Fair play., 1889-06-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL .


President has laid down the policy that
justice. He was followe! by Senator
Colquitt and Governor Beaver.
SERIOUS strikes are being organized
throughout Belgium and are rapidly
spreading. Nine hundred cplliers struck
work at Seraing AMI Liege On the - i.
PRESIDENT HARRISON il said to De con-
sideriug seriously, III connection with the
vacancy on the Supreme Bench. the name
Of Justice Woods, Of the United States
District Court OF Indiana.
CAPTAIN 4. ". MEADE, Chief Engineer
D yalin and Constructor Miutonye, L. $.
", acting as IL naval board, have advcr-
tisrd Tor four sea-gUing tugs authorized
10 be purchased by act of the last Con-
sress. 1t is not unlikely the Department
will be forced to construct these tugs, as
owners OF sea going tugs are not anxious
10 part with them.
a GENERAL reduction of ten per cent. in
wages has been made by the ShenanE 70
Valley Pa.) furnace operators. Tie cat
affects 2,00) men. The operators de-
clare that the low price Of pig iron and
the cut made by Mahonin9 Valley fur
naces competed them Ia take this action.
THE British steamer Curfew collided
with and sank the British steamer Nyanza
in the Snez canal on the 23i. NJ lives
were lost. The Curiew Was bnt slight V
damaged, and proceeded ou her voyage to
Madrid.
THE Car met Prince Nicholas OF NJ on
on his arrival at Gatschina, Rus
sia, on the % /.
REV. c. +. CLARKE, his son, two daugh-
ters and niece We're burned 10 death in
III" destruction of their dwelling, five
miles from Virginia Beach, Va, on the
25d. Mrs. Clarke. two children and the
governess escaped by jumping from win
dows. The awful catastrophe was the
work Of an incendiary.
THE Suez Canal directors recommend
ar annual dividend for 1889 of - per cent.
The Comptroller Of the Currency, ou
the 23d, authorized the Exchange Nation
al Bank of Spokane, W. T.; the First Ma
tional Bank of Bowling Green, O., and the
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank of
Easion, Md, 10 begin business. with cap
itals Of $l000J0, $4,000 and S.5.0lg re-
spectiycly.
THE Commercial Tribune of Paris. on
the 23d, ordered that the Compagnie Aux
iliare des Metaux be dissolved.
THE expedition headed by DR.. Nauseu,
which left Copenhagen for the Arctic re-
gions in May. lsSS. returned to that city,
Oh the 23d, after having made an exhaust
i've exploration of Greenland. The great
est height above the sea level reached
by the party was 1000 feet. Tie explo-
rations were comparatively unevcntful.
THE persons who We're recently arrest
ed at the Adelphi Club, III London. for
gambling, We're arraiyned, on the % in
the police court. The proprietor of the
club was fined f;,00 and the secretary f20p
Mr.. WASHBUENE, the new American
Minister 10 Switzerland presented his
To President Hammer on the
,fth.
CHARLES CLENDENNINi, the oldest resi-
lent uf Allegheny County, Pa, died, GA
he 23i, aged one hundred and one years.
The deceased never used whisky or to-
,acco in any form, and up t" a few weeks
before his death was remarkably healthy.
The Pope will protest ut the coming
'onsistory in Rome against the erection
If the proposed monument in honor of
;iordauo Bruno, the Italian philosopher,
Who was burned As a hereto in 1890.
THE appointment of Captain Wm. VI.
Meredith, of Chicago. to be chief of the
iureau of Printing aud Engraving, IS 10
De made at once.
JOHN BRIGur's will was probatel in
.ondou on the 2!th. He bequalthS an
state of about c3j,0ol to his children.
There are no public requests III the will.
In the Massachusetts House Of Repre-
entatives. on the 9th. the bill granting
suffrage to women on iilU"rlicrnse gueS-
ions was referred to the mex; Legs iature,
Ifter hot debate.
THE German Government has arrested
, number of Frenchmen at SoUltZmatt,
Alsace on Il charge Of treason.
IN the race between the yachts Val
,yrie, Yarana and irex, on the ai'h. the
!uish Was made with good southeast
,reeze after a splendid race. The VAL
,yrie again proved the winner.
The Wayne Iron Works. of Pit: burgh.
Pa, will probably remain closed FOR som"
ime, as the Amalgamated Association
las sustained the demand of the pu,ldlers
or one dollar extra per ton for making
ertain per cent. OF BeS>emer irou. About
our hundred men are ont.
MR. ROBERT I. LINCOLN. the new Amer
" IL
vas preseIned to Queen Victoria at " ind
or Castle on the 18th.
THE Oiphcrt cvictionS III Ireland. on the
4th. We're characterized by de~ perate re-
isIance on the part a. the tenants. DIr-
ng one of the many meleeS, Police Iu-
pector Duff was severely wounded, and
everal policemen and bailiff~ were pain
ully scald"d by hot wafer thrown upon
hem by the inmates OF various houses.
'ourteei, persons Were arrested.
THE Lord Mayor Of London received
'axtaia MurreIl of the steamship Mis-
"uri and hi, officers and crew at the
fausion House. na the 2i;h. and present.
d them with testimonials for their
ravery i'll reScuiug The passengers - the
mixing steamer Dlumlrk. \ letter
Inch had been received from Prince
bismarck vas read. 1t was III -nly laudo-
pry II Captain Marre!l and his men.
THE Ordnance Bureau Of the Navy De-
artment has co,npleted two OF the ten
lch steel breech-load riff es for the
louitor Miantnn"mah. These are the
lrgest and most powerful guns yet
Irnei ont for the navy.
CARNEGIE. PHirpS & Co, of Pittsburgh. |
a.. have just finished two steel plates.
ach nine inches wide, Isl inches loa- and F!
iree iucnes thick. weighing nine thou
and pounds each. and showing sixty |
housand pounds tensile strength. krupn. |
T Germany. was first asked to manu- /
icturr the plates, but was unable 10 pro- |
uce them.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY TIcHEyoR has (
hirmed the decision Of the collector It /