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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
LATER NEWS.

JAMES l.. WRIGHT, one of the found
ers of the Knights of Labor. died at
his home in Philadelphia, on the 5th,
aged 16 years.
THE imports. exclusive of specie. at
the port of New York. for the week
endei on the ath. were $40, 45O. .sa4. of
which $2.Ss5,6I3 were dry goods and
s7.62aa, Isl general merchandise.
Hon. f. J. PHELPS, one of the Amer
lean counsel before the Behring sea
tribunal of arbitration. accompanied
by Mrs. Phelps, sailed from SOutham mp
ton for New York, on the 5th, on the
American line steamer Paris.
The surveyors who are at work on
the Indian allotment in the Cherokee
strip will complete their work on the
10th. which will allow the proclama-
tion declaring the land open to be is
sued on the 14th or 18th.
THE rough treatment accorded Gov.
Tillman's dispensary spies in Sumpter
and Charleston, S. c., has made the
governor angry. He announces that
he will arm the consta ables and give
them instructions to shoot anybody
who interferes with them.
The convention of county COM
missioners in San Francisco, on the 5th,
urgei the governor to call an extra
session of the legislature to appro-
pirate 100000 to the proposed Cali.
fornia Midwinter fair and to empower
counties to make appropriations.
The extraordinary session of con-
gress, called by President Cleveland to
take action on financial questions. met,
on the 9TH. with full attendance of
members. Many new faces and many
familiar in former years, but missing
from their places for one or more terms,
were observed among the members
present.
The government has now on hand
about 13O, ZOO, 900 ounces of fine silver,
costing sl1s, 900. 900. The coinage value
of the bullion on hand is about sl61,-
600, 900. If this were coined the gov
ernment would realize profit of about
$4s, ,000, 900, against which silver GER
tificates could be issued: but il is esti-
mated that this, with the present force,
would consume five years.
The weekly statement of the associ.
ated banks of New York city. issued
on the 5th, shows the following
changes: Reserve. decrease, s9, 716, i25;
loans. increase, s2,aS1 800, specie. de-
crease, s6,70o, 100; legal tenders, de-
crease, s5sS2a 200: deposits, decrease,
80, 231, 900; circulation, increase, $780,
700. The banks were shown to hold
sk,ol7,soO below the requirements Of
fM 2s-psr'ceut. rule
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON,

The statement of the public debt is.
sued on the lst showed that the deb,
increased a. .263, 1913 during the month OF
July. The cash in the treasury was
1851, I56, 90s. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to sS43, 233,4i9
GOVERNMENT receipts for the month
of July were $50, ,9O5. T16. 10 and the ey.
penditures $50, ,675, $500. In June the
receipts were $50. .9s3. .921.S5 and the ex-
penditnres s29. 266. $3.50.
AT the United States mints the coin
age executed during July was very
light, being only 2, l65, 900 pieces, of the
value of e391, 200.
The national bank notes outstanding
on the 1st were s1sS, SIS, ,92O, an increase
of s5,041, 1856 during July.
1T was stated for the first time since
April 20, 1898. when the gold reserve in
the treasury fell below the 800, OOO, 900
mark, the reserve has been made intact
The gold and silver coin and GER
tificatcs. United States notes and ma
tional bunk notes in circulation August
were 81, ,611 ,O99. III, an increase during
the month of July of sl7, 7,237, COG. The
increase during the last twelve months
was in round figures 50. .00O,0
In the government treasury all the
silver dollars which are accessible
have been exhausted, owing to the de-
mand for money of small denomina.
ton.
lS the United States there were 4SG
business failures during the seven days
ended on the 4th. In the week preced-
ing there were 3sG, and during the cor
responding time in 1892 the number
was 80.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 4th aggregated
s973, 75':i. against sss7, 1855. 500 the pre-
vious week. The decrease. compared
with the corresponding week in 1892,
was o..
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

IN ports of Russia the ravages Of
cholera where the disease is now epi-
dcmic show a marked increase.
ApvIcEs from Valparaiso say that
the revolution in Argentina was spread
ing and that all the cities and towns
along the coast of the province of
Buenos Ayres. numbering over forty,
were held by the rebels.
FLAMES destroyed 1S0 houses in the
town of Brisk. in Russia, and seven per-
sons were killed and large number
We're injured.
ABOUT onc-thirtl of the town of Port
Louis. the capital of the island of
Mauritius. was DESTROYED by fire, the
loss being over / .O0J, O10 rupees
THERE have been $3.50 deaths from
cholera in Mecca and IBIS in .Jedda, in
Russia, since the epidemic broke out
two months ago. There have been COL
deaths from tn" scourge in MarSeillcs,
France. since the middle of Nav.
On the German armor-clad steamer
Baden at Kiel an explosion killed nine
seamcn and seventeen persons we,a
wounded
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

THIS has not been good year for the
bee keepers, and there has not been
half crop of honey. There is great
difference in seasons, SO far as honey
making is concerned. Though flowers
come in about the same profusion each
year. they do not contain the same
amount of honey. Some years they
seem filled with sweet nectar. and the
bees make frequent excursions, and
always return heavily laden, and other
years the busy little workers scour the
country far and wide and gather little
honey. 1t has been two or three years
since there was large crop of the
Droduct
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

An attempt to rob and assault Mrs.
Vance Smith, a prepossessing widow of
Sedalia, was thwarted at an early hour
the other morning by the lady'S brav-
cry. She lives alone, and a couple of
days previous to the incident rented
furnished room to man who gave the
name of Harris. After the midnight
hour rap at the front door aroused
the lady, and, on asking who was
there. the reply was made: 81 am the
new roomer and want in" A few
minutes later Mrs. Smith heard a
strange noise in the rOomer's apart
ment. and soon became con-
vinced that he was rumaging the
bureau drawers About the same time
a man on the outside was endeavoring
to gain an entrance through a rear
window. Seizing revolver that was
beneath her pillow, Mrs. Smith fired
two shots at the prowler, which caused
him to beat a hasty retreat. She then
threw open the window shutters and
jumped into the yard, taking her two
children with her. and fired two more
shots to attract the attention of her
neighborS. BY this time the man in
Harris room had succeeded in demol-
ishing the door and fed down street.
1t has developed that it was. we'll
posted stranger whom Mrs. Smith had
admitted, supposing him to be Harris.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

THERE appears to be 10 way of de-
termining absolutely whether women
should or should not wear corscts At
South Beach, near New York. a young
woman was nearly drowned because
she went into the surf tightly corseted.
fainting spell coming upon her IN the
water. On the other hand the attempt
Of n discarded lover to kill young
woman in Wisconsin was defeated by
the bullet striking corset steel aud so
being DETECTED
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

THE parents of to-day" says Mrs
Burton Harrison in her story, Out of
Season. don't trouble themselves to
train up wives for the rank and file of
our honest gentlemen. They create
fine ladies and look about for some one
to take the expense of them off their
hands," And then we wonder at re-
suits! Until women know their busi-
ness the divorce mill is bound to be in
active operation. There is thought
here which intelligent American women
should be quick to catch on" The
proper training of daughters is work
that may well evoke the best effort OF
American mothers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
The drop in silver has stirred up the

The drop in silver has stirred up the
western miners to more vigorous
search for gold, and it is probable that
the production of that metal will be
greatly increased within year or two
Mines which have not paid will be re-
opened. and with new processes for the
reduction of the ores, the work will
doubtless be prosecuted with profit
Prospectors are now scattered over the
mountains of Montana, and while their
individual findings may be small the
aggregate will make large increase in
the total of yeafs production. Still
it will be a long time before gold will
be too plentiful.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

CANAJoHARIE. n. V, Aug. 6.-The
Hay Trade journal reviews the hay
market in the United States rs follows:
The crop for this year is virtually
harvested and in the main is of coed
quality. Reports from every part of
the country indicate feeling among
farmers and dealers to hold for rise,
due in large measure to advices from
abroad regarding a short crop there.
Holders are cautioned not to expect
much advantage from the high prices
abroad, as freights to foreign ports will
more than offset the difference in
prevailing prices
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

Miss CARRIE l.. IioDspoN. cf Law
renee, Mass, and Miss Edith NJ. Ken
niston, of Concord, n. H., are making a
bicycle tour of England for Il press syn
dicate, and are incidentally demon
strating that Saratoga trunks are an
outgrewn luxury. The entire amount
of their luggage for the five months
during which they will be away from
home is confined to bundle that may
be strapped to their bicvcles
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

Edison hopes some day to make Nj
agara furnish enough electric power to
run every railroad train and light every
town. in the state of New York. Wheth-
cr Edison succeeds in this particular
undertaking or not electricity is mani
testify the motor of the future, and it is
not a very distant future either. Some
day all our swift streams and even the
ocean tides will be making electricity
for the uses of man, and the locomotive
will be as great a curiosity as the stage
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

PERSONS who visit the Russian ex-
nibit at the worlds fair should cult
We the acquaintance of Princess
Marie Schaskovsky, who will introduce
them to Nine. Korvinpogesky. who will
show them through the exhibit. If
they still desire to meet distinguished
foreigners let them then hunt Mr.
Robert Rachmuswarscoganho of
Stockholm, whose arrival was chroni-
cled recently.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

William Walker, prosperous farmer
miles southeast Of Golden City, Bar
bon county, was horribly mutilated
while plowing by team running away
with a sulky plow. The hired man
found Mr.. Walkers body fastened so
firmly into the parts Of the plow that it
was with great difficulty removed. He
had been dragged in this position 90
rods, and was almost ifeless. One ear
was cut of, one eye gouged out and the
other severely injured. The flesh was
torn from one arm. leaving bare the
bones. The body and head were GOV,
wed with bruiaeA . He may die
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

WHEN Benjamin Franklin proposed
TO start a newspaper his mother tried to
dissuade him because there were al
ready two newspapers in America.
Ben is said to have replied: Mamma,
eau scoop the boots of Of those hand
hills" And be did
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

The Lunatic oil spring of Wheeler
Canyon, Cal, at the time of new moon
begins to flow oil. When the moon is
at its full the spring yields three bar
rels of oil a day. The quantity de-
creases with the waning of the moon
and ceases when the moons last quar-.
ter is past
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
A Long Bicycle Ride.

OAKLAND CITY, Ind, Aug. earl
larson, on his way from san Francisco,
to Chicago, by way of Louisville. ar
rived here this evening in good condi-
ton and spirits He has been out forty
two days, and will make the run ahead
Of time. arriving in Louisville tomor-
ro,y
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

LEON LIZ PONToIs, Frcnchman. has
invented an apparatus which he calls a
telectroscope. BY means of it he claims
to enable people to see over wire as
far as they can talk by the long-dis-
tance telephone. The rays of light are
converted into electric currents by IA
combination of camera and sclcnium
battery cells.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

THERE are 75S periodicals and news
papers in Russia, which contains ii
population of 100, 600, 900. According to
the statistics of 1892 there were 1857!
in this country, and population of
say 65,0O0,OOO. The newspapers in Rus
Sia, however. arc miSnamed. They
dare not print the news.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

IKE nomination of President ayles-
worth, of Drake university. as the pro-
hibitioh candidate for governor Of Iowa,
Sas been declined.
A MOB lynched Felix Poole, a notori-
GUS character, near Owensboro, n.y.,
for an assault on M:ss Yorn, aged IS.
IN Iowa insurance rates have been
raised 10 per cent and merchants have
been notified that they must meet the
| increase.
DOUGLAS DAVIS fatally stabbed .is
wife in a jealous rage at Greenville. Ill,
and cut his own throat. dying instantly.
VIRGINIA populists In convention at
| Lynchburg nominated Edmund Z.
Cooke, farmer of Cumberland county.
| for governor; J. Brad Beverly, of
Faguier. for lieutenant governor, and
W. 5. Gravely, of Henry, for attorney
general
N Chicago the first general meeting
of women lawyers ever held convened
with delegates present from every secs'
tion of the United States.
THE mines of California during the
past three months have turned out sa,-
SOC. 900 in fine gold.
FAILURES were reported of the Com
mercial bank at Stevens Point, Wis,
the National German-American bank
at St. Paul. Mimi. and the banking
house of Lazarus Silverman in Chicago
ONE of Chicago's biggest dry goods
concerns, the James III. Walker COM
pany. doing an immense wholesale
and retail business, failed for s24OO.-
OOO
AT Houston, Tex, Walter F. Shaw
was hanged for the murder of his moth.
er and aunt March 81. 1892
A CLOUDBURsT- in the vicinity OF
Sharptown, Ind, did immense damage
to crops and farm property.
FOURTEEN farms in Alpena county,
Mich, were swept by forest fires, con-
suming houses, baris, and grain and
hay and damaging growing crops.
The "Hoosier poetess." Sarah T. Boil
ton, died at her home in Indianapolis,
aged 50 years Among the most popu-
lar of her songs were Paddle Your Own
Canoe" and Union Forever"
ROBERT DUNCAN. of indianapolis. and
MIS- vi clIC,
Ind. discovered that they were brother
and sister after separation of seventy
years. Mrs. Caulkins is S. years old
and Mr.. Duncan is So
AT Memphis. Tenn. sixty persons,
including the sheriff and other officers.
have been indicted for lynching and
cremating the negro Lee Walker.
TIE l3-year-old son of Edgar Burger,
of South kolIomo. Ind. died from the
direct effects of cigarette smoking.
TIKI! execution of Joseph II. Howell.
who murdered Mrs. Nancy Hall and
seven children January 10, 1892, took
place at Trenton, Mo.
Is prize fight at Denver Bobby Tay-
lor. fighting under the sobriquet of the
Sailor Kid" was killed by William
Robinson.
{. The following bank failures were
announced: First national at liam
mond. Ind. Citizens national at Mum
Gle. Ind, First national at Plattville,
Wis. State bank of Providence. T.
l., Exchange at Colby, Wis, Lebanon
Pa. Trust and safe deposit bank. and
the First national. National citizens
and Mankato national at Mankato,
MINI.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

1T is western editor. who, when a
subscriber fails to respond to the sec
ond bill, publishes an obituary of the
delinquent on the theory that he must
be dead or he would pay up. That is
a very reasonable conclusion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
Insane Asylum Managers Meet.

The managers of lunatic asylum No
were in executive session at Nevada
the other day. The regular monthly
business was transacted. After dinner
the board went into executive session.
DIR. r. E. Young, who has been super
intendent ever since the asylum was
opened in. 1887, rendered his resigns-
tion, to take effect August 5, and DR..
James Gordon, assistant physician, was
elected to fill out the term. which ex-
pires in October. Gov. WI. Stone was
present at the session. The board will
elect officers at its regular meeting
September 3.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

IA JATIJIT SINGH RAJAI RAzAGAU, of
Kapurthalia, has been taking in the
sights of Coney Island. He wrapped
his name around him the other day and
took a swim
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.-The treasury
department is doing all in its power to
meet the demand Of small hanks in and
around New York. Last night fl.o0e,-
600 wsa sent % Nsv Work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

DIR. GATLING's improved machine gun
will send bullet through mans
body at a distance of two miles.
Gatling is one of those kill or cure
floefors
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
Additional suits Against kansas City Bank
Oficials,

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Aug. 6.-Seversl
additional suits were filed yesterday
against the directors and officers of the
suspended Kansas City safe deposit and
savings bank. charging fraud and rep
resenting the bank as solvent when it
was on the verge of failure. 1t de-
velopcd that James ID. Strahan. dis
count clerk of the institution up to
March last. was over 8, 900 short in his
accounts when he departed. Publicity
wa, not desired at that time and the
clerk was not arrested. 1t is possible
something may be done now.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

KATE FIELD says that Edwin Booth
cast a vote for Abraham Lincoln for
president, but never voted before that
occasion or after
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

If newspaper cuts are reliable there
is great and striking family resem.
blsnce between a planning mill nfrc
and a full set of unbung bangs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

VIM. Rhodes. a Sedalia clerk. was en-
gagged in cleaning shotgun and did
not know it was loaded. The muzzle
rested upon the toes of his right foot
when the weapon was discharged. tear
ing away one toe and lacerating the
foot.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

SOME idea of the slaughter of ele-
phants can be secured from the fact
that in Zanzibar alone some 500, 600
pounds of ivory are marketed every
season from tie tusks of 10000 ele-
plants.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

BETWEEN 1 o'clock a. m. and il:55 d.
m Charles Petticord. of Pittsburgh.
pedaled bicycle aaS miles over country
roads. That Is better time than some
passenger trains make.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

The official figures show that the an
nual dairy product of this country ex-
ceeds in value that of the lumber. wheat
and iron interests combined. The cows
of this country are worth 500, 900, ,OOO
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
STATE SCHOOL FUND.

The Annual Apporti6nineft Of the sefi8et
Fund to the Various Couities In Miss
souri,.
The forty-eighth annual apportion-
nent of state school money, made by
the superintendent of public schools,
shows the following:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
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4 number of insane convicts have
heen transferred from the penitentiary
hospital to the various asylums for the
insane.
The condition Of the hospital has been bad
for some time owing to the presence of these
insane convicts. and their removal will be
beneficial TO the sick of the institution as
well as to them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
A SIxty-Foot Plunge to Death.

TERRE HAUrE, Ind, Aug. IA spe
cial to the Express from Danville, ILL.,.
says: A wreck that will cost the Big
Four over $4,000 occurred here
Saturday night. An east-bound freight
train broke in two and while it was be-
ing coupled together on the iron bridge
over the South Fork river. Another
east-bound freight train came around
the sharp curve to the west of the
bridge and a collision occurred. The
shock knocked two spans of the bridge
off the piers into the river sixty-three
feet below. Engine 81. and twenty
eight cars composing the second train
and four ears of the first train went
DOWN with the bridge.
All on the first train jumped before
the trains came together. Engineer
Daniel O'Connor of the second train
jumped off his engine before the bridge
was reached. lie was unfortunate
enough to land in barb-wire fence
and was severely scratched but re-
ceived no serious injuries His fireman,
Frank Flanagan went down with the
engine. In some miraculous way he
cleared the wreck and was found wad-
ing around in the water in a nearly un-
conscious condition. lie is not seri-
ously hurt.
Conductor Grow has his limbs
crushed and has severe internal injur-
ie,-
Head Brakeman Stone lies buried at
the bottom of the wreck.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
English Gold to the Rescue Of the Ameri-
can Banks. -

LONDON, Aug. 6.--The Economist pre-
diets that much more gold will be with
drawn from England for exports to the
United States before the present pres
sure ceases.
The London Speaker believes that
the importation of gold IS strengthen
ing the American banks, and this, COM
bined with the reInedialneasures to be
taken BY congress, will reassure the
American public. Naturally the
banks hsre,' the paper adds. will
show what help they eau be to the
New J ,-k eo:3munjiY.7
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
sRate per pnpil 80. s69

"Rate per pupil So s69.
Onethird OF the ordinary receipts in
TO the state revenue fund from July
l. 1872. to June 30 1898, inclusive. s6l0, SOC 10
Interest invested state school fund is6, 900 90
Refunded by J. J. Jamison. county
clerk of Reynolds county, refunded
on account OF error in enumeration 1si 10
Total amount apportioned. s1g7 i16 n
From this amount is deducted the
sum of s97.05 due Taney county on ac-
count of an error in the enumeration Of
1892, and s12.14 due Harrison county,
and $3.50 due Jasper county on account
of errors in the enumeration of 1892.
This deduction is provided for by Sec
tion S064a.
Net amount to be apportioned. $500. .Ga5 a
State school enumeration. n.....-...-.-.. 9.l6, 81
Amount to each child enumerated. .0s696ilSsS
The appOrtionment in the various
counties should be made in August,
1893, upon the enumeration returns
made in May. 1898, to county clerks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

Joab Strimple. q well-known con-
tractor and builder and one Of the
Oldest residents Of Kansas City, is dead.
eyed so.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12

Chas. Miller, colored school-teacher,
was killed by Missouri Pacific train
near Sedalia. He had been dissipating
for years.