The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-20
MISSOURI A NEWS.
Recent Deaths,

1irs. Catherine Dorothy Vain.
wright. mother of Ellis Wainwright,
president of the st. Louis Brewing as
ISOLATION, at her sons home, No. 1918
West Pine boulevard. St. Louis. She
was IS, and bsd been very feeble Tor
several years. Mrs. Wainwright wa
born in Pittsburgh. Pa. and located
in St. Louis in 1916 after her mar
rage to Samuel Wainwright. Her
husband died about twenty years ago,
and since then her life has been even
and un%eventful. She was very charit-
able and domestic.
merchant at AuNvasse, Galloway coun-
ty, at Mexico. Funeral at Mexico.
Jacob Jahraus, an old and highly
respected citizen of Franklin county,
at his home in Labadie.
William A. Lane, aged SO, at his
home in Chillicothe. He was for three
years chief clerk of the treasury in
the Texas republic when Sam Houston
was president and Lamar secretary
of the treasury. On first coming to
Missouri, in 1855, he entered $4,000
acres at Milan.
Maj. William H. Lusk, a veteran Of
the Mexican and civil wars, in
Jefferson City at the age of 70. His
grandfather fought in the revolution
airy war and his father in the war of
1912. He was born in Cumberland
county, Pennsylvania, in 1927. He was
a captain in the Mexican war and
major of the Tenth Missouri cavalry
in the civil war. After the close of
the war he was circuit clerk of Cole
county for 80 years.
Two Important Amendments.
Missouri voters, as far as can be as
certained, are practically a unit in ia
FOL of the Louisiana Purchase Centen-
NAL exposition, to be held in ST. Louis
in 1908. In order to comply with the
conditions laid down by congress, and
to enable the fair to be held, the two
constitutional amendments 4 and S
must be carried at the November cleo
ton. AS already explained Amend
ment No. 4 merely authorizes the city
of st. Louis to issue S5,000,OO0 in
bonds, and invest the proceeds in
Worlds Fair stock. Electors through
out the state should have no hesita-
ton about giving the city of ST. Louis
this permission. Amendment No. 5 au-
thorizes the legislature to make APP
preparation out of the interest and
debt sinking fund for a Missouri state
exhibit at the Worlds Fair. This will
impose no additional tax burden,
while the benefits the state will de-
rive from an exhibit of its
and products can hardly be estimated
in dollars and cents.
Patrick Murphy, known as 1.-THE Fa-
ther of Joplin" at his residence in
Joplin. He had suffered three weeks, |
and his physicians claim his death
caused by tumor of the stomach.
Murphy and Davis. his partner. built the
fist lcad smelter, and the Joplin hotel.
which stands to-day. Murphy himself or
ganized the Joplin WaterWorks Co, and
organize the Joplin exposition association
and was its president. He afterwards or
ganized and was president of the Miners
Joplin Wooden Co. in 1852. He built tho
zinc smelters and afterwards operating
himself. sold them to the Empire Zinc Co.
In fact, nearly every. enterprise Of Joplin
shows the result of his energy. He leaves
a fortune consisting of mineral lands and
city property, among which is the hand
soonest residence in the city. A wife. two
mourn his loss, along with many prom
inent citizens. who have been assisted by
Murphy on the road to wealth while /