Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-28
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A riot occurred at the land Office at Okla
homa City April 20, and one man had his
skull fractured and others were less scri-
ously hurt.
The Jewish Synagogue at Ludwick,
Westmoreand county, Pa. was burned
yesterday week, owing TO an over
pressure OF gas.
The governor of Maryland April 90 APP
pointed the II Worlds Fair commissioners
provided for by the act recently passed by
the legislature.
AT fire in the store of the Omaha In
stament Company at Minneapolis yester-
day week Geo. LEIGH was fatally injured by
inhaling smoke.
Both branches of the New York legisla-
ture last week adopted, by party vote,
the majority report of the Maynard in
vestigating committee.
Seven attempts TO burn the city of Louis
Vile Ky, were made on Tuesday week,
and 10 buildings were destroyed. Two
arrests have been made.
Charles McCune, aged 10 years, was
! caught i'll the machinery at his fathers
sand works. near Dawson, Pa. OH Tues
day week, and was crushed 10 death.
| A dispatch from Lewis, Quebec, says that
| Mr.. Allard has, after 20 years labor, dis
covered method of tempering red copper
and has sold his secret to rich American.
The ny wheel at one of the divers mills
in Pittsburg burst yesterday week. 1t
| will take six weeks to repair the ma
| chincry, and 200 men are thrown out of
| work.
The directors of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company last weak declared u II
| pc. cent cash dividend on the common
stoci. for the three months ended Deem
Der jlst, 1891.
The miners and mine laborers of the
| Spring Valley Coul Company ut Spring
| Valley, Ill, have accepted the company )
scale for the coming year, thus averting
the danger Of a strike or the cessation of
work.
A jury in New York, in the breach of
promise suit for 5000, instituted by Miss
tieorgine Wulters against Louis Schultz,
the inventor, last week found for the
| plaintiff, aud assessed the damages at 49,
100. The court gave her an extra allow
ance of 81 900.
The treasury department was Informed
april 10Th of the arrival at Victoria, British
Columbia, OF $40 Cinnamon, the majority
OF whom. it is presumed are bound for
the United States. This is said to be the
largest single shipment of Chinese immi-
| grants to this continent.
The Pennsylvania Military Academy, at
Chester, which was to have reopened last
wees after the holidays, will remain
closed for q time, owing To the appearance
| OF typhoid fever among the students, Two
| of them have died of the disease, and live
are now on the sick list.
A Duluth dispatch says there is now in
store in the elevators in that city more
wheat, with one exception. than has ever
been collected i'll one market at one time
in the history OF the American grain trade
The total is about l5,205,O00 bushels, and
all but 10000 bushels is of the finest mill
ing grade.
a telegram from San Antonio, Texas.
says that by reason of the long drought in
starr, ilidalgo, Porticas, Iapatcu, Mexico
and Duvall counties, the prevalence of dis
ease, and the Garza troubles, the people
are reduced to eXtremeties. and that from
1000 to 5000 people are utterly destitute.
some Of the people are eating the meat Of
cattle which died of disease. An appeal
| has been issued for contributions OF corn
and other supplies.
John Fortmon and Otto Schneider were
arrested in New York last week, charged
with bribing Customs Agent Edward W
| Simmons. schneider is u member of the
firm of Carl Puskau q Co.. custom house
brokers, and it is alleged that he induced
| Fortmon, who is a clerk for the firm, to
give $iJO as bride to Simmons to induce
him to make Il false register as to the
weight of q consignment of firecrackers.
II is said simmons acted under the nstruc-
lions Of his superior officers in accepting
the bride.