The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-04

A HEAVY wind storm struck Attain
tic, Ia, on the 18th. blowing down the
ampitheater and floral hall of the
Cass County Fair association. Farm
ers will lose heavily, windmills and
outbuildings being levelled to the
ground. Crops were badly damaged.
CAPT. WIN. MATTHIAS died at Leaven-
worth, Has, on the 2ath, aged 70 years.
Capt. Matthias was one of the most
prominent lawyers and politicians in
Kansas. He was born in Maryland,
and settled in Kansas in 1854.
JUDGE REEVES, solicitor of the treas
ury, has decided that five notorious
Japanese women recently brought to
this country from Yokohama may be
deported at the expense of the United
States.
The arrest of gold exports during
June is encouraging the belief at the
treasury department that the last issue
of bonds has. been made which will be
required under the present admins
tratiOn.
OWING to a series of heavy rains at
upper points there will be a barge stage
in Pittsburgh harbor, and fully 10, 000,-
900 bushels of coal will be shipped to
southern points on the rise.
THE loss to Sistersville, W. Va, and
vicinity by the recent waterspout will
reach, if not exceed. 500, 900. 1t is
feared several lives were lost on Mid
die Island creek.
On the 26th United States Commits
sioner Bell, at Philadelphia gave a
further hearing to Capt. Dickman, Of
the steamer Laurada, who was ar
rested in that city on the charge of en-
gaging in d Cuban filibustering expedi-
He was held in 81, 900 bail for the ac-
ton of the New York grand jury.
THE Presbyterian convention, sit
ting in Glasgow, Scotland, since June
l., unanimously passed a resolution, on
the Goth, to petition the governments
for the establishment of a permanent
board of arbitration to settle disputes
which may arise between the two ma
tons.
A CHICAGO, Milwaukee & st. Paul
meat train, running at the rate of so
miles an hour down Hayesville hill,
near Ottumwa. Ia, jumped the track,
on the Goth, totally destroying - cars
of Kansas City meat. Ed Lindquist
was killed and Will Kaufman fatally
injured. The trainmen were unhurt.
THE ven bill passed the New
foundland assembly on the Goth. 1t
provides for the continuation of last
years tariff, except hat mining and
agricultural requisites are added to
the free list. The government esti-
mates the surplus for the year ending
June so at $3.50. 900.
IRWIN FORD, colored, who murdered
Elsie Kreglo in the suburbs of Wash
ington, May 4, was arrested May 7, in
dicted May IL, tried and convicted
May IS and sentenced May 81. lie
was hanged on the Goth.
The British steamer Lucerne. while
loading at Liverpool, on the Goth. for
an east-bound voyage, was discovered
to be on fire and was scuttled and sunk
to prevent her total destruction.
JOHN PHILLIPS and Jacob Wierule,
miners at Belt. Mont, were killed and
their bodies blown to atoms, on the
Goth, by Il premature explosion. John
Holt was also seriously injured.
THOMAS COLT, Ebert Noble and
Dominicl1 Romero, who murdered
Policeman Solomon in Trinidad Col,
were hanged, on the Goth, in the state
penitentiary at Canon City.
The conservative ministers of the
Dominion have decided that as Don as
certain routine business is disposed of
they will tender their designations to
his excellency the encouragement.