The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-11-20

1HE preSlueHL SucOk hduuSf On Lnc
18th, with a very large number of peo-
pie at the public reception in the East
room of the White House. At the close
of the reception Gen. Longstreet
presented Alexander Montgomery, of
Georgia, a venerable colored man l0l
years old.
HON. JOHN VI. LASGsTON, of Virginia,
ex-congressman, ex-minister to Hayti,
preacher, lawyer and politician, and
one OF the most prominent colored men
in the country, who was born a slave
in 1929, died in Washington, on the
18th, aged IS.
PRESIDENT PIEROLA of Peru, who had
been suffering from fever, was able to
leave his bed, OF the 18th, and was
much improved.
The official vote in Ohio for governor
at the state election is thus recorded:
Bushnell (rep.). 429, SIC; Chapman
(dem.), 4O1, us; Holiday (pop.), 7,55S;
Coxey peoples party, 6,254; Dexter
mat. dem.(, 1861; Watkins Socialist
labor, 4,242; Lewis Negro protective),
40; liberty, S,1O7. Bushnell's plural
ity, %, 101.
ACCORDING to Secretary Wilson's an
nual report, the United States govern
ment soon will be in the business OF
distributing poppy seeds to encourage
the production of opium in this coun-
try. Last year the imports of the drug
amounted to SIS, O00, 600.
The American colony in Paris has
lost its most famous character in DR..
Thomas w. Evans. who died suddenly
at his residence there on the night of
! the 18th. lie never recovered from the
shock caused by the recent death of
his wife.
IN the audit of accounts following
Gen. Weyler's departure from Cuba,
the thorough nature of his corrupt add
ministration has come to light, though
the authorities are strenuously trying
to keep defalcation in various depart
mentS secret.
y MILWAUKEE dispatch says hat
John b. ketcham and Minnie VILLAGE
Walkup were married in that city by
Rev. Mr.. Roberts on September n last.
ketcham is the man who died sudden
ly in Chicago a few days since, a re-
puted grass widower.
On the 10Th Secretary Alger issued
an order for the retirement of Lieut.
Col. W.. Z. Waters, deputy surgeon
general, under the so years service act.
WARRANTS were issued for the ar
rest of officers of the defunct Peoples
savings bank of Lansing, Mich, on the
10th.
The storehouse of the c. \. Woolsey
paint and color works in Jersey City
collapsed on the 18th. Twenty-Five
people who had been employed in the
structure had sufficient warning by
the swaying and sagging Of the walls
to enable them to escape, and no one
was hurt. The loss to the company
will be about $50, 600.
A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg, on
the 10Th, said: 'All day long a fierce
wind from the sea has driven the wa
ters of the Neva up the stream and
flooded the canals, the suburban is
lands and outlying portions of the city.
Several bridges have been sweptaway,
and the flood continues to rise, threat.
ening to assume grave proportions"
SENIOR RAMOS and a delegation of
Mexicans interested in the manufac-
ture of paper near the city of Mexico,
inspected the big paper mills at Glens
Falls, n. Y, on the 18th, with a view
of introducing improved American ma
chinery in their own mills.
THERE was considerable excitement
in the coffee market in Amsterdam,
on the 10th. Average spot Java de-
clined 81 cents, an unprecedented
fall. This is ascribed to large receipts
and heavy crops, especially in Brazil.