Fair play., 1893-05-20
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS III BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


York city. where he went to Civ
an exhibition IL the Indian departrnen
OF the New York Press club fair. unde
the direction of Miss Ellen Sickle.
government Indian agent. He is to RI
turn later to take charge of an exter
slVe Indian exhibit at the Worlds fail
liIE Iowa supreme court has decide
the stuhhornly-contcstcd case of tn
Iowa Electric Medical college. holding
that the state board of medical exam
liners has the right to fix standards fo
medical colleges.
IHE Gcra. from Bremen, arrived a
New York, on the Sth, with one cas-
of smallpox among her LAO steerag
passengers, and was detained for disin
fecti"n. All passengers in the steerag,
were vacrinated
COMMISSIONER BIorNr has been ap
pointed envoy extraordinary and min
lister plcnipotentiary to Hawaii.
QUEEN VICTORIA held drawing
room ut Buckingham palace on tn,
".h. Among the ladies received by he
majesty were a number of Americans
resident or visiting in London
LORD WILLIAM pArIET died in Lon
don on tn" 9Th. He was born July Z
lhoi. Lord 'aulet was a field marsha
III the british army and dis,inguishe,
himself IN the Crimcan war.
The village of North Galveston. Ind,
was almost totally destroyed by tis,
early on the morning of the 9th. IN,
residence of J. j. jackson, among 9th
erS, was consumed, and tho entire fam
1iy. consisting of himself. wife. tw,
sons and daughter. persisted in the
names. Several other persons were
ha"!y burned, and many made theis
escape clad only in their night clothes.
PRESIDENT CLEvELANDs order shut
sing the White House door to Office
seekers IS not without precedent, de-
spite assertions to the contrary,
Nearly eight years ago. on October ~.
Mr. Cleveland issued n similar state
ment, IN which he not only said that he
would 'icciinc to see those seeking pub-
lie ',ositions, bat their advocates as
well.
DrRlNG the performance at theater
III Lcmherg. the capital of Austrian
tfalicia, on the night of the 9TH, Herr
beicZuk, one of the actors. drew a re-
volver in full sight of the audience,
placed the weapon to his head and blew
his brains out. 1t WAS subsequently,
learned that Herr Delczuks act was
prompted by jealousy.
HE deposits of the exhibitors and all
foreign commissions involved in the
failure Of the Chemical national bank
Of Chicago will be guaranteed by the
Nori is fair directors and the citizens
of Chicago.
THE president has sappointcdJ. Hamr-
ton lioge. of Virginia, to be United
States consul at Annoy, China, vice Ed
ward Rcdloc, of Philadelphia.
THE newspapers of Rome assert that
Won Bulow, the rrussian minister Ia
the vatican. visited Cardinal Rampolla.
the papal secretary of state. and ex-
pressed surprise. in behalf OF the
PruSsian government. that his holiness
had departed from the customary linn
its of prudence in his recent political
remarks to the Catholic pilgrims from
Gcrmany.
FIRE in the town of Spring Lake.
Mach.. on the lith, DESTROYED over fifty
tlouses, including one belonging to
Warren Gee, valued at $4,000 Two
churches, the schoolhouse and the town
hall were also burned.
MATHEW O'BRIEN was burned to
death and William Whalen wasso badly
h'rncd that he will probably die. by a
nrc which destroyed the boarding house
al Mrs. Graham in New Rochelle. n.
v, on the nth.
a BOAT containing party of six
young men engaged in spearing fish in
the lake off Lexington. Mich. on the
night OF the 9Th. capsized, and two of
the party were drowned.
GEN. EDWARD ID. TOWNSEND. for
number of years adjutant-general of
The army. died at his residence in
Wa shington on the 11th.
\ sorrn-BoUND freight train on the
Ohio River railroad went off the track
ut Walkers. W. Va. early on the morn
ing of the llth. falling thirty-tivc feet.
Five oil ears. the caboose and two cars
of general merchandise were burned
Two men were killed. and another was
fatally injured.
THE Capital national bank of Indian
apoliS. Ind, suspended on the l1th.
The state bank examiner is in charge
The bank is the depository for num-
ber of building associations. The an
nouncement of the suspension of the |
bank came as great shock to the peo- /
pie interested.
TIE foreign commissioners, repre- |
senting France. Germany, Austria. /
Spain. England and the minor coun- /
tries. served notice on the Worlds fair .
authorizes, on the 1lth. that they would .
withdraw their exhibits entirely from
competition unless awards We're made .
by juries. and not by single judge. /
The tight money scare has had q dis
nstrous effect on the Worlds fair at
tendance. The total attendance, up to
the llth. was 2s5.oo0. and the money.
taken in 1T the gate will not so far pay
the running expenses. Interest on So,
O00.0o bonds is about due and it looks
as If the directors must borrow S30o.00o
to take up the coupons.
OVERCOME with shame and remorse
at being Il prisoner in the city Jail at
Baltimore. Md. on 4 charge of assault.
George 7. Roseway committed suicide
in his cell on the morning of the llth-
He was found hanging from an upper
cross-bar by a long black silk neclktie.
4 TORNADO which did considerable
damage to farm buildings and orchards
and slightly injured all the members
o. three families. passed near Pinkney,
Mich. on the 18th.
THE train house and power house of :
the Grand View Beach Electric road 1T
Rochester. y. V, which runs along the
lake shore for several miles We're burned
to the ground on the llth. The loss is
$4,000. covered by insurance. The .
business will be a total loss. ,