Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-09-17
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Warren Sabold committed suicide by
hanging in the police station at Potts
town, Pa, Sunday.
Lii Hung Chang sailed from VAN
couver, British Columbia, Monday,
on the steamer Empress Of China.
Gen. James D. Morgan, a veteran of
the Mexican and civil wars, died Sat-
,urday in Quincy, ILL.,, aged SO years.
The Democratic primaries in Massa-
chusetts indicate the selection OF
George Fred Williams for Governor.
Prof. Franais j. Child of Cambridge,
Mass, one of the best-known of Har-
ward University instructors, died on
Friday.
The Missouri populist State Commit.
tee has accepted the Democratic offer of
fusion. The Populists arc to have four
electors.
According to Seattle dispatch the
British Columbia banks now refuse to
receive United States silver or paper
currency.
Charles Frederick Ranstead, at one
time president of the Lumber Asso-
citation of Pennsylvania, died in Bslti-
more Sunday.
William f. Sheehan, sx-Lieutenant-
Governor OF New York, has written a
letter repudiating the Chicago plat
form and ticket.
Ex-Bank Examiner Drew sent a
letter of protest on Monday to Gov.
Hastings against the proposed pardon
for John Bardsley.
| The Sound-Money Democrats of Bal
timore on Friday formed the prelimi-
nary organization of the National Dem
ocratic party of Maryland.
Hon. Bourke Cochran addressed an
audience OF 5000 people in Chicago
Saturday night, under the auspices of
the Honest oney League.
The Denver Trade and Labor Assem-
bly, has decided to send committee to
Mexico to investigate the conditions of
labor in free silver country.
The Lincoln, (Ill,) Water, Light &
Power Go. is in financial difficulties.
The plant is said to be worth $3.50, 600
and the debts amount to $500, 900.
Chairman Jones OF the National Dem
ocratic Committee says he does not
anticipate any serious complications as
result of Tom Watson's speeches.
The Nevada Republicans have nomi-
mated Dr. Davis tor Congress and a
full State ticket. An attempt to secure
fusion with the Populists failed.
The Colorado Democrats and the Sill
yer Republicans have agreed to fuss,
and the Silver party and the Populists
have reached similar agreement.
Congressional nominations have been
made as follows: Fourth Virginia dis
trict, Sydney F.. Epes, Democrat; Sec
ond Colorado, John G. Bell, Populist.
The Chicago Trade and Labor Assem-
bly, has sent two representatives to
Mexico to ascertain the times status of
the workingman in free silver country.
Tom Watson declared ia Kansas Sat
urday that the Populist of that State
will have to choose between him and
Sewalp and that he will oppose fusion.
S. Burrier's saloon, in Loganport,
Ind, was blown up with dynamite on
Friday morning. 1t is said to be one
of the results of temperance war
being carried on.
1t is said that plan for equipping
the Lehigh canal with electricity for
operating the boats is being considered
by the directors If the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Go.
,Ex-Mayor Merritt Of Reading was
nominated for Congress Saturday by
the Berks county Sound Money Demo-
Gratis. Lehigh county is expected to
ratify the nomination. -
President Eliot of Harvard, Comp.
troller of the Treasury Bowler and
others addressed gold Democratic
rally IN Bar Harbor, Saturday night,
attended by !, 900 persons.
Lieut.. Charles Young, Ninth Cavalry,
and the only colored officer I'M the
United States regular army, was re-
fused accommodations at the hotels in
Leavenworth, Kan, Saturday.
The anniversary of the battle of
Brandywine was celebrated on Friday
at Ephrata. Pa, here many OF the
revolutionary soldiers who received
fatal injuries in that battle are buried.
The fishing schooner James Dyer was
run down and SINK In fog, Saturday,
near Viney ard Sound lightship by the
steam collier Reading, from Philadel-
phia. The crew of the Dyer was saved.
The official mott ficaton of the APP
pointment of Mgr. Martinelli as Papal
delegate has been received in Washing
ton. Cardinal Satolli expects to leave
this country for Rome about October
18th.
/ A dispatch from Paris, Tex, says
bill disfranchising intermarried whites
and freedom has been defeated in the
Chootaw Council. Another bill is
pending denying them all rights of
citizenship.
: Lewis Colomb, one of the individual
bookkeerers of the Union National
Bank, of New Orleans, VINO was
arrested last Friday, charged with
classifying the banks books, died
Saturday. Suicide is charged.
A Cooperetown, N. Y, dispatch says
that William Herman, Jr., of Utica and
Henry @. Bowers of Coopersburg were
instantly killed by lightning Saturday.
They had been playing golf and took
refuge under trees during storm.
j. W. Sevely, the Missouri State
Librarian, late secretary of the Demo.
cratic State Central Committee, has
been appointed private secretary to
Secretary of the Interior Francis. Mr..
Sovely's retirement from the State
Committee was due to the fact that
he espoused sound money.
Major Mckinley received five delega-
tioDs, numbering 5000 men, ut his
home, in Canton, Saturday, and made
speeches to each. He will receive a
larger number of delegations this week
than be has in the same length of time
since his nomination. The total num-
Der of visitors will be more than
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