The Advocate and news., 1898-09-07
Woodruff, of the Mormon

at ldylOT, MISS.
Missouri's Secretary of State collected
$6,76S in fees during the month Of Au
gust.
Japan is buying the four trunk lines
of railroad which are in operation in the
island kingdom.
A big sewing machine trust, including
American and British manufacturers, is
being organized.
Only one telegraph line in Cuba is
owned by a private corporation and it
is only fifty miles in length.
The natives of Jamaica do not take as
kindly to annexation to the United
States as was at first supposed.
The Cubans and Porto Ricans are
very illiterate. They were almost en-
tirely without educational advantages.
All of the telegraph lines Of Cuba,
the Philippines and Porto Rico are
owned by the government except one
little line in Cuba.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland became
of age last Wednesday and began bust
ness as queen in fact. Her mother, who
has acted as queen regent, retires.
The French Minister of War has re-
signed. The developments in the Drey-
fus case are making trouble for every
body connected with the military estab
lishment.
Three RS made plenty of trouble for
the Republicans in New York once, but
Roosevelt's Rough Riders seem to be
likely to make those letters more pop
ular.
A dispatch from Santiago says that
General Gomez has relieved General Gar
cia from his command because Of the
formers disapproval Of his action in the
Shafter matter.
The Illinois Manufacturers Associa-
ton is collecting evidence tending to
show that the express companies have
formed trust in violation Of the fed
eral antitrust law
The express company managers, after
conference, have decided that they will
pay the revenue tax and afix stamps to
bills of lading just as the railroads have
done from the first.
The Car of Russia wants the other
nations to agree on peace terms and
then cut down their armies. His idea
has been made public and is being freely
discussed in Europe.
Later dispatches intimate that Colonel
Henry, of the French army, did not COM
nit suicide, but was murdered. The
whole Dreyfus affair is again disturbing
the entire official staff or France.
The Wichita Beacon thinks that the
victory of Dennis Flynn over Governor
Barnes in the Oklahoma Republican
convention means that Reed will get the
delegation against President Mckinley
in 1900
The British and Egyptian armies had
terrible battle with horde of Nubian
dervishes at Omdurman in Nubia Sep
tember 2. The British losses were about
200, while the derVishes were practically
wiped out.
The opinion seems to prevail that this
country will demand the island Of Lu-
zon and that Spain will be willing to
give the whole business, as after that
island is gone the remainder will not
be worth trying to hold.
Joe BARLEY, the defaulting Republican
State Treasurer of Nebraska, has been
assigned to duty in the laundry at the
State penitentiary. He seems resigned
to his fate as he does his work well,
never complains and observes all Of the
rules Of the prison.
There is enough money in the treasury
so that the government Is paying inter-
est on bonds in advance. At the same
time it is issuing more bonds to raise
money. The war revenue bill will make
up all of the deficiencies which may arise
under the Dingley bill
In view of the late disclosures bearing
on the matter the French cabinet has de-
cided to revise the Dreyfus case. The
suicide of Colonel Henry, accompanied
by his confession that the letter on which