Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-24
IN GENERAL.

The paid admissions to the Worlds Fair
Thursday were lao, 404.
DIR. Carl Peters, the African explorer, ar
rived at New York Friday on the steamship
Fuerst Bismarck.
The Maharaiah of KaDurthala left Chi
cage Friday for Washington, where he
will remain about week.
The West Point Cadets arrived at the
Worlds Fair Friday, and will remain in
camp there for ten days.
II was reported at Niagara Friday that
two men in small boat were carried over
the Horseshoe Fall Thursday night
Mrs. Maria Paret of Paterson, N. j..
committed suicide Friday. She soaked q
quantity of matches in water and drank
the liquid.
Charles Walton, a negro, who cut the
throat of Sam Keith. a 10-years old boy, in
Evansville, Ind. was lynched by u mob of
l,5OO citizens Friday morning.
While resisting arrest on the charge of
stealing ice cream from a lawn party at st.
Louis, Mo-, Thursday, Vincent Kilburn
was fatally shot by Policeman Fred Benin.
Nettie Moberly, IL years of age, COM
self, at the home of her brother in Fred
mitted suicide Friday, by shooting her
erick, Md. No reason for the suicide is
given.
Orders were telegraphed Friday to the
United States cruiser Philadelphia, at
Callao, Peru, TO 20 at once to Honolulu
On her arrival the Boston is TO start for
San Francisco.
The United States gunboat Concord ar.
rived at Perrin, at the outlet of the Red
Sea, Friday, on her way to the Asiatic
station: The gunboat Bennington reached
Lisbon, yesterday, II days from Sandy
Hook.
The imported negro miners, who re.
Gently took the place of the strikers al the
central Coal Company's shafts, NEAR Wier
City, Kansas now demand an increase of
SIX cents perton, yearly scale. and threaten
TO strike II the demand is refused
William Whaley, q colored man, who is
suspected OF having committed three MUIR
ders in the vicinity of Yellow Springs, o..
during the past month, was captured on
Thursday and taken to the Jail at Xenia.
preparations had been made to lynch him.
One OF the veteran official reporters of
the House remarked Friday that in his
long experience he had never before known
Congress wherein so many new mem.
bers had expressed their views, and espe.
clally upon question of such importance
as in the present one.
Treasury officials deem practicable a
proposed plan to speedily relieve the
NANNNy ShihhBNhNg W hNbHOIlLlIlR LllG issue
OF currency against tine seigniorage or
profit OIL the coinage of the silver bullion
IN the Treasury. This would add nearly
$50, 900, 900 TO the circulating medium.
Attorney-General 0lney has decided
that there is no power lodged in the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury or any other officer of
the government To extend the time for the
withdrawal of domestic whisky from
bonded warehouses, This is the last step
IN the movement to obtain relief for the
| distillers.
A delegation of Mississippi river steam
boat owners and cotton men ware in
Washington Friday, urging upon the
| Treasury Department liberal construction
| OF the laws concerning passenger steamers
hauling cotton on the Mississippi. Tho
stringent provisions concerning broken
bales, 1t was asserted, are diyerting the
traffic to the railroads.
The sealing schooner Viva, at Victoria
on Thursday, reported the seizure Of liz
Victoria sealers Ainoka and Minnie. and
two American sealcrs. by Russian man
of-war, for sealing within the zone pro-
teoted around Copper Island. The papers
Milne Ainokaa and Minnie were confisoatad
and they were ordered to proceed to Yoke.
hama for trial before the British consul or
admiralty court. 0'u' u