The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-15
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

the Sd, saying "All safe" which indi-
Gates that all the missionaries were
safe.
The 600 men of the Indian congress
now assembled in Omaha are much in
terested in the reports of fighting
among the Minnesota Indians. Some
of the braves at the exposition
grounds are considerably excited over
the situation.
Prof. w. A. Woodruff and Prof. C.
L. Clenhorn, of Washington, d. c.,
sailed, on the nth, for Samoa. They
are heading Il government expedition
to collect rare plants. shrubs and 9TH
er specimens in the interior of the Sa-
moan islands.
Hon. Sherman Hoar died at Concord,
Mass, on the 18th.
Fire in Han Kow, the treaty port at
the mouth of one of the tributaries of
the Yang-tse-Kiang, on the nth, de-
Stroyed 10000 houses, covering an area
of about two miles, and did damage to
the extent of from 5000, 900 to $780,
coo taels.
The war department has issued the
loRg-eXpected order for the honorable
discharge from the volunteer service
of the United States of three major
generals and &c brigadier-generals of
volunteers.
At Salt Lake City, Utah. on the 9TH.
the grand choir contest of the Eistedd-
fod for the $500 gold medal was par
ticipated in by four choirs of 125
voices. the selection being "AIl Men,
All Things" by Mendelssohn. and the
might Song by Stephens. The
prize was awarded to the Salt Lake
choir under the leadership of Prof.
Stevens.
1t is learned on good authority THAI
eX-Qucen Liliuokalani will leave Homo
lulu for Washington about the middle
of November to present her claims to
congress for remuneration for the loss
of her throne and the revenue from
the crown lands.
President Mckinley cabIed the Unit
ed States military commission at Por-
to Rico that the island must be evacu-
atcd by the Spanish forces on or be-
| lOi0 ONAObOl 4ps III iiil llt 'DdtllSI
commissioners be so Informed.
The situation became suddenly more
critical at the Leech Lake reservation
on the night of the 18th, and Gen. Ia
cons command will remain there i'll
definitely. So far as known. the cour-
ell of Chippewas has developed hatred
of the whites. and the Indians are dis
| -ac,l 70 Hrht I,nlacc thay Crn+ aarfnin
concessions.
President Mckinley has granted two
months sick leave to Gen. Henry w.
Lawton, and in pursuance of orders
from the war department Gen. Leon
ard Wood has assumed command of
the province of Santiago de Cuba in
his stead.
In the parsonage of the Keene (Ky.)
BAPTIST church on the 9Th, Riley
Brock, day laborer, was married TO
Dora Clay Richardson, the divorced
wife of Gen. Casius NJ. Clay, Master
of White Hail." and eN-United States
minister to Russia. Rev. q. w. Arga-
bright, the pastor, performed the cere-
mOny.
The president has notified the Unit
ed States evacuation commission at
Havana that the Spaniards would be
expected to have evacuated the island
by December l, with Il strong intima-
ton that in case of failure the United
States would brook no further delay,
but Immediately thereafter take pos
session of the government.
George d. Saxton, brother of Mrs.
Mckinley, the presidents wife, was
murdered at Canton, o., on the even
ing of the nth, and Mrs Anna c.
George, whose alleged relations to
Saxton have figured in a number of
cases in court in recent years, has
been placed under arrest on suspicion
of having committed the deed.
Ottumwa, Ia, took n day off, on the
eth, TO witness the parade and attend
the performances of a circus given in
aid of the hospital fund by the society
people of the city. Thousands gath
cred from the surrounding towns and
reviewed n procession two miles long. |
L. ID. Foster, a millionaire, was ring |
master of the circus.
NJ. Phaulow, the Norwegian artist,
arrived at New York. on the 9th. on
the steamer La Champagne. NJ. Phau-
low will remain in New York for a |
few days, and will then go to Pitts
burgh. Pa. as the guest CO Andrew !
Carnegie. He will officiate as a Judge /!
IN the art exhibition in that city. !
The yellow fever situation through
out the state of Mississippi is assum-
ing grave proportions. The area of
the fever has so enlarged hat the in
lection may be said to be general
throughout the state, as there is not a
section that has not been visited.
The twenty-seventh triennial con
clave, knights templar, was formally
inaugurated in Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
9th. by the official divine service in
Trinity Episcopal church