The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

from Giwabik. Mimi, in which five men
were instantly killed, by an explosion
of dynamite.
Il. G. Dun & Co. reported, on the
18th: Failures for the week have
been 1872 in the United States, against
1876 last year, and % in Canada, against
IS last year."
were admitted to membership in the
general conference, at Minneapolis,
MINI. of the United church,
on the 18th.
The report of the signal defeat of the
Colombian revolutionists in the State
of Santander is confirmed. The rebel
general Tribe escaped alone, and il
now a fugitive.
The big Union grain elevator, To-
Gated on the West River bottoms but
a few blocks from the Union depot, at
Kansas City. Mo-, was destroyed by
fire, on the 18th. causing n damage OF
over one hundred thousand dollars
The building was valued at $4,000
and it contained $4,000 worth OF
wheat, all of which was destroyed.
The Des Moines (la.) auditorium,
used for Il convention hall and con-
structed Il year ago at a cost of 500
0n0. was destroyed by fire on the nth.
1t was insured for $4,000. The origin
of the fire is Il mystery. and the BELIEF
seems to he that it was incendiary. The
auditorium will be rebuilt immediate
y.
Three men were killed and II per-
SONS were injured in Philadelphia,
on the 18th, by an explosion of gun
powder and dynamite used in the
manufacture of fireworks.
The royal library of Berlin has pur-
chased the recentLy-discovered CORE
spondence of A~leNaE,ier o Humboldt,
covering the years from 1880 to $40.
The Peruvian press continues to urge
the appointment of 4 minister to the
United States of high political status,
the names most frequently mentioned
being those of DR.. Candamo. former
President Ficrcla md Nice-President
Eillinghurst.
c. II. King. a stock broker of Omaha.
Neb.. shot and killed James Flood, ii
hackman. Oh the 18th. The tragedy &C.
CURED while passers-by were numer-
Gus on their way to church, and almost
a panic resulted.
Tie United States gunboat Concord.
with marines aboard. sailed from Ma
Mia. on the 18th. under sealed orders,
supposedly for China.
\ dispatch from Manila. on the 18th,
said: The Ninth regiment has been
ordered to Manila, whence it will pro-
coed to China"
The EichmoEd spinning mill, at
Chattanooga, Tenn. the first fine yarn
mill of any consequence TO be built in
the south. has begun operation with Is
mules in full working order. The mill
runs 10000 spindles, and makes only
fine warn for hosiery. 1t cost S25O,000,
and was built with local capital.
The Kansas ~penitentiary binding
Irvine is On the market in competition
with the trust Irvine, and there is a
big demand for it among the farmers
since they have learned it can he pur-
chased direct from the dealers. The
Irvine, while I little heavier than the
trust article, is giving good %satisfac-
ton.
Gen. Alejendro Rodriguez. national
list. was elected mayor of Havana. poll
ing 1903 votes against 6.034 cast for
Senior Estreda Mora, independent. The
total vote fell about 4.50G below the
registration. The national party elect
Ed its entire ticket.
4. dispatch to the London Daily Tele-
graph, on the 18th, says: "A Chinese
report states that ADMIRAL Seymour
British) is fighting with the Chinese
regulars, and the foreign forces have
seized the Taku forts"
The European capitals as well as
that of the United States We're. up to
the morning of the 18th, in a state OF
unrest over the impossibility of get
ting direct news from China. The air
full of rumorS of massacreS and
burnings, but, owing to Chinese CEN
sorship, nothing definite could be
learned.
Francis of Orleans, Prince of Join
vile, son of the late King Louis Phil.
ippe. is dead, aged 81 years. He com
manded the French fleet which bonn
barded Tangier in 1914, and accom-
panied Gen. McClellan's staff during
the American civil war.
So many extraordinary charges have
been published in the United States
that Gov.-Gen.W Wood of Cuba has de-
cided to appoint a special commission.
of one American army OFF,
Ger and two Cuban civilians to hear
testimony of those WHO desire to make
specific charges. local papers which
publish charges will be required to
substantiate them.
The London Daily Mail correspond
ent at Shanghai cabled on the 18th:
Smoke and the reflection of fires
burning in Pekin are visible from Lang
Fang. The column can not proceed
until the Russians. who are low being
arrive with food and am
munition."
1t is said to b. extremely problemat-
ical whether the Eoers will retire to
the Lydenburg hills. 1t is more likely
that they will stick to the main line of