Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-18
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few days and the people are becoming
alarmed. 49,.
Ia his report for the year ending June
3J.h, the collector of the port of Phila-
delphis places the receipts tor customs OF
S23, 4n7 $50 "a. In this respect Phila-
delobia, it is stated, is second only to
New York.
Elizabeth Ellen Gross shot aud killed
Jsues E. Goats, in Baltimore, early on
Sunday. The Gross woman setd that
Coates was heating his wife, and when
she iutertered he turned on her with
razor, when she shot him.
It has been decided ct the navy de-
partmens that the general dimensions Of
toe two new 5000 ton cruisers, for
which proposals have been invited, will
he: length. 257 feet breadth, 81 feet
depth, 10 feet u inches.
The grand jury in Washington, D. O..
on aaturday found an Indictment OF IL
counts against tine Baltimore anu Poto-
mao Railroad Company FOR maintaining
nu ssnces in occupying certain named
streets AID tq1ares with their tracks snd
switches: also sl indictment Of % counts
against District Commissioners Douglass.
9ine aud Raymond, charging them with
ms conduct in Office in permitting the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Com.
pany TO maintsin nuisauces by the I'M
lawful obstruction OF streets named in the
preceding Indictment.
The postmaster general has given out
the follow ng concerning the report that
he had made gu order reducing the rate
on government teleGrams from one cent
to one mill per word. He says that he
had sugEe sted this rate and noiiti4d the
telegraph companies to this eject. TO
| some OF the companiat oti4ctinE 10 the
rate he bad written letter which stated,
among other things, desire to say that
| the rate proposed was fixed upon tutor
| nation furnished to this department that
your COMP any has been making rates TO
| various large corpor IONS that are, in
some instances, as To- as tins figure now
proposed for the government service"
The Secretary of the Treasury haq re.
\ ceived letter from the collector OF cas-
toms at SitkR, Alaska, in regard to the
salmon fisheries of that territory, ia
which he sngpAsts that, ipssmuch as there
are now over 40 fishing and canning cor
porations actively engaged in catching
and pre- pairing salmon tor market, dis
tributed over large area, he be author.
ICED to visit such portions OF the territory
to sse that the laws for the protec ion OF
these fisheries are properly enforced. he
has been informed in reply that his re-
quest cannot be granted, because of the
lack OF appropriation cut Of which his
expenses would be paid.
The United States treasurer has or
dered that In the future the redemption
Of legal tender notes by the treasury de-
partment shall be made on the btis OF
tht. 8 5 rule in vogue in the redemption OF
the national fapk notes. Heretofore the
former were redeemed on the basis of the
teltts; that IL, q mutilated note was re-
deamud OF vslue proportionate TO the
part presented, counting in tenthH
Under the rule, if that part of a note
Is presented it lie redeemed at its full face
value, hut it less than three fifths il
handed in nothing is paid unies an affi
lvit is fed, together with evidence tC
support vraci'y, that thu mi sing portion
OF the note has been destroyed.
A dispatch from B sliair, Ohio, says
reliable information received from the
Flint Glass Workers National Conven.
ton indicates that there will be no i'm
important changes in the wage scale thi
year, and no trouble is spprehended
Some interesting information in regard
, to the great strike which was inaugura et
in December, 1887. is given. The asso
/ cistion has paid ont over 1915 600 a
, benefits to the membsrs engaged in it
and there were originally 2,760 OF them
, involved in the strike for 81 weeks, 1,00t
, OF them until August, 1888, and they
| have been paving benefits ever since t.
| from 400 to $50 membars. the minimum
being still on the roll for benefits.
Commodore Schey. chief OF the burea,
CT equipment and recruiting, returned
TO Washington on Saturday from Phila
, delptia, where he had gone to accom-
! pany the new steel cruiser Baltimore OF
her first run out to sea. He was in
3 hi2h state OF satisfaction over the achieve
] ment of the new craft, which he viii
| command as soon as she is put in c I'M
t mission. He calls her ''magnificsu
ship and saws that she will be one of tn
moet formidable vessels sfoat when full
!. equipped and armed. The run Taste;
three days, and was taken by the con
9 tractors for tho purpose Of ascertainint
. how the machinery worked in $50 way
The trial, said the commodore, was
complete success.
= TOlG6 1ubpoCtuf suS5, VI NOW LoEh
on Saturday received dispatch fror
Detective Sergeant Reilly, ct Va paraisc
Chill, saying that he was leaving ther
for New York with William A. Bushnell
alias Gerard F. Hanson, the embezzlin
hookkeeper OF the law firm o. Butler
Stillmau & Hubbard. He Is also th
embt zzer of 5 Is. 900 from the West Coa'
Q Telephone Company. he made ava
l rpikI >, xpk,I Ia he Va n
. the company, 10 1886 and 1887. 70 Hsr
L som he was arrested in SAINT ago but wa
I, 30 popular there that no Jury would cor
viet him. Inspector Byines' man had
hard fight to get his prisoner away o
this extraditiun papers. ..
/. The strike at the Homestead ste,
. works, near Pittsburg, is an6ed, an
. work will be resumed az sooh as the fu
a nsces are heated. conference, arrange
i. by Sheriff MoCandiess, between tt
!. ana'gamated ofic ais and the uismbo
of the Ann, was begun on Saturday ate
noon, continued yesterday and resulte
in an smicable settlement LAST night, Ct
a ttrms of the settlement are not positivUl
! known. but it is understood that conen
n sions were made on both sides. n
Al workmen, it is said, have agreed to u
"a oept 20 per cent reduction instead |
q IS per cent, as proposed BY the firm. "
SO ,le will remain in force for three yeell
ending in 1892, and Instead of the sGdl
Il. year beginning with January ss proposi
$. by Carnegie, it will commence upon JE'
Q; LIST, the same as the Amslgsmsted Isl
re- scale. TIE work Of repairs will go {
ID to day, and by Wednesday 1t is thoulI
Of the 5000 men will sgain be worktiy
i ie with steady employment promised 8
Il. three years.