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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
FOREIGN.

RECENT discoveries show that the
Honduras treasury was robbed of 81
500, 900 during President BOgran's adj
ministration.
THE next expedition to find the north
pole is to be by balloons. The project
was gravely discussed by the geograph-
zeal congress in London.
ADvICES from the negro colony at
Mapimi, Mexico, indicated that the
negroes were on the point of starva-
ton.
COMPLETE returns from the British
elections show the division of the par
ties in the new parliament to be as
follows: Conservatives, 341; liberal
unionists, 20; government total, Ill;
liberals, ia; Mc~Carthyites, 20; Par
nellites, 10; labor, =; total opposition,
259; government majority, 1872; con-
servative majority over all, II.
GEORGE PORTER, paying teller in the
Bank of Montreal al Quebec, was ar
rested for embezzling $685. OO.
THE story OF the safe landing of 4
large and well-equipped expedition to
aid the Cuban insurgents was con-
frmed.
REV. AUGUST KULLMAN and his wife.
Methodist missionaries in the town of
Azanol, India, died of cholera. Mr..
Huffman went to India from New Jer-
sey in 1892
IT was reported that thirty citizens
belonging to leading families in San
Salvador were arrested and shot inside
the barracks.
The --latest news from Cuba was that
the towns of Barre, Jiguani and Guam
tanamo had been captured by the in
surgents.
AN earthquake occurred at the Rus
sian town of KrasnovOdsk and twelve
persons were killed.
TIE firm of Messrs. Fratolli Gingen,
one of the largest and oldest banking
houses in Genoa, Italy, closed its Goors
with liabilities of about So, 900, 900.
The Auchen Harvey cOlliery at Salt
Coats, Scotland, was flooded and four
teen miners were drowned.
A FEARFUL massacre of Christians
was said to have occurred at Ku Cheng,
China.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Henry MilliamE Held.

Henry Williams. colored, had a pre-
liminary examination a Macon the 9TH
er day upon the charge of breaking
into Miss Olga Horns room IN the
night of July 10 and attempting to as
sault her. The people were surprised
with the strength of the states testi-
mony, most of them having been under
the impression that it was a case of
mistaken identity. Both the %prosecut-
ing witness and her sister swore posi-
lively to Williams being the man, and
a long and severe cross-examination
failed to shake their testimony.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
LATER.

SPRAGuE, the county seat of Lincoln
county and the division point and loca-
ton Of the Northern Pacific car shops,
having a population of 5000, was al
most entirely destroyed by fire on the
Sd. The loss is placed at over 81, OOO,-
900, and as it is possible the Northern
Pacific Railroad Co. may remove it's
shops to Seattle, the fire may prove
the deathblow to the town.
The associated banks of New York
city, in their statement for the week
ended the Sd, showed the following
changes: Reserve, decrease, 81, O79, 400;
loans, increase, S., Isl, OOO; specie, in
crease. SlO7, 400; legal tenders, decrease.
Sl6,4OO; deposits, increase. So, 361, 600;
circulation, increase, S24.6 600.
The state department received a ca
blegram from Consul Jernigan at
Shanghai, on the 4th, in reference to
the reported massacre near Kuchang,
China, which stated hat the Ameri-
cans there were safe and unhurt, but
that ten British subjects had been
killed by the native mob.
HUNTERS returning from Crown
mountain, in British Columbia, report
that an avalanche has swept away the
crown of the mountain. A party of
explorers built a fire on the peak re-
Gently, which thawed the frozen
ground and caused the avalanche.
THE Woodrough e Hanchett Co., one
of the largest wholesale hardware
houses in Chicago, failed on the Sd.
The failure occasioned a good dead of
surprise, as the company had been re-
garded as a most substantial concern.
The steamship Saale, which left
New York, on the Sd, for Europe, car
ried 81. $50, 900 gold, the La Bourgogne
S1l6,40 and the Aurania $40, 600. The
gold shipped by the Saale is for the
accounts of coffee importers.
The employees of the Franklin cop
per mine at Hancock, Mich, have had
their wages restored to the figure paid
before the cut caused by the panic of
two years ago.
ATTY.-GEN. HARMON has gone to Nan
tucket. Mass, to spend three weeks va
cation. Solicitor-General Conrad will
be acting Encouragement during his
absence.
On the 81 the associated banks of
New York city held S41, 996. 635 in ex-
cess of the requirements of the 25-
percent. rule.
AssAF SADULLAH, secretary of the
Turkish embassy III Berlin, committed
suicide in his residence in that city on
the Sd.
The next meeting of the Interna-
tional Geographical congress will be
held in Berlin in 1899.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Christian College Faculty.

A number of changes have been made
n the faculty of Christian college, a
female school of Columbia. The fol-
lowing appointments have been made
FOR the coming year: Instructor in
elocution, Miss Rachel AFFORD. of De-
troit, Mich; instructor in art, Miss
Anna Baker, ofFulton, Mo-; instructor
in the primary department, Miss Mary
Stewart, of Huntsville, Mo-; instructor
in religious studies, j. H. Wood, of
Columbia; assistant instructor in in
strumental music, Miss Lillian Hunt,
of Chicago. Improvements have been
made in the college building.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
st. Louis Bank CIesrances.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat con.
tanned the following in a recent issue:
st. Louis bank clearances in July
amounted to S1O3, 452, 1919. They were
ss7, $50. $40 in the same month in 1894,
So, 500. 431 in 1893, and 500, 027, 29s in
1892. That is. they were more than IS
per cent. greater during July than they
were in the same time a year ago, and
more than 3 per cent. greater than
they were three years ago, before the
panic was in sight. This is a better
exhibit than most of the large cities
can make.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10

Col. Christopher Davis died at the
nome of his son Judge C. 7. Davis, in
Nevada, Vernon county, a few days
ago. He was born in Pittsylvania
county, Va, July 10, 1907, and resided
on the farm where he was born all his
life until he went to Nevada about
three years ago. Of his eight sons six
were in the confederate army. His
funeral was preached at Nevada by
his son, Rev. NJ. NJ. Davis, pastor OF
the Christian chur CHI at Dallas Tex
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Story of the Crime.


The crime of which George and Will
liam P. Taylor stand convicted was
committed on the night of May 10, 1894.
The two brothers had been prominent
and influential citizens of Linn county.
William was the cashier of the bank at
Browning, and George owned Il large
farm near that town. A few years ago
they were indicted in connection with
a check swindle, and then rumors
of various fraudulent transactions in
which one or both of the brothers were
principals began to float around. Gus
Meeks, their victim, was a poor farmer,
who was sent to the penitentiary for
stealing cattle. While in confinement.
he made a confession duplicating the
Taylors in various crimes, and on his
agreement to urn states evidence he
was pardoned by the governor. The
Taylors offered him 81, 900 to leave the
country, and he consented to take this
amount. Then they wanted him to
take less, which he refused to do.
Some arrangement appears, however.
to have been made, for on the night.
mentioned Meeks loaded his house,
hold utensils and his family
his wife and three children
into a wagon and started away.
Next morning little Nellie Meeks, the
oldest of the three children. appeared
at a farmhouse near George Taylor's
place and reported that her father,
mother, brother and sister had been.
murdered, and that their bodies had
been buried in a straw stack close by.
She herself had been left for dead. and
had been covered with straw with the
others. Investigation proved the truth
of the story. There was intense ex-
element throughout the neighbor-
hood, and if the murderers had been.
caught they would nave been lynched
Immediately. Nellie Meeks said the.
Taylor brothers committed the crime.
They disappeared. and for weeks armed
bodies of men searched the country
for them. A month later they were cap
tured at Buffalo City, Ark, by Jerry
South, a member of the legislature from
Marion county, who recognized them
from the pictures in the newspapers.
They were taken back to Linn county,
and then to st. Joseph to prevent a
l~ynching. The first trial commenced
at Carrollton, March 81, and lasted I'M
til April 6, when it was given to the
jury, who were unable to agree on a
verdict, and were discharged.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10

ST.. LOUIS, Aag. John Mueller. a
dealer in kindling wood. met a horri-
bic death Friday evening. While
crossing the Chicago, Burlington &.
Quincy track at the foot of AngeIrodt.
street on his way to a sand barge.
moored there, he was struck by 4 train
and thrown a distance of 40 feet.
When picked up the man was dead.
Almost every bone IN his body was
broken, his spinal column injured and
his flesh badly torn and bruised.
Mueller was 80 years old, married
and leaves a widow and several chill
5ren.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Iowa and Missouri Boundary Dispute.

For a long time there has been a
boundary dispute between Iowa and
Missouri.
The last legislature empowered the governor
to negotiate 4 settlement. and the other day
Gov. Stone held a conference in st. Louis with
Gov. jackson of Iowa and Acknowledgement
Milton of the same state. The line in dispute
is between the county of Mercer in Missouri
and the county OF Decatur in Iowa. and is about
midway along the boundary line between the
states. The conference occupied SEVERAL hours,
and, at its conclusion. it was unanimously de-
cided to have the matter taken to the United
States supreme court for friendly adirstment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Met an Awful Death.
Charles L. Dunn met with Il horrible
Jon@ =, -. -,

Charles L. Dunn met with n horrible
death in st. Louis.
Missouri Pacific Railway Co. While at
tempting to pass between the sections of a
train. he was caught between the bumpers by
the sudden closing up of the gap. and an iron
pin was thrust almost through his hOdy. He
was taken to the railway hospital, but died in
u few minutes.
While this fearful tragedy was being enacted
the victims wife was present at the celebra-
ton OF the Feast of Portiuncula in the Monks
church. Praying and wOrShipinG the Lord
there. while my husband was crushed to death.
just to think of it, said Mrs. Dunn in a frenzy
of grief.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Elected by the Methodist Assembly.

The Methodist assembly elected the
following at its Warrensburg meeting:
Directors from Missouri CONFERENCE.-THE.
z. NJ. Williams, J. X. A Vaughn. Prof. w. H.
Pritchett. From the Southwest Missouri Con-
ference-C. II Briggs. ID. D.. Rev. w. I. Me-
Clure. W. J. Carpenter. From the st. Louis
Conference-Rey. NJ. T. Ham, c. Mcclure. f. A.
Whitaker.
Oficers-President, Rev. d. NJ. Williams,
Gallatin; vice-preSident. Rev. W.. ]. Carper-
ter, Nevada; secretary, Rev. W. T. Mcclure.
Independence: corresponding secretary and
treasurer, J. Spencer. WarrenSburg.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10

Rev. j. ]. Evans, of Monroe City, has
accepted the call to the p~astorate of
the Christian church in Lebanon. The
church has been without a pastor for
several months.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
FRASk A. MAeowAN, a Trenton On.

FRANK A. Mcgowan. a Trenton On.
j. millionaire, and president ofsevera1
big corporations, failed for $500, 006.
NEARLY the entire business portion
of Crystal Lake, Mich, vas burned.
WILLIAM z. and George Taylor were
found guilty at Carrollton, Mo-, of
numbering a man named Meeks, his
wife and two children on the night Of
Ma 10 last.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10

Albert Under, aged 92, died near
Union a few days since.
He was the second oldest citizen in rankin
county, and had resided on the farm where he
died for fifty-four years. He leaves seven chill
dren. many grandchildren and a few great
grandchildren.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10

During a term four valuable blooded
horses on the stock farm of J. K.
Thompson, 10 miles northeast of Sc
dalia, were killed by lightning.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Kansas City Pilgrims.

Kansas City business men have been
making a o u of the eastern cities.
There were several orators along, and
there was much speech-making. etc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Struck Twice in the Same Place.

The residence of Lewis Elley, 6miles
east of Columbia. was, during a recent
heavy thunder storm. struck by light
ming for the second time in exactly the
same spot as seven years ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
The Blue and the Gray.

The reunion of 1.-The Blue and the
Gray" at Dixon was a success The
attendance from Pulaski, Maries and
Miller counties was good.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Reward offered by the Governor.

Gov. Stone has offered a reward of
800 for the apprehension of w. j..
Ray. who shot and killed c. Grain in
Christian county July %.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
The MEEKs MASSACRE.

Conviction of the Brothers, William p. and
George +. Taylor, at Carrollton. Mo-, of
the Murder of the Meeks Family In Linn
County on the Night of May 10, 1894
The Defense Will Move for a New Trial.
CARRoLLToN, Mo-, Aug. 2-After be-
ing out for two hours and twenty min
utes, one hour of this being spent for
dinner. the jury in the Taylor case re-
turned a verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree, for the killing of Gus
Meeks.
The forenoon was occupied with the
summing up of the arguments in the
case by Col. j. b. Hale, for the de-
Tense, and Prosecuting Attorney
Bresnehan, for the state. 1t was
after II o'clock when Attorney
Bresnehan finished and the case was
given to the jury. Promptly at 1
o'clock the jury were in their places
and prepared to give a verdict. as n
of them had said that a verdict might
have been had when the evidence was
all in. Notwithstanding this an hour
and a half was spent in looking over
the instructions, and a ballot was
cast. finding a verdict of guilty.
Judge Rucker was notified. and,
though it was attempted to keep the
matter quiet, as soon as the doors were
opened the rush began and the room
soon overlooked and the crowd was or
dered stopped.
THE VERDICT
When the defendants has been seated
in their accustomed places, and the
roll of the jury called, Judge Rucker
asked if the jury had a verdict to
which Foreman q. w. Craig replied
they had, and handed the instructions
and verdict to Clerk Higginbottom,
who, by order of the court, began to
read:
I'VE, the jury, find the defendants,
William =. and George E. Taylor,
guilty.
Here the manifestations of approval
by clapping of hands and stamping of
feet drowned the balance of the YER
diet.
At the news of the verdict, Mrs. Will
liam Taylor tainted, and Mrs. George
Taylor was Frustrated, while the de-
PENDANTS themselves in a moment re-
gained their composure, and soon after
George laughed when asked about the
verdict, while William admitted that
he expected it.
The defendants and their attorneys
remained in the court oom all after
noon in consultation. 1t has been de-
termined to make a motion for a new
trial, embOdying as reasons, among
others, that ~ u majority of the jury,
eight in number, had acknowledged an
opinion which it would take evidence
to remove; (2) Prosecuting Attorney
Miller had gone beyond the statute in
raising the ques ton as to why Mrs.
William Taylor was not put on the
stand; (3) the admission of improper
evidence for the state; az the rejec-
tion of competent testimony for the
defense; (5) improper crOss-examina-
ton of the defendants in violation of
statutory inhibition; (6) improper argu-
ment of the attorneys for the state in
going out of the record, and exceeding
the bounds of legitimate argument;
q refusal of the court to permit the
Arkansas dispositions to be read; ~
action of the court in allowing the
state TO cad the cross-examinatiOn of
Mrs. Edward Fowler.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Southern Epworth League.

The state convention of the Epworth
league of the NJ. Z. church south was
held at Warrensburg.
An address of welcome was made by Miss
Georgia Spencer, of WarrenSburg. and was re-
sponded to by T.. A. Whitaker, of s.. Louis.
The secretary's report showed that there are
in the state. belonging to the NJ. Z. church,
south, 1926 senior leagues and 30 junior leagues,
with Il total membership of 1850, representing
a church membership Of almost 100000.
The management of the convention some
time ago sent out an invitation to the Epworth
leagues OF the NJ. f.. church to meet with the
leagues of the Southern Methodist church on
first day of the convention. This brought to
the ground a large number Of both churches,
and union meeting was all that could be de
sired by either body.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10

During June and July Secretary of
State Lesueur received and paid into
the treasury fees and corporation tax
ne Fo1lo,-.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Balance, July 81. 1855.

Gov. Stone and Treasurer Stephens
will soon go to New York city to count
and examine securities held by the
American Exchange national bank and
the National Bank of Commerce of
New York, to secure state deposits.
The law requires that they shall make
this examination annually.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-08-10
Total from all sources. ...$la.s44 So

IOt"I III NVtIVtN-.' = 10
State Treasurer Stephens has filed his
report of the transactions of his office
during July with Gov. Stone. 1t shows:
Balance june so. &C.,. 81. IL79LO0
Receipts. June ........ Sa5 .Olt Is f.STG.s12.25
Disbursements. July e.. ...-!il.l13.5s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-05-09

Section IL provides brieny tnar In
United States money fifteen pounds OF
silver shsil &c of equal vaiueto one pound
OF gold, which proportion shall obtain
through any greater or less quantity OF
the metals. Judge Vincent proceeds:
"a careful reading of Secretary Hanl-
toms report and the act of April 2, 1192,
cannot fail to convince that congress sub
stantially adopted and enacted all of his
views on the subject, as il would be very
apt to de when his views agreed with
those of Tho.uas jefferson" As to the
omission of the gold dollar piece, in spite
of the fact that Hamilton recommended
such a coin ito have q sensible objec: in
that metal to express the unit" and that
50,OOU would be enough, the judge says
it was omitted because it was too small
for practical use. aud as Hamilton said:
'in small payments no Inconvenience
can accrue" from the sole use of silvor
and copper.
Hami.ton's idea was to have the value
made equal in gold and silver, says the
judge, and he proceeds: at was intended by
Hamilton's report and the act of 1892 to
have free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the ratio of u to /,
the then commercial values of the two
metals, and both were made legal tender
for all debts. 1t is undoubtedly true that
the Spanish milled dollar, as it was
then current, was the starting point, and
the number of grains to compare a gold
dollar was ascertained by dividing
the number of grains in the silver doila.
by II. but this does not alter the fact that
units were expressed in gold and silver.
On the contrary it seems to show that
both were made units of value.
The word unit was employed as the
equivalent of dollar" and the dollar was
to consist of either one of two different
things-one-tenth part of 2413! grains of
gold, or 31lA4 grains of silver-just rs equal
values may be embodied in given weights
of any two given commodities, such az
wheat or corn. 4 unit of value is the
unit in which values are expressed; tie
value of both gold and silver are expressed
in the act of 1872; SO we had two units OF
value. If both had not been SO expressed
we could not have had bimetallism. The
unit is simply the starting point in the
reckoning OF money.
"The language of the proposition sub
mitted for decision is not as clear and sat
isfactory as might be desired, but l am of
the opinion that under the act of 1Iy2 the
unit was to be the dollar. The value of
this unit was to be measured in both gold
and silver, 37ll4 grains being the quantity
of silver, ard 24si grains being the guam
tity of gold, which were to equally ex-
press the measure and value of the unit
adopted. AS l conceive this to be the
point at issue, as understood by the par
ties to the controversy, and which was in
tended to be expressed in the written
statement thereof, decide in the affirma-
tive Of the proposition.
WILLIAM A. VINCENT"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-05-09
CHERRYs REPLY TO MORTON.
He Says the Secretary Has Not Helped Hin
a5 He Had Hoped.

He Says the Secretary Has Not Helped Him
n, He Had Hoped.
DENVER, May 9.-James A. Cherry, to
whom Secrerarv Norton wrote a letter
ON ,be silver ouestion has renlied. He
"
ou ha'e h'' no,peu me- -"r. -"or'oi'
as h"u h"Peu- IL" uo hoS inaAe IL
clear that values cannot oc aheceeo oy
legislation. You put silver with salt,
sugar and soap End said the axiom ap-
piled to all alike; that not one of them
could be affected by legislation 1t has
seemed TO me that legislation could affect
values locally and generally. Did the
fall of silver from 1873 to 1898 cause the
legislation of 1873? You ask what sent
silver down in 1898 to 81 cents an ounce.
Surely that fall on its value was not the
cause of legislation that preceded it.
1T was the effect Of it. Take the case
of India again. Legislation stopped the
further coinage of silver, taking thereby
n part of the old demand and use of sill.
yer away, and its fall was flashed over
the wires to the wounded producers and
debtors of the world as instantly as thun-
der follows lightning. In that case We
cannot get the cause and effect turned
around. The fall was the effect-the log
ical and historical effect. You suggest
that il NAV have been the legal recogni-
tion of existing facts That is exactly
what it was. Just as legal recognition
of existing facts Gf clearly understand
your meaning, caused the fall of silver to
s. cents.
"A gain. the senate of the United States
n,ssed a bill in 1871 which provided for
the free coinage of silver in this country.
II was believed that the bill would mass
,ho b,rs. and nrohahlv be signed nv Pres.
49,, u.rr;Sor and hocope n I,w Silver
i'm, NOD xvitbin xeek from, ~ cents an
ornco 70 ~ cents an ounce The rise re.