The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-03-21
A GANG of Mexican desperadoe

A GANG of Mexican deSperadoe
crossed the river, on the 18th, neal
Fort Hancock, Tex, and captured 2,5W
sheep, belonging to a Mr.. Pitchery.
They drove the sheep to the Mexican
side and into the plains. The MeAi
can frontier guards started in hot pur
suit of the thieves.
R. H. MCDONALD, Jr., president o.
the defunct Pacific bank of San Fran
cisco, was, on the 18th, acquitted of the
charge of classifying the records of tn,
concern. Mcdonald was arrested TIVE
years ago. after the failure, and ha:
been in prison ever since. The jur,
disagreed in a former trial.
An attempt was made to rob the
First national bank at Germantown
O.. early on the morning of the 18th.
The robbers were evidently green al
the business, and used so much giant
powder that the bank was wrecked.
The town was aroused and the robbers
fled.
The small British schooner Queer
Mistley was sunk off Beachy Head, or
the south coast of England, on the
18th, by a collision with a steamer
supposed to be the British steamer
Sayn. The captain and three of the
crew of the schooner We're drowned.
The mate and one seaman were res
cued.
II the recent attack made by the in
surgents on Sagua Tanamo the presi
dent of the Cuban government, the
marquis of Santa Lucia, fell from his
horse and was seriously injured. He
is IS years of age.
WHILE DIR. Henry &. Berghill was
experimenting with some chemicals al
1913 Center street, Chicago. on the 12th,
an explosion occurred, blowing of
both his hands and destroying the
sight of both Eyes, besides injuring
him about the head and face. The
house in which the explosion occurred
was damaged considerably.
TAE Canadian government has mott
fed#the government of the United
States that licenses will be issued tc
American vessels as usual this coming
season, with the additional provisC
hat any licensed vessel supplying any
unlicensed vessel with supplies which
can only be had by a licensed vessel
shall forfeit her license.
THE house committee on territories
decided, on the 18th, to recommend the
passage of a bill creating a territorial.
form of government for Alaska and
giving the territory a delegate in con.
gress.
On the 18th, while workmen were
boring for water in the boiler room OF
| Rheinstrom Bros distillery at 274s
| Parsons street, Cincinnati. natural gas
wa struck at a depth of 200 feet. The
room was soon filed with the vapor,
which ignited from the furnace, caus'
ing an explosion which wrecked the
building.
THE Cannes regatta opened on the
18th. The principal event was the ace
for the Prix d'Honeur. The Ailsa
crossed the line a winner; the Britain
mia was second, and the Satanita a
very bad third, she being a long dis
lance astern at the finish.
THE Robesonia furnace at Reading,
Pa, which had been in blast the past
IS months, was blown out on the 18th,
This stack produced nearly one thou
sand tons of iron weekly and about
one hundred men were employed.
The house committee on public
buildings and grounds, on the 18th
favorably reported a bill opening tc
competition the plans for government
buildings.
THE house committee, on
the 18th. ordered a favorable report or
the bill authorizing the construction
of a wagon bridge over the Missouri
river at St. Charles, Mo.