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Arizona republican., 1895-05-21
OVER 4 GAME OF CARDS.
A Fearful Sunday Night Affair
 at Tempe.
Robert Gilland Perhaps Fatally h. jured and Phil Fogal Lit
 tile Better Off.

A fearful fight, out of which tragedy may grow, occurred at Tempe on San- day night over game of cards. One of the fighters. Robert Gilland, is so badly injured that it is feared he will die. The other, Phil Fogal, is in hardly less precarlous condition. He is under arrest, lying at his room guarded by an officer.
 The fight took place at Kelly's sa- loon. Stories of 1t are conflicting, but GilIand IS said to have been the ag- gressor. It is said that he struck Fogal with chair, stunning him. Fogal re- covered himself and seizing an empty
Arizona republican., 1895-05-21
In High Life.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 2O.-Mrs. Mary Schriever Goodloe Ransom Bull lit, was divorced today from Col. Cuthbert Bullitt. Both are well known throughout the United States.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-21
tox beat his antagonist over the head Both men were carried away from the plaoa
HE WOULDN'T GO.

The Penalty for Refusing Was
 Death.
 PANA. H.. May 20.-George Ramon shot and mortally wounded Frank Bur- roughs today. The murderer and his wife separated and Ramon returned to get his little child. He invited young Burroughs to take walk with him and on the latter's refusing, shot him.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-21
GETS FOUR YEARS.
Ills Wife Indicted with Him Goes
 Free.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.-William J. :. Farron, alias Dean, was sentenced to four years in Folsom for counterfeiting today.
 Farron was once postmaster at Need. les and was well known in Los Angeles An indictment against his wife was dis missed.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-21

Coin and Bullion. SAN FRANCISCO. May 20.-siiver hara, 66A@66T; Mexican dollars 53@53I.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-21
M aher Wins,

CoNEY ISLAND, May 2O.-The Maher- Marshall fight was stopped in the frat round and the fight awarded to Maher.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-21
A Draw.

BOSTON, May 20. - The Mccoy O'Beien fight was declared draw at the twenty. fifth round.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-24

Wilmington, and will bear her name
from the capital of Montana.
The Newport News drydock is the
largest in this country, with the prob
able exception of the one at Erie Basin,
but in its completeness and the facili-
ties for shipbuilding which surround
it, it is probably not exeelled any
where. The dock at Port Royal is
large one, but does not compare with
the one at Newport News.
If the expectations of its people are
ever realized Newport News win some
day rank with the foremost cities in
this country, and situated as it is,
there is every reason to believe that ii
must have bright future. Real estate
is very high, and rents are by no means
low. There are many fine business
houses and residences, an electric rail-
way, q magnificent hotel, three or four
banks and on the whole the place has
very metropolitan air that is notice
ably absent in some of the neighboring
towns. For instance there is Phnbus,
with its 1000 population and GO beer
saloons, and Hampton with 5000
people and with also ample accommo-
dations for the thirsty. Both towns
are in the line of the electric railway
which connects Old Point Comfort and
Newport News, and aside from their
many saloons are remarkable for the
number of business houses in each
town. Both lie principally along the
line of tho electric road, and at Hamp-
ton for several squares very often every
building is used as store or shop of
some sort. Imagine town Of 2, 900
inhabitants with 60 saloons, or about
one for every $50 persons. The writer
was told that the yearly license is 5000,
and from appearances there certainly
must be money in the saloon business in
Phebus. The saloons vary in size from
the little one-story frame structure
with it's representation of "the flowing
bowl" rudely sketched on the window
pane to the three-story brick building
with its gilded signs and decorated
swinging doors. 1t can he said to the
credit of Newport News that the city
has comparatively small number of
saloons.
The first question the average visitor
would ask upon entering Hampton or
Phnbus is how so many saloons can
exist when the populations of the two
towns are so small. The answer will
be that it is due chiefly to the close
proximity Of the Soldiers Home with
its 3, 900 veterans who still like TO for
get the misfortunes of war by an occa-
sional glass. This may be true to a
certain extent, but ii is not altogether,
and the answer would be hardly fair on
Uncle SANS veterans. The people of
Phebus could very likely get rid of
about 30 of these saloons if they so
wished, and it is not the square thing
to blame the existence to the patronage
of the old soldiers.
Through the courtesy of Capt, Hal.
stein of Co. X, the representative of
1.-THE Gazette was enabled to spend
two hours very pleasantly at the Sol
diers' Home. 1t is a model place of
the kind with its immense barracks,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-24

return tubular boilers in two water
tight compartments to maintain a
working pressure of $50 pounds. Tho
boilers will be feet 8 inches long by
Z feet s inches in diameter. They will
have nearly 100 square feet of crate
surface and 4,07i feet OF heating sur
face. Provision has been made for
forced draught on the closed fire.room
system.
Tho weight OF the machinery, In
Guiding auxiliaries, water and spares,
is 200 tons, which seems heavy for
modern machinery. This is due to the
boilers. Owing TO the peculiar service
for which these vessels are intended, il
was not thought advisable to fit tubu-
lous boilers. Owing to the limited
draught and the double bottom, the
greatest diameter permissible for
cylindrical boilers is feet 8 inches,
which made necessary the use of six
boilers. The exigencies of tho case
must be borne in mind to appreciate
the results obtained in these designs,
where the limitations are exacting.
Common to all modern naval vessels of
the United States service, these three
vessels will be lighted by electricity
and provided with refrigerating plants
and other accessories which contribute
to health, comfort and efficiency.
The vessels were authorized by Con-
gress in an act approved March 3D.,
1898, which provided for the construc-
ton of three ght-draught gunboats of
about 1,200 tons displacement, each to
cost, exclusive of armament and speed
premiums, not more than S400, 900. The
building contract was signed January
92d, 1894. The agreement calls for the
delivery of the vessels to the govern
ment January 22d next. The contract
price for each gunboat is $3.50, 600.
The third vessel, recently named the
Helena by Secretary Herbert, while
not as far advanced as her sisters, will
soon be ready TO be launched. Unless
unexpected delays occur, the date of
her baptism will be about a month
hence. From now on the work on the
Nashville and Wilmington will be
pushed as rapidly as possible consist
entity with thoroughness.
a BELL FOR THE BOAT.
"If the citizens of Wilmington de-
sire to make a presentation to the new
gunboat named after their city," a
naval officer remarked to reporter of
suggest bell, properly inscribed as
the very best thing they could have
aboard the boat A bell on boat is
where it can be seen all the time and
it is sounded every 30 minutes while
the boat is in commission A very fine
special bell could be purchased that
would last as long as any boat. have
seen bells presented to other boats, and
to my mind there is nothing more APP
propriate. No matter how many times
boat is overhauled or how much
money is expended in that direction,
the bell remains with the boat until
the boat is abandoned. -
The Wilmington delegation which
went down to Newport News on Fri
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-24

New York World.
Day by day misfortune follows misfor.
tune in the history of the country TO
fill the cup of sorrows of the calamity
howlers. One day it is news Of an in
crease of wages; another day brings
news of an increase of prices. First it
is iron, then it is cotton. A monthly
statement of railroad earnings shows
improvement; the report of the Com
missioner of Immigration shows
swelling tide of foreign workmen seek
ing our shores.
All this is as gall and NORWOOD to
tine calamity bowler, who will have no
prosperity except that created by taxa
tion and no business transacted except
that subsidized by protection. Yet it
is impossible either to evade or sup
press the facts and figures which show
the steady march of returning pros
perity.
Here are the postoffice returns for the
third quarter OF 1895 as compared with
1S94--an increase of S666, 730, or nearly
10 per cent. In New York the increase
from 81, 705, 093 last year is Sl31, 525,
or 7 per cent? in Chicago the increase
is 10 per cent, in st. Louis l6 per cent,
and similar increases in every large
| city.
OF course people do not pay postage
for the sake of spending money but Of
making money. The postal earnings
are trade indicator. AS trade goes
down they go down. When they go up
it means that trade is going up.
Truly the lot of the calamity bowler
| is getting 10 be hard one. The worst
of it is that the harder it gets the bet
ter the people are pleased.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-24
SPORTING MATTERS.


The sophomores won the annual Yale
regatta at New Haven Saturday.
Leslie Pearce outpointed Charlie
johnson at the Southwark A. @. Sat-
urday night.
Tom O'Rourke does not care about
having George Dixon fight "Kid"
Lavigne. Looks like white feather,
Thomas!
Several new recruits have recently
been added to the Banjo Club of the
South End Wheelmen, and under the
able direction of Paul Emo that organ
ization is making rapid strides.
Jerome Quigley and Leslie Pearce
have been matched to box 20-round
contest before the Sea Isle Pastime
Club on Monday, November 18th, They
signed articles of agreement to weigh
in at 3 O'Clock on the afternoon of the
contest at 1876 pounds.
The committee appointed to take
charge of the entertainments of the
South End Wheelmen during the com
ing winter has been named as follows
p. T. Albright, DR., George H. Eillers,
ii. r. Fox, Thomas Hargesheimer,
George Schaybacker, j.. ]. Tracey, @.
80 DAiAOh hhA " v. Sulhhs hh tANth-
sive programme has been arranged, and
the first entertainment of the series
will be given shortly.
Fred 9. List, who represents the
Stearns Bicycle Co. of Syracuse, is in
the city. He will remain here about
10 days and will take part in. the Pyle
road race next Saturday. List is only
IS years of age, and this is his first
year at riding, but he is a record
breaker. He now holds the New York
five and l0-mile records His time for
five miles is -. 05 and for 10 miles it il
20. 40. He and Pendergast hold the
State tandem record for five miles,
%. 81. He has been in all the big New
York meets this year, where it was DOS,
ible to enter. and has done some re-
markable riding. Although he has
used the same machine all the seasor
he has had but one accident. He LOST
a crank in a big race in Pittsburg. He
will try for records here, after which
he will visit Southern cities for tht
same purpose. In Louisville he vii
Join the Stearns team.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-24

and residences, and elegant and we'll
kept grounds, anil it would take too
much valuable space to tell here of the
many things of interest to be seen.
Some new buildings are being erected
TO accommodate the soldiers who arrive
almost every day, prepared to spend the
future years amid the pleasant sur
rouIdings of this we'll known place. /
met Sne or two former Wilmingtonians
there who inquired particularly after
friends in their native city. The i'm
mense dining room capable of seating
100 men at one time is one of the
most interesting features of the Home,
and the average person can form no
idea of the quantity of food 1t requires
daily to feed 5000 old soldiers. The
men were to have sausage for one of
the breakfast dishes Sunday and the
gentleman who has charge Of provisions
remarked that it would "only take
1,650 pounds for the one meal" 1t
takes 80 pounds of coffee for breakfast
each day, 50 pounds for dinner and 20
pounds of tea for supper. by the way
one knowing this would hardly think
the statement of the people of Ph@bus
about the soldiers and the saloons could
possibly be true. Over 100 pounds, of
sugar goes daily for sweetening pur-
poses and nine barrels of sweet pota-
toes contributed their share to the
Sunday dinner of the soldiers yester-
day. The quantity of the different in
gradients of the rice pudding which
they had for dessert yesterday, was
simply astounding, but as the writer
is a single man and has never provided
for more than one person, perhaps his
was to be expected. The cooking de-
partment is operated by the soldiers,
and upon the most modern plans and
the visitor to the Home will usually
find this the most interesting feature
to be seen OF the half dozen National
Soldiers Homes in this country none
are kept in better condition, and not
one is so beautifully located as this
one at Old Point Comfort.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-24
IN GENER Al.

The village of Riverside, Mich, with
$50 inhabitants, was completely de-
stroyed by fire Saturday night. The
loss is $50, 900.
One inch of snow fell at Menominee,
Mich, on Friday night. Two inches
of snow fell at Waterloo, Ont, on
Saturday night.
The registration of voters in the city
of Baltimore numbers ia, 254, about
13, 600 more than ever before, and both
parties charge gross fraud.
Nearly so vessels were driven ashore
by recent storms along the mort ern
coast of Newfound land and many lives
were lost. A church was blown down
at Trinity Bay.
Fritz Kramer, aged 60 years, and his
wife, aged 80, were murdered by rob
bers, in their home, at Houghton,
Mich. on Friday night. The bodies
were horribly mutilated.
The latest reports regarding the
forgeries of A. K. Ward of Memphis.
Tenn, indicate that they will amount
to $500, 0O0 Ward and his wife are on
the way to Honduras by steamer.
George f. Swain, an engineer on the
New England railroad shot and killed
W. ii. Boyle and wounded his brother
at Hartford, Conn, early on Monday
morning. He says he was set upon and
fired in self-defeuce
Algiers, town across the river from
New Orleans, was almost wiped out by
fire Saturday night and 700 people are
homeless There were 220 houses
burned and the loss is $500, 600. The
origin is supposed to be incendiary.
Prof. Willis j. Moore, head of the
Weather Bureau said in Chicago on
Saturday that by the use of kites OBJ
servers will be enabled to eliminate
much of the percentage of error in fore
casts, and effect saving of 800, 600,
600 annually TO the country.
H. ]. Marley, American foreman of
La TERRA Mine, was shot dead by
net, near Fresnillo, Mexico, last Thurs
mitted suicide. The murder was IN re-
taliation for wrong.done Fernet many
years ago.
The President will soon issue a
proclamation opening for settlement
SAG, 600 acres of land in the Nez Perce
Indian Reservation, in Idaho. The
price Il6 SeLIlerS Will nave 10 pay IOI
the lands has been fixed at SO. IS per
acre for agricultural lands, and s. per
acre for stone, timber and mineral
| lands.
Gains s. Merwin of Chicago, went
crazy on Saturday, and began firing al
pedestrians on the street with arepeat-
ing rifle He held the police force at
bay until Sunday afternoon, when
| two officers, each with small hair bed
mattress for shield, entered his room
simultaneously by different doors and
captured him.
A telegram from st. Louis says the
| American Tobacco Co. has purchased
the extensive plant of the j. G. Butler
Tobacco Co., in that city, and will al
once begin the manufacture of plug to.
bacco This is believed to be in re-
taliation TO the action for the local to-
bacco concerns in manufacturing CT
garettes in opposition to the Trust.
Comptroller Bowler has rendered an
opinion that Matt w. Ransom is en-
titled to draw his salary as United
States Minister to Mexico under his
last appointment by the President.
"It was the knowledge of Comptroller
Bowler's intended action that caused
Secretary Carlisle to direct some weeks
ago that Minister Ransom be paid. ~
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-24
PHILADELPHIA -4FFAIRs.

Leonard Simpson, 30 years old, COM
mitted suicide on Saturday by swal-
lowing laudanum.
Florian Falzman, 43 years old, who
shot himself in Paramount Park, on
Friday, died on Saturday.
Benjamin Smith, 8 years old, died
Sunday OF wounds received by falling
on butcher knife on Saturday.
Fred Hunton, Z years old, was killed
on Saturday by meat rack falling
upon him, at Ninth street and Ger
mantown avenue.
Allen b. Miller, for "a years chief
clerk of the clearing house, and mem
Der of the Stock Exchange, died on
Saturday, aged "a years.
John Nelson, 81 years old, was run
over and killed on Saturday by Read
ing railroad train at American street
and Montgomery avenue.
Wesley Vance, 50 years old, Penn
sylvania railroad engineer, was run
over and killed on Saturday by his
locomotive at Engelside.
The battleship Indiana returned to
Cramps shipyard Sunday and will
receive finishing touches previous to
going into commission early next
month.
Warner ]. Banes, member of the
firm of Erban, Harding 81 Co., worstcd
yarn manufacturers, died on Sunday
near Ashbourne, aged 30 years. He
was the eldest son of Col. Charles H.
Banes.
Typographical Union No. 3. SUI
day instructed its officers to petition
City Uouncilsto grant no further privi
legeH to the Union Traction %. unit
the rights Of its employees to ioin ;
labor organization may be recognized.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-24

The Auxiliary System NJ the Mills of the
Joseph Bancroft g. Sons 90. Now Ready
for Use.
The mills of the Joseph Bancroft &
Sons Co., as we'll as the settlement adj.
joining, where most of the operatives
live, are now well protected from fire.
In addition to a well-drilled fire
brigade and a system of water pipes all
over the place, the Gamewell auxiliary
alarm system, upon which the men
have been working for about two weeks,
is now complete, and l3 stations in
the mills and on the banks are con
nected with the city fire alarm, through
box No. 127, which is located at Wood
lawn and Shallcross avenues,
Twelve Of the auxiliary boxes are sta
toned aboutthe plant and the 18th is in
the residence section of Rockford. In
addition to the city connection, 500
pound bell, which is located in the
tower of the company's stables, will
strike automatically, but not for any
box except 1877. There is also small
bell in the Office, which will also strike
when the alarm is rung. 1t will notify
the people in the Office.
The miniature boxes are protected
them it will be necessary TO break the
glass and pull the lever. There are no
keys to the boxes and the only way to
get at them is by breaking the glass.
The water supply at the mills is first
class. the pressure being so pounds.
The water is pumped from the Brandy
wine into reservoir, and from the
reservoir il is distributed about the
works in pipes, plugs being located at
convenient places. A large quantity
of hose is kept in readiness, and hose
carriage is at the command of the fire
brigade, which includes company OF
drilled men. A fire could be handled
with very little difficulty by the force
on the ground, but the auxiliary alarm
system will call the city department
out very quickly.
The boxes were successfully tested or
Saturday. A box in the mill was pulled
and the city box at Woodawn and
Shallcross avenues sounded simu tane-
ously, while the bell in tho tower al
the stables rang for a minute. In two
minutes and so seconds after the alarm
was rung the Water Witch hose car.
riage was at the mills, and one minute
later the steamer was there too. AZ
soon as the box was struck man rar
up to the main city box and was thert
in time to direct the fire apparatus
where to go. The mills and dwellings
in the vicinity are now well protected
from fire. Throughout the mills ar,
automatic sprinklers and pumps, Will,
fire plugs are scattered through thu
yards, and the fire apparatus can b,
quickly handled by the fire brigade
The reservoir on the hill back of til,
mills has capacity of half million
gallons of water.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-24
THE GUNBOAT WILMINGTON
Successful Launch of This
City's Namesake.
COURTESY TO WILMINGTONlANS
Shown Every Attention and
Had a Pleasant Time.
Delightful sojourns Mt Newport News aud
Old Point Comfort--A visitto the soidiers'
home--Inspeotion of the Battleship Texas
Return of the Visitors Sunday.

Newport News, Va, Oct. 19.-The
gunboat Nashville was launched here
this morning She went into the water
at 8. AS o'clock.
The gunboat Wilmington, constructed
on the same ways, followed the Nash
vile. The Wilmington was launched
at IL. II.
The launching of the cruisers Nash
vile and Wilmington here this morn
ing was witnessed by 5000 people.
The launch of the Wilmington was
voted the prettiest ever seen at the
company's yard here.
A banquet was served after the
launch. Mayor Jeiferis of Wilmington
responded to the toast "The Whining
TONI
DESCRIPTION or THE GUNBoAT.
The Dimensions of the Wilmington
are Length ON load water-line, nor
NAL displacement, $50 feet 6 inches
maximum breadth, moulded, 40 feet
6 inches; breadth at normal water-line,
80 feet 8 inches; mean draught at nor
NAL displacement, s feet 10 inches
freeboard, at bow, 10 feet 8 inches
freeboard, at stern, IL feet 2 inches
normal displacement, J., 3l3 tons; coal
carried at normal displacement, 100
toms; total coal capacity, 2T5 tons
speed, contract, - knots. Her com
plement will consist Of IL officers, 1873
sailors and 10 marines
Her hull will be constructed of steel
throughout A water tight deck will
he worked over the region occupied by
the machinery, magazines, &C., known
in naval parlance as a ships vitals.
The deck will be placed about the level
of the water line, with slopes extending
to the sides below the water-line. AS
in the case of the Nashville, there will
be a double bottom worked in the
neighborhood of the engine, boiler and
magazine spaces. The double bottom
will be of cellular construction, which
means that the two skins must be
pierced before water can be admitted
to the engine or fire-room.
Owing to the light draught Of the
Wilmington, the use of twin screws and
the special river service for which she
is designed, her hull, is of unusual
shape aft. That part of the vessel is
followed out into two tunnels, for the
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-24

Senior Cavonas de Castillo, prime
minister, says it is impossible for Spain
to come to terms with the insurgents
in Cuba.
Eighteen students at military school
in Constantinople were arrested Sun
day for conspiring to restore the eonsti-
tuition of Nudhad.
Ten million pounds will shortly be
released from The Bank of England,
this amount being the first instalment
of the Chinese war indemnity.
1t is said that Austria and Italy are
actively moving in support OF the three
protesting powers in insisting upon the
immediate application of the reforms
which have been conceded by the Sui
tan.
1t is stated that the Sultan will make
another demand for the departure OF
the British feet from Lemnos as a
SEQUEL to his issuance of an imperial
TRADE ordering the Armenian reforms
into effect.
The letters found among Baron Won
| Hammerstein papers will not be pub
lished. but will be read in the Reich
stag under the parliamentary rule per-
hitting such documents to be read as
parts Of speeches.
Heyst. the new port to be built on
The North Sea at the mouth of the
canal that is to make Bruges once more
seaport, will be large enough to hold
II or u of the largest transatlantic
steamers. The breakwater will stretch
moro than two miles out to sea. The
mort will cost 50, 400, 600, and g., 400, 900
more wiz be spent on the canal.
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