The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-20
The News Condensed.
important InseIIigenee Erom All Paris
DOMESTIC


ABOUT fifty Representatives Of the
Knights of Pythias of various cities
were in Detroit to perfect the organi-
cation of the Improved Order of the
Knights OF Pythias"
The bodies of eight Cinnamon were
found in the San Joaquin river near
MADEIRA, Cal Foul play was suspected
The business portion of Manchester,
n. Y, was wiped out by fire. Loss,
100000.
j. w. C~HAmEELzN, a bartender at
Norwich, N Y, shot and mortally
wounded his wife and then. killed him
self.
TIE storms CT three days duration
covered an area of 200 square miles in
Kansas and Missouri and cost thirty
seven lives as far as reported with
many others missing, and a property
loss that would exceed 81. 900, 900.
Miss CELNE GRAY, of Guthrie, o. T..
has the honor of being the first woman
appointed as a United States commits
sioner.
GEORGE P. JOHNSON, clerk of the
court of Watonwan county. Nina,
committed suicide at st. James while
insane.
william BEST, q notorious resident
of Kentucky, was shot and killed at
Paintlick, KY, by speed Num-. The
killing of Best wipes out the last Of q
family of outlaws.
The Redding and Alturas stage was
robbed near Reddiug. Cal.
JOHN MILES son and daughter. aged
respectively 10 and IL, were drowned
at Neche, n. D.
TIE Pacific national and the Citizens
national bank, two of the strongest
banks in Tacoma, Wash, viii be con-
solidated.
PHILIP FIrzeERALD left Indianapolis
for Georgia to close the purchase of
land for the old soldiers colony. The
colony has taken options On $4,000
acres of land in Irwin and Wilcox
counties.
FoR the six months ended June 30,
1895, the fire waste Of the United States
and Canada amounted to $50, 497 900,
being s4,ss4, 400 IN excess of the figures
for the corresponding period Of 1894.
THREE burglars were shot at Brazil,
Ind, and one, named Parker, was
killed and another. named Arch Agar,
was fatally wounded.
The livery stable of Case & Co. In
Detroit, Mich, was burned, the loss
being 100000 Fifty horses persisted
in the flames and FIVE men were miss
ing.
PERRY TUFTS, his wife and three
children lost their lives by the cap
sizing of a sai1boat on Lake Keuka at
Penn Yam. n. Y.
FOREST fires were doing great dam
age in the vicinity of Muskegon and
Alpena in Michigan.
THE Smoky river broke over its banks
and the east side Of Sslina, Kan, was
under water.
IS Chicago Judge Woods modified
the sentence of Eugene v. Debs from
one year in Jail to six mouths and those
of the other directors of the American
Railway union from six months to
three.
Two DISTINCT earthquake shocks
were felt at Springfield. No.
Mrs. JOHANNA LISDBERe, of St. Paul,
drank FIVE gallons of strong coffee
daily and became insane from the eff
fects.
THE American Pathological associa-
ton held its th~irty-seventh annual ses-
sion in Cleveland.
FIRE destroyed 5000. 900 worth of prop
erty in the Parry storage warehouse in
Chicago.
z. 7. LEWIS, a banker at Urbana, o..
was said to have realized s30o,Oe on
spurious bonds. He was missing.
DANIEL WERLIsG, who shot and killed
his wife on April 2 because she had
him sent to the workhouse for drunk
enness and abuse, was hanged at Pitts
burgh, Pa
TIE national division Of America,
Sons of Temperance, began its annual
convention In Cleveland.
The Lincoln monument at Spring
field, Ill, was transferred to the Gus
tody Of the state.
In portions Of Iowa, South Dakota
and Wisconsin frost was reported and
ice formed in some places.
Two UNUSUALLY heavy shocks of
earthquake were felt at S~hawneetown.
Ill.
THE Citizens bank at Tina, Mo-,
made an assignment
LIGHT frost was reported all over
Nebraska, South Dakota and north
western Iowa.
THREE THOUSAND weavers employed
in the ingram carpet mills in Philadel-
phia struck for an advance OF ~ per
cent. in wages
TnE July returns to the statistician
of the department of agriculture in
Washington by the correspondents
thereof make the following averages
of conditions: Corn. ea.s; winter wheat.
65.s; spring wheat, 1912; oats, ss2;
winter rye, s2.2; spring rye, 77s all rye,
s0.7; barley, 9i.0; rice, $40; potatoes.
els; tobacco. $50.
AsArLrsa party Of thirteen was cap
sized near Wauchapreague, Va, SIX OF
them being drowned