Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07

Isaac G. Gordon, ex-chief justice of the
supreme court OF Pennsylvania, died on
Monday at Brookville, Pa, aged 70 years.
W. H. Smyth, who shot and killed him
self in Denver, on Sunday, is said 70 nave
been a son of Recorder Smyth of New
York city.
Colonel Jerome Bonaparte, grandnephew
of Napoleon /, died. Sunday night, at his
summer home at Pride's Crossing, Mass,
aged 63 years.
Peter McCovey of Chicago, was shot and
instantly killed in his room BY burglar,
Sunday morning. Thomas Higgins was
arrested and confessed the crime.
Monday was ''New York Day at the
Worlds Fair. Special exercises were held
at the State Building, aud addresses were
made by Chauncey NJ. Depew and Cover
nor Flower,
The trial of the three men charged by
the Westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
| turing Company with conspiracy TO steal
papers and designs, was begun in Pitts
burg Monday.
Claus Spreckels is coming east. He said
! in San Francisco Monday that he in
| tends to do all he can against Hawaiian
annexation. He is in favor Of a .protec-
torate which might ultimately lead to an
nexation.
President Cleveland Monday promised
4
| anniversary of the laying of the corner
stone of the United States Capitol Building
on Monday, September 18th, and to make
an address.
Frank G. AppIey rowed into the harbor,
at Chicago on Sunday, having completed
an almost continuous journey by water
from Pawtucket, X. L. He made the trip
in an aluminium racing shell, weighing
but 25 pounds.
The ways and means committee Mon
day began the tariff hearings. Represen.
tatives of Bermuda farmers made an argu'
ment for change in the duty and com
mission man from New York advocated d
lower tariff on white or Malaga grapes.
The Secretary OF the Interior has re-
ceived a letter from Alfred II. Love. presi-
dent of the Universal Peace Union, at
Philadelphia, asking him to prevent, if hs
can, the execution of the two Choetaw!
sentenced to be shot on the Sth instant
The first annual parade of the knight;
of Pythias of New Jersey was held a
Freehold Monday. At least 1000 mem
bers Of the uniformed rank were in line
Lodges from all sections of the State ant
from New York and Pennsylvania wer'
in attendance.
: A Cincinnati dispatch says it is now be
lieved that the total deaths from the Avon
dale electric car accident, Sunday night
will not exceed five. Another electric ca
in Cincinnati became unmanageable on
hill Monday and collided with anothe
. car. Three persons were injured.
A freight and accommodation trail
: broke through bridge near Streator III,
, Saturday night, and the wreck caught mr.
i, from stove. Two unknown tramps wer
i killed andten passengers were injured, on
. of them being severely burned. A brake
d man is believed TO have received fatal in
juries.
Commissioner Francis Nolan of Brook
lyn, N. Y, while on the way to Chicag'
with party of friends, was fatally injure
/ near Erie, Pa, Sunday night, by walkin
off the train in his sleep. He was foun
an hour later in his night clothes, still
Q breathing, but his friends did not mi;
= him until they reached Cleveland.
A cabinet officer, says Washington di'
!. patch, is authority for the statement tha
= the administration at this time is prepa
7, ing no currency measure to be presente
Y to Congress. 1t is interested only in u
= passage OF the Repeal bill now before IL
), Senate. After that measure is passed it
!, said that general measure to carry OF
Y the Democratic platform, as to cnrrenc
', !, relief. will be considered.
y The bodies of two women were foun
' under lot of hay il the barn of Pal
b Holiday, at Burlington, N Il, sever
n eight bullet wounds. The names of Il
s dead women are unknown, but IT
1 thought they were summer boarders. Pal
~ Holiday has been missing since the earl
y part of last week, and it is suspected thi
i. his wife has killed him, as well as the Nv
women. She is under arrest.
70 William Barrett, dairy farmer ne;
W Long Island City, Monday, shot nj
Or killed John Egan, 10 years old, and pro
% ably fatally wounded David Crawford,
ID years old. He claims a crowd of DO!
ID were annoying him and that he fired Dol
barrels Of shotgun into the air
brighten them away and had no intentie
10 of shooting any of them. Spectators q
n. clare that he fired deliberately into Il
o crowd of boys. Barrett narrowly escap'
lynchipg.