The Springdale news., 1889-06-28

THE eleventh annual convention of the Roman Catholic U nion Knights of St. John opened in Washington on the 24th. About 150 delegates frop various cities were in attendance.
 BISHOP JAMES V. CLEARY, of Kingston, Ont, has been nominated as the success sor of the late Rt. Rev. Pierce Power, Bishop of Waterford and Lansmore, Ire- land.
 THE attendance at the Turner's athletic exercises in Cincinnati. on the 23d, was immense. There were fully 12,000 spec tators present. The exercises continued all day.
 THE fertieth annual convention of the American Medical Association met in Newport R. l., on the 25th. Two thou sand physicians with their families were present. The association includes the leading doctors in regular practice, col lege professors, hospital surgeons and specialists.
 THOMAS GAvAN, dissolute young man of New Brunswick N. J., demanded money of his widowed mother on the 24th. Upon her refusal to comply, he beat her about the head with a hammer. He then put kerosene on the floor and set fire to the house. Neighbors managed to rescue the unfortunate woman, who was very badly hurt. Gavan was arrested.
 EARLY on the morning of the 24th a fire, which was caused by an overheated furnace, occurred in the buildings occu- pied by the Manhattan Brass Company, of New York City; loss S300. 900.
 THE President, on the 2ith, signed the warrant for the extradition of Martin Burke, the Winnipeg suspect.
 t,,I Do ri- the 23d. Mrs. Love and Mrs. Belva Lock- wood were elected honorary members.
 AT gala performance given in Berlin on the night of the 23 l, in honor of Prince Leopold's wedding, the Premiere Bal leriuas' costume caught fire and she was seriously burned.
 A THRER-DAYs' celebration of St. Johns Day by French Canadian societies began at Fall River, Mass. on the 23d, with sol emn high mass at the four French Cath ollie churches.
 EDWARD BURGESS writes to the New York papers that the Volunteer is all right and will not be sold to any one who will not race her if called on.
 GABRIEL RENvILLE, Chief of the Sisse- ton and Wahopoton Indians, had an in- terview with Acting Indian Commissioner Belt, on the 24th, and urged a settlement of back annuities due the tribe since 1862, amounting to about s}50,000. He also urged that the Government purchase their surplus lands, 901,000 acres. Mir. Belt favors commission to ascertain their value.
 CHARLES DE BAUM, the defaulting cashier of the National Park Bank of New York City, was sentenced, on the 24th, to five years and seven months imprison- ment.
 GANG of colored men and one of Hun- garians engaged i'll a serious riot at Jones, Point, N. Y, on the 23d, the result of which was the shooting of four Hun- garians by q colored man.
 TIE residence of John Ockershausen, the sugar refiner of Stamford, Conn.,, was burned on the night of the 23l; loss, SIP, 900.
 ENocH TOWNSEND, of Saco, Me, on the 23d, accomplished the feat of riding from Boston to Portland Me, on bicycle in single day He started seven miles west of Boston al a. m., and arrived in Port land at $ D. m. in good condition. The distance traversed was about ll2 miles.
 LORD CHARLES BEREsFoRD, Conserva- tive member fer Marylebone, will resign his seat i'll the British Parliament to ac- cept command of an iron-cl
 THE Princess Augusta, sister of the Queen of Denmark, was reported dying on the 24th.
 THE annual class day exercises of the Senior class of Yale College occurred, on the 24th, aud were attended by two thou sand people. After thehistories were read, the class ivy tree was planted on one of the walls of the new recitation building, during which an ode was sung. The ivy planted was a slip taken from a vine which covers famous castle in