Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-12-28
IN GENERAL.

An electric railroad from Portland, Me-,
to Boston is being planned by New Eng
land capitalists.
Ex-Governor Alfred II. Littlefeld of
Rhode Island died at his home in Lincoln
on Thursday, aged % years.
Colonel William Clark Young, who died
in New York city, Friday, aged IS years,
was the oldest living West Point cadet.
A sleigh was struck by train at Hollis
Station, \. H.. Thursday night, and Mar.
Gus Lund, Miss Alma lund and Mis-.
Charles H. Lund were killed.
There is growing impression among
Senators. says a Washington dispatch,
that there will be no attempt to change
the rules, during this Congress at least.
Pleasant Hendricks, who lived near
Bococks Va, was murdered by four
masked men, supposed to be White Caps,
on Thursday night. Robbery is supposed
to have been the motive.
The boiler at the Alexander Lumber
mills, Knoxville Tenn, exploded Fri
day. James Whittle. Walter Corvees,
Louis Palmer and Sherwood Dupes were
killed. Three others were injured.
The Baltimore police have been unable
to locate Joseph DOngam. the Anarchist,
who, il is alleged, has been sending threat
ening letters to Vice-President Stevenson
and other public men in Washington.
The Rev. Z. j. Donahue, rector of the
Cathedral of Baltimore, has been APP
pointed bishop of Wheeling, w. Va,
made vacant by the promotion of Bishop
Kane to be coadjutor to the archbishop of
st. Louis.
The Secretary of the Navy Friday ac-
copied the cruiser Columbia in behalf Of
the United States government. The accept
ance is preliminary to the final trial of 48
H. l. .lnHa ia
four months.
Roanoke river, or the Norfolk & Carolina
railroad, caused the wreck of 20 empty
freight cars. The engineer, w. +. Barlow,
was killed, and the fireman and two brake
men injured.
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor, left St. Louis for the
east ON Thursday night. after an unsuc-
Cessful attempt to bring about settlement
of the differences between the brewers and
their employees.
The residence of Christopher Meyer at
| Maspeth, l.. l., was robbed by two masked
burglars early Friday morning. They
| intimidated Miss Meyer, who was alone in
the house, while they secured 5000 worth
of diamonds and $50 in money.
| Lewis A. Hill, paying teller of the st.
Nicholas Bank of New York, was arrested
at his hople in Newark, N. j., Friday
on bench warrant. 1t is alleged that
Hills accounts, SO far as they have been
examined, show shortage of So, 900
Hill was released OH $4,000 bail.
The Chinese and Mexican Commercial
Company, an organization composed oil
wealthy Chinese, is reported to have pur
chased tract of 600 acres in the State
of Sinaloa, Mexico, ON which it is pro
| hDgAd IN snftla mn thair ntp,, ~,
To each colonist will be allotted "a acres o.
land, for which he must ultimately pay.
The six-st0ry brick building in Boston
owned by the Wakefield Rattan Company
and occupied by the Boston Chair Manu-
featuring Company. NJ. W. Cain & Sons
furniture; G. W. Bent s. Co., dealers il
cushions, bedding &C.; John NJ. Woods
Co., lumber dealers, and the Standard
Wire Mattress Company, was burned Fri
day afternoon; loss about 100000.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
and tine Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Noun
Holly u Lancaster Railway Company tilet
a bill in equity at Lancaster, Friday
against the Pennsylvania Traction Com
pany, to prevent the latters electric rail
way from crossing the Pennsylvania rail
road at five points between that city ant
the Dauphin county line. A preliminar.
injunction was granted.
The anthracite coal sales agents met il
New York, Friday, but were unable l.
agree upon recommendation FOR the out
put in January. Another meeting will b
held next week. There has been seriou
cutting of prices during the past month
and the companies responsible for it wer
brought up with a round turn at yestel
days meeting, and they agreed to restor
the circular which ruled last month"
1t is stated by an official of the Unio
iron works that the new cruiser Olympi
had cost her builders 81, 800 above the cor
tract price, 81, 1860 up to the time sh
left port on her first trial trip, and tha
there still remains 100000 for the col
tractors to expend. 1t is estimated this
the cruisers speed in excess of contract r,
quirements will win a premium of abcu
s40O, 1000. so that there should in the end
a handsome profit.
Judge Mcpherson, at Harrisburg, FIR
day. decided the case of the Common
wealth VS.. the Northeastern Elevated Raj
way Company of Philadelphia Ia gu
warranto proceeding instituted by the a
torney-general to compel the forfeiture I
the charter of the company, in favor /
the Northeastern. The court decides thu
there is no cause for forfeiture and til,
the defendant has neither exercised nor
about to exercise any other corporal
power than rightfully belongs to it as a
} elevated passenger railway company
, Judgment is directed to be entered on I'll