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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

0ooov0A A1to0emeRe FeeE0Gos
In tho of1oiai announcement oonearuipa
~ sirdar' peeEage II Is explained tAat the
5deen's wishes would have bean notiAsd
81 IN earlier dats but for tho temporary
breakdown of tslsgraphio communicaAiOn.
II 10 usual Of course for the recipient Of
such dignity 10 bs made acquainted with
bis good fortune before any official COM
munication ID made to the press, and
therefore the explanation alluded to would
b In itself not only plausible, but oonvine.
ing
There IL rumor, however, that the
breakdown Of the telegraph wires does not
furnish the whole explanation Of tho inci-
dent, and that the question of comforting
peerago upon Sir Herbert Kitchener be-
came matter Of serious debate between
Lord Salisbury and the war Office. Prob.
ably with accuracy the sirlar Ia describ-
ed as tho "mOst popular man In the en-
pire," but It ia nevertheless we'll known
In military Orioles that his rapid advance
IN the army has CAUSED serious heartburn
ing, and 1t is feared that his elevation to
the peerage, by which he would PRACTICAL
y attain tho status enjoyed by the COM
mander in chief and Lord Roberts, would
intensity the feeling.
But the press and the public have had
their way, and incidentally, too, tho honor
conferred upon the sirdar has advertised
to the world the Importance which the
British government attaches to his work
and its results. London Cor. Leeds Mer-
curry,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

MOTlCE-To the Honorable Judges of
~ tho Court OF General Sessions Of tic
State OF Delaware In ana for New
Castle County, we, tho undersigned. free.
holders and respectable eli iZens OF the Third
ward in city Of W Wilmington do hereby certify
that N. l.. Lynch, tenant and occupant ~
store situated at the northwest corner of
Fourth and Madison streets, in Third ward
city, county and state aforesaid, and described
IN her application, and who is an applicant for
alicense on Monday. the 2lst day OF Nov, 4.
=. ls9S, being the next term of said court. for
the sale Of Intoxicating liquors in Quantities
NOT less than one-half gallon therein,
not to be drunk on the premses sbo
being licensed retailer OF goods, wares And
merchandiseth aggregate cost value OF her
stock constantly kept on hand for 81 lie ia not
less than $500. Sho is a woman of
fuil aye. sobriety and Rood moral character:
that such sale of intoxicating LIQUORS nj ,ai
pace Is necessary to accommodate tho public
mat she Is tho applicant and tenant oil said
mouse. The following respectable citizens of
said ward ut least II OF whom are substantial
Tree holders OF said ward, recommend the
n Hamilton JPT Fueksl
Charles Hallam James Monaghan
\ Abberger u Plepenbring
nennls Lucy Henry WitsiI
Thomas Duny Albert Butcher
Lawrence Burns JIG Beidel
DWLynch Geo H Huber
Fred Kieple LW Ellis
George Kraft IA Townsend
T = Lofand d. Darrell
Harvey spruancs Sw Barker
Harry A Brand Harry Il King
oSl.Std.v MI LYNCH
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

Statistics show that the medical pro.
fession is more prone to suicide thar
any other. During the last three years
the number Of suicides occurring among
physicians In the United Kingdom has
been, respectively, As, 40 and Al per
annum. an average of nearly one to
1000, or, as the death rate among ply
sicians. is about 25 to 1000. nearly
one-hftieth Of all the deaths in the
profession have been by suicide.
1t has been suggested that an ex-
plantation Of this tendency may be
found in the development of morbid
fancies in the mind of doctor, CD &C.
count Of his constant association with
the sick and dying, or because he has
the requisite knowledge of how to die
painlessly and conveniently.
A medical journal desserts from all
these views, and holds that the leading
factor In the accessibility Of the poison
drugs, which are almost invariably
used.
suicide is largely matter OF Insane
impulse. Imagine man fatigued in
body and depressed In spirNs-as a
doctor often is-swayed by an over
whelming conviction of the utter weari-
ness Of life to the impulse of suicide.
If he had but to put on his hat and
walk to the chemists and tax his in
genuity for lie with which to explain
his desire for poison, he might post
pone the fatal act from mere inertia, or
may meet friend or have his interest
in life aroused by one of multitude OF
everyday occurances, or physical exer-
else may bring him to mis- senses.
If, however. as Is the case with al
most any doctor, he has simply to feel
In his pockets. or walk across his room
to get deadly poison, the impulse may
be carried into execution before any
thing can happen to supplant it In
he brain.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

Statistics just published show that in
Russia only 847, 1888 families out of pop
ulation of about 1870, 100000 souls have an
income Of over R1O0 a year, or that prao-
tically more than 90 per cent of the whole
population are constantly In a state Of alb.
joct poverty and pauperism in their vari-
GUS degrees.
The figures become appalling when one
considers the case Of the peasantry, which
forms the overwhelming majority of the
population. The average yearly income
OF u peasant family consisting Of six mem
bcrs ranges from fla to els year, out of
which between 25 and R7 has to DO paid
to the government in direct taxes.-Lon-
don Mail.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

bed and proceeded to carefully drive
the brass-headed nail into the sacred
walls Of the Annapolis Naval Academy
He then hung the framed text on tho
nail and stood back. with his head on,
one side, to see If the text was hung
up straight.
At this moment one of the officers,
who had heard the pounding on tho
wall, entered the room, and, on seeing
the text, suffered shock that almost
rendered him speeches.. Finally no
managed to gasp an indignant order to
the new cadet to Take that thing
down."
What thing?" demanded Evans.
with his hands in his pockets and his
chin advanced.
'That-that picture thing" splutter-
ed the officer. !
"'Tisn't picture said Evans, con-
vincingly.
Take 1t down." roared the officer.
Go to blazes!" retorted Evans. \
The young official looked at the
stockily built figure OF the champion Of
the text and decided that dignity might
be compromised If he tried to personal.
ly enforce his command. So he re-
ported the matter to the ofiicer Of tho
day. The officer of the day called
Evans before him, explained that or
ders at Annapolis must be obeyed, and
directed the new cadet to return to his
room and at once take down the text
Evans politely but firmly said that his
mother had given him the text and
asked him to hang it up. He said that
he had hung the text up and intended
to have 1t remain there as long as no
was pupil at the academy.
Accordingly the matter was referred
to the Navy Department. and an as
sistant to an assistant-secretary of the
navy wrote to Evans, commanding him
to at once obey the rules Of the insti.
tuition and remove the text
While all these things were going
on Evans had written to his father and
acquainted him with the circumstances
surrounding the hanging-up of the
text. Evans father, q staunchi
churchman. told his son to stand bx
his guns-or, rather, his text-aud
added the advice that, il his son was
compelled to take down the text, he
should Immediately pack his trunk and
come home. In the midst of his in.
dlgnations Mr.. Evans, ST., told the
church people about 1t.
That settled It. The leaders of the
church communicated with Congress-
men In general and especially with the
Congressman who had appointed
Evans to the Annapolis Academy
Then the trouble reached head. The
church members held an indIgnationi
meeting and some hints of the matter
got into the newspapers. The Com
gresham asked questions in the House
Of Representatives and indignant let
,ers by the bushel drifted down upon
he Secretary Of the Navy. Finally
he whole church took up the matter
If Bob Evans text and Virginia rang
With the argument.
Then 1t was that the Secretary of tho
Navy, who was an astute man, decided
hat the best thing for them to do
would be to give an official wink,
Accordingly he wlnked, and that
wink passed clear down the line of Of
lclaldom until 1t reached Evans HIM,
elf, who cheerfully looked at his text
md also winked.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
CAPT EVANS TITLE,
HOW HE EARNED THE sosatovs1
ii..-s e. OF FIGHTING BoH.n

It All Came About Through Bible Text
Which He Hung IN His Room ut the Naval
Academy-Hs Dehsd the Secretary Of tho
Navy and Finally Conquered.
Many reasons have been given for
the Fighting Bob" sobriquet OF Rob-
ley D. Evans. commander of the battle
ship Iowa. 1t IL generally supposed
that this title dates back to the days
Of the civil war. Persons, however,
who knew Fighting Bob" In his boy.
hood days, say he gained his title
when. as a cadet at Annapolis. he de.
fed the entire staff of Academy ON.
cials, as well as the War Department
on the subject of Bible text.
In the old days at Annapolis rule
was promulgated that no cadet should
hang pictures or ornaments on the
walls Of his room. The cadets were
forbidden even to stick pins In the
wall. 1t was a good rule as far q X
went. and was devised chiefly to pre-
won't cadets who were the sons Of
wealthy parents from attempting TO
show of before their comrades In tho
Academy. The trainers Of the regula-
tion argued that, unless such rule
was In force, those cadets who were
rich enough would decorate their
rooms with handsome curtains, pic
lures, brackets and tho like, thereby
causing poorer cadets to envy them
and perhaps lead to expensive attempts
at emulation.
The rule worked beautifully until
one day there arrived at the Acamedy
a youth from Virginia with square
Jaw and the name of Robley D. Evans
After passing through the usual for.
malities. room was assigned to him,
and one Of the porters carried his
trunk upstairs. About the first two
things which Robley D. Evans extract.
ed from that trunk were a brass-head-
ed nail and large. neatly framed b.
BILE text. Taking the nail and a con-
venient shoe, Cadet Evans stood on his
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
The Prospect In New York.

The election for Governor in the State
Of New York Is being warmly contested
md Colonel Roosevelt cannot hope to have
very large majority II no even manages
to escape defeat The Tammanyites are
doing everything in their power to elect
Van Wyck and former contests show what
fraud and perjury may accomplish. Platt
stupidity at the Mayoralty election made
their triumph possible at this time just
~ the stupidity Of men in our State con-
tributed to Democratic victory two years
ag1. The New York Herald says the in
dications are that the Republicans will be
In control Of the Legislature on joint bal.
lot and will be able to elect successor to
Mr.. Murphy in the U. S. Senate. At any
rate the canvass shows that there will be
majority In the next Congress for the
maintenance of honest money. This is
the issue Of most vital importance in the
elections and the forecast of defeat for the
misguided advocates Of a depreciated cur
rency will crafty and encourage overy
business man and every wage Garner who
desires that his hard earned dollar shall
buy hundred cents worth of the necessi-
lies Of life. The working people OF our
State should take the hint and vote
against the heretical doctrine of free COIN
age advocated by Congressman Handy.
The late Thomas F. Bayard could not have
stultifed himself so far as to vote for
candidate entertaining such doctrines.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
ADJUSTMENTS
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
THE ISLE OF CHAMPAGNE.

In compliance with numerous requests
mailed to Reading last week and at the
box office of the Opera House hore, Mana.
ger Milton Aborn has arranged to present
Tuesday evening tho three-act opera com
ique. "Ths Isle Of Champagne" with
all the scenery and electrical effects cos.
tunes, etc, as used in the original pro-
duction in New York, guaran teeing the
most complete opera performance ever
given in this city. In appreciation of this
change four theatre parties who could
not at;ond on Thursday evening have
secured seats and no doubt many others
will avail themselves of the oppor luuity
of eelng the opera Tuesday evening.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

When the eminent English advocate,
Sir Frank Lockwood, was a young
man, he was retained to defend ruff
fan accused of a desperate crime.
There seemed little hope Of saving the
prisoner, and Lockwood said to him:
Take my advice and plead guilty and
save the old man trouble. It's your
only chance Of getting light rem
tence." The prisoner looked him Up
and down, and leaning over the bar of
the dock, said: you fuzzle- headed
beggar, what do you suppose pay you
for? For me to do your work that you
can't do? Go back to your seat and
do what you're paid for!" Lockwood
went back and got the man acquitted.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
ABENHEACTOR OF WEAK MEN

To be able to do god in.this world is a
grand hing. 70 Lave the power of less
ening pain and creating comfort and hapi.
pess is a noble possession and to be con-
slant and unselffsh in its exercise is mob
Ter still. DIR. Greene So West IA h St,
New York City, the gifted and success ,ful
specialist whose wonderful cures of the
weak and debilitated have made bis name
a household word Is one of the fortunate
men. Weak men and women should
know that they can con .ult Dr. Greene
by letter free. This Is a great boou. If
you arc in trouble, ifyou are sick and all
ing write to DIR. Greene and got his ADVICE.
He can cure you.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
sALE-BY VIRTUE OF A
writ of Levari FaciaS. to me directed.
will be exposed TO public sale at the
Court House, on Market street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets. In tho city
Of Wilmington, New Castle county,
State Of Delaware.
ON FRIDAY,
THE 18th DAY OF NOVEMBER. 1893
at 2 o'clock y. M,

the following described real estate. viz:
All that certain lot or piece Of land with 2
story brick dwelling thereon erected, situate
in the city Of Wilmington aforesaid bounded
and described al follows, to wit:
Beginning at the easterly side Of Montgom-
cry street, at the distance Of 81 feet 6 inches
southerly from the southerly side of Fifth
street At corner Of land now or formerly Of
David Harrison thence easterly and parallel
to Fifth street passing through and along the
middle Of the partition wall between this and
tho Harrison dwelling "a feet inches to the
westerly sideof q feet wide alley communica.
ting with feet wide alley leading into Mont
gomery street; thence along said side Of said
feet wide alley southerly and parallel to
Montgomery street Is feet D inches to q stake:
thence by a new line dividing this lot from
and now or late of John dimes, and passing
through and along the middle Of the partition
vail between this and the dwelling on the said
Mines lot westerly and parallel with Fifth
treet Areet inche, to the said side Of Mont
gomery street. and thence thereby northerly
- feet . inches to the place Of beginning, be
tho contents thereof what ii may.
Seized and taken In execution AZ the proper
ty OF Frank l.. Cam, administrator of Hugh b.
Bates. deceased and Elmra Bates, and Mary
B. Bates, heirs at-law of Hugh B Bates, and Is
and 10 be sold by
WILLIAM R. Finn. Sheriff.
Sierifs ONCE. Wilmington. Delaware.
October rs, 1893. o26
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
Conference of Porto Rfc8ns.

San Juan de Porto Rico, Oct. 81
The principal theater of this city was
taxed to its utmost capacity yesterday
afternoon on the occasion of public
meeting of delegates from the chief
towns of the island TO consider and
draft recommendations regarding the
necessities of the island for the use of
the special commissioners, who will be
selected later to represent Porto Rico
at Washington. when the time comes
for settling the administrative system.
The assembly was fairly representative,
and although the proceedings gave I'M
due prominence to unmLortant de-
tails, there was abundant evidence Of
Intelligent reflection on island affairs.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
Spoke for Tvshty-six Hours.

The longest speech on record was
made by Mr.. de Cosmos in the legis-
lature Of British Columbia when a
measure was pending to contiscate the
lands Of settlers. File was in hope
less minority, and the enemy expect
ed to rush the bill through at the end
of the session. 1t WAS 10 in the morn
ing; at noon the merit day, II no action
were taken, the act Of confscatlon
would fail. De Cosmos arose, spoke
for twenty-six hours continuously, and
then with baked liGs, bloodshot eyes,
and almost dead with fatigue, he won
the victory that nearly cost him his
life,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
Pensions Quickly Secured.

Original pensions intelligently prosecut.
ed ; rejected pom sions re-opered and sue
cessfully completed; dropped and reduced
pensions restored; widows pensions se-
cured in 40 to 90 days, by Col. John
Wainwright, expert pension attorney, I'd
floor No. 3 West Seventh street, Whining.
ton, Del.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

Chattanooga, Tenn, Oct. 31.-Oflcials
Of the Western and Atlantic road and
of Cobb county Ga, have arrested
Luke and Thompson Nann and Lex
CantreIl, near Ackworth Ga. on sus-
picion Of having attempted on the night
Of oct. to wreck passenger train on
the Western and Atlantic railroad.
One Of the confedcrates conres .ed, and
all three men have been held TO court
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
Suits dyed, Manhattan Laundry.
7. M. Wier, Fifth and King Streets.

- he place: Ladies', we have lots OF new goods
this wesk-New buckw heat, 10 pounds for 2S
cents. This buckwhcat is made by country
Jar extracted honey, 10 cents n jar This honey
iswarranted pure and direct from tho beeil
Pure Vermont maple sap syrup, 10 cents 1
bottle. This 10 just what you want for buck.
marmalsde, 20 cents = lar. Peace Jubilee
wafers, new cake and very nice one 10
pound; dainty chesse sandwiches these ars
you tried the new pound cake 10 pound VIII
icing; II you want good pound cake, and
know you do, this 10 what you. wenti svery}
thing you got from - - good; thss 10 what
~ cents pound. We give trading stamps 81
y. N. Wier's. Fifth and King atreotA e1sett
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
Steam Barge Wrecked the Locks

ST. GATHERINGS. Ont, Oct. 3l.-As the
steam barge George Spencer, owned by
B. l.. Pennington, OF Cleveland. was
entering lock No. s, on the Wellard
canal, yesterday she bumped into one of
the gates ard carried it away. The rush
Of water carried away two other gates
and navigation on the canal is tempo
rari!y suspended. 1t is thought that
The locking will be resumed by We'd
tesday.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

ny again Mt oaf party ssganisstion VII,
protect every man who has . right to vote
We VIII b prepared TO meet orr snsmiss.
AID al daterninsd ttatthsrs shall. hs no
fIsud and naturalization at shis election.
We pEoposs tosSs shatthsrs4s 9 fair alss-
ton and fair count, and know that with
the court actins ~ tho returning board,
there will be no danger from that source
1--WE are going to win this Asht, and the
claims and bluffs Of the Democratic lead
ers will not DO able to change tho result"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

Worcester, Mass, Oct. 31.-John
Reid. the famous bunco steerer and
green goods man, escaped from the
hands of Keeper ]. L. Abbott, at the
Sherwood House, in this city, last
night. Reid was brought up from
Charlestown prison to appear at the
superior court this morning to answer
to three charges. Keeper Abbott took
his man to the hotel to spend the night,
and while the keeper stepped into the
hallway from the rooom Reid escaped.
The entire police force is searching for
him.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

At the present moment the British
empire is fifty-three times the size OF
France, flfty-two times that Of Ger
many, three and half times that OF
the United States of America, thrice
the size Of Europe with treble the
population Of all the Russias. 1t ex-
tends over 100000 square miles, oc-
cupies one-fifth Of the globe contain
ing one-f1fth Of the human race, or
100000 people, embraces four con.
tinents, 10000 islands, 500 promono.
tories and 1000 rivers.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

"What can you offer my daughter that
equals or oxoels what she has nowY" de-
manded tho old man.
'Well, replied the young man after
minute or two of thought, II think the
name Of Martindale is an improvement
upon that Of Skraggs."
Those who heard Of 1t nftcrward decided
1t was cllncher. Anyway, he got the
girl.-Chicago Post.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
SearchliRhta In Balloons.

Russia is experimenting with giant
searchlghts mounted In balloons and con.
tanning electric burners connected with
dynamos upon the ground. The largest
of these yet reported Is Of 5000 candle
power At a distance Of only 600 yards
above the earth 1t will illuminate a cir.
cular area 500 yards In diameter to tho
brightness of the day.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31

One OF the curiosities at Chatsworth, the
Duke Of Devonshires place, Is weeping
willow made Of copper and so dex terously
fashioned that at distance 1t resembles
q real tree. 1t ia actually shower bath,
for by pressing secret tap tiny spray Of
water can be made to burst from every
branch and twig Of the tree, to the dis
comfort Of any who may be under 1t.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
Soldiers In China,

Soldiers are despised in China. They
belong chiefly to tho cody classes. The
German officers engaged some time ago
by the Chinese government found that
their most important task was to over
como the soldiers own feeling that they
were n lower order Of beings than other
Cinnamon.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
ON FRIDAY,
THE 1lIH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1893,

the following described real estate, VIZ:
al that certain lot or piece Of land with the
buildings thereon erected, situate In the city
Of Wilmington aforesaid bounded and describ
ed as follows:
Beginning at point on the northerly side Of
Second street between Shipley and Orange
streets at distance Of 60 feet From the east.
erly side Of Orange street, at a line Of land Of
the Fame Hose Company; thence by the same
ard land of Thomas Garrett north 82 degrees
east 40 feet to . corner stake; thencs north IS
degrees west " feet to another stake; thence
south " degrees west " feet to the aforesaid
side OF eccond street, and thence along the
same easterly 10 feet to the place Of beginning
be the contents thereof what they may.
Seized and taken in execution az the property
OF the Equitable Guarantee and Trust Com
pany, administrator Of Esther j. Stroud, de-
ceased; Ada Wyatt and Eugene Wyatt her
husband Martha Morgan and Charles +. Nor.
gan, her husband, Mary Il. Wyatt and James
J. Wyatt, her husband, Edwin 4. Stroud and
Martha J.. Stroud, his wife, Lemuel Stroud
and Wilhelmina A. Stroud, his wife. and tho
Equitable Guarantee and Trust Company,
trustee for Walter o. Holt (lvnatic), heirs at
law of Esther J. Stroud, deceased. aud to be
sold by
WILLIAM R. Finn, Sheriff.
sherif's Office. Wilmington. Delaware
Oct. 26, 1898. o26
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-31
Hurt at the Jubilee

The Pennsylvania Hospital Of philadol-
phia reports 224 cases of injuries more or
less serious In character, treated during
the four days of the peace jubilee Most
Of the patients were suffering from injuries
received In crowds by being knocked down
and trampled on.