Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
Tennessee Convicts Ordered
Back to Their Work.
CHEROKEE LAND NEGOTIATIONS
Recovery of Banker Beals'
Kidnapped Child.
St. PauFs Big Bid for tho Democratic
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Remnants Broken
beaith--iiumorist Nye's Mishap--Bic
Elevator Burned.


was destroyed by fire Sunday, involving
loss of $4,000.
Frederick Pope, architect and builder, of
Boston, is reported to be embarrassed, with
unsecured liabilities of about $4,000.
George KEENAN,, the lecturer and writer
on the Siberian exile SYSTEM is reported to
suffering, at San Francisco, from an attack
OF nervous prostration.
w: w. Butler, son of Senator Butler of
south Carolina, died Sunday in Augusta,
Ga, from paralysis Of the brain. He was
taken Ill on Saturday morning.
A fire at the plant of the Joy ,S Seliger
Flush and Novelty Goods Company, in
Newark, New jersey, on Saturday night.
caused damage estimated at $4,000.
Governor Pattison has appointed c..
Heydrlck. Esq, of Franklin Venango
county, as judge of the Pennsylvania sli-
preme court, vice Hon. Silas NJ. Clark,
Bill Nye fell out of the back door of the
opera House in Jackson, Miss, on SatlIr-
Gay, night, and was SO badly hurt that he
Snulu NOT appear and the audience was
Fourteen laborers arrived in New York
sunday on the steamship Rheinland
under contract to work in the Pennsylvania
and Ohio mines. They were detained and
will probably be sent back.
The coroner stopped the funeral of Miss
Mamie Bishop. at Asbury Park, n. j., sun
DAY, and took possession of the body in
orucr that he might make an investigation
as TO the cause of her death.
The Tennessee board of prison inspec-
tors on Saturday ordered the return to
Coal Creek and Briccvile of the conyicts
VINO were released from those places. No
time for their return is specified.
Inc large elevator owned by the $500"
road, at Escanaba, Michigan, was DESTROYED
by fire Sunday, together with 10000
bushels of grain. 10000 barrels of flour
and 10000 tons of coal in the docks adjoin-
ing.
At special meeting of the city council
oil omaha, on Saturday night, three of the
members got into Il quarrel and pounded
each other until the spectators had 10
separate them. Blood was drawn from
two of the combatants.
The First Presbyterian Church of Column
bus, Ga, caught fire sunday afternoon.
shortly after the dismissal OF the congre.
gatlon, and was completely DESTROYED.
IN, Line ire was caused by a defective Hue.
The building is valued at $4,000 and in
snred for Sl5,000
The Canadian government has decided
TO call for tenders for fast line of steam
ers between Canada mud Europe. In the
meantime Canadian mails are sent by way
OF American ports, this having become
necessary since the Allan Line steamers
ceased to call at Halifax.
Three laborers on the Northern Pacific
railway have made affidavit that % or
more men We're killed by land slide Mt
Canton Station, on the line of the North
erh facltc Wednesday. The statement
killed. VIZ
A dispatch from Pittsburg SAYS that a
wholesale delivery from The Western
ienitentiary was foiled on Saturday night
py the discovery of tunnel that the con
VICES nhd Jug from the interior, leading to
the sidewalk outside The work was com.
pleied, only stone In the sidewalk re-
maining in its place.
me man King, with several aliases, who
IS believed to have returned the kidnapped
child OF Beal, on Friday night, for a ran
som oil 5000, was arrested IN Kansas City
carly on Saturday morning lie refused
70 say anything as to his part iu the abduc-
ton. Lizzie Smith, the abdlictress. bud
previously been arrested.
A San Francisco dispatch saws that the
changes made by the Postmaster-general
~ the ocean mail contracts will nccessitate
lne formation of new schedule of
l'anama steamers by the Pacific Mail
steamship Company. Two lines will be
run, instead Of one, as at present, one to be
A passenger train on the South Carolina
railway was deliberately wrecked on Satur-
day night 20 miles north OF Charleston.
The entire train was thrown down a3lfoot
embankment,and although there were 900
passengers on board, only four Of them
were seriously injured. The fireman.
iarkss was caught beneath the tender and
killed
The comptroller of the currency, on Sat
AtaNHrNI
efficiency of the SERVICE" appointed the
following additional examiners of national
panks Hugh Young of Pennsylvania,
assigned to the Pittsburg district: Charles
IL. pengler of Pottsvlle, Pa, assigned to
the eastern district of PENNSYLVANIA (n-
GLIDING Philadclphia); J, $. Alden of Penn
sylvania, assigned to the North Carolina
district, and George A. Stone of Iowa as
signed TO the Iowa District.
A large meeting of both Democrats and
Republicans was held in st. Paul on Satur
day, at which it was unanimously voted to
invite the Democratic national convention
there, The chairman was authorized to
appoint a committee of 100 to have full
charge of the matter. This committee Is 10
complete the guarantee fund of S5O,OOO,
one-halt OF which is already promised, and
IS to construct wigwam to seat 1900 to
10000 and call on the national committee
at the proper time to secure their favor
able action.
A serious accident occurred on the Lake
Shore road, near Toledo, on Saturday night
by which two persons were killed. five
fatally injured and thirteen seriously in in
1ured. A Boston IL Chicago special, going
east, Stacked its speed just after passing
through tunnel under the Miami Il Erie
canal, when n Flint & Pere Marquette
train crashed into the rear coach, the loco
motive blowing half way through the car
IA AZ.
filled the car, scalding and burning the
passengers.
The ceremonies of the golden Jubilee of
Archbishop. Kenrick of st. Louis, were
begun in that city Sunday. There were
solemn services of thanksgiving in all of
the Roman Catholic churches of the city,
the visiting bishops and archbshops
ohlclatlng. In the afternoon the Chris
tiAn brothers gave an entertainment in
honor Of Archbishop Kenrick, and in the
evening Archbishop Ireland made an adj
dress. The jubilee mass will be celebrated
this morning by Cardinal Gibbons, and
the sermon will be preached by Arch
bishop Ryan.
A dispatch from Pensacola, Fla, says
that, as westbound freight train APP
preached Escambia bridge, on the Pensil-
cola IL Atlantic railroad, about $50 O'Clock
on Saturday night, the track sank several
inches in 'hll, causing Il truck about
midway of the train to jump the track.
The. train was at full speed, and AS it
reached the trestle leading to the bridge a
coupling broke and four cars and caboose
We're precipitated into the water. NJ. +.
O'Brien, Jacksonville, was killed by the
fall. Conductor Pons and three trainmen
went down with the train, but escaped
without serious injury.
A Talequah Indian Territory, dispatch
says that the committee of the Cherokee
Council has colnnleted its nenntintinns for