The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Admiral kautZ reported tie irriv!.
at Apia. on the 10th. of the cruiser
Philadelphia. He made no mention o.
political affairs.
Tie Royal clay works. ut Midval". O.
one of the largest industriasof its Lind.
is Ia resume operations. after an idle
ness of three wears.
\ combination Elaborated rIass aud
metal lamp manufacturers is III nroS-
rcSs of formation at Pittsburgh, Ia.
and. it is expected. will ID in active
operation before the midii, of April.
The pillow manufacturers OF the Unit
ed States are forming Il combine.
The British cruiser Talbot. with thu
body OF Baron lIehschril or board.
which sailed from New York. on the
Sth. arrived at Portsmouth. England,
on the 18th.
There is more gold IN The poses.
sion of the United States treasury now
than at any time for many Years. The
total gold held by h treasury Ire,
year" ago was $~I27.0OG.011. The prcS
tnt total is more than $2lI.D1D.JD
Four companies of the Sr.on: va'nn-
tccr engineers. uow al Honolulu. hive
been ordered Ia san Francisco 20 Lee
mustered out of service.
The hattlcship Iowa has been or
dcrcd 10 the Union iron works - >,aI.
Francisco 10 have newtuLc' pIj in E,:
boilers and coudrn~cTS.
The coIIirr Erutus is nj IN. Mare l.;
and NAVY yard hrin" o"rrhaulrd nr,-
raratory 20 taking Il car"n @! caar It.
Guam.
Up To latest the known
death list as the result OF the burn
ing of the Windsor hotel. New York.
numbers l6. but quite Il large number
OF persons are reported missing. many
of whom. il is feared. were buried in
the ruins.
TO NJ. Cambon. the French amba>-
sador 1T Washington. will he sent the
copy Of the treaty of peace signed by
the queen regent of Spain. and upon
him will devolve the duty of making
the exchange of ratiiicatiOnS. thus
completing the task which he inaugu-
rated last summer. and in which his
every act has been rmincntly satisfac-
tory.
Gen. Wheaton'S flying column con-
tinues pushing the FilipinoS, and not
Il day passes without Il brush of some
kind. An advance in the direction of
Malolos. by Il division under the i'm
mediate command of Gen. Lawton is
expected to begin at once.
\ serious conflict between police and
people of Havana ut Il ball in an I'M
Savorr quarter. resulted in much
shooting and clubbing. From 80 20 80
people We're wounded. some seriously.
Among the injured is Police Captain
Estampes. formely Il colonel in the
Cuban army.
The coming week or two will wit
ness n YER rapid exodus of volunteer
regiments from Cuba. Secretary Al
ger is going in person TO see that the
transportation is made as fast as the
facilities will allow.
An .\nglo-Egyptian expedition will
he undertaken next autumn. accordin"
to a dispatch from Cairo TO the Lon
don Daily Mail. to finally dispose of
the khalifa .Abdullah and other Derry
ish leaders in the Soudan.
Patrick Walsh. cN-Unit"1 States sen
.Ior and mayor of Augusta. died at his
residence. in augusta. Ga. Oh the 10Th.
after three months illness of nervous
REGISTRATION. There was little hope in
the community of his ecovcI '. but his
death was not thought to he so near
a hand.
Fearful havoc WAS wroT"i:- hy a tor
made that accompanied Il Storm Of
wind and rain. III the vicinity of Bir-
min"ham. Ma. on the l>ra. fourteen
persons are known /" have been killed.
len of them belonging 20 on; faI2rir.
whose home WAS orr to pieces. MANY
others were injured.
\ tornado passed over EIrkc COM
w. Ga. At three o'clock on the morn
ing of the 10Th. In the vicinity #
N;.yneShoro four people w"r" killed.
Several houses wcr" d"mol5sh"d Hld
much damage done. Eleven houses
were blown down ut Waiter McCatl-
eri ) farm. >lN mics rom NINnrS-
boro.
The batticsllip Oregon and her ron
SCrt. the collier Iris. arrived III Manila
or the 18th. sailing into thu iray at full
speed just ut The lowering of colors in
the evening. The battleship Wa in per
feet trim for action. and Wis welcomed
with great enthusiasm.
The following bullet-a regarding Mr..
Kipling's condition was issued on the
Goth: MI. kipling has madA a deciG-
ed gain in the past four days. Tic
pleural eNIdate at the lower part of
the right lung has been il a great
measure absorbed. so that apprehen-
sior from this source has been re-
moved"
The world wonders At the marks
manShip of the American nav. and
the army is now having an inning.
Americans have inherited from COLO
NAL DAYS and innumerable border coz
fictS a clear idea of the necessity OF
straight shooting. I'm army in his
country does not represent much gilt
ter or cermoninuS p~ageantry, lat the
man who can send his bullet Greet to
the mark is the most highly esteemed
as a soldier.
Before the Wade court OF inquiry.
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