Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-10-29
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aTreSlCu III OiuuNh lutsuuy IuuIilili6'
| He admits a shortage of about $4,000.
| The monitor Miantonomnh was put into
commission at the Brooklyn navy yard
| Tuesday. Orders were also received from
| Washington to have the Atlanta ready for
sea within 20 days.
A dispatch from the City of Mexico says
| that owing to the shortness of crops and
the famine prevailing in several states it is
rumored that the duty on corn will be re-
moved by the Mexican government. The
state of Guanajuata has prohibited the
\ export of corn.
The factory of the United States Mine
| Supply Co., ut Cleveland, was completely
destroyed by explosions, followed by fire.
Tuesday afternoon. The dead bodies of
| John Fink, IA years, Alfred Schaefer,
II years, and Paul Pfannkucke were
taken from the ruins.
A rear-end freight collision on the 500
road occurred on Monday night at Thorn
son station, eight miles east of ST. Paul,
seven were seriously injured. The killed
We're; o. Q. Helms, Fred Rem, Conrad
| Prince, Brazil Lyle and John Coffin.
| w. II. Dill, president of the defunct
| banks at Clarified and Houtzdale, was in
diCted by the United States grand jury at
Pittsburg, Tuesday, for altering and
changing the books of the Clarified Bank
so as to defrand and deceive the United
States bank examiner, and also to defraud
the government.
Louis Duffy, who was fireman on the
steam whaler Grumpus and who has just
arrived from OunalasSa, on the Mohican
brings confirmation of the news that the
crew of the Grumpus were massacrld by
natives at the mouth of the Mackenzie river,
because of their bad treatment of native
women.
|
A Waco, Texas, special says that the gap
in the San Antonio a. Arkansas Pass rail
closed on Monday night, this giving the
Chicago, Rock Island a. Pacific access to
the Gulf Of Mexico and the Rio Grande.
1T affords new competitor to the Gould
roads in the southwest
The negro, Lee Green, who murdered
two members of the Lowe family, near
Yuma City. Texas, on Saturday, was ar
rested the next day and taken to the Jail at
Linden. On Monday a crowd took him
from the Jail to the scene Of his crimes. He
was chained to tree, after which crowd
Of negroes piled fagots about him and
burded him to death.
Grain Inspector Clausen of Minnesota
reported Tuesday that wheat is being re
ccived at Duluth at the rate Of l,00N0O0
bushels per day. .eclipsing all former
records, and that the combined receipts
at Duluth and Minneapolis on Monday
were 10000 bushels from the farms Of
Minnesota and the Dakotas. "a record
which has never been equalled.
The schooner Frank Mcdonnell, which
sailed from Philadelphia on September
gNh, for Lynn, Mass, and was given up
for lost, was passed on the morning of
October 18th off Handkerchief Shoal,
Vineyard Sound, by the schooner Bessie
O. Beach. which arrived at Winthrop OH
Sunday from Philadelphia. The Melon
neli's foresail was gone and a jib was bent
for foremost.
Harry Mann, sailor on the whaling
schooner u. f. Merryman. at San Fran
cisco from Kodiak. Alaska, has made a
statement complaining that he and com
panion were kept in irons for 81 DAYS by
Captain Fish, on a charge Of mutiny, the
rnutiny consisting Of protest against the
captains action in abandoning the small
boats and crew who were in pursuit of
whales. The seamen were picked up by
the Rush
The naval court of inquiry into the cir
cumstances attending the loss of the United
States steamer Despatch, which opened in
Washington on Monday, resumed its ses-
sion Tuesday. Lieutenant Cpwles de-
tailed narrative of the wreck was presented
and read In it he charged that the vessel i
course had been changed without consult
ing him, and that if his orders had been
followed the vessels course would have
been clear of land.
A Boston paper Tuesday printed a
statement to the effect that the suicide OF
Irving A. Evans, the broker, was due to
the action of a partner in certain large
business transactions, who refused to per
form his part OF an agreement in deal
which involved loss of some $3.50, 600
This loss is supposed, in the weakened
condition, both financially and mentally,
in which MIR. Evans found himself tc
have driven him to suicide.
A dispatch from Jamestown. North
Dakota, says that the term of the Foster
county court was adjourned without day
on Monday by Judge Rose, for the reason
that to call a jury would take many farm
thrashing crews. The necessities of farm
work appeared greater to the judge than
holding a term of court. 1t is likely that
an adjournment will also be had in Griggs
county for the same reason.
Acting Secretary Spaulding Tuesday
appointed w. J. Thompson, Charles II
Shebel, J. z. Brown and w. T. Moxey ex.
pert accountants to assist in the examina
ton of the affairs of the Keystone and
Spring Garden National Banks Of Philadel
phia. These gentleman were nominated
for the purpose by the citizens committee
of fifty, which is also responsible for the
payment of their salaries. They will b.
subject to the supervision of A, Il. Barrett
Of the treasury department.
Acting Secretary Spaulding has author
lied the free entry OF an engraved table,
set into marble slab, imported by Edward
de V. Morrell for presentation to the
Cathedral of st. Peter and st. Paul of Phila
delphia on the ground that it is work o.
i art. The acting secretary has, however
denied an application for the free entry d
All old card tooth machine made in York
. shire in 1910, formerly exhibited at tn,
Paris Exhibition, and now presented tt
, the Worcester Society OF Antiquity, on tn,
ground that il is not an antiquity within
the meaning of the law.
In the investigation being made by til,
Pennsylvania state senate Treasurer Boye
was Tuesday again placed on the witnes
J stand to answer question asked by tn,
/ attorney general as to whether or not b,
knew at the time of his election of JOIN
Bardsley carrying q balance Of state money
J at the Keystone Bank, Philadelphia, AMI
| whether he made any agreement to permi
!. ii TO remain there, and whether he knev
: of any agreement whereby interest on |
/. was to be paid to Mr.. Quay or Bardsley o
9 any one else? The witness answered tn
! questions negatively, after considerably
discussion as 70 its relevancy.
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