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The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12
A GRAND JURY'S DILEMMA.
Refused Access to Reports Necessary to
the Performance of Their DUTY.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, June 5.-The
grand jury's investigation of the af-
fairs of the failed banks with view
to indicting derelict officials has led tc
a very unusual dilemma The jury
found it needed the reports of the
state bank examiner to the governor
and sent to Gov. Clough asking for
them. He refused to give them up.
The jury then subpeRaed him. He
responded, but came without the re-
ports and refused to furnish them.
Yesterday the jury reported its dilemma
to the district court, where the matter
will be argued en- banc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12

First Nighter-''The man who writes the
dramatic criticisms for your paper does not
know good play from bad one" Editor
-'I know it, but what can we do? He is
the only man on the staff who is tall enough
to see over the bonnets!y- Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12

Lawyer latter many insinuations and
much twisting of previous testimony in
his questions)-Do you know, sir, that
you are under oath?
Witness (testily)-Yes, and wish you
were.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12
Halls Family Pills are the best.

'T suppose you may say the honeymoon j.
at an end when the husband begins to stay
out late at night.0 Not exactly. II
doesn't really end until the wife can go 20
sleep again without believing what he has
to saw for rhimself.o-Truth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Submerged Lands the Property of the
State.

CHICAGO, june 5.-Judge Gibbons
yesterday decided the case of the at
torney-general of Illinois against Alex.
H. Revell, involving the right of the
owIers of property on the lake shore
to reclaim submerged lands. Judge
Gibbons decided that the submergeI
lands are the property of the state, AMI
he sustains the act of the Legislature
of 1895 giving the Lincoln Park com
missioners control of such lands fW
pSrt purposes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12
SPANISH CABINET cRISISENDEC

The Recall of the Butcher from the Slaugh-
ter Pen of Cuba Strongly Urged.
MADRID, June THE queen regent
has confirmed Senior Canovas, the pre-
mier, in his ministerial powers, and
the cabinet will remain in Office with
personnel and policy unchanged.
All the leading members of the
chamber of deputies, who were con-
suited by her majesty. as well as three
marshals, have advised the recall Of
Capt-Gen. Weyler from Cuba.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12
Good Ground.

Mrs. Tallseriy-So you are going to
marry Col. Landly, my dear. And I
hear you love the ground he walks ON.
Miss Sharplcigh-Yes; it belongs TO
him.-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12

Harvey Bell, of Urbana, shot in the head and
instantly killed
Upton Baker farmer. He leaves widow
and four children.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12

The unhappy man who is enabled to give
TO his fellow beings, has at his commane
the source of great happiness.-N. Y. Week
E.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12
MOB LAW IN OHIO.

The Lynching of "CIick" Mitchell at Urbana
After Two Citizens Had Been Killed and
a Number Wounded in an Effort to Up
hold Legal Methods-The People Had
Their Way and a Foul Crime was Expi-
ated,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12
Lynched.


Chick" Mitchell, colored, who assaulted
Mrs 7. NJ Gaumer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-06-12
The Wounded.

John Wank of Urbana shot in the hip; IA
tally wounded.
shot in the head.
Dennis Graney, OF Crbana, shot in the right
foot
Sherman 6. Deaton. prosecuting attorney Of
Urbana shot in the hip.
Gus WeSier of Urbana, shot in the face.
VIM. Elliott, superintendent OF the electric
light plant of Urbana. shot in the face
Ray DickerSon, OF Cable, shot in the Shoul'
der.
VIM. Mcclure, of Urbana, shot in the arm.
James Bowen, of Cable, shot in the left hip
Dan Graney, of Urbana, shot in the groin
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
Mnlington SIurderers Caught.

After the old-blooded murder of
Farmer James Brown, near Millington,
ON the night of Dec. 90, there seemed
TO the murderers other than that two
men had inquired the way to Browns,
and two men had begged supper at the
home of John Neaves two hours be-
fore the murder. The scene was sud
denly changed to Detroit where James
Lawson, an eX-convict was arrested at
Grace hospital while being treated for
frozen feet. Lawson told so many
stories about how his feet became
frozen that suspicion was aroused and
he was arrested. Mrs. Neaves was sent
for and when she arrived she positively
identified Lawson. Later on Thos.
Stevens, brother of Mrs. Brown was
locked up on suspicion. He said he
did know murder had been commit
ted, but in his pocketbooS was found
n newspaper account of the crime.
The same day Howard Hawley aged 91,
n mulatto, was found at Harper hos
pital with frozen feet. He had arrived
the same day that Lawson was taken
TO Grace hospital, and was unable to
tell straight story. Mrs. Neaves had
returned home before Hawey's arrest
so she had no chance to identify him.
There are several other matters which
point to Lawson and IIawley as the
murderers and TO Stevens as the chief
plotter.
Later-Lawson has confessed that
he was one of the two men, but says
that Hawley did the shooting. He
says Stevens concocted the scheme,
that robbery was the motive, and that
murder had not been in tended.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
Yenezuelans i'm no Hurry.

Washington: Secretary Olney and
Ambassador Pauncefote had a long
secret con terence on the Venezuela
settlement and the treaty of arbitra-
ton between the United States and
Great Britain. In general terms the
officials say the prospect of an accept
ance of the settlement by Venezuela is
good, but there are important limita-
tions which appear to make the case
less hopeful of an immediate conclu-
sion. There appears also to be much
question as TO the nature of Venezue-
las acceptance. President Crespo and
the government authorities have eX-
pressed satisfaction with the general
results of the settlement, as far as
they secured arbitration, yet they
have not yet expressed official approval
of all the details of the settlement. On
the contrary there seems to be very
earnest desire at Caracas for more
exact information on the terms of the
treaty between Venezuela and Great
Britain.
AS to the general arbitration treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain, Mr. Olney and Sir Julian have
made their final drafts of the treaty
and it is in the hands of Lord Sails
bury awaiting his approval. No doubt
exists of its approval and il is expected
to come daily.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
Fnibuster Three Friends in Trouble.

The sequel to the encounter between
the filibuster steamer Three Friends
and Spanish warship off the coast of
Cuba, accounts of which were pub
lished two weeks ago, is quite start
ling, and those who were aboard the
Three Friends are badly frightened
over the gravity of the situation in
which they find themselves-of being
considered as pirates in the eyes of in
ternational usage. In this phase of
the case Spain may make requisition
upon the United States for the persons
who were aboard the Three Friends
and this government has no alterna-
tive but TO deliver them up.
In the meantime the Three Friends
has been seized by the U. S. officials at
Key West and taken to jacksonville
under libel The owners of the vessel
put up a clever defense, contending
that the statutes which they are
charged with violating do not apply TO
the Cuban rebellion, because the United
States has not recognized either the
independence or belligerency of the
Cubans, and that the courts cannot
take cognizance of war until either the
President or congress recognizes exist
ence of war; that, therefore, it was inn
possible for the Three Friends to have
been engaged in the service of one
political power against another polit-
zeal power with which the United
States was at peace Cuban insur-
gents not constituting political power
recognized by the United States, are
therefore not a province, state, col
ony, district or people, as designated
in said statute of the United States
If the Three Friends wins the owners
hold that the President will have to
recognize Cuba or stop prosecuting
filibusters.
Later-The Three Friends has been
released by the u. S. authorities at
Jacksonville, they apparently seeing
no grounds upon which to hold her.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
FROM MANY POINTS.
NEW ITEMS OF VARIOUS KINDS
BRIEFLY RELATED.
Spain Consents to Having the United
States to Mediate to Settle the
Cuban Trouble-Venezuela Holding
Back the Boundary Settlement.

The old saying that ''where there is
smoke there is sure to be fire" may be
applied to recent development in the
Cuban matter. 1t has been strongly
asserted that Spain has notified the
United States of her acceptance of the
proposal of President Cleveland to
mediate between Spain and Cuba for a
settlement of the war in Cuba. These
reports have also been firmly denied by
the governments of both countries,
yet there seems to be good authority
for the statement that Spain has unoffi-
cially, through Senior Dupuy DeLome,
the Spanish minister, promised to ac-
cept the United States mediation di-
rectly after Gen. Weyler has cleared
Pipar del Rio province of rebels, and
then to grant everything short of
actual independence for Cuba. This
feature of the matter is borne out by
dispatches from Spain which say that
negotiations toward home rule have
proceeded for some time, and the
last phases of these negotiations indi-
cate an enlargement of the home rule
provisions adopted by the Spanish
cortes last year. but not put into exc
cution. These engagements embrace
the election of the entire Cuban con-
gress, instead of mixed congress of IS
elected members and Is appointed by
the queen regent; and also a complete
control by Cuba of her tariff.
1t is quite clear that Spain is nego-
tiating with the United States, but the
Castillian pride compels the govern
ment to 60 at it in an underhand way.
They cannot help trying to arrive at
private understanding with the United
States, for the proceeds of the recent
loan are nearly exhausted, and Capt.
Gen. Weyler's apparent inaction has
checked the buoyancy which followed
MaceO'S death
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
FiIIbuster Commodore Sank.

The filibuster steamer Commodore,
which cleared from jacksonville, Fla,
for Cienfugos, Cuba, with a cargo of
arms and ammunition, foundered off
New Smyrna at 3 a. IN. Twenty-eight
men were on board of the steamer, and
so far as known only II were saved.
One of the survivors says that when
the leak was discovered it was found
that the pumps had been tempered
with. 1t is suspected that some Span
ish spy was the cause of the disaster.
When it was seen that the Commodore
would sink they took to the boats, two
of which were capsized in the heavy
sea. Capt. Murphy and four Ameri-
cans, including two newspaper men,
were the last 20 leave and they reached
land after battling for "a hours against
the waves. Maj. Ricardo A. Delgado,
one of the crew, reached jacksonville
on the train from New smyrna, accom-
panied by IL other survivors, all of
whom were Cubans.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
GREAT EDITOR DEAD.
Brilliant Career of Joseph ID. McCullagh
Finished by Suicide.

Joseph b. McCullagh, editor of the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat, and one of
the best-known newspaper men in the
country, is dead, as the result of fall
twenty-five feet from a second-story
window of his apartments at the resi-
dence of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Kate
Manion, 1887 West Pine Boulevard, st.
Louis.
There seems to be a difference of
opinion as to whether Mr. McCullagh's
death was due to accident or was the
result of his own act. The latter theory
is secuted by friends.
Joseph Burbridge McCullagh was
born in Dublin in 1S43. He came to the
United States when only IL years old
and at once became an apprentice in a
weekly paper published in New York
City. In 1858 he went to st. Louis.
From there he went in few months
to the Cincinnati Commercial, for
which he soon went to Washington and
afterward became war correspondent
His letters, signed Mack" made him
famous.
After the war Mr.. McCullagh re-
turned to Washington for a time, but
between 1868 and 1870 was managing
editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. In
the latter year he bought an interest in
the old Chicago Republican, which. was
burned out during the great fire. Re-
turning then to st. Louis, Mr. McCul-
lgah became editor of the Democrat,
but when the managers of that paper
disagreed as to policy he founded and
edited the Globe. In 1873 those papesr
were combined as the Globe-Democrat,
of which Mr.. McCullagh was made ed
itor-in-chief, position he occupied up
to the time of his death.
Mr.. McCullagh is credited with being
the originator of the modern style of
newspaper interviewing, nothing ex-
actly like it having been employed be-
fore his time. Politically Mr.. McCul-
lagh was a strong Republican.
Services over the remains of Joseph
B. McCullagh, editor of the Globe
Democrat, were held Sunday afternoon.
The Rev. John Snyder, pastor of the
Unitarian Church of the Messiah, con-
duted the services. The interment was
in the Mckee family lot at Bellefon-
tame cemetery. The coroner's jury
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
REVIEW OF TRADE.

General trade has been rather quiet, and
the holiday week has proven one of the dull
est of the dull season which has followed the
period of revived demand early in Novem-
Der. Unreasonable weather, the making of
inventories and the customary absence Of
demand in wholesale lines have combined To
produce more than the usual holiday dull
ness. The year closes with an epidemic of
failures, mainly at the west and in banks
loan and trust companies or concerns de
pendent on them. The action OF clearing
houses in various places indicates no want
of confidence and several banks which have
failed will pay in full, but disclosure of UNI
sOundness In few widely known institutions
in the abnormal state of popular feeling al
ter an exciting contest on the monetary
issue has caused diStrust and suspicion
where 1t is frequently undeserved The
total business failures in the United States
In 1896 In which Liabilities exceed assets
number l5ll2. increase of 10 per cent over
1879, when the total increased 90 per cent
compared with 1893 when the total was II. $50
the largest on record. The total liabilities
of those failing in 1895 amounted TO Se47 OJO.-
COO or - per cent more than last year and
being exceeded only by total Liabilities in
lS93-S4J2 100000. The ratio of assets to la
bilitics among those failing in 1890 was 30 per
cent, an evidence of an unusually high rate
of commercial mortality, which Is exceeded
only by the corresponding exhibit for 1893.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
Cyclone and Floods.

Southern Arkansas, northern Texas
and northwestern Louisiana were
swept by terrible wind and rain storm
causing the loss of number of lives
and the destruction of property. The
greatest destruction occurred at Moor
ingsport, La, where almost the entire
town was blown away and five people
were killed, besides score being badly
injured. At Benton, Ark, 25 houses
were destroyed and many people in
jured. Other towns suffered severely
and at Cameron, Ark, one man was
killed. At Little Rock, Ark, more
than four inches of rain fell within a
short time and the streets were turned
into rivers. causing heavy loss to bust
ness houses.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
Michigan Pedagogues.

The attendance at the forty-sixth an
nual meeting of the Michigan State
Teachers association at Lansing was
unusually large. The feature of the
opening session was the address of the
president, Prof. c. o. Hoyt, of Ypsi-
lanti. 1t was an interesting and schol-
arly discussion of the subject of socio-
logy and child study. Following this
address a child study round table was
conducted by Supt. w. j. McKone, of
Mason, and then several relative topics
were ably discussed. In the evening
DIR. Arnold Tompkins, of Illinois uni
ver'jity, addressed the teachers on the
subject "The Beautiful as Phase in
Education"
The second days session was opened
by Mrs. Anna A. Schryer, of Ypsilanti,
who read paper on Mature Study in
the Rural Schools" making plea for
sciepce teaching in such schools. The
paper which called out the most dis
cussion, however, was that of Commits
sioner r. ID. Bailey, of Gaylord, on
The Remedy for the Weakness of the
Small Rural School" He thought the
principal correction to be made was to
induce school commissioners not to
give certificates to poor teachers.
Supt. Pattengill was quite unani-
mously supported in his advocacy of
the township unit system. Much OPP
position was developed from teachers
in the southwestern counties to the in
stitute fee system and many think the
state should bear the expense instead
of the teachers In the afternoon the
association divided into sections; and
in the evening President Harper, of
Chicago university, addressed the
teachers on 1.-The Spirit Of Study" At
the concluding session an entirely new
constitution was adopted. Committees
were appointed to propose a course of
study of American history suitable for
district school grades; to secure, if pos
sible, an anti-cigarette law by the next
legislature; TO secure the reduced rail
road rates for teachers such as are
given students at holiday time. Off
GERS were elected as follows: President,
DeLos Fall, of Albion; vice presidents,
b. j. Miller, of Big Rapids, and Mrs.
l.. w. Treat, of Grand Rapids; secre-
tary, w. j. McKone, of Mason; treas
urer. +. A. Ferguson, of Sault Ste
Marie
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
THE TWO PENINSULAS,

Port Huron police are raiding pool
rooms which are kept open on Sundays.
Mt Clemens is anxious to secure the
permanent location of the state militia
camp.
The st. Jose scale, a destructive dis
ease which kills fruit trees very rap
idly, has attacked the trees in Oakland
county.
A run was started on the Savings
bank of East Saginaw by idle rumors,
but the institution paid all demands
without trouble.
Lieut.. Harold A. Smith, of Grand
| Rapids, will be assistant quartermas-
ter-general instead of Capt. Ed. c. Ben
nett, who declined it owing TO business
engagements.
Will Langthorn was Gaping a gun
at Blissfeld when the weapon exploded
and the charge struck Edna Swift,
aged IS, in the leg. Amputation at
the knee was necessary, but the girl
died from the shock.
A wild man is frightening the farm
ers about Bridgeport half to death.
The farmers who have seen him say
he is eight feet tall, has face like a
gorilla and is covered with hair.
Bank Commissioner Anger has shut
! the doors of the Whitehall state bank,
owned by the Whitehall Lumber Co.,
of Cheboygan. This is the first bank
ever closed by the state bank depart
ment.
Jos. Waller and Eugene Buert were
making a salve of gunpowder and lard
at Menominee, but they got too neal
the stove and an explosion occurred
which probably fatally burned both
men, and seriously injured Waller:
wife and three children.
Ex-senator Emory Townsend, o.
Saginaw, declares that he will contest
the seat of Henry II. Youmans in the
state senate, alleging conspiracy in
the election. Mr.. Townsend, who wa:
the Republican candidate, charges thai
there was an increase in votes at the
last election wholly unjustiied by the
statistics.
Land Commissioner French wants
| the SlaLe 10 planJ pine trees Oh INT
state lands There are 100000 acres
mostly delinquent tax lands reverted
TO the state which might be utilized a
once. Mr.. French says that in 25 year,
the state could have fine growths o.
timber on these lands which are nov
useless, which would bring large rev
enue to the state.
o. l.. Partridge, convicted at Alpena
of embezzling from the building an:
loan association, has been granted |
new trial. 1t was shown that two o
the jurors-Wm. Munson and Chas
Habermehl-talked with outsiders be
fore the verdict was given. These tw,
were convicted and sent 10 the county
jail for 30 days. The building an,
loan association will be reorganized.
The extensive plant and greenhouse
establishment of William Gregory
near Ludington was partially destroyed
by fire, together with sheds, barns an,
large number of valuable plants; tn,
loss aggregating about $4,000.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
FREIGHT TRAIN SINKS.
Missouri Pacific Track Undermined by
Recent Heavy Rains.

The most disastrous wreck that has
occurred in Missouri for years hap
pened early Sunday morning near
New Haven, small station fifty-eight
miles east of Jefferson City, Mo-, on the
Missouri Pacific railway. The track is
built on the bank of the river most of
the way from here to st. Louis. At
the point where the wreck occurred
the small streams from the bluffs had
washed out the road, and when freight
No. 12S, east-bound, was passing this
place the track gave way, the engine
sinking in the river and eighteen cars
following. The killed are: ]. G..
Evans, engineer; Fred Hanekap, fire.
man; James Mcclure, head brakeman.
A number of other trainmen are re-
ported seriously injured.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
pefaultlng Chicago Banker Suicides.

William A. Hammond, late vice-pres-
ident of the collapsed National Bank
of Illinois, committed suicide at Chi
cago, by throwing himself into Lake
Michigan, He left his home on Green
wood boulevard, Evanston, having
previously kissed his 2-year-old boy
goodbye, and he was not seen again
alive. His body was discovered in the
lake at the foot of Church street,
Evanston, by two boys, who were play
ing on the beach.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
decided that the death was the result
of an accident.
MRS. COUGAR GETS OUT.
Requested to Resign from the Nation
alist Party and She Obeys.

Silver is the cause of the temper
airy political downfall of Mrs. Helen
NJ. Cougar of Indiana. she stepped
down and out of the nationalist party
yesterday by request. She was charged
by her old colleagues in the cause Of
prohibition with having shown too
much zeal in the interest of the money
plank in the platform of whisky
party" Mrs. Cougar declares she
will continue to work for the prin-
ciples of prohibition, free suffrage and
bimetallism. She also predicted that
her action would be followed by thou
sands of nationalists and would
eventually end in breaking up the
party. DR.. Julia T. Green, Adrian,
Mich, was elected a member of the
executive committee of the party to
succeed Mrs. Cougar.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
To Aid BimetalIism.

The Republican caucus committee
appointed to draft a measure providing
for an international conference to Sc
cure international bimetallism has
agreed upon bill to be presented to
the Republican caucus, which will be
held soon after the assembling of Con-
gress next Tuesday.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
POPE LEO RAPIDLY FAILING.
Private Letter Says the Pontin Is Near
to Death.

Pope Leo is near to death, so near,
according to private letter received at
Portland, Me-, that he realizes the end
is not far off, and the question of his
successor is occupying much attention.
The writer of the letter, who is in a
position to know whereof he speaks,
says that the pontiff's appearance is
such as to make a person think he was
looking at a corpse until the pope
spoke. His voice is weak and his frame
greatly emaciated. His mind, however,
is perfectly clear. 1t is understood that
the pope himself and those closest to
him feel that the end is but matter of
only a short time.
The Yale expositor., 1897-01-08
FiIibusters Allowed 10 clear.

For the first time since the present
struggle in Cuba began the u. 5. gov
eminent has given permission to Gus
toms official to clear for Cuba vessel
loaded, according to her manifest, with
munitions of war and presumably in
tended for the insurgent army. The
vessel in this case is the well known
and alleged filibuster The Dauntless,
which will sail from Jacksonville, Fla.
The flibuster Commodore has applied
for papers at the same port under sim
liar circumstances.