The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-17

HoN. GEORGE Y. N. LoTHRuP. eN
minister to Russia, vino had partially
recovered from an attack of heat pros
t~ration. began sinking, on the It'll,
at his home in Detroit, Michigan,
and it was feared he might not again
rally.
JOHN REYNOLDS, for 80 years pub
Usher of the Odd Fellows 'Talisman,
and n of the best-known odd fellows
in the United States, died at his home
in indianapolis, Ind, OF the 18th. Mr.
Reynolds was 70years of age.
IT appears that the sultan has COZ
WINGED himself that the powers will not
resort to coercion, and has decided to
test the alleged concert Of Europe to
the utmost in the negotiations for
peace with Greece.
The First Methodist church of Chi
cago, which was founded in 1885, and
owns property worth 81, 900, 600, has
only "a regular attendants, the others
having withdrawn on account of a fac
tional fight. The church is also with
out a pastor.
AAOh-N Va "oo ~
the New York police in connection
with the murder of William Gulden-
suppe, has confessed the horrible de-
tails of the crime, which duplicates
Mrs. Mack as an accomplish.
THE miners officials did not over.
reach the mark when they estimated
that the national strike of miners
would mulya oSO mn ~a~baro oF +ba
craft idle. The number out is rapidly
approaching that figure.
SENATOR DAVIS. chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, has
called a meeting of the committee for
the purpose of considering the Ha-
waiian annexation treaty, which will
probably be reported ere the extra ses-
sion closes.
FOURTEEN people are now known to
have been killed in the recent tornado
and cloudbursts in Minnesota. The
storm was general, and it is impossible
to estimate the mount of property
damage with any degree of certainty.
The severe hot weather and southern
wind eliminated in a small tornado
near Albert, Kas., on the Sth, which
did much damage. 1t overturned many
small buildings, blew down trees and
did: some damage to shocked grain.
Mrs. Frank kOeber was killed.
RAYMOND c. DESIGNER, a young
blacksmith of st. Louis, set a device to
prevent thieves looting his shop, forgot
all about it and caught a bullet in the
breast when he vent to open his shop
the morning the Sth. His condition
is critical.
ROBERT EDWIN BONNER, of the New
York Ledger, was reported, on the Sth,
to be seriously i'll at Avern-by-the-Sea,
near Far Rockaway, n. Y, where he
owns a cottage.
PHILIP SCHREIBER, a molder, died in
the St Louis city hospital, on the 9Th.
from ~tetanus, caused by wearing tight
shoes. A sore formed on his rightinstep,
which developed into an abscess, pro-
lockjaw, from which he died.
AN electric car on the Ogden venue
line in Chicago crashed int the hose.
cart of Engine Company 81, on the
night of the Sth, cauing a smashup in
four firemen and seven passen-
gers were injured.
THE socialists are continuing their
agitation among the striking miners in
Spain, and the situation is
grave. Reinforcements of troops and
have arrived.
THE French chamber of deputies, Oh
the 9th, by q vote of 425 to ITO, adopted
she Cadenas bill, empowering the gov
eminent to raise the duties on wheat,
wine, cattle and meat at "a hours no
tice, subject to the subsequent approval
parliament.