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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17
LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONY.

Astonishingly Successful Experiments Be-
tween New York aud Chicsgo-A Giant
Rival for the Bell Monopoly-An Au-
tofnstic system Doing Away with "Cen-
trrl.'
New YORK, Feb. lI.-Tests Of q new
magnetic telephone were made between
New York and Chicago last evening in
the presence of representatives of the
Western Telephone Construction Co.
and officials of the several telegraph
and telephone companies. Connection
was. made with the Chicago long-dis-
tance line through Wall-strect Off ce,
and an Office in the Monadnock block
Chicago, at which latter point large
number of persons interested in tue
telephone situation were assembled
The present Bell telephone and the
new magnetic telephone were used al
ternately and the results were aston
ishingly in favor Of the latter. The
Instruments of the new telephone
showed remarkable clearness in talk
ing. A number of experts in tele-
phony who were present pronounced
the results obtained from the magnetic
instrument to be highly satisfactory
and prophecied that it would displace
the old form entirely.
The new magnetic telephone is con-
trolled by the Western Telephone Con-
strrction Co, Chicago. which was
started III opposition to the Bell COM
pany n year ago and has already at
tanned giant proportions. This COM
pany is at present putting in tele-
phones in number of western cities,
including Racine, Oshkosh, Sheboygan
and Madison, Wis; Albert Lea, Mimi;
Benford, Ind. and has had telephone
exchange in operation at La Porte,
Ind, for the past year.
The exchange apparatus of the new
telephone involves a new principlc OF
operation, being automatic, so that the
central Office operating service is done
away with. Each telephone user, by
the touch of button automatically
connects his line with any other line
in the system without calling up Cen
trail.
The president of the new company,
Mr. j. +. Keelyn, has closed arrange
ments for the extensive use of these
telephones by some large telegraph
companies.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17
LATER NEWS.

TUE senate WAS not in session on the
l0th.....-.ln The house, the Stamford
"uingirs were postponed and made a
special order for the 18th. The death
nf Mr.. lIouIl was announced by Mr.
| Outhwaitr, a committee TO attend the
remains to Ohio was appointed by the
speaker, and out of respect to the de-
ceased the house adjourned.
TESTS of Il new magnetic telephone
We're made between New York and
Chicago, on the 10th. in the presence of
representatives of the Western Tcle-
phone Construction Co. and officials of
the several telegraph and telephone
companies. The result is said to have
shown 4 vaet superiority of the mag
neto over the Bell system.
THE steamer Australia arrived at San
Francisco on the 10th, bringing late ad-
vices from Hawaii. 1t is Said that the
attitude of the ex-queen in demanding
the decapitation of the leaders of the
uprising and the deportation of their
children created violent sensation,
and cost the dcposed monarch many of
her warmest supporters
FoUE Mormon missionaries bound
for Australia, six for Samoa. two for
New Zealand. and two for the Sand
wich islands, left San Francisco, on
the lth. on the steamer MOnowai. to
preach the doctrines of the Latter Day
Saints among the islanders of the Pa
cific and Antarctic oceans
MAJ. Ben BUTTERwoRTH is collect
ing and editing all of the speeches
that were delivered at all the con-
crosses of the Worlds fair Accord
ing to the majors own estimate the
printing of this work will cost $3.50, 900,
but he expects to have it done at the
expense of the government.
1T is stated that the Russian govern
will give notice to France that the
Franco-RusSian commercial treaty will
France persists in putting into effect.
as against Ressia, the proposed new
duties on imported grain.
FRANK MUssER, n young man of Lam
caster, Pa, who year ago had an arm
torn off by broken cable of the Lam
caster Traction Co, was awarded s20,-
500 damages by arbitrators on the 10th.
THE French government has ap-
pointed Counsellor Siemeisser, of
Madgeburg, delegate to the silver in
quiry commission.
THE Russo-Gcrman commercial
trea ty was finally signed, on the 10th,
by representatives of the two contract
ing powers
MORE than 5000 English Quakers
have signed protest against the vivi-
section Of animals
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17

IL the United States the visible sup
rly of grain on the 5th was: Wheat,
-, SOB. .O90 bushels; corn, Ii, So, ,O01 bush
els; oats. 4,OGs. 900 bushels; rye, jG2, 600
bushels: barley, 1891. 900 bushels.
IN the United States the paper cur
rencv outstanding January 81 was ST.
lG9, ,Oi0, 81, less LOCO, 900 estimated to
have been destroyed by fire.
CENSUS Office statistics show that the
farmers are the most prosperous class
in the whole country
THE federal elections repeal bill has
Lcen signed by the president and is
now law.
EXCHANGES at leading clearing houses
in the United States during the week
erdcd on the 9th aggregated SssS,2lG,- E
So, against sos. 523.:'41 the previous
week. The decrease, compared with
the corresponding week in 1898, was
gQ.G
Is the seven days ended on the 9th
there were 50 business failures in the
United States, against 336 the week
previous and 80 in the corresponding
time in 1898.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17
CONGRESSMAN WILSON. SICK.
ne Is Confident of the Passage OF she
Tarlf and Revenue Bill Hearing ms
: Nalae ny the Senate by comfortapis
MaIority ana ths. 1t VIII Prove Bless


Ne ia Confident of the Passage Of the
Tsrlff and Revenue Bill Hearing III"
\ : NaiIe by the Senate by n Comfortapis
Majority a.fd tl,ss 1t VIII Prove Bless
ing. 'si al - 5s5..ai 80
KANSAS CIrY, No, Feb. .1t-Con-
syessman Wilson, of West Sirginlas
did non speals here last night nor did
he partake cf Che very handsome ban
quet provided at the Midland hotel oy
toaal democrats- A tremendous. audi
ence ties disappointed in consequence
Att o'clock last night DIR. Porter,
local physician, positively forbade Mr:
Wilson to leave hfsroofff. His physical
condition was saci, the doctor said, to
venture out would be excscdingly
| dangerous. - - ~ t..s..<
Mr.. Wilson. Accompanied by his wife
and Youngest daughter and Congress-
man John C. Tarsney, arrived at the
Union depot over the Santa Fe rail-
way from Chicago at . o'clock yester-
day morning Mr.. Wilson was quite
sick. and it was against his physicians
advice tifat-fc1 made the tourney 70
this city.
Immediately after breakfast Mr.. VIII
son went TO bed, where he remained
until noon. From 20 6 o'clock yes
tertiav afternoon he held reception
at the Caates hotel There were many
callers. Eza q.
Mr.. Wilson is enthusiastic over the
passage of his bill. lie predicts that
great benefits will result from its en-
hetment into a law. He says every
congressional district in West Virgins
will be democratic after the next cleo
ton. The Wilson bill will pass the
senate by n comfortable majority, he
thinks. He is not SO sanguine con-
corning the passage of the income tax
measure. lie expects considerable op-
position to it in the senate and so
will not venture to prophecy its fate.
If enacted il will help out the
estimated deficiency in the revenue of
s16, ,OOO, 900 to be caused by the passage
of the Wilson bill, to the extent of $780,
OOO. 600, but Mr.. Wilson does not con-
slider Its passage Indispensable, as he
claims that his bill will in short
time supply sufficient revenue.
Mr.. Wilson will remain in the city
to-day, and viii proceed on his jour
ney-his health permitting-Monday
morning. His trouble is tonsilitis,
but at present is not considered Sc
riO.-S
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17
THE WAR IN BRAZIL.
Betrayed to the Movements
ut the South-New supplies and Troops
for the Insurgents.

Betrayed to the GoveInment-Moyeme
ut the South-Sew supplies and Troops
for the Insurgents.
MoSrEvIDEO, Feb. IA dispatch
dated at Rio de Janeiro reached this
city by mail yesterday. 1t said: SAT
tempts have been made on land re-
Gently to help the insurgent fleet, but
they have collapsed, as the names of
the plotters were betrayed to the gov
ernment, and the leaders of the con-
spiracy were arrested. Among the
prisoners are twenty officers, two Of
them generals.
Reports of insurgent movements in
the south are contradictory. 1t is re-
ported that the insurgents are still
pushing across the Sac PaulO frontier.
Although the large army long expected
to reinforce the insurgent fleet has not
appeared, Admiral da Cana has gained
strength recently. Many men have
Joined the fleet and abundant supplies
have reached him from the nearby
country.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17

IT is told of Hannah More that she
had good way of managing talebear-
ers Whenever she was told anything
derogatory to another her invaria BILE
reply was: Come, we will go and ask
il this be true" The effect was some
thing ludicrously painful. The tale
bearer was taken aback, stammcrcd
out a qualification or begged that no
notice be taken of the statement But
the good lady was inexorable; off she
took the scandalmonger to the scan
dalized to make inquiry and compare
accounts. No one vcntured second
time to repeat a gossipy story to
Hannah More
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17

WAVES mountain high which
writers of marine yarns" are fond of
mentioning have usually been regarded
as creatures of the imagination. But
there was no imagination about the
tidal wave seventy-five to eighty
feet which struck the Normannia,
almost submerged her, did great
deal of damage and compelled the
in the experiences of the other
vessels coming into port with like
stories of encounters with monster
waves. 1t is only another illustration
showing that truth is stranger than
fiction
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17

posit Of the earnings of ,ac people ant 70 faeis-
itste exchange.
Second-The lapd., ineludiug all thenat-rs5
/ resources OF wealth, is the heritage OF all the
| people. and should not be rOnopolized for
speculative purposes. and alien ownership oil
| land should lie prohibited All land now held
| by railroads and other corporations in excess
- shsir Haiursl needs, and all land now Owned
| by aliens shautd lie reclaimed by the govern
r1ent and neld for arte5i settlers'only.
l neutrality-suspicious. beius . means OF ex-
change and public necessity, the fsoVcrnment
Showdown and operate the Railroads.&c. in thesS'
terest OF the people. Telegraph and telephone
systems, like the post ONCE system. being
necessity for transmission OF intelligence,
should be owned and operated by the govern
nient In the interest OF The people
The following resolutions were adopted. not
as an additional to the political demands ofthe
alliance. but as subjects to be discussed In the
sub-aiilances:
Eesoircd. That we favor . graduated property
tax
Eeso'red. That we favor such legislation by
the state as will place the liquor trafiic under
state agents. b0uI,d 10 obey Che law, 50 as TO
eliminate from The business the corruptiag cls-
ffIen, of profit.
Ben Terfeli. OF Texas addressed a big meet
ing at night on tic silver question
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE president of Brazil has offered
pardon to private soldiers ar sailors of
the insurgcnt forces who apply for
clcmcncy within sixty days.
The returns from all parts of On
tario. giving the vote on the recent pro-
hibitiun plebiscitc, show total ma
jorty in favor of prohibition of 81. 80
TIE death of l.. Schoiield, the first
man to make iron rails in the south, oc-
currcd near Chattanooga, Tenn, aged
50 years.
WHILE acting rs pailbearcr George
Gillis, a lawyer n Double Springs, Ala, -,
fell headlong into a grave and was
killed.
A PASSENGER train was wrecked
near Cappiegnc, France. bya freight
and seven persons were killed and
many injured.
NEAR Vancouver. L. c.. the tugboat
Estellc was wrecked by an explosion
and eight of the crew were killed.
THE old corvette Ecarsarge, the most
famous ship of the naval service. was
wrecked on Epncador reef, off the
coast of Nicaragua.
Col EONNIES, clcren other officers
and go French privatcs were massacred
by the Tuarcguras in africa
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
HFTT-TH!RD CONGRESS. Fs
Regular Session.


MONDAY. Feb. 5.-Discussion of the
house bill to repeal the federal election
laws occupied the entire time of the
senate. In the house Mr.. Warner
(dem-, n. " introduced 4 bill for an
elastic currency. The Hawaiian reso-
luton was discussed at length. An in
vestigation of Judge Jenkins action in
enioining Northern Pacific employees
from striking was asked for 4 report
from Secretary Lamont showed that
about 5, ,223, J9T men were available for
military duty in the United States
TUESDAY,, Feb. q. - In the senate
a bill was introduced TO repeal all
laws which have been enacted relating
to the coinage or use of silver since
January |. 1873 and to reenact all laws
relating to silver in force previous to
that date. The house bill to repeal the
federal election law was further dis
Cusscd. In the house the Hawaiian
debate was concluded, but the McCrcary
resolution indorsing the acts of the adj
minis,ration was not passed because of
The failure of the democrats TO secure a
quorum when vote was taken upon it
WEDNESDAY. Feb. I'm the senate
the house bill to repeal the federal
election laws was passed by 4 vote of
SO to -. In the house the McCreary
resolution condemning Minister Stevens
and sustaining the Hawaiian policy of
Mr.. Cleveland was adopted by a vote of
l7J to -.
THURSDAY, Feb. s. I'm the senate
Senator Perkins presented the me
MORALS of the San francisco chamber
of commerce praying for the anneXa
tion of Hawaii Senator Wolcott tCol.
presented a resolution providing for the
submission of constitutional amend
mcnt prohibiting the states from de-
nying suffrage to any person on ac-
count of sex. A memorial of the wool
growers against the Wilson bill was
presented by senator Sherman. In the
house the deadlock on Mr.. Bland's sill
yer sei%niorage bill was broken after
hours of continuous filibuStering when,
by Il vote of i16 to /, Mr.. Bland's motion
to go into committee of the whole for
consideration of his bill was carried.
FRIDAY, Feb. 9.-NO business was
transacted in the senate to-day. The
entire day in the house was consumed
ir debate on the Bland silver seign-
forage bill.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17
WEST AND SOUTH.

II Michigan fire insurance companies
received S4.4O9, s63 in premiums last
year and paid g, 543, ,O21 losses.
COLLECTOR MCCLURE in seventeen
days destroyed nine stills and captured
fifteen moonshiners in Polk county,
Ark.
By the burning of barn near Syca-
more, Ill. $50 imported Percheron
horses owned 10y W. L. Ellwood were
cremated.
A. J. MCLAURIS was elected United
States senator from Mississippi oy the
Legislature
For the murder of William S Buck
ley Will Pervis, desperate and white
cap leader, was executed at Columbia,
Miss
IL the court of common pleas of
Wyandotte county, Kan, Quon 10y, n
Chinese merchant, was admitted to full
citizensh hip by Judge Anderson.
NEAR Green Bay, Ala, Aaron Tolli-
fer and his wife were found murdered
and Anthony Thomas, the woman's
paramour. was arrested for the crime.
AT Harlan Court House. Ky, duel
was fought in which William Nolan
killed John and William Turner
FIRE ruined the cotton compress at
Dublin, Tex, the loss being s15O,0OO
THREE attempts were made to burn
the Agricultural building on the worlds
fair grounds by tramps, the damage
being 100000.
THE firm of Scotchler & Gibbs, COM
mission merchants in San Francisco,
failed for s30O, 900.
In the northwestern portion of Mis-
sissippi plantations were devastated by
a cyclone, farmhouses were wrecked
and the debris scattered over the coun-
try for miles around. Several persons
were injured AID one woman killed
THE frequent post Office robberies IN
Ohio and Indiana lead the government
inspectors To think ~ crsauized gang
is at work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17

TOPEKA. Kas.. Feb. s-At this morning s
session which was held lchind closed doors.
there were several warm debates. and the
meeting was so interesting that the adjourn
Incnt for dinner was not taken until O'Clock.
II is understood that the fight over the indOrse-
ment OF woman suffrage was in progress. Re-
ports gathered in show that there are 4sODo
members OF the alliance in Kansas Tennes-
see shows only $50 members Two years ago
there were islOJa members in Kansas
There was hard fight over the adoption Of
the alliance demands" some favorins only
the Endorsement of free coinage Of silver, but
this element WIS largely in the minority. The
demands as adopted are as follows:
First-we demand n national currency, safe.
sound and flexible. issued by the general gov
ernment only. full legal tender for all debts.
public and private. and that without
the use of banking corporations Just,
equitable and efficient means OF dis
tribution direct to the people at tax not TO
exceed . per cent. he provided. as set forth in
our subtrelsury plan. or some better system:
also by payments in discharge OF its obliga-
tions for public improvements
We demand the free and unlimited coinage
OF silver and gold at the present legal ratio of
I6 to
We demand that the amount OF circulating
medium be speedily Increased to at least $50
per capita
We demand graduated income tax
We demand that our national legislation
shall be SO framed in the future as not to build
up one industry At the expense of another
We believe that the money of the country
should he kept as much as possible in the
hands Of the people, and hence we demand all
national and state revenue shall be lfInited 20
the necessary expenses Of the government
economically and honestly administered.
We demand that peoples savings banks lie
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17

The report of the commissioner Of
Immigration at the port of New York
shows that 352, ss5 immigrants landed
during the past year. OF these 54,57G
were enable to read or write. Italy
sent the largest number of immigrants,
69,O14, of whom ~ per cent. were illit-
crates. Next in numbers were the Ger
mans, 5a,9sl, of whom only l,239 were
llliterates Russia sent 81, lOO, of whom
ll}9 per cent We're illiterates. OF the
,7lo from Hungary 20 per cent. were
iliiterates. The greatest proportion of
llliterates, so per cent, was among the
Poles. but their number was only a Lit,
tie more than 5000
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17

IT is little singular, says the st.
Paul Globe, that when two southern
ers meet on the street and fill each
other full of bullets, they are always
spoken of as gentlemen Of high So
cial standing" 1t is about time that
gentlemen of high social standing, or
any standing whatever, ceased to
carry deadly weapons and use them on
the slightest provocatIon. Tho rhac-
tice is a relic of barbarism that all men
possessed of gentlemanly instincts
should discard utterly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17

For numbering his sweetheart, Ellen
Smith, Peter Degraff wns hanged at
| Winston, y. c. &
Tit supreme court of KANSAS decided
that Gov. Lewelling had no authority
to remove Mrs. Mary L. Lease from
| the state board of charity.
THE Jeffersonian democrats, or the
Kolbites, and the peoples party, in
state convention at birmingham, Ala,
nominated full stale ticket, with +
+. Kolb for governor, to oppose the
regular democratic ticket ------'-1-3--'
AT Alton, Ill, Mrs. Mary Galloway
| (colOredl celebrated her 10th birthday
IT was said that Frederick Marvin,
cashier of the Third national bank at
Detroit, Mich, who had fled, was short
500, 0,OO9 in his accounts.
The schooner Bangor arrived at San
Francisco fifteen days from Honolulu.
The captain of-the Bangor reports
everything quiet at Honolulu.
III u cyclone at Port Hudson; La,
| many persous were hurt much prop
| erty destroyed and negro child killed.
THE-rope broke as William Purvis
was swung off the scaffold at Coluln-
Bia, Miss, and the sheriff refused TO
! hang him again.
WHILE making call in Washington
George W. IIouk, of Dayton, represent
ing the Third Ohio district in congress,
dropped dead. lie was c? years cid.
RoBBERs tortured j. Clayton, living
in Cumberland county, ky., until he
revealed where 81, 500 was hidden.
FIRE swept away the entire plant of
the Ute Pass works at Colorado City,
Col, the loss being 100000.
IL 10-mile race at Jacksonville,
Fla, Jack Prince, bicyclist, beat Il
horse.
JUDGE SHAW sentenced John Hart,
convicted of killing his two sisters at
Rockford, H., to be hanged on Friday,
March Ii.
Ar her home in GAINESVILLE. O.: Mrs
Mary f. Williams celebrated her l0Gth
birthday.
CHARLES PLUNKETT, Henry Rrucc
and Bob Plunkct. We're lynched in the
I'Gulch country in Arkansas for the mur
! der of an aged couple
EcEBERs murdered Henry Snoderly.
aged 81. one of the wcalthic>t farmers
OF Union county, Tenn, and his wife,
aged ~.
The National Farmers Alliance ut
the annual meeting in Topeka, Kan,
elected Marion Butler of North Caro-
lima. as president. Resolutions were
adopted denouncing Secretary Morton
as an enemy to the welfare of the
American FARMERS, and therefore to
the general welfare of the country.
EURGLARS secured the combination
of the safe i'll the poolroom of John
Payne at Covington, Ky, and robbed
it of 81 400 in cash.
\ TORNADO which swept over Indiana
did great damage, unrUufing houses
and blowing down fences and trees.
The execution of Robert Marler took
place at Pineville, Ky. lie with two
others had fired into a passing train,
killing Mrs. Mary bowling.
IT WAS said that Henry Renken en-
bezzled slj, ,OOU from the Farmers and
Merchants bank at Talmnge, Neb., re
Gently suspended.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17
RennI.ed Al NIcthernr.

LONDON, Feb. IA dispatch re-
ceived from Buenos Ayres says: 'tIt
is officially announced from Rio de
Janeiro that the insurgents have been
repulsed at Nictheroy. Many prison
ers were taken, including several na-
val officers. The insurgents have cap
tured Passofundo, Alegreto, Monopay,
Cruzalta and Soledad. all in Rio Grande
do Sui A dispatch dated at Monte
video on the 10th says that the COM
manders of the government vessels
Tiradantes. Santos and Bahia have
been removed, as they were suspected
of disloyalty."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17

\ SCIENTIST has discovered that pco-
Pile eat more in cold than III warm
weather He may have also observed
that they wear more clothing in win
ter than in summer, AMI that they
maintain fires more constantly. Sci
ence is constantly making discoveries,
but it sometimes ovcrlooks very com-
mon phenomena.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17

CAPT. RYDER, of the steamer ~.
Helens. is the youngest captain in tie
transatlantic trade and commands one
of the largest oil-carrying steamers
atioat lie is only twenty-five. years
old, and. in addition to his nautical
knowledge, has made a study of
surgery. His skill as a surgeon saved
the life of sailor on his last trip.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-17

More judgments were rendered il,
the federal court at Kansas City the
other day against unfortunate -. Clair
county.
There ar, still standing against st Clair
county unSatisficd judgments amoIniing t.
hearty S1'OOn. incurred nI bon j! issue for the
building Of TIA" Teho * NeoSho paper railroad.
The Judgments rendered tn" 9th r day wcr,
simply the revival Of the old judgments which
were liah" t. hc outllwed 10y the lapse Of
time. and ii is evident that the holders OF the
bonds issued for a railroad which was nevar
huilt do not intend TO release their grasp until
the county makes satisfactory compromise
II is claimed that tn" plan which is bein. fol
lowed to secure payment o! the bonds i to
kcrpthe members Of tn" county court in Jail
and Starvc she county into submission