The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02

At Louisville, Ky, B. W. Twyman
broke the 1OO-mile bicycle record, going
the distance in 4:27:32.
The magnificent new Masonic home
was dedicated at Springfield, o. Fully
5000 visitors were present.
The intellectual and spiritual condi-
tions of the Indian and the Chinaman
were discussed at the meeting in De-
Iroit of the American Missionary as
ISOLATION.
The National Association of Imple-
ment Manufacturers in annual session
in Chicago elected II. o. Staver, of hat
city, as president.
Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage was installed
as co-pastor of the First Presbyterian
church in Washington.
Jim UmDra and Mexican John, two
MeXicans who had been engaged in cat
tie stealing and various lawless enter
prises, were lynched by enraged cattle
Inen in Oklahoma.
In a rear-end collision on the New
Haven road rear Hyde Park, Mass,
one MAJ was killed and twelve other
persons were injured. a woman fatally.
\ special train on the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern road ran from Chi
cago to Buffalo, n. Y, a distance of $40
miles, in seven hours, fifty minutes
and ten seconds, an average of 64.9S
miles an hour. This breaks the worlds
record.
\ broken axle wrecked a passenger
train near Newport, Pa, and Engineer
Wolfkill and Fireman Haines were
killed and nine other persons were in
Jured.
At the closing session in Washington
of the national conference of Unitarian
and other Christian churches Senator
Hoar. of Massachusetts, was reelected
president.
Fire destroyed than 100000
worth of property in the best business
portion of Mckinney, Tex.
y fast express on the burlington road
was wrecked at Waldron, Mo-. and ten
persons were hurt, two of them Sc
riously.
In a drunken quarrel at Wagner, l.
r.. Zcke and Dick ~Crittenden, United
States marshals, were shot and killed
by Ed Reed, also Il marshal.
Twenty business buildings were
burned at glastonbury, o., the total loss
being $25O,OO0.
The Woman's National Press associa-
ton met at Atlanta, Ga.
The fancy goods store of b. Stark x
Co, in Albany, y. Y, was burned, the
loss being S200,00O.
The Columbia National bank at Ia
coma. Wash, closed its doors.
The American Missionary association
in session at Detroit selected Boston as
the place of holding the next meeting
chusetts, Is president.
1t was said hat the Texas sugar crop
would be far below the average.
Sidney Lane and c. H. Neville. rail.
road men at Houston, Tex, killed each
other in a duel with pistols.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 25th aggregated
81, 14S, 70S ,311, against Sligo ,032, 1862 the
previous week. The increase, com
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was 25.7.
The wife and three children of Gran
vile Lancaster (colored) were burned
TO death at Livingston. Ala.
Marsh and forest fires in the vicinity
of Seymour and New London, Wis,
were doing much damage.
James Case, wholesale dealer in boots
and shoes in New York, failed for $780,
900.
George McCrary. a negro convicted of
the murder OF another negro, VAS
hanged at GreenvilIe, Ga.
Fire destroyed the Jesse Thompson &
Co. lumber plant and A frame houses at
Augusta, Ga. Loss, 100000.
\ movement has been inaugurated at
military park there similar to the ones
at Gettysburg and Chickamauga.
There were 23I business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 25th, against 263 the week
previous and 253 in the corresponding
time in 1894.
At the closing session in Meriden,
Conn.,, of the Universalist convention a
resolution favoring union with the Uni
tarians was defeated.
The State bank at G%othenburg. Neb.,
closed its doors. The failure was due
to the slowness of collections.
Forest fires on the Oneida reserva-
ton near Green Bay, Wis, burned eight
and in the destruction of the
house of John Skanihore. an Indian, |
three children were burned to death.
BY the falling of a brick wall in Clyde,
O.. nine men were badly injured.
An advance copy of the report Of the
commerce commission for
the past year shows that railways in
the United States have 779,6OS employees
and 7,O35 general! officers.
The annual report of Inspector Gen
eral breckenridge shows that the
States army has attained Il high
standard of discipline and that the Of
ficers generally are competent.
The national congress of Free Think
ers, with representatives from every
city and state in the union and Canada,
commenced in New York.