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Evening journal., 1893-05-09

A sIcKLY smile appears on the faces Of
the ofice.seekers as Private Secretary
Thurber explains that the Cleveland
order will be benefit to them, Mr.. Thur
ber says "In the first place, when an
appointment is reached all the papers
are very carefully considered Thus
there is no danger Of confusion or injus.
tice resulting to an applicant by apply.
ing 70 his case verbal statements, per
haps Of an uncomplimentary nature, that
may have been made with reference TO
some other candidate. Confusion has
resulted in the past by reason
Of II being impossible TO guard
against such mistakes occurring at
times. Another way in which It will
benefit the applicant is that the heads
of departments will have time to con
slider and bring to the attention Of the
President the applications now on file,
without the necessity Of taking double
the Presidents time in allowing the can
didate to personally urge his appoint
ment, thus retarding to that extent the
consideration Of other cases" That may
all be beautiful and comfortable to
the President and Secretary Thurber but
the Office. seekers cannot see it in that
light. They are sad
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
lMMoRTALlTY-A STRANGE VIEW.

II life everlasting is gained through belief,
And works are but ashes and drOss,
Then what viii become OF the millions OF
men
Who never have heard Of the cross
Christ setan example, and those who obey
In deeds, though their lips may be mute,
shall dwell in a land of perpetual day,
And play the triangle and flute,
Alas. for the poor ,cringing worm OF the dust, :
Who, fearing the tOrments Of hell.
Gets after salvation with wordy pretence,
Professions that sound very well.
But clings 20 the sordd desires OF the flesh,
And works for himself like n slave.
That man has No promise Of life over there
His journey ends short at the grave.
"The wages OF sim" says the book Of the law
Are DEATH" which means nothing but
DEATH
The soul is destroyed 10y the canker Of sin,
And yields up its Job with its breath.
But he who does right for the sake Of the
right
And seeks not for plumber and pei.
That man will survive while eternity rolls
And be strictly in IL himself
Nebraska State Journal.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
REGISTERS ORDER.
r REGIsTER's ORDER.
,R,S OFFICE

kEGlSIEtt'S OFFICE.
New Castle County, Del, April 10, 1885,
Upon the application of Cornelius Is, Creeden
and Daniel J. Creeden. Exel uators of Mary
said county, deceased, IL is ordered and
directed by the Register that the EXecu-
tors aforesaid give notice Of granting of
letters testamentary upon the estate Of
the deceased with the date of grant
ing thereof, by causing advertisements
posted within forty days from the date
such letters in six of the most public places OF
the county Of New Castle, requiring all per-
sons having demands against the estate TO
present the same, or abide by an act of assem-
bly, in such case made and provided; and also
cause the same to be inserted within the same
period in the EVE ING JouRNAL, a newspaper
tinued therein three weeks, 20. o. d.
Given under the hand and seal
- of Office of the Register aforesaid
at Wilmington, in New Castle
Il. s. county aforesaid, the day and
year above written.
- J. WILKINS COOCH, Register.
NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given that letters Of admin
istration were in due form of law granted
unto the undersigned, on the 18th day of
April, A. D., 1893 and that all persons hav-
ing claims against the estate OF the deceased
said executor, on or before the 18th day
of April, 1924. or abide the act of assembly
in such case made and provided.
CORNELIUS B. CREEDEN,
DANIEL j. CREEDEN,
Executors.
Address. W. T. Lyman, Esq,
Wilmington, Del
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
WANAmAKER,s.
Philadelphia, Tuesday, May Q, 1898.
The weather to-day is likely
to be clear.

Eight cent Ginghams. The
faint echoes of feeble imitation
are only mere whispers. Com
parsons of our offerings with
others are bad for all the
others. 5000 yards a day will
soon cause them all to vanish.
That's how they go. See the
new patterns.
Twelve and a half cents.
Magic in the stuffs at the
prices. Mulls, Cambrics and
their kin that were 10 to 2oc.
Cotton Dress Stuffs. We are
not daft and so make no effort
at dreary description of the in
describable.
Wool Dress Stuffs.
Diagonals. 4 sorts, II col
ors each, "A varieties, ST., were
cheap at $I.25.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
TRANSPORTED THROUGH DELAWARE.
Opening OF the Southern Fruit and
Vegetable Season When the First n.
", T.. a n. Train Goes Up.

Vegetable Season When the First n.
", +. a n. Train Goes Up.
The formal opening of the Southern
fruit and vegetable season occurred yes
terday when the New York, Philadelphia
and Norfolk Railroad Company started
its first special berry train from Norfolk
for this city. The big train left Norfolk
at noon yesterday, and was due at the
West Philadelphia Produce Station
at 3 o'clock this morning in
time to permit its load to
be distributed among the market
men. The train will hereafter run daily,
keeping the market constantly supplied
with fresh strawberries, asparagus,
peas, spinach, potatoes and other vege-
tables and fruits, as they gradually come
into season.
Transporting Southern produce to the
Philadelphia and New York markets
constitutes one of the main features Of
the road, and, as the supply increases,
the number of trains will have to be in
creased in proportion.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
NEWSPAPER OPINION.
AsOthers Sec It,

Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Delaware Legislature has been
sensible enough 70 defeat an extraordi
nary tax bill which the Changers of
Sussex and Kent counties asked It to
pass. The Pennsylvania legislature can
hardly afford to let the Delaware Legis
lature surpass 10 in wisdom This sug
gestion is intended to indicate that the
Niles tax bill should not make any
further progress at the present time.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
Touched a Live Wire.

William Gray. ex city lineman and now
employed by the Delaware and Atlantic
Telephone Company touched live wire
yesterday afternoon, while on pole
at Fourth and Union streets His
hand was terribly burned while his
neck and face were sweled to almost
twice the normal size. Had he remained
there ten seconds longer he would have
been killed AS it was he was removed
by his fellow. workmen and taken to his
home, No. sos Monroe street.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
a New Hose Cart for weeeacoe.

The Weccacoe Fire Engine Company
held a meeting in their hall last night
IL was decided to secure a new hose
cart The contract was awarded to the
American Fire Engine Company. Seneca
Falls. N. Y, for $615. The new
vehicle will be the heaviest in the city
and will be drawn by two horses. vii.
liam Bayley resigned as driver and John
McGuigan was elected in his place.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
ELECTRIC LIGHT SALE CONFIRMED.

Receiver Martin Burris Makes His Re-
turn 10 Chancellor WOlcott
Chancellor James L. Wolcott sat in
the Law Library in the Court House this
morning and disposed Of several matters
He Fixed next. Tuesday as the time for
hearing argument in the injunction case
Of the Wilmington Steamboat Company
VS. the George 5 Mccall Company.
Receiver Martin Burris made return Of
the sale of the Delaware Electric Light
and Power Company plant at Middle
town. The return was confirmed and
the contracts turned over to the new
purchasers.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09

WARNER is not as safe as his RENE
dies are-at least 1t is reported that he
is not able to meet his engagements and
pay his debts. His creditors have pur-
sued him since the Yates failure, till at
last he has been crowded to the walll
and forced to assign.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
Disbursing direct Tax.

Direct Tax Commissioner J. Frank
Wilds is sitting in the office Of Register
Of Wills at the Court House. disbursing
the direct tax fund. He will be here
until Saturday. He thinks that Alfred
Dunn will succeed his father, Robert
Dunn, as sheriff Of Kent county.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
POLITICAL NOTES.

William A. Shannon stated to an
EVENING JOURNAL reporter this morn
ing that he had withdrawn from the
contest for City Council from the Third
ward and will not allow his name TO be
used He will, however, solicit the aid
of his friends next year at the Council
manic contest
Evening journal., 1893-05-09

THE ofice-seekers may have suffered a
shock from the manifesto and wall Of
President Cleveland. but they will re-
cover. The office. seeker is game bird
with tough skin. He cannot be fright
ened, he is seldom wounded.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09

JACOB VALDEZ, a wealthy young mer-
chant, and Plutarco Margro, young
attorney, fought a duel with knives
having blades three inches long, at
Fresnillo Mexico, on Sunday night The
battle in the darkness lasted twenty
minutes, when Margro. pierced TO the
heart, fell dead Valdez was terribly
mutilated and cannot recover. The
cause of the quarrel was that both men
were enamored of the same young lady.
That is horrible, but II was veritable
duel It was fought as the society
duelists profess TO feel when they
send and receive challenges they
wi sh to kill the other fellow and
will risk their lives to do It, Auy other
sort of a duel is SILLY. II men propose to
fight with deadly weapons they should
be willing to fight TO kill and get killed.
The French duel is so hedged about with
rules that It is almost impossible to
indict a serious hurt with the deadly
weapons the duelists profess to use The
rapier or the broad sword duel is much
more logical, if not more sensible. But If
the antagonists are really afraid of each
other or unwilling to hurt each other,
why go through the mockery of duelg
Why not snarl at each other like any
other dogs or fight with their fsts2 1t
was argued in olden times that the
pistols equallzed the large and the small
man, the strong and the weak man; that
one had no advantage over the other
But in those times they were allowed to
shoot at each other in such an earnest
fashion that one or both were liable to
be hurt OF killed Those proposed duels
Of the two sets Of newspaper men in
Pittsburg and in Memphis were mock
duels-the antagonists were not in dead,
deathly earnest like these Mexicans.
Hence the duel in this country or in
France is farce which proclaims that
the men who engage in il aud promote
Il are either fools or towards They
do not know what fight to the death
with deadly weapons means or they are
afraid of its results. For these reasons
the duel may be entirely obliterated from
this country. 1t would not be missed.
The men who talk Of it are not serious or
brave like Valdez and Margro.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09

HARRIS died pleading his innoce nee /;
Mr.. Potts, the father Of the dead child
wife, wished to press the button to kill the
man who ruined his beautiful daughter.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
injured at west Yard.

William Walker, a car inspector. was
badly injured by engine No 1875 while at
work at West Yard last night He was
removed to his home at f ighth avenue
aud Duncan street.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
Denth nrn pnrtnr-

George Price, about q years old, a
well known colored porter at the Hotel
Willis. died this morning at his home
Wollestau street He was attacked
with typhoidpneumonia about a week
ago.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
wANAMAKER,s.
Scarce. India Cameps

Scarce. India CamePs-
Hair, As in, rare colors in big
variety. But all that doesn't.
keep them from going down
to 81 from SIPS.
Wool Poplins are punched
from 81 to 75c, from 81 IS to
81. They are selling quickly
but hopeful and discontented,
we mean that they shall move
more quickly.
Vigorous Cashmere" is the
English of it. Exit French
term-but the goods are
French for all that. In beige
and brown tones only. Ap-
propos for travelling - they
wear so. "A in. from 81 to
75c, AZ in from SIPS to 81.
Two trophies at ST.. Black
Satin-striped Grenadine and
black small figured Challis.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09
New Uonl on Inspector.

at an adjourned meeting Of the City
Council last evening Charles F Bowers
was elected coal oil inspector to succeed
Samuel Durney, resigned.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09

THE Joliet Rolling Mill, branch Of
the Illinois Steel Company, which en-
ployed $500 men, is closed. "The
officers declare it would be impossible to
resume at the present prices of steel and
iron, which are lower than in the past
twenty years" The steel business was
particularly coddled, so it was supposed
by those cranks who advocated the Nc
Kinley prosperity bill. But the greatest
and most disastrous industrial strike Of
the times has occurred in the steel bust
ness since the Mckinley prosperity
panacea was applied and smaller dis
asters have been frequent in smaller
mills. The protectionists have always
claimed that their panacea would
ultimately decrease prices, but
they said also that It would not
decrease wages. Wages were decreased
at Homestead even while the
eranks were shouting from the political
stumps that wages would not be de-
creased. Now the Reading mills have
closed, Harrahs mills have suffered the
Illinois Steel Company is suspended, the
Pennsylvania company is in the hands Of
receivers, and the Joliet mill with
its $500 men is closed. This small
category of calamitles, iotted down
hastily from memory and including only
the great mills working thousands Of
men each, indicates that Mckinley pros
perity is fearful remedy that free
trade with all of its pretended destruc.
tlon could not be worse. Cannot some
protectionist explain why these dis
asters have followed the passage of a
bill concocted to prevent them. Is Nc
Kinley an ignorant man or a bad mang
Evening journal., 1893-05-09

escape execution by orderly and legal |
methods then they execute him by the
quick and sure methods of Judge Lynch.
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ACCORDING to new law passed by the
Legislature, William Potter, colored,
testified in his own behalf in the Munic.
ipal Court last night. This particular
case, is not important in itself, but the
law is an important one. It will change
the practice Of the courts. No eloquent
attorney can rise and proclaim with
trembling tears and tea rful voice that
1.-The mouth of the defendant is closed
his lips are sealed; he cannot testify in
his own behalf" He may have beaten
his wife but he could not tell, heretofore,
how much she deserved beating for
aggravated linguistic assaults on his
amiability. Bnt to be serious; It is
good law. A man may testify in hiso own
behalf but the jury will weigh his evil
dence as they are supposed to weigh all
other evidence at its true value.
OF course the EVENING JOURNAL scores
pS"ui 40 "oNsii IA AAohoiohihb Abis III
portant innovation before our contem
poraries even hear Of 1t. The News will
likely refer TO it to morrow, the Every
Evening will follow suit after three or
four days comfortable reflection, while II
the Daily Hersey "gets onto 1t" within
two weeks it will be going at record
breaking speed. Moral, If you wish to
get the news as it is, not as it was, take
the paper which gives 1.-THE EVENING
JOuRNAL
Evening journal., 1893-05-09

punishment. The antithesis Of that
sentiment is Mob law. The'people come
to the conclusion that man is likely to
escape execution by orderly and legal
methods; then they execute him by the
quick and sure methods of Judge Lynch
Evening journal., 1893-05-09

Made-to-measure Suits at
$2o-or at $50. Quality of
goods and style of finish makes
the difference. Shapes as ex-
actly right in one as in the
other. Trousers from i'm
ported Worsted (stripes) 81
or a full Suit, $27.5o.
Juniper and Market streets.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09

OAhllMOuE %
ID OHIO r ALL
ROAn schedule in
effect Nov. Is, 1899.
Traius leave Della
ware Avenue Depot
aRst Bound-New
York, week d ay s.
fs O3, 81 40,+s Al, 80 80
3 m, 4l2 "a, ~ 90, 70 3S,
81 80 D m. Sundays,
g %, 1883, 40 36, q
N, +12 "a, - 50, 70 3S,
q 80 d N.
Evening journal., 1893-05-09

Leave Philadelphia OF Wilmington.
Week days a TO- Q %, 725, 70 10, $40. 1O00
I'll 80 a 70; l2 noon. Il 45, %, 300, "a o. tits.
80 20 30, IS 81. 30, II "a, 10, IS IS, 10 ~
Sundays, "a 10, 500, +s Is. 30. 1000, +l1s a
M u noon. co. 400, "A 05, 80 +5 81, so, 81 "a,
10. 70 05. ~ 10 and IL 3Opm.
f-and : Express trains. Telephone, No. 1Q8
Rates . Western points lower than via any
ther line. =. y. SCULL. Gel i Pass. Agent.
J. n. ODELL General Manager.
The evening world., 1893-11-13
IGNORED THE JUDGES ORDER.
Raymond Street Jail Official
Would Not Release Smith.
Sheriff Courtney May Have to De-
fend a Suit for Damages.

Conrad Smith, of 10 Melrose street,
Williamsburg. was arraigned in the Lee
Avenue Court this morning on the
charge OF intoXication. Sentence was
suspended, as Justice Goetting wants to
Investigate some peculiar features In the
case. Counsel for MIR. Smith announced
that he would bring suit for damages
against Sheriff Courtney.
Mr.. Smith was arrested yesterday, and
was committed to Raymond Street Jail
In default of bail. Late In the after
noon his wife and Henry Carlin. a
neighbor, called at Justice Goetting' s
house, on Bushwick avenue. Carlin fur
nished bail for his friend. The couple
were given a recall and, armed with 1t,
started for the jail.
When we arrived there" said Mr.
Smith this. morning, "a man In uniformn
looked at the recall laughed, and threw
the papers at me, saying:
Now. get out of here, quick. and tell
Judge Goetting and all hfs company to
Il returned to Judge Goettings house.
He was. very angry. He called up the
presented.
"On his advice, we returned to the
JAIL but on our arrival found that my
husband had been let go without any
papers whatsoever. This. my lawyer
tells me. Is illegal"
Justice Goettng was seen. and ap-
peared to be very angry.
Yes, the story Is true" he said, but
do not care to discuss it,"
The Smiths and Carln believe that the
officials at the jail act in such shame
less way because they are soon to be put
out of Office.
why. they did everything but strike
me" said Mrs. Smith.
The evening world., 1893-11-13
M'KENNY HELD FOR MURDER.
He Refuses to Make a Statement
- When Arraigned.
No Wounds Upon Hin. No Knife
In His Victims Clothing.

Edward McKenny, the cclored waiter,
who stabbed Joseph Carey, also colorel,
to death in Minetta street, near Bleecker.
Saturday night. was taken before
Justice Koch il jefferson Market Po-
lice Court this morning by Detectives
Gilhooley and Hanlon. of the Mercer
street station
Gilhooley swore to an affidavit Charg
ing McKenny with murder and 1t was
corr@borated by Moses Janer, clothing
Katie Post. OF Minetta street. eyewit-
nesses Of the tragedy.
Justice Koch committed McKenny
without bail, The prisoner refused to
make any statement whatever.
The detectives story was that bad
blood existed between McKenny and
Carey, engendered by their, devotion to
Annie Long. The two COlored men met
early Saturday evening In Hugh Slev-
ms saloon at Bleecker and Minetta
streets and got into row there. which
Carey induced Mckcnny to go to his
home. Minetta street, to play poker
with himself and John Street and his
was losing his money, charged Carey
with cheating. and the old quarrel broke
out afresh The fighters went out into
pummel cach other until Mckenny drew
a long h,dded knife and plunged it into
Carcys heart He dropped dead
bc 'Meh AT his home 10 west N Six,yssvonth H%S"S II
street. overcome with liquor Or~.er
Hamlin said that MCKenuy has an p
disposition. ana that Carey was PEACE
iul fellow, who never carried knife or
any other weapon,
MCKenny was photographed this morn
ins, and his picture will eh added To the
collection of murdrrers IN Police Head
quarters,
Not "a wound was found on McKcnry's
person, while on Carey were found a
on the ches; and the fatal wound That
proves, the detectives said. that there
was no duel between the men. for had
Carey a knife he must surely have
nj lnlSt.
The evening world., 1893-11-13
THREE YOUNG THIEVES CAUGHT.
Theo Robbed Several Houses and
Admit Their Guilt.

Three members of gang OF young
thieves were remanded to give the police
time to further investigate their mis-
deeds when arraigned before Justice
Connolly, at the Gates Avenue Police
Court, Brooklyn, this morning.
They were Chester Brewer, fourteen
years old, of 1862 Grove street; Charles
Freely. fourteen years old. 70 Palmetto
street, and William Baldwin, thirteen
years of age, of Ralph avenue.
The trio were captured by Detective
Sergeants Anderson and Marks, Of the
Ralph avenue police station.
They are charged with stealing jew
elry, silverware and other goods from
the residence of Mrs. Clara Bayse, at
703 Monroe street. a watch, valued at
$50, from the residence of Mrs. Annie II.
Stokes on Grove street. and money and
wearing apparel from a Chinese laundry
on Fulton street. near Hopkinson ave-
nue..
When searched at the station house
sufficient evidence was found on them to
connect them with a number of burglar
les which the police thought were com
mitted by older thieves. The watch
stolen from Mrs. Stokes was recovered.
In court they admitted their guilt.
The evening world., 1893-11-13
HOW DID MRS. GROOM DIET
Her Dead Body Wns Found in the
Roadway.

Thomas Shannon, forty-four years, of
AL Adelphi street Brooklyn, was held
by Judge Tiehe. in the Butler Street Po-
lice Court Brooklyn. this morning. on
the technical charge of assault in the
third degree, but in reality to await the
result of the investigation of Coroner
kene relative to the death of Mrs. An
ME Groom. of 1904 Atlantic avenue.
Mrs. Groom visited Shannon's family
yesterday morning. She stayed until
late in the afternoon. Mrs. Groom and
the Shannons quarreled. They had been
drinking. At o'clock Shannon put
Mrs. Groom out of the house. He slapped
her face, it is alleged, and knocked her
down. She returned, and 1t is said that
Shannon threw her down the steps in
front of the house.
Shortly after $50 o'clock officer Nc
Donald found Mrs. Groom lying on the
sidewalk on Atlantic avenue, near Adel-
phi street An ambulance from the
Seney Hospital was called.
When Surgeon Townsend arrived he
said the woman was dead. She had n
bad bruise on her left. leg. Her body
was taken to the Morgue. Coroner
kene will make an investigation to- day.
The evening world., 1893-11-13
TWO TINY PICKPOCKETs.
They Do Not Min d Arrest or a Court
Trial,

Morris Grubber and Bernard Einstein
are two very youthful aw-breakers who
were up before Justice Ryan in the Es-
sex Market Police Court this morning.
They were charged with pocket picking
Grubher is nine years old and his COM
panion eleven. The boys are small for
their age. rather precocious- looking
and didn't seem at all frightened by the
position In which they We're placed
They were arrested on complaint of Kate
Stern, who said they stole pocketbook
from her dress. Both boys live with
their parents-Grubber at lis Clinton
street and Einstein at II Eldridge street
The parents were summoned to court
They said the boys were bad. didn't go
to school and frequented the streets a
good deal
The complainant did not care to press
the charge against the boys, but Justice
Ryan decided to remand them until to-
morrow morning in order to give the
Gerry Society officer an opportunity to
investigate the case.
The evening world., 1893-11-13
CHOYNSKIE WAS ROBBED.
The Knocker-out Given q Dose of
"Knocser-out."

Pugilist Joe Choynski. who has
knocked out a good many men in his
time. was himself recently knocked out,
but in a manner quite different from the
method he employs.
1t happened during the visit of Par
son" Davies's Uncle Toms Cabin" COM
pany to this city last month. and the
story has just come out. Choynski is
one of the actors" of the company. and
also spars with Peter jackson. The
story goes that on the night OF oct 10
Choynski, in company with one George
Stevenson, visited Carey Welch's place,
lh East Fourteenth street. He was
introduced to woman named Beach,
and was persuaded to take something
stronger than the soft drinks he had
been Inducing In all the evening.
The drink was fixed. Chloral had been
nut in II. and soon Choynski was asleep.
While in this condition he was robbed OF
81 800. When he recovered from The
effects Of the 'kneekep-e,tt' he retuFnc.l
to his hotel and there discovered hs
loss. He and Davies reported tie rrat-
ter to the police, and asked that the
affair be kept secret. Stevenson anl
the woman left town soon after the
robbery and have not osen hearl OF
since