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Omaha daily bee., 1892-12-26
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Omaha daily bee., 1892-12-26

Truth "lIallo, Vandcrloin; some OF your
people coming in on this trainE"
Yes; I'm expecting sister of mine"
.SistGr. eh! BY DirLh or refusAlLn
Omaha daily bee., 1892-12-26

Philadelphia Ledger: A farmer in st. AL
bans. Vi, used five casks OF cider in IA fruitless
effort to save his house and barn from fire.
Now he's an outsider, so to speak.
Omaha daily bee., 1892-12-26

Somerville Journal; man should always
tell the truth il he says anything at all; but
there are times when it Is advisable to keep
dead still.
Omaha daily bee., 1892-12-26

Washington Star: THAT man is one of the
greltcst art patrons know Of"
I'm what way"
"lie buys cigars on the strength OF labels on
the boxes"
Omaha daily bee., 1892-12-26
Fun AFTER THE FEAST.

Lampoon: well" said the impaticnt street.
car conductor to the COrpulcnt party trying to
catch the car, come ahead or else go afoot."
Omaha daily bee., 1892-12-26

Chicago News: 81 understand Bilkcrs, the
critic, spoke in enthusiastic terms of your new
picture"
ibid he2 Good"
"Yes. He said that never in his whole life
had he seen so much paint used on single
canvas"
Omaha daily bee., 1892-12-26

Average Circulation for November, se,o5o.
Omaha daily bee., 1892-12-26

indianapolis Journal; That must have re.
qurcd considerable preliminary practice"
ashes from the cigar his partner was smoking
at q distance Of forty feet. practice! siiid
morp'n two dozen Cinnamon learnin' that
there trick"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07
The EAST.

THE release of Ferdinand Ward. the
notorious Wall street swindler, from
Sing Sing prison. was announced.
IL the republican conventions of
Maine. New Hampshire and New .Icr-
scy the platforms indorsc President
lIarrison's administration and delegates
to the national convention were chosen
favorable to his denomination.
a CORPORATION has been formed by
the Thomson-IIouSton and Edison
electric companies to bc known as the
General Electric Company, with a cap
ital of $50. .0O0.O 900.
IN New York impressive ceremonies
were held in Riverside park when the
corner stone of the Grant monument
was laid on the eth. Addresses were
made by President Harrison and Chaun-
ccy VI. Depew. 1t was the seventeen
anniversary of the birth of Gcn. Ulysses
=. Grant.
FLAMES that started in the Central
crty valued at $1,000. 900 and injured
over 60 persons in the thcatcr, some
probably fatally.
TIE New York republicans in con-
vention at Albany named Frank His
cock, Thomas C. Platt, Chaunccy VI.
Dcpcw and Warner Miller as delegates
at large to the Minneapolis convention.
The platform indorses President liar
rison's administration, the Mckinley
tariff law, denounces free silver coin
age. and arraigns the democratic party
Of the state through its recognized
leaders as guilty of conspiracy which
eliminated in the reversal of the politi-
cal majority of the Legislature aS de
termined by the verdict of the people at
the polls.
The theatrical company which was
performing at the Central theater in
Philadelphia lost six of its members in
the fire which destroyed the building.
Mrs. CATHERINE MOORE and Mrs. II.
Alexander (sistersl were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed the
''Cayuga" fiat building at New York.
THE death of Rev. VI. l.. Wcaklcy. re-
ported to be the oldest Methodist min
lister in the United States. occurred at
his home in Berlin, Pa. aged o. years.
FIRE in the business district of Pitts
burgh, Pa. caused loss of S3OO.O
Is tenement house fire in New
York city five persons in the family of
Thomas Tubbs and Maggie Schaltcr
lost their lives.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING sews eoMPiLATIos
FiFIY-SECoNO CONGRESS.

WEDNESDAY, April 27.-The army ap-
preparation bill was passed in the
senate. In the house bill was re-
ported appropriating $4,000 for the
erection of monument Ia William
Henry Harrison. tho grandfather of
President Harrison; nj North Bend. q.
The diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton hill was discussed.
THURSDAY, April as.-In the senate
the time was occupied in discussing
resolution to pay the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations for their interest in
the lands in Indian territory. The
nomination of 7. jefferson Coolidge, of
Massachusetts, rs minister to France
was received from the president. In
the house the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill was further consid-
cred. A resolution was introduced to
have the committee on ways and means
report bill imposing an income tax
sufficient to meet all the expenditures
for pensions.
FRIDAY, April %. - There was no
session of the senate. In the house
hill was introduced requiring the SER
geant-at-armS to note absences and pay
members for only those days when they
were in attendance. Discussion of PEN
sion matters occupied the remainder OF
the session.
SATURDAY, April 30. - The senate
was not in session. In the house "A
bill WAS introduced providing that no
election for members of the Legislative
assembly shall he held in Oklahoma ter
ritorv until such census shall be taken
and such apportionment shall he made
hereunder as shall be hereafter pro-
vided by act of congress.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07
WEST AND SOUTH.

A MOB lynched four negroes near
charlottesville, Tenn. two of whom had
assaulted Mollic and Sadie Bruce.
MISSISSIPPI republicans met at JEFF
ferson City and nominated Maj. William
Warner for governor. The platform in
dorses the administration of President
Harrison, the tariff and silver lcgisla-
ton of the Fifty-second congress. APP
proves the alien contract labor law.
and demands free ballot and fair
count.
THE republicans made congressional
nominations as follows: Illinois. Fifth
seventh. T. J. Henderson (renomi-
nated); Nineteenth. n. ii. Moss Kan
sas. Second district, E. II. Funston ire
nominated.
IN Alabama two republican state con-
ventions met at Montgomery. and each
faction elected delegates to the national
convention favorable 10 Harrison's re-
nomination.
J. A. WoIFoRp's three children were
fatally injured by runaway horse at
Brazil, Ind.
IL convention at Cleveland the Ohio
republicans adopted resolutions indors-
ing the administration of President
Harrison. the protective policy, the Nc
Kinley bill, favoring just and liberal
pensions to every union veteran and
opposing the free coinage of silver. 5.
NJ. Taylor was nominated for secretary
of state, and W. A. Spear and J. +.
Burkett for supreme court judges.
IT was said that Coleman Blackburn,
who was hanged at Harriston, Miss.
April 20, was alive and at the home of
a relative in Franklin county. After
the execution he was pronounced dead
by three physicians and his body was
turned over to his relatives.
ALABAMA republicans met in state
convention at Montgomery and solid
Harrison delegation was elected to
Minneapolis. 1t was decided not to put
a state ticket in the field.
FIRE nearly wiped out the village of
Chase. Mich.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07
EoREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

AT Winnipeg T. inches of snow
fell on the eth and all trains were de-
laycd.
THREE boats were cap, lied and seven
of their occupants were drowned dur
ing squall on the lIavci lakes near
Berlin.
Is the British parliament the bill
living franchise to women was de
featcd.
Ir WAS stated at the trial Of Dccming
in Melbourne that he had confessed that
he committed the ma i"rity of tn Jack
the Ripper murders in London.
FIVE thousand houses were destroyed
in fire at Toxic. Japan. and forty per-
SONS w,rr burned to death.
FIRE destroyed the building at Vienna
containing the colossal panorama of
the CrucifNion and the great painting
WAS entirely consumed. Loss. 100000
florins.
FIRE destroyed the Anglc-Scntia mills
and lace factories at Nottingham, Eng.
Loss. $500 000.
FLAMES which started in tn" Princess
opcra house at Winnipeg. Man. de-
struycd three acres of buildings.
Fen LEE. Chinaman. and Agnes
Gcrtung. were married jill Berlin. 1t
was IT,, first alliance Of this kind in
Germany.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07
IpIER.

| IL the senate, on the I'd. MIR. Vest
/ handed up for appropriate reference a
PETITION protesting against the opening
of the Worlds fair ON sunday. After
business Of routine nature several
public building bills were passed, and
| shortly before two o'clock the senate
went into secret session on the Russian
and French cxtradition trcati,'S.......ln In
the hpus" among the measures passed
were: 4 bill to encourage American
ship building; granting Il pension of -
per month to the survivors of the Black
| Hawk. Creek CherokecS and Seminole
wars; to ratify and confirm an agree
mcnt with the Indians residing on the
Colville reservation in the state of
| Washington. appropriating Sl5O.OOO to
carry out the stipulations regarding the
] Bchring sca treaty. The house then
continued the discussion of the diplo-
matte and consular bill.
RETURNS of the municipal elections
| held in France. on the lst, show that,
except in Paris. the republicans are
ahead. They gained every seat in the
department of the Nord, with but one
exception. Seventeen revolutionarics
We're elected in aint-Ouen-sur-Seine
The republicans head the polls at Four
mics: the conservatives are next and
the socialists last.
THE Russian relief vessel Tynehead
sailed from Dow's stores, brooklyn. on
the I'd. Miss Clara Barton and Mrs. DIR.
Elliot. of the Red Cross society. were
present when the steamship started.
The vessel was decorated with bunting
and carried the flag of the Red Cross so-
ciety at the main.
RALPH X. PAIGE. treasurer of the
Painesville (O.) bank that failed re-
Gently. pleaded guilty in Cleveland. o.,
on the I'd, to having forged notes of 3d.
600 and g, 900 respectively. He was re-
manded to Jail to await sentence to the
penitentiary.
AT Seville. Spain, on the lst. priest
found bomb with a lighted fuse on
the floor of his church confessional and
extinguished the fuse.
EIGHT HUNDRED coal handlers on the
docks at Cleveland, o., struck. on the
od. for an advance from twelve to four
teen cents per ton.
The great fair for the benefit of the
actors fund of America opened in
Madison Square Garden. New York city,
on the I'd.
The bill to place binding twine on the
free list passed the house under suspen.
sion of the rules, on the I'd, by a vote of
1S3 to AZ.
The police found a bomb in one of
arrested seventeen suspects
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07
FLAMES DESTROYED half of the bust

FLAMES destroyed half of the bust
ness portion of Fail River, Kan.
IL store at Camden. Tenn, the safe
was robbed by burglars of sl.jO1 in gold
belonging 20 the estate of widow just
deceased.
AMONG the people of southwestern
Texas, along the Rio GranGc river, great
suffering was reported owing TO the
drought.
Al the annual meeting in baltimore
tieoree William Curtis was reelected
Reform league.
lN the First Illinois district the rrpub-
licans have nominated J. Frank Aldrich
for congress and reDominatcd Il. L. Hit
in the Sixth district.
Ar San Francisco another earthquake
shock occurred with vibrations north
and south.
IN Lake Superior, off Peninsula har-
bdf, the schooner Glenora and her crew
Of six men were lost.
On the Great Northern construction
train was dItchcd near l:nnncr Ferry,
Mont, and four lahorcrS were killed.
IS n room at st. Paul. Mimi. :. :.
Lowenbcrg and wife were accidentally
suffocated by gas.
a MOB took EPh- -Grtzs.ard. the negro
who assaulted the two daughters of
Mrs. Lee Bruce at ttiooilettsvillc. Tenn,
from Jail ut Nashville. and lynched him.
SIX business bloc',s, including the
Journal newspaper office. were burned
at Coffcyvillc. Kan.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the :iOth ult. were: Boston,
SIG: Louisville, $50: Brooklyn, $50;
Pittsburgh. .G92; Cleveland. .6IG: Gin
cinnati, 600; New York, 800; Phila-
delphia. So; Washington, 80: Chica-
go, .22l; st. Louis. .167: Baltimore. -.
The percentages in clubs of the West
ern league were: Milwaukee. .S57; Kan
sas City. 700: Columbus. .66s: st. Paul,
800: Toledo. .:i75: Omaha, 80: Mime
apoliS, .:;::i;:j: indianapolis, 900.
FLAMES swept away half block of
two-story houses. the landmarks of
LcadvilIc Col. The fire started in
Lncb's thrater.
Al bayou sara, Id. TWO lilbulcub
negroes resisted arrest and began shoot
ing at the officers. When the firing
ceased the two negroes and white
man were dead.
DEMOCRATS of Arizona in convention
at Prescott passed resolutions in favor
of free coinage of silver. a rc solution
recnmmc nding that delegates to the
national convention support Cleveland
for president was defeated.
AT JcrScvvillr. ILL.,. David ii. AmeS,
n veteran of the war of lSl2. celebrated
his Tooth birthday. His father lived to
the age of lO2 and was = soldier in the
revolutionary war.
Is the Nineteenth district of Illinois
the peoples party nominated j. H. Cros-
no for congress.
WENDELL. SANDERS. Miss Brttic Che
nry and Miss l!lanchc Burr We're
drowned by the up>ettin% of Il boat at
Chattanooga. Tenn.
TWELVE miles south of the city of
Huron. = H.. prairie fire caused much
destruction to barns and grain.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

The April session of the Greene coun
ty grand jury returned fifty-one indict-
mcnts for felonies.
Among the defendants who will he required
10 answer charges found against them by this
grand jury are the following prominent citi-
zsns Of Springfield, some Of whom have more
than local reputation: Col. John O'Day.
formerly general solicitor and vice president
Of the st, LOUIS & San Francisco Railroad Co.
indicted for fel0niously assaulting Capt. W. 5.
johnson. Of the United States army. Hon. Ed
{. O'Day. eA representative Of Greene coiinty,
charged with assault and battery and carrying
corcealci weapons; Geo. W. Custer, obtaining
money under false pretenses; Col II. F. Fell
lows. proprietor Of the Springfield Wagon Co.
and ex mayor Of the city. larceny Of deed:
Judge W. d. Hubbard. of the Twenty first
Judicial circuit. assaulting with an umbrella
Col. John G. Newhill, editor Of the Springfield
ExpresS
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Bishop TuttIc's Silver Anniversary.

Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, s T.
D.. bishop of the Episcopal diocese OF
Missouri, celebrated the twcnty-fifth
anniversary of his conservation to the
episcopnte on April 30:
Bishop Tuttie is the thifd bishop of Missouri
He was born in Windham. y. Y; January 2f
lsii; graduated at Columbia college New York;
1857. and the General Theological seminary
New York. lsti.; was ordered deacon June -,
lsf2. and ordained priest July 10, lsszI While in
deacon's orders he became assistant minister in
Morris. y. Y, and upon the death of the rector
became rector of the parish. where he remained
until his elevation to the episcopate in 1861 In
1865 he was elected bishop of Missouri, but de-
elinet. On the death of Bishop Robertson. in
issa; he was again elected bishop OF Missouri,
and in September Of the same year was trans
lated IN this
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

THERE are two factories in Philadrl-
phia that use up in the season one hun
dred horse hides week each to cover
baseballs. They are alum-tanncd. Ono
hide will furnish covers for ten dozen
No. balls and five to eight dozen in
ferior ones. Horse hides for this pur-
pose sell from - 30 to - each. as to
size. Kips are also used. They sell at
II cents foot and sheepskins $3.50 to
S. dozen. The best regulation balls
sell at s1.a5 to Sl.5O each. a piece of
rubber forms the center. around which
yarn is wound by hand. Then they are
covered. They are dead balls and
won't bounce"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the :a.?th ult. aggregated
sl.0sS, Oh? 40. against Sl.0i:i. l93. :,:i;5 the
previous week. The increase aS COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1891 was 1870.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 29th numbered 2ll, against POI the
preceding week and 2a5 for the corre
spending week last year.
THEoUGHoUT the country the volume
of business was said to surpass all pre-
vious records.
A TREATY of reciprocity has been con-
cluded between the United States and
Honduras.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

The annual report of fires and losses
by fires in 1891 in st. Louis shows some
startling figures.
The total number Of fires during the year was
ai2. for which Loss alarms were given. besides
la9 still alarms, for which no alarms were
given. The list shows that fires have started in
every conceivable place. fr''m bath tub TO an
incubator. The causes Of alarms are even more
interesting, running all the way from a mouse
chewing matches to a balloon falling on a housa.
The less for last year is more that sl.Gn,G0
greater than the year preceding it. and more
than sl.1601 greater than any year since lS'ia.
except lSsl, lsS6 and 1851. II is nearly Sl.Gn00
greater han the first two Of these, and is SisS.
i2i.5i greater than 1857, which nearest ap-
proacheS il in amount
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

AND now it i said that '-.Iill the
KiSScr." buNom female turks in the
lonely places around Carthage. Mo.
where she pourccs upon the nnwary
male pedestrians and kisses them.
There is great excitement. but when a
meeting was called hy the citizens to
devise ways and means to put stop to
the osculatory attacks only on" in
dividual put in an appearance. and he
had been recently voted medal as be-
ing the homelieSt man in town.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

II. T. BAsKIS, of Philadelphia. who
has just returned from a tripto France.
that country, and especially in Paris.
which struck him a, a very excellent
idea, iS .he universal custom of having
the kitchen located on the top floor of
residences. hotels and restaurants. In
all other parts of the world the cook
ing i> done on the first floor or in the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

Mr.. TAYLOR, of Chicago, just over
from Europe, walked down the gang
plank of the Servia TO tread once more
his native soil, carefully buttoning his
overcoat as he walked. \ gust of wind
caught one corner of his coat and turned
it ont, revealing Il rent from which pro
truded few inches of drab silk. II
caught the eye of a customs inspector.
and at once Mr.. Taylor WAS p"unceG
upon. He was led into the examining
room. where he was unrolled and thir.
ty-seven yards of silk We're taken off OF
him
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

l.. Il. Ely. financial agent of the Viii
liam Jewell college at Liberty, has
raised the last dollar by subscription of
the So. 900 endowment fund pledged by
the Baptists of the state. To this sum
will hc added S10.OOO of the John ID.
Rockefeller fund for the endowment of
baptist institutions of learning in the
wCst
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

A bill has been introduced in the
United States senate authorizing the
establishment of frce-deivcry services
in cities Of 1000 population. or at post
offices which produced gross revenue
of 5000 during the preceding year. II
it becomes a law it will affect the fol-
lowing Missouri towns: Boonvillr.
Brooiticld. Butler. Cameron, Carroll
ton. Clinton. Columbia. Fulton. Indc-
pcndcnce: Eirksvillc. Lamar. Lcxin"-
ton. Macon City. Mexico. Rich Hill.
Trenton. Warrrnsburg. Webb City,
Marshall, Maryvillr.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

A. T. STEWART has been dead for
more than sixteen years, since April 10,
1876, but contests over his will and for
his millions are still in progress. Gen.
Il. f. Butler brought suit in the New
York court of common pleas a few days
ago against Henry Hilton for Alexander
Stewart, who claims to be the son of 4
first cousin of the late A T. Stewart,
and lays claim to a good-sized portion
spent a considerable portion of the in
come of the estate in fighting claimants,
nearly all of which has gone into the
hands of the attorneys who were hi
legal represe ntativeS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

ITALIAN boot factories are manufac
turing boots of a single pattern. The
heels and Soles are not sewn on, hut riv
rted To the uppcrs in such a way that if
the heels are worn down on one side
they can be taken off and turned round.
Worn soles can be removed in the same
way and new ones put on.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07
Overtures Rejected.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., May s.-Advances
looking to compromise between the
stocknen and rustlers have been made
by representatives of johnson county.
A notice was laid before the prisoners,
signed by the county authorities, offer.
inc TO allow the cattlemen to send
agents to attend the roundup
and pledging the resources OF
the county in the protection
of their interests The cattlemen
refuse to accept the proposition, and
nrofess not to believe in the sincerity OF
the county officials, who, they say, are
the rustlers' friends
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

THERE are 5000 women in the army
of Dahomey opposed to the French in
vadcrs. 1t is said that these amazons
fight like tigresscs. are well armed and
well disciplined. The idea of an army
of Frenchmen fighting an army of
female blacks is picturesque and en-
tertaininp
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

The grand army posts of st. Louis
are making active preparations for
memorial day exercises ON May 30 The
arrangement of the programme has
been placed in the hands of general
committee. consisting of members from
all the posts Every post will take part.
and tn" exercises promise to he the
most elaborate and impressive yet held
10y the grand army on that day.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

PARIS is becoming a very disagrceable
locality for people who have sensitive
nerves and prefer to lie quietly in their
beds. Americans. in fact. are great
deal safer at home than when squan-
dcring their good money on foreigners.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

AN Englishman named Cook, pretend
don x Northwest Railway Company, has
been dincd and wined and deadheaded
by all the railway magnates from New
York TO New Orleans and San Francis
co. Now he is denounced by :hC
agents of the English company as
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

IL case of war in Europe. the army
that Russia could put in the field would
he J,OO0.000 men in number These men
are now armed and equipped. 1t would
require all the elements of strength
that young Kaiser Wilhelm possesses tC
defeat this mighty mass of battalions.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07

Maurice j. Jacobs. a prominent capi-
tali>t of Jackson county. is dead.
For years he was prominently connected with
financial institutions Of Independence and
Kansas City. He was by marriage brother
i'll law to Secretary Of War stephen b. Elkins.
Several weeks since Mr. AMI Mrs. Jacobs left
for California in search Of health. Death came
from hcmorrhago of the lungs The remains
will he returned from the west and inferred at
lni,p.ulanra