Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-12-14

cash to the other side, which Mr..
Vanderbilt declined 10 do. He, how
ever, gave to the famine fund his
check for $4,000, but upon condition
that the fact of his gilt should not in
any way become known.
News Summary.
In Louisville, on Saturday, May or
Reed pleaded guilty, in tho Police
Court, to the charge of disorderly con.
duct on the Sunday previous In offering
to bet ON an election while standing in
front of . saloon. He was fined $40.
Wharfmaster Kremer, who fought
with Mayor Reed on that occasion was
tried and fined $25.
The whisky injunction cases begun
in October by the Attorney. General of
Kansas against five prominent saloons
in Atch inson were heard by JuSl ge
Martin on Friday and the ipjunctions
were granted. Other suits are to be
brought unless all the saloons are
closed.
The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections on Saturday instructed
Mr.. Hoar, its chairman, TO report the
Presidential Succession bill on Monday.
Many verbal changes have been made
In the bill, but in ali important features
1t is identical with the bill passed by
the Senate at the last session.
The epizooty has appeared among the
horses in Chicago. Fifty horses OF one
street railway are reported sick, and siz
have died. A number of teamsters
have also suffered through sickness
among their horses. The animals have
been improving since the weather be-
came cold.
| Ten per cent. additional OF the ovens
in the Connellsville coke region, were
! put in operation last week, making
ninety per cent. now in blast. AS q
/ direct result Of activity iu the iron and
steel industries, the coke trade Ia
now better than 1t has been for several
years.
! The Supreme Court of Ohio, at Co.
lumbus, on Saturday, announced its
( decision in the Hamilton county con.
/ tested election cases, reversing the de.
cision of the Circuit Court Of that coun-
ty and giving certificates Of election tc
the Democratic candidates for Senators
and Representatives.
Malignant scarlet fever has broker
oat am ong the pupils Of the public
school al Marion, a western suburb Of
Jersey City. Five children of JOSEPH
Hanley died of the disease during last
week. The outbreak is attributed te
,the filthy condition Of the school.
A meeting Of French. Canadians wal
held yesterday in New York, st which
resolutions were passed condemming thu
Government at Ottawa for the execu
tion of Riel aud thanking the Ameri
can press for the prominence given Il
his case.
The " Hendricks Monument Associs
tion was organized in Indianapolis OF
Saturday, and cash subscriptions to tn
amount of $1,000 were made. A com
mittee Of over 5000, representing ever.
county and town in Indiana, was ap
pointed to begin q canvass at once.
The dry goods store Of d, W. Levi
at st. Clair, Pa, was blown up wit
dynamite at three O'Clock on Saturda
morning. The outrage ia ascribed {
, liquor agitation, Lewis being promi
nent member OF the Law and Orde
Society Of st. Clair.
Henry Hoyt, a well known citizs
) of Chicago, was killed by locomotiv
in one of tho suburbs of that city o
,. Friday evening. He was struck in tn
I back just as he stepped from anothe
v train. He was forty. seven ears OF ag
4 A fre at Navasota, Texas, on Frids
n morning, destroyed block OF seve
# stores AMI their contents, causing q lo
: estimated at Sl15,O0O. 1nsurant
$500
g Mrs. Eliza Oessman, sixty years
q age, perishsd in q fire in the basemel
: of a house on West Thirty-seven
;, street. New York, on Friday night.
II Two deaths from trichinosis have
= :. Cured in the Hansmeyer family
:. Tarentum, Pa, ard six other patien
e are reported sinking rapidly.
~ B. Gratz Brown. Ex-Governor
Missouri, and ex U. s. Senator, died
II Sunday In St. Louis, aged tfty'nl
Ia years.
IL The Crocker Chair Coupany's Bull
'. iugs, at Sheboygau, Wisconsin, "
10 burned on Friday night. Loss S6o, "
Of Insurance S45,000.
A fire in Cedar RApfds, iowa, I
Saturday, burned cuta building co
tanning two stores, causing ioss
ne $50. 900.
if Seven deaths from smallpox were
e, ported in Montreal on friday ana
We in the suburbs.