The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Nashville. on the 18th. from the Mis-
souri, and Illinois shores. from the
great Eads' bridge and from skiifS and
other water craft. About $1,000 per-
sons visited and inspected the vessel.
Private dispatches received in Lon
don say that the forces OF Generals
Mae Arthur and Lawton were rein
forced. on the 18th. by fresh troops
from Manila. and fighting had been re-
sumcd.
Tod Sloan. the American jockey. was
presented to the prince of Wales by
Lord William Hcresford. at Newman
kct. on the 18th. He was not a bit
Mustered at the honor.
-Four men were instantly killed by
the slide of a portion of Il large culm
bank at C~cntralia. Pa. on the 18th.
Several were badly injured.
The Empire Steel and Iron Co.. CO
Cincinnati, which has recently secured
Il number of plants in the middle
states. bought the Victoria furnace at
Goshen, Va. on the Eth. and all of
what are known as the Potts Valley
coal properties. including over 1000
acres of coal land.
Former GOV. Roswell Z. Flower. of
New York. died. on the night of tirv
18th. 1t the Ea>tport Country club. at
Passport. Long Island. Mr.. Flower
was taken i'll early i'll the day with Il
severe attack of acute indigestion. In
the afternoon symptoms of heart fail
urc s~upcrNen"d. and he grew steadily
worse until the time of his death.
i no 'fncnt is on foot III London for
the - .e~siou of Sunday new>pa-
prrs.
NJ. Henri Brcquc. the French dra-
matte author. died in Paris on the eth.
Capt. James \. buchanan. Eleventh
United States infantry. has been APP
pointed treasurer OF the island of Por-
to Rico. in addition To his duties US
collector of customs ut san Juan.
The belmont mill OF Wheeling. w.
Va. ard Hcnwood blast furnaces. of
Martins Ferry, o.. four Of the largest
iron works in that section of thcOhi0
%yall"y. all of which are the property of
the Wheeling Steel and Iron Co. of
Wheeling. have granted ZOO employees
an advance in wage of ten per cent.
Donald Mclean. aged IS. Il western
railroad promoter. fell over the bal
ustrad" on the fourth floor of the Pal
mrr house. in Chicago. on tn" 18th.
landing On the Stonc tla"ing. two
floors below. His thigh WAS badly in
iurrd and his skull fractured. He died
soon aftcrNard of his injuries.
The Catholic Knights of american.
ut their convention in Kansas City. vot-
| ed unanimously to rndow a chair atthc
Catholic university in Washington.
likely to be the chair of English liter
| atur".
The Manitoa Park hotel and casino
at Colorado Springs. Col, which were
to have been opened Cor the season
June l. were destroyed by fire on til"
18th. The loss is estimated ut 100000.
The flooded era of The LradviIle
(Col.) basin is POW practically unwa~
tered. Fight large mines. which Were
closed down in 1896. on account of the
strike. will rr>urn" operations by June
l.. furnishing employment 10 700 men
and producing about 800 tons of ore
daily.
Sixteen South American archbiShops
and bishops arrived at Geneva. Swit/cr-
land. on the 18th. on their WAY I"
| Rene. To attend the forthcoming on
s~iStory.
IN the pro-cathcdral OF Stanton
street. New York city. on the 18th.
Rev. DIR. Charles \. briggs. who WAS
suspended for hcrc>y by the Prrshy-
terrain assembly. Mas ordained Ii priest
OF the Episcopal church by Bishop
Potter. The little church WAS
crowded.
President Mckinley is taking a per-
conaI interest in the claim of Archie
NcCartcr. an American citizen. Who
asks the United States 70 compel tn"
Republic of Colombia t" pay him $780,
OUr indemnity for false imprisonment:
and fearful t]urtUrrs inflicted upon him
by Colombian officials.
y satisfactory conclusion is expected
by administration officials To follow
the conference" which will he held by
the American P~hiliIT.lc commission
with the commission which -A]guinaldo
proposes to send Ia Manila To arraEw
tcrns of peace.
John l.. DcSsncr. an old resident of
Belloville. ILL.,. and one of the oldest
Lutheran teachers in the west. dropped
! dead at II. Johns Evangelical church.
! near Milwaukee. while he was Whiting
To hear. for the first time. Il &ermon
preached by his son. Rev. II. D~eS>ner.
y New York banker who knew the
lat, Mr.. Flower intimately gives it is
| his opinion that the dead f%inancicr left
an estate which would WELD $4,000 OJ
al Il forced sale. The estate. if left un-
disturbed for a year or two, he thinks.
would realize S20.0OO.OGD.
Prof. VIII IL. Barnes. of Sioux City,
Ia. had we performing eiks at Day
ton. O.. giving exhibitions. They would
dive into Il lake from Il high platform
ana swim OUT. While exhibiting 10
large audiences at Fairyiew park, on
tile 14th. Ring" the larger elk. be-
c:,me tangled in the harness and was
drowned.
\ runner gained currency. on the
18th. that cN-Presiden+ Cleveland had
dropped dead At Middle Bass island. IN