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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-08
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence Of the EpUBLIoAN
NEW CASTLE, April 8, 1897.

There are going to be interesting times
here during the next week all on account
of the City election which takes place on
next Tuesday. The two retiring members
OF Council, Messrs. Morrison and Fagan
will be hitched to George Eckles and as
the yellow kid says "Dose fellus will be
sTip d ilcen out Of Site" ,ats2e
THREE prominent citizens said last even
Ing that a halt should be called in New
Castle. 1t Is all one set in council one
set at work ~ on the streets and one set
everywhere in the expenditure OF the city
taxes
The people do not want to oppose the
progress Of the city, the electric railway
nor the lights but there should be o little
consideration given BY council TO- tho mi
nority party. The Democrats levy the
tax rats, collect the tax and spend 1t
There nay be rumors OF candidates and
candidates, but next Tuesday the fight will
be royal.
The necessity for electric lights in the
dark places Is growing more and more
every night. George Williams said last
evening that the only way the people can
see up at his store at night is by his New
Orleans syrup-so bright and sparkling.
People from all over the city are buying
bananas at Williams for 10 cents
dozen. He bought cargo of steamer
yesterday.
The horrors of New Castle have been
written time and time again in reference
to the post and pillory, bu unless some
thing Is done in the case OF Mrs. CLARK
there will be an unchristian story to be
related. The woman is long term
prisoner serving time for participating in
the DUPONT burn burning case.
For some days sbe has been confined to
bed with an attack of typhoid fever The
other women prisoners in the Jail cannot
be compelled to take care of the sick
woman and nothing remains for the poor
creature but death. 1t is true that the
Sheriff will try and be as kind as possible
to her but everyone knows the care ne
cessary for o person with typhoid fever.
The Jail commissioners and physician
should see that tho woman is removed to
hospital. 1t would be an awful thing to
compel the sick woman to remain IN jail
under tho circumstances.
Hooper Downey who was in critical
condition last week with appendicitis is
out of all danger. He was attended by
DIR. Kuntz.
James G. Brdgewater has returned
home from visit to his son Frank in
Philadelphia.
James H. Gam, of Philadelphia, was
here yesterday to see the local lodges in
reference to taking excursions to Angus
tine Park.
He has made arrangements with the
trolley road to carry several thousand ex-
cursionsts from Wilmington to New
Castle where they will take the palace
steamer Favorite. The steamer will make
her first stop here on Sunday June 20.
Several lodges from New Castle contcm'
plate going to the favorite resort from this
city, during the summer.
Miss Virginia S. Cooper is indisposed.
Shad arc being caught in large numbers
and selling at II cents each at wholesale.
Twenty young people from Wilmington
came over here last evening and visited
g. Edwin Eckles.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
LOSS OF THE TRITON
HEARTRENDING SCENES ON
\ SINKING SHIP.
In Wild Rush Boats Were Cap
sized. Fully $50 People,
Including All the Wo-
men Perish.

llahnna, Oct. 17.-The gun
boat Maria Cristina, which left
this port Yesterday for the scene
OF the wreck of the coasting steam
er Triton, bound from Habana TO
bahia Honda, Pinar del Rio. which
sank yesterday morning between
Domlnica and Maricl, has returned
accompanied by the tugboat Susie,
which went with her. The two
vessels arrived here at / O'Clock
this afternoon, the gunboat having
on board 10 and the tugboat %
of the members of the lost shin s
company, of whom 13 are civilians
and soldiers. The whereabouts
of the others of the company are
unknown. The Triton struck a
rock during a heavy rainstorm.
Her cargo shifted and / ). minutes
later she sank in 12O fathoms of
water.
Those who were rescued tell
hcartrcnding stories of the scenes
during the terrible quarter of nm
hour before the Triton sank. An
army captain, his wife and daugh-
ter went down together, locked i'm
a last embrace. \ mother with
twins - months old drifted help
lessIy y away on the crest of great
wave. All the other ladies and
cht!1fen were drowned. Just as
the Triton was sinking Captain
Ricardo, her commander, commit
ed suicide by shooting himself
with his revolver. 1t is impos-
siblc to give the exact number OF
those who were lost but it is csti
mated that they were not fewer
then $50. No passenger list has
been found.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
SOInethInn To KnOm.

1t may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor> ;
Ing the tired out nervous system to
nealth aud yigor is Electric Bitters.
This medicine il purely vegetable,
IT'S by giving toneto the nerve centres
the stomach, genny stimulates the
hver and Kidneys. and aids these or.
ans in throwing Off Impurities in the
blood. Electric Bitters improves the
appetite. aids digestion, aud is pro-
nounced by those who have tried Il as
the very best blood purifier and nerve
tonic. Try IL. Sold for sos or SIOO
per bottle at Crawford Bros Drug
Store.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20

Mr. Jnp I McKittrick, we un-
derstand, has decided not TO sell
another bale of cotton for less
than : cents. And he wants to
know how many of his brother
farmers in the South will ioin
him in this determination. There
is no doubt if all the cotton grow
ers OF the South would do the
sage thiug It would not he thirty
days before cents a pound would
he paid for cotton. And it would
only be question of time, and n
very short time, before cotton
would he worth ! cents and there
would be demand for it. If we
had it in our power we would is
sue an order today that not anoth-
or pound OF cotton be sold for
less than 7 cents, and if it were
obeyed the price would very soon
90 to Z cents. And if none were
sold for less when there became a
surplus the production would he
decreased and the farmers wou!d
plant something else. There is
no money to be made in this
country raising cotton for less,
especially when the money to
produce the crop has to be Dor,
rowed or the supplies bought or
a lien. The trouble is the farm.
ers will not unite and at present
are in no, condition to do so, il
they were inclined. If, however,
the crop was not spent before il
was made they would be master.
of the situation. - NewberrN
Herald & News.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
Sam Jones Celebrates His Fifticth
Birthday.

Cartersvillc, Ga, Oct. 16. The
Rev Sam Jones celebrated today
his 50th birthday with the most
elaborate functions of the kind
ever given in the South. Fifty
guests were present from fifteen
States. Among the speakers at
the banquet table were Hoke
Smith, Clark Howell and other
prominent Southerners.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
TWO KILLINGS IN SPARTAN
BURG.
Special to The State.

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'P"F''h""r%' Oc' IT, Inns at-
'''"o'" " Wn''' man from the
country 'lNil% near NrcerS, whose
''''''o - "eor@e Nl"Fr""' met with
~, "'''"'u' "|''" terminate" Ia
''''N' y ""uI Oh ne was walk
"'S up '"o r'''r"a"' inc unc the
'''' 'no""''" tram on Ih' N""'h
w'' '''''' '"''" WAS coming IN.
'''' '.'I'''''' ~" inc man "P-
= .'''o,'',T u''' '''" inc ""'N''e'
'','. '''o .''''' '''' tram was near
'- ''''' -''' -" S.''' u" 10 run
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
JONES MUST SWING.


Austin, Texas. oct. I5-Efic
Jones, n negro, has been convict
cd of the murder of Riley W Stew
art, II prominent and influential
democrat OF East Texas, and the
death penalty affixed. Stuart wa
murdered on the night of the 18th
of May last. Eflie Jones confess
ed that he had killed Stuart with 4
club and that he had been hired to
commit the crime by VIM Jones.
OF Long View, because Stuart car
ricd SO, 200 insurance in which
Jones was Interested.
William Jones was one of the
most prominent white democrats
in his section of the State. \ few
nights after the murder and con.
fcSsion Stuart's friends broke into
the Tyler jail and shot Jones to
death in his cell, sparing the black
man % be dealt with BY the law.
1t was the most sensational lynch
INC Texas has ever had and scores
OF white men of cast TcNasa are un-
der indictment because Of it: Ef-
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
LANCASTER, s. q, OCTOBER 70 1897
TlNDAL WANTED TO DIE.
He Swallowed Big Dose of Nor
phine to Escape a Term in
the Penitentiary.
Special to The State.

Sumter, Oct l5. Henry Tindal
the negro who was convicted of a
hclnous crime n few days ago and
who is now in Jail awaiting trans
portatlon to the ponitcntiarv to
serve his sentence, came to the
conclusion that one term was
enough for him and tried to cheat
the law by taking big dose of
morphine on Tuesday night, but
unfortunately did not take enough
to have the desired effect.
Tindal has been addicted to the
opium habit for II number of
years or the dose that he swallow
ed would have put him to sleep
forever. AS it was he has been
pretty 'shakey," but will be well
enough to stand the trip to Co.
lumbia when the time comes for
him to go. 1t has been suggested
that he he given another bottle
of morphine and a rope also, in
case he would like to try the cx-
pertinent again.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20

Rock Hill Herald: Captain w
l. Roddey leading business man
of our city, suggests that a good
way to defeat the original package
agents would be for the state to
impose "A heavy liquor license tax
on every person or agent selling
liquors in any town, city or county
in South Carolina-say of $40, =
600. The state could well afford
to pay the license because the
money would at once 90 back into
the state treasury, while but few
dealers would pay such a tax for
the privilege of selling whiskey
in any city or town in South Ca
rolina. The law may present
hlndrances to the enaction Of a
system of this kind; but we have
been told that it does not. A re-
gulation such as suggested by
Captain Roddey would soon rid
the state of all original package
dealers.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
SEMI WEEKLY EDITION.
THE GREAT DOME FELL IN
CATASTROPHE AT OPERA
HOUSE IN CINCINNATI
Three Were Killed, 26 Seriously
and 25 or 30 Slightly Injur-
ed by Failing Timbers.

Cincinnati, Oct. l5.-"The
Dangers of a Great City" on the
stage of Robinson's opera house
tonight was cut short in its per
formancc by = tragic realization
of the actual dangers of great
city. The house was fairly well
filled, but not crowded.. \ little
before $50 o clock tonight, lady
in the audience says she heard II
creeping noise which continued
five minutes before the catastrv-
phe. Presently the pIastering
began to fall in small patches at
first. After while the plaster
ing began to shower down in
great chunks. 1t came from the
ceiling which supported the dome.
There was rush from the gallery.
which was not very well filled.
The balcony was soon cmptied.
Those in the dress circle retired
MS promptly as possible and
strange TO say, without panic.
The crowding of these to the
door obstructed the passage of
people from the parqucttc, which
accounts in measure for the
number of casualties. Suddenly
the great central truss of the cell
ing, 50 feet long and 80 feet wide
came plunging down. The ends
of it struck on the two gallery
wings, sending it down into the
parquette. Nothing on the stage
was harmed.
The list at the hospital showed
three dead, five dangerously if
not fatally wounded, and % more
or less seriously injured. In ad-
dition to these a large number,
probably % or 80, were so slightly
injured as to he able to walk home.
OF the dangerously wounded Mt
the hospital, amputation will be
necessary in several cases.
\ score of surgeons volunteered
their assistance to the hospital
corps. \ sufficient number was
accepted. The scene in front of
the hospital door was Il sad one.
Hundreds ot people gathered there
cIamoring for the names OF the
injured.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
Registration Books ODel.

n AGO 0BDANCE with the Act of
u 1885 providing frr tna registration
* electors, the booas of the Supervisor.
al Registration will be open at th"
'sM It hoase on the first Monday i
= asS mouth for the registration orelec
SSrs entitled TO registration and her
Spsa Tor three successive" days in eacl
S1anth until the general election OF
- -%ss w. G.. A Porter,
r. NJ. Kirk.
r.. J. Flynn,
Board of Registration.
Kew az. Is96-tf
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
FRESH BEEF

6 ALL times n my market in the
a Davis building My refrigerator
SsePs II almost ice.cold will deliver
&. tU Sny part of town at any hour de-
sSred You can purchase beef when
you wish. leave it, i'm the Refrigerator
rad L will send itt your home any
hse you may wish IL sent This in-
s@ res your beef being kept perfectly
res H. w r. VOTING
IViy 2Gth, lS97-3m.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
Notice..

A Ill persons indebted to the estate
~ of Harriet Welsh. deceased, are
HsSeoy notified To cove forward aud
-' Get ate the same, aud all persons havi Y
ckSms against the said estate will pre-
%e<rt them at once u ihe'undersigned.
{. &. WELSH,
Administrators.
1h'o, 1917. wk.
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Notice.

4 Ill persons indebted to the estate
Il "f T.. Jane BIakeney deceased. are
S@-eby notified To- come forward and
settle the same, aud all persons hav-
kt1g claims against the said estate will
fSresent them at once to the under
yiEyC ed.
&. G WELSH,
administrators.
'-scS D, 1897. 3 wk
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20

The London Echo gives a list
of large landowners in Australia.
One of them has 100000 acres.
another 200. 900, a third 3, 500, :
600 while the Union Bank owns
no fewer than $500, 600 acres.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
For Sale!

Z pair matched mules, we'll
"aT"ke; l heavy two horse wagon:
Z horse; l plug mule; shop and
farming utensils, will he sold
',ei1her privately or publicly. See
a7Sr at once. w. b. SApP.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
WElLER pARDONsS PRISON
ERS.
Captain General Grants Amnesty
to ty-SiX Men and Women.

Havana, Oct. 14.-General
Wcyler the retiring captain gen
eraI, has granted amnesty to forty
SIX more political prisoners, IN
cIudng several women who have
been confined on the Isle of Pines.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
tS!ABLlrHr ID i853
Ne UnderSell All Others In
Groceries.


lS pounds granulated Sugar for / vy
20 pounds lighs brown Sugar 100
We have the cheapest line
or Chewing and Smoking Tobacco
IN town. Also we carrya nice line
of Notions, such rs hand<crchicfs,
Ladies and Gents Hose, etc. etc.
As- - th,r.r-N- AZ BRO.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
Killing Heat in Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-The,o was
one death and two prostrations
FROM the heat here today.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
THE LIMBLESS COTTON.
The Statement of Reliable Citi-
zen of Greenville About the
Famous jackson Cotton.

The inquiries here are numerous,
and the article we published sew
eraI weeks ago has been quoted
all over the country. 1t is said
that crowds continue to flock to
Jacksons farm between Atlanta
and Fort Mcpherson, and most of
them come away highly delighted.
Mr. William wilkins, of this
city, while in Atlanta several
weeks ago, visited the farm and
made a close inspection of the
wonderful cotton patch. Mr..
Wilkins was seen yesterday by a
rer orter for The Mountainccr. who
asked him to tell something about
the jackson cotton. "Well,"
said Mr. Wilkins, 81 can show
You better than can tell 'you."
With this he produced photo
graph of section of the patch.
The picture shows two negroes
and two white men standing in
the cotton, which is planted very
close together. The taIIest man
is Mr. Jackson, the proprietor,
whose height is six feet two inches.
The stalks are all nearly two feet
above Mr. Jackson's head.
"But,'' asked the reporter, 'Is
all Of it like that.'
"Every bit of it," said Mr.
Wilkins, "'Thc whole patch will
average eight feet in height, and
there is very little of it which is
below that. Some of it is four.
teen feet high. went all through
it and did't see any that could be
compared to the best of our or
dinary cotton.
what about the soil. Is 1t
very richly fcrtlizcd!'
'lt did not seem to be. In one
place the cotton was growing in
an old road which crossed the field.
Some of the land is an old pea
field. and does not seem to be
different from the ordinary farm
land about there.
How much will it makc!'
jackson has six acres which he
says will make four bales to the
acre, and | believe it will for it is
the most wonderful cotton | ever
saw.
DO YOU believe there is any
fake about it, !,
Il don't think so, for numbers
of people have seen it and all 90
away convinced
What about Jackson, do YOU
know anything about him!'
well, from what learned |
should think he was entirely re.
liable. My attention was first
called to the matter by my father
in law, the late Col | w Averv,
who has taken n great interest it. ,
Mr. Wilkins seems to he
thoroughly convinced that the
cotton is just what jackson claims
for 1T, and he doesn't place much
confidence in any statement to the
contrary. Jackson told him that
the seed was givan him by a Jew
who had Travelled widely and who
said he obtained the seed in Africa
1t is very probable that both
sides of the matter have been ex
aggerated by interested parties,
but the above statement from Mr.
Wilkins should be considered re
liable, as he Is altogether without
bias in the matter The article
published elsewhere from the New
York Dry Goods Record would
seem to give further sub stantia-
ton to the claims of Mr. jackson
in regard TO his much discussed
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-20
NOTICE.

'gS tue Taxpayers Of Lancaster Coun-
ty:
Tke tax books will he open In the
SsfIee OF the county treasuser for Ian.
'eatter county for the coIIecsion Of taxes
fsar the hseal year 1897 from the 18th
lay ~ October To the 3lst day Of De-
-. sUbsr, 1897.
The following Is the levy for the
..S.aogty:
state mills
Eaeerest on &CRR I"
EIae. on q & e. q II II ellis Creek ~
Int. on {" Pleas Hin a ..
Co@s,itutional School tax
t4auoester Graded school 4
.3aaes' Y Roads
6Xeeshaw -
,sCs2khurst O.
The levies by townships are:
Seian Land l6 mills
waShaw l6 4"
Cane Creek ia +"
a. Graded School %
-, Jones Y Roads) Is &"
sits creek 20l "
% (ciraded SchooD 2ji
tJones y Roads, 22s +"
~lat Creek No IL 20 ("
Pleasant Hill 10
No - % &"
q" - Jones' Y Roads 81
" (Oakhursp % :.
@t$ed eek IN 4"
- (Jones'X Roads) ls f"
Respectfully submitted.
]. j. BLACKMON.
GO. Treas, Lancaster County
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Hees, Soha wEDDFRBURN 4 90 p,tent A1tas,
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
AlARcER SCHOOL,

principal - Theodore Forby. a. hts fnten-
ton is 10 make IL training school for The
University OF Washington and later on for
the Eastern colleges. There ars about Is
pupils enrolled Leo's Commercial Acst-
envy has a. pupils, and ire Acme Collegiate
Institute - pups. In both OF which the
sexes are equally divided. while Wilson'S
Business College has 100 boys and @ girls.
Kindergarten Schools.
In addition TO these schools there are IL
kindsrgartens n The city. The Seattle
Free kindergarten Association has enc
school with Miss Ellen Gresham as prin-
oipsl. one assistant and training class OF
"A, and an average OF 60 small children in
attendance. The Bailey Gatzert Memorial
Free Kindergarten has a fine new building
specially erected for the purpose on South
Seventh and Norman streets. and opened
with appropriate ceremonies last spring.
Mrs Bailey Catzer;. who raised IL 10 the
memory OF her husband. made an ex-
tended tour OF investigation into kinder
garten buildings and systems. then hersel
super-rtended the designing. erection ana
q Ing up Of the institution. with result
that II IS one OF the finest and best equip
ped Establishments OF It's kind IN this
country. She slso super.ntends the work
ing of the institution, with Miss Harvey.
q hig1-class graduate Of the system from
San Francisco. as her chief executive.
During the year the new institution aver
aged about 30 pupils.
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began TO worship In Its handsome new ed
fee at the corner OF Madison street and
Broadway. The new church is OF Gothic
design, with clerssory and trusses and a
neat chapel. IL has seating capacity OF
SO. and q spacious choir room and yess-y.
The Rev. Il. c. Garrett. the rector, had a
call to Trinity church. Portland. during
the fall, bur although IL was a distinct
promotion IA income and n other respects
ne felt that he could not leave with tina
new church building on his hands. ST.
Marks has been a prosperous church. It's
temporary house Of worship erected on
Fifth avenue. between Olive and Stewart
streets IN 1850, has been three times en-
largeG TO meet Us growing needs. IT has
also a prosperous mission in North Seat
tie, called ST. Paurs chapel. This is in the
attractive building formerly used by the
Methodist Protes Gants, corner OF Warren
avenue and Harrison streets.
There are four societies or guilds in ST.
Marks parish. The Women's GuId, Mrs
Winfield r. Smith. president, which has
two branches, has ra.sed about s2oo0 dur
ing the past year for the equipment of the
new church. The auxiliary for missions
at home and abroad, and the parish AID
socsety to care for the poor. are both wo-
mems organizations. Mrs. w. IL. IL. Green
presiding over the former. and Mrs.
Charles F. Fishback the latter The
Brotherhood of St. Andrew Is an organize-
ton for men, OF which B. s. ), Phillips IS
the director. OF the Young Peoples Soci-
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largest membership % any cn1r-ss OF tnss
denomination - shs city. K has Two MS
sio0zTx eocastxes. lss1s es' asd society and
. Young Peoples Baptist Uzloa w3sh =
membership OF s.
TIE Frs Baptist Church Or ballard has
sn soas pastor IN Rev. John Fletcher. and
Rev And-sw Swa-tr Is ira pastor % Sae
Swedish Baptist church. corner OF ESEA1h
avenue and BeA street Tbs hss tales
mission c1rols with membership ef :. =
sewing soeSe-y that has &SGed .srgely n
1reelng TIE church properly c-osn dest.
numbering 81 On rs rozl. ard a Young peo-
pies union Of 81
There are slse re Market Street. Baptist
church. Rev O. A Ball. pastor; Norwegian
Rant2sf, Rev. .. L. Hayen. pastor ard
Swedish Baptist. Ballard. Rev Dr.. Nell
scr, pastor.
TIE North Seattle Esptsst church has q
church building q; Th3rd avenue ard Ce-
dar etr~e< ~. also conducts a mission
ar~cag shs aweiiers On che ~ater front of
Nor-h Seattle. with q Sunday school OF 50
children and sdults and seven offeers and
teachers Taere II young peoples So
ctsty Of a. members for 3svelopgnens 81 re-
rgio1s ard moral character. particularly