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WILMINGTON, DEL., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 , 1888.
NO. 80.
ONE CENT
KKM* WAStED.
rns WISH TÔ BMPÜrtY À jtkw hai.es
v men on salary to hc"i our s'ooOs by sam
h to the wUolesalc and retail trade of
Ington. Dal- end adjaming states. We are
B 1 antest umnufa'-turers of our line in the
nntry. Head two contes In stamps fornartBjW
fs. No postals answered. ( ' iINTKN N IA L
Jf-g co., OiaetmuM. O.
«7" ANTED A ■-PARTNER, SI1.KNT Oil
[V active, wttli N.IMIto $3.1*0 in a firmly
lablishcd paying business. Address VV. tliis
Wll
ITANTED. AN KNERUKTIC- man to
▼ canvass and collect. Apply Tbl Market
tMît.
D11 ESS MA KING.
HESSMAKING IN ALL ITS HR ACHES
at 809 W. Seventh street. Cutting done
draught; fit guaranteed.
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HOARDING.
CT ANTED GENTLEMEN BOARDERS;
v also t.ble boarders. No. 81U Orange
LOST AND FOUND.
«OÜND.-BAY MARE WITH 1 WHITE
hind foot.
Owner can have ht*r by pr
paying charge». H. K. M
roving
cVey,
and
Front street.
INSTRUCTION.
HOKT-HAND AND TYUE-W KITING
HCIIOOL
MONDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS,
ird of Trade Rootuh, Exchange Hnifiling,
SEVENTH AND MARKET STS.
'he tttiovc wlioel will reopen September X
Both «exe» admitted. X number of y
ies end gentlemen have already been en
led. No additional charge for Instruction ir.
<e-wrilill)'. No text books used, students
ng instructed from Fay's Short-band
npendium, which is conceded by former
tills to Ik' far superior to any other method
[instruction. Terras reasonable. _
llicnlarf) addrese
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K. J. FAY. Stenographer.
I. Box 335. Wilmington. Del.
KIENIIS' SCHOOL.
Fourth anil West Streets.
II reopen 9fh month (September), loth, Isss.
rimary. Intermediate and Academic De
tmenta. The principal will be at his office
■c «th month. Id
atnloguco at C. F. Thomas & Co.'s.
ISAAC T. JOHNSON. Principal.
LICENSE APPLICATIONS.
OT1CB.-1, DAMES A. KELLY. HEREBY
give notice that on tho 17th day of Sep
ber next, «noting, being the first day tf the
temberterra of the Court of General Scs
ii. in and forNcw Cast le county, I will apply
tie Honorable Judges of said Court for a
use to sell iitvoxfcating liquors in qnat lilies
less than one-half gallon, and not to lx*
the premises. The said business is
e carried on at the S. W. corner Tenth and
deys! recte, in the Seventh ward of the city
Vllinineton, and the following named re
table ci ti»ons of said ward recommend the
uingof the application, viz:
ies Monaghan, B. It. Griffith.
. llighter, James W. King.
. Nicholooa, Charles Drum Funk,
'.Perkins, G. I). Cleland.
mas Condon, George Sayers,
art Barrett, Andrew Truy-cnr,
i Donahoc. Chambers E. Kemble.
Ham H. Herbert, \V. P. Bratton,
t C. Jackson, J. C. Ware,
i 1). Davis. I). F. Ilolston,
go t Unrchman, Caleb Miller,
rles Miller, C. W. Kitselman,
XIorciiUHi, Paul Mark.
JAMES A. KELLY.
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EXCLUSIONS.
PE MAY
VIA
Il WILIfIKGTON & NORTHERN R. B.
ASD
STEAMER
REPUBLIC,
■ On uml afl^r .Inntf22 trains will leave
I00T OF FRENCH STREET
4- r > a. m. dully (except Sunday),
i. m.,to cxNmeot with steamer i
r Her.
turning the train will leave the pier on
*al of steamer.
E FOR THU HOUND TRIP.
on Sunday
at Delaware
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POLITICAL.
r the state SENATE. W«.
ANTEL \V. MULLIN,
ijcct to the deoteion of the Democratic
R STATE SENATOR,
VILLI AM II. QUINN
OF WILMINGTON HUNDRED.
>ject to^tho decision of the Democratic
R LEVY-COURT COW MISSION Biî.
JOHN PYLE,
OF WILMINGTON HUNDRED.
ijoct to Ike decision of the Democrat
I.EAT BARGAINS!
irge Stoek to Select From.
trior Suites.
mmher Su.it« s,V pieces, hard
wood finish .
ardrotK*«.
iby Carriages...
op all kinds of
.. .$35.00 up.
. 18.00 up.
7.Ä0 up.
7.ÜÜ up.
FRNITUKE,
CARPETS,
ADDING,
STOVES, Etc.
, Weekly or Monbhly Paynlonts.
HOMAS GRINSELL,
1 Cor. 2d and Orange.
WILMINGTON, DEI.
I Tnt*day and Saturday »srening« till
! dock.
T. A. KEA II LES,
»erinatoloüiet«
© hours;
Gyaepolotfist.
19 a. m. to 12 m.
-, 2 p. m. to 1UD n. m.
( C.UJ p. m. to 6^0 p. iu.
IAI.TIKH:
ises of the skin and diseases of women,
•lent in both braaezos by the new adapta
©l«sctrlclty.
Lrolysls or Electrical Surgery.
Itfl MARKET STREET,
Wilmington. Del.
i NIES AND MUALL CH ANGE CAN
l AD AT THE COUNTING ROOM 1>E
[SVJLNJLNG JUUtML
REAL ESTATE
FOB SAI.E.
N otice quarry men.
For sale cheap, and on ♦'any terras, a con
venient ly-locatod lot with stone quarry
already opened. Apply to PIERCE & BEK
Si)N, 3 West Seventh street. _
I70H SALE. — A TRUCK AND FRUIT
F Farm of W acres, V4 of a mile from rail
road station. 1:3 miles from Wilmiiurtou— RW
peach trees in bearing, apples, poach and pear
orchard, strawberries, blackberries, rftapber
ries, etc. AM one acre* in asparagus. Good
Landings. IPossession at any time. Would
take part city property in exchange.
GEORGE R. TOWNSEND,
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WORKINGMEN
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2d and WOOD Sts., or
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LADIES, READ!
TWELFTH WARD
BUILDING LOTS
Foity-fi*e Dollars anil Upwards.
Over four hundred sold in tho
past year. Fine location, pure air
and good water.
Cars leave every half hour within
a square of these lots for Water and
Market streets and Delaware avenue.
Fare . r ) cents.
Look at the improvements: City
water and lamps; one-eighth tax
rate; streets being graded; now
sohool-house ; street car line going
to be extended.
For dead-sure safe investment,
where you can see your money every
day, this cannot be equaled. Had a
great many people taken this advice
when we gave it several years ago,
you would have saved hundreds of
dollars. Take heed now and buy.
Building lots on easy terms in all
sections of the city. Building loans,
stock, or orders on any saving bank
taken as cash.
For information how to secure a
home apply to
PETER J. FORD,
THOS. M. OGLE,
603 1-2 Market St.
ESTABLISHED 1365.
GEO. O. MARIS,
601 SHIPLEY STUFET,
Continuée to transact a general Real Estate i
bueinoes; eelling and renting property,collect- !
in« rents and negotiating mortgage*. Will«, |
Mortgages, Bonds, Deeds and other documents
legally prepared.
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REAL ESTATE
ON EIGHTH STREET HILL FOR SALK
A new dwelling, containing 10 room.,
modern convenience, front jiorch. large yar
Lot, 3.5 x UO f cet. M U6t ho soon to be appreo late
Apply to
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No. .1 W. SEVENTH STREET.
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Real Estate Broker,
803 MARKET STREET,
Fourtwn yenrf* experience,
and settle« propeii y.
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Collects rents,
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Stocks bought and sold in the New York 1
Philadelphia and Bostuu markets on commit i
sinn. j
latter» of credit given, available In all part» J
the world, and drafts on England Ireland,
I tet.ee. Germany and Kwilnirland iseued. ;
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Own dailv from ö nVIrJS am until i n m !
amUn Tuesday and Saturday frmn t llYp. m,
MONEY LOANED ON MORTGAGES.
G.o.'W.Bosn^t UEO - Viœ President
E. T. Tatlor. Treasurer. ' 1
Jos, M . H ATiiKit, Secretary, }
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Perry's Railroad Freight Express,
P M W. A B. FREIGHT STATION,
Will deliver goods to and from all freight do
I»«» to places of busbies» or residences on ar
rival or departure of t^nsot readable tet»«
^Consign your freigbiaad pyksges to care of
Perry s Express if you waut them delivered
promptly and cheaply.
Office. FINE STREET HBLOW FOURTH.
Telephone call No. 442. Order» by mall
promptly attended & ^ .
PHILIP K. GLÂKK & 00.,
Real Estate aal Hortjap Brake
824 Market Street,
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WILMINGTON, DEL.
Real Estate bought, sold or exchanged,
ijoaas negotiated on city or country pPOiWrty.
BANKING AM) FINANCIAL.
R. R. ROBINSON & CO.,
HANKERS AND BROKERS
Corner Fourth and Market Streets.
FOR SALE.
9 shares Delaware rail rond stock.
riMIE ARTISANS' SAVINGS BANK,
NO. 50« MARKET STREET.
WILMINGTON HOUSEKEEPERS,
BUT TOUR
GROCERIES CHEAP.
GO TO
102 ajed 104 East Fifth Street,
And ftot one of those fine Hams or Shoulders,
Salt fish. The finest Coffee in the city, the
most delirious drink of Tea and Coffee known.
Tea direct from China and Japan. A perfect
blend. Our Spices are pure. Nothing but the
best print Butter. Many people have a hard
time t- find uo«d Coffee, Tea and Button, but
you r »h always Ml it lusv. The celebrated
Macaw's Cheese. Flour markiyl down. Buy
tbe Old Wheat Flour for health. Brooms for
a sons. lUKiftor*, beet of all, «Ijö t»er box.
Potatoes are ripe.
DENNISON A PEACH.
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ES the Result. '
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Tolo Uooord of the Vote, j
Wash INC,TON-, Aug. '-'3. —Tho chief event i
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IT WAS A STRICTLY PARTY VOTE.
Senat)
Morgan CIokn tho Debate—Sev
It ejected
in the Semite proceedings was tho rejection
of the fisheries treaty. After a reading of
tho journal Mr. Morgan took the floor and
closed the debate upon tho trente. Ho con
eluded his speech with an eloquent pérora- j
tion upon the prospects of trouble with Great
Britain after the treaty was rejected, and j
his finishing remarks ware a prophesy that
wlion tho exigency of war occurred tho i
party which caused it would find the party j
which had advocated the treaty just as true
to the fing and just ns ready to shed its j
blood for the country as th.y.
At 13 o'clock sharp the gavel fell, Mr.
Morgan took his scat and the dehnte ended, j
It was expected that a vote would be taken j
at once upon ponding motions, amendments |
and tho reso.ntiou of ratification, but Mr.
McPherson delayed action by calling up tho
concurrent resolution, accepting for Statuary I
hall the statues of Gan. Phil Kearney and
Richard Stockton, of New Jersey. Atter
eulogistic remarks by Senators McPherson
amt Blodgett on tire Urea of those two
prominent men the resolutem was adopted.
The treaty was again token up anil the
first vote was taken upon the motion of Mr - .
Gibson to recommit the treaty to the com
mittco on foreign relation, with Instruc
lions to frame and report amendments to
the treaty to prevent ambiguity in the con
struclion put upon the article« of the treaty,
or to report a measure of arbitration. This
motion was lust hy a vote .t 81 nays to 311
yens.
Tho treaty was read by section.. A vote ■
was then taken on an amendment to the
eleventh article of the treaty, offered by
Mr. Gray, providing that on all occasions
facilities shall be accorded to the United
States fishing vessels in Canadian ports for
the purchase of needful provisions and sup
plies.?-This wns rejected—ye«s, 38; nays, 30.
No other amendments were offered, and a
vote was then token on tbs formal resolution
of ratification and it was defeated—yeas, 37;
nays, 30—a strict party vote, which in detail
was as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Bate, Beck, Berry, Blnck
burn, Blodgett, Brown, Cockrell, Coke, Col
mutt, Daniel, Faulkner, George, Gorman,
Gray, Hnnr.tou, Harris, Joues of Arkansas,
McPiierson, Morgan, Pasco, Payne, Pugh,
Hansom, Hoagau, Vert, Walthall, and Witem
or Maryland
Nay a—Messrs, Aldrich, Allison, Blair,
Chaco, Chandler, Dawes, Dolph, Edmunds,
Evarts, Parweil, Frye, Haie, Hawley, His
cook, Hoar, Ingaiis, Joues, Jlaadaraon, Mit
choil, Platt, Pmmb, Quay, Babin, Sawyer,
Sherman, Spooner, Stewart, Btockhridgo,
Tel er, and Wilson of Iowa.
Mr. Morgan moved that the prosldcnt be
notified of tho action of the senate, and it
w as so ordered.
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TI»« Senat« TarlfT Bill.
Washington, Aug. 33.—'Thero was no
meeting of tbe full finance committee of tho
senate yesterday, though it won tho regular
day of meeting. It is now giro« out that the
tariff bill wi.l not be reported until «orne
time next month, perhaps net until near the
lôth. By the lUth uf Bep'.emlier it is esti
luatcni that all the appnifiriatioii hills will
have parsed, and that the Republicans can
theu have a clear field for ths tariff.
r'ortifviHg Agntitrt PpldemtcN.
I Washington, Aug. 23—Th, senate com
j inittee on epidemic diseoMS reported a bill
I appropriating #300,000 t, be miulo available
I immediately for expenditure, in the discre
tion of tile president, in awl of stete or muni
] oipol boards of health, or otherwise, to pre
| vent tbe introduction of cholora or yellow
j fever into the United States from foreign
I eotmtiies, or into one »late or territory from !
aaothir.
I The ltal.1 Knohber Chief Killed. I
I ST. Louis, Aug. 23-A dispatch to The j
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Kwt-Dispatcu from Springfield, Ha, says
that Capt Nat Kuiney. the famous chief and |
founder of tho Bala Knobbers' organization, ;
vr 4 ig shot anti iusianUj killed at Ozark, j
Chris lklu county, by Bill Miles, an anti-Bald j
Knobber. Miles escaped. The men Imvo
bnm at dag^'Ts' | oints for two yoars past, !
the laud dating from the time when Kinuoy i
wos ebief ot the outlaw band and ruled I
Chnnlmu county with a rod of Iron. ih«|
men met ut a Republican rally in Ozark, (
quarreled and were separated. I^ater tl»«
quarrel was renewed and both men drew
their weapons alkd fired siraultauoously,
ICmiiey was shot through tho head, dying
iusuiutiy. i-mnay had a larg* following in]
the county, and more bloodshed is looked lor. i
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Loureyit-Li, Aug. 33—.the gentlemen
reprereuUng tho pnuctpal coal companies of
Kentucky and irgiiu« met at the Unit
1 * 3 > dotl > uoü "B"* 1 anl 4 ; Wd0acr ™°* 00,11 lalld .
i including mm" in operatten, besides an out
j Bide acroago of S0,U00 in Virginia aud 23,780
J acres in Boil couuty, Ky. Tu« men who pul
u „ the money for the purchase are for tho
; pnrt ( ,f lenU , of a S. Loduheim & Co..
I bankets, of I'hiladelphta. The property con
I gists uf the main Jelllco Mouatain Cool und
! Coko company, ofwraUng Wooiibridgj mine ;]
the Jellioo Mountain Coal conyany. East
T. naresee Coal company amt the Proctor
Coal oompmy. Tte-e four «omîmes hold
«bout 14,930 «ores of lud, «WM TW Men
} bouses, »ud a store each.
«y t a «.î
Philupsdcbo, N. J, Aa *- 22 — Ann^Tof
her of rat.road hand* xrtio wore walking m
advance of a friend, Charles KAne, deeded
to give him a scare. Accordingly they hid
i behind trees ill a dark vtreet, and when he
along sprang at him. Wilson Daiton
was nearest to Kane, and grabbed him.
Quick as a flash, Kane draw a knife and,
■tabbed Dalton iu the broaet. Dal too
screamed, and Kane recognized him just ai
be w«e about to strike the second time. Dal*
Death of Hlshon Harris.
or tu.« p • - _
ho ndon, Aag iïi-B^opBamuol Smith
Harris, of Michigan, died last night at the
Langham hotel . a th. city. Mra Hams,
who arrived from America on Sunday, waa
by side as he breathed bk last He died
Without recognising her. « ha had U^a un
oousciouzfopumdajapa^.awinff toparalyua
in Lov. wHk M«. JteMfe.
in dot. wi»a mis iteup* .
»PRlWiriEUD, O., Aug. a.-R«th Howell
j u * t ^t 20 years. Ml her home at South
*ui, ^ lwtr h#%r r-utivet
ChaHea wa, th is wto ty, ap d^her rviauyei
*">' sbe eiopeii with ark •
tfi* lecturer. Bhe la a daughter of »asnuri
. HoweU. a wealthy farm«.
Coal Combination.
Serious Kmd of a Joke.
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km'a recovery is doubtful,
MR. THURMAN'S TRIP.
He Oi?M Detroit, the Oo By, but Is Headed
Off hy F.mliunliiatle Democrats.
Detroit, M.ch., Aug. 1Ä— The steam
yacht Picket, with the Thurman party on
hoard, pm»««! here without stopping, but the
yacht was met down the river hy two yacht
loads of «uth-jgtoatio Detroit Democrats who
waved bandanas, fired cannon and cheered
when Mr. Thurman appeared and lifted his
hot. The trip up from Toledo was pleasant
until towards tho last, when a strong wind
roughened the loko so that it was uncomfort
able except in tho cabin. Twelve mile* I
above Detroit is the Grosse Point Club hotwöi !
There the Picket stopped and an elaborate I
dhmar WAS ginn Mr. Thurman, There wore
only a f* n itop Thurman In
his rt 'P!y s P oke very briefly. After dinner
Mr. Thurman passed »11 hour informally,
ch,lttln S »'th the gentlemen from Detroit
aud at 8 oV!o " k 'b* V"'-' 1 ' 1 was again boarded
and tectfty left for tho Oakland house, on
tho 8t - C ' air rlvur . where he arrived at 10:30
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Port Huron, where a large crowd awaited |
.and will make bis principal speech of .
l there this afternoon. 1
He was employed on one of the floors where
phosphate rock was l adrig ground to dust to
I* emptied to the floor below. McAlder fell
lute «■ bin containing many tons of dust, and
« as not missed until his legs came through
th 0 conduit to the lower flour. Ho was dead
—choked hy the dust
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The Indians are having a high old time nt
their feast A g xxUy number of fat beeves
were slaughtered ns usual, and, with many
other delicacies furnished by the cotnrals
sioners, they felt very good until the subject
of tho trente was broached, when the chiefs
ngnhi became ugly and refused to talk. It
is understood that the commissioners have
given up the negotiations,
has created regtet and little surprise here.
Nearly all the ministers ore out of town, but
tlw impression prevails that tho modus vi
veudl - ' T,lose withdrawal rests with Canada,
wiU not bo disturbed. Such an action, ob
served a high official las*, night, will bo an
ovaleace of the good intention, of Canada,
and soon retired. He left this morning for
( hok 'd to Death hy Dont.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 2Ü. —Peter Me Aider,
'Jll years old and married, met with a horri
ble accident at the Georgia chemical work*.
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St a x UI no Bock Acescv, I. T., Aug. 33.—
Treasure Trove In New Jersey.
PhillipsbCKG, N. J., Aug. 33.—While
Charles Taylor was digging near his home
stead in Bonsnlem township, Bucks county,
his spade struck what seemed to be a heavy
plank. After much difficulty he hauled out
en old and heavy oak chest partly decayed.
It was opem-i and found to contain a valu
able collection of rare china, elaborately
painted in the stylo of a century and a
half ago. _
l.ittte Surprise li
Canada.
Ottawa, Aug. 33.—Tho rejection of the
fisheries treaty by the United States sonate
A Late Victim of the Itltzzard.
Bai.timork, Aug. 33.—Francis M. Pitts,
aged 38 years, died in this city. He was m
Uaioa square, New York city, in March lost,
the night uf the bi xzurd, and contracted
congestion of the brain from exposure. This
developed into spinal meningitis, which
i caused bis death. Mr. Pitts was the agent
! for Tho Craftsman, the organ of the later
t national Typographical union.
Malt aud Ice Houses Darned.
Rondoct, N. Y., Aug. 33.— At South
Readout two large les houses, owned by the
Brewers' Ice company, of New York, u por
tion of tbe boat y aid owned by Conrad
Hilton brand t and a large molt house con
taiuiug 30,000 bushels of malt, owned by
Neidiiuger, Hchmull & Co., uf Now York,
together with machinery, etc., were burned.
The total loss is over SIOOJIOU.
! returned she was Mrs. Maruekie.
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He Was Badly —Seooived."
ITTTSBuao, Aug. 23.—Mr. Bennington, a
Now York newspaper man, came to this
city Saturday to marry Miss Lottie Faulk
ner, of No. l'i Carroll street, Allegheny, but
tiie young lady slipped out with another ad
mirer, Dr. K. C. Maruekie, hospital s-eward
at tbe Western penitentiary, and when sue
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j T«W)Nto. Aug. 33-1 he customs author.
tins nave ho-C.hI tbiTo Chiu«*ao who came
from VMWlver bv authority from Victoria.
| u wa< tal ed h ale that they w.-re <
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I y ORT Faii;fikj.d, Me., Aug. 23.-Three
men supposed to be the murderers of Mrs.
( w ho was shot and killed while
canoeing with lair husband and family on
tn 0 Tobiquo river, have be.m captured ou tho i
rl , er . Tuo police arrived later aud took the
prisoner» mto custxidy and they are now m
jnü.uAud^r.N. à i
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j Laconia, N. H„ Aug. 33.—About seventy
pui SUU s left hire lust uignt for Bu Anne's j
c t iui0 u > Boaupre, Canada, expecting to be ;
CU rodof various dissasea They oro acting
U P°" tb ® n ««mmoadation of a young lady |
of this pince, who was a cripple, hut re
turIlu j homo cured after a visit to the shrine.
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Jackson vu i! Fio. Amr 33—Fiv« new !
COMB Of yellow fever were Reported jester
day and o.« deaih-Edward K. Wouklyn, I
mi Fnirlisb man huuor th«»:«r The weither
;] BMrm ...a ratiireteive. The authorities
conglde r Urn disoiLi well under control
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Trouble, «f « F...tmo.ter. i
Bhattiaboro, VL, Aug. 33.-Ch«r!es
! Chshoe. iwstmaater at Green Kivur, Vt,, has
beeu acquitted of making traud aient returns
of aUUBpi cuoato d, but 1 « held on a charge
dUpoaing c/auuniM lor oihar than cumIl !
i lB w 'u p 0 tr isd in October.
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| i.{ qtl or Sellera to Appeal t» ('»n C reu.
pniLADELFiitA Aug 33-The liquor sell
prs m thja a - ty wbo pa , a the government
reveime tnx on j un0 p nn j failed to secure
^ re taü license from iho court under tbe
license «et, will petition con- t
Kre8g ^ re i U ru tbe money.
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I Washington, Aug. 33-The treasury de
paruiwul paid about $10,000,000 on account
The roce.pts for the month I
u xooe(1 th. expenditures by about $5,
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Rlljrht Fir© In the Grand Union.
SARATOGA, N. Y. Aug. 23.-A zUght fire
in tbe Grand U nion hotai last evening caused
m danleT ^ a '""
the guest* aud no danger.
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Tbe Standard Octopua
t,„ tt ini , r „ T * *i.cv _ y„ nil rimlns it
FHHAAlihLFaiA, Aug. I n oU rtrcle i it
• was osserled that it wan hig.ily probable Uw
«standard Oil company would soon purchase i .
■ the entire plant of tbe Ubeeter oü werte |
Mil
tralaud, haViug entered the country with
out paying duty. Fellow countrymen guar
anteed their appearance when c.illod for,
and they were paroled.
Seventy Calth Tourists.
FIvo Now Canos of Yellow F«vnr.
Ten Millions for reunions.
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Two Toruadops Sweep Over
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Track of the Storm.
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BOTH MEN AM) ANIMALS MAIMED.
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HmiNrn Neat*
Port I*«nn Wrecked*
Unzlng u Smithy Near llart'H Corner
ami Killing It» Owner. Th<*mioro llrncr.
ThouHiimlH
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■leant Ifni
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Destroyed General
Worth of Fruit
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Peraotin Injured, hut the Fftrapen are
lion»-The riiristianu Rolling
Mill Senttered to the Wludn.
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A tornado visited New Castle hundred
and South Wilmington last night, devas
lating miles of territory.
It blew down
nearly fifty buildings and was attended
with tho loss of life andthe serious in
jury of a largo number of others. The
exaet point of inception of this disastrous
( t irm has been definitely lo
cated on tho farm of Levi. H.
Miller about four miles south *f Wil
mington. At this time it was coming
from a south-westerly direction, travel
ling duo north-east. It followed this
course in a zir.-zng course until the farm
of Levi II. Miller was reached. Here it
made a slight deflection, and crossed the
road to the farm of David McCoy. Thence
to tho blacksmith shop of Theodore Brace
After wrecking the shop ami crushing
Bruce to death under the debris it went
like a streak up the State Koad, scattered
the outbuildings at Farn hurst station,
and then with rapid succession carried
ruin and desolation to tho farm of Henry
C. Burgie and to the Randolph I'eters
Nursery.
It followed a northeasterly course
across the Andrews' and Rogers' proper
ties, crossed South Wilmington, scattered
the Christiana Rolling Mill to the winds,
and sped away towards the Jersey shore
above Ponnsgrove.
It covered a space of five miles and was
covered by the tornado in five minutes.
In it« woke everything movable was
wrecked, telegraph wires and fences were
blown down. The damage is estimated
bv various sufferers to lie ns follows;
Levi H. Miller, $2,000; David McCoy,
$1,500; Bruce property, $1.500; Dela
ware R. R. Company, $500; Henry C,
Burgle, $1,000; Rnndolpii Peter's Estate,
$25,000; George White $500; Mrs. Colo
nel I. W. Andrews, $2.500; Mrs. Theo
dore Rogers, $0,000; John O. Baker, $2 ■
000; Daniel Leuty, $1,500; Joel V.
Qroonman's $3,000; William H. Turner,
$3,000; I,«dsli'll Car Wheel Company,
$50,000 and the National Dredging Com
pany $1,500, a total of $106,500.
Add to this the damage done to wood
land and crops the loss will foot up at
least $175,000. One life was lost and
several persons were more or less seri
ously injured.
Where It Struck First.
The storm of this area last evening ap
patently had it» beginning in a corn field
about 500 yards «outhwnst of the resi
dence of Levi H. Miller in New Castle !
hundred. Tho corn was beaten
the ground and is all pointing
towards the northeast this morning. A
roller run over the field could not have
made a more perfect bed. When the
home was reached the tornado strack
few trees on Hie side, carried away the
kitchen mid several out building« and the
roof of another building, throwing the
iwhole niassiuto afield a half limite
The window panes of the house
broken mid quantities
other debris
Mrs. William Olavey was in the house ut
the time and her three
girls aud a little boy, hi the ham.
traek of the tornado w a« between them,
and Mrs. Clavey'a first thought. Natur
ally was to go toiler children's rescue.She
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i started and in going across the ground
fell and found herself
No one was injured ut Miller's and the
i damage is entirely confined to the com
ticldundtothehLi.se. The bolts in the
«butters were bent almost in halves.
At David McCoy s house,
j road from Millers, the storm careened
; «round the bum, doing no further damage
than pressing in the burn doors and blow
| ing down several fences.
It then jumped
to the front yard, lore down old t rees
several feet in diameter, a.most breaking
them m two. In the barnyard a shed
! hajLi,,., * w IUU< ''',P*'
witîd "whirled around tho"' houw
I and picked up everything movable
sn,...e.!n ..f «.u.... j* naovaoie
in tin. on ntnit-u I i *' ^
porch v.ai cleaned off andTlm elm'irs luted
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i The ^ettv Uwn in
was made' a perfect wreck 1 SI untere
wer ,. from tlicir fasteniues and
scores of window panes broken out The
i,en and wood houm^H wero comnlatÀlT d**
! moliahed. Mrs McCov was in tt^houae
,î 'a i " .^ b ' ,
Tl 1 of th " f*™' 1 * scaped
r.nlv fatal victim " rliaao *0®" «truck its
J victim at
Theodore Krure-s Smithy, |
located at the intersection of the State '
Road and the road leading from Newport
t ° New Castle. H«*ro were the blark
smith, wheelwright aud paint shops and !
the residence of Theodore Bruce. The
house wa« situated to the rear of the
«hops Miss Cora Bruce aged about li
year«, told the «tory of the storm to u
I Joi'KNAt. reporter this morning a» fol- j
lows: "My mother and I were the only
ones In the house at the time; tho other
1 five children wore at Brandvwine I
'Summit canin and did not return
UIltil II ^o'clock. Father had
just gone out from «upper and was walk
l" K i? >tW fu, U th *, Ä 1
heard nothing of the fall of tho buildings,
The only sound that 1 noticed was a Ire
mandons wind which net-mod to «hake
T, OU8 v" a » * vüirn ®eemea to snaite
the house from Its fastenings. I imme
^lately looked out and saw tiie situation. ,
i . to Sud tnv tether and saw his
| hg „ d lyi3g between two b-.ttrdsia a
a
ft way.
wen*
f leaves and
ere driven into the house.
chiliiren, two
The
unable to rise.
across t he
of blood. I went over to Mr. McCoys, but 1
h«> wu not there. In n few moments |
Hnvid and Richard Morgan and Atexnn
'1er Higgs, from adjoining farms,
appeared and with their nid we
removed the boards and brought father
into the house. His body was cold by 1
this time and death must have been |
instantaneous," i
Heath resulted from a wound along the I
hast» of the brain. Undertaker John
Marlin of this city was notified and the
body taken core of by him, Bruce was a
comparatively young man, being only 48
years of age. He built the family rest
dence about nine years ago ami has eon
ducted a successful business. But Ids
shops are almost entirely wrecked hy the
tornado. They arc in a heap and
everything is a total loss. The dwelling
house is scarcely Injured. Bruce bud ids
life insured, but allowed the policy to
run out.
At the house this morning n sad scene
presented itself. A large number of
friends were present offering aid and
sympathy to the grief strickt
children.
Across the corner from the Bruce shop
is the New Castle reservoir and here
every particle of fence was removed. All
along the road up to tho Bruce house the
road was strewn with pieces of wood.
Fences were down and telegraph wires
wrecked. A piece of wood was taken
from the Bruce house and landed a long
distance in the field of Jason II Davis.
Several trees on the farms of Mr. Davis
and David Morgan were wrecked. At the
latter place a horse was standing hitched
in the yard. The tornado took the ani
mal up and slid him on his feet a distance
of 100 feet. This morning the horse was
so stiff that he could not walk, and it may
be necessary to kill him.
u w ife and
of the Delaware railroad, situated near
the almshouse, was next visited. The
scene at this point is graphic)? described
by George J. Herman, t lie station agent,
ami Mr. Carmichae l of the almshouse.
Mr. Herman said: "1 was standing at the
the station door at. the time
and noticed an immense black cloud
coming from due north, meeting another
coming in the opposite direction, and the
two formed a black column of cloud that
looked to lie about a yard in diameter nt
first. It rapidly increased in size, and
soon appeared fifty feet across. When it
reached Bruce's shop, which is a half
mile from my place, it was an ugly look
ing object ; the «hop appeared to go up In
the air in one great cloud of smoke and
for a moment I could see nothing hut a
mass of wood, clouds and pieces of iron. I
was in the direct lino of the monster
at this time and it was coming
up the read, being a mass of shinglea,
rocks, fence rails, trees, branches, etc.
Some of them were 150 feet in the air. I
at once went into the house for ray fam
ily and started with them down the road.
We had gone but a short distance when
the wind became so great that we could
not proceed. We threw ourselvc* on the
hank, and I tell you the experience wo»
terrible. As we lay on the ground a
rumbling roaring sound passed over us.
We clutched the ground, every moment
expecting to be drawn up and swept on
with the same relentless force that
seemed to carry everything before it.
The gale was rapid, but it seemed like an
age to us, for that demon to go by. After
it had swept hy 1 jumped up and made
my way to the house to see what damage
was done. It had cleaned everything
about the station, torn down the signal
jKile, swept some pieces of slate off the
roof and completely demolished the car-.
rlage house, bam and other outbuildings.
Tbe water closet was taken up 50 feet In
tile nir and landed at least 100 feet from
Its location. The buggy in the carriage
house was demolished and alsiut forty
hives of bees are gone. In the house
everything was in confusion. The
carpets were tom from the floors, and
panes of gloss were taken from the
Farnkiurtit Station
bouse.
the almshouse not disturbing a thing I
there. Mr. Carmichael, who is employed I ^
there was sitting at the supper table at j
the time aud saw two immense black I
clouds folding up: "I come out on the
After leaving the station the storm
veered across the field and skipped hy
see w hat was going on, ' lie saitl :
• Tiie tornado at that time was the shape
of a funnel and made a rumbling sound
timt was beautiful to hear. ( called to
Kelly to conic to the front
door mid both looked over toward Her
man's house. It was coming fast at the
t ime, but when it left lîcnn. in s it veered
little towards the south. "The tornado
then started in its work with force, and
from this place the greatest devastation
is noticed. After leaving Hermans, at
no point was ils width less than fi(M) feet,
and ill that space not a thing scarcely
was lei t untouched.
After leaving Herman's the course was
next across the farm occupied by William
Newlove and owned by Henry C. Burgie.
a brother-in-law of K H. F. Miller, aud a
large stove manufacturer of Chicago.
Corn was thrown down, and in the woods
are 150 trees at leant, many of them over
two feet thick, and every one ui these is ,,
snapped off like a stem about ten feet
from the ground. Tho ground is cleaned
,,f brush as if a scavenger had gone
through it. The next point of attack was
,he
Randolph Peter»'» Nursery.
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Thejirst point struck was on orchard of
0 ( m M I pear trees, all ready to bear. The
work of a lifetime almost, together rep
ri ""'" tin e " los8 of the orchard
a PP le tree« came next ; then followed a
^ W of corn - Mug it out af if a roUer
,uwl run over B : next it swept
* win<1 ™ iU awa J a,ld «P°nt H»
fur ^ a S ai " Bt massive bam, 100x32
crushing the great structure to the
ust in( *Jeaae
wall, twenty five feet high, and making
^ llldellC riible mass of hay and farming
impienaetit«, underneath of which was a
poor mule, groaning until death relieved
| his sufferings. The field was crossed and 15(1
' yards distant from the born a tenement
house iLsed for the hired men to sloop in
was taken up like chaff aud swept across
! the field. The men were just about to
enter the house. About 800 yards from
the first house was another tenement.
In it were t aleb Davis, his wife, Mary
and two children, Annie and Emma, aged
j « and 3 years respectively, and Mrs
Davis s sister, Annie Thomas, and her
two children. Clare and Mart. Caleb
I Davis describes his <*xnerience as
follows- "I had lost returned from
town and was going in the house, when
I noticed the clouds. I wc*nt to tho
rar * momeut and noticed that
the storm was upon mo. I ran to the
house, but could not got in in time. The
house crushed us altogether "
noust crusnea us altogether.
Davis crawled out himself and word
, w»*5 ac'Bt to W. F. Peter's hoOM; a force
led by Mr. Peters, hie brother.in law,Mr.
pooljJjlügrtcUA^dMr^^
p<»rch t
Mr.
tendent,
remove the
ue com pH shod and the entire party
taken to the nlmshonse. Dr. W. O. Wir
ver was summoned. The doctor mod*»
his way as rapidly as possible to the alms
house, but stopped on the way at tho
Cetera' house, whore Mrs Randolph
I'eters and Miss Georgia 1'eters had heen
prostrated hy fright. After rendering
needed attention to tho ladies, the
doctor went to tho almshouse
where ho was soon joinod by
Hr. M. .1, Hughes, The two physicians
found that Davis hail three ribs broken
and was badly braised about tho head and
left shoulder. Mrs. Davis was the worst
injured of the party. Her skull is
fractured and a blow across the abdomen
was made the more serious by the fact
that tho woman is about to be confined,
Mrs. Thomas had a slight scar on tho head
and the children all sustained bruises,
none of which were
starte!
debris, which was svion
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a of any consequence.
On the Peters farm the gale took a tree
over 5 feet in diameter and cut it off a fevr
feet above the stump, and threw it over
twenty feet away. After passing over
George White's farm and blowing down a
lot of com, it entered the farm
of the late Colonel John W. Andrews.
Tliis is one of the finest country resi
dences for miles around und was sur
rounded for years by beautiful grove« of
tns's of almost every known variety.
Especial pain, bad been token by the late
owner to improve tho place and the
present occupant, General J. 11. Wilson, a
son-in-law of Colonel Andrews, had
done much to improve tho place. In a
moment nil this beautiful shrubWry was
destroyed, and all that remans is the
bare, yellow mansion, that for years hod
been hidden from the rood hy tho tree«.
The trees surrounding the place have ail
ls*en cut off about ten feet from the
ground.
Fully 800 trees are down hero and there
u not 'within a radius of 100 feet from
the house u single tree standing unin
j im , d . The mansion is stripped
shutters, panes of glass arc blown out,
the steps are broken and u shed on the
side of the house was blown away,
carriage house is as weak us is tho ioe
house and one or two oilier small building«,
The general and all the members of his
family were in the house at the time of
t be blow. Dr. William S, Bullock of
this city was there and lia.} lied his born*
t o a post on the lawn. As soon on thing«
l, ft d settled down he emerged from the
house with the intention of seeing if the
team was all right. He could not see
hut after some search the
carriage was discovcnsl down nn embank■
ui Lte
The
nient alxmt 200 feel from tho house with
no honte attaclied. Tho home was mi bse
fluently found in the bottom of an ice
hotiKC about twenty feet below the »ur
fuee. This morning tiie animal wo« in
the well, gett ing along all right, aud was
eating bay.
Mi
». Theodor« UoRei*»** riiu«.
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' H that remains of tins pretty land
scape. The handsome mansion l* un
touched beyond a few pieces of slate, and
its occupants fuit not a quiver while th«
tornado raged.
Adjoining the mansion m a straight
}««"* w " s a carriage house, ham, cow and
horse stables, and a wagon house, all
built of brick and in the best, of order.
These have all heen demolished and
will have to be rebuilt. Buried under
neath the buildings were two fine Jersey
I cows. Philip Evelen, one of the driver«
I ^ or ^ r *- -Kogcrs, who was in the hors«
j «table when the tornado came, stepped
I outside and was caught ui the felling
building. Dr. 1. B. Bradford was !<u m
■noned and found that he had three ribs
broken and was suffering from a severe
sculp wound.
The place of Mrs, Rogers wi» next
visited, a clean pathway being mode by
the tornado betweua this place and the
Andrew'« estate. Them the actual dam
age was greater than at the Andrews'
place. The building was erected by Theo
dore Roger«, who came from New York
a number of years ago. It I« of granite,
and it is the finest mansion in the coun
try. The grounds alxmt the place have
been kept in the fine«t order. Mrs.
Rogers takes esjiecial pride in her garden«
and her hot house plant«. These latter
were «et out in the yard to add to the
beauty of the groves and lawn«
surrounding the hou«e. Thie morn
ing a few trees in one corner of the yard
Wrecking Three Houses.
The tornado, after cutting a swath
through Rogers's woods, and taking th«
roof off Rogers's bom. kept a straight path
until it struck William H. Turner's house,
Newcastle avenue, about one mils
south of Wilmington. Mr. Turner was
standing near tho southwestern cad of
the house when the gale came, and had
just hitched his horse to a post, when ho
noticed the heavy Mack cloud sweeping
toward him from the south. Ha at
tempted to unhitch the horse, to lead it
to a more sheltered place, but he had not
time. Instead of striking tho hous«
point-blank the gale veered toward
ti„. north slightly
house from the foundations and, moving
p u l„,nt fifteen yards, splintered it into
,, thousand pieces. Turner wa« hurled
into the cellar at the
from where he was standing, aud directly
above him on the foundation wall his
horse was left. Both had heen thrown
about forty feet. Turner s injurie« were
numerous. He had a long gash in hi«
faeereaehing from the forehead toth»
mouth u severe splmtcr tn the right leg
and a bad bruise ou the buck. Ataud
night he was not exjiected to
live through the nighL Among
the other persons 111 the houao
at the time were Thomas H. Turner'«
wife, Lucy, who was slightly scratched;
Willie Presi-ott. aged 11 years, a grand
«on. seriously injured about the
head and hack; Mrs. Lilly A.,
Turner, a non of \V lUiam, and child
Lucy, not hurt ; Grace Fisher, «daughter
of Robert Fisher, slightly braised. AU
these persons were found in the corner of
thccellar. Drs. Fruntx and Burr attended
to the injured who had boon taken to
Hugh'« house near by. This house was
built by Harlau & Hollin^worth Com*
pauy. a'ld whs very compact aud strong,
It was three stories high.
David Lentz's Hönze.
Thu Iiropertv adjoins Fishers audit
wa« the next to receive the storm. Th«
h situated between tw« rows of
the frentfatfing riic Zt From.
,■ direetion in which the house was
Vha, th. tmT htew
»Jlowii, it »eemea mat tne e
from the we*t. Fhe Kwru and.
of flvlmr timber His wife was bruised
hl , r \ e rèl pince»; altho'ogh not scnoualy .
u. r ,k a „...1 i Lvons Unix', Um
i ^Lteiv hurt ^ Mre Me
daughtem, both slightly hurt. Mrs Me
Neai, Mrs. Lentz 8 sister, wae not injured ;
Howard Zimmerman fain t*"? wssB
aianiiimy i n the harn Mrk tKf* -
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lifted iha
opposite corner