The advocate., 1897-09-29
Topeka, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 20, 1897.

They were returned with the statement
that the Attorney General had approved
of the suit.
Bombay, September 24.-The latest
health statistics show that the bubonic
plague is again active, having crept
unObserved from hamlet to hamlet until
a wide area is affected. The newspapers
assert that the withdrawal Of the medi-
cal officers for service with the troops
on the frontier will entail consequences
infinitely more disastrous than anything
happening on the frontier.
Port Townsend, Wash, September a.
The tug Pioneer, which left Puget
sound on September IL with the bark
Shirley in tow for Skaguay, returned at
1 o'clock this morning, having made the
run down in ninety-six hours. The Pho
neer brings report Of landslide which
occurred near Sheep camp on the Chill
koot pass last Sunday morning in which
eighteen men are said to have lost their
lives. Only one body is said to have
been recovered, that of a man named
ChOynski.
San Francisco, September 24.-The
steamer City of Pekin, which arrived
in port last evening, brought advices
from the Hawaiian Islands up to and
including the 14th inst The Senat con-
vened on September 8, but owing to
the death Of ex-senator G. Rhodes, Pres
i6ent of the Legislature, adjourned until
the following day. The session Of the
9Th lasted less than two hours, but in
that time the annexation treaty was
presented and ratified without dis
scnting vote.
Chicago, September 24.-Twenty-five
street cleaners went forth to work in
the downtown district this morning
clad in suits of yellow material which
has been decided upon as a uniform for
the street force. Suits for some 200 more
men will be ready in few days. Partic-
ular attention will be paid to abating the
waste paper nuisance, and an effort will
be made to keep the alleys as clean as
the streets Distractions will be re-
moved SO as to make the alleys availa-
bic for pedestrians and light traffic.
Madrid, September 24.-An official
statement has been issued showing the
numbers Of war necessaries sent to Cuba
and the PHILIPPINE islands during the in
surrections which are in progress In
those quarters. Between November,
1896, and May, 1897 the Spanish govern
ment sent to Cuba 1S1, ,739 soldiers, 6,261
officers, Of whom forty were generals;
212,545 guns, 32O, ,406 Kilograms of pow
der, 92,088,670 cartridges, 1912 swords,
81 cannons, IL mitralleuses and 29,500
shells Since the outbreak of the pres
ent revolution in the PHILIPPINES the
government has sent 1850 soldiers, 881
officers, Of whom were generals; 43, 100
guns, "a cannOns, 24,919 Kilograms of
powder, 21,726,585 cartridges and SO,6O4
shells.
Washington, September PA final
decision has been reached by the arbi-
traitors who are to determine the British
Venezuelan boundary line, as to the fifth
arbitrator or umpire, who is to act with
them. His name for the present is
withheld. 1t is not Baron Courcell,
whose name has been mentioned in this
connection, nor King Oscar of Sweden,
who was to name the umpire only in
case the arbitratOrs failed to agree. An
agreement was reached without the ne
cesslty Of calling on the Swedish sOver-
eign. The umpire is European, but
this is said to without significance, since
no question involving the Monroe doc
trine is to be submitted to the tribunal.
The arbitrators in behalf of Venezuela
are Chief Justice Fuller and Justice
Brewer, of the United States Supreme
court.