The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-29
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,


ed set forth alleged fraudulent deal
ing of the brokers in one-fare round
trip tickets. Seven of the trunk line
railroads petitioned for the i%njunc-
ton.
Capt. Baratier, of Maj. Marchand's
expedition, on his arrival in Paris, on
the 21st, with a report to the French
lost an officer or a soldier. He added
that the health of all the members of
the party was very good, and hat re-
victualling on the march was easy.
The membership of the United
States evacuation commission for Por-
have been directed to return home.
They will sail from San Juan on the
cruiser Newark.
The displeasure and disappointment
felt in official circles at Madrid over
the failure of the skillful strategy of
Senior Montero Rios, concerted with
the efforts of Senior Sagasta and Duke
Almodvar de Rios to minimize the con-
! sequences of the a are keen and
profound.
Jack Frost has broken the backbone
of the yellow fever Epidemic of 1898
ali through the states of Louisiana
and Mississippi, and guarantees were
expected to be lifted by the 25th.
y dreadful tragedy was enacted at
Toronto, Ont, on the night of the
21st. when Eliza Burrill, wife of a
well-to-do mechanic, became dement,
ed and strangled her three children,
Ethel, aged eight; Stanley, aged three,
and Harold, aged eleven years.
The big steamer Henry Chisholm,
laden with barley, while trying to en-
ter Washington harbor, at the south
west end of Isle Royale, Lake Superior,
struck The Rock of Ages and COM
menccd going to pieces. The captain
and crew escaped in a yawl and pro-
ceeded to Port Arthur, Ont. Vessel
and cargo will be a total loss.
From information obtained of the
general land Office it appears that
there was an increase of nearly 400
mineral entries during the fiscal year,
1898, as compared with 1897. This, it
is said, indicates Il marked revival of
the mining industry, which had fallen
to its lowest ebb in 1895, when but ISL
entries were made.
Minister Buck has informed the
state department that the Japanese
government has appointed Mr.. Jutaro
Komura, vice minister of foreign af-
fairs, to be minister of Japan to the
United States. Mr.. komura was born
in 1853. and studied law at Harvard
university.
Acting Secretary of the Treasury
Ryan, on the 21st, made requisition
upon the treasury for the following
pension agency allowances: Indianap-
oils, 81, 700, 200; Knoxville, Tenn, ST.
100000; Louisville, Ky, $1,O5O,OOO; To-
peka, Kas, $3,SOO,OOO.
The presence of smallpox in Daw-
Sol is denied by late arrivals from the
Klondike.
Gov. Stunenberg of Idaho, at the
request of the state board of pardons,
has granted a reprive to Diamond
Field Jack" DAVIS, who was under sen-
tence to hang, on the Goth, for the
murder of Cummings and Wilson, the
sheep herders.
Two thousand coal miners in the
fourth and fifth pools on the Monon-
gahela river. in Pennsylvania, struck,
on the 21st, for the enforcement of
the Chicago agreemnt. The strikers
are preparing for n long siege, and
are establishing camps nea the mines
to prevent non-union miners from
working.
y ]coroner's inquest held, on the
21st, over the charred remains of c.
Roach, the aged tailor, who persisted
in the flames of his burning dwelling
nea Trenton. Ky, and everything
brought to light goes to confirm the
theory that he was murdered and his
body cast into the fire to conceal the
crime. |
Dan Connor, shift BOSS at the big
Standard mine at Wallace, Idaho, was
waited upon at night by four masked
men, armed with reVolvers, who or
dered him to leave the country within
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WAS granted three days, with the
threat that if he was not gone in that
time they would dispose of him and
his family.
Emperor William has designed a !
marble fountain which he proposes to
erect in Constantinople as a gift to
commemorate his visit and that of
Empress Victoria to the s~uitan's CAPT.
tai.
About so Cuban patriotic clubs have
been organized in Havana under the
management in a large majority of
cases, of physicians, lawyers and 9TH
or professional men.
The emperor of China is believed to !
be afflicted with an incurable kidney
disease, though it is probable hat he
will linger for a considerable time.
Baseball is a favorite game among
our troops in Manila.
The total registration of the city of
New York is 556,3S9, as against 567,192
in 1897.
The members of the insIlar cabinet
OF Porto Rico, who have taken the oath
of allegiance TO the United States with
SOlemnity- will issue n mani |