The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-08

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by attending the formal opening Of the
completed portion of the Hennepin
canal. At O. n. IN. the gates OF the
sluiceway. alongside the guard lock, n
mile and a half above Milan, Ill.,. four
and one-half miles from the Missis-
sippi, we're opened, and the canal part
ly filled with water.
A. W. LITTLE. who had been on trial
for his life in the district court Mt
Olathe, Kas.. for the killing of Lawyer
II. f. Johnson in Kansas City, Kas.,
July .l9, 1898, was, on the Goth, found
not guilty by the jury, whereupon
Judge Burris ut once said: "Mr. Lit.
tie. you are discharged"
BECAUSE the United States govern.
ment makes express stipulation that
it's contracts for public works shall
it is proposed that the Dominion gov.
eminent pass legislation at the next
session making it compulsory that all
contractors for Canadian public works
must be British subjects; this ~restric.
ton to be operative as long as the
United States government discrim.
mates against British contractors.
JAMES Ii. CLEVELAND, of 0nconta, n.
", committed suicide, on the Goth, by
taking morphine. lie was distantly
related to President Cleveland, and for
many years was employed in the treas
ury department at Washington, and
had recently been connected with the
New York customhouse.
The United States embassies and
~consniates were generally closed
Throughout Europe Thanksgiving day.
There was no Thanksgiving celebra.
ton of any kind in London. The staff
of the United States embassy, how.
ever. dined with United States Ambas-
sador Bayard.
IT was rumored in Odessa, on the
Goth, that Grand Duke George, the
czarowitz. had died n few days before.
No official confirmation of the rumor
has been received.
SAMUEL PAYNE, the negro who some
time since murdered Maud Rubel, a
young white girl, at Omaha, Neb.,
was. on the Goth, found guilty of MUIR
der in the first degree.
THE birmingham (Ala.) cotton com.
press owned by Inman & Co., wa
burned on the night of the 29th, to.
gether with. 600 bales of cotton. The
fire is supposed to have originated
from n spark from a locomotive. The
loss is S25, 600, with partial insurance.
THE Chicago police arrested, ON the
30th, Seven members of the."Thieves;
Protective and Mutual Benefit associa-
tion," to,which no n is eligible who
has not been at least four times under
the penitentiary.
SOUTHERN Associated Press stock
holders, representing forty leading
newspapsrs.rh have decided, with only
one / dissenting vote, to ratify an
agreement to ally with the United
Press.
The report of the death of Grand
Duke George, the czarowitz of Russia,
was officially denied on the 30th.
ANOTHER terrific eruption of the
Colima volcano has occurred. The
scene, as witnessed from Guadalajara,
Mexico. is described as a grand one.
It is feared that there was a severe
loss of property and probably of life.
THURMAN BALDING, alias "Skeeter,"
Jesse Snider and Will Farris, all MEM
bers of the Cookgang, were sentenced
on the Soth. in the United States court
at Fort. smith, Ark. .'Skeeter' re.
ceiyed thirty years, and .Snider and
Fatris twenty years each, The, house
of correction at Detroit, Mich, was
designated as the place where they
must serve their long sentences. .