Smyrna times., 1894-11-14

DAMAGE BUTT AGAINST hAlLhOAD.
Before a special jury in the Superior
Court here Monday was begun the
trial of Mrs. Hannah Wheatley VS.. the
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
Railroad Company. The plaintiffs
husband. William P. Wheatley, was
fireman on the Norfolk express and
was killed on August %. 1898, by the
train at Porter's station. The plain
tif's allegation is that the signals were
set for clear track, and that they
were not changed until it was to late
To avert the accident. Damages are
laid at $4,000. John Biggs represents
the plaintiff, and Senator Gray and
George V. Massey the company.
DE1AwARE's LOVE FOR BAYARD.-
Ambassador Thomas F. Bayard re-
ceived an ovation at the railroad
station Monday while on his way to
! Philadelphia with the Presidents
marty to witness the launch of the St.
| Iouis. A large crowd assembled, and,
in response to cheers and calls, Mr..
Bayard appeared on the rear platform
and held levee during the few minites
the train was at stand. His son,
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mitted to take an etfectiOuate farewell
of his father, and then the crowd filed
across the platform, each man warmly
grasping the Ambassadors hand.
This lasted until the train moved off,
when the crowd removed their hats
and gave Mr.. Bayard three ringing
cheers. Mr.. Bayard set sail for
England the following day.
BUYING VOTEs.-We have no desire
whatever to squeal at the result, or to
try to beg off from the facts which con.
front us. Both parties were concerned
in the miserable traffic of mems souls
and mems suffrages. Among both
Republicans and Democrats, the buy
ing and selling of votes was open and
notorious, both of the two great parties
engaged in the dirty business, and the
| Republicans were successful simply
because they engaged in it on a more
wholesale and systematic plan. Never
before in the whole history of our State
was seen such an amount of corrup-
ton. The class of vote sellers was
enormously increased, and men who
had never sold before were seen on
Tuesday clamoring for pay, like so
many grunting pigs around their filthy
sty. The whole election was simply a
question of money, and the Republi-
cans were victorious simply because
they could use the accumulated taxes
extorted from the people for some
thirty ysars.-DOUer Inder.
DOVER PAPERS DISAGREE - ~.
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dollars in the State. Fifty-three
thousand in Kent County alone. In
East Dover he put five thousand and
six hundred dollars. In South Muir
derkill he put seven thousand dollars.
In this campaign be spent, at the very
lowest, eighty-tour thousand dollars" 5"
-DO1er Inder.
That's right, Inder, if you're going
to tell lie, tell a good big fat one ;
get all you can for your money; that's
business. Seventy thousand dollars, y
"eighty- four thousand" would buy the
the Inder and its entire corps of editor
ial liars, and leave sufficient margin to
purchase all the Democratic flOaters in
the two lower counties. If Mr.. Ad-
dicks or any one else were to come tC
Kent County and set a dead fall with
seventy" or "eighty-four thousand
dollars" he'd catch every Democrat,
ringster in the State. We've known
the control of a Democratic Legisla
ture purchased for less than one-fourti
the money. Still, if your business il
lying, why, the best thing to do is to
turn out good job.-&Gte Sentinel
MYSTERIOUS MURDER. - The deaC
body of James F. Mcconnell, with
fearful cash in the head was found il
the Brandywine creek Wilmington
Monday. 1t is supposed that he wa
enticed there, struck on the head anC
then thrown into the water. McCon
nell was about 60 years of age, anC
lived with his family at III Popla
street. The police have worked will
untirng energy all day. bnt have faileC
to discover any clue or theory for th
murder, The place where the bod,
was found is about two miles from
where Mcconnell lived, and to reach
person has to cross a long railroad
trestle and walk through a thicket
DR.. Walker says the wounds on tn
head and face were made before th
body was in the water. When tn
body was searched all of Mcconnell
effects, including his pocket-book
watch, etc, were found in the pockets
and nothing had been disturbed, there
fore robbery could not have been tn
motive for the murder. Mr.. McCor
nell was never known to have an
enemies and was lard d-working, sobe
industrious man.
RETURN DAY IN SUSSEX. George
town correspondent says: The Boar
of Canvass of Sussex county me
, Thursday and canvassed the vote
The canvass was made without objec
ion or hindrance, except such as wa
OccasiOned by few clerical error
q made by the election officers. 1t wa
: a Republican day. The greatest crow
ever known to have assembled ther
on such an occasion was there Thurs
D day. 1t was variously estimated at froI
: 5000 to 10000 people. The town wa
D gay with flags and garlands of flower
u and every carriage, wagon or OK car
o and there were hundreds of them, we
e decorated with the national colOrs, an
II with wreaths of flowers and evergreen
1t was golden autumn day. TheI
: was, however, a merry gingle of sleig
! bells under the wreathes of flower
3 1t was happy day, and for the grea
crowd assembled at a country town fC
D a holiday the order was wonderful
4 good. There was nothing to mar th
. delight Of the sturdy Republicans WI
had been waiting so long for a day
+. jubilee. Early in the morning ther
i was period of distrust and an apprC
v hensiOn of some attempt to throw oil
4 some of the returns on technic;
e grounds. The temper of the peopl
n however, would have made that vel
q dangerous experiment. They we
!. confident that the spirit of the law b,
a been complied with and that the ba