The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Ill tht l~dSIllOildbit quarter VI We"
York city. on the 18th. caused by the
burning of the palatial residence of
Wallace {. Andrews. No. = East Sixty
Ninth street. in which II of the i'll
E!ateg-Sevcn members of h family
anG five servants-mct horrible deaths.
\ brand from the burning building
blew III at the window of the residence
Of Albert j. Adams. two blocks dis
tant. and started 4 fire which partial
y destroyed il and caused the death Of
the housekrepcr. the tircmrn rcscuimg
the other inmates.
During the performance in Denver.
Col. Oh the night of the oth. by III"
Stuart Robson company of Two
Ro%ucS and a Romance" Miss Marie
Burroughs accidentally stabbed Her
old Russell il the face. iutiictiug a Sc
we're wound.
John II. Sullivan. a former member
of the governor of Massachusetts eN-
ccutiyc council. and one OF the most
prominent politicians i'll Boston.
dropped dead on The 9TH.
~ IN" accidcntalcNplosion Of a shell
in tn, fortress of !!uy. Belgian. ON tE,s
9Th. TWO soldiers were killed and two
ot4ccrs and four other persons wound
ed \ street adjoining the fortress WIS
devastated by the explosion.
The Danish steamer Nordfarcr. Capt.
ErunniSh. from Galveston for Ham
burg. Via Norfolk, took oil - men from
the French fiShiu" schooner Eu"cnit.
which foundcrrd at sea.
Returns received from the Irish
county council elections. on the 9th.
showed that o n~ationalists. s. union
lists. one labor candidate and one librr-
al have been returned.
The British government has accept
ed the offer of the colony of New lea
land to dispatch a boat to Samoa. but
the troops offered are not required.
About 100 destitute prosprctors at
Valdrs. Alaska. are being cared for by
Government Agent Charles Brown.
The United States cruiser Raleigh
arrived 1t Bermuda. on the 9th. All
on board were well.
\ soldier at Matanzas. Cuba. the 9TH
err day. while aSSiStin" in cleaning rhe
court yard of the castle. found Il Span
ish gold piece. The members of the
squad Immediately staked off claims in
Tie western style and dug upthe whole
yard, finding coins dated all the way
from 1890 to 1S0S. and worth 500
American dollars.
Two spans of the steel bridge which
crosses the Yellowstone river at Glen
dive. Mont. were carried away by an
gorge. on the night of the Nth. and
it is reported many lives were lost by
the overflow.
Orders have been issued for the
Tenth United States cavalry. nov on
garrison duty at the various forts in
Texas. to proceed to Santiago. Cuba.
This regiment will replace the three
immune regiments Rear Santiago.
have been ordered to return To
the United States.
Mrs. L. :. Grant will be present at
the umveilinm of the Grant monument
ii Paramount park. Philadelphia. on
April -. The actual ~uncovcrin~ of
the monument will lie performed b.
one of the generals grandchildren.
The president and ether distinguished
guests will have places with Mrs. Grant
ana the members of her family on tn,
monument stand.
y mining disaster. in which y men
LOST their lives. is reported from the
Mazda mining camp. located III
the state of Coahuila. Mexico. II miles
south of Prc~idio. Tex. An explosion
OF gas caused the calamity.
I'll. director of the mint has been
rapidly to the stock of coin in
the treasury. The amount now held
i, $I5>.UGG.09I. This is subject 10 the
of $&2.>76.O29 held against
outstanding gold certificates. but af-
fordS Il balance of S125.00O 900 for the |
payment of the indemnity to Spain.
and the maintenance of a gold reserve
OF SiCn.000. 900.
After Is hours deliberation the jury
at Van Huren. Ark. in the case of
Mickey. charged with assaulting Mrs.
liulda MiCrS. Il German -
year. of age. returned a verdict Of
The punishment is death. The |
meets tine approval of all. both
and black.
Col. Il. {. Shaw died in INDIANAPOLIS
OH the 10th. He served with distinc- |
ton in the civil war. and was twice
treasurer of Indiana. He was |
formerly chairman of the democratic
state central committee.
Oscar Hammerstein, the theatrical
manager. filed a petition IN bankrupt !
cy. in New York. on the 10th. with liza
of $1i2.4s6. The assets were
given as $500 worth of wearing ap- !
parel.
Hon. H. A. W. Tabor. postmaster at
Col. and eN-United States SEN
ltor. died. on the 10th. of appendicitis, |
after three days illness.
There is said to be- on foot n move
ment to nominate Gov. Bushnell and |
Monnett of Ohio 70. third
terms