The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Oompiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

damage will run into the millions OF
dollars.
A dispatch from London, on the
18th, said: The consensus of opinion
expressed by the morning papers
tends to the belief that the legations
at Pekin are now safe with the allies"
The steamer Monarch, with 1,150
horses for the British army in South
Africa. cleared from New Orleans,
on the 10th. for Cape Town.
John Pritzlaff, of Milwaukee, one of
the largest wholesale hardware mer-
chants in the west and well-known
throughout Wisconsin,, died, on the
10th, of diabetes. aged so years.
Samuel Amidon. a prominent bust
ness man of Ashtabula. o., while play
ing ball. on the 10th, was struck on
the head by a pitched ball and in
stantly killed.
Two Italians. Natalie Maresca and
Michil Guida. have been detained at
Quarantine, New York harbor, their
deportation to Naples, Italy. being
recommended to the secretary of the
treasury They hal been reported
from Rome TO be anarchists who
might attempt the life of the presi-
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The jury at Georgetown. KY. in the
case of eX-secretary of State Caleb
Powers, charged with completely in
the killing of Senator VIM. Goebel. re-
turned a verdict of guilty, on the 18th.
| .ffnr haipr nrtf afnpt m bnnr Tho
punishment assessed was imprison-
ment for life.
The city treasurer of Concord, Y.
H last week paid out S3S2.5O in boun-
ties upon grasshoppers, at 81 a
bushel. under the state law The
largest contributors We're Andrew J.
Abbott, of West Concord. 200 bushels,
and Il. Frank Farney, of Penacook,
1857 bushels.
There are eleven nations which
have suffered as Il result of the dis
turbances in China. All will expect 4
settlement of damages which have
resulted from the Boxers. outbreaks,
the murder of missionaries and the
obstruction of legation property.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in The general fund. exclusive of
the S15O.NOO.O 200 gold reserve in the di-
vision of redemption. issued on the
Eth. showed: Available cash balance,
SlI1.5j0.6s4: gold, $~12.G00.41S.
K. G.. Dun & Co.'S Trade Review. is
sued on the Eth, reported: Failures
for the week we're 161 in the United
States. against 1856 last year. and "A
in Canada. against % last year"
Sir William Stokes, surgeon in ordi-
nary to the queen in Ireland. and con-
sGlting surgeon to the British forces
in South Africa. died in Durham. Ma
tai. on the 18th.
Germany produced 1,5S0.00O tons Of
raw sugar during the u months end
ing july 81. as against 100000 tons
for the previous l. months
Germany's exports of war material
to China last year aggregated S.150.-
600 marks. as against 3.430,0O0 for
1S9S.
The entire plant of the Kelly AK
Manufacturing Co. at Alexandria,
Ind. valued at SS00.OOG. was DESTROYED
by fire On the night of the 18th. Ii
was the largest AK factory in the
world. employing some eight hundred
or a Thousand men when running 1T
full force. The company had just en-
larged the factory. increasing the out
put fully one-third.
The wooden steamer Argonaut
sprung a leak. on the 10Th. after tax
ing on a cargo of iron ore. and sunk
at her dock at Escanaba, Mich. One
Of the steamships boilers blew up I'M
der pressure, and A. 4. Mcfarland. a
fireman. from Port Huron,was severe
ly scalded. The Argonaut was ready |
to 20 to sea when the leak was dis
covered.
j. d. Besler, general superintendent |
OF the Chicago. Burlington d Quincy
railroad, was injured. on the 10Th, by |
an explosion of escaping gas in the
company's Office building, at Chicago,
caused by a lighted match. Mr.. Besler
was severely burned, but was able to |
go to his home in a carriage.
On the Goth William Henry Law
renee, one of the original negro min
strels of the United States, died in
Chicago, of Bright's disease. aged 60
years. He vas noted as a tenor
singer.
On the Goth Walter Wilkerson was
of participation in the
HUMPHREYS lynching. which occurred
in Henderson county, Texas. in May.
1899. He was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for life. Three other men
have received life sentences for the
offense.
On the Goth the viceroy of India.
Lord CUrzon of Kedleston. tele-
graphed: The heavy rainfall has con-
tinued in most of the drought-affect-
ed tracts. The crops promise well in
the central provinces and Berar. Sow
ing is active elsewhere. and the neces-
sity for free kitchens will shortly dis
appear"
Chinese advices from Pekin say
that Hsu Tung and Vi Lien Yuan. of
the a~nti-foreign party, and Ii Shan,
a pro-foreigner. have been decapi-
tated, and that Yung Lu has been i'm
prisoned by Prince Ching.
An imperial ukase has been issued
from ST. Petersburg prohibiting the
of arms or ammunition to
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