The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

men were seriously injured by fall
ing walls and one of them may dc.
Loss estimated at 100000.
1t is reported from both Hamburg
and Metz that British recruiting Off
cers are busy engaging German under
officers for service in South Africa, Of
fering $50 per month.
Among the passengers who arrived
at New York, on the Goth. on tine
steamer Amsterdam ex-senator knutc
Nelson. of Minnesota.
The Goth was a busy day at the
barge office in New York, more than
3,GOu immigrants passing before the
inspectors.
The physician attending Della Fox,
the actress, said, on the Goth. that his
patient was in no immediate danger of
death. No great change was expected
soon.
The business portion of Wakarusa. a
thriving OWL nine miles west of Gosh
en-, Ind. on the Wabash. was burned.
On the Goth. 10 stores being destroyed.
liz l"t1llltiH NtllSdS Npliilittl -.
who We're mustered out of service. 1T
San Francisco. On the 2Sth. left for
home, on the Goth in IL special train
nade up of three sections and provided
by the people of the Sunflowcr state.
Brighten. Funston and II. !. Allen.
EriNate secretary of Gov. Stanley, ac-
companied the regiment.
Many of the French Canadian news
papers in the province Of Quebec are
protesting vigorously against Canada
sending troops to help England in the
TransvaaI, ard declare that Canadians
should have nothing to do with the
wars of the British empire. The seces-
sion OF Quebec from the Dominion is
advocated.
After five days of continuous rain
storms. a terrific hurricane from the
southeast swept over Santiago. Cuba,
ou the Doth. causing much destruction.
Twelve houses were wrecked and 9TH
Frs badly damaged.
There was a very busy day at the
barge office in New York. on the Goth.
more than 5000 immigrants passing
before the inspectors. IN the Augusta
Victoria were 313 steerage passengers.
The 621 il the steerage of the Cam
pania were landed. and the 642 on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse passed
through. The California brought 3.7.
In Touraine 517 and the Rotterdam
19i.
The triangular block bounded by
Canal and Second streets and German
town avenue. Philadelphia. was almost
entirely destroyed by fire. on the Goth
entailing a loss of more than $150.G00.
on which there is partial insurance.
The fire is supposed TO have originated
in the warehouse of WUnderlich Bros.
The Columbia. the victorious Ameri-
,a1 cup defender. the fastest yacht
ever built. will be taken to Europe in
a short time. She is going on Il great
cuT-hunting expedition. She will rake
European waters from end to end OF
all the cups and prizes for which sh>
is eligible to race
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. who arrived in
Washington from New York. in an in
terview. said that the people of Cuba
are steadily improving under United
States supervision. and are slowly but
surely rebuilding their wlr-wasted
homes and repairing their crippled
fortunes.
In the Chickasaw nation the prac-
ticing physicians are greatly worked
Zip over Il law passed by the Indians.
is now being enforced. \. board
of examiners has been created which
all physicians. Those who
do not pass the examination are put
out of the nation.
Bids were opened at the treasury de-
partment. on the 30th. for the CON
struction of the government building
at Dubuque. la. Of the six bids made
that of Charles W. Gindele d Co. of
at $64,500, was the lowest.
Gen. Greedy received a cablegram
from Havana, On the 30th, saying that
the hurricane there had done great
damage to property, and that the lines
Of communication between Havana
arc Santiago had been all cut. Signal
men were repairing the lines.
No mention was made of any loss OF
By a bare majority of one the SUI
preme court of Minnesota decided. on
the Goth, that it is legal for Indians to
hunt upon their reservation in that
state, without regard to the game laws.
80 long as they do not stole their
to be sold, contrary to law, TO
traders.
Sixty men of the Gloucester (Mass.I
fleet were lost during the year
lust ended, a less number than usual.
They left Is widows and 26 children. |
vessels, valued at S79.75O, were
lost.
1t was semi-ofiicially asserted in Be-
lin, on the 31st, that the increase in
the German naval expenditure will he |
betrayed by the increase in grain du-
ties in 1903. which is expected to pro-
luce a surplus of 100000 marks