The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-07
b. IL. ADAMS, Publisher

Speaker Thomas b. Reed went from
Washington to Portland, Me-. on the
cd, to attend the funeral of his sister,
Mrs. Conley. He returned to Washing
ing on the night of the Sd.
1t is said the great city of London
is in danger of subsistence owing 70 the
persistent tunneling under its founda-
tons. Parliament, at its mex sitting,
will zeal with the question.
The closing day OF the session of the
fourteenth annual convention of the
American Historical association at
New Haven, Conn. was taken up with
papers and discussions on Colonial
History and Policy"
The French ministry of the colonies
denies the report that Dreyfus has en-
barked from Cayenne on his return to
France, adding that h court of cas-
sation alone can decide the question of
the return of the prisoner.
Mai.-Gen. William L. Shafter, {. S.
A., has been relieved from the COM
mand of the department of the east,
and assigned to the command of the
department of California. to relieve
Maj.-Gen. Henry c. Merriam.
\ magnificent memorial hall, in
honor of the veterans of the cival war,
was dedicated in the new public Ii
brary, on Michigan avenue, Chicago,
on the 29th. Over 5000 persons were
present, including many of the state,
county and city officials, and Judges of
the supreme and superior courts.
The case of Mrs. COrdelia Botkin, on
trial at San Francisco for the murder,
by poison, of Mrs. Dunning, of Della
ware, was submitted to the jury, on
the 3Oth, which, the same evening,
found a verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree, and fixed her punish
ment at Imprisonment for life.
President McKinley's proclamation
setting forth the conditions under
which the United States takes posses
sion of the Philippines has been ca
bled TO Gen. Otis for PRONUNCIATION.
1t is modelled on the lines of the one
issued by Gen. Shafter at Santiago,
though considerably amplified.
1t is said a sharp contest will occur
in the house over the Legislation for
The government of Hawaii. as the ma
joritv and minority of the committee
on territories do mo- agree to the re-
-, 80 Al, .,,,{n ,,,ftton on fa-
eign relations, although the differences
are not such as to cause great diff
Guilty.
Gen. Horace Porter, the United
States ambassador to France, and
John X. Gowdy, United States consul
general there, held the usual New
Year receptions, on the I'd, at the
United States embassy and consulate
in Paris. These were largely attended
by distinguished Parisians and Amcri-
cans
President and Mrs. Mckinley re-
ceived the seasons greeting. on the I'd,
from Il great throng of callers. repre-
senting every branch of public life,
who attended the White House recep-
ton. 1t WAS the first time since the
present administration began that cir
cumstances permitted the observance
of this custom.
Thomas ownshend Buckhill. queens
counsel and member of parliament tn
the conservative interest for Mid-Sur-
rev tEpSom). has beer raised to the
bench of the high court of iudicature
in succession to Justice Henry Haw-
kins, who recently retired from the
e~Xchequer division and was raised to
the peerage OF the 1st.
Chief Justice Grant of the Michigan
state supreme court has denied an APP
plication for Il writ of error. under
which an express revenue stamp case
could be removed to the United States
supreme court. The court recently de-
cided that the American Express Co.
must pay for the revenue stamps af-
Fixed to its bills of lading.
To meets the complaints of the Chip
pewa Indians in Minnesota that they