The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

CARRYING reinfOrcementsfor both army
and navy.
At Phillips, Wis, on the 21st, Mich
acl Bartemus attempted to murder mis-
wife by shooting. He then turned the
weapon upon himself, inflicting fatal
injuries. Mrs. Bartemus will cover.
Domestic trouble was the cause of the
tragedy.
The Third Nebraska will be mus
tered out May II.
In a duel with pitchforks in an alley
in Chicago, on the 21st. Edward Ziek-
mond. white, stabbed Horace Scott,
colored. through the heart, and stood
over his PROSTATE form until he died.
The United States supreme u
will adjourn for the present term on
May -.
The Munson line steamer Ella ar
rived at New York. on the 23d. from
I%aracua. Gibara and Neuvitas. Cuba.
She brought 40 passengers, all but W
of whom We're discharged OF fur
lou@hed officers and soldiers. There
was also Il deserter on board, who was
placed under arrest on arriving at the
pier. He was a member OF the hospital
corps ii Neuvitas.
William ID. Burdock, Il ]glyccrinc
shooter. was blown to atoms at his
magazine near bradford. Pa. on the
I'D. He was CARRYING Il can of eXplo-
siNe when last seen alive. y few mo-
mcnts LATER his magazine. barn and
boilcrhou~e went up in Il cloud OF
smoke. Only small fragments of Bur
docks body were found.
The bur@Omastcr and eight mcyn-
bcrs of the OWN council Iiascr. Hun
gary. have been arrested on Il charge
OF forging bank notes. The operations
of the criminals have been going on
for two years.
1t is rcasserted, in different reliable
quarters in Spain. that the attempts
OF Don Carlos to raise IL loan on the Sc
curity of his Italian and Austrian Is
tatcs have failed.
Sig. Marcomi. the distinguished cleo
t~rician. whose experiments in wireless
biography have aroused 4 worldwide
interest, will visit the United States
next October.
Tine agricultural implement ware
house of Kin"man y Co.. an eight
story brick structure located across
IN alley from the new burlington sta
ton. at Omaha. Neb.. took fire at $50
p. m. of the I'D. and was totally de-
stroycd. The loss is $lo.OOo on build
ing and $1c.0O0 on stock.
The ~Sherborne school, a boarding
Institution for boys. located in the
suburban town Of san Rafael. Cal.
was burned on the I'D. There were
"a number CT DARN" rcScucS. but
Charles Armstrong. the siN-ycar-old
son of an army officer now in Manila,
rushed into the burning building for
sCmc purpose, and was lost.
One of the most severe and deSper-
Gtely contested battles hat has oc-
Cured since the fighting with the Fill
pinoS began, occurred in the vicinity
of Quingua on the I'D. 1t is known
that the American loss was eight men
killed and ~ wounded. Among tine
killed We're Col. ~StotSenburg and Lieut..
SiSson. of the First Nebraska. which
regiment suffered the heaviest.
As Il result of his alluSiun. in an
"impromptU speech at the Union League
club. New York. to the conduct of the
German flcet at Manila during the war
with Spain. Capt. Joseph l.. Coghlan
viii. in all probability. he relieved of
FL, - ~. IpI.I IL ...-
department having taken umbragc at
| is undiplomatic u~ttcranc's.
Two of the most remarkable statues
ever found have just been unearthcd
by NJ. Georges Lcgrain. Il French
Psychologist. frcm the ruins Of the
temple al Karnak, ON the upper Nile.
of these is in alahaStrr. and rep
rcScnts the great Thrhau "oG. .Ammoa.
His a~lai1astrr god i l. feet h;yh. and
vas originally made from enc solid
block OF stonc. tt" largest a!aEaStcI
statuc in the world.
IL tn" presence OF nearly 2.IO2 pco-
pie. who semi alOit wells of G"fianc.
ard shouts OF joy. sam Hose. who
known. was first mutilated AMI then
burned IT the stake III = public road
burned 1t IT," stake in Il public road
one and onr-half miles from Newman. |
Ga. on ;hc I'D.
from a dispatch received bv Sccrc-
tmy Long from ADMIRAL Dewey. on
the I'D, it is evident the latter is still
in the dark respecting the wherea-
bouts of Lieut.. Gilmore and party
from the Yorktown. who.it is thought.
were ambuShed and captured by Il
party of E%:lipinoS while going to res
cue Spanish prisoners near Haler.
At Il mass meeting in Music hall. 81.
on the night of the odd. it WIS
announced before adjournment. amid
the most unbOunded enthusiasm. that
SI.244.G10 WIS in sighr ont of the pro-
posed $j.O00.O00 fund. and the com-
of 200 assured the meeting that
the balance would I've raised.
From Japan the death in prison Is
reported of the fanatic police office
who attempted to assassinate the pres
car of Russia. when he was tray
in Japan. prior TO his accession
to the throne. The w~oUld-be- assassin
an ugly sword wound upon
the head of Nicholas.
The family of Sir Samuel Edward
Scott, conservative member of the
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