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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29
ESTABLISHING HER IDENTITY
No Heard Her to the End and It Satisfied
| Him,

No Heard Her to the End and It SAtisiledl
Him.
1T have no doubt, madam" said the
cashier, that you are Mrs. Jykes, the
person named on this draft, but the rules
Of the bank require that you must be iden-l
titled by somebody knovn to us before y
can.cash the paper for you"
"Isuppose Gould go and hunt up some
acquaintance, replied the lady, but 1
took 1t for granted You were sufficiently
familiar with my face to make such for
mality unnecessary. 1t has been In the
public prints often enough. am known
TO You by name, / presume, Us a public
speaker and lecturer on social and polit-
ioal SUBJ
II repeat, madam, that, so far as am
personally concerned, have no doubt you
are Mrs Jykes, the well known public
speaker, but In business matters, as youl
must be aware, banking house must be
guided by established business prin"- I
when business principles are contrary
TO established rules Of common sense" in
terrupted the caller impatiently, what is
the use of being guided by themf Bank
drafts are drawn, SIR, to facilitate the
transaction of business. The theory is
that banks are organized to serve as
means Of promoting the rapid interchange
OF commodities, or, rather, the converting
Of commodities into the circulating me-
dunn CT the country, to the end that toll
may meet its due reward without undue
delay, but banks sir, are conducted for
the real purpose Of enriching their propri-
etors. They are swift to take money in
and slow to pay 1t out They form but
another link in the chain with which plu-
tocracy is lettering the limbs Of labor, an
other spadeful of earth on the mountain
that brushes down into the ground the
common peoplel Banks, sir, are simply
part Of the scheme through the operation
Of which the rich are growing richer and
the poor are growing poorer. The monop-
olists control the means Of exchange and
dictate to the workers the terms on which
the workers may live. Like hideous
vampire, the money power fattens on the
lifeblood OF the people and''-
Madam said tho cashier feebly,
"heres your money. chicago Tribune.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

The hands of the clock pointed to 3;45,
and school would not be dismissed until
4, SO the sohoolma'am who was a strict
moralist, thought she would give the
young ideas short lecture on goodness
and morality. After explaining to the
little folks the various grades Of punish
ment for infractions of the law she re-
solved to ask few questions to ascertain
II her words had been comprehended.
Now, children said she, '1've told
you what becomes of bad men and how
good men get bad by lettering about sn-
looms and associating with bad mep. Now
let me see how many Of you have pIoflted
by my talk, wish some Of you to tell mo
where your papas hope to 60"
Nobody answered 1t was plain the
schoolma'am was in too deep water for
the youngsters. She seemed to think SO,
too, SO she said:
I'm make that little easier. Tell mo
where your papas don't want to go lex
pccting such answers as prison, peniten-
tiary and jaiDf"
There was painful wait, but finally a
little fellow in one of tho rear seats slowly
raised his hand.
"Ah, there's one boy that can answer
that question! Tell us, Tommy, where
your papa doesn't want to 60"
ITO church," replied Tommy. "He
says SO every Sunday morning.
Whereupon school was dismissed. -
Truth.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29-Three men yes
terday swallowed draughts of laudanl m
to end their troubles. Two are dead and
the third is dying Augustus r. Bill
myer, aged so y ears, was discharged from
a good position two months ago and to- k
to drink, As consequence his wife let
him. He engaged room at the Hotel
Plunkett and committed suicide yester-
day, John Wilfong, aged 30 years, was
Manayunk laborer. A few days ago his
wife left him, and becoming impressed
with the idea that she had been unfaith-
full to him, he took the poison. He will
probably die. H. j. johnson, aged 81,
prefaced his attempt at self murder by
writing tender letter to his wife, express
ing his love for her and begging her for
giyeness He wrote that heart disease
drove him to suicide. He was found I'M
conscious in apublic square and died soon
after
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29
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Cupping Il iescLing. Parker.sos Madison
Amsrtcan Laundry, Goa West Front st.
Strong cough candy ct Ferguson'R IL
East Second street.
The best tea and coffee In the city at
W. 8. Moore.
Az who desire to have complete set
OF the Dore tlhie History should leave
their order at this office.
DR.. SHINING white Pulmonic Balsam, the
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The healthy. wealthy and wise all use
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All who desire to have complete set
OF the Dore Bible History should leave
their order at this Office.
Hats and Mems furnishings at the low.
est prices. at Messioks. 703 Market st.
For first-olass dyeing and securing 20
street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

And now Willard Salisbury la at II. He
ID making wild statements about the
former members OF the old Levy Court.
fore making the following serious and
criminal charges against the members,
he made In speech on Thursday night at
New Castle avenue and Head streets he
said. "If the Republicans once gain power
1t means ruin" aud Ignorant negroes and
carpet baggers would rule.
who is the chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee now? A man
who lives near here 1t l5 true, but who
was not born here, and don't own land
here. Who is the chairman of the Repub.
ilcan County Committee? Who is this
man Bach? He was neither born here nor
mas no any interests in common with US.
He merely lives here so long as he gets a
g 1od living by 1t. Look at our city gov
eminent. tbs in the same condition as
described by Senator Gray and Is only
Kept from showing deficit In its treasury
by system of crooked book keeping.
You can see that your taxes have been
Eaised on your little house and lot. The
Republicans believe in collecting from
you every dollar they can and paying it
out to favorites and contractors. The
Washington street bridgels still fresh in
Court, which had the awarding OF that
contract, are going round wearing gold
watches. with the bridge engraved on
them, gifts from their friends"
Boss John T. Diekey should send word
60 Willard not to talk or his wild state
ments may yet lead to considerable trou
BILE for him. He makes a very grave
charge when he says the mem ers OF the
old Levy Court ARE going around wear
ing gold watches, with the bridge engrav.
cd on them; gifts from their friends" 1t
should be borne In mind that nearly all
the Democratic members of the Levy
Court voted to build this bridge and the
contract was given to a Democratic firm
OF bridge builders besides.
But what did ever Willard Salisbury do
TO get all his Wanted wealth that he ls SO
detiantly throwing into tine teeth of his
poor deluded Democratic followers. the
short coming Of others. Where was he
bornf Surely not In Wilmington. Why
should he have SO much to say about
other people. who are his equals If not
his peers2 Who is Willard Salisbury any.
how. but a creature OF birtE2 He would
make nice representative to eend to
Congress to succeed the Hon. Anthony
Higgins in the United States Senate. Lei
US hear from the members OF the old
Levy Court In regard to these grave
charges made against them by Willard
Salisbury.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

The residents of Church street are In.
eensed at the conduct Of two police OIL.
Gers. From what can DO learned 1t ap.
pears that ono night last week es early as
s o'clock an officer was noticed on his
beet at Eighth aud Church Streets, under
tho influence OF liquor. At SIS o'clock in
the morning three KNOCKS were heard on
the door OF Jacob Schoilile. No. lis Church
street.
WHO wanted her husband who works at
night, On looking out she saw two OIL
cers. one OF whom asked II Mrs. Mooney
lived there Mrs. Sohellile was much
alarmed by tho appearance of the officers
at that hour OF the morning. Others who
saw the cilicers state that helmet rolled
over the street and he staggered ali
around. No complaint has been lodged
against hun.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

On his honeymoon, Albert Townsend
was arrested at Denver for forgery in six
states.
Western manufacturers OF plaster have
formed a combine, dividing up the terri
tory.
The vicinity Of Hay Springs, Neb., vas
visited by II heavy snow storm yesterday,
lasting eight hours.
Mrs Margaret l.. Easter, poetess, died
at her home in Baltimore, aged % years.
She had been i'll for some time.
Thirty fine cattle of Jonas Van Du2er, of
Elmira, \. ", affected with tuberculosis,
were killed by state inspectors,
Tearing down the home of the notorious
wife of Burglar John Mitchell whitecaps
near Yelyerton, o., forced her to leave the
country.
1t Is stated that the universities of Ok
ford and Cambridge will confer honorary
degrees upon United States Ambassador
Bayard on his return to London.
BECAUSE he could not take all his prop
erty with him when he died John w. War
Fr, an eccentric farmer Of Arlegnn, Mich,
vet his cabin on fire and cut his throat
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Inspector Nickel
vey, of Brooklyn, was seen by an Asso-
ciated Press reporter regarding the series
of glove contests scheduled to take place
tonight in the Seaside Athletic club, the
most important of which is the Griffin
Lavigne fight. The inspector has notified
the club authorities that no blood splitting
and no heavy fighting will be allowed in
the ring. The inspector ridiculed the idea
that any match making would be allowed
at the ring side or in It, "Our orders are
plain" he said, land will guarantee that
no violation of the law will be tolerated for
a minute" This determination on the
part of the police, If carried out, will put
an end to anything like hot fight between
Griffin and Layigne.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

BuENos AYREs, Oct 2a.-The earthquake
which was felt throughout the Argentine
Republic on Saturday was most severe in
the provinces of San Juan de la Frontera
and Rioja. Many churches, thcaters and
private houses were destroyed Twenty
persons are known to have persisted. The
inhabitants are in state of panic fearing
repetition of the shock The govern
ment is sending aid to those who have lost
their homes, and everything possible will
be done to alleviate the suffering Though
the shock was felt in other parts Of the
country it was not as severe as in the two
provinces above mentioned
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

Beechafns pills are for
biliousness. bilious headache,
dyspepsia, heartburn, torpid
liver, dizziness, sick head.
ache, bad taste in the mouth,
coated tongue, loss Of appe-
tite, sallow skin, when caused
by constipation; and consti-
patton is the most frequent
cause of all of them.
Book free; pills csc. Vat
drugstores, or write BIZ. Allen
,o.,3o5 Canal St.. New York.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

We are indebted to Jesse Jones who &C.
cupies tho Sharp farm, In White Clay Creek
Hundred. for three ears OF yellow corn,
ono OF Which Is fourteen incbes In length
and the other two thirteen inches each
lie also favored us with stalk of what
Is called the thousand fold corn, which
contained four ears.
We are also indebted to W. S. Talley.
for two specimen ears of corn from his
farm near Centre Station GhristIana Hun.
dred, one of which Ia IL and the other
l3inches In length. We have rarely II
ever seen longer ears OF corn than those
produced tie present season,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

HARTFORD, Oct. 29,-Religious and So
cial circles in Hartford have been greatly
shocked by the arrest of J. Allen Francis,
the trusted teller of the City Bank of Hart
ford, for enbezzlement, of nearly s24 1000.
Mr.. Francis had been connected with the
bank for forty years, and today, at the age
of 81, is under arrest, with every prospect
of the state prison. Francis, when con
fronted with the evidence of his guilt,
broke down and made complete con.
fession. He is out on bail.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

Cas- the Peiics Commissioners Answer Thiss
What has got into our Police force dur.
Ing the last few months2 Why has all
the good discipline disappeareda What
10 wrong In Warsaw? Have the non-parti-
san Police Commissioners ever heard
whisper about how some Of the police Of.
ficers have been carrying on2 Its strange
what q Democratic officer can do without
ever receiving a reprimand from his su.
perior. What was wrong with the officer
who got mixed up with the disappearance
Of the silver dollar thrown on the bar OF
saloon at Front and Union streets to pay
for drinks?
Also what was wrong with Officer No
Ateer on Friday night last when he was
struck in the eye by man standing near
the B. 4 o. depot? Why should he have
been a law breaker instead Of a peace
maker even II no were offduty at the time
the scrape happened2 Then again what
was the matter with one Of the police
force at the city hall the night and day
following Ambassador Bayard's recep.
tlonG What was wrong with the two pc.
lice officers who were detailed for special
duty at the Riyerview base ball grounds
one day recently who turned up In the
vicinity OF No. I'll Church street. and
were the means of putting woman in
commissions by the strange manner In
which they carried on.
What is wrong with our police force
anyhow? Are they totally demoralized? II
they have to drink something stronger
than tea why can't they wait until they 60
fishing. We would like to ask our non.
partisan police Commissioners why they
do not awaken from their RIP Van Win.
kle nap and take q spin around amongst
the boys once and while and see how
things are getting along. Does Whining.
ton need a Doctor Parkhurst here to
q waken our city officials.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

The Catholic News, OF New York, says:
The Democrat party claims TO be the friend
Of Catholics, particularly Irish Catholics.
In reality Democracy is their enemy. for
1t degrades them by claiming to own them
and that is what 1t Is doing for the Irish
voters right here in Delaware. The Bay
ards, Grays and Saulsburys claim to own
the Irish voters.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 29.-One of the
largest gatherings of champion trotters
and PAGERS ever held in this country will
be seen at Point Breeze this week, begin
ming next Thursday. The meeting will be
under the auspices of the Philadelphia
Driving Park association. Among the
speedy horses that are scheduled to appear
are Robert j., John R. Gentry, Phoebe
Wilkes, Azote, Hamlin's Nightingale,
Alix and Fantasy
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

Fort WAYNE, Ind, Oct. e9.-At 81.
Joseph's hospital John Hoffman shot Hu.
bert Alleer in the head with revolver for
keeping him awake by loud snoring, and
then shot himself In the head. Both are
dying. They were more than 90 years old,
and for ten years had been inmates Of the
hospital, employed as janitors. Two weeks
ago Hoffman bought a revolver to shoot
Alleer II he did mot quit snoring.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

New YORK, Oct. ga fire started on
the top floor of the two story brick stable
at 2o5 East Eighty-flfth street, yesterday
morning, destroying the building and
burning one man to death Another man
was SO badly burned that he was removed
to the Presbyterian hospital. Valentine
Williams and John Kelly peddlers, Satur-
day night leased a stall in the stable, and
decided to spend the night there. Early in
the morning the place took fire, and Kelly
was burned to death and Williams had
narrow escape. 1t is supposed that spark
from kclly's pipe started the fire.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 2a.-Joseph Moo
nan, employed as "a laborer by Ferguson &
Rooney in the construction Of sewer on
Mineral street, WINS buried alive beneath
sand and water while sixteen feet below
the surface of the ground. Fellow work
men at once started to work in the treach-
erous ground to unearth Noonans body,
but hours were required for the task. 1t
Is not known whether the water pipe broke
first or tho bank fell and broke the water
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

The Tunnel, the Democratic candidate
for Governor. took the 8. IS train for
Leaves this morning, suffering from
bad cold, and having the appearance OF
1elng very sick man We suppose the
Dem octatle scare as we'll as the undue ex.
posture incident to electioneering, has
exerted deeterious influence. and made
aim feel rather ghost like. II pneumonia
does not set ID we suppose he will be all
right in few days, We advise him to
keep still upper lip and be prepared for
an earthquake on the 9th OF November.
Karl's Clover Root. the great blood
purifier gives freshness and clearness
TO the Com piexiou and cures Consti.
ustlon, 2lets.. 50cts sl.0o.
Fold by N. -. nsufo'th, liEggtsi. ). Z.
Cor. Sc ohd aEdMarset streets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29
saved from Death on the neep.

YAQuINA, Ore, Oct. a9.-The steamer
Homer arrived yesterday from San Fran
cisco. Among her passengers was the
crew of the American brig T. w. Lucas.
Owing to heavy seas the brig began to
leak badly. The crew were unable to keep
the pumps going, and the vessel was aban-
doned on the morning of Oct. "a in n
waterloRged condition. The crew had
only time TO save IA portion of their cloth
ing when picked up by the Homer.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29
CHARLES r. BUcKIAHD.


Free traders lose no opportunity to
misrepresent the Mckinley act and to
bewail its high rates of duty, whereas
they are not high. An exact statement
of the average rates Of duties on all i'm
portations since 1861 is given below,
and it should be preserved by every one:
AVERAGE AID vALoREM RATES PER CENT OF
DUTY ON TOTAL IMPoRTATIoNs.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

NEW YORK, Oct. 29.--Advices from Rio
Janeiro state that there was a revelation
airy movement In the state Of Pernambuoo,
Brazil, Thursday night, and Governor
Barboza was deposed. Lima City is in the
hands Of the revolutionists, who are headed
by the federal deputy, Senior Jose Mar.
jano. Troops have been sent from Rio
Janeiro to repress the revolution, and per-
sons friendly to the movement are being
arrested
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct 29.-By fire that
destroyed the West Street House early In
the morning sixteen people were burned to
death. Fourteen bodies have already been
recovered. All the dead are burned be-
yond recognition and the coroner has de-
cided to allow the dead to remain where
they are In hopes that the proprietor could
identify the bodies by the hotel register,
which was saved,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29
Notice.

Was not lost, but found-a new candy
Rtore at 403 Market street, where choice
candies can be bought at 10 and is cents
per pound. Come and look at them,
Candles worth 80 cents can DO bought for
70 cents and candies worth 20 cents can
be bought at 10 cents. Don't forget, 4O3
Market street. Wilmington. Del. Candies
made fresh every hour.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

ATLANTIC CITY, Oct a9-Whilc Mrs.
William Stewart, of 1906 Baltic avenue,
was washing clothes with I've water Julia,
her months old daughter, who was sit
ting In high chair close to the tub, fell
into the mixture and was terribly burned.
1t is thought that the child will lose her
RiuhE
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29
Proof of solo,non,s wisdom.

Solomon said, "When the righteous
are in authority, the people rejoice, but
when the wicked beareth rule the peo-
pie mourn. y This WAS Solomon's way
of forecasting the difference between
Republican and Democratic tines
Indianapolis Journal.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-29

Davidow d Co., pawn brokers and Jew.
elers. ZIG Market street. frat annual sale
OF unredeemed pledges. which consist of
diamonds. watches, jeweiry. guns. revol.
yers, sporting goods etc. This ia their
first offer to the public to sell their acou-
mulated stock OF unredeemed pledges at
private ais. Be sure to give them call
and secure bargain, at 2l6 Market st,