Fair play., 1890-06-07

VOLUME XIX.
lT is expected that the Anti-Slavcry
Conference at BRUSSELS will finish its
labors hy the 18th.
The famous Louis-Qninze clock. be.
longing to Earl Fitzwilliams, mas been
purchased by Baron Ro,hschild for
81. 600
SIN children were killed by the fall
ing of Il swing at "A kindergarten in the
village Of Ecimskindorf. Germany, on
the :;0th.
The monument Ia General Robert f.
Ice, erected by the ladies Of the South,
was unvailed at Richmond, Va, with
imposing ceremonic, on the 10Th.
WILLIE DAY ran three miles in II
minutes aid 80 seconds at the New Jcr-
scy Athletic Club grounds, on the j0th,
beating his own tani the worli'sl best
record of lJ:Cs
EVERY State and every Territory and
many foreign countries contributed &c
the Garfield memorial fund, in sums
ranging from $50, 900 for Ohio to 81 for
South Carolina.
Two hotels and nine lodging houses
in Seattle, Wash, were destroyed early
on the morning of the 10Th. The in
mates escaped with their lives but with
out their wardrobes
l.. +. Watson (RcpD has been rcnom.
mated for Congress from the Twenty
eighth Pennsylvania district. Nomi
nation on the Republican ticket in that
district is regarded as equivalent to an
election.
TIE fire which broke out on the
White Star Line freight steamer Runie
al Liverpool, on the 2Sth, consumed
1000 bags of sulphur, many drums of
raustic and several bales Of jute whicE
formed part of the vessels cargo.
AMONG the passengers who arrived at
New York City,on the Both by the steam
rr Normannia was Booth Tucfer, IA SON
in-law of General Booth. the world
leader of the Salvation Army. lie
will remain in America about three
weeks.
TIE sudden breaking of a wheel of a
hand-car on which seven men were re-
turning to supper at Monico Junction,
Wis, on the 30th. resulted in the death
Of one and fatal injuries to another. The
leg of third was broken and Il foot
crushed.
THE prociamatio of Governor Thay-
pr of Nebraska resembling his call for
a special session of the Legislature. WAS
made public on the lst The Governor
doubts the constitutionality of laws
which might have been passed by the
called session.
\ OK the 2Sth J. {. Tarbell, of Pitts
burgh, Pa, entered suit against the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for
$50. 600 damages for the death of his
wife and two children, who were los; on
the day express the morning of the
Johnstown flood.
MIS- PETER LovET>EN and her three
children. living at New Haven. Conn,
were badly burned, on the 3lst. by a
fire in their apartments caused by the
explosion of 4 lamp Firemen rescued
the children before they were fatally
burned, but it is feared that the mother
will die.
DIFFERENCES in regard to passenger
rates in the Northwest were adjusted on
the 18th. and an agreement was signed
hy all tho roads to restore passenger
rates to the same figures as on Decem-
bcr 81. The agreement goes into effect /
on the 10th, and will continue for sixty
days. No road can withdraw except on
thirty days notice.
The National convention Of colored /
men in session in Washington, on tho !
4th perfected permanent organization
by the election Of Rev. j. c. Price, OF /
North Carolina. as president. and W. C. |
Chase, of Washington, secretary. A list /
of honorary vice-presidents, one from |
each State represented in the conven-
ton, was also selected
RICHMOND. Va. was crowded on the /
2?th with visitors who assembled to /
witness the unvailing of the Lee statue. /
Confederate cmblems, draped in gra ,cful |
harmony with the National colorS, fes- 7
tooned the fronts of houses and adorned I
the corridors of the hotels. State colors .
were swung like banners across the .
principal streets.
The dead body of Major \. y. Kim .
ball. a native of New Hampshire. but .
for forty years a prominent newspaper .
man of New York. and receiver of pub .
lie moneys under Presiden: Garfield, .
was found by the roadside. on the morn
ing of the 9th. at Jackson, Miss He /
had been attacked while on his way TO
his residence, just outside the city .
limits. after midnight and beaten to .
death with club
A MODEL for the Worlds Fair build
ing was forwarded from Jacksonville. /
Fla. To Chicago on the 2.th. II con-
templates i structure in the shane of q .
pyramid l.a0o feet at the base and l.200 .
feet high to be arranged in sixty stories.
each twenty feet high. or in forty stories
each thirty feet high. the material TO be .
entirely Of steel. glass and iron. Two
electric railways are TO wind about the
building ON the outsele from top to bot
tom.
THE American colony in London en-
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