Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-07-31

General News OF the Morning.
The steamer City OF Long Branch yes
terday started for the Delaware Break
water so search for the gold supposed to be
in the wreck of the sunken war ship
De Braak.
Fifty female employees OF the shoe fac
tory in Carlisle, Pa. who have beon on strike
for two weeks on account OF an obnoxious
foreman, Abram Keiter OF Philadelphia,
returned to work yesterday. Keiter was
discharged.
The Rock Nitro-Glycerine factory. two
miles south OF Lima, Ohio. was blown up
by being set on fire by tramps. 800 pounds
OF glycerine exploded, completely wreck
ing the building and tearing up the earth
to a depth Of 20 feet.
II, ]. Morris, who was injured at the
race course at Saratoga, on Saturday after
noon, was reported about the came last
evening. He is suffering from concu ssion
OF the brain. and great effort Is made 10
keep the inflammation down.
Masked robbers entered the farmhouse
OF Conrad Doup, 10 Knox county, Ohio, on
Sunday night, beat the old man with a
club, bound him with chalk line and then
stole SO. 600 from a trunk where Doup kept
his money. There is no clue to the robbers.
Professor Jameson. the naturalist,
writes from Konogo, on the Congo river,
that be is making preparations to leave
with Major Bartellot, Tippo-Tib and 600
men to search for Henry NJ. Stanley. he
says all the Europeans In the expedition
are we'll.
Mrs. Nycs, living with her sonin.law,
Adam Yungmap, at Norristown, Pa, went
to sleep last Saturday night and did not
wAken until yesterday morning. All efforts
to arouss her we're without avail. She Wal
In her unual good health. Bhe had slepI
sixty hours.
The Local Board Of Steamboat Inspector
ct Baltimore, yesterday decided that Cap
tain Frank Torrey, OF the yacht CLEAN
was guilty OF unskilled navigation fo
causing the collision which ended In I
Harrison Garrett's death. and revoked hi
license as master aud flrstclAss pilot.
The B. and o. excursion train runnInI
from Warrington to Atlantic City mad
an exceptionally fast run on the return
trip lass night. They left Atlantic City a
seven o'clock and arrived In Washington
at 12.45. The run was made from Phila
delphia to Washington In three hou rs an
10 minutes.
The steamship ParthiAn. Of the Bosto
and Philadelphia line, which was In coll
sion with the schooner Ayr, in Vinegar
Sound, Saturday night, arrived In Bosto
at 4 o'clock, Monday morning. The steame
is not damaged anything like what We
anticipated from the frst reports, and he
cargo is almost intact.
Frank Chlebun, the man VIII ose test
mony was chiefly the cause OF securing Il
indictment OF his comrades in the Anarcl
; ist revenge" cases at Chicago. was r
, leased on bail yesterday. Though he wa
! indicted with the others. the chRrg'
, against him will not be pressed In co inside
. alton OF bis turning States evidence.
> A tornado cutting a swath about q
I yards In width and going to the northwe
D barely missed Fairmount. I'LL. yssterda
, afternoon. II swept everything before
tearing down fences. trees, etc. The gra
4 over which IL passed was literally torn o.
e by the roots The residence OF J. T. Davi
9 two miles distant. was demo IIshed and
: orchard uprooted and carried away. \
loss OF life has been reported.
. A distinguished looking stranger, sbo
b IS years old, evidently Russian, who d
clined to give bis name, but says he is fro
Philadelphia, made desperate attempt
u commit suicide last night on the beach ne
the Excursion House, Atlantic City, 81
= by drowning and then by firing two sh,
y with bulldog revolver. 10 Is Ia q critic
condition. The man admits that It was
= love Rffairthnt prompted the deed.