Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-01
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Home at Hampton, Va. died Thursday. |
Camden City Council Thursday night |
elected Col. Samuel Hufty city comp.
troller. |
The R,v. Peterson M. Randolph Of |
Cape May Court House died Thursday, |
aged 63 years.
The session OF the Odd Felfows'
Sovereign Grand Lodge next year. will
be held in springfield, Ill.
Emma Ashley, charged with attempt |
to murder Il. j. Baldwin, millionaire
horseman, has been acquitted.
This body OF +. b. Bickford of Lock
Haven, Pa, was found drowned in the
Delaware river at Camden Thursday.
Col. W. d. Farrand. who was United
States consul ut Cailao, Peru, under
Gen, Grants administration, is dead.
The branch headquarters Of the Silver
Democratic National Committee In
Washington, ID. O., have been closed.
The fusion agreement between the
Populiats and Democrats in Kentucky
gives the Populists two OF the electors.
The new public library at Kennett
Square, erected as memorial to
Bayard Taylor, was dedicated Thurs
day.
Judge Payne, in Chicago, Thursday,
appointed the Title Guarantee aud
Trust Co. receiver for the Farmers
Trust Co. of Iowa.
The National Shoe and Leather Elk
change at Boston. Thursday announced
the failure Of Burpee, Rumsey IL Co.,
shoe manufacturers, OF Lynn.
The State Convention Of the Georgia
| Sound Money Democrats Wednesday,
nominated an electoral ticket and de-
nounced the Chicago nominees.
A Mankato. Mimi, dispatch says that
]. E. & @. II. Brown, proprietors OF
| the Mapleton Bank, have assigned.
| Assets, Sl4l, 600; Liabilities, 800, 600.
Tho body OF the drowned man found
| at Washington Park, N. j., Sunday
was Wednesday identified ap that Of
Abraham Greenspan of Philadelphia.
Receivers were appointed in New
York and Jersey City Thursday for tho
Richards Co., women's outfitters. Tho
liabilities are sll0, 600 and the assets
$50, 600.
| John Bardsley, accompanied by his
| wife. went to Jay Cookies fishing cabin
in the wilds of Lycoming county, Pa,
Thursday to rest until mis- health shall
be restored.
In New Orleans yesterday the liquida-
tors Of the Bank of Commerce reported
to the court that they had discovered
grave Irregularities of the management,
including overdrafts amounting to
$500, 600.
The will OF the late Enoch Pratt was
fled in Baltimore Wednesday. The bulk
of the estate is left to the Sheppard
| - .,,Ls .L N.xl h.
changed to the Sheppard and Enoch
Pratt Hospital.
Judge George Denny Of Lexington
says he is going to get the Republican
nomination for Congressman from the
Seventh Kentucky district and will
not withdraw in favor of Col. W. G. 7.
breckenridge.
Demetrio Cortez Citriano Estroda
and Jose Salazar are in custody at Ell
Paso,N Tex, charged with having
violated the neutrality laws by or
ganizing an armed expedition for the
invasion of Mexico.
At the meeting of the New York
State Democratic Committee, Tuesday
week, John q. Sheehan made an effort
to assert his power as State boss, bni
was beaten by Senator Hill. The latter
| ny bo1u ndCncIs
William E. Gladstone has written
/ to French newspaper that tho Sui.
: tan's diplomatic triumph over the sis
, Powers, by which he is permitted to
, continue the massacre of Christians,
is without a parallel in history.
! Dispatches from Milwaukee say that
, the troubles between the Northern
! Pacific, the Wisconsin Central and the
I n.
amicably settled and that the last.
0 named road will be sold at auction.
Russian engineers arc supervising
! the work of repairing the docks ant
workshops at Port Arthur. 1t is bo
I lieved that the results of LII Hung
I Chang's entente with Russia, on behal
0 of China, will shortly be displayed.
The Utah Silver Republicans anC
Democrats each held State conventions
. Thursday. The former endorsed tn,
Bryan and Sewall electors The regula
Republican convention was also helt
and Mckinley and Hobart electors wer,
nominated.
g The Treasury Department has dis
:. missed William Springer and Joh'
!, Terney, deputy collectors of customs a
: Port Huron, Mich, who were charged
q | ny tho Shft ioofNlCc Wtbl
\ having received political contribution
!, from government employees.
= A dispatch from st. Johns, New
4 foundland, says that the Bell Islan,
!. Hematite Iron Mine, employing 30
4 men, which sells most of lis output il
a Baltimore, closed down yesterday TO
a 10 months, owing to the unsettled con
!. dition Of Affairs in the United States
n The National Democratic party @
!. New York ut its State Convention il
II Brooklyn Thursday nominated nanit
O G. Griffin of Watertown for Governor
Frederick W. Hinrichs of Brooklyn 70
k Lisutenant-G Governor and Spencer Gin
B. ton of Buffalo for Judge of the court c
!, appeals.
!. A conference of leading Republican
y of the Seventh Kentucky Congrossioni
10 district, on Tuesday, urged the with
n drawal of Judge Denny from the rue
for the Republican nomination for Cor
gress and advised Republicans to sur
port Col. W. q. +. Breckenridge
ID Sound Money Democrat.
80 The Second Missouri District Demo
BY cratic Congressional convention, who
nt remained deadlocked from Septembe
g 9Th to l1tb, having taken 1.030 ballot
ID without result, met again Wednesday
}; Before adjournment ITO more ballot
7, were taken without any change in th
Y, strength of the candidates