The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

III. L. NiiSSlhN- VI 81 :
Valley, Ind, was sentenced iii tn,
United States court at indianapolis. OIL
the list. to three years at hard labor il
The Columbus co. peni;entiary anC
fined 800 and costs. for counterfeit,
ing. y petition. signed by 200 ormoreo q
DIR. Gillespie's ncighbors WAS read. say,
ing that his reputation previous to hi,
arrest had been good. Gillespie also
made a pathetic plea for mercy, but the
court would not relcnt.
The steamer -AnSelma de In Reinaga.
Capt. Thomas, cleared from New Or
leans. on the LIST. with 900 mules Tor
the British government. and sailed. on
the I'd. for Cape Town.
BY n cave-in of an excavation fer 4
sewer in Denver, Col. on the 1st. sever
al laborers were bTried. The body OF
George Holtz was taken out an hour
later. 1t was not known how many
were in the trench.
The liberal party committee in Me-
leo has called a national convention Of
the party toassemble in the City of Mex
leo, February 10, to nominate Il gan
dictate for president of the republic.
The local committees report general
enthusiasm for the candidacy OF Pres
ident Diaz. and political meetings and
professions are being held all over the
republic. The conservative party has
made no sign of putting a candidate in
nomination.
The hearing of the suit brought IL
a Francisco by the st. Louis iui-
bers against the transcontinentaI
siilroads will be resumed before the
Interstate commerce commission il
that city January II. Rebuttal test
many will be taken in Washington.
where the arguments will also b.
heard.
The Spanish consul at Manila an
nounced, on the Sd, that 135 Spanish
prisoners had been released by the
Fi;ipinos.
\ composite regiment made up of
700 picked men from the life guards
and Royal horse guards. the queens
household cavalry, left London. on ;he
morning of the 4th. to embark for
Africa. The regiment. which is ON
manded by Col. Neeld, contains NOR
blue blood than any regiment that ever
before left England.
Excited by liquor and enraged by the
fight of his wife to the hcme OF her
parents, Charles Lamb. Il blacksmith
employed by the Illinois steel works.
ut Chicago, shot inc killed his father
in-law, Charles hubert. and fed.
Arrangements are about completed!
for the ma>onic celebration. in Wash
ingtor, of the centennial of the death
Of George Washington on December It.
Large numbers of MasonS from all
over the United States and tanaua are
expected to attend.
The president has designated A!el-
bert +. Hay, son of Secretary of State
hay. to proceed at once to South .hf.:-
Cd as the representative of the state
department and take the place of NJ.
Nacrum, the present United States
consul at Pretoria.
The family of Willis Fox was poi.:-
oreG. at Mitchell. Ind. on the Sd. bv
eating bologna sausage. One Child
died within an hour and the otii.r |
members of the family were in a crit
zeal condition.
Lord Curzon viceroy of India, had his
first tiger shoot OF the I'd. He was the
guest of the maharajah of Scindia. ;t
Gwalior. The viceroy succeeded in
w~cunding a tiger. The maharaiul Il.
followed the tracks of the beast. on
tie Sd, and killed it. He also shot an
other tiger.
The democrats of the house of rep
representatives. their caucus held on
the I'd, selected Representative James
ID. Richardson, of Tennessee, as their
candidate for speaker after a spirited
Great Britain is to purchase 10000
mules for army use in South .tfri-
These mules will be obtained in
Texas. Missouri and Kansas. Officers
will soon start from New Orleans on a
tour.
Serious news for the British comes
from the northern sections of Cape
Colony. The whole border district be-
tween Colesburg and Burghersdorp
has declared for the Beers. In Ven
alone more that 1000 have
joined the rebellion.
Capt. BlockIinger, commander of the
recruiting station in Chicago.
has beer instructed to enlist 30 lands
men for the cruiser Hartford, which
will leave San Francisco, on the Goth,
for a years cruise around the world. ],