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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
THE OLD COMMANDER

His Memory to be IIonored by q National
salute from the Philadelphia After the
Naval Review.
NEW YORK. April 1.-THE following
letter under date of April Is, has been
received by Gen. Charles II. T. Collins
from Secretary of the Navy Herbert:
SIR-Replying to your letter Of the Sd inst
have to inform you that with the exception OF
the Dolphin the ships Of the naval review feet
will lie at anchor the 27th inst. the day OF the
review and the head OF the line will be at least
o mile distant from Riverside park 1t will not
be practicable TO move the feet by the park, as
such movement will interfere with commerce
in part OF the river not placed during that
day. under the control OF this department
am desirous OF doing what 1 cal 10 comply
with your request. and have ordered Rear Ad-
miral Gherardi. the commanderin-chfef OF the
feet, to proceed with his flagship, the Phila-
dolphin. Us soon as the review is oyer and the
president has landed. 70 n position opposite
the tomb Of the late Gen. Grant and there fire
a salute OF twenty one guns In respect to his
memory.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
LATER MEMS.

IS the senate, on the 18th, the pro-
posed investigation of charges against
Senator Roach. of North Dakota, fur
nished the principal topic ofdiscussion.
No disposition was made either of that
matter or Of the question as to the ad-
mission of the three appointed senators
from Montana, Washington and Wyom-
ing. A resolution was offered calling
upon the secretary of state to inform
the senate by whose authority Com
missioner Blount had ordered down the
American flag at Honolulu. On mo-
ton of Senator Hill, of New York, the
senate adjourned sine die.
THE imports of specie at the port Of
New York for the week ended on the
18th were sllO, 800, of which s9I, ,0S5 was
gold and sl9.215 silver. The exports of
specie from the port of New York for
the week were s5,307, I69, of which
81, $50, 2o9 was gold and s427, 26o silver.
OF this amount s4,55t, 700 gold and
s42O, 300 silver went to Europe, and
s12s, 500 gold and ST. ,26o silver went to
South America.
The ceremonies attending the OPEN
ing of the Worlds Columbian exposi-
tion on May are to be very simple,
and will all take place in jackson
park, the formal part from platform
at the east front of the administration
building. The sprogramme is practi-
cally complete.
A DISPATCH from Bathurst, British
Gambia, states that British astrono-
mers Mt the station on the Salum river,
in French Senagambia, Africa, OBJ
tained fine observations of the eclipse
of the sun on the 10Th.
The Columbus caravels, Santa Maria,
Nina and Pinta, sailed from Havana,
on the 18th, for the United States.
They will take prominent part in the
great naval review to be held at New
York on May 1.
The American line steamer New
York. from Southampton, with the
lineal descendant of Christopher Co
lumbus, the duke de Veragua, on
board, arrived at Quarantine, n. Y, on
the 18th.
EXCEPTING the Noviste, all the pa
pers at st Petersburg approve the
course taken by King Alexander of
Servia- The semi-official press is es-
pecially generous of its commentators.
MORE than 200 Methodist ministers
in Ireland have signed an appeal to
ministers in England to oppose home
rule both on religious and commercial
grounds
HoN. THOMAS Fl. DUDLEY, ex-consul
to Liverpool, dropped dead at the Broad
street railway station, Philadelphia, on
the 18th.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

The appearance of large man, in an
almost nude condition, in the woods in
St Clair county, ILL.,, has caused con-
siderable excitement
Constable William Becker organized posse
and went in search OF the strange man. He
was found in a straw-stack. The man offered
some resistance but was oyerpowered and
taken TO st. Libory. After being clothed and
fed he suddenly became Wild. tore his clothing
into shreds and escaped into the woods He
was recaptured later and taken TO the county
hospital. The next day he escaped or was re-
leased from the hospital and he passed through
st. Libory on his way south. The stranger
weighs about so pounds, gave the name of Pc
ter HOFFMAN, and claimed his home was in
Evansville. Ind II is thought that the man 10
afflicted with temporary fits of insanity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

The condition of winter wheat. as
estimated from returns Of correspond
ents at this date, gives an average for
the state of So per cent, as compared
with fS per cent. one year ago. As re.
ported by sections, the lowest average
condition is 76 in northeast and the
highest s. in southeast Missouri. The
average date of wheat-seeding last fall
was September 25, ten days earlier than
the previous year, but the condition of
the soil was bad, and much of the seed
failed to germinate, or at best made q
weak, spindling growth. The low tenn
perature, the very little protec-
tion afforded by snow and the
ice which in sections of the
state covered the ground for a
period during the winter. indicates
that much of the area sown has been
wintcr-killed; but the continued cold
weather has prevented a sufficient
growth of the plant to make it possible
to estimate the probable acreage which
will be plowed up. When compared
with the condition April 6, Of an aver
age year, the prospect for a wheat crop
is bad, but when compared with the
prospect last year Mt this date and we
remember that, on the area sown, a
fair crop in both yield and quality was
produced, there is reason to take
courage.
Rye was less injured than wheat by
the severe winter, and is IL points bet
ter in condition than April l, of 1S93
The area is below that of an average
year.
At the end Of March oat-sowing had
only commenced.
LIVE STOCK.
The dry cold weather was favorable
to live stock of all kinds and the COM
parative condition is high. Among
horses there were fewer cases than
usual of distemper, glanders and lumpy
jaw reported, and no epidemic of any
kind. Cattle have been also compara-
lively free from disease. More than
fifty per cent. of the death rate re-
ported being from exposure and too lit
tie food. Except for the destruction
among sheep from dogs, the death rate
was chiefly from loss of young lambs,
owing to the long-contin cold in
March. The high price and demand
for marketable hogs would naturally
induce good care and shelter and con-
sequent high condition and freedom
from disease. Cholera, in its various
forms, is reported from almost every
section, but the death rate has been
comparatively very light. The num-
Der of breeding sows now on hand is
~ per cent less than at this period in
1892
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

Miss IIoMASs, the head of the Normal
School of Gymnastics in Boston. gives
in asrecent interview these statistics
concerning the influence of athletics
upon dress: Two years ago" she
says. out of class of thirty-seven,
there were but two of the young wom-
en- at the end of the school year who
continued to wear corsets. and no one
continued to wear French heels. Last
year, out of class of seventy-one,
seven-eighths gave up wearing corsets-"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

THERE is a man by the name of Pey-
ton living in New Jersey who claims
the title of Father of Centennials. 1t
is said that the suffering public owes to
him the original suggestion of all the
centennials beneath which it has
groaned. from Bunker Hill in 1873 TO
the worlds fair now impending over
Chicago. And now this insatiate
wretch is concocting an international
celebration of the birth of Christ to Re
held at Jerusalem in 1900. II is too
much. Let some friend and lover of
humanity quietly and unobtrusively
strangle the centennial fiend before it
is too late.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

PETRoFF NARAsCHISE one of the men
implicated in the assassination of
Alexander H., has just died in Siberia.
after nine years of hard labor in the
mines. 1t WAS never proven that Mar
aschine had any direct connection with
the assassination. Upon his death-bed
he confessed that he had been selected
to throw the bomb at the emperor. but
declared that he refused because of his
wife and eight children who We're de-
pendent upon him for support.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

LUCKY persons who walk abroad now
with their eyes open may chance &c
light upon an embryo oak The acorn
will be found split in three at the point,
and within one may see the swelled
kernel. pink with life and just ready
to sprout If carried home and placed
in damp earth, so that the openings OF
the shell may be visible. the kernel
will put forth its little shoot, and the
infancy of the oak may be watched.
The unfolding of the young oak is of
marvellous interest, and patient man
may think it worth while to set out the
tiny tree and see it well started on its
way to giant oakhood.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

From Bangor to New Orleans and
from New York to San Francisco the
press has begun a campaign against
filth, that the country may be spared a
visitation of cholera if there be virtue
in the accepted preventive measures,
the first and most important of which is
cleanliness. The severe winter just
passed left the streets and alleys of
every city in deplorable condition and
with the spring thaws the death rate
has increased everywhere, due solely to
disease germs liberated from accumu-
lated filth. Let the crusade be kept
up until this country has had such a
house-cleaning as never before.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
We Are All Invited.
The following is self-cxplanatory:

ST. IOTIs. April L.. ls93
To THE PEOPLE OF Observation-Disclosures TO n
resolution OF the Missouri hoard of Worlds
fair managers. adopted the 18th day Of March.
ls!ts. hereby extend, on behalf of the hoard of
Worlds fair managers of Missouri. cordial
invitation to all the people OF Missouri to at.
tend the dedicatory ceremonies OF the Missouri
state building at the Worlds fair. on Monday,
the LIST day Of May. 1896. at o'clock p. m, at
the Worlds fair grounds. Chicago. ILL.,
The ceremonies will take place in the build
ing. and an appropriate programme OF cere-
monies and entertainment has been arranged
This invitation is extended 10 all the people
OF Missouri. and 1t is the urgent desire Of the
commission that all persons should attend who
can make it convenient to do No special
Invitations will he extended except in cases Of
duly commissioned public officials.
n. H. GENTRY President
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

On wager as to who could eat the
more raw oysters two club men in
Baltimore the other day ate eleven
dozen each and were still in good
working order when the ''shuclter' be-
came tired out and quit furnishing the
oysters. They called It draw, but
they should have called it gluttony.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
An Important Po.taI-Thief Capture.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE most inn
portant capture of postal thief which
has been made in the east for many
years has just been accomplished by
Chief Inspector james and Inspector
Coates, of the postal service. The man
arrested is F. b. Lighthall, clerk in
the railway postal service, who had =
run between New York and Syracuse.
Many thousands Of dollars mailed to
this city from western states have been
lost in transit In recent years, and the
department has sent out decoy letters
without avail until Lighthall fell into
the trap.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

IN the long run there is no such tonic
rs the open air of spring. Any apparent
feeling of languor is not Il sign of de-
bility. it is the first symptom of rccov-
cry from debility. In most sicknesscs
when a man begins to feel lazy. he is
on the verge of recovery. The ''cx-
IRENE tired feeling" that comes with
spring is not ill-health. 1t is GONZALES
cence from winter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

IL some parts of the west democrats
who become populists are called dem
opops' and ''popocrats," while repub-
licans who desert to the populists go by
the name of ''poplicans." When they
want a new word in the west they don't
hesitate at anything.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

HEREAFTER the morning papers of
Turkey will appear IN the afternoon so
that the censors may have time to edit
them properly. The sultan wns dis
pleased at the reports of the accident to
his yacht; hence the new order of
things.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

GEORGE SHEFFIELD, a New York in
ventor. says he is going to run ocean
CrcyhoundS from New York to Queens
town in three and half days, the mo-
tive power to be a series of explosions
produced by the contact Of sugar. chlor-
ate of potash and sulphuric acid. Why
not mix fire and gunpowder and 20
across in half the time?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
A New Railroad Combination on Worlds
Fair Business-

NEW YORK. April ia new railroad
combination has been made on the
Worlds fair business. A special serv-
ice is to be started over the West Shore
and Nickel Plate New York. Chicago
& St Louis) and over the Lehigh VAL
ley and Nickel Plate
An immense amount Of printing has
been provided to advertise the trains.
but great secrecy has been preserved
among the managers Of the roads, as
they want the service to como as sur
prise. The West Shore will continne
its present through passenger servies.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
Lake shore Engineers seeking Reinstate.
meut.

CLEVELAND, O., April 15.-A commit
tee of Lake Shore agineers belonging
to the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gincers waited upon General Superin-
tendet Caniff Of that road in this city
yesterday and presented a request ask
ing for the reinstatement of men who
were discharged from the company's
employ on account Of the trouble at
Toledo. Their request was heard, but
an answer was not given. 1t is proba-
BILE that one will be made sometime to-
day. The men affected by the notice
of discharge number eleven in all.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
To Enforce the Sunday Blue Law -
Means to Their Repeal

PITTSBURGH, Pa April IA morning
paper prints story to the effect that
the ultra Law and Order society have
placed in the hands of an alderman the
names of over 800 people who will be
charged with violating the Sunday
blue laws of 1884, The persons 70 be
prosecuted are. employed in mills, on
street and steam railroads and in other
capacities. The object Of these prose-
cutions is 70 make the law 50 obnox-
ious that the people Of the state will
try and have the Legislature repeal the
laws
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

The trial of Dick Robinson. the self
confessed murderer of Johanna Scholl-
man, was concluded at Sedalia, Mo-,
and found guilty in the first degree.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

DR. OPEL. the great German gcogra-
pher. says that one million seven hun
dred thousand square miles of the earth
are still uninhabited or ownerless. This
leaves quite big field for real estate
speculation still open.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

Thomas Primm, prosperous farmer,
about 40 years old, is missing from
Muddy Creek, in the northern part of
Pettis county.
On February "s Mr.. Primm, accompanied by
his ll-year-old son. started for Marshall He
took three wagons and twelve head of horses
and mules which he told his wife he intended
TO sell at Marshall. He also had 500 cash on
mis- person. Three days afterward the Roy re-
turned to his home and stated TO his mother
that his father told him to go home. and that he
himself would he hack in two weeks. Since
that day nothing has ever been heard from the
missing man. Inquiry has been made by his
family. but he seems TO have dropped complete
ly out OF existence. A woman left for town in
southwest Missouri on the same day that he
went away from his home. Pg'imm leaves
wife and three children-two girls, respectively
Is and "a years Old and a boy II years old.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

NOTWITHSTANDING all that may be
as a civilizer. A 81. Louis man intends
to C tablish race tracks all over Mexico
for the purpose of doing away with
bull fighting. Horse racing in Mexico
and big syndicates in Honduras, South
ward the course of empire takes its
yyar
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

CHARLES TYLER, a New York CITY let
ter carrier, has been forty-eight years
in the service. and in that time. it is
estimated, walked three hundred thou
sand four hundred and eighty miles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

Mrs Lucy b. Kent-Roberts died at
Evanston, aged 81. She was the daugh-
ter of Gen. Martin Roberts, and was
born in Manchester, Y. III.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

Mrs. JENNIE NORTHERN, of Princeton,
KY, failed to catch the measles when
she was young and had an attack of
that disease a few days ago, at the ad-
vanced age of ITO years, and died. She
lived with her daughter, who is 20
years old and is now left an orphan
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

A New York state editor the other
day wrote a headline: Alleged Trea-
son in China" and was Mortified to see
1t run through the paper, ALFRED Ten
nyson in China
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

A CENSUS of the great trees of Cali
fornia. the giant redwoods.- reveals
the fact that there are 2,G75 of them
left, the average diameter of the lot be-
ing thirty-thrce feet
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
FOR MISSOURI FARMERS.

Condition OF Winter Grain and Live stock
In Missouri April 1-Estimated Loss of
Live stock During wInter-An Interest.
Ing Table
The following interesting report has
been issued by the Missouri agricultural
department.:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

COLORADO has a law ito compel indo-
lent and vicious husbands to provide
for their families" Of course there
will be no more neglected famili IS now
that this law has beer enacted How
can there be?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

Miss CLEMENTS EvEEART. aged &c
years, has passed with the highest dis
tinction In Brussels the examination for
the degree of doctor of medicine She
Is Belgium's first woman doctor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
lad for the Farmers.

Fully three-fourths of the usual large
acreage of wheat planted in Mclean
and adjacent counties in Illinois will bs
planted in corn and other crops
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

The 1s-year-old son of Mrs Berlin.
living near Pulaski, Tenn, took pistol
from the mantel, presumably unloaded,
and accidentally killed his mother.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
Bad Wheat Outlook In IIIinoIa.

Reports from seventy-five correspond
ents throughout Illinois give discourage
ing reports of the condition of winter
wheat in that state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
Killed Five Me1Icnns in Ten DAYS.

PHGNIx, Ariz, April 15.-Peter Pence,
of Sentinel, Thursday killed another
Mexican, making in all five in the last
ten days. all claimed to have been in
self-defense:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
Startled His Congregation.

Rev. N. M. Waters. pastor of the
Methodist church of Dubuque, Ia, has
startled his congregation by denying
the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

Two hundred girls in the corset tao
tory at Joliet, Ill, went on strike on
account of cut in wages. They are
well organized
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22

A LOCAL ''ad" reads: 1000 men
wanted to get pair of pants" Such
an unwarrantcd demand for one pair Of
pants seems incredible.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-04-22
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
New POstnaSters.

The following Eew postmasters OF
the fourth class have been appointed
for Missouri:
Anderson. Mcdonald county, a. NJ. Doty. vice
s. W. Anderson. resigned.
Armstrong. Howard county, r. s. Walton,
vice X. Stephenson. resigned.
Beth Page. Mcdonald county. J. A. Woolard
vise W. {. Hankins, resigned.
brooklyn Station. Greene county. F. NJ. Par.
sons, vice 8. b. Woods. resigned.
Fair Grove. Greene county, J. Hine, vice J. A.
Long. removed.
Fair Play. Polk county. W. a. Roberts, vice
]. +. Underwood. resigned
Herculaneum. Jefferson county, J. A. Russell,
vice X. +. Mitchell. resigned.
Louisburg. Dallas county, NJ. Lindsey, vice
>. {. Darby. resigned.
New Frankfort. Saline county, T d. Syden-
strike vice J. Geiger- ree.gned.
Phelps City. Atchison~eounty, A. J. Wells.
vice w. II. kimt all, resigned
Pleasant Hope, Polk county, j. p. Fullerton.
vice j. II. Cochran. resigned
Smithton, Pettis county, r. Taylor, vice j.
Ringen. resigned.
Steinmetz, Howard county, C. Maupin, vice
b. C. Weller. resigned
Alexandria Clark county. Matte N. Duncan.
vice L. Grumman. resigned
Coal Henry county, s. A. Magers, vice C. W.
Duden, removed.
Conway. Laclede county, W. II. Warren. vice
II. W. Kelley. resigned.
Deerield Vernon county, ID. C. Hamper, vice
j. NJ Waddell. dead.
Golden City. Barton county. II. C. Schnelle,
tice F. f. Garrett. resigned.
Lewiston. Lewis county, A. @. Williams, vice
5. W. kimball. resigned.
Novelty, Knox county, n. J. Watson, vice o.
i. Owen. resigned.
Van Buren,, Carter county. J. T. McSpadden,
vice o. G. HOskins, resigned
Walker. Vernon county, ID. NJ. Taul, vice J. r.
Angel. removed.
Black Walnut. St Charles county. James
Daugherty. vice l.. II. Haigler. resigned.
EVersOnvillc Linn county J. II. Tharp. vice
G. H. Clarkson. resigned.
Goldsberry. Macon county. 7. W. BRADLEY,
vice J. c. Bradley, resigned
Hugo. Montgomery county. Marion Lawrence,
vice NJ. +. Thornhill. resigned.
Molino. Ardrian county. W. ID. Wood, vice
W. H. ClantOn resigned.
Monticello Lewis county. G. T. Bannes, vice
G. NJ COddington. resigned.
MOundville, Vernon county, r. ID. Jarho vice
W. F. Phillips, removed.
New Florence. Montgomery county, c. NJ
Locke. vice l. W. Stewart. resigned.
Orlinda. Linn county, G. 7. Hull, vice G. W
l.. Scribncr. resigned.
Racine. Newton county, W. X. Testament,
vice J. kavanaugh. resigned.
Exeter. Barry county, J. T. West, vice NJ. c.
Lucky. removed
High Hill Montgomery county Marion Skin
ner. vice Mary J. Miller. removed
Pincville. Mcdonald county, A. Weaver Noel,
vice J. H. Moffett. resigned.
Weldon Spring. ST. Charles county, J. l.. Hill
bert. vice +. Bunding. resigned.
Beeman. Pettis county, J. B. Stuart, vice o.
X. Oriskell. resigned.
Irwin, Barton comfy. J. NorhnberR. vice J. d.
Strain, resigned.