The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-20

Bols digging along the banks of a
creek near Colburn, Ind., on the 18th,
unearthed a portion of the remains OF
a mastodon. A jawbone six feet long,
with part of a hip bone, in a fair state
of preservation, were uncovered. The
bones will 0e placed in the museum Of
Purdue university, and search made
for the remaider of the skeleton.
THE International Typographical.
union. on the 18th, elected the follow
ing officers at Louisville. KY: Presi-
dent, w. Il. Prescott, Toronto. Ont;
first vice-president, Theodore Perry,
Nashville; second vice-president, Frank
g.. Boyle, st. Paul; third vice-president,
Charles b. Lain, Chicago; secretary
treasurer, A. G. Wines, st. Louis.
FRANK G. DARLINGTON. s~uperintend-
emf of the indianapolis division of the
Pennsylvania lines, was arrested at In.
dianapolis, on the 18th, on the dual
charge of having discharged William
Carroll and Jacob Walters, switchmen.
for being members of the American
Railway union and of having prevent
ed them from securing employment OF
other lines by blacklisting them.
Mr.. LEVI P. MoRToN's under coach
man, John James Howard. a young
Englishman, was arrested in New York,
on the 18th, as an alien contract laborer.
He was connected with Mr.. Morton's
London establishment and was brought
to New York some time ago. 1t is SAID
hat the stablemen in Mr.. MortOn's en-
ploy were also imported.
SUPT. ARTHUR BELL of the New York
polo grounds announced, on the 18th.
hat the accounts of the Temple cur
series had been made up. Each of the
New York clubs players would receive
a check for S76s. 10, as his share of the
net profits.
DWIGHT BYINGToN. grand secretary
of the Masonic grand council of Kan
sas, and grand recorder of the grand
commandery. died at his home in
Leavenworth, on the 18th, after a long
illness. He was IS years old.
VIcE-PREsIDENT GEORGE w. HOWARD
of the American Railway union who.
next to President Debs, has been the
most aggressive enemy of the railroads
they have ever had. was robbed of a
pocketbook containing about forty an
nual passes on some of the largest rail
way systems in the country while TAX
ing a ride on a Chicago electric car on
the 18th.
DETECTIVE DEvEREAUX, of Chicago,
and Chief of Police Richardson of Ar
gentine, kas., arrested John Bodwige
in the Santa Fe yards at Argentine.
The prisoner is charged with being i'm
plicated in the wrecking of a passen-
ger train at Battle Creek, Mich.
THE principal portion of Biloxi, Miss,
was destroyed by fire on the 18th. The
burned district embraces the opera
house, many stores and a large mum
Der of dwellings. The loss will be
probably $50, 900 or more.
TIMOTHY CRAwLEY. a ditcher. aged
SO, was found dead at Peru. Ind, on
the morning of the 18th. and 5000, a
large part of which was in gold. was
found in his pockets. He was without
relatives.
SNEAK thieves entered the residence
of F. j. OFT. keeper of a general store
at Newton. o., on the 18th, and stole a
tin box containing $40 in money and
S12, 500 in negotiable bonds.
WARDEN DURsTON of Sing Sing prison
died at Sing Sing, y. Y, on the 18th.
of typhoid fever.
COPENHAGEN will be officially opened
as a free port on November Q.
WHILE attempting to capture an elk
which had escaped from a pen in the
city park ut Richmond. Ind, On the
night of the 18th. Lewis Lossenkemper
was attacked by the animal and prob
ably fatally rored.