The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-25

ton for Gray Gables to avoid a severe
case of malaria which he was threat.
ened with.
DURING a quarrel at Riverside. KY,
between Edwin Lemasters and wife, a
son. w. L. Lemasters, shot and instant
J ly killed his father.
j. NJ. Logan, a notorious incendi
airy, who has destroyed property worth
thousands of dollars, was arrested al
Kansas City.
Four Detroit tMich.) school inspec.
tors, charged by Mayor Pingree with
having received brides, were pat under
bonds of S.. 600 each.
ALDACE F. WALKER was appointed
receiver of the Santa Fe road in the
place of President J. w. Reinhart, who
recently resigned.
RESIDENTS of Buffalo. n. Y. saw the
City of Toronto. So miles distant, pic
tured in a remarkable mirage of the
third order.
CHARLES GEoRGEr. an engineer of
Hoboken. has discovered old deeds en-
St. Louis.
HEIRS of Richard Bishop in Pitts
burgh will lay claim to Ten acres in
the heart of indianapolis, Ind, worth
81, 900. 900.
CHRISTOPHER BERNHARDT, of Buffalo.
n. Y, aged 81. Respondent over the
loss of his wife, committed suicide at
her grave.
TITUS broke two worlds competitive
bicycle records at Denver. riding a mile
in 2:1O 3-5 and five miles in 1919.
A CoTro expert estimates. after a
trip over the entire state, that the crop
in Texas will be about $500, 900 bales,
or one-half million bales over last year.
AT the joint convention of the popu-
list and labor parties at Columbus. o.,
a state ticket was nominated headed
by Charles R.. Martin for secretary of
state.
DR.. JOHN SEATON, one of the most
prominent physicians and specialists
of Indiana. was found dead in bed at
his home at Fort Wayne.
BANK EXAMINER MILLER, while tenn
porarily insane, shot himself through
tho temple at Altoona, Pa
DAVID HALL. of J~onesville. Va, was
shot and killed by Tom Denny. Is
years old. Hall had Denny indicted
for abusing his child and Denny took
his revenge in the murder.
The Commercial & Savings bank of
Ludington, Mich, suspended business
by order of its president, Antoine E.
Cartier.
The body of Col. Lang c. Winston.
of Pasadena. Cal. who a lost in a
snowstorm last November while with
u hunting party up the San Gabriel
canyon. has been found.
CHARLES ROBINSON. first elected gov
ernor of Kansas, died at his home in
Leavenworth.
w. g. TAYLOR was hanged at New
burn, Va, for the murder of his wife.
TUE Cunnrd line steamer Campania,
which arrived at New York from Liv-
erpool, made the passage in 5 days 0
hours and 90 minutes, the fastest time
on record.
THERE were 226 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against PSI the week
previous and 455 in the corresponding
time in 1898.
THE first bale of cotton OF this years
crop, from Eagle Point, Miss. was sold
at auction in Memphis for ten cents a
pound.
BEN REED, arrested on suspicion at
Terre Haute, Ind, for the murder and
robbery of a man named Henderson,
has confirmed his guilt. Six dollars
and a half was all the money he found
on his victim.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the nth aggregated
$3.50. $50, 1S5, against s774,4al,9 1856 the
previous week. The decrease. COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1893. was SO.
New JERSEYS legislature is to be
petitioned to permit the consolidation
of Jersey City, Newark, Hoboken,
Orange, Paterson and Passaic.
AT a soldiers reunion at Oblong,
Ill, David Eaton w~antonly killed Dom
aid Mcdonald and wounded John
James.
In n speech before the bimetallic
conference at Washington Congress-
man Bryan recommended the dropping
of all other issues but that of free
coinage.
UNITED STATES JUDGE CALDWELL has
ordered the Santa Fe receivers to pay
employees promptly, borrowing money
If necessary.
Il
Pana, ILL.,, in which Edward Munday
and Thomas Ellison were married to
each others divorced wife.
AUTHORIZATIONS made by the present
congress are $40. 800. 1879 less than those
of its predecessor.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
INDIANA democrats in state conyen-