Fair play., 1889-11-16
CURRENT! TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN.BRIEr.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


which had lasted two weeks, ended on the
5th, the men returning to work on con-
dition that the union is not 10 interfere
with the managers employing such men
as they choose.
Ex-PREsIDESr and Mrs. Cleveland
have matured their plans to sail next
June for Europe, where they will spend
the best part-of a year travelling over
the continent.
HERR BRANDIEs, the German official
who is believed to be responsible for
mitch of the trouble in Samoa, has been
appointed toa high Diplomatic position
in New Guinea.
BYRON, JoSEs, mine driver boss,
aged. twepty..threc. years, who had been
Respondent for some time because of
illness and family troubles, jumped into
Waddell's shaft at Wilkcsbarrc, Pa,
during the m Hght of the 9Th, and was
killed. Tie fell 900 feet and his '.uly
was terribly mangled. He leaves a
widow and child.
THE subscriptions To the New York
City World $ Fair guaranty fund amount
ed, on the 9th, to s....25s, ,O6l.
THE legal action taken against the
London Times by Mr.. rarncll for dam
ages resulting from the publication of
alleged libclous articles. about
the Irish leader has been postponed
upon application of the Times.
TEE members of theparty of the Ey
treme Left in the Hungarian Diet have
voted to reject the Hungarian civil list,
Oh the ground that Hungary has no
court, and, therefore, can not properly
a civil list.
GEORGE HANCoCK. of Salt Lake City.
Mormon High Priest, was arrested at
Payson, Utah, on the 1th. charged with
Mrs. Harp and her son. Geo.
Jones'. The Gentiles say it was church
murder.
The convention of the Tenants De-
fense League at Droghcda, ireland,
opened on the 9TH. Upwards of three
hundred priests and lay delegates were
present, and great enthusiasm prevailed.
THE annual report of the Board of
Commissioners of the National soldiers
Home, near Washington. shows that
owing to limited accommodations ad
mission was denied during the past year
10 a-larse numbtr ef.men entitled to the
benefits Of the Home hut who could sup
port themselves outside.
Two HUNDRED butchers in Berlin
have been thrown into bankruptcy by
the governments prohibition of the I'M
portation of cattle.
\ HEroET has been rhcoiycd in ZanZi-
bar that the second division of DIR.
Peters force is retreating toward the
coast. 1t failed to ctfeeta junction with
The first division. -.
MME.; AENoLDsoN RosSINGOI. the
prima donna. contracted at Montreaux.
IN the eth. to give fifty representations
N America under the management of
Mr.. StrakoSch. for which she is to re-
,cive $4,000 francs, Mr.. Strakosch also
paying the travelling expenses of the
ady and her suite of eight persons.
NEAR Delhi, n. ". on the 7th. a
Young son of Amasa Smith, while at
to kill a cat, shot and instantly
killed Louis i. Ogilvie, aged six years.
FATHER MCFADpEN, the priest of
iweedore. ireland, will visit America at
IN early date.
THE American ship Cheseborough,
captain Ericsson, from IEogo for New
ior1, has been lost off the Northern
,oast of Japan. Nineteen of her crew
Hcre drowned.
C,f>p,rs l., SS,,r1, D;,rl: fol.rra,l,
operator at Wharton, Okla, was shot
md killed by bandits at one o'clock on
he morning Of the 7th. Before expir-
ng he crawlcd to his instrument and
Notified the train dispatcher at Kansas
,ity of his inability 10 act further.
4 BOY. supposed to be Willie Dickin-
'on. OF Basscmer. Mich, who so mystic
'iously disappeared about eight years
lgo. and for whose recovery 4 standing
eward of 5000 is offered, has been found
n the Boys and Girls Home in Los
Angeles. Cal.
he Sth. granted motion To racate the
'rder of arrest of Contractor sullivan
or connection with the Assembly cell
ng fraud, but denied similar motions in
he eases of Smith and Andrews.
STATE TREASURER HART of Pennsyl-
ties past twelve o'clock on the morning
# the 9th.
LORD BEASSEY. on the sth. wrote a
etter to the master liShtcrmcn Of Lon
Ion. concurrir- in the contention of
'ardinal Manning ard the Lord Mayor
If London that the masters are bound
" tho Erassey agreement TO concede the
Of the men.
FRANK SoUTlI. the granger tinancier
# Fargo, n. d., has gone to Canada
With .Sf5.0Go. in cash. leaving debts
to from Sl7.0oo to $4,000, se-
ured by property worth less than S.
100.
THE President. at 1o:40 q. III. on the
'th. issued his proclamation admitting
Montana to Statehood. The documen:
5 similar in form TO these admitting the
)akotaS.
CAROLINE Donovan. of Baltimore.
Nd. aged forty-six years. has given
'i"''"vV.t " "ohhS tAtphiuS HiNtiSftS ~
ound . chair Of English literature.
THE steamship Queeusmore. from
Baltimore for Liverpool. caught fire off
he Irish coast. on the Sth. and burning
ow. sank off Mizen Head. -
. PETITIONS were presented to the city
Jerk pf Boston, on the Sth. for an entire
eeount Of the vote OF the city for State
Ulcers.
THIRTEEN loaded coal harges sank in
he Ohio river. twelve miles from Park
,rSbure. W. Va. on the sth. involving
/ loss OF $4,000.
A COLLISION between freight and
.ravel train occurred five miles west of
Altoona, Pa. on the Sth. Nine men
we're killed and about fifteen injured. a
number Of them fatally.
FIVE of tine crew Of the steamer Au-
-usta Victoria were locked up in the
N. j. jail. on the 9th, for
nutiny. They refused 10 do duty on