Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-19
IN GBNERAL.


Flint & Co. of New York on Friday
received the following cablegram from
Chilli: "Pisagua bombarded and burn
ing. Blockade ceased at Valparaiso"
Alexander II. II. Stuart died in Staun-
ton, Va, on Friday. He was Secretary
of the Interior in President Fillmore's
cabinet and member of the Peabody
Educational Fund.
The Alabama senate on Friday passed
the house bill to redistrict the state into
nine Congressional districts, that num-
Der being based on the last census. A
solid Democratic delegation is assured.
The domestic breadstuffs exported
from the United States during the
month Of January were valued at
$97lS,5s6. For the corresponding
month last year the figures were
$lt,557,G20.
Massachusetts has declined to pur-
chase from Edward Il. Warner for
10000 the sword General Washington
wore when lie surrendered his commits
sion. 1t appears that Mr.. Warner had
offered the sword simultaneously to
Massachusetts, New York and Pennsyl-
vania.
The Miners National Convention in
Columbus, Ohio, Friday decided that
the scale should be fixed ON the basis Of
weighing after screening, and the sew
eral districts have the power to adjust
the differences resulting and arranging
comparative scale on the basis of the
run of the mine.
A committee representing all the or
CARNATIONS of united labor in Chicago
A. 4. -xa.sfl
management Of the Worlds Fair to So
cure recognition of union labor in tho
work to be done on the fair buildings.
If their claims are not recognized they
threaten to tturn the antagonism OF the
solid labor element against the enter
prise"
The governor Of Newfoundland, in his
speech at the opening of the legislature
in st. Johns, on Friday, announced that
a reciprocity treaty had been concluded
between the colony and the United
States, and it only awaited the assent of
the imperial government. After tho
speech was read both houses went into
session and passed u resolution calling
upon the British government to assent
to the reciprocity treaty at once.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad will build steel bridge across
| the Mississippi river at Alton. The com
pany now pays, il is said, $500,000a year
| for the privilege of crossing the bridge
at ST. Louis and as much more for the
use of terminals. 1t has recently in
vested 81 ,000,000 in extensive property
in North st. Louis, and by crossing the
river at Alton it will form u connecting
| link between the two great systems of
the company east and west of the Mis-
sissippi.
When Thomas NorthGut, living in La
| fayette, Ind, got out of bed Thursday
morning, he lighted match, when an
explosion Of natural gas occurred, blow
ing out the whole side Of the house, set
ting fire to the building and burning it
and the adjoining ane to the ground.
Northcut and Levi rown were badly
burned BY exploding gas, but the most
serious injury was 70 Mrs. Ruth A. Jen-
ners, an old lady, living in the house adj
| joining, and her son, who were fatally
| burned. There was u leak in the gas
| pipe supplying the house.
The work of grading in Jackson Park,
Chicago, in preparation for the Worlds
| Fair, has been stopped. On Thursday
! afternoon number of idle workmen,
being unable to induce the working
Italians to strike for higher wages, as
saulted and drove them from the park.
Yesterday morning about 700 oilers
gathered in the park and were so threat
ening that the contractors thought it
prudent not to resume operations. The
contractors say they will wait until they
secure telephone communication with
the police department, when they will
resume work, and, if interfered with de-
mand protection.