The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-07-01

Menlo Park from apoplexy.
The supreme court of Oklahoma has
decided that Judge Clark must retire
and allow Judge Dale, recently ap
pointed by President Cleveland, to take
! his seat.
Two engines on the Chicago Burling.
ton & Quincy collidcd near Buda, Ill,
with the result that both the engineers
and firemen were badly injured.
DrEISG a performance of Ringling
Bros circus at River Falls Wis. light,
ming struck the main tent, killing seven
people and seriously injuring many
more.
THE loss by the Mesaba iron range
fires will aggregate at least 81, 800, 900.
A FIRE broke ont on board the steam
uarge F. c. Clark, of Marine City,
Mich. when the boat was in Lake
Huron. A passing boat helped to ex-
tinguish the flames and the disabled
barge was towed TO Port Huron
THE National Association of Swine
Breeders in session at Des Moines has
organized by the election of II. c. Daw-
son, of Nebra ska, for president; vice
president, 4. J. Scagrares, of Indiana,
Faddcn. of Iowa.
1T is reported that $50 miners have
gone on strike in the Cnur d'Alene
mining district.
THE Iowa republican state central
committee will call state convention
at Des Moines August Ii.
THE Southern California national
bank and the Los Angeles national
bank. of Los Angeles, Cal, have closed
their doors.
Ir has been decided to hold mid
winter fair in San Francisco.
Gov. PECK's welcoming address to the
convention of railway telegraph super
intcndents at Milwaukee was delivered
through a phonograph.
EDWARD LEECn, of Philadelphia. who
was dismounting one of the large John
BON guns used in the battle scene at
the Forepaugh circus Mt South Bend,
Ind. was shot by the accidental dis
charge of the gun, receiving fatal in
iuries
SIX masked robbers attempted to hold
up Santa Fe train at Coolidge. but
the engineer was too quick for them.
Coy. MCKINLEY. of Ohio, was rendered
an informal reception at the Ohio state
building at the worlds fair.
THE monument in commemoration
of the Fort Dearborn Indian massacre.
the gift of George VI. Pullman to Chi
caro has been unveiled.
IT has been discovered that three
men were left in the Jail at Virginia,
Mimi. during the Mesaba range fires
Their calcined bones We're recovered.
SUPERIOR JUDGE GRANT has decided
in favor of Sacramento and against San
Jose in the California state capital re-
moval case.
THE commission to revise the statutes
of Illinois met at Springfield and or
ganized.
The Bank of Commerce. of San Fran
cisco, closed its doors. 4 notice on the
door stated the bank was temporarily
closed Depositors will be paid in full.
SLOAN, JOHNSON & Co.. wholesale
grocers, of Omaha. have assigned with
liabilities of $500, 900, with about s2Si,-
600 assets
THE Kansas railroad commissioners
are going to compel a wholesale reform
in freight charges on the part of the
roads in that state.
JUDGE HANFoRD. of the 'nitcd States
circuit court, has decided that the anti
cigarette law of the state of Washing
ton is unconstitutional.
MEMBERS of the Minneapolis, Mimi,
fire department are accused of whole
sale purloining at fires
4 LONE robbcr boarded a Rock Island
express near Virginia. Ncb. He bound
and gagged the messenger and secured
$3.50
ONE man was killed and two badly
burned by Il fire at Murray & Nichols
Spice Co.'S plant, West Polk street,
Chicago.
The Columbia and the First National
banks. of New Whatcom, Wash. have
closed their doors.
FRIEDMAN & FRIEDMAN, wholesale
clothing dealers in Chicago, failed
Liabilities, $4,000: assets about the
same.
LEROY PAYyE's big livery stable at
went into the hands of a re-
ceiver. The place was forccloscd upon
by the Exchange national bank with a
s:s5. 900 mortgage.
FOREST fires are raging in Colorado
with unprecedented fury and have al
ready destroyed great deal of valu-
able property.
STARR & CUNNINGHAM. Cherokee
to sell their bonds.
We're in Chicago waiting for the arrival
of New York bidder.
THE directors of the worlds fair have
the arrangementsfo for having
religious services at the fair every sun
day.
AT the worlds fair congress of hank
FRS, a number of speeches were made
on the silver question by the advocates
and opponents OF free silver.