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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13

from returning the Republicans as
paid and the Democrats unpaid. as Ii
would expose them as soon as the re-
turn was made, where us by returning
all as delinquents, the fraud would not
be 80 soon found out, and when found
out nothing would DO said about 1t.
The Republican members OF the
Levy Court, indeed Democratic mem
bers too, are to blame for not making
q more rigid examination OF the de-
llnquent returns when they were made
and the month Of March having pas
sed by without any attempt to correct
the returns. 1t Is now claimed by the
Democrats that 1t is too late now to
put them on the lists even though
fraudulently returned. This forms
the question now pending before the
Chancellor.
Can collector Mckee he punched is
a question now debated In the public
mind?
The following Is the law in the case
and the readers of the REPUBLICAN can
form their own conclusions. 'Hhe
Levy Court shall, before they allow
the delinquent list OF any collector,
require that such collector shall upon
oath say,that the delinquent list made
out and returned by him to the Lovy
Court is true In all its statements to
the best of his knowledge and belief
and that no tax has been collected BY
him from any person so returned By
him linquent.
The oath hereby prescribed may b.
administered by the clerk of tho salt
court and any collector who shall
swear falsely as to any matter to which
he may 10 required to make oath b!
this section shall be liable to the pain
and penalties OF forgery
The penalty for perjury Is as follows
IF any person shall commit The
crime OF perjury, or shall suborn o
procure any other person to comml
the. crime OF perjury. such persol
shall DO deemed guilty OF felony an,
shall be fined not less than $500 no
more than $4,000 and shall stand ON
hour in the pillory." .,-
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13

Judge Charles Swayne OF the First
United States District OF Florida came
to the old homestead in June, and on
Saturday, he and his daughter went
down to Atlantic City to catch the sea
[breeze.
VIM. Lawton, the enterprising china
merchant OF Wilmington and his fami.
ly are summerlng out hcre In Robert
McCullough's beautiful country man
sion. They appreciate their summer
residence, and the neighbors around
here appreciate them.
Farmer W. s. Talley Is busy man
around here. He keeps sharp look
out for every train and when any haul
ing Is to be done he Ia around. He
raises crops too.
William Purnell has such a promis-
ing corn crop that feeling OF pride
comes over him every tlme he looks
at it, Other people praise 1t too.
J. @. Henvis is ahead with his crops.
He never can be laggard. He feels
keenly the sad af1liction of losing q
lovely daughter q short time ago.
Charles MulliI, leading morocco
manufacturer OF Wilmington has O
farm that he has made rich by the re-
fuse OF morocco shops.
L. W. Jordan the enterprislng post
master and station agent watches
every need of the farmers and what
ever they need In the line OF agricul
tural implements, phosphates, seeds
coal, tile aud such like he always has
on hand. "YUan
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13
DIED.
DAyIS-Dn Jiilv 1901 Rni,,

lDAYIs.-on July L.. 1901. Robert II. Da
Wis aged 80 years
Relatives and friends, and members of
Lodge, /. O. O. f., are inyit-
Ied to attend his funeral, from his late res.
lldenoe, at Rockiand Brandywlne hum
ldred. on Wednesday afternoon, at 4
O'clock. Services IN Mt. Lebanon NJ. Z.
Church, Interment at Mt. Lebanon Gem
Ietery.
lSHAKESPEARE-Iu this city on the 18th
Inst, John ShaSespearoaysd " years.
Relatives and friends arc Invited to at.
Itend tho funeral from his lato residence,
moon at POI clock. Intermo:,t at Whining
|; on and Brandywinc Cemetery.
on the 18th inst,
Annie N. Chtppoy. aged % yoars.
Relatives and friends are invited to at.
ltend her fun9ia from the residence OF he,
lparents No, II West Twelfth street, on
lTuesd y. Scrfic at the house at 0 D. IN
lnternent at st. Peters Cemetery.
WARD--on July 18th. 1901. Uriah Ward,
Relatives and friends of the family are
linvi oil to attend his funeral from his late
residence, No. Mcconnell street, ON Wed,
ncsday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter
mont at hiyerFiew cemetery.
Lee this city, on the
ieth inst, Catherine G. LeEarpentler
wife of Edward LeCarpentier, and
daughter of VIM. McMenainin. aged 81
years,
Relatives and friends are invited to at.
ltcnd tho funeral from the residence oil
her husband. No. 1907 Lincoln street. OF
i "Wednesday morning. at o'clock. lie
luu!em high mass at St. Ann's church. In
Hitefment Mt New Cathedral Cemetery.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13

Miss Lille 1Boulden returned from
a pleasant visitamong friends in Mary
land this week
Mr.. VIII Mitchell Is talking of TAX.
ing his vacation to Cape May witt
him soon.
Isaac Bouldan of Main street is suf
fering from d series OF complaints
seeming 10 arise from too much young
fruit.
Mrs. Blanche Field who has beer
quite sick Is cdnyalescent.
Amos w. and Charlie B, are going u
have walking match. The winner tt
get her.
The local branch OF Epworth Leagu,
will meet at tho house Of Miss Saraf
Mann, near the toll gate, Tuesday
evening. Afulluttendance Is requested
as some new officers are to be elected
The League Is source OF promotion
OF religion that will benefit all who viii
attend. 1t Is 10 growing condition
here and bids fair to do much good
| We are going TO hold q peach festlva
next month. Como In and help us.
Dame Runner says another wedding
will soon take place. We are not sur
but fiom observation taken Saturda,
night, we thih k there Will soon b.
another call a way. A. B.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13

The Atlantic and Gulf wrecisIng Com
pany has discovered tho wreck OF the
bark Midway. which etruck on tho
Hen and Chickens Shoal thirty-four
years ago, while bound from London
to Philadelphia. She was laden With
spelter. pig-iron, speigel iron, steel
clippings and lead, a cargo worth
thousands OF dollars, not pound Of
which has ever been taken out Of her.
She lies to-day undfsturbed, with the
hull yet intact She has gradually set-
tied In the sands.
The wreckers think that there are
thousands OF dollars In tho wreck, and
only small amount Of work is re.
CURED to bring the treasure trove to
the surface. The Midway struck under
full sail during a stormy December
night the vessel having been many
miles too far In shore, owing to a de-
fecuve ehronometer. Soon after
striking she disappeared beneath the
quicksands, and has not boon seen un-
I'll recently.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13
Notes on Builder.


One OF the reporters Of the daily RE.
PUBLICAN in conversation witha hard
ware merchant found him very much
disappointed and Indignant man
against the Builders Lien Law" He
had just been Informed by builder
who had promised to pay him a large
sum of money that day, that he
would have to wait four months
for bis pay, He said every man who
furnishes any material or labor that
goes into O building has, under said
law, a lien against bodybuilding until
the expiration OF four months time,
after the building was completed. He
expressed his determination not to
trust out any more hardware unless
he knew he would get his pay, regard
less Of the builders borrowing on the
property. The difficulty was expressed
by Geo. r. Townsend this morning.
We said; Mr.. Townsend, some build
ers have expressed a difficulty In. Dor
rowing money on account OF the
Builders Lien Law" Yes" said he,
there Is a good doaTin that" II don't
know that there Is any more reason for
timidity In loaning money on build
ings than last year but capitalists are
afraid to loan.s
We inferred from Mr.. Townsend's
remarks that more thorough informa.
ton would cure the difficulty. Hence
we made up our mind to Interview
some OF the leading builders, lawyers
and capitalists thinking their informa
tion may clear tho whole difficulty UP
either or showlngthat the present law
by is satisfactory what amendments
should be made thereto.
Appropo, a leading painter who is
also builder said he thought the law
WINS all right, 1t only kept men Of Tic
capital and not sufficient experience
from property enterprises, In which
their incompetency would be sure tC
produce failure, from embark.ng II
hazardous enterprises. The President
of tho Builders Exchange remark &C
this morning that the building busi
ness Is fiat.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13
FOURTH EDITION
A Ceyl,I IN Missionary,


Mr.. Fred Bagley, who Is now In this
country, to lectuts and study medicine,
went to Ceylon about five years ago,
In company OF forty missionaries,
where he remained thirteen months,
returning to bib native Shropshire,
England, on ACCOUNT Of a sunstroke.
Some Incidents W his experience are
interesting:
Mr.. Bayley wi lilo seated In the tent
one evening was surprised, and some
what alarmed at first, to see the horri-
BILE length of O huge snake stretching
down through the roof OF the open
tent Going outside, the speaker SO
cured large stick and despatched the
reptile, and carried 1t In triumph to
the front Of the tent, This had not
been done long before a native came
to the front Of the tent and looked in.
Immediately on seeing the dead snake
he grew excited and exclaimed In his
native tongue:
ugh, you kill snake. Me not come
in.'
And with this the heather rushed
away from the tent and would not
again enter 1t. The speaker explained
this action on tho part OF the ma.
tives by saying that many OF them on
India's Isle were believers in the trans
migration OF tho soul. They believed
that all the wicked members OF their
race were trnns formed into reptiles,
ants, leeches and the like, while the
righteous came on earth again In the
shapes OF holibr objects. Therefore
they would not kill q snake for feal
some OF their ancestors uhad beer
wicked In their time and as O punish
ment for their crime, wrathful Cos
had sent them on earth again in the
shape Of reptile.
They thought by killing the snake
they might be guilty OF the murder Of
an ancestor. The same precautloi
was taken with the harmless objects
They thought he leesh might possibly
have been their grandmother, and 4
they denied Its right to lap their blooC
they would be 8 carving their own CRANE
mother.
Tho speaker also cited numerous
other instances to show the ignorance
OF the natives ard heir sore need of TIL
teachings of Jesus Christ.
There was neqd of surgery In Indi;
also, the speaker said. fhe active
doctors, who exercised very ltttl
Judgment In surgery or tho art o
healing often charged exOrbitant fee
for their work. The speaker gave al
instance OF helpless woman who witt
a broken arm BY her side, was forced
to go from hut to hut begging enough
money to pay the physician before HI
would examine her fractured limb.
Mr.. Bayley also told how in severa
of the Villages the missionaries hat
been taken as gbds descended from tn,
heavens.
When the missionaries told then
they were but Human 1t was long
time before the natives would believe
Finally they invited tho mission
aries to their huts. There some o
them were converted while the great
est part refused to accept q foreiegi
religion for feat Of the god they wor
shipped. When any one became sick thu
neighbors almed that Budha ha'
sent the sickness.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13

Soon after midnight on Saturday
night, two young men with dinner
kettles on their arms, returning home
from. work, brought Marshall B.
Pierce to the Merritt House, Front and
French streets, andfasked night-elerk
Joseph Yarnall to assign him to o
room. Mr.. Yarnall assigned him to
room No. II, In the third story. Pierce
was apparently intoxicated and Mr..
lYarnalf naturally thought that sleep
would do him good. Mr.. Yarnall knew
Pierce, and knew him to be o perfectly
reliable and respectable man, but al
times he would drink "a little too
much. The young men had found
him on the street, and knowing him,
took him in the hotel.
It was ascertained afterwards3 that
Pierce some time ago being good
SHARP Company, where the young mon
who found him worked at the same
time. Pierce lived In Ayondale, Ches-
ter County, where he left a wife but
he has no children. Yesterday morn
ling about $50 o'clock, o colored do
nestle opened the bed room door in
tending to enter to make the bed, but
seeing man on the bed she withdrew.
Moon came and Pierce still had not
come down, and o waiter was des-
patched to ascertain the cause. Mean
time Ida Dixon, colored servant,
had knocked on the door of the room
land receiving no answer to her repeat
Iod knocking she opened the door and
Hooked In.
Still Pierce did not move. Ry this
time the waiter appeared and the dis
,lcoyery was soon made that the man
Twas dead, There was no evidence
,Iwhatever OF a struggle, and county
i The went to bed he fell into sleep and
death overlook him so quickly that be
was not aware he was dying.
u Coroner Charles d. Sparks was sum
moned about 1 O'Clock In company
,Iwlth Coroner Physician Smith, who ex
lamined the deceased. He thinks death
was due to heart failure. Clerk Var.
mall was notified, and arrived few
,hours later. The mans body was
| searched and 1907 found on his clothes
lThere was also letter addressed to
i Il. A. Comegys, Of No. 322 East Sec
ond street, this city. Mr.. Comegys
, WAS notified and soon arrived. HI
4 stated that deceased was q member Of
o Lafayette Lodge, No, Q, X. of P. III
was also member of Delaware Lodge
A No. /, |. o. o. +. The letter was writ
4 ten with reference to lodge matters
al bIr. Comegys stated that he knew
flPierce and that he was carpenter. HI
j formerly lived In this city, but after
4 wards moved to Centreyille, Del, ant
|, subsequently to Ayondale, where fo
some time past he had been keeping 6
,restaurant. Pierce has three sisters
,Ilivlng in this city.
Coroner Sparks had the body remov
lied to Palmer's morgue, and at
i Io'clock this morning, an inquest was
nIheld. No additional facts wer,
brought out at the inquest and Yer
, dict WINS rendered of death from hear
i TROUBLES. Pierce was about 81 year.
OF age. The relatives, this afternoon
: removed the body to Avondale, Ches
+ ter county, Pa, for interment.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13

On Saturday morning, Joseph Quinn
aged So years, a merchant at No. 1901
Pine street, Philadelphia. was struck
and seriously injured by north
bound passenger train on the Baltt.
more and Ohio railroad between New,
ark and klamensl.
Mr.. Quinn had been In Newark on
business, and after hiring carriage
started out In the country. Upon
crossing tho track no was struck by
an approaching train, and the rear por-
ton OF the carriage was struck and de.
molished. Quinn was thrown several
feet away.
lie was picked up in an unconscious
condition and brought to tho Delaware
Hospital In this city were he was at
tended by DR.. John Palmer. It Is fear.
ed that he has suffered conclusion oil
tho spine.
His son, who had been notified OF
the accident, came down from Fhila.
delphia yesterday and found them
much improved.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13

Frederick Jacob. young farmer liv-
Ing on the historic jackson farm, O
short distance east OF West Grove, Pa,
bought an imported Guernsey calf, at
Samuel Kents sale, few days ago,
paying therefor $40. He took
the calf home and placed 1t, for tenn
porary safety, Ia pen with two other
calves, for which the butcher was ex.
peeted to call in few days. The
butcher. Harry Chandler, OF Avondale,
did call, and not finding the owner oil
the premises about, proceeded to load
up tho calves he was accustomed tC
do.
When Mr.. JACOB came home he was
told of the butchers visit; with pre-
monition that possibly the butcher
had got the wrong veal, tho farmer
fastened to thb calf pen which he dis
covered empty, the butcher entirely
Innocent OF tho ancient pedigree of thu
young GUERNSEY, had loaded 1t In will
the rest. Mr.. Jacob fastened at once
to Avondale, bit when he reached the
slaughter house the three calves wer,
dangling from their gambril joints
with nothing 10 indicate which wui
the forty dollar yeal and which wal
the six dollar article. Ad
vance,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13

Richard Sheridan, John Herman, Thos.
Mullen and George Ma!oney, left this
city for sail on the delaware, Satur-
day afternoon. They had intended to
return In the evening, but thu tide and
wind being against them, It was impos-
slble. They drifted about on the Della
ware all evening and managed to
reach Pennsyille before morning. Here
they rested few hours and getting
into their caft started on their home.
ward voyage. The boat was drifted
back to the shore and Mullen and
Maloney left the craft and the Others
got homo last evening in time to stop
a search party that was being organic
ed to look for them.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13

Two boys, one white the other col.
ored, engaged in a fight at the corner
of Third and King street, this morning
when the former got the latter down
aud was doing his best to keep him
down. A hundred persons soon col
lected but few had the Ibanliness To
end the struggle, while great many
wished to see tho combatsnts fight ID
out. They WE'RE finally separated, al-
though the white boy was very pugna-
cious, and went their respective ways,
just In time TO avoid arrest. us police
officer arrived few seconds after.
wards,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13
Making q Morse Runaway.

At noon to-day, Deverell Bros. horse
In front OF their store, started to go
down Fourth st, TO Kitchens stables
where he had stall, starting ahead of
his driyeriwhcn he got downto Fourth
and French street number OF people
ran outand yelled and tried to stop
bin. This only increased his speed.
When he got down opposite his
stable he wanted to go in but
u crowd shouted and yelled and kept
him going on down the street. When
he got TO Fourth and Pine he permitted
himself to be caught and taken back
to his stable. The horse seemed deter
mined not to run away though cou-
pie hundred pecple We're yelling after
him. II was too warm Just then for q
runaway and the poor brute wanted
his dinner. Nothing was brok en-.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13
A Sorioiak Cllarge.

jennie Crisden. colored, was before
Judge Ball this morning charged with
committing an assault with Intent to
kill Wilmer Ralkes, also culored. The
defendant was represented by II. G.
Turner, Esq, and when Raikcs was
called he said that he wished to with
draw the charge, MS no believed the
shooting was accidental. This was
not allowed by the court, and his testi.
mony, with that the others, showed
hat tho defendant had the pistol In
her pocket, or held 1t under her apron
when she fired. Judge Bull said that
he would rather have the grand Jury
pass on tho case, and she was held In
$500 ball for court.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13

CHEsrEn HEroHTs, July 10. Mo bright
or morning could be imagined than
that which greeted the assembled wor-
shippers 10 the great natural audlto-
rum facing the temple at the camp
grounds OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church. at Chester Heights to-day,
when DR., ]. B. Mccullough arose and
announced why the people had been
called together.
DR.. Enoch Stubbs, OF Thirteenth
Street Church, philadelphia gave out
his text from the first book OF Kings.
1t was about Jezebel and the enthu-
siasm she displayed In the exaltatlon
Of Baalism, the religion.she had es-
poused.
After DIR. Mccullough had finished
he introduced MIR. Sumantrao T,shnu
karmarkar, OF Bombay, o handsome
Malay Of fine physique, tastefully at
tired In dark blue garb with white
Chudda draped gracefully about him.
He is divinity student at Yale. and
will be graduated next year, when he
and his wife will depart for their ma
tive country and engage In missionary
work. He took up the same theme az
DR.. Stubbs, and portrayed the advance
that would take place In Christianity
in the Orient, when the millions OF
women In India had been evangelical
and should enter the missionary
| field.
The service OF the afternoon was an
address by Mrs. Gurubal Karmarkar,
She was costumed In q yellow sadee
which completely enveloped her per
son, and over this she wore gauze
shawl, beautifully embroidered. Hel
remarks were exclusively OF the life
I a IA-.
Baldwin, OF Brooklyn, who had spent
thirty years as a missionary In the fai
East, spoke for an hour on the vices
and immorallties OF the 0rienta
women.
Tho evening address was by Mis-
Heater, Philadelphia lady. who goes
to India In September as missionary
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13
NJ. e. Preachers Meeting.

Revs. Tomkinson, president: Bar
rett, secretary; and Alfred L. Scott, as
chaplain; opened the preachers meet
ing, this morning, In Fletcher hall
Rev. b. f. Price argued that appeals
from tho decision of the presiding
elder should be made to the quarterly
conference, Discussed also by Reys.
Ayars and fomkinson.
DR.. Dobbins gave areview Of current
events.
Rev. NJ. E. Bowman opened the dis
eussion on "The athletic development
of ministers" and was followed by
Reys. Price. Atkins, Scott, Jewell, Du.
laney, Ayars, Grise.
Dir. Murray was granted one hour
next Monday to present the interests
of the Delaware Bible Society" After
the critics report by Wood, the meet
ing adjourned with the benedictlon OF
Rev. A. L. Prettyman.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13
Dots.

DR.. Thomas 8. Davis md son, OF
IPlainiicld, N. j.. are visiting Mrs. Ed
Imund Griffith, on Adams street above
Eighth. They will go tomorrow to
Atlantic City.
| Taylor's cleansing mixture removes,
without fail, all kinds of spots and
stains from the clothing. Is cents. +,
70. Taylor q Co., druggists, Fourth
near Poplar.
All money made on our Moonlight
go TO help pay the debt of our pnrson-
Iage. Epworth League OF Union.
N. WINS Pyle, clerk at Dehaven's dry
goods store went to Trenton to-day to
spend his vacation.
B. Belle Pyle lie visiting friends at
lChadds Ford.