Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-01-14

AY. JANUARY IA, 1,
Their shot his wife and committed suicide
in Cleveland. Ohio.
Tuesday. May 26.-Temperature GO. 81,
So, IS degrees. Partly cloudy. The Gar
and Czarina, of Russia, were crowned at
Moscow. BY the falling of an electric
car into a river at Victoria, B. c., 81
people were drowned. Ira Sanborne muir
dered his granddaughter in Philadelphia.
James Durham murdered six people In
Campbell. Cal.
Wednesday, May 27.-Temperature rs,
so, 50, "a degrees. Partly cloudy.
cyclone visited st. Louis and about 400
people were killed and many buildings
were wrecked. Other places suffered from
the same storm. Thomas Willis. colored,
confessed to numbering his child near
Newark on May 4th.
Thursday, May 2S.--Temperature rs,
rs. 81 60 degrees. Rainy. The storm of
May 9th continued and wrought de
struction in places between st. Louis and
the Atlantic Ocean. The General Con-
ference of the NJ. E. Church concluded its
session in Cleveland
Friday. May 29.-Temperature 20, ~,
rs, 40 degrees. Clear. Ex-Congressman
Francis Il. Shober, of North Carolina,
died at Salisbury, N. G.
Saturday, May 30.-Temperature 60. 20.
IA, - degrees. Partly cloudy. Memorial
Day was observed by the G. A. r. posts.
Many people were crushed to death in a
panic in Moscow.
Sunday. May 31.-Temperature Sc. IA,
rs. 81 degrees. Partly cloudy. The 10th
anniversary of Old Swedes Church was
celebrated.
JUNE.
Monday. June 1.-Temperature Ga. so,
20, 43 degrees. Clear. Five miners were
roasted at Shamokin, Pa. An earth
quake was felt at Colon. Peter Miller, of
this city. was drowned in the South Long
Race.
Tuesday. June 2.-Temperature 65. 20.
so. IS degrees. Clear. Miss Julia Steven
son. daughter of President Steven
son. and the Rev. Martin Harden. of
Kentucky, were married in Washington.
| The May term of the county courts adj
journed sine die. The annual convention
! of the Diocese of Delaware commenced
at New Castle. The German Baptists de-
| cided to build new church.
Wednesday, June 3.-Temperature ~,
| Is, T6. 81 degrees. Clear. The diocesan
convention at New Castle was concluded.
Thursday. June 4.-Temperature 10, SO,
"a, GA degrees. Rain. The annual COM
mencement of Goldey College was held at
the Grand Opera House.
| Friday. June 5.-Temperature II, 81,
50, 81 degrees. Clear. Statues of Gems.
Meade and Hancock were unveiled at
Gettysburg, Pa.
| Saturday. June 6.-Temperatnre 20 81,
so, GO degrees. Cloudy. The Meteor won
the yacht race in England. Britannia sec
ond. A scaffold collapsed at Bethlehem,
killing one man and seriously injurng
| another.
Sunday. June 7.-Temperature as, SO.
So. 81 degrees. Partly cloudy. The vii
lage of Lynch, Neb., was destroyed by a
tornado.
Monday. June S.-Temperature 76. SO.
50, Go degrees. Clear. Capt. John G.
Burke, U. S. A., died in Philadelphia.
James Hickey was killed by Andrew
| Smith in st. Louis, Mo. ..@
Tuesday, June 9.-Temperature II, 81.
| SO, SO degrees. Clear. Three murderers,
| Nilsson. Fowler and Seaman, were hanged
in London. The 10th annual meeting
of the Delaware Medical Society was held
at Newark.
Wednesday, June 1O.-Temperature "a
rs. n, 50 degrees. Clear. Mrs. Annie
Dyer, convicted of murder. was hanged
in London.
Thursday, June 11.-Temperature &c.
%. rs, 63 degrees. Clear. The Naylor
Rope and Irvine Co.'s plant at Buriug.
ton. n. j., was destroyed by FIRE.
Friday, June 12.-Temperature ~, so
killed in a fire at Allegheny City, Pa.
John S. Johnson, of America, lowered the
500 metre record, making it in 80 % sec.
onds. on a track in Paris. Levi II. Mil.
Ter fell and killed himself
Saturday, June 13.-Temperature 73
80. 81. SO degrees. Partly cloudy. The
Democrats of New Castle county nomi.
mated candidates for county officers.
Sunday, June 14.-Temperature Is, 6S
&c, 80 degrees. Rain. The anniversary of
the birth of the national flag was cele-
brated in the city churches.
Monday, June 15.-Temperature 81, 70
a. 81 degrees. Clear. President George
I'll. Wyckoff. of the Bank of New Am.
sterdam. in New York City. was shot by
a hold assassin, who refused to give his
name and who attempted suicide. Abner
Hollingsworth was murdered hy an I'm.
known party at Wooddale.
Tuesday, June 16.-Temperatu GO, 60
=
State convention was held at Dover. Prof
George A. Carter was elected president of
Delaware College. The Republican ma.
tional convention opened in st. Louis
Wednesday, June 17.-Temperature 70
~, 81, 10 degrees. Partly rainy. The
steamship Drummond Castle was wrecked
near Brest, France, and $50 people were
drowned. Ex-Judge Henry Simmons
| died at his home in Passaic N I opnd
81 years. Commencement exercises were
held at Delaware College. The Addicks
delegates were denied seats in the Ma.
honal Republican Convention.
Thursday. June 1S.-Temperature 73,
%, "a, IS degrees. Clear. William Nc.
kinley of Ohio and Carrot A. Hobart of
New Jersey We're nominated for Presi-
dent and Nice-president of the United
States at the Republican convention in
st. Louis.
Friday, June 19.-Temperature so. 81.
S3. "A degrees. Clear. Mark A, Hanna
who managed the affairs which led to the
nomination of William Mckinley. was
elected permanent chairman of the Re.
publican National Committee. The an
nual commencement of Friends School
was held.
Saturday, June 2O.-Temperature 81
81, 90, u degrees. Clear. Frank Thomas
shot and killed Ambrose Wilson M Link.
wood. Md. Banker George ii. Wyckoff
of New York, who was shot by George II
Semple on Monday, died.
| Sunday, June 21.-Tpmneraturo Sn on