Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-11-05
IN GEN EE4L.

Newport will be launched this month.
A numberssof human skulls have been
found in cave in Breckinridge
county, Ky. 5F
An incendiary fire at Manila. Ind,
Sunday. destroyed block Of buildings.
Loss, S45. 600. az
George Young was killed at Potts
vile, Pa, Tuesday, by a fall from
railroad trestle.
John Jurook was attacked from am
bush at Sugar Loaf, near Hazleton,
| Pa, and shot in the stomach. !.
The President has placed the Ordi-
nance Department of the Navy in the
classified service of the Civil Service
rules
Count Francisco de Gissack, aged
| 67 years, blew out his brains. in Cairo,
| ILL.,, Tuesday, on account of. financial
| troubles. fg
| Miss Elizabeth o. Brown Of Heidle-
| berg, Pa, has entered suit for breach
| of promise of marriage against Henry
| O'Donnsll.
The Mayor of Roanoke. Va, Robert
McClelland, was knocked down and
fatally injured by a trolley car in that
city Monday.
| By the burning of the CarolinOs Hotel,
in Buffalo, Sunday, an unknown woman
was burned to death and eight persons
we're seriously injured.
Miller & Vaughan, bankers and
brokers of Providence, r. l., made an
assignment Monday. The liabilities,
are estimated at sl50, 900. /
As result of political quarrel in
indianapolis Sunday Daniel Mccarthy,
4 Jr., was shot and fatally wounded by
James Adams, a colored porter. ~ I
John Holleran and John Slayiskh.
miners. were caught under a fall of
coal in the Packer coIliery, at Girard-
vile, Pa, Monday, and killed.
Scott Linton shot and fatally wounded
William Metzler and Belle Gray, and
then committed suicide at Georgetown,
O., Monday. Jealousy was the motive.
| A telegram from Rome says the Pope
will raise the diocese of Buffalo, N. ",
to Metropolitan see, with jurisdiction
over Rochester, Syracuse aud Elmira.
Marc Ethir, prominent lawyer Of
Montreal, died at Notre Dame Hospital,
in that city, Monday, from the effects
of carbolic acid taken with suicidal
intent. $3
| The President has appointed Isaac
M. Elliot OF New York Consul at La
Guayra, Venezuela, and Horace l..
Washington of Texas Consul at Alexan-
dretta, Syria.
The lumber yard Of Ira Carley, at
Ingalls,, NJ icb., was set on fire in half
dozen places Sunday night and
1000, QUO feet of lumber were destroyed.
Loss, $50, 600.
Information has reached Baltimore
of the death at Burly. Eng, few days
ago. of Prof. Ii. Newell Martin, form
erly professor of biology atjohn Hop
; kins University.
In the Federal court in Seattle,
WASH, Tuesday, Judge Hanford
decided the famous Strathnevis case,
awarding salvage claims to the steamers
Miowera and Minola.
Gen. Kitchener has started for LON
don to confer with the British War
Office IN regard to the advance OF
the Anglo Egyptian Soudan expedition
from Dongola to khartoum,
The Right Rev. Mandell Creighton,
bishop of Peterborough, has been ap-
pointed bishop Of London, in succession
to Dr. Temple, recently translated to
the archiepiscopsl see of Canterbury.
The American schooner Charmer,
from New York October 9Th for Savan-
nah, with cargo of fertilizer has
! reached st. George, Bermuda, badly
damaged by the storm Of October 10TH
; 14th.
A fire occurred in the franklin
$ House in Mapistee, Mich, Sunday
: and Is guests were compelled to jump
from the second-story windows In their
night clothes. Several were seriously
| burned.
{ In the United States circuit court at
i Boston Monday Judge Colt appointed
| Phineas W. Sprague of that city tenn
r porary receiver OF the Blackstone Valley
! Street Railway Co., ON the ground Of
) its alleged insolvency.
i Mrs. Annie Shreibor, aged % years,
and her nephew, aged IA years, eloped
: from Chicago, and Tuesday the dead
body of the boy was found in Elgin.
9 ILL.,, and tho woman is now at the point
q of death in the Elgin Hospital.
a In the Supreme Court of the United
8 States Monday the case of the United
: States against Wong kim Ark was
q reassigned for oral argument. The case
involves the question Of citizenship of
child born of Chinese parents in this
country.
Minister DENLY Monday informed
tho Department of State that Chinese
Z " OlHCo dWdiuVu w tho Ault
n win Locomotive Works of Philadelphia,
the lowest bidders, the contract for
building eight locomotives for the
imperial railways.
q President Elmer II. Capsn OF Tufts
i College, who has filed voluntary in
!, dication of insolvency, filed schedule
d of his assets and liabilities Monday.
d His occupation is given as teacher.
a and it il stated that no owes S6o, 53l
and has absolutely no assets.
!. A Savannah dispatch says arrange
' ments have been perfected between
q President Ii. M. Conner of the Central
!. of Georgia Railway Go. and William
n johnson & Go. of Liverpool, Eng, by
a which Savannah will have direct line
1 of steamers, to European ports
Q Passengers or trolley car Ia Newark,
N. j., became panic-stricken Mon
r. day because of the flashing out of the
i controller, and jumped from the car
/ Labuska Angelo was killed, Luscatin
n Giuseppe was fatally injured and four
4 others were seriously injured.
4 The Attorney General Of New York
n has granted the application of John Q.
: Lester. and will begin actions in the
name of the people to dissolve the
seven companies in Brooklyn which
have disposed of their corporate rights