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Evening journal., 1895-08-17
LYNCHING IN PROSPECT.
retting Ready to String Up Negro In
Lexington, Ky.

BETTING Ready to String Up Negro In
Lexington, Ky.
LExNGToS, Ky, Aug. 17.-There nevel
were such scenes i'm this place as prevail
cd last night. Last Wednesday Mrs Mary
Hudson (whito), wife Of a prominent
farmer, was outraged three miles from
this city by a negro. The woman's
screams attracted tho men from the fields.
Ihoy found Mrs. Hudson unconscious,
and the negro had fed The country was
secured by hundreds Of armed men and
bloodhounds. and that night Henry Mitch
ell Smith was caught He has been hold
in jail ever since.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Hudson was
brought TO this city. She positively iden-
titled Smith as her assailant. This caused
great excitement and Judge Bullock at
once issued an order that a guard Of 10
mon. be kept over Smith.
Deputy Jailer Wilkorson Immediately
summoned 3 citizens, armed them with
guns and reyOlvors and placed thcm
around tho jail. Chief McEroy sworo i'm
a lot of special policemen and placed them
along the streets leading TO the jail This
did not prevent q large crowd from as
sembling at the Jail and remaining there
all night. II is VOL understood that moth
ing will be done till tho crowd comes in
from Haynes Station, whore Mrs Hud-
son lives. Word from Haynes Station is
that from 100 to 100 armed mon are rem
dezyousing at that place getting ready for
the march on the jail in this city. After
midnight the crowd still remained near
the jail, and the ncighbors were known
to be coming.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

Those wonderfully low prices for wonder
fully fine goods don't materialzs when
you 60 to look for them, sspeci lily 80 In
footwear when you think Of the large
amount Of footwear that Is being sold In
our city for twenty seven cents on tho
dollar. You would suppose the ordinary
store like ours couldn't sell any shoes at
all, but we do and the reason Is plain
enough when you examine our prices and
goods. We would Ike to meet your shoe
wants this evening; II we can't do IL well
and for less money than any half price
shoe sales we will not expect your trade
that's straight business talk, isn't ~
FormRn's, No 10 East Fourth street,
between Market and King
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

Advlcea just received at tbs N,r .hern
Pacific offices from Mr.. w p. Howe, In
charge 81 the lunch station at the Upper
deyser Basin, state that the geysers are
playing better than ever They are much
finer than last year. The Giant. one Of the
finest ia the Park. plays to hei ght Of
about $50 feet Last year It's eruptioBs
took place once in about FIVE DAYS aud
continued for 90 minutes This year IL is
playing more frequently. Mr. Howe 70
regularly noting the temperature OF the
Giantess another of the large gey sers
It Is also playing frequently snd It's tenn
1913 to l0S degrees Fahrenheit For six
cents sent TO Charles s Fee. general pas
senger agent Northern Pacific railroad
st. Paul, MINI, you will receive fine
tourist book that contains a chapter on
the PAk
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

Miss Alice Borgsn, Of Philadelphia. 10
the guest OF Miss Mary Shaw on Dali
aware street
Sheriff Paul ellis and Mrs Glllls
returned home last night from plsaIaat
outing at Rshoboth
A II PadbsrR. l.. K Eliaaon, j. r.
Challenger, +. P Janvisr, DR. r X
Tybout and other members Of thePiok wick
Club have returned home from delight
ful outing on Chesapeake bay.
Mrs Charles II Clewell returned home
last night from an extended visit TO
Nazareth and Bsthlshsm, Pa
Night Warden James Foster has been
indispossd for several days at his no N g
on Second street, northeast
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
Liked NEW MONEY.
Death Of an Eccentric and wealthy To-
bacconist.

Death OF an Eccentric and wealthy To
bacconist.
NEW YORK, Aug. lT-John W. Blake.
ley, who had horror of dirty looking OF
worn grcenhacks and who would always
give his customers change in new, crisp
81 bills, died suddenly at his homo in
Brooklyn. Blakeloy was one OF the lar
gest retail cigar dealers and perhaps one OF
the best known I'm the city. For moro
than quarter OF a century Blakeley had
done business in New York. During all
that time nc never missed personally SUI
porintending his store 1t was his habit
20 open his place himself at o'clock every
morning and it was closed promptly at
the same hour each night
He came TO this country from England
and landed at Castle Garden withopt q
penny in his pocket He learned ia to-
hacco business and finally started on his
own account. He was about IS years old
and somewhat eccentric He always made
a point Of securing from his customers
any soiled bills they had and exchanging
them for new bills. The old bills he would
send TO his bank and always demanded
clean bills in return
Blakely was a popular man with the
letter carriers and was instrumental In or
ganizing the movement which secured
eight hours work for tho letter carriers.
He leaves a wife and family and fortune
estimated at $3.50, 900.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
rnglIah curreney Reformer..

LONDON, Aug. IA meeting Of the
members Of parliament favorable TO cur.
roncy reform was held here. Sir William
Horny Houldsworth, who was a delegate
of Great Britain at the Brussels monetary
conference, presided. 1t was resolved to
form parliamentary committee, its mem.
bers being engaged TO promote in interna.
tional conference, for the purpose of con.
sidering what measures can be taken to
romovo or mitigate tho evils resulting from
the fluctuations growing out of the di-
vergcnce in the relative value Of gold and
silver -
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
TOLD IN FEW WORDS.

The first victim Of the trolley in Eliza
beth, n. j., was James Beatty, aged 60.
Cholera in serious proportions prevails
in China, Korea and the island of For
mOsa.
George Chesebro, aged II, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree at
Grand Haven, Mich.
Wallace McKennon, aged TO- was taken
with cramps while bathing near Water
town, n. e., and was drowned in four
feet of water.
George Storm and Robert Bierman were
held up by three highwaymen in North
avenue, Elizabeth, n. j. One Of the high
waymen was negro.
Mr.. S. K. Mogss, the American consul
general at Paris, gave luncheon in hon
or of Mr.. Edwin r. Uhl, American assist
ant secretary of state.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
THE LATEST SEA SERPENT.
This Reptile Has short Legs and Hea,
Like Hog.

CITY ISLAND, n. ", Aug. t7.-Captain
Burns Of the fishing steamboat Montauk
camo in last night and told the latest sea
serpent story. He said that while tho
Montauk was on cruise bound west
three miles east Of Eaton's neck, the boat
ran into a big sea serpent.
Captain Burns said that tho force OF
tho collision broke the nange from tho
paddle wheel He said the head OF the
monster was the shape of a hog, and that
IL had large eyes, and that when It turned
over in the water he noticed it had small
legs.
Captain Burns estimated this latest sea
monster TO be nearly 100 feet in length.
Captain Burns added that the members
OF his crew were all sober men, and that
they would all confirm his statement
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
MoHAMMEDANs KILLED.
Tho Attack Planned 60 Further Provoke
Europe Against Turkey.

LONDON, Aug. l7.-Tho Times prints a
dispatch from Sofia confirming the report
Of the attack by 300 Bulgarians ON the
Mohammedan village of Dospat, across
the Turkish frontier. The later reports
received show that 800 houses were burn
ed and 100 persons killed.
A dynamite bomb was thrown from a
mosque into a crowd Of refugees. The
village lies IN the Widest rccesses Of the
Rhodope mountains southeast of Batak
IL Is inhabited by Mohammodan Bulga-
rians, brave and warlike fanatics, who
hate the Christian Bulgarians more than
the Turks, and are therefore likely 20 take
a terrible revenge. The Bashi Bazoulss
who committed the outrages at Batak in
1876, were largely drawn from similar vii
lagos.
1t is believed that the attack was ar
ranged by the Macedonian committee in
order TO provoke fresh atrocities and thus
incense Europe against Turkey.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

SARATOGA, Aug. 1.-THE Empire As
ISOLATION of Deaf Mutes concluded their
annual session and elected the following
officers; President. II. II. Jewell, Rome;
vice president, c. A. Baxley Troy; secre-
tary, II. Van Allen, Johnston; treasurer,
J. r. Pimm, Auburn directors, Rev. G.
O. Dautser, Rochester; Thomas Godfrey,
Brooklyn, and Charles Stowell, Troy.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
Sold Liquor At Camp-meetIDr.

CRIsFIELD Nj. Aug. II jacob Mil
Ter. colorei was arrested by Biilid
Ahn ,Scmsril yes erday for 20 linz q
nor IN Stevenson's camp ground he
was tried before Justice Horsey
sud committed TO al to await the &C
tion Of the grand jury, Two bottles Of
whiskey aud glass were found In his
possession Considerable liquor has been
sold around the grounds, and au effort is
being made by the authorities to break
IL nm
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
rhn rnhden ANN Nvntohfnl.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-The report Of the
Golden club declares that the change
brought about by the recent general cleo.
tions is calculated to stimulate the club
to fresh vigilance, adding that while tho
direct advocacy of protection doctrine was
less conspicuous during the election Of
1895 than in 1856 there are elements in
the new parliament which demand special
watchlulness i'm the interests Of free trade
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
Cnrd shnrp Arrested.

PoUGHKEEPsTE,N n. Y, Aug. 17.-Charles
Elrid alias Gilpin, notorious card sharp
was arrested here for operating on trains
of the New York Central railroad. Elrid
is said to be the leader of a gang of ten OF
dozen card sharps from Chicago who
have been working the railroads about
Chicago for several years, but who are
now branching out toward New York.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

CLEVELAND, Aug. 1.-THE Otis Ele-
vator company, retailers and wholesalers
of oats, corn and other grain, closed its
elevator, the reason assigned being the
substitution of electricity for horses on
street cars and the displacement of horses
by bicycles. The changed conditions the
manager says, have made it impOssibl6to
conduct the business at a profit.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

COLUMBIA, S. O., Aug 17.-Governoi
Evans had an interview with ]. Il. Mar
tin, chief of Charleston's police, and after
ward announced that If there was moi
quickly a change for tho better in the en-
forcement OF the disponsary law In
Charleston he would assume direct control
of the police of that city.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

NORWICH, N. Y, Aug. 17.-Wesley
Washburn became violently insane at a
funeral at the Methodist church hore, and
rushing on to the platform seized Presid-
ing Elder Crydenwise and attempted to
stop his speaking. He was removed to his
home and the service continued.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

wEsT CHESTER. Aug 16 "A fne
brood mare belonging TO DR.. Price. who
ford, in the Chester valley, was almost
goIei to death by q bull while
the two animals were In the BARNARD
together but It Was thought last evening
that her life might BE- saved Before The
bull could be taken away from her she
had been frightfully torn In the side and
several q arts Of her blEod we're lost.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

DUBOIS, Pa, Aug 1.-THE Buffalo
Bill aggregation was accompanied by tho
boldest and most active gang Of pickpook-
cts that ever infested a community. D..
X Fisher, hotel man, says no was robbed
of 1900. !. S. Oswald was relieved Of
$3.50 and checks amounting to several
hundred more, while scores OF other pcr-
sons lost amounts ranging from 81 to S25.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

TORONTO, Aug. 1.-THE inquest on the
body Of Nellie Pitzel believed to have
been murdered by the notorious Holmes,
has been concluded. The jury returned
a verdict of willful murder against
Holmes
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

YORK, Pa, Aug l7.-Jacob Wilhelm.
aged 90 years met with horrible death
in lower Windsor township He was hand.
ing shcavos from NOW to a follow en-.
ployeo who was feeding thrasher when
he fell headforomost into the machine and
was instantly killed. His legs and Ia,
lower part Of his body were ground almost
TO min
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

PITTsBuRG, Aug. I'm pursuance Of
the appeal Of Senator Quay for a special
meeting Of the Republican state executive
committee TO make up the roll of the COM
ing convention a majority Of the members
Of the committee have called a meeting
for that purpose on Aug. 20 at Harris
ll1ro
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

Health Inspector Mcysy this morning
confscated thirty baskets of corn.
twenty-five Of tomatoes. forty Of
oanteloupes and three OF peaches and
sent them to the crematory. They
were unfit for use as sood.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

BERLIN Aug. 17.-Grave cases of III
treatment Of the crew Of the steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm have been reported. Tive
stokers jumped overheard in despair and
were drowned. A third died from bru'
tally inflicted by the engineer.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. II. - The big
steamer Kensington has reached this port
and broke the record between Queenstown
and the Delaware brealSwater. The run
was made in eight days and three hours.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

LAKE MTNNEwAsKA, N. Y, Aug H.
Justice Strong's condition is again very
unfavorable. The rally which he oxpe-
riencod some days ago is believed to be Of a
temporary character and not such as gives
the family any hope for permanent re-
cOVprv
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
nl.tinrulshed Re.Ident Dad.

NEWTON, n. j., Aug. 17-Hon. Martin
Cole, distinguished resident of SUSSEX
county, died at Montague Of general de-
bility, aged 40 years.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

PARIS, Tex, Aug. l7.-Goncral S. b.
Maxey died at Eureka Springs Ark, of a
complication of diseases incident to old
ago. His remains win be brought to this
city FOR intcrment.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

Work OF repairing the free bath house
Is now under way The contract was
awarded to Enoch Moorsl& Sons, who
returned an estimate Of 5000. The bath
house will be ready for use next week.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17.-Kenneth Nc.
Alpine has cablcd tho Germantown
Cricket club canceling his engagement tc
bring team of English cricketers here
in September.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
Redmond.s Amendmept voted Down.

LONDON, Aug Inn. John Red.
mond amendment calling upon the gov.
ernment to declare its policy in regard tc
home rule and other Irish questions was
rejected by a vote of 243 TO 1l3.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

For entrance at Gol6eg Wilmington Com.
msrcial and Shorthand College. Day ses
sions begin September Fad, night sessions
September 30th Send for free catalogue
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

BElDGEPORT, Conn, Aug. 16.-Andrew
Sobloskie, who escaped from the county
jail on July 4, was captured in Pittsburg
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

TRENTON, Aug 17.-David Nom,
carpenter, fell from a scaffold, sustaining
injuries from which he died.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

CHICAGO, Aug. 17.-Captain George W.
Girdon, a prominent navigator, died at
his homo here.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
Money Loaned
on Mortgage

REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
RENTS AND INTEREST COLLECTED,
STEAMSHIP TICKETS,
IRISH AND ENGLISH DRAFTS,
INVESTMENT SECURITIES,
sTOCES. BONDS AND GRAIN
bought and sold on all the leading ex-
changes IN the country.
Private telegraph wires to New York. Phila-
ueiphia. Boston, Chicago, Baltimore and
" ashingtOn.
FOR SALE.
Wilmineton City Railway per cent bonds
Wilmington City Railway stock.
n. L. EVANS & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
Eighth and Market streets.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

James @. Gillespie has been secured As
basso in the st. Paul's R @ choir.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
THECAMP AT AUGUSTINE
Pennsylvania Soldiers Expect
ed to Arrive There To-day.
THREE HUNDRED UNIFORMED MEN

Governors Hastings andwatson VIII he
There Next week-Other Events on
the River and About Town-New Castle
People visiting.
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
ABSOLUTELY p1JEE

this morning, according TO engagement, to
vanquish the Columbia A @ team Of this
city, with which the state capital men
are a lie for state championship honors.
A large company OF rooters an admirers
came along, and Captain Higgins.
though more sunburnsd than when
he couched the New Castle team at second
bag, was as lively as ever, notwithstand-
Ing that he is veteran OF the Sam
Thompson class. The game is to begin
at 4 o'clock.
Incidents OF tho Day.
Little Leslie Wilson, the son Of
Warden Arthur Wilson, OF the county
jail, whose leg WAS fractured at the pyro-
technic display here on July 9. is now so
improved that he is able to sit up.
James G Shaw, Jr., has one Of the
latest improved drags which presents q
hue appearance a. he drives abut town Ia
the evening.
Oslo Gllis. little daughter OF the
sheriff. fell backward over a valise at her
home and broke her arm
Mrs Foote, Miss Alice Foote and
Master Foote, of VinelanS, N j., are Ia
the city as ths guests Of Mr. and Mrs O
@ Wbitnack
Professor George w. Andrews, the
newly elected piincipa Of the New
Castle public schools, will arrive In the
city to day to explore his new hsld He
will for the present, board with Mr.
and Mrs Whitnaok.
B n Lancaster will return home this
evening from Harper's Ferry, w Va
where he has been visiting his brother
and other relatives
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

Manager Richardson's champion Dover
Baseball Club arrived in town at II 90
Evening journal., 1895-08-17
The Kensington Appears for the Last
Tfma
DsiAware Represented In the Chorus.

Mrs Harold Sadell. OF this city. who
with her three children is summarizing At
Ocean Grove, sang last night In the
chorus OF the oratorio OF THE Messiah I"
under the direction Of the celebrated
Walter Damrosoh. In the chorus we're
200 skilled vocalists from New York,
who came with Mr. Damrosch, and
several hundred singers from ali parts
Of the world who had been trained
during the month at Ocean Grove by
Chefruaater psnnfn 0tou
Evening journal., 1895-08-17

Plans Had been Perfected to XIII the War.
den and Get Possession of His Keys-Ths
Prisoners Incensed at the Frustration OF
Their Well Laid Plans.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-09
LIKE AN AMAZON
William Fraziers Wife Led the Posse
to Her Husbands Fort and Helped
Them Capture Him.

Little Rock, Ark, April S.-Des-
perado William Frazier has been cap
tured in Sugar Loaf mountains, after
a fight in which two officers, Nunelly
and Jones. were fatally wounded.
Frazier was found in a. stone fort
which proved a veritable Gibraltar.
His wife led the posse to the place, rld-
ing at the head of the party with a
winchester strapped to her saddle.
She asked her husband to surrender
and save his life, and when he refused
the fight opened, she taking no part IN
the engagement. The officers charged
the fort, Frazier firing as they ad-
yanced. He was knocked down and
manacled after wounding two of the
nOcSe
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TWO WOMEN'S TROUBLES.
They Have Been Driven Crazy by Constant
Worry and Wanted 70 Die.

They Have Been Driven Crazy by Constant
Worry and Wanted 70 Die.
New York. April Sin the insane
pavilion ct Bellevue Hospital there
are two spinSter sisters, whom the
physicians will examine to-day. For
twenty years these women have tended
their mother, who is insane and bed
ridden. Their father was in an asy-
lum for FIVE years Yesterday, worn
out by the long and constant watch
over their mother, and in the belief
that some day they would come TO her
condition. both woman tried to Kill
themselves. The women are Mary \.
and Harriet McArdle The first IS 40
wears old and the other 81. Their
father James McArdle, is now so years
old. lie is a retired builder.
Shortly before noon yesterday the
father went TO church. He had been
cone but a little while when Mary,
going into the kitchen, found Harriet
pouring carbolic acid into glass OF
water. Mary watched her sister until
she put the glass to her lips, then she
dashed il from her hand. After that
there was a struggle between the two
women. for Harriet insisted that she
must kill herself and tried TO jump
ont of the window. The cries Of Mary
alarmed the neighbors who hurried
into the place. After hall an hour
Harriet became calm. All the neigh
bors left them. except two women who
said they would stay during the after
noon. Mary. in telling them about the
troubles of her life. became SO excited
that suddenly she jumped on the sill
of the open window and would have
thrown herself to the court yard three
stories below, had not one OF the wo-
men present grasped her about the
waist and dragged her back into the
room. Ii was the sister Harriet now
who Quoted her sister. But Mary
grew worse until Harriet, in her ef-
forts to calm her sister, became hys-
terical.
When the father got home late in
the afternoon he saw that affairs were
bevond his control and he called in
The notice. As the officers entered
the room they were beset by the sisters
who begged to be given pistols with
which to kill themselves, and being
refused. pleaded with the officers to
lin them. When the doctor came, the
women became calm. They said they
knew perfectly we'll they were insane
and were anxious to go to the hospital
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as far away from me, and from the
stove. as possible. 1t was addressed to
someone in the northern part OF the
State. and. though l pitied the poor
chan packed therein, | wished tney nau
chosen another route for sending MIN.
Ii was night and as time wore on the
car grew warm, and then, like Mark
Twain's famous run with a colin, the
air grew thick and muggy. l have
Leen near many dead men in my life,
but I never did smell one like that
thought to myself. with now and then
a glance at the box.
The Odor was overpOwerinS and
sickening, and finally got so bad that l
had to open the door and let some OF 1t
out. The baggage man came IN as
was doing this and he grew deathly
pale as he caught a Whit of the thing,
and. muttering something about rather
being out of a job than having mine,
he went out again as quickly as pos
sible. Still the odor grew, until hnal-
" grew desperate and decided to put
the box itself nearer the door with
this idea in view braced up to it and
started to give it a shoYe, when from
the inside there came unmistakable
signs of life As plainly as | hear my
self now l heard someone breathing,
not to say snoring slightly, and, white
with fear and excitement | rushed in
10 the baggage car and dragged the
baggage man out with me. He came
reluctantly and stopped over the box,
but when ne Strengthened up again ne
was as much in earnest as /.
That mans alive! he cried, and
we haven't minute to lose! Get an ak!
In a moment / had one and with few,
well-directed blows the box was open
ed, the side torn Out-and six foot
alligator from Florida Topped out and
crawled across the car. The odor and
the breathing were explained, but 1t
took me several days to get over the
sick feeling | had had when he first
got heated up and his musty smell be-
can to drift my way, What the con-
signee said when he got his alligator IN
the damaged box l never knew, and
never took the pains to explain to him
why we burst his pets box open
either
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Shot by Burglars.

Denver. Col. April S.-Phillip Gaf-
ron a matchmaker, was shot by bur
Glars about two o'clock this morning
in a house at No. 1880 Ashland ave
nue. Highland. Gaffron was aroused
from sleep by his wife who told him
there were burglars in the house.
Gaffron jumped out Of bed, secured a
revolver, and ran down stairs in his
NIGHT clothes. One OF the burglars
6red at him twice, and he fell danger
orslv wounded in the abdomen. Two
men then jumped from window and,
Joining q third one who was on watch
outside. escaped.
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srrlug Opening.

E. shopper. the milliner. will have
an opening of the latest spring styles
of ladies' Hats and Bonnets, and re-
spectfully invites patrons TO call and
examine them on Tuesday and We'd
nesday. April and 10, al 11o5 Main
street.