Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-23
IN GENERAL.

The comptroller of the currency has
called upon all national banks for report
Of their condition at the close of business
July 9Th.
The stockholders Of the Westinghouse
| Electric Company last week decided to ac-
cept the plan of reorganization recently
| proposed.
The Business Educators Association of
the United States and Canada met in
| annual session in Chautauqua, New York,
yesterday week.
The pulp mill of the Shawmut Fibre
Company at Shawmut, Maine, was de-
stroyed by fire last week. Loss, S250,00O
insurance, Sl54,0O0.
There was a collision between freight
and passenger train. near Fort Scott, Kan
sas, yesterday week. Ten persons were
hurt, but none fatally.
| A fire in Altoona, Pa, yesterday week
destroyed the block extending from
| the Central Hotel to the electric light sta
ton. The losses aggregate s3S, 500 insur-
ance, $4,000.
During q fire in a tenement house in
Brooklyn, New York, early yesterday
week, Maggie Bishop, aged three years,
and Maggie Mccarthy, aged four years,
were sufocated.
A disease supposed to be the Texas fever
has broken out among a herd of cattle
owned by Judge shaw. at Independence,
Kentucky. Seven of the animals have
died and 20 others are sick.
Kate and Mary MCGOWAN, sisters. aged
respectively "A and 81 years, were drowned
at Pittston, Pa, July 18th. They were in
a boat which sprang a leak and filled be-
fore assistance could be rendered.
The gas tank Of the Municipal Gas Com
pany in Rochester, New York, exploded
early, yesterday week., killing Night
Watchman Stapleton and the captain OF a
canal boat, whose name is not known.
A terrible freight wreck occurred yester-
day week on the Colorado Midland
railroad, at Ute Pass. owing to the brakes
refusing to work on steep grade. Eleven
cars loaded with ore and bullion were de.
stroyed and Engineer Moore and fireman
Wilson were killed
McKelvey's ice houses, Frank Stang's
brewery and the house of Frederick Bau-
meier, near sandnsky, Ohio, were burned
yesterday week. Total loss, $4,000.
The brewery and contents were valued at
$4,000; insured for $4,000.
Jacob S. and Charles King of York, Pa,
and Charles Thackara OF Philadelphia
were fishing in the Susquehanna river
ut York on the 18th, when their boat was
carried over the falls. Thackara and
Charles King were rescued, but jacob $.
King was drowned.
lHb lltllOlldl convention III TUllWuy
postal clerks of the United states was held
in Cincinnati last week. A permanent
organization was effected, with The follow
ing officers: President CA. GtitIif4e9 Chi
cago; Viceprcsident. W. II. Grey. st. Paul;
Secretary, NJ. IL. Bum, Atlanta, Ga.
A dispatch from Flagstaff, Arizona, says
that Sheriff Francis and part of his posse
arrested Chief lastine leader of band of
Navajo renegadeS, but that the remainder
Of the posse are surrounded by the Indians
at Roddcn's ranch. \ company of the
National Guard has been sent to their aid,
and regular troops are ready TO move AZ
once.
The family Of j. H. Cornelius, well-to-
, do farmer near Russellyille, Kentucky,
!. were poisoned last week. BERNARD Cor
nelius d nephew, died in Il short time, and
five others nre dangerously i'll. The symp-
toms are OF arsenic. The poison is sup
, posed TO have been in the milk, but how it
got there is not known.
At meeting of table glassware manu-
facturcrs of Pennsylvania, ohio and West
Virginia, held last week in Pittsburg the
' plants were consolidated and an assGcia-
ton formed under the name of the United
r States Glass Company. ID. G. Ripley of
Pittsburg was elected president. The com
pany comprises 10 firms, with capital Of
81, UOO0OU.
. The eight-inch mill at the Pennsylvania
Bolt and Nut Works, in Lebanon, Pa, re.
sumed work last week with its full quota
4 of men. Both the eightinch and l0-incll
i mills are now working, the l6-inch mill
/ being the only one idle. The company
claim that the strike in the i6-inch mill
| and in the bolt heading department will
: speedily be ended.
!. Postmaster general Wanamaker las
week issued an advertisement of the mai
? lettings under the Postal Aid bill, passed
! by the last Congress. 1t invites proposal;
d from steamship companies for carrying
e the American mails 10 foreign countries
a in vessels Of American build, of the hes
a construction and of the highest speed il
their respective classes, over route!
!, infinitely de'crihed
Preparations are making at the treasur,
{ department for the issue of another cal
Q on national bank depostarieS for the re
IS turn ola further instalment of governmen
s, funds now in their possession. rhes
2, funds now amount to about SlJWO,0O1
Is and Secretary Foster has indicated 81
! several occasions recently his purpose o
i reducing the sum to Sl5mO,OW, which
,. amount he is said to regard as suilicien
= for the needs OF the public service.
} A storm in Rockland county, New York
on Tuesday week did considerable damage
IS The large shoe factory of A. IL. Ackman
e at Nyack, was unroofed and the Who'll
e building was Hooded and several house
10 were slightly damaged by lightning.
, house at Mont Moor was also struck
- While a man was riding at Bardonia hi
horse was instantly killed by lightnin
g and the man was Injured. A large mum
n Der of trees were shattered. lNM'N
!, Thomas Hinckley got on spree, il
y Tacoma, Washington, on Tuesday weel
a Procuring revolver he, in compnn
se with a man named Douglass, went int
the Elk saloon and called up all hands fo
ID a drink. While the barkeeper was servin
10 the crowd, Hinckley pulled his revolve
!, and began shooting. William Brannof
~ the proprietor, and George Martin, city tn
d collector, We're instantly killed. severi
IL other persons were wounded. Hinckle
1t and Douglass are both in Jail. The mu
i, derer is bordering on deirinm tremens.
Tom Doolittle, an old-time freighteI
20 now in Nickerson, Kansas, tells story
is the famous Bender family, which, il tru'
settles all question as to the whereabOut
of the family of murderers. Doolttl
says that after the murder of York a ban
of searchers, headed by the murdere
es mans brother, went to the Bender hous
and extorted a confession from the oil
-a woman. They then quietly proceeded
"a hang old man Bender, his wife and son
'ai the rafters of the house. During this pr
n ceeding Kate Bender uttered some protc
(; and was shot to death. After the faInil
III had been dispatched, York's avengers toe
i. the bodies to the creek bed some yards di
IN tant from the house and buried them.
Mt The steamship Pickhuben arrived
in Montreal yesterday week from Antwer
u July 4th. when in latitude $3.50 nortl
of Longitude 14.25 west, she passed the burr
ing wreck of the bark Octayia, of Sout
of Shields, laden with coal. The wreck ";
on burning fore and aft. The deck WI
mt nearly consumed and the masts we