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Evening journal., 1893-06-29
STEAM YACHT MARIETTA,
BUILT BY THE PUSEY AND JONES
COMPANY OF THIS. CITY.

She Is Now Being Completed at the Erie
Basin Brooklyn-For Travel ON the
sound and In New York wators-De-
signed by II. j. Geilow.
The new steam yacht Marietta, built
by the Pusey and Jones Company, Of this
city, Is now being completed at Cranes
yard, Erie Basin, Brooklyn. She was de
signed by II. J. Geilow for II. b Moore,
president Of the New York Lghterage
and Transportation Company, for service
about the sound and New York water',
the principal ends In view being good
accommodation and economical mainte-
ance Of reasonably high speed for a
cruising craft
The first end has been accomplished ;
aud the lines Of the boat and the high
character Of her motive power give
every promise that the designers eXpec
tation OF an honest IS miles under nor
NAL conditions will be realized
The yacht Is I l3 feet inches over all,
90 feet W. l6 feet beam, feet o
inches depth of hold and feet inches
draft The hull Is OF mild steel, l6 inch
to516inch thick The keel is straight for
the middle portion Of its length, but
rockers up slightly at the after end,
| The yacht has fair sheer, good free
beard and we'll shaped overhnngs The
bulkheads are three In number, a COLL
sion bulkhead forward and one at each
end OF the engine space. The deck
Is flush broken only by d
low trunk over the after cabins
The yacht will be finished early iu
July
In describing the boat the American
Shipbuilder Of New York says
"rhe deck house is Is feet loug, the
orward portion forming the pilot house
with the dining saloon In the after
part, dumb waiter leading TO tbs
galley below. The crew is berthed IN
the bow, then comes the captains room
galley and engine space. Abafi
This are two stateroums 80 ar
ranged with folding bulk
head between that they may be
thrown into one laIge room o
the full width Of the yacht The maiI
saloon Is fifteen feet long, furnished u
the usual manner for day use, but will
folding births and curtains by which 4
can be divided into four separate rooms
"Abaft the saloon Is the companion
with toilet rooms TO port and a store
room TO starboard while abaft all il
the owners room, ten feet long and ex
tending across the boat the low trunl
giving ample light and headroom. Tn,
toilet room will be fitted with bathtul
piped for both fresh and salt water
The yacht will be fitted with electric
lights aud fans the engine spac con
tains at,iple expansion engine built b.
J. w. Sullivan. New York The cy
linders being 10. 10 aud "a by 10 inches
The wheel is Of feet inches diamete
and feet inches pitch The draw
ings (cut) for which, and the description
we are indebted to the Forest an
Stream, Of this city. show a neat sal
plan
The boilers, two in number, are th
Roberts safety water tube. about fee
wide and feet long; built to carry
working pressure Of 2jO pounds pe
inch. They we're tested at the works I
400 pounds hydraulic pressure and %
pounds live steam pressure The builS
ders have made an excellent job OF th
hull and the work throughout reflect
credit on all concerned In it. The sal
we're made by J M. Sawyer & Son, M
"a South street, New York
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
GAS TO LIGHT THE FEDERAL BUILDING
The Wilmington City Electric Company =
Bids Too High-Gas Company Gets the
Contract

The Wilmington City Electric Company's :
Bids Too High-Gas Company Gets the
Contract
Gas will replace electricity in the
Federal offices at Sixth and King streets,
beginning on Saturday Workmen began
to put in the gas gipes in the building
this morning.
The Wilmington City Electric Com
pauy held sway in the lighting of the
building for four years, but Il will end.
They bid against the Wilmington Gas
Company and received the contract for
1854 SO per year. They took the con-
tract for one year, with the privilege of
continuing three years at the above
price Each year the electric company
received the contract This year they
put in new bid which was considered
exhorbitant by the government officials
at Washington
Immediately after noting the price
asked to light the building for another
year, the government officials instructed
Collector Of Port Townsend to ask for
bids from every gas company in the
city.
The Wilmington Gas Company is
supplying light other than the electric
company and they made a bid Mr.
Townson did not endorse IL, but sent il
to Washington, where it met the favor
Of the authorities and was accepted
The offices supplied by light are the
post office, the basement, the Custom
House, the United States commissioner
office, the United States marshal's office
the court room, the United Statei
Court, judges private Office and th'
grand Jury room.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
COLORADOS BIGGEST MINE CLOSED

The Mollie Gibson VIII Not Resume
Operations Until the Outlook for
Silver is Improved-5oO Men Dis
charged Yesterday.
DENVER, June 29-The Mollie Gibson
at Aspen, the largest silver producer
in the state. closed down yesterday
aud will not resume operations until
the outlook for silver is improved
All the big properties in that place
have reduced their forces. nearly 800
men being discharged yesterday. A
meeting of mine managers will be held
TO day to consider the situation and
take some conserted action. Smelters
have ceased buying ore aud will con
fine themselves to that on hand or con,
tracted for.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
SUCCEEDS THE VICTORIA VICTIM

A Formal Naval Aide-de Camp to the
Queen Appointed, Sir Michael Culme-
ReymOur Takes Tryon's Place.
LONDON, June 9-Vice.Admiral Sir
Michael Culme- -Reymour, commander-in-
chief of the British Mediterranean
station, has been appointed to succeed
Vice Admiral Sir George Tryon, who lost
his life by the founderingof the battle
ship Victoria.
Sir Michael entered the navy in 1850,
being a captain in 1865, rear admiral in
1882, and vice admiral in 1888 He
served in the Burmah war of 1852. in
the Baltic and Black seas during the
Crimean war, and in the China war. He
was formerly a naval aid-de-camp to
the Queen. From 1885 to 1887 he was
commander in-chief Of the Pacific station
and in 1890 was appointed commander
in-chief of the channel squadron.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
nIercurr olub Rond Raee.

The entries and handicap for the ten
mile handicap road race of the Mercury
wheelmen Of this city, on the New
Castle causeway this afternoon are
A n Davis, scratch; S. L Davenport
and A. R. Lewis, As seconds each; $
Jones, Isaac Williamson. minute and
40 seconds each; B f. Lewis, minutes
10 seconds; G. Adams, 3 minutes, 30
seconds; w. S Scott, minutes Frank
Harting, minutes; Joseph Sullivan, z
minutes. The timers and judges are
Victor Pyle, Joseph Ward, Clifford
Greenman and B. Frank Mcdaniel.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
N. A. nI. EIeot Omcers.

Welcome Council, No. z, Junior Order
U. a. NJ, elected the following officers
last evening: Councillor, Robert Phillips
vice councillor, w. w Reed; assistant
recording secretary. W. c. Jester; re-
cording secretary, R w. Carlisle; fnan-
cial secretary, J. T. Biles; one trustee TO
serve eighteen months. Clinton Roe
treasurer, j. G. Walton; conductor,
Clinton Roe; warden, Thomas B. LOT
man inside sentinel. r. Crossley; out
side sentinel, II b Pyle.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
Suspended Because of the ran in sIlvel
big St. Louis Company Gives it Up.
ANTICIPATED THE FALL OF SILVER

August r. Meyer, President of the Big
gest Concern Of the Kind in the World,
Says His Company's business Isn't In
jured.
KANSAS CITY, June 99-August R.
Meyer, president of the ~ Consolidated
Kansas City Smelling and Refining Com
psny. the biggest concern of the kind in
the world, said yesterday that the fall in
the price of silver would have no eff. CT
upon the company's business as it hao
antici ipated the fall of silver over year
ago, and had reduced its silver work and
begun to smelt copper and lead instead.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
FIREWORKS AT THE FAIR
Innovation in the Exposition's
Evening Attractions.
MAY, HOWEVER, GO OFF SUNDAY

Regular Part OF the Evening Attractions
at the Worlds Fair to BE Introduced
Next Week - Saturday May BE One
Night for 1t, Sunday the Other-women
Managers Want the Lions Share OF
Judges.
CHICAGO, June 29.-A display of fire.
works will be made regular part Of the
evening attractions at the Worlds Fair
beginning next week. The Executive
Committee Of the Board Of Directors took
such action yesterday. The fireworks
evenings have not yet been fixed. Sat
urday, of course, will be one of them
Sunday may be the other
The Executive Committee yesterday
granted a concession which will be
another good attraction. w. H. Macken-
zie asked for and received permission to
exhibit an English military tournament
at the fair.
Uncle Jerry" Rusk held formal
conference yesterday with the Executive
Committee on Awardssand Chief Bucha
Before leaving the conference Mr. Rusk
agreed to tender his services to the
awards bureau July 10.
Thatcher and the Women Managers.
John Boyd Thatcher, having ended
his troubles with the foreign commits
sioners, may be plunged into others, but
Of more delicate and somewhat differ
ent character. For several months the
women managers have been carefully
selecting the list of expert women
| judges whom they wish to have ap-
pointed upon the various examining
boards.
1t is pretty large list too for it
numbers l40 The entire number of
/ Judges which Mr.. Thatcher expects to
appoint will be about $50, so that the
women managers will ask for more than
one fifth of the number. Then too, Mr.
Thatcher has calculated that at the out
side there will not be more than 3Ol
domestic judges. The lady managers
are figuring on about twenty-five of th'
judges being foreign women, 80 that III
will be domestic, giving them If theil
present wishes are carried out, one-third
of the American judges Mr. Thatcher
| Will lOlQ COultlcuce Win Nue lhu.
managers to day and may then reach
conclusion.
Railway Exhibitors Auxiliary.
At an impromptu meeting Of exhibitor
Of railway equipment held in the Trans
portation Building yesterday, an auxili
ary organization to act with and aid tn
general organization Of exhibitors wa
formed The gentlemen interested as
sembled for the purpose of selecting
delegate to represent them at the meet
ing of the general organization, and the
became so enthusiastic over the matte
that it was decided to form tn
branch association. This was done b
the election of Major G Pangborn, O
the Baltimore aud Ohio road, president
w. H. Crawford, of the Baldwin LocomC
tive Works, vice president; G E. Pratt
of the Lamokin Car Works, secretary.
At the next meeting an eXecutiv
committee of seven will be appointed b
the president to look after the affair
of the organization.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
Ingenious Device for Hotels.

An ingenious automatic switch is now
applied to the electric lamps in the
guests room in a hotel, whereby the
locking of the room door from the out
side (but not from the inside) turns OIL
the lights. Many travellers, 1t seems,
doubtless with the philanthropic idea Of
helping the business Of the local electric
lighting company, are accustomed to
leave the lamps burning at full head
when they vacate their rooms.-The
Engineering Magazine
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
The Trees OVERLOADED.
Farmers in Lower Kent Picking on Green
Peaches TO Save the Trees.

Ex. Deputy Attorney General Tho mas
Davis returned from Milford-tbis morn
ing Speaking Of the peach crop he said
''The orchards that did not bear last
year are full in the neighborhood of Mil
ford. The varieties that bore last year
were very early or very late, and the
yield in such cases is light The others
are fuller than they ought to
be and some of the growers are pulling
off the green fruit to relieve the trees
Johu Rosa is one who is doing this
Below Lincoln and in the neiehborhood
of Georgetown there are very few
peaches In the lower part of Kent
county the trees are overloaded.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
sAToLLI IN THE FAR WEST.
The Archbishop Speaks in English to En-
thusiastic Montana People.

The Archbishop Speaks in English to En-
thusiastic Montana People.
HELENA, Mont, June 29-Monsignor
Satolli and party arrived here esterday
afternoon and we're accorded a cordial
reception. Catholics and Protestants
joining in the demonstration.
Services were held at the
cathedral Immediately after their
arrival The archbishop in reply
to the address of welcome spoke
extemporaneously in English for the
first time in this country. He said he
had long nourished longing to see the
state of Montana, and it was a source of
pleasure to find among the mountains a
vigorous church built upon the solid
foundations of free institutions and
equal Justice to all men.
Nearly 5000 people attended recep-
tion at the episcopal residence. Friday
the party will leave for the National
Park, returning in week, and con-
tinuing their trip to the Pacific
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
EleHTY-FouR GRADUATES

Graduation Exercises Of the MiIIersvine
Normal School Held To-day.
LANCASTER, Pa, June 30 Graduation
exercises at Millersville Normal School
we're held to-day There were eighty
four members in the class of '93. The
honors were distributed as follows
Valedictory, James P. Staber, of Klein
90 of 0xSord NoroI wol,.r
Freibley, of Fountain Springs; Wicker
sham oration, Grace Penrose. of Hynd-
man Columbian Grafton, William H B.
Carney, of Belleville.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
ago

Tommy Maslin. the reformed reformer,
Of New York. will deliver an ail-around talk
on general salvation. in Association HAN, on
Sunday a ternOon.
-Eegister Of Wills Cooch has granted
letters tesfamentary upon the estate OF the
late Mary G. Peckhard. Of Red Lion hundred
TO Edwin II. Peckhard-
-Workmen began laying the pipe which n
to connect the spring AZ Fourth and Franklin
streets with he new fountain al Fourth and
Monroe streets, yesterday.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
Arrangement for Reorganization.

Members Of Washington Camps, Nos
., 3, and 8, p o. S Of A, will meet to-
night in the Smith building, Market
street, below Seventh, to make final ar
rangements for the reorganization Of the
Patriotic Guards, under the command OF
Captain Frank Handy. All the old
members will be present and it is ex
pected a number will join. The guards
will elect officers and make arrangements
for fully eQuipping the company.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
BOTH LEGS HORRIBLY CRUSHED.

Andrew johnson, ColOred, Goes to sleep
Under Freight Cars With Serious Results
Andrew johnson, colored, and a
comrade Of Washington, came to
this city yesterday. Last night
they walked along the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad track from West Yard
toward Third street bridge. On a siding
of the Walton 4 Whann Company we're
three freight cars. Under these cars
the men went to sleep.
About 30 this morning, B. & o.
shifter No q moved the cars, the
crew not knowing the men were under
one of them The wheels of the car
passed over Johnson's legs before the
trainmen could be appraised Of the fact
The right leg was terribly crushed and
badly lacerated above the knee. The
left foot was crushed also. Both legs
will probably have TO be amputated
The injured man was brought to the
Market street station and the ambulance
took him to the Delaware Hospital.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
MAS. J. A. NICHOLSON DEAD.
wife of the Dover Lawyer Dies Soon
After Breakfast.

Special to the Evening Journal.
DOVER, June 30 Mrs. Angelica r.
Nicholson, wife of Hon. John A. Nichol
son, of this town, died suddenly this
morning at z 45 o'clock, at her residence
on the Public Square, aged 81 years She
had just finished eating her breakfast
and..sat down in chair when.she expired.
Death was due to apoplex.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
Extending the Railway Lines.

Four blocks of the Lancaster avenue
and Sllverbrook extension of the Viii
mington City Railway have been laid
The Dupont street ties and rails are
being Distributed, and other small exten.
sions are under course of construction.
Preparations for extension of the line
to Eden Park and possibly to the fair
grounds, are being made.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
HALF.HoLIoAY FoR RRoKERs.
Real Estate Men Anxious to Follow
Bankers and OmoiaIs.

The real estate dealers of the city
think of closing their places of bust
ness on Saturdays at noon during the
heated term Several of the large firms
have signified a willingness to CO operate
and a general petition will be put in
circulation this week.
The bank officials and some of the
county officers are already enjoying
half holidays, and find it both pleasant
and profitable.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
The ItalIan,s BrutaI peed.

Pietro Buccieri's s crime was one of the
most fendish in the criminal annals of
this state He was born in st. Peters,
Italy, 30 years ago, came to America
thirteen years ago, and in 1890 drifted to
Reading, where he carried on shoe max
ing and often attended to the business
correspondence of his fellow country
men.
In February. 1892, he was admitted to
st. Josephs Hospital suffering with a
burned arm, received by the explosion of
his lamp in his shop. On June %, the
sisters served the hospital patients with
milk, aud when Sister Hildaberta handed
him his he jumped out of his bed, pur-
sued her with an open knife out into the
corridor and finally into the kitchen and
plunged the dirk into her abdomen.
Wanted to Lynch the Fiend.
She died the next day and so strong
was the feeling against the prisoner
that there was some strong talk of
lynching him, but better counsel pre-
vailed and he was given fair trial last
september. convicted and sentenced 10
b. hanged Buccieris motive for the
killing of the innocent sis er has never
been divulged and it is the universal
belief that he plotted the murder
without provocation and in his own
fendish nature carried it out.
The Supreme Court Governor Patti
son and the Board Of Pardons all re
fused to interfere During his incarcer
alton he was stolid and Indifferent to his
fate and his infreqnent reading of the
Bible seemed to make very little i'm
preston on him his wife and son, and
his mother and a sister live in Italy and
have been informed Of his fate.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
FuIImerls Pronertv Sold,

Yesterday William Baxter and John
A. Lengel bought the saloon end res
taurant fixtures in this city and lease OF
Shellpot, property of John Fullmer for
St75, subject to Judgment bonds and
chattel mortgages aggregating 5000.
The sale was made by Sheriff Gould.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
IHsY ARE AFTER JUSTICE.

Wilhelmina Ash and Anna Williams
Talk of Civil Proceedings.
Wilhelmina Ash and Anna Williams,
two colored women, were each lined S25
and costs bv Judge Ball yesterday for
keeping a disorderly house They paid
the money and were discharged.
They have instructed Walter Bacon,
their attorney, to appear before City
Council and ask that the money be re-
funded, as they consider the sentences
imposed unjust If City Council refuses,
Mr. Bacon will bring civil suit against
the city in the name Of the much
abused" women.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
POISONED HERSELF AND CHILDREN.
Made Desperate by Poverty and Dissl-
pated Husband.

DALLAS, Tex, June 29.-Mrs. Julia
Collins, of Oak Cliff, administered poison
to herself and three little children yes
terday Physicians say that they can
save the children, but that Mrs. Collins
will die Poverty and a dissipated hus-
band drove Mrs. Collins to the deed.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
New Patrolman Appointed.

Simon F. Moran, of No. 3is Townsend
street. was appointed a patrolmsn this
morning in the place Of Maxwell 5.
Mahoney, who was dismissed some time
ago
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
BRITISH COLUMBIA sEALER LOST
News Received From the North Last
Night-NO Particulars.

VICTORIA, B. c., June 29.-News was
received from the North last evening that
the British Columbia sealer Ainoko has
been lost in northern waters. No par
ticulars.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
SUBSCRIPTIONS STILL CONE IN.

More Patriotic Citizens who Want to
See a Pyrot ecbnio Display on the
Glorious Fourth.
The Fourth Of July committee OF the
Patriotic Sons Of America met last night
and were greatly encouraged by the
liberal donations made by the people OF
the city. The amount in hand is about
$500, which will be used for purchasing
fireworks. The final meeting of the
committee will be held next Monday
evening, by which time all the members
of the committee are expected to turn in
their money to Treasurer William
Lawton
The amounts received in addition to
those already reported are as follows:
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
BANK IN EXCELLENT CONDITION,

So State the Ohicers of the New Orleans
Clearing House.
NEW ORLEANS, June 90 Clearing
house certificates to the extent of
100000 were issued yesterday by the
clearing house to three of the smallest
banks in the city. The officials of the
clearing house hold that the other bank
ing institutions are in excellent condi-
tion
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
JUDGMENT AGAINST DUPONT MILLS
Entered in Favor of the Columbia FL
nance and Trust Company.

LOUISVILLE, June 29-In the Circuit
Court yesterday, judgment was entered
in favor of the Columbia Finance and
Trust Company against the DUPONT
Paper Mill Company for 1891, 724..
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
SILVER STILL STIRS
The Commercial Interests of
the Entire United States.
EXTRAORDINARY FALL IN LONDON

The Largest Mines In Washington Are
Now Shut Down-smeIting and Refin-
ing Works Throughout the Country
VIII BE Closed-stnl Trying for the
Repeal of Sherman Law.
SPOKANE, Wash, June 29-There is
considerable excitement in the Couer
d'Alene country of the silver question
There are three things which are dis
turbing the great mining district-price
of silver, lead and labor. Several of the
largest mines have shut down within the
last few days and others threaten to-
A few days ago miners in the Gem and
Frisco mines threatened to strike for an
increase of fifty cents per day and the
troubles of year ago are feared.
At the same time silver dropped and
now the mines are closed. Workmen in
the Last Chance now have agreed on a
graded scale of wages taking part pay
opened yesterday.
Mine owners talk freely and say that
with minors working at $3.50 and car
men and shovelers at SO per day, with
silver at 20 cents and lead at A. all the
mines in the Couer d'Alene country can
be worked proftably, and will continue to
run. But there must be an equivalent
for this.
Lead or silver must raise or wages
must go down. There is a great deal of
anxiety and mining men hold daily con
ferences, Unless there is an advance in
silver or lead in short time every mine
in the Couer d'Alene country is likely to
close This will stop the daily output
of about II, 0U0 ounces and $50 tons of
lead
Mine owners generally want the Sher-
man law repealed at once, and majority
favor free coinage as an expedient
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
ITALIAN MURDERER HANGED.
PlETRO BUccleRl PUT TO death
FOR KILLING A NURSE.

She Had Come to Give Him Medicine
as Instructed But He Refused to
Take it and plunged Kuife Into
Her Abdomen.
READING, Pa. June 30. - Pietro
Buccieri was hanged here this morning.
The drop fell at 11.O6. He was pro
nou need dead at lila.
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
OWING TO THE DECLINE OF SILVER

A Strong Probability That the Grant
Smelling aud Refining Works BE Closed.
OMAHA, June 20 There is a strong
probability that the big Grant Smelling
and Refining Works in this city win be
closed on account of the decline in silver.
E W. Nash, treasurer of the company,
said yesterday: 1--WE have quit buying
and shall buy no more silver until mat
ters take q different turn. If we cannot
afford to work silver we shall have to
shut up shop"
Evening journal., 1893-06-29
SINGLE AND LUMBER MILL BURNS.
With a Loss of $4,000 to Fleming q
Ayers.

SEATTLE, Wash, June ~ Fleming
& Ayers's shingle and lumber mill at
Ballard, suburb of Seattle, was burned
to the ground last evening. Loss.
$50, 900; insurance, $50. 600