Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-03

AilTeu II. t1llucCh, u NEW 1OTk lUl-
porter, committed suicide yesterday
week, having taken Paris green.
Madame Astle of Denver, COL. was
arrested last week, charged with crimi-
nal malpractice on two young girls.
Claudia and Sallie Mason, aged re-
spectivcly 10 and II years, were drowned
while bathing ut a family picnic at
Blossburg, Alabama, yesterday week.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Weimar arrived at Baltimore last week
with 5G6 Storage passengers, among
whom were 100 exiled Russian Jews.
A dispatch from Atchison, Kansas,
says; Ex-senator ingalls, has not sailed
for Europe, as has been reported. He
is here at home and has no intention of
going abroad this year.
A despatch from Guthrie, Oklahoma
territory, says an organized effort will
be made to COLOMBO a large number of
negroes on the Indian lands soon to be
thrown open to settlement.
The navy department last week re-
ceived two bids for the construction of
torpedo boat No. 2, one from the Cowles
Engineering Company of Brooklyn,
$1l7,490 and one from the Iowa Iron
Works Of Dubuque, $l13,500.
Customs officers confiscated $1,000
worth of diamonds in the possession OF
j. 5. Subs of Montgomery, Ala which
he was charged with trying to smuggle
through from the steamer City of New
York, at New York, yesterday week.
AT Sandy creek, Oswego county, New
York, last week, at Il depth OF / ,O20 feet
the largest supply of natural gas ever
struck in that vicinity was tapped. II
blew the tools in all directions, and the
noise Of escaping gas could be heard fol-
miles. The drillers had TO stop work.
A freight train on the Rock Island
road was ditched at Chicago last week.
The conductor, William Matthews, was
crushed TO death under the engine
while the engineer and two switchmen
were perhaps fatally injured. The fire.
man jumped and escaped uninjured.
W. ii. Williams, special treasury
agent at Seal Island, Alaska, who arrived
AT san Francisco Tuesday week, reports
that the total number of seals taken by
| the North American Commercial Com.
pany since August list, 1890, is Z, 1884. II
is estimated that poachers have taken
about 10000
A carriage containing w. II. Camp.
bell Of Nashua, New Hampshire, and
his wife and daughter, was struck by q
train on the Boston d. Albany railroad
last week. Mrs. Campbell.was fatally
| injured, Miss Campbell was injured in.
ternally and Mr.. Campbell sustained Sc
we're scalp wounds.
BY an explosion of fire damp yester
| ufnalr 10, 4.
structed for Chicago, under Lake Michi
gan, one man was fatally and sever
Others seriously burned. The explosion
was caused by u lighted torch carried BY
Maurice Call, who went into the work
ings to repair an electric light. Call wa.
the man fatally burned,
james Thornton, one of the men who
robbed an express train near Colliel
station, Georgia, was arrested last weel
and confessed to the crime. He said hi,
twn associates were recently discharged
employees of the road. AS q result OF
his confession detectives subsequently,
arrested Joshua Brazil, carpenter o,
Macon, and David Horton, fireman OF
the Central road, and recovered 1921.
Of the stolen moncy--all but $3.50 of tn,
entire amount
The Prohibition state convention o.
Pennsylvania met last week in Harris
burg ii. i. Ames Of Lycoming wa
chosen permanent chairman. w. w
Hague of Warren was nominated fol
auditor general and George Drayton o
Media for state treasurer The platform
besides the usual deliverances on tn,
subject Of liquor, declares for an edu
cational qualification for voters; con
dennis the Baker Ballot bill and tn,
Constitutional Convention act; arraign
both the other parties for failure t.
execute the civil service law; declare
that the tariff SHOULD be SO levied N
to protect home labor against foreign
labor" and demands correction of til,
evils growing out Of monopolistic com
binations.