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BEX H. ADAMS, Publisher. CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1891. VOL. XVI.NO. 2?. ; A.
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ATTORNEY AT LAY" ;' AND
CITY RECORDER" OOoe tX Mora on Harmoaj Straot,
CAP I GIRARDEAU. RIO.
& S. HARRIS.
Physician and SurgeonOffloe In tear of Trick Dnw Store, motf In4fpftndonne and Spanish Streets. Oapc
Girardeau, ryspecial aueniloa flvu mBurger; and D.teases of soula
H. A. ASTHOLZ.
oeratary Bunding Hi loan aavafflstlsn.
NOTARY PUBLIC.Secretary Boutnurtern District nsilsnlteal BM7. Omos Oowt-kow-
Do Tour Insurance Business
In a company whose reoord In the past ft afuerantee for the future. Insure In laa
HOME, OF SEW TORE.
LEO DOYLB, Agent,
No North Mala Stress, Cap nrMMlaourL apef.
N. WICHTEIUCH,Oape Giraxdeao, - ' Ma
A rent for ths following
Reliable Companies :Franklta Mutual, of 8t Lovta.ClUxens' lasuranoe Oonpanr. St Louis.Sprinrfeld Joaurmooe Ooapaar. 8prlns
field, Mase.
These ar three of the beotaad aoot reltaoWompsnlrs In the oonntry. doo.C
CONRAD KEMPE,DMlor la
DRY GOODSAND
GROCERIES,How jroodi rooelvod weekly, Oroeerfe. ml
way. fre;b. Htoro comer of Fountain anaUarmonr Siroeta. nor.
CHRIST. KRUECER,
BUTCHER.fthoft on Main street, one door aontb of th
Prcflcott House.All kinds of Frsh Meats and Sausage al
frays on hand. Delivery wagon run ererftaornlng. July2&
E. 1). ENGELMANN,Dealer In
MimiT. Dry MsAN- D-
GROCERIES.No. KM Harmony Street,
CAFE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI,
F. W. VOGT.Dealon tn
Stores id Tinware,Independence Street,
Capa Girardeau. Ho.Entire new Mcok. the latest tin proved an4
beet Cooktna; and Heatlrur titores la the mar-ket. AU kind, of Job work done In tne bastmanner and at moderate prloes.
ROOFING AND CUTTERINGA specialty and work guaranteed flret-cls-
ADOLPH LIST,Hsehanleal and Sortlcal
DE3TPIST
oes all kinds of work in hla Uae, and ffttaffjnteivs ail work done.Offloe at residence, eormer HarBoay anl
Lorlmter Streets.
EDW. S.LILLYDsalen
HARDWARE,Iron and Steel,
AniciM ImpIsmsnX IK ItAreata of sV
HAZARD POWDER COMPANT.
Desleri rappUed at Waelaatl, Prteaa.
87 and 89 Main Street,OAPH OIRARDgATJ, MO.
RIDER i WICHTERICH,
DRUGGISTS !
North Main Strret.AraUaa4ooaqateMBn.ee
Drug, Patent Medlelnea,Perfumery, Toilet Article.: Btattoatat, VtiUm, at
KoiiTT-ri-- B per cent of all the raitways in the world are in this country.
Great Biutaix poured nearly 150,000emigrants into toe United States durlag the first seven months of the present year.
O.tb iiUKimr.D children were sold iatne Morocco slave market recently bySnltan Mnley Uassen, who has goneinto the business.
It took sixty thousand cars to transport the irrapes of the United States tomarket this year. The vineyards ofthis country represent an investmentOI 5155,000,000 and over.
Thk population of the "CherokeeNation," which baa just sold nix millionacres of land to the povernruent, isabout thirty thousand. The Cherokccsare a highly civilized tribe of Indians.
HlRAkT Chabic, a Indinnof the Omaha tribe, has been admittedto practice in the federal court at Oma-ha. Mr. Chase is the lint Indian everadmitted to the practice of law inAenraska.
I'atti says that her diamonds havebeen (freatly overestimated in valueand that she has only a modest f0a,-00- 0
stock to potter along with. She isto be sympathized with, as is any wom-an who has nothing to wear.
Mdi.i.e. Eijiir. St. Omp.r has begun ajourney around the world in the inter-est of the Ideographical society of Paris.The journey is to last three years, andthe traveler is to devote special atten-tion to the lives and customs of womenin the various countries which she visits.
RrssiA has been visited by eightnational famines during the presentcentury, in 1801, IMS, 1811, 181J, lt3.IM0. 1900 and ltttL In addition tothese there have been several provin-cial famine as severe, if not as exten-sive, as those which affect the whole
' population.
A rot so woman in Connecticut wasdeprived of the position of teacher ofgymnastics in the state normal schoolsolely on the ground that she was notgood looking. Nothing daunted, shewent to Ohio and submitted her noseto a surgical operation, with the resultthat she is not only very pretty, but issoon to wed a wcalthv manufacturer.
I.iki-t- . Majwei.u of the UnitedStates, says that the Dakota climateadds to one's stature. When orderedto that country he was over twenty-on- e
years old and had reached the agewhen growth is supposed to stop, butduring a residence there of over a yearhe grew three and one-h- a f- - inches.Dakotans say the climate often hasthat effect
Osk of the most singular lookingcreatures that ever walked the earthor "swam the waters under the earth"is the world-famou- s man-face- d crab ofJapan. Its body is hardly an inch inlength, yet the head is fitted with aface which is the perfect counterpartof that of a Chinese cooly; a veritablemissing link, with eyes nose and mouthall clearly defined
aCn.tKi.K8 F. Crisp, speaker of the
national house of representatives, isthe thirty-secon- d man to hold thatenviable position in public life. Therehave been fifty one congresses but onlythirty-on- e speakers. Henry Clay waselected speaker six times, and Itlaine,
Randall, Carlisle and NathanielMacon, of North Carolina, tilled throffice three times each.
Jam'ARY IT is the dntc of the onehundred and fourteenth anniversary ofVermont's independence from tircatltritain, and the Sons of Vermont inChicago propose to celebrate the oc-
casion in magnificent manner.Phelps and Senator Proctor
have been invited to speak, but evensweeter than their honeyed words willbe a reproduction in maple sugar ofllennington monument At the banquct everything will be served ond'.wjies of Vermont marble.
Pa mel YVkbstkr was an acknowledged leader in congress when he was30 years of age; Gladstone was lordof the treasury at -- 4 and in parlia-ment at 32; Pulinerston was lord ofthe admirality at S3: Henry Clay, inspite of the constitution, was a UnitedStates senator at 39; Washington wasa colonel in tha army at 2- -; Napoleoncommanded the army of Italy at 25,and William I'itt was prime ministerof England at 24, and at 35 the greatest individual authority in Europe.
Her majesty, the queen of England,Is supposed to have the largest collec-tion extant of photographic portraitsof notabilities of her time, from theportraits of kings, queens, emperorsand empresses downward. They begin in the early dawn of the art of making sun pictures in the days of thosedaguerreotypes on metallic surfaces,which generally required you to boldthem sideways before you could get aview of their rather pale and feebletraits. Hence they embrace the wholehistory of the art, and are thoroughlyrepresentative of the progress of photography.
To ai'M up the cost of running thisgreat government it may be said thatthe legislative establishment by whichis meant congress and all appertainingthereto, costs $:;,500,000 a year. Theexecutive establishment proper, whichmeans the white house, costs S145.O0O
a year. The state department costs$2,000,000, the treasury departmentf143,000,000, the war department $49,- -
000,000, the navy department $28,000,-00-
the interior department $107,000.-00-
department of agriculture $3,500,000, the department of justice Jfi.OOO,-00-
and the post office department3,000,000 in excess of its receipts.
Our fighting vessels are rapidlysliding down into the water. A day ortwo ago the 1,000-to- n twin screw gun-boat Machias was launched upon theKennebec river at Bath, Me. Its mainbattery will be eight four inch rapid-fir- e
steel rifles, and the secondary batteryfive rapid-fir- e guns, a Gatling gun and aHotchkias revolving cannon. It canteam fourteen knots, an honrand its
schooner rig will enable it to spread6,500 square feet of canvas. Though asmall vessel and only intended for har-bor and river patrol service it is astaunch and strong craft and a wrothyaddition to the coming new navy.
' Ax old scoot of the plains said to areporter the other day: "I lost a brandnew pair of boots with my legs in themat Wounded Knee." Bret Harte shouldcome home and hnnt wp this rare oldhumorist He ia worth putting in abook.
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The Sews of the WeekBY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
CONGRESS.Tir.BDAr, Dec .15. Bills were In-
troduced in the senate to purchase asite for a building for the supremecourt of the United States; for abronze statue of Christopher ColumbusIn Washington; to promote and en-
courage the display of the frag of theUnited States. A memorial was pre-sented from the Minnesota legislatureto make October 13. the anniversary ofthe discovery of America by Columbus,a day of national thanksgiving.
Wednksiiat. Dec. IS. In the senatenumerous petitions wero presentedagainst opening the world's fair onSunday. Bills were Introduced toestablish a branch mint at CouncilBluffs, la., and for a ship canal aroundNiagara falls. The following nomi-nations for United States circuitjudges were received from the presi-dent: William U Putnam, of Maine,for the first judicial circuit; NathanielShipman, of Connecticut second;(ieorge M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania,third; Nathan Goff. of West Virginia,fourth; William H. Taft of Ohio, sixth:William A. Woods, of Indiana, seventh.In the house the speaker announcodthe committee on rules. Mr. Taylor(Trnn.) announced the death of hisfriend and colleague. Lconidas C.Houk, and the house then adjour edto the 19th.
Tiu'Rspay. Dec. 17. In the senatethe nomination of Stephen It. Elkinsfor secretary of war was receivedfrom the president Senator Turpiespoke in favor of the election ofUnited States senators by a direct voteof the people and Senator Stewartspoke in favor of free silver coinage.The standing committees were an-nounced and confirmed. Bills were in-
troduced to amend the act of the lastcongress authorizing the sale of timberon lands reserved for the use of theMenominee Indians in Wisconsin, andto remove the limitation on arrears ofpensions. Adjourned to the 31st
FROM WASHINGTON.
The pension oflice paid out 57,000,000in pensions during the first fifteen daysof this month.
Thk secretary of state announced theconclusion of a commercial reciprcvityagreement between the United Statesand all the British West Indies islandsand British (riiiana.
Thk exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States duringthe week ended on the lsth aggregated81,338, 4'iS.SSl, against $1,213,070.(172, theprevious wee!i The increase as compared with the corresponding week ofISftO was 10.5.
Thk business failures in the UnitedStates during the seven days ended onthe 12th numbered 335, against 320 theprevious week and 41)1 for the corresponding week last year.
THE EAST.
This fast train on the New York Central railroad collided with a switch engine at Newburg, N. Y., killing the en-
gineer and fireman of the exp.-ess-.
Many of the passengers were hurt butnone seriously.
Er.w.i:fa M. FlBl.n was indicted inNew York for grand larceny and wasadmitted to bail in the sum of $'5,000.
Eiimond S. Connor died at his homein Rutherford, N. J., aged 82 years.He was the oldest actor in America.
The case of the Adams Express Company against lloey willbe compromised by the return of about.',00,000 to the company by Mr. lloey.Thieves entered the dwelling of W.
H. Khiadcs at Altoona. I'a.. and afterchloroformiug the family took $1,009 incash and many valuables.
In Philadelphia the new Drexel in-
stitute of industry was formally dedi-cated. Anthony J. Drexel has given$1,500,000 for the establishment of theinstitution.
At the Cameron colliery near Shatno-kin- .Pa., a gas explosion fatally injured
two Italians and four Hungarians.The F4th birthday of John tireenleaf
Whittier, the Quaker poet was cele-
brated on the 17th at his home inMass.
Focr leaders of a gang that had beenflooding Philadelphia with counterfeitmoney were arrested.
In a tunnel near Catawissa, Pa.,freight trains collided and EngineerKisher and Fireman Smith were killed.
The Drexel institute in Philadelphiahas been presented by lleorge W. Childswith almost hisntirc collection of rareprints, manuscripts autographs etc,valued at $100.00.).
Flames in the wholesale millineryhonse of Porter, Donaldson & Co., inPittsburgh, Pa., entailed a loss of$150.0.10.
It was claimed that New York to-
bacco importers had swindled the gov-
ernment out of over $2,000,000 in dutieswithin the last few months
A maniac named Michael Harveyshot and killed John Connerton andwounded two other persons in Brook-
lyn, N. Y, and then took his own life.
WEST AND SOUTH.In a rear-en- collision on the Chicago,
Burlington A Qnincy railroad 10 mileswest of Ottumwa, Ia., an engineer andfireman were killed and a conductorseriously injured.
As express train on the Pittsburgh& Fort Wayne road was thrown fromthe track by a broken rail near Lima,O., and three men were killed andtwenty other person!, were injured,some fatally.
Denton Ditkr, I. G. Dclone andJoseph Duke were killed at East Bar-nard, Tex., as a result of a quarrel.
The resignation of Daniel E. Sopcras secretary of state for Michigan wastendered and accepted by Gov. Winans.Sopcr was charged with malfeasanceand misfeasance in office, and did notdeny the accusation.
In a wreck on the ChesaiakeOhio railroad, near Anderson, W. Vs.,two men were killed and seven in-
jured.Br a lamp explosion Mrs. Manuel
Ford and her infant child, of Columbia.S. C. were burned to death, and Mr.Ford was probably fatally injured.
In Cherokee county, Kan., GeorgeSeidl. a Bohemian farmer, was arrestedfor murdering bis daughter, aged 18,and his son, aged 33.
Arori.Exr caused the death of CoL J.J. Hathaway, governor of the nationalsoldiers' home at Milwaukee, at the ageof 60 years.
Tde y combine conventionat Baton Rouge nominated Murphy J.Foster for governor of Louisiana.
The formation of a twelve-clu- b
league ended the baseball war. Thetwelve cities of the new combinationare: Boston. New York, Brooklyn,Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington.Pittsburgh, . Cleveland, Cincinnati,Louisville, St Txais and Chicago.
The boiler In a sawmiii at Ridge,ville, Ind., exploded killing WilliamWise, William Collett and JamesClawBon, and fatally injuring IsaacNicholson and Oscar Jones
Defective ties wrecked a passengertrain on the Southern Kansas railroadnear Cherryvale, Kan., and twenty-si- x
persons were injured, three fatally.The oldest woman in Maryland, Mrs.
Rebecca Seth, died of the grip at herhome in Cecil county, aged 103 years.
The death of Gen. Patrick EdwardConnor, an Indian fighter and a veteranof several wars, occurred at Salt LakaCity.
In session In Chicago the nationalprohibition committee decided to holdthe national convention in St Louis onJune 29 next to nominate a candidatefor president
On the charge of embezzling $20,000John L. Fergusou, bookkeeper in theNational bank of hansas City, Ma,was arrested.
At Youngstown, O., W. E. Fitzger-ald was hanged for the murder ofOfficer W Freed on May 15 last
The firm of McDonald Bros., extensive lumbermen and shipowners atLa Crosse, Wis., failed for 5250.000
Near Brier Creek. Tenn., the deadbodies of William L. Spreggins andGeorge Ilolliday, brothers-in-la- werefound buried in a a brush heap.
Sami-ki- . Gompers was reelected pres-ident of the federation of labor in convention at Birmingham, Ala.
At Baton Rouge S. D. Mcnery wasnominated for governor of Louisianaby the regular democratic convention.
Owino to a quarrel Wright Polandand his wife were murdered in theirhome at Buckhorne, La., by JackSmith.
A jicib lynched two negroes suspectedof the murder of yonng Parramore atBranford, Fla.. At his home near De Soto, Ind..
Asail Thornbnrg celebrated his 99thbirthday anniversary. He was in goodhealth.
In an explosion at the Brisk tunnelnear Leadville, CoL. three men werekilled, two seriously injured and anumber of others hurt
Editors of the national prohibitionparty press met in Chicago and organ-ized a National Prohibition Press association, with James Lamont of Rock-for-
111., as presidentNearly the entire gang of silver
coin counterfeiters who had been op-
erating in Texas for many monthspast were captured.
Ben Davis shot James Dunn dead atRoaring Springs Ky., and fatallywounded John Dunn, his brother. Ihekilting wa--s the outcome of an ancientfeud.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,
A ferry roat capsized in the Elbe atHamburg, Germany, and ten personswere drowned.
In liehring sea 10,009 young sealswere said to have starved to death onaccount of the killing of their dams
A state of siege was declared inmany of the famine-stricke- n districts ofKussia owing to the prevalence . ofbrigandage and anarchy among thestarving peasants
The discovery of petroleum equal tothe product of Pennsylvania wells wasmnile near Sheerkstown. Ont
By the wrecking of the steamerPrince Soltykoff off Brest twenty per-sons were drowned.
At Montevideo, Chili, an incendiaryfire caused a loss of S50D.O0O.
In many parts of the province ofSltan-Si- . West China, placard havebeen posted urging a general massacreof the Christian missionaries
The report of Gen. Booth, of the Sal-
vation Army, shows that during thefirst twelve months of his work for theredemption of the masses in London hegave 3,500,000 meals and 347,209 nights'lodgings to the homeless. The expenseswere $509,000.
A shoemaker at Namnr, Belgium,was sentenced to death for trying topoison his brother. It was proved thathe had killed his sister and three otherbrothers
Oteis., late secretary of the treasuryin Cuba, has been sentenced to eighteenyears1 imprisonment for stealing S100,- -
000 from the governmentThe rumors of great distress caused
by famine in Mexico were denied bygovernment authorities
LATER.1 N the senate, on the 21st the reading
of the minutes was dispensed with, andSenator 1 'offer, of Kansas feelingly an-nounced the death of his colleague,Preston B. Plumb, and presented thecustomary resolutions which wereadopted. Senators Pcffer, Dolph, Ran-som, Paddock and Palmer were ap-pointed a committee on the partof the senate to accompany theremnins of the deceased senatorto Kansas A recess was taken until1 p. iu., and upon reassembling theofficial services over the remains of Sen-
ator Plumb were conducted by the chap-lain in the presence of the presidentand representatives of the cabinethonse of representatives diplomaticcorps officers of the army and navy, andother distinguished personages, at theconclusion of which the senate dis-persed, but was subsequently formallyadjourned for the day...... The housewas not in session.
The Mexican government has amend-ed the tariff tolls so as to make thetariff duty on rag paper, except col-
ored wrapping paper, fifty cents per 100
kilograms in weight; unsized paper, ex-
cept for cigarette wrappers fifty centsper 100 kilograms in weight and col-
ored wrapping paper, of native manu-
facture and unsized paper for cigar-ette wrappers of native manufacturefree of all duty.
Mr. Le Fabre, one of the Canadianfisheries commissioners in an inter-view published in L'Reclair, of Parisis quoted as saying that he is certainthat Canada will secure a nnion withNewfoundland on the fisheries ques-tion, and that there is no doubt thatthe imperial government will exerciseits authority to assure the triumph ofthe federal principle.
The report of the 'chamber of com-merce of Swansea, Wales ahows thatthe direct exports ot tin plate to theUnited States from Swansea in 1880amounted to 105,856 boxes In 1890 theamount was 2,458,418 boxes and dur-
ing the three months ending June SO ofthe present year it reached 1,057,333,or say at the rate af 4,000,000 boxes forthe present year.
The hotel owned by Thomas Roach,together with three dwelling houses atSugar Notch, Pa, were burned, on themorning of the 21st; loss, $10,000. Theguests of the hotel escaped in theirnight clothes
The Catholic mission ia Brussels hasChinese advices that a thousand nativeChristians were massacred during therecent disturbance in northern China.The belligerents all escaped,
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
ATUr Twenty Toan.A romantic story culminated in 8t
Louis the other day when mother andchild met in the nnion depot for the firsttime in twenty years The story runsthus
Over rwrnty year Mrs. Mary Smith livedIn Chicago, a asppy mother and contented wife.Among the archills who plmytd about ber wmeLaura, the vonngest of ber flock. By and bytribulation came, and the rain that always poursfell hard upon the little family. The wreath ofhaiipixiefl. was broken, father and husband wasbnried and the remaining members drifted frompillar topost. Little Laura, then year, of age.was torn from her mother . arms by an stmt, aMrs. Davis and placed in an orphan aeylnm.the mother being kept ignorant of her child'swhereabouts Bereaved and heartcnuihed shesought her in vaia. Then the great Chicago fireoornrred and the search waa given up.
Boon afterward Mrs. Hmith married s Mr.Donthard and moved to Lafayette. Ind., thinking she would see her offRpring no more. Thechild. Laoaa. bad in the meantime been adoptedby the Lippincott family at.Villa Kidge. 111. .whoreared ber to womanhood and educated her.About ten years ago, when IS years of age, shewent to ot Louis and began the battle of life onber own account She met with many reversesand often she made strenuous efforts to find herloving parent, bat with not the least access.About a year ago Miss Lanra was mamea to a.A. Webb, of lit. Lotus. The search was aban-doned until a few days ago, when letters wererent to a number of post offices making in-
quiry for Mrs, Mary Smith. A reply camefrom Lafayette, Ind., where the person wantedwas found in Mrs Mary Donthard.
The motberin now S3 years of ago and thedaughter 29. When they met in the depot tbeydal not know each other, and when a recognition waa finally effected tbey found that tbeyhad stared into each other's faces several timesduring the aearca. Their meeting was one ofIntense affection and emotion. Mrs. Webb tookher mother to ber home.
Mlaeoori Moat Cede Jurisdiction.Representative Byrns has endeavored
to convince Assistant Secretary Grantof the war department that there wasno necessity for a special session of theMissouri legislature to cede jurisdiction to the United States governnient in the matter of reconstructingJefferson barracks near St Louis al-
leging that the government has all thejurisdiction required. Mr. Grant listened attentively to Mr. Byrns statement but declared thatthe departmentwould not recede from the positiontaken heretofore, and would under-take no improvements until the Mis-souri legislature had ceded full juris-diction to the government, as previously outlined.
An Ingrate,The Pettis county jafl has furnished
a case of base ingratitude. WilliamRichards charged with horse stealing.was locked in the same cell with CharlesShelley Hughes the bigamous evange-list Richards was and on themorning of his arraignment in courtHughes kindly ilivested himself of hisshoes and trousers and arrayed Richards in them. Richards had his prelim-inary hearing and was cleared, but instead of returning to thank his fellow-prison-
for his kindness the nngrate- -
ful wretch left town, and Hughes wascompeled to wear a blanket for twodays until the sheriff came to his relief.
Heath of King rulllnane.Jnmcs Cullinanc, known as the King
of Kerry Patch, died in St Louis a fewdays ngo after a short sickness broughtnlMiut by an attack of the grip.
(Mr. CnllinSn. was bom in Cork, Ireland, inlWA. rame to tke United State snd settled in 8t.Louis in 1SE5. He was possessed of goiid busi-nt--
aMHty. as its evidenced by the fart thatalthough he commenced in an humble way, he.massed a very ef,nsi'1erahle sum, and deathleaves his family in cireumstanres. He
the wbrinuct of "Kingof Kerry Patch"ram the fart that he bad a large fnllowingamong
the Irish citizens who inhabit a district known a."Kerry Patch." In 174 Mr. Cnllinsne wan poorrrimmireioner of the rounty, and at the time ofhit, death was a mcmb-.- of the St. Louis boardof charity commiH.ioners.1
Ilia Last Try--
An unknown man. about 50 yearsold, while attempting to jump from aferryboat at St Louis missed his foot-
ing and fell into the river. From hisactions he appeared to be an expertswimmer and bravely attempted tokeep himself above the water until arope could lie thrown him. The nnder-tow- e
was however, too much for him,and just as a rope was thrown from theferry the man was drawn underneaththe hnge boat He disappeared with awild scream which will never be forgotten by those who heard it
Coleman Give. Bond.W. E. Coleman, nt of the
defunct Citizens' bank of Nevada, whois now principal of the public schoolsatMolierly, reported at Nevada in response to the indictment recently foundagainst him. Bondsmen in abundanceat once tendered their assistance, andhis bond of $3,501' for his appearancewassooo filed.
Asking For Liberal Appropriations.The river congress at Kansas City
passed resolutions asking congress toappropriate $7,000,000 a year for the im-
provement of the Mississippi river and(5,000,000 a year for the improvement ofthe Missouri.
John Demonbrnn Aeqnltted.The trial of John Dcmonbrun for th
murder of James W. Rrockman neaSpringfield several months ago terruinated in the jury returning a verdictof not guilty.
Abort In Ills AccountsJames P. Hesser, secretary of the
Future Great Keystone and Standardbuilding and loan associations in Stlyouis is $9,000 short in his accounts
Were Sot Parted In Heath.Judge John II. Murphy, aged 84
years died at Springfield a few daysgo. llis wife, aged 71, died only a few
hours before.
A Chair for Baby Ruth.A chair made from timber of the
Grant cabin on the Dent farm, a giftfrom the St Louis I' urniture board oltrade, has been given baby Cleveland
Could Not Aid III. Son.
Edonard A. Droz, 1? years old, son ofS. A. Droz. a St Louis jeweler, wasdrowned in the Mississippi in sight ofhis father, who was unable to rescue.
A Doctor Kills lltniaelf.Dr. Henry S. Douglass house surgeon
of the Kansas City hospital, killed him-
self by taking aconite. A council com-
mittee was making an investigation.
Death of Jodgo Cady.Police Judge Charles F. Cady died in
St Louis after a lingering illness Hehad an extensive acquaintance with thefloating population of the country.
Caves Discovered Kar St. Loala.Several small caves have been
near St Louis that bear evi-
dence of occupation long before Mis-souri was settled by the whites
Coal la Pettis Canty.A deposit of coal of the very best
quality has been discovered on theBonldln farm, three and a half milesnorthwest of Sedalia.
PEEST0N B. PLUJIB.
Kansas' Senior Senator Snocombsto Apoplexy
Tb. Sadden 8ammoM Belle Ted t. ttnvwBeen the Re.aU or Overwork II
Had - Bern a Senator forFoot-tee- Years.
Washington, Dec 31. Senator Pres-ton B. Plumb, of Kansas died suddenlyof apoplexy shortly before noon yes-terday. His death occurred in the unpretentious three-stor-y brick boardinghouse, 610 Fourteenth street, in thiscity, within a stone's throw of the Eb-bi- tt
house, Riggs honse and Willard'shotel, in which convenient location hehas for the last five or six seasonstaken up his quarters during the sessions of congress
In a very short space of time thenews spread over the city, and the expressions of regret were universal, andnot confined to any political party.
Morton, accompaniedby Mrs Cameron, wife of Senator DonCameron, of Pennsylvania, waa one ofthe earliest callers and placed hisservices at the disposal of the friendsof the dead senator. Mr. Peffer, Mr.Plumb's alliance colleagne, remainedin attendance several hours answeringquestions and rendering any assistancein his power. During the afternoonnearly every senator in town eithercalled in person or sent messages ofcondolence, and some of the most earnestly expressed of the latter came fromsenators on the democratic side, by allof whom the Kansas statesman was respected.
Mr. Charles B. Reade, assistant ser- -geant-at-arm- s of the senate, took chargeof the remains and caused telegrams tobe sent to the absent wife and childrenof the dead senator.
Mr. Plnmb had been ailing more orless ever since the close of his herculean labors in the last campaign in hisstate, which resulted so satisfactorily tohimself ami his party. He was at alltimes an indefatigable worker, but inthis campaign he ontdid himself. Onhis return to Wsshington he attemptedto throw into his senatorial duties hisaccustomed ardor, but complained thathe could not concentrate his facultieswith his accustomed readiness Hefelt dazed and nncertain, both mentally and physically. Preliminarysymptoms of the disease which finallycarried him off with such startlingrapidity were not wanting. For weekspast when he had occasion to write aletter personally, the lines wanderednp and down the page in the most ir-
regular manner, greatly differing fromhis usual precise bankers' chirography.and he found difficulty even in signingwith regularity those letters which hissecretary prepared for him. On thestreet he lost himself occasionally.Several days ago, just after the open-ing of the senate, walking with Col.K. C. Manning, his frequent companion,he stopped as Manning was about toleave him, and said: "Don't go. Man-ning; I want you to stay by me; I don'tknow exactly where I am."
lie thought that the trouble mightarise from some impairment of his vis:ion, and nfter the adjournment of thesenate on Thursday Inst went tn Philadelphia, where his eldest son is undertreatment for defective eyesight totake advice in his own case. The emi-nent medical men he consulted told himfrankly that unless he gave himself animmediate rest, and exercised the greatest care, softening of the brain mightresult With the warning ringing inhis ears he returned to Washington,with a determination that after thesenate adjourned for the holidayshe would return to Philadelphiaand put himself under the careof Dr. Pepper for a prolongedcourse of treatment He even mentioned In friends that he might returnto Philadelphia without waitingthe adjournment of the senate. Heante back by the 6 o'clock train andwent to Chamberlain's well-know- n
restaurant for dinner. He took hisseat at one of the small tables in therear of the pnblic dining room, alone.Senator Plumb was a remarkably abstemious man in his habits and he didnot depart from his nsnal custom onthis occasion. He partook of no wineor other stimulant
Mahone, of Virginia; Mr.Frank llatton, of the WashingtonPost: Senator Squire and his privatesecretary were at adjoining tablesThey all entered into conversationwith Mr. Plumb, but in the midst of itthe Kansas senator stopped and drewout a bottle of medicine, which heshook np and took a dose of, remark-ing, with an apology for his doing so,that he was feeling quite sick andfeared he was going to be laid np withthe grip. He would not even yet admitthe grave brain trouble of which hehad been warned.
From Chamberlain's he went home tohis somewhat dismal rooms and wentto bed. About 3 o'clock in the morn-ing he aroused his landlord, Mr. Jen-nings saying he felt very ill, and askedhim to send for a doctor. Dr. PhillipS. Wales general of thenavv, was summoned and remained incharge of the case until the end.Hypodermic injections were administered, and about 7 o'clock in the morn-ing the senator became unconsciousand continued in a state of coma withscarcely ony intermission nntil hisdeath. Just before he dozed off heraised his hand to the back of his head,where he had all along complained offeeling intense pain, and exclaimed:"Oh, God, my head."
Shortly after 11 a. m, he commencedto breathe stcrtoriously and Mr. Jen-nings who was watching by his bedside with the senator's secretary, be-
came alarmed and sent for the doctor.When Dr. Wales arrived the senator'sface had turned purple, and it was ap-parent that apoplexy had supervened.The surgeon called for stimulants andMr. Jennings ran across to a neighboring drug store and seized some spirits:rith which he immediately returned.
"It is too late," said Surgeon Walesand almost immediately afterwards thesenator expired.
There were around his bed-sid- e atthe time of his death, besides his phy-sician, Surgeon-Gener- Wales Mr. B.F. Flenniken, who for many years hasbeen clerk of the committee on pnbliclands, of which Senator Plumb waschairman, and has acted as his privatesecretary; his landlord and other at-tendants
No later than Thursday last SenatorPlnmb introduced a carefully preparedbill to amend the practices in the courtof claims and six other measures
Bom in Ohio, like so many other distinguished men, in 1537, be waa 54years of age. Before he became a lawyer and a banker, he worked at the
case as a practical printer. He movedto Kansas in le55 and participated inmuch of the early exciting history ofthat state. Unlike most senatorsof long service, he did not undergoa previous apprenticeship in the loterhonse of congress bnt came straight tothe senate in 1K77. Ue had previously,however, served in many importantpositions in the Kansas legi&Wture,closing his local career therespeaker. During the war he fonghthis way np from a second lieutenancyto the lientenant-colonelsbi- p of theEleventh Kansas infantry.
The senator leaves two unmarrieddaughters who are now living withtheir widowed mother at his late homein Emporia, Kasi a son, S3 years ofage. now nnder treatment for his eyesight in Philadelphia, and a boy of 13
and a girl of 14 at school in Pennsyl-va-
isA United Press reporter asked Sen
ator Peffer what would be the probable course as to filling the vacancycreated by Mr. Plumb's untimely death
whether it would be filled by thesame legislature which had electedhim. Mr. Peffer replied that the termof the existing legislature had expired.bnt that they of course held on untiltheir sncccssoi s were elected and qualified. The new legislature would bechosen, he said, at the general electionin November, 1893, and would meet onthe second Monday in January, 1893. toelect a successor to Senator Plumb.In the meantime he did not donbt thatthe governor of Kansas would fill thevacancy by appointment
Within a short period twenty-fiv- e
minutes after death, it is said, theremains were embalmed by Un-dertaker Wright, and were laid oatin the back parlor bed-roo- in whichthe senator died, where they wereviewed by many friends The face pre-sented a singularly placid and life-lik- e
appearance.Senator Plumb's private secretary
telegraphed the president of the Emporia national bank of Kansas inwhich Mr. Plumb was a director, sndleft to him the task of communicatingthe sad news to the family. MrsPlnmb Is quite an invalid. It is under-stood replies were received intrustingto the officers of the senate the funeralobsequies and Senator Manderson,Sergeant-at-Arm- s Valentine and As-
sistant C. B. Reade held a conferenceat the residence of Mor-ton upon the details
Senator Plumb had served fourteenyears in the senate, and two years agowas for a term which wonldhave expired in 1893. He r.as one ofthe best-know-n men in congress Histall, athletic form, his swinging west-ern gait his breezy method of speak-ing, and his rugged independence andoriginality of thought and action,made him a notable man in the senate,and he wes a power on all questionsto which he gave his mind. He wasan omniverous reader and an nntiringworker. In the few days that thepresent congress hns been in session hehad submitted more than thirty bills ofa more or less public character, embrac-ing almost everything of interest to hisconstituents from free silver coinageupwards ana ,lown.
The Arrangu'nent. ior the Fnneral.Washington. Dec. 21.
Morton, Senator Manderson andSecretory McCook of the senate, latelast evening completed the arrange-rangemen- ts
for the funeral of SenatorPlumb. After the funeral service inthe senate chamber, the body willbe taken to the Baltimore at Po-
tomac railroad depot accompaniedby the congressional committee, thepresident the cabinet the chief justiceand justices of the supreme court.members of the honse, members of thediplomatic corps and the friends of thelate senator invited V the senate gal-lery. The body, accompanied by thecongressional committee will be takenby the Pennsylvania A Atchison,Topeka A Santa Fe railroads to Emporia, Kas The ear in which the remains will be conveyed will be attached to the "Columbian expresswhich leaves Washington at 3:30 andwill reach Emporia on the evening ofthe 23d. where the interment will takeplace at 3 o'clock on the 34th.
THE WAR CLOUD.
Aetlvo Preparation on the racinc Coastfor War.
San Francisco. Dec. 31. From information gained here last evening itlooks as though the reports sent outfrom Washington of preparations forwar with Chili were true. AdmiralBrown has secured an option on thenew and powerful tug Fearless justfinished at the Union iron works Shehas a speed of sixteen knots and cancarry coal enough to maintain ten knotsper hour for fifty days If purchasedby the government she will be suppliedwith two fivc-inc- b guns and a secondary battery of fonr andfour torpedo tabes She is swifter thanany Chilian torpedo cruiser and farmore powerful.
Admiral Brown also secured optionson fonr of Spreckels' big steamers theZealandia, Austral is Mariposa andAlameda, to be used for transport service. The Zealandia cad be ready atten hours notice and all the others inside of three weeks The eoastdefensevessel Monterey can be made ready inthree days after her armor plate is received.
Admiral Brown received orders yesterday and the cruiser San Franciscowill probably sad V ednesday.
MINISTER LINCOLN.
His Law Partners Do Not Believe theMtorles of His In landed Resignation.
Chicago, Dee. 2L Pierpont Ishamof the law firm of Isham, LincolnBcale, had not heard of the reported determination of Robert T. Lincoln to resign as minister to England. Hedoubted the genuineness of any suchreport, ss Mr. Lincoln had not com-
municated with them in any way re-
garding such a course, and he wassure the firm would know of it if itwere true.
We wonld have to move around alittle if Mr. Lincoln returned, and we
onM be likely to know of any seenintention in time to get bis office inreadiness Stories about his resigna-
tion are started every few monthsFor my part I put no credence in the
"rumor.Mr. Bcale, one of Minister Lincoln's
law partners said that be did not be-
lieve the report of the intended wesig-natio- n.
He had received a letter fromMr. Lincoln a few days ago, and no in-
timation waa given therein relative toresignation. If the minister had suchintention Mr. Bcale thinks be wonldhave been informed ia the letter, endconsequently he discredit; the report
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Beats, Bat rkv m WM TSiySm AM ta Ol VI Oinalag la the Wat a. tsv tsavWashington, Dec M. Every availa-
ble source of information in reayant toChilian affairs was 'Japped" yesterdaymorning with naHliifeeloij ' reesiltsThe situation ta exasperating, 'tast tathe absence of ofBciai deaiaLor eaautr
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nation of alarming renorta, no Biiita . Vstatement aa to taa. IrtaS.eonrlitkas ot. v V? 'affairs can be made. - ; U"."'- i '
Acting Secretary fjotey aaial be knew , '. "
nothing about the alleged cablcgrasa.' tstating thatthe Ameriram. kajrattaa inChili was menaced. Coas aesamy, ; vchief of the bureau f Mviatyoav --waa-likewise ignorant in' the tmatter. Si. - 'Jofficials thought the state ilif altiaiatmight throw some light oa the anbieeC, ' 'Jf'
Assistant Secretary Wlanrsoa said th 'vChilian affairs were entirely ,1s .the vhands of Secretary Blalntv and Jt be 'Jknew anything about JVi which.diplomatically wonld not admit, he was -
not at liberty to sav so. - t : - W -Gen. J. W. Foster, who i Utfkai 'i--
Seeretau-- Tilaina in tha malaaeaaf aaaU i.procity treaties said the mattes veaeJdv'si 'I .
not come to his attention; that Mr.Blaine waa handling that end of the '4diplomatic situation. Mr. Blaine coedd i
not be seen nor could a message reach -him as he was in the private portion of : . .
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his residence. His private secretary.' -- v. - ihowever, professed not to be alarmed, ;
bnt showed some curiosity to know -
who sent out the alleged translation of ' 'the alleged cablegram, i.1 '
Private Secretary Hal ford did not be-- -
lieve the situation waa critical, but badnot heard the president express him-- .self on the subject and waa quite eer-tai- n
the president would say nothingabout it, if there waa any truth in thereport, which be would not be wilingto admit -
And so it went Despite all this themassing of United States war vesselsin Chilian waters leads to conjectures .
Why is it done? It ia not customary.There are no exceptionally accessibleports on the south Pacifio in which tocoal or take on provisions Usuallyone United States naval vessel ia Chil-ian waters is considered sufficient toprotect American interests Now thereare the Yorktown at Valparaiso, theBoston within fonr days' sail ofValparaiso, the Chicago, Atlanta TandBennington Hearing Montevideo anduwithin two weeks' sail of Chill; theCharleston, detained at Honolulu readyto sail for Chili; the San Francisco, nn-der orders to sail down the Pacificcoast; the Thetis off the Mexican coastand still heading south, andlhe Ranger .r.and Adams the repairs on which havebeen rushed, nearly ready to put to sea,
'from the Mare Island (Cal.) navy yard.Diplomats and naval officers here art 1
asking what all this means
A Saltled of Earnest Spaealatloa,Washington, Dec. 82. The possibil
ity of some important communicationon the Chilian question being addressedto congress either to-d- orwhen both houses according to pro-gramme, intended simply to meet forthe purpose of adjourning for theChristmas recess is a subject ot earnestspeculation. It is known thst Secre-tary Blaine, both before and subse-quent to the Plnmb obsequies wasclosely engaged with his own stenogra-pher at his residence, and even to vis-
itors calling on official business sentword that he waa too much engaged tosee anyone.
THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
Its EaUlaae. Adanlttad by tha Iaaporta.Kaaahta Iaratloa at Waeaiagtoa. .
UrbanA, O.. Dec ' 33. John ftJames of this city, wrote toyta Rus-
sian charge d'affaires, ' in Washington,to know if the people of Russia werereally nearly starving, as reported iathe press He received the followingreply and will at ones start subscrip-tions for aid to the famine sufferers.
Invmiai BtwiA Lsoattow. IWuwirma. D. C Nov. ts. VOL i
Joan R. J am mm, UanunsO. Sin I hava beenprevented by pieaauro of work to eAUloa.sooner my gratitude for tne very welcome andgenerous amggoations contained In your letterof November It It h unfortunatelytoo tros that tha population of twejvaprovince, goiei mnenta in Iriiana. reprs-senti-
a great deal over .UJ,U of peo-ple, is actually starving. I have not been
to open aabsu lotions nor appeal tathe belo of the onsen, of yonr great and noblecoon try: but you may be aura that every centsubscribed by yon and yonr menus for too rebec our aanVrars will kehx and win bringCTerkwting arratitade from my uuoaU Jinan 1
am quite ready and willing 10 aaa was nra anta properly directed and delivered to Russia,whan tt ia moat needed.
Behove me, very truly yours.A. Oaaoos
Charge D'Affaires of I
SMALL-PO- X ON BOARD.
Two Million Dollars Worth af Mis la aaInfected Steani.i'a Cnrga,
San Francisco. Dec 31. ThePacific mail steamship City of Pekingarrived Sunday from the Orient withsmall pox on board, and haa beenplaced in quarantine. There are twoeases of the disease, both in thesteerage. One of these ia JamesMcDonald, mate of the sealingschooner J. Hamilton Lewis which wasseized by Russians for poaching. CaptMcClaine and five of the schoonerscrew were returning on the Peking,their schooner having been confiscated.The other case is M. Grimstesd, also inthe steerage.
The Peking has on board 93,000, 000
worth of silks A special meeting ofthe board of health will be held to con-
sider the question of permitting thepassengers and silks to be landed,
lion, ta Beaanaa Bnalneaa.
New Yore, Dec S3.- -S. V. White ACo., bankers and broken, W Wallstreet whose schedules filed on Saturday, show liabilities unsecured amount- -
imr to 81.013,543 ana actual assets 01$353, 328, hope to resume business Mr.White said to a United Kress rerjorteryesterdsy morning: "I can not givethe particulars upon which 1 base myhope, snd I can not say it will be real-
ized, but it wonld be to the best advan-tage of all my creditors that I shouldhave an opportunity to recover fromthe effects of my unfortunate specula-tion ia corn last summer."
An Imperfect Qaaraatlaa.New Yore. Dee. K. Owing to the
infections diseases which the steam-ship Polynesia brought here a few daysago, the officials at the barge officehavedetermined to take more stringentmeasures to prevent the spreading ofdisease. A general fumigation baabeen given to the barge office, wherethe immigrant land. It appears thatthe leases of disease brought by thePolynesia were not the only ones thatnave been allowed to pans throughquarantine aad the barge office. . It ia
said that several cases of contagiosaaiaeaaeshave found their way was.
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