Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-04


Chicago Is over 100000.
1t is announced from Washington that
"the department Ct state has no advices OF
trouble at Delagoa Bay, and there is no In.
tention of sending war vessel there"
A ton OF flour was received at Spring
Valley, Illinois, OIL Thursday from Joliet,
for the locked-out miners. About 400
names are enrolled on the books OF the re-
lief committee.
Judge johnson of the'tcircuit court Of
Porter county, Indiana. has decided
against the constitutionality OF the law
passed by the last legislature OF that state
prohibiting the sale of fresh meat, unless
the animals had been first inspected alive
wi hin the county where the meat was to bs
offered for sale.
A telegram from Helena, Montana. says
that all efforts to check the forest IRE
which started In Cascade county, near
Sand Ooules, two days ago, have proved
unavailing. Adylees up to last night show
that It has covered an area OF over 100
square miles, and has destroyed the best
hay ground In the vicinity.
President Harrison on Friday appointed
Frederick Douglass to be minister to Haytf;
John G.. Watts, United States marshal for
Western Virginia; James A. Connolly,
| United States attorney for Southern Illinois,
| and Daniel NJ. Ramsdell, of Indiana. to be
marshal for the District OF Columbia, vice
| A. Il. Wilson, resigned. II is understood
that Mr.. Douglass will accept the Haytian
| mission.
The treasury department has decided
| that New Zealand fax Is dutisble at the
rate of SIS per ton under the provision for
''eisal grass" instead of at the rate OF $40
/ per ton as "hax," as classified by the col.
/ lector at Boston. This decision is based on
information that the article In question ts
neither fax nor hemp, nor botanically
allied to either, but Ia the fibre OF plant of
Il ,,,iII In nd Ia tfaa 70
cordage manufacturers in place Of sisal
| grass, to which 1t assimilates.
The mountain miners and cookers In this
| State are on strike from Gallitzin west
/ ward. Trouble Is also feared In the Clear
field region, where the Berwind White Goal
Mining Company has extensive operations.
The company is unwilling to pay Its men
| for "dead work." such as cutting air
\ courses, and there Is also trouble as to the
method of paying check weighmen. The
miners threaten to strike. There is also q
movement among those miners who earn
| As cents per gross ton mined to strike for
80 cents, which is received In other parts OF
| the region.
At the convention of the National Asso
citation of Deaf Mutes, In Washington, OF
| Friday, Chicago was chosen as the mex
place of meeting. MIR. W. II. Weeks Oh
Hartford, Conn, read q paper on "The
Purity OF the Sign Language" In which he
made vigorous remonstrance against the
corruption of the language by the intro
duction OF slang signs. An Alumni Assoc
citation OF graduates of the National Deaf
Mute College was formed by the election OF
| Melville Ballard OF Maine, president; John
B. Hotchkiss of Massachusetts, vlce-presi-
dent; George W. Veditz OF Maryland, secre3
tary, and Amos G. Draper OF Illinois,
| treasurer. m.=.mm.
1t is said that OF all the mining towns In
Northern Illinois where destltution pre-.
1 tl5 nrot nj hoo rNrn hah lY ftTrn toH a.
the largest number Of extreme cases. There
was distribution of provisions by the re-
lief committee on Thursday and 1t was pit.
iful to see the crowd of women and chill,
dren waiting patiently for the doing out
OF few pounds CT flour or scrap of meat.
While there are many cases OF destitution,
yet the statement that 1000 families in
Braidwood and vicinity are suffering for
| want of food is pure fabrication. There
were about / 400 miners on the pay rolls Of
the Chicago, Wilmington a. Vermilion Goa
Company. which operates the Braidwood
mines. Probably 1000 of these were mar
ried men with families. Since the strike
began several hundred OF these families
have reached the end OF their resources,
but the majority are by no means totally
destitute.
The docket of the criminal court of the
District OF Columbia, was on Friday finally
cleared OF a number Of cases which have
been on the books ever since the initiation
of the celebrated star route cases against
| ex-senator Stephen W. Dorsey, Thomas q.
Brady and others. District Attorney Hoge
stated In court this morning that there
were "a of these cases on the docket, and
that the government had failed to secure a
conviction in the main case. He said II
would be impossible to get convictions In
these cases, and that he did not think the
ends of justice would be subserved by q
prosecution. He, therefore, asked leave to
nolle pros the cases, and the court directed
that this be done. The indictment In these
cases charged conspiracy and perjury
against the defendants, among whom are
John W, Dorsey, Stephen W. Dorsey.
Thomas j. Brady. a. M. Vaile, A. o. Buck
John NJ. Peck and others.
That portion of the Burton Block In Obi.
csgo, south OF the central fire wall, was de-
stroyed by fire early on Friday morning.
The firms who occupied the burned build
ing, and whose stock is almost totally de-
stroyed, are Elmer A. Sperry 4 90 gas and
electric fixtures the Harmless Spur Manu-
featuring Company; j. ID. Roberts, glass
beveler and silyerer; T. e. Talbot and e.
| J. McGsrrleks, shoes; p. O. Monroe res
tsuraut; Hugh White, shoe manufacturer;
II. j. HAYES, bottle m1ulder; the Standard
Electric Light Company; ). NJ. Grain, bak-
Ing powder: W. j. Boland, machine shop
the LAIR Manufacturing Company; John
Barnett, paper bag manufacturer; j. G.
Walsh and 0ne or two smaller firms. The
heaviest sufferers are the LAIR Manufactur-
ing Company, whose loss will reach about
$40, 900; Hugh Whites loss is Gas, 1000, and
John Barnett says his loss will not be less
than 900. The Standard Electric Light
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