The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

NaSnlngtOn. on the 9Th from one q
the marine officers stationed at Ga
wife. stating that all werI well thrr"
AS tn" mail had been interrupted
this dispatch was welcome To Il mum
hcr of those having relatives at Ia
wife.
The statement OF the condition OF tn,
treasury issued on the 9TH showed;
Available cash balance. $21.. Cos, BOB;
gold reserve, $~243.2&2,dG9.
Mr.. Samuel Clemens Mark Twain
and family left London Tor Sweden
on the 18th. where Mr.. Clemens viii
take the Swedish cure.
, The | uitcG States cruiser Newark left
Valparaiso. on the eth. for the Philip
pine islands. She will call at CaIlao
Peru.
Polish residents of Chicago. at q
meeting. on the 9Th. denounced an
An"i0-lmcrican alliance. and h> rcso'
luton pledged themselves 10 work
against any part; ~ candidate advo.
eating ii.
The Transvaal government has de.
c;dcd to prosecute. on III" charge OF
high treason. the three principal de-
defendants whose completely in the re-
cut attempt to promote Il rcbrllious
rising II Johannesburg has been for
several weeks under judicial invcstiga-
ton.
On the 9th Sir Edmund John Mon
son. British ambassador To France. en-
! trrtainrd at dinner the members OF the
N"nlurlnn arbitration trihuna!.
On the Nth Gov Roosevelt of New
York went to Washington for a on
ference with the president, at the lat.
tcr's invitation.
All but II of the seven members of
the family Of VIM. Erinard. OF Column
bus. o., were killed. ON the oh. and
the remaining one was badly injured.
at a crossing by a Big Four passenger
train.
On the Nth. at Allentown, Pa.
Charles KnausS. aged l.. shot and Sc
| rIuuSly wounded Mrs. Edwin DiefIcn-
dcrfer. aged %. and then shot and
hIil''l tllltl~ / ! ~ va
trying TO break up Knauss' i~nfatuati"a
for her. and refused to eIopc with him.
On the 9Th. II. ID. MoNhan. Il million
aire and philarthropist. died at his
home in Ninc.amd. Y. j.. aged -. lie
accumulated most of his wealth in the
mining business in Montana.
otto Won Ohlcn. aged u. whose ia
Their is said to he Il wealthy mauufac-
:urcr of Columbus. O.. WAS drowned
IN the Delaware river at PhiIircIphia
on the 9Th.
The steamship Lain. smiling from
New York for i:rrmcn. on the 10th,
took out IjO.ODu ounces of silver.
On the 10Th five artilIcrymcn were
killed by asI explosion of q powd r.
magazine in Magatoland. South Al
RIGA.
The Glacier arrived at Singapore on
the 10th. carrying Il large cargo of
fresh refrigerated beef. intended for
the feet in the Philippines. The navy
department is greatly interested IN
the success of this experimental ship
ment. as we now make heavy pur-
chases of Australian beef for the sup
ply of the fleet in the east.
On the 10th the steamer Resale ar
rived at Victoria. Il. C.. from Alaska,
with $50 miners and S125.OO0 in dust.
They reported the White Pass road
completed to Bennett on July 6. and
trains running through.
On the 10th. at Santa Barbara. Cal,
Yda .Addie Storke. the writer. was sen
fenced to one yea in Jail for writing
anonymous letters rejecting upon GER
tain prominent people. Judge Oster. |
in pronouncing sentence. expressed
himself as sorry that the law did not
f.ermit him to impose Il greater pen-
atty.
\ special train of nine coaches. on
the way from ST. Louis to Los Ange-
les, Cal. loaded with teachers. bound
for the National Educational conven-
ton. ran into a freight train near the
at Newman.Cal.. Monday morn
ing. with the result that Miss Addie |
Harris. of st. Louis. and Mrs. Lena
Thomas. of Seneca Falls. y. Y. were
and many other passengers were
in II ed, one seriously.
Capt. Watkins of the stranded
steamer Paris. admits that the acci-
dent was due TO Il mistake he made
calculating The position of the ship.
The inspectors. at New York, have sus-
Capt. Watkins license as mas
ter of ocean steamers for two years.
Watkins is still in charge of tile
and is acting in the interests of
the underwriters.
As Il result of the revelations of in
human cruelty practiced upon Drey-
fuS while he was on DEVILS island, Lee
bon. the French minister who was re-
sponsible for the orders sent to VI.
while in charge of the penal
settlement where Dreyfus wa con-
lined. Will De proceeded against