The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23

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fourishing condition.
The Marinette iron works at West Du-
luth, Mimi, went into the hands of a
| receiver with liabilities of $500, 900.
The steamboat James W. Boyle
foundered off Rockaway inlet, near
New York, and the five persons on
board were drowned.
Gov. O'Ferrall will ask the Virginia
legislature to pass a law making the
bondsmen of sheritfs liable to the heirs
of men who are lynched.
In session at Tallequah, l. T., the
Cherokee council passed 4 bill which
prohibits the employment of others
than Cherokee citizens, as managers,
clerks or bookkeepers in any mercantile
establishment.
The National Reform association will
meet at Baltimore on December - and
ID.
The revenue cutter Bear, Capt.
! I~IeaIey, arrived at San Francisco from
her summer cruise in the arctic.
High winds and heavy seas did eX-
teDsive damage among summer resorts
along the New Jersey coast
Postmaster General Wilson directed
all postmasters to mark mail sent to
lottery companies as fraudulent and re-
turn it Il the senders.
As the result of an investigation 1G
letter carriers i'll Chicago were dis
charged for disobeying rules and 90
were suspended for from one to 30 days.
The Williams & England Banking
company of Salem, Ore, closed its
doors. The bank was a depository for
the city treasurer and of several large
corporations.
The general missionary committee
Of the NJ. f. church in annual session at
Denver announced that the receipts for
the year were S1,174,554 and the eXpen-
ditures $1,237,345. One million dollars
were appropriated for the work of the
society for the coming year.
Fire on the premises of the Empire
Dlstillery company in Boston destroyed
100000 worth of property.
Kim Taw Etaw, n Miami Indian, com
United suicide at Wabash, Ind, by
shooting. He had squandered u for
tune of $4,000 in drink.
Twenty-Five immigrants en- route to
California from Oklahoma were said to
be starving on the Colorado desert.
At the session of the Knights of La
hor in Washington the right to vote in
the general assembly was taken from L.
V. Powderly, formerly general master
workman.
Capt. Hughes, of the Texas rangers,
scouting OF the Upper Rio Grande near
Yoleta, reported much lawlessness and
smuggling.
The lumber cut of the Duluth (Minn.)
district for the season just closed
reaches a total of 461, OOO, 900 feet, eX-
ceeding the cut of previous years by
Learly 100000 feet.
+. S~chlatter, who had gained great
prominence as a divine healer, disap-
peared m~ysteriously from Denver.
At Bisbee, y. T., Frederick Romero
and James Montague fought Il duel i'll
which each received fatal injuries.
Six incendiary fires occurred in Ilur-
ley, Wis, in "a hours.
Sixty newspaper men, representing
the agricultural press of the country,
met in Chicago and organized the Agri-
cultural Press league with NJ. j. Law
renee of Cleveland las president.
The State Insurance company of
Salem, Ore, went into a receivers !
hands.
Augusta college, the most historic
building in Augusta, Ga, was destroyed
by fire.
y horseless wagon was started from
New York to Chicago. This is said to
be the longest trip ever undertaken by
a road vehicle propelled by a motor.
John Koch, while drunk and jealous,
shot his wife and then himself at Gin
%cinnati.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
$1,17O,3 56, 1G4. against $1.121. 5O4, 739 the
previous week. The increase, COM
Jared with the corresponding week in
1894, was i4.5.
The British steamer Leo foundered
off the coast of Denmark and Is per-
sons on board were drowned.
lnere were 80 BUSINESS 1dlluTeS III
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against $50 the week
previous and $50 in the corresponding
time of 1894.
At Phocnixyille, Pa, Thomas Edwin
cut the Threats of his two children, aged
four and six years, with a razor, and
then committed suicide in the same
manner.
In October %, $50 immigrants reached
the United States. against - ,2O9 for the
same month in 1894.
Ferdinand Kenneth, eX-chief of police
of ST. Louis. who killed Detective \. Is.
Lawson at Los Angeles, Cal, WAS SEN
fenced to ten years in prison.
Cornelius and Patrick Cowley, farm
ers, were robbed of 5000 by burglars at
their home near Harvard. Ill.
In just seven minutes after an appli-
cation for divorce was made at Sioux
City, Ia, Mrs. Sarah j. Wallace was
separated from W. j. Wallace.
The little town of Lamora, Neb., was
practically wiped out by fire.
q. Dupree (colored) was hanged Il:
DevaIT's Bluff. Ark, for the murder of
Robert Harris (colorcd) on June
IL, 1894.
The condition of general trade, rs tel
egraphed from leading distributing
points throughout the country, con-
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