The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-07-18
TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

hospital authorities were undecided as
to the nature of Young's disease. They
defined it as a medical case" He was
a native of Georgia, and had a distin-
guished record in the confederate
army.
WHILE the immediate collection of
the fleet of United States war ship on
the Atlantic coast is for the purpose
of tactical training, it is well under
stood that it is also intended as a use
full object lesson to those European
countries which believe that the
United States navy exists largely on
paper.
! 4 TRAMP was taken before Judge
Crutcher at Nicholasville, Ky, on the
9th, and fined one dollar and costs.
This provoked the prisoner to upbraid
his honor, who resented the insolence
by knocking the tramp down with n
chair. The judge then increased the
fine to SO, and sent the wounded pris-
oner to the work house.
THE Democratic national convention
began its sessions in the Coliseum
building in Chicago on the 18th. The
event of the day was the brushing
| aside of Que of the traditions of the
| party in the refusal of the convention
to ratify the choice of the national
committee for temporary chairman,
Senator Hill, of New York, and Sena-
tor Daniel, of Virginia, a pronounced
silverite was chosen instead.
FRANK Ross and VIM. Lacke, of New
Lancaster, Ind, became involved in
a quarrel over a game of croquet, on
the 18th, when Ross struck Lacke on
the head with a mallet, killing him in
stantly.
THERE was but little news from the
Inflated Twin shaft at Pittston, Pa,
on the 18th. The same slow progress
was being made by the r~escuers, but
no further trouble was feared from
gas or danger of any kind. The Off
Gals were considering the question of
using dynamite, which, it was expect
ed, would greatly aid the work.
THE grand lodge of the Benevolent
and Protective Organization of Elks
met in Cincinnati on the 7th. A final
settlement of old factional differences
was expected to be effected during the
session.
E. NJ. COOPER, general manager of the
Wells-Fargo Express Co. at Oakland,
Cal, died at his home in that city on
the sth. He was one of the oldest ex-
press officers in the country.
MAURICE GRAU, of the firm of Alb
hey, Schoeffel & Grau, the well-known
operate and theatrical caterers, will
succeed Sir Augustus Harris as man
ager of the Covent Garden theater,
London.
The New York republican state on
Sention has been called to meet at
Saratoga. August %, to nominate IN
didates for governor, lieutenant-gov-
ernor and justice of the court of ap-
peals.
The two big sailing ships Santa
Clara and City of Philadelphia, which
sailed from New York in February
last for San Francisco. are believed to
have been lost, with all on board, in
the neighborhood of the Falkland is
lands.
JAMES MAGEE, a well-known ath-
lete, was called to the door of his
home at Detroit, Mich, on the morn
ing of the Sth, by an unknown man,
and shot dead as he appeared on the
threshold.
CUBAN messengers who recently ar
rived at Runaway bay, island of ia
maica, say that the Cuban generals
are preparing to force matters, and
that Havana is practically at their
mercy.
THE South Dakota republican state
convention ct Aberdeen, adjourned, at
six o'clock or the morning of the 9Th,
after q continuous session of IL hours,
during which K. S. Gambel and Cole
Crawford were nominated for con-
gress. The entire state ticket was
nominated by reclamation. Twenty
Sioux Falls delegates withdrew from
the convention, rather than to sub
scribe to the gold plank of the plat
form.
On the night of the 9th, while the
nominations for president were being
made by the National Democratic con
vention in Chicago no new of the pro-
CCCuIhbS "SlC oShG 4lpLl III nan
headquarters in Lebanon, Mo-, to the
home of the candidate for nomination.
and all the members of the family had
retired before ten o'clock.
The International telegraph con
vention, held at Buda-Pesth. decided
on the 9th, not to compel the use OF
the official vocabulary for cablegram>
in code to and from countries beyond
Europe, known as ex3ra-Europeau
business, in which, Of course, is in
Guided the United States.
A DISPATCH to the Madrid Imparcia
from Havana,o on the 9th, said it was off.
cially stated that Jose Maceo, the rebc
leader, and brother of Antonio Maceo
the second in command of the rcbe
forces, was killed in a recent fight il
the province of Santiago de Cuba.
LIEUT.. r. L. PEARY, the distinguish
ed Arctic explorer, is in f~hiladelphi:
experimenting the shipment of ma
chinery which he will take on his voy
age to the far north. The machiner
is to raise the meteorite discovered O.
his last voyage.