The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-06
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts
DOMESTIC

jim ALLEN, a full-blooded Choctaw
Indian. was shot for murder at the
Pushmahata court grounds in Indian
territory.
GEORGE HAMLIN, an employee in the
salt works at Lyons. Kan, was buried
beneath a great quantity of fine salt
and smo.hered before he could be res
cued.
CHARLES F. WILSON will be electro
cuted at the Auburn N. W state
prison during the week beginning
November 8 for participation in the
murder of Detective James Harvey.
AT Harrisburg, Pa, Judge McPher-
son ruled that rafies were gambling
and illegal.
The Western league baseball season
closed, Sioux City securing the PEN
nant. The clubs stood as follows:
Sioux City, .5s7 per cent; Toledo, $50;
Kansas City, $40; Minneapolis, 500;
Grand Rapids, .492; Indianapolis. .472;
Detroit, AS; Milwaukee, .39s.
LOUIS YOUNG arrived at Tacoma.
Wash, having ridden on a bicycle from
Pittsburgh, Pa. He was six months
making the trip.
FREDERICK BROWN, well known as
the maker of Browns Jamaica ginger.
died at his home in Burlington, n. j.,
aged 81 years.
Four men were killed and four in
jured by the blowing up of the boiler
of a thrashing engine near Crystal,
n. d.
F. 7. DAY, president of the failed
Plankinton bank of Milwaukee, was
arrested on the charge of receiving de-
posts knowing the concern to be in
solvent
Two HOTELS, eight stores, the post
Office and the telegraph Office at Cape
Vincent, n. Y, were burned, causing
4 loss of $3.50, 600.
BRAZIL has given notice of the abro-
cation of the reciprocity treaty with
the United States
PRESIDENT HAvEMEYER, of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining company, issued
orders for the closing down of one-half
of the refineries under it's control,
throwing 10000 persons out of work.
An unknown nan entered the office
of County Treasurer Scott at Sherman,
Tex, knocked him senseless and
robbed the safe of more than $1,000.
JAMES P. CAvEN, general freight and
passenger agent of the Valley road,
was found murdered in Cleveland. pre-
sumably by robbers.
SENATOR HoAR, the new president,
addressed the national Unitarian con
ference at Saratoga, n. Y. which
adopted resolutions in memory OF
George William Curtis.
THE United Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and Joiners of America in session
at Indianapolis elected Charles Owens,
of New York, president.
GEN. WILLIAM W. DUFFIELD was ap-
pointed superintendent of the coast
and geodetic survey to succeed Prof.
Mendenhall
On her trial trip the new battleship
Maine, which was built by the govern
ment, made 1855 knots per hour.
CRAWFORD HEDGES, a wealthy bach
elor, was fatally injured in an Ell
counter with burglars at ~Circleville, O.
THIRTY persons were injured by the
collapse of the grand stand at the fair
grounds at Warrington. MINI.
JAMES G.. SHERIDAN, who was con
sidered without a peer as a race track
starter, died in New York from apo
plexy.
The whaling steamship Falcon
reached Philadelphia with most of the
members of the Peary arctic expedi-
ton on board.
An association was formed in ST.
Paul Mimi, for the purpose of build
ing a monument over the grave of
John Brown in Essex county, n. Y.
COMMISSIONER LAMoREAUx, of the
general and office, has decided to en-
body in his annual report a recommen-
dation that congress should immedi-
ately take action for the relief of the
settlers on homesteads in the burned
districts of Wisconsin and Minnesota.
In a battle between cowboys and In
dians near Hennessey, o. T., two OF
the whites and two of the latter were
killed.
THE international convention of
carpenters and joiners in session at
Indianapolis, Ind, elected Charles
Owens, of New York, for president.
AN immense crowd saw Directum
win the $15, 900 stallion stake at Mystic
Park, Mass. Arion was second in each
heat, Nelson third.
TAKING effect Immediately, the time
system will replace piece work in the
government printing Office.
ID. X. CALDWELL, a Frankfort 1nd.)
lumber dealer, has been arrested,
charged with being in league with
counterfeiters.
BANDITS held up a Santa Fe train
nea Temple, Tex. but were fright
ened away before they secured any-
thing of value.
THE strike commission appointed by
President Cleveland closed its public
hearings and began consideration of
its report in secret session.
FIRES, elevators and the employment
of minors in tobacco factories were
discussed by the factory inspectors at
Philadelphia.
DAVE SCoTT, a cattle dealer. was
robbed while drunk at Van Buren,,
Ark, of 81, 1854 in cash and IS, 800 in ex-
change.
WALTER WELLMAN, whose dash to
the pole" failed of its object because
of the severity of the arctic winter, has
arrived in New York.