The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-07-03

On the 2Sd Senator Morgan, Of Ala
bama, introduced bill to regulate the
annexation of Hawaii to the United
States. 1t is intended, should the
pending annexation treaty fail of rati-
fcation by two-thirds majority in the
senate, to accomplish the same thing
by majority votes in both houses, as
ordinary legislation.
EDWARD STOKES, the slayer of Jim
Fisk, Jay Gould's partner, several
years ago, is said to be i'll of a compli-
cation of diseases without hope of re-
covery. He is at Hot Springs, Va, but
will soon go to Carlsbad, Germany.
The celebrated race horse, Semper
Lex, died at Plymouth, Ind, on the
night of the 22d, of burns received
while en- route from Chicago to New
York. He was valued at SO, O,OO0.
Z. j. RATCLIFFE, the actor, was ar
rested in Chicago, on the 23d, on
telegram from New York charging him
with wife-beating. The woman was
said to be in critical condition as the
result of her husbands abuse.
THP Japanese cruiser Hiyie now
used as a training ship, arrived at San
Francisco, on the Esd, and will remain
in that port several weeks before sail
ing for Honolulu. The vessel was re-
ceiyed with the customary salutes.
THE special train schedule of the
Denver & Rio Grande road for the
Christian Endeavor movement from
the east was completed on the Gath.
The result was a gratifying surprise to
the officers of the road, and gave in
timation of rush of travel wholly un-
expected earlier in the season.
HERR JOHN MEYER, director of the
Hamburg American steamship line,
died in Hamburg on the oath. He was
about 63 years of age. He had been
connected with the Hamburg American
line for about 30 years, first as secre-
tary for the president and then as a
director.
Robert BAUGH, was fatally, and
Joseph Speer and Western Young,
injured, on the gath, by the
giving way of rotten timbers near the
roof of the condemned courthouse in
Jackson, Mich, which they were help
ing to tear down.
THE nineteenth annual convention of
the Music Teachers National associa-
ton opened in the auditorium of the
Grand Central palace in New York on
the 24th.
THE American Homeopathic, Opthal-
Ontoleogical and Larvn-
geological society, in session in Buffalo,
\. Y, on the 24th, elected the follow
ng officers: President, VIM. r. King,
d. c.; vice-president,
Thomas l. Shower, Baltimore; secre-
.ary and treasurer, Charles Fl. Hell
trich, New York.
THE London Echo publishes an in
,erview with DR.. Chauncey NJ. Depew,
n which he is quoted as expressing |
he belief that the arbitration treaty |
the United States and Great |
Britain will be law before the end of |
he present Mckinley administration.
THE Pan-American tourists devoted |
,he day, on the 25th, to industrial |
'ightseeing in districts adjacent to
Pittsburgh, Pa, and were entertained |
It night by a banquet, given by the !
men of Pittsburgh, at the
Ouquesne club.
A PARTY consisting of about seventy
i've newspaper correspondents left
on the 25th, for Cape May,
\. j. Stops were made at Baltimore
md Philadelphia, where local news
'aper meI joined the party for four
lays outing.
ONE hundred striking Italians at
n. j., were arrested and
Aaced in the local lookup on the 18th.
ALICE LINGARD, the actress, died in
london on the 25th.