Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-07-12
NEWS SUMMARY.
CO-OFFICER8: OF THE MO.
ROCCO EXCHANGE. ETC.

Julius Banning, aged 50 years, COM
mitted suicide in Allento WI on Thurs
day evening, by shooting himself
through the heart. He had been suffer-
ing from chronic ill.health. "Billy''
and Charley" Hamilton, whose real
names were Altman and Maltskey,
were publicly hanged yesterday at
War; 5nsburg, Missouri, for murder Of
Q young German named Steidler. Ten
thousand pe-sons were present. Each
at the cu)prits protested their Innocence
and accused the other of the crime.
After prayer by minister, however,
they shook hands in mutual forgive
ness.
Itisreported from Wooster, Ohio, that
the announcement that Swedes and
Hungarians are to be imported into the
Hooking Valley to take the place of the
lockout miners, has caused intense
indignation, and serious consequences
are threatened" Detectives employed
by the companies report the adventof
bodies OF strange men into the district,
and it is feared that an attempt to fiji
the mines with foreign laborers will be-
the signal for riotous demonstration
on the part of the miners"
A heavy rain-storm passed over Bal
timore yesterday afternoon, flooding
streets and cellars. In some of the
houses on West Baltimore, Fayette and
DStricker streets the first floors were
lowered with water. On Fremont
street house was thrown down, and
q block Of buildings in course of con-
struction on North Carey street were
wrecked.
The Morocco Manufacturers National
Exchange, in session at Long Branch,
has elected the following officers: Pres,-
dent, j. Park Postles, of Wilmington;
lVice President, James Scott, of Will
mington and William Ruler, of New
lof Baltimore, and Secretary, William
7. McNeely, of Philadelphia.
j A telegram from Montreal says the
Canada Pacific Railway Company " is
constructing large stock yards at Hoch-
! elaga, hoping to obtain stock through
the Michigan Central and Credit Valley
{ Railways. The directors are endeavor-
' ing to obtain the abolition of the duty
on American cattle handled here"
The Mckay stitchers in e. r. Dodge
81 Co.'S factory, at Newburyport, Massa-
Ichusetts, struck on Thursday for an in
: crease Of wages. The firm thereupon
advanced prices from 80 to 80 cents per
ease, which is the standard price of the
a aI6tltcnerS' Union.
It Alfred Carmichael, Sergeant of the
Engineer Corps at Willets' Point, New
a York, committed suicide on Wednes-
!. day. His time in the service was up,
- and General Abbott refused to allow
n him to continue because his wife kept
n a saloon.
al At a nesting Of the Journeymen
Horseshoers' Association last night. il
xUa N
ne gress in Toledo, Ohio, and that tax of
h, fifty cents had been levied upon each
member of the Association by the Ma
Id tional Union.
4 The commencement exercises of Bow
- doin College, at Brunswick, Maine,
oft were held on Tursday. Among the re-
N cipiepts of the honorary degree of Doc
ed tor of Laws was james G. Blaine, and
ss y, he made an address to the graduates.
The brigantine Cora, of Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia, went ashore on Little
ad Hope Island last Sunday night, with
lis all the sails set. She has since broken
d, up.
"a The Mexican Government has enter
1t ed into an agreement with steamship
RI company to give bonus of $50 per
It, head for Chinese laborers to be landed
"' at Guaymas under labor contract.
The Indian Agent at Fort Peck, Mon
tana, contradicts the report that the In
nj dians at that agency are starving. He
m says they have enough provisions OH
1t hand to last six weeks.
ii Jacob S. Woodworth, aged 43 years,
s. principal of public school in Brook.
" lyn, was drowned while bathing al
ID West Hampton, Long Island, on Thurs
w day.
H. Bernard McCutcheon, q well.known
er water color artist, and q native o1
a. Philadelphia, was found dead in his
d, sIddio, in New York, on Friday morn
lg ing.
u The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has laid an underground conduit, con-
u tanning twenty electric conductors,
y on Vine street from Front to the Cam
o den and Atlantic Railroad wharf, Phila.
40 The comptroller of the currer cy has
j, ordered an assessment of 100 per cent.
= upon the stockholders of the First Ma
II tlonal Bank of Monmouth, Illinois.
Charles Fox Washburn, of Mime
40 sofa, son of the late Ex-Governor Israel
D. Washburn, died on Friday in Portland,
O. Maine, aged 35 years.
20 A two year-old son of James Six was
y killed by lightning in Baltimore, on
Friday afternoon. He was lying in
VI U-u db Uu6 pltne.
~ A telegram from Cleveland says that
u Maud s., while exercising there Thurs.
IN day afternoon, trotted a mile in 2.l2X.
~ Paul Morphy, the once famous chess
, player, died last evening in New Or
= leans.
ot Miss Ross, of Montreal, and Mist
ot Barry, of Glasgow, were drowned or
n. Friday while bathing near Montreal.
ID Hiram Kenyon, prominent citizen
of Sandy Hill, New York, committed
,k suicide yesterday by cutting his throat
ly J. Williams saw mil and 1,ooo, 90,
vi feet of lumber, in Jefferson, Texas
no were burned on Thursday. Loss, S25, 600
The Lorain Planning and Lumbe
Company's Works, at Lorain, Ohio
were burned on Thursday. Loss $40, 900
The recently organized shor i ou
r. Labor League has adopted constitu
n tion and bylaws.
hs The Journeymen Plasterers statei
no yesterday that five more firms hat
&c agreed to pay the advance asked for.
IN The Master Plasterers' Association
of last evening re-affirmed d their determine
nd ton not to grant the increase.
3aI
he Leasing the Northern P-c'Hc
n New YORK, July 11.-Elijah Smith
rd PRESIDENT OF the Oregon and Trans
hit continental Company, says the North
he ern Pacific and Oregon Navigation
i'll Directors have voted to lease the latte
lp. to the former on the basis of per cent
vi 1or Two years, per cent. for thre