Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
PHILADELPHIA AFFAIRS.

Three men were burned, Wednesday
by the explosion of can of gasolene al
127 North Sixth street. All are out Of
danger.
Martin Lafferty, So years old, notori-
Gus housebreaker and store robber, died
yesterday week at the Home of In.
dustry for eX-prisoners.
Major Moses Veale Thursday re-
cceiyed for the Mcclellan monument
fund 1000 from Captain w. w. Fra.
zler and 500 each from George w.
Childs and John Wanamakcr.
Pennsylvania railroad officials, Wed.
nesday, confirmed the report that the
Terre Haute & Indianapolis railroad
known as the Vandalia line--w would be-
come part of the Pennsylvania system.
j. Van Smith, general agent of the
Baltimore 81 Ohio railroad in Philadel-
phla aud superintendent of the Phila-
delphia Division, will shortly be made
general superintendent of the compauv's
lines west of the Ohio river, with head
quarters in Chicago.
The coroner's jury found Thursday
that the death of Annie X Ford, 50
years old, on December 18th, was due to
burns. Her husband, Michael Ford
who, it was alleged, kicked over the
stove while drunk, setting fire TO the
woman's clothing, was committed to
await the action OF the grand jury.
The last vestige of Smiths Island. con-
sisting of some piling, was removed
Wednesday by the American Dredoiog
Company. There is now a mean dent6
OF IL feet of water over the sites If
Smiths and Windmill Islands and their
shoals. Dredges have started to deepen
the Windmill Island shoal to 20 feet.
The coroner is investigating the case
OF Jacob Siders, so years old, who was
admitted to the Pennsylvania Hospital
on New Years eve and died yesterday
week. lie was unable to tell how
ms injuries were received, but had an
ldea he was thrown out of a lodginr
house near Second and Lombard streets'
Judge Finletter Thursday handed
uowh an opinion giving an interpreta-
tloh OF the election law Of 1891. He ex-
pressed the opinion that on the official
3aliot sheet, where the voter marks in
ulVluuals, ana also marks the head of a
group, that the marking of the indiyid.
ual shall prevail, and that the marking
OF the group, SO far as the same offices
are concerned, shall be imperative and
The Director of Public Works. tbrougb
the mayor and with his approval, sub
mitted to City Councils Thursday n Man
Ior depressing the Reading railroad
tracks on Pennsylvania avenue. from
broad street west to the city limits.
thereby avoiding II grade Crossings
The tracks will be reIaid in an omen
subway from Broad street TO the west Of
lWenty-hrst street; thence In a tnnnel
constructed beneath the street level ex-
tending to the open cut and subway
system south of Girard avenue, now
used by the Reading and Baltimore &
Ohio railroads. Thirteenth street will
be depressed for the railroad to 20 over
1t, and Broad street elevated aboHt fonr
ieet above its present grade, that the
road may pass under On Pennrvivanis
avenue, from Twenty.ilrst Street to
Paramount Park, driveway will be
constructed. The undertaking will cost,
i IS estimated, between $4,000, 900 and
$6,000i000, which is to be borne eoualIv
by the city and railroad company the
receivers of the company HAVING as.
sented TO the terms, which will have N
be submitted to the United States circuit
court