The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Notes and Comment.

Reports indicate a great falling of in
travel in the direction OF the Klondlke.
A Kansas City stationer says that a
million and o half steel pens are used In
that city every month.
The Capital says that Hood, Seaton,
Stanley and Funston have formed an of
fensiVe and defensive alliance against
Hessin and Coburn and that the one OF
the four who gets the largest vote will
get the support of the combine.
The Canadian government is giving
serious consideration to proposition
to own and operate such portions OF the
Klondike gold fields as are on the Cam
ada side. The contention Is that as the
mines belong to the whole people they
should be operated for their benefit.
What the special correspondent Of the
Erie Republican-Record means by the
following Is not very easy to understand:
Somebody ought to take Seaton and
Billy Edwards around the corner and
whisper gently in their ears that 1t is
time for them to stop their foolishness."
A good looking Fort Scott widow has
brought legal proceedings to have lot
Of patent medicine circulars confscated
because the vendor put her picture on
the front page without her consent. He
secured the picture under the pretense
that it would be used in an eastern mag
azlne.
The New York Journal printed a strik
ing cartoon recently in which President
Mckinley was shown in the act Of writ
ing his war message but was suffering
considerable inconvenience in his work
because of the fact that lot of Wall
street financiers were sitting astride his
penholder.
There Is big row on in Indiana over
the negro militia. Orders were given to
increase the number OF negro companies
to four and organize them into separate
battalion. The negroes objected, as they
wanted to he put into white regiment
in order that their officers might be in
the line of promotion and might even
tually command white troops. They re-
fused to comply with the new orders,
and will be mustered out.
The Bureau Of Industrial Statistics of
Nebraska has just completed the COM
pllatiOn of the mortgage record OF the
State for the last six months of 1897.
The total statement of farm and city
mortgages is as follows: Farm-fled,
5.673; value, $5,576, 1885, released, 8,2S5;
value, 1885,, 1892. City-filed, 2,252;
value, 81 1896, ,S2O; released, 1863; value,
S4,245,9 ,918. Chattel-fled 39,2O9; value,
$22 2,412,242; released, 2S,7SS; value, ST.
416,S75.
Dispatches which have recently passed
between the Czar Of Russia and
the Emperor of China are calCu-
lated to make delinquent subscriber
smile. The Czar Congratulates the EN-
peror for his wisdom in allowing Port
Arthur to be seized by Russia, and points
out that it will greatly strengthen the
ties of friendship between the two Coun-
tries. After this message Of congratula-
ton for his weakness in allowing an
other country to seize a part OF his
dominion, which is recognized as the
beginning of the end of the Chinese en-
pire. the Czar closes by wishing the
Emperor a prosperous reign. The En-
peror replies by thanking the Car for
his friendly message, which any other
monarch would take as an insult, and
solemnly hopes that the friendly alliance
will be still further strengthened. 1t
will be. One of these days the Emperor
will be a second-rate governor of part Of
what has been his empire.