The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-12
NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiied from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ping at fGF l~'pthdNdA. ". L. Wa
drowned near Hog island, near Rock
away. on the 9th. lie was in the water
giving an exhibition OF swimming
when he suddenly disappeared from
sight. lie did not rise. and il was sup
posed he vas showing how long he
could remain under water.
The second trial of Capt. Drcvfus
began at Rennos. France. on the eth.
No new cases of yellow fever were
officially reported in Santiago de Cuba
on the 9Th.
Leonard Gould. of Chicago. dropped
dead on the Spring House piazza at
Block Island, Il. l., on the 9TH, of heart
trouble.
The battleship Texas and the cruiser
Brooklyn Of the North Atlantic squad
ron arrived at EOck!and. Ne, on the
9th.
The sUprCm" court-martial. at
Madrid. before which Generals Toral
and Pareja were tried. charged with
SurrcnGcring Santiago de Cuba to the
United States forces without havin"
exhausted all means of defense. has ac-
quilted both officers on the ground
that they acted on the orders OF their
SuporiOrS.
by Il collision at .IuviSy. n suburb OF
Paris. on the southern side. between
the Paris and Nantes train. and the
Paris and Lyons Mediterranean ;rain,
Il persons were killed and - injured.
The accident happened during Il ter
rife thunderstorm.
During a severe thunderstorm, on
the evening of the 9Th. in Paris. the
lightning conductor III the Eifel tower
WAS struck ten times. \ thunderbolt
set fire to the .Ieannt factory. many
buildings were slightly injured and
scores of fine trees along the bOdle-
wards were destroyed.
Wiley Bum, the self-confesscd muir
derer of Allen Martin. in Calhoun
county. Ark. in 1898. who was being
taken back from East st. Louis. ILL.,,
by the sheriff of Calhoun county. cut
his throat while on the train at Jones
boro. Ark. and will probably die.
The United States steamer BADGER.
with two of the Samoan commission
ers. arrived at San Francisco. on the
9th. 10 days from .ipia. United States
Commissioner Bartlett Tripp and the
representative of Germany. Baron
Sternbcr~. came from Samoa without
their cOnferce, c. Y. f. Elliot. british
commission. who e the other way.
Near Okarche, Okla. three little
girls. children of J. =. Pinkright, while
sitting on the sill of an open barn
door. were kicked by a horse. One of
the girls skull was crushed. another
had an arm broken. and the third was
badly bruised about the chest.
Capt. Drcyfus was safely landed in
the trial room in the Lycrc hall N
Eenres, on the morning of the 9TH
The passage from the prison was
quickly and quietly effected. The
crowds were kept back by soldiers and
mounted police.
Rev. George W. Pepper. d. d.. died.
on the 9th. AZ his home in Cleveland
O. DR.. Pepper had been in ill-health
for several months. He WAS ordained
a Methodist minister in 1850. and had
been prominent in thac church in
Ohio.
London adviccS are to the effect that
the young duke of Manchester is pay
ing devoted attention to Miss Gertrude
Elliott. This charming woman is the
sister of Maxim" Elliott. Nat Good
wins wife, one of the beauties of the
stage. Miss Gertrude Elliott is a San
Francisco girl.
The passenger steamer City OF
Grand Rapids. with 200 passengers on
board. sprung Il leak when 50 miles
ont from South Haven, Mich, on the
night OF the 9Th. and narrowly escaped
laundering. as the pumps were not
4:gged. One was got in working or
der Just before the water reached the
furnaces.
At Barbourville, Ky, on the eth, the
jury in the case against James Baker,
for the murder of Wilson Howard. re-
turned Il verdict of not guilty on the
first ballot. There was n general
handwriting when the verdict was an
nounced. The Bakers will not return
to Clay county, and say the feud is
over on their part.
The annual saengerfest of the Unit
ed Polish Singers of America began
in Bay City. Mich, on the 18th, with n
business meeting. Delegations were
present from several of the larger
cities. The grand concert of the &C.
casion was given in the opera house on
the evening of the Sth.
The refrigerating ship Glacier ar
rived at Hong Kong on the eth.
Free delivery postal service has been
ordered established, on November /, al
Prescott, AriZ., and Reno, New.
A three-year-old daughter of Law
renee .Hanley. the actor, was crushed
to death under q trolley car at Los
Angeles. Cal, on the eth. The child
was crossing the street with other
children and. becoming bewildered at
the rapid approach of the car,ran upon
thc track. Mr.. Hanley is filing an en-
at St Louis.