The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-06-17

minister 10 spain TIlN AT -hdtl lt- Oh
the 10th. from san Sebastian. the sum
mer residence OF the Spanish coart,
whittier he had gone 10 secure Il sum
mer residence for Ills family and serv-
antS.
Smallpox has developed To an alarm
ing extent at Corvdon and az Rock
port. Ind. There are now seven cases
at the latter place. and more are cN-
pectrd. CGrydun has five cases. The
state health authorities have been 10
titled.
Miners Just returned from the head
waters OF the Stewart river. in British
Columbia. tell OF Il numi,eU of deaths
from starvation amoa@ 1hc Indians.
They sacrificed an Indian girl 10 ap-
pv;Isc the Great Spirit. and troops have
gone from Sclkirk barracks to arrest
them.
In the Spanish cortrs. on TIE 18th,
Senior Si!vria. the premier. read :lv
convention between Sp2in and Grr-
many whereby the rorn"r cr,ies 10 the
latter the Caroline. I.aGr0nr ar.r!
PrIew islands. The contention Wa re-
ic:rcd TO Il special committee for con
siGcration and report.
Negotiations FOR The organization OF
the proposed consolidation of Iro AMI
s;tcl sheet mills Of the country have
been declared oil until fall. Promoter
". II. Moore. OF Chicago. n" lcadiH"
spirit in the organization. 'Irsires /"
take a rest from all a-;iyr business fDr
TWO months after july !.
President InUr"t of France las had
his rrren~" for the ou,ra&" al .tUt"uii.
When h" drnv" to LongchampN. on Ii"
18th. to attend the Grand rrlN. he vas
the hero OF 4 great popular demonstrate
1iul. cNprcs~iu" itself in il form %:
another along III" wnnIe route from
the EIys"c palace to the race course.
L.icUt.-Col. l'icqunrt. IL. French Of
firer detailed. at the tiHsc ui til" lola
trial. TO lind additional cvidcnc"a"ai&St
Dr-ytuS. and who. instead. discovered
the real author OF the b"racrcau u
E<tcrhazv. and for his honest dcnou-
mcnt incurred thu eGuIty OF the
French military establishment, was re-
leased on the 9th.
Several of the a~ccGmpliccs of IN
tonic Garcia, the notorious Cuban ban
dit who was taken frCEn the gen
dlrmcrie by iEGi@nan; people am!
hung. offered to surrender TO IL"
American commander at iIoi"uin. VIII"
called Mai.-Gcn. Wood ia" in>truc-
tons. Gen. Woods answer was "Nahr
no terms with them. Arrest the Grim
ina!S."
The civilian and military branches
have submitted their differences. in r.
gard to the conduct al affairs III !hc
Philippines. to the president. ?nd the
latter. after due consideration. has
sustained Gen. Otis and has announced
that the military government must
continue until congress has passed
upon the question OF the failure OF the
Philippines.
The municipality ii Havana has pre-
scented to Gen. MLNimo GoIn,z a certi-
fcare naming him rs an adopted 50"
of the city. IL a short letter, which
appeared on the i2th, he thanked the
giyrrs for the honor conferred, ana
said that nothing could touch him
more than This Illustration Of TIE
friendship of the people OF Cuba. WIZ
could always depend On his loyalty.
The Filipino occupation of the prov
ince of Cavite has ueen broken and. is
Americans now control the important
coast towns of ~Paran4qGe and Las
Pinas. while a long line of inSur-rnt
trenches facing our south line has
been cleared. In the fighting leading
to these results four american soldiers
and hundreds of FiIipinos were killed.
VI. TrairuN. former French minister
of Justice. gave a dinner and reception
in Paris, on the 10th, in honor %
Lieut.-Col. Picguart. Among those
present were the Prince and Princess
OF Monaco, Nine. NJ. Matthew DreyfuS
and others prominent in the movement
for Dreyfus' revision. VI. Matthew
Dreyfus threw himself into Picquart's
arms, while Mime. Dreyfus WIS SO mucl.
that she tainted.
The Authors club of London gave
a dinner, on the 18th, to Mark Twain
Samuel Clemensl AMI Sir Spencer
Walpole. secretary of the rost office. !
Mr.. Clemens, in replying 20 a toast.
to the outburSt of American
sympathy during the illness of Mr..
Rudyard Kipling, and expressed the
hope that the incident would at least
serve TO bring America and England
in the bonds of friendship. |