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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-02-19

All tho prophets of trade are toll
ing of good times ahead. Tho great
success of tho bond issue has para.
Ilyzed the croakers and made oven
the despondont hopeful. Business
is bound to get better. Already
the Improvement is visible. Money
will escape from the close clutches
in which it has been held, and whom
money is active people are busy.
The Southern States are regarded
throughout tho North as being somi-
civilized and tho people an ignorant
and lawless class, but the Southern
States have the strictest laws on di
vorce and were the first to prohibit
prize fighting, Give the South
some credit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-02-19

3 Col. $Ipgersol has gone back to
lecturing on Shakespeare. Itwould
be VOL if he would continue in the
Same limo and let the Bible alone.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Proceedings of the First Session

Inc proceedings VI LII0 GlTSC SeSSlO0s
The republicans carried their resolution
In the senate on the Goth for Teor ganiza-
ton by a vote of 80 to D. the six populists.
who held the balanCe of power, declining
to vote. and the list of committees was
announced A bill was introduced pro-
hibiting the ISSUANCE of bonds by the
United States unless cong! ess shall by
resolution declare the necessity for them.
Senator Lodge (Mass.) spoke at length
upon the Monroe doctrine, and closed fy
predicting that the Venezuelan question
between England and the United Stares
would be psaCGably stttled....The house
was not in session.
In the senate Tuesday Senate Sherman
IO.) offered a resolution for the Iestoraucn
of the gold reserve, which thereafter
should be held sacred for the redemption
of the g~reenbacks and treasury notes. the
former to be reissued only in exchaI se
for gold coin and bullion. No action was
taken. Adjourned to the 3d....In the
house bills we've introduced to repeal me
law allowing a rebate on the tax on al
cohol. and to repeal the ten per cent. tax
on the circulation OF banks other than
national banks. Adjourned to the Sd.
In the senate on the Sd senator Sherman
co. spoke at length on the bono question,
saying that additional revenue is needed,
that the gold reserve should be kept intact,
and that free coinage was the most danger
GUS of policies. senator Elkins' w. Val
resolution directing that all bond issues be
advertised and the bonds offered to the
public caused a vigorous debate, but no ac-
ton was taken. Adjourned to the 7th....
In the house a resolution was offered to
impeach Comptroller Bowler. of the treas
eress in paying the sugar bounty. Ad-
iourEed to the 9Th.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
FOREIGN.

It was learned that Il syndicate was
being formed in Berlin and London 20
take up the proposed new issue of
United States bonds.
1t was announced hat Russia and
France had promised diplomatic sup
port to the United States in the Vene-
zuelan trouble.
In a dispute at Huitzi, Mexico, over q
boundary line four persons were killed
and 20 injured, some fatally.
1t was reported that an armed force
of the British South Africa company,
numbering 500 men. invaded the Trans
vaal territory.
Queen Victoria appointed Alfred
Austin poet laureate of England.
An explosion in a coal mine at Wragei,
Prussian Silesia, caused the death OF Fl
men.
The insurgents in Cuba were again
moving in the direction of Havana and
great excitement prevailed.
Reports from Constantinople regard
ing the recent outrages i'll the vilayet of
Kharput alone show hat 13S towns and
villages were desolated, 1904 houses
burned and 2,07S persons were killed.
Not a single Turk was killed so far as
known.
What promised to be the most i'm
portant session of the Canadian parlia-
ment since 1861, when the provinces
were confederated, opened at Ottawa.
On the question of schools in Mani
tObia the government was so seriously
divided as to jeOpardize its stability.
DR.. JaIneson.who invaded the South
African republic at the head of 700
men, representing the Chartered Brit
ish South Africa company, was cap
tured by the Beers.
1t was reported that DR.. Jameson,
the English leader in the Transvaal,
had been shot by the Beers.
.Advices say that the whole province
of Havana was up in arms against the
government, and that the authorities
confessed the grave condition of af-
1airs by proclaiming martial law for
the provinces of Havana and Pinar del
Rio.
The trade and navigation returns is
sued by the government for the year
1895 show that Canada's aggregate
trade fell from $23O,OOO 900 to s2Is,O0O
600, as compared with the previous
year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Fifteen persons were injured, some
fatally, in a railway wreck on the Erie
road at Meadville. Pa.
Charles c. Hilton, of Chicago, was
appointed by Gov. Altgeld TO succeed
Alfred Orendor1r as adjutant general
of Illinois.
Judge Morton decided in the United
States district court at San Francisco
that every Chinese born in The United
States is u citizen thereof.
The oath of office required to be taken
by n cardinal was administered to Mgr.
Satolli in the private chapel of the
Catholic legation in Washington.
The Solicitors Loan and Trust COM
pany of Philadelphia made an assign
ment. The assets were $1,000, 900, La
bilities unknown.
L. I. Myers, of Richmond, Va, has
been appointed assistant general super
intendent of the railway mail service.
At Lincoln. Neb.. Judge Holmes sem
fenced George ". Davis to the peniten-
tiary for life for wrecking n railway
train, whereby IL lives were lost.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
TIKI BOND ISSUE.

| yecretary Carlisle Issues a Notice to Pros
| pective Subscribers for One und Mil
lion Coin Bonds, Coupon or Registered to
Bear Interest at the Rate Of Four Per
Cent.-The Notice also Made to Cover
Prospective Legislation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. AT midnight
Sunday Secretary Carlisle prepared
the following notice, which will be is
sued to-day:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 6, 1896.
Notice is hereby given hat sealed
| proposals will be received at the Office
of the secretary of the treasury at
! Washington. ID. c., until l. o'clock
noon on Wednesday. the fifth day OF
February, 1896, for the purchase of enc
hundred million dollars (SlC0. COO, G00)
of United States four per cent. coupon
or registered bonds in denominations
Of fifty dollars $500 and multiples of
that sum as may be desired by bidders
THE right to reject any or all bids
is reserved.
1.-The bonds will be dated on the first
day OF February, 1895, n be payable
in coin thirty years after that date, and
will bear interest at foul per cent per
annum, payable quarterly in coin. but
all maturing on and before
the first day of February, 1896, will be-
detached, and purchasers will be re-
quired to pay in United States gold
coin or gold certificates for the bonds
awarded to them. and all interest ac-
crued thereon after the first day of
February, 1896, up to the time of APP
plication for delivery.
Payments for the bonds must be
made at the treasury of the United
States, at Washington, D. c., or at the
United States subtreasuries at New
York, Boston. Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Cincinnati, Chicago, st. Louis or New
Orleans. or they may be made at San
Francisco with exchange on New
York, and all bids must state what de-
nominations of bonds are desired, and
whether coupon or registered, and at
what place they will be paid for.
Payments may be made by INSTALL
ments, as follows:
Twenty per cent. go per cent upon
receipt of notice of acceptance of bids,
and 20 per cent, go per cent at the
end of each ten days thereafter; but
all accepted bidders may pay the whole
amoun at the date of the first INSTALL
ment, and those who have paid all in
stallments previously maturing may
Fay the whole amount of their bids at
any time, not later than the maturity
of the last installment.
1.-The bonds will be ready for deliv-
cry on or before the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1896.
Notice is further hereby given that,
If the issue and sale of additional or
different form of bond for the MAIN
tenance of the gold reserve shall be
authorized by law after the 9Th day
of February, 1896, sealed proposals for
the purchase of such bonds will also
be received at the same time and place,
and up to the same date, and upon the
terms and conditions herein set
forth, and such bids will be considered
as well as the bids for the four-pers
cent. bonds herein mentioned.
j. G.. CARLISLE,
Secretary of the treasury"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
LATER.

SECRETARY CARLISLE issued, on the
9th, a notice that sealed proposals for
tire purchase of $780, 900, 900 coupon or
registered Cougar coin bonds, bearing
interest at the rate Of four per cent.
will be received up to II o'clock noon
on Wednesday, the 5th day of Febru-
airy, 1896. The new bonds will be in
denominations Of $50 and multiples of
that sum, at the choice of the bidders.
UTAH was added to the sistcrhood of
states, on the 18th, at 1903 a. m. when
President Cleveland signed a procla-
nation to hat effect. The officers of
the new state entered upon the dis
charge of their duties on the 9th, the
legislature also meeting in special ses-
sion on that day, which the governor
by proclamation declared a general
holiday.
THE London Yachtsman says that
Lord Dunraven has signally failed to
substantiate his charges against the
New York Yacht club, and hat it be-
comes more and more apparent that
an egregious blunder was committed
in making them. The paper adds that
the committee of inquiry was actuated
throughout by an impartial spirit.
THE weekly statement of the New
York city associated banks for the
week ended on the 4th showed the fol-
lowing changes: Reserve, increase,
So, $40, 900; loans, decrease, S12, SS5. 500:
specie, increase, 81, $40, 500; legal ten
ders, decrease, 1869, 100; deposits, de-
crease, S9,474, 100; circulation, increase,
S26. 200.
TIE Bar association of Pittsburgh.
Pa, has decided to permit women to
practice law in that city. resolution
to exclude women from practicing law
was overwhelmingly defeated, on the
18th, after a spirited discussion of near
ly two hours, at n of the largest
meetings ever held by the association.
NEWS was received in Norfolk, Va,
on the 5th, of the sudden death on
board the United States t~rainingship
Essex, lying at Yorktown, of Com
mander Lewis Kingsley, U. 5. N, COM
manding that vessel.
THE Textile Manufacturers a~ssocia-
ton has postponedits conference, called
to meet in Chicago, on the 14th, until the |
21st, the date set for the annual meet
ing of the National Association of Wool |
Manufacturers.
a DEFALCATIoN of 5000, 900 in the Gus
tomhouse receipts at ~Cartagena, U. S.
C., in which several prominent officials
are implicated, is reported.
On the 4th the associated banks of
New York city held $40, 779,6 T5 in ex-
cess of the requirements of the e5-per-
cent. rule.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
DOMESTIC.

1t was SAID that hundreds of cattle
and horses were drowned in the swollen
treams on the Usage reservation in
Oklahoma, entailing ruinous losses tC
many stockmen.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Both ult. was:
Wheat, 69,95S,OOO bushels; corn, SSH
600 bushels; oats, 6.46S,O 900 bushels:
rye, 1,553,00O bushels; barley, 3,?G2,G GOO
bushels.
The I'll. W. Ladd company, one of the
largest dry goods firms in Providence,
Il. L., failed for 1927. 500.
James a. Boyd, whose name is known
wherever pressed brick are made, died
ut his home in Chicago, aged Sc years.
Express trains on the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern collided near Seki-
tan, o., and two men were killed ard
nine injured, five of them fatally.
The house of William Atkins was
destroyed by fire at Akron, Ala, during
the absence of himself and wife and
their three children were burned TO
death.
The Western Baseball league will
consist of the following clubs next sea-
son: Milwaukee, st. Paul. Minneapolis,
Kansas City, Indiana polls, Detroit, Co.
lumbuS and Grand Rapids.
In speaking of the burning to death
of Mrs. T. j. West and tie shooting of
w. y. Devcrs by a mob nea Lexington,
Ky, Gov. Bradley said that he would
spare neither labor ror money in run
ming down the perpetrators of the
crime.
Willie Black, aged -; Sam Toole, l6,
and Addie ~Clayborn, Il, were drowned
while stating at Creston, o.
AS the result of a duel caused by a
feud, j. W. Stafford, a planter living
near New LewisvIlle, Ark, and John
Croker, n neighbor, are both dead.
The Larson & Libbey company, deal
er in lumber and manufacturer of sash,
doors and blinds, failed in Chicago
for 100000.
All the furnaces Mt Newcastle, Pa.,
were closing down as the result of de-
mands of employees for Jay for n day
and a half on Sundays and a CORE
spond increase on holidays.
During the year 1895 immigrants to
the number of 229,6O7 arrived IN New
York, an increase of 61.944 over the
year 1894.
Heavy frosts prevailed throughout
California, seriously damaging the
orange crop.
The national Armenian relief com
mittee of New York Appeals to the peo-
-Ia - 1ho T--Stal S4o%n-
and generous contributions to relieve
the needs of $4,000 Armenians who are
destitute.
Thepresident announced the appoint
ment of the Venezuelan boundary COM
mission rs follows: David j. Brewer,
of Kansas; Richard Fl. Alvey, of Mary
land; Andrew d. White, of New York;
Frederick r. Coudert, of New York,
and Daniel C. Gilman. of Maryland.
The loss of life by railroad disasters
of various kinds in the United States
in 1895 was 1900, against 3,64S in 1894.
The losses by fire in the United States
In 1895 aggregated s131, SIS, FOG, as COM
pared with Sis, $780, 42 in 1894, an in
crease of S15,9S7 1864.
The number of legal executions in
the United States in 1898 was 1872, the
same as in 1894, al compared with 126
In 1898 and 1O7 in 1892.
Scores of vessels were driven ashore
near Boston by gales and the damage to
shipping along the New England coast
would exceed $500, OOO.
The northwestern millers' trust has
been recognized.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
PERSONAL AND poIITIcAI.

EN-Gov. Edward j. Curtis died at
Boise, Idaho. He served as territorial
secretary and acting governor 16 years.
Mrs. Patty Richardson, the oldest Of
the eight widow pensioners of the revo-
luton, died at her home in East Bethel,
Vt. aged 05 wears,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
.s7g,S2
His Father Was a Supreme Judge.

Lawrence MacFarland, the 16-year-
old o of Judge b. MacFarland, of the
supreme court, died in jefferson City
of appendicitis. He was taken sick on
Christmas eve, and grew steadily
worse. Well-known physicians per-
formed an operation, in the hope that
his life might be saved, but it proved
u~navailing. The remains were taken
to Mexico for burial.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
No Destitution In Camden County.

Mayor Hastain of Sedalia has received
letters from County Treasurer Foster
and County Clerk Nelson of Camden
county. denying that the people of
Linn Creek and vicinity have been
rendered destitute by the recent floods
from the Usage river.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
THE RAM
The President Sign the Resolution Autbo.
rizihg her Acceptance.

WASHINGTON, Jan. THE president
has signed the joint resolution author
izing the acceptance of the ram Katah-
din. The president also approved a
joint resolution transferring the Of
fees of the United States for the terri.
tory of Utah with all their fittings.
ETC., to the state of Utah and a Joint
resolution fixing the times for holding
the circuit and district courts of the
United States in the northern and
southern judicial districts of Iowa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
College Presidents Change.

DIR. S. F. Cooke, LID, has resigned
the presidency of the Baptist college at
La Grange, after completing the thir-
:ieth year in the office. He will accept
the presidency of the Webb City col
lege.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
Alleges ~'.Indignities."

Watson J.. Terry, a well-known law
yer of Kansas City, has been sued for di-
vorce. His wife alleges 'Indignities,"
but Ices not state their nature.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
Family of Five Drowned.

The home of William Jones, on Sac
river, in Cedar county, was washed
away by high water. Mr.. Jones, his
wife and three children were drowned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
The School of Mines.

Prof. W. Z. Richards, director of tbs
school of mines at Rolla, reports the
school in good condition, although at
tendance has fallen off
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
Will Build a New Church.

The congregation of the German
Evangelical church, Sedalia, has de-
cided to erect a building. to cost s15,-
900. Ladies of the church subscribed
$500.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Mrs. Mary BREEDER, aged 81, whose
home was at 1921 Blair avenue, st.
Louis, fell head foremost into a well
while attempting to draw water, and
was drowned. Her feet slipped.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
State Penitentiary Population.

When the books of the Missouri
state penitentiary were closed for the
year 1895 Warden James L. Pace found
a gain of Is conv;cts in the prison pop
ulation for the year. During the wear
there were received 9O5 males and 81
females. making a total of 926. while
there were discharged $50 males and 81
females, and 81 males died, making a
total of Dos. On December 81. 1894,
there were 2,17s convicts in che prison,
and on December 81. 1895, 1,196.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
Ten Men Entrapped In q Colorado Gold
Mine with no Hope of Escape.

Ten Men Entrapped In q Colorado Gold
Mine with no Hope of Escape.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Jan. 6.-The
Cripple Creek district has heen excep-
tionally free from serious mine acct
dents, but its reputation in this re-
spect received a serious setback yester-
day by a cavern in the Anna Lee mine
at Victor, belonging to the great Vor-
mand company. The last reports place
the number of men who are buried I'M
der thousands of ions of rock at ten.
The Anna Lee mine is located near
the summit of Battle mountain and is
OF the finest equipped mines in ting
state. Its working shaft, which is
down 900 feet, is the deepest in the
camp. The shaft is a double compart-
ment n and vertical, from witch
levels are driven every so feet to- cut
the immense ore chimney which lies
some distance from the shaft and has
an incline of about seven degrees.
Ten men, including General Mama
ger John Harnan and Assistant Supt.
Sheldon, were caught in the cave-in,
and at this writing there does not seem
to be the remotest possibility that any
have escaped. Well posted miners say
it will be a miracle if any are taken
out alive.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11

Secretary of State Lesueur gives ont
the following statement. showing fees,
corporation tax, etc, collected Ey his
department and turned over to the
state treasurer for the year 1895:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
The Work of Rescue Being Pushed For.
ward-General Manager Harnan Safe.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Jan. 6.-The
work of rescuing the eight imprisoned
miners who were caught in the cave
in at the Anna Lee mine at Victor YES
terday morning continues. Victor
was crowed all day with people and
the Anna Lee mine was surrounded bv
hundreds of anxious friends and rela-
tives who were eager to learn the
latest developments, which as the
hours slowly rolled by, be-
came more and more discoura-
ging. The drift from the seventh
level of the Scranton mine, which was
started soon after the cave-iu occurred
and which was cut through IS feet of
solid granite, reached the Anna Lee
shaft at 11:3O last night. From this
point down n distance of 200 feet, the
Anna shaft is open and work of remov-
ing the great masses of rock and broken
timbers was begun.
General Manager John Harnan. who
was reported aslost, is alive, he hayino
come up on the last trip before the ac.
cident.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
MISSOURI a NEWS,
State Board of Health.

The annual meeting of the state
board of health was held in jefferson
City. Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President. DIR. f. j.
Lutz, st. Louis; vice-president, DR.. T.
II. Hudson, Kansas City; secretary, DR..
Willis p. King, Kansas City. All cases
against st. Louis midwives for adver-
Using as physicians We're disposed Of
with the exception of two, all others
having complied with the law by re-
moving the signs as directed By the
board.
HEALTH IN THE STATE.
The report of the secretary, which
will shortly be made to the governor,
will show the general condition of
health in the state to be excellent.
During the first part of 1895 the board
~quarantined about a dozen places in the
state on account of smallpox, but at the
time of making the report there was
only one point in the state where the
disease existed and that was Charles
ton.
Secretary King complains of the
ignorance of local authorities all over
the state as to the law governing the
board, and OF the lack of promptness in
reporting epidemics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
HEALTH IN THE STATE.
A Disastrous Tour.

Poor in pocket, but rich in experience
and by no means crushed in spirits, the
Missouri University glee club returned
to Columbia from their holiday tour
through Missouri and Kansas. Two of
the members of the club came in On
foot, but the rest of the club had sufti-
cient wealth left to secure seats in a
wagon, and rode in, cheering Justify
and waving their musical instruments
in the air. In Kansas the club were
greeted with almost empty houses at
every point, and left a trail of debt
behind them. At Atchison they were
stranded, and were obliged to borrow
money from Columbia in order to con-
tinue their tour. They had better luck
in some of the Missouri towns. how
ever, and in Kansas City performed to
a crowded house. But they still owe
several hundred dollars, and are re-
solved to give Kansas a wide berth in
future. The object of the tour was to
pay off the debts of the football team.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
St. Louis Great Business Year.

Says the Globe-Democrat: The clear
ances of the st. Louis banks were
s1,11s,573,21O in 1890. 81, 139, 500, 575 in
1891, 81. 231, SCI ,9G3 in 1892. 81, 139. Ola. POI
in 1893, 81, 127, ZOE, COG in 1894, and Pa
323.653 in 1895. There was a gain in
1895 of 1874 per cent. over 1894. When
the good old times" of the recent past
are spoken of anywhere in the United
States, 1892 is always in mind. That
year represented the high-water mark
in general trade in st. Louis as well as
in the rest of the country. The coun-
try at that time, as gagged by the bus
mess barometer, was at the topmost
wave of prosperity. Yet in extent of
bank c%learings, which are a fairly trust
worthy index of trade in general, ST.
Louis in 1895 beat its record in 1892.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-11
CAUGHT IN A CAVE-IN.

Secretary of the treasury