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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


The following new postmasters Of
the fourth class have been appointed
for Missouri:
Bridgeton. 81. Louis county. Julius Kcssler.
vice JarOh Blum. removed.
Holiday. Monroe county. w. T. Griffith, vice
u. VI. Foreman. resigned.
kenoma. Barton county r. H. Schreiner, vice
W. l.. ART. removed
Sentinel Prairie. Polk county. H. NJ. Light
loot, vice Nancy T. Redeye. resigned.
Chaplin. Howell county. James NJ. Mccain
mon vice j. J. Brimhall. resigned
Wellington. Lafayette county, Josiah Mann.
vice II. C. Villa. resigned.
Gainesville. Harrison county. <. Il. Rogers,
vice l. r. Hadley removed.
Mineral Point. Washington county. Charles
paEi"lS. vice G. D. - Shaw. removed.
Bite Ridge Harrison county. W. L. TagGart,
vice =. N Garrett. removed.
Eagleyille. Harrison county Orlando D0rrel,
vice II. C. Decker. resigned.
Galloway. Greene county. William Muse. vice
L. NJ. Hubble. resigned
Blythedale Harrison county c. :. Lavender,
vice ". b. Olden. removed.
Chadwick. Christian county. W. J. Meshcv.
vice J. o. Jones, removed.
Dumpville. PettiS county, j. p. Beck, vice A.
Strange. resign,d.
Fort Prairie Mississippi county J. w. Reed.
er vice J. NJ. Myers. resigned.
Jasper. Jasper county, X. L. Childers. vice L.
L. Fox. resigned
Lutman, Petts county. J. F.. Bluhm, vice II.
n. Lutman. resigned.
Pond. 81. Louis county, Hermann Hanning.
wee Fred Essen. resigned
NEW POST OFFICES
Biggs. Douglas county, John T. Morris, post
master.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

The tifty-iirst annual commencement
exercises of Westminster college, at
Fulton. Were held in the chapel.
vast audience was attracted. aS the young
men represent different sections Of the state
and their friends came from near and far The
speeches Of the young men were prepared
with care. and evidenced high intelH-
Rcncc. power Of disccrnment AMI freedom Of
thought There has not been more promis
ing class graduated nt this school. though its
scholars are 10 Re found now in almost every
quarter Of the world as missionaries. teachers.
professional men and those living in the migcs
Of science and the arts. Degrees were (On-
ferred follows: Charles Roy Macfarlane
bachelor Of arts: William George Palmer
bachelor Of literature; James {. Morrison
Elmer Sharp David G. Smith Edward C.
Whaley and Ben NJ. Yates bachelors Of sci
encc.
There have been several large donations to
Westminster college funds: expensive build
inCs have tcen recently erected. apparatus for
sGientihc analysis and experiment have been
added. and the college Is now on y firm raSiS
with most fattering prospects for its continued
growth and steady progress
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
THE PLATE-GLASS TRUST
Contemplating a General Shutdown to
Reduce Stocks and PaIse Prices.

Contemplating a General Shutdown to
Reduce Stocks and PaIse Prices.
IITTSBTRGH. Pa. June Sit is stated
on good authority that general shut
down of the plate-glaas factories of the
country will take place within a month,
To last an indefinite period. 1t is given
out. as reason for this action, that the
factories in the combine have become
50 Overstockcd that n suspension of
production is an absolute necessity;
not because of dull trade, hut be-
cause the factories have no
longer any room to store their
nnsalabfe product. Opponents of
the organization get a hint
that the above is not the real object OF
the suspension of production, but that
the tr ust means to diminish the stock
of glass in the market and then raise
prices. The general stoppage contem-
plated will bring serious inconvenience
to the thousands of men employed at
the factories.
ID. +. Wheeler, the agent of the trust,
says that three plate glass works are
already closed on account of the dull
ness, and admits that it is possible that
others will cease operation, as they are
greatly overstocked.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

The old-tIme ballads "Old Folks at
Home, The Suwanee River" and Mas
sa' 5 in the Cold. Cold Ground" were cont
posed by Stephen C. Foster, many of
whose best songs were written ON pieces
of wrapping paper in the back room of
a grocery in Pittsburgh. Pa. There are
scores of these old-timc popular songs.
They were worn thrcadbare by their
legions of admirers and are laid aside
until succeeding generations shall re-
call them, though the war songs can
never quicken again the blood of the
singers as they did that of the genera
tions to which they came as inspiration
and a call to arms
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
THE TREASURY CHEST.
Monthly Statement of the Public Finances
as Issued from the Treasury Department
Net Decrease In the Public Debt of Three
Quarters Of a Million for the Month.

Monthly Statement of the Public Finances
as Issued from tho Treasury Department
Net Decrease In the Public Debt of Thrcc
Quarters of n Million for the Month.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-The public
net decrease of $139. $3.50 during the
month of Nav. of this si57. 80 was
the amount of the bonded indebtedness
nf the government and S2,25O. 40 was
the increase of the cash in the treas
ury. The intcrcSt-bearing debt in
creased $500: the debt on which in
tcrcst has ceased since maturity de-
creased s37.4S0. and the debt hearing
no interest, S6l9. .G95.50. The ag-
Grcgatc interest and non-interest-
bearing debt May 81 was s9G1,-
75O. .sSS.63. On April so it was
S96a, I0T, TG4.l3 The certificates and
treasury notes offset by an equal amount
of cash in treasury outstanding at the
end of the month was s59i, ,531 ,Oi1, an
increase of s1,4S5.6O4. The total cash
in the treasury was S154. 122 9si.i1. The
gold reserve was s95.O4s.64O. and the
net cash balance. S2G,5l6.51i.5O.
In the month there was a decrease of
81. ga. 1892 in gold coin and bar. the
total at the close being S1?6.5ls. Coz. 56.
of silver there was an increase of s5,-
1I3.sT44s. of the surplus there was in
national hank repositories S11, ,6i9.-
1881, against SlI..70. $685. 60 at the end
of the previous month.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
The State University.

The commencement exercises of the
state university. at Columbia were well
attended Ivy citizens from all parts of
the state.
The addresses hythc two valcdlctorians Miss
Jennie Adams and Mr.. Cruch u. Corum were
10th unusually good. and the subject Of much
favorable comment. Miss Adams. the valcdic
tOrian uf the academic department. is a native
Of Shelby county. She Is rrcpOSSeSSing young
lady and very popular in Columbia. Mr.. Corum.
Of Boonville the valedictorian Of the law de-
partment. is accOrdin: to the words Of Judge
Martin. dean Of the law school. IA young. man OF
ability.
~. e. RnthwelI president Of the BOARD nt
curatOrs. spoke emphatically Of the power "
the press. An enterprise. he said will seldom
fail IL II has the united COmmCndation Of the
Trcss. and called attention TO the manner in
which the papers of Missouri stood by the uni
vrrsity In her time of peril after the fire. He
said that those who say the state has not given
the university proper attention speak falsely:
that Missouri has done as much for her unit
vcrsify any other state in the Union. and
that she has expended ~ .2ODG1 on this insti-
tuition alone. He closed hy predicting bril-
liant future for the university.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

IT was shown at the recent meeting
of the fire underwriters in New York
that since 1873 rewards for Incendiarics
have been offered aggrcGating sl,055.-
O13. while 23T convictions for inccndiar-
ism have been obtained at a total cx-
pense of S51.5Sl94. 4 resolution was
passed providing fora reward of 81 900
for cach conviction in arson eases.
This is movement in the right direc-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

THE density of population to the
square mile varies greatly in different
countries, being greatest in Belgium.
The number of persons to the square
mile is. in Europe. 95; Asia, IS: Africa,
IA: Belgium. SO; England. $50: in the
Netherlands, 357; Great Britain and Ire
land, %l2; Italy. 272: German empire,
236; Japan, 27l: China. 30, India, 1s1;
Switzerland. 1S6; France, 1S4; Austro-
Hungary, 17o; Denmark, 146; Portugal.
ia; Spain, 50; European Russia, ~;
Sweden, -; United States, Il; Mexico,
Is; Canada, .. The entire population
of the world could stand on an area of
about $50 square miles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

SUICIDES are very frequent just now
and increasing. Perhaps it might he
well to adopt the German method. A
few years ago when the suicide mania
was strong it was enacted that the
body of suicide should he treated like
that of a murderer and hanged and
then be handed over Ia medical schools
for dissection. This was a stopper to a
very appreciable extent
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
The Young Czechs of bohemia See Thelr
Error.

PRAGUE. June 2.-The Young Czechs
are greatly excited over the decision Of
the Austrian emperor to close the as
sembly at Prague in consequence Of
the recent outrageous disorders on the
part of the Young Czech members of
that body, which compelled Prince
Lobkowitz, president of the diet, to
bring the session to an end. One thou
sand Young Czechs have, therefore,
met at Fodebrad, in Bohemia. and
resolved to send large deputation to
Emperor Francis Joseph to beg him to
continue the assembly at Prague.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

TBIRrY and forty years ago no Amer
ican actor was more popular or had
more influence with the masses than
the late James f.. Murdoch. He added
to the constituency of the thcatcrs the
wider constituency of the platform,
and during the war no man used rare
talent to better effect than did Mr.
Murdoch in his readings for the benefit
of sick and wounded soldiers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

An electrical engineer who has been
experimenting with the process of
welding rails by electricity says this is
a decided step in advance in railway
construction and promises additional
comfort to travellers by means of con-
tinuous rail on the principal roads of
the country
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
Stephens' Female College.

The commencement exercises of
Stephens female college took place at
Columbia.
stephens college IS the state school for
young women Of the Missouri Baptist General
association. Its course Of study has necn en-
largcd and rrcadcned during the year. \
strong e1 ort will soon Re made hv its curators
to add to its equipmcnt n college chapel to cost
sc5 oOO. II is expected to he successful. as all
other recent efforts TO increase the usefulness
OF the college have been.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

WAsHINGToS. June 5.-IntcrnaI Revenue
Commissioner Miller says he is not responsible
for the report that Internal Revenue Collector
Wcnneker Of ~. Louis will not he among the
fifteen or twenty collectors whose places are
likely to he filed in the next few days. On the
other hand. he does not wish Ia be understood
ts saying that Mr.. Wennckcr's successor will
be appointed 1T once. 1t all depends" said
the commissioner. whether the president will
respect the fOuryear term or not. IL he does.
then Mr. Wenneker will not I've mOlcSted until
next fall. He was appointed October "a and as
suned the duties OF the Office November IL
MISSOURI PENSION EXAMINING SURGEONS.
WASHINGTON. June Pension examining
surgeons for Missouri have been appointed rs
follows: DIR. John X. Smell. Kansas City: Dr.
&. X. Thompson. Princeton: DIR. X. G.. Smith.
Princeton: nr. W. NJ. Gircns Ciailatin: DIR. g.
7 Bartlett. Poplar Blur: Dr. J. ID. Griffith.
Kansas City: DR.. W. +. McCOnkey. Bethany.
WASHINGTON June 3.-The following addi-
tional pension examining surgeons for Missouri
have been named: Kansas City. DIR. 7. ID. Bed
ford: Bethany Dr. +. 6. Smith; Princeton. DR..
John l.. Shipley.
NANSTR WILL BE SECOND COMPTROLLER
WASHINGTON May m The second cnmptrol-
lership of the treasury. to which eT-COncrCSS-
man MaasJr. Of Missouri. will he appointed in
few days. is an important division of the iiS-
cal department Of the government. The salary
Is 5000 year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

WASHINGTON. June 5.-Comptroller s.
Eckels has just had circular
printed containing the sections of the
law defining the duties and obliga-
tions of bank directors When a new
bank is established a copy of this cir
cular will be forwarded to each di-
rector. 1t also contains the penal
ties prescribed for neglect of duty.
The comptroller says he will endeavor
to make the bank directors understand
that they are liable under the law for
the fulfillment of their duty TO stock
holders and depositors.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
Mysterious Suicide of = Wealthy South

CHICAGO, June TT. G. McLaury.
retired capitalist, who lived with his
wife and three daughters ut the Hotel
Metropole, committed suicide Saturday
noon by cutting his throat Mr..
was resident of New Orleans, and was
very wealthy, owning several planta-
tions in Louisiana. The hotel people
maintain an extraordinary reticence
about the matter, and it is impossible
at present to learn what caused him to
commit the act
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

TnE Spanish infanta's full name is
Marie Eulalie Francoise-U u Assise- Mar
gueritc Eobcrte-ls -lsabelle-FrancoiSe de
Pauilic-C Christine Marie de Ia Piete" "
WhcH Antoine, her husband, comes home
from the lodge he repeats it instead
of walking crack to convince the in
fanta that the lemonade did not haze
any kindling wood in il.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

IRRIGATION has reclaimed 3.63I, 3sl
acres of arid land at a cost of s29,611,-
600. There are estimated to be $40.
OO0,OO acres of arid and worthless land
in the country capable of reclamation
BY irrigation. The value of irrigated
land ranges from sSl in Wyoming to
$50 per acre in California. The an
nual value of the irrigated product
varies from ss.as in Wyoming to sl9 in
California. The average first cost of
bringing the water to the arid land is
IS. 81, and the subsequent cost is s1.07 a
year, the water right thus created be-
ing valued at SEQ per acre. Irrigation
In this country has large future.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
Sudden Death of Mrs. Schumacher, Wife
of the Akron Oatmeal King.

AKRON, o., June Mrs. Hermine
Schumacher, wife of Ferdinand Schu-
macher. Akron's oatmeal king. died
suddenly Thursday afternoon. The di-
rect cause of death was nervous ex-
haustion, for which Mrs Schumacher
had been i'll but two days Her hus-
band was in Hartman, Tenn, on busi-
ness, having gone there early in the
week. Mrs. Schumacher was 80 years
of age. For number of years she had
been crippled with rheumatism Be
fore that her house was the scene of
manv festivities
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
p,r1 GIn1ER manarer nf the pasteur

PAUL GIRIER, manager of the Pasteur
institute of New York. recently ex-
amined a quantity of European rags
shipped to this country He found
500, ,OOO, 400 germs to each drachm of
rags. Among them We're microbes of
pus, crysipclas, diphtheria and other
diseases. There is something wrong
somewhere when such pestilcnt debris
from European disease ccntcrs can he
dumped upon our shores.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

THE number of national banks In thi.
country on September /, isp2, was 3.7Ol
The national banking system of thi,
country was organized February -
1868. The national hanks had. In 1892
s6T9,OTG,G5O capital and s235.5Gl. Sci. .:
surplus, The total dividends were $50,
400, T13.aa, and total net earnings 900,
6lS Oih ~.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
Accident to the Cornwall Canal.

NEw YORK. June A dispatch to the
Tribune from Montreal says: Informa-
tion has been received here of a serious
break in the Cornwall canal. The re-
port states that notwithstanding every
effort, the crevasse is hourly growing
wider. This means the complete
interruption of navigation by the st.
Lawrence route, and the loss of hum
dreds of thousands of dollars to Mont
real Should the present washout end
in the collapse of the canal, which is
not impossible, the Columbus caravels
can not reach Chicago by way of the
St Lawrence.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

NEW YORK, June 1.-TWO hundred
and forty passengers sailed for South
ampton on the steamer Paris yesterday,
among them Thomas T. Bayard., am
bassador to England, and his wife;
Mrs. James G. Blaine, her daughter.
Harriet, her son-in-law and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs Walter Dsmrosch, and
her grandchildren, Masters Blaine and
Connor Coppinger. who are going TO
live in London until next fall: Miss Ada
Rehan, the actress; Hon. Don Cameron.
his wife and two daughters; Mr.. AMI
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, and Mrs. ]. w.
Maclfay aud her son, Clarencs H,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

IT is calculated that the recent visit
of the German sovereign to Rome has
cost King Humbert more than 2.OOO, 900
francs. The breakfast at Pompeii cost
1901 francs, and SOC, 900 francs were
spent in preparing apartments for the
imperial visitors
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

Nor all land Is realty. \ recent land
slip in Sweden deposited twelve farms
off the northwest coast of Australia
was swallowed up by the ocean. Farm
and town lots along the Missouri river
during the recent spring floods like
wise have turned out to he movable
personality
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

Mrs. Cocl<rcll. wife of Senator Cock
rell. at the request of officers of the
sent floral tribute to the committee
having in charge the reinterment of the
remains of jefferson Davis, at Rich
mond. Va.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

LECTURER on beauty says that SEQ.
0O0.00O year is invested in cosmetics
by the women of the civilized world.
The men spend more than that. and
yet the whisky trust is having rough
sletitlinp.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
A SMUGGLING SCHEME


Fof DcifHuuthE iHc "OserHIaie"t V"t OF
Revenue on Tin.
EAsTPoRr, Me-, June "A scheme for
defrauding the government out of rev.
enue on imported tin has been I'M
earthed by Special Customs Inspector
T. r. Simonton.
Mr.. Simonton boarded the schooner
Eva n. when she put into port on
Thursday, and discovered that there
were in the hold 200 cases of
tin plate upon which no duty
had been paid, and which is valued
at over $1,000. The merchandise had
been smuggled across the st. Croix
river into Esstport from Beaver Har-
Dor, \. B. The tin is used chiefly by
the manufacturers of sardine boxes
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
jail Delivery ut SedaIia.
Five prisoners escaped from the Pet
It's county iail the other night.

tis county Jail the other night.
They sawed away the iron bars Of the cages
and then going through the ceiling. crawlin;
over the rafters and making final cyrcss he
tween the brick wall and the roof but tn"
sheriff had no intimatIOn Of the fact until q
O'Clock tho next morning. Several prisoners
remained in Jail. in fact they were not awak.
ennd ny their brethren who were seeking lih
ertv. Dick Robinson, cOlored who is under
sentence to hang for murder, and whose case is
now before the supreme court. says he could
have escaped with the others. but did not go
because he was pennileSs. and in that condition
his recapture was certain Then. too. he has
had , presentment that h" will never he hanged.
AMI he was not particularly anxious to leave.
The FIVE escaped prisoners are desperate caar-
acters.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE is living her
childhood over again cutting out paper
dolls, singing the old-time songs and
hymns and nursery ballads Her health
seems TO grow better as her mind loses
itself. She is SO years old.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

A "IACk rHE IIUGGER" who squcezes
Philadelphia maidens near lonely
cemetery is causing a great commotion
in that usually quiet city. He is also
causing considerable feminine travel i'll
the direction of said cemetery.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
Explosion Of . Magazine with Sixteen
thousand Pounds of Powder.

VIRGINIA, Mimi, June THE Hecla
Powder Coz magazine in this village,
was blown up Friday night. Sixteen
thousand pounds of powder was in
store and the loss on stock
and building will reach $1,000.
Every building in the vii
lage was damaged. The con-
cussiou blew out the front of the Bank
of Virginia, mile away. The fronts
of nearly every building in the town
were blown out, horses knocked down,
men rendered senseless and number
of unfinished buildings shattered
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

THERE has been considerable discus.
sion as to who invented spectacles and
who had the pleasure of wearing the
first pair. The honor il generally
awarded to an Italian named Salvine
Armati, who died In l3I1
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
Not Guilty.

At Nevada ex-Recoreer A. J. King,
was discharged in the circuit court, on
the charge oflarceny. for retaining GER
tain fees while recorder.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
Ladies' Cottage at Drury College.

Ceremonies were held at Springfield,
the other day. over the beginning Of
work on the ladies' cottage in connec-
ton with Drury college.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

City Marshal Jesse w. Hamlet OF
Lexington died few days ago, aged
AZ. lie was n member of Quantrell's
band, few of whom are left.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

IT is estimated that one in every one
hundred and eighty Americans owns or
rides bicycle. The other one hundred
and seventy-nine do the dodging
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10
st. Louis New City Hall.

Work on the new city hall at st.
Louis will he discontinued July 1.
There is very little money on hand to
carry on the work
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

THE scashore hotel season has opened.
A white whale has been playing near
the wharrcs of Hartwell, Me.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

THE new Corcan minister's official
family will include Vi Hun Chick and
Chang Bong Whapg.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-10

Miss Louise Locke. aged IL. of Kan
sas City. shot herself with suicidal in
tent, but inflicted only painful wound.
No cause known.
Death OF Kansas Chy's Oldest Resident.
Mrs. Sarah Boles. aged S., the oldest
resident of Kansas City. residing there
continuously for sixty-eight years, died
0 few days ago