The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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gratifying to government officials.
R~ear-.Admiral Pallizer, lately in COM
mand of the British North Pacific
squadron, stationed at Esquimault, has
been placed on the retired list.
Allen Thomas Wells, general freight
agent of the Denver & Rio Grandc rail-
road. died at Denver. Col. on the 9th.
OF diabetes. He was born at Memphis.
Tenn, January u. 1851. and has been
engaged in the railroad business since
1ot6.
The reports regarding Il Japanese
Chinese alliance, which have been per
si%tently denied for some time past,
have now assumed definite form. and
are causing great excitement in Rus
sian circles in Shanghai.
SENIOR QucscGa and Mr.. lIoratiO S.
EubcEs had a conference. on the 9th,
with the president concerning the pro-
posed census of Cuba.
The Dominion government telegraph
line is now completed to Five Fingers,
and is progressing SO rapidly that
messages may be sent over il To DaNv-
son in less than two months from date.
The Epworth League convention ut
indianapolis. Ind. formally adjourned,
on the I'D. to meet in san Francisco
in 1901.
1t is announced liz Paris that the
Dreyfus court-martial at Renncs will
open on august :.
Don Carlos. the Spanish prctcnder,
left Venice. on the 23d, o~stcnsihly for
Austria.
\ Filipino priest named Gregory
-A"ripay, with the insurgents. is trying
t. lead Il movement for the iIdcp"n-
dence of the church in the Philip
pines in the Spanish priesthood. lie
has issued 4 proclamation declaring
himself the vicar general of all the
Filipino priests in the district outside
OF American control on the Island of
Luznn. and is melting the priests II
disohcy the regulations of the church
and brotherhoodS.
President Diaz of Mexico and his
cabinet will be formally invited to at
tend the ceremonies of the laying of
the cornerstone of the new federal
building in Chicago on October Q, 10y
a committee of representative men.
who viii leave the city for hat par
pose OF August 5.
Hon. Elihu Root. who is to succeed
Secretary Alger at the head of the wal
department, called on the president
on the 9th. Mr.. Root desired to have
Il conference with the president re-
speeding the duties of his new office
before the latter left for Lake Cham
plain.
The Popnlo Romano, of Rome. re-
ferring to the recent lynching of li;ii-
ians at Tallulah. La. says the United
States has given assurances that il
will prosecute vigorously all who were
concerned in the commission of the
crime.
One of the boilers of the Austrian
torpedo boat Adler exploded. ON the
I'D. while the vessel was of the ISlan,i
Of Torcola. in the Adriatic sea. killing
n lieutenant and four members of the
crew.
Timothy Hogan. the notorious mali
box rohbcr. who escaped from the Ohio
penitentiary May 5. last, was returned
to that institution on the 22d.
Gus Willis. on oid-time Philadelphia
actor died suddenly of heart disease
at Salt Lake, Utah. on the 21st.
y Paris correspondent Of the New
York Journal says: The mex French
officer who interfcres in the DreyfUs
matter will go to Jail. That is well
understood throughout the army.
Hence the sudden silence where ali
was iin"ling spurs and clankiEg
swords.
Col. Robert g.. Ingersoll.althOugh n
an income of fully$5O,G0O ayear,
died comparatively poor. 1t was said IN
this connection by Il New York paper
that he had left life insurance to the
amount CT 100000, but this is an eXag-
geration.
The war department, on the 22d. re-
ceiNcd from ten. Otis another dispatch
additional particulars of the
fight between Capt. Il. \. Byrnc. with
40 men of the Sixth infantry. and rob-
her lands in the Island of NegrOs. 1t
shows that the victory of the soldiers
MAS greater than that reported il
Gen. OTIS dispatch of July p. and that
the loss suffered by the robbers was
considerably larger than before stated.
The Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail says hat Mascagni's
HYMN in honor of ADMIRAL Dewey was
sung at Tesarc. on the 33d. for +he
first time before an audience of 1908
I arsons. 1t was greatly appreciated
and is considered One of the finest
hymns MaScagni has written.
The formal tender of the y port
folio was made to Elihu Root. the New
York attorney, on the 22d. and prompt |
acceptance was received. Mr.. Root
to Washington. on the 24th. to-
with the president previous To
the latter's leaving for Lake Cham !
plain for his summer vacation.
Reports received 10y Adit.-Gea. Cor
bin from the colonies of the new vol
regiments show that about one
third of the provisional army has been
enlisted. There was a slight falling OF
in recruiting on the 21st, but the re-
turns for the 22d showed an increase, |
i,rip uipC the total IN To moro than |