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Union tiekst once Cor Main aad lst street eziaa
Passenger SIAtiCn Corna Dougiss and kth assaess
W-D. AUEDoes. D. Y. a
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE FfSkSCIAL
" condition OF thu Bsa< Of pofhy, az Derby,
Kan. state a KSnsss, at tie close OF business 90
the oh day Of JaEs. k29.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
A MAMMOTH DEATH TRAP.
SHERIFF PLUMBERS BIG GALLONS
FOR THE HILL MURDERERS.

From II Eight Negroes WIN Swing Into
Eternity Twenty Feet Long and Eight
Feet wide-Two on One Trap.
A special despatch from Chestertown,
Md, said this morning:
Sheriff Edward j. Plummer has pur.
chased the lumber for the scafTod upon
which the eight men and boys convicted
of the murder Of Dr. J. II. Hill will be
executed, and is perfecting all necessary
arrangements.
The gallows will be 90 feet long and 8
feet wide. The main beam will be Of
Georgia pine by 8 inches. There will
be four traps A feet each, on each Of
which win stand two persons. The
lower portion Of the scaifold from the
ground to the platform will be entirely
open.
From the platform TO the beam will
be inclosed box like, on three sides, the
side next to the Jail being left open.
Sheriff Plummer states that the trap
will not be sprung before 70 o'clock m.
ON the day of the execution.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
SPELLING FOR PRIZES.
FoRTY-FlVE PEOPLE IN To.NieHTs
SPELLING BEE.

Professor w. A. Reynolds VIII be
Pedagogue and Mayor Wiley and Pro-
fessor johnson win be Referees
Webster's Words Only.
The spelling bee this evening in Insti-
tute Hall, which will be given under the
auspices of the Woman's Dormitory
Association of the Worlds Fair, will. no
doubt, prove financial as well as social
success. Hon. Charles B. Lore, has
given his consent to make the presenta-
tion speeches.
The contestants will report at Institute
Hall at z 30 o'clock this evening armed
and ready for the fray There are forty
five contestants, some of whom have been
drawn into the contest by the handsome
prizes offered, others have been induced
by the real practice to be obtained from
the preparation, while others still will
compete just for the glory to be OBJ
tanned.
Professor William A. Reynolds will be
the pedagogue and Mayor Wiley and
Professor Isaac I. johnson will serve as
referees. Words in common use to be
found within Webster's dictionary
will be used and the contestants will
have more to fear from little. lmotty,
everyday words than the long and puz-
zling adjectives used in lawyers ar
gument.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
IAnairs in Cecil County.

ELKToN. Nd, Dec. 29.-Ice is being
stored from FIVE to eight inches in thick.
ness. The Chesapeake and Delaware
canal is frozen its whole length making
navigation very difficult. The Susque.
hanna river is completely blockaded with
ice six inches thick. Pedestrians have
been crossing the river since Saturday
and skatingis very fine
The Elkton Electric Light Company
which was to have its plant in operation
under contract December ], will not dc
so until January 10 next.
The large farm of the late John ONeal
near Cherry Hill, Cecil county, has been
purchased by the Messrs. Warrington,
of Mechanics Valley, for 81, 750
George Boulden, Of Back Creek Neck
was shot in the shoulder and painfully
wounded
Samuel Fenner, who was given pre-
liminary hearing some months ago in
Elkton in the Richards case and subse
quently sent to Philadelphia, has beer
released from custody
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
LOCAL WEATHER BUREAU.
Registrar cOlquhonn Makes a FlatteriDl
Offer to "Old Prob"

Registrar Colquhoun of the City
Board of Health will have a
special garbage cart on exhibi.
tion at Sixth and King streets
to morrow morning. He has invited
medical and newspaper men TO view the
novel vehicle. Il is his desire to have
carts of that model supersede the pref
sent odorous wagons.
Mr.. Colquohoun also desires TO estab.
lish a weather observatory at his Office
Some time ago he wrote to "Old Proba-
bility" at Washington and offered to run
it free of charge II the government
would furnish the instruments. Since
that time he has been receiving instru-
ments in installments. He received ther-
mometers and a rain guage some months
ago. Yesterday he received two
thermometers for measuring humidity.
Speaking of the matter to-day he said
that he woald not open his weather
bureau until he had received an
annemOmeter to measure the veloci ty
of the wind, and wind vane. BY the
guage upon the vane it is possible tC
tell in what direction the wind was
blowing at any time Of the day
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
FRACTIONAL LINES DRAWN.

The Men who Voted to ExpeI Josue
smith Solar Change Front on Bucher,
ct. al.
The body polite of the Young Mems
Republican Club is racked by internal
dissention. II is the growth of the last
election. Josue Smith Solar, Harry K.
Bucher Calvin S. Wier and George
Moore, all well known members of the
clubs so far forgot the creed Of their or
ganization as to vote all or part of the
Democratic ticket
Charges of political heresy were pre-
ferred and the club took action in the
matter. Mr.. Solar's case was heard on
Friday evening December @ A large
number of the members were red-hot
for expulsion. A three -fourths vote
was necessary and this Solar's enemies
could not procure AS consequence,
the charges we're dropped against the
architect
This made Solar's enemies exceedingly
angry. When the cases Of Bucher,
Wier and Moore we're called on December
i6 final action was postponed until the
second meeting in January simply because
the men who had defeated the project to
expel Solar were dead set upon expelling
Solars companions in the revo-
lutionary political movement. That
is the hair upon which the
fate Of the three members hangs. It
begins to look as if the staud-off is per-
petual and that final action viii be in
definitely postponed.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
ives CHALLENGES THE WORLD.
fhe Champion Billiardist is Ready for
all Comers-Slosson may Compete.

fhe Champion Billiardist is Ready for
all cOmers-slosson may Compete.
New YORK, Dec. 29.-Ch ampion Bill
liardist Frank Ives has sent out an an
nouncement that he is ready to play
anybody in the world for any part Of
$4,000 at balk line, the game not to be
less than 1000 points, 800 a night and
the match to take place in May 1893
Ives also announces that he has en-
gagged with a company that is formid.
able rival to big billiard manufacturing
concern. He is now practicing the Eng
lish game and on Christmas eve made a
run of 44S at this game.
An ardent admirer of George Slosson
states that he is willing to back the
"student" to play a match in this city
with Champion Ives for either $500 or
81, 900 a side, the match to be PLAYED
within forty or sixty days after the sign
ing of the articles of agreement. This
gentleman, who for the present, wishes
to remain incognito, authorizes the state
ment that he is willing to make the
match at balk line of either one, two or
three nights duration, 600 points to be
played nightly, or, If Ives is agreeable
he is willing to make two matches to be
played a week apart, the first to be balk
line and the second cushion carom, 400
points up each game to be for $500 or
1000 a side, as the contestants agree
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
FATHERS OF A BILL.

Detective McVey Says That Hawkins
and Hatton WIN Abolish Themselves.
Have you heard Of bill TO be intro
duced during the session Of the Legisla-
ture TO abolish the offices of state and
city detectives3" asked an EVENING
JOURNAL reporter of State Detective
McVey, this morning.
Eyes, was his reply.
"Who is its fatherl" asked the re.
porter.
''Jim Hawkins and George Hatton, -
was his reply. With laugh of ghoulish
glee he plunged into the crowd on Mar
ket street
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
MORE OF THE UMB RIA.
The Tardy Cunarder Spoken
Again on Christmas Day.
REINSURANCE FROM THE CALLED.


Signals Exchanged Showed the
Missing Ship to Have Been
in an UnmanageabIe. Condition, but It
Desired no Help-A Gloomy View of
the Case In London-A High Insurance
Premium.
New YORK, Dec. 20.-The steamship
Galileo (British) Captain Jones. late
Coleman, from Hull December II. arrived
at the bar at a. m. She had contin-
uation of west northwest gales and high
head seas throughout the passage with
frequent snow squalls.
On December 25th, at . D. m, lat
AZ. 90. long 1886 a large steamer was
sighted bearing northwest apparently
disabled. The Gailleos bore down close to
her and she exhibited three red lights
showing that she was unmanageable but
did not require assistance. Signals
exchanged which showed her to be the
Cunard steamer Umbria. She made no
other signals for assistance although
heavy sea was running at the time. She
laid quite easy and comfortably with
the wind northwest blowing gale.
Captain Jones was of the opinion that
her machinery was disabled and that she
was laying to make the necessary re-
pairs. On the morning of the Goth he
passed two steamers bound east which
would, no doubt, fall in with her
and render any asassistance necessary
should she require it. Captain Jones
states that there need be no alarm for
her safety.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
REPRESENTATIVE HURT.
The Republican Leader Of Pencader Hun.
dred Laid Up for tho winter M,
Ankle Badly Crushed.

The Republican Leader Of Pencader Hun.
dred Laid Up for the winter nj,
Ankle Badly Crushed.
Representative Charles Walton, of
Pencader hundred, met with a painful
accident yesterday morning. He lives on
a farm near Iron Hill, short distance
from Newark, and is known as one Of the
Leading truck farmers and dairymen in
that part of the county. His business
requires a large quantity Of ice which
he gets from large artificial pond upon
his farm. Upon the banks of this pond
stands a large ice house. This was
being filed at the time of the accident.
The blocks of ice are hauled from the
water and up an inclined plane. At a
certain height the upward movement
stops, and the blocks are allowed to
slide at a terrific rate Of speed down a
long chute and into the ice.house.
Representative Walton was standing
at the bottom of this chute superintend.
ing the work He had foot within the
chute. While he was watching the men
placing the blocks within the ice house
a man at the top Of the chute let a
heavy block of ice slide. IL was going
at its highest speed when IL struck the
representatives foot, jamming IL
against a standard
The injured man was carried to his
home by the men and DR.. II. G. H. Kol.
lock, of Newark. was sent for by the
family The doctor found that while
the ankle was not broken, the bones of
the foot were very badly crushed. It is
not likely that Mr.. Walton will be able
TO leave the house this winter
He was a member of the last General
Assembly and a candidate for reelection
on the Republican ticket this fall, when
William Cooch defeated him.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
a nIvsterions Theatre Fire.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-The watchman
at Palmer's Theatre discovered FIRE
under the stage at q 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Just as he rushed from the theatre
10 give the alarm a man was seen to
leave the Office of Thomas & Eckerson,
real estate agents, who have an Office
under the theatre in 30th street and
throw blazing book into the street. He
then returned to the Office aud locked
himself in. A cabman who noticed the
mans actions informed the police who
arrested the man in spite of his protesta
tions. On the floor of the Office was
found a heap of burned papers which
seemed to show that a fire had been
kindled by some one in the Office.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
than all the important legislation put

than all the important Legislation put
together.
The TweIve-AIile Circle.
| One Of the important things to be
done by this General Assembly is "a
adopt the report of the Interstate
Boundary Commission. Hon. Thomas r.
Bayard viii doubtless present the report
OF. the completion of the work as he made
the report Of progress two years ago.
Equalization of Taxation.
Whether the demand Of the Delaware
State Grange for equalization Of taxation
will bear fruit remains TO be seen. MANY
OF the members are farmers and some Of
them are grangers. II they are in sym.
pathy with the movement of their
brethren bill may pass. It will have
hard struggle, however, as the holders
of bonds, mortgages and other securities
which are not taxed will send a strong
lobby against it.
The farmers will also bring the peach
yellows to the front again. The beaming
face OF William 4. Case of FELTON, will
doubtless be seen all over the State
House. The law passed by the last Gen.
eral Assembly provided for the uprootinQ
Of all diseased trees They were to be
condemned by commission Of neighbor.
ing farmers. It is imperative because
the farmer commissioners do not want
20 engender the ill-will Of their neigh
bors In some instances buckshot has
been introduced as additional argument
against such condemnation and trespass.
Every session bears its own fruit, and
while the prospect presents a duh edge.
IL may become whetted after the business
really begins.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
COLD WEATHER CONTINUES
The Mercury stin Lingering Only a Few
Degrees Above zero-A Frigid Winter
1S56) Recalled.

Degrees Above zero-A Frigid winter
$3.50 Recalled.
The ice in the city now has not been
equaled for several years. The business
men who have ice houses are exertinq
their best efforts in an endeavor to fiji
them during this cold snap. The ice is
from four to eight inches in thickness.
The skaters are in their glee. as they
glide over the smooth surface of the
several ponds in the suburbs Of the CITY
The supply of skates in the hands of
dealers has become exhausted.
The year 1875 was the coldest winter
the world ever knew, according to several
chronicles The season was not only
intensely cold, but lasted unusually lone.
In large portion of middle and western
Germany the frost was so severe during
the month of May that skaters braved
the ice without the least danger. and on
May II sleighs were generally used. On
st. Johns Day, June "a, the windows
were frozen, and not vestige Of vegeta-
tion was to be seen anywhere. Spring
was ushered in with the last day Of June
Court Officer Heal in conversation this
morning said that the coldest winter he
had recollection of was in 1852. The
Susquehanna was frozen so deep that
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad Company put tracks on
the ice in order to get their trains across
the river In the same year the farmers
OF New Jersey came across the Delaware
river to Philadelphia in their wagons TO
market. Long lines of wagons hauling
wood could be seen crossing the river
from the pine forests, which were then
where Camden is now situated, An OK
was roasted on the ice near Philadelphia
during the cold period of that year.
The Consumers Ice Company sent sew
eral men to Coatesville this morning to
cut ice from their dams at that place.
The third crop of ice, five inches
thick, has been taken from the dam at
Landenberg This has been the coldest
winter there for several years.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
Freerlnrtn nnnlh IN 1,nn.n.-

HORTON, KAN, Dec. 29.-This last
terrible storm was tough on the settlers
in Grove, Trego, Sherman, Wallace,
Logan, Cheyenne and other Western
Kansas counties 1t is impossible for
the railroads to get sufficient fuel on the
border to keep the people warm, so great
is the demand all along the lines for
coal Reports come in that inhabitants
of the border counties are using any
thing that will burn to keep them from
freezing.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
LIE OARON FOR THE FERRET.
to Unravel the Dublin Explosion Mys-
tery-Eheot ofthe Move.

The British Government to Hire the Spy
to UnraveI the Dublin Explosion Mys-
tery-Eheot ofthe Move.
DUBLIN, Dec 29-Considerable excite
ment has been caused in Irish Home
Rule circles by the news that the imper-
ial authorities have directed Scotland
Yard to take the spy known as Major
LeCaron into the employ of the govern
ment for the purpose of tracing out the
guilty parties connected with tine Dub
lin explosion. Major LeCaron is greatly
abhOrred by Irishmen of all factions, and
it is believed that the report will if con
firmed greatly weaken the hold Of the
Liberal government in Ireland
1t is said that Sir William Vernon
Harcourt chancellor of the exehequer
and next to the lord high chancellor, the
head of the cabinet during the absence
of Mr.. Gladstone on the continent, has
taken the reins in his own hands and per-
sonally directed the employment
of LeCaron. Harcourt is reported
to be firmly of the opinion
that the explosion in Dublin was
the result of a political dynamite
plot and indicates a rival of dynamite
methods
LeCaron it is stated gave Harcourt tc
understand that he had reason to believe
that he could trace out the authors Of
the explosion but refused to state his
evidence to Asquith or Morley. Hence
the action said to have been taken under
orders by Scotland Yard
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

n. H. Davis returned from Milford this
morning.
Elias James, and wife, of Dover, are visiting
relatives In this city.
Miss Zippie Foraker, of this city, Is visiting
friends az MiddletOwn.
Miss Name Steele. Of Chesapeake City, Is
visiting relatives IN this city.
Mrs. sames Q. Davidson and son Of Milford,
are visiting the family Of O.. A. Robinson.
Miss Bessie Bowen. who has been visiting
relatives in Maryland, has returned home.
John Schofeld, OF this city, is spending the
holidays with his parents in Maryland.
Mr. and Mrs. II. IA. Archer, formerly Of this
city, are visiting friends here during the
holidays.
Miss Mamie Grier and Miss Mamie Joyce
have returned from a weeks visit 10 friends
In Philadelphia.
George Coates. the man who was struck By
a P., W. a. b. train at the foot OF Bud street
some time ago. is improving.
Only four cases were disposed Of In the
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
suicide After AN Money Was Gone.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 29.-Cora
Griffith, 2s years old, came to this city
eight months ago with her parents.
Since then both of her parents have
died. Yesterday afternoon the young
woman spent her last dollar
for a dancing lesson. At supper
time she went to a restau .
rant and begged something to eat, then
went to her boarding house at No 322
East Washington street, swallowed an
ounce Of carbolic acid aud died in an
hour. Miss Griffith left a letter IN which
it was indicated that unrequited love led
her to take her life.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
Bob sIayin Dead.

TOLEDO, O., Dec, 29.-Bob Slavin, the
comedian, died suddenly in this city
this morning. He was one Of the m ost
popular minstrel men in the country and
was at one time one of the proprietors
Of the McNish, Slavin and Johnson's
minstrels. For two years he has had
nothing but hard luck and the cause of
his sad death was principally broken
heart
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
Coolest for Years Along the Coast.

CAPE MAY, n. j.. Dec. 20.-The
weather is the coldest for six years along
the coast and has frozen up the sounds
and usual watering places of the wild
fowl These birds are being killed by
the hundred in their fight to the uplands
seeking place to slake their thirst. A
Canada goose was killed with club yes
terday on Congress Hall lawn, and on
Wednesday one suffered a similar fate on
Lake Lily.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES.
Several Churches of the City Have The
Festivals.

Several Churches of the City Have Their
Festivals.
Appropriate Christmas exercises were
held In several of the churches Of this
city last night.
The Second Baptist Mission School
had beautifully-trimmed tree A large
orchestra under the leadership Of George
e. Hyatt. assisted in the musical pro-
gram, Old Kris appeared to the delight
Of the children. in the person Of Harry
Adams.
Christmas trees and Old Kris were
also features at the West Sunday
School and st. Andrews Church.
Trinity, Calvary and st. Johns Churches,
held Christmas festivals.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
D. = o. plnerences settIed.

BALTIMORE. Dec % The differences
between the B. & o. R R. officials and
the grievance committee Of the Brother
hood of Trainmen has been led by the
signing of wage scale which kmakes an
average increase Of from eight to eighteen
cents per day.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
Burglar Dunlap ReIeassd.

BosToN, Mass, Dec, 29.-Jame Dun
lap, the Northampton bank burglar,
whose pardon was signed by Governor
Russell yesterday, was released from
state prison at g. 45 o'clock this morning
and left on the Boston and Albany ex-
press for New York city accompanied by
his life long friend, Mrs. Mary Scott
Rowland,
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
BLOWN THROUGH A WALL
Two Employees of a Pittsburg Plant
Badly Injured BY the Explosion of
Boiler.

Badly Injured BY the Explosion of q
Boiler.
PTTsBURe, Dec. 29.-Just before II
o'clock this morning an upright boiler
in the carpet cleaning establishment of
R. b. Hutchinson, on Ninth street.
exploded with terrible force, knocking a
hole through either side wall.
Joe Cox, foreman, was blown through
one Of the apertures in the wall and fell
through the roof of shed fifty feet be.
low. He was terribly mangled and will
die. Clarence Shaw. aged 18
was blown through the hole in
the other side of the building. but his
clothing caught on projecting timbers
preventing his falling. He was terribly
bruised and scalded, but will probably
recover 1t is presumed that the explo-
sion was caused by frozen water pipes.
Mr. Hutchinson's attention had been
called to defect in the boiler, but paid
no heed to it.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
Kiin-Roof Burned.

There was slight fire at Beeson &
Hanby's brickyard on Concord Pike at
645 this morning. A kiln roof ignited
and was partially consumed before the
yard hands could put it out. The loss is
slight.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
Anxlety INCREASING.
A n1ilwanI,se Yarn nenleh.

BERLIN, Dec. 29.-The Hamburger
Nachrichten denies the statement in
Milwaukee newspaper to the effect that
Prince Bismarck is interested in a Mil
waukee street railway company.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
Death Of a Former wnmIngtonIan.

Andrew c. Finn, of the firm of Finn
& Breneman, Of Lancaster. Pa, died last
evening, aged 20 years. He was a native
Of this city and a brother law of j..
Taylor Cause, president of the Harlan
and Hollingsworth Company. He removed
from this city forty five years ago and en-.
gagged in the housefurnishing business IL
Lancaster The body viii be cremated
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
Frozen on the street.

ST. CLAIR, Pa, Dec. 20.-Joseph Haw.
kins, who lived near here, dropped dead
in the street this morning. The cold
killed him. Wednesday evening Andrew
Usks was overcome by cold when going
home from a ball He was found this
morning frozen stiff.
Evening journal., 1892-12-29
TELEeRAPHlc BRIEFS.

The failure of NJ. E. Rutsky is announced on
the Consolidated Exchange. New York.
church circles in Washington over the defec-
tion Of Merwin Marie -nell, private secretary
70 Bishop keane. the rector of the catholic
University and lecturer on comparative re-
hgion In that institution.