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THE CAPE GIRARDEAU DEMOCRAT. BEX II. ADAMS, Publisher. CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1801. VOL. XVI.-NO. 10. PRorcasioaAi. e nna. B a EXUEIM ANN. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND CITY" RECORDER OIBee it store on If armour Street. CAPE GIRARDEAU. MO. a & HARRIS, Physician and Surgeon Office In inr of Trick ft Druir Store, cornet f Independence anil Spanish streets. Caps. r.irurtMo. (Special attention rlvea M Surgery and D senses of Femalaa. H. A. ASTHOLZ. Secretary Building and Loan AMOdatJow. NOTARY PUBLIC. Berrrtary Southeastern Pltrlot Arlcc- I)o Your Insurance Business In a company whose record In the past ) , vi lUtUlO. lOIUIf 1Q Iff HOME, OF NEW YORK. LEO DOYLE), Agent; No 35 North Main Street, Capo Ou-amoaav kjnjsoiirt. apiaT N. WICJITERICII, Caps Girardeau, - Ma Agent for ths following Reliable Companies : Frank) 1q Mutual, of St. Loafs. Cttizenn' 'ntursnro Company, St. Lonla. Sprntrroll Insurance Coin pan, Sprto--Belt, Miir-a. Tlioee-irpfhrorof tho bstaod most rrtlaftl omptinifs in ttio country. doc. a. CONRAD KEMPE, Dealer In DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, Ne iroo'la received weekly, Groreriea rRyafieh. Store comer of Fountain nod Harmony Streets. nov. CHRIST. KRUECER, BUTCHER. Shop oil Main street, one door soatb of tht rr' oft Jlous. Ail kinl ot r'ri'sh Mnt and Sausage at my on hand. Delivery wagon run overt morning. ljuly.a. eTi. ENGEL3IAKN, Dealer In Millinery, Dry Ms AND r GROCERIES. No. u Harmony Street, CAFE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI. r. W. VOGT, Dealers In Independenei? Street, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Entire new stock, the latest imnmvnd nn tnrt Cook, tiff and HeatinicMvives In the mar- Mi. au Kinaor Job Hork done fn the best auanner ana at raoJerate prices. ROOFING AND GUTTERING A specialty and work guaranteed flrst-clnst. ADOLPH LIST, Mechanteal and Surgical Ivom ail kinds of work to his Una, and f tun intPMi ail w rk done. Olflce at residence, corner Harmony and Lortmier Street. EDW. S. LILLY Dealers la HARDWARE, Iron and Steel, imiM IiipIfiiBDls, Etc. lit Afenti of the HAZARD POWDER COMPANY. Dealers (applied at Wholesale Prises. 37 and 39 Main Street, CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ma RIDER S WICHTERICH, DRUGGISTS ! North Main Strret. A full and oomplete Hne ef Vruga, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Stationery, Hotfoot, Eta rprltlat I DEKTTIST A rt'R buyer of Lewistou Kays that on an average five hundred hears are killed yearly in Maine A Watkkvii.i.b (Mr) pardoner em ploys a new way to raise squashed lie wets the young plant down three, times a week with skim milk. A Xkw York company has lieen or ganiged whose business will be lending umbrellas A short reign, in such a case, will contribute the most suc cess. Miss Anna Williams, the girt whose classic profile Is rcm-oduee.l nn th silver f'ollnr. is still Piii'iadc'.hia teacher, as hr Was when her features attraeteil the attention of the mint en Itraver. 1 iif. proportion of insane to sane per sons in me united Mates is one in every sr,-'; in Scotland it Is one in every ..-!: in the Rrirti!tllral districts of England it is on? in MCOi in London the proportion is one in 4" A MAS inSsttn Francisco hasa peculiar mnnin ror opening and closing doors anil will stand for hours at a time at one of the entrances to the post office opening ami closing the doors for the accommodation of the pedestrian Miss Hki.kx liLAiwTKM-:, the Miran'd Old Man's" fnnltt lmnghter. ivsem Ides her tether in 1.x. ks and possesses a irrcat part of his extraonlinary vital ity. She can teil a story that will set a dinner-table in a roar, and is quite original in her dress. It's all very well to promenade the deck of an Atlantic racer and liet she'll scale down to the Majestic's time, but the boys that saw the wood anil pet no fame out of tl. are the stokers. It Is not always the major general that wills the battle: it's the grimy, stalwart unknowns that serve the guns. VoTlxii day in .lapan prevents some curious sights. 1 he voters have to don their best garments and proceed to the voting-counter, there to ballot without any parleying as soon lifter eight o'clock as possible. After casting ballots they make a 1mv lo the assem blage present, in which their head's nearly strike the floor, arel retire as si lently as they came. The proportions of the human figure are Ri. times the length of the right font; the face, from the highest point of the forehead, when- the hair begins, to the end of the cliin, is one-t-.Mith of the whole stature: the hand, from w rist to the end of the mi Idle finger, is nlso one-tenth of the total height; from the crown to the naps of the neck, is one twelfth of the stature. Mrs. Ciiaixcky M. 1)i:i-kw is a hand- some womaiL with very dark and ex pressive eyes, brown hair and a com plexion of more than common clearness and brilliancy. Her nature is essen tially social, andshe is title I. by reason of her polished manners, keen wit an many graceful accomplishments to a sumo a leading social sition. she devoted to charitable enterprises of nil kinds. isknmamix r. BlTi.t-K never forgets a name or n fiioe, A New York raper says mat lie has in Ins offices, loth Boston nnd that city, an alphabetical list containing the name of every per son wun wnom lie nas had any busi ness dealings. The names of all per sons who call upon him at his oltii-c ait cntopTil, together with such informa tion as he may from time to liuic ob tain in regard to them. FiR the successful treatment of his wife in a dangerous surgical operation, performed by Dr. Michelen, of Wies baden. Ilerr von Donner, a merchant of Hamburg, has placed at the disposal of the authorities in Hamburg, as a thank offering, the sum of two tniMon marks. The money is to le exjx-nded in the erection of a hospital in Ham burg, in which Dr. Miebelsen is to be installed as chief physician. The llritish house of commons is be coming sensible und more inclined to transact its business at proper hours. Every year the tendency is for shorter sittings. A few years ugo it sat till two or three o'clock in the morning, and often after the morning papers had g-one to press. Xow it is impatient at lieing called upon to sit until one o'clock in the morning on only two days in the week. Midnight is the time when the last trains go homeward, and the mcmlvers do net lik s to be de tained. The important question of the ad mission to the world's fair in is practically settled. Fifty cents will bt demanded of every one entering the gates, but, the money once paid, the visitor will be entitled to see every thing on the grounds. There will Ik no Mdc shows. To encourage people who bring exhibits from a givat distance and at a great expense licenses will le granted for the selling of goods. It will !e possible to buy an ivorv-baek sera teher -from a Chinaman, or a carved scaraltjens from an Egyptian princess, but it will cost nothing extra to sec any of the exhibits. It is said that Italv. having got over her huff, would like to get back into the diplomatic circle at Washington, but the rupture over the Xew Orleans I tragedy must be amicably settled be fore Italy can return a minister to this government We must .how some dis position to grant an indemnity in order that Italy may kiss and make up with out loss of dignity. Contrary to the custom in our official life a vacancy in the diplomatic corps is not filled by pro motion. The Manjni! Imperial! can not become minister, because he is a secretary only. At present Huron Fava is taking things quietly in Rome. Mkr. C. R. Kxowlton, a professional nurse in I tost on. says it's two years now since the grip was in I tost on. and it has passed away. Most people have forgot ten about it, and few think it did very much damage. True, it didn't kill so many people as a great epidemic might have done, ISut the grip "did a creat deal that everybody doesn't know about. It ain't at all extravagant to say that the grip left behind it when it got out of It os ton hnndreds of invalids who will remain invalids for life. For the next few years the doctors will have on their hands all manner of maladies superinduced by the grip. Mast of the oli veterans attended their last reunion at the Detroit meet ing. Th mortality of the past year was more than 00 per cent greater than during any former year, and will the nature of things increase the om;r; year Epitome of the Week. interesting News fcoMPji.Tifrt. rR6M WASHINGTON. Tim annual convention of the Cath Jlie Total Abstinence union of Amer ica convened in Washington on the .Hit-. Tns mmincKi failures in tHe i HilM Stntes iturinjf tli ncvVn days endeil on the fth ttittnbcred sat, against the reci-iiing week And h'.r the cor responding week iSst year. . SKrnFTi.111 OK THE I'xiTKIt STATES TVii.Asrnv Foster was advised that an attempt was to be made during the present month to rob the treasury by an organized band of n.en. The conimisMoncr of pensions Ifsileit l!iJ.4:i original certificates tilst year, which ns more thn twice Ss marly lis were efr lsstiid in Vine year before. 1'here we're stilt OJO.tsO claims on file. At tile age of KM years John Piu-kctt (coloreili dieil in Washington. A m i.i.ETix from the census office shows the total nnmlicrof communi cants of the Catholic church in the I'nited States to lc 0.i.Vl,ll4.. The church owns properly va'iied ntSllS; 3SI..MU. TilK cTehanges at tile leading clear tiig houses in the I'nited States during The week ended on the sth aggregated 1.0HO.-J4.-..ir.7. against ?'.ii::.'.i:W..Vi the previous we.-k. As compared with the corresponding week of issn) the decrease amounted to .01. THE EAST. The steamer Majestic of the White Stur line which reacheil New Vrtfk made the trip neros' the Atlantic id five days-, eighteen himrsaiid eight minutes, the fis!est time on record. Jlliis llruruiiEV dieil in an electric car at Atlantic City. X. J., William An derson dropinsl dead at the breakfast table in Tassaic, X. J., and tleorge Mc Allister died in a bath house at Cape May. X. .1. inns and IsnlH'Ila lioeehrr lIM.ker CiU lira ted Ihfir col den viddinjr at Hartford, Cimn. Nkar HarrNb:ir, la.. a t'lontlluirst fnundati'd faet"i':eH wnd iI-mkIivI tht1 vuri'itimdinT tVirirttry, nin preitt dam- Thi: mrtil train on the O'ltenM-unj t La kt ( liamplain railroad collided ivitU a rvturninjr Sunday -school exeur- sion train at i'hainplain station. X. Y., killing iiv- persons and fatally injur ing ten or fifteen. A r.issKNtiKK train on the West Shore railroad ran into some freight cars that hail leeome tletaehed from me tr.in ahead near I'orl livrou, A. Y., killing the fireman and ten Italian passengers und injuring a score, of oth ers some of whom would die. The death of Kx-iov. Samuel U. Axt 'll tcciirr;d at Morristown, X. J., aged t- rears. .1. F. Roche, of Kost-m. was elected national command -r of the Regular Army and X'v union at their nnnuul tneet'nir held al !!of,lo:i. At Hie annual convention of the Itcta Theta hi fraternity at Lake Chautauqua, Prof. .1. C. (lordori, of Washington, was chosvrt president. d AMKs TlloKo'(;it;otip. a colored mart; was han;e 1 at iMrer. D.d., for assaulting a child of S years. The American Dental association in session at Saratoga. X. Y., elected Dr. W. W. Walker, oi Now York, presi dent. TiiEopoHE Dr.NXis, of Massachusetts, was elected president of the Xational AstH'iat!tn of Letter Carriers. It was announced that Calvin Page, of I tost on, had recovered his two daughters who were stolen from him in Dakota twelve years ago by Indians. Six persons were drowned in the har bor at Koton by the np-tting of a yacht The drowned were John Hnrke and two children. Thadue Manthorn and Annie and Tlioina-. Carm nlv. WEST AND SOUTH. Capt. .foil Pai.mkic. of Albany. X. Y., was elected commander in chief at the third and la t day's session of the traiid Army of the Republic at Detroit. The proposition to institute separate camps for colored veterans was de feated. Father, cav, a Catholic pricH of Snohomish, Wa-h.. was tarred and feathered by a mob. He was accused of immoral practices. Liiikktv Sxooks, a farmer living near Iiuineston, la-, was shot and killed by Dick : winn, as the result of a family quarrel. J UK death of William (treen, aged II- years and 0 months, occurred at Jolict HI- Deceased was lorn in Ire land and up to the last retained his mimL He had been blind several years. The encampment at Detroit complet ed its labors on the 7th aft:r installing all the newly-elected officers. Hon. T. S. Hancock diedat his home near Lvnchburg, a., aged . years. For a number of years prior to the war he was a member of congress. He was also a mem Iter of the confederate con gress ami speaker of the house. A terkikh' hailstorm passed Crooks- ton, Minn., laying waste and destroy ing grain from Marin to Ilixon, a i-tnp 5 miles wide by 14 in length. Every thing was destroyed and there would be no harvesting in that belt of coun try this season. Ixpiaxs brought the report to Yuma, Cat, that the earthquake of July "-0 materially changed the course of the Colorado river. Ella Williams, William Williams. Willis Lowe and Eliza Lowe, four col ored pe-sons, were shot to death by a mob in Henry county, Ala,, for burning a house, and th;ir bodies were thrown in the river. While shooting his brother, who was crazy and who had attacked him with a knife, a planter named Huff, of Willis. I. T-, shot and killed his own wife. The crazy man was killed with three bullets from a Winchester rifle. Loris RrLLixo, the wife murderer, was sentenced to death at Savannah, Ma, for the third time, September 4 being the date fixed. Ax express train on the Fort Wayne railroad ran into an open switch near East Palatine, O., killing the engineer and fireman. The passengers all escaped uninjured. The United States Chess associa tion's championship prize was won by J. W. Sho waiter, of Lexington. Ky. A traix struck a buggy at Seneca, Xeb.. killing A. H. Burnett and Miss Frances Fuller. Two women and two children were seriously hurt After twenty -five years of litigation the California supreme conrt decided that the San pa bio ranch of 18,000 acres must be divided among several hun dred owners. ! A passenger train on the Rio Grande railway ne Col., was swept from the nearly buried by a land: ' Denver & )ebeque, ck and No one was hurt Fred LtwitH, editor oi iu Western Poultry Journal, was aron-ned at tedar liaptds, la. whil Uatttinjf in the rdr rife?r Mrs. S. A. Sanukiis, oi tielaware, 111., was elected national president of the Woman's Kelief Corps at the De troit convention. A STA.Kri faiUVi.T Iralii slhicic !n.!rpr near Leavenworth; Kan., killing Mis. 1:otiscia1e arid niortally rebuilding JM.s lrntvcrs and Kay rowers. Tin. iercentajresof the baseball clubs in the Xational league for the week ended on the Sth were: Chieao, ..VJ." Xew York, .58); Uoston, ..V9; Thila- delnhia, .5a; Itrooklyn, -4irH; Cleveland .40ti; IMttsburi'li. .402; Cincinnati .403. The pereentajres in clubs of the American association wptvt Hnstort, :fi77: HI Iioriisi .fl W; lialtiiriore, . .5s4 Athb'tie; :.ni; Oolumbils, .4); Cincin nati, ;4"d; Washington, Louis ville. ,sia Aijikkt HAKTn and his bister Emma, and Martha Kindllnjr and Jlelle Stealer were drowned through the capsizing of a sailboat on rewaukee lake. All the young people were residents of Mil waukee. iIoiim llM'K (rop.i H-aselectcd tdeori trress In the Second district of Tennes see to succeed his father. L. C. Ilouk, tlcceasetl. Ix Iowa a t'rnat unroofed many houses and outbuilding's at Iiuineston. Corydon, Centerville, Kloomfield and (Httiinwa. In the surrounding country crops were badly damaged. Ix the bay at West Kay City, Mich three boys were drowned by thecapsl Ing of a boat. A lnm;l An tntefed the bank at Col iimbtis Urove, i)., shot Cashier Maple and escaped with Sl.KOO. Mr. Van De bark, who went to the bank alout the same time, was killed, and another man met on the street was wounded. The robler escaped. Hkzkkiaii Arte shot and killed two brothers in l-annin county, lia., in a quarrel over a monev claim. A toi:xaih at Ashland and Wash burn. Wis., blew down neveral houses mid score of building werV itnr,ofed. Twentr vessels, mostly small yachts were driven ashore. At Washbnrn Williams' circus tent was blown down and two children were killed and alnnit fifty other persocs were injured. Tiik failure was reported of the Ma sonic savings bank of Louisville, Ky., forSl.oiW.oim. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Tiik Knglish parliament was pro rogueil to October '.14. Juecn Victiria ; in her speech congratulates the ciuutrr ! iMou its prosperity and says measures ; taken have rvii1t.-l in m.-irk-ed aht.. j mt.nt of airrariau tilTenses in Ireland , and a considerable advance; in prosper- i "r- I IIECKNT nuns in tne gmin-proilitcing ! state of ern Crux. Mex., have dam I age 1 the crops to such an extent that ; it nassaid that notoncfourth of a crop ; Would be harvested. A TIlot SAXII families tverV rendered ! homeless hud there was much sickness and fever among them caused by the ; overflow of the river Yarra at Mel- : Ismme. Australia. The damage caused ' by the flood amounted In SJ.IKM).(XK1. i A mkuiimk of the liritish parliament ' gave notice that at the next session of ! that body he would introduce a resolu tion favoring a treaty of arbitration I with this country. I I r was said that Charles S. I'arnell. ; the Irish leader, had decided to visit , the I n i ted States late in the fall and cmduct a campaign throughout the en- i tin country. Anotiiki: woman was murdered in ! the Whiteehapel district of London. . She is Ir'lieved to be a victim of -'Jack ; the Kipper.' Ox account of the scarcity of corn the government of Kussia has decided to prohibit iis export. I'iiesioent llAi.rtACEliA, of Chili, and j the leaders of the Chilian insurgents I were said to have appealed to the Span- ish government to act as arbitrator and , end the war. Ix Moscow the influenza has again tnadc its appearance and the reports showed that ou the average ilOO persons were daily prostrate-1 by the disease. Kn IIaxi.ax and William O'Connor defeated Jake (iaudanr and William McKay in a double scull S-milc race at Hamilton, Out, for the world's cham pionship. Time, is minutes -II seconds. I LATER. Tiibee Italian laborers were killed outright and thirteen were injured by a collision on the shore Line railway, near Sew Haven Conn., on the 10th. The officials who are to establish a complete system of telegraphs for the licrman government on the Kast Afri can coast started for Zanzibar on the loth. Two in? kulaks forced an entrance to Todd's jewelry store in Xew Richmond, Wis., on the 10th. They secured a large quantity of silverware, and were making off when Officer Waltenbnrger told them to halt. They opened fire on him. one shot takinfr effect in his arm, -ind made good their escape. A special from Washington says the president will go to H est irginia in the autumn as the guest of Hon. Stephen Elkinf at the club-house on heat mountain, near Beverly. Secre retary Maine has been invited to join the party which will spend the time leer hunting. Stei'hen A. Rvas, the Atlanta (Ga.) Iry goods merchant who failed for half i million dollars, and who was sent to jail by Judge Gobcr, and is now out on bond pending a hearing before the su preme court, has offered thirty cents on the dollar to all his creditors. Tiik president, on the 10th, appointed !L C. Shannon minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador. Mr. Shan non was formerly secretary of the American legation in Brazil. lie is a native of Maine and a thorough Span ish scholar. The London police report that the injuries to Leonora Marie, the young woman found shot in a railway carriage near Bedford, were self-inflicted, and that her story that a man shot her from the outside of the coach ia un founded. Hon. Fred Do ig lass, minister to II iv ti for the United States, has ten dered his resignation to the department of state. Sins. Leu a Robiksox Sawtti.i.k, an authoress and a member of the Massa chusetts bar, died at Amherst. X. II., on the 10th, from an overdose of medi cine taken inadventently. 1'itixcE Bismarck has informed Herr Lntz, a member of .'the reicbstag, that. in his opinion, to reduce the corn duty wonld be a disaster to the country, A treasury draft for SG37.35, the sal ary for April, May, Jnne and July of m re. rsusan uale Uooke, as secretary to the board of lady managers ofthi World's fair waa, on the 10th. fnr. waxiei Mr C001" Chlcfp, MISSOURI STATE NFWS. Hie Srhool'Ba.ili Q.ettlon. Hlale fcuDerihtendent of Hchool Wolfe eiv out the following, which just at this time, when the school text" wlc questidh Is bii, is df interest to the people id all sections of the state: !H rrspooae tb Hunu-rotis imiulrlM I -:to iue.iilloirlngopitilo-isor tlin attorney-ei-n ral for puLlicalhin: Inquires arc coining from all parts uf tue atateua to when th commlaalon wl:l conclude a rontrurt, and whullier this contract will Ix-made In time tot th aclioola lo use the books rontracted vVthe coming fail and winter. Of courje. W Impossible ror the state superintendent to answer the last question. The authors of many of these letters hve the erroneous im preasion that the law Intrusts the appoint trrlltol local B ink-dealers to the stale sn pefliitenileitt or to. the commission. As will be iiiiposslhlc fnr this department (wltu Its present clerical force) to answer all tuea letters, I respeetfnllv refer those seeking In rornialion to the text-book law it slf. Tea thoovand copies of this law In p:implet form bare been acnl lo the teachers anil n,ws) to the directors of the stale. This gives four copies to each school district. ?Meffersox Citt. Mix, AU7. & Iton. I. B. Wn(fc, Snprrinlntilnt of ruUic . iif'iR f-liiln answer to tile riucstlotls Sub mitteil hy you, to-wit: '(1) After what diite Mf the text-liooks to be adopted by the alissonri school-bcok eouimla-ion lie used i the piihlic schools of the fttate? (2) Afte what d:ite snot the text-books to be adopted by the Missouri school-book commission be used In tile public school of the state? beg; to reply as follows: Section of the set establishing a uniform course of text-books to be used in all of the public schools within this at-ite, ami to reduce the srice thereof approved April 4. ls-.u. I . as follows any of said bid. lie sat sfactorv to the com tntsslon; then it shall proCL-ed to select tile chenficst ami bet eonrso of tt-xt-books so offered as follows, to-wlt: Chart, reading, spelling, Kntlish, grammar, arithmetic, geography, history, civil government, phys iology ami pciiniunsliip. Provided always, that all of s lid liooks aeleeleil ih ill be printed in the Knglish lanti.ige. Ilr sec. tiou 11 of the a:imn act it is further provid that from and after the 1st day of Sep tember. 1KI1, no text-hook upon the subjects named In section -1 of ties act. except those contracted for by said commission, shall be used or taught in any public school within this Slate: l'roviib il. that this art shall not Hpplr to ahv city or district which now eon tains nr mar hi-re:ifter contain more than ion.iMlO Inhabitants.' "Kroin these provisions I und rstand that the school text- books contracted for hy thu commission may be used in the public schools during the school year, ami that they must lie used to the exclusion of all olle-rson the subjects mentioned in section 6, after September 1, lc.ri In order to en force this latter riinimiiciit, it is provided by section 12 of said at t, that .ny school director or lioard of school directors of any school district within this state who shall sanction or permit any otln-r ti xt-liook o books In the same branch! 9 of the same grade as those hereinabove provide I fur to be used in any public school of silf-h district. after the date hereinbefore spcrilh-d in see. lion II. shall be deemed guilty of a mis denieatior, and upon conviction tht-rei shall lie fined not less than $ nor more than $J0 lor each offence. Wry rt-sp ctfiltly. "Jons M. Wiiiiit, Attorney. licncral. Caused by an ftmpexzllng f-:niiloye Daniel W. Hnvdock (don't get this eonfoundcfl with the llaydock Carriage Co. a St- Iionis carriage manufacturer, has made an assignment. Mr. llaydock says his failure was caused solely by an emliezzling employe, a foreman. The company employed a large lot of blacksmiths, and Mr. McKenna. the foreman, had the employing nnd pay ing of the men. He would have scv cral fictitious names on the pa3-rolI, receive and pocket the money, the firm all the time believing they were paying for work. Mr. llaydock said in an interview: The amount of McKenna's cmliczzlciiiciits in haril cash foot up Si-.000, and repre sented the profits and a part of the cap ital in the business, said Mr. Ilavdock. "Trade is dull, but it always is at this Reason of the year, and if I had not lieen roblxvl I could have pulled through with ease anil had money in the bank. But it in ail gone, anil 200 employes. who are thrown out of employment. t- pether with myself and family, are really victims of pool alley, as that is where Mehennas(uandercd the money he stole from me. Silo, 000 in nine years- Chaldean Priests from Mesopotamia. Three unique characters arrived in Kansas City the other day. They are Father (iregorius. Father Klias and Fa ther Klijah, Chaldean priests from Mesopotamia, traveling through the country collecting money for schools under their charge in their native dis tricts. Thev wear long black surplices. reaching to their feet: over these over coats of nnnsnal length, and hats and shoes of modem style. Their hair and liennls, worn long, are grizzled and nn- kempt. They smoke cigarettes and talk bad Knglish. They sought Bishop Jlognn's resilience, hut found only ra ther filennon there. At noon they went down-town, entered a restaurant and seated themselves at a table withont re moving their hats. The proprietors objected, nnd they left the place. Clubbed to Heath. Ike Sevier, a Joplin miner, became ngaged in a qnarrcl with a circus roustatmnt after a performance given by the Forepangh show, and wasstruck over the head with a cluii. He was ap parently little hurt, but the next morn ing he died, and an examination dis closed that his skull had lieen fractured. The roustabout has not' been arrested, and his name is not known. Fell Sixty-Five Feet. John McMillan, a millwright, was at work on the top of a wheat bin in the Merchants' elevator, in St. Louis, when he missed his footing nnd fell from the top to the bottom, a distance of sixty five feet Almost every bone in his body was broken and he died instant ly. McMillan was 59 years of age and married, and leaves a widow and chil dren. Ore Thief Shot. Chas. Feazell, an ore thief, was shot at Joplin the other night while engaged in his rascally business. An organized ore-stealing gang exists at Joplin. foot Ilia Neighbor. David Snorgrass fatally shot a neighbor named Jennings, in I'ettis lounty. There had been bad feeling between the men for some time. Missouri World's Fair Commission. The Missouri World's fair commis sioners met at Jefferson City a few days ago and organized. The commission will soon visit Chicago. Eaaanelpatlon-Da Fictile. The colored people of Sedalia and vi cinity held a monster Emancipation Day picnic on the 4th. Several good ad dresses were made. Stole His Teeth. Wm. H. Stungwark, of St Louis, re ports to the police that somebody stole bis false teeth. He was "gumming" it at last accounts. Arrested at th. Altar. Alexander Long was married in St Louis and arretted at the altar for per jury. Be (wore too freely (a art (Ui oU aourtj. SWEPT BY A TWISTER. raw Borders of CheqwewMffOw Bay at Ashland, Wis., Visited by a Cyeloae Many Building, at that riaee and Vicin ity Wrecked and Much VeMel I'roperty Iramaged, Entailing Heavy Low-Two raraons Killed and Many Injures!. AshLasD, Wis., Aug. 0. A terrible cyclone struck this place at 4 o'eloch yesterday aftcraorwf.detnolinilng build ings and tearing things tip Id gene'rot; A heavy rain accompanied It, flooding' the streets for hours after. At Washburn, across the bay from Ashland, the tornado's force was more furious. Business blocks were seri ously damaged and seven people in ono building were slightly injured. Prof. Williams' circus was giving a perform ance: the tents were torn to shreds and scores of people were Injured, but for Innately only two were killed, Oeorgd Debell and Louis Wilson, The animals) escaped from their cages and are stilt running wild in the streets. About 60,000 bushels of grain is dam aged in the Chicago, St Paul, Minne sota Omaha elevator. Several pleasure yachts were caught on Chcque trtagor! bar, and have not been heard from as yet The roof was stripped! front the" Fifield block. The Swedish Baptist church was lifted four feet from its foundations and turned around and numerous small buildings were twisted about Out on the bay half a dozen little yachts were moored. They all broke away from their fastenings and were wrecked upon the shore. Among them Is the handsome little Sheeny, which won the race a week ago. The total damage amounts to Sld.ood. The worst effects of the' srtorrri were! experienced at Washburn, on the op posite side of the bay. The post office building, a frame structure on Main street in which were half a dozen per sons, col lapsed, and caught the inmates in what seemed to be a death trap, but by a fortunate lodgment of timbers they all escaped without injury, except two women, one of whom suffered a broken leg and the other a contusion of the bead. Half a dozen other buildinr. are" badly wrecked. The roof of the Omaha elevator was lifted up and dashed into1 the bay, exposing the stock of wheat; to the rain. Derricks and hoisting en gines at the coal docks were blown over and ruined, and many thousands of feet of lumber piled in the yards of the Bigelow mills were blown into the water. Several sail-boats are reported lost on Chequeraagon bay, but reports are not very full, and until the extent of the storm is known the damage to marine interests can not be computed. The loss at Washburn is probably .-n),000. A SAD TRAGEDY. A Son Shoots and Kills Ills Father who Waa Malting a Vicious Aaaanlt t'pon the llivorrrd Wire of the Latter at Their Horn. In Cincinnati. CixtixXATi, Aug. 10. George F. Kie- man, a shoemaker at 18ft Kverett strectj was shot and instantly killed yesterday by his son Charles F. Nieman; aged Si) years, at their home, 18 Gorman street The shooting resulted from family quarrel which has l becri in progress for several years. About ten years ago Jlrs. le mnn procured a divorce from her hus band for cruelty, but he was allowed to retain a room in the house, which be longs to the wife. The quarrelling among the memliers of the family and the old man has been frequent owing to his violent temper. Yesterday ho liegan to annoy his ex-wife and the two daughters, Anna nnd Kinma. The son was asleep upstairs, and. hearing the noise came out and saw his father with a pair of tongs in hand upraised as if to strike his mother, who Is a cripple. He rushed back and got a revolver. Just then the old man made a notion as if to strike his mother, when he leveled his revolver at his father and fired, the bullet passing through his right lung and heart, causing death instantane ously. The young man surrendered himself to the police and was locked up at the Olive-street station, lie is assistant secretary of the Cincinnati Insuranco Co. POSTAL CONVENTION. Every Civilized (.overament Ibj th World Except Two Represented In th. Recent Postal Convention at Vienna Australia Will Join the Postal Colon. Washington, Aug. 10. Capt Brooks, superintendent of foreign mails, has just returned from Vienna, where he was in attendance as a delegate to the international postal convention. There were, he says, delegates present from every civilized country in the world, ex cept the Transvaal and Natal. Capt Brooks liclieves that by the time the next convention, which meets in 1807, is held, every civilized country nn the globe will be In the nnlon. The principal event of the Vienna union was the admission of the Australian conn tries. They agreed to come in on Oc tober 1 of this year, provided the inter national postal rates are not re duced. They claim that they could not stand a reduction. The pres ent rate between this country nd Australia Is twelve cents, and from that coantry to this is sixpence a half ounce. Under the union the rate may be anywhere from five to ten cents a half ounce. This country will at once reduce the rate to five cents. Australia may keep its rate at ten cents, but it is likely it will reduce it at once to five cents. Washington war made the next place of meeting. Ned Hanlan Again a World's Champion ReoPer. IlAaUl.TO-f. Ont, Ang. . Fully 15,- 000 people witnessed the double scull race here yesterday afternoon for the world s championship between Ed Han lan and Wm. O'Connor in one boat and Jake Gaudaur and Wm. McKay in the other. The 1-mile stake was reached by Hanlan and O'Connor in 8 minutes and S seconds On the home stretch the leaders did not exert themselves They finally won a comparatively easy victory by six lengths in 18:26. Gau daur and McKay's time was not official ly taken. Harmed to the Water's Edge. WntsiPEO, Man.. Aug. 9. Word reaches this city that the steamer Olendevon, belonging to Ganthier A Co., an American fish company, and plying on Lake Winnipeg, was burned to the water's edge Thursday morning. The cook, Charles Matthews of Barrie, Ont, waa burned to death, and others of the crew had a most narrow escape. Matthews ran forward to procure his clothes and was consumed in the at tempt The boat was anchored at the month of the Little Saskatchewan, S00 mile from here. The steamer waa ' llda-wbaaltr tad valued at 110.009, ST. LOUIS FESTIVITIES. The Fall Festival Hruol In the Tatars 'reat to be the (Grandest Ever Given The Veiled Prophet and the Unat II luminal loa. St. Locik. Aug. 11. On the evening ot Wednesday, September 3, the tenth season of the autumnal festivity in St Louis will be formally inaugurated. 1 his year will lie the first of three sue cessive years of grand street Illumina tions; for whh almost 1.003,000 has been subscribed by' thr wirtc-awake bus iness men of the city. The fund will be increased to SI, 000. QUO. Miles and miles of St Louis streets will be illuminated with hnndreds of thousands of gas and electric jets, making the grandest il lumination ever seen in America, and perhaps in the world. The illumination will be marked by several novel features, particularly the electric prismatic-fountain' nnd a et'loftsal eatue of l.ilierty Enlightening the WorW placed opposite the Grant statne at the ex tremity of a vista of variegated incan descent lamps. The Grant monument will be snrroumlid by an illuraiuated allegorical arch, of which a figure of Peace will be the keystone. The doors of the exposition will be thrown ipen on the evening of S-ptem- ocr a, continuing ft ft rt days, and nights, and there will be shown one of the grandest collections of the tndus- tricsand artsever exhibited in America. This exposition ;s the pride of St Louis, liecanse it is always a success. Not a failure has been recorded. This grand, solid structure of brick and stone, with acres and acrei of floor space, illuminated with thousands of electric lights, will be tilled with the products all known lands. Thousands of dollars have been expended on new features, ami the visits can feast bis eyes for days ami days and not see it alL then, in the grand Musie lia-ll, will lie found the great Gilmore aud his world-renowned band, giving several concerts each d.iy. all free to visitors of the exposition. The exits to Music hall are wide and numerous anil the visitors can stroll out and in at pVusure and then wander away in the naves of the grand building, viewing the treasure- of the earth collected there for Inspection, whllw the grand strains of this World-rcmrtvutsd Ititnd are wafted to the ear now from this Jirrclion, then a iwnuent later front another, one grand echo over tlrcre, an- ither there. Is it uny wonder that St Louis' exposition is a success? Is it any nder that the visitor who comes onur Somes again? To lovers of art the exposition has a grand treat in store. When it is stated that the exposition association must secure an insurance of JtfO.OOO on the pictures to lie exhibited, their value ran be somewhat appreciated. Among the features secured area Bierdstatan Arc tic scene by Bradford and rilotis "Wise and Foolish Virgins." A strong effort is licing made to secure the cele brated Goiiclin tapestry, representing Napoleon at Jaffa," wliieh was pre sented by the French govcrnsnenHo the French Benevolent association of New York. If I lie tapestry can be procured it will be placed nfi exhibition in Enter tainment halL There will be a large collection of oriental curiosand articles of vcrtn. quaint carvings in jade and ivory, nnd a large assortment of Chi nese and Japanese i.iusical instruments. Aliout dark on the evening of Mon day, OcIoIht his august majesty, the Veiled Prophet axsimpanied by a her ald, and his chamlicrlaiii, and who will have iu charge the royal baggage which rumor hath said consists of gorgeons robes and diamonds and rubies and carbuncles and specimens of every known precious stone their value ransom enough for a million kings will come to the city hy river the place of his embarkation being kept a se cret and will be escorted to the exposition by a strong guard. There the mayor will deliver the keys of the city to the Prophet This Myste rious Personage tfwho he Is no one has ever knownor will known) will then re tire until the f.illo-.ving evening, when, surrounded by his numerous retinue, be will reveal himself to his loyal subji-cts of St. Louis in all the pompund pagean try of his royal entry. A f ter parading through the principal streets which will be grandly illimiiuated. the Prophet and his retinue wifl repair to the Mer chants' exchange and entertain his sub jects at his grand annual lull. HERMAN RASTER. Arrival ia Xew York of the Reranln. of Herman Hauler, l-ate editor of the Illi nois staala Zeilnng To be Interred la tlartland Cemetery, Chicago. New York, Ang. 11. When the steamship Eider came to her dock at 7:iM last evening she had on board the remains of Herman Raster, former edi tor of the IliinoisStaats Zeitnng. Mrs Raster with her daughter and sons and her brother-in-law. Mr. Thnmler, of Berlin, accompanied the remains Mr. A. C. Ilesing, proprietor of the Illinois Staats Zcitung, Paul Robbart and Her man Ileinrieh. of Chicago, members of the committee on arrangements took a schooner, but failing to meet the Eider, they returned to Hoboken and awaited the return of the vessel, t'pon its arrival they escorted Mrs Ras ter and her family to Meyer's hotel, in Hoboken, where they stopped over night To-day fttncrnl services will be held in the rooms of the German Press club at Sixth and Hudson streets at 12 o'clock. After the funeral services the remains will tie taken to Chicago and interred in the family lot in G art land cemetery. Too Much for the Whe.t. St. Pail, Minn., Ang. 11. The feather and crop reports from North Dakota indicate that at least a dozen counties of that state have been very seriously affected by the terrific heat of the last few days The wheat along the Manitoba border was jnst in the milk, two weeks at least from harvest anil the intense protracted heat is said to hare blistered and shriveled it to snch an extent as to rnin a large part of it and render the remainder all off grade. The country west of Bismarck ia said not to have suffered at all The Fair Viet la at a Jlowoter Rattler la Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Ang. 1L The body of Miss Lnlu Bowling was found Saturday morning in the woods near Bradyville, in Cannon county. The young woman had been bitten in a dozen placer by a rattlesnake, aa was shown by as many discolored places on her body, which was badly swollen. Coiled up beside the body was the rep tile which had caused the yonng wom an's death. It was killed It measured five feet and had eighteen rattles ant button, and was one of the larg-w rattlesnakes ever seen $n tbe oount-T CHINESE OUTRAGES. an Iwirjs-rtal Cblow. U.tragcs a rrwl(Mrs atsnpuw-Klotera to Sauiasarlly Dealt wittai mssi th. Treaty StlBHSIatioaw fc. K gaxd ta tb. PKwacaflea wf Ckristoaaitw Washixstow, Ang. Xt Tbe state de partment has received a copy of the imperial decree issued by the emperor of China concerning the outrages on foreign missionaries in that country which have caused the navy depart ment to order two additional vessels to Chinese waters. The decree ia aa fol lows; The Tsnng-U-Tsmea (or council of minis- tersj hs nteoaorlalixed aa In regard to tb missionary Cass-, that hav occurred la tb various province., asking that we Issue stringent instructions tw tbe governor gen eral and governors to loss wo tins. In devis ing means for s settlement fhervofL It l represented by tbe ya:uea that la toss asoatb of May the missionary premises (Catholic) at Wahe. I. the province ot Arbet, werv red and destroyed by a mob of outlaws AS rn Vang Haen, In the province of Kiang 9ii,stuslul uusuch,in tlie province ot Knock.-similar outrage, have be?) committed on iniaatouary estaldlshments there, and IS is nw necessary that tlie miscreants should be arrested and wort-tenting aaeas urvs taken In guod time to provide against further outrages of thl. kind. The propa gation of Chnstiaaity try foreigner, is pro vided for by treaty, and latpcrial decrees have been Issued to lb. provincial author! lies to protect the missionariea I rum tiro lo lime, k'or years peace and qaiet save prevailed betwcit Cbiaese and toreigaera. How t. it thai recently there have beea sev eral missionary establishments burned out and destroyed aud all happening at about the nam. time? Tui. i decidedly strange and incredible. It is evident that among tbe riot ers there are some powerful outlaws whose objw-et is to secretly contrive and plan to fan discontent among the people by circulating false ruiuurs and causing them to become sg.tated and excitesl, and then to- avail themselves of the opportunity to rob and plunder; an I peaceable ami law-abiding cil.zeus are euticet! aaj le:l to- )ln them, resulting lu a tremendous upriain. If strenuous action is not taken to puatsvb the miscreant., how can the majesty and dig nity of tha law b j maintained and peace ami quiet prevail? 1-t the governor-genera! aud governors of th. Liang Kiang, Ha Kwang, niaug u. Aubui and liupek is sue without delay orderj to the civil aud military olncers under their respective Jurisdiction to cause tbe arrest of the leaders of the rioters. try them. and Inflict capital punishment upon tbeua as a warning and example to other. In tbe future. The doctrine of t'brlstianity baafor lis purpose tb. teaching of men to be good. Chinese couverts are subjects of Ciilna aad ar. amenable to the local authorities Pe:tee and unlet should reign among the fyltlaese and missionaries Hut taw ore reckless fellows who fabricate stori. thjit have no foundation la fact for the pur pose of creating trouble. Villains of tins class are not few In number and ore lu be found everywhere. Let the Tartar gen erals governor-general and governor, is sue proclamation, warning the people not lo listen lo idle rumor, or false report, which lead to trouble. Siiould any person secretly post placards containing fabje rumors with a view to be guile the mind, of people, strenuous step, must be taken to cause hi. arret aud vig orous punishment oe meteu out to him. The local authorities must protect the live. and property ot foreign merchant, and missionaries and prevent bad characters from doing them In jury. Should It transpire that tbe measures Uiken to protect them bav. not beea ade quate and trouble In consequence ensue, some of these officers that bav. been truly Iri-Kligent are to be reported to us for de gradation. In the mutter of all mission ary csx-s that are still pending let t:ie Tartar genera's governor-general and governors eaus. a speedy settle ment ol them. They must wot listen to rep resentations of their subordinate, that the esses are dirocult to settle and thus cause del ly. to the end that a settlement of theut may be effected. Let Ihis decree be uni versally promulgated fur tbe Information of the people. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ensns Office Bulletin Giving statistics ef tbe Public Schools In (several off tbe Stales. Washixotox, Aug. 1L The census department yesterday issued a bulletin nn the public schools 'or the states of Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi Ala bama, Nevada, North Dakota, Rhodo sland. South Carolina and Wisconsin, showing the number of pupils enrolled iu the public schools of the states named, and the amount per capita of expenditure for each pupil aa wellaa the total. The number of pupils enrolled in the states mentioned is as follows: ticorpia . R.M Illinois Maryland 1..I19 MI.2.-.I .siciegan.. Minnesota.. Mississippi Nevada North Dakota Rhode Island South Carolina iss-onsin. The office also issued ti.i,;o 2S1.S.0 U1.WS ss.su w.v.t ll.4 lavuz I bulletin giv ing the complete population of Iowa, by minor civil divisions to be 1,911, HOB, an increase of 287,231 over 1880. Of the ninety-nine counties In the state twenty-seven show decreases In the larger number of counties however, satiafao tory increases are shown. WHOLESALE FRAUDS. The City of Denver, Cot, Defrauded hf Dkxvf.b, CoL, Ang. 1L The commit tee which has been investigating tbe office of city treasurer for the past ten weeks filed its report with Mayor Rogers yesterday morning. Tbe re port is very voluminous and shows that the city has been defrauded out of 824, 148.45. The alleged frauds occurred during the administration of ex-City Treasurer Place, and the alleged crookedness consisted in the raising and altering of bills and vouchers for supplies furnished the city by various merchants The report ia said to im plicate every member of the old city administration except ex-Mayor Lon doner, as weU as several prominent business men. Tbe report will be placed in the hands of the grand jury for action. A Boston Bo oe n.lfttilag Trouble. Bostox, Aug. 11. The Glendon com pany which haa been engaged in the general lumber trade and the manu facture of sash, blinds and interior finishings failed yesterday evening. The official statement of the financial standing of the company issued last March showed liabilities of 8200,000 and and assets of (400,000. It is believed, however, that the figures that will be produced in connection with the failure will be less encouraging. E. h. Jewett is president of the company and N. M. Jewett treasurer. Another Sharp Decline ks I' aloe Facra. Heemrltlea. New Yobk, Aug. 1L The Evening Post says: Union Pacific stock, which gained some strength on Saturday, o wing-to a report that a syndicate com posed of directors of the road and bankers had been formed to guarantee necessary funds for three years dropped IX per cent yesterday morn ing. Tbe cause of the decline waa a well-authenticated report that the syn dicate project had fallen through ot was in such doubtful condition that lu realization was not to bo aafoh "banked on."