Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-05
IN GENERAL.

James Upkins, Eduardo Gonzales and
Manning Davis, murderers, were hanged
at Paris, Tex, Friday morning.
The widow of President Garfield,
who is in Washington for few days
called with her son Harry, on Mrs.
Cleveland Friday.
For the third time the thermometer
registered 40 below the freezing point at
Dallas, Tex, Thursday. Pho damage
to vegetation will foot up into the mil.
lions.
The residence of Alfred Grant of
North Sydney, Cape Breton, was de-
stroyed by fire early Friday morning,
and his daughter, Maggie, aged Is,
persisted in the flames.
Frederick G. Edgar, former discount
clerk Of the Tradesmen's National Bank,
was arrested in New York last week.
He is charged with being short in his
accounts something over $4,000.
Treasury officials estimate that the
March debt statement will show that
the expenditures for March exceeded
the receipts $G,000,000, making the net
deficit for the year to date $4,000, 900.
John Willis residence at McKendree,
W. Va, was burned Thursday morning.
His eight children and Mollie Heinrich,
servant, were burned to death. Two
OF the children were twins six weeks
old. s
The Johnston line steamer Rossmore,
bound out from Baltimore for Liver
pool, went ashore Thursday night in the
Patapsco river, off Hawkins Point. Tugs
We're sent down Friday, but failed to
pull the steamer off.
Governor Brown of Maryland, has
returned to the Legislature, without his
approval, u bill providing for free school
books. The measure was supported by
the German faction, and it is thought
the governors action will lead to serious
political complications.
The wood of a bridge over a run at
Radford, Va, which was being removed
to give place to an iron bridge, fell Fri.
day afternoon, carrying down with it
eight men. r. II. Andrews, Charles
Thompson and Edward Maybes were
killed and the others were badly hurt.
Residents of Darlington, S. G., on
Wednesday, resisted an attempt of the
State dispensary officers to raid private
houses in search for contraband liquor.
The governor ordered out the militia,
but mob captured the armory and the
guns. Quiet was subsequently restored.
The Eastern sales agents of the an
thracite coal trade met in New York
Thursday and fixed the spring prices of
coal, the figures being lower than those
for this time year ago. 1t was decided
to limit the output for April to 40 per
cent of the capacity, or about 100000
tons.
The barkentine S. N. Castle arrived at
San Francisco, from Honolulu, Fri
day, bringing advices to the 18th in
slant. The American League and the
new organization, known as tho Union
party, have amalgamated, the platform
OF the latter being adopted with but few
changes.
Early Thursday morning six men
entered the Lake Shore station at Ohm.
sted Falls, Ohio, and bound and gagged
the operator and attempted to blow
open the safe. Two farmers, hearing
the explosion, came to tina rescue of the
operator with guns. Several shots were
fired, and the robbers were finally cap
tured and taken to Cleveland.
A despatch from Alice, Texas, saws
that terrible restitution is reported by
the committee which was sent to inyea-
tigate in the lower Rio Grande country.
thousands are on the verge Of starva-
ton and immediate assistance is needed.
AT Pasano, 541 families are being fed !;
at Federales, 1876; at Conception, 140 ;
at Longalzana, Is, and at Palito Blanco,
49,"
There was a narrow escape from dis
astrous panic at the big Republican
massmeeting in Minneapolis, Wednesday
night. A crowd became jammcd in an
entrance, and some people were so
frightened that they walked at least so
feet on the heads and shoulders of the
crowd. Women tainted and number
of persons were bruised, but the police
succeeded finally in restoring order.