The Advocate and news., 1898-03-23

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fighting in Mexico.
A Minneapolis Judge holds that the use
Of the term trust is not libelous.
Reports from California indicate that
frosts have seriously damaged the fruit
A combine of Bessemer pig iron pro-
ducers, with Hanna at its head, has been
formed.
Plenty Of counterfeit silver dollars are
reported to be in circulation in various
parts of the country.
The Army and Navy Register, pub
lished at New York, says that the Span
ish government blew up the Maine.
Dispatches from Mexico indicate that
the Mexican people sympathize with the
United States in the trouble with Spain
A bill prohibiting the issue and sale
Of Sunday newspapers has passed second
reading in the Canadian House of Com
mons.
O'Reilly avenue is a leading street In
Havana, and the Kansas City Star wants
to know in what part Of Spain 0'Reilly
belongs.
j. Scott Harrison, jr., nephew Of ex-
President Harrison, is the Republican
nominee for City Treasurer of Kansas
City, Mo.
The pall-bearers at General Rosecrans
funeral were all veterans Of the civil
war, one-half being union soldiers and
the other confederates.
Blanche K. Bruce, the colored man
who is Register of the Treasury, rs dead.
He was United States Senator from
Mississippi from 1871 to 1877.
Governor Culberson, of Texas, has is
sued proclamation putting quarantine
regulations against yellow fever, small
pox and cholera into effect April /.
Paris gets half the profits of its gas
companies which operate under fran
chise. The revenue derived from this
source amounts to $5,OOOOO0 per year.
When war breaks out, If it ever does,
all Of the war vessels will be painted
sea green at once. The color Is not read
lily distinguishable and is not such an
easy mark.
Russia is tightening its grip on China
and the Japanese don't like it. They
threaten to make all kinds Of trouble and
even talk of war. Russia is prepared to
fight most any nation on earth.
If Consul General Lee should now be
assassinated his relatives would not be
as appreciatiVe Of the honor conferred
on him by President McKinley's refusal
to accede to SPANS demand for his re-
call.
Volunteers from the North and South
going to the front in case of war with
Spain with the drum corps playing
Yankee Doodle" and Dixie" would fire
the hearts Of the patriotic American
people.
A Wall street speculator Is said to
have sent the following telegram to the
President: war must be prevented at
any cost. What Is the loss Of $50 men
compared to a general impairment of
values?"
w. F. White, general passenger traffic
manager of the Santa Fe, died at his
home in Chicago last Wednesday. He
had been with the road since 1873, his
headquarters being at Topeka until nine
years ago.
Secretary Gage is quoted as saying
that If it is shown conclusively that
the Spanish government is responsible
for the blowing up. Of the Maine, that
war would be declared by this country
in fifteen minutes.
The director Of the geological survey
will have thorough exploration Of
Alaska made with view to locating |
proper routes for wagon trails and rail-
roads and to gathering information rela-
tive to geological formations.
In the mad rush to secure all of the |
war news obtainable, in addition to that |
which could be manufactured, Managing !
Editor Chamberlain, of the New York |
Evening World, has become crazed and |
has been taken to an asylum.
The sale Of the Amazonas, the Bra