Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-07-18

Prayer for rain was offered on Sunday
in all the churches in that part Of Michi-
gan stricken by forest fires.
A tornado near Grafton, N. D., on
Sunday, wrecked several houses and
killed a 12.years-old girl named Peters.
In freight wreck ON the Big Four
railroad, at White sulphur, o., on Sun
day, Richard Henley was killed and IA
cars loaded with merchandise were de-
stroyed. Loss, $4,000.
Another death, resulting from injuries,
sustained during the tornado, occurred
in Woodhaven, L. l., Monday, making
two in all. The number injured was 90
and the probable loss $50, 900.
The President, in accordance with the
reciprocity provisions of the new Inter-
national Copyright law, has issued a
proclamation extending the provisions
of the United States copyright to publ
cations copyrighted in Spain.
A mob of several hundred people
called at the Owsley county Jail, at
Bonneville, Ky, on Sunday, and after
taking three alleged immoral persons
from the Jail gave each one 100 lashes
on the bare back, afterwards returning
them to the Jail.
At GAINESVILLE, w. Va, Monday,
while Mamie Floyd, aged 8 years, was
playing around stove, her dress took
tire and she was burned to death. Her
mother, in attempting to put out the
flames, was so badly burned that she
died In short time.
The Roman Catholic members Of the
Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and
Sons of Temperance were aulhorita-
lively placad under the ban of their
church by published order, which
went into effect on Sunday, and was
read from all the pulplts of that church,
in Chicago.
In Chicago. Monday, Peter Hascr
attacked his wife with knife, inflict-
ing severe wounds on the forehead,
hand and shoulder He then cut his
own throat and died almost instantly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haser mad not been living
happily together for some time, and the
discovery that his wife meant to apply
for divorce led to the attempted muir
der and suicide.
A Detroit dispatch says that Don M.
Dickinson, reprenting the Mergenthaler
Linotype Co., Monday paid 10 Col.
Frank ]. Hecker the sum of $4t5,000,
which gave to the Mergenthaler people
all rights, title and interest in the patents
on the machines Of the Rogers Typo
graphic Go. This deal ends long and
hard fought legal battle, which has
lasted for many years.
The transfer of the bonds negotiated
by the Morgan-Belmont syndicate for
delivery in London has been completed.
This practically completes the trans
action between the government and the
syndicate, except that the latter is under
obligation to protect the treasury against
Withdrawals of gold for export until
October 1st The payment for the bonds
was made some time ago.
lhe steamer City OF Washington ar.
rived at New York Monday from
Tampico and Havana with nine dis
tressed seamen OF the American bark
Thomas Brooks, which went ashore on
June 28th, two miles west Of Santiago
Light, near Santiago de Cuba. The
bark is hard and fast on the shore, APP
parently intact Capt. Mccall remained
in Santiago to look after the vessel.
Electricity generated by the falls of
the American river at Folsom, CAL, was
turned on in Sacramento, "a miles
away, Monday. Only street cars were
furnished with power Monday, but
the electrical power will be extended TO
all kinds of industrial establishments,
and used for light and heat. 1t is esti.
mated that so per cent of the electric
power generated at Folsom will be
transmitted to Sacramento.