The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-24

SEVEN men were under arrest at
Ridgway, Pa, for attempting to de-
stroy the family Of a miner who would
not strike.
The schooner Antelope, of Chicago,
capsized at Grand Haven, Mich, and
the three men comprising her crew
were drowned.
For the ten months ended with Oc-
tober the exports of merchandise from
the United States were $500, 1876, Gas
against $500, 9s7, 354 for the correspond
ing period of 1898. The. imports were
1868, 271, Oi8. against s677, Oeo. 694 in 1893.
A FOREST fire that started from a
sawmill west of the mining camp of
Ward, Col, had done fully ST. 600, 600
damage and was still spreading.
SHEFFIELD, an Iowa town of 1000 in
habitants, was almost entirely wiped
out by fire.
THREE children of JEFF Raynor. left
alone in the house at Oakland. Tenn,
were burned to death and the building
destroyed.
UNKNOWN persons made two attempts
to wreck the midnight passenger train
over the Chicago & Alton road at
Joliet, III.
GOVERNMENT officials unearthed gi
gantic frauds perpetrated at the open
ing Of the Cherokee strip to settle
ment.
JAY HICKS, who murdered Ranch
man Meyers in South Dakota and near
ly killed the sheriff, was hanged at
Sturgis.
IRON NATION, the head chief of the
Lower Brule Sioux, die1 in the reser-
walton in South Dakota of pneumonia,
aged 90 years.
BY the cracking of a mud drum at
muck bar mill in Muncie, Ind, five
men were dangerously scalded. Three
may die.
In his address before the Knights Of
Labor at New Orleans General Master
Workman Sovereign urged the abo-
lition of state militia and a decrease
Of the army.
THE annual report of R. A. Maxwell,
fourth assistant postmaster general,
shows that the total number of post
offices in operation in the United
States on June 80 last was SO, sos. OF
these 68.877 were fourth-class offices
and S,4es presidential. During the
year 8, 1876 post offices were established
and 1,734 discontinued. The total num-
Der of appointments during the year
was %, 1865.
FIVE HUNDRED inmates of the In
diana home for feeble minded children
were exposed to scarlet fever and ten
cases had developed.
EDITH ELDER killed Frank Quinn, a
well-known young mau at Stockton,
Cal, because he refused to marry her.
OPERATORS drilled in an oil well near
Gibsonburg, o., which yielded 2.COO
barrels of oil daily.
PAYMAsTER SMITH in his report to
the secretary of war oppose. withhold
ing a part of the wages of soldiers.
AT the annual meeting in Washing
ton Of the Association Of American
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations H. E. Alvord, Of Oklahoma,
was elected president.
DETECTIVES at West Superior, Wis,
captured a man and woman engaged
in counterfeiting, together with their
outfit
REV. RICHARD CARROLL, aged SO. a
prominent Baptist preacher for sixty
five years, committed suicide by hang
ing at Maynardsville, Tenn.
STORMS extinguished the forest fires
in Colorado mining districts. The
damage to property was estims ted at
81, 600. 900, and several hundred people
were made homeless. !
THERE were 210 business failures in /
the United States in the seven days
ended on tine 10th, against 261 the week j
previous and 2Sa in the correspond
ing time in 1898.
THE firm of i. II. Douglass & Sons,
coufectioners at New Haven, Conn,
failed for 500, 600.
MARTIN v. STRAIT, a -four and feed
dealer at Elmira, n. Y, shot his wife
and her sister, Mrs. William Whitford,
and himself. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
DUN's weekly review Of trade says
gradual improvement is noticeable in
nearly all branches of business.
DURING a boxing match at Syracuse.
n. Y. Bob Fitzsimmons struck his
mate, Con Riordan, a chance blow
caused his death.
AS THE result of a feud Mayor Har-
man and Henry Lawrence, Of Lula,
Miss. were shot and killed by J.. w.
Boyd.
A DENVER newspaper says a big syn
dictate is scheming to obtain control
Of the entire American output of sill
rel
FIVE fires in n dey at Winnipeg,
Man, started by ~incendiaries, caused
q total loss of S210, 000.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Col JOHN A. McCAULL, Of opera
fame, who fell on the ice and was par
in Chicagoa few years ago, died