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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
FACTS on FRozsw HYDR4srs.
Water Department superintendent
Report ON the Troublesome Subject.

Report ON the Troublesome Subject.
In the annual report for 1903 OF
Superintendent j. b, Qverton of tho
St, Paul, Mimi, water works some
interesting figures are given of the
effect Of frost on the pipe system in
that city during the preceding winter.
This was the most severe one ever OK.
perieuced in its effects on the fire hy- l
drants, for out Of the 1868 in use 2il
were more or less impaired, although
the majority were in u condition to be
used In spite Of the trouble. OF those
affected, 10l have been protected by
black peat soil and sawdust laid above
the hydrant valve in alternate courses
six inches deep, which has proved q
good safeguard against the frost, and
others have been altered in other WAYS,
Twenty-four of the cases were traced 10
improper location with respect to area
ways or catch basins, and iu five places
the mains and hydrants were not placed
at a proper depth. There were 81 cases
which showed frost once, 10 four times.
~ tlVe times, eight six times, live seven
times, two IL times, and one 10 times.
A record OF every hydrant has been
kept showing the number of times il
has been effected by frost in the last 10
years.
There were four cases of frozen
mains, one where the pipe was not laid
at u sufficient depth, two In places
where the frost went unusually deep.
and ono where the main was laid In an
embankment and burst from being
exposed to frost on one side.
The service pipes suffered badly, for
out Of total Of l2,014,259 were stopped
by frost. Of this number, 1874 We're
frozen inside the property line, two
were not laid to u proper depth, 80 were
que TO the frost penetrating down for s
leet or more, seven were on TEMPORARY
mains where streets were graded down
| without the knowledge of the Water
| department, 20 were in areaways where
they Will probably be frozen every
| winter, IL were under cable cunduiis
IL Were frozen at the main ON dead
ends, II were in the streets where pipes
We're raised by sewer contractors, nine
| were located where mains were moi
laio 10 the proper depth, four occurred
Where the mains were frozen. and 10
| We're reported twice. Tho regular
depth OF laying service pipes is "a feet.
anu from the best available lnformatinn
u Is believed that the average depth of
Irost Is not more than 81 feet, although
during the winter in question il went
Gown and . feet in places. All ina
pipes which We're affected have been
lowered, as far as possible, to avoid a
repetition of the trouble.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11

CHAIRMIN WILSOS .IRRIPES.
He is in Good Health and is Going Righ
to Work in His Dlatrict in West Virginiu

He is in Good Health and is Going Right
to Work in His Dlstriet in West Virginin.
NEW YoRK, Oct. G.-Aftcr stormy
passage the American Line steamer New
York has arrived at her dock III this
city. Congressman William l.. Wilson
was among the passengers,
After breakfast MIR. Wilson talked
with an Associated Press reporter, and
in reply To several questions, said:
II feel fully recovered from my recent
illness and have enjoyed my trip very
much. Coming back we had very rough
weather, but | think enjoyed the
storm better than any one, MS did not
lose meal during the trip"
The speaker looked right well indeed,
his eyes shone brightly and his face was
the picture Of health.
Speaking of his trip abroad, he said
II did not go over TO talk tariff, hut |
met u number of the leading financial
and business men in London last week
at the Chamber of Commerce dinner.
spoke to them then, and said the new
Tariff bill was not made 10 suit them,
but TO suit Americans. Ny remarks, |
believe, were cabled over here, and !
have nothing to add to them. The
British will have 10 look out for us
when we get free raw material, for we
will command supremacy in manufac-
lures, our merchant marine Will be re-
storet, aud our merchants will appear
in neutral markets"
"What do you think OF the result in
Georgia and the gain Of tue Populists y
asked the reporter.
"Well, as have only just heard OF
it" replied Mr.. Wilson, Il cannot give
any opinion at the present time. / am
going right home now and will begin
my canvass at once" said he, "and that
will be test of my health being i'm.
proved, as | am going to work very
hard -
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
STATE SCHOOL FUNDS.

The Amount Received by Each of the
Three Counties How Wilmington and
the Towns Of the state Fars-Ihu New
Law Giving General Satisfaction.
State Treasurer Bnrnite has com
pleted the apportionment Of the school
fund for tAu present year and the
amounts credited to each county are
now on deposit in the Farmers Bank at
New Castle, Dover and Georgetown.
The entire amount distributed is
Sll5,442.04, and after delncting
amounts paid for benei!ciaries in in.
.titutions outside the State, including
the deaf and dumb the blind and feeble
minded children, and also amounts paid
for free text books, appropriation to
teachers institutes, &c, the sum of $780,.
l77.S5 Is left for distribution among the
counties, divided as follows;
To New Castle county, $40, 1869; to
Kent county, $23,02lG9; to Sussex
county, $35, l77.S5.
Free text books cost the present year
$9,0G4.42, aa against $1l, l3S.l2 in 1898,
and $22 ,9s5.lS in 1854, making d total
cost of $42 ,lS7.72 for free text books
during the three years the law has been
in existence.
For the present year books have cost
New Castle county $1,S9S,5S; Kent,
$2,505.40; Sussex, @3,G6O44.
The city of Wilmington this year gets
$l1,63S36; New Castle, S l,295.50; New
ark, $l,000.S0; Mddlctown, $500; Della
ware City, SG6G.l2 Marshallton, 5000 81;
Townsend, S6GS.GT; Newport, sass. As;
Odessa, $4G73o,
Single districts average about $3.50
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11

II Proved a eath-trap TO n Merry Infant
who Was Ht PLAY,


PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. ga fold
Ing spring bed was the death trap in
which an infant son of Charles Barker
Of Springfield avenue, Wyndmoor,
Montgomery county, broke his neck
about $50 o'clock yesterday morning.
While the little fellow rolled and
romped upon the bed shortly after
awakins from his slumbers, an iron
spring suddenly claspcd, the bed folded
together with a bang, the baby's neck
was broken and he died.
The accident brought the mother
quickly to the child's assistance. With
a cry of horror she forced open tho
closed bed, only to find her child lying
limp upon the mattress.
With all possible haste Doctors Foltz
and johnson, Of Chestnut Hill, were
summoned. They found by Il hasty ex-
animation that not only was the chlId's
neck broken, but that his death was
PROBABLY instantaneous.
The case was reported to Justice Of
the Peace George W. II. Smith, who
held an Inquest last evening, with the
result that Il verdict OF accidental death
was rendered.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.--The steamer
Orinoco, from Bermuda October Cd,
reached this port to-day, having on
board as passengers Captain Forbes,
Mate Joseph Conner and nine seamen
from the American bark Albemarle,
from Baltimore for 81. John Porto Rico,
via Vavassa, coal-laden, which was
burned at sea September 18TH, in lati-
tude 21.54, longitude 675G.
The vessel was found on fire at @ p.
M, uf the 18th, and half an hour later
the crew were compelled to take to the
boats and abandon the vessel, saving
nothing but what they stood in. They
were picked up ON the 10Th by the
British bark Rose Hill, and landed at
Bermuda.
Captain Forbes states that the fire is
supposed 10 have been caused by spOn.
taneous combustion. The Albcrmarle
was Of 4lS tons register and was partly
insured.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11

BLOOMFIELD, I'm, Oct. j.-The rob
bcrs who dynamited the Bloomfield
Bank safe, Wednesday night, and got
away with nearly $4,000 in cash, were
run down with a posse and bloodhounds
near this place last night. A desperate
fight was was kept up and the robbers
finally retreated. There were three of
them, one Of whom was shot down. He
was taken to Swift City, four miles
from here, and gave the name Of Charles
Rivers Of Indianapolis. Rivers had
Sl,lOO Of the stolen money on his per-
son. He is badly wounded and viii! die.
The other two robbers Guided the posse
and have not yet been taken.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
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Mnhomet's Celestial MniInns

Mussulman Paradise as most delectasle
creatures made of milk aud mnsK. i'm
we opine thai their c0mplcxianul charms
would be dinmcl by thelustrc.uilb stiltv
of the fair skin beuuttici by .,,lennis
sulphur Soap" Age makes NJ Impression
on the face to which this enemy IL decay
has been applied. Sold ~ druggists.
Hills instantaneous ilar Dye" the
least costly OF all dyes in use ard the most
effective.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
FIFTY BODIES WASHED ASHORE

Unidentified, and Buried Where They
We're Faund on the Florida Shore--Sot
Known whore They Game From.
New York Herald.
KEY WEsT, Fla, Oct. 3.-More than
so human bodies have been washed up
along the reefs near here in the last few
days, most of them being badly decom-
posed.
They were buried where they were
found.
Wrecks have been sighted near the
Florida coast by the steamers which
have arrived here recently, These, how.
ever, were in such positions that IL seems
hardly probable that the current would
have carried any bodies from them to
Key West II may DO that the bodies
are from vessels wrecked by tho recent
hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, and
have been carried to Key West by the
gulf stream.
The steamer Ell Rio, which arrived
here Saturday, reported that on Septem.
Der Goth she sighted large steamer
ashore eight miles northeast Of Alligator
Reef. An officer Of III Rio told me last
evening, in the absence of Captain
Quick, that the vessel seemed to be q
tOiGlEh pipHip htCulilCI VI sGfcIul tuOu-
sand tons. She was headed inshore, and
there was no sign that che was breaking
up.
III Rio was within seven miles OF her.
Captain Quick could distinguish no
| signals. Wreckers cannot find her now.
| The wrecked vessel had buff funnel
with u black top, and two masts. My
Informant did not think the bodies
could have been from the grounded
steamer, as he thought that the crew
could have remained on board until
help came,
ONLY TWO SURVIVED.
Alligator Reef is 90 miles east by
north Of Key West. Wreckagc from
there would be carried north instead of
in the direction of Key West,
The Ossec,on September Goth, brought
to Key West the first and second mites
Of the bark Wandering Chief, from
Belize to HaVre, which was totally
wrecked on Elbow Roof. The two men
Were the only survivors. Most of tho
crew Of the bark Brandon were lost
when she was wrecked on Crokers Reef
on September .lth. She was bound
from Ship Island, Miss, to Liverpool.
The Morgan line steamer I'll Morte,
recently arrived at New Orleans, sig
nailed il large ship, bottom up, north Of
Alligator, and u large barkcntine well
up on the reef, whose names she could
not ascertain,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
TWENTY nOUs rs nnRNED.
Damaging Fire in Buckhannon, w.
Va, which Was Probably of Incendi.
hrY OriEin.


l'ucKHANNoN, w. VA, Oct. 5.-Just
after midnight fire broke out in the
klddy furniture building on Main
street. The lire spread rapidly and
ragged iiercely and by o'clock the
building, stock of its feed store, White
Carver " Co.'s hardware store and build.
ing, and half dozen frame dwellings
along Main street We're burned. In
half an hour more Peifer's drug store
and two big threestory blocks opposite
were in flames.
Help from Weston, was called for and
arrived at $50 and by 3 O'clock the fire
was under control. Twenty houses, in.
Guiding all of both sides Of Main street
from =. q. Farnsworth's building to
DIR. j. W. Brown block were burned
out
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
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4 HURRIELE TRAGEDY,
a Man shoots Ills wife IN the Presence
of Her Children and Then Blows out
His Rrnins

INDIANAPOLIS, ND, Oct. 5.--At mid
night last night George Neorr, who was
the proprietor Of II saloon at No. 1856
Shelby street, fatally shot his wife in
tho head and then went To the house Of
his son, nearby, and blew out his own
brains on the back porch.
Neorr WAS go years old and married
his wife, who was u widow, about one
year ago. The woman had protested
against the communicating influence of
the saloon on her three little children,
and the murder resulted from this quar-.
rel
Three children witnessed the murder
Of their mother.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11

with the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal cleanli-
ness, which follows the use of Syrup of
Figs, is unknown to the few who have not
progressed beyond the old time medicines
and the cheap substitutes sometimes offered
but never accepted by the well informed.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11

The trial III the United States court of
the suit Of Shaw vs.. Blumenthal, has, on
the application Of Willard salisbury, at.
torhey i9f aciendnht, been postponed from
November 10Th. The CLERK MAS ordered e.
notify the petit jury panel that their
presence is not needed a. the coming
October term. 2
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
FITzSIMM0Ns a. rHE ASTtL.
The Man Who Aspires to the Heavy
weight Championship Belt, by Trade Il
HlucksInitn,

BLACKSMITH.
Bob Fizsimmons, the middle weight
champion OF the world. was seen py n
reporter Of TIE GAZETTE at the Clayton
House Saturday. He had Just returned
from the blacksmith shopof James Early.
No. no Orange street, where he tried his
skill in making horse shoes. and turned
ont several One Of them he gave to
James L. Willis Of the Clayton House as a
memento. Mr. Willis was helper at the
anvil Fitzslmmons learned the trade Of
blacksmith in Hclson Cornwall Eng.
land, where he was born ~ years ago lie
followed tine trade of shoemaking previous
to his advent into the pnsilistic world, and
his work al the anvil this morning was
the first in four years.
fltzslmmonS stated that he hoped Cor
bett would agree to fight him in New
Orleans between now AMI hex. February
for the proposed sake OF $4,000. lie Is
confident he $ Ill be able . knock Corbett
ont. ana in case "lientlmnun Jim" de-
ciines 10 meet him within reasonable
space OF timc. asserts that he will claim
the championship Of tine world and defend
ii against all comers.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
DESTROYED BY FIRE AT STA
Burning of the American Bark
Albemarle.
THE CREW TAKE TO THE BOATS
Picked Up Next Day and
N@ Taken to Bermuda.

Thrilling Experience Of the Crew of
ooal-laden sailing Vessel ~ Destroyed
by u Fire, Supposed to Rave Beeu
Caused by Spontaneous Combustion
All Hands Rescued After Day in the
small Boats.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
R.IILRO.iD ACCIDENTS.


From the advance sheets of the Stats.
tics of railways in the United States pre-
pared by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for the year ending June Both,
1893, the following statistics are pre-.
pared and published in the Railoay Sur
geoR.
In the following, the first figures, after
the year, are the killed, and the second
the injured 1893, employees, 2,727,
81, 720; passengers, 800. 1929; other per.
sons, 1890, 5,435 total, 7,346, 40,303.
In 1892, employees, 2,554, 2S ,2B7; pas
sengers. 376, 1927; other persons, 4,2l7,
5,l5S; total, 7,147, 36,652. In 1891,
employees, 1890, rs, l4o passengers, 203,
2,912; other persons, 4,076, 4,769; total,
1929, 1881. In 1890, employees, 2,451,
% 1906; passengers, 1856, 2,425; other per.
sons, 5,59S, 4,206; total, 6,335, 29,O27.
In 1889, employees, 1879, 2U,U2S; passen-
gers, $40, ALAG; other persons, 3,541,
Abs; total, 5,S23, 26,300.
In 1888, employees, 2,0To, 30, 14S; pas.
sengers, 3l5, 2,13S; other persons, 1897
3,632; total, 5,2S2, 1888.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11

Clergyman examining Sunday
school class -Now, can any of you tell
me what are sins of omission9 Small
Scholar--Please sir, they're sins you
ought to have committed and haven't.
It'd Bits.
Mother-"ra think that my little
Ethel should have spoken so imperti.
nently to papa to-day at dinner! She
never hears me talk that way to him."
Ethel = (stoutly) "Wcll, but YOU
choosed him, and | didn't."
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11

Save yourselves coughs lfa,c's Honey
of HOrehDund ana lar prevent bronchitis
and consumption.
Pixies Ioothlchc Drops cure in one
minute,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
ONCE IT'LL DO.

I'll never ask girl again
TO be my wife
While we are in birch canoe
You bet your life s'
did il once, one wretched dav
=, And that's enough.
Things didn't go ut all my wav.
Oh, it was tough +! ''
Consent to get,
overturned the cursed craft
And we got wet. 1850
That spoiled my chances once for -,
;, As you might know, go toi aii'
far when we both were safe on .h
The girl said; MOI e =" siioFe'
--iSomcrpiu, .yo,,,,ay
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-26
INSANE WoMAN's DEEDS.
Killed Her Husband, Fatally Shot Her
Child and Blew Her Own Brains Out.


Child and Blew Her Own Brains Out.
AUBURN, n. Y, Jan. GA frenzied
woman sent bullet through the heart of
her husband shot her 9month- old child
through the body and then turned the
muzzle of the weapon toward her own tenn
pie and sent a bullet into her brain. There
were no other members of the family; con-
sequently there are no witnesses to the af-
fair who are able to tell the story. The
husband died almost instantly after rush
ing to door and Shouting for assistance
A neighbor heard the cry and dashed in
over the PROSTATE body of the man, only
to witness the horrible picture of the moth
er stretched across the body of her infant,
from both of whom the life blood was rap
idly flowing. The child lay moaning in its
cradle, with the mother gasping in her
death struggles and grasping in her right
hand the revolver which had done the ter
rible deed.
The physicians in attendance say that
neither mother nor child can live. The
name of the man is Emil kellar, a Swiss,
who married Emma, his wife, in the old
country. They have lived in this city for
the past two years, and he has held the po-
sition of gardener on the premises of the
late d. M.~Osborne during that time. The
only cause which can be assigned for the
horrible act of his wife is insanity. A week
ago she was discharged from the Auburn
City hospital, where she had undergone
treatment for slight mental difficulties,
but she was discharged as cured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-26
TERsE TELEGRAPHIc TALES.

Five hundred British troops were ordered
10 go at once to Egypt.
The pope is preparir G an address to be
delivered Sunday on current events in
Italy.
The body of murdered man whose
identity is unknown was found in brook
near Lincoln, Mass.
Secretary Carlisle has appointed Thomas
E. Lane of New Jersey a chief of division
in the registers office.
DR.. Jaques. member of the Austrian
reichsrath, committed suicide by shooting
himself with a revolver.
Henry L. Sheldon of Boston has been APP
pointed to succeed Judge Thompson, who
recently committed suicide.
A house in Springfield, Ills, owned by
Senator Palmer and occupied by State
Treasurer Ramsey, was destroyed by fire.
Another person injured in the Hacken-
sack meadows railroad accident, Edward
M. Clark, died, making the number of
those dead IL.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-26
HARTSRORNE HELD.
The High School Principal Charged With
Murder.

NEW CASTLE, Pa, Jan. 26.-The prelim-
mary hearing of Professor r. G. Harris
horne, late principal of the New Castle
high school, in the now notorious case, was
held. There were four charges, one of
which was murder. When the prisoner
was brought from the county Jail by De-
tective Brown, the streets through which
he passed were crowded, and a crowd of
jeering men and boys followed close on the
heels of the hurrying officer and his charge.
The press was so great that special de-
tail of officers was made to guard the door
leading to the office.
Professor Hartshorne was pale to the
point of being CHASTITY and appeared great
ly frightened He seemed very much
relieved when safely inside and the crowd
and its cries were shut out. Miss Aida
Robinson could not appear She was
physically able to have been taken to the
hearing, but, as one of her friends stated,
she is "a Cabling lunatic."
Her elder sister, Maggie, was placed on
the stand and gave terse, clear statement
of the salient points Of the case, relating
practically what has been published here
tofore. Hartshorne was held for trial on
the four charges.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-26
Mistake. Mistaken.

The use CT this word seems to be so
anomalous ;.s to need some inquiry and
explanation.
l may be mistaken, for | continually
make mistakes. But when shown to
have been mistaken own myself in err
ror. Yet, if am mistaken, is it not the
error of him who mistakes me? But it
may be that am right and that he is
mistaken, though suppose that ought
to take him Alright and not mistake him
Nevertheless | often have to say in ar
gument: Won were quite right. was
mistaken"
In q word, though he who mistakes
must be in error, our common use Of
language considers him who is mistaken
to be SO. Note and Queries
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-26
E. n. BOSSIDY, Prop.

STATE OF tONNECrI Ut, |
CouxrY OF new HAVEN, 80
City of Waterbury, Mayors office
J.nrn}y 25 1891.
To the City Sheriff of the City of Water
bury, greeting:
You are hereby directed to VAIN and
notify the members of the 20 lrt o ON
,u"n q uncil Of sa q Cty that there VIII
be a m citing of said COnr in h. May or's
,lffic in the City hail building in said city
on Monday evening, Janu ~ 20 1894, ut 5
o'cl,c ok, for the purpose If I. ceiving,
oreuin- an" acting upon pr po-"ls for tn
purchase of Waite 3 nds OF the City f
Waterbury, Third seri \, 10 the amo lit
of Five Hundre thousand $500, 000)
dollars, the i>r ne Of which wa voted b
tn, G. 'urt OF Com T., uncil Of said city
at meeting held December %, 1898,
aufl orr l such ha' nag been given by
the G. n, raj Al Sell bly, Of III s sac, by
S ,ecinl Act, approved \ ril 25 1893
You will read this order and warning in
the presence and hearing of the mayor
an each of the members of the Count of
Common Cou' ell of said city, or leave a
true and attrsted copy OF the same at the
usual place of abode If e., Ii of the mem
beers of said court at least twelve hnurs
previous to aid time prescribed for said
meeting, and publish the same i'll one or
more newspa, lers published in said city at
lea-t twelve hours before said time of
saidaneeting
Hereof fail not, but of this warming,
with your doings thereon endorsed, make
due service, and return to the clerk f said
city.
Gi en- under my hand and seal of the
city this 25th day of January, 1894.
EDWARD G. KlLpUFF, Mayor.
New Haven County, IS, Waterbury,
Ja2u +, 26, 1891.
The above and foregoing is "a Ike, true
and attested copy of the original warning
and notice Attest:
JOHN w. MCDONALD, City Sheriff.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-26
lied UP AGAIN.
Bridgeport Street Car Men Renew TIN
Strike. and TrnuhIa Ii Exnectad.

Bridgeport Street Car Men Renew the
Strike, and Trouble Is Expected.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Jan. 26.-The en-
ployees of the Traction company struck
again, but no violent demonstrations have
been made. All the cars We're driven to
the stables. A crowd ran one car down the
street and overturned it. The carmen re-
fuse to break in nonunion men and state
that they returned to work on the condi-
ton that their union would be recognized
This the company denies.
The strikers determined at large meet
ing to stay out until their full demands
are satisfied. The company will not give
in now under any condition and will start
cars with out of town men, looking to the
city for aid and protection.