Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-19
News SUMMARY.
FUNERAL OF SCHUYLER COLFAX
THE MAsTER BUILDERS
THE INDIANS. ETC.

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The funeral of Schuyler Colfax took
plsce at South Bend, Indiana, on Satur.
day. Services were held In the Reform
ed Church, Rev. N. D. Williamson
preaching sermon. Simultaneous
byterian Church. ~he funeral process
sion included the Encampm. n and
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, Ma5o or
and City Councilmen, and Iargs num-
Der Of citizens. Odd Fellow r.rvices
were held at the grave.
The inquest in the Druse urder
case, near Richfield Springs, New York,
was on Saturday continued over until
to-day. Willie Druse, the little son Of
the alleged murderess, In his testimony
corroborated the confession of lhe boy
Frank Ga1es about the shooting ef
Druse, the burning Of his body and tho
burial Of the bones. The remains
found have been identified az human
bones.
The Master Builders Ascot alton of
New York has adopted n iesOl tiop de-
clarinR that they will employ anc pay
their men by the hour, at q rafe roe
l exceeding 40 cents per hour Tor uiasuus
and % for labOrers. This action IL
taken IN view of the recent reduction
of the number OF working hours.
Much dissatisfaction has been created
among the men, and strike is believed
10 be imminent
The Grand Jury at CobleskilI. New
York, has indicted Merritt Baker, alb
sconding Supervisors Clerk. j. De-
graft, Acting Superindent of the Poor,
has disappeared. +" 1t 10 open v charg-
cd that money was furnished Baker
and Degraf to go to Canada by other
lpersons implicated in the frauds carried
on for Eve years.
The reception of the Pallium by Arch
bishop Leroy, of New Orleans, took
place on Saturday morning in the Ca
thedral in that ely. The investiture
was performed by Archbishop Gibbons.
of Baltimore, and Bishop Fitzgerald. OF
Little Il 'ck, preached the sermon in
English. A sermon in French was
preached by Dominican Father.
The Indians on the Kiowa reserva
iion i'll the Indian Territory are report
ed 10 be suffering greatly, Dotwithstand
ing Government aid. Hundreds oi
, their sheep and cattle have been killed
by tie severe weather, and FIVE of the
Indians themselves were found frozen
to death last Friday, near WichitA
Falls
Anne, Blanche and Jennie Burns,
: young women Of st. Albans, West
Virginia, were poisoned on Saturday
morning at break ast, and one L. in
critical condition. The water used
by them, and taken from barrel, was
found TO contain arsenic. How il got
there in not known.
! A number of veterans of the First
, Army Corps met IN Washington ON
Saturday night ana arranged for the
'h'stofical' visit II The Corps to The
' Getty sb.Irg ha Tie. field on tie 4th OF
, May mex. Ex Governor Curtin pre-
sided at the meeting anu made al ID.
dress
h The Legislature OF Illinois adjoarned
al quarter to two o'clock on Satu day
morning, after passing resolution
that the argument ON the u mporary
( Speakership should be the first order o
!. next Tuesday morning" THIS is con
sidered victory for the opponents O
. Haines.
!, The Bay State Sugar Refinery in Bos
ton, was damaged by fire last night, b,
3 rear building and the upper stories o
o the front being burned out. The Stand
f ard Dye Wood Works, adjoining tn,
o refinery, were almost entirely destroy
ed.
Emil Spackman, aged 1S, commi lite {
. suicide at Syracuse, New York, yester
day, because of the urgency of hi
= friends that he shorld attend church, ,
4 His mind had been affected by read
o ing sensational stories."
The steamship Benwell Tower, from
Baltimore to Liverpool, returned Il
: Baltimore on Sunday with her cargo
!. . on fire. She lies at Locust Point, and
the work of extinguishing the fire IL
going on.
An engine on the Norway Branch
Railroad in Maine, was thrown from 8
L: bridge on Saturday by broken rail
f Two passengers, who were riding on thu
locomotive, were severely injured.
Q In New Haven, on Saturday even ing
n DR.. Carver finished his great task o
= hitting 10000 balls in six days. Tb,
! score was Shoots, 64 SS1 misses, 1866
l. and hits, 60,016.
! The excise law was enforced .prett,
strictly in New Yerk on Sunday, mos
. of the saloons being closed, at least I.
q strangers. Many arrests were mad,
for violation of the law.
Q 1t is expected that Congressm ar
q Long, of Massachusetts, will rea,
+, Robert G. Winthrops Grafton at the dedi
Q cation of the Washington Monument.
a One thousand casses of measles are re
ported in New Bed ford, Massachusetts
an aver age of about one case to ever,
thirty of the inhabitants.
Daniel KeeI er's Sons -four mill II
d CovinRton, X ntucky, was destroye,
n by fire early on Saturday morning
= Loss $50, 200, Insurance sac, 200.
!, The cigar fac tory of E. Griswold, a
Rankonkoma, Long Island, was strucl
q by lightning on Friday n ght, and d.
4 stroyed Loss 100000.
The Hanover Smell sr, near Sal
y Lake, was burned on Friday nigh,
LOSS $25, 900.
o The Popular Science M0nahly.
q The Popular Science Monthly fo
!. February is now ready, and as usua
" is rich in gems of thought and research
. The opening article is paper by Wi
II liam Thorn pson, NJ. D. on ;" The Sigh
and Hearing of Railway Employed