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Wilmington Visited by a Cyclone
" of Wind and Rain.
uciiræi; most tkrrific
And Thunder In Continuous
Appalling Peals.
THE ENTIRE CITY FLOODED
Great Damage to Property In
All Directions.
The Rainfall Jtctwcci
p. in., Wan P
ml lO nVionk,
tliinl Inches,
-half
of Wille
Three
«en »
U Property
Ton IU«: ht«
Fell He
1 J o'clock
ruck by Ugh
it Ing—The
II«
a Kn»
Mondays storm was tho most violent
that has visite«! this city for
The d:
try great. Vliis of
course was mostly con lined to the low*
lying portions of the city in its south and
south-western regions. At the moment of
writing only
go do
ligure on the
d this will probably
*' 20,000 to * 30.00t).
i of the loss will he
manufacturers,
, . . . stored with hales «.f skins,
) quickly tilled waist deep with \\
During one hour and ten minutes of tho
violent rainfall Monday afternoon
in gauge at the city engineering de
partment registered a precipitati»».. "
«1 66-100 inches, by fur the heuviest
lord. What incidentally aided in e
Ing tho great damage in tlio lo
tho city w
HP 1
be made
total anywhere fron
The main proportio
bjy the mo
win
the
««f :
the fart that 2.42 o'clock was
the hour of high tide. Tho fl«>«»«l fr«
Christiana bu«:knd up ami allowed m
port unity for the
./off the
other main outlets
time a s»
thi
P
<1 inlets
to c
. Shipley Run
ore, therefore, tor a
. -'0 of danger rather than of
relief. Hundreds of cellars
The furnaces of many of the maim
ing establishments along tho rive
and Front and to Second and Third streets
were put out by the influx of wnte
Street and Hewer Commissioners Carp
d Gawthrop wenMnvestigatlng mat
ters during the evening along the lower
course of Shipley Hun sewer. Although its
capacity has only recently been i
it was deflnitc'ly shown by Monday's
that the main is insufllcient for stich
a sudden und excessive incursion of flootl.
The comment of course is that the sewer
constructed for such extraordinary
«1 unusual oecu
Although the lightning played vividly
und around the city for
continuously, no fatal occurrences
reported.
At the Postal Union oflicc Manager
George H. Brow
"The storm didn't disturb us
Of C(
of «
were flooded.
i factur
er fro
ter
■
lu
local damage,
ïh," lie
added. "It
. No
ire Bonding all the time. Lightning
came in very sharp about 2.30 ami I
us out live or six times. We are all right
this morning aud every wire is working."
WESTERN UN
had, like any big
■ ires wero down.
A
At the Western Union otllce Assistant
Manager isauu W. llallam tells
spiring story.
horo between
ho said, ''It
3 and 4 o'clock,
brilliantly lit up iiretty nigh all the after
noon. Didn't need any arc lights. Electric
explosions were going on all the time ull
llice. It cut oll ab«
100 'spiders.' The 'spider' is a small spiral
conducting wire.
•'It wus about the grandest nnd most,
iestructive clectorial exhibition I'
•luring my 30 years of telegraph office ser
' e. Nearly every flash came i
s hurt. Our insulating
tystein thoroughly protects us. Everything
.s intact this morning."
At this mo
s «iiiite lively
Wo w
-
lui
Manager John L, Hull
joined in the conv
"Wo we
little previous in our Fourth
of July celebration yesterday afterno
lie remarked, smiling, "I think if
brae of it for next M
lo our record he
Wil
jould have sav
•lay wo would huve
for the finest fireworks display i
luington. But J. r the 'spiders' all our
inst
cuts w
burnt out
as a perfect blaze of lightning
ic burnt out at my shoulder
of a rifle."
exchange the
«ported Monday's electrical
_ -tl record. None of
schient.
never work through u thunder
the explanation. "One flash
of lightning sends all the indicators down.
That prevents us getting
stepped from after 1 p. m. to about 3.46
o'clock and then again about « p. in. Wo
worked hurdly any in the evening."
"A groat
parts of the city. They \
until this evening. Wo
'down State points. Woui
dolphin a little this morning."
"There was quite 11 little fireworks
otllce," one of the young ladies
remarked. "1 wish it couid h«: i
she added, "that we cun
an electric storm, no
All the indicators im
ull t he time. (
with the rnpoi
At the central tclcnho
officials
s the severest o
the operators
ol
P«
We
down in all
be fixed up
cun no
e getting Phila
-I
p™
till*
not work during
mutter how light,
mediately drop. The
' operators' head, and then, of course, she
dcctric shock at
1UO
i,.
»«thing. A
the operator's eur is 60
you would get
your phonu during
■storm.
Mauager Muhaffy, who was met on the
'struct, says the damage i:
tus thought to be Me
ires were in order by T
certainly," lie
stunning electric sto
J lind that there w
(below Middletown. It
from the eust. I
day night.*' The city
ue»»lay night,
added, "the most
1 in my experie
»electric disturb«!
st huve come
st talking to
Chester. They simply hud it terrible there."
At the Wuter Department Chief Bond
■huereceived no reports of damage to the
works. The Brundy wine is not very high.
It is pretty muiMy and the city mill is shut
off. The reservoirs aru reported i
Tho total rainfall from 1.3U
»bout 10 p. m., inclusive of
« »ion when little
"It
it.
!'
mtermis
> ruin fell from ubout
inches. This is c
t phenomenal for this locu
•30 to 7.35 w
, en ted up
F
tho
rithin n yeur
lieoplo living along the line of tho Shipley
Jtun sewer were visited bv a tremendous
flood Monduy, and for the second time
many of them forced to leuve their
account of tlio bursting
diicli inundated their
from their
dwellings
of the sewer,
pertics and drove the
. On July 29th last the bursting of
sower rendered u score of ho
«1 entailed
this
uninhabitable for a long ti
individual losses aggregating $1U,000. The
Storni of yesterday was e
than thut of u year ago
property
The most dumage to tlie sewer, which
had but a short time ago been practically
reconstructed by the Board of 8 tre
Bower Directors, was niidwuy between
Madison and Monroe streets on Fifth.
Here a great gaping hole, large enough to
bury several wagons in, was made in the
right beneath buildings Nos. 720and
722 West Fifth street, which threat«'
topple into the excavutiou i
It» fuct, nearly all tho houses along the
south side of Fifth street between Mauison
dated by tlio flood
ui Rome of them undermined. The fur
niture in most of them w
A small 1 ruine house in the rear of No.
614 West Fifth street Is occupied by Mrs,
Kalo Murphy, an aged widow. As soon
tne sewer collapsed the flood swept into
Mrs. Murphy's house, tilling the first story
and covering the floor with several inches
of mud and filth fn
stove was also overturned and everything
turned to|»ey-turvey. Tho agod occupant
of the house was standing in the centre of
the floor when n reporter approached the
. way. The storm seemed all u
blank to the good woman and seemed to
_ have taken away hor power of speech com
«1 tiie damage to
gre
■
!■'
t bu sewe
id Monroe
ilicd.
the sewer. The
<!• •
nletoly. Hho lost almost everything
hu<hn f ho world by tho terrible flood.
1 In: sewer was unable to carry away the
Hurfnt'R water which, after the breaking of
. . J ' vcr . seemed t.» resolve itself info a
miniature river, Scoi
Shipley ltuu fro
sho
the
"KSf
fit elea.
o Fro
aud Monroe,
d the cellars submerged.
Ht Second street be
I on
were immnaled
The houses
twe
We:
Madison
»I M
Second, w
badly flooded as they were a y
while the cellars of houses not fit
were full lo overflowing
largo stone
.Street
built along tho lino of tliosowe
M.»
I not
r ago,
iistunt
h wutcr. A
'hich the Board of
ed to ho
ali, w
d Sower Directors c
tho
M<
street, outlet, |....
tlioSorandstroel lifmxra from boiliKlItmled.
i he yards in (lie re
set betweei
were submerged. The fences divi.ling tho
properties w
water closet*
î smashed i
r of
of the houses«
.Second
Mo
i.l Third
:ept
■J outhouses. Tho latter
fere the
ay as
o kindling wood.
Tho w
■ : • i !
di force
end of tho brick wall
of Dillon's carpenter shop, a portion of
winch threatened for u time to tumble
into the sewer.
At HI
to halier dow
mtlml «t Conif«
the furnaces w
ater, which flooded the
iverul feet deep in the
s morocco
factory the
put
out by tho
tory und lay
building.
Along West bee«
suffered most
I street those who
- John J. White, No.
I street, Georgo W. Fierce,
('hurles H. Corbus, Henry Marks. Henry
McOtiiley and T. F. Anderson. The loss
stained bv these tenunts
^59 each. I'ho house of John T. Sprague
■as flooded almost as had
729 West Hoes
as fr«
*25 1«
a year
The saloon of Job
Laimaster av
flooded, su
cellar. Di
about the cellar.
Folun and John J. Ityan were flooded
the place of Owen J. Ilessi»
Lancaster av
siderable extent,
be ab»
hot wee
J. lfanley ut
d Monroe sire
irai ft:
lying in the
ils «if liquor w
•s of Peter
i 1 1
. No. K17
damaged to a c
Mr. Hessi
's loss will
* 200 . 11 »
?s along Adams street
1 Hucomi were damaged
wuter Ailing the cellars
Front
or less bv
level with tlio street.
When the water began pouring
cellar of Blumenthul A ( «minai
rocco factory, soutb
caster
the
•r of Ism
streets, #169,000
enuc and Mon
•orth of ski
e stoml there. The
pud out bv the Wecciitx
engine. Many of the damaged good
en out of tho cellar and placed o
the sidewalk for a
of the houses on ;
, including th
Nogofski, Joli _
James Row. James Kelly, Fn
and Louis Hohe, were «lainage»
tent of #10 or #16 each.
The stable of Patrick it
the rear of No. 726 Wes
The water rushed i
tilled the stable pi
»•
bel
Fro
of Job
Crine, Jol
McGoVw...,
k .Sli ultz
i stands iu
urtli street.
in through (he y
roperty with four
standing iu i '
d
feet of
. A warn
submerged i
A number of
chickens were drowned in the yard. Mr.
Reugan said be would not have had tlio
damage done his property for #6oo.
When the
a young girl leading by the hand
attempted to cross at Fourth and M
of Bratton's grocery store.
1 ho current was too strong, however,
»he was being rapidly carried down to»
the sower when a colored
o her assistance, lie rescue .
the girl aud child almost exhausted and
»ed them back to tho sto
d Mo
Workmen hud been making excavations
Fourth and Franklin streets when the
ruin came on. The wuter soon poured
the openings und tilled them up, the
surplus water pouring into houses nearby.
1 lie water poured into the ««liars of the
morocco factories of William J. McClurv
«I 1. T. (Quigley and remained several
feet deep in the basement. It did not reach
the lires und no damage was done these
establishments.
The 1«
Blumenthul «V: Company will
of #6, ÜUU it is thought.
. 1(11 IT.N i
:<1 (low
in torrents
ciiilil
I"
eels in fr«
d
I
ut Fourth
: streets.
at the morocco fucti
of F.
short
Oeorgo ]«Bwis, baggagemaster on the I'.,
»V . *v B. ruilroad, was severely injured by
a lightning stroke «luring tho worst of the
storm, lie wus on train No. 81, fro
Philadelphia, due in this city at 4.34 p. n...
sed Eddystone station
blinding flush struck so cbjse to tho
that the baggage ear wua completely lilled
by the electric fluid. Lewis, who was
the door, wus knock««! pros
unscless by tho blinding
severed aud for
his rough
with his work until
the
.11
K "cur 1
hiii
mud. He
little effect fr«
ence that ho kept «
sached Wilmington. Then lie
'ouaiy ill ami was hurriedly
okin. His low«>r
boo
sent to his ho
limbs were affected as though by p
sis, and his condition is regarde«
L
>>:
Albert Denney, employed
Fourtli street
Ainscow's
King.
enng a telephone call during
u, received a shock that rendered
useless for awhile.
Mrs. Joseph E. Martin of No. 701 V
Buren street, while stunding in the hall
way of her home, was severely stunned by
electric shock and rendcro
for several minutes. Dr. L. A. Kittingcr
«1 rendered assistance,
is greatly prostrated by tho
ver. A number of
of the city received
white" 1
the sto
his ar
•io
u
Mrs. Mi
shock, but
[•copie in various pj
shocks in«
The chimney
Vandevcr, No. 109 E
struck b
plotelv
tore oig holes i
Fulton's store, adjoining.
A telegraph polo
lightning s
The
trio ruilway lines w
the holt*
of Alfred D.
Fourth ...._, ,
>y a holt of lightning und corn
qe mol ished. The falling bricks
jning of Henry
the
Sixth
tup to bottom by u
•1 Mad is.
«ke.
cars on tho dec
burned out. One
'as detained at the P.. W. «t B. R. R.
station a half hour l«y this mishap. At
il way company's electric station,
I du Pc
of
he
Delaw
, the
'ly
had to be stopped during .....
heaviest part t«f the storm. The lightning
bolts played in und unmml tho building
so continuously that it seemed to be
tire the greutcr [«ortion of thu time.
ho
AROUND T
The sc
at the l\, W. it 11. railroad
til 8 o'clock
tremely novel. The
sidos of (heproperty. On F
und Puplar streets ihe wuter
curb to curb and
tracks we
foot deep. Passing locomotives had t«»
plow through the water and
streams a distance of several feet. James
been with the railroad
.
:h, Fr«
jhed fn
Water street tho
least half a
up
id ho never befo
I »any 25 ye
such u sight at the station
ho has bee
Old him that he
Robert T. Cottingham, who has
been a 'Wilmingtonian for 35 years, re
marked that it beat everything ho hud
1 stated
140
the like
tho
before.
On the railroad the water extended from
French to Poplar streets, mid reached fn
the station to the buildings on the opposite
side of tho tracks. When a switch hud to
ho thrown the individual performing tb
work had to stoop and sc
before be could locate it.
»in throwing the
Such also w
il way switch
it and French streets.
•face of
,'us u difficult
th
F
the co
The switches wero fur below the
find then
the W«
tusk.
In uddition to the road bed boiug sub
she»},
merged tlio tracks under tho c
liicli C
: held i
those up
ness for use, wero covered with water,
caused by the hacking up of tho overflow
from Poplar street.
At Front and French streets tho water
rushed with terrific force, und, striking
the gutter plates, formed cascades, in the
hollow on Front street, between Wall
1 Poplar, the water wus very deep,
reaching to the breasts of tlio horses which
driven through it, and nearly to the
e Italians who waded along
ol'
the sidewalk.
Then:
incident which created
siderable amusement among the people
assembled at tbc railroad station. A
youngster, who cared nothing for modesty,
appnared in a nude condition at the parlor
window of one of the houses ou the north
side of Front street east of Waitiut, and.
jumping upon the window sill, hesitated
instant and then dived into the torrent.
For almost half
, hour ho
self diving and swimming.
I joyed hira
. SHOPS.
the P., W. it 1». railroad mncliine
shop, opposite the stali
six inches dee)
the boiler lire. One engine wus
A man who w
mgh _ t«
:
I within
•pped.
oj.|.cd
O
VO hi
shoes .
d roll up tho bottom of bis
which ho resumed
shops at the foot
h streets, the
* eight inches deep
, , inuu work the
builders hud to hastily erect trestles i:
which to siaiul. The painters had to stop
work at 4 o'clock. By that time tho roofs
of the shops were leaking badly und there
considerable moisture and had tho
planters nor cuused work their painting
would have been spoiled. In the storeroo
■n hud to wade through water leaching
above the tops of their shoes. No serious
damage was sustained.
Shipyards and wharves along tho Chris
tiana were submerged, but i
age resulted. Tho sewer b
foot of King street, was
--<1 this '
ki
pantaloons, after
work. At the eur
of Third and I»
from six
>rder to cunt
V.,l
d i
P
reut dii'Ji
.«mg,
tilled with water,
»ngugod in
. Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr., a
of the Board of Direct»
Department, stated that
is not damaged. At the shipyard of
the Puaey «t Joues Company the otHce
rounded by water und wuter ex
tended half way up the inuehine shop.
Thu blacksmith shop was flooded
rk had to stop. At the company's lum
• yard, east of l.omburd at reel
the immediate vicinity
•as a foot deep und tl
I liad to be closed to pre
ing out. The sewer building at
the loot ot Lombard street wus inunduted
hyt not dumugud. Along Church street!
... rth ami on Third
streets from the railroad to the Christiana
vast sheet of water almost a
'lie works of the Diamond
puny had to shut down
about half an hour on ucco
getting in some machinery,
urty of W il mingle
puny, at Fourth
undated but not
McCullough lr«»
uri'llig
of I he
I Tm'U
Fr
■ :
:
the w;
tlio v
her m
«1 Fourth
tl
Iro
( »
i i
Prop
.Steamboat (Jo
barf,
damaged. Tho
did not sulfur
Company
put to any inconvenience
The shipyard ol the Jackson & Shurp
Com puny was partially under water, b
lio «lamage resulted. Thu Christiana w
ut high tale aud in consequence the wute
drained off tho laud slowly.
In the cellars of the morocco factory of
the John t i. Baker Company tho wuter,
which Inicked up fro
the waists of tiie e
!..
rU d ex
Wheu
uh
ended ncurlv to the boiler
beg;
the
clinihcd
dry pi
when the water continued
they hud to get
float to the stairway. The vats
and will huvo to h
to he suspoqdcd al
able material was damaged but, it is
was dumugetl.
aterinl which lU»atcd around
«1. An estimate
tub
I
«• flooded
Work had
■•I.
thought, none of the stock
A barrel of
a cellar ct
of the loss cannot be given ut preau
in the Ninth ward was
have been. The
»•ere badly wus bed aud branches of
sea blown oil', but no serious damage is
reported. The intercepting sewe
little harm.
The
Valid«:ver avenitu below Market street
shut down by the
wheel. The worl
go ho
The st.
ot so
•hinery in thu Arlington mills
entering tho fly
rere permitted to
The earth
mth
Market
Sixteenth was cleared
fr«
«1 tho st
St reet C
reported matters on Tuesday
had as was expected. The w»
washing away of the sower al Filth street,
between Madison ami Monroe. One ««f tho
inlets at Oak street and Maryland avenue,
just finished, is leveled tii the bottom,
»«den bridge on Beach, between
Huron und Harrison streets, is washed
away. The other damage is mostly along
Lancaster avenue and Pleasant street, bo
il Monroe, where the col
lars were flooded and tho water flowing in
last night. The wind from tho
south-east aided tho high tide, which, at
flowing
«nsideratn
:ets made hare.
•is MrUloskc
is the
I hi
V
eon Adams
the time,
the docks,
all these points,
1 that the city
ho expressed tho opinio
sewerage system stood the tc
could he expected.
■«•U
!R HATTON'
(;hiof Engineer of bowers T. Chalkloy
Hatton was seen on Tuesday. Ho reported
"1 have been all
•ound this
ting
an«l see, relatively Hpeakiilg, verv little
«huuugo to city property. That at Shipley
the largest. Repairs
expenditure of ubout
Run comp
can bo mudu ut
••Elsewhere public work is not damaged
to any extent. The manhole ut Oak street
1 Maryland avenue,just built, is wushed
thu contractors,
quite
exceed
fortunate in
trenches open und
will fall
Acock «t 8iddall, who hud
finished their work. It will
800. The department w
huving all the sewer ;
well protected by sheiitlring.
''Brandywine interceptor is intact
also the other mains ;
idcrablo expenditure will have
muile by the department in clcuning away
street silt from tho apertures and within
old sewers. That is our biggest loss, out
side of the Shipley run incident, and $600
"Shipley run sewer broke at a point just
' Fifth between Madison and Monroe
streets. It was caused by an abrupt change
in the direction of the sewer at tfial point,
the larger sewer emptying into tho smaller
«»ut. The
far us known.
< '
be
"Apparently,"
"that would indie
mented the reporter,
do you explain it?"
uplied, "this sewer was
ently constructed bv pit
-erent years, promiscuous!.,
operty.owners and iu each
11 individual interests and under 110
it 11 « ir supervision by city authority
y kind. This is the definite cause
with results following which could not but
be expected.
"The sewer immediately above this
lion, which has recently been improved
by the department, was found to be
intact, perfectly clear, and showed
signs that it had beon full of water."
H "Well," he
. II
2K
y. by
I"'
Of
"Are there any other old sewer
structions," the reporter continued,
"existing which muy be tho cause of
disaster to city property under
cumslanccs us those of hist evening?"
"Yes—tho old Grunge street, sewer and
the Stalciq
h
ewer muy cause damage
ornent. But tlie dep
1er contract new se
will be constructed this year und by whicli
the old sewers muy be abandoned. '
ha.«
hich
aire
At Charles Baird «fc Co.'s in
. ... .ho basement und .
llooilcd. Gu Tucf-duy the
cco fnc
re rooms
the bales of ski its. Mr. Baird could
make no estimate of loss as everything de
pends upon the celerity with which the
get the bkins out. which work
(. if this cun be uccom
et tho loss will bo
i then $290.
12 inches above the
ull the lire.«.
h waists in the buse
they
plishcd while they
trilling, probably
The
boiler, of course, putting o
It was up to tho men's wain
went.
Winfield Scott, at the Americ
Company's factory No. 2, No. 208 West
Fourth street, reports no damage. Work
is going
At Ciiurles Fritz & Co, 's tho ilood iu the
m's waists aud
ubs —#200 will probably
utur came
Leather
al.
house w
the
cover ull the loss.
The Ford Morocco Company reports a
short delay of 15 minutes
the water. No damage wus done and tho
works are going
At J. E. Rhoads «t Company. Third nnd
Orange streets all tiie damage »I«
a small quantity of sole leather stored in
the basement. At the commencement of
the storin
tlie gre
There
wine south
Tho river bank at tho junctiou of
Brundywine and Christiana is nut dam
aged. Tho break ut the Cherry Jslund
Marsh Company's property, which Is now
being repaired, was caused before yester
day's storm.
Beyond tho Hooding of cellars no dam
ago la mnu-tod In Mouth Wilmington and
iÄ tho district over Bloirenth street bridgo.
'Ihe kitchens, busementa aud ceiiurs ot*
of
•rul of tho huuds removed
of the goods.
breaks along the Brandy
er pa
t hr ! M 111 Si ,
both sides of Poplar street
the railroad w
fr<
Fourth streut
Hooded. Owing to theoverfl«
P.K
Htul
jwer many of them were Idled
dih filth. At the bakery of Frank Wilser,
of Fourth and Poplar
contained about
!
ro feet of
aud <15 barrels of flour stored therein
partially uamuged. The exact loss of Mr.
Wilser and his neighbors cannot be stated.
Lightning ktioc
25 Washington :
A cow
standing
tlon of Pennsvlvanii
street. Thu
animal hi
*d u chimney off No.
street.
»» killed by lightning while
dor a tree in a field
13
•r went out to drive the
j. Ho thought it wus lying
for rest, but
dow
he
coming
found hi
The
ewly-gradod approaches to Dela
ware Hospital were completely washed
uway by tho violoucu of the st<
Th
stuhlo of Alfred I. du Pont at
' Banks was struck by lightning
ion «»f tho roof shattered. Tho
uninjured.
du Po
"
stork W
Tim ll. ills
>f Mrs. Tb.
s Peril at
s' Banks was ulsn struck by light
so one wus inj
On the Sharp farm, tenuntcil by Jesse
Jones, below blauton, a cow was lulled
the lield.
du r
id.
JAMES
Democratic nominee for coroner, was
driving near Murshalton when lightning
soured his horse ami the iinimul began
kicking. The horse kicked Mr. Kirk upon
his lame leg inflicting painful injuries. 11 «*
was taken to his honte neur the toll gate
...nl a physician summoned to attend him.
llis injl'»-'«"» Oft» lint ««rl„.iu
As far
i..
«certaine»!
r the
lamage
y lightning
d vicinity __
!is very heavy at both the.
whan
at
Nowpo
The
plucex,
tabled seem:
ing crops in the fluids. The roads in the
upper end of the county were badly
washed and bridges oscaped being washed
ay.
».
huve bee
done the grow
Additional iuformutioi
Stanton concerning the i
property of Heubeii Sattertlnvuite, where
ik by lightning and killed,
William Smith, who wus
The informant
shuttered by tho
:atch tire. Smith
ilkingin the stable when tho ba
s killed outnglit.
He fell
able. Tho
to the
ck the
milling
comes fro
iide
the
s!
1 tho life of
niiking the ct
the 1
lightning b
diil m
The cow
The funner was only s
the side of the
Mr. Batterthwaite
stable after the lightning had
d tho «luirv
i.
. lief,
it li Ids bauds above his hea«i. Tl
lay dc.ul
1«:.'S. Hew
dazed condition
oiled to utteiul hi
his feet. 8nntl
ch
:«1 to tlio house i
and Dr. bpringer
Mm. lie remuined in
«ruing, when
mpr«»venient was noted. It is thought
hut condition until thi
he
The fo
the breaking of Shipley
condemned by Building Inspector Dohl
on Tuesday. They arc all frame Imild
, Nos. 718, 720, 722 and 724 West Fifth
the property of Frank
houses «lu
ged on Monday by
Miller.
''Two of the houses," Mr. Dohl says
in a fearful condition and the others too
dangerous to be ullowed to stand. 1 gave
five days' notice according
luw. If not pulled down then the city will
do it."
Attho shipv
linasworth Coi
the ow
1 of the Harlan <fe Hol
«mpaiiy and other places
to quit work be
ns»: of the heavy rainfall.
Register iu Chancery ( 'olen Ferguson re
storm of any kind
1 Townsend. Tho
employed «
doors hud
»iiiul Black
fird
dry as dust ut O'o'clock Monday evening.
ails were all
Special Corrospcndonc«
.etown, June 23.—A heavy thunder
storm puMsod through this soctiou this
orning. Rain fell iu torrents, flixxllng
cellars, while tho roads and ditches w
fllle»i with water. The sto
panied by a terrific wind, which blew
down fences, tretw and out buildings and
had the appearance of being a veritable
tornado. The high board fence ud joining
the Citizens National Bunk was blown
over, us was a large tree iu front of the
residence of Dr. John Dickinson on Lake
Tho electric light wires
tangled, and one of the poles
circuit fell, thus depriving tho town of
light.
Wheat shocks
blown
badly
tiie
the farms adjoining
, and the crops which
:re damaged to
atlly
have not b
a great extent, while tho co
beaten down. The storm did not co
-•a of
barvoatet I
ive miles and traveled iu a
«•rtli by north-east direction, while a lew
dies south of town there was not asulfi
iont quantity of ruin to lay tho «lust.
special C
T d J
00 of Gazutto and .Journal
Nk
28.—Thu electrical
storin here yesterday was unusually seve.^,
although «ontparut ively little rain fell.
hour there were deafening peals of
thunder mid vivid flushes of lightning.
John Green, a section hand on the 1\, W.
«t B. railroad, wus
ck by the lightning
ionseious while at work,
e aud attended by
lair w
rl
dered
Hu was tuke
Dr. R. R. Tybout, and i
to
:ovcry.
Spéciale«»
Journal
27.—There was*nn
r kind ut Newark,
ly
brietshower.
There wu
«me lightning late in the c
ing. No daiuugo w
dune,
the crops.
A cow at Stanton \v
nine on tlie farm of Reuben Satterthwai
while being milked by a boy. The lad
stunned, but it is understood
injured.
as kilted by light
seriously
Tho cellar of the Wes
»I Orange streets, 1
stable, w
ubout $ 100 .
The cellar and bar room floor of William
( 1 . Cole's saloon, Maryland
Chestnut street, w
Hotel. Fourth
id the adjoining
a loss of
Hooded, entailing
Hooded. The loss
will rcuch #2uu or $3uu.
l'he wuter in the B. & O. railroad deep
out, near Silver Brook, wus 18 to 20 inches
deep.
I
at Maryland uvenue un»,
considerably damaged
out by the great liow of surface
.
Cedur streets
water.
The house of Mrs. Mason, north-west
corner of Fifth and Grange streets, wus
Hooded iu the basement and damage to the
en t of about $26 inflicted. The blame
is luid upon a defective drain, to which tlie
alleges that the attention
«1 of Health was several time«
called, but without avail.
A large quantity of water which col
lected «»tl the [»ortie«» of the third story of
Eden Ilall, penetrated the muling rc
and damaged the carpet,
through the floor and destroyed about 10
feet or plastering on the walls aud ceiling
of the smoking room udjaceut to Web
s dancing academy. Considerable»
ater also flowed down the stai
property «
of the Bui
Wutcr soaked
Although their trucks w
in many places
dumuged. The telegraph wires, hi
were slightly cripple» 1. On the Dclawu
rua» I the storm extended to Middletown,
»I <»n the I'., W. »t B. und B. «t O. roads
reached to Newark. Down the State tlie*
ruht was comparatively light.
street, above Taylor, w
damaged.
A large portion of the sidewalk in front
of the dwelling on the south-cust corner »»f
Eleventh and Church streets, occupied by
the tender of Eleventh street bridge, caved
srgod
of the railroads were
claims
breaking of Nhiptey
afternoon. A
Tho Brillait bark Ownond O'Brien to at
Pigeon Point wharf with a cargo of nitrate.
\>f soda from TaltuL. Chili. b
or building «
Buttonwood
Hooded, but not
A section of fencing on the
of Eleventh street ut tho corner of Church
knocked ciookcd.
Mrs. Hogan of No. 714 West. Fifth street
have lost forty chickens by the
»vor Monduy
•ighbor was washing in a
rear yard when the storm came on. Her
Llotlies were swopt away and lodged iu the
sewer.
orth side
NO PEACHES THIS YEAR.
The Peninsula Crop Will Be Almost
a Complete Failure.
The Railroad Company's KatimntcM Sh
a Total oT Lens Thau 400,
ilpm
llasketx
I They uro
for Kalin.ml
Droppln
Clayton Call, Ji
Below will be found reports from I. N.
Mills, special agent of t no 1*., W. <fc 11.
railroad ; E. P. 8 tacey, superinteude
the Bnilimore & Delaware Bay
and also fro
Shore ruilroad.
will be utmost
will hurdly bo enough peaches for c
I r<
il road.
the Baltimore & Kaste
All agree that the
u total failure
1 there
ing
purposes.
I lie estimates givo about 400,000 baskets
the crop of the Peninsula, but the
peaches are still dropping from the trees,
d it may be that by the time the fruit
generally ripens there will be
There is plan a scarcity of i
gooseberries, blackberries,
and whortleberries, and the upplu
crop will he extremely short.
ue l«*ft.
Il fruits,
such
ber ri
P
.'•■iiW Clayton Call:
answer to
«mim
« the
i of
« pouch
rop this
this is tho «
i:«
llroad
-.1
iil ht liions.
Th
S v«*ry
I
uiy
still dropping, I:
lmther they will h.
md
JVOIl tlu
hip
urn in
r fruit
i.ddlo
u bulk
fruit
K»
iriy ami I«
ties, such r»i generally constitute
» shipped, being almost
■ b
till*
. 180,770
fr }'o
T)!, M. _ _
('. A S. i-mirixn
N. J., 1*. & N. i
; K. rat rc
railroad.
id.
>u«i.
4.2110
:
h truly, I. N. Mli.i..'.
ley of the
o A Delaware Bay railroad citi
es the crop at JO,Out) baskets. The
•o still dropping from the trees,
is very little fruit left, hardly
lougn u»r nomc consumption.
The Baltimore & Eastern Shore railroad
500 baskets.
Y
Superintendent K. P. f
Haiti
peaches
and there
ugh lor ho
estimates tliei
;rop at lix)
CITY AXJl CtWXTY TAX ICS.
The City Collect
Morning Hut tho
Not Completed.
Will Ini Koatly Friday
Arc
loiinty lioo
«Hectors
of tho
That
all ready for
Dipt of taxes
orning
the co
for 1892 to
o'clock the otllce doors will be throw
open und city property
•I get their bills.
The outlook f«»r the county
lection is fur different.
Minty Treasurer and Receiver of Taxes
John T. Dickoy stilted yesterday in
reply to questions upon that point that he
A yet received tho duplicate books
from the Levy C<
This will allow no time to make out tho
bill' for
ably the s:
last yc:;
Tue collection should commence accord
ing to law to-morrow, July 1st, 1 the
opening of the lirst day of tho fiscal term.
Without the books, Mr. Dickey and his
clerks cannot mnko a stroke of tlio pe
ards having the work prepured.
Last year the duplicate hooks were not
cuived from the Levy Court before July
remembers what disorder,
disarrangement and continuous complaint
from tax-payers followed. The citizens of
Wilmington,through this mismanagement
of the Levy Court, got only three nays in
August instead of the full month in which
avail themselves of the 5 per cent rebate
that is. of course, with the
the »lays when Mr. Dickoy happ
be collecting in the hundreds, i
of the disorder, which
s indiscriminately heaped upon hi9 head
by i he Republican purty und also by the
tux-payers too, who did not understand
the cause of the trouble which w
could have uny
t!
id pc
col
<-■
has
»1 will cause prob
j dissatisfaction and complaint
;ption of
le
the whole
over which he had
control.
The law says tho duplicate books shall
be Iu the receiver's hands on July 1st. But
every collector has ulwuys calculated
getting them in time to make out the tax
bills. This is an arduous job and under
any circumstances would take several days
to accomplish.
Mr. Dickoy has not got the receipts yet.
lie hopes to have them by to-day at the
lutest.
Tho great point at tho opening of the tax
collection is to have the tax bills ready for
ch tax-payer when ho calls. The
vurious items aguinst each tux-payer have
to be picked out und detailed with «»
total, t
that the property owner muy
know at sight tho total of his property-lux
dues. As it stands the outlook is of an
noying delay, if possible more aggravating
to the clerks than to tho tux-puvers, who
will have to stand waiting untii'the bills
euch applicant's
sein
turn.
The county taxes to be paid in the city
will be received ut No. 8104 Market. It
will probably be Tuesduy before the col
lection c
commence.
.4 FOISON MYSTERY.
Au- Ico Cream IJeco
Violently 111.
The Rev. E. L. Hubbard, pastor of
Union Church,aud nineof his parishioners,
went to Millington, Md., on Monday to at
tend the funerul of Misa Annie Lee, who
u member of Union Church, this eity,
FI
I*«
«1 a pupil of W. 8 .
school class. After interment the people
took dinner ut Millington aud there still
remained several hours heforo train time.
Five of the party accordingly went t«
saloon near the station and
heurt ily of tho summer delicacy. The
flavor partaken of was vanilla. The party
included Mr. und Mrs. Warner 8 . G.i«Jwitf,
No. 7U2 West Fifth street; William H.
Pardee, No. 829 West Fourth
Annie Hanna, No. 1U2I West Fifth street,
and Charles W. Parvis, No. 603 West Fifth
street. David Johnson of No. 316 South
Buren street, and the Rev. Mr. Hub
bard, did not touch tlio ice cream. The
persons who ute it s
The party of ten
ico ere;
Vi
ay it tasted »{uitesweet.
left Millington at 8.49
city at 6.12
ed New
rlio hud eaten
when
the train iu this city.
» be assisted from the
i arrived in this
«»'clock. When the trail
the five persons '
icecream became ill and
they alighted fro
Mrs. Godwin had
train. Subsu«)uently the entire live per
sons became sick at the stomach. Tliev
proceeded out F
up Madisc
Griffin's <1
Griffin did
gested th
party all
Mr. Paradoc, luter in the evening, was
attended by Dr. J. T. V. Blocksom; Mr.
and Mrs. Godwin by Dr. I). W. Muull;
lirs. Hanna by Dr. Millard F. Corkran;
and Mr. Parvis by Dr. .Smith Cooper. The
. ' * those of
choleru morbus. All attribute their illness
they ato. Tyrotoxicon is
element of
P;
Cas
eel
Madison :
.
o Fourth. Here they entered
store to obtain relief. Mr.
be could for them and sug
physiciau.s be culled in. Thu
o their homes.
the ice c
which bus been known to poisu
people recently, and it is believed thut tbfs
exception. Fully llu people
similarly poisoned at Asbury Park,
Monday, by eating ice creuiu
believed came from the
ilk and ere
is
N. J., on
which it
cleanly condition of the cream cans.
Dr. Blocksom ascribed the illness to the
condition of the créant, which might have
been stale. Dr. Corkrun agreed with Dr.
Blocksom as to the poison» > 11 «
milk, and said that the ice cream hud
probably füllen aud then been refrozen,
lie also said it was probably stule.
Dr. Muull did not think iliut tyrotoxicon
ri»h th«
ot
had anything to d
said the ill
He
tl»'- i'V
./hich was very ___ ..... ,
probubly badly made. All of the putic
reported much better now und v
»I
John .Spullauc.
well-known resident of
bis late ho
et, iiged 0(1 years. M r.
c 01 Ireland, but ha«l
Wiliuingten for over 80 y
of excellent character, and
enjoyed tho esteem of a large number of
friends. His funerul will take
o'clock Friday uiorning, with
at St. Patrick's Church aud interment ut
Death
John ft[>u 11
this city, died Tuesday,
No. 132.1 Walnut s
ftpalluno was a native
i. -sided in
He w
place at i
high
■
Cathedral cemetery.
M annul Richen berger hua obtained from
Gonuda a pair of fine dappled grays.
WEDDING AT NEW CASTLE.
A ltrilltant
iblttg*
Carrie 1«. Wise
WilnnHHPh
Marriage ,,f Ml
Dr.
Ho
(1 Lolli
Special Corn*
donee Qorotto aud Journal.
Nk
29.—A hands»
1 at tl
redding was celcbn
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Wise «
residence
Delaware «tree
trading parties being Dr. Upward Lolland
and their «laughter, Carrie IL Wise. Tho
inated and
«1 potted
ulred guests w
o'clock the bridal
. Daniel R. Wolfe
;h fro
of Philadelphia
Nellie Wise brides
last eve
g. the c
•ere brilliantly ill
finely decorated
plunts, und
rith llowc
seated there when at
:red the run
redding
Fehl
und M i
party
played the
(lclssohn. M
was best mai:
maid. The bride
father, and the
dale of tho M. K. Church
ceremony, which was with
The bride
Mo
ray by her
« K. Martin*
rformed the
' ring.
s Attired in while India
silk with chiffon lace and pearl trimmings
l ribbons, and looked charming. Miss
Nellie Wise, the bridesmaid,
China silk with CliiflV.
blue
luce, and her up
uch admired. Thu
ire ull
IHiarunce wui
gro«
attire«! i
v<*''y
and Mr. Wi:
black.
After the ceremony areception was held
lasting until 9.30 o'clock,
elubo
d by Caterer
ection of present:« wus a
«1 costly one, among tho
valuable being a set of solid silverware
from a friend of the bride in l'ldhuielphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Lolland departed amidst a
shower of rice and old shoes for Wilming
ton at lu «»'dock, where they took the II
o'clock express on the B. «k O. ruilroad.
Their honeymoon, which will ho
e wedding
Lilly. The
lurge
at Delaware
spe
«1 Niagara Falls.
tho wedding ami recep
e: From l'liiludelphiu, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Worko. Oil Scott and wife.
William Scott and wife, Kichurd Scott
wife. Dr. and Mrs. l'uttersou, Professor
d wife, Dr. DuBell and wife,
DuBell, George W. Clark.
Martin Kilpatrick, L. W. ('. Wright, Miss
Mattie Lyncht from Wilmington, Mr. and
Mrs. Phillip K. Clark. Miss Bessie Clark,
WClark, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Clark.
John L. Lolland, Mr. and Mrs. William
Hoopes, Dr. J. K. Smith
Wright, Miss Elsie M
W*
er Gap
li.
Miss Jen
and wife, Harry
. ... . e. 8 . W. Merri
hew, B. F. McDaniel, Lewis Fell, William
Gooaloy, Miss Eva.Goodley, Hurry Chand
ler, Harvey Hickman, Mr. Downey, Mr.
Donaldson; from Christiana, Alfred Lof
lund and wife, Miss Irene l.otlaml. Miss
Cynthia Imlland, George Whit held ami
wife, Miss Ella Whit lield, Dr. B. 11.
1 wife, ILL. B. Weber, O. Roth
•ell: from Chester, Pa., Miss Maggie
Is and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Burt Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson;
from Brooklyn, N. Y., A. II. Lolland and
wile, Charles Luiug; from Camden, N, J.,
l'rof. Mei'shon ami wife, James K. Anuy
«1 wife, Miss Ida Asay, Miss Lillie Asay,
Charles Tuekingham, H
worth and wife, Mi
uel Hullings
Clara Hollingsworth,
'ollius and wife, Miss Jessio Col
'ollins, John Winder and
lins, Mi
wife, Miss Ida Winder; from Peunsgrove,
N. J.. Mr. Charles Borden und wifi*, Miss
Buiah Borden, Mr. John Bordon, Mrs.
Shoemaker, Mr. H. Leuney, Miss Ollie
:y and Mrs. Pritchett. John Toppiu
rife of Orange, N. J., Dr. Du Pueve
of Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. Booth and Mr.
Brown, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Caldwell,
Mrs. Caldwell and Miss Manie Caldwell of
Pittsburg, Pa.; Dr. Granft of Mulllca Hill,
Prof. Klwood Winder of Virginia. Dr.
Davis und wifo of Cramer Hill. F
this city were William J. Ferris, Colonel
E. G. Boyd, Mrs. Wilmot, James T. Chal
lenger, E. P. Challenger. Misses Mary and
Annie Fleming, Mrs. W. Whitelock, J. B.
Manlove and wife, Mayor Herbert and
Mrs. Herbert, ex-Mayor Samuel 11. Black,
Eugene Chase and wifo, John Thompson
and wife, Dr. J. J. Bluck, John M.Wilson,
Miss Lizzie McUuc, Albert E. Wilson, B.
F. Lancaster and wife, Thomas K. L
custer, Brown Lancaster, Miss Juliu Pay li
ter, Miss Collins, Councilman Frazer and
wife, Miss Julia Nlveu, Mr. und Mrs.
and
Le
Wilson, Mr.
Miss Maggie Gordon,
John Pedrtck and
Mrs.
... Gordon,
Miss Burke,
ife, David W. Elkin
tori and wife, J. Milton Davidson, li. A.
Donuison and wife, Miss Mary Rogers,
Miss Anna Mahoney, Miss Julia Mahoney,
Mrs. Mary W eggen man, Miss Cecelia Weg
geninan, Miss Haliie Riddle, William Hoff
and Miss Lizzie Hoffman, Miss NelUo
Wise, Edward Wise, Walter Wise, Mr. and
Mrs. C. V. Wise nnd others.
their return fo this city Dr. and Mrs.
Lolland will rosido on Market street oppo
site the green. Tho doctor will continue
his practice in dentistry.
THE ROBERT EDGAR CA8E.
A Hearing; »11 Hub
Judge Grubb
€01
IS Before
Tuesday.
A hearing in the case of Robert Edgar,
to have buil reduced from #10,090 'to such
sum as the court may think proper, wus
given at the county court house by J udgo
Grubb Tuesday morning.
Bird nnd Sanborn appeared for Edgur,
and Judgo Ball, llenry C. Turner and
Walter Haves iu opposition .
Robert Edgar auu his w
Tuesday. There was a large
present who seemed intensely i
ife Anne testified
dience
seemed intensely interested
the proceedings. Much of the details
of the testimony would not hour publica
tion. In his testimony Robert Edgar «iis
cluimed the allegations made against hi
In regard to Maggie Welsh, lie asserted
he possesscil no property in Delaware. <
-examination it was ascertained that
d six houses in Philadelphia and
»rtgages. Hu stated that his prop
in such u condition that it would
«te even for counsel's
he ow
two
erty i
afford
fees. All his propelty is attached.
Airs. Anne Edgar wi
ised as
her husband's behalf. It
tuineil that thi:
:xt called. Soino
a wife testifying
n
y be done
:ivil
»1er a recent statute. The witness
denied certain criminal ullegutions against
herself and her Imsbund in regard to tlie
girl Maggie Welsh. Mrs. Edgt
September, 1880, a lew duys
after lier arrival in Now York «fity. In
reply to Mr. Bird she testified that she
had been endeavoring to obtain the # 10,000
bail for her husband, but was unsuccessful.
realize
•She thought, she might ho able
~ #3,000.
the admission of Ricard's
testimony the court ruled that it w
germane to the issue. All the question i
confined to tho fact of injury und ability
to find bail.
In regard
STEAM TUG O WEG ft SEIZED.
She Carried I*i
Mltliout. liuvli
t Aboard.
Tho Btcttiu-tug Owego of this port w
seized yivtcrday by United States Mar
shal Henry C. Mahaffy
of libel of infurmutii
curred by violation of
passe
ll ;
attachment
for penalties in
act of Congress
rithout huving a
d. The tug is tied up
-liurf. There ji
the charge ug......, v
this city
June 12th without a
1 : »•»*« 1 .-« . ! ; . 1 1.
ab
Tliird street
distinct articles i
»»
August 1
licensed [lilot.
st tho
. She
fr
:
returnable July 8 th. The
's not like the usual libel,
f the offence be proved the vessel is liable
«> be condemned aud sold to pay u penalty
tf $600 in each of seven charges, that is
all. Her owner is John
action i:
Muiroucy.
<ii
Queen Victoria.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West show 1
gave a performance b«:f«»re Q
and us « token of her delight she or«:.
beautiful scarf pins t»» William Cody ami
Edwurd Saulsbury, the owners, und Major
John Burke, thu
Wilmingtonian
He left here
ntly
V
>ria
:
Major Burke
old.
Wasliingto
ubout tore
Murphy, a butcher. I
major became manager of a the:
Washington and soon thereafter he rook
to the
1862 :
u
clerk for
fur his uncle, Charles
1805 or lSiitj the
y*
irving us manager. Ho li
been manager of the Wild West show
n.v years. While in this city he resided
Grango street nour Fifth.
Died
oil! Apoplexy.
Special Corresponde
Mi i»Dl.
Journal
wrî, Juno 28.—Henry McVcy
of Wilmington, who has boon «»u a visit to
George H. Houston,
Mt. l'leasunt,
was walking over tho farm Inst Saturday
when he was seen to stagger and fall.
When help reached him ho was found to
bo suffering from apoplexy, from which
he died this morning at 1 o'clock.
THE PROHIBITION CONVENTION.
Opened Sharply
Time In Cincin
nati's Bij? Music Hall.
Tlio
gate* Wei
«•«1 1*3
Ihn Itev. Dr.
ekt
il in a
•St. John Alutle Temporary
Chaim
Asnoolated Dross Dispatch by Special Wires.
Cincinnati, Juno 29.— The big Music
Hall was gay with banners, national flags,
coats of arms of the several states,
palms and flowers and prohibition
inscriptions, ^vlieu the delegates to
the sixth annual convention of the
Prohibition party, more prompt than
tho delegates to the older parties, be
gun to lilu in this morning. A huge
American flug surmounted the stage and
)|»ortcd portraits of Washington, Lin
coln, Neal Dow and Frances Willard. The
first cheering greeted the Massachusetts
delegation when they entered in a body,
carrying opened light gray parasols and
singing a campaign tune.
It wus Jo.40 a.
the proceedings
commenced by the playing of ''America''
on tho immense organ aided by a bugle
band on the stage. The audience rose and
joined in singing the hymn. At this hour
the body of the hall was filled and the gul
leries were ubout half occupied.
Chairman Dickey, of the national com
mittee, then called the convention to order
und introduced Dr. J. (J. Evans, of Ued
ding College, Illinois, who formally opened
the convention with prayer, in tlio o<
of which ho entreated that
from the country und timt tho sab
to exist. A number of delegates sought
seats after prayer, and tho Silver Lake
quartet, of New York state, rendered a
temperance selection while onicr was
again being restored. They received
bo driven
The Itev. Dr. Lockwood of Cincinnati,
then, on behalf of the city and of the st«
of Ohio, welcomed the delegates. Mr.
Lockwood delivered his curly morning
address in u full dress suit.
1'rofessor Dickey responded to the a«l
dress. Ho said the Prohibitionists knew
precisely what they were here for and
actly where they were going and there
danger that any obstacle would
divert them irom their relentless purpose.
"Wo are here," he added, "to put candi
dates in nomination ami to keep them in
the Held until the polls are closed
November." His reference to
was loudly applauded. They were also
here, he said to make a platf«
equivocal as the best English could niako
it and which should be
question, which should sav
an precisely what it says,
ning ox-Governor St John
> fusio
both sides of n«
exactly wha
He closed by
temporary chairman.
Wild cheering, the waving of flags and
handkerchiefs greeted the mention of tho
iovernorSt. John. The shout
•ed again and again
stepped forward aud
mg was
the
noted Kans
aiuued the gavel.
BLAINE'S SUCCESSOR.
John XV. Ft
r of Indiana Appointed
stary of Stute.
Associated 1*
Disoatoti by Special Wir«».
29.—The President
to-day sent to the Senate the m
John W. Foster of Indiana to be Secretary
of State.
W
* T
THE NOMINATION C0NK1RMRD.
Washinoton, Juno 29.—The Senate, in
:cutive session, lias confirmed the nomi
of John W. Foster to be Secretary
of State.
[John Watson Foster
county, Indianu, March 2d. 183C. Ho
graduated
in 1866, and ufter
born in Pike
the Indianu .State University
year at Harvard law
school, was admitted to the bar and began
to practice In Evansville. He
through the civil war, a
aut-colonel and colonel,
he became editor of tho Evansville Daily
Journal. In 1809 he wus appointed post
master of that city. In 1873 ho was ap
pointed, by President (Grant, United
Htutes minister to Mexico,
appointed by Hayes in 1880. In March
or that year he was transferred to Russia
and held that mission until November,
1881, when he resigned and, returning to
this country, established himself '
tice in international
In 1883 he was appointed by
Arthur minister to 8pain, wh
gotinted a treaty that, nfter long
sidération, failed to receive the appr
of tho Senate and was finally witmir
by President Cleveland, for reconsidcrati
meanwhile, in March, 1886. Minister Fos«..
had resigned and returned to the United
States. After the withdrawal of the treaty
General Foster was instructed to return
Spain to reopen negotiations for u modified
treaty. This mission, however, proved
successful.—E d. E. E.]
jrved
major, lieuten
After the war
«1
ses in Washington.
President
I:«
val
TUE BLAME FOR TUE WRECK.
»f U» Cl
Verdict
•h Jury I11 tlie
rg Disuster.
28.—Theco roller's
IIarkdmu ku.Fa., .1
jury to-day rendered a verdict in the
of the men blamed for the
second section of the west«
eck of the
:ss last
Saturday morning. The jury found 11. 8.
Hayes, the ««[»orator at Sleelton, guilty of
gross neglect in allowing tho second sec
tion of the western c
tlio block before the first section lmd left
the Steelton and Dock
the block botw
street towers. Robert M. Brown, flug
of the first section, was found guilty of
neglect in not going back far enough and
plucing torpedoes on the track,
muining until the second section arrived
order to flag it. Hugh Kelley, engineer
of tho second section,
the same charge for not hnvi
under full control upon apj
street
■as found guilt v of
: ills train
ming Dock
ing past tlie danger signal
and into the lirst section, thereby causing
the wreck. Tho Pennsylvania Railroad
censured for allowing the
_ to be
tho line of
Cotunany wo
freiglit train
the passenger
approaching pas
sengcr train.
Engineer Kelley was arrested and held
for a hearing next Tuesday. In his testi
mony to-day he said he had nothing to do
with the tower, being guided bv tho pole,
lie also said ho knew of
regulatit
city, I
erty, and, therefore, ...
dinancc. It would req
to stop a train of Pullmans
night, hu said.
city . _
) speed of trains through tho
ie»l tho railroad private prop
d by tho
öuö y arils s[«ace
rainy
di
»tb.
! VICTIMS.
Norristown, Pa., June 28.—Tlie funeral
Catharine Heebner and W
field Heebner, mother aud !
the crash on the Pennsylvania road at Har
risburg, were held to-day.
im« of
CHIC A
OS DISGRACE.
Id's Columbian
Its Last Postage Stump.
Tho
Bankrupt
■i
00 , Juno 29.—Bankrupt!
last reached the World's Cnitiml
mission. Kv
has I
.. of the ap)»ro[iriation
exhausted and Secretary Dickin
hus not enough money left to buy
postage stamp unless he draws on his ow
resources. Director-general Davis h
drawn his salary fur several months and
Colonel Dickinson has gone without pay
for the same period, in order that the
bis otllce could draw their salar
ies in full. Hut few
national board
cod for rail
>f the
(ho attended tho April
'civeil the
• they ud
d'hote! ex
■v ..ight the last
tary Dickinson's
:amp
puton a
eretary Foster, informing li
ditlon of tho national commit
of the
tee's finances.
A Derelict III Mi»l-o
Disputen by S|
London, June 29.--The White Star Une
Majestic, from New York, .1
»r Liverpool, which arrived at
28th, reports that on the
in lutitudu 40° north, lot
08° west, she passed a derelic
purentiy of English build, with the stumps
of her masts still standing.
1 Wires.
iWni
op*
Dorllue tc
iidlo ltlchm
«1 Terminal.
28.—Drexel. Mom
,'oin|uiny have declined the iuvitati«
animation of tho Kicli
to W. C.
of the Richmond
New Y
c, J
A
iertakc the re«»re
nd Terminal. T
Strong, chai
Terminal stockholders committee, they
give their reasons for
i.
Benjamin Elliott is sojourning
Grove.
Ocean
iipfeâ
m
\ ■
if M •
l
ùê
'kj&fc
gUs
Mr8. Anna Sutherland
Kalamazoo,Mich, had swellings iu tho neck or
Pnltro from * lcr 10111 > ear until Bll °
Ui tre wag 62, causing 40 yrs. of great
suffering. When sho caught cold sho could
not walk two blocks without fainting. Took
Hood's Sarsaparilla
free from it all. Sho lias urged
many others to take Hood's Sarsaparilla and
they have been cured. It will do you good.
Hood'8 Pills
tectly harmless
Us
purely vegetable, per
uys reliable aud bcuoficiaL
ed Press nisi»
Pim. iDKi.niu. Juno 2t>.—Flour, quiet and
or: No. 2, red, 87a87ifo.;
No. 2, 56c. for ex
h»»
. dull and
No 2, Pcnnajrlvani
V,
port; 5(1 H
for local tr«i«Ie.
ud steady; No. 2 white, 41c.; No.
Oats, qui
2 , mixed, STkiC.
Bran. llrm.
hay. »print and Irreg
Butter, firm: 1'enusyivn
; do. print
Bfl
... »Toaraory, extra, ,
asale, 20c.; Jobbing, .
Wll
£ggs. steady for choice stock; Pennsylvania
Or«is, lß)«, a 17c.
tuedy; part skims, GaOJ^c.; full '■
}•
, in barrolP, $5.05.
1 for good to prime.
ill; rn
C.-t
«os, $1.
burr«
• o«i at
New Yc
-Floi
c, J«
. state and wo
us.t 2.86
h patouis,'
», low grados, !2.35a'
a4.r>0; patents, #4
struigl
ity mills, $4.2riat.r>G; city
>r wll
o^aney.
$4.0»u4
3.16; f
-.$4(1»
"quiet!'
air extra, $2.86.13.15; good
fln«j. f 1.70a
lino, $1.
steady:
to elioie
.#8.20a4.i5.
. 2 red, firm. I«aV«- up; trartlog.
hiefly Hwitebian: Juno, Rfi 3-16» I
Wli
A
*7«c.:
v«*mber. KS«c.; Deeombor, BUJfaOU,**
IStKi. 0III04 C.
Rye. quiet. Arm; westorn, 83aH9o.
»rn, No. 2, llrm; Jtfe. ui», «luiet; No 2, GOJtfa
.quiet, firm;
optoinber, «7
■
Muy,
01 «c.
Outs. N
. 38#n4Uc; wear
iness, fG.50u7.50.: family,
», $llall.75;
Lard, llrm, quiet;
anil Pennsylvauia,
Boer, firm;
l*c
•rn; ol 1 n
, licli' domaud.
steam rendered,#'
Bgg», quiet, »toady;
16c.; weatorn, 14al6V.
Turpoutiuo, iuactivc.
$11.5
steady: 3 IJ 40 .
re Markets.
Associated Pro«»
Baltdiorb, Juno 29.—Flour,
changed.
Wheat, firm; No. 2 red spot, 89«<ja89,qc.;
, SOXaC'J'fC.; July, 85J»aM>*«v; Octo
, 87>a«:. HHXed; steamer. No. 2 red, VOjtf a82c.;
southern wheat, firmer; Fult^, tYUaUOc.; Long
berry. 85a
by HneclRt Wires,
ady.
the m
, firm; mixed «pot and June, 58Va59ltfa;
July, 55)oa5.n ?£««.; August, 65>»a55?iu.; steamer
mixed, 5W$o. aflk«*d; southern corn, white,
ger, 6ia62c; yellow, nominal, 38c.
Oats, firmer; No. 2 white westorn, 41^a42c.;
No. 2 mixed, do., 39 V
Wye, strong; No. 9, t6c. 4 . nonilna'.
llay, steady: good to choice, timothy, flri.GOa
15.50.
l'rovli»ions, strong: mess pork, #12.50; bulk
moats,
clour rl)
, «Ho.; ion* clear. Be.;
, 74*0.; sugar pickled »»boulders,
iked shoulders. »Ke.;
■' A
ini'-ll. largo, 12.(40. Lord, refined.
»V
10, BVC.
cream**ry fancy,
.: do. imitation. itiatHc.; ladle
Butter, uctlv
. 10a
fancy, lOo.; good
packed, I2at4c.; grass, ISalGe.
Ergs, sternly; lfc.
Conoe, steady; Rio cargoes,'fair, lG tfc.; No. 7,
19!kaiae.
. firm; granulated, 4 2-Gc.; (JOpper
refined, steady, ll>;c.
Whisky, $1.
L
Stock l*rlc«8.
.ADEi.i'tii a, Juno Boot Cattle—Ex
tra, Be.; g«x*d, 4Ha47£c.; medium. 4>*a4^iM'
common, 3f4a4Xc.; culls, ajüa84fo.; Texaa« 8»
41t'c. 8be«»|>— lixtitt. 5)$a5Sfa.: good, bofi^o.;,
,4>ga4 V-; o*mmou 3 Va4 ^c.; «.nils, lli»l
8>tfc.: spring lam be, 4»7Jtfc. Hogs—Chicago,;
a7 Jfc.: other wssmrn, 7^a7H«-o.; fat coWb, 9V»a,
«. tBal'd: UilioR cows, $25uM;.
4u«X c : dressed beeves sold
27.—Cattle—Heoelpta,
.60; choice
era' and sblp
«»li
thin «
calves,
6a7 % c.
ßUPPAU), N. Y.,
4.9HU lioail; o
, $4.1()h 4.30; medtun
r, $H.mi»4 15: c
mi!
our«, #4.
per
au«l holt era. good
«minou to fair. #2 h2.*3;
-fed. $8. «5*8.15: Mloht-',
Western feeders. $3.15 •
tut, $2-I0a2.f>3: uxport.
est. $2.50uft.
. te&3.50
good
bull st
$2.75o3. C
L!k, J2«l
. $2.2bu3.50: veals.
fair to best, $5a5.75. Hogs—Renelpts, 8,100 liea*i;
heavy. te.CJa5.70: paekuis on«l mudtuiu, $5.50a
5.60; Yorkers, pigs, good to brst, |5.10a5.M;
«»rtod rough«, $4.40»4.fl5; htags, $HaH.75.
Hlioup uuil lumbs—Receipts, ll.&OOhend; cholos
to fancy wether«, $5.v6a5.GO; fair to good eheep,
culls and common do., $1 50a4; cupped
.'holes to fancy yearlings. $5*5.40. fair
fl "5
IO gut
spring lau
New Yoi
-TD
oiptH, 5,020
Tex
1.15a
i I Ja, »
lxud ,
head; native
3.60: bull
Calve
100 pounds
H
I co
.12
a,247 head
l«.$l.t
buttermilk
Sheep
ep. $3.2
es, $4
lambs—Recciiits, »
I per 1(H) p«
$4.
: I]
■ M
9-4»
at 11140130. Uok»—
oaiinuhy Btcudy M
otptp, IG.0C0
10(1 lambs
10,471 Load;
« 1 »
* Chicago, June
ou«*h!°$4.8;
b.'$2.7°5u
.
P
M.
«4.
ixotl, $5
WH) 1
B
i
:
I 5 . i(h
Recolp
IS, $4
Hast Liiirrtv, TA..Jun
,982 litaU; tuurkut b!
(t
30: light, $
wether«, $5.4uu5.
—Cattl
•'
B.
lumbs.
$5 7
!
»ip
■ ■ J;
pr
Uoceln
best, te-lOuC
000 bo
*».'k« 1
-swine—With in
rtMOKK. I
3ii ro»:eli»t« tho
of is
jk; receipts, I0,U38
Iu
..j«l light, $l.G5a5
ers, $5a5.4l». Receipts,
733 head.
head; shipiueuts,
gjtlftmages.
MEPARA—MONT(K»MEKY.—At the Church of
n Nativity, i*
by Uu> Re
PhilMdelpl
merly of tl
tho 22«l tust,
. Ur. J efforts, 1 human Atedara of
11 and Mary Alont»:ornory, for
s city.
I.E—ROblN.—
bride's mother, in
by the Rov. John D. (\ Manna, Hobart C.
ilcCar.Uo aud Bortha He
e renifle
I ; I -1
tb«* 22d last..
. tüiu eity.
iiratns.
»» 9tth
, G racy
d 20 years °
AYAR9.— Tu this city, on tu
M.. wife ot Caleb U. Ayar
I» and Mary A.
• :
ttend .
Third and eh I pie y 'treat»,
, ut go'cluciü Interiuout
id iustaut.
tho rosi »Ion
th«
on Tt
River
CAM PB ELU- Suddenly, o
Cuiupbe'.I. aged It# yonrs.
ni v*M tust., ut Salisbury, Md., the
staaf,
HILL.—
Rov. C
IIA Kill'
I I
city, on tho
•*«t 53 year«.
'melius Lynch, aged
ln»t.. Issue Naylor, lu
V
97th in
LYNCH.—
Julia, wifo ot t
»7916
lustaut, William II.
tii**
ROBIN»
Hobln»
Relativ
eil 23 y ft ai -.
vite«] to
«I iri-nd
end
i*o of his father,
t, «>n Friday ufter
Jtiverview
from th«j
the
t T
No.
lntoruio
!
tho 2Stb instant.
city.
•Al
John Bpatlau
ar<* Invited to attend
ativut) «t» l 1
nee, 13«! Wal
, July 1st,
mt
the
uut street, on Friday ntoruli
o'clock. High mn-'
t'J
fit's
ireb.
Intet mi
»•«t
lotcry.
the 24th
TWILLEY.—Iu
Leroy, intnut
T«Uley, aged
WARD.—In this city, on
line Word, aged «5 years.
a «.tty.
Of OU»
» 1 week nr