The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| ~ NhhSdSO Ht"S agency says tHdt
commission houses there are unani.
mously opposed TO the continuance OF
the practice of trading in puts" and
calls" and are very generally sending
notices to their clients that they will
accept no more such orders.
4 mass meeting of citizens was held
in the academy of music. New York
city. on the night of the 22d, under the
auspieces of the Continental league,
for the purpose of protesting against
the policy of imperialism and en-
tangling alliances with European
powers"
Fire which. on December &c, broke
out in the D~iamondville mine at Dia-
mondville. Wyo., continues to spread
despite all efforts to control it. and it
is feared hat the mine will have t O be
abandoned.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury on the Goth showed:
Available cash balance. $292,3S3 ,OO3;
gold reserve, $3.50, 465, O53.
Strong seismic disturbances were
lVlts III INK ~ISt. iiouSHou HC ICIO-
ponnesus, and especially in the south
western departments of the Grecian
peninsula. All the houses in the town
of Philiatra, in the department of Mes
senia, on the Ionian coast, have been
damaged, and several villages were de-
stroyed. 4 great panic prevailed.
though no loss of life has been report
ed.
The steam ferryboat Oakland. ply
ing between San Francisco and Oak
land, Cal, a down the launch Will
lam d., near Goat island. on the ed.
The launch sank Immediately. Engi-
neer Waddles of the William D. was
drowned. F. d. Orr. a passenger, was
struck by the Oakland. and died of his
injuries after reaching the hospital.
An earthquake lasting ten seconds
and the most severe in years occurred
at Port Antonio. Jamaica, on the 21st.
James Il. Scott. commercial editor OF
the Dubuque Herald. died. on the pc.
aged 20. He was the oldest newspaper
worker in Iowa. having been employed
continuously over 40 years on the
Herald. He was Il native of COnnecti-
cut.
Gen. Michael ~.Annenkoff. the dis
tinguished Russian engineer who con-
structed the Trans-CnSpian railroad.
died on the 22d.
There We're fresh earthquake shocks.
on the sd. in the provinces of the
P~eloponnesus, particularly in the dis
tricts of kyparisia and Philiatra. in
the department of Messinia, on the
Joian coast. In the town of Kyparisia
a number of houses which were DAM
aged by previous shocks collapsed. in
juriTg many. In III village 80 chill
dren were injured.
On the 23d the house of representa-
tives passed the bill to extend the navi-
CATION laws of the United States to
Hawaii.
Representative Clark. of Iowa, in
troduced a bill. on the 23d, providing
that no polygamist shall be a senator
or representative"
The advices received by the war de-
partment in the past week from Maj
Gen. Otis in regard to the situation
at Manila have not been encouraging. |
Disquieting incidents Lave occurred to |
shake the hope of the government
a p%eaceable outcome might be
expected shortly.
All the expenses for Cuba for
January. provincial and municipal. |
will be met out of the customs re-
There will be no attempt to
other taxes to meet the first
months payroll. 1t is possible that
the expenses for February will lie pro-
in the same way.
Three more cases of smallpox were
in indianapolis. Ind. on
The I'D. and DIR. Clark, the secretary
Of the board of health, expressed the
that in view of the conditions
the cases. an epidemic is
Jar from improbable. He gave out
orders for vaccination. !
Judge George W. Stipp. who for is
has been a circuit judge of the
linth Illinois district. composed of the
of Will, Grundy. La Sale and
Bureau, died at the home of his fam
ly in Princeton. He was one of the
s'st-knOwn men in northern Illinois.