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The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08
WITH A PISTOL.
Burrette Sawyer Ends
His Life.
Shot Himself Through the Head on
Main street in this City.

Shot Himself Through the Head on
Main street in this City.
Saturday evening Burrette Sawyer,
youngest son of Hon. John J. Sawyer,
came in from Jackson in the evening
hack. He put up at Hotel Scott and
Saturday night was out in town with
a highly respected young lady. He
accompanied the young lady aboard
the steamer Idlewild and when
the boat rang her bell to leave he es-
corted the young lady to her home
He returned to the hotel at about
eleven o'clock. He did not go to bed
three o'clock he started up the street
with a letter in his hand At the
corner of Main and Independence
streets he was met by the night watch
man. Thewatchman spoke to him and
told him that be would be going up
the street in d few minutes and he
would mail his letter for him. Young
Sawyer replied that he wanted to take
a walk and would mail the letter himself.
The watchman went on over to Scott's,
got some lunch and stopped to talk to
two other men who had just arrived in
the office. While there he heard a
pistol shot up the street. He rushed
up Main street and lying on :he pave
ment in front of the Lansm0n house he
found the young man with a bullet
hole through his head and pistol in
his hand. The young man WAS dead.
The night watchman went after VIM.
j. Penn and left him in charge of the
remains till he notified Consta-
BILE Hopper and the Coroner
After daylight the remains were re-
moved to the court house and man
was started TO Fruitland TO break the
sad news 10 Judge Sawyer
At eleven O'Clock the Coroner EN-
panneled a Jury and proceeded to hold
an inquest All the evidence showed
that the young man deliberately kill
ed himself and the verdict of the jury
was that it WAS a clearcaSe of suicide.
What the motive was for the rash
act no one knows. That was a secret
that was blotted out when the ball
from the pistol went crashing through
the brain of Burrette Sawyer The
letter the young man mailed just be-
fore he killed himself was written to
his mother. There was nothing In the
letter about his intention to commit
suicide, but he evidently intended to
convey to his mother the sad news
that he had died at his OWN hands. |
After telling about the drowning of
his intimate friend Dick Williams he |
directed his mother what disposition
To make of his property and then
wound up by saying: This is the
best thing 1 can do.
After the Coroner inquest the body |
was turned overto undertaken Walther |
who prepared it for burial. 1t was |
taken to the home of the father near
Fruitland and buried in the family
burying ground.
Burrette Sawyer was the youngest |
son of Hon. John J. Sawyer. He was
~ years and seven months old. He
was a model young man and his sad
ending will cast a gloom over the
where he was raised and
was known by large circle of friends.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08

The total electoral vote is AZ, and
the successful candidates fOrPresident
and Vice President must receive 224
votes. If Mckinley shall receive the
electoral votes of the States classed as
certain for him and of those much
more than likely to vote for him, ac-
cording to the foregoing table, he
would have 271 electoral votes, or 33
majority of the entire Electoral Col
lege. leaving but 119 Electors. classed
as belonging to fairly debata BILE
States. with almost equal chances be-
tween the two candidates. to increase
his majority to nearly or quite 100 of
the Electoral College.
If Bryan were to carr the States
classed as certain for him. and all the
States put down as fairly debatable.
he would receive only 40 electoral
votes, being "a less than majority:
and if in addition to the debatab bic
States he were to carry all the States
where we estimate that the chances are
five to one for Mckinley. his majority
in the Electoral College would be only
Is.
Estimating according to the law OF
political chances. the election of Bryan
is certainly not within the range of
probability, but with the peculiar ele
ments of doubt which in this early
stage of the campaign may be justly
accepted as involved in a majority of
all the States. it is impossible to fore
cast the result with certainty.
Illinois. Michigan. Minnesota. Ohio
and Wisconsin are naturally strong
Republican States, with very power
full sound money element in all of them.
That number of Republicans in those
States will be misled into the cheap
money fanaticism is very likely, but
with Il large Republican majority.
aided by the sound money Democrats,
it seems next to certain that Mckinley
Will carry all these States, and prob
ably by very large majorities.
The second class of States in which
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08
RalIard.s snow Lfnement.

If you have Il terrible pain in the
small of the back. get Il bottle of
Snow Linement. Il will positively
cure it and at once. Try it and rec
omend il to your friends. Sold at
Wilson's drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08

Lowney's candies, finest on earth a
[. Ben Miller's.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08

The remainder of the States are
fairly debatable. with nearly or quite
even chances for Mckinley and Bryan
to carry them. as follows:
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08

In the following named States
larger element of doubt obtains, but
the chances are apparently five to one
in favor of Mckinley receiving their
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08
Carlisic's Five Points.

There isnot a free coinage country
in the world to-day that is not on a
silver basis.
There is not gold standard
country in the world to-day that does
not use silver as money along with
gold.
There is not silver standard
country in the world to-day that uses
any gold as money along with silver.
There is not silver standard
country in tn e world to-day that has
more than one-third as much money
in circulation per capitaas the United
States has.
V.
There is not a silver standard
country in the world to-day where the
laboring man receives fair pay for his
days work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-08-08
Dental Notice.

| will visit Jackson Monday. Angus
10Th and remain ten days.
L. p. RUFF.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-31
DEsTRuCTIYE STORMS.

A terrific thunder storm swept over
the western portion of Virginia yester-
day and Sunday. as result of which
there was devastation, ruin and death.
At Bristol yesterday a bridge on the
South Atlantic and Ohio railroad was
washed away, the depot at Gate City
was destroyed by lightning ard two
women, Mrs. Parkerand daughter, were
drowned in the Holster river. There
was great damage of property in the
whole section near Big Stone Gap. A
water spout washed away four dwelling
houses. drowning four children and
wishing down the stream four others
who were rescued. At Covington q
thunder storm Sunday played havoc.
A thirteen year old daughter of Ed.
Knighton was instantly killed by light
ming. Her clothes and shoes were torn
from her body, though the skin was not
broken and no bones broken. The G.
& O. tower was ignited by the light.
ming, but was extinguished. At several
other places the storm did much dam
age. Near Rural Retreat the wind
s gept whole tracts of timber land clean,
b'ew down barns, and scattered fences.
The damage to farms in destroying
timbers, &c, is variously estimated at
from $4,000 10 $4,000. Considerable
damage to property is reported from
the New rive district. Several bridges
are washed away on the Norfolk and
Western Railroad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-31
packets of flower seeds has been let to
L. L. May s. Co., of st. Paul, MIMI. at
cent per packet.
NEWS OF THE DAY.


The strike of the garment workers
which had been kept mp five weeks IN
Baltimore was officially declared Oft
last night.
The American Line steamship Paris,
which went ashore near Sandy Hook
Sunday night, was pulled of without
injury at high tide yesterday evening.
The new British battleship Mars was
launched from Laird's yards at Birkel :
head yesterday. The Mars is first
class armored battleship of 1890 tons
and IL 900 horsepower, and will carry
sixteen guns.
The Maryland Legislature finished
up its work last night, and adjourned
inc die. An unsuccessful attempt was
made to pass a resolution to investi-
gate the method by which q. S. Sena-
Tor Wellington was elected.
Frank Stewart, fourteen years old,
while riding a BICYCLE, was run over
and fatally injured by car of the Eek.
ington aud Soldiers Home Railroad, at
the corner of Sixth and G streets north
west Washington, at 8 o'clock last
evening.
AT Maspeth, l.. l., last night, Jack
Everhardt knocked out Horace Leeds
at the Empire Athletic Club in fifteen
rounds. The fight came near having a
serious ending, for Leeds was uncon-
scicu, over half an hour after being
carried from the ring.
Wilson Fuller, who had lost his en-
ploy ment and bis girl. took laudanum
on the street 10 Washington last night
while his friends stood around him.
he subsequently went to Emergepc y
Hospital where stomach pump was
used and he is now convalescent.
A Madrid newspaper prints an ar
icle inspired by Senior Volera, former
ly Spanish minister at Washington,
urging, in view of the attitude of the
United States. that Spain enter into an
alliance with France, Great Britain and
Holland respecting colonial affairs.
Five hundred members of the Map
ufacturers' Club assembled in Philadel.
phia last night, declared, or allowed to
be declared, on behalf of that organiza
ton, that 1.-THE question OF bimetalism
can be permanently settled only
through an international agreement,
and that the club is "unalterahly OPP
posed 10 The free coinage of silver by
| the United States alone"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-31
Attempted Suicide.

GAITHERsBURG, Md. March 81
Mrs. James Jackson made a desperate
attempt to end her life in an upper
room of Ter residence here last even
ing. She fired six shots from q revolt
ve- and then cut her throat with a
razor. She is still alive and hopes are
entertained Of her recovery. Mrs.
Jackson and her fve-year old boy
were the only persons in the house last
evening when the woman locked her
self in a garrett room and began firing
her revolver. Five of the six bullets
were DETECTED or stopped by her cor
sets. The other bullet entered the left
breast. Then Mrs. Jackson hacked
her throat with the razor. Mr.. jack
son reached home soon thereafter and
broke his way into the locked room.
He found his wife lying in pool OF
blood along with the empty revolver
and razor. The woman's act is thought
to be the result of grief over the recent
death of a grown daughter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-31
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
New Hampshire Republicans.

New Hampshire RepupiicaHs'
CONCORD, NH, March 31.-The New
Hampshire republican State convention
to select delegates to the national con-
vention met here to-day. The officers
selected at the conference of delegates
last evening were chosen as the perma-
nent organization of the convention.
u. S. Senator VIM. z. Chandler on be-
ing introduced as. president Of the con-
vention, was enthusiastically received,
when he made his speech.
The platform demands of the nation
al convention, soon to assemble at st.
Louis, the nomination OF candidates
whose election will mean the speedy
repeal of the democratic tariff and the
substit ltional therefor of one based on
the principles of the Mckinley act
1t also demands the enactment OF cur
rency laws that will provide eircula.
ton medium 10 gold, silver and paper,
which will always be interchangeable
at its face value because each and every
dollar of it is of the same purchasing
power as a gold dollar. The platform
recognizes Thomas B. Reed and VIM.
Mckinley as the most conspicuous re-
publican candidates for the presidency
and prefers one Of these as the candi-
date.
The following were unanimously
elected delegates at large to the ma,
tional convention by acclamation
Stephen S. Jewett, Frank s. Streeter
James A. Wood, Chas. Means. Alter.
mates: G. A. Clark, S. II. Gale, 0. G.
Hutch and Dexter Richards. F. w
Rollins, president of the State Senate,
created quite sensation by Offering as
an amendment to the financial plank 8
resolution favoripg monometalism.
81. W. Putney, Senator Gallinger and
]. G. Crawford opposed Mr.. Rollins's
substitute. The latter in referring tc
S,nator Chandler's introduction OF Sen.
ator Galliuger as gentleman needing
no introduction, created great laugh
Ter by remarking that he was
glad to hear il, because all present used
to think it would be necessary to intro
duce the president of the convention
and Dr. Gallinger.
Mr.. Rollins's substitute was rejected
by an emphatic viva voce vote, and the
platform as reported by the committee
was adopted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-31
Governor of Arizona Removed.

PHOENIX, Ariz., March al.-Yester.
day afternoon dispatch was received
from Washington stating that an order
for Governor Hughes's removal had
been signed by the President. The
governor said he had received no init
nation of his removal except the dis.
patch. One year ago charges were
preferred against him by members Of
the democratic party, some of them
dating back % years. B. ]. Franklin,
who has been nominated by the Presi-
dent for Governor, is lawyer of abili.
ty and stands well here. Gov. Franklin
was born in Kentucky and was edu-
Gated and taught school in West yir-
gina. He entered the Confederate
army, and in 1874 was elected 10 Con-
gress froat Kansas City, as democrat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-31
Foreign News.

CAPE Town, Mar. 81 -Advices from
Buluwsyo report that isolated fighting
with the Matabeles continues, the Brit.
ish being at great disadvantage il
respect of numbers. Major Graham
and five others have been killed in
these encounters and several men
wounded.
CoNsTANTINopLE, Mar. 31.-Mr. j
w. Riddle, secretary, and, in the sb.
sence of Minister Terrell. charged DAT.
flares of the United States legation, has
made vigorous protest to the Porte
against the action of the Turkish gov.
ernor of Bills in ordering the immediate
departure of Messrs. Cole and Knapp,
American missionaries at that place,
and accompanied the protest with q
threat to sever diplomatic relations
with the Porte unless the order of the
governor was revoked. Mr.. Riddles
protest was endorsed by Sir Philip
Currie. British Am bassador. The Porte
yielded to the protest and gave instruc-
tons to the governor of Bills to permit
Mr.. Knapp, who has been ordered to
Constantinople to answer charges pre-.
ferred by the Turkish authorities Of
sedition and murder, to remain IN
Bitlis and await better condition Of
the roads, which are now unfit for
travel. The governor was instructed
in the case of Mr.. Cole to allow that
gentleman to act as he pleases and to
perform missionary work generally
without hindrance.
LONDON, March S1.-A dispatch re-
ceived by news agency here says that
O.man Digna, at the head of a large
force of Dervishes, is marching upon
Sinkst. The dispatch also says that
the Soudanese battalion, instead of
joining the Dongola expedition, has
been ordered to Tokar. Should Osman
Digua invest Suakiin and Tokar it
would become necessary to reinforce
the garrisons at both of those places.
LONDON, March 81 The ST. James
Gazette, in its issue of to-day charges
the New York World with having pub
l shed garbled and false version of
letter from the Prince of Wales,
t trough his secretary, Sir Francis
Knollys, to the Thirteen club of New
YORK
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-31
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. James Blakey, formerly Miss
Bessie Bowcock, died in Charlottesville
Yesterday. She was daughter OF w.
H. Bowcock, of Albemarle county.
Clifton, the fine farm near Fredericks
burg formerly owned by the late X X
Charters, was sold yesterday to VIM
Thornburn, of Mary land, for $1,000.
Col. Robert Mayo, ex-Congressman
from the Fredericksburg district, died
at his residence on Sunday in West
moreland county, in the sixty-fifth year
of his age.
Ex-Governor Holidays physician
at Winchester says that his condition
is improving. He was able to set up
little yesterday, and is regaining the
use of his paralyzed limbs.
Information has reached Richmond
of cowardly attack in mining town
in Wise county in which Mr.. James
Grymes, formerly of Richmond, and
Miss Zimmerman we're the victims. Mr..
Grymes, who is paymaster for Col. w.
r. johnson, was out walking with Miss
Zimmerman when some unknown per.
son assaulted them. Grymes was
knocked down aad beaten with club.
The young lady Jared almost as badly.
The republicans of Hanover, Chester
field, Caroline, Accomac. Richmond,
King William, Pulaski, Culpeper, Rock
ingham, Gloucester, and Albemarle, all
held meetings yesterday, elected dele
gates to the district conventions and
State convention in Stanton and in
dorsed Mckinley unanimously The
republicans of Clarke county Endorsed
the selection of Col. VIM. Lamb as
State chairman and declared unequivo.
cally for sound money.
The Richmond Common Council last
night disposed of the case of John R.
Grimes, the Marshall-ward member,
charged with violating the laws gov
erning that body, by passing censure
upon him in a reprimanding resolution,
which was adopted by vote of 16 to
Z. This was done nearly an hour after
the Council had failed TO expel Mr..
Grimes because of the lack of the nee
essary two thirds vote. The ballot on
the expulsion resolution stood 16 ayes
to noes, but it was essential to have
twenty affirmative votes to carry the
measure.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-31
TUESDAY EVENING, NAB. 81, 1886.

In THE third year Of the war be-
tween the States in this country, Gen
eral Hunter, the commander OF tne
federal army in the Valley OF Virginia
issued an order to ms troops that for
every wagon train fred or soldier killed,
every house within circuit Of five miles
should be burned, and that for all public
property taken or destroyed, an assess
ment of FIVE times the value thereof
should be made upon the people within
a circuit Of ten miles. There were
no Southern men living in the Valley
at that time, all ha7iog gone with the
Confederate army, leaving their wives
aud children, and the only Southern
soldiers there were some scouts apo
ringers, whose acts the women ala
children referred to were as powerless
:, nrevept as were General Hunters
,roops The Generals order was ap-
nroyed by the Northera press, but that
same press now denounces the milder
order of the Spanish commander is
sued to prevent negro bandits from
ruthlessly destroying public and private
property 10 Cuba.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-31
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate is to have revival of ii
,ncial and bond discussion as a result
of an animated debate shortly before
the session closed yesterday. Mr.. PEI
fer's resolution for the appointment o.
a special committee of five Senators te
invc .tigate recent bond issues had beer
relegated to the calendar owing to the
opposition OF Mr.. Hill, but it was reach
ed in the regular order yesterday
Again Mr.. Hill sought to have the reso
luton 90 over, but he was met by
energetic protests not only from Mr.
P. ffer, but also from Mr.. Wolcott and
Mr.. Teller. The latter gave notice that
further delays should not be persisted
in, and Mr.. PETER followed with notice
that he would move to proceed with
this bond inquiry resolution as soon as
Mr. George concludes q speech on the
Dupont case. This promises to bring q
test vote, unless dilatory tactics post
pone the measure. Among the bills
passed yesterday was one settling the
long-pending accounts between the
United States and Arkansas.
The House of Representatives took
up the consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill, and disposed of fiji
teen of the one hundred page
before adjournment. During The
general debate Mr.. Cannon, the
present head of the appropriation
committee, and his predecessor, MIR.
Savers, interchanged opinions as to
present and past appropriations. MIR.
Cannon in the course of his remarks
expressed the opinion that the appro
prialion for this session could not fall
below $5O6,OOO,OOO. The action of the
committee in appropliating for contract
work only until March, 1897, was at
tackled, but Mr.. Cameron justified it on
the ground that the same thing had
been done last year in the case OF the
Notifications bill. But few amend
ments were added to the bill. Eight
amendments to increase the salaries OF
lighthouse superintendent from 81 800
to 81 800 were adopted.
Representative Corliss, of Michigan,
submitted favorable report on the res
olution providing for, the election of
Senators by a direct vote of the people.
Mr.. Smith introduced joint resolution
providing for the appointment of a
mixed reciprocity commission of five
members, not more than three of whom
Should be ofany one political party.
The postof1ice appropriation bill
agreed to by the Senate committee car
ries 500 III $50, an increase of 81 ,362,-
600 over the House bill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-31
METHODIST CONFERENCE.

At the Baltimore conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, at
Roanoke, yesterday, the report of ]. L..
Shipley, secretary of the board of mis-.
sions, was read showing that about
sixty charges received an appropriation
from the board. These charges report
1874 members, net increase of $50 !;
1876 Sunday schools, 1,644 officers aud
teachers; Ill churches; 1926 ,495 value
of churches; $2l ,4S3 paid on ministerial
support 81 500 contributed for foreign
missions and 1914 contributed to dis.
trict missions. Some of these charges
will henceforth be seif-sustaining.
The report of the Epworth League
was read, which gave the following
figures:
Last year the number of leagues re-
ported was "a, with total membership
of 312S; this year 80 leagues have
been reported, with a membership of
1904. Washington ia the banner dis
trict with $50 leagues and 1874 members.
Treasurer Munson Of the joint board
of finance made his report of the funds
received this year for bishops, super
annuates, Paine and Lane Institute
aud bible cause as follows: Bishops
fund, S2,504; increase over last year,
$64. Superannuates, $S,572; increase,
S615. Educational, $l.456; increase,
$50. Bible cause, 1896; increase, SOS.
The amount paid to superannuates and
widows of preachers amounts to s9,977.
The statistical report shows SIT church
es, with 49, 81 members.
w. K. Marshall, Of Lewisburg, with
drew from the conference and ministry
of the church. Heexpects to enter the
ministry of the Episcopal Church.
An afternoon session was held which
was devoted largely to reports from
preachers and examination of their
character. The feature of these reports
was the growth of the Epworth League
and missionary society work.
The only thing of interest in the confer
ence this morning was the consideration and
adoption of report for carrying on the y es-
leyan Female Institute. TIE plsn provides
a stock company which has been organized.
An effort will be made to compromise with
the creditors of the school, and purchase the
property.