Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-09
IN ENEEAL.


News reached Atlanta, Ca, Thursday,
that illicit distillers in Butts county had
killed negro informer named Tom
BrOwnlee.
A letter from Ambassador Runyon, in
which he declines to be the Democratic
candidate for Governor of New Jersey,
was made public IN Newark Thursday.
Fourteen hat manufacturers of Essex
county, N. j., representing an aggregate
capital of $2,500,000, have organized an
annex to the National Association and
its $100,000,0O0 of capital.
Bodro Florence, aged as years, tried
to kill his wife at their home, in New
York, Thursday, and then committed
suicide. The woman's injuries ale not
fatal. Florce was insane.
During a heavy gale on Wednesday
| II loaded freight cars on the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad
were blown from the track and over
turned, near Eau Claire, Wis.
Il. /. Morris of Springfield, Ohio, who
embezzled $4,000 belonging to building
and loan associations and escaped, six
months ago, returned Thursday and sur
rendered himself to the authorities.
The Pennsylvania House OF Repre-
santatives Thursday passed finally, by q
vote of lis to 6, the bill to punish pool
selling, receiving and transmitting bets
or aiding in pool selling or betting.
General S. B. Hayman died at Hous-
tonia, Mo-, on Wednesday. He was
born in Pennsylvania in 1920, and
served in the army during the Mexican
War and the War Of the Rebellion.
The United States gnnboat Machias
Joined the cruiser Charleston at Chefoo
on Wednesday. Both vessels will prob
ably remain at that port until after the
9Th inst, the date on which the armistice
expires, in case the peace treaty should
not have been ratified before.
At meeting of shoe manufacturers
in Boston on Wednesday 1t was voted
to raise the prices on all shoes from III
to 20 cents pair. This rise in prices
is forced upon the manufacturers by
the advance in hides. The Haverhill
manufacturers Thursday took similar
action.
The New York Senate Thursday
adopted resolution extending SYM
pathy to the Cuban insurgents, and re-
guessing the President of the United
States to take proper steps to ensure t.
the citizens and soldiers of Cuba the
rights of belligerents under the rules Of
modern warfare.
A Washington dispatch says that Sec
rotary Carlisle will enter the Kentucky
campaign about the 10Th Of this month
and deliver two or more speeches a
points vet to be selected, in favor o
sound currency. He will not return
from Kentucky until he attends thu
Memphis, Tenn, convention.
The tug boat r. II. Smith was sunl
in collision with the tug w. Il. Chap
man, off Pier 46, East river, in New
York, Thursday morning. Three mel
were picked up out of the water by thu
tug n. l.. Wright, which was near by a
the time of the collision. 1t ia though
, that one man was drowned from tn
suukcn tug. -..=..
1t became known in Eau Glare, Wis.
on Wednesday night, that Harry
,, McMaster, assistant cashier of the Ear
Claire National Bank, aud c. II. Greene
i; OK city treasurer, We're embezzlers. Th
formers shortage is $4,000 and the lei
ter's S35 O00. Both men have bee
specializing jointly on the Chicago boar
: in wheat and pork.
Officers in St. Joseph, Mo-, had a run
ming fight on Wednesday night with tw
msu, supposed to be members of d gan
organized to hold up train on the Bui
lington road. Thomas Farrell, one c
y the men, surrendered, but Daniel How
ard, the other, kept up the fight and wa
i fatally wounded. Farrell, before sui
: rendering, shot and fatally wounde
!. Richard Rau.
: The body of Roy NJ. Culver, the mis-:
S ing secretary of the Y. NJ. G. A., q
Newark, N. y, has been found in til
n Clyde river. Culver had been strangleC
: The body was weighted down with rail
/ road iron. Some days ago Culver
n relatives received au anonymous lette
/. stating that, Culver having succeede
}, in proving his claim TO large amour
of property left to his ancestors, til
a writer, who was now enjoying its bene
!; fits, said he had no other way 10 say
u himself but to dispose Of him.