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Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21

CLEVELAND o, juno 2O.-SenatOr
Hanna arrived home today. He will go to
Toledo Tuesday to attend the state CON
vention Of the republicans When asked
pets for the ratification cf thu Hawaiian
r atty he said; The sentiment j. over
whelming in favor Of annexation, but its
discussion at this session is doubtful, on
account Of a disposition on the part Of
congress to adjourn when !be tariff m. az
rome opposition to the treaty that would
pr-loHg the session IL Il were taken up, so
consider IL unlikely"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21
WHEELS TURN ROUND ONCE MORE
Industrial Revival starts in the
MonunEaheIa valley.

MonuhStheIt NhlltS-
PITTSBURG, June 2O-An industrial re-
vival along the Monongahea valley has
started and prospects are brighter than for
months past.
Both the Edgar Thomson and the Home
stead steel works resumed this evening, all
departments running full.
The Duquesne steel works, which have
been manufacturing bill rs. commenced to-
night On rails. Enough orders are OH hand
to keep these plants working the greater
part Of the year,
At Braddock the Pittgburg and the Ran
kin wire works are In fun operation.
The Duquesne forge rs In full operation
for the first time in two years.
At McKecsport the National tube work.
put in operation additional departments to
day, and the Dewees-Wood company is re
ported as likely to start up in few days.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21
shooting Caused by Whisily.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. June 2O-A spe-
clal to the Times from Gadsden, Ala, says:
Late this afternoon Henry Thomas, a negro
party OF Gadsden negroes just as the train
Hap leaving and wounded WIN Garner, a
Local c4bman. Garner and his friends re-
urped the fire and a general riot ensued.
Thomas was shot in the back and neck and
was stabbed twice In the shoulder and viii
lie. Two other Birmingham negroes were
hot and another was stabbed. Mean whisky
vas the cause of the troub G.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21
western People Mt Washington.

WASHINGTON, June 2O.-(Special Tele-
grant, )--Irvlng G. Baright of Omaha is at
the st. James r. S. Person of Howard, S. d.,
is at the Normandie.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21
TrInn sniIs fnr Hnmc.

SOUTHAMPTON, June 2O.--Bartlett Trip.
formerly the United States ambassador at
can line steamer Paris, which sailed for New
York yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21
Caught In the Act.

NEW YORK, June 20 william Werget,
SO years old, and his wife Catherine 30
years old. were caught In the act Of maxi
ing counterfeit dimes in their home in
Brooklyn today by United States secret
service officers, who brought them to this
city, prisoners a complete counterfeter='
cuttt was found In the house as well as
good limitations Of dimes to the amount OF
ia
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21
Movements of Ocean vessels, June 20

At New York --Arriyed-I.a Gascognc
from Havre: Amsterdam from Rotterdam
Massachusetts, from London.
At Hayre-Arriyed-La Bretagne, from
New York.
Al -Arrved-Teutonic. from
New York. for Liverpool, and proceeded
Sailed-Lucania, from Liverpool, for New
York
At Liverpool- ol-Arrived-Etrurla. from New
York
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21
KILLED I'm n Mine.

IDAHO SPRINGS Colo, June 2O.-Nathan
y. Crane, an old-time miner. was killed in
the Way to Wealth mine by cayein today,
He was 20 years Of age and br9ther-ln-law
Of the late jerome Il. Chanee. He leaves
wife in Adrian, Mich, and a son in Ka!a-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21
Texms LegIsIatuYe Adjourns.

AUSTIN, Tex, June 20-The Texas legis-
latuJe. after being in session nearly six
months, has adjourned, II passed law 10
prevent mob violence providing the sam,
penalty as for murder in the first degree
The legislature also passed fellow servant
bllL
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21

He also offered a special prayer for the
queen. Lord Aberdeen, governor general
and Lieutenant governor OF Quebec, and Sir
Adolph Chapeau occupied seats In the
church.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21
Services ut MontrcnI.

MONTREAL, Ont June 2O,-The jubilee
was begun today. Special services were held
in all churches, The Montreal brigade and
the Fifty-third battalion of Sherbrooke, the
governor generals foot guards of Ottawa aud
held a church parade to Christ church
cathedral, to St, James Roman Catholic
cathedral and to st, Paul's church. over
5000 troops took part, the streets being
crowded to zee the pageant The Te Deum At
Notre Dame church was very impressive
and grand musical ceremony. over To- .0l0
perSons were present, Mgr Merry Del Val
the papal delegate. occupied the throne and
delivered an address on the queens reign
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21
Celebrated on the Continent.

LONDON June 2O.-Special dispatches
from Paris, Berlin, Vienna. 81. Petersburg
and nearly every large city in Europe show
;hat thanksgiving services, numerously
attended. were held in the local
English churches. The newspapers In
many cities, especially Vienna aud
ST. Petersburg. publish long oulo-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-21

Continued on Second Psgs.)
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

} Gov. BUSHNELL of Ohio sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Mayor Clapp of
Memphis on the 23d: Ohio recog-
nizes your generosity in caring for the
sufferers by flood. If more tents are
needed, will gladly send them to aid in
your work. Please advise me-"
The town of Calabazar. very near
Havana, was attacked, on the 23d, by
the insurgents under Aranguer, who
burned many houses, pillaged several
stores and then retired. Maj. Ablu-
erna and nine other Spanish officers,
including five captains, were made
prisoners.
The British steamer Editor, from
Pernambuco. February rs, for Liver
pool, was totally wrecked off South
Stack light, near Holyhead, Wales, on
the odd. All of her crew were saved.
SECRETARY ALGER acted promptly in
relieving the flood sufferers of the Mis-
sissippi valley by the use of vessels be-
longing to the war department.
The body of Georg johnson, a
Swede. aged So, wa found hanging
from the limb of a tree in Forest park
in ST. Louis on the I'D. johnson was
out of employment. and it is supposed
that brooding over the fact that he
could not send to Sweden for his swee t
heart to come over and get married led
to the self-murder.
MICHAEL j. OBRIEN. the Chicago poi
itician and west side saloon keeper.
who shot and killed his wife about two
years Ago. was sentenced, on the 23d, to
the penitentiary for life.
The widow of the Baron de Hirsch is
credited with the intention soon ogive
81. 800, 600 to divers benevolent enter
priSes in America.
The opening sale of seats at Cincin-
natl, on the 22d, for the coming en-
gagement of the Metropolitan Opera
Co. was the largest ever known for a
similar engagement in that city. More
than 800 people were in line at I a. m,
nearly 100 having held places all night
One purchaser alone paid 500 for seats.
and over S12, 600 was realized from the
sale.
NJ. A. PELToN, a machinist at the pa
per mill at Watervliet, Mich, was
caught on a shaft between two beat
ers, on the ed, and literally torn to
pieces. His head and arms were
wrenched off and he was otherwise
horribly mangled.
THE magazine of the Rock Glycerine
Co., located a mile and a half from
W~ellsville, n. Y, blew up, on the 22d,
and Shooter Youngs, his team of horses
and wagon were blown to atoms. Dorr
Clark and Thomas Meyer, who were at
work so feet from the magazine, were
quite badly hurt
In a wreck on the Cleveland & Mari
eta railroad at Eagle Hill, o., on the
Gath, Fireman Dye was pinioned be-
tween the engine and tender and death
seemed certain to him from the flames
of the wreck. but with rare presence of
mind and nerve, he called upon a min
er, Ed Jones, to take his pocket knife
and cut his arm off, which was done,
saving him from a horrible death.
THE president promptly signed the
joint resolution, which passed congress
on the 18th, authorizing the secretary
of war to furnish tents to the sufferers
Of the Mississippi river floods
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE senate was not in session On the
97th LIN the house. in committee of
the whole. consideration of the Ding
ley tariff bill vas proceeded with. very
slow progress being made. Mr.. John
son rep, Ind protested against the
dilatory tactics employed, and asked
Mr.. Dingley if a change could not be
made which would result in more rapid
work. As a result of the days work a
few immaterial changes We're made in
the chemical and earths and earthen-
ware schedules proposed by the ways
and means committee.
The young ladies of the different
church societies of Lebanon. Ind, are
preparing to farm on the Pingree plan
the coming season for the benefit of
the poor. One real estate firm has
come to their assistance by donating
the use of 50 vacant lots. Some of the
most prominent society girls in Le-
banon will be found welding the hoe
as sOon as the weather will permit.
THE Avondale mine, operated by the
Lehigh e W~ilkesbarre Coal Co. at Avon
dale, Pa, is threatened with destruction.
For days past water has been pouring
into the mine from the bottom of the
Susquehanna river and unless it can be
checked soo the mine will be abso-
lutely ruined.
DE-. GEORGE d. PURINTON, of st.
Louis, n of the most prominent BIZ
ologists of theUnitedStates and a chem
ist known from one end of the country
to the other, committed suicide at the
Lindell hotel on the night of the 27th,
by taking prussic acid.
JOSEPH LOADER, a wealthy furniture
dealer of Brooklyn, one of the wit
nesseS against the defendant in the IA
nous Tilton-Beecher trial, has been
arrested on a charge of perjury pre-
ferred by his wife.
a STEAMER ran into and sank a large
boat in the harbor of Ferroll. Spain, on
the 27th. There We're 80 persons in the
boat, 81 of whom were drowned. The
remaining nine were rescued in an ex-
hausted condition.
The official report from Manila states
that the rebel loss at the battle of
Ymus exceeded LOGO killed and wound
ed. The Spanish loss is placed at 81
killed and 245 wounded.
MONTREAL, Can, experienced an
other severe shock of earthquake, &C
companied by loud explosions, on the
morning of the 27th, at 1915 o'clock.
A MARBLE bust of Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe was unveiled, on the
27th, in the University building, Wash
ington place, New York city.
WILLIAM T. ADAMS OLIVER Optic died
in Boston on the 2Tth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03
TOOK U S ACID.

yuicide of DIR. George ID. Purinton, One OF
the Most Prominent Biologists in the
United States. in a Room of the Lindell
Hotel, st. Louis-Took Nearly an Ounce
of Prussic Acid.
ST. LOUIS, March 29.-Dr. George d.
Purinton, one of the most prominent
biologists of the United States and a
chemist known from one end of the
country to the other, committed sui
eide at the Lindell hotel, Saturday
night, by taking prussic acid
DIR. Purinton was a candidate for the
office of assistant secretary of agricul-
ture, and was recommended for that
position by some of the leading men OF
the west.
When registering at the office of the
Lindell the intending suicide left or
ders that he be called promptly at p
o'clock, as he had an important
gagement at that hour.
Promptly at l. o'clock there was a
knock on the door at III. No answer.
The boy. the same who had shown the
guest to the room, remembered the in
junction he had left and after knock
ing again, and yet again, tried the
knob.
The door was not locked and he
entered.
Stopping at the side of the bed the
lad spoke to the guest, who, undressed.
lay as if sound asleep. There was no
reply. Bending over he tried to
the man, and then for the first time
the boy realized that he was endeavor-
ing to awake one who slept to wake no
more.
Reporting his discovery at the office,
word was promptly telephoned to the
police.
On a center table in the roc were
found a bottle and glass which told
how the suicide had been committed.
1t was an ounce bottle and in glaring
evidence upon the label was the skull
and the word poison" both printed in
red ink.
Beneath these were the two words
''Prussic acid"
There were only two or three drops
left in the bottle. On the bed near the
right hand of the dead ma was a glass.
This also contained a few drops of the
poison. None had been spilled on the
carpet, on the bed clothes or on the
table.
Nearly an ounce of prussic acid!
Death must have been instantaneous.
1t was evident hat after carefully
undressing he had poured the contents
of the phiaI into the tumbler, had
walked to the bed, turned down the
clothes, then lying between the sheets,
had drawn them up close to his neck,
leaving his right arm and the hand
holding the glass free. Then he drained
the contents. and his hand with the
tumbler fell to his side.
He was dead. 1t must have been a
welcome death, for the smile was
framed on his face when the fatal
draught extinguished life as quickly as
a breath Toes a candle flame.
DIR. Purinton lived with his wife in
an elegantly-furnished fiat at 3906A
Laclede avenue, and the breaking of
the news to the bereaved wife COM
pletely Frustrated her. No cause is
known for the deed unless it be fnan-
cial embarrassment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03
Special River Bulletin.

Washington, March 2S.-The following
special river bulletin has been issued by the
weather bureau:
The flood wave is still at Cairo, which
shows a stationary gauge reading 51.6 feet
for the past four days.
There is great danger yet to come from
the flood in the region from Helena south
ward to New Orleans.
The river will continue to rise fer ut least
ten days in the region from Helena south
ward to Vicksburg and to rise during a
longer period from Vicksburg uthwa
If no break occurs before, levees will be
subjected to the greatest strain about
April 10, in southeast Arkansas and western
Mississippi and louisiana. Should the le-
wees break, the result will be one of the
most disastrous floods ever known.
Weather conditions now indicate addl-
tional heavy rainfall in the middle and
lower Mississippi valleys. which will ma
terially intensity the food conditions.
Those living in districts overlooked In
former years should be on the safe side and
transfer stock and movable property to
places of known safety while there is yet
time. WILLIS L. MOORE,
Chief of Bureau.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03
HUNDREDS MADE HOMELESS
BY Destructive Fires in Norfolk and South
Portsmouth, ya.-The Militia Called

BY Destructive Fires in Norfolk and South
Portsmouth, ya.-The Militia Called
Out.
NORFOLK, Va, March 29.-Two hun
lred people were left homeless yester-
day by a fire which destroyed property
valued between $500 and 5000, 900,
consisting of a Catholic church. two
public halls and2T dwellings. The fire
started at 1 a. m. in Whitehurst hall. in
Glasgow street. The flames quickly
communicated with the buildings ada
cent, everything in that end of the
block being burned; crossed over to
London into the block bounded BY
Green and Washington, and also spread
down Glasgow across Green street.
Within less than 20 minutes the sparks
had been carried across the three blocks
to st. Pauls Catholic church, Washing
ton and High streets. and in a few min
utes that edifiee was in flames.
About the same time another fire
broke put in South Portsmouth. The
navy yard engine hurried to the scene,
and succeeded in getting the fire an
der control after several dwellings had
been destroyed. 1t then came up to
the church and joined the brigades Of
the two cities.
The fire had crossed High street and
one by n destroyed the row of two
story frame buildings between Din
widdie and Washington streets. then
ate its way around on Dinwiddie and
destroyed st. Joseph'S hall.
The scene was n wild one. Houses
were emptied of their contents. and
furniture was piled high up on the side
walks for n square around. In order
to protect this from thieves two COM
panieS of militia were called cut and
posted on guard.
At $40 the fire was got under con-
troll. Fully 80 houses in different parts
OF the city caught from flying sparks
and cinders, but were saved by prompt
action VI bucket brigadeS There were
no fatalities 50 far as known. The
Catholic church was valued at about
$4,000. The insurance upon all the
property burned will probably not az
gregatc more than $500
ANOTHER Suicide.
ST. LoUIs, March aa.-Fredrick Hem
rich. Is years old. who lived with his
wife and five children at sSSI South
jefferson avenue. who was out of work
and dcSpondent retired 20 an attic
bedroom after dinner Saturday and, it
is supposed. took poison. as he was
dead as four O'Clock.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

w. II. Edmonson, n postal clerk on
the Missouri, Kansas IL Texas railway
at Sedalia. was injured in a wreck. He
brought suit against the railroad COM
pany for S25. 900 damages. but has COM
promised the case upon the payment of
:. GOO.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

a HUNDRED sailors from the United
States steamship San Francisco arrived
in Rome, on the 21st, and attended the
pope's mass. The rector of the Ameri-
can college accompanied them. When
mas was ove the pope addressed the
sailors, assuring them that he sincerely
appreciated their homage. He con-
cluded by ~bestowing upon them the
papal blessing.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

SECRETARY Bliss. on the 18th, SEN a
letter to Commissioner Lamoreux of
the general land Office, whose action in
the Chicago lake front ease vas an
nulled and severely censured, offering
to Mr.. Lamoreux an opportunity to de-
fend himself.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

THE senate committee on appropria-
tons, on the oath, ordered the agricul-
tural bill reported just as it recently
passed the house, and as it was sent to
the president near the close of the last
congress.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

At a recent meeting of Methodist
North ministers of st. Louis, Rev. DIR.
T. II. Hagerty said: Let us be minis
ters. not politicians, nor business men;
let us be such earnest men of God that
even the little children may point US
out and say That is my pastor"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03
.ParaIyZed During the NIGHT.

Secretary Frank Beack of the repub-
lican district and Buchanan county
central committees, and a well-known
resident of st. Joseph, is suffering from
a stroke of paralysis, which may prove
fatal. He was paralyzed during the
night, and lay for hours unattended.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

IT was stated in Constantinople,
on the 25th, hat in the event of a
blockade of Greek ports by the war
ships of the powers, the admiral
commanding the British squadron was
under instructions to acquiesce there
in. but the British fleet will take no
part in the actual blockade.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

On the ed the senate confirmed the
nominations of Gen. Clayton, of Ar
kansas, to be minister to Mexico; Vim.
NJ. Osborne, of Massachusetts,, to be
consul general at London; John X.
Gowdy, of Indiana, to be consul-gen-
eral at Paris. and Joseph n. Brigham.
of Ohio, to be assistant secretary of
agriculture.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

Vest Whereby, named in honor of
Senator Vest. son of J.. NJ. Whereby. a
farmer living six miles east of Sedalia,
lost his left eye at Salem school by a
young lady friend, who accidentally
stabbed him in the eye with a shawl
min.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

FAILURES throughout the United
States. as reported by r. g. Dun e Co.,
for the week ended on the 27th, aggre-
gated 291, as against 259 for the CORE
spending week last year. For Canada
the failures were so, against SO last
year..
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

A VERY serious situation exists
throughout the central and western
districts of the island of jamaica, in
consequence of the extreme scarcity of
water, which is causing widespread
suffering among the inhabitants.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

THEODORE F. SwAYzE, of New Jer-
sey, has been appointed chief clerk of
the treasury department, vice Logan
Carlisle, resigned. Mr.. Swayze was
formerly chief clerk Of the treasury de-
partment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03
Butted BY a Young Calf.

Henry Staley, two miles north Of
W~arrensburg, was butted in the chest
by a young calf. The accident was
thought to be a commonplace one, but
the following day his mind became a
complete blank, and he was unable to
recognize his W relatives.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

The Missouri, Kansas &c Texas will
500 begin work on its a plant at
Sedalia. As soon as the plant is COM
pleted work will begin. it is said, on
1900 new cars for the road.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

THE Transvaal government has sup
pressed the publication of the johann
nesburg Star, the leading newspaper
in the Rand, in consequence of that
journals criticisms of the administra-
tiOn.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

PRESIDENT DWIGHT of Yale college
and the several members of the faculty
united in a protest against the action
of the ways and mean committee in
placing books and scientific appara-
tus for educational institutions on the
dutiable list, after having been free for
many years, and the paragraph was
modified.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03
Brought Back by the Cashier.

f. II. Wentworth. cashier of the Ma
tional Bank of Unionville. returned
from Cripple Creek, Col. the o~therday,
where he succeeded in capturing Charles
A. Armstrong. who is wanted at Union
vile for alleged forgeries committed
last fall.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

A BILL to create a new state out of
the counties of New York, Kings, Rich
mond, Queens, Suffolk, Westchester
and Putnam, was introduced in the
New York Legislature at Albany on the
esd. Provision for submitting the
question to a vote was made.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

John Sturmer. a miner. was over
come by foul gases in the Claycomb &
Staples mine, near Joplin. He leaves
a widow and three children.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

T. II. Caldwell was caught in the
betting in Hatch & Kennedy's machine
shops at Galena. and whirled tc death.
He was IL. and was engineer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

A MEETING of railroad lawyers was
held in Chicago, on the Goth, to discuss
the supreme courts decision in the
Trans-Missouri case. and to determine
what are the best methods for the com-
panies to propose in connection with
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

The United States weather bureau,
on the 18th, gave out the startling in
formation that 500 square miles of the
state of Arkansas was under water and
that the Mississippi river would con-
tinue to rise.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

THE immigration bill of the last ses-
sion of congress, which was vetoed by
President Cleveland, was reported from
the committee on immigration, On the
ed, and placed on the calendar of the
senate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

Rev. Pendleton Brooke. pastor of St.
Paul's Episcopal church, Clinton, a
brother of Bishop Brooke, of Oklahoma,
died in Clinton, recently.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-03

THE state department was notified,
on the 25th, that WI Ting Fang, the
new Chinese minister to the United
States left home on the steamer Gaelic
March IS, and is due in San Francisco
about April l.