The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-02
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROld EVERYWHERE.
personal ASe POLITICAL

PERSONAL ASe POLITICAL
On the 2Sa Elizabeth Mulvehille, oil
Frederick county, Va, tainted in the
treasury department just after she had
finished signing her name for S4.3i5l;
and received the draft for the saine.
The money wasdue her nndcr the Bowen
act for property destroyed by the fed
eral army during the war, and tie claim
had been pending for years.
On the 2Ji Secretary Foster paid tht
direct tax due the following states:
Massachusetts. S6!Ai InE.. California.
sos, 2i6: New Hampshire. $751; 9l. and
Arkansas Slj6.G45. lie withheld the
following amounts on account % excess
Of arms issued To the states by the gen
eral government: New Hampshire.
81, 75l; California, $, ITO, and Massa'
chusctts, -. 70G.
ApvIC.- from R.''1'c are to the effect
Tat thr Italian premier gave Baron
tart ii cool welcome on his return from
America. Rudini appreciates that he
has made a tiasco, and is anxious Ia
throw the blame On Fava, Il is report
ed in Rome that the only question now
troubling the cabinet is how to get ont
of the American difficulty with the least
disgrace.
THE Ohio republicans will hold their
State convention at Columbus June Ii
and l..
Ar H:urdcttc. la. l.. Latham has sued
+. Snidcr. Il wealthy grain buyer. for
$1,000 damages for asserting that
Latham had killed and eaten Snider's
chickens. The two men are rivals In
business. and there is much lad feeling
between them.
THE remains Of John +. Swift. late
rive Il, san Francisco on the steamer
Hcl%ic May {.
On the 24th Lord Randolph Churchill
started on his south African "trip. lie
will inquire intn the availability of
Africa for British immigration.
As a result of the d~iSrraceful pro
cccdings at the m~cetingof constituents
III the French deputy Drcyfus. from the
Twelfth reimbursement. duel has been
arranged between that gentleman and
VI. Gaumeau. Il member Of the munich
pal council of Paris.
GIN. C"UNr NoN MuLrkE. field mar
shall of the German empire, and the
most conspicuous figure in the military
annals nf Europe for the latter half Of
the nineteenth century. died Suddenly
in Berlin. on the 9th. of heart failure.
shortly after returning home from the
session of the rcichsta@. lie was born
October II. l>Uh.
TuE governor and council of Maine.
it is said. have decided To present to the
United States cruiser Maine Il service of
silver plate to cost Si0.oc1.
ON the 18th Director of the Mint
Lrech made pu bile Il statement on the
financial condition III the treasury. in
winch. amon%othcr things he said that
the amount Of money in the treasury of
the | nitvd States On April | was Owe
>55l.00a Gao. of which S493.o o0, 600 was
trust m"ncv. and the remainder he
longci t. the treasury.
On the 18th Senior Manuel de j. Gal
win arrived in Washington from San
Domingo and notified Secretary blaine
that he had been given power To nego-
tate a reciprocity treaty with the
| nitcd States.
MIS-. >T>hNNAH NILSSON. cel"r"d.
died recently IT. Washington ci;y. "f the
al the ~" of rs years. Tier ninth
child. now over ~ years of agc. is living
iii that city.
OS the 18th Hon. Homer \. Nelson.
eX-sccrctary Of state fer New York. died
at PoughkerVSie.
The committee appointed To count
the cash ia the treasury began their
lahors after the close of business ON the
18th. The money in the cash-room was
counted. and found correct to Il cent.
OK the 18th McS>rs. Flint X Co. of
New York. received a cable from VAL
paradise stating that the new man-of-
war Alniranpc Lynch. in a fight with
the rebel flagship I;iancn Euculada,
near the port of Caldcra,sunk the latter
vessel.
On the 18th memorial services in honor
of the late Gen. Joseph T.. Johnston
were held in Richmond, Va.
AT Fresno, Cal. President Harrison
addressed the multitude from ii plat
form made of tn" stump of an immense
redwood tree measuring thirty-twu feet
in diameter.
CoUNr VuN MOLINE WA learned in
all the theories of war. but was never
bound 10y theories. taking advantage of
all the changing incidents of war and
making the most of them. His plans
were remarkable forthcir audacity. and
vet were cx"cuted with cool and sober
calculation. Herein was the secret of
success.
On the 18th Judge Patterson. in the
supreme court Of New York. granted a
change of venue in the case of the New
York 4 New Haven railroad directors
indicted in connection with the Harlem
tunnel disaster.
ANNA DICKINSON appeared before an
audience in the broadway thcater. New
York citv. on the evening on the 2ith.
Many Of those present were old-time
of the nncc talented and cln-
uucnt hut before the lecture
completed they became painfully
impressed with the fact that 1.-THE mind
controlling the u~ttcranccS of the speak
er was but a wreck of its former bril-
BROTHER PATRICK. first president of
the Christian Brothers college at st.
died in Paris. France. on tine
evening IF the 25th. as the result of Il
of apuplcNy. Bro. Patrick was
born in ireland in lS22.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.