Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-07
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Hamilton Wood, aged IS years, n
former well-to.do merchant, committed
suicide in New York Wednesday by
Jumping from the roof Of the Trafalgar
House, where he resided.
Alexander Lindsay, his brothers three
young children and Mrs. William
Ingram were drowned in Smiths Bay,
near Pictou, Ont, Tuesday week it is
supposed by the capsizng Of their boat,
John Linbarger of Plainfcld. N. j.,
was drowned Wednesday III the Raritan
river, near Bound Brook. lie was fish.
ing and got too near the dam, his boat
being drawn under the fall by an eddy.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers,
in convention at Denver, has elected W.
V. Powell of Wichita, Kan, grand chief
telegrapher, over D.. G. Ramsay. The
headquarters Of the order were changed
from Vinton, H., to st. Louis.
The large icchouses on the border of
Spy Pond, in Arlington, Mass, cover.
ing nearly two acres, were burned on
Wednesday night, together with 10000
tons of ice, eight freight cars and u
dwelling. The loss will aggregate over
100000.
Fifteen business houses and 90 resi-
dences in Ottumwa, H., were destroyed
by fire Sunday. James Seymour, a
boy, was burned to death. Bert Batter
son was fatally suffocated and three
others seriously injured. The loss is
estimated at $225,O00.
A jury at Kalamazoo, Mich, has
given the estate Of John Walker iudg-
ment for 81 900 against the Lake Shore
q Michigan Southern railway. Walker
was killed in April, 1893, while cutting
trolley wire over the company's tracks,
acting under orders Of the company.
According to Washington dispatch,
those members Of the House who believe
that the law of 1856, in which is found
the provision for Withholding salaries
of members absent for other causes
than sickness, has been repealed, have
decided to have the matter settled judi
cially.
A telegram from Spokane, WASH,
says that word reached there Wednesday
night that the town Of Concunelli was
swept away by flood. 1t is said that
every business house in town was de-
stroyed and that nearly all of the resi-
dences were swept away. Mrs. Almira
Keith lost her life.
The Boston harbor police, Thursday,
recovered the body of Frank Whitall ot
Philadelphia, one Of the Harvard stu.
dents who were drowned in the harbor
May 18th. Tho other bodies have been
recovered. The remains were found
about 1000 yards from where the acct
dent is supposed to have taken place.
The losses by tue flood at Boulder,
COL, are estimated at $3j0,000. Many
points in Boulder Canon were badly
wrecked, and in the ranching districts
of Northern Colorado many Of the irrl.
eating bitches and reservoirs were de.
stroyed. The damage TO mine property
in Gilpin county may reach 100000.
Peter Jackson, in q letter from San
Francisco, says; "Please cable the
National Sporting Club that l accept
their offer Of $4,000, and ask them to
cable upon what date they want the
contest, so that | can notify Charles L.
Davies, my manager, and make arrange
ments to settle the matter in short order"
Second Assistant Postmaster. General
j. Lowrie Bell has rendered his resigna-
ton to the President through the Postmas-
ter-General, to take effect at the end of the
present fiscal year, june Both, in order
to accept the position of general traffic
manager of the Central Railway Com
pany of New Jersey, with headquarters
at New York.
In the United States court at Cleve-
land, O., Saturday, Judge Kicks de-
cided the so-called Tax lnquisitor law
to be unconstitutional. Millions Of dol
lars in taxes throughout the State are
affected by this decision. Since the law
went into elect many large capitalists
have moved out of the State to avoid
the tax inquisitor.
The United States court of appeals at
Chicago Thursday took under advise
ment suggestion that the record In the
appeal of Chief Arthur, of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, from
Judge Jenkins famous injunction order,
should be made up and the case brought
before the United States Supreme Court
MS quickly as possible.
Owing to the terrible floods in British
Columbia and the stoppage of commune.
cation with the East, beef famine has
occurred IN that province. To provide
for it an order in Council has been
passed by the Dominion cabinet tempo
raril y permitting the importation of live
cattle to be slaughtered Immediately on
arrival at the railway terminus.
The Italian cases against the CITY of
New Orleans for damages resulting from
The death OF the Italians in the parish
prison assault on March 18th, 1891, have
been decided IN the United States court
OF appeals. The court holds that munici-
pal corporations in Louisiana are moi
liable for any damage done by mobs or
riotous assemblages, except for damage
to property.
The rear coach of q train On the
Albany u Columbia branch of the
Southwestern railroad, division of the
Central railroad of Georgia, was over
turned by broken rail at Hollis. Ga.
yesterday week, and 40 people were
injured, two or three of whom will. in
all probability, die. The train consisted
OF SIX coaches louded with excursionists
from Andersonvllle oattcnd Decoration
DAY exercises ut the national cemetery.
One of the Maryland State police
vessels poured n fusilade of shot into n
fleet of 20 grabbing vessels on Saturday
in Holland Strait. Several hundred
shots were fired. The sails and deck
houses of the crabbers were riddled with
bullets, and three of them were SO badly
crippled that they were unable to
escape. They were towed into Fishing
Bay, where they arc held as hostages by
the Dorchester county authorities until
the captains pay tho fine assessed for
"scraping" the bottom.