The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-30
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

value that has eyer been found IN the
| Black Hills. The mine is about five
miles from Custer. The rich ore is
found in the 3O0-foot level. The width
of the vein at this time is ten feet.
News arrived in London, on the 21st
that L~adysmith is well supplied with
food and ammunition, and a hold
out much longer than mad been esti-
mated. The troops are described aS
in good spirits and anxious to fight.
Gen. Kitchener arrived in Cairo,
Egypt, on the 21st, and was given n
ovation by Lord Cromer, the British
consul general in Egypt. and others.
He Immediately boarded a train bound
for Alexandria,.
Oscar S. Strauss. United States min
lister to Turkey, left Co%nstnntlnoplc,
on the 21st, for the United States, on
leave of absence.
The Carnegie Steel Co, on the pc,
posted at its various works in the VI
cinity of Pittsburgh, Pa, the DugUcsne
steel works, furnaces and foundry, the
Carrie furnaces, the Homestead stee!
works, the Lucy furnaces, the Key
stone bridge works, tie Upper Union
mills and the Lower Union mills. no.
tees of a ia per cent. advance i'll
wages, making a total of 25 per cent.
increase made by the company, vol
unfairly, since the adoption of the last
general scale.
n terrible disaster occurred at AInat-
fl, Italy the popular tourist resort on
the Gulf of Salerno, on the 22I. ap
enormous rock upon which stood the
~Cappuccini hotel slid bodily into the
sea with n deafening roar and without
a moments warning, carrying with it
the hotel, the old Capuchin monastery
below, the Hotel Santa Calerina and
several villas. Many persons were
buried in the debris, which alsocTushcd
four vessels to the bottom of the sea.
destroying their crews. The Capuchla
monastery was 6S7 years old.
During a dress rehearsal OF the
Christmas programme at St. Francis
Catholic school, Quincy, ILL.,, on the
22d, the dress of a little girl caught
fire at n gas jet, and in the panic that
followed eleven little girls We're burned
TO death; five more We're fatally
burned, and two priests, four nuns
and the %ianitor received serious brrnc.
Upwards of forty school children
were drowned, on the 22d, in an Ice ac
cident at Frelinghcm, Belgium, near
the French frontier. They had beer
given a holiday with permission to
play on the frozen River Lys. III
ice broke suddenly end the children
disappeared, only a few being rescued.
The statement Of The condition If the
treasury issued on the I'D showed:
cash balance, 1921, 94S..62;
gold reserve, S241 ,415.422.
Rev. Dwight l.. Moody, the we'll.
evangelist, Gied at his home in
East Mortified, Mass, at noon OF thu
22d. He was nearly 63 years of age.
Mr.. Moody never rallied from the col
that followed his exertionS dun
ing the great revival at Kansas City, |
No.. in November.
II III Htdl u IdS DtCfi
found near the western line Of Salir"
county, Has. The discovery was n adrlv |
Thomas Mullen, a farmer. whii.' Dig |
ying a well. Steps have been taken l..
eastern parties make a thorough
assay of the quartz.
The ease of Mrs. Sanderson. at
Mich, charged with attempt
ng 10 murder her husband by feeding
him ground glass in his oatmeal. Web;
g the jury on the evening of the S2i,
md at midnight a verdict of not guilty
Mas returned.
The South Dakota state inspector of
mines has completed his report. I:
shows the output Of gold il the
plack Hills for the year to be So
.31,z36. This is an increase of $1,000
'0o over the output of last year.
Recent advices from South Africa
rdlcate that Notwithstanding .he
act that Gen. Methlen is strongly in
Tenched, Gen. Cronje has him in u
,ad box-between the horns of 4
resent as it were. Enteric fever Is
lmong Gen. Methuen's men.
Lady Randolph Churchill. on the
I'd, received a cable dispatch from her
on, Winston Churchill, who vas cap
ured by the Beers in Natal and taken
Pretoria. and whose escape from
here was announced on December H.,
aging that he had arrived safely ut
Bay.
The duke of Westminster, the rich
s. nobleman in England and 4 great
of Queen Victoria. died on tie
I'd, after a brief illness, aged II. He
ad long been a sufferer from aslnE,a
nd other throat end chest troubles.
he dukes income was about S. q nlin-
te.
All the stores in Havana closed at
r o'clock on Christmas morning, and
ne day was devoted to eonvivialit;.
merican friends visited each other 1T
inners and clubs. lien. Leonard W.snl
med with Capt. L. NJ. Young, c,p-
ander of the port, and Mrs. Young. ,
Baron Ludlow Of Haywood. Eug-
nd, former recorder of Exeter aid
Ibsequently judge of the court of al &,
died in London, on the 25tk. jill
8 seyentY-third year II