Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-07


Four hundred fathers went on strike in
New York Monday for uniform rate of
wages Of "a Il day. They have been getting
from $50 TO So.
During fire in tenement house in
Quebec on sunday night, A. Boucher
aged - years, was burned to death. He
was married three weeks ago.
T,amps have been setting fire to num-
Der Of buildings in Mendoza, Illinois, and
during the excitement they would rob such
places as were left unguarded.
A dispatch from Upper Marlborough,
Md, says that the house of James Cole
colored, was burned on Saturday night,
and his five children persisted i'll the
flames.
John Runke's sister died in Milwaukee
yesterday, Of trichiposis making seven
victims of the family who have died from
eating diseased pork. Two others are
still suffering from the disease.
On Saturday afternoon, Frank William
son, his wife and three months-old infant
were crossing the river near Ossawatamie,
Kan, in wagon, when the vehicle upset.
Williamson and the child were drowned,
Mrs Williamson saving herself by cling
ing to the wagon box.
A two-story frame building in Roches-
ter New York, was burned before day
llBHt Oh MoHuay lnoTillllS, anu HERMAN
Stephanski and an unknown woman oc-
clpying a room ON the upper floor per-
ished in the flames. The fire was caused
by the explosion of lamp,
Secretary Foster has sent to Frederick T.
Hatch, keeper of the Cleveland (0hio)
BreakWater Light Station, Il gold life
saving second service BAR in recognition
Of his extraordinary gallantry in resclling
Mrs. Catherine Hazen from drowning near
tho Cleveland Breakwater, Lake Erie on
the Goth Of October, 1880
While two fires were burning in AL
toona, Pa, on sunday, officers arrested
Bertha Young, white girl, and John
Russell, q cOlored man, in a stable near
the last fire. On Monday the woman con
fcsSed that Russell started both fires, being
angry because he could not enter the
stables.
Great forest fires are reported in Tucker
county. West Virginia, At last accounts
the saw mills of the Beaver Creek Lumber
Company, and the powder magazine of
Wilson a. Co, containing 800 kegs of giant
powder, were threatened, A saw mill,
house and several barns at st, George were
burned on Sunday night. r.
John Penfed, a horse importer. of
Clarion, la, was leading two stations
through the street there Tuesday, when
they began lighting each other. Penlield
tllltIlnletl w separate lHelll, Wlrn one OF
the animals caught him between its teeth
and would not let go until its mouth had
to be pried open. There are no hopes Of
Penlield's recovery.
Dr. Edward Maynard, dental surgeon
and inventor, died in Washington, D. G.,
last evening, His inventions in instrtl-
mehts and modes Of using them in his pro-
fession have been numerous, and many Of
them have become well known and gener.
all al. nj Il, At
ployed in the imperial family at ST. Peters
burg, as court dentist. DR. Maynard pat
ented the breech-loading Maynard rifle
and also method of converting muzzle.
loading arms into breech-loaders.
There was a heavy frost in eight or ten
counties in Northern Minnesota on Satur-
day night. In kilbon county ice was
formed, and in Polk, Hubbard and Mar
shall young wheat and oats were cut down.
At Park River, it is SAID, Strawberries and
other small fruits were so far advanced in
the bud that they are ruined. Young
leaves on the trees are so badly frozen that
they turned black, A sharp frost in the
country around Boone, Iowa, on Monday
morning, did some damage to the fruit
crop.
A horse attached to lumber wagon.
took fright at the elephants in circus
parade in Jersey City on Monday morning
and dashed through the crowd Of specta,
tors. Colgate Walker aged 10 years, and
Mrs. Barbara Lunt, aged 80, We're run over
and dangerously, if not fatally, injured.
Annie CLARK, aged 16, was dashed against a
telegraph pole by the horse and then
trampled by the crowd. Her injuries are
dangerous a boy was forced through
show window and severely cut in the face
Judge Perkins, Monday, in his charge
to the grand jury of kenton county, Nv,
in the cases Of the Covington pool sellers,
said that, under recent decision of the
court of appeals, the selling of pools OH
races was not gambling. He also said that
pool rooms were indictable for nuisance,
but that nuisance under the law must be
continuous, and he therefore said that the
arresting of pool sellers for each pool sold
was not according TO law.
The plan arranged Tor strike of the
union cigar makers in Chicago was carried
out on Monday. The hands in each shon
made the demand for wages, and where It
was granted they reported at strike head
quarters and returned to work. Many Of
thesmaller employers.granted the demand
but the larger factories refused it. and some
Of them closed entirely. of the ZOO union
cigar makers in Chicago it is estimated that
from 800 to 1,000are idle.
AT a railroad camp on the Chattanooga
southern road, 20 miles below Chatia.
nooga,, Tenn, four negro laborers wero
nthlieu w uedbn pu sunday night. They
had been drinking and gambling in a box
car until a few moments before the fra
was discovered. The negroes were asleep
IN drunken stupor and the car was com
pletely destroyed before the camp realized
the disaster. The origin of the tire is nm
known, but charges are made that the car
was fired. by companions of the burned
men for the purpose of robbery, as one of
the occupants had been winning iii il big
game of crap. 20
Gideon W. Marsh, late president and
Charles Lawrence, eN-cashier of the ais
pended Keystone National Bank of PhiIa-
delphia, were arrested Monday and held
IN 500 900 each for afurther herring. Bank
Examiner Drew, at whose instance the arr
rests were made, charges TINT Marsh made
false reports of the condition Of The bank
to the comptroller Of the currency with in
tent to deceive, and conspired With Law
renee to make false entries IN tl,a haill;
books. Lawrence is charged with making
false entries in the books and ca,l..nirinr
with Marsh to make the same ana t.rcniy,;
the, deponent as to the banks condition.
IN ms testimony the bank rxnin.nr snd
the estate OF John G. I.ilciis, deceased tl,f
former president OF the hu'il.. w.lS rpr.iiual
with an Indebtedness Of ,.15psm. wha'
was pot the full indebt"iluas4 ~ .a.
sum being about SU1,UuU, OF Ws.i... .Dutif
1 S7OV,OOu has been returned.