The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-27
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bitrate che case. This proposition was
not acceptable . our government and
the negotiations will continue.
The state department, on the 18th,
notified Col. Charles Page Bryan of his
appointment as minister TO China, and
that he was expected to go to Wash
iRSton Immediately to qualify.
The British admiralty court. on the
Sth, awarded the British steamer Vic.
toria e4,25O for salving the British
steamer Velleda ia March last
SYLVESTER E. COLLINS, alias VIM
Lyons alias Murphy, of McGregor,
Ia, who is said TO be the leader of q
gang of professional safe burglars. was
captured on the Bowery in New York,
on the 10Th, and held at the request Cd
post Office detectives.
Rev. NATHAN TIBBALs, founder I'D
the old publishing house of Tibbals *
Sons, died, IN the 10Th, at his home in
Brooklyn, aged SO years.
en- the 18th the contract for the con-
~struction OF the Ell Paso i Northeast,
ern road was awarded to George 5.
Good & Co., eff Lock Haven. Pa. This
road opens W to FL Paso, Tex, the
rich gold, silver and coal fields of the
White Oaks country, and one of the
finest agricultural and stock districts
in that state.
| MAJ. w. Il. HETNER, corps of engi-
neers, has been appointed a member
eff the California debris commission
AN order was issued by the Washing
ton Cd. c. orphans court, on the 18th,
making Mrs. John A. Logan guardian
for Miss Evangelina CisTeros. The
| proceedings in court were very brief,
but the scnorita's appearance created
much interest.
AN Angle American general arbitra-
ton treaty will be proclaimed by the
present administration if it is within
the power of President Mckinley to
bring it about. lie has promised the
executive committee of the Mohonk
conference that he will work unceas-
ingly to accomplish it.
The secretary of agriculture purposes
issuing a series of farmers bulletins on
tobacco, and has issued a circular solic-
iting contributions from experts ON the
method of cultivation, on the expert
tcbaccos of Kentuky and Tennessee
and on the marketing of tobacco.
Mrs. NETTIE WINKLER, wife of Jacob
Minkler, was outraged and murdered
at her home in Cleveland, O., on the
18th. She was found on the floor of
her home with her skull crushed in
from a blow with a hammer. She died
= few hours later.
LIE government is actively en-
gagged in the preparation of its ease
against the Central Pacific Railway
Co. ia anticipation of the company's
defan.t of its payments due january 1,
1898.
IKE Pierre Humbert Alaskan explor-
ing expedition, which sailed from
Seattle, October 15, has been located
ten miles mp the i've from Chilkoot
inlet. The explorers had already To-
Gated a pass over the range 2, 500 feet
lower than either Chileat or ChilkoOt.
perfectly feasible aud an easy route
for a RAILROAD into the valley of the
Yukon had also been discovered.
IHE state department makes public |
The fact that since the beginning of the
administration, March 4, the
of 81 Americans immured in
prisons in Cuba have been oh
THE very noticeable improvement. in
he health of Mrs Mckinley is the sub
ect of frequent comment in Washing
on. The gain has been steady ever
she arrived at the White House,
inc months ago.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MCKENNA will
i'd on the Kansas Pacific railroad, De-
ember 10, unless a guarantee is given
hat the sale shall bring the full {
mount OF b government claim. If
ecessary, the road will be bid in for /
government. ;
Two VERY distinct shocks of earth c
lake were felt at Randsburg. Cal, on
lie 2lst, the first att 1870 a. m, the |
ext an hour later. The vibrations L
ere from north to south. Buildings
look perceptibIy, but no damage was
,ne. Z,
PATRICK CoNVERY entered one of the @
iildings Of the New Jersey Steel and O.
Co., at Trenton, n. j., on the 21st, il
eking a place to sleep. He elm bed 81
to an oven, and later the night j
atchman started a fire in the furnace 6.
it'll which the oven was connected. Ii
heat awoke Convery, and his cries
tracted the Waterman, who released II
IN from his dangerous position. When ..
ken out of the oven, Convery fell I'M k
to the floor. g,
. GREAT fire. doing damage esti- Ii
at S., 900, OOn, visited Melbourne, ei
On the 21st. 1t started in tC
e warehouse of Craig Williamson, in
izabeth street, in the very heart of a.
e city, and burned the entire blocks n,
'unded by Elizabeth, Flinders and CO
Vanston streets, and Flinders lane, S
.th the exception of two buildings. b
THREE overdue deep water ships ar &C
T2d at San Francisco on the 21st. Il
icy were the Italian ship Orient, 2Ol
Us from Newcastle, England; the OF
'itish ship Cawdor. 1874 days from in
Vansea, and the ship Heathbank from h
'ng Kong. Ten per cent. of the in w
rance had been paid on the Heath tr
and 12H on the other two. C
. DISPATCH from Hawarden, on the
st, said that Mr.. Gladstone, CONCERN
9 whose health IN alarming rumo
d been widely circulated, was in