The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-09-04
Mrs. ANNIE KIRK and her husband,

Mrs. ANNIE KIRK and her husband.
W. s. Kirk, have sued w. A. Atwood,
a. San Francisco dentist, for $3.50 dam
ages, alleged to have been sustained
because he positively refused to exam.
inc the lady's teeth after he had agreed
to put them in good condition. The
reason for his refusal was that she
went to his Office on her bicycle and
wore bloomers.
AT Harrisburg, Pa, on the 31st, by a
vote of IS to %. the state democratic
committee adopted a resolution dec!ar-
ing vacant the seat of William F. Har.
rity, of Philadelphia, on the Demo
cratic national committee.
ANXIETY as to the fate of the Yukon
steamer p. b. Weare, said to be laden
with gold, was set at rest, on the 31st.
by advices that the Weare was tied up
near Circle City, repairing her boiler
fiues.
On the 3Ist the Seattle Wash. cham
ber of commerce received letter from
miners at Skaguay, warning people of
the futility of trying to reach the Yu-
kon by that route this season.
ONCE more Paris is singing the Mar
seillaise, and accounts from the prov
inces show that the whole country is
given up to delirious rejoicing over the
Russian-French alliance.
TIMOTHY TRAINoR, who had been an
outcast from his home for many years,
returned to the parental roof in Oak
land, Cal, on the 30th, at midnight. His
father refused to take him in, and he
stabbed the old man so seriously that
he was arrested upon a charge of as
sault to murder.
FRED MCCONNELL, cashier of the Am
bia bank of Lafayette, Ind, has fled
the city and about $1,000 of the banks
funds are said to be missing. The bank
failed to respond to a recent call from
the state auditor for a statement.
WHILE making hay near Bartlesville,
l. T., on the 31st, Smith Lonsbury set
fire to the grass, in order to destroy a
nest of bees. The fire got beyond his
control, and considerable hay and sew
eral farm buildings were destroyed be-
fore it was subdued.
A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg says
that n German sailor, who stabbed a
Russian in a public garden during the
visit of Emperor William, was tried by
a naval court-martial and shot.
THE filibuster Bermuda. with her
machinery still out of order, remains
at Port Antonio in the custody of the
government of Jamaica, which paid off
the crew and officers and betrayed
their passage to New York.
THE sultan is following the events in
India with the closest attention. He
has ordered Turkish representatives in
different countries to telegraph full re-
ports of anything bearing on the situa-
tion without delay.
Mrs. JOHN DREW, the veteran come
dienne, died, on the 31st, at. Larch-
mont, a suburban resort on Long Island
sound. She had been a sufferer for
several years from a combination of
kidney and heart troubles. She was
born in London in 1920, and had been
on the stage since 1896.
CAPT. MURPHY, who was convicted
and fined $500 some time ago for nom
compliance with the customs 'regula-
tions while captain of the filibustering
steamer Laurada, having failed to pay
his fine, has been sent to prison at
Kingston, Jamaica, for 20 days.
OsKAR LAMPPEZE, one of the wealth.
lest men who have returned to the
United States from the Klondike, is
visiting relatives in Ottumwa, Ia, and
vicinity. He went to Alaska two years
ago and returned with over $500
He also left claim there which he es-
Inmates is worth 81, 200, 900.