Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-07
BON .pf Apostle Pratt, pleaded guilty OF

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fine Of $500 and six months imprison-
ment. James O. Watson, another polyga-
mist, pleaded guilty. His sentence and
that of Musser were postponed until Sat-
urday next,
The Rev. Joseph Graf, director of the
musical department of the Cathedral at
Baltimore, will sail for Rome on May
l4th, to confer with church authorities
there regarding the condition of ecclesi-
astical music in this country. He will
take with him two copies of the famous
Mass of Pope Marcellus, which he edited
in modern form and which was produced
at the Cathedral during the plenary
council.
passenger train ON the Reading q
Columbia railroad was thrown from the
the track near Columbia, Pa, Friday,
by a defective frog. The locomotive
tumbled down 15-feet embankment and
was wrecked the baggage and smoking
cars were badly damaged. John Hauck
fireman, was killed, and Henry Rightsell,
another train hand, was fatally injured.
Two other employees were dangerously
injured.
On Friday last posse went to Deer
Ranch, Indian Territory, to arrest a
number of cattle thieves. As they ap-
preached the house the thieves fred upon
the posse, killing Andy and Joseph Raft,
q man named Matois and member of the
Indian police named Gus. The thieves
were not arrested. They live in Delaware
Bend and have often eluded arrest by
crossing into the Chickasaw nation.
The British corvette Garnet steamed to
a new anchorage nearer the city of New
| York Sunday morning. At 8 o'clock
the American flag was hoisted at the
mainmast and saluted with Fl guns. The
Union Jack flew all day at the fore and
the fleet signal at the mizzenmast. Cen
eral Hancock and several officers of the
Minnesota were among the visitors The
future movements of the Garnet are un-
| certain.
Thursday evening two men were seen to
deposit something under double frame |
house in Pottsville Pa., and then hastily |
depart. In few minutes an explosion |
occurred, blowing out the foundation wall |
and scattering the furniture about The |
house is occupied by 16 Hungarian |
laborers, the wives of two of them, and |
several children. None of the inmates |
were seriously injured. There is no clue |
to the perpetrators of the outrage.
A violent wind storm passed near
Pleasant Hill, Mo-, Wednesday night week, |
unroofng several houses and blowing |
down fences. Thirteen cars of Missouri /
Pacific freight train were blown from the |
track, four cars were loaded with hogs,
many of which were killed. The caboose /
was overturned and three of its occupants
suffered severe bruises. Near Harrison
vile high wind derailed several freight |
cars, and at Holden one child was killed /
and considerable done to property.
A dispatch from Bloomington, Ind,
says three men have been arrested for the
express robbery, one at Fort Wayne, one
at Frankfort and one at Michigan City.
They will be taken to New Albany to see
if Webber can identify them. Every
clue is being worked by detectives. The
impression prevails that the robber had
confederates, and that he rode away, us
horses were heard to pass through Hnr-
rodsburg, about two miles from the scene
at the time of the robbery.
The Secretary of the Interior has Or
dered an investigation of the charges
preferred against Architect Clark, of the
capitol, by the Journeymen Stonecutters'
Association and the Knights of Labor.
The stonecutters charge that the architect
used poor material in the construction of
the terrace around the capitol, accepted
inferior work, and favored ring of CON
tractors in awarding the contracts. The
Knights of Labor charge that the patent
office reconstruction was badly done, as
was the govt rnment printing Office work.
There is bitter fight between the Pro-
hibitionists and saloon keepers at Red
Key, Indiana, thriving village on the
Lake Erie & Western railroad. For sew
eral months past threats have been mhde
by both parties. A few days ago attempts
were made to blow up the safein saloon
and several attempts to set fire to pro-
perty III different parts of the town have
been frustrated. On Saturday all insur-
ance policies in the town were revoked.
All risks are refused by the insurance COM
panies. The destruction of the village is
feared.
The dead walls of Chicago on Thurs
day were covered with posters bearing
the word Bread" 1t having been sug-
gested that it was sign of Socialistic
uprising, Messrs, Parsons and Spies,
alleged leaders of the Anarchists, were
seen on the subject Friday. They
mysteriously informed the press that this
was the first of the warnings from the
revolutionary committee, and that the
third warning would be the signal for a
great uprising. The discovery was made
later, however, that the red posters are
simply portion of an advertising scheme
by well-known baker in Chicago.
A dispatch to the New York Times from
Wilkesbarre reports the fever scourge at
Plymouth unabated. Instead of de-
crease there has been an increase, not only
in the borough, but in the surrounding
n
cases were reported in Plymouth, and 35
on Welsh Hill. On Friday there were 1870
new cases in the borough and go in the
suburbs. On Saturday an increase of 1856
cases is reported, and there have been 8
deaths. The physicians have been re-
inforced by arrivals from other points,
but the force is still utterly inadequate.
The Sisters of Charity are laboring as
nurses among the sick.
The splendid new building erected for
the Board of Trade of Chicago at a cost
of $2,000,0 900, was dedicated yesterday
week. An audience Of about 5000
persons was present, including delegates
from all the exchanges in the United
States, and also from England and
Canada. The exercises were opened with
prayer by the Rev. Clinton Locke. John
L. Baisley, chairman of the building COM
mittee, formally turned over the keys of
the building to L. Nelson Blake, presi-
dent of the board, who responded in n
short speech. The chief address was
then delivered by Emory A. Storrs, which
was followed by short speeches by repre-
sentatives of visiting bodies.
Colonel Morse, the general manager OF
the stoclyards at Kansas City, has
written to the governor of Missouri, ask
ing him to call Il special session of the
Legislature to take action regarding
pleuro pneumonia. The governor replies
that he does not consider it necessary to
tlo no and asserts that the plague is now
practically suppressed; that it has not at
any time been outside of Galloway
county, and that official reports just
made by competent authority express the
belief that the disease is confined within
q radius of eight miles of Fulton, the
point where il originated.
OUR RELATIONS WITH EUROPE.
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