Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-06-01
THE NEWS OF NEW CASTLE

tians, and before the flames were sub:
dued the grancry, barn, stables and
wagon sheds wore consumed, Tho loss
il estimated at "a, coo. The fire was
tho work Of ipcendiaries, as the mon
employed ut tho Touring mills were
oil inside at work at the time.
Shortly before the fire three men
stopped at the mills and asked for
pecuDiary aid. Their request was re-
fused and they loft swearing vengeance
Ahou. q half hour afterward the FIRE
was discovered in full blaze.
Last evening man asking for lodg-
Ing in the county jail was detained
on suspicion OF being implicated in
the affair, but satisfied the authorities
that he was not within several miles
of tho place at the time of the fire.
He was released.
Thomas ID. Walls, superintendent Of
the weaving department of the Knowles
WOODEN mills, has flock Of seven ducks
that no will pit against the world as
rat-killers. Wednesday evening several
boards were torn from the floor Of
the house OF James Bennett and nest
of rats was discovered. The seven ducks
killed nine rats in short order.
4NbN Sd6bibt may -l<tet tNtutDH a
special meeting of the Board Of Educa-
meeting scheduled for this evening.
Two notes amounting to 81, 100, one
due Friday and the other today, with
no money forthcoming to meet them,
furnished topic for consideration.
The salaries of teachers, janitors and
clerk are also due. The indebtedness is
| about 1856 for this item alone.
On motion OF Mr.. Ferris, another
| individual note for 81, GOO was drawn
| up to be presented to the Farmers Bank
for discount, payable in 60 days, The
understanding is that the local branch
might discount for 30 days and then
| the note would be secured In the Will.
mington branch, and the proceeds
| applied to the other two notes, amount
ing 10 81, 100.
The members present were Eliason,
| Stewart, Mahoney, Frazer, Manlove,
Deakyne, Carrick, Phillips and Ferris.
Each signed the new note.
| The orders for teachers and other
employees were drawn. The bill Of
William Deakyne for coal was passed ;
amount s2l.
The board elected the following
teachers for the ensuing year: Print
pal, W. W. Knowles; Assistant Princi-
pal, Miss Jennie v. Cole; Miss Anna
NJ. Reber, Miss Clara Nesbit, Miss Nan
Mahoney, Miss Lillian Seminar, Miss
May Goodley, Miss Carrie Downey,
Miss Reba Saunders, Miss Anna Flem-
ing, Miss Dalema Draper and Miss
Margaret Janyier; Janitors, Bennett
F. Lancaster and Harry Montgomery.
1t was decided that the admission TO
the Junior schools closing exercises
should be 10 cents, with no reserved
seats. For the graduating exercises the
general admission will be 10 cents and
reserved seats 20 cents.
The report OF Prof. Knowles was as
follows: Total attendance, 4s6; average
attendance. 1854.
Names Of those deserving specal COM
mendation for department and progress
Eighth grade Robert McFarlin, j lula
Lavender, Mary King, Katie Rodgers,
Mary Sullivan and Alice Cooper.
Sixth grade Lilly Abrams, Charles
S. Fleming. Marie Mahoney, Jessie
Watts, Van Dyke Stewart, Ada Town.
send.
Fifth grade--Eugene Knause, Christie.
pher Grier, Anna Winslow. Manlovt
Shilling, Mary Pagan, Evan Lancaster,
Carrie Clewell, Elsie Stewart, Lucy
Morrison, Mary Morrison, Mamie
Rodgers.
Fourth grade--Harry weggenmann
Elmer Lavender, Alma Dyer, Annie
Lancaster, Carrie Spear, Clara New.
love, Reba Stops, William Hewlett,
Mary Stewart, Ralph Watts, Addit
Murphy, Myrtle Colt and Willie Stoops.
Third grade = Beth Toner, Eva
Deakyne, Mary Clark, Una Sudell,
Fannie Rulings, Helen Gallagher, Ethe
Meggenmann, John Rodgers and james
Toner.
Adjourned.
New Castle, May 31.--The funeral.
of the two diphtheria victims. JOSEPH
Davis and George Kern, Sr., took place
hero yesterday. That of Davis was a
7 O'Clock in the morning and wa,
strictly private. Interment was made
in st. Peters R, G. churchyard. The
pal bearers were Michael Jordan
Thomas Walls, Charles Toner, jaime!
Dougherty, John Sullivan and Charles
Dougherty, members of Division No
3, A. 0. II.
Tho funeral of George Kern, aged 7.
years, took place in the afternoon at
O'Clock. One carriage, containing th,
wife of the deceased and his son, fol
lowed the hearse to the graveyard TIL,
pallbearers were George Wilhelme, De
laney Wilhelme, John Vining and Theo
dore Atkinson, members OF Adelphi;
,, Lodge, X. OF p, of which the deceased
was a member. lnterment was mad
in the Presbyterian cemetery.
Immediately after the body Of Georg
! Kern was taken out Of the house, DR.
Alexander Lowber, secretary Of th
State Board OF Health, thoroughly dis
infected the premises. The home o
Michael Fitzgerald, where Joseph Davi
died, was afterwards fumigated.
Word was received here yesterday 0
! the death of Henry A. Wise, veteran
/ Of the Confederate army, at his heme
} No. zig North Stricken street, Balti
} more Deceased was in his 57th year
| He was born in St. Mary's county
, Md. In 1868 he married Miss Elizabeth
J Bates of this city, who, with thei
] three daughters, survives him. Th
/ body WAS taken to Milestone Landing
ST. Mary's county, today and inter
ment made 10 the cemetery in 81
Nicholas Catholic churchyard.
, CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION
3 Dover, May 81. Secretary of Stat
Hughes this morning, issued cert
ficates of incorporation to the following
3 The Bismarck Publishing Co. 3
: Boston and New York; capital stock
$3.50, 600.
The Providence Investment Go. q
Pittsburg; capital stock, $4,000