Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

Thomas b. Pope, the Landscape painter
was struck by train and Killed at Fish
kill, n. ", last night week.
Edward Smiltr, about 20 years old was
thrown from a coal cart at lladdoniield,
Pa, yesterday week and killed.
Two Italian immigrants, ex-conyiets,
were detained at New York last Friday.
They had each stabbed man in Italy.
kittie Sticker, aged II years, was fatally
burned al 1onawanda, New York, yester-
day week while making a fire with coal oil.
4. S. Wilbur shot and killed Ida Bre-
WORT in a concert hall in New York on
Tuesday week, and then committed sui
eide.
fire occurred in boarding house in
Buffalo. New York yesterday week. George
Ring, 63 years Of age, was suifocated By
smoke.
Alexander Armstrong, "a years old, was
crushed between cog wheels last week, at
Wetherll & Bros white lead works, Phil
adelphia, and was instantly killed.
The British tug Pilot has been seized BY
the collector of c0stums at Port Angels,
Washington, for violation of the United
States statutes. in towing American vessels
plying cuastwise.
Returns Of the elections in the second
and third class cities throughout Indiana
show general Democratic gains, excepting
New Albany and Jacksonville, which
went Republican.
j. X. I}rantley, cashier of the st. Louis,
Iron Mountain IL Southern railway, Is
short in his accounts 10000, lie has
turned over to the officers $4,000 worth Of
real estate as partial offset.
The stockholders of the Mexican Central
railway met in Boston last week II was
voted 10 pay the widow Of the late Presi-
dent Wade $4,000 in recognition of the
services of her late husband.
Joseph Katz, % years of age, committed
suicide in New York last week His en-
ployer accused him of embealling money,
and while the conversation was going on
Katz shot himself in the head.
William Mailman OF Shimcrsyille, Lee
high county, Pn., was arrested last week
on suspicion of having caused the death,
by poisoning OF Calvin Brensinger, aged
seven years, his wifes illegitim&tc child.
A dispatch from Syracuse, New York
| says that Albert Burk, florist and saloon
| keeper in that city, has gone to Canada,
| leaving liabilities Of 100000, with assets of
$4,000 He left in company with woman
not his wife.
A coke famine is threatened at Chicago
owing TO the strike in the Connelsvilie dis
| trict. The Illinois Steel Company and the
| Calumet Steel and Iron Company have
been compelled 70 abandon their furnaces
/ for want of fuel, and more than 300 men
have been thrown out Of work.
! A warrant has been issued in Philadel-
phia for the arrest of Jacob Green, SUI
| preme president; Lcmuel Smith, supreme
vice-presidcnt and H. NJ. Emery, supreme
treasurer of the Benevolent Endowment
4 Association, on charges of conspiracy tC
defraud and obtaining money by false
pretences
1t is reported that two commercial
houses in New York both having very
large interests in Chilli, are furnishing
arms. ammunition and money to the two
factions. The houses mentioned are OPP
posed to each other commercially, anc
each is doing its utmost to have the faction
it supports win,
The lowest rate on record, five cents ;
bushel, is being charged for carrying
wheat from Chicago to New York. Til,
grain goes by the lakes to Buffalo, theme,
to tidewatcr by the Erie canal. OF the iiy'
cents, the lake boats get one and a-hal
cents, the Buffalo elevators seven-aght
and the Erie canal boats the remainder,
The farmhouse of Michael Shelby, nea
Wooster, Ohio was entered in August last
by four masked men, who bound ant
gagged Shelby and his aged wife, and stol'
cash amounting to $4,000. Mrs. Shelb,
died from nervous prostration brought oil
by the excitement Henry ii. Buckley
his grandson, Harry Webb,and son, DAME
Bincklcy, neighbors Of the ShGlbys, hay
just been arrested for the crime.
Treasury experts have been engaged TO
a week in trying 10 identify as much q
possible the SCI 900 that was badly charret
: by fire in the recent wreck at Warning Sta
ton, Md, on the Il. Il o. railroad, Will
in transit to western points The none.
was enclosed in three iron safes. TIL
, labors of the experts have been very sue
, cessful, as they have succeeded in identify
ing the denominations of all the notes, eX
! cept about S100. The notes identified vii
be redeemed by the treasury department