Fair play., 1900-03-24

the Beers from the Free State.
The Cork and Limerick corporations
refused to issue an address of welcome
to Queen Victoria and disturbances in
Ireland were expected.
LATER.
In the senate. on the 10th. the
Puerto Rican relief appropriation bill,
carrying S..09j.o00, to be expended by
the president ION public education.
public works and other governmental
and public purposes" was passed. An
order WAS made to take up the case
of former Senator Quay on April ,.
and discuss it until disposed of. 80. In
the house. il being the first private
bill day under the new rules. six bills
of no general interest were passed.
No other business of importance was
transacted.
The state department has been noti-
fled that the Persian government is
about to send a minister to Washing
ton. For ten years this post has been
vacant. the incumbent having left in
duIScon. owing to tn" mcrcilcss ridi-
culc hcaprd on him by the American
paragraplirr on account of his queer
name liadji lIasSan Gooli Khan, with
half dozen additional syllablrs.
II is learned that the purpose of the
government to acquire the Island of
ST. ! homaS. ID. W. l.. for a reasonable
consideration from Denmark. has not
been abandoned. Notwithstanding the
statements attributed To the Danish
minister indicating Il decision not to
part with the island.
The Ecrlin papers discuss the pro-
cccdin"S i'll the British parliament
with reference to the proclamation of
the English church in Dresden by Bocr
syympathi<crS. expressing their regret
and attlihuting the act TO street row.
dies, but denying Great Britain's right
10 complain.
The Strathcona Horse regiment and
100 recruits To fill vacancies in the first
Canadian contingent in South Africa,
embarked at Halifax. y. s. on tn.
transport Monterey. on the 10TH The
troops were given a grandcr send-Otf
than that extended to previous bodies.
Secretary Long issued. on the 10Th,
the order constituting IA general bolr.l
It" insure efficient preparation of The
fleet is ease of war and for the naval
defense Of the coast" The order d,.s-
,Gnatcs 1h,. admiral of the navy as
Chief of the bureau of navigation.
The miners employed at the works
of Coulter a. Huff, in the vicinity ri
Grccnsbur%. Pa, will be given an ad-
vance of ten per cent. on .Aprii /.
Here will he about five thousand af-
ftctcd. The advance WAS unsolicited.
Lord Roberts reports that the
wounded nritish officers and men he
found in I;locinfontein had been we'll
cared for.
After prolonged dc!ibrration upon
the Russian demands for exclusive
railroad rights in Asia Minor. the
sublime porte has proposed compro-
mise whereby the railways would be
constructed by Turkey and Russia in
partnership. The Russian embassy in
sIsts upon the original demands. which
the Turkish military commission
streEuously opposed.
In official and diplomatic circles in
Washington 4 denial is authorized of
I ablished reports that there have been
conferences with n view to the dis
patch of additional war ships and
United States soldiers to China. and
that news of the gravcst character had
been received from the United States
minister to China.
Mrs. Ida Grcycraft. the largest
wUman in Indiana. died suddenly at
her home in RussiaviIIe, on the 18th,
aged -. wears. She was sitting at
table with her husband, Joseph Grey
craft. playing dOminoes, when she fell
from her chair dead. Her weight was
about five hundred and fifty pounds.
Frank Cass, Is years old. was killed
at Levin Lakes. Cal. on the 18th. in a
friendly boxin" bout with Bert Whid-
den. In tn. eighth round Whidden
struck CaSS with a siN-ounce glove on
Tie left side of the neck. Death result
ad in half an hour
Capt. Joseph Nicholson. for 81 years |
warden of the Detroit (Mich) house |
Of correction, died on the 18th. The |
captain was widely distinguished as
an organizer and manager of prison
The mounted force from Kimberly, |
to the relief of Mafeking,
mad arrived at Warrenton on the 18th. |
Us the force neared Windsorton the |
ioers evacuated the town, blowing up |
he bridge.
Gen. Sir William Stephen Alexander
ockhart, commander-in-chief of the
British forces in India, died in Cal
'ufta on the 2Oth. He was born in
september. 1s4l.
On the initiative of Lord Roberts, a
newspaper has been started at Bloem.
ontcin, for the edification of the
roops.
The condition of Representative
Grow, of Pennsylvania, was
eported, on the 18th, to be improved.
St.Patrick's day was celebrated with
enthusiasm throughout
,outh Africa.
The Music Hall building In Quincy,
fass.. was burned, on the 18th; Ioss,
$1,000. J