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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-09-30

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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-09-30

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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Col. GOLDSMITH ". HEWITT, the most
prominent criminal lawyer in Ala
bama and member of the Forty-fourth,
Forty-ffth, Forty-sixth and Forty
seventh congresses from the Sixth
Alabama district, died at his home in
birmingham. aged 81 years.
CHARLES WARREN LIPPITT rep, of
Providence. was inaugurated governor
OF Rhode Island.
\ RUS of the manufacturers of
wire nails throughout the country was
organized AT Pittsburgh. Pa.
PROF. j. MADISON WATSON. a widely
known educational man. being the au-
thor and publisher of a series of school
books used throughout the United
States. was sent TO an insane asylum
at Elizabeth, y. J.
HENRY MCKINNEY, near Nashville,
Tenn, accidentally killed two sisters.
A rifle discharged prematurely.
The first regular session of the ma
tional conference of charities and cor-
rections opened at New Haven, Conn.
The new Waverly hotel at Hot
Springs. Ark. was destroyed by fire
and William Burke. night porter, was
cremated. All the guests escaped
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
HENRY L1SDLEY FRY, who ranked

HENRY LINDLEY FRY, who ranked
high among the wood carers of the
world, died at his home near Cincin-
natl, aged SIS years
WALTER Q. GRESHAM, secretary of
state. died in Washington of pleuro-
pneumonia after an illness of four
weeks, aged IS years. He leaves a wife
and two children. Mr.. Gresham's ju-
dicial career began early in the admin
istration of Gen. Grant, and continued,
with the exception of his connection
with the Arthur administration, first
as postmaster general and then as sec
rotary of the treasury, until the Sec
ond Inauguration of Mr.. Cleveland,
when he was chosen as secretary of
state. having left the republican party.
He served in the war with distinction,
retiring as a major general. His home
was in Chicago.
IN convention at GAINESVILLE the re-
publicans of Ohio nominated Gen. Asa
Bushnell, of Springfield, for governor.
The platform favors a protective tariff,
denounces the present democratic adj
ministration. favors the use of both
gold and silver as standard money, in
dorses the administration of Gov. Nc
Kinley and pledges him the support of
Ohio in the next national republican
convention. and indorses ex-Gov. For
aker for United States senator.
GRANDMA EVA GROSS, of Herneyville,
Ind. died at the age of 100 years. She
was BORN on a farm a few miles from
where she died.
The entire ticket nominated by the
Ohio republicans at the convention in
GAINESVILLE is: Asa ;. Bushnell. gov
ernor: \. W. Jones. lieutenant govern
or: WI Guilbert. auditor; Thad \.
Minshall, supreme judge; Josiah Il.
Allen. supreme court clerk; Frank 5.
Monnett. attorney general: Samuel Il.
Campbell. treasurer: +. L. Lybarger,
board of public works.
JOHN +. ANDREWS, aged 40. son of
John Andrews. the war governor" Of
Massachusetts, was found dead in bed
at his home in Boston. He was a mem
Der Of congress in lsSS.
WILLIAM W. HEAToN. chief engineer
of the United States navy, died in New
York. aged 56 years.
GIN. Il. NJ. MITCHELL. aged GO years,
dropped dead at Charleston, H.. while
working in his garden, and his wife
was SO affected by his death hal she
died half an hour later.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
FOREIGN.

THERE was a belief nat the Furmosa
republic was a Chinese maneuve
backed by France and Russia to trick
Japan ont of the fruits of her victory.
and il was feared that it would reopen
the war.
The French steamer Dom Pedro,
bound for Carril, Spain. was wrecked
off Cape Corrubedo and over 100 OF
those on board were drowned.
GEN. MAxIMO GOMEZ, the leader OF
the Cuban revolutionists, died ON a
plantation near Barre from a wound
received in battle.
For the second year in succession
Lord Roseberv won the historic Eng
lish Derby, last year with Ladas, this
year with Sir Nisto.
TH~IRTY-THREE lumbermen canPeA on
a raft in the Spanish river near Mani
ton Island. Ont, were swept avs and
drowned.
The boiler of the EcuadOrian gun
boat Sucre exploded at GuayaIuil, kill
ing the commander and fourteen men
and injuring seventeen more, thirteen
fatally.
LATER advices from Mexico say that
the total number of lives lost by the
wrecklng of the steamer Colima off
Manzanillo was 1S7.
ALMEDE C~HATTELLE, the murderer of
little Jesse Keith last October, was
hanged at Stratford, Ont
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
TORRID TEMPERATURE.
A Terrible Harvest of Death In PhiIadeI-
phla.

PHILADELPHIA, June 3.-The trop-
ical heat prevailing since Thursday
has reaped a terrible harvest of death
in Philadelphia. The p~rostrations
from heat number several scores. and
on Friday there were two deaths,
three on Saturday, and the climax
was reached yesterday, when seven
teen persons died of heat pro~stration.
The thermometer yesterday in the
weather bureau office, at its max
imum at . o'clock D. M. reg
istered o degrees, two degrees
lower than Saturdays maximum. The
owes point touched by the thermome-
ter yesterday was at $50 a. M. when
1t stood at - degrees. From that time
on until . o'clock the mercury went
booming upward till it reached 95 de-
grees. To the gasping thousands COM
PEELED to breathe the superheated air
from the bricks of the houses and the
scorching asphalt from the streets.
the difference of . degrees in the mer-
curry from Saturday was not noticea-
BILE, and the suffering among the resi-
dents of Philadelphia wa as great as
it has been on any day of the prevail
ing hot spell.
Fortunately the day was Sunday,
and the workers in the mills and man.
ufactories were able to seek what cool
ness they could. But for this the NOR
tally would have undoubtedly been
much higher than it was.
Reports received from points
throughout eastern Pennsylvania show
that the heat in hat section has been
as great as it is in PHILADELPHIA.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
AN AWFUL EXPLOSION

ALarge Quantity of Nitroglycerine. whilsl
i Being Carried In "a skin to the Burning
Springs Oil Fields, Lets Go with ire
mendOus Force, and Spreads Destruction
| In All Directions.
PARKERsBURG, W.. Va, June S.-Two
hundred and fifty quarts of nitro
glycerine which were being taken
from Pittsburgh to the Burning
Springs oil field in a skiff by an en-
ploye of James Kinds, the oil driller.
exploded at $50 o'clock last evening
just as the boat had turned into the
little Kanawha from the Ohio river.
The explosion occurred directly op-
posite the Parkersburgh's mill, the
sides of which were blown in and the
boilers driven out of position and
nearly all of its machinery misplaced.
Sparks from the furnace were driven
among the shavings setting the mill
on fire, which was extinguished, how
ever, after a short fight.
The damage in the immediate vicin-
ity of the explosion is very great.
buildings driven from their founda-
tions, their walls crushed in and other
wise wrecked. The damage through
out the city will aggregate from S75,-
900 to 500, 600 Every plate-glass WIN
dow on Market, Third and Smith
streets was wrecked, the plate-glass
loss alone amounting to S2a, 900.
The explosion was felt in every part
the city and windows, crOckery and
bric-a-brac We're broken miles from the
river front.
Citizens thinking it was an earth.
quake. rushed to the streets in great
confusion.
Across the Kanawha there is not
a residence that is not damaged
several having their roofs crushed in,
and all having their walls torn
down or windows blown out.
The steamer Heatherton, which
was tied in the mouth of the Kan
awha, was an almost total loss, while
coal barges were sunk along the river
for miles as though they were
snagged. Although there was a large
number of persons hurt, none are IA
tai except Kinds employee, whose
name is unknown. Those most seri-
Ously injured are a Mrs. Henry, Miss
Emma Houchen, Miss Katie Nolan,
Mrs. Ida Rhodes and George MUM.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08

Tony HOefie, aged %. met with an
awful death at Arsenal island, OPP
posite the southern part of st. Louis,
a few days ago.
Prof. G. BarSon, an aeronaut. was to make an
ascension and descend with a parachute.
Hoefe was assisting in initiating the balloon.
and requested the professor to allow him to
ascend with him. The request was denied. but
when the balloon started Hoete held on. When
up about 500 or 600 feet HOefle let 90. and went
whirling till he struck the ground with a hor-
rifying thud. The incident was witnessed by
many people. Hoefe struck in a pile of sand,
but was mashed to a pulp. 1t is believed that
he took this method TO commit suicide.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
Death OF Hon. Daniel Proctor.

Hon. Daniel Proctor, ex-representa-
tive of Caldwell county, died at Bray
mer, a few days ago, aged SO years.
Mr.. Proctor was porn in Washington
county, O.. in 1872, and in 1856 moved
to Missouri, settling in Caldwell
county, near Braymer, where he has
resided until last year, when he moved
to Braymer. He served two terms in
the general assembly of this state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
MISSOURI A NEWS
A Romance of the War.
The following story was set aioat at
Columbia:

The following story was set afioat at
Columbia:
When the war broke out Geo. Davenport and
wife resided 10 miles south Of Columbia. and
several children had been born 10 them. On
the commencement OF hostilitieS George enlist
ed in the Union army. AT Shiloh he WAS wound
ed and left on the field. News reached his wife
that he was dead, but he had been sent TO a
hospital. After mis- release he was told that
his family were dead. He believed the story,
and. destitute and wretched, he decided not 10
return home. and wandered to California. where
he remained fer nearly thirty years. About a
year ago he moved to Kansas and entered
the old soldiers home at L~eavenwOrth.
While there he saw an item in a news
paper which appraised him Of the fact
that his family was still alive. Hastily he
returned TO Boone county and found that his
wife was a widow. Davenport intrOduced'him-
self, but al first his wife refused to believe his
story. After a dramatic scene and a closer
examination OF his features she finally became
convinced that mis- story was true.
Mrs Davenport. after several years waiting
for her husband. concluded that he was dead
beyond a doubt. John SmallwOod. an old COM
panion of her youth. pressed her 10 marry him,
and, after waiting a year 10 make sure that her
husband was no more. she finally accepted the
offer and became Mrs. John SmallwOod.
Mayor Walbridge at Lincoln's Tomb.
On Memorial day Ransom post. G. A.
R., ST. Louis, visited Lincoln's tomb at
Springfield, III. During the ceremonies
Mayor Waibridge delivered an address.
And now, said Mr.. Walbridge. in course Of
his remarks. we have met at his last mortal
reStinG-plGce to honor his name. Here are
veteran survivors Of that war. Here are men
who first saw the light Of day after the clouds
Of that civil storm had passed away Here are
citizens from various states whose equal loyal
ty i no longer questioned. The fitness and
pr0priety OF these ceremonies no one can
doubt, vet it becomes Us to ask whether We
may not more permanently honor his memory
by attempting To initiate his example. Verify.
this j hallowed ground. Then lie. - all
here and Eow soIemnly and sincerely re-
solve, so far as our ~cndowmentS may permit,
to carry into our various walks OF life the lofty
sentiments. the plain honesty. the SteadfaSt
faith in The people. the patient search for
truth. the trust in Divine Providence that en-
abled Abraham Lincoln to stand erect in that
tempest OF passion and preserve inviolate our
national integrity. Thus may we honor his
name Thus may we perpetuate his influence.
Thus may We make this union Of states what
We would make ir-a union Of hearts whose
harmonious beating Will cease only when time
shall be no more.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
One DAYS Eoutn. Mortality.

When Col. Ed Butler in his capacity
as dead animal contractor at st. Louis,
made his daily report at the health de-
partment. he reported twenty-four
horses dead on the streets in various
parts of the city as 4 result of the neat
Decoration dav.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08

John Harnett was drowned in the
Usage river. 90 miles from jefferson
City, a few days ago, while trying to
Through some mishap the fish jerked
him in the river, and as he had
wrapped one end of the line around
his hand the struggles of the fish
drowned him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08

State Auditor Seibert has cast up the
cost of the extra session of the legisla-
ture and finds that the certificates
audited are as follows:
Pay OF members and officers. ........... al ,624
Contingent expenses. .....-.......... 1900
Total ..... $500
The appropriation for contingent ex-
penses is exhausted, and $500 of certifi
Gates, covering per diem of clerks, etc,
have been presented and refused pay
ment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
A FOUL MURDER
Brought to Light by Receding Waters at
Cleveland, o.

W.
CLEVELAND, O., June "A special to
the Press from IrontOn. O.. says: The
body of a large woman. about Is wears
old, was found in the river here yes
terday morning. 1t is supposed to be
that of Beck r. Turner, of Memphis,
Tenn, who lived on a family boat.
There was a quarrel over the possess
sion of the boat two months ago. and
the woman has not been seen since
that time.
One of the men on the boat has been
arrested on suspicion of causing the
death of Miss Turner. The features
of the body found yesterday morning
were unrecugnizahle There was a
rope tied about the neck and fastened
to a large stone. The falling OF the
river caused the body to float.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
Loved In Vain:

Mitch Rice. employed by his uncle,
Giles Rice, near Keytesyille. loved his
cousin. Daisy. She did not reeiprocate,
and Mitch took poison and died.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
x-CONFEDERATES
Enter and Capture the City of Cincin-
natl.

CINCINNATI, June 1.-The special
train bearing the ex-confederates who
attended the dedication of the confed-
crate monument in Chicago reached
here at 7:3O o'clock yesterday morning.
A committee from the chamber of
commerce escorted them to the Grand
hotel, where breakfast was served.
Never in the history of the exchange
was such an ovation rendered to visit
ors, and every speech was loudly APP
Hundreds of GA. r. menwere present
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
UNCLE SANS Nancy BOX.
The Monthly Statement Shows n Net De-
crease I'm the Public Debt.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-The debt
statement issued last evening shows a
net decrease in the public debt, less
cash in the treasury during May. of
s., 436.6l1.sG {. The interest bearing
debt increased 500; the noninterest-
bearing debt decreased 1854. 527. 80. and
cash in the treasury increased 1857
1s4.3s. The balances of the several
classes of the debt at the close of bust
ness May 81 were:
Understanding debt, SIG, 2O2. OF;
debt OF which interest has ceased
since maturity, 81. 734, 92O. 90: debt
bearing no interest, 1879, s3G, 46I. 80.
Total, 81. O37, 773. 1913. Is.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08

A syndicate of Dutch capitalists. it
is reported, r about to start q big
beet sugar business in the neighbor.
hood of Bowling Green, Ky.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08

John II. Lewis. general manager of
the Benton Manufacturing Co, st.
Louis. was shot and killed by Erasmus
Frederick, over a difference OF ST. OF in
wages.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
Publishing Missouri Assembly Acts

Secretary of State Lesueur has deter
mined to publish the laws of the regu-
lar and extra sessions of the Thirty
eighth general assembly in one volume
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
Why He Stole a Blanket.

John A. Smith. of Valley Park, St.
Louis county, was given two years in
the penitentiary for stealing a blanket.
lie said he wanted a home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08

At Boonvilie Riley Evans was. on
plea ofguily of murder in the second
degree. sentenced to the ~penitentiary
for five years for killing Peter Fine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08

A devil fish Is feet long and weigh
ing 1000 pounds was caught near
Horn island, not far from Moss Point
Miss, a few days ago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08
Bad Fire at Pattcns3urs.

Pattonsburg, Daviess county. was
visited by a destructive fire the other
day. Forty houses were burned. Loss,
$50. 600; insurance. $4,000.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08

The ffty-sixth convention of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Mis-
souri, was held at Christ church cathe-
dral, st. Louis. 1t was in session. three
DAYS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08

The Cole county grand jury adj
journed without returning Il single in
dictment against anyone in any way
connected with the general assembly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08

After all. We have secured an election law
in favor of honest elections and the LOBBY is
forced from cover into the open field. The peo-
pie see it now and can deal with it a. II is. This
fight Is not ended vet"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-21
PERSONAL.

-r,. Indiana Legislature has appropriated $1,000
20 nlacs statues OF william Henry Harrison ana
oliver p Morton IN the Statuary Han or the 'ap,.
toll at Washington. In the same LeglsatIre sp Dr
has been introduced 20 place q STATUE VI ""'e'S'
Whitcomb in Monument Piace
N Andre an aeronaut OF Stockholm. has plan
70 go TO the North Pole in a balloon.
4 well-kpown colored railroad conductor Is Henry
Vanness who has. for seventeen years been =
conductor on the Rockville Comm branch or tho
New-York and New-England Railroad lie Is pop
uar with both railroad officials ard patrons s mas
gold medal presented TO him in sso 6y inc peoPs
who travel on his trains he mas savea b raad and
money. ana TANKS Vi ie'"e ~
going on a farHi
Federal Councillor Joseph Zemp, VINO mas oeeh
appointed President OF the Swiss Confederation TOT
the year 1885, Is said TO be the first conservative
Catholic who has been appointed to the highest
1I,, r IN the mountains at Eutebach a beautiful
Alpine district in a direct line between Lueefhe
and Berne. He is sixty years or age.
II appears from the Harvard quinquennial cata'
logue that Oliver Wendell Holmes did not receive
tha degree OF ma ster of until nine years after
the degree Of doctor of laws had been conferred
upon him by his alma mater. and three years a'.e'
he had been honored with the highest TUES ny
Edinburgh, Cambridge and Oxford The Boston
correspondent OF The Critic" says that some time
before commencement in 1889 DIR. Holmes wrote
witty letter TO the Governing Board or Har'aro
saying that the university had often honored MIN.
and that hs had received from it the degrees OK
A. b.. NJ. ID; and IL. D. but he had never YET IT,
ceved the degree of A. VI. from any college, ne
would not presume to point out this iact hal no.
Harvard already given him the higher degree winch
might be assumed to include the lower; siill ne
felt that nothing would please him better tnan 70
be a master OF arts Of Harvard. The letter was
in a modest unassuming tone. not making a re-
this characteristic manner: II A. NJ. yours. etc.
oliver Wendell Holmes" OF course his hint was
acted on and m. genial Autocrat was made an
honorary master OF arts sixty after his gradu-
sfon