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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
FROM WASHINGTON.

The exchanges at the leading clear.
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
81, $50, 9l2, 453, against 81, $40, 3Sl, ,172 the
pre-ious week The increase as conf
pared with the corresponding week of
1891 was $50.
INTERNAL revenue receipts for the
first seven months of the current fiscal
year were $50, 700, 094. an increase of
81, ,299,1 ,11o over the corresponding Pc
riod of last year.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 10th numbered 2s9, against 276 the
preceding week and 200 for the CORE.
spending week last year.
The agricultural department report
shows that horses on farms and
ranches in the United States January
l, 1892, numbered 15,49S, 14o; milch
cows were estimated at 16, ,416. .351 and
other cattle at 1851 ,239. The number
of sheep was said to be SO, 39s,O1 Ag-
gregate value of all, 81, 46l, i55, ,61s. or
SlS2, 000, 600 more than 1891
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
WEST AND SOUTH.

SLIGHT earthquake shocks were felt
at Louisville, KY. The movement was
from east to west
four seamen Of the sealing schooner
Oscar and Hattie were drowned while
attempting to land in small boat
In Louisiana the Yarmouth faction OF
the republican party met in state con-
vention in New Orleans and nominated
full state ticket with John E. Breux
for governor. There are now four state
tickets-two republican and two demo-
cratic.
THE Missouri legislature met in extra
session at jefferson City to rearrange
the congressional districts
A FIRE among business houses in
New Orleans caused a loss of $1,000,
000
Mrs. WILFoRD CARSON, of Dayton
Ia, and Tom Mcguire, of Lehigh, Ia,
have been notified that they are heirs
to fortune of seventeen millions from
an old Scotch estate.
FIRE destroyed the dry goods en-
porium of the F. NJ. McGillin Company
at Cleveland, O., involving a loss OF
$500. 600.
A BILL has passed the lower house
of the Mississippi legislature creating
q new county to be called JEFF Davis. :"
HOTELS in St Louis declined to give
apartments to Sarah Bernhardt unless
she would forego the company of her
snakes, dogs, parrots, etc She re-
fused. and remained in her private car.
A MOB captured Berry Turner, the
noted outlaw, near Milleboro, KY, and
hanged him to tree
WILLIAM SMITH tcolored) was exc
cuted at Gretna,. La, for numbering
Dominic Commerio; Charles Cum
mings, negro, was hanged at Savan-
nah, Ga, for killing David Williams
tcolored) in November. 1899, and John
B. Lehman was hanged at Custer, S. d.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
BRAZILIAN NEWS.

The New Minister Of Foreign Anhirs-Ths
Rio Grande DO Sui Revolt-Ex-Presiden
Fouseca's Illness - Yellow Fever at
Santos.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2s-The Herald's
Rio Janeiro special says Col Zerzedillo
has been appointed minister of foreih
affairs. His selection does not seem to
afford complete satisfaction, as it is re-
ported from Buenos Ayres that DR.. As
siz, Brazilian minister to Argentine, has
resigned his post, owing to Zerzedillo's
appointment. DR.. ASST is q power in
Rio Grande do Sui, and was one of the
junta formed there to depose Dictator
Fonseca- -
The government has taken energetic
measures to suppress the latest revolt
In Rio Grande do Sui. -
The deposing Of the governot Of
Ceara was q popular movement Ho
has been replaced by Chief Of Garrison
Gegarra at Forteleza- The crusier
Paranhyba has left here for the pur-
pose Of restoring order.
The story that Fonseca il seriously
i'll is confirmed. -
Yellow fever still RACES at Santos. II
is said that there are seventy three
ships there whose crews have deserted
through fear of catching the dread dis
ease.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

AT Madison the Wisconsin, anti
saloon league. non-partisan temper
ance organization. was formed
the Texas legislature will meet in
regular session March IA.
A MEMORIAL for an anti-polygamy
amendment to the United States con-
stitution was killed in the lower house
of the Utah legislature.
BETSY MCKAY died at Taylorville,
Ky, aged LOG years.
Thus far twenty-six states and two
territories have made appropriations
for their representation at the worlds
fair, the aggregate amount of the ap-
preparations being sa,695,Ooo Sixty
nine foreign nations have signified their
determination to participate. the total
appropriations being S5,oOo.o00.
On the San Antonio & Arkansas
Pass railroad miles from Houston,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

GRANVILLE WOODS, a colored man.
has made a successful invention, just
now attracting large attention in the
east 1t is in the method of supplying
electrical energy to moving cars and
trains The cars, by his new system,
will be supplied with power through
wire brushes which make connections
with heads" from underground con-
Quoting lines. There will be no ex-
posed wires. A test made in New
York was eminently successful 1t is
the first notable invention of colored
man in electrical engineering.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
WHILE the persistent, unrelaxing

WHILE the persistent, unrelaxing
work of our fathers and forefathers
made possible the development which
has marked out industrial history the
past fifty years, there is no doubt that
our fathers and forefathers worked too
lard. The same holds true to the men
of the present day. A glance at the
increase in insanity shows that over
work has become a national vice
While it is good for man to work, it is
barely possible that the American has
the economic value of
rest and recreation. 1t is better for a
man to SO divide his labors that he can
live a little by the wayside.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

OLD things are passing away. The
village lyceum, the sewing society, the
donation party, the singingschool are
Things almost unknown in the present
tense; the old town-meeting, so vaunt-
ed as the school of citizenship" is a
mere phantom OF its past; even cleo
tion day, with its booths and mcchan-
isms of secret voting, has for the public
veal expelled the .yeomen from that
ancient meeting place, the town hall
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

Much of the significance of Valen-
tine day has been lost, but it is still a
good day and is enjoyed by thousands
OF the young people Of the world St
Valentine was bishop who lived over
sixteen centuries ago He was a good
man devoted to charity and love. At
about go he was beheaded by order of
the Roman emperor Claudius, who
hated him for his Christianity. The
canonized bishop early became the pa
tron saint of lovers, and has held that
distinction all these years. During
these latter days the comic picture
makers have destroyed a great deal of
the beauty and romance Of the day.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
LATER.

WASHINGTON birthday anniversary
was celebrated by the American colony
in London in a quiet but hearty man.
ner. The Stars and Stripes fioated over
:he United States legation, and there
were several enjoyable unofficial din
ners given at which the land of liberty
was enthusiastically toasted.
Dr.. J. r. CRAWFORD, n well-known
dentist of Haverstraw, n. V, disap-
pearcd from his home. on the 2lst.
leaving note to his wife saying he
would not return and that his body
would not be recovered. He was last
seen walking toward the dynamite
works.
THE man who tried to rob the Amer
lean express car on the New York Cen
trail Sunday night has been identified
by J. B. Prentiss, agent of the express
company at Rochester, n. Y, as Perry,
who committed the robbery on an ex-
press car near Utica several months
ago.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH, on open
ing the Hungarian diet, on the 22d,
said that the relations between Austria
Hungary and the powers continue to
be satisfactory, and he intimated that
there was no immediate danger Of the
peace of Europe being disturbed.
TIE Russian student kotchurikin,
who made a murderous assault on the
governor of Kazan last January, has
been sentenced to be hanged. His ac-
complice. a boy named Akhangetsky,
was sentenced to fifteen years penal
servitude in the mines.
JOHN Culinary SHEA, the well-known
Irish-American author, died at his
home in Elizabeth, n. j., on the 22d.
He was 81 years old. His principal
work was "History of the Catholic
Church in the United States"
AT a tenement-house fire in New
York, on the ed, panic-stricken
mother wrapped her babe in bed cloth
ing and threw it from the window.
The little one was caught by fireman,
but is mortally hurt
THERE has been no railway commu-
nication between Constantinople and
western Europe for several days, owing
to heavy inundations which have swept
away the tracks and bridges in many
places
YELLOW FEVER still RACES at Santos,
Brazil. 1t is said that there are
ships there whose crews
have deserted through fear of catching
the dread disease.
A Mrs. ROBERT REINs, living few
miles from Seligman, Mo, across the
Arkansas state line, poured coal oil
over her s-year-old stepson and burned
him to death
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

Do YOU wish to know whether your
butter is just plain butter or the more
euphonious oleomargarine? Put it in
the sun for little while, and smell the
residuum. A gentleman exposed TO
the solar rays recently butter for
which he had paid thirty cents a pound,
and when he put his nose to the re-
mainder of the compound it recalled
the days when as a boy he worked in
a tallow factory. And still there are
state inspectors of dairy products
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
The purchase of Alaska has already

The purchase Of Alaska has already
proved to be pretty good speculation,
goods being exported from that coun-
try last year to the value of over ST.
600, 900 in xcess of the price paid to
Russia for the territory, and the re-
sources of the country seem to be far
from fully known yet Capt. De Haas,
who has just returned to Tacoma after
a two years mining tour in Alaska,
says that very profitable business in
canning wild geese and ducks could be
established and carried on at the
mouth of the Yukon river These
birds, he says, gather there in immense
numbers in the spring.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

1T is reported as probable that the
recent fire in the Hotel Royal in New
York city originated in the elevator
shaft. where the engineer used a
lighted candle to hunt for leak in the
gas fixture. BY the help of the candle
the engineer found the leak, and
twenty human lives were destroyed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-The sixth an.
-nual dinner of the New York Southern
society was given at Cherry's last
night, and was most successful affair
President Hugh r. Garden presided
and with him at the speakers table sa
Gov. VIM. T. Russell, Hon. Elihu Root
Hon Daniel A. Boody. Gen. John W.
Corcoran. Rev. Charles F. Deems, d. D..
John sloane, Robert B. Roosevelt,
Lloyd Lowndes. John C. Calhoun. Pat.
rick Calhoun, John H. Inman, Gen. w.
W. Kirkland, St Clair McKelway. Jo-
seph Quincy. Fred Roosevelt and Judge
Van Wick.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

JUDGE WHEELER, of the United
States circuit court in New York, hav-
ing been called upon for decision as
to whether corsets are to be scheduled
as clothing or mechanical! contriv-
ances, has written an opinion in which,
with becoming modesty, he says: 81
think they are clothing. am not.
however, very confident about it,
This isn't the kind of judicial ruling
that stays are usually granted upon.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

The wizard. Edison, is trying to get
telephone communication with the
sun, and claims that when it is estab.
lished he will be able to hear the spots
break out on the sun He will next
transfer this to his phonograph and tho
boys will be able TO drop a nickel in
slot and hear old Sol roar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

GEN. BUTLER thinks that Mr.. Lincoln
had but one fault-and that was a vir.
tue-he had such great kindness OF
heart that he could not punish crimi-
nails The general had tried his best
to make Mr.. Lincoln hang deserters,
but the president could not be brought
to do it As a result of his clemency
there was at the close of the war an
army of descrters numbering more
than III, 900
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

DISAH CYR. a Fall River Mass
woman, has been sent to the insane
asylum because she has queer notions
one of which is her disinclination to
talk. In any other section of the
country this would have marked her as
treasure which every wife-seekel
would have striven to win.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
A Fortune In sight.

CREEpE. Col, Feb. 2a.-As Prospector
Brandt was working over Batchelcr
mountain he noticed q crevice-like open
ing closed by bowlder. He pushed
away the stone and found an opening
large enough to admit his body.
He .entered. pushed forward and
after few steps, was within cavern,
the roof of which, vaulted and hanging
with stalactites, showed groupings OF
pure silver ore running $4,000 10 the
ton. This chamber is so feet wide
and 200 feet long, and contains
enough ore on the surface 70 make
Brandt Q millionaire
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Feb. 23.-Dsniel
McInerney. the express messenger who
had such thrilling experience, Sunday
morning. was brought to his home in
this city and surgical aid summoned
He was under the influence of an an
aesthetic yesterday forenoon, and his
surgeon would not allow him to SEQ
strangers. His worst wound Is that
through the right thigh. The bullet
must have been one from the largest
pistol the robber carried The wound
on his forehead is slight and that In
his hand was made by fragment OF
n large bullet
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

PROF. UPTOS, of Brown university,
has taken a measurement of the largest
spot on the sun and finds it to be
$4,000 miles in diameter To some ex
tent this may be called mere speck
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
THE INoIAkA's EaRANo.


Laden with Brssd.tufIA. Etc. TOR shs'
=SSnsxp = Ssss..s seS ssan xv.y ne.
ood-S..sS. crTn.....s. =. s.....s1.s
10 witness Her Depsrtsrs-rhs Csrs-
monies on the Pier.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. sS-Thou-
sands of people gathered At the dock,
of the International Navigation Co. 1t
Washington avenue wharf, on the Del
aware river Yesterday afternoon to
witness the departure of the steam
ship Indiana laden with Phila-
delphia's bounteous contribution Of
-four and provisions for the
fsmine-striclcen Russians, and to
enjoy the ceremonies, arranged - .
parting God-speed and safe-deliverance
to the ship on her grand voyage Of
mercy. The loading Of the vessel was
completed yesterday morning and the
statement was made by one Of the
ships officers that every pound had
been put on board that the Indiana
could carry without sinking. Nearly
5000, 900 pounds Of -four Ii slowed away
IN her hold IN addition TO large qusnta-
ties OF provisions, canned goods, eec
As the people gathered for the cere-
monies in honor of her departure the
Indiana lay at the wharf with her
masts and rigging almost hidden be-
meath masses OF .parti-colored bunting.
From the bow the Union Jack was ny
ing; the Russian and Red Cross nags
new from the foremsst, and from the
mainmast the American nag stood out
to the breeze. The exercises were
interesting and enthusiastic
1t was the first intention to hold the
ceremonies on the steamships forward
deck, but owing to the high wind pre-
vailing this was abandoned, and the ex-
ercises took place in the enclosed PER.
notwithstanding that hundreds OF peo-
pie were admitted to this and the ao'
joining pier, there were fully 10000
men, women and children congregateo
on tne OUTSIDE. ihey came In drosess sno
con'in ueo arriving i,oin al sect,onS ~.
some time aIter tne CEREMONIES hao
enaed and the steamer was ON ner "ay
10 the delaware oreak"ater.
The ceremonies opened with the hus-
sian national hymn oy the FIRST reRl-
ment band. Then followed addre esses
BY Right Rev. o. w. WHITAKER, OF the
Protestant Episcopal church. ana hev.
d. L. "ayiana, OF tne bap'iss cnur.I,
after which line Day OF Uur horu'
was rendered oy the oni'eo SINGERS VI
fniiaoeiphia' Iso voices
addresses were tnen oeiiVereu oy
Arcno oisnop Ryan OF sne homan Ossno-
nc enurcn' heV' Cnaa "oo1, VI mo
fresoyterian enuren, nisnop -efruS y
ross OF .he Metno1is. cnu,cu, nes'
MOTIFS 'aItrow, M ene .~iIn Mt..u In'
anu new 'osepn way VI 'ne = i'"' '"A
cnuren'
between the speeches instrumental
and vocal music was rendered, ana tne
exercises closed with the singing OF
"Farewelf oy the united singers
The signal OF warning was then
sounded by the steam whistle OF the
Indiana. The guests aboard were
landed, the ropes were cast on, and at
$50 p. m. the ship moved slowly out
into the stresm. The great crowd took
up the farewell with its huzzas. Flags
were dipped and the whistles OF all the
craft which crowded the river joined IN
one great, long "Gooa-oye, ana TOD
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

THE retirement of Gems John NJ
schofield and o. D. Howard will take
out of the active service. it is said.
every regular army officer who com.
mandcd a corps during the civil war.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

HABITUAL drunkards are cared for in
an effective way in Norway and Swe.
den The penalty is Imprisonment,
and during incarceration they are fed
on bread and wine, no water being al.
lowed
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

A COLORADO man was matrimonially
engaged to twelve girls in as many diff
ferent states, and he died. If he had
reached the unlucky number thirteen,
his death would have caused no sur
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

On the farm of Alfred Allen, a negro,
in Clinton county, vein of gravel was
struck while sinking a we'll which as
says sos gold and SLIGO silver per ton.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

The salary of the car of Russia il
said to be s25. day. He ought ia
be able tc spend one winter at a three.
dollar week boarding-house and give
the balance of his income to sufferers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

Mrs. TEL SoNo, said to be Japan'a
st woman lawyer, is in this country
-ecturing in behalf of a Christian
school for high caste Japanese girls
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

A BUST of the venerable Harriet
Beecher Stowe, of Hartford, is to be
placed in the woman's building at thu
worlds fair. In order to raise the
money for the purpose nickel slot ma
chimes have been placed in every post
Office in Connecticut.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

St Louis corporations failing to COM
ply with the antitrust law must show
in the circuit court before April why
their charters should not be forfeited.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
POWDERLY'S VIEWS.

What Tie Expects from the National
Conference of Industrial Associations.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 23.-Grand' Master
Workman Powderly, who is in this
city in attendance upon the national
conference of industrial associations,
said Yesterday in answer to q question
from a reporter:
"what do / expect to be the definite
outcome of this convention?" he said.
.well, sir, if 1 were to undertake to
answer that question as it should be
answer / would talk to you all day. I
expect one result to be the organiza-
ton Of a third party beyond all ques-
tion, party upon whose platform the
various elements represented here can
unite and work at the coming cleo
tions- As to that platform in detail,
prefer to let the action of the conven-
ton itself speak. II either of the two
older parties should see fit to come
near enough to this platform TO
meet the views of the elements
represented at this convention, I be-
lieve in giving them a show. but I
think the formation Of third party Is
already an assured fact The Knights
of Labor as an organization will GER
tainly do all in their power to secure
harmony on the platform to be adopted.
and believe this spirit prevails in all
the other elements attending the con-
ference. Our views on the three lead
ing issues of land, transportation and
money are already well known. We
are prepared to make concessions. be-
cause we believe the various delega-
tions to the st. Louis convention are
all working for the same general OBJ
ject
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

Rudolph Sellmeyer, of Lafayette
county. committed suicide while in bed,
using an old army musket. He worked
the trigger with a corn-stalk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Answer from the Fund Commissioners.
The state senate having sent to the
board of fund commissioners, who arc
preparing TO redeem 500. 900 worth of
81 option bonds not due till 1907, q
query as to whether, with the probable
deficit In the treasury. 1t would not be
better to let this sum stay subject to
the disposition of the legislature. re-
ply was received from the board which,
In brief, was as follows:
~ That there Is an obligation on the part Of
thestate to use the money for those purposes for
which 1t was collected. Sectiuns Q and IA. arti-
Gle 10. Of the constitution are cited. ls) That
this present general assembly itself had appro-
printed the money for the pu;chase and retire
ment Of these bonds. t3I That this present gem
eral assembly had itself made 1t the duty OF
this board Of fund commissioners to call in these
hnr,Ha nfhor 1s,r,1o M I,r ax.1 - Ieoe
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

The case of ex-State Treasurer No
land has been set for hearing in tho
supreme court during the April term
1t is the eleventh on the docket
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27


Tex, a wired
and severely
IN the Key
county, S.
struck that
The vein is I
thick.
The stateI
can official {.
ternational [
GO miles of 4
jurisdiction |
mept, 1
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
Money Mad.

Edward Sullivan, of Sedalia, has gone
insane. He believes he is a many times
millionaire, and spends money lavishly
in his mind.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

A competitive drill has been arranged
between company of cadets from
Wentworth Military academy, of Lex
ington, and one from Kemper school,
on neutral ground, some time this
spring. the date not having been fixed.
The formal agreement has been signed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27
The Father Of the Expires. Robber Perry

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Feb. 23.-Oliver Fl.
Perry, q contractor and builder in this
city. supposed to be the father of the
express robber, Oliver Curtis Perry,
said yesterday: II do not know that
the man at Lyons is my son and can
not tell until have seen him. j have
not seen my son in good many years,
and could not tell what he looks like
now. He is a5 years old. Several
years ago he left home to go to live
with an aunt in Frazee City, Mimi.
and have not seep.him since. do not
know whether he was ever a cowboy or
not"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-02-27

Charged with EmbezzlIng Church Funds.
S. j. Paramorc is charged with en-
bezzling sl97 of the funds of the St
Louis Church Of God. Of which body he
Wss Q trustee.