Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-27

/ Dr. James Leonard of Fall River Mass,
i pleaded sguilty at Taunton, Monday, Ia
1 performing Il criminal operation He was
\ fined $500 and sentenced to three wears in
7 the pententinry.
/ In the case Of the Navassa rioters, the
/ united States supreme Court rendered a
| decision Monday holding that the Island
| Of Nayassa, in the caribbean sea, is in
| United States territory, and that three men
| sentenced to be hanged were properly
| tried, Counsel for the rioters say that an
application will be made Immediately to
the President, who has discretionary
powers in the matter, either for pardon
or for u communication of the death SEN
tence.
General Brooke is disposed to take n very
serious view of the situation at Pine Ridge
Agency, ;. D., and troops are being sent
forward from number of points, Gen
Schotirld has instructed Gen. Miles to find
out if the cause Of the present dissatsfac-
ton among the Indians is due more to
lack of rations than to their belief in the
coming Of the Messiah. There are reports
on that subject i'll possession of the war
department which declares that the In
dads have been unpaid and undergrad,
and that their petitions for more rations
have been disregarded BY the Indian
In Chicago Monday Judge prenderrast
~ lH'Ht'l NhSiiltl tluIltS = johnson as
assignee of Prettyman's Bank and the
North American Lumber Company The
Judge appointed in Johnson's stead tile
Jennings Tglst Company. and entered nm
order directing the new assignee to take
charge NJ once. This move was the result
~ Il vigorous protest against johnson by
the creditors. who made allegations TINT
TWO men, supposed to be Prettyman and
Johnson, had secretly visited the bank Inc
night after the failure at late hour, and
Tint johnson, who has been, it X snid
closely associated with Prettyman's affairs,
was not dsntcrestcd person Testimony
was also adduccd to support the theory
mat 2 certain creditor had been favored
with funds at the bank after the assign
ment.
The supreme Court Of the United States
Monday affirmed the Judgment ii the
circuit court for the southern district AT
New York ~ the case Of Shibuya Jllgiro,
the japanese, confined in Sing Sing prison,
New York, under sentence of death bv
means 81 electricity. II was sought to
secure JllglrOss release on haheas corpus.
on The ground that the Kemmler case had
demonstrated that eleotr0cution was cruel
and unusual punishment, and, as such.
was prohibited by the constitution. Chief
Jusllce Fuller announced the decision of
the court The court affirmed the iudg-
hlent Upon the authority of the decision in
49,. 'e'AHliINl Nttat. ltTh WAS no written
opinion, and the court did not go into tile
consideration of the points raised BY
jugiros counsel, holding that, 50 far is
Federal questions We're concerned, the case
I'D not differ from that of Kenmier
The suspension of Edward Brandon was
announced On the New York Stock In
change Monday morning. He was one
pi We oltest and most prominent mem
Der If the exchange, having been adj
united on September Sth 1852, and was
considered one OF the wealthiest brokers
on the board. 1t is said that all through
the recent decline he was bull and car
ried large lines of stocks, but when prices
touched bottom, after losing an immense
amount Of money on the bull side, he
turned bear and sold stocks short and was
caught in the rapid advance that followed
later in the day an assignment was made
to ROBBERS 5. Miller, with the following
preferences Mrs. Mary Il. Williams ana
Mrs. Josephine W. Middleton as execu-
triees Of the estate Of Giles Williams
Sll3,95l Emanuel Dreyfoos, $4,000; Hair, |
mon Hendricks, $4,000, and Jacob ii. q. |
Lazarus, 81 900.
Everybody who has used 1t knows Tint Old |
Shul CIarrh Cure IL the standard remedy Of |
us Rlhu IN the market. Price onll 25 cents
We often wondered what induced DIR. Bull 10
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