Fair play., 1889-08-03
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERA. .

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posed he committed suicide.
Mr.. PATRICK EGAS, United States Miu-
isier 20 Chill, arrived at Callao, Peru, on
tn" lst, and proceeded on his journey on
tu. 9TH.
En- -kITG MILAN arrived at Belgrade %
the :itb. King Alexauder, his sou. met
him, as did also the Regents, members of
the Cabinet and foreign Representatives .
The report Of the committee on judici-
AIRY 10 the North Dakota Constitutional
convention provides for a Supreme Court
wi.h three judges, and six judicial dis
tricts, with a judge for each.
GEO. ". CHILps. Of Philadelphia. has
Received frcm Colonel Fred Grant, Min
lister to Austria, a contribution Of >li2
from the people of Carlsbad, 80 from
Mrs. u. s. Grant, and so from himself
for the Johnstown sufferers.
THE strike among the lasters at the
AtEol tMass.) Shoe C"mpany', factory
ended on the 24th, by the lasters return =
ing to work al AN advanced price list, To
hold good until Mr.. Brsed's return from
Europe about September u.
The trial of Mrs. May brick on the
charge of poisoning her husband will
Charles Russell has been engaged for the
defense, his retainer being 80 guineas.
THE Secretary of the Navy, on the 25t h,
awarded the contract for f1rnis hing iaS
tons of steel for the new cruiser Maine to
the Linden Steel Company of Pitts tsbursh,
Pa, for >li. .J3.
The Postma a,ter-Gencral is going to try
to p"pularize the Postal Guide, by the iu-
sertion, commencing with the August
supplement, Of matter of interest to al
patrons of the post office.
THE Interior Department, on the 25th,
issued "A warran; for >2s.0D0 to The dele
gates from III" Pottawatomie ban of Ia
dians, being ten per cent. Of an old claim,
the amount % which was appropriated To
the band by the last Congress.
A EUMBER of the wcaltnie-t and best
known citizen. of New York met on the
18th, at the mayors office, and discussed
plans for Worlds Fair, which it Is pro-
posed to hold iii that city i'll lSs2.
IT is currently reported in New York
that the failure of Lewis Brothers Sc Co.,
which startled the commercial world on
the 18th, was in some degree due 10 the
Johnstown disaster.
Ter To Portugal, presented his credentials
to the King at Lisbon on the 25tll.
THE board of officers TO examine appli-
cants for appointment as superiatend-
ents OF National cemeteries met il
Washington on the 18th.
The funeral of the late Jonn j. Mur-
ply, the celebrated trainer and driver Of
trotting horses, took place from St.
Jerome's Roman Catholic Church. New
York City, on the 25th. and was largely
attended by prominent horse fauc!ers
and sporting men. Robert Bonner and
iahe Case We're among the pali-bearers.
THE United States ship Galena was
docked at New York. on the 18th, for the
purpose of being cleaned. She recently
returned from Hayt.
SPEAKING of the proposed new post
office building III New York. Posimaster-
Gcnel nj auamakar, on the :.5ih, said:
''I'he building of the new post office i'll
New York Gig is matter Of ten years
or more after Congress has acted on it.
What we have t, do now is 10 put the old
building in condition for use"
HENRY S. Ives obtained 4 writ of ha-
beas corpus, reHrnable to the Supreme
Court OF New York. City on The Goth, re-
luiriug cause TO be chosen why he should
be longer detained i'll Lu How Street jail.
He and his partner, &. III. Stayner, have
been in confinement six months.
lN the debate on the royal grants in the
British House of Commons, on the 18th,
NJ. Gladstone said he was adverse tp
Eracticing any economy which would
impair the dignity and spicndor of the
crown. At his age he could look back on
A long career as a representative of that
crown with feelings of unaffected pride.
The son o. Marshall II Mitchell. the
United States Consul at Kingston, Ont,
was arrested for house, breaking on thn
10Th. He is thought to he insane.
THE Denver, Texas Il Fort Worth rail-
road on the 26th, made reduction OF
eighteen cents per hun irel on first class
freight from Denver fo New Go;k via Gal
weston and the gulf, and promised m ad-
iitionat reduction OF four cents III a few
lays. Arrangements are also being
made tn extend this reduced rate t.
Utah. Montana and ali Northwestern
points. The matter is causing no little
in railroad circles.
The English syndicate has purchased
i've Of the six breweries in Paterson, \.
J., for an aggregate OF s2,3S),O 900. The
former owners retain one-tGird interest
ia the concern.
AT the Detroit (Mich.) Driving Park on
he a6th Guy was driven with running
nate To beat Mau 81 time but failed to
10 it, ma';ir- the mile in 2:l2'i.
HUTCHINSON, OGn-T ~ Co, worsted
-aru spiuners. % Pniiaialp'iia. assigned
IN the 26th: liabilities aHoIt Sa2,901 Itis
hough, som, arraagem mt will be male
,y "! ich the firm eau continue business.
THE contract with the Uaion Iron
Works M S,n Fr,ocisc, for tha con-
.t.ucti,n of = COAST. dafsnsa vessel was
signed on the 2i.l, b. Secretary Trac,.
rbs cn,tr,c. nrict. i >-)l n1l
\ RELATED south-bpuuI Midland pas
:aupar train ran into an extra freight
rain near Waterloo. Va. on tine o6th, de-
.ailinc FIVE frei -ht cars and badly wreck
nr tbam ,u1 rha .n-ina E,r;,sar
Matthew Act,n. Of Alexandra, wa, badly