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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
The State Treasury.

The state auditing committee has
submitted to the senate and house a
report as to the management of the
various state offices and penal institu-
tons The committee consists of Sem
ator Basket and Representatives
Swanger and Short, of Cole county.
In closing their report the committee
say:
We compared the duplicate warrants on file
in the auditors office with those on file in the
treaSurer'S Office and found them 20 correspond
in number and amount. The charges and
credits were properly and correctly made. We
examined the treasurer'S books, consisting Of
q cash book. journal. general ledger. apprO-
priation ledger. draft register. draft. ledger,
daily balance book and monthly balance book;
also the book showing the securities given by
each state depository. the number. value and
name Of bonds held by the treasurer to secure
state deposits. ard the book showing the
transactions of state with the states fiscal
agent in New York.
w find that balances are taken at the
close Of each day in both treasurer's and au-
ditOr's offices, showing the business TRANSACT
tons for every twenty-four hours, and month
ly balances are made and submitted to the
governor on the first of every month for his In
Spection. We compared the daily balances in
the treasurer's and auditors ONCE. We find
they correspond and taking all the details of
our investigation We find the financial affairs
of the state in excellent condition
From our investigation and association
with the force employed both N the treasurer's
and auditors Office. we are pleased to say We
have found them competent, painstaking,
agreeable and efficient. The labors of each de-
partment frequently require them to work I'M
til late in the nigh. but the. business of each
day is completed before the transactions OF an
other day begin"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02
FOREIGN.

WHILE q number of students were
skating IN the Moskva river in Russia
the ice gave way and thirty of them
were drowned.
WILLIAM JOHN THALER will make a
pedestrian tour around the world,
which he expects will take him seven
wears. He will start from Montreal
April Is.
AN eyewitness of Mooshir Pasha's
march of blood" through Armenia
saws 7,263 lives were sacrificed and
Many villages burned.
Two THOUSAND Chinese soldiers were
killed and many injured by the explo-
sion of a magazine in the forts OF
Takao.
FIVE Paris newspaper men convicted
of levying blackmail were fined and
sentenced to imprisonment for from
n to five years.
TWENTY-FIVE French soldiers were
killed and thirty-four wounded in col
lisions with pirates in Tonquin.
THE attempt in the British house of
to overthrow the Rosebery
ministry on the question of the Indian
cotton duties was an inglorious failure.
FIVE grown members of a family at
Brampton. Ont, became insane and
were sent to an asylum for assaulting
their mother.
TWENTY-FIVE of the leaders of the
recent black flag riots in Formosa were
beheaded by order of the emperor.
THE town of Koutchal, near Astra-
bad. Persia, was swallowed up by an
earthquake and several thousand per-
sons persisted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02
LATER.

II the senate, on the esd, the In
dian appropriation bill, which had
been under consideration for four days,
priation bill was taken up and became
the unfinished business. A resolution
eulogistic of the late Frederick Doug
lass and permitting the remains to lie
in state in the rotunda of the capitol
was objected to by Mr.. German and
went over. The days session closed
with the delivery of euiogies on the
sin...-...In the house the controversy
over the payment of extra allowances
to employees of the house was contin-
ued, and additional sums were allowed
to the salaries of certain named EN-
ployes. and Mr.. Tracy's amendment to
the general deficiency bill to pay all
employees a months extra salary,
after amendment, was passed. The
rest of the day was devoted to eulogies
on the late Senator Il. b. Vance, of
North Carolina.
CAPT. HENRY W. HOwGATE was
acquitted, on the cath latter the jury
had been locked up nearly seventy
two hours, of the charge of embez-
cling Sll,s 500 from the government
while holding the position of disburs-
ing officer in the United States signal
service fifteen years ago, and of forg-
ing voucher for that amount to even
up his alleged wrOngdoing. He was
remanded to answer further charges.
The statement of the associated banks
of New York city for the week ended
the 23d showed the following changes:
Reserve, decrease, So $50, 700: loans, de-
crease, 500, 100; specie, decrease, &c.
9SG, 600: legal tender notes, increase.
S2,316, 600: deposits, decrease, S3,674, 500;
circulation. increase. S2S7, 900.
GEORGE W. MCBRIDE. e~x-secretary of
state of Oregon, was, on the oath.
elected to succeed Senator J.. y. Dolph
in the United States senate, thus
breaking the deadlock. which had last
ed for weeks, but a few minutes be-
fore the final adjournment, by limita-
ton, of the legislature.
The father, mother and brother of
Count De Castellane arrived at New
York, on the 24th, on the steamer La
Champagne from France, to attend the
wedding of the count and Miss Anna
Gould or the 4th of March.
On the 23d eX-State Treasurer vii.
liam E. Woodruff. of Arkansas, was
found guilty of embezzlement of state
funds, and his punishment was fixed
at one ear in the ~penitentiary.
On the odd the associated banks of
New York city held $40, 81, rs in ex-
cess of the 25-per-cent. rule.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02
Brutal Attack BY Three staIwsrt Pupils
Upon a School Teacher.

IONA, Mich. Feb. a2.-During the
session OF Prairie Creek school. located
a mile east of this city, yesterday
morning, Fred and VIM. Errige an6
Fred Cornell, pupils aged about Is
years, attacked George Barr, the teach
er, and gave him a, terrible beating
about the head and back. The bows
used sticks of woodland an,iron poker
and pounded Barr black and blue. The.
affair has caused intense excitement.
The three boys have been arrested and
Jailed on q charge of; assault to DO
great bodily harm.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02

William Walsh, aged 60. who lives in
a hovel at Eighth street and Mitchell
avenue, st. Joseph, and who was known
TO keep a great deal of money, was
called to his door at > o'clock the other
morning by six masked men, who over
powered him. Under threats of death
he was ordered to reveal the hiding
place .of his wealth, but stubbornly re-
fused. The robbers lighted matches
and burned off the miser's whiskers.
and then his hair. Finally a fire was
kindled and his feet were thrust into
the flames until they were frightfulIy
burned. Walsh was then beaten into
insensibility. The robbers secured only
eight silver dollars. A large sum was
sewed up in bed quilts.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02
Champ CIark's Boys Appeal.

Congressman Champ Clark's bright
little boy. Bennett, is almost as regu-
lar in his attendance on the sessions
of the house as his father. He has
grown out of kits and into knicker-
bockers. He knows all the members
on that part the floor where his father
sits, and he begins to take Il great
deal of interest in the speeches, es-
pecially when they are lively. Little
Bennett, in a dim way, appreciates
that the end of his going to congress
is not far off. and he is sorry for it.
The other night he knelt down to say
his prayers and startled his mother by
interpolating:
"Oh. Lord, I'm glad papa is in con-
gress." Then. after a little hesita-
ton, he added: Lord, please keep
papa in"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02
The News Condensed.
important. Intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
P~1es,eedings of the Second Session.
IT Is provided in the sundry civil appropria-
zion kill (Il $50. l45) reported to the senate on
the 18th that hereafter all bonds issued by the
government must first be offered at public
sale. The agricultural appropriation bill was
passed. By q vote of 80 to q it was decided to
take up the Jones bill for the unlimited coin
age Of silver, the government to retain the
seigniorage as In the house 4 bill was
passed making the pensions Of all Mexican
veterans sl2 per month The naval apprOprIa-
ton bill was further discussed
IN the senate on the 10Th an effort to secure
a final vote on the Jones silver bill was defeat
ed. Senator Villas defended the bond contract
in a four-hour speech...-In the house bills
were passed TO retire Don Carlos Buell., L. s.
A, as a brigadier general: to authorize the
Wisconsin & Duluth Bridge company TO con-
struct a bridge across the st. Louis river be-
tween the states OF Minnesota and Wisconsin
Resolutions we're introduced for amendments
TO the constitution prohibiting the liquor traf-
DC in the United States, and prohibiting the
states from granting the right of franchise to
any person not a citizen of the United States
The naval appropriation bill was further con-
sidered.
On the Goth Senator Wolcott's amendment TO
the silver bill was discussed in the senate and
the Indian appropriation bill was considered
Ing uOuSe Dill was passed authorizing q OrluBe
across the Missouri river at Sioux City, Ia.
In the house the time was occupied in discuss
ing the naval appropriation bill and it was
finally passed.
In the senate on the 21st the conference re-
port on the pension appropriation bill was
agreed to. 1t retains the provision making six
dollars the minimum for pensions. II also re-
tains the repeal OF the present Law suspending
the pensions of persons living outside Of the
country. The Indian appropriation bill was
further discussed. Adjourned to the 23d In
the house the Hawaiian cable appropriation
was defeated by a vote OF l52 to ia The gen.
eral deficiency bill was considered.
On the cd the time in the senate was occu-
pied in discussing the Indian appropriation
bill. Senator Mills gave notice of an amend
ment to the sundry civil appropriation bill
which provides that all laws which authorize
the secretary Of the treasury to sell bonds of
the United States for any purpose shall be re-
pealed 800 In the house O bill was introduced
to extend the provisions Of the interstate COM
merce act to include express companies acting
as common carriers An amendment was Of
fered TO the sundry civil appropriation bill ap-
propriating 100000 for the purchase Of seed
for the inhabitants OF the drought-stricken
districts The general deficiency bill was con-
sidered- The night session was devoted to
private pension bills.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02
On Account of a Bigamous Wife.

b. j. Milhouse, 4 stockman near st.
Joseph, committed suicide in a sensa-
tional way in Kansas City, by taking
carbolic acid, because his bigamist
wife refused to return to him. Four
years ago Mrs. Milhouse left her hus-
band. and, going to Kansas City, mar
ried again. Recently Mr.. Milhouse
located her, and tried to induce her to
return to him, but without success.
He then had the woman arrested for
bigamy. Milhouse became despond-
ent, however, and purchased carbolic
acid, and while walking along st.
Louis avenue took such a big quantity
of the poison that he died in Il few
minutes. He left a note saying he
wanted to free Mrs. Milhouse from
further trouble.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02
Crushed beneath a Log.

Otto, the 16-year-old son of Louis
Scheer, a well-known farmer, living S
miles southwest of New Haven, met
with an accident hat cost him his
life. Mr.. Scheer and son were en-
gagged in tearing down an old log barn,
when a log fell, hitting Otto on the
head. killing him instantly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02

LANSING, Mich, Feb. 22.-The barns
Of the Lansing Electric Street Railway
Co.. together with five motor cars and
all of the company's trailers, were de-
stroyed by fire Wednesday night. The
loss is S25, 600.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02

TIE king of Belgians is a tall, thin,
austere and reserved man of seventy,
who has simple. quiet tastes. He is a
great reader and student and his chief
recreation is found in walking long dis
tanceS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02

THE Boston aldermen have decided
that theater managers must send ad-
vance sheets of their living-picture
posters to the city hall before posting
them on the billboards.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02

The supreme body of the Royal Ar
canum, representing over leo, 900 men,
bers throughout the United States,
will meet in ST. Louis in May.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02
BurglariZed.

The drug store of d. A. Brown, of
Stockton. Cedar county, vas burglar
lied the other night, the safe rifled and
considerable plumber secured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02

Mrs. MINERVA c. TAYLOR, a seam
stress at Guthrie, o. T., shot and killed
William Henry Harrison, who had an
moved her.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02
Store RurYIa rfzad

The store of o. r. Deland & Sons, at
q Dorado Springs, was burglarized.
Ind several hundred dollars worth u
goods carried awav
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02

Out of 1000 peach buds examined
near W~arrensburg 21O were found that
would bloom. Cherries were examined,
and 40 per cent. found all right.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-03-02

ARCHBISHOP KOzLoFFsKI metropolitan
of the Roman Catholics in Russia. has
just received from the czar q cross
adorned with diamonds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-24
ExpansiOn OF Water In Freezing.

Mr.. Prompt read paper before ths
French Academy of Sciences concern.
ing the augmentation of the volume of
water at the moment of its transforma.
tion into ice. His experiments were
made with view to ascertain the
cause of this phenomenon. To this end
he caused water to freeze in q trans
parent bulb. According to MIR.
Prompt, first clear and transparent
layer of the ice is formed, then
another layer traversed by streaks at
the points of which gaseous bubbles
appear. These bubbles, compressed
more and more by the formation OF
the ice, eventually break the vessel in
which freezing water is confined. BY
using distilled water from which all
gases had been set free, and protect
ing the water by covering it with OIL,
Prompt claims to have frozen the
water without obtaining any dilatlon
of the volume originally taken MP
LIN Nature.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-24
" The Pleasure OF Killing. -

Captain G. A. W. Donovan, who has
recently made hunting trip through
Matabeleland, Africa, has written a
book describing his experiences. He
betrsys in the most delightfully."- naive
way that. delight in slaughter for
slaughter's own sake which is char
acteristic of many nominally civilized
huntsmen. Here is fine illustration
of this popularity:
"While crossing Spring-bok Flats,
we had great hunt after troop of
the nimble little bucks which give the
district its name. 1t was pretty sight
to see them galloping along and max
ing the marvellous springs into the air
from which their name is derived. To
watch them thus was to me-to whom
everything was new-slmost as inter-
esting as to shoot them. I should have
enjoyed another day after them, as
the open country in which they delight
makes it possible to watch every turn,
twist and Jump of the herd. And, af.
ter oil, seeing new animals in their
natural condition is almost equal to
the pleasure of killing them"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-24
Feeding Sweet Potatoes to Mules.

Mr.. W. G. Hinson, of James Island,
S. G., has been writing to the news
papers in reference to his experiments
in feeding his horses and mules with
sweet potatoes. There are two other
farmers in the same neighborhood who
are utilizing their potatoes in the
same way. These gentlemen are not
doing it from necessity, but as mat.
ter of farm economy, and are we'll
pleased with the experiment. Accord
ing to the estimate of Colonel T. W.
Woodward, Of Fairfield, it takes three
bushels of potatoes to equal in nutri.
ment one bushel of corn, but even if
it took four the cost of feeding on the
potatoes would be far less. It is we'll
known that q dry summer is very
favorable to potatoes, and just the op-
posite for corn, and this fact ought to
induce every farmer to plant them
more largely.-New Orleans Picayune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-24
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the Public Eye Today.
To the North Pole by Balloon.

ASwedish engineer named Andree
has proposed to the Academy of
Science at Stockholm a plan for get
ting to the North Pole in q balloon.
He wants balloon that can carry
5000 kilometers of weight, and will re-
main in the mir month. 1t is to be
filed somewhere near the polar region,
and must be, in measure, dirigible.
NJ. Andree says that balloon such as
he wants can be made, and that
Gabriel Yon, of Paris, will furnish it
for $40, Gas for the initiation of
the balloon can be brought put up in
cylinders under pressure of 200
atmospheres, and can be used as want
ed. This seems one of the moet hope
full propositions for polar exploration
that has yet been made. New Or
leans Picayune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-24
TAILOR MADE SUITS.

Tailor made suits of wonderful va.
riety are being displayed in the New
York shop windows. These are OF new
shades and principally of tweed. whip.
cord or cheviot. The short jackets of
the suits to be worn this summer are
very natty, some buttoning almost to
the collar with a fly, and others open
ing in front, and finished on each side
with large pointed rever.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-24
Photography by PhosphoTescence.

In the field oflighting by phospho'
rescence we reach hitherto untrodden
ground. Phosphorsescent light has
been associated with the idea OF
''cold light" or the property OF be-:
coming luminous with the omission OF
the intermediate step of combustion,
as commonly understood. AS phys
ical action, We know it in the light OF
the FREELY, which Professor S. T.
Langley rates at an efficiency of 100
per cent, all its radiations lying with
in the limits of the visible spectrum.
By means of the Teslaic currents
phosphorescent light strong enough
even to photograph by has been OBJ
tanned; and the picture, representing
the inventor himself, is the first por-
trait or photograph of any kind ever
taken by phosphorescent light. A
bulb whose light-giving member is
coated with sulphide of zinc treated
in special way was rendered raos-
phosescent by means OF current OBJ
tained from q high-frequency trans
former coil. The current used was
alternated or oscillated about 10, QUO
times per second. The exposure was
about eight minutes.
The other picture, that OF MIR.
Clemens Mark Twain), was taken
few weeks later-early in 1S94-with
the aid of the same bulb, and with an
exposure of about ten minutes. In
order to test more closely the actinic
value of phosphorescent light, some
bulbs subject to high frequency cur
rents were p photographed, or, If we
may coin new word, "phospho-
graphed," with a somewhat longer ex-
posure. One bright pair illustrated
utilize sulphide of zinc in some form
for luminosity. The third bulb, seen
family to the left of them, has a coat
ing OF sulphide of calcium. Although
Judged by the eye, it glowed with
brightness fully equal to that of the
other two, the actinic value was evi-
dently much less. 1t is, perhaps,
needless to say that these demonstra:
tions invite to an endless variety OF
experiments, in which investors will
find host of novel phenomena await,
ing them as to phosphorescence and
Auorescence produced with electrical
currents. ts.-Century.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-24
A Belgian Love Market.

A singular and ancieet custom takes
place the first Thursday in December
every year in the little Belgian city of
Arton. This is the celebrated st.
Nicholas festival, and its counterpart
is probably impossible to find in any
country.
Peasants, male and female, enter the
city in the early morning, all dressed
in their holiday dress and all bent on
being married. The young men and
women march up and down on the
market place, and as soon as young
peasant sees the girl for whom he has
q liking he invites her to one of the
many cabarets or cafes that surround
the market, and here the agreement
and conditions for the marriage are
talked over.
The young peasant is always attend
ed by an important parsonage, called
"tLe spokesman" This man enjoys
the confidence of both parties; he
knows the qualifications of every
young peasant and how much of
marriage portion each girl Is PROVIDED
with. It is he who does the talking
for both parties, and if an agreement
is entered into and a wedding IS the
result he receives certain part of the
wedding portion, a new high hat and
pair of boots.
As soon as a couple are engaged,
which must be done before the festi-
val is over, the custom is for a beau
to purchase some oranges and candy
for his girl, and she presents her in
tended with pipe and a package OF
tobacco.
The origin of this marriage festival
is lost IN obscurity, but it is faithfully
observed by the people of this prov
ince year after year.-Washlngton
Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-24

Novelties are plated black tulle col
lars with ribbon arrangement and a.
ribbon bow or several colored rosettes
where it fastens in the front. :
A flower collarette is shown herewith
which differs materially from styles
hitherto produced. A stiffened lining
forms the foundation, on which are
sewn loops of satin ribbon with artifi-
cial flowers arranged at regular inter-
walls in their folds. On either side of
the centre front hang two softly plated
ends of chiffon, which match the rib.
bon in color and are finished with
double self-shirring edged with fine
net-top applique lace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-24
An Arctic Expedition.
A West Greenland expedition b,

A West Greenland expedition has
been arranged for the season of 1895:
The prominent organizers are from
New York and Brooklyn. Philadel-
phia, Boston, Princeton and Chicago
will also furnish scientists, money and
supplies. The committee under whose
auspices the expedition has been
started consists of Cyrus G. Adams,
who was Lieutenant Peary's right
hand man; Professor William Libbey,
of Princeton; Professor +. @. Cham
berlain, of the University OF Chicago;
Herbert L. Bridgman, of Brooklyn,
and Professor Franklin W. Hooper, Of
the Brooklyn Institute.
The plan is to charter q. whaling
steamer capable of accommodating
ten scientists exclusive of the crew.
She will leave st. Johns about the
middle of June, cruise along che west.
ern Greenland coast, thence to Peary's
headquarters in McCormick's Bay to
bring him and his comrades home.
The expenses of the expedition will
amount to $4,000. They will be
met by contributions of $1,000 from
ten institutions of learning, and each
institution will send a Representatives
Chicago Times-Herald. e.