Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-10-29
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Frederick Taylor was arrested in Win
throp, Mass, last week and held to answer
charges of criminal assault upon his two
daughters, aged Is and 10 years, respectively.
Thomas Riley and Henry NJ. Stanley
were rcmanded for trial, at Wilkesbarre,
Oct. 2lst, charged with robbing the post
office ut Glenwood, Susquehanna county,
on September Both.
William 7. Whitehouse, well-known
broker OF New York, attempted suicide,
Oct. 2lst, by shooting himself in the
head, in a Brooklyn hotel. He was
short on the market.
Casius Morey, a former Now York re-
porter, shot and dangerously wounded
Anne Ward, at a lodging house in New
York Oct. 2lst, and then shot himself.
His injury is not very serious.
DIR. Charles A. Stein. who was veterinary
surgeon to Cutters famous regiment, the
Seventh Cavalry, United States army,
committed suicide Oct. 2ist. in st. Paul,
Minnesota, by taking prussic acid.
A dispatch from indianapolis says that
Judge Higgenbotham went to Plainficld,
Illinois, on Saturday ito take the bichlor-
tions for two days and died'-on Monday
night
AT the general convention of Christian
missionary societies in pittsburg Wednes-
day. A. NJ. Atkinson of Wabash, Indiana,
asked for 5000 to build hospital ut Nan
king, China. In less than 10 minutes
$1,000 was pledged.
Sylvester Franklin Wilson, who was
convictet. in New York for abducting a
15-ycars-old girl from her home to join a
female baseball team, was last week sem
fenced to five years imprisonment and to
pay fine of $1,000.
A .,,,- NJ .
House last Wednesday. the invitations to
which were confined to members of the
cabinet and diplomatic corps and their
families, and some intimate personal
friends OF Mrs. Harrison.
Tho monument TO Henry w. Grady was
unveiled in Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 2lst, i'll the
presence of large crowd. There was q
procession of military and civic organi-
cations. The Grafton was delivered by
Governor Hill of New York.
The boycott against w. J. Temps
brewery, az st. Louis, which was inaugu-
rated over a year ago by the Knights of
Labor and the Brewers and Masters
Union, has been raised, the terms of the
union having been accepted.
The schooner Percy, with crew of IL
men, and the schooner City Point, with a
crew Of Ia men, sailed from Gloucester
Mass, about August 25th, on cod fishing
voyages and neither has since been heard
from 1t is thought both have been lost.
A large four-story building in Cincin-
natl, occupied by the Royalton Machine
Company, Niaduct Brass Company and
1xlaiSed Acid Company n.y. was was burned r yes
is supposed to have been caused by
spontaneous combustion.
Schedules in the assignment of Abraham
Backcr were filed Oct. 2lst in New York.
The total liabilities, including secured and
unsecured debts. amount to 81 ,62S 0i6. The
nominal assets are sl.Sil ,707, but the as
signec has. only s4l4, 100 to apply to the
payment of unsecured creditors.
The east bound Chicago express on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad jumped the
track at Sir Johns Run, West Virginia
Oct. DIST, and the locomotive was over
turned. Engineer James Ruckles and
Fireman r. Richards were killed. and
three persons were injured. The accident
was caused by the breaking of the left
driving wheel centre.
Tie department of state last week re-
ceived cablegram from Mr.. Whtchousc,
the American charge d'affaires at Rome,
stating that the government of Italy has
removed the restriction upon the importa-
ton Of swine products from the United
States, if accompanied by inspection GER
tihcates. The decree against the importa-
ton of live swine is still in force.
The common council of Newark, N. j.,
met on Tuesday week and canvassed
the election returns. Lehlbach, Republi-
can candidate for mayor, who was de-
feated by 100 votes, announced that he
would contest the election. Benedict VI
rich, Democratic alderman from the Thir-
tenth ward, who was defeated by nine
votes, entered protest, which was re-
ferred to the council Of 1902.
The Indiana State Farmers Alliance met
Thursday at indianapolis; 1000 new al
liances and $4,000 members were reported
to have been added last year. President
Force, in his annual address, gave rs the
leading purpose of the Alliance of that
state the nomination of an independent
ticket A programme for the meeting OF
the National Alliance. November 18th, was
adopted, and Thomas w. Force was re
elected President.
The trustees of Eiizabethtown, Ky, have
sued the Chesapeake, Ohio a. Southern
Railroad Company and the Newport New,
& Mississippi Railroad Company fol
S20O,0O0 damages by the removal of til,
company's shops from that town. Tn.
town, in 1868, gave $4,000 toward the con
struction of the road, upon condition thai
the shops should be permanently locateC
there. The shops were removed to Paducal
obbhh NV
The Trans Mississippi Congress a
Omaha, Nebraska, has adopted resolu
tons asking Congress to pass laws to pro
tect the country's mining interests and /,
prevent mines and mineral lands from
being taken by foreign corporations; favor
ing more stringent naturalization and i'm
migration laws, and the establishment o
a deep water harbor at Galveston. A reso
luton was also adopted yesterday, after ,
long debate, favoring free silver coinag
for the American product only"
The Indianapolis Ncns of Oct 81 quote,
"a high official of the Pennsylvania CON
pany' as saying that the object of Presi
dent Roberts recent trip west was t,
negotiate consolidation or traffic allianc
with the Northern Pacific Company, thu
opening up the Northwest to the Pennsyl
vania company. "lf this is accom-
plished it will create a system of 10, OO
miles, giving direct line from ocean t,
ocean. The subject has been in contempla
ton for the past year,
II is officially stated by the post-officl
department that the PHILADELPHIA lette
carriers who were removed recently b,
Postmaster Field were in the habit o
playing the races at Gloucester. The,
were recommended for removal by Gen
eral Edgerton, inspector in charge nj Phil
adclpha, as persons liable to be untrust
worthy for the honest delivery and collec
ton of valuable mail. For this reason
General Edgerton recommended their re
moval, and Postmaster Field prompt,
concurred.
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