Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-18

noRs ana DeeV6s 10 Inc lily OF MEXICO.
The total value OF our exrorts OF domes-
tic brsadsIuffs duriDR the ~ months which
ended June 3tth last was $i2O,2ll.2U.
against Sl2i,7U2.J63 during the preceding
IL months.
The bonds accepted on Friday by the
Secretary of the treasury we're: Regis.
tered A., 81 700 at 1928; registered Az, S4n,.
000. 5000, $4,000 ut lO6I; coupon AS,
5000 at ll6S.
Two men named Horner aud Rsifsnyder
were killed by lightning whlls at WORK in a
harn 10 miles south of Gettysburg on
Thursday afternoon. The barn was burned
and Horner's body consumed.
The cruiser B tltimore returned Friday
from preliminary trial trip, on which. u
is said, she largely exceeded the 5000
guaranteed horse power. An average
speed OF about 20 Knots an hour was devel'
oped.
A terrific Storm was raging at Vera Cruz,
Mexico, on FEday, Spanish bark was
dragging her anchors, and the Mexican
maD.uf wal La LiOertad was IN great dam
ger. her anchorage In the roadstead being
Insecure.
Judge Fostar OF the United States court
at Topeka, Z meas, on Friday decided that
no ffieer oil Oklahoma has legal authority
to arrest or tmprison Offenders against the
law. inasmuch IA the country Is under the
Jurisdiction OF no court.
II Ia said that representatives OF q London
syndicate ATE In Chicago, and will endeaVor
10 organize company, with capital OF
$4,000, 700, to put in plans for making
Ineap gas all over the United States. Il Is
stated that the gas can be made for eight
cents per 900 cubic feet In the holder.
S4cretary Window on Friday telegraphed
Collector E-hardt at New York. mis- ap-
proval or the course OF the Enigrant COM
missioners 10 OBTAINING the emtgrsnts sert
TO Agent Nael, OF the S'uthern Pacific rail-.
road, by WriRhtson & Son OF London, and
ordered the immediate return of every man
sent 10 Agent Neel under the law prohibits
Ing the importation Of contract laborers.
John Ryan. aged 8 years, and William
Ggeriues, aged II years, living In New
York, went boating on the Rarlem river
ON Friday afternoon. When the steamer
rhomas s. Brennan came along her paddle
gheel struck the boat and Ryan was
drowned. The other boy fell inside tho
"a lido wheel and after II made coupe OF
| revolutions he was thrown ont In the river,
| but was rescued. He Will recover.
The supreme court II Minnesota has de-
nisd an application for stay OF proceed-
| lngs In the case OF Albert Bulow, under
sentence 10 hs hanged next week for the
murder OF Frank Gslcl. This will be the
first execution under the new law, which
4 ~ Divides that only the sheriff, his deputies
and physician shall b" present, and that
| merely the bare announcement OF the exc
| cnt'on tlust be published
| SamuAl Fassanden, treasurer OF the Cape
God ship Canal Company, has been petit
] Toned into bankruptcy ny the Bass River
! savings Bank OF south Yarmouth on q
lain OF $4,000, il is AZ the canal COM
Jany or G. A. Lockwoc i the contractor for
| lie canal, are NOT i'm we'd In the least.
Fessenden's liabilities re variously estis
mated at from $50, 0D0 $4,000 and assets
| from SS QUO to ga U00
Reports we're eurrr'ut on change in Buff
falo, New York, on Friday, that the firm OF
sherman Bro. d 90 limited, manager OF
associa'ed elevators, were involved In
erious complications. II Is alleged that
certificates for large amount OF grain IN
The International and Lake Shore Elevators
are out, aud II Ia further claimed that there
Is 10 grain TO represent them IN the eie-
vators. The banks holding the receipts are
amply secured.
Frances Cooper, a colored woman, invited
three other nrRio women, neighbors. 70
dinner. Alter dinner the three guests wero
taken with commissions, and one expired In
great agony. Investigation establish
the fact Of poisoni' &, and Yesterday Franz
ess Cooper confessed that she had grudgc
against these women arising through some
neighbothnod quarrel. and had placed
q uKh on Rats IN u dish OF butter beans
Tor the purpose OF poisoning them. She
-aid her husband had urged her TO do so.
Austin Cooper, her husband, told several
1tories ab tut the at ttr. but finally con-
a med his wiIe's confession. The two
surviving Victims will pro b.biy die.
The steamar Acapulco arrived at San
Francisco en- Friday from Pansma. having
N board officers Of the steamer Grenada,
that was wrecked near Manzanillo, Mexico.
June 22i. The officers declined to give de-
tailed accounts OF the grounding OF the
! ar mn atpfamAnfQ ma6e
by the passengers that any trouble arose
1mong the latter during the wreck.
Maurice WEIGH was on hoart. A recent
Chicago Dispatch stated that II was pic
nre OF WEIGH that had been identified by
.averal persons there as the suspect
Simonds who appeared 10 the Cronin CAGE,
and as the Dsn who bought the Carlson
cottage furniture. WEIGH exhibited marked
interest In the recital OF the Crontn case
but denied that he had any connection
with It.
A statement was published In Chicago
on Friday to the Il ct that, notwithstand'
ing the action OF th5 Trunk Line managers
Nsw York Thursday restoring the rate,
on all sorts OF gram except corn to the
oasis of as cents per 100 pounds from
tlhical o to Nav YORK. the hicaRo aud
Grand Trunk has issued a tariff announce
ing a 20 cent rate on wheat, corn, oats and
Ill kinds OF grain and Its products, inc'ud.
, ing -four, from Chicago to Nsw York. New
England and all other Eastern through
pointa the new rates to go into feet JULY
18Th. The Chicago and Grand trunk people
when questioned about the natter by /
reporter for the Associated Press, denied
he tiu'h OF II as r as Nav England point
are concerned, but decline to either affirn
or deny IL hs 10 other points.
Some OF the butchers in Washington WHIT
have secured government contracts hay,
com platned to the district attorney that tn,
agents nj Amour & 90 S Tift & Co., ant
Two o'her Chicago dressed beef houses
, who do wholesale business 10 Washing
Ton, have combined to iIjure them by wha
practically boycott. The agents OF tht
Gu cago films and a number of loca
! butchers pnr IN bids for furnishing 81
E ZaOeth's Insane Asylum, the Soldier
Home and other government institution
with beef. @. q. Carroll and ssntus Auth
, who secured the Insane Asylum and Sol
' dlars' q me contracts, declare that thu
, Wholesale houses refuse 10 supply then
with bssf except at prices almost double
those CHARGED other dealers. They asser
that they would not have been able to fulh
, their coI'rHcts hut for the secret assistance
a nf friends who purchased beef for then
from tha wholesalers. The Representatives
10 Wa hlnEtou OF the Chicago houses den,
emphatlcally that they have entered into
combination TO put NJ the prices en- loca
J contractors. and say that they treat all per
sons alike and make no discrimination.
IL probable that the matter will come up II