The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-11
Ne VS. AND NOTES,
q Summary Of Important Eventa
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

! has made the rate of one lowest first
class fare for the round trip to the ma
tiOnal g. A. l.. encanpment in Detroit,
Mich, in August The Boston Passcn-
ger association has made rate of SIJ
from Boston to J. 'troit and return, Au-
| gust 2-aO.
AT Maglalcna, y. NJ, on the 30th. w.
B. Newbcrry and W. V. Nolan, prumi-
nent cattlemen. quarrcled. New berry
began firing at Nolan and two shots
took effect in the groin. Nolan returned
the fire with Winccstcr. the second
shot passing through the heart, and
| Newberry fell dead.
EEroErs from varions portions of
western Oklahoma 90 to assure i'm
mensc crops of wheat. cotton and corn
| The wheat crop is being thrcshed and
is yielding from fifteen to thirty bushels
| to the acre. Corn is insured by recent
rains and is already in the ear. The
cotton crop. it is estimated, will yield
from half to Il bale per acre.
TIE friends and trustees of Kenyon
college. the old and wealthy Episcopal
institution at Gambler. o.. are greatly
excited over the discovery that S2l.OO0
of the endowment fund has been used
To meet the running expenses of the
college. For several years the treas
nrcrS reports have shown small def
| ciencicS. but no one was aware that the
trust funds had been impaired.
ShMrEL MYERS. an employe of the
! New Adirondack x st. Lawrence Rail-
road Co, went away from his camp
near Saranac Inn. y. Y. on the after
noon of the 2sth, for stroll. and has
not been heard from since. Fifty men
with experienced guides have been
searching the woods for him.
| The Minnesota state democratic CON
ference gathered at Minneapolis. on
the lst, with 80 leading politicians in
attendance The o>tcnsible object of
the gathering w;.S tn organize the club
movement of the state and discuss cam
pai2n plans.
The Novoe Nrcmya of st. Peters
burg says unless France and Russia
make formal alliance the parties tn
the dreihund will become 80 arrogant
that war will he provoked.
WHILE tug-sail boat WAS conveying
| pleasure party across the bay Of Ayr,
from l.args Ia Ruthc>ay. Scotland. on
the lst. ii capsizcd. and eight persons
were drowned.
The Marquis Impcriali. secretary of
the Italian legation. was at Bar liar
bnr. Me, ON the l>t, to consult with
Mr.. Elaine.
SECRETARY FOSTER. il is understood.
has practically decided to extend the
a.. per cent bonds at per cent. inter
| est.
TIE Iowa republican state conven-
ton, in session at Cedar Rapids. on the
| lSt. nominated Hon. Hiram G. Wheeler.
of Sac county, for governor. by ac-
! clamati"n: for licutcnant-@"vcrnor
| George Van IIoutcn. of Taylor county:
supreme judge. =. VI. Weaver: superin-
tcndcnt of public instruction, Henry
Sahin: railroad commissioner. Frank
| /. Campbell.
TIE London police have warned the
German and French socialists aud
anarchists against any overt act during
the kaiscr's visit to that city.
\ BRAZILIAN tourist fell into the
crater of Mount Ncsuvius. on the lst.
and met a horrible death. A cnmpan-
ION was saved by the guide.
The new form of debt statement is
sued on the 1st shows that the increase
If the public debt during the month of
June. less cash in the treasury. amount
ed to Sl.g99.5s2. Total cash in the
treasury. S745.349. 15l.63. The bonded
debt decreased S2.2ls. .fG'i.2.
\ TERRIBLE tornado swept over the
Crefcldt district of Rhcnish Prussia on
the 1st. In the town of Crcfeldt booths
and hall which had been erected for
the use of rifle meeting. together with
fifty houses. were destroyed. Many
persons were killed and injured.
THE Pail Mall Gazette wants the
British government to censurc the Duke
of Cambridge for smoking in Kew
gardens against the rules.
NESUvIUs has renewed its volcanic
activity, AMI the torrent of lava rush
ing down the mountain side is rapidly
increasing in volume.
SECRETARIES FOSTER and Rusk left
Washington. on the I'd. for West Vir-
ginia, to spend the Fourth of July with
Mr.. :. Il. Elkins.
OS the I'd. $500 iron workers of
Glasgow, Scotland. struck against a
proposed reduction of per cent. in
wages.
HENRY BRABHAM. the negro who so
brutally murdered Jno. Mecca. an ltal-
ian, in Charlotte, n. G.. on the night of
April II last, was hanged. on the 1st.
in the corridors of the Mccklenburg
county Jail. Through his spiritual ad-
wiser he confessed he murdered Mecca.
TREASURER NEBECKER issued his
statements of assets and liabilities, on
the I'd under the new form adopted by
the department. The total assets are
stated at sos. I43 sos and the total liza
bilities at S5l,2i9, 49?, leaving a cash
balance of Sl5:i, S93. 500. The assets are
made up of the following items: Net
gold. Sill, ,6G.. 122; net silver. SI1.2Gi. 500:
treasury notes on hand. ~. 16:', 21i: net
United States notes, Sl.601.144 trade
dollar bullion. 81, SIS. POS: fractional sill
yer and minor co ms, Sl9.9S2. O03: nat
innal bank notes. S5.655. Ia. and de-
posits with national banks. So. .35s, G?9.
A DISASTROUS storm swept over Ran
som and Sargent counties. =. d., on the
2d, completely destroying nearly 10000
acres of growing crops. In Miller
township there are Loo acres of grow
ing wheat ruined and in Kingston town.
ship 200. Whole farms in Ransom coun-
ty have been devastated by the terrific
storm of hail and wind which swept
over it
The st. Louis Republics Holy Land
tours contest resulted in the selection
of Rev. DIR. Cave for the tour of the Holy
Land and Father Brennan for the tour
of Europe. Rev. DIR. Matthews. the third
on the list, will also be presented with
a tour by the promoters of the contest.
The votes of the three were: DIR. Cave,
$50. .S13; Father Brennan, 116,90S; DR..
Matthews. 1?.l4l.
A STATEMENT prepared at the treas
ury department shows there was a net
decrease of Si,2l0,954 in the circulation
during the month of June and net de-
crease OF s.. O36. 5O4 in the money and
bullion in the treasury during the same
time,
ARGUMENTS were made, on the I'd. in
the Few Tails murder trial at Sturgis,
5. D., and the case went to the jury in
Al f..