The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-01-27

WIN d TeSerNdtiOu Tia pioSCCuAASS
now begun may be closed up.
Capt. Julius Friedman, a millionaire,
WIS found dead in his bed at the Palace
hotel, in San Francisco, on the 22d.
Death was caused by heart disease,
from which the deceased had long
been a sufferer. He leaves no close rel
nti, es.
The German bark Marie, from Aus
traTia, with a cargo of flour for the
Trs nsyaal government has been taken
as a prize by the British third-class
cruiser PeIorus, near the Island of In.
yak: Delagoa bay, ahdh as been sent to.
Durbam;withca prize !erew,oa board
The local army, and health ofieersref
San Francisco are preparing to receive
$40 bodies of deceased soldiers from
MaHaa., due to arssss there within the,
next three or four weeks. The army
officials have also been notified that rs
sick soldiers and 1875 prisoners will
arriEsShertlN-
In thesS Swedish budget, which bal
arces ne&rly $50. OOO, 900 kroner, and
which iskthe largest on record, King
Os61esNfs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tillery y the end of 1908. One hun
drcd thd sand new Mausers are to be
manufacs Bred aaa &c. Dob Sartridgesa
10 be in FORE within. four years.
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1t is sfted that "old man. Slower,
who receatK died in California;. made
a death-de I'd confession to the effect
that he Killed Moses Lufkins,in Mime
sofa, sonEe u years ago, for which
crime WBliam Rose, whose attentions
t. Grace Aufkihs had been forbidden
by heI father, was hanged; protesting
his innocence. -.
Representative Henry, of Texas, in
trcduced a bill in the house, on the
s2L, to provide a form of government
for the territory of Puerto Rico. 1t
provides an executive branch, consist
Legislative branch of two houses, viz:
u council of IL members and a house of
representatives of &c members.
Nail adyices from Negroes bring par
ticrlars of the uprising last mouth in
the southern partof the island in which
Lieut.. A. c. Ledyard, Sixth infantry,
was killed. Instead of being an unim-
portant revolt of native police, IS was
first reported, it appears to have been
an attempt, on the part of the autono-
nous government, to overthrow Amer
ican authority.
In the breach of promise suit of r
Kirk against Mrs. Mary Eggleston, at
Larned, Kas., the jury returned a YER
dict, on the 10th, in favor of Kirk for
1850. Kirk boarded with Mrs. Eggles-
ton. and claimed that she borrowed
money from him leading him to believe
she loved and would marry him. At
ter getting the money Mrs. Eggleston
refl sed to marry him.
Chief Justice Fuller, in the United
States district court, for the district of
Massachusetts,, on the 10Th, made per-
m.alient the preliminary injunction,
granted some time ago, restricting
cigar or tobacco manufacturers from
selling or offering for sale any stogies
bearing the word: Wheeling" except
such as are actually manufactured in
the city of Wheeling, W. Va.
Tardy details were received, on the
21s., of earthquake shocks in Mexico,
during the night of the 18th. In the
city OF Colima and Guadlajara, much
damage to theaters and churches and
public and private buildings vas done.
Ia the former city seven persons are
rept rted killed and 60 injured. In the
City of Mexico, the damage was less
severe, and in Vera Cruz the shock was
comparatively slight.
News from the seat of war in South
Africa, on the 21st, indicated the
by way of the right flank of the Boef
army. toward Ladysmith. The latter,
,cortesting every foot of ground, were
gradually forced backward until the
boorI of the guns ~bombarding Lady
smith could be plainly heard. The
courage displayed on both sides was
d~escribeda S magnificent.
Latest news received, to the 18th.
from the war in South Africa, was that
Gen. Butler completely surprised the
Beers, and occupied the hills beyond
Potgieter's Drift, Is miles west of Co
jeusc. In Cape Colony, Gen. Methuen
had made a demonstration in force,
Smelling the Boer works; Gen. Gatacre
was skirmishing around Molteno, and
Gen. French had been throwing a few
shells at the Beers at Rensberg. Col.
Plumer YVES moving TO the relief. Of
Mateking from Bechuanaland.
Ts the trustees Of Cincinnati univer.
sity, sn the 18th, President Ayres re-
ported the resignation of the professor
of chemistry, effective July. and rec
ommenled that vacancies be declared
in the professorxhips of French, Ger
man, history and political economy,
civil engineering, Latin, Arabic, Greek,
comparative philology, mathematics,