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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15
"Nor as EL4On AS PIIsrED.,,
So Writes "WineInHn Davidson from Ne,
York TO Every Evening.

10TH 10 rpery Evening.
"Winoman Davidson" has notified
Every Evening that lie now has q
place in Chicago, Out he fails to
atate whether the chsck swindling
operations, with which Nv. David.
SOM and "Winemau Davidson" hays
been connected, will be continual. The
postal card on which "Wiheman DAVID
sou" writes, is postmarked New York.
April llth, and is addressed to Every
Evening, Wilmington Deleware'' tho
error in spelling Delaware recalling a
similar error in the printing of that
word on the check blanks used by the
swindter. The wrser Of the postal
card Bays:
:. Sir; Being native of Wilmington
| take great pride In reading your
paper daily. buying it every day.
Though not as black as painted /
would tsayl that am not and npysr
called myself Hahn or saw Mr.. ",
Davidson. / leave New York to morrow
Monday for the West and shall work,
l now having place ut Chicago.
"Wineman Davidson, -
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15

Bridgoyille, April 70. "A horse lriver
ny Mrs. John Russell, yester,lav afta sl
noon, became frightened and nm ave-,
Inc vehicle to which IL was barns.ss,i
upset and was demolished. Mrs. Pns'
ssll ana 9 child were hurled into 4
hedge aud severely injured. 'o
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15

William 2. Alexander, haggaaemas.
t on the y. 4 .. railroad, who bad
MS hand severely injured on this Land.
eanerg branch several weeks ago bas
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15

GEM killed his mistress, Clara
Arnim. 10 Hoboken. on August 2sth,
1891. He was born in Prussia 10 1867
and came to America in March, 1891,
tie was employed as a fireman on
steamship plying between Hamburg
and Hoboken.
During his absence Clara Amin
made the acquaintance of Bernard
Stencil, who supplanted GEM in her
esteem. Whom GEM returned from
voyage he found her drinking beer
with stranger in hotel of qnes.
tionahle reputation. She left the place
with Genz, who asked her TO marry
him. She reminded GEM that he was
engaged to girl in Germany. GEM
declared that he was willing to break
that engagement and urged Immediate
marriage. She persisted in refusing to
marry him, although they still lived as
man and wife. GEM had heard about
Stencil and feared Clara woulu lenye
him for her new lover. On the after
noon of August 2Sth Genz bought a
bouquet and revolver. subsequently
ne went to q saloon, got O drink and
loaded the pistol. Going to the room
where Clara was he locked the door,
Five shots were heard almost imme.
dlately. Police and neighbors who
broke in the door saw GEM kneeing
on the floor, holding the bloody head
OF Clara Arpim on his knee. she was
dead. Five BULLETS were in her head
and boiy. One had struck her in the
back OF the head and tho others In tho
side and breast. The bouquet lay bs-
side hor, covered with gore. GEM,
whose hands and clothes were covered
with blood, caressed her bloody hair.
have killed my Edelweiss, / have
Killed my Edelweiss, !" he repeated.
Genz admitted his guilt and declared
ms readiness to die The defence was
insanity. but two juries pronounced
MN guilty. The case was carried 10
tho court Of errors aud appeals and the
court OF pardons. but Intellectually.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15

L. IS probable that the boats OF the
Wilmington Steamboat Co. will not
land " Gordon Heights noxt summer.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15

Jersey City, N. j., April ls job,
Mackin. IN. was hanged at 1000
o'clock this morning.
Maokin, who was 81 years old killsd
his wifs and her mother. Mrs. Bridesi
Connora, on February 9th, 1906 III
married Mary Connors five years ago
lie did odd jobs, but was out OF Wo,s
most OF the time, and he and bis family
livod with his father until the fail d
1895. Then young Mts. Mackin wep,
with her three children 10 her fathers
house. Mackin called there occasion.
ally, hut was not welcomed by bis wifi
or hor parents.
On February oath, 1896, MackiD
called at his father in-law'a house. Hjs
wife refused to let him in. On Febn.
airy 9th, ut noon, he went to the neigh. s
borhood and sent boy TO tell his wia
that someone wanted to SEQ her. Sbe
went out and saw Mackin in the stteat
about 100 feet from the house. ia
signalled for her to come. lilo said sbs
answered by pointing her thumb to bm
neck. She returned to the house anil
there was no interview. That afterpuon
Maekin bought revolver. lie drank
during tho afternoon and had been
under tina IHflnence Of drink for several
days. At I o'clock that evening he
Knocked atthe slide door OF his father.
in-law's house. Gounors, his Lunch
nail In hand. opened tho door. Mackp
put foot inHids the doorway, and with.
out word shot tho old man in the
throat Mrs. Mackin and her mother
Eprang forward with unlifted hands In
interceao. Connors fell and Mackin'a
pistol was levelled ut his w..ec Ono
bullet reached her heart and another
entered her back as she fell dead on the
floor. Deliberately aiming at Mrs.
Connors Macl5in fired TIM two remain
log bulleta. One hit her In the breast
and the other entered her side, and Abe
foil dead upon a sofa. Mackiu did not
stop to notice his three children, who
were on tho floor, but passed out the
hack ard and proceeded to a neighhor.
ing saloon for drink. lie exhibited
the revolver and told the bartender
what he had done. He was arrested
when he was leaving the saloon. At
the police station he said he killed his
wife because she would cot le. him see
his children. The next morning Maclyip
cut his throat with small razor
which be had carried between the soles
OF his shoe. and was in precarious
condition for several days.
Patrick Connors recovered and des.
cribed the tragedy at the murders trial
Mackin insisted on pleadiag guilty, nut
according to tho New Jersey procedure
tho plea was not accepted.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15
A REFEREE MAY BIZ SELECTED
To Award the Federal Patron
age of Delaware. u
NAMES PROPOSED FOR THE PLACE
A Belief That the Higgins Fac
ton May Win.

hut Until tho Selection OF such Referee is
Determined Upon No Federal Appoint
ments for Delaware VIII BE Made-Inter-
esting Review Of the situation.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15

DR.. Il. c. Joyce, formerly of New
York City. has decided TO reside and
practice here. .t,--
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15

Jersey City, N. j.. April Is. Paul
Genz was hanged at ll.04 O'Clock this
morning.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15


decedent shall be subject TO The tax
aforesaid, and there be only life ss-
tate, or an interest for term OF years,
or contingent interest given to one
person, and the remainder or vers.onary
interest to another, the orphans court
OF the county where tho real estate is
situate Shall, upon tho application of
the executor or administrator, tletsr-
niue. in its discretion, the proportiou
OF each persun interested in said estate
shall pay of said tax and the Judgment
OF SAID ornhans' court shall be final
and conclusive. and every person so
interested as aforesaid, shall nay to the
Register OF Villa of said county his or
her proportion of said tax within thirty
days after the determination Of said
orphans court, and any person en-
titled in remainder or reyersion shall be
required TO pay his or her proportion
within thirty days after the said estate
shall have vested in possession. LIZ any
party Interested as aforesaid shall re-
fuse or neglect to pay his or her proper
tion so decreed by said orphans' court
within thirty days from the time OF
such decree, tine said court shall order
aud direct the executor or administra.
tor to sell all the right title and inter
est OF such person in and 10 said es-
tate, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to pay mis- ~ hsr propagation
OF said TAX, and all expenses Of salo,
Sec. @. The bond Of an executor or Of
aRadministrator shall be liahle for all
money he may receive for taxes, or for
the proceeds OF the sale of real estate
received by him under this act, and il
any executor or administrator shall fail
10 perform any of the duties imposed
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
Shooting ARRAY.

Lewis Philips, of near New Market,
this county, was shot and seriously
injured by Arthur H. Wharthan, who
resides on the Baltimore Pike near the
above place, on Monday evening last.
After the shooting he promptly sur
rendered himself to the authorities,
saying that he had killed "Doan Phil.
ips." The latter is married man, and
reports say that he had been paying
much attention to a niece of Whar
than's, much to the latter's objection.
He was warned several times 10y the
irate uncle until finally patience ceased
to be a virtue.
On Monday evening, according to
Wharthan's own statement, he was
working in the field when Phillips
came up to him with a revolver in his
hand and threatened TO shoot him.
Not having any weapon with him
Wharthan ran towards his house, not
a great distance away. closely pursued
by Phillips. Reaching home he ran
upstairs and quietly loaded a shot gun
and when Phillips came up to the door
he shot him. He had the revolver
still in his hand and Wharthan says
he did the act in self-defence. Realiz-
ing the terrible effects of the shooting,
he came to Frederick and gave himself
up to the authorities. He was put in
Jail tOawait the result of Phillips in
juries, which are said to be serious
but not fatal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
Semi-Annual Meeting of the Mary
land Health Association.

The semi-annual meeting of the Ma
ryland Public Health Association will
be held in Baltimore on November
18th and 10Th.
The program, includes papers upon
school sanitation, upon public and pri-
waite distinction, upon pollution of soil
and water. upon sewerage, on some
diseases of domestic animals, especially
upon the recent fatal epidemic among
horses and hogs. An address will be
delivered by DR.. c. Wardel Stiles on
on Thursday at the opening session
upon the relation of slaughter houses
to human disease.
The Association was organized last
February with q membership of about
rs persons. There are now $50 active
members, and good results have fol-
lowed its efforts in many localities.
The aims of the Society are thus ex-
pressed in their first report recently
published:
1t seeks to promote the sanitary well
fare OF Maryland by uniting the influ-
ence of all citizens protesting an inter-
est in that purpose; by sustaining the
authority of the public health officers;
and sanitary organizations; by encour-
aging the study of preventive medi-
cine; by propagating the knowledge of
hygiene through popular lectures,
demonstrations, and publications.
1t favors the recognition by the
State of correct and full returns of
births, deaths, and infectious diseases;
strict supervision and control of food
and drink supplies; the maintenance
of hospitals for infectious diseases; en-
forced isolation and disinfection at pub
lie cost; the regulation of funerals and
transportation of the dead; conformity
to hygienic principles in the coustruc-
ton of dwellings for man and beast;
systematic inspection by experts of all
schools, tenements, factories, slaughter
houses, jails, hospitals, alms-houses,
and other public buildings, and of
steamboats, and railway carriages; the
restraint and regulation of offensive
trades
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
MiddletOWn.
Nov. 20. lSQ.

NOV. ~, 1897.
The State VS.. Christopher Davis and
John Davis for assaultipg William Sig
Ter on the night of Oct. Both, was
brought to trial before Justice Ezra NJ.
Remsburg, in this place, Tuesday after
noon. The trial was held in Rudy's
Hall. Attorney Frank Pampel, of
Frederick, was counsel for the defence.
States Attorney Kinks was to assist
Justice Remsburg, but failed to come.
The trial resulted in the accused being
acquitted, as there was not sufficient
evidence brought against them by the
State. The ball in which the trial
was held was filled with spectators
who were anxious to witness the trial.
The decision did not meet with popu-
lar approval.
Mr.. Samuel Kefauver, who had been
running the restaurant at Braddock
Heights during the past summer has
opened confectionery in the store
room of the Perry Levy property on
Main street, opposite the Lutheran
Church.
Luther Day was observed at the
Lutheran Church, this place, Sunday.
An interesting program was rendered.
Henry. the four-year-old son of Mr..
NJ. Luther Kepler, who resides a few
miles southwest of town, was kicked
by colt and received an ugly CASH
above the left eye He was brought to
town TO DIR. E. L. Beckley, who
dressed the injury, which necessitated
the use of several stitches. Henry says
he was tickling the colts knee.
The Christian Endeavor Societies of
MiddletowD and BurkittsviIle will
hold "District Rally" in the Luther
an Church, this place, on Thursday
evening, November 18th, at Gas p. m.
The county president, Mr.. William
Zimmerman, is expected to be present.
The program promises to he interesting.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
A Lack of Courage.

Says the Western Agricuytvist:
Horses will continue to be cheap so
long as the farmers are discouraged
and eager to sell at any price ready to
sacrifice them to get rid of them. When
farmers become independent and re-
fuse to sell their horses at the sacrifice
prices, then the buyers will pay more
money. Horse buyers are shrewd jock
eys and to get horses as cheap as pos
slble, they work the electricity and I'll
cycle racket, tell you how cheap they
can buy them, and the discouraged
farmers are glad to have the buyers
take away any of their horses at any
price. OF course, he selects the best.
and now for four years have been Sc
Letting the best horses at their own
price, aud, worst of al, have bought
up most of the good mares, and horse
breeding has stopped. Now with in
creasiug prosperity we are facing a
shortage of good horses. The dealers
understand this far better than the
farmers and know that prices must adj
vance from the great scarcity long be.
fore we can raise them, hut so long as
they find farmers so eager to sell their
horses at any price they will accommo-
dote them to keep the city markets
supplied.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
SOME WOMEN OF NOTE.

Queen Victoria's favorite apples are
the Albermarle pippins, raised in Mont
gomery county, Va.
Octave Thanet, whose real name is
Miss Alice French. is descendant, on
her mothers SIDE of Mayfower stock,
Baroness Burdett Coutts, it is esti-
mated, has given away $4,000, 900 for
the benefit of the unfortunate in all
parts of the world.
Mrs. Cleveland is a good judge of an
tique furniture, and her Princeton home
Is, for the most part, furnished with a
valuable collection of old mahogany
Mrs. Phoebe Cousins has renowned
her lifelong views of woman's superior
ity. and come to the conclusion they
are no more virtuous, honorable or
truthful than their brothers.
Mrs. Nansen. wife of the arctic ex-
plorer, is fine musician and exquisite
singer. and charmed many audiences in
her own country by her lovely voice
during her husbands long absence.
Mrs. Cleveland is the fifth living wom-
an who has rcigned in the white house
the other four being Mrs. Letitia Sem
Pile. Harriet Lane johnson, Mrs. Julia
Dent Grant and Mrs. James A. Gar
feld
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
LITERARY POINTS.

"The Duchess" (Mrs. HUngerford)
died of typhoid fever at her home, ST.
Brenda's, County Cork, Ireland, on Jam
uary "a of this year.
"All things come to him who will but
wait" is from The Students Tale, -
one of Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside
Inn"
"0uida" (Louise de la Ramee) was
born at Bury St. Edmund's, England, in
1910. She has recently been living in
England, but for many years she made
her home in Italy
The Marian" pronounced Mar
sham, the title of George du Maurier's
story, means an inhabitant of the planet
Mars, and refers to the heroine, who re
mains invisible throughout the tale.
and who is supposed to dwell there.
The Mystery of Edwin Brood" by
Dickens, has had at least two sequels;
bne is entitled John Jasper's Secret"
and was written by an anonymous au-
thor. Another version purports to have
been dictated to a spiritual medium by
Compliment to Hamilton.-In Web
ster's eulogy on Alexander Hamilton,
delivered on March 10, 1881. he said:
"IIe smote the rock of the national re-
sources and abundant streams of rev
enue gushed forth. He touched the
, dead corpse of public credit and it
sprang upon its feet"
"a Woman's Answer to Mans Ques-
tion," was written by Mrs. Mary Tor
rams Lathrap. 1t was first published in
the Washington Post, of Washington,
Ark, in 1867. 1t has been reprinted in
the Magazine of Poetry, and in the
Mary T. Lathrap Memorial Volume,
containing hercollected poems.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
LITERARY GOSSIP.

Pierre Lott has just finished a prose
drama, judith Renaudin," which has
occupied him for several months. 1t is
in four acts and six scenes and the ac-
ton takes place at the time of the re-
vocation of the Edict of Nantes. 1t
has not yet been decided where and how
the work will first be produced.
Poems Now First Collected" by Ed
mund Clarence Stedman, to be issued
this fan, win contain Mr.. Stedman's
poems of the last 90 years. One division
of the book will contain the Songs of
the Oarib Sea-" which form a connected
series, and many of which have not be-
fore been printed.
1--WE understood" says the London
Literary World. that Miss Marie Cor
ELI had an insuperable objection to hav-
ing her portrait exhibited, especially in
connection with her literary work. We
hasten to say that we felt nothing but
admiration for her wise resolution in
this respect. Yet now we see an an
nouncement that her portrait is to APP
pear as the frontispiece to the Marie
Corelli Birthday Book"
The Spectator thinks that James Lane
Allen is the pen-name of woman, and
gives as the reason for the faith that is
in it the elevation of sentiment" and
"delicately poetical turn of phrase
found in THE Choir Invisible" Per-
haps the Spectator was also influenced
by the fact that the title of the book
was taken from the pages of woman
who wrote over mans name-George
Eliot.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Paris last summer tried the expert
ment on closing the stores al noon on
saturday. Many shops have closed reg
u!arly on Sunday for some years past.
The Raising OF Lazarus" a paint
ing by Henry l.. Tanner, young col
ured man OF Philadelphia, has just been
purchased by the French government,
and will be exhibited in the Luxem-
bourg gallery. This is an honor never
before conferred upon a negro.
Bosom is to have a new public
school named after Paul Revere, which
will cost, including the site. about S3.-
100000. The building will be construct
ed of light pink granite, gray. red and
white brick. and terra Gotta. 1t will
contain public bathing facilities for the
hildren.
"A few of the academies for which
New England was famous in days gone
by survive, and one of them, the Peach
am academy, in Vermont, has just cell
ebrated its centennial by guns at sun
rise and a dinner at noon. at which
my uiuhhi atS anu Z ioiiuCu lhC llslilu
TONS past.
Thirteen young men students of
Portland university have been camped
near Yankton. Ore, for several weeks
cutting cottonwood, most of which will
oe used a: the university. Something
ike $50 cords is the result of their
summer vacation, which will materially
aid them financially in getting through
The next school year.
An evangelist named f. W. Sanford
has established an institution in Dur
ham, Me-, to which has been given the
queer name of THE Holy Ghost and
Us Bible School," His followers be-
lieve that all other Christians except
themselves are on the wrong road.
Sanford casts out devils every day, and
laims to be in personal communication
with God.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
SECURED A REELECTION.
Why the Old Officers Were Chosen
Unanimously for Second Terms.

why the Old Officers Were Chosen
Unanimously for Second Terms.
81 expect you had an awful time at the
election last night" said the girl who
hadn't attended the annual meeting,
for ! heard that nearly all the girls
wanted to be president, and that there
was going to be terrible fight"
There wasn't" explained the presi-
dent, sweetly, not bit of trouble, and
all the old officers were reelected, too.
You see, wanted to be president my
self this year, and Alicia Brown wanted
to stay in office, too, so we fixed up a
little plan between us, and it was a
famous success"
What did you do? Hurry up, and tell
mel" the other girl exhorted her ex-
citedly; "how on earth did you manage
it?"
The president smiled happily.
"Oh, Alicia and | talked it over before
hand" she said, land just as soon as the
meeting was called to order and before
the girls had got through talking she
made motion that the Oldest girl in
the club be made president always. and
Lucille Hicks seconded it. She wanted
to be secretary again, you see. So put
the motion, or the question, or what
ever it was, and Alicia and Lucille said
Yes very loud. and all the other girls
did the same without understanding
what ii was all about in the least. My
but some of them were mad afterward.
though"
what happened them asked the
other girl, did they tell their ages I'M
der protests"
mo. indeed, not bit of il" responded
the president. smiling again. 81 just
knew they wouldn't. When they found
out what it meant they wouldn't say a
word, so Alicia got up again and moved
that all the old officers be elected over
again unanimously. And every girl in
the room shouted Yes They were glad
of any way out of the difiiculty."-Chi-
cago Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
Mr.. de Garmendia's Fall Sale.

The sale of Mr.. de Garmendia's horses
at the Fair Grounds, which was to have
taken place on Friday, November 10Th,
as advertised, has been changed to the
following Tuesday, the 23rd lust. Sale
catalogues will be ready by the first Of
next week and can lie obtained either
al this office or from Mr.. de Garmendia
direct. He will also gladly answer any
question or give any information de-
sired concerning the animals offered
under the auctioneer's hammer These
horses comprise the pick of his vast
establishment, are well bred and with
out exception are good lockers aud fine
individuals. There is material here for
future world-beaters and record break
ers, as well as for gentlemen's roadsters
of excellence, all to go to the highest
bidder. Don't forget Tuesday, Noven-
Der 23rd, at IL o'clock, FAIR Grounds, il
you think of buying horse.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
This schedule of prices revised and correcte
each week by Mr.. ]. S. w. JarbOe.
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE
Majority and Plurality.

There has lately been some friendly
arguments relative to the exact mean
ing of majority and plurality, resultant
from the figures of the election re-
turns, and tor the information of those
who may wish to know the difference
and meaning of the two words, we will
say, that the word majority means
"more than half of a given number, or
group" or 1.-THE amount by which one
group of things exceeds another group
of things" Plurality means 1.-The
greatest of more than two numbers,
whether 1t is or is not majority of the
whole" or "the excess of the highest
number of votes cast for any one can
didate over the next highest number"
To illustrate, we will take candidate
for Office. There are 10000 votes cast.
He receives 1900 and two other
candidates receive respectively $500
and $500; the first is elected
by plurality, although he has receiv-
ed less than a majority of the whole
vote and he is said TO have plurality
of 500 votes. This difference and dis
tinction is rather confusing to great
many, but by looking at the two mean
iugs carefully the difficulty can soon
be cleared away.