The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
The News Condensed.
Important intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.

one of the largest stove manufacturing
firms in the United States, went into
voluntary liquidation.
JOHN BROWN and his wife were killed
and thrown into the Ohio river at Stone
City, Ky. Who committed the crime
no one knew.
A CYCLONE wrecked over a dozen
houses at Hartford, Kan.
Tom BUTTEwICK, 10 years of age, and
his brother George, aged Is, sons OF a
w~ell-known farmer near Kansas City,
Mo-, were struck by lightning and
killed.
The Bank of Commerce, one of the
Oldest financial institutions at Indian
apolis, made an assignment
Mrs. JAMES DRESNEN and her 5-year-
old son were burned to death near
Hamilton, Ala. A few days before Mr..
Drennen was killed by a horse. The
family is now extinct
A CYCLONE swept a wide path at
Kenwood, Ia, and vicinity, killing
several persons and doing great dam
age to property.
AT Sandusky, O., Burt L. Hastings
killed Lizzie Stoldt because she would
not marry him and then fatally shot
himself.
HENRY ]. ALDRIcH, of Denver, presi-
dent and general manager of the Col
orado Securities company, was missing,
and his accounts were said to be $780,
600 short.
The Harlem ship canal, which con-
meets the Hudson river with Long
Island sound, was formally opened.
A sECoN decree was received at
Washington from Rome concerning the
obligation of Catholics to remain out
of the Knights of PythiaA organiza-
ton. All archbishops and bishops were
directed to ~promulgate the decree with
out further delay.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND left Washing
ton for Buzzard's Bay, Mass. where he
will remain with his family until Oc-
tober.
The celebration of the 12Oth ami
versary of the battle of Bunker Hill
took place in Boston.
The forthcoming annual report of
the United States civil service commits
sion will show hat the whole number
of persons regularly employed in the
civil service of this country is about
POO, 600.
The Chicago Saturday Evening Her
aid went into the hands of a receiver.
THE suit of William r. Laidlaw
against Russell Sage, of New York, tor
$780, 900 for injuries received while pro-
tecting Sage from a dynamite bomb,
resulted in a verdict of $40, 900 for the
plaintiff.
THE Wolverine mills at Cairo, Ill,
owned by H. Paepecke & Co, of Chi
cago, were completely destroyed by
fire, the loss being $780, 600.
LEWIS Cox and Miss Cornelia Tor
rance were drowned by the upsetting
of a boat neal Tuskegee, Ala.
The annual meeting of the Army of
the Potomac was held at New London,
Conn. Gen. John Gibbon was chosen
president.
WHILE insane Mrs. Sanford ellis,
aged 3S, wife of a well-to-do farmer
near Shellsburg, Ia, poisoned three of
her children and herself, and all died.
THE Missouri supreme court declared
unconstitutional the law which forbids
the discharge of employees of corpora
tons for refusal to sever their connec-
tions with labor organizations.
Ex-STATE TREASURER W. W. TAYLOR
voluntarily presented himself before
Judge Gaffv, of the circuit court at
Sioux Falls, S. D., and pleaded guilty
of embezzling S344, 900 from the state
in January last. Sentence was de-
ferred.
The village of Brownstown, Ind,
was nearly destroyed by fire.
HENRY BoLIS, city treasurer of
Omaha. Neb., was said to be $50, QUO
short in his accounts.
CLERK KERR, of the house of repre-
sentatives at Washington, says there
are twenty-six contests to be settled
by the next house.
IT was said that new Chinese arri-
walls in Cincinnati had been swindled
out of $4,000 in the past few months
by their own countrvmen.
ERNEST ADLER, diamond dealer In
New York, failed for 500, O0O.
REPORTS as to the condition of crops
throughout the country were favor
able.
Gov. ALTGELD issued a call for an
extra session of the Illinois legislature
to convene Tuesday, June 25, at Spring
field.
The organization of Iowa coal OPP
orators, including nearly all the larger
operators in the state, decided to lock
out all miners who belong to the Mine
Workers union and have engaged in
strikes
JUDGE BARRETT sentenced eX-Police
Inspector Mclaughlin, of New York,
to two years and six months in state
prison.
The "new woman" was turned down
by the Episcopal diocesan council in
Milwaukee when it decided not to give
her a vote in the council.
The National Christian Citizenship
league, with headquarters at 153 La
Sale street, Chicago, has asked the
clergymen of the country TO preach on
christian Citizenship" on Sunday, June
80, and offers to furnish aggressive lit
erature to those applying for it
JAMES SANDERS (colored) was hung
by a mob near Jackson, Miss, for u
dering his wife.
A A on the Lookout Mountain in
cline railroad at Chattanooga, Tenn,
jumped the track and W. b. Mitchell.
president of the Third national bank
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