Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-10-15
IN GENERAL.

uents assistant private secretary uieu
yesterday week.
President Harrison has appointed
Edgar w. Camp United States district
attorney for North Dakota.
The Michigan Farmers Alliance, in
session in Lansing, Thursday endorsed
the Ocala platform, and declared in
favor Of independent political action, rs
outlined at the Cincinnati conference.
The Republican national executive
committee will meet in Washington on
November 23d, to decide on the time
and place for holding the Republican
national convention and to act on the
resignation of Mr.. Quay.
Mrs. Harrison, assisted by Mr.. Chey-
ney, Mrs Dimick and Mrs. Parker, gave
a reception on Wednesday, in the East
Room of the White House, to the men,
bers Of the Society of the Daughters of
the Revolution residing In Washington.
Representatives Of the large cigar
making firms in New York and neigh
boring cities held meeting last week
to form trust. If the trust Is formed
it will directly control 100000 workmen
and the output of between 1900, 900, 900
and 5,000,000,O00 cigars in this country.
The Rev. Samuel Benedict, D. D., rec
tor of st. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
Church, Cincinnati, was caught in an
elevator on Tuesday week and was SO
badly crushed that he died while being
taken to the hospital He was ga years
old and one of the most prominent
Clergyman of Southern Ohio.
A dispatch from Cincinnati says that
Governor Campbell has now filed two
suits for damages against the CONNER
ciaJ Gazette, each for $4,000, both based
on publications concerning the COVER
nor's Indebtedness and his payment of
expenses of Democratic club from
Columbus to Cleveland at the time of
his nomination.
A majority of the creditors of the
note broker, Abram Backer, who failed
in New York recently for several mil
lions, have agreed to place their interests
in the hands of trust The terms of
the trust agreement provide for care
full nuising Of assets, which if forced
would realize large loss, and the trust
10 fall unless so cents on dollar is ulti-
mately paid in dividends.
The National Association of Funeral
Directors at Richmond, Va, Thursday
elected the following officers: President,
Joseph w. Laube of Richmond, Va;
First Yicc-p president, james Hcaton,
Nebraska; Second Vice president, L. C.
Pearson, Louisville; Third Vice-presi-
dent, Il. c. Keyes of New York; Secre-
tary, ]. II. Warer Alliance, Ohio, and
Treasurer, c. A. Miller, Cincinnati.
Mayor Gleason OF Long Island City,
N. Y, was arrested Thursday morning
upon an indictment charging assault in
tile second degree for dislocating the
shoulder Of Alfred Nelson, at q meeting
OF the board of health on June Both
The mayor was arraigned before Justice
Bartlett and admitted to bail In 81 900
Gleason attempted to make political
harangue in court, but Justice Bartlett
promptly suppressed him.
The equestrian statue Of General
Grant WIS unveiled in Chicago yester-
day week. There was land and naval
parade and the spectators numbered
nearly u hundred thousand. The bronze
figure measures is feet 3 inches in
height from the bottom of the pinth to
the crown of the slouch hat. II is the
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America. The movement TO erect the
statue was started in Chicago July Esd,
1885, the same day General Grant died.
Treasury Agent Williams has made
special report 10 the Secretary of the
Treasury in regard to the allegation that
this government had violated the provi-
sions Of the Behring Sea modus vivendi
in allowing the North American Com
mcrcial Company TO catch seals in cx-
cess Of the limit fixed by that instru-
mont, viz, 1880 seals. Mr.. Williams re-
port shows that nearly 5000 seals were
taken by the company since the season
opened, hut that since the date of the
agreement, June 18th, the catch has
been less than 1000 skins.
Acting Secretary Solely said last week
that the supposition that the sailing or
dcrs Of the gunboat Yorktown to pro-
coed to Valparaiso were issued sud
denly, and in consequence Of startling
information received at the navy de-
partncnt, is erroneous. So far from
there being any news from Chill Of
startling character TO cause these orders,
the department has received telegram
from Captain Schley, of the Baltimore,
saying that everything is quiet at San
tiago and Valparaiso. The Yorktown
received her preliminary orders in Sep
tember.
The Mormon conference in session at
Salt Lake, last week, adopted resolu-
'ious denying most emphatically the as
sertion Of the Utah commission that the
church dominates its members in poiti-
cal matters, and that church and state
are united. A declaration was adopted,
saying the commissions report of poly
gamous marriages was utterly without
foundation in truth, and repeating the
declaration by President Woodruff at
the last general conference, that there
had been no plural marriages during the
period named; that polygamy had not
been taught, and that its practice had
been strictly forbidden.