Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-12-27

The first Congress of Colored Catholics
of the United States will meet in Wash
ington on January LIST. Its sessions will
be held In st. Augustine's Church. It is
expected that 600 delegates, mostly from
the South, will be present. On the morn
ing of the day of meeting Solemn High
Mass will be celebrated in the church,
Cardinal Gibbons being present.
In May last, Tessie, the pretty 4-year-
old daughter OF John Redmond, Of Chi
cago, was kidnapped by an unknown
woman. The unhappy father, after
travelling all over the United States In a
vain search of his lost child, was driven
crazy by anxiety and grief. He was on
Wednesday adjudged insane by Chicago
Court and committed to a private asy-
lum.
In Denver Colorado yesterday after
noon, while 100 men were excayating q
ditch for the Denver Gas Company six
feet deep along the side of and under the
cable car line, the track for an entire
block suddenly fell upon the men be-
meath, Four men were taken out dead
and TWO badly injured. The rest escaped
with severe bruises
Frank Dollna, and 2s years, a cigar
maker, was admitted to the Pennsylvania
Hospital late on Tuesday night, with his
skull fractured. He is alleged TO have
been assaulted by "nnion" cigar makers.
Dolms, 1t is said, is I OF a member OF any
union. 1t Is thought he will recover. His
assalants escaped.
Leon Deane returned to his home in
Old Mines, Missouri, late en- Tuesday
night from visit to De Soto and found
Dervil Boyer asleep in his room with his
vile, He procured an axe and killed
Boyer and then gave himself up to the
sheriff, claiming that he was justified in
killing yer.
Two young women were drowned at
Hillsville, near East Brady, Penusyl-
va ia, on Tuesday. They, in company
with another girl and two young men,
were crossing the Allegheny river in a
skitf, when it sank with them. The rest of
the party were rescued in all exhausted
condition.
Two cases sofsmAll-pox were discovered
yesterday in Nanticoke, Penn, the pa
tients being Hungarlans. A special meet
ing of the council was held, and the sick
men were ordered to be removed to a
temporary hospital in an isolated place.
William Smith, farm hand employed
by William Bricker, near Harrisburg, Pa,
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year-old daughter Of his employer and
then escaped.
At the conclusion of prize fight in
Brooklyn, New York, last night the rail
ing of the gallery broke, psecipitating a
number Of spectators to the floor below
A number were injured, one severely.
DR.. Mulliken, an old physician 10 Es-
canada, Mich, was arrested yesterday on
the charge of running a number Of
young girls. He was released on bail
and then left the town.
James B. Henderson, colored, who
shot and killed James b. Murphy, at
Bridgeport, on Monday night, was com
mltted yesterday to the custody of a Nor,
ristoWn policeman.
During drunken carousal in Union.
town, Pa, yesterday, George and Peter
Matcello, brothers, threw Mrs. Debosh,
with whom they boarded, down flight
Of stairs and broke her neck.
II B. Smith an ex-Congressman and
Supreme Court Judge, died yesterday In
Elmira, New York, aged 62 years.
Mrs Edith schoonmal6er, who was
shot by her husband in Brooklyn n few
days ago, died last night.