Evening journal., 1898-05-04
rHE TROops AT DuPoNTs.


The Wayfarer Is informed that up
to O'Clock on Saturday evening the
DuPonts entertained no fears for the
safety Of their works on the Brandy
wine, and ridiculed the idea of the
presence Of soldiers being necessary.
Colonel Henry A. DUPONT was at a
dinner at 8 O'Clock on Saturday even
ing, and at that time he was positive in
his statement that there was no truth
in the published statements thattroOps
would be detailed to guard the Plant.
He left the place OF dining shortly af-
ter 9 O'Clock, and, few minutes later,
received information of such an alarm
ing and circumstantial nature that he
dictated a telegram urgently request
ing Secretary Alger to send troops to
guard the property Of the company
The precise nature of this information
Is not obtainable, but as the WORKS
could not be captured, the reasonable
conclusion is that Spanish agents were
10 blow them up BE this as it may,
the telegram reached the War Depart
ment before 10 O'Clock, few minutes
later the troops were assigned, and u
O'Clock midnight they were on the
train, bound for this city. Before the
sun was up on Sunday morning they
| had established their lines about the
threatened spot and the danger, what
ever it was, was averted'
GRIEF. JOY AND GRIEF AGAIN.
Rev Francis Burgette Short, Of Ep-
worth M. e. Church, tells the Way
farer a pretty good story connected
| with Company X, n. G. d., to, from
| and to Camp Tunnel.
The preached called at the home c. O
| friend on the evening succeeding the
| departure Of the troops ii
"Our girl is in an awful way" said
this friend as she entered the parlOr.
rs that so?" asked the cleric. What
seems to be the matter?"
'lHer lover belongs to Company X
and he has gone of to the war" was
the reply.
Two Or three evenings later Mr.
Short made another call at the sam'
house.
"Our girl is just as happy as she car
be-" said his entertainer.
whats she so happy about?" aske'
Mr.. Short.
Company X has come back from tn,
war and her lover came back with it,
she said.
On Monday evening Mr.. Short mad
another call.
"Our girl is almost crazed will
grief" said the young woman.
whats the trouble now?" aske'
| Mr.. Short
Company X has gone back to war
and her lover has gone back with it,
she responded.
BICYCLIST AND THE DITCH.
There was a time when the bed @
Seventh street, through the yards @
the Jackson and Sharp Company, wa
in reasonably good condition, but in
ft OF abstraction some of the wOrkme
down there cleaned out the bitches an
deposited mud in the roadway, sine
which time it has been almost as bad a
the proverbial rocky road to Dublil
| But everything serves some good pul
I ! pose no matter how bad ii is, and tn
a | condition OF the road gave the Way
a farer a note last evening.
4 The 6 O'Clock whistles had blown
e few minutes previously and the me
employed by the Jackson and ShaT
k Company were piling out and hurryin
a homeward. The sash mill is well ol
2. towards the marsh, and many OF II
Q wOrkmen employed therein have SUI
e piled themselves with wheels to lighte
3 and expedite the effort of getting
e work and returning home. Two
a these wheelmen were spinning in d
0 roadway Immediately back of the Wa,
n farer Suddenly there was a shout al
d crash. Looking back the Wayfar
J. beheld one of the wheelmen lying Wi