The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-04-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

BECAUSE Bertha Aspiegle would not
marry him, VIM. Hillman, a farmer, of
Munhall township, near Pittsburgh,
Pa, on the 31st, shot and killed her
and then cut his throat with a "a zor.
The girl was Is years old, and refused
Hillman on account of her youth.
Mrs. ELIZABETH OFTEN, who had
lived the life of a hermit since the death
of her husband. IA years ago, was found
dead, on the 31st, in her home in Chica-
go. The police found in the house
deeds to Chicago and st. Louis property
worth several hundred thousand dol
lars.
THE bill for the purchase of the Dan
ish islands will not be pressed any fur
ther, as it was apparent to its friends
in congress that it could not pass until
after long debate. 1t has been practi-
cally withdrawn.
The Empire Transportation Co. an
nounced, on the 1st, that it had added
to its fleet of boats for the Yukon river
four steamers and four barges which
it had purchased from Morgan Bros.
& Co., of Seattle. These boats, with
those building at the Crescent ship
yards, at Elizabethport, N. j., will
| give the Empire line a feet of Is river
boats and barges.
IN the Ohio legislature, on the 1st, a
bill was introduced appropriating
81, OOO, 600 to put the state of Ohio on a
war footing, and a contingency fund Of
$500 for the use of the governor in
case of war.
THE Iowa legislature, on the 1st, be-
fore final adjournment, passed a bill
appropriating $500, 900 as a contingent
fund in case of war.
A DISPATCH from Madrid, on the Sd,
said: There was no excitement in
Madrid to-day, owing principally to
the fact that there was no bull fight"
THE Spanish cruisers Vizcaya and
Almirante Oquendo left Havan, on the
LIST, presumably to meet the torpedo
1otilla at Porto Rico.
COMMANDER SCHLEY. on the Sd, noti-
fed the authorities at Washington that
with the arrival of the Texas he would
be ready to move at an hours notice.
The Texas was expected within 4S
hours.
The president did not go to church,
on the Sd, but was busily engaged.
Quite a number of executive clerks
were also at work during the day.
On the I'd the associated banks of
New York city held s35, 79O, 500 il ex-
cess of the requirements of the 25-per-
cent. rule.
DIR THADDEUs FITZHUGH, 60 years old,
formerly postmaster at Kansas City,
Kas., a cousin of Consul-General Lee,
who fought with distinction in the -n-
federate army, has, in a letter full of
patriotism, proffered his services to
President Mckinley, expressing a
willingness, if need be, to sacrifice his
life in support of 1.-The principles of the
firmly united country"
The statement Of the New York as
ISOLATED banks, for the week ended
on the I'd, showed the following
changes: Surplus reserve, increase,
81, S69, 1926; loans, decrease, S1,437, 200;
specie, increase, s5,266, 600; legal ten
ders, decrease, S4,25O. 100, deposits, de-
crease, S3,413, 700; circulation, decrease,
$4.1OO.
The Ninth United States cavalry (col-
ored) has been ordered from Nebraska
to Florida, with full field equipment.
No regiment in the service has a better
fighting record. The Tenth, now IN
Montana (also colored), is likewise said
to have been ordered south