The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-29

family at Richmond, Ind, closed ont,
Goth, and the next meeting goes t
Chester county, Pa, on the third
Wednesday in August, 1897. Hereto
fore these reunions have only been
held every two years, but it was de.
cided to hold another reunion next
year aud then every two years there
after.
OMRs. HULDA SMELL has renowned
her claims to the millions of the late
Andrew J. Davis, of Butte. Mont. Mrs.
Smell claimed to be the wife of the
millionaire, and that he had deserted
her years ago. Detective Stillwell has
been working on the case for three
years in Mrs. SHELLS interest, and has
discovered that it was another Andrew
j. Davis Mrs. Smell married.
GEN. RUGER, who is in command of
the department of the east, and to
whom has been assigned charge of ar
rangements for Ii Hung Changes re-
ception in the United States, will an
nounce the programme for the recep-
ton of the distinguished Chinaman
during the present week.
4 STRANGE double fatality occurred
at the National Soldiers home in Mil
wankee. on the 10Th. Richard Bot
field, aged rs, late of the United States
navy, and William l. Gordon, late of
Company D, Ninth Ohio infantry. were
assisting each other up the steps of
the main building, when both fell
backward to the stone tagging, and
were SO badly hurt hat they died
shortly afterward.
On the 2Ist a ~cablegram was received
from Santa Catherine, Brazil, saying
that the American ship Willie Rosen-
field, commanded by Capt. Dunphy,
which sailed from New York, April %,
for san Francisco, had fOundered 400
miles off the southern brazilian coast.
Two boats containing II persons are
missing. The Rosenfeld is owned by
Arthur Il. Scwall & Co.. of Bath. Me.
On the 2Ist Amanda Douglass, aged
Is, daughter of Peter Douglass, of Me-
Minnville, Tenn, committed suicide
by shooting with a revolver. She was
to have been married in a few days.
and was buried in her bridal dress.
Trouble about the engagement caused
the act.
The American ship Gov. Goodwin,
Capt. Cakes, from New York. April
20, for Che-Foo, went ashore on
Princess island. in the Malay archi-
pelago, East Indies, and is a total
wreck. The crew was saved.
Gov. MATTHEWS of Indiana, upon the
advice OF his physicians, left %Indianap-
oils, on the 2lst, for Mackinac, Mich,
lie will join Mrs. Matthews at Mack
mac, where she has been spending the
season.
On the 21st Il boiler in the Pennsyl-
vania railroad car shops at Pavonia, n.
j., exploded from an unknown cause.
Frank Smith, a fireman. was badly
scalded and will probably die. The
boiler house was wre cxed.
On the 2lst Mr.. ard Mrs. Walter
Damrosch, Mrs. Truxton Beale and
another lady, while on their way to
the Village Improvement Concert"
at Bar Harbor, Me-, where Mr.. Dam
rosch was to play, were thrown from
their carriage By the horses running
away. The carriage collided with a
grocery team and the inmates were
thrown beneath the upturned vehicle.
All except the driver were extricated
unframed. The driver was badly cut.
THE government of Switzerland. at
the request of the governments of
Great Britain and the United States of
Colombia, has appointed three Swiss
~jurists to arbitrate the differences
arising out of a disputed railroad con-
cessi on in the republic of Colombia
claimed by a British subject.