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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

vention at st. Paul elected delegates to
| the national convention instructed to
vote for Cleveland for president. Tho
platform opposes protection, favors re-
| form in the system of tariff duties, and
demands free and unrestricted coinage
of both silver and gold
ABoUr 100 houses were wrecked in a
cyclone at Nelson, Neb., and several
persons were injured and one killed.
MASKED robbers held up a passenger
train at Wcems, Ala. and the mail car
was rified of all its re- gistered letters.
A MOB hanged an unknown negro at
Millersburg. O. lie was the only col
ored man in the county and refusal to
leave when ordered to do SO was the
only charge against him.
On the burlington & Northwestern
railroad 40 miles north of burlington,
Ia, train was blown from the track
and four persons were seriously injured.
By an explosion in a dynamite factory
at Bessemer. Ala. q. :. Hartley, Wal
ter Lake, Ed Boykin and Frank Boykin
were killed.
IN Kansas cyclone wiped out the
village of Towanda and destroyed prop
erty in many other places. Over thirty
persons were killed and many others
were injured. some fatally. Terrific
storms also swept over portions of Ne
braslla. Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and
Wisconsin, leaving death and destruc-
ton in their wake. In South Haven,
Kan. the entire family of John Bury
master, five in al, were killed. and the
family of William Little. five in num-
Der. persisted at Wellington. Kan.
AT Fairburn, Ga, Walter Cook, n
negro, was hanged for the murder of
Andrew Kaiser in October last.
ANEW brick building was blown over
upon three dwelling houses in Chicago,
crushing them and killing nine per-
sons. Eighteen others were badly in
jured
IL the business portion of Greenville,
Miss. flames destroyed thirty buildings.
Loss. 100000.
FLAMES in New Orleans destroyed S0.-
900 bales of cotton and six squares of
residences, causing Il loss of $1,000, 900.
The fire started from a cigarette which
some person threw among the Gotten.
The death of William Denamore. of
East Liverpool, o.. occurred at the age
of IO3. lie served in the war of 1872
and in the Mexican war.
A CONFESSION has been made 'by
Walter f. Shaw that he killed his moth
er and aunt with 4 razor at Houston,
Tex, in order to get $40 with which to
continue spree.
Ar Waupaca, Wis, four men have
been indicted for the murder of Banker
Mead in lSS2.
IN Kansas the recent cyclone swept
away every building in the villages of
Vine Creek. Smolar and Oalsville. and
thirty of the best residences in Omaha,
Neb. Other towns were badly dam
aged. The total loss of life was placed
AT sixty.
ALLEN HARRISON shot and instantly
killed Bette Adams near Huntington,
W. Va, because she refused to marry
him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
FROM WASHINGTON.

Nh BLAINE has resumed the dis
..Hrc of his official duties as secretary
If state and will conduct all further
negotiations on behalf of this govern
ment in the Behring sea matter
THE president has nominated Frank
l.. Combs. of California, to be minister
to Japan.
IN the Initcf, States the business fail
ures for the quarter ended on the SIS:
ult. numbered 3.207, against 3.40l dur
ing the same time last year: total liza
bilitirs. S35. .63l. 40 against 81, ,3iS, 1S3 in
the same period in 1891.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the lst aggregated ST.
JS3. .62S. $50. against 81. l.409. 555.01l the
previous week. The increase a. com
pared with the corresponding week of
1891 was 36.1.
IN Washington Charles ID. Drake,
aged 81 years. cx-chief justice of the
court of claims, was found dead in his
bed.
THE statement of the public debt is
sued on the LIST showed the total debt
to he S95l. .O26.5 .52S; cash in the treasury,
sl32. S9S. SS4: debt less cash in the treas
ury. SSiS. ,64f. Decrease during
March. Sl.256.9l2.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the lst numbered 21S, against 23l the
proceeding week and e43 for the CORE
,pondinr vcei: last year
The state department is advised that
at present there are seventy Canadian
seal poachers in the Behring sea, against
ffty-one at this time last year
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
LATER.

Is the senate, on the 18th. the com
mittec on the Judiciary reported bill
referring the celebrated Mctiarrahan
claim To- the court of claims. Mr.. Nor
| gan addressed the senate at length upon
the silver question, and after a short
| executive session the senate adjourned
LIN the house the Chinese exclusion
bill was passed. l19 to IL. General de-
| bate ON the frcc-wool hill was closed by
Mr.. Springer. The bill was then de-
hated under the fivc-minute rule for two
hours. and the house adjourned.
THE house committee on the improve
ment of the Mississippi river. decided,
on the 9TH, to appoint a subcommittee
to consider and make a report upon all
bills before the committee bearing on
the improvement of the Mississippi
river. with view to determining the
mode of action to be adopted. Among
the measures to be considered is the bill
that passed the senate recently, which
appropriatcs SIS. $50. 900 for the improve
ment of the Mississippi from st. Paul
to the jctties.
TIE picture of John Arthur Simpson,
alias George A. Stillwell, formerly of
Frederictown, n. r., once Baptist
minister. later a burglar, horse-thief,
inccndiary, forgcr. bigamist, and finally
a murderer. has been identified as that
of Julius Macarthur, who killed Deputy
Sheriff Charles ii. Smith. in New Halp-
shire. May 1G, 1891, while resisting ar
rest for stealing a horse, and who es-
capped from the Jail in Dover, n. H.,
July Il, 1891.
WALT WHITMAS's will was read to
his relatives and several friends on the
4th. The exact terms of the will can
not he learned. 1t is known, however,
that the poet made his sister executrix,
allowed his housekeeper the use of his
house in Camden, y. j., for a year and
appointed DIR. Buckle, of Ontario, Can.
and Horace Traubel, of Camden, his
literary executors.
THE cabinet makers and varnishcrs of
New York city went out on strike, on
the 4th. for eight hours work day and
the establishment of the old rate of pay
One-third of the cabinet makers firms
granted the request, and about one
fourth of the varnishers' employers.
Over 900 men joined the strike.
II was reported, on the 4th, that a
steamer, trading on the Caspian sea, be-
tween the Russian port of Baku and
Persia, had been lost off the Persian
coast, and that 200 passengers perished
in the wreck.
JOHN HURLEY, a New Orleans police
officer, was shot and instantly killed, on
the 4th, by Frank Lyons, a desperate
thief
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
BEHIND THE BARS.
Arrest of n ChristIln Scientist for n Deatl
Following n Rude Interference.


Following a Rude Interference.
CHICAGO. April Mrs T. /. Steb-
bins. leading and financially success
full Christian scientist and faith healer,
was held to the grand jury by a coron-
er's jury, Saturday, and lodged in Jail.
Mrs. Jennie Nichols. whom Mrs. Steb-
bins had been treating. died Saturday
morning without medical attendance.
She had been ill about week and OBJ
jected to allowing any physician, other
than Mrs. Stebbins to attend her.
Friends of the sick woman notified
the police, and DIR. Van Pelt and two
officers forced their way into the sick
room. though denied admittance by Miss
Winifred Jones, a sister of Mrs Nichols,
who is also believer in the faith cure.
They found Mrs. Nichols in a dying con-
dition, her boiy being swollen to twice
its natural size.
DR.. Van Pelt refused to take the case
without consulting another physician,
and Mrs. Nichols died a few minutes
after he left the room. At the cOro-
ner's inquest Mrs Stebbins asserted that
she would have cured the patient but
for the evil influence of Mrs. Nichols
friends, who were not believers in
Christian science.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

THE new United States steamship
Raleigh was successfully launched at
Norfolk, Va. in the presence of large
crowd, and will be ready for commits
sion in about a year. Her battery con-
sists of one 6-inch and ten finch rapid
fire breach-loading rifles on center pivot
mounts, protected by thick steel shields
worked as part of the hull or made fast
to the carriage. The second battery
consists of two o6-pounders, two S-pound-
ers, one 1-pounder and two S7-mm r. c.
There are six torpedo tubes with open
ings about four feet above the water
worked from the berth deck Her work
is superior.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
THE FAST.

IL New York company mas been
formed to raise the hulk of the British
ship IIussar. which sunk near He'll
Gate, n. Y, November %, 1880, with
81, 900, 600 in gold in her treasure box.
.JoHN BAUER and Josiah Troy. brake
men, were killed in a collision on the
Reading road near Reading. Pa
AT Carlisle. Pa, Chief Burgess issued
a proclamation forbidding the sale or
delivery of Sunday newspapers under
penalty of the law.
IS Philadelphia the Bardslcy investi-
eating committee reported that Post
master General Wanamaker had moth
ing to do with the wrecking of the Key
stone bank Bardsley's stealings were
found to be Sl,26s,5O9
The New York legislature passed a
bill providing fer 4 celebration in New
York city of the anniversary of the dis
covery of America, and designating Oc-
tober II, 1892, as a legal holiday for the
whole state.
IL Wilkesbarre, Pa, Mrs. George F.
Easily lost her life in a vain attempt to
rescue her 6-year-old daughter from n
burning building.
EMMA Fox shot and killed herself at
Altoona, Pa, because Miss Birdie Boate
with whom she had fallen in love re-
fused to return the affection.
THE United States minister to France,
Whitclaw Reid, arrived in New York
from Paris.
IN New York city lawyers surety
company has been formed with a capi-
tai of 100000. Its business is to far
nish bonds as surety in law suits.
OWING to the disclosure of crime made
by Rev. DIR. Parkhurst the closing of
saloons in New York city at midnight
and all day on Sundays has been
ordered.
FIRE ruined Downing's carriage
works and the grain elevators of Phin-
cas- & Croach at Erie, Pa, the loss being
5000. ZOO.
IT is said that the New York Grant
monument will be completed in 1898.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

The Railway Age says that four
hundred and seventy different lines
propose this year TO construct, in forty
four states and territories. no less than
IS. $50 miles of new road Illinois is
down for l,I69. Minnesota for 1,36S,
Arkansas l,O27.. Texas 1,O1t, Pennsyl-
vania 1,4lO, Alabama Zig, Florida
l 400, Georgia 1,G73 and Tennessee
Lib The others range from 9O1 miles
down. Kansas, Nebraska and Rhode
Island are not in the list
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

A BOTTLE was found in the sea off the
coast of New Jersey the other day and
in it was fifteen dollars in money and a
note reading: The finder. whosoever
he may be, will use this money as his
own. We are sinking; death starcs us
in the face That must have been a
generous soul that could think of others
at such an hour and set his little stock
of money adrift on the waters where it
might be picked up and used.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

gives the following grouping of the
numbers of the inmates of her various
institutions: In prisons of the state,
S,O9s; insane, 16, 500; idiotic and feeble
minded, LAB; epileptic, 4T6; blind,
Coz: deaf, 1.34O: dependent children,
a3, 49,; Juvenile offenders, 4, Ss5; reform
atory prisoners, 1.535; disabled SOL
dicrs and sailors, s42; hospital patients
5,04s; aged and friendless persons, 1866;
poorhouse inmates. 1O,63I.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
LAWYER DEWITT C. BoLroy, of

LAWYER DEWITT c. BoLroN, of Patcr-
son, \. j., has under advisement the
application of a woman for divorce
enlisted in the war and was killed. She
married again. and at the death of her
second husband she ascertained that
her second marriage deprived her of
the benefits of the pension law. Sub
sequently she learned that her second
marriage was bigamous, husband No. .
having wife living at the time of his
marriage to her. This marriage, she
thinks. can be set aside as null and void,
and then she will be able to procure a
widows pension.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

THE corner stone of the Gram mon
umcnt in New York is to be laic April
%, which will he the seventeen ami
versary of Gen. Grants birthday. Only
been raised for the monuD cnt, but
there is hope even in a bcgir ming. The
Washington monument WAS finished
about sixty years after it was begun.
and Gen. Grants tomb my be finished
if it is only be gun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

''GoD save America" That is the
prayer that comes from famine-stricllcn
Russia as the food supplies furnished
by our people are distributed to the
needy. Peace hath her victories no
less renowned than war. Could any
triumph in battle draw forth such 4
heartfelt blessing?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

OsKoLoosA, Ia. April 5.-The jury IN
the Minnie Roberts damage suit, an
action to recover for having been un-
lawfully confined by her relatives In an
insane asylum, brought in a verdict
awarding the plaintiff 5000. The
jurors stood II to l for $40. 900 damagea
II new trial is not granted an appeal
will be taken to the supreme court
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
TWO AT ONE SHOT.

A German Sentry Kills Two Berlin
Toughs with One Bullet.
BERLIN, April 3.-Two men were
killed by one bullet fired by sentry at
the Strasse barracks Friday. The two
men were common street roughs, and
were offended because the sentry or
dered them to move on. They drew
knives. whereupon he fired, the bullet
passing through one man and inflicting
a fatal wound on the other. The case
is being investigated with much interest
by the military authorities, as showing
the force of the bullet from the Mauser
rifle, with which the sentry was armed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
Left Destruction In Its Path.

BELoIT, Wis, April S.-Considerable
damage was done on the west side of
the river in this city by tornado which
struck the place at 4 o'clock Friday af-
ternoon. Several houses We're moved
from their foundations, n barn was
torn to pieces and a horse killed and
many chimneys We're blown down. The
storm passed SO quickly that only those
in its pathway knew what had hap
ra-aI
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
eiF-Y-SECOND CONGRESS.


WEDNESDAY. March 3O.-A bill was
introduced in the senate to provide for
he punishment of violation of treaty
rights of aliens. Senator Stanford
spoke in support of the bill introduced
by him to determine the value of
4 legal tenoer dollar. In the house Il
bill was passed extending the privileges
IF immediate transportation 10 the city
IF Marquette, Mich. The free wool
bill was further discussed.
THURSDAY. March 3i.-fn the senate
Mr.. Morgan introduced resolutions
directing the committee on finance
to inquire into the causes of depression
in agriculture and business, and the
effect of the silver act of 1890. A
ayers of the national soldiers home to
select their employees from among sol
iicrs who served in the late war. in
stead of restricting them. as now, to
the officers. The house bill authoriz-
ing the president in future to appoint
army officers as Indian agents instead
IF civilians was passed. In the house
~ = WIS t'stNStl III uiNtunSlL6 lllt
free wool bill.
FRIDAY, April IA number of pc
titions for closing the worlds fair
sundays were presented IN the sen
ate. The Indian appropriation bill
was considered. In the house bills
were reported providing for the local
self government of the territory of
Utah; for the election of judges pro
tenn in the territory of Oklahoma, and
an urgency deficiency appropriation bill
sggregating S95a.53O. The free wool
bill was further considered
SATURDAY. April 2.-The senate was
not in session. In the house a bill
was reported as a substitute for the
Hatch bill defining futures and options
and imposing special taxes on dealers
therein. The general discussion on the
tariff bill came to an end.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

MERRILL, Wis, April s.--The first
thunderstorm of the season came Fri
day. A number of children were assem-
bled in the German Lutheran church,
when lightning struck the building.
Four of the children were knocked to
the floor. Ottilie Gilman had a shoe
torn off and was badly burned, and Lena
Kunkel was burned from head to foot
The others were not seriously hurt. All
will recover
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

FREDDY GERHARD, of New York.
noted for his attentions to Mrs. Langtry.
the Jersey lily" who when twenty
one had an income of 500, 900 year, has
just been sued by druggist for pre-
scriptions intended to countcract the i'll
effect of a fast life. Freddy's great
fortune has melted rapidly, though he
still has enough TO pay his board.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
congregational ". VI. 4.

The Woman's Missionary union of the
Congregational churches of Missouri
met at Sedalia. Following officers were
elected for ensuing year:
President. Mrs. A. ". Benedict Of Pilgrim
church, st. Louis: vice president, Mrs. Henry
Hopkins, Of the First Congregational church Of
Kansas City: recording secretary. Mrs. f. P.
Bronson, Of st. Louis; corresponding secre
tary. Mrs. f. Fl. Bradbury, Of st. Louis; treas
uier. Mrs. A. E. Cook, of st. Louis
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

ONE of the simplest and most effective
cures for that often serious afliiction to
a traveller, cinder in the eye, is that
of a common flaxsced. One or two of
these may be placed in the eye without
injury. They shortly begin to swell and
eXude a glutinous substance that covers
the ball of the eye, enveloping any for
eign substance that may be in it; then
seed and irritant may be washed out
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

THE census of 1890 shows that there
were B.. 95S.9a7 pounds of maple sugar
and 2.25s.3a7 gallons of maple molasses
made in this country that year The
romance of the sugar camp may have
departed, but the camp is still in ex-
istence and does a good business, cs-
pecially in New York and Vermont.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
Roasted Alive in sight of His Fellow
workmen.

LANCASTER, Pa, April saturday
morning an accident occurred at Vesta
furnace, No. 9, at Chickies, fifteen miles
west of here. by which John Grosh. a
single man. aged 2s, of Marietta, was
roasted alive. Grosh is top filler and
was at his post at the top of the furnace,
when the molten iron burst from tho
bottom of the furnace and gas and
flames leaped up around him. He tried
to escape down the steps of the incline,
but the molten metal had set that on
fire and he succumbed and was roasted
alive in sight of his fellow workmen-
The Sterling Dynamite Co. s plant at Bssss.
rner. Ala. -as blown Nd killing fo11 men.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

a BOSToS barber claims to he the
swiftest man in the profession. He says
he once shaved a man neatly and then
ran one hundred yards all in minute
and three-quarters- Whcthc:- the vic
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

The phonograph is successful in di-
plomacy. When Muley el IIassan,
sultan of Morocco. placed the tubes in
his ears and heard Annie Rooney" he
at once told the worlds fair" agents to
take what they wanted in his kingdom
and leave him the phonograph.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

The prosecuting attorney of Taney
county says he will prosecute those
charged with the killing of Deputy
Sheriff Williams until he is sure that
they are innocent or guilty of the
charge. and if they are not guilty he
will still try to find the guilty parties.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
Speaks Well for the Ladies',

The women's department of the Mis-
souri, Worlds fair committee are con-
Quoting restaurant in St. Louis for the
benefit of their exhibit
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
Death Of Charles Daniel Drake.

Charles Daniel Drake, one of the most
prominent figures in the stormy period
of Missouri's history, and ex-chief JUS
tice of the court of claims at Washing
ton. was found dead in bed in that city
the other morning.
HE was horn in Cincinnati April IL, 1911. He
served in the navy. admitted to the bar in 1873.
removed to St Louis in 1887, returned
to Cincinnati in 1877. and again removed
to St Louis In lsj0. Was elected to Missouri
legislature in $50; opposed secession; was
elected TO state convention Of 1884. presidential
elector in 1854. vice president Of constitutional
convention Of 1855 and in 1867 was elected
United Stat"s senator. and in 1871 was appoint
Ell by President Grant chief justice Of court of
claims. He was the author Of the test oath
adopted by the constitutional convention of
1865 better known as the "Draconian code, =" re-
pealed years ago.l
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
He Appointed n Woman.

Judge Henry Caldwell, judge of the
Eighth circuit court, has appointed Miss
Adelaide Utter clerk of the circuit court
of the United States for the Western di-
vision of the Western district of Mis-
souri, at Kansas CITY,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
RcpupIican state Convention.

The republican state convention will
he held at Jeff erson City April % and
2s. The first day will he given to the
selection of delegates to the national
convention, and the second to the NOM
nation of state ticket
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
Looks Bad.

John Millhiser was arrested at his
home, miles south of Joplin. for pass
ing counterfeit money. 4 search of his
dwelling was made and several mOlds
and other tools of the counter feiter's
trade were found
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

Ex-Congressman c. II. Morgan has
sold mis- extensive and valuable coal in
terests in Barton county to S. II. Lane
yon, of Pittsburg, Kas.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

There is No Law to Make Them TsHe ~
ROME. April st is supposed that
the Marquis di Rudini has informed
Mr.. Blaine that indemnity for the loss
of lives of Italian subjects in New Or
leans riots will be accepted solely and
admittedly "as compensation for the
families of the victims"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
Good News.

State Mine Inspector Woodson says
that there is less trouble between mine
owners and employees at present in Mis-
souri, than usual.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09
An Unusual Operation.

At the St Louis hospital doctors re-
moved kidney from a male patient, an
unusual operation. The man had been
injured in fight
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-09

THE New York legislature proposes
to prohibit the sale or gift of cigarettes
to minors. In Massachusetts such a
law is now in vogue. Physicians very
generally agree that the continued con-
of tobacco in this form is
more Injurious to health than in any
other shape. In the year 1891 the num-
Der of cigarettes manufactured in this
country was ST., 799, 44O, against :, 426,-
575.s6o the previous year. A statisti-
clan places the worlds population at
1,4so. 900, 900. Hence, the United States
makes and smokes enough cigarettes to
furnish every man, woman and child in
the world with two cigarettes a year.