Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-03-25
NEWS SUMMARY.
A BOYCOTT RAISED OWE GENT
DAMAGKs-SEvERE TORNADO.
The saivationists Visit CIeveIand-Li'
cense or No License-Inteuded
Insurrection.

While William r. Baker, Mayor OF
Houston, Texas, and an Independent
cand idate for re election, was returning
from a political meeting on Tuesday
night, q horseman rode up 30 him, and
asked him TO withdraw in favor OF
Smith, the Dsmoc crat and Labor candi
date. Baker refused, and the unk now u
man fired three shots at him in quick
succession, and rode away. The assas-
ain missed his aim, Baker dodgiDg the
fire.
A telegram from Pittsburg gays the
boycott against the "EvepinR and
Sunday Leader" begun several weeks
ago, will be raised, the publishers hav-
ing conceded the dem ands made By
the Typographical U MON and Knigbtt
Of Labor. The Leader has been em.
ploying non. union workmen for ths
past eight years. All have applied for
admission TO the Knights of Labor.
10 Richmond, vlrginie, on Wednes-
day, Judge Atkins, of the Hustangs
Court, ordered that an election be held
on the Goth of April next, to decide, IL
accordance with law passed by the
last Legislature, on the question OF
lioensc or no license for the sale of H.
quor.
In Baltimore, some time ago, Capta'n
Cannon, an oyster dredger, sued the
American for $4,000 damages for calling
him "pirate king" The case wat
tried, and the jury failed TO agree.
wednesday another jury awarded Cam
non one cent damages. This throws the
costs upon him.
A tornado passed over Bellemore, in
Putnam county, Ohio, on Tuesday,
tearing up trees and demolishipg small
buildings. A Methodist church in
which a protracted meeting was being
held was unroofed and number Of per.
sons were injured, several perhaps fa
tally.
President Cleveland, ON Wednesday
afternoon, received about 600 visitors,
mostly New England excursion lists and
members OF the Salvation Army. Dur.
ing the reception Lawrence Barrett,
the tragedian, stood beside the Presi-
dent.
ALERT W. Edgerly, District Attorney
OF Coffee county. Kansas, has disap-
peared, pending efforts to secure his IL =
dictment on chars ses OF accepting bribes,
ccinPounding felony and levying black.
mall.
Gabriel DUmont, who was connected
with the Riel rebellion, is in Montana
and 1t is feared sis inducing the tribe
of Territorial Indians to join in the in
tended iDsuurreetion of their Canadiap
brethren"
The Signal Officer at Chicago last
evening reported that q cold wave was
coming; and the temperature would fall
20 to 20 degrees within the next forty
eight hours.
The front OF o Chinese wash house in
Portland, Oregon, was blown out BY
dynamite on Tuesday evening, and the
Chinaman In the building was injured
| General Newton Booth, commands
of the Salvation Army, arrived at Sal
Francisco yesterday, on the steamship
from Australia.
Capitalists Of Pittsburg have forme
q company for the erection Of stee
works aJ Germantown, near chat city
which will employ $50 men.
The steamer Enchantress, ashore nea
Sm ithville, North Carolina, is now fu
wafr. The remainder of her c. Q,
were taken ashore on Tuesday night
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