The advocate., 1897-01-06
NOTES AND COMMENT.

formed trust.
Six thousand people attended President
Cleveland's New Year reception.
Fire in Nashville, Tenn, Sunday, de-
stroyed $780, OCO worth of property.
Thirteen miners persisted by fire in a
silver mine at Pachuca, M vico last week
Twelve persons have been killed and
much property destroyed by the bursting
OF bog in County Kerry, Ireland
W. A. Hammond, the deGaulting Vice
President Of the bursted National Bank OF
Illinois, drowned himself In Lake Mich
igan.
There were 1880 business failures in
1896. This, with the exception Of 1893, Is
the greatest number in any year in our
history.
General Gomez has ordered all Spaniards
taken prisoners hereafter TO be shot, in
retaliation for Spanish cruelties to Cuban
prisoners.
The Omaha Savings bank has failed. 1t
is the eleventh bank failure in that city
since the real estate boom Of d few years
ago collapsed,
The Chinese government hos ordered
the English language and the natural sci
ences to be taught in the schools oftle EN-
pire. This is one of the first results Of Ii
Hung Chsng's trip around the world.
The steamer Commodore left Jacksou
vile, Fla, Thursday with a cargo Of arms
and supplies for the Cuban insurgents.
Clearance papers were issued in accord
with Secretary Carlisle's recent ruling
The steamer has since been reported lost
The Nebraska Legislature is strongly for
silver. The Senate will be composed of z
Republicans and 26 silver men, Populists
and Democrats. In the House the Repub-
licanS have only 81, to the opposition 63.
There Will be 81 farmers In the egiSla-
ture.
Ex-Governor Pennoyer is Mayor of Port
land, Ore. When he took his present office
he stated that the salary t$5, 900 per year)
was too much and that he would accept
but half of It, Recently hebrew y warrant
for half Of his salary due to date and trans
ferred the money to the charities fund,
Representative Norman, Democrat
member of the Kentucky Legislature, has
left his party and joined the Republicans
He states that although Republican now,
he will cast his vote for a Democrat for
Senator and In other party measures rep
resent the constituency which elected him,
When the Colorado Legislature meets II
will re.elect Senator Henry NJ Teller nv a
unanimous vote This is an honor seldom
or never before bestowed upon q candidate
for the Senate. There is one Mckinley
Republican in the Legislature, but his seat
is contested and he will not be allowed to
vote.
Joseph McCullagh, editor of the ST.
Louis Globe Democrat, committed suicide
Wednesday night by throwing himself from
an upper window Of his residence. His
health had been undermined during the
Presidential campaign. He was 50 years
old and had been editor of the Globe
Democrat for twenty-five years.
Chairman Mark Hanna, in reply to a
query from the New York Journal touching
the recent business failures, says: 81 do moi
see how these failures were In any way
due to the recent election. Times have i'm
proved, but not to the extent some people
expected. Conditions are all that ex
pected they would be at this time"
E. A. Van Valkeuburg, John Wana
makers manager, has been arrested charged
with trying to bribe member Of the Penn
sylvania Legislature to vote for Wana
amaker for United States Senator. j. Til
lard testified that he had been given money
by Van Valkenburg with which to briDt
certain members of the Legislature.
The following bank failures were re
ported December 30: The Van Nortwicl
bank of Batavia, H.; liabilities estimated
at $2,OOO,O00. Columbia National bank o.
Minneapolis, Mimi; liabilities $247,O 900
Commercial National bank Of Roanoke
Va; liabilities $4,000. Washington Stat'
bank of Minneapolis, Mimi; deposits
$S63;139.
The question Of the existence Of papel
trust was argued before the Congressiona
WAYS and Means committee Thursday
Manager Norris of the New York WorlC
argued against the trust, whose centra
ofsice IS in New York, wi h representatives
IN London, Chicago and San francisco
4 Ex-senator Miller OF New York and ex