The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-07

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a mar known rs Indian Pete" and
his wife were burned to death in their
bed at their home near Peshtigo. Wis.
Thomas evils, aged 30, of Bell coun-
~, KY, committed suicide by hanging
because Nora Bellew, a 14-year-old girl,
refused to marry him.
WOrth;ngton c. Ford, chief of the
bureau of statistics, says that the i'm
ports of articles free of duty were about
1000, 600 less in 1895 than in 1S94-the
figures for 1895 being 1913, $50, 100.
Eight Berry detectives, Implicated in
the shooting of innocent Frank White.
while seeking his criminal brother,
were indicted in Chicago by the grand
jury on counts charging murder.
The motorcycle contest in Chicago
| over a 54-mile course for purses amount
ing to $4,000 was won by the Charles L.
Duryea gasoline motorcycle of SPRING
field, Mass, which made the distance l a
ten hours.
Levi Lane, aged 81, dropped dead Of
apopleNy at his home in Lebanon, Ind.
He had been deputy clerk for 81 years.
United States flags were raised over
the city hall and ali public school build
ings in birmingham. Ala, for the first
time in the history Of the city.
The Cherokee Indian Legislature
passed a bill making it impossible here
after for any white man to obtain prop
erty rights by marrying Indian
The report that Harry Hayward had
confessed in Minneapolis to the murder
of Catherine Cling was said TO be I'M
true.
Peter McGeoch, the millionaire spec
| ulatur. Y hose deals and attempt to cor
times startled the world, committed
suicide in Milwaukee because of family
troubles. He was 81 years old.
Gen. Flaglcr, chief of ordnance, in
his annual report calls attention to the
insutlicicncy Of the appropriations and
suggests that congress should permit
the ordnance bureau to replace old arms
now i'll use with weapons of scryicca-
bic type and uniform character.
Secretary Hokc Smith of the interior
department in his annual report calls
attention to the strict enforcement
which has been given to civil-scryice re-
form: estimates the amount of public
lands undisposcd of to be COO. oO3,O 900
acres and Il Y the total receipts during
the year for public lands amounted to
over s. GOO.Ou0; says an intelligent
treatment of the Indians will make
them seIf-supportiHg; and upon the
subject of forests says that 17,Gpo.0Jo
acres are now included within forest
reserves, the object being to preserve
them for future use.
Football games in Chicago resulted
rs follows: University of Michigan, -:
University of Chicago. o: Boston and
Chicago Athletic associations, a tie, I
to j. At Kansas City-Univcrsity of
Missouri, 10; University of Kansas, 6.
Dispatches from all over the United
States note 4 general observance of
Thanksgiving day in the usua! man
uer.
Roman Hohrar and Sadie IicnSchcn.
who were O q to bc married, were both
killed 10y the ears at Arcola, Ind,
while going to Il dance.
At noon on Thanksgiving day in
Cleveland over 5000 members Of Chris
tian Endeavor societies prayed for the
salvation of the soul of Col. Ingersoll.
Later advices say that the loss to the
oil interests in Ohio and Indiana by the
recent blizzard would amount to over
I.0OU.O 900.
s. c. Martin, the ossificd man, who has
lain on his back for seven years unable
to move a joint, died near Bryan, Tex.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Goth aggregated
$S70,t'i,1S2, against 81, 1@6.22G.G&S the
previous week. The increase. COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1891, was so.
Three men were fatally hurt and scv-
eral seriously injured in a wreck on
the Norfolk n Western railroad at Can
terbcr@, W. Va.
There were 2SS business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10Th, against $50 the week
previous and 323 i'll the corresponding
time Of 1894.
At Nashville, Tenn. John s. johnson
lowered the ouc-mile flying start bicy-
Gle record from 2:l6 to 2:lO ID. The
tvo-Inile flying start record was low
cred Ivy y. +. Sem, of Lion. Ky, from
+: ~ - to 4:4S&-5.
The Chattahoochie national bank "a
Columbus. Ga, closed its doors.
Joseph Robinson and Ozias McGahcy,
both negroes, were taken from the Jail
at Fayetteville. Tenn. and hanged by Il
mob. The colOred men were charged
with an attempted assault upon Il white
girl.
y fall of earth and rock at n mine
near Carmel. y. Y. killed II men.
Reports reached FL Paso, Tex. of a
Yaqui outbreak in northeastern Sonora
in which a number of citizens, includ-
ing Americans. were killed.
Secretary of War Lamont in his an
nual report gives the expenditures for
the fiscal year ended June 50 last as
$52.2S7,TSO.44. The appropriations for
the same period We're $f3, i66.j71.7j. lie
says the year has been ~undisturbcd by
Indian outbreaks. domestic violence or
troubles on the border. and that the
army is better fed, housed and clothed
than ever before. The total force of the
army is 25.7O6. The total expenditures
for the improvement of rivers and har-
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