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Evening journal., 1898-08-30
KILLING THE PIAsA BIRD.
field Repeat the Curious In
dian Ceremony.

An unique spectacular programme
was lately carried out on the grounds
of the Piasa Bluffs, Chautauqua, by
the organization Of Red Men from
Springfield. The exhibition was a pam
tomimic portrayal of the old Indian
legend Of the original piasa bird, which
IS supposed to have once lived In this
region. The story told is OF a huge
bird so great that its wings gave the
air vibrations like the tones OF thun-
der, its talons and beak and pow
erful body foamod the river, dashing
the waves against the rocky bluffs like
the modern dynamite of the American
navy-an enemy so furious and de-
structive and ready to devour that the
Indian tribes suffered the loss of many
of It's braves. At last in council sac.
rifce was agreed upon TO save tho
tribe. The son os the chief was TO offer
himself. In great sorrow the indians
assembled to witness the sacrifice, and
il possible TO do battle TO save their
youthful chief. In the final struggle
the bird was pierced by arrows, and
the boy delivered. For centuries, it is
said, many tribes came from distant
hunting grounds 70 feast and return
thanks.
Everything on this recent occasion
was as Ike as could be to the story,
A huge bird OF monstrous dimensions,
Of fearful form, Its tail that of great
serpent, IT'S face slightly human, with
horns like an antelope, body like both
bird and beast, It's wings black and
widespread, it's limbs and talons Che
eNaggeration OF any and everything
large and strong and cruel was start
ed across the valley from the highest
rock on one OF the adjacent bluffs, sus-
pended on wire. The Red Men, with
their war whoop, rushed to attack this
enemy in the upper air. And sure
enough. as though loud shouts added
TO the skill OF the arrow. this monster
fell, eneveloped in a cloud of feathers
The braves completely cncircled him
with the circular war dance OF noisy
triumph.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
HUMOROUS.

II was mean woman who, when the
tramp asked for q "cold bite" gave
him piece of ice.--L. A. w. Bulletin.
Cholly-"There are $4,000 street cars
in the United States" Cynicus-"And
most of them are at the other end of
the ne."-Town Topics.
Whats the matter, old man9 You
look hot and excited" "Just been
trying to dodge cross-eyed girl on
bicycle. e."-Detroit Free Press.
A Poser for Papa.-Fond Father
"Yes, Freddie, sweating is always due
to heat" Frcddie-"Then, papa. what
makes the silver ice pitcher weat?''-
Jewellers Journal.
Author (frst night OF produetion)- --
81 think we may iiatter ourselves on a
success" Miss De Nere-"Lor', yes,
we ladies of the ballet ave pulled
worse pieces through."-PiclS Me Up.
Barred Out.-"You say you don't
intend to marry Miss Whopper?' mo;
two men have come between us"
"TwoT "Yes; preacher and the
man she married. Chicago Daily
News.
Mr. Bunting-"Youug Grimsby Is 60
ing to marry old Miss Broadakers."
Mrs. Bunting (astonished)-"For the
lands sakei" Mr.. Partly,
and partly for her bank account
Judge.
Il think know now" said the soldier
who was making q determined effort
to masticate his first ration of army
beef, what people mean when they talk
about the sinews Of war."-Chicago
Tribune. sbr
Insurance Agent-"we can't insure
you" Old Man--"Why not?" In
surance Agent-"You are "a years
old" Old Man-"What of that? Sta
tistics will tell you that fewer men die
at "a than any other age. baltimore
Jewish Comment.
First Fiji-"The missionary is fat, J
admit, but for all that / prefer not To
partake of him." Second Fiii-"For
what reason, pray?" First Fiii-"Why,
he has done nothing but dispute my
statements ever since he was cap
tured." Second Fiji-"And what has
that 20 do with his not making whole.
some proyender?" First Fin-"Every-
thingl He would be certain TO disa-
gree with Richmond Dispatch.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
Ii HUNG CHANGES BIBLE.
The vieeroy Had n New Testament in
His Library and Was Much
Interested fn Ie.

DR.. Coltman, in "1he East Asiatic
Lloyd's," relates an interesting con
versa ton he had lately with Iii Hung
Chang on the subject OF the Bible.
He says that one day when he called
on the aged statesman he found him
reading q beautifully bound New Tes-
lament, which had recently been sent
him by a missionary connected with
the London mission. The old man
was SO deep in the book that for some
minutes he did not see his visitor
After awhile he raised his eyes and
gazed at DIR. Coltman with a piercing
look, and said "Dr. Coltman, do you
believe this book"
He answered: "Your excellency, II
/ did not believe il 1 should not have
the honor of being your physician
(medical missionary. 1 believe it with
my whole heart"
Are you sure that this is not all
hearsay and human talk?" he asked
again.
quite sure"
"How do you know it?' he went on.
"By a sign that the book itself mem
tions. Is it net written that bad
tree can bring forth no good fruit,
and a good tree no bad fruit? Your
excellency has already admitted that
the condition of the people in western
lands is far better than in the orient,
and 1 can assure you that the pros
perity and happiness of the various
nations that you recently visited cor
respond exactly to the degree in
which they follow the Procepts of this
book. Would to God your excellency
believed it, tool"
"Why, ] believe you would like to
make a Christian of me-" said he, half
joking. half seriously.
Not only you" answered Coltman.
"but also of your young emperor and
all his people"
1--WE have Confucius," said he. "You
have Jesus. Are they not in many re-
spects alilSe?"
Here the viceroy was interrupted by
important news, but when his servant
took his Bible from his hands to carry
it TO his bookcase he said: Don't
put. il in the bookcase; lay it on the
table in my bedroom. l want to look
at it agaip."-N Y. Tribune.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
REGISTERS ORDER.
ORDER.
KTgIsTEHfS OFFICE.


New Castle County Dol, June a. 1898
Upon the application Of Allco H. Lloyd,
OF John D. Lloyd. l0to
OF Wilmington hundred On said county,
deceased, u ia ordered nnd directed by the
register that the admini8tratriN Aforesaid
give notice of granting Of Letters of Ad-
ministfauon upon the estate of the de-
ceased with the date of granting thereof, by
causing advertisements 60 be posted
within forty days from the date of such
Letters IN six OF the most public places OF
tho county Of Now Castle, REQUIRING an
persons having demands against tho or
tate TO present the same, or abide by
act OF Assembly I'M such oase made an.-
provided. and also cnusc the same TO h1
Inserted within the same period IN the
Evening Journal, g newspaper published
In Wilmington. Dol, and 10 be continued
therein three weeks (o. o. 30
Given undcr the hand and senl
OF office OF the Register nfore-
said, at Wilmington, in New
IL. 81 Castle County Aforesaid the
day and year above Wrlttcn.llf
CALVIN w. CROSSAN
Rcgistec
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
THE ARMY.
Preparations For mastering
Out the Volunteers.
MANY REGIMENTS ORDERED HOME.
sixty-ffth New York to Go TO Buffalo.
Eighth New York's Sick ON Their
Way neutrality-suspicious. Regi-
ments Sent TO Camp Meade.

CHICKAMAUGA PARK, Ga, Aug
S0.-The First Pennsylvania. the last
regiment Of the First army corps at
this camp left Camp Thomas yester-
day for Knoxville, The two troops Of
Kentucky cavalry attached to the cav
airy brigade left this morning for Lex
ington. where they are to be mustered
out. The First Missouri and the Sec
ond Nebraska. under orders to pro-
ceed to their mastering places, there
to be mustered out. viii not get away
before Wednesday. The Third United
States volunteer cavalry Captain
Grigsby, received orders for each troop
to proceed to the point of mastering
into the service. there to be mustered
out. The regiment viii probably not
get away before Thursday.
Lieutenant Stewart of the Fourth
cavalry, mastering officer. reached the
park yesterday for the purpose OF hur-
rying up muster rolls Of the light artll-
lery batteries, four Ohio and two
Georgia, ordered to be mustered out
1t was intended TO have these batteries
leave the park by Wednesday, but there
has been some delay on the part Of the
officers in making out their reports, and
It viii probably be Friday before they
get away.
Governor McLaurin OF Mississippi
visited the park yesterday, The gov
ernor. 1t Is said. was here TO sound
the Mississippi troops as to their wishes
about remaining in the service IT is
stated he found a large majority anx-
ious to be mustered out, and he will so
recommend. He is on his way TO Wash
ington
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
New York markets.

FLOUR-State and western firm and
held higher; winter patents, SS.75q4;
winter straights. S3.6O@S-75; Minnesota
patents, s4.SOQ465; winter extras, $3.50
as
WHEAT-No. 2 red strong and fairly
active all the morning on better cables
and foreign buying; September, 60 l-l6
d69%c.; December, 66 11-16Q67c.
RYE-Firm; state, 45046; No 2 west
ern, 44c.. c. i. f., Buffalo, September.
CORN-No. 2 quiet but firmer with
wheat; September, 34ssc.; December
S4%c.
OATs-No. 2 dull and steady; track,
white. state. 2sQSsc.; track, white,
western, 2963Sc.
PoRK-Dun; mess. ss.5OqlO; family,
Sl1@1Sc.
LARD-Quiet; prime western steam
S5.42is. nominal.
BUTTER-Steady; state dairy, 12@
17c.; state creamery. 1fih61Shc.
CHEESE-Steady; large. white. 7Md
nc; small. white. 7&QSc.
EGGS-Steady; state and Pennsyl-
vania, 16Q16hac.; western, Ice.
SUGAR-Raw strong; fair refining
S-1Gc; centrifugal. SO test, 5-16c.
refined strong; crushed. 55sc.; powder
ed. 11-16c.
TURPENTINE-s Steady at 2S% 929Hc
LASSES-Steady; New Orleans
2Sq33c.
R1CE-Firm; domestic, 5hQ694c.
Japan. 57s d6lsc.
TALLOW-Dull; city. 3Mc.; country
3ha3%c.
HAY-Quiet; shipping, S5Q4Oc.; good
to choice, $4,000.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
slxty-nnh ordered to Bunalo.

WASHINGTON. Aug. s0.-By order Of
General Corbin the order has been re
voked directing the First and Second
battalions Of the sixty-hfth New York
20 move to Camp Meade, Pa. The
Twelfth Pennsylvania has been ordered
instead TO leave Camp Alger for the
Pennsylvania camp. The action of Gov
ernor Black in requesting that the Six
ty-fifth New York be ordered TO Buffalo
Is responsible for this change OF plans.
The men will go to Buffalo next We'd
nesday and there be quartered In the
state armory. The officers viii be given
leave Of absence and the men furlough-
ed for 30 days, at the end of which time
the regiment will be mustered out OF
service. Last evening 101 sick soldiers
Of the Sixty-hfth New York were taken
to Buffalo on a hospital train furnished
at government expense. Six army sur
geons will accompany the men.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
slcl, nt San FrnncIsco.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. SO.-In spite
f the great precautions taken by the
1cal military authorities the health
onditions at the local camp are worse
han ever. Today the total number Of
iclS is SOS. the largest yet known. There
re 16 or IS typhoid suspects in the
ospital. The Tennessee regiment has
B sick and the First Iowa 56. There
yere IS patients in the Presidio hospi-
al this morning, several of these being
Uphold fever in it's first stages.
A cablegram was received yesterday
rom General +. V. Greene, who sailed
b Manila in command Of the second
xpedition, intimating that he intends
b return to the United States imme-
lately. As the China is reported as
Raving Manila today General Greene
hay come on her.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
BAD BARGAIN IN DoMEsTIcs.
How Two Covetous Mistresses Ex-
changed Maids and Paid More
for had Service.

The reason of the cold silence be-
tween two prominent Maywood women
grew out OF a unique development Of
the perennially-appearing servant girl
question. One Of the women concerned
was blessed with a gocd-natured, hard
working Irish woman, exemplary in all
ways save for the fact that she was
apt to return from her Thursdays
out" in anything but peaceful frame
OF mind. The other had been employ
ing a rather stupid Danish girl, says
the Chicago Times-IIcraA
Each woman secretly coveted and
tried TO obtain her neighbor's maid,
but neither knew, until the change had
been quietly effected, that she had not
been alone in this act of feminine trea-
son. The resultant GOODNESS manifest
ing itself just as soon as each realized
that she was paying a dollar a week
more than her neighbor had done while
the new maids were neither one Of
them the faultless creatures they had
been imagined, has deepened and
spread until at least seven neighboring
families have become more or less in
volved in the difficulty, and fresh COM
pfications are threatened every day.
The two hired girls az last accounts,
were enjoying matters nightly, but
their respective mistresses prefer
walking half a mile to meeting each
other, and the husbands Of the two
indignant women absolutely refuse TO
travel on tlse same suburban. trains.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
EIrhlh New YorI,,a sIcl..

DELAWARE, o.. Aug. SO.-The hos
,ital train of the Eighth New York
egiment reached here yesterday after
Ioon. Captain George w. Leindheim
vas in charge, and he was the only
officer or physician on the
rain. There were 26O sick men, 40 Of
shom were unable to get out of their
ertbs. Three are likely to die before
eaching New York city. There were
,itiful sights in the last three cars,
shere the sick men were. There were
2 cars in all The train started from
Sunday noon.
Grocery and restaurant men. assisted
" many citizens. had sandwiches. cof-
lee. milk, lemonade and fruits ready
Fhen the train arrived, and kindly wo-
mems hands carried the food to the
lick men
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
1awlon IN charge Of san.Iago cus.om..

WASHINGTON, Aug. sO-Adjutant
General Corbin has received the follow
ing cahlegram from General Shafter,
Inder date of Santiago:
Il have today transferred all busi-
less relating to customs over to Major
General LawtOn. There has been col
|ected. with the exception of a small
mount in July, S1O2.O9S. Salaries Of
officials and all expenses, including
|treet cleaning. city officials, police.
|tc., have been paid to date. leaving
|ver 900 in the treasury. The ex-
benses of the custom house have been
but down from $4,000 per annum to
|2s .00O and that in time can be ma
lerially reduced. These collections are
! Il made under the minimum tariff. in
Iluding a large reduction in tonnage.
The economy and celebrity which has
characterized the business of the GUS
Iom house has been brought about in a
|yreat measure under the supervision
nd good management of Donaldson"
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
Newspaper Men Can Get Nothing Out Of
the Commissioners.

the commissioners.
QUEBEC, Aug. S0.-The Americans OF
the arbitration commission began their
labors at o'clock yesterday morning
and by themselves and in joint session
they worked all day The Joint session
began at II o'clock and lasted until
nightfall. The joint meetings are held
in the parliament building, but each
commission, when meeting separately.
holds its sessions in rooms In the Cha
teau Frontenae.
As usual, when the joint meeting clos
ed last evening the commissioners re-
ported that they had gone through a
day of very hard work and that good
progress had been made Senator Fair
banks for the Americans and Lord Her
schell for the Canadians have been Sc
lected to give out whatever there may
be for the press, but so far there has
been nothing which the commission has
considered wise TO reveal. whenever
Lord Herschell is urged by the news
paper representatives, for a crumb Of
news he praises the good nature and
friendly attitude Of the Americans, and
whenever Senator Fairbanks is pressed
for information he praises the friend
liness and hospitality of the Canadians.
But never one word escapes either as
to what takes place behind the closed
doors. The secretaries and experts who
are connected with the commission are
equally close mouthed. One positive
statement was made, however, by Lord
Herschell last evening. He said Il had
been decided that after the recess the
conference would continue at Quebec
There has been some talk about trans
ferring the conference to Washington or
Ottawa, but his lordship said the work
would 90 on here
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
HOBSON ATSANTTAGOI I
Ready to Go to Work on the
Cristobal Colon.
MUCH DISTRESS IN THE CITY.
xeguranca Brought Cargo of Beef and
Forty Signal Corps AIen-Immunes
Moving to New Camp.
Refugees Returning.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Aug. 30.-The
steamer Seguranca arrived yesterday
bringing Lieutenant Richmond p. Hob
son, who will superintend the efforts
10 toat the sunllen Spanish cruisers
Cristobal Colon and Infanta Maria
Teresa.
Lieutenant Hobson had IA enthusi-
4 sastc informal reception from General
Lawton, with whom he will be quarter
4 ed while in Santiago. The Seguranca
brought also Captain Leigh and 40 men
\ Iof the signal service corps, who will
<relieve Colonel Greene. Work will be
begun at once on the military tele-
phone and telegraph lines along the
3coast of eastern Cuba. The Seguranca
& brought cargo Of fresh beef
4 Yesterday General Lawton iss.A an
Eorder releasing the largest dock =. the
*harbor-lately wholly occupied by the
*United States government-and return
s Ing it to the use Of the local merchants
&hnd shippers Trading vessels had ex-
#perienced great inconvenience and de-
Nlay in the absence Of wharf facilities
*and many ships in the harbor are
4awaiting a place to unload. The spe-
eial hardship arises from the excessive
Fharbor charges.
" Ihe beautiful Alameda boulevard, 200
feet wide and encircling Santiago bay.
&now occupied by the Second immune
regiment, will be released to the city
rs soon as the immunes can be removed
20 the new camp, two miles out. The
#boulevard is a fashionable resort for
#iriving and promenading.
Residents of the city and province
10 the number of about 5000, now in
Costa Rica and Jamaica, are expected
o return here during the next three
8veeks and preparations are general for
"a hOusecleaning all around.
A whole battalion Of the Fifth regu-
81 ars. brought by the Knickerbocker
T rom Tampa, has been placed in the
S hospital vacated by the spaniards, yell
81 ow fever having appeared among
q hem. The Knickerbocker has been
luarantined. She touched at a small
Cuban port on her way from the Unit
E ID States and was not inspected at
z zrampa. Five cases of the fever have
developed.
1T seems impossible that much des-
a tuition could exist after the work Of the
Red Cross society. the government offi-
ers and inspectors, but there is ex-
RENE distress in the lower quarters of
. he city. and 1 am giving orders TO have
Il cases relieved upon medical GER
ifieate Of necessity. Large quantities
f food are being distributed"
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
TWELVE TELEGRAMs AT ONCE.
Sent over One Wire by Twelve Trans
mitters-An Interesting
Experiment.

Experiments are at present being
conducted on the Paris Bordeaux line
with some very interesting machines,
which the inventor, NJ. Mercadier, has
been working on for many years.
With these instruments, called dnode-
caplex, 12 Morse transmitters can
work simultaneously on a single wire,
each sending its signals to the proper
receiver at the end of the line. This
result is brought about by the use OF
alternating, or at any rate, interrupt
ed currents.
Each transmitter receives its cur
rent through a tuning fork having a
special note, its vibrations being cleo
trically maintained. These vibrations
furnish a current of the proper peri
cd to cause resonance at each applica-
tion in the proper receiving circuit,
which has its self induction and ca
pacity adjusted for this result. This
receiver is a telephone Ga monotele.
phone, as it is called by NJ. Mercadier),
so constructed and arranged that the
acoustic resonance qualities also help
to damp out from the signals received
everything not intended for it. These
signals are read in the ordinary way
by ear, aided by rubber tubes like
these used on monographs. The sift-
ing out of the signals, it seems, is very
perfect, each receiver giving no evil
deDce of those signals not intended for
IL except a slight murmuring very
indefinite and not at all bothersome.-
Electrical World.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
snanish commissioners Cbosen.

LONDON, Aug. S0.-The Madrid cor
aspondent of The Daily Mail says:
"The peace commissioners will be Sc
or Leon Castillo. Spanish embassa-
or at Paris; Senior Urrutia, Spanish
linistsr at Brussels; the Duke Of Ma
era. governor Of Cadiz; Senator Mar
oartu and Senior Abarzuza.
Duke Almodovar de Rio. minister OF
breign affairs; Senor Groizard, minis
pr Of justice. a4d Senior Gicon. minis
pr Of the colonies, have been appointed
committee to draft a bill authorizing
eace negotiations"
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
oldest Town in TIIi1oi..

The abandonment of the post Office
at Kaskaslkia, H.. for want of patron
age, calls TO mind the fact that this
is the oldest town in the state, having
been founded by La Sale in 16s2-the
same year in which Penn founded
Philadelphia. IL has remained dis
tinctiyely French to this day, and the
modern movement seems to have
avoided It.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30

These computations are based upon
values as shown by real estate records,
buildings, merchandise, and railways,
as well as the circulating medium in
each nation. AS viii be seen, our
wealth is more than seven times great
er than that Of Spain, double that of
Germany. two and half times greater
than that of Russia, nearly double
that of France, equal to the COM
bined wealth Of Russia. Italy. Austria
and Spain. and 500. 100, 100000 larger
than that of Great Britain.-Baltimor
Herald.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
sick soldiers Leave Santiago.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 80. - Surgeon
General Sternberg has received a dis
patch from Santiago saying that 420
convalescents, slightly ill.,
Ire about to sail on the Roumanian,
eaving about 300 sick Of the Fifth corps
n Santiago
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
THE RICHEST NATION.
A Noted English stntisticinn Puts the
United states at the Top
OF the Heap.

Mr.. Michael G. Mulhall, the noted
English statistician, is clearly of the
opinion that no other nation compares
with ours in all the essential elements
that go to make up aggregate wealth.
He also notes the fact that while the
most of European countries have at
tanned their growth, the United States
is apparently on the threshold Of an
industrial development which it has
never dreamed of before.
Mr.. Alulhall submits the following
table OF estimates as being the result
of a careful and comprehensive inves-
tigation into the sources of national
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
collIer Of SIMPSONS Fleet In Port.

NEW YORK. Aug. SO.-The United
States collier Evelyn. Captain Hutchin-
son, has arrived from Guantanamo. The
Evelyn left Norfolk for Guantanamo
with a full cargo of coal for the fleet of
Guantanamo.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30

The action of the Spanish Govern
ment in prohibiting the publication Of
interviews with army officers removes
General Weyler from all participation
in the war.--Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30

Madrid cannot comprehend why
Santiago surrendered. There was no
food, no water and no ammunition, but
the rum still held out.-Milwaukee
Sentinel
Evening journal., 1898-08-30

Richard Croker disapproves Of racing
lethods in Great Britain. Mr.. Croker
as been so used to running the game
b suit himself that he may become
|ard to please.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
In Dawson city.

First Miner-Let's t'row dice fer de
drinks.
Second Miner-I can't afford It. but
I'll play yer a hundred dollar freeze
out.--Up TO Date.
Evening journal., 1898-08-30

Take your trade 10 the storekeeper
who sells what you want TO buy. and
does not wear out your patience trying
to make you accept something you do
not want
Evening journal., 1898-08-30
nrltnin,. Foreign sailors.

Among the foreign sailors in the
British merchant marine 1900 are
scandinavians, 5000 Germans and 1000
Russians.