Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-15
Nv GENERAL.

David Peck was fatally stabbed al AL
toona, Pa, sunday, by an Italian.
Mrs. Kate Miller, u widow, aged 81, was
instantly killed by a cable Cur, saturday,
in Cincinnati.
Thomas l., McCracken of Nebraska, a
clerk in the dead letter office, has been ar
rested for stealing money from dead letters.
William Webb n boy, dived distance
Of 30 feet into the Hackensack river, at
Newark y, j.. Sunday, and was drowned.
Richard Hamilton. n fireman, shot and
killed his wife at Evansville Ind, Satur-
day night. He suspected her OF iniidelity.
Isaac Finberg, a carpenter Of scranton,
committed suicide sunday. Illness and
dependency are supposed to be the cause.
Babe" Hawkins, desperate, with Il
gang OF 80 men, invaded Shelbyville, Ind,
Saturday afternoon, and created general
fight.
Fred. Weed was found dead in the woods
at Moscow, Pa, saturday. Suicide by
luudanum is supposed to he the cause Of
death.
James Valentine an Italian. shot one
of his countrymen, name unknown ut
iloversville, y. y, Sunday, killing him
almost instantly.
Atlee Hart prominent newspaper man
and politician of Nebraska, has been found
guilty Of black-mailing people prominent
in Lemars, Ia, society.
Captain Isaac White, with his wife and
daughter. were killed by Il train on the
East Tennessee, Virginia d Georgia rail
road saturday, near Knoxville.
AelChoir Fox, one OF the oldest residents
of Eau Claire, Wis, was murdered, proba.
| bly, by trumps, while con visit TO his sum
mcr cottage, near that city, last Thursday
night
Alice Burton, in jail ut Madisonvillc,
Tenn, for the confessed murder OF her
| husband, committed sulclde Friday night
| by hanging herself with u rope made from
her skirts.
IL. L. Gamble, chairman of the New
| York delegation to the convention of the
International Typographical Union, At
| Chicago. was drowned in the lake by the
capszing of rowbOat Sunday.
Dr. Mitchell, pastor Of the First Prcsby.
terrain Church of Findlay, o., vino de-
| Tended Dr.. Briggs in the Presbyterian Gen
cral Assembly, has received letter from
| DR.. Briggs, in which he urges all his sup.
! portcrs to stand by the church.
! j. S. Clarksou, chairman Of the Rcpub-
| lican national committee, stopped 1T Dcs
| Nloines, Ia. saturday, on his way to the
| Pacific coast. He was in conference with
! Republican leaders during the day, and II
u Sttlu Ilt NltSlItN w DEt'lHG u lbg
| United states Senator, to succeed Wilson.
When the priceless aces sent to She Fair
| by Queen Margharita uf Italy, were I'M.
| packed, saturday Night 1t was found that
| 70 pieces were missing. tablcgrams were
| sent To- Rome apprising the Queen of hct
| great loss, for il seems that THE loss will
not fall upon the Exposition Company,
| their bond not covering the safety OF iacGs
| i'll transit.
The official report OF the trial trip nj the
| gunbout Machias, saturday, gives the cor.
| rccted time for the entire 10 miles of tho
course as nearly lj4 knots AN hour. THIS
is Il trtie less than y knots in excess OF
| the required speed and the builders will
| receive premium OF SI5,00O. The per
| furmancc is considered the most remarka'
| BILE in the history Of the new navy
The report of the Worlds Fair auditor
| for the month of May shows that the re
ceipts from all sources had been SO 3H,
| ji5 The expenditures for the same period
were So IA, 9Sl, of which SlB. 2J2, 1855 were
| for the construction department, The gate
receipts to May 3lst, including special
tickets sold prior to the openIngof the Fair
and good any time within the six months,
were SSS2,905.