Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-11-19
News Summary.
BOOKSELLERS INDICTED-COM .
PJ.ETION OF A RAILROAD
ATTEMPT TO POISON.
DEAD IN HIS OFFICE.

The Grand Jury of Monmouth coun
Ity, New jersey, at the October term
found 63 indictments against the per
sons who sold pools last Summer upol
the races at Monmouth Park. Yester
day Philip Daily pleaded non vult to al
Indictment charging him with sellin,
pools and Judge Walling fined hin
$3.50 and the costs of the case. Th
Judge, IL is stated, will let the same
penalty In the other cases.
The public committee appointed t,
| Investigate the facts connected will
the expulsion of the Chinese from
Tacoma, Washington Territory, on the
ID instant, has reported that not {
siugle Chinaman suffered bodily injury
and that none of their property was de
stroy ed." The correctness of the report
Is " attested by twenty-one of the lead
lug citizens, representing the banking
commercial, legal and other interests. >
The completion of the Southern Cali
fornia Railroad was celebrated yester
day In San Diego, and that city wa,
crowded with visitors. The day wal
observed as public holiday, all bust
ness being suspended, and the fesiivi
ties will continue for two more days
The road gives the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe system a through route Il
the Pacific coast.
Annie Lyons was arrested yesterday
In Boston on the charge of attem mpt tins
to poison the family and servants O
Charles W. Parker, by whom she had
been employed as cook. She is alleged
10 have put arsenic in barrel of -four
and 1t was only by the exertions of 6
physician that the victims were
saved. She was held in $40, 900 bail fol
trial,
The Reformed Dutch Church at 81,
Mile Run, Franklin Park, New Jersey
yesterday celebrated its 10th anniver
sary. Delegations from the facultiel
OF the Theological Seminary and Rut
gers College were present also clergy
men from all parts of the State. Rev.
Theodorus Frelinghuysen was pastor OF
the church from 1920 to 1747. Sine,
then the church has had seven pastors
John E. Whetherbee, prominent
young lawyer of Boston, was found
dead in his office on Wednesday morn.
ing, having committed suicide by TAX.
ing poison. 1t is believed that he was
depressed in mind in ccnseq uence OF
reflections made upon him by his politi.
cal opponents during the recent cleo
ton campaign.
The Episcopal Convention of the Dio.
cese Of Easton, Maryland, met yester-
day and elected DR.. George w illiamsol
Smith, President of Trinity College,
Hartford, Bishop to succeed the late
DR.. Lay. On the third ballot DR..
Smith received 10 votes oat of 80 cleri.
cal votes and Is out of 80 lay votes. 1;
Is not known whether he will accept.
A despatch from Galveston says !:
y The total of the subscriptions for the
benefit of the sufferers by the fire
amounts to nearly S87 900, of which
$53, 600 have been paid 10, and some
thing over $3.50 paid out to six hun
dred and thirty applicants.
A local freight train ON the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton and Indianapolis Rail
road tum bled into Big Buck creek, neaf
indianapolis, yesterday morning, the
engine and twelve cars going down.
Three train hands were injured, one, it
is feared, fatally.
A large section of ore fell from the
top of cut in the colliery mine at Bes-
sem er, W Wisconsin, on Tuesday, killing
four men, and dangerously injuring a
fifth.
One man was killed, and two others
were fatally injured by the Premature
explosion Of blast in coal mine at
Belleville, Illinois, on Tuesday night
The State Department is informed
that about thirty cases of smallpox
have been reported in Charlotteto wn, +,
Prince L wards Island, to date,
Two cases of smallpox were found in
New York City, yesterday, one in West
Forty-sighth street, and the other In
East Third street.
The storehouse of r. f. Brown and
the post-ofice attas he'd, In Spring City,
Tennessee. were destroyed on Tuesday
morning by an incendIary fire.
Thirty-two deaths from smallpox
were reported on Tuesday in Montreal
and its suburban municipalities.
Habitual poor health is the direct re.
suit of habi.ual neglect. Keep the
bowels regular by the habitual use of
DR.. Bulls Baltimore Pills.