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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
ONE woMAN's REVENGE.
Cut Down the Dead Body of the Negro
Who Assaulted Her

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb 27,-The lynch
Ing at jellico Saturday night of the negro
Joe Payne for ravisling Miss Fannie Bell
Cecil was very tame affair, He confessed
the crime, and was swung up to the near
est tree without noise The mob pinned a
plaearl on his back vowing death to any
one who should disturb the body until 10
O'Clock Sunday. At that hour fully 5000
people had gathered from neighboring
towns. Miss Cecil who was not badly in
jured, sent word that She would take
pleasure in cutting down the body. Her
wishes We're granted, and with a sharp
knife she severed the rope and the body
fell to the ground She smiled as she cut
the rope. Her act was greeted with cheers
from the crowd. She lisa very handsome
young woman of Is, and of good family.
Len Tye, who ravshed Miss Bryant on the
same spot last December has been located
in West Virginia, and will be brought TO
Jcllieo in 4 day or two. He will be lynched
as soon AS he arrives. The negroes of that
locality are wrought up over the affair.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

New York. Feb 27.-The evangelical
ton of France was the theme discussed at
a meeting held yesterday in the Fifth
Presbyterian church. With Dr. Hall in
the pulpit We're Mr.. F. Necker, vice presi-
dent of the Evangelical society, OF Geneva,
and the Rev. L. J. Dupuy, pastor of the
Reformed Church of Paris. The sum of
$4,000 is needed by the four evangelical
societies of Europe now carrying ON erau-
grlical work among the French Catholics,
and this sum the societies hope TO raise
among the Protestants in America. Mr..
Dupuy said that today, after over sixty
years of work, there are only 100, 900
Protestants in France, and $1,000, GOO
Roman Catholics
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

and incidentally declared that the acts of
the Dnnsmore or Populist house had no
standing in law.
The anti-fusion Republicans and Demo
Gratis are at sea over the sudden and unex-
pected withdrawal of b. p. Waggener
from the senatorial race. The plans were
all laid to elect Waggener tomorrow, but
since he Withdrew without even giving
word of warning or notification they feel
very sore, and do not conceal it. Demo
Gratis and Republicans charge that Martin
has made n deal with representatives of
the Gould interests to secure Wuggener's
Withdrawal
A boom has been started for Colonel Ros-
sington, stalwart Democrat, for senator.
The Republican leaders say they can get
fonr or five Populist votes for him. This,
with solid Republican strength, willelect.
They also claim that the supreme court
decision knocking out the Popuhst house
also knocks out Martin, and that if all the
other acts of the alleged Popuiist house
are illegal Martin was not elected. There
fore, it will be easy to get several votes
from Populists for straight Democrat on
the ground that the other election was
Illegal.
The Populists agreed to respect the
supreme court decision and marched into
the Republican representative hall this
afternoon and took their seats in the Re-
publican house.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
Big Bridge builders Fan.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27.-Owing to the
general depression in the iron trade and TO
tmbarrassments caused by other recent
business troubles in the same line Cosrode
Il Saylor, incorporated, widely known
bridge building establishment, whose
works are at Pottstown, and their general
offices at 237 South Front street, this city,
on Saturday went into receiverslip.
William +. Harrity and Joseph IL. Cofrode
were appointed receivers. j. +. Bailey ,&
Sons, iron and steel commission merchants,
were also forced to suspend. 1t is believed
that the Cofrode s. Sayior failure will also
carry down the Reading Rolling Mill COM
many
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
Fire Fighters Seriously Injured.

ST. PAUL, Feb. 27-Fire broke out in
the Minnesota Shoe company's building,
operated by G. Gotzian & Co., corner of
Rosabel and Fifth streets, and in spite of
the prompt and vigorous work of the
whole fire department was almost en-
tirely destroyed, together with an uEoc-
cupied building adjoining. During the
progress Of the conhagration "A fire escape
was knocked down by a falling cornice
and three firemen were injured Iieuten
ant Felix J. O'Neill was so seriously in
jured shout the base of the spine that it is
feared that he cannot survive. Lieuten-
ant Ed. Hines fell upon his ankle and
sprained it. Gilbert Gill, second pipe
man, broke his leg and was seriously
burned.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

INptA&APeLls Ind, Feb, 2T--Mrs Alice
Atkinson, of Converse, Ind, was fined $40
by Judge Baker of the federal court for
alleged violation of the postal laws. 1t is
said that she mailed copies of u pamphlet
entitled Her Flower on which was
written the words Nv no killed old Wana-
MAKER Hazen, Holden and Lasheg L
helped, said little Flower Journal" The
words are said to reflect on the characters
of John WanamalNer, postmaster general;
A. II. Ha1en, third assistant postmaster
general; George Holden, chief Inspector
and A l.. Lashe, postmaster at Converse.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
To Leaye tho Federation.

ST. Louis, Feb, 81. : The Brewery
Workers National union is about to leave
the American Federation of Labor 1t is
composed Of seventy-fve local unions and
has about H. 600 members. The proposed
secession from the federation originated
about six months ago in Cleveland, and
has been conducted with secrecy. 1t is in
line, so the knights of Labor people say
with the general growth of sentiment in
favor of the knights. The question is ex-
pected to come up for final decision at
the next convention of the Brewers Ma
tional union
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

BRUSSELS, Feb 27-'Fhs office for affairs
of the Congo state has received dispatches
to the effect that Commander D'IIanis
has defeated a horde of Arab slave traders
under Tippoo Tibsson, and has captured
300 prisoners and 600 rifles. The fight took
place near Sefu, on the Lomanni river
During recent .skirmishes between the
Europeans and the Arabs NJ. Lippens for.
merly u resident of kasonso, and Lieu
tenant De Bruin were killed. Lieutenant
Chnitin routed the Arabs at Yadunba and
freed the slaves when on the verge of star
walton. Captain Jacques reports that the
Arabs are constantly importing the most
improved firearms.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

AsBURY PARK, N. j., Feb. 27-Mrs. Har-
ris the mother of Carlyle W. Harris, came
to this place to procure evidence in favor
of her sons application for a new trial
Mrs. Harris went to the home of Mr. Lef-
ferson, who in 1890 ran a pharmacy near
the beach When questioned whether he
had sold morphine to Helen Potts, Mr.
Jefferson said he had often sold it to her
dnring that season. Mrs. Harris then
visited several lawyers, but they refused
to take Letferson's aflitlavits She then
went to Jersey City, where the druggists
allidavts were prepared and sworn to.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
Commissioner Marsden,s warning.

CHICAGO, Feb. CIV. G. Wilde, one of
the Hawaiian commissioners, left for San
francisco Saturday night. l.. A. Thurs
ton returns to Washington, where he re-
mains until the new administration takes
Hnal action on the matter of annexation.
DIR. Marsden loft for Hawaii yesterday.
Mr. Marsdcn said "If tho Democrats fail
to take speedy action toward annexing the
Hawaiian Islands it will he the last chance
the United States will ever have to get
them. England is playing smart diplo-
natic game. She knows that to enter
protest would precipitate annexation at
Dnce, but England stands ready TO act at
hnnmenE' q NOTING y
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

TRENTON, Feb. 27--Some of the leading
Catholic clersymon here are opposed to
the proposed bill providing for the turning
over of the parochial school property to
the state in return for an appropriation
They hold that nothing substantial could
be gained by the scheme. The appearance
of such bill in the legislature will be q
signal for an agitation greater than any
that has shaken the state in years, as
Protestants generally would he against it.
Impassioned editorials in opposition to the
project have already appeared in news
DADprg
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
A Prominent rinancier Dend.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2T.- Francis Osmond
French, president of the Manhattan Trust
company, died yesterday afternoon at his
cottage at Tuxedo, aged 50. His father
was benjamin Brown French, who was
clerk of the United States house of repre-
sentatiyes in iS4541 and commissioner OF
public buildings under Lincoln. MIR.
French was graduate of Harvard and
was admitted to the bar in 1860. In 1868
he was deputy collector in Boston, and
subsequently entered the banking house of
Jay Cooke & Co In 1874 he secured con-
troll Of the FiIs$ National bank, of New
York and engineered the funding opera
tions of United States loans
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
Killed Her Two sisters.

ATLANTA, Ca, Feb. 2T.-On Saturday
Miss Julia Force 3S years old member
of a family of the highest social standing,
shot and killed her two sisters, Florence,
30 years old, and Minnie, 25 years old, at
the home of their BROTHER a. W. Force
Julia had quarrelcd with her sisters over
family matters and the differences doubt
less unhiuged her mind, which had not
been quite right for several months, and
prompted the fearful deed. The murderess
surrendered
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

LAUREL, Del, Feb. - Intelligence from
Langer Sound, the disputed eystering
beds of the Chesapeake, shows that the
pust week has been II memorable cone. -Four
boats We're wrecked, the Maggie Smith,
Thomas Messick, Benjamin Harrison and
George Thomas, and seven oystermen,
Hurry Smith, Benjamin Walker, Martin
Nandyke, of Philadelphia and Howard
Clendanil and Charles Hammersly, of New
York, and two unknown dredgers were
drowned
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

J NEW YORK, Feb. 27-Funeral services
over the body of Rufus Hatch were held
yesterday at his late home at Spuyten
Duyyil. Many friends of the dead finan-
0ier who knew him when he was a power
On Wall street attended the services The
Rev. DIR. Jacob Shipman, rector of Christ
church, Seventy second street and the
Boulevard, assisted by the Rev. George
Natrass, of Kings Bridge, conducted the
services according to the Protestant Epis-
copal ritual. The interment took place in
Woodluwn cemetery.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
THE DYING CONGRESS.
Much Work to be Crowded Into
the Few Days Remaining.
70 RUSH APPROPRIATION BILLS.

IN Evident Determination to Prevent
Executive Sessions of the Senate VIII
shclve tho Hawaiian Annexation Treaty
Until the Opening of the Next Congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. - The closing
week of the Fifty second congress will be
characterized by rush of legislation that
has seldom been equaled. As there is not
time enough for all the many public and
private measures near completion to pass,
they must antagoniZe each other, and OPP
posed to them all in both houses will stand
the appropriation committees, urging i'm
mk.liate action upon the great measures
In their charge. The present condition of
these bills is az follows: The fortillcations
biiffs law; the army bill is before the
president for signature; the military
academy and District of Columbia bills
are in conferences; the sundry civil the
diplomatic and consular and the legis-
lative bills have passed both houses but
have not reached the conference stage; the
pension bill has passed the house and has
been reported to the senate, and the naval,
agricultural, postotlice and deficiency bills
are awaiting action at the hands of the
senate committee on appropriations.
In the senate the naval bill will probably
come up this afternoon. The agricultural
and post Office bills are expected to be re-
ported by tomorrow, and the deficiency
bill about the middle of the week. They
will be taken mp for action fast as re-
ported, Meantime consideration of these
bills and of other pending measures will
be suspended from time to time to allow
the disposition of conference reports.
In this condition of affairs matters OF
general legislation can hardly receive
much attention, but if opportunity offers
fni,T Jnr t.-iI 10, nlI
revised Mciarrahan bill Mr.. Carey may
make another effort to secure considera-
tion for his omnibus statehood bill, and
Senator Blackburn will probably strive to
secure the passage of the New York and
New Jersey bridge bill as it came from the
house.
No Further Executive Sessions.
There seems to be a set purpose to pre-
vent any further executive session of the
senate, If possible. This will serve a three
fold purpose-defeat action ON the nomi-
nation of Judge Hanchet prevent recon
sideration Of the vote by which the nomi-
nation of ex-Congressman Findlay, of
Maryland, as Chilean arbitrator was re-
jected and shelve the Hawaiian treaty of
annexation for this session.
In the house advantage will be taken of
the rule permitting action during the last
six days of session under suspension of
the rules TO rush forward business of an
urgent nature. A number of measures of
comparatively little interest may be thus
passed. but the indications are that it will
be necessary to give most of the time TO
the appropriation bills. Unless an amicable
understanding can be privately reached
with reference to the course to be taken
with the Sherman bond amendment to the
sundry civil bill it Is probable that it will
ba ro1n Eihn pf tbp mil IN
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

LAKEWOOD, N. j., Feb a7.-Mr. CIeve-
land passed quiet Sunday, with Mr..
Carlisle as his only gnest. In the after.
noon Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland and Mr.
Carlisle took drive through the Lake
wood pines. Mr.. Carlisle left for WASH
ington this morning. Mr.. Cleveland said
last evening that he was not ready to an
nounce what day he will go to Washing
ton or who will accompany him. The trip
will be made as quietly and with as little
ostentation as possible.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

VALPARAISO, Ind, Feb 27.LIn sinking
well at the farm of Morris Bidder, ut Win
field Station, a layer of blue clay and slate
Hike rock was struck at depth of ten feet
On examination the rock was found to be
full of n crystalized substance. Samples
were submitted to an expert, who pro-
nounced il chrome iron ore and silver. The
ore contains 80 per cent of pure silver, The
well digsers passed through layer of this
metal about ten feet thick.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

COALITION, o., Feb 21-An accident oc-
CURED in the Tom Corwn coal mines
here, by which three men lost their lives.
Sam Brown, his son Sidney, aged II, and
George Brown were being hoisted to the
top il the cage. When near the surface
the cage tipped and the three men were
hurled to the bottom of the shaft. Il dis
tance of 125 feet. All were instantly
killed. Two other men coming up at the
time escaped death BY clinging to the bars
of the c1I,e
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nnner and r1nnld Sentenced.

PIrTsRtRG, Feb. 81. The anarchists
Bauer and knold We're sentenced TO five
years each in the Western penitentiary,
one year thereof being-on he chage af con-
spiracy and melting Homestead workers to
riot by circulating inllammatory dodgers
and the other four for being accessory to
the attempt on the life of IL. G. Frick. A
number of Daqnesne rioters were given
several months each in tho workhouse.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

NEW York, Feb 27-The officers of the
Press club yesterday gave press view of
the interior of the Grand Central Palace
where the great Press club fair and bazaar
is to be held during the month of May
The new building is said to be the largest
exhibition hall outside of the Chicago
fair grounds. Over 2o0.00o square feet of
exhibition surface is to be occupied by the
Press club fair, which is designed to be
the largest exhibit of its kind in the
United States
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. ~ Recovering
consciousness for a few minutes, Mrs
Lena Bender, who was so brutaily hacked
with hatchet on Friday, gave II brief ac-
count of the attack. She said Henry Hill
debrand, who is in jail for the crime, was
the only person in the house when she
started for the cellar. She went down and
was kneeling before a sink to get bottle
of catsup for liildebrand. She saw him
approach her, but didn't know what he
struck her with. She only felt the first
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
nackay,s As,a,iant Recovering.

SAN Francisco, Feb. 27.-Wesley C.
Rippey, who tried to kill John W. Mackay.
is disappointing the doctors, who pre-
dicted al first that be could not live. He
seems to be gaining rather than losing
strength. In regard to the shooting he
said; Il lad been laying for Maekay for
about month, because l regarded him as
the cause of all my losses | am not sorry
that l shot at him, but that | made u bud
business of it,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

HoT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb. 27.-Consider-
able excitement has prevailed in this city
during the last few days over the bold
work of three notorious "bunco" men 1t
is believed their operations netted them
100000. The men operated in small cot
tage in the vicinity of the big hotels The
leader of the gang" represented himself
to be an agent OF a we'll known press asso-
citation, and was known as H. d. Hazard.
HIS pals" were men named Leak and
Winthrow. the former being known to all
detectives as notorious confidence man,
while the latteris equally well known as a
"stool pigeon -
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
Sued for Breach of Promise.

LONG BRANCH, n. j., Feb. 27.-Miss
Christina Fiordland, through her counsel
lor, has begun "A suit for 81, ,0ao damages for
breach of promise against Otto Fangoin,
n wealthy eNprcssmun of this place. Van
goin, Miss Fiordland says, has broken his
engagement with her and is about to
marry a n Hortense katz, niece of
Judge GoldIugle, of New York The case
will be tried in May at Freehold
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
A Chll,l's Terrible Crime.

CnLIINGwoep, Ont, Feb y Jennie
Wench, n l6 year-old girl, murdered her
mother and cousin, a bog years old, in u
shantl in which they lived near Craig
leith. The girl used an axe, and the bodies
of her victims We're horribly mutilated
Jcnnie's brothsS says his sister wanted her
mother ont of the way SO that she could
marry her lover. The girl has not yet been
nI.rnaIl.ll
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n1en lI.e Ton of Hts uend on.

CLAGKs0S, Ga, Feb. 27.-John Jolly,
one of the most prominent farmers in this
section, committed suicide by shooting.
He walked out into his orchard, put the
nnizzle of gun to his month, pulled the
trigger with his toe and blew oil the top of
his head Some time ago his son was sent
to the penitentary, and il is supposed that
he had been brooding over it
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

J WAsIlHGToN, Feb. 26-Special Agent
Aver has submitted another report to the
treasury department on the development
of the tin plate industry for the quarter
ending Dec 81, 1852 The report shows
that during that period thirty-two firms
produced 1876, ,49l pounds of tin and
Eerne nlniea nrnnpr
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a wntehman,s r.,tnl sleen.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb. 27.-The de-
struetion of the planning mill of the Com
mercial Llmber company, Mt FELTON,, Ga,
entailng a loss of Sl5O,0U0, was due to the
falling a sleep of Night Waterman James
Berry He was in the shayings room and
spark from the furnace caught in the
shayings Berryss arms and legs were COM
pletely burned off, leaving only the charred
trunk
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Fob. 2T-Charley
Tom, we'll known Celestial, was arrested
here last night on the charge of arson. He
was caught in the act of setting fire to the
laundry of Wah Lee, another Chinaman, of
whom he was Jealous. He had saturated
the place with kerosene oil, and was also
destroying the accounts in Lees day book
when the police caught him.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

BETHLEHEM, Pa, Feb. 27.@The Beth
lehem Iron company's officials have re-
ceived notice that the contract has been
awarded them Tor over &, Coz, 800 worth of
heavy armoI plate. This will give work for
five years to the Bethlehem Iron COM
pany's employees
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
Desnopscncv o,,, snio,d.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 81 = Albert L.
llonce, aged 81 years, residing at 1903
Wallace street, committed suicide by
hanging himself to his bcdpost Mr..
Hance met with business reyerses and re-
Gently lost his wife, and these two reasons
are assigned for his suicide Mr.. Hance
was formerly in the tobacco business at
Eighth and Chestnut streets
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

ROME, Feb. 27.-The pope is much better
of his cold, and yesterday said mass in his
private chapel. Somewhat later he re-
ceiyed Count Reyertera-Saladra, Austrian
ambassador, who presented to him letter
of congratulation from Emperor Francis
Joseph and several gifts, one of them an
ivory erueiflx set with large diamonds In
the afternoon the pope received the Scot
tisl pilgrims
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. 27.-rwo Italians
Mere struck by passenger train on the
Pennsylvania railroad near Christiana yes
terday. One was killed and the other seri-
pusly injured. Patrick Mcdonald was
struck by a passenger train ut Gunewago
Saturday night and fatally hurt.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
.pnssengers, Narrow Escrns.

UTICA, Feb. 27.-Two passenger coaches
attached to u train on the New York, On
tario and Western railroad on Saturday
jumped the track near Valley Mills, seven
miles south Of Oneida, ami rolled down an
embankment thirty or forty feet high
There were fifteen passengers in the
coaches, several of whom were bruised and
cut, but none seriously
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
Killed by Coal Gas.

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-Three men occupying
room in Mrs. Anna Olsen's boarding
house were overcome by gas from "A coal
stove. Bernard Lorenzen died before med
ical aid could be summoned. John Thonp-
son and Luther Thompson were restored
to partial consciousness, but both will
probably die The men were quarry la
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27
Killed by n Fall of Rock.

SHENANDOAH, Pa, Feb 23.-James
Griffith aged So years, employed as a
miner at the Shenandoah City colIiery,
was instantly killed by fall of top rock
He was employed in the east gangway and
was mining coal at the time the accident
occurred His body was not recovered until
midnight
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-27

LAKEWOOD n. j., Feb. 91. Several hun
hred persons visited Jim Hall at his train
ing quarters yesterday. Hall is getting
ready for his trip to New Orleans. Iia
Says that he is in better condition now
than hs has ever been before