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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29
SUSPENDED PENSIONS.

A Couple of Specimen Cases which Re
feet No Credit ON the Efforts to PurEt
the Pension Hoii Of Dead Bests. Frauds.
Etc.
DETROIT, Mich, July 2a.-The most
sensational thing that has yet come to
light relative to the so-called purging
of the pension list is the suspension OF
distinguished pensioner, Justice
Charles J. Long, of the districteourt.
Few soldiers in this state suffered from
wounds as severe as those of Justice
-Lcag. At the battle OF zWilniagtsA
island. Ga, he lost his left arm. and he
was also shot through both hips and
abdomen. The latter wound has still
to be dressed twice daily.
Although the order of suspension
bears date of June %, Mr.. Long has
not yet received official notice of its
issue. The notice is formal docu-
ment. and gives no clew TO the res-
SONS that have influenced the course Of
the department. The order gives the
pcnSioncertifcate number. which shows
that there could have been no mistake
or confusion of names.
4 Dying Veterans Pension Topped on.
MINNEAPOLrs. Mimi, July aa--Hiram
Weeks, Of minneapolis, veteran who
served four years in the federal army
during the war of the rebellion, has
received notice that his pension of six
dollars per month will be discontinued.
While in the service he passed through
forty-three battles, one of which was
Getteysburg. He is now very near
death from gangrene of the foot and
various other complaints, some of which
had been traced directly to his expos
ure in the army.
The only reason which can lie found
for the cutting off of his pension is the
incomplete and one-sided report which
was sent to Washington by the St
Paul board of examiners, who refused
to look at his foot at the 1ass examina-
ton
Weeks case has GRATED considerable
feeling among g. 4. r. circles. and
prominent parties have interested
themselves in securing the renewal
and increase of his pension.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Is the twelve months ended June
20, 1893, the gold exports amounted
to sl0s, ESQ, ,s44 and the imports to saI.-
l1I,Js4; excess of exports, $s7, ,5O6, 463.
During the corresponding period of the
preceding year the exports were S5O,-
1899 and the imports s49. 800. 454; ex-
cess of exports, si65,913. The silver
exports were $40. 49,, 3l9 and the imports
s23, los, ,252: excess of exports, sl5,5i4,
067. Increase of exports over the pre-
ceding year, sl2. s5a. .i73.
1S the treasury department change
has been made in the classification of
wool that will lower the duty on some
grades of the article nearly 100 per cent
a STATEMENT from the pension Office
shows that the total number of PEN
sioners dropped from the rolls since
March I, 1893, was PAS. and that the
total number of pensioners suspended
since March 4, pending further inves-
tigation in their cases was 5000.
The number of immigrants arriving
in the United States during the twelve
months ended June 30, 1898, was 49,
DIG, and during the corresponding
period of the preceding year 6Iy, ,3aO ar
rived.
CLEARING house exchanges amount
ing to 1919, AS. 2s4 were reported in the
United States during the seven days
ended on the 2lst, against $1,000, So =
60 the preceding seven days. The
decrease, &C ccmpared with the correspond
ing time in 1892, was 7.5 per cent
lN the United States business fail
ures to the number of 467 occurred in
the seven days ended on the 2lst- Dur
ing the week previous the failures
numbered :''4, against los in the CORE
spending time in 1892
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29
THE EAST.

FREDERICK 4. JOHNSON. an ex-con-
gressman. died of heart failure at Glens
Falls. y. Y. aged 81.
I 4 TRAIN carrying Sunday school
picnic party from Buffalo was wrecked
at East Aurora. " Y, and twenty
children were hurt
! NOTICE has been given by the West
crn Union Telegraph company that
messages are now accepted for Brazil
if written in plain language.
TfRorGH the death of an uncle in
India Mrs. Conrad Veilham, of Tona-
wanda, y. y, has fallen heir to a, ,OOO,-
OOO
PITTsBrRGH advices say that the plate
glass trust has collapsed and that the
many idle factories throughout the
country will resume operations.
The late Anthony ]. brexei's will
was probated in Philadelphia. II shows
that he left about $50, 900, 900.
NAPHTHA exploded in the sweat-band
factory of J. ID. Campbell in brooklyn,
" V, killing j. ID. Campbell and his
son and John and Jacob Weiss, brothers.
THE death of Charles +. Washburn,
head of the barbed wire firm of Wash
burn & Moen. occurred at Worcester,
. Mass, of apoplexy, aged 6i years
ANOTHER confession has been Elade
by p J. Gallagher. this time re-
iterating the guilt of Dempsey in the
Homestead tPa. poisonings.
FIRE destroyed property valued at
$500. 200 at Long Island City, l.. l.. and
hundreds of families were homeless as
q result of the blaze.
Is coal mine at Edwardsville. Pa,
an explosion fatally injured William
Jones, Martin Brennan, Il. Wilson and
Patrick Malai.
The run from Southampton to New
York was made by the American line
steamship Paris in days hours and
80 minutes. breaking all previous rec
ordS.
MISSES MABEL HALLETT and Elizabeth
Walters, of New York city, were
drowned while bathing in the surf at
Shell Bank. Long Island.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

IN Italy tornado swept over Voghera
and Casteggio and hundreds of buildings
were wrecked and many persons were
killed.
IL the River Danube. near Vienna
twelve men were drowned by the up
setting of boat .
FLAMES destroyed thirty warehouse
buildings in London, causing loss OF
1880. 900.
CAPT. MAXwEIL'S British bark Pin
more, which arrived at Queenstown,
was one of the four contestants in the
long race from San Francisco, and was
the first of the racers to arrive. The
vessels left San Francisco March 81
last.
The cholera is rampant among the
lower classes in Moscow. Ii has alsc
appeared in Naples.
THE village of ST. Anne de la Parade.
Can. was destroyed by fire and fully
sixty families were homeless.
THE officers of the revenue cutter
Rush reported the discovery of an
active volcano near Cape St John,
Alaska
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29
WEST AND SOuTH.

The Citizens bank of Kansas City,
the Bank of Richmond, the Farmers
and Merchants bank of OsawatOmie
and the First national bank and the
Peoples savings bank of Fort Scott. all
in Kansas, were forced to stop business
ALL the Indians enlisted as soldiers
at Fort Reno, q. T., have been dis
missed from the service
The Union, the Commercial, the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce. the Mercan-
tile, the Capital and the North Denver
banks closed their doors in Denver,
pulling down with them several large
commercial firms
For no known cause Miss Emma Gar
Tett. a Philadelphia school-teacher,
committed suicide in Chicago by leap
ing from tifth-story window at the
Briggs house.
HEAVY rain broke the drought which
extended over an area of 10000 square
miles in western Texas
Ar indianapolis Lopez Mumaugh, a
cigarmaker, fatally shot Mrs Mary
Winsh, sister of his divorced wife, and
then killed himself.
The Chicago city directory contains
about ST., 200 names, against ALL in
the issue of 1892 The estimated popu-
lation of the citv is l,531, 200.
The death of Rear Admiral Melanc-
thon Smith. L. S. A., occurred in Green
Bay, Wis. of pneumonia aged So years.
FLAMES at Susanyille, Cal, resulted
in the destruction of sixty buildings
and caused loss of about ss50. 200.
The first of the famous long-haired
sisters to die, Mrs. Naomi Sutherland
Bailey. was buried m Glenwood ceme-
terry at Lockport. y. Y. Her six sisters
were at the funeral
IL the streets of Kansas City, Kan,
Col BENJAMIN +. johnson, one of the
leading attorneys, was shot down and
instantly killed by A. W. Little, one Of
the most prominent citizens of the
town. Financial trouble was given as
the cause.
Ar Hutchinson, Kan, the National
bank failed with liabilities of s131 900,
and the Bank of Parker and the Wood
son bank of Yates Center, in the same
state. closed their doors
lHE TWO cnli0ren Oh cameS NlttS were
killed by lightning while they were
standing under tree during a shower
at Sadfersville, Tenn.
The ]. b. WHEELER Banking. COM
pany at Aspen, the Bank of Sterling at
Sterling. and the Bank of Loveland at
Loveland, all in Colorado, have as
signed
AT Toledo, o., the Milburn wagon
works, employing 800 men. the largest
institution of its character in the
United States, closed down for six
months
The three sons of MIR. Lave. of Gregg
county, Tex, robbed their father of
81. 900 and fed. Two were caught
The explosion Of a gasoline stove near
Cincinnati fatally burned John Ulrich,
his wife and child
The State national. the German ma
tionai and the Peoples national banks
in Denver. Col. closed their doors.
IL Denver the Flanders dry goods
house failed for $I2S,o0a
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

| UIL was found IN immense quantities
in territory near Toledo, o.. abandoned
thirty years ago rs practically worth
less.
The following bank failures were re-
vile, Mo-, Oklahoma national at Okla
homa, First national at Anthony, Kan,
Bank of l. 'eville, Kan, First national
at Greeley. Col, National at Grand
Junction. Col. First national at Chey-
enne, Wyo., and First national at Cam
yon City. Col
by a sudden flow of ignited oil at
wells near Toledo, o.. three men were
burned to death.
IN Colorado over 10000 men were idle
as result of the closing down of the
silver mines.
An incendiary fire nearly wiped out
the town of Even, Mich, and a man
believed to be responsible was said to
have been lynehed,
The firm of +. II. Taylor, Jr.. & Sons,
whisky manufacturers, failed at Frank
fort, Ky.. for 800, 900.
SAM Stout, Tad Prior and Edward
Bronson were acquitted by jury at
Waupaea, Wis, of the murder of Sam
mel Mead on the night of October9 Q, 1888.
Oh the charge of embezzling $4,000
James Bowling, cashier of tie mint in
New Orleans, was arrested.
FREIGHT trains collided at Tiskilwa.
Ill, and George Hickey, fireman. and
Henry l.. Strong, engineer, were killed.
L a.. 81 l. =.
Milwaukee were closed with liabilities
of 81. $50. $50. Other banks closed their
doors as follows: The Union at Gree
ley, Col, Bank of Crested Butte, Col,
and the Traders at Tacomah Falls,
Wash. The First national at San Ber-
nardino, Cal, resumed business, as did
also the Second national at Ashland,
Ky.
The death of James d. Rawlins,
veteran of the Blackhawk war of 1882,
and father of the distinguished Gen.
John 4. Rawlins, chief of staff to Gen.
Grant. died at tiuilford, Ill, aged 92
years.
The three sons of Frank Lundgren,
of Geneseo, ILL.,. aged respectively Is.
20 and -, were drowned in Green river
by the capsizing of boat.
FoUR soldiers were killed and six
outlaws were mortally wounded dur
ing fight in Wise county, Va. he
tween state troops and outlaws.
FoE not working out his poll tax NJ
!. bowling, editor of the Star at Ben
vile, Mimi, man with neither legs
nor hands, was arrested by order of the
village council.
FIRE swept away the entire business
portion of Edgerton. o., town of l, 200
inhabitants. the loss being 100000.
A LAWSUIT caused W. X. Shoemaker,
of Metropolis, ILL.,, to kill George and
Richard Lukcns and then commit sui
eide
Is Cincinnati defective sewera ge was
causing dangerous landslide and
many houses had already been COM
pletcly wrecked.
IN Detroit Mascot defeated Hal Point
er and Flying Jib. pacing five heats in
less than 2:Os and breaking the worlds
record.
A MOB in Lafayette county. Fla,
hanged negro who assaulted and muir
dered the 9-year-oli daughter of Carr
Elliott
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29
EXCITEMENT IN MILWAUKEE

Assignment Of the Commercial Bank
Race to Court to Head on Attachments
and Milwaukee County
Funds Tied Up BY the Failure.
MILWAUKEE,, July e2--The people
about the courthouse were thrown in
to a state of CONSERVATION about 1880
4. IN. when an attorney jumped up the
stairs two steps at a time leading to
the clerk of courts Office and filed a
voluntary assignment of the Com
mercial bank. This haste was owing
to number of creditors hard on his
heels who had attachments and execu-
tionS-
The assignee named in the assign
ment papers is A. Il. Geilfuss. the
cashier of the bank, and his bond
is placed sl.sOO.OOO. The bonds
men are: Albert Conro,. Charles +.
PfiSter and f. Mariner.
The entire fund of Milwaukee coun-
ty. amounting to s510. .624.was deposited
in the Commercial bank. The newly
organized Milwaukee Electric Railway
Co. was also a depositor to the extent
of some s3OO, ,OO1.
The last statement of the bank
showed the demand deposits amount
ing to S55I. .2a and time deposits
s52S.9l5.22. The bank had capital of
$3.50 OOO
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29
FRENCH DEMANDS.

liam VIII CherrfuIIy Pay the Money IN.
demniiy. Bat VIII Resist the Territorial
J. Demands Of Her Powerful Antagonist,
In which She viii be Supported by Great
Britsin-M. fsvie and the Freaeh Ui-
timatsm-
LONDON. Jdly aI.-ImportsHt COM
munications have passed to-day be-
tween the foreign Office and II. NJ.
Jones, British minister resident in
Bangkok.
Vice Admiral Fremantle. COM
mandcr-in-chief of the Chinese division
of the feet, is fastening to Singapore,
where dispatches from the admiralty
awaits him. The greater part of the
squadron under his command accom-
panied him.
Great Britain informed Siam yester-
day that she could not recognize any
obligations to assist her. 1t is evident,
therefore. that the Siamese govern
ment must patch up as best es it can
mo OF its differences with France
In the territorial arrangements, how
ever, Great Britain will have q voice.
The exact nature of her demands can
not be sscertained before France shall
specify more particularly than she has
specified in her ultimatum, the bOun-
daries of the territory to be brought
under French control. The ultimatum
is notably indefinite as regards this
point. Even Siam is still in the dark,
and her efforts to obtain light from NJ.
Pavie bids fair to fail for several days
The vital part OF the French demand
for territory may include the whole
left bank of the Mekong river. This
territory Siam will not surrender
without a struggle. France has given
Siam a month in which to withdraw
from the ports of the lower Mekong.
Siam manifests all willingness TO pay
France the indemnity demanded for
injuries to French citizens and prop
erty. although the indemnity specified
by France is far in excess of the dam
age.
VI. Pavie, minister resident, handed
Frances ultimatum to Prince Deuv-
wongse. Siamese minister of foreign
affairs, on Friday. At the same time
he informed the Siamese government
that in case Frances demands should
be refused, he would at once leave
bangkok 20 go aboard the gunboat
Forfeit. The blockade of the Siamesc,
he added, would be declared at once.
The opinion is general here that
Siam will offer to pay the indemnity
demanded by France. It is doubtful.
however, that the French claims to the
territory will be allowed Much de-
pends on the response of Great Britain
to the efforts Siam is making TO gain
her moral or material support.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29
LATER NEWS

THE weekly statement of the asso-
iciatcd banks of New York city. issued
on the 2lst, shows the following
changes: Reserve, increase. s3.Ol2, $50;
loans, decrease, 81, sos, 200; specie, in
crease, s1.5S4. 400; legal tenders. ir-
crease. s5O3.7O0: deposits, decrease,
IS, Gs7, 800; circulation, increase, s1a9,-
600. The banks now hold s1.e56, $50
below the requirements of the 25-per-
cent rule.
THE New York World states that
President Cleveland will not appoint
successor to the late Justice Blatchford
until congress meets. The various
rumors circulated that the justiceship
will be offered to Secretary Gresham
or Secretary Carlisle. or to Attorney
General Olney the World adds, have
no foundation in fact.
SECRETARY CARLISLE, after an inter
view with Acting Mint Director Pres
ton, authorized the statement that he
fully approves the policy pursued in
his absence by Acting Mint Director
Preston in purchasing silver, and that
the same policy would govern pur-
chases in the immediate future.
On the ed Comptroller. Eckles
ordered bank examiners to take charge
of failed banks as follows: Escott,
at Louisville, Ky: Plumber, at Knox
vile. Tenn: Sawyer, at Russell, Has;
Stone. at Vernon, Tex, and Lynch, at
Milwaukee.
His highness, Yagati Singh, mahara-
jah of Kapurthal. India, reached New
York on the steamer Paris on the I'D.
He is accompanied by one of his wives,
the fourth in number, and quite dis
tinguished suite.
SINCE the first of January nearly 200
national banks have closed their doors,
against fifty during the same period
last year. OF the failures this year
five have been United States deposi
tories
MRS VAUERCHECK, a farmers wife.
was held up by two masked men five
miles west of Rutledge, Mimi, on the
I'D, and robbed of $500. The robbers
shot her, slightly wounding her.
IT is reported that President Ezeta
of Salvador has discovered a conspir.
acy against him, and that twenty.
three of the conspirators have beer
shot, among them Gen Avilez-
Two PERSONS were killed and three
injured by the falling in of the real
wall of tenement house in New York
on the 22d, caused by q premature
blast
The st. Paul & Duluth Railroad Co.
has declared q dividend of 81 per cent
ON the preferred stock. payable Septem
bef ],
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

THE ballot for a national flower has
been opened in the Woman's building
at the worlds fair and great interest is
manifested in this method of obtaining
the expression of the public upon so im-
portant a matter. The Indian corn. the
flower known as the cosmos. as well rs
the pansy and sunfiower are becoming
rivals for favoritism. Iowa women vote
for corn. Arkansas ladies vote for the
passion flower, Kansas .favors the sun
flower, California her poppy and Ne
braska the goldenrod- Whether any
one flower will receive sufficient sup
port to consider it a popular choice is a
question.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

STATISTICS show that in the older
states of the union the females pre-.
dominate, the percentage in Massa-
chusetts being 5I.42; in Rhode Island.
51-55; Connecticut. 50. 4s: Montana, :3. 50;
Wyoming, 3S.1p; Nevada, 3l.1G, and
Washington, NIB In all countries
there are born more boys than girls. in
the proportion of about los boys to 100
girls, hut the boys die much faster
than the girls in the earlier years of life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29
A MISSING WIFE
supposed to Have Gone for . Sojourn ai
the National Capital.

supposed to Have Gone for . Sojourn ai
the National Capital.
GRAND EAPIDs, Mich, July e2.-Fer-
nando Page, keeper Of the cloak-room
at the house of representatives at
Washington. whose home is in this
city, recently packed his goods and
went to the national capital, and Fred
]. Provin Of this city, believes that his
wtfc, Cora, has goife with him. Wednes-
day night Nj. hovinfound his rooms
deserted. and the furniture. etc, gone.
lie found most of the goods at Pages
house. packed with the latter's goods,
that were TO be sent TO Washington.
Mr. Provin recovered his goods by
means of a writ of attachment Mrs.
Provin IS q daughter of Herman 'Blodg-
ett. the man who figured rs the CO..
respondent in the celebrated high So
ciety divorce case of AddisAd-dfs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

PArER stockings are a new German
invention. A Berlin shoe trade journal
says that the stockings are made of a
specially-prepared impregnated paper
stock. which. it is claimed, has an ex-
traordinary effect on perspiring feet
The moisture is absorbed by the paper
rs rapidly as it is formed and the feet
remain dry and warm. while the con-
stant temperature maintained in the
shoes is said to be great preventive of
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

An ingenious automatic switch is
now applied to the electric lamps in the
guests room in a hotel. whereby the
locking of the room door from the out
the lights Many travellers. it seems.
doubtless with the philanthropic idea
of helping the business of the local
electric-lighting company, are accus-
toned to leave the lamps burning at
full head when they vacate their rooms
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

PRIZE parrot was recently bought
by Archduchess Stephanie, of Aus
tria, for 500. An evidence of its ability
as linguist was given when she heard
it recite the Lords Prayer in six differ
cnt languages. The man of whom she
bought it was a ventriloquist, who had
taught the bird to open its mouth.
while he did the talking.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

THERE is little boy in the city OF
Louisville, Ky, who has laid down the
maxim that any girl who will let one
boy kiss her will give the same courtesy
TO another. From this he makes per-
sOnal rule never to have as his girl the
maiden who allows him to kiss her.
There is a great deal of wisdom in this
juvenile utterance, although, if carried
out, it would shake the foundation. of
our social system As the little boy
grows older he will see that great re-
forms must be made slowly, and that
the habits and customs of centuries
cannot be overthrown by hasty and
arbitrary declaration.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

THE electric light is generally be
lieved to generate but little heat. but
NJ. Noille, a noted French physicist,
having made large number of expert
ments to determine the temperature of
the voltaic arc of street lamps, finds
the hottest part of the positive carbon
to he $500 degrees centigrade. WHICH
is hot enough for all practical purposes
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

WILLIAM STEISwAY, of New York.
has been decorated by the emperor of
Germany with the star of the Order of
the Red Eagle tthird-class). carrying
with it the rank of knighthood. As
Mr.. Steinway is only a third-class
knight, his friends will continue to
call him GRILL
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

ErHRAIM W. BULL, the originator of
the Concord grape, is still living at
Concord, Mass. He is 81 years old,
and one of the prominent men of the
historic town. He was a friend of En-
crson and Alcott, and has been greatly
honored by distinguished visitors TO
Concord and by horticulturists at home
and abroad. In his garden in Concord
he still shows the old mother vine of
the Concord grape. which he developed
from the seeds of native wild grape
planted Just fifty years ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

JEFFERSON CITY. July 19.-Gov. Stone has
appointed Francis La Grave, Of Ste. Gene
We've county. mine inspector. This Is an Of
fee created by the last general as sembly in ad
d.tion TO the chief inspector who had too much
to do otherwise to properly inspect all Of the
mines in the state as contemplated by law.
While the legislature created the ONCE, IL
failed TO make an appropriation to pay the
salary of ti 800 per annum and travelling eX.
penses. consequently the appointee will have
TO perform his duties in the hope that the next
general assembly will appropriate the money
10 comDensafe him for his services
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-29

Reuben Brooks Simcoe died at the
home of his sOr-in-law. near CalvOod,
Callaway county. aged IS years.
He was an old pioneer Of the county. having
settled near Fulton in lSS5. He was the father
Of eleven children. six daughters and five sons.
al Of whom are living and married. He had
never been outside the state since his arrival
in 1875. He was married in Alhemarle county.
Va. in 1875, TO Miss Sarah c. HilLwho survives
him