Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1887 — THE CONTINENT AT LARGE. [ARTICLE]

THE CONTINENT AT LARGE.

The Civil-Service Reform League met at Newport, Rhode Island. George William Curtis, who was re-elected President, delivered an address denouncing the Democratic party for its attitude toward civil-service reform, and mildly criticising the President for his occasional concessions to the spoilsmen. The death of Vice Consul General Johu S. Miller, at Rio de Janeiro, has been reported to the State Department at Washington, v The national banks of tho country have been called upon for a report of their condition at the close of business, Aug. 1. A Chicago special says: “The authorities of Ontario have peremptorily refused to surrender McGarigle to the Montreal officials to answer the Baxter complaint. The fugitive remains in the vicinity of St Catharines, which will prebably be his headquarters for the present The Toronto Globe prints a leader advising the Government to surrender McGariglo to the American authorities as an act of courtesy. ” Fire destroyed Mason & Son’s cracker bakery, Licbrandt, McDowell & Co’s, stove factory, and other buildings at Baltimore, causing a loss of $1,000,000. Frazer & Jones, Syracuse hardware men, were burned out, losing SIOO,OOO. At Bowling Green, Ohio, twenty-two buildings were destroyed. A Chicago dispatch says: This week Mr. Palmer’s company, J which for two months’ has been delighting Chicago theater-goers by their fine representations at McVicker’s, will be seen in the double bill consisting of “Broken Hearts” and “One Touch of Nature.” Tho exquisite performance of the former play by this company will be remembered as one of the pleasant events of last season. The only productions at McVicker’s Theater next reason which are not entirely new will be “Ihe Rivals” by Mr. Jefferson and “lho Old Homestead” by Donman Thompson. Lotta, Boucicault, Florence, Mrs. Langtry, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, and the Kiralfys all have new plays.

William M. Gibson has arrived, in San Francisco on the brig John D. Spreckles. He is the deposed Prime Minister of the Hawaiian kingdom and was tried on a charge of defrauding the government. The trial resulted in his acquittal, and immediately he took passage for the United States. The steamer Olympia, which arrived at Victoria from Sitka, reports the seizure of a fresh lot of British and American schooners by the United States revenue cutter Rush. The seizure was due to alleged illegal seal fishing.