Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-12-24

below zero were reported IN the Aulroh-
daoks Tuesday. a
A fire ut Townsend VT, Tuesday,
destroyed two stores. a dwelling and n
large tenement; loss, $50, 600.
A fire Tuesday destroyed six stores
and residences In kirkwood, in the
suburbs of st. Louis; loss, $40. 900.
A bill has been filed In court at
Atlanta, Ca, for the appointment Of a
receiver for the Atlanta 4 West Point
railroad.
Charles johnson. coloret, was lynched
at Woodstock, Ala, Thursday He ia
said to have attempted an assault on
l7-years-old girl.
Mrs. Sarah Walton, living near
Mahanoy CITY, Pa. was accidentally
shot in the abdomen Tuesday by hor
8years-old daughter.
W. G. Lagrade, alias Joseph Harris,
alias Merritt, wanted in New York City
for arson anu other crimes, was arrested
10 Monmouth, ILL.,, Tuesday.
1t is stated that the French Cabinet
has decided to introduce bill in the
Chamber of Deputies to increase the
war footing of the army by 1G0, 000
men.
Alfred II. Wilson, a miser, who lived
near st. Joseph, Mo-, was found
murdered ID his house on Monday. Il
is said the murderers secured about
So, 600.
A fire in the Sherwood House, at
Fort Monroe. Va. on Monday night,
destroyed the entire north front of tho
building. LOSS about $40, 600; partially
insured.
Marcello Fl. Baralati, an italian
banker of New York, is alleged to have
disappeared with from $50. 600 to
$50, 600 belonging to depositors and
creditors.
Twenty men Of the cavalry de-
tachment at West Point were made i'll
on Monday night by eating canned
head cheese. -Four of the men are
critically i'll.
A decree has been entered in the
United States circuit court at Duluth
directing the sale OF the Duluth Trans
fer Railway Go. q property to satisfy
claims, amounting to 81, 29i, GOO.
A bill to forecloae trust deed on the
property of the Mutual Electric Light
| and Power Go. of Chicago was filed in
| the circuit court in that city on Mon
day by tine Chicago Title and Trust 90.
A delegation of Sioux Indians from
Grow Ureek Agency, with White Ghost,
| their head chief, as chairman, Ia on
tho way to Washington, to collect bill
of about 5000, 600 from the government.
James Preston, laborer, shot his
wife, his step son, William Bryant,
| and himself, Tuesday morning, at
their home in Cincinnati, as a result OF
| Jealous. Bryant's injuries are not
| serious.
All the men rescued from the Balti.
more mine, ut Wilkesbarre, Pa, will
recover from the effects of inhaling
smoke, which made them unconscious
The mine is on fire and will have TO be
flooded
The body of j. g. Gould, vice. presi-
| Toledo, which failed last week, was
found on Monday in ditch In East
| Toeuo. Gould had committed suicide
by shooting.
| Angus u Gindele, large Chicago
contracting firm and heavy debtor
| of tho suspended National Bank Of
Illinois, failed Tuesday. The assets
are claimed TO be $500, 000 and the
| liaDlliJieH SzOu,C
John Burkhardt and George Reiss,
briclSlayers, fell from the sixth floor to
the cellar of building in Now York
Tuesday, as the result of the collapse
OF a scaffold. Burkhardt was killed
and Reiss fatally injured.
George Il. Shitllor, the missing teller
of tho First National Bank OF Lebanon,
Pa, who disappeared several weeks
ago, has boon located at High Point,
N. c., where he is Commissioning from o
SERIOUS attack Of illness, which affected
his brain.
Warrants were issued in Chicago,
Yesterday, for the arrest of Il. s. Dreyei
and Robert Dreyer Of the failed bank
ing firm of L. S. Dreyer IL Co., charged
with violation of the State banking
law by receiving deposits after tht
bank was insolvent.
The Bank Of Minnesota, of st. Paul,
was Tuesday closed by the State Bani
examiner The Union Stock Yards Bank,
in South st. Paul. a branch of the
Bank of Minnesota, also closed. The
failure was caused by the banks ina,
bility to make collections.
| At a meeting of tho Spanish Cabinet
Tuesday President ClevelRnd's mes
sage to Congress- was discussed. II
was agreed that as the references Il
Cuba in the message affected the
Cortes they must be read before that
body. The Cortes is not ia session now.
g. II. Dow, president, and Sydney
G. McClurken, teller of the defunci
Commercial National Bank OF Denver,
and DIR. Il. 0. Miller of Chicago,
charged with misapplying funds and
defrauding the depositors of the
wrecked institution, wero convicted in
Denver on Monday.
Tho failure OF the National Bank Of
Illinois, in Chicago, on Monday, was
followed yesterday by ruua on the Iii.
nois Trust and Savings Bank and the
Hibernian Banking Association, two OF
the strongest institutions in the city.
1t was decided to demand the 60 -da,
notice in case OF all withdrawals OK
ceeding Sl0O.
The confirmation Of the Right Honor.
able and Most Reverend Frederick Tenn.
pie as Archbishop OF Canterbury anc
Primate of All England took place ii
tho Church of st. Mary LeBow, il
London, Tuesday. A protest against
the confirmation was made by the Rev.
Edward Brown john, but was not enter,
tanned.
The Congressional Record show!
that in February last Senator Morgan
in answer TO a question from Senator
Gray, said If tho Senator from Della
ware will allow me, again distinctly
| urp Int IL.