The Advocate and news., 1898-01-19


its issue dated December 8, 1897, says
that the governments credit is not as
good as a banks. Who's bawling ca
lamity now?
Dun's commercial report says that the
railroad earnings for December eX
ceeded any ever known. Considering
the rates charged, the earnings ought to
he gilt-edged.
The French government will prosecute
Emile Zola for charging the Minister
of War and other prominent army Off
GERS with periuring themselves in the
Esterhazy trial.
The New York Journal is booming
Mayor Van Wyck with view, it Is in
timated to securing for him the nOmi-
nation for the Presidency by the Demo-
crat convention.
Commissioner Of Patents Ben Butter
worth is dead He served in Congress
five terms and was appointed by Presi-
dent Garfield to the position he held at
the time Of his death.
The government Of Greece has bought
10000 plows Of an Indiana concern.
| They will be given to the farmers OF
Thessaly, whose lands were devastated
during the recent war.
| Bribery investigation committees have
been appointed by both houses OF the
Ohio Legislature. In all cases it is Re-
publicans who are charging Republicans
with having bribed Republicans
The sailors comprising the crew Of
| the new battleship Kearsarge are dis
satisfied because married woman has
been selected to christen it. They have
superstition that it will bring i'll luck.
Michigan Populists expect that the
fight between the Mckinley and Pingree
factions of the Republicans will result
in Plngree's defeat for denomination, in
which event they want to make him
their candidate,
The Minnesota Democrat committee
has received a letter from National
Chairman Jones in which he advises
fusion and says that the gold men can
only win in the future by keeping the
opposition divided
The War Department has temporarily
abandoned it's relief expedition to the
Klondike This action is based on the
reports which tend to show cOmpara-
lively little suffering which the expe-
dition could relieve.
Ex-senator Hill will endeaVor to pre-
vent Croker from assuming control OF
the New York Democratic machine by
insisting that he is loyal Chicago plat
form Democrat and that all nominees
must be Of similar character
Eastern papers are very much eXer-
cised because of the discovery that there
is not gunpowder enough in this coun-
try to last thirty minutes If all of our
warships are engaged. AS it won't be
needed, what is the difference?
Dispatches indicate that French and
English capitalists, who hold $4O0, 0,0O0,-
900 of Spanish bonds based on Cuba's
resources, are anxious that the United
States should intervene and stop the
war before further devastation occurs.
AS a result of the conference Of the
leaders of the Democrat, POpulist and
silver Republican parties at Washing
ton an address will be issued in which
continued union will be urged and dis
slpation of strength will be discouraged.
C. P. Bryan, of Chicago, who was ap-
pointed as Minister to China, will have
to be satisfied with the job Of Minister
to Brazil, to which place the President
has decided to send him because Of OBJ
jections raised to his selection for the
other place.
A non-partisan statehood convention
was held at Guthrie, Okla, last week.
The admission of Oklahoma as a State
with any boundaries which Congress
may choose to select was favored. A
resolution favoring the free homes bill
was passed.
A recent publication Of an article in a
paper at Rome, which is said to repre-
sent the Pope's views, gives the inn
preston that the head Of the Catholic
church hopes to see the Italian mon