Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-04

| Inspector Niilholland, at New York Fri
| day, ordered the return of five contract
| laborers who came on the steamship Lain,
| to go to Steelton, Pa.
| The boiler in the new mill of =, u,
| Kramer, at Frankfort, Indiana exploded
| on Thursday, killing Frank Hun and
Edward KuntZ, and iniuring six other,
one named tilenn Swearing, fatally.
Treasurer Nebeker, at Washington, yes
terday received Conscience contribu-
| ton of so from an unknown resident of
! Los Angeles, Cal, who accompanied il
| with the statement that he has no further
use for the money.
The striking miners at Franklin, Wash,
have decided TO organize several companies
and to arm and protect their homes. The
companies will prevent "indiscriminate
challenging by detectives and negroes,
and preserve order at nightin the residence
portion of the VILLAGE
1t is reported from Bridgeport, Conn.
that about 2 O'Clock on Friday morning
two watchmen saw two men excavating in
the Rarnnm family vault, their purpose
being evidently TO steal the remains OF p
r. Barnum. The watchmen fired and
scared the ghouls away.
The Presbyterian general assembly at
Detroit on Friday disposed of the Briggs
case by rejecting the amendments offered
w lllS VI Oll
cal scminaries, and adopting the report by
a vote Of $50 to 80. The report disapproves
of the election of DR., Briggs.
The men working in an excavation in
Chicago on Friday morning found the
dead bodies of two of their companions
They had been buried by the caving in Of
an embankment Thursday night before
the men quit work. and unknown to any
one. the unfortunates were crushed to
death.
Judgment has been rendered in court in
Raleigh y. G., III favor of James a.
Bryan, plaintiff, for the recovery Of james
City, village Of Loo negroes, across the
Trent river from Newberne The negroes
We're settled on Bryan's land by Federal
authority in 1862, and have held possession
ever since. The suit has been pending 10
years. 1t is said Bryan will offer terms Of
amicable settlement and let the present
population continue their occupation.
There is report in Acapulco, Mexico,
that the officers of the Gillian war vessel
Esmeralda, which coaled there on Thurs
day, have said that the fugitive Chilan
vessel, the ltuta has gone direct to Mel
bourne, Australia, after having trans
ferred her arms and ammunition, bought
in the United States, to the Esmeralda.
The officers of the cruiser have made no
secret that they have Communicated with
the ltnta on the 10Th instant. They also
say that the greater part of the coal re
eeYed came for them from the United
States,
Proceedings have been begun in the
circuit court in Chicago TO break the will
of the late John Crerar. The Plaintiffs
are residents of Ontario and Manitoba,
who claim to be cousins Of the deceased
the relationship having been discovered
since his death. The fight will be made to
set aside the funds devised for institutions
not yet organized, including the free
library, the Lincoln monument and the
hequest tothe Second Presbyterian Church,
amounting to over S2,Uo0,0O0 The decision
in the case of the Samuel ], Tiden library
bequest is relied on by the plaintiffs in the
case.
Information has been received from Fort
Bayard, New Mexico, to the effect that
rumors of Indian hostilities are again rife
in that quarter. 1t is reported that a man
named Whttam was killed on Blue river |
i'll Arizona, also that family was killed |
on Eagle creek. A man named Campbell |
was killed on White Water, in the Mogal-
lon mountains. These murders are said
to have been committed between the lst
and 9TH Of May. Two officers and 20 men
have been sent by the commanding officer
ut Fort Bayard TO scout northward from
he post to near Chloride, and other de-
-achments will be sent out.