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The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

CHARLES c. SKINNER, one of the best
known inventors in America, died at
his home in Long Prairie, Mimi, at the
age of 63.
CHARLES W COPELAND, one of the
best known marine and mechanical en-
gineers in this country, died in Brook
lyn, n. Y, aged 80 years.
HOWELL OSBORN, noted the world
over for his prohigacy, died in New
York, aged &c years. He was the re-;
puted husband of Fay Templeton-
ALEXANDER KENNEDY, 81 years old,
said to be the oldest man in east Ten
nessee, died at his home in Blount eoun-
ty. He was the father of twenty-siX
children.
Miss ELLEN SPENCER, who lacked
only few days of being 100 years old,
| died at Jacksonville, Ill.
JOHN TRUMBULL, who was the first
manufacturer of silks in the United
States, died at Caledonia, Wis, aged 20
years.
GEORGE w. VAN HORNE, editor of the
News Tribune and postmaster at Mus
catine, Ia. died at the age of 81 years.
Miss BETTY MCELRoY celebra ted her
Tooth birthday at her home in Somer-
vile. \. j.
| Mrs. EMMA MCSHANE, who died lat
Leavenworth, Ind. aged 73, was the
survivor of eleven husbands, two of
whom were killed in war.
JOHN LEAvITT STEVENS, minister
from the United States to Hawaii UNI
| der President Harrison, died at his
home in Augusta, Me-, aged "a years
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
MEN OF THE WORLD.

julius ROGERS, of Marshall county,
Ia, who was such small baby that no
body expected him to live, is now the
biggest nan in that part of the state,
standing six feet five inches in height
and weighing three hundred and ffty-
two pounds.
VASILLo. the eldest son of King Be-
hanzin. the ex-king of Dahomey, has be-
gun school life at the Lyccc, of st. Pierre,
Martinique, the place of his captivity.
lie wishes to learn French, it is said
out of gratitude, no doubt, to his cap
tors.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
The News Condensed.
Important intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL
Proceedings of the Second Session.


THE senate on the 9Th passed the house bill
for national military park at Gettysburg
The bill retiring Justice Howell jackson from
the United States supreme court bench was
favorably reported .... In the house an omnibus
bill for the payment Of southern war claims TO
the amount of S71S 663 was defeated. Hawaiian
correspondence submitted showed that Great
Britain had not interfered with affairs of the
republic. The appropriation bill providing
s2l ,s05526 for the legislative, executive and
judicial expenses of the government for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, was reported.
In the senate on the 5th an exciting debate
occurred between Senators Mitchell (Ore) and
Harris CTenn.) over a report on sugar bounty
claims. The District Of Columbia appropria-
tion bill was passed and the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill was considered
In the house the debate on the administra-
tion's bill to authorize the issue Of $500 G10o 600
gold bonds for the purpose of retiring the legal
tenders and treasury notes began. a bill was
introduced which requires alieAs expecting TO
emigrate to the United States, at least three
months prior to embarkation, to apply to the
United States diplomatic or consular repre-
sentative resident nearest their place OF resi-
dence for certificates of immigration
On the 9th the diplomatic and consular ap-
preparation bill was taken up in the senate
and would have been disposed OF except for
the item of $500, 600 for Immediately beginning
cable construction between the United States
and Hawaii. The bill for new post office
building at Chicago was passed 80. In the house
the time was occupied in discussing the admin
istrations financial measure.
On the 7th the laying of a cable to Hawaii
was further discussed in the senate, but nc
conclusion was reached and the item remains
as stumbling block to the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill. The Indian ap-
preparation bill (Ss,s29.70O) was reported and
the nomination of Maj Gen. John NJ Schofeld
to be lieutenant general was confirmed. In
the house the administration bill to authorize
an issue of S500O0 600 in gold bonds was de-
feated by vote of l6l to 13i.
IN the senate on the Sth the president IS
message was read announcing q new loar
of S62,500,000, instead OF SlO0.OO00O0, as
agreed upon The Hawaiian cable amend
ment to the diplomatic and consular bill was
then further discussed and the president
message giving Minister Willis latest dis
patches as to the sentences of death in Hawai-
was presented Senator Lodge Cby reQuest)
introduced a bill to provide for the issue OF
SI.00, 900. 900 worth OF bonds payable in gold
coin at 2k per cent. interest, to run from ter
to twenty-five years. In the house the preSi.
dents message providing for a new issue Of
bonds was read: also q message on the
Hawaiian question. The legislative appro-
priation bill was discussed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16

Gov. Stone has pardoned Samuel Car
son. This is the convict who escaped
from the penitentiary December Is,
1879, and who gave himself up in Chi
cago, December :, 1894. and was re-
turned to the prison. He was sent to
the penitentiary in 1873 under sentence
of seven years for cattle-stealing in
Nodaway county. Carson is in the last
stages of consumption, and the pardon
was recommended by the inspectors
and the physician of the prison.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
DOM

MATTHEW ELAN ~ Co., dealers IN
fruits in New York, made an assign
ment with liabilities of S150,OOO.
Gov. MORRILL,, of Kansas, appointed
ex-Gov. Anthony state superintendent
of insurance.
JUDGE OTIs, of St Paul, decided that
under the Minnesota law husbands
were liable for slanderOus remarks by
their wives.
THREE partially consumed sticks OF
dynamite were found under Baptist
church at Pleasant Dale, Ind, in which
revival meetings were being held.
The supreme council of the National
Farmers Alliance met in annual con-
vention at Raleigh, n. C. Resolutions
were passed denouncing the issue of
bonds by the government.
MADISON BRYANT, living near Terre
Haute, Ind, prevented his daughter
marriage by burning the license in the
presence of the guests.
Four masked men held up train on
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road
near Sylvia, Col, and robbed the pas
sengers of their valuables.
MASKED men robbed Jacob Engel
and wife, living near Bremen, Ind,
and tying them to bedpost left them
to freeze.
The warehouse of the Bodman To-
bacco company at Cincinnati was to-
tally destroyed by fire, entailing loss
of 100000.
AT indianapolis the Conde imple-
ment warehouse and several smaller
stores were consumed by fire, the loss
being 100000
FIRE destroyed the business portion
of Jamaica, Ia. The post Office was
among the buildings burned.
DIR. STovER, physician of Wayland,
Mo-, was frozen to death near there
while returning from a sick call.
WHILE intoxicated, James Mutt, iv-
ing near Atchison, Kan, fatally shot
Mr.. JOHN Payton and Leonard Cole
man and was in turn fatally beaten
with an ak by Mrs. Payton.
I've village of Leipzig, O., was Wis
tied by fire which swept away the
business district, the loss aggregating
100000.
THE secretary of war sent to con-
gress anabstract showing the militia
force qtthe country to be 1859. OF
whom ffs394- are privates and non-
commissisxed officers. The unorgan-
lied military force of the country num-
bers 9,5S2, SOC.
FATHER JAERT, of Wilmington, Del,
was informed in letter from Rome
that the pope disapproves of priests
riding bicycles.
FREDERICK MILLER, aged 40, and his
son, aged 6, were burned to death in a
fire at Pittsburgh, Pa, and a fireman
was fatally injured.
Mrs. OSCAR LAWRENCE, who had been
long mourned as dead, was found liv-
ing in cave near Shelbyville, Ind.
IT was said that 225 families, averag-
ing five persons to a family, were
threatened with starvation at Rend-
vile, Perry county, o.
A PARTY of merrymakers was upset
at Homework, o., by the breaking of
a kingbolt and three were probably
fatally hurt.
The Colorado legislature passed 3
bill prohibiting the flying of any for
eign flags in the state except over the
buildings occupied by the different
consulS.
THE southwestern states were visited
by blizzard which blocked traffic and
hundreds of families were without fuel
THE coal barge Van Zautbord sunk
off Saybroolh, Conn, and two brothers
named Wyncoop were drowned.
THE Minnesota legislature passed a
bill making Lincoln's birthday legal
holiday,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
Were Drowned Accidentally.

A special was sent from Old Monroe
not long ago that L. Phillips had been
arrested charged with having muir
dered Misses Mollie Rodgers and Ida
Trinkley. the two young ladies who
We're drowned. This seems to have
been without any foundation what
ever. Phillips was not arrested, and
was not even suspected of crime in this
or any other connection. The girls
were undoubtedly drowned aecider-
tally.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
His Accounts Were Straight.

1t was telegraphed from Nevada to
a st. Louis paper that Assignee Pin
nell of the late Citizens bank of Ne
vada had been dismissed by Judge
Dobson at Kansas City for alleged dis
crepancies. Nothing farther from the
truth, it seems, could have been ut
tered. Mr.. Pinnelrs final report was
approved by the judge, with the eX-
ception of expense items of s405O,
which Mr.. Pinnell paid himself. Mr..
Pinnell says: Il gave "a bond of $780,
900 upon assuming this trust, and
point with pride to the record made by
me in closing up this very complicated
affair"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16

VIM. Galleher, for twenty-five years
superintendent ot the land department
Of the Font Scott s. Memphis, died in
Kansas Civ. aged IS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16

Constable Threikeld was held up and
robbed by two men near st. Joseph.
He secured reinforcements, captured
the rascals, locking them up.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
4 Bad Night for Fires.

There were five alarms of fire IN Sc
dal;a during the cold spell, and Tom
Kaler, a fireman, had both feet badly
frozen while fighting the flames.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
ouarreied About the Weather.

George Walker and James Harris,
young negroes,Ig got into an argument
in st. Joseph on the subject of the
weather. Harris. who had one or two
more drinks than his companion, de-
clared it was not below zero. while
Walker. who was shivering until his
teeth chartered, swore it was at least
Is degrees below. When two police
men arrived Walker had carved Harris
SO badly with razor that he will die.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16

The defunct Citizens bank of Nevada
has paid depositors 12 per cent, and
there is said to be little or nothing left
for the commissioners to distribute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
Discharged.

The preliminary examination of Gus
Blumenthal, charged with embezzle-
ment by his former employers. Cohn
& Peltz, of Poplar Bluff, after lasting
three days, was concluded. and the de-
fendant discharged. Blumenthal was
arrested in Cincinnati
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16

The amount of finances on hand in
the state treasury February l was
81, ,465 as. IL.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
MISSOURI sTATE NEWS.
Some Legislative Gossip.

Among important matters receiving
attention in the legislature are the fol-
lowing:
Senator DavissOn has introduced concurrent
resolution providing for a. constitutional
amendment requiring the. state 'und commits
sioners to sell 3-per-cent bonds sufficient to
take up the certificates Of Indebtedness repre-
sented by the seminary and school funds and
bearing interest at and per cent OF these
certificates S29O9,G0o bear 6 per cent. interest
and s23l 900 D per cent, and the combined an
nual interest amounts to SlS6!000. According
to the requirements of the resolution the in
terest saved is to be prOrated to the various
counties for common school purposes. Mr..
Gavisson estimates that the state is paying
S9l $50 more of interest annually than II should,
and that under the proposed change S43.26o
would be saved and accordingly go to the
schools.
THE PHARMACY LAW BURIED.
The house has buried the pharmacy law be-
yond all hope of resurrection. When it was
taken up FOR third reading and passage, Mr..
Short OF Phelps. secured the floor and made
long and bitter speech against the bill. He
was followed by Mr.. Tubbs. OF Usage. who
went to even greater lengths in denouncing the
measure. Mr.. Spencer, of St. Louis. made
great effort to turn the tide, and said and did
everything possible to save it from defeat. and
he was ably seconded by Mr.. Short. of Cole.
But the house was Obdurate. and defeated the
bill by a vote of SS to 81. Not satisfied with
this victory, Mr. Tubbs induced the house to
table motion to reconsider to vote. This bill
was recommended by the State Association OF
Pharmacists, and by many physicians and
druggists was regarded as measure of merit.
TIE TRAIN RoBBER BILL.
The house has passed Speaker RusseIls, bill
making the crime of train rObhin0 punishable
by death. The vote was nearly unanimous.
Under the present law the MAXIMUM Punsh-
ment is twenty-five years Imprisonment un-
less. of course, some one is killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16

Z S. c. Rea, cashier of the Carroll En-
change bank, committed suicide by
shooting. No cause is known, as his
relations, financial and domestic, were
pleasant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
Burned to Death.

The 4-year-old daughter of ]. II.
Thompkins, farmer = miles north of
Fisk, Stoddard county, was burned to
death while Mrs. Thomphins was visit
ing a neighbOr
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-02-16
A Bachelor In Trouble.
Killed While Hunting.

Samuel Rayhill and Lyman West
were hunting turkeys in Holt county,
when Vests gun was accidentally dis
charged, killing Rayhill instantly.
Rayhill leaves family.
The herald., 1895-12-01
A rlou5e's Engineering

While digging holes for telegraph
poles aL Byron, Me. said Western U.ion
man, II became interested III watching
the Ingenuity and perseverance, of a
mouse. He fell into one OF the hn s,
when was four and a hall ieet zee p and
twenty inches across. The frs. a ne
ran around tho bottom OF the hole try
ing to find some means OF escape but
could not clmp OFT. The secoad day he
ettled down to business. He began
steadily and systematically to dig spiral
groo9e round and rJunu the inner sur
faae of the hole with uniforml ~ alcend-
ing grade. lie worked nigat AM day and
as he got further from, the bottom he dug
little pockets, where he could either lie
or sit and rest. Interested witnesses
threw in food.
"At tbs end OF two weeks the mouse
struck rock. This puzzled him. For
nearly day he tried to get under,
around or over the obstruct ion, bot with
out success. With untlinching patience
he reversed his spiral and went in the
opposite direction. at the end of four
weeks he reached the top. and probably
sped away TO enjoy his we'll earned iree-
dom. His escape was not seen. When
his food was put in in the morning he
was near the surface, but at night he
work was seen to be com plete and the lit
tie engineer, whose pluck and skill had
saved his life, had lelt.-New York Sun.
The herald., 1895-12-01

gregated. An informal triumph oveI
some of them would wret public aston.
ishment when he came to his greater
triumph.
He asked the bartender if there were
any billiard players lii the house.
zone Or two of them; you've got to be
purity good if you learn them anything
about the game" said the bartender.
And TrisJram thought what an ilustra-
tion that WAS of the whole case. Here
was illiteracy matche. against learning.
He would teach il a lesson.
'Get your cue and come out here and
let me show you some things you may
Il cant play none,' said the hard
man.
"Then I'll give you an example,"
They placed their balls. The cue felt
curious in Tristram's hands. They
banked and the bartender won, thoue h
the table. He led ana he missed the
third shot-whlch was an easy one.
Tristram. 'You should have struck
the cushion here. Then the angle would
have brought your ball here, and the obs
ject bail, travelling in the ratio Of it's own
weight multiplied by the square foot of
produced juncture at"
well Shoot said the bartender.
And Tristan shot and scratched.
THE impact was defective" said he,
and was consOled
The bartender ran up string of seven.
Trstram tried again, and punched q
hole IN the baize covering of the table.
The bartender glued it down, and ran ou,
the game, whistling ba. from "Stan-
DIN on the corner wa mt doin' no harm. u
And that was the end OF Tristram
Woods and his scientific billiards. Chi.
cago Times Herald.
The herald., 1895-12-01

He looked at her inteltly. You are
handsomer now" he said calmly, but
your eyas have lost that look-rhat look
that made Thanksgiving day seem all
too short for my boyisn exuberance OF
gratitude.
Philip, you are positively maudlin.
No, will not go down to the country
with you. There would be no Joy for you
II did. You want the lovelorn girl as
a companion, and I can't go back to that
even to obige an old and valued friend.
What has aroused all this up in you, after
such d long timer
1T is just that it has been long time:
| have suddenly begun to despise myself
Tor my friendship with you, Ellice.
You are flattering. Do make an un-
worthy friend"
"You are making an UNIV orthv man of
me. No, | mean l an! making one of my
self. l thought if | was to have nOthiIg
else it was justiiiable to cling to what you
would give me, but it is not. My posi-
tion is a contemplate one. It must come
to an end. | had littlc hope you would
go to Ingleside with mc,and l have made
IN my mind 10 90 away-tO take the
chance offered me in Melbourne. and
leave tomorrow. But first ! want to ask
you what it is that has made you distrust
me ALWAYS. have loved you every in
stant of the time with sucn conscious
love. What was it" Was it simply that
y
fathom mine for you, or was to blame?"
''Do you want me to tell youY' She
rose and the color flooded her face. You
let me say we did not care as we should
for each other-let us be friends-you let
me be morbid-you--"
He rose, too, and looked at her in
amazement. 'And If had said six years
ago that you did care for ne, that we
could not be friends, that your doubts
meant nothing"
"Oh, wa are terribly theatrical, ''sLe In.
terrupted. She sat down again and
laughed a little. lie took up his hat.
Either we have an vut-o-date Thanks
giving tomorrow or 60 to Melbourne" lie
said half turning away.
She looked at him, waiting to see it he
would go. Wncn he reached the door she
rose and took one step toward him.
'Guod-by," she said, holding out her
hands.
He came back and took them. Good
by, - he said, and then walked out in the
hall. She listened until she heard his
hand on the door-knob. Then her face
lit up with the look that it may have had
on the long-ago Thanksgiving.
He is really going, she said, with
half sob of Joy. Then she ran to the door.
''Philip,' she said, ~ don't care if 1t
is outrageous and absurd-of course
am going to Ingleside with you tomorrow
and TO dine with the rector's grandcbil-
dren--and to walk across the pasture in
the freezing wind that we shan't know
anything about. = Chicago Times.
The herald., 1895-12-01
THE BEST OF MEDIUMS

You may talk about your posters and
your ads upon the fence,
But they amt the kind O. mediums that
appeal to common sense,
You may talk about your dodgers, and
your circulars and such.
But calculate they don't assist an ad-
vertiser much;
And especially in winter, when the snow
is on the ground,
I wonder where your posters and your
dodgers can BIZ found,
But within the cosy homestead. whau
the parlor stoves aglow.
The newspaper is read aloud to everyone
We know.
Tho farmer secs the painted sign upon
his barn and grins
Five dollars yearly for the space he usu-
ally wins.
And there his interest in the ad begins,
and there 1t ends,
And the same is true OF nearly all his
neigh bors and his friends;
But they read the local paper every day
or every week,
And IN its welcome columns all thenr in
formation seek,
And you may be quite certain that the
ads therein dispayed
Are also read with interest and are sure
to make some trade.
1t stands to reason anyhow, tnat when a
fellow buys,
He's going to read and get his money IS
worth, If he is wise.
The father, mother, uncle, aunt, the
daughter and the son,
Are gong to read the newspapab, and 90
is every one.
So it stands to reason that local mer.
chants ad
Will there attract attention, be it either
good or bad.
And the new spaper as medium leads all
other kinds with ease.
For that is where the multitude the ad-
vertisement sees.
Printers Ink
The herald., 1895-12-01
Mr.. AND MRS. RISING

"Well, I was surprised at the late cleo
tion, said Mr.. Rising.
when was it, John?' asked Mrs. Ris-
ing abstractedly.
First Tuesday in Novem ber Emily"
81 thought they had elections in the
spring, john"
$50 they do. En- ly, but the most inn
portant ones are held IN tha fall"
THAT reminds me, John. want to ask
you, what is the difference between
spring wheat and winter wheat?'
Spring wheat is sown in the spring
and winter wheat is sown in the fall" :,
Then, it's just the same thing as elec-
tions, isn't it, John?"
1T appears to be to you, Emily, but
what do you have to do with wheat?"
Its the flour, John. one works and
one DOESN'T"
"Well, in election rything works,
Emily
but why vera you disappointed in
the election, John? Didn't YOU know
it was to be in Novem ber?"
Everybody knows that. Emily. I
didn't say | was disappointed; l said
was surprised"
"Why should you be surprised If every
body knew, Johnr" asked Mrs. Rising in
bewilderment.
Il wasn't surprised at the time, Emily
bat at the results. " said Mr.. Rising, with
some acarbity IN his accent.
docs it's being late make any diner
ence in the results, Jonn?" ventured Mrs.
Rising. with some hesitation.
Election isn't IA crop, EN- 'ly," Mr.. liz
Ing growled.
what were the results. John?'' Mrs.
Rising inquired, with pacific intentions,
after few moments of silence.
The Republicans took everything in
sight and the Democrats weren't heard
from, Mr.. Rising replied in Modified
tone.
Then the Republicans will always
want it held late after this won't they,
John?" pursued Mrs. Rising.
'Td like to know, EN- ly, why you keep
harpine on that string. Didn't say
they always hed elections at the same
time in the fall, Mr.. Rising questioned
in evaporation.
Indeed you didn't, John, ana you
called it late election yourself. | think
men are horrid when they talk politics,
there and Mrs. Rising iadign antly left
the room,