The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

NV lIlf- We. NilD I it'u iioiA
New York. on the 4th. reported the
trust H~norganizrd. They said the pros
poets for its formation were poor.
The queens birthday was officially
celebrated in London on the ID. The
chief event Was the trooping the col
ors on the lIorS" Guards parade.
\ severe wind and rain storm. on
;hc 9Th. seriously intrrfercd with wire
communication between Omaha and
-. Paul. Telegraph poles were blown
down at different places in Iowa and
Wisconsin.
Maj.-Grn. I.awtou has becn conduct
ing 4 movement. with three cOlumns,
under Generals Hall and OVrnshin,
and Gal. Whul,ey. with the purpose
of trapping Gen. Pho del Pillars force
of FilIui"oS on the Moron" peninsula.
The I.o."'."nt WAS only partially SUE
their advance met by Gen. Halls men.
The French court Of cessation issued
It decree. on the 81, annulin@ the
conviction of Capt. Drcyfus and ur-
GIrin% 4 new Cudrt-n;lrtial. 10 be held
~ l~;rnncS. away fr"In exciting Pa
islam influence. The court. also. pre-
scrihcd III" lines upon which the eN
trial should he held.
y tornado swept the country west
o: Dy"r>siilc. Ia. on the evening of the
4th. At some points the path of the
storm was Il mile wide. The operator at
Thorpe. la. reported buildings and
cars being blown over. The urighhor-
hood OF Kellogg. Ia. ais" suffered.
Mrs. Johanna Schil.iu~. - Years Old.
and h.r daughters, Gertrude. aged 10,
and Edna. a~cd >. wcr" found dead in
their home in Il New York. city t>Iy-
mrn;. All had been a~pEy\iatcd. thc
gas doubtless having been turned on
10y in" mother with til" idea OF muir
drriug her TWO children and commit
ting suicide. There had been domestic
difficulty.
The famous old St. Charles thcater,
on the night of the 9TH. together with
adjacent buildings: loss estimated at
$1J.GUD.
Isaac Rcck and daughter, Mrs. Mary
J. Cope. while standing on tn" T. :.
W. d {. crossing al Alliance. O.. wrre
rnn down nv a light engine and IN
~tHntIy killed, the remains being m&l-
gicd beyond recognition.
Sherman NJ. Reese. assistant super
intcndrnt Of the Ducktown sulphur
and copper worI>S, WAS shot down from
ambush and killed by unknown PR
ties. on the 5th, near Isabella. Polk
county. Tenn.
Many burGlariCs have been commit
ted recently in hotels. stores and pri-
:atr houses in Havana. and the police
believe an organized han:I Of American
crooks is at work.
Due d'hrcos. he new Spanish minis
tel. and his wife. called upon Mrs. AIc-
k:nIcy at the White House on the 5Jh.
ON the 9Th th" british house al com
mons voted Gen. Lord Kitchener d
GSaut of c@0.35:.
Earthquake shocks were felt II
Colon. Colombia. or he 18th and 9TH.
Gen. Russell \. .tI@"r. Mrs. AI"cr and
lar1v passed through Montreal. Can.
on the 9Th. on their WAY 10 Grand
Mere. where Gcn. .ii~cr's son resides.
Gov. Mount of Indiana vas reported
i'll, on The 9Th. and threatened viii.
bronchial pneumonia.
\ Cayenne dispatch of the 5;h
stated that Capt. DreyfuS had been re-
leased from his confinement On Devils
island by order Of the French govern
mrnt. and that he had been trans
fcrrcd to ROYAL island. tn await the
arrival OF the French war.lip SfaN,
from Martinique. that is 10 convey
him back TO France.
Open threats TO overturn the repub-
lie were made in the French chamber
of deputies. on the 5tk, and there were
scenes of great excitement. The gov
ernment is taking energetic measures.
and will be prepared to meet II at
tempt on thc-part of the r~oyalists.
Three young ladies. two of them
students Of Mckcndrec. college. We're
drowned in Silver creek. two miles
north of Lebanon. ILL.,. on the 9Th. They
were Miss Ruth .Iepson. of Lebanon;
Miss Florence Spies. of st. Jacob, and
Miss Hallcne lack. of B~eaucOup. III.
Joseph Meyers. the travelling repre-
sentative in Asia of the PabSt Brew
ing Co.. met u horrible death in the
harhor of Hong Kong Nay l. While
in The act of visiting some naval Off
GERS aboard the United States cruiser
CHARLESTON he was instantly killed by
a boat which fell from Shc warship.
Charles J.. Berlcr. the Wells Fargo
express messenger who a~bscouded. ON
December - last, with Sj0.00N. WAS
convicted In the Thirtv-seventn dis.
trict court. at Il Antonio. Ten. or
the 9TH. and sentenced To a term Of
five years in the state ~penitentiary.
Gov. Savers of Texas has issued Il
formal call for an antitrust conven-
ton. to meet in St. Louis on Septem-
h.r 20 of this year. The governor sail
that he had selected st. Louis because
he felt that il was mere centrally To-
Gated. and that the attendance will be
much larger than if held in L Texas
city.