The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
COMPLIED from Various Sources.
PERSONALaANO GENERAL.

INV III HIlNh IT IL ii'p'~th w hh'
81 plants west of Pittsburgh, Pa. Were
in Cleveland. o.. on the 10Th. negotiat-
ing with the owners of the Union roll.
ing mills. 1t is believed the mills will
b, taken into the combine.
In the will of John Quincy Adams
on the 10th. the sum of $780, 600 is be
queathed to e~duCationa and religious
institutions.
Senior MunoI Rivera. who was recent
ly relieved of his office as Porto Eican
secretary Of state, will soon leave Por,
to Rico for the United States. by way
OF Cuba.
Despite repeated rUmorS to the con
! trary. the war department has no in,
tcntiun of taking official action in the
case of the Tenth colorrd immunes
and other regiments tirIt have been
maxim" trouble in transit through the
south. since their discharge.
After mature consideration on the
subject the war department has drcid-
ed to take advantage Of the provision
of the act 10y which Hawaii was an
ncNed Ia tie United States transfer
ring the public lands 20 the general
/ government. to acquire such tracts i'll
the islands as may be necessary for
military purposes.
Col. Iicquart, in accordance with tne
decision of the criminal section of III"
French court of cessation. has been
! ! =. r,IaI n,ar. fFp. -rt1l -, fhA ,iNiI M
tlruriticS. lie has been transferred
from the Chrrche Midi prison to the
Prison of La Anto.
The government has desired the Red
Cross society to take up the hospital
work in Cuba. shcltering the homeless
| and caring tor the sick. y. Red Cross
staff started for Havana. on the 14th.
/" join the agents of the society al
ready there.
The French state railways. operated
under The control of the French gov
eminent, have placed an order with
the Baldwin locomotive works of Phil
adelphia for ten high-speed locomu-
tives. to he finished in a few months.
EX-Gov. Fletcher, of Missouri. who
was stricken with paralysis in Wash
iEgton. about three weeks ago. is in Il
critical condition. He rallied from the
attack. and for awhile was considered
out of danger. but suffered Il relapse.
An oil well producing q to 200 bar
rels a day was opened two miles west
of Marietta. o.. on the 18th. The strike
caused much excitement in oil circles.
as the well was the first deep sand pro
ducer opened close to the city
TIE president has issued two procIa-
eliminating duties shipping from the
British West Indian islands Of Trini-
dad and TOha%o.
David !. I!aker. eN-judrc of the Iii
nois supreme court, dropped dead OF
heart disease in his law office in CHI
c;,go. on the 18th.
Chief Justice Fuller stated. on the
18th. that the United States supreme
oo.Gr5 would take Il recess. on the 10Th.
for two weeks.
t!artin J. Carter. Of Pennsylvania.
has been appointed United States con
sui at 81. Johns. y. T.
The last az the Filipino rmisSarics
have left Washington. When they
reaci; London they will inform .A%ou-
clio that further resistance * Use
less. and that toe United States has
no corruption fund. and nothing To
give h"uinaldo hut a sound drubhing
aud. probably. Il term in prison.
M&i.-tien. Otis has advised Gen. Rios
and his associates. representing tn"
government OF Spain. that ne~otia-
tions with the FiiipinuS looking to the
release of the Spanish prisoners must
cease. as they are calculated to en-
barrass the American military author
tiles.
Secretary Gage is satisfied. after
careful examination of the appropria-
tions made by the last congress-. with
the help of the experts in the treasury
department. hat the treasury will
have ample SQUIRE for the next lis
cal year and for a long time to come.
Charles {. Kiefer. probably the most
distinguished mason in Ohio. died at
Crbana. on the 18th. aged - years.
He has occupied all the high offices in
the grand lodge of masons and grand
commandery knights tempiars of
Ohio since 1850. and at the time of his
death was grand secretary of the
grand chapter of Ohio. Il. y. NJ.
John Eady. 4 wealthy resident of
Hanover. ILL.,. dropped dead at his
DOR as he was returning home from
his sisters funeral. He was 50 years
old. and had lived in 10 DaviesS coun-
ty Sc years. His widow and nine chill
dren survive hirl.
Six men. charged with making ard
selling counterfeit silver dollars. and
who. according to the secret service
men. have passed an enormous guam
tity of spurious coin in New York and
and vicinity. have been arrested. The
counterfeit is so good that MANY of
the coins have passed into the SUBJ
treasury.