Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
IN GEsEE4L.


The Kansns City Police Commits
sioners Tuesday set women prisoners
to work breaking stone.
Prof Alfred N. Mayer of the Stevens
Institute died Tuesday at his home,
in South Orange, N. j.. agnd 81 years
Thomas +. Kippie was banged ut
Hartford. Conn, carly yesterday for
the murder OF his wife in January
1896.
1t 10 reported from Kansas City that
the Midland National Bank is to be
consolidated with the National Bank of
Commerce of that city.
W. A. Noble, formerly auditor OF the
City of Roanoke, was arrested in Nor
folk, Va, Tuesday, charged with being
short 50. 200 in his accounts.
The Painter mills ut Pittsburg started
Tuesday with non union men. There
was no disorder. A number of firms
signed the Ainalgamated Association
scale.
The Boston schooner Belle Hooper,
Cant. Fred q. Hooper, haH been blown
ashore at Macoris, San Domingo, and
is total loss. The crew were landed
in safety
Turkey has dispatched an ultimatum
to Persia demanding the withdrawal of
Persian troops from Turkish territory,
near kerhetn. Russia lie believed to be
behind Persia.
The strike at the Crescent Shetland
Tinplate Works at Cleveland has beon
broken, and an Importation of 40 skilled
men from Pennsylvania were set at
work Tuesday.
The Ohio Valley railroad was sold at
Henderson, KY, Tuesday, to Alexan
der 7. Humphrey Of Louiaville and
Adrian II. Joline Of New York. The
upset price was 81, 050. 600.
The number Of silver dollars coined
at the United States mints during the
last fiscal year was u, 203, T0l, on which
the seigniorage, or profits to the govern
ment amounted to 81, 3IG, 10i.
Chairman Towne OF tho Silver Re-
publican organization, has sent tolB-
gram to the chairman of the committee
in Ohio advising against putting II
separate stats ticket in the field.
The big steel drawbridge uniting
Superior and Duluth was opened for
traffic Tuesday, with appropriate cnre.
moues The bridge is 1904 feet long,
1s feet wide and cost about 1000, 600.
Tho Canadian Cabinet has decided
to put tho Alien Labor law in force in
Manitoba, tho Northwest Territories
and British Columbia at once, SO as to
protect Canadian workmsn against those
coming from tho United States.
Tho strike of the engineers in LON
don it is thought will bs long strug
gle. Both the masters and the men
havP refused all offers of arbitration.
Forty London firms have joined in the
lockout About 100, 600 men will be Idle.
Major Symous has made report to
the Chief Engineers of tho Army on
the preliminary examination into the
subject OF ship canal from the Great
Lakes TO the naVigable waters Of the
hudson River, ana it has buen sub.
mItted 10 the Secretary of War. Ii
will not he mads public until it ia sub
mitted to Congress.
Gen. John y. Gordon, commander.
n-chief OF the United Confederate
Veterans, at Atlanta, Tuesday issued
an address, accepting thu invitation re-
| Gently extended tho organization by
tue Logan Monument Association of
Chicago to participate in the unveil-
ing, on July ~. OF the monument Of
Con. John A. Logan.
Confcrnes from Delaware and Uhester
counties met in West Chester Tuesday
TO agree upon some plan OF abolishiuR
the old c1nfereo system uf selecting a
candidate for Congress- hy substituting
Il diRtriet convention. Ths matter was
referred to sub committee of two, hut
| Chester county seryeH practical notice
that the present aystem 10 the bost, and
| no change is possible lust now.