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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

mentos Of the magistracy OF ancient Europe.
as a brief season OF thanksgiving and OF
festivity in commemoration Of the man
and tho discovery of four CENTURIES since.
Chicago kept holiday; and not only Chicago,
but every nook and corner Of the big, bustling,
tearing. driving. striving republic Joy, jubt-
lation and gladness were unconhned. Patriot
ism, the safety valve OF q people enlightened
and determined to he free, had full vent. In
city and town. in village and hamlet. the Peo-
pie. to quote the proclamation Of Presi-
dent Harrison, "ars devoting themselves to
such exercises as may best express hon
or to the discoverer AMI apprecia-
ton OF thu great achievements OF
the four complete centuries OF American life. p"
Joy and gladness envelop the nation as mist,
n Joy and gladness unknown to nations over
which limited or absolute monarchies exercise
full sway It is q day Of Liberty. a day Of fra
ternity. q city Of Equality, . day upon which
rich and poor, young and old. native and for
eign- born from the anwashed shores OF
Lands End to the extremity OF the Col
den Gate, where the cliffs are kissed by
the gentle waves Of the Pacific. are singing
with heart and voice. chanting in unison. one
great paan ascending to the skies, and pene-
trating the thin veil that hides the continent
from the abiding place Of eternal God bless
our native Land"
A parade Of state inauguratsd the exercises
of the day. Cannon doomed at daybreak-a
national salute on the nations holiday-start-
ling the tired million or two from their slum-
bers and serving notice that the doings Of yester-
day were but thing that is past and the crown
ing event Of tn. occasion was yet to come.
The very air was tinged with holiday ozone.
One felt instinc.ively that this was not day
for toll or for dru1gery, that It was day dedi-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29
The Parade.

of lady managers At the cioss Of Mrs Pslmsrs
address came one by President Higginbotham
Of the Columbian exposition This was replied
to by President Palmer. and then came the
dedicatory address by Vice President Morton.
Mr.. Morton. In concluding. used the following
words: ''"
Mr.. President, in the name Of the govern
these buildings and their appurtenances in
tended by the conzress Of the United States for
the use OF the Worlds Columbian exposftsufo
.ths world progress in art. in science. In agff-
culture and in manufactures. dediczts eAsm
TO humanity. God save the United states OF
America
The eonclusics of this address was the signal
for loud and long continusd applause. and
when the y,cs-president stepped forward 70
bow his thanxs one-eight Of niliion men .no
woman rose 10 their foe: and gave him saivo
Of applause that he Is liksly to remsmnsr 50
fonx "A be has breath aad lifs. The "HaIeiu-
iay Chorusr was rendered at thfs point
A rood old fashioned reception Of eorphiitS
vs,. extsudsd to Henry wattefson when hs
came 10 the front Of the staD 10 -dehvex bis
addrosa Mr.. watfsrson was followed by Hon
Chsupcsy n. DepsN. whose orstion was
literally punctuated with applause. ss also tnas
Of Mr. Wsttersonh -
Aftsr the chorus bad rendefed Beetnovens
'.In Pi.iss Of God" Cardinal eiooons asoss To-
A, "Ss Soved q bsfore the Tsroas q
orc, while ltfss 1';sminsnt prslats 3t-
| fer,d . fervsnt suyplicatson, nlesm3
was proneunesd y Esss DR. 4 = pst,.deIns.e. MoGa :.
nd aimost bsf6rs NJ closing words Aa1 disd
sVsya the land struck up the familiar sssain1
Of America" and the sndisncs soinso = I'M
''SIs1 Tss Wosiss s,ad ss,s buildings w, asd,ss.d
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

gray -hairsd; Weir OF washing,o-. q handsome
man with rghE-brown side whiskers; the
black browsd Markham OF California; sifer Of
Illinois on horseback, q slender, soldieriy ng-
ure. and white haired Boies Of Iowa came NEXT
Each and all Of them received = warm and cor
dial greeting.
After the dieuitaries bad gone came the rank
AMI hle Of the parade. and IN Q formation Of
ten files wide. In double rank. they rolled hks
q huge human wave past the reviewing stand
for almost exactly three hours As each sue
ccssive body reached the east side Of the fed
eral building 1t was greeted BY 1000 little girls
arranged In the shape and draped in the colofs
Of the American nag. Each little tot carried
In her hand diminutivs banner, and - ths
sweet childish Voices arose 10 cheer the march
ing men those little pieces OF bunting would
hutter wildly. It.was . beautiful and inspiring
sight. and not once did the little ones fail to
receive an acknowledgment Of their kindly
feeling.
Ths weather was admirable for the parade
The sun shons warmly during the early portion
OF the day, but later the sky was overcast, and
to the many spectators who stood hour after
hour watching the stream Of life fow past tho
fresh northern breess was trine uncomforta-
ble.' But for them who bore the burden Of tho
day the temperature could not have bsen better
adjusted. They did their work Surprisingly
well, and In its doing they honored themselves,
the city and the vast horde Of strangers within
her gatea
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

Gated to the People and for the People. Day
had barely dsvned when Michigan
boulevard from the Auditorium south
ward to Jackson Park. q distance of
over miles, commenced to be fringed on either
side with men and women Each mCment
added its quota to ths early risers. Uptown
and downtown II was very much such
crowd As that which passed Judgment on the
civic procession OF yesterd,y, but reinforced
with decidedly large smattsring OF members
Of local polite society, between whose imposs
ing mansions and tasteful villas the line
Of march had been routed out. There
the entire population of the win1y City,
reinforce by its quarter million visitors OF %,
from far and near. was on the streets bstwsea
the Lake Front and Jackson park Fortunate
holders Of Invitations sntitling them 70 partic-.
ipation In the exercises OF the day began 70
move southwark at an abnormaliy early hour,
apparently determined to take time by the fore
lo..k and to secure a point Of vantage Soon
after O'Clock those intending to participate
in the procession began 10 mass themselves In
the Auditorium. while the vehicles were
rua.sed In columns Of four on the other side Of
the hostelry and Wabash avenue. A few min
utss after o'clock the order was given for the
head Of the column 10 move. The escortin9
military comprised three batteries OF artillery
from Fort Riley, MAJ Randolph commanding;
one from Fort Sheridan. four companies oil fhs
Fifth and Sixth cavalry. o. 9. A.
After the military the procession OF carriages
with their occupants moved In ths following 8
order. save that the carriage allotted to tns
vice president was not occupied until the pro.
csssion reached the HigEinbothan mansion o
which point The vics-pses& es, smA save I"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE official figures show thai there
have been Il, %! cases of cholera and
9.59S deaths since the outbreak of the
plague in Hamburg.
CruKE damp in the Delcrc mine ir
Italy suffocaicd nine miners.
The late Gcnrgc Fowler. a wealthy
provision packer and merchant of
Liverpool, left S;;I2. 600 to the Salvation
Army.
FIRE destroyed all the main business
houses in the village of Eccton, Ont.
IuE whole number of deaths from
cholera in France since April is :, Isl
4 SEWER at Hamburg, Germany,
cavcd in. Lurying fourteen wOrkmcn
alive. and II was thought that all of
them had pcrished.
A REVOLUTION has broken ont at SAN
tiago del ES,ro, the capital of the
province of the same Eamc-thc CEN
tral province of the Argentine repub-
lic-and the insurgents have captured
the governor of the province.
ForH Christians were killed and
twenty wounded in the rcccn. riots at
Crete. Fourteen Turkish soldiers also
lost their lives.
ACCORDING 10 official statistics the
barley crop of France this year will
amount to Il G2G. III hcctolitrcs. against
26. -. So hcctu!itrcs last year.
IL wrecks caused by storms on the
Spanish coast many vessels were
wrecked and over 4 dozen lives lost
TIE total catch of the Canadian seal
ers this wear was estimated at 5000
skins, which, as compared with the
catch of last year, shows 4 falling off
OF II per cent.
Twr3rY persons were killed in rail-
way wreck near Fcnsa, Russia.
Is southern Russia nearly three
fourthS of all the cases of cholera
proved fatal.
IL Sardinia storm destroyed one
third of the town of Asscmini and over
100 houses at Elmas- Several persons
were killed.
IL the Asam valley in India the pres
ent tea crop is the shortest on record.
and the decrease in the outturn. com
pared with that of 1891, is 5000, ,0Oo
mounds
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

AT MartInsville, Ind, three distinct
earthquake shocks were felt, causing a
rattling of windows and shaking up of
croekery that alarmed housekecpers
generally.
WILLIAM MCPHEEsoN has been ar
rested in Detroit, Mich, on the charge
OF having twelve living wives
IN Chicago the worlds fair buildings
were dedicated on the 2lst Vice Presi-
dent Morton accepted and dedicated the
structures, Henry Watterson, of Ken
tucky, delivered the dedicatory grafton,
and Chauncey NJ. Depew, of New York.
was the Columbian orator.
The death of Dennis +. Hanks, the
early tutor and lifelong friend of the
martyrcd president. Abraham Lincoln,
occurred at the residence of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Nancy Shoaff, in Paris, Ill,
aged % years, months and days.
THOMAS COLE and his wife were
found dead in bed in Chicago. Gas
death.
JOHN GAINES, the oldest man born in
Indiana, died suddenly at Crawfords-
vile, aged 90 years
DELEGATES from various states met
in Chicago and perfected an organiza-
tion to be known as The National
League for Good Roads" The object
is to awaken general interest in the
improvement of public roads.
FLAMES destroyed the house of Mich
ael Kansas, mail carrier at Manan-
nah, Mimi, and two of his children
pcrished.
AT fireworks exhibition at Los An
geles, Cal, a G-inch gas pipe loaded
with gunpowder exploded, killing
twelve people and wounding many
others.
NEAR Sterling, Kan, storm wrecked
many buildings and injured several
persons.
ForR children of Joseph Matthews,
living near CIarcmont, ). C., were
burned to a crisp during the absence of
their parents.
Is Louisville Mrs. Edward Neunlist
was instantly killed by the discharge
of a gun trap which her son Edward
had set to kill chicken thief.
IL their home ut Swedesburg, Ia.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sells were found
dead, they having been sulfocated by
iras from 4 coal cooking stove.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

II would be n great task to describe the beau
tiful decorations that greetel the people on the
morning of the parade. the .0th- From every
building. from every corner. streamed great
swarths Of bunting. Chicago was literally COW
cred with the Rel, White and Blue Yes, the
people expressed the appropriation, and in
manner that will becom, historical. or Chi
cago's population ons In twenty marched in the
rarade. The other nineteen, reinforced by
half million visitors from the outside points,
stood on the sidewalks. packed the streets.
perciled on roofs ali window sills and jammed
III, various stands along the line of march to
sce him do II. And they slw him. too. 75,0U OF
him. The gigantic procession passed through
the streets without an instant's delay, always
moving swiftly. and il owned the street from
curb to curb. despite the great crowd Of spec
tltors who pushed and showed, ia ths desire to
s,e as much as possible of the pride and pomp
of Chicsgos civic societies
The crowd was something fearful Chicago
has, at different times, handled many thronR
OF visitors but this one was away and beyond
anything sh, ever dealt with fore. II Is es-
timated that at least ,5O0O0 people viewed the
parade In all that drawn out marching horde
every fnan went by the reviewing stand. and
he went at good swift pace. Naturally there
were accidents, fainting women, children tram
pied upon, and here and there a man dropping
from a roof, but these are the aftermath OF
every gathering The parade was scheduled to
start from Michigan and Van Buren street at
f0:l5 This wolli bring it past the reviewing
stand at the federal building thirty minute.
later but despite the utmost efforts OF Gran1
Marshal Miles and his aids 1t was exactly ls:z3
O'Clock when Chief of Police McClaughry, at
the head Of the paraie. brought his baton up to
salute Vice Presi lent Morton. who reviewed
the parade OIL a tastefully decorated stand.
where he was surrounded by the members OF
the diff rent legations AMI throng OF bril-
liantly DIRE ssed ladies.
As the different governors OF the states
passed the reviewing stand, some on horse
back and others in carriages, each was greeted
with succession of cheers which kept him
bowing for many minutes. D.laware's con-
tingent was first in the line Of state dignita-
ries, and her governor received an ovation.
Gov Pattison of Pennsylvania came in for 4
warm greeting AMI behind his carriage was
his escort, more numerous than that Of any
other governor in the line. As Russell Of
Massachusetts, came slowly up Adams street,
mounted on n spirited gray charger, the enthu-
siasm was more than doubled, and the gov
ernor's fiery horse reared. plunged and turned
in alright but his rider sat him well and
quickly bringing him down as he passed
before the vc,-presi1elt he saiuted grave
" and passed on. Ths crowd was i'm
partial in politics. and yelled as Justify
for Flower OF New York whose iron-gray hair
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29
WESI hND SOUTH.

GES. MILES has been asked by Gov.
Humphrey, of Kansas, to send 4 COM
Dany of United States cavalry to the
southern Kansas border for the protcc
ton of citizens from the remnant of the
Dalton gang.
Ar Nashville. Tenn. the worlds =
year old trotting record was broken by
Drectum. who went mile in ell ,.
Hal Pointer paced mile in a race with
Guy in 2:Oii. over the same course.
IN upper Idaho nine outlaws who
had stolen several hundred horses were
shot and then hanged by their cap
turers.
Is st. Louis Alice Princeley, aged
~. was shot and instantly killed by her
husband. Theodore Princeley, because
she refused to live with him. The muir
derer escaped.
RALEIGH, n. C, celebrated the CEN
tennial of its existence by an elaborate
street pageant
THE worlds fair Sunday-closing pro-
vision of the congressional appropria-
tion was discussed at session of the
national commission in Chicago and re-
suited in victory for the advocates of 4
six days fair.
.JOsY GABRIEL, an Indian, murdered
q. Gciser and his wife, an aged
couple living near San Diego, Cal. Rob
berry Was the motive.
liz Englewood, Chicago suburb,
twenty buildings were burned to the
ground, involving a loss of Sl00, 900, and
L..
John Howard.
THE resignation of T. ]. Henderson,
associate justice of the supreme court
OF Utah, has been rendered, to take eff
feet at once.
THE Idaho supreme court has rem
dered a decision in the matter OF the
constitutionality of the electors oath
which prohibits Mormons from voting.
FLAMES destroyed the PhGnix furni-
ture factory and contents at Rockford,
ILL.,. the loss being 100000.
MANY Cinnamon were being SNUG
gled into Toledo, o., and vicinity from
Windsor, Ont.
A CAGE fell in the Colby mine at
Bessemer, Mich, and nineteen miners
were in iured, four probably fatally.
AFTER embezzling $50. 900, the general
manager of New York life insurance
company fled from the City of Mexico.
The town of Plain City, o., was al
most entirely destroyed by fire.
By the explosion of seventy five
pounds of dynamite on a government
dredge boat near Chattanooga, Tenn,
three men were killed.
The third of the nine games between
the Cleveland and Boston baseball
clubs for the national league champion
ship, played at Cleveland, resulted:
Boston. 5: Cleveland, ..
Is a disreputable resort at Des
Moines, Ia, Tom Bailey shot and
probably fatally wounded two "irls
] and then killed himself
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29
IaT=O HENS.

UUSDREDS Of houses were washed
away. a number of people drowned,
and thousands rendered homeless and
shelterless bv the late storm on the
south coast of Sardinia island. The
whole southern end of the island is in
desolation, and railway travel and teie-
graph service was ruined for the time
being.
THE St Louis exposition, the only
successful permanent exposition on
the continent, closed its doors on the
eighth year of its existence on the
night of the 22d. Not year OF its ca
reer has been failure, and the season
Just brought to close was one OF the
most successful of all.
Mr.. W. H. JEFFRIEs, of Ipswich,
England, an investor, who is one of
the large holders of stock and deben-
lures in the Grand Trunk railroad, ar
rived in New York. on the 22d, to make
a thorough examination of the Grand
Trunk system.
REPoRTs from China state that by the
overfiowing of the Yellow river. rightly
called .China's Sorrow" $4,000 persons
have been drowned and fully 1000, 900
others will starve to death unless fed
by the Chinese government until
spring.
The result of the late maneuvers OF
the imperial forces at Halifax, N b,
has satisfied the authorities that it
would be impossible for an enemy to
effect an entrance to the harbor by day
or night without a severe overhauilng.
Mr.. BLAISE's long promised utterance
on the presidential election OF 1882 ap-
nears in the November number of the
North American Review, which was
published on the cath. The paper oc-
cupies thirteen pages in the Review.
THE Gladstone government is think
ing of withdrawing all imperial troops
from Canada and other self-governing
colonies, and letting them furnish their
own soldiers
FIVE villages were destroyed by
earthauake in KOolais, Asiatic Russia,
on the Sd. Twenty-seven persons are
known to have perished and many more
are missing.
MANY children were killed at Los
Angeles, CAL, by the explosion of a
powder-loaded gas-pipe during the Co
lumbus day celebration.
APACHE Indians in New Mexico and
Arizona are on the warpath and sew
eral people have been killed.
RECENT floods sweH. away half the
village of San Sperate, Spain, and over
200 persons were drowned.
FIVE states dedicated their state
building at the Worlds fair grounds on
the 2ad.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

THE women of Bohemia have about
100 different clubs and societies organ
lied for the advancement and aid OF
women. One of the clubs or societies
is for the purpose of protecting young
girls morally neglected. A home is
provided for them and opportunities
for study in the schools afforded until
they are old enough to go out to serr-
ice. Another club is devoted TO raising
the standard of education for women
by founding schools and securing ad-
mission of women students to the uni
versities. One college for women now
exists, and in four years the University
of Prague will be open to them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri Crop Report

The following is the Missouri crop
report for the week ended October Is:
Another week Of unusual beat. with eorr
the only agricultural interest benefited there
by. On the 18th and 18th rains were general in
the northwest section and scattering counties
I'm the northeast, southeast and southwest Sec
tions but none whatever is reported having
fallen in tho central section. Light frosts
were reported to be quite general from differ
ent and widely separated points, hut corn IL
now safe. aud tomatoes are the only product
reported damaged Wheat is gsrminaiine very
slowly. and, where up. is thin. uneven an:
being damaged by bugs. flies and hoppers- TIE
condition Of the groun1 is af scting the acreage
unfavorably. Corn cutting Is well advanced.
Pastures are so badly driAd that corn Is being
fed already in many scctions- A good. soaking
rain Is needed to facilitate the Flushing OF
plowinR and seeding. fll up the creeks an1
ponds and prepare the ground for the imminen'
cold weather.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

lights and beauty. Lovely women were there
women in toilets that put to shame the greatest
and loveliest creations of a Worth And there
were men-there were statesmen and diplo-
mats, warriors, men OF letters, OF science, law,
merchant princes-men who have made their
imprint on this ard other nations. True 1t is
that the ball had no official recognition on the
official programme beyond the formal indorse-
ment OF the committee Oh ceremonies, but it
was pei haps the most notable event. so far as
society was concerned, in the history OF the
city. The vice president was there, represent
ing the president, who, as all the world knows.
was in the White House, by the bedside Of his
dying wife Then there were the members of
the cabinet; the speaker Of the house; tn,
chief justice and the associate justices; ex-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON,

ACCORDING to the bureau of statistics
at Washington, the exports for the
twelve months ended September 80,
were S99s, 264,G7l. Imports, Ss54,6sl,-
s9I
GEs. JouS NJ. ScHoFIELD, major gen.
eral commanding the United States
army, in his annual report says the
state OF discipline and military instruc-
ton throughout the army is highly sat
isfactory and earnestly recommends
that the regular troops and state militia
be supplied with improved small arms
The national guards, he says, are better
disciplined and more reliable than ever
before.
TIE thirty-ninth anniversary of the
wedding of President Harrison and
wife occurred on the Goth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

An elevator containing thirteen pco-
pie dropped seven stories in building
in Chicago and nobody was killed.
Two or three were injured, but no one
was fatally hurt. What shall he said
after this, of the thirteen superstition?
1t has 10 he proven that if twelve
people, or fourteen people. had fallen
seven stories in an elevator they wouiC
have been SO Fortunate
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

THE ink used in printing your money
is not the ordinary printers ink in gen
sral use James Eddy, Troy, y. Y,
makes all the ink with which the gov
ernment paper money is printed His
father invented it, and just before his
death let his son into the secret of its
secret that he still
keeps to himself, as it is worth S50,-
COO year to him. The ink in question
is said to be the only kind that will
print on the paper now used for govern
ment notes
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

Four wealthy citizens of Winnipeg.
Man, have started on one of the
longest drives on record. Their dcsti-
nation is Jacksonville, Fla. u distance
of 2.50O miles. After spending the
winter in Florida the party will, early
in the summer. drive from Jacksonville
To Chicago, and after taking il the
worlds fair begin the return drive to
Winnipeg.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

THE United States senate is a great
place for chums. Beck and Allison
were such pair. as were Don Cam
cron and l:ut er, Vest and Plumb. Ed
munds and Thurman. Another notable
case of congressional Damon and
Pythias is that OF Tom Reed and Bourlic
Cochran in the house.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-10-29

A MODERN case of Damon and Pythias
has come to light in Cincinnati through
the application of Thomas Colon to be
released from the workhous". where he
has been confined for the past fifteen
months. Patrick, his brother, struck
4 man with a shovel and by mistake
Thomas was arrested. lie pleaded
guilty in order to save his brother and
was sentenced. 1t is Il delicate legal
question whether he can be freed, as
he deliberately confessed the crime he
never committed.