The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-08

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, accompanied
by DR.. O'Reilly, reached Washington
from his brief shooting trip to Guam
tico, on the Potomoc river. on the even
ing of the Goth, carrying thirteen ducks
that fell before their guns.
AUGUSTUS S. PENNoYER, a we'll
known theatrical manager, died at his
home in Philadelphia, on the 3Oth, of
pneumonia, aged 66 years. He was a
brether-in-law of Roland Reed, the
actor.
r. B. NELSON. who was shot in the
forehead at Wheeling, w. Va, two
months ago, died, on the both. in Mont
pelier, Ind. lie never regained con-
sciousneSs.
Six MEN were killed and % injured
by the explosion Of a boiler in the
works of the iIollidaysburg PA Iron
and Nail Co. on the Both.
THE urgent deficiency bill. reported
to the senate on the 3Oth. carries an
increase oven the house bill aggrega-
ting 81. 5O9, 6G4.
N attempt vas lldtC vi lllC lllC Va
King Charles of Portugal. on the 3Oth,
by Il mar who hurled a stone at his
majesty while the latter was driving
in an open carriage. The missile hit
an aide-de-camp who jumped from the
vehicle and seized the would-be assas-
sin and handed him over to the police.
DR.. JOHN a. BROOKS. of Memphis,
Tenn, has received a call to the Lon
don tabernacle. the largest Christian
church in Europe. DR.. Brooks was the
first prohibition candidate for governor
of Missouri, 1854. and in 1883 he was
nominated for vice-president by the
National prohibition convention. He
was for many years supreme master
workman, Ancient Order of United
Workman.
ANNA and Mary Mcmahon, domestics
of Galesburg, H., have put in a claim.
through a local patent agent, for Sl5,-
900, 900, supposed to be the estate of n
Thomas Mcmahon, an Australian gold
miner. They have answered an ad-
vertisement in a New York paper for
heirs to the estate.
THE Journal DIES Debats Paris re-
grcts that Europe has not some sort of
Monroe doctrine to protect it from the
meddling of the United States in purely
European affairs. The resolution
adopted by the senate and house of
representatives, it points out, lisa direct
to the powers to carry out
the clauses of the treaty of Berlin.
AN American miser named Peters,
who was picked up in the streets of
on the Both. in a dying condi-
ton. and whodied later wasascertaintd
to be worth 1000, 900 francs in Ameri-
can securities.
IiUGH DEMPSEY. who had been doing
time in the Riverside p~enitentiary for
participation in the poisoning of work
during the great strike at Home
stead, Pa, was. on the 31St, released
Il pardon from Gov. Hastings.
GEORGE VI. KELLOGG. of the Troy (O.)
surrey works. on the 3lst. confessed to
embodiment OF $4,000 of the COM
panys money. and said it had been his
intention to start Il bank at Columbus.
of which he was t. have been cashier.
GENERAL MANAGER NEWMAN of the
& Buffalo Transit Co. has
arrangements at Detroit,
for the establishment of Il new
boat line between Cleveland and
Toledo, with a daily service each way.
LLOYD MAYOR, Il noted desperate,
who was wanted on the charge of rob-
bing the Wells-FargO express of S16,-
300 at Gillett. Col. Il few months ago.
on the 31St. sentenced to the pen,
itentiary for II years for attempting to
Kill a man named Finlayson at Lead
vile, who refused to drink with him.