Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-12
In GENERAL.


Six men, four colored and two whites,
were killed at Reidsville, Ca, on Satur-
day by the explosion of a boiler in
Giles steam saw mill.
Ex-President Cleveland arrived at
Lakewood, N. j., on Saturday night and
Mrs. Cleveland opened the hop of tn,
season at the Lakewood Hotel.
The weavers in the Atlantic cotton
mills at Lawrence, Mass, about 500 in
number, have been notified of an in
crease in wages from 5 to 10 per cent
The steamship Polaria, five miles
overdue, arrived at New York on Sun
day. On January 9th, she was struck
by a gigantic wave which caused great
damage.
The town of Ellisville, Fulton county,
only three houses being left standing.
The town was u small one and there
was no means to fight the fire.
Charles Nickel, publisher of the
Times, in Jacksonville, Oregon, has
pleaded guilty to an indictment charg-
ing him with publishing an ADVERTISE
ment of the Louisville lottery, and has
been fined S25.
N. Kane and Charles Kirk were killed
and W. Ross and Luther Michael were
fatally injured, Saturday evening, by an
explosion in Simpson & Watkins mine,
at Wyoming, Pa. The gas was ignited
by naked lamp.
Saturday was the last day for the
filing of applications for liquor licenses
in Philadelphia. The number of retail
licenses asked for is 1858 and wholesale
1000. This is an increase of 765 over
the number of applicants last year.
Jerry Simpson, Farmers Alliance
Congrossman-elect from the Seventh
district of Kansas, passed through Kan
sas City on Saturday night, on his way
to Washington. He will attend the ses-
sions Of the present House to familiarize
himself with congressional methods.
Representative Gambler has intro
duced in the House a bill authorizing
the Postmaster-general to contract with
any persons or companies operating tel
egraph lines for the transmission of tel
egraphic correspondence at rates to be
agreed upon.
Representative James Phelan of the
Tenth district of Tennessee, died at Mas
sau on the Both ult The news of his
death arrived at New York on Saturday
by the steamer which brought his body.
The cause of his death was consump-
ton. He was only "a years of age.
From IL to Is inches of snow have
fallen in central New York since Satur-
day night. The snow being moist and
heavy, much damage has been done to
trees and telegraphs In Albany all
telephone and telegraph service is sus-
pended and the streets are in darkness.
A furious snow storm, with high
winds and falling temperature, began
on Saturday in the Dakotas, and Sun
day extended over Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin, Nebraska and Iowa Wind veloci-
ties reaching maximum of 40 miles an
hour and l0-foot snow drifts are re-
ported,
About 8 o'clock on Saturday night
two men entered the office of the Biz
mingham Railway and Supply Com
pany, in Birmingham, Ala, sand -bagged
the clerk, John 9. Matthews, tied his
hands and feet and gagged him. They
robbed the safe Of $7S6, and made good
their escape.
A dispatch from Norfolk, Virginia,
says that dense fog along the coast
and in Chesapeake Bay yesterday inter-
fered with navigation. The steamer
Georgia did not arrive until long after
she was due, and the steamer Berkshire
went ashore on York Spit, but was
tloated at high tide.
John McKeown, the millionaire oil
producer, died at his home in Washing
ton, Pa, on Sunday. He came to this
country poor man 26 years ago and
engaged as driller in the upper oil field.
Later he took an interest in an oil well
that proved gusher, and at the time of
his death his wealth was estimated at
$5,000,000.