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


Tuesday, June 1.-Temperature 10, IS,
So, So degrees. Partly cloudy. Ameri-
can Medical Association began its an
nual meeting in Philadelphia. John IL.
Searles was acquitted in Washington of
tons propounded by the sugar Investigate
ing committee. Cooley College com-
mencement exercises were he'd.
Wednesday, June 2.-Temperature 90,
60, 20, 65 degrees. Clear. The Inter
national Commercial Congress opened in
Philadelphia. The 111th annual conven-
ton of the diocese Of Delaware was held
at Dover.
Thursday, June 3.-Temperaturc ~.
50. SO. 70 degrees. Cloudy. The defalca-
ton of $3S,000 by Paying Teller William
n. Boggs from the First National Bank,
Dover. was discovered. The Constitu-
tional Convention by vote of 10 to q de-
cided to promulgate the Constitution. 4
verdict for $3.50 was awarded the plaintiff
in the Courtney damage case against the
city. David Wilson. colorcd, was hanged
at Moorestown, y. j., for the murder of
his wife,
Friday. June i.-Tempcrature 81. 81,
| 81, 80 degrees. Cloudy. James Lewis.
colored was hanged at Fairfax. Va, for
ravishing white woman. Click Nit
chell, coored under 20-year sentence
| for felonious assault. was taken from Jail
at Urbana, o., and lynched. The Con,
stitutional Convention, after deciding "
! the new Constitution should become
alive on June 10. 1897. adjourned SIM
| Saturday, June 5.-Tcmperature 4
| 20, 81 degrees. Partly cloudy. n
| Matolie, a Pole, was frightfnlly bIirf
coming in contact with an elcctr1
wire. The city election took place
| following officials were chosen:
Henry g. Mcl.car; President
Council. G. NJ. Ieitch; City SIN
Henry c. Conrad; City Treasured
liam II. Curry; Assessor and Corn
Northern district, Thomas $. levin
Republicans: of the Southern distiI
| Eugene NJ. Sayers, Democrat; and seyeli
Democratic and five Republican Councl j.
men.
Sunday, June G.--Temperature 20. IS,
T6, 40 degrees. Cloudy. The Friends Of
Old Drawers held their annual reunion.
Monday, juno T.-Tcmperaturc IS, 81,
62. 40 degrees. Cloudy. Charles BARBER
seriously wounded Dorothy Il. Squircs
and killed himself in Washington, ID. q.
Tuesday. June S.--Tcmperaiure SO, G2,
IS, 40 degrees. Rain. Captain Edward
Murphy failed to appear in Federal Court
here to answer charge Of violating neu-
trality laws and his bail bond was for.
feited.
Wednesday, June 0.--Temperaturc sd
81, 63, 81 degrees. Rain. William, Az
drews, colored. under sentence of death
for fclnniously ASSEMBLING Mrs. Benjamu
7. Krlly, was lynched at Princess Ann
Nd Miss Harriet Il. Rilc died instaut
of T. broken neck and fractured skull, sJ
toined in fall from the fourth story
her boarding house. Steamer Alden WI
ydown off the Island of Socotra andl
"A persons were drowned.
Thursday. June 10.-Temperature
6S, 20. Il degrees. Clear. Theodo\
Durrant, murderer of Blanche Lamont
was repricyed until July 9. John nj
Nicholson was re-appointcd Chancellor
under the new Constitution which went
into effect to-day
Friday. june Temperature o., "a
81 % degrees. r.. james NJ. Cody
was hanged at town for the murda,
Of his wife. i sh officers and native
soldiers reported trcachcrously killed in
North India. Ten men wore killed in n
mine shaft at Gath Colliery, Wales,
] Saturday, June 12.-Tepperature "a.