The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

the Otner guests Scdptu III thSIi hiSht
clothes, losing their baggage. The
| porter Of the hotel, alone. saved the
lives of ten There were many
very narrow escapes. The property
loss exceeds $4,000.
The British ship ST. Enoch. from
Panama. for San Francisco. was quot
co. On the 18th. as overdue, - per cent.
reinsurance being offered on the risk.
The Forty-eighth United States i'll
tan1ry (colored), mobilizins 1T Fort
Thomas. KY. was filled to its maxi
mum on the 18th.
The authorities were informed. on
the 14th, from reliable sources that an
outbreak in the poorer districts of Ma
Mia had been carefully planned for
daylight of the 18th. 1t failed to Oc-
cur. probably on account of the Wig
orouS measures enforced by the Az
thorities. who had been fully advised
Of the attempted uprising.
The latest news from h conflict in
South Africa, TO the 18th, shows Kim
berley invested. Mafeking completely
isolated. railways cut and stations
seized and fortified by the Beers. 1t
was believed that prevailing rain and
snow storms would rob the Beers of
anticipated early successes.
Chauncey NJ. Depew was asked. OH
the 18th. when the will of the late Cor
nelius Vanderbilt was likely to be pro-
bated. and he replied that the matter
had not Deer decided by those directly
Interested, and that NJ conference had
been held regarding the matter lately.
Conyngham Greene. from Pretoria.
and Consul Evans from Johannes
burg. have arrived at Cape Town. NJ.
Greene was accorded Il magnificent re-
ception. \ crowd of 1000 persons, who
had gathered. sang Rule britannia"
and God Save the Queen"
The Lutheran seminary at I1amlinc.
Mimi. midway between Minneapolis
and St. Paul, was dedicated. on the
18th. in the presence of an audience OF
1000 persons.
News comes from .\pia that the ma
tives have proclaimed Tamasese as
king. deSpitS the recent agreement II
the United States. Germany and Great
Britain to abolish the office.
Report S to the Springfield Oll.t
State Journal from so correspondents,
representing a dozen counties of cen
trail Illinois, indicate that the corn crop
of the great corn belt of the state for
1899, will not be more than so per
cent. of an average crop. Immense
damage was done to the late corn by
the frost of September IS.
The South Carolina congressional
delegation is i'm receipt of a lengthy
letter signed by every cotton spinner
in the state in which the representa-
tives are strongly urged to work for
a thorough application of the open
door, policy in the east. The letter
~recites that one-third of the raw prod
uct of the state is now consumed by
the domestic mills. and that with the
completion of the mills O conteIn-
plated within three years. the state
will withdraw from the market as Il
cotton exporter. and consume its en-
tire output at home.
Sixty-eieht thousand dollars was
raised in New York, on the 18TH.
for the heather. Women tore off their
jewels, and men their coats and vests,
throwing them TO the collectors. and
shouting: GLORY to God" and Hal
leluJah!" as they contributed.
Carl Brown. who led Coxey's army
TO Washington. and who arrived III
Wichita. Kas.. from eDnver, on his sec
Gnd march, on the 18th. declared the
march off. and notified his men that
he would go no further.
The soldiers and crew of the ar
mored train captured by the Beers
were taken prisoners, only one man,
the engine driver, escaping.
The union miners at Pana. H.. cele~
brated the return of peace with a pa
rade and speech-making. The mer-
chants and people of Pana and vicini-
ty are also jubilant.
Huge works of Missionary, sand and
rock, on which long-range guns will
be mounted, will be erected at San
Francisco.
\ prairie fire ragged over Il territory
many miles in extent in the Dauphin
district. northwestern Manitoba, de-
stroying houses. grain and farm prop
ty. The loss is heavy.
Robert d. Schultz, the millionaire
soap manufacturer. died at GAINESVILLE,
o., of neuralgia of the heart.
\ big stir has beer made in the po-
lice force of Berlin. the charge being
made that there is too much Old fogy-
ism and favoritism.
The United States consul at Pretoria
will care for British interest during
the South African war.iust as England
looked after the safety of Americans
in Spain during the Spanish-Amer:can
war.
An itimatc friend of the Vanderbilt
family, who knows in a general way
the provisions of Mr.. Nanderbilt's will,
saws that the bulk of the 500, 000, 900
left by Cornelius Vanderbilt will be
confided to a trust for the equal bene-
fit of all the children until the young
est. Gladys, nine years old, is of age.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
announced, on the 10th, that, effective
October 20. it will cut the rate of pack
ing house products to Galveston. Beau
mont and Houston, Tex, 13 cents per