The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-05-28

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teenth infantry, U. S. A, arrived at
San Francisco, on the 23d, on the Port
land express. There were 126 men ir
the two companies, in charge of Maj.
Anderson. The boys had been on duty
in Alaska.
FROM a discussion in the Spanish
senate, on the 23d, it appears Spain Sc
riously contemplates having recourse
to ~privateering in the e future.
UP to the 23d 80 bodies had been re-
covered from the Zollern mine at bort.
mund, Prussia, in which fire broke out
on the 22d. 1t was believed at least A
miners lost their lives.
THE new French chamber of depu-
ties is composed of 254 republicans, 1Oi
radicals, IA radical-socialists, 81 social.
lists, SO rallides, A reactionists and II
free lances.
HENRY 5. FORAKER, father of Sena'
tor Foraker, of Ohio, died at Hillsboro.
in that state, on the 23d, aged SO.
The First California volunteers re
ceived an ovation, on the 23d, as they
marched from the Preside to the Pa
cific Mail dock in San Francisco, t.
board the steamship City of Pekin, OF
which they r to make the trip t.
Manila. The demonstration was one
long to be remembered.
A RUMOR is current at Madrid tina
Admiral Montojo has been court-mar
tailed and shot by order of Capt.-Gen
Augusti at Manila, for culpablc negli
gence. 1t is asserted that he kept NJ
lookout at the entrance to Manila bay
and didn't even have steam up on hi
ships when Dewey sailed in.
A SPECIAL train on the Florida Cen
trail IL Peninsula railway, carrying
North Carolina troops en- route t.
Florida, collided with a north bounC
vegetable train on the ED. Privatr
William Barbee, Company l, of Dur
ham, n. c., was killed, and Private j
NJ. Colclough was fatally injured.
GEN. MERRITT, e. years of age, go
into an engagement en- route to the
Philippines. lie captured Miss Laur;
Williams. a 2O-year-old Chicago belle
1t Is also asserted that after he get:
fairly established at Manila, Mis-:
Williams will join the general and tho
wedding will take place there.
THE Massachusetts Unitarian asso
citation van the government to refusG
to purchase goods of any kind bearing
the motto Remember the Maine" or
the ground that 1t is provocative of !
spirit of vengeance.
NOTICE has been given to all the
powers that, pending the present hos
t~ilities, the United States will not only
hold coal to be contraband of war, but
vessels carrying it will be regarded a.
alien enemies.
4 SENSATIONAL story was circulated
at Key West, on the 23d, to the effec
that the Mangrove had been captured
by the Spaniards while graphing fol
the Santiago cable. The story, how
ever, lacks confirmation.
THE navy department has concluded
to allow the naval commanders in Gu
ban waters to be their own strategists
simply forwarding such information IL
may, from time to time, come to hand
The house, on the I'D, passed th
senate bill providing for the paymer
of volunteers from their enrollmen
and authorizing the secretary of wa
to pay troops embarlling for Manil;
one month in advance.
DUKE ALMEDOvER DE RIO has &C
cepted the portfolio of minister for for
eign affairs, offered to but declined b.
Senior Leon V Castillo, the Spanish am
basSador at Paris.
THE supreme court of Missouri i
banc, on the oath. rendered an opinion
declaring the St. Louis police pension
law to be unconstitutional.