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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FlFTYTHiRO CONGRESS.
Re..ulnr SessiOn.


MONDAY, May 21.- Debate on the
tariff bill occupied the time of the
senate. An amendment to put iron
ore on the free list was defeated.
In the house in committee of the
whole an amendment to the Legislative
appropriation bill declaring the statute
authorizing the sergeant-at-arms to
dock members for absence to have
been repealed was carried.
TUESDAY, May 22.-Sevenp paragra phs
of the metal schedule of the tariff bill
We're disposed of in the senate after
eight hours of debate. In the house
in committee of the whole the section
oft he Legislative appropriation bill pro-
viding for the civil service commission
was stricken out by a strictly party
vote of 1O9 to Il. The committee on
the election of the president and vice
president voted to make a favorable
report on the bill providing for the
election of the president by a direct
vote.
WEDNESDAY. May Ex-senator Cor
man defended the tariff bill in
HptfNIl III iHt Stlidlt- u HibllbH W ldN
the hill on the table was defeated by a
strict party vote of as to IS. The house
continued its onslaught on the civil
service commission by striking out of
the Legislative appropriation bill the
paragraph transferring department
clerks to the classified service. \ bill
was favorably reported providing
fine of $500 and Imprisonment as
penalty directed at any ex-soldier who
poStdatcs his voucher for pension be-
fore the 18th of the month.
THURSDAY. May 2i.-At the opening
of the session of the senate Mr..
Kyle urged the passage of his resolu
ton declaring that it was not the pur
pose of the nited States to use force
to restore Liliuokalani as queen Of
the Hawaiian islands. hut it went over
for the day. The tariff bill was fur
ther considered. In the house the
amendment To the Legislative appro-
priation bill to have struck out the pro-
vision for contingent expenses of the
civil-scrvice commission was voted
down and the measure was passed.
The bill to incorporate the supreme
lodge of Knights of Pythias was also
passed. and Il resolution was adopted
setting aside saturday, June -. for
fUl"rics ON the late Representative
IIouk, OF Ohio.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02
WEI AND SOuIH

AFTER being supposed to he dead for
thirty five years, John SCHNEIDER. of
san Francisco. returned to ST. Joseph.
Mo. and claimed fortune left by his
father.
THE democratic convention at Mont
gcmery. Ala. nominated W. c. Oates
for governor.
JoHN VAN NIMMASGs is serving a life
sentence in the prison at jackson,
Mich. for the murde.. of John Crow,
who is alive and well at Muncie. Ind,
and has Just learned of his supposed
death in lSs5.
FRANK GRANY and John Roeschlein
found a package containing Sl,500
worth of diamonds in Chicago and
hunted mp the owner, though both were
ont of work and had eaten nothing for
two DAYS.
THE case of Prendergast. the muir
dercr of Mayor Harrison in Chicago,
will be heard ON June IL.
MINE owners in Illinois will try to
settle the coal strike by offering to ad
vance the wage scale in the southern
and central districts.
c. II. MORGAN was nominated for con-
greSs at the democratic convention of
the Fifteenth Missouri district.
SEVERAL earthquake shocks. accom-
panied by rumbling noise. were felt
at Anna and Cairo. ILL.,. and at Cape
Girardeau and st. Louis. Mo.
Ar Colorado Springs, Col. warrants
were issued for the arrest of W. d.
Richmond, who is charged with having
six wives in various places.
FLAMES wiped out the business por-
ton of the town of Luten, la.
r. F. WEED, B. f. Hughes and Charles
O'Brien, leaders of commonwealers
who stole a Union Pacific train at
Montpelier, Idaho, were sentenced at
Cheyenne, Wyo., to five months i'm
prisonment, and twelve others were
sentenced to four months in Jail.
In session at Minneapolis business
men of the northwest formed an asso-
citation whose object is to build up a
home market for home-manufactured
goods.
STRIKING miners marched to the Mis-
sion Field coal mines near DaEville,
Ill. and compelled the 200 men at w"rS
to come out and take an oath not to re-
turn
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02

FLAMES destroyed the most impor-
TAFT portion of East End, New Or
leans most popular summer resort. the
loss being 100000.
THE republican convention of the
Nineteenth Illinois district nominated
Benson Wood, of Efiingham, for con-
gress.
THE prohibitionists in convention at
Little Rock, Ark, nominated full
state ticket, headed by DIR. VI. l.. Curl
for governor.
IL Chicago ffty-nine indictments
were returned by the special grand
jury against persons charged with
violations of the election law.
CONGRESSMAN DAVIS, of Kansas. has
made a careful estimate of the differ
ent bands of Coxeyites on the way to
Washington and claims that there are
5000 men tramping or riding on boats
and borrowed trains toward the cap
ital.
For systematic horse stealing thirty
well-known citizens of Tecumseh, o.
T., Were indicted.
AT Portland, Ore, the j. X. Gill com
pany, wholesale dealers in books and
stationery. failed for Sl3O,0OO.
The Indiana populists in convention
at indianapolis nominated a full state
ticket headed by {. \. Robinson, of
Fountaintown, for secretary of state.
The platform recommends the free
coinage of silver; advises an increase
of the currency to $50 per capita: de-
nounceS national banks and interest
bearing government bonds; recon-
mends the election of United States
senators and postmasters by direct
vote of the people, and favors an in
come tax and local option.
AFTER living on water forty-six days
John Dewright, a well-to-do farmer,
died at Kalamazoo. Mich, aged -
years. lie was determined to starve
himself to death and succeeded.
THE governor ordered troops to La
Sale and Centralia. ILL.,, to suppress
striking miners. who defied the local
authorities.
An aged couple, Michael Bash and
wife. started from Clinton, Ia, in
roadcart drawn by mule for an over
land trip to New York city.
THE republicans of the Tenth Indi-
ana district nominated Charles b.
Landis. of Delphi, for congress.
MICHIGAN democrats will hold THEFT
state convention at Grand Rapids on
June %.
Is the First district of Indiana
Arthur II. Taylor was renominated for
congress by the democrats.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Conncnccments.

There were twelve graduates. divided
equally between the sexes. from the
Boonville high school. The school
board has reelected Prof. +. W. PlogeI
as principal Of the school for the mex:
term. and also elected the entire corp
Of other teachers.
The closing exercises of the Cooper
institute. Boonville, was held the Other
evening, Misses Stella and Cora Speed
being the graduates. This closes the
twcnty-fourth year of this seminary.
and the most prosperous one of its ex-
istence.
The seventh annual commencement
exercises of the Joplin high school were
held at the Club theater. there being
nine graduates. \ diploma from the
Joplin high school admits the holder to
the state university.
The commencement exercises of the
Macon public schools were held at
johnson opera house. Nine graduates
of the grammar department were con-
testants for Z gold medal. The first
medal was awarded to Mary Stone and
the second to Waldo +. Smith. This
contest was held the evening previous
to commencement
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02
TIME TO APPLY THE BRAKES.
The Leaders of the Great Coal Miners
strike Trembling at Its Magnitude and
Possibilities.

The Leaders of the Great Coal Miners
strike Trembling at Its Magnitude and
Awful Possibilities.
COLUMBrs, O.. May 27.-Secretary Nc
Bryde said yesterday that the miners
strike had assumed a very menacing
condition toward the industries of the
country, and, in his opinion, it was high
time the fast train on both sides got to-
gether and settled it. There was more
money lost every day by reason of the
idle mines than all the profits on the
great railroad contracts which are
blocking the settlement put together
at is not our fault said he, that the
strike is continued We have been Or
ganized and ready to negotiate as
body since the strike began. The opera
tors cannot act as a unit for some rea-
SON."
President John Mcbride received a
letter from a brewing company at
Terre Haute, Ind, in which an offer
was made that if coal was allowed to
be mined for the company they would
pay 5000 per week into the treasury OF
the United Mine Workers besides pay
ing the scale wages.
A brewing company at Massillon, o.,
made piteous appeal. They had been
getting their coal from a private bank.
1t is now closed. They have but little
coal. and can get none. II their cool
ing and ice-making machines are
stopped such an enormous expense will
be put upon the company that it will
bankrupt it.
President Mcbride left for SPRING
field last evening without taking any
action in these cases. He calls atten-
ton to the fact that the rioting miners
at Cripple Creek, Col, are gold and sill
yer miners, and do got belong to the
coal miners union.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02

Alliance. BOllinEer county. T.. h. Stevenson
wee j. H. Stevenson. resigned.
Cedar Creek. Tancy county, {. c. Collins, vice
J. y. Deeds. resigned.
Hllard Butler county. George W. Hill vice
J.. q. POtillo. resigned.
Abb. Mississippi county. Mrs. J. J. Kennedy,
vice +. VI. Holden. resigned.
'arroll. Cape Girardeau county. Mary A.
Bean. vice NJ. ". Hatcher resigned.
3Oniil. St. Louis county. j. X. Pitts. vice
Richard Pitts. resigned.
.iackhaTt. Douglas county. =. NJ Nelson. vice
j. \. AaEcr. resigned.
-.ui,ington. Stcidard county. Cinderellus
Ioch>. vice C. l.. Taylor. resigned.
camden Point Platte county. W. p George,
vice Bertha Prior. removed.
cora. Ozark county. F. NJ. Francis. vice Anton
Fischer. removed.
-ialloran. Butler county. q. NJ Harmen, vice
Nj. \. Halloran. resigned.
-'artShOrn, Texas county, W. J. Stephens
vice II. Cole. resigned.
Leeds. jackson county. NJ. c. Polfer. vice l.
7 Atkins. resigned.
Mendon. Charlton county. Corinnc Blakey,
Vice e. W. WellinG. removed.
>r-an. fancy county. H. J. Hinklc vice NJ W.
Mcrr!ck. resigned
Thorniield. Ozark county. +. NJ. BloomcI. vice
e. ". Pcary. removed.
Valley Ridge. Buulllin county. W l. Craig,
vice W. j. ONicy. resigned
NEW POST OFFICES.
Ncfy. Adair county. VIM +. MahoOd, post
master.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02
A DISASTROUS WRECK.

An Express Train Running Sixty MILES IN
Hour Dashes Suddenly Into = Landslde-
The Engineer and Fireman, Caught en-
der Their Locomotive, Crushed anu
Burned Out of An Human sembiance-A
Narrow Escape.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, May T.-This
morning about3 o'clock one of the most
disastrous wrecks known in the history
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad oc-
CURED near Pine Grove, two and one
half miles east of lockwood, Pa, on
the Pittsburgh division of that road
The Inflated train was the New York
L Pittsburgh express, which left this
place at I:SO this morning with two
regular express cars, a combination ex-
press and mail car and several day
coaches.
The coaches were well filled with
passengers, and the train was running
at the rate of sixty miles an hour.
Suddenly. without a moments warn
ing. the engine dashed into a large
landslide. sending it in q twinkling
down into the creek, where it still lies
The combination mail and express and
the regular express cars crashed into
the engine with terrific force, and in a
few minutes were on fire. The coaches .
with their precious burden of passen-
gers were jammed together, but did not
leave the track. to which fortunate oc-
eurrence fs due the fact that there were
none of the passengers injured
As soon as the train quieted from the
eoncussion. the passengers rushed to
the piled-up and burning express cars
where they found Messenger Stohl, OF
the United States Express Co., strng-
Cling to escape from his car. In mo-
ment he was rescued but not until he
had Received serious injuries about the
head and body and probably internally,
but it is thought he will recover.
The passengers then turned their at
tention to the derailed engine below in
the creek. and were Mortified to find no
signs of the engineer or his fireman.
For five long. weary hours they con-
tinued their search, until at last they
found the crushed and dead body OF
Fireman Rhinehart under the lOcOmo-
tive One of his feet was entirely
burned off
Continuing their search they came
across bits of the remains of the unfor-
tunate Engineer Nicholson. These
they gathered up and put in a bucket,
the rest of his body having been en-
tirely consumed by fire.
Messenger Stohl was taken to Balti-
more. where he lives. on train this
afternoon. The remains of Engineer
Nicholson and Fireman Rhinehart were
taken to Glenwood. Pa, where they
leave families.
All traffic was suspended for five or
six hours.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02

MORE misery has been brought upon
mankind by the use of opium. says the
st. Paul Globe. than by Indulgence in
any other form of dissipation. AL
though it is valuable remedial agent.
as all poiSons are. its use is attended
by far greater evils than can be real
lied. 4 taste for it in any of its forms
almost invariably becomes incradica-
bic. and the most sensible and highly
cultured men and women become sod
den and brutalized through its infiu-
ence. 1t destroys life oftener than it
saves it. 1t would be blessing to
the United States if its importation
could be prevented
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02

THE IIurontario ship Canal company
of Canada has been incorporated by
the Canadian legislature for the pur-
pose of constructing a ship canal from
Toronto. on Lake Ontario. to Georgian
bay, near Collingwood. The stock
capital of the company is Sj5.oOO.0OJ,
of which 81 .O0O. 900 must be paid and 10
per cent. subscribed before it has legal
existence One clause in the franchise
requires that the directors must be
British subjects. 4 number of Ameri-
can capitalists are interested in the
scheme. 1t is a revival of the old
project which has been advocated at
intervals for many years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02
LATER NEWS,


IL the senate. on tine 18TH. Mr.. Hid
mad" Il motion to place lead ores on the
free list in accordance with the action
of the last house. the declaration of TIE
Chicago pla tfOrm and the speech of Sec
rotary Carlisle advocating that policy.
1t received but two votes besides his
own. The duty was fixed at three
tourths of a cent per pound. The re-
served para graph of the metal schedule
were then disposed of In the house.
discussion of the bill tn repeal the state
bank tax occupied most of the session.
but the measure went over without ac-
tiOn. Several bills of no general i'm
portance were passed.
THE imports. exclusive of specie at
the port of New York, for the week
ended on the 26th. were S5.69O.s1S. of
which Sl.0j6.i5S We're dry goods and
SI.Gj4.i2O general merchandise. For
the corresponding week in ISIS the i'm
ports We're SlO.331.5Ol. of which Sl.Gai,-
$50 We're dry goods and Ss.752.912 gen
eral merchandise.
TIE weekly statement of the associ-
ated banks of New York for the week
ended on the 26th shows the following
changes: Reserve. decrease. 81. .397. .i995:
loans. decrease. S233. 300: specie. de-
crease. SsS3 600: legal tenders. decrease.
Sl,5ll.l0O; deposits. decrease. s3.?S7. 100;
circulation. decrease: S31. 600.
Mrs. CLEVELAND and her babies re-
turned to Washington on the 26th
During the afternoon the president and
Mrs Cleveland took "a long drive out
to their country place. What their
plans will he for the summer was a
matter not vet determined definitely.
THE government inspectors have
looked over the breakwater at the har-
Dor at Ashland. Wis. and found that
the recent storm caused damage esti-
mated at $4,000. There is a fund Of
$4,000 available for repairs, which will
be used at once.
companied by Adjt-Gen. Greenland.
visited the Clearfield coal region. on
the 26th. to make a personal investiga-
ton of the miners strike situation in
that district.
REV. EDGAR ii. GRAY. the venerable
Baptist minister who was chaplain of
the United States senate at the time ot
President Lincoln's assassination. died
in San Francisco on the 25th, aged so.
THE steamer City of Peking arrived
at San Francisco on the Goth, from the
orient. bringing intelligence that chol-
era is epidemic at Canton, many deaths
occurring daily.
OK the 26th the banks of New York
held S777,6ol, 200 in excess of the require
ments Of the 25-per-cent rule.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02

The failure of Adam y. Schuster. of
st. Joseph. a short time ago for $780,
COO promises to result in endless litiga-
ton. Eastern creditors who were not
named in the deed Of trust given To J.
W. Walker at the time of the failure.
and creditors who are 50 near the bot
tom of the list that they fear their
claims may never bc reached are pre-
pairing t" hiring suits against the trus-
tee for the collection of their claims.
and. in some instances. the recovery of
their goods. Nearly all these creditors
Nre eastern manufacturers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02

4 FAITH doctor has been rraping 4
golden harvest in the suburbs uf Chi
Gag" by reason of the credulity of Ger
tain citizens of foreign extra artiun,
who. at his bchest. concealed different
sums of moncy in tree tops indicated
by the doctor, in the expectation Of
being cured of various ailments
through the potency of the sap of :he
money-conjurcd trees. 1t Is needless
to say that the money and the doctor
simultaneously disappeared in every
case. All the sap absorbed by the vic
tins would appear to have gone
straight to their heads.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02

A NEW series of postage stamps is in
process of engraving by the Mexican
government, and will make its appear
ance for sale in September. This is the
first issue of pictorial postage stamps
ever issued in Mexico. They will be
in the usual denominations. /. :. /, !
and 10 cents. and will represent hy
clevcrly executed drawings the various
stages OF Mexican mail transportatioRs.
showing the motive power of man.
burro. stage and steam train.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02
CHEMISTRY seems likely t,

CHEMISTRY seems likely to furnish
substitutes for the expensive perfumes
now made from flowers. 1t has long
banana is produced in the laboratory.
There seems possibility. however,
that even when such fragrant plants
cease to be cultivated for the perfumes
many may become of Importance in
surgery. 1t has been discovered that
some such plants are free from the at
tacks of insects and fungous growths,
and this may be because their essential
soil have antiseptic properties. The
eucalyptus yields an antiseptic, and
SO do other familiar plants.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02
THE LABOR TROUBLES.

The Turbulent Element Held In Check by
Troops. but Further Outbreaks Probable
at Several Points at Any Momentum
Exchange OF Shots with No Loss of Life
Movements of the Militia. Etc, Etc.
LA SALE, ILL.,, May 27.-Quiet has
reigned in this city to-day, and the re-
ception rendered the invading army of
strikers from Ladd and Spring VAL
ley seems to have had a good effect
upon the murderous rioters in the
place. They seem to have SUNK to
their huts and kept away from the out
side world. A few who can boast of
having a good suit of clothes stood in
groups in various parts of the city
probably discussing the situation. 1t
is the general impression here that
the strikers are badly frightened
and afraid to move for fear of being in
troduced to a dose of cold lead. The
militia are here to preserve order. and
that they mean business Is evidenced
by the fact that every movement of the
strikers is closely watched. Although
1t is as quiet as a graveyard and there
is little danger of an outbreak. Col.
Bennett and his men are prepared for a
march at any moment. The strikers
have moved without any notice in all
previous attacks. and the militia is pre-
pared to intercept the next movement
on their part.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May 27.-The
dead body of an unknown man, neatly
dressed, was found on the Vandalia
tracks west of this city. There were
two frightful gashes across the throat,
each five inches long. a deep knife
stab under the right jaw bone, two
deep cuts in the right ear and a severe
fracture of the skull at the back of the
head. About the spot where evidences
of fearful struggle. In his right hand
the dead man clutched a pocket-knife
which he had evidently drawn to pro-
te9S himself from his murderous assail-
ants
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02
In Trouble with Uncle Sam.

Charles \. Hancock. a school-teachrr
of liarrisonville. CaSs county. is in
trouble with Uncle sam. lie wrote let
tiers. it seems. stating that he was en-
gagged in raising money to pay the debt
upon the Christian church. at Dallas.
Tex. and asking a contribution of ten
cents. The number of answers he was
receiving, each containing coin. is
said to have aroused the suspicion n of
the postal department, who started an
investigation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02

MISoNK. ILL.,. May 21.-The striking
miners have obstructed the tracks of
the Illinois Central and Santa Fe rail
roads and will permit no train to pass
carrying loaded coal ears. Ties. bolts.
etc. have been put across the tracks al
the crossings and the tracks are lined
with crowds of miners. but there has
been no disturbance to-day. Tho
first train arrived at IL o'clock,
bringing two loaded coal cars.
The miners refused to let it pass
unless the coal was set out. and the
train is still here. Mayor Tool called
on the sheriff for help. and the latter
has been swearing in deputies all day.
During the afternoon the sheriff tel
egraphed to Gov. Altgeld. stating the
situation and asking that troops be
sent to assist him in maintaining or
der. The governor replied that three
companies of the fifth infantry. from
Peoria, Canton and Delavan had been
ordered to Minonk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02
GLUTTED STREAMS.
The Rivers Emptying Into Puget Sound
Full and Running Over.

Full and Running Over.
SEATTLE, Wash, May 27.-The hot
weather of the past few days melted the
mountain snow and glutted all streams
flowing into Puget sound. Skagie river
is higher than for fourteen years, and
is still rising. At Mount Vernon busi-
ness is suspended. The whole lower
part of the town is flooded. Fifteen
square miles of the farming land
around Mount Vernon will be
under water before night, and
crops will be inundated. Skagit
delta, more than ten square miles,
is under water and so is Olympia march.
Hamilton. Avon and Sterling are inun-
dated and it is said miles of the Great
Northern tracks has been washed out.
Practically all the farming lands in
Skagit county is under water. The mills
and the electric-light plant at Mount
Vernon are shut down. The Snohom-
ish and Stillaguemish are rapidly ris-
ing and damage is feared. The Green,
White and Puyallup rivers are bank
full. and the Northern Pacific bridge at
Stuck Junction is in danger
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-02

John y. Knott. president of the Mis-
souri, Press association. has named the
following delegates To represent this
state at the National editorial convcn-
tinn t" he held at Ashury Park. y. j.,
July =. 3. I. ! and &: J. T. bradshaw,
Lebanon Rustic: John W. Jacks. Mont
gomcry City Standard: o. ID. Gray.
Sturgeon Leader: Henry c. Bell, Potosi
independent: Henry W. Ewing. .Icffcr-
Son City Tribune: Perry ). RAIDER.
brunswick I!run>wickrr: John \.
Knott and Secretary W. VI. Monroe. of
Upton. Were made members of the
delegation hy vote of the Clinton con-
vcntion.