Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-31
IN GENERAL.

The vessel Bentone was wrecked on Sum
day morning, at Rockport, California
Both engineers, the steward, one fireman
and one sailor were drowned.
Night work was begun at the Worlds
Fair grounds at Chicago ON Monday night,
on the electricity building, and from this
time on double force of men will be en-
ployed.
The Chicago grand jury Monday de
the board Of education, for accepting and
soliciting brides in connection with the
letting OF contracts.
NJ. L. Fisher of Hillsboro, Texas, was
shot and killed about midnight oil Sunday
by Thomas w. Marsh, his son-in-law. The
murderer surrendered himself to the
authorities and reported the shooting.
The barge Chalmetto, with cargo Of
100 tons of coal from Philadelphia, went
ashore at George Island, in Massachusetts
bay Monday, and, although she was
pulled off, was found to be leaking badly.
A scaffold in New York city, upon which
two painters were at work, was struck by
u passing elevated railroad train Mon
day morning, and the men were thrown
into the street. August Duden died of his
injuries.
John and William Bloom and Edward
Daniels were arrested in Detroit on sun
day night in the act Of kindling fire to a
large furniture factory. These are believed
to be the men who caused q number Of
recent fires.
A largely attended meeting of negroes
was held in Chicago on Sunday night ITO
consider the recent southern outrages upon
their race One of the speakers strongly
urged the organization Of leagues and as
soeiations to resist by united efforts out.
RACES by the whites.
The United States steamer Thetis will
sail from San Francisco in few days to
make new soundings for the proposed
cable line 10 Hawaii. The Albatross,
which had been previously engaged in
this service, has been assigned to patrol
duty i'll Alaskan waters and the Bering
Sea.
Arnold Janz, newspaper carrier of
Chicago, was assassinated early Monday
morning when leaving home ON his daily
round. Martin Teehel, a dissipated laborer
who boarded at JANIS house and unsuc-
cessfully aspired to the hand of JANIS
daughter, is under arrest charged with
shooting the victim from ambush.
John McGiilin, notorious character,
| was fatally shot at Braddock, Pa, Monday
| evening, by Officer James Sullivan Nc
Giiiin was charged with larceny and was
on the. way to the hearing when he broke
| away from the officer and the latter drew
.aking effect in the base Of the pelvis.
| The Pittsburg Dispatch is authority for
| the statement that an organization is being
formed in the Ohio oil field to attack and
destroy the Buckeye pipe line property.
| The buckeye company owned and con-
| trolled by the Standard, is said to be keep
| ing three-fourths of the Ohio production
in stock to the disadvantage Of producers.
A telegram. from Cleveland, Ohio, says
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| discovered that there is S2s5,0OO forged
John Huntington paper afloat in that city
among the banks, traceable to the Paines-
vile Bank failure They have consulted
with an attorney, and ii is probable that
| Iluntington's son-in-law will leave for
Europe at once to counsel with Mr.. Hunt
| ington.
The Pennsylvania railroad lighter Des-
patch, which arrived at NewIYork Tues
day from Philadelphia, with a miscelane-
ons cargo of freight, and was moored
alongside the steamship Saratoga Of the
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Com
pany, in the East river, took fire last night
and was burned almost to the waters edge
Her captain and crow We're ashore ut the
time. About $4,000 damage was done.
Frank r. Draeger arrived at Cleveland
and az noon Tuesday called Oh Mrs. H..
o. Flick, and, after shaking hands with
her, deliberately fired -four bullets into her
body The woman will die. She is related
TO Draeger by marriage. The murderer
says she has hypnotized him during the
past five years, and he came here for the
express purpose of relieving himself from
the spell she has exercised over him
Colonel w. Hayes Grier of Columbia,
Pa. was Tuesday appointed supernten-
dent of public printing by Governor
Pattison, in place of Major Barton D..
Evans of West Chester. The commission
will date from April list. Colonel Grer is
a Democratic leader in Lancaster county,
and was superintendent Of public printing
under Governor Pattison from 1883 to 1885.
lie is editor and publisher Of the hide
pendent a Democratic weekly, at Columbia.
A frame dwelling on the hillside ut Nc
Keesport, Pa, occupied by the family of
John Hill, was carried from its founda-
tons by land slide Tuesday afternoon
and deposited on the roof of the Coursin
Street Methodist Episcopal Church below
The house took fire from the stove and the
occupants, who were uninjured. were res
cued with difficulty The flames spread to
the church and then to the adjoining
buildings on both sides. destroying the
church structure, six dwellings and Kyan's
livery stable. The loss on the church is
s35, 900 and on the other buildings about
$4,000.