The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-25
The News Condensed.
Impohant nieIigence from AH Parts.


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Ing Fireman Peter Kimner and Brake
man John Long.
TIE president appointed John NJ.
Harlow, Of St Louis, and Col William
G. Rice. of New York, TO be civil
service commissioners, to succeed
MessrA Roosevelt and Lyman
WmRLwmp, the head Of the Cheyenne
Indians, dropped dead on the streets of
Wichita, Kan, on hearing of the death
Of his fayorite grsndchild-
An organized band waited on al the
negroes in Alvin. Tex, and commanded
them to leave town or be prepared 70
meet death
FRANK HALE and his wife were
burned to death by the destruction of
their house by fire at Midland, Mich
While blowing stumps near Lebanon,
Ind Albert Sackett and Frank Jones
were blown TO atoms by the premature
explosion OF dynamite
A n at Pratt City, Ala, destroyed
forty-ope dwellings, the hotel, city
hsu and Northern Methodist church.
Mrs c. J. Bonner died from fright
BECAUSE Of unrequited love Rev.
Otto TasvelI blev ont h;s br.;ns A
yelpsu. Ina.
EosTa AI.pAx. waa gra.4lv A.
cited over a find of gold ON Santa creek,
near Guntersville-
TIE boys dormitory of the state nor
NAL school 4. Slippery Rock. Pa, was
totally destroyed by fire and twenty
eix of The pupiis were missing.
In San Francisco Frank N. Byrne. of
the Imperial Bicycle club. broke the
worlds road record for S miles. making
IL in 1918 liz.
Lours ScHspr. of La Porte. Ind.
found In Buffalo. N. Y. q brother
whom he had mourned as dead for
forty years.
Ir was said that the CRANE ,crop in
New York was DAMAGED To the extent
of 81. oos.o COO bv frost.
Any1cxs renort widespread ruin bv
frost. In a dozen M more states where
the favorable spring weather had adj
vanced all veRetssion. the VINEYARDS.
orchards. gardens and c~oru6elds con-
tain only wiited and blackened ruins
of what promised to become abundant
crops. Wisccnsin. Michigan. Iowa. In
diana. Minnesota. Ohio. Pennsylvania,
Virginia. West Virginia and Illinois
are the states that suffered most In
portions of northern Michigan snow
fell TO the depth of 20 inches
THx 500 coal miners IN OsaOe eouutv.
Kan. were in dire need and MANY Of
them and their families were in a
starving condition.
THK limited states treasury deficit
has uassed the $50. COO. 600 mark. the ex.
act amount of the excess of expendi-
t,,res over the rece;nts s;nca .JpJv /
1904 beino sss 4Oa ss7.
THr Sons Of Veterans in animal ses-
sion Mt Bloomington. Ill. denounced
the proposed dedication of a confed-
crate statue in Chicago on Decoration
day.
HERMAN WHrPPLE. of Scion, Me-, q
veII-knowu lumber operator. was
swindled ont of $4,000 by the sseold
brick. scheme.
cAPr. ]. w. MoER1s started from San
Franciseo on a tour around the world
I'm a boat as feet in length. He was
accomuauied bv his wife. two seamen
and a cabin O :.
WILLIAM PEcx and Matthew Peck.
brothers whom the fortunes of war
separated thirtv-four wears ago. met in
Chicago.
Two BROTHERS. Frank and Harm
schaumburg. living near Milford. nj.
were killed while adjusting : belt on n
c-ircula wood saw.
TIE t-wentv-dfth annual convention
Of the Grand division of the Order Of
Railway Conductors met at Atlanta.
Ca.
FIrrrKx boats were wrecked during
a recent yale ON Lake Michigan and
nearly a dozen nersons vera drowned.
ownxa 20 l.cL 80 f,nds Indga Cove
a5;orrnad az IJn;ts5 St.tss court ~
Rocbas.er w and anon the mis-
onsrs comneilaa ~ he d-;scharged were
fo,r veil-tnovvn counterfe;ters
TER schoonsr Kata Kellav yvas "a
ported lost on Lake Michigan with her
entire crew of seven men.
A sourH-souyp passenger train on
the st. Louis & Hannibal railway ran
on a broken rail near Slick. Mo. and
was thrown down q 2o-foot embank-
ment. c. Never. of Warrentop. No.
was killed. and TWENTY-FIVE other per
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