Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-14
NEWS SUM MARY.
THE GRAx AND THE BLUE AT
TRENTON.
Escapo Of she Notorious Captain
Hewgate-Death Of Jadxe Ross
Pennsylvania Attorney
General after the Insar.
aAce Companies,

-Pennsyivanias Attorney
General after the Insar.
ance Companies,
The notorious Captain Henry W.
Howgate. who has been for several
months In the Jail in Washington, be-
cause Of inability to procure bail to
answer charges of EN- bezzlement and
forgery, escaped yesterday. He had
been granted leave of absence by
Judge Wylie to visit his family, as on
several previous occasions. in charge of
q bailiff, and escaped while the latter's
| attention was diverted for moment IN
Howgate's house.
In Harrisburg, yesterday, Attorney
General Palmer filed 1l3 suits against
Mutual Insurance Companies of this
State, and asked that writS be issued
commanding them to show cause why
| their business should not be closed up.
The list includes nearly all the cumpa.
MES i'll the State, and the Attorney.
General alleges that they have not com
piled with the law, and have not made
any annual statements OF their bust
| ness.
The returns of the town election in
Watervilet. New York, have disap-
pearcd. The election was held on Mon
day, and the canvassers met ON Wednes-
day to count the votes, but neir her votes
nor Town Clerk were on hand
The Clerk was alleged TO he sick. He
said yesterday that he gave the returns
to Davis Collins, an election inspector,
but Collins refused to be interviewed.
The ex Con nfsderates from Richmond,
Virginia, who are visiting Trenton,
New Jersey. yesterday went to the
State Capital and were presented to
Governor Ludlow. After visiting the
charitable institutions and various in
dustrial works, the party were taken
| to the Fashion Stud Farm, where race
in which Goldsmith Maid participate d =.
was got up for their entertainment
Thirty.two additional weavers and
ten spinners were engaged at tie Pacific
mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts,, yes.
lerday morning, making the total in
the mill 249 weavers and % splnuers
More than half the cNtton spinning ma.
chinery at the lower mill is in opera
tion, also 744 looms.
A large boiler in building on Pratt
street, near Fremont, in Baltimore, oc.
cupied by A. II. Sihley & Co.'S chop
ped feed mill, and Miller & Coleman s
sash and door factory, exploded yester.
day afternoon, killing At least six per.
sons and severely injuring eight others,
two or three perhaps fatally.
Morgan City, louisiana, and the sur
rounding country were visited by ter
rible storm on Wednesday night.
Houses were damaged and demolished,
and twenty dwellings at Drew's Mills
were swept away, but no lives are
known to BE- lost.
The production of spirits in the
United States for the year ending June,
30, 1881, amounted to 720, 109, 900 gal
Ions. There were lost by casualties
during the same period, $50, ,974 gallons,
or fraction less than one gallon for
every 1000 Produced
The steamer Joe Kinney, from St.
Louis for Kansas City, broke a tiller
rope at Glasgow, Missouri, yesterday,
drifted against pier and stove in one
OF her sides aud then sauk to her hur-
ricane roof. She was valued at S27,-
900. No lives were lost.
In the Senate of Virginia yesterday
the Congressional Raaprortionment
bill, recently passed by the Read duster
majority in the House. was lost-yeas
l6, nays 10. -Four Readjus and one
straight Republican voted against tho
measure
The Grand Jury of Oc an county,
New Jersey, on Wednesday found four
indictments against David G. Wall, a
wealthy farmer Of New Egypt, for
beating young girl in his employ, and
throwing pork pickle on her lacerated
back.
The carriage factory Of 3. W, Stivers
on West Thirty stree, New York,
was burned last night, with most of its
contents. The loss is estimated at $780,
900 One hundred and fifty men will
be thrown out of employment.
The President, Secretary of War and
a number of army and navy officers and
went to Hampton, Vir.
ginia, yesterday, and inspect ed the
Soldiers Home. They returned to
at night.
The Republican Convention of Della.
ware County met yesterday in Media.
Colonel ID. +. Houston was elected
senatorial and G. P. Davies and V. g.
Robinson Representative Delegate to
,he State Convention.
George w. Gill, agent of the Wor.
,ester Iron Works, a prominent rail-
Dad man and we'll. known Democratic
politician, died suddenly in the office
It Worcester, Mass, yesterday aftel-
loon.
The "3.efalcation" of Cashier Ruth, at
v Washington, Penna., is now placed at
75, 900 to $4,000 He has been arrest
d for embezz ement on the oath of one .
t his bondsmen.
Jacob Ellinger, President of the
)rovers' and Mechanics Natl onal Bank
f Baltimore, died yesterday, aged 81
ears
Henry p. Ross, President Judge of n
county, died last tvening a
, Norristown, aged As years. c
Tne Tariff Co Omm1ss1On Bill. 3
The committee on Ways and Means 81
decided that they would ask