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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-13
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Tho taxable resldents Of lied Lion hun&rot
and all persons liable 10 pay tax ih said huo.
dred. arc hereby notified thst the undsrsi9s-
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yember II. 10 ana -. and December VI. fron
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The desirability OF an I'm
personal administration 81
Estates aud Trusts Is go
ting to be more generally
recognized and many pse.
Sons realizs that 1t Is wis
and prudent to arrange 10
the management Of tibet
Estates by a TRUSrCOM.
PANY, for the followlnS
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FRIDAY. AUGUSTUS, 1907.
The Same Sauce for the Goose.

Ny, what . howl Of righteous indignar
stiop has gone up from the Democratic
press 10 the State over the actions Of the
Republican members of Sussex county
n Levy Court in refusing to seat Willard II
4 Handy whom the Governor had appointed
4 70 al the SO called vacancy Of John W.
Green, who had removed from Seaford to
Northwest Fork Hundred. The Republic
can members held that they had the same
power AZ the Democratic members OF the
Kent county Levy Court, being the judges
o. who should sit in that body. The
{ Democrats controlled the machinery for
years and did us they pleased, without re-
y gard 10 law or justice toward the Republi-
: Dan party. They are now getting back the
Same kind Of treatment from the Repub-
licsns Of Sussex county. The Every Even
Ing, which is tho exponent OF tho Demo-
sratic party for Delaware, says:
"The member from Seaford hundred
forfeited his office and created vacancy
4 by removing to another hundred. II was
lust a. though q councilman should re.
move from one ward to another In the city
Oh wilmington. 1ne very aCu VI ohnh sihs
residence would forfeit his office and create
\ d vacancy. The vacancy having thus been
created.it became the duty Of tho Governor
TO I'LL II, which he did by appointing Will
lard H. Handy to the office. But when the
court met on Tuesday afternoon II refused
10 allow the name Of Handy to remain Oh
the roll book, but instead continued on the
roll the name Of the member from Seaford
hundred who had forfeited his office by re-
n moving 10 North west Fork. This gives
the latter hundred two members Of the
Levy Court In plain CONFIRMATION OF the
law, and leaves Seaford hundred Without
any representation whatever"
The courts will now be called upon to
reuaer decision in tho matter 1t re-
mains to be seen If the court will take the
anime view OF the matter as 1t did when
4 tho Republicans had their mandamus case
before 1t. It's time the court was rising
above partisauship, interpret the laws as
they should DO and stop all sharp practices
by either party.
The example set the Republicans by tho
Democratic party Of Da' cars is very dis
tasteful When turncl Aolnselves.
They should learn to medicine,
no matter how bitter T., It'll they
treat their opponents IA.r!. AM honorably.
The courts may bo ab,.' TO straighten the
tangie out In an .pedtious manner
shan they treat, ..epublicans Of Kent
county in the .,tanus proceedings.
The opinion oi ,he earned court will be
booked for with interest by every Repubi.
Jun III the State. 1t Is time that politics
were cut loose from the bench and justice
aneted out according to the law and not
according TO the political faith Of those
men rendering the decisions.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28
Mill dnd Depot
Rim Loss of Fully SIS 900 in Slwaers Fire-sp
00l taneons Combustion or Incendarism the Cause

A disastrous conflagration visited
morning, and owing to the large num-
Der of losses, and the manner in which
they occurred, it is impossible to give
an accurate estimate of the amount Of
damage done The losses have been
variously estimated at from $4,000 to
100000, but it would seem that the
figures are not far from STE, ,o00 The
o. r. R., and the owners of the Florence
mill property, one of the Oldest roller
mills in the state. There is scarcely
a Vestige left of the Omaha freight
depot, excepting few half burnt en-
bers, and all that remains of the five
story mill is the smoke stack and a
part of the brick wall of the engine
room. At about 2 o'clock the watch-
man on one Of the boats lying at the
of the mill and the boats whistle was
sounded, giving the alarm. Other
alarms were turned in and the fire de-
partment responded with promptness
but before a line of hose could be laid
flames were issuing from the windows
of the mill in every direction. 1t was
evident that the mill was doomed and
freight house, but the heat was so
intense that the fire soon spread to the
building and nothing could be done to
prevent it. The freight house was filed
with merchandise and some OF it Was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28

removed, but thousands of dollars
worth furnished food for the angry
flames. The flames also spread to the
freight cars standing on the side tracks
and the Omaha company lost eight
cars, the ST. Paul & Duluth one, and
the c., M. & st. P. one The ties un-
der the rails were burnt and many of
the rails are twisted out Of shape
recessitating the laying of new tracks
One can imagine the intense heat Of
the fire when it is known that a num-
Der of stoves lying in the freight house
were melted and warped. The trees
on the bluff to the west of the mill
were stripped of their foliage and it was
so hot on the top of the hill that no
one could stand there. All that saved
the business part of the city from de-
struction was the fact that very little
wind was blowing and what little there
was came from the northwest
The Florence mill was built in 1S77-73
by the Saltwater Mill company, con-
sisting of David Bronson, Joseph
Dahm, w. J. Stein, E. A Folsom and
others and cost nearly $50, 900. 1t SUBJ
sequently became the property of Louis
Hospes and later was transferred to
Smith Ellison, r. F. Hersey and the
Louis Hospes estate, who owned it at
at the time of the fire. From the fail
CT 1890 to the fail of 1896 it was oper-
ated by F. L. Greenleaf, of Minneapo-
lis, and was shut down when he made
an assignment, since which time it
has been idle, although the lower floor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28
more WORK and HIGHER WAGES PAID
Iron Follows Grain Up.
No Such General Upward
Movement in Any
Single Week for
Many Years.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Bradstreet's S
| tomorrow will say: The general trade
| situation continues to improve, and,
aside from the unnecessarily prolonged
strike of the soft coal miners, there is
| little in sight to cloud the outlook. The
feature of the week is the advance i'll
the price of almost all the leading sta
pies, beginning with an upward move
ment all along the line in iron and
steel Steel billets are now $3.50 above
the lowest figures, bars $3.50, rods So,
and plates 81. Bessemer pig iron is up
25 cents and foundry a like amount.
Southern irons are very strong on q
continued active export movement.
Where wire mills have not advanced
prices they have withdrawn quota
tions. Some Western steel mills are
sold up to JAN 1, while the demand for
earlier deliveries from furnaces than had
been arranged for, is quite significant.
Lead, too, and soft coal are higher, as
is wheat, notwithstanding one or two
reactions. Bradstreet's points out that
the statistical situation Of wheat is the
strongest known since the United
States became a considerable exporter
and that it's price, as we'll as that for
bread, is likely to materially exceed
the present weeks advances. Follow
ing wheat, prices are higher for flour,
corn, oats, lard, potatoes, butter, eggs,
beans, cheese, leaf tobacco, wool and
live stock. Advances for leather, hides,
lumber and linseed oil are also re-
ported.
Cotton, which is up 3-16 cents, re-
ports the smallest worlds stock for
seven years past at this period and i'm
proved tone and higher price for the
manufactured product. Advances are
being also asked for on orders of WOOL
en- goods at the mills, but print cloths,
petroleum and sugar are unchanged
for the week, while pork is reported
slightly lower than a week ago. No
such general or pronounced upward
movement Of prices of nearly all lead
ing staples has been witnessed within
week for many years.
Wheat exports are of large volume,
aggregating (f1our included), 45,419, ,653
bushels for the week, as against 5,312, =
803 bushels last week, 1881, 1854 bushels
last year, 1,S71,972 bushels this week
two years ago, 3,420000 bushels in 1894,
and 3,092,500 bushels in the correspond
ing week of 1898. With the exception
of last week, this weeks shipments are
the largest since the third week Of Sep
tember, 1898. Corn exports show con-
siderable falling off, being 1852, 452
bushels, against 3,929,O35 bushels last
week, 2,610309 bushels a year ago,
1,124, ,532 bushels in 1895, $4,000 bushels
in 1894, and 1,116,30O bushels in 1893
There are 210 business failures re-
ported throughout the United States
this week, against 221 last week, 800 a
year ago, and 100 two years ago, 1872
three years ago, and 800 in the like
week of 1898.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28
Actua! Treaty Signed.
Russia and France Joined in an
Offensive Alliance.

LONDON, Aug. 27.-The Times Paris
correspondent declares that definite
treaty has actually been signed on the
deck of the French cruiser Pothuan.
1t is stated that the toasts proposed at
the banquet on the cruiser were drawn
I'D at Wednesdays conference, thus
enabling NJ. HanotauX, the French for
eign minister, to renounce his intention
of remaining in Russia for a few days
after President Faure's departure.
Paris, Aug. 27.-Notning is known
as to when the terms of the alliance
between France and Russia will be
announced, but it is rumored that they
will not be published yet. The Ger
man press conceals its surprise and
chagrin at the conclusion of the treaty
under an assumed nonchalance and
with the assertion that it makes no
difference, as the czar will not sanction
any scheme for French revenge upon
Germany.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28
Everything on the Floor Was
for a Time DemOr-
allied.
SOME WHEAT HELD
Interesting Feature of Crop
Reports Made to the
Corn Belt.

CHICAGO. Aug. Eff statements
which were made on the floor during
the session of the board of trade are
true, today's slump in wheat was not
so much due to weak cables and for
eign selling as to manipulation These
statements were to the effect that John
Cudahy and Charles Counselman, two
Of the heaviest traders on the floor,
have formed union to break the So
called bull pool, and the cratic action
of the market is but the result Of the
struggle between two big combinations
1t was the general opinion that some
powerful bear influence was at work on
the curb before the opening, but that
it was bear pool traders as a rule
are not quite ready to admit.
Wheat broke over 8 cents a bushel
today at the opening, everybody want
ing to unload on weak cables Liver
pool showed a decline equal to over
5 cents a bushel Everything on the
floor was demoralized by the selling
in wheat After the furry trade stag
mated, the pit not being more than
half full. September wheat opened all
the way from 931a to 92 cents, as COM
pared with 9S7s cents at the close last
nlSnI. "A rally 10 80 Genus IO4IOWSQ OH
some buying by the bull clique. De-
cember wheat which closed at 9SS,
started today at 80 to 9024 cents,
touched 89$ cents and recovered to
81 cents. Minneapolis wired that Ar
mour bought No. 1 northern yesterday
to go to Chicago via Duluth. He also
bought wheat at Duluth.
Later in the day the market again
became very weak, December touch
ing 1895 cents, compared with 93% cents
at the close last night. The crowd
was much impressed by dispatch
claiming that France was reselling at
the seaboard and abroad. Cudahy,
Barrett, Harris and Patterson were all
ylarge sellers. Stop-loss orders were
numerous. Just before the close it
was stated that although q representa-
tive of Armour & Co. has been in the
Northwest looking for wheat to bring
here to- mix with certain other grain,
he found that the Minneapolis wheat
was out Of line some cents a bushel
and bought nothing. September closed
at SO cents, nearly cents under last
nights final figures. December quit
at 80 cents for old and SS12 cents for
new
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28

out the claim and its value was $3,240,-
600. on the basis of 100000 cubic
wards Of available material having
mineral value of 1S cents each. The
state, however, produced satisfactory
evidence, in the opinion of the assis-
tant attorney general, on which the
secretary's action is based, that there
is no gold in anything approaching
paying quantities. The department
therefore vacates conflicting decisions
of the general land office, dismisses the
mineral application and holds that the
land is not mineral in character, not
subject to disposal under the mining
laws and that it passed to the state un-
der it's school grant.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28

There has been a good deal said about the
advance in the price of wheat but there
has been an uplift in prices for other com
modities.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Journal adapts It's language TO
fact with a nicely and precision that is
charming. The ordinary blunderer
would miss the nice distinction between
the advance" in the price of wheat
and the '.uplift' in prices of other com
modities Wheat prices rose in re-
sponse to legitimate, natural condi-
ton, the speculative element in it being
merely the foam on the beer that indi-
Gates its freshness. The rise in the price
of lumber, for instance, was "a clear
case of ''uplift," all foam, no beer. For
the benefit Of the other fellows of the
Journals school who fail to make these
nice and eminently accurate distinc-
tions, we draw especial attention to
this refinement and suggest their imi-
tation of il
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28

was occupied by G. A. Kelm, who con-
Quoted a flour and feed store. 1t was
insured for $4,000, the insurance being
distributed among the following com
panies: Norwich Union, of England;
Michigan Fire and Marine, of Detroit;
Buffalo German, of Buffalo; Mutual
Fire, of New York; New Hampshire,
of Manchester; Greenwich, of New
York; Schuylkill, of Philadelphia; De-
troit, of Detroit, $1,000 each; Globe, of
New York. and the Schuylkill, of Phil
adelphia, $1,250 each; Saginaw Valley,
of Saginaw; Phoenix, of Hartford;
North British and Mercantile, of Lon
don, and Saginaw Valley, $500 each,
the Saginaw Valley company having
turers, of Minneapolis, $500. Among
those who had insurance on the mer-
ckandise stored in the freight house
was Heisel & Staples, of this city.
Their loss on stoves and hardware will
amount to about $500. Other losers on
merchandise are ST. Croix Post, $50;
Murphy & Co., dry goods, estimated
$500; Palace Dry Goods company, no
estimate; Mclaughlin & Kitty, no esti-
mate; O. H Olson, $40; Saltwater Man
ufacturing company, no estimate; Min
nesota state prison, no estimate. OF
the cars destroyed five were loaded,
one containing water melons, two mer-
chandise, one empty barrels and one
rye. The rye belonged to G.. A. Keln1,
whose loss on stock, ETC., will amount
to $500. He carried an insurance COW
ering his loss. The Omaha telegraph
Wires were down and the poles, etc,
will have to be replaced. The Omaha
company has secured desk room and
storage room in the Milwaukee rail-
road company's freight depot and will
probably remain there until a new
depot can be erected. The Omaha claim
agent and other officials were in the
city yesterday afternoon and it is I'M
derstood their freight depot will be re-
built Immediately. A substantial brick
structure will be- erected. The fire is
supposed to have originated from spon-
taneous combustion or incendiarism.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28
OGDEN GOBLET DEAD.
A Power in New York Financial and
Social Circles.

the land on which Sherry's establish
ment stands and the land on which the
Imperial hotel is built.
Mr.. Goelet's illness became serious a
few days ago and his physician, DR..
Dawson, deemed it necessary to hold
a consultation and summoned Sir Will
liam Henry Broadbent, physician in
ordinary to the Prince of Wales, who
came to Cowes on Sunday last, and
was in constant attendance upon Mr.
GOelet until his death. Mr.. Goelet suf-
fered from affections of the chest and
succumbed literally through weakness
His wife, son and daughter, and Hon.
Mitchell Henry Herbert, brother of the
Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery,
and Mrs. Herbert, who is sister Of
Mrs. Goelet, were present when the end
came. The body will be embalmed and
taken to New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28
Dollar Wheat the Motive.
Money Market Has Rea-
son for Great Confi-
dence With Pres
ent Conditions.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Dun & Co. s
| weekly review of trade Pill say: Specu-
lative markets have their turns of
| reaction, but business has none this
season, gaining with a steadineSs which
is most gratifying. The starting of
works, increase in hands employed, ad-
vance in wages and in prices of pro-
ducts and the heavy movement of crops
are facts before which all speculative
influences have to bow. The weeks
dispatches mention sixteen iron works
which have started against one closing,
fifteen woolen works started, and so
in many other branches, while many
more works have increased their force
and many are preparing to resume, and
some have increased wages. While these
things continue-with grain rising and
going abroad in enormous quantities.
money markets have reason for
abounding confidence, and speculative
markets for strength. Crop prospects
are contradictory, as usual at such
time, but is noteworthy that none of
them indicate anything less than an
ample supply of the great staple.
Wheat rose over cents Saturday
with exaggerated reports of injury, fell
nearly cents, advanced 4 cents, and
then declined sharply, closing 1-cent
lower for the week That some harm
was done to spring wheat in three
states appears, but no accounts, en-
titled to respect, indicate damage re-
ducing the yield below $40, ,0O0 900 bush
els, which would be 25,O00,0 900 bushels
12rQ6r than aYnant
Of 1891. In spite of a great lack of
cars, wheat receipts were 4,349, ,594 BUSH
els for the week, and for four weeks,
15.589,6S1 bushels, against 1896, 9F last
year, and Atlantic exports, flour in
cluded, though somewhat checked by
higher prices, were 1858, 1863 bushels for
the week, against 2,207, ,516 bushels last
year, and for four weeks, 1881, ,6S7
bushels, against 7,310177 bushels last
year Receipts of corn bear strong
testimony to the seriousness of foreign
needs, being 6,840,144 bCshels for the
week against 2,S13, ,919 bushels last year,
and Atlantic exports in four weeks
have been 10,466, ATS bushels, against
5,617, ,110 bushels last year. The price
rose 11s cents for the week.
Sympathy with other markets rather
than reports of injury, which capable
authorities deem not important, ac
counts for the advance of three-six-
teenths in cotton. But the mills are
resuming work with a rush, and will
require heavy supplies Of material to
meet the large demand for goods, which
has advanced the prices of many A
general replenishment Of stocks by
dealers will call for heavy additional
supplies. The wool market also re-
fleets in greater strength and further
advance in some grades the heavy buy
ing of woolens, which has set many
mills at work night and day and
caused makers of many grades to with
draw them entirely from the order
market.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28
CORN BELTS ESTIMATE.
Crop Conditions Along the Line of
the Burlington.


CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-The Corn Belt.
a paper issued by the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy Railroad company, will
publish tomorrow its September crop
report, which contains the following:
"The actual facts, so far as Nebraska
is concerned warrant the assertion that
the heretofore estimated wheat prod
uct of &C, 900 bushels for the state
is, if anything, too high. The average
of 1,169 reports received shows yield
of 2221 bushels per acre. A conserva-
tive estimate, based on the informa-
ton we have received. places the prob
able acreage at 1,554,44S. Our estimates
on other yields are: Corn, 300, 900, 900
bushels; oats, 35, 600, 900 bushels; rye, 2O,-
000O 900 bushels; hay, 100000 tons; po-
tatoes, II, ,3S3, 900 bushels.
''The estimated yield of corn per acre
in Iowa averages thirty-fiVe bushels.
Half of the crop, it is estimated, will
be fed to cattle, hogs and sheep. The
average yield per acre for barley is
twenty bushels; of rye, IL bushels; oats
"a bushels. Only eight out of over 100
reports say the quality Of the grain is
poor.
''The stand of corn in Northern Mis-
souri, ranks from fair to good. The
harvest will be earlier than in Ne
braska or Iowa. Reports from corre-
SpOnQGnCS an average ylelQ OIL
81 bushels per acre, 7S per cent OF
which, as estimated, will be fed. The
winter wheat yield averages Is bush
els per acre, and the spring wheat IS
bushels; rye, 10 bushels, and oats, u
bushels.
"An interesting feature is the show
ing made in reply to the question
whether farmers generally are holding
or selling their wheat and oats. Each
report received applies to the entire
body of farmers in the market district,
and the reports covering Nebraska,
Iowa. Missouri and Kansas show that
272 are holding and 252 selling wheat,
and 27S are holding and 81 selling oats.
This showing should be modified by the
statement that nearly every corre-
spondent who reported the farmer as
selling his wheat or oats qualified it
with such a note as part Of it, only a
little enough to pay expenses etc.
''The reports received from Nebraska
show that the increased winter wheat
acreage. in that state would be: East
ern. As per cent; central, SO per cent;
western 100 per cent. From the hun
dreds of reports received not one esti-
mate was for a decreased acreage for
winter wheat next year, and only twen-
ty reports placed the probable acreage
the sane as this year"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28

ed States did not seize the property
of the sealers for its intrinsic value, but
to prevent the carrying on of the seal
ing business by such vessels. This, it
was claimed, was done in the face of
promises given by the United States
government that a recurrence of the
seizures of 1886 would not be repeated.
This promise had not been observed.
He further claimed on behalf of his
government reimbursement for all
damages arising from loss by prospec-
tive catches. This latter contention is
strongly disputed by the United States
representatives. Both sides have cited
many cases on this point, and the lat
ter part of Mr.: Peterson's address was
wholly taken up in establishing this
point.