Show POET shakespeare us erect a statue to his memory SOME SLY GERMAN SWINDLING they take advantage of the names of dead soldiers police parade in brooklyn CHICAGO may 27 special the lincoln park commissioners have been notified that the statue of shakespeare which they ordered nearly two years ago is now completed and arrangements range ments have been begun for its dedication lincoln park is situated in the northern portion of the city and although small ia the most beautiful tul an 1 picturesque of all the parks that i round chicago the statue shows the in the very prime of his life dud powers at an ago much younger than is represented liy any portrait or any kotlier statue the figure w sitting in ao eay altitude in a large elizabethan chair the right srm rests on the dack of the abair and tha right band is holding a play book the left fiand resting on the knee the head is turned so that the face is looking over the richt shoulder and so bright and animated is the expression that it seems almost aa if the lips were about to oleu in speech tiie whole composition is instinct with life and thought thy pose is graceful and outlines are harmonious and artistic the statue is in erenze A big police parade BROOKLYN N Y may 27 special the annual police parade took place today there were about men in line and they presented a fine appearance the procession started from the fountain in bedford avenue at 12 under the command of the general superintendent and marched to the city hall where it was received by mayor chapin and other city officials A of swindling BERLIN may 27 special A curious form of swindle has just been detected de by the police officials A number of families who lost relations in the war of 1670 have been receiving of late letters purporting to be from the latter stating that they detained prison era in algiers by the french government and begging that money should be sect to them to assist them to escape of course the parties receiving these promptly forwarded the money asked for without undertaking any investigation vesti gation alie police adeon the track of the swindlers lers and expect to capture them the german catholic contention MILWAUKEE wis may 27 special the convention of german roman catholic societies sent a cablegram today to the pope ormine his holiness of the meeting and its purpose and requesting the pontifical blessing for the delegates the demonstration tonight to night at the academy will probably be the largest gathering of a religious character ever held in this city tickets of ad mission are eagerly sought after espee tally by chupe who are not of the catholic faith as they are desirous of listen ins to the views of representative catholics on the educational question mr eair ordinary position washington D C may 27 special by the appointment of mr carlisle to the finance in the that gentleman will sustain a most remarkable relationship to the tariff legislation he was on the ways and means committee in the house made the minority report against the mckinley bill and voted against it now be becomes a member of the committee to which the bill goes in the senate and will again have a voice in committee as well as on the floor it is not often a man works speaks and votes at both ends of the capitol upon the same bill A musical festival may 27 special the annual musical festival chich ha grown to such proportions as to be almost a prominent event will bein tonight to night and continue four days the chorus of voices will be aided bv an orchestra of forty pieces there are many visitors here from adjoining states to attend the festival national contention Cen of barchers batchers Bat chers cincinnati may 27 special A national convention of but cLera assembled in this city today to day delegates are present from every state and territory iliev were welcomed to the ity by the mavor after d apo in of the routine proceedings the discussed alie conger bill which is intended to prevent the adulteration 01 lard officers of kobal yachts LONDON may 27 special the an nual dinner of the officers of the royal yachts took place today to day at the hotel Melro the chair was occupied by vice admiral sir michael seymour and were present besides alie prince of wales and the duke of edinburg the earl of Clau william lord alcester and sir george tron the duchess or abw catle london may 27 secial the duch ess of new castle to dabin the presence of lud ienco opened st Coln robs bazar at notting hlll prohibition OF ILLINOIS they are heliin a till le made far state officers ill the Prohibition ista are holding a convention today to day for the of nominating candidates for state offices to be voted for next november there are delegates in the convention and they are quite enthusiastic although they do not expect to elect thear candi will concentrate their forces on the legislature with view of holding the balance of power in that body the session was occupied with the transaction of routine and leading members of the by by p arty the platform will be in k epich with the declarations on all public questions of the baat national convention of tha party the candidates will be nominated tomorrow to morrow A philatelic exhibition LONDON may 27 philatelic exhibition which was opened last tuesday by the duke of edinburgh closed today to day it was well patronized by the aristocracy the worlds fair financial scheme washington D 0 may 27 spenial Spee ial the information reaches washington that the worlds fair people are already shaping things to call on congress for money this is BO authoritative that it can not be doubled it is only a question whether an appeal shall be made at this session or shall be postponed until the short session next winter about two thirds of the governors have named the commissioners for their states the president Pre aident has not yet announced the commissioners for the general government but as soon as the commissioners are all appointed they will b called together for organization they will then become the medium through which chicago expects to reach the national treasury for several millio i dollars before tt fair opens the scheme is well arranged and it looks as if it would succeed these commissioned is will be put forward and made as nt as possible in the beginning that will have the enact to emphasize the national and official character charac of the affair chicago will masquerade behind the commissioners and be as as possible oos sible until the chestnuts are raked out the act passed by congress contemplated a set of commissioners who were to exer ci a kind of lion supervision over the fair and to give it a national tone chicago proposes to impress the commissioners right away with a deep sense of their importance and responsibility and turn them anio a lobb to net a big loan out of the government tic lussere constantinople may 27 special the turkish officer and the five students who were arrested by russian soldiers for assaulting the wife and daughter of the chief dragoman of the russian embassy in a garden at buy and delivered by their captors to M D Nell doff the russian bador who at first declined to turn them over to the ottoman officials fearing they would escape punishment were finally delivered to the turkish authorities the offenders were promptly put on trial found guilty and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for six months in addition to this punishment the sultan has issued a special edict ordering that when the sentence expires the offenders shall be to tripoli for life M de Ne lidoff is satisfied with the punishment inflicted and has sent a letter to the sultan thanking him for the prompt action taken by tha turkish authorities in the case students ef ABB arbor ANN mich may 27 special alie field day sports of the university students developed into a email hut enthusiastic thusia and able bodied riot all passed off pleasantly until the sparring contest began in the middle of the contest wm vhay a detroit athletic club man was pitted against SC glidden n university student it was a slugging match of the most pronounced type in the first round vhay got glidden on tha ropes and pounded him unmercifully but could not knock him out both were liberally with blood vhay astruck glidden while the latter was on hia knees a clear case of foul but john collins a detroit man who was referee would not allow it and the students were wild vhay hammered glidden until the latter could not see or stand and fouled him twice but collins would not allow it glidden had to be helped from tha grounds vhay then had to defend his honors against arthur frantzen another university man and another disgraceful and brutal exhibition was witnessed both were bleeding from mouth and m se when the third round zen biad the best ol 01 the encounter but collins the decision to vhay ic seemed as if pandemonium had broken loose the students gathered around collins with yells of kill him and other remarks of this kind were freely shouted some one hit collins and he struck back A free fight was on in a minute A deputy sheriff rushed into the crowd to save collins in the melee he struck one of the boys with his cane and the waxed hot he drew his revolver and threatened to shoot but that only served to the trouble and he was pounded and hauled mauled bv the infuriated mob it took thre officers and a lot of fighting to rescue the depuy aud collins from the mob and it was not accomplished until the the deputy bad a scalp wound where be had been struck with a stone the scene was brutal almost beyond belief and the manner of the high toned students would have been a disgrace if displayed by the toughest prize ring it is probably that the leaders of the mob will be arrested for assaulting an officer and serious consequences are very likely to follow the fun of the students ST louis may 27 special alie annual convention of the protestant episcopal church for the dinces of missouri met today to day in christ church cathedral the meeting lormey adjourned immediately after the address of the moderator so as to attend the dedication of the cathedral which has auf juf t been completed the magnificent magni ficen structure was crowded when the services which were of an elaborate and impressive character begun this will be a memorial day to the members ol 01 the protestant episcopal church in this state not only on account of the consecration of the stately edifice jut fron the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization oe the diocese of missouri during the services dear Sc huvler read a detailed history of tn diocese of missouri the clergy anc lay delegates represent parishes ana missions in the state one of the most important questions to be decided by the convention is the division of che diocese it is expected that the stati will be equally divided into dio cebea and that the western half will be named the kansas city diocese and tbt other half will be known as the diocese of st louis if this action is taken by the convention the clerey of the western part of the state will inset next month at kansas city and organize the new diocese the convention will be in session some daya |