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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
THE CR.INK.
John Kendrlck Bangs.


1t was an unkempt fellow, with shock of
auburn hair,
Who came to beard me as l sat defenceless
in my laii;
He had satchel in one hand plumb full
of dynamite,
And in his hinder pocket was box of
melinite.
His other hand held firmly right ugly
looking stick
With poisoned prickers on it that would
make cobra sick;
And twixt his teeth he held knife-its
edge was very keen.
In short, his aspect it was such as turned
my visage green.
asked him what his business was. He
modestly replied
He wanted me to let him have my daugh-
ter for his bride,
And sixty million dollars, and two.four
trotting-horse.
And did run? didn't Just answered
him, "0f course!
"rll let you wed my daughter and my
cousins and my aunts'-
| had no female relatives and so could take
the chance
"And stead of sixty millions, since the
| sum, my friend Is for you,
Suppose we make it more; let's say an even
| eighty-two?
"A nickel on account to bind the bargain
is the thing,
And you can have the lady when you've
bought the wedding-ring;
And while we're getting in the gold from
brokers and from banks.
| I'll draw a draft on Bonner for his trotter
Nancy Hanks"
The fellow looked Inc in the eye and laid
his weapons down;
He bit the nickel viciously, as cockneys
bite a crown,
To see if it was genuine and not a counter.
felt,
And then passed gayly down the stair.
and out into the street.
And l am now possessor of a bag of dyna.
mite,
A poisoned club, a bowie and a box of
melinite.
Which cost nickel only, so that, far as'l
can see,
The crank is not so proftless as he is
thought To be. vi
And would say to millionaires, and other
who are scared,
In days like these tits we'll that all TO
cranks should be prepared. III
Lay not up stores of pistols; for the cas-
] they rarely serve II :
So well as does one nickel and little bi
of nerve.
--Haypei's Weekly.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
PLUNGED OVER A pREClpIOE.


HAzLEroH, Pa, Nov. 1T.-A thrilling
ride down the mountain on runaway
hand car, broken axle and seven ifien
were flung from the track at a curve down
ravine 80 feet deep. Two were killed
outright and the other five sustained
serious injuries. rat
EARLY this morning Frank Eek, track
foreman on the Lehigh Valley railroad.
and six laborers, set out from Beaver
Meadow for Halle Greek on hand car.
The road down the mountain has pitch
of 80 feet to the mile, and is skirted by
deep ravines. There are numerous small
bridges that span torrent-eaten abysses,
and sharp curves are plentiful.
-Four stout men seized the handles that
work the machinery and the car started
| down the road at a keen pace. The All
was frosty and the rails slippery. The
momentum that the brawny arms at the
pumps gave the car. added to the incline
made the human-treighted vehicle fairly
! spin. When half way over the Journey
the brake block snapped asunder. There
was now no way to check the flying car !,
speed. On it rushed, and around curves i
| sped. The men were alarmed and Ell
deavored to slacken the speed, but they
could not accomplish much. They trlet
to stop the wheels by holding the handle
of the pump machine, but that failed.
Suddenly they dashed around a shor
curve where high precipice yawns below
They were in sight OF the Black Creel
station, and they thought the operato
might help them.
At that moment an axle overburdeneS
by the terrific run. broke down, and thu
car and the seven riders shot over the wall
Down they went thirty feet and landed OF
the rocky bed of n creek.
| Men from the Black Creek station rushe,
to where the wrecked car and the sever
men lay. Six of the workmen were bleed
ing and unconscious from the shock.
Andrew Conitz died while being removes
TO his home.
Michael Mortsky. whose body was badl
mangled and fearGully bruised, expireI
soon after reaching his home.
Foreman Eek was cut on the head an
the body, while Thomas Laurenz snffere
broken arm and other serious hurts
The other three, who are Hungarian lab
orers, were cut and battered, but all vii
| led
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
BELfEVED IN BELLAMY.
The Doctrine That Induced George A.
Roeth to Blaze Away at Delmonico's.

Roeth to Blaze Away at Deimonlco'ss
New YORK, Nov. 17.--George A
Rueth, the man who caused immense
excitement at Delmonico's, yesterday
afternoon, by firing fusilade of pistol
shots into and about the dining room,
was arraigned in jefferson Market
police court, this morning. Roeth was
confronted in court by Simon E. Mics,
the bookkeeper for Delmonico, and he
preferred charge of insanity against
the man.
Rocth told Justice Hogan that he was
28 years of age and lived at No. $40
West Forty.sixth street.
81 am Socialist" he said. 81 am
not follower of Herr Most. believe
that Bellamy's doctrine is the nearest
true of all that have been talked OIL
preached. l did not set out with the
intention of shooting any one yet, bu
when | saw the millionaires sitting
about Delmonico's, it made me SO mac
that l went to a pawn shop and pur
chased the pistol"
Roeth further said that he had beer
drinking lately.
Roeth was committed 10 the commits
sioners of charities and correction TO-
examination as to his sanity.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
Eugene a. Mnndar Dead.

Eugene Howard Munday, who has
been ailing for the past year, died last
Thursday at his residence, 1919 Girard
avenue, Philadelphia. Mr.. Munday,
who was in his CID year, had been for
30 years connected with the firm of
Collins & McLeester, type founders, but
about year ago, owing to his failing
health, he resigned from the manage
ment which he had held for the past 10
years. Mr.. Munday was widely and
favorably known among the printing
fraternity, and also had considerable
local celebrity as writer of verses. He
was a member of Mosaic Lodge OF
Masons, Paradise Lodge of Odd Fellows
and Typographical Union, No.2, besides
several other organizations. He was
also vestryman of st. Jude's Episcopal
Church.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
Due Notice REQUIRED.

Detroit Free freAs
An angry discussion was taking place
between two colored men on Bates
street yesterday, and one of them was
about to lay hands on the other, when
daddy White" came down Cadillac
Square and stopped to ask what the
row was about.
"Dat man owes me half a dollar" re-
piled one of the disputants.
II don't deny il" said the other.
"Den why don't you pay me?"
"Kase it's too soon"
"If yo' doan' pay dat half a dollar
Ize gwine ter smash yo fine +"
"Hole on, Mister Stmpkins-hole onl'
said Daddy" as he stepped between
the pair. "Lets see how dis yere Case
stands. How long has dis gemlan owed
yo' half dollar ?"
"Boutfo' weeks"
"Has yo' dun axed him fur it befo' p
"No, sah."
"Den yo' hain't got no case an better
stop yo'r noise"
"Doan' he owe me dat money ?"
"Of co'se he does, but am yo' bigger
man dan savin's bank2 If yo' want
dat money yo' gin him go days motifs an
do bizness In a bizness way. Humph
De ideah of whitewashin' Guild mal
sottin' hisself up to be bigger'n banl
wild millyon dollars in it !"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
EVENING ECHOES.

Unsuitable Slang.-She-Did you see
my new hat at the theatre last night?''
Hell didn't see anything else.-Boston
Transcript.
Passenger-Conductor, why don't you
wear an overcoat? You look half frozen.
Shivering Conductor-These are sum.
mer cars. Fares, please l-HarB0rd
C0uTdnt.
First Female-What business are you
engaged in? Second Female-I am a
book agent. F. F.-What have you to
do? S. F.-Nothing but talk. +. F.
How delightful boston Courier.
Ton-Hullo, Ned. Have you heard
the newsl Ned-No. What's that
Tom-The people have just moved oul
of that factory building down on the
river bank. Let's go down now anc
stone the windows outs 0msrpiN
Journal.
"Prisoner at the bar" remarked tn,
court, "you stand convicted of circulat
ing coin purporting to have value il
doesn't possess. Have you any defenc,
to offer?" "None whatever, your honor
but 1 appeal to the courtesy of tn
| Senate W-BufdIo Times
| "Mr. Scribbler, have you seen any
thing of the babyg" asked distractet
woman about noon last Thursday, a
the furniture was being placed in tn
van for removal, "No. How'n thunde
can take care of baby and see tina
this crokery is put in the warehous
van without being smashed to flinders
"But I'm sure | hear the darling cryin
somewhere. Are you sure that she
not in the clothes basket with the sauce
pansP 2" "No, she amt. How d'yo
suppose she'd get in there" "But
hear her as plain as can be. Why
Peter, L do believe she's in this roll {
carpetW 1t was true. The baby ha
been left in the middle of the sittin
room floor and the men who took up th
carpet tossed breadth over her with
out observing her, rolled her up in
and stood the carpet up in the hall. III
child when rescued was punctured hel
and there with rusty tacks and its mout
Z was partly stuffed with carpet dust, bt
otherwise it was quite hearty.-N.
Ep6ning Telegram.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
oUlox cowDorxonK.

Two Wolves Caught and ChS<ed win
Larlat withtn Fourteen aifa'e''
Kansas City Times,
They were discussing the woMaer,i,u u
feats of riders In wild west shows atShe
Coates House, and they don't know
whether to believe Dave Douglass, q
well-known stockman of Alzada, Mont,
or not. Douglass, be il explained, is
not the Dave Douglass who competed
in the ride from Chadron to the Worlds
Fair grounds, but he knows q good deal
about cowboy riders and their skill III
different ways, nevertheless.
"The most expert rider | ever saw on
the plains was Il cowboy named Tom
Bride" he said; The was not acquainted
with oil the tricks of wild west riders
and of the regular circus rider, and was
equally adept with lasso. His feats
with the rope were remarkable. The
last time / saw him was only a few
months ago, near Hermosa, S. ID. We
were ON a roundup on the south fork
of Cheyenne river, and just before
reaching camp in the evening we scared
up two wolves.
"Watch me catch those fellows, he
said, and on he started in hot chase OF
the scared beasts, lifting the coil of his
lasso from the pommcl OF the saddle as
tie race began. Now, a prairie wolf
can outrun almost anything if pursued.
But Tom had wiry little broncho that
was noted with the z. bell outfit for
speed at short dashes. When the race
had progressed but few hundred yards
Tom thought he had gained sufficiently
/ th.a tps,Ittaa an. Ia n oatnln He
had an extra long lasso, and he threw
It out full length, at least 200 feet. II
looked like the wolf was beyond its
length, but when it dropped it settled
right around the VOLTS neck, and Tom
pulled il up with jerk. He didn't ever
brace his pony for the catch, and hi
kept right on running at full speed
hauling in the wolf as he went, until h
lifted it up to his saddle, choked X
death, and tied it on. All the time the
other wolf was lighting out at gal
that would have made Nancy Hank
sick, but the pony was steadily gaininl
on it, and by the time Tom had the frs
wolf secured he was close enough t
make second catch.
"rhe second throw was an exac
repetition of the first, and the rope ha'
but Just frightened on the second wolf
throat when he wheeled his pony ans
came back laughing. By the time h
reached us he had drawn up the sccon
Welt, choked to death as the first ha
been. He had run the two animal
down within range of our eyesigh
although handicapped by their Ion
start, and their skilful capture had bee
made in less than IA minutes"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23

They are telling good story in
Washington on Mr.. Stewart, as a re-
venge for his interminahle speeches,
says the Buffalo Commercial Before
the night sessions began, the Senators
had adjourned and several of them were
getting their hats in the cloakroom, Mr..
Stewart among them, when one of his
fellow Senators said
"Stewart, you remind me of q clergy
man."
Mr.. Stewart naturally stared, and
then laughed and said "How, pray ~
eyes; you are like a certain minister
who was telling a friend that he had
preached two hours aud half. Were
you not very tiredp' said the friend,
synpathetically. Ma, ma; | was as
fresh as rose; but you should have
seen the congregation
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
oBJEcroR HOLMAN.
He Has Pretty Personal Story Piled on
Him in the Elevator.


Holman, the great objector, rode up
in the House elevator, which is started
and stopped by yanking wire rope in
stead Of by the modern lever. There
was big load on and the elevator man,
spying Holman, tugged at the rope with
a wel-assumed expenditure of strength
before the elevator started, says the Chi
cago Post.
"Deur me-" said Holman, ait is too
bad that you should have to work so
when the man in the other elevator has
such an easy time with his new tangled
arrangement. Dear me, somebody must
have been awful stingy."
"Yes, Judge, somebody was" the ele-
vator man replied. "But, Judge, that
somebody was you"
"No, sir" the Judge began, ~ never
"Yes you did, judge" the elevator
man broke in. "rhere was a bill all
ready to give me new machine, and it
would have passed but for your objec-
ton"
"That's just it, judge" put in news
paper man. "You are so in the habit
of objecting you do it unconsciously. II
you don't break yourself of the habit
you are likely to regret it forever"
"What do you mean, sir?" the Judge
responded. ~ don't understand you"
"Why, it's just this way, judge" the
newspaper man replied. "You will be.
come so confirmed that when Gabriel
toots his horn you will hop out of your
grave and cry, Il object And as
Gabriel is not a man to be trifed with
he will be very apt to put you back and
let you stay"
The Judge walked away with q
thoughtful air, and the elevator man i;
now hoping for new machine,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
PREACHER AND ORGANISE ELOpE.
The Pastor of Calvary N. E. Church,
South Baltimore, Runs Away with His
Pretty Young Organist.

The Pastor of Calvary N. E. Church,
South Baltimore, Runs Away with His
Pretty Young organist.
BALTIMORE, MD, Nov. 16.-Charles
NJ. Bragg, pastor of the Calvary Method
ist Episcopal Church South, and Miss
Ianthe Phelps, organist of the church,
have disappeared, leaving letters saying
that they will not return to Baltimore.
The inference is that the parson and the
organist have taken flight together, the
former leaving wife and five young
children.
Mr.. Bragg is about AZ years of age.
For u number of years he had charge OF
country newspaper in West Virginia,
his native State. Ten years ago. he en-
tered the ministry. He came TO Calvary
Church in March, 1902, from Romeo
verte, w. Va, succeeding the Rev. j.
w. Grub. He was forcible preacher
and by his vigorous style and personal
popularity attracted large congregations.
He preached twice last Sunday.
Miss Phelps, the missing organist, is
but II years of age, of medium height
and good figure. Richard Phelps, the
young girls father, who is well-known
commission merchant, declines to dis
cuss the subject of the disappearance OF
his daughter.
"Do you think she has gone with Mr..
Bragg?" he was asked.
II have nothing to say" was his re-
ply; mo statement TO make"
Mrs. Bragg is Frustrated with grief
1t is stated that she found letter, care
fully sealed and addressed TO her, lying
upon her husbands desk. "lt's con
tents have not been made public, othel
than that it contained the statelnen
that the writer is "a ruined man, adding
al am going away and will not return
Tell the children l am dead"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
FATAL FIRE IN A FEMALE SEMINARY.
Buildings Destroyed and Two Little
Girls Lose Their Lives.

Several Badly MISUNDERSTANDING At
tempts of the sisters In Charge to Rescue
Their Charges--Fire Loss Nearly Covered
by Insurance.
MADISON, Wis, Nov. 17.-The Edge
wood Female Seminary, a Catholic in
stitution conducted by the Dominican
Sisters and valued at about SIS 700, was
destroyed by fire last night and two
lives were lost They were: Marjorie
Rice OF Stevens Point, Wis; Maggie
Stack of No. 645 Forty fifth street, Chi
cago.
Badly suffocated: Frances Henne-
berg of Chicago, will probably recover;
Kate Sweeney of Michigan, expected to
recover;.a sister, name not known, sick
in the building, expected to recover.
The cause of the fire is unknown. 1t
started in the upper story OF the main
building, where the girl students were
sleeping, shortly after $50 O'Clock. Be-
fore the sisters in charge knew of the fire
tho halls in the upper part of the build
ing were completely filled with smoke.
The sisters made daring efforts to save
their little charges, but work as they
would they could not save all the chill
dren.
In one room, near where the fire must
have originated, were sleeping little
Margie Rice and Maggie Stack. Access
to their room was almost impossible, il
being completely filed with smoke.
When the little ones were finally
reached their bodies were lifeless, they
having been suffocated to death. Margie
Rice was seven years of age and Maggie
Stack was six years old.
Efforts were made to save the othei
buildings of the institution, but shortly
after 10 o'clock an elegant new building
being erected at cost of over $35 600
caught fire and was consumed. Othei
smaller buildings were consumed anC
the seminary is practically destroyed.
The property was once the nome o
Elk Governor Il. y. Washburn, and hi
gave it to the Dominican Sisters. 1t wa
the most noted country place in Contra
Wisconsin quarter of century ago
The property burned was nearly fully
covered by insurance.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
BACK IN WAsHfNGToS.


The President Resumes Work at the
White House Immediately Alter Break
fast.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-President
Cleveland arrived in Washington at
$40 o'clock this morning, in Vlce-Presi-
dent Thomson's private car, over the
Pennsylvania road, having left Jersey
City at midnight He was met at the
depot by Private Secretary Thurber and
drove at once to the White House.
Secretary Lamont returned with the
President and went to his new residence
just across the square from the execu-
tive mansion.
Immediately after breakfast Mr.. Cleve-
land was at his desk again and at 9.45
o'clock Private Secretary Thurber was
sent over to the State Department with
big bundle of papers on which the
President had taken action.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
SHE MADE NOME H1ppF.



''She made home happy" These fcg
words | read
Within churchyard; writ a on
stone at
No name, nor date, the impIe words
alone
Told me the story Of the Unknown dead.
A marble column lifted Ugh its head.
Close by. inscribed b one the world
has known, -
But ali tina! .sonely grave with moss
Thrilled Inc xSfmore than his who armies
led. ~
&c made home happy |" Through the
r long, sad years
The mother toiled, and never stopped
to rest
Until they crossed her hands upon hel
breast,
And closed her eyes, no longer dim with
tears.
The simple record that she left behint
Was grander than the soldiers, to my
! mind.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
THE TWo CRIES.

She smiles as If merry dream had passed
her;
The gold.red locks that frame her girlish
head Ha
Leap with warm life to meet the fires bold
kisses,
And she is dead
Dry-eyed and haggard, hard with hopeless
sorrow,
The mother sits, her warm heart turned
TO lead;
The child has been her life, her soul, her
sunshine.
And she is dead. -.
Close to the easement creeps a tire, Abling
woman,
Sees the white maiden smil, Ing on her
"oh, Godp she groans. "if ~ child were
bullying
''Sinless-and deadl'X
--Detc,tnsber Lippincotfs.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
FEES oFsCRG EoSS.
Some Testimony About the Charges of the
leading DOCTORS of london.

Leading Doctors of London.
Some testimony concerning surgeons
fees in England was given in a suit
which was tried in the London High
Court few days ago. Charles keetley,
the senior surgeon of the West London
Hospital, sued Prof. Banister Fletcher
for $4,000 for attendance upon the
latter's son, who was badly hurt in the
terrible railway disaster at Burgos some
time ago. Prof. Fletcher paid $500 into
court, declaring that to be all adequate
payment for the services rendered.
DIR. Keetley is quoted by the New
York EUeBillg Post as testifying in his
own behalf that he thought $3.50 day
was fair remuneration for his undi-
vided attention, and that he would
charge no less for days work in Lon
don. He received SIS day whenever
he attended court for an insurance COM
pany with which he was connected pro-
fessionally.
Alfred Cooper, F. R. q. S., consulting
surgeon of the West London Hospital,
said that in his opinion Mr. Keetley's
charges were moderate in the extreme.
For himself he should charge $4,000 fol
trip to Paris and $3.50 to $500 day
while he remained there. For going to
Burgos he should charge $1,000. Fol
bringing a patient home from Burgo:
and taking care of him during three
days journey he should charge So 800
For devoting his whole time 10 patien'
in London he should not consider $4(
an hour an excessive charge,
Other surgeons gave similar testi
mony, and finally the jury decided tina
Mr.. Keetley was entitled to $1,750,
verdict that gave him substantial vic
tory.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23

Prof. Garner States That He Thinks HI
Has Found a Simian Language.

mas tSNhbhhEes
LIVERPOOL, Noy. 15.-Prof. Garner,
who went from America into the interior
OF Africa for the purpose of studying
the methods of communication between
the monkey tribes--in other words to
learn the monkey languagc-arrived at
Liverpool on his return yesterday. He
claims that he has established beyond a
doubt that there is monkey language,
and that it can be learned by man. He
brought with him from Africa two Kulu
Kamba chimpanzees, with which he is
able to communicate.
Professor Garner states that he stayed
for 101 daysin his cage, which he had car
ried into the heart OF forest $50 miles
inland. This cage was massive affair
that was chained to trees. In it Profes.
sor Garner would lock himself and then
await the coming Of members of the
ape family, when he would try to com.
municate with them by means of the
sounds he had learned from monkeys in
America and elsewhere. He had with
him photograph, with which he kept
record of the sounds made by his
visitors. He claims that his visit tc
Africa was great success in establish
ing his theory that the monkey family
had q language.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23

w. Bourke Cochran, in speaking FRI
day to his fellow.members of the ways and
means committee Of the proposed income
array the rich against the poor. 1t would
relieve the labOring man OF responsibility
in maintaining thegovernment and in the
end it would exclude him from participa-
ton in it, II such a tax should be levied
it ought then, in his Judgment, to apply
equally to everybody. Politically, he
thought, it would be fatal to the Demo
| cratic party
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-23
Had Money Hidden About the Hous,

BIRMINGHAM, CONN.,, Nov. 16.-Mrs.
Margaret Kane, who died week ago,
was an eccentric woman, and after her
death her son, knowing that his mother
had money, began a search for 1t. He
found 5000 in gold coin hidden in IN
old chair in his mothers bedroom. In a
table in the kitchen he found nearly
$500 in bills. Yesterday he again
searched the table and found bank
book with over $1,000 credited to his
mother, secreted under the frame of the
table. Young Knne thinks there Is
more money in the house and will con-
tinue the search.