Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-07
IN GENBRAL.

decree WAS issued on the lSth OF August,
charging the Grand Council with dilatoriness
in advising the Throne, and delaying business
to the detriment of the Empire and calling
upon the Yamend concerned to decide what
their punishment shall be. The Yamens
refused to comply with the demand, on the
ground that the measure was more violent
than the circumstances warranted. 1t il
believed that Prince Chuu instigated the
Imperial action for the purpose of eifectlng
the degradation of Prince kung. 1t was
stated that there were nearly one thou
sand troops III Ientsin under COM
mapd OF Ii Hung Chang. Vice Admiral
Lessovski, commander of the Russian fleet,
arrived at Shanghai, on the Sd ult. w. +.
! Mangan, United States Consul ut Tientsin,
| arrived there and took charge Of the Con-
slnate on the LIST ut. The labors of Minister
A Angel and the United States Commissioners
were to begin in few weeks Advices from
Japan report that, owing to the depreciation
\ of the paper currency the Government was
/ considering the eXpediency of contracting q
4 foreign loan to retire a large portion of its
paper. The COrean Embassy left for home
| on the STU nit. Iear Admiral Clitz relieved
| Rear Admiral Patterson of the command of
4 the American squadron on the llth, and
4 Rear Admiral Patterson and stan sailed for
/ home in the CHy Of Peh'ing. Thirty men were
4 killed by an explosion in the arsenal, at
\ Osaka, on August 3lst The Japanese man
\ of-war RinjO htrdn, with naval cadets on
n board, WAS to soon sail un training cruise TO
A India and Australia.
Mail advices from Panama. of the 18th inst,
report that Colombia is taking measures for
the restoration of her navy by the purchase
| or construction of four vessels without delay.
She is also taking steps for the strengthening
OF her army. The Nlcaragtau government
| has approved the contract made by its repre-
sentative in New York for the laying by the
I Central II South American Gable Company of
n cable in the Pacific waters of Nicaragua.
The latest adyices from the South American
seat of war show that the town of Chimbate
| was occupied on August 18th. by the ChilianE,
under Captain Patrick Lynch. The report OF
4 the bombardmcnt of Callau arose from nh
! attempt by the Chilian war vessel Angdn,OS
to shell u Peruvian vessel with her long-range
! gun.
At 4 meeting OF pastors of Evangelical
i churches in Washington, on Saturday, M
address wns issued inviting "Christlans of all
denominations to unite iii praying that God
| will forgive our great National sins that the
/ people may withstand temptation to wrong
doing on the day of election and that the
candidates preferred by the majority of tn,
actual citizens of the Republic may b,
! elected" The address was signed on behalf
of the meeting by John Lanahan, Methodist
George Butler, Lutheran; Mason Noble
| Presbyterian A. n. Mason, baptist j. T.
( Rankin, Congregationalst Frederick ID
| Power. Christian, and John q. Ames, Presi
ient of the Young Mems Christian Associa
ton
Anna Chaplin. daughter of director o.
the First National bank OF Warsaw. Ind.
three weeks ago presented n forged check
| purpurtiug to be signed by her father at the
hank, and it was paid Her father, discover
ng the forgery, had her committed to jail
| refusing to bail her ont. A few days afte
she confessed that the forger was q. l.
tnt "a. and In Nra. al
lInt found bail. On Tuesday afternoon Ia,
raw Miss Chaplin i'll the jail yard, and. jump
| lug over the fence. shot her dead, and thcl
committed suicide. smith was a marie,
Inan, and the father ot two children, but wa
| trying to get n divorce for the purpose %
mc frying Miss Chaplin.
The report Of the chronological Conhus
sion has been Submitted 10 the Inferno
De partmcnt. Professor Thomas. who puit
sp rial attention to the raval,es of the Rock
| Mountain locust. does mot thinl the locust
viii do much lanngn nest year. Pofcsso
Riley, who has been attending to the cotto
worm, does not think the cotton crop ~
| Whole will equal that of last year, though tlI
acreage is larger He reports having ''reaclc,
Il stage III the management of the cottO
worm when there is no longer any tXclls
for loss by its ruyagCS, and that the cater
pillar and boil worm will soon cease to he
ca Use Of anxiety to intelligent and enterpris
ing planters.
4 stage coach was stopped by six maskc
highwaymen III Pierce county, Mo-, u
"Wednesday last, and the passengers, IL me
and one woman were robbed of their none
and vauables. About 5000 in cash was taken
of which A. =. Mann, assistant engineer o
i the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, los
:27O. and 4. II. Champlin, his clerk, Sl7l
MIR. Champin attempted to draw Il revolver
but was admunlshed to keep quiet by one q
of the robbers putting bullet through hi
coat sleeve. Two other passengers tire,
= away their pocket-books, containing : 1,50L
| when the coach was stopped, and rCvovcrc
them after the robbers left.
, The Mormon Woman Suffrage act does no
I require women to he taxpayers, citizens Il
= ! lawful age, or to have stated residence, n
! oil which Is required of men. In refusing tli
mundnmns to compel the registration UiirCl
, to strike women from the list on tiles
J grounds, Justices Hunter and Emerson, q
the Supreme Court of Utah, did not pass o
i the validity Of the act itself, but denied tli
d writ on the ground that the registration =
/ voters is not II ministerial act Justice Bor,
man dlssented, holding the act invalid, an
: that u mandamus ought to issue
William II. Fairchid, who has borne scyt
raj diidS6S aud served terms in the penitent
aries OF Michigan and Ohio was arrested i
Chicago, yesterday, for the murder Of an oil
man named Richard French. 1t IL allegc
child and his wife, in 1878, under pretencc G
. | being taken care of by them. and was thel
murdered in cold blood. The crime was dis
covered by the Chief of Police of Tolcd,
, Ohio, through the prattlng of Fairchd
little girl.
Anna StrOker, on trial at Manitowoc, Ills
for the murder of her employer, Miss Name
l lieywood confessed her guilt last week /
l her mother, and repeated the confession
( court. The murder was committed ina tit Z
/ passion by striking Miss Haywood on the nee
: and head with an axe the prOvOcatiun bcin
a sculding given to the girl. When the latte
found that her mistress was dead, she draggu
the body into the yard and concealed it. III
girl Is only II years of age. and cannot rea
4 or write.
+ Its reported from Fort Cummings thu
. ! Colonel Buclls grand move to Captnr
1 Nlctorla's band in Mexico hus proved an ute
A failure. Victoria slipped from the circle q
= MeAicail, Arizona and Texan troops, by while
he was To br surrounded, and his ban
y divided. Part went to the Candclaria nuu
d talls, and the main band doubled ON Buell.
tram nud attacked Fort Cummings ON Thurs
L day night. The saNages were driven on, bu
secured some cattle.
q Edward Cromwell, while working in n tirl
with Nathan lambdin, his employer, i
ffcilch i-lch township, Indiana, yesterday
Was suddenly attacked by II rhIl followed h
high fever. During the fcbrc paroxysn
Cromwell shot l.ambdin III the neck AN,
v shoulder. and stabbed him in the neck, alu
r then ran to 4 river near by and drowned
himself. lumbdln is expected Ia recover
% Ii II supposed Cromwell was ulcliruuS.
4 The pork packing establishments Of ross ,
:. Homer aud Paul Cable ut Canton. near fin
city limits ui Baltimore, were DESTROYED IL
' ilru Alrnday afternoon The loss of Fos,
= Homer is estimated ut S5O.OnO, and anon,
= the assurances is one of S5.nuu in the liu
T ASsorlatlun Of fhadclphln. Paul liable
D loss il estimated at S2n.UOO. among the insur
. nuc" being one of Si.00O III the Nprtl
American Company, Of Philadelphia.
. The largest casting ever made IN the Unite,
States Was ttflud ont Tuesday morning N
:, III" Black Diamond Steel Works. in pittslur,,
II was an anvil block for Aeycutecn.in,
, hammer, ltS weight being 100 tons. NV
: furnaces were built expressly to melt th
E IRON. and II took seven hours Ia RIM lin
- metal, Five months must rnpse before tl,
mass Is cool enough to handle.
The Commissioner for the Inturnationp
Park, nj Niagara, On the Cauudu side. h,v,
ordered a survey, which will begin tu-,l,,v Nv
tending from Victoria Point TO the hrnd ~
Z the rapids, Il distance of three miles. ON IA,
completion ni th" survey the commits siourr
, VIII Nnllr the property. for the purpose N
, reporting TO the Dominion Parliament ut il,
next session.
a locomotive, drawing heavy freight trai,
on the ROME Watcrtown ~ Ogdrp,biir,s vii
road exploded, last Thursday M IN,
village Of canton. Heavy fragments of iron
were thrown tua distance 100 yards. and thu
lleldS around wrr" ,trrNn with pieces of thc
Mrsrk; strangely enough, the fireman was