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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
To Revoke Cleveland Orders.

Washington, May 2S.-Presdent Nc
Kinley has under consideration and
shortly will act upon report submit
ted by Commissioner of Pensions
Evans on the consolidation of pension
agencies ordered by President Cleve-
land shortly before the change of ad-
ministration The report recommends a
complete revocation of the orders, al
lowing agencies to stand in the same
position as If the order had not been
made. Sept. l was fixed as the date for
President Clevelands order to take
effect, and there is no doubt enter
tained that the order of revocation will
be promulgated within a few weeks.
Commissioner Evans takes the ground
that the change would involve a cost
of 100000 at the outset, and that there
would be no saving accomplished.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28

Wilmington, N. c., May 2S.-The tug
Alexander Jones left this port on May
IA ostensibly in search of a tow, but
1t was soon whispered around the city
that she, with the pilot boat John D.
Long, had the night previous taken on
board an immense supply of arms and
ammunition, together with number
of Cubans, and that both vessels were
off for Cuba Wednesday evening the
Jones returned with everybody on
board safe and sound, but with sealed
lips. The Long is missing, but the re-
port is current that she was bought by
the Cubans to be used for filibustering
purposes, and is near the island. 1t is
also reported that the Jones and crew
miraculously escaped capture by dodg-
ing a Spanish gunboat, after having
been fired upon with several solid shot.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
The Voting Contest,

The trustees of Brandywine G. NJ f.
Mission Eighteenth and Market streets
mature July 81, 1897
Prizes 10 the following persons: Minis.
tiers who receive the highest number Of
votes over 800 take first prize, French calf
skin boots or shoes, lake second prizc,
English Clergyman silk hat; third highest
over 200 take third prize, kid gloves. Hat
and gloves can be seen at Mearns, 713 Mar
kct street, Contestants nro us follows.
The ReverendS James Il. Sergeant, B.
L. Moore, Charles II. Boulden, William
Dickson, A. J. Mattee. Horton Chambers,
John w. Lankford, VIM H. Guy, d. D.
Tilhgman, f. c. Scott, W. IL. Spriggs,
". II. Holiday, James Ii. Lee, A. j.
Spencer.
Ministers can enter this contest by leav-
ing their names at the REPUBLICAN, Office,
Third and King streets. The contest ma
lures and the Plies are awarded July 81, ,
1881, at tho National Hall on Walnut street
below Ninth.
There will be committee of ladies on
refreshment. Not less than twenty. Two
or three Schools will sing.
- Mrs ;. c. Tilghman and twenty chill.
drcn will exhibit some of their joyful and
laughabIe pieces. Trustees: John Louis,
Treasurer; John Anderson, Secretary;
Earl Seaphes, President.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
DEADLY DUEL IN A STORE.
Two Killed and Two Others Receive
Probably Fatal wounds.


Probably Fatal wounds.
Birmingham. Ala, May 2s.-The lit
tie town Of oakmsn. walker county,
was the scene Of desperate shooting
ARRAY yesterday afternoon. The fol-
lowing are the dead and wounded !:
Dead: Isaac Appllng, aged so, mayor
of Oakman and leading merchant
Charles Williams, aged 80, a maehin.
ist. Wounded: Andrew Richards, clerk
In the store of Appling Brothers, shot
in head, will die; Montgomery Appling,
brother and business partner Of Mayor
Appling, shot in body; William Dun
can, an Englishmen, shot in the head
and back. will die.
The two Applings, Duncan and Rich
ards, were shot by Williams. The latter
was slain by Montgomery Apnlins,
Williams was a travelling machinist,
who recently came to Oakman from
Mississippi to secure work at the coal
mines. While intoxicated he entered
the store of Appiing Brothers and be-
came very boisterous.
Mayor Appling, after ordering Will.
fams out, was about to call a police.
man when Williams drew a revolver
and opened fire on Appling. who fell
dead at the first shot with bullet in
his heart. Montgomery Appling, who
was standing behind the counter, only
few feet away, snat ed up Win
chester and began firing on the mur-
derer Williams rece'"ed two rifle balls
in his body, but ter he had fallen
continued firing until ne had emptied
his pistol. Andrew Richards, a clerk,
was shot in the head by Williams while
trying to escape. Duncan was shot in
the leg and back. Montgomery APP
pling was also wounded. 1t is thought
both Duncan and Richards will die
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
GOOD WILL is PROPERTY.
An Important Decision In the United
States Court Of Appeals.

New York, May s2.-A suit was de-
cided in the United States circuit court
Of appeals yesterday involving the Ma
tional Wall Paper company and $685.
eee,eO0 Of securities. The case was con-
sidered of great importaAce, as upon
its result depended the legality Of the
$4,000 900 Of stock of the National Wall
Paper company. The plaintiffs in the
suit were Cresswell g. Washburn, wall
paper manufacturers in Philadelphia.
In 1892 the National Wall Paper COM
pany was organized and acquired the
business 81 CfessWell & Washburn for
which 1t paid $3260O0 in debenture
stock and s1,S3l, $50 in common stock.
The agreement of purchase provided
that all the common stock should be
placed In trust, and that Cresswell G.
Washburn should not be allowed to
engage in any other wall paper busi-
ness in the United States.
Subsequently they became dissatis-
fled with their bargain and applied for
an injunction to restrain the company
from paying interest on its 81, 900, 900 of
debenture stocks, claiming that under
the scheme of organization outlined by
the charter and the agreements of the
company it had no right to pay its in
terest so long as It's capital was i'm
paired. or unless the interest had been
earned.
Cresswell &, Washburn had also
brought proceedings before the at
torney general to revoke the charter,
on the ground that the stock had been
improperly issued for good will and
that there were no assets to support
1t. They had been defeated In that at
tempt.
The court, on the trial of this case
before Judge Wheeler, decided in ia
vor of the company. and in the opinion
just handed rdown his decision Is sus-
tanned on all points. The court de-
cides that good will is property, for
which stock may be issued. but that
whether this is true or not the COM
plainants should not be heard to COM
plain that the stock was improperly
Issued, or that there was an overvalu-
alton, inasmuch as they participated
IN the entire transaction.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
FATAL RAILROAD CRASH.
Freight Csllides With a Passenger
- Train in Idaho.
NINE KILLED, EIGHT INJURED.

The Airbrake on the Freight Had Been
Tempered With, and the Heavy Train
Crashed Into a Passenger Train at a
Station-Twenty Cars Wrecked.
Pocatelllo. Idaho, May ga head
end collision between a freight and
passenger train at American Falls, rs
miles west of here, caused the death,
so far as known of nine men and the
serious injury of eight others. Two OF
the latter will die. This is the worst
wreck that has occurred on the short
line in many years.
The westbeund passenger train was
waiting for the freight at American
Falls, standing in front of the station
building. The freight coming east ran
away on the hill west Of the falls. II
is thought the airbrake was tampered
with. The freight, running so miles an
hour crashed into the passenger train,
which was already backing up right in
front of the station. Two men were on
the station platform. One was killed
and the other fatally injured The sta
tion building was shattered. Both en-
gines were converted into scrap iron
and 20 freight cars piled up in a heap.
Eight box car passengers, sheep
shearers and tramps, were crushed to
death. George Moore. the engineer of
the freight, is seriously injured. The
fireman, Dick Cosgrove, had a leg
broken, and c. L. Hickman, engineer
of the passenger, sustained slight in
juries. He stayed by his engine un-
til he had reversed it. The conductor
and brakeman were on top of the
freight train, setting the brakes, and
Fireman Cosgrove had climbed back to
help when the crash came.
The dead are: C. w. Shields, aged
about So, residence unknown; D. L.
Thompson of Dayton. Wash: John r.
Cooper of Wellsville, UTAH j. Steffen
of Dillon, Mont; five unknown men,
all sheep shearcrs, beating their way.
The injured, besides the trainmen al
ready mentioned, are: G. W. Brennan
of Pearl, Idaho, leg broken: F. ID.
Springer of Dayton, Wash. leg broken;
John Bergan of Brigham, Utah, leg
broken; John Peters, residence un-
known, leg broken; William Connolly
of Great Darlington, Mass, crushed
and injured internally, will die.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
Charged with Attempted Fraud

Pittsburg, May 2S.- Winslow
Jones, 60 years of age. who kept a
small restaurant at 2231 Second ave-
nue., HazewOod, w&s arrested yester-
day charged with attempting to de-
fraud national bank Jones' arrest
comes as a sequel to the Fort Stanwix
National bank sensation Of last year
at Rome N. Y. Cashier George Bar
nard committed suicide and an ex-
animation of the books showed that
the bank had suffered by his misap-
preparation Of about $2G0,0OO Of it's
funds. Mr., Jones declares that all his
dealings with the bank were per-
fectly legitimate. He thinks he is
wanted mostly as a witness.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
Reception to Major General Brooke.

Harrisburg, May 2S.-A public re-
ception was rendered General John r.
Brooke. U. S. A., of Chicago, COM
mander Of the department of the Mis-
souri,. last night at the executive man-
sion. by Governor Hastings in honor Of
his promotion to a major general. The
executive was assisted in receiving by
Private Secretary Better, Speaker
Boyer. President Pro Tenn McCarrell,
Secretary Reeder, Attorney General
Mccormick and other state officials.
Many prominent soldiers from over the
state were present to do honor to the
distinguished visitor, and the local
Grand Army posts paid their respects
In a body.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
ONE GENT
Epworth League Adiourns.

ELKToN MD, May T.-The eighth am
nual convention of the Wilmington Dis.
trict Epworth League adjourned tonight
after two days session. Reports of diff
ferent chapters showed the League to bs
In a flourishing condition, both In point OF
membership and financially. Rev, A. 8. I
Now bray Of the Elkton church, pl scented
resolutions against the race-track ,ambl- /
Ing In Cecil county, which were unani-
mOusly passed.
The committee also passed resolutions
| condemning the effort now being made in
the Delaware Legislature to legalize gam
bling, committee was appointed, COM
posed of Rev. 4. K. Martindale, W. L. 8.
Murray and Harvey w. Ewing. to appear
before the Legislature and inform them
of the acsion taken by the convention.
The morning session was in charge of;
Medford Calhoun. Mrs. S. b. Msnlovel
read paper on How Can We Get Young
People TO Sing and PrayP" The relation1
OF the Sunday evening prayer nesting to
the preaching service was discussed by Mr.
II. c. Downward of Wilmington. Amos
League taking vacations. "The Epworth
League and Reform Movements" was the
topic of Rev. W. H. Ewing, of Mt. Salem
Church, Wilmington.
Rev. W. L. S. Murray made an address
in the afternoon, followed by Rev. II. G..
Budd on 'Bow to Utilize the Literary De-.
partments." Toronto, 49," was the sub
ject Of DIR. W. p, Eveland's address.
The evening session was in charge OF
Rev. George W. Miller, d. D., of Balti-,
more who spoke on 1.-The Young Chris
tian for the Times.
Tho election of officers for the eusuingI
year resulted In the choice Of Rev H. A. GJ
Westertleld. of Chesapeake City, as presi-
dent; Frank Il. Benson, Miss Estelle Chan-l
dler, Rev. N. p. Northrup and Mrs. Emil
ma b. Haines, as vice. presidents; Miss
Annie Bullett, of Wilmington, secretary,1
and Miss Eva l.. Brlckley, of Farmlngton,
Md, treasurer Epworth Church, VIII
mington, was selected as the next place Of
The resolutions against the Cecil county,
race tracks and the bill in the Delaware
Legislature to legslizJ race tracks In thati
State, are long and vigorous, and conclude
As follows: Progressive euohre and like
'orms of games of chance, as played often
n the parlors Of Christian people. simply
rain the mind and prepare the heart to
% the ready sccomplice and vjct1m Of pro-
gamblers
Our young ladies whether m9mbers of
he Epworth League or not, who encour-
'ge their young friends to play cards or
indulge in other forms of fashionable
In their homes, may reasonably
xpect their friends to go TO the racetrack
nd gambling dens, and through these to
speedy destruction, Our young peoplei
Who have society gambling in their homes
ow to the wind and will reap Of the
vhirlwind, as the abundant history Of
iloucester and Elkton simply prove"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
Heavy Grass.

Mr.. Frederick klund who occupies a few
acres on Cherry Island Marsh is ono of the
most successful milkmen in our city. On
Thursday last hc purchased two fine milk.
ors from Harry Passnore. in order to keen
up the suppy for his various customers.
Mr.. klund is justly proud of the grass
growing on five acre lot and he took Mr..
Passmoro out in order to look at it, Mr..
Z. says II cannot ho exceiled and he should
not be surprised if it should turn off four
tons to the acre, fthe farmers generally
could boast of such crop they could
double the number of their cows and The
farm would then pay % good dividend
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
amounted practically to the Judges
throwing the case out Of court

amounted practically to the judges
throwing the case out Of court.
Mr.. Hayemeyer's attorneys were
naturally much elated over their VIC
tory. This ends the case forever" said
Mr. johnson, of Philadelphia, Mr..
Havemeyer's chief counsel.
The case of John e. Saarles. the Sec
retary of the sugar trust, who was In
dicted with Mr.. Havemeyer for re-
cusancy, was called today. District At
torney Davis, who will likewise con-
duct this case for the government.
says that the cases are not analogous.
and that the Searles case could not be
dismissed on the same ground, because
Mr. Searles declined to answer ques-
tions of which he presumably had
knowledge. But in the Searies case 1t
is probable that the main contention
as to jurisdiction and pertinency
will be raised, and that Judge Bradley
will be compelled to rule upon 1t as he
yesterday announced he would when
1t was raised as the direct issue.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28

DOVER, Del, May Ex-senator Pyle to-
lday opened fire on the bill that passed the
House providing for workhouse for New
Castle County, and the measure was sent
back to thescommittee, 1t is not likely
to pass the Senate, although 1t is urged by
Chief Justice Lore, the members OF the
judiciary and Attorney General. Mr. Pyle
said the county could not afford to borrow
$500, 900 to erect the workhouse.
| A small prison near stone quarry
would answer the purpose Of q workhouse.
| Chief Justice Lore addressed the Senate,
declaring that the workhouse would save
| the county expense in caring for prisoners.
The bill may be amended by the com
mlttee to provide for prison near stone
quarry to cost not more than S35, 900.
Tho race track bill will have hard
time to get through the Legislature.
The bill to allow the New Castle trolley
company to cross all spur tracks was kill.
ed in the Senate.
10 tide the State over Its present hnan.
cial condition the House passed joint
resolution to allow the State to borrow
from the school fund
In the House the joint resolution giving
$l2OO for premiums for the Dover Fair
was indefinitely postponed. The Senate
defeated the bill to allow the New Castle
q Wilmington Electric Railway Com
The bhl to tax inheritances was defeated
in the House by a vote Of IS to 2. Messrs.
Donaldson and Mccoy being the only ones
in favor Of it. The House passed the bill
the city of Wilmington to pay
the expenses Of the Commission that drew
the new charter. Bills allowing the Re-
cordcrs of Deeds Of New Castle and Sussex |
counties to mako new indexes and to pre-.
vent the spread of the San Jose scale were
passed By the House, which defeated the |
one fixing salary for the sheriff of New
Castle county
The House will hold a night session to-
morrow preparatory TO adjournment on
saturday, as the Senate is expected to con.
,ur In the resolution to adjourn.
Representative HAZEL this afternoon
introduced another bill in reference to
elections. 1t provides that the ballot
boxes for all elections in the city of Will
nington shall be distributed by the De-
,artment of Election instead of by the
heritf. and also provides that the Levy
court shall draw orders for all election
expenses and allow the Department of
elections to pay the money to the election
,tficers.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
Unions Quarterly Conference.

The first Quarterly Conference of Union
NJ f. Church was held on Wedne sd ay
evening, 28th Inst. Tho Rev L. E. Barrett
D. D., presided and the reports showed
the church to be in good condition spirit.
ually and financially. The congregations
are largo, the Sunday School averages
over 800 in attendance, the Epworth
League u hourtshing and harmony pre-.
walls. Inc PASTOR by a unanimous vote
was given months vacation to be taken
at such time as suited by his conyenience
All obligations Of the church have been
met to date, and tho future Is full Of
promise.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28

Judge Chas Swayue Is now holding
tho United States Courtat Dallas Texas
for Judge Rector, who Is i'll. Judge
Swaynewill be Joined by his daughter
about July list, who IL visiting in Cali.
fornia and together they will visit New
Orleans, Pensacola and tho Nashville,
Tinnesshe Centennial, on their way to
Guyencourt, Del. where the Judge and
hls family will spend tho summer with
his aged mother Mrs. Judge Chas.
Swaync and Master Percy left So. Angus.
tine, Florida, May 9th, and are now at
Guyencourt, The Judges elder son,
Henry G. Swayne, who Ia studying law
at tbs University of Ponnsylvania, will
also spend part Of the summer at Guyen.
court,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS,
Sensational slump In Rubber Puts q
SInn to the I3isn In Nnlunu

Stop to the Rise in Values.
New York, May aT.-The stock market
was quite strong teday, but rather sen.
sational slump in the Rubber shares and
large selling in Baltimore and Ohio put
stop to the rise and also to the activity
of the trading, The volume of the deal.
ings in all stocks for the three hours of
trading after noon was only about one
third Of that for the two hours before
noon. The lack of confidence in the sta
billty Of values on the part of the pro-
fessional traders, who control the mar
ket almost altogether, was illustrated by
the prOmsitude with which they proceed.
ed to take profits on rather slight provo
cation. Those who are doing the bulk OF
the trading are evidently in the market
for IA sort turn, though there was som.
continuance today of the commission
house buying, which has indicated awaI-
ening of outside interest in the market
Closing bids:
Balto. G. Ohio. 10 LcAigh Valley, 23
Chgsa. {; Ohio 16 n. ]. Central 72';
Del. & Hudson. .lo2ss N. Y. Central. G97s
d., L a. W.,...1!7i: Pennsylvania :. 52h
Erie............,. l2s Reading ........TS't
Lake Erie &s W.i3 ST. Paul. rs
*All asSts paid.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
HAVENEYER ACQUITTED.
Millionaires May snub the National
Senate With Impunity.
ATTORNEY DAVIS ARGUMENT.

He Declared That the Honor, Dignity
and Integrity OF tho Upper Branch
of Congress Was at stake-Judge
Bradley Ordered an AcquittaI.
Washington, May 2S.-"Certainly I
am satisfied with the verdict" said
Henry o. Havemeyer to reporter
q few minutes after the Jury had
returned q verdict of not guilty yester-
day Aafternon. THE verdict" he con-
hnued, ought to be satisfactory to
every decent man in this and every
other community" That was the only
expression the president of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining company would
make upon the result of his trial. which
had been in progress for three days
before Judge Bradley.
The verdict was the elimination of O
long legal battle which began three
years ago. when Mr.. Havemeyer de-
olined as witness before the senate
sugar investigating committee to fur
nish the committee with data as to the
political contributions made by the COM
pany of which he is president to the
local and state campaigns of 1892 and
1893. Broker Chapman. around whom
the preliminary battle waged, was
found guilty and is now serving a
20 day sentence in the district jail.
The conclusion of the trial was
abrupt. When the government rested
Its case on Wednesday the defense
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28

Athens, May 2S.-The dispatches
which the government has received
from the representatives of Greece
abroad all indicate that the peace ne
gotiations have taken a turn more IA
vorable to Greece. Turkeys proposal to
occupy Thessaly no longer receives any
consideration, owing to Englands at
titude, while the proposal to abolish
the capitulations in the case of Greek
subjects in Turkey is rejected and the
suggested eXtradition treaty is appar-
emily set aside. The powers have fixed
G6,O00,OO0 as the highest limit of in
demnity
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
To Meet Next Year in winona.

Eagle Lake, Ind, May 28.-The main
question of Importance before the
Presbyterian general assembly yester-
day was that of the next place of
meeting, and Winona, Wis, was Sc
lected. Philadelphia received $50 votes.
The attendance at the assembly has
been augmented in spite of Wednes-
days departures by arrivals yesterday,
and interest in the proceedings has not
seemed to lag in spite of the fact that
the bulk of the topics considered are
those which are mainly of strictly de-
nominational interest
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
Electric Carpet Cleaning Works, Phon
Iel Office 209 West Fourth street.
Aner All Others Fail,

Use DR.. J.Simms & Sons, White Pulmon
ic Balsrm, for the Grippe, A sure cure for
coughs, sore.thloat, bronchitis, whooping.
cough, blood.spitting. soreness in the
breast, hoarseness, asthma, and in pul.
monary consumption. We would like to
see a case of the grippe that we could not
cure with this great preparation. Read
what VIM. COnning, of Taylor Bridge
Post Office, Collins Beach has to say.
After two doctors had given mo I'D as
incurable Of the Grippe. aud blood splitting
! used DR.. Smns' Whito Pulmonio Bal,
sam and was cured" For sale at No 800
King street; SOC. and 81 90 bottles, If.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
Interest For B. and o. Shareholders.

Baltimore, May 2s--The Baltimore
and Ohio receivers will pay interest
/: Schuylkill River East Side railroad,
first mortgage bonds; receivers certi-
ficates issued June !, 1896, 5000. 600;
receivers certificates issued Dec. /, 1896,
S956,0O0. They will not at that time
pay the interest on the terminal mort
gage bonds, "a per cent on $500, 900,
nor will they at the same time paw the
interest upon the Chicago division
sterling loan of 1877.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-28
Niagara's New Suspension Bridge.

Niagara Falls. May 2S.-Bids for con-
structlon of a new steel arch bridge
were opened yesterday by the officers
of the new suspension bridge. The con-
tract will probably be awarded in few
days. The specifications call for the
completion Of the bridge by April /,
1898. The arches will be on the para
bolc principle, and it Is expected it
will be one of the greatest engineering
feats of the world.