The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-22

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CAPE GIRARDEAU. : MISSOURI
The house committee to investigate
alleged hazing of Cadet Booz at West
Point expects. to begin its inquiry q
West Point during the holidays.
In the Porto Rico house of dele
gates, on the 18th, Mr.. Descartes in
troduced q bill granting unrestricted
suffrage 70 women on the same terms
as men.
The Scotch iron and steel manufac
turers are said to be considering clos
ing their works during January il
view of the scarcity of orders and the
high price Of fuel.
The influx Of American-made shoes
into German has prompted a petition
from German boot and shoe manufac'
turers for a raise in the import tarlf
On articles of this description.
Mr.. Degetau, the newly-elected com.
missioner from Porto Rico, made his
appearance at the capitol, in Wash
ington, on the 18th, for the first time,
and was cordially welcomed by sena'
tors and representatives.
A rich land owner at Termini, near
Palermo, Italy, has been kidnapped by
brigands On his own property. His
servants fed in dismay at the appear.
nee of the band. Troops have been
sent in pursuit of the brigands.
The pension appropriation bill was
completed, on the 18th, by the house
subcommittee IN appropriations hav.
ing it in charge, after a hearing from
Commissioner of Pensions Evans. 1t
carries about $145, 250,o0O, of which
about $144, 00O, 900 is for pensions and
the balance for ADMINISTRATION.
Just as negotiations were about t.
be opened at Pekin, the British min.
lister, under instructions from his gov.
eminent, demanded the modification
of a point in the joint note, which
will cause much delay, as all the min
listers must, as a result, communicate
anew with their governments.
The close of the exposition, throw
ing thousands out of employment, has
created abnormal criminal conditions
in Paris. Crime is rampant at all
hours, especially in the suburbs. The
officials of the prefecture of police
calculate that 1000 sufferers from the
exposition have joined the criminal
army.
Justice Henry R. Beekman, of the
New York supreme court, died in
front of his residence in New York
city on the 18th. lie had just left his
house to go to court. 1t is thought
that death was due to heart disease
caused by overwork. Mr.. Beekman
was IS years old. He was born in New
York. and lived there. all his life.
The report that The remalns Of l.
500 soldiers were brought home from
the Philippines by the transport Han
cock, is declared to be without foun-
dalton. The vessel brought only II
corpses, ten being those of persons
who died en- route, and one which was
transferred to the Hancock from the
hospital ship Relief at Nagasaki.
According to the Berlin Lokal An
seiger so Cape Colony Beers, now in
Amsterdam with their families, have
been granted permission to settle in
German Southwest Africa, the Ger
man government having assented to
the purchase of lands by them in
Damaraland and Great Namaquinland.
The Beers will leave Amsterdam Jan.
nary S.
Wheat is growing SO rank in the Ar
kansas valley wheat belt, embracing
territory that produced owe forty
million bushels last year, that the
farmers are advertising to take stock
free for the purpose of eating it
down. The indications at this time
for the crop are 25 per cent. more ia
verable than they were at the same
time last year.
A young Indian near Grand Rapids,
Lake Winnibegoshish, Man, recently
shot a moose, almost entirely white,
and considered by the Indians to be
sacred. When the fact became known
in his tribe, there was great commo-
ton, and he was tried by a council of
medicine men, and will have to un.
dergo a series of punishments of a
must cruel character, which may
cause his death.
The first political party under the
American regime in the Philippines is
in progress of formation. Its princi-