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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04

The Singleton house, n two-story
structure in st. Joseph, was damaged
by fire the other night and two score
people had narrow escapes from heath,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04
To DemoiIsh Pope's Theater.

The work OF tearing down Pope's
theatcr building, st. Louis, will begin
o The Chicago company which
OWNS the ground will proceed to erect
another building on the same site. 1t
is expected that the new building will
be ready for occupancy in September.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04
Missouri Missionary Society

The Woman's Home Missionary So
society of the Baptist church of Mis-
souri, held their convention at Mobe-ly.
with 100 delegates in attendance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04

:. Celia, wife of Louis Celia, a rich
an of St. Louis, placed a pair of
ngs, valued at 5000, under her pill
she took IA nap. When she
rIe the ornaments were gone.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04

The poet dare help himself wher-
ever he lists-whereger he finds ma
teriaI suited to his work. He NAV
even appropriate entire columns with
their carved can:tals, if the temple he
thus supports he q beautiful one
uaSra
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04

Gov. Stone made appointments the
other day as follows: A. NJ. Hurry, to
be census-taker OF the city of Carthage;
Edward I. Eversole, to be probate
Judge of Washington county, vice An
" nav CuCnr raSirn,I
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04
Missouri Experiment Station.

Of. \. j. Walters has resigned as
essor of agriculture at the Pennsvl-
a state college to accept the direc-
nip of the Missouri experiment sta
located at Columbia.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04

Mrs. Kate l~Iannore, wife OF John
Hanmore, d st. Louis fireman, was
buried the other day. She was one of
the largest womer in the city, weigh
ing 400 pounds.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04

Ferdinand Peters, aged %, SON of
Charles Peters, died at Dexter from the
effects of a blow received from the
sweep of q mud mill at a pottery.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04

idge Murphy of the st. Louis court
iminal correction says he will dis
,ge every baker, butcher or grocer
l,ted for selling On Sunday. He
= the articles they deal in are nee
e les.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-04

e trustees of Missouri valley coll
at Marshall. will begin immedi-
: the construction of a t~hree-story
on the college campus, TO
about S.. 600.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10
BETRAYED BY FRIENDS,
How "Bitter Creek" and
Dynamite Dick" Were
Shot Down.
It Is Said the Killing Was as Cow
ardly as the Assassination
of Jesse James.

GUTHRIE, o. T., May 9.-Newcomb,
"Bitter Creek" and Pierce, alias "Dyna-
mite Dick, leaders of the desperate Dalton
Doolin gang of outlaws, who were killed
last week, were betrayed by friends, en-
trapped into the latter's home and cow
ardly murdered while they slept under
their hosts's roof. The killing, according
to story of neighbors brought in from
ingalls,, was done by the Dunns, who had
been promised large rewards by the depu-
ties, who claimed later to have made the
capture of the famous outlaws.
The latters' friends have sworn venge-
ance and the Dunn family are arming to
protect themselves.
The killing is on par with the cowardly
assassi nation by the Ford boys of Jesse
James. The Dunns were in ingalls, the
afternoon of the killing and went home
with large amount of beer and whisky.
1t had been arranged to have Sallie Niles,
a sweetheart of Dynamite Dick, and
the two outlaws meet at the Dunn house
that night for big time. By midnight
the outlaws were badly under the influence
of liquor and shortly afterward went to
sleep, heavily armed as usual, and with
out removing their clothes. While in this
condition, it is asserted, the Dunns per-
forated them with Winchester bullets and
buckshot. An examination of the bodies
showed that all the bullets and buckshot
had gone into the bodies in such way as
to leave no other conclusion than that the
men were lying down when shot. One OF
the Dunn brothers was brought in here a
few days after the capture and lodged in
the Federal Jail, but in two days was
turned loose.
The Dunns are lying very low. Their
house is an arsenal and they give evidence
of expecting raid on them every night,
as Newcomb and Pierce bad many friends
in that country.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10
A LESSON IN MORALITY.
Cheers Follow the Decision
Rendered by Judge
Thompson.
APPROVAL OF THE VERDICT.
Close of a Chapter In the Most
Sensational Tragedy in Ken
tucky'S History.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 9.-The City
Court was crowded to-day when the case
of Fulton Gordon, charged with the MUIR
der of his wife and Archie Brown, was
called.
Prosecuting Attorney Thurman en-
deavored to show the court that Gordon's
crime was nothing less than deliberate
murder.
Attorney Shields, for the defense, asked
the dismissal of the prisoner on the ground
of justification.
Mr.. Scott, who represented Governor
Brown in the prosecution, then began a
vigorous arraignment of Gordon, and pic
tured in glowing colors the character and
qualities of Archie Brown.
After arguments were completed and the
case closed, Judge Thompson announced
that he could not hold the prisoner and
that he would discharge him, as an object
lesson to others guilty of infdelity.
Never was a crowd more demonstrative
in its appreciation than was the immense
throng in the Police Court when Judge
Thompson announced in a clear tone the
verdict in the case. Cheer after cheer went
up, and hand after hand was thrust out to
the Judge to show how much his verdict
was appreciated. There was evidently not
soul in the court, save the attorneys for
the prosecution and perhaps some friends
of the dead man, but was pleased with the
verdict.
In vain did the bailiff endeavor to restore
order, but it was of no avail, and even
after the vast throng reached the streets,
the cheering was kept up.
In explanation, Judge Thompson said
there was no evidence of guilt on Gordon's
part, but that Brown and Mrs. Gordon
stood on the verge of an abyss of ruin and
death, and their fate was only what could
be expected.
Thus ends the last chapter of the most
sensational tragedy in the history of Ken
lucky.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10
SHARES GIVEN TO FRIENDS,
Startling Allegations Against
Officers of a Mining
Company.
Peculiar Transactions Are Checked
by the Appointment of a
Receiver.

CLEVELAND, OHIO, May 9.-The Ohio
Colorado Mining and Milling Company
passed into the hands of a receiver to-day.
Charles A. Radcliffe brought an action
against the concern in the United States
Circuit Court and made some startling
allegations. The company is capitalized
at 81, 800 600 in shares of $50 each. Rad
cliffe said that up to August 3, 1898, 4033
shares of stock had been issued and that
the officers of the company issued to their
friends, without consideration, %, ZIG
shares out of sympathy for losses sustained
by those who held shares in the Magma
Charta Silver Mining and Tunnel Com
pany.
Radcliffe said that Alexander Dixon, ].
B. Cameron, w. II. Rider, J. A. Arm
strong, H. NJ. Clark, E. ]. Kellogg and J.
Nesbit Wilson, pretending to act as execu-
tive officers of the company, were about to
divide up more shares among their friends,
and that when Wilson called an annual
meeting of stockholders he only notified
those to whom stock had been given. The
court was asked to order the stock alleged
to have been donated cancelled and to
cause the secretary to issue call for a
meeting to elect directors; also that the
claim of the plaintiff be ordered paid.
Judge Kicks enjoIned the issue of further
shares of stock and appointed M. B. Gary
receiver, with a $500 bond.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10
LOST HIS BODY At CARDS.
Exciting Game Between a Con-
demned Man and a
Doctor.
Now There Is a Legal Contest for
the Possession of the
Corpse.

DENVER, CoLo., May 9.-Dr. Rucker,
Coroner at Pocatello, Idaho, arrived in
Denver to-day. He is seeking possession
of body won in a game of cards. His
antagonist is DR.. Cuneo, the Italian
Consul.
Carlo Peril committed suicide just before
the day set for his execution for the
murder of a man named Mcnamara. One
day PERI offered to wager his corpse
against $1,000 that he could defeat DR..
Rucker at cards. If he should win the
doctor should send the money to Perri's
mother. In case he should lose the doctor
could have his body to dissect. They
played, and DR.. Rucker won. Peril signed
a paper ordering that his body should for
ever remain in the possession of DR..
Rucker. The dead mans relatives insist
that the remains shall be properly buried.
DIR. Cuneo will make every effort to gain
possession of what is left of the Italian
murderer and bury the bones according to
the rites of the church of Rome.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10
BAPT|STS OF THE SOUTH,
Gathering of Delegates to the
Convention at WASH
ington.
union With Northern Fac
tons.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 9.-The
delegates to the Southern Baptist conven-
ton, the largest delegated ecclesiastical
body in the world, which meets here to-
morrow, are arriving in great numbers on
every train. Between 1000 and 1900 are ex-
pected to be here tomorrow. Although
the programme will be largely confined to
action on the reports of three organiza-
tons of the church, home and foreign mis-
sionary, Sunday-school and educational
societies. an important feature of the con-
vention is expected to be the decision of a
plan for the reduction of the representa-
ton, now based on money contributions, as
well as local presentation. If the mem
bership is reduced, this will probably lead
to proposal for reunion of the Northern
and Southern churches.
The split which occurred in 1645 grew
out of the anti-slayery agitation, and,
although the two wings of the church have
been in harmony since the close of the
war, they have remained separate organi-
cations, because the large delegate mem
bership of each made the practical con-
duct of its business under separation
easier.
The Young Peoples Society met to-day
to discuss the utilization with the Inter-
national Young Peoples Union of the
Baptist Church, and to organize a
Southern Young Peoples Baptist Society.
Resolutions restricting the vote to male
delegates, and to refer the whole matter of
a young peoples organization back to the
churches, caused a hot debate It was
finally decided to allow the ladies to speak,
but not to vote.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10
BATTLE OVER SCHOOLS,
Manitoba Determined to Fur
Their Resist the Remedial
Order.
Premier GreenWay's Motion to Ad-
Journ the Legislature Vigor-
ouSly Opposed.

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, May 9.-The
battle now raging over separate schools is
to be further continued. Upon the reas-
sembling of the Manitoba Legislature to-
day Premier Greenway arose and said:
Before proceeding on the order of the
day I desire to say this: When asking
the House to adjourn until the present
date, as will be within the recollection of
the members, in view of the gravity of the
questions involved in the consideration of
the school remedial order communicated
from Ottawa, 1 stated that we would re-
quire sufficient time to consider the same
l am now about to ask the House to order
further adjournment until June Ii, in
order that further consideration may be
had.
II am aware in making the motion that
the House do now adjourn that 1 am
asking the indulgence of the House, be-
cause in making the motion it would re-
quire, if my honorable friends opposite in
sisted, that 1 shonld give notice, as it is
not the intention to proceed with other
business until this matter is disposed of.
| now desire to move that the House do
adjourn to Thursday June 49,"
No sooner had the Premier taken his seat
than AT Martin, leader of the opposition,
was on his feet and for two hours he spoke
in opposition to the Premier's motion to
adjourn. He claimed that the duty of the
Government was at once to decide upon the
school matters. He was himself a Catholic
and represented his co-reGgionists there.
The delay, he asserted, was simply move
to shelve the responsibility upon other
shoulders and he strongly protested against
such tactics.
Martin continued speaking until 4
O'Clock, when Premier Greenway asked
him to move the adjournment of the de-
bate until evening, to which Martin
assented and tie House adjourned.
AT this evenings session Mr.. Martin
continued his speech and was followed by
Mr.. Prendergast, who regretted that the
Government had found it necessary to
take a further adjournment. Attorney
General Sifton said the remedial order as
submitted by the Dominion Government,
involved a return to the old school sys-
TEN, and this they did not propose to do.
There were also a great many other
phases of the question and further time
must be taken for consideration. The
question was tieh Put' ohan Tue rules
be suspended?''
There was no dissenting voice and the
Legislature was declared adjourned to
June Is.
The action of the Government in moving
for an adjournment, it is said, is explained
by the statement that new points have
arisen which demanded further considera-
ton. Some may think this adjournment
looks like sign of compromise but the
members who are in the confidence of the
Ministry one and all support the adjourn
ment. They have been out through the
constituencies and have come back
stronger supporters than ever of national
schools. 1t would, therefore, not be salts
factory to them if this meant any back
down on the part of the Cabinet.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10
STERN MEASURES TAKEN
Non-Union Men Are to Be
Surrounded at Every
Turn.
PASS THROUGH ENEMIES LINES
About Five Thousand Men to Form
Gordon Around Those Yet
at Work.

PITTSBURG, Pa, May 9.-President
Cairnes of the Pittsburg Miners Associa-
ton announced to-day that he would
probably call out the miners in the Pitts
burg district within a week, including the
miners in union mines.
1t is his purpose to have the strikers form
a camp around the mines of the New York
and Cleveland Company at Plum Creek
and those of the Pittsburg and Chicago
and Snowden Company at Finleyville, so
that the non-union men will have to pass
through the union camps to go to their
work
These mines, he says, are the stumbling
blocks which are in the way of settle
ment, by which the miners might secure a
higher rate of wages. He proposes to have
about 5000 men in each camp, and says he
will be able to maintain them with money
which he will receive from the Illinois
miners, who have been granted the 69-cent
rate, with a check-off system whereby the
miners will only receive 90 cents in reality
the other 9 cents going to help the miners
of this district to carry on their fight. He
says the Illinois operators are in the agree
ment with the object of securing an equit-
able mining scale all over the country.
In support of the reported combination
between the miners here and the Illinois
operators, it was stated tonight that the
first $4,000 of the money from the Illinois
operators is to arrive here Monday. The
miners are to hold q convention here
Monday to decide on calling out all the
miners in the district. One reason for this
is that the operators whose mines are
closed down are filling their orders through
mines that are paying the scale rate.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, May 9.-Gover-
nor McCorkle to-day received telegram
from Logan NJ. Bullitt, president of the
Southwest Improvement Company. at
Pocahontas, Va, stating that the men
going to work in his mine just over the
line in this State had been fired upon by
Flat Top strikers.
The dispatch stated that application had
been made to the Sheriff of Mercer County
in this State for protection, but that the
officers sympathized with the strikers and
for this reason would neither protect the
company's property nor apply for military
aid. The Governor wired Mr.. Bullitt thai
application for troops must come from the
civil authorities, and also wired Sheriff
| Dangerfield to take steps necessary to stoI
the lawlessness and prevent violence, anC
also instructed Adjutant. General Holley
now at Bluefelds, to investigate the re
ported trouble and report. Late tonight
General Holley wired that there was Nc
need of troops.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10
POLYGAMY NOT PERMITTED.
The Edniunds Lac Enforced ia the Dts
tTict of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May s.-The
Edmunds anti-polygamy act is being Wig
orously enforced in the District of Column
bia. During the past week four or five
couples have been convicted of unlawful
cohabitation, the Court of Appeals having
decided that the law is applicable here as
we'll as in Utah and other Territories. The
police in the different precincts are getting
together list of those living in uni awful
cohabitation, and there is said to be scores
of them in a single police district. Some
couples after being arrested were married
in the Police Court and then released. One
negro couple were married by the Police
Judge and the court officers and attorneys
acted in the capacity respectively OF best
man, ushers, etc. The determination oil
the officers to enforce the Edmunds law
has frightened the violators of the law in
the Washington slums and the conse,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10
ANrIREYOL UTION BILL.
The Prtssian Minister Takes a Hand Ia,
the argument.


BERLIN, GERMANY, May 9.-The debate
on the anti-revolution bill, which is now
up for its second reading, was continued i'll
the Reichstag to-day. The Prussian
Minister of Justice, DR.. Won Schoenstedt,
said that the Government attached the
greatest Importance to the adoption of the
proposal of Herr Won Levetzow, which
partially substitutes the Government bill
for the proposals of the committee which
has had the anti-revolution bill under dis
cussion, with the result that number of
amendments have been incorporated in it
which have, in the opinion of the Govern
ment, weakened certain provisions of the
measure. DR.. Won Schoenstedt urged the
members of the Center party to agree to
Won Levetzow's motion, saying that other
wise they would play the socialist game.
Continuing, the Minister of Justice said
recollections of the Kulturkampf had
clouded the vision of the Centrists in COM
mittee, and that it was easier for them to
yield now than on the third reading of the
hill
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10

of Korean independence and war indem-
nifty to Japan, but six days later Secretary
Gresham replied that while the President
earnestly desired that China and Japan
should agree upon terms of peace alike
honorable to both and not humbling to
Korea, he could not join the powers In an
intervention.
On November % Mr.. DENLY cabled at
the expense of the Chinese Government an
appeal to the President to do China the
great favor to intervene to stop the war
and re-establish peace. In reply Mr..
Gresham cabled November 70 as follows:
PROMPTED by that sincere friendship
which the United States constantly de-
sires to show toward China the President
desires me to intimate his readiness to ten
der his good offices toward bringing the
present war with Japan to close on terms
alike honorable to both nations, should he
be assured that such tender would be
acceptable to both"
At the same time he cabled Minister
Dun the following dispatch, which, in
view of the recent events, seems full of
prophesy:
1.-The deplorable war between Japan and
China endangers no policy of the United
States in Asia. Our attitude toward the
belligerents is impartial, friendly .and
neutral, desiring the welfare of both. If
the struggle continues without check to
Japan's military operations on lana and
sea, it is not improbable that the powers
having interest in that quarter may de-
mand a settlement, not favorable to Japan s
future and well-being. Cherishing the
most friendly sentiments of regard for
Japan, the President directs that you as
certain whether tender of his good offices
in the interests of peace alike honorable
to both nations, will be acceptable to the
Government at Toxic"
Two days later he cabled Mr.. DENLY that
while the President preferred to act alone
he would act jointly with other powers, if
Japan consented to determine the amount
of indemnity. After some further CORE
spondence, showing that China was
anxious to accept our good Offices on the
terms proposed, Mr.. Dun transmits under
date of November IL very courteously
worded note from the japanese Govern
ment, practically declining the offer.
On November II the Japanese Govern
ment requests that if China desires to ap,
proach Japan upon the subject of neace it
shall be done through the United States
Legation at Peking, to which Secretary
Gresham assented.
Mr.. DENLY writes that China received
this proposal with pleasure, though she
gave him to understand that she proposed
to act simply as an Intermediary, stating
the basis of negotiations and leaving them
to arrange the details. On the 22d he
cabled that China had made through him
direct overtures for peace on the basis OF
Korean independence and war indem-
nifty. Some part of the correspondence at
this point is devoted to a history of the
attempt at a settlement of the war through
Mr.. Dietring and his rejection by the Jap
anese on the ground of insufficient creden-
tials, and the story of our intervention
winds up with the few kilograms from Mr.
DENLY announcing that Ii Hung Chang
had been named plenipotentiary and that
Japan had agreed to receive him.