Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-21
IN GENERAL.

The rains Of Friday night extinguished
the forest fires between Toms River and
South Amboy, \. j.
Frank Webber and Lewis o. Lamphiere
were drowned Sunday near New Haven
Conn, by their boat capsizing.
The grand jury in Denver, Colorado, on
Saturday, found an Indictment against
DR.. Thatcher Graves for murder in the
first degree.
steady rain prevailed throughout
Western Kansas on Saturday. This it is
believed, insures the largest wheat crop
ever raised in that section of the state.
Thomas Shafcr, 30 years old, has been
placed under bail in Doylestown, Pa, for
trial on the charge of having assaulted his
half-witted sister. He gouged out one of
her eyes. Shafer was drunk.
The Peoples Bank of Knoxville, one of
the oldest private banks in east Tennessee,
failed Thursday. 1t had been doing bust
ness on small capital and the business
had been shrinking for some time,
Joseph White, aged 50 years. was ar
rested in Boston on Saturday ON the charge
girl not 4 years old. The monster used n
knife on the child, injuring her severely.
This danger from the forest fires in
western Michigan is believed to have
passed. Rain fell heavily on Friday, and
the only further damage now possible may
come from smoulderlng embers in the
half-cleared districts.
In the Scotch-Irish Congress at Louis
vile on Friday night, DIR. y. e, Kelly of
Nashville, urged the claims of the Hermit
age Association, which has undertaken to
collect relics of President jackson and care
for the Hermitage property, near Nash
Vile
AT the gas works in Worcester, Mass.
on Saturday, Patrick Hamilton and
Michael Mcnamara were suffocated by
escaping gas in the valve house. Patrick
Ryan and two other men were also over
come, and Ryan was in critical condi-
| ton.
Mayor Shakespeare of New Orleans on
! Saturday addressed letter to Governor
| Nichols referring to the extraordinary
| statements which have been made by
Consul Corte at different times, and re,
| questing the governor 10 ask for the recall
| of the cunsuls eNequation.
The annual Dunkard meeting of breth.
rem and wives, from all parts Of the United
States, opened Mt Trotwood near Dayton,
| o., on Saturday. Business and religious
meetings are held in an immense tnber-
nacle. There are also sleeping quarters
and dining halls for 10000 people.
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stadt, Alsace, Germany, was detained upon
his arrival at the barge office in New York
| Sunday, upon the complaint of j. Haber-
| Itch, who charged him with the moral
ruin of Miss Scherer and another young
Alsatian woman in the old country
Electric light and telegraph wires became
crossed in Lowell, Mass, on Saturday. 4
lineman cut the telegraph wire in two
| places and let it fall to the street. The
street-car tracks became charged with the
4 current and Frank Burns, while crossing
the street. got two severe shocks. Several
horses We're shocked and one was killed.
The strike against reduction in wages
begun ID months ago by 5000 miners Of
the Pennsylvania and Westmoreland Gas
Coal Company, ut Irwin, Pa, was declared
off on saturday and the men will return
to work at the operators terms. For the
past five months the mines have been
operated to nearly their full capacity by
non-union men, guarded by deputies.
There has been decrease in the number
of assertions from the army. II is now
possible for any enlisted man to buy his
discharge if discontinued with his condi
ton, and most of them prefer to do sc
rather than desert. The establishment OF
the canteen, reduction of hours of duty
and other changes have also operated t
make the private better satisfied with his
life.
Negroes in Wilmington, N. O., gathered
at the Jail on Saturday night to release XII
Higgins, the driver Of an omnibus whicl
ran over and killed Liston Chadwick,
white boy, on Friday. The police wer,
powerless and the mayor sounded tn,
military alarm from the fire bells. As til,
members of the Wilmington Light In
fantry assembled at their armory tn,
negroes dispersed. Fifteen were arrested
and each one had a pistol. The soldier
were kept at the armory Sunday night.