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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
THE BLYTHE MILLIONS.
Effort of Gov. Markham OF California to
Escheat Them to the State.

Effort of Gov. Markham OF California to
Escheat Them to the State.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-A special to the
Herald from San Francisco, says:
Gov. Markham has brought suit to
secure the escheat of the Blythe es-
tate, valued at 81 OO0. 900. to the state.
The complaint alleges that on April 4,
1888, Thomas II. Blythe was the
ownerand seized in fee simple abso-
lutte possession and occupation of
the real property, which is then de-
scribed; that Blythe died without leav-
ing any wife, issue or heirs to take or
inherit his estate or any portion there
OF, which has therefore escheated to
the state of California for the support
of the common schools. ID. NJ. Delma
for the Williams heirs, McDermott for
the company and CARRIER, Boalt and
Bishop for Florence. do not appear to
anticipate much trouble from the state
in this pet law suit.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
LATER NEWS,

THE senate was not i'll session on the
11th........ In the house most of the day
was spent in debatinga a motion to non
concur in the senate amendment to the
town-sitc bill, which was finally car
ried, and conferees were appointed.
After the call of committees for re-
ports Mr.. Bland moved that the house
20 into committee of the whole on the
scigniorage bill, and that general de-
bate close in thirty minutes; but no
quorum voting. the motion was lost,
and tire remainder of the session was
taken up IN speeches eulogistic of the
late representative Gen. William
Lilly, out of respect to whose memory
the house at $40 adjourned.
CHANCELLOR Won CAPRIvI, of Ger
many, gives official dinners with in
creasing frequency. lie has limited
the cost to twenty marks 4 plate,
including wine and beer. His aide-de-
camp, who keeps the purse, has the
most rigid orders to spend no more
than the chancellor's annual salary of
IS, 900 marks, less the amount exacted
for state taxes. The chancellor, while
not wishing to save anything, will in
cur no debts.
THE statement of the associated
banks of New York city. for the week
ended on the 18th, showed the follow
ing changes: Reserve, decrease. SILL
OG9. .S75; leans. increase, sc, I43. 500;
specie, decrease, s9,91a,7OO; legal ten
ders, decrease, $500, 200; deposits. de-
crease, S4.1S4, 100; circulation, decrease,
Si4I. 800.
The jury in the case of the Mansfield
pa rioters returned a verdict on the
18th. Twenty-One of the fifty-eight
prisoners were acquitted, thirty-two
were found guilty, two had entered
pleas of guilty and three were ac-
quilted by order of the court.
CHAs. IOUSG, alias Lonsdale, released,
on the 18th, from an English prison, is
wanted in Rochester, \. Y, for mur-
der. Detectives were awaiting him
outside the prison.
IT is reported in Rome that Marquis
Curtopassi. at present Italian minister
at Roumania, will succeed Baron Fava
as Italian ambassador to the United
States.
The statue of Napoleon, which was
erected at Boulogne in 1854 by En-
glishmen, has been blown down and
broken to pieces
'Gcy. MARKHAM of California has
brought suit to secure the escheat of
the Blythe estate, valued at 81, ,O0o, 900,
to the state
On the 10th the New York associated
banks held S74.536, ,s25 in excess of tl.e
requirements of the 25-per-cent rule
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
Entitled to Surplus Fees.

The case of Vernon county against
ex-Rccorder Andrew J. King, taken on
change of venue to Bates county, has
been decided by Judge James II. Lay
in favor of the defendant. The suit
was for S1.a32 surplus fees, which the
county claimed should have been paid
into its treasury for the year 1890. The
matter was left to Referee Casey, of
Henry county, who reported the above
amount due the county. Mr.. King
took the position that he was entitled
to the surplus for deputy hire. The
county, however. claimed that he had
forfeited the right to deputy hire, as
he had neglected TO have the salary of
an assistant fixed by the county court.
The defendant had paid into the county
treasury $1,000, which represented the
surplus which he had retained during
former years. The county took an ap-
peal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

FROM Boston Paul Jones started
naked on n tour around the world. but
soon had money enough to buy a paper
suit and at the end of twenty-four
hours had $50 which he had picked up
in various ways.
IN mine at Plymouth, Pa, thirteen
lives were lost. The men were caught
by cave-in.
THE Massachusetts house of repre-
sentatives passed bill abolishing fast
days in that state.
The whale fishery review for 1898
says that the season in the Arctic ocean
was phenomenal one. The total of
towheads by the entire fleet was 294,
against PA IN 1892.
The death of Gen. Edward F. Hincks
occurred at Cambridge, Mass, from
wounds received while in the civil war.
He was the first volunteer
A JURY in Brooklyn found John Y.
McKane, charged with intimidation of
voters and gross election frauds, guilty
of all the counts in the charge.
FIRE swept away the state normal
and training school at Oneonta, \. Y,
the loss being SI5O.00o
NEAR Provincetown, Mass, eight un-
recognizable corpses and the timbers of
two vessels were washed ashore.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
WEET AND SOUTH.

THOMAS j. PARKER, one OF the captors
of Jeff Davis, died at Allegan, Mich,
aged -
The levee at Horn Lake landing, be-
low Memphis, Tenn, broke and 5000
acres of land were inundated
FLAMES believed to be of incendiary
origin destroyed the greater portion of
the colonnade on the worlds fair
grounds
A FREIGHT train on the Chicago &
Alton was wrecked near Carlinville,
ILL.,, causing a loss of 100000 to the
company.
AT Springfield, Mo-, the American ma
tional bank was closes by order of the
comptroller of the currency.
The founder and editor of the Chica
go Legal News, Mrs Myra Bradwell,
who was distinguished as the first
woman in the United States to apply
for admission TO the bar, died in Chica-
go. aged 63 years.
FLAMES damaged the Calumet Paper
company and the Chicago Toy and
Fancy Goods company in Chicago to
the extent of s125.0Oo.
Iy the arena at the midwinter fair in
San Francisco Carlo Thieman, lion
tanner, was attacked by three lions and
mangled so that he died.
FLAMES in the Miller block at Colum-
bus, O.. did damage to the extent Of
s250.0OO.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

Two masked men held up and rob
bed the mail-stage at Briceville, post
Office AZ miles south of Peirce City.
They covered the driver with two Win
chesters and demanded him TO turn
over the mail-bags and 4 large sum of
money which he was bringing from
Rocky Comfort to deposit in bank for
the merchants ut that place. They
made the driver, sam Altman, take out
his knife and cut the strap. They Sc.
cured two valuable registered pack
ages. They then threw the mail and
bags in the coach and told the driver
to move on, and not look back, which
he did not do until he reached Pcirce
City and reported the hOld-up. The
scene of the robbery is a bare, noun
famous country, very thinly populated
and will afford them an easy means of
escape.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
THEY CARE FOR THE INSANE.
Meeting of the Onicers and Directors OF
the Various State Asylums for the In
sane-A Fund Of Information Regarding
the Treatment of the Insane-The A>y-
lums Suid to be In o Satisfactory Condi.

Meeting OF the Onicerf and directors OF
the Various State Asylums for the In
sane-A Fund Of Information Regarding
the Treatment of the Insane-The A>y-
lums Snid to be In o Satisfactory Condi.
tlon.
fectors of the various state asylums
for the insane was held at the institu-
tion in Fulton, continuing several
days. The sessions were almost con-
tinuous, and resulted in an exchange
and interchange of experiences and
opinions on methods and management
that can not be otherwise than bene-
fetal to officers, members and inmates
of the different institutions The fol-
lowing gentlemen were present:
Gov. W. j. Stone, ex-officio head OF
the enterprises
ST. Louis Asylum-R. E. Gibson,
chief clerk.
ST. Joseph Asylum-R. C. Woodson,
superintendent; NJ. L. Spencer, stew
ard; r. NJ. Nash, secretary.
Navada Asylum-Dr. J. +. Robinson,
superintendent; DIR. A. +. Brown, as
-sistantr physician; ID. C. Kennedy and
James Groege, members board of man.
ayers.
Fulton Asylum-Dr. r. S. Wilson.
superintendent; Doctors Nixon, Hull
and lIogue, assistants; James Lenoir,
druggist; d. p. Bailey, steward. and
other officers of the institution.
The discussions ELECTED fund of in
formation in regard to the methods,
remedial agents and sanitary treat
ment of patients, including physical
treatment, diet, exercise, remedies for
and generally the agencies to be EN-.
ployed in effecting the best results in
the briefest time.
The resident and visiting members of
the conference expressed the highest
qualification at the free and cordial ex-
change of theories and experiences, en-
bracing not only the science and en-
ployment of medical and sanitary arts,
but the best methods and most profit
able experiences from the use of GER
tain agencies in peculiar cases of dis
order. Not only did the medical men
reap profit from the discussion of scien-
tific methods, but the directory and
business managers received new ideas
from this interchange of plans which
will lead TO economic appliances that
experience has proved to be profitable
and efficient.
The sessions terminated with an ele-
giant supper given by the officers OF
Asylum No. 1 and n bal masque in the
evening, in the latter of which visitors,
citizens and patients participated.
The board of managers, including
Gov. Stone, expressed high apprecia-
tion of the institution. The ins;itu-
ton is in Il flOurishing condition so far
as its business management and cura-
tive influences are concerned. and from
the other institutions satisfactory re-
ports were made
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
A CLEVER FORGER
Plays q Bold Hundred to One Shot on q
Chicago Bank.

Plays a Bold Hundred to One Shot on q
Chicago Bank.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1s.-Frank II. Harper.
who is also known by the name of
Frank II. Henderson, and who is said
to be from st. Paul, walked into
the Continental national bank last
Thursday morning, and presented two
checks for payment. One called for
IS, 500 and the other for $500. IIar-
per was known at the hank, and as the
signatures were genuine, the checks
were cashed without hesitation.
1t was subsequently learned that the
checks had been raised from $50 and
s35 checks to one hundred times those
amounts. The police are looking for
Harper. They know little or nothing
of him, but from the description given
of him by the officers of the American
Trust and Savings Co. they recognized
him as a clever forger who has been
working the same scheme in the east
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
SLAUGHTERED BY SLAUGHTER.
Desperado's Bloody Work at North
Carolina Wedding.

NEW YORK, Feb. IA dispatch to
the Sun from Raleigh, n. c., says: At
a wedding in Allegheny county. yes
terday, a large crowd assembled.
among those present being Daniel
Slaughter, of Carroll county, Va. Just
as the wedding ceremony ended
Slaughter passed near an old man, who
seized his hand and made some remark.
Slaughter spoke roughly and was
asked to leave the house. He did so,
but in few minutes returned.
The friends of the old man were an
cry and a peacemaker endeavored to
keep them back, while at the same time
he told Slaughter to keep quiet. Sud-
denly Slaughter sprang at John Bare
and stabbed him TO the heart He fell
dead, and Slaughter made an attempt
to again stab him, but the bride
seized his hand. she was cut on
the hand and arms Slaughter.
dashed for the door and on the way he
stabbed Edward Long, killing him in
stantly, and then fed. He was cap
tured two miles away.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

GERONIMO, the famous Apache chief
has become Il justice OF the peace in
Alabama, and presides with dignity
and fairness. lie permits no foolish
ness from the lawyers, and administers
justice with an even hand. Who knows
but the crstwhile chieftain of lawlcss
band may yet take 4 seat in the con-
gress of the nation, and prove himself
a public benefactor instead of public
Srourpa
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
A DiabeiIcaI Intention,

PARIS. Feb. 1s.-The Echo De Paris
says it has received information that
Emile Henry, who ON Monday night
last threw n bomb in the cafe of the
Hotel Terminus, had planned 10 cause
an explosion in the Comedie Franchise.
He intended, the paper says, to throw
a bomb in the theater last Monday
night when large crowd was in
attendance watching the play LES Ca
botins." Henry found it impossible to
procure seat, and taking an omnibus
at the theater, proceed to the Hotel
Terminus where he threw the bomb
that he intended to use in the theater.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
The steamer Ohio sunk.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 1s. The
steamer Ohio sunk at Cottonwood
Point, Mo-, 1870 miles above here at
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and is
likely to prove a total loss She lies
with her stern in twenty five feet of
water, and her bow is still held on the
stump or obstruction npon which she
backed while getting away from the
landing. Her passengers and crew
are all safe on shore and will go to
Cairo on the Ferd Hero,d, which left
here at 0 o'clock this morning, and
should get there some time tonight,
The Ohio is insured for $4,000.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

KUCHAN, one of ''thc cities of the
plain in Persia, had until recently a
population of twenty thousand, but an
earthquake came and killed twelve
thousand of them; also fifty thousand
cattle. 1t reads like n repetition of the
old Scripture narrative of Sudom and
Gomorrah, though in this instance the
people were not punished for their sins,
but for the mistake of living in Il pleas
ant and fertile valley. The noun
tains around the city were scarcely
shaken. The east is the land of
earthquakes, but Thus far it has en-
joyed comparative immunity from the
car stove.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

health commission, announces that tine
grip will shortly disappear and cease
its onslaughts on the human race for Il
generation Dr. Edison ncglects to
state his authority for the assumption
that the disease will not reappcar for
generation, but then his name would
not appear in print 50 often if he had
not made the remarkable prediction.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

VALIANT, the French bomb thrower
who recently cxpiated his crime on the
guillotine, seems destined To have
many imitators among the hare
Drained cranlls of Paris. Another out
rage was perpctrated at restaurant
there the other day and several per-
sons were mangled. The executioner
promises to have his hands full if the
homicidal mania continues.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
Obituary.

Mrs. Sarah Thompson. aged 75. wife OF VIM
Thompson, died at Ma 'Ol.
Prof J. +. ReidinGcr. assistant principal OF
the Trenton high school, died with Brights
disease, after an illness OF only three days.
Capt. J. Shuman. veteran Of the Mexican
war AMI war Of the rebellion, died at Sedalia,
aged 81.
W. L. Miller. sheriff OF Scott county. died al
his hOmr in Benton. [Thc sheriff contracted
pneumonia while capturing William Lloyd,
who killed Charles Archer. This caused his
death
Mrs Elizabeth Roberts died in ST. Joseph.
aged IL. with her husband. the late Russell
II. Wrinkle she settled in st. Joseph in 1870
6nd had continuously resided there ever since.
After the death OF Russell H. Wrinkle. who
was well known to all the 81. Joseph pioneers.
she married the late Judge William Roberts.
whom she survived. Mrs. Roberts was in ST
Joseph when the county seat was at Old Spar
Ia, and saw St Joseph, tsen a trading post,
grow into one of the NEST prosperous jobbing
CeutPrS in the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

REPORTS from London Indicate that
Mrs. Maybrick will soon Le liberated
from prison. Accompanying them is
the claim made that this executive
clemency would probably have been
shown her sooner but for the imper;i-
nent intermeddling of her volunteer
American friends. They do not raise
question as to the right of interces-
sion by such friends, but do deprecate
their methods. The English author
tiles who control the fate of the unfor-
tunate Mrs. Mayb brick are not prooi
against appeals to their sympathy, but
attempts to browbeat and coerce them
DELAYED executive clemency.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

JAMES RoBINsoN. who for a long time
held the title of champion bareback
rider of the world, is spending his de-
clining years on his farm in Missouri.
Hc is by no means an old man, but has
retired from the circus arena. lie
still has many of the valuable gifts
that he received in many parts of the
world, including those from Queen Vic
toria and the old Emperor William of
Germany
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

County Assessor ]. NJ. Logan of Pet
lis county has presented to the county
court the completed assessment of the
real and personal property of the coun-
ty for 1894, showing the assessed valu-
alton to be as follows: Real estate,
sG,63G, 300; personal property, sa,O46,-
Os5; banks and corporations, $500. l65.
Total. Sg.lSg.15O.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

THE COW is very important factor in
this country. According to statistics
recently compiled by the government
there is 81, coo, 100000 in this country in
the industry of which the bovine is the
basis. In the enumeration there are
100000 cows to give milk and 60. 090..
600 acres of land to give them food
Seven hundred and fifty thousand mep
are employed in the various depart
mcnts of the industry. and 1000. .eei
horses to haul the food and the products
The industry is of imposing proportion:
and still is not large enough to supply
the demands, for millions of pounds O;
imitation butter are sold every year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

NEW YORK, Feb. IA number of
banks and trust companies have started
out to loan money on wheat and are Of
fering four months loans, at 81 to 4
per cent, taking wheat as collateral
the same as stocks. This is new de-
parture.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

A BOLT of lightning, near Luling,
Tex, struck the corner of house.
passed through Il shelf, hit snuff bot
tie and lcaped TO the floor, where it
seemed TO exhaust itself on little >
year-old child. The child was only
slightly stunned, but in a short time its
back turned PERFECTLY black.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

PARIS, Tex. Feb. 19.-M. Grodet.
governor of the French Soudan, has
telegraphed to the government that
the encounter betweeen the French
and English forces at Warina, sierre
Leone, several weeks ago. was caused
nv Krona. a chief of the Quema- He
deceived the English and French par
ties by telling each that the other was
a force of Sofas, Col Abellis. COM
mauder of the West India regiment, to
which the British party belonged, had
an Oudeman burned for punishment
and Krona himself was afterward
captured and executed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

A MILLIONAIRE of Vienna has left
provisions in his will for the constant
illumination of the vault wherein he
now lies. An electric light is to he
kept burning for a year, and even the
collin is to be lighted in the interior 10y
elect ricity
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

THERE are about 5000 suicides in
the world each year. 1t would seem
that ut this rate the crop of fools would
soon become exhausted; but such does
not appear TO be the case, for when
one fool dies n dozen are born.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
Wanted For Murder.

LONDON, Feb. 1s--Charlcs Young.
alias Lonsdale, n convict ut Portland
prison, has been released, the term for
which he had been sentenced having
expired. Detectives were awaiting
him outside the prison, and as soon as
he appeared he was again placed
in custody on a nominal charge
of fraud. Young is wanted at
Rochester, n. Y, to answer a charge
of murder. His custodians brought
him at once to London, where he was
arraigned in the Bow street extradi-
ton court for n hearing on the applica-
ton of .he United States authorities.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

New YORK, Feb. 19.-The carriage
factory of Rufus NJ. Silvers & Bros,
IA to 1856 East Thirty-first street. ex-
tend ing through to Thirtieth street,
was damaged $1,000 by fire yesterday
afternoon. One of the partners esti-
mated that fully 2oo partially finished
and 1a5 completed vehicles of all de-
scriptions were destroyed. They were
fully insured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
what Con,olldation WOULD DO.

The city of New York, il the pro-
posed consolidation with adjacent
towns is effected, will have popula-
tion of nearly 5000. 900 and cover an
area of 81 square miles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

A kENTUCkY woman hns broken the
matrimonial record. She has been mar
ried to four different men within the
past two years, and, having just got 4
divorce from her last husband, is ready
for a fifth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24
PenitentIary Characters.

John Sullivan, the saddlc-tree con.
tractor from the state penitentiary,
talked Interestingly in st. Louis the
other day bout prison characters.
THE cOlored men are the best prisoners"
said he. They readily adapt themselves 10
their surroundings As long as the food is
good and the clothing warm they have no com
plants to make Two fat Coons from the cook
house were in the yard one bitter cold day
Gently. The Gaze opened and there came in
very thin. starvcliookins fellow wearing the
light clothes he had on when arrested last sum
mcr. lie shivercd before the blast that swept
across the courtyard. One OF the negroes re-
marked to his companion. rs they both looked
nj the newcomer: Looks as ifthcre was hard
times outside dOcsn I il. Bill: / have a man
in nv shop who IS serving his fifth term for
larceny asked him day why he did not
try and keep out OF the penitcntiary. Can't do
it, Mr.. Sullivan. / is one Of these nae hal born
thieves Well why don't you 20 somewhere
else. and not keep on tomin;; ack to Jcf:' i
know whore / is treat ID like gentleman
that's why"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

THE insurance companies of the
United States lost Sl%T, 10, 100 by fire
in 1892 and sl5G, AS, $40 in 1895. This
amounts to about "a per cent 1t is cv-
idcnt that the firebug has been doing a
flourishiHg business.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

A BosToS man who has acquired and
kept riches says that one of his rules
of life has been never to lend money
on personal promises to pay that he
Was not willing to give away and able
to lose
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

UNDER the new rules of the Nationa
baseball league profane Language, by
the players is prohibited under severe
penalty. This will ameliorate to som.
extent the condition of the umpire
who expects cursing as naturally a
does Mississippi river stevedore-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-24

A YEAR in the planet Neptune, it is
said by astronomers. consists of GO.O9O
days of twenty-four hours each. 1t is
presumed that there are few centenar-
ians living on that planet