Evening journal., 1897-02-11

likely that it never will.
OFF FOR GALVESTON
To-day Colonel e. r. Cooper Of the
Dover Index; William Salisbury. of the |
Dover Delawarean: Theodore Town |
send, of the Milford Chronicle; w. w |
Busteed. of the Centrevile Observer. /
and w. b. Usilton, OF the Kent News, /
and Rev. G. A. Grice. will leave for |
Galveston, Tex, to attend the meeting |
Of the National Press Association.
WOLCOTT FOR u. S. JUDGE.
1t IS rmored here that ex-Chancellor
James l.. Wolcott, of Dover, will be ap- |
pointed United States judge, TO succeed |
Hon. Leonard Il. Wales, deceased. Ger /
tain events which have transpired |
within the past twenty-four hours indi- |
cate that there is some foundation for
the rumor
Senator Kenney has telegraphed toll
Dover, asking if the ex-chancellor
would accept it.
willard Salisbury. Jr., came 10 Dover
yesterday to look after certain corpora
ton legislation and his visit was at
first construed 10 mean that Senator
Gray would be appointed and that Mr..
Salisbury wanted to fill out the uneA
pired term in the United States Senate
Senator Kenneys telegram set at rest
all such rumors about his visit.
KELLEY CURE BILL.
A bill to incorporate the United
States Medical Case Company will be
introduced in the House. James J..
Wolcott. Jr.. Alden B. Richardson and
H. Ridgely Harrington, all young men,
of Dover, will be the incOrporators.
with a capital stock of $4,000. and
power to increase it to 100000 They
propose to place Keeley cure outfits in
the hotels, stores and private dwellings.
JUDGE WALES MEMORIAL.
The joint committee, consisting Of
Senators Handy and Fenimcre and
Representatives Donaldson. Johnson
and Adams, appointed to prepare resO-
lutions on the death Of Judge Wales,
presented the following memorial
which was adopted
Resolved. That we have learned with
profound regret CT the death of the late
| Judge Leonard e. Wales, who, as q sol
! der in the late war, as q judge i'm the
courts of this state for twenty years, as
a judge in the Federal courts fer thir-
teen years endearcd himself TO the
] people Of this commonwealth as brave
| soldier and an able and impartial judge
and one Of cur foremost citizens.
Resolved. That the members Of the
General Assembly hereby tender TO the
family Of the deceased cur sincere SYM
pathy in their great bereavement, and
mourn with them their loss and the loss
of our people
Resolved. That the clerks be in
gtructed to forward a copy Of these
resolutions to the family Of the de-
ceased"
Afterwards in the House Mr.. Donald
son offered a joint resolution providing
that the General Assembly attend the
funeral in a body this afternoon, and
each house appointed a committee on
arrange
On motion of Senator Pyle the reso-
lutions were ordered engrossed for pre-
sentation to the family.
The House appointed Messrs. Davis
/ Mccoy and Dukes.
The Senate appointed Messrs. Mere
dith and Handy as committee on ar
rangements.
The members Of the Legislature leil
Dover this morning in two special car.
on the 9.3S o'clock train. and arrived
) in Wilmington at 1ll7 o'clock. They
took dinner at the Clayton House, anC
? then proceeded to the funeral Of judge
Wales.
THE ROSS is AFLOAT.
= The Delaware schooner Edgar c
! Ross. which grounded on bar a
Georgetown. S. c., has been fioated no
much the worse for her stay on bottom
State Senator w. T. Moore is par
Y owner and Sergeant-at-Arms Quillen, o
- the Senate, is first mate of the craft.
FAVORs GLASS BOXES.
!, President John Biggs, Of the Consh
: tutional Convention, advocates glas
, ballot-boxes for use at the primar,
4 elections, and also the swearing Of tn
officers holding such elections.
o SPENCER REEDY PARDONED.
Last night Governor Tunnel granite
a pardon to Spencer Reedy. alias Bur
ton, who is doing time in Georgetowl
d Jail for breaking and entering stcr
s with intent to commit larceny. Hi
d term would not have expired until DC
y tcber next. Reedy was in bad health
i and the jail physician stated that
u was likely that he would die unless re
u leased. In addition TO that there was
g strcng petition for executive clemene,
Is signed by many representative citizens
e 1t is announced that the governo
" will entertain no applications for par
e don which are not signed by som
g member of the court sitting in the cas-
s. by the attorney-general or deputy al
s. torney-general who tried the case, q
y where the health Of the prison is sue
W that his life may be endangered by cor
% tinued confinement, and where ths
b state is certified to by the physician {
II the jail in which such prisoner is cor
Sc fined.
NOT DANGEROUSLY ILL.
II The story which cane to Dover frol
~ Georgetown that Secretary of State "
IL II. Boyce was dangerously i'll wit
= pneumonia and would not be cut fC
several weeks has proved to be hoa'
Mr. Boyce suffered with grip from FIR
day until Tuesday. but was able
I'd come to Dover with Governor Tunne
g. last evening.
he The governor announced that he ha
~ selected Thursday Of each week as u