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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

Pittsburgh and Vicinity Visited by the
Most Violent Storm of Hall Ever known
Thcrc-Disastrous In Its Effects Both tn
Life and Propcrty-A Funeral Broken
Up.
PITTsBrRGH. Pa, May 2l.-At $50
o'clock yesterday afternoon Pittsburgh
and vicinity was visited by the most
violent hail-storm ever known here.
The effect was most disastrous both to
life and property. Heavy black clouds
suddenly obscured the sun while the
air became oppressivcly hot. Follow
ing n terrific electric flash came the
crash and roar of thunder shaking the
very earth. Before man or beast cOnld
seek a cover the deluge Of lee came in
all its intensity and for five minutes
there was a war of elements most tcr-
rifying. Telephone and telegraphic
wires We're Frustrated in every direc-
ton: electric and cable cars were
stopped by broken wires or debris
choking their conduits. and for time
traffic was suspended.
In the east end of Pittsburgh and
the upper wards of Allegheny City
hearty every window patis On the south
side of buildings was shattered. while
all over both cities Skylights, green
houses private and park conservatO-
ries were shattered and much of the
foliage ruined.
At the opera house and Bijou theater
serious panics were narrowly averted
and several women tainted from sheer
fright
The singing pain of the hail caused
a number of serious accidents by fren-
zied horses that broke away from their
drivers. Twenty head of horses. some
of them valuab BILE animals. are known
to have been killed in Pittsburgh,
either by collision or by becoming en-
tangled in electric wires. John
Dowuey, the driver of one team. was
dragged several squares and fatally
hurt
Michael Dunn. aged II. was almost
electrocuted by stepping on an electric
light wire on Second avenue. One
valuable team. attached to carriage
standing in front of the MonOngahela
house. plunged into the Monongahela
river and was drowned.
The funeral of Joseph Craig was
proceeding along Stockton avenue. Al
legheny City. when the storm broke.
In an instant there was terrible con-
fusion. The horses reared and plunged
and were inextricably jammed to-
gether. Some of the teams ran away,
crashing into carriages preceding
them. The carriages We're badly dam
aged. 1t is reported that the caSl<et
was broken open. Many of the ladies
in the party tainted. The funeral was
postponed. An almost identical expe-
rience befell funeral cortege as it en-
tered the gates of the Allegheny cem-
etry in Lawrenceville.
The money loss will be very great.
various estimates placing the damage
above half million dollars.
On Neville island. in the Ohio river,
the damage to garden and farm prod
ucts is estimated at over s1O0.000. The
extent of the storm or the damage done
in outlying districts has not yet been
learned on account of the mcager wire
facilities
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

The women of Paris are about tc
found female masonic lodge. De-
feated in their attempts to obtain seats
in the Legislature, in the academy and
in the municipal councils, they have de-
termined to resort to freemasonry,
their object being. so they announce, TO
degenerate" this secular institution, to
endow it with more life" and ''frater-
nifty and above all to drive all politi-
clans out of the temple. The women
say they do not intend to follow the ex-
ample of the male lodges with respect
to mysteries and theatrical ceremonies,
and intend TO remain content with the
trimestrial and annual passwords.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27
LATER NEWS.

THE city of saginaw. Mich. was Wis
tied by an extensive confagration. on
the Goth. which destroyed several lum-
her yards and hundreds of buildings,
entailIng losses aggregating $500. 900.
The burnt district is a mile and a half
in length and several squares wide.
One old gentleman was burned to a
crisp in the street, and 80 families
were rendered homeless
THE injunction suit to restrain the
directors of the Columbian exposition
from closing the gates and buildings
of the fair on Sundays came up in
Judge STEMS court. on the Goth, but
hearing was once more postponed until
the Goth, pending the action Of the ma
tional commission on the resolution
passed by the local directory to open
the fair Sundays.
TIE Infanta Eulalie and her suite
called on the president and Mrs. Cleve-
land at IL o'clock, on the Goth, and
We're received in the Blue room.
There was little in the reception that
suggested formality, and the party in
dulged in a pleasant conversation
which lasted fifteen minutes, when the
royal visitors withdrew.
PRESIDENT BROwN. of the Lebanon
Gas Co. shot and killed Samuel Wes-
ner, prominent Lebanon attorney. in
the court room at Danville. Ind, on the
Goth. at the end of bitterly contested
lawsuit. in which Wesner had appeared
for Browns opponents.
WILLIAM MACKEssY the third man
tried at La Fayette, Ind, on the charge
of conspiracy to murder George E. Ru-
dolph. the ex-Roman Catholic priest,
was found guilty. on the Goth. and his
punishment was fixed at two years i'm
prisonment.
REPORTS regarding the crop of winter
wheat in European Russia show that in
124 districts it is excellent. in 305 dis
tricts good. and in ten districts bad.
Summer wheat in the southern prov
inces is generally promising.
The Russian imperial council has un-
der consideration proposal by Count
Vorontzoff Dashkoff to make the Rus
sian peasantry direct owners of the
land which they now till for the COM
mune.
THE court of inquiry in the case Of
Capt. Higginson, late of the cruiser
Atlanta. will not be ordered until the
return of the vessel from Nicaragua,
with the principal witnesses in the
case.
The divorced wife of James G. Blaine,
Jr., is to be married soon to DIR.
William T. Bull, of New York, who
attended her professionally when she
was lying i'll with rheumatism.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

THE failure was announced Of the
Bank of the Carolinas. with home Office
at Florence. :. c. 1t has branches at
king>trcc. Conway, Willi>ton and
Narnsvilc. =. G.. and at several towns
in North Carolina.
AT Erie. Pa flood caused hy heavy
rains did damage estimated at sl.000,-
O0o Many houses were swept entirely
away and 100 families were rendered
homeless. At Titusville, Oil City. Beaver
Falls. New Castle and other Pcnnsyl-
vania towns great losses were also re-
ported from high water.
IN FlatlaudS, l.. l.. the old Schenck
farm. purchased originally fer a jug of
whisky. was sold AZ auction for s31T,-
9s6. The property consists of 1la acres
and has been in the Scherck family for
nearly 800 years.
DURING frcshet over 1000. 600 logs
were swept down the river at Fairfield,
Nc. causing heavy loss.
THE steamer Maria Christina. having
on board the Spanish lnfanta Eulalic.
the official representative in this coun-
try of Quccn-Rcgent Christina, arrived
in New York.
HARRIS BLANK and Isaac Roscnweig
were hanged at Tunkhannock, Pa.
They were both Russian peddlerS and
each - years of age. They murdered
Jacob Marks. pcddlcr, on Dutch
mountain. Wyoming county, March Is,
1892
THREE men attempted to shoot the
rapids at S"wall's Falls, Me-, in boat.
hut the boat capsizcd and all were
drowned.
ID. W. c. SkELToN. of Hartford, Conn.
was elected president at the twent"-
seventh annual meeting in New York
of the national board of underwriters.
NEAR Dubois. Pa, freight train was
wrecked. the cars took fire and three
trainmcn were burned to death.
A FIRE in the Arbucklc BROTHERS cof-
fee mill in brooklyn. y. Y, caused
loss of $50, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

ngc, living nine miles from Versailles,
Ky, who has been running the san C
mill for about eighty years. lie started
it before the war of 1872, when but a
boy, and the waters of the Elllhorn
creek have kept it going for him ever
since He can shoulder sack of grain
with great ease, reads without glass
es, and his mind is as clear as it ever
was Hid away in the quiet regions of
Elkhorn creek, he scarcely knew there
was war raging around him from 1861
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27
A SCENE OF BEAUTY.

The First Full and Complete Illumination
of the Worlds Fair GrOunds-The Cli-
max Of Electric Glory Witnessed by Over
Fifty Thousand People, Who were Spell
bound by the Dazzling Beauty of the
Scene.
CHICAGO. MAY 2I.-For the first time
all the electric illuminations of the cx-
position We're seen last night. and the
grand sight was witnessed by over 80
600 people. As the evening drew nigh
the wind died ont, the sprinkllng carts
came ont to lay the dust and the
crowd began pouring into the park.
The center of attraction was the
grand basin. where the climax of cleo
tric glory was to he seen. All the
colors We're thrown on the rising wa
terS of the electric fountains on each
side iof the MacMonnies fountain, and
the balustrade bordering the basin was
lined every inch of the distance with
the admiring throng. An additional
attraction. lending Venetian poetry to
the enchanting scene. was furnished by
the Iowa state band playing on a float
which rested in the middle of the
basin. The Cincinnati and Chicago
bands also added instrumental melody
to the occasion. All the great arc
lights were in operation throwing con-
ical shafts of light long distances from
the roofs of Manufactures and Agri-
cultural buildings and Music hall on
the various illuminated parts of the
exposition. principally Administration
building with its gilded dome, flaming
with gas torches and bands OF incan-
descent lights. Before the light flashes
frcm every structure and every avenue
of approach. the gathering darkness
from the bridge OF the south side of
the ground basin was like glimpse Of
fairyland.
The air was warm enough for a re-
sor; 20 the gondnlaS and launches,
which were filled with people until IL
o'clock came to end the third illumina-
ton of the fair The cornices of Flee
tricity. Mining and Manufactures
buildings. and Machinery and Mechan-
les halls fronting the grand basin
were Illuminated with incande>cent
lights, and the interiors of exhibit
buildings We're as light as at noonday
for the benefit of those who wanted to
go through them. The white build
ings added to the glow of the gold and
silver lights and dazzling scene
which held the vast throng spellbound
with admiration. With few excep-
tions the electric apparatus worked
smoothly and everybody went home ap-
parcntly satisfied.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

CHIEFS of police of many cities met
n Chicago and organized n national
union with W. :. Scavcy. of Omaha. as
president.
THE wife of Michael Bicrgc. wealthy
farmer residing near Barnard. Mo-. sud-
denly became insane and killed her j.
months-old Ia cand cut her own throat.
dying instantly.
THE will of Bishop Amcs. of the
Methodist church, after stnnding four
teen years was broken at Baltimore.
and the estate, valued at between $50.
600 and 200. 900. will now he divided ac.
rording to law.
REPHEsENrATIvE negroes Of South
Carolina met in Columbia and adopted
resolutions in which lynching was con-
demned and an appeal made to the hui
name people of the state to aid them in
suppressing any attempt to violate the
law by lynching.
THE brunswick national bank and
Oglethorpe national bank, both of
Brunswick. Ga, suspended, and NJ. TIL
man. president of the Ogletborpe, com.
mittrd suicide.
FLAMES of an inccndiary origin swept
away seventeen business houses and
residences at Montfort. Wis. Loss,
300. 900.
THE doors of the Evanston 0ll.) ma
tional bank. with capital of 100000.
were closed.
FIRE IN the building occupied by the
DIR. Price Baking Powder company in
Chicago caused damage of sll5,ooo.
The King Iron Bridge companys
works at Cleveland. o.. were damaged
to the extent of sl50.000 by fire.
IN the Jail yard at Lake Charles, La,
Lewis Taylor (coiOredl was hanged for
assaulting a negro woman some months
ago.
FREDERICK {. SCHENCK. for seven
teen years consul to barcelona, Spain.
beginning in Hayes administration,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

SEVEN banks have failed in Australia
since January 1, the aggregate of the
failures being nearly 5000, 900. The
Australian style of banking has now
degcncratcd into ''kiting" checks. and
English investors have thus been taught
another lesson As TO the superiority of
the United States as the place where
money can bc saltcd down to advantage.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

NEw YORK, May 22.-The steamer
Roanoke, of the Old Dominion line.
backed into her dock at s o'clock last
night with fire burning fiercely in her
hold. At io'clock yesterday afternoon,
as the steamer was passing Long
Branch. smoke was seen issuing from
her shaft tube. and an investigation
showed that the vessel was on fire.
Capt. Hunters and his officers went to
the passengers and quietly informed
them that there was fire smoldering
in some cotton in the afterhold, but
that there was not the least danger,
AL were landed In safety.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

A PENNSYLVANIA girl has brought a
breach of promise suit for $40. 600
against her false lover, not on account
Of laccratcd affections, blightcd hopes,
mental distress and all that sort of
thing, but because her trousscau and
other preparations for the marriage
cost that sum and She wants her money
back. Now that sounds like n business
proposition and here's looking towards
the fair plaintiff. business is business
and money talks-in matrimony as well
as in the other affairs of life.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

AT Vienna thcatcr an actor who
saw that his love VAS flirting in earnest
with another actor decided that he
would perform the suicide scene in
earnest, and thercupon blew out his
brains before the footlights. 1t is not
often that We see such realistic acting
at least in tragedy. In dude and clown
parts the realism is more frequent.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

THE Russian exhibit is just arriving
at the worlds fair. 1t is reported that
it was delayed by ice in the baltic sea.
but the facts are that Chamberlain +.
DE Gloukhoffssoy, general commission
cr from Russia, brought il over and his
name dragged on the bottom all tn"
way across the big pond and delayed
everything
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27
Terrible Forest Fires In Michigan Many
Lives Lost.

SAGINAW. Mich. May 21.-Terrible
fires are raging all around here. The
sawmill of Edward Mardridge, four
miles south of here, was burned yes
terday morning. The lumber camp of
Louis Sands, near Lake City, was
burned Friday night, and four men
were burned to death. Eight others
are missing. The horses were all
burned and the camp was totally de-
stroyed.
4 farmhouse near Tustin was de-
stroyed and the farmer. his wife and
two children lost their lives.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

Total tlN1Nle wealth fF-''-lo''-"'
Quite number of counties failed to
keep up the aggregate valuation OF
taxable property to that fixed by the
state board of equalization last year,
as required by law. state Auditor
Siebert has sent ont notices to such
counties, calling attention to their
failure to maintain the aggregate
valuation. When the returns from
these counties are in the total valua-
ton of real and personal property will
be increased not less than $500, ,O0O-
1t is aafe to say tina the increase in the
valuation of railroad, bridge and tele-
graph property, on which the state
board of equalization is now at work,
will be fully 81 900, 900. These increases,
which are little short of an absolute
certainty, will bring the aggregate val
uation of the property in the state sub
ject to taxation for the year 1898 to
s9a2 ,G3S, ,267. The aggregate valuation
of property subject to taxation for 1899
was S911. .I91, 1I9.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

THE supreme court of Louisiana has
rendered decision of great interest to
all clubmen. 1t declares that the Bos-
ton and the Pickwick clubs of New Or
leans, two of the most exclusive clubs
for gentlemen in the city, must take out
a regular bar-room license if they wish
TO sell LIQUOR to their members.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

THE man who keeps cool gets the best
of critical situation of any kind where
the nervous and eXcitable man gets the
worst of it. The same is true of the
people collectively. The community
that keeps cool when nervous few
Seem determined to have trouble re-
mains maStcr of the situation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

Miss PAULINE MARKHAM. the actress,
slunpcd through sidewalk in Louis
vile and broke one of her supports in
two places. In suit for 10000 against
the city she refers to the break a. being
in her limb. a. Miss Markham was not
walking on her hands, the chances are
that 1t was leg that was fractured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

SrAIS is said TO have stopped the
Cuban revolution by buying off the
leaders of it. The people of Cuba now
know how to raise funds whenever they
get hard up. We may look for the reg
ular quarterly revolution. The next
step will be to agree upon a fixed price
of an undclirered revolution and limit
To their frcnncncy
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

Jefferson City Special Globe Democrat. May 10.
Col. Dick Dalton. lately appointed surveyor
OF the port NJ st. Louis was in the city to-day.
He saws that he has more than 1.+00 applica-
tions for positions under him. and he is trying
to figure out how he can feed this multitude
with sixty places. counting ianitors SC rub
vnrnpn aud all
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

MRS. SARAH B. COOPER, of San Fran
cisco, has Sunday-school class of NOR,
than 800 intelligent men and women
She has taught Bible class for NOR,
than forty years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

WASHINGTON. May Postmaster General
Bisscll has appointed John l.. Thomas. of Mis-
souri,. to he assistant attOrney-gcneral for the
post office department. \ Globe Democrat
Washington special thus speaks of Mr. Thomas:
Mr.. Thomas lives at HillshOrc. He was ap
pointed on the auprcm" bench Of Missouri hy
Gov. Francis. but failed Of election. He IL
rated as one Of the most prominent lawyers in
the state and was highly recommended The
position enjoys the distinction of being the only
assistant attorney generalship that is not filled
on the recommendation Of the department Of
justice hut on that OF the post-Oilice depart
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27
An Eagle Carries on a Child.

A 16-months'- old child of Mr.. Bivins,
of Marshall county. Tenn. was carried
off by an eagle, but was rescued prac-
tically unhurt, three-quarters of mile
distant. where the bird was compelled
to rest The eagle was killed. 1t
weighed forty pounds.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27
MISSOURrS WEALTH.

rhr Taxable yaIue of the Real and Person.
al Property Of Missouri-A &C cd Increase
Over Ten Years Ago.
State Auditor Seibert gives out the
following as the aggregate valuation
Of taxable property. real and personal,
in the several counties of this state, on
the 1st day of June, 1892, and subject
10 taxation for the year 1898:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

An anatomist has figured it all out
and finds that the bones and muscles of
the human body are capable of 1,soo diff
ferent movements. He was enabled to
make this contribution to the worlds
store of knowledge by watching small
boy at the dinner table
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27
Ten Men Burned to Death-Litera1ly
Cooked in n Well1


LAKE CITY. Mich. May 2s.-The loss
of life in the fire which destroyed
Louis Sands lumber camp. eight miles
northeast of here Saturday afternoon,
is greater than supposed. Ten bodies
have been recovered and the whole
crew is now accounted for.
These ten men, with Edward Sulli-
van. were burned Mt the camp by the
fire. 4 strong wind cut off all escape.
sullivan started north in the face of
the fire and by some chance escaped.
He is severely burned. but will live.
Edward ROorbacher started east and
got about twenty-five rods away before
caught. Mulholland started west and
got about the same distance. The re-
manning eight stayed too long and took
refuge in n well about twenty feet
deep. The top curb of the well burned
and the timbers fell on the men hud-
dled in the well. literally cooking their
heads. the remainder of their bodies
being under water. A rescuing party
tried to get the bodies out of the well
Saturday. but it was caving. so the
effort was postponed until yesterday
morning. when the recovery was ef-
fected.
4 large force of men is still securing
the adjoining country to make sure no
other unfortunate has been overlooked.
The camp employed sixty men, The
remaining fifty were near the green
timber and those escaped
The property loss is not very great.
Forty hogs. three horses, the camp
buildings. tools etc. tcsls Mr.. Sands
loss. The Thayer Lumber Co, oper-
ating near by. lost eleven ears loaded
with logs in the same fire. The engine
had to leave its train to make its es
cape.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

New YORK. May aa.-The Herald
says: Young Mrs. Blaine is to change
Aer name. She is going to be married
to DIR. William T. Bull. Ever since DIR.
Bull was called in to attend Mrs.
Blaine professionally when she was ly-
ing ill with rheumatism at the New
York hotel, there has been a sugges-
tioa of romance about their associa-
ton. The wedding will not be long
deferred. According to present ar
rangements it is fixed for early in June.
Mrs. Blaine obtained a divorce from
young Blaine year ago last February,
going 10 Dakota for that purpose.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

Mrs. J. E. Clough, wife of we'll
known Baptist missionary, died in
Chicago the other morning. She was
killed by folding bed which closed
upon her. while her daughter stood by
rowerleSS to prevent.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER says tn,
difference between faith cure" and
"mind cure IL that mind cure doesn't
require any faith and the faith cur.
dorsn' t require any mind.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

THE khan of Kelat has put to death
over 5000 persons who were obnoxious
to him personally. The Kelatians
should provide themselves with gull.
lotine to be used as khan opener
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

PROF. BARNARD has discovered six.
teen cohets-fnore than any other as
trcnoiher has found. This is evidence
That good sometimes comes of sitting
up all night
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

THE leather trust, which Is said to
represent sl20, 200, ,oao, has more sole
than most Of the trusts But it will
squeak before the people are through
with it. TRUSTS have got to 70.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27
Grew Despondent.

Edward Bischoff. of st. Louis, had
been sick and unable to work for some
time. He committed suicide by hang
ing to the transom of door.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-05-27

JEFFERSON CITY May is.-The supreme court
has taken action in the matter Of the mutilatcd
and forged records in the case of John II DWELL
from Grundy county by issuing an order tn the
trial indge to correct the testimony and return
the transcript by the 10Th ult. This ruling
supports the charges made by the attorney