The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-24

candidate for statehood.
Commander j. J. Hnnkrr has been
ordered 10 take charge of the nav"I
training station al Newport. Va. To-
itving Commander Mctiowan. ordered
to the .Asiatic station to command the
Concord.
~Johnson's island. Lake Erie. which
was famous as a prison forconfederate
soldiers during the civil war. has been
sold At auction for $4,000. The island
lies il Sandusky bay. Il few miles from
the city of that name.
Spain bought 1000 tons of wheat
(abuut 233.OOO buShcISI from the Unit
ed States last March. more than from
any other country. according to the
report to the state department of Con-
suIar Agent Mertens at Valencia.
Mag. Narchand arrived at Thoisscv.
France, his birthplace. on the 18th. and
was received by the mayor and en-
thusinStic crowds. His passage from
the railway station to the residence of
hi> father Was veritably Il %triumphal
progress.
Ii is stated Al the navy department
that every man attached To TIA" Dirm-
pa. Boston. Baltimore. Concord. RAJ
eicl. Petrol and McCmIloch dur:E" tn"
hattie in Manila harhnr. regardless If
lark or station. will receive Il m"Cal
o. honor.
ACCORDING To Chicf-of-Police kipley.
C~hica%o'S population has finally passed
the TWO million mark. and is now -
GS>.nf5. The figures are the result OF
an official census taken by the police
force. bur ar" not claimed to be alb
so:utcly accurate.
On fhc 18th the International IIy-
Geographic and geological congress
to discuss arrangements for periodical
researches in the North Atlantic and
the North sea. was opened at Stock
holm. Sir John Murray. Or. >'ans.n
and other explorers were among those
present.
Tie i;rrlin kolnisrh" Iritung al
r"uuc"S IN" complete failure" of The
disarmament committee of the peace
conference at The Hague. Several!
provisions. il asserts. have been adopt
GO in the committee by equal vote: bat
all al these. il predicts. will fail in the
plcndry Sittin%s.
NJ th.flpr4,r Sfa-ar fl,p r...-Iy- ~,
pointed minister to Spain. WAS re-
cciycd in formal audience by the queen
regent at Madrid on the 10th. There
were no formal speeches. but a few
cordial phrases were exchanged. the
queen inquiring cordially as to the
health OF the president.
On the 10th. during fire drill. on the
cruiser Columbia. at League Island
navy ward. the deck caught fire from
the hC1 Goals dropping from the fire
engine. Two fire boats were sent down
the Delaware river from Philadelphia.
but the flames were cNtin@uished be-
fore there WAS any serious damage
done.
The Iostnn Fruit Co.'S steamer Ad-
Eiral Dewey. which arrived Il, I:L>:.r.
I'll The 18th. brought aurnn : her I:iS-
scngrf> Mai.-Grn. Leonard Wood. Ei.!i-
t:ry governor at SanfiH"n d, CHra.
and Mrs. Wood and three children.
Gov. Wood reported everything qiict
in his province, with returning ,rrS-
pority.
The report is denied by General
Secretary Edwin y. Schcll of the t'p-
worth league that either the daie or
the location of the biennial Epwurth
league convention i 20 he changed.
The convention will ne held at In
diaEapolis. Ind. July 2O-2@. and II is
expected that fully 10000 lcagucrs will
be in attendance.
II. g. Osborn. Of IN" American E.leC-
TIC Vehicle Co.. and {. i. Woods. mlr-
a"er of the Fischer Equipment Co.
beth of Chicago. had themselves al.
rested. on the 10Th. for usin" autom1-
hiIrS ON the south side b~uulcvards in
defiance of the recent order of the
South Park hoard. and the matter will
he carried through the cuurts as Il te,;
case.
The building at Cincinnati in which
the national Sacngcrfest is to be held.
was formally dedicated on the 18th.
The exercises consisted of Il musical
programme with chorus and orchestra.
and fou brief speeches. Over 5000
people paid % cents each to he ad-
mitted to the building. and all. on the
same ticket. received admission to the |
Geological garden.
IN the 10th Il reciprocity treaty be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain covering trade between this
country and the British colony of Bar
BADGES. in the British West Indies, /
WAS signed at the department of state
by the representatives of the two gov
ernments. 1t is the first treaty framed
under the Dinglcy law. and The first
OF a series of treaties which the Brit
fish colonies to the south of this coun-
try are seeking to effect.
The officers of the British and Amer