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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
The 0ordy Tragedy.

GGoRGETOwN, DEL, June 4, 1897 Tho
matter OF greatest interest TO the people
of this community Is the execution OF
james NJ. Gordy, the wife murderer who
is to suffer tho penalty of his crime ON
Friday Of next week between the hours of
ten II. III. and four p. NJ.
As the time Of his execution approaches
the people are becoming more and NOR Q
excited and rs the report is current that
large numbers arc coming from distant
parts of the county and from Maryland
with the determination of witnessing the
execution, fears arc entertained that
there will be trouble and while it Is OK
peCted that an immense crowd will be in
town on that day, numbers of our own
people are planning to leave town.
Gordv spends much Of his time in sing.
ing revival melodies and claims to be . 0
pared to meet his God
The cold dry weather of May has been
unfavorable to vegetation. Corn and but.
ter beans have come up badly and the cut
worm has played sad havoc with every,
thing that has mado its appearance above
ground. Farmers and truckers have had
to replant, and as result everything Will
bo late.
From present indications there will not
he an average fruit crop in this county
and If this cold dry weather continues
many days longer the wheat and oat crop
will be cut short.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
NJ. T. Davis. Jeweier. . e. 2nd J.


At last nights session of City Council
City Treasurer Adams reported the bal
ance in Union National Bank to account
of current expenses to be SS,99S Il; special
fund for park purposes, 81, 263 63 The
collectors were: Eugene NJ. Saycrs, 800;
Edmund Mi chell, Jr., 5000; Building In
spoctor Grubb S97 Chief Engineer Viii
son. S5i Is; Auditor Pyle, SlO53J; Society
for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
S22.
Coal Oil Inspector Kelley reported hay.
ing inspected 1887 ga Ions of oil and Milk
Inspector MCEvily 9l2J quarts of milk dur
ing the month. Building Inspector Grubb
rcported tina he had issued uhirty four
permits for buildings valued at ?60, 3Q5.
The society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animals made the following report
Dogs in pound on May |, 3; impoundod
during May, l2S; killed, ll5; redeemed 4
sold d i'll pound, May 81. s; cattle i'm
pounded, s; all redeemed.
The Law and Finance Committees re-
ported favorably on the Legislative act al
lowing the tl.e companies Of the city the
following appropriations. Friendship,
81, 800: Reliance, $500; Delaware, $3.50; ;
Phoenix, $500; Water Witch, $4,000;
Fame, $500, Washington, 5000; Wecca.
coe, $500; Liberty, $500.
Chairman NCNulty OF the Finance Com
mitLur gave notice that at some future
meeting noiice would DO given of an ordt.
nance neutrality-suspicious. and auctiOnecrs
in accordance with the recent legislative
act.
An order for 527OO was drawn in favor
of the Election Department to pay the ex-
punses OF tomorrow's election.
The Law Committee reported favorably
on tho ordinances to issue $1,000 sho. term
bonds to build II crematOry and to issue
$4,000 worth Of bonds to build Silvcrbruok
sewer abolish grade crossings and improve
streets. The ordinances were given tlcir
readings and referred to mayor after which
council adjourned.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

Altoona, Pa, June AT the Prohi-
bition convention yesterday Quincy
Lee Morrow predicted DR.. Swallows
election as state treasurer. He said
it was no longer a question as to
whether the saloon should live or die,
but whether the church shall live or
die. The finance committee reported
that $4,000 would be needed for cam
palgn work, and Dr. Swallow started
the subscription with $1,000, and a to-
tai of $3.1S6 was raised The platform,
after the usual denunciatiOn of the
liquor traffic, arraGns the state ad-
ministration for lavish expenditures.
calls for the reduction of salaries and
for a rigid system Of economy, de-
mands interest on state deposits, op-
poses granting money for sectarian
purposes, and favors arbitration be-
tween laborer and employer. The nom
inatlon of DR.. Swallow for state treas
urer was makde by acciamatiOn. w.
w. Lathrop, of Lackawanna, was NOM
mated for auditor general.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
ORGANIZED LABOR'S RIGHTS.
b Case That Goes TO England's House
of Lords For Settlement,


London, June A case of much in
terest 10 trades unions has taken an
other step In the wearlsome path of
legal solution. Two shipwrights, named
Flood and Taylor, were employed in
1894 to repair the British ship Sam
Weller, then lying at Mllwall docks,
London. The Boilermakers' union OBJ
jected to shipwrights working on an
iron ship, and their delegate, Allen, OBJ
tained the discharge of Flood and Tay-
lor by threatening strike Of the boiler
makers. Subsequently Flood and Tay-
lor sued Allen for wrongfully and ma
liciously obtaining their dismissal and
We're awarded $40 damages. Allen ap-
pealed to the house of lords, on the
ground that there was no evidence
showing he had acted malciously or
had induced the company to discharge
Flood and Taylor.
Eight judges of the high court of
Justice were summoned by the house
of lords to consider the case, and they
have just delivered opinions on the
question of law, as to whether the evil
dence was sufficient to constitute cause
of action. Six of the judges were in
favor of the right of action against
Allen, and two were opposed to it. The
house Of lords will now take time to
consider the case before rendering
final judgment.
Justice Hawkins, in behalf of the ma
jority Of the Judges, cited cases in sup
port OF their view that any language
which attempted to destroy the free
dom os will of another amounted to
intimidation.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Miss Hcrtzel has assumed the duties
of assistant corporation counsel of Chi
cago.
The Delaware constitutional Conven-
ton yesterday decided by vote of 10
to to promulgatc the new constitu-
ton.
A storm of wind and rain in Texas
yesterday blew many houses from
their foundations and rendered streets
impossible.
New Orleans BARRIERS are angcred AZ
q decision which says their work is not
a profession and they are working to
establish 1t as one.
David Wilson, the Colored murderer
was hanged at Morristown, N. j.. yes
terday. On the scaffold he sang, I'm
going home to die no more"
Senior Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish
minister at Washington, has received
information that the Dauntless was
used as a decoy. and that a big eXpedi-
uaH is about to leave Florida for Cuba
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
Durrant Gets Another DcIuy

San Francisco, juno 4.-The attor-
neys for Theodore Durrant again APP
peared before Judge Gilbert in the
United States criminal court yesterday
and applied for a writ of supersedeas
for the purpose of staying the eXecu-
ton of sentence, but this was denied
by the court. An application for leave
to appeal from this decision to the su-
prcme court of the United States was
then granted. Although it is an open
question whether, in view of the de-
NAL of the writ Of supersedcaS. the or
der Of the court acts as stay Of pro-
ceedinGs, Attorney General Fitzgerald
told Warden Hale to take no action
in the premises pending the appeal. AS
the United States supreme court does
not meet again until October next this
virtually means 4 respite for six
months at least.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

DEA COAL toriainny Ise.
l. Extra Large slLo, sI,II p9r ~
JOHN N. SOLOMON.
Office No. Yves, Third strass
PnULes t1V aud Us
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
SAGASTA NAY SUCCEED
Senor Castillo as the Head Of the
Spanish Cabinet.
a SERIOUS NATIONAL CRISIS.

Newspapers Declare 1t tho Most Deli
cate Question Since the Restoration
of the Monarchy-Campos May Again
Succeed Weyler.
Madrid, June AT a council of the
cabinet last evening Senor Canovas del
Castillo, after explaining the various
aspects Of the situation at home and
in the colonies. concluded by declaring
that, having obtained the sanction OF
parliament to bills for the financial
needs of the next financial year, he
deemed that the time had arrived TO
ask the crown either to ratify the pow
ers of the ministry or to contide the
government to other hands. He said
he had decided upon this course be-
cause he could not bow to the imposi-
tions of the opposition, and because he
felt that matters had reached a stage
where a slight reconstruction of the
cabinet would fail to meet the de-
mands of the situation.
He added, however, that If the crown
still had confidence in him and in the
Conservative party he would not hesi-
tate to remain in Office and to endeav-
or to cope with the difficulties at home
and in the colonies.
The queen regent formally accepted
the resignation Of the cabinet and con-
suited with the president of the cham
Der. but as yet she has not summoned
any political leader. Probably she will
not do so until she has seen General
Martinez Campos, who will arrive here
TODAY. General rannps will rrpba hl,-
again be sent to Cuba, to relieve Wey-
Ter.
Senor Canovas is much disappointed
at the response which his advances in
the way of reform and financial plans
have met in Cuba. He Is also very loath
to recall Captain General Weylcr, al
though aware that Weylers. presence
in the island and his severe policy of
strict relations of Spain with the Uni
ted States and the majority of the Gu
bans Is disastrous.
Many Of the Spanish newspapers pro-
n0uncc this the most serious national
crisis since the regency commenced.
In view of the result it may have on
the prospects of Spanish rule in Cuba
and the relations of Spain and the
United States, to call Senior Sagasta to
form a ministry would be a virtual
admission that the Spanish coloial
policy for the last two years has been
total failure.
This would he such an extremely
grave admission that it is possible an
attempt will be made to form an in
termediary cabinet under the Marquis
of Pidal or General A2carra ga, min
r
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

Delaware Avenue to west side of Union
to north side Pennsylvania Avenue, to
east side Rockford Road, to south side
| Shallcross avenue, to DUPONT l7li scott
street. Eighth district West to Adams
Eleventh street and Delaware avenue tC
Brandywine, 1lth and Washington streets
| Ninth district, Adams to Br0ome, Ninth
| TO Delaware avenue, 1l27 Adams street.
| Tenth district DUPONT to Rockford Road
Shallcross avenue to Brandywine, Union
street and Parkway. Eleventh district,
Rockford Road to Rising Sun Lane, Penn
| sylvania avenue, to Brandywine, 18th
street and Rockford Road
Eighth ward-First district, Poplar to
Pine, Sixth to Taylor. n. w. cor Sth and
Lombard streets, sSecond district, Pine to
Spruce, Sixth to Taylor, n. +. cor. Sth and
kirkwood streets. Third district, Spruce
to Church. Sixth to Taylor, N. f. cor Sth
and Bennett streets. Fourth district All
of ward east Of Church, N. 4. cor. 9th and
Church streets Fifth district, Poplar to
Lombard Taylor to Brandywine, N. W.
cor. 10th and Lombard streets. Sixth dis.
trict, Lombard to Pine, Taylor to Brandy
wine N. w. cor 10th and Pine streets.
Seventh district, Taylor, Spruce to Tenth
to Bennett, to Brandywine to Church, TO
Taylor, s. L. cor. 9th and Bennett streets.
Eighth district Pine to kirkwood. Taylor
to Brandywine, $. Il. cor. 1lth and Pine
streets. Ninth district, Taylor, Spruce to
Tenth, to Bennett, TO Brandy wine, to
kirkwood, to: Taylor, 1904 East 10Th
street.
Ninth Ward-First district, Market to
City Line, Brandywine Creek to Twenty
eighth, Market and Elliott Avenue. Sec
ond district, Market to Church, Brandy
wine Creek to Twenty eighth, 22d and La.
Motto streets Third district, all of ward
east of Church, Thirteenth to Twenty
eighth. ll2l East 18th street. Fourth dis
trict, all of ward south of Thirteenth and
east of Brandywlne Creek, 5. w. corner
18th and Claymont streets. Fifth district,
all of ward lying north of Twenty eighth
to City Line, goth and West streets.
Tenth w6rd-First district, Adams to
NanBuren, Linden to Lancaster avenue,
5. K. cor. Chestnut and jackson streets.
Second district VanBuren to Franklin,
Linden to Lancaster ave n. Il. cor. Har
rlson and Chestnut streets. Third dis
triot, Adams to VanBuren, Lancaster
avenue to Third N w. cor. Lancaster
avenue and Jackson streets. Fourth dis
trict, VanBuren to Franklin, Lancaster
avenue to Third, 1l03 Lancaster avenue.
Fifth district, Adams to Franklin, Third |
to Sixth, N. w. cor. Fourth and Adams
street.
Eleventh ward-First district, Linden
West Liberty to Washington (extended) |
to Beech, to Maryland avenue and all Of
ward east of Maryland avenue to City
Line, Maryland avenue and Beech street. |
Second district, all of ward south OF
Beech east Of Maryland avenue to City ,
Line, Stroud and Brown streets.
Twelfth ward-First district, Franklin
to Rodney, Sixth to Linden, Fahey's
Council between I'd and Sd streets. Sec
ond district, Rodney to Scott, Sixth to
Linden. Lancaster avenue and Searles
street. Third district, ScOtt to Greenhill
avenue, Sixth to Linden and City Line,
1899 W. 4h street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
selling out Ex-Mnyor Mcgowan.

Trenton, June 4.-Ihe sale of eX-
Mayor Frank A. Magowan's personal
property, under executions represent
ing nearly 100000 worth of judgments,
was adjourned yesterday afternoon
without dsposing of the furniture in
the colonial mansion. Mcgowan was
at the sale, and after entering a pro-
test and showing indignation, became
supplant, and begged Senator Skirm,
who has been his principal financial
hacker, to stop the sale. The sale Of
the furniture will take place today.
The mansion in which Mcgowan and
Mrs. Barnes Mcgowan are living 10
mortgaged for $4,000 Foreclosure pro-
CCedings are now pending.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
Denies stories Of Cannlbaltsm

London, June 4.-The Brussels corre-
spondcnt of The Daily Chronicle says:
governor Wahis, of the Congo Free
State, win not return here. 1t is re-
ported that he will be created baron
in recognition of his services to Bel
GUM in Africa. In the course of an
interview Governor Wahis has given
a positive denial to the statement that
in the campaign under Baron Dhanis
the troops were provisioned with hu-
man flesh lie spoke very bitterly Of
the charges brought against his adj
ministration by the missionaries, and
referred to Missionary Sjoblom as IAN
hone st fanatic"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

New York, June 4.-Walter john
st1n. a clerk in the railway postal SER
vice was arrestc2 yesterday upon a
charge of robblng the mails. He had
charge of the mail route between this
city and Hackrttstown, N. j. He con-
fessed that he had been robbing the
mails from May 27. He lives at Wash
ington, N. j., and has been In the cyl
ploy Of the postal service for three
years. 1t is believed that the amount
of money secured by Johnston was
comparatively small.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

Bloomsbury, Pa. June 4.-No case
has ever been tried in the county, with
the exception Of the Molly Mcguire"
trials of 1877, that has attracted the at
tention or entailed the expense of the
Wintersteen dynamite conspiracy trial.
which is still on. The total cost of the
trial, it Is estimated. will reach S25 goo
The county will be responsible for the
costs of officers, stenographcrs and wit
nesses for the commonwealth, and the
defendant must pay his own witness
and counsel fees. The prosecutor Will
have his counsel to pay, and also the
cost of detective work,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS


Suuucn DehIn RUS IL Sttp 10 buSiueSa
on New 1orl<'s Exchange.
New York, June 3,-Prices on the Stock
Exchange were in full swing upward all
along the line today when Samuel l..
Post Jr.. and old and popular member OF
the Stock Exchange, was seized with
heart disease and expired almost imme.
diately on the floor. This visitation OF
death put an immediate stop to the trad.
ing in stocks, and 1t was not resumed for
nearly two hours. The volume of busi-
ness was. in consequence, largely cur
tailed. many operators withdrawing from
the dealings for the remainder of the
day. The market closed fraction be-
low last nights close. Closing bids:
BALTIC. e. Ohio. SJR Lehigh Valley. q
Chesa. & Ohio. 1jh N. j. Central. 73ii
Del. & Hudson, .103A N. Y. Central. .l0Oh
D., l.. & W.....147 Pennsylvania ...52K
Ere.............. 1874 Reading .......,'l0i
Lake Erie & W 13 st. Paul......... i6M
'Al ass'ts paid.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
Low Rate Excursion to Washington via
PENNSYLVANIA RaiIrond.

Tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company
philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore
Railroad Company announces that it will
run special excursion to Washington on
Sunday, June 6. Special train with Pull
man sleeping cars will leave Chester at
2.35 u. M. Wilmington ut 2.5S q. m, and
Newark, Del. at 3l7 II. m. Returning,
special train will leave Washington at II
p. Ill. same day. Round trip tickets, good
only on special train in each direction will
be sold from Chester at rate Of 1925; Will
mingtOn 81. 90, and Newark S2.T Tj
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
Anti-Kinctoscopc Bill Killed.

Ottawa, Ont, June 4.-Sir Oliver Mo-
watts bill to prohibit the exhibition in
Canada of kinetoscUpe pictures OF the
Corbctt- -Fitzsimmons prize fight was
prac tically killed in the senate. The
senators refused 10 take the bill seri-
iously. Amendments We're proposed
and adopted providing that no news
paper in Canada shall be allowed to
publish accounts Of prize fights, and
that no foreign newspaper containing
an account of a fight shall be admitted
into Canada. Loaded with these
amendments the bill is practically dead.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

New York, June 4.-NOtice mas been
served on the cloak manufacturers that
their employees are preparing for ii
strike which will rival in magnitude
the tai!OrS' strike. The ClOaEmakers
are 10000 strong, and claim TO be thor
oughly organized. The men say that
they CanOt exist under the present
rate OF wages. If the manufacturers
refuse TO attend the conference to
which they have been invited the men
declare that they viii go out on strike
on the 18th inst
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
urr EnIl MnN Cost unr Life.

New York, June AIRS. Marianne
Kaufman, wife of Isaac kautimann.
the millionaire lace importer met with
an accident last night at Bath Beach,
brooklyn, which will probably cost her
life. SIZE and her husband were stay.
ing at the Argyle hotel. After they
had retired for the night she arose in
the dark, and in some unaccCuntaDie
way fell out of the second story Win
dow, sustaining severe bruises and a
compound fracture Of the leg. AmUu
tatiOn was necessary, and the patient
now lies in a dying condition.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
Looking to Final Adionrnment. .

Harrisburg, June 4.-The first step
toward final adjournment was taken
at last evenings session Of the house
by the adoption of resolution making
the order of business at Monday night'a
session senate bills on second read
This disposes of over hundred house
bills on the calendar for second read
ing, unless the rules committee fixes a
time for their consideration. Many
members voted for the resolution with.
out knowing its meaning.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04
d Kent and Sussex c. e.

The annual Convention of the Christian
Endeavor Societies of Kent and Sussex
counties, was held at Dover yesterday and
was opened by an address of welcome by
Rev. Il. p. Revelle. Rev Richard Downes
replied after which Governor Tunnel
made brief remarks. Rev. w. A. Wall
ing of this city also spoke.
In the afternoon there was q symposium
on THE Ideal Christian Endeavor," and
speeches were made by the Rev. w. G.
Hogg, the Rev f. c. Klein, the Rev.
Adam Stengle and the Rev. John NJ.
Trout.
In the evening the Rev. Harvey Greene
Furbay made an address.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

Counterfeit Government Bonds.
FiEew York, June 4.-One of the most
.tbxtensive counterfeitins plots ever dis
covered by the secret service bureau
Of the postoffice department was
Drought to light yesterday when Rich
ard o. D. Re Queens and his wife,
Eugenia, were arraigned before Com
missioner Shields, charged with isau-
sng counterfeit bonds of the Costa
Mican government Of the denomina-
,don of 100 pesos. Re Queens has q
printing establishment in this city and
he was arrested there. No plates, dies
so1 other cOunterfeiting tools were
&found in the rooms. Mrs. Re Queens
Denies knowledge of any counterfeit
Ing scheme, and her husband refuses
to make any statement. It is said that
0O0 of the fraudulent bonds have
Neen fiOatpd,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

Alexandria, Va, June 4.-The great
est contlaEration that has ever visited
Alexandria broke out in Bryan's fer
tilizing mills, on the river front. shortly
after midnight and ragged with great
fury for about eight hours, causing
total damage of from $45O.000 to 100000.
The entire block bounded by the
STRAND" Duke. Union and Prince
streets was almost completely wiped
out, only one warehouse, with its con-
tents. being saved. The section is COW
cred principally by warehouses and
manufacturing properties.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

Tallahassee, Fla, June i.-State
Treasurer Collins has resigned, and J.
q. Whitfield, ex-clerk of the supreme
court, has been appointed. Collins has
for some time contemplated resigning,
but was talked out of 1t. His resigna-
ton saves the state 100000 expenses of
trial, while the shortage will probably
be made good by his bondsmen.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

~ YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June 4,-There were
thousands of people in this city yes
terday when the Thirty-lirst encamp-
Ment, department Of Pennsylvania, C.
"A. r. commenced. There was not u
single hitch to mar the arrangements
that were SO successfully carried out
h the parade of the G. A. r. and the
yohnstoWn Fire department unless 1t
might be the failure of Commander-in-
Chief Garrison to arrive in time to
S!3fgw the spectacle. An escort of po-
Ncemcn cleared the way along the line
Of march with little difficulty as the
thousands Of spectators formed one OF
,the most orderly crowds that ever
WITNESSED a parade in Johnstown.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

Richmond, Va, June AIN Franklin
county D. s. Webster, a prominent cit
izen, was killed and a detective named
r. l.. billiard was wounded by Richard
Gibson, negro desperate, whom they
were endCavoring to arrest for robbery.
Gibson escaped, and about a hundred
citizens are on the hunt for him. If
he Is caught he will probably be
iynched.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

Buffalo, June 4.-CharleS Linke shot
and fatally injured Mrs. Ida StrohauT
yesterday afternoon. 1.inke is a con-
stable, and was sent to the Ssrohaur
residence to remove Il sewing machine
upon an attachment. The woman de-
cares that the shooting was deliberate,
while Linl:e says it was accidental.
Lfnke has been locked up. The hos
pital surgeons say the woman cannot
rnpnror
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-04

And it can bo found in our Blue Flame
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fire your insurance is secure. your homo
comfortable your, husband has all his fears
wiped away, when he finds the dcstruc-
tive enemy Of tho homo supplantcd by our
electric stove using head light oil. We
warrant our stoves for one year and guar.
anteC them to be superior to Gasoline
stoves in every respect, In operation
and for sale at GA King St, Wilmington,
Del L. w, Steward agent.