The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A son of George Hart, a pioneer
farmer of Marshall county, Ia, was
shot and instantly killed, OIL the morn
ing of the 18th, by a burglar whom he
discovered in the house and grappled
with.
The Chinese residents of Chicago
opened a temple to Confucius on the
13th, Wong Chin Foo, editor of the
Chinese News, acting as high priest.
He made an address outlining the
plans .of the Celestials for the con.
version of Chicago.
In an interview with a correspond
ent for a Madrid newspaper, on the
18th, Capt.-Gen. Weyler stated that he
had returned to Havana in order to
dispense the rebels who are flockiug
into the province of Havana. &
The president has sent to the SEN
ate the following nominations: Chas.
A. Proutty, of Vermont, to be an in
terstate commerce commissioner, vice
w. G. Veasey, resigned; Second Lieu
tenant Frank Ii. Dimock, of Massa-
chusetts, to be first lieutenant in the
revenue cutter service. Also a long
list of promotions in the navy, made
during the recess of congress.
In a fit OF insane rage, on the 18th,
Ernest l.. Chase, of Detroit, Mich,
aged 80, cut the throat of his wife,
aged 30, and then cut his own throat
from ear to ear, fatally wounding both.
THE Washington Times was pur-
chased, on the 18th, from C. g. Conn
by Stilson Hutchins. Hon. John II.
Oberly, formerly Indian commission
err, was placed in charge.
The First national bank of Holli-
daysburg, Pa, on the 14th, suspended
business owing to a heavy run made
by its depositors. The bank was or
ganized in 1863, is capitalized at S5O.e
DOC, and is one of the oldest national
banks in the United States.
HENRY p. BUTLER, a well-known
lawyer and clubman, who had been
city four days. returned on the l4th.
He was found to be suffering from an
attack of grip.
The steam schooner Edith. Capt.
Edwards, with a crew of 80 men
aboard, was, On the 18th, nine days
overdue at Tacoma, Wash, from the
Halibut banks off Hecate sound, and
fears were entertained that some mis-
hap had befallen her owing to the Sc
we're storms.
FIRE in the Western Union Tele-
graph Co.'S building at Evansville,
Ind, on the 18th, damaged Frondrach
Bros, cigar manufacturers, whose
factory occupies the top floor of the
building, SIS, 900. The Western Union
Office was not damaged to any extent.
The Frer CHI coasting steamer Marie
Fanny was lost off the island of Alder
pey, in the British channel, on the
18th, and her crew of II men were
drowned.
The lumbermen of the United States
met in convention in Cincinnati ON the
18th.
FIeHTING is reported west of the
trocha in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, where
the insurgents, under Maceo's success
sor, Gen. Ruis Rivera. have taken the
field against the Spanish forces left
there by Gen. Weyler. No details have
been received yet, but so wounded SOL
diers arrived at Havana, on the 18th,
from the neighborhood of Artemisa.
IT was stated in Havana, on the 18th,
that Gen. Weyler had called in some of
the troops stationed outside of the
city, fearing an attack by Gen. Gomez,
who was reported 20 be moving east
ward with a large force, well armed
and provisioned. The insurgents had
already occupied several small towns
held by the S%paniards in the eastern
part of the province Of Havana.
The London Globe of the 18th said
hat important negotiations were pro-
ceeding, if not completed, whereby
Great Britain would derive considera-
BILE benefits in the opening up of China,
adding that an English syndicate had
obtained a concession to ccnstructa and
maintain a long railroad, which would
be a powerful counter check to Rus
sian designs.
ALEX SALvINI, the well-known actor.
son of the celebrated Italian TRACE
dian. Tomasso Salvini, died at Flor
epce, Italy, on the 18th.
CAPT.-GEN. WEyLER has published u
decree regarding the circumstances OF
Antonio Maceo's death. This decree
says that Maceo's body is buried near
Bejucal, between Santiago de Las
Vegas and Rincon, in Havana province.