The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10

NEWS IN BRIEF.
COMPLIED from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

O., owing to a misunderstanding of or
ders. The cars were wrecked and II
persons were injured, some seriously,
but none fatally.
The October reports concerning the
Egyptian cotton crop say they are I'M
satisfactory, both as to yield and quail
ity.
On the 4th Senior B~uncaminO, rep
resenting the principal e~x-insurgents
in Manila, requested Judge taft to
forward to Washington a signed en-
preston of their loyalty.
William Thomas Welcker. emeritus
professor of mathematics at the Uni
vcrsity of California, died, on the 4th.
at the age of 20 years.
Field Marshal Count o Waldersee
confirmed the sentence of death
passed by the international commits
sion. at Pao Ting Flu. China. on the
sub-governOr of that city. the pro-
vincial treasurer and the judge, for
their completely in the murder of mis-
sionaries and Chinese converts.
During the winter is is expected ex-
tensive changes will be made in the
historical White House. which has
been for S long the official residence
of the presidents of the United
States. The number of rooms is to
be more than doubled.
The Brussels correspondent of the
London Standard reported. on the
4th, that the Transvaal agency there
had received information that eX-
President Kruger was seriously i'll on
the Dutch war-ship Gelderland. on
which he is iourneying to Europe. .
Some interest is taken at Washing
tor in the appointment OF a new sec
rotary OF state for home affairs by
the British government, in view of
the possible effect which the appoint
ment of Mr.. Richie ma have upon
the case OF Mrs. Florence +. May
brick.
The monument to the late Sadi Car
not, president of the French Repub-
lie. was unveiled. at Lyons. on the 18th.
President Louhet paying a warm
tribute to his departed predecessor.
The city was iliuminted at night N
honor of President Loubet.
The condition of United States Sen
ator CuShman h. Davis. of Minnesota,
was reported, on the night of the 4th,
as decidedly worse. and grave fears
were entertained that if his life was
saved it might be at the cost of his
foot or, possibly. his right leg.
The queen of Portugal proved her
self a heroine, on the 4th. by plung-
ing into the water, at CascaeS, and
rescuing Catalao Groom. her boat
man, from drowning. his BOA having
overturned, breahIng his arm and
rendering him helpless. The queen
was none the worse for her expert
ence.
The Westinghouse Airbrake Co. has
contracted with the Baltimore & Ohio
system to equip $500 new freight
cars with a new friction draft geaT at
a cost of $25O,O0O. The new gear is de-
signed to prevent accidents at pres
ent caused by the parting of trains.
The entire south side of the square
at Bagwell, Tex, including Harbin's
drug store, S. W. Loves general mer-
chandise store, Moore's grocery store
and several other buildings, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 4th. The loss
was about $4,000.
At Laporte, Tex, on the Sd. while
Eddie Gay, aged II years, and his Sis
ter, Lee, aged eight, were playing
robbers" Eddie picked up a rifle and
shot his little sister through the
heart, killing her instantly. The boy
did o know the rifle was loaded.
The steamship Charles Nelson ar
rived at Seattle. Wash, on the 5th. ten
days from Nome. She reported that
four days prior to her sailing Nome
Beach was swept by another sever
storm, which did much damage to
small shipping and to such buildings
as owner were unwise enough t
commence constructing on the beach
after the September storm.
An explosion took place in the dry
house connected with the works of
the Winchester Repeating Arms Co..
at New Haven. Conn.,, on the 5th The
walls of the building We're blown out
and the windows in the adjacent build
ings were shattered. No one was in
the building at the time. and the
damage vas nominal.
The board of election at Springfield,
o., on the 5th. refused 70 grant regis
tration to Gen. j. Warren Kiefer. The
general was out of the city campaign
ing on the regular registration days.
The Toronto soldiers of the South
African contingent returned to that
city, on the 5th, and were received
with tremendous enthusiasm. Traffic
was suspended for hours, aud alto
gether the demonstration was one of
the most notable in the history of the
city.
Dispatches from Port Said assert
that the Dutch cruiser Gelderland has
been obliged to reduce speed consid-
erably. in consequence of the illness of
Mr.. Kruger. The Gelderland is not
expected to reach Marseilles before
the 18th