Fair play., 1893-05-27

VOLUME XIII.
CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused
IN Hamburg, on the 10th, by the official
announcement that "A laborer had died
of Asiatic cholera at Schiffiucl1, a sub
urb.
IT is rumored that the Pacific Mail
and Panama railroad companies have
settled their difficulties and that the
Panama company will withdraw its
opposition line steamer service.
\ LnNpuN court has granted an or
der for the winding up of the CONNER
siai bank of Australia. which, suspended
April I, with total deposits of over sl2,-
OCT 600, of which $500 600 was lodged
in London.
IT is said that ar-Adniral Gherardi
will he assigned to command the New
York navy yard, relieving G0fnmodore
Erben, who viii be given an acting
rear-odmirars comm ission and sent to
the European station.
THREE more Australian banks, the
Bank OF North Queen sland, the Queens.
land national bank, with deposits OF
over 40,00O,o0O, and the Commercial
Banking Co.. of Sydney, y. s. w, have
been forced To end
THE local directory of the Worlds
fair. on the i1th, adopted the report of
the committee on music, recommcnd-
ing that the commission instruct Di
rector-Gcncral Davis to request the
resignation of Theodore Thomas
TuE ninth annual convention of the
National Editorial association met in
Chicago on the 18th The sessions
Were to last nearly two weeks, and it
was expected that no less than I.5Go
journalists would be in attendance dur
ing that time.
OH the Eth the Presbyterian board
of foreign missions ca abled all Chinese
missionaries as follows: Exclusion
act constitutional. Notify stations >
This step was taken in view of consc-
quent possible dangers which might
threaten American missionaries now in
China.
OK the 18th Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
reiterated his statement that he would
resign as pastor of the brooklyn tabor,
nacle on Sunday, the 2lst, unless the
Gr8debtcdncss on the ctlifice was cleared
off by that time. He referred to the
floating debt, which amounted to about
!slGO,0C0
JOHN w. MACKAy. the California mil
lionaire, arrived in Chicago on the 18th.
He will spend fortnight in viewing
the exposition. lie is accompanied By
Mrs. Macllay and his sons John w. Jr.,
and Clarence. Mr.. Mackay has fully
recovered from the wound received in
The recent attempt at his ass:lssina ton,
CLEARINGuoUSE returns for seventy
five principal cities of the United
States, as reported by Hradstrccts. for
the week ended on the 10Th, aggregated
s1,22l ,5i1, ,I06, of which amount New
York city returned $100.92A .0S4, Chicago
Sfo+,754,5l6, Eoston S3e,I5I24S. Phila-
delphia s7S,47i,41 and st, Lonis sa5,-
2S0, 1G6.
The senate Territorial inspection com
mittec will meet in Chicago on June 10,
and Immediately start upon its cx-
tended western tour. 1t will have fin
ished with Utah. Arizona. New Mexico
and Oklahoma before the summer sol
stice, and then. as the weather will be
hot enough for anybody, will probably
sail k,r Alaska.
THEODORE THOMAS had not. up to the
18th. sent in his resignation as musical
director of the Worlds fair. and it was
not believed that he would send it IN
until the board of reference and con-
troll had passed upon the mattcr and
tried to str;,ighten out the disagree
lncnt between the national commission
and TIE board of local directors.
\ NEW ul>ase has been issued by the
Russian government expellnw the Jews
from the Asiatic provinces of the EN-
pirc. The decree includes within its
scope thousands of Jewish refugees
from Shah jeth Ais prosecutions, who
entered Russian territory under Il guar
anty that they would be protected in
the enjoyment of religious freedom.
ATTORNEY OLNEY rendered
an opinion. on the 10th, in which he
holds that the laws of congress provid-
ing for the Worlds fair prohibit the
opening of the branch post office de-
rartment exhibit on the sabbath. In ac-
cordance with this opinion the post of
flee and other government exhibits
viii probably he closed on Sundays,
STuE. local directors of the Worlds
Columbia exposition decided. on the
10th, to nbrogate their contract with
congress by which they boGnd them
selves to close the fair on Sunday in
consideration Of an appropriation of
$500. 900 loaned The money will he
returned to the governiuent, and here
after the fair viii be opened on sun
days.
THE chief of the brrreauof statistics
reports that during the ten months
ended April 80, 453,95s Immigrants ar
rived at the ports of the United States
of this number $3.50 came from ter
many: 69,5l9 from Russia (eNcept Fo-
land: 4S, ssS from Italy: SS.0S1 from
Sweden and Norway: 40,09a from En-