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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1898.
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VOL. 1. NO. 354
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It Parlies in the Kent County Elec
tion Crime Are to be
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ACTION AFTER COURT MEETS
It is Expected That Cognizance of the
Glaring Crime in Kent, County
Will he Taken by Superior
Court, Which Meets in
Dover ou Monday.
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The Kent county election crime will
not down.
The Democratic inspectors who on
Tuesday acknowledged their guilt will
be punished, and steps to that end will
eoon be taken by the Republican party.
The matter will be considered today at
meeting of the Union Republican State
Central Committee and will be brought
before the Regular Republican State
Central Committee at its meeting next
Wednesday.
Nothing will be outlined until the ac
tion of the SuperiorCourt of Kent county
is known. The court meets next Mon
day at Dover to hear the report on the
recount as ordered in the mandamus
granted by the court. At that time V\ al- g
ter H. Haves wilfi appear before tlhe ccmrt
T'he'question which is now agitating
tin' Republican party and likewise the
IVmocratic party is what action will be
takon by the court.
The count shows a wholesale fraud
and crime. It is admitted by the Demo
crats. It is known by the attorney gen
eral and all the proper authorities, in
chiding the court. This being true, it is
asserted that ^ »te
will have no recourse but to takei cogmz
ance of the existence of the crime and
prosecute the men who perpetrated it.
, The crime is a flagrant one and con
!tfidered bv ail persons in the state with
1 out parallel in the history of the country,
Republicans claim that prosecution of
the inspectors who were parties to the
election crime in Kent county must be j
and will be. ;
. It was stated yesterday a fund would
i be raised reaching over $2,000 to assist 1
J in the prosecution of these criminals. j
county, thereby placing in the legisla
ture and constitutional convention men
who were notelected to those bodies. The
sentiment and decision of the people |
was defeated. The people were robbed
of what belonged to them.
The instigators of the unlawful'mo
tives which accompanied the seating of
the Democratic legislators and delegates
i* to the Constitutional Convention, will
also come in for their part of the punish
ment. These are the Democratic leaders
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in Kent county.
8ome cognizance
surely be forthcoming from the Superior
Court when it meets in Dover next Mon
day, and all further action on the matter
as far as the Republican party and all
'* those who desire justice to be done, will
hinge on what is done by the court.
of tlie crime will
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MRS. BOTKIN'S FIGHT.
Writ of Habeas Corpus lleturnaDle
Monday—Woman In Custody
of Lees.
San Fbancisco, Cal., Oct. 12. —The
warrant for the extradition of Mrs. Cor
delia Bothin for the murder of Mrs. John
P. Dunning and her sister, Mrs. Joshua
Deane, at Dover, DO., was placed in
Chief of Police Lees' hands yesterday.
To prevent the extradition of the accused
woman, her attorneys went before Judge
Hawley of the United States District
Court, to apply for a writ of habeas
corpus.
Judge Hawley refused
plea, saying that too much time was be
ing wasted in frivolous tactics, and sug
gested that the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals be petitioned, thus
avoiding long delay.
Mrs. Botkin's attorney then appe
to Judge Cook, who issued the desired
apers. The new writ was directed to
Jetecti.<! McVey of Delaware. This
i was done in order to prevent Chief of
/ Police Lees turning the prisoner over to
j the eastern detective, who could get out
i: i of the state with his charge.
' The new writ was made returnable on
!) Monday, when a number of other judges
probably will sit with Judgo Cook,
j Mrs. Botkin was ordered into the cus
tody of Chief of Police LeeB. Her attor
j neys now announce that they will not
take the case to the Supreme Court until
every other avenue lias been tried.
In a Critical Condition.
Charles Sheppard, the Baltimore &
■\ Ohio railroad fireman who had his skull
, fractured Monday night, was unconscious
yesterday afternoon and Dr. Chandler
cannot yet give the family any hope of
1 the young man's recovery. The patient
' has revived since the fracture was pro
duced.
The injury is ot the base of the skull, a
position \Vhere it is impossible to operate.
\ Dr. Chandler says several days will have
elapsed before lie can tell what the result
of the injury will be.
Argument Postponed.
Argument in the suit of Baldwin, et.
al., against the Arlington Mills Oom
I pany, an application for the appointment
of receivers, which wes to have been
made in the United States Court today
has been postponed until It o'clock Sat
urday morning, as Judge Bradford will
sit in the Federal Court of Appeals,
) Philadelphia, today and tomorrow.
to entertain the
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ROUND ABOUT THE TOWN.
John 1'. Donahoe lias returned from
Felton.
Lewis C. Yandegrift is in Georgetown
on business.
Repairs to Cool Spring reservoir have
been completed.
Second street has been paved from
W'est to Jackson.
John Bratton, of New York, is visiting
W'ilmington friends.
Miss Lucy R. Tatnail has returned
from a.trip to Europe.
Miss Mary Warren of this city is visit
ing friends in Brooklyn.
Miss Rachel Smith is the guest of
friends at Kennett Square.
At the meeting of the New-Century
Club yesterday tea was served.
Delaware Council O. U. A. M., held an
interesting meeting last night.
The du Pont Orchestra played last
evening at the WeBt End bazaar.
Rev. H. B. Baird of Elam, Pa., has
been the guest of Samuel H. Baynard.
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Butler, of
this city, went to Baltimore yesterday.
Dr. S. C. Frederick has returned from
a pleasant visit to his parents in Parkton,
Md.
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Ex-Levy Court Commissisner fe. K
Shallcross of Odessa, was in tins city
yesterday.
Miss Maud S. Grier, who has been vis
Ring friends in Saulsbury, Md., has re
turned home.
jj r and Mrs. Daniel Kelleher cele
brated tbo j r w ooden wedding anniver
g on q ue8( ] ay
Annie q[ Wegt cl)eateri
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Miss Josephine McDerm^t, who has
been visiting friends in this city 1ms re
turned to West Chester,
Miss Sarah Walker and William Wash
ington were married last night at No. 308
Kaat Fourteenth street,
T)le 1{ev j p Hanna will preach
at Un ion M. E. Church today, on "The
Gjft 0 f the iloly Ghost."
and wuliam K . Robinson
celebrated tl)0 forty-fourth anniversary
murri-ure vesterdav
of their marriage yesterday.
Benjamin Johnson has returned to
Richmond, Ind., having been the guest
of Joshua Marvel in tins city.
Officials of the P., W. & B. railroad
inspected the New Y'ork division of the
j Pennsylvania railroad on Tuesday,
; Gen. James II. Wilson, who will com
Iualld the First Corps of the United
1 Stales Volunteers, will be stationed at
j Macon Ga
Baltimore. , ,
The annual meeting of the Delaware
State Game Protective Association will
| be he|d at the Merritt House tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock,
Ethel, aged 0 years, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. V. Harris, of No. 210 East
Fourteenth street, died at her homo on
Tuesday night, of diptheria.
jjavid y tel . en8 of No. 1205 Elm street
wag tH | ien gfok yesterday at Fifth and
XatnaJl streets. He was taken to his
home in the Phoenix ambulance.
Bishop Monaghan will bless and erect
the new stations of the cross at St.
Joseph's Church, on the Brandywine,
at 7.30 o'clock tomorrow evening.
About 200 members of Delaware's
Grand Army of the Republic will par
ticipate in the peace jubilee in Philadel
phia. They will be accompanied by the
Smytli Post Band.
John Smelt of London, Eng., repre
senting the Argentine and Great West
ern railroad of Soutti America, paid a
visit to the Harlan & Hollingsworth
Company on Tuesday.
An oil portrait of the late Hon.
Thomas F. Bayard, painted by J. Harry
Rollins, of this city, is on exhibition in
the window of C. F. Rudolph's store,
Fourth and Market streets.
Crusaders Castle, K. G. E., will repre
sent the order in Delaware at the com
ing peace celebration in Philadelphia.
Capt. Charles A. Bamberger of this city,
will be in charge of the delegation.
The tracks for the Wilmington & Ches
ter railway are laid south to within 200
yards of Claymont station, and the grad
ing is completed south a milp below the
station and north over a mile above
Gordon Heights.
A team owned bv Horace Vernon of
Eighth street market, ran away from
Tenth and King streets yesterday morn
ing, going to Tenth and Church streets,
where it collided with a pole, breaking
the shafts of the wagon.
The Water Commission, at its weekly
meeting Tuesday, considered an applica
tion from William Sellers for the depart
ment to supply water to Edge Moor.
That village has two manufacturing es
tablishments and about forty families.
The following persons represented the
Hilles N. C. T. U. at the convention
which opened in Camden yesterday:
Mrs. Carrie E. Rankin, Mrs. E. A.
Brosius, Mrs. Sarah Hamilton, Mrs.
Sarah Harriott and Mrs. Annie E. Dick
iuson.
The will of the late Hon. Thomas F.
Bayard was admitted to probate yeoter
day afternoon. The attesting witnesses
to the wilt were Dr. Janies A. Draper,
Howard Pyle and J. Harvey Whiteman
and to the codicils, Messrs. Hoar, Smith
and Nutter.
Willard Saulsbury yesterday applied
to Reside it Judge Spnmuce for a cnane.
for The Electric Press, the incorporators
of which include 11. T. Price and J. Al
bertCurrey. I'he business of the corpu
ration is to be the manufacture of booka,
pamphlets and papers.
vwMrM.iation cave a verv
the Pioneer Association gare a very
enjoyable dance to a numbei ot ns
Irieuds, in Webster s Academy,
iuesday evening. Aftei October zu n,
these dances will continue each Tuesday
evening during the winter. Oil next
TueBdav, October lSlh.Professor Webster
will use the room for a rehearsal for the
Kirmi ss dance.
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Wilmington City Railway Co.
Asks to Pay Part of Nephi
Linsey's Funeral Expenses.
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Conductor Diffenderfer Crazed With
Grief—Railway Co. Will Find That
the Boy's Lire Was Worth More
Than the Expenses of a k
Funeral.
An astounding proposition lias been
made by the Wilmington City Passenger
Railway Company.
It has made a startling offer to the
father of Nephi Linsey, the boy who
was killed by car No. 2 on Monday.
It has offered to pay part of the
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St. I uul Goes By.
The American Line steamship St.
F. Paul, which has been transformed from
a war vessel to a merchant craft at
Cramps'ship yard, passed Wilmington
at 12 o'clock yesterday for New York to
I enter into toe regular passenger service
to Southampton. She goes out in com
mand of Captain Jjumjon, a we-known
niariner, who has been her mas e e
she was buiIt, except Ior the b >
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commission Received.
Col. Walter H. Gordon, ■ >
verv received his commission as major of the
very Delaware Battalion, which is at
ns ^ Middletown, Pa. Major
Gord l on is still here and may remain
n, mustering out of the men.
until alter me »
next
the
funeral expenses.
A representative of the Railway
Company went to the Llii3ey home on
West Second street, and speaking to
Mr. Linsey said that the companyfelt
it to he their duty to help bury the
boy.
This latest epoch in the horrible mur
der of 15 years old Nephi Linsev is
without parallel. Having killed the boy
by reason of its policy of "economy" the
railway company went to the father and
offered as a settlement for the boy's death
to pay part of the funeral expenses. The
policy continues to be a murderous one.
Mr. Linsey refused the offer of the
Railway Company, telling its representa
tive that he was able to bury his child
without their assistance.
The policy adopted by the company of
having all the moneys in the possession
of the company turned into the dividend
account has brought to the Linsey home
insult and death.
In order that owners may enjoy a
large dividend the cars of the company
go rushing through the streets without
fenders or defence of any kind against
possible accident and death. When the
policy brought about the death of
Nephi Linsey, the company learn
' g that the boy's father was a poor
concluded that he was unable to
bring suit and offerd a settlement which
insulted the man and embittered all who
heard of it.
But the death of Nephi Linsey will not
down and the Wilmington City Paesen
ger Railway Company will yet pay dear
for their negligence. Mr. Linsey con
sidered the loss of his bright-eyed boy
worth more than the cost of the funeral
and this will be well-known to the com
pany yet.
1 loraoe B. Diffenderfer, the conductor
who had charge of the car which killed
the boy, is lying at tiis home prostrated
by the shock. He raves over the horri
ble accident, wringing his hands contin
ually. His condition is considered seri
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man
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The boy will be laid at rest today in
Mount Salem cemetery at 2 o'clock, and
in his grave wil! lav another victim of
the criminal negligence of the officials of
the Wilmington City Passenger Railway
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RUNAWAY BUYS RETURNED.
Captain Kane Comes Back With
Michael Grady, Andrew Hickman
and Charles Groves.
Captain of Police Kano arrived home
from Chicago, III., about 8 o'clock last
evening, having in his custody Michael
Grady, son of Michael Grady, shoe
dealer at Third and King streets; An
drew Hickman, son of John Hickman of
520 Walnut street, and Charles Groves,
son of Charles Groves, Sr., a candy man
ufacturer of Fourth and King streets, the
three runaway boys who left their homes
in this city on Friday, September 30.
As soon as the party reached the po
lice station they were taken in charge by
their respective parents.
Young Grady, who had furnished the
raonev for the trip, had a black eye, and
this lie says he got by falling from the
bunk in which lie was sleeping in the
station in Chicago.
All three were glad to return,and when
picked up by the Chicago police, were
half starved.
Conference Closed.
The Philadelphia English Conference
of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania
closed its annual session at St. Stephen s
Church at 11 o'clock yesterday morning.
Various matters were considered, includ
ing amendments to the regulations for
Sunday school conventions, which is to
be referred to the ministerium. Before
adjournment the thanks of the dele
gates were extended to the pastor of St,
Stephen's Church, the Rev. Frederic
Doerr, the council and the ladies, for tire
manner in which entertainment had
been provided.
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W. W. Anderson is successor to George
II. Brown as manager of the Postal Tele
graph Cable Company of this city.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
William Medholdt Claims $10,000
as the Result of a Dispute Over
a Building Line.
As soon as Edgar Hounsfield comes
within the jurisdiction of the Superior
Court of New Castle count)' service will
be served on him in a suit for $10,000
damages which lias been brought by
William Medholdt, through his attorney
William S. Hilles.
Hounsfield claims that the fence erect
ed bv Medholdt as the dividing line be
tween the Medholdt and Hounsfield
properties actually takes in about three
feet of the Hounsfield propeity. He
bases his claim to that three feet upon
continued possession for at least twenty
years and not upon any fee simple deed
to the property in dispute.
The property was formerly in the Gil
pin estate. So many feet of it, with a
frontage of 100 feet on Delaware avenue,
was sold to Edgar Hounsfield, trustee.
One of the properties was sold to Mr.
Medholdt in partition proceedings, and
he got bis line from the city surveyor
and also from Mr. Hatton, and there is
no conflict between the deeds of HounB
field and of Medholdt, simply the fence
had been changed from where it ought
to have been to an improper place, two
feet, three or four inches at the front,
and scarcely rnything at the back.
"Medholdt's title to the property is
all right," Mr. Hilles says, ''and Houns
field has no possible claim to it of hny
kind. The only purpose of putting up a
sign would be to injure the sale of the
S roperty by Mr. Medholdt, and Mr.
ledholdt has brought suit against Mr.
Hounsfield, which suit he proposes to
push to a conclusion, and just the mo
ment Mr. Hounsfield will come near this
jurisdiction, he will be served with the
process. The whole purpose of the ad
vertisement is to force Mr. Medholdt to
pay Mr. Hounsfield for land which
Hounsfield doesn't own and to which he
has absolutely no title." James VV.
Ponder is representing Mr. Hounsfield.
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e gl , velUh g f reet and fo rmer |y of Centre
^ Md _ were quietly married at the
bride's home yesterday afternoon
Rev. Mr. Schall, of the First Presbyter
inn Church. The newly married couple
left on an early afternoon train
wedding tour through Pennsylvania.
SUSPECTED MURDERERCAUGHT
George Bolder Arrested on a Freight
Train by Two Officers and a
Detective.
A colored man answering the descrip
tion of the person wanted at Washington
for murder was arrested late last night
by Sergeant McDermott, Officer Kane
and State Detective Walter Witsil.
About 10.45 o'clock the detective re
ceived word that the colored man was on
a freight train enroute to this city and
wheif it arrived at the French street' sta
tion of the P., W. k B. railroad the party
was taken in custody.
At the police station he gave the name
of George Bolder and stated that he had
been in the vicinity of Townsend and
Milford, this state. He had an open
penknife, $2 in money and other articles
in his possession at the time of his arrest.
Although Bolder bears a close resem
blance to the party wanted Detective
Witsil does not believe he is the man.
lie will be held pending an investiga
lion.
Women's League in Convention.
The Colored Women's League opened
a convention at Pyle's cycle academy
yesterday morning by the election of the
following officers:
President, Mrs. M. E. Jackson; Secre
tary, Miss Sadie Tates; Treasurer, Mrs.
Annie M. Anderson; Committee on Cre
dentials, Mrs. Carrie Castell, Mrs. Laura
Shockley and Mrs. E. T. Spencer.
In the afternoon there was a general
business meeting, after which addresses
were made by Mrs. F. J. Coppin, princi
pal of the institute for colored youths in
Philadelphia; Mrs. II. A. Warren of
Camden, Mrs. Hettie Williams, Miss E.
B. Kruse, Mrs. M. C. Robinson, Miss
Lillian A. Spencer, Miss A. G. Baldwin,
the Revs. C. A. Tindley, B. T. Moore, G.
V. Bivens, II. C. Jones, C. L. Jefferson,
J. C. Brock, JJ. R. Waters, D. D., W.
Castell and O. D. Robinson, P. E.
Superintendents Organize.
The Sunday school superintendents of
this city held a meeting in the Central
Presbyterian Church on Tuesday even
ing and perfected an organization by the
election of the following officers:
President, William K. Crosby; vice
president, Samuel H. Baynard; secretary
and treasurer, Dr. F. W. Lang; executive
committee, Lewis P. Bush, Charles W.
Fusey. H. S. Goldey, C. H. Cantwell and
J. H. Appleby. . ,
The meeting was largely attended and
it was decided to meet the third Monday
lght of each month in the Central
Church.
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Orphans' Court Cases.
In Orphans' Court yesterday morning
the freeholders appointed to assign
dower to Virginia R. Draper, widow ol
Daniel F. Draper, made their return,
which was approved. They assigned to
her one third of a farm in Pencader hun
dred.
Joseph L. Carpenter, Sr.
Darlington, Mark M. Cleaver, Thomas
McCorkle and George It. Townsend were
appointed commissioners in partition of
the real estate of Anna Rowe.
Ernest I. Cornbrooks was appointed
guardian of Lena E. Cornbrooks, and
William T. Gill was appointed guardian
of Leon C. and Maynard B. Gill.
Thomas
Popular Couple Married.
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Artery Cut.
John Russell of 1100 Reed street.while
at work yesterday at the Pusey & Jones
Company shop had an artery of his left
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six stitches in it sent the in
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jured man home.
William H. Moore, Jr., Killed by
the Accidental Discharge of
a Shotgun.
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Frank Moore, a Younger Brother'
Was Shooting at a Mark When
the Weapon Went Off.
A Mother's Terrible
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William H. Moore, Jr., aged 10 years,
is lying a corpse at the home of his
parents, near the Hazel Dell race tracks,
and his brother, Elwood Paul Moore,
aged 13 years, lies in the Delaware Hos
pital with his right arm literally filled
with shot.
The death of the one and the wound
ing of the other was due to the accidental
discharge of a shot gun in the hands of
a younger brother, Frank Moore, aged 8
years, along the marshes near their home
between 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon.
An hour before the terrible accident
the three brothers, accompanied by
Clarence Jones and Fred Grantlein, lett
their homes in the best of spirits for a
short gunning expedition.
They had succeeded in shooting a lark
and had gone to the marshes to look for
snipe.
As the tide was low they could not get
any of these birds and they then de
cided to see how the shot would scatter
by shooting at a mark.
A convenient freight car was chosen
for the target and all hacCtaken a shot at
the car with the exception of Frank
Meore, the youngest in the party.
He had fired one shot when El
wood showed how far apart the shot
had gone by standing in an upright posi
tion and extending his arms full length.
Frank decided to see for himself and
about to place the double barrelled
gun on the ground when his finger
touched the upraised trigger of the bar
rel which had not yet been exploded.
In an instant it Had gone off and El
wood with a cry of pain dropped his
right arm while the blood spurted from
the wounds made by the shoo.
All the boys crowded around him witli
the exception of Willie but during the
excitement nothing was thought of this.
A few seconds later one of the boys
had informed a number of persons of the
accident and it was one of them who
stumbled over the prostrate body of
Willie, which was lying face downward
in the marsh.
An examination then disclosed the
horrible truth that he was dead, as a
number of shot had penetrated the heart
and that death must have been instan
taneous. .
The news of thel tragedy spread with
rapidity and Mrs. Moore on reaching the
scene and learning the terrible truth
sank unconscious to the ground.
She with her dead son was conveyed
to their home and for a while it was
thought that the shock would prove too
much for her and 'her life was de
spaired of.
The physician called in however, suc
ceeded in resuscitating her and she has
far recovered that she is out of danger.
Elwood in the meantime had been
taken to the hospital and the attending
physician thinks that his arm which was
badly mangled by the shot can be saved.
The grief of Frank when he grasped
the full meaning of the accident was in
tense, and he too is so overcome that he
is confined to his bed.
The utmost sympathy is expressed for
the stricken family, the head of which,
William H. Moore, Sr., is employed at
Pyle's patent leather works near his
Deputy Coroner Chandler bn being
notified visited the scene of the accident,
and will hold an inquest some time this
week.
No arrangements have as yet been
made for the funeral of the dead boy.
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Steamships Cleared.
Yesterday morning the British steam
ship Kasbek entered from Cette, France,
to load oil. The German steamship Gut
Heil cleared for Flushing, Holland, with
a cargo of 1,210,500 gallons of oil, valued
at $30,203, and the British steamship
Phosphor cleared for Manchester with a
cargo of 909,400 gallons of oil, valued at
$30,051. The American schooner Mark
Grav, which has been discharging a
cargo at the wharves of the Liebig
Chemical Co., cleared tor Philadelphia.
Held Black iston Responsible.
A coroner's jury yesterday morning
held Henry Blackiston, colored, repon
sible for the death of Charles Green, col
ored, who died at the Delaware Hospital
recently. Blackiston has been held with
out bail to await the action of the grand
jury. Deputy Attorney General Cooper
present in the interest of the state.
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Loss About $300,000.
All (lav yesterday the tugbnats'Mm
perator, White Rose and F. A. Church
man were engaged in pumping oil out of
the oil tanker Weehawker, which was
badly damaged by fire on Monday morn
ing at the month of the Christiana river.
It is estimated that the loss will amount
The burned vessel will
to over $200,009.
lie towed to Point Breeze this morning
by I where she will be relieved of the re
mainder of her cargo.
Stealing Yachts.
Several yachts have been stolen along
the Delaware river, within the last few
weeks. Philadelphia yacht clubs have
been the principal sufferers, boats valued
at several hundreds of dollars having
been stolen from members of the different
clubs. No clue to the thieves can be ob
tained, although large rewards have been
offered.
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LITRIN'S SUDDEN DEATH.
The Man Asked to Stay All Night and
Was Found Dead in the
Morniug.
At a late hour Tuesday night a strange
man applied at the residence of Thomas
Flinn, No. 11 South Claymont street, for
a night's lodging. Mr. Flinn refused to
accommodate the stranger at first but
seeing that he appeared sick he took him
in and gave him a bed. The man
alarmed the family in the night by
ning around his room and screaming. On
entering the room he was found in a
nude condition, lie asked for water and
drank seven glasses, one after another,
and then became quiet. After taking the
water he relapsed into a comatose condi
tion and went to bed seemingly dazed.
Mr. Flinn called the man at 6 o'clock
yesterday morning and securing no re
ply, on investigation (.found him dead.
The body was placed in the hands of the
coroner.
The man's name, on further investiga
tion, proved to be Robert Litrin, and his
death was due to congestion of the lungs.
Successful Carnival.
The women of St. Patrick's Church
celebrated Columbia carnival yesterday
and last night at Shellpot Park. The
start was made from St. Patrick's Church
at 3.30 o'clock, when the Dewev Dra
goons, trained bv Captain Condon, and
headed by Hyatt's Military Band,
marched to Eighth and. Market streets,
where cars were in waiting. The soldier
boys gave two exhibitions, one at 5
o'clock and the other at 8. Hyatt's Band
and Grant's orchestra furnished music.
Supper began at 5 o'clock and the Rev.
Dr. Flinn extended a cordial invitation
to all his friends to meet him at the ban
quet. James Curran arranged a fine
musical program.
run
May Result in Death.
Peter Stewart, crossing tender at Or
ange street, who had his leg amputated
several months ago, found that his leg
was again becoming sore and consulted
a physician a few days ago. It was found
that a small piece of bone had protruded
through the flesh, and it was deemed
necessary to have another operation and
remove the splintered bone. The oper
ation was performed on Monday and the
patient is in a critical condition. It is
feared that blood poisoning lias set in, as
the limb is swollen to unusual propor
tions.
Large Boiler Removed.
Connelly Brothers yesterday afternoon
removed an old boiler from the Bush
property at Fourteenth and Walnut
streets, to the Works of Charles Simon
in Brandywine hundred. it required,
nine horses to pull the dray.
Bucktail Re-union,
The famous old Bucktail Regiment of
Chester county will hold a re-union at
Kennett Square today.
John Turner, a member of the regi
ment, who is a gate keeper at the French
street station, will attend.