The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-22
IN BRIEF.
COMPLIED from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Gently appointed to the grade of rear
admiral were also forwarded to them.
United States Commissioner u
koiZ, at Kansas Cit. No, on The 18th,
decided that Santiago Morphy, changed
with embezzIing $4,000 from the Ma
tional Bank of the City of Mexico.
should be turned over to the Mexican
officials who came after him.
The sixth annua! convention of the
Ohio branch of the international or
der of Kings Daughters met at New
ark, on the 18th, for a three days ses-
sion. Some preliminary business was
transacted and Il musicale and recep-
tirn WAS held at nigh.
A smalI-sizcd tornado that started
in the southwestern suburbs of Otta-
wa, Kas.. on the 18th, passed through
the residence portion of that city.
Many small buildings and fences wer"
| blown down and scyral residences par
TALLY unrooied.
\ dispatch from Manila, on the 18th.
said: Gen. Lawton is marching north
| along the road between the hills and
the lake, with the gunbGatS Napidan
and Laguna de Bay abreast of his
trocps. The enemy is rctrcating north
ware
rEc first appropriation made for n
building by any state for The Ohio Cen
tel NAL was made by the Michigan leg
isl;turconthc iith. One hundred thou
:; nd dollars was allowed, and the bill
as sent t. the g~overnp:.
1t is officially announced that the
! Munteurgrin crow prince. Danilo Al
eNandcr, nov in his twenty-righth
wear. is betrothed to Duchess augusta
CL.arlottce Jutta of Mccklehurg-
| Strelitz. now in her twentieth year.
\ prairie fire. which started near
Washington Springs. la. ON the Eth.
destroyed general thousand acres Of
pasture and much stacked hay.
The iifty-tifth annual conference of
the Illinois Evangelical association nj
OTTAWA. ended, ON the 18th. hy the as
Sienmcrt OF pastors to Chicago, Free
port and Peoria. Rev. W. II. MesScr-
schmidt was elected 4 delegate to the
~ ~~a'li u tiit S'li'lti lhEHFi'aA '''h
in ST. Paul. in November.
United States Minister William l..
Merry and the N~icaraguan minister of
foreign relations. Senior Samson. have
gone I o Biueticlds To investigate com
pl,ints made by United states citizens
and officials.
Orders have been issued to Gen.
Ercokc TO discharge men in the regular
army in Cuba who had enlisted only
for the war with Spain.
Trade between San Francisco and
Siberia is rapidly increasing.
The Paris Figaro gave "a brilliant re-
ccption to King Oscar OF Sweden and
Norway on the 18th. by the Figaro's
special request, Miss Lenora Jackson.
the American vi0linist, formerly of
Chicago. played, and was enthusiastic
cally ~applauded. The king WAS great
~ pleased with Miss .Jackson's per-
Torrance.
The bribery investigation committee
at Harrisburg. Pa. has recommended
tc the house that criminal proceedings
be instituted in the courts against
nine persons (who are namcd) for cor
rupt solicitation in connection with
the haIlotin@ for United States senator
and the consideration of the McCarroll
jury bill.
The Missouri house passed the bill,
on the Eth. requiring foreign surety
companies to deposit 100000 with the
-- "a ~ IL.
partmcnt before being allowed to DO
| business in the tate. 1t killed the bill
limiting the same class of companies
to business equal to the capital stock
used in the state.
The 20-pcr-ccnt. extra pay To the
American troops in the Philippines
has been extended to include ali our
| soldiers now in service. and will con
tinuc until hoStilitirS in the Philip
| pines cease. The troops in the Philip
pines. both officers and mon. will be
! given the two months extra pay when
mustered out.
John Addison Porter. secretary 10
the president. who has been i'll for two
or three weeks. has Informed Mr.. Ne
Kinlry that the condition &c his health
will not permit him to continue thu
duties OF the Office. and he his there
fore rendered has resignation.
The famous Losl gold mine, which
was extensively worked in the early
part of this century. is reported tC
| have been rediScGvercd in the Gibson
mountains Of Texas. near the town
| of BoquiIlas. {. ". Hess. Il merchant
of RcGuillas. located the old mine by
means of Spanish records.
Miss Viola Horlocker has returned
10 Hastings, Neb.. in company will
her mother and friends. and will face
the charges of having attempted to
kill Mrs. c. +. Morey by sending her
a box of bonbons containing arsenIc.
Inc Madrid official gazette publishes
a royal decree appointing the duke de
ARGOS to be Spanish envoy e%xtraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiary 10
the United States. The decree also
creates consulates ut Havana. Manila.
Iloilo. San Juan de Porto Rico and
Cienfuegos.
Advices from Auckland. New Yea
land. by way of Berlin. say that the
ambuscade of the Americans and Brit