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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
TWO SUICIDES
OF Prominent Men In Cleveland, The
Bodies Found Near Together.

OF Prominent Men In Cleveland,
Bodies Found Near Together.
CLEVELAND, O., May 9.--The body OF
A. c. Hogan, for many years superin-
tendent of the canning department of
the Standard Oil Co. in this city and at
Whiting, Ind, was found in an unfre'
quented part Of Lakeview cemetery.
He had committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head. He was seer
alive last when he entered the cemetery
Thursday morning. I~ll-health. which
had caused him to retire from bust
ness, is the supposed reason for the
suicide. He leaves six sons, most OF
whom occupy positions of trust with
the Standard.
b. F. Whipple. one of the prominent
Odd Fellows OF Cleveland, also com
mitted suicide. His body vas found
last night at Ambleside, but a few
rods from where Hogan's vas found,
by some children who were gathering
flowers. No reason is known for hii
act.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE second conviction of Frank A.
Coffin of completely in the wrecking of
tho indianapolis Ind national bank
in August, 1893, was confirmed by the
supreme court of the United States,
on the 4th. The sentence is seven
years.
THE grand jury at Akron, O., on the
9Th, reported three indictments against
Romulus Cottell, alias John Smith, the
alleged murderer of the Stone family,
for murder in the first degree.
INFORMATION has been received in
New York that Gen. Calizto Garcia
and Gen. Jose Maceo have succeeded in
Joining their commands and are both
on their way to the western part Of
Cuba.
The French e~xcavators at Delphi
have unearthed a life-size stunze statue
of a bearded man, the largest yet dis
covered. The date Of the work is $40
B. C. The statue is holding the bride
of a horse, and portions of the horses
figure have also been found.
SENSATION has been caused in Brus-
sells. Belgium. by the arrest of NJ.
| Courtois. an ex-police official, for the
murder of Mime. Henri, who vas stran-
cled and robbed in her house recently.
THF long talked-of extension of the
civil-service rules, which takes in chief
clerks and all the high-arade depart
meat officials so as to prevent their re-
moval, except for cause, was signed
by the president on the 9th. Thirty
| thousand government employees are
thus added to the protected list.
JAMES GALLAGHER, known through
out the country in democratic circles
as WAR Horse" Gallagher, died sud
denly on the street at New Haven,
Conn, on the 5th.
THE jury in the murder trial of DIR.
Freund, of Pennington, Mimi, re-
turned a verdict of not guilty on the
5th. DIR. Freund was charged with the
murder of Clara Osler, a young lady
with whom he was said to have beer
on intimate terms.
KING HuMBERT of Italy has donated
4Ou, 900 francs to the families of the
soldiers killed and wounded in the AT
rican campaign without any distinc'
ton being made between the Italians
and native troops in the service OF
Italy.
JOHN PoTULNEY and A. Purski. two
well-known saloon keepers of South
Chicago. went to bed about midnight,
on the night of the 5th, in an intoxi
Gated condition, and were found dead
in the morning of asphyxiation-
THE house committee on pensions
on the 9th, ordered a favorable report
on the bill granting an increase to 81:
per month of pension to the survivors
of the Mexican and Indian wars anC
e Sheir widows. with a proviso, how
ever that no widow who was not mar
ried to the soldier or sailor prior t.
March 10. 1886, should be entitled tt
the benefits of the act.
JOSEPH j. MARTIN, who was treas
urer of Philadelphia from 1873 to 1889
, and head of the cattle-shipping firm o
{ Martin. Fuller & Co., of that city
which was the first to develop a mar
ket for beeves in foreign countries
died, on the 9th, aged &c years
AT Alonzo, province of Huelva
Spain, some miscreant set fire to tn,
building in which a dance was in prog
ress. Six persons were burned t
death and manr were injured.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
MISSOURI a NEWS.


The jury N the Watt Reed case at
Platte City brought in a verdict against
Reed of murder in the second degree,
and fixing the sentence at 90 years.
Watt Reed and Newton VIM.
both of Clinton county, had 4
hog suit by change of venue to
Platte county. During the trial John
Cross. attorney for Reed. made some
cutting remarks about Winn's son.
Vim jumped up and caught Cross by
the shoulders. A. this Reed, who was
sitting eight feet behind Winn, rose up
and fired three shots at VIM. Two
of the shots hit VIM. from which he
died in z few hours. Reed rad money.
and his lawyers fought every inch of
the ground.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
CSnYicted of MoonshininZ.

In the United States district court
at st. Louis Erwin Simmons and his
two sens, Joseph and William, pleaded
guilty to ''moonshining" in Shannon
county; and Samuel Hamilton and
Thomas Keith. who went to trial. yer
convicted. There was practically no
defense. Judge Adams sentenced
Keith, Hamilton and the elder Sim
O to one year and one day in the
penitentiary, and to pay a fine of 800
each and costs; and he sentenced the
Simmons boys each to 500 and costs
and three months in the jail of st.
Charles county.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

The prohibition state convention
vas held at Sedalia. 1t refused to in
corporate in its platforma plank favor
ing the free coinage of silver at a ratio
of 16 to !, and tabled a resolution which
recommended that the national con-
vention change the name of the pro-
hibition party to national party.
The following state ticket was nomi-
mated:
Governor-H. P. Faris.
Lieutenant-Governor-Capt. J. NJ. Ri;ehey.
Secretary of State-E. Z. Mcclellan.
Auditor. O. Rolfe.
Treasurer-Rev. l. T. Hull.
Attorney-General-J. c. Hughes.
Judge Supreme Court-LewiS Adams.
Railroad CommiSSioner-W F. Sullivan
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
Missouri-Iowa BOUNDARY Case.

In the case of the State of Missouri
VS.. the State of Iowa. Hon. John F.
Lacey, in behalf of counsel on both
sides, filed a stipulation in the supreme
court at Washington the other day to
extend the time to retrace and mark
the boundary line. A commission has
been appointed by the court to do this
work. The territory in dispute is be-
tween Decatur county. Ia, and Mercer
county, Mo. The dispute has been
going on for years and the courts of
both states have had much trouble in
determining Jurisdiction.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
She Was Very Old.

Dollie Thomas, colored, died in st.
Louis, aged 1Os The entire colored
population for blocks around fiocked
to see the aged corpse. Five genera
tions gathered around the cofiu, rang
ing from the old broken-down uncle
son of the deceased-to the shiny-faced
~pickaninny, the latest great-great
great-grandchild.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

UpoN a rehearing of the appeal OF
Warren F. Putnam, late president OF
the Granite State national bank at
Exeter, n. H., tire supreme court OF
the United States, on the 4th, affirmed
in part the judgment of the district
court for that state and reversed it in
part; the net result being that the de-
PENDANT Putnam will serve five years
In the penitentiary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

BY a vote of II to 141 the house, on
the 5th, refused to concur in the SEN
ate amendment to the naval approprl-
alton bill reducing the number OF bat
tleships to be constructed undo Its
provisions from four to two.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

THE Venezuelan commissions chief
historical expert, Prof. George l..
Burr, of Cornell university, sailed for
Holland, on the sth, to investigate the
Dutch records bearing upon the Gui-
anian boundary dispute.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

The Missouri university board of
~curators want to secure from the
federal government new breech-load-
ing guns instead of the old cannon now
employed by the cadets for artillery
practice.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

FAILURES throughout the United
States for the week ended on the sth,
as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., num-
bered 23s, against 227 for the corre-
spending week of last year. For Can
ada the failures were "a, against 81
last year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

FEDERAL JUDGE SHIRAs, on the 18th,
directed the release under habeas cor
pus of the officers arrested at Fort
Robinson, Neb., for operating a can
teen. He ruled that they had a right
to keep liquor at an army post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
Interstate OratoricaI Contest.

The first annual oratorical contest Of
the Interstate League of State Normal
Schools was held at Warrensburg. The
contest was won by Harold D. Hughes,
of Wisconsin, who received a $50 check.
Kansas came next and received $50;
Illinois third. Iowa fourth. sand Mis-
souri, last. The next contest will be
held ing Kansas.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
After Thirty Years.

The thirtieth annual commencement
of La Grange college. under the presi-
dency of DIR. J. F. Cook, was held the
other day. DR.. Cooks farewell address
brought tears to the eyes of many who
had known and honored the president
for 30 ear
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

b, HERMAN ". MUDGETT, better known
as Ii. H. Holmes, the multi-murderer,
was hanged at Philadelphia, on the
18th, for the murder Of benjamin +.
Pitezel, in September. 1894, one OF the
many murders attributed to him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
Married Her Teacher.

Prof. J. Estill Harvey, a prominent
educator in Howard county, and Miss
Opal Hulett were married recently.
The bride graduated this year from the
Armstrong public school, of whick
Prof. Harvey was principal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
Killed His Man.

Near Licking, Texas county, Boyd
Fox was shot and killed by one Fow-
Ter. They had quarreled. and later
Fowler. it is said. started out cunning
and got his man. Fowler was found
under a bed at his home, arrested and
jailed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

The Indiana Republican state con-
rention, at indianapolis. on the 18th,
instructed it's delegates to vote for Nc
Kinley at the national convention as
long as he was in the ace for the pres
{dential nomination.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

THE May crop bulletin issued by the
Ohio state board of agriculture. on the
sth, placed the condition of the wheat
crop in that state even lower than the
bulletin for the 1st of April, when it
was put at 81 per cent. OF an average
crop. Now it is put at only IS per
caOt
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

The board OF curators of the st.
Charles college, at st. Charles, have
selected Rev. DR.. Joseph Pritchett,
pastor of the Promenade Street
Methodist church, Mexico, president
of the college.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

CAPT. Dunn of the cruiser Petrol
reported to the Canadian department
of marine and fisheries, on the 5th, the
seizure Of 13 American gill nets in
Canadian waters, together with 200
pounds of pickerel, perch, etc. The
Petrol was put in commission on the
LIST
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

ROBERT FULLERTON, president of the
Old Curiosity club Of New York, and
an industrious collector, has a letter
written by Jay Gould AZ years ago,
when he was a poor surveyor, asking
the late Judge A. NJ. Sherman for the
loan of a surveyors level.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

THE London Globe, in an article on
the new administration in Canada,
says that the great and comprehensive
policy defined by Sir Charles Upper
in the manifesto which he has just is
Sued, is worthy Of thu. statesman's
lonS and st.oonorable career.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

. THE president further amended, on
the 9Th, the civil-service rules by a
supplemental order bringing into the
classified service the interstate COM
merce commission, which embraces
about one hundred and forty persons.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
An Aged Citizen of johnson County.

Abingdon Johnson, the eldest man
in Warrensburg and perhaps in john
son county, died recently. Mr.. John
son was in his one hundredth year. He
had been "a member of the Campbellite
church since its foundation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

On the 9th New London, Conn, cell
brated in an elaborate manner her
two hundred and fiftieth anniversary.
The weather was ideal. and the crowd
enormous. 4 handsome soldiers and
sailors monument was dedicated, and
the cornerstone of the monument to
John Winthrop. Conneeticut's first gov
ernor. was laid with ceremonies beht-
ting the occasion
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
A Day of Fasting and Prayer.

Friday, May 6, was set apart as day
of fasting and prayer by the officers of
the Sedalia conference of the NJ. E
church. south, to be observed by the
entire church in the conference.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

Col North, the Nitrate King" SO
called because Of his immense inter
ests in the nitrate beds of South Amer
lea. died suddenly in London on the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

Ex-SHERIFF WILLIAM EvERHART, of
Laporte, Ind, was found dead at his
residence on the afternoon of the 9TH.
Heart disease IS the supposed cause.
The deceased was a forty-niner, and
was one of the oldest residents of the
county. He was elected sheriff by the
democrats in 1884.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
H NEGRO FORD
Confesses to the Murder of Elsie Cregiou
In Washington.

In Washington.
WASHINGTON, May e.-The negro,
Irwin Ford, who was arrested at Har.
pers' Ferry, W. Va, for the murder OF
Elsie Creglow in this city, has CON
fessed to killing the girl by cut
ting her throat Ford denies any at,
tempt at a criminal assault. He
saws the girl threw u stone at him as
he was passing where she was watch.
ing cows. He was angered by her ac
tions and attacked her. She fought
hin and he killed her with q knife
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
VIII Report Adversely.

House committee on public lands will
report adversely on Senator CockrelI's
bill to secure more land to Missouri
under the university school grant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
Forward Rye Crop.

Volney f. Ferguson, who resides
near Beaman, Pettis county. reports
that he has a ~ive-acre field of rye that
will be ready to harvest about May rs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

THE announcement was made in
London, on the 9Th, that a second
blue book on the Venezuelan mat
ter would be ready on the 18th. 1t
will not be published, however, until
a copy has been delivered at Washing
ton,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
Judge John r. Hull.

Jude Johr r. Hull. aged IS, q prom
inent lawyer of Huntsville, died sud-
denly of heart disease. He was a ma
son and a member of the 4. o.. L. W.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16
ID. II. ADAMS, Publisher.

THE sum of es, 900, 900 war indemnity
from China t o Japan was transferred
to the latter's agents in London on the
9Th.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

EIGHT EU4FpsEgP acres Of land peaF
snydertiiiic, Pa, has beea leased Dy a
number Of Scranton capitalists. This
tract of land is supposed to abound
with the richest veins Of anthracite
coal in northeastern Pennsylvania.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

The post Office department, on the
9Th. issued orders denying the privi-
lege of the mails to the American
Coupon Investment Co., having offices
at Kansas City, Mo-; Hiawatha, Fort
Scott and Hutchinson, Kas.; Denver,
Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs,
Col, and Dallas and Fort Worth, Tex.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-16

THE New York county grand jury,
on the eth, indicted James b. Duke,
president. and the directors of the
American Tobacco Co., charged with
conspiracy and violation of the law in
that they formed a trust or monopoly
of paper cigarettes. The evidence
was presented by the National Cigar
cite and Tobacco Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-11

.,sod Ono e. for nil the colonies to auopt
Ero, ,rrodo ne r. exists In the parent Klngdon(
rhot sovs Mr. Chamberlain, truly, Is impos
sible: the colonies simply Will not 90 IT, IA"
other IS for the United Kingdom to ADOPT lo
lection as ii exists in some or the cniei 'o"
That TOO is impossible ut present. Ehei"hu
will not do it, The third to which MI On"iN
berlain commits himself, Is for all the hleiiipoi'
of the Empire to form a customs unioh' villa
practical Free Trade among themselves "n"
with Protection against all the rest OF tho
world That Is the scheme which MT Onaiii
bcrlain propounded Oh Tuesday before the ooh-
press of Chambers Of Commerce or the r'iii
pire. and which was greeted with nearly anu
sympathetic applause.
What the execution OF this plan wOuiu iilean
may readily be perceived. 1t would mean re'o-
luton, and from the Cobdenite point OF 'ie"'
beretical revolution II would reimpose duty
upon wheat in England. excepting that Import
cd from British colonies. Yet Cobdehism nau
its origin In opposition to the corn laws IL
would put n duty upon wool from Argentina "
the distress and confusion or the authorS VI
thc Wilson bill 1t would tax German sugar.
of which Great Britain now imports S32ooo'oVo
worth each year Truly, that Is enough 10 make
Cobdon and Bright turn in their graves ana
n recol Mr. Gladstone from his musings upon
Future Life to utter one more passionate piast
against the immortality and imbecility Oh
Protective tariff Already 1t has reused the
Free Traders of America always more COD
donjsh than Golden. to something ike the
frenzy of despair They rage against ME-
chamberlain. as mo better than n mere Amerl-
con" Tomorrow. doubtless. they Will call him
"Joe." What portion have they in such apos-
toto schemes? sTo vour tents. y Israeli
Tbore como m too strange memories or past
vaccinations of the high priests Of Free Trade
riftvodd wears ago Golden told his followers
thcv had mo right to doubt that in ten years
from the time when England inaugurated the
"golden ora Of commercial freedom. every civil
| "ized country will be Free Traders to the pacR-
"bone" Only four years ago Mr. Thomas w.
Sherman. ~ usual striving TO out-Cobden Cob
den. assured his English friends that by 1897
NJ latest the United States will destroy the
"protcctive system which has SO long obstruct-
"cd its progress and adopt subStan''ai rec
Grade" The Democratic party. he added
(which includes n vast majority Of the Ameri-
"con neopIc has decided 10 utterly dc
"stroy all Protective tariffs ms result
"Is no longer matter Of speculation; IT Is. cN-
"ccpt Ms TO the precise date Il certainty Ana
non, and now. AgraranSm controlling ter
man legislation. VI Mclinc Prime Minister OF
France: Mr.. Mckinley about TO become me
American President; and Mr. Chamberlain "a
graduate Of the Manchester school ana the
most popular and powerful statesman IN Great
Britain formally and officially proposing 'he
abolition OF Cobdcnsm and all It's works. lie,
II pass. with all it's intolerance and hypocrisy
~
AWAY VIII be- the most becoming incident OF It's
nnlirn Cnrccr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-11
SIXTEEN PAGES
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-The Chambers Of Commerce OF
The Empire decided to ask the British Govern
nent to second any suggestion made by the
: Colonies for a closer commercial union - Adj
vices from Athens that the Cretan Reform
Committee has formulated demands. which IN
clude the economic independence of Crete 60
Mrs Annie Dyer. the Reading baby-farmer, was
hanged in Newgate Prison.
. CONGRESS. branches voted to adjourn
for the session at o'clock this afternoon agree
ments were reached on the Sundry Civil and
District Of Columbia Appropriation bills. -
Senate: The Contempt Of Court bill was passed
f. House Many bills were passed under sus-
pension Of the rules Messrs. Dingley, Cannon
Savers and Dockery took part In a political de-
bate which lasted two hours
DOMESTIC-The National Republican Com
nittee at ST. Louis voted to seat the Mckinley
, delegates from Alabama; Joseph y. Manley,
speaking for Mr.. Reed, conceded the nomination
of Mckinley - Commencement exercises
were held at Princeton. - The Connecticut
Democratic Convention met at Hartford to elect
delegates to Chicago; a soundmoney platform
was adopted - The Maryland Democratic
State Convention declared for the gold standard.
- The battle-ship Massachusetts was placed
in commission at the League Island Navy 1aro'
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Unscrupuo specu-
lators clrculatd false reports in Wall street IN the
vain hope of causing panic. - Inc ahhuai
commencement exercises Of Columbia University
Were held at Carnegie Music Hall 80 j. PIER
pont Morgan returned from Europe - H. H..
Bliss Mrs Flemins's stepfather was cross-eX-
amined by Charles w. Brooke, for the defence at
the trial before Recorder Gof in Part ILL., OF Cen
eral Sessions ---=- The Police Board retired on
a pension at his own request, Captain Patrick
III Pickett who was on Monday transferred from
the Tenderloin to Mulberry-st. precinct. -
Winners at Gravesend: Ferrer Divide. Gotham.
Antermisslon. Stachelberg and Valley. - New
York defeated Cincinnati at baseball by a score
of 10 to g; Pfttsburg Won from Brooklyn, to l..
e. The stock market was weak and lower.
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day: Fair
and cooler. The temperature yesterday: High
est, rs degrees lowest. GO: average. y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-11

Court holds that It was not, and It's decis'oh az
once puts an end to corporation when lh'e".
have caused trouble, and places the an Vi
the commission in such n shape that no fur'n''
attention need be paid to the movements vi ''io
DIRECTORS. 49,, 60.
The next thing in order Is to fix the Ter.
minols Of the proposed bridge on both SIDES oi
tho river The commissioners have agreed OH
provisional plans, but some opposition 10 'ne
martial decision has been aroused. 1t Is not
formidable and it appears to be based so'e'!
on nersonal and selfish interests. The du'y vi
Tho commissioners in this matter Is pam. III II
rcht for them to take account of reasonap'c
objections to what is proposed. but, OF COURSE
they Will not base their decision on the protest
Of some one who imagines that his business
will suffer because the entrance 10 the bridge
,s n block or two further away than he thihhs
T. should be. The location of the terminals can
be properly determined on broad GROUNDS OF
what will be best for the cities as whole AFTER
giving due consideration to the question OF
grades and ease Of approach.