Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-14
IN GENERAL.


Bordentowu on Sunday. Docks and the
lowlands on the Pennsylvania aide were
flooded.
of Mexico Sunday. Some of the prin-
cipal streets in the City of Mexico were
inundated.
Schihick Jugigo stabbed Mura Cannis
to death in New York boarding house
early on. Sunday morning. They were
Japanese sailors, who had quarreled on
vessel.
Mrs. Celia Brown, an aged woman, and
her Sysars-old grandson were found
murdered at their home, near Selma, N.
O., or Saturday. There is no clue to the
murderer.
Barnheimer & Levy, dry goods and
millinery dealers, In Topeka, Kansas,
made an assignment on Saturday. Their
liabilities were stated at 500, 600; assets,
$4,000.
A building in Kansas City, No., ocou.
pied b. Peter Tiernan, job printer, aud
the A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Company,
was burned on Saturday. Loss $50, 0OO;
covered by insurance.
Elmer I.abodie, aged 45 years, accused
vi hA hhtAuiL uHoh oub Vi hho
committed suicide in magistrate's court
in Franklin, Mass, on Saturday by cut
ting his throat with knife.
The President on Saturday gave a
special audience to the new BRAZILIAN
minister and suite and two special ENJOYS
from that country. They were formally
presented by Secretary Blaine.
An aged couple, named Page, were
found murdered in their house in Clinch
county, Ga, a few days ago. The bodies
were horribly mutilsted. Robbery is
supposed to have been the motive for the
CRIME.
A telegram from San Juan Del Norte,
Nicaragua, says that the first sod OF the
| Nicaraugda canal was turned on Sunday
morning enid the booming OF cannon
and the cheers OF thousands of spectators.
Diphtheria has broken ont in the chill
dren's home and the county almshouse,
ut Washington, Pa. Ten deaths have
occurred in the home and there were i've
cases under treatment on Saturday.
l. chicago paper says that representa-.
tives OF en English syndicate are negoti-
atiug for the purchase OF the mating
plant OF George II. Buileu d Co., in that
oit., which turns out l,25U,0OO bushels
Of malt yearly.
Contracts for furnishing material for
the Uuited States monitor Amphltrite,
being constructed at the Norfolk navy
yard have been awarded by the navy
department, under proposals received
August 9th.
The anniversary OF the execution Of
the Chicago Anaohists was celebrated in
Pittsburg on Saturday night, an audience
o. about 1 900 men, women and children
being present. Speeches were made and
Anarchistic tableaux exhibited.
The United States grand jury in Bslti
more on Saturday indicted Is of the 12i
Navassa rioters for murder and being
accessories bstore the fact. seven are
charged as principals and IL as having
aided and abetted the murders.
Mrs. Henry Burick, wife of wealth,
farmer in Brown county, Kansas, WA
, shot dead last Saturday by Frank Zolu
dick, one of her husbands farm hands
No cause 10 known except that Zoludiel
was crazed by drink. de committed
enthusiastically after,
In Boston on Saturday, after on exam
nation as to the sanity OF George Franci
j |
, lieve Train sufficiently insane to be or
, dered to M asylum. ''He did not beliey
/ him sufficiently sane, however, to be he'll
| for debt and should, therefore, order hi
discharge"
Sunday was the birthday of Presi
a dent OaoereH, of Peru, and it was ccle
> brRted in Lima with great enthusiasm
Y The festivities were begun on Saturda
evening with public Examinations an
fireworks. They will be continued unit
: the 18th and include q banquet anda bul
+ fight.
The brakes Of Fifth street cable trail
. in Kansas City, Mo-, refused to work a
? the train was going up hill on saturda
afternoon. At the foot of the hill the run
away train collided with another train
, causing general wreck. Four passenger
/ and two train men were injured, the lat
t ter perhaps fatally.
. the Kentucky court Of appeals on Sal
: uSday affirmed the decision of the Pik
county court in the Hatfield Coy easel
q Valentine Hatfield, Bryant Msyhorn an
Dock Msyhorn 60 to the penitentiary 10
b life for the murder of Robert Mo0oi
/. and Ellison Mounts will hang for til
murder Of the girl, Aliaf Mccoy, sistl
of the murdered men.
! One OF neat OF nine large boilers
\ Pardee, Sons & Co.'s mines, near HAIL,
i ton, Pa, exploded early Sunday mori
. ing, killing Frank Monk, Joseph Bsbbia
s and Daniel Bullock. The nine boiler
o and the extensive foundations wei
i wrecked. The cause OF the explosion
unknown. Many men and boys al
thrown out of employment by the acc
~ dent.
" Fl. Rsmsen Whitehouse, United Stat,
" charge d'afaises in the City of Meric
j. returned there on Sunday, after haVir
:, climbed the extinct volcano of Iztecch
y kuRtl, $4,000 feet high. The feat VI
4 accomplished only once before. II
q German minister, Baron Won Zedtint
" was one OF the party. Mr.. Whitehou
If was obliged to cut over 1900 steps
;; solid ice to get to the top, and one nigl
u he cAnped in cave at height Of IL, OF
feet
An investigation of The administratie
OF the funds OF Brown University
~ Providence. r. L., by the late Registri
ia Gilman p, Robinson shows an embezz
70 ment OF $l7 900. Robinson was arreste
Va Sunday on warrant charging hi
u with the embe2zlement of IS 600. lie VI
!, srraigned and pleaded net guilty aud vi
4 admitted to bail in the sum OF So, 600.
"a The proposals received q few days as
n a. tire navy department for material 4
~ use ia the construction OF tho machinel
N OF the two 3,000-ton CRUISERS to he bui
Il al the New York and Norfolk navy yard
If have been referred to tho chief of Il
burnhu Of steam engineering FOR exGr
iua'iou, report and Recommendation. III
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