Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-01-03

atone OF st. Matthew'S Church, Will
minRton, was laid.
Wednesday, May 2. = Temperature
62, % "a 56 degfees. Hszy.
Thursday, May 3.--Temperature 65,
CO, 70, ~ degrees. Thunder storms.
Tho Delaware State Hospital Trustees
held their annual meeting. The new
Board of Health of Wiln ington organ
lied. The Department of Delaware,
q. A, r., held its annual encampmeut
in Wilmington. The sixth annual meet.
ing OF tho Delaware Baptist State Mis-
sion Society was held in Wilmington.
The annual meeting Of the Brnndywine
Summit Campmeeting Association was
held. lightning struck the residence
OF John ii. Frazer and lsaap o. Haines
at Glasgow. The State Federation OF
Women's Clubs met In annual session
at Milford.
Friday, May 4.-Temperature 80, IS,
81. "A degrees. Partly eloudyd
Saturday, May 5.--Temperatur 81,
81, 81, so degrees. Partly cloudy.
Sunday, May 6. -Temperature GA, 10,
II. AZ degrees. Clear. Samuel Kenney
died suddenly at Greenhili.
Monday, May 7. Temperature 81, 81,
GO, 81 degrees. Clear. Peter II. Leonard
was killed on tho p, W. & B. railroad
in Wilmington. The Grand Temple of
Delaware, Ladies Of the Golden Eagle,
held it's annual meeting in Wilmington.
Tuesday, May s.-Temperature SO,
"a, 50, 66 degrees. Partly cloudy. The
body Of Mrs. Ella Wilson, wife OF
Major General James IL, Wilson, was
buried in Wilmington. The Christian
and Missionary Alliance began its
semi annual convention In Wilmington.
The Wilmington Fire Department. held
It's biennial election.
Wednesday, May 8. -Temperature IA,
66, 6l, 40 degrees. Rain; high winds.
The Prohibition party Of Delaware held
convention at Dover.
Thursday, May 10. --Temperature 90,
SO, 81, 40 degrees. CLEAR. Heavy frcsts
In the early morning and vegetation
was damaged. The Roman Catholic
clergy of the Diocese of Wilmington
held their semi-annual conference in
Wilmington. The Delaware Industrial
School for Girls held its annual meet
Ing. Mccoy Yearsley was killed 10 a
runaway accident 10 Mill Creek hun
dred.
Friday, May II. Temperature 63. 66,
80, 55 degrees Rainy. Henry w. Sher-
win of Wilmington dropped dead. Will
liam O. Ellis Of Wilmington gave n
house to the Delaware Orphan Home
and Industrial School for Colored
Children. j ohm ID. Ar msti ong Of Brandy
wine hundred died suddenly. The Sun
daY-sohcol Institute OF the Diocese Of
Delaware was held at Newark.
Saturday, May 12.-Tempernture Ga,
6s, II, So degrees Rainy. The P. X.
X. tugboats Wilmington, Harrisburg
and Johnstown were launched from the
same ways at the shIpyards of the
Harlan Il Hollingsworth 90. Whining
ton Red Men celebrated Tammany Lay.
Walter Ii. Lewis was killed on the p. /,
W. a. b railroad 10 Wilmington.
Sunday, May 10. --Temperature 20,
| SO, 81, % degrees. Fair. Tho Wash
ington Fire Go. Of Reading, Pa, visite{
the Washington 90. Of Wilmington.
The steamboat Republic returned from
New York to the Delaware River.
Monday May IA. -TemIerature} 10,
50. SO, 10 degrees. Fair. The |fna
papers were executed In the eate Of
the Edge Moor Bridge Works to the
American Bridge Co. The May lterm
Of the New Castle county courts opaned
Tuesday, May 10. --Temperatufe 81,
so, 10, " degrees. Fair; windy The
Street and Sewer Department 81 Viii.
mington granted to the Peoplefs Rail
way Co, franchise to occupy various
streets. Robert Grace of PhiQadelphis
died 10 cab in Whining ~. Th,
Poles of Wilmington celebra PolisI
Memorial Day.
Wednesday, May 16. -Tomreratur,
SO, "a, SO, So degrees. Paftly cloudy.
The annual session OF the Middle Dis
triot Conference of the "A. U. M. p.
Church began in Whining ton. John o.
Meeks was killed on the r., W. & b.
railroad In Wilmington.
Thursday, May II. Temperature 81,
| 10, 81, 65 degrees. Partly cloudy. Dayie
Lawson, colored, Of Wilmington, diee
from ths effects of being opprcome Y
the heat. Tho auditors Of New Gas
county presented their annual ret
to Judge Spruapce. The Church.
Of Delaware gave its semi -annua
ner In Wilmington. John Jones,
orsd, who pleaded guilty In tho
| Castle county court to killing Wa
Rose, also colored, was sentenced
three years Imprisonment.
Friday, May Is. -Tsmperature n, 81
10, 81 degrees. Thunder showers; higN
winds. Mrs. Mary Clark of Wilminl
ton died from the effects Of fallihv
downstairs.
Saturday, May 10. -Temperature Z!
70, So, 81 degrees. Rainy high winds|
Six prisoners at New Castle Jail wer)
whipped. The Junior Auxiliary Of thl
Diocese Of Delaware held its annual
meeting in Wilmington. ]
Sunday, May 90. Temperature cd
| 10, GO, 50 degrees. Showers; higl
winds. Henry Ivory, colored, OF vii.
mington, was arrested in PhiladeIphia
on suspicion Of knowing something oil
the murder of Roy Wilson White, in
1 Philadelphia, ON the 10th. ~
Monday, May 2l.-Tempelature 66,
6S, II, IS degrees, Partly cloudy
windy. The Rev. NJ. X. Fallon Of Will
mington died. The May term OF the
Superior Court for New Castle county
opened.
Tuesday, May %. Temperature Cd
Y, 76, So degrees. Clear. The A. U. M
z. Conference annual session in Wi
mington adjourned.
Wednesday, May .23. -Temperatt
| 70, n, 81, GA degrees. Clear. Buffd
Bills Wild West visited Wilmingtd
Thursday, May 2a,-Tamperature
"a, T6, So degrees. Rainy. The q
Council of Wilmington fixed the ann
appropriations for the fiscal year ]
| 1901 and increased the salaries of
Fire Department officers. The
Charles p. Swayne OF Wilmingtol
| II, Conference died at Deals LEI