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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

LEGISLATURES elected United States
senators on the 22d as follows: Hi
nois, Shelby NJ. Cullom trep.); Wyom-
ing, Francis E. Warren rep. long
term and C. d. Clark rep, short term;
Oregon, j. n. Dolph rep; Kansas, Luz
Glen Baker (rep.D: Texas, Horace Chill
ton (dem.); New Jersey, William J..
Sewall (rep.); California, George c..
Perkins (rep.); South Dakota, Richard
F. Pettigrew (rep.); Tennessee. Isham
G. Harris DEM; North Carolina,
Marion Butler (pop.); West Virginia, S.
b. Elkins (rep.(.
Gov. KNUTE NELSON (rep.) was elect
ed United States senator by the Mime
sofa legislature.
Gov. MOsELY, of the Chickasaw ma
ton. died at his home in Pontitoc
county, Tex.
EN-CoNGREssMAN EBEN f. STONE died
at his home in Newburyport, Mass,
aged % years.
BRIG. GEN. STEPHEN V. BENET. L. 5.
A. (retired), died suddenly at his resi-
dence in Washington in the 6sth year
of his age.
JOSEPH \. Enc, the inventor of the
steam man, designated to take the
place of horses, died in Newark, y. j.,
aged 50 years.
ALEXANDER c. HUEsTIs. a we'll
known educator and author, died at
Fort Wayne. Ind, from heart failure.
AT the city election at Wheeling. w.
Va. the republicans elected all the of
ticials for the first time in many years.
Mrs. ELIZABETH JERvIs. widow of
Joel Jervis, died at Amityville, l.. l., at
the home of her son, aged 100 years 6
months and y DAYS
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
LATER

IN the senate, on the 26th. Mr.. Allen
offered a resolution looking to the re-
demption of all forms of paper money
by the secretary of the treasury in sill
yer coin to protect the treasury from
depletion of its gold. Mr.. Vests sub
~stitute in favor of non-interference TO
Mr.. Aliens resolution favoring the an
nexation of the Hawaiian islands was
agreed toe to 81. Eulogies on the
late Representative O'Neill, of Penn
lsylvania, occupied the remainder of
the session."-..In the house bills were
passed granting rights of way through
the Indian and Oklahoma territories
to certain railways, and to establish
special rules for the navigation of har-
bors and rivers. A bill was introduced
by Mr.. Wilson for the repeal of the
provision of the tariff act imposing a
differential duty of one-tenth of a cent
a pound on sugar, etc, from countries
which pay an export duty on these ar
ticles.
A REBELLION has broken ont in the
United States of Colombia, which is of
such Importance that the agents of
New York merchants in that country
have telegraphed orders to stop ship
ments of gold. and cancelled all orders
far the present. The revolution is the
result of a long premeditated scheme
against the government. which first
assumed definite form on the death of
President Nunez.
JOHN A. LOGAN Posi-. G. A. r., of La
fayette, Ind, has adopted a series of res
olutions calling upon the legislature for
a law giving the members of the e.. A.
r. the right to bear arms and to sup
ply each post with the necessary arms.
Such Il law, it is claimed. will meet
the requirements of the state and very
largely do away with the necessity of
supporting a state militia.
1.-THE weekly statement of the New
York associated banks for the week
ended on the Goth shows the following
changes: Reserve. increase, S41a,275:
loans, decrease, S164, 800; specie, in
crease, 5 S.22O, 200; legal tenders, de-
crease, $500, 900: deposits decrease,
s., 100, 300; circulation, decrease, $751;
100.
ALBERT HEILING, who swallowed an
ls-inch sword. on the night of the 25th,
at Muskegon, Mich. died in terrible
agony on the eth. His intense suffer
ings turned his hair in a few hours
from ID dark brown to a light gray.
On the Goth the associated banks of
New York city held S45, $50, $50 in excess |
of the requirements of the 25-per-cent-
rule.
KING ALEXANDER of Servia arrived
in Paris on the eth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From Az Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings of the Second Session.

Proceedings of the Second Session.
ton was again debated in the senate. Nj. Gray
defending the administration The fortifica-
tons appropriation bill was passed and the
conference report on the deficiency bill was
agreed to..--1n the house a bill was intro
duced authorizing the issue OF 3 per cent bonds
and repeating the legal tender act of 1873 A
bill appropriating 4.J0J,000 for a new post Of
fee building in Chicago was passed. MIR.
Breckenridge offered a resolution favoring the
annexation OF Hawaii. A favorable report was
ordered on the bill passed by the senate to pro-
vide for gold and silver coinage at the branch
mint at Denver. Col
AGAIN the policy OF the administration as
TO Hawaii was the subject OF sharp attack and
defense in the United States senate on the
I'D. Petitions were presented from citizens
OF Alabama claiming that they we're deprived
OF a republican form OF government and ask
ing the intervention Of congress LIN the
house the Indian appropriation bill was passed,
as was also a bill to authorize the appoint
ment before March 4 Of a cadet to the naval
academy from each congressional district not
actually represented. The conference report
on the urgent deficiency bill was adopted and
the measure was passed.
IN the senate. bills were introduced on the
sd for an amendment to the diplomatic and
consular bill providing S50O.O0O for the survey
OF a caple route connecting the Hawaiian
Islands with the United States; to provide for
4 nonpartiSan currency commission of twelve
members to make Investigations OF fiscal
questions and for an issue of bonds to produce
revenues for the government. Senator Jones
(Ark.) introduced his financial and currency
oil....In the house the sundry civil appropri-
alton bill (S3S5IO.72D was discussed. A Joint
resolution was reported to amend the consti-
tuition so as to provide that the president shall
be eligible to service but one term.
A BILL was introduced in the senate on the
Gath to punish persons who steal news in
transmission by tapping wires. A resolution
was offered looking towards the annexation OF
the Hawaiian islands, and in the meantime
a sufficient naval force should be maintained
IN Hawaiian waters LIN the house q bill was
reported providing for officers OF the regular
army to give military instructions n public
schools. The sundry civil appropriation bill
was further considered.
IN the senate on the 25th the Nicaragua ca
nal bill was passed by n vote of 81 to 81. Sen
ator Burrows (Mich.) introduced a bill to
regulate the navigation on the great lakes and
their connecting tributaries. Senator Allen
Neb.) spoke in favor OF the resolution for the
annexation Of the Hawaiian islands. and Sena-
tor Mills Tex) upheld the administration
policy....In the house the Sundry civil appro-
priation bill was passed with an amendment
authorizing the secretary Of the treasury to
retire and cancel the gold certificates and
make them non-receivable for customs dues
after July / next
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
IN LONDON.

THE British museum has coins or
medals of every Roman emperor.
THE first metal bridge in England
was n cast-iron structure built IN l7I1
over the Severn. The cast-iron bridge
across the Wear at Sunderland was
opened in 1896.
A LONDON publisher lately offered a
prize of one guinea for the most anus
ing verbal bull. Here it is, the utter
ance of a politician, who TINS expressed
his condemnation of the income tax:
THE lawmakers will keep cutting the
wool off the sheep that lays the golden
eggs until the pump is dry
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
WILLIAM McGRAru. a newspaper can

WILLIAM MCGRATH, n newspaper can
vasser of Philadelphia. killed his
~2-year-old daughter and then took his
own life. No cause was known.
JAMES E. GRANNIs. president of the
Tradesmen's national bank of New
York, died suddenly Of heart disease,
aged &c years.
THE lower house of the Oklahoma
Legislature passed a bill making train
robbery a crime punishable by death.
AT Redbank, n. j., Olan Rudd skated
2 miles in 5:42 80. lowering the record
made by Joseph Donoghue nearly eleven
seconds.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
DOMESTIC.

to first reports, no lives
were lost by the sinking of the steamer
State of Missouri in the Ohio river.
A TERRIFIC snowstorm was raging in
the California mountains and in the
railroad cuts the drifts were from
20 10 so feet deep.
A CYCLONE near PIgott, Ark. fatally
injured two persons and seriously
wounded nine others. Much property
was destroyed. At McKane's mill sew
eral dwellings were totally demolished
and eleven people wounded, two of
them fatally.
DEBs and his associates were admit
ted to bail by the supreme court, pend
ing the hearing of the petition for ha-
beas corpus.
JAMES ROBINSON, of Bridgeport, n.
j., was taken with a paralytic stroke
while viewing his dead sisters body
and died in a short time.
A TORNADO swept over Chicago,
p~rostrating insecure walls and tearing
signs from their fastenings. Joseph
Huntal was killed and fourteen others
were injured.
A BILL to prohibit the teaching or
practice of mesmerism was introduced
in the Missouri house.
TWENTY families in Rusk, Wis, were
said to be in a starving condition.
A BILL was introduced in the Con-
necticut Legislature to prevent the en-
ployment in shops of married women
whose husbands are able to support
them.
II. was said hat 100000 negroes
would be removed from the states Of
Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana to
northern Mexico within the next six
months.
The Missouri house bill to make train
robbery punishable by death was IA
vorably reported.
The supreme court of Iowa decided
hat divorce proceedings could not be
begun by an insane person through his
guardian.
A COMMITTEE representing 100 desti-
tute families in Yuma county, Col. sent
out an appeal for clothing, provisions,
coal, seed and grain.
EDWARD RIVERS, living near Browns
vile, KY, killed his two children, a
boy of 6 and a girl of S years, and fired
a bullet into his own brain. Rivers
was addicted to the use of morphine.
A BILL f%orbidding display of foreign
flag on public buildings passed the
New York assembly.
IN an encounter between troops and
strikers in Brooklyn, n. Y, Henry
AhneS, a spectator, was shot. Linemen
had been ordered to strike.
THE school board of st. Joe, Mo-, de-
cided that no pupils using cigarettes
would be allowed to attend the public
schools.
The attempt to impeach Judge Au-
gustus J. Kicks, of Cleveland, failed in
the house Judiciary committee by an
adverse vote of 9 to :.
FIRE destroyed the store of A. S.
Thomlinson Il Co. at Charleston, ). C.,
the loss being S15O,0O0.
HAY dealers from all parts of the
country met in Cleveland and formed q
national organization.
The secret service officials at Wash
fngton discovered a new counterfeit
SIC silver certificate of the series of
1891, check letter b; j. Fourt Tilllnan,
register; D. n. Morgan, treasurer; por-
trait of Hendricks.
THOMAS E. HEEsEY, of Newburyport.
Mass, killed his sweetheart. Emma
Ellery, and himself. !
FIVE kegs of powder exploded in the
coal mines at the Trade Water COM
pany's plant near Sturgis, KY. causing
Ine walls to cave in and kill five men.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
William L. Wilson VIII Speak.

Congressman William L. Wilson. the
apostle of tariff reform, has assured
the students of Central college. Fay
cite. that he will accept the invitation
to deliver the annual address before
the literary societies of that college
June II. during commencement week.
The students will probably secure the
big TEN used by Sam Jones for the oc-
%casion, as many visitors are expected.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02

Gertrude Williams. an 1s-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Eveline Williams,
living in the south part of Macon. at
tempted suicide by taking a spoonful
of sulphide of zinc. q doctor was
called. and by vigorous measures saved
the girls life. She had become de-
spondent over a love affair.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
st. Joe's $4,000 Meeting.

The officers OF the st. Joseph Fair
association have decided to hang up
purses for races during the fair, from
September to :, aggregating $40, 900.
Of this amount, S2I.5OO will go to trot-
tiers and Sls.5O to winners of pacing
races. Crack horses of the American
turf will be entered for the contests.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
Two burglars Hosged it All.

The other morning when Joseph
Burke, a ST. Joseph saloon-keeper,
went to open his place he found all he
had left of his business was the empty
room of the house he occupied. Dur
ing the night burglars had broke in
and carried away three barrels of
whisky. all of his cigars and tobacco
and every bottle of wet goods, after
which they made way with the bar
and fixtures, completely quitting the
place.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
Burlingame Placed in Jail,

7. f. B~urlingame, ex-president of
the wrecked Bank of Commerce,
Springfield, was brought to SPRING
field from Perry, Okla, the other
night, the district court of the terri
tory having refused to sustain the writ
of habeas corpus by which Burlingame
was detained in defiance of the requisi-
ton issued by the governor of Mis-
souri,. lie was surrendered by his
bondsmen, and being unable to procure
other sureties was placed in the coun-
ty Jail.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
Courthouse Burned.

The johnson county courthouse at
Warrensburg was destroyed by fire. It
was a frame structure, and the loss was
not heavy; insurance. $500.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
Fish Frozen in the Ice.

A great many large catfish have
been caught out Of Salt river, near
Shelbyville, during the cold weather.
Ice men find that the river is frozen
solid in many places and the fish are in
the ice. They cut the fish out. take
them to town and sell them. One man
caught a barrel full of nice blue cats in
this manner
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
4 Swedish Colony.

Negotiations are pending for the set
Element of a Swedish colony in Pulaski
county.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
a Convention of Mayors.

Mayor Fenton of Springfield has
called a convention of mayors of Mis-
souri, cities and towns of 1000 popula-
ton and under 30, 900. to meet in JEFF
ferson City, February Il.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02

Good rains have relieved stOckmen OF
Sullivan county, for water vas scarce.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02

Rev. Raphael Kline, aged CO, died at
Ell Dorado Springs. lie was we'll
known in Missouri, was a prominent
mason, and was buried by the local
lOdpe.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
Blinded by an Explosion.

While compromising some stuff out
of which to make lights for a theater
at Osceola, an explosion shook the
whole block. Will Barnett. the col
.ored porter at a drug store, suffered a
broken arm, the flesh torn from the
other and his eyes were put out. The
rear part of the store was completely
wrecked.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
Awarded the Plaintiff Five Dollars

In the Pettis county circuit court, in
the $40, 900 damage suit of Mrs. Enda
Petty against the Sedalia Electric
Railway Co. for personal injuries, the
plaintiff was given a Judgment for five
dollars.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02

1t is said that the entire amount
asked for by the curators OF the uni.
yersity. $3.50, 900. will not be appropri
ated by the Legislature
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
To Pension st. louis school-Teachers.

Representative Drabelle introduced
a bill In the Legislature providing for
pensioning aged and disabled teachers
in st. Louis.
A fund for this purpose is to be raised by set
ing aside not exceeding 1 per cent. per annum
OF the salaries Of the teachers. and such gifts
and requests as may be made for the benefit Of
the fund. ANY woman who has taught twenty
five years in the public schools OF Missouri.
ana any man who has taught thirty years. IL
four-fifths OF such time was taught in the city
OF st. Louis, may be retired on Il pension equal
to one-half the salary received. provided such
salary does not exceed $500 Il year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02

Seven of the eight indictments against
o. X. Caldwell, late cashier of the de-
funct Citizens bank of Nevada, are
said to have been stolen.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
Scalded to q

The 4-months-old child of Haney
Ford, of Washburn, Barry county, vas
scalded to death by the overturning of
a kettle of boiling meat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02

Winslow Demel, a wealthy German
farmer, who lived in Rush township. Is
miles southwest of st. Joseph and ,
miles northwest of the village of Rush
vile, vas found dead in bed. Demel
was Respondent, and it is believed he
committed suicide by taking poison.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-02
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
The Pemiscot Railroad,

The extension into Pemiscot county
OF the st. Louis, Kenneth & Southern
railroad, a line running from Camp
bell, on the Cotton Belt, to Kennett,
the county seal of Dunklin county, was
finished into Charlottesville. on the
Mississippi river, the other day. This
new Pemiscot extension is 81 miles
long, and passes through a very rich
and u~ndeveloped timber and agricul-
tural region. The work on the DAD
was begun early last September and
finished within five months. The total
mileage of the extended line is As
miles. The completion of this line
takes another Missouri county out of
the list of counties without railroad
facilities.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-16
Police Court News.

Susan Tullidge was brougb, In tods y
charged with her usual wssknsss-thsl
Of b.iug drunk. Last week, whsr
before Judge Smith, she asked To b,
allowed TO 30 10 Kaytyillr, which re.
qreet was granted tv the court. Shs
dtd nig however, and the court pun.
ishei her Tor both changes by sending
her TO jail for ~ Jays.
The cass agGin,, Il. w. Cohen and
Jlmes W.Pypor, charged with Ltusliy
81 animnis, mas ulsmlssrd.
". n. Blake, al engineer, arrested
for stealing n ride, wsh allowed 10 60 n.
tiauo his journey 10 lows, that belug
tae ppint TO ehini he 10 s,sivlnHto get.
Thomas Nswnh-n. y farmer, was
nrsd 81 for 'yIDg mis- team 10 a nfo
hydtant.
Bennett Day, Bessie Day. zuio
Ashton and Els Wheeler each Tor.
fsiled $3.50 for VI, s,itution.
The cNse st I'd Nelson, J. A. snd A.
i. ChHstensen Eud A. Jensen, charged
with trespsss In cutting green timSsr
ftom city lands 10 tno canyon, was
oonlih M until Molday next at y -.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-16
Probate C..rt Orders.

Ia tho matter Of the eststs Of Joha
Carlisle, deeesaed; fiual account Of ad.
.niHi,lIalr!x, Elisabeth Carlisle, nled;
tho total n1.ount rsstifed by tho sd.
miuistgatfix was 50, 650.60 IN pre- -sris
and chth, out oi witch q, l3s.6l has
been expended, l.av.Ag n Uaianos OF
Is, 535 u.
La the oAts,e OF Irvine q. FslconSr,
Dc ce9sed; Thomas MArioneau ne oa0
Gator % ssii e..ate hlo- ais fra rs-
p'r, whibh showed that the estate
vas valusI At a., 05l, out Of wsioh OK
per ti,uoss lad D-sn made rtsounlif X
to 5000 S., leaving n bsl-aso OF
i,060.ld. ruetdsy the 18th day OF
November vas nxed 10 the date for
hear ng said finsl report.
Ia tho ssisto OF David Walker, ue-
.eRseJ; order mRdO summoring all
par.nns interested 10 appear on October
G0lh nud bSow cause, N any Us-s be-,
why SAID preprriy amounting ~ $500
should not go 10 the surviving widow
OF said Gtc iaset, Louise Walker, thSrs
being no misor children.
Estate OF john F.Snedsker, deceased
appsaioer's rrpnft flied, valuing the
property At 81 1875.
Esats OF Ann Willisms, dsces,ed;
7. L. May appointed administrator up.
on filing n bond in ths sum OF 1890.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-16
ARMENIAN REFORMS.
Accepted by Said Pashs, Awaiting The
Approval Of the Sultan.
METHOD OF COLLECTING FAXES.
Popular Ofllcials Provided ior-Chauges
In the Judicial sysism-Chrls-
tiau Supervision.

CossTANrINorLE, Oct. 10. - Bali
Pasha has ccepted the scheme for re-
form In Armenia, drawn up by Great
Britain, France and Russia, and II
now awaits the signature OF the Sui
tan. The scheme Ia almost Identical
with the proposals OF last May, which
In substance were that the governor.
aud vice governors OF Van. Erzetoum,
5ivas, Billie, khsrtou and TreblEond
be Christian or Mussulmen, accord
ing to tho inclination OF tue popula-
lions, but either governor or vice gov.
ernor " 10 be Christian, aud the hp-
continents are TO 10 confirmed by the
powers. Locsi aud not state officials
are TO collect taxes, and enough money
IL 10 be relaiDed, bel 70 II h forward.
Od 10 C0ustantinopie, % psy the *.
pensee of the local admiuis ration.
Complete chsuges will be- msde In the
judicial system, torture VIII be Rbol.
lshed anu prisoners he under survei-
lance. The police Will be composed Of
Chfis,iann and TURKS equally, And the
laws against compulsory convictions
10 lslsmlsm will he strictly enforced.
The ambassadors Of The ~wOfs Ca
psct the whole q Ies,ion to be- finally
settled during the week by q 9 ptomui.
cation Of the Imperial decree. Con.
tfary 10 the general expectation, the
hlKh commissioner charged with the
execution Of this scheme Of reform
will 10 n Christian. This was tie
hardest pill for the Ports 10 swallow,
aud for a long time IL threatened to
bring about most serious complications.
a CRITICAL SITUATION.
A Russian warship has arrived here.
The situation at Iemid 10 critical. Tho
Christians arc apprehensiye Of Turk.
ieh outbreak.
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TuE INDIANA
Admirable Behavior Of tho New Hat.
tie ship

BOSTON, Oct. l0.-rhe battle.hip
IndiAnn, wnicn left Cramp's ship
yards on Saturday tor an official trip
dropped anchor on Boston Light,
last light. Frotn the southeast SUD OF
the ligutthip of New Jersey COST TO
New South bhoalr, Mass., the ship
averaged l21 knots an hour with head
sea running. No attempt was made u
approach her speed limit OF 10 knots an
hour, but the engines and boilers were
found IN mrs, class condition, the
average number Of revolutions being
100 per minute with "a horse power
development Of $500. CommodUre
Selirldge, after reading tho report sent
him by the members Of tho trial board
who call around on the ship, tele-
Rraphei the secretary OF the navy that
the Indiana behaved admirably ON her
voyage from Philadelphia. In nm
Interview he snldI
"rhcy bring mo gratifying news re.
gnrding the ttoadinets OF the new
battleship. With heavy amor anu
armament, II was naturally expectei 4,
judging from the experience of other
countries with modern battIeship,, We
would have a considerable roll TO con-
tend With. One OF England's battle.
ships 10 said 10 have rolled four de-
grees, whereas the Indiana does not
record n roll Of even one degree. This
gives her an almost stationary gun
platform, n condition very much 10 be
desired when the guns are used In
nction.'