The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

Ii OoOo NlSlOCO pOA IlOhs
of Iowa. on the night of the 30th.
THE associated banks of New York
city held SIG, COG, 100 in excess of the re,
quirements of the 25-per-cent. rule on
the 29th.
DR.. JAMES B. ANGELI of Ann Arbor,
Mich, says Turkey is now discussing
his acceptability as American minister.
DR.. Angel has for years been chairman
of the American board of foreign mis-.
sions, whose work in Turkey has not
been carried on to the satisfaction OF
the sultan.
The Jarvis bill passed at the last ses-
sion of the Tennessee state legislature,
after one of the hardest fought legal
battles in the history of the state has
been held to be constitutional by the
state supreme court. This bill will
save the people of the state about
BE-, 600, 900 year in office-holders' fees.
A MAN named Rossi, a discharged
stable hand in the vatican at Rome, on
the 1st, attempted to kill Commander
Martinucci, of the major domos Office,
through whom he had lost his place.
Thinking he had killed his victim az
the first shot, Rossi shot himself
through the head and will die. The
commander will also die.
JUDGE GRossCUP. of the federal court,
on the 1st, upheld the liability of the
city of Chicago for damages to railroad
property by reason of the strike of 1894.
L. d. LUFKIN, of Sacramento, Cal,
aged 70, and Mrs. A. L. Lufkin, ~,
were married in Hartford, Conn, on
the 1st, by Rev. w. W. Ranny. The
bride was the widow of the bride
groom's brother.
A DISPATCH from Washington, on the
1st, said that it was understood that
the president had fully decided upon
Ellis H. Roberts, of New York, for
United States treasurer, and that his
nomination would be sent to the senate
in day or two. Mr.. Roberts at one
time was assistant treasurer at New
York.
JAMES ROBERTS, wife and three chill
dren were killed by an Illinois Central
passenger train at Alma, Ill, on the
1st. They were in wagon, and at
tempted to cross the track, when the
wagon was struck by the locomotive
and all the occupants were instantly
killed.
In the case of John L. Searles, the
Sugar trust witness, on trial in Wash
ington, Judge Bradley, on the 1st, or
dered the jury to bring in a verdict of
scquittal.
A TEN per cent. cut in wages, affect
ing all men not under the amalgamat-
ed scale, was ordered at Jones g. Laugh
Inns American iron works at Pitts
burgh, Pa, on the 1st. As result the
open-hearth workers and some other
employees, in all about 200 persons, re-
fused to go to work.
SALTAIR BEACH, one of the popular
bathing resorts on the Great Salt lake,
Uth, awas officially op ened on the 1st
Numerous trains were run from Salt
LakeCity throughout the day, and
thousands of people visited the beach.
ACCORDING to mail advices, received
on the I'd, another crisis is precipitated
in Corean affairs by the action of Russia
in virtually forcing the acceptance of
her officers as instructors after the
cabinet had decided to abandon the
proposal. All the ministers, who had
opposed the scheme, rendered their
designations.
EDGAR HARRIS, an insane letter car
rier at Baltimore, Md, 81 years of age,
shot and killed his 12-year-old son
George ami his young daughter Ada,
wounded his daughter Ella, aged IA.
on the I'd, and then turned the pistol
on himself. He was taken, at the point
of death, to the Johns Hopkins hospi-
tai