Fair play., 1890-11-15
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS =, BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Me cisr,. Dillon and q i:rien in case they
should visit Canada, said that the Do
, m!nion Government had no power IN
til" matter. The gentlemen were Brit
ish subjects and members OF the i:r:,
ish Parliament, and had cverY right 20
speak in Canaua
TIE iron steamship Howard Cassard
! was successfully launched az Locust
Point. rcsr baltimore. Nd, in the pres
encc OF 10, 900 spectators. on the Gth.
She is constructed on the Fryer plan,
for the Arrow Steamship Company. and
is expected to make sixty-tiye miles an
hour She is also claimed to be fire
proof impossible 10 capsize AMI un-
sinKablc. She is magnificcntiy ap-
pointed throughout and will carry no
freight.
PRINCE BISMARCK personally is OPP
posed to a local government bill.
A Collision occurred on the line of
the Canadian Pacific railroad, on the
5th. about three miles from Owen
Sound. ont. between the mail train
from Toronto and i wildcat engine. An
engineer and two others were killed.
EX-M,Y"E CoTrHELL of Cedar Keys,
Fla. who a few wcehs ago tcrrorizei
the Florida Federal officials, was shot
in the head and instantly killed at
Montgomery. Ala. on the 9th. hy
Chief of Police Gerald. whose life he
had threatened while under arrest for
drunkenness and disorderlv conduct.
CoNSTEENAIIoN has been caused in
Spanish clerical circles by the an
. nouncement that priests not of native
origin are TO he expelled from Mexico,
as the large ma jority of Mexican priests
are from Spain. where the ranks of the
clergy are already overcrowded.
IL Consequence of the discovery that
a revolutionary proclamation is in circu-
lation among the Armenians in Turkey,
the Porte has issued an order forbidding
the holding OF any meetings by Arme-
mans Neither will any sitting of the
National Assembly he allowed.
Two Socialists have been arrested in
Lisbon for utt"ring abusive language
regarding the King and publicly advo-
eating the establishment of 4 republic.
I>Ap"EE Cook, of Eau Claire, Wis.
elected sheriff on the Democratic
ticket died At two o'clock on the morn
ing of the 9TH, from cola pse following
the excitement caused by the success of
his party.
.IoHN T.. MURPHY, Boston leather
dealer, was arrest III at his home in North
Stoughton. Mass, on the 9Th. charged
with cmbezziing $40. .,a6. II from John
Hummel X Son. of Philadelphia. for
whom he was agent in Boston.
Buck TAYLOR, of the Wild West
Show, visited the Barge Office in New
York. on the 9th. and had talk with
General O'Beirne about the Indians
who left Antwerp on the steamship
Belgenland for Philadelphia Buffalo
Bill. it is said, would not send them to
New York because lie feared the result
of a rigid investigation of their life and
treatment abroad.
THE collector OF customs at Mobile,
Ala. has been informed that filing of
either a complete entry or a preliminary
entry at least six hours before the lading
of the goods is an Indispensable pre-
requisite FOR an allowance of drawback
on jutc bagging exported as covering OF
cotton in bales.
THE striking salesmen of the six large
clothing stores of Pittsburgh, Pa, won
their strike. The firms conceded the
demands of the strikers, with the eXcep-
tion of one or two slight changes, and
agreed to sign the scale
HENRY VI. STANLEY and wife arrived
in New York City. on the 9th, by the
steamship Tcutonic. Major Pond. Col
onel Thomas \. Knox. Edward Quin-
tard and Colonel Findley Anderson.
who. while on the New York Herald
sent Mr.. Stanley TO Greece in iS,iS, and
afterward to Spain. during the Carlist
uprising in 1870. and who started him
on his first African expedition to find
Livingstone went on board and met the
party.
Two MEN, said TO be from Montreal.
fell over the Garmeau bridge at La
Chaudiere, Can. on the 9th, and were
instantly killed. They were looking
at some work going or under the bridge,
When one of them fell over. dragging
his companion with him.
HIRAM BA>>ErT, past grand master OF
MaSons and considered the Mason of the
highest degree in the world. died at
MillcrsbUrg. Ky. on The 9Th, of paral-
ySis. at the age of seventy. He had
taken every degree known to the order.
DroH the demand Of the American
Consul at .Iuarez. the Mexican authori-
ties have released Henry Henderson,
the colored American citizen who es-
capei from Jail at .luareZ. but was re-
captured on American sol! an,i dragged
back to juarez by Mexican official.
The Mexican authorities have also
given the Consul assurances that the
offending Mexican officer will ne
severely punished.
'QrAY'~ dead: and his mail goes TO
the ead-letter Office now was the
ihoughtleSS remark that secured the
suspension OF Mrs Margaret Watkins,
delivery clerk at the Washington post
office. on the 1th.
MAURICE EEENHAEpr. son OF the
noted actress. slightly wounded on
the sword arm, in duel near Paris. on
the eth. NJ. Bouriey, dramatic critic
O. the Courier Francais.
EECENr explosion in the Chinese
Government powder mills al Tai-Wan-
Foo completely destroyed the building
and killed SOC men. besides wcunding
many Others.
THr returns OF the London Board Of
Trade for October show that the ex-
ports from England increased $500 900
and the imports decreased sl?o, 600 dur
ing the month as compared with those
for the corresponding month last year.
Two japanese students of the Michi-
ated quite sensation by eloping with
TWO American girls from there. The
Japs are kuisutaro Fukushima and Rel