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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07

Heavy rains in northern Indiana have
done great damage to crops within the
last few days.
Grover Cleveland has suggested July
Goth, in New York, as the time and
place Of notifying him Of his nomina-
| ton.
six thousand Sioux Indians arc gath.
cred at the Cheyenne River Agency,
South Dokota, to take part in the con-
grcss Of Catholic Sioux Indians, and
assist in the dedication Of the line new
Catholic church erected by Miss Frances
Drcxel.
There were earthquake shocks felt in
| Guadalajara, Mexico, Saturday, nc.
companied by 'unearthiy" subter-
ranean noises, which created much
terror. Some damage was done at
Colima. There was an eruption Of the
Colima volcano.
Edward and George Schmidt, aged
respectively 10 and II years; William
| Harrison, aged II years, and Peter Leo
Tully, aged 20 years, were drowned
sunday by the swampng of u ferry
boat III the Spring Gardens, OF the foot
Of Hanover street, Baltimore.
While non-uniOn stevedoreS were UNI
| loading Il steamer ut Detroit Monday
morning they Were attacked by union
men and II riot followed, in which re-
volyers were used. Two men We're
wounded when the fight was stopped by
the police and IL Of the rioters We're
arrested.
Core Abbott, prominent citizen of
Walker county, Ala, stopped at the
house of the Williams brothers, negroes,
near Jasper, OH Sunday, and got into II
dispute about politics. Monday his
dead body was found in the house. The
| brothers were arrested and it is thought
they will be lynched.
Ida NJ Grcenh0c, II domestic in the
| Davis House, at Sheridan, Mich, died
| Monday after Cycruciating suffering.
She said her illness followed the drink
ing Of glass Of wine given 10 hero by u
| young man named l'arlics, but he denies
having given her anything to drink
An analysis OF the stomach will be
made.
y cable attached to dummy, used to
steady electric cars going down Potts
Hill, near Lancaster, Pa, broke Mon
| day afternoon. The cable sauirmed up
the hill like snake, and at great We
locity, and wound itself around the arm
OF Frank Musser, u young man, tearing
the Limb from his body. He is in a
! critical condition.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07
ILLEGAL SEALERS SEIZED
A Steamer and 25 Sailing
Vessels Captured.
TAKEN BY THE GUTTER CORWIN
The Captured Boats All Fly
the British Flag.
News From Aiaska Confirms tho Report
of the Wholesale Seizure Made by
Uncle SANS sailors--The Sealing Fleet
Left without supplies.

Victoria, 3. G., July 2.--The excursion
steamer Queen arrived at Nanimo from
Alaska Yesterday, confirming the report
that . sealing schoonerS flying the British
flag, together with the British steu mer
Coquillon, chartered to act rs tender to the
sealing fleet have all been gathered in by
Captain Hooper Of the United States
revenue steamer Corwin, for violation of
United States revenue laws. The COiOaiSt
says:
The British steamer Coauillon of Van.
couver, IL. o., McLnlliu, master, arrived ut
Sltka on June 10Th, in charge of Licnten-
ant Quinn and Assistant Engineer Brother
ton, and was turned over to the United
States collector of customs for violation of
the revenue laws. The Coquillon was
was, seized by Captain Hooper at Port
EtcheS, Prince William Sound, on June
I'D for having blank manifests on board
showing neither cargo nor passengers, and
for entering and towing vessels out of the
ports of Alaska and bringing stores to and
receiving seal skins from the British seal
ing fleet within the jurisdiction of the
United states without entry OF permit
lie - British schuonerS were boarded
in Port Etches, and after being given rea-
sonable time for weather and repairs they
were ordered out Of the har6or. The
seizure Of the COquillOn leaves all the
British scaling fleet in the northern waters
without supplies. The Couuilon Is dis.
charging all the seal skins which She RI.
ceived from English sealers, ana is also
discharging all stocks which She was going
to put on board the seaers when She was
taken in charge.
The seizure itself does not appear to be
as serious as at first might be supposed.
Captain j. 5. Cox, president OF the ;SeaIers
Association, says the question at issue is
not affected at all. The only wrong doing
charged against the steamer is for going
too close to Alaskan soil To transfer the
supplies consigned to the sealers. OF course
She had no manifest, not expecting to get
to amy port, nor did she enter Port Etchcs,
either. She lett port with II complete store
list, however, aud complied strictly with
other forms. The boat will not be liable
10 coniiscation, or Il more serious penalty
upon the combined charges than lines Of
perhaps s2,iUJ A meeting of the associil.
ton may possibly be held during the day
to give attention to the latest Developments
i,,t l,.,.s 81
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07
I'OLITfC1L.

The Republicans of the Tenth Iowa
district have renominated j. 7. Dollivcr
for Congress.
The Rhode Island Senate Friday un
seated Senator William j. Underwood
Democrat, Of Newport.
A. A. Martin, Democratic member Of
Congress from the Eleventh Indiana dis
trict, has been renominated by acclama-
ton.
MIR. J.. A. Dent, private secretary to
james q. Blaine, has been appointed to
act in, that capacity for the present Secrc-
tary of State.
The subcommittee which is to prepare
the notifications of nomination to be pre-
scented TO Cleveland and Stevenson in New
York on July lith, will meet in Memphis,
Tennessee, on July Sth to prepare the
addresses.
The Kansas Republican state convention
Friday, At Topeka, nominated A. W.
smith for governor, and y. II. Moore for
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Both men are farm
ers. There was a bitter struggle over the
governurship, and it required five ballots
TO nominate.
An exciting Prohibition campaign of six
weeks duration i'll augusta and Richmond
| county, Georgia. ended Friday i'll n
| quiet election, i'll which Prohibition was
| defeated by about 400 majorito i'll poll
| Of about 1900 votes. Sam Jones and Sam
Small were the principal Prohibition cant
| pagn speakers. Yesterday the Women's
| christian Temperance Union and children
bearing banners inscribed with various
cxhortations for temperance were at the
court house all day, near the voting place,
singing hymns.
II is understood that the proposed Inter.
national Monetary Conference was dis
eus5ed at Fridays cabinet meeting and
that the President has practically decided
Ia send three Republicans and two Demo-
Gratis rs the conferrees OH the part OF the
| United States. Senators Allison and Jones
Of Nevada, and ex-tomptroller Cannon
will it is said, be the Republicans selected,
and senator Carlisle ami +. A. Walker of
Massachusetts, will represent the Demo.
Gratis. There is a possibility, however, that
Senator Daniel or Judge Lambert Tree
may be selected in place Of senator Car
lisic. Senators Jones and Daniel arc free
silyerites, while the others named are bi
metallists.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07
Two .tERovAUTs KILhED.
Their Balloon Collapsed and Dropped
Them in HohLrn Harhor.

BosToN, MASS, July 4.--The balloon
ascension from the Common this after
noon, one OF the features in the celebra-
ton of the Fourth prepared by the city
government, had Il sad ending, the
aerouaut, Professor Augustus Rogers of
Maiden, Me-, meeting his death almost
instantly; his assistant Thomas Fenton,
dying later; and the third occupant of
the balloon being now in the hospital
suffering from the shock and from in
halation of gas.
Soon after o'clock Professor Rogers,
his assistant, and Delos E. Goldsmith, q
representative of the City Press Asso-
citation, stepped into the huge airship
Governor Russell and began the ascent,
amid the cheers OF the vast crowd. The
balloon rose only few hundred feet,
then sailed away to the south, and when
over South Boston rose to a consider
ably higher altitude, continuing its
| journey directly out to sea. When
about five miles down the harbor and
| off Thompson's Island, Professor Rogers
attempted to open the valve and attempt
a landing on the island, but in his
efforts he made rent in the side Of the
| balloon.
The immense bag,began to descend at a
terrible rate and as it struck the water
it seemed to collapse entirely. Rogers
sank at once and his body has not yet
been recovered. Fenton and Goldsmith
struggled manfully and succeeded IN
catching hold of the basket. Their pre-
dicamcnt was seen by some laborers on
| Thompson's Island, who Immediately
put out to the spot in a rowboat, and
managed to drag the two men into their
boat. Both were in a greatly exhausted
condition. By this time the tug Ma
thaniel F. Doane, which had been in use
by the judges of the city sailing regatta,
and was on her way up the harbor, went
to the rescue, the two men being trans
ferred thereto to be brought to this city.
Fenton died before the tug reached Bos-
| ton. Goldsmith will recover.
TWO OTHERS COME TO GRIEF.
BosToN, MASS, July Frank P.
Shattuck, of Maiden, attempted to make
an ascension at Waltham this afternoon
in one of Professor Rogers balloons.
Fully 10000 persons had gathered to sec
him. The balion, after raking through
tree tops, finally became caught in net
work Of telegraph wires directly above
the Park Theatre building. The top Of
the ballon swaycd back and forth
threatening to sweep off many persons
who had congregated on the roof, Mr.
Shattuck being all this time in peril.
Gus condition. He was hanging ON the
wires, go feet from the ground, the
crowd breathlessly watching him. Finally
another lurch of the ballon brought him
so near the roof that he was graspcd by
those who stood there, and was pulled
from the basket.
| AUGUSTA, Me, July 4.-The balloon
ascension here this afternoon nearly
caused the death of Madame Patti Of
Boston, the aeronaut. Owing to damp
ness the balloon was nearly filled with
steam, and came down in the Kennebel
river. Madame Patti became entunglet
in the ropes, but she escaped drowning
This is said to have been another Of
Professor Rogers balloons.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07
AErrER cARRlERs SPORTS.
The Various Contests Between Whining
ton and Reading Monday.

Auh ANCAuihs .tAOHNaIs
In the game Of baseball between the
teams of Wilmington and Reading
letter carriers, on Monday, the players
We're:
Neutrality-suspicious., p; Lloyd, c.,
Rodgers, ID; De Hart, Oh; Fisher, 3b;
Glascoc, S.; Pottginger, If; Mason, CT;
McShea, IF.
Wilmlngton--scheu, 2b; Turner, c.;
Feaster, lb.; Simmons, p; Croney, S.;
Foulk, 3D.; Oliver, If; McGarYcy, cf.;
Sylyanus, rf
The feature of the game was long
run and catch by Pottginger Simmons
struck out 10 men. Scheu and Turner
played oxcellenlly. There were other
sports as follows:
Broad jump-Feaster, Croney, Sci
ders, Poinsctt, Sylvanus and Turner.
Soldiers won; distance, Is feet.
Running high jump-Wilcox, Duffy
and Simons. Wilcox won; distance,
4 feet.
Bag race-Crippen, Bell, Mason Ster-
ling, Finn and Glascoe. Sterling won.
llalf-mile run-liopkins and Oliver.
The latter won; time, minutes.
100 yards Pottginger, Croney,
Scheu, JefTeris and Mcbride. Pott-
ginger won; time, III seconds.
Mr., Seiders of the Reading delega-
ton will be the guest of Messrs. Croney
and Schcu for several days.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07

herring fishing,s and large number of
their ileet are home in time 10 possible
runs of ''pilchers,n (pilchardsl the "Fair
Maids of st. IVES for which the ancient
seaport has been famous for half thou
sand years.
AS nearly as can be described the pill
chard is the sardine of the Mediterranean
waters, 1t makes its appearance at st.
Ives, when it COMES at all, in tremendous
shoals, during the months of September
and October. From daylight until sunset
ofeyery day during these months watchmen
called "hncrs" are stationed ut lookouts
on Carringgladcn and Portsminster Hills
and earn Crows Island. Their practced
eyes never fail in discerning the approach
Of shoal of these fish. They come in
such vast numbers that the surface of the
bay changes its color and often is broken
into ripples and foam from the movements
OF the dense masses of fish.
On sighting school of pilchards the
"hucr" first blows d terrific blast upon his
spcaking-trumpet. one blast is sufficient
All st. Ives folk tumble from their homes
and rush wildly shouting "Heva heva !"
to the shore. Meantime the great seine
boats, rcady-manncd, have put out and
are guided wholly in surrounding the
shoaI by the signaling Of the "Ruer1
which is done with hoop on which
white muslin is stretched, to which a long,
light handle is attached. II is called "the
bush, for in olden times bush was used
instead.
Shooting the seines is so rapidly done at
st. Ives that often the entire shoal of pill
chards will be literally impounded within
10 minutes time from the "hueT's''
trumpet signal. Single catches of pill
chards have exceeded 5000 hogsheads of
sailed and cured fish. OF late years the st.
Ives pilchard fishery has been uncertain;
but in 1850 there were 5000 half.casks Of
III pounds each taken. They are shipped
to various Mediterranean ports for use in
the lenten season, Italy being the largest
customer.
The st. Ives fisher folk are noted for
their simplicity and piety. They are nearly
all tervent Methodists, honest, supersti-
tious, humble and good They live in rs
great comfort as the fisher folk of New
haven in Scotland; and the man is more
the master of his home and belongings.
They arc the most scrupulouSly clean and
thrifty folk of this sort | have ever met.
The women, though strong ana brawny,
have few of the Billingsgatc characteristics
of the fish wives Of the English east coast,
OF Scotland and of Galway and the Irish
west coast. They mend tho nets, and
bulk or pack the pilchards. They are
very domestic, and their prayer meetings
and strict sabbath keeping, though they
are wOfully Ignorant. have done these ST.
Ives fisher folk no hurt or harm.
EDGAR l.. WAKEMAH.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07
:
SIxTY MLLES UNDER WATER.
business Suspended and Residents of the
Flooded District Fleeing to the Hills.


New ORLEANS, July 1.-The officers of
the steamer Alice, which reached this city
last night, report that the entire country
along the Amite river, between Lake
Maurepas and Port Vincent is under water;
that in consequence of a freshet the Amitt
river has risen seven feet and the country
from the mouth TO Port Vincent, dis
lance of GO miles, is under water for three
to five feet deep. Business has been
wholly suspended, mills have been stopped
and many families are leaving their homes
for the hills.
Crops are almost wholly destroyed and
there has been a very heavy loss in grow
ing farm produce, but most of the cattle
and horses We're saved from the overflow
and driven TO dry land.
The principal trouble comes from Sarpy
creyasse, which has widencd l25 feet since
last Wednesday, 100 feet going at once few
days ago. The Belmont crevesse has also
widened to 800 feet, SO that Il vast volume
Of water is now pouring over the country.
The water at Sarpy has risen six inches
and unless the river soon falls, it is more
than likely that the Illinois Central will
find that its openings are inadequate to
carry oil the main portion OF the flood.
Lake Pontchartrain will also have more
than it can conveniently discharge with
out the aid of n west wind, so that there il
every danger that il will flood the country
back of New Orleans.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07
u5D F4JTn IN TIN, LTMrrE.D,...
From New York to n Chicago Court
Room in Twenty-four Hours.


Room in Twenty-four Hours.
Philadelphia Record, June 29th, 1872.
The perfection to which the art of rail-
roading has been carried in these days had
a striking illustration last week in the case
of prominent New York lawyer who
was passenger on the Chicago limited on
the Pennsylvania RAILROAD. He hac an
important suit pending in the Unted
States court of Chicago, which was to be
called at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning.
II was absolutely essential that he should
be there on time, but on account of a
pressure of business he could not leave
New York before Sunday. The alternative
was then offered him of taking a Sunday
afternoon train and spending two nights
on the road, or of waiting until Monday
morning and taking the Chicago limited,
which would land him in Chicago at 9.45
Tuesday morning.
The consequences might possibly be seri-
Gus Il the limited should be late in reach
ing Chicago but, trusting to its we'll
earned reputation for being always on
time, the New Yorker decided to take it
| and run the risk. The result showed that
his confidence was not misplaced. Exactly
at 045 on Tuesday morning the limited
rolled into the Union station at Chicago.
! Jumping into cab with his wife tho
| lawyer was driven straight to the temple
Of Justice, where Judge Gresham presided.
| He reached it in eight minutes, and few
moments later was in the courtroom. The
court opened promptly at 10 o'clock, and
| his case was called first on the list.
Just "A hours after leaving New York he
was addressing the court in Chicago, feel
| ing as fresh and vigorous after his luxuri-
Gus trip as il he had just come from his
own home. 1t might add to the story to
say that after concluding his argument he
took another train back to New York, and
was in court there on Wednesday, as
usual, but he didn't. He stayed in Chi
Cago to see the Democratic convention,
| and came back at his leisure.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07

Constipation leads to multitude of
physical troubles. 1t is generally the re-
suit of carelessness or indifference to the
simplest rule of health. Eugene Mckay
OF Brantford, Ont, writes
81 had for several years been sufferer
from constipation, had taken agreat many
different remedies, some of which did me
no good for time, but only for time
then my trouble came back worse than
ever was induced by friend, whom
Brandreth's Pills had benefited to try
them. Took two each night for week
then one each night for about six weeks.
Since that time | have not experienced
the slightest difficulty whatever, and my
bowels move regularly every day. be-
lieve firmly that for sluggishness of the
bowels and biliousncss Brundrcth's Pills
are far superior to any other.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07

The gold exports from New York Satur-
day amounted to So, 100000.
Three persons were killed by lightning
near Bonnie Tcrre, Missouri, Wednesday.
An issue of S3,s00,OO0 Of per cent re-
funding bonds was sold ut par Friday
by the city of New Orleans.
Two colored tramps laid down on the
railroad track near Sunbury, Pa, Friday
morning. a passenger train killed one
MORALLY injured the other.
Twenty-Five children were poisoned Mt n
Sunday-schoel picnic at Patoka, Indiana,
by eating ice cream, and several of them
are reported to be in a critical condition.
The President Friday sent to the Sem
ate the nomination of George ID. John
ston, Of Louisiana, to be civil service COM
missioner, vice Hugh 5. Thompson, re-
signed. ..5
Ties piled on the track of the Chicago &
Erie railroad, near huntington, Ind, on
Thursday night, wrecked an express freight
train loaded with valuable goods. No one
was killed, but the monetary loss will be
heavy.
Dr. William Il. Green of New York, was
struck by train at Long Branch Fri
day and instantly killed. He was holding
an umbrella over his head SO that he did
not sec an approaching train rs he neared
the crossing.
The broadway and Newburg street rail
way strike, at Cleveland, Ohio, has been
settled by all the strikers returning Ia
work at the increased pay demanded but
the desired recognition of the knights OF
Labor was not granted.
The various iron and steel works owned
and controlled by the Carnegie interest
will be consolidated into one concern, to
be known rs the Carnegie Steel Company
Il capital stock Of S2j,O0O,0OU, and employ
10000 men.
The a. C. Kerr Company, dealers in
printers supplies at Pittshurg have made
an assignment. The liabilities arc given
at SIS, 600 and the assets at $4,000. Tho
trouble is said To be due to the job printers
strike, which is asserted to have cost tho
firm a loss Of 100000.
The clothes of Charles McCabe, aged II
years, and Theodore Kinney, aged ., Were
found on the lehigh river bank at lsaston
Pa, Friday, and, after few hours
search, their bodies were found i'll the rive
opposite where their clothing lay. No on'
saw them go into the water.
Fire in Woodland, Cal, Friday de
| stroyed the Jackson block, the Exchange
| block, the Beaver block and the Exchang,
| Hotel. The losses aggregate $200,OJO. w
| ". Porter. superintendent of the waite
works, was killed by falling walls, AN I'M
| known man was burned TO death, AM
George Tobias inhaled flames so that h,
cannot recover.
| -Four men were killed i'll Providence, Il
| l.. Thursday, by the caping in Of a banl
of earth as they were laying the ston
abutments of Il railroad bridge unde
| broad street. A rescuing party had nearl,
reached the buried men, who were We
alive, when the bursting of water mali
above them stopped further work l'h
| victims were Patrick Sullivan, Lero,
Libby, Pietro Graude and Pasqual
d. lario. ..-....
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07

PITTsBURG, Pa, July 5.--FranIS
Ilelmslatter, 2S years of age, a laborer
was murdered last night by his two
brothers-in-law. The killing was n re-
suit of drunken brawl, during which
Andrew Scapp spoke desparingly OF
Helmslatter'S wife. Her husband tool;
up the quarrel and in the fight which
followed he was stabbed in the abdomen
SO badly that he died in two hours.