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Evening journal., 1897-07-12
He KNEW HOW TIME FLEW.
Mere BOY on the Stand oddly Beat
the LeEaI Band.


You can nearly always bet your
money on a boy. Boys know some
things better than even the angels. In
an important lawsuit at Clay Center
The othSr day a 12-year-old boy was on
the stand and testified that he had spent
just ten minutes in getting a bucket OF
water for his mother. The question OF
time was a viCal one, and the opposing
attorneys tried TO rattle the boy. Final
" one of them pulled out his watch and
proposed to test whether or not the boy
knew when ten minutes had elapsed.
The opposing attorneys on the boys
side of the case strenuously objected to
this test, for it is well known that moth.
ing is harder than to sit still and
gauge the passing of time. The judge
ordered the test TO be made, however,
and after the courtroom clock had been
stopped and every chance removed for
the boy TO play a sneak, the trial COM
menced.
The stiffness in the room became op-
pressive. Every watch was drawn, and
the eyes Of the multitude rested upon the
youngster, who chewed gum. swung his
foot against the round of his chair and
gazed placidly out over the benches, as
though the proceedings had mighty
little interest for him. Two, four, six
minutes passed. and still he made no
sign. Then the attorneys commenced
TO worry him.
Isn't time about up?" asked one of
them.
Nope" sententiously responded the
boy, as he changed the cross in his
knees. Seven and eight minutes passed.
Haven't you got that water pumped
yeti" said the attorney in a tone which
was intended to convey the belief that
ten minutes had more than passed.
"Reclon not" again replied the boy,
and his own attorneys began to chuclIe.
Nine minutes passed, and tick. tick.
tick. went the seconds toward the ten
minute mark. and up to exactly three
seconds before the limit, when the boy
drawled out: Il think I've got that
water drawed"
The people burst into applause. and
after the trial, when the boy was asked
to explain how he hit oil the time so
correctly, he replied: "Oh, / just sorter
lSnowed, that's all."-Kansas City Jour
nal
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
LAWYER AND RAT.

THE RODENT TOOK REFUGE IN
HIS TROUSERS LEG AND SUF-
FERED ALMOST IMMEDIATE
DEATH.
One of the young members of the bar
of this county had an exciting expert
ence with a rat last evening He and
his wife were retiring, when she told
him that she heard a bat in the room.
He investigated and found that it was
a large rat and not a bat. He endeav-
ored to close the bedroom door, but his
ratship must have OWNED his inten-
tion, for it made a ceutre-rush for the
hallway and made goal.
The lawyer chased it to small room
and it took refuge in a closet. He en-
tered the closet with two candles, in
tending to shut the door after him and
fight it out there. Again the rat proved
itself mind-reader for it made a dash
for the door The young lawyer kick
ed it, and the next thing he knew the
rat was making a tour Of the inside of
his trousers. BY the time he regained
his presence of mind it was in the
neighborhood of his hip pocket. He
made a grab, caught the tourist by the
neck and choked the life out of it.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
EDITO RIAL COMMENT

"A fly has 5000 eyes. That is the rea-
son why no bald-headed man can hit it,
Galveston News.
There appears to be grave doubts as
to what game the powers are really
playing and who is "it."-ChicagO Tri-
bune
IL now appears that Willie Hohen-
zollern Is not insane, but Is merely af-
ficted with megalocephalic hypertro-
phy.-ChicagO Timesll1erald
The railroads which have been forced
TO accept bicycles as baggage are get
ting even by treating them like bag
gage. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Vanderbilt family cannot be ac-
cused OF challenging degeneracy
through lack OF variety I'm their mat
rimonial alliances.-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Everyone at times feels that the
world is a wilderness, because he has
am ache and no one follows him solicit
tously around with a medicine bottle
Atchison Globe.
Butcher Weyler will probably con-
tine to draw his salary from Spain
and declare Cuba pacified till the in
surgents pull down his Havana palace
about his ears.-New York Press.
Philadelphia isn't so slow. She's
killing as many pugilists at her prize
nights as any other big OWn.-Cincin-
natl mmercial-Tribune
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
snft ORANGE Icing.

Put one cupful of sifted powder sugar
in small saucepan, add two table
spoonfuls orange juice, stir over the
fire till lukewarm, then pour it over
the cake. You can use this icing for
filling, but it is not near as nice as the
following filling: Orange filling-Put
the yolks OF three eggs in a small
saucepan. add one teaspoonful of but
ter, one teaspoonful of lemon juice and
half cupful Of orange juice; set the
saucepan in a vessel of boiling water
over the fire, stir until the contents
thicken; remove and when cold add
half a oupful of sugar. - Brooklyn
Eagle.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
Cocnnnnf Ice.

Put one pound of the best loaf sugar,
broken into Jumps, into a saucepan
and pour over it one-half pint of water:
let this stand for half an hour. and
then place it on the fire and allow it
to cool for five or six minutes; remove
the scum and boil the sugar until it
is thick and white, then stir into it
one-quarter of a pound of the white Of
n fresh cocoanut, finely grated; stir
increasingly until il rises in mass
In the pan, then spread it as quickly as
possible over sheets of paper which
have been dried before the fire; remove
the paper before the ice is quite cold,
and let it drv.-Boston Globe.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
PAPER EDITED BY GIRLS.

In the little town of Maryville Mo-,
three young women publish a daily
newspaper the Review Their names
are Perl, Lulu and Zoe Griffin. They
are he daughters of a newspaper man,
and have been trained to the business
from the time they were little girls.
They do all the work connected with
the publication of the paper. The eld-
est, Miss Perl Griffin, is not yet %
years old. She writes the heavy edi-
torials. when there are any to be writ
ten. collects most of the local news, so
licits advertising, and collects the bills.
Her sister, Zoe assists as reporter,
keeps the books, helps set type and
makes up the forms Miss Lulu Griffin
is the editor of the Weekly Advocate,
which is also published by theseyoung
women, and when she has time sets
type on the daily or goes out on the
street for local news. These are the
only two papers in the United States
which are managed exclusively by
girls
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
TO BUILD A TORPEDO BOAT HERE

Washington, July 12.-After two
weeks hard work the Naval Bureau
chiefs who have been endeavoring to
reach an agreement upon the torpedo
boat bids have made a report favoring
the construction Of one large boat as
planned by Harlan and Hollingsworth
Company, of Wilmington, Del, and two
smaller boats submitted in plans by the
Gas and Engine Power Company, of
Morris Heights. n. Y, and by Wolff &
Zwicker. of Portland, Ore. There will
he a minority report however, recon-
mending the construction of one boat
al least by the Bath Iron Works, and it
will remain for Secretary Long 20 make
the final allotment of contracts.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
SOCIAL AND Personal NOTES.

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Thompson are
home from HOckessin. where they have
been spending a week with friends.
Miss Edna Dougherty will visit
friends in Hockessin.
Mrs. Jane Dougherty will spend a
week with her daughter, Mrs. Nelson
Warner, of Elkton.
ST. A. Y. NJ. c., of the Sacred Heart
r. G. Church will take an excursion to
Birmingham Park, on Thursday, July
%.
Miss Lizzie Wagner is visiting friends
in Philadelphia.
Miss Josephine Koberle and Miss
Emma Bowers, of Philadelphia, spent
Sunday in Wilmington.
Miss Name Koberle is visiting in
Philadelphia
Mrs Harry Pyle is visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams,
near Coatesville.
John Randle, of Philadelphia, has
been visiting in this city.
Franklin Hopes. of Philadelphia,
spent yesterday in this city.
Esau H. Loomis is spending some
time with relatives in West Chester.
Emmett McKaig is spending his va
cation with friends at Browns Mills,
n. j.
Mrs John d. Cummings entertained
Miss Elsie Babcock and Miss Filings
worth, of Philadelphia, on Saturday.
Miss Grace Geyer, Of New York, is
ihe guest of relatives here
Howard Webster Frantz is spending
his vacation at Spring Lake, n. J.
Miss Sadie Jefferis has returned to
West Chester, after a visit in this city.
Rev. A. N Keigwin will start ON his
vacation this week and will not return
until the first Sunday in September.
William j. Blackburn, of Philadei-
phia, spent Sunday with friends in the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hobbs have re-
turned from a visit to Milford.
Miss Phoebe Elzey has returned to
her home at SharptOwn, Sussex county,
after an extended visit with Whining
ton friends.
Miss May FOulk. of Milford is the
guest of Wilmington friends.
James Fitzgerald is visiting his
mother in Cedar Neck. near Milford.
Miss Mary Good, Of Germantown, is
visiting Miss Frances Matlack.
Tilghman Johnston and family will
Summer in Canada.
John M. c. Rodney, ]. jackson Pierce
and George Pierce were guests of Philip
Reybold on the steamer Favorite yes
terday.
Miss Mary Pennington, of Seaford. Is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. James l.. Willis
Lester Baylis and a party of young
friends, will camp for two weeks on the
Delaware river above Pennsgrove.
Alvin r. Morrison is in Philadelphia
to-day.
John Casey and Frank Byrne rode t
Millville. n. j., on their wheels yester
day and spent several hours will
friends
Edward r. Pusey spent yesterday a
Centreville, Md.
i Ex-Queen Lilioukalani. of Hawaii
passed through this city on Saturda!
en- route from Washington To New
York. Few people knew that she wen
through and there was no demonstra
tiOn at the station.
r. W. Crook. of Brandywine Springs
is in this city.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
GET TOGETHER.

The Democratic majority Of City
Council has a duty to perform. II Is to
get together and proceed with the per-
Torrance of the public business. It is
childish for the proper functions of the
legislative body of our city to be block
ed by the personal ambitions OF one or
two men who are seeking for the best
places on the most important commit
tees and thereby subjecting not only
themselves, but the entire Council, to
public censure and ridculei.
There is only one way for such con-
troversies among the members to be
settled and that is by caucus. "A man
who seeks to force himself upon his col
leagues by refusing to participate in the
party caucus is better off the commit
tees than on them. 1t would be foolish
for the majority to be compelled 10
give in to the minority because it balks
and sulks and refuses to abide by the
decision of the party caucus. If Coun-
Gilman O'Neil and Leary have the well
fare OF the people and the party at
heart they will forget their own little
personal ambitions, go into caucus and
abide by the vote 1t is impossible for
every man to get what he wants in this
world, and If every man who failed to
realize his ambitions went into the
sulks we should have most doleful
world 10 live in.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
AuntIe's AIoIasses candy.

One cupful Of molasses, two cupfuls
OF sugar. one cupful of water and one
tablespoonful of vinegar. just before
it is done add small piece of butter.
Let all but the butter boil brisllly with
out stirring until crisp threads will fall
from a spoon (about half an hour then
pour into buttered platters or pans.
Commence 10 pull as soon as it is cool
enough TO handle. Another way to test
is to drop some of the boiling mix.are
into cold water. and il crisp it is ready
TO cool.-Boston Budget.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
DELAwAREANs IN CALIFORNIA.

San Francisco, July ia large and
exceptionally pleasant reception was
rendered the visiting Christian En-
deavor delegates in the First United
Presbyterian Church here on Saturday
evening. Preston Gibson, OF the church
who presided, formerly lived in Della
ware, and is a graduate of Delaware
College of the class Of Sc
The following Delawareans were in
attendance
Wilmington-Mrs. w. b. Heacock
Miss May Booth, Preston w. Yeager, II
J. Zeigler, Rev. Ezra Tinker, Miss
Emma BiclSta. Miss Emma r. Keim,
Mrs. Enoch Moore, Mrs. Alfred Russell,
Mrs. Victor Sterling, James Bradford
Miss Edith LamOtte, Miss Anna
Churchman, Miss Malin, J. Milton Da-
wilson, Rev. William III. Guy and wife
Laurel-Daniel Short and Mrs. Shor..
Pennsgrove-Mis Hattie Hoffman.
Marshallton-Miss Anna Churchman
Newark-John Pilling.
Dover-Dr. James II. Wilson and
wife, Judge James Pennewill and wne
L. b. Wright
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
ROOM TO INYEsTIGATn-

The Cook scandal will undoubtedly
lead to unpleasant results for two OF
those concerned in It, II, as Mrs. Cook
is alleged to have confessed to her hus-
band, the Wilmington post Office was
used in furtherance OF the intrigue and
a clerk in the service of the United
States government was not only cogni-
zant Of the intrigue but also party to
it, the sooner an inspector is put on the
case and the guilt or innocence of the
clerk established. the better it will be
for The service. Postmaster Moore has
had clean administration, and he can
not afford to let a thing of this kind
so uhnoticed.
The National Bank Of Wilmington
and Brandywine is also a public insti-
tuition. It's board of directors cannot
fail TO take cognizance of such grave
charges against a young man occupying
position of trust and responsibility in
the bank Decent men and decent
women who have business at the bank
have a right to know that they are deal
ing with men who have some sense OF
honor, and surely there is no more dis
honorable act than to invade another
mans home and destroy IT,
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
oRDERS non IRON BRIDGES.

The Edge Moor Bridge Works have
secured contracts to build two large
bridge structures. One is for the Mil
waukee and Lake Erie Railroad Com
pany. an eleven-span bridge The other
is an S00-foot viaduct for the Pennsyl-
vania Central Railroad Company.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
RARGAINS

in Straw Hats and Summer Underwear!
All new goods Of this season, bought in
case lots from the mills direct. We are
headquarters on these goods and guar
antee the largest assOrtments and low
est prices in the city. Ross, 21O Market
street
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

Women cyclists who have occasion
from time to time to cross Washington
street bridge in pursuit of the pleasur-
able and healthful pastime of cycling
complain that there are young men who
loaf on the bridge at night and insult
them by striking matches and holding
them up to their faces as they ride by.
1t would be we'll for an officer IN c.ti-
zen's clothes to be detailed there for a
few evenings, for such attentions are
both ungentlemanly and exceedingly
annoying. Washington street is one of
the most popular thoroughfares in the
city with cyclists, and the sooner The
practice alluded TO above is broken up
the better it will be.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company, southwest
corner of Fourth and Shipley streets. is
prepared to do printing of every de-
scription quickly and efficiently.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

Ex-Postmaster A. G. Cox, John NJ.
Clayton and John w. Jolls want to be
postmaster at Middletown. The fight
fer the place has become so spirited
that it is likely that a dark horse viii
secure the prize.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
DELAwAREANs SUDDEN DEATH

Berlin, Md, July l2-Saturday after
noon, while George w. Purnell was
selling the Mcneil farm, a large crowc
was assembled before the Atlantic
House, in Berlin. The property was
purchased by Joseph Hudson, who
started upstairs at the the hotel 70 set
tie with Mr.. Purnell, and dropped dead
before he reached the top of the stairs.
It is supposed he died from heart dis
ease. He resided at Roxanna, Del
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

The state treasurer may not be able
10 pay the new judges iheir salaries UNI
I'll the General Assembly meets and
passes a law fixing them. but the state
is full OF capitalists who would be will
ing to discount drafts of the judges
upon the state treasury for $1,000 per
judge and ask no questions about 1t.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

There are some things that money
cannot buy, and Delaware is one of
them.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

Dover the State Sentinel, is howling
Justify for peace. AS long as Addicks
and his senatorial pretensions lead the
Union Republicans there can be no
peace.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company, southwest
corner of Fourth and Shipley streets, is
prepared to do printing of every de.
scription quickly and efficiently.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

In preaching yesterday at the Living
stoR Avenue Baptist Church, at New
Brunswick, N. j., Evangelist Needham
created a sensation by saying there
were no female angels. He must base
his heavenly prediction on his earthly
experience.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
.DELAWAREANS WEST.
They Attend a Large Recep-
tion in San Francisco.
THE TIDE OF SUMMER TRAVEL
MANY WILMINGTON FOLK WHO
SEEK COOL SPOTS AT SEASIDE
AND MOUNTAIN RESORTS AND
IN COUNTRY LANES.

All communications intended for lnser
ton In this column should be addressed to
Society Editor, care of the Evening Jour
nal. Communications should be written
on one side Of the paper only.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

The latest Addicks advices from
Washington are to the effect that there
is no hope for the weary, and that the
Higgins machine is running the Nc
Kinley administration, so far as Della
ware is concerned.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

John Cannon Short, of Sussex county
will probably find that it pays to be
true to regular Republican principles
But if he is appointed United State.
marshal there are men in New Castle
county who Will be sorry that they re
NAMED so close to the Higgins camp.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

a word to City Councilman O'Neil-
get together.
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

The Mckinley administration now
has a strike on its hands. How do our
Republican friends reconcile this fact
with the promises made by their news
papers and orators during the cam
paign last Fall?
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

1t is now in order for the Union Re-
publicans to throw up the sponge ana
surrender at discretion. The regulars
have played their cards so well that
the Union Republican forces are disin-
tegrating and the Addicks organ at
Evening journal., 1897-07-12

The Single Takers are now butting
their heads against the newall of the
new Constitution. 1t is shameful mis-
direction of human energy
Evening journal., 1897-07-12
OFFICE, SEVENTH AND KING.

IT. T. Sergeant, coal and wood. Large
pea coal for family use. Oak or pine
wood, S1.50 a load Phone, 545.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-24
BURNED DOR TRAMPLED
OVER 100 PEOPLE INJURED IN pa
DUCAH SUMNER THEATER.
Fireworks on the Stage Ignited the
Structure, and "A Panic at
Once Resulted.
SEVERAL CHILDREN MISSING
PEORIA GRAPE SUGAR PLANT.
WORTH 100000, BURNED.
Mysterious Explosion on a steamer
That Resulted in the Loss of Four
Lives-Others Injured.

PADUCAH. Ky, July 23-The Casino
summer theater at Ramona Park was
burned tonight at 10 o'clock. A perform
ance was being given to about six hundred
people when the fire broke OUT from a fire.
works display on the stage. The audience
was panic-stricken. Probably over one hum
dred persons were injured by being burned
or trampled upon. The building was covered
with tar paper and was in mass Of flames
inside of minute. 1t is reported that three
or four children perished in the flames but
this cannot be verified. All the doctors in
the city were required to look after the
injured. Col. Reuben Rowland and his wife
were seriously injured in the stampede.
Later all the doctors in the city have
been kept busy dressing the wounds of the
injured. 1t is impossible to ascertain the
truth of the rumor that several children
have perished. Manager Bourne, of the the
atrical company, is seriously burned.
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WAGON WHEAT, z8C
ACME MILLING CO.,
Old 352 West Washington st.
MURDERERS CONDEMNED
CLOSE OF A SENSATIONAL TRIAL OF
HUNGARIAN POISONERS.
Victims Were Mostly Married Men,
ey-TurIxs Evacuating ThessaIy.

BUDA-PESTH, July 23.-The trial of
twelve women and two men charged with
Wholesale poisoning was concluded here
to-day and sentences were pronounced on
six of the prisoners. Four of them were
condemned to death one to penal servitude
for life and one to a term of six years i'm
prisonment OF those under sentence of
death one was found guilty OF having
caused the death of four persons by adj
ministering poison, another was convicted
of having poisoned two persons, the third
of having poisoned one, and the charge of
murder was proved against the fourth. The
sentence of penal servitude for life was i'm
posed on a. man convicted of having killed
his mother and that of six years imprison-
ment upon a prisoner against whom Ver-
dict of murder was returned.
The series of crimes which occurred in
the Hodmezoevasahely district extend over
some years past. The victims were in most
cases married men who were killed by their
wives, the motive for the crimes being gem
orally a desire to obtain insurance money.
The insurance companies, the testimony at
the trial showed, had called the attention Of
the authorities to the suspiciously high rate
of mortality in the district a number of
times before proceedings were taken 70 as
certain the cause. An alleged IlluWi1e
named Marie jaeger supplied the other fe-
male prisoners with the poison used by
them. Two hundred witnesses were eA-
amined in the course of the trial.
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Explosion and Costly Fire.

PEORIA, ILL.,, July 23-The main building
or the Peoria Grape Sugar Company was
destroyed by fire this evening The loss
is $5OO,O0O, the total insurance carried be-
ing $46O.0O0, of which nearly $500 900 was on
the burned building and contents. Negotia-
tions have been in progress for some time
for the transfer of the company to the
new Glucose Trust, but it is not known
here whether the deal has progressed so
far that the loss fails on the new combine
or the original company. The works are
owned by corporation, in which the Drake
estate, of ST. Paul, is the principal stock
holder, with A. NJ. Drake as president
Levi Mayer of Chicago vice president and
Samuel Woolner of Peoria secretary and
treasurer.
The fire broke out at 7 o'clock in the sui
phur room, apparently with an explosion
Iha factory shut down Sunday because Of
the coal famine, and only enough steam
was made to keep up the fire pressure The
sprinkler system worked promptly but th,a
flames and nothing could be done to stop
It. Ihe immense eight-story building 17Ox
~ feet, was mass of flames in five minutes
and was completely destroyed the walls
soon falling in 1t contained great dea!
OF very valuable machinery, the vacuum
pans alone costing $1,000 The dry-storage
house and warehouse across the railroad
tracks were saved, or the loss would have
been several hundred thousand greater.
The works employed four hundred men
and used fifteen thousand bushels of corn
a day. They will be rebuilt as soon as pos
s1ble. OF the insurance $175 900 was carried
here and the balance in Chicago.