The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-05-20

ID. II. ADAMS. Publisher.
CAPE GIEARDEAU, MISSOURI.
The statement of theconditiOn of the
treasury issued on the 18th showed:
Available cash balance, $3.50. 121,5i2;
gold reserve, $231,i37 ,925.
a movement is said to be on foot to
institute proceedings 20 Gust Mayor
Johr II. Farley of Cleveland. O.. who,
il is alleged, spent more than the
legal limit allowed candidates for eX-
penses.
The London Saturday Review claims
to have particular information To the
effect that the present peace IN SPAN
will be short-Iived. and that Don Car
los will soon submit his fortunes 10 Il
final issue.
The Filipino town OF IldcfenZo was
captured, on the 18th. by the force OF
Generals Macarthur and Lawton, the
ONLY casualties suffered by Il troops
being one man wounded. Thetuwn was
said to be garriSoned by loot FIllpInoS.
Failures throughout the United
States for the week ended on h 18th,
according To Dun's Commercial ke-
view, were 1G5. against 2iG for the cor
responding week last year. For Cana
tla the failures were 20, against "a last
year.
The cases of the l. Filipinos who
were denied landing at san Francisco.
on the 18th. will be appealed To Wash
in@ton. The papers have been sent TO
CommiSsioncr-Gcneral of l~mmi%r:-Ion
Powdcrly. and he will decide whether
;hr FiIipinos are actors or merely con-
tract laborcrS.
One of the largest gatherings ever
seen in Minneapolis. Mimi, adopted
resolutions. on IT." 18th, i'll sympathy
with the administration of affairs in
connection with the Philippines. The
names of Mckinley and Dewey We're
chrercd To the echo several times dur-
ing the afternoon.
"
Gen. Gomez notified Gov.-Gcn.
Hrookc. on tn" 18th. TINT be could no
IGnger act in the matter of the dis
tributiOn of the =. 600. 900 to the Cuban
troouS. Gen. brooke will conduct the
distribution without other aid from
CullanS than the identification OF pri-
Yates by the company commanders
"
Admiral Farra@ut'S famous Old tiaT-
ship Hartford, which for many years
has been On the Pacific coast. is CORR
ing east. She has been selected as Il
training ship for landsmcn. who will
be recruited almost entirely in the cen
trai. western and lake states. The YES
sci has been completely m~oderniZod.
An equestrian statue of Muj.-ticn.
John f. Iiartrauft. former governor OF
Pennsylvania. in Capitol park. at Har-
riSburg. WAS unveiled. on the 18th,
with impressive ceremonies in the
presence of Il large of peo-
PIE. including many veterans of Gen.
IIartranft division of the Ninth corps.
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concerns who control the output of
soft coaI in Illinois and Indiana. met
III Chicago. on the ETH. TO consider an
advance in the price of coal. Higher
rates Of transportation and an increase
liz the cost of labor are given as the
reasons which make the contemplated
change necessary.
William Nancck. OF PaSSaic. Y. J..
who started on Il European trip scv-
eral months ago. is a prisoner in Ger
many on 4 charge of les" majestic.
While in Il German beer garden he got
into IA discussion of the Spanish war.
Although he is of German descent. he
said that the kaiser was Il big stiff"
and got six months for it.
Sir Henry Irving. whose recent work
in the title role of Sardnu's drama
"EohcSpicrrc" at the Lyccum thcat@r.
London, has been exceedingly trying,
was taken seriously i'll. on the 18th.
with an affection of tine throat. His
son. Lawrence. who is Sir lIenry's I'M
derstudy in several notable roles. was
compelled To take his fathers place.
F. \. Nandeflip. assistant secretary
of the treasury; Charles Allen, assist
ant secretary OF the navy: Perry ).
Heath. assistant postmaster general:
Brighten. Corbin and Fills II. Roberts,
treasurer OF the United States. have
been appointed Il national committee
to take charge of the funds with which
to purchase a home for admiral Dew
ey in Washington.
The United States gunboat Nashville
weighed anchor. early on the mornin"
al the 18th. and started from st. Louis
CT her return to the gulf. The cuSto-
mary SalutcS We're exchanged as she
DasSed Jefferson barracks. The officers
ana crew expressed themselves as de-
lighted at their treatment during their
STAY. One of the iackies was heard TO
say that the pace was too hot for
him.
Students of the Princeton On j.
university attacked the procession adj