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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
HFTYTHIRD CONGRESS.
Extra Session

MONDAY, Oct 9.-In the senate
the session was given up entirely to
considering the Sherman silver act In
the house the federal election bill de-
bate was closed.
TUESDAY, Oct 10 In the senate
petition was presented from Rich
rnond, Ind, for the exclusion from
the mails of newspapers containing re-
ports of prize-fghts- An amendment
to the silver purchase bill was intro
duced and the bill itself was discussed
In the house the Tucker bill to repeal
the federal elections law was passed by
a vote of 200 to I0t The bill giving
settlers on certain lands in Oklahoma
the rightto commute their homestead
entries was passed A bill was intro
duced increasing the pensions of veter-
ans of the Mexican war from es TO s1s
per month.
WEDNESDAY, Oct lin the senate
bill to pension the widow of the
late Gen. John NJ. Corse at the rate of 500
per month was reported and placed
On the calendar. The silver purchase
repeal bill was discussed and it was an
nounced by Senator Voorhees, that the
senate would continue in session until
the measure was disposed of. In the
house joint resolution providing for a
recess of congress from October IA to
November / was referred to the COM
mittee on rules. The bill to amend the
Geary Chinese exclusion bill was taken
up and the author of the measure, Mr..
McCreary (Ky.), spoke in its favor.
THURSDAY, Oct 12- After a con-
tinuous session of forty hours the
senate adjourned at las this morn
ing, and thus the bill for the uncon-
iitional repeal of the silver-purchase
law was carried down to defeat Dur
ing the debate on the 12th an amend
ment to the bill was offered by Senator
Harris (dem.l which provides for the
coinage of all the silver bullion in the
treasury into full legal-tender dollars
at the rate of S,Oo0,0OO per month, and
it was thought this amendment would
lead to a final compromise. In the
house the McCreary bill to amend the
Chinese registration and exclusion act
was discussed and many petitions were
presented asking for the repeal of the
Geary law.
FRIDAY, Oct. Is. - In the senate
several amendments to the silver
purchase repeal bill were reported. A
resolution to change the rules in refer
ence to compelling the attendance of
absent senators went over. In answer
to an inquiry as to moneys borrowed
by the government since March, 1885,
the secretary of the treasury sent word
that no money had been borrowed. In
the house the McCreary bill to amend
and modify the Geary Chinese registra-
tion and exclusion act was further dis
cussed. A bill was passed increasing
from IS to 100 the number of army Of
ficers who may be detailed for military
instruction at educational institutions.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
FROM WASHINGTON.

In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 18th was: Wheat,
63. 275, 900 bushels; corn, S,SO4, 900 bush
els; oats, 3,93S, 900 bushels; rye, 40, 900
bushels; barley, 1,5O9, 600 bushels.
IL the treasury the gold reserve was
lower than it had ever been before,
standing at Ss6, $500
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
s9O3, $40, 297, against s9O9, SIG, 755, the
previous week. The decrease. compared
with the corresponding week in 1852,
was 23.T.
THERE were 3.s3 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th During the week
previous the failures numbered $50,
against 26O in the corresponding time
in 1892. In the last nine months the
failures number 11,174, against 1878 in
the same time last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
TRAIN RoeeERs- sALkEp.

IN Operators Timely Warning Saves the
Fast Mail Train on the Chicago. Mnwau-
kee d st. Paul Road from q Hold Up by
Gang of Robbers
CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-The officials of
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
road have good reason to believe that
plot had been laid TO rob the fast
mail train on that road early yester-
day morning at point just north of
Oak Glen station. About o'clock in
the morning four rough-looking men
entered the telegraph office ut Oak
Glen station and inquired if the fast
mail stopped at Oak Glen and when
she was due. They were informed
o'clock and did not stop. After leav.
ing the Office they were Joined by two
or three companions who had re-
manned outside and the whole party
proceeded short distance up the
track. The operator suspected that
all was not right, and watching the
party, saw them, after several attempts,
succeed in lighting lantern. He i'm
mediately notified the dispatcher in
Chicago of the preparations being
made by the men to flag and rob the<
fast mail
A special car containing a posse o.
the company's officers was Immediately
got ready and started from the city in
advance of the fast mail. On arriving
at Oak Glen the special slowed mp and
this defeated the plan of the would-be
robbers They had suspected the op-
orator, and DOW their suspicious were
resolved into fear. Throwing the red
lantern into the ditch they fed to the
country, and when the police arrived
at the spot of the proposed hold-up
there were no traces of the men. After
fruitless search in the dark for the
fugitives, the officers boarded their
special. which was switched onto a
side-track, and the fast mail proceeded
on its way.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
WEST AND SOUTH.

In St. Louis the Mercantile Trust
company, with capital stock of 81
coo, 600, decided TO wind up its affairs
and go out of business
A FIRE that started in q planning mill
at Sioux City, Ia, destroyed four
blocks of buildings, the total loss being
s400, 600
THE auditor of the worlds farsaid on
the 18th that the exposition was ont of
debt and had $500, ,00e in the treasury.
JUDGE HUDSON sustained motion at
Columbus, s. c., quashing indictments
against persons selling rice beer and
liquors under the state dispensary act
He said the disrensary feature of the
act was unconstitutional.
In Detroit William Lucklin, lad
aged years, was gwen a verdict of
$4,000 against the Michigan Central
railroad for the loss of both legs, last
April
THE handsomest squaw on the Puma
reservation in Arizona, Rosa Belle, was
beaten to death by her drunken ,hus-
band. .ss s-sss = z,
JOHNNIE DAVIS and Hnrrz;s Es.us
each Is years old, dfank MJhy 5ssssrd
to be horse medicine from kt IN
fonnd at Alliance, o., end were q tnay
poisoned
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
.eATsIHE WORLDS FAIR.

-.
ExSPresidrnt Harrison Pays q visit to the
Columbian coumis<ion aud Tenders
His Congratulations Upon the Snct eas Of
the Great Undertaking which Ameriean
Genius and SKIN Had Brough to sne-
eessful Issue. 4
WORLDS FAIR GRaUNDs, CHICAGO.
Oct 15---Ex-President Harrison HON
bred the Worlds Columbian commits
sion by his presence and a congratu-
latory speech at its meeting yesterday
afternoon. When President Palmer
called his colleagues to order he ap-
pointed Messrs- Walsh, of Georgia;
Ladd, of Massachusetts,; Garvin. of In
diana, and Furth. of Kansas, y COM
mittee to escort the ex-president into
the hall .E@f
After being introduced to the COM
mission. Mr.. Harrison extended an or
hand congratulation to the national
representatives on the work thev had
accomplished and the complete sue
cess of the undertaking. He said he
was proud of his connection with the
exposition in furthering and making
effective the legislation in its interest.
lac diu .uOt uOuot Dub Wudt tue COiil-
mission was as proud Of its work as he
was
The people came here and lookedat
the buildings and exhibits only, but
thoughtful man would see back of
this the genius which had built the
fair. As much thought had been ex-
pended in its construction and man
agement as were required in the build
ing and operation of great city.
While he was grateful to the exhibit
ors and commissioners for their con-
tributions to the exposition, it was es-
sentially an American product He
believed not SO much in copying the
old world as in assimilating all that
was great and good and artistic.
Excellent responses were made by
Commissioners Tousley, of Minnesota;
St Clair, of West Virginia; Burton, Of
Kansas, and Mcdonald. of California.
During the recess the commissioners
were presented TO the ex-president and
then he retired 70 the fair to resume
his Sightseeing as private citizen
Gov. Luzon Morris Of Connecticut
was also received by the commission
and made a brief speech,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

For more than ten years Miss Susan
Friend, of Prestonburg, Ky.,- has lain
in sleep or stupor that nothing can
arouse her from. Ten years ago she
fell and cut her hand on the stump of q
sapIing. The wound did not appear to
be serious, and healed in due time, but
gradually there came a change in her
condition. She grew morose and silent,
her health gave away and finally she
lost the use of her lower limbs. Fol-
lowing this came a drowsiness that
nothing could shake off, and she was
placed in bed, where she has remained
ever since.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
AN UNwELcoME VISITOR.
A Man Who Abandoned Has Family Over
Twenty Years Ago Repudisted by Them

Man Who Abandoned Has Family over
Twenty Years Ago Repudisted by Them
Now.
WABASH, Ind, Oct. 16.-Twenty.
ihree years ago Buford Fleming, Of
this county, called at the courthouse
and informed DR.. C. S. Ellis. then treas.
urer Of the county, that he intended
abandoning his family He disap-
peared, and his wife, believing him
dead or gone for good, married Cole
man Mcdonald, an estimable citizen of
Somerset Her two sons by Fleming
have grown TO manhood, one of them
running a barb>7 shop at Marion, and
the other being in business at James
VILE, Wis.
Fleming was forgotten by everybody
till Tuesday, when he suddenly ap-
peared in Somerset inquiring for the
family he had so basely deserted. Mrs.
Mcdonald positively declined to see
the truant husband, who hung around
the neighborhood for day or two
and then disappeared apain
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.


IN Santa Fe scattered parties of in
surgents were plundering and killing
foreign settlers.
The Ottawa government sent R. G.
Mcconnell on an exploring expedition,
and he reports that he discovered the
source of the Mackenzie river to be a
lake at the head of the Findlay river
and that gold was found by him in
abundance for $50 miles along the
Findlay river.
The rebels aEain opened fire on Rio
Janeiro and the city was in panic and
all business was suspended.
IN Austria Count Won Taafe has pro-
posed an electoral reform which will
extend the franchise to 5000, 600 per-
sons not now voters.
OFF the japanese coast the Sinyo
Marn, sailing vessel, was wrecked and
twenty-five out of twenty-eight passen-
gers were drowned.
On the Transcaucasiau railroad, a
train, on which was carried large
sum of money to pay the soldiers at
Batoum, Russia, was attacked at Nigoita
by brigands. who succeeded in securing
the money. Three of the gendarmes ON
the train and four Of the robbers were
killed.
o ALL further exploring expeditions in
German East Africa have been prohib-
tied by the government
In a storm a mail boat plying he
tween Rousay and May in the Orkney
island was upset and the two boatmen,
a woman and three children were
drowned.
ADvIcEs received at London say that
only the terms remain to be settled by
which Brazil will become a monarchy.
THE president of Guatemala has de-
clared himself dictator, dissolved the
session of congress and ordered new
election.
AT Ilan, Mexico, police and outlaws
fought, and eight men were killed
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

The Massachusetts, divinity student
who was lured to Denver the other day
by the prospect of marrying a rich
widow and found himself the victim of
q hoax deserves and will receive little
sympathy. He allowed his cupidity to
get the best of his judgment, forgetting
the Scriptural injunction to those of his
class: "Be We wise as serpents and harm
less as doves" By attempting q conf
dence game himself he feil into the
hands of shrewder men, and II he sue
ceeds in borrowing money enough
to pay his fare home he will un-
doubtedly be the wiser for his expe-
rience.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
A Had Fire ct La Harpc, m.

LA HARPE, Ill, Oct 16.-Fire at
about o'clock yesterday morning con-
sumed nearly an entire block of the
business houses on the south side Of
Main street The Masonic temple, in
which the flames started and the Union
block were among the buildings de-
stroyed. The loss is about s25, 900 and
three persons injured: John II. Sea,
crushed by falling wall, win recover.
J. E. Williams, pinned by a falling
wall and badly bruised. will recover.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

In the year 1900 English speaking
people numbered 10000, 900, now they
number lbs, OO0, 900, while the German
speaking people have increased from
30, ,0Oo, 900 to 10000, 900, the Russians
about the same, and the French from
81, ,OO0, 900 to 5O,OO0,0 600. The immense
preponderance of gain among the Eng
lish shows that the use of the English
as business language is growing in
popularity over any other
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
CHRIsToPHER BENSON, :

CHRIsToPHEB BENSON, ''the pioneer
engine driver of the United States" as
he is called. is an inmate of the Phila-
delphia hospital Although a servant
of the railroads for fifty-nine years he
is now dependent on charity. He is
s6 years of age and still enjoys fair
health. He held the throttle of the
first engine eser brought into this
country-the John BulL" That was
on May 81, 1929, and over the Albany
& Schenectady railway.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

| AFTER serving twenty years Harry
Roman, of Oshkosh, sentenced for life
from Waupun, Wis, for murder, has
been pardoned
A TERRIBLE wind and rain storm was
raging along the Florida coast and ex-
tending inland about so miles Re
ports from St Augustine were TO the
effect that the city was practically sub
merged by water backing over the sea
wall
IL Chicago the Ketcham Lumber
company made an assignment with lia-
bilities of $3.50. 900 and assets of $780,
OO0
JAMES T. BAXTER and Mrs Nellie N.
Metcalf were again united at Washing
ton after rseventeen-years separation. !.
IN Waynetown, Ind, seven brick
business blocks were destroyed by fire,
the total loss being $4,000
In a rear-end collision between New
York excursion trains on the Michigan
Central tracks at jackson, Mich,
twelve. persons were killed and twen-
ty-one injured. The frst train wss
standing at the depot when sthe second
dashed into its rear coach and the two
rear coaches were telescoped and the
third thrown from the track.
GEORGE RossNATKI's house near Mi
not, n. D., was burned and his four
young sons were cremated.
AT the worlds fair railroad men had
ride on the John Bull train, in CON-
mand of William Finlayson, who was
conductor of the first passenger train
run in America
THE paid admissions to the worlds
fair during the six days ended ON the
18th numbered 1,925, 100. Grand total
since the opening day 1885, 096.
THE office of County Treasurer Will
liam Campbell, at Black Rock, Ark,
was robbed of "a. I31 in cash.
THE death was announced of Miss
Anna Bowers, aged 81, who secured
4 valuable claim in the Cherokee strip,
from the effects of exposure while
waiting upon the line and making the
run.
THE directors have planned monster
celebration of the closing day of the
worlds fair-to be called Columbus
day.
On the worlds fair grounds the Hor-
ticultural building will remain stand
ing during the winter, and with it may
be retained three or four other build
ings.
DURING a drunken fight at a camp
meeting near Sacred Hart, o. T, Dep
uty Marshal Charley Bruno killed his
brother Abe and another man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

CHIcAse, Oct. 15.-Last Tuesday. II
S claimed, $500, worth Of diamonds
belonging TO Mrs John r. Wilson, a
lady manager at the Colun bian exposi-
tien, from Deadwood, s. D., were
stolen from small box in her room
at the Palmer house At the Central
police station this morning no ore
seemed TO have heard of the robbery
bat Lieut. Hawas He said Palmer
house diamond robbery was reported
several days ago. Men were detailed
on the case, but as they have made no
report he supposed ne cicw TO the
thieves bad heen found.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

SEVEN weeks ago the Atlas line steam
ship Alvo steamed out of New York
harbor, loaded with merchandise and
bearing forty-eIght persons When she
passed Sandy Hook she disappeared as
If swallowed up. and SO far as is known
not a single human eye ever beneld her
again A few days ago one of her life
boats was picked up atsea by a passing
steamer and taken to Jamaica 1t is
now believed that the Alvo foundered
and that all on board were lost The
insurance companies have given up all
hope, and are preparing to settle the
claims against them ON account of the
missing ship.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

THIS is an 'of year" in politics, but
there is a good deal of politics in the
air Elections will be held in Penn
sylvania for some state officers. Massa-
chusetts elects a governor and state of
ficers; New York, some state officers;
Ohio, state officers; Virginia and Mis-
sissippi elect state officers; Nebraska, a
supreme judge, and Iowa, legislature
and state officers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
Won't Take AIiotments.

GUTHRIE, Okla, Oct 15.-Maj. Moses
Neal, the Kickapoo allotting agent.
will have considerable difficulty in get
ting the Indians to take their allot-
ments, as a large number of them state
that they were never in favor of
the treaty and did not sign it, The
treaty was agreed upon by the gov
ernment commissioners and commit
tee from the Kickapoos. but there is
nothing to show that It Yves ever rati-
fied by majority Of the tribe, and il
this Is q fact IL VIII not be binding up
on the Indians. and the action of con-
gress. s.s,'sff-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

The planets arranged in the order
of their nearness to the sun are: Mer-
curry, 35, ,S92, 900 miles distant; Venus,
66, 1S4, 900 miles distant; the earth, d.
100000 miles distant; Mars, 139,311,-
OOO miles; Jupiter, 75,692. 900 miles;
Saturn, s7s, 49,, 900 miles; Uranus, l.
75S, ,s69. 900 miles, and Neptune, 2,745,-
99S, 600 miles
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
Three Sentences In One Week Aexrssss-
Ing Nineteen Yesrs.

BRAZIL, Ind, Oct 15.-Noah King
the leader of the Stanton train
wreckers, was yesterday morning sem
fenced TO thirteen years in the states
prison. This was the third sentence
that King received last week, one of
four years for burglarizing the drug
store at Staunton and two years for
robbing Webster a Vanclesye's
store at the same place. srsuai
The jury wrangled all night over the
case Of Joe Silvers, another Of the ac-
cused wreckers, and finally agreed TO
disagree"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

PERHAPS it would be well, says the
Minneapolis Tribune, if that English
syndicate were to consult the United
States before purchasing Lower Cali
fornia and annexing it to this country.
The United States has about all the
vantage Just now.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
south D.los. Ual,.r.ity B.s.eal

vERArILIoS, S. D., Oct l6.-The cen
trail building of the state university
here burned yesterday morning, entail
ing aloss of over 800. coo. Two students
were injured by jumping from win
dows- The library, containing valna-
BILE books, was . total loss.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

ABRAHAM LINCOLN is said to have a
living counterpart as far as personal
appearance is concerned in an alder
man of the little city of Brewer, Me-,
Samuel E. Stone, who is by trade not
exactly rail splitter, he being a carpen-
ter. He wears his whiskers in much
the same style as did President Lincoln,
and has the same, or nearly the same,
characteristics of face and figure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
Ir transpires that MANY of the bod

IT transpires that many of the bodies
of the victims of the cyclone and floods
on the Gulf coast were looted of all
valuables by some mIscreants. The
authorities in that region should use
every endeavor to apprehend the
ghouls, who, if found guilty, should re-
ceive no mercy. A man who will steal
from a corpse is too dastardly wretch
for human sufferance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

EMMA GOLDMAN, the arch-priestess of
anarchy in New York, will spend some
time within doors and behind bars, for
exhorting ''my friends and workmen"
to loot New York and slay all the rich
people Whoa, Emma,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

JoHN HOOKER, husband of Isabella
Beecher Hooker (sister of the late
Henry Ward Beecher), has just re-
signed the position of reporter of the
supreme court of Connecticut, which
he had held for thirty-six years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

some one has discovered that the total
number of capital letters in the whole
Bible is log, 500. of small capitals, e.ss7:
and of lower case, S,45s, 500; grand total
VI letters, including one Il. 3,566, ,4SI.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21

ASA p. MORSE, against whom a YER
dict of $40, 900 was given by Boston
jury recently for breach of promise of
marriage, is 75 years old. Mrs. Van
Houten, the plaintiff, is described as a
pretty widow, Ss years of age.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
MANY Persons Drowned.

BosToN, Oct 14-An unknown
steamer was rup down and sunk in
Boston harbor last night, and many
persons who were ON board were
drowned, the vessel sinking so rapidly
that it was impossible to rescue them.
The accident was caused. by the ina
bility of the officers of the vessels to see
any distance ahead because of heavy
fog which hung over the hsrbor and
made the movement of vessels an ex-
tremely hazardous undertaking.
Up 10 late hour last night it had
been impossible even to learn the name
Of the boat whichank the steamer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-10-21
JUSTICE HARLAN has assumed the role

JUSTICE HARLAN has assumed the role
of prophet; may he prove true one.
He expresses the belief that future diff
ferences that may arise between the
United States and Great Britain will
be settled without the Intervention of
strangers but by commission made up
of the judges of the highest courts of
both countries. This calling in of for
eign arbitrators does have an unpleas-
ant look. The two great English speak
ing nations shoEld get an example of
peace ON earth to the peoples OF the
world by settling, their differences
peaceably between themselves and be-
fore their own Joint court