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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
a MINISTER ARRESTED,
charged with Larcrny-IIis Denial and
Explanation.

CHICAGO, May 23.-Rev. Thomas d.
Phillips. of the Protestant Episcopal
church and until recently assistant to
the rector of st. James church, was a
prisoner last night at the Woodlawn
police station, by authority of a capias
issued after his indictment by the
Cook county grand jury, on the charge
OF larceny. The complainant, Miss
Mary Burnin, accused the minister of
stealing some miscellaneous articles of
small value which she left in his
charge.
The clergyman, who promptly Sc
cured his liberty on bail, to-day saws
the property is being held by him as
security for a loan made to the wo-
man when she called at the rectorv for
aid, and characterizes the case as ma
liciOus prosecution. He is an emf
nent classical scholar and a cricketer
OF international reputation. He came
here from Canada.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
AN AWFUL SUICIDE.
4 WouId-Be Rescuer's Hands Almost
Burned GT.

JETFERsONvILLE, Ind, May 2j.-
Bella Meyer. aged %. committed sui
eide in a novel n She lived
with her brother-in-law. William
Eichenberger. Her sister died lately.
This and inconsistencies deranged her
mind, and she slipped into the kitchen,
soaked her clothing in coal oil and
ignited it with a match. Her brother
in-law tried 70 tear the burning cloth.
ing from her body, and his hands
were almost burned off.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
A SECOND HOLMES,

A Methodist Preacher with a Record for
Mnrder-Seven Victims Laid to Hi,
Charge - Marriage, Honeymoon and
Death the Brief History of Many wives
"A Carver and a Furnace the ImpIe-
ments of His Trade.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, MAY 24.--
Further Developments in the Scan.
danivian church tragedy in this city
lead to the belief that the Rev. Fran.
els Hermann is a man with a record OF,
crime little less than the notorious
Holmes. His first wife died in En-
gland under suspicious circumstances.
He was pastor of a Scandinavian
church at West Superior, Wis, in 1850
and 1891, and there married a highly
respectable lady, who in less
than a year died very sud.
denly with her two-weeks-Old
baby. An inquest was held, but moth
ing beyond Il suspicion of foul play
was elected. Hermann soon married
again, and came to Salt Lake in 1894
with his wife. Before long a baby
was born, and the mother and child
died suddenly under very suspicious
circumstances, a few weeks after.
Then his acquaintance with Miss.
Clawson commenced. and it is charged
in the complaint, which has been
sworn to by John Samson, a member
of the church here. that he murdered
and cremated the body in the heating
furnace in the church basement.
He vas engaged to marry Miss Sam
uelson in February of this year, but
She disappeared. and it is charged that
he poisoned her after seducing her,
and carved up the body in the church
cellar.
AS far as yet discovered it is be-
lieyed he has murdered seven persons.
Miss ClawSon came to Salt Lake from
Cmaga seven years ago. She wa a
native of Sweden and as far as known
had no relatives in this country, but
she had many friends here and was
considered by all as 4 very respectable
girl.
Miss Samuelson was employed as
nursery g~overness in 2 family here
and left her place to be married to the
preacher. She has an aunt and other
relatives living here and was a mem
Der OF Hermann's church. The church
officials say hat Hermann was sus-
pended recently for embeZZling church
funds. confessed his guilt in that re-
gard and vas waiting a hearing before
the annual Methodist conference. He.
was Il fine looking mau and very gem
orally liked. He is represented as
having 4 great liking for the study of
medicine, anatomy and kindred SUD
jects, and often delivered disQuisitions
On the human form.
Photographs and descriptions o
the man have been sent all over the
country, but SO far the police here
have no tidings of him. When he left
Salt Lake on May Is he purchased a
ticket for Kansas City.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
Hermann's Reputation at His Last Ap-
pointment.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, May 24.-Rev.
Francis Hermann was for three years
the pastor of the First Norwegian
Danish Methodist Episcopal church in
this city. His reputation here was
good and he was a conspicuous figure
in the ministers association. He was
a leader in Scandinavian social circles
and was well thought of by all who
knew him. He moved from here to
Salt Lake.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30


bustion, broke out in one Of the coal
bunkers of the battle-ship Indiana, IN
the Brooklyn navy yard, on the 10th,
right next to one OF the magazines. 'It
was extinguished before any serious
damage was done.
On the Goth, Coroner Dobbs of New
York county, y. Y, gave, and ex-Con-
gresham Ralph Hill. of indianapolis,
Ind. took possession of the body of
his daughter-in-law. Mrs. Z. f. Hill,
who committed suicide, on the sth
inst, at the Colonnade hotel in New
York city. Mr.. Hill said he would
have the body crcmatcd at once.
IN a fire at 4 boarding house in
Providence, L. l., on the Goth. Vim
cenzo Rizzi was suffocated. Several
other men were taken out of the
building in an unconscious condition,
Il of whom will probably die.
THE Southern Presbyterian general
assembly met at Memphis, Tenn, on
the 2lst.
On the 21st, after services at the
Church of the Messiah, all that IA
mortal of the noted journalist John A.
Cockerill was deposited In Elk's Rest
in Bellefontaine cemetery, st. Louis.
EIGHT miners, who were at work
500 feet below the surface on the third
level of No. Z shaft of the Ashland
mine at Ironwood, Mich, on the 21st,
were entombed by the sudden falling
of Il body of ore. They were all res
cued alive and but little the worse for
their terrible experience by Il party
who dug through 70 the shaft from
the Norrie mine.
THE Canadian Association of Anna
teur Oarsmen will hold its yearly re-
gatta at B~rockville, Ont, on august
= and :.
THE supreme court, on the 2lst, sus-
pended the 19-year sentence of eX-City
Treasurer Bolln. OF Omaha, and fixed
his bail at $1,000 pending a review OF
the case.
By the collapse of a building under
going repairs in Buffalo, y. Y. or the
2Ist, more han a score of its 30 occu-
pants were buried in the ruins. Res
cuers were Immediately >put to work
and soon recovered the bodies OF two
Of the victims, 4 man and 4 woman,
and dug ont many who were mor or
less seriously injured.
4 FEARFUL natural gas explosion,
that made the earth trenble for blocks
around. occurred in Coffeyville, Has,
on the 21st. Two fine two-storv brick
business buildings were reduced to a
mass of ruins, one man was killed and
a large number of people were or
less injured.
A DISPATCH from Canton. O., on the
22d, said that Senator NJ. 5. Quay,
of Pennsylvania, had arrived there,
and was a guest of cX-Gov. Mckinley.
ADvICES from Diarbikar, in Asia
Minor, say hat massacres were feared
there during the Moslem festival of
Bairam, which began on the 23d.
The treasury gold reserve at the
close of business, on the 22d, stood at
SI1i,1IO,7 36. The days Withdrawals
were 81, Ills, 200.
The strike of the straw plaiters in
the city and province OF Florence.
Italy. assumed an alarming phase on
the I'D. Thousands of strikers pa.
raded the streets and began hurting
stones at passing carriages and tram
cars. The police interfered and were
also stoned by the mob.
THE circuit court at Tifin, O., on the
22d, overruleG the motion for a new
trial for Lee Martin, awaiting eXecu-
ton at Columbus for the murder of
Marshal Shultz, of Tifin. Martin shot
Shultz when the latter attempted to
arrest him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

THE Italian government was advised
by Gen. Baldissera, on the 10Th, that
the Italians who we're taken prisoners
by the Abyssinians in the province of
Tigre had been surrendered by their
captors and that Gen. Baldissera con-
sidered the campaign ended.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
Mfssouri,s Oldes, Odd Fellow.

The Oldest odd fellow in Missouri,
Robert O. Mckee. died at his home
near St. Francisville. Clark county,
from old age, he being &C. He had been
an odd fellow for 80 years without an
intermission. lie WAS the oldest per-
son in Clark county.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

THIRTEEN prominent citizens of As
toria, Ore, were indicted, on the ED,
by the federal grand jury, on the
charge of falsely witnessing affidavits
declaring hat certain Chinese were
entitled to admission at that port as
merchants who Fad previously resided
IL this country.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

TIE conference on the river and
harbOr bill, submitted on the Goth,
showed a final agreement on ali items
but the proposed deep-sea harbor at
santa Monica, Cal, and the harbor at
San Pedro, Cal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

THE German reichstag, on the 10th,
passed a resolution granting the gov
eminent a credit of 1000. 900 marks for
the purpose Of adding 40 men to the
military force in German Southwest
Africa.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

Lightning struck the residence of
Thomas Wasson. near Scdalia, passing
down the stove pipe and striking Mrs.
WATSON on the foot, tearing off her
shoe and badly crippling her. The
stove was wrecked.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

OF the entry of the czar and czarina
OF Russia into Moscow, on the 2Ist,
preparatory to their coronation, it is
said: Probably never in the history
of nations has there been such an as
semblage of people. Possibly the COR
geous scene may icy be repeated in
Its grand entirety"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

TIE action Of the senate. on the
2Oth. in disposing of the district ap-
preparation bill in one day, when it
was expected that at least three days
would be devoted TO its consideration,
confirmed the statement persistantlY
made hat adjournment will come be-
tween June l and 10.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

Cole Emery, a farmer near Clark,
Randolph county, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded by j. W. Gentry,
another farmer. Gentry used 4 shot
gun and pistol. There had been bad
blood between them for some time.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
Properly Exempt from TAXATION.

According to the report of the asses
O there is property 10 the value of
Sl5,272.730 in st. Louis exempt from
taxation, not including city and state
propertY.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

Millions of locUstS have made their
appearance :wo miles northeast of Ne
vada. They confnc their presence 10
he timber, and have done no damage.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
Married a Congressional Candidate.

]. A. Whiteside, candidate for on-
gress in the First district, and Miss Ida
Lawless, of Saline. were married at
Napton, Saline county.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
Went to Town and shot Himself.

Jacob Wilhelm, aged 20, who resided
on a farm t Bosworth, Carroll coun-
ty, went TO town. and. after transact
ing some business, stepped into a !iv-
cry stable and shot himself.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

THERE was unveiled at Fort Mill,
S. C., on the 22d. a monument erected
by an ex-slave owner and an ex-con-
federate soldier in honor of the faith
full slaves of the south during the war
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
4 Farmers Good Fortune.

James Gambrel, a Vernon county
farmer, learns that he is one OF nine
heirs to a fortune in Cincinnati, LETT by
an aunt in Cincinnati.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

THE one hundred and eighth gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
church in the United States of Amer
lea opened its sessions at Saratoga, n.
Y. on the 21st, with the usual sermon
from the retiring moderator. Nearly
zoo commissioners, half ministers and
half elders, were in attendance.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

UMPIRE JEvNE, of the Western
league, recei<eG a letter of dismissal
from President Johnson on the Goth.
The ground given for his discharge
was his decision in the last inning of
the Observation-Disclosures game of
the 18th, which was protested by both
clubs.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
BEER AS
Causes the Capsizins of a Boat and the
Drowning of Three Men.

PHILADELPHIA, May 25.-A row boat
containing six men capsized in the
Delaware river last evening, and three
OF the men were drowned. Their
names were John Fox, John Goldman
and Theodore Clinkett. The party
had been on an outing on an island in
h river and two kegs of beer fur
nished the foundation for the DAVIS
sport, and to too much beer and too
little experience in boating the acct,
dent can be attributed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

THE senate, without objection, on
the 10Th, confirmed the nomination of
Hon. John C. Tarsney. of Kansas City,
No, to be associate justice of the SUI
preme court of Oklahoma.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

THE work of counting the ballots
cast in the Sixteenth Illinois district
at the last congressional election,
which grew out of the recent action
of the house in the Misunderstanding
case, was begun on the Goth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

Dr.. BURGESS, United States sanitary
Inspector at Havana, reported to Sur
geon-General Wyman OF the marine
hospital service, on the 10Th, that
nearly all the yellow fever in Havana
at present is among the soldiers at
the military establishment. During
the week of his visit - new cases OF
the disease developed among the
troops, and five deaths occurred
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

FAILURES throughout the United
States for the week ended on the 22d,
as reported by r. G. Dun IL CO., num-
bered 227, against 2O7 for the CORE
spending week last year. In Canada
the failures were %, against % last
year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

CLOSELY following the death-dealing
cyclone which spread destruction and
mourning throughout northern Texas
came others of scarcely less horror in
Nebraska and Kansas and many other
western, northwestern and southwest
ern states, in which the aggregate Of
life and property destroyed is simply
appalling.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
Blown IA Quarter OF a Mile.

At Chilhowee, Johnson county. a
tornado demolished J.. II. Halls resi-
Gence, and Mrs. Hall was blown 50 rods,
ard landed in a hedge fence. She es-
capped with a few scratches.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
farmers Daughter KuIed By lightning

Miss Jessie Houx. daughter of 4. f.
HouX, a farmer 20 milessouth of Chilli
Gothic, was killed by a stroke of light
ming. A younger sister was Frustrated,
and her recovery was doubtful.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

The Regular Army and Navy union,
In session at Washington, installed
its new officers, on the 2lst, and adj
iourned to meet next year at Kansas
City. Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

Congressman Tracy of the Spring
field district has introduced a ~resoiu-
ton in congress, the ultimate object
which is the calling OF an interna-
tional timetable conference.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
The Jefferson Fridge Dedicated.

The highway and rotor bridge
across the Missouri at jefferson City
WAS formally dedicated a few days
ago. There were elaborate exercises.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

THE Methodist Episcopal genera
conference, in session at Cleveland, O.,
on the 10Th. elected Rev. c. c. Chap
lain McCabe and Rev. Earl Cranstor
to the vacant bishoprics, the former or
the fifteenth ballot and the latter Oh
the sixteenth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

On the 10th, United States Ambassa-
dor Bayard had an important inter-
view at the foreign Office in London
with Lord Salisbury, which lasted an
hour. At its conclusion Mr.. Bayard
left the foreign Office apparently
greatly delighted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

REV. FRANK G. TYRRELL, pastor of
the Central Christian church in s..
Louis, and four Jealous young MEM
bers Of the congregation, who, like
DIR. Tyrrell himself, are bicycle riders,
are making arrangements to take a
trip on their wheels, during which
they will hold religious services in the
smaIl towns through which they pass.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
Severe Haf,-sto-m at st. Louis.

St. Louis was visited by a hail-storm
the other day, during which hail
stones as large as doorknobs fell.
Greenhouses suffered. Some people
assert hat s~nowfaAes were visible q
few minutes after the hail ceased.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
bridge Workman DROWNED.

'Leeper, Wayne county, John Wag-
oner, in charge OF the construction of
a bridge ever Black river, bumped his
head against the iron work. and was
knocked INFO the river and drowned.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

The fifteenth annual session of the
department OF Missouri. q. y. T., was
held at Hannibal. Thomas Il. Rogers,
Of S.. Louis. was elected commander.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
believe in Nixisection.

DR.. John II. Duncan, of st. Louis,
was elected president of the Missouri
State Medical association, al the Sc
dalia convention. Vivisection was in
aorsei.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

The new mayor of Kansas City has
declared war against gambling. and
says he viii drive every gambler out Of
town or ont OF business.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
Another Pioneer Conc.

Capt. JACOB Giistrap, aged IS, a
pioneer Of Macon county. died the
other day. lie served as sheriff OF the
county and mayor OF La Plata.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

OK the 22d ex-United States Senator
VIM. A. Wallace died in New York
CITY. Mr.. Wallace had been seriousl Y
81 for several months.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30

Joel Scott, aged 10, was thrown from
q buggy lea Crane, Stone county, a
few days ago, and his neck broken.
ThA tAan .an aUau
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
Il. II. ADAMS, Publisher.

THE privileges of the mails were. on
the 22d, denied to the Home Art Pic
ture Co. and the Russell Collection
agency, of Chicago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
ALLEGES SrI.-pcfense.

Charles kimball shot and instantly
killed Frank Doty. near Bosworth,
Carroll county. Kimnail surrendered,
saying ne sho: in self-defense.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-05-30
The Army Worm in Saline County.

Notwithstanding heavy rains the
army worm is doing great damage to
plumber OF farms in the northwestern
part OF Saline county.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-18
Senator Dana.

There is smart, keen-witted, mod
est gentle who has the distinction
of being the youngest member of the
Ohio senate-Hon. Charles S. Dana,
who has some of the bluest kind of
blood in his yeins-that is, American
blue blood, the kind that stirs men to
deeds of honor and by their worth ad-
vances them to the front ranks on
great occasions. On his fathers side
he is descendant of Captain William
Dana, who served with valor through
the entire war of the revolution, while
his grandfather on his mothers side
was General Tupper, one of the origi-
nators of the Ohio company, a dis
tinguished soldier of the bloody strug-
gle which established liberty in the
western hemisphere, and comrade of
the immortal Washington. There is
promise in the young man, just turned
81, and with such an ancestry it is not
matter of surprise that at his age he
should take position in the upper
branch of our lawmaking body and
that he should be heard in argument
with the sober senators clearly and
forcibly expressing his opinion upon
matters of state.
Senator Dana was born Nov. Is, 1864,
near Belpre, on farm which was ac-
quired by his grandfather Captain
Dana, in 1889, and which has been in
continual possession of the captains
posterity ever since. He was educated
at the public schools at Belpre and at
Marietta College. Belpre used to be
one of the stations of the underground
railway, and the people there naturally
breathed in an air politics which early
affected Mr.. Dana, and Re began max
ing stump speeches bef,re he was of
age. In 1893 he was elected chairman
of the Washington county executive
committee, being the Youngest man
ager of the county campaign ever
placed in that responsible position. but
the Republican plurality was in that
year the largest given the candidates
since the war.
Mr.. Dana is stalwart in his party,
enjoying the confidence of the leaders
and being strictly in line on all occa-
sions. He is engaged in commercial
pursuits, is married, is thoroughly
straightforward and fearless, and is
possessed of social qualities which
make men popular. Harry Miner.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-18
Necessary to choice. A.

NeccsSary 10 cnOlce, 41o
The delegates from the several con-
gressional districts will convene on
Tuesday, March 10, at 2:3O o'clock, p.
m, for the purpose of choosing vice
presidents of the convention and mem
bers OF the various committees, includ-
ing the State Central committee. The
convention will be called to order on
Tuesday at o'clock p. M, for temper
ary organization, receiving reports of
district committees, and for the trans
action of such other business as may
be properly brought before the conven-
tion.
Delegates are required to be selected
in the several counties of the state in
such manner as the County Central
committee may designate, at least
three (3) days before the holding of
said convention; and ten QO) days
published notice shall be given of the
time and place for the selection of such
delegates, except where otherwise pro-
vided by law. In the interest of an
early organization, it is directed that
the county central committees be ap-
pointed at the same time that dele
gates are chosen, if that has not al.
ready been done.
BY order of the Republican State
Central Committee.
JOSEPH NJ ICKEs,
n
L. Il. Shinn, Sec'y. Chairman.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-18
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