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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

The new school board of st. Louis is
republican in politics, and has been
organized on political grounds.
This is the first time in years that politics
has cut much of figure IN school board af-
falrS in st. Louis The new president on tax
ing his Office. said that as the majority OF the
board was now republican. and elected as re-
pdblicans. the party would be held strictly ac-
countahc for the conduct of its business.
The following statistical information il
Cleaned from the presidents address: Two
years ago ilearn that there were then 1,2ji
teachers employed. in charge of lob school
rooms. as instructors of !960I pupils. To-day
We have |. 1863 teachers in charge Of .Oii rooms
instructing e. ie9 pupils. m increase OF 100
teachers, 81 rooms and $40 pupils. In addi.
ton, there are IL rooms. with seats for
the accommodation OF 2.62l pupils
Eow ready for occupancy. There have
been expended for new buildings dur
ing the past two years $50 glas -: for heating
apparatus, school sites ct. 81 ~ aSs Sc and the
new high school. SIS i63 - making total for
new school buildings in two years o. $5T7 .37I.5s
In addition TO this there was expended on the
board of education building sil5 22L37 a grand
total OF expenditures for new buildings OF S991-
1855. The total numher Of rooms erected have
been eighty, and the average cost per room in
Guiding furniture. heating apparatus etc. was
si.3l3i0 The value placed on the board
of education building when appraised in June.
is93. was: For building sSgI iai: for the site.
sll9.ig-a total valuation OF S5Ii93L The total
value OF all the district school buildings is 81
s6di936 The value Of school sites is S6i1 Go
-. The value OF real rSiat. under lease and
bearing revcnle is Lee 5iI making grand
total OF - ls0,qSJIs
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25
THE EAST.

The Knights of Labor met in the
seventeenth annual convention at In
dustrial hall in Philadelphia.
FIRE destroyed the schoolhouse at
Coopersville, y. Y, and Miss May Por-
ter, the teacher, and Willard johnson,
a little bov. We're burned to death.
AT the congress of the Salvation
Army at Carnegie music hall in New
York, Commander Booth, who pre-
sided, spoke about the work of the
army during the past year and said
that over 15,OOO,OOO persons had at
tended the meetings
The new cruiser Columbia in an un-
official trial off Boston made the unprec-
edented speed of -. 81 knots an hour.
Is New York the Thurber-Whyland
company, wholesale grocers, failed for
$500, 900.
Ar Auburn, N v, John johnson
(colored) was electrocuted for the un-
provoked murder of two fellow con-
Victs.
The league magnates in session in
New York formally declared the Bos-
tons the baseball champions
The Knights of Labor executive
board in session at Philadelphia is ac-
cused of misapplying $4,000 by Secre-
tary-Treasurer Hayes
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, the National
Plate Glass company, with a capital of
$40, OO0, 900 and one of the most formid
able trusts in the country. has gone to
pieces.
LILLIAN RUSSELL, the actress, has Sc
cured in New York divorce from Ed
ward Solamon.
IS Pittsburgh Mrs. Annie Johnson
(coloredJ, 1O3 years old, was fatally
burned by her clothing taking fire.
ADvICEs received by Secretary Gresh-
am from Minister Willis say that the
Hawaiian government would resist its
overthrow.
AT the age of 20 years William II.
Beers, ex-president of the New York
Life Insurance company, died in New
York.
A SUCCESSFUL test of electricity as
motive power for canal boats was made
at Brighton, \. y.
IN Boston Judge Hardy decided in
the case of Simon Levy against Simon
Miller tha: q man cannot lawfully mar
ry his half niece 10 Massachusetts.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.

DURING the ten months ended October
81 last the reduction in the value of eX.
ports of breadstuffs and provisions,
compared with the same period in 1892,
was respectively si2, 2,4s7, ,957 and SCI,
57,493
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 18th was: Wheat,
-. O67, 900 bushels; corn, sos, 900 BUSH
els: oats, 4,7I1, 200 bushels; rye. SCI, ZOO
bushels; barley. $3.50. 900 bushels.
By the October report balance OF
trade of s35, 100000 in favor of the
United States is shown.
The general superinte ndent of the
life saving service in his annual report
states that the number of disasters with
in :he field of operations of the service
during the year was 427; 3,542 persons
were saved and % lost The property
imperiled was valued at IS, 09s, ,075, and
of this amount 1865, $40 was lost The
number of vessels totally lost was IS.
AT the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
sI,OlG. All, ,aOI, against s932, ,S53,717 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1892
was 80
IN the United States there were 324
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 36l the week
previous and 205 in the corresponding
time in 1892
OF 597 bank suspensions within ten
months 20 per cent. were national, 81
per cent. state and 32 per cent. private
banks. Fifty per cent of suspended
national banks have reopened, 96 per
cent. of the state and Il per cent. of the
private banks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

Judge Thomas has filed suit in the
question of great public interest.
The suit is brought on bch llr of tbs judges
daughter and son-ln law Mr. and Mrs. ]. W.
Evens. against the Phoenix Loan association
and Mrs. G. C. Hiatt. OF St Joseph, and Mr..
Valentine Riegel, OF MO5erly. The petition
seeks to set aside two deeds OF trust given by
Mr.. and Mrs. EvenS on their home to secure .
loan Of 81 U. The petition alleges that tho
loan was illegal. fraudulent and oppressive,
and II the co1rt grants reii 4 on the ground set
W therein and its action is confirmed by the
supreme court the suit will, in a great
measure, reader Illegal the most OF the
loans made hy buildin; and loan associations
in Missouri The petition claims: That the
Phoenix Loan asso .iation had no right to fix
arbitrarily the premium 1t 81 cents per share
OF stock per month as it did In this case. but
that the premium can Q fixed only by fair lid
ding in open meeting OF the shareholders: that
the company pretended to charge but per
cent for loans. when in fact 1t charged 20 per
cent; that it adopted its methods simply to
avoid the usury laws; that the company docs an
Illegal business in discriminating against bor
rOwers by requiring them to pay 80 cents per
month per share Tor dues, 70 scents per mOIth
PER share for inter 81, anu y cents per share
per month for premium, whereas nol-borroW-
erS pay only ~ cents PER share per month a.
dues. thus making the borrower to mature his
loan, not oaiy pay - cents per month per share
as dues and 70 cents per mOath per SHIRE as in
tereSi, which Oh tht TO put him on an equality
with q nOa-tOr-Ower. but it makes him pay also
81 cents per month per share 10y way OF premi-
um. and then lets the non borrower share in
the profits ariSin'. from This premium without
contributing anything to the funl to which it
goes that the company borrowe 1.-The money TO
Ioln plaintins. it being claimed that build-
in and loan association has no authority under
the law to borrow money to make loans.
Judge Thomas int tnds il this suit to test the
couStitutiOnaliiy of section 3sll OF the Missouri
Revised Statutes OF 1889. which allows building
and loan associations to chIrge uSuriOuS rates
OF interest. lie thinks this section unconstitu-
tiOnal because it cOIferS on these associations
privileges not granted TO banking and other
corporations AMI to individuals.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25
WEST AND SOUTH.

The doors were closed OF the Coal
and Iron bank, the last bank in Middle
boro, Ky.
Or a false telegram V. Rochon, of
Norway, Mich, was called away and
his safe robbed of s.. 700 in his absence.
FLAMES at Chanute, Kan, destroyed
ten brick business houses, together
with their contents Loss, 100000.
In storm in the Glass mountains
near Enid, o. T., whole family named
johnson, from Pike county, Mo-, per-
ished.
ALL the boom town of Kanawha, w.
Va, is to be sold for taxes.
AT Louisville the Kentucky Mailing
company made an assignment with liza
bilities of sl50,000.
IL his Office in Chicago John Adams
Drake, treasurer of the Indiana, Illi-
nois & Iowa railroad, was knocked
down by burglars and pay envelopes
containing sci ,995 were stolen.
For the murder of Nellie Byron. near
Joliet, ILL.,, in August last, Ernest La
core was sentenced to be hanged.
AT the home of his daughter in Terre
Haute Ind, James Dawson celebrated
the 1O4th anniversary of his birth.
The chief clerk of the navy depart
ment, John W. Hogg, dropped dead at
his home in Rockville, Md
The Page Touring mills at Fergus
Falls, Mimi, were destroyed by fire,
the loss being 100000.
AT Ottumwa, Ia, Amelia Darby was
sentenced to fifteen years hard labor
in prison for participation in the
Thomas LLOYD murder.
FIRE ruined the Edgewood female
seminary, Catholic school near Madi-
son. Wis, and Maggie Stack and Mar
gle Rice were suffocated in bed
TWENTY THOUSAND persons have been
reduced to starvation by the shutting
down of the iron mines in the Gogebic
range in Michigan.
On the worlds fair grounds the main
buildings will be allowed to stand next
year. No admission will be charged to
the park.
JOSEPH THAs killed his wife, who had
left him, at Deadwood, 5. D., and two
other persons, and then took his own
life.
FIRE wiped out the business portion
Of Brooklyn, Wis
EPHRIAM SLEDeE, on a wager, drank
a quart of whisky and a schooner of
beer at Brennan, Tex. An inquest fol-
lowed.
IN Chicago Vina Soloman, an insane
domestic who wanted to kill Rev. p. S.
Henson, pastor of the First Baptist
church, was arrested after an exciting
chase.
FLoRIDA's governor says the Corbett-
Mitchell prize fight cannot take place
in that state.
The death OF Gen. Theodore Garriard
Hunt occurred in New Orleans. aged so
years He served term Ii congress
before the war
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

A large number of home-sccllers have
been induced to buy lands in southwest
Missouri to which the title is bogus
Fraudulent abstracts Of title from Don Jo-
seph Nalliere or Won de CarOndelet, VINO are
certified to have secured from the Spanish
government in lI93 the grant OF a large tract
described as in the White river district ex-
tending from the Rivers Norte Grande and
Cihulus 10 the sources of said rivers ten
leagues in depth. In reality all the land not
entered helorgs to the United States govern
ment II is said that hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars have been made by parties dealing in
the spurious land titles. and many dupes
have recently come in conflict with the records
OF the United States land Office in officials of
the Springfield ONCE have been impellel to is
sue public warning An investigation to trace
the deeds 10 their source is in pro sreSs. and
sensational Developments are promised that
will affect men of accepted standing in St.
Louis, Kansas City and Springfield.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

The founder of the Scotch Evangel-
ical church, Rev. DIR. Morrison, died in
Glasgow.
AT Liverpool Ben Hyams, a we'll
known English bookmaker, was
drugged and robbed of $4,000.
IN hurricane on the Frische-Haff,
an extensive bay in East Prussia, many
fishing boats were lost and eighteen
persons were drowned.
MEXICAN revolutionists captured the
towns of Ascension and Comalitas and
ordered all Americans to leave.
THE Mormons of the United States
were arranging for the purchase of
5000, 900 acres of land in Chihuahua,
Mexico.
IN Mexico the uprising has assumed
such serious proportions that unless
speedily stamped ont it will endanger
President Diaz' government
TROOPS have been ordered to the
Mexican border to protect the property
and lives of Americans from the revo-
lutionists.
IL the City of Mexico cigar box con-
tanning $50, 900 was stolen from clerk
of the National bank.
EMPEROR WILLIAM said in opening
the reichstag that Germany continued
in the closest friendship with the allied
powers and concluded by expressing
the hope that with Gods aid the bless
ing of peace would be in future pre-
served to Germany.
The United States consul,to Desterro,
Robert Grant, was arrested by Brazil
ian revolutionists and imprisoned on a
warship.
A POLICE census gives the population
of Toronto, Ont. as 1ss,914-a gain of
o.. 900 over that of two years ago.
THE coal miners in England, after
four months suffering, decided to re-
sumo work at the old wages.
IN Brazil Admiral Mello hoisbed the
imperial flag and declared for Count
d'Eu's son as emperor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25
warShip.
LATER NEWS.

| a GENERAL strike on the entire Sys-
tenn of the Lehigh Valley railroad was
ordered at 10 o'clock on the night of
the 18th, and n complete tie-up of the
road ensued, nothing but mail trains
being moved by the strikers The
cause of the men was much helped by
the refusal of competing lines to han
die any business OF the Lehigh Valley
road.
ONE of the worst storms ever re-
ported from the United Kingdom and
English channel occurred on the 18th
and 10Th. resulting in the loss of a
large number of craft of all descrip-
tions and innumerable human lives.
At several points on the coast the ther-
mometer fell rapidly and many per-
sons were frozen to death IN the snow
drifts
The investigation made by the Mar
seilles police into the plot to blow up
the residence Of Gen. Mathelin, COM
mander of the Fifteenth army corps
has proven almost bootless, persons
cognizant of the facts being afraid to
testify lest they draw the vengeance OF
the anarchists upon themselves.
THE weekly statement of the New
York associated banks for the week
ended on the 18th showed the following
changes: Reserve. decrease. s7,641, $50;
loans. increase. 81, ,25S. 200; specie, in
crease, 81 .s79, 400: legal tenders. increase,
IS. sos 400: deposits. increase. IS, e44, 200;
circulation decrease s27o 700.
Iris exnlained that the DELAY in the
delivery of Worlds fair exhibits pur-
chased during the fair is caused by the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

LIMA. o., Nov. 19.-At Troy the
United States Express Co. was robbed
of $500 Friday. The express messen-
ger at the Big Four depot had in his
charge a small iron safe. The train
was not due for few minutes. so he
placed the safe in the telegraph Office
and stepped to the baggage room. lie
was gone only few minutes, but
when he came back the little iron box
and contents had disappeared. An
express robbery had been planned and
successfully carried out. Two sus-
picious characters were noticed loafing
about the depot prior to the robbery.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

Mr.. AND Mrs ROBERT l.. READE have
agreed 10 disagree. They have parted
company on anything but anicable
terms, Mrs. Reade remaining in Paris,
while her husband has returned to New
\ ork. Mrs. Reade was the once motor
ions Josie Mansfield, and Mr.. Rcadc, who
was the son of wealthy Minneapolis
man. married her because he SAID she
was the only person who could save
him from drinking himself 20 death.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-World's fair off,
cials have been almost swamped lately
by inquiries from buyers of fair ex-
hibits, as to the cause of the delay in
delivering the goods About 81, ,0oO, 900
worth of exhibits were sold for delivery
at the close of the fair, and purchasers
have become anxious. E. 5. Farra. rep
resenting the German exhibitors, ex-
planned to-day that no goods can be
shipped until all exhibits have been
inspected, and that the crush of busi-
ness has thrown customhouse officials
behind with the work, causing the de-
Law in delivery.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

Col. EDMUND RICE, United States
army, who was commandant of the
Columbian guard at the worlds fair,
has military record of distinction.
For more than thirty-three years he
has been in active service He enlisted
from Massachusetts ut the beginning
of the war, and was acting as captain
when he was only nineteen years old,
and before the war was over had risen
to the rank of colonel Col. Rice's
work in organizing the three thousand
raw recruits into the disciplined Colum-
bian guards has been highly COM
mended
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

IT has been discovered that the
United States has a good title to
couple of islands in the Pacific ocean
adjoining the Hawaiian group. They
were acquired by right of discovery
about thirty years ago, but have never
been taken possession Of They are
excellcntly located for coaling stations,
and the navy department will take i'm
mediate steps to utilize them as such.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

A FRENCH inventor has found out a
way to beat the impetuous and deadly
tornado. He would simply erect tall
towers and attach to the highest points
thereof great charges of some powerful
explosive. The bombs must be con-
nected by wire with an observation sta
tion, and when the tornado approaches
the observer simply touches a button,
an electric current touches off the
bomb and the conclusion breaks the
tornado all up. Whether an explosion
violent enough to smash a tornado
would not be more disastrous than
the tornado itself the inventor fails to
CT
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

THE last spark of the Centennial ex-
hibition at Philadelphia fiickered out
recently wnen the Centennial board of
finance met and dissolved the organiza-
ton after seventeen years of existence.
The Philadelphia Ledger says: They
could not wind up affairs and disband
the corporation because they had 4
small fund remaining that could not be
economically divided. Year after year
they met on the anniversaries of the
opening and closing of the exhibition
in social dinner parties, until at length
congress passed an act under which the
corporation could dispose of its remain
ing assets and be dissolved"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

FRANCIS III. WEEKS. son of an old and
honored New York family, lawyer and
trustee Tor large estates, who was
broaght back from Costa Rica and
charged with having embezzled more
than 81, 900, 900 of money which had been
placed in his hands by clients, has been
taken to Sing Sing prison. The famous
betrayer of trust was brought into
court. pleaded guilty on one of the
strongest indictments against him and
was given the maximum penalty of the
law-ten years at hard labor. If he
behaves himself during confinement he
will be released at the end of six years
and six months.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25

ONE of the freaks of the late contest
at the polls was the election of Brook
lyn bartender to the New York state
senate against his will He was NOM
mated half in jest, and he himself con-
sidcred the affair as a huge joke and
elcctioneered for the other fellow. But
the landslide overlook him, and now he
is Senator George Owens instead of
plain George, old boy"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25
The knights OF Labor.

PHILADELPHIA, Nor. 2o.-The ques-
tion of the unification of the varied Ia
Dor interests was unofiicially discussed
at Saturday afternoons session Of the
Knights of Labor. The movement
started Friday night by the reports of
twelve district organizations, with a
membership of 100000. was favorably
commented upon, and it is thought
that the question will be officially
acted upon before final adjournment.
The charges of secretary-Treasure
Hayes against Powderly and members
of the executive committee also ocnr.
pied oortiq5- of the session.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-11-25
MISSOURI DESCRIBED.
Gov. Stone Gives . Sketch OF the State foa
Harper's Weekly-A Great State Settled
with Hospltable People.

Gov. Stone Gives . Sketch OF the State fos
Iarper's weekly-A Great State Settled
with HospItable People.
The following is from . sketch Of
Missouri written by Gov. William j.
Stone:
Missouri Is one OF the largest states in the
Union in area. 1t Is the fifth state in popula;
tion. Its chief city, St. Louis, also ranks as
the f1fth In point OF population. Kansas City,
on its western border, now has population Of
about 10000. St. Joseph, in the northwestern
part OF the state, has a population OF about
5000 Other cities in different parts Of the
state have populations ranging from 5000 10
5000
The chief industries Of the people are sgrt.
culture horticulture, mining and manufactur-
ing. The soil is rich and productive Wheat,
Indian corn. oats. rye. barley. timothy, clover,
blue grass and tobacco are produced In great
abundance. A large amount OF cotton Is raised
In the southeastern counties. Southern Mis-
souri, is the choice spot OF the American conti-
nent for apples, peaches, plums. grEpes and
berries The largest peach orchard in the
world is located in Howell county. AL these
fruits are grown abundantly In all parts Of the
state. There are large areas Of excellent COM
mercial timber, such as cypress. pine, wal.
nut, hard maple, ash. oak and hickory.
Building stone of q very fine quality and
also nre-clayS abound Lead. zinc and iron
ores are mined in large quantities. Practical.
ly two-thirds OF all the zinc mined in the United
States is produced In Missouri The central,
northern and western sections are underlaid
with vast and inexhaustible beds OF bituminous
coal OF fine quality. The state is q network OF
navigable streams and railroads. The public
debt is small, about 50 6OD.OO0 The annual tax
levied to support the stat government amounts
TO only Is cents on 500 valuation, and the valu-
alton Is low. Missouri has tho largest avail
able public school fund Of any state In the
Union, ald no state has finer or more COM
plete system Ofschools. public and private. Its
educational, eleemosynary and penal institu-
tions are among the finest and best managed
on the continent
Missouri is the leading state OF the south
west. and in all respects the greatest state west
OF the Mississippi II is essentially q new
state. Its population Is composed Of those
who have come from every state in the Union
and from nearly every country in Europe. They
are wide-awlke, progressive. moral. high.
minded, hospital people. No state can oier
greater inducements TO immigrants desiring
pleasant homes. or to capital seeking safe and
profitable investment