Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-17
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Ordnance Corps, United states Army,
died suddenly IN New YORK Sunday.
Five hundred miners ia the Mldiles-
b0ru. Ky, and Coal creek districts re.
summed work, Saturday, al former prices.
4 5nai containing IS Commonwealers
capsized In The Yakima river, q: Ellcns-
burg, Washington, Friday, and four
Of them were drowned.
The authorities Of the Miiwinter Fair
al san Francisco have reduced the price
OF admission on Sundays and on all
other days after O'clock.
The final OF deep sea trial Of the first
class cruiser Columbia, the fastest vessel
in the American navy, will take place
May 18th and the following day.
The miners in the Huntington and
Broad Top Mountain district have been
offered the advance demanded, and some
Of them accepted and will resume work
at once.
The committee appointed by Governor
Flower to hear testimony in support of
the charges against the managers of the
Elmira RefOrmatcry met In Elmira, n.
Y, Friday. ......--.
A highwaymau attempted TO hold up
suburban electric car at San Francisco
Thursday night, but only succeeded in
robbing one man, who became paraly2ed
with fear and fell of the car.
The four.day meeting to be held ut
Point Breeze, May Goth, Both, 31st and
June LIST, is the third point in the Phila.
delphia- Baltimore Circuit. meeting,
which begins at Plmlico next Tuesday.
1t was reported in New York Sun
day that tho Hoffman House would
shut down June 1st, and that the con
tract had been let for the construction
of new l0-story hotel upon the old
site.
It is estimated in official circles in
Washington that more than Sl2 10000
in gold has gone out of the United
states since May 1st, Of which upwards
of 10000 COO was taken outof the Trea-
sury.
The statue OF Columbus, By the
Spanish sculptor Sunol, was unveiled in
Central Park, New York, Saturday
afternoon, by Nicg.President Stevenson.
The Grafton was made BY Chauncey NJ
Depew.
The cost Of removing Col Galyin's
Industrial army from the Baltimore d
Ohio train at Mount Sterling was $3.50,
and bill appropriating the money was
Friday introduced in the Ohio House
of Representatives.
The steamer Warinos, at Vancouver,
from Sydney, brings news of terrible
floods in North Queensland, Australia.
Whole townships were inundated, rail
read or telegraphic communication cut
off and many cattle drowned.
A train on the Lehigh Valley railroad
was wrecked three miles north of
oswego, n. Y, Monday afternoon.
One boy, years old, Willie Mahr, of
Newark Valley, was killed outright,
aud eight or nine passengers were badly
| injured.
The grand executive board and tue
board Of grand trustees of the Brother.
hood of Locomotive Firemen, at Terrc
Haute, Ind, Saturday, issued an adj
dress, In which Grand Chief Sergeant is
"unqualitiedly sustained in all his Off
cial acts.
Wire tappers got from $1,000 to SO 900
from the Cincinnati pool rooms Satur.
day night on Eagle, 10 to shot, run
ming in the Electric Light races. The
| pool room men were SO much excited
that no attempt to locate the leak has
been made.
The Canadian tug Kittie Haight was
seized Saturday by the Custom House
officials at Port Huron, Mich, for
violating the laws by trading from one
United States port TO another without
stopping at Canadian port in the
meantime.
Postmaster Dayton Of New York city,
has resigned his membership in the New
York State Constitutional Convention,
in order TO avoid the possibility Of
violating the executive order prohibiting
Federal cffice-hJlders from holding any
State or municipal office.
1t is reported from Danvers, Mass,
on what is said to be excellent
authority" that President Cleveland
and family will spend two months this
summer on the Peabody farm at Dan
vers Centre, as the guests of ex Secretary
of War William c. Endicott.
George Rose, who on Friday shot and
killed Assistant Postmaster Kari Kuhl,
at Cottonwood Falls, Kan, and who
was captured Saturday by the sheriff
and posse near Strong City, was taken
from the Jail at the latter place by a
mob at an early hour Sunday morning
and lynched.
Major Benjamin F. Worrell. who for
a long time held the position of chief of
division in the registers office at the
United states Treasury Department, but
who was recently dismissed by Score.
tary Carlisle, committed suicide on the
steps OF that department on Saturday
night, by shooting himself through the
heart.
The Paris Figaro calls James ]. Cor,
belts exhibition of boxing at Folies
Bergere, marvellous and unique" After
noting the presence of Ives, the Ameri.
can billiard champion, and Zimmerman,
the champion American wheelman, the
writer speaks fiatteringly OF the recent
achievements of American sportsmea
in general.
Judgment was given Monday by the
United states court of claims fol
Sl23,62S in favor of Edward p. Bliss
executor Of Donald Mckay, for add.
tional cost of extras, enhanced cost OF
labor and material and clerk hire, &C.,
during q prolonged period in the con.
struction of the Monitor Bauset during
the civil war.
All the fighters are looking for Critic,
Layigne, Barnett and Jerry Marshall
the latter of Australia, are writing h
Boston for a chance TO get on match
with him at the Casino. Dixon is al
ready matched with Critic and with
the Kentucky Rosebud. The date OF
the Critic Dixon bout is set for June
29th, at Boston. n.
The sugar convention in session in
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