Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-19

district on Saturday.
Abner Taylor was on Saturday renomi- !
mated for Congressman by the Republi-
cans OF the First district OF Illinois
Francis ". Hill, the Democratic gubsr-
material nominee in Maine, died suddenly
Sunday Of heart disease, at his hone i'll
Exeter.
The governor of Illinois has issued calls
for special elections 10 be held July 15,h
to fill four vacancies In the house Of rep
resentaIiTes.
A terrific wind aud rain storm broke
over Pittsburg SUNDAY, might. Street cars
were stopped aud Waehouts occurred on
all the railroads.
Ellis Miller was convicted OF murder in
the first degree in MarysYille, Ohio, on
Saturday. He killed his sister. iu-lsw,
Mrs. Emma Johnaon.
John II. Thamm, q member Of the
select council of Beading, Pa, was
arrested on Saturday, charged with a.rik-
ing false alarm at midnight week ago.
a diepatch from the City of Mexico
says that the railroad and telegraph lines
have been damaged by severe rain storms
and communication hes been interrupted.
During thunder storm at Paris, Ky,
on Friday two men were killed by Light
ming and two others Injured. At Mary
vile, Ind, w. E. Stonsr was struck by
lightning and killed.
At meeting Of District Assembly 1853,
Knights Of Labor, in Lancaster, Pa, on
Saturday, q new plan OF organization was
adopted. The district assembly ID COM
posed of assemblies In Ia counties.
Friends of Jeremiah o'Donovan Rossa
have started a movement to aid him, and
nave called for a meeting OF Irish patriots
and others who favor Irelard's cause to
start fund to meet his wants in his
declining years.
A dispatch from Atlanta, Georgia, says
that Samuel NJ. Inman, who was ap-
pointed by President Harrison as one Of
the worlds fair .mmissioners at large,
has declined the appointment because OF
business engagements.
Rockford and Joliet, ILL.,, were visited
by heavy rain storm on Friday night.
The lower portion of Rockford was in
undated and many people were driven
from their homes. The Illinois Central
bridge was swept away.
Sheriff Oromner was shot and fatally
wounded on Saturday evening, by viii
liam West, prisoner in the Jail in Boon
vile, Missouri, awaiting trial for murder.
When tine sheriff fell West escaped, but
was recapturtd before getting far away.
Captain Clarence N. CLARK, we'll
known civil engineer in Washington, d.
o., committed suicide on Sunday by
shooting himself through the heart, while
suffering from temporary alteration of
mind caused by nervous proatrstion
brought on by overwOrk.
At Springfield, near Susquehsnna, Pa. {,
last Friday night, Dlllis Rooms and
UrbAna Button fought in q bar-room.
| After the fight Button went to drug
store and bought is grains OF stry chnine,
saying he wanted to kill crows. He took
the dose soon after and died.
John Il. Forrest, 81 years Of age, com.
mitted suicide in Brooklyn, New York, on
Saturday, by hanging himself. He had
become dependent at having no money
and be'pg out Of employment. He also
lgbored under the delusion that he was u
burden to his wife and family.
The treasury OF the state OF Kentucky
is empty and the deficit will by July Isl
probably amount to $4,000. Governor
Buckncr will save the states credit by
advancing money without interest from
his private fortune to meet all urgent
obligations. He has already advanced
$4,000.
The new station of the New York 4
Long Branch railroad at Deal Lake was
opened Sunday. New York and Phila
delphlR passengers are now landed Al
Asbury Park on Sundays, instead of 81
Deal Beach ard Belmsr, where they
formerly took stages for Asbury Psrl
and Ocean Grove.
The final sessions of the Internationa
Typographical Union were held in At
lants, Ca, on Saturday. A law wal
passed prohibiting regular composition
flom holding cases more than six days IL
any week. The board of trustees of thu
Ohilds Drexel Home organized, will
August Donath of Washington, president
| A storm ragged throughout the south
western part Of Wisconsin and the north
ern portion of Illinois On Friday night
Wpskouts occurred on tina Illinois Gen
trail railroad near Dodgeville, Wis, seVera
miles of track being washed away. Larg
washoutH are also reported on the TT
Paul road, near Mineral Point, Wis, ant
the Central, near Rockford, Ills.
The libel suit OF Barton Vance agains
the Louisville C0urfer-JJUrndi was de
eidsd on Saturday in favor of the defend
ant. at the time of the congrossi0ns
election OF 1886 the OouFiey-Jouraa
charged that Vance used his pos tion .
supervisor OF elections to secure votes fo
a. e. Wilson, the Repnblicln candidate
He sued the Courier JoeyNGl for $50, 900
II 10 reported from Milwaukee tina
"ths 800 Welsh PTesby.eriana who ar
holding their state conventions here have
decided to adopt two important resolu
tons before adjourning. First, they vii
denounce the supreme court Of the stst
for deciding as unconstitutional the rea d
ing OF the Bible in the public schools
Later they will endorse tine Bennett law.
1t isIeported from OkanogAa county
Washington, that tho store Of Paw
Cummings waa, last Thursday, robbed o
large amount of merchandise and IS
cash, by Indians, who Afterwards STAN
peded n band of horses, and 30 terror
/ ized the sner by drawing the back 0
dix knife across his throat that h
flsd from the country. The India
agent, with 4 posse, ID In pursuit of tn
Indians.
1t is announced from Albany, Ne,
York, that the next legal atep which vii
be taken by the Westinghouse, Eleotri
Company to prevent the use OF thei
vibratory current dynamos for the exeou
ticn OF murderers in New York state vii
be in the form of writ of replevin 70
representation of the three dynainos q
their patent now in the state prisons q
Auburn, Dannemura and Sing Sing, whicl
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