Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-29
News Summary.
The VIRGINIA MINE DISASTER
LIQUOR MEN SUBlLAHE-
bMALL.ROX IN A OAng.
ANOTHER FAMILY FEUD.

The Coroner OF Preston county.
West Virginia, on Thursday began an
Investigation into the death OF the
|thirty-nine miners who perished by
the explosion In the Orrrel Coal Mine
at Newburg, week ago. Tho Superin-
tendeDt, Saxton, admitted that the
State Mine Inspector had ordered him
70 put weights on the air doors 20 pre-
vent them being aocidently left open,
which was not DONE" Mining Boss
John Bratt testified that " Saxton
several times was rendered unfit for
duty by intoxication."
Tbe Supreme Court Of Illinois on
Thursday declared the Habituai CrimI-
nal act OF that State to be constitutional.
A year ago Joseph Kelly was convicted
Of burglary under that act, and the
jury was charged to give him the full
extent OF the pena.ty-fourteen years
as he had served q time previously for
robbery. Kelly's attorney appealed,
on the ground that the punishment was
excessive. The higher Court now rules
that 1t was not, and also declares the
act constitutional.
The suit Of the STATE against Mo-
Crystal, to suppress saloon under the
uisance clause Of the Prohibitory law,
on trial NJ Lsaven worth, X Ansss, since
Monday, has resulted in verdict of
guilty. " 1t was regarded as q test
case under that clause Of the law, and
II the State had won manv saloon
keepers would have closed their places.
Evidence showed that McOrystal kept
Q saloon. but the jury refused to look ut
1t in that way, and the liquor men are
jubilant."
On Thursday morning, when o pas
senger train on the International and
Great Northern. Railroad In Texas
arrived at San Marcos, from San
Antonio, it was discovered that two
Of the passengers in the smoking car
were sick with smallpox. The other
occupants of the smoker were i'm
mediately removed and the car was
coupled To the rear Of the train and
taken to Austin, where 1t was switched
of.
The third game of tho billiard tour :
nament betwe cen 5cbBter and Vignaux,
In New York, was played last night.
The game continued nntil past mid
night; the score made by each player
counting to his credit in the aggregate
OF 5000 points necessary for the win
ming OF the game. During last nights
Sch Bfer, making the total score thus
far, 5chs fer 1900, VIgnaux 1853.
Additional cases OF smallpox are re-
ported at 81. Andre de Ayeliu, Quebec.
+" One woman, whose house it was at
tempted to placard, attacked the officer
| with q Ratchet, and when the placard
down. On the death Of one patient, o
i largely attended wake and dance
was held, in defiance of the authori-
i ties"
In Letcher c1unty, Kentucky, ON
"wednesday night, William Wright, his
son Andrew, aud q colOred man named
\ Wright, were visited ut their home and
deliberately shot dead by James, samuel
aad Elijah Wright. The tragedy was
the result Of family feu1. The murder
I ers have been arrested. and it is thought
will be lynohed.
: The grand Army Of the Republic of
Massachusetts,, in session at Boston,
yesterday adopted resolution indors-
ing the Lowering So a month Pension
bill, and instructed the delegates to che
{ next National Encampment to 80 vote
and work as to put tue Grand Army
/ on record In favor OF the measure.
1t Is sreportsd from San Bois, in the
Choctaw Nation. Indian Territory, that
two rowing" families, consisting OF
nine persons, perished in their wagons
on the prairie, twenty miles from that
place, In the blizzard Of the 8sh In
slant.
A branch of the Irish National
League was organized in Lancaster
Penna ON Wednesday evening, and
arrangements were m ade for q meeting
OF Irish sympathizsrs.
! The body Of Jacob W. Thoman, the
, dead actor, was cremated yesterday af-
fernoon ut Lancaster, Penna.
Another cold wave has appeared
in the North west, with snow in Mime.