The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

milton. The loss of the enemy ii
killed and wounded was quite heavy
| The British loss was 223 killed, wound
ed ard missing.
Menotti and Ricciotti Garibaldi, SONS
of the famous Italian patriot, have
written to the newspapers of Rome
protesting against the demonstration
summoned by the Young GaribaldianF
in favor of the Beers. They declare
hat Italy must remain the friend OF
England. who helped her. particularly
the Garibaldians. in the wars that cul'
minated in Italian independence.
The executive committee of the I'D
reau of American republics held its AN,
nual meeting in Washington. on the
23d. Secretary Hay presiding, and ap
proved certain projects for the extern,
sion of the usefulness of the bureau
submitted by Director Rockhill.
George W. Cook. Thomas Duffy 4
Owen Dunn, of Montana, have been ap
pointed by the interior department n:
appraisers of part of the Fort Magir-
mis- abandoned military reservation in
Montana.
WI Tang Fang. the Chinese minis
ter, has again entered Il protest be
cause of the action of Gen. Otis in too
strictly excluding Chinese from the
Philippine archipelago.
Three new cases of smallpox wee
discovered. on the 23d. among the en-
listed men Of the Forty-eighth (cnl-
ored) infantry. in quarantine at Angel
island. Cal. This made eight cases a
the station. There were our at the
Preside. also.
The president. on the 23d. appointed
the following assistant surgeons in
the United States hospital service:
Robert l.. Wilson. Clarence w. Will.
Elmer r. Edison and John W. AmeSsa.
A national Hereford cattle show will
be held in St. Paul. Mimi. next Sep
TENDER Sd to Sth. in conjunction with
the Minneapolis state fair.
Gen. Leonard Wood. military Cover
o of Santiago province. Cuba. has
been summoned to Washington Tor
consultation.
The Knights of Labor have selected
birmingham. Ala. as the place for
holding their neN general assembly.
Manila dispatches of the I'D report
Gen. Hughes as driving the Panay in
surgents back from The vicinity of
Iliolo, and moving to attack their
stronghold. Santa Barbara. -Four
Americans were killed and p wound
ed. including three officers, On the
21St.
Secretary Longs orders to Rear-.Ad-
miral Schley to remain ont of South
African waters were issued FOR diplo-
matte reasons. They are the result of
n conference. TO which the secretary
of state and The secretary of the navy
were parties. The situation is siIch
hat the president must be the Judge
of the proper time for the American
fleet to enter those waters.
Gen. Methuen's advance encountered
i'll %intrenched force of Beers. near Be-
mont. so miles south of Kimberley.
Cape Colony. on the 23d. and reports
having driven the enemy from three
ridges. with heavy loss. The British
were 50 killed. iEcludin,s
three officers. 152 wounded, 30 of them
officers, and - missing.
Gen. MicArthur's headquarters a;
Tarlac are located in ~AguinaIdc's
residence. The inhabitants o.
the place and neighboring villages
the Americans advent with
music and enthusiasm. Gen. Mac-Ar-
thur received an ovation.
An Anglo-Egyptian force numbering
z, 200 men under Col. Wingate and
Bey. which recently proceeded
south to Fatikohi and thence west
ward. attacked Il force of 5000 Gerv-
under command of Ahmed Fedil,
the khalifa's principal emir. at Abu
AGil, and routed them. killing 100 and
many prisoners. with Il loss uf
only three wounded.
A Spanish corporal. captured by the
Filipinos. has arrived at Manila from
Tarlac. He says he saw AguinaldD.
accompanied by a prominent leader
and Is men, arrive at B~ayambang,
the night of November Is, hat
less, his clothes torn and spattered
mud and his horse exhausted.
It appears. rested a short
and proceeded toward Mangal-
len.
A new domestic employed in the
of Frederick c. Hills. general
manager of the Sioux City & Western
at Sioux City, Ia, unwittingly
some breakfast food hat I'D
been mixed with poison for rats. Mr..
Hills is dead and, at last accounts.
Mrs. Hills was lying at deaths door.
The jefferson county (Ky.) election
commissioners refused the demand of
the Goebel democrats that the vote OF
the city of Louisville be thrown oLt
entire. passing the matter up to the
state election board. where all the ccn-
tests will he heard.
\ Washington dispatch say that
President Mckinley has decided to ap-
and retire. with the rank and
of brigadier generals. three officers
Of the volunteer army. These officers
are Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Ger. F;tz-
hugh Lee and Gen. James Wilson.
y petition in bankruptcy of Mor:tz
and Charles Friedman. cloak manufac-
of New York city, was filed In