The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-07-08

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CAPE G~lRAliDEAU, MISSOURI,
Mrs. Mckinley was reported to be
better On the I'd. the pleasant wealth
er having Il beneficial effect on her.
During the week ended on the 1st
more than a thousand tons Of war ma
terials and fodder was forwarded from
the Woolwich (England) dock yard 10
South Africa.
The running out of the %apprOpria-
tions with the close of the government
fiscal year, on the Goth. led to the dis
charge of 652 men. half the !orre of
the Rock Island QII.) arsenal.
President Mckinley deprecates the
p~essimistic view of the situation inthc
philippines which is taken by some in
tiuential newspapers in this country.
but it is not inclined to attach much
importance to their forebodings.
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Archbishop Barnada of Santiago and
Bishop Blenk of Porto Rico We're con-
secrated in the st. Louis cathedral. at
New Orleans, on the I'd. Archbishop
Chappelle, the apostolic delegate to the
SIHnish-American countries, o~tliciat-
ing.
BY the morning of the Sd everything
was in readiness. at Detroit, Mich. for
the international Christian Endeavor
convention.and there was every indica-
ton that the attendance would he very
large. Accommodations Were provided
for Il. 200.
Nebraska's new female labor law
went into effect on the 1st. II limits
the hours for labor of grown women
in mercantile, manufacturing ard me-
chanical pursuits, hotels and rcstau-
rants. to 90 hours a week, and ten
hours a day.
The prohibition upon the eNporta-
ton of horses from Turkey has Eern
removed. and an export duty oil 81
Will he charged upon each horse oN-
ported. This fact has been rrpurrcd
10 the state department by United
States Minister Strauss.
The report of the massacre of Span
iards by FilipinoS. at I;alahcc. has
been confirmed. The place was USED
by the Spaniards as 4 penal colony
and contained a garrison. While liz"
Spanish troops Were AT church the ma
tiveS %entrapped the garrison and killed
every man.
One OF the most important evidences +
of the determination TO make felt tn"
influences of American progress and
civilization in the Philippines WAS
noted. on the Sd. when public schools !
We're opened at Manila. under jperi-
can auspices. More than 1000 pupils !
were in attendance.
The first orders were issued. on The
@0th, Tor recruiting troops under the
clause authorizing the enlistment Of
$4,000 men. The order contcmpIatrs
enliSting men for the three skeleton
regiments in the Philippines. Recruit
ing officers have been instructed TO
enlist men with this understanding.
The Steamer Earralon. which arrived
at Port Townsend, Wash. on h. 30tn,
from the north. had 10 .Alaskan
passengers and 500 pounds OF golI
Gust in the purser's safe. Among her
passengers were George and Charles
Werden, who cleared up $220.C0l On
their claims in FL Dorado this season.
The French consul at Mrnr TZu.
province of Yum Van. China. where
anti-fcreign disturbances recently oc-
Cured, reports that the situation is
unchanged. Thirty-eight well armed
Europeans took refuge in the residence
Of the tao tai after the Sieg. of the
consulate, which was being guarded
by troops.
Henry Villas. only son of eX-United
States Senator W. +. Villas. of Wiscon-
sin. died. OF the I'd. from diabetes.
He recently returned from California.
where he spent the winter with his
wife. formerly Miss Ford. of Pitts
burgh, Pa. He was 20 years old. and
q graduate of the Wisconsin state dni-
versity law school.
Marquis Ito. former premier of
Japan. in a recent address declares his
firm belief that partition of China
among the powers of Europe is only q
question of time. He says: What
Japan desires. both for her own sake
and China, is that China's integrity
should be preserved. and that She
should become progressive.
Arrayed in a garb compared 20
which a bathing suit would be a Klon-
costume, an extremely attractive
young woman. said to be Miss Belle
English, of Pittsburgh. Pa, took Il
stroll on the board walk, at Atlantic