Evening journal., 1891-04-15


income from other sources will give you
/ $49i 600 during the next two years. This
is as much as think 1t safe TO be loaded
upon the people Of the city
Mr.. Mention said: "Well, II that is
your decision ! suppose ! shall have to
accept It.
BE and City Solicitor Lyman retired to
make this amendment 20 the bill, but
after consultation Mr. Mention decided TO
take the bill back 10 Wilmington to be
submitted TO the committee.
City Councilman Magee was here to-
night and congratulated Speaker Donahoe
upon the stand he took
To the EVENING JOURNAL correspon
dent he charged breach OF faith on the
part Of the Citizens Committee, saying
they promised to let the Legislative
COMMITTEES Of City Council know when
they were coming to Dover to urge the
passage Of the bill
"rhree Happy men for School"
Governor Reynolds made three Della
ware pedagoRues happy to-day II Is sell
dom that the chief executive makes
three important appointments in
one day, but superintendents for New
Castle, Kent aud Sussex counties were
appointed this afternoon.
Hiram D. Griffin of Delaware City is
appointed superintendent for New
Castle county. This appointment will
simply demoralize Herman Bessey, the
present incumbent, who thought he had
the prize within his grasp His brothers
in the vale of disappointment are
Albert N. Raub, Jr., and William
Willis.
Caleb @. Tyndall Of FELTON,. will have
the pretty schoolmarms Of Kent county
under his supervision for the year 1891,
and w l. Gooding, Alexander Daley
and Professor Jones will take back seats
and watch him beam upon them and
catechise them when they apply for GER
tidcates
John Goslin Gray had the field to him
self in Sussex county, and the pretty
achoolmarms who are planting the seeds
Of knowledge in the ''rlch aluvial soil OF
good old Sussex, will have no relief for
the eye for at least another year
The salary is 81 000 and after the
travelling expenses are paid out Of It, II
Is very nominal one
Another Insurance Bill.
Insurance Commissioner l. N Fooks
has some important amendments TO
make TO his proposed cooperative insur
ance company bill As his bill now
stands 1t does not meet the approval OF
the committee, and those amendments
we're drawn to meet the objections The
com mittee will give him hearing to.
morrow, and act upon his amendments
he refuses to disclose just what they
are
An Association in Distress.
Mr. Higgins introduced an act for the
relief Of the trustees Of Troop b Ass0-
citation. IL was accompanied by memo
rials. The memorial states that the idea
has gone abroad that the military Of the
state Is about TO be abolished, and many
Of the subscribers to the stock Of the
Troop 3 Association refuse to pay their
subscriptions and It has caused financial
embara ssment to the association. There
fore the petitioners pray the General
Assembly TO grant the association loan
Of $40 600 at per cent, the interest
payable semi annually 1t is signed by
y L. Rice, Jr, Willard Hall Porter,
Harry Schuler, John p Donehoe, James
Il. Biggs, samuel McCluskin, @
Robinson, Watson r Sperry. Governor
Robert j. Reynolds. H. Neiman
Stansbury J Wiley William M Field
and General R r. Kenney There Is also
letter OF recommendation from Bis
hop leighton Coleman OF the Episcopal
Diocese Of Delaware.
The bill is IN conformity with the
memorials,
Registration Bn Introduced.
John X Nicholson brought the Regis
tration bill over TO the State House to-
day, and It was introduced by Senator
Houston this afternoon. By the time
Clerk Hearn had finished reading IL he
had a iaded look It is composed Of
twenty-five long sections. and is complete
in every particular.
"The star spangled Hammer"
The House 20 day defeated the bill pro.
viding that all public schools in the city
OF WILMINGTON shall hoat the American
flag. The principal objection urged
against the bill was that the asgs soou
become battered and torn and It would
cost TOO much 70 keep The school houses
supplied with the national emblem. Mr..
Smith was the only Que who voted fol
the bill
Eisenbrey and the National Guard.
The House TO day passed the Esenhrey
pill abolishing the military enctmpmeu
J feature Of the Delaware National Guard
l Anolu was NV pho NoAN Va uNDNic va AN'
final passage.
More City Legislation.
City Solicitor Lyman Is here to day
BE brought with him two important
measures One is the bill requiring over
head bridges at all railroad crossings II
the city OF Wilmington. The other Is
general law placing all individuals ant
corporations operating upon the city o
e Wilmington under control Of the Stree
and Sewer Department Heretofore 4
i has been the custom to attach this re
0 striction to all bills, but they had to b
s jealously watched. to keep them fror
slipping through the houses without It
Fhe Chapman Game Law.
s The Chapman Game bill made Il
e appearance Ia the Senate this morning
4 IL was called up for its final passage
Senator Williams said IL was yer
. strict In its provisions and he would lik
to have time to go over It in his mint
before he voted
|. Senator Ross said. "Mr Speaker,
n think I wonld like to make an amend
ment to that bill There is hardly an
10 Of us but who have friends or relative
70 visit us in the lower part of the stat
and II hardly seems reasonable that the
'r should not be able to take a dozen bir'
10 home
l. Halt am a member of the Commi
1 tee on Fish. Oysters and Game, aud