Fair play., 1902-05-10

DR.. Lcyds says the South African
peace negotiations must be regarded
as having broken down.
Princess Radziwill was given two
years prison sentence at Cape Town
for forging Cecil Rhodes name.
Official announcement that Queen
Wilhelmina is out of danger was
made at The Hague.
The fourth monthly installment of
the Chinese indemnity, amounting to
81 30, 200, has been paid.
Gen. Palma. president-elect of Cuba,
reached Santiago and was greeted by
a crowd of 10000.
Many Americans are said to be seek
| ing homes in northwest Canada.
The king of Italy has pardoned Off
GERS of the United States cruiser Chi
cago, imprisoned in Venice for resist
ing arrest.
The final meeting of Boer leaders
to discuss peace terms will be held
May Is.
Members of the British house of
commons have asked the government
to pledge itself to prevent the trans
fer of ships to the American combine.
LATER.
| In the senate. on the I'd. during the
discussion of the Philippine bill. \
lively discussion was precipitated hy
MIR. Pritchard (N. c.. charging cor
rupt and cruel practices in North
Carolina to defraud the negro of mis-
vote. against which MIR. Simmons (N.
c. entered Il general denial. The
Rosebud Indian reservation bill and
the sundry civil bill were again con-
sidered, but not completed. In the
house the anti-conspiracy bill report
ed from the judiciary committee was
passed without word of debate.
passed was the bill to provide diplO-
matte and consular officers for the
Republic of Cuba.
| The 25 picked revolver shots of the
Chicago police force who entered the
telegraphic revolver contest in Chica-
go. on the I'd, against a like number
of St. Louis policemen, finished with
Il total score of 2.367 for the So
shots. Each contestant was allowed
Is shots in strings of three at a
target 60 feet away. George II.
WiedeIing carried off the h"n"rs
among the Chicago blue coats, scor-
/: ing 1a6 points in his Il shots.
, \ detachment of Chinese soldiers
belonging to the troops of Gen. Yuan
Shi Kai, the governor of Chi Ii prov
inve. recently lost 60 men killed while
attempting to gucll an anti-indemni-
ty uprising near the border of Honan
province. Gen. Yuan Shi Kai sent
three regiments To destroy the towns
i'm the ncighborhood of the scene of
the fighting.
At Rochester. n. Y. on the I'd,
Judge Sutherland. of the county
court. on application of the R"chcs-
ter Baseball association eastern
lcague) granted a temporary iniunc-
tion restraining Joe Bean from play.
ing on the New York baseball team
Bean joined the New Y"rks after
signing contract with the local
| club.
| X. G. Dun & Co., of New York. re-
ported on She 2d: Failures IN the
United States this week were 22J,
against 2I2 last week. Sol the preceti-
ing week, and 80 the corresponding,
week last year: and in Canada II,
against Is last week. ~ the preceding
week. and ~ last wear"
| Five persons were severely injured
on a vacant lot in Denver. Col, on
the ID. by the explosion of tank of
chemicals with which they were gen
Grating gas to he used in exhibiting
stereopticon views.
In the senate. on the I'd. during the
discussion of the Philippine govern
ment bill. the republicans abandoned
their practice of allowing the demo,
Gratis a clear field i'm the debate. and
Messrs. Spnoner (Wis.). Lodge Mass
and Foraker (O.) turned upon the de-
nouncerS of the administration. the
army and Gov. Taft, speaking hotIy,
almost unrcstrainedly in rcbukc "f
those whom they charged with tra-
ducing them, and a most spirited de-
bate was the result. Later the sen
ate adjourned out of respect t" the
memory of Representative Cummings,
of New York. whose death was an
nounced... The house. after the an
nounCernent Of the death of Repre-
sentative Cummings by Mr.. Payne
(N. W and the appointment of a fu-
neral committee, as mark of re-
spect adjourned.
| At the bicycle contest in the Pare
Linton. the English bicyclist. won tine
S0-kilometer race III 1 hour, . min
utes and 30 :i-.I seconds. This is the
worlds record for that distance.
Harry Fixes. the American. came in
two laps behind the winner, while
Robl the German. was third. Linton
led the contestants all the way, eX-
cept for a short time. at GO kilo-
meters, when Rnbl was in the lead.
The rush of immigrants to the port
of New York which has signalized the
first four months Of the year, reached
4 climax the week ended on the Sd,
during which time 25.12O immigrants
were brought to that city from tho
various European ports. The total
number of immigrants arriving there
for the four months ended April 30
was 17s,6O4. an excess of more than
thirty thousand over any previous
year for the same period.
| The remains of the late Amos J..
Cummings. representative in com
gress from New York, who died in
baltimore, Nd, on the I'd, were con-
veyed to Washington on the Sd. A
special congressional committee went
to Baltimore from the capital at an
early hour and accompanied the BODY