The Advocate and news., 1898-05-11
Bread riots continue in Italy.

ment bonds.
Miss Jessie Parker is mayor of Ken
drick, Idaho.
China has paid to Japan the remainder
Of the war indemnity.
Wheat reached $1.5O on the Chicago
market last Thursday.
Mail boxes attached to street cars are
a success at Des MOines.
The government has bought yacht Of
NJ H. Hanna, Marks brother.
Spain ought to be using the "help
wanted" columns of the newspapers.
An American firm has an order for
100 street cars to be used in Berlin.
Gen. WOodfOrd, who has been our min
lister to Spain, has returned to this COun-
try.
The first of four new auxiliary cruisers
which are being built will be named
Dewey.
French papers say that England will
support the United States If the powers
favor Spain.
AT New Orleans Spain street has been
changed to Dewey street and new signs
HAO bOAA6 Put uP'
The Italian government has taken the
duty off Of cereals. This, 1t is believed,
will stop the bread riots.
The University of Pennsylvania has
decided to put female students on an
equality with males in every respect.
The Governor of Vermont has called
a special session of the Legislature to
nj NIL VN1tr
poses.
Twenty Spanish immigrants who
came over last week were detained at
New York and will likely be returned
to Europe.
Sir Thomas Sanderson succeeds Sir
Julian PauncefOte, as British ambassador
to this country. No reason is given for
the change.
Michigan's insurance commissioner is
after companies which refuse to comply
with law. He has just cancelled the IL
cense Of one.
Armed guards are used night and day
at the Valparaiso, Ind, powder works
for fear some Spanish sympathizer might
try to blow 1t up.
Posts of the G. A. r. are adopting reso-
lutiOns favoring amendments to the con-
stitutiOn which will admit ex-COnfeder-
ates to membership.
Chauncey M. Depew says that If Pres
ldent Mckinley had had his way there
would have been no war. He places the
blame on Congress.
Brazil will not renew its reciprocity
treaty with this country. The President
says that it is not profitable arrange
ment for his country.
A joint resolution providing for the
annexation of the Hawaiian islands has
been introduced in Congress by Mr..
Newlands, Of Nevada.
A dispatch from Rome says that the
Pope is prostrated over the Manila affair
and that he says that he wishes he had
died before seeing such war.
Arkansas has decided not to have an
exhibit at Omaha because of what are
regarded as vexatious conditions i'm
posed by the exposition managers.
President Diaz, OF Mexico, has stopped
meetings to raise money and volunteers
for Spain. He says that neutral ma
tiOn cannot permit such things.
Speaking Of the offer OF Mosby to enlist
under the stars and stripes, the Mime
apolis Better Way observes that the
bloody shirt has blown from the clothes
line
The King of Spain will be IL years
old May II, on which day he will be
crowned. The Queen Regent is consider
ably older, but her war policy don't in
dlcate it.
Emperor William, Of Germany, made a
speech at the closing Of the ReiChstag in
which he emphasized the German policy
OF remaining neutral in the Spanish
American war.
The EmpOria Gazette wants to know
III the fact that most OF the fighting In