Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31

The Rev. T. c. Reed, president Of Taylor
University, at Upland, Ind, died Friday,
aged 50 years.
The Board of Equalization of Duluth,
Mimi, has fixed the assessed valuations, of
the mines in that county at $50, 154, sos. an
adEa nee of $50 per cert.
The trustees of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South have decided 10 endeaVor to
raise $4,000 endowment fund the in
ministers, widows and orphans.
Owing to excessive prices charged by the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the
Postpttce DEPARTMENT has advertised for
bids for printing the postage stamps for the
next fiscal year. Ft
Planters in the larger British West Indian
islands are still talking of annegation 90
the United States, owing TO their dissatis-
faction over the small amount of money
contributed by the imperial government TO
help the sugar industry.
A fued which is said to have existed for
many years at Greenville. Miss. between
Edward Schvaber and Neal ConIey, a
wealthy saioonkeeper. eliminated Friday
in a general melee, in which Oonley was
killed and Schwaber and several others were
wounded.
Lieut.. Gen. Miles has selaeted Col. John B.
Bahcock, senior colonel of the Adiutant-
| Generals Department, as his chief of staff,
to succeed Gen. Thomas Ward, retired.
The premature explosion OF shot which
occurred in the Clay mine, near New
Ggmberland- WA, Friaay evening, killed
John karnahan and Thomas Sheets.
Lafayette Gruif, the Gloucester City wife
murderer. was sentenced by Judge Garrison
Friday to be hanged on September 4th
| Albert Young, aged II years. was acct.
| dentally shot and killed by mis- brother while
hunting near Sandy Lake, Thursday.
| According to the Tribuna of Rome, King
| Victor Emmanuel will visit Emperor VIII
liam in Berlin during the last week in Au-
| gust
The cruiser Des Moines, being built
by the Fore River Ship and Engine
Co., is to be launched September 10th.
b. S. Mcclure, assistant United
States attorney for Oklahoma, has re.
signed, TO enter the race for Delegate in
Congress.
1t is announced at st. Louis that
dedication of tho Worlds Fair will
take place in the Palace of Liberal
Arts April Both, 1909.
A Norfolk dispatch SAYS that a
steamship line between Norfolk and
Cuba with a regular service, will be
established August LIST
The transport Manila, now at Mare
island, will be placed out of commits,
sion. A recent survey showed that she
needed $50, 600 repairs.
/ TIE West Virginia Central & Pitts
burg Railway Co, announced Mon
day voluntary increase OF wages tc
its employees, averaging 10 per cent
| Peter Veit, a iorinan in the Glass 4
Nachod brewery, philadelphia, wa
killed Monday by the explosion of i
large vat of beer, which hal boer
highly charged with air.
], Frederick Lyman, u clerk in the
Cleveland postefltee, was kiiiied yes
day week by an pnkno.En man, who
called him to the door of his home ant
! tired three shots at him.
i severe electrical storm passed
north of indianapolis last night week
instantly killing E. Wilson, a farmer
and his son, destroying o number O
barns, church aud causing othe
damage.
James Taylor, master Of tho tn,
Abbot of the Great Lakes Towing Co.
shot George Wilson, engineer If thu
tug Raber, at West Superior Monday
Wilson is expected to die, and I'aylo
J is under arrest,
Mrs. William Gebauer, wife of ;
shoe merchant of Springfield, Ohio.
was killed Sunday by a stray bulle
fired by Homer Hekford, who was in
tent on shooting Mrs. F'leck, whom h'
was following from church.
The Catholic Missionary Union ha
received gift % &c, GOO for the estab
lishment Of the Apostolic Mission
House, an institution which is to b
opened in Washington for the trainin,
of Roman Catholic priests as mis-
sionaries.