Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-24
dates and members Of the legislature.

The wind blew freight car from side |
track to the main track at Sylvapia, Wis,
Wednesday night week. A freight train ran
into it, wrecking the engine and seven
carB. Harvey Brubacker was killed Enei-
neer Flack fatally and George Otto &C.
verely injured. The damage is placed at
$40, 900.
The site for the New York etate chapel
to be erected on the Gettysburg battle
field was fixed Thursday. 1t is in the
southern portion OF the soldiers national
cemetery, on the hill where tho summer
house now stands. The proposed build
ing is 10 cost 100000, Of which $50, 900
has been subscribed.
A marble statue OF Benjamin Franklin,
OF heroic size, which WAS lately placed
upon a granite pedestal in the space
formed by the intersection Of Peunsylva-
mia avenue and % street., in Washington,
was unveiled Thursday by Mrs M. W.
Emory, the great granddaughter o.
franklin. There was no public ceremony.
The statue and pedestal are gift from
Mr.. Stilson Hutchins.
The proposed international maritime
conference has been postponed from
April to the end of Seotember. With the
single exception OF Great Britain all the
principal maratine nations of the world
have signifisd their purpose OF participant
ing in the conference, and recent GORE
spondence with Great Britain iustihes the
belief that that government will also be
fully represented.
The first annual dinner Of tine Ameri-
can Protective Tariff League was held in
New York Thursdsy5nisht. There were 325
members aud guests present, President
Ammldown occupied the chair, and on
either side of his scat were the Hon.
Warner Miller, j. O, Burrows of Michi-
gan Governor O. r, Lounsbury of Con-
neeticut, Governor r. O. Cheney, Colonel
LeGrsnd Cannon and Governor Henry.
The New Jersey State Agriculture
Society, in session in Trenton, last week
elected the following officers President,
T.. A. Wilkinson, Newark; Nice.presi.
dents, Hon. N. s. Rue, Cream Ridge;
General John s. Trick, yincentoEn; Hon.
George A. Halsey, Newark; Hon William
| Ozark, Jr. Treasurer, Charles +. HI burn,
j Newark; Recording Secretary, William NJ
/ Force, Newark; Corresponding s secretary,
. 2. Quinn, Newark.
! Tho Board Of Indian Commissioners
held their annual meeting in Washing
ton, D. o., Thursday. Resolutions wore
adopted urging the extension OF tie prin
, ciples OF the civil service SYSTEM 10 tht
! Indian service asking for liberal appro
! priations for carrying out the law in sew
2 crafty acts; asking that immediate step
be taken for this industrial educntion Q
all Indian children; demanding that tn
sacred obligations of treaties hs regarded
The use of the electric light on train
was begun Thursday night by the Cbioagt
q Milwaukee Il st, Paul railroad I've YES
4 tiUule trains OF nine cBrs each, steam
o heated, were started with tire electri
I lght-ona from Chicago for 81. Paal, tn
n other in the opposite direction. The cleo
trieity is furnished by o dynamo in th
baggage car. In ,hn sleeping oars ther
is an iDcandeseent burner in every aectio
}. go that the occupant can read book q
T. paper while lying in bed.
0, manager OF minor theatre in Oh
z cago set apart a certain portion of hi
. house for the occupation OF colored pei
pie. A colored woman bought sick'
outside the prescribed limits, and, bein
refused the privilege of sitting in Ii
s. scat which her ticket called for, brou2l
" suit for damages The manager of til
IN theater pleaded in defence that his pt
10 irons were OF tough character, wit
Or strong race prejudicss. In a decisic
Thursday Judge Carey held that tn
procedure was in violation of law
IL the manager caters for such class l
lss, must abide the consequences Of sue
az lRwlessness as he cannot, with or witho,
police assistance, restrain.