The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-10
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Col. f. 3. MUssEY, the well-known
Washington correspondent, died in
Middlebury, Vt, on the night of the
27th, of Bright's disease. He was 81
years of age and had been i'll for some
time.
A FRESH attempt on the part of the
sultan to secure Germany's support of
the retention of Thessaly has met with
refusal and the advice to conform to
Europe's wishes on the subject.
Ex-QUEEN LLIUoKALANI of the Hs-
waiian islands spent some time in the
private gallery of the senate, on the
Goth, accompanied by three members
of her suite.
AT Aspen, Col, at a depth of 1000
feet, a body of metallic ore that runs
"a, 900 ounces of silver to the ton has
been struck in the Mollie Gibson mine.
1t is believed that the lost ore chute
has been recovered.
NINE children were killed and many
others injured by the collapse of a
church wall at Solano, in the province
of Ciudad Real, Spain, on the 2sth.
MRS. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, widow
of the founder of the Christian Camp
bellite Baptist church, died at Beth
any, W. Va, on the 2sth. aged IS years.
w. F. HERBERT was relieved of the
receiversnip of the Carolina, Cumber-
land Gap & Chicago railway by Judge
C.. II. Simonton, sitting in the United
States circuit court at Charleston, S.
G., on the goth. This action is taken
without prejudice to any of the claim
ants against the road now before the
court.
CHAIRMAN MIDGLEY of the Western
Freight association, accompanied by q
number of traffic officials of the west
ern roads, left Chicago, on the goth,
for New York t. attend q conference
of the Joint Traffic association with the
lake lines to he held there with the
view of cutting down lake line differ
| entails.
WEYLER expects to fight a great
pitched battle upon the plains of
Camaguey when he meets Gen. Garcia,
the result of which may be the turning
point in the war. Should Weyler's
legions meet with defeat Spain will be
ready to listen to Mr.. McKinley's offers
of friendly Intervention.
WILLIAM f. HoEY, 'Old Hoss," died
at the home of his mother-in-law in
New York city on the Goth.
A VANDALIA train forming a portion
of the Christian Endeavor excursion to
San Francisco collided with another
train Just west of Vandalia ILL.,, al one
o'clock on the morning of the 30th.
Baggagemaster w. P. Coon and Mail
Clerk r. T. Sporeman were killed and
two other trainmen injured.
Two CROWDED excursion trains loaded
! with Christian Endeavorers had arear-
end collision on the Northwestern road
near West Chicago, Ill, on the nighto of
the 29th. At least Is persons were
more or less injured.
UNDER the title, "a Belated Reward, :"
the London Daily Mail announces that
l. Townsend Burden has just paid S.
900 as part of his promised reward of
| SO, 900 for the capture of the men who
robbed his house in New York last
year.
IT transpires that the missing steam
| er Alden, from Yokohama for London,
| was wrecked off the eastern extremity
of Africa, and rs of her passengers and
crew are missing. The steamer Mayo
| picked up As survivors
ROBERT ]. PowLEY was electrocuted
at Auburn IN. " prison on the 2sth.
The crime for which Powley was exc
cuted was the murder of his wife, com
mitted on March 9, at Niagara Falls,
n. Y.
JOHN RUSSELL You've, is to be appoint
ed librarian of congress 1t is probable
| that the nomination will oon be sent
to the senate. Under the law reorgan-
izing the library enacted by the last
| congress, the vacancy occurred July l.