The Advocate and news., 1898-07-20

Senator Thurston faVOrs the annexa-
tion of Porto Rico.
The land laws of the United States will
not apply to Hawaii.
The New York Legislature has made
a S5O0,00O war appropriation.
The total cost of the Siberian railway
built by Russia amounted to $3.50 900.
Spain now has the largest feet Of sub
marine torpedo boats of any nation in
the world.
Pictures Of Bryan and Dewey were the
only ones displayed at the Illinois DEM
ocratic convention.
A London paper says that there are
only 100000 Jews in the whole world
and that half Of them live in Russia.
The middIe-of-the-road Populists of
California have bOlted the regular con-
VentiOn and have nominated ticket.
A new revolution is likely to break
out in Guatemala at any time. Ameri-
cans are leaving as rapidly as possible.
The entire issue of government war
bonds will go to individuals and the
syndlcates will get none Of them at first
hand.
According to Bradstreet's reports 80
per cent Of the business failures are of
houses having a capital Of less than
$4,000.
The Iowa law providing for a per
cent. tax on inhertances, with a $1,000
exemption, has been declared to be con-
stitutiOnal
Russia don't want the Philippines di-
vided up among foreign powers. 1t wants
either the United States or Spain to have
all Of them.
The national Republican league has
decided to meet once in two years now.
Is it going the same way as the Kansas
organization?
N. o. Murphy has been appointed Gov
ernor Of New Mexico to succeed Gov
ernor McCord, who has become a colonel
of volunteers.
Returns from fifty of the principal
postOffices Of the country show that pos
tai receipts have increased 1901, 900 dur
ing the past year.
At st. Louis the new postmaster ap-
pointed by the President was named by
the political leaders. The choice of the
business men was ignored.
The Denver G. Rio Grande express
company is the only one in the country
which pays the revenue tax. The other
companies are boycotting it.
Colonel Torrey, who has recruited a
regiment of rough riders, is the original
advocate of the national bankruptcy law
which has just been passed.
The Congressional committee appoint
ed to inquire into postal questions is in
vestigating the charge that too high
rates are paid for railway mail cars.
The municipality owned electric light
plant of Manchester, England, made a
profit of 100000 last year. Bradford
protited $4,000 and Edinburgh G3,500.
A Congressional committee is inves-
tigating alleged abuses in the second
class mail privileges. This is the class
in which newspapers and periodicals are
placed.
When Uncle Sam took in the Ha-
waiian islands he acquired first-class
postal savings bank system which
should be extended to the rest of the
country.
California Populists have nominated
Congressman James G.. Mcguire for Gov
ernOr. The majority for him was small.
He has also been nominated by the
Democrats.
Young Dingley was mistaken in his
impression that he was candidate for
President of the National Republican
League He had 1877 votes and there
were only about 1900 against him.
German papers serve notice that if the
United States takes notion to take the
Samoan islands, after taking possession
of Hawaii, that 1t must understand that
Germany has prior lien on them.
Anti-fusion PopuIist papers are, as a
rule, opposed to nominating a ticket at