Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-09
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Chicago on Wednesday, aged 90 years
Tho yacht Talisman, rumored to
have been lost off Hatteras. arrived
safely at Wilmington, N. g., on Sat
urday.
A Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
locomotive in tho yards at Hoboken ex.
ploded on Saturday. Two tircmen were
injured.
The Hamburg American Steamship
Go. has definitely adopted Plymouth,
Eng, us port of call, instead of South
ampton.
Over half Of tho business portion Of
West Palm Beach, Fla, was destroyed
by fire Thursday. The loss is estimated
at about $3.50, 600
The general Offices of tho Norfolk &
Western railroad in Roanoke, Va, were
burned on Saturday. Most of tho
records were saved, The loss is about
SIS, 600.
An Ottawa dispatch says that tho
death sentence passed on Francis
Shertis, the Beauharnois triple MUIR
derer, has been committed to imprison-
ment for life.
The proposed international feather
weight championship battle between
George Dixon of Boston and HWillie'
Smith of England has been postponed
from March 9th to March 18th.
The contracts for the now battleships
Kearsarge and Kentucky were ON Sat
urday delivered 10 the Secretary of the
Navy, and work on the ships has
already been begun by the Newport
News Co.
A Norfolk dispatch says that the
Peanut Trust, known as the Virginia
Peanut Association, has decided TO
wind up its affairs. 1t was found inn
possible to control the buying price Of
the nuts.
The President Monday appointed
Francis T.. Leupp, a Washington
newspaper correspondent, a member of
the Board Of Indian Commissioners,
vice William Il. Russell Of Massachu-
sets, declined.
The Central Hotel at Altoona, Pa.
and the Streit Block adjoining were
destroyed by fire early Sunday morn
ing, entailing loss of s140, 600. Frank
Houseman, fireman, was caught by a
falling wall and killed
G. L. Van Wrinkle, a Chicago grain
broker, who was recently indicted for
keeping a bucket shop, charged on Sat
urday that he had been approached by
members Of the grand jury, who de-
manded $3.50 "hush money. "
Contracts for furnishing projectiles
for new warships have been awarded
by the Navy Department to the Ster-
ling Co. of Mckeesport, Pa, and the
Carpenter Projeutile Co. of Reading,
Pa. Each contract amounts to $3.50, 600.
Schooner Billow, from Rockand,
Me-, for Richmond, Va, with 1887
barrels of lime, struck on Eastern
Ledge, Duck Island, Isles of Shoals,
early Monday morning, and subse-
quently taking fire was destroyed.
Tho crew were saved.
The Piedmont Gold Belt Chartered
| Co. has been organized at Richmond,
with capital of 81, 900, 600, for the
purpose of developing on very exten-
sive scale large gold mining properties
covering several thousand acres in
buckingham county, Va"
The United States court of claims
Monday gave judgment in favor ol
John II. Starin of New York, for the
transfer Of passengers and baggage in
New York under contract with tht
government in 1884 for s., 446' The
amount claimed was Sl23, 3S2.
News reached Port Townsend on Sat
urday that lifeboat and buoy belong.
ing 10 the Canadian A australian steam.
ship Miowera had been picked up OF
the beach near Ozette, 10 miles south
of Cape Flattery. 1t is feared that tht
Miowera has been wrecked.
On January LIST, 1893, according tc
| "a .,Ut oil faf
Friday, there were of all kinds o
money issued or coined up to dat
&, 1877, 600, 236, of which 81, ,579, 206, 70
were in circulation, and S617, 1893. 81:
in the Treasury. The per capita wa
So. 36.
A newspaper train on the Denver 4
Rio Grande railroad jumped the track
near Leadville, Col, Wednesday morn
ing. John Baker, engineer, and Henr.
Hartman, fireman, were killed. Tn,
train was engaged in race with
similar train on the Colorado MIDLAND
when the accident occurred.
Gov. Morton of New York has an
nounCed 10 his friends that he vii
stand as candidate for President be
fore the National Republican Conven
tion to be held in st. Louis. If he i
1 hlHhGttNHt VI lb Will ~ lb llbukDl I
go to tho United States Senate as a sue
cessor of David B. Hill, whose tern
expires next year.
NJ. +, Sweeney of New York, holde
Of the worlds high jump record of
feet 55, inches, is anxious to arrang
a meeting with j. Il. Ryan, the cham
pion jumper in all Europe, and VIII
has cleared the bar at & feet A
I In
together something marvellous in tn
jumping line may be looked for.
Tho London Chronicle printed a
article Thursday saying that it learns o
the highest authority that Earl Gran
! vile in 1883 virtually concluded wit
! President Banco treaty in whfc
there was a clause agreeing to the arhi
tration of the Venezuelan dispute. Th
Marquis of Salisbury on coming int
power cancelled this clause.
A dispatch from Lectonia. o., say
that mysterious murder was con
mitted at Grafton, near there, O
Thursday night. Two Italian brother
; ing the night by three masked meI
; two of whom held the one brother Will
; the third fellow stabbed the otht
brother TO death. The crime is SUI
: posed to be the work of Malta.
Sir Julian Pauucefote, the BIRTHS
Ambassador, and Viscount Cough, fir,
secretary of the embassy, called upo
: Postmaster General Wilson on Monda
and submitted proposition from tn
postmaster-gene Of Great Britai
for the negotiation of a parcel post cor
t vention between the two countries
Germany, France, Belgium and Ital
had previously taken steps to secur