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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08
ARMY MOVEMENTS.

United States Troops Ordered to New
York and Chicago to Participate In the
Ceremonies Attending the Columbus
Celebration and the Dedication Of the
Words Fair Buildings.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-An order has
been issued at the war department di-
recting Gen. Howard. commanding the
department of the east, to concentrate
troops in New York city on the 21st
inst, to participate in the Columbus
celebration there on that date. Troops
will be sent from Fort Porter, Fort
Ontario, Plattsburg barracks and
all posts in New York harbor. The
superintendent of the West Point mill
tary academy has been directed to
send the cadet corps of the academy
and battalion of engineers. The
four troops of the Seventh cavalry,
stationed at Ft. Meyer, Va, were to
have attended, but Gen. Schoield de-
cided to omit them on account Of the
unusual number of sick at this point.
The troops ordered to New York will
aggregate several thousands, and will
be fair representation of the United
States army.
The war department has also decided
to have the army well represented at
the dedication of the Worlds fair
buildings at Chicago, and Gen. Miles,
commanding the department of the
Missouri, has been instructed to have
troops there on the 2ist and 22d in
slant. The troops that will take part
in the ceremonies at Chicago will con.
sist of the cavalry and infantry from
posts in the department Of the
Platte and Dakota; cavalry and artillery
from Fort Riley, Kas-, Fort Reno. L
T, Forts Omaha, Robinson, Niobrara,
Neb., and Fort Custer, Mont. ag.
gregating nearly 5000 men, who, with
the troops of Fort Wayne, Mich, and
Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, will make hand
some display. The cavalry and artillery
will take their own horses and equip
ments
Troops B and K, Seventh cavalry.
from Fort Riley. will probably re-
main at Fort Sheridan permanently, as
quarters there have been completed
and it was the intention of the depart
ment to make the transfer as soon as
quarters were provided.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08
A SLICK SCHEME.

Covisgton and Cincin.ati Street hallway
Conductors who Kept Up Bi4 Blocks
Of Buiiding and Loan stock on BeEEAk.
" salaries-How They Managed It Ffns
ally Dissolved AFTER Come Sharp Deese.
tive Work.
CINCINNATI Oct &-A few weeks
ago the Cincinnati & Covington Street
Railway Co. reduced the fare from ten
TO seven cents, and travel was greatly
increased, but strangely enough the
revenue was largely decreased The
company employed Detective E. A
Miller, of Cleveland, to discover the
cause, IL possible. Miller came here
and began running car. He was at
fable and soon had staunch friend in
every conductor on the road. One
night about week ago when he had
made his last trip n conductor said to
him:
"Are you short to-nightT" =
"Yes," said Miller.
The conductor then handed Miller .
lot of punched tickets He took them
to his room and made careful exam
inatiop of them. He found that one OF
them had been scorched. He at once
inquired from headquarters what was
done with punched tickets after they
were returned by the conductors, and
was informed that they were placed In
a sack and burned in the power house
furnace He watched the operation
from a place of secrecy and the leak
was discovered. A clerk threw a large
sack of punched tickets on the edge OF
the fire and left the room. The fireman
hastily took up rake and withdrew
the bag of tickets, stamping out the
fire. These tickets were sold to the
conductors, 100 for sa. The company
then tried several plans to catch the
conductors who were using them, and
were at last successful in locating sif
of them, and estimate that the azn01t
of money stolen will range anywhere
from $4,000 to e10o, 200, and say the
stealings have been going on for five
years. One conductor, on q salary OF
sla q week, has been carrying twenty
five shares in building association.
The scheme was q new one and hard to
detacf
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

AT Angonleme, France, twelve per-
sons died from the effects of eating
what they supposed TO be mushrooms.
EMPEEOR WILLIAM, of Germany, in
honor of the birth of his daughter, will
pardon all female prisoners serving
terms for first offcnscS committed while
in distress or in fits of anger.
The schooner J. ". Dean. Nova
Scotia boat, with crew of fourteen
men, was reported lost.
LATER reports from the typhOon in
Japan show that $500 houses were
wrecked in the prefecture of Toku-
shima and 400 persons were killed.
The last surviving German officer
who took part in the battle of Water
loo. Gen. Carl Miller, died in Hanover,
Germany, aged 30 years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEW COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON,

Is the United States and Canada the
visible supply OF wheat increased $3.50,
300 bushels during the week ended on
the cath and oats 65s.OO0 bushels, but
corn decreased 90, 900 bushels.
THOMAS !. MUReAN, commissioner of
Indian affairs, in his annual report
notes continuance of the policy of al
lotting lands to the Indians as individ-
uals and treating them as future citi-
zcns of the United States. Eventually,
the commissioner thinks, the agency
system will be destroyed and also the
Indian bureau.
DURING the week ended on the S0th
ult. the exchanges at the leading clear.
ing houses in the United States aggre-
gated sl,O57, ,54l,07O, against sl,19l,-
400, lS2 the previous week. The de-
crease as compared with the correspond
ing week of 1891 was 16.9
The business failures in heknited
States during the seven days ended on
the 3Oth ult. numbered EOS, against 211
the preceding week and a3O for the
corresponding time last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

The Paragraph club of Newark. n.
j., is unique in the collection of wom-
ems clubs. 1t has neither president,
vice president, secretary, nor treasurer;
at its meeting no chairman presides
and no gavel falls. The members
gather, and presently some one says:
at is time to begin" and that is the
beginning. 1t is decided at one meet
ing what will be the subject discussed
at the next, and every member comes
prepared to contribute at least para
graph to the general fund of talk, which
obligation explains the name. The
club has numerous membership, and
includes some very bright women.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08
WILL PAY TAXES.

The Right Of Exemption from Taxation
Surrendered by Two Southern Rail-
roads.
RALEIGH, n. c., Oct 1.-The State
Chronicle will announce tomorrow
that compromise has been effected
whereby the Seaboard & Roanoke and
Raleigh & CASTOR railways agree to
pay taxes to this state for three years
past and to surrender the right Of ex-
emption from taxation conferred to the
roads by their charters. The state re-
Gently secured judgment in the federal
court against the Seaboard & Roanoke
road for back taxes from 1866 to the
present, and in the state court against
the Raleigh & CASTOR road.
These roads now abandon their ap-
peals to the supreme court.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08
iETER NEHS.

TYSpALE PALMER, Il fcrmer ncwspa-
per rnan, who WAS sent to Brazil by
the Aur Incandescent Light Co. Of
Philadelphia. to sell the patent rights
of the company in that country, ne
rotiated the sale, in connection with one
Freitas. of Rio .Ianerio, for S5l0,0o0.
but reported it as having been made
for so. 900, on which they charged the
company n commission of $4,000, thus
realizing a total on the dishonest
transaction of $4,000.
MGR T. ]. CAPEL, in card pub
lished in Cincinnati, denies the state
ments about his marriage, his fondness
for fast horses. and his estrangement
from Rome, and asserts that he is still
a priest. He says he is not rich, but
poor, and that Rome never paid him
anything for his services
THE gale which swept over southern
and central Japan last month devas-
tated the Rinkin islands and inflicted
terrible damage. Over 1000 dwellings
were destroyed or greatly damaged,
and about 500 persons were killed.
RUSSIAN immigrants who have been
refused entrance into America are not
allowed to re-enter Prussia. Some who
have returned are reported to be in a
miserable condition.
DR.. JOHN II. DOUGLASS. who attended
Gen. Grant in his last illness. and was
for many years the family physician.
died in Washington ON the I'd. He was
SO years old.
THE well-known jockey, Holloway.
has been expelled from all German
tracks, on the ground of disgraceful
conduct at the Hoppgarten in Berlin.
The Minneapolis woman's auxiliary
to the Worlds fair have voted that the
fair be kept open on Sunday. This ac-
ticn elected storm of criticism.
A FIRE occurred at Taner. near
Steineau. Germany, on the ID, which
destroyed eighteen dwellings. Three
persons perished in the flames.
THE Emmet hotel, at Estherville. Ia, =,
was destroyed by fire on the night of
the 1st j. NJ. Brennan, one of the
guests, was burned TO death.
PREPARATIONS are being made in
Chill for the celebration of Columbus
day, which the government has de-
clared public holiday.
The next meeting of the Pan-Presby-
terian council will be held in Glasgow,
n September, 1896.
FOUR miners were killed in the Ernst
Dit, near Eisleben, Prussia, on the I'd,
by fall of rock.
TwENrY-FoUR new cases of cholera
were reported in Berlin on the I'd.
FIVE persons died in Buda-Pesth, on
the ID, of cholee
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

ONE of the most remarkable phenom'
ena exhibited in the United Kingdom
is the growth of wealth in Scotland
during the very period that Ireland has
been declining. Its population is in,
creasing, though great numbers are
constantly moving to the United States
and Canada. Wealth is increasing
faster than population and the manner
of living is improving. The people are
better housed and clad than they were
ten years ago. 1t is reported in every
county that houses are being erected or
enlarged. But in Scotland, as in this
country, there is tendency to move
from the rural districts to large towns.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

p. $. Gilmore, the bandmaster whc
died at St Louis few days ago. would
allow his band to play only sacred
music, or something near akin to it, on
the Sabbath. 1t is said that he refused
to earn many dollar by allowing his
band to play at Sunday gatherings
Such pieces a, '.Nearer. My Goo, to
Thee as played by 6ilmore's band,
was worth going miles to hear. There
Is universal sorroN among the good
people of st. Louis because of Mr.. Gil.
more's death. His music contributed
much to make the exposition of that
eitv the spocess It H.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

OMAHA, Neb., Oct 1.-Lorenzo
Crounz, republican candidate for gov
ernor, has been forced to cancel all
dates and places. A few days ago one
of his eyes began paining him. bui no
particular attention was paid to it
Last night, however, the pain was in
tense. and this morning he consulted
an oculist Il developed that an ulcer
had formed on the ball of one eye. and
that the other eye is sympatheticaliy
affected. Judge Crounz hopes TO be
able to begin work by October Is, but
his physician says 1t Is not likely thai
be can,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

OMAHA, Neb., Oct Gov. Boyd has
addressed communication to the chair
man of the board of public lands and
public buildings, in which ne urges the
board to give a thorough investigation
to the charges of corruption in the in
sane asylum management Gov.
Boyd calls attention to the public
charges, and asserts that facts have
come to his knowledge which makes
the investigation imperative. Land
Commissioner Humphrey. chairman Of
the board of public lands and build
ings, will at once begin an investiga-
,ion
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

YOUNG and diffident orators will take
fresh heart when they learn, if they do
not know it already, that SO accom-
plished and self-possesscd speaker as
George William Curtis suffered greatly
from stage fright on the occasion of bis
first lecture, and began by saying:
Ladies and gentlemen, the pitomless
bott," with a solemnity which was
changed to confusion when he per-
ceived his error. OF course. he had
meant to make an allusion to the bot
tomless pit.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

THE house of Samuel Atkinson at
Telcup. Kan, was struck by lightning
and Mr. and Mrs Atkinson and their
two children were killed.
THIRTY-oNE small cottages In New
Orleans were burned. ..
THE peoples party Of Michigan In
state convention at Lansing nominated
William Newton, of Flint, for associate
justice of the supreme court.
In Chicago a grand jury voted to in
dict Michael c. Mcdonald for attempt
ing to bribe Justice Woodman.
FIRE destroyed the car works at
Lima, o.. and 2lO cars were consumed.
Loss, s1OO.
JOHN u. WILSON, of La Crosse, Wis.
was elected grand chief in place of
Frank Sweeney at the annual meeting
in Dallas, Tex, of the Switchnen's
Mutual Aid association.
THE peoples party in Wisconsin has
nominated Marcellus Audier for con-
gress in the Fifth district.
To SETTLE an old grudge Mrs James
Pike shot and killed the S and 10-year-
old daughters -ofs Clseyles BiI.ups near
Huntington, W. Va-sf
MASCOT lowered the worlds pacing
record to 2:O4 in the free-for-all pace at
Terre Haute, Ind.
By a cave-in in shaft in the Norrie
mine at Ironwood, Mich, eleven miners
were imprisoned. \ rescuing party
was working, but with little prospect
of success before the men suffocatcd or
starved.
On the Cherokee strip in Oklahoma
boomers set fire to the grass and thou
sands of acres were burned over, caus-
ing the loss of many cattle.
AT Mrs. Anna Vorpahl's boarding
house in Kansas CITY seven persons
were poisoned. Maggie Moore, vim
dictive dining-room girl, has fled and
she was suspected.
IN Michigan over $4,000 acres of gov
ernment land were sold at prices rang
ing from 81 TO $3.50 per acre.
Ar Brandon, Miss, James Scott, a
negro. was hanged for the murder of
his wife.
FIRE destroyed thirteen buildings,
including the opera house, the bank.
post Office and Star office at North
Bend, Neb.
TnE whaling steamer Mary e. Hume
arrived in San Francisco after cruise
of over two years and six months. Her
catch for the cruise WAS thirty-eight
whales, whose bone and oil repre-
sentcd value of SiOa,000.
ar Rcdding, Cal. j. W. Smith killed
his wife and child and was soon after
lynchcd bv mob.
FLAMES destroyed fifty freight ears
and the transfer sheds OF the New York.
Chicago x st. LouiS railway in Chi
cago. the loss being SlOn.0Jl.
PETER IIELDT's six children all died
of diphtheria Within two weeks at RAJ
cine, Wis.
IL Kansas the democrats opposed to
fusion will hold state convention at
Topeka on the Ith inst.
FIRE ruined the famous signal sta
tion building at the summit of Pixies
Peak in Colorado.
AT the Union stock yards in South
Omaha. Neb., fire destroyed $4,000
worth of sheds and burned or snoth-
cred 993 head of sheep.
THE rotcd English forger. Lord Wal
tsrS. Beresford. alas Sidney I.ascelles.
was sentenced at Rome, Ga. TO six
years hard labor in the penitcntiary IN
that state.
4 FORTUNE of -, 900, coo has fallen to
Anton Pilgcr, Il farmer living near Co.
lumbuS. q.
MICHIGAN prohibitionists have nomi-
mated T. r Butler for congress in the
Third district.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

BUSINESS gets down fine in certain
localities in Chicago. Not a great dis
tance from the Polk street depot an
Italian stands behind a glass case on
the sidewalk and dispenses thin slices
of watermelon at one cent apiece. The
class of customers is varied and curious.
There are the children of the neighbor-
hood, many of them colored, an occa-
sional trampish-looking person and an
occasional woman who seems to be
buying the thin slice of watery sweet
ness for some one else. 1t is all odd.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

c. Z. SrAGNoLETTI, said to he the
father of railway telcgraphy and the in
ventor of numerous electrical appli-
ances for working the block system on
many home and foreign railways. re-
Gently resigned the appointment which
he had held for over thirty-tivc years
As chief electrician and telegraph en-
gineer of the Great Western Railway
Company of England.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

A FRIEND of the late Gideon Wells. of
Maine, who was known rs the cattle
king of that state, estimates that dur
ing his long life he paid the farmers
for horses, cattle, sheep, hay and wool
upwards of S5O,OOO,O 900; and yet, so cx-
act was he in his dealings that.
although he was suneducatcd and trusted
largely to his memory, he never figured
in lawsuit either Us plaintiff or de-
fendaut
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

The use of the camera in hospitals
for photographing different phases of
disease has been productive of valuable
results abroad Pictures are taken of
patients at various stages of disease,
and a comparison of those with photo
graphs of others similarly afflicted dis
closes phenomena of great interest and
value to medical science.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

In St Louis the Presbyterian. Meth.
odist. Reformed Episcopal, Baptist,
Christian. Lutheran and Congrega-
tional churches are in favor of united
evangclistic work in the city. It has
been recommended that the date for
beginning the work be fixed upon jan
nary 1, 1893, ard that union services
con tinue at least one month: that the
plan of work be to hold daily central
meeting in the morning of each day
where all the workers can meet: thai
the city be divided INTO FIVE sections or
districts, in which the pastors shall co
opc-ate and arrange the work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

No SUICIDE has been committed in
Montenegro for fifty years, the people
regarding it as cowardly act and evil
dence that the victim had led an un-
worthy life or had been implicated in
some crime. Recently merchant who
had been harassed by his creditors at
tempted to end his career with revol-
yer, but the bullet did not kill him.
Prince Nikito called to see him and re-
buked him for his unmanly act On
his recovery the prince paid his debts,
but banished the offender He then is.
sued decree that the dead body of any
suicide should be exposed to public gaze
on the gallows for twenty-four hours.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

MILE. NIRGINIE MENvIUs, who died
recently at Nancy, aged 81, was the
Oldest schOolmistress in France She
was Iot allowed to learn to read till
she was Is years of age. Her own
schools, few years later. were de-
clared by the government to be nor
NAL and model schools Mile Men
vius gave 10000 francs for the cree
ton of hospital at Nancy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

A WEALTHY Scotch gentleman who
had intended to give each of his daugh-
tiers legacy of her weight in 81 bank
notes had an official of the bank of
Scotland to figure on the matter for
him. 1t was found that the larger
would get as ker share 55,344 and the
simmer 81, 200.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08
orEEx N1crnnI.,s Hi5aeos,

QUEEN vIcroRrA's Hisdoostanee does
not come to her without hard digging
She has Hindoo secretary, a fact IN
known to her American admirers. His
name is Munshi Hafir Abdul Karin,
and if his pupil were not a queen he
would be called tutor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

John Hanson. blacksmith. commit
ted suicide in st. Louis few days ago.
His act was reported to be from dcspond-
cncy, produced by family troubles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

THE free lunch eaters of New York
city consume daily two tons of potato
salad, a ton and half of beans, 80
gallons of beef stew and a hundred
weight of caviara, not to mention the
large quantities of cheese, Frankfurt
ter sausage, pickles, olives, cornec beef,
maearoni e+p
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

In St Louis. few days $50, a man
was fined 500 and costs for cruelty kill
ing dog. He hrained it against a
table
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

Mrs. Sarah Busby, of Barton county.
was bitten by mad dog. She was
taken to Nevada, where a maidstone
was applied
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08
Expensive Fun.

The death of T. r. Vincent by an
electric shock ut Kansas City, proves to
have been the result of a practical joke
by fellow employees, J. II. Pollmyer and
Peter Walters. who ran a live wire to
Nincent's desk for fun. The shock
killed him instantly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08
Want Water,

The Marmaton river. from which Ne
vada gets its water supply, is lower
than ever known. Several large ponds
have been drained into the river. and
if it should not rain in a few days a
water-famine is certain. Receiver
Strohm of the water works has issued
orders to consumers to use as little
water as possible during the dry spell
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

Harrison and Mercer counties are
flooded with counterfeit money. ]. J..
Derry was arrested at Princeton and a
quantity of coin secured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

THE first woman admitted to the bar
in America was Arabella Mansfield, of
Iowa, in 1869. Now there are seven
women lawyers practicing before the
United States supreme court. and a
large number have been admitted to
general practice,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08
The "Fsst Flying virsinian" Comes to
Grief.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Oct a-The
fast flying virginian" was derailed
here yesterday morning at As o'clock.
The train of seven cars was coming
into the city at twenty miles an hour,
and left the track at the Sixteenth-
street crossing, caused by a split
switch. The engine, mail. baggage
and two coaches left the track and ran
hundred yards on the ties Forum
ately no one was hurt, though all the
passengers were badly shaken up. The
train was crowded with excursionists
returning from Washington
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

HERE is new definition of the word
straw. An observing young woman
says it is hollow thing with a ten
cent young man at one end of it and a
fifteen-cent drink at the other.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

Ont Of twelve people who took break
fast at the clearinghouse of Miss
Anna Vorpahl, Kansas City. the other
dav, seven are very sick from the
effects of poison which was admin
stored in the fool
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

Rev. J. $. Myers, pastor of the Chris
tian church of Sedalia. has declined a
call to the First Christian church of
Memphis. Tenn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

While Richard Warf, 40 years old.
was at work on a derrick at the new
high school building in St Louis, a large
stone which was being hoisted fell on
his head, instantly killing him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

II. W. L. Russell. the defaulting
treasurer of the Lombard Investment
Co. at Kansas City, has been released
by Mexican officials. as his crime is not
an extraditable one
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

Fred Witrock. alias ''Jim Cummings -
the noted train robber, has completed
his term in the jefferson City peniten-
tiary, and has been released.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-08

Attorney II. c. Sinnett, a prominent
lawyer of Sedalia, died at Granville o.,
where he was on visit to relatives.
Mr.. Sinnett practiccd law in Sedalis
for twenty-five years.