The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-01-09
Two MEN, n OF whom was masked,

Two MEN, one OF whom was masked,
cester City q. j. station of the Read
ing road on the evening OF the 29th,
and, under threats of instant death,
compelled Thomas Randolph, the sta
tion master, to open the safe. They
secured $50. 900, ard escaped.
The second day of the tariff hear
ings before the committee on ways
and means Of the house of representa-
tives opened, on the 2Sth, with the dis
lures.
JOSEPH b. MCCULLAGH. editor of the
st. Louis GiObe-Democrat, leaped from
a window at his home some time early
on the morning of the 3lst, dashing his
brains oIt on the tagging Of the yard.
His body was found aboat 6:3O by a
stable boy. Mr.. McCuilagh had been
confined to his home by illness for sew.
eral weeks.
WHEN called upon to surrender the
county books and funds in his posses
sion Henry f. Strauss, county clerk of
Langdale county, Wis, committed sui
eide by taking poison. He lefta letter
admitting that he was Il defaulter to
the amount of So, 200. He was 80 years
old.
Mrs. NETTIE r. CRAVEN, the claim
ant to the estate of the late Senator
Fair, is seriously i'll in San Francisco.
Her sickness has been of long stand
ing, and apparently battles the skill of
her physicians. 1t is said that her
malady is such that she may die at any
time.
THE Bankers Exchange bank of
Minneapolis, Mimi, suspended pay.
ment on the 2Oth. 1t is a small con-
Germ, and its officers claim hat they
have money to pay every depositor and
stakeholder.
SAMUEL WHITAKER, n shoemaker liv-
ing on Rindge avenue, North Cam.
bridge, Mass, at three o'clock on the
morning of the LIST, shot and killed his
wife Catherine, blowing the top of her
head off with a shotgun. He then at.
tempted suicide by cutting his throat
with Il razor. He was taken to the
Cambridge hospital in a critical condi.
ton. Whitaker is about fifty years of
age and his wife Il few .rs younger.
Rum caused the tragedy.
The production of minerals and met.
ais in the United States for the year
1896 is given At a total value of $685.
3I1, 46S, showing Il decrease as com
pared with 1876 Of S24, esq, %66, or about
80 per cent. This decrease was large
ly N values rather than in quantities.
IL none of the chief articles was there
any marked decrease, while several
show Il considerable increase.
Hon. j. T.. EUsTIS, the American
ambassador to France, held a New
Year reception in Paris, on the 1st,
which was very largely attended by
the members of the American colony.
Miss Eustis, daughter of the ambas-
sador, acted as hostess, assisted by
Mrs. George Eustis, Mrs. Allen Eustis
and Mrs. Visnaud, wife of the secre-
tary OF the embassy.
ANDREW W. SWEET, who for mary
years had been agent of the Adams
Express Co. in New York city, and
who was with Samuel Adams and as
sisted MIN in founding the express
company, died in Bensonhurst, l.. l.,
on the 1st, from Bright's disease. Mr..
SWEET wa born in Maine rs years ago..
Il COLLISION between icebOats, one
of which was moving at the rate of 4
mile Il minute, at Pepin, Wis, on the
1st. resulted in very serious injuries to
two of the crew of the boat run into
and in totally wreckins both boats.
TEMPERANCE advocates are demand
ing the resignation of Topeka's police
commissioners for failure to enforce
the Kansas ~prohibitory law.