Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-12-04
Minister Douglass was at the state de

Minister Douglass was at the state de.
partment Monday. He will sail for Hayti
on Saturday next
As five negroes were crossing the river at
Evansville, Ind, Monday, their skiff cap
sized and they were all drowned.
| Glass Il Butler, general merchants at
| Ripley, Tenn, have made an assignment.
Liabilities, 100000; assets, $4,000,
The prisoners in Jail in Guthrie, Okla.
homa, escaped on Saturday night. They
climbed through a window while the
| guards were sleeping.
Mrs. Harrison arrived in indianapolis
Monday. She left Washington on Satur-
day, but stopped off at Altoona in order to
avoid travelling on Sunday.
Winslow, Rand & Watson, wholesale
| dealers in teas, cotfees and spices, in Bos-
tom made an assignment on Monday. The
| liabilities and assets are not stated.
Daniel ]. Byrnes, ticket agent of the
Long Island Railroad Company in Brook
| lyn, is reported to have disappeared on
terday morning with $1,000 of the com
| pany's money.
In the circuit court, in Towson, Md,
Monday. the cases of the state against
| the siircties of Stevenson Archer, the ex-
state treasurer, now serving five years
| term of imprisonment for embezllement
of state funds, were fixed for trial on
December 18th.
| Alfred Junior, n lineman Of the Missouri
Electric Light and Power Company, ut st.
Louis, was killed Monday morning while
on a pole making connection. lie was
| pulling on pair of blocks to tighten a
| wire, when his other hand came in contact
with the opposite wire and the current
passed through his body.
The cattlemcn have succeeded in getting
all cattle save Il few stray lunches, out OF
the Cherokee strip. These strays have been
contiscated. Thousands Of dollars worth
of improvements will revert to the Chero-
kee Indians. Squads of troops are sta
toned throughout the strp.and all hunters
and campers will be elected.
Seventy syrians, nearly all silk weayers
and decorative workers, have arrived in
an exhibition of their capabilities at the
worlds fair. Ii is said that IA number of
wealthy Syrians are shortly to establish Il
colony, probably in PENNSYLVANIA, to be
called New Damascus. The purpose is to
afford employment to all new corners from
| Syria,
Robert Hawley, % years of age, was
Pa, Monday, On Saturday night he at
tended the wedding of 0lin Shaver, in
company with other young men, and
liquor fan inferior quality was circulated
freely amongst them. Young Hawlcy was
overcome by drink and failed to reach
home, and was not seen again until he was
found dead in the straw
The Indiana Deposit Company, in In
diana, Penna., closed its doors on Monday,
as a result of the failure Of b. h Jamison
~ Co. of Philadelphia. The latter had in
their possession cash and securities of the
Deposit Company amounting to $4,000 at
she time of the suspension. The officials
say that the deposits aggregate s14l 900
and that the assets are three times as large
as the liabilities. An early resumption is
expected.
Mr.. Dockery of Missouri, on Monday
offered in the House resolution for refer
ence, reciting that it is alleged that u SEN
ators and IL representatives, pending the
passage of the silver bill, were admitted
TO partnership in various 'silver pools, 2
by which they realized 81, 100000 profits in
the advance Of the price of silver after the
passage of the act and directing the com
mittec on coinage, weights and measures
to inquire into all the facts and crcum-
stances connected with the alleged pur-
chase and sale of silver The committee
shall have leave to send for papers and per-
sons and to report at any time.