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mm - mm mm mwmm , m w i mm - mm mm mm r- r mm. mm mm . tarn - n - mm " t mm - . ; rw . . v - , : s BEX H. ADAMS, Publisher. CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1891. VOL. XVI.NO. 2?. ; A. I. U ZMGKLMAVS. ATTORNEY AT LAY " ;' AND CITY RECORDER " OOoe tX Mora on Harmoaj Straot, CAP I GIRARDEAU. RIO. & S. HARRIS. Physician and Surgeon Offloe In tear of Trick Dnw Store, mot f In4fpftndonne and Spanish Streets. Oapc Girardeau, ryspecial aueniloa flvu m Burger; and D. teases of soula H. A. ASTHOLZ. oeratary Bunding Hi loan aavafflstlsn. NOTARY PUBLIC. Secretary Boutnurtern District nsilsnl teal BM7. Omos Oowt-kow- Do Tour Insurance Business In a company whose reoord In the past ft a fuerantee for the future. Insure In laa HOME, OF SEW TORE. LEO DOYLB, Agent, No North Mala Stress, Cap nrM MlaourL 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 reltaoW ompsnlrs In the oonntry. doo.C CONRAD KEMPE, DMlor la DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, How jroodi rooelvod weekly, Oroeerfe. ml way. fre;b. Htoro comer of Fountain ana Uarmonr 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 ererf taornlng. July2& E. 1). ENGELMANN, Dealer In MimiT. Dry Ms AN- 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 bast manner and at moderate prloes. ROOFING AND C UTTERING A specialty and work guaranteed flret-cls- ADOLPH LIST, Hsehanleal and Sortlcal DE3TPIST oes all kinds of work in hla Uae, and ffttaff jnteivs ail work done. Offloe at residence, eormer HarBoay anl Lorlmter Streets. EDW. S.LILLY Dsalen HARDWARE, Iron and Steel, AniciM ImpIsmsnX IK It Areata 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 rait ways in the world are in this country. Great Biutaix poured nearly 150,000 emigrants into toe United States dur lag the first seven months of the pres ent year. O.tb iiUKimr.D children were sold ia tne Morocco slave market recently by Snltan Mnley Uassen, who has gone into the business. It took sixty thousand cars to trans port the irrapes of the United States to market this year. The vineyards of this country represent an investment OI 5155,000,000 and over. Thk population of the "Cherokee Nation," which baa just sold nix million acres of land to the povernruent, is about thirty thousand. The Cherokccs are a highly civilized tribe of Indians. HlRAkT Chabic, a Indinn of the Omaha tribe, has been admitted to practice in the federal court at Oma- ha. Mr. Chase is the lint Indian ever admitted to the practice of law in Aenraska. I'atti says that her diamonds have been (freatly overestimated in value and that she has only a modest f0a,-00- 0 stock to potter along with. She is to be sympathized with, as is any wom- an who has nothing to wear. Mdi.i.e. Eijiir. St. Omp.r has begun a journey around the world in the inter- est of the Ideographical society of Paris. The journey is to last three years, and the traveler is to devote special atten- tion to the lives and customs of women in the various countries which she visits. RrssiA has been visited by eight national famines during the present century, in 1801, IMS, 1811, 181J, lt3. IM0. 1900 and ltttL In addition to these 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 was deprived of the position of teacher of gymnastics in the state normal school solely on the ground that she was not good looking. Nothing daunted, she went to Ohio and submitted her nose to a surgical operation, with the result that she is not only very pretty, but is soon to wed a wcalthv manufacturer. I.iki-t- . Majwei.u of the United States, says that the Dakota climate adds to one's stature. When ordered to that country he was over twenty-on- e years old and had reached the age when growth is supposed to stop, but during a residence there of over a year he grew three and one-h- a f- - inches. Dakotans say the climate often has that effect Osk of the most singular looking creatures that ever walked the earth or "swam the waters under the earth" is the world-famou- s man-face- d crab of Japan. Its body is hardly an inch in length, yet the head is fitted with a face which is the perfect counterpart of that of a Chinese cooly; a veritable missing link, with eyes nose and mouth all clearly defined a Cn.tKi.K8 F. Crisp, speaker of the national house of representatives, is the thirty-secon- d man to hold that enviable position in public life. There have been fifty one congresses but only thirty-on- e speakers. Henry Clay was elected speaker six times, and Itlaine, Randall, Carlisle and Nathaniel Macon, of North Carolina, tilled thr office three times each. Jam'ARY IT is the dntc of the one hundred and fourteenth anniversary of Vermont's independence from tircat ltritain, and the Sons of Vermont in Chicago propose to celebrate the oc- casion in magnificent manner. Phelps and Senator Proctor have been invited to speak, but even sweeter than their honeyed words will be a reproduction in maple sugar of llennington monument At the ban quct everything will be served on d'.wjies of Vermont marble. Pa mel YVkbstkr was an acknowl edged leader in congress when he was 30 years of age; Gladstone was lord of the treasury at -- 4 and in parlia- ment at 32; Pulinerston was lord of the admirality at S3: Henry Clay, in spite of the constitution, was a United States senator at 39; Washington was a colonel in tha army at 2- -; Napoleon commanded the army of Italy at 25, and William I'itt was prime minister of England at 24, and at 35 the great est individual authority in Europe. Her majesty, the queen of England, Is supposed to have the largest collec- tion extant of photographic portraits of notabilities of her time, from the portraits of kings, queens, emperors and empresses downward. They be gin in the early dawn of the art of mak ing sun pictures in the days of those daguerreotypes on metallic surfaces, which generally required you to bold them sideways before you could get a view of their rather pale and feeble traits. Hence they embrace the whole history of the art, and are thoroughly representative of the progress of pho tography. To ai'M up the cost of running this great government it may be said that the legislative establishment by which is meant congress and all appertaining thereto, costs $:;,500,000 a year. The executive establishment proper, which means the white house, costs S145.O0O a year. The state department costs $2,000,000, the treasury department f 143,000,000, 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 department 3,000,000 in excess of its receipts. Our fighting vessels are rapidly sliding down into the water. A day or two ago the 1,000-to- n twin screw gun- boat Machias was launched upon the Kennebec river at Bath, Me. Its main battery will be eight four inch rapid-fir- e steel rifles, and the secondary battery five rapid-fir- e guns, a Gatling gun and a Hotchkias revolving cannon. It can team fourteen knots, an honrand its schooner rig will enable it to spread 6,500 square feet of canvas. Though a small vessel and only intended for har- bor and river patrol service it is a staunch and strong craft and a wrothy addition to the coming new navy. ' Ax old scoot of the plains said to a reporter the other day: "I lost a brand new pair of boots with my legs in them at Wounded Knee." Bret Harte should come home and hnnt wp this rare old humorist He ia worth putting in a book. f rJ-- r VrCiti... A - The Sews of the Week BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL. CONGRESS. Tir.BDAr, Dec .15. Bills were In- troduced in the senate to purchase a site for a building for the supreme court of the United States; for a bronze statue of Christopher Columbus In Washington; to promote and en- courage the display of the frag of the United States. A memorial was pre- sented from the Minnesota legislature to make October 13. the anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus, a day of national thanksgiving. Wednksiiat. Dec. IS. In the senate numerous petitions wero presented against opening the world's fair on Sunday. Bills were Introduced to establish a branch mint at Council Bluffs, la., and for a ship canal around Niagara falls. The following nomi- nations for United States circuit judges were received from the presi- dent: William U Putnam, of Maine, for the first judicial circuit; Nathaniel Shipman, 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 announcod the committee on rules. Mr. Taylor (Trnn.) announced the death of his friend and colleague. Lconidas C. Houk, and the house then adjour ed to the 19th. Tiu'Rspay. Dec. 17. In the senate the nomination of Stephen It. Elkins for secretary of war was received from the president Senator Turpie spoke in favor of the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people and Senator Stewart spoke in favor of free silver coinage. The standing committees were an- nounced and confirmed. Bills were in- troduced to amend the act of the last congress authorizing the sale of timber on lands reserved for the use of the Menominee Indians in Wisconsin, and to remove the limitation on arrears of pensions. Adjourned to the 31st FROM WASHINGTON. The pension oflice paid out 57,000,000 in pensions during the first fifteen days of this month. Thk secretary of state announced the conclusion of a commercial reciprcvity agreement between the United States and all the British West Indies islands and British (riiiana. Thk exchanges at the leading clear ing houses in the United States during the week ended on the lsth aggregated 81,338, 4'iS.SSl, against $1,213,070.(172, the previous wee!i The increase as com pared with the corresponding week of ISftO was 10.5. Thk business failures in the United States during the seven days ended on the 12th numbered 335, against 320 the previous week and 41)1 for the corre sponding week last year. THE EAST. This fast train on the New York Cen tral railroad collided with a switch en gine at Newburg, N. Y., killing the en- gineer and fireman of the exp.-ess- . Many of the passengers were hurt but none seriously. Er.w.i:fa M. FlBl.n was indicted in New York for grand larceny and was admitted to bail in the sum of $'5,000. Eiimond S. Connor died at his home in Rutherford, N. J., aged 82 years. He was the oldest actor in America. The case of the Adams Express Com pany against lloey will be 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 after chloroformiug the family took $1,009 in cash 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 the institution. 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 in Mass. Focr leaders of a gang that had been flooding Philadelphia with counterfeit money were arrested. In a tunnel near Catawissa, Pa., freight trains collided and Engineer Kisher and Fireman Smith were killed. The Drexel institute in Philadelphia has been presented by lleorge W. Childs with almost hisntirc collection of rare prints, manuscripts autographs etc, valued at $100.00.). Flames in the wholesale millinery honse of Porter, Donaldson & Co., in Pittsburgh, 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 duties within the last few months A maniac named Michael Harvey shot and killed John Connerton and wounded 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 miles west of Ottumwa, Ia., an engineer and fireman were killed and a conductor seriously injured. As express train on the Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne road was thrown from the track by a broken rail near Lima, O., and three men were killed and twenty other person!, were injured, some fatally. Denton Ditkr, I. G. Dclone and Joseph Duke were killed at East Bar- nard, Tex., as a result of a quarrel. The resignation of Daniel E. Sopcr as secretary of state for Michigan was tendered and accepted by Gov. Winans. Sopcr was charged with malfeasance and misfeasance in office, and did not deny the accusation. In a wreck on the Chesaiake Ohio 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., George Seidl. a Bohemian farmer, was arrested for murdering bis daughter, aged 18, and his son, aged 33. Arori.Exr caused the death of CoL J. J. Hathaway, governor of the national soldiers' home at Milwaukee, at the age of 60 years. Tde y combine convention at Baton Rouge nominated Murphy J. Foster for governor of Louisiana. The formation of a twelve-clu- b league ended the baseball war. The twelve cities of the new combination are: 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 William Wise, William Collett and James ClawBon, and fatally injuring Isaac Nicholson and Oscar Jones Defective ties wrecked a passenger train on the Southern Kansas railroad near Cherryvale, Kan., and twenty-si- x persons were injured, three fatally. The oldest woman in Maryland, Mrs. Rebecca Seth, died of the grip at her home in Cecil county, aged 103 years. The death of Gen. Patrick Edward Connor, an Indian fighter and a veteran of several wars, occurred at Salt Laka City. In session In Chicago the national prohibition committee decided to hold the national convention in St Louis on June 29 next to nominate a candidate for president On the charge of embezzling $20,000 John L. Fergusou, bookkeeper in the National bank of hansas City, Ma, was arrested. At Youngstown, O., W. E. Fitzger- ald was hanged for the murder of Officer W Freed on May 15 last The firm of McDonald Bros., ex tensive lumbermen and shipowners at La Crosse, Wis., failed for 5250.000 Near Brier Creek. Tenn., the dead bodies of William L. Spreggins and George Ilolliday, brothers-in-la- were found buried in a a brush heap. Sami-ki- . Gompers was reelected pres- ident of the federation of labor in con vention at Birmingham, Ala. At Baton Rouge S. D. Mcnery was nominated for governor of Louisiana by the regular democratic convention. Owino to a quarrel Wright Poland and his wife were murdered in their home at Buckhorne, La., by Jack Smith. A jicib lynched two negroes suspected of the murder of yonng Parramore at Branford, Fla. . At his home near De Soto, Ind.. Asail Thornbnrg celebrated his 99th birthday anniversary. He was in good health. In an explosion at the Brisk tunnel near Leadville, CoL. three men were killed, two seriously injured and a number of others hurt Editors of the national prohibition party press met in Chicago and organ- ized a National Prohibition Press asso ciation, with James Lamont of Rock-for- 111., as president Nearly the entire gang of silver coin counterfeiters who had been op- erating in Texas for many months past were captured. Ben Davis shot James Dunn dead at Roaring Springs Ky., and fatally wounded John Dunn, his brother. Ihe kilting wa--s the outcome of an ancient feud. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, A ferry roat capsized in the Elbe at Hamburg, Germany, and ten persons were drowned. In liehring sea 10,009 young seals were said to have starved to death on account of the killing of their dams A state of siege was declared in many of the famine-stricke- n districts of Kussia owing to the prevalence . of brigandage and anarchy among the starving peasants The discovery of petroleum equal to the product of Pennsylvania wells was mnile near Sheerkstown. Ont By the wrecking of the steamer Prince Soltykoff off Brest twenty per- sons were drowned. At Montevideo, Chili, an incendiary fire caused a loss of S50D.O0O. In many parts of the province of Sltan-Si- . West China, placard have been posted urging a general massacre of the Christian missionaries The report of Gen. Booth, of the Sal- vation Army, shows that during the first twelve months of his work for the redemption of the masses in London he gave 3,500,000 meals and 347,209 nights' lodgings to the homeless. The expenses were $509,000. A shoemaker at Namnr, Belgium, was sentenced to death for trying to poison his brother. It was proved that he had killed his sister and three other brothers Oteis., late secretary of the treasury in Cuba, has been sentenced to eighteen years1 imprisonment for stealing S100,- - 000 from the government The rumors of great distress caused by famine in Mexico were denied by government authorities LATER. 1 N the senate, on the 21st the reading of the minutes was dispensed with, and Senator 1 'offer, of Kansas feelingly an- nounced the death of his colleague, Preston B. Plumb, and presented the customary resolutions which were adopted. Senators Pcffer, Dolph, Ran- som, Paddock and Palmer were ap- pointed a committee on the part of the senate to accompany the remnins of the deceased senator to Kansas A recess was taken until 1 p. iu., and upon reassembling the official services over the remains of Sen- ator Plumb were conducted by the chap- lain in the presence of the president and representatives of the cabinet honse of representatives diplomatic corps officers of the army and navy, and other distinguished personages, at the conclusion of which the senate dis- persed, but was subsequently formally adjourned for the day...... The house was not in session. The Mexican government has amend- ed the tariff tolls so as to make the tariff duty on rag paper, except col- ored wrapping paper, fifty cents per 100 kilograms in weight; unsized paper, ex- cept for cigarette wrappers fifty cents per 100 kilograms in weight and col- ored wrapping paper, of native manu- facture and unsized paper for cigar- ette wrappers of native manufacture free of all duty. Mr. Le Fabre, one of the Canadian fisheries commissioners in an inter- view published in L'Reclair, of Paris is quoted as saying that he is certain that Canada will secure a nnion with Newfoundland on the fisheries ques- tion, and that there is no doubt that the imperial government will exercise its authority to assure the triumph of the federal principle. The report of the 'chamber of com- merce of Swansea, Wales ahows that the direct exports ot tin plate to the United States from Swansea in 1880 amounted to 105,856 boxes In 1890 the amount was 2,458,418 boxes and dur- ing the three months ending June SO of the present year it reached 1,057,333, or say at the rate af 4,000,000 boxes for the present year. The hotel owned by Thomas Roach, together with three dwelling houses at Sugar Notch, Pa, were burned, on the morning of the 21st; loss, $10,000. The guests of the hotel escaped in their night clothes The Catholic mission ia Brussels has Chinese advices that a thousand native Christians were massacred during the recent 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 and child met in the nnion depot for the first time in twenty years The story runs thus Over rwrnty year Mrs. Mary Smith lived In Chicago, a asppy mother and contented wife. Among the archills who plmytd about ber wme Laura, the vonngest of ber flock. By and by tribulation came, and the rain that always pours fell hard upon the little family. The wreath of haiipixiefl. was broken, father and husband was bnried and the remaining members drifted from pillar topost. Little Laura, then year, of age. was torn from her mother . arms by an stmt, a Mrs. Davis and placed in an orphan aeylnm. the mother being kept ignorant of her child's whereabouts Bereaved and heartcnuihed she sought her in vaia. Then the great Chicago fire oornrred and the search waa given up. Boon afterward Mrs. Hmith married s Mr. Donthard and moved to Lafayette. Ind., think ing she would see her offRpring no more. The child. Laoaa. bad in the meantime been adopted by the Lippincott family at.Villa Kidge. 111. .who reared ber to womanhood and educated her. About ten years ago, when IS years of age, she went to ot Louis and began the battle of life on ber own account She met with many reverses and often she made strenuous efforts to find her loving 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 were rent to a number of post offices making in- quiry for Mrs, Mary Smith. A reply came from Lafayette, Ind., where the person wanted was found in Mrs Mary Donthard. The motberin now S3 years of ago and the daughter 29. When they met in the depot tbey dal not know each other, and when a recogni tion waa finally effected tbey found that tbey had stared into each other's faces several times during the aearca. Their meeting was one of Intense affection and emotion. Mrs. Webb took her mother to ber home. Mlaeoori Moat Cede Jurisdiction. Representative Byrns has endeavored to convince Assistant Secretary Grant of the war department that there was no necessity for a special session of the Missouri legislature to cede juris diction to the United States govern nient in the matter of reconstructing Jefferson barracks near St Louis al- leging that the government has all the jurisdiction required. Mr. Grant lis tened attentively to Mr. Byrns state ment but declared thatthe department would not recede from the position taken heretofore, and would under- take no improvements until the Mis- souri legislature had ceded full juris- diction to the government, as previous ly outlined. An Ingrate, The Pettis county jafl has furnished a case of base ingratitude. William Richards charged with horse stealing. was locked in the same cell with Charles Shelley Hughes the bigamous evange- list Richards was and on the morning of his arraignment in court Hughes kindly ilivested himself of his shoes and trousers and arrayed Rich ards in them. Richards had his prelim- inary hearing and was cleared, but in stead of returning to thank his fellow-prison- for his kindness the nngrate- - ful wretch left town, and Hughes was compeled to wear a blanket for two days 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 few days ngo after a short sickness brought nlMiut by an attack of the grip. (Mr. CnllinSn. was bom in Cork, Ireland, in lWA. 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 that although he commenced in an humble way, he .massed a very ef,nsi'1erahle sum, and death leaves 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 poor rrimmireioner of the rounty, and at the time of hit, death was a mcmb-.- of the St. Louis board of charity commiH.ioners.1 Ilia Last Try-- An unknown man. about 50 years old, while attempting to jump from a ferryboat at St Louis missed his foot- ing and fell into the river. From his actions he appeared to be an expert swimmer and bravely attempted to keep himself above the water until a rope could lie thrown him. The nnder-tow- e was however, too much for him, and just as a rope was thrown from the ferry the man was drawn underneath the hnge boat He disappeared with a wild scream which will never be for gotten by those who heard it Coleman Give. Bond. W. E. Coleman, nt of the defunct Citizens' bank of Nevada, who is now principal of the public schoolsat Molierly, reported at Nevada in re sponse to the indictment recently found against him. Bondsmen in abundance at once tendered their assistance, and his bond of $3,501' for his appearance wassooo filed. Asking For Liberal Appropriations. The river congress at Kansas City passed resolutions asking congress to appropriate $7,000,000 a year for the im- provement of the Mississippi river and (5,000,000 a year for the improvement of the Missouri. John Demonbrnn Aeqnltted. The trial of John Dcmonbrun for th murder of James W. Rrockman nea Springfield several months ago ter ruinated in the jury returning a verdict of not guilty. Abort In Ills Accounts James P. Hesser, secretary of the Future Great Keystone and Standard building and loan associations in St lyouis is $9,000 short in his accounts Were Sot Parted In Heath. Judge John II. Murphy, aged 84 years died at Springfield a few days go. 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 gift from the St Louis I' urniture board ol trade, has been given baby Cleveland Could Not Aid III. Son. Edonard A. Droz, 1? years old, son of S. A. Droz. a St Louis jeweler, was drowned in the Mississippi in sight of his 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 He had an extensive acquaintance with the floating 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 the Bonldln farm, three and a half miles northwest of Sedalia. PEEST0N B. PLUJIB. Kansas' Senior Senator Snocombs to Apoplexy Tb. Sadden 8ammoM Belle Ted t. ttnvw Been the Re.aU or Overwork II Had - Bern a Senator for Foot-tee- Years. Washington, Dec 31. Senator Pres- ton B. Plumb, of Kansas died suddenly of apoplexy shortly before noon yes- terday. His death occurred in the un pretentious three-stor-y brick boarding house, 610 Fourteenth street, in this city, within a stone's throw of the Eb-bi- tt house, Riggs honse and Willard's hotel, in which convenient location he has for the last five or six seasons taken up his quarters during the ses sions of congress In a very short space of time the news spread over the city, and the ex pressions of regret were universal, and not confined to any political party. Morton, accompanied by Mrs Cameron, wife of Senator Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania, waa one of the earliest callers and placed his services at the disposal of the friends of the dead senator. Mr. Peffer, Mr. Plumb's alliance colleagne, remained in attendance several hours answering questions and rendering any assistance in his power. During the afternoon nearly every senator in town either called in person or sent messages of condolence, and some of the most earn estly expressed of the latter came from senators on the democratic side, by all of whom the Kansas statesman was re spected. Mr. Charles B. Reade, assistant ser- - geant-at-arm- s of the senate, took charge of the remains and caused telegrams to be sent to the absent wife and children of the dead senator. Mr. Plnmb had been ailing more or less ever since the close of his hercu lean labors in the last campaign in his state, which resulted so satisfactorily to himself ami his party. He was at all times an indefatigable worker, but in this campaign he ontdid himself. On his return to Wsshington he attempted to throw into his senatorial duties his accustomed ardor, but complained that he could not concentrate his faculties with his accustomed readiness He felt dazed and nncertain, both men tally and physically. Preliminary symptoms of the disease which finally carried him off with such startling rapidity were not wanting. For weeks past when he had occasion to write a letter personally, the lines wandered np and down the page in the most ir- regular manner, greatly differing from his usual precise bankers' chirography. and he found difficulty even in signing with regularity those letters which his secretary prepared for him. On the street 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 to leave him, and said: "Don't go. Man- ning; I want you to stay by me; I don't know exactly where I am." lie thought that the trouble might arise from some impairment of his vis: ion, and nfter the adjournment of the senate on Thursday Inst went tn Phila delphia, where his eldest son is under treatment for defective eyesight to take advice in his own case. The emi- nent medical men he consulted told him frankly that unless he gave himself an immediate rest, and exercised the great est care, softening of the brain might result With the warning ringing in his ears he returned to Washington, with a determination that after the senate adjourned for the holidays he would return to Philadelphia and put himself under the care of Dr. Pepper for a prolonged course of treatment He even men tioned In friends that he might return to Philadelphia without waiting the adjournment of the senate. He ante back by the 6 o'clock train and went to Chamberlain's well-know- n restaurant for dinner. He took his seat at one of the small tables in the rear of the pnblic dining room, alone. Senator Plumb was a remarkably ab stemious man in his habits and he did not depart from his nsnal custom on this occasion. He partook of no wine or other stimulant Mahone, of Virginia; Mr. Frank llatton, of the Washington Post: Senator Squire and his private secretary were at adjoining tables They all entered into conversation with Mr. Plumb, but in the midst of it the Kansas senator stopped and drew out a bottle of medicine, which he shook np and took a dose of, remark- ing, with an apology for his doing so, that he was feeling quite sick and feared he was going to be laid np with the grip. He would not even yet admit the grave brain trouble of which he had been warned. From Chamberlain's he went home to his somewhat dismal rooms and went to bed. About 3 o'clock in the morn- ing he aroused his landlord, Mr. Jen- nings saying he felt very ill, and asked him to send for a doctor. Dr. Phillip S. Wales general of the navv, was summoned and remained in charge of the case until the end. Hypodermic injections were adminis tered, and about 7 o'clock in the morn- ing the senator became unconscious and continued in a state of coma with scarcely ony intermission nntil his death. Just before he dozed off he raised his hand to the back of his head, where he had all along complained of feeling intense pain, and exclaimed: "Oh, God, my head." Shortly after 11 a. m, he commenced to breathe stcrtoriously and Mr. Jen- nings who was watching by his bed side with the senator's secretary, be- came alarmed and sent for the doctor. When Dr. Wales arrived the senator's face had turned purple, and it was ap- parent that apoplexy had supervened. The surgeon called for stimulants and Mr. Jennings ran across to a neighbor ing drug store and seized some spirits :rith which he immediately returned. "It is too late," said Surgeon Wales and almost immediately afterwards the senator expired. There were around his bed-sid- e at the time of his death, besides his phy- sician, Surgeon-Gener- Wales Mr. B. F. Flenniken, who for many years has been clerk of the committee on pnblic lands, of which Senator Plumb was chairman, and has acted as his private secretary; his landlord and other at- tendants No later than Thursday last Senator Plnmb introduced a carefully prepared bill to amend the practices in the court of claims and six other measures Bom in Ohio, like so many other dis tinguished men, in 1537, be waa 54 years of age. Before he became a law yer and a banker, he worked at the case as a practical printer. He moved to Kansas in le55 and participated in much of the early exciting history of that state. Unlike most senators of long service, he did not undergo a previous apprenticeship in the loter honse of congress bnt came straight to the senate in 1K77. Ue had previously, however, served in many important positions in the Kansas legi&Wture, closing his local career there speaker. During the war he fonght his way np from a second lieutenancy to the lientenant-colonelsbi- p of the Eleventh Kansas infantry. The senator leaves two unmarried daughters who are now living with their widowed mother at his late home in Emporia, Kasi a son, S3 years of age. now nnder treatment for his eye sight in Philadelphia, and a boy of 13 and a girl of 14 at school in Pennsyl-va- is A United Press reporter asked Sen ator Peffer what would be the proba ble course as to filling the vacancy created by Mr. Plumb's untimely death whether it would be filled by the same legislature which had elected him. Mr. Peffer replied that the term of the existing legislature had expired. bnt that they of course held on until their sncccssoi s were elected and qual ified. The new legislature would be chosen, he said, at the general election in November, 1893, and would meet on the second Monday in January, 1893. to elect a successor to Senator Plumb. In the meantime he did not donbt that the governor of Kansas would fill the vacancy by appointment Within a short period twenty-fiv- e minutes after death, it is said, the remains were embalmed by Un- dertaker Wright, and were laid oat in the back parlor bed-roo- in which the senator died, where they were viewed 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 Em poria national bank of Kansas in which Mr. Plumb was a director, snd left to him the task of communicating the sad news to the family. Mrs Plnmb Is quite an invalid. It is under- stood replies were received intrusting to the officers of the senate the funeral obsequies and Senator Manderson, Sergeant-at-Arm- s Valentine and As- sistant C. B. Reade held a conference at the residence of Mor- ton upon the details Senator Plumb had served fourteen years in the senate, and two years ago was for a term which wonld have expired in 1893. He r.as one of the best-know-n men in congress His tall, athletic form, his swinging west- ern gait his breezy method of speak- ing, and his rugged independence and originality of thought and action, made him a notable man in the senate, and he wes a power on all questions to which he gave his mind. He was an omniverous reader and an nntiring worker. In the few days that the present congress hns been in session he had submitted more than thirty bills of a more or less public character, embrac- ing almost everything of interest to his constituents from free silver coinage upwards ana ,lown. The Arrangu'nent. ior the Fnneral. Washington. Dec. 21. Morton, Senator Manderson and Secretory McCook of the senate, late last evening completed the arrange-rangemen- ts for the funeral of Senator Plumb. After the funeral service in the senate chamber, the body will be taken to the Baltimore at Po- tomac railroad depot accompanied by the congressional committee, the president the cabinet the chief justice and justices of the supreme court. members of the honse, members of the diplomatic corps and the friends of the late senator invited V the senate gal- lery. The body, accompanied by the congressional committee will be taken by the Pennsylvania A Atchison, Topeka A Santa Fe railroads to Em poria, Kas The ear in which the re mains will be conveyed will be at tached to the "Columbian express which leaves Washington at 3:30 and will reach Emporia on the evening of the 23d. where the interment will take place at 3 o'clock on the 34th. THE WAR CLOUD. Aetlvo Preparation on the racinc Coast for War. San Francisco. Dec. 31. From in formation gained here last evening it looks as though the reports sent out from Washington of preparations for war with Chili were true. Admiral Brown has secured an option on the new and powerful tug Fearless just finished at the Union iron works She has a speed of sixteen knots and can carry coal enough to maintain ten knots per hour for fifty days If purchased by the government she will be supplied with two fivc-inc- b guns and a second ary battery of fonr and four torpedo tabes She is swifter than any Chilian torpedo cruiser and far more powerful. Admiral Brown also secured options on fonr of Spreckels' big steamers the Zealandia, Austral is Mariposa and Alameda, to be used for transport ser vice. The Zealandia cad be ready at ten hours notice and all the others in side of three weeks The eoastdefense vessel Monterey can be made ready in three days after her armor plate is re ceived. Admiral Brown received orders yes terday and the cruiser San Francisco will probably sad V ednesday. MINISTER LINCOLN. His Law Partners Do Not Believe the Mtorles of His In landed Resignation. Chicago, Dee. 2L Pierpont Isham of the law firm of Isham, Lincoln Bcale, had not heard of the reported de termination of Robert T. Lincoln to re sign as minister to England. He doubted the genuineness of any such report, ss Mr. Lincoln had not com- municated with them in any way re- garding such a course, and he was sure the firm would know of it if it were true. We wonld have to move around a little if Mr. Lincoln returned, and we onM be likely to know of any seen intention in time to get bis office in readiness Stories about his resigna- tion are started every few months For 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 from Mr. Lincoln a few days ago, and no in- timation waa given therein relative to resignation. If the minister had such intention Mr. Bcale thinks be wonld have been informed ia the letter, end consequently he discredit; the report SIGNinCANTSraM4V - v- - . Tkw Kwralnie are NM AM fas f .wf f BfefYanTJaartaW Beats, Bat rkv m WM TSiy Sm AM ta Ol VI Oina lag la the Wat a. tsv tsav Washington, Dec M. Every availa- ble source of information in reayant to Chilian affairs was 'Japped" yesterday morning with naHliifeeloij ' reesilts The situation ta exasperating, 'tast ta the absence of ofBciai deaiaLor eaautr ; nation of alarming renorta, no Biiita . V statement 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.' t stating thatthe Ameriram. kajrattaa in Chili was menaced. Coas aesamy, ; v chief of the bureau f Mviatyoav -- waa- likewise ignorant in' the tmatter. Si. - 'J officials thought the state ilif altiaiat might throw some light oa the anbieeC, ' 'Jf' Assistant Secretary Wlanrsoa said th 'v Chilian affairs were entirely ,1s .the v hands of Secretary Blalntv and Jt be 'J knew 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 '4 diplomatic situation. Mr. Blaine coedd i not be seen nor could a message reach - him as he was in the private portion of : . . : V . his residence. His private secretary.' -- v. - i however, 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 bad not heard the president express him- - . self on the subject and waa quite eer-tai- n the president would say nothing about it, if there waa any truth in the report, which be would not be wiling to admit - And so it went Despite all this the massing of United States war vessels in Chilian waters leads to conjectures . Why is it done? It ia not customary. There are no exceptionally accessible ports on the south Pacifio in which to coal or take on provisions Usually one United States naval vessel ia Chil- ian waters is considered sufficient to protect American interests Now there are the Yorktown at Valparaiso, the Boston within fonr days' sail of Valparaiso, the Chicago, Atlanta Tand Bennington Hearing Montevideo andu within two weeks' sail of Chill; the Charleston, detained at Honolulu ready to sail for Chili; the San Francisco, nn- der orders to sail down the Pacific coast; the Thetis off the Mexican coast and still heading south, andlhe Ranger .r. and Adams the repairs on which have been 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 communication on the Chilian question being addressed to congress either to-d- or when both houses according to pro- gramme, intended simply to meet for the purpose of adjourning for the Christmas recess is a subject ot earnest speculation. It is known thst Secre- tary Blaine, both before and subse- quent to the Plnmb obsequies was closely engaged with his own stenogra- pher at his residence, and even to vis- itors calling on official business sent word that he waa too much engaged to see anyone. THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA. Its EaUlaae. Adanlttad by tha I aa porta. Kaaahta Iaratloa at Waeaiagtoa. . UrbanA, O.. Dec ' 33. John ft James of this city, wrote toyta Rus- sian charge d'affaires, ' in Washington, to know if the people of Russia were really nearly starving, as reported ia the press He received the following reply and will at ones start subscrip- tions for aid to the famine sufferers. Invmiai BtwiA Lsoattow. I Wuwirma. D. C Nov. ts. VOL i Joan R. J am mm, UanunsO. Sin I hava been prevented by pieaauro of work to eAUloa. sooner my gratitude for tne very welcome and generous amggoations contained In your letter of November It It h unfortunately too tros that tha population of twejva province, 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 ta the belo of the onsen, of yonr great and noble coon try: but you may be aura that every cent subscribed by yon and yonr menus for too re bec our aanVrars will kehx and win bring CTerkwting arratitade from my uuoaU Jinan 1 am quite ready and willing 10 aaa was nra an ta 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 aa Infected Steani.i'a Cnrga, San Francisco. Dec 31. The Pacific mail steamship City of Peking arrived Sunday from the Orient with small pox on board, and haa been placed in quarantine. There are two eases of the disease, both in the steerage. One of these ia James McDonald, mate of the sealing schooner J. Hamilton Lewis which was seized by Russians for poaching. Capt McClaine and five of the schooners crew were returning on the Peking, their schooner having been confiscated. The other case is M. Grimstesd, also in the steerage. The Peking has on board 93,000, 000 worth of silks A special meeting of the board of health will be held to con- sider the question of permitting the passengers and silks to be landed, lion, ta Beaanaa Bnalneaa. New Yore, Dec S3.- -S. V. White A Co., bankers and broken, W Wall street whose schedules filed on Satur day, 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 rerjorter yesterdsy morning: "I can not give the particulars upon which 1 base my hope, 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 should have an opportunity to recover from the 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 days ago, the officials at the barge office have determined to take more stringent measures to prevent the spreading of disease. A general fumigation baa been given to the barge office, where the immigrant land. It appears that the leases of disease brought by the Polynesia were not the only ones that nave been allowed to pans through quarantine aad the barge office. . It ia said that several cases of contagiosa aiaeaaeshave found their way was. ,7 1
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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.
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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
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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,
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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-
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Lorlmter Streets.
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HARDWARE,Iron and Steel,
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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
SIGNinCANTSraM4V - v- -
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Tkw Kwralnie are NM AM fas f.wf fBfefYanTJaartaW
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
;
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 : . .
: V .
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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