Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-03
News Summary.
TH Il CHINESE RES rRICTIO v ACT
THE RESULT OF JUMPING
IN FBN-EXPLOBlON.
MORE BANK THIEVES.

The Secretary Of the Treasure has
ust decided point arising uuier the
Chinese Restriction act. "Joe james,
Chinaman, living in this country and
who has embraced the christian reliR.
| ION, applied for perm ission to bring his
wife, who lives In China, to this coun-
try. The department decides under a
recent ruling Of the United States Cir.
cult Court Of Californ Ia, that she cannot
be allowed to land.
While Bryan Lynch and James Raft.
gan were cribbing we'll at Mt. Carmel,
renna., yesterday morning, they
Jumped on the frame work in o lest
Ing manner to test their work." The
crlbbing gave way and they fell into
the we'll. Lynch died soon after being
taken out. Rattgan escaped with slight
x fhffge number of ininers employed
oy Markle 81 Co., at Jeddo, in the
the Wflkesbarre coal district of Penna.,
are on strike. 1t appears that
they have been working in bed of
rock for one dollar per yard, and now
ask three dollars per yard where the
work is over IS inches thick.
The Board of Pardons at Harrisburg
last evening, decided to recommend a
comm utation OF the death sentence in
the case OF Edwin Brotheras, of Luzerne
county, who was sentenced to be hang.
ed April 7th, for the murder William
Nichols at Hazleton.
The powder magazine of the Hazard
fowder Company near st. Joseph,
Missouri, was exploded by lightning
early on Thursday morning. Eight and
half tons of powder went up. The
houses in the neighborhood were parti.
ally wrecked, but no person was iniur-
ed.
James e. Chandler, President, and
John b. Clemings, Cashier, of the First
National Bank of Bushnell, Illinois,
were arrested on Wednesday, on the
the banks funds. They were taken
to Springfield and held each in $50. .OOO
bail. 'O
Secretary Manning left Washington
last evening for Albany to attend
10 some pressing private bust.
ness. He will be gone about ten days;
and during his absence Assistant Secre-
tary Fairchild will act as Secretary of
the Treasury.
On Wednesday and Thursday John
Richardson, aged 65 years; William r.
Osgood, aged 20, and Joseph Lericha,
aged 10, of Lynne, New Hampshire,
were arrested for counterfeiting. Soon
after Richardson's arrest he attempted
to cut his throat.
The Exchange National Bank of
Norfolk, Virginia, suspended on Thurs.
day. Its paid up capital was $500, ,OOO.
Its surplus, according to the last state
ment issued, was $50, 600, with divided
profits amounting to $l82,727.
; All the laborers on the Chester
section OF the Baltimore and Philadel-
phia Railroad have struck for an ad-
vance OF 25 cents per day, and work is
partially suspended in consequence.
An ice gorge in the Allegheny river
st Parker, Pa, broke on Wednesday
i vening, sweeping away two sections
"f the iron bridge II is rumored that
aeveral persons were on the bridge
when it went down.
The boiler of a saw mill, near Scipio,
Indiana, burst on Wednesday, killing
Anthony Chaver, the engineer, and ia
tally injuring David Morton and Alfred
Hulse.
The rivers at Pittsburg are clear of
Ice, and preparations are being made
Tor the shipment of 1000 600 bushels
OF coal to Southern points.