The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-10-17
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

in that city.
HENRY II. EMORY has been appointed
by the president interpreter to the
United States consulate at Che-Foo,
China
JAMES CoLAN was arrested in Chica-
60, on the 9th, by a private detective
of the Wabash road, charged with sell
ing forged passenger tickets on the
Wabash system. Colan. it is said. sue
ceeded in selling more than $1,000
worth of tickets. Twenty forged
tickets were found in his possession.
On the 9th United States Marshal
Cron arrested a man named W. r
Smith, at Fargo, y. D., wanted by the
Chicago authorities and charged with
larceny. 1t is understood Smith is a
member of the jewelry firm of Smith,
Pratt n Co., Chicago. He disappeared
from that city several months ago
of diamonds.
On the 9th inst. 10000 strangers were
present in Kansas City, Mo-, to wit
ness the opening parade of carnival
week. The keys of the city were
handed ove to King ki-Ki and Kween
karnation by Mayor Jones.
On the night of the 5th W. Bourke
Cochran, of New York, addressed the
largest assemblage that had yet crowd
ed its way into Convention auditorium
in st. Louis. Fully 20, 900 persons were
wedged in. Outside thousands strug-
gled unsuccessfully to gain admission.
On the 9th the convention of Good
Templars Of the United States opened
at Chippewa Falls, Wis, at Agnew's
hall, with a general reception. Ad-
dresses of welcome were made by men,
bers of the local lodges and responses
we're given by visiting delegates.
AT Charleston, w. Va, on the 9th,
e~x-President Harrison was greeted by
the largest crowd ever at a political
meeting in thats state. He arrived from
Richmond. and spoke at . p. IN. to an
audience variously estimated at from
] 5000 to $1,000. His appearance was
greeted with tumultuous applause.
WILLIAM EDwARDEs, Q. c., fourth
Baron Kensington, died suddenly, on
the 18th, while hunting at Roxburgh.
PASSENGERS arrived at New Orleans,
on the 9th, by the Royal Mail line
steamer Breakwater, from Porto Cortez,
say that a revolution is ~fomenting in
Honduras and is liable to break forth
at any moment.
POsTMAsTER-GENERAL WILSON has is
sued an order prohibiting such no.
tees as please send out" or please
post up" being placed on the wrap
pers of third-class mail matter. Such
notices will subject the matter to first
class rates.
The house of Henry Campbell, of
Westford, Otsego county, n. y, was
Mr.. Campbell and his wife, both about
seventy years of age, living alone, per-
ished in the flames.
The Ohio and Kanawha river packet
Columbia struck a snag at Red House
Shoals, W. Va, on :he 9TH, and sank,
breaking in twain. The passengers
had narrow escapes, but the expedi-
tious work of the crew with yawls pre-
vented any loss of life.
THE Spanish authorities have arrest
ed several persons in Madrid upon al
legations of their having been impli-
Gated in the rebellion in the Philip
pine islands
The prince of Montenegro and his
ministers arrived in Rome, on the 9TH,
for the purpose of signing the provi-
sions of the marriage contract between
the prince of Naples, crown prince of
Italy, and Princess Helene. daughter of
the ruler of Montenegro.
MICHAELs' university at Logansport,
Ind, was burned to the ground, on the
9th, entailing a loss of $50, 900, with
S35, 600 insurance. The 200 students
escaped, but lost most of their cloth
ing and considerable money.
In a collision, on the sth, on the River
Humber, England, between the steam
ers Alexander and Emden, the former
sank, and ten Of her crew were
drowned.
BY a decision of the Iowa state SUI
preme court, rendered on the 9TH, an
n Injunction granted by the court below
was set aside, and the trustees of the
SlIIC oOiulCIo hOAlS L ~
continue their former custom of de-
Quoting all in excess of Sc a month
from the pensions of inmates and using
it for the support of the institution.
PETER Il. TURNBULL was elected
president of the Leadville Coll Min
ers' union, on the sth, to take the
place of A. VI. Burns, former presi-
dent, who had mysteriously disap-
peared. 1t is said that with this
change in executive officers there may
be a change in the policy of the Min
ers' union and possibly a settlement OF
the strike.
THE United States cruiser Mime
apolis, the flagship of the Mediter-
rean squadron, left Genoa, on the Sth,
where she had had her semi-arnual
docking, to rendezvous with the other
ships of the fleet at Smyrna, where
the United States dispatch boat Ban
croft was expected to STRIVE in a few
days.
Ex-Gov. SILAs WooDsoN, one of the
most prominent men in Missouri, died
at his home in st. Joseph on the night
! of the 9th.