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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24


concurrence of all the sitting justices,
while the decision reversed was dis
sented from in the circuit court by one
of the judges then sitting on the case.
The court after reviewing the argu-
ments of the government counsel ut
some length declared the motion to
dismiss the appeal Overruled- Coming
down to the main question the court
took the ground that the appropriation
of 81 2.50O. 900 in souvenir coins by the
United States government could not
possibly be construed as a charity,
Or as charitable bequest. 1t was sim
ply an appropriation for the assistance
and benefit of the local corporation for
the purpose of completing work that
affected the honor of the United States.
As to the right of the United States to
possession and control of the grounds,
the court held that the local corpora
ton was in actual and lawful posses
sion. and that this fact had been recog-
f1ized by acts of the national
legislature. The court repudiated the
idea that the United States had
any exclusive rights OF authority
in the premises, and concluded
with the declaration that no tenable
grounds had been shown for excepting
the case under hearing from the or
binary rules governing court of chan
cery.
Therefore" concluded the chief JUS
tice, '.the order of the Circuit court is
reversed and the case is remanded for
any further proceedings not inconsist-
ent with this ruling"
A great cheer went up from the
great crowd present in the courtroom
when the chief justice concluded, and
the news of the decision was quick
IL scattered through the business
district. Not for score of years has
there been ease in the federal court,
the outcome of which has been awaited
with as much anxiety and interest or
the decision in which has created so
much of a general stir. The advocates
of Sunday closing were considerably
cast down over the result. but adj
mitted that. inasmuch as the ruling
was a unanimous one, there was no al
tentative but to meekly bow to the SUI
preme authority of the United States
iudiciary
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Ar Mcgelhoff. Bavaria. Minnie
MarSchali, l6-year-old girl, killed her
mother. her sister and an aged uncle
who objected to her vicious mode of
life and then cut her own throat.
Iy Brodctz, bohemia, Kuffier's cotton
mill was burned. the loss being l, ,25O,-
900 francs.
IL Japan Mount Higashiazum was in
state of eruption and 100 lives were
said to have been lost.
PILGRIMS were crossing the Rhine at
Bensburg, Germany. when the boat up
set and four women and man were
drowned.
NINE persons were burned to death
in fire at Ncrgersdorf. Saxony. and at
Maihren Il whole family, consisting of
five adults, were burned, together with
their homestead.
IX Paris tho court of cessation holds
that the cases of the Panama canal con-
victs are outlawed and has ordered the
release from prison of NJ. De Lesseps
and his son and the Others convicted of
sguandering canal funds.
TIE probable fate of the Russian
monks arrested for robbing the Chudor
monastery is Siberia for life.
A POWDER magazine few miles from
Athens, Greece. exploded, and twenty
persons, including officers and soldiers,
were killed, and property valued at
5000. 900 francs was destroyed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24
THE EAST.

IN New York six-story building
filed with sweater shops caught fire.
and in the wild rush to the street four
persons were killed. two others were ia
tally injured and five others were badly
hurt
TES buildings were burned at Waldo
boro, Me, causing loss of slOo,O00
THERE was general celebration at
Philadelphia for the first time in
American history of the anniversary of
the adoption by congress June IA, 1Tf1.
of the stars and stripes. In every school
the story of how the first flag was made
was told
IS Il wreck on the Nickel Plate road
at Hamburg. y. Y, five men were in
jured. one fatally, and twenty ears
were smashed
Is Princeton. \. j.. the one hundred
and forty-Sixth annual commencement
of Princeton college tonk place.
IN Pittsburgh the third floor of the
old government building collapsed and
four men received probably fatal in
juries
lr was decided by unanimous vote
at n meeting of the board of directors
of the Union theological seminary in
New York that Rev. Dr. Charles A.
Briggs should continue his work in the
department of Biblical history as hith-
prtn.
IL Buffalo. \. Y, the Genesee Oil COM
pany made an assignment with liabili-
ties of 100000.
FLAMES ruined the Iiighspire distill.
cry at Harrisburgh, Pa, with 1000 bar
rels of whisky, cntailing a loss of $780,
OOO
FIRE destroyed the Methodist church
and several dwellings at Dundoff, Pa,
the total loss being si50,0c0.
The firm of Winkley, Dresser & Co.,
Boston stationers. failed 'or $50, 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24

IN session at Dcs Moines, Ia, the iri;
ternational Supreme. Lodge of Good
Templars elected d. II. Mann. OF New
York, right worthy grand chief.
IN session in Chicago the Information
al Typographical union for the third
time made W. B. Prescott, Of Toronto,
president.
energy completed the state building at
thc worlds fair which the legislature
failed to provide for.
WHEAT fields in Kansas have been
ruined by the chinch bug, and since the
wheat cutting compenced the bugs
have gone to the corn.
THE legislature of Kentucky defeated
bill to move the capital to Louisville,
thus ending finally fight for removal
that has been going on for forty years.
DEMOCRATS in Ohio will meet in state
convention in Cincinnati August 9.
The Farmers and Mechanics bank
at Paramount, Ind, the City bank at
Parsons, Kan. the Exchange bank at
Weston, O., and the First national bank
at Kansas City. Kan, closed their doors.
THE Arkansas and Indiana state build
ings and the German building on the
worlds fair grounds Were dedicated:
IN st. Louis the seventeenth interria-
tional and second worlds convention of
Sunday-school workers will be held
from August 81 to september 6, inclu-
sive.
FIRE destroyed fruit sheds of the
Louisville g. Nashville road at New
Orleans. the loss being 800, 900.
THE ex-cashier of the Donohoe- Kelly
Banking company at San Francisco. J.
W. Flood, was convicted of embezzling
sl64. .OO0
f. BoSHAM, banker at Fairfield.
ILL.,. made an assignment with liabilities
of s195, 200.
BAUER. FOSTER & Co.'S dry goods
store at Dayton, o., was burned, the loss
being 100000.
IS session in Chicago the Information
al Typographical union decided to de-
mand a nine-hour work day for all
printers employed in the United States
and Canada on book and job work.
CHICAGO has been made the headquar-
ters of the executive committee of the
National Republican league.
WHILE riding to Cincinnati on nn
Ohio & Mississippi train Mrs. John
Hermes was chlOroformed and robbed
of s325.
IL session at DeS Moines the supreme
lodge of the Independent Order of Good
Tcmplars passed resolution demand
ing enforcement of the prohibitory law
in the worlds fair district:
At the session in Chicago the Sons of
the American Revolution elected Gen.
Horace Porter, of New York, as presi-
dent
THE execution of George Drier. a
Polish jew who murdered Mrs. Fannie
NJ. Fadden at Cape Charles, Va. Octo-
her 10. 1891, took place at Easttille. Va
THE doors of the First national bank
of Grundy Center, Ia. were closed.
THE Legislature of Illinois adjourned
sine die after session lasting lbs days.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.

IL the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 18th was: Wheat,
6S, ,662, 900 bushels; corn, s,159, ,O90 bush
els; oats. 3,O3l 900 bushels: rye. 500, 900
bushels; barley, $40, 900 bushels
THE president has grown sd very
stout recently that he has resorted to
the diet system for reducing his weight
THE savings banks in the United
States contain 81, 100, 900, 900.
THE leading clearing houses in the
United States reported exchanges
amounting to 81, ,O31, 1854, ser during the
week ended on the 10th, against ST.
156. .3S4, ,s53 the previous week. AS COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1892 the decrease was 80.
In the United States there were 31S
business failures during the seven
days ended on the 10th. In the week
preceding there were 32o, and during
the corresponding time in 1892 the num-
ber was 153.
THE exports of gold from the United
States during the twelve months ended
May 81 amounted to &1a3. .O95, 453 and
the imports SIC, 1858, 125; excess of ex-
ports, slO2. 436, 72s. During the corre-
spending twelve months last year the
exports of gold amounted to s4s, SIS, 2a4
and the imports $40, 4ss,S 1884; excess of
imports. 5000, 11O.
DURING the year ended May 81, 1893,
the total value of exports of merchan-
disc from the United States was sS4S,-
3f3,s45, and during the corresponding
period of the preceding year s1.o2@,-
9s4.545. a decrease of sl14.G10. 700. The
value of the imports during the same
period was 1886, ,9o1. PSI and Ssas. .s4s,-
119. respectively, an increase of sl0s.-
053, 16s.
SUGAR bounty paid by the govern
ment during the last fiscal year amount
to 9,S09, ,293.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24
WEST AND SOUTH.

AMEs FRAME, engineer, and his fire
man were killed and many passengers
were injured in a railway wreck on the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas road near
Butler, ]. 4.
WHILE temporarily insane Mrs. James
Kirkendall, of Paradise, Wash, fatally
poisoned her little girl and herself.
AT Omaha the American national
bank suspended with liabilities of $780,
600.
THREE children of VI. Lakin were
playing with a gun at Frisco, q. T.,
when it was discharged and son IL
years old and daughter IL years old
were fatally injured.
COWBOYS left Chadron, Neb., on
horses for a race to Chicago. The dis
tance is Oil miles.
MASKED men took William Shorter,
negro. from a train near Winchester,
Va, and lynched him He was on his
way to his trial for assaulting a G, irl.
The Savings company at Nashville
Tenn, of which Thomas 5. Marrs is
owner and president filed an assign
ment with liabilities of s2s2, SO.
The Denver Pioneer Lithographing
company made an assignment with liza
bilities of 1884. .3s6.2s.
In Indiana courts women may prac-
tice law according to n decision of the
supreme court.
AT Cleveland, o., the Baackes Wire
Nail company made an assignment
with liabilities of s225, 900 and assets of
5000, 600.
In session at Des Moines, Ia, the,
worthy grand lodge of good templars
voted to change its designation to the
international supreme lodge Of the In
dependent Order of Good Templars
WHILE insane Mrs Philip kerch, tho
wife of well-to-do farmer near Pleas
ant Hill, W. Va, murdered four of her
children and then committed suicide.
THE Citizens bank of Paramount,
Ind, the Lake county bank at Paines-
Vile, O., and the Riverside Banking
company at Riverside, Cal, closed their
doors.
AT Hazelhurst, Miss, Caesar Henning-
ton was hanged for the murder last
September of DR.. J. c. Davis.
In an accident that occurred on the
ice railway at the worlds fair n. ID.
Richmond, of Dunlap, Ill, was killed
and five other persons were badly in
jured
WITH delegates present from many
states the Kings Daughters and Sons
opened their congress in Chicago.
By the votes of the school children
the maple has been selected as the Of
fetal tree of Wisconsin.
PAUL LEWIS and William Sheedy
were under arrest in Chicago for at
tempting to steal a one-storv frame
house
CHEF p. NJ. ARTHUR, of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, sued
for 5000, damages for alleged encour-
agement of the recent strike on the
Ann Arbor road at Toledo, will be on
trial at Cleveland September IS.
THE figures of Auditor Ackerman
show that the total expenses of the
worlds fair for May were $500, 900; total
receipts, s72o.OoO.
TEE first woman admitted to practice
law in Indiana is Miss N. inertia Mitch
eli. Of Salem. Ia.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24

Other Opinions.

Representative lIutcheson (dem., of
Tex.l: ! favor a repeal of the Sher-
man law. provided it is substituted by
well-regulated coinage of gold and
silver. equitably equalized and supple
mented by currency issued by the gov
crnment direct. l oppose patchwork
in finances. and favor the statu quo
until a complete financial system is
agreed upon. to which all parties must
yield in their demands for harmonious
action.
Representative John Davis (pop. OF
KaS): The war on silver by Wall
street is war on western and southern
agriculture. Cotton. wheat and wool
fall and rise with silver bullion. ] IA
vor the equal and full coinage of gold
and silver of present standard weights.
supplemented with treasury notes, all
equally legal tender for all debts and
taxes. l am opposed to borrowing
London money. We can make our
own money We must retain the Sher-
man law till something better can be
had.
Representative Kilgore (dem. of
Tex.): would favor repeal of the
Sherman law on the condition that
silver be retained. As money of the
country would favor state bank cur
rencv, under restrictions and limita-
tions. and based on gold and silver.
Representative Grain tdem. of Tex.):
I can not tell what | shall do until
congress meets
Representative T. !. Hudson (dem.,
of Kas.): favor free silver as a sub
stitute for the Sherman law. and, il
that is not sufficient, greenbacks.
Representative Curtis dem, of Kas-) j:
| favor the immediate repeal of the
Sherman bill and the free coinage IL
silver at its true ratio with gold. Coin
as much as will circulate of the bullion
now owned by the government into
standard silver dollars at a new ratio,
call in the dollars now in circu-
lation. recoin them into subsidiary
coins and dollars and protect the
holders by making them full legal
tender until redeemed. Create a COM
mission to maintain the parity of the
two metals for redemption purposes
according to the commercial ratio.
The Administration should
talk less and do more business
Representative Gresham (dem., of
Tex.): favor the repeal Of the Sher-
man law, but the federal government
should provide banking system upon
a broader and more elastic basis than
the present.
Representative Case BrodericlS (rep.,
of Kas-): am in favor of bi-metallism.
Am opposed to the repeal of the Sher.
man silver law without something bet
ter is substituted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24
FROM HAWAII.
The DynamItrrs mt work-Spreckle's Fall
ure-The Question of Annexation.

ure-The Question of Annexation.
HONOLULU. June 10.-The malicious
use intended for the dynamite bomb,
captured few rods from the barracks
May 81. is shown by the presence in
the package of a vial of illuminate Of
silver with n fuse such as the natives
use in fishing.
The removal of the troops from the
barracks to the palace basement pre-
viously planned was hastened day or
two. The palace is admirably con-
,tructed and constructed for defense
against anything but artillery.
Claus Spreckles has returned from
Kaikakui, where he labored faithfully
to influence the planters against annex
alton. without success. so far as known.
The payment Of sos, 900 demanded of
the government by Spreckles was COM
pleted June ).
Mr.. and Mrs Blount sailed June 6 for
Maui, greatly in need of rest and
change and anxious to see something
of the country.
. The Hawaiian Evangelical associa-
ton, which represents the Protest ant
majority of the natives, have organ
lied, choosing Kauuhane, native an
nexationist leader, as moderator.
The Morning star sailed for Micro
nesai June s.
The government has given out for
publication the Queens pOwer-of-at
torney to Paul Newman, given Janu-
ary 81. to sell her claim to the sover-
eighty of the islands to the United
States. copies of which were held by
the president and Minister Stevens.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24
FOOD FOR FLAMES.

Several Mining Towns on the Mesabs
Range Destroyed BY Fire In n Single
Day-Drfenaed from Forest Fires for
Weeks Only TO Suecumb af LAst-Men,
Women and Chiiafen Loaded on Ore
Cars for Removal to Pisces of Safety.
: DULrrn. Mimi, June 19.-The result
of year of enterprise on the Mesaba
range has been wiped out in n single
day. Advices received yesterday in
dictate that the towns of Virginia and
Mountain Iron had been destroyed and
that Biwabic was partially If not en-
tirely wiped out. 1t is impossible to
estimate the loss, Tut it will approxi-
mate sl,OO0, 900, and several thousand
people are homeless.
For three weeks the range has been
in danger. Forest fires have been
burning on all sides of the new min
ing towns, and only by the greatest
effort has the disaster been averted.
The towns are Mckinley, Mesaba,
Biwa bic, Virginia and Mountain Iron,
with an aggregate population of about
1000. on nearly straight line along
the range, covering a distance of TWEEN
ty-five miles The most important is
Virginia. with $500, and then Biwabic
with 1000. Mountain Iron has a pop
ulation of about 500, and Mckinley
200. On Saturday the first news was
received which indicated any serious
danger.
Up to this time the range towns had
fought the fire for themselves, and had,
SO far as possible, kept the news of
their danger from reaching the outside
world for fear their prospects might be
injured On Saturday General Man
ager Philben of the Mesaba road re-
ceired ,dvices which convinced him
that the danger was imminent. and he
wen, to Virginia 10 look after the in
t.rcs, ot his road which touches most
~ tbe ,inino to1rnx The f;re at this
,;,,. ,,.os Ill ,ho,t the v;lIaoe but
tbar. was avarv reason tn belieye that
:, I'LL I,o l-o,,, ,,,,5., ,on,-oI
ya.,ard,r rnorn;nn s,roro wind
,,,,nJ. y aano5 Tbc
g.. 80 80 e., Ca,auaI Nar.,er
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24
AN UNREASONABLE DEMAND
Resolutely Met and IEnomIniously With
drawn.


MISSEAPoLIs, Mimi, June 19.-For
ten hours yesterday the street railways
of Minneapolis and st. Paul were tied
up. A few days ago the company is
sued an order requiring the employees
to sign contract or else quit its em-
ploy. In this contract was a clause
rendering the drivers and conductors
personally liable for all damage TO per.
sons or property. This was objected
to by the men and they were given the
alternative of signing or quitting. Not
one of the 1000 men employed in Min.
neapolis signed the contract. At
meeting lasting until o'clock, yester'
day morning the men decided to quit
and accordingly no attempt was made
to run cars.
Mayor Eustis took hand in the
matter, and after considerable parley.
ing with the management of the COM
pany obtained a withdrawal of the OBJ
noxious contract. and at 3 o'clock reg
ular traffic was resumed. There was no
violence; the men simply quit work
and went home. and did not attempt
to prevent the company from running
cars if they cOuld secure men. This
the company did not attempt to do.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24
LATER NEWS.

TuE mining towns of Mckinley.
Mesaba, Virginia and Mountain Iron,
on the iron range in Minnesota, were
either totally or almost entirely wiped
ont of existence. on the 18th. by fire
caused by cncroaching forest fires. from
which they had been in imminent
danger for weeks. and against which
the people had made a noble fight.
THIRTY-FIvE HUNDRED Mecklinburg-
ers went to Friedricsruhe, on the 18th,
to pay homage to Prince bismarck.
With them were 5000 Hamburgers.
The prince made long speech. in
which he alluded to the day of Water
loo and to Germany's share in the bat
tie. He was enthusiastically cheered.
The village of Ironwood. Mich, is
suffering from the worst epidemic of
scarlet fever ever known in that Nate.
There are 400 cases now and the public
buildings are turned into hospitals.
Thirty to fifty new cases daily and
fifty to sixty deaths week are report
ed.
COMPLETE official returns of Chinese
registration under the ieary act have
been received by Internal Revenue
Commissioner Miller. They show that
out of 100000 Chinese in the United
States 1878 registered.
On the 18th the representatives of
the car acted as hosts to several hun
dred guests who had been invited to
attend the formal opening of the Rus
sian section in Manufactures building
at the Worlds fair.
OS the 18th the United States court
of appeals at Chicago, Chief Justice
Fuller presiding and all the justices
concurring. reversed the decision of
the circuit court closing the Worlds
fair on Sunday.
On the 18th Gov. Russell of Massa-
chusetts held reception in Hancock
House." Worlds fair grounds, in honor
of his state and in celebration of Bun
ller Hill" day.
PURSUANT to an act of congress
passed last July, the president has de-
tailed large number of officers of the
United States army to act as Indian
agents at the various agencies
= FIVE attachments were filed, on the
18th, by creditors against the Genesee
Oil Co., of Buffalo, n. Y, which as
signed the day before. The attach.
ments aggregate $4,000.
THREE of the Starr gang of outlaws
were captured in the Creek nation, on
10th, by posse, while nursing one of
theiy wounded comrades
The United States cruiser Chicago
sailed from the Brooklyn navy yard
on the 18th, flying the flag Of Rear
Admiral Henry Erbep
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24

THERE is something disconcerting
about the way new discoveries are be-
ing made. Next we may hear that some
mcddling investigator has discovered
the secret of literary style. so that by
the adjustment of a simple appliance to
a printing press raw facts may be fed
in at one end and literature cut off at
the other in lengths and of qualities to
suit. II remains for mankind to hope
that when it ceases to he possible for
the multitude to make a living on earth,
the secret of living without food may
come ont, or the perfection of flying
machines, or something, may provide
means of emigration to other spheres.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24

A MILL owner not long ago issued the
order that the girls in his employ should
not wear laced shoes. The reason that
he gave was that each ones boots I've
came united Mt least five times day
and took at least five seconds to retie.
When these twenty-five seconds were
multiplied by three hundred-the num-
Der of girls in his employ-thc loss of
time was, he said, too serious To sub
init tn
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24

BUFFALO, n. Y. June 1.s-Five at
tachments have been filed by creditors
against the Genessee Oil Co. which as
signed Friday. The attachments ag-
grcgate $4,000. A legal complication
has arisen in regard to the assign
ment The company is incorporated
under the laws of Pennsylvania, but
has been operating under the laws
of New York. and it is claimed had no
legal right to make an assignment. but
should have gone into the hands of a
receiver. Should the courts decide the
assignment illegal the company will
either have to go into the hands of a
receiver. or assign in the state of Penn
sylvania and appoint Pennsylvanian
as the assignee
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24

DR. ELISHA KANE was the most IA
nous of the Arctic explorers and will
long live in the story of his thrilling
adventures. lie died many years ago.
but his widow still survives and the
closing scenes of her life are among the
saddcst and most squalid Surroundings.
Recently she was taken from a colored
tenement house in New York city to an
insane asylum. crazcd as the result of
years of indulgence in strong drink.
She was one of the famous Fox sisters,
whose spiritual rappings" won them
fortune and notoriety.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-24

Coy. MCt;RAw, of the state of Wash
ingtnn, went west eight or ten years
ago, arriving in San Francisco with
forty-two dollars in lis pocket. He sent
forty dollars home to his wife. and be-
gan his western life as a horSc-car
driver. He made his way to Seattle,
where he became sheriff, hotcllecper
and lawyer, and finally one of the most
prosperous and popular men in the new
state. lie is about forty years old.