The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-02-13
THE big works Of the Case Threshs

The big works OF the Case Threads
ing Machine Co, at Racine, Wis, VIII
resume operations OIL the 9Th. They
have been closed for six months. Sew"
eral hundred men will be given en-
ployment.
The house committee on patents, OF
the Sd, ordered favorably reported this
bill amending the copyright law SO as
to prevent the fraudulent use of the
word copyright" and TO strengthen
the law in this direction, it gives the
courts the remedy of injunction as
well as penalty in such cases.
ALMOST the entire business portion
of Arlington, O., was destroyed by fire
on the I'd. Six business firms were
burned out, and one family barely es-
caped with their lives.
WHAT is called a Christian theater
will be opened in Paris for the pur-
pose of producing highly artistic, lit
erary and moral plays, which. it is an
nounced, Catholics may attend with
out having their faith insulted.
ADvICEs received by the authorities
in Constantinople, on the Sd. indicate
that the bubonic plague has made its
appearance at Djivadir, Beloochistsn.
The ~1s-year-old son Of Druggist
Dreis, of st. Paul, MINI, threw a
SNOWFALL, on the Sd, at a man in a cut
ter. The ball, striking the horse,
caused it to run away, and this re-
suited in three other runaways, caus-
ing considerable damage. Two of the
victims called on Mr.. Dreis, on the
4th, for payment, when the latter re-
tired to his Office without a word and
sent n bullet through his brain.
The American Coffee Co. was incor-
porated at Trenton, n. j., on the 4th,
with a capital stock of 500, 900. The
incorporatorsa are Henry O.. Havemeyer,
John E. Searles, John E. Parsons and
Theo. Havemeyer.
The Fairfield ship-building works
In Glasgow were burned on the 9Th;
loss $50, 900, and 1000 men were thrown
out of employment.
Much alarm is felt throughout India
owing to the spread of the plague.
Cases have been reported as far north
as Delhi and as far south as Banga-
lore.
The bank of England reduced its
rate of discount, on the 4th, from 81
to 3 per cent.
The plan formulated by the British
government for increasing the
strength and efficiency of the navy
contemplates the construction of five
battleships and three first-class cruis-
ers and the addition of 10000 men.
FAILURES throughout the United
States during the week ended the Eth,
as reported by K. q. Dun & Co., were
311, against 323 for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were IS, against e. last year..
The First national bank of Frank
lin, O., suspended on the 5th. Capital,
500, 600; surplus, 10000; undivided
profits, 10000; deposits, SI35, 600;
loans and discounts, Sl95, 900.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN, ex-champion pu.
gilist, had his application to take the
poor debtors oath discontinued, on the
9Th, an arrangement out of at Boston,
court having been made with the
creditor.
The Echo de Paris asserted, on the
5th, hat fighting had begun on the
Siamese frontier between the natives
under French protection and the ST.
amese. The date of the fighting was
not given, and no details were fur
nished.
EXPERT accountants, on the 5th,
found a shortage of nearly $4,000 in
the accounts of Cashier C. L. L.
Breeder, of the First national bank Of
Bethlehem, Pa. Breeder had abscond-
ed. The amount was taken in small
sums, showing systematic peculation.
Breeder was cashier 20 years.