The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-08
TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

vera's fleet dashed out of Santiago
harbor. His operations are for the
purpose of determining what work is
necessary to raise the vessel.
The Wisconsin battleship commits
sion have decided on Miss Elizabeth
Stephenson, daughter OF ex-Congress-
man Isaac NJ. Stephenson, of Mari
nette, to christen the battleship Wis
consin at the launching event, which
will take place at San Francisco on
November &c. 1t was decided to use
wine.
There are good reasons for believ-
ing that Gen. Merritt will not return
to Manila, but that, after the final
conclusion of peace, he will be given
the supreme command in Cuba, with
Generals Lawton, Wade and Lee in
command of the three districts.
Members of the Chicago w. c. T. U.
want ginger pop used instead of wine
at the banquet to be given the presi-
dent there during the peace jubilee.
They think the use of wine would de-
tract from the dignity of the occasion,
and hat the president of the United
States could be toasted more appro-
priately with pop or mineral water.
The army investigation commission,
on the 3Oth, decided to call upon the
editors of various newspapers that
have published specific stories of
abuses and maladministration to fur
nish such information as they may
possess in substantiation of the
charges.
DR.. +. \. Todd. assistant superin-
tendent of the Ohio state hospital for
the insane. at Toledo, died ut the
Presbyterian hospital. Chicago, on the
night of the 3Oth, where he had been
several days suffering from an acute
attack of hydrophobia. His death was
unattended by the terrible symptoms
usually accompanying the malady.
Inundated by the knowledge that
he had been supplanted by another,
and believing himself forever dis
ggaced his profession, Scott lnglis,
leading actor of Julia Authur's COM
panv. killed himself in New York by
SeUullP Il DulleI lIto lid hSdI''
The Epworth league OF the Meth
odist church south now numbers 252-,
725 members.
The Madrid Nacional boldly advo-
Gates the giving up by Spain of the
Philippines. This attitude is also TAX
en- by many of the leading papers
throughout Spain, the view being that
the retention of the archipelago is yet
another pitfall for Spain.
The American peace commission has
taken possession of its working quar-
tiers. a suit of seven rooms on the
ground floor of the Hotel Continental
in Paris. formerly used by the eN-Em-
press Eugene. American flags drape
the entrance of the commission s
apartments.
The Hawaiian commissioners returned
to San Francisco. OH the 30th. on the
| steamer Gaelic. Little in regard to
their work in the islands and their
probable recommendations could be
learned. although they We're willing
| to talk of the beauties of the island,
ana InelF KIM anu tl~lliuSldStlC IT,
ception by the islanders.
The national assembly at MalolOs
! at n recent sitting, voted Aguinaldo
a civil list of $4,000. but Aguinaldo
declined to receive anything until the
army should have been paid.
The holding of the Dreyfus demon
stration, organized by NJ. Presence,
one of the leaders in the agitation, on
| the Cd, was prevented by the closing
Of the Sale Wagran by the authori-
ties.
All the English-speaking secretaries
and the principal members of the Chi
nese foreign Office, it is announced,
have been seized and banished.
Herman Doerring has been arrest
| ed in Kansas City, Mo-, on information
from Sheriff Reese, Of Utica, y. y,
that Doerring is wanted there on a
charge of grand larceny and for other
crimes. Doerring is a German news
paper
A duel between NJ. Charles Ernest
Paulmier and NJ. Turot, of the Paris
Lanterne, was fought. on the 1st,
rapiers being the weapons used. NJ.
Turot was thrice woundedinthe thigh
and side, and NJ. Paulmier was slight
ly wounded on the lip.
Maj.-Gen. Merritt, who, with his
staff. left Manila on August 80, en-
route for Paris, where he will take
part in the peace conference. arrived
in Marseilles, on the 1st. and proceed
ed to the French capital.
The interior department authori-
ties fear the situation in the White
Earth Indian reservation in Mime
sofa may be serious, Notwithstanding
official reports to them state that no
trouble is apprehended.
A convention of p~ostmasters of thc
first class will be held at Detroit. Mich.
next week. Postmasters desiring
leave to attend it can secure it by APP
plying to Assistant Postmaster Gener-
al Heath by wire or letter.