Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-10-14

aged 60 years, and her lS-year-old uaugh- |
ter, who occupied rooms on the third
floor.
At Long Island City, Sunday morning,
William Dunn, aged 10, employed IN
Feuchtwanger 4 Todd's chemical works,
fell into vat of boiling water, and was
scalded to death. He was reaching over
the vat to turn off faucet and lost his /
balance.
President Cleveland has received |
several applications for the pardon OF |
James D. Fish, president of the defunct
Marine National Bank, and has referred
them all to the United States district !
attorney who conducted the prosecution
of the cases against Fish.
Commissioner Colman of the agricult-
ural department, Monday received a
telegram announcing the death of his
father, Hamilton Colman, ut Richtield
Springs, N. Y. This is the third death in
the commissioners family within 10
months.
The Alabama Gold Life Insurance Com
pany of Mobile made an assignment on
Friday. The paid up policies amount to
300, 100, life policies TO 81 900, 900, and
contested claims to 500, 900. The assets
are nominal. A schedule of assets and
liabilities will be fled as soon dis practi-
cable.
Owing to the displacement of switch
freight train on the New London IL
Northern railroad ran into a siding and
collided with building at Thamesville,
Conn, ON Saturday afternoon. Charles
Edwards, the fireman, of New London,
was killed, and William Flanagan, the en-
gineer, severely injured.
At the State University, Chapel Hill, N.
g., on Saturday night, Jacob A. Freese, a
student from Rowan county, was shot
and killed and another student named
Fleming wounded by one Brewer, colored,
living on the outskirts of the village, at
whose house the students called to seek
| redress for some fancied insult.
Lafayette Dove, farmer of Ridge
township, near Shelbyville, Illinois, died
on the Sd instant, as was supposed, of
milk sickness. On Friday morning his
wife died with similar symptoms, and
their two children and a young lady visi-
tor are sick. 1t is now believed the cnuse
Of the sickness wes poison from Z copper
vaivt in the kitchen pump.
Commander Gordon of the Alert, which
returned to Halifax OH Sunday from an
Arctic exploring trip, says the experience
of this expedition confirms him in the
opinion that Hudson Straits are nayigable
(under certain risks early in the season}
from the beginning of July to the end OF
October, and the period might be extended
half a month more.
Near Carlisle, KY, on Friday last, n
party of men went to the house of John
Taylor and broke open the doors. Tay.
Tor fired into the party, wounding William
Workman. The crowd fired back ant
MORALLY wounded Taylor. The Kr
Kluxers are said to have been led by
Sparks, divorced son in. law with whom
Taylor had quarreled about the posses
sion OF his grandchiid.
While men were loading the British
steamer Lancaster with cotton for Liver
pool nj Savannah on Saturday morning
flames suddenly burst from the hold, ant
the men were forced TO leave their tool
behind them in their flight for life. Tn
} steamer had 5 400 bales of cotton aboard
aud the entire fie department of the cit.
and tug were engaged for several hour
pumping water into her.
The President has pardoned Ammol
NJ. Terrey, O. j. Kemp and Peter j. Chris
jefferson, Mormon bishops who, in De
cember, 1884, were convicted of polyg
, amy and sentenced each to pny fine o
$500 and be imprisoned in the Detroi
house of correction for three and hal
years. 1t appears that Attorney. Genera
Garland recently decided that they wer
illegally held, because OF informalities il
their trial and sentence.
George W. Adams, president of tn
Evening Star Newspaper Company O
Washington, died Sunday, in that city
9 aged 46 years. He was born in Indians
J. and went to New York when quite
o young man. From that city he went I
q Washington and established the Wasl
r ington bureau of the New York World
n which paper he represented there durin
0 the war and for many years afterWard
J. He leaves wife and two daughters.
!, The freight traffic west on the Pennsy
II yania, Pan Handle, Fort Wayne and Ba
II timore q Ohio railroads has increased [
IS such an extent that, according TO Pitt
L burg dispatch, within the last few day
P that it has caused blockade. The yard
= are full of loaded cars waiting 10 b
u moved. This the companies are unabl
f9 to do, owing to the scarcity of locomt
d tives, condition of affairs which
y almost unprecedented in local railroa
" history.
:, The murdered body of Mrs Bruzunsk
:, respectable Polish woman, was found i
:, the woods near Yeddo, Pa, on Saturda,
v She was assaulted before being killed.
Il telegram from Hazelton says that a HUI
W garian, named j. Q. Zulbiva, one of IL
= victims boarders has been missing sin,
I, the murder, and he is suspected of IL
y crime. Hulbiva was the only person VII
- could give information about the wler
~ abOuts of the woman INST before she WI
- missed by her relatives. He liz still
VI large, but ii is thought lie will be cal
~ tured within few days.
h. S. $. Cox, minister to Turkey. arriy,
in New York Sunday by the steam
La Champagne. He says his return hon
'h' is partially in consequence of Imperial
as business connected with his mission, al
IN about which he must consult PresideI
I'll Cleveland. He will be a candidate fl
he reelection TO Congress if his old constit
ly ents will nominate him; but with refe
to ence TO the recent talk of making hi
lP Democratic candidate for mayor, he sa,
Sc his ambition lies not in that directlo
20 and under no circumstances would he n
cd cept such nomination.
an At the quadrennial session of Il
On American Christian Conference in Ne
ro Bedford, Mass, Monday, the followii
ar. officers were elected: President, d.
ist Long of Ohio; Secretary, j. j. Summe
a bell of New Jersey. Department of Sc
n retaries-Education, Martyr Summerbel
Ms New York; Publishing, Albert Code
ID. Indiana; Missionary, j. Il. Watson, Ne
10 York; Sunday-school, A. Beck, Pennsy
Id vania; Treasurer, +. Palmer, New Yor
Twenty-three ce-presidents and eipl
trusteee were also elected. At the sessir
of the Publishing Association, the folio,
as ing officers were chosen: President, d.
an Long Vice-P President, John L. Phillip
an Indiana Secretary, O. w. Ohoate, Obi
Int Editor, O. j. Jones, Ohio; Assoeia
tie Editor, j. B. Watson, Ohio. Fifteen tru
n tees were elected. II was voted to mo,
an the publishing house from Dayton
an Chicago.
Z. A cyclone passed over the western end
ne the Island of Cuba Friday, going In
north-easterly direction.