The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-27

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The P~ealfcnearT.
Warden J. L. Pace Of the state penk
kentiary, while In St Louis the other
day, talked as follows TO g reporter:
.-one hundred persons IN Missouri are don
ming the convict's stripes orery month nos,
and the lamcntabis tact Is that only sixty %
seventy convicts are being released each month.
Nov, there - > statement which our humani-
taf;an friends Who are interested IN criminals
and al TIE various phases Of penology can pom
der over 70 their hearts content
.sWhon the mills Of iuezice begin grinding
cut their sentences and Ferdiets IN The fal
then the busy season commences ~ the state
in by tie twos, threes. Quartettes ana some
times . dozen . dag. During the summer
while the courts are having vacation, bur few
new ~convicts arrive; but When the fall terms
Of the courts open then many new faces Of IN
fortunate persons peer out from behind prison
bars for the first time Also, many old faces Of
hardened criminals cUme back 70 dine ~ cur
table. We now have &oss c~ouviets in the
state prison. and we expect 70 have az least
z-eco by spring.
.-The appropriation Of $4,000 made By the
state Legislature for the Missouri penitentiary
Is sufacient 70 have been needed for several
years We hare just PIT IN . battery Of four
boilers having f.50o-horse power, which plant
viii furnish heat for the entire penitentiagy.
Formerly there were . lot Of 5o-hcrse power
boilers scattered over the prison. and they
we're unsatisfactory. The new smokestack
b1ilt Of brick. and which Il zl2 feet In height.
has been nnished. h new heating plant viii
be IN operation BY November L.
Mss.oari ODD Fellows Home
The trustees of the Odd Fellows
home met at Liberty the other day and
voted for the location Of the home
there The Winner hotel and grounds
at Reed Springs viii be converted into
the home. The transfer Of the property
was made. Twelve acres of land go
with the hotel. The original cost Of
the property was $50, 900 and it sold for
less than a third Of that amount The
grandlodge of Missouri paid 8. 900 out of
its treasury and the subscriptions of cit
izensof Liberty and vicinity made upthe
rest of the purchase money. The
building Is furnished throughout and
will soon be ready to be occupied by
widows and orphans of odd fellows in
the state, for whom it is provided. The
grand lodge has an option ON nearly
200 acres more around the home. But
Ter. Nevada, Marshall and other towns
in the state made q warm fight for the
home, and the citizens of Liberty are
rejoicing over their victory. The
location of the home at Liberty is
largely due TO the influence and efforts
of Maj N. Goldman, one of the most
prominent odd fellows of the state.
still Held.
Last March W. A. Clark and Myrtle
jackson hired n buggy and team at .
livery stable at Van Buren,. Ark,
which they failed to return They
were arrested at Joplin, and indicted
for horse stealing by the June grand
Jury. The indictment was quashed
and the couple ordered held for fur
Their proceedings They were indicted
by the September grand-jury, but
the other day the indictment was
again quashed and the pair ordered
held. Sheriff Purcell has telegraphed
the Van Buren, authorities to procure
requisition papers and take the prison.
ers to Arkansas for further proc sdure.
Father and Sen Buried.
The funeral of L. P. Lyman, aged 81,
and A. W.. Lyman, aged 81. father and
son, took place at Monet the other
Gay. On the Goth of September L. P.
Lyman died, after an illness of several
weeks, in Tacoma, Wash. Just twenty
| four hours after the death of the father
the son passed away, death resulting
from heart disease. The remains were
| placed in q vault and kept until q few
days ago, when they were sent TO No
nett for interment. A. w. Lyman was
q prominent odd fellow. that order
taking charge of the ceremonies
Lively Elsotion Pronised.
Upwards of 1ls,OOO voters have regis
tered in st. Louis, the largest number
ever known in the history of the city.
The total vote polled in st. Louis In 1886
was 30, 1so, with the registration in the
n~eighborhood of $4,000. The indica-
| lions are that 3 tremendous vote win
be pclled in the city this fall
Sent to the Asylum.
Fritz Lampe, aged IS years. wa,
taken TO the insane asylum at Fulton
from Hermann recently. Abouta yeal
ago. It is said, he received q severe
beating over the head with . club. Hs
has spells about every two hours, wher
he labors under the delus;on that some
body is trying to KIM him.
Head split Open with . spade
James d. Dawson and Jesse Abbott,
near Ashley, Pike county. qu~arreled 81
q molasses making. which resulted in
the death Of Abbott, who was struck
on the head by Dawson with . spade
struck HIS Brother.
Chas. Gallup, = blacksmith at St. 10
scph. fought with his brother Bert
thrashing him Berts soon after struck
Charles ON the head with = stone, in
ficting a fatal wound.
The Battle On
The democrats and republicans have
nominated their tickets in St Louis
and one Of the hardest fought cam
paiQnsin the history of the city Is be