The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-15

society me- in Saratoga, \. Y.
GEORGE NASH and Sabina Thomas
Qovers) killed each other in a fit of
jealousy at Norfolk, Va.
RIsDALE e LEWIS, dealers in ma
chinery and supplies in New York,
failed for 500. OOO.
Miss MARY PmLBRooK. aged 90, of
Jersey City, the first oma lawyer in
New Jersey, was admitted to practice
LUNTZ GRAHAM, the postmaster at
Bower, Neb., was fatally shot by rob-
bers.
THE s~choolship Saratoga started from
Philadelphia on its annual cruise in
European waters
ELwooD MOVES, engineer; Elias Bolts,
! conductor, and William Klease, fire.
man, all from Tamaqua, Pa, were
killed by a rear end collision heal Sha-
mokin, Pa.
FIRE destroyed the elevators at APP
pleton of the Wisconsin Malt and
Grain company, the loss being $50. 600.
THE free silver democrats of Iowa
held a conference at Des Moines and
declared for the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver at the
ratio of 16 to l, without waiting for
the action of other nations.
Bolt and nut manufacturers of the
United States met at Cleveland, o.,
and decided to raise prices 10 per cent.
The Bankers Association of the
State of Illinois in session at Rock
Island declared against the free and
unlimited coinage of full legal tender
silver upon the ratio of 16 to l in the
absence of an international agreement.
Two of August Christen-
sen, an Evanston Ill.) painter, died
from eating poisoned sausage, and six
other members of the family were i'll.
THE Charles C.. Jacobs Cordage COM
pany went into the hands OF a re-
ceiver at Cincinnati with liabilities of
Sis. 600.
JOHN E~IsIMISGER was hanged at
Waynesburg, Pa, for the murder of
Samuel Mccoy.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the eth aggregated
1,l3l, 6S5, $50. against SS19, 100, OIL the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was 25.S.
BLANKS were ready at the treasury
department in Washington for use of
persons who have claims against the
government for the refund of the in
come tax.
WILLIAM >. HARRITY, chairman of
the national democratic committee. re-
fused TO call a national convention to
take action on the subject of silver.
II. 5. SHIRK & Sons, proprietors of
the Stevens cotton mills at Lancaster.
Pa, failed for 500, 600.
THERE were 1875 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 215 the week
previous and PIC in the corresponding
time in 1894.
A CYCLONE passed 6 miles west of
Summit, 5. d., causing a large loss of
property but none of life.
The Beacon Lithographic company
failed in Boston for $50, 900.
DR.. WILLIAM b. WALLACE and his
son, DIR. Alphonse NJ. Wallace, both
died on the same day in New York of
pneumonia.
THE jury in New York inuthe case of
Police Inspector Mclaughlin returned
a verdict of guilty of extortion and
bribery.
BUSINESS throughout the country was
reported to be steadily improving.
Ten sailors were lost by the wreck
ing of the schooner C. G. White near
San Francisco.
AT San Quentine, Cal, Patrick Col
Inns, Anthony Azoff and Amelio Garcia
were hanged. Collins was a wife muir
derer, Azoff killed Detective Harris
and Garcia killed James Guilminot.
OVER half the graduating class at
the college in Grove City, Pa, were ex-
PEELED for ducking a lieutenant of the
college guards because he appeared in
a new uniform.
JAMES BROCK. aged 90. and his wife,
aged 90, passed through Pineville, Ky,
on foot, en- route from Harlan to jack
son county, a tramp of 100 miles. They
have been married seventy-twO years.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND announced the
appointment u my "a cilISN
to be secretary of state and of Judge
Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati, to be at
tOrney general.
MELVIN RUTHERFORD, Frank Sloan
and Joseph Arson were killed in d
railway wreck near Camden, Ark.
The relay bicycle race between Chi
cago and New York was made in 65
hours and SO minutes, breaking all
American records for a relay race.
The circuit court at Wheeling, W.
Va. granted a divorce to Mrs. Carney
Toney, aged -, from her husband,
aged No.
WILL Downs was hanged at Nor
%rillton, Ark, for assaulting Pauline
Bridenbaugh.
c. L. WOODBRIDGE & Co., importers
of dress trimmings, buttons, etc, in
New York, failed with liabilities of
$500, 600.
LEE HARRIS and Ben Mitchell, col
ored highway robbers and murderers,
were hanged at Birmingham, Ala, for
killing Pleasant Merriwether, a gro
ceryman.
A STATE silver convention will be
held at Grand Rapids, Mich, on the
25th inst.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
SAMUEL WASHINGTON FULLER, aegd
80, a noted artist and portrait painter,
died at Saratoga, n. Y.
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