The Advocate and news., 1898-07-20

dorsed and speedy and vigorous action is
urged.
United States Commissioner Hunter at
0ttumwa, Iowa, has bound an express
cOmpany's agent over to the Federal
court to answer to charge Of evading
the revenue tax. Mr. Hunter holds that
the company should pay the tax.
In New York State a new law pro-
vides that county may vote as to State
roads If a majority want such road
the State engineer is to build 1t, the State
paying half, the county 35 per cent. and
the locality Is per cent Of the cost
In Illinois Governor Tanner is recruit
ing white and a colored regiment.
Both are mObilized in the same camp
Race troubles have broken out and the
dispatches indicate danger of trouble If
one or the other is not moved soon.
Queen Victoria gets 100000 per an
mum. The Car does better His income
is about $4,000, 900. Kaiser Wilhelm gets
about $4,OOO,O0O and the President OF
France is paid $24O,OOO and expenses.
The king Of Spain gets $1,4O0,0O0 and
100000 for expenses.
Judge James r. Keaton has been nom
mated by Oklahoma Democrats and Pop
ulists for delegate to Congress. He is
Democrat. Callahan, the present inCum-
bent, is Populist. He would have been
renOminated by his party but the Demo-
Gratis insisted that 1t was their turn now.
The decision of the United States Su-
preme court in the South Carolina dis
pensary case establishes the constitu-
tionality of setting up and conducting
public liquor mOnOpolNgl I'D carries with
a similar holding with reference to an
industrial monopoly.
The recent editorial remarks Of anti
fusion Populist editors indicate that they
discovered at the Omaha committee
meeting that Kansas and Nebraska Pop
ulists are just as vigorous In their ad-
herence to the principles of the party
as are the Populists Of any section of the
country.
Assistant Attorney General Boyd, re-
plying to a request from the Commits
siOner of Internal Revenue, has handed
down decision in which he says that
1t is clearly the intention of the revenue
law that corporations and common car
riers shall pay the war tax on bills of
lading and similar documents.
The telegraph system Of Japan is
owned by the government. There. are
10000 miles Of land wires and 1888 miles
of submarine cables. There are 1,122
telegraph Offices. The telephone system
is also owned by the government, but
owing to delay in securing instruments
it has not grown as rapidly as it will
when this difficulty is removed.
A special session Of the New York
Legislature has been called by Governor
Black to pass laws making additional
appropriations for expense of organizing
volunteers, authorizing soldiers to vote
and otherwise amend election laws. The
last named measure is intended to de-
prive Mayor Van Wyck Of control of the
election machinery of New York city and
is purely political scheme.
From the New Time the following
municipal ownership statistics are OBJ
tanned: There are 1893 electric light
plants in operation under municipal
ownership in the United States. These
are located in thirty-nine States and
Territories, furnishing 26,087 arc lights
and 81, ,440 incandescent lights and rep
resting capacity of 10000 horse power.
Ohio has Al municipal plants; Michigan,
S5; Illinois, "a; Minnesota, 25; Iowa, %;
Missouri, 10; Indiana, 1S; New York, IA;
Pennsylvania, 13, and Massachusetts, ii.
These figures were compiled by the City
Electrician, of Chicago The great ma
jority Of electric lighting plants are
owned by private parties, there being
1890 plants in the United States that
are thus owned.