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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
THE coUNTRY'S COMMERCE
The General Condition OF Trade Throagh
out. the Country as Reflected Through
Il. G. Dun & Cos Weekly Keview-Bhsi
ness Failures, Etc.

Inc UeDefni SOnuitlOH OF braue GnrOugn
out. the Country rs Reflected Through
X. G. Dun & Cos Weekly Review-Bnsi
ness Failures, Etc.
New YORK. Nov. 4.-R. g. Dun 4
Co. weekly review Of tade says:
business has entirely recovered from the
slight disturbance caused by the MayeHck
bank failure. Trade Is large in volume for
the season. especially in tie west. the Iarg-
est ever known. But ma gins for profits
are narrow! aid the tendency of prices is
not toward improvement In that respect
for while breadstuffs sdyalce. most manu-.
factured products tend to cecline. The iror
output November l was the greatest eve
known, 1855 tons weekly against lsl, SIS
October l. Coal is dull, lake copper is Of
fered at lis cents: holdings of tin are
heavy at sl9 80 and lead IS low at $40. Re-
ports from other cities shoE great hopeful
ness. At Boston trade is barge In volume,
boots and shoes more active with manu-
faethrefs quite busy a iitt:e more doing in
leather. and domestic hiies easy. Dry
goods are quite active and wool sales fair,
with good trade in groceries and furni.
ture. At Philadelphia trade In dress
goods Is more active, but mild
weather retards sales Of heavy woolens;
the jewelry trade is fair; glass and paints
improving; the carriage trade dull. wool
Cincinnati retail trade improves in all lines
and jobbing trade for shoes. At Cleveland
the dry goods and shoe trades surpass last
years. and hardware AMI groceries are
active. At Milwaukee sales in all trades are
far in excess of last year. At Chicago re-
ceipts OF wheat and rye are three times last
years, OF oats and dressed beef third
larger Of hides and wool a quarter larg er, of
flour fifth larger, and of barley somewhat
larger; but in cheese. butter and corn a do
crease appears, and a large decrease in
cured meats and lard. Sales Of merchan.
disc greatly exceed last years, and clear
ings are the largest ever known. At st.
Paul trade il active; at Minneapolis
lumber Is strong and high: at Duluth
thc lumber cut is the largest ever known
and shipments heavy; ut St Louis trade il
strong in shoes, clothing and drugs. and
money in large demand for cattle and cot
ton regions, and at Kansas City the move
ment of live stock and grain Is heavy. At
the south cotton receipts are very large, but
much Is held because OF low prices Tie
rice movement is heavy at New Orleans, and
receipts of sugar large. with groceries fairly
active. Cotton goods are In demand. Ora
drrs for boots and shoes are Increasing.
particularly frum the south, while the west
is rather backward.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the last seven days,
number, for the United States, 253, and for
Canada 3, or n tot Il of 29l; as compared
with n total of 26j last week, and 25j for the
week previous to the last. For the corre-
spending week OF last year the figures were
266 representing 224 failures in the United
States aud I2 in the Dominion of Canada
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
IN THE SOUDAN.
The French Victories Over samori and the |
Sultan of the Toucouleurs-Mossi Terri. |
tory Now Open to the french-Concen. |
tration of Troops at Mofana for Final
Movement Against Samori.

Tie French Victories over Samori and the
Sultan of the Toucouleurs-Mossi Terri.
tory Now Open to the french-C Concen.
tration of Troops at Mofana for q Final
Movement Against Samori.
LONDON, Nov. 16.-News which has
just arrived from Senegal seems to
show that the French victories over
Samori this year, and over Amadoo
Sultan of the Toucouleurs, last year. il
terrible in the waste Of life they have
occasioned, and the DISSOLUTION which
they have spread through a large part
of the western Soudan, have been at
least more successful in establishing
French domination than the conflicts
of Germany on the east coast of Africa
In June last, Samori, who is sultan
of the southern states lying between
the upper waters of the Niger and the
frontiers of Sierra Leone and Guinea,
was obliged to flee before the French,
and took refuge in the more remote
parts of his own territory. Lieut..
Marchand, who headed an expedition to
the next state of Tieba, lying due east
toward the interior. has received there
a deputation from the still more central
state of Mossi, offering friendship to
the whites, and stating that the road
from Sikasso through the Mossi terri
tory is open to the French. Capt. Mon
tell, who commanded one of the many
expeditions which left the west coast
in the spring. is reported to be at Ona-
gadongon, in Mossi territory. and
the concession allows freedom Of pas
sage for him to return through Sikasso
to the coast. Bondoukoo, where the
carriers are said to have abandoned
Capt. Menard, is on the borders of
Ashantee, and of Ammo, but If the
party which Col. Archinarg has sent
southwark by Pong to meet and relie<e
him effect their object a penetration
due north, like that attempted in vain by
the unfortunate Quiqerrey expedition
will have been achieved. The states Of
Mossi and Gourma, which Capt Mon
tell has crossed, touch with the state Of
Gando. and fall into the Niger country.
In penetrating TO them the French have.
therefore, visited the whole of their
territory which lies within the tenth
and fifteenth parallel of latitude.
The fight with Samori is not yet
over. The French troops are concen-
trating at Mo;ana for the purpose of q
final movement in force
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
A UNIFORMED BRUTE.

Inhuman TreatmeHf Of an Intoxicated
Soldier by His Captain ut West Point.
n. Y.-Compcled to Lie for Two and =
Half Hours In the Stable fsrd In
Heavy Rain Storm and Then Severely
Punished JudicialIy.
NEwBrRs, n. Y, Nov. IA story
Of unusual treatment of a soldier ut
West Point is published in the Register
here. TITO cavalrymen returned one
day last week TO the barracks intoxi-
Gated. They had been off post ION
pass" The first sergeant rightly sent
them to the guardhouse, but when
the commanding officer of the detach-
ment heard this he ordered both f1en
put at work with pick and shovel in the
stable yard. It was raining hard ut the
time. The officers orders were that
no matter how severe the weather they
were not to have shelter of any kind.
They had no opportunity Of recovering
from their debauch, but were taken
from the guardhouse to the stable
yard in a wagon and there told to go
to work. One of the men was able to
do this, but the other was still
too drunk. He fell and was unable to
get up from the wet ground. Noticing
that the man was lying on his side, the
officer directed the guard to turn him
over so that the rain would beat in his
face. Against this the soldier in
maudlin way protested, saying that
besides being drunk he was also
sick. This seemed to anger the
officer, and he ordered the men to
hold the prisoner on the ground. face
up, and if he would not submit quietly
TO tie him hand and foot, and thus COM
pei him to yield. Then the officer eau
toned his guards to carry out his man
dates to the letter under penalty Of pun
themselves. For two and half
hours the soldier lay on the wet
ground. unprotected from the inclement
weather. and during this time had two
chills- When the hour for prisoners to
return to the guardhouse arrived, he
was taken there with the others Since
that time he has been tried by court
found guilty and sentenced to
for thirty days in the
guardhouse at hard labor, and to for
felt to the government one months
nav
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
GETTING AT The TRUTH.

The Wild storIes Contained In the Londo6
Dispatches In Regard to Brazilian Az
fairs Giving Place to CaImsr and More
Probable Statements-English Jealorsy
OF Our Treaty with Brazil Responsible
for Many Of Them
LONDON. Nov. 15.-The chief subject
6f ihtsrest is the unsettled condition Of
Brazil. 1t is known that the commer-
.cial houses in this city having Brazilian
connections, have for long time beet
dissatisfied with the existing govern
mcnt. The American reciprocity treaty
has made serious inroads upon British
trade, and there is evidently no dispo-
sition to grant equally favorsbls ar.
rangements to England. Lord Sails.
bury has intimated that il is beyond
his power to interfere in behalf Of Brit
ish commercial interests. and Brazil is
too big a country to be frightened into
improved trade relations by the pres
enee of an imposing British fleet. The
social influence of the English in Rio
Janeiro, as in ali leading South Ameri-
can cities, is very great, and il has been
exerted to fument discomfort with
the Fonseca government There has
also been some hope of restoring the
monarchy, but this hope has place in
the minds of but few who are ac-
qudinted with brazilian sentiment It
is well known by those who were in
Brazil at the time that the monarchy
was overthrown, not for dislike of Dom
Pedro, but for fear and hatred of those
who might follow him. Bonn pedro's
family surroundings are of the very
worst The imperial house of Brazil is
a mixture of Coburgs and Bourbons,
some of the latter being of the worst
branch of the Bourbons, that of Anjou
and the two Sicilies Such a family
would not willingly be accepted as rulers
by any European people, aid would have
still less chance with the proud. high
spirited Brazilians- Therefore, any
contemplated restoration of the mon.
archy can have but little to do with the
existing crisis. The facts appear to be
that congress, spurred on by foreign
influences, has at last brought public
business TO halt by refusing to per.
form constitutional duties. Da Fon-
SEGA, acting more upon the precedent
of European limited monarchy than
of an American republic, has dissolved
the congress, and proposes to have an
other election. In word, he appeals
to the people, meantime exercising su-
preme authority. The meager dis
patches received indicate extensive
opposition to his course. The
important province of Rio Grands
do Sui, which threatend seces-
sion at the time Dom Pedro
was expelled, has actually seeded, so
fur as the deposition of the Fonseca
government and the establishment of a
provisional government at the capital
can effect secession. There is under
stood to be trial at arms in progress
between Fonseca and the new govern
ment of Rio Grande de Sui. Meantime
all is reported peaceable in Rio Janeiro.
and there Is such rush of business at
that and other Brazilian ports that yes
sells can not be loaded fast enough.
The finances of the country are as yet
in good condition, and the national
debt had been materially reduced in
the year following the deposition of
Dom Pedro and preceding the coup
d'etat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.

The Grand Army of the Republic
will hold its next annual encampment
in Washington September 20, 1892.
DURING Octo Der 81, 946 pensions were
granted, the first payments on which
aggregated S4,Sjs.6O5.
The total value of the exports of
domestic breadstuffs during October
was SPA, 1853, 1874.
THE exchanges at the leading clear.
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
Sl,8l5, 52l, ,232, against 81, t55, $50, $50 the
previous week. The decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1890 was 1871.
THE president has issued proclama-
ton appointing Thursday, November
%, day of thanksgiving and prayer.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven davs ended on
the 18th numbered 29l. against 226
the preceding week and 266 for the cor
responding week last year.
IN his annual report James A. Du-
mont, supervising inspector general of
steam vessels in the treasury depart
meut, says that during the past fiscal
year there were thirty-three accidents,
in which 336 lives were lost 1t was
estimated that GOO, 900, 900 passengers
were carried during the year, making
one life lost to each 1,155, 457 passen-
gers carried.
DURING October the total value of the
exports of domestic mineral oils from
the United States was $3.50. 101.
DURING the last fiscal year the ag-
gregate amount of taxes collected from
tobacco was S32, 79G, ,27O, a decrease of
81, 1920 as compared with the pre-
ceding fiscal year.
JOHN W. MASON, commissioner of in
tcrnal revenue, shows in his annual re-
port that the total receipts for the
last fiscal year from all sources were
SAG. .035, 416, an increase of So. 44O, 719
over the receipts for the previous fiscal
year.
THE Chilian minister at Washington,
Signor Montt was formally presented
to President Harrison.
THE government has paid out nearly
$40, 900, 600 in sugar bounties during the
the first season under the new tariff
law. The amount of sugar produced
in the United States is about one
eighth of the amount consumed.
THE total production of oleomarga-
rine in the United States during the
year ended June 80 was 1882, 400
pounds.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
WEST AND SOUTH.

THE vote at the recent election in
Iowa officially canvassed makes the
total for governor 42O,214. of this
Boies dem received 207,575; Wheeler
(rep.), 1872, 759; Westfall (alliance), IL
91s; Gibson (pro. }, 962. Boies' plurality,
1916.
In Chicago Inspector Hubbard COM
PEELED the display of the American flag
at an anarchist meeting and said that
if any more incendiary language was
used he would clear the hall.
MASKED men boarded train on the
St Paul road near Western Union
junction, Wis, and robbed the express
car of an enormous sum of money.
On the Illinois Central road passen-
ger and freight train collided near
Jackson, Tenn, and four trainmen
were killed and number of passen-
gers were injured.
JOHN NJ. GLOVER, an ex-congressman,
died at his residence near Newark,
Mo, aged ~ wears
The death of John Hutchins, MEM
Der of congress from Ohio from 1858 to
1862. occurred at his home in Cleveland,
aged 70 years.
A FIRE in the business portion of
Silver City, Ia, caused loss of $780,
900.
DONN PIATT, the eminent journalist,
died at his country home. Mac-O-Chee,
in Logan county, o., aged ~ years.
IT was discovered at the Knights of
Labor convention in Toledo, o., that
the accounts of ex-Treasurer Turner
were over S31, 900 short.
THE bankers in national convention
at New Orleans elected Richard NJ.
Nelson, Of Selma, Ala, as president
POLICEMEN raIded two anarchist
meetings in Chicago and arrested twen-
ty-five of the leaders and took them to
the Desplaines street station.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted at the
Farmers national congress in Sc
dalia, Mo-, recommending the passage
of national law requiring the stamp
ing of artificial hog products; demand
ing the passage Of federal law pro.
hibiting gambling in farm products,
and indorsing the principle of reciproc.
ity. A. ". Smith, of Kansas, was
elected president
FLAMES at Ybor City, suburb of
Tampa, Fla, caused loss of s400. 600
The discovery of 100 new volcanoes
was reported in Lower California
AT Miller's Station, Ind, all the |
buildings were demolished by the ex-
plosion of twenty tons of gunpowder,
the loss being 100000
In jackson and Clay counties, Kan,
gold-bearing dirt was said to have been
found in immense quantities
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
THANKSGIVING DAY,
Proclamation by the President Designa'
ting Thursday, November 26, rs Day
OF National Thanksgiving.

Proclamation by the President Designs.
ting Thursday, November 26, as a Day
Of National Thanksgiving.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-The full text
of the presidents Thanksgiving procls'
f.iation is as follows:
By the President oI fss United States cy Imer.
lea:
PROCLAMATION.
1t 10 very glad Incident Of the marvellous
prosperity which has crowned the year now
drawing to a close that its helpful and rea s.
euring touch has been felt by all our peo-
pie. 1t has been as wide as our country. and
80 special, that etery home has felt Its com
foriifig Influence. IL is too great TO be the
work OF mafi's power. and too particular to
be the device of his mind. To God, the be
neflcelt and the all wise. who makes the Id
bors OF men to be fruitful, redeems thei
losses ly His grace, and the measure o
whose governing is as much beyond tn
thoughts OF man as it is beyond his deserts
the praise and gratitude of the people o
This favored nation are Justly due.
Now, therefore. I, BENJAMIN Harrison
president Of the United States of America
do hereby appoint Thursday, the 26th day
OF November, present, to be n day OF Joyful
Thanksgiving to God for the bounties of His
providence. for the peace in which We are
permitted to enjoy them, and for the pres
ervation Of these Institutions of civil and
Religious liberty which He gave Our fathers
the wisdom to devise and establish, and us
the cotiragc to preserve. Among the appro'
priate observances of the day are rest FROM
toll. worship in the public congregation, the
renewal of family ties about Our. American
fircsides and thoughtful hclpfuIness to-
wards those who suffer lack of the body or
Of the spirit.
In testimony whereof. have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States tn he affixed.
Done at the city OF Washington, this l3tl.
day OF November. iii the year Of OUR Lord
one thousand eight hundred and Ninety
one. and of the Independence OF the Unitet
States the one hundred and sixteenth.
lSeaLi BENJAMIN HARRISON.
by the president: James G. Blaine. secre
rotary of state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
FIGHTING FOR TIME.

isut Little Prospect Of IN Early settlc-
ment Of the BehrinG Sea Matter-Ths
United stntes Believed to Have the Beat
End of the Argument. and the Poachers
Would Gain Another Season By Delay.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE Post
says that I. has high official suthority
for the statement that in the '.inner
circles" the impression prevails that
there will not be speedy settlement
of the Behring sea controversy,
and for these reasons: Broadly
stated, II Is not believed that
Great British desires so speedily
to reach q settlement Great Britain
believes that any fair Interpretation of
the points in dispute will be favorable
to the United States While 70 the
great mass of Engllshmen such con-
clusion would be received with passive
indifference. a directly contrary
effect would follow in the Domin-
ion of Canada, and especially in
British Columbia. With brutal
disregard of ali interests except
their own, the Canadisas insist upon
their right to poach in the waters OF
Bshring sea, and do not think II crime
to raid tbs islands themselves in search
of plumber. Under these circumstances
any agreement that will shut the poach-
ers out would be followed by howl Of
Indignation from one extremity
Of the Dominion to tho other.
II the contention be not settled
by spring the new modus vivendi will
be agreed to- The past season has
demonstrated the impossibility Of ef-
fectually policing the sea, innsmuch as
the roachers are said to have captured
upward Of 10000 seals during the
months Of June, July and August 1t
Is true that this number is smaller
than formerly, but it is still consider
able. II the poachers can do ss well
next yenr, and they may do bet
ter, the opportunity Is one not to be
desplsed At all events 1t is better to
get 40, 600 skins than none at all. as
would be the case if the contention
were settled in our favor leaving us at
liberty to treat trespassors in future as
pirates 1t would keep the Canadians
In good humor for another year, and in
q gain of one years time is
an advantage of no little moment"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21

AT Fayette, Miss, Alexander Cham
bers, nlias Tom Sutton (colored), was
hanged for the murder of Robert
Henry the 18th of last July, and vii.
liam Somerset (colored) was hanged at
Marion, S. c., for the murder of Ed NJ.
Fore. He protested his innocence to
the last
AN entire family, Charles Betheard,
his wife and three children, lost their
lives in the flames which burned their
house at Columb bus, o.
In Chicago Louis Adler, q wholesale
cloak dealer, failed for $500, 900.
AT Knoxville, Ia, Joe Jefferson
owned by A. l.. Sardig, paced 4 miles
in 1910, thus lowering the worlds
record of 1o:S41S made by Longfellow
at San Francisco in 1861.
THE Michigan supreme court has de-
clared the.indeterminate sentence GRIM
inal law in the state unconstitutional
The 400 Cinnamon who sailed on the
steamer Rio Janeifo from San Francis.
CO for Hong Kong will not be legally
entitled to return to the United States
unless present laws are changed
BENJAMIN FARLEY was sentenced at
Frankfort, Ind, to twenty-one years in
prison for the murder of Alexander
Stewart at Whitestown June Is, 1891.
AT the age of So years Edwin E. Pratt,
for over twenty years connected with
the A. n. Kellogg Newspaper Company,
and for several years president of the
company, died suddenly at his home in
Chicago. His death was the result of
a severe attack of the grip last winter
from which he had never entirely re.
covered.
THE banking house of Bonner & Bon
ner at Tyler, Tex, has failed for $780,
600.
In Lexington, Neb., an incendiary
fire destroyed property valued at $780,
600.
AT Kenosha, Wis, Oliver Hoye and
his little grandson were fatally kicked
by a vicious horse.
A PREMATURE blast of giant powder
at Lyons, Ia, blew out both eyes of
Charles Babbett.
In Cleveland, O., fire destroyed bust.
ness property valued at 5000, 900. John
Grady, a fireman, was killed by fall
ing floor.
SEVERAL of the anarchists arrested
in Chicago were fined for carrying con-
cealed weapons
CAPT. HATTIE SMITH, of the Saliva.
ton Army, was fatally shot in Omaha,
Neb, by Miss Nettie Biedler. who then
took her own life. Jealousy was the
cause
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21

HEAVY gales and excessive rains are
again prevalent throughout Spain, and
are once more causing immense dam
age. Telegraphic communication is in
terrupted on all sides, and reports of
further death and destruction are an
ticipated. On the northern and west
ern coasts the storms have been espe-
reported
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
An HeIrsaa Mfausfed.

BROOKLYN, Nov. 1a-Society circles
are much excited over the announce
ment that Miss Henrietta r. Crowell.
Youngest daughter Of the late Stephen
Crowell, former president of the Phoenix
Fire Insurance Co, had married Nicolai
Niben, the man-of-all-work employed
at DR.. Gates sanitarium. Lakewood, N.
j.. with whom it is said she became in
fatuated while sojournfng at that
place. The lady was . favorite With
her father. He left her half his for
tune, estimated at 5000. 900 The
antecedents Of Niben could not Be
learned
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
nsstructIve Tornado.

NEW YORK. Nov. IA special cable
lIspatch to the Herald from Buenos
Ayres says a terrible tornado passed
over the province of Santa Fe, 30 miles
from Rosario. Friday night, causing
great destruction to property and loss OF
life. The town of Arroyo Seco was en-
tireIy destroyed. The number of deaths
is reported TO be forty and Of wounded
thirty. A train of eighteen coaches
was at the station when the tornado
swept through the town. 1t was over
turned and many Of the passengers
were buried in the wreck The details
of the disaster are meager.