Fair play., 1893-06-03
.CURR ENT TOPICS,
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,
PERSONAL AND GENERki.

| tDat o-i)I 'hlncSc nave registered l he
largest registration from = single dis
| trict was in Colorado, where 800 reg
istered.
| IHEoS TEowEEInoE, Il years old. and
| Mrs. Able Carpenter, II years old, were
| married at the residence of Mr.. Trow-
bridge, in DarviIc, Ia. on the 23d.
II is said the large state dining room
| in the White Iiousc never looked 50
brilliant as on the occasion of the din
| ner given, on the 23d. by President a nd
Mrs. Cleveland to the Infanta Eulalie.
a LARGE portion of the town of Car
bondaie, Col, WAS destroyed by fire
| early on the morning of the 23d.
Twenty buildings were burned; loss,
| $50. 600
Mr.. BERNARD GoopE, of Detroit.
Mich. has been appointed superintend-
ent of the dead-lcttcr office, vice d. =.
Leibhardt, resigned.
THE French duke of Montmartc. died
| in Paris on the I'D. He wore the
decoration of the Legion of Honor.
THE navy department, on the 23d,
completed arrangements for conveying
the Columbus caravcls. the Santa Maria,
rinta and Nina. from New York to Chi
caro. They viii be towcd from New
York to the mouth of the st. Lawrence,
| and from there to Chicago. The service
will cost about 5000.
a SYNDICATE was formed in New
York, on the 23d, to handle the s.; ;.000,-
00N worth of bonds which representa-
dcavoring to place. The deal. ii is an
nnUnced, will probably be consummat-
ed when the details will be announced.
On the morning of the Esd a decree of
divorce was granted James +. Layton
at Goshen. Ind. Within an hour he had
paid all costs in the suit to get the mat
ter closed up and had taken out a
license to marry Maggie Young. They
were married in the afternoon.
WILLIAM SULLIVAN, who, on the 23d
pleaded guilty at Corunna. Mich. of
the murder of Mrs. Leech. was lynched
at night by Il mob of 500 men. just
before being taken from his cell
sullivan attempted to commit suicide
by cutting his throat.
Two MAD dogs made their appear
ance in the neighborhood of Forty
eight and West Lake streets. Chicago.
on the 23d, and before they We're killed
succeeded in biting over twenty per-
sons.
EpwARpCAs and Calvin Mathis were
arrested at Kansas City, Mo-, on the
3:id. charged with stealing 81. .0oO from
the Palace Clothing Go. during the four
years OF their employment.
ARTHUR W. CULVER, a young unmar-
ried man of Seattle. Wash. fell from
the third story of the courthouse, in
course of erection at La Porte. Ind. on
the 23d. and died within a few hours.
GAME CoNsTABLE NICOLAS SCHIEsS-
LER died in horrible agony at his home.
in Sunnysi;le. Long Island City. L. l..
on the I'D. after eating soup. which is
supposed to have been poisoned by
standing in brass kettle.
TIE Catholic chapel on Mount Cal
vary. about IL mile west of st. Cloud.
Mimi, was set on fire at midnight of
the I'D. and burned to the ground.
Some time ago it was broken open and
the mass book stolen. 1t Is supposed
to be the work of some person who had
4 grudge against the church.
TIE Rock Island IL ailroad officials say
they possess . jewel in the person of c.
Il. Jewell. the train dispatcher at Good
land. kas. Mr.. Jewell in some way be
came possessed OF the secret of Mel
bourne, the rainmaker. and has been
experimenting with considerable sue
cess in the northwestern portion of the
state.
BY 4 close vote. on the esd. the ma
tional commissioners voted in favor of
opening the Worlds fair on Sunday
The matter thus reverted to the local
directors. and unless the unforeseen
happens the gates will be open in fu-
ture on Sunday.
AT the Seine aSsizeS. on the esd. VI.
Arton. the Panama lobbyist. was SEN
tenccd i'll default to twenty years penal
servitudc for frauds in connection with
the Dynamite society. and to five years
civil DEGRADATION and the payment of
100000 francs fine for his unlawful and
dishonest practices in his relations to
the Panama Canal Co.
In compliance with request from
the secretary of the interior the secre-
tary OF war has prepared a list of army
officers who may be detailed as Indian
agents The purpose of the interior
department is to place army officers At
all agencies at which there are Indians
in large numbers. and particularly
where civilians have not been success
ful in the promotion of Indian civiliza-
tion.
The Atlantic tannery property of
South Salem, Mass. operated by Poor
Bros, the most complete tannery prop
erty in the vicinity. occupying ten
acres covered with manufacturing
buildings. was totally destroyed by fire
on the night Of the 2&rd.
NICE-PEEsIDENT NCMULIIN. of the
Chicago Il Alton Railroad Co. who had
been lying dangerously i'll at the Ciilsey
house in New York. for three weeks.
lie left with his family for his home in
Chicago.
LAWRENCE DEvINST:Y. 81 years Of
age. an oiler employed At the Oil Well
Supply Co : rolling mill. al Pittsburgh.
Pa. was literally torn limb from limb
ard instantly killed, on the 24th, his
clothing becoming entangled N a
swiftly-rcvolving shaft He leaves n
large family.
MAYOR d. C. ROBINSON of Elmira. y.
V. made Il general assignment. on the
2ith. for the benefit of his creditors.
making the Elmira national bank.
which closed its doors on the Esd. 4 pre-
ferred creditor.
SIR SPENCER ST. JOHN. at present
British minister to Mexico. has been
appointed to succeed Hon. Sir Francis
Richard Plunkett as British minister
to Norway and Sweden. Sir Francis
viii succeed Edmund Monson as minis
Tor m Ralpium