The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Uleu Ill L ais, oh ihC Ctis III hlo MY
six year.
As a result Of the Drcyfus verdict e
movement is on loot in Hungary
against sending exhibits to the Paris
exposition in 1900. Many intending
exhibitors have Withdrawn their no.
tees of participation Oh the ground
that the present state of things in
France renders it unsafe to send eN-
hibitS.
The socialist and revolutionary
groups III Havre demonstrated, on the
10th. against the Dreyfus verdict. The
police dispersed large crowds and
made i arrests.
DR.. Irving, an American physician.
arrived in Oporto, Portugal. on the
10th. to study the bu5onic epidemic.
Admiral Dewey's flagship. the Olym-
pia, sailed from Gibraltar, on the 10Th,
for New York.
The mining companies of the Mar
quette CMich.) range have granted a
voluntary raise in wages of ten cents
Il day. to take effect on the 1st. The
ldlSt dlltClS bOlH ullN'I ioullu dll'l
surface men, numbering several thou
sand.
Carrie Lentz, aged %. daughter of s.
Il. Lentz, ticket agent for the Illinois
Central at Arcola. H.. and one of the
brightest young ladies in that section,
committed suicide by shooting herself
through the heart on the 10th. No
Il is known for the deed.
From every quarter of the civilized
world come excavations of the verdict
rendered by the Dreyfus court-martial
at Rennes. coupled with suggestions
that the Paris exposition of 1900. by
way of protest, be severely let alone.
The Marine Hospital service az
Washington received an official dis
patch from Key West. on the 10th.
giving the total of yellow fever cases
reported up to date rs 155, with ten
deaths. The detention camp at the
Dry Tortu@as is now in operation. and
refugees are being received and cared
fer.
Miss Helen Gould sent the following
reply to Adit. Liller. of Lancaster. Pa.
on receiving notification of her cleo
ton as national sponsor for the Spar
ish War Veterans: Your kind message
has reached me informing me of my
election as sponsor for the Spanish
War Veterans. and | take great pleas
ure in accepting the honor. for which
please express my thanks to the as
ISOLATION"
\ west-bOuna passenger train and
an extra cast-bound freight. on the
Pennsylvania railroad, cOllided nine
miles west of Richmond. Ind. on the
night of the 10th. brakeman Clark
son was killed and six other trainmen
injured.
The antitrust convention of gov
ernors and attorney generals, called
by Gov. Savers of Texas to meet in
ST. Louis. will convene there on Sep
TENDER 20.
Hon. James Il. Eustis. who was nm
hassador to France from the United
States during the administration Of
President Cleveland. died at his New
port Or. L. villa on The evening of the
9Th. Mr.. Eustis. although well ad-
vanced in years, had ben fairly well
until a few days before his death.
when he caught cold, and pneumonia
set in.
The National Export exposition, at
Philadelphia, was opened at noon on
the 14th, and will remain open. Sun
days excepted, until November 30.
Less than five months ago the first
spadeful of dirt was turTed up for the
foundation of the superb buildings
which have since been completed at Il
cost of more than a million dollars.
The Drcyfus court-martial At
RenneS. France. came to an end. on
the eth. with the rendering of a ve--
dict of guilty, with e~Ntenuating cir
cumstanccs. against tie unfortunate
man. The verdict carries with it Il
sentence of ten years confinement IN
a fortress. The court stood five to tNl
for conviction.
The United States cruiser Olympia.
with Admiral Dewey on board, sailed
lIOll Nlil ditdl- oli III l'iI. IOI NEW
York. 1t is probable Il short stop will
be made at Funchal. Madeira. as tn"
Olympia is timed 20 reach New York
on the 2Sth.
Fisherman who have returned to
Halifax, \. S., from the cod-fishing
grounds on the Labrador coast, repor.
a serious condition OF affairs. The
cod fishery has oeen almost an abso-
Lutte failure and all vessels were re-
turning with small fares. AS the fish
cries are the chief support of the peo-
pie, it is feared their failure will be
followed by starvation in Eiany parts
of Labrador unless assistance is rem
dered.
Gen. Schwan telegraphed from Ma
Mia, on the 18th, to Gen. Co-bin as fol-
lows: Gen. Lawton pronounces ut
terly foundationless newspaper re-
ports of interviews asserting hat he
on the military situationor
criticized conduct Of operations here.
He declares beforehand as false all fu-
ture accounts of such interviews"