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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-02

| Bartholdis Statue of Liberty, the White
House at Washington, the Great Brooklyn
Bridge, Mirror Lake yosemite Valley, Ell
Captain yosemite Valley, Waterfall and
Cave (New Zealand Jordan River, Murchi-
son Waterfall Upper Nile, Pilot Knob
(Iron Mountain, Missouri), United States
Signal Service pixies Peak, Colorado),
Giants Gap american River Canon, Col
orado), Scene in Tropical Florida, Falls of
the Rhine, the Matterhorn Mountain
| (Switzerland), Scenes in and near the City
of Picking (China), Island of Juan Fernan-
dez, State Capitols, State Seals, ETC., etc.
All the Large Cities of the World, the
Impcrtant Towns and Most of the Villages
of toe United States are Given on the
Maps.
1t gives Classified List of All Nations,
With Forms Of Government, Geographical
Location, Size and Population.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
HORRIBLE

-Four Dead Bodies Found In the Ruins OF
Burned Sweat shpps-Other Probable
Victims.
New YORK, Nov. 4-When the smok-
ing ruins of the sweat shops in Pei
ham street, which were burned early
yesterday morning, were searched, it
was discovered hat four lives had
been lost in the binding smoke and
flames. Three buildings were totally
wrecked, and q conservative estimate
of the damage places it at 500. 600.
The position of the bodies taken
from the ruins and the horrible condi-
ton in which they were found show
how terrible had been the struggle of
the unfortunates for life and how
hopeless their fight before the swift
advance of the flames. The three
buildings took fire from floor to floor
as though their walls had been soaked
in kerosene and all of escape
were quickly cut off.
No one knows how many persons
were in the darkened sweat shops
when the fire started. and even yet be-
meath the mass of charred debris there
may be lying the bodies of homeless
and friendless tailors who had found
shelter for the night within the walls
of the doomed buildings.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Mrs. Johanna Clifford died in Chicago.
aged 100 years.
Rev. DR.. William Claiming Langdon,
who had a reputation that was interna-
tional, died in Providence, Il. L. aged 64
years.
James o. Broadhead, United States
minister tt Switzerland, presented to
President Frey his letters of recall.
Charles Benson, aged LOG years, died
at his home in Tioga county. Pa.
Jack Dempsey, the eX-chaInpiou mid
die weight pugilist, died in Portland,
Ore. of consumption, aged 80 years.
Lieut.. Leonard NJ. Prince, Second in
fantry, U. S. A, died in Chicago from
injuries received in n football game at
Annapolis, Nd, in 1892.
Republicans of the 54th congress will
meet in Washington OIL the 30th inst. to
nominate Il speaker, clerk, d~oorkeeper.
sergeant at arms, postmaster and chap
lain for the house.
Wilton Dimock Mott, editor and pro-
prietor of the Milford (Pa.) Dispatch
and associate judge of Pike county,
died at the age of ~ years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
TWO PERSONS KILLED
And n Large Number Injured In u Wreck
on the Baltimore g. OhIo.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 1.-Two per-
SONS were killed outright and twenty
five or thirty passengers were injured
by the wrecking of the Cincinnati ex-
press at Elm Grove. near Wheeling, on
the baltimore & Ohio railroad at 1920.
o'clock yesterday morning.
The accident was caused by the.
breaking of a fiange on the combina-
ton car which caused the derailment
of that car together with two coaches
and a parlor car. The cars derailed
turned completely over and were
badly demolished.
As Don as possible after the acct
dent a relief train was sent from
Wheeling with doctors, and the in
jured passengers were taken to the
hospital.
The accident seems to have been
one of those kind that is wholly IN
~avoidable. Great excitement pre-
vailed in the vicinity for a time after
the accident. That no more fatalities
occurred seems to be due to a kind
providence, as the wreck was one of
the worst of its kind that has occurred
in this vicinity for many years.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
H MIDDLE AGES,

With Their Long History OF Dark ane
Awful Deeds, Kivaled In q Mexican COM
munity, Where Ten "Heretics" Were
Placed in a jail and Burned to Death By
Order OF the Auxiliary Town Judge.
CHICAGO, Nov. IA special dispatch
to q morning paper from Pachuca,
Mex, tells of the burning of ten per-
sons as heretics at Texacapa. a small
town inhabited by Indians and Mes
tizos (half breeds). by order of the
auxiliary town judge. He claims he
was acting according to the will OF
God. manifested to him in an extra
ordinary vision, accompanied by indi.
cations of divine wrath against here
tics and people living immoral lives
When the news reached Mollango,
the chief town in the district, the
president and other officials of the
municipality, with an escort of sixty
men. went to the town. They found
the inhabitants in the public square
executing grotesque dances in honor
of the virgin of Guadalupe. the
ruins of the Jail, close to the
parish church, being surrounded
by the dancers. In this jail had
been confined six men three
women and one infant. They had
been roughly removed from their
homes at night on the charge pre-
ferred by the judges, that their lives
were evil in the sight of God; that
they were enemies of the faith and
heretics whom God had ordered
through his holy saint to be consumed
by fire.
This confession was coolly related
to the authorities by the judge, who.
could not be made to see that he had
lone wrong. He added that directly
following the revelation God had
made the earth tremble and had bowed
trees to the earth in shame and had
spoken to him, saying that Texacapa
must purify itself of people of evil
lives and the horrible heretics by fire.
Then the judge related how he had
executed the divine command by order
ing his constables to drag the "sin-
ners" from their beds, weeping and
w~ailing to the Jail. When they were
locked in the building the judge or
dered his constables to set it on fire.
The Gagged victims cried for mercy, but
they were consumed to their bones.
Only the massive stone walls of the
Jail remained standing.
Twenty-One arrests were made, al
though the fanatical mob threatened
death to the authorities. The mama
cled prisoners were marched to Mol
Tango, where n trial will be held. The
whole population of Texacapa believe
the yarn told by the auxiliary judge.
They profess to see miraculously
traced on the pile of bones the out
lined forms of the saints who left their
images after advising the Judge to,
burn the heretics.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
FOREIGN.

Capt. Gen. Martinez de Campos de-
cided t. suspend further military OPP
erations in eastern Cuba while the rains
last.
Alfred Austin, according to a London
, dispatch, has beer chosen poet laureate
of Great Britain.
An explosion wrecked 4 house in Lon
don. killing six persons.
The two islands of Huahino and Bor-
| abora. belonging to the Tahitian group,
in the South Pacific, have been an
Eexed to France by consent of their ma
tive chiefs.
.Advices from Armenia say that in the
! Zeitout mountains there were $4,000
Armenians in open revolt against Inc
rule of the sultan.
Twenty young men of prominent
families went in wagons from Torrcon,
| Mexico, to attend a dance in n neigh
boring ranch. On their return trip
they quarreled and five of the party
were killed and ten others wounded
\ bomb was exploded in the O
astery at Corjuela, Spain, resulting in
! great damage, and several of the monks
died of fright caused by the explosion.
Angus Mcleod broke the one-mile
worlds bicycle record at Sarnia, Ont,
| going the route unpaced in 1:33:2-5.
In a quarrel over IL land case Young
Cruikshanks, a prominent lawyer at
Coburg, Ont, was killed by John Phil
lips, who then took his own life.
The government of Brazil discovered
a plot to restore the monarchy in that
republic. The headquarters of the con-
spiracv were in San Paulo.
Advices from China say that GO miners
were killed by a explosion of fire damp
in a coal mine near HankOw, and that
SAB houses were destroyed by fire at
Nemuroin.
The Spanish cabinet agreed on plans
for terrifying Havana, Matanzas and
other Cuban ports.
The Swiss federal council gave Il fare
well dinner at Berne to Mr.. j. o. Broad
head, the retiring United States min
lister.
y severe and prolonged earthquake
shock was felt in Rome, Italy. Many
houses swayed badly, walls were
cracked and other damage was done.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
AFTER A LONG CHASE.

A Much-wanted swindler and Bigamist II
Captured-He Is the Husband of Three
Wives. with n Long Line OF ~Forseries to
Answer For.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 4.-Sherif NJ.
II. Patterson. of Woodruff county,
Ark, passed through here yesterday
with j. M. Leslie, alias Ryan. alias
Lewis, whom he arrested at Okolona,
Miss. Saturday. His chase of the
man extended over 2,2OO miles, but
then the crimes warranted the per-
sistent pursuit. Leslie is wanted for
two bigamous marriages and certain
known forgeries, with a line of the
latter crime the length of which is
not known.
Some time ago Leslie met at Moody,
Tex, Miss Buelah Carter, of Riverside,
Ark, who was visiting an aunt there.
Miss Carter is the daughter of ]. D.
Carter, president of the Riverside
Lumber Co. In June Leslie dropped
into Riverside as a travelling salesman
for Ordorff & Co. of Dallas, Tex. He
was formerly in their employ, and had
Travelled for them in Texas and Mexico,
but forged their name and since that
time they have vainly sought him.
After a stay of two weeks in River
side, Leslie induced Miss Carter to
elope with him. and they were mar
ried at Newport. While Mrs. Leslie
No. 1 vas in Texas ignorant of the
existence of Nos. . and 3. Leslie's
funds rrnra rro+Ep- Ia"- a-I La falN
that one was as much as he could care
for. To get rid of Mrs. Leslie No. 3
he fixed up a telegram. ostensibly from
Riverside, that Mrs. Carter was at the
point Of death. While her daughter
was going to her he forged a check on
Mr.. Carter for SITS. and on that went
to Omaha.
Sheriff Patterson started out to
round up Leslie. He first went to
Texas and there found that Mrs. Les
lie No. . vas living near Eagle Pass,
on the Mexican boundary.
Hearing hat Leslie was in st. Louis,
Patterson went there. only to find that
his game had gone to Omaha. From
the latter point he was traced to Elk
Point. S. ID. There he passed under
name of J. =. Lewis and was selling
groceries for Haight & Co., Omaha.
But Patterson was a few days too
late and returned to Omaha. Going to
Haight &c Co. for information about
Lewis they refused to disclose his
whereabouts. The sheriff was not to
be so easily thrown off, and received 4
position with Haight & Co. Soon get
ting into their confidence. they told
him that Lewis was in Okolona, Miss;
That he had $1,000 on deposit with
them. Here he also learned that
Lewis passed in Nebraska under the
name of J. c. Ryan and that his first
wife had joined him in Omaha, they
going south together.
Patterson then stated for Okolona.
He arrived there yesterday and found
no trouble in locating Leslie. He was
selling groceries for Haight & Co.
When arrested he confessed the crimes
and said hat the arrest was a great
relief to him as it was preferable to
the suspense in which he had been Iiv.
ing.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
LATER.

A SPECIAL dispatch to a Chicago
morning paper from Pachuca, Mex,
on the Sd, told of the burning of ten
persons as heretics at Texacapa, a
small town inhabited by Indians and
Mestizos (half breeds, by order of the
auxiliary town judge, who claims he
was acting according to the will of
God, manifested to him IN an extraor-
binary vision, accompanied By indica-
lions of divine wrath against heretics
and people living immoral lives.
On assurance of good behavior and
immediate departure from the state of
Arkansas the peace warrant cases
against both Corbett and Fitzsimmons
and Julian and Brady were dismissed
on the I'd. The injunction issued
against them still holds good and will
be invoked should there be any at
tempt to pull off a fight.
COMMODORE SIGsBEE, chief of the
photographic Office, navy department,
has instructed his officers stationed on
the great lakes to take advantage Of
the low water to make observations of
instructions to navigation, SO they
cln be shown on hydrograpic office
charts.
The whole town of Walcott Mills,
Rice county, Mimi, with the exception
OF two dwellings, was wiped out by a
confiagration on the Sd. The chief
loss was the mills of the Sheffield
Bros. valued at S15O, 900, with an in
a of but Ssl, 600.
BURRELL BOND, a negro planter and
eX-slave, farming in C%rittenden coun-
ty, Ark, has consigned 200 pounds of
tea to a wholesale grocery house in
Memphis, Tenn. The tea was grown
on his farm, and is the first ever pro-
duced in Arkansas.
THE citizens of Windsor and Essex
county, Ont, who formed an ''Inde-
pendence of Canada" club recently,
have become a political party, and will
promulgate its principles throughout
the dominion.
JOHN W. CADMAN, an uncle of Mrs.
President Cleveland, attempted to
commit suicide in Chicago, on the Cd,
by shooting himself in the mouth with
n revolver.
IN Chilli the democrats are using vio-
lent language in regard to Spain, and
a conflict between them and the
Spanish residents is imminent. y
HENRY II. HOLMES was convicted in
Philadelphia, on the Sd, of murder in
the first degree for the killing of Ben
iamin F. Pietzel.
THE London Daily News
that a Tyneside firm has received
a japanese order to build three new
battle-ships.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Many Acres OF Corn Burned.

Near Harwood, - miles north Of Ne
vada, a farm hand while lighting his
pipe started a fire that destroyed 100
acres of corn. At Il point Is miles
southeast of Nevada fire destroyed 200
acres of corn, swept over 400 acres of
timber, and crept up almost to the
town of Monticello. when citizens
turned out to fight the fiames.u
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
CAUSE BY cARELEsSnEsS.
Bad Freight Wreck on the Pittsburg z
Western Railroad.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. Nov. 4-TwC
freight trains on the Pittsburgh &
Western railroad collided head-on
neal Evans City at an early hour yes
terday. Engineer Simpson and Brake.
mar Flood, of Millvale, were badly
injured. Both engines and about
twenty cars were wrecked. The wreck
is supposed to have been caused by the
failure of an operator to deliver an or
der. The Chicago express was delayed
about five hours. Prayers were offerad
to-day for rain.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

". 2. Bentley, a prominent lawyer,
and a. B. Higknight fought a duel at
London Depot, KY, over politics. and
both were killed.
The New York State Mutual Fire In
uranc company, with headquarters in
New York city, went into the hands OF
q receiver.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

The Ancient Order of United Work.
men held their annual meeting at
W~arrensburg: mex meeting at Soda
liza. The salary of the grand COM
mander was fixed at 81, 500, on condi-
ton that he devote all of his time to
the good of the order. Heretofore the
office carried no salary. The grand
recorders salary has been reduced
from 81, 600 a year to 5000.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Capt. =. X. Crispin.

Capt. S. R. Crispin, a leading citizen
and business man of Richmond, died
the other morning of Bright's disease.
Capt. Crispin served in the war of the
rebellion under Gen. 10 o. Shelby.
He surrendered at Memphis, Tenn, in
July, 1855, the last regularly organ
lied company of the confederate army.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
THE HIGHEST TO DATE.
Average Percentages of Notifications OF OF.
cial Weather Forecasts.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4-Under the or
ders issued by Secretary Morton three
months ago the weather bureau Of
icials have informed the secretary
that the average percentage of verif-
cations of the official morning thirty
six-hour forecasts of weather and tenn
perature made by the weather bureau
for the country east of the Rocky
mountains during the month of Octo-
Der, 1895, was $50, the highest per.
centage ever recorded.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
ONLY ONE STORE LEFT.
The Town of Arcadia, Ia, Literally Sweep
Away by Fire.

ARCADIA, Ia, Nov. 4.-The m st dis
astrous fire that has visited this town
in its history occurred last night.
There is o only n general store
left in town. The flames burned over
an area of four acres, taking with
it six residences, the hotel, opera
house, one livery barn, har-
ness shop, two grain elevators,
one lumber and coal yard, a barber
shop, the post Office, two drug stores,
two saloons, three general merchan-
disc and one furniture store. one hard
ware store, 4 butcher shop. boot and
shoe store, four barns and a vacant
store building. The estimated loss is
S55, 900, partially covered by insurance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
County Prisoners Work on Roads.

Pettis county is now utilizing her
county prisoners by working them
upon the public highways. By this
means it is proposed to macadamize
several miles of roadway within the
next year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Capital Removal Bond.

The capital removal guarantee bond,
asked of Sedalia for the erection of
the buildings that would be required
in case the people vote to remove the
capital from jefferson City, has been
submitted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Death of Mrs. John Kennard.

Mrs. Kennard, wife of Mr.. John Ken
nard, a w~ell-known st. Louis business
man, died the other day, aged 50. She
was a daughter of ex-Gov. Truston
Polk of Missouri. Her mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Polk, was a constant at
tendant at her bedside. She married
Mr.. Kennard in 1857, her first husband,
j. B. Drake. having died in 1850.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

Grant Parker, aged 25, a farmer neal
Piedmont. became respondent over the
death of his wife. took paris green, re-
pented, told a doctor and was saved.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Child Crushed by n Wagon.

The G-year-old son of j. L. Wright
and wife, who are moving from Schuy-
Ter county to the Indian territory, fell
under the wheels of their wagon,
near Nevada, and, it was believed,
fatally hurt.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
OIeomargarine Dealer Fined.

Henry Bockstruc<, proprietor of n
packing and provision company, 1910
South Broadway, st. Louis, was fined
$3.50 and costs in the court of criminal
correction for selling colored oleomar-
garine for butter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Missing Man Found Drowned.

The body of Robert Lust, a farmer,
90 years of age. was found in a pond
near Farber, Audrian county. Lust
had been missing about two weeks
and nobody knew what had become
of him. Supposed to be a case of sui.
eide.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

Maud Lewis, under sentence at St.
Louis for killing Peter Morrissev. was
released on 81, 900 bond pending deci-
sion on a motion for a new trial.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Nice Country Residence burned.

The country dwelling of the late DR..
Hampton, 3 miles from Hannibal, was
destroyed by fire the other day. Loss.
$40, 600; no insurance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09

Mrs. Alice Leavy, a patient at the
female hospital, st. Louis, ended her
life a few days ago by jumping from .
third-storv window.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
4 Sad Incide L.

Miss Lucy Phelps, daughter of Col.
John E. Phelps, of Springfield. COM
mitted suicide a few days ago by the
use Of prussic acid. She was despon-
dent. caused by ill-health. Herfather
is one of the best known men in Mis-
souri,, and the memory of her grand
father, governor of Missouri, and a
member of congress for eighteen years,
is fresh in the minds OF the people of
Missouri.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
Another Extensive Flour Mill Totally De-
stroyed by Fire.

HUMBOLDT, Neb., Nov. 4.-The Hum
boldt flour mill, the largest of its kind
in southeast Nebraska, vas totally de-
strOyed by fire at IN early hour yes
terday morning. It vas owned by o.
A. Cooper, mayor of Humboldt, who
places his loss at $50, 900, with insur-
ance not to exceed SIS, 900.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The night Waterman claims he went
through the building shortly after
midnight. and an hour thereafter it
was all ablaze. A Burlington freight
car and a team of valuable draft
horses was also burned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
EXCEPT TWO BUILDINGS
The Town of walcott Mills. MIMI, Is De-
strOyed by Fire.

WINOSA. Mimi, Nov. 4.-The whole
town of Walcott Mills, Rice county,
with the exception of two dwellings,
was wiped out by a conflagration be-
ginning at 1890 o'clock yesterday
morning. The fire departments of
both Faribault and Mortified were
called out, but owing to a high wind
neither was able to check the flames to
any extent. The chief loss was the
mills of the Sheffield brothers, one OF
whom is mayor of Faribault. The
mills alone were valued at $3.50, 600,
with an insurance of but S8l, 900.
Fourteen buildings were consumed,
including the mills, an elevator, an
engine house, a bran feed house, five
dwelling houses, a large boarding
house, a packing house, cooper house,
office building and several barns. Five
ears of -four standing on Il spur of the
Milwaukee track were also burned, to-
gether with 700 cords of wood stand
ing in the immediate vicinity.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
HOLMES CONVICTED
OF the Killing of benjamin F. PItezeI In
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4-Henry II.
Holmes was convicted of murder in the
first degree at Sis o'clock last night
for the killing of Benjamin +. Pitezel.
He coughed slightly when he heard
the verdict
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
The Columbia "TIgers."

The Columbia football team is now
in fine condition. and has high hopes
of going through the season without a
single defeat. The Tigers nave SO far
been invincibie. Sedalia, Vanderbilt,
Purdue and De PAW have in turn
proved easy victims, and the team is
confident that it has no equal in the
west. There is some talk of chal-
longing Yale or Harvard for a game, to
be played either in Kansas City or st.
Louis. The Tigers believe hat finan-
cially there would be a whole mint of
money in the enterprise. Yale or
Harvard in the west would certainly
prove IN immense attraction.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-09
a NEWS.
shocks.

A few minutes after 5 o'clock, on
the morning of the 2lst. severe shocks
of earthquake were felt throughout
the state. At st. Louis the shocks
were felt about $40, and awoke peo-
pie, causing a great rafting of dishes
and household furniture. The shocks
were accompanied by a low rumbling
sound, and people in second stories
and in tall buildings expel fenced the
sensation as though a heavy wind had
struck the building verJ suddenly. In
Kansas City the shocks were very Sc
we're, also in other sections of the state.
No serious damage has been reported.
AS might be expected, the great
scientific men" of st. Louis are at log
gerheads a. to the cause of the dis
turbance. One, who acknowledges that
he slept through the awful uproar,
says that a great mass of rock fell in
the interior of the earth, and that
caused everything to shake. Another
says it was caused by the planet Jupi-
ter, who is moving forward with his
hosts and stirring up things
generally. Others express different
opinions.