The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Jennie Ward. Il modi tie. died ut
Marietta. Wis. ON the 18th. practically
OF slow suicide. Four weeks bcfore
she went TO :hc NicnomiEec hospital
determined to die. made Der Will. and
absolutely refused TO take amy mcdi-
cine or illow the physicians to 40
anything for her. \ love affair is said
to have caused her action.
Three commissioners from Glasgow
of the Shreveport d Houston railroad.
arrived at New York on the american
liner st. Louis. on the 18th. Ia lay be-
fore President Mckinley and his cabi-
net particulars regarding the Glas-
gov exhibition 10 he held in 1901.
Mai. G. ". Tric. the first treasurer
of Ashland county. o.. died. on the 18th,
aged 81 years. He was reputed to be
the oldest mason in DINO.
by the capsizin@ and sinking of The
British ship .Andcidna. riding AT an
ch0r in the harbor of TacOma. WASH.
her entire crew of Il officers and men
were drowned. The vessel had dis
charged her ballast preparatory to
taking on a cargo of wheat. and when
struck by ii squall the chain to II of
her ballast logs broke. allowing her to
carrcn over on her side where she
filed with water. carSIzrd and went to
the bottom in ,: fathomS OF water.
In a collision between a freight
train and a locomotive on the Phila-
deIphia q Reading railway III Glensidc,
Pa, on the 18th. several cars were over
turned and burned. and John Ruth.
brakeman on the freight train. WAS
piniOned Un.ler the tiinhrrS and burned
to death.
.AnNiet- IS felt for the safety of the
pleasure Yacht Paul Jones. which left
Louisville. Ky. last month for Il cruise
along the ruff coast. Intelligence was
received Of the yacht passing out of
the Mississippi river. on the Sd. since
which nothing has been heard from
her.
\ strong carthquahr shock at san
lander. Spain. at one O'Clock in the
morning Of the 10th. threw the inhabi-
:ants of the city into Il panic. y num-
Der of windows were broken.
Gen. Guy V. Henry. governor Of Pnr-
10 Rico. promised certain concessions
To the councIlmrn Of San juan. and
the latter t~hCr"upOn have Withdrawn
their designations.
The comptroller uf the c~urrrnc". on
the 10th. approved an application for
authority to organic the Stat" nation
al bank of ST. Louis: capital, S2.UGa.On0.
The CaStine sailed from San Ju:n de
Porto Rico. on the 18th. for Gibraltar.
She is going to lhe Philippines to rein
force Dcwey'S fleet.
\ Washington dispatch says thai the
report Of the var investigation com
mission will soon be made to the pres
ident. 1t will be unanimous on all
essential points. and will declare that
the primary cause of the suffering in
the army was due TO lack of proper
military organization.
Miss Anna IIoke Schley. d cousin of
Rear-.ldmiral Schley. and one of the
most beautiful and accomplished woIn-
en- in social circles in Baltimore. Md.
ended her own life at her home. on
| the 18th. by shooting. She had been
Respondent ever since the recent death
of her father.
The east-bound fast mail on the
! Baltimore d Ohio Southwestern rail-
| road. which left st. Louis ut 2:35 on
the morning of the 18th. was wrecked
two miles west or Noble. Ill.,. about )
a.. m. \ broken rail precipitatcd two
coaches and a sleeper into the ditch.
Ten persons were injured. some of
them seriously.
Col. Theodore Yates. at one time
| commander Of the National soldiers
home in Milwaukee. and n well-known
army officer. died. on the 18TH of
! pneumonia, aged IS years. Col. Yates
was very wealthy and for several years
had lived a retired life.
The first detachment of the Seven
teenth United States infantry left Co.
lumbus. O.. on the 18th. for New York
en- route to the Philippines. The de-
parture of the troops was the occae
sion for a great public demonstraH
in which no less than $1,000 per-
participated.