Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-14
IN GEN ER1L.

persons convicted of larceny by any court OF
competent jurisdiction, without regard TO the
grade of the crime forfeit the elective fran
chise The Republican State Committee, how
ever, hold that when the conviction IL for
less sum than $50, the Oifense IL only u mis-
demeanor, not felony, and does not work
such disqualification. The Republican Com
mttee have, therefore, issued circular
| threatening registration officers with proseeu-
! ton IN the United States Courts 'if they IN
terfere in any way with the right of Il citizen
to vote ON account of his conviction IN
Justices Court. The Democratic Committee
on the other hand, insist that the Attorney
| Generals interruption shall govern the regis
| tration officers.
Lieutenant John Wykof, OF the revenue
cutter COi7rin has arrived at San Francisco
on the steam whaler Mary drd Heietl, III q
days from the Arctic Ocean. He reports that
the Coricin made trips to Herald Island, but |
was prevented from making landing by the |
ice. She trayeraed the Arctic waters in every |
direction between that island and Point |
Barrow without getting any news of the |
,L.dnneitr but would make another attempt to |
reach Herald Island before the close of the |
| season. The schooner Ldttttu WAS seized ut |
4 Port Hope on the 18th of August for violation |
of the revenue laws and Lieut. Wykon was |
put in charge. The LdtHd was totally |
| wrecked on st. Lawrence Island on Septem- |
Der 18th, and on September 18th Wykof |
| reached plOvcr Bay, where lie found the |
! Ndyg and Heien, and took passage in her
Lizzie +. Raston widow Of the late W. G.. |
1 Ralston. has brought suit in the superior |
Court ut San Francisco against Senator |
Z Sharon, Ralston's business partner and one of
/ the executors of his will. She alleges, III Il !
document covering 2G5 pages, that she was
! the sole beneficiary of the will THAT the
! partnership property Mt the time of lsalston'S
/ death amounted in value To about |
( 930,0O0,O 900 that laston just before his
death, gave Sharon Il trust deed of
| his property that Sharon las had the
custody of the partnership books and papers
| that M inventory of the estate Of Ralston has
! been filed by the executors, and that sharon,
| by false representations and other means, has
deflaudcd complainant III the settlement OF
/ her late husbands estate OF u large amount
| for which she demands an accounting and
| such restitution Us inny seem just
The King of the Sandwich Islands, "under
! the influence of foreign residents and to pro-
mote the business interests of the Kingdom
/ has changed his entire policy He has
| appointed Il new cabinet and Withdrawn the
powers conferred on MIR. Moreno ms Minister
| to the United States, England and France,
] dismlssing that gentleman absolutely from ali
employment under the Hawaiian Government.
| Ii is said. also that the subsidy to the Chinese
| Steam Line will not he pnid The new Cab
| net is constituted AZ follows William L..
Green, Minister of Foreign Affairs Henry
John $. Walker, Minister of Finance and
Attorney General al interim, awaiting the
arrival of William Nevns Armstrong.
Particulars of the butchery of the crew of
| the schooner Esp,TdHzd. by the natives of the
solomon Islands, show that the vessel put
into Colo langhamgra and dispute arose
between the chief of that place and Captain
Mclntosh. The natives WHO were allowed to
20 ON board for trading purposes, swarmed
into the vessel and killed the captain, mate
and crew with their tomahawks. The crew,
-four IN number. were natives of different
islands. After stripping the vessel of every
thing that might be valuable to them, the
saNages burned It, To Conceal the CRIME.
Mr.. Moreno, the Hawaiian Minister at
Washington, dsrredits the report photographed
from san Fraucscol that the extraordinary
powers conferred upon him by the King of
the Sandwich Islands have been withdrawn
No telegram such as that referred to by the
san francisco dispatch has been received by
MIR. Moreno, and he does not believe that the
King has changed his policy. He also main
tnlils, ON the strength of his knowledge of
Hawaiian affairs, that such Cabinet as Is
mentioned is not one which the King would
be likely to select
An application made hy the United States
Consul General at Shanghai for the establish
ment of postal money order Office at that
place. in connection with his postal agency
has been refused by the Post Onice Depart-
ment The Assistant Attorncy-G encral for
the Department, to whom the matter was re
fcrrcd, decides that under existing laws tile
department has no authority to establish
money order Office except AT II post Office and
thtrt Is u" authority Tor establishing "A post
ohce outside the jurisdiction of the United
States.
A fire caused bv the cNplosiott of -, Ia,nn
DESTROYED the Mel ,llre IousG railway ytntiti,
and two small buildings nj Rrd RHcl, ,"ar
Bradford, Pa. ON saturday night Mimi.
Sattery, servant girl, who tainted IN the
third story OF the hotel, was thrown ont of the
4 window by Mary llassur, another servant, and
Il believed To be- fatally injured. The sash
and door factory Of Amus ~ Thyyer, nj
OaZcnuyia, n. employing about 10 men
Was burned SUNDAY morning. Loss s2j,U0u
II IL believed 10 have been fired hy an
lnr"hdaly.
telegram from New Orleans saws Carl
Bender and his SON. Mrs. Cathutnc Bender
und her married daughter have been arrested
there on rvqulsltlon procured from the
= Governor of hansas, by j, u. Shaefur, II
NprltmllSt. Slactcr thinks they are the
'ntiglml Bender family OF mirdcrrrs, but
A. they have lived in Camollon, la.. since
ISL, IT is doubted IN New Orleans whether
they have been connected in any way with HE
Kansas Bcmlcus.
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minor or settler IA ia nv n,ioraI nj, n, ~
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