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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily NswA
WASHINGTON NOTES.


THE civil service commission will en-,
force the law respecting political assess
ments against government employees
The Indian bureau gives the number
of school positions filled by Indians at
total Of 4S2, and salaries paid at s6e, :
s7s.
E. w. HALFoRD, asked about Mrs
Harrison's condition, said: "Mrs. Har-
rison is nervously prostrated, but her
physical condition is now improving,
and reports are now quite gratifying"
The treasury department promptly
paid s1,00o.0OO in gold for treasury
notes The gold was shipped to Ger
many. The transaction grew out of
the purchase of silver
The appropriation for the geological
survey was s411, $40, while for the pre-
vious year the total was 1854, ,04O. The
item for Typographical survey was cut
only $40. 900, making total of s240, 900.
The programme for carrying on this
work in northwest Missouri and west
ern Kansas will not be changed.
THE eligibility of Senators Allison
and Jones and Representative Nc
Creary, of Kentucky, to serve as inter
national silver conferees is questioned.
THE United States steamer Boston
has been ordered to proceed to Honolulu
to relieve the United States steamer
San Francisco
The society Of American Florists met
at Washington on the 10th.
The supervising architect says the
new eight-hour law will increase the
cost of the government building con-
tracts alone sS, OO0, 900 a year.
CHIEF HARRIS, of the Cherokee ma
tion, has written a letter to President
Harrison, demanding the removal of
cattle from the Cherokee strip.
W. I. BAKER has resigned the presi-
dency of the worlds fair directory. II.
W. Higginbotham was elected to sue
ceed him.
The president has appointed William
Harrison Bradley, of Illinois, United
States consul at Copenhagen, vice Ryder,
dimisSed
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27
HUMOROUS.

-About the only things that are al
ways in season are the plug hat and the
pepper box.-Columbus Post
The mean man likes the magazine
that tells women how to dress on moth
ing a year and look welL-N. o. Plea
yune.
His cup contains no tracs OF JOY.
He's welded to ths blues:
He seeks TO find the hotel boy
Who blacked his yellow shoes
Washington Star.
-Marian-"Which would you rather
oe-independently rich or married?"
Lillian-"Independently rich, for then
I should get happily married. IN. Y.
Press
Adams Advantage. - Rowley-
There is one satisfaction that Adam
had as a gardener" Surface-"What
was that?'' Rowiey-"EIe didn't have
neighbors who raised hens."-N. Y.
Herald.
-"Eb'nezahI- "Maam?" rs yo'
bin hookin' watah millins FUN de NAH
kit2'' Nom" ''Well. may be yoh
didn't But ! doan sec how yoh am
gwine ter prove an alibi fur dat collie"
Washington Star.
Asking Too Much.-"what's that
balcony on the top foor?" That's the
fire-escape." "How do you get away
from it?' That's your lookout I'm
not compelled to put fire-escapes on the
fire escapes. es."-Harper's Bazar.
T.
you make one Of the characters ask an
other how the thermometer stands"
Contributor Yes" Editor - "And
then you write: AT 96 degrees, she re-
piled in frigid tones'"-N. Y. Herald.
-Magistrate-"You are charged, sir,
with hitting the prosecuting witness,
McFadden, with brick. Guilty or not
guilty?" Mr.. Grogan-"Plase y'r amer,
'twor q very soft brick. Mr.. McFadden
Is q friend of mine.
Journal.
81 can't sing" said the young lady
when invited to warble; but she COM
piled upon being further pressed. When
she had finished Fogg thanked her, and
added behind his teeth: "Fll never
doubt anybody's word again boston
Transcript
Parental Training.-Mrs. Brown
Mrs Binlxs has the best-trained boy
ever saw" Mrs Jones-"What, that
little rascal?' Mrs Brown-"Yes; for
she never crooks her elbow that he
doesn't instinctively bend over. DE
troit Free Press
There goes little Mr.. Sissy she
said, as they strolled down Charles
street; isn't he efeminate In his dressY
'Do you think so7' replied her friend.
"Yes, indeed Why, he wears suspend'
ers, high collars and sashes just like
real womanr'-Bsltimore News
-sT amt crying" said little Elsie,
cheerfully, from the dinisg-rooin where
she was having . late and solitary
breakfast I'm glad TO hear 1t" re
plied her mother, from the adjoining
room. "why sren't you crying, my
desrg' "'Csuse." said Elsie, ss shs
plscidly watched the contents OF her
oatmeal bowl flowing over
the table ard trickling down to the
theEe's 70 use crying ove9
spilisd milk"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

FATHER BERNARD DErrMAN. of Gin
cinnsti, fell through a railroad trestle
and was fatally hurt
DEMOCRATS Of the Seventh kansas
congressional district have ifidorsed
Jerry Simpson. the peoples party norri-
inee
| Six laborers were crushed to death
and fifteen terribly injured on the Tole-
do, Hooking Valley & Ohio railroad at
Coshocton, O., by gravel train running
into an open switch
The Denver and Cheyenne passenger
train was stopped by robbers at the
coal chute at LaSalle, Col. A passenger
| opened fire on the robbers, wounding
one, and they fed.
NEAR Eliensburg, Wash, three men
held up traveller and after robbing
him cut his head of. Vigilantes pur-
sued and captured the highwaymen,
who were all lynched.
THE will of the late Mrs. Maria Cole
man, of San Francisco, has been made
public. About 10000 is bequeathed to
Catholic institutions, and the remainder
of the estate is left to her three chill
| dren The estate was valued at IS, ,0O0,-
600.
A YOUNG Syrian peddler was drowned
at Keokuk, Ia, while bathing. He had
only been in the country three months
FOLLOWING muffied roar, like far
| away thunder, the bed Of the Sandusky
river for several miles below Tiffin, O.,
has been upheaved as if by an earth
quake shock. In scores of places the
water rushes into the subterranean
openings At other points peaks pro-
ject.
NANCY HANKS made a phenomenal
mile at Washington park, Chicago, on
the 18th, lowering the trotting record
to 2:07li, dethroning Maud S. with
record of BOSS.
THE republican Illinois campaign was
opened at Springfield by speech from
Whitelaw Reid.
HAL POINTER, at Chicago on the 18th,
paced mile in 2:05l4.
SIxTY-FIvE Cinnamon at Detroit were
sentenced to ten days each in Jail and
deportation back to the Flowery king
dom for coming across the border.
HoN. JERRY" RUsK said in Chicago
that he would probably go to Kansas
City to give the final test to his expert
ments in regard to 'lumpy-jaw" cattle.
AMERICAN florists selected St Louis
for next years meeting.
S. j. PAYNE, a Denver drummer,
made three masked robbers retreat
from a west bound Union Pacific train.
He wounded one, but received not
scratch himself.
GENEVA, O., has been swept by flames.
Loss, s175,0O0.
THE fire at Delta, O., destroyed most
of the town, including the Atlas Office.
Loss, 5000
THE excitement caused by the ghost |
dance at Ponca, !. T., is said to be in
creasing.
CASHIER DAVIS of the Iron Hall, has |
refused to surrender his books to the |
investigating committee.
CLYDE, Mich, town of 500 popula- |
ton, was wiped out by fire.
TEMPLE b. BALLINGER, q carpenter,
fell at Morriston, Ind, and was killed |
almost instantly.
JOHN B. KLEeG, editor of the Ogden |
QlL) journal, has been declared insane
and will be sent to the asylum at Kan
kakee.
ALL but two of the wheel manufact-
uring companies of the United States
were represented at the meeting in Gin
cinnati, to establish higher prices for
their product.
THE grain elevator at Newman, ILL.,.
has burned. Loss, $4,000 on grain
alone.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

A LARGE new sailing ship, the Thra-
clan, which was being towed to Liver
pool, was lost off the isle of Man and
her crew of twenty-five men went down
with her.
MORE seal poacbers have been seized
by United States cruisers in Behriug
ses
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27
4 Teacher Suddenly Summoned.

A sad feature of the close of the Yer
non county teachers institute was the
sudden death of one of its members,
Miss Alice Taylor. of Schell City, who
died Of a congestive chill after an Ill
ness of only two hours. The body las
followed to the train by go members OF
the institute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

Byron S. Hite was burned to death at
Kansas City by an explosion of gas
oline. Mr.. Hite had determined to rid
his hen-coop of chicken-lice, and vras
using gasoline to do it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27
A Costly Casket.

DANBURY, Conn, Aug. 16.-The body
Of Russell Benedict who died in Aus
tria July Is, reached here Monday in .
solid silver casket elaborately embel-
lished with gold. On the top Is q gold
crucifx two feet long. The casket is
carried by means of eight gold handles,
and is supported by six lions legs Fes-
toons of gold flowers are drsped around
It In each Of the corners Is a gold
angel six inches high. 1t Is not known
how much the casket cost Mr.. Bene-
dict was a very wealthy man, who lived
many years in Austria he wss born
IN this citv.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27


WM. SMITH and An,!rew karl1er. aged
Is and IS years respectively, the latter
the sole support of il widowed mother.
were instantly killed by an electric car
at Auburn, n. Y, on the 2lst, the
buggy in which they were riding being
struck and overturned and the occu-'
pants thrown under the motor.
Two NoN-UNION workmen, returning
from meeting in West Superior, Wis,
on the night of the Goth, were waylaid
by fifteen Amalgamated association
men, armed with pistols, clubs and
knives One of them was murdered
outright and the other fatally injured.
GEN. CARNEs arrested Commissioner
of Labor Ford, at Coal Creek. on the
21st, as spy. He was appointed by
Gov. Buchanan as commissioner and also
as mine inspector without possessing
any fitness for either Office, simply as a
recognition of organized labor.
SIR CHARLES RUSSELL fully concurs
IN Mr.. Gladstone's desire to abolish the
custom permitting law officers of the
crown to combine private with public
practice. Sir Charles will, accordingly,
give upan income of $4,000.
CAPT. DAVID PORTER DoBBISs, OF the
Buffalo IN. W life-saving station, died
on the Goth, after short illness, at the
age of IS years. Capt. Dobbins was
well known as the inventor of various
life-saving devices
By the explosion of a locomotive
boiler at Memphis, on the 21st Engin-
eer ]. C. Blunderfield and Fireman
Robert Prather were killed. the former
instantly and the latter after hours of
horrible torture.
UP to the Goth subscriptions to the
Manning memorial fund amounted to
nearly $1,000. The memorial will be a
refuge for the homeless poor without
distinction of creed, but under Catholic
THE excitement among the radicals
in England over the cabinet selections
is increasing and a strong combination
is being formed which may imperil the
existence of Mr.. Gladstone's admins
tration.
TREASURER CURRY, of the Carnegie
Steel Co, says the government steel in
spectors have not rejected pound of
metal made by the new men, The old
men have not been asked to return to
work.
Ar Coventry, England on the Goth,
Boxborrow made a mile on the bicycle
in a:sl 3-s. teating the worlds record
by 2-5 seconds
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

George Quinn, miner employed in
the Newell & Van Pout mine at Carter
vile, was killed the other evening. lie
was descending the shaft with another
miner when the rope slipped. Quinn
caught the cribbing of the shaft and es-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

A Mrs. West, aged between 20 and so,
was struck by a freight train about
mile east of Downing, Schuyler county,
and instantly killed.
She had been attending a soldiers reunion at
Downing and was walking home on the rail-
read track The accident occurred at a sharp
curve Mrs. West had stepped outside the
rail and was struck on tie side by the pilot Of
the eng;na and thrown into the ditch. Mrs.
West lived with her husband on a farm two or
three miles ea at Of Downing. She has thrs,
sons living in Schuyler county.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

Geo. Henderson, who robbed Parrish
& Evans jewelry store at Nevada of
81 800 worth of valuables, was arrested
at St Joseph and the property recov-
cred
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

The cotton crop of Missouri, while
never very large. is looking well, and
several counties in southern Missouri,
-vhere the staple is produced, will re-
port good Weld
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

At Springfield, the other day, the
case against Col. John O'Day. charged
with felonious assault on Capt. w. s.
Johnson. was continued to the next
term of court.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27
A Sons Desperation.

At Smithvilie, Clay county, William
McCauley, depressed and temporarily
insane over his fathers drinking, killed
his father and then himself.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

Mrs. Maria Pomeroy, aged 90, died at
Lexington. Her fortune was estimated
at $50, 900. She was tine widow of f. F.
Pomeroy, who accumulated his wealth
in the pony express and by freight'ng
across the plains.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27
MINERS SURPRISED,
And . Large Number Of Them Captured
A Negre Spy Riddled with Bullets

And . Large Number Of Them Captured
A Negre Spy Riddlsd with Bullets
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 21.-Two
companies of the first regiment
marched from Coal Creek to Briceville,
. distance Of five miles. yesterday, and
captured 40 miners who were holding
a meeting to discuss the situation. The
soldiers were under the command OF
Capt Patterson, and the miners were
taken completely by surprise. They
were surrounded in an instant, and
compelled TO surrender.
Just before Briceville was reached
Capt Psttison found a negro. whom he
identified rs spy, sneaking along
under the brush that skirts the public
road. He called on the fugitive to sur
render. but the negro star ted on . run.
The command was given TO fire, and
los rifles were leveled at him He was
riddled with bullets and left by the
roadside.
The miners arrested were taken to
Coal Creek without further difficulty.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

Detectives Fitzgerald and Tracy. of
st. Louis. were decorated with gold
medals by the authorities of Denver,
Col, for successful work among the
crooks during the Knights Templar
conclaye.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

AT st. Louis number of preachers
and magistrates who have failed to prop
erly perform their duties in regard to
marriage licenses may be prosecuted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

The remains of Judge Normile, of st.
Ionis, were not cremated, as provided
in his will, and the asEes thrown into
the river, but wc-~ buried in a cemetery
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27
A Michigan Murder.

BALDWIN, Mich, Aug. 17.-Maj. J
Houk, of this place, parted from his
wife Stella Davis about two years ago
Stella, in company with her sister
and Frank Gray. was encountered by
Houk after the Flint and Pere Mar
quette train pulled in Monday
night Houk told Gray that
Stella was his wife and pulled .
revolver and shot his wife in the
abdomen and Gray in the mouth. He
then turned the weapon on Stella's sis
ter, but he was prevented from firing
The woman is dead, and Gray's recov-
cry is doubtful Houk was arrested.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

The Maple Leaf railway threaten,
q dollar rate to the Worlds fair from
Kansas City if it is not admitted to the
union depnt in that city
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

Al st. Louis the coroner's jury con-
cluded that the victims of the Mill Creek
sewer died from shock, but didn't learn
what caused the shock.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

The noted Philharmonic Trio club, OF
st. Louis has been at The Gasconade,
Lebanon, astonishing many with its
selections. Ernest Rivarz is director.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27

John Martin, an ex-police officer of
Kansas City, died in the asylum for the
insane at st. Joseph. He was shot in
the mouth while making an arrest.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27
The President 10 FIry-NIne.

LOOK LAKE, n. Y. Aug. 2s-Yester.
day was the ffty-ninth anniversary Of
the birth of President Harrison The
fact was kept rather quiet or at least
not much was said about it until last
night Then the president attended q
slight-of-hand performance in the par
ior OF the hotel The president had no
callers yesterday, not even a politician.
He dld little official work, but the
nature of It Is not known.
Last evening the president dined with
c. J. Fargo. Of New York. at their
pretty little cottage situated diagonally
across from the presidents cottage.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.



Weather crop bulletin of the Missouri
weather service for week ended August
| IS:
The prevailing weather conditions Of the
| week were an excess Of temperature ranging
from IL in southern 10 Sc in northern portion.
almost continuous sunshine and rainfall thst
was confined to badly distributed showers, the
greater PORTION OF the state needing q good
rain, while a few scattered localities already
have sn excess Of moisture. Hayirg Is gener-
ally finished throughout the state; stacking
and threshing are dore in south and
Progressing in north portion. and plowing for
wheat Il being pushed whore condition Of
ground will prrmit. Wheat Is falling below
previous expectations. both in yield and quail
ty. Oats are light. with straw short and much
damaged while being harvested. Corn holds
up remarkably well under present and past
unfavorable weather. and few more season.
able rains will insure at least a fair crop.
Melons arc above the average ami find ready
market, most OF the crop being shipped al
rerdy. From lack Of water. short pastures
and flies, stock is falling of perceptibly. and
ehinch and potato bugs are plenty. Irish po-
tatoes are poor. and late sweet potato-s are
late. but Of good color and thrifty. Tobacco
and cntton are average Early apples are al
most failure. Winter apples ars better quail
ty and, like peaches. very scarce. Grapes
promised fine, but arc being affected by rot.
a Postmistress Arrested for Theft.
Mrs. Fanny Logan. wife of ]. ".
Logan. wealthy farmer of johnson
county, and postmistress of Leo.
hamlet in that county, was arrested by
Deputy United States Marshal Siddell
the other day and taken to Kansas
City, charged with stealing packages
from the post office She was arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Nuckols and admitted to bail in the
sum of $500. Her husband accompanied
her. The family is one of the best
known and most respected in johnson
county. The woman took the position
of postmistress to accommodate her
neighbors. The articles she is charged
with stealing were of little real value
An Interesting Case.
A palatial gambling boat, which has
cost its owners several thousand dol
lars, has been anchored in the Missouri
river at St Joseph.
II is operatef with great profit Its owners
claim that neither the city nor state has any
jurisdiction in the matter. the act Of congress
defining the western boundary Of "tha Platte
purchasa" at the waters edge on the Missouri
side; also because the Kansas Nebraska act de-
fines the eastern boundary Of Kansas at the
western boundary OF Missouri. This question
has caused much discussion and some court de-
cisions- The other night the gambling boat
was raided by the st. Joseph police under an
o. inion by thu city counselor that the authori-
ties OF either siie Of navigsbie stream have
concurrent jurisdiction. A number Of gam
hlers were arrested Much interest is mani
Tested in ths outcome Of the litigation to fol-
lnr.-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-08-27
Troops Ordered to Oliver Springs.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 16.-Guv.
Buchanan has ordered the Third regi-
ment to Oliver Springs. They COM
mence their journey at p. M
Big Mountain stockade guards near
Knoxville, will probably leave for
Oliver Springs tonight
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-01

Twenty. five large nints, suspepd.
harmonicon fashion from two paralL
wooden rods, and struck by two small.,
flints by way Of hammers, constitute IN,
most curious Of musical Instrument
The stones are not cut down 10 any psr.
ticular weight or form, but are virgi,
nints Of various shapes and sizes, rough
as when hrst dug out Of mother earth.
The inventor, Q Frenchman, states ,hs,
1t has taken him thirty years to pertec,
his collection. When struck the flint
give out = clear metallic sound, like tn,
note Of a very high-toned bell. Strans,
to say, the note produced appears to have
no direct relation to the size or shape Of
the stone, two of which are exactly alike
in weight, and yet there is more than an
octave interval between their respective
tones. Similar paradoxicsl relations
may be noted between others of th,
series.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-01
you Cam, scm,,m.. Tell.

He wore rough suit Of hand-me-
downs, paper collar, a made.up tie Of
somewhat antique pattern, heavy boots
and thick ulster. Thus nttired he
stood studying the want "ads" on the
bulletin board as Gildeiby rounded the
corner at 2.l0 gait OH his way to the
employment office. Gideroy halted.
Perhaps he could save ten minutes by
hiring this fellow.
"Say," said he, "rve got little work
I'd like to get done. 1t may not be in
your line, but il you want it.
"Huh." said the other,
81 say I've got job that may take n
couple of days. I'll pay well.
"Thet soy"
-Yes; don't keep me waiting if you
want to do it, say 50. / was just 60
ing round to an employment office
when l saw you reading the liners. "
-Yes?"
"Yes. What do you say?"
-Wall, my son Jim is goin' to Yew.
rup this spring an he wanted me to
ingage i'm vally vile I wuz in town.
Ye don't know NV good un, do We I
Hold on-wats yer hurry Say, that
But Gilderoy was gona-Detroit Tn
buDe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-01
Iron Sheets Very Thin.

A competition has for long time past
been carried on among the English iron.
masters as to the degree Of thinness to
which cold iron could be rolled. In one
case the sheets have been rolled to an
average thickness or thinness OF the
eighteen-hundredth part of an inch-in
other words, eighteen hundred sheets 0,
this iron, piled one upon another, would
measure only one inch in thicknesA
And this marvellous fineness of work
may be more readily understood when
the fact is borne in mind that the great
number CT twelve hundred sheets Of
thinnest tissue paper measures a slight
fraction over an inch. 1t also appears
that these wonderful iron sheets wer
perfectly smooth and easy to write
upon, Notwithstanding the fact Of their
3eing porous when held up in strong
light
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-01

Many pleasures in life are due to
good health and good looks. Manners
Double Extract Sarsaparilla will bring
pleasures as it increases the appetite, re
lieves all disorders arising from bad
blood such as Headache, Constipation
Boils and pimples which when driven
out of the system brings good looks.
Manners Double Extract Sarsaparilla
can be found at all drug stores also at
Moyer Bros. If.