Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-12-06
NEWS SUMMARY.
LOSSES BY FIkE-FREEMAN IN.
AANE-OTHER MISCELLA.
NEOUs NEWS.

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Much alarm has been caused at New
Haven by the prevalence of malarial
and syphoid fever among the students
of Yale College. The professors cannot
account for the sickness they say the
sewerage and drainage Of the college
buildings are perfect. There has been
many cases Of malarial fever, but those
of typhoid fever have been few, and Of
two deaths from the latter disease one
was traceable to infec ton outside of the
college.
The third trialof Freeman, the Po-
casset, fanatic, who murdered his little
daughter, Edith, in religious frenzy,
took place yesterday in Barnstable,
Massachusetts. DIR. Folsom, of Boston,
an expert, testified that he had examin.
ed Freeman and found him insane. The
jury, after brief deliberation, rendered
a verdict of mot guilty, by reason of
Insanity" and Judge Norton ordered
Freeman to be committed to the Dan
vers Insane Hospital for life.
The hearing of the habeas corpus
proceedings against the Murraysville
rioters was closed at Greensburg,
Penns, yesterday morning, and Judge
Hunter decided to admit all to bail,
except Bowser. Milton Weston, Of
Chicago, Colonel Blakey and Joseph
johnson, of Pittsburg, and Henry
Ramsey, of Murraysville, were re-
quired to furnish $50 bail each, and
the others in lesser amounts.
The case of Franklin Monroe, charged
with the murder of Samuel McNeal, in
October last, was called for trial in
Wilkesbarre, Pa, yesterday. The day
was occupied in securing jury. Mon
roe recently. obtained verdict of 81, 600
against the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Company for being
elected from passenger train.
At Stonington, Connecticut, yester-
day, six of the female rioters Of We
quetequock, charged with breaking the
peace and forcibly entering school
house, were held each in 5000 bail for
trial at the January term Of Court in
New London. Two Of the accused were
discharged.
At Cleveland, Ohio, just before day 4
light yesterday morning, q i" Bee Line
locomotive, backing to the flats, plunged
through an open draw, and amau ri |
ding on the engine was drowned. The en-
gineer failed to see the signal lights on
the bridge, which had been opened to
let a vessel pass.
Jones, Lamson q Co., proprietors of
the Ascntney Mills, at Windsor, YER
mont, who failed last August, have
made settlement with their creditors
and expect to resume operations in q
short time. They are large manufac,
turers of cotton and cop-yarn.
The losses occasioned by the fire at
the Masonic Temple IN New York were
adjusted yesterday The damage to
the building was placed at $4,000 and
the furni ure at $4,000. This still
leaves the losses of lodges on parapher-
MALTA, etc, unaccounted for.
In the U. S. Court at Columbia, South
Carolina, yesterday, the election case of
resulted in a nou-suit. Thel
trial Of Horsey, Superintendent Of
in Charleston, was begun.
All but two of the students who
quilted the National College Of Phar
macy in Washington, because a colored
man had been admitted as q student,
returned to their classes last evening.
Herr Lasker, the socialist, arrived in
yesterday. He was met by
a committee of German citizens, and
escorted to the Capitol and other places
If interest.
Rear Admiral Pierce Crosby, retired
who was recently in command of the
Asiatic squadron, arrived yesterday in
Washington.
The Council of Weland County,
ontario, has resolved to petition the
legislature of that Province for a
suffrage measure.
The wholesale drug house of Pendle-
on, Thomas and Co., in Nash Vile,
Tennessee, was damaged by fire yes
erday, to the extent of $25, 900.
The harness store of f. w. Malders,
n Baltimore, was burn ed yesterday
morning. Loss, 100000.