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Assess .Gent Returns Wa nteu.

Th- county assessors for Wilmington
hundred were at the Court House again
yesterday to receive the returns under
the Adams law for the taxation of i'll
vestments. They desire SO far as posi-
BILE to have all the returns in hand by
the 22d instant, and after next Tuesday
will be at their respective residences
wiring up the returns they have re-
cclved. Their report to the court will be
due after next week.
With regard to the status of Delaware
railroad stock under the law, the as
SCISSORS have been informed that the
attorney OF the Kent County Levy Court,
john d. Hawkins, has decided that that
stock is not Liable, and the New Castle
county assessors may follow that de-
r:sivn.
The sun., 1898-06-19
Hot fight Off Santiago.
Special Dispateh IN TUE srs.

special Dispatch to THE SUN.
orr SANTIAGO, June II, via Kingston,
Jamaica, June lS.-A hot fight between
someSpanish troops and alreconnoiterlhg
Party, in steam cutters, occurred at day
lghl this morning in small cove west
VI Nlorro Castle. The Massachusetts,
Tealn Glitter. in charge OF Lieutenant
iilarIo~, entered tie cove to take sound
thss and reconnoitp. When we'll lnslde
tne .r Inlet detachment Of Spanish lnfan-
blockhouse.
lhe fire was vigorously returned bv
. siae marines in the Massachusetts boat
Sna N also by marines who were in the
o,W neW York's cutter, which was in charge,
T., 81, naval Cadet Powell, and which had
ihT;.'owed II. in. T, e New York's cutter was
~ NJ. zen times and a marine in the cutter
WINE Ma sachusetts. had the stock OF MS
The sun., 1898-06-19
NEW POSTAG : STAMPS.
Thc Trans-Mississippi Series We're
Placed on Sale Here Yester-

The new series of postage stamps, lS-
sued in recognition Of the Trans-Missis--
sipoi Exp,sltion, were placed on general
sale here ,eserGay. They have b n Is
sued in denominations of !, ., 4 D, y,
10 and ), cents. and 81 and 81, and are
similar in siz. to the Columbian series OF
1893. The designs comi' of central
scene. showing the dev "pnl, OF the
region beyond the Mississippi river, sur
rounded by border. wn,ch is the same
in all denominations. with the excep-~
ton of the figures and letters 'rl resent 81
ing the values.
The en- ire series has been printed by
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
from lined rmgravings, m king very
attractive looking set Of stamps. Ihey
will continue t. be sold until December
81, 1898, after which the will be with
drawn. but will be receivan!c for postage
at any time afterwards.
Following are the seems represented
on the stamps and the c'lors OF the
various denominations: One-cent, MAR
1uette on the Mississippi, color dark
green; two-cent," Farming in the Vest
color copper red; fnur-cent, Indian
Hunting Buffalo," color orange; five
cent, "Fremont on the Rocky Noun
tains," color dark blue: eight-cent,
"Troops Guarding Train,' color dark
lilac: 'ten-cem, "Hardsl,ips OF lmmiga-
ton" color slate; tiity.cent, Western
Mining Prspector, color olive; 81,
western Cattle in Storm" color black;
2, Mississippi River Bridge" color red
rOWn
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GENERAL HART SPEAKS.
He Thinks 1t Would be Advanta geOus
to Move the Delaware Troops
Further From Home.

Tomorrow will be gala day at Camp
Tunnel. The inspection of the First
Delaware Volunteers will take place by
Governor Ebe W. Tunnel and full staff
Some time ago Governor Tunneil r.
ceived an invitation from ColonrI
Wickersham to review the troops after
they had been fully equipped for war
service. Acting upon this invitation the
Governor named tomorrow for the day
of his visit, and accordingly notified Ad-
jutant General Hart to assemble his staff
in attendance.
General Hart and the staff officers will
leave here tomorrow MOI ming for Mid.
dletown and at II O'Clock will report to
Colonel Wickersham. Thev will be
joined there by the Governor and the
troops will pass in review before them
between II and o'clock.
General Hart returned from Washing
ton yesterday morning and was seen at
his Office in the arrnory last evening. He
stated that no further orders regarding
the movement of the troops had been
issued beyond those already published.
He thought though, that move to
some more distant point would be advan-
tageous to the soldiers as at present they
were too near home, and the temptations
to go home were very great. He further
said that great many OF the boys be-
came unintentional deserters. That they
went home on leave and overstaid their
time, though with no intention of not
going back.
This was due in a great measure, he
thought, to the fact that many of the
soldiers had never been under any re-
straint before, especially military, and
had been accustomed to following their
own impulses regarding their move.
mentS.
Movement to more distant point
would obviate all this and bring The men
to- a more thorough understanding OF
their duties and make them realize more
fully that they must obey the orders OF
those in command. The First Resim ant
is now equipped and ready to move at
any moment that the orders a re given.
The sun., 1898-06-19
Cub:nS Fear Intervention.

Special Dispatch to The SIN
MADHlp, June lS.-A Havana dispatch
to the srni official Pals says:
"(ieneraI credpnce attaches to the re-
port that serious dissensons have broken
out among the rebel leaders, some OF
them insisting upon remaining neutral
and others preparing to fight the Amerii-
cans from fear Of annexation and Amerl-
can tyranny"
Another dispatch from Havana says
the Guerra Marina p lbllsl'es "a number
Of docnnrnts, "incIudiny letter from
Alaximo Gomez to the Cuban .Junta in
New York protesting against the inter,
yention of the United States
The oaper thereupon says
"Intervention in its PRESENT vlolt nj
form is repugnant to the majority OF the
rebel chiefs and is distasteful to the mass
of the insurgents.
The sun., 1898-06-19
Pastoral Changes.

The Jesuit Fathers, who for over 2CO
years have had charge OF the Bohemia
Manor Mi sion. III Cecil county, Nd,
uave decided to give it up and Bishop
Monaghan of ii e Diocese of Wilmington
has appointed the Rev. john A. DAILY OF
Della ware City to take charge of St.
Francis Navirr Church at Bohemia and
the Middletown Mission.
Rev. Edward McNeigh OF Easton,
Nd, has been appointed assistanv priest
at 81. Patrick's Church, in this city. tie
viii be succeeded AZ Easton by the Rev.
William T.. Temple, professor in II
Catholic Seminary III New York.
The sun., 1898-06-19
Expedition Stopped.

Alexander Davis Of No. 305 West
street arrived here yesterday from San
Francisco, he being compelled to retn' n
in charse of Il New York expedition
hound to the Klondike, which LETT Ne v
York ON February is, and arrived at San
Francisco on Jane Is. On the arrival OF
the rxpedition at the California port tn"
shin was impressed by the United STATES
Government as II transport I"r t''e Mai'''a
nyasion
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Probably Fatally Injured.

Roy Everson, who resides at Lancaster
avenue and Lincoln street, was problby Y
fatally injured while returning from
SielIpot park last evening.
Everson attempted to jump Il trolley
Car near the overhead bridge in the vic
unity OF the park when he fell through
the structure to the ground.
lie sustained severe wound in the
head, and he supposition is that his
skull is fractured.
He now lies at the Homeopathic hos
pital in a precarious condition.
The sun., 1898-06-19
Public Meeting.

On Tuesday evening next the De'a-
ware branch Of the National Relief Ass'-
ciation will hold lub lc meeting in the
lecture room of the Delaware Avenne
Baptist Church, at which addresses will
be made by Col.-Benjamin Nields, George
W. Todd and others.
Mr., TODD has Just returned from
Chickamauga. At this meeting presl-
dent will be elected to succeed Charles
Baird, deceased. Other important
business will he transacted.
The sun., 1898-06-19
Building Operations.

Building Inspector Cassidy yesterday
morning issued the following permits:
To Wllliam Toy, for the erection oi tire,
two-sJory houses at Second anu Union
streets. to cost S3, 900; to IL. B. Seeds, fol
four two-story houses ON Hazlett stree,
bet weeu Jackson and Adams, at a cost OF
Sl2,UO0; to William Shultzmaker, addi-
zion to No. 7O4 West Ninth street.
The sun., 1898-06-19
His First Mass.

Rev. +. &. Higgins, Of this city, will
say his first mas at st. Peters Pro-
Cathedral at 1880 O'Clock this morning.
Bishop Monaghan will attend the mass
and in the evening will administer con-
Armatnn at St. Joseph's Church on the
Brandy wine.
The sun., 1898-06-19
lsaCantiiSlate. Is

DIR. swithin Oh hander has announced
h;mself Az a candidate for the vacancy },
in the Seventh wal in the board OF
Education caused by tn death OF Oharles
Raird. DR.. Chan. eT is . graduate OF
the high school.
The sun., 1898-06-19

''The Farmers Bank at George
town is holding worthless paper,
upon which money was raised to
buy Democratic votes for the last
ten years. ---JerOme B. Bell, in
the Sunday Star.
The sun., 1898-06-19
Coul(l Not v ait.

While returning from New Castle in a
trolley car OH Friday night Peter Wa'z
Jumped from the sam wnile 1t was ye1
IN motion at Folvtn and Walnut streets
He was thrown 10 TN. ground and bad y
bruised about the Ie = and face.
The sun., 1898-06-19

rifle shattered, but by gre al good luck no
one was hit
The Texas opened fire with her six.
FOUNDER on the hillside and the Vixen
steamed right into the cove and pep
pered the blockhouse with her rapid-tire
guns
Eventually the Spaniards retreated to
the woods and the two steam cutters
withdrew.
The sun., 1898-06-19
MOrtuary Report.

The mortuary report of Wilmington
for the week just passed was 10 oeaI.lsl
Is births and 8 marriages, as compared
with 26 deaths, II birhs and III mar
riages the preceding y'ar.
The sun., 1898-06-19
DEMURRER.

The Charles H. Butler demurrer is
similar in every respect and requests
that the first seventeen counts be stricken
as they are insufficient by law and that
the defendant therefore should be dis
cussed and discharged.
Argument in both cases will be heard
next week.
The sun., 1898-06-19

twentieth counts, alleging violation of
section 5209 of the Revised Statute of the
United States which said joinder is not
good in law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-04
ASTOUNDED THE BRITON.
Joke of American War Correspond
ents Taken Seriously.

Key West, July $50 much has been
told Of the obtuseness of the British
mental process, when it comes to an
prec1ating the American idea of hJuOr
that almost any story on the subject
has flavor of chestnut sauce about it;
but L think this yarn may pass muster
whether 1t does or not, it possesses at
least one merit, and that is truthful
ness.
When Key West was the DEPOT a few
weeks ago for all the important news
from Cuba, company of English cor
respondents arrived, ready to go to the
front at once. With the exception of
Lynch Of the London Chronicle and Ak
kers of the London Times they were
men well along in the fifties. and were
not little amazed to find leading
American newspapers represented by
comparatively young men, The veteran
Phil Robinson of the Pail Mall Gazette
who has been through eight caInpaigns
in Egypt, India and the SOudan thought
it strange that any man under 45
should be selected for such a mission,
so did Knight of the London Times and
Palmer of the London Post
Mr.. Knights assignment was to reach
Havana after the blockade had been
established and write a description of a
besieged city. 1t was rather a risky
piece of work, as he discovered. He
procured the courtesy of a passage on
a newspaper dispatch boat. which took
him within six miles of the Cuban coast
in a choppy, angry sea. At that dis
lance from land he embarked in a small
boat, carrying with him the usual i'm
pedimenta of the English traveller, the
inevitable hat-bOx naturally being his
most cherished possession. A dozen
times the frail craft was nearly cap
sized, but by rare good luck Knight
reached land and was Immediately COB
bled up by the Spaniards and thrown
into jail A week went by without
hearing any news of him, and his old
friend Robinson kept the Havana wire
busy making inquiries. On the eighth
day word was received of Mr.. Knights
safety and there was general rejoic-
ing in which the American newspaper
men were as sincere as their transat-
lantic brethren.
Next day some wag pasted up in the
hotel a fake dispatch, which read as
follows: Mr.. Knight of the London
Times has arrived safely in Havana.
He came concealed in a key of eggs,
which was taken to the Palace. When
the head was removed, Mr.. Knight en-
erged, wiping his glasses, whereupon
Gen. Blanco remarked: Sir, see you
belong to the yellow press of Great
Britain p =" There was laugh over the
bogus message by all, perhaps should
say except Mr.. Akers, who regarded it
with a sardonic smile, and the veteran
Robinson, who didn't smile at all, but
said 'Humphr' The Yankees thought
1t rather funny, but it became funnler
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KANSAS NEWS.
Abilene Undertaken Captures
Two Burglars
And Marches Them to the
County Jail.
PARSONS PAYS $4,000
For Accidental Killing of a
Visitor
By Rock Thrown From a
Street Blast.
PARSONS PAYS $4,000

Abilene, July 1.-TWO negroes who,
at an early hour, tried to break into the
furniture store of E. H. Romberger on
Cedar street, adjoining the Eicholtz
establishment, are peaking through the
bars of the county Jail. having been
captured alive by Undertaken w. M
EichOltz.
Hearing a crash OF glass Mr.. Eicholtz
concluded that a burglary was on and
thinking his house was being entered.
quickly rose, slipped on his trousers and
securing his six-shOOter, sailed quiet
~ forth, to find that two thieves were
breaking intoo the ROmberger store.
The men, covered with the revolver
whose glistening barrel CLEANED wick
edly in the bright moonlight, held up
their hands at the command and
marched obediently ahead Of their cap
tor to the city hall, where Marshal Fa-
vor has his residence over the jail The
marshal was awakened and the men
We're then marched down to the county
jail and locked up.
The negroes, one tall and slender and
the other tall and stout are tough
looking fellows. They give the names
of Harry Young and Charles Smith and
claim to hail respectively from Omaha,
Neb., and Jacksonville, Fla. They
claim to have gone into the alley to
see what two men, who ran out, were
doing, but the fact remains that when
captured by Mr.. EichOltz they were
tearing out the window of the Romber-
ger store
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FOUR HAVE DIED.
Unlucky Position Which Will Con-
tinue Vacant.

New York, July 4-John Stokes 30
years old, employed as manager of the
Abbey music hall, died of delirium tre-
mems in Bellevue hospital Stokes is
the fourth man who. while acting as
manager OF the music hall, died of I'M
usual causes. Tom ReardOn, the prize
fighter, who was killed in Syracuse
some years ago, was manager of the
place at the time of his death. He was
succeeded by a man known only as
ping a runaway horse in front of the
music hall, Teddy was killed. His sue
cessor was John Carpenter. who died
of a hemorrhage on the day that he
gave up the position to open a saloon
on his own account. The vacant posi-
ton has been offered to the man who
acted as manager during the last few
days, Stokes being on a spree, but he
hesitates about accepting it, as he is
attached to life. ..f
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VISITS HIS WIFE.
Separated Couple Agitate New York
Society at Bath Beach

New York, July AIRS. Florence Van
Setback, who brought suit for 100000
damages against her father-in-law,
Peter Van Setback, for the alienation
of her husbands affections, in Brooklyn
last September, and got judgment for
$65, 600, has been living in a boarding
house at Bay Seventeenth street and
Benson avenue, Bath Beach, for a few
months. About ten days ago her hus-
band, John Van Setback, appeared at
Bath Beach and took up his residence
at the same boarding house Since then
the two have appeared together fire.
quently, and the Bath Beach gossips
declare that they have become recon-
ciled. Mrs. Van Setback had this to
say on the subject last night:
''Of course L am not recOnciled to my
husband. Why, if we were reconciled
his father would cut him off without a
cent. My husband is enjoying his va
cation at present, and he came down
here to see his child. He liked the place
so we'll that he decided to spend the
rest of his vacation here. The reason
I have appeared in public with him is
because he made an attempt to kidnap
our child, ana don't propose to let him
out of my sight while he is here. I still
love Jack, and he is sorry for the way
he treated me, but we have not become
recOnciled. My father-in-law has never
paid me any part of the judgment I OBJ
tanned against him, although he offer
ed to settle a short time ago for $S,O00
l spurned the Offer.'
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airs. An order is bein considered to
determine the exact department of sol
diers while the airs are being played.
No little amusement has been excited
among army officers at the articles which
recently have appeared commenting on
the fact that volunteer soldiers stationed
at different posts in this vicinity have
been seen to remove their hats when the
national airs have been played by the mil
itary bands, and adding that no regular
army officer was ever seen to do this.
An army officer yesterday, of high rank,
speaking on this subject, said: THE GUS
tom of removing the hat when the ma
uonal airs are being played has been in
vogue for many years among the men Of
the regular army. can remember the
time when the practice was not observed
generally. 1t first started in the West
Point Military academy, and was intro
duced there through example of various
officers of foreign armies who visited the
place.
1T was noticed that whenever any of
our national airs were played the foreign
ers invariably would remove their hats
and stand until the music ceased. This
patriotic example was contagious, and it
was not long before the beginning of
national anthem by the post band was
the signal for every cadet in the hall to
rise and stand uncovered Since then
the practice has spread until today it is
an uncommon thing to see regular army
officer who does not observe it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-04
FELL FOUR STORIES.
New York Woman Jumps to Escape
q Fire, and is Uniniured.

New York, July 4-During a fire in
4 tenement Mrs. Esther Bernstein, who
had been cut off from escape by smoke
and flames, jumped out of fourth
story window to the court yard while
her clothing was ablaze. She carried
away a number of cIOthes-Hnes, but
was uninjured by the fall She was Sc
verely burned by the fire, and is in a
critical condition in Gouverneur hospit-
al.
Mrs. Bernstein was cooking on an oil
stove on the fourth floor when the stove
exploded, throwing oil over her. Mrs.
Celia Falk, who lives on the floor below
heard the screams and started to get up
stairs, but the smoke and flames drove
her back. An alarm of fire was turned
in meantime.
Mrs. Bernstein made an effort to get
to the roof, but she was cut off by fire,
and she then jumped out the window,
her clothing still ablaze. She fell in
the courtyard entwined in clothes
lines and with a heap of clothing from
the lines on top of her, which put out
the blaze. A surgeon from Gouverneur
hospital found no injuries from the fall
but she was severely burned about the
body, legs and neck.
The inmates of both tenenents, COM
prising thirty families, rushed out in a
state bordering upon panic, but none
was injured The fremen put out the
flames in half an hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-04
oR1r1C1sE BREIDENrHAL.
Patrons of Abilene's Suspended Bank
Think He Was Too Hasty.

Abilene July 4-The farmers all over
the county met Saturday to see about
the payment of their deposits in the
suspended Thomas Kirby bank, and
much feeling was manifested by those
who have their all and all tied up in
the institution. Many depended on the
money to pay the harvest hands and
they do not know what to do. The
other banks of the town have been ac-
cOmmodating and have helped many of
the farmers along. Ihey propose to
buy much of the good paper that is in
the assets of the bank and pay the
cash to the receiver when appointed
so that the first dividend will be larger
for the depOsitOrs. There are many
widows and single women among the
depOsitors who are really suffering for
the funds.
The high rate Of interest paid on de-
posits made them favor the bank for
a depository One Kansas City teach
er had all her savings in the bank. A
servant girl of Salina had nearly $1,000,
the careful savings of years. The heav-
lest loser is J. W. Gillett of WOOdbine,
who had S22, OO0- He will endeavOr to
have it made a trust fund because it
was money sent here to pay off mort
cages on cattle. 1t is now believed
that the real estate will not make the
large returns that were EXPECTED and
that about IS per cent is all that the de-
pOSitOrS Will realize unless under unex-
pectedly favorable circumstances in the
settlement of affairs.
The depositors held a largely attend
ed meeting and by a. rising vote express
sed their confidence in Mr.. Kirby'S ab1I-
ity to straighten the banks affairs bet
ter than a receiver, and voted unani-
mously to ask the bank commissioner
to allow him to resume business and
have two years in which to pay off
creditors expressing a belief that thus
he could pay depositors in full. 1t
amounted to saying that Breidenthal
had used bad judgment in closing the
bank and asking him to reverse his ac-
ton.
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MISS JENNEY A MINISTER.
Syracuse Girl Ordained By the Uni
tarians.

Syracuse, N. Y, July 4.-AIiss Marie
Jenney, daughter of Col. Edwin S. Jen-
ney, a prominent lawyer of this city,
was ordained a Unitarian minister.
After much preliminary study Miss Jen-
ney entered the theological seminary
at MeadvilIe, Pa, and was graduated
in 1897 with the degree of bachelor of
divinity. Last summer she continued
her studies under the Rev. S. R. Cal
thOrp of this city, and in September she
became assistant to the Rev. Mary SAT-
ford, pastor of the Unitarian church of
Sioux City, Iowa.
At the ordination ceremonies the in
vocation was pronounced by the Rev.
Maria Murdoch of Cleveland, Ohio, the
Rev. Q. SHcer preached the ordination
sermon, the Rev. Florence Buck of
Cleveland, Ohio, delivered the charge
to the people, the Rev. w. c. Gannett
Rochester offered the ordaining prayer,
the Rev. S. r. Calthorp delivered the
charge to the minister, and the Rev.
Mary Stafford extended the right hand
of fellowship.