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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05

Jan. i0-Eear Admiral Donald Mcneil Fair
fax u. S. navy, retired). at Hagerstowu, Nd;
aged 20.
Jan. l5-Henry N. Rice. ex-U. S. senator
from Minnesota. OF san Antonio. Tex
Jan G-Willia1 Gilpin. first territorial gov
er4or OF Colorado: AGED 50.
Feb. 2-George W. ChIlds, editor and philan-
throplst, in Philadelphia; aged G.
Feb. 4-Ex-C. s Senator Morton S. Wilktn-
son, in Wells, Mimi; aged 75.
Feb. oCongrcsSman George ". Honk, of
Dayton. O.. in Washington
Feb. 2S-Ex-U. 5. Senator J. W. McDill. IN
Creston, Ia; aged 60
Mar. l-Ex-Gov. John C.. Downey. of Cali
fornia, as Los Angeles; aged 81.
Mar. a6-U. s senator Alfred II. ColQuitt
from Georgia, in Washington: aged 20.
Mar. 2s-George Ticknor Curtis, lawyer and
author, ip New York: aged So.
Apr. 13-David Dudley Field, lawyer and
writer. in New York: aged 90.
Apr. Ex-senator Zebulon B. Vance, from
North Carolina. at Washington: aged g.
Apr. 16IEx-Gov. and Ex-U. ). Senator
James n Harvey. OF Kansas. near junction
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05
FIRES.

Jan. 2-Globe theater and other buildings in
Boston: SJOl0O).
Jan. 3-Prop,rty worth 81. 800. 900 in Tolcdo.O
Jan. Son worlds fair grounds in Chicago,
Casino. Music hall. Peristyle. and part OF Mn
ufactures building; SI.OC0.O00.
Apr. 12-Arlcrican Glucose Co.'S plant, at
Buffalo. n. Y; 81. 00).C00.
APP. 28-St. Charles hotel In New Orleans;
May iS-Talmnge's Brooklyn tabernacle and
Hotel Regent: Sl.C00.c0o.
May l5-Sixteen acres in Boston's tenement
district.
June 1O-Flames IN Dubuque Ua.) lumber
yards caused sjO0.0O0 loss.
June l6-Central Stock and Transit CO. S alb
atoir in Jersey City: sl,0)O.Ooa.
June 80 Woodruff storage warehouses in
BROOKLYN; Gl.O75!0O0
July eScvcn worlds fair buildings in Chi
cago.
July 19-New Central market building ut Min
neapoliS: SSOO.O0l
July 25-Three hremen killed and COS horses
persisted in fire at Washington.
July 9-Property worth nearly 100000 by
forest fires in northern Wisconsin.
Aug. Fire in Chicago lumber district; 81
COO 900.
Sep. 23-Fl2mes on wharf at Portland. Ore.
Oct. sS-Bridgo and Terminal 20. s warehouse
and % cars N East -. Louis, III; $4,000.
Oct. .9-J. J. Porter & Co.'S millinery eStab-
lishmcnt ut Pittsburgh, Pc; $4,000
Nor. 2-Hammond Packing Io.'s beef house
and Office IT south Omaha. Ncb.: s5Oo.00O.
Nov. l2-TcxaS Pacific railroad cotton wharf
at New Orleans: $4,000; incendiary.
Nov. l8-Twcnty-one buildings in Columbus,
Nv.
Nov. s9-Lozicr bicycle factory Of Toledo,
o.: $500 coo. Forests ablaze IN Mississippi.
The following towns were entirely or almost
entirely destroyed by flames: Pocahoutas,
Ark; Bellevue. Mich; Arcadia. Kan; Pleas
anton. Ncb.: Prospect, o.; Money Point, Va;
Sutherland. Ncb.; Tahoe City, Cal: Pawnec.
Ill: Palmyra, Neb.: tunw Ia; Sagoda.
Mich; MoSolIon. Col; Hudson, Miss: Honey
Grove. Tex: Whittlescy. Wis: Rowley, Ia:
Eden, o.: New Berlin. Ill Greenbush. \.
J.: Colona. H.; Phillips. Fiaeld and Mason,
Wis: Whncconne. Wis: Dawson, Mimi;
Clifford, ILL.,; Guerneville. Cal; Finland settle
ment. Mich; VespeT. Wis: Dows City, Ia;
Cape Vincent. N. Y: Chester Hill. o.; Hinck-
ley Sept y. Mission Creek, Milaca and Sand
stone. Mimi: BaShaw. Barronett. BenoIt.
Glidden. Marengo, Muscado, Shell Lake and
South Range. Wis; Sidnaw. Even and Trout
Creek, Mich; Rising Sun. O.: Shefield, Ia;
Midtown, Pa; Metamora, O
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05

aug. sETwenty-four persons in railroad
wreck near Lincoln. Neb.
aug. IO-Seven by lightning at De Kalo,
Aug l4-At BridseviIle, Del. - By capsizing
Aug; @-Fivc by train running into wagon
ioao Oh people near Hazel, Ky.
Aug. 24-At Franklin, Wash, 81 by gas ex-
plosion in mine.
Aug. SO-Fivc by cloudburst at Waldo. Tex.
Sep. Fin forest fires in Minnesota, Mis-
consin and Michigan 4Gj persisted.
sep I-tfre in fire in Washington.
sen. 2lICyclones In northern Iowa and
southern Minnesota killed 30 people.
Sep 26-Fiye in collision on Lake Huron.
SIX by sinking schooner on Lake Michigan
Sep 29-Ffve tramps in railway wreck near
Woodstock. ILL.,. Seven drowned BY reckless
driving OF intoxicated man at Chaska. Ill.
Oct Mime in cyclone 1T Little Rock. Ark.
Oct. Six during q fire in Detroit. Mich.
Oct S.Ffve by dynamite explosion at Iron
Oct; 9-Twelve by falling of two houses in
Oct: lo-Six in New York by collapse of an
Oct. 1I-Five by boiler explosion at Sharo-
kin. Pa;:--ScVen in wreck Of a steamer near
Woodville. y. Y.
Oct l2-Six by capsizing OF q schooner at
Shears in Delaware bay.
Oct. 27-At Seattle. wash. l6 in hotel fire..
Five BY the cars near Lebanon. Ind.
Get. 20-Sevcn SuffOcated in a
house fire in New York.
Nov. 7-Six in railway collision near Rock
wood. Pa.
Nov. I4-Eight persons in Tennessee forest
fires
Nov I7-Eight By capsizing of barge at Char
lotto. Fla.
Nov: l9-Etght IL railway wreck near Lar
mer, Pa.
Nov. sO-Seven by mine explosion at Golfers
Station. w. Va.
Nov 29-Six by sinking Of schooner In Bos-
ton harbor.
Dec. l0-Seven drowned in pond at Littleton.
1a....Tcn persons bitten by mad dog at Mount
Vernon. O.
Dec. I7-Three persisted In lanes at Gardi-
ner. Me-. Over so sailors drowned during
gale on Pacific coast.
Dec. iS-Five killed by boiler explosion at
West BAY City Mich
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-01

The autumn session of the Austrian
Reichsrath wal opened recently. Count
Badeni, the new Premier, announced
that the Government would introduce
an Electoral Reform bill.
The German ironclad Wurtemberg
is aground in the Little Belt and par
TALLY filled with water.
1t is officially announced that the
Russian Minister in Corea has taken
no action whatever in regard to the
situation there. 3
At the age of 80 Sir Henry Parkes,
ex-Prime Minister of New South Wales,
marries Miss Julia Lynch.
Sixty-four French soldiers on the
transport Canton died on the voyage
from Madagascar to Algiers.
The Italian Government is consider
ing the question of extending its sphere
over the whole of Abyssinia.
Hannah Hand was granted a d.
vorce at London from her husband, Ar
thur Hand, who is said to be living at
Paterson, N. J.
Rumors of a contemplated transfer
of the seat of the Papacy to Avignon,
France, have been revived. but are
not credited by Catholic officials.
AT the foot of the stairs in his Lon
don lodgings, Joe. Aronson, brother OF
the New York theatrical manager, was
found dead, having evidently fallen
down the flight. .
Mrs. Gladstone, who has been con-
fined to her bed by vertigo, is better.
Lord Dufferin will go to Ireland to
live after his retirement from his post
as Ambassador to France.
The population of Prussia is S1,491,-
209, an increase of 1,535,92S, or
5 1900 per cent, since December
1890.
The German Bundesrath refused to
agree to the Reichstag resolution pro-
viding for salaries for members of that
body.
Mrs. Langtry who, it was ruInored,
is to wed Sir Robert Peel after her di-
vorce, has rendered proof of his indebt-
edness for $22, 500. q
Many German banking institutions
are embarking in enterprises in the
Transvaal.
Emperor William, emulatlng the
custom in the British navy, has or
dered that the sailors in the German
navy shall hereafter either wear full
boards or be cleanNShaven.
Ex.Queep Llliuok alani has pur-
chased both a sunni per and winter
esldenee in Italy,
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-01
Pennsylvania
1 Items.

A train neal Shamokin ran over and
killed Mrs. John Dsshay.
A fall of coal in a Shenandoah mine
crushed to death Albert DeKrelin.
The Attorney General drriug the
last three months collected for the
State only SIC, 704.55.
1t was necessary to flood the burning
mine at Plymouth, but the fire is not
yet out.
Anti-toxine is credited with greatly
reducing the death rate from diphtheria
in Allegheny County. 9,
General John r. Dobson, of Phe.
nixville, has been placed on the roll Of
retired officers of the National Guard. 8
About 81, 900, 900 of the school fund
remains in the State Treasury.
F. H. Osborne is the new appointee
as fourth class postmaster at Beaumont.
A charter was granted to the Brad
ford Cycle Company, of Bradford,
capital, $4,000.
A Pennsylvania train near Frazer,
ran over and killed the son of Warren
L. Bucks, of Harrisburg.
When returning from a visit to a
patient at Jessup, DR.. Darwin Kelly,
of Peckville, was killed by a a train.
In a runaway at Shamckin, Daniel
Tressler's legs were crushed.
The Court of Allegheny County has
decided that the Kennedy School bill
is unconstitutional and no bonds can
be issued. ~ 4
There is a project afoot to build a
trolley line from Allentown to Read
ing.
The Schuylklll River is lower at
DouglassvIlle than the Oldest inhab-
liant remembers to have seen it.
A wife and Eve children we're left
helpless by the suicide Of Thomas Beer,
Of Frsekvills, who shot himself,
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-01

Aged Hannah Bowers, of MELVILLE,
Cumberland County, in a fit of "the
blues" hanged herself to a rafter and
died.
Following hearty hotel supper, at
Union Hill, Wayne County, John
Sternberg committed suicide with a
revolver.
Meadville police think they have
captured Christian Hauseman, who
recently murdered Justice Newburger
in Court at Tafton, Pike County.
Machinist Jerome Noble was killed
and Engineer William P~annebaker fla
tally hurt by the upsetting of a loco
motive at East Waterford. 5
A train cut to pieces Amos Forse-
man, Jr. of Pottsville.
Farmer Jacob Rhoads, neal Potts
town, shot a thief in his corntield, but
he escaped.
Falling 40 feet from a coal breaker
as WillIstown, Oliver Moore was seri
ously injured.
A train at Saltwork ran over and
killed A. G. Lyons, a music professor
Of McKeesport.
By an explosion OF a kerosene lamp
at Bethlehem Ruth Hill was 80 fright
fully burned that she died.
The body of John Meyer, who shot
himself four days ago, was found in
his room at Tamaqua.
Falling from a freight train upon
which he was stealing a ride, at Chris
tiana, James Tobin, a New York spike
maker, lost his left arm. 6
Goat picnics are popular at Reading
Andrew Carnegie will present a $4,000
organ to each of three Homestead
churches.
Poor women of Reading husk corn
in the country a day and get paid in
husks, with which they make bed mat
tresses.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, of Lancaster,
who was in Jail charged with setting
fire to her husbands property, has gone
insane.
Detectives ran down Walter Shepley
at Reading, who is wanted for whole
sale robberies at Gordonville, Lancaster
County.
Chief of Police Russell, of Williams
port, shot R. G. Chase's horse, which
fell into a well, and now the owner has
sued the Chief for $210. l
A little child of Mr.. Pedel's family
at East Stroudsburg was suffocsted in
bed.
Two more suspects in the Hawley
robbery murder case are in Scranton
Jail.
Wendell Swarts, a farmer of White
Deer, near Lewisburg, shot himself to
death.
Ground was broken at South Beth
lehem for Lipp & sutton's new $4,000
silk mill.
As a result of falling downstairs and
breaking his back, George Weiss, of
Easton, died.
Injuries received in a runaway neal
Adamsville, York County, caused
Daniel Holllnger's death.
Miners Joseph King and Paul Vanit-
sky were dangerously injured by a fall
of rock in Shenandoah collieries.
The man captured neal Stroudsburg
as the supposed murderer of Justice
Newburgh, of Pike County, was dis
charged.
Firebugs and thieves have conspired
to annoy William Thorpe, a wealthy
CONTRACTOR in Dennison, Luzern County,
and officers are looking for the ras-
calls. 2
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-01

"A Canadian experlmenter preserves
wood from the boring beetle by soaking
it two or three months in a saturated
solution Of lime.
There are $50 varieties of most
quitoes.
1t is out of the storm alone that
true peace comes.
Five States have pecan tree plants
tons.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-01
CARPETS,
FURNITURE,
FEATHERS,
BEDDING,
BLANKETS,
QUILTS
FARMERS
MUTUAL FIRE ms. co. OF
SALEM COUNTY.

0FFIcE-HEAD OF MARKET ST., SALEM.
UNHIs old n reliable Company of 80 years
4 standing continues to insure all kinds Of
property, not extra hazardous, in town or coun-
try for any length OF time not exceeding i've
years at as low rates as will pay losses and ex-
penses. 1t insures against fre or lightning or
damage by either. Its losses are promptly ad-
justed and paid, Its funds on hand are ample
to meet all probable loss, being larger than at
any previous time Of Its existence and steadily
increasing, while Its reserve assets are OF q
character and amount to surely meet all losses
however extraordinary, and cannot be FILTERED
away by unfortunate Investment or ~defaultlng
officers.
Direetors-Joseph waddlngton, VIM. B. Car
penter, Charles Hires, Josiah Wistar, David f.
clay Griscom, Quinton r. Harris, Chas. w.
Casper, ]; Howard sinniekson, John S. Elwell,
Richard Bassett.
Executive Committee w. B. Carpenter,
Petit, Q. p. Harris, 9. w. Casper, who meet
weekly, on Seventh day, at 8 r. NJ.
Secretary and Treasurer-WoOdnutt Petit,
to whom applicants may be made in relation
to any business connected with the Company,
at the Office OF the Company, 1888 Broadway,
lhead of Market street,) or at his residence, go
In addition to the above the following per-
sons have been elected Agents and Surveyors
X. NJ. Hitchner, Elmer.
George b. Grier, WOOdstown.
Josiah Summerill, Upper PENIS Neck.
Asa 9; Turner, PENIS Grove.
]. FOrman Sinnickson, l.. P. Neck.
John Hitchner, Alloway.
Joseph b. Liyezey, Berkeley.
Pavid u; Griscom, Marlton, M j.
george Z. Morrison, Salem.
sB. Sfckler, +"
4M. B. CARPENTER, President.
PETIT. sec'y and Treasurer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-01
Gable Sparks.

The autumn session of the Austrian
Reichsrath was opened recently. Count
Badeni, the new Premier, announced
that the Government would introduce
an Electoral Reform bill.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-01

Lord Salisbury has decided to ac-
cept the idemnity offered by Belgium
for the execution in Africa OF Stokes
the British trader.
NJ. Vacher, Republican, has been
elected to the Chamber of Deputies in
the First circle of Montlucon, in the
Department of Allier. 2
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-01
A Woman County Physician.

DR.. Mabel Spencer. a Kansas City wo-
man, has been appointed County Physician
of Riley County, Kansas, to succeed DR..
Willard. who recently resigned. She is the
first woman in Kansas to received such an
Rppoiptment.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-06

! World. Ifthey were, there might be
hope for improvement, for the moral
sentiment Of other localities might be
Invoked ne an aid 70 crush the evil. Aa
It 10, the few courageous souls that
stand up for socisl and political purity
are likely % be- swept aside by the
great wave q moral corruption until
tuch time o. the Divine wrath will be
poured out In AZ emphatic manner
though In different form, ~ It was
upon the "citics Of the plain"
Regarding The general situation, the
the following editorial inquiries In tho
San Fnnclico Chronicle Of Feb. are
rug1o,iivt:
what has come ovor tho world I'm
which w0livG els in a state OF 1gI ta-
ton. unrest. discomfort, aud oven revu.
luton against h0 ostEbi-hoi order at
hinge there are wars aud rumurs N
wars. discomfort with forms of govern
mont aud with the social order, guarfels
with surroundings, and complaints "
everything that docs not pylcuy suit7
IT, tuu world WORSE or arc We loss huol
To- our environment than our an
Uos.un2
ltwill no. do To pais by the situa.
ton thus describrd With the remark
that the Fiction and unrest are due 60
impaired digestion aud ovcrlrsinei
ueryes," The cause h. even deeper
and more lasting. Itisin tue modern
u4u q. f.tI.f s..t.r.Ntas. - U.t. .fttHs4 cod
ability. Whatever may he the theories
advanced, the ILLUSTRATION In mal's
conduct generally Il that his duty IL 10
aggregate 10 himself all eradication
anu pleasure atialnaulo hsft, aud that
he owes mo- consideration 10 others or
20 Higher Power, but IL able t.
go alone. There Is before him the
lesson Of many wreck u bygone
Hsiluus who proceeded on similar
cuurr; heclloss u This, modern peoples |
are drifting toward tho slme breakers.
AZ Tho rate things are going, not
many decade, viii psss away before
uatth's Inhabitants will experience
such a disastrous shock o. viii con-
vince them that there b a Supreme |
Ruler whose laws they cannot dsiy |
with impuniiy aud whose aid anu !
guidance they need Tor success ana |
ssitiy The world may not be- wore |
than were the people Of sodom aud |
Gomorrah or those who lived ia the |
days Of Moab, or may not be ~ bal, /
but the prevalence and growth of |
wlckrdness IL such that there must be a |
sharp turn toward repentance or a
crashing Of universal calamity.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-06
PUBLIC LIgurlYG A PRIVATE sSlr

Out ofall the comment and inc0u.
vonienco fctuliing from the pruseut
electric lighting middle IN THE city, the
municipality may wake up some
morning to real ~ the fact that there
Ia possible wisdom In such o thing o.
corporations owning IL, own lighting
plant as well A. H. own waterwofEs.
Ifsuoh an idea should ever come ~
TOT confederation, he advocates would
. DO able 10 made mighty strong show
ing, that 10, II comparative statistics
have any value In such discussion.
Within tho past low weeks Chicago
paper has been making inquiries az 20
the relative cost Of public and private
lighting Of ollies. Eighteen cities
OF less than $1,000 inhabit.
ants were considered, where tho
service IL peifJtmed by private com
panies for private profit;and these show
an average cost per light to the public
under an all-night schedule Of Sl09.3l,
the cost varying from ii7O.5O IN Kai.
amazoo, Mich, TO $50 for Racine,
Wis. On tho other hand twenty oliio-
Of this class which own aRd operate
their own plants show ap average cost
Of $500 per light Tor the all.nlght
schedule. The cost varies ffom $3.50
for Easlon, Pa, to $500 for Porte.
mouth, o.
Whether the excessive oosI tf the
Hight ~ furnished by private plants IL
explained In the items OF profits to
stockholders aud expensive manage.
meni, IA not made NJ clear as could
have been wished. But the showing
a, II is embodios enough OF startling
interest TO put these private plants NJ
once on their dsiense; aud tho public
will be At liberty to thiRk what It
pleaaes about II until they seek 10 re-
lievo themselves Of the burden Of tx-
PLANTATION which the cold, plain
figures have put upon them.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-06

Amorg the i've probate lud gee ap.
pointed by Prysiden, Cleveland ye,ter-
day ior u ala WAS a successor TO Judg,
Jacob o.. b air %. SAT- Lake county.
Judg, b slr has held tue nlce about
wo yoars, having been named Tor the
place upon tho retiring Of Judge
Barcu, when the latter was made Que
Of The associate iusiiceso the Territory.
Az probateJudgo, MT, Blair has goou
record, having conducted his business
cuugteou'y, oouauieu lousy ana ably.
hu viii rsIlre,upon the qualification of
uis tuccrssor With the best wishes OF
,nose who have hal business with him
In bis official capacity.
The now probate Judge 10 j. Clifford
McNally, Of this city, who was strong.
Iy endorsed by business mea anu other
tor The position. He has been actin.
10 United Slates commissioner, and a.
such hau hal a very large share OF the
business transacted IN commandments,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-06
POLITICIANS, KEEP orr.

Tho following IL publifbed In the
Bolse, Idaho, special correspondence
Of tle salt Lake Herald today, Feb.
ruary 9Th;
Tho nict that the six Mormon mpmbors
oi the legislature present nn uubrOEou
front Tor awO0t IL tho subject Of much
comment 10 ~ irooly talked on tho
streets that the Mormon Church has lu-
toforcd ~ secure swcopa election aud
thus advance tho probability of Dubois'a
success Two years hOuCO. nrn Rich u
said 20 be- the Church cmissary who has
secured this result Disintofustod clu.
gems wonder what Sweet has done, aud
particularly what fruits worthy OF 20.
punlnuco that former arch opponent Of
tho Church, lrod Dubois. has brought
forth, that rho Church should stop
In 20 assist In their election
Others say that tho unity OF tho
HouihOastOfu members may ba explained
by tho fact thai uubois h. from that soo.
ton ana they wish 20 retain him boz tho
Senate aud ~ arc united now 20 elect tho
man from tho panhandle. Whatever
may hu tho cause Of tho united front Of
tho Mormon mombbrs, it " unfortunate,
IN that it leads TO tho repetition NJ tho
old charge that Mormon has no mind
Of his own, but votes only o. h0 b de
rogtgd,
The rehash Of sucn slun aud the
comments injected therein will be r.
gariod by decent people rs ca. ,mpt-
lille business even Tor a political wirt-
ruller. The "wondoflng" OF those
alleged "Iisintetoalod OitiEensn doubt.
Ices ID due to tue fact that ELK VI tho
Republicans elected TO the Idaho
legislature happened 10 be- Mormons,
and their political affiliations rather
than their church membership
10 the cause Of ofienso to "dis.
Interested" partisans. The attitude Of
MJrmoua on political matters both in
Utah and Idaho has shown No con.
olusiyely that Mormons have lust ~
good minds Of their own a. have other
citizens, and that the Church docs not
seek 10 iutlIouco them, that rushiug
before the public With tlis howl BE-.
cause half dozen tftlom happen ~ |
be united as 10 onu candidate In either
party cannot be hly described m other |
than inspired by the basest OF motlvgs. |
The MurmOns have demonstrated Ineir |
good faith on political llsucs, |
and decent politicians viii no. be iouuu |
assaulung the Church or ulssemlual-
iug oas0lsss report. While politicians |
drofy church I.hIguce Hom ans |
denomination, 10 mlght bg well tf
thom 20 be- consistent 30 mlnIiug their
own uuslacss 90 the ,Xt,u, that thry |
Iemaud the same course In Others
When churches, ~ such, do not inter.
icru with politics, let politicians, ~
such, cease 10 interfere with the
churches.