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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
DEATH OF JOHN W. MAcKAY JR.
Thrown from His Horse During a Race
and Killed.

New YORK, Oct. 20.-The first news
the elder of the two sons of John w.
Macltay, received by the Postal Tele-
graph Co., was in a ~cablegram to
George G. Ward, vicc-president and
general manager. The news was to
the effect hal the young man had
been accidentally killed. The news
travelled quickly through the various
departments of the company.
Mr.. Mackay was at his country
chateau at Manga, in the department
of Sarthe. With three friends who were
his guests he arranged a horse race to
be run upon a circular track at 4
o'clock in the afternoon, each to ride
his own horse. Mr.. Mackay's horse
got beyond his riders control and
bolted the track, throwing M. Mackay
violently to the ground.
As he plunged forward he struck
against the butt of a tree head fore
most. the blow catching him directly
between the eyes.
He was Immediately picked up and
carried into the chateau, where he was
worked over a~ssiduously N an en-
deavor to restore him to consciousness,
but all of the restorative efforts were
in vain. He died at $50 p. m about
six hours after the accident.
There was no member of his family
present when he died. Mr.. Mackay's
father and mother were early notified
of his death and the body will be trans
ferred to the Rue Tilset, in Paris,
where Mrs. Maci<av has ordered the
erection of a catafalque to receive it,
around which lighted candles will be
burned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
FOREIGN.

AS A result of the British consurs IN
terview with him the viceroy of China
agreed to execute eighteen more per-
sons accused of numbering mission
aries
IT was reported that an armed col
umn of British soldiers was passing
across Brazilian territory on the way
to Venezuela to maintain British
claims as to disputed boundary lines.
THE revision of the Bible has been
completed, including the a~pocrypha,
upon which the revisers have been en-
gagged since 1881, and it will shortly be
issued from the Oxford Press in Lon
don.
THE report that British soldiers had
been landed in Brazil and were pro-
ceeding to the disputed British Vene-
zuelan territory was denied.
FIFTY A~rmenians were killed and a
number wounded at Akhissar, in the
Villayet of Adm, on the Anatolian
/ railway, by a Moslem mob.
POPE LEO in a letter to the Catholic
! hierarchy of America condemned the
assemblage of congresses of religion
held in Chicago during the worlds
fair.
AN explosion occurred on a steamship
at Kung Pal, China. hat was loaded
with troops, and 600 of them were
killed.
JAPAN was forced to comply with
Russia's demand for a speedy with
drawal of japanese troops from Lao
Tung.
THE report cabled from Buenos Ayres
that Brazil had recognized the Cuban
insurgents as belligerents was untrue.
THE Spanish government acceded to
the request of Secretary Olney and re-
stored diplomatic functions to Consul
General Williams at Havana.
DURING a hurricane near Ancona.
Italy, a fishing smack f~oundered and
twelve fishermen were drowned.
A FERRY-BoAT collided near Cairo,
| Egypt, with a steamer and the ferry
boat capsized and fifty of those on
board of her, mostly workmen, were
drowned.
THE English missions at Changpu,
China, were destroyed by a mob.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
ALGIERS, Ia, BURNED.

-
Two Hundred and Forty Houses In All
Destroyed-LIttIe Insurance to Cover
Losses-The Fire the Work of an lncen-
diary who Would Have Been Lynshed
IL Caught-+SerIous Accident to New Or-
leans Sightseers.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 20.-A fire which
broke out in Algiers, opposite his city
last night, continued burning until
o'clock this morning. When 1t was got
under control but very little was le1t
to burn. Two hundred and forty
houses were burned in all.
The insurance is said to be very
light, and the loss is therefore almost
total. 1t is estimated that the loss IS
fully 500, 600, but it will be several
DAYS before it can be accurately
stated.
The fire originated in an Italians
confectionery and fruit store. n
everything seems to prove it was in
cendarv.
Sc intense was the feeling against
the suspected man that if he could
have been found early this morning
he would have undoubtedly oeen
lynched. He was arrested to-day and,
brought over t o New Orleans for safe
keeping.
The Algiers police station, the court
house and Jail were burned, together
with some of the court records OF Al
giers. These include court Incidents.
marriages, etc, for many years past.
The courthouse was an historic one,
having been erected about the year
1905 and was originally a grand family
residence.
A subscription for the relief of the
homeless people, who number about
700, has been started and has been
literally responded to. The public
school buildings have been thrown
open to them and many have found
shelter there.
Thousands went over from New Or
leans to-day to view the ruins. About
6 o'clock the ferry incline on the Al
giers side of the river gave way and
precipitated probably 100 persons to
the ground. Fortunately the river is
low or the accident might have been
serious. Five or six only fell in the
water and were rescued. One young
man had his leg broken.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Col. GEORGE H. FISHER, who was
consul general to Japan under Presi-
dent Lincoln and to Syria under Presi-
dent Grant, died of heart disease in
Washington. aged Il years.
HORATIo G. KNIGHT. who was lieuten-
ant governor of Massachusetts in 1873,
1876, 1877 and 1878, died at East Hamp-
ton, aged &c years.
THE executive committee of the Ma
tional League of Republican clubs met
in Chicago to consider plans for the
campaign of 1896.
JUDGE JOSEPH NJ. BAILEY, of the Il
linois supreme bench, died at his home
in F~reeport, aged 62 years.
ACCORDING to a decision of the su-
preme court there are two democratic
parties in Nebraska. .
Mrs. ELLEN HEGERNON died in Chi
a g at the age of over 100 years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
LATER.

IN the town of Algiers, across the
and forty houses were destroyed by
fire on the morning of the Goth, entail
ing a loss of 500, 600, upon which there
was but very little insurance. The fire
is supposed to have been started by
the keeper of a fruit and CONNECTION
airy store, who would probably have
been lynched if caught.
PRINCE HENRY of Prussia, brother of
Emperor William, and Prince Christian
Victor. recently competed in a 30-mile
bicycle race for a prize given by the
queen. The course was between Bal
moral and Braemer castle. Prince
Christian won by half an hour.
The president will soon issue a proc
lamation opening for settlement &c.
900 acres of land in the Nez Perces
reservation in Idaho, at 1913 per acre
for agricultural lands and So per acre
for stone, timber and mineral lands.
The archbishop Of Canterbury an
nounces that a pan-Anglican confer
ence will be convened in Lambeth pal
ace, the archiepiscopal residence, in
1897. 1t is thirty years since the last
conference of the kind was held.
The officials of the British foreign
office practically confirm the statement
made by the st. James Gazette that
Lord Salisbury has forwarded an ulti-
matum to the president of the Ven
ezuelan republic.
MAYOR PINGREE was unanimously
renominated for a fourth term by the
republican city convention of Detroit,
Mich, on the 10Th, and the remainder
of the ticket was filed by "Pingree'
/ nominees.
! GREAT BRITAIN has again increased
her eastern Mediterranean fleet, and
Russia has sent her fleet which usu'
ally winteas at SebastOpol down the
| Bosporus to watch England and Tur
key.
DEVELOPMENTS in the shortage of A
K. Ward. of Memphis. Tenn, show
that his forgeries will amount to about
$500, 600.
THE Richardson piano factory a
Leominster, Mass, was burned on the
| 10th. Loss, $50, 900; insurance, $50. 900
On the 18th the banks of New Yori
city held SIS. $50, IT'S in excess of the re
ouirements of the 25-per-cent rule.
The new British battle-ship Victo
| rious was launched from the Chatham
| dock yard on the 10Th.
IT is thought in diplomatic circles
that Russia will completely Absorb
Bulgaria by Christmas
JAPAN is credited with the opel
boast that she will whip Russia on tn
| Pacific coast
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
WAR WITH ENGLAND.
The Monroe Doctrine Can be Enforced
Only by a Resort to Powder and Ball.

The Monroe Doctrine Can be Enforced
Only by a Resort to Powder and Ball.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3l.-A special to the
Evening Post from Washington says:
From the present outlook it appears.
impossible to avoid a conflict between
the United States and Great Britain
over the Observation-Disclosures boundary
dispute.
If the Monroe doctrine is to be en-
forced, as administration authorities
declare that it is to be, it a only be
enforced by a resort to powder and
ball.
All reports from England agree that
the British authorities will not recede
from their position and that they will
not submit to arbitration one iota of
their claims.
Venezuela looks to the United States,
to aid her in preventing British ag-
gression.
President Cleveland will go to At
lanta to-day, but before he departs he
will leave instructions to the secre-
tary of the navy which will enable the
department to proceed at once to
maintain the Monroe doctrine.
The Indiana, which was put through
her acceptance trial Friday, will be
placed in commission at once. Capt
Robert D. Evans, who will command
her, expects to be ordered to the Vene-
zuelan coast ut once. He will sail I'M
der sealed orders. This means that
his instructions will not be made pub
tic in advance, but Bob" Evans is a
fighter, and everyone who knows him
realizes that the entire British navy
cannot bluff him off.
The situation here to-day is more
serious han it has been any tune since
the controversy started. The presi-
lent is anxious and worried. lie has
had several conferences with Secre-
taries Herbert and Olney and the Ven
ezuelan minister saw the president
again.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
DIR. Fraker Indicted.

Four indictments against DIR. George
". Fraker were returned by the Ray
county grand jury. One Indictment
was for attempting by fraudulent mis-
representations to cheat and defraud,
and three indictments for obtaining
money under false pretenses. The
state was not ready for trial. and the
defense made application for bail.
Judge Broaddus fixed the Mount at
81, 500 on each Indictment. Fraker's
attorneys said they would be able to
get their client out before court adj
journed for the term.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26

Three men. Fred Awe, ST., Fred
Awe, Jr., and John Schmidt, while
digging a well in Milwaukee were suf-
located by gas.
A GREAT prairie fire swept along the
Minnesota river near Rothsay, Mimi,
destroying thousands of tons OF hay,
several houses. barns and ~granaries.
MORRIS SCHoENHoLZ, a noted fre-bug,
was sentenced in New York to forty
eight years in states prison.
DURING a row at a colored cake walk
near Moorestown, n. j., James Hag-
gerty, a negro, fatally shot Charles Nc
Kim. Mrs. Silas Vessels. George Whit
taker and Charles Wiman. Some n
then shot Haggerty fatally.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
THE CONDE DE vENADlTo LOST,

notwithstanding the Efforts OF the Spanish
Government to Keep the Matter Secret.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Oct. FLA Ca
blegram from Key West, Fla. says:
Passengers by the Mascotte last night
bring word that Notwithstanding the
fact that the government has err
teavored to keep the matter quiet, 1t
IS now positively known that the war
ship Condo de Venadito was lost while
rendering assistance to the ship Ores
sobal Colonon the Colorado reefs.
Martinez Campos was expected to
arrive in Havana to-day at noon.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
FIVE PERSONS INJURED

by n Collision Between Trolley Cars
The Brake Failed to Work.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 20.-Two trolley
cars came together with q crash at
Twelfth and Spring Garden streets,
last night badly injuring five persons.
on the a and giving a dozen others
ugly bruises. Those injured severely
are residents of Philadelphia
A car was proceeding down Twelfth
stree. when~a Spring-Garden street
a crashed into its zeal end. The
brake Of the latter car failed to hold
ard this caused the accident.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
AMATEUR BANK ROBBERS
Make a FaIIure-One of Then Captured
Red-Handed.

BUTTE, Mont, Oct. 21.-Two amateur
bank robbers attempted to blow upand
rob Hoge. Daily & Co.'S bank ut Ana
conda shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday
morning. Two clerks, E. L. Kunkel
and Thomas Hemmerle, were asleep in
the building and were awakened by a
noise. They got up and were about to,
investigate, and as they reached the
street a frightful explosion took place
which shook the building. shattered
the plate glass and burst open the big
vault.
A crowd of citizens and policemen
were soon at the scene and one of the
robbers standing on the ROOT Of the
building was caught and recognized
as a mechanic named A. L. Firpo. He
said he had a partner in the attempted
robbery, but he escaped and he re-
fused to give the mans name.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
Result of Using Coal Oil.

Edna Van Wrinkle. daughter of expo
lice Sergt. Van Wrinkle, of Kansas City,
poured coal oil on Il fire to facilitate
its burning. There was an explosion,
and she was so badly burned that she
died. The house was destroyed, and
two other children were saved by the
heroism of the mother, who was badly
hurne1
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26

Pink Nolen, who was arrested in the
Indian territory and returned to Ver-
non county, on a charge of theft, has
fled suit in the circuit court for S., 900
damages against Arthur kaufman,
who caused his arrest.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26

j.. NJ. Brown. night Waterman at the
Jail in Carrollton, and Mrs. Emma
Voyles, held for the grand jury for
driving Il team to Hickory county with
out the consent of the owner, were
married in the Jail parlors the other
night.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26

The boiler at the saw mill of julius
Peters, 5 miles south of Wallenda, Car
roll county, exploded the other day,
killing young Peters, the son of the
proprietor, and severely injuring his
father and another man.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
Jumped from n WIndow.

The wife of Dudley Rhodes. the pro-
prietor of the Junction hotel, Kansas
City, jumped from the second-story
window, while insane, and was badly,
though, it was believed, not fatally in-
iured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
England's Patience Exhausted.

LONDON. Oct 21.-The Daily Graphic.
in an article on the Auglo-Venezuelan,
dispute, says: President Crespo will
not fail to understand that British
patience in this ancient quarrel has
become exhausted. The Venezuelans
have lately adopted a perfectly intol,
arab Ia attitude-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
Increased Post once Receipts.

The receipts of the st. Louis post
office for the three months ended Oc-
tober l were S4Ol, ST., an increase of
S+5,17 over the corresponding period
Of 1894. At Kansas City the receipts
we're SIPS, 636, an increase of SI3, 6O4.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26

Mrs. George L. Osborne, wife of the
president of the faculty of the state
normal at Warrensburg, died the 9TH
er night quite suddenly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
Colored Girl Shot In Church.

Minerva Yeager. colored, daughter
of Chris Yeager, was shot in church
at Bowling Green and died. Medley
Smith, whom she refused to marry, was
arrested.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26

Daniel Hodge, aged 90, committed
suicide at Carrollton by the use of
morphine. a note left said that no
one would know why he did it.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26

Sedalia will sell $500, 900 4-per-cent-
ponds and fund debts .h:at are draw
ing z, 8 and 10 per cent A local bank
wanted the entire issue.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26

Col. William Hendrickson, aged 70,
died at Sedalia. He was shot through
the lungs At Vicksburg, and retired at
the close of the war with the rank of
colonel.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
Prof. Howard Beers Gibson.

Prof. Howard Beers Gibson. of the
University of Missouri, Columbia, died
the other morning. He had been i'll
with typhoid fever for three weeks,
and for several days his death had
been hourly expected. Since Septem-
Der 10. 1894, Prof. Gibson had been
professor of chemistry in the univer-
sity, and was one of the most popular
members of the faculty. He was born
at Washington, Conn, t~hirty-one
years ago, and graduated from Har-
yard at an early age. The remains
we're taken to Connecticut. In speak
ing of his death, President Jesse said:
He was an able scientist and an adj
nirable man from every standpoint.
His death is a great loss to the univer-
sity."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
Grand Lodge Missouri MasonS.

The Masonic grand lodge of Missouri
met at jefferson City a few days ago.
There were about $50 delegates in at
tendance. In his address Grand Mas
ter J.. b. Thomas said that the year
has been a prosperous one for the or
der in Missouri. Six new lodges have
been organized. The report OF Grand
Secretary John D. Vincil showed the
financial condition of the grand lodge
to be excellent. There is a balance of
SS3, 319. 16 in the treasury.
Officers for the ending year were
elected as follows: A. NJ. Hough, JEFF
ferson City. grand master; Dorsey A.
Jamison, st. Louis, deputy grand
ter; F. ]. Tygard, Butler, senior grand
warden: E. F. Allen, Kansas City,
junior grand warden; S. N. kennard,
st. Louis, grand treasurer; DIR. John
D. Vlncil, st. Louis, grand secretary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
MISSOURI a NEWS.
New Woman In Court.

The divorce suit of d.. Mamie Str
vens against Ralph Stevens was on
trial in Kansas City the other day. On
the witness stand DIR. Stevens said her
husband called her n she doctor in a
tone of voice hat implied contempt.
As an instance of his rough conduct
toward her she related hat once h
was consulting with another doctor
downstairs, when the baby, which was
in bed with its father upstairs, began
to cry. She went up and said to him:
why didn't yOu put that baby to
Sleep and he told her he was not going
to feed her if she did not attend to her
household duties" At another time
she had been up all night with a
typhoid fever patient, and in the MORN
ing telephoned to her husband to send
the carriage for her. She had to walk
home, and when she reproached him
for it, he replied: "A little walk will
do you good" DIR. Stevens said that
when she got home that morning he
didn't even have breakfast ready.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-05-25
Ex-gresident uarrison's Salary.

Ex-President Harrison received his last
months pay in the shape Of a draft for
81, 1861. issued on a warrant to the
treasurer, signed, as usual, by the secre,
tary of the treasury and sent over to the
White House by messenger. March 3
he received another draft for $416.65, is
sued by the treasury department in the
same way, representing his pay for serv.
ice as president Of the United States for
the first three days of March and closing
his account with the government.
Notwithstanding the fact that he was
president up to noon the 4th of March,
General Harrison received no pay what
ever for his services on that day for the
reason that the federal accounting off
GERS do not recognize divisions of a day
in the settlement Of accounts of salaries.
Each incumbent Of the otficeof president
is paid the salary of that Office beginning
with the day Of his Inauguration, so that
he gains in the beginning Of his term
what he loses in the end.
This arrangement was followed at the
previous change Of administration, ant
at its predecessor, and is 50 fair and rea-
sonable that it is not likely to be changed
According to the treasury computation.
the presidential salary of $4,000 a year
is at the rate Of $138. 888 day.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-05-25

Some yeaIs agoa man named Maverick
located near Austin, Tex, and went into
the stock business. He had considera. ie
money and established large ranch
mostly Of cattle He was what might be
termed a progressive man. but his ideas
Of progress were not suitable to his sur,
roundings. For instance, he concluded
that branding cattle was useless-in fact
barbarous-and he determined that the
redhot iron should never again be pressed
against the side Of an animal belonging t.
him, He kept his word, but he didn I
keep his cattle.
This WAS Il regular picnic for the COW
boys of that locality, who of all things
could never be accused of being at all
scrupulous on questions of honor, es.
pecially when there was a steer involved
in the case. Well, the cowboys picked
up Maverick 5 cattle wherever they could
find them. and it was not long before
every hoof of them was gone and he was
reduced to almost poverty. Ever since
that every unbranded head Of cattle over
months of age has been called MAYER
lex and is regarded by the cowboy as
the property Of him who first finds it and
sticks his brand on it.-Louisville Com
yOarcial
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-05-25

Mrs. E. P. Terhune (Marion Harland)
tells a curious bit Of fact in connection
with one of her earlier novels, Ruby
Husband" The novelist was living in
Newark at the time of its writing, and
on her frequent trips over the Jersey
flats to New York her attention was of
ten centered upon a long, low rooted
white house visible i'll the far distance
from the cars. She knew nothing Of it
nor Of its inmates but it's isolation, and
on late winter afternoons its single eye
of light streaming eerily across the
stretch of marshland attracted her story
telling instinct, and she wove the tale
about it.
Long afterward she found that it was
occupied by a sporting character very
similar to the horsy Nick Sloane and
actually having his initials, and he had.
too, young daughter, whose beauty
was as remarkable for her environment
as was that of the brilliant and unscru-
pulous Ruby. In the story Nick Sloane
Is killed in a runaway accident, and out
of it the tenant of the meadow house
came to a violent death by the cars, sew
eral years after "Ruby's Husband" be-
came popular.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-05-25
Powder For a Dead President.

1.-THE amount of powder burned in Civ
ing honor to the memory of the late ex-
president in salutes on the day of his
funeral forms an interesting matter of
conjecture" said a citizen the other day.
1.-THE firing Of ID guns at sunrise, A at
sunset and ! at half hour intervals be.
tween sunrise and sunset, gives 81 shots
from each military post and flagship or
naval station within reach of orders from
he two departments of war and navy.
"Now, go to work and guess the charge
Tin pounds) employed, taking caliber of
gun used on warship or at military post
and see how it climbs up into the thou.
sands. The smallest gun on some of the
fagships burns 80 pounds of powder, and
the guns used at land stations in firing
salutes range down the scale to as low as
two pounds. Taking it altogether and
considering the matter at n glance, it is
safe to say that more powder was con
sumed in the solemn honOring Of the deaC
ex-president than was burned by cannon
and muskets at the great battle of Get
tysburg. "-Washington Post.