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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Gone Before q Higher Court.

San Francisco. Aug. ?9.-J. F. Tur-
ner, a real estate agent of this city,
was shot and killed by Joseph Fren-
ma, a barber. in the corridor of the
third fioGr of the Crocker building,
yesterday, IS the result of a long
standing feud arising from 4 land deal
in Fresno and Sonoma counties. Tur-
ner was convicted of perjury and SEN
fenced to imprisonment for ten years,
October 3. 1897. in connection with the
deal which led TO the tragedy. but was
granted Il new trial by the supreme
court.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

VIM Schaifel. Il pioneer CO Forl
Worth, Ten, died. Friday at the age OF
So years.
w. Woore, of Texas, attributes the
marvellous expansion of the ricc
growing industry in that state to St
Louis capital.
The platform of the national com.
merce party. recently organized, ia.
vorS woman'S suffrage.
Santo Domingo insurgents. it is be.
lieved, have cut the cable connecting
with the United States.
Three gold seekers of Sycamore, Ill,
are stranded in the Klondike, ano
friends fear for their safety.
1t is probable that pending Porto
Eican questions will be settled by O
gress, and not by executive action.
Jay Piles, of Iberia. Mo-. lassoed a
burglar that was about to enter his
store and placed him under arrest.
The body of an unknown white boy,
supposed to have been a ST. Louisan,
was taken from the river at Waterloo
LII.
The bodies of Joseph and Harry
Becker, the two st. Louis boys
crowned in the river at Grafton, Ill
were recovered Friday.
Cyrus \. Brown and Matthew Craig
were hanged at Muskogee, l. T. Ii
was the first legal hanging of white
men ever held in the territory.
For thirty-siX hours Perry, Okla,
and vicinity was drcnched with rain
1t follows weeks of dry hot weather,
with the mercury from 1G5 to 10.
George Emery, well known at st.
Louis as an athelete of some repute.
was found in the Big Four railroad
yards nj Springfield, o., in 4 dying
condition. his skull having been frac
tured.
The British government requests of
Surgeon-General Sternberg 300 copies
of the publication entitled ~,"Sanitary
Lessons of the War;" or authority to
reprint the same.
y D Of r. Freeman, who is under
arrest in the Indian territory for muir
der committed in Missouri 30 years
ago. has turned up and claims that
his father died in 1854.
Allan \. Rial, the Oldest person in
the Masonic Home of Missouri, at st.
Louis, died, Friday, at the age of %
years. He leaves a widow 81 years
old and two sons, n living in Kansas
City and the other in Breckenridge, !
No. !
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
CLEARING AWAY THE DEBRIS.
The Difficult Task Of CIenrinE Away
the Chicago Coliseum
Wreck P~rOgrcssing.

Chicago. Aug. Gothic dific IL tas!l
Of removing the heavy ron arches ard
of the framework of the Coliseum
which collapsed. onday. Pad cost
nine lives is being continued vigorous
ly. Up 10 zoe none Of Ia. injured
workmen who were reno led to the
hospital. had died. j. j. DOwd. az
first thought to be fatally injured. is
now said to have Il chance of recovery.
The inquest will, it is said. be DE-
layed until the full list of fatalities is
known.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Victim of Heart Disease.

Kansas City. Mo-. Aug. 3O.-Mrs. 10
sephine kudcr. a member of the .irior
Singing society of New York, died sud
denly yesterday of heart disease on
the Arions' special train cast-bound
from Denver. The end came suddenly
and painlessly.
y reception committee of prominent
Germans were at the depot 20 meet
tie members of the society and accord
them Il royal reception which was. OF
course. declared off when the sad news
Was received. Mrs. Kuder's husband
is a wealthy New York music dealer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

A statement of the receipts of the
Philippine islands from the date Of
occupation by the United States gov
ernmcnt to July / last. shows that the
total receipts from all sources for the
period named was S5,2fS.4I1. The re-
ceipts from all sources by ports for
the above-named period were: Manila,
S3.4s4,2iS; lloilo, $2GJ,3G0; Cebu- $685..
136.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
4 Husband and Fathers Decd.

Daniel Montgomery. living - miles
northwest of Milan. fatally wounded
his wife at an early hour the other
morning. attempted 10 Kill his little
boy. and then cut this throat. sever
ing over twO-thirds of his Ecck and
dying almost Instantly. The Mont
gomery family is wealthy and re-
spected. and Mrs. Montgomery. tn,
murdered III WAS Il Watson. one
Of the pioneer families of the county.
1t is believed that Montgomery was i'll
sane.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

FrankfCrt-on-the-Main was gaily
decorated with flags, on the 2Sth, i'll
honor of the one hundred and fifth an
riNersary of the birth OF Goethe. which
WAS celebrated on that day. The birth
place of the poet was crowded with
visitors frCm all parts of Europe and
America.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Good Prospects in aaGay~t.c.

John II. Guimke. of Lafayette coun-
ty. says he has lived in that county ~
years. and never had he seen SO much
feed for stock as at the present time.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Gov. StcDhen'- Vacation,

Gov. and Mrs. Stephens have depart
ed for Il month in Colorado and on the
Pacific coast. During the governors
absence from the state the lieutenant
governor will discharge the duties of
the chief executive.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
One Hundred Years Old.

J. II. Schuette. of Ellisvilie. St. Louis
county, celebrated the o~nc-hundreth
anniversary of his birth. by Il recep-
ton given at the home of his daughter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Death Caused br smoke.

TIcmorrha"c of the lungs. resulting
from inhaling mosquito smudSc,
.auS'd the srdcn death of Mrs. II. C..
Evans. an aged lady OF Carthage. The
smoke caused violent coughing. and
she burst Il blood vessel.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

The United States transport Nc
Clelland sailed from Brooklyn. on the
Odd, for San Juan, with a relief cargo
for suffering Porto Ricans. The cargo
consisted of 1900 women's vests, $500
calico wrappers, 1900 mems under
shirts. GOO pairs of mems trousers. and
a varied assortment of other clothing,
food, medicines and building materi-
ais.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

Gen. Juan Isadro Jiminez, the revo-
lutionary aspirant to the presidency of
the republic of Santo Domingo, ar
rived at Santiago de Cuba, on the 2Sth,
with his two ons by the South Coast
boat, but was not permitted to land.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Cbn-rcd With the Graves Murder.

archie Frazier was placed under ar
rest at Kansas City. charged with the
murder of Thomas Graves and his sis
ter near Richmond, Ray coLuty.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

DIR. Campos Sales, president of Bra.
I'll, in the course of an interview
granted. on the 9th, to Il correspond
ent of the press, declared that Brazil
would take no part in the Pan-Amcri-
can exposition in Buffalo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

DIR. Max Thorner, a widely-known
ear and nose specialist of Avondale,
o., dropped dead suddenly at his home
in that city, on the 21th, OF heart dis
ease.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
NounE Nan Instantly Killed.

Samuel Brown. Il young man OF
Martinsburg. Audrain county, was
struck by Il fast freight train and in
,tantlV Killed.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
From Editor TO Preacher.

Rev. +. r. Trefz. editor OF the st.
JOSEPH Daily Herald. has resigned TO
~rc-cnier the ministry. He VII so to
Omaha, Ncb.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

According to the CarthISe-Joplin
directory. Carthage has Il population OF
$4,000 and Joplin $1,000. an Increase of
1000 in Carthage and 10000 in Joplin
turing the past year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
The Epilcptic Co,ouS.

The Missouri state board will meet
November 8 for the purpose Of select-
ing a site for the epiIcptic colony.
Many towns want the institution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

Acting Secretary of the Navy ALEX
has advised the Dewey reception com.
mittee in New York that the depart.
ment finds it ineNpedient 10 grant the
request to have the old frigate Con
stis take part in the naval pa.
rade. The ship is regarded too ralH,
able a relic to be subjected 20 the risk
attending a trip from Boston 10 New
York
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Woman S~caipcti.

Ruby Richards. IL s2amsfrcss. was
completely scalpcd by Il revolving pull
ley III the St. Louis Coffin Co.'S fac-
tory. She may die.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

The Anti-Semiites ofParis assert that
they are conveying food supplies by an
underground passage to Jules Guerin,
the anti-Semite agitator and his be-
~leaguered companions at the head
quarters of the Anti-Scmite league i'll
the Rue de Chabrol.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Died of q Broken Heart.

The widow of Henry Gilbert. who
was killed in the recent powder eN-
plcsion at Webb City. died of Il broken
heart. She leaves three children.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
T.ufay....c-s Oldest Resident.

Lafayette ~courty's Oldest resident,
Asa 7. kirtlcy, died after a protracted
Illness. He was born in Kentucky on
February Il, 1909.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Che Den1nrrat.
Il. IL. ADAMS, Publisher.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI.

Owing to the prevalence % the bu-
bonic plague in Oporto, Portugal, the
project of police of that city has issued
an order closing the public schools.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

Walter Wellman, tie leader of the
Nellman polar expedition, who re-
turned to TromsCe. Norway, August
l., after having successfully cOmplet-
ed explorations in Franz Josef land,
arrived at Hull. England. on the 2Sth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

The Florida end of the Miama-Ila-
vana cable was successfully landed at
Mama. Fla, on the 25th. The mer-
dreds of persons, with a brass band,
gathered at the terminal station to
witness the landing and accorded 4
learty welcome to the new enter
prise.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

The American Steel and Wire Nail
Co. viii! soon begin the construction of
several new furnaces az Cleveland. q.
The most important Of these will be a
fcur 50-tou, open-hearth stesl furnaces,
which will furnish steel 10 be made
irto wire at the c~ompany's plants il
that city. Il il expected that these
furnaces will be ready to begin opera
flpp next year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

BY the falling of y steel arches be-
ing used in the construction of the
coliseum in Chicago and each weigh
ing 33 tons. on the 18th, six workmen
were killed and Il large number were
fatally or seriously injured. The con-
tractors were about to turn their fin
fshed work over TO the builders.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
CONey is Lucky.

Cen" CoNey. of Ccxey army fame,
is said to be busy keeping the grass
off 81 $4,000 lead uine in southwest
Missouri.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Found Gold.

Gold has been found in paving
quantities on the Chamncss farm,
rour miles north of Golden City. The
strike was made at Il depth Of Il feet.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

The establishment of a blockade OF
the ports OF the Philippine islands,
and especially those of LTZon, is II
subject which is receiving atteat;on at
the war department.. although Secre-
tary Root says he has notyct sutticient
in the matter.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

The Union Veterans union closed its
annual convention at Dcs MoineS, Ia.
on the 18th. The final reports showed
the order prosperous financially and
increasing rapidly in membership. The
next meeting will be held in Washing
ton in 1900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

The National Union Veterans union,
in session at Des Moines. IA. on the
oath. adopted resolutions ~denouncing
Gov. Shaw for appointing j. Rush Liz
coin. an eX-confederate. as ~briGadier
general of Iowa troops when they were
called into service at the opening of
the war with Spain.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

According to advices from Ponte-
vedra, capital of the province of the
same name, northeast of Nigo, in
Spain, a soldier belonging to the sani-
tary Gordon at hat point was killed,
on the 21th, by a bullet from Portu-
guese territory.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

Owing 10 the development of firc
cases of yellow fever of IL mild type
among the United States troops at
Havana, in Cabanas fortress, the con-
tingent there was removed, on the
2Sth, to Il camp about a mile away. 1t
is believed that this will prevent any
general outbreak.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
NEARING THE CAPITAL.
The RcvoIutionists Within Six
Hours. by Horse. of the Capital.

New York. Aug. Ca dispatch u
the Herald from Santo Domingo, FIR
day. via Kew West. Fla, says:
The tide of revolution is rapidly
nearing the capital. The revolution.
isis have crossed the mountains and
are now only six hours distant by
horse.
The Government lettering.
The government is lettering and ap,
parently unable to choke the insur-
rection. Yesterday it dispatched a
commission to confer with the rebel
leaders for the purpose of trying tC
effect a compromise. Meanwhile there
is great suspense. The capital may he
hcseiged in a few days if Il comprom-
Use fails.
Generl Alarm Prevails.
Among the people there is general
alarm. The president never leaves
home by night or day. except with a
double guard. The city is virtually
under military law. The soldiers are
patroling the streets. The foreign
co~rsulates are crowded with aliens APP
prcEensiye of disorder.
Cemmmndant Assnssinated.
The military commandment Of San
CristobaI was assassinatcd on Tues
day. Placards~ demanding the death ot
the cabinet ministers are posted
rightly in prominent places.
Military preparations are being
ruSbpJ Inv tho uoynrp,nnpt ond tho ra
serves are under arms. but the insur-
rection has thus far been remarkably
free from bloodshcd. although there
are vague reports of severe fighting in
the interior.
Telegraph Lines Cut.
All the telegraph lines to the in
terror of the island have been cut by
the insurgents. and communication by
wire has been impossible for several
days, but refugees say the revolution
is spreading.
Gov. Li0nas of the Lavega district
has gone over to the revolutionists.
taking with him many soldiers. Some
of the DomiEcan gunboats have put
into the river. and it is rumored that
the president and cabinet. in case OF
emergency. Will flee to Porto Rico.
Looking to the United States.
II more serious trouble comes the
people here are looking TO The United
States for protection. In case of riot
ing the New Orleans and Il French
cruiser are prepared to land marines
to protect the consulate.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02

A tragedy occurred N Noel. McDon-
nd county. over il game of cards. WIZ
lam Matney persuaded James Smith
and Il stranger to go with him into
the woods on the river TO have a game
of cards. Matney WAS accused of
cheating. and a quarrel enSucd. Mat
ney drew a pistol AMI ordered the
stranger to jump into til" river. lie
jumped. and Smith. expecting to he
t. revolver and shot Matney dead in his
tracks. Smith gave himself up, an
was taken to NeoSho.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
MISSOURI TAT NEWS
Recent Deaths.

Col. Adam Miller. Il prominent cftf-
zen of Camden county. aged Sd. lie
vas buried by the Masonic lodge, of
which he was a member 80 years. lie
was Il eteran of the Florida war. hav-
ing gone out in a Tennessee regiment
under Cen. jackson. He IVES also
prominent as CAPTAIN and colonel OF
Missouri state militia during the civil
war. For the last 80 years he hal
rracticed law. and served two terms
as probate judge. lie amassed quite
. fortune.
Allan y. Rial, the Oldest person in
the Masonic Home of Missouri. st.
Louis. at the age of 93. He leaves a
widow, aged 81.
John NJ. Bosacker. q wealthy lumber
merchant and capitalist of Warrens-
burg. of appendicitis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-09-02
Had Cause to Remember Lincoln

George S. f. Vaughn. who was tho
subject of Abraham Lincoln's last of
fetal act as president of the United
States. died at Maryville a few days
ago. While the wing of the cOnfed-
crate army to which he was attached
was encamped at Tupelo, Miss. he
came on a visit to his old home in Cam
ton. lie got through the Union lines
in coming all right. but was arrested
as Il spy while attempting to return,
taken to st. Louis. tried and sentenced
to be shot. Senator John l.. IIcndrr-
son went to the president, and asked
him as a policy measure to pardon
Vaughn. This was on the evening of
the presidents assassination. and he
was dressed at the time 10 go To the
theater. Before leaving, he signed
the paper and handed il to Henderson.
Morris tribune., 1899-05-13
KLONDIKE NEWS.

A new gold strike is reported within
five miles of Skaguay, across the bay.
A Stickeen mail carrier reports 200
men on the Ashcroft trail facing starva-
ton. Mules and dogs are their only
subsistence.
Owing to the recent tendency of the
Indians to make trouble in Alaska the
government has decided to send addi-
tional troops to the Klondike region.
The government has decided to estab-
lish a military post and send company
of soldiers at once to Pyramid harbor
Chilkat inlet, near Chilkat village,
Alaska.
Advices from Alaska say the Dawson
judiciary are imprisoning people for
debt under the ancient English masters
and servants act. Six or eight debtors
are now an Jail.
According to Alaska advices a syndi-
cate of ST aliens who were excluded
from Atlin has been formed to bring
suit against the Canadian government
for $15, 900, 900. Damages are claimed
for property lost by the exclusion of
the plaintiffs from the famous mining
district
Morris tribune., 1899-05-13
FOREIGN NEWS.

Italy has cabinet crisis.
France has acquired another section
of Siam. .
Great Britain has acquired the
Friendly islands.
A cabinet crisis is threatened in
France, the minister of war having re-
signed as Dreyfus outcropping.
The Duke d Arcos, the newly appoint
ed minister to the United States, has
started upon the journey for, his new
post at Washington, by way of Paris.
1t is stated there is excellent reason to
believe that two or three weeks hence
the court of cessation will recommend
revision and retrial in the Dreyfus case.
The manager of German plantation
in Samoa was responsible for the Anglo
American forces being ambushed at the
time Lieutenants Lansdale and Free
man were killed.
The dowager empress of China IS to
hold a grand review at Pekin in June.
Nearly 100000 well armed men will
be under arms on the occasion. 1t is
more than likely an opportunity will be
taken to proclaim new emperor.
Morris tribune., 1899-05-13
LABOR NEWS.

Duluth street railway men are on a
strike.
The grain shovelers at Buffalo have
refused a proposition of the Lake Car
riers' association and others to compro-
mise the strike.
The Buffalo grain shovelers threaten,
unless their strike is settled this week,
that all the longshoremen on the lakes
will be called out.
The industrial commission is investi-
eating child labor and sweat shops
Florence Kelley, for four years factory
inspector of Illinois, testified that most
of the Notwithstanding in Chicago
was sweatshop work.
Owing to the scarcity of labor in the
Northwest it is said that the contractors
who have secured the work of building
the Omaha extension of the Minneapolis
and St. Louis will be obliged to import
a large number of negroes from the
south.
Morris tribune., 1899-05-13
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Senator Kyle has resigned as chair
man of the industrial commission.
The programme of the Washington
peace jubilee, May 1925, has been an
nounced.
Admiral Kautz has been informed
that his government indorses all he has
done in Samoa
The government seized pamphlets is
sued by Edward Atkinson and mailed
to the Philippines.
The headquarters of the Fourth cav
airy has been transferred from Fort
Robinson, Neb., to Fort Meade, S. D.
The United States cruiser Chicago
has arrived at Gibraltar Statutes were
exchanged with the British squadron in
the straits
The gunhoat Vixen has been ordered
to Bluefields to replace the Detroit,
which draws too much water to render
the best service.
The sultan has promised to pay the
American claim of $4,000 for losses
sustained by Americans in Turkey dur
ing the Armenian massacres.
Our government has received assur-
ances that United States interests in
China will not suffer in consequence of
the Anglo-Russian agreement.
The cruiser Chicago will assist in the
work of settling with the Moors for out
rageous treatment of agents of Ameri-
can house and other unpleasant things.
Volunteer officers of the army who
are responsible for public property will
be paid only mileage and travel allow
ance hereafter until they have account
ed for all public property for which
they are responsible.
Special government officers are inves-
tigating the allegation that the govern
ment has been defrauded by the trusts
in placing the valuation of plants trans
ferred to them at value far below
their real worth, in order to pay less in
ternal revenue tax.
The report of the court of inquiry
which examined into the charges of
General Miles as to the army beef sup
ply has been made public. There is
much criticism of General Miles and
his allegations are declared not to be
established by the testimony given It
Is also found that he erred in failing to
notify the secretary of war that the
food furnished was unfit. General
Eagan is reproved for buying too freely
Of untried food. The beef contractors
are exonerated. The report is approved
by the president.
Morris tribune., 1899-05-13
PHILIPPINE NEWS.

The volunteers will begin leaving Ma
Mia for home about the 18th inst.
1t is again reported that Admiral
Dewey is expected to come home very
soon.
Colonel Frederick Funston of Kansas
has been appointed brigadier general
for distinguished services
The physician of the Olympia, who
has returned from the Philippines, says
Dewey is in excellent health.
The Buffalo has arrived at New York
from Manila with about 500 Of Deweys
sailors whose terms have expired.
Very encouraging word comes from
General Otis. President Mckinley says
he believes the end of the war is at
hand.
Baco1or is the next place scheduled
for attack by the American forces in
the Philippines. San Fernando was oc-
cupied on Thursday.
A dispatch from Manila says the in
surgents at Baler state that they have
the missing men of the gunboat York
town and are holding them as prisoners.
Wilder S. Metcalf, junior major Of
the Twentieth Kansas volunteers, has
been appointed by Governor Stanley to
succeed Colonel Fred Funston, pro-
noted.
Aguinaldo is stated tohave recognized
the supremacy of the United States in
the Philippines. 1t is also said Presi-
dent Mckinley approves plan of gov
eminent for the islands recommended
by the Schurman commission.