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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE funeral of the late Bishop Ryan
took place in st. Joseph's cathedral. in
Buffalo, n. Y, on the 18th. and down
under the altar, where so often he had
offered up the sacrifice of the mass.
was laid to rest all that was mortal of
the dead prelate.
THE steamer John Owen. from To
ledo, with sc, 1000 bushels of corn. ar
rived at Erie, Pa, on the J4th, being
the first arrival of the season. The
captain reported hat he experienced
no trouble from ice.
MARQUIS DI RUDINI, Italian prime
minister, has appraised the vatican that
the exequaturs hitherto accorded to
Italian bishops will be withheld unless
the pope permits Catholics to take part
in public elections.
THE house committee on interstate
and foreign m decided to post
pone indefinitely the consideration of
the bill proposing a reduction of Pull
man palace car rates.
The senate committee on agricul-
ture, on the 14th, authorized Senator
Warren to make a favorable report up
on the animal industry bill.
THERE is a probability that Gen. O.
o. Howard may be named as a member
of the board of managers of soldiers
homes, to succeed Gen. Franklin.
EXPERIMENTS at London do not YER
fly the claims of Chicago doctors that
the ~ rays are destructive of the
baccili of contagious disease.
The Potts Bros. Iron Co. posted no.
tees in its mills at Pottstown. Pa. on
the 18th, that the wages of its pud-
dlers will be increased, May /, from
S2.25 to So rs per ton About one hun
bred and fifty men will be benefited
by the change.
W. b. PETERS and John Voney, both
engravers, were arrested by federal
officers in Chicago, on the 18th, on a
charge of making and selling counter
felt postage stamps.
An explosion took place in a collie ry
at Wilmington, a Durham. England.
on the I4th. Eight miners are known
to have been killed, and it is believed
hat IS in all will lose their lives.
THE executive committee of the Ma
tional Association of Democratic clubs
convened at Washington. on the 18th,
and called a national convention of the
clubs, to meet at vt. Louis on Septem-
Der 80.
THE organization of Dunkard colony
has been completed at Anderson. Ind,
taking in - families. They have closed
a lease on 1000 acres of land in North
Dakota. and will move June ! to their
new home.
WARRANTS We're issued, on the 18th.
from the United States district at
torney's office in Philadelphia for the
arrest of John d. Hart, owner of the
steamer Bermuda. and the ships Of
hcers, on the charges of flibustering.
JOSEPH ZLAMEL was e~lectrocuted in
the state prison at Clinton. n. Y, on
the 14th. He murdered his sweet
heart, Theresa kamora. by cutting her
throat at Johnstown on August 30,
1895.
BURGLARS blew up a safe and
wrecked a bank building at Diagonal,
Ia, at l a. m. of the 18th. Citizens
were awakened and opened fire, and
the burglars left their tools and fed
without booty. A bottle of unex-
ploded nitro-glycerin was still inside
the safe, and the bankers feared to
opea it
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
A NE

The President and Congress Asked to In
~terfere in Behalf of Rev. Alberto j.
D.az.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 2O.-At the
close OF last evenings services at the
Central Baptist church the following
memorial was unanimously adopted:
10 the President and Senator's and Represenka-
tires in the National Congress:
WHEREAS, We, the members of Central Bap-
fist church ami Congregation of Memphis.
Tenn, have heard with pain and alarm OF the
recent arrest aud imprisonment OF Rev. Al
berto J. Diaz. "a naturalized citizen of these
United states and Missionary of the Southern
Baptist convention at Havana, Cuba; and.
WHEREAS. we nave great reason to believe
that ecclesiastical rather than political infu-
erces have led to mis- arrest and imprisonment;
therefore,
heSoired, That We respectfully request that
you do all that you can consistent with the
honor OF our country to secure his release and
restoration TO the work III which he has been
SO Iong and successfully engaged
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
AN APPEAL FOR AID
Based on the Report of Miss Clara Bar
ton from Armenia.

Based on the Report of Miss Clara Bar
ton from Armenia.
New YORK. April 1s.-Miss Clara BAR.
ton. president of the the Red Cross so.
ciety, cables to the national relief
committee as follows:
"CONsTANTINoPLE, April Il.
"TRAsK. New YORK: Hubbell. in
charge of the Red Cross relief expedi.
ton at Marash, reports, April -:
Three thousand sick Of typhus. in
Guiding the English consul
ION the 18th he reports: Sickness
at Zeitnun increasing. with 10 to &c
deaths daily. Great and immediate
need for funds. General condition of
relief work favorable. BARTON"
The National Armenian relief com.
mlttee in giving ont this appeal from
Clara Barton, cannot refrain from re-
minding the American people of all
classes and sections that Miss Barton
undertook this sacred work of relief
only in response to the urgent request
of the public, and assurances that the
work would be generously maintained
20 the and.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

TIE senate was not in session on the
ISth......In the house Mr.. Cannon
rep, Ill reported the general def.
cheney bill, giving notice that he would,
at the earliest practicable day, ask the
house to consider II. The business of
the house was suspended at two o'clock,
and eulogieS of the late Gen. Corgsweil.
representative from the Sixth district
OF Massachusetts, We're delivered by a
number of members. after which. as Il
further mark of respect for the mem
DRY of the deceased, the house, at 3d.
p. m. adjourned.
The developments in the case of Mrs.
Dyer. recently arrested at Reading.
England, i'll con ection with the dis
covery of the bodies of a number of i'll
fants in the Thames. are horrifying in
the extreme. Wholesale infant muir.
der has been traced to her door.
\ SPECIAL cable dispatch from La
Guayra, Venezuela, says: The wal
ship Eivas is back, with Gen. Paredos
on board, triumphant. The uprising
which suddenly occurred in Nirgasta
was crushed and the leaders cap
tured.'
Arthur l.. FOREMAN. FIRST governor
Of West Virginia, afterward United
States senator and for eight years
Judge of the fourth judicial circuit
court, died in Parkersburg, W. Va. on
the 18th, after two weeks illness.
EX-Gov. WILLIAM Z. RUSSELL, of
Massachusetts, through Judge John
". C~orcoran, chairman of the demo-
cratic state committee. has announced
his candidacy for the nomination for
the presidency.
\ DECREASE beyond all precedent in
the Australian wool clip for 1885 has
been reported to the state department
by Daniel w. MarrattI. United States
consul general at Melbourne.
THE gold output Of California for
the year 1885, was Sl5.324.3l7.69 90. as COM
pared with Sl3, SOB. 2>l.s9 in 1894. The
silver output for 1895 was S599, 7og. 20,
against S292, 33l.55 for 1891.
The Daughters of the Revolution
are raising funds to erect a
TO the memory of Francis Scott Key,
author of The Star Spangled Ban
'ner.
\ SPECIAL cable from Valparaiso.
Chill. says: The government is about
to mobilize 1900 of the national
guards recently enrolled
EX-CoNsUL WALLER is threatened
with the loss of his eyesight as the re-
suit of his confinement in a French
prison.
LIEUT.. PEARY, the arctic explorer, it
is rumored. may again head an explor-
ing expedition to the Arctic regions
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
OUN'S TRADE REVIEW,
Warm Weather Brings Slightly Bettel
BUSINESSMAN Excess of Exports.

Warm Weather Brings Slightly BETTE,
Bus;ness-An Excess of Exports.
NEW YORK, April 1S.-R. G. Dun &
Co. say to-day:
Failures for the past week have
been 223 in the Uniled States, against
241 last year; and &c in Canada. against
"a last year.
h sudden change from sIeighinr
to midsummer heat has tested the
prevalent idea that good weather only
was needed to bring general improve
ment of business. Everywhere there
has been more retail buying, and in
some branches better demand at
wholesale and at the works has re.
suited. but not as yet in most lines.
There Is no abatement of the almost
universal disposition to deal with un.
usual conservatism and not to antici-
pate future wants. and this has been
especially conspicuous where combina.
tons have been formed or prices ad.
vanced.
rarity because of low prices. which
were again the lowest ever known.
the volume of business represented by
clearinghouse exchanges, IS per e
larger than last year, is 3O.4 per cent.
smaller than in April. 1898. Railroad
earnings for April thus far show a
gain OF only &c per cent. over last wear
The stock market has grown stronger
about things done abroad. a few for.
elgn purchases helping, though trusts
weakened on the signing of an anti.
trust law by Gov. Morton.
March imports were S3.91a, AS small.
er and exports Sl2, 1856, lO7 larger than
last year. and the excess Of exports
wa 50. Ia OH
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
ENGLISH PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

Liverpool policemen have been or
dered to learn shorthand.
Liverpool, having discovered that it
once gave birth to a poet in Mrs. Felicia
Hemans, proposes to erect q monument
to commemorate the fact.
An Englishman named jefferson has
started on a 6.0O0-mile bicycle ride to
IrIutsk in Siberia. His machine and
baggage weigh 60 pounds.
Birmingham's chief magistrate is to
be a lord mayor. too. that title having
been recently conferred on the mayor
OF Liverpool, Manchester and Belfast
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
KILLED BY BURGLARS,
Leo Hirth, of Indiansp polls, Shot Through
the Heart While Pursuing burglars In
His Home.

Leo Hirth, of Indiansp polls. Shot Through
the Heart While Pursuing burglars i'm
His Home.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 2O.-Leo
Hirth, a well-known and wealthy Ger
man citizen, living at 1920 west Wash
ington street, where he conducted a
large grocery business. was instantly
killed at We o'clock Yesterday morn
ing by w masked men VINO were dis
covered in his bedroom and whom he
pursued into the rear part of the house.
Mrs. Hirth was awakened by Il noise
IN he room. and, rising in bed, saw
two men standing in the doorway
leading to another room. She gave
the alarm by calling to her husband,
VINO was in a deep sleep by her side.
AT the same instant one of the men
leveied a pistol at her and fired, the
bullet entering the headbJarJ Just
above where h lay. y second shot
followed an instant later and the two
men turned towards the rear of the
house.
llirth IA awakened by the first
Shot. but seemed not to realize what
had occurred until the second shot wa
fired, when he sprang from the bed.
lie tnen passed into the room back OF
his sleeping apartment. A third shot
was fired as the man fled from the room
pursued by Hirth. Mrs. Hirth ran to
the front door of the house and made
her exit, screaming at the top of her
voice for help. y number of the neigh
bors were aroused and came quickly to
the place, and when they entered the
house llirth was found upon the floor
with a bullet in his heart.
Hirth was known to keep large sums
of money in the houSa
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

The belief is growing in Washington
that while Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will be
formally consul at Havana, he will be
really special commissioner for the
president to make a careful report as a
military expert upon the condition of
affairs, and report upon the progress of
the insurgents, the strength and equip
ment of the armies commanded by Go
mez and Maceo, and such other infor-
nation as may be of service to the gov
eminent
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
PLUNGER PARTRIDGE DEAD.
He Made and Lost Several Fortunes In the
Wheat Pit and Died Rich.

CHICAGO. April Esd Pardridge,
the whea. Spectator, who has been i'll
for several weeks with Bright's dis
ease, died at 1l:3O a. m. Pardridge
first came into prominence on the
board of trade as a bear in the wheat
market about ten years ago, and is re.
puted to nave made and lost several
fortunes since that time. He left a
fortune of at least a million dollars.
He was 60 years old. He leaves a wild.
ow and Sve children
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

The District of Columbia court OF
appeals, on the 18th, granted the writ
of error asked for in the case of Broker
Elverton R. Chapman, the recalcitrant
sugar trust witness, and admitted the
defendant to bail in the sum of SIS, 900,
until the supreme court takes action
on the matter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

SENATOR JUSTIN S. MORRILL,, of YER
mont, the venerable father of the sen
ate, was Sc years of age. on the 18th,
and at night gave a reception to politi-
cal and personal friends to celebrate
the occasion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

ELLIS ISLAND, N. Y, was crowded,
on the 14th, by the advance guard of
an invading horde Of pauper Italian
immigrants. Right on top Of the
war; of nearly 1,4Oo unloaded from
the Bolivia, there came another hun
cry contingent of 1850 landed from
the steamer Alesia.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

THE ways and means committee, on
the 18th, ordered a favorable report on
the bill of Mr.. c. W. Stone, of Penn
sylvania, repeating outright and I'M
conditionally clause 81 of the Wilson
tariff law, providing for free alcohol
in the arts.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

THE house committee on public lands,
on the 18th, unanimously agreed to
providing relief for the settlers In
Greer county, Okla, in giving to set
tiers of March 10, 1896, the privilege of
the free homestead laws.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

HENRY c. FRICK. chairman of the
Carnegie Steel Co., will build a mag
nifcent hospital for children on a 40
acre lot at Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh.
Pa. within the next year, at a cost OF
s5OO. OOO
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

MoNsIGSOR CRETONI, papal nuncio to
Madrid, has been instructed to pro-
pose to the Spanish government that
Spain accept the mediation of the
pope; or, failing that, to endeavor to
secure the acceptance by Spain of the
mediation of the United States to the
end of obtaining the p~acifcation of
Cuba.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

The recent contest for mayor and
members of the city council at Gaylord,
kas., in which the women won a sig
nal victory, electing their entire ticket,
has engendered a bitter warfare be-
tween the men and women. Mrs. An
tonette Haskell, the mayoress. has
threatened to make a clean sweep in
appointive offices.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

VICTOR OSCAR TILGNER. the celebra-
ted Austrian sculptor, died in Vienna,
On the 10th, from a stroke of apoplexy,
only a few days before the time fixed
for the unwilling of his masterpiece. a
monument to Mozart. He was in his
fifty-second year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

THE school census of Chicago, now
practically completed, shows the city
to have a population of. approximate
ly, 1,770,OOO. This is an increase of 20O,-
900 over the school census of two years
ago. The directory estimate for 1895
wa Cos. 600.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

On the 10th the president issued his
annual Behring sea proclamation,
warning ~sealers from plying their vo-
cation during the closed "a from
May l to August l. The proclamation
is similar to the others issued in past
years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

FAILURES throughout the United
States for the week ended on the 18th,
as reported by R. q. Dun & Co., We're
223, against 241 for the corresponding
week last year. sFor Canada the fail
ures were SO, against "a last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
National Guards to be MobiIIzed.

New YORK, April 20.-Aspscial cable
to the Herald from Valparaiso. Chill,
says: The government is about to
mo- lie I4.OJ0 Of the national guards
recently enrolled.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

On the 18th the committee on post
Offices and post roads ordered n favor
able report on an amendment to the
the sundry civil bill throwing open to
competition the contract for printing
postage stamps.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

THE president, on the 18th. sent to
the senate 400 typewriter pages of
correspondence in reference to affairs
in Cuba, from November, 1875, to 1878
in regard to the attempts of the United
States to offer mediation or interven-
ton in the first Cuban rebellion. which
was called for by resolution adopted
March "a last.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

TIE house committee on territories
hel3 a special meeting, on the l4th, a.
which a favorable report vas ordered
on The bill admitting Arizona to state
Food. The vote was FIVE to two.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

TIE Greater Ncn- York bill was
passed ly The New York senate. on the
18th. ovc- the vices 81 the mayors of
New York and brooklyn. The vote
was - ayes to II noes
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

THE first election in New Jersey to
vote on an appropriation for the con-
struction of a cycle path took place in
Asbury Park, on the 14th, and the
wheelmen carried the day by a vote of
21S to 81. The path will be six feet
wide, and will extend from Asbury
Park to Trenton, a distance of 50
miles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
An Important Test.

All the herds of cattle of the Mis-
souri, state agricultural college have
been treated for tuberculosis by means
of koch's lymph.
The test was conducted by DIR. John W. Com
way. professor Of veterinary science in the
Missouri state university. and J. X. Hickman,
assisted by the students in veterinary
medicine. None Of the animals showed
the slightest indication of disease. and all
were pronounced entirely healthy. Four herds
OF thoroughbred cattle are kept by the college
for inStructiOnal and experimental purposes.
to-wit: Jerseys. ShorthorES. HerefordS and
Aberdeen Angus. The foundation stock of
these nerds was produced in 1857. and since
that time opportunity has been offered for the
introduction OF disease among the cattle. This
is the first public test for tuberculosis con-
Quoted in MisSouSi, and it is gratifying to the
university authorities and the consumers of
dairy products to learn that the herds are free
from cOntagiOn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
For Alleged SANDER.

At Clinton. Mrs. Maria Moore. wife
of Campbell Moore, has sued William
Porter, of Ulrich, Henry county, for
$4,000 for alleged SANDER.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
THE DEMOCRAT,
l.. II. ADAMS, Publisher.
CAPE CIRARDEAU. MISSOURI

CHARLES Il. TooRuIs. ar e@-memher
il committed suicide N his
Law ,..ice. IN tne Davidson building,
1@->ev Ci,v. Y. j.. on the 18th.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
New University Academy nutIding.

The management of the University
academy. at Columbia, has concluded
arrangements for the erection OF a
new building. 1t will be two stories.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25

j A. Johnson, of Sedalia, Il veteran
of the late war received information
the other day that he had fallen heir
to the fourth OF an estate valued at
$1,000 by the death of a bachelor
uncle in Pennsylvania. Mr.. johnson
has been an invalid for many years,
and draws a pension for total disa.
bility.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
/ Tested with Burglars.

Fayette has been suffering from q
raid of burglars. Five houses were
entered in one night recently, and con-
siderable booty secured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
Found Big Money In a Boot.

Jim Edwards, Il farm hand working
for Frank Vincent, in the southern
part of Stoddard county, found $500 in
an old boot under V~incent's house. Ed
wards let five of his companions into
the secret, and with them lived in
such luxury as to arouse the sus-
picions of the community. Harry Wat
son, N of these, went to Bernie a few
days ago and got drunk, and while ir-
toXicated gave away the secret. Vim
cent had $500 in the boot, and had not
missed it till Watson's spree at Bernie.
About one-haif of the money was re.
covered.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
Shooting of Banker Russell's Wife.

Circuit court convened in special ses.
sion at Palmyra for the purpose of try
ing Teddy Kenny. charged with enter
ing Banker Russell's house some two
years ago and shooting his wife. The
states witnesses were found to be
weak in their evidence, and the prose
cutting attorney nolle pros'd the case.
A cellmate of kenny's in the Chester
tlil.) penitentiary caused KeEnv's ar
rest as the perpetrator of the crime on
his release from that institution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
Capital Removal Guarantee.

A delegation of Sedalians visited JEFF
ferson City and filed with Gov. Stone
the guarantee bond required by provi-
sions of the capital-remaval resolution.
Hon. j. H. Boutwell,, as spokesman for Soda
liza. presented the papers, and in a brief speech
spoke of the character Of the bond and the
solvency OF the ~surcticS thereon.
The Sedalia delegation filed two bonds,
aCCrecating S615.O0. One bond in the sum Of
$4,000 is to cover the cost of the ground ana to
carry out details in case the removal amend
meut is carried. This is signed by bankers and
real estate owners OF Sedalia. The
other bond is that Of James Stewart
& Co. contractors OF st. Louis in the
sum Of I 0LG00, guaranteeing the erection OF
capitol buildings free of cost TO the state.
This bond Is signed by thu American Surety
Co OF New York. by Charles H. Turner. resi-
dent vice-preSident. OF st. Louis. The Amer
lean Surety Co. is undoubtedly good security,
but whether or not from Il legal standpoint 1t
is good in The state of Missouri for ) O0.G01,
when it has not that amount of assets in the
state. is a question likely to be raised by
MeSSrs. HOugh and Silver, representing JEFF
ferSOn CltV.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
To BE Addressed by Champ Clark.

EN-Congressman Champ Clark has
accepted the invitation of the senior
law class OF the state university at
Columbia to deliver the annual address
before the law department on June l.
President W. r. Harper of the Univer-
sity Of Chicago and Rev. DIR. Charles
II. Parkhurst. of New York city. have
also been invited to deliver addresses
during university commencement
week.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-25
MISSOURI STATE NEWS,
Bank at Maitland Looted.

Three masked men looted the Farm
ers' bank, at Maitland, Holt county,
the other night. They secured 1000
silver dollars. which they dumped into
4 wagon, and escaped. 1t is believed
that the robbery was executed by st.
Joseph crooks.
The bandits made their appearance
in Maitland at II p. IN. Everybody in
the quiet little own had gone to bed.
Fred Collision. a young man who clerks
in one of the stores. occupies Il room
on the second hoor of the bank build
ing. The robbers evidently knew this,
for their first movement was to break
into Collisions room, bind him hand
and foot with ropes and put a gag in
his mouth. Then they carried him
down the stairway and forced an en-
trance into the bank by breaking the
real door. The robbers then took their
time in opening the outer chamber of
the safe, where the money was found.