Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27
IN GENERAL.

Rear Admlrnl Melancthon Smltn, bnlteu
States navy. died last week at Green Bay, |
Wis, aged SO years.
A hal storm which passed over East
Hartford, Conn.,, Tuesday week, destroyed
the forward tobacco chop.
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, In
dependent Order Of Good 1emplars at
West Chester yesterday week, elected T., X.
Stubs of Oxford, Grand Chief Templar.
More than 20 citizens of Spokane, Wash
ington, including the mayor and the presl-
dents Of several banks, have signed resoin-
tons urging the repeal OF the Sherman
silver law.
General Mariana Esco clio, the con-
queror of Macmillan, and the greatest
living general Of Mexico, is dangerously
i'll of pleurisy. His physicians believe he
cannot recover.
II was reported at LeaYenworth, Kansas,
Thursday that 900 c0lored men were on
the way from Birmingham, Ala, to take
the places OF the striking coal miners at
Pittsburg, Kansss.
Charles 4. Duefr of Dayton, Ohio, while
returnins to his home from party, with
his wife aud children, Wednesday week,
was waylaic and killed by three men. The
murderers escaped.
Joseph d. Newlin, hardware merchant
of Asbury Park, N. j., Thursday, accident
ally shot and probably fatally wounded
his father. David T. Newlin, a retired mer-
chant Of Philadelphia.
The house of John Ulrich at Cincinnati,
| o., was destroyed last week by fire. started
| by the explosion of gasolene stove. MIR.
child we're severely injured.
General John G. Walker, who was a
captain OF cavalry in the regular army be.
| fore the war, but who afterwards joined
| the Confederate forces, died in Washing
ton Thursday, aged 10 years.
The Associated Banks of Little Rock,
Ark, last week adopted resolutions favor
ing the repeal of the purchasing clause of
the Sherman silver law. The Little Rock
Commercial League did likewise.
A,Denver dispatch says that there are
10000 men in that city out of work in con-
sequence of the closing down of the smelt'
ers, silver mines, &C., and that there are
10000 more in other cities of the State.
The total number of pensioners dropped
from the rolls since March 4th, 1903, was
245, and the total number of pensioners
suspended since March 4th, pending fur
Their Investigation Of their cases, was $3.50
1t is now said that the failure OF ]. NJ
Hagins. the Chicago banker, was due, no
to the Columbian National Bank suspen
sion or thttightness of the money market
but the ethbezzement of S66,0O0 by his
manager. y
The rpbberies recently perpetrated oil
the MeRican Central railway amounted Il
so. 900, consisting chiefly of jewelry. Tn
two robbers captured have confessed th
, crime, and mudh Of the plumber has beel
recovered.
Mrs. Nphcy Taylor had her brains beate
out withnn axe while sleeping beside he
babe in llublih Va, Tuesday week. He
! husband, who had frequently quarrelle
with heriand threatened to kill her, wa
sent to jail.
About 500 coal miners in the Sawmi
Run district in Western Pennsylvani,
!. struck Thursday, owing to the demand {
!, the operators that the men load the slac
. coal in the mine, work for which they n
ceive no pay.
The business portion of the town {
Even, Mimi, was entirely destroye
a Thursday by fire, which is believed to ha,
4 been started by an incendiary. One ma
q has been arrested for the crime. The 10
: is about $25O,O00.
Charles Martin, a negro, was shot an
q fatally wounded last week at Braden, Ten
|, by posse who were searching for negi
e who had assaulted three women. MART
n was ordered to halt, and because he r
h fused was shot in the back.
a The striking Kansas coal miners propos
with the assistance of the Populist Sta
officers, 20 attack the operators in II
courts. alleging that the coal compani
have formed trust or combine to Ike,
- wages down and to fix the price of coal.
y ]. b. X. Plan, n wealthy lumber nut
- chant of Washington, ID. O., while sufft
:, ing from hallucinRtion Wednesday wee
climbed to the roof of his house and ma
A q running jump into the street. apparent
- Under the belief that he was diving into
IISs pool of water. Death was instantaneous
ss A car Of haptha exploded Thursday
ternoon in the sweat band factory of ].
IN Campbell Brooklyn, killing four perso
Ia j. D. Campbell, Samuel X. Campbe
nj his son, John Weiss, 25 years old, a
or Jacob Weiss. Matthew Deerlng was bad
mr. injured. The building was complete
" wrecked.
Fourteen of the Freeholders of Paterso
n. j., were Indicted last week for fraud
en- connection with the purchase Of the n,
of county court house site; several other o.
les cials were charged with conspiracy a
lis fraud, and two of the Freeholders w
en- also indicted for conspiracy and bribei
ey The accused we're held for trial.
les A dispatch from Port Townsend Wa.
ington, says that 1t is now known that [
story Of the United States steamer MohiC
having fired at the sealing poacher All
on andria, and being disabled by return ii
of is canard pure and simple. The ste
ks was started by correspondents of Seat
on papers, who practically admit that tn,
ng was no foundation for it.
Ias Patrick Gallagher. who is serving tie
he in the Western Penitentiary for his c.
nection with the Homestead poisoni
CAGES, Thursday sent for District Attorr
Burleigh and declared under oath that
an statement regarding tile innocence
av Dempsey and Beatty was false in eY
~ particular, and that he, Dempsey, Bea
H., and Davidson are guilty as indicted.
az X. w. Little. cashier of the First
- tional Bank Of Kansas City, Mo-, shot 1
ar. killed BENJAMIN y. Johnsoa, a Promin
" week. After Johnson fell dead ON
ue' sidewalk, Little jumped upon the b.
and beat it about the head with the but
Tas his revolver. Little is in Jail. II is s
lch the men had quarreled about woman
at Four hundred hands, half the force
the Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
ad- turing Company's works, at Newark,
ide j.. were laid of last week. One of
the officials said they would be taken back
few days. II is said that the compa
md intends consolidating all its works at b
my ton, in the outskirts of Plttsburg, and :
and soon the Newark plant is to be remove,
,m- that place. t
Notices we're posted in the Jefferson
of Mamasko bag mills, at Manchester, \
ind Hampshire. Tuesday week, that those n
am would be closed until August LIST. 4
ter move was taken OH account of the
600. water at present in the river. When
dis Am0skeag mills close down, on Aug
seds LIST, these mills, which are owned by
tinp same corporation, will resume, SO tina
-eeR no time will all the Amoskeag mill,
Ting closed ~ the same ume.
ing The dam being built by the Canadi
on the 81. Lawrence river, oppo