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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-02
Death OF Cant. Mtnto,s WIDOW,

Mrs. Esther Z. Mimic, widow of Capt
Archibald Mimic, died last week at her
home, No. 226 West Ninth street, aged
30 years.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-02

Fayette, No., Aug, 81. John Walker,
ex.State auditor and ex.railroad COM
missioner, is dead. He WAS ~ years Of
age,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-02

Mr.. Morris, who made the motion to
adjourn, was praised on all sides by
the Republican spectators who declared
their belief that his motion camo as
such surprise to the Democratic mem.
bera that they had no time 10 get
together and make an amendment to
the motion. Besides this the motion
came from such an unexpected quarter
that it did not meet with the opposi-
tion that would likely have been shown
had Mr.. Robertson, the acknowledged
Republican loader, made the motion.
All the old officers were in or about
the Council chamber when the motion
was pat through and several ara badly
Worried by the action OF Council as
they are not certain that they can be
reinstated in their positions by vote
OF Council.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-02
A MYSTERY IN CECIL COUNTY
The Corpse of a Woman Taken
From Big Elk Creek.
BODY OF MRS. MARY R. ROBERTS
Who Resided In This City for
SeveralsYears.

DR.. lamar Of the Opinion That the Wounds
We're inflicted With a Knife Some
Other Sharp ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS That
the Stranger Was Murdered and Thrown
Into tho Stream.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-02

He sold tho Liquor and Took the Money,
and So Was Muicted in n 500 Fiue An
Interesting Session of City Court.
The herald., 1897-08-11
TOLD HIS STORY AND DIED

The first book on. the northern El Do
rado to reach us is entitled Guide to the
Yukon Gold Fields" 1t is by " Will
son, The Calvert Company publishers,
Seattle, Wash. The book, in its s5
pages, comprehends a map and minute
descriptions of the Yukon country, illus
trated by numerous half-tones. mel
ancholy feature is found in memoir
accompanying the preface, which says:
Soon after the notes from which this
work was compiled were handed to the
publisher, the author was taken seri-
ously ill., and just at the hour the book
comes from the press there comes also
the sad news of the authors DEATH
Mr. Wilson was barely thirty years of
age, and he died of fever superinduce d
by hardships encountered in his four
thousand mile journey through the Yu-
kon country. He left behind him &
guide book which ought to be of much
value to those seeking the new gold
fields However, there is little in it con
corning recent discoveries, and we Judge
that the notes were taken in the summer
of 1894.
The herald., 1897-08-11
ODD BITS FROM MANY STATES

There is musical school district down
in Rockport, Me. There are only twenty
eight families, but they possess eleven
violins nine organs, six pianos, two ban
JOS and one guitar.
A candidate for the pos.mastership
of Waldoboro, Me, owns 625 hens and
chickens, anG urges as one claim for the
position that a man that can manage
big flock of hens successfully is equal
to any public trust.
A Rhode Island man is going into the
wishbone business He Will buy the
magic little bones from firms that sell
canned chicken and then dispose of them
to feminine purchasers for deco
rative and sentimental purposes.
Upon the Kaufman farm, ~ Spring
field township, Bucks county, Pa, isra
rose tree of the crimson rambler variety,
which is noted FOR its remarkable growth
an6, abundance of flowers. 1t bears q
beautiful crimson flower, and last year
had $3.50 blossoms an6, buds.
Warning to the fanatics who use toe
much bathing dress, is supplied by the
fate of a negro who went In swimming
In the Hillsboro river, near Tampa, Fla,
the other day in mother hubbard gown
and was drowned N five feet of water
because the dre-,3 entang.ed his feet.
A tropical leather-back turtle, weigh
ing 6Sb pounl-. got astray into Chesa
The herald., 1897-08-11

peake bay few days ago and was cap.
tureG by some stout fishermen. 1t Is six
feet five inches long ard three feet eight
inches broad. The shell is black and
rather soft, like leather, and seven lon
gitudinal ridges run down the back from
head to tail.
People get up early in the morning out
in. Nebraska. and from this habit some
enterprisng social leader has evolved
an idea which has become a fad ir the
neighborhood of Grand Island, where
"breakfast picnics' are in vogue. The
guests start out at o'clock breakfast
in the woods, and come home before the
sun makes things too hot for comfort.
A church society of a town up in Con-
necticut has a favorite form of enter
tainment called chronothanatolethr
II is a show in which personages of other
times appear in the costumes in which
they are supposed to have lived. The
advantage of it all is that in the name
you get more than value for your money,
even if the effort is not a success other
wise.
About $4,000 year has been saved
by the State of Virginia through a re-
form in regulating criminal expenses.
One change which results in a large
saving is that which provides that cc.l-
victs sentenced to the penitentiary shall
be sent for by the authorities of that IN
stitution, rather than escorted to 1t by
sheriffs or police in the various counties
ard cities.
The herald., 1897-08-11

mert was made with reference to the
Transvaal by the enterprising gentle
men who tried to run over the Kruger
government. Several powerful ma
tions," says Senator White, ruled upon
the monarchic plan, have seized terri
tory for commercial reasons and because
of sympathy with resident subjects. But
we cannot justify ourselves upon any
such grounds. The role of despot is un-
suited to the American"
The senator goes on to show that the
policy of foreign acquisition is for-
eign to our rule in the past, when based
upon terms like those in the case of Ha-
waii. and says: Il do not discuss the
question of technical authority. l con-
cede for the sake of argument that the
provisions of the Hawaiian constitution
authorize annexation, and that our title
derived therefrom would be legally good.
But when we are asked to join in the
obiteration of government 1t is our
duty to consider the propriety of the ces-
those whose political status is so vitality
involved. If the natives are at all
capa BILE of fcomprehending their situation
they should be consulted; if they are ut
terly incompetent we should not bring
them in"
In conclusion the senator points out
that the rronosad acollisition is not nee
essary for our protection, nor important
to our trade. There is no danger of for
eign interference in the presence Of our
avowed insistence upon Hawaiian auton-
omy; our rights in that regard being uni
versally admitted.
The herald., 1897-08-11
Won q Husband on a Bet

Mr. ]. c. kaufman of Newport News
and Miss Zella M. Hendrick of Fairville,
Mo-, accompanied by the latter's aunt,
Mrs. Susan Myers of Buchanan county,
arrived in Norfolk on visit Monday and
ere they left Miss Hendrick became Mrs.
kaufman. The young couple had known
each other for long time, but up to the
date of their arrival in Norfolk matri-
mony had not been entertained by them.
While walking around the city, however,
Mrs. Kaufman offered to bet Miss Hen
drick that she would not become his
bride. The wager was promptly accepted
by the lady and license obtained from
the clerk of the courts, after which the
couple sought minister and were quiet
ly united in the holy bonds of wedlock,
few friends witnessing the ceremony.
Norfolk Landmark.
The herald., 1897-08-11
A CASE THAT WAS PARTLY
SIMILAR

The escapade of Mrs. Bradbury and
the reconciliation between her and her
husband have received more attention
from the public and the newspapers than
any case of similar kind that has re-
Gently occurred.
1t brings to mind that of General Dan
iel E. Sickles Of more than forty years
ago. For an offense similar to that COM
mitted by Ward, Sickles, who was then
member Of congress, shot and killed
Philip Barton Key of Baltimore, who
at that time was United States attorney
for the District of Columbia. The prom
inence of the parties made the case un-
usually conspicuous. Key did not elope
with the wife of Sickles, but seriously
compromised her. Key and Sicl1les had
been intimate friends. Mrs. Sickles was
an attractive Italian woman, and had
but recently married Sickles, who,
though member of congress, was quite
a young man.
Sickles and wife were separated for a
time. but he took her back, and the act
was discussed with freedom Some con-
demned and others defended his course
Sickles wrote and published the reasons
for the course he pursued, the chief one
being that his wife was young, and if
left without friends she might embark
on a life of abandonment, from which
reconciliation and restoration to his
home would preserve her.
The herald., 1897-08-11
Lazarus and Dives

colored exhorter, charging on the
impossibility of rich men getting into
heaven, said:
Look at Latherus: When he wuz
on de airth he AK Diwees for de crumb bs
dot fall frum his table. En- what die
Diwees do ter him? He call his dog
Moreover, and set him on Latherus
Latherus put up purity good fight, but
de dog licked him. Den Diwees was sc
mad dat he took fit en- died, en- when he
wake up he find himself in hell fire, en- he
look troo de skylght en- see Latherus en-
Father Abraham in huggin' match; en-
he call to Latherus ter turn on de water
en- he'll pay de bill. En- what did Lath-
erus say? He des lean over the banister
en- holler out: Go long, man, en- shet
yo' mouf. De water was cut off on de
tenth. Milk en- honey is de bes' I got. -
Atlanta Constitution.
The herald., 1897-08-11
A Fair Celestial

The Marchioness Ii, wife of Ii Hung
Chang, is very beautiful and learned,
If compared with her countrywomen.
While her age is more than so, she looks
80 or even less. The wife of very rich
man, she spends royalty, although not
without keeping detailed account of
her expenditures She lives in her mag
nificent home on the banks of the Pei -Ho
in great splendor, surrounded by song
birds, peacocks, aquaria, pottery, gems
and botanical collections. One thousand
attendants and servants answer her beck
and call. In her wardrobe it is said are
guarded 1000 coats, 1900 pairs of "trous-
erettes" and 500 fur robes made from the
finest skins
The herald., 1897-08-11
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Harbor Springs, Mich. Indians are
smoking cigarettes with the delusion
that the things i!cmake "palefaces" of
them. They learned the habit from re-
sorters
During the present year fifteen union
generals are already recorded in the
mortuary lists: Walker, Stevenson,
Smith, Ryder, Couch, Pleasanton, Rob-
inson, Solomon. Carleton, Ide, Hazard.
Garner, Harrington, De Trobriand,
Wentworth and Farnsworth.
Charles Sprague Pearce, originally
from Boston, but for twenty years. or
more identified, with he Paris group
of American painters, has just been
decorated by the Russian government
with the Order of the Red Eagle. Mr..
Pearce received the red ribbon of the
Legion of Honor last year and has been
the recipient of many medals from the
Salon, American, English and foreign
exhibitions.
A. d. Bartlett, who died recently in
London, acquired snterna aticual fame
through the fact that he was superin-
ttndent of the London Geological garden
when the we'll known elenhsrt Jumbo
became so uncertain OF temper that it
was unsafe for children to go near him.
Mr.. Bartlett sold the brute to Barnum
for $4,000, and the storm of protests that
followed almost ousted Mr. Bartlett
from the zoo.
There is brother of Leland Stanford
living in Australia who is a very rich
man, and has proved himself greatly
;vta cd IN, nee fol
lished by hin brother, and so ably de-
Tended and aided by his widow. He has
given 100000 for library, one-half for
building and the other half for books,
and will in all proba bility leave his for
tune to the university. He is childless
widower at the age of GA.
DIR. Borysik, who has just passed the
final examination at Warsaw univers-
ity, qualifying him to practice as doc
tor of medicine in Russia, is in his 18th
year. He took part in the Polish re-
bellion in 1868, and for that was eXiled
to Siberia, where for thirty-three years
he underwent hard labor in the silver
mines. He was pardoned in 1895, and
then again took up the study OF medi
cine where he had dropped it in 1863.
Senator Vest recently told this s,ory
Of the origin of the South Carolina in
dustry: Jefferson, while minister to
France, visited Italy, and finding there
a very superior quality of rice filled the
pockets of his Virginia overcoat-the
old ia shioned Virginia coat, with capes
to it, which our grandfathcrs wore
with it, and-to use plain language
smuggled it out CT the country. He car
ried it to Paris, put it up in small pack
ages Of five and ten grains and sent it to
Charleston, S. c., and that was the basis
of the South Carolina rice, the finest
now in the world"
The herald., 1897-08-11
NEWSPAPER WAITS

did Slumpy make much Of success
as a singer?" mo; the same old story.
All his notes were protested" d."-Detroit
Free Press.
Why He Was Fined-"I understand
that Wheeler was fined for scorching'
"Scorching nothing He was fined for
riding so slow that he impeded traffic"
Truth
Warding Off an Evil.-"Why do you
laugh at his jokes? 1t isn't possible you
understand them, is it?" mo; but if
didn't laugh he'd try to explain them"
Brooklyn Life.
Time Not Expired.-Mr. Bellefield-
"Is Andree back yet?" Mr. Bloomfield
Not yet. I think he must have been
sent up for thirty days. ."-Pittsburg
ChronicleTelegraph.
Deep Affection.-"Dearest," said the
summer young man, you may not be-
lieve me, but must tell you that you are
the only girl 1 have loved this year.
Indianapolis Journal.
Safe-"May 1 kiss you, Miss Ten
spot?" asked young Mr.. Huggins. Have
you ever kissed girl before?" asked the
young lady. "Never!" asseverated the
young man. "Then you may kiss me.
1 draw the line at young men who kiss
and tell."-Life.
Timely Warning.-"Don't you believe
all you see in the funny papers about
summer girls and their engagements
lust for fun" said the sad-eyed man.
.'Why not?" II thought 1 had met that
kind of girl last summer, but she mar
ried me good and tight before the year
was ut-"-Phladelphia North Ameri-
can.
You have all sorts of pie, see by a
sign in the window" said the facetious
custo as he went into a bakery and
addressed one of the young women who
stood behind the counter. Yes, sir.
What kind do you want?" II will take
a magpie, if you please" At this re-
mark another young woman snickered,
but the other girl turned to her promptly
and said: Here, Bertha, you're
wanted. .'-Harper's Bazaar.
The herald., 1897-08-11
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST IL, 1897.
SENATOR WHITE ON HAWAIIAN
ANNEXATION

The August Forum contains an article
by Senator Steqhen NJ. White on "The
Proposed Annexation of Hawaii" that is
especially timely, and which effectual,y
refutes the assertions ard claims of those
who are seeking to bring about the ac-
QUESTION of the islands.
The senator calls attention to the pol
icy of this country in avoiding entang-
ling alliances in the past. and then says:
But we are dogmatically told that we
must have the islands for protection;
that our country cannot be safe without
them. I deny the accuracy of the con-
tenton. We can make better contest
without than with Hawaii" And he
shows that if we should go into the for
eign acquisition business it would be
necessary to spend 100000 900 year on
our navy alone, and almost an equal
sum for coast defenses.
If, unhappily, we engage in foreign
contention, where will the enemy strike +?
II San francisco were attacked after
annexa ton would our batteries at Homo
uiu be effective? But it is urged that
England or Japan would seize Honolulu
in case of trouble. The senator points
out that England has a Pacific Gibral-
tar at Esquimault, on the Washington
boundary, and would have no occasion
to make trouble, but il she does she is
$500 miles away from Hawaii and the
United States is 2000 miles.
We cannot hold the Hawaiian islands
sess them Can unlikely hypothesis with
out vast outlay and without weakening 6
our home defenscs If we constructed
impregnable forts there, we should be
left alone in our grandeur without any
enemy to defeat or anything particularly
valuable to protect.
Senator White next disposes of the as
sertior that the possession of the Hawa-
North Pacific. We should have to defend
them "The enthusiastic advoca tes of
annexation forget that the North Pacific
must yield to ships of war, and that a
nation possessed of all the islands in
the South Pacific would not, because of
that possession, command the seas there
or elsewhere
1t is averred that we shall need the
Islands when We construct the Nicara-
guam canal, on the ground that we car
not otherwise properly defend that work.
The suggestions already made dispose
of this pretense. The western terminus
of the canal would not be better pro-
tected by guns mounted at Hawaii than
by those which guard the Golden Gate.
We do not need Honolulu as a coaling
station because we already have Pearl
harbor.
The effort to make our people believe
that Japan proposes to seize Hawaii
comes from the cute promoters of annex
alton.
1t is said that annexation should be
favored because Americans have para
mount interests in Hawaii. This argu-
The herald., 1897-08-11
THE RICHEST MINES

Talk about rich digglngs if you will
but the richest gold mines ever discov-
cred in this or any other country are the
Wall street diggings. Klondyke is no.
where in comparison. For steady
everyday mining the Wall street dig
gings are away above the average, and
afford splendid compensation to the
people working them; but some of th5
claims there are fabulously rich. No
where in the whole history of mining has
anything been found at all approaching
the celebrated clean up of Morgan
Rothschild g. Co. of, two years ago!
Nineteen millions ip one night! think OF
The herald., 1897-08-11
WHEN WE ARE ALL ASLEEP
When He returns and finds all sleeping
here

When He returns and finds all sleeping
here
Some old, some young, some fair, and
some not fair,
Will He stoop down and whisper in each
ear
Awaken" or for PHYS sake forbear-
Saying, How shall 1 meet their frozen
stare
OF wonder and their eyes so woebegone? ?
How shall l comfort them In their despair.
If they cry out Too late! let us sleep on? "
Perchance He will not wake us up, but
when
He sees US look so happy in our rest,
VIII murmur Poor dead women and dead
men!
Dire was their DOOM and weary was their
quest.
Wherefore awake them into life again?
Let them sleep on untroubled-it is best"
ROBERT BUCHANAN.
The herald., 1897-08-11

III! and all ir good. solid. standard gold
liz is enough to make ones head swim
Strikes of many thousands are of daily
occurrence in that country, and just a
few millions at one pan out is not an un-
usual occurrence, but this great clean
up, under the superintendency of Grover
Cleveland, stands alone for richness.
Many Of the claims in those diggings are
remarkably remunerative, but the rich
est of them all is this one owned by
Rothschild, Morgan & Co. 1t runs down
into and taps a deposit of virgin, gold of
the exact fineness of that in the govern
ment treasury.
The discovery and opening up Of new
gold fields seems to be the order Of the
day. The developments in Alaska and
the rediscovery Of the old mines of Peru
are but the works of yesterday. and now
come the tariff diggings, the exact To-
cation of which is not yet fully defined,
but ia believed to be somewhere in thc
New England states. Judging from the
reports that have already reached us.
these must be immensely productive
1t is not known why the claims there are
called trusts" unless it is that they are
more reliable than others. At all events
the owners of them are considered ex-
tremely fortunate, since the claims COM
mand a phenomenally high price in :he
market From the best obtainable in
formation the Klondyke mines, though
rich almost beyond estimate, are cast in
the shade by this new mining locality.
1t has been remarked as rather strange
that while such extensive and valuable
gold mines are brought to light, no new
ones wha tever of silver materialize. But
the latter, being of 80 much less value, is
not sought after. 1t is too base metal
for this golden age. Silver is good spoon
material, but its day for money is passed,
A sounder money is demanded by bust
ness men, that is to say, by bankers, and
they ought to know best what kind Of
money the people ought to have.
Happily, the recent wonderful sue
cesses in the pursuit of gold have stimu-
lated still further development in the
same line, and energetic prospecting in
an entirely new quarter is going on. Ar
extremely enterprising organization
called the Hanna-Gage Company is at
this very moment opening up, with a
f1attering prospect of success, the ole
long lost lead known as the Monetary
Reform. For many months these expe
rienced miners in their operations fol-
lowed the currency commission vein,
but in vain Ono witticism intended); so
they were compelled to abandon it. They
are now trying a shorter cut through the
treasury tunnel, and expect to reach
the mother lode before the next rainy
season sets in. It is confidently believed
that If they are successful in intercepting
the true fissure Of this long lost mine, 1t
will prove remunerative beyond the
dreams Of avarice. 1t is one of the tra-
dtions Of this mine that it yields only
the purest gold without the admixture
of any baser metal whatever. That they
may find it and overwhelm the worl1
with the magnitude of their discovery,
let us pray.