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Evening journal., 1890-12-27
steamhont season olosed.

The steamboats, of the Wilmington
Steamboat Company were tied up to-day
and will not run again until the spring
season. The season just closed has been
one Of the most successful in the higtory
Of The popular line Immense quantities
Of freight have been handled sud thou
sands Of passengers baye been carried
without any serious accidents, The trips
! 0 Philadelphia have become very popu
lar, and the prospects are that the com.
pany will do thriving business next
saaarn
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
ColIege CInh Celebration.

The members Of the College Club last
evening gave their annual dance to their
women friends There were about 100
persons present. and the evening was
very enjoyably spent. The patronesses
were Mrs O. Elton Buck, Mrs. James A
Draper, Mrs. George Gray, Mrs. David
W. Matil ard Mrs. A. G. Wilson. A
select orchestra from Philadelphia fur
nished music Refreshments were
served at 10 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
Mitchall.-0raY Marriage.

William B Mitchell and Miss Angelina
M. May we're married at their future home,
No 304 East Eleventh street, by Rev
j. D. @. Hanna. on Christmas night A
reception followed the ceremony, and q
number Of friends Of the happy couple
congratulated them, wishing them
health, happiness and prosperity. The
groom is car builder in the employ OF
the Harlan and Hollingsworth Company.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
TwsLfrH weooINo ANNIVeRsARY
City Auditor Mitchell and wife Enter
tain Their Friends


City Auditor John A Mitchell and
wife celebrated the twelfth anniversary
of their marriage last night, at their
home, No. SIT West Fourth street
The inclement weather prevented many
friends from participating Ia the cele.
bration, but by 8 o'clock the house was
com fortably filed The evening was
spent in dancing aud card playing
Alberts orchestra furnished the music.
About midnight supper was served
Among those present were MIR and
Mrs A. Lovett, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Swisher, Lancaster, Pa Mrs Lewis
Thompson and daughter, Oxford, Pa
Mrs Robert Smith, Washington, b. c.;
Mr. and Mrs. John 7. Dickey, Mr.. and
Mrs John Bicking Mr.. aud Mrs
Patrick Nearey, Mr.. ana Mrs
Daniel w. Lynch, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Boughman, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pier
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Albsrts Mr. and Mrs
James Shaeffer. Mrs. Woolery, Mrs. John
Law, Misses Emma aud Mary Diokey,
Misses Josie aud Fannie Lewis,
Miss Jennie Mckinley, Miss Matte
Haughn, Miss Clara Mynich, William
Cooley. William Lank, President of City
Council John Farra, Councilman McKen-
ney, Eugene Mitchell, Mr. Litchenburg
and George Crawford
The genial auditor ard his wife were
warmly congratulated by their friends.
and many handsome presents showed the
esteem In which they are held
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
Pronosals for Propellers.

s.. Nj Harrington. supervisor for ths
fourteenth district, United States light
house Poard, has posted notice in th,
pest Office. advertising for proposals fol
two prcpellers for ths light house tender
Zzania. The proposals must be depos-
tied with the supervisor. The Zizsnia Is
stationed at Lewes, Del.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
A smitohman KiIled .

Edward Armstrong. a switchman on
the Pennsylvania railroad, was struck
by the Norfolk express at Moore's station,
Pa, last evening, and so badly injured
that he died in few minutes. BE was
As years old, lived at Psschalville and
worked at Moore's station for twelve
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
Mucn MORE Man MA1reR.
Postmaster Stewart says the storm Has
DELAYED EIails EverYMhere.

E@t'S NA HAfAhAa A+NGf AaE9s
Postmaster Stewart says of the diff
Guilty experienced by carriers IN deliver
ing the mails at this time of the year
"The mail matter has increased fully 80
per centum. ard In weight IL has In
creased over 100 per ceutum.. This heavy
weight on the carriers aud the bad
weather has prevent % them from deliver
ing mail as soon as possible.
The rush has abated some now, but
by January it will te as great II not
greater than at Christmas The mails
have been greatly delayed in the West
by the heavy storms. and many Christ
mas presents have yet to come in. Mail
all over the country has been delayed, and
the carriers arc much troubled by the
great quantities to be carried.
Tho business in the money order de-
partment has increased nearly 40e per
centum, and will probably not decrease
for some time yet
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
IlIreI,

NEWELL.-In this city, December 3. =.
Joseph, son of Micnael and Margaret
Newel, AGED ~ years and ] month.
Relatives and friends and Brow son
Library Association are respectfully invited
to attend his funeral from the e@ldenCe OF his
parents, No. lll2 Che strut street. on MOldny
morning at . O'Clock iiiah Mass at II. Paul :
r. G. RChurch. lnterment at Cathedral
Cemefery.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
AunIrnR,s sALEs-

A UDITOR'S SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
"A warrant Of the Mayor Of the city Of VIII
mington, to me directed. will be exposed TO
public sale
ON MONDAY, JANUARY, 9, 1891,
At 10 o'clock m.
At the Auditors office, No SO East Sixth
street, IN the city OF Wilmington, New
Castle county and state Of Delaware.
All that certain lot or piece Of land situate
In the city Of Wilmington. Aforesaid, bounded
and described as follows. TO wit:
eginning al a point on he westerly side OF
Rodney street, between Second and Third
streets.at the distance of sixty-nine feet from
the northerly side of Seecnd street, thence
westerly parallel with Second.street. seventy
hye,feet to stake, thence northerly parallel
with Rodney street, seventeen feet 10 a stake.
thence easterly parallel VITA Second street
seventy-iive feet TO the Aforesaid side OF
Rodney St eet, and thence thereby southerly
seventeen feet TO the place of beginning,be the
co tents thereof what they may.
Seized and taken into execution as the
property Of Kate Lang, and to be sold b.
JOHN A. MITCHELL.
City Auditor
n. B.-The above named property to be sold
to satisfy lien thereon for curbing.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
Downing in the "GIadlator" and
"saracen y

Robert Downing, the sterling actor Of
classic roles. will make his FIRST appear
ance before Wilmington audience In
the Opera House on New Years Day.
The coming Of Mr. Downing should be q
source Of much satisfaction to those who
are interested in legitimate drama. Mr.
Downing has had very successful sea.
son and big audiences should greet him
here He viii give two performances In
the afternoon he will present his great
impersonation Of the Gladiator, using
the version played by Salyini In the
evening he will play selim IN
"fhe Saracer, the play which
he recently added to his re-
pertoiIe The story Of this play is
unique ard entirely different from any
thing else ever produced in this country
Alexaudre Dumas, the elder, was its
author ana he made the hlro an Arabian
slave Mr. Downing will be supported
by Miss Eugeuia Blair ard a capable
company. Tue same people, costumes
and scenery who appeared in the New
Y York and Philadelphia productions will
be seen here
Barry and Fay closed their engagement
Of "McKenna's Filtration, at the Opera
House this evening.
Joseph j. Dowling ard Sadie Hassoy
will play "Nobody's Claim and Rec
Spider Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings and Wednesday matinee
nawt week.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
LOT AND FOUND.

--~--7s---e-----
4 OSf-ON CHRISTMAS DAY. GOING
- from Tenth and French to Sixth and
West streets, a gentleman's Gold Ring. set
with tiger agate. Reward II returned to
l0l2 West Third street
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
Xmas GIft.

A box OF fire cigars at :. II. Harkins's cigar
store, n 2.5 w. 4th ct.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
The Fire Departments MORNING Run.

The Fire Department was called out on
a monkey run" at 2.40 o'clock this
morning. The alarm was sent out from
box No. IA. Front and Poplar streets, and
was answered with great difficulty, the
engine horses being almost unable to
draw their heavy burdens through the
frozen snow. The cause of the alarm
being struck will probably be thoroughly
investigated to day 1t is said that this
box has sounded without cause several
times. 1t was once sounded by a boy
striking the post with a snow shovel
Others are Of the opinion thst 1t is the
work Of crowd o. large boys, who are a
terror to the neighborhood
FIVE cooking wines and brandies for the
Evening journal., 1890-12-27

Imported and Domestic Port, sherry and
Claet Wines. Key West Cigars. ". g..
Robrlen, No. los West Seventh street. Tele-
DhOne
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
NOrICE-ELECTlON.

THIS UbIoN NATIONAL BANK or
WILMINGTON,
WILMIEoTON, DEL, December 18th. 1890
The annual meeting of the stockholders Of
this bank viii be held AT the banking house
TUESDAY, daruary 18th, 1891. between the
hours Of snd D IN.
John n. DANNY. Cashier.
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ELECTION NOTICE.
FrRsr NATIONAL RANK.

y ITI1I y NITI0NT TFNNNF Z
WILMINGTOS. Del, UfCem ber IL, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that q annual
meeting Of the stockholders Of this bank will
be held at lie banking house on Tuesday. the
18th day OF january, 1891, between the hours
OF and 4 p. m, Tor the purpose of electing
ne stock holders to serve as directors the en-
suing year. GEORGE d. ARMSTRONG;,
Cashier.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
NnTIrEa.


NEW CIGAR STORE.-CHARLESg JOHN
~ son gives notice 10 his friends and the
public that he has opened a cigar store at No.
31l Monroe street. where he Will be pleased 10
receive them.
~. NgL1CM.-iB YOU WANT To SAVE
* DOLLARS, insure your property With
HAWKINS & co. 7l2 Market Street
MEMBERS OF MINQUA TRIBE,
IN Nc. 8, Improved o. r. Men, and the order
in general, are requested meet At the Wiz.
wa a. 5l5 Shipley street. on next Monday,
December ~, at O'Clock ,. M Y, for the pur-
pose Of attending the funeral OF our late
Brother Elzey X. shaw
BY order of the Sachem.
Attest: II n SERGEANT. G. Of r.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27

NTOTICE.-I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE.
~ that will apply 70 the General Assem-
bly, at its next session for a divorce from my
husband Charles NentWich.
lsianedl MARGARET nj NIWlCH.
Wilmington, Del, Nov. s9, 1880.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

FINE cooking wines and brandies for the
Seventh street. Telephone AS.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27

MOTICE.-I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE
IN that | will apply TO tie Genaral Assem-
bly, at its next session for divorce from my
husband, Edward Il. strain.
fSigredl ANNA E. STRAIN.
Mllnlinrfnn Del. Dec 8. 1850.
Evening journal., 1890-12-27

NOTICE II HEREBY GIVE NOTICE
~ that will apply TO the General Assemol
n it, next lession for a divorce from my
wife, Rebeeca Roden HENRY r. RODEN.
Wilmington. Del. Oeee nber II. 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
kEMMLER's LAST HOURS.
Patent Resuscitator Ready TO Experi-
ment on His Body.

AUBrRN. NY. April p. - kemmler's last
Sunday on earth WAS spent in much the same
way as previous DAYS of his last years life. IL
life It can be called. in solitary confinement.
He never sees living soul. outside OF his two
guards, his spiritual adviser and occasionally
the wardens wife. lie occupies his time be-
tween m ssls in studying ms pictorial Bible and
writing hls autograph on cards, Of which he
has ddshed of a great mauy.
Dr. felh a Buffalo scientist with a patent
resnscita:ng apparatus, has arrived and
Is guest of Warden Ours
ton. Tie is here at the request of the warden
to see that everything goes OF smoothly. The
doctor tired his patent on animals which were
put TO death by electricity in the prison
IN January last. when tire machinery was
iirst tested 1t failed at that time 20
resuscitate the subjects and went far toward
convincing the electrical commission that death
and not mere suspended animation was pro-
duced nstantancouslv. IL is understood he
VIII also try the apparatus on kemmler after the
latter has received 900 volts. Warden Durston
has yet TO let fall the first nkling as 20 the pre-
else day of his taking of. IL is generally be-
leved. that Wednesday will be the dav, but
certainly no later than Thursday. II is also
thought that the execution will taFe place at a
very early hour ln the morning. perhaps
before daylight But these are M. re surmises
New York city newspaper men are here in
great force. The warden is unyielding as
adamant IN shutting out press representatives,
but some of the doctors or guards at the execu-
ton may be prevailed upon to talk after il 10
all over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
EIGHTY MILES AN HOUR.
A Runaway Train Wrecked, One Lady
Killed and Several Passenger Hurt.

srsuNroN, Va, April 2s-AtS a. m. today the
express tram Of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road Tor Washington descending q heavy
grade mile west of stauuton. when the brake
rod OF the engine fell the sir-brake was rem
dored useless and the wild train rushed into
staun'on al eighty miles an hour, tearing away
the depot roof
The Pullman sleeper left the track and was
thrown ON ITS side. In il we're fifteen members
Of the Pearl of Pekin" troupe en- route TO
Baltimore, announced to play tonight
OF the company. Miss Myrtle Knott injured.
died while being taken from the car. Miss
Edith Miller had leg broken. Mrs. Edward
Webb, Edward Stevens. Miss Bertha Fisher.
Louis Harrison and Miss lone Dunham all
escaped with slight cuts and bruises
W. r. Fitzpatrick, lumber merchant. New
York, had leg severely torn; l. NJ. Sioman.
commercial traveller. Cincinnati. was bruised
The car took hre, but il was put ont by citizens.
BALTIMORE, April 2s.-The Pearl OF rekin
Company. in the railroad wreck at Staunton.
are announced 10 appear at Harris Academy of
Music for one week. beginning tonight The
management have wired to have the company
brought on in special train. The dsng,r-
ously injured are the chorus men aud women.
Mr.. Louis Harrison. the star Of the organiza-
ton, escaped with but a few bruises
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
Ex-pREsIpEyr cLEyE1ASp's LETTER.
THE SITUATION in FLORIDA.
The President Directs the Marshal to
Enforce the Process Of Courts.

Attorney General Miller has directed Robert
d Weeks, the recently appointed United States
marshal for the northern district of Florida,
to enforce the process of courts in his district,
alleged to have been obstructed.
The order is based upon a let
ter to the Attorney General from Presi-
dent Harrison, dated April "A, in which he
calls attention to the complaints that in the
counties of Leon. Gadsien. Madison and Jeffer-
son in the state of Florida the officers
OF the United States are not suffered
freely to exercise their lawful functions
This condition of things" the President
writes. ''cannot be longer tolerated.
Iou will therefore instruct United States
Marshal Weeks as soon as he has qualified to
proceed at once to execute such writs of ar
rest as may be placed in his hands. If he ap-
prehends resistance he will employ such civil
posse as may seem adequate to discourage re-
slstance or to overcome it.
The press dispatches last night transmitted
from Jacksonville, Fla, an open letter to the
President from +. W. Hawthorne, editor of the
Tunes tntOn, in reference to the order to Mar
shall Weeks, in which he charges that court Of
hcers have boasted that Judge Swayne's policy
would be one of persecution to democrats and
that jury commissioner was unlawfully ap-
pointed IN furtherance Of this policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
AGAINST THE PROHIBITIONIsTs.
An Important Liquor Decision Rendered
by the Supreme Court.

The United States Supreme Court. through
Chief Justice Fuller, today rendered an
opinion adverse TO the constitutionality of
state laws providing for the seizure of liquor
brought INTO the state in original packages.
Such laws. the court holds, are an interference
with interstate commerce. After the LIQUOR
becomes the property of the importer
the state may under its police powers regulate
or prohibit sale, but it has no power in the alb
sence of the express Congressional authority to
prohibit the transportation of the article from
another state and its delivery to the importer.
The case in which the decision was made was that
OF Gus Leidy Co., plaintiff in error, against
A. J. Hardin. 1t was brough. here on appeal
from the supreme court of Iowa AMI this court
reverses the decision OK the state court JUS
tices Gray. Harlan and Brew dissented. The
case is one of great importance to prohibition
lists and liquor dealers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
THE TAMNANY SCANDAL.
McCann, Who Startled New York Sat.
urday, Says He Told the Truth.

NEw YORK. April 2s.- Richard Croker cables
from "leSbaden that McCann's story about
Doodle being raised to secure Mr.. Grants con-
hrmation as public works commissioner is
false. Mr.. Croker denouuces McCann as a
blackmailer and says be would not believe him
under oath
McCann. when he saw the cable dispatch
from MIR. Croker. said: Il stand ready 20 back
up every word of NV testimony What have
said was the truth and nothing but the truth,
and what is more, both Mr.. Croker and ali the
rest OF his crowd know this TO be So III have
wronged Mr.. Croker he has his remedy. Nv
books Will show whether he owes me any
money or not. 1 am legally responsible FOR
everything that. Legally responsible, did
say. by =. I'm physically responsible TO
Mr.. Croker or to any one of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
THE BALLOT BOX FORGERY.
The Taking of Testimony by the House
Special Committee Resumed Today,

After recess of several weeks the special
House committee charged with an investigation
of the Ohio ballot box forgery met today to
take further testimony.
Alphonso Hart of Hillsboro'. Ohio. now
solicitor of internal revenue, testified that he
had been elected member of Congress in
1882. Before he took his seat he had CONVEX
sa.ion with E. c. Bush of Cincinnati. The sub
stance of the conversation was that mertor-
Gus ballot box had been invented and used in
Cincinnati. Mr.. Bush thought it should be
adopted throughout the United States, and said
that the proprietors OF the box were about to
have bill troduced in Congress to secure
its use
Ex-PREsIDENr cLEvELAND's LETTER.
Representative Grosvenor put in evidence
the letter from ex-President Cleveland stating
that Gov. Campbell had not even remotely re-
ferred to the ballot box bill, and that he did
not know of the existence of the bill
Chairman Mason placed in the record writ
ten statement from Charles Collins of Cincin-
natl denying Woods statement in a newspaper
publication that he (Collins) would be able to
confirm one of his statements.
This closed the taking Of testimony for the
day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
FIRE AND FLOOD.
Trying to Escape From a Burning Build
ing Seven Men Drown.

NEw ORLEANS. April 2s.-The steam gin and
saw mill of Chas. Lawrence, situate in Sparkey
county three miles from Rolling Fork. Miss.
was burned Saturday night The loss is small.
Fifty or sixty of Mr.. Lawrence's tenants were
quartered in the gin, and In their efforts 90 es-
cape from the flames seven were drowned. The
building was surrounded by water seven feet
deep; They had taken refuge there from the
overflow and il is stated that their careles.ne..
CAUSED the fire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
Two Thearies

MONTREAL April 2s.-The disappearance Of
Thomas kimber. the English tourist from the
Grand Central hotel here is still a mystery
and there is no clue ~ to his Whereabouts IL
VIII he remembered that a pool Of blood was
found ~ the room he had occupied and that
the wall and bedclothes were spattered with
blood. The theory of the Detectives is thar
hlnber either attempted suicide IN his bed
room, and failing to accomplish his end rushed
madly down TO the canal and ended his life by
drowning, or that he has been a victim of some
scoundrel of the Burchell type. who murdered
hun TOR the purpose of robbery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
From Wall Street Today.

NEw YORK, April 2s. - The stock market
opened with a rush this morning. the trading
being extremely large while the first prices in
sympathy with tie London figures were gem
orally from to ,. per cent higher than Satur-
days closing. The high prices. however.
brought out . great deal OF stock and eyery-
thing almost reeeded from the opening figures
in the carly dealings. A marked exception wa,
81. Paul preferred, which. opening up n. per
cent at l2l rose TO 1928 being very feverish
after that time between l2lis and I22Is. The
early losses were generally smaller than the
opening advances, however, except IN the cases
OF Lackawanna. which declined - Missouri
Pacific Il and {. G. and st. Louis o. The
market later recovered its strong tone becom-
ing somewhat less active, aud in many cases the
opening prices were again reached while Lake
Erie and Western preferred was conspicuous
for strength, moving up fractional amount.
At III O'Clock the market was active and strong
at small changes from the opening prices.
There was a large and well distributed business
in all the leading shares. with Lackawanna,
sugar and the 81. Paul stocks most prominent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
Killed on the Rail,

CINCINNATI, OHIO, April 2s.-The remains Of
a young man about seventeen years of age,
horribly mangled and strewn along the track Of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, were picked
up by the crew of passenger train no 1. op-
posite Coney Island this morning and brought
TO Newport. The garments OF the victim were
of good material and of recent purchase. A
letter found in the dead mans pocket was aa-
dressed TO D stephenson, Ripley. Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-28
IS THE WORK A FAILURE.
A Man Who Says the Mississippi I'm
provements Have Made Things Worse.

Hon. I. J. Henderson, chairman of the river
and harbor committee of the House. has re-
ceived letter from Chas. p Huntington of
New York. gentleman who has made study
OF Mississippi river improvement, in which he
says:
mo law was ever perverted as the act of
Congress of June %, 1879. creating a commits
sion to mature plan for improving navigation
and prevention of destructive floods in the
Mississippi river. The plan recommended and
adopted by Congress, upon which experimental
WORK has now been going on for the last ten
years, Is not only injuring navigation, but it is
forcing the river to go down the Atchafalaya,
and at the same time it is undermining over
taxing and overlapping the levees because it
increases the volume and velocity of the water.
thereby making flood more destructive than
1t would be otherwise.
For the past six years have been protesting
against this plan at every opportunity offered
where II did not interfere with pending appro-
priatons But the parties having the expendi-
ture oil these appropriations are deaf to rea-
son and the warnings that come to them from
foreign lands, where, under like conditions.
the evils Of flood have been aggravated as thew
are now being in the Mississippi, it becomes
necessary to appeal direct to Congress which
supplies the money.
As large appropriation for the continuance
Oh work under this plain is now pending before
Congress, l address you this letter in the hope
that 1t VIII lead to an investigation of the evils
arising from increasing the volume and velocity
oil the water in time OF flood"
The Interior Department Stationery.
One OF the largest stationery contracts under
the government is the one that is made annually
to supply the Interior Department and:its bu-
reaus with writing paper, ink, &c. The con-
tract last year amounted to s77,S51.26. This
year the awards have just been made and the
total amount involved is S72, 6s, which is a
saving of over $500 as compared with last
year.
Among those to whom contracts are awarded
are the following from this city: J. c. Addi-
son, Ballantyne Son, Jas. J. Chapman. Eas-
ton Rupp, z. d. Gilman, Melville Lindsay, E.
4. Schmidt, VIM. II. Teepe, Woodward 4
Iothrop and wyckoff, Seamans Benedict.