Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-08

Purcell ] hOtnas tell from parachute NJ
Buffalo Wednesday, q distance of 90 feet,
and was killed.
The animals that escaped during the
circrS wreck near Tyrone. Pa, Tuesday
week have all been captured
Joseph Carreirn surrendered himself to
the police Of Fan River, Mass, saturday.
lie is accused Of the murder of Bertha
May Manchester,
The new suburban town OF Gatiing,
near Buffalo, \, y, where the Calling
Ordnance Company is to establish its plant,
was dedicated Saturday.
The eastern coal sales agents have adj
vanced prices Of coal g cents Il ton on
stove and nut and 20 cents on egg, but
broken is unchanged for June delivery.
The entire freshman class Of Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, have been
suspended. They had INDUCED in Il piece
of vandalism, and refused ~ pay the cost
OF repairs.
The annual parade Of the New York
police took place Wednesday. The mayor,
city officials and the lnfanta Enlal1u re-
viewed them. There were about 1900
men in line.
The cruiser Ncwarl, and the dynamite
vessel NeSuylus will convey the Spanish
carayes from New York to the mouth
of the st. LawrclGe before taxing their
foreign stations.
Augustus NiCtOrson, II Board Of Trade
speculatOr committed suicide at Chicago
SUNDAY by strangliug himself with the
cord Of hS smoking Jacket tied to u bed
post in his room IN a hotel.
A Minneapolis dispatch says that George
NJ. Van Leuyen, Jr, a pension attorney of
Lime springs, Ia, an Or. George keasel
OF Cfescu Ia, are under arrest, charged
with extensive pension frauds.
The world congress in the interest Of
social purity WAS brought TO a close in
Chicago Sunday With addresses by Rev.
Anna Garin spencer Mrs. Mary A. Liver.
more and Miss susan u. Anthony.
a fire broke out in the Fncnt coal mine
IN Mexico. about four miles from Eagle
Pass Saturday, and up to late hour last
night none of the 80 men at work in the
mine had made their escape. IL is feared
that all have persisted.
About 700 feet of the Newport Il Sher
man Valley Railroad was washed away
| yesterday week by water spout at
Cisna Run, Perry county, Pa. The water
was six inches deep on Il level. Hail fell
and did much damage to crops.
\ statement prepared by Comptroller
| EckelS shows that since January list up to
| June, ~ national banks, with a capital of
| b,l3DuOO, have failed, as against seven
| for the corresponding period of 1892.
Dwight l.. Moody, the Evangelist, has
received from LondOn, England, an APP.
| peal numcrously signed by ministers of
different denominations members Of The
| nobility and Others asking him to go to
that cty to engage in uvangeltstc work.
The directors of the Whisky Trust at
| Peoria, Tuesday, decided to sell $1,000 900
| III bonds in order to obtain funds to meet
the rebates due The company hopes to
| get ~ per cent for the bonds but the
effect will he to deprccate the stock SO
that it will be practically wiped OUT
The commanding officer of the United
| States army at Fort Brown Texas. has re-
ported to the department commander that
the construction of the iettieS on the Mex
lean side of the Rio Grande is likely to
change the channel of the river and en-
danger Fort Brown and the National Gene
terry
A ballistic test of armor for the Texas
and Puritan took place at Redington, Pa,
| Thursday, in the presence of officers of the
Russian and Austrian vessels now visiting
the port of Philadelphia. 1t was very sue
cessfu and resulted in the acceptance by
the Naval Ordinance Board Of Az tons of
armor.
Frederick A. Osborne died in Newark
| y. j., Saturday. About 40 years ago he
built and erected the first machinery for
Danforth Wright Il Co., by whom what is
now the American Bank Note Company
was formed. From that time until his
death he remained in the employ OF the
concern.
fire in flat on East Forty-third street,
New York at midnight, saturday, resulted
i'll the death of four persons who were i'll
the fifth floor. They we're William Bcnte,
% years; Louise Bente, his wife; Esse
Bente, aged ~ bis sister; Helen Wetmore
Rletz, aged o. his niece, and q man named
Pugsley, boardcr.
1t is reported that arrangements have
been made Tor the organization of another
trust-thc American Flint Bottle Company
which proposes To take i'll all the flint
bottle factories west of the Allegheny
Mountains. 1t is stated that the company
has already secured about 3Oper cent Of al
the western factories.
Two colorcd servant girls were found
dead in bed in the house OF their employer
i'll brooklyn, yesterday week. They had
been suffocated by Illuminating gas, which
was found to be flowing from the open
burner The girls came from Virginia re
1 Gently, and it is supposed, in their ignor
anCe, blew out the gas
Secretary Carlisle has instructed customs
officers, quarantine officers and immigrant
inspectors that hereafter alien immigrant:
shall not be permitted 10 enter the lniteC
States at places on the Canadian ana Mex
lean frontiers between the hours of 6p. nj
and a. m. All alien immigrants anC
their baggage arriving at such places mus
be subjected to inspection
The Legislature of Pennsylvania ad
journed Thursday sine die, leaving nearly
one hundred bills unCunsIdered. The
Street Cleaning and Electric Light Con
tract bills, and the bills allowing stree
passenger railways to carry express pack
ages and the mails, and giving trolley line:
the right of eminent domain, were no
reached and failed Of passage.
At 4 meeting Of creditors of Ex-Governor
Foster, in Cleveland, Tuesday week, it wa
agreed To accept 81 cents on the dollar il
payment OF claims, leaving it entirely Will
Mr.. Foster whether he should pay more II
he became financially able to do so.
statement from the governor was read
saying that lac could pay 80 per cent of hi,
debts soon, and that he wanted 70 pay IN
full.
The furniture house of Charles Shivericl
4 Co.. in Omaha, Neb., was burned Satur
day night. Loss about SlHO0OO. Maurer'.
restaurant, adjoining. was damage
S.5.0OO. Ey the TALL of wall Captain Cox
OF the fire department was killed, anc
! four other bremen and bystander wert
MORALLY injured. The tire was caused by
lightning during terrific thunder storm
which did other damage estimated a
100000.
Argument was begun in the United
States court of appeals, in Chicago, yester,
day, on tile bill 10 restrain the opening OF
the Worlds Fair gates on SUNDAY. Appli
cation was made for leave to file and in
tcryCning petition in behalf nf Wana
makeE Il Brown of Philadelphia. and
stock hnlder in Massachusetts, but tbs
| rnlrl denidel. in view Of It's heing almns