The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-06

AMONG the callers on the secretary oil
war, on the LIST, was Col. John Jacob
Aston, who came as the bearer of dis.
patches from Gen. Shafter.
CAPT. EVANS of the Iowa, replying tc
criticism of his tendency to use strong
language, says: Il do not know whether
l shall stand with Capt. Philip among
the first chosen in the hereafter, but
have this to Say IN conclusion, that
every drop of blood in my body on the
afternoon of the Sd of July was sing
ing thanks and praise to Almighty God
for the victory we had WON"
THE Spanish newspapers at Ponce,
Porto Rico, profess loyalty to the Amer
leans. The most rabid Spanish publ
cation of them all, La Democracia, is
sued an address 10 the public announc-
ing the demise of the paper under its
present name and giving notice that
it would appear under the name of the
Courier, with Il section printed in En-
glish.
THE war department in contemplate
ing the detail of an army of so, 900 from
the volunteers for the Cuban occupa-
ton after peace shall have been de-
clared. The occupation, from the pres
ent outlook, will begin in the early
fall under command of Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee.
THREE persons killed and IL injured
is the record of a fire that occurred in
the Berwyn hotel, Chicago, On the LIST.
The fire started in a bicycle repair shop
adjoining the hotel, and spread so rap
idly hat the egress of the people in
the upper stories was cut off.
ROBERT ELLIS, while oiling the ma.
chinery in the Missouri Electric Light
& Power CO. s house in st. Louis, where
he was employed, on the I'd, allowed
his hand to come in contact with an
electric accumulation and was instantly
killed.
ADJr.-GEN. CoRBIN, at the direction
of the secretary of war, issued an or
der, on the I'd, granting sick and
wounded soldiers at hospitals, when
able to travel, one months furlough
and transportation to go to thei1
homes.
GEORGE TOD, Il wealthy resident Of
New York city, committed suicide, or
the I'd, by jumping from a tenth-story
window in the Hotel Majestic. Mr..
Tod had been Il sufferer from mclan-
chOlia for some time.
WASHINGTON, Ind, vas visited by a
heavy storm on the ID. Much damage
was done to buildings and crops. Miss
Mary Hendricks was instantly killed
at the orphans home by a chimney
falling on her.
SIX petitions have been lodged
against the return of members of the
British Columbia Legislative assembly.
five government and one opposition.
The grounds alleged are bribery and
corruption.
WIN. DAVID MURRAY, fourth earl OF
Mansfield, died in London or the I'd.
He was born in 1906, had been Il lord OF
the treasury and Il lord high commits,
sioner of the church of Scotland.
STEVENSON ARCHER, former treasurer
OF Maryland, died, on the I'd, at the
Baltimore city hospital, wherein he
had been Il patient for four years. He
vas 60 years old.
A BRICK and stone business block in
Frankfort, Ind, occupied by Il newly
organized social club, was destroyed by
an explosion of dynamite on the LIST.
T~ELEGEAPHIC communication with
Ponce was reopeIed, on the I'd, under
censorship at Ponce by the United
States government.
\ CARLIsT uprising vas reported at
Venta de Banes, south of Palenire, on
the I'd.
A RAIsIN trust is being formed in SaE
Francisco.