The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01
FIFTH EDITION..
NO LICENSES GRANTED.
Tho Court Turns Down the Oprsssa
Licenses Hearing the Gases,

Tho Court Turns Down the Opressa
demonstrating the Gases.
The greater part OF the morning
session OF Superior Court to-day was
occupied In hearing the contested
liquor application After tho opening
OF court w. 3. Hilles, counsel for the
PLAINTIFF In the case of Wiggles worth
We. the Wilmington City Railway Com
pany, which was set for q special Jury
at this term, stated that the case was
under course of settlement and it
would not DO heard In court. Willard
salisbury made no objection.
Austin Harrington asked the Court
for rule to show cause why the writ
IL the case Of Lilburne Chandler and
Levi q. Bird VS.. W. j. Dunseith and
Annie, his wife, should not be Quash.
ed. The suit ls one ON a IN mortgage. ].
FRANK Ball representing the plaintiff.
Argument was set for Monday,
Inc case oil Patrick higgins was frat
called. bio wants q license to sell
liquor at l0l4 East Eleventh street, but
Mr. Prickett presented remonstrances
agal nst 1t. 1t was objected 10 because
OF higgins being nonresident of
the ward, there being plenty of sa-
looms i'll the neighborhood, the license
telng refused before, and of It's prox-
churches there. Peter l.. Cooper, Jr,
represented tho applicant.
Rev. ii. 5. Dulany was called. The
new place 10 only four doors from
a licensed saloon and several squares
from u hotel. Two churches are
within five squares OF the wanted
place.
Rev. A. f. Rostrum, pastor OF the
swedish Mission. testified that his
church was only about square away
and that the granting OF licensd
would be greatly Injurious to his work
and to the community. G. A. CnreyI
John W. Smith and j. q. Airy testified
against tho granting OF the license.
MIR. Cooper called John O'Donnell.
who testified that the saloon was
needed. Henry Manning, Frederick
Weber. G. $. Prettyman and Michael
formuD also gave siInilur testimony.
Mr.. Cooper presented IA petition from
the worlimen OF tho p. w. h d. shops,
praying for the granting OF the Ii.
ceDse.
MIR. Pickett. in addressing the
court, snld that several applications
had been made for the license before
Mr.. higgins had sold his saloon in
another part of the city. Remon-
stranees from the residents OF the
nelEhborhood and from the official
boards OF kingswood NI. L. aud the
Swedieh Baptist Missions. Tie case
then closed.
The application Of Mrs. Fitzsimmons
Tor license TO sell liquor at the 5. u.
Cor. OF Second and Monroe streets.
was next considered. J. Frank Blggs
represented the applicant Lindiey q.
Kent. OF the lumber iirm OF Kent Is
Weeks, was first called. There are
In In Ia, lnt ,ass
borhood and ono within four doors OF
the wanted place. William Bullock, of
Monroe street neer Second, testified
that within radius OF two squares
there were eighteen saloons. MIR.
Blggs nsked whether restaurant was
not needed In the nelghborhood and
he replied no.
Then those people should go hun.
CRY, should they"
mo sir. But II there were less sa-
looms there would be no sneed Of any
one being hungry"
Miss Kate King was also opposed to
Tho granting of the license. John p.
Donahoe and Neil Dougherty thought
the house a necessity to the COM
munity. MIR. BlgRs read letters from
j. Harvey Spruance. John A, Mitchell,
John II. Dlckey, Owen j. Hession,
James Grant Patrick NeaIy Company,
James Murray, Eugene NJ. Sayers,
recommending the applicant.
The Gaze OF Mrs, Catherine Carroll
for license to sell liquor ut No. o
East Third street, was next considered.
MIR. Pickett said the house had been
turned down before and that it had
very bad reputation, II being the rem
devou1 for policy gambl ng. The
Court practically ruled against tho
place without examining witnesses
and Dir. Biggs will Withdraw the ap.
pliuation.
Thomas Murphy made application
and Iatnhll streets. Mr.. Prlckett
stated to the court that Mrs. Murphy
had applied for license ut the last
term oil court but was turned down.
l.. X. Cochran, Jr,, represented the ap-
plCnnt, and called several witnesses
who testified that Il licensed saloon
was needed In that neignt orhood lie
read recommendations from Patrick
Neary aud others
The applications OF John Griffith and
John Ryan were withdrawn, thus hll-
ishlng all the contested cases.
NoSL GRANTED.
Court adjourned at II O'Clock md
Immediately went into conferences.
Tho result WAS that none of the Ii
cenSes were granted. The Court was
only III conference Ave minutes.
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