Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-25

John Most, the convicted Anarchist,
whose appeal for new trial was refused,
was sentenced in New York Friday to
one years imprisonment.
Amelia Heidemann, of Fall River,
Wis, was fatally shot last Friday by her
jealous lover, Seymour Turner. Turner
then shot himself, but the wound is not
fatal.
BY the upsetting of canoe in the st.
Lawrence river, near Portneuf on Thurs
day, two children named Lochande, and
another whose name is not known, were
drowned.
Five and one-half inches of rain fell
within three hours at Neigh, Neb., on
Thursday. John Lorenson, u farmer, was
washed from his wagon and drowned
while crossing Hooded ravine,
i Will II, Hackwisher and Willie Kreipke,
and two colored men, were drowned in
the Mississippi river opposite Golcond, Hi:
nois, last Friday, by the overturning of
their skiff in sudden wind storm.
Natural Gas Inspector Jordan of Indiana,
reports heavy loss of both pressure and
volume Of gas in all the wells near Find
lay, Ohio and predicts that in two years
there will be 10 gas there for manufacture
ing purposes.
The town of Utica H., was devastated
by cloud burst on Thursday. The water
rose from to g feet in different parts of
the town and hardly a house escaped dam
age The losses, it is thought, will amount
TO $4,000. No lives We're lost.
A peculiar disease. said TO resemble the
terrible "black-leg' malady, which in
Tested Europe for some years, has broken
out among the Hungarians in the coke
regions of Pennsylvania. There are 20
cases in the Westmoreland Home and 200
in the region.
A man jumped from the Cincinnati and
Govington suspension bridge last Friday
afternoon into the river, so feet below. He
was rescued alive and taken to the hos
pital, where he died two hours later He
said his name was Richard Rhein, and
that his motive was suicide.
The North American Commercial Com
pany Friday filed with the Secretary Of
the Treasury protest against the order
prohibiting it from taking its full quota
Of $4,000 seal skins in Behring Sea dur
ing the year 1891, as provided for i'll the
contract. \ claim is made for the loss
sustained.
James j. Casey, Phila1elphian, went to
New York to 20 into business, having
$3.50 i'll his possession. Last Saturday
week he met Philip OIoole and two
wnmen After drinking glass OF beer
Casey fell asleep. In two hours he awoke
to find himself alone and his money gone.
" lO0ie mas been arrested.
The trial Of the RIO Grande railway
train robbers began last Friday in the
United States circuit court, ut Brownsville,
Texas Jose Maria Mosqueda, one Of the
principals, pleaded guilty, and was sem
fenced to Imprisonment for life at hard
labor; and Fabian Garcia was sentenced to
ten years.
Hon. Charles IL Grosyenor of Ohio Mr.
John NJ. Butler Of Philadelphia and Pro
fessor john NJ. Ellis of Oberlin, Ohio, are
20 serve a. special representatives Of the
treasury department in Europe in eonnec-
tion with the admission Of foreign eA-
hibits for the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton. Professor Ellis is now in London
4 heavy rain storm swept the valley of
the Illinois river, near Peoria on Wednes-
day week, running crops and in some
places sweeping houses from their follnda-
lions. \ farmer, named Gray while at
tempting to escape to the hills, was struck
by a log and stunned, but escaped by cling
ing to the log, while his three boys, aged
II, and ., were drowned.
Captain Dupont of the steam barge Jane
Cook, at Amherstburg, Ontario, eldeav-
ored to qucll a disturbance among intoxi-
Gated members of ms crew, on Thursday
night, when pistols were drawn and a
regular battle took place. Captain Dupont
was shot through the right lung and Peter
Riopelle was shot in the chest, both prob
ably fatally. Four others were shot in the
legs.
The steamer Queen, from Sit1a, at Vic
toria, British Columbia, Friday, reported |
that the revenue cutter Bear has reached |
Alaska from Icy Bay, bringing news Of
the drowning Of Lieutenant Robinson,
Coxswain Hasser, Seamen Anderson,
Nelson and Henry Smith, of the crew OF /
The Bear, and A. C. Moore of the RUSSELL |
Mount St. Elias exploring party. The
occurred while the rarty were
lrying to make landing in Icy Bay. The
Bear left Sitka on the l4th for Behring Sea-