Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-05
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works of the Pottstown Iron Company,
in Pottstown, Pa, on Friday afternoon,
and 10 men were burned by the molten
metal.
Reports from several points in Texas
are to the effect that the peach and other
fruit trees, which were budding, were
badly demaged by the cold weather on
Thursday night.
Very Rev. John A Kelly, Vicar Cen
eral of the Diocese of Trenton, N j.,
died at the parochial residence in South
Amboy Friday.
A bill was introduced in the Nebraska
Senate, on Friday, comforting upon
women the right to vote for the election
of President and Vice-P President of the
United States.
The pulp mill of the Remington
Paper Company, near Watertown, N.
Y, was almost destroyed on Saturday
night by the high water. The damage Is
estimated at $4,000. John Murphy was
killed
John Copeland, a wealthy storeleeper
in Pamassus, Pa, on Saturday shot and
fatally wounded his wife, and then tried
10 kill his two children and commit sui
eide, but was prevented by neighbors.
He is raving maniac.
The cable of the incline at the coal
mines at Whitewell, Marion county,
Tenn, broke on Saturday as the miners
were going to work, and the car dashed
down the mountain. Two men were
killed and II others badly hurt.
Inspector Byrnes, of New York, has
declined to accept the decoration sent TO
him by King Humbert of Italy. The
Inspector says that the only title he
seeks is the one which he has already,
that Of being an American citizen.
1t is said that the Republican leaders
in Illinois propose to take up Director
General Davis OF the Worlds Fair, as
their candidate for United States senator
this week, ind that seven Democrats
have promised to vote for Davis.
The trial Of the libel suit of John II.
TIollander against Consul General
Baiz, of Guatemala, for the recovery of
$4,000 court in New York, Friday,
by the jury rendering verdict of six
cents for the plaintiff.
In San Francisco on Saturday morn
ing Russell S. Thompson, a cable-roaG
| conductor, was shot and killed by A. II.
| Cochranc, his father .in-law, who after
wards killed himself. Cochrane mad
been violent for some time, and was
supposed to be insane.
The Crane Iron Company, at Allen
town, Pa, has announced a reduction
| of 10 per cent IN the wages of its EN-
| ployes, to take effect on March LIST.
| Trade depression and the low prices of
Bessemer iron are the causes assigned.
August Elbogen, a dramatic agent in
New York, was arrested on Saturday on
i a oh Df ii ~ mr. a nd INIT fn1
in default of $4,000 bail 1t is said that a
great many of his dupes were sent to
| New Orleans, where they found en-
ployment in disreputable concert halls.
It has been decided by the National
board of control of the Worlds Fair
that both Director-general Davis and
| Secretary Dickinson must cut down ex-
penses in their Offices owing to the ac-
ton Of Congress in reducing the gov
eminent appropriation.
The steamer Pennland at New York
on Saturday reported that on February
22d, in latitude 1929 N, longitude
45,54 w, the steamship Iowa was
sighted in sinking condition, and that
her crew was taken off by the steamship
Chester, bound for New York,
1t is reported that the big type found
ers of the country have about effected
consolidation of their interests. The
capital involved is reported as 100000
The establishment of uniform prices and
the protection Of the printer are said to
be the chief reasons for consolidation.
A general fight between a number of
white men and negroes took place in st.
Louis on Saturday night and resulted in
the serious injury of eight of the
negroes. Mike Conley, a white man Of
rather unsayory reputation, is supposed
to have caused the trouble and is under
arrest.
The strike of the electrotypers in Bos-
ton has been sanctioned by the Inter
national Typographical Union, which
means not only financial aid, but is also
Interpreted that pressmen employed in
book and job offices will not do any
press work from plates made by non
union electrotypers.
In Pike county, Missouri, on Friday
night, a 16-year-old boy, named Wright,
was killed at his home by two of his
younger brothers, aged IL and IA. They
| placed gun against his head when lie
lay in bed asleep and literally blew his
bruins out. They say that they were
| persuaded by an elder brother to commit
the crime.
L. l.. Wood, foreman for George Fl.
IIoyt & Son, in Haverhill, Mass, was
Friday fined $50 for allowing women
and minors to work more than 10 hours
a day. This was test case brought by
the inspector Of buildings Of the state
police, and similar action will now be
| taken against derelict manufacturers
throughout the state.
John Fallon, IL years of age, accident
4 Il 1ll
brother Robert at Wilkesbarre, Sunday
| night. The boys were changing their
clothes in an upper room, where gun
was lying across the bed. John picked
up the gun, and, pointing it playfuly at
his brother, pulled the trigger. The vic
tim received the full charge of shot in
the face.
The sheriff of Monroe county. Pa.
has received letter from the state of
Washington, saying that William
Brooks, one of the murderers of Theo-
dore Brodhead, at the Delaware Water
Gap, in 1868, has just been captured in
that state. Brooks and his companion,
Charles Orme, were tried and convicted
OF the crime, after which both escaped
from jail. Orme was subsequently cap
tured and hanged,
An attempt was made to arrest Milton
and 5. +. Smith, brothers, at Temple,
Mississippi, on Friday, on a charge of
stealing q bale of hay The Smiths
drew revolvers and began firing. Mil.
ton Smith fired at a man who had his
hand on his brothers shoulder but
missed and shot his brother through the
| eye, killing him instantly. Milton
smith was then shot from his horse by
the posse and cannot recover.