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WILMINGTON, DEL., SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1888.
NO.
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ONE CENT.
NOTICES.
^OTICE.
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Statu of Dkt.aware,
Tkbasukt Dhpaktmknt, f
Nkw Casti.k, Dki.awauk. I
All persons who are Liable to pay a state tax
•r the manufacture of spirituous and alco
llic 1 ignore for the year 1888 and 1887, as
tquirad by Section 6, ( 'haptcr 384, Vol. 16,
aws of I(claware, are hereby notified to settle
once or the matter will lie placed in the
tads of the attorney-general.
WILLIAM HERBERT,
State Treasurer.
TOT1CE.
AXPAYERS TAKE NOTICE, CITY
AND SCHOOL TAXES FOR 1888.
The undersigned, receivers of taxes for the
ty of Wilmington, will lie at No. 10 East
xth street, between Market and King streets,
iring'the month of July, 188«, tietween the
>urs of 9 and 12 In the morning, and from
to 6 in the afternoon for the purpose of re
iving taxon. On all taxes paid during July
ere will be a reduction of five cents on every
dlar, and all taxes paid on and after the first
iy of August shall be payable without a
auction as aforesaid; and all taxes unpaid
' the first day of September, shall be in
eased by the addition of five lier centum on
e amount thereof.
EDMUND P. MOODY.
I -et-iver Northern district, including all north
I if Sixth street.
MARTIN .1. MEALY,
»ceiver Southern district, including all south
>f Sixth Htroet.
JOTICE.-DEMOCRATIC STATE ('ON
* VENTION.—By order of the Democratic
. cecativeOommittee of Delaware, a StateCon
I ntiou comjpoeed of sixty delegatee from each
I unty will bo held at Dover on TUESDAY,
I igust 28, 1 KHH, at \2 o'clock. m„ for the pur
I ho of selecting three Presidential electors,
I ing one from each county, and also for the
I rpo«e of Holecting a candidate for the office
I.Representative in the Fifty-first Congress
I the United Staten; and the Democratic Gen
ii Committee of the several counties are
Itiested to Ihkuc call« directing the Demo
ttie voters of each hundred and election
strict, in the ro»i>ective countie«, to assemble
the usual place of holding such meeting for
d purpose of selecting the delegates to the
I rnocratic State Convention to which they
I i re«i>ectively entitled.
I The officers holding the primary elections
thi
î requested to prepare two certificates of
«et Ion of dciegaU««, one to 1 m* forwarded to
) chairman of the State Central Committee
mediately after the election, the other to he
'en the sncoeesful delegate or delegates.
JOHN P. HAU L8BUR Y, Chairman.
'• A. Horty, Secretary.
LICENSE APPLICATIONS.
■ OTICE. -I, JOHN HESSION. THE
■ owner ami occupant of the house situated
I Northeast corner Second and Van Buren
I eels, in the Tenth ward of the city of Wil
I ngton, county of New Castle and State of
I laware, in compliance with the require
I nts of the acts of the General Assembly
Wi case made and provided, do hereby give
doe that I ahull apply in writing to the
art of (»encrai Sessions of the Peace and
1 Delivery of the State of Delaware, in and
New Castle county, on MONDAY, the 17th
f of September, A, D„ 1888, being the next
m of said court, for a license for said house
an inn or tavern for the sale therein of in
:icating liquors in less quantities than one
irt, tobe drank on the premises, and the
lowing respectable citizens of said ward
ommend t he said
vid Dan gel,
m E. Jen murs
arles A. Ryan,
otmw J. Killornn,
»mas < 'raven,
«mas Walsh,
•tor Delian,
bert C
3 mas Hasson,
Whittak« r,
>mas Mul room y,
f. Crtimlish,
rick Connor,
Riant Kelly.
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application.
Andrew .1
viz:
1. Travis,
James Murray,
Ferdinand Smith,
Dennis Dougherty.
Frank Emmons,
James F. Ryan,
William O'Meara, Jr.,
Fergus Kelley.
Henry T. .Simpers,
William O'Me
John Dollan,
Timothy McSwiney,
James McNally,
JOHN HESSION.
dy,
MXCU USIONS.
APE MAY
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E WILMINGTON & NORTHERN R. R.
AND
STEAMER
REPUBLIC,
On and after Junefi! trains will leave
FOOT OF FRENCH STREET
145 a. m. daily (except Sunday).
1 a. m..lo connect with steamer i
er I*ier.
•turning the train will leave the pier on
ivul of steamer.
RE FOR THE ROUND TRIP,
on Sunday
at Delaware
fi.un
REÄT BARGAINS!
large Stock to Select From.
Parlor Rnit««
Chamber Suites« 7 pieces« hard
wood finish
Wardrobe»..
Baby Carriage«.
keep all kirn!» of
525.00 up.
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7.50 up.
7.00 up.
URN:T c1rpetsJCENTRAL
EDDHSTG-,
STOVES, Etc.
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sli, Weekly or Monthly Payments, j
THOMAS GBINSELL.
E. Cor. 2d and Orange.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
l>on Taeràay ünti» Saturday evening« till
t> dock.
rry's Railroad Freight Express,
P., W. A R. FREIGHT STATION,
1 deliver goods to and from all freight de
i to places of business or residences ogiir
J or departure of t rains at reasonable rites,
msign your freight and package« to c are of
ry's Express if you want them delivered
nptly and cheaply.
Mce. PINE STREET BELOW FOURTH,
■lephone call No. 442. Orders by mail
nptly attended te.
JOHN E. PERRY, Prop.
R. T. A. KKABLES,
Dermatologist.
lice hours:
Gynecologist.
19 a. m. to 12 m.
; - 2 p. m. to 5.39 p.
( tiJtU p. m. to 8.30
m.
p. m.
•BOIAI.TI«S;
iseases of the skin and diseases of women.
Unient In both branches by the newadapla
of electricity.
.ectrolysis or Electrical Surgery.
921 MARKET STlt
EET
Wilmington, Del.
dison Street Wall Paper Store,
L. W. ELLIS.
No. 413 Madison St.,
»repared te do Paper Hanging at short
ce and at reasonable prices.
Prices os low as the Lowest.
JOSEPH H. WOOD,
Successor to B. Fritsch,
Manufacturer of all kinds of
md-cut Files and Rasps.
II kinds of Grinding and Jobbing done.
NO. S» KING STREET.
HELP WANTED. .
TI7ANTED—A PARTNER, SILENT OR I
11 active, with II.OOU to $2,000 In a firmly ' .
established paying business. Address W, this
office.__
\V"E WISH TO EMPLOY A FEW 8ALES
Iv men to sell our goods by sample to the
wholesale and retail trade of all the leading
cities and towns. We are the largest manu
facturers of our line in the country. Send two
cents in stamps for full particulars. No pos
tals answered. CENTENNIAL M'F'O CO..
Cincinnati, O.
DRESSMAKING.
RESHM A KING IN ALL ITH BRACHES
at »1» W. Seventh street. Cutting done
by draught; fit guaranteed.
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BOARDING.
ANTED. GENTLEMEN HOARDER*;
also table boarders. No. 649 Orange
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FOR SALE.
TTOtt SALE. LIGHT M A Nl'FAi 'TI RING
1 business in this city; no opposition; rare
chance to invest $1.2«); will pay owner S2W» per
month in profits. Address AN.. Bo »69, city r.O.
INSTRUCTION.
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rOrîV-TiVe Doors and Unwards.
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Over four hundred gold ill the
Diist Year Fine location pure air '
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.DP I gooa ' » UU r.
Cars leave every half hour within
a 80 nitre of these lots for Water and I
Murket street* and Delaware nvemie I
. , '• !
l-an .. cents). _ |
Look ut the improvements: City ,
water and lamps; oue-eitrhth tax'
rate- street« heimr oradtul ■ m-u- ;
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school-house; street car line going
to be extended. I
l'HOKT-HAND AM) TYPK-WB1TINU
U SCHOOL.
MONDAY AND FRIDAY KVKNINOS.
Board of Trade Hooiiih, Exchange Building,
SEVENTH AND MARKET STS.
The alnive school will reoi>en September 3,
188«. Both sexes admitted. A number of
young ladies and gentlemen have already en
rolled. No additional charge for instruction in
type-writing. No text books used, students
being Instructed from Fay's Short-hand
compendium, which is conceded by former
pupils to he far superior to any other method
of Instruction. Terms reasonable. For full
particulars address
R. J. FAY, Stenographer.
P. O. Box 325. Wilmington. Del.
pill ENDS' SCHOOL,
Fourth and West »Streets.
Will reopen 9th month (September), 10th. 1888.
Primary, Intermediate and Academic De
paitmente. Th© principal
after Ulh month, 3d.
('ntalogm s at ( '. F. Thomas & Co.'s.
ISAAC T. JOHNSON, Principal.
will be at his office
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALK.
N otice quarrymen.
For sale cheap, and on easy terms, a con
veniently-located lot with stone quarry
already opened. Apply to PIERCE & BEE
SON, 8 West Seventh Street.
WORKINGMEN AND LA
DIES. READ!
TWELFTH WARD
For dead-sure safe investment,
where you c;in see your money every
day, this cannot he equaled. Had a
great many people taken this advice
when we gave it several years ago,
you would have saved hundreds of
dollars. Take hoed now and buy.
Building lots on easy terms in all
sections of the city. Building loans,
stock, or orders on any saving bunk
taken as cash.
For information how to secure a
home apply to
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PETER J. FORD,
2d and Webb Sts., or
THOS. M. OGLE.
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REAL ESTATE OFFICE
s the place for a bargain
I in either lots, houses or
Business properties. Place
FIRST MORTGAGES only
and have some good ones
on hand, <» per cent.
• Î per cent. Debenture
Bonds, principal and inter
est guaranteed.
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I1EALD & CO.,
Ttli and Market Streets.
REAL ESTATE
ON EIGHTH STREET HILL FOR SALE
A new dwelling, containing 1« rooms, «Ver
modern convenience, front iwrch. lance yur
Lot. 25x145 feet. .Must he seen to be a ppreciate
Apply te
H. D. WALTER.
No. 3 W. .SEVENTH STREET.
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WILMINGTON HOUSEKEEPERS,
BUT TOUR
GROCERIES CHEAP.
OO TO ,
10î! and 104 East Fifth Street,
And get one of those tine Hams or Shoulders,
Salt fish. The finest Coffe«* in the city, the
most délirions drink of Tea and Coffee known.
Tea direct from China and Japan. A perfect
Wend. Onr Spice« are pure. Nothing but the
best print Butter. Many p««iple hove a hard
time to find good Coffee, Tea and Butter, hut
vou can always get it here. The celebrated
Magaw's Cheese. .Flour marked down. Buy
tbe Old Wheat Flour for health. Brooms for
a song. 100 Cigars, best of all, $1.25 per box.
Potatoes arc ripe.
DENNISON & PEACH.
PENNIES AND SMALL CHANGE CAN
BE HAD AT THE COUNTING BOOM OF
THI EVENING JOURNAL.
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The Thingvalla Arrives at Hal
ifax Badly Damaged.
CART. LAI B TELLS OF THF. CRASH
There i\ tis No Fog, and Roth Steamers
Bad Their Lights Out—RU Ship Darely
Escaped the Fate of the Geiser— Steam
ing Into Port Stem Foremost.
Halifax, N. 8., Aug. 18.—The Danish
steamer Thingvalla was signaled off the
harbor yesterday. She crawled along at the
rate of two mile* an hour, and three hours
el aimed lief ore she arrived at the wharf of
Bickford & Black, her agents.
A correspondent and Capt. Lange, Dan
ish interpreter, were the first to board the
steamship after she reached the wharf. The
officers and crew were dumb, being
under positive instructions not to talk
of the disaster,
docked
with the complimente of Vice Admiral
Lyons, commander of the British fleet in
North American waters, and the offer of
any assistance in bis power to render. Capt.
Laub »ent bis thanks to the admiral for bis
courtesy, and the second officer gave Lieut.
Ray a report of the disaster. As rçoon as
Capt. Laub had telegraphed bis arrival to
New York agents and cabled to Copenhagen
he gave the reporter an interview, and said
le would furnish all the details in bis pos
session.
Ho told the following story of the disaster;
•'The second officer took charge of the Thing
valla at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning. I was ;
Reaping in my berth, kn less than half an
hour 1 heard orders given to port the holm
aud reverse the engines. I rushed ou deck,
and as I did to there was a tremendous
*ock. The Thingvalla shivered from stem
to stern. At the same instant the shouts and
Mirioks of the passengers rose above the crash |
of the two vessels. It was a moment of !
great terror never to be forgotten. I rushed !
forward to take in the situation. Wa were j
then forty miles «nth of the west end of
Bablo Island. The sea was quite calm, but
I there was a little swell on. Daylight was
j breaking. There was no fog, but there had
been a rain squall, which left the weather a
I little hazy. We bad struck a big steamer
i amidships and had almost cut her in two, I
I ''The situation was a desperate one. My j
j first duty wa« to mj own ship and passen- }
I gern, so 1 ran aft and ordered the boaW* made I
ready for launching. By the time 1 returned Î
I forward the Thingvalla, whoso engines were
I going full speed astern, had tom herself ■
away from the other ill fated ship, which 1 1
then learned was our sister ship, the Geiser, :
The next three or four minutes were the most I
j thrilling that can be imagined in human ex-1
1 perience. While we could not ascertain our i
own damage we could sc© the Geiser rapidly '
' «»king. Three of her bote, were launched
; and quickly filled with her passengers and
crew. The wail of despair seul up by those I
still on the doomed vessel was heartrending. 1
I X can bear their shouts and shrieks even now. )
I "No imagination could picture the awful
! few minutes that elapsed from the time of!
| oollisiou unUl the Geiser wa« swallowed up; j
, the last two minutes were perfectly madden
in 6- The doomed people felt themselves
; bei,, K engulfed in the frightful vortex caused ;
bv the suction of the sinking ship and gava
one last shriek of despair. The Geiser seemed i
I to break in two and go down stern first. Her!
three boats were capsized by tha suction. Bv I
that time three of our eight boats were afloa't
and were pickiag up the survivors, all of I
whom were clinging to the capsized boats or J
to pieces of floating wreck. Capt. Muller I
was found on the keel of one of his boats. 1
As the Thingvalla was
Liout. Ray Jumped on board
He was very much exhausted. We got the
survivors we could find on board the Thing- i
valla and then we gave them dry clothes and
hot drinks. Many of those on the Geiser
must have been killed in their bunks. Other«
were engulfed with the ship and never came
to the surface again. Our boats went back
among the wreckage to see if we could find i
any other survivors, but they saw nothing !
but the body of a female steerage passenger
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An hour had elapsed.
"It was now daylight, and ail hands set to j
work to jettison the cargo so as to get at the ;
first bulkhead. After jettisoning 'J0Ü tom !
wo reached the first bulkhead and shoved it |
up with planks propped by iron bars. At 10
o'clock salvation hove _in sight in the shape
of the German steauier Wieland. After
being convinced of our dangerous condition
the captain of that vessel agreed to take 5ÜU
Of our passengers and the Goiser's-survivors
Siie proceeded on tier way at !
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"At that time our |X>sition was so critical
that a part of the crew made a vigorous !
effort to induce me to abandon the ship and ,
proceed with the others on the Wieland, but
I refused to desert the ship, and headed for
Halifax. The strain on the bulkhead from
the water was something terrible, and we
could only proceed at the rate of two knote
an hour. Next day, Wednesday, I fell in
with the Nova Scotia fishing schooner Cupid,
and engaged her te accompany us so as to
take off our crew in case the Thingvalla 1
foundered. !
"We had a novel experience yesterday
evening. • A stiff breeze with a heavy swell !
came up. I was afraid that the bead sea would
crush in our bulkhead and sink the ship, and !
so I backed her against the wind. That is, 1 .
proceeded stern first, and steered her by al- !
teching tbe schooner te the bow (which wke
now the stern), thus using the schooner as a
to New York.
4 o'clock.
uuw tu«; »mmtij« iuub using me wDooneT a* a
rudder. We managed to get along this w*y '
very well until tbe swell subsided, and this
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time of the calamity, Capt. I^ub said tfc !
whistle was not blowing at the time, as there 1
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morning we safely reached port."
Again, referring to the weather at tke
was no need of it He declined to express
any opinion on the cause of the disaster, say- I
ing that wos for a board of experienced nan
tical ffien to investigate and décida He
thought the Geiser was 300 feet from tfle
Thingvalla when #Ue went down.
"When J reached the deck,'»•he mid, "im
mediately after the shook, the lights on bo'-h
steamers were burning all right: of that I
am certain. The Geiser had been seen by dflr
first officer several minutes before the cel
lision. 8he was nearly straight ahead of üs,
but a little bit on the port bow. She star
boarded to get out of the way, and we
ported. She should have ported likewise."
The Thingvalla was surveyed bv Lloy«>'f
agents yesterday afternoon. ' Hhe'will dhv
charge her cargo and go on a slip te be re
paired. After repairing she is to reload her
cargo and proceed to New York. The cost j
of the repairs will be $20,00«. Tbe baggage of
the Thingvolla's passengers will be forwarded !
to-day by the Red Star steamer Ported.
From Capt Laub's statement of the disaster
it would appear that the fault lay with those
on board the Geiser, who put her te star
board instead of to port The Geiser « officer
who was on the watch at the Ume of tte
collision was among those who perished. I
First Officer PetÄwon, of the Thingvalla,
occupied a similar position on the Geiser for |
three years and was transferred only a short
tbne ago. j
Experienced navigator* here condemn th«
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Jfflcers who were In charge of both vessel».
"The probability Is," said one pilo}, *
they exchanged signal» when they fint met
each other, and, as 1« the cu-t >Oi of vessels of
the same line, approached aa near as they
could to speak. When big vessels are so near
the least miscalculation on the part of the
oBicor in charge or the failure of the helms
man to respond instantly to an order might
prove fatal. Both vessels had their lights
up. It was not foggy. Why were they so
near) There is no reasonable explanation,
e«wpt the theory that they wanted to sjiaak
as they passed."
TBe captain of a coasting steamer said: "I
was out Tuesday night within seventy miles
of the disaster. There was a little rain, but
no fog, and nothing to prevent a steamer
being seen three miles off. It's strange that
all these great disasters happen just after 4
o'clock in the morning. The Oregon was
sunk just after 4 o'clock in the morning.
You see, the men who go on watch at that
hour are not half awake. They haven't had
their coffee, and they go it blind."
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Quarter Centennial.
Detroit, Aug. 18.—The Brotherhood of \
Locomotive Engineers yesterday began cele- |
brating the quarter centennial of its organ- ,
ization in this city, the birthplace of the
order. Special trains and excursions were
coming in all night, and it is estimated that
upward of 3,000 members are now in the
city, while 4,000 In all are expected. Dele
gâtions from nearly all the states in the
union have come. Most of the high officers
are present, including Chlft Engineer P. M.
Arthur. First Grand Assistent Engineer
Harry Haves, of Cleveland, and W. R.
Robinson, of Vincennes, Ind„ the first chief
ho^idra.^ ftiveraj'charter' membera^re
on Ûîm(L ' chaite. members are
Mr Arthur aavs the «Meet of th> meetimr
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session bevan nrnsidet^o^sr b^Thief
TrA^f'' Icü.vMalnr (on.nLn!
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Luus I{eT Charles OTtelllv D D trei^urer
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I Filibustering In the House Prevents tire i
j TranaaxiMoii of Buslneass—Mlacellaneout
} ami the Treaty in the Senate.
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Î '> ashinotoh, Aug, 18.— Filibustering tac
t*ca on a proposition to assign certiln days
■ for the consideration of general pension legis
1 lation and to take up the general deficiency
: bill consumed most of the time of the session
I of the house yesterday. Private business
having been dispensed with, a vote on a de
i mand for the previous question on the mo
' tiou to lako U P the P®nnion proposition
«bowed the lack of a quorum, so a cull of the
house was ordered. When n quorum wa*
I «-'cured a vite ou a motion by Mr. Burns tc
1 8° lnto committee of the whole on the gene- 1
) ral deficiency bill again showed the absence ■
a quorum, ami nnother call of the house
was ordered, but when a quorum was secured
j emild not be kept to vote on the motion, and,
after several roll calls, the house adjourned.
The time of the senate up to 3 p. in. yes
; terday was occupied in discussing and pass
mg a motion instructing the committee on
i the DLstrict of Columbia to report a résolu
Ron requiring the district commissioner* to
I revoke permits already given for overhead
electric motive wires for an electric street
I railroad.
J A bill was passed prohibiting the mailing
I of obscene or libelous matter in transparent
1 envelopes aud "display coverings." The bill
fixes a penalty of from one to ten years' im
i prisonment and a fine of from $100 to $5,000
for violating the I«« ,
At a p. m. the fisheries treaty was taken
up in open executive session.
Mr. Frye asked and obtained unanimous
consent for au order of the senate to begin
i tbe fi s l ,er i es treaty debate at 1 p. m. and
! tdo f e at ® P- m - llext Monday, and to tokt
a final vote on all amendmeuts, motions and
! the resolution of ratification at l'i o'clock
j Tuesday
; Benators Allison, Hale aud Beck were
! a PPob*ed conferees on the sundry civil ap
| P ro P r * at ' on bd * conference,
Morgan then took the floor, and ad
dressed the senate in favor of the ratification
tbe _ ®* be, '* €s tren, y.
-^ ti l>elore Mr, Morgan liad concluded
bis speech, Mr. Frye moved to reconsider the
vote by which the senate earlier in the day
! bad H a ret "' adjourn over until Monday
1 but no quorum voted on this motion.
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After a roll call there was still no quoruit:
! present, and the senate adjourned until
, Monday.
< '* n ' » * reposai.
Nkw xork, Aug. 18, The national Repub
bcau executive committee adopted tiie foi
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• Resolved, that it U the tense of this com
' ,,ltUK: tbat tb,; l-'-"P«« a > «" a ' b ' by the Repub
.cm. committee of \lrgwia. presided ove.
1 by Gen. Mahoue, to submit the queetum as to i
! electors m the six contested districts of Vir
C>nia to the district conventions to be con
! veae.1 for nominating congressmen, ought U j
b* accepted by that wing of the Republican
! P ar, - V P rerided 0VtT . Hou *t°n- Bul
. we are far * Uer of the opinion that in the in ,
! tere * t of harmony the persons calling th«
n " etlB Sf to elect delegate« and the district
c pu ventlons to order should not désignât«
tota*ta*tatamm - .
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tionventions to order should not désignait
' the temporary chairman, but that the «elec
Don of said chairman should be left ©ntirelj ;
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! lH8ued *° tbe Republican voters of \ irginu
1 ur £ ln 8 tbem to comply with the expression!
of tbe committee.
to the meetings and conventions themselves.' !
Pursuant te tbe above a notice has heel
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„ Work of the Lightning. j
GRtFNKI«LD Mans, Aug. 18.—On Thure
ty " ,da, K bt : l " tbe tow, ' of OUI, near tht
l J° r £° ys ' 1)e,COn Aajvering ;
aged «0, and Mrs. Robinson, his sister am:
housekeeper, were instantly killed by light- |
""S- ' ,ua( ' on Loverings farmhouse, harm
and outbuildings were struck and burned
Neighbors who saw the flames and hastened
render assistance found the old man sit
*" a cbail " witb |^ e eItlnct He liad
be *' n daaco " tbe village Uongregationa
church for half a century. The body of Mrs.
i "' bmson was not recovered, it having been
buniwl , m a chamber of the house. Th.
"teney loss is $2,.>00.
j * rop * in * be Northwest,
Misskapolm, Aug. 18.— By careful sum
! niRr > ,rom teporta sent in by about 1,20«
correspondents in Minnesota and Dakota, it
* s s * lown ^ ^ianiage to the spring
wbeat cro P has at Um8 »**" overesti
mated . _
8lol f ClTT . la - Au K- 18.-Reports frotr
»Wriy-five representative points in northerr
I N * b ™ ska . • bow that wbeal - oa " and ^
sma11 ar * almoat a failure. Al
| most.continuous rain and the heavy win*
" d , hal 1 l * toraM °* *»" **»» w « l ' d e«reye4
j Hw little prospect which there was. Cora ta
"•** w ' tlon wU1 >*» " V*rü of frost.
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Wife Slayer Harmon and His
Victim Lying Side by Side.
THE TRAGEDY AT XAVESINK.
Th© Jealonsy of the Husband Wu Un
justifiable — The Murdered Woman'«
Father Appear« and Wauts to Pay Ilia
Funeral Eapen«««.
Lonu Branch, N. J., Aug. 18.—Coroner
Vandevoer, who has Jurisdiction at the
Naveaink Highlands, was alwont from home
when word was sent him regarding the Har
mon tragedy, when the Jealous husband
killed hia wit© and unborn child, tried to kill
his mother-in-law and then commit Uni sni
cid»*. Coils lid not ap|H«ar on the
s0 . enM until mid!li 8 ht - For hours the bod le»
of the man and wife lay on the grass lieneatli
Hie huge twin lighthouse, Just as they had
fallen. As the law forbade their removal
an effort was made to curb the morbid curl
osity of the people by spreading sheets over
them.
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Urd8ri "K 0,8 " heoti ' , to . *» ® v8 "
th " ™ rollBr ky tbe s.ght winch
me * hi î£~ '"e body of the husband lay
^'ke arms spread out, ss is usually
^ he , 11 bad l **« n «ntouohod Î
b " l f " n elTort ^ad beet. mads to rearrange the
^ing of the mnrjlere,! woinan, and her
arms had been fold.«! over her breast, which
me " uru 00nce ^«l Ul ° wo,lada and
Though ten hours and a half bad elapsed
the faU , ghoU been fln)d ^
holies were not swollen or repulsive. Both
were removed to a room in the Tbompaon
house, and just before daylight they "er.
brought to Long Branch, where they were
viewed by the jury. The inquest will ho held
on Monday
The tragedy has disclosed a hitherto con
«'haptcr in the family hislorx,
elderly man calle.1 at the underteker^s shoe
y" ,<!ra ''y and askeJ to tb « body of Mrs.
Harmon. Ha was accompanied by a woman
He " id
has not lived wiUi Mrs. Hayes for seventeen
years. He is now living with the woman |
who accompanied him. Until five years age I
Mrs. Harmon lived with her father. Kh«
was then 16 years of age. Then the motbei
took her to live with her and made the match
with young Harmon.
Mil,ie way but 1Ö year* of age, ami wa^ e
very obi*dient child. It was the mother 1 «
match, but Millie *oon learned to love her
husband. Mr. Haves, the father, showed
gre nt grief over the death of his daughter
aml j vft word witll the „„.[„-taker that h.'
would defray the expenses of the burial il
1 « not likely that Mrs. Hayes will consent U
thi * ^ her daBg)ltor baa Hn insurance policy
OI , ht . r amounting to $UW in the Pro !
dential Life Insurance company of Newark,
N J TUs money will be devoted by the
mother to the burial of the daughter i
T | u . re b. no end of getsip concerning thi
dead woma „ aU(1 U er moUier. There are I
■ people who say that Mrs. Harmon was giddy,
Tbis callwd f requent quarrels between
Adolph (her husband) and her The state-i
ment tbat Hurmoii tell in love with th. 1
Krause girl, the daughter of his formel
employer, a brewer, after his marriage with
MUJie Hayes, is incorrect Hemet ami
Joved (lle Krause girl one year before he
me t Millie. The Krause girl rejected hlfti
He appears to have been true to his wife a
far M , M be leanm i B ut was a i ways fi erce h !
jealous of her. it cannot beasc-erteined tha'
Millie Harmon ever gave her husband just i
cause for his suspicions. Shewn* giddy bul
a he was true to hlm '
Mrs Hayes, who was shot by Hannon
, vas badly injured, but is doing well.
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The T. M. C. A. Con veut ion at Stockholm
Stockholm, Aug. 18.—The third days
meeting of the Young Men's Christian Asso- 1
elation convention opened yesterday. The !
first topic discussed was, "What means are i
employed by the Young Men s Christian asso (
elutions for the moral development of young
men!" The committee on the world's com
mittee report made a report commending
the work done during the last (our years and
recommending the further extension of thf
work. One of the most important topics dis
cussed was the different means employed by j
the association for the physical development i
of young men. A paper read by Mr. Lutbei
Gulicb, of Springfield, Mass., excited mud;
interest. A mes iage of rçgrot was recel rec
from King Oscar, who is In Berlin.
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I NewLohdon, Conn., A««. MS.-TI» eon-I
nation of the Universal Pmco Union at
Mystic,closed yesterday. Mrs. Dio and Mrs.
Belva Lockwood spoke of the revelations oi i
Immorality in the British army in India ami I
j n m i n i U g camps. A resolution on soda
purity was then adopted. A resolution ask
j n( . Governor Hill to commute Daniel Lyon,
death sentence to life imprisonment wa
Copied: also resolutions comleraning cap
jtal punishment, and demanding fairer treat
mPn tof the Indians. Mrs. Parnell spoke in
i lavor of equal rights everywhere. .
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a Collision on a Bridge.
j Tkkntox, N. J., Aug. I8.-A train ol
twenty empty freight cars which were drill
i„ B ,, u Fennsvlvaniarailroad bri.lge ovei
, tbe Delaware at this city yesterday was run
int0 b , a traln of twenty-five empty passen
ger ,. ara The eDK ( I1P of the j^^nger car
crashed into tbe caboose of the train ahead
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The Mutual Pea«'«* Uni
* ue cuk»»»c ui me uasseiiger car*
crashed into the caboose of th© train ahead
completely demolishing it, and threw the'
; Q f tbe ^ cftr ful i y thirty feet in th»
air. No one was injured. The accident va«
caused by the engineer of the passenger ear
tra j n not olwerving the danger signal at the
bridge entrance until too late
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1 One Train Runs Through Another,
j CHICAGO, Aug. 18,—The Burlington trait
f TOIn Ht Paul, due here at 1U 30 o'clock
Thursday night, ran through a freight trail;
; st4Ulding on the crossing of the pfnha.idb
railroad at Western avenue. The engin«
| was badly damaged and live freight can
demolished. The passengers, though con
siderably shaken up and badly frightened,
were no t injured. The accident was causée
by a failpre of the air brakes on the pa»
wn ger train. It wa- a narrow escape from
being a disastrous wreck,
Fatal Bailer Kxplo*ion.
Shelby, Mich., Aug. 18.—The boiler ol
Presser saw mill, at Blooming \ alley, twe
miles east of here, b l«w up. Engineer G L.
^° d ® j T. a ® mstan Hy kill««!, aud a mill hanc
named .Roby died soon after. The owner, ■
Delos Prosser, will probably die. Two others .
were badly hurt. The mill is a total wreck. J
A ramshackle boiler is said to have been th«
cause at the explosion.
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National Association of Fire Engineers.
Minneapolis, Aug. 18.—The national as
sociation of fire englnwsrs in session her«
yesterday agreed to meet next year at Kan- j
saicity, Sept 2, and sleeted the following
offloers: President, T. L. Stetson. Minnas ,
polls; secratary, Psnny A. Hill, Cincinnati. I
j trassurw, A. Cl Headrick, New Haven.
COMMUTED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. Cleveland Naves Naval Cadets Con- 1
vlrted of Basing From Dismissal. |
Washington, Ang. 18.— The president yee
tenlay commuted the sentence of dismissal of I
"7* 1 wiiey Embroy, Arthur u
W illard, I leorge Richards, Bernard H.
Camden, Charles W. Lyle, Bion B. Bierer,
Richard ii. Leigh, Timothy P. Maurin and
George II. Rhepard, convicted of hazing on.
hoard the practiae ship Constellation, to con
finement upon the Santee for thirty days, 1
and that they each bo deprived of one-half
of their annual leave.
The president,in a long review of the cases,
condemns hazing in strong terms, and says
Hint executive clemency wiU not lie granted
to like cases in the future, and is only ex
tended now because such trivial hazing as
these cadets were convicted of had not,in the
past, been considered sufficiently aggravated
to merit severe punishment.
The offenses for which those cadets were
recommended to lie dismissed the service
consisted of compelling members of tiie
junior class to chew toilet paper, stand on
their heads, etc,
transmitting the action of the court martial
to the president, recommends the course
which the president adopted.
OBERKAMPF'S VICTIMS.
Secretary Whitney, in
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I he demand fur coke has been very heavy
' at, lv ' Ther * iH 1,0 s,ot-k ul ' Uand i u "' 1 l,ul >
" ,ew unexpired orders wore placed at $1.
during the past five days there were mon
furnatemt ' n Wttaburg than there were dur
! " ,a,iy '"»"'h« I»"'- They tried to pin.-.
contracts at $1, but failed. The advance in
V''«e has not been all artlticlal one, thegreal
i demand accounting for it. During January,
Is '' 7 ' tU, ' P Hc ® ' vas *- I* r b,,t 0,1 A P nl 1
I declinod to * l D' r ton -
Enid a producer: "1 he oulpul of the ovens
now in operation w not sufficient to supply
'he present demand and Hie advance, a, p
1 '«suit, followed.
sojourning at i unlerets, drove ont in a lib
bury, her sister and several friends following
ln a,,ot her vehicle. When crossing Ben
! R lu ' r hi 'dge, underneath which runs a dan
gerous rapid, the horses attached to the car
i ria E e following that occupied by Mine. Bern
bnrilt took fright ami started on a breakneck
run - Mme. Bernhardt calmly alighted from
her ti,bur y> eoized the beads of the runaway
horses at Hie peril of her life, ami led them
: aero* the bridge.
Letter« Delayed by the Mall Thief De
livered te Their Owner«.
Chicago, Aug. 18. —A long line of busi
ness men, clerk«, lovera mid young women
went up mid cam© down from Inspector Kid
dor'« room in the postofllc© building all day
long. In the inspector'« room is an immense
pile of the letters that never came, because
Fred Oberkampf, the street box robber, got
his book« upon them. A great many strange
and romantic «lories have come to light os
the people find them. Several broken love
matches have been ]>atched up.
A prominent firm in the mixed i>aint trade
lost a grent many of ifii best country ctie
tomers last winter because their orders were
not filled. The firm made Postmaster Judd'*
life a burden with its incessant complaint«,
and finally took the matter to Washington,
where it raised a big bree/e. To satisfy the
clamor a commission was «eut out here to
look into Judd's methods. Yesterday the
firm recovered all it« lost order« in the loot
from Mr. Obei kampf's plethoric trunks and
tendered an apology to Mr. Judd.
AN ADVANCE IN COKE.
The Mark Will Pi
ilmlily he Iteaelied.
A Great Demand.
PiTTSBUHO, Aug. 18.—The price of coke
advanced yesterday from 81 per ton to $1.2,5
|»er ton, with strong indications of a still fur
ther advance, which will likely reach the $2
mark.
Plucky Sarah He
PARK*. Aug. 18.—Sarah Bernhardt, who i*
ilinrdt.
Ml» Franc«. Willard.
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( made °" e ol bw characteristic ami eloquent
speeches, pleading especially for temperance
and the equal rights of woman. The present
tariff she declared to be a lax on the poor
man for the lienelit of the rich, and the idea
Her
Chicago. Ang. IS.—Miss Frances Willard
addressed Local Assembly 7,878, Knights of
Hb*
<d protection n delusion and a snare,
ri murks were received enthusiastically, and
j 11 * ,b *'' r conclusion Mis» U illard was given a
i vo '* °* tbnnks.
Charged
Ith Horne 8t<
illiig.
ArBiKX, N. Y.« Aug. 18. —Two young
1 men« giving their names as Charles Peterson
I and William Emerson, were arrested here
yesterday on suspicion of having stolen a
borie and buggy belonging to Jamas G. Ben
oeit, n broker of New \ oi k city, ut Psuasant
•tra. Onondaga lake, Thursday.
i I'C'd^rly was recovered, and the stispw ts
I " er0 '-"ken to Syracuse for examination
t,Jl ' r,s toslay. They belong in Ithaca, aud
deny the charge.
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, *,°" ul , St , n d f ' l. u,H of ' f'*?*"*
?!"' ,ed in H in a''i
. Commander m Chief, George R Abbott, ol
Illinois; lieutenant geueraJ, E. A. Mi.bam,
of Minnesota; major general, John Hinckley,
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in" U 'h l^ehonsnTir "i Mi«n H " , "ic ».
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<lMa " A - Auff- Articles bate »»en
• M g, ied here for a six round couteet, revised
Police Gazette rules, between James Lindsey
and W. G. Cranston for the Richard K. Fox
j middleweight championship medal. Lmdsey
at present is the possessor of the trophy. The
tight will come off the evening of Kept, 8 in
I South Omaha.
Th©
Sun« ui Veter.
' *kmv« K.y , Aug 18 M ar on
® U8b re, ' eWl ' d ; " <illa«-e
L "" dl ', a h ° t 111 « 1 a '" an during.the former
tr«»' b l» "»=re «as fatally shot from ambush
' 1 ' urtber trouble ls < '*P ectwl
War Renew»«! os Rush Creek.
Heath of Professor Klisha Jones.
Detroit, Aug. 18.— A dispatch from 8t.
Johns, Mich., says that word has been re
ceived there of tbe death Thursday night, at
Denver, Colo., of Professor Elisha Jone«, of
the Michigan university.
Shot in the Park.
New York, Aug. 18—A young German,
supposed to be named John KoeHiker, shot
himself in Central park, just after midnight,
etch suicidal intent. Ha was taken te the
■ Presbyterian hospital
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a 12.000 Damages by a Wind Storm.
Oscoda, Mich., Aug. 78 —A terrible wind
i storm struck this plaos yesterday, doing
' damage to the amount of about $12,000. Tbe
chief losers are Backwoods & Co., Gratwiok,
i Smith & Fryer
j A Paper Mill Burned,
R kadi no, Pa, Aug. 18—The large paper
, mill of C. L. Van Kaed, in Lowar Haidalnurg
I township, this oounty, was burnad last night
Low about $50.000; partially insured.
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Yellow Jack Increasing in Pest
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WB8T I AMC 01 IBIGHI OVER,
Stricken Jacksonville.
Oeer fj.ooo Already Received by the
Sanitary Commission—Climatic Condi
tion« Favorable ip the Further Spread
of the Disease.
Jackronth.i.*, Aug. ML—A meeting of
the oxecuti ve committee of tiie Jacksonville
Auxiliary Sanitary association was held yos
terday, President Daniel presiding. Mr. J.
M. Schumacher, chairman, reported for the
finance committee over $2,000 as having hern
received.
The matter of the sensational report pub
lished in the northern papers was brought
up, and on motion of Mr. MoQuold the fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That a special committee consisting
of the president of the Citizens' Sanitary Auxili
ary association, a member of the board of health,
the mayor and the editor of The Tim es-Un ion, be
appointed to prepare a truthful and full state
ment of the condition of affairs as they exist la
this city, la refutation of the sensational and
untruthful reporta which have appeared recently
in eeverol of the leading northern papers, osten
sibly furnished by special correspondents from
this city, and tliat the statement prepared by
this committee be furnished to both the Asso
ciated and United Press.
Dr. Neal Mitchell, president of the board
of health, reported yesterday four new caaeo
of yellow fever.
The people now have gotUsi over their
panic and are settling down to busini
well as they can. They tnow the gravity
of the situation and are not dispoeed to trat
or worry unnecaesarlly. The new coaee do
not occasion much talk, os if it was expected,
that this hot and humid weather would
bring them out. Heavy rains fell Thursday
night, and the san is very hot. These condi
tions are just right to develop more cases,
and doubtless many lucre will be reported,
but the disease Ls of a very mild fora hero,
and tbk doctors feel confident of bolding it be
check. The concussion business, fires, eta,
will be kept up (or some time yet, and the
sanitary arrangements and forces will be fan.
creased if required.
Washington, Aug. Ilk—Surgeon General
Hamilton has sent the following telgram to
Dr. Neal Mitchell at Jacksonville, F1».
Congratulations on Improved outlook for early
termination of epidemic, but look out that lbs
cases now under treatment do not become ned
centers of disease.
Surgeon General Hamilton has received ■
telegram from Assistant Surgeon Clarkson
at Fort Monroe, saying that he lias quaran
tined the British steamship Athens, seven
days from I'ensacola to Newport Newa Ha
says Huit n cose of homatemesis, with col
lapse, was found on board too ill (or trana
porta tion.
Tiie postmaster general bas directed that
all newspaper mail originating at J acUson
vllle, Fia, he fumigated at that i>oint, in
stead of being sent to IV ay cross (or that pur
pose, thus avoiding delays.
A Target Marker Killed.
Mi.aiiviu.e, Pa, Aug. 18.—Charley Lacy,
a private in company C, Fourteenth regi
ment, while acting as target marker at nfia
practice at the state camp at Cunneaut lake
yesterday, was accidentally shot and killed.
He was in the 2U0 yard pit and raised to I cals
out, when one ut his company fired. Um
bullet striking Lacy in the mouth. Deceased
was 21 years old, and lived at Beach Cliff, Pa.
A Hlg Fire In Newark Valley.
Acbcrn, N, Y., Aug. 18.—A special to
The Morning Dispatch from Newark Valley,
N. Y.. says: About i);J0 last evening lb.
large liuilding of the Newark Valley agri
cultural company was discovered to be an
lire Nearly all the stock and contenta aff
the building were removed, but the building
was burned to the ground. Loss, $.'1,300.
Gen# llarrl«uu*« Caller«»
Imha.natolik, Aug. 18. — Delegates fron»
Paxton. Ilia, the Logan club, of Bellefoa
taine, O., delegations from Vermillion,
Bartholomew and Johnson counties, Ind.,
several hundred iieople from Jacksonville,
Ilia, and a delegation from Kxnkake«
county, that state, called|ou Gen. Harrison
yesterday. He delivered a short addretaL
The « bi Liren Played with Matches.
Dktiioit, . Aug. IS.—Frank, Philip and
Theresa Bchrane, aged Hi, 7 and 5 years re
spectively, children of a Greenfield farmer,
were left alone while their parents came ber»
to market. They played with parlor matchs*
in the parent-' absence, set fire to the hot**,
and Philip and Theresa were burned to
death. _
Veteran* *t ilnrtror«l.
Haut Kurd, Aug. 18.—The National Vet
eran Military association yesterday eleote«!
Gen, I>. VV. Ward, of Boston, president, and
Col. C. 8. Homer, Seventy-first New Yorta
volunteers, vice president. Among the dele
gates present were Col. D. W . C. Ward an«l
J. F. Beach, of Albany.
Another Grade Grossing Fatality.
riin.ADKt.PHiA, Aug. 18 — Mia Matilda P.
Kllison, the bookkeeper nt Kirkbride« ho»
pital. this city, while crossing the tracks off
tbe PennsTlvania railroad near KhawmoaA
station, was struck bv the locomotive of
approaching train and instantly killed.
Two More Victims of Kerosene..
North Adams. Mass., Aug. IS.— Mrs. Jo
seph McDay, aged 21, and Miss Kate Arm
strong, aged 25, who recently oame Irons
Ireland to work in Plunkett's cotton milL
were burned to death Tuesday as a result off
starting a tire with kerosene.
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' Hornung Doing Well.
Boston, Ang. 18— Mr. Hornung, the lefi
fielder of the Boston nine.wwho was injured
in Thursday's game, is doing well. He will
not, however, be able to play for several.
days. _
Stricken wl$H Paralysis.
Boston, Aug. 18— Uob Austen C. Well
ington, commander of the First regii *
Massachusetts militia, has been stricken with«
paralysis, and is in a precarious condition.
A Powder Mill Wheel Hons« Blown Bp—
Windsor, Que., Aug, 18—The whsd
bouse at the powder mills here was blown opt
yesterday. An employe named Vogbt
badly hurt and another man is missing.
Sreallpoi Increasing in II n OKI a.
Buffalo, Aug. 18— Four new casa» off
smallpox have been reported to tbe heottk
physician. Bffvaral smpicious cases ara ata»
reported.
Many X»w Citlceit*.
Chicago, Aug. 18.—More than 1,000 Boom
dinavions have been naturalized bare r--sefiy
by the 8we«llsh-American Naturalizatitaa
dub.
Mr. Garrett Slightly Batter.
Nkw You, Aug. 18— Robert Garrett 8»
(lightly better.