Fair play., 1899-03-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

n al rIN~ and innumerabI,, hor,i,.r ,,n-
h'r'~ 81 clear idea of The necessity of
8 ruEHt shooting. An army in this
rouHtrr does not represent much gilt
Ter CT rcrmonious pagcantry. lut the
man who can send his bullet c;irect t.
the mark Is the most highly esteemed
rs a soldier.
TIL" navy department opened bids.
on 'hc 18th. for the construction oc
buildings and quarters for the new
naval training station. which l.. 10 toe
located on lerba Bmrna island. in th>
bay of SAN Francisco. There were. -
bidders for the work. hut the awarding.
OF the contract was deferred.
Joseph II. Choate. The United States
amhaS -ador 10 the court of st. James,
made his first public appearance il
England AT the banquet of the .A.,soc;a-
Ilon ot Chambers of Commerce. of the
uit"d Kingdom. in London. On tn.
evening of the 18th. He made speech.
and received an ovation.
t''N. Roosevelt has refused to COM
mat" til" sentence of Mrs. Martha
Place. The Brooklyn murdrres>. ana
she viii bc eiectrocuted some day dur
inc the week commencing on the 18th,
al Sin" Sing prison.
Democrats of the Utah house and
>cmat" secured enough signatures of
members of both houses % reconyen ,
the Joint session of the legislature ami
vote again for United States senator.
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The treasury issued on the 18th showed:
Available cash balance. $2... 500. .e.l:
gold reserve. $2+1.37l.341.
Count Won Beidenfcid. on trial in
Chicago on a charge of killing Chas.
Mcdonald, was acquitted on the 18th.
Work is being continued on tle Pan
rma canal. and nearly half of 'i.r e-rra:
undertaking is reported completed.
The queen regent of Spain signed
Ihc ratification of the peace treaty on
the Eth.
ti'a>. Eaum. who formerly conduct
rt department store in Washington.
has fled petition in voluntary bank
ruptrv. Liabilities. Sl25.3iu; assete.
200.
The transport Grant. whicl carried
zen. Lawton and his command To MI
Mia, will soon sail for San Francisco.
Shr viii bring home only >icl, a3d dis
charged men.
iaron RuSscll.of killowrn. rr.f chief
Justice of England. has been appoint.
rG 80 succeed the late Baron !irrSchcil
nn the Venezuelan arbitration commits
Ion.
The pope's convalesccnee is follow
ing the normal course.
On the 10th five men were kiiiad ami
:wo wounded in Il street fight IN ilot
Springs. Ark, growing nut of , part;
san fued.
Admiral Kautz reported The arrival
at ipia. on the 10th, of the cruiser
Philadelphia. He made no mention os
political affairs.
Mrs. Place. the brooklyn mGr,lercss.
WAS informed. on the 10Th, by War,lc':
SAG. of Sing Sing prison, that ';ov
Roosevelt declined to eXer,i.c any
clcmencv in her case. and s'iat she
must suffer the extreme penalty.
Joseph Mc-iill. editor of the Chicago
Tribune. died at San Antonio. Tex. on
fhr 18th. OF heart disease. aft an i'll!
ness of wsrk. His last wor'is We're:
What j. :heHhews:
Nine negroes. under arrest at Pal
mrito. Ga charged with arson. were
shot hv a mob of masked men on In
10Th. Four of the negroes wcr' s,illcd
outright and the others badly wound
ed. GOV. Gambler has offered reward
tor the apprehension of members oI
the mob
BENJAMIN Peters Hutchinson. "OlI
HUTCH" of Chicago board a: trad"
fame. died. on the 10th. at The Lake
,,en.va (Wis.) sanitarium. He had bcer
an invalid for several years. after 4
,,arcer that has rarely had au equal
He was 20 wears old.
\ resolution was offered in the Penn
sylvania house. on the 10th, by Me-
Whitney. of Allegheny. and adopted. |
requesting Gov. Stone to nan'a Mon
;lav. MAY /. 1889. as Dewey day" and
DESIGNATE the same as !; legal holiday. |
In the distribution of the $:i,00o.00 !
l,y the United States officials no dis !
tinc1iou IS TO he made between officers |
and privatcs. Each Cuban who was /,
under arms before the protocol WAS /
sirucd is to receive 500. The rolls /!
upon which the payments are made |
must have the approval of Gen. Go |
mcz.
The queen regent, on the night of !
the 10th, signed the DEGREES dissolv- !
ing the cortcS. convoking the new |
parliament and authorizing the pay |
ment of arrears of pay to the repatri- !
hted troops.
The crop of shamrocks this year in
Ireland was unusually large, and the |
steamship Teutonic. which arrived at !
New York. on the 10th. brought 35.OOC !
boxes of shamrOcks sent TO friends |
and relatives in this country.
The Cuban Generals, Pedro Diaz, |
Jesus Nonteagugo. Luis Roban, Al |
bcrto Nodarse. Francisco Peraza and |
Pedro Hctancourt, who had already de- |
clared in favor of Gen. Gomez as |
against the Cuban military assembly, |
have agreed TO dishand their forces as !
soon as .isc receive orders To do Sc |
from Gen. GomcZ.
The Royal clay works. at Nidvale. o,
nrc of the largest Industries OF its lind,
is to resume operations, after an idle
ness of three years.
\ combination ofdccorlted "'ass and |
metal lamp manufacturers is in prog
ress Of formation at Pittsburgh, Ia,
ANA, it is eXrected, will bc in ict;ve
operation before the middle of April.
7'he ploys manufacturers of the init.
cd States are forming combine,