The Advocate and news., 1898-01-12
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

he has pardoned thirteen bank wreck
ers and embezzlers.
Governor Holcomb Of Nebraska, hai
appointed /. N. Alberts, a POpullst, az
District Judge to succeed Judge Sulli
van, (Dem.), who was elected to the
Supreme bench.
President York, Of the police board o
Greater New York, says that that city
will not be what the newspapers call ar
open" one. He instTucts the force Il
enforce all laws.
The State Superintendent of Texas Il
having trouble with the book trust. Il
failed to get the textbook contract and
Is making every effort to prevent thu
use Of the books.
A prominent Eastern railroad man
says that the long distance telephone II
seriously interfering with railroad traf
fic. Business men use the telephone In.
stead Of travelling.
In a speech at Denver banquet given
in his honor, George Fred Williams, Of
Massachusetts,, said that Democracy
should be judged by what 1t is rather
than what 1t has been.
The Arkansas Populist State commit
tee met recently and adopted resolutions
directing the national committeeman
from that tate to attend the middle-of-
the-road convention at st. Louis.
Great Britain has flfty-eight flrst-class
fighting vessels. France has ffty-twO
Russia twenty-one, Italy sixteen, Ger
many thirty-five, Austria eight, Spain
eight and the United States has twelve
The Supreme court Of Nebraska has
affirmed the decision of the lower court
in the embezzlement case against ex-
State Treasurer BARLEY (Rep.) and he
will go to the penitentiary for twenty
years.
A new bank was opened at Morehead
KY, last week. Several addresses were
made and the minister invoked the bless
ings Of the Almighty on the institution,
The first days deposits amounted to
nearly $4,000.
The efforts Of Norway and Sweden to
adjust their differences are not proving
to be successful It Is now believed that
Sweden contemplates, or, at least, Is
considering, the use Of force In bringing
about union.
The auditor Of the PostOfflCe Depart
ment has discovered extensive frauds
in the money order department, which
will be investigated with a view to re-
covering amounts out Of which the gov
ernment has been defrauded.
Secretary Bliss has disapproved the
plan of publishing lists Of pensioners.
He says 1t would give claim agents a
chance to work them for money to Sc
cure an increase and that fraud can be
discovered without publicity.
L. G. Bateman, Of Maine, and George
F. Washburn are quarreling over the
policy Of the Populist party nationally
These gentlemen might give the public
better service II they would devote their
attention to making converts.
Instead OF opening the Kiowa, Chero-
kee and Apache reservations to settle
ment the Interior Department Will lease
the lands to cattlemen for grazing pur-
poses. Such leases have been the source
of mammoth frauds in the past.
Thomas G. Shearman favOrs the estab-
llshment of branches of large metropoli-
tan banks all over the country. He says
that the majority of the business Of the
country is done on bank basis and that
these branches would make exchange
cheaper.
BrOokline, Mass, having a population
OF 1900 and an assessed valuation OF
S60 900 900, has the old town meeting
(reierendum) system of government. 1t
has been incorporated for 1913 years. The
system is satisfactory to the majority
of the people.
The Republicans in the Maryland
House are in deadlock over the organi-
cation. Eleven Republicans refuse to go
into the caucus and until they do so or
unite with the Democrats no organiza-
ton can be effected. The trouble Is over
the Senatorial fight.
The executive committee Of the Popu-
list party of Colorado has declared that
the call for the middle-of-the-road com