Evening journal., 1890-04-11
DEATH OF SAMUEL P. TRUSS.
rhe ship Rappahanock Clears-oelored
Mansons-Madden Beats the champion.


The SHIP Rappahapock Clear~--oelored !
Mansons-Madden Beats the champion.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, April 11.-Samuel P. |
Truss, for many years a prominent coal |
merchant in this city, died at 11.l5
o'clock this morning at his residence, |
Front and Harmony streets. in the list
year Of his age. He had been i'll but
short time. having keen stricken with
pneumonia one week ago which confined
him to his bed. He was taken with con-
vulsions last night and his family
were summoned. They were all at his
bedside at the time OF his death. Mr..
Truss was born in New Jersey. although
most of his life was spent in this city.
He leaves a wife, one daughter, Mrs. Ella
Hizar of Wilmington, and two sons, 5.
Leslie Truss, shoe merchant, and Thomas
|T Truss, coal and grain dealer of this
n city. He owned several farms in this
county and some real estate in this city.
The Rappahsnnock, Capt Dickinson.
with a cargo of / 200, 900 gallons of refined
petroleum for Hioga, Japan. was taken
down the bay as for as Dan Baker, near
| Reedy Island, where she came to anchor,
until portion of her cargo, which was
| lightered off this city, can be reloaded,
when she win proceed on her voyage.
The Red Star line tugs Argus and Hur-
cules furnished the motive power for the
big vessel and her bottom scraped the
| TOP Of the lower Bulkhead Bar, on which
the ship grounded a short time ago The
two powerful tugs were lashed to each
side Of the Rappahannocks stern and in
one hour and fifteen minutes after leav-
ing this port she was entirely out of
sight down the bay. The tugs returned
to this city about o'clock.
A 1O0-yards foot race between G. p.
Madden and w. a. Whitelcck, took place
in the school green yesterday afternoon,
and was witnessed by many spectators.
| Whitelock is the champion runner Of the
city and won a handsome gold medal at
/ tbs outdoor sports of Company II. N. q.
| D., on the battery on July a, 1888. He
covered the above distance in eleven and
three fourths seconds. Madden challenged
him to a contest and they met at the
school green early in the afternoon.
Madden won the race by three-fourths of
| a second.
The sixteenth anniversary of Prince
Edward Lodge, No. II, f. A. A. T.
Masons. under the jurisdiction OF Har
mony Grand Lodge of Delaware, was
celebrated very elaborately last evening
Large delegations were in attendance
from lodges in Wilmington and Newport.
The sermon preached to the order by
Rev. Gay Lloyd Peterson Of Philadelphia
was an able exhortation After leaving
the church, where the discourse was de-
livered, the lodges assembled at their
hall ON Union street, where refreshments
were served in abundance.
Rev. P. B. Lightner delivered the
second of a series oflectures on European
countries, in which. he travelled, last even
ing in the old court house. The subject
of the discourse was "Greece." His re-
marks were exceedingly interesting an d
were highly appreciated by his audience.
The lecture was under the auspices and
for the benefit of the Young Men's Guild
of lmmannel Church and will net that
organization neat sum of money.
The funeral of Joseph Gardiner, super
intendent of the property of Robert j.
Dobbins in the lower part of the city, who
died very suddenly on Tuesday evening
of apoplexy, will take place at O'Clock
this afternoon from his late residence.
Miss Hattie Hoffman of Reading, Pa.
is the guest Of G. w. Turner, and hel
brother Fred. W. Hoffman.
Chief of Police William Y. Swigget
of Wilmington was in this city yesterday