Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-04-17
IN GEN N RAJ.

the Greenwich Point extension OF thu Peau-
sylania railroad near the Point Breeze oil
works, Philadelphia. Oae Of the engineers
was killed, George Smith, q brakeman, had
his skull iractu cd, and eeveral others we're
slightly injured.
Judgments agsrsgating $50, O5O wers con-
fesspd IN Lancaster, Pa, Monday by thu
Keystone Standard Watch Company Ia favor
NJ various creditors. The calm OF tho
Farmers National Bauk of Lancaster Il
ca ,ygb and that of the Ephrata National
Bank, $lS,OS5.
The presidential and gcnsral elections In
Peru, South America, ware held on Sunday
and passed oil quietly everywhere. Jhs
rnturns lndiaNte tho election OF Colonel
Morales Bermudez, "the official nominee"
for president, and strong majority for the
present government.
Il ia stated that the stock OF tho New Eng
land nfnweriss, limited, IL mt present on
sale at London brokers' otf!c,J. An au-
thsntlc estimate of the prices paid Is;
Roeeele bravery. 100000; Boylston, $780,
900; san lk. S35O,OOO, and the Stanley.
$3uO,00J, ma.ing the tot0l cost 1880, 900.
Ia the United States cirauit court, 10 New
York, on monday, ex President Peter j.
Ulaa5sn, the alleged wresksr OF the SIKH
National, Lenox Hill and Equitable banks,
pleaded not guilty 10 four counts on
charges of false entries 70 the amount OF
S2D7, 800, and demurrer to the rest of the
counts will be argued on Thursday nexc
The work of tearing down tho Penus5l-
vnnla railroad station Ia Jersey City WAS
begun Monday. Tho new station fs to be
ono OF the largest and flueEt In the country.
The tracks are to be elevated from the
Point of Rocks to the station and double-
decked felry boats will carry ths passengers
to New York.
A dlapatch from Dallas, Texas, says that
maks an effort TO buy the Texas Trunk rail-
read, extending to Palestine, and thus bring
the International and Great Northern to
Dallas. II he cannot buy 1t, 1t is said he will
build an Independent line of the Intarna-
tional to that city.
The bark Beatrice Havener arrived at
New York on Sunday from Rio Janeiro.
Captain Havener died when four days out
aud wa buried at sea. On the night of
April 7th the Beatrice Havsner collided
with and sank the schooner Ethel A. Mer-
rllt OF Philadelphia. or Hatteras. Tho
captain and crew were taken on board the
Beatrice Hnvener.
TIE suit OF the Montgomery Car Com
pany, foreign corporation. against the
Street CHbls Oar Company Of Chicago, for
damages laid at s3,0OO, 900, for infringe.
ment OF patents and an ACCOUNTING, came
up 10 the Federal court in Chicago yester-
dag. The bill was dismissed, on the ground
that there was no cause for action.
A deal has been made by the Brush Elec.
| trio Light Company OF Baltimore and the
Westinghouse company OF Plttsburg, by
| which the latter company practically OBJ
tails control Of the former. The Westing-
house company guarantees Ter cent In
terest on s6U0,OD0 of Brush stock and s
per cent on $2O0.000 of bonds. making
| $4,000 10 all annually, which the WeEt.
| inghousa agrees to pay for th5 control OF
the Brush.
The pc ident to the steamer Handy Boy,
at Saginaw, Mich, on Sunday, was 1t Is
stated, CAUSED by an inexperienced man at
the wheel, who lost hia head at critical
moment and turned the wheei the wrong
! vay, mailing the boat strike the bridge. II
! Is believed That SEVEN Hives were lost, la
| ending Miss Myrtla o zen n & Mrs. George
montgomery. ABOUT 10 persons were in.
jured, This whaelman, fireman and engl-
nepr are under arrest.
Oscar II. Roberts committed suicide at
| DeAver, COL, Oh Saturday. He was one OF
| the young men who aOms tlmeago ARRANGED
a plot to klgnep ex Senator Tabor and lold
| him for ransom of $4,000. Tabor re-.
| fused to prosecute, but tbs chief of police
thoroughly frightened the young would.be
bandits, and that Is Thought to have un.
settled Roberts mind. He was only Is
years Old, and before the Tabor escapade
had borne GOOD reputation.
The .5reak which occurred yesterday
week In the Atohaialaya ieveo, two miles
south of Sine Port, IL Point Ooupee Patlsh
La, Is now 800 feet wide and seven fset
deep. The town OF Sims Port Ia said 10 hs
lnu tdRtai to n depth Of two feet. The
Caaol leves on the west bank, about II
miles north OF Melville, broke about 4
O'Clock sua Say morning, and the nreuk
IL said to he $40 feet wide and 90 fest deep
Tha Big Band ieven, eight miles west oil
Sims Port. Is reported badly broken.
The mystery OF Il cHsk shipped in January
TO q fictitious Arm at RHclae, Wisconsin
was solved at tho a praiser's stores In N9w
Y0rk, Monday, by & cable from Copen'
hagen The eask contained the body OF a
murdered man packed In plaster of Paris
4 man named Phillpsen was arrested In
Hamburg few days ago, aud confessed
thai be had murdered ths messenger OF q
factory in Copenhagen and Ind shipped
the body OF his victim TO New York In 4
caSk, The murdered mans name was Meyer
Mtllet's "Angalus" IL now ia Montreal
Lat week thu owHars OF tho nuinting were
fnrced TO choose between paying pbopt
$4,000 duty on 1t or removing I from the
uI.tai S -tes. Tho iatntin2 Is row iu The
Bang OF Montreal. The piatnrs was I'M
ported Into the Unltgh states and has best
exh!hitel IN hOlG dlriug the last 81,
months. Impotiers o! works of art arc al
10 Gsd six mouths in which TO find pur
chasprs tor their pictures. Upon u sal
bong factei or tbs exptrai ~ OF the sil
mOn;hs the duty has to ms paid.
Ghe steamer Handy Boy, running be
tTaaa Saginaw AID Bay Oily, Michigan
SardHy If Atloon ran into the Flint
Psre NARCOTIC railroad bidEe, AZ Eas
saginaw, aud had al her upu3r work car
Fled away. Miss Nay Ekt3ht, Mrs. Ca rs
rine Nagus ard two unknown cid igiie'
@rr reported drowned, ana numoar o
i 800. F..t, .
30 are Snid to Fave besn swept into thi
river, but how many were lost Is nc
known This stngmer was 90 feet west 0
her proper COURSE 81 the Gh2nuei, and TIA
collision IA ds3grthed r'iRross c .relessness
ser engineer ani whPf alru Ssrs arrested
A taaRram from Chicago ssys the Ma
| tlnnAl ttngepd on Trust has ceeaed 10 Ok
ist as n trust and has bocoms the Eaticna
Linae=d Oh Company. The ownars of i
ltnEe9t g!l mills, 40 elevators ard q trans
portatiun lra are Interested Tho capita
stock Il plS,0b0,g0N. Ths old trustees
Msss.s. Hubbard aud willard of Minnesota
Close, Abb0tr end SIMPSON of lowe, Hal
of Illinois. Grove OF Pslnsylvaaia, Wodd
maa Of Nebraska and Elstis Of Missouri
nave bsan electad directors OF the coz
pany, with Mr.. Eustis NJ president Gnd al
McCulloch as secretary ann treasurer.
The ilrm Of Bell Lewis Il Yates OF Roohes
ter and Buffalo, n. Y have purchased tn
controlling stock, winch IN the ag0regat
=. over twav- millions. OF Ihe Blffalu
Il chester x Pittsbnre Railway Bnd lou
.ni'iio 81 strcs ~ tue k9nne-fe, Il PRS
burg Clal aud Zoo Company. In aounre
ton p'tn tLA '.-AtHnr tnlhing interests o
H,i, Last. 4 Ya'. GOV nst with tn
o. .s- p fhe R3caast & pttsbnrg Goa
aud Ion Company, the an put ot coal from
these two interest fo- the m ,rk t, as veil a
for promotion of cove, amount TO tn
enormous amount ot 2,76g,0u tons, tahln