Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-20
IN GENERAL.

Postmaster general Wanamaker has
ordered the reinstatement of Mrs. Mar
garet S. Watkins, the delivery clerk at
the post office in Washington, who was
last Thursday temporarily suspended
for telling Senator Quay's son that his
fathers mail went to the Dead Letter
office now.
The steamship Vancouver, from Liv-
erpool, two days overdue, passed Father
Point, Quebec, yesterday week. Her
commander, Captain Lindall, and the
quartermastcr, were swept overheard
and drowned last Friday by wave
which crushed in the bulwarks and tore
away the bridge and chart room.
At meeting of the directors of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
last week, the annual report for the
year ended September Both, 1890, was
presented. 1t shows that, after the pay
ment of all expenses, there is net bal
ance Of $1,40O,00o, The report will be
presented at the annual meeting of the
stockholders on Monday next.
Judge Vandcrbright of the supreme
court Of Minnesota, last week decided
"that round trip ticket used by pur-
chaser in going 10 the station named,
and then sold with no restrictions APP
pearing, is valid in the hands of the
holder, and entities him to a return
passage, subject to the prescribed limi-
tations as to time, &c, as actual dam
ages may be collected. y
A telegram, dated Guatemala City has
been received at the state department
from Mr., Miner, United States minister
to Central America, stating that revo-
linton is now in progress in the capital
of Honduras. The President of that
republic has been driven from the city,
but is now collecting force of troops
| and Is expected, says the minister, TO
make fight for the recapture Of the
| government.
A passenger train on the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad jumped the track
last week near Annville, Pa, and was
| thrown down 12foot embankment,
| Three passenger cars and a baggage car
We're turned over on their sides, but,
although the train was crowded, no one
was killed and only seven persons were
hurt all slightly, except Benjamin Ker-
met, and Frank Pnllask baggage master,
both of Reading, who were badly
crushed, but are not fatally injured,
The steamship Gussie, eight days over
due, arrived at New Orleans last week.
/ She reported having encountered heavy
weather, which finally eliminated into
a hurricane on the 3lst, and was driven
ashore over the Cape Gracios bar on the
sand, in five feet of water. She re-
NAMED aground six days and 10 hours
before tloating, sailing on the 7th inst.
During the hurricane the wind reached
velocity Of 40 miles an hour. The
Gussie lost her smoke stack and one Of
her life boats. The town Of Cape
Gracios is complete wreck, every
house having been blown down.
The managers of the Adams Express
Co, met yesterday week In New York,
it being their first meeting since the
passage of the Federal Anti-L Lottery law
"The board were unanimously Of the
opinion that the provisions of such law
were as morally obligatory upon the
company as they We're legally binding
upon the postal authorities The atten.
ton of the board was called to the fact
that the pest-oliice department had
issued regulations to all its sub0rdinates
as to the manner in which they should
etfectuate the provisions and intent o.
the act, and the board adopted resolu
ton making such regulations applicable
TO employees of the company in like man
ner as if such employees had been specifi
cally named therein"