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Evening journal., 1897-08-31
cHEcKIno oE pAeeAeE.
Receives Kicks and Marks Through
Every Channel of Pnnsnge

Receives Kicks ana Marks Through
Every Channel OF Passage.
The American constitution has been
called a system of checks. So in Amer
ican life. When you want to travel
you give your baggage to the porter
Of your hotel and ne gives you check
in return. At the station you reclaim
it with the check and pass it in at the
counter and receive another check. AS
you approach your destination another
functionary comes along the train,
takes your check and gives you another
check in its place. He fishes out your
baggage and conveys il TO your hotel
for consideration. You have left
your third and check at the Office
Of the hotel wL.A you enter it, and
thence tits delivered upon your receipt
Of the baggage.
At first you bless the arrangement
as the salvation of the traveller After
a few weeks of it the tyranny of the
check becomes SO CALLING that you be-
gin TO long for the good Old English
method of dumping down your goods
in front of a porter and leaving them
to fndthe way themselves. You would
even hail 1t as a personal triumph if
some of your baggage would get lost.
But it never does Sometimes it ar
rives late. but it always arrives.
Yet it seldom arrives in the shape
in which il started, If that is any con-
ISOLATION. They who have TO do with
the baggage see to that. You will soon
discover why Americans carry their
goods in ironclad trunks, and why il
is madness for anybody to anything
else. / started out, like an idiot, with
new leather portmanteau. They
ripped the stout brass lock off the
first weel-not for plumber, apparent
~, but simply because it is the tradi-
tion of the service. They punched it
and kicked and danced on it. In soft
er hours, when literary inspiration
came, they wrote omit. My portman-
teau to-day is an epitome of the politi-
cal sentiment of the United States
from New York TO San Francisco. As
a historical document it is beyond price
and 1 am contemplating the gift of it
to the library of congress at Washing
ton. As a portmanteau it has both
feet in the grave.
The system of checks is not confined
to travellers luggage. The conductor
of the train passes carelessly to and
fro asking for your ticket and giving
you a check in return, or asking foi
your check and returning your ticket
If you hand your stick to boy in
hotel while you write your name in
the register he dashes off to stow il
away in some secret place and returns
triumphant with a check. In the very
hotel bar, when you buy seven pence
ha-porth Of whisky you get check
/ San francisco Call
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
CHAIRS IN MANY STYLES.
big WareFOOms Containing Chairs in
Hundreds and No Two Alike.

Big WnrerOOms Containing Chairs in
Hundreds and No Two Alike.
With the great development of the
furniture industry in this country
there has come about in recent years a
subdivision of it into branches for
greater facility and economy of pro-
duction. Thus there are manufactur-
ers who confine themselves 70 special
lines Of goods, as desks, tables, chairs,
and 50 on, and these may sometimes
be further subdivided, manufacturers
Gevoting themselves to particular kinds
or grades. OF chairs, for example, there
are hundreds of manufactures in the
United States, many of them large es-
Establishments. The present total pro-
duction of chairs in this country is
about 36,OOO,OOO annually, says the New
York Sun.
While the manufacture of chairs is
much subdiyided, there may be in
chairs of one kind, that is, of the same
materials and made by the same
processes Of manufacture, many styles
and there are some establishments that
produce chairs in great variety. There
are single concerns that make as many
as 500 different styles, and so in the
wholesale furniture district of the city
there may be found large wareroom'
filed with chairs alone, the floor GOV
cred with them in long lines and the
walls hung with them-hundreds o
chairs, no two alike.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.

Mrs. John FOgg, of Chicago, is visit
ing relatives in this city.
Pdgar Grose and son, of Wilmington,
visited in this city on Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Taylor and children. OF
Camden, n. j., and Mrs. John Hamil-
ton and son have returned home after
a short visit to Trenton.
A. J. Rothroc1 and wife were the
guests of Mrs. Mary Carter on Sunday
Miss Mortimer. of Wilmington, has
been visiting friends in this city.
John Hanson. of Camden, n. j.. spent
Sunday with friends in This city.
A. V. Leslie George and family. OF
Wilmington, were the guests Of Mrs.
Herbert.
Charles T. Edwards, Of Wilmington,
was a visitor here.
A. L. Wilson, who has been spending
a week with his parents here, returned
to New Haven, Conn.
Walter Whitelock. of Philadelphia,
was entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.
Bacon.
William S. Clark. formerly Of this
city, but now of Philadelphia, visited
old acQuaintances here.
Mrs. E. L. Wilson is visiting in Phil
adelphia.
James Booth and wife. .ofPhilaielrhia
have been visiting relatives here.
Miss Carrie Straub entertained Mis-,
Laura Hamilton, OF Ridley Park.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
nAc1ERIA ln lNk.
a Recent Scientific Discovery I'm
Leipzig.


Leipzig.
Bacteria, dangerous TO health and
life. have been found in the air we
breathe. the water we drink. in various
kinds of food. and even in the muci-
lagc of the ubiquitous postage stamp,
but it remained for the eminent Ger
man scientist, DR.. Warpmann, of Leip-
zig. 10 discover the poisonous bacteria
living and thriving in ink.
He has recently made microscopical
examination of 67 samples of ink used
in the schools in Germany and in other
countries. Most Of these were gall
inks, and contain various sorts of bac-
terra. as well as those of other minute
organisms known in the scientific world
as saprophytes and micrococci. Nj
grosin ink taken from a freshly opened
bottle, which had up to that time been
tightly corked and sealed. was found
TO contain bacteria in large quantities.
Red and blue inks of the sort so fire.
quently used in Offices also yielded nu-
merous bacteria.
To determine whether or not these
bacteria were really as poisonous as
chemical analysis would seem TO sug-
gest, DR.. Warpmann decided to "culti-
vate" some specimens for actual ex-
periments. The result of these expert
ments showed that a bacillus from
ordinary black ink would, if introduced
into the blood of mouse, prove fatal
within four days. Similar expert
ments the doctor in the interest of sci
ence performed upon other small ami
imals-rabbits, guinea-pigs and the like
always with the same fatal result
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
WANTS THE EARTH.
Russia Constantly Reaching Out for
New Territory.

Russia Constantly Reaching Out for
New Territory.
In his paper, the Sviet, the Russian
general Komaroff publishes an article
which contains the following remark
able passage, says the London News.
"The east, with all its countries, as
China, Persia, BeluchistaD and even IN
dia, is by the will of Providence des-
tined for the Russian people. Sooner
or later the east will be ours. In or
der, however, to attain this object we
must guard our positions in the west,
and must be strong there, too. All our
efforts must be directed there, all our
thoughts and talents. There we must
show themselves genuine Russians. We
must thwart the German intrigues and
German tricks emanating from Ber-
lin, and have a sharp eye to our real
foes. If we retreat in the west, we
lose everything in the east. Now in
the west a matter comes TO decision
which is for us of vital Importance,
namely, the question of the Bosphorus
and the Dardanelles. The straits must
by all means come into our possession
for the sake of securing peace in the
south, and for the sake of our own de-
velopment-nay, even existence. In
the straits we must be as strong as on
the Vistula and in the Baltic. Inpreserv-
ing for ourselves the west we must
above all be Slavs, and we must keep
alive the consciousness of relationship
in all the people of Slavonic nationality
up to the Adriatic, those people being
our real prop and support in the
struggle against the greatest foe OF our
nation. namely. Germanism"
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
LICENSE APPLICATIONS.

NOTICE.. WALTER G. CHEAVENS
the tenant and occupant of the house
situated at the northeast corner OF Front
and Walnut streets, in the Second
ward of the city of Wilmington. county
OF New Castle, and state OF
Delaware, I'm compliance with the
requirements of the acts OF the General
Assembly, in such case made and pro-
vided, do hereby give notice that 1 shall
apply In writing to the Court OF General
Sessions of the State Of Delaware, IN ana
for New Castle county,on Monday the zOth
day of September, 1S91, being the next term
of said court, for a license for said house,
as an inn or tavern, for the sale therein
Of Intoxicating liquors in less quantities
than one quart to be drunk on the prem
ises. and the following respectable clti-
zens Of said ward, at least twelve OF
whom are substantial freeholders or salu
ward, recommend the said application, VIZ;
Harry L. Maier, Lewis Harris,
Patrick Creedon Henry Feldmeier,
Major A. smith. Thomas $. Daley,
Chas c. Rex Samuel q. Reed,
Geo w Quinn NJ. DJOhn GOtchmer,
Frank Harlxins. V. H. Saladine,
Alex. Maxwell. Andrew Casey,
James White. Samuel Bell,
Chas b. Dougherty. Bernard Carr,
p Plunkett. John Farnan,
Robt Kenyon Andrew Grotz,
Charles T. Sparks, Thos. IT. Burrows,
S. b. Atkins. John D. Hail.
Lewis J. Nandenbock,
WALTER c. CHEANENS
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
EDUCATORS TO Make LAWS.

The Board of Education Will meet
tonight in regular session and will
make final plans for the reopen
ing OF all the schools next Monday
Nearly all the new teachers are expect
ed to arrive here by tomorrow or next
day and complete arrangements for
teaching the young.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
snrncIous ChIneae Doctor.

No one disputed the dictum of n
Chinese physician who had been called
TO attend 4 celestial who had tainted ia
n store at Portland. Ore, when the doc
tor said. after Filing the PROSTATE
mans mouth and nose with red paint:
Him blow out paint, him all same
not yet dead; him no catch him wind.
no blow out paint, him heap dead"
The man did not blow out the paint, and
the coroner was chilled.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
mo ID ConrrntnInteh.

'Yes." said the man from the west,
he was very lucky. Hewent TO new
y discovered gold country, and in less
than three weeks came home with
thousand dollars!"
"1hat paid him well for his time"
"N-no. won't go so far as to say
that. You see. he had the thousand
dollars when he started. But he was
mighty fortunate to be able 10 hold on
t."-Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
THE ARMY IN DURANGO VILE.

Before the arrival of any Big Quar-
terly recruits at the county prison last
evening There were about $50 prisoners.
OF these nineteen were colOred buns
and forty-three white ''bums," as they
are called. The big "bum-proof" cell
at the north end of the main corridor
became too full for sanitary good, and
the Jail authorities lighted up dark cell
No. 19 and removed the overflow to the
latter place
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
MECHANICS TO ENTERTAIN.

Industry Council, No. 25, Junior Or
der United American Mechanics. will
have a big time tonight at the Opera
House. and, while over 200 invitations
have been issued, these will bring
about 500 visitors in an The enter
tainment program includes some of the
best local talent in town.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
Hfuch Money Lost.

The longest time during which a note
las remained outside the Bank of Eng
md is III years. It was for e25, and
. is computed that the compound in
crest during thai long period amount
81 to no less than 6 e6,0oo.-N. Y. World.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31

near Blackbird. the funeral leaving
here on The S.27 a. m. train on Thurs
day and going via Blackbird. Revs.
l.. p. Corkran and "a. c. Cavanough will
officiale There viii be services at the
house at z o'clock A. m.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
DFATH OF MR. DEAKYNE.

Napoleon b. Deakyne died last even
ing at his home, on Front street, about
5 O'Clock, after a lingering illness He
was 20 years Of age. and leaves
a family, consisting of three sons and
three daughters. He was for a long
term mail agent here. He will be
buried from Friendship NJ. E. Church,
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
Schedule in erect Nav Is, 1897.

Schedule IN erect Nav Is, 1897.
All trains Illuminated ~hh Plntsc.
sExpress trains.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON, della.
NNtA WARE TolsX AXENDEi S5di, sTATloN TAT Fos "a
p. m. Sundays, '5is, $40. 'ii.25 a. m.
PHILADELPHIA. week days. 1913, SIS
$40 '7.15, 7.35, fS25, eco, '9.4O, sl025, lilo
m. 'l2,a, l;2O, '2.2s, 'S2s 800 .S.2S sS9
$50. $40 .ll,25' ll.25 a. m; 1928. $50. '5.27
$50, .7.43, 9.15, al D. m.
CHESTER, week days, '3;l3, 5;55, $40
.7.l5, 7S5, .S.25 800, $40, 1925, lilo a. m.
1.2O, -229. $50, '522, $50. f743 9.15, IL p. m
Sundays, t3.13, 735, $50, $40, 'll.25, LIS
M; 1928, $50, '5;22. $50 'l.4S, sl5, IL p; m
m, 1925 a. m, 'l2.2i, t2.29, '329, "5.22 p n
Sundays I,95 a. m. 1928 p. m.
CAPE MAY, week days '7.B a m.
81 1BlsyARRiTTTMoREI IN iID XND WASHINGTON
week days, '4.1S, no, ss.49, III a. M; 'l2.5s
Sundays, '413. 7.1O, sS.49 a. M; 'l2.56, '2.O7
2O4 sl57, sS17, sS53 d. m.
BALTIMORE AND WAY STATIONS
71S SswRR; s. Ri; sO4 Week 2, M dSys ESily AIS 7iO ~
7s5. 's.l7, lo.4s P. m; SUNDAYS. ...tls 40
PITTsBURG. week days, 's16 D. m
Sundays, s4.57 D. m.
CHICAGO. daily, @,sl P; m; m, -,
/ - A-LlAN<ANaA -fNfAAf@f<A oAN N~f
| DIANAPOLIS, "S.49 a. m. daily.
CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS, s12.6s
m. and sS.17 %. m. daily.
TOLEDO AND DETROIT, s8.17 D. m.
daily to Toledo and daily except Sunday
NEW ORLEANS AND MEMPHIS via
BRISTOL AND CHATTANOOGA, ISL
/ u. m. daily. Through sleepers to Mem
/ phis and New Orleans.
| SINGERLY ACCOMMODATION, week
days, 7.10 a. m; 304, 7.35, 10.46 D. m. Sun
| days, 40 a. m. 3.04 735 p. m.
LANDENBERG ACCOMMODATIONS
week days, 7.1O a. m; 1000 a. m; 3.0, As
d. m. Sundays, 1000 a. m; 4.57 p. m.
LEAVE MARKET STREET STATlOr
/ for
PHILADELPHIA, week days, $50 D. m
BALTIMORE, week days. 6.45 a. m.
iIsANDENBERG, week days, s.45, s.55 a
m; 2.55, SIS p. m. Sundays sos a. m.
/ LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR Will
/ MINGTON, week days, $780, 610. 710
ss15, 800, s10.26, 11.30 a. m; '1220 '1.36, 200
$3.50, 's.2O, 4.SO, '5.l5, s5.41. 900, $50, .740
.s.l9, s45, Ills p. N; Sundays, $3.50. sis
800, 11S0 a. m; .20s '1.S6, 200, $40, '5.6
$50, 'L40, 1913, 1919 D. IN.
Telephone, No. 193.
Rates to Western points lower than Wis
any other line.
Gen. Manager. Nan. OF Pass. Traffic
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
FIFTY CENTS TO PHILADELPHIA
AND RETURN, SUNDAY, SEPTENI-
BER 5.

On Sunday. September 5, the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad will run a spe-
cial excursion to Philadelphia. Special
,rain will leave Delaware avenue sta
ton at 1905 a. m. Returning, leave
Philadelphia at 62O p. m. Tickets will
be good on special trains only. Excur-
sion tickets, so cents.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31

Leave Fourth street wharf daily (sun-
'4.15 and 100 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia at s130, lois a. m,
1.30. 400 and 100 p. m.
For Washington Park daily at 1890 "a
m. and p. IN.
Leave Washington Park. 715 D. m.
Thursday and Saturdays
SPECIAL EVENING TRIPS.
Leaving Wilmington at 10.30 a. m, 100
AIS and 100 p. m.
Leaving Washington Park at 7l5 and
1000 p. IN. Giving ample opportunity to
see tho Wonderful Electric Fountain.
Excursion tickets to Washington Park,
40 cents
Fare TO Philadelphia. 25 cents excur-
sion, 4G cents.
Freight received all day at Philadelphia
and WllminEton, and carried at the lowest
rates. Telephone No. 81.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31

Magistrate Sasse will hear the case
of Louie Tong, the Italian, charged
with murder, this afternoon at
O'Clock. Harman and Knowles win de-
fend Tong
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
TO PRACTICE WITH RIFLES.
JORDAN's RANGE HAS BEEN Sc
LECTED FOR A SHOOTING BY
COMPANIES A. G. 7. K AND OH.

Captain Rogers, of Company II, and
q squad of men have been busy meas
uring the ranges and fixing bullet pro-
tectorates at Jordan's range, as this
has been selected as battalion head
quarters for rifle practice.
Companies A. G, f and K, of Will
mington. and II. of New Castle. will
hereafter, as soon as orders have been
issued to that effect, shoot on the
above mentioned range at 100, 200 and
500 Yards
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
Job Worth Holding.

The best-paid official in the British
service is the lord lieutenant of Ire
land. who receives 10000 year.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31

Pennies and small change can be had
at the counting-room of the Evening
Journal office.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
CHIEF ENGINEER REEVES TRANS,
FERRED

Chief Engineer /. s. K. Reeves has
received orders bleaching him from the
United States steamer Columbia at
League Island Navy Yard. and sending
him to the United States steamer Mont
gomery. which is now on the drydOck
AT Brooklyn. I1e is to report at once.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
CLOSING DAY AT BAY RIDGE.

The season at Bay Ridge will close
with the excursion of Sunday, Septem.
Der 5. This is your last opportunity to
visit beautiful Bay Ridge. Excursions
will be run every Sunday until tha
date.
Special train arrangement and round
trip rates:
I
Evening journal., 1897-08-31

The bell weld department of the
Delaware Iron Company is reported 70
have orders 10 close for an indefinite
period on Saturday.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31

NEW law BRINGS OUT SOLDIERS.
Regular weekly drills viii be re-
sumed on Wednesday evening at the
armory Of Company II. As the new
law in regard to military duty has gone
into effect an unusually large attend
ance is anticipated.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31
OTT.AWARE DIVISION.

DEIlAW AItt DIN NIoIONs
For New Castle, S.13, Ills a. m, 25l
427 6.55 D. m.
For Lewes and Rehoboth, s.1s a NJ, AT
D. m, weekdays.
For Dover, Harrington and Delmar, s1s,
days, 11.56 D. m.
For wyoming and way stations. 6.BS
= Express for Cape Charles, OLD Point
Comfort and Norfolk, 1i.04 a. m. week
days and 11.56 d. m. daily.
Evening journal., 1897-08-31

Leave Philadelphia, Broad Street, for
Wilmington (express), $50, 7;2O, 7,25, s.S2,
a,46, 4.01, AL, sos. $50, $50. 617 6.55, 7.al
lilo, Ills p. M, and 1905 night.
Accommodation, 6.34, 7.30 9.12, 1926 a.
m. LIS. a.l6, 4.O3. 4i4. SIS. S.SS, 1903 and
Evening journal., 1897-08-31

NEW oAsTLE. AUGUST 81, lse1
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-10
NEW YACHT FOR WALES.
Eighty-Ton Racing Cutter to Be Built
 From Designs By c. l.. Watson

London, Nov. 9.--The shipbuilding firm of D. & W. Henderson & Co.,, Partic1, Glasgow, the builders of the Britannia, Valkyrie, Meteor and other noted yachts, are to build an eighty ton racing cutter for the Prince of Wales from designs by G. L. Watson.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-10
! RICHARDSON FEARED POISON.
Told a Friend a Conspiracy Existed
 Against Him.

Told a Friend a Conspiracy Existed
 Against Him.
 New York, Nov. 9.-When the trial of the contest over the wills of John Rich ardson, the millionaire owner of the fa- nous spite house." was resumed to- day before Surrogate Arnold, 1t was ex- pected that an endeavor would be made to bring out testimony for the purpose of showing that Mir. Richard son was irresponsible at the time that he made the will of 1897, which gave the widow, Emma J. Richardson, an equal share with her two step children, George and Delarifa Richardson. Homer w. Nichols, who had intimate business re- lations with MT Richardson, had all ready testified that it was his belief that MT. Richardson was delirious and not mentally clear during his last ill., ness.
 If the will of 1897 is broken a will ex- ecuted in 1894, by which the children benefit to a much greater extent than their stepmother, will become opera tive. It is the children who are seek ing to prove that their father was in- capable at the time Of the making of the last will.
 John Fl. Franklin, general manager of the Harlem railroad, was the first wit ness to-day
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-10
CRANK AFTER THE PRESIDENT.
Arrested While Trying to Force His
 Way Into the White House.

Washington, Nov. 9.--Great excite ment was caused at the white house this morning by a crank attempting to force an entrance into the private part of the mansion.
 Between and o'clock, while the white house grounds were filled with pedestrians on their way to work, a white man, poorly dressed entered the park and proceeded up the pathway to the north front of the building.
 He stopped on the portico, peered into the windows and tried the front door, which is kept locked or guarded until o'clock His actions attracted the attention of one of the policemen on duty in the grounds. The man hung around the front door for some time. He then proceeded to the stone stair way leading down to the basement por7 tion of the private part of the mansion. The policeman captured him, however, before he could force an entrance into the basement. The man at once be- came violent and resisted arrest.
 He declared that he had been deceiv- ed by President Mckinley, and that he wanted to see him and demand person. al satisfaction. The policeman prompt ly called for assistance, and the intrud- CT was sent to the nearest police sta- tion in a patrol wagon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-10
E. \. CLARK, Nc. 2 Whitney Avsnus

Pure Jersey Milk; the best in the city. Good Cream for BOG quart. ss, lsag
 Choice Creamery Butter; fresh Country Eggs, shipped direct from the farmers who own the hens. Native Potatoes. Genuine Buckwheat Flour by the pound, Choice Apples. And select stock of Choice Gro ceries of all kinds.
 The Litchfield Milk and Cream in any quantity at short notice. Telephone 1339-4.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-10
 BONDS OF SINKING FUND.

Union Pacific Reorganization Commit
 tee Arranges for Their Transfer.
 Washington, Nov. 9-The Union Pa ciic reorganization committee has ar. ranged with the treasury department for the transfer to them of bonds of the sinking fund and the cash payment therefor on the 22d of the present month. These bonds, which were pur- chased at their face value by the com. mittee at the time of the sale of the road, amount to $13,645, 250, and this amount in cash, which will be conveyed into the treasury, will increase the available cash balance to approximate ly $21S, 500,000 The available balance in the treasury to-day, exclusive of gold was $50, ,S61.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-10
MUSICALE TONIGHT.
At Enmorth M. p. Church.


 The musicale tonight at Epworth M. E church promises to draw out big audience, as already great interest is manifested over the event. The pro- sramme offered is highly attractive. Mir M. P. CornwaH's organ playing may be counted upon as a musical treat while his selection for the occa- sion is one of much merit. Miss Kath- arine Osborn has delighted many New Haven audiences with her admirable whistling solos. MT. Ackrills baritone voice it is well known is one of rare excellence He is of the choir of Ep- worth church. Misses Ruth Phillips and Corinne Montague give admirable recitations and are always welcomed by their audiences, and Mrs Richard Tyner's recitations are also excellent. The other talent on the programme may be expected to add to the pleas ures of the evening. There is no charge for admission.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-10

City Court-Criminal Side-Judge Bishop.
 In the city court yesterday morning. before Judge Bishop, the case of David