The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
COMPLIED from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

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incorporation fee.
Late advices from the north assert
that a single shipment of S 100000 in
treasure will soon be made from Daw-
son to Seattle, Wash.
The post Office department has or
dered the establishment of rural free
delivery service, on the 18th, at Shell
don, Ia, Portland and Cumberland,
Ind, and Weldon, ILL.,. and additional
service at Belleville, Kas.
Fifty-two cases of yellow fever
were under treatment in Havana on
the 10th. OF the victims, Is were
Americans. Thus far the mortality
rate has been about 25 per cent. of
those attacked.
For insulting the new queen of
Servia, Gen. Belimarkowitch, who
vas one of the regents during the mi
nority of King Alexander, has been
placed under arrest.
Joseph Phelpot and Franz Craig.
wealthy ~stockmen, were fatally shot
three miles from Nodaway. Mo-, on
the 18th. by two men who attempted
to rob them. The stockmen had Just
returned from selling cattle at st.
Joseph. but had deposited the pro-
ceeds in the bank.
Several persons were killed and III
injured, on the 18th, by the wrecking,
at Iowa station, La, of the west
bound fast passenger train OF thu
Southern Pacific road. The trucks or
the engine left the track. and the en-
tire train. except the sleepers, was
ditched.
Fifteen perSOl IS were i;Iiird and a
number injured three miles eaSt Of
Sla1ington. Pa. on the 18th. by The
omnibus in which Il party of IS were
returning from Il funeral. being run
into at a crossing by a train on the
Lehigh d New England railroad.
In Philadelphia the heat, on the
18th, resulted in II deaths and -
prostrations. The maximum temper
AZURE was SO degrees. \ storm at
night caused a fall of "a degrees.
In a storm which passed over
Greensboro, n. V. on the 18th, four
persons were killed outright and two
were probably fatally injured.
Memorial services for King Hum
bert of Italy were held. on the 18th,
in Carnegie hail, by the United Italian
societies of New \ ork. The hall WIS
crowded to Its utmost.
Franz BetZ, the weIl-known Wag-
merriam singer, died in Berlin on the
18th.
The allies are pushing on to T'ekin
with all possible speed. Minister Con-
ger is safe, and believes he can hold
out until the relief force reaches him.
although ne urges that no time be
lost. This was the news brought by
the cables to the government Oh the
18th.
In his confession of the murder of
Express Messenger Lane, Charles Fer
rell, of Columbus. O.. says he needed
the money 10 pay his wedding eN-
penses, and that the killing OF Lane
was one of the incidents of his plan to
secure it.
President Mckinley has notified Chi
ma that the United States can pursue
no negotiations with the imperial gov
eminent until the demands he has al
ready made have been complied with.
The effect of this is that America re-
fuses for the present to treat with Il
Hung Chang, as China's peace envoy.
The English and Russians made a
bad mistake during the assault on
Yang Tsung. confounding the Four
teenth United States infantry, in the
night, with the Chinese and Smelling
them, with the result that ten of the
Americans were wounded before the
mistake was discovered.
The main building of the Holbrook
Normal college was totally destroyed
by fire, on the 18th. at Knoxville.
Tenn. The loss is about $50. 900. in
GLIDING a valuable college library. The
origin of the fire is unknown. Tn.
building was erected six years ago, by
Josiah Holbrook, of Ohio, who estab-
lished the school.
At New Kensington. Pa, on the
10th, the plant of the Pittsburgh Re
duction Co.'S aluminium works was de-
stroyed by a tornado. The loss is es-
timated at not less than 100000. and
it will entail the closing down of the
works for an indefinite period.
The long-continued hot spell
gland was broken, on the 18th, by a vio- |
gland was broken on the 18th by a vio-
lent storm, which left behind it nu-
merous victims of it's fury. Pleasure
seekers were struck by lightning or
drowned by the capsizing of their
boats. There were many heat pros
trations before the break came.
Gen. Macarthur cabled, on the 18th.
mat Col. Grassa. on August -, in the
vicinity OF Tayug, surrendered his COM
mand to Col. Freeman, Twenty-fourth
infantry. consisting of one major, six
captains. six ~lieutenants, 169 men, 100
rifles and so bolos.
Gen. Roberts cabled, on the 18th, 10
the British war office: 1.-THE enemy is
fleeing in front of Kitchener's and
Methuen'sforces. Early this morningte
was trying to cross the railway at
Wolverdien station, where he was en-
gagged by Smith-Dorrien."
A whole army of workingmen, not
less than 100000. many Of them car
rying red carnations in their button