The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-03-07

GOLD has been discovered in the CITY
Creek canyon; within the city limits of
Salt Lake, Utah. Assays are reported
running as high as $500 gold and $40 in
silver per ton.
REAR-ADMIRAL c. c. CARPENTER,
United States navy. lately command
ing the Asiatic squadron, was placed
upon the retired list of the navy, on
the 27th. being g. years of age.
ALEXANDER RHIMEs, aged -, of Full
ton county, Ind, applied, on the 27th,
for a divorce from his ninth wife. to
whom he wa married on January II
last, two days after he had secured a
divorce from wife No. S. lie has an
other wife in view low.
UNITED STATES MINISTER TERRELL
received information from Mar5ovan,
on the nth. showing that there had
been 10 massacre there as had been re-
ported. An outbreak had occurred at
Adana. in which u Armenians were
killed and 10 wounded.
DR.. CARL PETERS, the African ex-
BA'ANA. L. - NG0iAlN CiCCICu pAtSt-
lent OF the German Colonial associa-
ton, is about t. undertake q new ex-
ploration Of Somalilaad in the inter-
ests Of Il number of wealthy Ameri-
cans.
THE Iowa house, on the 27th, killed
the resubmission of the prohibitory
amendment by defeating the resolu-
ton and tabling a motion to recon
slider.
TIE action of the post office depart
ment in refusing the use of the mails
to various bond and investment COM
panies was sustained III an opinion rem
dered by Acknowledgement Harmon.
AT an adjourned meeting Of the ana
nual meeting of the New York Yacht
club, on the 27th, with 40 yacht owners
present. and about 600 members crowd
ing the clubhouse, Lord Dunraven
was expelled from membership in the
club by a vote of 30 to /.
II. a. PoINGDEsTRE's big barn, two
miles sOuth of Leavenworth. Kas., was
burned to the ground by an incendiary
fire, on the eth, and stock and implc-
ments valued at 100000 destroyed.
Among the horses that persisted were
two valuable racers, Altitude and Di-
rector.
JUDGE GRoSSCUP declined to change
the sentence of Joseph Dunlop, late
editor of the Chicago Dispatch, con-
victcd of sending obscene matter
through the mails. and fined $1,000,
and given two years in the peniten.
tiary.
HERBERT HATHAWAY, aged 16, was
captured 1T Cherokee. Ia. on the 9th.
while placing distractions on the track
with the intention of wrccking the
Illinois Central express. He is il Jail.
THE W. c. T. L. of Chicago declares
that Robert e. Ingersoll shall never
desccrate Willard hall unless he goes
to confess his sins and his
pagan doctrines.
HARLEY ErHEET was fatally injured
by falling down the shaft of the
Ehrlcck mine at Seeleyville, Ind, a
di stance of &C feet. on the 18th.
TIE house committee on reform in
the civil service ordered Il favorable
report. on the 18th. on Il bill making it
a miSdemcaa0r to discriminate against
any person on account of political af-
f~ilation for appointment to any posi-
ton under the civil service. The law
is also made to apply to persons after
appointment, and violation is made
punishable by fine or imprisonment OF
both.
FAILURES throughout the United
States for the week ended on the 2Sth,
as reported by L. q. Dun & Co., We're
rs. against 30 for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were -. against IS last year.