The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-15
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts
DOMESTIC.

In a wreck on the Big Four road at
North indianapolis, Ind, race horses
valued at 100000, owned by j. E. Bush,
of Louisville, KY, were so badly injured
that none will ever race again.
Four companies of militia were pro-
tecting the workmen at the Brown
hosting works in Cleveland. o.
The principal part of Salem Center,
Ind, was destroyed by fire.
The fertilizing works of Daniel Baugh
& Sons in Philadelphia were damaged
to the extent of S125, 900 by fire.
Tom Brown, an insane farmer at Clay.
KY, 80 years old, killed his wife, mother
in-law and baby with an ak
the visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Sd was: Wheat,
46, 1874 900 bushels; corn, 10,752, 900 bush
els; oats, ~7,11G,O00 bushels; rye $685.
900 bushels: barley. 71S,O0O bushels.
The Moore Bros, dealers in Diamond
Match and New York Biscuit stocks in
the Chicago stock exchange, failed, the
speculative value involved in the disas-
ter being $50, OOO, 600.
During the recent hot spell in st.
Louis there were 135 cases of sunstroke,
is of which were fatal.
Robert Parker, of Bookshire, Tex,
killed his wife in a quarrel over properly
md then took his own life.
The wool commission firm of ". D.
Eaton & Co., of Boston, failed for
s240,C0O.
Barcn & Newman, manufacturers
- 1z,.% oooI, in nrnOI-fup n v failaA
for S1OO, 600.
A passenger train on the Santa Fe
road was wrecked near Bosworth, Mo-,
and nine persons were injured.
The village OF GIadis, Mich, was wiped
out by a forest fire and scores of farmers
in the vicinity also lost all their prop
erty.
Secretary Carlisle paid out S5,0OO,O 900
in bounties to manufacturers of sugar
under the bounty act recently sustained
by the supreme court.
All the rolling mills at Niles, Mich,
resumed work, giving employment to
about 1000 men.
John Mcleod, John Ryan and Joseph
st. Pierre were killed and a brother of
the last named fatally injured by a pre-
mature discharge of dynamite near
Whitney, Ont.
In refusing TO grant naturalization
papers in Washington to two Young
Italians Judge Cole held that no one
who is in ignorance of the constitution
of the United States is competent or
entitled to become admitted to citizen
ship.
Duncan & Bergin, lumber dealers at
Columbus. o.. failed for $2OG,OO
Hiram Weightman (colored) vas
iynched by a mob in Franklin, La, for
rriminally a~ssaulting and then murder
lrg Mrs. Bertha Gilbert, a young white
woman. wife of n farmer.
More rIoting took place at the Brown
hosting works in Cleveland. o., aud tn"
militia were compelled to fire upon the
mob.
Reports as to the conditions OF the
crops throughout the country say they
are in excellent condition.
The wool clip in Montana this season
Is 500, 900 pounds, the largest on record
there.
Frances Thurman, aged 81 years, pro-
fessionally known as Mile. Zoe" was
drowned at Curtis Bay. near Baltimore,
while performing an aerial feat.
Fifty persons were overcome by the
heat in Chicago and one ease proved IA
tai, hat of j. Il. Lapham, n leather
dealer. aged IS years.
William Murray died at Richmond,
Va, from being overcome with the heat.
file was, in 1879, the champion amateur
parsman OF the United States.
The entire business portion of Cen
cord. Tenn, was destroyed by fire.
During a thunderstorm in Omaha,
Neb., Mrs. Zykora, Fred Meyer and Le-
o Carter were killed by lightning.
Eddie Hurd. aged two years, had his
head bitten off by a lion at 4 show in
C~hillicothe, o.
John Glass, of Buffalo. y. Y, holder
of the worlds record fordressingasteer
cut down the record from 5 minutes IS
seconds to 4 minutes Az seconds.
The American national bank at New
Orleans closed its doors.
&. H. Fargo & Co, wholesale dealers
in and manufacturers of boots and shoes
I'm Chicago failed with liabilities of $780,
600 and assets of 100000.
y cyclone struck Swayzee, Ind. where
a fair was in progress, and two men
were killed and several injured.
The Park theater, TTrugby's museum
hnd other buildings were destroyed by
fire at Niagara Falls. y. Y, and seven
persons were burned to death. The
property loss is S~25O,O00.
George W. Hankins, once the king of
Chicago gamblers, and lately interested
in horse racing, made an assignment and
turned over property valued at 81. SOC, 900
10 settle his debts.
In Missouri Conklirg Bros. banking
house at Nevada and the banks at Bron-
hugh and Richards were all closed by
khe sheriff.
The Christian brothers outlaw gang
raided the town of Cummings, o. T.,
and killed the family of Rev. I. C. Ray
mond, consisting of his wife and three
daughters.
Boyd, Farley & Co.. carpet dealers in
Philadelphia, failed for $25o,OOO.
At the races in Columbus, o., Robert
j. paced the fourth and deciding heat
of the f~ree-for-all pace in 2:02A. which
Is the fastest fourth heat ever paced.
By n decision handed down by Judge
Adams, chief justice of the supreme
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