The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-04-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A LoSDoNER is now able to drop a
penny in the slot for a six hours sup
ply of an eight candle-power mean
descent light, and he can take the
whole amount at once, OF divide it into
small daily installments.
THE Bethlehem pa Iron Co., on the
5th, made a shipment for the United
States government to Sandy Hook, n.
j., of "a cannon, loaded on 24flat cars.
The shipment was made up principally
of eight and ten-inch guns, being fin
ished complete, ready for mounting.
The steamship Fuerst Bismarck,
which arrived at New York, on the 4th,
from Mediterranean ports, brought
nearly 1000 Italian immigrants.
A MOB of coolies. numbering about
5000. engaged in an anti-foreign dem
o~nstration in Shanghai on the 5th.
The volunteers were called out, and
detachments of marines and sailors
were landed to assist the authorities
in restoring order.
WIN. G. FISHER, aged SO, a million
ARE dry goods merchant of Denver,
Col, died, on the 9TH, at the Gilsey
house in New York city, where he had
been stopping for several days
HENRY ZIEGENHEIN (rep.) was elected
mayor of st. Louis at the election, on
the 9th, by a majority of 6, 163 over two
opposing candidates in a total vote of
91,217. The entire republican city ticket
was elected, including the full
Gil, and "a land perhaps 25l out of q
possible IS aldermen.
AN official denial was made, on the
9th, of the statement from Constanti-
NOBLE that the British minister at
Athens had been instructed to make
pacific overtures to Greece with the
view of enabling that country to eXtri-
cate itself from the present dilemma.
THREE men were killed. by asphyXia-
ton at BOWS brewery, Montreal, Can,
on the 5th. They were cleaning a
beer tunnel, and were overcome by the
carbonic acid gas which had collected
at the bottom.
The board of managers of the Joint
Traffic association met in New York
city, on the 9th, and fixed a rate of
Sal as the Pacific coast tourist fare
from trunk line territory, going via
| Washington and New Orleans, return
ing via Buffalo, ETC., or vice versa
The sundry civil and Indian appro-
priation bills were reported to the sem
ate, on the 6th, by the committee on
appropriations. The only change of
Importance made restores to the Indian
bill the provision for opening the I'm
ao--,h-ra -aear-ofion ~ TTtoh
TWENTY persons were killed and
many others injured by an explosion
at Lisbon, on the 9th, in a fireworks
factory.
TORPEDO boat No. 8 returned to Bal
timore, Nd, on the 9th, from a build
ers' trial trip in Chesapeake bay, in the
course of which she demonstrated that
| she is the fastest boat IN the world ex-
cept the "~Farragut." She can make so
knots whenever called upon.
THE statement of the condition of the
treasury, issued on the It'll, showed:
Available cash balance, S324,9 S3, 900:
| gold reserve, Sl52, 4S4, 552.
THE governing committee of the
New York stock exchange voted to
close the exchange on Good Friday,
the 18th.
The king of Siam has started on a
visit to Europe and the United States.
THE Roumanian cabinet resigned on
the 7th.
JOHN ST.. PETER, wanted in Pitts
burgh, Pa, for embezzlement Of funds
belonging to the Window-Glass Work.
ers' association, of which he was pre-
ceptor and treasurer, was arrested In
Oakland, Cal, on the sth.