Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-02-01

Madame Laura Schirmer- Mapleson,
the prima donna, died in New York
yesterday week of pneumonia.
The Quarryyille section OF the Ian.
caster & Reading Narrow Gauge rail-
road is to be sold under foreclosure
proceedings.
The Treasury Department has ap.
proved a plan, prepared by Collector
kilbreth of New York, by which GUS
tom duties can be paid by check.
The old Schuschardt homestead, at
Newtown, l.. l., owned by Mr.. Hunter,
a New York stock broker, was burned
Friday. The loss is thought to be
over 100000.
Mrs. Emil Killar of Auburn, N. Y.
in fit of insanity, Thursday, shot and
killed her husband and her 9-months-
old infant, and then shot herself in the
head, infiicting fatal injury.
Judge Coffey, at San Francisco, yes
terday week, made an order giving Mrs.
Jane L. Stanford an allowance of
$4,000 monthly, pending the settlement
of the Leland Stanford estate.
The building on the county farm at
Boone, Iowa, In which the incurable
insane persons were confined, was burned
Tuesday week and eight of the nine
inmates persisted In the flames.
Governor Stone Of Mississippi. has
Withdrawn from the fight for the vacant
United states Senatorship, because he
could not follow tho Democrats of his
State in their advocacy of free silver.
The Democrats Of the Seventh yjr.
ginia district have nominated S. S. Tnr-
ner of Warren to succeed Governor
0Ferrall in Congress. Twenty.three
ballots were taken before choice was
reached.
The first comptroller of the currency
has decided tue contention between the
board OF reference and control and the
committee on awards, Of the Worlds
Fair Commission, adversely to the claims
of the board.
The collector of internal revenue for
the San Francisco district says the
Chinese in his district are registering
now very rapidly lie says there is no
longer any doubt Of their compliance
with the amended Geary law.
A banquet was held in Westfield, N.
j., Friday night, in honor of the Tooth
anniversary OF the town. Many promi-
nent men from all parts of the State
were present. There was no wine, all
the toasts being drunk in cold water.
Jeremiah NJ. Mulyihill, n Chicago
alderman was shot and fatally wounded
on Thursday night, in saloon, by
Michael Frewer, who was drunk and
from whom Mulylhill attempted to take
revolver, which he was ilourishing.
An alleged heir to portion of the
Grocer estate, in Chester, Pa, has an
reared, and an Investigation is being
made. He claims TO have discovered an
improper conveyance of the property,
and now questions the title to a portion
of it.
Secretary Carlisle Thursday set Feb.
ruary 10th as tho limit of continuing tho
Worlds Fair building as bonded ware.
house. All exhibits remaining in the
building after that date will be removed
to the storage warehouses at the expense
OF the owners.
A stick of dynamite, which some un-
known person placed in the stove in
smoking car on the Missouri, Kansas &,
Texas railroad, at Marcos, Texas, ex-
ploded yesterday. week, killing L.
Binding and j. O. Heidelman. Six other
passengers were seriously injured.
The anthracite coal sales agents in
New York Thursday decided to make
the February production of anthracite
so per cent of the capacity, which is
about 2,950,000 tons. The production
IN February last year was 8, 1875, S07 tons
and 3,172,021 tons in 1892. They
further resolved to meet on February
10th, when, II the weather has been
mild, they Will further reduce the pro.
duction, and II cold they will increaseit. |