Fair play., 1898-09-03
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

the fhtIlpplncS have been ordered 10
act in accord with the Americans, but
if the Americans should prove unable
to make the insurgents respect the
armistice, the instructions were to re-
pei an attack upon the Spaniards
A COMPANY headed by Henry \. Ev-
rrett, a well-inown capitalist of
Cleveland, O., has been organized and
incorporated to cover Ohio with n
rhcap-ratc longdstancc telephone
system. 1t will be known as the Tn
ion Suburban Telephone and Tele-
graph Co.
Hon. Moody CrHRIER. former COVER
nor of New Hampshire. died at his res
iGcnce in Manchester, n. H., on the
23d.
A. Il. MENoCAI..civil engineer in the
navy, who was court-martialcd some
months ago and sentenced to suSpen-
sion from duty on furloLgh pay for
three years, for neglect of duty in con-
nection with the construction of the
brooklyn dry dock, has been pardoncd
by the president. which restores him
TO his former status in the navy. lie
tember |.
ALL the Madrid papers announce the
reassembling of the cortcS between
the 9th and 10th of September.
ILLNESS among the American troops
at Ponce, Porto Rico, is on the in
crease, and there are now nearly a
thousand eases of malaria and dyScn
terry, with Il few of typhoid fever
There is absolutely no rccupcrating
property in the climate, and Surgeon
General Grccnleaf has urgently recon-
mcnded that the sick be sent north as
rapidly as possible.
\ DISPATCH from Copenhagen, Den
mark, says: A terrible storm swept
the whole Jutland peninsula on the
2id. Many outbuildings were struck
hy lightning and siX persons were
killed and - farm buildings and Is
houses were burned.
On the I'D DR.. Cicon VI. Ilibbard,
house physician at the Planters hotei
in st. Louis, fell through the passcn-
ger elevator shaft from the seventh
floor of the hotel, a distance of - feet,
to the granitoid pavement. and WAS in
stantlv killed.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON will probably
leave for Cuba about September /.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON left Washington.
on the I'D. for New York. to Join his
: flagship, the New York, which is in
dry dock for repairs.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEIKEGLouN,
of the war department, is cont"mpla-
ting the establishment of Il line OF
transports from New York to Havana,
Santiago. Ponce and return. 1t is cX-
pcctcd that the line viii he ready for
operation next week. Havana will
not be on the route at present, but as
soon as that port is open the war de-
partments line of transports VIII
touch there.
The postal system now in operation
in the Hawaiian islands will be re-
tanned pending the Recommendation
of the Hawaiian commission. which
has already begun its labors there.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the Esd,
showed: Available cash balance, SIT,
SOS, SOL; gold reserve, 500 i3y 25i.
AT the Spanish cabinet council held
on the night of the ed. Gen. Corrca,
minister OF war. read 4 telegram from
Capt ten B.anco in which he informed
the government that the Cuban insur-
gents continued attacking the Spanish
everywhere. In consequence OF this
report, the council instructed Gen.
Bianco to resume an offensive attitude
toward the insurgents only.
THE second day ) session of the TWEEN
tv-fourth annual convention of the
American Bankers association at Den
yer, Col. on the 2ith, was called TO or
der by President Hendrix with prac-
tically full attendance of delcgates
The dav's session was devoted to the
discussion of practical banking qucs-
tions.
DR. Edmund J. JAMES, professor Of
political science in the University of
Chicago, has been appointed dean of
the new teachers college, organized o.y
the university on the foundation ere
nted by Mrs. Emmons Blaine.
LIEUT.. WM II. Osborn, OF the First
cavalry, died at Montauli Point, l.. L.,
on the cath, of yellow fever This OIL
Ger had been selected for assignment
to duty at the military academy.
THE tugboat Marian, of the Penn
syivania railroad, sunk at South Am
boy. y. j.. on the 2ith. All the crew
escaped except the pilot. James Hem
ucssey, who was drowned.
The statement of the condition OF
the treasury. issued on the 2ith.
showed: Available cash balance, S2Sh,
g3s. .sl4; gold reserve, 500, 375,oi9.
The queen regent of Spain has
signed the royal decree convening the
cortes for September 5.
REAR-ADMIRAL SCILEY, completely
recovered from his late illness, re-
Joined his flagship, the Brooklyn, at
New York on the 25th.
THE gross earnings from operation
of the Baltimore * Ohio railroad for
the month of July, 1898, were S2,3D5, ,99l,
an increase of S60.i9o
The statement OF the condition of
the treasury issued on the 25th,
showed: Available cash balance, S2S4,-
1886; gold reserveAe2leO O06, o63
The four big monitors Terror, Puri-
tan. Miantonoiuah and Amphtri;e, and
the cruiser Montgomery, have been
ordered by the navy department to
Newport, K. |. 1t had been thought
th. monitors would be used IN the
large ports of Cuba and Porto Rico,
but it has now been decided to hold
them north.
A Madrid dispatch says; Everyone
that a npacc treaty be
signed at once, and there is some ap-
prehension lest the government ham
per the peace commissioners with ridic-
ulous instructions Referring TO the
proposal that the government de-
nand compensation for the piers and
u,bIic buildings in CGba, Fl Nacional