The Advocate and news., 1898-06-22

An army of offlceseekers still haunt
the White house.
About 1000 men will go on the sec
Ond Manila expedition.
The Boston Rubber Company has
failed for half million dollars.
General Blanco announces that flags
of truce will be fired on in the future.
Joints and dives in the vicinity of
ChiCkamauga camp are to be cleaned
out.
Admiral Dewey reports that the in
surgents don't intend to take Manila
now.
A price Of 1O1 has been offered for
$10O,OO0,O00 of the new government
bonds.
A new camp for 10000 men is to be
laid out by the government at Fernan-
dina, Fla.
In Austria violent riots are occurring
Petroleum workers and peasants are the
belligerents.
General Miles has returned to Wash
ington, presumably to arrange the Porto
Rico expedition.
Two Oklahoma negro murderers were
hung at once by mob near Wetumpka
last Thursday night.
Vessels with food for Blanco and the
Havana garrison are still trying to run
Simpsons blockade.
A Washington expert says that the
Nicaragua canal can be built for $780,
100000 to $95,OO0,OOO.
The Philippine insurgents propose to
form the Republic Of LuzOn under An
glo-American tutelage.
The diplomatic conference between
the United States and Canada will be
held at Quebec beginning July Is.
Great Britain has broadly hinted to
Germany that it will be buying trouble
If it NEEDLES in the Philippines.
The Spanish government, to whom
the alter was referred, refuses to ex-
change Hobson and his associates
Illinois Republicans indorse McKin-
ley's war policy, straddle on territorial
acquisition and favor larger navy.
The Sultan of Turkey will gladly &C
cept Minister Strauss as the represen-
tatiVe Of this country at his capital.
There are 16,SOO men at San Francisco
who are scheduled for Manila. General
Merritt will go on the third expedition.
Admiral Camaras Cadiz feet is evil
IDENTIFY at sea, but what 1t Is doing or
where it is going cannot be guessed at.
1t is reported that the prompt quar-
antine of McHenry, Miss, has effect
ually stopped the extension Of yellow
fever.
Ingalls, says that this country wants
no island possessions, but should hold
those already captured for indemnity
purposes.
Missouri's State Board Of Assessment
is going after express companies and
will base their assessment on their cap
ital stock.
When the House defeated him in his |
effort to head off the annexation Of Ha-
waii, Speaker Reed absented himself and |
did not vote.
An American sympathizer has given |
the Cuban junta at New York $4,000. |
The money Is used to assist In the work |
Of freeing Cuba.
A German steamer at Gibraltar re-
ports having seen the Spanish Cadiz |
fleet off the north coast Of Africa June |
16. 1t was going east.
The Senate foreign affairs committee |
has reported favorably on the Hawaiian
annexation resolutions introduced by !
Congressman Newlands.
The Spaniards will not exchange Hob
son for other prisoners Of war because
they want to keep him confined in MORO !
castle for it's protection.
Reports indicate that Germany has
been offered the Caroline islands by
Spain IL that nation will prevent Dewey |
from bombarding Manila.
Messages from Manila say that the
curO1,, ~ ha Cnonich yorTiQON Ao |