Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-02
General New. OF the Morning.


has become insane from grief.
George Harris, aged fourteen. Of Cincin-
natl, on Tuesday evening accidentally shot
his eleven-year-old sister dead during
playful struggle for the possession Of rife
with which he was practicipg.
Edward W. Gavin, aged S3. keepersin
the Erie County IN. ~ Penitentiary COM
mitted suicide yesterday by shooting him
self through the heart with a revolver.
Family troubles are supposed to have
been the cause.
| Abner Taylor OF Chicago, one Of the syn
dictate composed of Senator Fsrwell and
others, who built the Texas Capitol; says
the syndicate was powerless to prevent the
importatisn Of foreign stonecutters to work
on the building. the contract having been
let to Mr.. Wilkie.
| Near Gaylord. Mich. on Tuesday, on a
logging road, a train of empty fiat cars
struck a fallen tree across the track and
! jumped the rails Twenty-Five workmen
are reported wounded. sixteen seriously,
and three will probably die. They are
nearly all Polanders.
/ NO AnlnuNn NAts ~ bhiiy 1uufAtH was
sold yesterday by F. F. Patterson TO John
Harper and @. Frsye. of Philadelphia. for
sec. zoo cash. Mr.. Harper will have sdi-
torial charge, and Mr.. Frsye will be bust
ness manager. The paper will be Rspubli-
can in politics.
Philadelphia has been suffering from
severe typhoid epidemic. The physicians
are completely pnzElsd to discover
theory TO account for its presence, almost
everyone holding different opinion. Some
say it is the water, others the milk and
some think the bad drainage is the cause.
Judge Alfred Hand Of Scranton has heen
appointed TO the vacancy on the State su-
preme bench caused by the death of Justice
Turnkey. Governor Beaver has also Ap-
pointed Henry NJ. Hinkley to be president
Judge of the Twenty sixth district, com-
posed Of the counties Of Columbia and Mon
tour.
Emperor William arrived at Spansau at
4.15 O'Clock yesterday and Immediately
proceeded on the steamer Alexandria to
Potsdam. On arriving at Potsdam be was
met by the Duke and Duchess OF Schleswig
Holstein, Duke Guenther and the Chief Of
Police, and was Immediately driven 10 the
palace.
Over 300 Italians, disgusted at not being
able to obtain employment, called for home
from New York yesterday on the steamer
AlesiA Of the Fabre line. On the same
vessel, by order Of Collector Megone. were
two desperate italian brigRnds, who ar
rived on Faber line steamer about two
, months ago. The men were ironed, and
until the vessel sailed guarded by custom
} house officers.
Ths yellow fever in Florida appears TO b
dying ont for lack OF material. There ar,
at present three cases at Plant City an'
none at Tampa Nothing has been hear.
from Manatee and the other iafeste'
places for several days The hsal'h az
! thoriHes st Baltimore have refused &
h allow the entry into that city OF certaii
\ samples belonging 20 O drummer whit
e recently died at Tampa OF the fever.
}. The post office ct Atlantic City wa
J I broken open on Tuesday night end sl.lo
I, worth Of stamps and s75in cssh was taken
4 Registered letters were also pifsred. Tn
u strangest part Of the affair is that the pos
Office adjoins the city hall and police hsat
n quarters, and this job was consummate
within twenty-five feet OF the officers 0
h duty, and yet they did not know anythin
- about the robbery until it was all over en-
the safe breakers safely away with thei
- plunder.
In the Senate yesterday the House bill
enlarge the powers of the department. {
agriculture was passed. The provisions 4
:. the transfer Of the weather bureau to th
us department is stricken out The Bundry civ
bill was considered and passed with q
m amendment Mr.. Sherman was unable
tell when the Senate tariff bill would be r
ported. The members OF the finance con
= mittee grant hearings to any interes
which present themselves, and it will
some time before these preliminary ste
- will be finished.
Samuel Cruikshank who is IN jail
Rlkton, Md, will be taken to the jail
ier Lancaster, Pa. tomorrow upon the char
N, OF AbtsmptiEg to ossassinate John MOI
70 gomsry, Of lower Lancaster county, on Il
co Saturday night. Montgomery is in p
re- carioua condition. A surgeon has prob
an for she bullet, but without nnding
10 Cruikshank claims TO have belonged TO I
zip Jesse James gang formerly. and lately
ads ths Buzzard gang Of Lancaster coun
nal When caught he asked to be taken
lon Eikton, fearing that he would be lynct
nK by the neiEhbors OF Montgomery II tai
md 70 Lancaster.
A telegraph operator at Bockton, Al
tne gives meagre details OF a bloody tragedy
Is Bibb county. For some time a gang
ior moonshinsrs has been operating around
eas coal mines and railroad camps in q
'es- neiehborhood. They became 50 bold 9
y, they dehed arrest, and the last Uni
in' States Deputy Marshal who visited {
We section was run out and ordered never
out rsturn Last Sunday the gang wsyl
hst and murdered prominent citizen Of
sos county for his money. This aroused 8
On- excitement that posse was organised
con huut the outlaws. They were soon fou
can and after an exchange Of shots the me
Oh sinners took refuge in an old drift Of
lcy. Brierfisld coal mines. The posse OF citii
mao determined TO starve them to death II
'neo would not come out and surrender 4
erai day night one OF the moonshiners mad
.ion' bold dash for liberty but was shot at
nose the posse aud fell dead The rest OF
nave gang are still in the mines and the I
luss' standing guard.
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