Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-04
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
Two Victims of the Deadly
Gasolene Lamp.
DEATH VISITS THE ASSEMBLY
A Speaker Drops Dead at
the End of His Address.


Nelson Moffat, coored, was hanged at
Lexington, Miss, Thursday, for the MUIR
der of John Wade, colored. last fall.
Joseph Newton, counterfeiter was cap
tured in Union county, Illinois, on We'd
nesday week and Immediately shot him
self dead.
The schooner Thomas Hume, which
left Chicago week ago, is believed to
seven persons on board.
A report from ottawa says that Sir John
A. Macdonald is suffering from an attack
of indigestion A report that lie has con-
gestion OF the lungs is incorrect.
John Donnelly resisted arrest in Berlin
Falls, n. H., Thursday. severely cutting a
policeman with butcher knife and kill
ing William NJ. Wilson, citizen, who in
terfered.
William Brutkopf and his wife MarN
committed suicide at their home in N#N
York, Thursday, by taking OXalic aeI.
Brutkopf was 66 years of age, and his wife
was II. Poverty drove them TO suicide.
The sales agents of the anthracite pro-
ducing companies met in New York Thurs
terdny, and ordered an advance of 10 cents
per ton on all sizes June list. They also de-
cided to restrict production during June TO
3, $50 tons.
The Hamilton Rubber Company, in
of a receiver Thursday. 1t is in the trust
with the Star Rubber Company and
others. It's liabilities are 100000 nearly
all in promissory notes, constantly going
to protest.
Lieutenant Commander George a. Bick-
nell, Y. 5. n, who was found guilty by'a
court martial Of the charge of negligence
in allowing the Galena and Nina to be
stranded in March last, has been suspended
from rank and duty for one year. He is to
retain his present number III his grade.
Edward Finnegan, foreman of the
gang of Italian laborers who were blown
mp BY an explosion of dynamite near
Tarrytown, n. Y, a short time ago, died
Thursday Of his injuries He wa she
most important witness the coroner had
in determining the cause of the explosion.
Robert strain, colored messenger in the
treasury department, who is alleged to
have received 800 from the man Smith
for his appointment to a position in the
pension office through Green B. Raum,
Jr,, has resigned by request of the secre-
tary, the resignation to take effect on the
30th instant.
The funeral of the late CONGRESSMAN Il.
O. Houk took place Thursday, and was
more largely attended than any funeral
ever seen i'll Knoxville, Tenn. Senators
Harris and Cullom and Representatives
Crisp of Georgia and Mcmillan, Taylor and
Enloe of Tennessee were present Busi-
ness houses were closed
The legislature of Pennsylvania Thurs.
day adjourned sine die. The Baker Ballot,
Worlds Fair and Banking Department.
bills passed The Factory Inspection and
Judges Retirement bills failed. The senate
elected j. T.. 5. Goblin, president pro tenn
pore, by vote of 81 TO 10 for Henry D.
Green the Democratic candidate.
The Rev. Geo. W. Vancil was arrested Mt
his home, near Duquoin, ILL.,, on Tuesday
week, on the charge of making coun-
felt money. His arrest grew out of that
of the Rev. Jeremiah Holmes, made last
Saturday, and other captures are looked
for. Vancil had lived near Duquoin for
more than 20 years, and his arrest created
great surprise
John ]. Bradley, II years of age placed
a target ON the brick wall in the yard Of
his home in New York, Thursday and
fired at il with a new rifle he had just
bought. His sister, Veronica, IA years old,
was standing in window diagonally
across the yard from the target. The rifle
ball glanced on the wall and penetrated
the girls heart. killing her instantly.
A gasolene lamp at a fruit stand in New
York exploded early Thursday morning.
Frank Falisi, the proprietor of the place,
and Emanuel Rarbarini, his assistant who
were asleep in chairs at the time, were
covered with the burning gasolene and
frightfully burned. They were removed
to the Presbyterian Hospital, where Bar
barini's injuries We're pronounced fatal.
Falisi may live.
President Hood, of the Western Mary
land railroad says that the transfer of the
control OF the West Maryland railroad to
the West Virginia Central is not at all to
the interest OF Baltimore. The proposition
to buy is inspired it is intimated, by inter-
ests which would crcumscribe Baltimore
and arrest the execution of the Western
Maryland's plans for opening new terri
tory to Baltimore.
The resolutions in relation to the case of
DIR. Briggs were discussed Thursday in the
Presbyterian General Assembly at Detroit,
but no action was reached. The speascrs
were Dr. Patton, Prof. Henry +. smith
and Drs. Logan, Dickcy, Francis and Bart
lett. DIR. Logan offered amendments to
the resolutions, so that they should declare
that the Assembly disapproyed nat pres
enti Of the appointment of DIR. Briggs TO
the professorship in Union Seminary, and
directing the committee of conference to
report to the next Assembly, A sad and
terrible episode marked the proceedings of
the Assembly. Judge s. NJ Breckinridge
of ST. Louis, spoke upon the legal aspect of
the Briggs case, and had hardly closed his
remarks when he fell upon the platform.
He was taken into an adjoining room, and
in about ten minutes his death was re-
ported to the Assembly. After appro-
PIRATE action in regard to the deceased, the
Assembly adjourned.