The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The French chamber of deputies, on
the 18th, in spite of the objections of
NJ. Turrel, the minister of public
works, adopted a proposal fixing upon
ten hours as a days work for railroad
employees. This is to be followed by
ten hours of rest.
VARIOUS writer's are endeavoring to
help the public to a more perfect I'M
Outstanding of the emotions represent
ed by actors on the stage, but no one
has yet undertaken to explain why
there are no light-haired villains.
FIRE, said to be the work of incen-
diaries, on the 10th, destroyed the
courthouse at Ardmore, |. T., consum-
ing the written testimony in Indian
citizenship cases affecting 1,50O per-
sons, besides many valuable court rec
ords. The fire also destroyed the i'm
plement house of the Is. A. kemble Co.,
causing an additional loss of $40, 600,
with SIS, 900 insurance. The loss on
the courthouse cannot be estimated.
The State bank of Perry, Kas., was
entered, early on the morning OF the
10th, by burglars, who blew open the
safe with dynamite and ecured 81, 300.
the burglars escaped. They are be-
lieved to be- j. Collins and Charles
Cunningham, wanted in Omaha, Neb.,
for safe cracking.
TRAIN No. 9 of the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern, which left st. Louis, on
the 10th, met with an accident at Iuka,
Ill. The engine, postal car, baggage
car and two coaches were derailed by a
broken truck. The engineer and fire.
man were slightly scalded. Beyond
this there was no injury whatever.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued On the 10th, showed
available cash balance, S22S, Isl, Sill;
gold reserve, SI59. S7S, 692.
GEORGE SHEEHAN, a peddler, aged
81, shot his wife in a cheap lodging
house in Cincinnati, on the 10th, and
then shot himself. The woman may
die. Sheehan will probably ecove
Jealousy is given as the cause.
Two OF the new guns for the for.if-
cations at San Diego, Cal, have ar
rived, and the third is on the way. The
weight of these guns is %. 100 pounds
each; weight of carriage, 200, 900 pounds;
length of gun 3613 feet; weight of pro-
jectile, 575 pounds.
The Diario de Ia Marina, Havana,
publishes a letter accusing Gen. Wey-
Ter of having embezzled SIG. 0JO from a
fund which was started in Havana for
the relief Of the families of a number
of soldiers who perished as the result
of a railroad accident.
A. e. UARMSwoRrH. England's patron
of arctic exploration. has presented his
arctic ship Windward to Lieut.. Peary,
and will have her overhauled and sent
t o America for use in his coming expe-
dition.
The president, on the 10Th, sent the
nomination of Joseph Mckenna, of
California, to be associate justice of
the supreme court of the United States,
to the senate for confirmation.
The president, on the 10th, sent to
the senate for confirmation the nomi-
to be comptroller Of the currency, vice
Eckels, resigned.
JOHN MORGAN, the triple murderer,
was hanged at Ripley, w. Va. on the
10th. The execution was without any
unusual incident.
Mrs. LARS ANDERSON and husband
have returned from their honeymoon
trip to the orient, and will stop in San
Francisco a short time before going To
their Boston home. Mrs. Anderson,
who is not yet 81 years old, is heiress
to a fortune of S51. % o. 900.
The famous French model Lucie
Hagerland had her beauty destroyed,
on the 18th, by vitriol thrown at her
by another model named Juiduicelli in
a fit of jealousy.
The electric light plant at Port HUI
ron, Mich, was burned on the 18th;
loss, $4,000.
The National Civil Service Reform
league. in session in Cincinnati, on the
18th, reelected Carl Schurz president
by reclamation.
j. II. MARrINDALE,o of Scranton. kas.,
aged 81, and recently married. was
found frozen To death N a pasture IL
few miles south Of Carbondale, kaS, on
the l7th