Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-12

The Rankin Manufacturing Company.
wholesale clothing of Nashville. Tenn.
made an assignment Tuesday, the liabili-
ties being $4,000 and the assets $l33,O 600.
The Secretary of tho Treasury has di-
rected that No. of the new two-doliar
silver certificate be sold to Mrs Window,
widow of the late secretary, whose portrait
adorns the note, These certificates will he
ready for issue in few weeks.
John Kouhout and John McC'ann. mem
bers of the fire company at Kingston, n.
y, were arrested Tuesday charged with
incendiarism. Kouhout confessed to
having set fire to half dozen buildings
during the past three months, and impii-
Gates McCann.
Two forged letters, purporting to have
daughter Of the late Jefferson Davis, have
been forwarded by the persons to whom
they were addressed to the police anthori-
ties of Jersey City. The letters asked for
financial aid.
An official statement, published ct
Ottawa Tuesday, shows the debt OF
Canada to have rescued $235, 0O0, 900 a CON
siderable increase over last year, notwth-
standing the assurance Of the minister Of
finance, Foster, that large reduction
might be looked for this year
Governor Hill of New York, Tuesday
the court Of common pleas of the city of
New York, in the place of Henry Wilder
Allen, deceased: William J. McKenna, to
be county clerk of the county of New
York, in place of Mr.. Giegcrich, resigned.
Mrs. w. j. Williams died Tuesday Ut
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. from grief at the
loss of her husband and her son. victims
of the mine disaster there The husband
was killed in the explosion on Sunday the
son died on Monday Of his injuries. Two
more of the injured were reported in pre-
curious condition Tuesday.
A conference was held in Boston Tues
day, in the presence of the state board of
arbitration between the strikers at Ilarri-
son iorings Iron Works and the Sunerin-
tendcnt of the works when ii was agreed
that ten hours work per day, with ten
hours. pay, shall be restored The men
Will, therefore, return to work to-day.
Hon. samuel Chpmon died Tuesday
in CORVALLIS, Kings county, Nova Scotia.
aged 1ol years. lie is believed to have been
the oldes, Free Mason in the world. hnyiIg
taken the Masters degree in the Vnpin
Lodge of ISL. He represented King.
county in the Nova Scotia legislature fol
many years, and at one time was Il me.i-
Der of the government.
Tho indianapolis Prcsbytcry on Monday
decided in favor OF such revision o. the
Confession of Faith as shall tend to free
the confession from misunderstanding,
and overturned the general assembly TO
formulate u new creed, "much more brief,
less speculative and expressive. and more
nearly in the exact words Of scripture, the
fundamentals of our renewed faith and
OF the word OF Cod"
The house of i! RS James Hines, n widow.
near Calverton, Va, was Tuesday dis.
covered 10 be on fire. When the ncishbors
broke omen tho door they found the
charreil bodies of Mrs. Hines and two Of
her children Oh the floor, and near by
the body of the other child with its head
bruised and face covered With blood spots.
There were indications that the mother
had been ioully dealt with.
In Boston early Tuesday afternoon a
young man entered the office of a money
lender named j. G. Davis and said ha
wanted to borrow some money on a watch.
Davis was counting a roll oil bills, amounts
ing to about $1,000, in an inner Office, at
the time lie went into the outer office
Tor something, and the young man rushed
inside, seized the money and ran into the
street, escaping with his plumber.
The committee appointed by the last mn,
tlonal convention OF railroad commission.
ers TO secure congressional action looking
10 uniformity i'll safety appliances foS
railroad cars, met in New York city yester.
any to hear the views Of railroad men and
other interested parties The chairman
presented statistics showing that of 97s,I8l
freight cars in the United States, only l29,.
5O4 are equipped with automatic cotiplers.
A representative of the American Railway
Association informed the COMMITTEES that
1t would cost SI5, 900, 900 to fit all freight
cars with air brakes and couples.
The argument in the Behrinr Sea case
was resumed in the United States Sn.
preme Court Tuesday, and in the courss
OF the proceedings it was announced. boti
by Solicitorgeneral Taft and ATTORNEY.
general Miller, that an agreement Ind
been effected between the governments 81
the United States and Great Britain, by
which, with the consent of the Senate. th,s
points in dispute over the seal fishe,ies in
Behring Sea are to be settled by arbitrn.
tipn. Solicitor:general Taft completed his
argument, and Attorney-general Millnr
ind&ic his, on behalf of the United States
ard which Mr.. Choate Of New York, ad,
dressed the court on behalf of the othe,
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