Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-06

Twelve men were killed by the fall of q
scaffolding in Cornwall. Steamer Ang,O-
man is wreck in the Irish Sea. Board
of Trade decided that local option matter
was not within its province. Grand
Lodge of Delaware, A. o. u. W., elected
| officers.
Wednesday, Feb. 10.-remperature 81.
81. 36. % degrees. Cloudy. FOrma!
declaration of the election Of Mckinley
and Hobart was made in Congress- John
+. Green was elected first vice-presideut
and j. Is. Hutchinson, general manager
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
| Thursday, Feb. 11.--Temperature 80,
| SO, 80, n degrees. Cloudy. Capt. Phtlo
| n. Mciiflin committed suicide in New
York City. The remains OF Judge Wales
We're buried.
Friday, Feb. 12-Temperature 2s, 30,
%, Fl degrecs.l Snowy. News Of Bishop
Monaghans appointment TO the sec of
Wilmington was confirmed by Cardinal
Gibbons in Baltimore. EX-Judge A. II.
Aldrich died ut Barnwell $. G.
Saturday, Feb. 13.-Tempcrature %
30, SO, 2S degrees. Gear. Evansville
Ind, was damaged by a flood. John
Mars Killed his son and committed sui
eide at Lexington, Ky. Gen. Joseph Or
|
willie Shelby died ut Adrian. Mo.
Sunday, Feb. 14.-Temperature 30, ~,
A, 80 degrees. Clear. Second Prcsby
terrain Church at Wllinmsport. Pa, was
burned Henry Duval Gregory, ltlh r.,
of Philadelphia. died. William +, st.
John, treasurer Of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, died in New York.
Monday, Feb. 15.--reinperature 81. i6
A. 80 degrees. Cloudy. Police Sergeant
William A, Shields died. Judge Hemp
hill in West Chester decided Old State
boundary line must stand until new one
is duly ratified.
,, Tuesday, Feb. 16.--Temperntu ~, 40
40. % degrees. Fair. Peter Schmidt and
Sam Foster were hanged at Clayton. neal
, st. Louis, for the murder of Bcrtram l.
Atwater. DIR. Arthur Ducstrow was
. hanged at Union. Mo. for the murder oi
: his wife and child. Constitutional Con
= vcntion rejected woman suffrage. job,
i Johnson, Chief Engineer, u. S, n, died
Turkish ministers decided 10 leave pa
y cifcation of Crete To the Powers.
= "Wednesday, Feb. 1T.-Tempcrature Ri
: 40, ~, 36 degrees. Fair. Gen. Alfret
Pleasanton died. William G. Foord. o
this city, died. Chun Sing was hanged II
Ndll QHeUllll, VII, ltE tuTtp HlNIhfES.
, Thursday. Feb. 1S.-Tempcrature ~
, 10, 45. 20 degrees. Cloudy. George II
= Mccall Co. confessed Judgments for abou
:, S36,000. Gov. Tunnel refused to inter
: fere in the sentence of death imposed upnl
~ Thomas Willis. The Rev. Levi G. Shci
= was found dead in bed at Doylcstown, Pa
Z DIR. Thomas Il. Johnston murderer Of Dl
u George S. Henry was sentenced at Ncy
!, Bloomfield, Pa, to 20 years imprson
:" nent Annual Encampmcnt, Department
;, of Delaware. Of q. \. X.
:" Friday. Feb 10.-Tempcraturc 81. -
n 40, % degrees. Clear. Thomas Will
7, was hanged at New Castle jail for tn
~ murder Of his infant daughter Calf,
y Mercer Beasley, Chief Justice Of Ne,
~ Jersey Supreme Court, died. Thrice
J., children were injured in a panic Mt
~ school house fire in Boston. Jacob Cicle
7 wife and three children fatall
y, burned in Cleveland. o. United State
IL Judge Augustus S. Seymour, of Mort
"a Carolina, died.
- Saturday, Feb. 20.--Temperaturc 2
a 1896, 2S degrees. Snowy. President Clev
nv land nominated Hon. James l.. Wolcott
In be judge of the United States Court {,
nc the district Of Delaware. Application f,
ho a mandamus in Kent county election ca
70. was filed. Gunboat Wilmington had
10 preliminary trial trip.
,s- Sunday, Feb. 21.-Temperat 40, ;
80, 20 degrees. Rain. Governor Bushnt
of Ohio announced that he would nan
Marcus A. Hanna to succeed John She
man as Senator. Mrs. Joseph Steiger w,
), burned to death in Philadelphia. lGeorj
~ Cox was burned to death at Wimingto
va y. G. lnsurgent position at Canea, Cret
a" was bombarded.
Monday, Feb. 22.-lemperature 81, Z
~ 30, 30 degrees. Stormy. Thunder al
~ lightning Mt night. DIR. S. Gratz Mos
Of st. Louis, and Blanche. Marchioness
of Waterford, died Judge James Ia
I'd mcr, of York. Pa, was elected preside
,ad of the Delaware Society of the Cinci
natl. vice Judge Wales deceased. Arc
., bishop Grace died at st. jacobs Hospit
~, Tuesday, Feb. 23.--Temperature 81, Z
,c;i A, II degrees. Clear. Bill to aboli
~ kissing the Bible when taking an ca
,,,. was killed in the House at Dover. A.
Of Webster named to succeed Samuel Cha
,Sa hers us Street and Sewer Director. 10
III ID. Hart was convicted in Philadelphia
an setting on foot military expedition
N Cuba. John Lewis Roche killed himS
tho in Boston. Count Lefebvre de Beha
died, Cholera has broken out at |
90 wan. India. The West Shore ferryb,
Irs Buffalo was launched by the Harlan a
rem lIollinsworth Co. Scmi-annual inspect
No. of the Fire Department. Holiness CHI
son tian Association Conference opened he
,rts Wednesday. Feb. 24.--Tcmperatur
md. -, 3S. 20 degrees. Clear. Court
ia fused to quash election officers ind
thc mcnts. The Governors palace at Can
at Crete, was destroyed by FIRE, and the 81
rrie alton is grave. A food has eau
ned estimated damage of $1,500,000 in
Monongahrla Valley, Pa. Tho r
81, Thomas ii. Lcnihan was consccra
icld Catholic bishop of Cheyenne, Wyo.
ow, Thursday, Feb. 25.-Tempcraturc
len AZ, Al, % degrees. Cloudy. Spanish 4
ON eminent is to investigate death of
at Ricardo Ruiz, citizen of the Uni
und States, who died near Havana.
lby Friday. Feb. 26.-Temperature 30,
(tha 30, IL degrees. Snow. Edward Br
,nry was found guilty of permitting the al
of alton of an election certificate. Munic
the Commission took the new city charter
Dover and mnde report TO the Gem
50, Assembly. Norman Yeatman, gro
lffy, committed suicide by hanging.
lied. Saturday. Feb. 2T.-Tcmperaturc
Mid 81. 20. 20 degrees. Clear. Fire dcstro
css; the $4,000 plant Of the Middlebra,
lney Portland and Diamond Cement Co., \
ltor. dlebranch Ohio. Two men were HI
rted by boiler explosion at New Bcdf
re- Mass.
ane. Sunday, Feb, 2S.-Tempcra tl,re oS