Fair play., 1893-04-29
CURRENT TOPICS,
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

| stroyeo by l1re, on the night OF tn
18th, in the eastern wing of the He
henzollern palace at Sigmaringen
which did an immense amount of dam
age befd'e the flames were extin
| guished. The palace stands on rocl
rising abruptly from the Danube. ant
it WAS extremely difficult to get waite
with whici, to fight the flames
ASSISTANT SECRETARY HAM..iS la
decided that bottles. corks and tin fol
are not recognized by the treasury de
partment as Ingredients entering int,
the manufacture or production of beer
and it has therefore no authority to es
tablish drawback upon such articles
EDMUND REGARD. Il barrister of Rrus
scls, was arrested. on the 18th, for NAL.
ing speech in the course of which h.
used threatening language against th,
burgomaster.
THE upper branch of the Minnesots
legislature adjourned sine die at moor
on the 10th.
The village Of Jaszladany. Hungary
was visited by most disastrous con
tlagration on the 18th. One hundred
and twenty houses We're destroyed and
two persons were killed,
BARON OrrgS, Of Berlin. has fed tc
this conntry to avoid his creditors, who
have seized upon his houses and goods.
His wife has entered The Wcstphalia in
stitute as a sister of mercy, the Baron
ess Witch, her sister-in-law. having
adopted the five children of the couple
On the afternoon of the 10Th fire de-
stroyed the boiler house and brew
house, a brick building three stories
high, of the Peninsular brewery. gen
orally known as Kings brewery, at
Detroit. Mich.
On the night of the 18th James Burr
tinett, of Monongahela City; Pa, shot
and killed his mother-ip-law. Mrs Let
tie Troy. MISLEADING her for burglar.
FIRE destroyed the great structure of
the Clinton Wire Cloth Co. S works at
Clinton. Mass. on the morning of the
18th. Loss, S25o,0oO; fully insured.
THOMAS NJ. BARR & Co. of New York,
importers of coffee. assigned on the
18th, to Frederick r. L. Sherman, with
out preferences.
FoETY houses at Slirno. q village of
Bohemia, were destroyed by fire on the
10Th. Four persons We're killed and
forty Injured.
CAPT. JAMES MARSHALL, of Laurel,
Del, was found murdered, presumably
by oyster pirates near Norfoll. on the
10th
THE supreme court of the United
States will not attend the naval rendez-
vous ut Hampton roads, the review in
New York haraor nor the opening of
the Worlds fair.
Two persons Were killed and sixteen
injured in the cyclone at Usage City,
kas.. on the 18th.
On the 18th John Addington Sim
monds, the wcll-known English littera-
teur. died at Rome
FOURTEEN workmen lost their lives
in the fierce storm which lashed Lake
Michigan at Milwaukee on the 20th.
They We're employed in the construc-
ton of the new waterworks intake
tunnel, being engaged in bric!ling upa
shaft, LOCO feet from the shore. The
hurricane swept away the frail struc-
ture which had been built upon the top
of the cut to shelter the men and dashed
them into the seething lake. The tif-
teenth man was taken off in n precari-
ous condition by a life-saving crew
On the 10Th Attorney-tieneral Olney
appointed Edwin Corr. of Bloomington.
Ind, assistant United States district
attorney for the district of Indiana
A HUNTINGTON Il BIG SANDY passen-
ger train which runs between Hunting
ton, W. Va. and Creeds. Va. fell through
a trestle. on the Goth, and landed in
FourPole creek, forty feet below.
James McCreery, formerly conductor
on the Chesapeake < Ohio railroad was
killed. and several persons
we're injured.
A DELINQUENCY aggregating s65.OO0
% s70.o00 has been discovered in the
books of ex-City Treasurer Refs, of St
Paul, Mimi. the books showing no evi-
iencc of the receipt of a large amount
IF taxes.
The town of Water Valley. Ky. is
to have been wiped out by
ire on the night of the Goth.
GEN. SCHoFIELD received a telegram
m the Goth from Capt. Guthrie, at Ant !
crs. |. T.. stating that the trouble with |
he Indians was about ended. The /.
locke men and the Jones party were
for peace.
GOVERNMENT officers fought furious !
v with officers of the Northern Pacific |
steamship Mogul at Tacoma. Wash. on
he 2ith. Guns We're drawn and Gus |
oms Inspector Coblentz forced the /
nuzzie Of his revolver down the throat .
If the Mogurs first mate. He had a |
niger o. his spring trigger and for an .
instant it looked as if the ships officer
would have the top of his head blown .
Itf. The fierce strife to land the few (
hinesc was the cause of the scrimmage.
IT is learned that Land Commissioner /
contemplates a sweeping
'hange of officials in the various land .
'tiices throughout the country. At head
quarters it is given out that registers
md receivers will he allowed TO serve
'ut their term of four years if they have
-ood records.
LA " En- " Lillian IIoN T. HIS 1ShpQ
iov. Flower OF New York for another
Iearing II reference 10 the case of Car
yle ". Harris. on the ground that he
las come into possession of new evil
ence. Mr.. Howe will take with him
mother list of names of citizens who
igned Il petition for the Communication
{ the death sentence.
AFTER lingering illness of many
lonths. Mrs Aimira Hancock, widow
f Maj ten. Winfield 5. Hancock, died.
n the Goth. at the residence of the gen.
rails niece. Mrs. Eugene Griffin, in
iranlercy Park. New York.
GEORGE I. MARTIN. a laborer. met
18th a horrible death while engaged in
igging vault in the Jenny electric
ght station at Evansville. Ind. on the
sth- He had gone down about IS feet