Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-08-20

t1tbloE iItub, mOLAbI toupCIAot III hho
New York Founding Asylum, died
Friday.
The Democrats of the Tenth Georgia
district have nominated W. Fl. Elem
ing for Congress.
William Ii Moses, editor Of the Pat
erson, N. J. Call, died Thursday from
the effects of the heat.
Prof. Albert N. Prentiss, in charge
of the Botanical Department of Cornell
University, died Friday.
The Wyoming Democratic State Con-
vention has nominated ex-Gov. John
E. Osborne for Congress-
The Democrats of the Third Tennes-
see district have nominated Judge
John A. Moore for Congress.
Daniel buffers, one of the oldest
members of the Chicago Board of
Trade, died Wednesday.
The Republicans OF the Sixth Ken
lucky district Wednesday nominated
Hon. Richard z. Earnest for Congress.
The Negro National Democratic
League Convention, Wednesday, elected
A. E. Manning of Indiana, president.
Congressman Herring has been re-
nominated by reclamation by the Re-
pupiieabs "a tuo hooCohu WiSSohoih
district.
Miss Bessie Kendall fell so feet from
parachute at Lindenthorp Park, near
Chester, Friday, and was seriously
| injured. -.[
The Republican State Convention of
Tennessee was held Wednesday. Hon.
Gov. N. Tillman was nominated for
Governor by acclamation.
The West Virginia Democratic State
Convention left to the Executive Com
mittee and the Populists the selection
OF the Presidential electors.
Gen. Weyler's order closing the ports
| of Baus and Sauna, Cuba, has resulted
in the stoppage OF shipments of bananas
| to the United States from Cuba.
Major George Foster Robinson, pay
master, was placed ON the retired list
Of the army Wednesday, having reached
the statutory age limit of GA years.
The silver men in the First Nebraska
district Thursday pooled issues and
nominated j. Ii. Broadly Of Lincoln Tor
| Congress. This is Bryan 8 old district.
In dismissing two cadets from the
West Point Military Academy Presi-
dent Cleveland expressed his contempt
OF the mean and cowardly practice of
hazing.
William Henry, Benjamin johnson
and James Wingers were killed and
four others were injured by an explos-
ion at sawmill at Nevasote, Tex,
Friday.
The plants of the Red G Oil Co., the
Baltimore Gasoline Co. and the Eagle
Oil Co., in Highlandtown, Nd, were
damaged about $50, 600 by fire Wednes-
day night.
| After slight drop of temperature
the hot wave started in with renewed
vigor at Guthrie. Oklahoma, on Friday,
when the thermometer marked 109
degrees in the shade. ..
The Wyoming Republican State Con-
yention Thursday renominated Frank
w. Mondell for Congress. Presiden-
being Mrs. Sarah Malloy.
The deadlock in the Eleventh dis
trict Republican Congressional Conven-
tion at Reed City, Mich, was broken
on Friday on the 363d ballot. W. j..
Meaick was nominated.
William James Dickey, president OF
the Manufacturers National Bank OF
Baltimore and head of the wooden
manufacturing company Of William j..
Dickey q Sons, died Thursday. \
The Fl. M. Whitney Co., of Cort-
land, N. y, carriage manufacturers,
was closed by the sheriff Thursday on
six executions. aggregating 81, 442. II
is sand that the company's assets
largely exceed its liabilities.
formal separation has taken place
between the knights of Labor and the
Window Glass Workers Association OF
tho United States. The Knights Of
Labor are said to be for Bryan. while
the glass workers are for McKipley.
A group Of workmen, on their way
home from the Brown hoisting Go. +
works, in Cleveland. were fired upon
by party of 10 strikers OH Friday
A battle ensued, in which four men
were shot-two fatally. Two of the in
jured were workmen and two strikers.
The North Dakota Democratic State
Convention, Wednesday, nominated
John Burke for Congress and r. Il.
Richardson for Governor. The officers
of the Populist ticn held a meet
ing Immediately after the Democrats
adjourned and enaorssd the Democratic
nominees.
The Governor of Louisiana has signed
the pardon of Henry Bier, the New
Orleans capitalist who was convicted
of perjury in May, 1895. but not SEN
fenced. He is an Indispensable wit
ness in other important cases yet to be
tried, and has made full confession
of all he knows.
The appointment is announced oil
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood and Miss
Frances Graham French TO represent
the United States to the second Inter
national Congress of Charities and the
second international Congress for the
Protection of Children, at Geneva,
Switzerland, September 18th.
The mout important election in the
history of the Chiekasaw Nation was
held Wednesday. Il. N. Harris, who
is in favor of allotment, the disrup-
tion of tribal ties and treating with
the Dawes committee, WAS elected Gov
erhor. The Legislature and Senate
elected are in accord with Gov. Harris.
| In New Orleans, Thursday, Col. g.
X. Harrison Parker, chairman of the
Louisiana Democratic Executive Com
mittee, and E. Kruttschnitt, chairman
of the State Central Committee, ten
dered their designations because of
their convictions ON the financial ques.
tion. They are believers in the gold
standard. The committees refused to
accept the designations.
Acting Comptroller Coffin was in
formed Thursday that Joseph Il. Kelly,