The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-26
A CONSTABLE of Cranston, r. L, who

A CONSTABLE Of Cranston, r. L, who
spied upon lovers, was shot by the man.
and is dead.
AN intimate friend.of Grover Cleve.
land says hat the ex-president has re.
tired from active life permanently. He
will not resume the practice of law.
WILLIAM X. VANDERBILT has left on
board his yacht, Valiant, for a long
cruise. He will attend the jubilee fes-
tivities, visit st. Petersburg, and then
go to the Mediterranean.
PRESIDENT ANDREW S. DRAPER of the
Illinois state university, at the Ohio
state university commencement, on
the 10th, gave his address to a reporter
who failed to return it in time for de-
livery by the speaker. President
Draper accordingly gave another add
copy also got left.
GEN. REBILLoT, who is rs years of
age, fought a duel with swords, on the
10th, with NJ. Camille de St. Croix, the
author of an article on the part taken
by the general in the coup d'etat of
December ., 1851. Gen. Rebillot was
wounded above the eye.
A DISPATCH from Havana, on the
10th, said that Gen. Quantin Bandera
led a large force of Spanish soldiers
from their barricade into ambush, and
there fell upon and annihilated them.
DANIEL O'COSNELL, son of the Irish
liberal of the same name, died in Lon.
don on the 10th.
The degree of LII. D. was conferred
upon ex-President Cleveland by Prince
tonuniversity on the 10Th.
On the 24th there will be solemnized
in Bismarck, ). d., the wedding of a
Sioux Indian maiden and a foreigner
of wealth and social prestige. The
bride will be Picture Eyes, the daugh-
ter of John Moose, an old warrior who
has scalped many 4 white a The
prospective groom is Thomas Dulaine
Cronan. an Irishman.
MORE tea is now afioat ON the Pacific
ocean than ever before at one time, in
order to enter before the Dingley bill
goes into effect. One thousand IONS of
the new crop has been landed in Ia
SOLlld, w uoll.y anu -sOOO,OO DOulluS dIG
on the ocean. The Canadian line is
also bringing heavy shipments.
ToLAN ISRAEL GIDEON BARNETT, of
Montreal, Can. claims to be a brother
of the late Barney Barnato. the South
African diamond king. lie says Bar
nato's real name was Baraey Isaac Alri
Barnett.
THE bronze statue of Winged Lib
erty" presented to the battleship Mas
sachusetts by the Bay State, was I'M
yelled, on the 18th, by Gov. Wolcott.
ISAAC NORTON. cashier of the United
States internal revenue department in
San Francisco, committed suicide, on
the 18th, taking carbolic acid.
Two THOUSAND men, women and chill
dren, made desperate by hunger. pa
raded the streets of Matanzas, Cuba,
on the 18th, demanding bread. Private
residences were broken into and gro
Gerry stores looted before the Spanish
police, with drawn swords, succeeded
in quelling the riot.
A DISPATCH from Calcutta, on the
18th, said: Almost the whole of the
province of Assam has been devastated
by the earthquake. The ruin is appall-
ing. The courts, treasures, jails and
hospitals have collapsed. The loss of
food supplies is enormous. The crops
are mostly ruined.
THE Akron co. police will equip a
street al as a travelling prison, in
which to transport unruly folk from
Lakeside park and Summit lake, where
there have been numerous Sunday
rows. The Jail on wheels will also be
used for a patrol wagon in cast of ne
cessity.