Fair play., 1884-07-12

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The, News n Brief
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THE dersh.rsts fosMf cholsrs 4. roslo,
is increasing, and the -oxy gen cure hai
proved unsatisfactory. :
In New York eight hsxs,ssans' a es5hS va,
Of 1879 celebrated Laslssk knde sos Day by
having paraAsan dinnsks
QUARREL among Russian Nihiiists had
caused some OF the moderate ones to bt
come Government informers. I
ANAM has accepted the French propose
without moiificaton,--sud places itssll
under the French protectOrate.
c.n Hus1liseFoss ehser for s,eeo xs,
receiyei on the .lst by thy d6sg v cursn's
ATTORNEY. .GENkIALsRR RRE1ySTER submit.
ted an opinion on .the TIA {sno 4 that the
Fitz John Porter bill was tftnsiopal.
The American t'oiiege of 'Musieians.
which, met at Rudolph, VT, elected Prof.
Z, N. Bowman, of st. Louis, Mo-, Presi
EXTENSIVE preparations are being made
for the meeting Of the Society OF the Army
of the Tennessee at Lake. Minnetonka.
Minn.
THE Senate confirmed the nomination of
Major j. f. ID. Couzins as United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of Mis-
souri,.
THE COMMUNISTS of Paris, on July II,
will march to the Hotel de Vile with q red
flag, on which wins ba inscribed "Am-
nesty.",
SARA BERNHARDT's appearance in ''Mac-
beth" at London, according to the Times,
was the worst rendition ever presented in
that city.
EMPEROR WILLIAM Of Germany goes to
Gastein, Austria, July 10. and will meet
the Emperor Francis Joseph at Ische or
Latzburg rs I:
SENIOR RAMAN BAERENTO, chief OF the
Supreme Court of Cuba, and others were
fined in New York on the 1st for disorder
ly conduct.
THERE were three additional deaths from
cholera at Marseilles and four at Toulon
on the 1st. The people are refugeeing i'll
all directions.
TIE fiftieth anniversary Of the incorpor-
alton of the city of Toronto, Ont, was
celebrated by trades and industrial
parade on the I'd.
ADvICEs received at London from Tou-
Ion, France, state that five Gases of chol-
era were cured by inhaiing pure oxygen,
the effect heiny immediate.
- Ii FoN1 Poo, the Chinese minister TO
France, had an interview with Minister
Ferry on the 5th, and gave assurances that
China had no hostile intentions.
Earl. GRANVILLE received-a dispatch
from General Gordon on the 1st giving as
surances of his health and safety. There
was no date to the message, however.
AT a conference of members of the
Lords and Commons on the Sd it was
unanimously resolved to introduce the de-
cea ased wife's sister bill into the House of
Lords at once.
The marble busts of Wagner and Bee
thoven presented tothe public by Henry
Shaw, of st. L'yIis,- Mo-, were unveiled in
Tower Grove Park on the 6th with i'm
pressive ceremonies.
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HoN. JOHN A. KAssoS, of Iowa, has
been nominated United States Minister to
Germany; Hon. Alphonso Taft, of Ohio,
Minister o Russia, and John NJ. Francis,
of New York, Minister to Austria Hun
gary. So
THE National Association of Music
Teachers in ses sion at Cleveland, o., on
the 9th, elected DIR. s. W. Peniield, of NeG
York, President, and A. A. Stanley, of
Providence, X. l., Secretary and Treas
urer.
GENERAL BE:l BUTLER, on his arrival at
Chica 80 on the 9TH, was receivedsby dele
cations from the various trade organiza-
tions, and, later. there was Il grand parade
in his honor. He made an address, and the
streets were thronsed.
The formal presentation OF the Bartholdi
statue by the French Government to the
United States took place on the 4th, Min
lister Morton receiving it. De Lesseps
spoke. and Prime Minister Ferry, who
was absent on account OF sickness, sent a
well-timed letter.
The failures 3or, six months ended July
4, 1854, arefe Ported to number 500, COM
pared with T. IS. for the first six months of
fSss.s Liabilities fpr. the first. half foot up
to tie enormous suulaof $laAoo1, 900. com.
CARED 4itAe sec, ,oooNop same period last
year, or nearly double.
SPECIAL Agent WINES, of the Census |
Department, says thai Congress had |
agreed to appropriate S.5,o0) for the |
census work, which will continue il for |
the next fiscal year. He say s the work |
is continuing, but when it will be COM
pleted he can not tell.
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q. JAKE GAUDAIR. the champion St
Louis oarsman, won three mile race
with turn on Charles River, Boston, with
Hosmes, on the 4th. Gaudair also won the |
three-mile race for single seull. They |
think in Boston the st. Louis man would |
be formidable rival for Hanlan.
NEWS from Cairo, Egypt, SAYS n letter i
from X harfoum states ehat Eha rtnr,,p== E.