The Advocate and news., 1898-05-25

yenge at the polls next November be-
cause he has punished the regiment for
disobedience Of a military order in time
of war.
Michigan's issue of 100000 of war
bonds has brought popular subscriptions
aggregating $7j000O The bonds will
bring a premium Of per cent. and will
be issued in denominations ranging from
500 to 1000.
Reports of serious windstOrmS last
Wednesday night at various points in
Illinois and southern Michigan have
been received Near Rockford, ILL.,,
eleven persons were killed and about
forty injured.
The American yiCe-COnsul at Santos,
Brazil, says that that country and all Of
the other South American countries eX-
cept Chile are friendly to Uncle Sam in
the present trouble Chile has an old
grudge at us because of the Pat Egan
affair.
Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, has
refused to grant a requsitiOn for Il
Graves county negro murderer who is
refusal on the fact that in this county
negroes are frequently lynched without
any effort being made to punish their
murdcrers.
1t has been suggested that the en-
poyes of the Santa Fe from the Pres
ident down give one days pay to fund
for a government battleship. After
would only bring in about $4,000, so it
is now proposed to extend it to all Of the
roads of the country
Mrs Cody has been endeavOring to
secure a portion Of the Jay Gould estate
by trying to prove that she was the
millionaire's first wife. She has been
arrested for blackmail at the instigation
of George Gould She is an aunt of Buf-
falO Bill, Leavenworth people say, and
she used to live near Leavenworth.
A special to the Kansas City Times
says that the President will in the flu
ture give war news to none but SeCre-
taries Long and Alger This is not in
tended as a reflection on other cabinet
officers, but it narrows the number pos
sessing state secrets to so small num-
ber that it will be easy to trace leaks.
"Do you know" says Tom Watson's
paper, that seven Of the most active
Senators in the Georgia Senate In 1897
were Populists; that twenty-seven of the
House Representatives were Populists;
that of the 1874 counties in Georgia, more
than one-third have all POpulist county
officials and another third several Pop
ulst oftiCials?'
A monument to the signers of the
Mechlenburg declaration Of indepen-
denCe was unveiled at Charlotte, North
Carolina, last Friday. Ex-Vice Pres
ident Stevenson, a descendant of one Of
the signers, was present and was the
orator of the day. The Governors of
several Southern States were also pres
ent
In New Jersey, soldiers in the service
Of the government, who were citizens of
the State prior to enlistment, may vote.
Blanks are sent to them. These they
fill out in the presence of witnesses, sign
and seal This sealed ballot is then en-
closed in another and mailed to the cleo
tion officers in the voting precinct from
which he enlisted.
Mayor Van Wyck Of New York has
been Overhaulng the police commission
of that city and has Knocked out Boss
Platt's henchmen. In view of the fact
that Platt's desire to retain control OF
the Republican machine at the expense
of party success, enabled Mr.. Van Wyck
to win, it would seem that he should
be more cOnsiderate of the Republican
boss feelings
The New Spanish llinistry.