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Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27


For the frs. time in years the Demo-
cratic papers of Wilmington find it
impossible to praise the nominees OF
their Party? We wonder why this is?
Is the ticket more than their stomachs
can stand, or what is the cause? Surely
there must be some reason for it. 1t
may be that they are now beginning to
realize the enormity of the burdens
heaped upon the people by the last
Legislature, or it may be that there is
not a single candidate upon their ticket
that can elicit any enthusiasm. Be-
yond the mere announcement of the
successful candidates at the primary
election we hear no mention at all of
the ticket. We can but wonder why.
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WHAT means the Delawarean by its
leader of last week? Surely, intrenched
behind the solid bulwark of Democracy
and reinforced by the Legislation of
the recent Legislature, there can be no
fear Of Republican victory. And yet
it does seem as though our Democratic
friends are scared. Probably they are
beginning to realize the fact that the
Republican party is still alive, and
although it was overwhelmingly de-
feated in the National Campaign, yet
in our own State is has kept on chip
ping off the Democratic majority until
after awhile there will be no Democra-
tic majority at all. The Republican
party was defeated but its principles
still live, and the Party still lives; and
while bea, en-, it is not discouraged.
But after the first complete knockdown
in 80 years, it will come to the scratch
as usual at the next election, ready and
prepared to battle for the great prin-
ciples which have. for &c years brought
the greatest prosperity any nation ever
had. And not until Delaware becomes
Republican can we expect that the
burdens which have been heaped by
Democratic Legislation upon our
people will be lightened. The only
hope for the State is Republican rule.
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THE enthusiasm of the Sunday
openers of the Worlds Fair has some
what cooled since Attorney General
Olney, the chief law officer of the
government has SO plainly announced
his position or the question. He says
the gates must be kept closed, the gov
ernnent having ordered them shut,
will stand by its decision and if any
attempt be made by the directors to
open the Fair on Sunday, his orders
are that the law be enforced. The
National Commissioners have been SO
informed, and it now seems hardly pro-
bable that the Fair will be opened at
any time OH the first day of the week.
The plea for Sunday opening in behalf
of the working class which Chicagoans
have so pathetically urged, loses its
force when we learn that the Fair is
open all through the week from {
O'Clock in the morning until II at
night, and as the majority of the work.
ing people have from after six p. m.
every day, besides half holiday on
Saturday, they will have ample oppor.
tunity to attend the. exposition.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27

SENATOR STANFORD, of California,
is credited with saying that the ma
jority of the people even on the Pacific
coast, are not opposed to the Chinese,
and the severe denunciation of them
is confined mostly to the unintelligent
or ignorant classes. He also says that
the enforcement of the Geary act is
utterly impracticable even if it is con-
stitutional. It is pity more Of our
Solons had not made this discovery
sooner. 1t is also pity that the press
and the pulpit have been so long in
learning that the law is an outrage.
When the bill was passed over year
ago, it scarcely caused ripple. If the
protests that now find such ready ex-
preston had been made when the bill
was offered, they might have had some
weight.
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WHY so OUIETs

The Municipal campaign in Will
mington seems to be a remarkably
quiet one. All the rights and privi-
leges belonging to the citizens OF that
place have either been taken away or
abridged to such an extent that City
election has come to be almost a
farce. With a Mayor who has no
duties to perform save to draw his
salary and extend the freedom of the
City to visiting Ure companies. and the
City Council which does nothing but
levy the taxes of the City, it cannot be
expected that the citizens will manifest
any great interest in this election.
With the parks, streets, sewers, water
works and police Of the city, each
under the ,ntrol of separate Com
mission, which does not derive its
power from the people directly, the
citizenship of the City amounts to
nothing. For this state of affairs
credit must be given the Democratic
party, party which has always pro-
fessed to hold as its highest principle,
Self Government; and yet right in that
City there exists con ition Of affairs
which is scarcely better than that of
the serfs of despotism. This is but a
sample Of the affairs that exist in our
own State which has always held a
proud position among her sisters. The
first State in the Union to adopt the
Constitution, in itself, almost enough
honor for one State, the first to sign
Declaration which granted to the
PEOPLE Of this great country their rights
as citizens of free Republic, and yet
this is the State that to-day, after a
hundred years Of living under its in
fiuenee has system of local self gov
ernment that rivals the monarchies
and despotisms of foreign countries,
and this brought about by the Party
which has always stood for local self
government.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27
HOW OUR NEIGHBoRs SEE US.
The following we clip from the

The following we clip from the
Philadelphia Journal of Commerce:
One of the misfortunes that Penn
sylvania is subjected to is that the fos-
silized state of Delaware should he
hitched on to one of it's corners like
the tail 10 the letter 90" The
simile is opposite, especially when it
comes to enterprise, for in that respect
the tail is decidedly back number,
leech upon the industrial vitality and
modern development of its neigh
bor, In state where the farmers
still market with a mule and steer
hitched up in a rope harness to a 2
wheeled cart where the whipping
post and pillory still survive the bar
barism of a by-gone age where the
right of free discussion is denied, as in
the case Of Ingersoll and tie late Chief
Justice and where two families con-
troll politically with the absolutism of
a Gar, advanced civilization cannot
be looked for and progressive ideas
must remain an unknown factor in the
education of the people. The latest
instance Of the smallness of Delaware,
geographically, financially and mem
tally, is the way she is represented at
the Worlds Fair, where her impecu
mostly has forced her to abandon every
state exhibit, until the building is the
only thing that is left now, and that
also threatens to stand throughout the
Fair an unfinished, deserted monument
to the stinginess and little calibre of
her Legislature. However, such a
barren exhibit would best portray the
moss back enterprise and lethargic con-
dition of the State. Delaware, in
ste: of always grumbling about hard
times and poor crops, should take ex-
ample from smaller wide-awake sister,
Rhode Island, and do little hustliDg,
then shad and peaches would not be
/ the only product and the ''niggers''
would not 60 to sleep standing-up. /.
The worst that can be said of the
above criticism is, that while it is not
all true, there is too much truth in it
to admit of a denial. Tennyson says
lie that is whole lie, can be met
with and fought outright; but lie
that is part truth isa harder matter
to fight.
We do not feel called upon to de-
fend or excuse the faults and short
comings of our State, still we would
not forget her virtues, for, in spite of
the filings of our hypercritical contem-
porary Of the great State of Pennsyl
vania, Delaware has her virtues, not
the least of which is New Castle
County. As an agricultural district it
is nowhere surpassed, and whatever
may be true of the two lower counties
there is no lack Of enterprise or indus
trial vitality in new Castle. There is
no ''grinding cider with blind horse"
here. Our close proximity to the Key
stone State may have something to do
with our advantage over Kent and
sussex.
But then as whole, Delaware with
her want Of progressive ideas politi-
cally and socially, stands to-day
very fitting memorial to the political
supremacy that has marked her past
history, no better exponent of which
c)uid be found than in the records of
the late legislature.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON, May "a, 1S93.-Sec-
retary Carlisle is showing The country
just what Democratic professions of
reforming the Civil Service mean.
For many years there has been rule
in the Treasury Depar' ment requiring
newly appointed chiefs of divisions to
take a non. competitive examination,
merely to test their general knowledge
and intelligence. Several of he Demo-
Gratis appoin ed chiefs of divisions by
Secretary Carlisle have simply through
lack OF ordinary intelligence failed to
make even a fairly creditable showing
In those examinations and the examine
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90 In. 3. SHARP & 90.
Vim. B. Sharp & Co.,
FOURTH and MARKET Sts.,
Wilmington, Del

Weather conditions versus
trade conditions have produc-
ed many surprising results.
A strong opening market with
prospects for large trading en-
ticed mills and importers into
large operations, A sudden
change, a slump and all hasten
to unload. Taking advantage
of these conditions we have
many decided bargains and
display certain lots of reduced
goods that are marvels OF
cheapness.
A second lot of those ele-
giant French Jacquard over
shots, all fine wool, and one of
the prettiest novelties OF the
season are now 50 cents in
stead of IS.
A magnificent line of color
ings in a splendid quality OF
whipcords is always leading
and popular fabric for wear
and beauty. They are As
inches wide in eighteen dis
tinct shades, including cream
and black, and reduced from
IS cents to 50 cents
One of the most pronounc-
ed bargains ever laid on our
counters now appear in the
Justly celebrated Pineapple
cloths-brautiful and dainty
in design as a China silk, a
true and perfectly woven fab
ric, showing a happy medium
between a fine batiste and
lawn. Our customers will find
in these Pineapple dress
fabrics all that is desirable.
We have never known these
goods retailed less than rs
cents per yard-we shall offer
them now for Is cents per
yard.
Indigo prints join the pro-
cession $500 yards in a
splendid assortment of pat
tiers go from 8 cents to st.
Fancy sdress ginghams are a
good seco 1d-2ooo yards. i'll
plaids and striees, keep step at
8 cents instead of rat.
Our linen department adds
to the bear movement with 1 SO
dozen fine double damask
linen napkins in twenty teau-
tiful designs for 10 9 per
dozen instead of ST.. so, and
the following list of new and
desirable patterns of Crochet
and Marseilles quilts:
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vessel in the world, her maximum speed
exceeding. twenty one knots. The
British cruiser Blake Is the fastest
among foreign war vessels. but she has
never attained a speed much exceeding
nineteen knots. The Unites States now
has the fastest, strongest and finest
armored cruiser afioat, and her build
ers the Messrs. Cramp, of Philadel-
phia, will receive the handsome pre-
MUM of 5000, 900.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27

ing committee has been compelled to
report them unfit for the positions they
had been selected to fH. Did Mr..
Carlisle make other and better selec.
tions in place OF these men? Not a
bit of it. He simply exercised his
authority as Secretary and issued an
order changing the rule, making it
read that chiefs of divisions in his
department may he excused from TAX
ing the departmental examination at
the discretion of the Secretary of she
Treasury. The result of this order
will be that the incompetent Demo-
Gratis will draw the salaries of chiefs
while their work will in reality be per-
formed by competent Republican clerks
under them. No observant man doubts
that reforms are needed in the civil
service, but he who thinks that they
will be made by this administration is
doomed to disappointment.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27

RELIGIOUS service conducted solely
BY women was the closing feature of
the Women's Congress at Chicago last
Sunday. Every denomination that has
ordained women preachers was repre-
sented; among the number was the
coIored evangelist, Amanda Smith, re-
Gently returned from a missionary tour
to Africa. When race and denomina-
tionaI lines begin to disappear it is
evident that the worlds vision is
broadening.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27

One hundred heads can be
made easier by using Que down
and cat-tail head rests covered
with Silkaline in a variety of
new patterns, 12a cents in
stead of 20 and an all down
melon rest for SI.2o instead Of
SI.75.
There's a few pieces only
left of our reduced Imitation
silks-we do not like them
but that might not make them
unsightly to you-7, s and 9
cents from Lo,. I2a and IS.
All our last seasons felt
and plush lambreqnins are re-
duced as follows:
30c. ones to 20c.
SOC. ones to 30c.
75c. ones to SOC.
With a lot of narrow ones
for 8 and 10 cents from 2oand
IS.
In our coat department we
show some remarkable bar
gains in black silk beaded
Eton Jackets for So, $3.50
and So.
Eton Jackets of embsoi-
dered velvet done with silk and
gold braid $4 to $40.
Ladies suits of cloth and
serge, navy, dark green, brown
and black, ready to slip into,
7 to $22.
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Ios WALL STREET, N. Y
EGIsTER'S ORDER.
IL REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,

MafcH IT, ISJZ.
Upon the application Of Chris opher j..
Vandegrift, administrator of ohm Diehl late
OF ST. Georges Hundred, in said county,
deceased, it is ordered and directed by the
Register that the Administrator Aforesaid
give notice of granting OF Letters of Admin
fstration upon the estate OF the deceased,
with the date of granting thereof, by caus-
ing advertisements to be posted within forty
days from the date of such Letters i'll six OF
the most public places of the county OF New
Castle, requiring ell persons having de-
mapds against the estate To present the
same, or abide by an ACT OF the Assembly in
such case made and provided, aqd also cause
the same to be inserted within the same
period in the MIDDLErowH TRANsoRIPT, a
newspaper published in Middletown Del,
and to be cOntin ued therein two months,
Given under the hand and seal of office of
the Register aforesaid at Wilmington, in
New Castle county aforesaid, the day and
year above written.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27

There is much speculation at to the
influences the administration brought
to bear upon ex-Secretary Fairchild to
cause him to withdraw his. resignation
as chairman of the committee recently
appointed to investigate the New York
custom house, after having twice re-
fused in writing to serve on the com
mittee. Mr.. Fairchild has lost friends
by allowing himself to be coerced into
doing something that it is well-known
he did not wish to do.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27

The Geary Exclusion act is to be a
dead letter, Notwithstanding the Su-
preme Court decision, until Congress
meets, if no longer, it having been de-
cided by the cabinet to spend what
money is now available, as we'll as the
S5O. 900 that will become available July
1, in prosecuting and deporting those
Cinnamon who are in America in vio-
lation of the anti-Chinese law of 1884,
and to let the unrt gistered Chinese
alone.
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j. WILKINS CoocH,

- Iht1ISIUIs
Notice is hereby given thatletters Admins
tration were in due torn OF law granted unto
the undersigned, on the i4th day OF March,
A. ID. 1893 and that all persons having claims
against the estate of the deceased must
present the same, duly attested. to the said
Administrator on or before the l4th day
of March, 1894, or abide the Act of Assembly
n uch case NJ ade and provided.
CHRISTOPHER VANDEGRIFT,
CO. ministrator.
Address; AcRenough, 70: Del.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27

The Democratic Commissioner of
Pensions seems to lack the courage of
his conviction. A few days ago it was
stated by his close friends that he had
concluded that the medical boards
should be made up hereafter entirely OF
Democrats. There was such unani-
nous kick against the manifestly un-
just proposition that he made haste to
make a half-hearted denial of his in
tentions to put it into effect. He ad-
mits thai he favors such policy, but
says that when the sentiment OF the
locality in which the boards do their
work favored a minority representa-
tive on the board he would appoint one
Republican and two Democrats. If
there is community in this country in
which public sentiment favors making
these boards political machines COM
posed solely Of the members Of one
party it is good community for fair
minde men to get out of.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27

TIE TRANSCRIPT is published every sat
urday Morning, and delivered by Carrier
to subscribers residing in Middletown.
DvERTIsEMEN1S will be inserted
as reasonable rate as is compatibl
with high-class newspaper having a
larger circulation than any other weekly
paper published in the State.
ILLS must be paid monthly.
(AECKS, money orders or postal notes
should be drawn to the order OF. ana
Communications should be addressed To
THE TRANSCRIPT,
MIDDLETowN, DEL.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27

The Spanish Infanta Eulalie and her
suite are in Washington, and so far
everything attending their entertain
ment has moved smoothly and appar-
emily satisfactorily to The Spaniards
and to the administration. The royal
party paid their respects to Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland by making an official
call at the White House Saturday
morning. In the afternoon of the
same day Mrs. Cleveland, accompanied
by Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Lamont, and
several other ladies returned the cour-
tesy by calling on the 1nfanta at the
hotel where she and her suite are
quartered in royal STYLE. Tuesday
evening Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland enter
tanned the nations royal guests at a
State dinner in the White House, the
other guests being the members of the
cabinet and ladies of their families,
members of the Supreme Court and
their wives, and all Of the members of
tile Senate and House committees on
Foreign Affairs who are at present in
Washington. Thursday the Infanta
will go to New York to accept the
social attentions of the flour hundred
Of that city, and afterwards to the
Worlds Fair.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27

No wonder Post Master General
Bissell said to II delegation the other
day, "we are all somebody's menials;"
he had just received curtain lecture
from Mr.. Cleveland because he had
dared to make small appointment in
Georgia at the request of Secretary
Hoke Smith without first having OBJ.
tanned the approval of Mr.. Cleveland.
There is no doubt about Bissell's being
somebody's menial.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27

OUR new cruiser New York ut her
official trial trip on Monday won the
distinction of being the fastest war
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27
YOU'LL The good
NOT things you
KNOW miss unless

YOU'LL The good
NOT things you
KNOW miss unless
you see what
Sixth and Market offers
you this Spring. It doesn't t
make any differe nc e
whether it is Clothing
ready made or to measure
Furnishings, Hats or
Shoes, you'll find full and
compile assortments IN
every department. AS
our trade grows we can
serve you better and at
lower prices and intend
that all prices shall be as
low as good Qualities can
possibly be sold for any
whe 8. Have you seen
the new Hat and Shoe
departments? New be
cause they have been
moved, and the increased
trade proves that we made
no mistake, Qualities as
good, prices as low as the
other departments.
JAMES T. MULLIN & Son,
Clothing, 9th & Market.
Hats,
Shoes. Wilmington
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27
MIDDLETowN, MAY 27, 1898.

E,iered at ne Post ores as sscond-olass matter
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27
The cyliddletolpn Transtript
A WEEKLY NrwspAPER.
TIE TRANSCRIPT is pubIlshed every 8

OFFrcE-MAIS AND BROAD STREETS,
MIDDLETowN, DELAWARE.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

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bad there Ger,
great sores IN M,
nose, one place IRA:
eaten through. M,
nose and head an,
nell. 1'co bottle.
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Sible. Mo.
Middletown transcript., 1893-05-27
cATARRH

A parlicle Is applied into each nostril and
Is agreeable. Price 50 cents al Druggists
bymail,
FL BROTHERS. s. Warren ST., New York
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-04-04
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Edmund Cnrtis for Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury.

Edmund Curtis for Assistant Sccre-
tary of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON, April 3.--The president
has sent the following nominations to
the senate:
Edmund Curtis, of New York, as
sistant secretary of the treasury, vice
Genio M. Lambertson, resigned.
Charles S., Hamlin, of Massachusetts,,
assistant secretary Of the treasury, vice
John H. Gear, resigned. James IL.
Eckels, of Illinois, comptroller OF the
currency. James f, Meline, of the
District OF Columbia, assistant trea-
surer of the United States. \ &.
Strobe Farrow, of South Carolina.
second auditor Of the treasury.
John 3. Brawley, OF Pennsylvania, aud
itor of the treasury Of the postoffice de-
partnent. James ]. Willie, of Florida,
deputy fifth auditor of the treasury.
Henry w. Egnor, of New Jersey, col.
lector Of customs for the district oi
Newark, n j. Dudley O. Watson. oi
Michigan, collector of customs of the
district of Michigan.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-04-04
The Usual Result.

PARIS, April 4. Captain Seryan of
the French mere hant marine, and Cap
tain Dietsch of the German merchant
marine, fought pistol duel Sunday.
Each fired three times and neither one
was injured. The captains had quar-
relied at La Guyara concerning the
place of anchorage. Dietsch used vio-
lent language and when subsequently
he met Servan in Havre accepted a
challenge
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-04-04

New YORK, April 4.--The World de-
votes FIVE columns to an attack upon
the sugar trust. 1t accuses that monop-
oily Of robbing the people of Sl5, 600. 600
a year, and calls on Attorney General
Olney to make it his first duty to
''smash this trust" 1t quotes the por-
tions of the Democratic platform and
of Mr., Cleve and's inaugural address in
relation to trusts and monopolies, and
the text of the trust law passed by con-
gress in 1899. 1t gives history of the
sugar trust and seeks to demonstrate
that the law has been and is constantly
being violated.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-04-04
New Mexican IsaiIway.

WAsHEsGTos. April THE state de-
partment has been informed that the
owners of the concession for building a
railroad from the City of Mexico to the
Pacific coast have deposited $4,000 in
bonds with the national treasury, as
required under the terms of the conces-
sion. The builders OF the road are to
receive subsidy of $l2. 900 mile. The
road will pass through one of the rich
est districts of Mexico, and at the
western terminus, Zianitanezo is lo-
Gated one of the finest harbors on the
Pacific coast.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-04-04
HORROR AVERTED
Laurel Hill Mine, at Hazclton, Pa,
Flooded and Thirty Miners
Ent0mhed.
BY the Bravery of Their Companions
ALI But Two Were Taken Out
Alive.
Four Fatalities Result From an Iowa
Boiler Explosion Some Other
Disasters.

HAzLEToS. Pa, April AT $50 a.
m. another mine horror occurred on the
outskirts OF this city. The mine is
known as Laurel Hsll and ispneratsd
by Pardee Bros. The nature of the
accident was almost q repetition of the
GAINESVILLE disaster of two years ago,
when 1S r4en were drowned. The re-
port that the water now standing in
the Sugar Loaf mine had burst into the
Lanrel ELL and that cave-in followed
it was first circulated.
The effect of the report was terrify-
ing, but harpily proved not to be as bad
as feared. Hy the bravery Of the miners
of the town all but two of the thirty
men in the shaft were taken ont alive,
though some We're badly injured Two
are still in the mine and are supposed
to have been drowned.