Fair play., 1890-06-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

l. all probability the President and
his family will summer at Cape May
Point, y. j.. either with the Postmaster
General, who has "A cottage there, or in
Il cottage that is being specially cos
Structed for his use.
On the 2Sth Mark Staniicld, propric-
tor of the Victoria Hotel, of New IoSi
City. and wrli-known to the hotel men
all over the country, died at the Vic
.>ria. He had been i'll for several
months
On the nth the tricnniai meeting of
the General Synod Of the Reformed
church in the lnitel States convened
in the First Reformed Church at Leb-
anon, Pa.
On the 29.h the House committee on
agriculture reported to the House the
Agricultural bill. which carries an APP
preparation Of 81, l0?, 400 for the Agricult-
u1ll Department proper. and the regu-
lar yearly appropriation of >ii3,ooo for
the State Agricultural Experiment sta
tions. The estimates submitted by the
department were 81 Dos l30 and the ap-
preparation for the current fiscal year
are 81. OS4. 40.
MAJOR FANITZA, on trial at Sofia
charged with having conspircd against
the bulgarian Government, spoke, on
the 2?th. in defense of his alleged fel-
low-conspirators and himself. He had,
he said, given lite'S devotion to Hul-
garia. and death. or worse. ignominy.
would be welcome 10 him were he guilty
of treason to her.
The various governments of Europe
are conducting negotiations with a view
TO common action for the suppression of
Anarchy. Germany is taking the lead
ing part in the matter. and the only
hindrancc to the complete success of
the plan is the refusal of Switzerland
to agree to the extradition of Anarch-
ist refugees
EMPEROR WILLIAM has forbidden the
Berlin magistracy to receive money for
the purpose of erecting Il memorial OF
the late Emperor Frederick. This or
der is given. the Emperor states, for the
reason that he himself intends to de-
fray the expenses of erecting the me-
mortal.
al between thirty and forty. mainly
women and children. lost their lives at
Oakland. Cal. on the 5oth. by the care
le>sness of a bridge keeper in permit
ting an engine and tender and one
crowded passenger car to plunge through
an open draw-bridgc into the deep
waters of an estuary.
Ar, Ia f,.r = IL =,
executive committee of the National
Republican committee in Washington.
on the night OF the 30th, ii. {. Payne.
OF Wisconsin. WAS chosen to fill III" va
canCy caused by the death OF Colonel
tioodloc. Of kentucky. resolutions OF
sympathy and regret for whose death
We're also passed.
DECORATION DAY was generally and
very elaboratelv celebrated throughout
the country, the ceremony OF chief at
traction being the dedication OF the
Garfield memorial at Lake View Gene
terry. near Cleveland. o., which was at
tended by the President and many
prominent officials.
THE United Presbyterian assembly
at Buffalo, y. Y. on the 5oth. referred
the Wisconsin Bennett law 10 a COM
mittee. The I-iair Educational bill
and the original Package" bill in Con-
gress were indor>ed. Princeton. Ind.
was chosen as the next meeting place.
IL the trial OF Major Panitza and his
Co-conspirator> al Sofia the bulgarian
Government rcpresSci many proofs ot
Russian completely in the plots and
brought forward only Su,h evidence as
was necessary 10 show the guilt OF the
prisoners.
REV. Dir. TAIMAGE delivered prayer
at the soldiers monument, in Greenwood
Cemetery. Brooklyn. on Decoration
Day. Ii is estimated that there were
80. 900 visitors 10 the Gem tory.
FIVE persons We're killed by lightning
al Hamb burg on the S0ch.
ONE person was drowned. one mill
and two mill dams were swept away
and the city was flooded by = cloud
burst az Arcadia. Wis. on the 30rh
THE Senate finance committee began
the consideration OF the House Tariff
bill on the 22th. and made consider
able progress with the chemical sched-
ule. the first on the lis.