Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-23
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day began mailing printed copies of the
new Tariff bill to customs officers.
Representative Bynum has been re-
nominated by the Democrats of the
Seventh Indiana Congressional district.
Colonel Peter Dale Parchment of the
Fourteenth Regiment, n. g. p, died Mt
his home in Pittsburg, Wednesday, aged
So years,
Frank Proteus, young farmer living
near Kalamazoo, yesterday week shot
and killed his wife, whom he mlstook
for burglar
Rear Admiral Skerrett, United States
Navy, arrived Mt San Francisco on Sat.
urday, on the steamer China, from Hong
Kong and Yokohama.
A dispatch from Montreal says that
the report of the death, in Glasgow, Of
James A. Allan of the Allan Steamship
Line, is without foundation.
Captain L. W. Nicholson of Indiana,
superintendent of the United States
Treasury stables at Washington, ID. c.,
committed suicide by shooting sunday.
A dispatch from Bu2zard's Bay, Mass,
states that President Cleyeland's attack
OF malaria has almost entirely disap-
peared and that he will start for Wash
ington Tuesday.
All the machine rooms of the Elgin
(lllinois) watch factory are being
operated with full force. 1t is be-
lieved that the proposed sale of the
plant To au English syndicate for
S700O,0OO has been called off.
Sub.Collector Mccormick of Peel
| Island has been suspended from duty
by the Canadian government because
he ordered the seizure of the American
| fishing steamer Louise, which it was
found had not violated the law.
Captain G. S. Houston, now com
m0nding the receiving ship Hale at the
Washington Navy Yard, has been or.
| dercd to assume command of the cruiser
Machas on September 18th, when she
will start for the Aslatic station.
The steamship Oceano has been pur-
chased by the Philadelphia Steamship
CO., and is being fitted up for service
between this port and Jacksonville, Fla.
! The new line is to be run principally
in the interests OF produce merchants.
Judge Phillips of the United States
district court at Kansas City, Mo-, has
authorized the sale of $3,00O00O worth
Of securities of the Understanding
Mortgage Trust Co., which is in the
hands of u receiver. The company will
be reorganized.
During fight over two lissolute
women at Thornton, Ind, Friday night
Charles Sutton crushed the skull OF
Hiram Mcdonald with piece of rock
and John Sexton shot Charles Patter
son. Mcdonald died and Patterson is
dying.
General Brooke has reported to the
War department that he has recalled al
his forces which have been guarding the
Central and Union Pacific railroads, the
officials Of those companies being conf
dent that they can operate the road
without further military assistance.
A dispatch from Atlanta, Ca, report.
the sale on Saturday Of the Georgi,
Pacific railroad under foreclosure pro
ceelings to g. H. Custer, who announced
that he had purchased it for the South
ern Railway Co, which Drexel, Morgan
IL Co. have lately organized.
The Navy Department is not great,
concerned over the cable report that th
gunboat Iantic had run aground in tn
Parana river, IN the Argentine Republic
rs such mlshapS are of frequent occur
renee in South American streams, ant
the vessels get off with little or no dam
age.
A machine, which is regarded as ceI
tain to result in changing the presGn
methods OF handling coal on the grea
Lakes and elsewhere, is at work a
: Ashtabula. In one hour it can lift
, cars, each of about 90 tons capacity
and dump their contents into the hold
Of vessels Thousands of shovelers wi
! be deprived Of employment by til
general use of the machine.
G A rowboat on Lake Michigan, o
! Chicago, was capslzed by the swe
made by steamer on Tuesday. G.. .
| Williamson and Christ Miller WEI
thrown into the water, but succeeded i
getting hold OF the overturned boat, an
: Tor nearly half q day were tossed abor
by the waves. Williamson finally SUI
!. cumbed to fatigue and was drowned
q Miller was soon afterward rescued by
li!c.saving crew.
i Major +. Worth, u. 5. A., has heo
/; acquitted by courT-martial at Fo
q Omaha, NeD., Of the charge of disobe,
!, ing an order that only work of stri
4 necessity shall be done in the army q
Il sunday. Major Worth had ordered
private to rifle practice on Sunday III
private refused TO obey, was court-ma
tailed and found guilty. The court hei
that the Sunday order, which was mac
by President Lincoln in 1862, is /
, longer in effect.