Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-10-13
NEWS SUMMARY.
DESTRUCTIVE PRAIRIE FIRES
FORTY RIOTERs ARRESTED.
Anarchists Discharged - Chlor roformed
and Robbed-A $4,000 Failure.
Train Collision.


Forty arrests have been made of men
who mobbed Gottfried Waller, the An.
archist informer, in Chicago, on Sunday
night. Four of them have been identi.
fed by Waller and held to answer.
Major Cole, one of the jurors In the
Anarchist trial, who lives in the
suburbs, has had hts house threatened
by ruffians during his absence several
nights last week. He was also threat
ened with pistol by ruffians In lonely
spot while returning home last Thurs
day night.
Nathaniel G. Barr, Of Hamburg,
Berks County, Penna., recently failed
for nearly $4,000. He was treasurer
Of the Hamburg Building Association,
and . telegram from Reading says Ii
was discovered yesterday that he was
short In his accounts with the associa
tion nearly $4,000. A committee of stock.
holders has been appointed to either
collect the amount or institute criminal
proceedings.
William Snyder and Thomas Brown,
Anarchists, who have been held In iaii
at Chicago since the Haymarket riot
and were indicted for riot and conspi.
racy In connection with that affair,
we're yesterday morning discharged
upon their own recognixance by Judge
Gary. The prosecution requested this
d isposition OF. the prisoners, aud 1t ID
probable that ohey will never be tried
In Montreal on Monday night bur.
glars entered the house OF Mrs. Lawlor
q wealthy widow, chloroformed the ir.
mates, and carried off all the silverware
and jewelry In the house, valued at
$3 900. Mrs. Lawlor is now danger
ously Ill from the result of the drug,
while one of the daughters has been In
a semi-unconscious state since.
The charter election In Newark, New
Jersey, was held on Tuesday. The Re-
publicans carried the city BY 1000 ma
jority and elected 10 out OF I6 aldermen.
rhe next City Council will stand l9
Republicans 10 IL Democrats. "The
labor vote was shown In only two out
of the fifteen wards, and the Prohibi-
tion vote in o2ly one."
Congressman Knute Nelson WAS
nearly drowned In Lake Victoria, Min
nesOta, on Monday evening. by the up
setting Of boat. He was in the water
nearly an hour, and remained uncon
scious for some time after being res
cued. Tuesday morning he revived
and 10 now able to walk about.
A shifting engine and q freight train
ccllided az East Liverpool, Ohio, early
on Tuesday morning, through the mis-,
placement Of switch. A brakeman
was killed and fireman fatally in
jured. Several other train hands suf
fered severe injuries. The damage to
railroad stock 10 estimated at $25, 900.
1t is said that "well informed people"
In San Francisco are satisfied that the
schooner Henrietta, OF that city, was
engaged in illegal trade with Indians
on the Russian coast " hen seized by the
Russian man -of.War. Her cargo did
not agree with her bill of lading.
Destructive prairie ares are reported
In McIntosh County, Dskota. Many
families have lost everything they pos
sessed, their hay, grain and dwellings
having been consumed. 1.-THE country
beyond the Colts aus is q blackened
waste for miles In all directions.
John Clark, charged with theft, was
shot dead by Sheriff Beach while resist
ing arrest In Carroll County, ILL.,, On
Monday. Clsrk aimed n revolver at
the Sheriff before the latter fired
Nine of the 1884 Aldermen we're re.
arrested in New York Tuesday after
noon and held each in $4,000 bail. By
night all EXCEPT Farley and Miller fur.
nished the required security.
Tue total value Of our exports Of
breadstuffs during the nine months
which ended on Septem ber 80 last was
$l10, ,S2S, 500, against $l02. 1870, ,79S during
the corresponding period of 1885.
K. r. Scoville, prosperous business
man of Washington, N. O., committed
suicide Tuesday because OF the recent
death OF his wife.