The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-02-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

\ heavy gale swept the British ISL
andS. on the 11th and 18th. causing
floods ut many points. Rivers ove"-
flowed their banks. railways were sub
merged. and there were numerous
casualties along the coast.
Prince Napoleon Charles Gre"oire
Jacques Philippe E~onaparte. third
son uf Prince Lucirn Iionapartc.
Prince of CasSinoandchi c of the older
branch of the Iionaparte family died
il Rome on the eth.
The state asylum for the insane at
Nankton. Neb.. was destroyed by fir"
on the eth. Seventeen Of the inmates
persisted in the flames.
The police of Muncic. Ind. on the
18th. arrested Albert Shuck. Il paroled
.IefferSonville prisoner. sent from
Richmond Il year ago for robbing n
box car. The young ma had Il fine
situation. but became intoxicated and
was reported to the prison officers by
his landlady. The man will serve II
years.
'hIHdl tbliilliolibI "iS CIllStu III tpo-
Iitical circles in Paris. on the 18th, by
the confirmation of Il report hat Il
circulated in the day that Procureur
General Mazau had resigned.
Fire early on the morning of the
10Th did $4,000 damage to Nilsson
hall. East Fifteenth street, New York,
and eight firemen had a narrow IS
cape from death. The men We're work.
ing on the roof when it collapsed. pre-
cipitating them to the floor inside, a
distance of 80 feet.
The Merchants and Miners line
steamship William Laurence was
wrecked off Port Royal. S. C.. on the
18th. One boat with the assistant en-
gineer arrived at Port Royal on the
18th. Three boats are missing.
The military detail for the reception
and escort of President Mckinley dur
ing his coming visit to Boston has
been arranged. and the necessary or
ders issued by the adjutant general.
The Madison-Avenue Presbyterian
church of New York city has present
ed Il call to Rev. DR.. II. \. Johnson.
late of Chicago. to become pastor of
that church. and he has accepted.
Thousands of range horses are said
to be starving to death in eastern Ore
gon.
Russia is said to he in especially bad
just now at Pckin. owing to the
discovery that 1.O0O.OOO of rifles sold
to the imperial government by a Mus
covite agent. indorsed by the late
Muscovite envoy. Pabiof. at Pekin,
have been proved absolutely useless,
being of a pattern 30 or 10 years old.
y Manila dispatch says hat .Aguin-
aldo speaks sarcastically of the mill
tary ability OF the American COM
mander. and seeks to convey to his
troops the impression hat his plans
for the destruction of the American
army and the ultimate establishment
of a Filipino republic are working ont
exactly as he intended they should.
Tuesday. the 18th. was the fortic1h
anniversary of the admission of Ore
gon into the union. The anniversary
was quietly observed in the public and
educational institutions of the
The principal celebration WIS
held in the state house at Salem.
Secretary of War Russell \. Alger.
on the 18th. kept a promise. made 20
Mrs. .Alcer before he left Washington.
call upon Miss Helen Gould to
her for her patriotic services
the war. He called at Miss
Gould's residence in New York and
received with charming grace.
The ~battleship Texas. Capt. Sigsbce
commanding. arrived off the bar at
Tex. OF the 18th. hut did
rot cross. She cast anchor off the
quarantine station. in Bolivar roads,
evening. The reception commit
headed by ]. II. Hawiey. EXTENDED
greetings to Capt. Sigsbee and his Of
ficers. The passage of the Texas from
to Galveston was extremely
and was made in the teeth nf
a 25-mile norther.
IIoilo. the second city of the Phil
ippine islands, was captured by the
and occupied by the troops
Inder Brighten. Miller'S command. on
he 18th. after a brief bombardment.
The insurgents set fire to the native
of the city as they retired.
American casualties reported.