Fair play., 1898-09-10
GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER

1t isrcported that the religious orders
in Manila are selling their property to
Hong Kong syndicate.
The lighthouses in the southern Phil
ippincs have been re-established.
Nicholas J. Shannon, one of the Chi
cago police officers who, on May l, 1856,
helped to quell the IIaymarket riot,
died in that city on the lst. The
cause of death was undoubtedly due to
many wounds he received from the
fragments of the bomb thrown by the
anarchists.
Ex-Mayor Fritz ii. Twitchell, one
of the most prominent citizens of Bath,
Me, member of Gov. Powers coun-
ell. and well known in business circles
in Maine and Massachusetts, is con-
fcsscd embezzler. The amount of the
| embezzlement is placed at 100000, but
it may exceed that amount.
Commissioner of Pensions ii. Clay
Evans has issued an order prohibiting
the sending of pension checks to gen
crai delivery" The intention of the
department is to have All such checks
delivered at the individual local adj
dress of the pensioners.
The French people now believe that
Capt. Dreyfus will he brought home,
unless he is murdered beforehand
through the inStrumentality of those
who dread his revelations. II he
reaches France alive he may expect
restoration to his rank in the army. as
may also his champion. Col. picquart.
Mrs Sarah Shankcnbrrgcr has been
arrested at Frankfort. Ind, charged
with murder in having Systematically
poisoned her dau"htcr-in-law. whose
husband was in the navy. on board
the cruiser Minneapolis. lie arrived
home on the lst.
GOV. Tanner of Illinois. on the lst,
refused To send troops 10 i'ana. on the
request of sheriff Colurn. ON the
ground thar he was opposed To the I'M
portation of outside labor into the state
which must depend upon the army of
the state for protection while at work.
The auxiliary cruisers st. Paul and
ST. Louis, at Cramps ship yards, Phil
adelphia. were returned to the Inter
national Navigation Co. by the govern
mcnt on the 2G.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the ID
showed: Available cash balance, $500
5is.gl2: gold reserve, S2l9 ,320,312.
An imperial decree has been issued
summoning the Austrian rcichsrath to
meet on September %
Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay, of Kentucky,
has sued for Il divorce from his girl
wife. Dora Richardson Clay. In his
petition be asks that the defendant be
restored to her maiden name and given
all proper relief, which is supposed to
mean that he intends to provide lib
eral alimony.
The Bcrtram ship yards at Toronto,
Ont, have been destroyed by fire. The
steamer City of Toronto, in the final
stages of construction by the Bertram
company. was saved with great diff
Guilty. The loss is placed at about SO.
600.
An agitation is growing in Yolio-
hama. out Of the purchase by the gov
ernment of four trunk railroads. and
reports are revived that the govern
ment intends to raise Il foreign loan of
$50. 900, 900 in order to complete public
works.
Failures for the week ended on the
81. as reported by L. G. Dun ~ Co,
were. for the United States. III, against
l9l for the corresponding week last
wear: for Canada the failures were -,
against -: for last year
The international conference at Que.
bee. ad journcd, on the I'd, until Sep
tember 20.