Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-04
IN GESER,IL.

Harry Williams Of Philadelphia, was
accidentally drowned in Darby Greek, at
Chester, Monday.
fire at Whcatland, Iowa, Sunday,
burned Mrs John Snyder to death and des-
troyed property to the value Of S75,OO0
There were $40 deaths in the city of
Washington during July, the largest num-
her for any one month in the history Of
the city
EY,Judge T. G, Punamarc committed
suicide at Accomack Court House, Va,
sunday, by drowning himself. lie was e.
years old.
The suit to test the legality of the last
alleged gerrymander IN Wisconsin was
begun Monday in Madison, when the
preliminary papers in tho proceedings
We're served upon ,Attorncy-general O'Cun.
nor
Monday the Blandon rolling mill. Mt
Blnhdun. llerks county, and the Hamburg
rolling NM, at Hamburg. both resumed,
and together, when IN full operation, will
employ near 400 hands.
The United States steamer Newark ar
rived At Cadi2 spain, Monday, II DAYS
from Norfolk. Admiral licnha1n and his
stan VIII 50 to l'alos. to participate in the
Columbian celebration.
The President Monday signed the net
prohibiting all employees of the govern
inent from working, over eight hours per
day, aud extending the rule 10 those work
ing under government contracts.
While trying to escape arrest at Reading
Monday, George HlIldck, Il Hungarian,
aged % years, jumped into the Schuylkill
river and was drowned He was wanted
To answer Il charge of assault. 5000 were
found on his person.
The limited east hound passenger train
on the big Four road, which left 81.
Louis Monday afternoon. collidcd with a
| freight train at Edwarlsvlle junction, Iii.
| The engineer and fireman were killed and
a number Of passengers injured, several
fatally,
| A front end collision occurred 1t Cfnrin
| natl, sunday evening, between an incom-
ing passenger train on the Cincinnati,
| Hamilton & Dayton railroad and switch
| engine, NJ, DowneS, engineer, was killed.
and Samuel Powers fireman, was seriously
| sCalded.
| A telegram from III Paso, Texas, SAYS
| that sufferers from the drought-strickcn
| districts of Mexico are coming into the
| United States i'll great numbers, and are
| Offering. their labor for board or % cents Il
| day. They have built little mud houses in
| the river bottoms and subsist ON what they
can pick up.
Assistant Secretary Crounse has in
formed the president of the Amalgamated
| Association of Iron and steel Workers
that the services of Immigrant Inspector
| Evans at Baltimore, have been dispcnsed
with, on the ground that he is an alien,
and suggesting that the society nominate
an American citizen to take his place.
Captain ltisley and nine men of the bark
| Nehemiah Gibson, which was wrecked OH
Concession reef, arrived in New York on
Sunday. They report that after the ship
struck she was boarded by about 100 In
dians, who began stealing everything
| movable. va Ia Il Al -
that the crew succeeded in saving even Il
part of their effects and provisions for the
boats.
In suit at Lansing Mich, to determine
the liability of an insurance company
where an adjuster had fixed the value Of
certain lumber destroyed at the actual cost
of production, said value being much less
than the market price, a decision has been
l rendered that the contract must he con-
strued the same as though the insured had
no stumpage or mill Of their own and
would have to go into the open market to
replace the lumber destroyed.
The court OF common pleas of North
ampton county at Easton, Monday. filed
an opinion III the suit of Elizabeth $.
Gummere and others, asking for tile ap-
pointmcnt of II receiver for the i.rhigh
Valley Railroad Company, and for a IRE
lminarv injunction TO restrain the Plila,
delphia 4 Reading Railroad Company
from operating the former road under Its
lease Both motions were denied, the
court holding III reference to the motion
for rcceivership that aside from the in
herent absurdity Of such 4 charge (con-
spiraey to ruin the Lehigh Valley. there
is not the slightest evidence 10 support il. 2
On the other motion the court Holds that
the extreme measure prayed for would dc
the compliments no good. while it would
do incaculablG injury to the Philadelphia
g. Reading Railroad Company; that tho
lease was not CLEARLY ultra wires and
that the two roads are MOI CLEARLY and
; indisputably parallel and competing
! within the meaning Of the constitution"