The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-12-11

THR steamer George ". Morley, OF
Cleveland, o., was burned to the wa
ter's edge on the beach at Evanston,
Ill, on the night of the 5th. Her crew
of IS men got ashore without diff
Guilty. The Morley was valued at $751;
600.
JOHN F. MORGAN, the escaped triple
murderer, is in Jail at Ripley, w. Va.
awaiting execution on December 16.
He entered a store at Walton. after
dark OF the night of the 4th, to buy
tobacco. Constable John Camp hap
pened to be in the store. He recognized
Morgan and covered him with a revolv-
err. Morgan surrendered.
SECRETARY ALGER, on the 9th, made
public the reprimand administered to
Capt Lowering by sentence of court.
martial, in which he vas almost as Sc
we're upon the court which rendered
the inadequate verdict, as upon the Of
ficer who committed the unsoldierlike
and brutal assault upon a helpless sub
ordinate.
On the 9th United States Treasurer
Roberts received a telegram stating
that the reorganization committee had
deposited SIS. 500, 900 in New York to
the credit of the United States on ac-
count of the purchase of the Union Pa
cific railroad.
By al explosion of fire damp in the
Clear Spring coal mine at Pittston, Pa,
on the 9th, ten men were entOmbed,
but seven of these, after hours of eff.
fort were extricated from their peril
GUS position. The remaining three
were reported as doomed, if not al
ready dead.
The comptroller of the currency, on
the 9th, declared dividends in favor of
the creditors of insolvent national
banks as follows: Five per cent: The
Grand Forks national bank, of Grand
Forks, n. D., and 20 per cent: The
Citizens national bank, of San Angelo,
Tex.
IT is deemed significant in Berlin
that 40 volunteers, including a num-
Der of members of the aristocracy, like
Count Won Kessler and the prince of
Thurn and Taxis, are to accompany
the expedition to Kiao-Chau bay, with
Prince Henry of Prussia as its com
mander.
THE minister of finance, DIR. Lukacs.
in the lower house of the Hungarian
diet, on the 9th, submitted the budget,
showing a surplus of 10, 721 florins over
the expenditures, which amounted tC
4S9, 24O. $40 ~florins.
KING HUMBERT, on the 9th, intrusted
70 thn ATornniS Ill P,,1in tla 4asIr ~
constructing a new cabinet, and the
marquis asked for time to reflect.
WALTER CRoOT, of Newcastle. En-
gland, who was defeated for the ban-
tam-weight championship of the world
at the National Sporting club in Lon.
don, on the 9th, by Jimmy Barry, of
Chicago, died, on the 9TH, of injuries
received during the contest.
AN explosion in the mixing room OF
the American Glycerine Co.'S factory,
east of Bradley, o., on the 18th, COM
pletely destroyed the building and
blew Daniel Laran, of Findlay, to frag-
ments. Laran was 20 years old and
leaves a family.
On the 18th Emperor William ordered
the number of volunteers for the China
expedition to be increased to 1000 men.
The employers in the English cotton
trade have abandoned their demand
for q five per cent reduction in wages,
many firms being disinclined to en-
force it. The operatives are thus VIC
~torious in the struggle.
The plate glass factory at Elwood,
Ind, employing 500 hands, closed
down. on the 18th. because of the re.
fusal of the polishers to accept the
change to payment by piece work in.
stead of by the week.