The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-01-01

S<c4z4F4KF A4GEK, who ~ 80
|con 1he6s31 z53m By . sasvere nd
wz4 decidetzy fmPloved. on the 1etA|
aud expected to be at the Wal depart
msnt In q few days.
THE Orange Free State has ratified
the extradition treaty between that
country aud the United States. recent
ly. n~egotistsd. and has rstprped the
docnnent to Washington. whdrekdt
awaits the action Of the United States
senstes
TIE first annual meeting Of the Me-
gro American aesdetny was held IN
Washington, d. c.. on the sstai. The
organization was formed . year ago
and numbers among lis members some
Of the most prominent negro educators
of Washington
JAMES SwINBERGER, Of Yates Center,
Kss-. was bitten on the leg by d mad
dog on the 2Sth. A maidstone was APP
piled and ikadhered to the bitten flesh
for eleven hours. The young man 10
rapidly recovering
ALEXANDER r. SHEPHERD, formerly
of Washington, D. c., is IN a serious
condition at Bato Pilas. in the Sierra
Madres mountains. Mexico. as the re-
suit of q stroke OF paralysis. He is re-
puted to be worth several millions.
EXPRESS, an East India python, was
found in her quarters, at Boston, on
the 2Sth, witL q litter of young. 1t is
impossible to say yet how many chill
dren there are, but there are probably
as many as loo.
JOHN PHILIP SoUsA's new comic
opera. The Bride Elect received its
first presentation on any stage. at the
Hyperian theater. New Haven. Conn.,,
on the night of the 2sth. and scored an
instantaneous success.
THEODORE BURLocR and Ernestine
Burloch were arrested at Clinton, Ia,
on TIL 2Sth, charged with the murder
of Chs tes Selhsusen, the woman's
formel ashland, in September. The
woman Witnessed, after arrest that
she had killed Selhausen. and impli-
Gated Burloch.
Sic. PRUzzATI. Italian minister of
finance. in a report to the chambers.
has recommended the establishment of
q bank in New York city. TO be under
the direct supervision Of the Italian
government. eii
Mrs. ELIZABETH STANTON Wool
WORTH, wife OF J. NJ. Woolworth, ex-
president of the American Bar associa-
ton, died at her home in Omaha, Neb., |
on the 2sth, at the age of 81 years.
Mrs. Moolworth was the daughter Of
Moses Bradteld Butterfield, and was a
lineal descendant of William Bradford,
the first governor of Plymouth colony.
HALLA and Walda Crem were as
by coal gas from a stove in
their home at Leipsic. O.. ON the 2Sth, |
the absence of their mother. |
Their bodies were found on the floor
by the mother on her return home.
j. w. HARRIS. q North Carolina me-
gro. was arraigned. in New York. on
the 2Sth, on the charge of sending
letters to William K. Van
Charles Broadway Ronss, John
and other prominent men.
He was committed as q vagrant.
STEEoeRAPHERs employed by the do
Tense in the Luetgert case, at Chicago,
have struck, and the defense may have
10 depend upon the notes taken by the
attorneys photographers if it Is
found necessary to take the case to the
supreme court.
Mrs. MARY ANDERSON and her daugh-
ters, Edith and Myrtle, aged eight and
i've years respectively, were ssphyxi-
ated by Illuminating gas in their home
Chicago.
EH--lLa ~ 4
The widow of Capt. Isaac Bassett,
ate assistant doorkeeper OF the United
States senate, died. on the ssth, In