The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

LONDON newspapers make sympa-
thetic references to the death of Miss
Frances L. Willard, all agreeing that
it will be a serious blow to the societies
with which She was connected.
TIE supreme court of Nebraska,
handed down an opinion. on the 18th,
reversing the decision of the trial court
in the case of cx-.iuGitor Eugene Moore.
and dismissing the ease. Moore was
convicted of c~mbezzlrment and SEN
fenced to eight years in prison. The
supreme court declares the statute un-
der which he was convicted unconstt.
tutional.
TIE following summary was given
out 10y the navy department on the
18th: Total officers and men on
board Maine, 355; total officers. u;
total men. 329; total officers saved. II;
total men saved, 30; total officers lost,
>: total men lost, 30; total officers in
iurcd. 0; total men injured. 81; doubt
full lmcn), :.
FULLY $500 persons listened to an in
teresting address by Gen. William
Booth. commandments of the Sal
walton army. at the Exposition music
hall. st. Louis. on the night of the 18th.
Citizens from all walks in life and rep
rcsentative c.crgymen from the differ
ent denominations were among the i'm
mensc audience assembled to greet the
great leader of a mighty army of soul
savers.
THE appointment of Count CassiHi as
ambassador to the United States, in
stead of minister. was gazettcd in st.
Petersburg on the 18th.
The Dominion government has de-
cided not to issue free miners c~ertiti-
Gates at Lake Tagish and American
ports. The miners will have to get
them at Vancouver or Victoria.
THE Spanish cruiser Nizcaya was
brought into American waters by Pilot
Gillespie. said to be a cousin of the late
j. G.. Blaine. lie boarded her far ont
at sea the day before the Maine disaster.
When the news of the destruction of
the Maine was received from the news
paper tugs sent to meet the cruiser. the
Spanish officers seemed d~umfounied
and refused at first to believe it.
UP to the 18th not one word of aSsur-
ance had been received from Madrid or
| Havana that the Havana harbor is not
mined, as has been repeatedly charged
III this country and in Havana.
TIE submarine wrccking BOAT Argo-
naut was tOwcd. on the 18th. from her
moorings to the yards. at Baltimore.
! where She was built. Her boilers and
machinery are to be thoroughly over
hauled, and when pronounced absolute
~ fit she is to be lowed to Key West.
and from there transported to Havana
for work on the wreck OF. the Maine.
THREE large business housessn Pitts
burgh, Pa. were.visited by fire. on-the
! 18th, involving a loss of Sa6O.Oap. The
fire started on the ninth hoor3o of. the
National Wall Paper building, and
! within 3Q.minutes after the alarm was
beSond. control. 1t required the full.
forge. of the departments sub9ue the
tire:F: ~ -: -. ss:s ~
JUuEE. GARY. on the l9thi denied the
motfofsSQr a new:trial In the ISletgert
| case atTRicags.a and. formally Sentenced
the wife murdercrto life Imprisonment
An appeal will be made to the state
supreme court. "a
&0Sthe 10Th the ASSOCIATED banks of
New York city held s256SS,45o mex
cess of the requirements of the copper
cent. rule,s - -. "-rS
|, y RoHERT ?W~RnAIxGTuN STAPLEToN-CoT-
EguN.. Niscouht Cambermcre, died in
London. on the 91st; aged Is.
WITH the flag of. SPAIN at half-mast,
as a sign of official mourning over the
loss of the Maine and her crew. Spain's
fine cruiser Eizcaya came to anchor off
Tompkinsville. Staten Island. on the
Goth. She fired the usual salute on
passing the Narrows. and was saluted,
in turn. from old Castle William
THE new wharf at T%ampico. Mexico,
constructed by the Central Railroad Co.,
under government supervision. was to-
tally destroyed by fire, on the Goth, in
volving a loss on wharf, c~ustOmhouSc
and merchandise of nearly S2,O00,O 900;
fully insured