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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
PHILADELPHIA AFFAIRS.

The schoolship Saratoga sailed Satur-
day on her summer cruise to Gibraltar
and other places.
John F. Lewis was appointed Friday
by the United States circuit court a
United States Commissioner.
Ten restaurant keepers were fined
800 each, with costs, Thursday, on the
charge of serving oleomargarine.
The first Singerly Club was organized
last night week by Fifteenth ward
Democrats. Hubert j. Koran was
elected president.
T. M. Cans, a broker and member of
the Stock Exchange, Wednesday an
nounced his failure on the floor of the
Exchange. His losses, it is said, will
exceed $250,000. ..."
Judge Penrosc Friday awarded an
issue to the common pleas court to de-
termine by jury trial the question of
the validity of the will of Miss Mar
garet +. Erwin.
Sarah Vollmer, IS years old, who
arrived in this country from Russia,
Saturday week, committed suicide last
evening by drowning in the Delaware
river, near Vine street.
Joseph L. Nuneviller, charged with
the murder of Harry Cantwell, whom, it
was alleged, he struck with beer glass
on Decoration Day, at picnic in Rox-
borough, was acquitted yesterday week.
The cigar makers employed at the
factories of Il. j. Dunn Il Co. and Boltz,
Clymer g. Co., more than 400 in all,
went ON strike Thursday afternoon for
an increase of from so cents to 81 a
thousand on paper work"
Smith g. Conkling's plastering hair
plant, Palethorp and Oxford streets,
sustained $4,000 damage by fire We'd
nesday. The Third Reformed Presby-
terrain Church, adjoining, was damaged
by water TO the extent of $500.
Private Detective Samuel Yoder was
convicted Friday of charge of per-
jury preferred by DR.. Job II. Mansfield.
TheprosecutioH grew out of the unsuc-
cesslul suit for $4,000 damages brought
| by Jacob S. Culbertson against the doc
torf0r the alleged alienation of his wife's
affections.
Gorge S. Yerkes, stock and note
broker, and j. Watson Howe, were held
on saturday for further hearing on
the dharge of conspiring with Alain de
Lorhe, an alleged fugitive, to defraud
Daniel b. Horton of Plaintield, N. j.,
out bf $4,000 worth of shares of stock
of the John +. Betz & Son Brewing Co.
Al Germantown, on Sunday morning,
Lewis M. Weiss, colored, shot Bertha
Taylor, coiored, in the head and in the
right leg. While being pursued by
! Politeman Crnwshaw and Reillev he
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05

He "Builded Better Than He Knew"
aud Astonisi,es Himself.
The New York Critic, of June Both,
in its "Lounger" column, contains the
following:
"Two young women, for whom had
written several riddles and puzzle
rhymes. having asked for something
harder" writes Christopher l.. Ward of
Wilmington. Del. II sent them the fol-
lowing original riddle;
When you seek harder question
To unriddle, your suggestion.
! ant sure. itself suggests its answer plain.
II has puzzled many sages
or many lands and ages,
But, no doubt v0W will not tackle it in vain.'
ut will be seen that by taking the first
letter of the first line, the SECOND of the
next, and so on for five lines the word
Woman is made. They aeciphered
this, and, to my unbounded astonish-
ment, pointed out to me the further
fact, which they had discovered, that
the letters Immediately following those
which made the concealed word formed
the word 'hussy.' In writing it | in
tended it only to contain Woman, and
had no idea that was hidingany other
word in a similar manner. When we
consider the chances againstany word
being accidentally formed .ih such a
way, and the infinitely greater chances
against such word being an opprobri-
Gus synonym for the word intentionally
concealed, the fortuitous combination of
the letters forming the second word
must be regarded as a very extra
ordinary coincidence and one worthy of
note in these days of arguments deduced
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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
KNOWLEDGE
,mfort and improvement and

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet.
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due TO its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fcvers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfac ton to millions and
met with the apprt val of the medical
profession, because 1t acts on the hid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and 81 bottles, but it is man,
ufactured by the California Fig #
Co. only, whose name is printed onN ,sfy
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well informed, Won vii! mol
accept any substitute il offered.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
IN G EsERAL.


The joint conference of the Ohio ma
chine miners and operators at Columbus
failed to agree on the wage question.
The Right Rev. Thomas Martin Alloy
sius Burke was Sunday consecrated as
the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catho-
lie Diocese OF Albany, N. Y.
A woman, supposed to be Pearl Ross,
was strangled to death in an designation
house in Buffalo, on Friday night, and
an unknown man, who accompanied
her, is believed to have murdered her.
The Whisky Trust has advanced the
price of goods three cents gallon ION
account of greatly increased demand be-
cause of the action of the Senate" in
adopting the section for tle increase of
the tax.
Robert Gregory, 30 years sexton of
ST. Paul's Episcopal Church at Pater-
son, N. j., was drowned in Passaic
river at Singac, on Saturday, in on un-
successful effort TO rescue Daniel Hall,
aged II, from similar fate.
The buildings of the Viaduct Manu-
featuring Co., at Relay Station, nine
miles from Baltimore, on the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad, were struck by light
ming Saturday morning aud burned to
the ground. The loss will probably
reach $4,000.
The supreme court of Oklahoma has
sustained Judge Colt in the contempt
case OF Burge and Brown, editors of the
Oklahoma City Times and Journal, and
the editors must go to Jail for six months
and pay fine Of 500 for criticising the
actions of that judge.
At Montgomery, VT, Saturday morn.
ing, Mrs. Merritt Baker, made insane
by domestic troubles, hanged her four
little children, ranging from to 6
years. After they were dead, she cut
them down and laid the bodies on bed,
where they were found by neighbors.
Josephine Larkin, aged II years, was
attacked by two men in Jersey City
Saturday night, but her screams brought
assistance and her assailants fled. Sub.
sequently Miss Larkin's brother, know
ing nothing of the affair, overheard two
men talking of an assault they had
made on a girl, and recognized them.
The men were arrested yesterday.
A Washington dispatch says that the
State Department has secured irrefutable
proof that Stanislaus Franciscus kozc-
minski of Buffalo, N. V, who has been
deported to Siberia by the Russian
government, is bona tide American
citizen, aud that the passport issued to
him last March was valid. The United
States will demand of Russia kozemin.
skis release and that reparation be
made for his detention.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
MonE w.4Rsnlp radgDs.

Omniais of u Chester Concsrn t6abe Ar
rested ON Charge Of Psrpetrating
Frauds in Steel Castings. ZOE
WAsHINGToN, June 20. Warrants
have been issued for the arrest OF three
officials of the Penn Steel Casting and
Machine Co., who are charged with
perpetrating frauds in the manufacture
of steel castings for the United States
warships.
The defendants are M. II. Buckley,
president of the company; Frederick
Bait, manager, and James 4. Anderson,
foreman.
The company has one of the contracts
for furnishing the government with
armor plates, and about three months
ago the attention of the authorities was
directed to the castings turned out by
this concern, and, rs asserted, 1t was
found that imperfect ones, which had
been rejected by the inspector, were not
destroyed. Instead they were shipped
as new castings, with the inspectors
mark of approval on them, which in
sured their acceptance by the govern
ment.
AT the same time it was discovered
that the inspector, who is = naval officer,
did not examine the castings rs often
as he should. lie resided III Philadel-
phia, and claimed that he thought that
frequent trips to Chester were unneces-
sary, and his desire was to save money
Tor the government.
The matter was referred to the depart.
ment Of justice, and United States Dis.
trict Attorney Ingham, located at Phila.
delphia, was directed to make thorough
Investigation. 1t was at first thought
that the defective plates were doctored
up and shipped by the workmen at the
company's works without the knowl.
edge of the officials. and it was 50 diff.
cult to get proof TO the contrary that it
was believed the charge would have to
be abandoned. Detectives were put on
the case by District Attorney Ingham,
and after three months of investigation
sufficient evidence was secured by them
to warrant the arrest of the three officials
named above.
The main charge in the warrants is
conspiracy to defraud the government,
and this is based upon two minor
charges: First, substituting old castings,
which had proved defective, as fresh
ones, alter erasing the old stamp mark;
second, making stamp in imitation OF
the inspectors stamp and giving the
specimen, which is sent to Washington,
an additional treatment after the in.
spector had stamped it, so that this
specimen would represent a better
| quality than those which are treated by
the test.
The maximum penalty for the offence
charged against the officials is $4,000
line and two years Imprisonment.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
CROKER SAILS FOR HON E.

He Says His Health is Improved, but
That He Was Pestered by American
Reporters.
QUEENSTOWN, IRELAND, June 49,
Mr.. Richard Croker and his two sons
embarked to-day for New York on the
White Star line steamship Majestic.
Mr.. Croker, before sailing, said that
he was in better health than when he
left the United States and that his son.
who was suffering from malaria had also
greatly improved.
Mr. Croker said that he had been
"pestered" by American reporters.
New York Herald.
LONDON, June 2S.--The presence at
Queenstown of lot Of reporters who
had the appearance of representing the
New York World, accompanied by q
photographer, stenographer and a
photograph, gave the inhabitants Of
that borough their first intimatioa that
Mr.. Richard Croker, the much hunted
Tammany boss, might be expected to
appear shortly in the ofiing.
Sure enough, when the Majestic put
into the harbor the reporters in tug,
canoes and other craft put out to meet
her in fervid haste. All the reporters
had taken passage on the Majestic in
order to accompany Mr.. Croker To New
York, SO that in case of his repentance
on the way over, they might be near at
hand to report his utterance, by phono.
graph and stenographer.
As the World men, with wild cries OF
excitement, gained the dock the face of
man resembling Mr.. Croker, who was
standing near starboard capstan No. 5,
began to wear look of intense pain.
The unfortunate man made a dive
for his stateroom, followed by the
Worlds pack in full cry.
Presently a sound of scuff1ing was
heard below, as if there was struggle
for the possession of the desired poll
iician, and then the Majestic put out to
spn
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05

Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal
ELKToN, MD, July 2.-The term of
Benjamin NJ. Crawford of Cecilton as
treasurer of Cecil county, expired on
Saturday and on Monday, July I'd, Mr..
Manly bremen, who was recently ap.
pointed by the commissioners as treas
urer, will take charge of the office. Mr..
Drennen was appointed treasurer, not.
withstanding bill was passed at the
last session of the Legislature appoint
ing Mr.. John Banks of Chesapeake City
as treasurer, and dispensing with the
services of the clerk of the commits
sioncrs, giving the power to the treas
urer to select an assistant at 81, 400 per
year. The case of Mr.. Banks will come
up at the September term of circuit
court for Cecil county, but ii is the sup
position that it will not be finally set
tied until decided by the court of APP
peals. The office of treasurer pays
81 800 per year.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
ORDERS FOR SMALL BOATS.
Work BRISK at the Establishment of the
Messrs. Drein. ~
Seaboard.

Seaboard.
Messrs. Thomas Drein & Son, builders
of patent metallic lifeboats, &C., of VIII
mington, Del, have the following orders
on hand at present. For the new tugboat
Dorothy Amman, one 10 foot beaded
bottom metallic lifeboat, one II foot life
raft and 81 cork life preservers; for the
Roman tug line of New York, one IA
foot metallic lifeboat; for the Old
Dominion Steamship Co., one 90 foot
patent beaded bottom metallic lifeboat
and one 16 foot lifeboat; for Great
Lakes steamer, four 90 foot patent
beaded bottom metallic life boats; for
three new tugs at Cleveland, one 16 foot
and two IA foot beaded bottom life
boats; for a fishing steamer on Lake
Michigan, one 16 foot beaded bottom
life boat; for a Boston steamboat. 700
cork life preservers; for steamer Re-
line of Fall river, two 10 foot life RATS
and one IL foot wooden boat;
for steamboat Thomas A. Morgan,
one 16 foot life raft; one 16
foot life raft for ferry boat; one lot of
cork life preservers for parties at
Duluth, Mimi; two lots of life pre-
servers for st. John, N. B.; two large
lots of cork life preservers to be shipped
to Detroit, Mich; two a5-foot beaded
bottom metallic lifeboats and one life
raft to go to Weymouth, N. H.; one
beaded bottom metallic lifeboat for
new tug; one Whitehall boat to be
shipped to New Orleans, La, and an
electric trolley boat TO be used at Coney
Island.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05

MIR. ]. Lloyd Clark of Wilmington is al
the Maryland Homeopathic Hospital of
Baltimore recovering from neurasthenia.
William II. Robinson, ,Tr., has returned
from New York, where he has been at
tending the United States School of En-
banning.
The last issue of StdJoard, its anniver-
sary number, contains sketches of the
Harlan e. lIollingsworth and Pussy e.
Jones companies and pictures of their
shipyards.
Plans for Turing, lathing and plasteringi,
the interior of the new Federal buildingsi
are ut the Office of Superintendent Ware,
Ninth and Shirley streets There is some
very artistic work to be done in the pib,r
capitals and brackets. Several of the ia
contractors arc looking over the plans. !,
John Davis. formerly Of this city but
nov chief of the boiler department at the
Newport News snlpyards, is OH visit
here. Mr.. Davis was formerly employed
AZ the Cramps yards in Philadelphia an.
subsequently Joined the works at NewportS
News when they were established there.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05

New YORK, June 29.-The Rev. DIR.
Putnam, formerly pastor OF the Trinity
Baptist Church, who was indicted on
charges of criminal libel preferred by
Maggie Burke, an inmate of the Baptist
Woman's Home, this city, to-day sur
rendered himself to the district attorney.
He was taken before Judge Maitine and
pleaded not guilty, and was held in
$1,000 bail for trial. Bonds were fur
nished by f. W. Seagrist and he was
released. DIR. Putnam has been in
Pennsylvania since the indictment was
found.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
SELLING LIoUoH os sUNDAE.

William Drecker and John Taby State
That They Purchased Liquor on the
Richard Stockton.
In municipal court, last Monday,
John Taby was arraigned upon the
charge of drunkenness. He told Judge
Ball that he went down to Bayhead on
the Richard Stockton, Sunday, and
got too much whisky while ABOARD. He
was fined 81 and costs.
William Drecker was another passen-
ger on the Stockton. He said that he
purchased beer while aboard the
steamer. He said he bought checks
and paid for the beer with checks.
Judge Ball instructed City Solicitor
Elliott to call the attention of the at
torney-general to the matter, as the
liquor had been sold in Delaware waters
and on Sunday.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
INTO THE IIoN'S Mourn.
An italian Vending Fruit in Clerk Biggs
Office without License.

An Italian fruit vender carried nice
looking tray of California fruit through
the offices of the Court House and made
some good sales there last Monday.
When he reached the office of the
clerk of the peace and offered his sample
for sale to Clerk Biggs that gentleman
said to him:
"Say, my man, have you license for
peddling that fruit?"
mo, sir" was the reply, II am only
doing it to make little money"
"Well, all have to say is that you
should pay $50 license for that work.
My advice to you is to get out of this
just as fast as you can, or you may be
arrested"
The Italian did not seem to be in a
very great hurry after all. "..
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05

CORNING, N. Y, July 2.-About $50
o'clock this morning, fire was discovered
in the cigar store of B. L. Sages in
Dundee. Seven stores, one dwelling,
the new Presbyterian church, and
several barns, icehouses and other OUT
buildings were burned to the ground.
Prof. Il. b. Fitch of the graded school
while trying to save some articles from
his room, was overcome by the flames
and terribly burned and is now lying at
the point of death. The fire is thought
to be the work of an incendiary. Loss
about $4,000. Insured for about half
that amount.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
Hanged Him to the Limb of a Tree.

FULTON, Mo-, July .-John Reynolds
of Guthrie, and his deputy, Taylor Will
son, on the way to Fulton from Cedar
City, having in charge James. Johnson,
colored, who was charged with commit
ting criminal assault upon Mrs. Will
liam King near Guthrie, in August,
1899, were met at Killers Greek by a
mob. They placed moose over John
sons head, adjusting about his neck,
threw the rope over limb, secured it
and left him hangingI
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
DROWNED SEAK PoBr PENN.
A Brother of James l.. Willis Meets Q
Violent Death by Failing From a Boat.


John Willis was drowned about two
miles from Port Penn on Friday after
noon, He was a brother of James L.
Willis of the Clayton House. He was
out in boat with two men and was
accidentally drowned by falling from
boat between Duncan's lighthouse and
Silver Run. The body was recovered
yesterday morning by two boys. 1t was
taken TO the place of ]. w. Yandegrift.
The drowning of Mr.. Willis is COM.
plete mystery. His companions did not
notice him when he fell overheard, and
it is thought he must have been stunned
by his head striking some object in the
water, as no one saw the body rise in
the water. Deputy Coroner Palmer
held an inquest Sunday evening.
James l.. Willis, as soon as he was
notified of the drowning went to the
scene of the accident, returning home
last evening. The body was SO badly
decomposed that it was deemed advisa-
BILE to bury it at once. After the inquest
was over the remains were inferred
about 10 o'clockSunday night at Hickory
Grove cemetery, local minister preach
ing the funeral sermon.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
IIsSION1RT's son MURDERED.
Shot Down bya Playmate in Turkish
School--An Investigation Demanded.

Shot boWh Dy u tltyEiIte an Iurklsn
school--An Investigations Demanded.
COLUMBUS, IND, July "A letter
just received here, dated Constantnople,
Turkey, June 18th, announced the
murder in the missionary college at
Antioch, Armenia, of Jacob Filian, IA
years of age, son of the Rev. Moses
Filian. The boy was the protege of the
Tabernacle Christian Church of this
city. He was shot down by school
mate named Abraham because he re-
fused to submit to his temptations.
The letter was written to request the
boys adopted parents here that some
steps be taken by them to demand full
investigation of the college authorities
and of the circumstances of the muir
der, as the Turkish government refused
to investigate the matter.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05
INDiYIDUAL CUPS
Used at the Communion Service in Dap.
tist Church at New Brunswick, n. j.

tist Church at New Brunswick, n. j.
New Brunswick, N. j., July L.
An innovation was introduced this
morning at the Georges Road Baptist
Church, of which Rev. G. f. Lore is
pastor, in the observance of the COM
munion service. Heretofore it has been
the custom to have the dcacons pass
challces around, from which all drank,
but this morning each communicate was
supplied with an individual cup con-
tanning small quantity of wine. At a
given signal all partook of the conse-
Grated wine.
The individual cup was designed by
Charles Forbes, NJ. D., of Rochester, N.
", who was a sanitary inspector in the
United States Marine Hospital Service
and health officer of the port Of Genesee.
He claims that many diseases are COM
municated by the use of the common
cup, and thinks it is only a question of
time when the individual cup will be in
general use.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05

NEW YORK. June 90. - Frank
Rmerish, 10 years old, was found dead
ID the cellar of Il tenement at No. 404
Fast Sixteenth street, this morning.
Emerish with two other boys, engaged
10 street fight with stones, and ended
in breaking grocery mans show
window. The two boys were arrested
and Emerish hid himself in the cellar
where he was found dead from heart
disease, caused by fright.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05


Henry Volger shot william Strutz and
Then Killed Iiiinself--Jeaiousy the Cause
of the Tragedy.
SYRACUSE, July 2.--Henry Volger,
employed as IA night watchman in
Greenway's brewery, shot and almost
instantly killed William Strutz, car
penter, shortly before s o'clock this
morning. He then turned the revolver
on himself and put bullet into his
right temple. He died in st. Joseph's
Hospital at $50 o'clock.
The cause Of the act was jealousy.
The men quarrelled about year ago
and have not spoken to each other since.
Volger had limited among his friends
that Strutz was not exactly where he
ough. to have been, when he (Volger)
was away working at night.
Both men leave widows and families.
STRUTS widow has not lived with her
husband for about two years. 1t is said
that her husbands attentions to the
Volger woman caused the separation.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05

San FRANCISCO, CAL, July 2.--The
Pacific mail steamship Peru arrived last
night from Hong Kong and Yokohama.
She is the first steamer to arrive from
the district of the black plague since it
broke out in Hong Kong in May. After
leaving Hong Kong case of plague
developed on board. A Chinese wiper
in the engine room was taken sick and
died in four hours. At the japanese
port OF Nagasaki the Peru was placed in
quarantine week.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-05

Killed by an Anarchist for Denouncins
the Murder Of GArnni,

ROME, July 1.-Giuseppe Bandi, editor
and proprietor of the Gdzettd Li0ornese
was stabbed with poignard in Leghorn
this morning, while riding to his office
in carriage. He died in a few hours.
The assassin escaped.
The murder has thrown political men
and journalists into state Of con.
sternation. 1t is believed that it was
the work of Anarchist conspirators.
Bandi had opposed the Anarchists
with great courage in his newspaper
and had strongly denounced the assassi-
nation of President Carnot. He was
one of Garibaldi's thousand heroes of
MARSHA.