The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-06-18
A rouR-sroRY building at Blot. a vii.

AFoUR-sroRY building at Blot, a vii.
lage near Cannes, France, collapsed, on
the 18th, and it is estimated thai 80
persons were killed. Troops were or.
dered to the scene to clear up the de.
bris and remove the bodies of the vic
Tins.
AT the state department it was said
on the 18th, that neither Ambassador
Hay nor any other Off cial had in.
formed it of the report that Manila had
fallen.
THE Austrian reichsrath was pro
rogued, on the 18th, by imperial order.
The troops composing the first army
of invasion included: Infantry, sol Of
ficers and TO- 100 enlisted men; cavalry
(mostly dismounted), los officers and
3, l55 enlisted men; artillery, is officers
and ASS enlisted men; engineers, 9 of.
ficers and 200 enlisted men; signal
corps, . officers and As enlisted men;
staff corps, Is officers. Total of the
expedition, 773 officers and IA, 564 en-
listed men, with Gen. Shafter in COM
mand.
The army corps under Gen. Pando in
eastern Cuba is composed of four di.
visions, under Generals LinareS, Luque,
Aldaze and March, stationed respec-
lively at Santiago, Holguin, ManZa-
milo and Puerto Principe. Gen. Lin
ares has 5000 men, who, with the $500
under Admiral Cervera, are considered
by the government sufficient to repel
invasion.
LIEUTENANTs NEVILLE and Shaw, OF
Company d, First marine battalion,
who were on picket duty during the
fight at Guantanamo, and who were
reported missing, returned to camp
safely with 80 men, having fought
their way, much of the time surround
ed by a guerilla force, whom they
successfully held at bay.
JOSEPH LETTER is no longer the wheat
king. His big profits have vanished.
and instead OF from 81, 600, 900 to s., OOO.-
600 winnings, he stands, it is asserted
by those who profess to lave inside in
formation, to lose between 1000. OOC
and s.. 900, 900. He overstayed the game
too close to the new crop.
AT Great Bend, KaS., on the 18th, J.
NJ. Becker, who murdered Myrtle Hoff.
meister, was hanged by a mob of SOC
in the presence of several hundred peo-
pie who hastily gathered. He was
hanged on Il tree standing at the south.
east corner of the public square.
WHEN the president, on the 18th,
signed the war revenue bill, Secretary
Gage at once issued a circular calling
for popular subscriptions to the $780,
OOO,0 900 three-per-cent. bond issue.
Small individual subscribers are to be
given the preference in alloting the
bonds.
THE captain of the steamer Lapwing,
recently returned to Victoria, Il. C..
from Alert bay, reports that nine stern
wheel steamers of n fleet of IL have
been seriously damaged while attempt.
ing to cross Queen Charlotte sound.
The Iron railway engine John Camp.
bell blew up on the incline above the
city of Ironton, O., on the 14th. Engi.
neer Robert Roger was killed, body not
found, and several persons were Sc.
verely injured.
T~HIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED soldiers en-.
parked on transport steamers at San
Francisco, on the 18th, which are to
take thsm to the Philippines to rein
force Dewey.
PADUCAH, Ky, and Evansville, Ind,
reported distinct earthquake shocks in
that portion of the country, OF tie 14th,
at $50 a. IN.
TREASURY officials say the indica.
tions are that the 500, 900, 900 loan will
b. largely over-subscribed.
THE French chamber oc deputies, OIL
the 14th, by 295 to 2S!, passed a vote o.
in the government.