The Monticellonian., 1898-11-04
CURREN T TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

Because Of criticism of football play ing by Dr. $. F. Carpenter, one of the professors in Central medical college, at St. Joseph, Mo-, nearly all the stu cents have announced their determi- nation of leaving the college at the end of the present term to return no more.
 William Anthony, sergeant of ma rines, the man who coolly announced to Capt. Sigsbee, on the night of Feb ruary 15 last, that the Maine had been blown up and was sinking, has taken unto himself a wife fn the person of Miss Adella Maude Blancet, of New York city.
 France has complied with the de mands of England, and has agreed to withdraw Maj. Marehand and his ex- petition from Fashoda, leaving the question of right to foothold in tbe Bahr-e1-Ghazal and a station on the banks of the Upper Nile for sub sequent friendly negotiation.
 l.. z. Letter, of Washington and Chi cago, has purchased the premises at No. 1 Carlton House terrace, London, for his daughter, Lady CurZon Of ke- dlestop, vicerine of India, for $200,000 'Fhe locality is one of the most eNeIu- sise in London.
 It is learned from a sem-oflieial source in Paris that Spain has Ut last abandoned her attitude of claiming any concessions in Cuba and Porto isico as q matter of right, and has now simply thrown herself on the mercy of her conquerors. The Spanish com missioners plead that the full assump- ton of the Cuban debt by Spain means complete ruin.
 \ dispatch from Kobe, Japal, says: "fhe Japanese steamer Mijagaia sunk, almost immediately, after being i'll collision with the Japanese steamer Kinshiu-MarH. Sixty Japanese were drowned"
 Treasury officials at Washington are exercised over an official warning that has come to them from the authorities ii Canada that several people with pronounced eases of leprosy had sue eessfully eluded the American immi- grafton insNsctors and crossed the line into the United States.
 The American Association of Fairs and Propositions has fixed the follow ing dates for state fairs, to be held in 1889: New York and Ohio, August 2s to September 9: Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa, September to 9; Wiscon- sin, September Il to IS; Indiana, Sep tember IS to 23; Illinois, September 25 to 30; St. Louis, October 9 to 2.
 .o la termined that there shall not be an other Maine disaster in Havana har- bor when our troops and warships begin to go there for garrison duty. The American commissioners who are arranging the details of the evacua- tion have called on the Spanish au- thorities for an official statement to the effect that there are no torpedoes or mines in the harbor.
 The United States transport steam er Indiana sailed, on the 27th. for Ma nila, having on board the First and Second battalions of the Kansas regi- ment, under command of Col. Funston. The men are not in the least crowded, and the voyage will be a veritable pleasure trip.
 dispatch from Milwaukee, dated the 27th, says: No news has been re- ceiyed from the Tnissing tow barge Biwabik. On board the BiwabilS was Capt. James Edwards and wife, Mate George Currie and crew of four men. The barge Delta is also miss ing"
 Two thousand delegates and visitors attended the convention of the Ohio Federation of Women's clubs at Co., lumbus on the 27th.
 Boston has been selected as the place for holding the next National Saddlery convention, Cleveland, O., be- ing a close second.
 The government of the Netherlands has extended to this government an in vitation to be represented at the third session of the International Periodical Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Amsterdam, August 8-12, 1899.
 It is now recognized that the epi- demic prevailing at Samarcand, Rus sia, is the true plague. The mortality is high.
 The British cabinet, on the 27th, de cided to proclaim the protectorate of Great Britain over Egypt.
 While Vice-President Hobart was being driven down Broad street in Philadelphia on the 27th, the team be- came frightened and ran away. After several blocks had been traversed by the unmanageabie horses, they we're finally halted by plucky policeman, amid the cheers of thousands of on ev--,ers.
 In response to communication or the subject, Gen. Parade has assured the American evacuation commission, in Nriting, that Havana harbor is ab- solEely clear of mines ard torpedoes and safe for any vessel that may wish to enter.
 Admiral Dewey has cabled the navy department that everything is quiet al Pekin, that no further troubles are anticipated, and the American inter. ests in China are not in danger,