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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

The motion for new trial in the case
of ex-State Ire lsurcr holland was over
ruled by Judge burgess at jefferson
City, and the only hope of the ex- treas
urer is an appeal to the supreme court.
The court fixed the appeal bond for
holland at $1,000. In concluding his
decision the judge said: 81 endeavored
to give Mr. holland n fair trial and the
benefit of all doubts, and he had as fair
a trial as it is in my power to give.
Make an entry, Mr.. Clerk. ovcrruling
the motion for n new trial"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08
LATER


A STATEMENT prepared at the treas
ury department shows that the re-
ccipts from customs at the port of New
York for the seven months of the pres
ent calendar year have fallen off, as
compared with the corresponding
months of the calendar year 1890, s22,-
444,37s. The receipts for July, 1891,
were 11,5O3, lG9, while for July, 1890,
they were S1T, ,l73,Ol6, showing fall
ing off of nearly $4,000, 900. Other ports
show as great a decrease as New York.
DR.. FRED NJ. FLING, of Biddeford,
Me-, has been elected to the chair OF
European history in the University OF
Nebraska. He will assume his duties
in September
THE treasury department is informed
that the commercial company's steamer
St Paul will sail from San Francisco,
on the 10th, for the seal islands Of
fetal mail for points in Behring sea
will be sent by this steamer.
SUPERINTENDENT OWEN, on the Sd,
directed that thirteen Russian He
brews, who had arrived at Baltimore,
Md, and were detained as assisted
emigrants," be released from custody,
bonds having been furnished that they
would not become public charges
The National Union of Textile works
opened their second annual session at
Fall River, Mass, on the Sd. Presi-
dent Sullivan was in the chair. Over
800 delegates were present
LIEUT.. JOHN F. MEIas, of the navy,
mas been placed on the retired list for
color blindness.
THE trea sury department is informed
that the consulate of the Argentine re-
public at Satille Bluff, Ga, has been
abolished by order Of the Argentine
government.
FROM Italy comes the news that the
government has begun retrenching at
the foot by deciding to dismiss 5000
workingmen from the government
dock yards this month. The decision
has aroused widespread discomfort
among the workmen and a large mum.
ber to be thus thrown on their own re.
sources are said to be ripe for mis-.
chief.
ABRAM BRAKER, dealer in CONNER.
cial paper at 2e5 Broadway, New York,
assigned, on the Sd, without prefer
ences-
The municipal election in Rome, or
the Sd, was attended by terrible riots
A socialist named Cariffe leo the riot
ers, who looted and burned a portion
of the town hall. destroying valuable
archives. In the suppression Of the
riot one person was killed and many
wounded.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

In a st. Joe court a Mrs. Conrad said
a letter. purported TO have been writ
ten by her, was prima facie forgery
because it contained the expression:
Come down and I'll give you genteel
old hugging" The jury decided that
1t had genuine ring.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

SENATOR HEARST was generally sup
posed TO be worth about 10000, 900
when he died. The appraisers have
filed their report in the San Francisco
probate court and the estimated value
of the entire estate is SS.1SS. l3TI5.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

A LECTURER in Massachusetts is try.
ing TO demonstrate to the young ladies
that old maids are the salt of the earth.
That may he true, but the girls prefer
to he likcncd to the sugar of one house
hold.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

THE statistics for 1890 for the Pas
teur institute show that fifteen hun
drcd and forty-six patients were treat
cd. The record for the past five years
shows only .O6 per cent. of deaths.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

Judge Claiborne, of the St Louis
court of criminal correction. has de-
clared the nti-pool-selling law, passed
by the late legislature, unconstitu-
tional.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08
Chicago Gets Jesse James Home.

The house in which Jesse James lived
at Kearney, Clay county, has been sold
to the Worlds Fair association by Mrs
Zerelda Samucls, the mother of the
James boys. The house to be taken is
the old story and n half structure that
was put up in 1874, and which served as
n fort for Frank and Jesse in the ex-
citing times after the war. The farm
on which Mrs. Samuels resided was
bought by the father of Jesse James
fifty years ago. The house was built
of logs taken from land not prc-empted
from the government to this day. 1t is
the house in which the Pinkertons laid
siege to the James gang, throwing
bombs that shattered 4 corner of the
house. killed a little son of Mrs Samuels
and shattered an arm of the old lady.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

United States District Attorney Rey-
nolds, of St Louis, says he will vigor-
ously prosecute the trusts in his dis
tr;ct under the federal statutes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

AMERICAS two champion lawn-tcnnis
players, DIR. Dwight and 'Dicky"
Sears, of Boston, are men of small
physique. Sears is short. rather stoclky
and blonde. DIR. Dwight is short,
rather slender and dark.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

During July ssa,o17.45 was collected
in st. Louis for water rates. This is
almost $1,000 greater than the amont
collected in July 1890
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

SUSAN Il, ANTHONY finds that twenty
three states have given women the
right tn vote for school officers. That
is just 4 majority Of all the states. Susan
now moves To make it unanimous
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

Vernon county has a school popula-
ton of 1876. Whites-Male, 5,159;
female, 4,9l4. Colored-Male, 2; fe.
male, A. There are 100 teachers
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

JAMES w. BRADBURY, of Maine, and
Alphens Felch, of Michigan, who en-
tered the senate in December. 1877, are
the oldest ex-senators of the United
States now living
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08
AIuars Stay sober.

Frank Kimbrough, of Independence.
admits that he has two wives, but says
he forgot about the first one, having
been drunk when he married
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

Virginia Jones. years of age, died
at Kansas City from loclljaw resulting
from stepping on a pin. She suffered
great apony,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

Hugo Reinhartz, Respondent over
family troubles, suicided by shooting.
in Lafayette park, St Louis, 9 few
days ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

The Hatfield-McCoy family feud
which ragged for many years in Ken
lucky and West Virginia, resulting in
the killing of about 200 persons, was
supposed to have ended few months
ago. Like Romeo and Juliet. of the
rival houses of Montague and Capulet,
a young man and a maiden of the Hat
fieldMcCoys fell in love with each
other. A truce between the factions was
declared and the couple were married.
But Cupid and Hymen ruled the roost
only a short time. Again the McCoys
are on the rampage, and two of them
have killed one George Roberts, of
Black Creek, and the fight is again on.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08
Judge Higgins Trial.

The trial of Judge J. P. Higgins fo'
the killing of Col. Thomas b. Priee
has been postponed until the November
term of the Pettis county court.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

DIR. OLIVER WENDELL. Holmes SAYS.
"If nine-tenths OF the medicines in the
world Were thrown into the ocean man.
kind would be greatly benefited" But
what about the poor fish?
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

THE war records will make n good.
sized library. Sixty-five volumes have
already been issued by the government
in one series. Two other series will
follow
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

At St Joseph John Harding stole q
pair Of pants from store-keeper. and
was sentenced to two years in the peni-
tentiary
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08
A Child Drowned.

Mamie Sommers, 8 years old, was
drowned in the Missouri at st. Joseph.
Her father was fishing, and the littls
girl made a misstep and fell in.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

Frank Heuer, aged years. was
drowned In the river at St Louis while
bathing, accompanied hr several Older
boya
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

St Joseph is in danger of being aban'
doned by the Missouri river, which
threatens to cut new channel, leaving
the town inland.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08
At q Good Age.

DR.. ]. F. Foster, D. D., LII. D., died
at his home in Sedalis at the age of so
years. He was the son Of On English
bsropst
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-08

CAPT. HAMS, of the steamship Etru-
ria and commodore of the Cunard fleet,
has Just completed his five hundred and
eighth trip across the Atlantic. He be-
gan his sea life in 1883, and has been in
tn service Of the Cunard company
since 1857.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
LADIES' HOODS.
sUIToRs sy THOUSANDS.
A New jersey Girl Can Take Her Pici
Out Of 5000.

A New jersey Girl Can Take Her Pick
Out Of 5000.
VINELAND, N. j., Dec 24.--John Han
kinson. the rich old farmer residing at
South Vineland, and who q couple of
weeks ago inserted in a number of pa
pers an announcement of his willingness
to give ten-acre farm, $500 in cash and
the pick of team of horses or mules to
any young man of good character under
the age of rs who will marry his
daughter, "a girl of fine looks and
bright disposition" has received nearly
5000 replies from as many young men,
who declare that they can fill the bill.
The replies represent no less than twelve
states. The farmer and his lovely
daughter are now in as big a quandary
as ever, having no way of determining
just which particular one of the ardent
swains out of the 5000 is the most desir-
able. Some 1900 of the writers sent
their photographs, and the old man has
in consequence enough pictures on hand
to start a good-sized rogues' gallery. He
has about come to the conclusion to let
the girl remain single.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
LOOKING FOR A FIGHT.

Hall and Hilton Factions of Kentucky
and Tennessee Out for Gore.
BRISTOL, Tenn, Dec. 24.-Sheriff Will
son Holbrook, with three deputies from
Wise county, Va, and three from Knott
county, KY, arrived here having in
charge Talton Hall the noted Kentucky
and Virginia de perado. They were
direct from Memphis, where he was
arrested on the 9th of this month for the
murder of E. B. Hilton, policeman, at
Norton, Va, last July. The officers and
the prisoner were hurried from one
depot to the other, and were en- route
for Norton before hundred people
were aware of the fact. Reports came
here that three score of Halls friends
from Kentucky were headed toward
Norton with Winchesters, swearing
that they would iberate Hall on arrival
Of the train. A like number of Hilton's
friends armed themselves and declared
Hall should never see the inside of
another prison cell. The people of this
city are expecting every moment to hear
of war. and it is quite likely that there
will be bloodshed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
LYNCHERS FOILEp.
George Mears Kept Out of the Hands Of
Mob-Peculiarly Atrocious Crime.

George Mears Kept Out of the Hands Of
Mob-Pecnliarly Atrocious Crime.
AURORA, Ills, Dec. 24.--f the excited
farmers of Oswego had captured George
Mears Monday night after he had wan
tonly tried to murder the entire Worm
ley family he would never had reached
Aurora to give himself up. They would
have hanged him to the nearest tree.
The affair happened at 5 o'clock,
about mile and half from the viii
lage, and the news soon spread in an
exaggerated form to the village. 1t
happened that the Kendall county
Farmers Alliance was holding meet
ing there for the purpose of organizing
a creamery company. The report that
Mears had murdered Mrs. Wormley
and her two sons created intense excite
ment. 1t did not take the farmers long
to act. Procuring rope from the near
est store they commenced hunt for
the murderer. Meanwhile Mears
strolle6 through the neighboring village
of Montgomery, joked with acquain-
tances, and informed them that he had
been shooting sparrows, and finally
gave himself up in Aurora. Sheriff
Skinner, of Kendall county, did not
dare 10 take the prisoner to the county
jail until Tate at night owing to the in
tense feeling in Oswego. After giving
it o-lt that Mears had already been
taken to Yorkville, he and deputy
slipped up to Aurora and hustled the
prisoner off ON the evening train. 1t
would not have taken much of crowd
to have captured the prisoner, rs the
sheriff said that he did not intend to en-
danger his own life to save his neck.
The murder was a peculiarly afro
cious one Mears deliberately planned
to kill his wife and the entire family
with whom she was stopping and then
shoot himself. After he had killed, as
he supposed, three, he cody seated him
self on the wood pile and reloaded his
revolver for the rest. The fact that he
lost piece of the weapon in the wood
forced him to change his plans. Harry
Wormley, who was shot in the groin,
will die.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
Grippe Deserving the Cities.

BURLINGTON, Ia, Dec. 24.-Reports
from country districts in Iowa, Missouri
and Illinois show that la grippe is pre-
vailing to a serious degree among farm
ers and laborers. Physicians report the
disease generally to have deserted the
cities for the country districts. and the
result seems to be growing as serious as
it did in the cities two years ago. The
malady has crippled number of bust
ness enterprises in this city. The entire
night force of the Western Union Tele-
graph company is in bed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
Won His Bet and Died.

MERCER, No., Dec. "a. Sunday night
Robert Seyerens, proprietor of a livery
stable, who has been noted as the heav-
lest eater in this part Of the state, made
a wager that he could eat four cans of
salmon in thirty minutes, the price of
the salmon being the forfeit. He finished
the fourth can in twenty eight minutes
and half. He then called for a cigar,
lit it and started for the door. Just as
he got to the door he dropped dead. The
parties who made the wager are under
arrest
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
surprised the Court bv Confession

HELENA, Mon., Dec. 24.-There was q
sensation in the police court Tuesday.
John Gleason was caught early in the
morning a few days ago coming from
the direction of fire which destroyed
$1,000 worth of hay. The preliminary
examination has occupied two days and
the state failed to establish any case.
To the surprise of all Gleason went on
the witness stand and confessed the
whole matter. The judge was taken by
surprise and committed Gleason for the
district court. He viii probably get the
limit of the law, eight years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
Th. San Francisco In Port.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.--The cruiser
San Francisco arrived here from Mare
island. When she viii Gail is still un-
certain. 1t will not be until the steamer
Monowai arrives on Thursday from
Honolulu, with advices from the
Charleston. The San Francisco has
stores and ammunition for the Charles
ton, which viii be transferred here or
at San Diego. She also carries ammuni-
tion for the Boston and Yorktown.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
Caught Some Counterfeiters.

SEATTLE, WASH, Dec. "a. Patrick
Kenefeck and Robert Martin were
caught In counterfeiters' den at Ana
cortes and brought to Seattle. Several
hundred dollars worth of bright new
nickels and half dollars were found
with them and the dies were also cap
tured. John Miller was caught during
the evening passing $40 gold pieces. A
great deal Of bogus money is in circula-
tion in Seattle and the police believe
there Is big gang of counterfeiters at
work In the woods near Seattle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
Mining Expert Dead.

CHICAGO, Dec. "a. John Davies, one of
the best known mining experts in the
West, died at the Sherman house of
pneumonia. Mr.. Davies had made and
lost several fortunes in Colorado and he
died almost penniless. He was the or
iginal owner Of the Little Chief mine
near Leadville, which he sold some ten
years ago for $4,000 It was after
wards sold again for y, 200, 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
Blocked by His srother-in-Law.

OTTUMwA, Ia, Dec. 24.--At Evans, in
Mahaska county, William Woods at
tempted to murder his wife and Casey
Harris, her alleged paramour. Woods
unloaded six-shooier at them, one ball
taking effect in Casey's stomach and
another in his right arm, causing seri-
ous injury. Mrs. Woods was shot in
the back. Her mother stopped further
shooting by laying Woods out with a
stove poker.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
The st. Louis Union Depot.

ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 24.--The contract for
the iron and steel work for the new
union depot has been awarded to the
Pittsburg Bridge company. The mag
nitude of this work will be understood
when it is stated that the cost for this
portion of the structure alone will be
nearly $3.50, 900. The depot roof will
cover space of 424. 200 square feet, the
larges area ever covered in the world by
one roof for railroad terminal purposes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
Another Victim.

TOLEDO, Dec. 23.--Mrs. J. A. Mac
Kenzie died at st. Vincent's hospital a
$3.50 o'clock p. m. The lady was one of
the most seriously injured in the wreck
of month ago when the Flint and Pere
Marquette train telescoped car on the
Lake Shore railroad. Her burns were
SO deep that the doctor kept her under
the influence of opiates almost con-
stantly. Only her husband remains of
q family of four.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
SHE WOULDN'T ELoPE.

Therefore an Iowan Blows His Brains
Out with Winchester.
KEoKUK, Ia, Dec. 24.--Clarence Ell.
Gardner committed suicide at the home
of William Shepard in this city, blowing
his brains out with a carbine. He was
friend of the family and went to the
house for the purpose of inducing Mrs.
Shepard to elope with him, declaring he
would end his existence should she re-
fuse. Mrs. Shepard answering no. Gard
ner carried out his threat in the pres
ence of the woman.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
TWENTY KILLED.

Disastrous Explosion on Board a Vessel
at Antwerp.
ANTWERP, Dec. "a. An explosion oc-
CURED on board a French trading vessel
In the harbor here. The shock was ter
rife, and many persons believed it to be
an earthquake. There were about
twenty sailors on board the vessel, and
1t is believed all were instantly killed,
or met their death by. drowning. No
bodies SO far have been recovered. The
cause of the explosion is unknown.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24

MADISON, Wis, Dec. "a. Judge Bum
has sentenced James s. Galloway, the
Nontford justice of the peace, found
guilty Of conspiring with Mrs. Long
merer to procure fraudulent pension,
to one year in the house of correction
and to pay fine of 1000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
Five Dead In One Family.

DEER CREEK, nls., Dec. "a. -Diphthe-
ria is raging in this community. The
family. of James Harris a week ago con-
sisted Of himself, his wife and six chill
dren. Five Of the children, the eldest q
young lady of 10, who was engaged to
have been married Christmas, are dead,
and the surviving child, boy n, is at
deaths door. The father and mother
Are expected to recover.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
An Iowa storm.

MARsHALLTowN, Ia, Dec. PA
storm having all the elements of sum-
mer hurricane struck this place, caus-
ing much damage. The house of An
drew Oleson, In the southwest part of
the. CITY was blown down and burned.
Oleson was caught in the wreck and so
badly crushed that he viii die. Many
barns and outbuildings were demolished
and trees uprooted.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
Thingralla Liner Ashore.

LONDON, Dec. "a. "A dispatch just re-
ceived here says that the steamship
Island, of the Danish or Thingvalla
line, Captain Laub, from Stettin, ON
Dec. 4, bound for New York which ves-
sci was reported at Copenhagen Dec. 0
and at Christiana Dec. l2, is now ashore
at Nidingen. 1t is added that the pas
sengers have been landed safely. The
vessel is said to be leaking badly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
Car Load Of American Tin.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Dec. "a. The first
car load of American tin ever produced
by an American tin mine has been re-
ceived by w. w. Stewart from the
Temescal mine. The shipment con-
sisted of over $4,000 pounds of tin. The
output of the Temescal mines Is being
increased rapidly and American tin win
be regularly put ON the market in car
load lots
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
A commissioner Dead.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.--W. I'll. King,
United States commissioner, was found
dead in his room at the Continental
hotel. MIR. King was lawyer, and
about 80 years of age. His family lives
at East Chatham, N. Y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-12-24
bishop Dweneer Dying,

FT. WAYNE, Ind, Dec. a. Bishop
Dwenger, of this diocese, is lying at the
point OF death, suffering from heart
trouble. His physicians hold out no
hope, for his recovery, and his death is
said to be only question of . short
time. He has been in an Unconscious
condition almost constantly since last
Friday.