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The sun., 1898-10-12
VISIT OF SIR KNIGHTS
All Preparations Completed for the
RcCeDtion OF Parkman Com.
mandcrY Of Boston.

The following orders have been issued
by Eminent Commander Y. V. Harrison
Of st. Johns Commandery, No. !, rela-
tive to the visit of the Parkman Com
mandery of Boston:
"The commandcry to assemble at Ma
sonic Temple, Friday afternoon, October
II, at 4 O'Clock, in full Templar uniform,
to escort Parkman Commandery, No. 2S,
OF Boston, from Delaware avenue station,
b. 4 O., to Clayton House; and again at
$50 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Oc-
tober 10, to escort the visitors to B. & U.
railroad Delaware avenue station. Sir
knights and their ladies will assemble at
Masonic Temple Friday evening at 9
O'Clock to receive our guests. Sir knights
and ladies will assemble Saturday, Octo-
Der Is, at 10 o'clock, at Fourth street
wharf and board the steamer Brandy
wine to accompany our guests on an ex-
curson on the Delaware"
The committee on arrangements re-
quest the merchants and citizens of the
city to decorate their homes and places
of business with as many flags and as
much bunting as possible.
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The LETTER &PUD|AIED
Republican Candidates tor Gen.
eral Assembly Will Not Pledge
Themselves in Caucus.
uNIONISTS STRIKE A SNAG
If the Obnoxious Epistle is Not With
drawn the Party, it is COntended,
Will BE Defeated at the
Polls Candidates
Present.

All but six of the Republican candi-
dates for the General Assembly met at
the headquarters of the Lincoln Republi-
can Club, No. 9OS King street, yesterday
morning and unanimously decided not to
attach their names to the famous caucus
circular letter sent them by the Union
Republican County Committee.
Although they had come to this con-
clusion before attending the meeting, the
letter was discussed pro and con before
the decision was given. The letter was
considered to be the poorest political
moye that has been made in this state
for years, and remarks of an uncompli-
mentary nature were heard on all sides,
as it is fully conceded that unless it is
withdrawn it means the defeat of the
party in this county and state.
The decision of the candidates not to
pledge themselves will be presented to
the three Union Republican members OF
the County Executive Committee which
meets at the headquarters at Fifth and
Shipley streets at 3 o'clock this after
noon. ,
The candidates present at yesterday 8
meeting and who have refused to pledge
themselves are as follows:
For State Senator-Samuel NJ. Knox,
First district; Webster j. Blakely, Third;
James NJ. Shakespeare, Fourth; Robert
Mcfarland, Fifth; Merritt N. Willets,
Sixth.
For Representative Htchea,
First district; Robert NJ. Burns, Second;
James w. Robertson, Third; James d.
Carter, Fourth; Frank P. Ewing, Sixth;
George Frizzell, Seventh; John w. Dem
nison, Eighth; John Pilling, Ninth;
Theodore +. Clark, Twelfth.
The absentees sent letters explaining
the cause OF their inability to attend the
meeting, and which also stated that they
would abide by the decision of those
present.
What effect this refusal on the part of
the candidates will have on the Union
lists is not known but it is asserted there
is only one proper thing for them to do
from political standpoint and for the
GOOD of the party, and that is the with
d.awal of the letter that has caused so
much dss ,nsion and dissatisfaction with
the rank and file OF the party.
Prior to the Executive Committee
meeting this afternoon the Union Re-
publican County Committee will hold a
meeting and at this it will be definitely
ccided whether they shall withdraw
the letter or nominate seperate legls.
late ticket of their own.
Daniel F. Stewart, who framed the
obnoxious lettc", positively says it will
not be Withdrawn, but it is as positively
asserted that NJ StcWalv is Dlayinp q
big same OF bluff" and that rather
than see his party sacrificed he will con.
sent to its recall, and thus put an end
70 the unpleasantness now existing be-
tween the Unionists and Regulars.
The sun., 1898-10-12
Will Command First Corps.

The order designating the general
officers to be mustered out of service,
dated October 7th, was published otli-
cially at Washington on Monday, and at
the head Of the list was Maj. Gen.
Joseph G. Breckinridgc, whose name was
not in the first publication. Gen.
Breckinridge will return to duty on No
vember 30th as inspector-general OF the
army. Gen. Breckinridge was to have
commanded the First Corps, which posi-.
ton will be occupied by Maj. Gen. James
II. Wilson who was appointed from Della
ware at the beginning of the war. 1t is
understood that there will be Other
changes in the commands of army corps
stationed in the South.
The sun., 1898-10-12
Plenty of Contracts.

One OF the busiest firms in Whining
ton is the Delaware Electric Supply
Company. The officials are rejoicing at
present at having received the following
contracts within yhe last few days:
A GO horse power boiler and % horse
power engine for j. f. Rhoades & Son;
two powerful pumps, several hydrants
and two 40 horsepower boilers for the
water plant az Pocomokc City, Md; a
large plumbing outfit for parties in
Media, Pa. a 10 horse. power boiler for
parties in Hockessin; 25 horsepower
boiler for the Fibre Speciality Co., Of
Hockessin; 2, $50 feet of 24-inch fire hose
for the Eddystone Manufacturing Co.,
800 feet for the Jackson 4 Sharp Co., zoe
feet for the Diamond Ice Co.. and 40(
feet for the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co.
The sun., 1898-10-12
BAPTISTS IN CONVENTION.
The Fifth Annual Meeting Opened In
the First Baptist Church
at Dover.

The fifth annual convention OF the Bap-
lists of Chester and Delaware counties,
Pa. and of the State OF Delaware, con-
yenad Yesterday in the First Baptist
Church, at Dover.
1t is called the Delaware Baptist
Union Association.
The meeting opened yesterday, morn
ing with devotional exercises leo by the
Moderator, Rev. Il. ii. Mlddleditch, OF
Ridley Park.
This was followed by the reports. OF
committees; the nomination and election
of officers and the appointment OF COM
mittees, followed by the Introductory
sermon delivered bv Rev. +. W. Powell.
The afternoon and evening program
was as follows:
Lisp. M, Women's Missionary So.
cety, Mrs. +. G. Merrill, president; sing.
ing, prayer; Missionaries at Home"
Mrs. Fl. n Jones; violin solo, Miss katha-
rine Spencer; "To Whom Much is Given,
Much Will Be Required" Miss L. Hyatt;
solo; circle reports Of the churches; busl-
ness; 800, reports of committee on sys-.
tematic benevoence; $40, addresses on
reports, fifteen minutes each, by repre-
seatatives; educational society, the Rev.
L. Stephens, d. D.; Home Mission So
ciety, the Rev. f. B. Farmer, d. D.;
Publication Society, the Rev. Q. Z.
Fl;ppo Missionary Union, the Rev. Il.
II. Middleditch; State Missionary So
ciety, the Rev. S. S. Woodward; Baptist
Orphanage, the Rev. II. B. Cook, d. D.;
Training School, Mrs. J. Miller; offering,
adjournment.
Up. m, Young Peoples Federation,
election of officers general business,
singing, anthem by The choir, address,
the Rev. Wayland Hoyt, D. D.; anthem
by the choir.
The proceedings for today are as sub
joined:
Devotional exercises, the Rev. Miller
Jones; election Of trustees and reports,
reporS of missionary committee, general
discussion of the needs of the associa-
| ton; II a. m., doctrinal sermon, the
Rev. E. H. johnson, D. d.; offering, ad-
journment, 4
2p. M, devotional exercises, reports
of committees, new churches, place OF
meeting and preacher, temperance, en-
rol!ment, digest Of letters, obituaries;
3.l5, "Mid.week Prayer Meeting. Is 1t
| UIlC SplIltuul uIbC VI WIG VIC
Rev. w. r. Patton; "Why Not More
Largely Attended % the Rev. s. B. Over
ton; "What May Be Done to Improve
1t ?' the Rev. o. &. Buddington. Sew
eral discussions of five minutes each.
Offering and adjournment.
7.30 p. M, song service, anthem, by
choir; Sp. M, "Relation of Church to
the Social Problems" the Rev. r. H.
Middleditch; solo, Miss Cannon; S.l5.
"Tbe Church's Methods Determined by
Its Mission," the Rev. F. G. Merrill;
$50, anthem, devotional exercises, the
Rev. S. S. Woodward.
The most important business to come
before the convention is that of putting
field secretaries at work in the Pennsyl-
vania and Delaware counties-lhe coun-
try secti ms especially-embraced in its
territory. These secretaries are not only
to sift out Baptists and organize them,
but are TO work energeticaly among
non-church goers.
The sun., 1898-10-12
Wine and tenders cost the same.
IN MANY CAPACITIES.
Women Serve as SChoo, Superin' Ell.
dents and on School Boards
in C1Iil0rni?

The value of the services Of women as
public educators is found in every state.
They serve in several capacities as educa-
tors in the State Of California as the fol-
lowing letter attests:
SAN Francisco, Cal., Oct. ), 1898.
To TIE EDITOR OF TIE Sun, Wilmington,
Del:
DEAR SIR.-I would state that women
are recognized in school work in other
capacities than as teachers. In many OF
the counties and cities of this state they
occupy positions OF county and city sup.
erintendents, and occasionally y are identi.
fed with Boards OF Education and
School Trustees.
Personally ! can discover no cogent
reason why they are not entitled to such
recognition.
Very respectfully yours,
r. H. WEBSTER,
Supt. of Schools.
The sun., 1898-10-12
NEWS NOTES.

Rev. T. Gardiner Littell, d. d., of New
York, visited friends in this city yester-
day, while on his way from the General
Convention.
Miss Eleanor Todd, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Todd, and Howard
Ross will be married the latter part Of
this month.
II. II. Ward and Walter II. Hayes
were in Dover yesterday.
Cornelius Murray, OF Philadelphia, is
the guest of friends in this city.
G. X. Zimmerman has left for Omaha,
where he will visit the Exposition.
Cards are out for the wedding of Will
liam Ewes, of this city, and Miss Elsie
Gregg, OF CentrevilIe, at the home OF the
bride, on October %.
Captain r. G. Chase, of Philadelphia,
spent yesterday with friends in this city.
General John P. Donahoe was in Fell
ton yesterday.
A concert was given yesterday at the
Home for Aged Women, by Hyatt's
Military Band. f
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Wine and tenders cost the same.
Soldier Buried,

Thirty.two members of Co. d, First
Delaware Regiment, went to Chester,
Pa, yesterday morning and attended the
funeral of Private John j. Dugan, who
died at the Delaware Hospital last Sat-
urday of injuries received on the rail-
road near the French street station.
The funeral took place from the resi-
dence OF the deceased's uncle, John
Dugan, No. 53S Penn street. Mass was
celebrated in Immaculate Heart r. G.
Church. Corporal John Ford was in
charge of the pallbearers, which COM
prised in addition to himself, Alfred
Denney, Michael +. Kelley, Edward
Cannon, William j. Calhoun and David
Mundal.
The company sent pillow of carna-
tions and roses bearing the words
Mustered out" and Lieut.. sasse sent
a cross OF flowers with the initials "U.
s w
The sun., 1898-10-12

cedent. District Attorney Vandegritt re-
marked that ''any day close to the cleo
ton is not a proper time in which to try
the case.
From the point OF view Of a layman We
cannot see what the election has to 40
with the trial of man charged with
conspiring to misapply the funds of a
national bank. AS well might the trial
of man charged with murder be post
poned from date few days priorto
Christmas because it would cast gloom
over the holiday season and the great
Christian festival. Thus far there has
not been even the shadow OF any evil
dence to show that politics has aught to
do with the bank cases. The district at
torney is Democrat, the judge is Re-
publican, one Of the defendants lawyers
is Democrat and the other is a Repub-
lican, many of the witnesses are Demo-
Gratis and some are Republicans, while
the Jurors who may be expected to try
the case are made up of both Democrats
and Republicans. Three trials haye been
held, but nothing political has been IN
jected into either of them. Therefore the
plea that it would not be proper to
try Senator Kenney just before the cleo
ton is remarkable proposition. At the
same time we have no desire to criticlse
any of the governments agents. The
cases that have already been tried have
been conducted with fairness on both
sides. No possible objection can be made
to any OF the proceedings in the past,
and the result Of the trial could have no
influence upon the election. -,
In justification of Mr.. Vandegrift's S
plea it must be taken into consideration
that while the court and the government
officers and the attorneys for the defense
have kept politics out OF the kenney case
there has been studied attempt upon
the part of Democratic papers in this
state to imply political motives for the
arrest and Indictment of Senator Ken
ney. Some of these papers have even
gone so far as to criticise Judge Bradford
and the district attorney. an abuse of the
freedom of the press that should bring
punishment upon the offenders if it were
possible.
It is gratifying to note that the attor.
news for the defendant declared yester
udy tlldI tlley NciS icduy w piooeCo WIN
the tial at once and that it was the con
stitutional right of the accused to have
his Gaze taken up and finished promptly
But the court agreed to a postponement
and that disposes OF the matter for the
present. There is only one course left
for Senator Kenney to follow and that il
to have the case pushed as soon as pos
sible to final conclusion. That he is dis
posed to do so was evidenced by thu
words of his attorneys yesterday. I'll
Morning Neus.
Let the law take its course. The mel
who represent the Government are tn
best judges as to what should be don
and what should not be done. THE ST.,
has implicit confidence in Mr.. Lewis G
Vandegriit. He has wealth of ability
sufficient courage and the endorsement G
men everywhere. His action in the Ken
ney case must be accepted as the resul
of his best judgement. His motive vii
not be questioned for an instant. Ml
Nandegrift is a man of honor. Let tn
law take its course.
The sun., 1898-10-12
DR.. Jacobs Worse.

DR.. Blocksom OF this city, was called
to Atlantic City yesterday by DR.. Jacobs
of the Freie Presse, of Wilmington.
DR.. Jacobs has been at the seaside for
several weeks in search of health and
was taken suddenly worse yesterday.
DR.. Blocksom expects to return to this
city today.
The sun., 1898-10-12
THE KENNY CASE.

"THE postponement Of the second trial
Of Senator Richard K. kenney, which
was set for October -, came as a surprise
yesterday. Mr.. Levi G. Bird, counsel for
Senator Kenney, held that the reason ad-
vanced by the attorney general for post
ponement was unusual and without pre-
The sun., 1898-10-12

THE question OF whether women shall
serve on School Boards has been delini-
tey settled in otncr states.
1t will be settled and in the same way
in Delaware. 1t is inevitable Women
have shown peculiar fitness for posi-
The sun., 1898-10-12

Yesterday was donation day at the
Sunday Breakfast Mission, No. III Ship
ley street.
The meeting Of the auxiliary of the
Women's Home Missionary Society, of
Asbury M. Il. Church, was held last
evening, in the lecture room of the
church.
The sun., 1898-10-12

"The Farmers Bark at
Georgetown is holding
worthless paper,up0n which
money was raised to buy
Democratic votes for the
last ten years." ."---Jerome Il.
Bell, in the Sunday Star.
The sun., 1898-10-12
Wednesday, October y, 1898.
Good Morning.

Two years ago at general election,
Kent county was stolen bodily.
That is history. Every body knew it.
The result of the count at Dover yester-
day amounted only to confession.
Kent county has for two years been vic
timized by the result of this barefaced
steal.
The result is constitution which can
be and will be attacked at any time by
the Pennsylvania Railroad-and success
fully. 1t will simply be wiped out OF
existence.
The Constitutional Convention was a
fraud.
The last Legislature was fraud.
Not one of the laws framed by this
body of political shysters is operative.
They held their positions as a result of
the most barefaced vilainy ever foisted
upon state under the name of self
government.
Senator S. R. Meredith, elected by
fraud held the seat OF a better man and
obstructed the way of honest legislation
for two years and it will require pro-
cess Of law to prevent his voting for the
highest honor in the gift Of the state
that of United States Senator from Della,
ware
This is only one,
Man by man, office by office, runs
the Shiny trail OF this gigantic swindle.
The man who organized this gigantic
crime is voting member OF the highest
tribunal in the lands the United States,
Senate.
Another man whose hand is prominent
in this criminal proceeding is serving ar
eighteen months term in Trenton peni
tentiary for robbing bank, "a trivial Incl
dent, comparatively.
Another is county chairman of thu
Democratic party for Kent county. YET
be helped to rob the people Of the count,
of their sacred right of ballot.
Still another poses as a leader in th
affairs of the state frames bills for TIN
Legislators, and inspires them with idea
from his RUN tortured brain. This MAJ
actually claims credit for having foiste'
upon the people of Delaware that mos
iniqitous piece OF Legislation, the Adam
Tax Law.
These are the men who have the sui
lime audacity to come before the peopl
of Delaware and ask their suffrage, nc
only for themselves but for their friends
These are the fathers of the schem
which was organized by body Of Inc
who are disgrace and degradation t.
the county, blot and blight upon tt
fair name OF Delaware.
They are dishonest; they are disrepr
table and discredited, No honest ma
will associate with them, no decel
woman shelter them, and Their prcscn
on the street would cause Il mode
woman to draw aside her skirts from
possible pollution,
They should be pointed out to childr
as type OF all that is vile.
They are the men who have made Il
elections a farce and the voter fool.
They are the men who by force
arms stole one third Of sovereign stat
1t is high time that these polite
lepers should be forever crushed out,
respective Of party, family or polite
connection.
The sun., 1898-10-12
THE WEATHER FORECAST.

Indications for today are, partly
cloudy to fair weather will prevail
with slight temperature changes and
fresh to brisk, variable winds, prob
ably becoming high On the coast. Tc'
morrow fair. cooler weather.
The sun., 1898-10-12

THERE was time when a man who
made Il statement which he could not
subatantiate vas called a liar
There are certain charges concerning
the Levy Count, such as "maladministra-
tion,' 'crookcd contracts" "misman-
agrmcnt" and "cXtravagant appropria-
tons which have been made through
the columns of ErDY Er"iUg These
have not been substantiatcd.
Mr. Samuel Bancroft, Jr, has not es-
capped the usual result, and still there is
no sign.
Can it be that coward will have to be
written alongside Of liar.
The sun., 1898-10-12

SIT ls a very mle occurrence Tor YES
sci to be grounded and burned within
the limits OF the city Of Wilmington. But
that is what happened yesterday. We
are sorry for the owners of the ship and
its cargo, but all the same the incident
will inform the rest Of the country that
Wilmington has real water front, al
though not much in evidence in bust
ness sense. .'-NorWi"g .N~rs.
Here is the proposition, il we under
stand it. "Evcry time a vessel is de-
stroyed within tie city limits OF Will
mington, the incident will serve to in
form the rest Of the country that Will
mington has a real water front" New
Castle, DEL, was the first finished city.
How many people know that New Cas-
tie has better natural harbor than Ne V
York, Philadelphia or Wilmington? Who
would know that New Castle was on the
map, were it not tor its whipping post
and prison? New Castle is finished. If
Wilmington's great water front is to be
advertised to the World of Commerce
only when vessel is destroyed within
the limits of the city, Delaware will soon
have two finished cities.
How much better and cheaper it would
be to secure some rational, profitable
Publicity for Wilmington's great water
front? Why not secure Profitable Pub.
licity for the city itself? Why not coun'
teract the bad effect resulting from the
decidedly improbable and undesirable
Publicity given the state by the many
criminal acts of national importance
committed within its borders?
Delaware was once state OF which thu
whole nation was proud. Today Della
ware is notorious-not distinguished.
By routing the scoundrels who have
dishonored themselves and disg!aced til,
state, Delaware will then enter upon
campaign OF Profitable Publicity and tn
great water front will be Sin evidence il
a business sense"
You can start the wheels of Proftabl
Publicity by improving your own advcl
tisng The town is known by its adver
tsers; by its Publicity.
Say. DO you buy in Wilmington? ]
not why not? Think this over.
The sun., 1898-10-12
THE aakiss SUN
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Clement Il. Congdon, Sole Owner.
Entered at the Wilmington Post ONCE
as Second Class Matter.
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THE SUN is published every day in
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the City of Wilmington and the State OF
Delaware by authorized agents. Sub
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-01-30

provement upon the one-mau eystem,
10 is evidently not accepted os fnal
solution OF the problem
Judge Fatei's own suFg estiln Is 10 =
teresting lie proposes to substitute
for the Board OF Pardous legal ma
chine, working as follows: All appl'-
cations for psrdons TO be fed with
the attorney general, by him submitted
TO the prosecuting attorney OF the
county Ia which the convict was sen
tsnccd, thence referred to the trial
Judge, aud by MIN returned TO the at
torney general II either the pros
ecuting attorney or the trial judge rec
ommeuded pardon, the case shou
be laid before the governor; otherwise
1t should 20 no further
Whether this plan, or something like
IL, would operate more satisfactorily,
would remain 10 be seen u would
probably reduce the number OF indie
fensib!e psrdons Rut public opinion
must in any case be aroused against
the dangerous clemency being shown
criminals by the governors OF to-many
states, and, most OF all, by the presi-
6ent OF the United States
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-01-30

or course, il Is not always safe 10
-ahAeaa tbatfa thug will run IL he en-
counters vigorous resistance, but all
the recent events IN the hold-up line
warrant the conclusion that thf aver
age highwaymau is coward. During
the last tee days or 30 we have tee n
him routed by a woman with broom
stick, put to flight AZ tle point Of a
hatpin and ignominiously captured by
husky "aired ghl" la ew Of these
exploits Of women il is not particularly
surprising TO read that Mr. e. r. C x,
OF III Twenty'eighth place, Chicago,
when confronted by two robbers last
week, took their revolvers away from
them, dubbed one OF them into n state
of innocuous desuetude and showered
the other with bullets so long as he
was In sight. II might not be possible
10 duplicate this performance with all
thugs, but 1t is safe TO say that deter
termined resistance will in nine cases
out of ten cause the prowling footpad
TO turn tail