Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-06


Tuesday week aggregated $4,000.
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes celebrated
his 85th birthday at his summer home,
on Beverly Farms, on Wednesday.
United States Senators Smith of New
Jersey, and Aldrich of Rhode Island,
sailed for Europe from New York yes
terday week.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Hamlin reached tine Seal Islands, i'll
Behring Sea, on the 81 instant. He is
engaged in a study of the seal problem.
President Cleveland left Washington
yesterday week for Buzzard's bay,
! embarking on the lighthouse tender
John ID. Rogers, at Jersey City, at LIS
p. IN.
The United States internal revenue
receipts for the fiscal year to date have
reached $54 100000 against $26 100000
for the corresponding period of last
| year.
Secretary Carlisle will not leave
Washington for month or more. lie
will devote his personal attention to the
execution Of the new Tariff law and
deciding the numerous knotty questions
that are expected to arise in the course
Oh llS administrator.
A race riot was " Wednesday reported
to be imminent in Ilarlin City, S. c., and
company of militia was ordered out.
The trouble grew out of the arrest of
some negroes for beating negro who
violated an agreement concerning the
wages for picking cotton.
Out of 800 saloons in Memphis, Tenn,
only about 100 have been required to
pay license. The officials who are said
to be responsible for this state of
affairs, and for u less TO the city of
nearly $2,000,0O0 during the last eight
years, have been indicted.
Secretary Carlisle has decided in
reference 10 one of the points in dis
pute in tariff bill Interpretation, that
under section AL Of the new Tariff act,
anthracite coal may be imported free of
duty and unloaded, that the Limitation
as to unloading applies only to coal
stores Of American vessels.
The Treasury Department has de-
cidcd 10 be governed by the Supreme
Court decision in the case of Hartrani
VS.. Oliver, which entities to benefits OF
the new Tariff act all imported goods
! held in customs custody on August
2Sth, 1894, whether unclaimed, ON board
, vessel, or in process of transportation.
Secretary Morton is in receipt of a
/ cable from the United States minister
+ at Brussels, to the effect that an order
of the Belgian government subjects all
American cattle to As days quarantine
: An exception is made for cattle on the
, way before August Goth, but this only
! on condition that they be killed at the
! public slaughter house on arrival.
Z According to Birmingham, Ala.
Y dispatch, the International Migration
Society has made contract with al
African steamship company for the
:, transportation of 5000 Golonists annu.
! ally to Liberia. The first steamer vii
}. leave Philadelphia early in October, anC
II will touch the Atlantic coast as far a
New Orleans. From there it will go t
:, Liberia, touching at Havana, Cuba.
. Ailotments of land aggregating AS.
: in number have been made by TIL
. Indian office to the 4ankton Indians il
South Dakota and are now in the hand
. Of the commissioner of the genera
? lard office awaiting his approval. Tn
u allotments comprise l00,535 acres, ant
in a short time the President Will issu
d, proclamation, opening the remainde
>, Of the land on the Yankton reservation
to settlement.
IT The Department of State has beer
n notified that the Venezuelan govern
d ment has appointed its Minister Il
l. Washington, Senior Jose Andrado a
" commissioner for the arbitration of tn,
n Venezuela Steam Transportation Co.
ri IA ct MI IN
N l.. JciIries has already been appointe
q the commissioner on behalf Of TIL
N United States, and in accordance witt
ID the terms Of the special treaty PROVE
" ing for the arbitration the two new con
le missioners will proceed to select Il thir
IS member.