The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-13

amicarly, h result being SallSlac
tory to both governments.
The receipts of klondike gold al
the San Francisco mint and Seattle
ASSAY office from July 1 to September
80 aggregated S1G,007 ,555. and of Caps
Nome gold, S2.311,SO1. The total of al
deposits at both offices during the
three months was $33,234,S10.
Andrew C. Armstrong, one Of the
founders of "Scribner's Monthly" and
one of the oldest publishers in New
York city, died at his country home al
Stamford, Conn, on The night of the
9Th, after a long illness from a com
plication of disorders. He was q
years old.
A meteorological examination in the
case Of Seaman Garnet, who arrived
at Newcastle, September 13, on a
vessel from the Rio de la Plata, and
went to Llandaff, Wales, where he
died, on the 4th, supposedly of fever,
showed Enthusiastically that the disease
was the bubonic plague.
The Berlin Vossische Zeitung pub.
fishes a letter from Brisbane, assert
ing that the German meat inspection
law, especially the prohibition as to
canned meats, has already proved a
heavy blow to the Australian packing
industry in which German citizens are
heavily interested financially.
The dowager empress has deputeo
the highest official of the empire to
make all necessary arrangements for
o most imposing funeral in honor OF
Baron Won Ketteler, the late German
minister to China. She has also or
Tered the erection of a suitable tenn.
pie at the capital to his memory.
Secretary of State Rose, on the 4th,
sent about eight thousand notices to
corporations in Illinois requesting
them to make affidavit that they are
in no manne connected with trusts
md return the affidavits to his office
within 80 days, under penalty of the
law, which prescribes a fine of not
less than $500 nor more than $4,000 fol-
the first ~offense.
The special grand jury investigating
the late riot at Akron, O., reported.
ON the 5th, returning &c true bills and
indicting As men and boys. One OF
these is Councilman George Brodt,
and another is A. A. Halter, a promi-
uent person. The city officials were
censured for allowing the mob to as.
semble, and for not dispensing it early
in the evening.
President Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers issued a call, on the
Sth, for n convention of the striking
miners of the anthracite regions, to
meet in Scranton, Pa, on the 18th.
The call gave great satisfaction to
miners and operators, all of whom eX'
pect the action of the convention ON
the offer of a ten-per-cent. increase
in wages to end the strike.
In accordance with instructions re-
ceived from the war department., Gen.
Macarthur, commanding the troops
in the Philippines, has made arrange
ments for the prompt transportation
from Taku to Manila of the United
States forces at Tien Tsin and Pekin,
not included in the Legation guard"
to be maintained at Pekin under the
personal command of Gen. Chaffee.
Five thousand pilgrims assembled
at the st. Nikander monastry, in the
Porkhoff district of Russia, for a re-
ligious festival. During the night one
of the upper floors collapsed, and
many of those sleeping there fell
upon those below. A panic was caused
by a false alarm of fire, and four men
and SO women were crushed to death,
many others being seriously injured
The cash contributions by the citi-
Gems of Philadelphia to the relief fund
of the Texas flood sufferers, on the
eth, exceeded 100000, and a consider
able further increase vas looked for
within the next few days. This was
exclusive of numerous trainloaGs OF
provisions, clothing. drugs and other
articles, and in addition to the con
tributions raised by the Red Cross So
ciety in that city.
The official preliminary estimates OF
the crop yield of Iowa for the current
year show: Corn, area, s,61s,660 acres;
average, Al bushels per acre; total
product, 1896, O60 bushels, which is
greater by 1000, OOO than ever before
harvested in the state. The total OF
all cereals will be 531.349,020, which is
10000, 600 in excess OF any previous
year, and 131, 100000 above the aver
age yearly output the past ten years
According to the report of the su,
perintendent of the Hot Springs res
ervation in Arkansas, there were So
900 visitors to the reservation during
the season. The income to the gov
eminent from water and ground rents
amounted to S1s.670. while the fixed
charges were only about fourteen
thousand dollars. leaving n fair bal.
snce, which. in accordance with the
liberal policy of the government, wal
available for Improvements on differ
ent portions Of the reservation,