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Evening journal., 1897-03-24
MORE EVIDENCE AGAINST GORDY.
TWO FISHERMEN TELL A STORY
OF A PHANTOM BOAT NEAR
MILTON

MlIlO4N.
GEORGETOWN, Del, March "a
Considerable excitement has been
caused among shad fishermen along
the Broadkiln river by a story of two
fishermen last evening. The names of
those who told the story are Henry
Warrington and Samuel Fisher. They
went out on. the river for haul Mon
day evening and rowed down below
Vaughan's Landing and out toward the
bay A short time before II O'Clock
they started homeward with the assist
ance of the flood tide
They were approaching the bend in
the river opposite the old glass works
when Warrington, who had hold of the
cars, says he saw an object half mile
up the river and called Fishers atten-
tion to it, Their curiosity having been
fully aroused, Warrington and Fisher
stood up in their boat, and as the craft
drifted near the strange object on the
flood tide both men saw a boat, in
which were a man and a woman going
in the direction of the otter banks. The
man was rowing hard, while the wO-
man lay as if stupefed. in the boat S
stern. Warrington gave a YELL and the
object vanished.
The two fishermen say that the place
where they last saw the mysterious
craft with its strange passengers was
where the body of Mrs. James NJ.
Gordy was found in the mud. 1t was
there that the murderer of Mrs. Gordy
is supposed to have abandoned the
boat and gone ashore. People in Mil
ton scout the idea of a phantom boat
but the fishermen stick to their story
Attorney-General White stated yes
terday that he had secured additional
evidence against GCrdy, who is charged
with the murder of his wife A hunt
Is being made for the two missing va
lises in the woods near Whitesville
where it is believed they were buried
I'VE have found that GOrdy used
considerable money in paying bills the
day following the murder" said Mr.
White, "and there are one or two other
| links in the chain which we have weld.
ed since the cOroner's inquest.
I'VE regard as the strongest evidence
against Gordy the finding of the deat
woman's articles in the room in which
he slept the night of the murder. We
found in the room a hair-crimper
night-robe, handbag, glove and a small
piece of satin, made in the shape of ;
bag. / showed this piece of satin to th'
sister of Mrs. Gordy and she identified
it as a part of a satin skirt which tn
dead woman used to wear. She wa
confident that Mrs. Gordy carried he
gold watch end chain and some dia
mOnds in this silken pocket which sh
used to keep inside her handbag. Thi
/ regard as strong circumstantial evi
dence again Gordy."
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
our society Leaders.

Society in Europe has a certain re-
stricted meaning which enables one to
picture to himself what ''in society"
means. 1t is not necessarily a brilliant
distinction, but it is Mt least q sufficient
" intelligible definition. But here $50
ciety leader" and ''clubman" may mean
something or nothing, as the case may
be. Here again democracy exaggerates
the very sentiments and positions it is
supposed to ignore. Every woman with
two changes of headgear is society
woman, and every man with top hat
and two pairs of trousers is ''club-
man. One hears, too, more talk about
"old families here than anywhere else
Why it is know not, unless it be be-
cause they secretly feel that they are all
go new. - America and Americans
From a French Point cf View"
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
A nrnnd rrom the I,urninr.

After the German invasion an officer
Of the TurlIos could not settle down into
civic life, but went of to Africa on an
exploring expedition. In one Of the ma
tive villages on the Niger lie saw an in
telligent, bright locking lad tied up, and
on inquiry found that he was being fat
tened for feast which was in ccntcm-
plation in which he was to appear roast
ed. He bought the lad fer = Gaze Ct Old
Tom gin and brought him back TO Paris,
where he was sent to school, astonishing
everybody by his capacity. He has jEst
died in that city, closing history IN
which his rescue shines as the most
memorable incident
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
WEDNESDAY. MARCH "a, 1897.
opEN ELEvnNTH sTREEr.

If there Is one piece Of work which
the Street and Sewer Department
should do during the current year 1t is
TO open Eleventh street from In front
of the Auditorium to the intersection OF
Adams street That it has not been
done long before this is not because OF
the disinclination of the department to
do the work, but because the awards OF
the commissions appointed to assess
the damages were largely in excess of
what they should have been, when the
benefits accruing to the owners by rea-
son of such opening were considered.
The idea of allowing a man four or five
thousand dollars for a little strip OF
land from his side yard is an outrage
on Justice. Until Judge Grubb appoints
a commission OF men who are willing
to forget that certain people own the
property to be condemned, it Is likely
that the people living in that section
OF the city will be compelled TO submit
to the inconvenience Of walking two or
three squares out of their way to reach
places which would otherwise be easily
accessible by way of Eleventh street.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
QUIET DAY FOR WOMEN.
SERVICES TO BE HELD ALL DAY
TOMORROW AT ST ANDREWS S
CHURCH.

oht1N lNhAo ~ bh HELD ALL DAY
TOMORROW AT ST. ANDREWS
CHURCH.
Tomorrow will be observed as the
annual Quiet Day for Women at st
Andrews p. Z. Church. Services viii
be held at intervals throughout the dsy
beginning at 7.30 o'clock. Tomorrow
night Rev. DR.. Christian will preach to
women and men on the subject. THE
Faith as a Sacred Trust"
These are the services which will be
held. 7.30 O'Clock. holy communion.
1890 O'Clock to - o'clock. holy com
muniOn and address on the subject:
THE Law of Obedience;" 1915 o'clock
to 12.45 o'clock, hymn, prayer and ad-
dress on "The Law of Modification"
This service is particularly but not
exclusively, for women engaged in
business. From 2.30 o'clock to $3.50
O'Clock. there will be a hymn, recital
of the litany and an address on "The
Law OF Devotion" 4 O'Clock to s
O'Clock, hymn. prayer and address on
The Law of Penitence." Rev. George
NJ. Christian, who will make the ad-
dress, Is pastor of Grace Church, New
ark, N. j.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
ONE OF THE MEAN ONES.
Might Have Been Mean Enough to Have
stolen His Inheritance.

stolen His Inheritance.
Four or five preachers, at preachers
meeting, or, rather, after the meeting
was over, were discussing some of the
peculiar people they had been brought
into contact with during their various
pastorates
THE very meanest man ] over knew,
said pastor, whose nasal twang be
trayed his Yankee origin. was mar
ried man, though, as a rIlc, the really
meancst men are bachelors for obvious
reasons.
This party was fairly well to dc
and expected to be enriched by the death
Of an old uncle to the extent of at least
500, 600 He was man Of about 45
and was, on tho surface, an extremely
pious kind Of man, with strict ideas
of biblical interpretations. At this time
the rich old uncle-a milhOnaiTc, by
the way-was approaching the scrip
tural limit Of human existencc-thrce
score and tcn-and his pious nephew
had begun 10 figure On what he was go
ing to do with his share Of the old man S
fortune The latter, however, did not
hold to scrptural interpretations, hut
held on until he was 81 years old. Then
he departed, and as per expectation,
when the estate was settled up the picus
nephew received 500, 900. more OF less
HE ought TO have been satisfied, Of
course, but he WASH t, and after mouth
! ing around about his hard luck, he
finally capped the climax by suing the
trustees of the residue of the estate,
which had been willed TO charity, for
the interest oa 500, coo at per cent
for the time that elapsed between the
three score AID ten limit and the date Of
the death Of his uncle, period of 2l
years 3 months, the whole amount Of
interest being S127, 800. He even went
so far as to swear that per cent was
too low, and that he could have got
right along for the whole time il
the old man had died when the Bible
said he ought to Gle. Being in the fam
lily, however, he was willing to discount
the rate Of interest 25 per cent Now,
did you ever hear Of anything worse
than thatf"
And not q man there did Wash
ington Star.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

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tractive. The handspring Of woman's ma
tufe is in her distinctly womanly self
When she suffers in that part of her organ
ism, she suffers in every nerve and hber Of
her body and her suffering is pictured IN
her face, and rejected. in her disposition
and temper
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easy and painless, and insures the health
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Evening journal., 1897-03-24
FIRE SOLVED THE DIFFIcULTY.

II Is not generally known, as yet, that
the marble tablet and brass star, which
marked the spot in the Baltimore and
Potomac railway station, at Washing
ton, where Garfield fell when assassi-
mated, have been removed, and that
now only piece of red tilingmarks the
historic spot.
II Is said that ever since the tablet
and star were placed in the station, the
company has received complaints from
people who did not like to be reminded
of tho crime every time they had occa-
sion to take train or enter the wait
ing room. The officials were in guam
Diary, as they regarded the memorials
as a disadvantage in a business way,
but did not see their way clear to re-
moving them. A slight fire which broke
out at the station on the evening of
Marcn 4. solved the difficulty. The tab
let was somewhat damaged, but the
star was not. In making the repairs
necessitated by the flames, however
both were removed, and neither has
been replaced
This is WELL for now both officials
and public are pleased, and all patrl-
otic Americans will cherish the mem
ory Of the martyred president just as
tenderly without knowing the exact
spot where he fell when shot by his
assailant.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
HATS IN PARLIAMENT.
They Are Important Factors In tile Eri
ish Lower House.

They Are Important Factors In tile Brit
ish Lower House.
OF all the customs and traditions thai.
still cling to the house OF commons
even in this matter Of fact age, the hal
plays the most important part. Ia the
last century one Of the speakers permit +
ted the introduction Of oranges, aud
even nuts. if they were not loudly crack +
ed, on the plea that they were not tan \
gible articles of food. But. some yeaIsI
after, this decision was reversed by AMI
other speaker, who, on high medical au /
thority, declared that as it would be;
possible to support life on either of theseI
two vegetables they must be considered
tangible products, and their public con
sumption would, therefore, not be perl
mitted Out of this decision a custonl
arose, which, not being checked, slowly
deepened into a tradition. The doxterityI
which Bobby Lowe exhibited in transl
ferring packet Of sandwiches from ond
of the side pockets Of the remarkable
coats he used to affect to the interior od
his hat and the way in which he would
use his headgear to conceal. the process
of mastication were, it is said, sights I'd
behold.
The occupants of the ministerial and
front opposition benches are able I'd
moisten their throats during the delivery
of a speech with little liquid, but, all
though the private member is not ex-
pressly excluded from the participation
in this privilege, no provision is made
for the consumption Of any lubricant he
may require. The traditions Of the house
allow him to conceal a sandwich OF 8
biscuit in his pocket, but not Il bottle
Any honorable member may have q
glass of water, bat, while the leading
members of the opposition have the grea
central table on which to deposit theii
glasses of water-which is not supposed
to be qualified by the introduction o
any other liquid, ahem!-the private
member is expected to hide his glass il
his hat.
1t is really astonishing what an i'm
portant feature the hat plays in the de
liberations of our Legislators. As no pri
vate member can claim by right an.
/ particular seat in the house, except il
few cases where members are tacitly al
lowed TO appropriate certain points @
vantage, hat has to bo deposited be
forehand rs an intimation that the sea
is secured. On ordinary nights a sea
can be retained by q card being inscrtc
in the slip provided at the back Of eac
seat for chat purpose, hut when a dc
bate of more than usual interest is eS
pected the hat is the medium employed
London Mail.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
LEVY COURT TODAY.

Before the Levy Court to-day the
road commissioners of White Clay
Creek hundred, appeared and submitted
their accounts to be audited. 1t was
thought that the court would hold it's
annual election of officers to-day. but
there seems to be a hitch in the ap-
pointment of bridgetenders and con-
stables. The old Jail commissioners
will be reappointed.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
ALL IN ONE SHORT DAY.
VARIETY or SPRING WEATHER AND
MHAT 1T LEADS TO.

VARIETY or SPRING WEATHER AND
WHAT 1T LEADS TO.
In the morning the snow fen as IL mill
lions OF white birds We're shedding their
feathers. BY noon the snow had turned
into a sullen. beating rain. yet the sun
set in unclouded glory. That is the his
tory Ct an American Spring day. This
sort N Spring does not inspire poets but
It unchains the demon called Grip. and
what havoc he makes in the community
No trouble to tell when he has begun his
mischief The headache that banishcs
rest oy day and makes the night "A long
torture; the pain I'm bone and muscle: the
nervousness; the cough that refuses to be
quieted and the rawness of throat and
the soreness of lung. all tell the story.
Naturally this vicious foe 10 life has set
the doctors thinking. talking and writing.
For once they are agreed. The best Of all
Grip medicines Is a stimulant 10 rouse
every latent energy OF the body, and at
the same time 10 be free from every trace
of deleterious matter.
The one stimulant that meets these con-
diuons h. Duffy's pure malt whiskey. SO
says public opinion 50 says the medical
profession. Always, at this time OF the
year Keep a Dottle of this whiskey In the
house. and you need have no fear Of Grip
or of It's consequences. For sale by all
druggists and grocers.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
THE NATIONS FLOWER.

. columbine, o columbine,
Columbia's flower of fair design.
Thy trumpet tongues, red, white and biu'
Sing freedoms song each year anew,
And, ranged about the central shsft,
Forever on the breezes watt.
"E pluribus unum, for each stats.
Thus centered, makes the nation great.
o eagle flower, forth from the rock
Thou springest after winters shock
And with thy talons flying clear
In strength and beauty lsad'st the year,
Americas broad land thy home,
From mountain peak 70 oceans foam,
Eagle and dove in one. the sign
OF our fair country, colunbinel
M. y. Metcalf in New York Sun.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
nELAwARE CITY W. c. y. U.

Special Correspondence Evening Journal
DELAWARE CITY, March 24.-Ihe
Delaware City w. c. T. U. held a meet
ing at the home Of Mrs. Ida Greed in
honor Of General Neal Dow's nine "
third birthday Several appropriate
papers were read and pleasant after
non passed. The county convention OF
the w. c. T. u. will be held in Della
ware City, April "a. in the Presbyter-
ian Church Mrs. Margaret D. Ellis. of
washington, will be the speaker Of the
evening. Luncn will be served in the
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

We commend to the careful consid-
Grafton Of the public the state work
house project of Chief Justice Lore and
his fellow prison reform advocates, a
full outline OF which was published in
the Evening Journal on Saturday. He
demonstrates that the three counties
would save money by adopting the pro-
posed method of caring for the lawless
classes.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
CONSIDERATION CEREMONIES

1t is now said that the conservation
Of Bishop-elect Monaghan, az bishop of
Wilmington, will take place in this city
on Sunday, May 8, and not May 6, as
has been stated. Bishop Curtis, when
seen this morning, said that it was
probably so, but he had received no no
tice Of the change.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

We congratulate the Constitutional
Convention upon having put an end to
the Single Tax agitation in Delaware.
That is one of the good things that it
has done.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

The Overman Wheel Co., makers of
Victor Bicycles. will hereafter sell their
famous red rubber tire to be used on
any make of wheel. Insist on your
dealer supplying Victor tires. We are
special agents, and can supply them.
Sizes: rs, 13s, rs and 26 and o..
CLIFFORD GREENMAN,
S. w Cor. 7th and King streets.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
Foxy Fred.

$50 you want to marry Fred, do
you?" said the father.
"Yes, papa, replied the daughter
with her arms about his neck.
"And go away and leave me All
alone?"
"why, no, papal 1 know Fred will be
willing TO leave mamma with you'll
Yonkors Statesman.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

1t is peculiarity Of Russian railways
that their stations are generally two
miles on more distant from the towns
and villages they serve. This IS said 70
be ON account Of the danger Of fire, the
houses in small places generally teinS
thatched with straw.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

A healthy wo-
man will always
find Love. Health
and Beauty are
twins that do not
have to seek far
or long to find
Cupid. II is the
woman who suf-
fcrs from ill-health
as a result OF weak
ness and disease
of the distinctly
feminine organ
. ism, who leads a
loveless and child
y less life. IL IS
-. |. -. a q.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
WATER WITCH IN LUCK.
CONTINUED From First Page. ]

particulars similar to the bill of the
Changers, the substance Of which was
published in the Evening Journal sew
eral days ago.
The COMMITTEES instructed the attor-
neys to draw up a commission bill at
their earliest convenience.
LOOKING OVER BILLS.
John H. Dandy and Alfred S. Elliott,
of Wilmington, had a hearing yester-
day afternoon before the House Com
mittee on Private Corporations on the
bill to incorporate the Mortgages Title
over the other guarantee title bills
here.
NOT IN PROPER FORM.
State Oyster Collector Lewis visited
the State House yesterday In a not
very pleasant frame of mind. His COM
plant was that the blank licenses for
oystermen were not made out IN proper
form and could not be issued, although
the oystermen at Little Creek and Ma
hons ditch were clamoring for them.
The defects will be remedied by Secre-
tary of State Boyce. who was not in his
office when Collector Lewis called.
DIR. FOWLER HAS BONDED.
State Insurance Commissioner Peter
X. Meredith came to Dover yesterday
and got the books and papers of his
office in readiness to turn over to
Dr. Edward Fowler. his successor in
office. The doctor has his bond pre-
pared, the American Surety Company
being on It. The term of Mr.. Mere
dith expired last night at midnight.
OPPOSED TO WATER-WORKS.
Ex-Spealoer of the Senate w. T. Rec
ords, OF Laurel, spent several hours in
the Senate chamber yesterday fighting
the bill permitting the citizens of that
town TO vote on the question of bond
ing the town for water-wOrks.
A MAD DOGS BITE.
Speaker Riggin brings the news to
Dover that young son of A. b. Truitt,
of Sharptown, near laurel, was bitten
by a mad dog a day or two ago. The
dog belonged to the lads father.
WORKING FOR AMENDMENTS.
Treasurer King and Peter /. Cooper,
Jr., of the New Castle and Wilmington
Electric Railway Company did some
effective work in the interest of their
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
Clerk S. s. Adams. of the Municipal
Court of Wilmington, sat in the SEN
ate chamber yesterday morning and
heard the fight on the Pyle Primary
Election bill, in which he is greatly
Interested.
James w. Ponder was down yester-
| day endeavoring to get reports made
on several bills in which he is inter
ested
j.. Harvey Spruance, of the Board oi
Health of the city of Wilmington, speni
yesterday in the Senate chamber lay
ing pipes for the passage of the BoarC
I of Health Extension bill, which wa;
killed on Friday and resurrected anO
recOmmitted on Monday and passei
yesterday.
Attorney General Robert ]. Whit,
was a visitor at the State House yes
terday
]. Harvey Vandegrift came to towI
on the noon train yesterday.
Representative l.. s. Hopkins anC
Smith went up to Brenford yesterda!
morning to get the views of the clti
zens on the proposed removal OF thu
schOol-hOuse in that district.
Ezra, of heaven, has written a let
ter to the General Assembly on tn
evils of divorce Il Is about a column
long, and has several twists in it.
Josiah Marvel of Wilmington, wa
in town yesterday
Colonel Harry Pennington, of Sea
/ ford, was a State House visitor yester
day.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

Indications point to the fact that the
Addicksites will sing low and sing
small in the matter OF official dispen-
sations made by the Mckinley admin
istration. How are you, Judge Brad
ford? How are you, Marshal McMul-
len? How are you, Postmaster Colquo-
hom? How are you, United States
District Attorney Brown? Don't all
answer at once.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

In spite of the peach crop prophets,
the basket factories on the Peninsula
are going right ahead making baskets
just as though no such thing as a
peach calamity bowler existed.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24
TNJuRED IN A RUNAWAY.

Charles Lynch, driver for James b.
Stidham, was badly injured this morn
ing in a runaway He was driving a
team in company with two other men,
when the horses became frightened and
ran away All the men were thrown
out. The other two escaped injury, but
Lynch was severely bruised about the
head and body He was taken to his
home, No. 10S South Franklin street,
where DR. 5. c. Frederick attended him.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

It is a sad. but true, commentary
upon European society that 10000
of its members commit suicide annu-
ally.
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

It is a wonder that some philanthropic
newspaper publisher did not long ago
conceive the idea of monopolizing the
utterances of prize fighters and putting
them all in one place, so that the public
can readily avoid them m.-Washington
Star
Evening journal., 1897-03-24

House next Saturday evening by one OF
the best companies ever seen in Will
mington.