The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-11-04

CAPE GIRARDEAU. MISSOURI
Admiral Dewey, or the 30th. took
possession of his new home in Wash.
ington.
The steamship Etruria. sailing from
New York, for Europe. on the 9th,
took out So, 900 ounces of silver.
In Berlin diplomatic circles it is IS.
serted that Emperor Nicholas has Civ
en- up his visit to Carlsruhe in cCnse-
quence of 4 renewal of the quarrel
between the Grand Dukal courts If
BADEN and Hesse.
The Fortieth infantry broke camp
al Fort Riley, Kas.. on the 3Oth, an,
proceeded TO San Francisco by way .,
the Union Pacific and Southern Pacifi,
railroads. The regiments strength,
on leaving will be about 1,200 officers
and men.
Since January 1 the Seattle (WaSh.)
oliiN llhS 'N'lNN
S11,611.2O4, and since the office began
business, July Is, 1s9S, $17,2S0.3G1.
During last week the Office made three
shipments of assayed gold to the Unit
ed States mint of n total value of ST.
5OO,0 900.
The Russian cruiser Nariag, which is
designed to be the fastest armored YES
Sci of her class ever constructed by
the Cramp ship building firm, was
launched, on the 31st, with unuSal Gis-
play. Prominent Russian naval at
taches and government officials were
present at the christening.
The Dawes commission has comp'et-
ed its enrolment of the Chickasaw In
dams. The enrolment shows Il 600 In.
dams and 1900 freedmen, the latter
being former slaves and their descend.
ants. taken to the territory from uhe
south by the Indians. The enrolment
OF the Creeks is progressing.
Heavy fighting occurred aroun.
Ladysmith, Natal. on the 30th. The
British under Gen. White drove the
compelled to retire again upon the
tcNn. The losses on both sides were
heavy. and there are vague reports of
whole battalions of English soldiers
missing.
H. official and diplomatic quarters it,
Washington attention is being direct
ed to tine question of a Pacific caLl-
linking this country with the Philip
pines and points beyond. and il is TN
derstood that this government aud
the foreign governments which would
be affected by the cable are nowactivc-
ly considering the subject.
Peter VI. Gideon. M of the best
known characters of Excelsior. Nina.
died. on the 21th. aged 80. He was the
originator of the Wealthy apple. which
he named after his wife. Wealthy Hall.
whom he married in 1919. In 1878.
when the state established an expert
ment fruit farm. he was made super
intendent, and continued in that ca
pacity for several years.
The members of the Fredericksburg
National Park commission called upon
the secretary of war. on the 27th. tC
lay before him the plans OF the com
mittee for Il memorial park. which will
include the battlefield of FredericEs.
burg. charlottesville. Tebbs Tavern
and several other fields comprised in
an area of II miles square on the
soutI: side of the Rappahannock.
Admiral Dewey, on the 3Oth. an-
noEnced to some of his more intimate
friends the fact of his engagement t1
Mrs. W. r. Hazen, of Washington city.
Mrs. HaZen is the widow of Gen.
Ilazen, formerly chief signal officer of
the army, who died about ten wears
ago and is a sister of John II. Mclean,
democratic candidate for governor Of
Ohio. She is childless and wealthy.
The convention of the cotton states
commissioners of agriculture at At
lanta, Ga. CT the 9TH. passed reso-
lutions inviting capital and immigra-
ton TO the south, urging southern scr-
ators ard congressman to use their IL
fiuence in increasing the merchant
marine: the teaching of agriculture in
the rural schools; the erection of cot
ton oil mills in every district. and in
dcrs:ng farmers institutes.
Henry {. HARRIS, supreme judge ui
the Choctaw nation. died at his home
near Harris, l.. T., on the 2Sth, from
rheumatism. He was n of the dele
gates to Washington that collected
about S2,00O.O00 lease money from the
United States for the Choctaw nation.
He has held many positions of trIIs;
and was one of the best friends the
white people of the country had
among the Choctaws.
The resolutions adopted at a mass
meeting held in Carnegie hall. New
York, October IL, urging the president
to offer the friendly offices of the Unit
ed States in mediation between Grcl.
Britain and the Transvaal and OranC4
Free State republics, were presented
to the president, on the 26th. by a del.
ann+iop from Nav NorE baalaJ hu |