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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
LATE NEWS ITEMS,

Al agreement between the St. Louis
Transit Co. and its former employees
was signed. on the night of the I'd, by
representatives of the Transit company
and by the executive committee, and
the long and costly strike, with its dis
graceful scenes of violence, was imme-
diately declared off. If it needs any
more workmen, the company agrees to
select them from 4 list to be furnished
OF its former employees, continuing to
do SO until the list Is exhausted.
A dispatch from Tangiers, Morocco,
on the I'd, said: There is great ex-
citement at Fee, Morocco, owing to
French entertainments on the aosis of
Toual. 4 mob killed the of
a French concern, who was an Ameri-
can citizen. The British consul has de-
manded the assistance of the authori-
ties to protect his house, and the Jew
ish Ghetto is besieged. The legation
here is making serious representations
on the subject"
Elsie Caroline Augusta Tessel, aged
81 years, was found dead in her room
at the Eendome hotel, in Kansas City,
Mo-, OF the I'd. She had taken NOR
phine, and left n note saying she was
tired of life. She had told the land
lords wife that her husband had
robbed her of all her property and
then deserted her. The woman's
trunk contained many articles of val
Tie, showing she had once lived in lux
ury.
The Finnish senate, on the I'd, ad-
dressed a memorial to the czar declar-
ing its inability to promulgate the i'm
perial rescript regarding the introduc-
ton of the Russian language into Fin
land, the limitation of the right of
public meeting and the granting to
Russians to carry on certain trades
prohibited to the Films.
The United States army transport
Sedgwick, having on board more than
four hundred female teachers from
Cuba, and the third of the feet bring
ing the Cuban instructors to this coun-
try for a season of study at Harvard
Cniversity's summer school, arrived at
on the I'd. Two more trans
ports are yet to arrive.
Count Won %Zeppelin's Areila made an
ascent at Friedrichshafen on the I'd.
1t had five occupants and travelled safe
ly to ~Immenstadt, a distance OF IS
miles.
The total number of bubonic cases
reported at Rio Janiero, between jan
uary 4 and July =, was 224; fatal cases.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
1oHN WOODWARD PHILIP.
The Gallant Commander of
in the Battle on Santiago,
In No MOre-Hfs areer

New York, July THE national
,olors and the admiraTs flag hanging
at half-mast at the Brooklyn navy
| ward, continues as a reminder, thu ough
| all the scenes of excitement couse-
| luent upon the Hoboken fire and liolo-
| :aust, that the gallant and well-be-
loved John Woodward Philip, rear-ad-
miral L. S. N, who was in command
of hat station. is no more, the end
having come suddenly Saturday
Secretary Long, on being notified of
his death sent the following dispatch:
..Inexpressibly shocked to hear of
the death of Admiral Philip. A faith
full servant of God and of his country,
he was one of the + heroes of he
American navy. See that every honor
is done him. Convey my profound
sympathy to Mrs. Philip, to whom I
have written"
John W. Philip was born In New FORK
city August 20. 1910. He was appointed to
the naval academy on September 20. 1850.
On January /, 1861, he became a midship-
man and saw his nrst service on the Con-
stfeution and the Sautee. He served our
ing two years of the rebellion on various
vessels OIL the gun DlOckauinS squadron.
During the siege of Charleston he was
rounded in the leg. After the war he was
assigned to the Wachusett. of the Asiatic
squadron. and from that time on his rec
ord shows him serving In every quarter
Of the globe. He was commissioned q
captain on March 81, 1889, and in 1S90-91
was in command Of the Atlanta. Shortly
before the outbreak of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war he was assigned to the Texas,
and commanded her through all the try
ing times off Santiago, winning for him.
self the confidence of his superiors, the
affection of his interiors and the adlnira-
ton of the whole nation. After the close
of the war he was promoted to the rank
of rear admiral and placed in command
Of the Brooklyn navy yard.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
MIST Pay His Debts.

in the United States court at St,
Louis Judge Adams handed down an
opiI O to the effect that a debtor
must pay his debts, if the property is
worth the debt, whether that man has
been declared a bankrupt or not. He
rules that the discharge does not affect
debts which result from action based
on fraud. and which are finally merged
IN Judgment in such action. whether
the Judgment be rendered prior 70 the
proceedings in bankruptcy of if the
creditor has a claim founded Oh the
alleged fraud of the debtor, TIE same
is not affected or released by a dis
charge in Bankruptcy. whether the dis
Charge was granted in proceedings be-
gun before or after the actual rendi.
ton of the Judgment.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

Chicago. July 1.-Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, the new commandant of the
department of the lakes. was formally
welcomed to Chicago at a public re-
ception. Gen. Wheeler, accompanied
by his daughters and the members Of
his stan, with their families, was es
corted by a battalion of the First Il
linois regiment to the First Regiment
armory, where Mayor Harrison deliv.
cred an address of welcome. Gen.
Wheeler was cheered enthusiastically
when he arose to respond to the may.
or.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
THE NATIONS FISCAL AFFAIRS
the Governments Receipts
md Expenditures.

Washington, July 3.-The monthly
comparative statement of the govern
mcnt receipts and expenditures shows
that the total receipts fer the month
pf June were S51,435.sS2, and the ex-
penditurcs ~S33,34n.673, leaving a sur
plus fer the month of ST. so5 159. The
receipts for the IL months of the last
fiscal year amounted to $56S, 9ss, o4s,
and the expenditures s 7,759,171, maxi
ing o surplus for the year $S1,22G,777.
The receipts from the several sources
of revenue for the month of June are
given as follows:
Customs, s19,36o.16O; increase, as
compared with June, 1899, nearly one
million dollars; internal revenue, $685.
744.137; increase, US compared with
the same Month last year, $4,000. 600;
miscellaneous, s3.321, 1874; increase,
S25C. 600.
The receipts Tor the full fiscal year
have heen derived from the following
sources: Customs. $223,s57,95S, an in
crease over the fiscal year of 1899 of
s2S.729.577; internal revenue $296. aa9,-
"Ns Nh no SohipiiSu va tiC
former fiscal year. of S22, 6 :. 227; mis-
cellaneous, s'S,s31 Sol, an increase over
the year ended June 80, 1899, of S.
100000.
The expenditures for the last fiscal
year were s11s,313.OOs less than for the
fiscal year of 1929.
During the month of June the ex-
penditures on account of war depart
were $s,23O,s17, an increase of
ABOUT $4,000 over the corresponding
month of the former fiscal year.
On account of the navy department.
there was an expenditure of S5.O4o,s32,
an increase over June, 1899. of $627, 513;
civil end miscellaneous expenditures,
SS,S14,7G, an increase over the same
Period of 1890, of 81, 75O,Q 900.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
Tired of Life.

Mrs. Charles H. Warrington, aged II
of near St. John. Putnam county. com.
mitted suicide by shooting with a shot.
gun. She left a brief note to her hus.
band, saying she was tired of life. She
had been in i'll health for some time,
and this was the only cause to which
her act can be attributed. She be.
longed to one of the most prominent
families IN the country. She leaves a
husband and one child.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
WILD RUMORS SET AT REST.
oh'ciai Advices From Hayti D~fsprere
the Recent Disquieting Re
ports From the Island.

Washington, July 3.-OGiciaI advices
received here from Hayti set at rest
the rumors that have been current re-
Gently OF disquicting conditions in
mat island 1t appears that the pres
ent government of Hayti is busyins it.
SELF with q settlement of tie existing
financial crisis, and there is no other
foundation for the reports Of political
troubles.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

In the competition for the Worlds
championship for professionals urder
the auspices of the Racing club OF
France, in Paris, on the 1st, the A.neri-
can, Schoenfield, won the weight-throw-
ing contest, covering 1881 metres. The
high jump was won by Sweeny. OF
New Orleans, who cleared 1:S0 metres,
with Schoenfield second, clearing 1:7i
metres. Sweeny also won the long
jump, with 500 metres; and Schocn'
field was second, with SOS meters.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
Regarded a. Accidental,

Tom Putnam, 4 young farmer sil
miles north of Springfield, took a
Goublc-barreled shotgun and left his
fathers house for a short hunt. AS he
did not return when he was expected,
q younger brother started to look fol
him, and found him dead, with the
gum leaning against 4 rail fence. 1t is
supposed the gun Was accidentally dis
charged as he was climbing over the
fence.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
THE PRODUCT OF rHE MINIS.
Annual Statement of Coinage. Show.
ing q Marked I~ncrease.

Washington, July 3.-The annual
statement of the coinage executed at
the mints of the United States, issued
by the director of the minis shows the
total coinage to have been 1s4. 1923, 793
pieces, representing 4 value of SAL
3O1 900, Is follows: Gold, s1O7, 3 ITO;
silver, $31,121,s33: minor coir.s, S2.z43,-
OF. This is an increase, as compared
with the fiscal year ended June 30,
1899, CT 62.052,s4' pieces, and s4,4i6,2s3
in value.
The coinage during June amounted
to S6,G26.2o2, as follows: Gold. $780,
80; silver, S2,59t,:17; minor coins.
S1J1.214.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
Mr.. Coleman'a Son-fn-Law,

The telegram from Bangor. Me-. IN.
nouncing the unanimous nomination
by the state republican convention of
DR.. John F. Hill for governor was read
by many st. Louisans with especial
personal interest, says a st. Louis pa.
per. Dr.. Hill is well known in st,
Louis. where he has frequently visited.
His wife is a daughter of former
Lieutenant-Governor and United States
Commissioner of Agriculture Norman
j. Colman.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

Fourth Assistant Postmaster-Gener-
al Bristow, who for the past five weeks
had been in Havana investigating the
Cuban postal frauds and initiating re-
forms in the administration of the Gu
ban postal service, returned to Wash
ington on the 2Sth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

The steamer Zalindia, which arrived
at San Francisco, on the Goth, eight
days from Cape Nome, brought word
that smallpox had broken out on board
the steamers Santa Ana and Ohio, and
those vessels had been placed in quar-
antine at Egg island.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

1t was reported, on the Goth, that as
result of negotiations between the
powers, an agreement had been ar
rived at which provides for the main
tenance of the statu quo in China as
regards spheres of influence and COM
mercial agreements. and also respect
ing the nature of the guarantees and
compensations which will be demand
ed from China.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
Cruiser St. Louis.

Secretary Long has announced that
one of the three protected cruisers
which are to be built under the naval
bill passed at the last session of con
gress will be named st. Louis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

The New York Life Insurance Co.
settled a claim of several thousand dol
lars apparently about to become due
on the policy of Howard c. Benham, of
Batavia, n. Y, who had been convicted
of killing his wife and sentenced to die
in the electric char. Benham got a
new trial. later, and was acquitted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

Ensign Samuel Magill, of the train.
ing station, died suddenly of typhoid
fever at the naval hospital on Coast
ers' Harhor island. on the Goth. lie was
born in Iowa and appointed from
North Dakota, entering the service ir
1893.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
Rural Free Delivery.

Rural free delivery will be e,tab
Iished at St. Charles July 16. One car.
rier; length of route. - miles; area
covered, 80 square miles; population
served. $50; Garner, E. H. Dierker.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

The statement of the treasury bal.
ances in the general fund, exclusive OF
the $3.50, OOO, 900 reserve in the division
of redemption, issued on the Goth.
showed that the available cash balance
On that day was S152,424,2oO; gold
S70,331,S43.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

Rear-Admiral John W. Philip COM
mandant of the Brooklyn navy yard,
who commanded the battleship Texas
in the famous battle with Cervcra's
feet off Santiago, a man beloved by
all who knew him, and especially by
the men who served with him, GIed,
on the evening of the 3Oth, of heart
failure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

1t is reported on good Chinese au-
thority that the government, alarmed
by the foreign military preparations.
has issued an edict ordering the per-
emptory suppression of the Boxers,
and announcing a decision to protect
the legations at all hazards.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
Amounted Bank Examiners

George d. Biggs, of Rails county,
and b. F. Clark, of Dekalb county,
have been appointed state bank exam.
iners by Secretary of State Lesueur.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

The department CT state is advised
by Minister Powell, at Port-au-Prince.
that he had been informed that the
government of Hayti has adopted the
gold standard, and that the unit of val
ue is the American gold dollar.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and
Princess Won Hohenberg, formerly
Countess Chotek, were married in the
chapel of the castle at Reichs.adt,
Bohemia, on the 1st, in the presence
of the nearest relatives of the arch
duke and the princess.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

The Shanghai correspondent of the
London Times cabled on the Goth:
1.-THE United States b%attleship Oregon
went ashore in a FOG of Hoo-Kic is
land, IS miles north of Che-Foo.
Messrs. Jardine, Mathieson & Co. are
sending her assistance"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

The W. U. Cargill Elevator Co., which
runs an extensive line of elevators
through the northwestern wheat re-
Eion, has announced that, owing to the
prospective wheat crop shortage. all of
their elevators north of the Litchield
(NIinn.) line, numbering 20. will re-
main closed this year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

The League of American Mothers
sent cut a call fer n national confer
ence t. be held in Chicago, August 1.
2, 3 and 4. The four days will be given
to the study and discussion of child
raising and how to create right neigh
borhood conditions for the upliftment
of the young.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

A dispatch from Che Foo, on the
9th, said: 1.-The American mission at
Wuh 81 En-, Shan Tung province,
China, has been destroyed. The mis-
sionaries escaped. The governor has
notified foreigners inland that he is
unable to protect them"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

Senator Wolcott has received notice
from the national republican commit.
tee of his appointment as chairman Of
the committee to notify Gov. Roosevelt
of bis nomination for vice-president,
The ceremony will take place at Oys-
ter Bay, at ten o'clock on the morn
ing of the 18th.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

Speaker Henderson was renominated
by reclamation, on the 2sth, by the
Third Iowa district republican coDven-
fion for his tenth term as representa-
tive in congress. The nomination was
made amid great enthusiasm.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

II was asserted in Shanghai, on the
2sth, that Liu, the viceroy of Nankin,
had received instructions from Pekin
TO inform the foreign consuls there im-
mediately that the legations at Pekin
shave been arranging peace terms
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
Charged With WIfe-Murder.

At Carthage Ernst Ried had a pre-
lin mary hearing on charge of killing
his wife, and was committed to pail to
await the action of the grand jury.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07

Shanghai. July 1.-The German min
lister was attacked while proceeding to
the tsung Ii yamsn, where he died.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
RAYMOND

Hong Kong, June 29.-Secretary
Navy, Washington: princeton ar
rived. Brooklyn leaves for Nagasaki.
The Zafiro, at Che Foo, has been sent
to assist the Oregon, reported by Rog.
ers on a rock south How Ke light. Iris
going to her assistance.
0pENrEN9
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
FROM COMMANDER ROGERS.
The Zanro Sent From Che Foo to A.
sisr the Oregon.

Che Foo, June 29-Secretary Navy,
Washington: Iris gone to assistance
of the Oregon.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
THE SITUATION In CHINA.
Gallant Commsnded-The Killing
of Baron Won KetteleF-BurueA
Legations at Pekin.

London, July .. 12:45 q. ma dis.
patch from Admiral Bruce to the adj
uniralty, sent via Che Foo, under Date
Of June 50, says:
The conduct of Commander Stew.
art OF the Algerine and Commander
l!ause of the German gunboat lltis,
at the b~ombardnIent of the Taku forts
Wis magnificent. and ELECTED the i'd
miration of the allied ships.
"The river route to Tien Tsin, 81
miles from Taku, is now open. The
railway head is now nine miles from
lien Tsin. The road inward is not
q, lite safe, and communication to lien
1sin is difficult.
"a fort Is miles above Taku was
found deserted by Lieut.-Com. Reyes,
End was blown up, leaving the passage
up the river free. Lieut.-Com. Reyes
reports that the arsenal at Tien Tsin
was captured Jun. 20 by the naval
brigade. The losses were five killed,
Lieut.. Colomb slightly wounded and a
gunner and 81 men wounded. There
are no further Details"
WaTrerder is i'll charge of all UT
forces on the river and lines of COM
munication.
Nice-Admiral AleXieff, governor gen.
eral of Port Arthur, and commander
in-chief of the Russians in the east,
has arrived, on his way to Tien Tsin,
taking supreme command of the Rus
sian forces landed to date.
Germany has "A officers and 1,40O
men; Great Britain. 1874 officers and l.
go men; Austria. IL officers and 1877
men; Italy, z officers and I31 men;
japan, 119 officers and 1900 men, and
Russia, III officers and 5,s17 men, with
a total Of SO field guns and Sc machine
guns.
kctIIcr KiI1ed-Other Mfnistera Safe.
Washington. July 1.-Two important
cablegrams were received to-day from
United States Consul GGodnow. at
Shanghai. The date is understood to
he that of last night. The consul states
in substance:
1T is rumored in Shanghai that the
German minister at Pekin. Baron Won
Kettler was killed ut Pekin on the 18th
of June. On the 22d Of June three of
the legation buildings were still stand
ing. The others had been burned. On
the :cGth of June q dispatch was re-
ceived ut Shanghai from Young Lu
(telieved to be the viceroy of the
Province of Pe-Chi-Li, where the Erin.
cipal troubles have occurred) stating
that other ministers were safe"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
Cost of Government.

During the past fiscal year NUM-
.ipal collections fro mall sources in
St. Louis aggregated S9.1ie.713.Se; IL
penditures footed up 50, 900, 2O4. 81.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-07-07
M|SHAP TO THE OREGON.
The Pride of the American Navy
Disabled by Grounding In
Chinese Waters.
She RAN HER BOW ON PINNACLE ROCK.

Chi-Li-The Rock Tore u Hole
Through the Side of the Ship,
Letting Water Into Her Forward
Compartment.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Result of the Fighting During Last
Week-Amnesty Resolutions
Sent to AGuinaldO.

Manila, July 23.-It is officially
stated that last week 200 insurgents
were killed and 13O surrendered or were
captured. One hundred rifles were
taken. Twelve Americans were killed
and IL wounded. This includes the
casualties of Col. William E. Birk-
himer's engagement with force of the
Twenty-eighth volunteer infantry, who
attacked 200 insurgent rifles intrenched
two miles east of Taal, killing 3S. A
detachment of the signal corps, while
repairing wires, was twice ambushed.
Capt. Charles D. Roberts, of the Thir-
ty-fifth infantry, who was captured by
the Filipinos last May, has arrived here
on parole. He will not return to cap
tivity. Senior Buencamino last Thurs
day sent 20 Aguinaldo by means of
Aguinaldo's mother the amnesty reso-
lutions adopted by the meeting of rep
resentative Filipinos here on June Fl,
together with Gen. MacArthur's an
swer to them and other documents
bearing upon the restoration of peace.
It is understood that Aguinaldo will
summon his advisers, and that reply
may be expected within month. Fill
ipinos here will give banquet next
Saturday in celebration of President
McKinley's order of amnesty.
Washington, July 26.-Gen. MacAr-
thur announces the successful erection
of another municipal government in
the Philippines at Vigan, on the north
west coast of the Island of Luzon.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03

James O'Hara, of Benton Harbor; com.
missioner of land office, Maj. George
Winans, of Hamburg; superintendent OF
public instruction, Stephen H. Langdon,
of Monroe; member of state board OF
education, DR.. James McEntee, of Mount
Pleasant; presidential electors at large,
Lawrence Hubinger of Saginaw; Philip
b. Wachtel, of Petoskey.
The resolutions adopted, after de-
nouncing the republican administra-
tion, both national and state, declare:
We hail with supreme satisfaction the
nomination of Bryan and Stevenson, and
pledge them our undying support, and
heartily indorse the Kansas City plat
form in letter and in spirit, in all its
parts. with no apology for any plank
thereof and in addition we express our
selves in favor of an income tax that
wealth may bear its just burden of taxa
ton.
We look with apprehension on the prog
ress Of the trusts toward the Industrial
subjugation of the republic. and recog-
nizing that their power of oppression is
founded on special privileges derived
from our statutes, we pledge ourselves
to repeal all laws by which special priv
UegeS are conferred.
The Ely miner., 1900-08-03
MET AN AWFUL FATE.
Four Women Lose Their Lives by 9
Fire in Chicago and Many Per-
sons Are Injured.

Chicago, July 26.-Four women,
caught in an explosion and fire in
collar factory on the upper floors of
the Henning& Speed building. lost their
lives either by burning or leaping from
the windows. There was no fire es-
cape on the structure, and the one
elevator was shut down for repairs,
and thus it came about that there
was no avenue of escape for inmates of
the building except by the wooden
stairways. Thirty-seven persons were
injured, more or less seriously. The
dead are: Mrs. Anna Mclaughlin,
Grace Peterson and Isabella and May
Kohler sisters.