Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-03-02
NEW CASTLE HAPPENINGS.
William B. Herbert to Come Home
on Visit This Summer.

Two Trustees of the Commons Elected
saturday Aftcrnoon-- Death of u Well
known Citizen.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
New CASTLE, Feb. 2T.--l'nited States
Consular Marshal William b. Herbert, of
Japan, will visit his native country and
his old Delaware home next summer. and
lie will have Il rousing reception on his
arrival in old New Castle.
Consul Herbert Is the eldest son Of ex.
State Treasurer William Herbert and the
brother of Mayor Frank Il. Herbert. lie
has been stationed at Yokohama and
kanandagua, Japan, for seven years,
during which time he has had only let
tcrs photographs, &C.. to sOothe all pangs
of inconsistencies. His duties have, at
times, been responsible ones, but his
ability as diplomat and an American
minister has been shown TO great adYant-
age.
one Of the most important cases with
which he was officially connected, Mt least
the most important one heard in this
country, was the case of Lieutenant j. IL.
Hetherington. u, $. ~, Of Wilmington,
for the murder of the young Englishman,
George Cover Robinson. His long stay
and association with the leading Japanese
governors and courtiers has made him
familiar with every class of Japanese
people. their mode of government and
their personal characteristics. .-.
Consul Herbert is u fne-looking man,
nearly six feet tall, but Of we'll
proportional build and easy carriage. Ills
face, like that of his fathers, was always
clean-shaven and it is said that he was the
image OF Hon. r. +. Bayard when the
latter was young man.
July LIST Consul Herbert will sail from
Yokohama for San Francisco With him
he will bring party of Japanese, dis
tlnguishcd III the present government, in-
cluding several leading japanese women.
Consul Herbert will take to Chicago all
but two or three members of this party to
arrange and take charge of the japanese
exhibit and to represent that Thriving
country at the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position. The remainder OF the party will
accompany Consul Herbert home and
spend :he entire time of his vacation ut
his old home here and at various summer
resorts in davis journey from here.
Henry i. Jordan, well-known Mason
and ex-s0dier, died at his home on South
street, on Saturday evening, after Z long
Illness with lung trouble Although he
had been assigned to the lightest employ
ment for the past year. that of night
Waterman at the New Castle wooden mills,
he became unable to leave the house be.
iOIc Wlhter SCI lN lie WAS bo years Oll
and leaves wife who is a helpless cripple,
having contracted recently the rheumatic
affection winch brought this about. Their
eldest daughter is Mrs Joseph ", Vantine.
Robert X. Morrison, an cX-Levy Court
man. a retired farmer and n trusted citizen,
and James NJ. Wise. Jr., "A well known
railroad man and local preacher OF the NJ.
~. Church, have been elected trustees of
the New Castle Common for life tenures.
This choice was made ON saturday in hot
contest which brought out 547 freeholdcrs
and renters to the polls. The election was
eminently satisfactory. There were three
judges and q clerk inside the window who
could not be trilled with. The Judges were
Edward Challenger, John H. Rodney and
John G. Mahoney, all members Of the
board of trustees; the clerk was John 4.
Connolly, member of the Board of Educa-
ton. They were not there to count i'm
any of the candidates and when they dis.
covered IL double tickets, ingcniouslv
folded together, all 81 Of the ballots were
unceremOniously thrown out. Thus the Il
wurld-be perpetrators of fraud Justly lost
their right to vote. Both of the new trris.
tees are men noted for honesty and fair
dealing, and are business men of expert
enCe and interested freeh llder5. They
will fill the vacancies in the board Of
trustees caused by the death of John
White and by the resignation Of George A.
Maxwell, who removed to Florida. Sat
urday's vote follows:
Robert X, Morrison. 2Ss
James NJ. Wise, Jr...................... Isl
Alexander McCaughn. .,...............20 1
Henry HOlschumaker. .................1a i
There were scattering votes for William
Newlove, John a. Walls. j. H. Rogers, c.
Holman and Julian ID. Janvier.