Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-02-04
IN EN- EE4L-

BY tho burning OF a Lancaster county
barn, Sunday night, six horses and ~
head OF cattle were burned.
Mr.. Martini, inventor of the rifle
bearing hin namo, died Monday at
Frauenfeld, Thurgau, Switzerland.
Fraus Rowen of Chester, Pa, was
drowned on Monday ,Shiis trying, to
rescue dog which had fallen into a
ditch.
The Standard Eagle Box and Lumber
60 of st. Louis has been placed IN
the hand Of O receiver; liabilities over
500, 900.
Roma dispatch Hays it is regarded
ma probable that Archbishop Corrlgan
Of New York will be created n cardinal
by the Pope.
James Richards, an aged recluse,
who lived hear Ann Arbor, Mich, was
beaten and fatally shot by two robbers
on Saturday.
The Governor of New York Monday
sent to tho State Senate the nomination
of Louis Il. Payn to BIO superintendent
of insurance.
The Kaiser is no longer an opponent
Of coercion in Turkey, but has agreed
TO ioin in coercion ii the other Powers
are unanimous.
There has been a recurrence during
the past few days of the disorders IN
Crete, and the situation at Canea is
reported to be grave.
fhe barkentine lilo Kim.Peon OF
Digby, N. B., from Spanish port for
Fernaudina, was wrecked on Saturday
night at Lautana. Fla.
The Henry Sears Co. VI Chicago,
wholesale dealers in cutlery and hard
ware, assigned MONDAY. Liabilities
about $50. 600 and assets $50, 600.
David S. Paul. an OK. Camden letter
CARRIER pleaded guilty Monday, in
the United States courts at Trenton,
N. j., to charge of riding the mails.
James s. Wilson arrived in Ames,
Ia, Monday from Canton. He said
| he had accepted the portfolio OF Agri-
culture in President Mckinley's csbis
| net.
Charles Russell was burned to death
and his aged wife probably fatally in
jurnd by IA fro which destroyed their
home at North Baltimore. o., on
sunday.
! A urigantine from the Canary
Islands, 10 ballast from Maine port,
went ashore in Saturday nights storm
IN liopoluxo Beach, Fla, and is a
total wreck
Sir George Otto Trevelyan has re-
aigned his seat in the House of Com
nous, owing to i'll health. He has
loep a prominent figure in politics for
many years.
The President on Friday nominated
Lieut.. Col. S. 4. Cushing, assistant
cummissary general OF subsistence. to
he colonel and assistant commissary
general OF subsistence.
Tho comparative statement Of the
receipts aud expenditures Of the United
States for tho month OF January shows
that tho expenditures exceeded tht
receipts by 81, 9o2. a95.
Tho Senate Monday confirmed thu
: nominations of Commander j. b. Cogh
, Ian TO DO captain and Passed As
, sistant Engineer W. N. Little TO be |
! chief engineer in the navy.
The Gloucester fishing schoone
q Helen q. Wells arrived at Boston OF
i Monday and reported loss Of her cap
t tain, William N. Wells, who was swep
= overheard on the Georgia Banks las
% Friday.
AL taDlUBlDH EHH tuubpu
9 fire which destroyed the High Schoo
$40, 00G. -Four firemen were injured
Q by falling from a ladder, one probabl
r fatally.
The Mineral Springs Manufacturin
Co., manufacturers OF woods at Statfor
Springs, Conn, employing 300 hand
II when running full capacity, started u
its mills Monday, after several months
idleness.
:. The grand jury at Louisville, Ky.
on Saturday returned ii indictment
n against 40 many aldermen, police off
q cials and others of that city on charge
;, Of corruption, false pretence and cor
= spiracy.
:" The United States debt statemen
issued Monday shove not increas
n in tho public debt, less cash in tn
10 Treasury, during January of SO, O7S,
- I3j. Total cash in tho Treasury, 5s5S,
y 553 $40.
"a Judge Simontnn. in the Unite
n States cicruit court at Charleston, o
il Mnnday appointed receiver for til
"a Greenwood Anderson ~ Western raj
n road and the South Carolina indian
If railroad.
lc A Parkersburg, W. Va, dispatc
!. says that Lee Il. Mcfarland, teller q
II The Second National Bank Of that cit,
/. is short $40, 000 in his accounts. Ii
u confessed that no lost the monsy
,e speculation.
10 Tho United Stutes Supreme Cour
70 Monday, by baro majority, nflirme
tho validity Of the Ohio law regulatip
N the taxing of express companies, an
ir also sustained the Indiana Law taxip
ut Telegraph companies.
IN Samuel G. Davis, vice president an
financial officer Of the Columbus Horl
ing Valley i Toledo railroad, Mondf
4. announced his retirement from Wa
~ 10 street. His firm, Samuel G. Davis
III Co., will 90 into liquidation.
10 Secretary HcrbeTt mas publicly rom
g, manded Capt. Li5tleton, ". 4. Waile
rs OF the Marine Corps, on tho battIesh
an Indiana, for criticsing the departme
adj at M inquiry into the charges again
ae Lieutenant Commander Allibone.
to Fearing that mob would storm IL
ln jail and lynch him, Alva Ames, az,
ty about 40, committed suicide in his Ct
ny in the jail at Rockford, Ill.,, Monda
h. He was under arrest, charged wi
~ asaau!ting his l3-years.oid daughter.
MS II is stated that Judge Gotf will n
W. accept place in tho Cabinet of Pre-.
dent elect Mckinley, and that he W
lie candidate for the United Stat
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