Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-20


York, failed Wednesday, owing 100000.
The assets aggregate $4,000.
A Pittsburg dispatch says that every
plate glass factory in the United States is
closed indefinitely. Fully 10000 men are
idle.
The Charles Parker Company of Meriden,
Conn, has shut down its works indefinitely,
thus throwing about 1000 employees out of
work.
Two men were killed, two fatally injured
and two badly hurt by an explosion Of gas
in the Pettebone colliery at Wyoming, Pa,
Wednesday.
octavia Allen, who at different times was
leading lady for Booth, Barrett and other
famous actors, died Tuesday week, at Fort
Lee, N. ", aged 5S.
The conductors, baggage masters and
brakesmen on the Providence division of
the New York, New Haven Il Hartford
| railroad have received an increase of salary.
Between April LIST and July LIST the num-
Der of original pension certificates issued
by the pension bureau was l7,044. of which
II, 297 were under the Dependent Pension
act.
OF the 4,50o,oo0 ounces of silver required
to be purchased by the Treasury Depart
ment this month, under the Sherman law,
only $4,000 ounces have thus far been
bought.
| Ceunty Treasurer James X. Armstrong
i of Upton, Ind. is said to be $50, 900 short
/ in his accounts, The deputy treasurer,
Cal Armstrong, was Thursday reported
missing,
The Chamber of Commerce of Boston,
| Wednesday. unanimously resolved to petit
| ton Congress for the immediate and unI
conditional repeal of the Sherman Silver
| Purchase act.
The body of a murdered man, found in
| field near Campbellstown, Lebanon
county, Pa, has been identified as that of
tramp whose name is supposed to have
been Shaeffer.
Postmaster General Bissell has decided
to abandon the three sizes of postal cards
nowin use and to substitute one size for
both single and reply cards. This will be
81 and 81 inches.
Mrs. Kate Fecht, victim of the tornado
at Pomeroy, Ia, died Tuesday week. There
are six or seven other victims likely to die.
There is crying need for food. the supply
being exhausted. with the exception of a
few uncooked hams.
The body found few days since on
Metompkin Beach, Va, has been identi-
fled as That Of Cicero Harrison Case. who
was lost from the steamer Guyandotte, on
the way from Richmond to New York.
The body had been robbed.
The police of Milwaukee, Wis, Wednes-
day, arrested Frank Blunt" FOR grand
larceny, when IL was learned that Frank"
was woman, giving her name as Annie
Morris, who bad worn male attire for l5
years, and passed through rough and
varied experience.
William Steinway of New York. has re-
ceived from Emperor William of Germany
the insignia of the Order of the Red Eagle
OF the third class, carrying with it the
honor Of knighthood, THE first order of
the kind ever sent to an American citizen
from the Fatherland."
Judge Pryor, in New York, Wednesday,
refused Alexander Pollock new trial of
the action in which Ellen Pollock, his
former servant girl and subsequent wife
of his son Edward, recovered verdict of
S37, 500 against him for alternating the
affections of her husband.
Three hundred drivers in the street
cleaning department of New York city
struck Thursday because they were
blocked" for the Fourth of July. Later
in the day it was announced that the full
days pay would be allowed and the
drivers went back to work.
The total values of exports of domestic
breadstuffs from the United States during
1892, sl6,44s, 977; during the II months
, ended June 3Oth, 1893, S1sS, ,922. and
during the corresponding period of the
preceding year s2SS, 925, 600
,, A Pottsville dispatch saws that the Read
ing Coal and Iron Company Thursday
issued orders closing down for the rest Of
! the week AZ of their collieries. This is don't
on account of lack of orders, and the four
day plan Of working will probably be con
. tinued until trade brightens.
Word was received at the signal office
Norfolk, Va, Thursday, that the British
brig Darma had anchored off the quaran
! tine station, 80 miles east of Hampton
: Roads. reporting that her captain hat
died of yellow fever, with which diseas,
three of her crew are suffering.
= The Big Four railroad announced
! Thursday that on and after Saturday it will
makerates to Chicago of one fare for tn
round trip from every point on its system
Tickets at this rate will be good every da,
! and on any regular or special passenge
i train. Every competing line will NEE
= this rate,
4 II was learned at the Delaware Break
: water Thursday that Captain Elliott, of tn
y British schooner Mystery now quaran
!. tined there, and one of his crew contractei
yellow fever at Pernambuco and died a
. Natal. where they were buried, and tina
= one man died May 2Sth on the passage Il
I the Breakwater and was buried at sea
J The vessel will be fumigated with sulphu
Z and will probably be released the first 0
y next week.
The firm of Jones & Laughlin of Pitts
4 burg have signed the Amalgamated Assc
!. citation steel scale, the workmen conoedin
i. reduction Of from 3 to 10 per cent. Th
. firm wanted cut of from 10 to 20 pc
y cent. The iron scale was signed last week
q and the company's extensive plant, EN-
y ploying 5000 men, will resume in fey
days. The iron scale has also been signe
by the Findlay [ohio) Rolling Mill Com
/ !, pany, employing 500 men. So far 10 West
y ern firms have signed the scale.
q Commissioner Lockran Thursday ordere
It that hereafter, in making calls upon tn
l. War and Navy Departments for informa
i. tion regarding the service of applicant
Ie for pensions under the act of June 9th
" 1890. request shall be made for ful
.e military and medical history of the soldier
Y, This new. order shows purpose on th
e part of the pension officials to make
" more searching inquiry than formerly int
e the causes of the applicants disability
al and ascertain from official sources whethe
e it may not have resulted from his ow
vicious habits,