Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-24
IN GENERAL.

The payments by the treasury depart
ment on account Of pensions during the
month of September up to date aggre-
gate $5,555,000.
The robbers who held up the Central
railroad train near Savannah last Friday
week were captured near Madison, Fla,
yesterday week.
The Saxony wooden mill in New
burgh, New York, have suspended oper-
atoms. Judgments to the amount of
$24,S20 have been obtained against the
concern.
After his nomination last week Ros-
well p. Flower resigned as member of
Congress. The governor will issue a
proclamation ordering the election, at
the general election in November, of q
successor TO Mr.. Flower.
The agents of the coal producing
companies met in New York last week
and ordered prices advanced 10 to %
cents per ton on October 1st Broken is
advanced 10 cents, egg and stove 15
cents and chestnut 25 cents.
The Twenty. Degree Masons,
known as the Supreme Council, A. and
A. rite, in session In Boston, last week
reelected the old officers with the ex-
ception of Treasurer Arnold, who sue
ceeds Herman Ely, who declined re-
election.
II is stated that the Missouri Pacific
Railroad Company intends to make a
million dollar display at the Worlds
Fair, covering all the territory through
which the road runs. The statement is
made that Jay Gould has authorized the
expenditure of this sum.
Daniel Roberts, miner, living near
Wilkesbarre, Pa, while drunk, yester-
day week crushed his wife's skull with
large stone and afterwards beat her with
a baseball bat The doctors say she
cannot live. Roberts made an unsucess-
full attempt to commit suicide after his
arrest.
The Rev. Mr.. Lavake, charged with
giving Louis Bulling, the wife muir
derer, hanged at Savannah few weeks
ago, the revolver with which he at
tempted suicide just before the hour set
for the execution, was acquitted at his
preliminary trial in st. Joseph, Mis-
souri,, on Tuesday week.
Clarence t. jenkins, for seven years
cashier and boOkkeeper of Armstrong,
Gilbert IL Co., cork manufacturers of
st. Louis, was arrested on Tuesday
week on the charge of having embez-
zled nearly $4,000 from his employers.
Speculation in mining stocks caused his
ruin. II is said he confessed his guilt,
A Missouri, Kansas and Texas south
bound train was "held ZIP" by masked
robbers near Wagner, in the Indian
territory, on Tuesday week, and the
express car was robbed of $4,000 con
tanned in small iron chest. The rob
beers ordered the expressman to open
the large steel safe, but he convinced
them that he was unable 10 do so.
Secretary Foster said last week to
reporter that the treasury has all the
money required to maintain position
of perfect ease, without adopting a
policy of delay, or resorting TO any ac-
ton that is not based on perfectly sound
principles but he admitted that there is
less money in the treasury now than
there has been for many years hereto
fore.
Less than IS delegates attended the
state convention of the Pennsylvania
Farmers Alliance at Greensburg yester-
day week. Permanent organization was
effected under the name of the "People's
Party of Pennsylvania, and the follow
ing officers were elected: Chairman, r.
A. Thompson Of Indiana; Secretary, +. IL.
Agnew Of Beaver; Treasurer, Lewis Ed
wards of Mercer.
For several months past there were a
number Of suits for injunction pending
against the liquor dealers of Council
Bluirs, Iowa, but they were ALWAYS
continued from one term of court TO
another without hearing. Last week
Judge Macy dismissed the cases, nearly
100 in all. AS reason for this action
the judge said that he did not believe
the liquor dealers were being prosecuted
in good faith. The costs were charged
to the plaintiff.
Secretary Foster said yesterday week,
speaking Of the Keystone National Bank
of Philadelphia, that the impression had
got abroad that the Treasury Depart
ment itself was not conducting any in
curry into the matter. As matter of
fact, said the Secretary, the depart
ment, of its own accord and through
its agencies, is conducting most
thorough and searching inquiry into
the banks affairs, independent Of all
the other investigations that are being
made.
Albert Longaker, a director in the
Montgomery Trust Company, Norris
town, Pa, last week swore out u war
rant against W. +. Slinglufl, charging
him with altering the books of the com
pany and appropriating TO his own use
$lSO,0O0 of It's funds. Slinglutf was ar
rested, waived hearing and was held
in $4,000 bail for court. He entered
security and was released. Slingluif
was formerly treasurer of the trust com.
pany and cashier Of the Montgomery
National Bank.
Secretary Sutton Of the Irish National
League Of America, at Lincoln, Neb.,
has received private kilograms inquirng
the condition Of President Fitzgerald,
and stating that report is current that
he Is insane and that the League con-
vention called for Chicago, October LIST
and I'd, would consequently be post
poned. Mr.. Sutton emphatically denies
both reports. Mr.. Fitzgerald he says,
is daily gaining strength and the CON
vention will be held on the date APP
pointed.
The passengers in two Pullman sleep
ing cars on the Pacific railroad were
robbed between Sacramento and Winnie
muca some time during last Sunday
week. "When the train stopped at one
OF the lonely watering stations the rob-
bers entered the cars and found con
ductors and porters asleep. They did
not take the trouble to 60 through the
pockets of occupants of the cars, but
took their clothing and everything but
their pocket knives and pistols. The
aggregate loss in the two coaches was
over $4,000"
The Massachusetts Republican state
convention was held in Boston yester-
day week. A full ticket was nominated.