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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-04-25
for Infants and Children.

at the Missouri Pacific depot, at the
foot of Morgan street, the senator
and editor encountered each other
again, and it d common tradition that
Mr.. Vest put the Fayette fighter to
sleep in two or three breezy rounds BY
moonlight.
Full of SORROWS, disapointments and
the many unhappy things that seem
to fairly throng some peoples lives,
Isaac n. Houck, after busy and
honorable career, laid as. the pen
forever, and was '."0wed to the tomb
by the tears and :; ection of many
friends.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-04-25

of the world stirred me to the depths
ut nature.
The presence OF my wife Is worth
more to arouse me to my best than a
whole audience beside, for though
married for thirty year., when she is
present | cannot afford to fail.
sometimes say to Il small audience, |
am not discouraged by the size of my
audience, for il my memory serves
me right, the best speech ever made
was to one person. If | can make as
favorable impression upon YOU as |
did upon that one. | shall be satisfied,
or course that one is now my wife,"
How do the orators of Kentucky
now compare with those of the past
''For beauty ofrhetoric, elegant die
ton, charming manners and pleas
ing delivery, with all other
GIFTS AND GRACEs
of oratory, VIM. p. c. Breckenridge
ranks with any kentuckian.
living or dead. | think
John &. Carlisle the greatest mind
the state ever produced. For power
to grasp a great problem. see all its
bearings and then present it with
clearness and plainness so that COM
mon people can understand it. |
doubt if his equal lives to-day. The
man who called him The Gladstone
of America did not over estimate his
intellect. To all, this greatness Of
mind is added an unassuming manner
and modesty that beauties his fea-
lures. Confronting as the nation
does to-day a financial problem on the
solution Of which hang consequences
81 serious and far-reaching, we are
fortunate rs a people, that such Il
mind is at the financial wheel of the
ship of state.
Judge Lindsey, who takes the place
of Carlisle in the senate, has a
sTATEsMANLIKE APPEARANCE
which will at once command atten-
ton, VIII lie his intellec, and accom-
pllshments will enable him to
hold a foremost place in
that body. Senators Blackburn and
Mckenzie may not be a> versatile "a
Marshall or as gifted a. Menatee. but
they are quite as popular As political
speakers, while Henry Watterson fills
with credit to himself and honor To
our state the place of George ID.
Prentice.
Our Kentucky women are noted
tor beauty and ! dare say ii the same
opportunities had been given them as
have been given our men the sex
wouid have made as famous record.
If given the opportunities we give our
horses we would have had many a
Maud S. and Nancy Hanks among
our fairer sex.
Mr.. Balm will give his last lecture
in the literary course in Fayette to-
morrow evening and then go east to
New York and New JERSEY making a
short visit to his home on the way.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-04-25
Japs the Oaly Athletic Orisntals.

The japanese are the only Eastern
people who ever indulge in outdoor
athletic sports. The Chinese, with .
lofty Indifference, despise all exercise.
The Indians are too indOlent and the
races of the islands have not intelli-
gence enough to recognize their VAL
ne. In Japan there is nothing to cor
respond with amateur and profession
81. The meeting is managed and the
contestants are engaged by one per-
son, who pays the athletes salary Of
two yens a day. which is little more
than q dollar and half, and defrays
all expenses out of the gate money.
Special prizes are given by the man
ager and well disposed spectators, and
as the meeting often lasts for eleven
days and the athletes are engaged by
the year, the calling is q lucrative
one. The company gives exhibitions
at the different towns and makes .
tour Of the country twice a year.
Outing.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-04-25
Ralm Of Gilead.

The real balm of Gilead is the dried
Juice of low shrub which grows h
Syria. 1t is very valuable and scarce.
for the amount of balm yielded BY oAe
shrub never exceeded sixty drops .
dsy. According to Josephus the balm
or balsam of Gilead was one Of the
presents given by the queen of Sheba
to King solomon The ancient JEWISH
physicians prescribed it evidently for
dyspepsia
lanes Medicine Moves the Bowels sch
Day.
In order to Be healthy this 10 neces. .-y.
children Cry foe Pitchers Caster:
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-04-25
UNDER THE SOD AND DEW.
Rambling Recollections of De-
parted Missouri Editors
and Reporters.

Continued from last SUNDAY
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Maternal Discipline.

Dear me. MOllie!" said papa.
'Why are you beating your dOllie
so?" "'Tause." said Mollie. .'she's
naughty. She said two an two makes
five. and when l told her 1t was six
she said l didn't know muffin. -
Harper's Bazaar.
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/ smoke the Prince Of cigars---La Puma
q anufactured only BY james O'Erien.
6l7dd-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

IN France the ministry res igned and
President Carnot Immediately charged
VI. Ribot with the duty of forming a
new cabinet, which was done.
AT Penzancc, England, mine was
flooded and thirty miners We're
drowned.
IN Moscow the persecution of the
Jews continues and has assumed 4 new
form. the police having called in house
porters 20 their aid in hunting down
Jews who remain in Moscow contrary
to the recent decree.
FEDERAL cavalry attacked the rebels
at Sanotome, in the Argentine Repub-
lie, and dislodgcd them from their po-
sition and fifty of the rebels were
killed or wounded.
FIRE destroyed a spinning mill at
Osaka, Japan, with a loss of 125 lives.
Most of the victims were Young girls.
Two hundred and seventy houses in
the vicinity of the mill were also
burned
A TEMPLE at Kan Ii, China, which
was filled with natives who were
watching n theatrical performance
was burned by robbers, and 1.4O0 lives
were lost.
THERE were lO.919 deaths from chol-
era in Hamburg in 1892 and %, 323
deaths from all causes.
BGIGASDS made a descent upon a
church at Pogo, Spain, killed a priest
named Suarez and one of his assistants,
anI then stole the altar service.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE sudden death from heart dis
ease of Gen. Bel ianin +. Butler oc-
Cured at his residence in Washington,
aged - years. His career since his
graduation from college nearly sixty
years ago as a lawyer, politician and
soldier was an active one. The re-
mains would be inferred at Lowell,
Mass.
The death of John L. Kenna. United
States senator from West Virginia. oc-
Cured in Washington, aged 45 years.
His term of service would have expired
March 3. 1895.
THE expert counterfeiter and
swindler, DIR" w H. Hale. alias
John Murray, alias DIR. Gordon Smyth,
wanted on nearly 100 charges in this
country, has been sentenced in Liver
pool, England, to eighteen months at
hard labo:.
The advocates of 4 canal to unite the
great lakes and the ocean met in Wash
ington. Between seventy-five ana 100
gentlemen were present. representing
the commercial bodies and the lake in
terests of the country.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregat-
ed Sl,3IO, sOs.9S1. against Sl,OG6, 5i9, 1876
the previous week. The decrease as
compared with the corresponding week
of 1892 was 81.
DUETNG the seven days ended on
the 18th the business failures in the
$40 the previous week and $50 for the
corresponding time last year.
AFTER cffecting permanent organi-
zation the national deep waterway
convention in Washington adjourned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21
WEST AND SOli1H

Mrs. WILL CRUMP (colored), II years
5ld. had botn hands shot off at the
wrists by her husband in quarrel at
Evansville, Ind.
IS the western part of Frederick
county, Nd, a distinct shock of earth
quake was felt. Goods were thrown
from the shelves of stores in jefferson.
FRANK NELSON. merchant, and Mrs
Webb Cross received fatal injuries in a
runaway at Alton, Kan.
IN Kansas Gov. Lewelling has indi-
Gated that it is his intention to enforce
the state prohibition laws.
In n coal mine at King, Col, al ex-
plosion killed twenty-one italians, one
Scotchman and two Americans
JACOB RINGGER's wife and daughter.
near Alma, Wis, died from eating
diseased pork.
THERE are two houses of representa-
tives in session in the same hall in
Kansas, the republicans and the popu-
lists having organized independently Of
each other.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21
THE EAST.

II the New York Legislature the
lem ocrats nominated Edward Murphy,
Jr, of Troy, for United States senator.
FLAMES that started in the wool store
of Hecht Bros. & Co. in Boston caused
a loss of 81, 500, 900.
IS the case of the ten Duquesne
strikers charged with riot the jury at
Pittsburgh found them guilty. The
pun ishment is two years in Jail.
A SYNDICATE has been formed by
three of the largest silk mills in the
United States with a capital of S7,O0O,-
900 to control the production of fine
grades of silk in this country.
ANNIE 7. FLORENCE, widow of the
noted actor. ". J. Florence, was mar
ricd in New York to Howard Coveney,
an actor.
The coal magnates of Pennsylvapia,
acting with the Canadian Pacific rail-
way, have about concluded a deal by
which almost the entire coal fields of
Nova Scotia are to pass under their
control.
A FIRE at Chateaugay. n. Y, de-
stroyed almost the entire business por-
ton of the town. Loss, $4,000.
AT his home in Poughkeepsie. y. Y,
Lewis Baker died suddenly in the 101st
year of his age. He leaves three sons
Alexander, aged so; Nicholas, aged ~,
and Cyrus, aged ~.
FLAMES destroyed Cushing academy
at Ashburnham. Mass, a noted educa-
tional institution and preparatory
school, the loss being SlG0,O00.
A GIGANTIC lumber com bine has been
formed by Maine and Massachusetts,
parties which would practically con-
troll the lumber business of the United
States
IN Philadelphia the National Bicycle
Association of America was formed.
1t is allied with baseball and its pur-
pose is to give regular bicycle meetings
with cash prizes.
A BRIDGE of frozen foam was formed
at Niagara falls so solid that number
of persons crossed it This was the
first time in 100 years that these boil
ing waters had frozen over.
HUGH DEMPSEY, district master work.
man of the Knights of Labor, J. NJ.
Davidson and Robert Beatty, charged
with poisoning nonunion workmen in
the Homestead steel mill, were placed
on trial at Pittsburgh.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21
FRFE scHOOL BOOKS.
THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE.

THE pational debts of Europe amount
to a total which is equivalent to s55 for
each inhabitant of the continent.
THREE new crematories we're built in
Germany last year, and in Italy there
are twenty-five now in operation. In
France 3.741 bodies were disposed of in
1891 by burning.
ST. CHAp's church clock at Shrcvs-
bury, which was made last century. has
a longer pendulum than any other
clock in Great Britain. Its pendulum
is - feet long and the ball 4 feet 8
inches in circumference and 200 pounds
in weight.
An interesting piece of information
brought cut during the Brussels con-
ference is the fact that there are at
present no less than 500, ,000, 900 of
counterfeit silver money in circulation
in France, Belgium, Switzerland. Italy,
Spain and Portugal.
THE quantity of champagne con-
sumed in France has doubled in the
last half century, and now amounts to
f,55S, 900 bottles o year. The quantity
exported is proved to be nearly Eve
times what it was half a century ago,
or 1e.0s5,o0o bottles, as aGaipst T..
$50, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21
FLAMES destroyed John York's dry

goods, clothing and furniture store in
Chicago, causing loss of S2S5, 900.
THE official canvass of the returns Of
shows that the amendment to the con-
stitution requiring an elector to exhibit
poll tax receipt before he can vote at
nn election was adopted.
ONE street in the business distriet of
Alliance, Neb.. was swept clean Gy
fire, involving loss of over SlOO,0O0.
A wEsTBoUND Maysville accommoda-
tion train collided with freight train
at Dover, Ky., killing the engineer,
fireman and six passengers.
~ une heart of the retail district of
Kansas City, Mo-, fire caused loss of
Sa45, 600.
AT Castor, Ky, two negroes, Ed and
Dick Moorman (brothers), were hanged
by n mob for numbering and robbing a
farmer.
IN Salzso, WASH, an avalanche
swept down the mountain side and
buried two miners, James Switzer and
Martin Flaherty. under $50 feet of
snow.
On the Iowa Central a passenger
train was derailed near Burlington, Ia.
killing two unknown passengers and
injuring fatally Rev. Mr.. Miller. of
Wayland, Ia: Elmer Reece, of Morning
Sun, Ia, and E. 5. Drummer, of Wyo-
ming, Ill
FIRE destroyed the Hotel st. Louis,
the first large hotel ever built in Du-
luth, MINI, the loss being 500, O,OOO
William Baudre and Charles Preston,
railroad men, perished in the flames
THE death of Jeremiah Harvey.
known throughout Indiana as the old
est odd fellow in the state and the
founder of the first newspaper in Grant
county, occurred at Marion at the age
of IS years
CHARLES BROOKS, Frisby Comegys,
Fletcher Williams and Moses Brown
(all negroes) were hysI.ged at Chester
town, Md. for the murder of DIR.
James II. Hill. April e3, 1892. Three of
them were 1G and one IS years of age.
IL Chicago Henry Sargent Goldman,
landscape artist of the Worlds Colum
bian exposition, died suddenly at St
Luke's hospital.
IN Nebraska the official canvass of
the vote east at the recent election
showed that the republican governor
and other state officers were elected
and Gov. Crounse was duly inaugu-
rated.
AT Story City, Ia, an engine with a
snow-plow in front dashed into the
rear OF Chicago & Northwestern
train. injuring twenty-one people, but
killing no Cne.
By the telescopinS of a Chicago &
Eastern Illinois accommodation train
by the Chicago * Eric express at Fifty
fifth street in Chicago, eighteen per.
sons were badly injured.
IN Monroe county, Ark., three more
negroes were lynched on account of the
Atkinson murder at Cotton Plant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FlFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sernnh Sesxinn


TUESDAY, Jan. 10. - The time was
occupied in the senate by Senator
Villa, tWis.) in his argument against
the anti-option bill. The quarantine
bill was discussed In the house a
joint resolution providing that the new
congress shall take hold the January
following the November election at
which it was chosen and changing the
time of inauguratiIg the president
from March to April 30 was rejected
by vote of lei to 40.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 1.-THE death of
Senator kenna (W. Va. was announced
after the reading of the journal in
the senate and the usual resolutions
were presented and adopted. and then,
as a further mark of respect, the sem
ate adjourned The house also ad-
journed without doing any business
out of respect TO the dead senator.
THURSDAY. Jan. IL. - No business
was transacted in the senate owing to
the funeral services over the remains
of the late Senator kenna In the
house bill was introduced increasing
iiOhi ~ PEI tit
revenue tax on fermented liquors. A
recess was taken to attend the funeral
of the late Senator Kenna.
FRIDAY, Jan. ia bill was intro
auced in the senate to extend to the
North Pacific ocean the provisions of
the statutes for the protection of fur
seals and other fur-becring animals. \
resolution was adopted calling on the
secretary of the treasury for a copy of
the opinion of the law officer of the de-
partment under which he is disbursing
the 100000 souvenir coins in aid of
the Columbian exposition. conditioned
on Sunday closing. In the house fill
clustering against the consideration of
the private war claims bill resulted in
nothing being accomplished.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21
4 SIGNIFICANT LETTER,
which Indicates that the Carnegie Cons
pany Is Paying the Witnesses Giving Evil
dence la the So-Called Poisoning Cases
on Tria1 at PlttsburCh.

which Indicates that the Carnegie Com.
pany Is Paying the Witnesses Giving Evil
dence la the So-Called Poisoning Cases
on Trial at Plttsburgh.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Jan. I6.--The at.OT~
neys for the defense in the case of
Hugh F. Dempsey, district master
workman, Knights of Labor. on trial
for completely in the Homestead poison
Ings, were surprised yesterday by an
unexpected visitor from Baltimore,
who came here to lay before them
letter. which will throw a very differ
ent light on the trial now in progress
The letter shows that at least one
wittiess for the prosecution and an i'm
portant one. too. was well paid for
coming to Pittsburgh to testify. Will
liam c. Kaiss, a wealthy coal merchant
of Baltimore, is the man who brough:
the letter on, and he says humanity
impeled him to come
The letter in question was received
by Mr.. Kaiss. from DR.. James Cooper.
the Baltimore physician, who treated
Christopher Spaid, an alleged victim
of the poisoning. and who testified
that Spaid was suffering undoubtedly
from arsenical poisoning. He was posi-
tive in his statement and would not
recede from it under searching cross
examination by attorney Porter OF the
defense, who quoted authorities to
show the doctor where he was wrong.
DIR. Cooper owed Mr.. Kaiss sis.7S for
coal since last April, and the latter
says he was never able to collect the
bill. On Saturday last he received
letter inclosed in a Central hotel en-
velope and postmarl<ed Pittsburgh,
January I2, which is the day on which
DIR. Cooper gave his testimony. The
letter is as follows:
CENTRAL HOTEL.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. IL.
GENTLEMEN: Pleas send me one In .hsl OF
coal. think 1t Is Sunb,rry No. 3 Iw,ll call
on you and settle the old account soon, as
have Just dr. Iwn a ch .cx for $500 OF the Car
nege company. will not return uatil Friday
morning. when I will stpDin.
Yours faithfully.
JAMES COOPER,
1853 Hull street
Mr.. Raiss laid this information be-
fore Attorney Porter, Mr. Dempsey's
attorney, last night.
Mr.. Kaiss has all along sided with the
Carnegie company during the Home
stead troubles. DIR. Cooper, he says, is
not comparatively well known in Bal
timore. as his practice is mostly among
the poorer classes. He was surprised
when he received Cooper's letter at the
statement of his getting $500 from the
Carnegie company for testifying against
the defense. Mr.. Kaiss at once changed
his feelings toward tine Carnegie com.
pany and hastened for Pittsburgh.
Attorney Porter will lay the matter
before the court in the morning and
try and show that at least one witness
for the prosecution was well paid by
the Carnegie company for his testi
mony. This will cause big sensation
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21

II has been estimated by treasury
officials that the loss of United States
paper currency up to lSSS was 81, 7O0,-
600, and the loss since that time has
undoubtedly been considers Bile. This
estimate does not include the fractional
currency, which went out of circula-
ton years ago, but of which more than
$4,000, GOO, according to Treasurer Nc
beker, is still outstanding. Muck of
this currency has been destroyed by
fire, or is otherways lost, so that the
greater part of this S23,OOO,oOO will
never be presented for redemption. 1t
is safe to say that the government will
be the gamer by $50, 900, 900 at least.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21

You can always judge town and
its people by its newspaper, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean. Never buy tow IL
lots or lands where poor, half-starvcd
newspaper is published. Newspapers
these days are necessity. not lux
ury. They are SO cheap that the poor
est man can have one--unlcss he il, run
ming bill at the saloon. 1t matters
not how many city papers man may
take, he should give an honest sup
port to his home paper.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21

LIEUT.. GEORGE T. EMMoNs, of the
navy, was sent to Alaska eighteen
months ago to make collective ex-
hibit from that territory. The collec-
tion he made is said to give the first
comprehensive view of the territory
ever secured. Much of the material he
secured is now on the worlds fair
grounds in Chicago. 1t includes furs,
boats used by the natives, specimens
of the country's mineral wealth,
pictures. in short everything showing
how the people live and what they do,
and the future of the territory when
it, resources are develOpel.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21
The Proprietor Of . Chicago shooting
Gallery Found Murdered.

CHICAGO, Jan. I6.-John Russell, pt-
prietor of a shooting gallery at 1s9
South Halstead street, was murdered
at his place of business Saturday night
under circumstances that indicate tho
successful accomplishment Of daring
and well-planned crime. The body was
found yesterday morning at 1880 with
a bullet wound in the back of the head.
and its condition showed that Russell
must have been dead fifteen hours, thus
fixing the time Of the shooting at about
o o'clock Saturday evening. Halt .
dozen tenants occupy the building.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21

THE Boston Globe offered five dollars
n week for life TO the person who made
the closest guess to the popular vote
east for Cleveland and Harrison. Louis
n. Woodbridge. bookkeepcr. is the
winner lie made ten Thousand guesscs
and in one set Clcvcland's vote only
sixteen higher than the official returns
give him and Harrison's only twenty
five lower than the same returns az.
cn-J 10 hin,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21
Mrs william De Courcey Cremated In He E
Home at baltimore, Md.

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. I5.-Mrs. W.T.
liam DeCourcey met a horrible death
in her home at 1919 Etting street A
kerosene lamp exploded. setting fire 10
the house. Mr.. and Mrs. De Courcey
escaped safely, but left two childrea
behind. They rushed back TO save tie
little ones. and the father succeeded In
bringing both to the street in safety,
but the mother was overcome by smoke
and her charred body was found by the
firemen an hour later. The father and
children were badly burned, and may
not recover.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21

CIScISNATI, Jan. 15.-Another des-
perate robbery due to hunger was re-
ported yesterday. About $3.50 a. m.
George w. Frey, who drives L bakers
wagon, was held up ut the corner OF
Third and Sycamore streets by three
negroes. One of them grabbed the
horses, another seized Frey. who was
too terrified to resist, while the third
man took basket of bread from the
wagon and all three ran away. Frey's
cries for help attracted the attention OF
officers and they gave chase to the
thieves. The men were so hard pressed
that they had to drop the bread.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21

ISRAEL PUTNAM, great-grandson of
the old revolutionary hero whose name
he bears, is resident of Rock Island,
Ore. lie is Il pensIoner of the late war
and is very proud of his descent He
has in his possession the uniform dress
coat and cane presented TO his great
grandfather by Lafayette.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-01-21

BREWSTER. n. Y, Jan. t6.-Fire
broke out in the town hall here at 8
o'clock yesterday morning, and before
it could be checked had destroyed the
town hall, Smith & Bros store, II. A.
LobsdeIrs store, s. A. Merrett's bot
Ting establishment, the post Office and
the printing Office of the Brewster
Standard. The loss is upwards of $780,
900; insurance about s75, 900. It is I'M.
certain what caused the flames, bnt It
Is thought that an overheatsd stove or
q defective hue led to the coudsgration.
It is thought that all Of the NAH in the
post ofice was saved,