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Evening journal., 1894-04-30
PUT THEM 10 WORK.

The next Legislature will likely attempt
TO pass some bill TO employ our prisoners.
1t is generally Acknowledged that Della
ware needs penitentiary. 1t will
certainly be admitted that the prisoners
ought to be employed in some profitable
manner 80 as not only TO maintain the
prison but to yield an income to the
state. That has been done in other
places, IL can be done here
Georgia, for instance, has /, 900 men aud
boys in the penitentiary, the work Of
whom yields to the commonwealth a
yearly income of $4,000 These con-
victs cost, on an average, for maintenance
thirty three cents day. They are en-
ployed in coal mining and such heavy
and simple work as Italians and Huns
are employed TO do in other states They
do not take away the living from indus
trious and honest American citizens, In
stead of employing the same classes
from other countries 10 do such rough
work, It is done in Georgia by convicts
The same thing might be done here.
Instead Of bringing convicts or classes
which are equivalent to our convlcts
from abroad, We might employ Ourl own
convicts.
Some sort Of scheme for improving and
building roads or breaking stone wit b
profit ought to be devised. Our convicts
ought TO be employed. They
ought to be employed, not at the cost oi
the commonwealth, but for the profit, ol
at least for the benefit Of the common
wealth.
The same punishment and confinement
can attend profitable work which attend
Improbable work. There is no reasonwhy
the prisoner should not take his punish
ment in a manner that is beneficial tc
the commonwealth, rather than in q
manner which Is costly to the common
wealth.
The objections to this are either SEN
timental or nonsensical They come
from persons who do not like to Sc,
prisoners at work in public, or from
persons whose hearts bleed whenever
they learn that a prisoner does not dwell
in some sort Of impossible palace, In tn,
comfortable ease Of hereditary misfor
tune and with every luxury suggested
by downy beds and altar Of roses per
| fume.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

NO NATTER oy whom the investigation
wassinaugurated or whence it came any
effort which results in relieving this city
and the Post Office Department of Mr.
Stewart is not only creditable TO those
who make the effort, but beneficial to the
postal service. Mr. Stewards career has
been chronic scandal to the service
He has been an active politician,
not as thoroughly scrupulous in
the use Of his official position as he might
have been. The Higgins crowd cannot
object consistently to his conduct, be
cause he was put In the Office for the
purpose Of employing the same arts an
articles against citizens OF another partl
which he has employed against Higgins
ism. The official who debases bis ofiic
to partisan uses does not need mucl
traning-hs already has the qualifica
tions-to debase it for factional pur
poses
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
KELLY is DESPERATE.
He Leads More Than a Thou
sand Hungry Men.
AWAITING A TRAIN AT DEs MONIES

The wretched Condition OF His Weary,
Wet and Almost Starving Army Aroused
the sympathy OF All but the City Author
ities-Wiu Not Seize a Train.
DIES MONIES, April 3O-Des Moines IS in
q state Of intense excitement over the ar
rival Of Kelly's industrial army. The men
had marched % miles without food and
were held by the police five miles out Of
the city in driving rainstorm all day,
with no provisions or shelter. The action
Of the authorities aroused much indigna-
tion, and when the army finally marched
up Grand avenue to the camp on the east
side of the town, wet, haggard and weary,
their condition aroused sympathy almost
as great as that which was theirs in Coun-
Gil Bluffs
A mass meeting of laboring men has
been called for today, committees are at
work soliciting food and money, and
threats are made that unless transporta-
tion is secured at Chicago radical steps
will be taken. During the last "A hours
the army has undergone greater hardships
than at any time since il left Utah, but
Notwithstanding the severe test not 25
men We're missing when Des Moines was
reached.
The start from Van Meter was made in
a heavy storm, and when day dawned the
column was still 10 miles from IL destina-
ton. The commissary wagons were empty,
and the men, wet and hungry, plodded on
until they reached Walnut creek. The
men struggled In during Sunday afternoon,
and by o'clock 1000 men had gathered.
Mayor Hills sent 80 policemen and Sheriff
Af..ft don
army and inform them that they would
have TO pass on through Des Moines TO a
deserted stove factory, where food and
shelter were provided.
A Thousand Hungry Men.
This Kelly fatty refused to do, saying
that his men must be fed before they
marched another mile. The officers were
obdurate, and the 1000 hungry men stood
shivering in the rain until half past I
o'clock hoping for provisions. Genera
Weaver sent out 40 loaves of bread, ant
that served as breakfast and dinner. May
or Hills insisted that If the men did no
20 TO where the food was they should hav'
none. At last Kelly consented to marcl
TO the stove factory.
The industrials finally moved through
the streets feebly singing their army songs
The streets were lined with spectators, anC
as the weary men marched by, weak from
hunger, women wept and sympathizeC
with them and denounced the authorities
The stove factory, mile and half eas
Of the capitol, furnished shelter for all thu
men, and their spirits revived at th'
wholesome supper furnished by the city
Many struggled in during the evening
and 1,25O slept in the camp.
All day long the city authorities were il
a turmoil OF excitement. The mayor an
nounced that the city would furnish bu
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

have evidently, been very carefully
framed and follow closely the provis
ions Of Senator Harris's bill No member
OF the Senate has been more Interested
In public health legislation than the
member from Tennessee, nor is there
any one whose opinion would have more
weight In that body. The bureau Is
especially directed to take such action
by correspondence or conference, as
will tend most effectually TO secure
the cooperation OF state aud local
boards Of health in establishing and
maintaining accurate systems of MOTIF
cation of the existence and the progress
of contagious and infectious diseases;
and TO extend, il possible. such systems
to foreign countries. In general, the
motive tnat appears to have prevailed In
the making Of this bill Is the one which
has led TO most useful public health
bodies which the country has 80 far had.
That Is to say the intention seemed 10
have been Co create a central health
authority, the business of which shall
be the collection Of all sanitary knowl-
edge and the prompt diffusion OF the
same.
The names Of the men connected with
this effort are guarantees Of its charac-
ter, II not Of its wisdom and necessity.
It Is admitted that modern medical
science has proved that tuberculosis,
typhoid fever and diphtherla can be
prevented. They can be arrested at our
borders-they may be prevented from
spreading throughout the country. But
this cannot be done by separate common
wealths, by cities or by counties. 1t
must be done by the national govern
ment. We are opposed TO the principle
Of paternallsm. but the necessary uni
formity of action and concentration of
effort cannot be secured otherwise than
under a general law executed by a sin
gle head Of bureau.
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one days provisions and then request the
army to move on. Kelly was weary but
determined when seen at the camp and
seemed in no wise discouraged.
"Of course we will get a train, !" he said.
eve will stay here until we do get one
have been informed that arrangements are
being made to take us out Tuesday with
teams, but we won't go until we go on a
train and on one furnished by railway
officials. We will not seize one, however.
There need be no fear on that score"
The army expects to remain quietly in
camp today awaiting the result Of the ef
forts of the trade and labor assembly tc
secure transportation. The mass meeting
is expected to decide what will be done
Governor jackson said to your correspond
ent that he would take no action until re
quested TO do so by the county authorities
"The matter is entirely in the hands Of the
city and county" he said, 'and l will dc
nothing until called upon"
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

CAREFUL students Of his moods and
speeches have determined that the
latter occur and the former are gov
erned by the movements OF Harrison and
Mckinley. There are similar relations Of
appearances and disappearances between
Reed and the other two candidates as be.
tween the sun spots and our mundane
weather. AS with the phenomena of the
sun spots the science is not exact The
sun spots appear and disappear while the
weather keeps right on. The sun spot
students invent theory which they
announce as a sure explanation and guide
to the weather Then when they
prophesy rain and the sun shines like
blazes instead in sky that is cloudless.
they become dlsgusted What they
thought they knew is contrary to what
has happened SO they 60 at the work
all over only to ind that they are equally
mistaken in some other theory Of ex-
planation. The careful students Of Czal
Reeds eifulgent face ere trying to shape
his career on the sun-spot plan. or by
its relations TO the other bodies which ar,
chaoting through political space
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

iandrum" Mr.. Williamson deserves
this compliment He has raised the
standard Of the Opera House; he has
brought many admirable plays here. A
comparison Of the reputation Of the
Opera House now with its reputation
several years ago proves this. The
reputation Of the house then wss
bad, vile; 10 is excellent now. It stands
as the only play house here. The others
have not business or enough, favor
from the people, to pay for cards In the
local papers announcing what compan
les win leave baggage and scenery here
for debt Whatever one may think Of
the use OF benefit of the modern stage II
is doubtless the interest OF every lntelli
gent citizen to have a respectable man
ager who will provide the best plays by
the best companies which leave the
great cities Mr.. Williamson deserves
praise and concentrations for doing
that.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

The expectation that Gladstone vii
return to power seems either sheer folly
or the desperate hope Of those who have
been disappointed in Lord Rosebsry It
is true, perhaps. that Rosebery is unable
II not unwilling, to unite the party II is
true, perhaps, that Gladstone is the only
man who could unite party to contend
for Home Rule, but It seems equally true
that be is unable to return to power He
is not competent, physically or politically.
now. It seems the desperate hope Of
disappointment merely that fails to com
prehend this
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
Grand Opera House.

At the Grand Opera House to.morrow
evening the attraction will be Barlow
Brothers minstrels, one of the very
finest organizations Of the kind now on
the road The occasion will be the
annual benefit performance for the Opera
House attaches, which is sufficient
reason why there should be a good
house. The minstrels are we'll worth
hearing and some excellent people are
included In the list of performers They
have been seen and heard here before
and never failed to please the audience:
which attended their performances.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
IndustrIals, Omcers In Jan.

PORTLAND, Or, April SO.-The Portland
contingent Of CoNey's army which seized a
Union Pacific train at Troutdale and was
arrested by United States troops at Ar
lngton was brought back to this city.
GENERAL schehier, with Quartermaster6 Gen
eral Breckenridge and 80 others, were tax
en- TO Jail, and the remainder were placed
under guard Of the regular troops. The
industrials number 5o7 in all. They are
being fed at the expense Of the United
States and express no desire to escape.
The leaders viii be arralgned in the fed
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
Attended the Kos.nth CoIebratIon.

A large and enthusiastic gathering Of
patriotic Hungarians held a memorial
service yesterday afternoon in honor of
their great leader, Louis Kossuth, at
Musical Fund Hall, Philadelphis, where
reception was rendered to him by the
citizens Of Philadelphia, in 1852 The
exercises were under the auspices Of a
number Of societies, including the
Austro Hungarian Franz Joseph. Crown
Prince Rudolph, Petof andI Kossuth
Lajos Beneficial Associations, and the
congregations Ohev Zedek and Eminath
Israel.
A number of Wilmingtonians OF
Hungarian descent left the P. w. & B.
station at 1877 to attend the celebration.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
ADJUSTMENTS.
Diaapnointsd snorts.

People who stayed away from the cir
Gus In order TO see the boxing exhibition
at the Peoples Theatre, Saturday even.
Ing, were much disappointed. The house,
owing to the rival attraction Of the cir.
Gus, was very small, but that should not
have excused such fake as was per.
petrated on those who did attend.
One OF the so-called artists. who styled
himself parody singer" had evidently
learned to sing in a place where he could
not hear himself The boxing bouts pre-
sented but one good feature the bout
between Mack and Nagle.
The wrestling bout between Spoerl anc
Mckaig was good, being their usual ex
hibition Of science and skill
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
A Signal no1 mistaken for Letter BOX

At w. & N. Junction, on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, there are several sig
nal boxes. They are shaped like let.
ter box with glass In the front, but
only one tenth the size. One day re.
Gently farmer. of Chester county, was
a passenger on train which stopped
directly In front of one Of these boxes.
he took IL for letter box. and turning
to brakeman said: That there letter
box reminds me Of couple O. letters
nam gave me TO mail Wonder T I'll
have time to get off and drop 'em In. u
The brakeman said he thought not and
pulled the bell-rope
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
ThIs was a Dnnrerons Ind.

Martin Robinson escaped from the
Ferris Industrial School on Friday night.
Yesterday he was arrested at his home
at Fourth and Poplar streets by Detec
tive McVey and officer Schell He had
to be carried to a patrol box and while
waiting for the patrol wagon he caught
the detectives watch chain and broke it.
He also spat in officer Schells face and
kicked him. Robinson will be returned
to the school.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
Fsoaped FROM a BurnInc Mine,

PORT DRAM. n. j., April 3O.-The fire
which appeared TO threaten the destruc.
ton of the Hibernia mines at Hibernia,
about 10 miles from this place, was got
under control and is now thought to be
totally extinguished. All the men who
were forced to remain below the surface
because of the fire at the mouth of the
mine were gotten out in safety.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
ohicago's Army starts Tomorrow.

CHICAGO, April 80 - Unless something
Unforeseen occurs the Chicago contingent
of the commonweal army will leave for
Washington on Tuesday morning. The
looking forward TO the start. Numbers Of
people visited the barracks, and quite a
sum was realized from their generosity.
Food and clothing are scarce. The men
are living on scant provender, the boom of
Wednesday having apparently died out.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

oS course It is no shame either to
Stewart orr Nahaffy to be beaten. One
Of the FIRST quslities Of Delaware Repub
licanism, of Republicanism anywhere
which depends for existence on the
negro vote. is tough hide-an irrefraga.
bic and unimpresslonable cuticle.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
Injured at CLAYTON.

Harry Johnson, clerk in the railroad
Office at Clayton, had a foot cut off at
that place this morning. He is a young
married man who lives at Mlddletown.
This morning he boarded "a freight
train at Middletown He attempted tc
jump from the moving train at Clay ton,
but slipped and fell under the wheels,
He was picked up, given surgical atten.
,ion and taken to Middletown on the
train due here at 0 40 o'clock
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

One hundred and ffty-six wells we're
examined. Twenty-Five buildings, -
back buildings, 3 cellar walls.
1888 chimneys, Aues. 81 walls, 10
stables, -church, morocco shop,
church tower, ceiling, were condemned
The valuation of the buildings erected
during the year was $773 663 81, com.
pared VITA 81 AIS. 992 6G for the previous
wear
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
RETERRINo to the use Of the whip, th

REFERRINa to the use Of the whip, the
New York Sun says:
For how many Of the minor crimes, In
fact, are the penalties now laid down In
the laws any adequate punishment at allf
Their weight falls, In many instances,
not upon the offender, but upon his
family or others who should be the last
to receive it How familiar Is the story
Of the brutal and sodden wretch who,
utter pounding his wife within an inch
Of death, is about TO be sent TO prison,
but Is released by the magistrate upon
the fearful pleading Of the wife herself
who shows most plainly that she
and her children will starve T. the
brute Of a husband Is put In jail
What Is the Justice, humanity, OF eff.
cacy of a supposed punishment like this,
compared with that Of few strokes of q
whip well laid on upon the ours bare
back And suppose the whip does draw
blood, what has happened which a wise
and Just man should regret2 We main
tain that for assaults Of this kind. and
for a large class of minor ofenses of a
nature that can well be imagined, the
use OF a whip is not only the natural, but
the only punishment that criminals
will respect and fear. IL has the addi
tional merits of costing nothing and
Furnishing only the guilty. Ne reasona-
BILE argument can, In fact. be brought
against Il, or argument Of any kind save
that proceeding from the same ill-con
sidered sentimentality.
Many persons in Delaware have a
notion, not warranted by facts, but the
result Of sentimental and misplaced
sympathies, that there is something bar
barous or cruel in plying Of the whip as
punishment and preventive for certain
crimes. This is a mistaken notion. The
whip is often the safest and most effec
tive punishment as well as that which
is accompanied by the least contamlna
tlon to the criminal aud the least suffer
ing to his family.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
FOrtner Again Charged with Larceny.

William Fortner. colored. was ar.
raigned in the Municipal Court this
morning for the larceny of a pair of
trousers from Herman Goldstein. He
was held in 5000 bail for trial at the
upper court. Fortner has already been
convicted three times.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

Now the question Of more or less in
terest as the contact with the Addicks
campaign was more or less intimate, is
how much money stuck in the pockets Of
the managers and workers2 The Sunday
Sewer combination did not get any Of
It apparently, otherwise It would not be
20 odorllerous.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
Coxeyites Denounce woIcott.

PUEBLO, Colo, April sO.-At a meeting
held for the purpose Of forming a home
contingent of the Coxey army Senator
Wolcott was denounced by speeches and
in long set of resolutions for his speech
in the senate few days ago against the
cOmmonweal movement.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
raj court today on the charge Of con
HelnIng GaIrln,s Army.

COLUMBUS. O., April sO.-The Calvin
contingent of the Coxey army reached here
and went into camp beyond the west bank
of the Scioto Their wants are being sup
piled by the trades assembly Of this city,
which is furnishing them provisions and
raising a sum of money to transport the
army as far as Wheeling or Pittsburg.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

Postmaster STEWART knows more
about politics to-day than he did on Sat.
urday morning He rsshly put his
augers in the cogs Of the Higgins ma
chine and got them crushed. He might
have avoided this by reading the EVEN
ING JoUREAL. It gave him fair warn
ing on last Thursday when It sail: 1T
will be Gillis for sheriff and Stidham foi
coroner. That's the way the wind Is
blowing. and the Flinn-Stewart. Mahaffy
Martin Sterling combination can't. t.chang'
it."
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
ooniIrmatIon Last ErenInr.

Bishop Coleman conducted confrma-
tion services at st. Matthews P. +.
Mission last evening. The bishop took as
his text: "And in day ye shall ask me
nothing. Verify, verify, say unto you,
whatsoever ye shall ask the Father In my
name he will give IL you
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
Laree VesseI ComIng.

One OF the large Trans Atlantic liners
OF the Earnmore Steamship Company Of
Philadelphia, is expected at the yard Of
the Harlan and Hollingsworth Company,
some time this week. The vessel will be
calked and otherwise repaired.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
Young PnrI,e Found.

DETROIT, April 3O.-Early this morning
private telegram was received in this city
from Sarnia, Ont, stating that James II
Parke, the missing New Yorker, had been
found in a hotel there. Sarnia is about &
miles from this city.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
Fatal Freight Train Collision.

DowINGTowN, Pa, April 3O.-A freight
train collision occurred on the Pennsyl.
vania railroad near here, in which Samuel
Houck of Lancaster county was instantly
killed, his brother slightly hurt, and /. L.
Stauifer, a aflagman of Harrisburg, serious
lv hurt
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

CoxEYIsM is simply branch Of Re
ppblicsnism. II we propose ito build up
infant industries" by public legislation
and robber taxation why not take care OF
the tramps as the reeultsS
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
Annther Nerrn FIend.

STAUNToN, Va, April 3O-Lottie Rowe,
a,l5-year-old girl, was assaulted and muir
dered by Lawrence Spiller, a negro, who
was arrested. Excitement is very great.
and the local military is under arms to
preserve the peace.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
oheap Rates 10 the uld Uountrr.

The Hamburg American Packet Line
offers steerags rates on first-class steam
ers to England or Ireland at $l4 For
further information call at Freie Press
Office, No 400 Shipley street
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
ATsmnernncn Talk.

Miss Henrietta G. Moore spoke on
temperance last night in Asbury NJ. f
Church She spoke under thel auspices
Of the W. @. T. U. She condemned the
liquor traffic and asked the voters 10
gote against IL
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

As THE prospect Of repeating the Nc
Kinlay law grows more hopeful the pros
Psot for the solid prosperity. not depend
ent upon Congressional legislation, in
oreasss
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
r,nlorer wellmnn nenrd nom.

TRoMsoE, Norway, April 30.-The north
polar expedition under the command OF
Mr.. Walter Wellman has arrived here en-
route for the island of Spitzbergen and the
far north
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

DoE'T fall to save your coupons 80 as
to secure all the parts Of that great work,
Sights and Scenes Of the World, which
We are now offering to our readers.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

HAVING expended so much money In
planting a machine here. Senator
Addicks cannot retire now. How would
the anti-Higgins branch Of Delaware
Republicanlsm exist?
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

SENATOR ALDRIcH ascertained one
thing for certain, namely; that a tariff
bill will be passed His effort to bluff
was not statesmanly and his retirement
was not dignifed, but he got a piece Of
Information and did the country a ser
vice. Il is now certain that a tariff bill
viii pass-the Democrats will get the
credit Of the revived prosperity.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

AN association has been formed TO
promote the establishment Of a national
Bureau Of Public Health. This assocla
tion has prepared bill concerning which
the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
says;
The quarantine sections OF the bill
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

THE victory and the defeat respec
lively Of the Republican factions have
opened and aggravated several old
wounds in the party. But the chief
effect Of the election is that It shows
again the supremacy OF the negro
voter.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

TIE gentle apology the News makes
for the vote is that IL was not all purchased
ana that It was not entirely the work Of
repeaters.
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killed FaiI.

DUNKIRK DEPOT. \. y, April SO.-Wil-
liam Gaffney, a carpenter, fell from the
roof of one of the buildings at the Brooks
works, a distance OF more than
20 feet, and was instantly killed.