The Monticellonian., 1898-05-20
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED

The war revenue bill will come up in congress this week.
 Gen. N''after probably will be in com mand of the first army of invasion.
 The navy department has ordered the observance of most exacting secrecy.
 The big glass jar warehouse in Mup- cie, Ind, burned Sunday; loss, S2s5,00o
 Several naval officers at Washington criticise the method of bombarding San Juan.
 The Hawaiian annexation bill will be favorably reported in the house this week
 A Kansas girl killed a wildcat, with a club that had attacked her fathers cattle.
 Spain has determined to grant new concessions to the Philippine insur- gents.
 The government will take allthe care possible to preserve the health of the troops.
 The San Juan cable has been cut, presumably by Americans, to cut off Spanish communication.
 Rear-Admiral Dewey has cabled to the state department that he expects Manila to surrender soon.
 Admiral Dewey captured the Spanish gunboat Callao as she sailed unsus- pectingly into Manila harbor.
 Gov. Holcomb of Nebraska has pro- claimed June 1 holiday in honor of the opening of the Omaha exposition.
 The American cruiser Yale was not captured as rumored Sunday, but sailed from St. Thomas to joln Simpsons s squadron.
 The British collier fwickenham is at San Juan, Porto Rico, with coal for Cervera' fleet. She will be stopped by Americans.
 The successor of the late Bishop Per " of the Methodist church in the Du- buque diocese will not be elected until September.
 The Gussie expedition returned to West, Fla, after an unsuccessful at tempt to land arms and ammunition in Cuba for the insurgents.
 Edouard Remenyi, the famous yio- linist, dropped dead of heart disease in San Francisco theater after having just performed .0ld Glory.
 Commodore sehley, with the flying squadron, is steaming south for the purpose of intercepting Cervera If he attempts to enter Cuban port.
 Five Missouri regiments have been ordered forward, three to Ghickamauga and two to Washington, D. c. Light Battery A goes to GhicSamauga.
 An order for the concentration of the entire volunteer army has been issued. Chickamauga, Washington, D. C.; San Francisco, Mobile and Tampa are the points of mobilization.
 The Spanish torpedo gunboat Terror has been doclted at Martinique osten- sibly for repairs, but really, it is be- lieyed, to watch the American cruiser Harvard at St. Pierre, near by.
 That ,250 American citizens are per ishing is one of the saddest features of the situation in Cuba. Reports of the American consuls leave no doubt that fully that number are in direst dis tress.
 Patrick O'Doherty, one of the best known journeymen printers in the west, died at Topeka, Kas., from the effect of morphine, taken with suieid- al intent. He was 60 years old, and unable to work.
 An order was received at Topeka, Kas., from Adjt.-Gen. Gorbin, directing that the Second Kansas tGol Funston s) regiment be sent to San Francisco for further equipment, preparatory to be- ing moved to the Philippines.
 Two small Spanish cruisers, supposed to be the Condo de Yendaito and the Isabel, are reported to be near San Juan, Porto Rico, looking for the cruiser Montgomery. The latter is looking for the Spanish ships.