The Advocate and news., 1898-06-22

cured.
Washington dispatches say that Pres
ident Mckinley will send flying squad
ron to the coast Of Spain after Camara's
fleet. 1t will be commanded by Commo-
dOre Schley.
Judge Scott, at Omaha has enjOined
the Midway outfits. They are impOs-
ters, of course, few of them being Of
the nationality claimed. The indecent
dances are also forbidden.
Great excitement and numerous in
juries resulted from stampede Of 5000
horses and mules through the military
camp at Tampa last Thursday night.
No one was seriously hurt.
Responding to a Spanish protest
against it's continual exhibition of
friendly disposition toward this country
the Hawaiian government says that 1t
proposes to continue in the same way.
Hobson has been advanced by the
President and he is now naval con-
structOr. His pay is increased from
81, 200 to $4,000, and by 1903 he will be at
the head Of his branch of the naval SER
vice.
Train wrecker Worden, who helped
wreck a train during the A. r. U. strike,
has secured a cOmmutatiOn Of his SEN
tence to life Imprisonment. Insanity
doubtless caused him to commit the
crime.
A starving Spanish soldier crawled in
to the American camp at Guantanamo
bay last week and surrendered. He said
he expected to be shot but wanted some
thing to eat first. He was put on board
the Marblehead.
The cruiser Philadelphia, now at the
Mare Island navy yard, will be ready
July and will go to Honolulu. 1t may
reach there in time to put the American
flag up over the islands as result Of
annexation legislation.
The Queen Regent of Spain has an
nounced her intention of resigning her
rights in favor Of Infanta Isabella, her
late husbands sister. The move is con-
strued to mean that she intends to leave
Spain and its troubles, for time, at
least.
The German Parliamentary (Reich-
stag) elections resulted in the return of
18 Conservatives, 5 Imperialists, 63 Cen
trists, Reform, National Liberals, 2
Radical Unionists and 80 Social Demo-
Gratis. In 1876 districts another election
is necessary.
Representative Osborne, of Wyoming,
has offered resolution in Congress di-
recting the Secretary Of the Treasury to
furnish a list of the bond bidders and
purchasers and of banks in whose care
they are delivered. The resolution also
inquiries why Denver banks are not al
lowed to handle them.
The two st. Clair county, Missouri,
judges, who refuse to levy tax to pay
what they and their constituents re-
county, are in Jail for contempt by order
Of Judge Phillips, Of the Federal court.
Their treatment is similar to that which
has been given their predecessors, the
fight having been on for several years.
The New York Journal says that
Young Letters ruin was caused by his
attention to and intimacy with fast
women, to whom he gave tips on the |
market, who in turn gave them away |
his bILCuJlOl6 Lulo lCOpGCJ
times when he should have looked after |
his business led to his fathers with |
drawal Of support.
Reports from Manila indicate that the
insurgents, with the aid Of Dewey, have !
the city surrounded and at their mer-
cy. An insurgent fight with Spanish |
soldiers, who outnumbered them two |
to one, resulted in a Spanish defeat. The !
total number of prisoners taken by the
insurgents number more than 5000, OF
which number 1000 are regular soldiers.
General Augusti would surrender the
city but for the objection Of the arch
bishop.
George Gould thinks he has discovered
a way of avoiding the inheritance tax
OF $5,O0O,O00 on the estate left him by his
father. He claims the money left him