Fair play., 1898-10-01
TOPICS,
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

m'lneS, en- route to Lexington, Nv.
went with his officers 10 LouisviII,
hotel for breakfast. The clerk in
formed Col. Goodwin that the coloreC
lIeutcnants would not be allowed tt
eat there. "Wcll. | won't eat here
then, said the colonel. and he left th,
house. followed by the captains. They
went to restaurant, n half block
away. where dining room was pro-
'idcd for the colored lieutenants.
Secretary of War Aiger. it is said
previous to his departure from Wash
Ington on his present tour of inspec-
ton. verbally notified the president
that he was ready to retire at any time
the president saw fit to relieve him.
DIR. John Harcourt. of bismarck, the
leading physician of North Dakota.
died at st. Joseph's hospital, ST. Paul,
Mimi. on the 10Th, under an operation
for gall stones, aged IL. He was a
leading Knight of Pythias.
Gen. Lawton. who is in command of
the military department established in
Santiago province. Cuba. has recon-
mended to the war department that
the American troops be withdrawn
and that the duty of garrisoning and
policing the province be turned over to
the Cubans.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Times says that IAN at
tempt is being made To have the Office
of ma jor general commanding the
army abolished and Gen. Miles. who
now holds that office. assigned to some
army department.
Although the Red Cross society of
Madrid offered its services in the re
ception of the soldiers arriving from
Cuba, they were declined by the war
department.: and at the same time lit
orally no provision was made To pro-
vide for their comfort. The queen
regent is said to bc indignant.
Gen. Horace Porter, now ambassador
10 France, will. it is said. be named as
ambassador to the court of ST. james
to succeed Col. John Hay. II is fur
ther stated that the French mission
will he filled by Mr.. Draper. at present
ambassador to Italy.
Count Stollberg- -Wernigrodc. a Ger
man cavalry captain. has been arrested
on account of the death of Sergt.
Scheinhardt from the effects of a
: word cut behind the ear. inflicted by
the count for impertinence during the
recent mancuvers in Alsace-Lorraine.
Alfred s. PinkertOn. of Worcester,
Mass. was unanimously elected grand
sire of the sovereign grand lodge. !.
o. q. F., on the Goth.
George a. Stcinway. son of the late
William Steinway. and a member of
the piano firm of Stcinwly & Sons
died at sea on board the steamship
Statendam. on the 18th, aged "a years
An elaborate programme has been
prepared for the celebration of the
proposed peace jubilee in Philadel
phia.
Gen. Miller, now in command at
San Francisco. will command the re-
Inducements ordered TO Nanila. Bat
terics \ and ID, of the California artil-
lcry. will go with the expedition.
John Donahuc. a San Francisco grip
man, found a purse containing S61.0oJ
in money and drafts, and returned il
to the owner. George Mu.iigan, re-
turned klondiker.
Over $4,000 head of cattle Were re-
Yards on the 2oth-a local record
breaker.
At an inquest held AT Bridgeport,
Conn, on the pod. hy Coroner Doten.
it was fully established by relatives of
Miss Emma Gill, of Southington, that |
the body found in yellow Mill pond,
September II and - was hers. Her
father and three brothers fully identi-
fed the remains, and the coroner is
sued an order permitting them to be
exhumed and taken TO Southington
for intcrment.
The acting secretary of war re-
ceived cable message from Gen.
Brooke. chairman of the Porto Gcan
commission at San Juan,
on the 22d, saying that 500 more Span
ish troops had embarked for home.
Hon. Aaron B. Pratt, CT Albany. a
former member of the New York leg
islaturc. who was in Denver. Col, Wis
jtinp his daughter. died suddenly, on
the 22d, of congestion of The brain.
A dispatch, received in London from
Gen. Roca, presidcnt-clect OF Argen-
tina. saws there will he no war be-
tween that country and Chilli.
Admiral Cervera arrived in Madrid
on the odd. There were no incidents
worth noting in connection with his
arrival at the capital.
, Nal., hof
he japanese government has decided
to negotiate foreign loan of $i0.000,-
800.
The steamer Alki arrived at Seattle,
Wash. on the sd, from Skaguay, with
20 passengers. most of whom were
rom Copper River. Fifteen passengers
rom Dawson had Il small amount of
yold dust.
A dispatch from Manila says: The
schemes of the Spanish clerical party
lave divided the Filipinos almost be-
7ond hope of reconciliation.
The comptroller of the currency has
ssued a call to national banks for a
-eport of their condition at the close
If business on the Goth.
The Windsor house at Eau Claire,
Wis, was burned early on the morn
ng of the 23d. Several women
Jumped from the fourth story. and
/, Mrs. Churchill was SO badly injured
la, she is not expected 10 live. A
,abv thrown from the third story was
,aught by j. Charles, and escaped un-
rrrt. while Charles was injured.
The steamer Campania. from New
York. September II, with the United
states peace commissioners on board.
irrivcd at Queenstown. on the 23d.
ifrcr an uneventful voyage. with all
well on board. excepting Senator