The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.
COMPLIED from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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erected at a cost of S10O,0 600 for the
International saengerfest, last year
was sold to a wrecking company, OF
the 18th, at public auction, for $500
The international committee of the
Y. NJ. C. A. sat down to its annual din
city, on the 10th. Some W. hundred
representative men from various
walks of life were there to hear ad'
dresses and reports upon the world
wide interests of the organization.
A evere earthquake shock was felt
Only slight damage, however, was
done.
An anarchist named Bagards, from
New York, has been arrested in Stock
holm, Sweden.
y passenger train on the Wheeling
& Lake Erie railroad ran into an open
switch at GAINESVILLE, O., on the 18th,
badly wrecking the engine. The engi-
neer, John Somers, of GAINESVILLE,
jumped, but fell under the wheels and
was killed. Four trainmen were hurt
by jumping.
Fire broke out in the Valley hotel
at Phillippi, W. Va, on the 18th. and
destroyed a large proportion of the
business IRE of the city. The loss
approAimates $1,000
Or. Leyds and Boer Delegates VOL
marans, Fischer md Vessels, reached
Paris on the 18th.
The McGonigal house, at Oswayo,
Pa, was destroyed by fire, on the
morning of the 18th. caused by an eX-
plosion of gas and seven lives were
lost.
Postmaster-Gencral Smith has con-
cluded a parcels post convention with
Venezuela.
United States Bank Examiner Tuck
er has taken possession of the Ger
man national bank at Newport, KY,
would remain closed pending an ex-
animation. Frank NJ. Brown, the as
sistant cashier, is said to be short
S2O1, 900.
a London dispatch of the 18th says
that Miss Helena Zimmerman, only
Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, and the
duke of Manchester were quietly mar
ried in London, on the 18th.
Last week witnessed a very consid-
cradle increase in Filipino and Amer
lean activity in the field. Many
1irrhnc DnJ o o.1
small engagements in northern and
Luzon. The termination of
the rains permits a resumption of OPP
on both sides.
Francis ID. Carley, who has been i
conspicuous figure in Wall street,
New York, for several years as n
stock operator, has assigned with
liabilities estimated at $1,000, 900, or
more, with no assets.
Fire, on the 18th, destroyed the
Renwick block. at Davenport. Ia, oc-
cupied by the Davenport furniture
and Carpet CO.. and the adjoining
of the Herald Petersen Wall
Co. and the Jarvis-White Art
The loss will exceed 500. 900; in
surance, $4,000.
An organization of the members of
the Sons of the Revolution has been
perfected at Savannah, Ga, to erect
monument to Gen. James Edward
the founder of the COZ
cny of Georgia. Funds amounting to
thousand dollars are now
available for the purpose.
With a crash that resounded
through the length and breadth of
White House, at Washington, on
18th, the heavily framed Iife-size
painting of Abraham Lincoln fell
from its place OF the wall of the
East room. The frame was
to pieces, but the painting, |
suffered only a few
scratches.
Peter o. johnson, of Chicago, from
whom his wife had secured a divorce.
with the custody of their five-year-
Did boy, rather than surrender his son
o the mother, gave the child poison
md took a dose himself. They were
,ound dead, clasped in each others
arms.
Plans are said to be under way by
he administration to press with vigor
or the ratification by the senate of
he Hay-Pauncefote treaty in its orig
form, as the first step toward the
of the Nicaraguan canal.
Capt. Bowman II. McCalla, com
of the United States cruiser
Newark, at Manila, is undergoing
rial by court-martial, convened by
Remey. He is charged with
irrational and bad management and
acl1 CT discipline" on board the
A party Of IS Turks, wishing to
cave Russia secretly, sailed at dead
# night from Tschuruksu to cross the
Black sea. A storm arose and the
'oat filed. First baggage was thrown
Then the children and
the women were committed to
he sea; but this did not prevent the
from laundering, and all per-
shed, save one lad, who chung to the
mast and was washed ashore.
Capt. Peter Everett, who served as
under Gen. John Morgan in
he civil a and rivalled that con-
in deeds of daring and
'ravery, is dying of erysipelas in the
insane asylum ct Lexington, Ky. He