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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

THE distinction of being the oldest
living actress In the United States is
said to belong to Mrs. Rachel Cantor,
whose home Is in Philadelphia. She is
IS years of age, and until q dozen
years ago she was on the stage. Mrs.
Cantor is an English woman. She
made her American debut as a member
of the elder Wallacl1's company. and
she subsequently supported Booth,
Forest and all the leading actors in
legitimate drama in her time.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

THE Baptists Of this country are to
raise million dollars this year tOr the
cause of foreign missions, and have re-
solved to elevate the educational
standard of their missionaries. Expe-
rience has demonstrated that the best
results are attained by sending thor
oughly educated men and women into
the mission field. aud none but snch
are hereafter to be sent to minister TO
the spiritual wants of the heather.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

TWIN, O.. June at most 81
we're tornado that has VISITED this sec
tion in half dozen years swept this
vicinity last evening. The air was op-
pressiVely hot and th c storm burst
forth without warning. Il nprooted
trees, leveled fe noes, destroyed houses
and scores Of fine orchards
A double-decl<ed electric car mar
rowly escaped being toppled over > 20
foot embanknent and three large
trees were blown across the track d.
recsly in front Of Il The passengers
were almost frantic with fear.
samuel Ssefne, farmer just north
Of town. vas struck By . falling tred
and 50 badly crushed that he cannot
live, and three men who were in the held
with him where thrown OF load Of
hay and the Load capsized upon them
Neither Of them was very dangerously
hurt
The tornado was nceoslp1nted By .
heavy hail storm which has done crest
damage to wheat and other cereals.
The reports later indicate taal tho
path Of the tornado extends IA many
miles from l1e oorihwest % he sout1-
east and that . great dasl d danlage
vii b reported
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

The politics Of Morocco are much
simpler than the politics Of this coun-
try. We are told that the sultan was
assassinated by friends of HIS son, and
that his son is now the ruler. No pri-
maries, no conventions, no machines,
no ward bosses were necessary. The
young man shot into Office without
question, and will probably hang on
until his own son grows up.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

ANOTHER man has reached complete
fulhllment Of his ambition. Sir Charles
Russell that was has become lore
chief justice Of England. He is In hif
elst year, in full vigor. and win prob
ably perform the functions Of hit
high Office for many years He usec
70 Jest when a mere solicitor In Bel.
fast about being some day at the head
Of the bar Of the United Kingdom. and
probably supposed It impossible foi
him ever to attain what he declared tc
be the object of his life, the chief jus
ticeship Of the realm. Step by step he
attained eminence BY sheer force o:
extraordinary intellectual power.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

A cESsUs of the city Of Jerusalem
makes It's population 10000. 1t looks
as though the Jews would yet repos-
sess the Holy City in accordance with
prophecy, for there are $4,000 of these
''chosen people, while next In order
come the Moslems. only 1850. The
Jews are poor, and many Of them ara
tottering ON the brink Of the grave,
anxious only to be buried in the Holy
City. Railroads are carrying q new
civilization thither, while all Christen-
dom is ready to concede the right Of
the Jew 10 reclaim his own. The
prophecies Of thousands Of years age
are approaching fulfllment
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

EX-SENATOR JAMES w. BRADBURY, of
Maine, who has Just celebrated the
ninety-second anniversary of his birth,
Is probably the dean of American
statesmen. for he is two years older
than George w. Jones, of Iowa. Mr..
Bradbury sat in the senate with Web
ster, Clay, Calhoun, Benton, Sam Hous-
ton and jefferson Davis, his seat being
next TO the last-named senator's At
college he was classmate Of Longfel-
low and Hawthorne. He has enough
"reminiscences of the political and lit
erary life Of the country to make a
most readable book.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30
A BEAUTIFUL MIRAGE.
The People Of Cslumbus. lad. GIvsn I
Hcavenly View Of 81. Louis.

The People Of Columbus. lad. GIrsn .
Hcayenly View Of st. Louis-
COLUMBUS, Ind, June ef.-Friday
evening the western sixy presented .
picture Of miragc Of 4 beautiful city.
with its churches, spires and elegant
buildings, ard wide streets lined with
beautiful shade trees. The hillsidcs
were covered with foliage. and ct the
foot Of the hill was a beautiful river.
shining like silver. The clouds which
surrounded the scene were highly col
ored, and tints1 a with the various coloFs
Of the rainbow. The sky presented .
true picture Of some distant city. be-
leved by some 10 have been ST. Louis
The beautiful scene WIS admired BY
many for 81 least thirty minutes
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

An article In the British Medical
journal says: ''The material basis Of
all vital phenomena without exception
is the protoplasnic substance" and
adds, ''its principal active principle is
protoplasm-" And this remarkable in
formation is stated to have been given
In an address delivered before a gen.
eral meeting Of the eleventh inter
national medical congress recently
held In Rome.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

THE United States supreme court re.
Gently decided in the case of the Texas
railway commission that railroad com
missions have no power to enforce un-
reasonable rates; that roads are en-
titled to such rates as win insure their
solvency, and generally sustains the
claim Of the roads that they have
rights to be considered as well as
shippers. In Texas the railway COM
mission has forced the roads 20 30 ousi-
ness at q loss and has nearly wrecked
some Of them
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

AMONG other things Newark, N. J.,
Is = great place for corkscrews, one
FIRM In the city alone making 100, ,00O,-
900 last year, enough. II they were
placed end TO end. 70 half eneircle the
globe. The demand each year Is be;
heved to be one for each inhabitant,
which fact involves the conundrum-
what becomes Of them7
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

Edison had a couple of professionals
do knockout act in his laboratory re-
Gently and with one machine ne caught
pictures Of their every movement,
while another recorded every sound Of
the strife. It Is estimated that the
sounds connected with the preliminar-
les in champion match would require
the employment Of several hundred
machines
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

VIZ have soldiers homes, q printers
home, other sorts of homes, and scor
we shall have home for commercial
travellers It is TO be built at Bing
hamton, n. Y, that city giving $50.
600 lot and $4,000 in cash. The oh
iects Of The home corporation are Z
create a fund by membership fees anc
animal dnez from members with which
toproTide and maintain home and hos
pital for the care, maintenance and 10
lief Of INDECENT commercial traveller
who are members Of said association
and their dependent wives. widows AMI
infnut children, and TO build and main
tain In connection herewith school
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

IL q collision with an iceberg of the
Newfoundland coast the schooner Rose
was sunk and twelve Of her crew were
drowned.
In the province of Eutre Rios, Argen-
tina, drought has killed 200, 900 head Of
cattle, 15O, 600 sheep and 10000 horses,
the whole being valued at 81, ,OOO, 900.
BY the sinking of boat on the river
Jek in Russia, forty-fve passengers
were drowned.
IS the valley of the Waag in Aus
tria an inundation was the worst
that had occurred since 1918, over
thirty villages being submerged.
DURING a storm the sealing schooner
Unga foundered of the Japan coast,
its crew of ten men perishing.
In Japan earthquakes killed many
natives at Yokohama and Toxic and
destroyed much property.
The American rider. Arthur thinner
man, won the international bicycle
race at Florence. Italy. Harry Wheeler,
the other American rider, was second.
DURING q battle between Spanish
troops and Mussulmans on one Of the
Philippine islands 100 of the latter were
killed.
FLAMES in London destroyed a num-
Der of factories and other buildings.
the total loss being $1,000
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

THE Tiehborne claimant has bodied
mp In the English courts. According
70 all the signs Charley Ross Is about
due TO be foznd again on this side Of
the water.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

The Williams Palace Car Co, capi-
talized at 50, ,OOo, 900, will begin the con-
struction of cars at st. Joseph TO com
pete with the Pullman and Wagner
companies.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

A roLlcr OF $4,000 has just beer
placed on the lie Of Arz. Longiey. o.
Providence. r. !. This Is the highes
policy ever written on womaB's life
although the world Is faH Of womel
who think they are worth even NOR
than that
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

There were seycnteen graduates from
the st. Louis colored high school this
year. Commencement exercises were
held at the Exposition Music hall.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

The Missouri Methodist assembly
will be held at Pertle Springs, July .
10 l6. Deleg ates and visitors from all
parts of the state will attend, and the
assembly promises to be a very inter
esting one.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

H. D. Marshall, of Putnam county,
was nominated for state senator by the
democrats of the Twelfth senatorial
district, at Lancaster, on the s4Sd bal
lot.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

"BULLETPRooF coats are all right,
says the Providence News. ''but what's
the use Of having a war II nobody Il
going TO get hurtS' And what Is the
use IN having bnlletproof coats II there
q not going 70 be war;
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

Carpenters in St Joseph went ON
strike few days ago as result Of an
attempt to enforce an eight-hour-day
order issued by the union
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

Mu1zr HkssAx. the late sultan Of
Morocco. left nearly 1000 loving wives
to mourn his untimeIy taking OF.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

LATER NEWS.
In the senate, on the 23d, Mr.. Hid
again spoke for nearly two hours,
worrying alike the senator's Of his OWE
and the populist parties Many amend
ments of the finance committee TO the
income tax sections were adopted, sew
eral offered by others were rejected,
and one by Mr.. Hoar, exempting the
salaries of United States Judges, was
agreed TO by common consent. At adj
journment the income tax had not
been disposed of.......In the house q
brief session was devoted, in commit
tee of the whole, to consideration of
the general deficiency bill for the cur
rent year. Senate amendments 10 the
house bill Incorporating the grand
lodge knights Of Pythias were agreed
to.
N. SADI CARNoT, president of the
French republic was stabbed in the alb
domen and mortally wounded in Lyons,
on the 24th. by an Italian anarchist
named Cesare Giovanni Santo, just
after leaving a banquet given in his
honor at the chamber Of commerce.
President Carnot died soon after mid
night on the s5th-
The imports, exclusive of specie, at the
port Of New York for the week ended
ON the 23d, were s6,34s, ,ss5, Of which
s0s7. $50 were dry goods and ss,ss6, ,055
general merchandise. For the CORE
spending week Of 1898 the imports were
SIS, ,654, ,sss, Of which 81 ,s71, ,21O were dry
goods and So s7ss, IFS general merchan-
disc.
BY the laundering Of the tug James
d. Nichols, Of New York, of Atlantic
Highlands, on the cath, twenty-five
persons Of party Of excursionists Of
sixty-eight and crew of FIVE. were
drowned. The remainder Of the party
were rescued BY boats and tugs which
Hurried TO their rescue.
ADJT. -GEN. TARsNEx, Of Colorado.
was taken from his hotel at Colorado
Springs, early on the morning Of the
SD, By 3 masked mob, driven some
miles into the country and tarred and
feathered, and then warned not to re-
turn 70 the Springs
RKv. A +. KfosxWsKI, the head Of
the rebellous Roman Catholic Poles in
Cleveland, O., was formally excom-
muniested BY Bishop Horstman on the
asd.
OK the Esd the associated banks Of
New York city held s76. sss. SIS in excess
Of the requirements Of the 55-per-cent
rule.
The steamship Ia Touraine. which
sailed from New York. on The ed, for
Europe. carried =, 500. 90 gold
THE duchess Of York gave birth 70 =
sson IN The sd.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

Alvin Reed, of St Louis, financial
secretary of the Twenty-afth ward
council of the A. p A., was sandbagged
while on his way home the other night
and robbed Of his books containing the
names of members of the council.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

aHoW SHALL nv true love know that
I love her7" asks current poet Why,
60 aud tell her like little man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

Geo. Parker. a farmer near Tarkio.
Atchison county, committed suicide,
taking poison He leaves q widow and
four children. No cause given
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

EDMUND RUSSELL. the esthete. de-
elares that high collars destroy grace
full conversation. So that Is what Il
the matter with the dude. is it7
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

In the breach of promise suit Of Lena
Leise vs.. John C. Meyer, in the circuit
court in Lexington. the jury awarded
Miss Leise SO. 600 damages
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

The Southern Methodist church win
probably not hold camp-meeting near
St Louis this year. The ministers
were not unan irnous
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

The following lightning rod story
comes from Clay county:
Edward Hessel. Of Kearney. was induced By
two lightning rod men to have rods put on his
house by their offering to give him i05 feet free
in order to show his neighbors what q good iot
they would do. Hesscl signed q contract
thinking he had only five dollars 10 pay, The
next day two more men came and put up the
rods. They wanted si6 instead OF i've dollars
and produced the contract, which called for the
former amount
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

McHExEY, KY, June 24.-Four per-
sons were killed at crossing near here
yesterday aftefboon BY an east-bound
Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern pas
senger train They were J. P. Mad
iox, one Of the most prominent iarm-
ers of Ohio county; his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Lewis Maddox, and her two chill
dren-
Mr.. Maddox was bringing his sister
70 town 70 return TO her home In Texas.
when their carriage was run down.
The woman and her two children were
killed Instantly and Mr.. Maddox died
two hours later.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

Joseph A. Jackson was fined sloo in
st. Louis few days ago for biting OF
mans ear during . fight several
months ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

HA.Uxx, n. s, June 9f.-The mcm-
bcrs Ct the Pszry relief expedition who
arrived here Friday night on fhe
steamer frtia, from New York. pro
crcded Yesterday for St Johns, \. ?.
At that place they viii embark on the
steamer Falcon. which has bscn spe-
ciziiv chartered for the ocrasion- and
viii at once sal rorlh in search q
Lieat Peary and his party
Ansfh-r Frospcrtlyo rrince q wales.
LoSDoS. Junc 2f.-Thc Duchess Of
York gave bhfh 70 boy 1t e.s5 O'Clock
last evening
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

Samuel Riley, aged 7B szid 70 be
slightly deal. was run down BY train
in st. joseph and killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

Eb. Eaton. aged %. was drowned Il
the Mcrames. near Cuba. while bath.
ing
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30
GEN. TARsNEY sTILL MISSING.

The Outraged Omeer's Position -1ir0hab1s
Cause Of the Dastardly VIslt.tl0ds
CoLoRDo SPRINGS, Col, June 23-Po-
lice ofEicers are securing the country
for Adjt-Gen. Tarsney, but can find no
trace Of the missing man. There WAS
a meeting Of twenty-iiva depaty Eher-
ifs at Antler's park at 10 o'clock last
night, andit Is believed the plot against
Gen Tarsney Wis hatehed there. Gov
Waite is greatly excited over the out.
rage upon Gen Tarsney. He has Of
fered reward Of Sl,0Oo for the arrest
and conviction Of any of the particl.
pants.
Timothy J. Tarsney was appointed
adjutant general of Colorado by Gov.
Waite. He is a brother OF Congress-
man Tarsney, Of Missouri, and ex-Con.
gresham Tarsney, Of Michigan Gen.
Tarsney was the personal representa-
tive Of the governor during the police
board troubles when the militia were
opposite the city hail. His undaunted
bearing at that time antaaonissd the
police and their sympathizers, and all
freely stated that If shooting com
meneed he would be the first man 70
fall.
In the earlier stages Of the Cripple
Creek trouble he was legal adviser for
some Of the miners, and since the set
tlement Of the strike has resumed his
services in that capacity. While the
militia were in the field At Cripple
Creek he was again the direct rep
resentative Of the governor. through
whom orders were transmitted to Gen.
Brooks In this service he found him
self opposed once more TO many Of the
men aligned against him at the city
hall.
Gone toiAsaIst In the Search.
DENVER, COL, June 2k--A special
train containing a large number Of de-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

DENVER, Col, June sf.--A special
train containing large number Of de-
tectivcs left yesterday for Colorado
Springs 70 assist in the search for Gen.
Tarsney and the men who kidnapped
him Mrs. Tarsney and her daughter
also left on the special train for the
SDrinOx
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-13
VIZ PRINT THE NEWS.

The sweIlhsads and bigheads who
run the Salem Statesman have one way
out Of an argument. That Is 10 call
anyone they cannot answer otherwi's.
q fool, liar or anarchist. That is con
elusive intellectual performance iD
the minds Of the red-headed
outfit. THE JOUBsAL said that 'aI
the other daily papers in the state AT
LARGE Except the Oregonian a."
Telegram, have ceased 10 take any ter
graphic news" Now that Ia true. The
astate at large" means all the rest Of
the state except the particular locality
where the one who writes or sIeak'
happens TO be. The statesman a'-
eun1es some one said 1t took no tell
graphic report and It secures statement,
from Manager Powell, Of the Associaie''
Press, and Manager Dumars, Of th
Western Union Telegraph Co., Wb'
each say In their official capacity tha
it, the Statesman, does take dispatches.
or course, this relieves our esteeme'
contemporary Of dilemma, a. no oD
" JuId know from ITS columns whethe'
IL received any telegraphic news or II"
except a second.cIass service copied
from The JOURNAL and the Evening
Telegram, which Is nothing but stall
news that afterwards appears In the
OregonIan. OF course, no one would
believe its own assertion that 1t received
any original telegraphic matter, its
own news columns 10 the contrary. No
one will believe anything the States
man says about itself, any more than
they will about other matters. The
JoUREAL let out little truth about its
bringing no important news but what
appears ia The JOUEsAL Of the day
before and its only answer Is its cusO-
mary one when II 10 hurt, or Of any
varmlnt when 1t is stepped upon-you
are liar, fool, anarchist, etc,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-13
HOW TO GET CAPITAL.

All the other woes Of Oregon sink
into utter iDsignificance, when com.
pared with the laws that keep capital
out Of the state. 1t is 10 be hoped that
Oregon lawmakers will get into the
drift and accord outside capital the
protection necessary to Induce II to de.
velop our lIatent resources.-JuIct ction
City Times.
As the editor OF the Times 10 MEM
Der Of the next legislature from Lane
county, we would be pleased 10 hear
his views upon the subject Of protec-
tlon 10 outside capital. It seems TO us
II ls now quite we'll protected against
taxation by the present assessment
laws, which exempt the loans Of nom
residents from taxation, while attempt
ing the difiicult task Of taxing loans,
credits and mortgage notes OF resident
owners Of such property.
Mr.. Moorhead's views would be Of
great interest this early In the cam
palgn and would give ample oppor-
tunIty for discussion before the legis-
lature meets. Ifanythlng further can
be done TO induce outside capital TO
come 10 Oregon, II should be done.
Iforsgon extends fair treatment on
an equality with other states to all cap
ital 10 encourage It's investment In our
undeveloped resources, II seems TO us
we haye done our part. IL should be
remembered that any man. whether
from the outside or the inside, who In
vests $500 or 5000 In hn Oregon farm
or business, and comes here TO live and
make his home, is far more desirable
than any combination or syndicate OF
q ospItaIlstio character that talks about
larger sums. but In reality does not be
come Identified as closely with ouT
commonwealth. and Is only capital on
the wing for purposes Of speculation
n possible, we should encourage the
former class more than the latter The
latter class will come anyhow. They
cannot be kept out II we have plenty OF
the former.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-13
A Bad Awakening |

"VVhen In the dark, on thy soft hand |
hung,
And heard the tempting syren of thy
tongue
What iiames-What darts-what an-
Ruish / endured,
But when the candle entered-I was
cured.
Such complications as 30 many OF our
young ladies pOssess-dull, pimply, and
covered with sores and blackheads, II
enough 10 cool the Rrdor OF the warm
eat lover. TO such young ladies We
would say, that you can never have a
soft, fair, smooth, attractive, kisaabl,
complexion, unless your blood ID heal
thy aud pure, for the condition Of the
blood decides the complexion. Dr,
Pleroe'a Golden Medical Discovery will
purity your blood, tone up your system
and drive away those distressing head
aches aud bao kaehe, from which you
suffer periodically, and give you com
plexion = lily or rOse-leat might envy
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-13
500 Reward 500

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure 10 all It's stages and
that is catarrh. HALLS Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature In
doing its work. The proprietors have
TO much fifth in its curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any cases that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address. f. ]. CHENEY, & co.
Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.