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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

After interviewing tine American DEL
eg&tes 20 the peace conference at The
Hague, Editor William Stead writes
this Il his paper. LONDON Truth: The
relations between tn" American and
other delegates. notably the English.
German and Russian. was extremely
friendly. The E~n%lishmeu and Amer
leans acted throughout almost like Il
join! delegation. This was due to no
arrangement or direction, but solely
because both nations found common
ground of defense. common interests.
civilization and humanity"
Masked burglars entered the home
o. David Miller. livin" east of Gallon,
O.. on the 18th. and after tying the
family. demanded the key and comhi-
notion to Mr.. NiIlcr'S safe. II was r.
fused, and the burglars piled the mat
tr">scs and hedclothing on top OF their
helpless victims. saturated the mass
with Kerosene. and We're about 20 Ii%it
it when the old man weakened and ac-
cumpanied them to the store. where
they made him unlock the safe. They
secured about 81. 900 and escaped.
Tie Y~aic-EIarvard Athletic team,
with the exception of Fox. Who had
gone 10 the continent, visited Gam
bridge. England. on the 18th. where
they We're cordially welcomed by the
masters. fellows and undergraduates
OF the university.
Daniel liane was killed by lightning
AT Napoleon, O.. on the 18th. Eight
others. composing Il thrcshiug gang,
were knocked senSeleSS by the same
boil. which also set fire 10 the barn
vii! probably die.
Admiral Dewey entertained Frcdcr-
ick Nossfeld. the United States consul
at Trieste, Austria, and Il number Of
Americans. on the 18th, at Il concert on
Ia" Olympia by the ships band.
III, date for the Inauguration Dt
I~T,Sidcnt-clect IIadlcy % Val" has
bcch decided upon for October ;. \
committee is pcrfCctia~ elaborate al
Engagements for the occasion.
'sNd. -NIl'i iNin 'bui''II'h,
wi" had been playing with The Belle
q; New York company al adelaide,
South Australia. died ON the 18th.
Tn, conspiracy case against cN-Iirit-
i>:I officers al Pretoria has been With
dawn. and TIE remaining prisoners
were released on the 18th.
The statement of the coEditionof the
treasury issued on the -nth showed:
Available cash balance, $2el.54l,sy.;
gold reserve, SGD, 40, 200.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

A movement towards the erection %
a monument to the memory of Robert
e.. Ingersoll in Glen Oak park. Peoria.
ILL.,, by popular subscription, was inau-
@urated. on the 2od. by the appoint
ment Of n committee of Il. to be
known as the InTersoll Memorial com
mittee. TO take charge of the soliciting
of funds and the erection of a suitable
monument.
The London Times Pretoria cor.
respondent says the Outlanders have
been given to understand that nc
abatement of the demands made by
Sir Alfred Miner. governor of the
Cape Colony. and British high commits.
sioner for South Africa. will he accep-
table to the imperial authorities. y
crisis, therefore, is 10 held to he n
sight.
The administration views the pros.
pact for Il mOduS rivendi on the Alas.
kan boundary asalmost hopeless. Over.
lures from Washington are at an end.
Things will be permitted to drift viii,
an indefinite understanding that both
sides shall avoid acts which might ag.
prayatc.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
Not Considered Seriously.
WILL BE ABSENT UNTIL AUG. I.
Secretary AIGer Leaves Washington
to be Absent Until the Date of
His Retirement.

Washington. July 26.-Secretary Al
yer attended the meeting of the cabi-
MT. but had no special war depart
IHcnt business to submit. The score
t;ry left Washington On Il night train
TO I've absent until August l, the date
y hen his resignation takes effect. Mr..
Meikiciohn will he acting secretary
rntil hat time. Mr.. Root, the new sec
Rotary. called at the wax department,
rud was with Secretary Alger some
tine discussing matters relating to the
department. Assistant Secretary
Mc:kieioEn called upon Mr.. Root at
tie Arlington. and again met him in
tie Office of the secretary. 1t WAS eX-
pccteG that the bureau chiefs OF the
war department would meet Mr.. Root.
but at his suggestion the meeting was
deferred until he actually became sec
Rotary. Mr.. Roots commission has al
ready been made out, bearing date of
august l..
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
CURRENT N.pS NOTES,

Capt. and Mrs. Coghlan left St Louis
Friday night for the Puget Sound
naval station.
Prof. Thomas Nolan has accepted
the chair of architecture al The Mis-
scuri university.
George Gully, a negro. was hanged
at M~usco%ee. l. T., for he murder Of
Dick Carr. Il white man.
An autopsy revealed the fact that
George O'Ncal. who died at Sherman,
Tex, had been poisoned with strych-
nine.
1t is reported that the kaiser and
Gar Nicholas of Russia are to meet a.
Weisbaden during the cars visit to
EarmStadt.
Immigration statistics for the fiscal
year recently ended show far more
Italian immigrants TO america than
any ether nationality.
The attorney general of Texas holds
that sleeping car companies have no
right to permit the sale OF liquor IN
their ears within the state.
TWO victims Cell a prey Ia the kiss
ing bug in Arcola. ILL.,. Friday. and ir
both instances the insect attacked the
parties when they We're asleep.
j. :. Collins. agent for Hathaway d
&C., of Boston shipped from Richmond.
Ky, Friday. $50 fine export cattle of
the average weight of 1850 pounds.
The war department has announced
that meme of the ten new regiments
can he modified at jefferson barracks,
as the stations have all been assigned.
Adam SchInitt. 20 years of age, re.
turning from work. lay down in the
Rock Island railroad yards and fell
asleep. \ train ground his body to
pieces.
Miss Clara Levi. Is years old. of
Nashville. Ind, ate the heads of n
handful of parlOr matches in an effort
to end her troubles. Her condition -
precarious.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lilley. aged 81 years,
died at St. Joseph, Mo-, Friday. She
was an invalid for half a century. A
greater part of this time she was con-
fined to her bed.
james Tuttle. 4 resident of Logan
county, Ill. 90 years of age, and one
o. the warmest personal friends Of
Robert G. Ingersoll, wept when told
of the latter's death.
The formal opening of the new sus-
pension bridge r Niagara river,
connecting Lewiston, on the American
side, with Queenston, on the Canadian
side, took place Friday. ,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
CUBANS WILD WITH DELIGHT.
Celebration of the Finstn de SAN
tfaEO-Imitnted Landing of the
American Nay.

Santiago de Cuba. July 2G.-The eel
aGrution of the Fiasta de Santiago b.
gan late Monday night. with the ar
rival frCm New Orleans of Mgr. Fran
cisco de Harsada, the first Cuban
arbishop appointed by the vatican.
Archbishop Barnada's appointment is
considered an importan. event in &C.
clcsiastical circles, and was made she
occasion of n patriotic demonstration.
Yesterday and to-day all business has
beer suspended.
One thousand Cubans, attired in
Spanish uniforms, came from Las
Cruces yesterday. on q tug AMI
barSes, and initiated the landing Of
the American navy. They paraded
through the city, headed by bands of
music. The Cuban inhabitants were
crazy with delight, ~derisively crying
Viva Espana," but the Spanish resi-
uents were disguised.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
RICH STRIKE AT NOME CITY.
As High rs FOrty-Two Dollars TAX.
en- from n Single Pan-Claim
Jumping Lively.

San Francisco. July ga CORE
spondent of the Bulletin, writing frCIa.
Nome City, Alaska, says: e.
Il have talked with Louis Lane, son
o. Charles ID. Lane. of the Utica mine
in California. Young Lane came here
about four months ago, and has hid
good locations. He showed me a bag
of gold. and said that in IA working
days he had taken out 50 pounds of
gold-$1O.OOO-from Claim No. o. on tie
Anvil. That, too, without being down
TO bed rock. The claim adjoining his
Is down to red dirt, below ice, and as
high as So has been taken from q
single pan. Claims are 1,22O by GEO
feet, so about four claims run 10 the
mile. Anvil creek is about eight miles
in length. so 30 to 10 locations control
the entire creek.
Up 10 the present time, probably
5000 locations have been recorded i'll
this district. Many OF them ma
iority in fact-werc located by powers
of attorney. These have beer and are
being jumped all Over the district. the
miners not recognizing the right 10
take up claims in this manner
Nome City is located on a slight
mesa, back from the beach about 200
feet. Lots are staked off 100 by 500
feet, and the whole plateau is stdhed,
not only for town lots. but also as
mining locations
Trouble Will also ensue over town
lots. as new arrivals claim 100 by 3OO
constitute unfairly large lots. \ few
log houses have been erected, but this
is mainly a city of tents.
Jerry Wilson, formerly a Mendo-
cino (Cal.) county official, is one of the
most extensive mine owners in the
city and the Collin Bay districts. lie
has located, bought and bonded W.
wards of 100 Claims
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
CAPE NOME GOLD FIELDS.
The Coast and Geodic Survey Receives q
Report From the New
Bonanza.
The New COuntry Very Rich-TcA
Thousand Dollars for n Days
DfEEing-Spread into Brit
ish Territory. =

Washington. July 25.-The coast
ard goedetic survey has received a re-
port from q. Il. Putnam, who is out
with Il party ut St. Michaels regarding
the recently opened gold fields around
Cape Nome. Mr.. Putnam says he cam
not youch for the accuracy of the float
ing reports from Cape Nome. 1t is
certain that new fields have been
opened from five to SO miles back frouI
the coast. between Cape Nome and
Cape Rodney. There are about 1000
miners in this section with their prin-
ciplc settlement at Anvil City, a new
town not Yet on any map except
those of the transportation compa-
rles. 1t is claimed by tho boomers
thai some of the new country is very
rich. One of the reports speaks of
$4,000 having been taken cut of an
area - feet square within Il foot of the
muss roots. This. however, is I:
vouched for by Mr.. Putnam.
The survey has NJ very recent re-
ports from the more inland regions,
but il is understood that the American
liner WHO were uIlNtH Oub VI tHS
Atiin district and went over to the
Porcupine country have struck good
fields. and have already spread out in
some places &c the east of the British
line.
Nothing definite is known of the re-
cent Canadian threat to cripple the
american coast trade by running :.
railway from Kitimat Arm 10 Dawson
City. There is TO place called kitimat
.ArT on any OF the American maps,
and it is said to be certain that there
is no tide water point anywhere on the
coast whence the Canadian govern
ment could get inland with such a
line without crossing American terri
tory. unless they came so far down
the coast as to make the undertaking
impracticable from both n commercial
and an engineering standpoint.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
WOMAN WITH AN IRON NERVE.
Went with Her husband to Alaska.
and Was the Only Survivor
Of the Party.

Bay City. Mich. July 26.-Mrs. Har-
mon W. Bens, only survivor of the
steamer Elk expedition. is IS years
Of age. Being fond of adventure. she
accompanied her husband on all his
hunting and sailing expeditions. She
never knew fear, and can swim and
handle firearms and is an accurate
rifle shot. She one went with her
husband into a moonshincrs' camp in
til" Kentucky mountains, where she
was threatened with death on sus-
picion of being Il government spy.
Mrs. Bens had no h~esitancy about GO
ing &c Alaska.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
The Canadian Pacific Withdraw.

San Francisco, July 26.-The Cana.
dian Pacific railroad has withdrawn
from the California Passenger asso-
citation. W. Al. Stern, local agent of
the company, at a meeting of the COM
pany, held in the office of r. II. Coun-
tiss, submitted the resignation, and it
was accepted. AT a meeting held on
Saturday last, acting under instruc-
tons from the north, he announced
his intention of doing SO, on the
ground that the purposes of the ASSOC
citation we're in conflict with the pur-
poses Of the interstate-commerce law,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
SAYS FAREWELL.
The Feature of the Cabinet Meeting
the Farewell of Secretary
Alger.
The new SECRETARY WAS THERE ALSO.
A General Clearing II of Odds and
Ends Previous to the Presidents
Depnrture-The Main Topic Dis
cussed Was the Alaska boundary
Question.

Washington, July 26.-The features
Of the cabinet meeting were the fare
we'll of Secretary Alger and the pre-
sentation of his successor. Mr.. Root.
Ea.i an hour after the cabinet had as
scmhled. Mr.. Root appeared at the
White House. He was immediately adj
mitted. and was formally presented to
those of his new colleagues whom he
haG not met. His greeting vas pleas
AM and cordial. He remained but a
few minutes, leaving shortly after
rcoI to catch the 12:f5 train for New
York. When he left the White House
charge of the WAY department August
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
POINTED

Wise men are wrong much oftexer
than fools are right.
Never run 4 policeman down when
out for a spin on your wheel.
No amount of culture will make a
man stop snoring in his sleep.
A man of letters has but little show
In a breach of promise case.
No man who paints his nose ought
to kick if his wife paints her cheeks.
The wors that Ian be said of little
vices is that they won't stay little
Chicago Daily Ne'A.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

The board of naval chiefs decided. on
The 21st, to give 80 months for building
the six new protected cruisers, instead
of p months as was first contemplate
ed. This is due to the rush of private
work at all the shipyards, which made
the yards indisposed to bid on the ves-
sells until more time was given. The
extension, it is said, insures active
HaHoetition and lower Ggures
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

Late arrivals from st. Michaels
Alaska, report that there are at St.
Michaels about 40 small river steamer.
for sale. They are the property of ur-
successful prospecting parties that
wintered on the Koyukuk and other
branches of the Yukon. In many in
stances their owners depend on their
sale to secure means to obtain their
passage home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

Jessie Hoover, IA years old. was
drowned at the Greater America ex-
position grounds at Omaha, Neb., on
the cath. With a younger brother she
was wading in the pool where the
spectacular battle of Manila is pro-
duced, when she got beyond her
depth. She was a daughter of the en-
gineer of the scenic railway. The
body was recovered.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

The bureau of ordnance has taken
steps to relieve the coast forts of the
country of the large accumulation of
obsolete ordnance that has been piling
up ever since the change in ordnance
construction from cast iron to steel
guns. 1t is worth less as junk than
the cost of removing it and breaking
it up.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
Funeral of the CIarowftE,

st. Petersburg,July 26.-The funeral
OF the czarowitz will take place at
1880 Wednesday morning. a wreath
of flowers sent by the French govern
ment and a silver wreath from Presi-
dent Loubet of France were laid upon
the coffin of the dead prince.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

Simple funeral exercises over the
body of the late Robert q. lngersoll
were held at Walston, the Ingersoll
summer home, at Dobbs' Ferry, y. y,
on the 25th. The remains were after
wards taken to Fresh Pond, Long Isl
and, and cremated.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
A Demand on Nicaragua.

New York, July ga special to the
EearlG from Washington says: Sec
Rotary Hay has called upon the Mica
raguan government to refund to the
American merchants the amount
which they were compelled to pay for,
which they were illegally compelled to
pa for port and other duties during
the recent revolution at Bluefields.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

The United States transport Nor
gan City arrived at San Francisco, on
the 9th. from Manila, with returning
troops, including those invalided
home. She was at once sent to the
Angel Island quarantine station for
examination and fumigation.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

The chief signal officer has received
the official sick report for the month
of April, covering all the signal COM
panies on duty in the Philippines. 1t
shows u total of only 49, per cent.
sick-a remarkably favorable state of
affairs for any climate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

An organization is being formed by
Some of the Spanishresidentsof Manila
with a view of securing American citi-
z~enship. The ~originators of the
movement claim that in this way their
property will secure protection. Many
Spaniards are willing TO pay $500 each
to become citizens of the United
States.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

1t is reported at Los Angeles. Cal.
That an oil well trust is being formed
to take in all the oil properties thus
fa~ developed in the Carolina and
Whittier district. 1t is proposed 10 in
corporate the new company with a
capitalization of 100000. OGO.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

1t was rumored in Trieste, on the
21st, that Mr.. Harris. the American
minister to Austria-Hungary, intended
TO invite Admiral Dewey to be his
guest in Vienna and to proceed TO the
Tyrol, passing through lschl to visit
the emperor.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

Two sharp earthquakes shocks were
felt in the southern part of the state
of California. on the 21st, at 4:34 p. IN.
The first shock lasted several seconds,
and was most severe. The vibrations
were from east to west. No damage
worth mentioning vas experienced.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
Thousand Delegate. Expected.

Pittsburgh, Pa, July 26.-Ten thou
sard delegates are expected to attend
the tenth anniversary convention of
the Young Peoples Christian Union
Of the United Presbyterian church, in.
this city next week. .
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

Post Office department officials ex-
pect to ask for an appropriation from
the next session of congress for auto
mobiles to be used in collecting the
mails at all first-class post offices. Re
cent tests in Buffalo have satisfied Of
ficials in Washington that they may
be used to advantage.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

The United States ambassador to
England, Joseph II. Choate, gave a re-
ception at his residence, on the 9th,
t. the Yale-IIarvard atheletic team
tie Stewards, Messrs. Wendell, Brooks
and Sheriff.. and Walter Camp. \
large number OF Americans were pres
en-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

\ special from Aberdeen. :. D.. on
the 21st, said: Yesterday was the hot
test day known in this section of the
state for many years, the government
thermometer registering 106 in the
shade at ; p. m. Crops are damaged to
some extent, Il conservative estimate
being Is to 20 per cent. business was
suspended"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

Notwithstanding a rapid exchange
of kilograms during the day between
Senator Fairbanks, in Washington, and
Sir Wilfred Laurier. in Ottawa. at the
close of office hours. on the Goth. no
arrangement had been reached as To
the postponement of the meeting OF
the joint high commission.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

Three hundred members of the Ma
floral Editorial association arrived at
Winnipeg, Man. on the 21st, and We're
entertained by the city council and the
Winnipeg press men. They visited
the Brandon experimental farm, were
shown over the city. and dined in the
pavilion at II of the parks.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29

In response to the recently cableG
request of Gen. Otis for 1000 horses
for use in the Philippines during the
fall campaign, the quartermaster's de-
Partment has already chartered three
vessels capable of carrying half that
number, the first of which probably
will leave Seattle on August 10.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
Gen. Ayers Adieus.


shortly after Mr.. Root mad left Gen.
A@cr made his adieus. lie shoot;
bands with the president and each
member of the cabinet. In saying
farcwoli. there were many kindly cN-
rrtss:CnS of regret and exchanges of
wc'i wishes. The cabinet remained
in session about three quarters of an
lour after Gen. Ayers departure.
\ General Cleaning Up.
There was 4 general cleaning up of
little odds and ends preparatory to the
presidents departure. The main topic
discussed WAS the Alaskan boundary
line dispute. Secretary Hay explained
tsc status of TIE direct negotiations
lew in progress between himself and
Mr.. Tower. the British charge. and
said he was not without hope that this
vexcd problem would be solved by di-
rec negotiation.
England Willing to Negotiate.
Great britain now seems willing to
consider the proposal of the United
States to give Canada the privilege of
a Port of entry into the Dominion,
while retaining absolute sovereignty
over the Lynn canal. and it is around
tails sort of a proposition that the hope
of Il settlement nov hovers.
Not Considered Seriously.
The speeches of Sir Wilfrid Laurier
ana Sir Charles Upper came up incl
.!Cntally. but no serious attention was
"Iyer them. Settlement by direct ne
III" most satisfactory method of dis
posing of this troublesome question.
and such a settlement. from the facts
developed. at the cabinet meeting. is
regarded as by no means out of the
realm of probability.