The advocate., 1895-10-16

Utah has disciplined two members for per-
mitting their names to be used as candi-
dates for State Office.
The Mora claim has at last been settled
and he viii get S57s,OOO out Of the settle
ment after the expenses OF collection, which
amounted to s11s,OOO, are paid.
The United States Circuit court recently
held that the South Carolina dispensary
(iquor) law is all right The GROUND for
contest was that it was monopoly.
Father Wagner, the St. Joe ex-priest
who tried to escape trouble in another di-
rection by marrying Maud Steidel, has been
indicted for embezzling $500 from the
church.
There were 1882 persons who paid the
income tax prior to the decision Of the
Court. The amount so paid was S77, ,1sO, of
which s48,545, paid in by 700 people, has
been refunded.
Arkansas Legislatures appropriate $lO,-
600 for county normal Institutes and not
one cent for the militia. Kansas gives the
militia $4,000 or $4,000 and the county
normals, $3.50.
Governor Clark, Of Arkansas, says he
would not call a speciaIsession Of the Legis-
lature to prevent it If the Corbett-F -Fitzslm-
mons fight was arranged to come off in the
state house yard.
The story that went the rounds Of the
papers last week that Cleveland had been
shot and killed was untrue. There was
not shadow Of truth in it. Kansas whisky
is not sold that far east.
The Rocky Mountain News fight against
corporation rule in Denver is characteristic
Of that paper. Denver would be one Of the
best cities in the world If 1t had an honest
city government free from ring or corpora
tion domination.
The Omaha World Herald has sued the
Omaha Bee for criminal libel The action
is based on an article published in the Bee
refecting on the World Herald's financial
condition. Ex-Congressman Bryan is edi-
tor of the World Herald.
Robert White, an attorney at Washing
ton, is the prosecuting witness in a case
against Belva Lockwood for criminal libel.
The suit grows out Of quarrel in which
Miss Lockwood stated that White was In
debted to her for the rent Of his Office.
In Denver, the water company, the gas
company and the street railway companies
are bonded and stocked for $S5, ,474, ,596 and
the ring in control Of local politics assess
them at 81 ,699,795. No wonder those COR
porations are anxious to retain control Of
local politics.
In Sweden the government owns the rail-
roads, telegraphs and telephone lines. The
passenger rate on railroads is ~ cents per
mile, with half rate on Sunday. Tele-
phone tolls are only 10 cents. The govern
ment derives good revenue from these
lines. too.
Two Of the Kansas City election boodlers,
who were on fair way for the penitentiary
as result Of their work at the last spring
elections, committed suicide one day last
week. That might be called stroke Of
political economy on their part. They
saved the county some expense
OF the fOrty-four State governors in the
United States, thirty-nine are believers1in
religion and twenty-nine belong to some
,hurch. OF the church members, five are
JongregatiOnalists, ten Presbyterians, five
EpiscOpalians, four Methodists, three Uni
arians, one Baptist, one Christian, and
here are sixteen notconnected with church
In Georgia, under the new registration