o'clock yester-
day morning, when it was intensely
dark, and the wind blowing q strong
gale. The people on the bark hardly
had glimpse Of the Boston before the
collision, and as the steamer struck
them the bark began to sink almost at
the same instant
The Charlwood was almost cut In
two; nevertheless Capt Hiscocks, Of
the Inflated vessel. stood on the poop,
and as coolly as if on q summer sea,
gave orders for the lowering Of the
lifeboat The boat was lowered, the
seamen obeying as bravely as their
captain ordered. The women and ap-
prentice boys entered the boat
which was about to put of, when
the bark gave a sudden lurch, and
foundered. The davits struck the lie
boat and made it capsize. and the
women and boys were thrown into the
angry sea- Their shrieks were heard
for several moments, until most of
them were swept out Of sight under the
waves. A seaman named Jones seized
the daughter of the captain, aged Is
years. She was the darling of tho
crew. Jones held her across a plank
until the boats, which had instantly put
off from the Boston. came to the rescue.
A schooner named the Albion hap
pened to be passing. Her crew heard
the shrieks of the drowning women,
and fastened to give assistance. They
rescued seven. Two of the survivors,
battered and exhausted, were taken to
the hospital at Falmouth. The pilot
had left the Charlwood only an hour
previously, wishing the captain and
crew a PROSPEROUS VOYAGE
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

Missouri. as appears from the census
returns, carried last year $3.50, ,64i, 9a1 in
insurance in 2S5 companies. The
amount paid in premiums and assess
ments for this insurance was 81, 193. 3i1.
The losses paid in cash amounted to
S3,Ol4,a9s From this it appears that
for every dollar the companies received
for Missouri risks last year they were
were obliged to pay back on losses 6a
cents. Tornado insurance, what there
is of it in Missouri, is of the most
profitable character. The six COM
panies giving tornado insurance in Mis-
souri, last year received in premiums
S7i,ss9 and they paid out Sl,7S2 in
losses. The business was nearly all
velvet
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

Mrs. Newton Smith dropped dead at
her home in East Moberly the other
morning. The cause of her sudden
death is supposed to lie heart trouble.
She was nursing her II year-old son, who
was accidentally shot through the right
knee few evenings previous bv boy
named Elrin IIcrn, when she fell dead upon
the floor. At the time that her little boy was
shot Mrs. Smith ran out and caught llern
and gave him a good thrashing- A. soon as
he gained his liberty he loaded his large gun
and drew a bead on the woman. and only for
the timely arrival of another bov. who took
the gun away from Eigin, lie would have
shot Mrs. Smith, too. The theory is ad-
vanccd that her death came on account of
the fright At school time she WASHED and
dressed her other two children and sent
them to school rs usual. She was the wife
of Newton Smith, Il Wabash fireman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
FIRE destroyed the village of Animas

| orkS. Col.
IL the McGuigan family living near
/ Columbus, Ind, a peculiar disease has
developed. Each member of the fam
lily with the right eye can see as great
a distance as is possible with tsle-
scope. while with the left eye they cam
not recognize objects across the street.
AT Hampton, Va. Robert Jordan
! tcolored) was hanged for assaulting
Mrs. Moore, white woman.
IN collision of freight trains on the
Northwestern railroad near Lake City.
Ia, two brakemen were killed and two
engineers fatally injured.
AT the age of - years Philip stein
metz. life prisoner at the penitentiary
in Columbus, o., died of heart failure.
HIGHwAYMES held up George C. Nc
Mulking, farmer living near Almond,
Wis. and robbed him of $1,000.
For the murder of Rose Bray on
March % last Adelbert Goheen was
hanged at Fergus Falls, MINI.
The boiler at John Quigley's sawmill,
near Glasgow. Ky, exploded and six
persons were fatally hurt
Is Terre lIautc, Ind, "Aunty"
Badly celebrated her 102d birthday.
An incendiary fire at Topeka, Kan,
destroyed the livery barn of j. E.
Grouse, and ten horses perished in the
flames.
IN the libel suit of Ignatius Donnelly
against the st. Paul Pioneer Press for
SlOO GOO DAMAGES the Jury brOupht in n
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

MISNEAPoIIs, Mimi, Oct 25.-Rev.
II. Tiffany, ID. D., pastor of the Hem
pin-avenue NJ. F. church, and one Of
the most noted divines of the country,
died at the parsonage of the church
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock. The
death Gu nc quietly. but with terrible
suddenness The illness of DIR. Tiffany
was not believed TO be serious and Fri
day night he was reported to be i'm
proving. The cause of death is not
definitely known. but the doctors en-
tire system seems to have collapsed
Many friends will mourn the de- sth 0f
this brilliant man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

MARsHALLTowS. Ia, Oct. 23.-A
special from Lake City says: A terrible
collision occurred late last night be-
tween two heavy freight trains on q
branch of the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad. Both trains were fearfully
wrecked NJ R. Hayden and George
Stein. brakemen, living at Lake City,
were both instantly killed. Engineers
Collins and McAllister were probably
fatally. injured, and other trainmen
were consider ably hurt The accident
occurred ON a curve, neither engineer
seeing the other traiL In tune 10 avid
the disaster.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
The wooden nutmeg of fraud fame

THE wooden nutmeg of fraud fame
has been eclipsed by Dutch ingenuity
According TO word sent from Utracht.
the llollanders are making artificial al
monds in large quantities from paste
composed of glucost. They are shaped
and colored to nature, and stepped in
nitrobenZole to give the necessary
odor. Hundreds of bushels have been
sold TO INSCRIPTIONS dealers, who mix
them with the genuine article. The
same people are at work on Il vanished
coffee bean.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

JosEPH TArEE. of Pittsburgh. Pa,
got foolishly discouraged because he
fanc:ed that he WIS cumbcring the
earth for too long a span of years, and
imagining that nature was forgetting
to call in his checks he gave her Il
gentle reminder by trying To hang him
self. And yet Joseph is only Il giddy
youth of lO7 mosquito-haunted sum
mers and corrugated winters
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
Denver Omcials Indicted and Jailed for
Malfeasauce,

DENVER, Col. Oct 24.-Three ex-city
officials of Denver, realize now that the
way of the alleged trangressor is hard.
Yesterday the grand jury brought in
three bills of indictment against ex-
City Treasurer W. VI. Bliss, ex-Deputy
Treasurer James Hadley and Deputy
Auditor George r. Raymond. charging
them with embezzl-..ent, malfeasance
in Office and forgery. The accused were
arrested last night and lodged in Jail,
where they will remain until the
amount of bond required is fixed by
the court
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

THE New York medical society an
nounces that music is not medicine,
Notwithstanding the contrary opinion
of the British Medical Journal. The
man who has roomed directly over the
boarding house piano and has been
obliged To take his medicine will agree
with the BritiSher
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

CUMBERLAND. Nd, Oct 27.-An ex-
plosion of dynamite occurred yesterday
afternoon about o'clock in tunnel No.
of the Cumberland Cement Cos
works. injuring four men. winn
Keefer was placing the dynamite in
the rocks preparatory to blasting, and
while in a STOPPING position a stone
dropped from the roof of the tunnel
and knocked his cap of, in which was
n small miners lamp. The lamp COM
ing in contact with the dynamite ex-
ploded it. He was blown 10 feet away
and badly burned about the face and
breast Three others were injured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

W. W. Weiman. of Michigan, has pur-
chased 1000 acres of land in Hooker
township, Laclede county, on which,
with other gentlemen from the north, a
sheep ranch is to be established. iIe
will ship 500 head Of sheep to his ranch
Immediately.
IThe tract is mountainous In Its formation
and scarcely susceptible Of cultivation, but
Is admirably adapted to the purpose for
which II was purchased. B,ue grass Is in
digenous to IT, and 1t Is splcndidly watered.
When the excellent price Of mutton sheep
command in st. Louis and Chicago is con-
R;dercd, il seems strange that sheep raising
Is not ven more attention in the mountain
Gus sections of the state
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

THE republic of Costa Eica. one of
the most progressive of the southern
countries, is soon to.have Il complete sys-
TEN of telephone communication. The
government made Il contract short
tine ago for the csta blishmcnt of trlc-
phone service between all the towns
IF the republic and for its maintenance
for period of ten years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

By the law of France the fund of
500, ,OGO on deposit in Parncll's name in
the Bank of France will be inherited
hy Parnells widow and by his brother,
John Howard Parncll. of Atlanta The
latter says he will not touch penny
IF it. and every nationalist who con-
tributcd to the fund Will admit that he
is Il gentleman of wisdom and d.scre-
finn
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

THE ccnsus-b bureau has summed up
the immigration statistics of the last
fifty years, showing that within the
half century nearly fifteen million for
eigners have landed on our shores in
addition to the tourists who came with
intention to return.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

As ONE of the results of the immense
apple crops it may he predicted with
safety that it will be cheaper this year
to make genuine cider than to make
the bogus article. Which of the two is
the more deadly, however, is still a
matter of dispute
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

The ". P. Allcutt Packing Co. of
Kansas City has assigned. They had
paper falling due which they could not
meet
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

ONE result of the recent disorders of
French pilgrims at the Pantheon at
Rome is the issuing of an order by the
French government forbidding bishops
to leave their diocescs without leave of
the government
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
The Men shot by Order OF Gen. Garcia

IHt .ntH rTUt Uy OfueI VI OeH' "hfcf1
Rio GRASDE CITY, Tex, Oct. 90
Two Of the men who were shot at mid.
night on October 10 at the Guardado de
Arriba ranch so summarily by order Of
Gen. Garcia, because of their alleged
revolutionary proclivities are now
known to have been Juen Bazan and
Jose Angel Vera, American citizens
and voters in this county. John b.
Richardson. American consul at Mata-
moras, Mexico. has announced that he
will make thorough investigation Of
the killing. and if the men were Amer
lean citizens he will take further legal
stems
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31
The Fire Insurance Company Must Settle

IypIANAPoLIs, Ind, Oct 27.-The
suit of Byram & Sullivan against the
Etna Insurance Co. to recover the
amount of a fire insurance policy. re-
suited in a verdict. yesterday morning,
for the plaintiffs for IS. 100. This was q
test case involving s3S. 900 Of insurance,
and the other companies will now prob
ably come forward and settle The
verdict is taken rs vindicating d. j.
Sullivan, who was charged with burn
ing the stock insured Sullivan viii
probably now bring suit for big damr
ages for slander:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

THE largest salary of any diplomatlst
is that of NJ Waddington. French min
lister at London. which is SGO,O 900 a
year. The British minister to France
has $50, 900 a year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

The latest Tascott story has one COM
mendable feature. 1t kills Tascott
early in the play. According to the
narrator, he was strangled to death by
his pals Immediately after the murder
of Smell
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

THE new dimes stamped at the New
Orleans mint are 50 imperfect that
many persons have been arrested on
suspicion that they We're trying to pass
spurious coin. The rough rim ON the
edge causes the trouble.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

THE only negro in the next congress
will be II. =. Cheatham. of North
Carolina, now entering his second
term. He is about "a years old and is a
college graduate
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-31

A MICHIGAN editor gives this timely
warning: One man discontinued the
Sun on Monday and promptly on the
next day his horse ran away with him,
giving him narrow escape from death.
Other people should govern themselves
accordingly"