The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Cmpiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

tllt 1Oti. IL lit VIII JOih "
November ~ and 20.
The wal department received a dis.
patch from Gen. Otis, on the 10th, stat
ing that hope of saving the transpor.
Hooker had been abandoned. Her
supplies will be taken off. and the hulk
will be sold at auction at Manila. The
vessel was worth about $150,000.
1t is asserted in Berlin that Maj. Won
Reitenstein. winner of the long-dis-
tance military ride from Berlin to vi
emma, has gone to the Transvaal to join
the Beers.
An explosion occurred, on the 18th.
in the glazing house of the California
powder mill at Santa Cruz. Cal. Four
cylinders, containing 10000 pounds of
powder, exploded, wrecking the mill,
| blowing down miles of fencing. de-
stroying the saltpetre warehouse.
breaking panes of glass in Superin-
tendent Peyton'S residence, some dis
lance away. and extinguishing the
electric lights in Santa Cruz. Patrick
Hughes, night Waterman. was killed.
The Allan line steamer Sardinia.
from Montreal and Quebec, with the
Canadian contingent for South Africa,
arrived ut the Verde islands on the
18th.
The Tennessee volunteers landed at
Sar Francisco. on the 18th. and went
into camp at the Preside preparatory
to being mustered out.
Two more of the whaling fleet ar
rived at san Francisco. on the 18th,
from the North Pacific. They were
the Alexander and Karluck. The Alex
ander brought 5000 pounds of whale
bone and the Karluck $4,000 pounds.
The leading feature of the annual re
port of Assistant Secretary Allen 10
Secretary Long relative to the naval
militia is his strong Endorsement of
the plan for the organization of a ma
tional reserve.
Fifty privates of Co. il of the Forty
second infantry. at San Francisco,
were the victims of ptomaine poison
ing on the 18th. The poison is sup
posed to have been in the hash.
Col. Bells regiment and a SINAI!
force of cavalry entered Tarlac. the
seat of the so-called Filipino govern
ment. on the 18th. without opposition.
A%guinaldo had fled.
Walter Mitchell. confined in the
~Leayenworth (kas.) Jail under indict-
ment for the murder of a fellow con
Wet in the penitentiary, committed
suicide. on the 18th. by hanging hin.
SELF from the top of the cell door. ii.
made a rope out of a part of a blanket
Senator Cullom has announced his
intention of reintroducing. on the
opening day of the Fifty-sixth con
grcss, the bill providing a territorial
form of government for Hawaii. He
Will urge action upon this measure
before congress gives serious conSid-
Grafton to any legislation for our othv!
insUlar possessions.
DR.. Richard j. Calling, who revoiu-
tionized methods of warfare by in
venting the rapfd-tire gun that bears
his name, has invented an automobile |
pillow. DIR. Gatling says it will do the
work of eight men and twelve horses.
The propulsion power will be eithe.'
gasoline or oil.
st. Louis and Kansas City capitalists
having large mineral leases in the
western part of Garfield county. Okla.
are finding good copper indications
and deposits. At Il depth of GO feet
a vein of peculiar rock and clay. fou"
to ten inches thick. is found, which IS
of almost pure copper.
The Salt Lake (Utah) Tribune says
interlined with thin. paper-like sheets
that some arrangements have been
made between I'epresentative-elect
Brigham III. Roberts and the reputli-
car members of congress to allow him
to be sworn in and then 10 resign
without further action in the matter.
Col. Bell. with his regiment and a
small force of cavalry. entered Tarlac.
the Filipino insurgcnt capital. or the
evening of the 18th. He found moth
ing destroyed except some railroad
stock. Where AguinaIdo ami
his army has fled to is not as YET
known.
Nicc-President Hobart passed a f.
night. and the improvement
that had been observed for several
DAYS continued on the 18th. He ate
solid food with relish. and it promptly
assfmilated. With his meals he TOOK
milk and between meals was given
mild stimulants.
Philip HolZinger. a farmer residing
near Pesotum. H., and Miss Catherine
Staihut. a friend. were driving over
the Illinois Central track a short dis
south Of PeSotum. on the 18th,
On the way home from church. when
hey were struck by the New Orleans
the new fast train, causing the
of both.
\ miner Lately returned from Cape
Nome to Chicago declares that last fall
man to i'll IN work was carried 10 his
.sbin. and who. when he thought he
vas about to lie. confessed that he was
the murderer of Millionaire
in Chicago. He got better. ;'ow-
yer, end disappeared.
The United States supreme court.
IN the 18th. advanced the hearing Of
he case on its docket involving a con-
lict between the Choctaw ana Chicka-
Indians. on the one side. and the q
Sichitas on the other. over the pos {