Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-06-05
IN GENERAL.

business Monday. resumed
There WAS . run on tho Nat.
Savings Bank in Wsshipoton Mh Masl9hh
but all demands were met. ohaay,
The navy department is Informal a.,
the United ssAtes steamer Riohmona
rived at Alden Tuesday morning, nn ar az
way from China. on her
j. Edward Simmons was r.,
elected president Of the New yo,s yauAy S,
kxohspgs, he receiving sOl vots. 20 o'gSI SSI
for G. NJ. Stead. ''' 10 ioi
While q number of men were d,l,,n.
logs to saw mill At New Bay New ionnS
land, Tuesday, dam burst and na. .maa.
them All away. Two bodies have lap rslp"
recovered. ''' peen
foufteon OF the crew Of the brp cor.
isderate, Ice stranded off the N,.tonua
land ooast, left the vessel on NAV 24.h,n
Hy to reach land. They have not haa" W
heard OF since. '0en
Governor Cleveland las signed the b,,,.
to prevent the sale Of immoral nama
papers, and providing for a oommiasIon
to inquire into the condition Of the ts,vn tsna
mens houses in New York City. '''
An exhibition OF fencing and b,v,.
Was given Monday by the pymnaa,3a
department. Of the Naval Acsdemv ~,
Annapolis. There was sword sxa,o;as
and cane exercise, the exhibitIon clos;mo
with boxing, (which WAS espeoisllv da
lightiul to the ladies'" '''
President Riddle Of the broken Pam
Bank Of Pittsburg, has made an sfBdsvi,
before notary sustaining the ssser,ions
made IN his statement published on Mon.
day Riddle Tuesday made an assion.
ment Of all his real and personal ests,s
for the benefit Of the creditors Of the bsnI
D. W. Middleton Of the suspsndsa
banking firm Of Middleton & Co. NJ
Washington, said Monday that bs
thought the firms liabilities would no,
exceed $780, 900. The suspension no bs
added, "was the result Of bad loans snS
the steady withdrawal Of deposits ior
three weeks past" "
Judge Gildersleeve, charging the grand
jury In New York Monday, s.jd.
while, In obedience to the law. wa .r.
Furnishing the low thieves fro,a ,hs
sloughs and slums Of the city for stsslins
small sums, let us not forget the guilty IN
high places who steal large sums and
are amenAble TO the same laws"
The International Typographical Union
In session At New Orleans, Tuasd,y
elected the following officers Presidsni
Martin Z. Il. Wit,er OF St. Louis P,r,,
Vice President, William Sullivan Of
Nebraska; Second Vice President, p. T.
hcDermott Of New Orleans Secretary
and Treasurer, William BriSgs Of Wash.
ington.
President Riddle Of the deiunct Penn
Bank Of Pittsburg made long statement
Monday morning. He gives details Of
the oil speoulstions in which he WAS in.
volved, and asserts that he acted with
the knowledge Of the leading directors Of
the bank. The sole purpose Of his
schemes, he said, was the profit OF the
bank.
The steamship Yaauina, with a full
cargo, and drawing IL feet Of wsttr, en-.
tered the port Of Ysquins, Oregon, on
the 3lst ult., at half nsap tide. There
is said to be great rejoicing in the vii.
liametto Valley and elsewhere in Oregon
at this demonstration Of the availability
of new port for foreign commerce on
the PAoiho coast between San Francisco
and Puget Sound.
The will Of the late Samuel J. Swett Of
JamaioA Plain, Mass, makes bequests to
local institutions amounting In the aggre.
gate to &240, 900. This includes $50, 900
to the Massachusetts General Hospital
and go, 600 to the medical department of
Harvard College. The residue Of the
estate, estimated at $540, ,00c, is to bs
divided equally between the American
Board OF Commissioners OF Foreign
Missions and the Massachusetts Home
Missionary Society. The American board
has also an individual bequest OF
100000.
Frank Langs,on, 3 young oolorsd man,
son Of eur minister to Hsyti, was
acquitted In the criminal court at Wash.
ington Tuesday Of the murder Of James
Spencer, also oolored. Lsngston inter-
fered in = street brawl in behalf Of a
white man with whom Spencer was fight
ing, and killed the latter. The plea was
self.defense. The jury consisted OF seven
white and five colored men. Langston
WAS released on 81 900 bail to answer the
charge OF shooting with intent to kill
another man in the fight in which he
killed Spencer.
In the United Presbyterian Assembly
at St. Louis Monday, the judiciary
committee reported a resolution refusing
to grant tine request OF the memor islisli
to declare the Use Of instrumental music
unlawful. A minority report was also
made, submitting an amendment that the
repeal Of the article prohibiting the use
Of musical instruments did not have the
force ,f positive enactment authorizing
their use, aud that further legislation
must be obtained by overture to the
presbytery. The reports gave rise to a
lively debate The majority report was
finally adopted
John C. Bno was Monday taken
before Judge Tessi-r of the court Of
Queen's bench of Quebec, on a writ OF
habeas corpus issued last Saturday night.
After nearing argument the judge ordered
Rne to be discharged, saying that the
warrant on which he had been arrested
was fatally defective. The constable who
made the arrest then exhibited another
warrant for Er0's arrePt and attempted
serue it, but the judge threatened him
with punishment for contempt II he dared
to execute 1t In the presence OF the court.
Subsequently Bno WAS re. arrested outside
of the court room 'and relodged in the
St. Louis Hotel"