Fair play., 1893-11-25
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL

to them in a material sense. They
would probably be more prosperous
under any strong foreign nation than
they are under the petty despots who
have ruled them since Dom Pedro's
days. The fact of the matter is that
our South American cousins have not
yet learned the true definition of re-
publicanism.
A CRANK, a revolver, a demand for
$4,000 from the president of a savings
bank, a struggle, a shot that hurt nc
one, and the escape of the crank through
a window, is the story that came from
Cleveland. O., lately. If the police did
not get the crank it is some satisfaction
to know that the latter did not get the
$4,000.
THE marquis of Queensberry has just
been married. 1t is to be hoped that
the marquis and marchioness may never
have to settle their domestic differences
by the marquis of Queensberry rules.
On the 18th Maj.-Gen. Stabel re-
ceived medal recently awarded by
congress for conspicuous gallantry dur
ing the war of the rebellion.
THE 13-year-old son of John Burgaff,
living two miles from Running Water.
S. D., took up gun, on the 14th, for
the purpose of soaring two younger
brothers, and in the attempt to shoot
over their heads he blew the head off
one and dangerously wounded the 9TH
er. who will hardly survive.
GRAND army men at Hartford, Conn.,,
are indignant over the action of the
post at Wethersfeld in burying with
grand army honors the body of Fran
els Gerhardt, a convict, serving SEN
tence of eight years for burglary.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and his fam
lily somewhat unexpectedly returned
from ''Woodley," their suburban home.
on the 14th, to the White House, where
they took up their residence for the
winter.
GRAND DUKE VLADIMIR, brother of
the car, arrived in Vienna on the
14th. During his visit he will reside at
the new palace at Potsdam.
HERR ERNEST Won PLoNER, the new
Austrian finance minister, says that
upon assuming Office he found the
finances of the country in favorable
condition.
NINE. MINcK, a noted socialist, was
sentenced at Lille, France, on the 14th,
to weeks Imprisonment for insulting
the police.
THE net treasury balance, on the
14th, was s9S, ,S76, ITO, of which $S4, 454, :
151 was gold and sl4, ,4a2, ,O19 currency.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has decided that
the next maneuvers of the German
army shall be held in Silesia.
BARON KoNIGswAERrER, million
aire of Vienna, died, on the 18th, of
apoplexy. -'
THE San Francisco Examiner (dem.)
and Chronicle (rep.) J, in leading edito-
rials on the Hawaiian situation, call
for President'Cleveland's impeachment.
THE steamer Canisteo. thought to
have been lost on Lake Michigan, ar
rived at her dock in Chicago on the
18th. While passing through the
straits she collided with another ves-
sci.
scene of a lynching on the night of the
18th. A mob of angry citizens gath
cred, bent on summarily disposing of
Curt Davidson, who brutally murdered
Miss Birdie Baugh, near there, and
then attempted suicide. So demon
strative did the mob become that the
militia were called out and the guard
at the Jail was doubled.
IT is authoritatively stated that un-
less immediate and extensive repairs
are made to the Chicago board of trade
building, that structure may collapse.
THE coroner's jury rendered ver-
dict in the Grand Trunk accident at
Battle Creek, Mich, on the 18th, hold
ing Conductor Scott and Engineer
Wooley of train No. 6 for murder in
the second degree.
The safe in v. Rochon's saloon at
Iron Mountain, Mich, was cracked, ON
the night of the l4th, and robbed of
5,730.
JOHN W. HoGa, chief clerk of the
navy department, dropped dead at his
home in Rockville, Nd, on the 18th.
AN entire family by the name of
Johnston, from Pike county. Mo-, who
had settled near the Glass mountains,
80 miles east of Enid, Okla, perished in
the storm that ragged on the night of
the 14th. They were living under a
wagon, with no other means of protec-
tion from the storm. The bowling
of coyotes and gray wolves led to the
discovery of the unfortunate family.
The Page -four mills of Fergus Falls,
Mimi, with a capacity of 600 barrels
day. the 12O, 900 -bushel elevator, 40 ,0c0
bushels of wheat, the coopershop. ware
house and a large amount of stock
were burned on the 18th. The loss on
the mill and elevator is $4,000, on
wheat and stock s25, 900. The insurance
on the mill is SIS. 900. on the stock s22.-
600.
AMELIA DARBY, who pleaded guilty
at Ottumwa. Ia, to murder in the sec
ond degree for killing Thomas Lloyd,
was sentenced, on the 18th, to fifteen
years in the penitentiary. She con-
fessed that she went to keb, lured
j A DRAKE, treasurer of the Indi-
ana, Illinois 4 Iowa Railroad Co., was
assaulted in his office in the Rookerv
building, Chicago, on the 18th, and
robbed of $50, 900, which he had packed
in a valise preparatory to going out
upon the road to pay employees.
Or the 18th report was current in
Guthrie. Okla, that the Dalton gang
was preparing to make a raid on the
Sac and Fox agency and Hoffman &
Conklin's store on its next payment
day. Deputy marshals were dispatched
to the place.
The overland stage was robbed, on
the morning of the 18th, miles north
of Ukiah, Okla, by lone highwayman.
The amount of treasure aboard it is inn
possible to ascertain. The PASSENGERS