The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

~. Mayor Strong, of New York city.
Brig. Gen. Henry G.. Merriam mas
: been assigned 1" Temporary mma
al the department nf Missouri in nd-
dition Ia his duties ia commander az
the department Of the Colorado.
News reached Srnttlr, Wash. on the
list, that chief Moses. the wcil-hnown
Indian, died at hi, liuur III the Colsille
r,s"Tthtium On the 9th.
Lord Charlie Fr"hman la, purchased!
Gr"rgt Edwards interest IN the Duke
OF l"rL Ihrii"r, Thus brcnnin" sole
/, ss,, IT TIA" building.
Oscar S'rni~~, the United State
minister To- tun>tHntinnplr. had ian AIT
dirnrr I" the sultan on the lst. The
int"rHI"", which wa~ r~r"tfacted, WAS
al the most cordial character.
thr opinion is expressed ia official
c%ircl", IN Washington thai the ]"hIlu"E
los ii satisfactory and peaceful final
adjustment Of Samoan affairs Is de-
"itr,lly hopeful.
Richard Chamberlain. brother of
.iD>rpn Chamberlain. british secretary
Of state Tor the colonies, died ia Lon
Inn on the "a.
From the White Hons al Washington
come confirmation of II cable. ram sent
out from London announcing that
HE british government was wiilin" Ia
a~hr""nI" the Clay t"n-l;ulwrr treaty
aud allow the Nicarupunn canal To IL.
huiIt hN this country on the same ba-
II: ii, the Su"Z canal was built, and III
b. ia" operated.
Great Indignation has been caused ut
Madrid 10y the publication of dis
patches from barcelona and other STA
ports Ia the effect that the soldiers re-
turning home from tulih and Port"
li.c" are receiving offers of the immt-
diatr pay mrnt of o~nr-fourth of ihriT
arrears of pay in return for il receipt
for the full amount due.
Foreign business houses lost over a
million dollars by the destruction of
lI"ilo 10y the filipinos before. Gen. Nil
drr captured the city. Stephen n Co.,
an English firm, estimates its loss II
NIlU,nOu, consisting of stored hemp.
Numerous other firms had warehouse,
and stocks destroyed.
Nicholas l;osSi, the alleged rmbezzlrr
at Si,Inn from AN Italian banking
house at Lima, Peru, was arrested on Il
farm near ki"wa, HAS, upon r>trndi-
ton papers from Peru. Consul iier"-
mann, at New York, had been on
l.csai's trail for il year.
The steam Touring mill of Dow 4
King, III l'irtstirld, one of the largest
a. ncerns al its kind in central Illinois,
was DESTROYED 10y fire an ih, morning
OF the I'd. Loss. S5n,0O0; insurance par |
iial. BESIDES the mill, 1000 barrels ri
fear and 10000 bushels of heat were |
consumed.
Ag"ncill", the lilipin" agent. who is |
rev III Paris, hrlittlrs the importance. |
al the capture 10y the Americans If
Mal"l"S, the Filipn" capital. SAVING |
that his people had determined to re-
Roe to san Frrnard" anyway
Miss MARY Wilson. ii prominent |
Ncung society Woman of Augusta, |
HAS, committed Suicide upon learning |
that .\l,a Din. her lover, had been |
killed on the battlefield of Maiulu-. |
Dix Mas ii private in Go. q, Twentieth \
Kansas volunteers.
Wholesale murder OF gold seekers 10y
indians has been committed near the
mouth of the ku>kukwim, one Of III.
largest rivers of Niaska, which cmr-
ties into l;rhring SEA about 100 mil.S
southeast ut Etulm straits. The mar
,icred men are said Ia b. Il party al !
k~rntuckian>.
Rev. James Nrrdham is dead AT his
humr nra" Pilot Mountain, v. {. H..
would have been 100 Years old ON MAY
: next. He WAS ii Methodist minister,
and his last sermon WIS preached III
Winston last November.
The remarkable exhibit of receipts
made by the treasury returns for the
t'onth Of March has greatly strength
ened the belief of Secretary Gage and
Treasurer Roberts, upon the adjourn
ment of the last congress. that III.
treasury will soon be upon Il self-Sup-
porting basis. ]
Hing George accepted the rcSigna-
tior Of the Greciau cabine, ON the Sd.
Tn American rotterirS Co, the
name given the proposed So, oOO,O 900
trust, I" include all the potteries il
tht nited States, is dead. The pro
l%ectorS, 1t is said, spent $4,000 III trs-
ing TO effect an organization, bu.
tailed because of oNer-capltaliIation.
\ telegram MAS received at the war
department, on the Sd, from Secretar"
Alger, at Santiago de Cuba, saving
that all members 4, his party were
we'll. He madt no lirntiun Of political |
affairs on the island and was silent a. 1
L. his future movements.
The statement of the condition OF the
treasury issued on the I'd showed: IA
Available cash balance, Ss>5,J52,62 u
gold reserve, S245,56+,SS2. /
-Four bandits, among them \utonin I.
\Cmez, a notorious desperate. wrrr
captured i've miles irom San Luis, {
Cuba. on the I'd, after I lively Ggn, :
with laen Of the Ninth immunrN. J.