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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30
FROM FOREIGN LANDS
Unusual Activity in the German
War Department.
STILL ANOTHER SOCIALIST SCARE.

Or II May Be That the Kaiser Fears
The Intimacy Existing Between
France and Isussia-In Any Event
Socialism In the Army Must BE
RigidIy Suppressed. -sso
BERLIN, March 30.-Unusual activity
has prevailed for the past three days in
the war office. and an unusual number
of employees were busy at the Office yes
terday. The emperor had long audi
ence with Chancellor Won Caprivi and
the high officials generally. 1t looks as
If something important was on the
tapis. There is no doubt that the move
ment of Russian troops near the Ger
man frontier, and the evidence of cor
dial intimacy between Russia and
France, have caused much anxiety in
Berlin, and it is possible that the alarm
caused by the apprehension of war may
lead to important military changes.
Besides the fact that Russia or France
may be preparing for war, the German
government is said to be very much
stirred up over startling facts that have
been disclosed in regard to the social
istic propaganda in the army.
The military authorities have come
into possession, through recent ar
rest, of evidence going to show that the
social democracy has been spreading its
doctrines through the ranks both of the
army and of the navy, and have made
numerous proselytes, and the propaga-
tion Of socialism among the troops is
not confined to Germany but is syste-
matically carried on through Europe,
with the exception of Russia, and that
all the armies of western Europe are
honeycombed with the subversive ideas
of the pledged enemies of established
institutions. The kaiser, it is stated,
has given directions that the evil should
be dealt with most radically, so far as
Germany is concerned, and any officer
or soldier detected in propagating the
prohibited opinions shall be punished
with the utmost severity. The infor-
nation ascertained has also been sent to
Austria, Belgium and Italy, for the
war offices in those countries to be on
their guard.
BismarcIk's Popularity.
Prince Bismarck is fitting up in an
elaborate manner the house he has pur-
chaeed In the Konniggratzer strasse, and
thirty Of the rooms are being furnished
In style befitting wealthy potentate
or tho ambassador of some leading
power. The prince, his friends say,
will maintain sort of personal court
in Berlin, TO which his followers and
admirers, German and foreign, can re-
sort, and from all appearances it will be
II center of considerable influence and
authority. The war talk, which usually
makes sovereign popular. has had a
contrary effect in the case of the kaiser,
and there is considerable apprehension
of his inability to direct Germany in
crisis, while there is also feeling that
his overtures to France have had some
thing TO do toward bringing crisis on.
Bismarck grows in popularity, while
confidence in the kaiser just now is at a
very low ebb.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March GA bad
wreck occurred on the Ensley City
dummy line by the train leaving the
track and rolling down an embank-
ment. Alf Brown and Boy Taylor. col
ored, were killed, while A. j. Risby,
Mrs DR.. Ramsey, Mrs. John Sullivan
and John Nelm were seriously injured.
About ten negroes were nurt. two
fatally. All the victims were residents
of this city.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30
Preparing for a Big Strike.

HUNTINGDON, Pa. March 30.-Quiet
but extensive preparations are being
made by the Central Pennsylvania coal
miners for general strike on May L.
Their grievances, they say, are beyond
further endurance and only n sweeping
shut down will avail them anything.
The scale provided by the Columbus
convention for 50 cents per ton OF 1000
pounds has been ignored by all che op-
orators, who exact 2,2I0 pounds per
ton. The miners will also demand the
eight hour day and the absolute free
dom from the pluck me stores.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

Weems was shot and instantly killed in
this city last night by Horatio G. Caid-
well. They are both young men and
had been ON u drunk togeths: all day
Saturday. Caldwell tcoK Weems to his
home to sleep, .esd while the husband
was sleeping off his intoxication Weems
attcinpted TO assault Mrs. Caldwell.
Upon learning of the attempt Caldwell
armed himself with a revolver and went
in search of Weems. Meeting him
Caldwell fired four shots. one of them
taking effect in Weems' lungs He died
inside of five minutes. Caldwell was
locked uD
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

PHILADELPHIA, March ,3O.-1he rear
portion of the eastern express on the
Pennsylvania railroad-four Pullman
coaches-jumped the track at Devan
station early this morning and toppled
over. Miss Goddard, of st. Louis, was
quite severely injured, she having four
ribs broken. g. V. Kipp, of New
York; Frank Hurry. of New York; D.
Fl. Roberts, of New York. and George
T. Cram, of st, Louis, were slightly
hurt. -
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

CAMDEN, N. j., March 30.-Fire Sat
urday night destroyed the depot, ferry
slips and houses and eight passenger
cars of the Philadelphia and Atlantic
City railroad at Kaighn's Point. The
road is operated by the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad company. All
the valuable papers, tickets, etc, were
destroyed. The flames spread so rap
idly that many of the employees mar
rowly escaped injury. Ticket Collector
Fox was badly burned before he could
get out of his office. The loss is esti-
mated at 500, 900.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30
Another missing Trenton Man.

TRENTON, March 30. = James r.
Brook, of Brook, Oliphant & Co., man
ufacturers of mechanical rubber goods,
has not been home since Tuesday and
his family and friends are greatly con-
cerned, fearing he has met with foul
play. Mr.. Brook left his New York of :
flee on Tuesday ostensibly to go to Bes-
ton, and has not been heard from since.
He had about $500 with him. He is a
member of the Trenton board of alder
men and quite wealthy.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

PHILADELPHIA, March 3O.-His wife's
intidelity caused John Hayes, aged "a
years, of l542 Dorrance street, to shoot
Andrew Mcfarland, 81 years, who was
a boarder,ZZ in the left arm yesterday
morning. Mcfarland is at the Penn
syi, Lnia hospital, where his wounded
arm was aiaputated below the elbow.
Hayes was arrested
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, March 3d.
Oliver Deacon is very much in demand
up in the Toms Creek neighborhood
He was, without doubt. the most
nulnerously engaged man in all this
region. There have been eighteen girls
who have stated since his escape that
they were engaged TO be married to
Deacon. and that the wedding day fx.d
III each case was April 20.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

INDIANAPOLIS, March 3O.-Investiga:
tion shows that Henry c. Berg, the al
legged Franciscan monk, who WIS biD.
ti2ed into the Christian church Friday
night, is "a fraud from Louisville, KY,
who has been doing a thriving business
as an ''apostate," being quite impartial
as between denominations in bestowing
his faith. He has probably been bap-
tized i'll more different styles than any
other man in America,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

BIRMISdHAM, Ala. March 30,-Elrod
Hudson and JEFF. Dinsmore, the two ne
groes who burned portion of Russell
vile last Tuesday night were taken
from the Jail at Bell Green yesterday
and hung to Il limb. Their bodies were
then riddled with bullets. The negroes
confessed. The others connected with
the affair were women and their lives
were spared
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

WASHINGTON, March 30.-A sensation
has been caused at the treasury depart
ment by the discovery of counterfeit
81 silver certificate so nearly perfect in
all its parts us to be almost impossible
of detection. The treasury department
will suspend the printing of the 50 sill
yer certificate and institute new series
of tho same denomination. These will
contain vignette of Secretary Win
dom
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

CAMDEN, N, J., March 30.-At the
meeting Of the Methodist ministers this
forenoon the question of forming citi-
zens' league for the suppression of vice
and crime was discussed. The minis
ters propose to push the matter until all
the gambling rooms, race tracks and
Sunday liquor sellers are done away
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

CHICAGO, March SO.-Jacob Schafer
has formally accepted George Carter's
challenge for the. championship of the
world at fourteen inch balk line bill
lizards, and after a conference with
Charles j. Parker, representing Carter,
May was selected as the date, and the
Central Music hall, Chicago, as the
place for PLAYING the match.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30
They Yield to the Inevitable.

BROOKLYN, March 3d. The police
boycott against Wiley Ct. Overten, the
colored policer..5Tvh, has ended. Super.
intondent Campbell threatened to dis
miss officers who refused to sleep in the
same dormitory with Ovsrton. and the
men promised to drop their pref adice.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30
A Highly Successful Gun Test.

New YoRK, March 3O.-The new
wire gun invented by John Hamilton
Brown, of this city, was tested Satur-
day at Ft. Wadsworth. The first test
showed that the cylinder had withstood
pressure of Al 800 pounds, The other
test showed pressure of about 90, 900
pounds. All present expressed them
selves rs satisfied that the new gun was
an improvement on others that have
been produced in this country.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

New YORK, March 3O.-The body of
an unknown man, about 80 years of age,
was found in the water near Fit. Wads.
worth, $. l., yesterday. There was a
deep cut wound in the forehead, which
the physicians who examined it did not
think was caused by the body coming
in contact with to rocks. Indications
point to another murder mystery.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30
The Lymph Pronounced a Failure.

TORONTO, March 3d. The hospital
medical authorities of Canada have pro-
nounced the Koch lymph as specific
for consumption failure. DIR. w. w.
Henderson, of the Kingston hospital,
says it afforded slight temporary relief
does not consider it generelly effective
when used for other diseases. In the
lupus cases there was slight improve
meat, but it could not be called q cure,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

SCRANTON, Pa, March 8O.-Joseph
McGovern was killed and Patrick Nc
Cauley severely injured by boiler ex-
plosion in the Grassy Island mine, near
Olyphant.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

San FRANCISCO, March 3o.-A special
from San Ledro reports horrible case
of self ,nntilation at that place. james
Anderson, while temporarily insane,
cut off ais left leg below the knee and
mis- left hand. He viii die.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

HARRspuRa, March 80. - Governor
Pattison has signed the requisition for
james Hughes, chairman of the knights
OF Labor executive committee, wanted
at Rochester, n. Y.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

DoYLEsTows, Pa. March 30.-Jerome
FaskenthaA was arrested Saturday fol
embeZzfement. He was deputy recorder
OF Bucks county.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

BosToN, March 80. - Margaret A..
Lynn, who was born in County Derry,
Ireland, in ITS, died ut Cambridge,
Mrs. Lynn was OF old Presbyterian
stock, and had lived in Cam bridge forty
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

CHICAGO, March 30. = The Illinois
Central, Chicago and New Orleans lin
ite train started off yesterday at
o'clock for the sunny south. New Or
leans will be reached at 8 o'clock to-
night, making the run between Chicago
and New Orleans in twenty nine hours.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

ROME, March 30.-The will of the
late Prince Napoleon was opened Satur.
day 1t was found that he left every
thing he possessed to his son, Prince
Louis.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30

NEW YoRK, March 80. = Warden
Charles Osborne, of the Tombs prison,
died of consumptiop yesterday.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30
Not Enough Physicians


There is actually scarcity of physi-
clans in some sections OF the city, and
the health authorities say that many
deaths are undoubtedly due to the fact
that medical ATTENDANCE cannot be Sc
cured when most needed.
In those quarters of the city where
the poorest classes live thereis much
sickness, and as the hospitals are al
ready overcrowded there is no place to
take these patients. The consequence
is that hundreds of them promise to die
in their beds without having received
any treatment to speak of, but in the
present state of affairs this cannot be
helped.
The various relief and aid societies
are doing all they can in the matter,
but owing to the scarcity of physicians
they are handicapped. Every doctor
has his hands full and naturally devotes
his attention to his own patients. Ex-
cept during the prevalence of great
epidemic such a death rate has never
been known in this city. Then, again,
the atmospheric conditions are unpre-
cedented.
Many Physicians Dead.
According to the statement of DR..
Wickersham, commissioner of health,
"this great increase in the death rate is
due solely to the prevalence of influenza,
together with the prevalent atmospheric
conditions, which are extraordinary
and most unusual. That there is some
thing out of the ordinary is made evil
dent by the fact that SO many physi-
clans are sick, and not only that, but
that so many OF them have died. No
body seems to be proof against it, and
certificates showing the deaths of
doctors arc coming In right along. l
never saw time when pneumonia de-
veloped SO quickly, and when pneu-
monia comes in such weather as this
the attending physician usually has his
death certificate ready
Mr.. Tomlinson, in charge of the city's
vital statistics, estimates that 200, 900
persons are down with the grip. Assist
ant Statist1cian Crowley died Saturday,
and DIR. Charles 7. Parkes. one of the
most eminent surgeons in the west, and
chief surgeon of Rush Medical college,
died later in the day from the same dis
ease. There We're not hearses enough
in town to carry the dead to the graves
yesterday, and many funehals which
were to haYe taken place We're post
poned fltil today.
Loren Olsen, who has been suffering
from the grip, cut his throat and died.
Matthew Gaylord, while insane from
the same cause, took morphine and may
die.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30
SCOTCH
CHEV1OTS

sack, with lap seams and
patch pockets, can you
imagine anything dressier?
Not only that, they are a
ego" this season, as the
sales thus far have de-
monstrated. Then add to
the above an unexcelled
"Mullin" fit and Sixth and
Market prices and you
will not find anything that
will suit your taste and
needs, and more especially
your pocketbook, half as
well as one of these.
Cheyiots haye Q bold on
the people it is hard to
break, and the hold is one
of good cause, for they are
as serviceable as they are
popular. Ii you leave
your order now you will
escape the crowd all
clamoring for spring
clothing at once.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30
CHICACO'S EPIDEMIC.
Alarming Increase in the Death
Rate Last Week.
A LACK OF MEDICAL ATTENDANCE

Two Hundred Thousand People
Stricken with the PIague-Many
Physicians Dead-Funerals POST
poned on Account of q Lack of
Henrses.
CHICAGO, Maroh 30.-The death roll
in Chicago for last week was 1904, and
as the indications are that the present
damp, sickly weather will continue for
some time there is danger of an increase
in the number of deaths this week.
The number Of deaths since March 1,
compared with the number for cor
responding period in 1890. illustrates
the present condition of things very
clearly. The table is made up by
weeks.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-10
The Weight of the Fish.

\ number of men stood in front of
railroad Office in Clark street. looking at
an enormous muskallonge, which.
stretched on ice, served as an advertise
ment Of the roads fishing grounds. One
Of the men, glancing at the card which
announced the weight of the fish, SAID
with a sheer:
''Thirty-hve pounds! I'll bet twenty
dollars it doesn't weigh thirty-four.
Anybody want to take me up? Do you?"
he added, speaking to young fellow
who came out of the Office.
DO what"
Want to bet On the weight of this
fish,
Whats the use of betting on it? The
card tells how much it weighs"
"Oh, know what the card tells. but
want to get at tie real weight of the
fish. Bet twenty dollars it don't weigh
thirty-four pounds
"All right, I'll 60 you"
The money was put up. The fish
weighed forty-fve pounds. When the
defeated man was gone, some one, speak
ing to the winner, said:
You ran a big risk"
"Not much. You see there are a
number of fellows who go around dis
putting the weight of railroad fish, and
are eternally wanting to bet that they
will not weigh as much as the card
states, and they don't, as rule, but
fixed this one. The original card gave
the weight at fifty ponds, but expect
ing a sharper along, l changed it."-Ar-
kansaw Traveller.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-10
Swindlins n Texan,

Major Sumpter Mcbride is a Texas
gentleman, who has been spending the
summer in New York. A few DAYS ago
he went to the landlord of his hotel in a
state of great excitement. He said:
The rascality that goes on in big
city like New York is just incredible,
and the way strangers are taken in is
perfectly scandalous. I've been here
three weeks, and without knowing it
have been swindled every day"
"How did it come about" asked the
landlord.
lyon see there IS lemonade stand
near the hotel, and every day I've been
getting one or more glasses of lemonade"
Wasn't it real lemonade:"
'The lemonade itself was all right.
I'm not complaining of the quality of
the lemonade, but the way the fellow
who sells it gouged me-"
"How did he come to cheat you?"
Easiest thing in the world. You see
he has sign up, Lemonade, three and
five cents That means if he squeezes
half lemon in the glass it is three
cents, and if he sqleezes a whole lemon
in it is five cents. | didn't know this,
and the man who keeps the lemonade
stand, seeing that l was from Texas,
asked me eight cents, and when | kicked
he pointed to his sign and said, three
and five are eight cents, and I've been
paying eight cents for three cent glass
of lemonade ever since I've been in New
York. l didn't fin1 out my mistake IN
til today. If hal him out on a Texas
prairie I'd make personal matter of it. ="
Texas Siftings.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-10
==s3=oNoaL c7R0N0NETE7:

invention That Aids in the
study OF ' esronometer depicted
s.rG n sBe invention of a German tr nan
a' J; :. I described as follows in The
=. Circular. .,,v Going pendulum
al'ed Ol q ,o,qratn, ocularly demon
4 rain tA'' i 1p functions OF our
,- al 'ls 80 and the effects produced
4 e.srf ''' .arse Of the terrestrial and
ZEN ,ls . the changing iilumina-
b. po'i,.l-..'o Of the earth, moon,
and The These phases are in precise
te'. . g. 70 the reality ana are me-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-10

ban CHI j,,'c Welding machine for making
ions Of oIoo Is among the latest applica-
Ound nOs eisGtric Welding. It has been
lsns TIM s''''e TO weld two links at the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-10
HierO's Fountain.

aero fountain is an arrangement by
'." JET may be obtained that will last
some tine !, derives its name from
inventor, Hero, who lived at Alexan-
. IL. Il. e., ala depends upon the elias.
If o. raea air.
-'.''''S OF n niass dish (see cut and
~. -.''S globes. The dish communi-
= W.T." the lower part of the globe by a
: .'.r. and another tube connects the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-10
CHICAGO, Rock Island & Pacific Ry,

The Direct Route to and from Chicago Joliet Ottawa
Peoria, La Sale, Moline, Rock Island, in ILLINOIS;
Davenport Muscatine 0ttumwa, Oskaloosa Des
Moines, Winterset, Audubon, Harlan and Council
Bluffs, in IOWA; Minneapolis and st. Paul in MN
NEsOTA; Watertown and Sioux Falls, in DAKOTA I;
Cameron, st. Joseph and Kansas City, in MISSOURI;
Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury and Nelson in NEBRASKA;
Atchison, Ieavenworth. Horton, Topeka, Hutchinson
Wichita, Belevilie Abilene, Dodge City, Caldwell. in
KANSAS; Kingfsher, FL Reno and Minco, in INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
in COLORADO. Traverses new areas of rich farming
and grazing lands aurdng the best facilities of inter-
communication 10 all towns and cities and west
northwest and southwest OF Chicago and Pacific and
trans-oceanic seaports.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-10

--o,vHv'CAL tHisbNONElE h'
r. .r4 automatically correct.
... -,,..-r has exteriorly the shape
.,s-v mquyrl clock. The clock
4 ,,- astronomical mechanism, is
.smo.r construction Of metal,
4 ..a- The dial on the front side
..r-. and minutes. and is calculated
4 ,-r..-.p.dar timekeeper. The sides
'. s are furnished each with a col
.,, NJ rBe northern and southern
l .I5-.ra1. arranged according 10 re-
,..-.rsu-, OF astronomers, and con-
ar. between the first and fifth
-. The astronomical disk is To-
,,,r -ba upper surface OF the case,
Z, nj, disk functions the apparatus
.r.-Bs manuero Of the revolutions OF
-a-s., arounI the sun.
H., Is co,ored and mounted upon a
,r.- It shows the elliptico-eccen-
g,.5,ofthe planets Mercury, Venus,
4 ,-f Mars. the direction of the paths
H.. rla.ion Of revolutions in days.
| ..sr4,h is formed by an elliptical
1 .-1-h which passes the arbor
4 combination with the mechan-
4 5g--riu. tue earth aud moon.
sion of rhe elliptic into $50 dogs,
-lsr division Into months aud
/. names OF twelve signs and signs
- 1s..a. the division into the four
g = 4.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-10

J "-1a,,- has thus explained in Forest
! S-tu why leaves change in color:
b. green matter in the tissue of a leaf is
! r',e. Of Two colors, red and blue.
b. Cue sap ceases to flow in the fall and
natural growth OF the tree ceases. oxi-
20 o.taeJi-sue takes place. Under GER
! 91..uDusth the green of the leaf changes
under different conditions it takes
BIZ Joss or brown tint. This difference
/ ), due 20 the difference in combina-
2 # -ae orl-.u1. constituents of the
Issue and to the varying conditions
rt'e, exposure and soil. \ dry, cold
f produces more brilliant foliage
'-e THAT Is damp and warm. This is
fi,l1 that our American autumns are
-.a more eor--gu, than those of Eng
J There are several things about leaves
i7-sl science cannot explain. For in
-s Why one or two trees growing side
'.-. o.. tue same age and having the
l5 exposure. should take on brilliant
il'aetl., and the other should turn
o", OF Why one branch Of tree should
--l.Y co1red and the rest of the tree
'a.I yellow tint, are questions that
&c impossible 10 answer as why one
-oy' OF family should be perfectl-
Toy Haa another siCkly."
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-10

For beauty, for comfort, for improve
ment of the complexion, use oily Poz-
zoni's Powder; there is nothing equal to