The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-08

young woman.
AS THE result of a drunken spree at
St Louis Henry Terrick fatally shot
Charles Zone- and then killed himself.
A BICYCLE road-race from Chicago TO
Evanston and return, a distance of l9&
miles, was won by Homer Fairmon over
476 competitors in 1886. George En-
erson o the time prize over the same
course in 52:l3.
THIRTY-sIx business and dwelling
houses were completely wiped out by
fire at Pattonsburg, Mo. Loss, $780,
i 600.
WILL OWEN, who murdered his wife
at Noble Lake one year ago, was
hanged at Werner, Ark.
FOUR negroes arrested for various
crimes in Polk County, Fla, were taken
from the sheriff and three of them were
lynched.
DEPUTY SHERIFFs ED EDWARDS and
Willis Baxter. of Little Rock, Ark,
shot each other fatally by mistake
while cunning for a culprit.
GRAIN in many northwestern states
vas blighted by the heat.
MICHAEL DERNBERG, of Syracuse. y.
| Y, rode 2 miles on a bicycle in 3:51 4-5,
breaking all previous records.
FARMERS in the central part of Iowa
were much alarmed Ove the appear
ance of small swarms of seventeen
year lOcusts.
FUNERAL services were held in Oak
woods cemetery in Chicago uver the
-,,,,;rr 3 IL, i,t. ,.,r+ar- G+af.
Walter Quinton Gresham. President
Cleveland and all the members of his
cabinet stood about the bier while every
possible respect was shown the dead
by civil and military organizations.
\ CYCLONE mile wide struck Chap
man. Neb., and demolished everything
in its path. The home of \. Bailor
was blown to pieces, fatally injuring
Mrs. Bailor and two children.
AT Henderson, Ky, fire destroyed
the Hodge tobacco factory and the
Elliott stemnIcry, the total loss being
Sl35. 900.
The interstate miners convention
at Columbus, O., passed a resolution
declaring II unwise to order a strike at
this time.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 3lst uIt. aggre-
gated SSl9, 1901, against 81, lll,sii,l 1874
the previous week. The increase, com
pared with the corresponding week in
1894, was 15.2.
The coinage at the United States
mint in Philadelphia during the month
of Nav amounted to 81. PSI. s62. 10.
NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEvES
patents were issues from the patent
office in Washington during the week
ended on the 3lst ult.
LIGHTNING struck the bark Carrie E.
Long, from Philadelphia to Havana,
CARRYING oil in bulk. and four of the
crew, including Capt. Rolfe, persisted.
THERE were ELS business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 3lst ult., against 2O7 the
week previous and 1873 in the CORE
spending time in 1924.
The Canadian steamer Jack "a into
and sunk the Menominee Mich liner
Norman about : miles off Middle
island and three of the crew of the
Norman were drowned.
JOHN Osborn. Son * Co., importers
of wines and liquors in New York,
failed for 500, 900.
A w~ATERsPoUT near Ilillsboro, Tex,
destroyed several houses and drowned
one man and 300 head of cattle.
IN portions of Colorado snow fell to
the depth of 4 feet on the level, and at
Albuquerque, y. NJ, where it is a rare
thing to find snow in the winter sea-
son. there was a o on the level.
The sixth anniversary of the Johns
town flood was celebrated at Harris
burg, Pa, by a dinner givec by the
governor.
DOUGLAS HENDERSON and Frank JEFF
frey were hanged at Murphysboro,
Carterville last winter.
The heat was so intense that 1OO feet
Of the Wabash track near Saunemin,
Ill. were SO warped out of shape that
it was impossible for trains to pass
over for an hour and a half.
The business portion of Kalamo,
Mich. was destroyed by fire.
\ FREIGHT train on the Soc road ran
into an army of travelling caterpillars
near New Paynesville, Mimi, and the
obstruction delayed the train three
hours.
The boiler at a sawmill near Downs
vile, y. C., exploded, killing Ed Deal,
Fender oxford and Gordon Oxford aud
fatally injuring Reuben Jones.
4 MOB took James Freeman lcolored)
from a guard of four men at Columbus
City. Fla, and shot him to death. He
had tried to assault Mrs. Consel.
DISPATCHES from various points in
Iowa. Nebraska. Kansas, Arkansas and
Missouri say that needed rains had
fallen.
The little son and daughter OF Will
liam Maggie were drowned at Clinton.
la. The boy fell into the Mississippi
and his sister jumped in to save him.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Col. GOLDSMITH W. HEWITT, the most
prominent criminal lawyer in Ala
bama and member of the Forty-fourth,
F~orty-fifth, Forty-sixth and Forty
seventh congresses from the Sixth
Alabama district, died at his home in
birmingham. aged 81 years.
CHARLES WARREN LIPPITT rep, of
Providence, was inaugurated governor
OF Rhode Island.
4 TRUST of the manufacturers of