The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

SENATOR MCENERY, of Louisiana,
gave notice, on the 18th, of an amend,
ment he would offer to the tariff bill.
striking out the senate amendments in
the sugar schedule and reinserting the
house provisions in regard to sugar.
THE insurgents having cut the con
duits above the town, Gambia, Crete, is
now without a water supply.
THE twentieth annual shooting tour,
nament of the Missouri Game and Fish
Protective association opened at Wash,
ington park, Kansas City, on the 18th.
Many well-known sportsmen were in
attendance.
The president, on the 18th, sent to
the senate the nomination of Frank A.
Vanderlip, of Illinois, to be assistant
secretary Of the treasury.
AFTER many years of service in the
employ of j. V. Farwell & Co., whole
sale dry goods merchants of Chicago,
William 1. Meyers has been arrested
charged with having embezzled $40, 900
of the firms money. Bail was fixed at
$40, 900. which was furnished.
On the 18th the comptroller of the
currency issued a call on national
banks for a statement of their condi-
ton at the close of business Friday,
May IA.
THE Turks, on the 18th, hoisted the
white flag at Aria, from which it was
judged that the Turkish commander
had received instructions that an ar
mistice had been agreed upon.
The Brazilian minister of war, Gen.
Bernardo Vasques. has resigned, and
has been succeeded by Gen. Marcado
Bitencourt.
IT was learned at Constantinople, on
the 18th, that orders had been issued,
presumably at the instigation of Rus
STA, for the mobilization of the Bulga-
rian army, and it did not take long for
the Turkish ministry to come down
from their high horse and agree to an
armistice pending peace negotiations.
EX-SENATOR DUBOIS, Senator Cannon
and Senator Pettigrew will sail July 2
for China and Japan. 1t is understood
they go to study the financial question
from an oriental standpoint.
By an explosion of gas in a pocket
encountered by workmen digging q
trench at Thirty-sixth street and Cot
tage Grove avenue, Chicago, on the
10Th, Edward Harper, Michael Hanley,
Edward johnson and J. O'Brien were
injured. The explosion is thought to
have been caused by careless handling
TO electric wires.
Gov. BLACK of New York has re-
fused to grant the requisition of the
governor of Utah for the custody of
Clarence Barton and Graves, who are
under arrest in New York city charged
with the theft of S., 200 from the Utah
Loan and Trust Co. of Ogden City.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONER CALHOUN, it is
learned, will devote part OF his time
while in Cuba to a canvass of sentiment
among the business men and non-com-
batants generally in Cuba upon a form
of settlement of the existing troubles.
He will try to find out what those hav-
ing most at stake desire, and also how
they would view intervention by the
United States.
IT is asserted that the steamer Ber-
muda has LANDED five cargoes of arms
and munitions in Cuba during the last
few weeks, all of which have been
safely carried into the interior.
The Nashua IN. H. stockholders of
the defunct Sioux city National bank
of Sioux city. Ia, have abandoned
their fight against the assessment of
IS per cent. of the value of their stock,
and decided to pay it. In all 461
shares are held in Nashua, and the
holders will have to pay SS4,575 to-
ward liquidation of the banks debts,
as required by the national banking
laws.
SECRETARY SHERMAN has formally
notified the British government,
through Sir Julian ~Pauncefote, that
the United States senate, having failed
to ratify the treaty providing for gen.
eral arbitration, that document has
failed.
Gov. PINaREE of Michigan said, on
the 10th, that if the members of the
legislature wanted to get through and
go home the last of May they must
first pass law to get at least 81, 00G,-
900 more out of corporations. Other
wise he would call an extra session.
On the Goth the house of representa-
tives passed the Cuban relief resolu-
ton appropriating $4,000 for food and
supplies for destitute American citi-
zens in Cuba.
THE statement of the condition of
the treasury. issued on the Goth,
showed: Available cash balance, S229,
262, OILS; gold reserve, s145, 729, $40.