The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


created n cardinal in 1851.
The assembly of Victoria. y. &. W.,
on the 10th, adopted "a resolution
pledging the colony to join the Pacific
cable scheme.
The Persian minister of foreign af-
fairs. Observation-Disclosures died sudden
ly, on the 10th, while passing through
Paris.
4 street car ran off the Prairie
street bridge in Merrill. Wis, on the
18th, dropping into the river. a dis
lance of 20 feet. The car was complete
" wrecked, but none of the passengers
were fatally injured.
The popularity of the revolution in
San Domingo is due to the use of the
name of Gomez, and should he decline
the presidency or Jiminez finally op-
pose his election, prominent leaders
are already considering the alternative
of calling a plebiscite in order to as
certain whether the country would no:
prefer to renew the vote of 1871 for
American annexation or an American
pIOtectorate.
Col. w. c. Johnson. of Cincinnati.
acting commander-in-chief of the q.
a.. r.. is a candidate for election as
commander-in-chief at the coming ma
tional encampment in Philadelphia.
Maj. Elijah j. Halford. paymaSter of
the department of the gulf. arrived AZ
Fort Thomas, Ky, on the 18th. with
$4,000 and paid off the Thirty-firSt
regiment and the regulars stationed
there.
\ report was received at the war de-
partment. on the 18th. from an officer
at San Juan. Porto Rico. estimating
that the number of killed in the recent
hurricane on the island amounts to
500.
The Continental Telephone and Tel
egraph and Cable Co, capital $1,000
600, was Incorporated at Trenton, y.
j.. OF the 18th.
Maitre LabCri. principal counsel for
Capt. Dreyfus, was waylaid and shot
while en- his way to attend the court
martial at RenneS. France. on the
morning of the 18th. The bullet is
said to have entered his stomach. pro-
ducing a mortal wound. At last ac-
counts he was still alive.
Advices from the Arctic whaling
fleet. brought to Port Townsend.
Wash, on the 18th, by the schooner j.
NJ. Coleman, p days from Port Law
renee. are not encouraging. The sea-
son, it is stated, has been a complete
failure.
The French schooner Paubhoto was
sunk in a collision. on the 18th, Off
Lowestoff, England. by the steamer
Hercules, and five persons were
drowned. The steamer rescued the
remainder of the crew.
Hon. George Laskey. an Ohio pio-
neer and-the founder of heOhiodrain-
age system, died at Toledo on the 18th.
He was IS years old.
Two police officers We're murdered
il; Denver. Col, on the eth. by a re-
cruit belonging to Company l., Thir-
t~v-fourth volunteer infantry, stationed
at Fort Logan.
The great West Indian storm of the
1tl, did comparatively little damage in
the city of Santo Domingo.
According to latest reports received
from Gov.-Gen. Davis of Porto Rico.
at least 1000 persons were drowned
or killed by falling walls during the
recent hurricane; fully 100000 per
sons have been rendered homeless and
destitute; one-fifth of the dwellings
in the island are totally destroyed:
thousands of cattle were killed and all
crops ruined.
The North Atlantic squadron, COM
posed of Admiral SIMPSONS flagship.
the New York, the Brooklyn. Indiana.
Massachusetts and Texas. sailed from
Bar Harbor. Me-. on the 18th. The
squadron was expected to engage in a
few days practice cruise, and then
proceed to Newport.
1t is proposed after the close of the
Paris exposition. next year. to open al
American exhibition either in Moscow
or ST. Petersburg, to consist chiefly OF
American exhibits from Paris, with a
view of extending American trade.
The greatest steamship the world
mas EVER Sttn. tHt Nilltt DldT llltT
Oceanic. is now preparing, at Belfast.
for her maiden voyage from Liverpool
to New York. Capt. Cameron, former
ly of the Majestic, has been given
command of the Oceanic. and is en-
gazing his officers and crew.
Because the girl dared him, William
Grove borrowed Gertrude Moore's
bathing suit, on the 18th. and dived
into the Ohio river from the Big Four
bridge, at Louisville. Ky.,a similar leap
from which killed Thomas Heavy just
Il week before. Grove, who is an ath-
lete of local repute, made the descent
of 90 feet successfully.
The special committee appointed by
the G.. \. r., to investigate the charges
made against Pension Commissioner
Evans will report hat the entire or
g%anization of the pension bureau is in
the hands of men who served in tn"
union army and that the charges have
no foundation in fact.
As a result of Il reconnaissance in
force. on the 18th, the Filipinos were
driven from San Mateo. northeast of
Manila, and the town occupied by our
troops. The American loss was three
men killed and Is wounded, including
a lieutenant of the Twenty-first infan-