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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-18
Portable Jnlls.

Besides expressing amusement and
horror over the idleness Of the convicts
30 New York prisons, Major Grifllths, the
vlsitlng inspector OF English prisons,
gives some very good suggestions from
hlsown experience in prison management.
The composition Of prison labor with
houest labor raised the same outcry In
1neland that has been heard Of late In
America, and the Just complaint was
1et By restricting the labor Of the
PRISONERS 10 public works or to making
h clothing and other things for themselves.
I - prison, he argues, should be nova.
~ barracks, 30 constructed that the
Whols body OF prisoners with their cells
can bs easily moved to wherever
fheir labor may be needed. Our
prisons ase costly and solid structures
planted usually iu localities where there
= very little outside work that the
prisoners can do, but In England there
has been perfect revolution Of ideas on
prison building, and the latest improved
prisons arc very simple structures Of
corrugated iron and wood one story high,
md the prisoners, he says become snails,
and carry their house on their backs.
Ths barracks IL only used for sleeping
and meals. and the prisoners spend their
days st work outside. and are moved
about wherever their labor Is wanted on
public works, that would not otherwise
have been undertaken.
We OF Lancaster are contemplating the
erection Of . new jail and there are
doubtiess similaf structures in process Of
ecection all over the country, but it might
b well to pause . bit and see II this
Britisher can't teach US something.
We can well afford to admit their
superior excellence In the care of
criminals as they are supposed to have
moro Of them. II, as he says, they have
IN England met and solved the problems
that are vexing us, why should we not
profit py their experience and learn some.
thing more about these one story NOV.
cable jails which serve to keep criminals
aAfely, and this system of labor that
benefits the state ard does not compete
with the honest workman
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-18
Tho E1ectlen.

SnnousDW every citizen Of Lancaster,
~ right Of suffrage, will cast .
- ~ ths nominees be thinks best
y ~ ~ ofIIses 70 b ilIed. Many
1oua11 ana Republicans will quite
Gsu1,y md honestly vote their straight
~ elohok becauss they believe that
o ut copabls men would BE- nomina-
~ thelr party, and they lack conf
~ ene other side. With these or.
~ \ wasted and reason vain, but
1ollsvo that = very large majority Of
nlnaslliesat voters onlyvote the straight
= 1oe ee their party when they have by
mporison fully satisfied themselves that
- nAt least as good - any other. Ap.
cob % partisanship In contests Of this
~. should fall upon deaf ears, and
06sY taxpayer ~ he reads the list OF
n1noos, should think more OF the abil :
yen1 intsurity requisite for good local
VUEnment, than OF party fealty or the
lnuph Of faction.
xho fhct that school directors were
1oosn, made the primary election one Of
1yuveimportance, for the control Of educa.
- ha matter that lies close to the very
u1datiUns Of government BY the people,
na e voters do not show thoughtful care
Il III, our capacity for self-zovernment
- we'll b questioned, and the rising
|Gonelstion can lay upon the voters any
&1nlt that can be tracel 10 errors of
otoinlng In the schools. The directors
o1oa credit to the parry.
s Let all, citizens 20 to the polls to NOR.
row and cast ballot chosen by the sane
judgment and common sense that they
Sgould apply to the purchase Of their
! lnarksting or the management Of bust
Z non. For II ID Q matter OF business
K k1no1neog Of local government.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-18

Physicians recommend Dr. Bulps co,vh
syrAp. when all other medicines fail, Us q GER
Tia cure Tor bronchitis. sors throat, ami
s ar ns ar coioe OF long standing. For sale st
Yer there was never yet q phlIosoph ar.
IVA, cohiu endure the toothache patiently"
E,Ihiis not put there 10 little wit In endiir.
III u, ~ at AZ. when ons bottle of salvation OH
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-18

The American base ball team 10 in Rome
making that historic city howl with indig-
nation BY . calm proposal TO lease the
coliseum for game Of ball The agent for
this travelling attraction hes actually IN.
nourced that he would have the usa Of the
ruin u Il cost 81. 600. This 10 not quite so
magnificent but much more bsrbarous
than the American effort referred 10
By Max ORell In tho way Of leasing
the Paris "Arc do T'iomphe." In the
centre OF the old Coliseum stands . great
memorial cross to the martyrs who suffered
death there for the amusement OF the
Romans, There are some few things that
money can not buy and among them might
be ranked permission 10 play base ball in
St Peters or the Roman Coliseum. The
very suggestion seems aaorillgeous Sup.
pose an Italian opera Ginger should try to
rent Mount Vernon o. summer residence
or ask Congress to lease the capitol q,
Washington for the performance OF grand
opera! He would be considered rare and
Interesting variety Of fool, and It IL Q sad
fact that many Americans are rogsrded In
that light abroad.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-18

THE city Of Montreal 10 always troubled
Ia the winter with large number OF Nm.
employed laborers who work out Of doors
In tho summer snd have hard ume 70
keep alive in the winter. This year their
dsrtss was % great thas the authorities
ss lsst announced thst they would give
them work, and last Friday . thousand
men applied. A few hundred we're pat to
work on the roads shovsllIng snow, and
the Us. were told 70 break stone q Is
. tolse Al this rate skilliul man could
make dollar day, but tho work IL very
hard, and an unframed man could hardly
make half that Tho men all declared that
they would rather starvs than sccept the
nffeP.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-18
vAxAxAxsRss


golden eagles are worth their
face, but the price is 50 cents.
The looms they came from
turn out as good Cashmere as
is made ia the world. Get
within reach Of these stuffs or
send for a bit-then trust your
senses.
;%S:;::sssss:: Phi S:s;:s s.:: :r.v
ssoSsiia. sssSinn,' ppiS pISm 4e..
Near centre Of the store.
"All.Wool Henrietta"
That's what the misleading
tickets say. They're simply a
good grade Of all.wool CASH
mere. The wonderful part is
the price--37X cents That
would be a fair price for lighter
and slightly cotton mixed Cash
meres. Cotton creeps into
more "all = wool" Cashmere
than you suspect
These 37H centers are good
weight and in all the Spring
shades. On the counter to day
for the first.
Near centre Of the store.
Earlier than usual with the
Spring muster OF medium
weight Cloakings. Ranks
fuller and fairer. You can sec
In five minutes what the few
weeks away Raglans and
Wraps and Jackets will be
made Of. Plaids and stripes
and checks modest all, sub.
dued, quiet. There isn't a
whoop -and-hurrah stuff in all
that roomy corner crowded
with upended pieces.
10 styles at $3.50
I3 styles at $I.75
IS styles at $a.oo
8 styles Black Worsteds-
stripes, plaids, diagonals, whip.
cords-at SO. Just thu right
weight and texture for from
now till the robins come. Finer
quality and slightly heavier
$3.50 to S..
English Cloakings, oddly
pretty with specks of unex.
pected color, $a.5o.
Most Of the stuffs 50 inches,
Northwest Of centre.
There's quick news in Up.
holstery. Yard-square Che.
nile Covers that within eigh
teen months were $3.50 and
last week 81, are IS cents. Ga
$3.50; 8xI2, IS.
Just such a pay-streak runs
through a dozen other sorts:
Jute Velour Covers
rIsoch VsIour Covers
Piinted Velour Covers
Tinssled Tapestry covers
German Tapestry Covers
sm6,S Plush Table searfs. Haiup
For never so few dimes you
can bring a CHEEKY bit Of Sum.
mer warmth and light and
brightness into the room.
Second door. north Of Transept
Fine Umbrellas at about
what the handles are worth
We told of a little lot a week
or SO back. Gone in the twink.
ling. Five hundred more
a6inch, $2,oo
2S.inch, $2.25
Chestnut street. west.
Fire Sets. Just a bit chest.
nutty, but it's the weather's
fault. Mercury may shake
hands with Zero yet. No
Well, some other year. Colo
or hot, these fixings are worth
maybe a cent-and.a.hali fol
every cent you shall have them
for. Dozens Of designs; Brass
and Black"
andirons fendera
nre sts coal hpds
portable CRATES WOOD hods
Summer prices, and 10 to Is
per cent. under any others we
know of.
Easement northwest Of centre.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-10-01

Special correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, October COMPANY H
viii have rifle practice on the battery on
the list, 2nd and 3D. Saturdays in October
at distances Of 100, 200 ana 500 yards re
spectively. Members unable to shoot on
Saturdays will be allowed to shobt on the
list. End and 3D. Mondays OF October.
Attorney General Biggs and Deputy
Attorney General Davis drove 10 the city
from Wilmington yesterday afternoon.
j. l. Taggart and wife visited in Phila-
delphia yesterday
The trustees OF the common will hold
their regular monthly meeting TO night
in their room in the old court house.
George Longacre visited Wilmington
yesterday.
The repairs to the NJ E. Church are
being rapidly pushed.
Repairs are being made to the broken
bank on the river road below here.
William J. Ferris visited Wilmington
last night.
A water moter for pumping the pipe
organ will be placed in the Presbyterian
Church soon.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-10-01
WELL-KNoWN PERSONS.

Henry George is going to California in
January. he will Afterwards 60 to Aus
tralia and New Zealand lecturing.
The Jim Grow who died at Augusta,
Ga, the other day was not an actor He
was brave soldier, stood six feet nine.
weighed 2s0 pounds, AMI when he put
his foot down he had the aoor.
The late Colonel Tomline, very rich
Englishmen who collected books and
pictures. would not permit book above
4 certain size TO enter his library nor q
book written by a clergyman or a
woman.
The health Of Lord Tennyson is now
completely restored. The aged poet may
almost daily be seen frequenting the
beautiful drives in the neighborhood OF
him walking.
The present Queen OF Spain is the FIRST
Queen Of that country to allow smoking
at court dinner. She gave permission
lately by calling for cigar herself
lighting Il, and bidding the company
follow her example.
T. II. Whickes, first vice president Of
the Pullman Palace Car Company, was in
Baltimore on tour of inspection yesier
day. In company with Vice Presiden
Lord, Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, ne visited Camden Station.
Joseph Eugenius Bruno Guignes, first
bishop Of Ottawa Canada, whose statu,
win be unveiled there October 8, wal
consecrated bishop July 80, ls4s, and
died February 9, 1873 Cardinal Gibbon
VIII not be able to be present at the I'M
yelling.
The resignation OF DIR. II. H George a
president Of Geneva College OF Beave
Falls. Pa, has been accepted by tn
board Of trustees. Criticism Of the polio
OF DIR. George regarding the management
OF the students is the cause Of the resig
nation.
Jake Kilrain left Baltimore last nigh
/ at S5 for New York. Rumors wer
/ current that Kilrsin was going for tn
! purpose Of arranging a match with
heavy weight hgher, but he said he wa
going TO look after a proposed sparrin
! exhibition for his benefit He wonla haY
Z gone sooner had not his vile been snffel
; ing from neuralgia He is expec ed nom
: lie iat.es part u he Yeeh.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-10-01

papers have been ushering iHto martyr
dom because they we're not allowed 70
buy blocks of suffrage certificates. Those
men have not given any indications
that xxhev we're un~illing martyrs
They have allowed their names 30
be be used for partisan purposes and
they have come forward with ex -parte
evidence TO the prejudice of justice In an
unworthy attempt to besmirch an honest
officer and to bring the laws for the
purity Of the ballot into disrepute They
have SLOWED their names TO be used as
supporting propositions to pay taxes in
blocks Just at the time when the
politicians of Philadelphia have
pledged themselves not to use
that method Of degrading bribery.
1t is for those gentlemen, Messrs. Bush.
Pierson and Warner, TO explain why they
wanted to carry the certificates of their
employees in their vest pockets. Collector
Mckee. and the people whom he repre-
sents, have no explanations OK apologies
to make. The collector wes doing his
duty and the people are backing him In
it. That is what he was put there
for. But what Of those people who
we're to be used as nameless cattle2 What
Of those anonymous chattels whose GER
tiiicates were 70 be taken up and held Till
they consented 80 vote rightY What
Of those fellows hidden somewhere in
the wood pile, who we're to be- produced
at the polls, properly tagged and mum
oered, TO register the opinions Of
the man who paid for and
controlled their suffragesi It would
be interesting If some Of those semi
martyr workmen who have fitted about
namelessly in the underlined background
would appear II would beinteresting e
know why they cannot attend to this
duty which the state says they must at
tend to for themselves, which cannot be
delegated aud which no honest, upright
intelligent, elf.respecting man will sell
or transfer TO any boss, political or fnan
cial
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-10-01

AMoNe the many indications Of
changes Of sentiment among the high
protective tariff beggsrs is the report
that Secretary Blaine is contemplating
concessions in the prohibitory tariff to
encourage trade with South America.
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Herald says,
The attitude Of Mr.. Blaine toward
several important questions is somewhat
in doubt. 1t has been intimated that his
interest in Montana mining enterprises
would lead him to support. by diplomacy,
the restrictive policy Of the Treasury
Department toward Mexico, but events
here during the summer have indicated
that the tendency at the State Depart.
ment was more liberal than at the Treas
ury Mr.. Blaines high tariff views are
considered by many an obstacle to the
adoption Of an enlightened policy, but
many of his friends say that so anxious
ia he to make mark on the history OF
the Western continents through the
American Conference that he will throw
to the winds. II need be, the doctrines
which he has made so conspicuous In two
campaigns.
AAA Wt0AA Aot 1C lAlC ufcb tudukb Ol
front that Mr.. Blaine has been charged
with. he changed front on the Force
bill; on the Blair bill; on his own wils
scheme for dividing the internal revenue
taxes among the states, and he abandoned
his opposition to reducing the take
on whiskey. Mr.. Blaine car
change his views with littl
or no inconvenience because the
are generally adopted without origins
thought and advocated for expediency
In regard to the South American trade
the views Of the secretary will not be 0
prime Importance if they are not /
harmony with those Of the President, b
cause the President has exhibited
strong inclination and thorough abilit
to squlech his big Secretary of State.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-10-01

PRESIDENT HARRISON win soon have
gathered large army Of political heroes
"outside Of the bresstworks" he mani
tests little or no compunction at all, in
allowing Warner Miller, 0'Brien, Tanner,
Foraker, Dudley and other sanity heroes
and chivalrous knights TO fall just out.
side Of the breastworks. He becomes
even more callous AS time goes on
and allows some OF them
who had got inside Of the citadel and
begun to loot the palace to be thrown
over the battlements and fall into the
moat Even now Dudley aud Tanner are
struggling in the muddy waters beneath
the embattled windows from whence
they can hear the sounds of
hilarious revelry and dellrious JOY
made by the dancers and drinkers
with whom they formerly tinkled
merry glasses and flung fantastic
toes This must be doubly harassing
and humiliating when they stretch theil
moist legs and lift their fearful eyes t
see the ex- Confederate hosts of darkness
led by Malone and Chalmers
marching joyously and noisily OF
to take their places But the President
turns his face away in unsympathetil
disdAin and SLOWS the loyal heroes o
many a tongue battle to droop and drowI
while he welcomes the TRAITORS to thu
country to the Wild spoils- hunter
feast
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-10-01

SINCE some criticisms on the failure
of the jury to convict Ives and the failure
Of the jury system to procure justice in
other cases new facts have come TO light
in reference TO the Ives mistrial When
the first ballot was taken the jury polled
eight for conviction and four for acquit-
tai Then the balloting and the srgu
ment began. Aftsr many ballots and
much argument one Of the jurors became
tired and said to the eight, I'm join
you" for the conviction OF man for whose
innocence he had voted nineteen times.
What spectaclel Suppose, instead Of
liberty, Ives's life had been in jeopardy
and Mr.. Clarke should have become tired.
He was just as much under an oath
when tired as when fresh to do his duty
by the people and by the prisoner He
proved recreant 70 both In sacrificing bis
Judgment to his bodily discomfort. Then
another juror, an old man. became sick
he said he could not stay in the jury
room. In fact, he should not have been
on the jury at all, for he was very
sick. Mr. Unger must, he thought, gel
away from that jury room How coulC
hei he could compromise on the limo
cence Of this man whom he was trying
He said; "I'll vote for conviction II yor
will ask the court for mercy There
were ten jurors for conviction and two
for acquittal OF the two for acquitta
Anderson was held by the determination
Of Saussy. He was willing TO vote fol
conviction if Mr. Saussy would agree "a
1t. Mr.. Saussy did not say much, but
what he did say, showed that his
mind was unalterably made up. This
was the condition Of affairs when the
foreman announced that the jury wa
unable to agree upon a verdict. This il
the condition that the palladium Of our lib
critics gets into on question Of right o.
wrong, question Of guilt or innocence
question OF life OF death Two mel
submit to argument, hunger and weak
ness, and one man is ready to convict /
his mental and moral guardian
will yield his consent. II is
travesty not trial it is
relic Of medieval barbarity to try mai
by jury. The ends Of justice woul,
be just as we'll served by making the vic
tim walk blindfolded over hot plowsbares
II he should step on one he would no
only burn his foot but he would be hung
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-10-01
NEWsPApeR orINIoN.


Faults OF the Jury system.
New York Press
The Ives trial has again emphasized
the deterioration In value Of the system
Of trial by Jury. II was once the bull
wark Of liberty. II is becoming known
as the shield Of the guilty. When
Lawyer Brooke quoted the old saving that
GOD Almighty knew everything but
what petit jury would do, . he voiced
the common sentiment. II is largely due
to the Sinking Of jury duty by citizens
that 1t has fallen so low as an instrument
Of justice. The exemptions from
jury duty include LAWYERS, doctors.
clergymen, school teachers. fremep.
militiEmen, and has been extended bv
custom to include all who have influence
enough TO get excused. The great mass
of men who would make good Jurors ara
exempt When the test Of illness, pre-.
JUDGE, relationship, etc, are applied
the persons in any community from
whom jury can be selected becomes ex,
tremely limited. BY these various
causes the circle Of persons liable to Jury
duty is narrowed down until II Is
largely made up OF the ignorant. It 4
the common testimony of lawyers that
ninety nine out Of every hundred persona
drawn for jury service are undesirable o.
unfit for jurors The result has passed
into the proverb that a man might de
liberately plot and execute murder, act
ing under advice of 3 sharp crimina
lawyer, and be absolutely sure Of acquit
tai If tried for the crime. Not fey
students Of law in the higher sense favo
notifications of the jury law, by whic
/ the votes of nine or tan iury
men shall be sufficient TO con
Wet. Others find the remedy i
the abolition Of al exemptions from iur
duty. The latter agree That a lawyer q
= eisrsy lasn VI . ghs siSiAn snoute tAA
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-10-01

DIR. LYMAN ABBOTT Of Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, in the course Of ser
mon on the philosophy Of pessimists,
said:
The man who Is dissatisfied with things
as they are is very likely to fall upon one
of two horns Of dilemma; he is either
impaled by disappointment OF impaled by
safety. The looking at life as the pes
simist looks at it may be properly de
scribed as the disease Of ideality. Such
one says that lite always ends in bat
tie, always ends in sorrow.
Il would have been we'll If the dis
Rruntled, dissatisfied t-of office, in-the-
wrong -wing Of the.party Morning News
corld have heard that sermon. Pessim
ism must end in sorrow. There Is no
other end possible for the pessimist. II
Is an uncheerful and uncanny state
bearing nothing valuable or lovely il
this life and likely to bring only untel'
sorrow in the next. We advise the New
to flop to optimism. IL is agreeable At
present and full of hope for the future.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-10-01
DovER's DETECTIVE.
he Captures Five Petty Thieves and
They Are Contradictory for Fair.

he Captures Five Petty Thieves, and
They Are Contradictory for Fair.
Special correspondence EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Oct. 1.-Detective N. Fl.
Hutchins has had his hands full
lately, but he has been equal to the
emergency. Last week he solved the prob
lem as to who has been doing the petty
thieving at the smyrna station. For
months past articles have been missed
from the cars aud depot at that place,
but last week the climax was reached
when large pot Of snuff containing
seventy-two smaller pots was taken from
the station. Detective Hutchins worked
the case up and last Saturday had Ralph
Boyle. James Boyle, Horace Ransom.
Sanford Shelton and Hiram Tucker, all
white boys ranging in age from IA 90 10
years. up before the justice It was
proven that the boys had stolen the snuff
and disposed OF the most Of it at the
various stores. They were each fined
81 80 and held in $500 bail each for court
on the charges of tresspass and larceny.
The snuff was nearly all recovered.
Detective Spittal brought force OF
fourteen special officers down last even
ing. They will be on duty ON the ground
during the fair
The streets Of the tewn were lined all
day yesterday with horses and cattle and
other exhibits on their way to the
grounds. The Kent county race come:
oil this afternoon and local horsemen are
Of course interested.
On Monday night next the annual fair
ball viii be given at Hotel Richardson
and It goes without saying that it will b'
a success, as anything given under the
auspices Of Senator Richardson and his
lady at their palatial hotel always sue
rande
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-10-01

ALBANY, Oct. Attorney General Tabor
having begun an action in the supreme court
at Utica before Judge Merwin against Cos-
tractor John Snaith upon the assembly cell
ing fraud, that official granted an order for
Snaith's arrest, and the paper was placed in
the hands of Sheriff Rooney and Snaith was
arrested late in the afternoon. He subse-
quently gave bonds in the sum Of $4,000
Isaac Brilleman, a jeweler, and Henry L
Smith. a clothier. becoming his suretiea