Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-25
In aENERAL.

The Pullman Palace Oar Comrany on
Tuesday commenced another suit In Ohi-
capo against the Wagner Palace Oar
Company and the Michigan Central Rail
way, for infringement Of the yestibul,
car patents.
The treasury department has informed
A. Patorno OF New Orleans that there is
no authority Of law for the free entry Of
q marble tomb and statue presented to
him by relative in Italy and intended
to be placed In one OF the cemeteries OF
New Orleans.
The oourt-martial that tried COM
mander L. II. Harrington on the charge
OF negligently allowing vessel OF the
navy to be grounded has made up its ver-
dict and adjourned. The result will not
be known until made public by the SEQ.
rotary Of the Navy.
The arbitrators have begun the taking
of testimony to determine whether the
wages offered the soft coal miners OF
Northern Illinois are adequate for the
labor required. The board Of charitieS
has postponed it's investigation into thu
mining troubles pending the result o.
this arbitration.
The International Maritime Exhibition,
which was to be held in New York, be.
ginning on September 2lst, will be held
in Boston instead, and will open on No.
vember 4th. No hall Of sufficient size
for the exhibition could be secured in
New York. The Mechanics Institute at
Boston has been engaged.
A report was received at the Navy De-
psrtment Tuesday from Admiral Cher
ardi, stationed at Port au Prince, dated
I,,iy InNh ~ sba condition, NJ aHuira m,
the island up to that true. There was
no mention Of any fighting. LeRitime
had appealed to the American Minister to
meet Hippolyte and endeavor to arrange
some basis upon which the conflict be-
tween their forces might be stopped It
was not stated whether the minister had
taken any steps in the matter.
A number of books were recently Inn
ported for the use of school connected
with the Russian church at San Fran
cisco, and the collector of that port as
seased duty on them upon the ground
that the number OF books OF each kind
exceeded the two copies entitled to frsS.
entry under the law. An appeal wi
taken to the treasury department ar
resulted In the collector being instruott
| to readjus the entry so as to permit Il
entry free of duty Of two copies OF eao
book and to Rssess duty upon the other
Colonel Roger ]. Page, a prominsr
lawyer and editor OF the Times Reois,e
at Marion, North Carolina. was murdsre,
at that place on Monday night, just ate
alighting from a train, by an unknown
assassin. Colonel Page was walking be
tween two friends aud leaning on tn,
arm of one OF them when the ASSASSIN
came up behind and shot him through
the neck, which was broken by the ball.
After firing the murderer got on horse
and fed the town. tits said that woman
was the oause Of the trouble, and that q
young man had threatened to shoot the
colonel.
The Dominion government IL consider
ing petition OF the owner OF the Unitsd
States fishing vessel Matte Winship. re-
Gently seized of Sydney, Cape Breton,
for illegal fishing, praying for q settle
msnt of the case. The governor general
, has approved OF the recommendation of
the minister of fisheries that. upon tha
payment of 30 coo to the crown and q
further sum sufficient TO cover all legal
and other expenses incurred in connsc.
ton with the seizure and custody of the
Matte Winship up TO the date Of her
being handed over to the owner or his
, ngent, that the vessel be released and all
, proceedings in the court OF the vice ad.
miralty be discontinued.
a Two new "trusts" were announced ID
= New York Tuesday. Zone is bed
, quilt trust, the two houses which p'aoti
, caliy control the manufacture OF com
, forters having pooled their interests Ths
, price OF the quilts, 1t ia said, will be ad
I vanced about rs per cent The other Is
free lunch trust. The Knicksrbo 'kel
Beam Company proposes TO supply al
the saloons in the city with the matsrial
for lunches. The company il absorbiny
many of the routes of individuals whS
Q have been supplying the saloons in thsi
q vicinity, and in cases where the small FIR,
v refuse to make way for the big cnnoeri
a the latter threatens to supply the SAILOR
o at half the prices now prevailing, and thu
a drive the individual purveyors out O
K business"
The Women's Christian Temperance
n Union Interstate Conference closed it
}, five days session at Mountain Lake Park
n Maryland, on Monday night. The resu
n lutions adopted dsclare for abstineno
,e and prohibitions; denounce all license a
1t criminal, and those who favor license o
4 parties or partskers of the crimes thu
D. aow out of the saloon; demand one stand
" ard of morals for men and women; de
clare it worse than treason to withhold
the power OF the ballot from the virtuou
and intelligent women OF the home an
lie lodge it with the vice and ignorance q
ID the saloon for homes distinctions; bi
?, God speed to the party that stands wit
s. them against tho saloon and bears thel
, banner, "For God and Home and Nativ
le Land" and finally recognizes in recer
" apparent reverses sure omens OF victor
IN for prohibition.