The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.
COMPLIED from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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south of Manila.
Capt. Dreyfus was landed from the
cruiser SfaX. AT Quiberon. six mil, $
east of HrcSt. France. He was taken on
a special train TO HruZ and thrTc" TO
Renncs by carriage. accompanied ny Il
Speci1l guard.
ADMIRAL Dcwcy's first landin" in
Europe will he at Trieste. 1t i said
that his health has not greatly i'm
proved and that Il complete rest in the
Austrian Tyrul will be taken upon
recommendation of his physician.
Practically every tin-plate plan in
the United States closed down, on the
cN,uin" of the 30th. To wait a settle
mcnt of the wage scale by the ANAL
eamated association and the tin-pIatc
ttUSt.
Eleven ~wcIl-known citizens of North
VILE. Mich. Were arrested. III the iuth.
charged with attempting to lynch
Thomas Evans. whoswas charged with
improper conduct with his ~stcpchil-
dren. After being actually hargcd by
The neck. Evans was cut down, and
nc finally cludcd the lyuchcrs-
In. treaty contirmin%thr agreement
of February l.. by which Spain codes
the Caroline. Pclcw and MarI"uaa is
ands It. Germany. and the declaration
"rTntin" Germany the most favor i
nation treatment from July i. wrra
signed. ON the Goth. 10y Premier Sill
veia and the German ambassador at
Madrid.
IA an interview. in London. on the
%G1il. Senator Mark Hanna said he MAS
feeling like Il Schoulboy off for Il Nlca-
ton. II" added that this WIS the first
time he had been out of America and
everything he SAW WAS new and inter
c>tjn2. He WAS more than delighted
Will his holiday. he said.
Charles NJ. Murphy. of the Kings
County N. " Whcrlcmrn. rode a
milo nn Il bicycle. paced by Il l"como-
tive. in % -. Oh the &Uth. His course
WAS IA tNo-milc board track on a sid
ing of the Long Island railroad. Muir
ply followed an engine and Il day
coach. the latter being provided with
:; hood. which acted as a wind shield
for the rider.
Mrs. August Lisins. who lived on a
farm near Crown Point. Ind. WIS
Killed in Il terrible manner on the 3Oth.
Horses hitched TO 4 moving machine
ran away. and. in her heroic efforts to
stop them. she fell from the machine.
directly in front of the fast-moving
sickle. death resulting instantly.
GOV. Jind of Minnesota received
from Lirut.-Col. Frienderich. at Ma
Mia. on the I0th. 4 cablegram stating
that the effective strength of the Thir-
teenth Minnesota volunteers was 940.
OF the total membership. 80 We're
but not seriously. The regiment
WIS doing outpost duty on the rail-
road.
Many persons were injured in Il rail
accident at Winsford. England,
just before midnight on the LIST. \
freight train on Il siding overshot The
buffers and left the rails. Another
freight train collided with the wreck
age. and caused Il partial fall OF a
railway bridge. Then Il crowded eX-
c~ursion train ran into the Others. tp-
wards of fifty ears were wrecked.
Three boys were drowned while
in the Cedar river. at Water
below the river dam. Roy IIarbauoh
ventured beyond his depth. and in a
vain effort to save him. Bet and John
were also drowned.
Bishop John i. Newman. of the
Methodist Episcopal church, whose res
is in San Francisco, is critic
ally i'll at his cottage in Saratoga. y. Y.
There were slight disturbances in
on the 2d. growing out of
discussions regarding the Dreyfus af-
fair. The police made several arrests.
\ Philadelphia paper publishes a
story to the effect that a mutiny de-
veloped on the auxiliary cruiser Pan
Their. now at League island navy yard.
while on her way from San Juan.
Porto Rico. to Philadelphia. and that
il was necessary to place "a men in
Gen. Wheeler will receive orders
a few days to start for the Phil
His particular assignment
will be determined when the war de-
partment has heard from Gen. Otis.
Ten new cases of yellow fever were
reported at Santiago. Cuba, on the 1st,
md five were reported on the I'd. This
the total number of cases 10 "a.
No deaths were reported en- the I'd.
Mrs. Kate Rothenberg was horribly
on the night of the I'd. at
LeadvilIe. Col, and may die. NJ. J. Rob-
,rts did the beating, and is under ar
rest. He claims that the woman is
possessed of witchcraft and has been
oracticing on him.
As a result of a street car collision,
IN the night of the I'd, on the road of
The Monongahela Traction Co., at
Pa, two people are dead.
1--WE seriously injured and ten others
rore OF less hur'~