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The sun., 1898-02-13
Oliver Dean Tried to Cut His
u Throat With a Razor.
CONTINUED TERROR REIGNED
His Little Daughter, Ollie, Saved His
Life BY Calling Her Mother and
Grandmother VINO Wrested
the Weapon From Him.

Oliver Dean, OF No. 1902 Pleasant
street, attempted suicide by cutting his
throat about O'Clock last night.
Dean had heen subject to eplleplic fits
for the past four years, and also had
spasmodic turns OF melancholy, and it
had been suspected he would attempt TO
take his life.
Last night he made the unsuccessful
4 attempt with razor, while the vigilant
4 wife was busy preparing the children for
bed
n He asked his wife to come to his room
|. as he wished to bid her good bye, but
a (Ihe paid TO attention to him as he had
\ frequently made similar remarks, and as
\ he saw she paid no attention. he called
I. to his oldest child, Ollie, who is about
/ 10 years old, directing her to bring the
light upstairs, which she did.
On entering the bedroom he began
crying and then calling to and kissing
little Ollie he said "good-bye,' king
to the bureau, he took the razor from
the drawer, and he made the attempt to
end his life Of misery.
The child seeing him take the razor
from the bureau ran down stairs scream
ing Papa is ,ring to cut his throat
The wife and his mother ran up
stairs and succeeded in wrestling the
razor from his hand, but It was not soon
enough to prevent him from making an
ugly cash, of about three inches in his
throat.
Mrs. Dean, his wife. had noticed him
acting very strangely for severa days
past, and had been on the alert for any
such turn Of affairs
He had been growing gradually worse
during the last week and was complain
ing considerably of severe backache last
night, he got up, went and silently took
the razor and made several attempts lo
cut his throat.
He said he made the attempt because
OF the great desire he had to be ont ol
his misery.
Dean is IA man Of about 30 years and
the father of three children, an intel|i'
gent man and bore good reputation
He was Il man very fond OF his family.
He was sun stroke about seven years
ago, but did not seem to bc troubled any
from it. lie has been ont Of work for the
past four years.
The family lived in terror and was
continually fearful lest their lives woulC
be taken and it il thought If he gets vel
he will occupy room at Farnhirst.
Policeman Palmer vas notified and
took him to Smiths drug store, at Front
and jackson streets, and after h''
wounds were temporarily dressed, ht
was taken to the Delaware Hospital.
The sun., 1898-02-13
A LARGE PEACH CROP.
Wilmington Interest Have Bought
Orchards in SusScy County.

The winter th far is regarded favor
able for gon,. peach and strawberry
crop b., those VIII" are interested in it..
The recent cold snap has had tie effect
to keep the buds from swelling, and as
there was but partial crop last season
there was Il good growth of wood and
twigs, and il not killed bv later irosts
there is Il good reason for a big crop this
coming season.
4 Georgetown, one Of the leading towns
in the peach belt, has been visited by
several Wilmington peach buyers. and it
is said that scvcr,. orchards in that Vi
scinitv have been sold ALREADY for the
Wilmington, Philadelphia and New York
markets.
The sun., 1898-02-13
Tenn prrancc People GIVE Il Party.

The Young Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union gave an enjoyable valcn-
tine party, ut No. 100 West Eighth street,
last evening. The following programme
was rendered: Orchestra, ''Stars and
Stripes piano duet, Misses Bcechcr;
violin solo, Miss Wilde; orchestra, ''Fe-
dora;" vocal solo, Miss Poole; piano solo,
Miss Ioffeckcr; orchestra, 'Bcn Hur;'
piano solo. Miss Murray; vocal solo, Miss
Poole; orchestra, "Zenda;' piano solo,
Miss Gauze; orchestra, "Bele of the
Season. vocal solo, Miss Poole; piano
duet, Miss Wilson and Miss Matchett;
orchestra, Bride Elect No admission
was charged, but Il silver offering was
taken at the door, The proceeds are for
the benefit OF the Boys Reading Room.
The sun., 1898-02-13
Hawaiian Treaty May be Dropped.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l2-Thc Hawaiian
treaty WILL in all probability, be ahan-
donru in the Senate next week, and n.i-
nexalion will be accomplished either by
Il joint resolution or an Act Of Congress-
The Committee on Foreign Relations OF
the Senate, after making II careful cam
vass of the situation, finds 50 much un.
certainty in regard to the treaty that
next week test vote will be made as to
the sentiment Of the Senators. and
shou,.. this lack the two-thirls majority,
or the sixty votes required, Senator
Davis will make Il motion to rrcommit
the treaty, and will almost Immediately
report back to the Senate resolution
for annexation.
The sun., 1898-02-13
They Bagged Deer and Quail.

A, Superintendent Holiday, OF the p.
wv. Il b. r. X. accompanied by Coz.
Enoch Moore, have been on an ex-
tended cunning "Trip through the
Southern States, ending up near ~.
Augustine, Florida. After stopping in
The mountainous district after turkey
md deer, they proceeded to the Ever.
rlades where they shot an abundance Of
Inail. The trip was very enjoyable
sffair, as the thermometer registered up
I n the ninetics. On the return trip they
SStopped in Virginia, where they got
ySheir first deer, but they succeeded in
sbagging six hundred qualls in their nix
Nday's stay.
The sun., 1898-02-13
GAVE UP THE CIARTER.
Garfield Camp Sons Of Vctcrars
Surrender Their DiSpcnsatiOn
and Dissolve.

The Garfield Camp Sons OF Veterans,
held meeting in the rooms Of the
DUPONT Post, &. A. r., at Ninth ard
King streets last evening.
A. the camphas been on tie decline
for the past few years, they surrendered
their charter
Next Saturday evenings Il meeting will
be- called to organize u new camp,
which will not bear the same name.
The charter list is in the hands Of J. S.
Litzenbnrg, VIII" can be seen any
night within the next two weeks at the
rooms Of the DUPONT Post, in the David
sons building, Ninth and King streets.
There are qulca list Of names for the
new camp.
The sun., 1898-02-13
Police Chiefs Suicide.

Plrrspumi, Pa, Feb. l2.-Chicf Of
Police Kline, OF McKcesport, shot him
self through the head, dying instantly
at the Central Station at 1890 this morn
ing. No cause is given for the suicide.
He had but recently been confirmed to
the position. The City Council and the
Mayor having had u protractcd legal
fight over the appointment. The Court
held that the Mayor had Il right to die
tate the appointment without consulting
Councils.
The sun., 1898-02-13
IRouus For Car Manufacturers.

3s The shortest time on record for build
Ing locomotives has just been made by
the Baldwin Works in the construction
Of four engines for the British Govern
ment to use in moving troops and muni'
tions of war in Africa. No European
works could reach the speed necessary
for John Bulls requirement, under =
contract to finish the engines in sixty
days. As the time was reduced to forty
days the company put on extra men and
made them in thirty days, in which they
not 800 per engine extra. The Jackson
u Shapp Company have also made q
(ouick record for building three cars for {
Central American syndicate in which
Ithey got S75 bonus.
The sun., 1898-02-13
AFTERMATH OF THE FIRE.
DR.. &. II. Layton Was Exhausted in
Fighting the Georgetown Con-
fiagratiOn.
Special to The sirN.

Special to THE S'H.
GEORGETOWN, Feb. l2.-Carpenters
are today busiIy engaged in rebuilding
the fences and repairing other damage
done to the jail property in yesterday :
fire.
Sheriff johnson was Il loser to the cX-
tent OF the worth of about five hundred
pounds nf hog meat.
Dr. G. r. Layton, while assisting in
subduing the flames, was drenchcd
with water and when he reached home
exhausted he fell in u iainting condi-
tion
Wellington Bramhall, who attempted
suicide yesterday by drinking laudanum,
is now considered ont Of danger, but ii
is feared lie will repeat the rash act.
The sun., 1898-02-13
Free Library Cards.

Tomorrow, Monday, will begin the
cancellation OF all unrenc"ed bnr-
rower's cards, that expired year ago in
the Institute Free Library. Such cards
may be renewed at the pleasure OF the
borrower; but until they are they will
not be hnnord at the delivery desk for
the borrowing Of books. On February
l4th, 1897. borrowers cards. numbered
as high as 2,04G, expired by limitation OF
time. A large number OF these have not
yet been renewed, although whole year
Of grace has been allowed and many
notices given in the public prints.
The sun., 1898-02-13
FOR NEW CASTLES POOR.
Benefit Held Consist ing Ofa Musical
and Il Boxing Bout.

4 Musical and II sparring contest was
held last night at the Opera louise,
IN New Castle, for the benefit of the
poor The boxing came ont as follows
Messrs. Curcoran and Mctiuirk, three
rounds Henry and Brady, three r ,unds;
IiIland Cavnry, five rounds; Horace
Mcdaniel and George Buckley, ten
rounds, purse twenty five dollars.
Mcssrs, Spence and Roberts, clog dance.
After several more turns were done the
money, which was,aken in handed tothe
superintendent Of the poor There was
about six hundred and fifty people pres.
ent and sixty dollars was taken in at the
win low.
The sun., 1898-02-13
An ADDcal for Funds.

TAzLEroN. Pa. Feb. l2.-.John Nemcth,
Treasurer of the Prosecuting Committee,
which supplied most Of the funds for the
prosecution Of Sheriff Martin and his
deputies, to-day issued an appeal for
financial aid. The funds at the disposal
of the Committee are nearl ly exhausted.
The sun., 1898-02-13
Six More Bodies from the Ruins.

PrrrSBuN', Pa. Feb. l2.--Two more
bodies were taken from the ruins OF
Wednesday nights fire at 10 O'Clock this
morning. They were the bodies of
William Finch, Of the Fir, Department,
known as Little Chief" and George
Newman. an inspector for the PhiladeI-
pha Natural Gas Company. The r-
mains were almost unrrcognizabIe. Later
four more bodies were taken ont of the
ruins at noon, making the number of
known dead seventeen. Three we've
identified. Their names are: W. +.
Doran, David B. Wcckerly, Professor
James MoXan.
The sun., 1898-02-13
Nearly CametO Il Riot.

A fight occurred at Water and King
streets last evening. A party OF negroes
much under tho influence OF liquor,
started an argument. one Of the men
more excited than the rest struck
another. This seemed to be a signal for
a general rough and tumble fight. Men
fought each other like naniacs. There
were about forty in the fight The
officers soon appeared and men disap'
gcarrd rs ii swallowed up in the earth.
The sun., 1898-02-13
The AlccdOtO be Rebuilt.

Drcxels handsome yatch, Alccdo will
soon be torn apart and rebuilt by the
Harlan u Holingsworth Company. A
contract was made with the Harlan 4
Hollingsworth Company on Friday for
the cngtlening Of the boat twenty.threc
feet. The work of rebuilding and add
ing this length will be begun at once.
The sun., 1898-02-13

The LOCAL ACTORS.
Wilmington Dramatic Club will Give
a aComplimentar ary Entert ainInent.


Complimentary Entert ainment.
The Wilmington Dramatic Club will
on Tuesday evening, February 18th, give
a complimentary entertainment at the
Opera House, to their many friends, a
program in whicl, some of the best local
talents Of the club will take part. Pro-
gram as follows:
"A Morning CALL
A COmcdiettA in one Act,
by Charles Dance.
SIR Edward Ardent. ......Andrew Harold Miller Mile
''' Falcs Pretentions
("La Pondre Aux icux,D
A Comedy in two acts
Adapted from the French
by Horace ". Fuller
Under stage direction of Henry Ludam.
The stage decorations will M under the SUI er.
vision Of Mrs. l.. A. Kittinger.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
NJ. Ratnois, retired confectioner
Martin II. Walker
DR.. Malngear unsuccessful practicing physician
Paul Il. McCurdy
Uncle Robert, frugal Coal Merchant.
Frederic, son Of Ratinois go. Robert Pennington
N. Cheycl, II caterer -. Joseph A. Richardson
N. pnglctt, All upholstcrcr... Andrew Allen
A'phho'''e' t"otn'"n w,ui.mc ,or.s r.
Henri u servant,
Jarrb, negro page =. ....... Henry T. Gayley
Madame RatinUis .......... Miss Helen licwes
Madame Mangcar .... Elizabeth b. Wales
Emlneinc MaSgcaI'S daughter
Mrs Andrew Allen
Alcxandrine, Malingears femme dc chambrc,
Miss Katherine 7. Garrct
Josephine Ratinos' femme dc chambre
Miss Katherine Patterson Rice
SCENE-PariS.
Act l. Drawing room2of Dr. MaingearS.
Act II-LIawing roc III of M. katnolS.
TIME-Prcsent.
The sun., 1898-02-13
Assaulted u Pedestrian.

Two young men, aged p and % res
pcctiveiv, made a brutal assault on >.
James Butler at Eighth and Windsor
streets. Their names were Frank l..
Mandruff and Howard J. Taylor. They
were arrested.
The sun., 1898-02-13
War Vessels Mt Lisbon.

LISBON, Feb. l2.-The United states
cruiser San Francisco and the United
States gunboat Bancroft have arrived
here and have joined the United States
gunboat Helena.
The sun., 1898-02-13
Boys Sing and Dance.

kndolph Miller and William Roberts,
young men who reside on West
lth street, made quite hit last night
Ra]w Castle in their song and dance
Miller and Roberts hold cham
ebip medal OF Wilmington and vic.
Dk The two Wilmingtonians met
- great applause and thanks from
NV Castle people.
The sun., 1898-02-13
Have Made Il settlement.

Baltimore & Ohio H. r., have made Il
satisfactory settlement with Annie sinex
widow of John Sincx who was killed at
TatnaIl street crossing Of the B. Il 0. i.
r., Wednesday evening, February oth,
lSDS
The sun., 1898-02-13
Twcnty-Fifth BaptisInal Birthday.

Rev. J. W. Sullivan, pastor Of the
Snyder Avenue Baptist Church, Phila-
deiphia, will preach at the delaware
Avenue Baptist Church today, where he
was baptised twenty-five years ago,
thus celebrating his twenty-tilth
birthday by the sermon.
The sun., 1898-02-13
Clcurings for the Week.

The clearings in the local banks for
the week ending nj noon today
amounted to 81 }5,SOS, as against $780,
392 for the corresponding period OF last
wear,
The sun., 1898-02-13
At the Sunday Break fast Mission.

At the Sunday breakfast Mission, No.
III Shipley street this morning John
Frazer will have charge. Sunday school
will be held at , O'Clock this afternoon.
and at 3 o'clock there will he an expert
ence meeting, which will be led by Neal
Comfy. George NJ. Doughcrty will have
charge OF the meeting at 80 II. III.
Lunch will b. served morning and even
ing. Meetings will be held each night
next week.
The sun., 1898-02-13
Easy Life For Magistrates.

The different magistrates Of the city
say that there has been more than laxity
ofcriminal proceedings As far as they
have been concerned during the past
week. Civil actions have also decseased
and they report very few eases of minor
importance. In criminal charges they
base the scarcity on the fact that that
court is now in session,
The sun., 1898-02-13
Vecntlam Lost, But All Hands Saved.

New NoRK. Feb. l2.-The American
Line steamer st. Louis, Captain Randle,
which arrived today from Southampton,
reports the loss at sea of the llolland-
American Line steamer Neendam, Cap
tain Stengcr, from Rotterdam for New
York. The passengers and crew OF the
Vcendam. numbering over POO persons,
were saved by the st. Louis.
The sun., 1898-02-13

Daniel Quill, of Hockessin, will re-
move to this city on the 25th OF March.
The sun., 1898-02-13

Charles Phillips, Of this city, is the
guest of W. c. +. Waller of Camden.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04

ELwooD EVANS, the nestor OF the
state bar, dropped dead in Tacoma
last Friday, from the bursting of a
blood vessels in his brain. Judge
Evans was the oldest practicing attor-
ney in the state, he having been ad-
mltted to the bar at the first session
of the Federal Court in Olympia, Janu-
ary 20, 1852. He was born in Phila-
delphia, December 20, 1928, coming to
this coast in 1851. He was secretary
for Governor Stevens in 1853 and was
married to Miss Elzira u. Cove, of
Olympia, January l, 1856. In 1857
he was speaker of the Territorial
House. In 1862 he was appointed by
President Lincoln as secretary Of State
and for two years acted as Governor
in the absence of Governor Stevens.
Early in his career here he engaged in
the compilation of history of the
Territory and State of Washington,
and the codes of 1858 were prepared
by him, as were also the codes of 1880
81, with the assistance of John P. Jud-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill bottle or common glass with
urine and let it stand twenty-four
hours; sediment indicates an un-
healthy condition of the kidneys.
when urine stains linen it is evidence
of kidney troubles. Too frequent de-
sire to urinate or pain in the back, is
also convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder are out of order.
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge
so often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp root, the great kidney remedy
fulfils every wish in relieving pain in
the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and
every part of the urinary passages. 1t
corrects inability to hold urine and
Scalding pain in passing it. or bad eff
iects following the use of liquor, wine
pr beer, and overcomes that unpleas-
necessity of being compelled to get up
many times during the night to uri-
nat. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
If you need medicine you should
have the best. Sold by druggists,
price fifty cents and one dollar. You
may have sample bottle and PAM
phlet both sent free by mail. Mention
the JOURNAL and send your address to
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghampton N. Y.
The proprietors of this paper guaran-
tee the genuineness of this offer.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04
IN THE DEEP SEA.
A Noted Writer Tells of the Forms of
Life Found There.

Life Found There.
1 read the other day something that l.
thought would interest so great a sen
bather as yourself. You know that the
fishes that we see and catch. go only q
certain way down into the sea. Below u
certain depth there is no life at all. The
water is as empty as the air is above u
certain height. Even the shells of dead
fishes that come down there are crushed
into nothing by the huge weight of the
water. Lower still, in the places where
the sea is profoundly deep, it appears
that life begins again. People fish up i'll
dredging buckets loose rags and tat
ters of creatures that hang together all
right down there with the great weight
holding thefmi in one, but come all to
pieces as tfiGy are hauled up. just
what they ,1oo1! like, just what they do
OF feed upofi, We shall never find out.
Only that We have some fimsy fellow
creatures down i'm the very bottom OF
the deep seas; and cannot get them up
except in t;aittesrlsss.. slss.;: -;
It must &c pretty dark where they
live, and thsre, are no plants or weeds
and no fish come down there, or drowned
sailors either. from the upper parts, be-
cause these are all mashed to pieces by
the great weight long before they get
so far, or else come to a place where
perhaps they float. But daresay a
cannon sometimes comes careering sol
EMMY downs and circling hboHt- like a
dead leaf ftortthistledown; ateltthen the
ragged fellows go and play labout the
ca1no1rs afftf tell themselvesal1 kinds Of
stories aboutthe fish higherupand their
iron houses and perhaps go inside and
sleep, and perhaps dream of it all like
their betters.
Of course you know a cannon down
there would be quite light. Even in
shallow water, where men go down
with a divingdress, they grow so light
that they have to hang weights about
their necks, and have their boots load
ed with 20 pounds of lead-as l know
to my sorrow. And with all this, and
the helmet, which is heavy enough
of itself to anyone up here in the thin
air, they are carried about like gossa-
lners, and have to take every kind OF
care not to be upset and stood upon
their heads. i went down once in the
dress. and speak from experience. But
if we could get down for moment
near where the fishes are, we should
be in tight place. Suppose the water
not to crush us (Which it would), we
should pitch about in every kind of di-
rection; every step we took would carry
us as far as if we had seven-league
boots; and we should keep flying head
over heels, and top over bottom, like
the liveliest clowns in the world
Robert Louis Stevenson. in ST. Nicholas
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04
A GOOD LETTER.
From the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

FERNANDINA. Fla. Feb. %, 1896.
Mr. ] GEORGE SUHRER, Druggist City.
DEAR GEORGE Please send a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy. l would not feel easy if l knew
there was none of this valuable rem
edy in the house. / have given it a
fair test and consider it one of the
very best remedies for Group that I
have ever found. One dose has always
been sufficient, although / use it free
ly. Any cold my children contract
yields very readily to this medicine.
can conscientiously recommend it
for Group and colds in children.
Yours respectfully, GEo. E. WoLFF.
Sold by all druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04

COMPAREO With IHE EAST.
The total shingle cut for 1897 by the
states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Iowa, as shown by official re-
ports in the Northwest Lumberman.
amounted to 2,36O,771,OOO. The ship
ments of Washington shingles to
Eastern states alone for last year was
2,6SO,O95,000, or 319,324,000 more
than the entire product of the four
states named above.
The sixteen mills in Minneapolis
cut last year, according to the same
authentic source of information, 93,-
$4,000 shingles. AS already stated
above the Stimson mill at Ballard
alone cut 93,213,526 shingles, or prac-
tically as many as all the Minneapolis
mills put together, while the total of
Ballard was nearly four times as great
as that OF Minneapolis.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04

/ cotton factory of Jardlne, Matheson Il
Co., in the manufacturing quarter of
Shanghai, he noticed the beautiful
beams and girders in the building, and
asked Supt. Ainey, who was escorting
him through the factories, where those
tlmbers came from: "From Puget
Sound; we couldn't get them anywhere
else"
| The cargo shipments from the state
last year amounted to 39S, ,4S4,O9S feet
of lumber and 65,O37 ,135 lath.
The handling of lumber by the Port
Blakely Mill Company is conducted on
such stupendous scale that hundreds
OF visitors to Seattle make it a point
to go there and watch the handling of
the big logs and the score or more of
vessels that lie there loading for ports
In all parts of the world. While there
are many other and collateral indus
tries at Blakely, such for instance as
the ship building yards, yet all inter-
est centers in the big lumber mill. It's
cut last year, as officially reported,
reached the handsome total of 97,777,-
5l7 feet of lumber and 1874 800 laths.
The mill employs 400 men, and It's
monthly pay roll is $4,000.
The Ballard mills reached a total
last year which abundantly maintains
the standing of that thrifty little city
as the largest shingle manufacturing
town in the entire West, if not indeed
in the world. Their cut of lumber,
besides 9,615,7S0 laths cut by the
Stimson Mill Company, was 50,34O,-
322, and shingles 335 ,66O.536.
SHIPMENTS FOR 1897.
The total shipments of lumber from
the state for last year were as follows:
FEET.
10 CALIFORNIA ......... Z3l ,539, ,93U
To foreign ports. ... l66, 1894 1913
To Eastern states . 116,O55, 900
Total .... 514,4S9,O9S
The total shipments of laths and
shingles from the state last year were
as follows: Laths. Shing les.
To California. 59,919,555 100000
TO foreign ports 5,117, 500 100000
To Eastern states ...... 2,6SO,O95, 900
Eastern shipments by car loads were
as follows Lumber. Shingle.
Cars Cars
1897 97..,.... 1881 1873
1896. 6......... 6,486 14,l94
Increase for 1897. 1851 3,679
Total car loads lumber and
shingles for 1897. ...... 25,61O
Total for 1896. ......... 2O,68O
Increase for 1897 . 1880
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-02-04

,.tELCOME CHAPTER, NO 40.
w ORDER EASTERN STAR.
Meets every Saturday after Full moon OF each
month All members in good standing are
made welcome
Mrs. g. |. BARRON, w. H. MAXWELL
Worthy MatrOn. sec.