The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

Justice White has declined to serve on
the peace commission.
Mississippi has renominated every one
Of its present Congressman.
Spain will naturally favor the Cars
proposition to disarm the nations.
General Shafter will soon resume COM
mand of the Department of California.
A son of Gen. Joe Wheeler was
drowned while bathing near the camp on
Long Island.
Yellow fever has broken out among
the immune regiments which have been
sent to Cuba.
The War department will send num-
Der of volunteer regiments to Cuba to do
garrison duty.
One Of the periodical schemes to as
sassinate the Gar Of Russia was discov-
cred last week.
Secretary Alger is trying to make up
with John Sherman. His criticism of
Algerism hurts.
The South has thorough yellow fever
scare, and cities and States are quaran-
timing against it.
Twenty-Five per cent. of the soldiers
in Porto Rico are unfit for duty on ac-
count Of sickness.
The Democrats, Populists and Silver
Republicans Of Iowa have arranged a
harmonious fusion.
Washington silverites will get together
on State ticket, as usual. 1t will be
headed Peoples party.
Adjutant General Corbin bIames the
newspapers for the strained relations
which exist in the War department.
Aguinaldo has sent a delegation to
confer with President Mckinley about
the future of the Philippine islands.
Admiral Dewey's date for retirement
from the navy is December, 1899. Schley
goes out in 1901, and Sampson in 1902.
New York city's schools are so
crowded that a very large number OF
children cannot be accommodated at all.
John Sherman says that the attention
given him at Washington by Alger does
not change his views of the war misman-
agement.
Senator Gray, of Delaware, has been
named as a peace commissioner in place
of Justice White, who declined Gray is
a Democrat.
There will be no parade of the soldiers
at Camp WikOff, on Long Island, The
surgeons say that the mems condition
will not permit 1t.
Col. James A. Sexton, of Chicago, has
been elected Commander-in-Chief Of the
national G. A. r. Philadelphia is the
next meeting place.
In Vermont the Democrats have
elected thirty-three members of the Leg
islature, compared with eleven at the
last similar election.
President Mckinley has consented to
come West and visit the Omaha Expo
sitiOn, October II. He may include Kan
sas City and Chicago.
Two hundred Japanese naval officers
and sailors are on their way to Phila-
delphia to man a new Japanese battle
ship which has just been built.
Utah Republicans favor the free and
unlimited coinage OF silver independent
of any other nation, but in the same
breath President Mckinley is indorsed.
Spanish residents of Havana sub
scribed 100000 for warship and placed
the funds in General Blanco's hands.
They would like to have the money back
now.
Kansas City voted on a proposition to
establish home rule of its police affairs
last week. The proposition failed by a
few votes to get the requisite three
fifths.
The President will set apart October
10 as Lafayette day. and will urge that
interest be taken in the monument
which it is proposed to erect in his
honor.
The usual trouble over the kind of
liquid to be used in christening battle
ships has arrived, now that the Illinois