The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-19
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ton.
The Smithsonian institution at Wash
ington celebrated, on the 9Th, so year
of existence. While there was pull
lie demonstration, the regents ordere,
an issue of a valuable work containing
the achievements and history Of tn
great seat of science.
REV. PHILIP 2. PHELPS, d. D., one O
the most prominent clergymen of tn,
Reformed (Dutch) church. died. on tn,
9TH, at the residence of his sister il
Albany, y. Y.
On the eth, Secretary of Treasury
and Mrs. Carlisle left Washington fol
a short ~sojourn at Bar IIarbor, Me, IA.
the guests of Comptroller and Mrs
Bowler.
EX-UNITED STATES SENATOR HENRY
b. PAYNE, of Cleveland, o.. who re
Gently suffered 4 stroke of paralysis
has been unconscious most of the time
since. Little hope is entertained fol
his recovery. lie is nearly 90 years
old, and one of the wealthiest men il
Ohio.
III ANNLAN -AIHll Iiuu IIdtCS
Union congress of Great Britain opened
its sessions at the assembly rooms,
George street, Edinburgh, on the 18th,
with about 800 delegates il attend
ance.
PARTIAL returns from the election
in Arkansas, on the 9TH, indicate the
success of the democratic ticket by
a majority in the neighborhood of
65, 900.
THE Consolidated street railway of
Fort Wayne, Ind, was thrown into
the hands of receivers, on the Sth, on
motion of the president, John j. Shep-
ard, and Director f. DeIiass Robson,
of Cleveland. The NJ. J. Degnon Con-
struction Co. filed a lien of $50, 600
against the property. j. H.. Bass and
NJ. s. Robson, director and general
manager, respectively, were named as
receivers.
L. W. ASHLEY & Sons. z large plug
tobacco manufacturing firm of Mount
Airy, y. c., have assigned. A mer-
contile firm in which they are inter-
ested, at the same place. has also
failed. The assets and liabilities have
not been given out.
The z and c~zarina arrived at Kiel
on the 9Th. Their majesties were re-
ceived at the station by Prince Henry
of Prussia, and his wife, Princess
Irene.
j. Z. SCHARFF, the Chinese agent at
the port of New York, arrested seven
Cinnamon. on the 9th, at the Grand
Central station, charged with having
violated the Chinese exclusion act by
coming to this country from Canada
on fraudulent permits.
Hon. HENRY h. PAYNE, ex-Unitcd
States senator, died at his home in
Cleveland, o on the 9th, as the result
of a stroke of paralysis sustained a few
days previous. He was 30 years of age.
Two MEN on Wards island. New York
harbor, on the night of the sth. saw q
big balloon, in the basket of which was
an unknown man, burst into flames
and then drop into He'll Gate, near
Niger rock. A strong tide was run-
ming, and the balloon was smashed
against the rocks.
The stockholders of the Columbus.
Hooking Valley & Toledo railroad
have authorized the issuing OF $40, OOO.-
600 il bonds to replace existing bonds
and owe outstanding Indebtedness
of all kinds; the bonds to be secured
by e general mortgage covering all
the property of the company.
OFFICIAL advices from Manila, ON
the 9th, said that the Philippine is
land rebels, who were intrenched at
had retreated to the interior.
burning the houses along their line of
The body of r. r. Taylor, a wealthy |
attorney of bloomfield. Ind, was |
found in his buggy near Clay City |
the 9th. A bullet hole was dis
in his head, and his lands
bound behind him.
The great St. Louis exposition was
opened for its thirteenth annual sea-
son of 40 days, on the evening of the
9th, in the presence of an audience |
outnumbering that of any previous
opening night. The musical pro-
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band, under the direction of Victor
Herbert, and a feature of the exer-
cises was the presentation of a life-size
memorial picture of Patrick Sarsfeld
Gilmore, done in cathedral glass. by
Charles Balmer.
AS A preliminary to the celebration.
at Cleveland, o.. of the anniversary of
Perry's victory on Lake
Erie in 1913 the marble statue of the
naval hero in Wade park, first erected
n 1861, was decorated, on the 9th. with
flowers. There were appropriate cere-
monies. Ex-senator Butler. of South
Carolina, a nephew of Perry, made the
address.
Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. on
9th, gave III his formal letter of
acceptance of the nomination for the
of the United States tend
cred him by the Democratic national
held at Chicago. Mr..
declares hat he fully indorses
every plank in the Chicago platform.