The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-17
auxiliary to a non-judicial and admin
istrative body.

istrative body.
AT Jellico, Tenn, a mob lynched an
unknown man for criminally assault
ing and then numbering Miss Mildred
Bryant, a handsome and most estima-
BILE young lady.
AT Meridian, Miss. John White (col-
ored) was hanged for the murder of
James Logan, an officer, who was try
ing to arrest him. Before his death
White confessed this crime and three
other murders. He gave his correct
name as Frank Pate Townes.
IN Kansas the official count of the
votes cast at the recent election shows
Weaver to have received 16S, Ill; Har-
rison, 157, 231; Weayer's majority, 5,s14.
No votes were cast for Cleveland.
Ex-PEEsIDESr HAYES, of Ohio, was
reelected president at the annual con-
gress in Baltimore of the National
Prison association of the United States.
IL Toledo, o., Joseph Roemer, a
wealthy retired merchant, died sudden
ly from heart failure after having re-
spondcd to toast at banquet
CHARLES r MoULrOS shot and in
stantly killed Mrs Mary s. Storey,
widow, at Seattle, Wash, because she
refused his attentions and then killed
himself.
IS California the official vote at the
recent election was: Cleveland. III, 90S;
Harrison, III, 75d; Weaver, 81, 2aG; Bid
well, 7.1S7. One republican elector
was chosen.
FRANK LEWIS and James Needles
fought during n revival in church in
Monroe township, o., and both were
fatally injured.
IN Chicago Mrs Mary Mckinley died,
aged 100 years and 2 months
FIRE destroyed the city armory at
Cleveland, O., the loss being $780, 900.
BECAUSE she refused to marry him
James Hargus, of Nevada, Mo-, fatal
" shot Miss Pearl Mann and then
killed himself.
TWENTY-FIVE lives were lost in navi-
eating the great laSes during the sea-
son Just closed. The death list is much
longer than for many years in the lake
marine. In property the losses of the
season aggregate s.. 05o,O0
IL Montana the vote on presidential
electors at the recent election was:
Harrison, IS.SS3: Cleveland, 11,53i;
Weaver, 1863: Bidwell, 5l7. Dixon
(dcm.) was defeated for congress by
Hartman rep by go votes.
The death of Martin Burke. one of
the three men convicted of the murder
Of DIR. CrOn in Chicago in 1885 and
sentenced 10 life imprisonment, oc-
Cured IN the prison ut Joliet of con-
sumption. Only one of the three dan
Coughiin) is now alive, OSullivan hav-
ing died last winter.
Fog more than two years no rain has
fallen in northwestern New Mexico
and over a., COO head of cattle have died
from starvation anu lack of water.
STEPHEN HIRE and Dennis Mccarthy
(white} and Grant Thomas and Nelson
Lewis (colored) were hanged from the
same scafrold in the jailyard at Louis-
vile, Ky. for murder. This was the
first quadruple hanging in the state.
ON the Rock Island railway the tei-
cgraphers went on a strike, and it was
thought they would be joined in their
struggle by the conductors and switch
men.
IS Kent county, Mich, the recount
of the &c, 900 ballots cast for congress
man gives Belknap (rep.) plurality
of two in the district
OFFICIAL returns on the recount of
the vote of Nelson county, \. d.. give
a sufficient majority to elect all the
Weaver presidential electors.