The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-26
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

was also CelHalCeu-
j. BREEDEN lyman and his sister,
Miss Cecilia lyman, son and daughter
of 7. j. 2. lyman, the Irish iuvincible
under arrest at Boulogne, together
with their grandmother. sailed from
Queenstown, on the 10th, on board the
steamer Aurania, for New York.
Hon. WIN. V. ALLEN, chairman of the
Populist national committee, sent to
Hon. William Jennings Bryan, by
mail, on the 18th, official notification
of his nomination as presidential can
didate by the Populist national o
~vention.
Ii HUNG CHANG sailed for China on
the steamer Empress Of China, which
left Vancouver, Is. c., on the 18th. AS
the steamer left the wharf the Chinese
started a 'fusillade of firecrackers
which was kept up for e an hour.
IL a lengthy letter Senator Butler,
of North Carolina, on the 14th, Off
cially notified Hon. Thomas Z. Wat
son, of Georgia, of his nomination as
vice-presidential candidate by the Pop
ulist national convention.
HENRY LICEEY was killed at Waupa-
koneta, O., on the 14th, by a bull which
he vas taking to Il watering trough.
The animal butted him until he was a
shapclcss mass of flesh.
\ THOUSAND Harrison county (O.l
wool growers paid their respects to
Maj. Mckinley at Canton, O.. on the
18th, and had a very pleasant visit
with the republican presidential nomi-
nee.
IT is now said that the arrest OF Pat
rick j. lyman and three other dyna-
miters by and at the instigation of
the British police authorities broke
up an extensive dynamiting plot which
had for its ohjectives British and Rus
sian royal personages.
TIE London Pail Mali Gazette, of
the 18th, asserted that it was the de-
sign of the conspirator lyman to blow
up Marlborough house, the residence
of the prince Of Wales, when his royal
highness should be there, According
to this yarn, the dynamitcrs intended
to reach the princes house by tunnel
ing from the house opposite.
In a letter written to Gen. Powell
Clayton, of the republican national
committee, Gen. Joe Shelby, of Mis-
souli. uses the following language:
Il pledge you my cordial cooperation
in averting the perilous conditions
which must inevitably follow the cleo
ton of Mr.. Bryan. Whatever | a
do in that direction l will cheerfully
do to the fullest extent
NOTWITHSTANDING efforts of press,
clergy and leading citizens generally,
more than three hundred women
and children sailed from Montreal,
Can, by the steamer Moravia, on the
18th, for the sugar plantations in Bra
I'll. 1t was expected that the govern
ment would prevent the departure of
the vessel, but it was learned hat it
cocld do nothing.
BY the arrest of Harry Larraway, a
railroad porter, in Detroit, Mich, on
the 18th, the post office authorities
claim to have stopped pilfering of the
Canadian mails between Chicago and
Detroit, in which thousands Of dollars
were extracted from the Bank of
Montreal and other letters.
c. b. SwETZER, receiver OF the Chica-
go, Indiana * Eastern railroad, has
stopped all trains and indefinitely sus-
pended the operations of the road,
which has beer running at a loss. He
has asked for a court order to sell the
rolling stock and pay pressing claims.
TON" MANN, the English labor
leader, was arrested at Hamburg, Ger
many, on the 18th, where he had ar
ranged to address several meetings to
be held in connection with the pro-
posed simultaneous strike OF doc
workers throughout the world.
THERE is a rumor afloat that Mr..
Sewall will retire as the democratic
candidate for vice-president. and that
Chief Justice Clark, of North Caro-
lima. will be placed on the ticket by the
democratic national committee.
THE United States cruiser Bancroft
sailed for Constantinople on the 18th.
She will touch at Gibraltar for orders
from Secretary Herbert before pro-
ceeding to her destination.
The new law enforcing the use of
the metric system of weights and
measures in Mexico went into force on
the 10th, the anniversary of the declar-
alton of Mexican independence, which
event vas celebrated in the City of
Mexico with great splendor.
The jury in the case of o. ". Win
throp, charged with kidnapping and
robbing Millionaire Campbell. of Hon
olulu, in San Francisco, some weeks
ago, returned a verdict of guilty. on
the 10th, after a consultation of five
minutes.
FRANK A. MoRRELL, the proprietor
of the Harlem hotel, White Plains, n.
Y, was found dead in his room in the
Colonial hotel, New York city, on the
10th, having committed suicide by in
haling gas.
The secretary of the interior, on the
10th, approved a list of lands selected
by the Central Pacific Railroad Co.,
containing 3S, sos acres in Susanville,
Maryville and Sacramento land dis
tricts in California.
The annual reunion of the Society
Burlington, VT, on the 10Th, for a two
days session.
The new British armored battleship
Hlustrious was successfully launched
from the Chatham dockyards on the
18th. The IIlust~fous is of Il, 900 tons.
Her engines will have an indicated
horse power of 10000. and she will