The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-24
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The British steamer Mount Tabor,
Capt. Jameson, from Iloilo, for Liver
pool, was abandoned, on fire, off the
| island OF Socrata. The British steamer
| Telena from Calcutta, for Hamburg,
landed the crew at Alden, on the 18th.
! The Mount Tabor sustained damage in
attempting to tow the burning vessel.
After a half hours conference with
the president, on the 18th, Gen. SchO-
field announced that he would not
serve as a member of the commission
to investigate the conduct of the war.
The Spanish supreme council of war
las decided to suspend Admiral Mon
100 and Maj. Sostoa, director of the
CadiZ arsenal.
With Il fierce fire raging in it's
three holds, the steamer Evelyn, Capt.
W. G.. HOrner, from Huelya, Spain,
heavily loaded with sulphur ore, put
into its pier at Baltimore. Nd, on the
! 18th. 1t is remarkable that the ship
and all those on board were saved
| from destruction in midocean.
An electric street car IN bradford,
England was derailcd. on the 10Th.
while descending a hill, and 80 persons
were seriously injured, several of them
fatally.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury. issued on the 10Th,
showed: Available cash balance, $751;
7S6.03S: gold reserve $243,551,G55.
The United States consul at Monte
video reports IL the state department
! that. beginning August l last. an adj
ditional permanent tax of Pc per cent.
was imposed on all imports into Uru-
quay.
The due D'Orleans has issued aman-
ifeStO ~denouncing the DrcyfuSiteS.
Five regiments now at san Francis
co have been ordered to Manila.
Secretary of War Algcr. it is said,
previous to his departure from Wash
iRgton on his present our of inSpec-
tioE, verbally notified the president
that he was ready to retire at any time
the president saw fit to relieve him.
Senator Faulkner. of West Virginia,
has been appointed by the president to
succeed Senator Gray. of Delaware. on
the Canadian commission, the latter
having been transferred to the peace
commission. Senator Faulkner has ac-
cepted.
Col. Goodwin. of the Seventh i'm
mUnes. en- route TO Lexington, Ky.
went with his officers to Il Louisville
hotel for breakfast. The clerk in
formed Col. Goodwin that the coiored
l~icuteuantS would not he allowed 10
eat there. We'll. ! won't eat here.
then" said the colonel. and he left the
house. followed by the captains. They
went to a restaurant, Il half block
away. where a dining ROOF was pro-
vided for the colored licutenants.
Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew, who is a
delegate to the republican state con-
ventiOn from the Twenty-ninth as
sembly district. has been chosen to
make h especch nominating Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt for governor of the
state of New York.
DIR. John Harcourt. of bismarck. the
leading physician of North Dakota.
died at st. Joseph's hospital. St. Paul.
Mimi. on the 10Th. under an operation
for gall stones. aged -. He Vas Il
leading Knight of Pythias.
Gen. Lawton. who is in command of
the military department established in
Santiago province. Cuba, has recon-
mended to the war department that
the American troops he withdrawn
and thai the duty of g~arrisoning and
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the CubanS.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Times says that IAN at
tempt is being made to have the office
of major general commanding the
army abolished and Gen. lilies. who
now holds that Office. assigned TO some
army department."
Although the Red Cross society of
Madrid offered its services in the re-
ception of the soldiers arriving from
Cuba, they were declined by the war
department.: and at the same time lit
orally no provision was made to pro-
vide for their comfort. The queen
regent is said to be indignant
Gen. Horace Porter, now ambassador
70 France. will. it is said, be named as
ambassador to the court of st. James
to succeed Col. John Hay. 1t is fur
Their stated that the French mission
will be filled by Mr.. Draper, at present
ambassador to Italy.
The navy department is rushing
preparations for the start of the big
battleShips Oregon and Iowa to Hon
oIulu. and orders have been sent TO the
New York navy yard to have the me
chanics work overtime on these ships.
The purpose is to have them start on
their present long voyage by the end
of the present month.
In well-infOrmed circles in Washing
ton it is said that the real purpose of
the president in sending military and
naval reinfOrcements to the Philip
pines is to insure the peace commits
Sioners against any interference of the
future of the islands according to their
best Judgment.
Miss Winnie Davis remains are at
repose in the beautiful burial plot in
Hollywood cemetery. Richmond. Va.
overlooking the James river. where the
remains of her father. eX-Presiden+
Davis. lie. This spot was selected ny
Mrs. Davis and her laughter. and was