The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-25

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for Manila. with the Third infantry
and four companies of the Seventeen !.
infantry on board. arrived al Sin2;r
pore, south of the Malays. on the 9TH.
Latest reports from Kingston. ia
maica. stated that the condition of MIR.
JOhE Sherman. whowas 4 passenger IN
board the American line steamer Paris,
wa. not favorable. He was much weaK-
er and the doctors were discouraged.
DR.. NJ. +. Strictly. for 81 years sec
Rotary of the American Home Mission
arv association. died in i -@ni!IriuEi Il:
Clinton Springs. Y. Y. on lii| night O:
the 18th. aged - wears. He Ms 10"
long time editor of the -Arayric..i: Ms
siomary Magazine.
On the 10th nine mead of fin2 Nder-
ncy COWS. suffering from tuberculosis.
were shot, at Oliver Ranlolph's dairy.
at Bethlehem. Pa. 10y orde' # the
state veterinary board. Ills j. tn"
first discovery of tuhcrculos;S anon
cattle in the Lchigh valley.
Or. Oliver Marcy. dean of Ia Norir-
western university at Chicago. ard
professor of natural HISTORY il that in
stitution. died. on tn: IAN. at his
home in Evanston. H.. after a long IL
ness. aged %. He had been connected
with Northwestern University since
1852.
Princess Kaiulani. whom c,-!u"rn
LiIiUGkalami declared heir :; ~lDrarrn-
10 the Hawaiian throne. lied 81 I!orn-
iutu. on the 9th. of .G'iammat0"N
rheumatism. She was accorded Il sta.
funeral, all classes. natives aud fO,-
cigncrs, uniting to do honor 20 her
ntcmory.
News has reached SeLtila, Wash,
that five Finlanders claim III have dis
covered evidences of tn" original Rus
sian boundary line Inscribed on a
series of old mounds. which. if eStaL-
lishcd. will place the kIondikc coun-
try within the limits of the United
States.
NJ. Cambon. the French ambassador.
called at the department of STATE, on
the 18th. and served formal notice cI
the signature of the pelc" treaty at
Madrid. Secretary Hay indicated hi>
preference that NJ. Cambon should acc
as agent for the Spanish co.ernmenI
in the final exchange of raIIiicItiOns.
"
Capt. Erwin. acting superintendent
of Yellowstone park, has reported 10
the interior department that the ur-
precedented snowfall in III" park this
yea will unquestionably lead to the
death of very many antelope, deer and
elk before the winter IS over. In places
in the park sn0v is over - feet IN
depth.
Gov. Wells of Utah has decided. fn"
thc present, at least. not Ia appoint u
United States senator to succeed Sena-
tor Cannon. whose successor failed 81
election in the joint assembly. which
closed its session in Il deadlock on the
18th. He Will await Il precedent thit
will guarantee the seating 81 any 1p-
lpbllitt it iliiN iilit.
W. j. Fitzgerald. IL clerk ia the dis
tributing department of rhe r.;tsbureh
post office since 1895. WAS arrested py
Post Office Inspector W. VI. Dickson.
or The 10Th. charged with stealiro
moHeycd letters. He was clu.ht in the
act. and. il Is understood. made Il fuIi
confession. though he "puid not Say
how much he had purloiari.
Articles of incorporation cf the MI
tinnal Salt Co.. withacapi:aluf $12.00G.-
600. were filed. on the 10Th. with the
secretary of state of New Jersey. Tie
company is authorized 10 produce and
deal in salt. The stock is divided into
$1,000. 900 of preferred and >7.nOO,0CO of
the preferred 20 bear seven
PEI ccnt. non-comulative dividends.
The Windsor hotel, at the cnrncr of
Forty-seventh street and Fifth ave
Il New York city. was destroyed by
fire on the nth. Eleven persons are
known to have persisted i'll Tie flames
or been killed by jumping from roof
or upper windows. and between 30 and
40 others were seriously. many of Ghern
probably fatally. injured. there were
many heroic rescues by intrepid fire
men.
The Rome L'Opinione ~revives the
story that Don Carlos, the Spanish pre-
tender. has secured az s:Inces of sev-
eral millions from English and French
bankers. and will soon enter Spain.
The precise date is deferred until the
notifications of the treaty of peace be
tween Spain and the United States have
been exchanged: but according 10
LOpinione, the CarliSts and Spanish
republicans will start Il revolution ir;-
mediately after the exchange is made.
The latest figures on he
of Great Britain and America. sup
piled by the bureau of statistics, show
that the exports of domestic merchaI.-
disc from the United States for H..
eight months ending with February
amount to $s29.335.14I. AMI hose from
the United Kingdom mount to $s9S.-
s60,427. In the calendar scar 1S9S the
domestic exports from the United
States amounted toS1.233.55i.S2S, while