Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-03-04
IN GEN EEL.

day.
The Chicago Republicans on Friday
| nominated Judge n. G. Sears for
mayor.
DR.. John Kirby, resident physician
at the New jersey State Hospital, died
on Saturday.
Edward Ellis, president Of the
Schenectady locomotive works, died On
Saturday night.
Father Hudson, ex-superior-gene
OF the Jesuits of Carada, died in
Montreal Friday.
Wilson S. Groves, farmer at Law
| rerceville. ". j., committed suicide
on Saturday by banging. fe
Joseph 1appeiner of Atlantic City
threw himself in front of a train yes.
terday week and was cut to pieces.
The retail clothing and men's fur
nishing house OF Willoughby. Hill &
Co. of Chicago failed on Saturday.
Wyeth Brothers malt works at II ood-
bury. n. j was damaged by Gre last
Friday night to the extent of $40. 900.
Receivers wers appointed in Atlanta,
\ Ca. on Saturday for the Southern
Mutual building and Loac Association.
john Doyle, brakeman GU the Cen.
trail railroad OF New Jersey was crushed
to death at PhilIipsburg on Tuesday
| week.
The Indiana supreme court decided
| last week that women have no right to
vote under tine present Stale Constitu.
tion.
W. A. Murray e. Co. IS dry goods es-
| tablishmept in Toronto was damaged
by fire to the extent Of go, 600 on Sat
urday.
Gen. Thomas A. Hueguenin, the last
| Confederate commander of Fort Sum-
ter, died 10 Charleston, S. C., on Sat.
urday.
The plating, sash aud sawmill OF
Thomas 4. Mayhem of Melville, was
destroyed by fire on Saturday. Loss,
SIS, QUO.
Charles II. Gross. Philadelphia
salesman, who had been ill in Road
ing hotel. was found dead in bed on
Sunday.
Hinkle. Wilson g. Kreis' wholesale
| grocery warehouse, one of the flooded
buildings in Cincinnati, collapsed on
Saturday.
Ex-Judge William NJ. Crump, who
was assistant secretary of the Confed-
crate treasury, died in Richmond, Va,
on Saturday.
In a fit Of Jealous rage. in Buffalo,
on Saturday night, Dennis II. a lien
| threw a bottle OF vitrio into the face
Of Margaret Brighton.
The shoe mandatory OF Francis
McAdams of Camden. was partially
destroyed by fire Sunday. 1he loss
is estimated at 50, 500.
An information has been filed at Lin
coin, Neb,, accusing Joseph S. BARLEY,
ex-State Treasurer, with embezzling
1887, 162 Of State funds
A fire at Fort Wayne, Ind, Sunday
destroyed Morgan & Co.'s Wholesale
hardware store and four other places.
-Four tremen were injured.
Paul L. Lefevre was killed in Calves
ton. Tex, on Saturday. by contact
with an electric wire from which he
had just rescued his father.
The Rev. James Edward Quigley was
consecrated in Buffalo last week to be
Roman Catholic bishop of that diocese
Archbishop Corrigan officiatod.
The Rev. d. W. G. McIntire, pastor
of the Gloucester City Methodist
Episcopal Church, Sunday celebrated
his quarter century in the ministry.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution, 10 Washington. last week
made plans for building a hall in that
city and raised about S25, 200 to start
the work.
Luther III. Tucker, editor and senior
member of the firm Of Luther Tucker
IL Son, publishers of the Country Gen.
tleman, died at Albany, n. y, on Tues,
day week.
| William j. Koerner, an artist, was
convicted of murder in the first degree
in New York last week, for the killing
of his sweetheart, Rose Regate, in
September last.
The Rev. Joseph Marie Rene Logs.
ance, S. j., fifth PRECEDENT of St.
Francis Xavier College, New York
City, died at Worcester, Mass, on
Tuesday week.
Richard Pastini, hia wife and four
children were poisoned IN San Fran
cisco, on Friday evening, by eating
toadstools under the impression they
were mushrooms.
Vice. President Stevenson, was on
Saturday evening presented with q
magnificent silver service, and parch-
ment testimonial signed by every mem
Der of the Senate.
Charles L. Todd, president and min.
cipa! owner Of and receiver for tina Gal.
lego Mills Co. of Richmond, Va, has
made persona. assignment for the
benefit of creditors.
This 10Th annual meeting of the
American Paper Manufacturers Asso-
citation was held III New York yester-
day week. Hugh j. Chisholm of Port
land, Me-, was elected president.
A passenger train on the Southern
railway struck wagon at a grade crose-
ing near Chattanooga. Tenn. yester.
day week. Mrs, ". j. Woodward, five
children and one erandchild were killed.
Richard Magee and Thomas Dinmore,
boiler makers, at work on the ton of a
gas tank on Kingsbrilge road, New
York City, were instantly killed last
night week by the explosion of the tank.
4 number of Baltimore canners and
packers were last week found guilty of
violating the Maryland Label law re-.
quiriDg that all canned goods should
bear the name and address of the packer.
A fire at piqua, o., Friday de.
stroyed the National Linseed Oil papt,
known as the ". p. Orr Mill No, q
Loss on building and machinery $40,
uO0. Fifty thousand bushels of barley
were also burned
Capt. Abort S. Barker will be do.
tached FROM the Mare Island Navy Yard
March 18th and resume command of
the battlesb;p Oregon, rslieyipy Cant