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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
SAD poUB1s DROWNING.
A Cornell student and Lady school
Teacher Drowned in n skating
Pond.


A Cornell Student and Lady school
Teacher Drowned in n skating
Pond.
ITHACA, N. Y, Dec. 14.-Edward Scrib-
ner Neyins, one Of the finest students in
Cornell University, and Miss Maggie
Sullivan, popular young teacher in the
oay schools, were drowned on Wednesday
night in Eddy's Pond. Young Nevins,
accompanied by Miss Anna Card, went
up to the pond after supper, where
Miss Sullivan and several others
were skating. While they were
on the bank they heard crash aud saw
several Of the skaters frautically strug-
Cling in the ice water. Nevins, who was
an expert swimmer, plunged in and at
tempted to rescue Miss Sullivan, but it is
thought that in her struggles she seized
him and bore him down, for both sank
together. Miss Gard 10y on the ice and
pulled out boy, while young man
named Beardsley rescued two children
and then ran for assistance.
A number OF students were soon on the
scene. G. w. Oonable, 80, dislocated
his shoulder on his first dive. L. r.
Olaphane, 80, plunged three times into
the ICY depths. At last f. McMasters,
go, brought up the body of Nevins. Sew
eral doctors and professors worked hard
for an bour or more, applying powerful
currents OF electricity and the best re.
storatives, but without success. The
I 'Oguy ). -5iBs @itiiysn was recovered Si.E
! grRppllng hooks. Her father committed
suicide lsst spring, and abe and hei
mother have worked hard to support
family of children, to which her loss Il
irreparable.
Young Eevins was the son Of W. j.
Nevins, Jr., of South Orange, N. j., ant
Yves aged 20 years.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
LAWLEssNEss IN OHIO.


ssChOsen feOple OF the LOrd."
TOLEDO, Dec. 1S.-hresh outrages on the
part Of masked men In the vicinity Of
Toledo show that the "white caps" are or
ganized and working to a purpose. The
latest account comes from Wood county. A
man named Martin living near Bowling
Green received notice early In the week
that II he did not so to work and support
his family he would meet punishment at
the hands of wood county vigilantes."
Tuesday night Martin started for home In
an intoxicated condition. He was seized
by band Of masked men. rope was
tied around his neck and one end was
thrown over limb. he began to pray.
Twice the men cut the prayer short by
drawing their victim up until he dangled
In the air. They then stripped him, tied
him to tree and applied beech switches
until his back was mass OF bleeding flesh.
His clothes were then replaced and he was
taken home, where he now lies sick
A few nights ago man named Miller,
living at Leipsie, was visited early In the
week by "White Caps and numerically
lashed. Tuesday night band Of men
mounted and equipped in "White Cap"
outfit dashed through Fostoria. An at.
tempt was made to follow them, but they
scattered ami were soon lost In dense
forest few miles from the town.
at Napoleon a notice bore tie words
"God hates liars and perjurers and adul-
terers. The White Cappers are the Lords
chosen people, to wreak out His vengeance
on the wicked and unjust" The people
are becoming much alarmed,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
MORE OPIUM sMUeeLxRs.
The Government officers Have ON,
and are ON the Track OF Others.

The Government Officers Have One
and are on thc Track OF Others.
ST. PAUL, MINI. Dec. 15.-The Pioneer
Press this morning says: The United
States service officers here are ON the
track Of gigantic opium smuggling con-
spirscy. They have learned that an
organized and we'll equipped band of
smugglers has for years been operating
across the northwestern border bringing
into the state the costly and high fairfield
drug. One of the gang was arrested re-
Gently at Denver, COL, and he made a
full confession. Acting on the informa-
tion given by him the deputy collector at
st. Vincent, Mimi, went west to point
on the Dakota line on Wednesday and
intercepted wagon load of 800 pounds
of opium In the crude form. The opium
in the wagon was concealed under layer
of buffalo hides. The whole outfit was
seized and the driver arrested.
The government detectiyes left st.
Paul for the north last night. They are
after the man to whom the opium was
consigned. He Is waiting at some small
town in the Red River Valley for the
arrival Of the stuff and will probably be
in the clutches OF the law before night.
When his arrest 10 accomplished, they
will have the leader of the gang and 40
cording to report one of the smartest and
most dangerous of border outlaws.
The authorities here maintain absolute
silence when asked for the full details of
their important discoveries, but do not
deny the story Of the arrest at Denver
and the subsequent seizure at st. Vincent.
They freely admit the existence of
smuggling conspiracy, no further.
There is every reason to believe In the
light OF recent developments, said q
man in high authority yesterday, ''that q
| quarter of all the opium which has come
/ into this country In the last Ave years.
has been smugyled in over the guarded
and unsettled border. Tons of opium
are sent on every ship from China, which
lands at Victoria, B. q. What Is easier
then than for the smugalefs to bring it to
some point on the Canadian Pacific
road anywhere between Calgary and Win
nipeg aud cart it down into ths territories?
The only wonder is that the government
Off sers have not tumbled to this before. "
Bulldog" Kelly, the man who was ar
rested at St. Vincent four years ago for
numbering man near Colgary, and whom
the United States government refused to
give mp to Canada, makes no bones Of the
fact that he had been engaged in the
smuggling Of opium. Il was over the di-
vision of the profits of smuggling enter.
prise that he killed hin man. They had
q train of rack mnlfe and brought the
opium on mules back from Oolgary down
through the mountains TO Butte City,
Helena and Bohemian and other territorial
railroad points, where it was disposed Of
by shipment to eastern points. The bus.
mess is so systematically conducted and
such violent oaths for secrecy e1actad
from those engaged in it that they laugh
at the law.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
..AMERroA,s,, sHoRr oAKssR.
The Opera Proves n Failure In Two
Performances and rs Discontinued

The Opera Proves n EAafuro IN hWo
Performances and rs Discontinued
Last fridays Philadelphia Press says.
The comic opera entitled "America,"
which was presented for the first time on
Monday night at the Academy of Music,
where II was to run week, was to have
It's third presentation last night, but the
house was empty and the stage dark and
unpeopled. The opera had sucoumbed
because the people responsible for its
obligations could not support Its furthE
production. ae
The opera was very ambitious work.
II was staged OF great personal sacrifice
by Mr.. w. A. Smith, q young Wilmington
lawyer, who was ibrettist. he mort
gagged his house in Wilmington for
$5, 600. The music was the product Of
Ernest Peiler, musician Of Hartford,
Conn. Mr.. Smith says he had been
offered &25, 900 for the opera by q we'll
known manager in case II succeeded in
its career upon the Academy stage. So
the authors collected sumptuous stage
settings, the scenery was advertised as beau
tiful and the costumes magnificent.1 In order
to secure some of the singers high salaries
were paid, viii s. Rising being engaged
at $l75. At the initial performance on
Monday night there was o large house,
but the benches were nearly empty the
following night. On Wednesday night
there was no performance, the house
being engaged for another company.
Wednesday morning the principal mem
bers of the company and the manager
met at the Academy and decided that il
was useless and Improbable to proceed
longer in the presentation Of the opera.
Word was sent to the other members, and
last evening notice was tackled on the
door saying that there would be no pro.
duction of the opera, and those holding
advance tickets could have their money
refunded at tho box office.
In his misfortune Mr.. Smith has acted
fairly and honestly. He paid the mem
bers Of his troupe weeks salary and
met ali other obligations. The chorus Of
60 voices served to gain experience, ant
cost nothing. Smiths loss, he says, viii
be $4,000, although the Academy o.
Music management have generously de.
cided not to hold him for more than thu
nights in which the house was used.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20

A letter to the Davenport Iova)
Tribune says 'Iowa does moi only stand
at the head of the list ss corn state, but
stands at the head, also, for large men. l
WINS one of the two largest men on q train
last week, aud the two Of us weighed lust
two pounds over half ton. l Weighed
$40 pounds, and the other fellow weighed
Just 793 pounds. His name was j. H.
Craig. He is 6 feet a inches long, and
was born in Iowa City 32 years ago. BE
10 said to be the largest man in tho world
at the present time. He is well propoY-
toned, full OF fun, and as playful as a
kitten, He told me that when he went to
church he put 81 in the collection basket
and took whole seat for himself. He
has weighed $50 pounds, but uses tobacco
now to keep his weight down below 500.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
WILL THE CANAL FAILs
dc Lesseps' Project said TO be ON Hts
Last Protects

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LONDON, Dec. IA paris dispatch to
the Daily Nesos says: 'During another
exciting scene at the Panama Canal Com
pany's office to-day. on call for NJ. de
Lesseps, Charles de Lesseps, his son, ap.
peared. he announced that only 1870, COO
bonds had been subscribed for, and that
the company would, therefore, commence
returning the deposits tomorrow. Re-
ferring to his fathers remarks on the pre-
vious day, he said:
my father is younger in spirit than i.
His remarks were made on the strength of
hopeful report that made him. The
result is bankruptcy or the winding up Of
the company.
"He urged thern to petition the govern.
ment to coma to the assistance of the
company"
PARIS, Dec. 14.--At q meeting of the
cabinet yesterday, two schemes in con-
nection with the Panama Canal were dis
cussed. One of the schemes Is TO defer
the payment of interest on the bonds
until the canal Is In working order, and
to put the present company in liquidation
and form new company, whose share
holders shall have priority. But the
other scheme II Is also proposed to defer
the payment OF interest until the COM
pletion Of the canal, but the present COM
pany is to continue to exist and be
authorized to gran. new company, at !
fixed price, the concessions necessary t.
complete the canal.
M. de Lesseps favors the latter propo
sition. As the Colombian government
has only treated with the present com
pany il is uncertain whether 1t woulG
agree to the substitution of o new com
pany. The cabinet arrived at no de
cision.
The canal company has issued cir
cular, In which 1t says that the definite
result Of the subscriptions for the loan !;
not yet known, but the srdor and manli
ness shown by those who have sub
scribed testify to the vitality Of the en-
terprise. The circular created favor
able impression in the financial world.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20


Et is Trying TO Get am Advantage
Over Towns Along the Rio Grande
MATAMoRAs, MEX Dec. 15.--Advioss
from the City of Mexico says that the
Federal government is disposed to do oil
that is possible to force the early
completion Of the Matamoras Il
Monterey Railroad direct to the latter
city; also that there is favorable dis
position towards the scheme for a railroad
line from Bsgdad, at the mouth Of the
Rio Grande, to this city, and good
chance that the charter for the same will
be granted. The idea, however, Of clos
ing the "Zona Libre" and all the frontier
custom-houses as far up as Guerrero is not
ooked upon with favor.
President Diaz says that he sees no
constitutional right to take away the
privileges of the river towns for the bene-
fit of Matamoras,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20

z. L. Harper, vioepresident Of the late
Fidelity Bank OF Cincinnati, serving
term in the penitentiary, has become in
sane, and was Thursday removed to the
prison asylum.
The cooper shop of the Standard Oil
Company at Pittsburg, Q large brick
building, was burned Thursday night; loss,
$4,000. Two fremen were seriously in
jured by falling wall.
The Pennsylvania commonwealth has
begun snit in the county court OF Harris
burg against j. X. Rambo, ex.register Of
wills in Montgomery county, and his
bondsmen, to recover $4,000, the
amount Of his bond. He owes the state
$23,6S9.
The Postmaster. general has directed
the establishment Of full railway post
Office lire between st. Louis and Nashville
on the Louisville & Nashville railroad.
This will make continuous full car SER
vice between st. Louis and Montgomery,
Ala.
The Georgia Honse of Representatives
Thursday appropriated $500, 900 for the
common schools of the state. This is re-
garded as committing the state to en-
annual school appropriation. There is
no doubt Of the senate's concurrence in
the bill.
Fire broke out ThuEaday afternoon in
the Central railroad cotton warehouse,
adjoining the ocean steamship wharyes
in Savannah, Georgia. One warehouse
and nearly 500 bales of cotton were de.
slroyed. The loss is estimated at nearly
5000, 900
MIR. Bassett, the Baytien consuLgen-
eral at New York, was formally removed
from office Thursday morning. Vice
consul Singleton was promoted to The
vacancy. It is said that Mr.. Bassett was
not removed for any mistake that he had
made, but simply because the new ad-
ministration wanted man iii the posi-
ton who was thoroughly in sympathy
with its purposes.
Malignant diphtheria is reported to be
raging along the line Of Berks and Ian
caster counties, in Pennsylvania, where
the counties join. In some families two
and three children have died, and ever
adults are afflicted with the disease. L
Ia estimated that within a short time q
persons have died within short distance
of each other. At Reamstown the school
have been closed until the abatement O.
the disease.
General NJ. T. McMahon and Judge
Van Huesen and Brown, representing tn
Grand Army Of the Republic, Thursda,
urged the New York board of estimst
md spportionment 10 appropriate $3.50,
900 for the erection of soldiers monu
! ment in Central Park. Mayor Hewitt
killed the project, saying that he "di
not believe in compulsory patriotism.
II requires unanimous vote to max
such an appropriation.
The Postmaster. general Thursday sRi
/ that within few weeks he had receive
I the designations Of considerable numbe
of Presidential and fourth-class postmn!
t tiers, with the request that Republican
: whom they name and recommend be nI
! pointed in their places. Others hav
: written, asking whether their resignf
4 lions and recommendations Of Rspublice
D successors would receive favorable actor
, II reply to an inquiry, the Postmaste
general said that no designations ha
been or would be accepted that are mao
!, for the purpose of forestalling the actlo
! Of the incoming administration, by ii
: appointment of Republicans.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
pRuNK IN THE SENATE.


N bAhhGH u AhhH& aAheAhAH
Exhibition of Himself.
wAsHINGToN, Dec. 13.-Riddleberger
has not been in the Senate more than once
or twice this session until to-day, but he
was sufficiently interesting to the galle-
les and sufficiently annoying to the Sem
ate this afternoon. he was very palpably
drunk and In an ugly temper. II Is at
such times that Riddleberger is most
furious against England, and so helm
Bisted on breaking into the tariff debate
with speech on the English sxtradition
treaty. Berry (Ark.) who was tempo
xarily occupying the chair, could not
bring him 10 order and had 10 send for
Ingalls,, who, by pounding with the gayei
and threatening TO call in the sergeant
alarms, forced the Virginia senator to
retire 20 o sofa, where he poured out pro-
family for ten minutes In spite Of the at
tempts of Hoar and Chandler and others
of his Republican brethren 10 calm him.
After while he tried to interrupt the
tariff discussion with his anglo-phobe
speech again. Again Iasalls forced him
20 deaist.
This time Riddleberger fairly boiled
over with rage, and proceeded to execute
threat which he has several times made
against Ingalls, especially and his brother
Republicans generally, by introducing
g resolution providing for reorganiza-
tion Of the Senate officers and committees
after january 1st. He does not OK
poet, of course, to turn the officers and
committees over to the Democrats, be-
cause, even If he could get the Demo-
Gratis to vote with him, the Republicans
would still have one majority; but IL he
can get the Democrats to vote with him
he will compel Ingalls, to vote for bis own
reelection as president pro tempore in
order to keep the organization Of the
Senate in Republican hands, and this, he
thinks, would annoy the Republicans
generally and Ingalls, particularly.
But the Democrats, who have always
despised the Republican bargain with
Malone and Riddleberger and rejoiced Of
the personal humiliation and discontinue
that Malone and Riddleberger have
brought upon the Republicans, are not
likely to make similar blunder. The
resolution will, however, give Riddle.
berger another chance TO exhibit hiE
weakness to the world.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
THE NOVEMBER PREDICTIONS.
Gen. Greedy Refutes the Charges of
signal service HncOnpetencY.

Gen. Greedy Refutes the Charges of
signal Service HncOmpetencY.
BOSTON, Dec. 15.-Gen. Greedy has
written letter to Boston in reference to
an editorial in Boston paper charging
him with incompetency and saying that
the loss OF 40 lives in the storm Of No
vember 2Gth was due to the inefficiency
OF the signal service bureau. Gen.
Greedy writes that he "objeots In the
interest of decency and justice to SO false
and outrageous charge as that which
places the responsibility of these lives
upon the very able and competent officer
who made the predictions for November"
Continuing, he shows at length from
the reeoraa thet re. es,.g -Ta-e 9stEn1,5 io7
moderate gales displpysd from the even
Ing of the 2Sd, but that at every point On
the VeW England coast sigrais for vio-
lent gale were displayed from 10 to Is
hours in advance of the hight Of the gale.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
Arrrn 4 RKYIYAL. pMArH.
The Rev. Hob Light of the Reading
limited Irelhren Drops Dead.

READING, Pa, Dec, 15.--The Rev. Job
Light, pastor of lions Church, this city,
and one of the most prominent minister's
In the United Brethren denomination OF
this county, dropped dead ct his home
last night, after conducting an exciting
revival service in his church. Tho sub
jeot of his last sermon was, "Wbore will
you spend your eternity? will spend
mine in heaven"
Deceased was 40 years of age and had
served congregations in Philadelphia,
Reading, Harrisburg and other places.
He was presiding older of the baltimore
district for four years, and was 30 years
In tbs ministry. He graduated at the
Westonyille (0hio) College.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
The Death penalty Of the Ohoctaws

AToNKA, INDIAN TY., Dec. l4.-Lyman
Puslee, fratricide, was shot yesterday
near Ushkaomma in the presence of sew
eral hundred Ohoctaws, in execution of a
Judicial sentence. Puslee met his death
stoically. He sat erect and cool on his
coffin while his hands and feet were
bound and his eyes bandsged and he did
not appear to finch when the executioner
gave the command to fire. Els death
was instantaneous, three bullets piercing
his breast near the heart.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
An Rish,.


l1IU fVII 3I1Et7 NJ
The New York World is right. Practi.
cal politics, es bread winning business,
is not the forte OF TIE Mugwumps. IN
fact they were organized largely With the
view Of oppog'pg this kind of business.
TheBe unintendad tributes are always or.
preeiated, though there is an obtuseuess
about them which could not possibly
come from any one hut O practical pcli.
tician of the present day.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20

ID ION HefhII.
President CIeyeland's answering dsvo-
tion to the cause OF tariff reform, az indi-
Gated in his latest message, recalls the
exclamation of Seneca's pilot, SO aptly
applied by Mr.. Lowell to tho President in
his address at Bsrvsrd's 250th enniyor-
sary 20 pilot, you nav save me If you
will; you may si1k me if you will; but
whatever happens l will keep my rudder
true"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
A cr.ari:a.a OpcrAtion.

NEW YoEK, Dec. Ii The Gnsarlan
operation was successfully performed
yesterday at Bellevue Hospital by Prot.
W. T. Ausk in the case Of Ellen Murphy,
On unmarried woman, 26 years old, The
operation had to be performed on account
OF detormity in the lower part Of tho
woman's body. Mother and child are
doing we'll and it is thought they will
both live.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
mad Accident 20 Hand.car Men.

CINCINNATI, O., Dec. ia hand-car
on the Cincinnati Northern Narrow
Gauge railroad coming rapidly down the
steep grade this morning near the Eden
Park entrance, struck stone on the
track and was thrown down on embank-
ment. Six railroad employees aboard
went with it and all of them were injured.
Tim Sullivan, foreman, was probably
fatally hurt. The others escaped with
broken bones and scalp wounds. 1t ia
uncertain whether the stone was placed
on the track to wreck train or rolled
there from the wall OF the cut.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20

READING, Pa, Dec. 15.-Ihe dwelling
On the farm Of George Wagner, in Upper
Bern township, this county, and occupied
by Samuel Wagner, was burned last
night with all the furniture. Mrs. Wag-
ner end children were nearly auffooated
end were carried out in helpless condi.
ton by mir. Wagner. They were then
obliged TO walk in their night-ciothes to
neighbours half mile distant. Loss,
"a, 500.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
The Nack ville Amir.

LONDON, Dec. 14.-In tho house of
commons last night Sir James Ferguson,
under foreign secretary, replying to Lord
Randolph Churchill, said that the Ameri.
can minister had presented notice on
the sackville affair fow days ago and
that 1t had bsen referred to Lord Sack
vile for comment. The correspondence
on the subject could not be published
until complete.
CrTx OF MExico, Dac. 14.--A rumor is
current here that Sir Spencer st. John,
the English minister, will probably re-.
place Lord Sackyillc at Washington.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
Fbroo Deaths from an Explosion.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, Dec. The
names Of the killed by the mill explosion
rea- Evergreen, Wednesday night, are :
j. f. Brown, white, B. Maxwell and j.
Brown, colored. Thomas A. Moss, white,
was terribly hart but will recover. Ben.
nett Page and four or i've negroes were
glightly hurt.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20

SAN DIEGO, GAL, Dec. lathe over
land train due here last night was wrecked
near Encenitas, 38 miles north, by spread.
ing rails. Every car but the sleeper left
the track, rolling down 34-feet embank-
ment. Express messenger Whitehead had
rib broken. All others escaped.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
A ChenIer Wan KILLED.

CHESTER Pa, Dsc. l4.-Ebenzer
Luton, an old and well-snown eiti-
zen, WINS struck and instantly killed
by q north-bound train on the p, w. d
B. railroad this morning OF Penn street
crossing.