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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16
OFFICER GAINoR BBsIGSs,
Ho Had Been Charged with Drunken
ness and Was Unwilling to Face tn

Ho Had Been Charged with Drunken
ness and Was Unwilling to Face the
Music.
Police Officer William j. Gainor
handed. in his resignation to Chief of
Police Dolan, yesterday, and it was
accepted, to take effect to-day. Gsinor
was member of the force under the
old commission and was reappointed
when the new commission came into
power.
When asked for the reason assigned
for Gainor's action, yesterday, Chief
Dolan stated that charge of drunken
ness had been preferred against the
officer by one of his superior officers.
Rather than face the music Gainor
handed in his resignation.
Gainor was witness in municipal
court, Tuesday, against William Macy,
notorious colored character, whom
Gainor chased into house ON Lord
street and arrested without warrant.
He dubbed Macy into submission.
Judge Ball told Gainor he had no right
to enter the house without warrant
and dismissed Macy.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16
AFTER Af,KANE.
The Gravesend Boss VIII be Prosecuted
With Yigor for His Grand RascaIity.

Win NlEOF Ofauu IhahCblltys
New YoRK, Nov. 13.-It is hard to sec
now how Governor Flower will manage tc
avoid taking summary action in the case
of John Y. McKane;and his allies of thu
Brooklyn ring. An immense Indignation
meeting filled Brooklyn Academy of MusiC
tonight to demand that he take cognizance
of the case and of the ineffieiency and nm.
reliability of the district attorneys office
to cope with the emergency Jane:
Mcmahon. president of the Emigrant Sav.
ings Bank, presided. Addresses were made
by Senator Saxton, Rev. DR.. Richard s.
Storrs of the Church of the Pilgrims, st
Clair McKelway, editor of the Eagle, and
William j. Gaynor, judge elect of the
supreme court. A committee of % was
appointed of leading citizens to conduct
the prosecution of the alleged criminal
who violated the law on election day.
The Rev. DIR. Robert J. Kent of tha
Lewis Avenue Congregational Church,
who was knocked down and severely in
jured ut Gravesend on election day becaust
he volunteered to watch the voting, wa,
also present. The public spirit of Brooklyn
is sthoroughly aroused, and troublesome
time Is ahead for all concerned in the out
RACES perpetrated on the franchise.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16

The committee on entertainment OF
the Sons of Delaware of Philadelphia,
call the members for Saturday evening,
November 18th, at the club house, No.
1926 Walnut street. There will be short
talks by W. Joseph Hearn. NJ. D.,
"Broadkill;" A. O. Deakyne, NJ. D., Gap
poquinimink;" w. Horace Hepburn and
Hood Gilpin, Esqs., delaware at
Large" Members may bring friends.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16

Four-years-old Arthur Duncan was
watching his father unhitch ii horse at
his home, at Cedar and Wright streets,
Tuesday afternoon, when the animal
kicked the lad on the top of the head,
producing compound fracture of the
skull DR.. Joseph p. Pyle was called
and dressed the little fellows injuries.
He was rendered unconscious by the
terrible injury and may not recover.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16

Thomas Cox of Philadelphia was per-
haps fatally injured while at work on
the barge Brady at st, Georges Tues
day. His leg was jammed between the
barge and the hawser. He was terribly
mangled. Cox was sent to the Philadel-
phia Hospital.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16

Proposition to Widen Washington Street.
At the meeting of the Board of Street
and Sewer Directors last Tuesday the
board decided to widen Washington
street from Fourteenth street to Wash
ington bridge. The roadway is to be
forty feet wide and the sidewalk ten
feet. The petitions of John Mulvena
and John Burns for sewers were granted.
The petition of large number of prop
erty owners for a sewer on Delaware
avenue, at Union street, was referred
to the city engineers.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16
THEGOVERNMENT OF HAWAII
Liliuokalanl Probably on the
Throne Again.
BACKED BY THE UNITED STATES
The Change Effected Without
Trouble.

President Cleveland and His Cabinet n
Unit In Support of This Policy, and
Confident That 10 VIII Meet the APP
provai Of the People--senator Gray Conn
mends. F.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16
WATER DEPA RTMENT FINAxoEs.
Statement of Receipts and Expenditures
for the Phst Six Months.

Attic meeting of the Board OF Water
Commissioners, last Tuesday, Registrar
John S. Grohe reported the receipts and
expenditures for the past six months as
follows;
The National tribune., 1893-04-27
FOUND DEAD IN A CHAIR,
sad Fate of an Illinois Veteran of the Late
Rebellion.

Capt. Chas. J. Murphy, a lawyer aud Q veteran
of the late war, was found dead in chair in
the rooms used by him as an Office and sleeping
and living room on street, just across the
street from the Patent Office, on Wednesday,
April 10. From all accounts it appears that Capt
Murphy has not been seen by his friends or
acquautaDces since Inauguration day. March
4, aud the condition of the body was such that
without doubt The unfortunate man was
stricken about that time while sitting IN his
office chair, after having made preparations for
retiring. as he had on only uudersnIrt ana
drawers, and the body was horribly decom-
posed. There are several other tenants i'll the
building, and how they never detected the
stencil from the decaying corpse is mystery
As before stated. the last seen Of Murphy was
! on March T. DIR. Starr the vendor of a patent
medicine, who has rooms in the same building.
and who had noticed Nurphy's absence, is said
to have suggested n pie of weeks ago that
the door be opened to Murphy's Office and the
rooms examined. This WAS not done, however,
aud il was only after vainly trying 10 get ad-
mission to Murphy rooms, the agent for the
rooms who was after the rent due him, asked
the assistance of the police, and after an ex-
animation of the premises, two officers forced
the door and found the unfortunate man sitting
up in his cfIice chair dead and almost rotten,
tho odor being overpoweTing.
Capt. Charles J. Murphy raised Co. H. 144th
H., one years regiment raised at Alton in
the Fall of 1864. Ho would have been buried
in pottcrsield but for the action of Department
Commander Faunce. who learning that an old
veteran had died. looked up his case, found
| that he had been Union soldier, although not
q member Of the Grand Army of the Republic,
and rescued his body frem u paapeT's burial.
| Capt. Murphy. after the war, went TO Browns
| vile, Tex, and came TO Washington when Gen.
| Arthur was President, expecting to be ap-
| pointed Collector OF Customs at Brownsville.
| Like many other otfice-seekers he failed OF ap-
| pontment but concluded to remain at the Ma
| tional Capital. 1t is said that his principal
| occupation has been lobbying Mexican claims
through Congress. Capt. Murphy was about
| 50 years old, was bachelor, and was not
| known to have any relations in this part o!
| the country. 1t is said that Gen. Rosccrans,
| the Register of the Treasury, was Capt. Muir.
| phys most intimate friend in Washington,
| but unfortunately the General is absent on
| sick leave in California at this time.
The National tribune., 1893-04-27
OUR WAR ! ERoEs.
They Can be Foa9d Everywhere Through
out this Broad Land.

Perhaps as gallant an action as was per-
formed during the war was that Of Capt. II. w.
Lawtou, then of Go. A,i30th Ind, now Lieu
tenant Colonel and Inspector eneral, U. S. A.
1t was during the Atlanta can paign, and the
Both Ind were in the Third Br gsde, First D-
vision Fourth Corps. On the Sd of August,
1864, Capt Lawton was Brigade Officer of the
Day. and in the afternoon the skirmish-line
was reinforced, and all advan'e was ordered
along the whole line (nearly 81 rec quarters OF
a mile long for the purpose Of dislodging the
enemy from their rifle-pts This movement
was concerted with the other two brigades OF
the DIVISION the Third Division being in the
center. Capt. Lawtcn, aB Brigade Officer OF
the Day, was in command of the line of his
BRIGADE aud conducted and led its advance.
| The advance was most gailantly made, few
shots being fred until the rife pits were almost
reached. and the enemy had broken and were
flying from their victors. The riie-pits wero
taken, and two commissioned officers and 4S
men were made prisoners. The rife-pits were
then turned against their late occupants
The brigade on the right, which advanced
simultaneously as ordered, after reaching the
enemy's line, wns almost ediately repulsed
and fell back to its original position. The bril-
gade OIL the left did not sucreed in making any
ad vance while Capt. Lswion stubborDly held
The position gained and repulsed two attempts
OF the enemy to retake The works.
The success Of this assault was due mainly to
the intelligent disposition made by Capt. Law
ton and TO his personal courage and stubborn
resistance of the enemy's repeated charges.
This gallant action took place under the eye
of Gen. d. 5. Stanley, aud resulted in Capt.
Lawton being made Assistant Inspector Gen
eral OF his (Stanley'sl brigade. Such gallantry
in the presence Of tie enemy as that displayed
by Can't Lqyton OF this occasion woBd have
procured the Victoria Cross in the British serv-
ice or the Legion of Honor in the French.
Col. Lawton is now living in our midst, be-
ing tho ranking Inspector General on duty here
under Gen Breckenridge. He is admired
and respected By all who have the pleasure of
his acquaintance.
Col Lawton enlisted as private in the Goth
Ind. April Is, 1861, coming pretty closs to being
/ one OF the First Defenders" lie went
through the grades in his regiment. coming
out of the volunteer service a Lieutenant
Colonel He accepted Second Licutenacy in
the 4lst U. S. Inf Immediately after the war,
and has advanced through the various grades
until he is now only four ranks removed from
the nspector.Generalship Of the Army. He
earned his promotion, and deserves every ad-
vanccment he has received since his gallant
action in 1864 in front OF Atlanta.
The National tribune., 1893-04-27
NAVAL REVIEW FLEET.
Z. 8. FLAGSHIP PHILADELPHIA.
IIAMPr0N EnAnS AnriI u ISQ
NATIONAL ACADEMY ELECTION,

The National Academy of Science COM
menced its session with business meeting on
Wednesday morning, April 10, during which
officers for the ensuing year were elected.
These were Corresponding Secretary and Treas
urer, which places were well filed by the selec-
tion of Mr.. Wolcott Gibbs aud DR.. John S. Bill
lings, and six new members of the Council,
Messrs. Brush, Langley, Gould, Mendenhall,
Newcomb, and Remsen. The majority of these,
it appears, residents of Washington, the
National headquarters of the Academy.
The public session opened at o'clock, but
was not a large one, owing TO the engagement
to call upon the President. Nevertheless, .
goodly audience listened to the reading of two
interesting papers, the first being upon the
mature OF certain solutions and the new means
of vestigating Them" by Mr. NJ. c. Lea. Mr..
Lea dealt principally with patent medicines,
and explained the most approved methods of
analysing them.
A. Hyatt read philosophical paper on the
" Relations of the allied branches of biograph-
ical research to the study of the development
of the Individual and the evolution of groups"
This Was Of great interest to anthropOlOgists.
Shortly after o'clock the Academy adjourned
and the members proceeded to tho White
House in carriages. They arrived shortly be-
fore tho English journalists and were received
by Mr.. Cleveland in the East Room. After
half an hours visit the scientists departed the
strangers improving the opportunity to look
about tho city. Most of them are registered on
the visitors book at the Cosmos Club.
The National tribune., 1893-04-27
A STRANGE CASE.
DIR. Hambieton Refused for Some Days to
Alloy His Wife to be Buried.

Allow His Wife to be Buried.
The wife of Dr. james p Hambleton. who
died several days ago, and who has been kept
in tho rooms occupied By the Doctor on IL
street northwest since that occurrence, because
the Doctor did not believe that his wife was
dead. was ordered by the Health Officer of the
District 10 be buried on Friday, April 81.
Dr. Hambleton ia "a weii-known figure on
the streets OF Washington, and some years ago
he gained notoriety by being removed from
the cleTkshp of one OF the committees OF the
House of Representatives. because be was said
to have named child after the assassin Of
President Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes
Booth. Dr. Hamblcton denied this charge to
the last but sufficient pressure was brought to
bear upon the Chairman Of the House Commit
tee to have the roctor removed from the clerk
ship.
DIR. Hambleton refused for several days TO
oeieve that his wife WAS dead, and he would
not permit her burial, because the features of
the dead woman were placid and lfe.lIke, and
there WAS strange absence Of the rigidity which
usually accompanies death. DR.. Hambleton
is himself a physician of skill and experience,
having graduated from the University of Vlr-
ginia about 40 years ago, and upon the break
ing out Of the war he went TO The front as the
Surgeon Of the Both Georgia rebel regiment.
He had varied career in the army, aud has
lived in Washington since he was paroled at
ionally practiced medicine and dealt in claims
against the Government for property taken by
cur armies during the of the rebellion.
Tho Doctor WAS a warm, personal friend of the
late Senator Beck, of Kentucky, aud he was the
latter's medical attendant whenever the Sena-
tor required physician
Mrs. Hambleton's case attracted the attention
of all tho medical mon of the National Capital
and there was constant stream of callers at
the Doctors rooms to Wow the body. The en-
tire absence Of rigor mortis cannot be accounted
for by the numerous medical experts who have
visited the boiy, but nearly all have expressed
the opinion that the woman was undoubtedly
dead. When DIR. Hammett, the District Health
Officer, visited the body on Thursday, April 20,
he said that decomposition had set in and the
body must be buried. DR.. Hamb!etop at last
reluctantly consented, and the remains were
deposited in vault in Glenwood Cemetery, for
although the body emitted an oder, end the
fingers had begun 10 show blush cast, DR..
Hambleton still insists that his wife is not dead.
The National tribune., 1893-04-27
ARMY AND NAVY.

Secretary of the Navy Herbert has rescinded
the order issued by his predecessor, Secretary
Tracy, Feb. z last, placing Paymaster ]. c.
Sullivan, U. S. Navy, on furlough because of
certain publications said to have been based on
an interview with the Paymaster in regard to
the Boring Sea question, in which he is said to
have ridiculed the case Of the United States
against Great Britain. Ia resembling the order
Secretary Herbert takes occasion to say that he
approves of the course taken by Secretary
Tracy, but that he had found certain extenuat-
ing circumstances which materially lessened
the odense. In concluding his letter to Pay
master Sullivan, Secretary Herbert lectures
him severely, saying that every officer OF the
Navy is the Governments agent III executing
its foreign policy and the officer who criticzes
that policy fOrgets his duty, and the fact that
he does not intend his criticism to be published
may palliate but cannot justify such conduct.
Commodore FO!ger's plea of want of juris-
dietion in the suit brought against him by
James y. NJ. Grosysnor and Lavinia Wilson,
was sustained by Judge Hagner last week.
These parties brought an equity suit for an
injunction to restrain the Commodore, as Chief
of Ordnance, from making breech-loading can
non of certain pattern, which they claimed
was an infringement upon patent they had
acquired from Samuel Seabury. The papers
were served on Commodore FOlger last Deem
Der, and two days afterward he was relieved
from his position as Chief of Ordnance. Judge
Hsgner said that it was impossible for the
Commodore to control the matter now. de
The National tribune., 1893-04-27
REVyARDTNG RRavERY.

Superintendent Kimbil,, OF TIE Life-Savinz
Service Of the Treasury Department. has re-
Gently received from the Spanish Governnens
silver modal for the Keeper and eight
bronze medals for the crew OF the Hog
Island VA Life-Saving station. These
medals are given as testimonials Of tha
efficient work performed By the Keeper
and crew of tie Hog Island Station in saving
the wrecked crew Of the Spanish steamer san
Alban0 on Feb. q. 1892 A question has
arisen about the right Of the men and Keeper -
accept the medals, in view OF the constitutional
prohibition which says: And no person hold
ing any Office profit or trust under the United
states shall, without the consent of Congress.
accept OF any present. emolumeut, office. or
title, Of any kind whatever. from any king,
prince. or foreign state" IL is probable thas
Congress will pass the necessary legislation to
permit these men 10 receive the medals which
their bravery won
The National tribune., 1893-04-27

the Philadelphia High School, after which be
was a clerk for his father for some time. In
1871 he visited Washington and was induced
to accept clerkship in the Pension Bureau.
He passed rapidly through the different
grades until Aug. 4, 1885, when Gen. John
G.. Black, then Commissioner of Pensions,
appointed him Chief of the Board of Re-
view. He was promoted to the Chief Clerk
ship Dec. I, 1885, and resigned June 30, 1888
to accept the position Of Supervising Special
Examiner, which he retained until March /,
1859, when he resigned to enter the general
claim business in Washington. He was re-
markably successful in this, and soon built
up an extensive business, which he relin-
quished, at much cost to himself, to accept
his present appointment.
Few men possess the faculty Of gaining
and firmly retaining the esteem and warm
friendship of his associates in the degree
possessed by Mr.. Murphy, and his assump-
tion of the duties of Acting Commissioner
of Pensions on April IA was marked by the
warm greetings of hundreds of his former
fellow-clerks, who had not forgotten the
many kind acts of their former associate.
His official career in the Bureau has been
characterized for his sound judgment in the
adjudication of pension claims. and his re-
merits of a case, and whenever his couclu-
sions were reached he firmly acted upon
them without fear or favor.
In dealing with the clerical force of the
Bureau in his capacity of Chief Clerk, he
was always firm in requiring of each en-
ploye good and faithful service, and those
who conscientiously performed the duties
required of them always had feeling of as
surance that he would stand by them and
protect their interests when necessary, and
the feeling of satisfaction now prevailing
among the employees of the Bureau at his
appointment is largely based upon their
knowledge of his fairness in his former
treatment of them.
Teo young to have taken an active part
in the events of the late war, no one has 8
kinder feeling for the brave men who stood
up for their country's flag and no one has
greater regard for those whose bodily all
ments compel them to seek the bounty Of q
grateful country TO help them in their de-
clining years, and the worthy applicant for
pension will find no stronger advocate in
his efforts to secure the full measure of the
relief which the Nation has provided for her
brave defenders.
His thorough knowledge of the pension
laws and decisions, and of the personnel Of
the clerical force of the Bureau, will make
him an invaluable assistant to the new
Commissioner, and there is no doubt that
the methods that viii be pursued under his
directions will result in great improve
ment in the manner OF conducting the bush
ness of the different divisions of the Bureau
Mr.. Murphy was one of the organizers Of
the Carroll Institute of Washington, which
is doing vast amount of good, educstionally
and socially, among the Catholic youth Of
the city, and it's great success is largely due
to his efforts He was a member of the
Cleveland Inaugural Committee and Chair
man of the Subcommittee on Badges.
The National tribune., 1893-04-27
HIS WORK DIDN'T COUNT.
An Illinois oneisI Bounced for Being Too
Previous.


A Treasury Department clerk, who halls from
Illinois, and who has always been a Democrat
got leave of absence last Fall. went home. and
did his best for the party of his choice ia the
Presidential election. When the news was
published that the Democrats bad carried the
Sucker State by handsome majority, our
Office older felt proud of his work. Shortly
after Cleveland's inauguration he came To the
conclusion that his services to his party deserved
substantial recognition, and he consequently
fled an application TO be appointed Chief Of his
Division, which position was held by colorel
Republican. His cbagTin was great when Sec-
rotary Carlisle demanded his resignation. How
ever, he forwarded his resignation, after which
he hunted mp one of the Illinois Senators, and
he asked his personal aid in the matter.
Did you ask to BIS appointed Chief OF the
DivisOn?" asked the Senator
81 did SIR"
Didn't you know that the place had an &C.
eupant?"
"Of course, did. He's blacker than my
hat. Besides. no IS a Republican. Besides. he
is going to be removed anyhow, and thought
! hsd as good right TO the place as anybody"
q" It was unmanly thing to do, sir-a most
unmanly thing. You have endeavored to take
the bread from the mouths of another mans
family, sir"
Senator, have known you a good many
years / have known you to run against other
men for office, beat them, and take their jobs
without developing all these compunctions."
But l did it openly. sir" thundered the
Senator.
SO did do It openly. Give me my papers,
SIR"
g Hold on" said the Senator; "hoId o."
" No, sir; give me my papers. You couldn't
help me if you were the only man on earth. /
thought you were Democrat"
He rushed out, exhibiting an Independence
not always characteristic Of a Government
clerk
The National tribune., 1893-04-27
THE GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT.
1t Will Include Portraits of the Cabinet
Officers.


A lot of Chicago experts have been in Wash
ington for some days assisting in the prepare
ton OF the Government exhibit for the World S
Columbian Exposition. Among this gang of
experts are several gifted free-band artists,
who seem to be delighted to take sidelong
glance at an individual and then throw of a
portrait Of him that would convict him If ex-
hibited in any court ip the United States Of
any crime known to the criminal laws Of the
country. One of these xperts recently called
upon Secretary of State Gresham, who re-
marked that he had called for the purpose
of transferring his features to canvas, which
eventually would be hung in place where
thousands could look upon it, Gen. Gresham
glaTed at the expert and said:
"Since it's my picture you intend to submit
to thousands 1t seems to me that | should be
allowed to select the artist"
Not at all; not at ALL" was the easy re-
spouse. You see VIC are over here taking
eyerybodv's picture. We've just finished the
portrait of enc of tho chief clerks who is con-
nccted with the exhibit"
We'll" said the Secretary, "you go away
from here"
Later in the day, however, and on Sunday
afternoon, April 10, the head of the experts
called upon the General and explained the
necessities of the case. They did not care to
show an incomplete Cabinet. In fact, they
could not DO it. Reluctantly Gen. Gresham
consented, and on Wednesday, April 10, the
deed Was begun. 1t will require three other
siItings