The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-27
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

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battleship Ohio, which is now nearing
completion at the Union iron works in
hat city.
The department Of education in the
Philippines has decided to place some
natives in United States schools so
hat they may come in contact with
American social and political usages,
The first lot of students probably will
not be SEM over until next summer.
The duke of Tetuan, Marquis Villa.
verd. Senior B. Olivier, director gener-
al of the civil register, and Senior Tor
res Campos, have been appointed
members, on the part of Spain, of The
Hague international arbitration
board.
1t is announced that the immedi-
ate danger attaching to the illness of
King Oscar has passed, but hat he
will require a long rest.
Rabbi Heyman Schwarz, a we'll
known Jewish @litterateur, died at
Houston, Tex, on the 18th, aged rs.
He had an international reputation as
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A home for women students at the
Berlin university will be erected, fol-
lowing the general plan of college
dormitories in the United States.
All the London morning papers di-
late upon the high Importance of the
Anglo-German agreement. The Daily
Telegraph describes it as "thc most
remarkable success scored by British
diplomacy since the Berlin treaty"
Mr.. Robert Buchanan, the novelist,
had a cerebral hemorrhage in Lon
don, on the 21st, which was followed
by paralysis of the right side and
complete loss of speech. His condi-
ton is very critical.
Advices received from Hayti, on the
21st, assert that the revolution in
Santo Domingo is not ended, and that
fighting was proceeding in the in
terror, although the revolutionists
were weak.
Maj.-Gen. Leonard Wood. military
governor general of Cuba. arrived in
Washington on the 21st. During the
afternoon he called at the White
House and had a conference with the
president.
The new British minister to China,
Sir Ernest Mason Satow, arrived at
Pekin on the 21st.
Lord Salisbury went to Balmoral.
on the 22d, to consult Queen Victoria
cabinet changes and other
matters.
The Berlin municipal council has ap-
pointed a committee to investigate
The scarcity of dwellings in that city.
Johanna" Barnum & Bailey's ia
nous gorilla, died of pneumonia, on
the 21st, at Nuremberg, Germany.
While digging a well on the prem
Uses of the Army and Navy hospital
at Hot Springs, Ark, at a depth of
80 feet, the diggers were astonished
at striking a bold stream of hot wa
ter, the heat of which was so intense
that they were compelled to abandon
the well.
The president and Mrs. Mckinley,
accompanied by Secretary Cortelyou,
DR.. Rixey, and one or two clerks, left
Washington, on the evening of the
22d, for Canton, where they will re-
main until election day. According to
present plans the party will leave
Canton soon after the president has
his vote.
Charles Dudley Warner, the eminent
and lecturer, died suddenly,
the Goth, in the home of Mrs. Rob-
ert Smith, a colored woman, at Hart
ford, Conn.,, where he had sought per-
to lie down to rest from
he supposed was temporary IA
George X. Somerby, widely known
among Christian Endeavorers as u
leader, and who had charge |
of the great chorus at the Christian
convention held in Boston, |
three or four years ago, died suddenly
heart trouble.
There were SO cases of yellow fever
Havana on the 21st. Sixty-six of
the patients r Spaniards. Of II
new reported on the Goth, eight
of persons who have been less
than a month in the island.
The most disastrous fire that has
Paducah, KY, for years broke
put in Morton's opera house on the
morning of the 21st, and that building
and several stores were destroyed, |
involving a loss of 5000, 900. The origin
the fire is believed to have been in
,endiary.
The jury in the case of Henry Yout-
sey, tried at Georgetown, Ky. for
in the murder of William
,ioebel, returned a verdict of guilty,
On the Goth, assessing his punishment
1T Imprisonment for life. A motion in
arrest of judgment has been laid over
until the February term of court.
An Anglo-German alliance has been
having in view the main
of the territorial integrity of
China and the carrying out of the
American policy ofthe "open door" in
he treaty ports of the empire.
A tornado swept a path 200 yards
vide near Lodi, Tex, on the 21st,
'arrying everything before it. Six
of one house were killed
outright and others are missing.
Much damage was done to cotton by
he accompanying rain.
Changes in the uniform Of the army
re under contemplation which will
10 away with the present dress uni
'orm rs a superiority and unnecessary