Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-10

The Virginia building at the Worlds
Fair is to he reproduction of Mount YER
non the home OF Washington.
The President Friday issued procla-
nation fixing Thursday, the 2ith instant,
as day of national Thanksgiving.
Seven manufacturing buildings, covering
| an area of about four acres, in East Boston,
Mass, were burned saturday night. The
| losses aggregate over $l60,0OO.
Fire at san Bernardno, Cal, Saturday,
| destroyed the Stewart Hotel block, the
finest in the city, including the san Ber-
nardino National Bank The losses az
| gregate 500, OOO; partly insured.
Frank Orwide, 80 years old. fell from
| pnematic travelling crane track, 65 feet
| high. i'll the ordnance machine shop of
the Bethlehem Iron Works, Friday af-
ternoon. He died half an hour later.
Ex-Congressman Van H. Manning died
at Branchville Nd, Thursday night, aged
30 years. He was colonel in the Confed-
crate army, and was one of the first DEM
oerats elected to Congress in Mississippi
after the reconstruction era.
Information has reached Baltimore of
terrible cyclone storm which swept over
Old Providence and San Andres in the
| Caribbean sea, on October Sth seriously
damaging crops and wrecking the homes
OF the natives. There was no loss of life
A Hartford, Conn, dispatch says that
on Friday reduction in tue wages of con-
ductors, brakemen and baggage masters
was made on 'the New England branch
Of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad
The men complain that they had no notice
of the reduction.
The steamer Chilcot, at Tacoma Sun
day from Alaska, brought news that four
men were found in camp at Point Barroa.
Cuprenotf Island, with their heads cut off
and all the clothing stripped from their
bodies. The crimes are supposed to have
been committed by the Indians.
Arrangements are being made by the
Superintendent of the railway mail service
by which the $40 p. IN. train out of New
York on the Pennsylvania road will reach
Chicago half an hour earlier than at pres
ent, insuring better connection with the
trunk lines running west and northwest
from Chicago.
A north-bound train on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railroad ran over COW
and was wrecked at Mazie, Indian Territory,
early Sunday morning ditching seven
teen loaded cars and uverturning the en-
CINE. Engineer Thomas Stanton was
caught under the engine and instantly
killed. Fireman Fred. Ely, Brakeman
Logan Myers and an unknown man were
badly hurt.
A telegram from Guthrie, Oklahoma,
says that, two weeks ago, the wife and
baby of settler living near Deep Fork, in
the Puttawottamie country, mysteriously
disappeared. Saturday, the head of the
child and portions of the body of the
mother were discovered in the lair of Il
panther in the woods, several miles from
the house. Fifty armed men are hunting
for the panther.
Cruiser No. 8 was launched Saturday at
the Union Iron works, at San Francisco
and was christened the Olympia; She is
n protected cruiser of the iirst-class, and
exceeds in size any vessel of her class in our
navy and most of the foreign vessels of
that class. Her estimated cruising speed
will be 10 knots. She will have displace-
rnent Of 5000 tons, will carry heavy bat
terry and crew of 465 men.
The annual report of the superintendent
of the Dead Letter Office shows that the
annual increase of mail matter at that
office has been arrested the figures show
ing an actual decrease of 1880 pieces, or
nearly per cent less than the number re-
ceiyed during the fiscal year of 1891, not
wlthstandins the fact that the postal bust
ness of the country has increased nearly 8
per cent, and that the mistakes by the
public we're greatly increased.
A fire in Brooklyn Saturday evening de-.
stroyed five large business houses and
seven tenements. The principal losses
were Robert s. Hobbs & Companys wall
mated, Sl5O000; Waltheis & Company wall
/ paper, Sl250OO; Herman Bahrs Il Com
pany's sandpapcr factory, S5O,U0U +. C..
. Pierce 4 Company's PAINT factory, O,0oO;
Milo Hines, button factory, $4,000, and
to the tenements and their occupants,
! $4,000.
1t is reported from Homestead that the
co-operatiye steel plant scheme propose d
by Mr.. X. Sando OF London contemp plates
tine colonization Of the Carnegie strikers
on . coal and iron tract in l3atn and Allie
ghenV counties, Virginia. According Ia
the proposition the Homestead men are
to raise SjO1,0 and the syndicate agrees
, to invest S4,OJ0,OO0 in the cooperative
! plant. How much each share will cost
= and what kind of plant wall be built is
to be settled NJ future conference
stephen Andrews, Hungarian miner
u of Yorktown, Pa, saturday, beat his wife
. into insensibiity tied her to Il bed and set
: fire TO the clothing The woman regained
= consciousness and screamed frantically
/, for assistance. Charles Tanner. foreman
> of the co!liery, rushed to her aid ami ex-
!, knocked INTO insensi5ility, rs he resented
y Tanners interference with his plans. Mrs.
r Andrews sustained injuries which may
o prove fatal.
1 The supreme court of New Jersey, al
7 Trenton, Friday filed serns OF
4 opinions affirming the constituJionality OF
V the Board of Education act, the Police
e Commissioners act and the Public Works
n act Of the last legislature. The Public
=, Works act practically reorganizes each Of
. the city governments of Camden, Trenton.
Il Paterson and other cities in favor of the
! Democrats. The COURT however, set aside
II the act under which these cities reduced
= their cuunclimanic representation from
three to two for each ward, on the ground
IL that the classification was irregular. The
n restoration OF the old membership would
. give the Republicans majority in the
u Trenton council, but the matter will be
v carried at once by the Democrats to the
II court of errors, and this will bar the Re
G publicans out for while longer"
u 1t is estimated that rats and mice destroy
d more grain, vegetables. merchandise &c.
d i'll one year than would support all of oul
l. charitable institutions. j. {. rudhunter
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