Fair play., 1898-07-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

TIE name of Ensign Bagley, who
was killed on the Winslow at tardenas
is TO be commcmorated 10y the dcsignat
ing of one OF the new torpedo boats TO
bear it.
THE Falls River Machine Co, Of
Cuyahoga Falls, O., received a con-
tract. on the 2lst, from the government
for 5000 shrapnel shells, to be shipped
rs soon as possible. They will prob
ably be sent to the Pacific coast to be
used by Gen. Nerritts men in the Phil
ippines.
The German kaiser is alleged to have
proposed that Germany establish a
protectorate over the Philippines for %
years, guaranteeing to rc-.stab.i>h or
der and bring the rebellion to an end.
1t is said Germany would agree to pay
1000. 900 marks in gold into the Span
ish treasury for this temporary protcc-
torate.
PRESIDENT FAURE OF France has in
vited NJ. Paul Louis Peytral to form a
cabinet which shall be representative
of the different republican factions.
THE amount of subscriptions re-
ceived, on the 2lst. for the new bonds
exceeded that of any other day since
the law authorizing their issue went
into effect Among the number were
several 81 900. 900 subscr iptione.
GUANTANAMO bay has been brought
into electrical communication with the
rest of the world by the establishment
of telegraph office there.
THE statement of the condition Of the
treasury issued on the 2lst showed:
Available cash balances, Slss.0Ti.iSl;
gold reserve, SlGi,.2222, ,031.
GEN MEERiTT's command has been
constituted the Eighth army corps.
GEN. SHAFTER and his staff and Rear
Admiral Sampson. with a guard OF sol
diers, went ashore at Accrraderos. soon
after the arrival of the fleet off SAN
tiago, and proceeded to Gen. Garcia s
headquarters, about mile inland,
where they spent several hours in con-
sultation with the Cuban general.
IT appears that the recent conference
between Sir Henry Drummnnd Wolff,
the British ambassador. and Gen. Cor
rea. the Spanish minister of war, was
brought about by Spains extensive
military work in the vicinity Of Gibrai-
tar. A peremptory demand was made
that the work he stopped, and work
has been suspended.
THE Spanish prize steamship Pana-
ma. which was captured by the light
house tender Mangrove. off Havana. on
April 25, was sold at auction. at New
York. on the 2lst, and was purchased
by the government for $il, 800.
BY the capsizing of boat in which
a party of young people were rowing
on Flint river, at Flushing, Mich. on
the 2ad, Chauncey Cook. aged Is: Lulu
Loup. Il: Odalina Loup. II, and Mil
dred Packard, aged two years were all
drowned. Arthur Maxwell. 20 years
old, in attempting to rescue the party,
was also drowned.
The situation in the mining regions
of Catalonia. Spain. is most serious.
There are Il 900 people out Of employ
ment and more factories are expected
to close shortly \ renewal OF rioting
is feared.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury, on the ed, showed:
Available cash balances, SIS. S.sl6,9S0;
gold reserve. Sl65, ,596.4lG.
THE report that Admiral Camara' S
feet had returned to Cadiz Is denied.
II is said that it could not return with
odt creating riots in that city and
Madrid, particularly as the admiral
said at the farewell banquet given to
him that he would never return until
his flag had been stepped in American
blood.
THERE is absolute lack of drugs in
Santiago. and the crews OF the Spanish
war ships there are on half rations.
MAErIN THoRSE, convicted of the
murder of VIM. Guldensuppe, bath
rubber at Woodside. L. l., year ago.
was sentenced on the I'D, to be ex-
ecuted during the week beginning Au-
gust \