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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

Charles Henry Hardin was el ,cted governor
sf Missouri in 1872 and served until 1874. He
was native Of Kentucky, born in Trimbls
county, July l5, 1880. In the autumn of the
snme year his parents came to Missouri and
settled in Columbia, Boone county. Young
Hardin graduated at the Mama university in
lsIl, and at once began the practice Of law at
Fallon, this state. From 1siS to ls52 he was at.
torney OF the Third judicial district, and after.
ward serv ed several terms In both branches Of
the state legislature.
In 1855 Hardin was a member Of the commits
sion to revise and codify the statute laws of ths
state.
When the war Of the rebellion broke out and
the question of secession came up for action he
voted against Missouri going ont of the Union,
and in 1882 retired to his farm near this city,
and when the war closed resumed the practice
OF his profession.
In lsi5 Gov. Hardin endowed the Hardin fe.
male college. near this city with property valued
at over S6000O and has sincs been president Of
Its board OF directors. He has all his life given
much attention to the cause OF education.
His remains will be inferred tenn
porarily on the old homestead just north
of Mexico
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06
LATER NEWS.

IN the senate, on the 3oth. Mr.. Wash
burn announced that he yielded to the
inevitable, and being satisfied of the
impossibility of passing the anti-option
bill at this session, would consent to its
postponment to the first Monday in De-
cember. The house having adjourned
without taking action, the senate took
the unusual course of initiating joint
resolution continuing the appropria-
tions of last years sundry civil bill,
which expired at midnight, for five
days longer. .... In the house the ses-
sion was brief owing to the announce
ment of the death of Alex. X. Craig, of
Pennsylvania. The usual resolutions
were passed and committee of men,
bers to attend the funeral was ap-
pointed.
ALICE MITCHELL, the slayer of Freda
Ward. in Memphis. some months ago,
who had been on trial for nine days on
a charge of present insanity, was, on
the 30th, declared by the jury to be in
sane, and an order was entered for her
confinement in the lunatic asylum at
Bolivar, Tenn. She will have a good
defense in the trial for murder, which
will follow should she at any time re-
cover her mind.
TIE latest news from Venezuela is of
an alarming character. 1t is rumored
that the forty days truce has been
fruitless, and that the revolutionary
forces under Crespo are again advanc-
ing upon Caracas. Villagers and the
troops are said TO have
evacuated the city, and panic reigns
among the inhabitants.
PROF. HoBE, aeronaut, dropped from
his balloon. near St Paul, Mimi, on
the 31st, at an altitude of 5000 feet, and
his parachute failing TO spread, the un-
fortunate man fell to the ground with
such force that his body was driven ten
feet into the earth
WITH the great cogging mill for
chapel, with 100 armed and uniformed
watchmen on guard and over 1,OO0
soldiers within hailing distance, $50
men attended divine worship,
on the 31st, in the Carnegie steel mills
ut Homestead.
The county courthouse at George
town, Sussex county. Del, was struck
BY lightning, on the sHth, and it was re-
ported that four of the inmates per-
shed in the destru :ti1l of the building
by fire, which follow,l.
EMPERoR WILLIAM who sailed on the
,0th for England, ~ 'yp s;tedly landed |
1t Heligoland an i.s.,,cted the new
forts erected on ia Il ID He then
proceeded on his j
The number of ,lc.t.ls N New York
,ity for the month o. July was LISA
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Crop Report.

The following is a synopsis of the
weather-crop bulletin ISSUE by the
board of agriculture for the week ended
July %:
More than the average amount of sunshine
And continued excess In temperature Thess
elements, while conducive to steady prosecri-
tion Of hayIne. harvesting; threshing. stacking,
weeding and the rapid growth Of corn, have
been detrimental to potatoes. vegetables and
animal life. TIE rainfall was confined to local
showers. and was generally insuficint espa-
cially in the southern and extreme western
counties. where an immediate general rain is
needed. Summarized. the general conditions ara
as follows: Wheat threshing, with yield
fair and quality good. stacking. wedding
late corn and finishing haying Is
the rule in southern Counties, with the addition
Of haying and oat cutting in full blast the same
conditions prevail in the central portion: Will
in northern counties wheat harvest and weed.
ing are in full blast with hay and oat harvest
Just fairly commenced. The weather is much
too hot and dry. corn being about the only thing
benefited by 30 intense heat, and the late plant
needs rain badly. Southern counties reported
cotton as improving rapidly. and malons above
tho average. The thunder and wind. storm OF
the 10Th is reported to have been general, ami
did severe and extensive damage.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06
ALICE MITCHELL INSANE.

The fair Mafderess OF Freda Ward at
Memphis, Tenn-s Declared Insane by the
Jury Before whom the Inquiry was
Made, and Therefore Not Responsible
for Her Crime-she win be Confined In
an Asylum.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. After a
trial lasting nine days, the jury in as
many minutes adjudged Miss Alice
Mitchell, slayer of Freda Ward, insane,
and stated that her liberty would en-
danger the peace of the community.
The evidences was concluded on
Wednesday, but Gen. Luke +. Wright
and Col CAN'T, the young girls lead
ing lawyers, were compelled to go to
Nashville and fight against Fl. Clay
King, and the day for charging the
jury was set for Friday, and on that
day Judge Dubose was i'll. Yesterday
morning the newspapers announced
that this would be Miss Mitchelrs .'pos-
itfvely last appearance and the court
room was crowded to suffocation by q
morbidly curious crowd eager TO sec
the fair defendant. Miss Mitchell's
toilet was arranged with ssrupulous
neatness. She was the coolest person
In the audience and smiled sweetly upon
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION:
HFtY.sEcoND CONGRESS

TUESDAY. July &c. - The senate
adopted the report of its conferees on
the deficiency bill. leaving only the
sundry civil bill to be disposed of, Mr..
Hale's resolution as to the relative
effects of the republican policy of 'pfB=
lection. and The Democratic policy OF
tariff for revenue only" was dis
cussed. In the house bills were passed
setting apart lands in Oklahoma terri
tory for school purposes, and forbidding
railroads to charge over three cents
per mile on passenger fare in the In
dian territory and Oklahoma. The
conference report upon the deficiency
bill was agreed to. The appropriations
amount to s.. 200, ,319, being S823, $50 less
than as passed by the senate and
s1.0sl,0S more than as passed by the
house.
WEDNESDAY, July 81. "A bill was
passed in the senate to facilitate the
enforcement of the immigration and
contract labor laws of the United
States The anti-option bill was dis
cussed and the following nominations
were confirmed: Watson A. Sperry, of
Delaware, to be minister to Persia;
Truxton Beale, of California. to be min
lister to Roumania, Servia and Greece,
and A. Barton Hepburn, of New York,
to be comptroller of the currency. A
resolution permitting foreign exhib-
itors to bring into the United States
skilled laborers from abroad in connec-
tion with the worlds fair was passed.
In the house a motion to concur in the
s5,OOO.oOO worlds fair appropriation
made by the senate for the worlds fair
was carried, III yeas, 1O5 nays.
THURSDAY, July 2s.-In the senate
a motion favorable to the anti-option
bill was passed and the house reso-
luton for final adjournment was re-
ferred to the appropriation commit
tee. An eight-hour law as to public
works of the United States and of the
District of Columbia was passed. In
the house a favorable report was made
on bill appropriating $50, 200 for the
relief of the southern flood sufferers
Filibustering tactics were pursued to
defeat the worlds fair appropriation
anu d uiotiOH W duJourH slHc ulc on Ine
30th was passed.
FRIDAY, July 29.-Discussion of the
Hale resolution as to the relative mer-
its of the republican policy of PRO
lection" and the democratic policy of
tariff for revenue only" occupied
the entire day in the senate In
the house Mr.. Wheeler, of Alabama,
read extracts from peoples party
book in which the charge of
on the floor was made,
and Mr.. Watson, of Georgia, the au-
thor. will have a chance tn submit his
proof before an investigating commit
tee. The remainder of the day was
spent in tilibustering over the worlds
fair amendment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06
In Behalf Of III. Clay King.

New YORK, July s1.-Charles J. PEN
schall is prominent criminal lawyer
of Jersey City, whose success in cases
Of this kind has brought him wide
reputation, has telegraphed H. Clay
King, of Memphis, who is under SEN
tence Of death for the murder of d. II.
Poston, his views of the ease. He be-
lieves that the trip of the jury to Ar
kansas rendered that body incompetent
and that Col. Kings right of appeal
after the deniel of writ of habeas
corpus by the United States court at
Memphis is unquestionable. He wiD
interest himself in Col Kings behalf.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06
AN AWFUL SPECTACLE.
An Unfortunate Aeronaut Killed and
Buried at the Same Time.

An Unfortunate Aeronaut Killed and
Buried at the Same Time.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. Five thou
sand people at Inver Grove, just south
of this city, We're the Mortified specta-
tors, yesterday afternoon, of a terrible
fall to death of Prof. Hobe, the aero
naut- When the balloon reached the
usual altitude Hobe could be seen ting
ging at the valve cord. which would
not work. Before he could manipulate
1t the balloon was at least 5000 feet
above the earth. In the regular way
he cut loose the parachute and shot
rapidly earthward, but to the horror of
the crowd the parachute did not ex-
pand and the unfortunate aeronaut fell
like shot toward the ground So
great was the force of the fall that he
was driven into the soft ground to a
depth of ten feet and instantly killed.
1t required the work of an hour to
reach the body and death had occurred
long before
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

An owl that was a member, SO to
speak, of wealthy, cultured and prom
inent family in New Haven, committed
suicide by thrusting his head into a
tank of water and holding it there till
life was extinct. So far as known his
suicidal tendency was not caused by un-
requited love or by unsatisfied ambi-
ton. He enjoyed an enviable reputa-
tion and WAS regarded as the wisest of
a race of birds that for centuries have
been famed for their wisdom. He had
hosts of friends and no enemies. Still,
like many of the wise and good of all
ages, he concluded that life was not
worth living and SO put an end to it
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

Great preparations are being made by
the Missouri State Fair association for
the holding of their thirteenth annual
meeting. at Sedalia, August Is to 90.
The fairgrounds contain lis acres. in one in.
closure, just west Of the city. and are made
easily accessible by a line Of electric cars
Thirty Ave Thousand dollars has been exped.
ed this season in improving the buildings and
grounds. "kite"shaped mile track has Just
been completed, which cost S1O00 II Is pre-
dicted by horsemen thst it will be tn, speediest
race track ever constructed in the United
Btates. The winners in the 2:3O trot, which will
be contested on Thursday. August IS. will be
paid s., ono in cash. the largest stake ever paid
in one race in the state. There has already
been over 800 horses entered in the races. also q
large number OF entries in all other depart
ments Of the fair. All railroads in the state
will make a rate to Sedalia Of one fare for the
round trip. good during fair week, and thou.
s1nds Of visitors are expected.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06
JUDGE PIckErT, of New Haven. Cor

JUDGE PICKETT, of New Haven. Conn,
has given notice that any person who
employs such epithets in his presence
as "Dago," "Sheeny," Paddy" Pig
tall and ''Nigger," will be punished
for contempt of court, the same as those
who use indecent or profane language
He said the use of these words is the
cause of many crimes committed out of
court, and that he will not allow the
use of them in a courtroom.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

Rev. SAM SMALL last November got
into broil and had one OF his teeth
knocked ont He sued his assailant
and assessed his damage at $1,000. As
Sam has thirty-two teeth he thus esti-
mates their value at S1GO, 200. The jury
thought that pretty high and took off
one cipher and gave him $500. thus
making the aggregate for Sans teeth
$4,000. This is liberal, as full upper
and lower set can be had in any market
for S9O
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

PrrrsBuRsH, Pa, July sL-chstrman
a. c. Frick continues to improve Inc
force of non-union men At Homestead
grows daily. Preparations to start the
Union City mills continue. The an
archists will be heard before Judge
Gripp this afternoon. These events
with the threstening letters received by
the Carnegie officials. are the ieses, oe-
in the great Industrial bat
lie beeun lust month and day ago
Dr. Iitchfield. In his formal bulletin
Mr.. Frick, reports him conn
Portable and happy, and sdds that the
win b. veil ip > week q -
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

PITTSBURGH. Pa. July So.-Two EN-
ployment agents, supposed to be repre-
senting the Carnegie Steel Co., were
mobbed by workmen on South Diamond
street Thursday night They had
collected a crowd of mill men, idle,
because the iron scale had not been
signed, and promised good wages for
work on new railroad. not located.
A rumor was started that they were
getting men for Homestead, which SO
enraged the mill men that they madly
set upon the solicitors and gave them
severe punishment A detail of police
was called and suppressed the riot.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

EDWARD NJ. FIELD, who is in an in
sane hospital at Buffalo. was deeply
affected when told of the death of his
father, Cyrus W. Field, who is said to
have sent to his son telegram n few
days before his death containing this
pathetic message: Mother requests me
to tell you that am very low, and not
expected to live many days longer"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

NINE. PATTI has signed a contract for
series of forty concerts in the United
States, beginning in November, 1898.
A stipulation, whether demanded by
Nine. Patti or the manager of her
American tour must be subject of
conjecture, is that the tour shall be an
nounccd as Mime. PATHS positive fare
well to North America
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

AT the close of school in Olden-
burg, KY, Miss Lena Maiden, aged 1a,
was awarded the first prize for vocal,
piano and harp music, scientific stud
les, plain and ornamental needle-work
and household industry. For all-round
accomplishments Lena appears to be
maiden that is hard to beat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06
Mr.. Frick Getting Well Rapidly and
Looking After Businesa.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 3O.-A bulletin
issued by Surgeon Litchfield at a. m.
says: ''Mr. Frick passed q comfortable
night and is resting easy" but Mr..
Frick is doing more than that, he is
almost well. His wounds are nearly
healed and there is no trace of In
fammation. nor has suppuration been
noticed. He eats heartily, reads
voraciously and sits propped up in bed.
Daily the heads Of departments report
to him, and practically the wounded
chairman directs the conduct of Al.
enormous Card kie busin,a-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. lit is be-
lieved that Private Iams will swear out
informations against Coils. Streater and
Hawkins and Gen. Snowden to-day.
His lawyers have been waiting for the
arrival of the soldiers uncle, promi-
nent lawyer of West Virginia, who will
arrive this morning.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

The thirty-eighth annual session OF
grand lodge of Good Templars of Mis-
Souri, held its session at Appleton City.
and elected officers. The increase of
members during the last year was 600
net. The next session will be held in
St Louis on the third Tuesday in Octo-
Der, 1898.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06
A Negro Lynched for defending His
Domlcile.

LITTLE Rock. Ark, July s1.-Six men.
dive white and one colored. went to the
Drew county jail in Monticello, this
state. at 1 o'clock yesterday morning
and took therefrom Eugene Baker
colored, and shot him to death Baker
lived with his family in Ashley county.
Last Friday night q mob demanded
that he open his door, but he refused,
and the crowd tried to break down the
door. Baker shot Joseph Priest Baker
was arrested and taken to Monticello
A posse is on the track Of the lynchers
and more trouble viii follow.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

DISPATCHES from Chill state that the
influenza or grip epidemic is increasing
there and that it has fatally attacked
Some persons of prominence. 1t may
seem a little strange at first glance that
the grip is raging in July, but when it
is remembered that .ruly weather in
Chill is about the same as January
weather with us it ceases TO be strange.
Chilli is likely to have the epidemic for
the next three months, but about the
time we are experiencing it again she
will be rid of it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

Mrs. Carrie Pelsue, of Sheldon, was
badly crushed by switch engine in
the Missouri. Kansas & Texas railway
yards at Nevada the other afternoon.
She had been visiting her sister and was on
her way to the depot with her little boy. walk
ing along the railroad track. "A tn. engine
approached the boy stumbled ani fell toward
1t. She sprnng to the child AMI removed him
from danger. but in her effort to s1ve him fell
and was caught under thu wheels. One Of her
legs was badly cut and crushed. She will prob.
ably die
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

A YOUNG man from Chicago has jour-
neyed all the way to Saratoga, n. Y,
on his bicycle this summer and made
from three dollars to five dollars day
by selling patent can-opener as he
Travelled. As combination of business
and pleasure this holds the record up to
data
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

THOMAS A. EDISON is the patentee of
60l inventions, yet he and the balance
of mankind are still chasing col ar but
tons and breaking their thumb nails in
vain attempts to fix their cuffs in place
Mr.. Edisons mission is not vet finished.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

1t is stated that 600 dogs are killed il
the st Louis dog pound every day: and
that an average of fifty dead dogs are
picked up on the streets daily. This is
an aggregate of almost a quarter of a
million yearly. The carcasses are con-
vertcd into fertilizers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06
Another Gasoline Accident.

At Kansas City Mrs. August Erhardt,
a young wife, received burns early the
other morning from which she died
three hours later. Mrs. Erhardt was
lighting a gasoline stove. and gas that
had generated in the tank exploded.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

Willie Kleiberger and another boy,
each about 10 years old, were drowned
in the river near the hospital at st.
Joseph. Four boys from the Home of
the Friendless We're swimming and
playing in the mud on the edge of the
river. when two of them got beyond
their depth and were swept away by
the current. Their bodies were quickly
ont of sight.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

At st. Louis Richard Stein buncoed
Mrs. Barbara Hoffmeister out of s., 100.
and then skipped. He made the trust
ing widow believe he wanted to marry.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

A cANARD started by a practical
joker started run which came near
swamping an Indiana bank. A joke
like that would seem to call for about
five mirthful years in well-regulated
penitentiary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

SCIENTIFIC authorities in Europe are
about equally divided on the question
Of whether railroads aid in the spread
ing of epidemic diseases, as cholera and
yellow fever. At one time the diseases
travelled by the slow-moving caravan,
but now they go by express trains mov-
ing from forty to fifty miles an hour.
Still it is acknowledged that they carry
on fewer people than they did several
centuries ago. One reason is that the
telegraph puts cities on their guard.
Another is that doctors and remedies
are transported faster and means of
combating diseases improved to a great
erextent than those of spreading them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

Dan Kimble, miner. was killed at
the Linzee mines. near Carthage. while
engaged in retimbering drift. Five
tons of dirt fell from the roof and
forced heavy timber on his chest.
The deceased leaves n wife and child.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

JULES VERNE is cripple. the cause
being pistol shot fired by an insane
nephew. His imagination trips merrily
on, however, without a skip or limp.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

The Tyler building and the Nevada
Drug Co. building, at the southeast cor
ncr of the square in Nevada, collapsed
early the other morning. The building
was undergoing repairs. Freight Con-
ductor Frank Mead. of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railway. was asleep on
the second floor of the building. and
went down with the crash. His body
was rescued about three hours later.
Els neck had been broken. The los.
will aggregate $4,000.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

APRoPos of the alleged discovery of
Noah's ark on the top of Mount Ararat,
it is related that Col. Kalazko. a Rus
sian engineer who made the ascent in
1850, found no ark there.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06
Had q Presentiment.

1t is said that Miss Anna Sorge, of
St. Joseph, who was drowned in Swift
zerland. had presentiment before she
left home she would not return alive.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

The costlIest toy on record was a
broken-nosed wooden horse which be-
longed to Napoleon Bonaparte and was
sold a year or two ago for 1000 francs
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-06

PROF. BUcHSER, of Darmstadt, who
ought to know all about it, says that
the average term of life is longer
among women than among men