The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-29
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THE Pail Mall Gazette says that one
of the first acts of Oscar Wilde on re-
gaining his freedom. on the 10Th. was
to refuse $1,000 for a story of his
prison experiences.
Two CHILDREN of Aug. Muetze, resid.
ing II miles south of Redfelds, Ia,
were killed by lightning, on the even.
ing of the 18th, during a heavy down.
pour of rain.
The statue of Stephen Girard, the
great philanthropist, and founder Ct
the famous Girard college, was I'M
yelled in Philadelphia, with imposing
ceremonies, on the goth. The statue
stands on the west plaza of the city
hall, and was erected by contributions
of the college alumni.
FREDERICK SCHAEFER, of the brew
cry firm of F. & NJ. .Schaefer, died, on
the Goth. at his residence in New York
city. He vas born at Wetzler, Ger
many, so years ago. He came to Amer
lea in 1888, and was practically the
pioneer of the lager beer industry in
the United States.
THE first of the trials arising out of
the tramway disaster at Point Ellice
bridge, Victoria, B. c., last May, was
concluded, on the 10Th, when the jury
decided that the city was liable for the
disaster, and the plaintiff, Mrs. Gordon,
whose husband was killed, was
awarded $40, 600 damages.
CHANG YEN HooN, the special Chinese
ambassador to attend the Victorian
jubilee celebration, was a passen-
ger on the steamship Paris, of the Amer
lean line, which sailed from New York
on the 10Th. He was accompanied by
his secretary and IA young Cinnamon.
AN armistice between the Turkish
and Greek troops in Thessaly, to ex-
tend over a period of II days, was for
mally concluded on the Goth.
THE Morgan resolution granting bel
ligerent rights to the Cubans was
passed by the senate, on the Goth, by a
vote of Al to II.
In the superior court at Tacoma
Wash, on the 10Th, Mary Seattle, said
to be a niece of the old Indian chief
Seattle, appeared to testify in adivorce
SUI ollC i"O OAOuShO dSdlhoG OOhh
Seattle, her spouse, who is eel 80
years of age.
On the 21st Wesley Zelebok, of Grant,
Okla, in a fit of jealousy, killed Joe
Hajek while he was visiting the girl
for whose hand they were rival suitors.
Zelebok was arrested, but died on his
way to jail from the effects of a dose
re ct-,,abnina {o1-o- Nth e,ailp1 ~
tent.
MONS. LEE, an %aeronaut employed
with the Silver Plate show, which ex-
hibited at McKeesport, Pa, on the
Goth, fell from his balloon while max
ing an ascension, and was fatally in
jured.
MATTHEWS LAFLIN, one of the oldest
residents of Chicago, and n of the
founders of what is now the Lafin-
Rand Powder Co., died, on the 21st,
aged "a years.
THE statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the 21st, showed:
Available cash balance, 500, $50, 65S;
gold reserve, Sl45, s69, 772.
CAMBRIDGE England university, by
a vote of 1,713 to 642, on the 21st, re-
jected the proposal to confer degrees
upon women.
THE secretary of the interior has an-
thorized a contract for an additional
school building at the Mount Pleasant
school, in Michigan, to cost S4O,-
900.
MICHAEL MCGARRETTY, and a laborer
named Andrew Gartz, were scalded to
death by the bursting of a still in Nc
distillery at Hazelton, Pa,
the 21st. Mrs, Nc Garrety was
badly burned while trying to ave her
husband.