Fair play., 1903-07-25

sons we're burned to death
Thirteen silver apostle spoons. with
figures Of Christ and the 70 apostles
upon them, were sold at auction in Lon
don for S24,jOO
LATER.
Mai. Edward Hughes, Louisylle's
UEy.) veteran fire chief, was run over
and instantly killed, on the 10Th, by
a trolley car. Maj. Hughes was one
of the bcst-llnown fire chiefs in the
country, and had been at the head OF
the Louisville fire department for %
years.
The Kansas City Star has begun
successfully the operation Of its paper
mill, built here within the last nine
months. The capacity of the mill IS
40 tons Of white paper daily, all OF
which will be consumed by the Star
and its morning paper, The Times.
Postmastcr-Gcncral Henry G.
Payne. who spent the 10th off Tomp-
kinsvillc. l.. J., on board the revenue
cutter Onondaga. sailed for Boston,
where he is expected TO remain three
days, returning then to New York for
another brief stay.
A violent hail storm, on the 10th,
followed by cloudburSt one mile
south of Trinidad. Col, caused thou
stands of dollars damage and a num-
Der of families to fee for their lives
The hail covered the ground to a
depth of six inches.
The body of Peter NJ. Arthur, grand
chief engineer of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, who died sud
denly in Winnipeg, Man, on the 18th,
reached Cleveland, O., on the 10th,
over the Lake Shore railroad.
As the result of collision between
electric cars ON the Oberlin branch OF
the Cleveland d Southeastern rail
way, on the 18Th, +. l.. Garin, of Obcr-
persons we're seriously hurt.
Prof. Hamilton G.. 1imbcrlakc. OF
the University Of Wisconsin. dropped
dead of heart disease, on the 10Th,
while taking bath. lie was 20
years old, and had been married only
three weeks.
Joseph Scott, the negro who as
saulted Helen Olson, at st. Paul,
Mimi, on the 18th. was safely lodged
in jail early on the 10Th. Scott does
not hesitate TO admit his guilt
Luther Sticriuger, one of the most
eminent electrical engineers of the
world, died at Pasadena, Cal, on the
10Th, Of consumption, aged So years.
Andrew J. Crawford, aged 81, mil
operator. died at his home in Terrc
| IIaulc, Ind. ON The 10Th.
-Four persons were instantly killed,
on the 10Th, near Avoudalc, O., on the
Pennsylvania railroad while walking
on the tracks.
The International Retail Clerks
convention, at Xancs,illc, o., ON the
nth, elected officers as follows: Pres
ident, John Il. O'Bricn, Albany, y. Y;
secretary-trcasurcr Max Morris,
/ Denver, Col; j. G.. Swerts. st. Louis,
Twas elected n vicc-prcsidcnt. The
election was n victory for the admin
istration forces.
| ''''NNb -h''EE'l' N'll'N' '7''7rN'
man, is lying at the Cincinnati hos
pital in a critical condition, resulting
from three attempts to commit sui
eide, on the 18th, on an incoming Bal
timore & Ohio Southwestern passcn-
ger train from the east.
Miss Bctitia j. Fowler. sistcr-in-law
| to Hon. Geo. Grant, a wcll-known at
torney at Saginaw, Mich, was acci-
dentally killed, on the 18th, by fall
ing from window in Mr.. Grants Of
flee on the sixth floor Of the Eddy
building.
The branch appellate court, in Chi
cago, on the 18th, affirmed an in-
| junction issued by the lower court at
the beginning Of the strike at the
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply CO.'S
plant, against piclicting by the strils-
| crs.
| Franz Won Lcnbach, on the 18th,
| finished a portrait of Gen. Stewart L.
| Woudford, who was United States
minister to Spain at the outbreaks Of
the Spanish-American war, for eXhi-
bition at the st. Louis exposition.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the Sl50OO000o gold reserve in the
division of redemption, on the 18th,
showed: Available cash balance,
$22s, ,7Gj; gold, S1Oo,432,549.
The suit of the board Of dock COM
missioncrs contesting the grant OF
privileges TO the Frisco road at New
! Orleans, was decided in favor of the
railroad by Judge Ellis, in the lower
court, on the 18th.
81 can not say the pope is better,
but he is no worse" In these words
DR.. Lapponi, on the 18th, summed up
the pontifTs condition at the end OF
the second week Of his illness,
| A terrific electric and rain storm
passed over Southwestern Iowa, on
the eth, doing great damage to the
crop of small grain which is Just
ready for the harvest,
The British steamer Monterey,
which went ashore west Of Point
Plato, island Of ST. Pierrc-Miquclon
! ~ f., July IA, will he total wreck.