The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-08-01

THE National Federation Of Afro
American Women and the National
League of Colored Women will here
citation of Colored Women, the two
bodies having agreed to unite.
THE Artemisa correspondent of 'El
Pals" Havana, says that Antonio Ma
Geo is encamped at Rubi, in Pinar del
Rio, and is planning an early attack
on the trocha.
COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY
BOWLER that he will bolt
the Chicago ticket. He is not ready,
however, to declare that he will vote
for Mckinley.
SOLOMON j. HENNINGER, who had the
rare distinction of having fought on
both sides during the late WAR, died in
South Whitehall township, Pa
JOHN QUIGLEY, a railroad engineer,
died at Huntington, Ind, from the eff.
fects OF morphine he had taken by mis-
take for quinine.
THE British steamer Glenloig, which,
arrived at New York, on the ED, from
Hamburg, reported that, on the 21st,
the little steamer Elliot, of Charlotte
town, p. E. l., was spoken. Capt.
Mcdonald of the Elliot said he was
on a voyage from Philadelphia for Hall
fax, n. S. There was fire in the hold
of the Elliot, but the captain thought
he had it under control and desired nc
assistance.
THE British bark Dundonaid, Capt.
Mirvan, from San Francisco, March
10, for Hull, previously reported as
having been in collision with the
British steamer Santarense, from
Penarth, via Madeira, for Monaos,
sinking the latter and proceeding in a
damaged condition, arrived at Queens.
town on the 23d. The captain and
crew of the sunken steamer Santar-
ense we're on board the Dundonald.
FIRE destroyed the entire east wing
of the Marion county lind poor house
on the 23d. The burned wing was of
brick, three stories high. All of the
inmates were removed from danger.
A. V. LINTON, the professional hi.
c~yclist, whose record for % miles was
So minutes, ) seconds, died at Aber-
dare, Wales, on the 23d, from typhoid
fever.
For the week ended on the 23d, 225,-
900 hogs were packed in the United
States, against $50, 600 for the cores.
ponding week last year.
CORPORAL HENRY Epson, of Company
F, Fourteenth infantry; Private Charles
Morris, Miss Laura Guard and Miss
Emma Young, all of Vancouver, Wash,
were drowned, on the 23d, while out
on n boating excursion on the Washou-
gal river, near Fleming's mill. The
river at that point is swift. and the
boat was carried into an eddy and up
set.
On the cath the national silver con-
vention at St. Louis adopted a single
silver plank platform, and nominated
William r. Bryan, of Nebraska, and
Arthur Sewall, of Maine, respectively,
for president and vice-president, by
reclamation. and adjourned.
ANOTHER American vessel, the
schooner Gov. l. Y. Smith, of Boston,
Capt. Patrick, from Gibara, Cuba, to
Wilmington, n. c., reported, on the
oath. having been fred upon by a
Spanish gunboat off the coast of Cuba.
THE drought which has prevailed iu
England for the past few weeks has
compelled Z reduction in the water
supply in the west of London to six
hours per day.
TIE Miami river was swollen beyond
its banks by the rains of she 23d. inun.
Dating the houses in the lower part OF
the city of Springfield, o. Many fam
lies were removed in boats by the city
authorities. Much damage was !nns