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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28
Eiremen nt GcttysI,urr.

GETTYSBURG, Pa, May 2S. - The
Friendship Fire company, of Whining
ton, Del; the Volunteer Fire sssocia-
tion, of Philadelphia, aud the Edwin S.
Stuart club, of Philadelphia, arrived at
Gettysburg on IA special Philadelphia
and Reading train, as guests of the
Friendship Fire company, of Harris
burg. AS the battlefield was being
gone over Hyatt's Military band, Of
Wilmington, played dirges at the spot
where the Delaware heroes are buried,
and also at the place where the Della
ware regiments We're in the hottest of
the battle
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28

WAsnINGToN, May 2S. President Har-
rison left Washington at o'clock this
morning for Rochester, N. Y, where he
will deliver au address on Decoration
Day. The train will arrive at Elmira
at p. m, where the president will de-
liver short address. The train is due
at Rochester at o'clock. Sunday will
be spent tlsere, and the presidential
party will leave for Washington Mon
day night. The party will consist of
Secretary Noble, Congressman Leaf
land, Blount, Outwaithe, Lockwood,
Hooker, Henderson, Raines, and Il. b.
Taylor, of Ohio, General aud Mrs. Scho-
field, Private Secretary Halford and
probably some others.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28

The strong comedy-drama, Fight.
thor actor, Harry n. Dowley, will be
presented ut the Academy next Mon
day and Tuesday evenings. The
drama abounds i'll thrilling incidents
and exciting eimaxes II will be pre-
sented by a strong company which
Will include Mr. Dowley, Alexander
kearney, Randolph Murray and tho
gifted young soubrette. Eileen Nor
eta, who was recently the leading
lady OF Howard Auditorium Stock
Company OF New York. The engage
ment will include special matinee
each afternoon. This engagement s
expected TO provo success AS the
drama is said to be an excellent one
and Is meeting with success wherever
presented.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28
New Companies Chnrtcred.

HARRISBURG, May 29.-The following
were chartered yesterday: Iron City
and Hammond Improvement company,
of Pittsburg; Marietta Water company,
of Marietta; Mt. Jewett and Smethport
Railroad company of Bradford, Nc
Kean county-the road will run from
Mt. Jcwett to Smethport, Mexican
county; Belle Vernon Water company,
Fayette county; Belle Vernon Electric
Light company; Mann Edge Tool COM
pany,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28
Preferred Death to Begging.

LANCASTER. Pa, March 2s.-Charles
Miller was found dead in the woods near
Elizabethtown yesterday. Near an
empty vial which had contained land
anum was a memorandum reading that
he had taken his life; that he was 70
years old and unable longer to work;
that he would not beg for living, nor
become a charge on the county.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The fight over
the Philadelphia mint was renewed yes
terday afternoon and the mint was
finally victorious. 1t will be remem-
bered that the appropriation for the
mint was stricken out of the sundry
civil bill in committee of the whole; but
when the item was reached the house
voted by 115 to 81 to restore the ap-
preparation. After action on various
other amendments, the sundry civil bill
was pissed.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28
The Spanish Columbus Celebration

MADRID, May 2S.-The Hon. i. Burd
Grubb, American minister to Spain,
has arranged the American commission
to assist the Spanish commission having
in charge the Columbian celebration
that is to be held in Spain. A large
space has been reserved for American
exhibits.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28
A Traln Passed Over Him.

LANCASTER, Pa, May 2S-Charles j.
Otto, boy, while standing on n car on
high trestle work, lost his balance and
fell between two cars to the railroad
track. He had the presence of mind to
lay fat, and the balance of the train
passed over him. His one foot was
bruised, and that is all the injury he
austninnd
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28
Will Not Come TO Chicago.

BERLIN, May 2s.-Hermann Edward
Won Hoist, the historian, professor at the
University of Frieburg and author of
the constitutional history of the United
States, has decided not to accept the of
fer from the Chicago university. His
health will not permit.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28

''It is being reported, Mr.. Dickinson,
that Mr.. Cleveland will withdraw.
Will you authorize statement on this
point?'
Yes. say with greatest emphasis
that Mr.. Cleveland will not withdraw
under any circumstances unless the peo-
pie who have demanded his services re-
tire him."
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28
Thunder storm at Reading.

READING, Pa, May 2S.-Another Sc
we're thunder storm struck this city, as
did the one of the previous night, from
the southwest. For an hour and half
the rain poured down, and the streets
received thorough cleaning.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28
Crushed Under a Fail of Rock

WLKEsBARRE, May 2s.-Joseph Tara
siewicz, young Polish miner, aged 90,
was crushed to death under fall of top
rock at No. 3 Delaware and Hudson col
hery, near this city, yesterday.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28

Fair till Sunday night; slightly
warmer; stationary temperature.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28

If you want good tobacco. chew Old
Dumli ion. Durstein. sole agent.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28
Best. Made Clothing IN
Philadelphia.

There is as much deception in
Clothing as in horses; neither
hould be purchased without a
Trough examination.
In our windows this week we
display fine range of Gray Wors-
ted Suits, made of foreign and
domestic cloth, with prices plainly
marked on cach-astonishingly
low.
More Hats and Caps for Boys
and Children just in-dainty head
gear for little money.
A. C. YATES & co.,
Cor. 18th and Chestnut Sts.,
Philadelphia.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-28
PRICE ONE GEN L
YENEzUELA'S PLIGHT
The Country Said to be in an An
archistio Condition.
REPEATED DYNAMITE OUTRAGEs,

Frequent Conflicts Have Taken Place
Recently-GeneraI Crespos ChaI.
lenges Casanas to Bring His Army
Field and Settle the Question OF
Supremacy Once for All.
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Connecticut, New Hampshire, Virginia,
North Carolina aud Maryland had direct
ly instructed their representatives to
vote for independence: the delegates from
the other colonies-Delaware, Georgia,
South Carolina, New York, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey-had been
given no instructions on the subject and
were free to act. The instructed dele
gates had no option but to vote for the
resolution; their unins:ructed brethren
knew not what to do. The matter went
over until the next day, when Congress
went into Committee of the Whole and,
in secret session, discussed 1t. The more
conservative delegates hesitated at voting
for 80 revolutionary measure; to favor
its passage meant to array ones self in
open and individual rebellion against the
Crown. In fact, 50 well was this fact
known, that the names of the mover and
seconder Of the resolutions were omitted
from the journal of Congress. The
leaders who had only admitted the ne
cessity for separation, after careful de-
liberation, eloquently defended Mr.. Lees
declaration. 1t was finally resolved to
defer action until July, but, that no time
might be lost in case of their adoption,
it was decided to appoint committee
to frame a declaration of independence
on the basis of the first resolution.
On the 18th this committee was ap-
pointed, its members being Thomas
Jefferson, of Virginia; John Adams, of
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the leaden statue of George III. in Bowl
Ing Green, New York. The Declaration
was formerly proclaimed to the Conti-5
mental Army, July 9, SO that, certainly,
no later than this its tenor was publicly
known. The best authorities declare
that it was not printed, though, until
January, 1777. Congress was then in
session at Baltimore, aud one Mary Kath-s (
crime Goddard, who managed her
brothers business for him, had the en-
terprise to publish the document. Since
then it has probably been republished in Y
more languages and has had wider
reading than any State document in the
worlds history. q e
Hancock's boldly written name is now
almost entirely efaced from the Declara-
ton of Independence. 1t can be seen By
the aid Of strong glass, but is so IL
legible that stranger to the document
or the style of handwriting would have
difficulty in reading the name correctly.
Other names attached to the document ]
have faded out entirely, and can no more (,
be read than if they had never been
written. OF the sixty or more names !
which were written, not more than ten
can now be read, and they have faded to 4
a pale, sickly color. AS to the others,
there are faint traces of writing, but
nothing in the form of signature can
be distinguished sufficiently to enable any
one to read them. Some are only partial y
" oblterated, and by supplying missing !
characters any one familiar with the
document can make out the name which
should be there, but no longer is, except
in very Indistinct way. Isl
During recent years the priceless docu-
mcnt has been jealously guarded in the
library of the Department of State, and
precautions taken to prevent any further
injury. It is now between two large
plates of French glass, enclosed in hard
wood case, all of which is hermetically
sealed so as to keep out air and dust. No.
atmosphere or other influence can now
reach the precious document, which in 3
showing "a decent respect for the
opinions OF mankind, proclaimed the
reasons for the separation" The hand
some wooden ca5t - which the Declara-
tion is kept is in an upright position, fas-
tened to q latticed partition, with two
doors in front, opening outward. The
doors open only far enough to view the
document and exclude the light, except
such as is admitted by reflection. This
is done out of abundance of caution, for
it is doubtful If sunlight could affect it in.
it's present condition, yet the present
custodians are determined to spare no
pains to prevent further damage. -:
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aware Of what was going on, and as the
day for vote upon the resolutions Of
Mr.. Lee approached the greatest inter-
est in the result was manifested. 1t was,
of course, known that bare majority Of
the States had instructed their delegates
to vote for independence and the mere
passage of the resolutions was assured.
But nothing short of absolute un animity
on 60 important a measure would su flee.
The step had been thoroughly cauvassed
in the interim between the appointment
of the committee to draft the Declaration
and the announcement ofits report. The
committee first reported to Congress as a
Committee on the Whole, on June %.
Mr.. Harrison, of Virginia, the great
grandfather of President Harrison, oc-
cupied the chair. Adams and. Franklin
suggested certain changes and the draft
was thoroughly discussed and somewhat
amended by the Congress.
On July the vote on Mr.. Lees reso-
lution-which was practically the De-
claration of Independence--was to have
been taken. The question went over un-
til the following day, however, aud all
the colonies but New York voted for the
adoption of the resolutions. At first
Pennsylvania and Delaware were divided
on the issue, but afterward cast their
unanimous votes In its favor. As can
we'll be imagined, the debate on the
Declaration was most deliberate. In a
letter written in 1919 Jefferson made the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-29
A CITY in Two Hemlspheres.

In one respect at least Quito, the capl--.
tai of Ecuador, is the most unique city
in the world. It is situated in both the
northern and the southern hemispheres,
a distinction claimed by no other place
of importance on the globe. At Quito
the sun rises and sets at six o'clock the
year around. You may forget to wind
your watch while you are visiting the
Ecuadorean capital, but you need not
hunt up regulator-setit when the sun
rises or sets and you will be sure to be
right. Old Sol makes no mistakes. In
one part of the city the summer season
does battle with old winter, who is just
across the street. The seasons, as far as
names are concerned, change almost in
stantly; but, as the temperature is re-
markably even, these curious points are
seldom thought of or commented on by
the $4,000 people who make Quito their
home
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tiers might yet be amicably adjusted and
the former peaceful relations restored:
But every hour the breach widened and
the colonists 1egretfully came to see
that they could no longer hope for any
thing from English rule. The second
Continental Congress had assembled in
the Pennsylvania State House, or Inde-
pendence Hall, as the building has been
known since the signing of the Declara-
tion Of Independence on May lo, l7!5,
in accordance with the recommendation
of its predecessor. Peyton Randolph
was reelected President, but was soon
called back to Virginia to preside over
the Assembly. Thomas Jefferson was
returned in his stead, and John Han
cock was chosen President of Congress.
At this session of Congress, as well as at
the fall session, the question OF lnde-
pendeuce had not been seriously nooted,
though its advocates were many and
fearless. Congress had So far chiefly
confined its work to adopting defensive
measures.
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JANET LEE
In the Shadow of the
GaUOWS.
BY DAVID LOWRY.
CHAPTER vIII-Continued.

Whereupon all listened attentively as
he read from book quoted every hour IN
the day by people sorely perplexed,
victims to doubt and gross superstitions.
In time of the greatest perplexity ever
experienced by a sober-living, law-abldlne
community, horrible stories of witchcraf'
circulated. Nowhere was there so much
fear and trembling as in Salem-nowhere
in Massachusetts, was there such dread
and apprehension as in Salem, where
John Lees voice pleaded for light and
wiser counsel, and the peace and good
will that comes of understanding. His
voice was tremulous nj times as he read
and commented upon the words of conso::
lation forming the very fountain OF
Christianity. The sweet charity illus
trated moved his wife and daughter
deeply. The fervor Of his spirit commu-
nicated itself to them, and when he closed
the book, saying, Let us pray" even Ann
Bigger was subdued as she knelt.
At the time I write of-l692-when
New England was convulsed with the
delusion Of witchcraft, there was pond,
known as wilkins Pond, near one of the
hills familiar to the people Of Salem.
Wills, Solomon, Smiths, Afferd (or
Cherry, and Bald Hills were localities
known to young and old. One of them
was sfterward known as Witch Hill.
Several persons convicted of witchcraft
were condemned and mounted the scattold
on Witch Hill in the presence OF Q
great multitude.
Wills Hill was locality avoided after
sunset. Stories related with bated breath
BY certain gossips who famed the blaze
Of excitement narrating their own and
neighbors experiences, rendered Wills
Hill very undesirable locality after
nightfall. wilkins Pond speedily &C
quired an evil reputation from the same
cause.
In the days when the early inhabitants
Of Salem were compelled to defend them
selves from the Indians. stout frame
structure termed lookout was erected on
the side of Wills Hill opposite the
town. This structure, fallen into disuse
and decay, was now dreaded as much as
though it were the abode of the evil one.
Stories were told of strange sights wit.
messed between the old hut and Wilkins
Pond.
Some there were who proposed burning
the hut, but no one had the courage to
carry out this terrible resolve. It stood
unharmed until the events I am relating
caused the people to destroy it. They re-
allied then that the hut was an evidence
of their terrible superstition.
The old lookout had two openings, one
near zach end. It was built on little
ridge, or bench, forming an easy and nat
ural path, but for all that. neither man
nor woman nor animal approached it.
Only the night birds and bats found shell
ter in it.
The events that succeeded the Incl
dents related are SO closely connected
with the old hut on Wills Hill that have
been thus particular in describing To-
cality which became the subject of much
speculation and proved all potent in
shaping the views Of the superstitions.
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But when the Congress Of 1776 con-
vened, in Independence Hall, the status
of the trouble with the mother country
had materially changed. War was now
in active progress; the colonists had
been prescribed as rebels; further SUBJ
mission and hesitation were useless.
General Washington, then in command
of the Continental Army, wrote Gn
May): "a reconciliation with Great
Britain is impossible. When I took
command of the army I abhorred the
idea of independence, but am now fully
satisfied that nothing else will save u.s."
The issue was squarely met in Congress
on June z, when Richard Henry Lee, OF
Virginia, introduced these resolutions:
Resolved, That thee United States Col
onies are. and ought to be, free and lndepen
dent States; that they are abso.ved from all
alleriance to the British Crown, and that all
political connection between them and the
State OF Great Britain is, and ought to be,
totally dissolved.
Resolved, That it is erpeiient forthwith to
take the most effectual measures tor forming
foreign alliances.
Resolved, That plon of confederation be
prepared and transmitted to the respective
colonies for their consideration and appro-
baton.
There was &c uncertainty about these
resolutions; they went straight to the
mark. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, J.,
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How Treasures Are Guarded.

Electricity guards many OF the treas
ures of the Metropolitan Museum OF Art
in New York. In the room containing
the Moses Lazarus collection OF
miniatures, painted porcelain and other
rich and valuable objects of art there are
wires running underneath the lid of each
case. If anybody tried to lift the cover
OF disturb it in any way bell would
ring in General Di Cesnols's Office, and
also give warning on the ground floor by
ringing a big gong. There is similar
arrangement in use with other valuable
cases.-New York Advertiser.
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Massachusetts; Benjamin Franklin, of
Pennsylvania; Roger Sherman, OF Con-
necticut, and Robert R. Livingston, OF
New York. Mr.. Lee would, doubtless,
have been made member of this COM
mittee, but he was called away from
Philadelphia soon after introducing his
resolutions. Just how, when and where
the committee prepared its draft of the
Declaration will probably never be
known. The honor of being the birth
place of the charter of American liberty
has been assigned at least to three or
four houses in Philadelphia, and authori-
ties have never fully determined which
was the proper claimant. For many
years it was supposed that Jefferson pre-
pared the draft in the four-story brick
house at the southwest corner Of Market
and Seventh streets, where he boarded
with Mrs. Clymer. A signboard en-
bellished with a representation OF
Franklin sitting at desk, and
the inscription, "The Birthplace
,, of Liberty" long hung on the Mar
ket street side of this build
ing, which is represented in the accom-.
| panyiug illustration. Mrs. Clymer al
terward asserted that her house was the
scene of the committees labors, and it is
reported that DR.. Mease wrote to Jetter-
son and secured his confirmation of her
story. On the other hand, equally good
authorities relate that Jefferson told
Daniel Webster and George Ticknor,
while they we're visiting him at Montl-
cello, in 1924, that he drew up the
Declaration IN a house on the north side
of Chestnut street, between Third and
Fourth streets-just where situated ne
did not know. He was positive it was
not a corner house. This would exclude
Mrs. Clymer's house, as we'll as the In
dian Queen Inn, on the corner OF South
Fourth and Market streets, often pointed
ont as the place. Heiskell's Tavern, on
Fourth street, was for time supposed
to have been the right house, bus that,
too, has been since excluded. And SO
the question of the place is an open one,
though Watson, in his Annals, asserts
that the general opinion was that the
Declaration was drawn by Jefferson IN
the front room of the second story at the
south end of the Indian Queen Inn.
As regards the author of the document
there is no dispute. 1t is universally ad'
mitted that this honor belongs to Jetter-
son. The desk on which he is supposed
to have done the work is preserved IN the
State Department building at Washing
ton, as is the original draft with its oc-
casional corrections and interllneatlons.
Ludicrous illustrations representing the
committee at work upon the Declaration,
with O then unknown American flag at
the window of the room and crowd
about them, are published in some his
tories. As matter of fact the commit
tee, doubtless, met alone and quietly and
deliberately attended to the grave task
imposed upon them. Though the de,
liberations of Congr ess upon the suDJec'
had been secret, tie public was vel
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George to task for permitting its con-
tinuation and the one that bitterly ar
raipped that monarch for his multlfold
infringements of American rights. On
the 4th of July the Declaration, having
been canvassed section by section and
clause by clause, was ratified by Con-
eress as amended.
Some say that President Hancock alone
signed the original draft; others, that all
the fifty-eight delegates except John
Dickinson, of Pennsylvania, appended
their names. Jefferson is credited with
the statement that, after it had teen
adopted by the unanimous vote OF oil
the States, John Hancock, as President,
signed it, and the following morning IL
was shown to each member of Congress
as he entered the hall, and then ana tnus
received his signature without formal
order of Congress. Be that as 1t may,
an enerossed copy was prepared, and by
August 2 every member of Congress, e!'
cept Dickinson, who had been retired,
! had signed it. :.
There is no little conhic. among his
toriaps regarding the method of the an
nouncement to the people of the adoption
Of the Declaration. One time-honored
old story tells US mat as soon as the draft
was adopted the ,ll bell in the tower OF
Independence Hal was joyfully rung for
some little time aud that the bell thus
| fulfilled the command Of its motto upon
its cracked surface: "Proclaim liberty
throughout all the land, unto all the IN
habitants thereof" This story is pro-
nounced a sheer fable, pleasant though
it is. Again, it is said that Colonel John
Nixon read the contents of the Declara.