The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-11

filed with the secretary of state. at
Trenton. y. j., on the sd.
Commencing March l. a temper
cent. increase of Il goes into effect
at every department of the Riverside
iron and steel plants at Wheeling. W
Va. About 5000 men are affected.
The. Spanish cabinet council. on the
9th, decided to suppress the pensions
of all former ministers. Senior SilvcIa,
the new premier. says tn" government
has begun at the top in setting an eX-
ample of economy.
The assistant secretary OF war. on
the Sd, abolished the capitation tax
OF one dollar Il head on passengers.
which had been in force at Cuban
ports of entry under the american oc-
cupation of the island.
Three persons were killed and n
number injured by a cyclone that Wis
tied and devastated Il portion of Madi-
sonville, Monroe county. Tenn. on the
night of the 4th. The damage to prop
tfiN IL tSlllldItu ut 81 .Ubb.DDb.
The proposed constitutional conyen-
ton for Alabama is being vigorously
opposed by the republicans of the
state, who claim that the convention
Will disfranchise the negro and other
wise embarrass their rights. The o
v~ention will be held in August.
Little attention is paid in Rome to
the refusal of the Chinese government
&c grant the requested lease of San
Mum bay, to be usedas an Italian naval
base and coaling station. No doubt is
entertained by the Italian government
that the concession will be made after
further negotiations.
Con~gratulatory messages were sent
by the president, through the war and
navy departments, respectively. on the
ID, to Dewey and Otis, at Manila. the
one on his appointment and contirma-
ton as admiral of the navy and the
other as major general hy brevet in
the regular army.
Eight miners, loaded with food and
mail. left Leadville. Col. on the 9th,
for kokOmO, on now shoes. Twenty
two men also carried a large quantity
OF provisions from Pando to hokomo.
removing the fear of starvation in the
towns on the two abandoned railroads,
the South Park and the Blue River.
Capt. Baxter, quartermaster of the
department of the Missouri, received
telegraphic orders from the war de
partment. on the 9th. to at once ar
range for transportation from Fort
Crook to San Francisco of the battal-
ion of the Sixteenth infantry. now
chartered there. The entire regiment
has been ordered to Manila.
1t WAS officially announced in Lor-
don, on the I'd. that. as he treaty OF
1852 gives France equal rights with
great Britain in Oman, the latter has
withdrawn her objections to Franco
placing coal sheds OH the shore similar
TO those of Great Britain. provided
that France does not attempt to obtain
territorial rights in Omau.
The naval powder magazine of La
Goubran. between La Sevne and Tou-
Ion. in the department of Var. south
ern France. exploded at 2:3O a. IN. of
the 9Th. All the soldiers on duty at
the magazine were killed. and a num-
Der of inhabitants of the surrounding
district. the buildings in which were
RACED, also fell victims. Fifty persons
are thought to have been killed and 100
injured.
The Kanawha valley was visited. on
the 5th. by one of the worst floods in
its history. After several days of
heavy rainfall the Kanawha river, in an
unprecedented short time, covered al
most the entire valley. Charleston,
W. Va, was almost submerged. The
mayor and leading citizens opened a
relief station. and distributed provi-
sions and clothing among the suf-
fering.
The official statement of Representa-
tive Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois.
chairman of the house appropriations
committee. summing up the approprl-
atoms of the Fifty-fifth congress,
shows an aggregate appropriation by
the entire congress of S1,566,S $780,
O16. and for the session just closed
n total of S673, 65S. 400. with authority
for contracts subject to future appro-
priatiors Amounting ia SO OO0.0G0. j