The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-05

Mrs. GEORGE DAVIDSON, aged %, lert
her home at st. Joseph, Mich, at mid
night of the 9th, clad in night dress,
with her two-weeks'-old babe in her
arms, with which she jumped into the
river. The mothers body was recov-
cred at daybreak, but the body of the
baby was carried out into the lake.
Insanity caused the deed
THE navy department, on the 2Sth,
received a telegram from Key West,
Fla. officially stating that the Maine
court of inquiry must return to Havana
to secure evidence from divers.
Mrs. EANDERvEER De HART, widow
of Capt. W. c. De Hart. who was chief
of staff for Gen. Winfield Scott in the
Mexican war, died at her home at Eliza
beth. n. j.. on the 25th, in her eighty
seventh year.
GEORGE Il. COTTON, of York. Neb.,
was, on the 18th. appointed bank eX-
aminer in Nebraska. vice HOWE, re-
signed.
The remains of W. c. Ferris, the
designer and builder of the great wheel
which bears his name, lie in pawn at
a Pittsburgh PA crematOry for I'M
paid funeral expenses.
QUEEN WILHELMISA-of Holland has
bestowed on Capt. William G.. Randle
of the American liner st. Louis the
honor of knighthOod in the order of
Orange-Nassau for the part he took in
the rescue of the passengers and crew
of the steamer Neendam. on February
Z, in mid-ocean.
The Spanish army gazette, DiarO del
EjercitO. says that the government of
Spain has notified the United States
government that the wreck of the
Maine must not be destroyed nor re-
moved until the court of inquiry has
completed its work and submitted its
finding to the government.
THE question of who blew up the
Maine is still as much of a mystery as
ever at Havana. though no one doubts
that it was the act of Il ~treacherou3
S%paniard. Even the Spanish people
themselves believe this, and many u
quiet toast is drunk to the unknown
hero"
THE divers in Havana harbOr. on the
2sth. recovered Capt. Sigsbce's order of
the Red Eagle, given to him by En-
peror William |. of Germany in recogni-
ton of his ability as an inventor OF
maritime appliances. and a gold medal
given him by the fisheries commission,
held in London in 1889.
For the month of February the gov
eminent receipts We're S2S.572.53S. and
the expenditures. S25.727 900. leaving a
surplus for the month of S1.S45.35S. The
average daily receipts for the month
were 81. O2O.447.
THEgold output of the Klondike coun
try at the cleanup in June will be be-
tweenS1O.OOO .OOOandS12. 900. 900. accord
ing to the estimate of \. ID. Ma sh. of
Portland. Ore, who has Just returned
from Dawson.
GEORGII, the accomplice of karditZa
in the attempted assassination of King
George of Greece, WAS arrested on the
LIST. He made a confession in which
he claimed to have acted at the instiga-
ton of Karditza. Later Il bomb was
found near the scene of the attack,
which karditza admitted he had in
tended t throw into the kings car
riage.
AREPoRTfrom Washington says: "A
new issue of counterfeit two-dOllar
treasury notes, discovered by the s.
cret service some time ago. has made
its appearance. This note bears check
letter b and plate Number, '2S.'
DIR. W. \. ROGERS. professor of nat.
ural philosophy and astronomy at Col
by university, and a scientist of a
tional reputation, died at his residence
in Waterville. Me. on the 1St.