The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-10-26
The fourth auauaf convention of the

THE second day of Fort Wayne's
Qnd.) centennial celebration was de- |
voted to entertaining the old settlers.
MEREDITH MAHAN and Francis NJ.
Chiffon, of Emineace, Mo-, blew out
the gas in a st. Louis hotel and were
suffocated.
c.. II. STUCKEY. cashier of the State
bank of Duluth. Mimi, was said to be
missing with $1,000 belonging to the
bank.
JOHN H. Bowen. aged 55 years, a
weigher in the United States appraisers
stores at Philadelphia, shot his wife,
aged so years. and then killed himself.
No cause was known.
MILWAUKEE concluded the celebra-
ton of her golden jubilee with an in
dustrial parade and fireworks.
REPRESENTATIVES of leading clothes
pin factories Of the country met IN
Cleveland and formed a trust.
NEAR Sharpsburg, KY, dynamite ex-
ploded prematurely, killing three work
men and wounding several others who
we're building a turnpike.
CIVIC, military and industrial display
in the form of a great parade was the
feature of the third day of the centen-
NAL celebration at Fort Wayne, Ind.
An active volcano was said to be in a
state of eruption in the Olympic noun
tains. south of Port Townsend, Wash.
A. K. WARD, treasurer, secretary and
general manager OF the Memphis
CTenn.) Barrel & Heading company,
was said to be a defaulter to the extent
of 500, 900.
AT the final session in Washington of
the American association of weather
service chiefs II. ii. c. DunwoOdy, of
Washington. was elected president.
WILLIAM BLAKE, sentenced tolife i'm
prisonment at Hampton, 5. c., for u
der. was taken from the sheriff by a
mob and hanged.
TIE Michigan grand lodge of odd
fellows in session at Lansing decided
that no salOonkeeper, bartender or
gambler would be allowed to join the
order after January 1neXt.
THE Empire Cordage company's
works 1t Champaign. Ill, were burned,
| the estimated loss being $780, 600.
AT Greeley. Col. a negro named Bob
Marshall was treated to a coat of tar
and feathers for abusing Gov. Mcln-
| tyre and ordered to quit the town.
THE American Bankers's association
closed its annual meeting in Atlanta,
| Ga, after electing Z. Ii. Pullen, Of New
York, president.
JAMES j. CORBETT was arrested at his
training quarters in Hot Springs, Ark,
| charged with conspiracy to commit a
breach of the peace by agreeing to en-
gage in a prize fight with Robert tltz-
| simmons.
TOMMY BRITToN broke the worlds
| 2~-year-old race record at Lexington,
KY. trotting a mile in 2:154.
THE national road parliament, the
greatest gathering ever held in this
country for the agitation of the good
roads question, met in Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. CARL H%UBERICH and her daugh-
ter Bertha. aged 10, were killed near
Fremont, o.. by being thrown from a
buggy by a runaway horse.
The annual report of the surgeon
general of the army for the fiscal year
ended June so, 1895, shows a gratifying
record as regards the health of the
army for the calendar year of 1894. The
prevalence of alcoholism in the army
continues to decline.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
81. 161, O32, 962, against 81, 154, 302, 762 the
previous week. The increase, com
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was 21.9.
AFTER four days of festivities the
Fort Wayne Ind.) centennial celebra-
ton closed with a display of fireworks.
The village of Manchester, o., was
nearly wiped out by fire, the total loss
being over 5000, 900.
A PARDON was granted by the presi-
dent to George NJ. Van Leuven, sem
fenced in Iowa to Imprisonment for two
years and 81. OOG fine for violation of the
pension laws.
Four blocks OF the business portion
of Creole. Col. were burned, causing a
loss of S175. OOO.
THE firms of Kuttnauer, ROsenfeld &
Co, wholesale clothing dealers, and
! LOUIS NulIUduGT ~ w.. "IotCSdlC W
bacco dealers, failed in Detroit, Mich.
with total liabilities OF 5000, 600.
THE Union Veteran Legion in SEES
sion at Buffalo. n. Y. elected Col.
George c. James. of Cincinnati, nation
al commander.
THE time for the meeting between
Fitzsimmons and Corbett vas post
poned. but to what date was not an
nounced.
THERE were 263 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 263 the week
previous and 253 in the corresponding
time in 1894.
SEVERAL buildings, including a rice
mill. were burned at New Orleans, the
loss being $500, Goo.
TIE sawmill of the E. w. Backu:
Lumber company at Minneapolis wa:
burned, the loss being Sl25, 900.
THOMAS ST. CLAIR and Hans Hansen
were hanged at San Quentin, Cal, fol
killing Nate Fitzgerald.
TIE twenty second annual conven
ton of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance union began at Baltimore
The pay-car on the Grand Rapids &
Indiana railroad was wrecked neal
Ceylon. Ind. and William Brown
James Gibson and John Matott were
killed and several others were injured