The Advocate and news., 1898-06-01
of bread is advancing in

the cities.
The Omaha exposition will be open
Sunday afternoons.
Gladstone's remains were reviewed by
10000 people in one day.
John Sherman is going to Sltka,
Alaska, for short summer visit.
Illinois Hibernians protest against an
alliance between this country and Great
Britain.
John Sherman will, 1t is intimated,
run for Congress in his home district
this fall.
All Of last week was occupied by the
Senate with a discussion of the war
revenue bill.
Another Spanish Cabinet crisis is
predicted. The trouble now is over the
adoption of an income tax.
The Red Cross steamer Soblenz ar
rived at New York last Friday with a
case Of yellow fever on board.
A new Missouri law places fraternal
life insurance under the supervision Of
the State Department of Insurance.
Las Villas is a war bulletin which will
be issued weekly from the camp of
General Gomez, of the Cuban insurgent
army.
r, G. Dun's report shows a wonderful
increase in railroad earnings. It amounts
to about Is per cent. over the same
week last year.
The United States Supreme court
holds that the OleOmargarine laws of
Pennsylvania and New Hampshire are
unconstitutional.
Secretary Alger, of the War depart
mCnt, has succeeded in securing the ap-
pointment of his brother as postmaster
at Hannibal, Mo-
Governor McLaurin, of Mississippi
has appointed Congressman Sullivan
as United States Senator to succeed the
late Senator Walthall.
A member of the Spanish COrtes has
resigned his seat rather than vote for
an income tax He would be regarded
as great Republican leader in this
country.
The State department has secured
permit from the Navy department which
allows vessels loaded with hemp con-
signed to the United States to pass the
blockade at Manila.
Arthur Sewall, who will be remem-
beTed as one of Bryans running mates
in 1896, has offered the government the
Roanoke, which is at San Francisco,
for use as transport for troops to
Manila.
The force in the pension department
at Washington is to be reduced by the
dismissal of one hundred clerks. Those
whose records are the poorest will have
to go. They are all under civil service
regulation.
Negotiations to bring about a settle
ment of all the differences between this
country and Canada have begun at
Washington. 1t is intimated the subject
Of reciprocity between this country and
Canada will also be discussed.
Senator Morgan has introduced an
amendment to the war revenue bill in
which provision Is made for the govern
ment Of islands acquired by the war
and extending the operation of our laws
to them In so far as is possible.
Secretary Chamberlain's speech advO-
eating an Anglo-SaXon alliance is
charged up to his wife by European pa
pers. She was Mary Endicott and her
father was President Cleveland's Secre-
tary Of War during his first term.
A life insurance company is in court
at Chicago trying to show that policy
issued to consumptive, who has just
died, was based on an examination Of
a healthy man and that the affair was
a conspiracy to defraud the company.
At Newcastle, Pa, two colored high
way robbers were punished by being
given forty lashes with cat-o-nine tails
on their bare backs. In addition to this
they are to be imprisoned for six years
after spending one hour in the plllory.
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