The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Mike \. Heisserer Swallows a
Powerful Drug.


serer, Democratic nominee for col
lector of Scott county. committed sui
cire Wednesday night. He was ,
years old and had been married but
few weeks.
Mike Heisserer and Miss Lilii
Profit had been sweethearts for year
much to the annoyance of the Heis
serer family. About month ago tn,
young couple slipped off and wer,
Were married. nor by whom. but it i.
said they were married by a Catholic
priest, al Cairo
The Heisserer family ily-especially the
father-was much grieved over theil
conduct and Mike and his wife mad,
their home with JOHN Amos, a brother
inlaw living west of Benton, wher,
they have lived ever since their mar
riage.
Wednesday evening Mike and mis-
wife came to Benton to visit the sick
child of her sistHr-Nrs. Henderson
Humphrey. The child being very
sick Mrs. Reissercr concluded TO re
main over night and Nike returned
home alone. He remained in Benton,
however, until after 10 O'clock. aud
those who met him say that he was in
an unusually g0Od hImOr and lively.
At about o'clock Mrs. John Amos
heard an unusual noise in Mike 5
room that caused her to believe that
something was wrong. She woke her
husband who went in and called. but,
received no answer. He shook Mike
but could not arouse him. By this
time Mrs. AmGs arrived with Il light
and discovered a letter on the desk
addressed to Mrs. Lille Heisserer.
Private, This startling discovery
al once revealed the situation and DR..
Wade was sent for. The Doctor az
rived TOO late. and Mike expired Il
short time after his arrival. 1t Is
presumed that his death was caused
from the etfecta of morphine, butit has
not yet been lsarned where it was OBJ
tanned.
In the note vas Il request mot to
publish. and therefore it may never
appear in print. Among other things
he requested that all his debts be
paid. and also left will.
His life was insured for SLOT and
mace payable 10 his wife.
The stricken family are almost des-
perate with grief.
Beyond the Governments Power.
EXPresident Harrison put the inn
possibility of restoring the Old ra ito
Ui ii to between silver and gold hy
the bare fiat Of the United States |
alone. without support from the other
commercial nations. very forcibly in
his speech the other night. He said
that tine government could fix its
money unit and declare any coinage /
ratio ii chooses 10 do, but it can not |
say and enforce its degree, if you
should cali out the regular army and |
navy. and muster all our great mod
ern ships. and add the militia, and
put William j. Bryan in command of
rhem-it can not enforce the degree
that Ii onces of silver are the equiva-
lent of l once of gold.
The ratio OF Ii to l represented the
OF the commercial value of
gold and silver at a periodwhen silver
bullion was worth not hess than ST. % per
ounce. and when coinage demand eX-
listed in every civilized nation. Silver
bullion was then worth in the market
Just what it would bring at all the
European ints-naturally so. But
to-day this universal mint demand no
longer exists. Silver. to that extent,
is no longer in use. The result is
that silver bullion is freely offered at
53c per ounce, and the supply vastly
exceeds the demand.
In the face of this condition it is
by the Bryan metallists to
open our mints to free coinage of sill
ver--and to attempt to impart, by the
mere stamp of the mint. the value of :
Il TO silver bullion which in all the I
worlds markets is to to-day CONNER 7
tally worth only 53c.
We are asked 10 do alone what all
.he other nations OF the earth that are
in the same class have ceased 70 do. 6
If our forefathers. and ifothernations II
ever since coinage began. could not '
disregard the differences in the COM /
nercial values of silver and gold. :
BOW can We: Il l6 10 was Just ratio q
when silver was 3l.29 an ounce. and !
when all countries kept their mints !
.reely open to silver, how can it be :
now. when silver i only &c an ounce f
and all mints are closed to it:-New {
York Record.