Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-12
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died yesterday week in Worcester (Massa-
chusetts) Lunatic Hospital, after long
illness.
The widow of jefferson Davis Thursday
decided to have the remains of her late
husband inferred in Hollywood cemetery,
Richmond, Va.
The car stables of the Rapid Transit
line, at Newark, N. j., were destroyed by
fire yesterday morning week, causing a
loss of $4,000.
About 700 laborers employed by the vii
lard syndicate on the electric railway lines
in Milwaukee struck work yesterday week
against reduction of 25 cents in their
wages.
A dispatch from Knoxville, Tenn, says
that 1000 miners have returned to work
in the Coal Crock mines, and coal
famine" is no longer feared in East Ten
ncSsec.
The United States treasury department
has disbursed s3, l25 900 on account Of pen
sions so far this month and will pay
out an additional Se,ooo,0 600 before the end
of the month.
About 1000 of the miners in the Pitts
burg district refused to return to work be-
cause the operators refused 10 recognize
the miners union, and another general
strike is threatened.
Sicgfried Gosch, a German laborcr of
SanFrancisco yesterday week murdered his
wife and young soli, cutting their skulls
open with q Ratchet. lie then committed
suicide by hanging himself
The final sessions of the annual meeting
OF the Wnman's Home Missionary Society
were held In Washington last week. All
of the old officers were reelected, Mrs.
John DAVIS being president.
hru1,att, naokor tt,o Nau, Nnrly ,,pta
broker, who made an assignment in Au-
gust last, last week allowed judgment to
be entered against him for SlO2,I7l, in
favor of George Il. Baldwin and others.
Judge Taintor of Hartford, Conn. has
decided that wholesale liquor dealers
located outside the state cannot sell liquor
in Connecticut without taking out alicen e
in each county where the liquor is TO be
sold.
Governor Page of Vermont last week
issued proclamation formally announc-
ing the appointment Of the Hon. Redfeld
Proctor as United States senator, to sue
coed the Hon. George h. Edmunds, re-
signed.
The British ship Strathborne, from Homo
lulu, in ballast went ashore 10 miles north
of Astoria, Ore, on Tuesday week, and
was totally wrecked. of her crew of 81
persons, six were drowned, including the
captain.
Judgment for s125 $50 was entered in
New York last week against the Scranton
Steel Company, in favor Of John A.
Nichols, on prOmissory notes for pig iron
furnished by w. X. Hart e. Co., OF Phila-
delphia.
The Secretary of the Interior has issued
and order opening to entry under the
Homestead law the surplus lands Of the
diminished Fort Assiniboine Military
Reservation in Montana, aggrcgating g.,
0acres.
Following the dismissal OF the charges Of
violation Of the neutrality laws against
Irumbull & Burt, in the ltata case, at Los
Angeles, last week, the trial of the libel
cases against the steamship and cargo were
taken up.
Judge McAdam of the superior court of
New York city, has, II is announced de-
cided to bring suit against 10 newspapers
Of the state which published charges made
against him by John ]. Davenport prior to
the election.
The establishments of Godfrey & Clark,
flour sack manufacturers; Walkers paper
box factory; Mayer, Arnold 4 Co., furni-
ture and Dcscalsi Brothers, fruit, in Pitts
burg, were destroyed by fire last night,
causing loss OF 10000.
AN vi tlC tptoHtE
was Thursday called to the case of Barbara
Luber, aged 81, who died in the house of
her daughter, Mrs. Mochel, August 9th.
The daughter, who is insane, had kept the
body in the house ever since.
Two of the released Briceville convicts
were discovered near Lebanon Junction,
Tenn, Thursday, and resisted arrest One
was killed. but the other, who was well
armed, escaped. About 60 of the con victs
captured in Kentucky have been returned
to Tennessee.
"Bill' Howard, who, with "Abc" Jones,
was charged with number of daring
stage robberlcs between Lakeview and
Redding, Cal, recently, was shot and
killed at his fathers house, near Redding,
on Tuesday week, by officers who had
been watching for him.
The city council of Chicago Thursday
| granted u right of way to the "Chcagt
| Elevated Terminal Railway Company.
The ultimate purpose is to practically
abolish surface steam traffic in Chicago
and establish a central freight clearing
house for all the railroads entering the
city.
Invitations have been extended by tn,
Augusta Exposition to ex-Piesident Clevc
land, Governor Hill, Governor ecc
| Flower of New York, and Governor Rus
sell of Massachusetts, to Join purity OIL
New England capitalists and manufac
tuners who will leave Boston on the 10th
inst. to visit the exposition.
Notices of intention to contest the right
to seats of six members-clect TO the Houst
of Representatives in the SD Congress
have been filed with the clerk of tn,
House. In the last House there were L
contested election cases Three Of tn,
contests are from Pennsylvania, in tn,
18th, Goth and oath districts.
A dispatch from the City of Mexico say
that advices from Guatemala arc to tn,
effect that, within the past two weeks, tn
hitherto ''muzzled' journalists have bee.
allowed the most absolute liberty in writ
ing and that they are taking advantage o.
the opportunity to score the government.
The Moore Desk Works of indianapolis
were destroyed by fire Nov. ith involyin,
loss Of $4,000, A strike of the EN-
ployes had recently been in progress, AM
an amicable adjustment of the difference
had just been reached, and the works wer
to have resumed operations at once. Abou
80 employees are thrown out of work.
The United States Encouragement ha
ordered that an appeal be taken from tn
decision by Judge Ross, at Los Angeles
that the purchase and shipment of arm
en- the ltata was a legitimate commercia
transaction, and that the insurgents wer
not state, colony, district or people with
in section 52S3' Of the Revised Statutes.
At meeting of prominent Democrat
and Republicans Of San Francisco, %
Wednesday night week, resolution wa
adopted in effect pledging that all expense
will he paid if the next National Republ
can Convention is held in San Francisc,
The subject of the Democratic Nationi
Convention will be taken up at a futur
meeting.
The ocean tugboat Il. w. Morse arrive
at Boston Thursday from Norfolk an
New York, with three bargcs in tow. He
captain reported that on the previous tri
from Norfolk the barges Niphon an
David Brown, which she had in TOW
foundered off the Delaware capes on til