The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.
COMPLIED from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

labor reporter on an evening neWspa-
per in New York and had formerly
been employed IS a newspaper man in
Chicago.
4 party of Germans who were del
egates to the commercial congress at
Philadelphia are touring this country
for the purpose of Investigating Amer
lean methods of manufacture and agri-
culture.
The Berlin Freissinige Zeitung says:
"The debt of the empire has enorm-
orsly increased since the death of Will
lam L.. and all to further Germany S
weltmatch. 1t is time t. call n halt"
An unknown steamer ran into and
sank a fishing schooner in Boston har-
Dor on the night of the Goth. OF the
nine men aboard the fisherman only
two are thought to be saved.
William Wilke. aged 10. died, on the
night of the 22d. one hour after receiv-
ing blows on the nose. jaws and Fit
OF the stomach in Il prize fight with
Charles Chelius. aged 10. in the base
ment of the WDke home. The boys
belonged to amateur clubs, and fought
for a s. purse. Chelius was arrested.
1t is stated that within another year
at least 900 more men will be cn-
p!Cyed in and about the copper mines
in the immediate vicinity of Calumet.
Mich. 1t is also said that of this num-
Der the Calumet and Hccla Co. viii
employ no less than 1.500 new men be-
fore the middle of next summer.
There Will be no strike of telegraph
operators o. the Big -Four railway. \
strike is impossible without the cor
sent and cooperation of the affiliated
organizations of trainmcn and tiremrn.
and these have positively refused their
consent.
The registration in Greater New
York was completed on the 22d. The
total registration was 476.717.
The Forty-tifth volunteer infantry,
Col. Dorst commanding. left St. Paul.
Mimi. on the 22d.
Hon. George W. IIigginbotham. Il
pioneer of Kansas. died AT his home in
Manhattan. Kas.. on the 22d. of heart
disease. lie was extensively known
throughout the west.
The lombard Italian Grand Opera
Co. has disbanded at Kansas City, af-
ter a trip through the west, because o.
Door business.
Gen. Otis declined TO receive a Fill
Pine delegation, headed by a major
general who entered Angeles recently,
under a flag of truce. to treat for
peace. because their proposition in
viewed recognition of the so-called
Filipino government.
Old-timers about Helena. Mont. are
agreed that nothing like the recent
fail of STOW has been seen in 20 years.
1t covered a wide scope of country III
northern Montana. and reports tell of
serious Losses of life and stock. Ill
Teton county alone 20 persons lost
their lives.
Gen. Ciprano Castro. the successful
revolutionary leader. made a triumphal
entry into Caracas, Venezuela, on the
22d, and took possession of the Yellow
Ifcuse, the official residence of the
president. Gen. Castro rode at the
head of the c~onGuering army.
4 business block in South Chicago
was burned.on the 22d. entailing a loss
of 100000 and painfully injuring i
persons. Fourteen buildings werr
burned. An old landmark was de-
stroyed in the burning of the Grand
Central hotel. 1t was a frame builG-
and was consumed rapidly.
The foundation for the new govern
printing office will be completed
a few days. and work Will lie
pushed forward. When finished, thS
new building will be the largest print
ing office in the world, as well as the
most fully equipped.
The battle 1T Elandslaagte. Natal,
was Il veritable slaughter. After the
had carried the Boer position,
q white flag was raised, whereupon
hundred Beers attempted 10
flee. They were pursued, and most of
them persisted. The Boer loss is esti-
at 400 killed and thrice that
number wounded. The British lost
l6O killed and wounded.
Twenty girls escaped from the state
school for girls at Mitchell
vile, Ia, on the night of the Goth.
They were pursued and captured. and
those remaining in the school, about
100 in number. broke out into violence.
the windows out and destroyed
property generally.
There was much rejoicing in Des
Moines, Ia. or the night of the 22d,
over the safe arrival of the Fifty-first
Iowa regiment at San Francisco. as
had been some apprehension that
the transport Senator. which carried
hem, had suffered in a typhoon-
The commissioner of internal rev
,nue is rapidly returning to tax pay
RS taxes collected on beer on hard
June IA. 1898, and produced and tax
paid prior to that date. OF the $50
.laims presented from the Cincinnati
800 have been allowed, and the
mount claimed paid. The taxes now
returned were assessed and col
under the act of June IL, 1898.
Al a meeting of the board of direc-
lors of the New York Central e Hud-
on River railroad, on the 23d, author
ty wa given for an increase OF $751; |