Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-05-28

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The 250th anniversary of the settle
ment Of Andover, Mas. WINS celebrated
in that city Wednesday. .-.
The German governments bill in
creasing tho hountics on sugar, has
been accepted by tho BundesIath.
Congressman Henry has been re-
Eighth Indiana Congressional district.
T.. Mohr and his son, Charles, aged
10, we're killed in Upton, o., Thurs
day by the explosion of "A boiler in
Mohr's tile factory.
George HoltZinger postmaster at
lIoitz, Pa, shot and instantly killed a
burglar who had entered the postoiiico
there Friday morning.
The Democratic State convention Of
South Dakota adopted a sound money
platform and elected all gold men"
as delegates to Chicago.
News has reached Victoria, b. G.,
of the loss of the sealing schooner May
Belle, with crew OF six Victoria
sailors ana 20 native hunters
At Chattanooga, Tenn, Thursday,
Chief Justice David l.. Snodgrass was
acquitted of the charge of assault with
intent to kill John ii. Beasley.
About 20 delegates attended the Con.
necticut Populist State Convention
Thursday. The resolutions adopted
declared for free and unlimited silver
coinage.
Two brick buildings were wrecked,
one man was killed and a number OF
others more or less injured by a
natural gas explosion in Cotfeyville,
Kan, Thursday.
The President has recognized Sir
\ Dominic Elois Culnaghi as consul of
Great Britain al Boston for the States
of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hamp-
shire and Maine.
The Democratic State convention of
New Hampshire Wednesday adopted q
platform declaring for the gold stand
ard. The delegates chosen to the ma
tional convention will support Russell.
A freight train on tho Omaha road
ran into a COW at Lemurs, Ia, Thurs
day and was derailed. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Hildobrand of Beatrice Neb.
were in the caboose and were instantly
killed.
Clifford Schmidt, who for number
of years was concert master under
Thomas. Damrosch and Seidl, died in
Brooklyn Tuesday week from injuries
received by striking his head against a
trolley pole
The body of Owen D. Jones, an actor
known as Edmund Drury, was found
drowned at South Brooklyn Tuesday
week. He fell into the water about
week ago and disappeared before help
could reach him.
Thirteen prominent residents of
Astoria, Ore, including two OK mayors
OF the city, have been indicted for com
plicity in the fraudulent introduction
Of Chinese into the country from
British Columbia.
The Governor of Louisiana has issued
an order for an election to be held in
the Fifth Congressional district, june
10th, for the purpose of electiug a
Congressman to fill the vacancy now
existing in that district.
An exhaust steam pipe in the Apple-
ton mills, at Lowell, Mass, fell Thurs
day from the ceiling of the weave
room. Laura La Plante, aged II, was
killed, and IA number of the other EN-
ployes were terribly scalded.
The Iowa Democratic State conven-
tion, Wednesday declared for free silver
coinage and instructed the delegation
to Chicago to vote az "A unit. Elk Gov.
DOleb WAS enloTSeH aH candidate Tor
the Presidential nomination.
A circular signed by Gen. A. J..
Warner of the American Bimetallic
Union and Henry 7. Niles of Toledo,
National Committeeman. has been
issued, calling for national con
ference of silver men at Columbus, o.,
June 3D.
The Young Mems Christian Asso.
citation Of Kansas City, MO, has
failed. The trouble is traced to the
Purchasing by the Pepper estate of
philadelrha, several months ago, of a
$40, 900 mortgage on tho association
building in that city.
The British steamer yedra. which
: sailed from New York Friday after
, noon, collided with the three mnsted
coal barge Andrew jackson, from
Norfolk, in Gedney's channel, The
r barge sank within five minutes The
( crew were taken off by the Vedra
The "Tuskahoma party" in conyen
tion, at Atoka, Indian Territory, We'd
, nostiav, nominated Green McCortain
for principal chief Of the Choetaw Ma,
= ton. Tho convention endorsed eoual
division OF lands between both inter.
J married citizens aud citizens by blood,