Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-26

IN GENER1L.
The Jersey City 1fgHS newspaper office
was burned on Saturday night. The loss
is placed at 100000.
General Joseph IT, Johnston died al His
residence in Washington, D. G.. ON Satur4
day night. He was born in 1907
During a fire IN Planfield, N. J., on
Saturday, Hugo Weigman was burned to
death. He was trying to save some of his
property.
There was hail storm at Orlando, Fla,
on Saturday, number of window lights
were broken, and the vegetable crop was
badly damaged
James A Miller was on Saturday CON
victed in Utica, N. VI, Of smuggling China
men into the United States, and was sem
fenced to six months Imprisonment.
A passenger train on the Louisville e
Nashville railroad ran Off the track in
/ Louisville on Saturday. Engineer George
Burgess was killed, and Fireman Erskine
fatally injured.
The value Of the exports of beef, hog
and dairy products from the United States
during February was Sll, 321, lOa an in
crease Of S2O9,7l5 over The corrcspGnding
month of last wear,
| On saturday evening crowd of strikers
attacked 20 non-nnlon mon returning from
| work at the liradd0ck Iron Mill al Pitts
burg and beat them badly, The managers
! OF the works have called on the sheriff for
| protection.
The extensive greenhouses on ,hc farm
| 81 w, X. Vanderbilt, a. Oak,lpic, Long
| Island, were almost entirely dr@tr1red on
Saturday morning by Il fire, caused by tho
explosion of steam boiler The loss is
| about Sl00,0OO
Superintendent Of Public Instruction W.
| H. Maxwell, Of Brooklyn, has declined the
offer of $4,000 to take charge Of The public
schools Of philadelphia giving rs his
reason, that he preferred to remain in
Brooklyn nj the same figure
Isaac Allen fatally cut James Weather
FORD throat, because Of q "misunderstand-
ing, at Mnsquto, Texas, last Friday Bad
Weatherford, brother Of James, being
present. shot Allen dead The parties ara
said to be well and favorably known
There was a split in the Democratic city
committee of Chicago on saturday, owing
70 q refusal TO admit conteSting Harrison
deleBates. The seceders nominated Carter
Harrison for mayor by acclamation. and
the regular body renominated Mayor
Creger.
The Standard and Manhattan oil cSm-
panles have begun a war in the Findlay
Ohio field in shipping fuel oil to manu-
LECTURERS. In order To crush out the Man
haitian the Standard has cut the price of
Lucl oii w ~ CclIts u DHTTel, delivered any,
where. The price to producers remains ut
30 cents.
While about $50 Italians were holding
n meeting in Troy, n. y, on Sunday, to
protest against the New Orleans lvncbinp
mob outside bombarded the buildins
with cohhlestones and broke up the meet
ing. Pistol shots were fired but no per
the crowd.
Theodore Thomas, who arrived in Chi
ciigo on Sunday morning, will probably be
offered the musical dictatorship of the
Worlds Fair. Professor William II.
Ihomlins will be the choral director, and
the choral work will be under the auspices
Of the Apollo Club. 1t will include d
childrens chorus of possibly 10000 voices.
The great cornerstone of the new
twenty story Masonic Temple in Chicago.
lmd with. SO much ponlp and ceremony,
now lies in pieces on the sidewalk at the
corner of State and Randolph streets.
WRECKED by the blunder of workmen put,
ting up iron work. An investigation will
be made.
The residence of Z. Tobin, u merchant
tailor Of Franklin, Pa, was burned early
on Sunday morning and the murdered re-
mains of Tobin were found in the ruins.
Burglars tools lay scattered about. Two
years ago the dead body Of Tobin,s daugh.
ter, Mary, was found in Long Island Sound
and the mystery of her death has never
been cleared up.
Elmer Collins on Saturday night finished
his 30th day of fasting at the Davis Fifth
Avenue Theatrein Pittsburg Hetook notn-
ing butpure spring water. He began weigh
ing 1884 pounds, and Saturday night retfis-
tiers ITO pounds even. Collins will soon
attempt 70 break all records by fasting As
days. with nothing but spring water to
do il.
Emma and Lena Minieman sisters and
both pretty, arrived at New York on Sun
day in the steamship Trave, to visit the
principal cities Of the United States.
They are of wealthy family in Oberhausen,
Prussia, and getting tired Of the monotony
OF home life, desire to see something of the
world. They consider that a male protec-
tor would rob their travel of its adgentur.
Gus spirit.
a refined middle-aged woman, clad in
SILK dress and sealskin cloak, was mr.
rested IN New York ON Saturday, on the
charge of shoplifting. She gave her name
as Mary Jones, and said she came from
Washington, y, Y, and was on her way 10
that she was the wife Of a Broad streel
broker. After being locked up ali night in
the station house She was arraignei vestar.
day, and held for trial in 5000 baii' IL,
s' she did not know what prompted her
II New York on Saturday, in . tene
ment house on First avenue Tic nHljnn
found two little girls Maggie McNaliy IL
years and Mary Mckcnna, S wears, iyin,
on 9n tie heor Of one IF the rooms ,lca1
drunk IN an adjoining room we're MN
Mchennas father and four women In III.
same ~ condition. On a rickety led NIX , i,
McNally girls father in the last st,,sn, ~
and starvation. TINS .i,
MAJ ! was taken to the hospital, McErmim
anu anu the four women sent 70 the isi.,n
Gerry Society, ~ '"s