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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17
Captain Clark Injured.

Captain William II. Clark of No. 90
Kirkwood street met with serious injury
at the Breakwater yesterday. He has
charge of The boats of Hughes Brothers
and Bangs and whilo the captain was
standing under stone which was being
hoistod. the stone fell on his foot aud
crushed several toes. Tho captain was
put abroad tug and brought to this city.
Dir. A. u. Frantz Is in alton dance,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

An officer will be placed on duty in
Eighth street park in about Il week. Re-
cent misconduct by young people is the
cause for the officer being detailed there 10
stay until TO-. 80 o'clock at night.
The officer on the dis rlct Keeps tab on
the love sick couples who spend an hour
or two in the park and bill and COO by
electric light.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

u Tho Democratic menbcrs.of Council in
committee last night, with the exception
of Mossrs. Smith and Oberly, wor. leaves
Of shamrock Messr5. Ilealey and Kane
received their leaves in let ers from Ire
land. Squire Neill wore his shamrock
for the eighty1lrst time Mr.. O'Neill was
born on st. Patrick Day.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

Christ P. K. Church has received hand.
Some painted cathedral memorial window
1t is to the memory of the late James H.
Hevorn.
Five colored men wers fined by Magis.
trate Jester for a!sOrdcry conduc6 at
Gum Swamp church.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

st. Louis, March 17.--Peter Renfro.
who was condemned to death for the
murder, in Springfield, Mo. five years
ago, of viii Derr a constable, and who
escaped from Jail after killing a guard,
has been captured on the preserves of
the Current River Fishing club, in
Carter county, Mo.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

00o.00 Tor the national defense One Is
for $5,000,CG0 for the use of the engineer
department of the army in the COM
petion of certain fortifcation works
along the Atlantic and gulf coasts now
in progress, and the other is for ST.
225.0C0 for the use of the ordnance de-
partment of the army in the acquire
nent of arms and ammunition. Pretty
much all Of this money Is needed to
cover contracts already made by the
military establishment.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

Try our Beef, Wine and Iron. It Is n
purifier. We give u pint Of blood medi'
cino for so cents. Did you ever SEQ a man
raising 00lb dumb bcllY We have ono
Smns Il Son, 60i King street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17
Scaf0rd Dots.

George Boyce died yesterday, aged 80
years.
aMiss Minnie Kennedy Is the guest Of
Wilmington friends.
A flag has been presented by the Junior
Order of American Mechanics to the
school at that place.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17
One OF ILnlY,s NYnrShipS.

London. March F.-According to a
special dispatch from Rome Admiral
Grin. the Italian minister of marine,
in an ambiguous reply in the chamber
of deputies yesterday, gave the i'm
preston that the United States had
purchased the armored cruiser Carlo
Alberto
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17
Mrs. Tome Educated Here,

Mrs. Tome, the widow of Jacob Tome
whose death occurred at Port Deposit yes
terday, was educated at Wesleyan Col
lege which institution stood on the site of
the Central Hotel property. At the time
of her marriage she was twenty. nino years
old and Mr.. Tome was seventy four.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

c. II. Griffith who occupies tho DUPONT
farm, near the now bridge, Brandywlno
Hundred offers for sale n lot of hocfS suit
Hblo for feeding cows. They aro said to
be prime for milk or butter when mixed
with bran or corn meal
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

Miss Louetta Sillitoe. the Gospel Singer
of Newport, Delaware, will conduct spec
ial evnngelstic services in the above Mis-
sion room every evening this week COM
mencing Monday, March Il. Services to
commence 7.B0p N. All are invited TO at
tend
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

We have fine shad; arrive daily direct
from the nets and we always sell as low as
the Lowest. Oysters 25, 80 and 40 cents per
quart Goods dollverol. Delmarvin
Phone $40 McClure's, corner of Fifth and
King streets
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17
Soon Be Ready for Business.

The Power, Heat and Light Co. office have
opened an office in tho building, No. 909
Market street and will by the first of Oc-
tobcr be rondy to operate their plant. They
have had three sites offered to them and
will probably close tho contract to-day for
Il site on tho Branhywine Their charter
calls for The laying OF their pipes through
the principal streets OF our city without
having to ask the consent of the Street and
Sewer Commissioners. THOR agents go
out making contracts with our citizens
for furnishing electric light and power
and for hoatlng dwellings, offices and
stores.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17
Referred to the Solicitor.

: Last night tho Finance and Law Com
mittecs of City Council referred William
A. Hukilrs communication, concerning
the illegal use of an auctloneor's licencse
to City solicitor Conrad who will act ac.
cording to law.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

For eastern Pennsylvania. New Jer-
sey. Delaware, Maryland and District
Of Columbia: Clearing; warmer; south
westerly winds.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

J. II. Porter & Sons, wholesale and re.
tail milk dealers. S. f. Cor Seventh and
Madison strocts. Poth Phones 64l
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17

God, healthy. red blood and firm, solid
flesh and muscles are made by Or. Bulls
Pills, the great blood-purifier. 10 & 25
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-17
A Good Sermon.

DR. Bulls Cough Sysupis the best in the
market A single bottle will convince you
Of It's excellence. Try it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-28
THE TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER.

The battle ship and the torpedo boat rep
resent the two extreme types of vessels
for modern naval warfare. The other is
of late attracted favorable attention in
naval circles. The battle ship, however,
stands for a navy Whatever may be it's
defects, it stood heavy pounding in the bat
ties between the Japanese and Chinese
navies. in spite of this fact, it is said that
there is some doubt in the minds of leading
naval authorities as to the behavior of the
battle ship in action. Not long ago the
discharge of the guns on a battle ship pro-
duced shock which threw the electrical
plant out Of gear. That difficulty has been
met and now the ships four guns have
been fired al once without accident, but the
accident is the cause of suspicion that 9TH
ers, upon trial, may come along. Five
years ago the torpedo boat was to settle the
battle ship. The excitement which the sail
ing of the Spanish torpedo hotila to Porto
Rico has caused shows that that impress
sion still prevails among the people. 1t
has lost ground in naval circles. The Eng
lish and French naval maneuyers have
proved that in open sea work the small
torpedo boats, such as make up the Span
ish f1otilla, are worthless. They can carry
fuel for only very few days. They are
so wet, cramped and uneasy boats that they
exhaust their crews, and they cannot stand
storm. Their only value is in making
dashes at an approaching squadron from
a fortified harbor or in making night at
tacks upon a fleet in a harbor. 1t is said
that if the Spanish torpedo f1otila should
encounter a gale it would be broken up
and the smaller boats would be lost. 1t is
now announced that it will take fourteen
days for the \fotilla to reach Porto Rico,
because a slow ship carrying coal is with it.
The torpedo boat destroyer is a small
gunboat of great speed and easily man
aged. 1t is fitted for torpedo work, and
is intended to run down the small
torpedo boats. The torpedo boat de-
stroyer is able to keep the sea in all
weathers and can carry coal sufficient for
long cruises, while it's cost is small. A
British naval authority has made the pre-
diction that the small, swift vessel, with
Two quick-firing five-inch guns, might drive
The battle ship off the seas. He seems to be
alone in that opinion, since nations hav-
ing the most experience and scientific Off
GERS continue to build battle ships as the
most necessary feature of a modern navy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-28
To Lengthen McKinley,s- Term.



The question of changing the time of year
for the expiration OF the terms of the Presi-
dent and Vice President and members of
Congress has been frequently agitated but
this Congress seems to be really intending
to do something about it, The purpose OF
such a change is, of course. to avoid the
disagreeable weather that usually attends
the Inauguration OF a President on the Atm
of March.
Early in this Congress Senator Hoar in
troduced bill providing for the submission
to the legislatures of the various States OF
an amendment to the Constitution fixing
the last Wednesday in April, instead of
the 4th of March, the time when presl-
dental and congressional terms shall ex-
pire. The bill has been favorably reported
to the Senate This amendment is of inter-
est to a great many thousands of people
who have experienced the incemency of
early March weather on Inauguration day,
but the fear expressed by those who want
the change is that outside of the District of
Columbia and a few adjoining States it
will be difficult to excite that interest that
will lead to action by the state legislatures
An amendment to the Constitution must
be ratified by three-fourths of the States
before 1t becomes operative. To many Of
the States remote from Washington the
proposed change will probably appear to
be trivial matter, too trivial for action.
In reality it is an important matter when
the inconvenience and discomfort of all who
participate in an inauguration is taken into
consideration
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-28

Judge E. A. Brown, of this city, who has
been announced as a candidate for the Su-
preme Court, has an advantage in having
Judge Hackney for a competitor. If Judge
Hackney had howled loudly for Bryan and
I6 to l in 1896 Judge Brown would not have
been in tho race. In this connection it may
be observed that the very late assertion of
Judge Browns friends that he was not an
aspirant for one of the Marion county
judgeships is very stupid falsehood, as the
Judge and his friends had been soliciting
support for him for one of these judgeships
when he was practically compelled to clear
the track for Mr. Spencer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-28
demned and appraised. the northeast peo-
pie will not be included.

The boys of the Terre Haute High School
have organized moot government with a
president, senate. etc. Each member of the
senate has assumed the name of United
States senator, and will personate his pro-
totype to the best of his ability. Just now
all the United States senators are behaving
well. but there are times when some of the
boys will have tough job on their hands.
The president of the nigh school government
read his annual message before the senate
few nights ago. Among other things he
said:
Our internal affairs are very gratifying:
the recent financial strain, which affected
US SO severely, is speedily passing away;
very busy and general trade is rapidly re-
Stunning its former activity. Especially has
OF trade The tariff measure which recent
~ look erect, has resulted favorably, as is
SHOWN by the treasury reports.
That has the true ring of a presidential
message, and portrays the situation quite
accurately In treating of foreign affairs
and the preparedness of the country for war
the president said:
our country is not in a condition to pro-
tect nerSelf against a strong attack from a
nostlle power. This is a matter of great
importance and measures for the better
ment of the army and navy should be acted
upon at once. The condition of the navy is
very good but many additions could be used
to good advantage. This branch of our
service is in special need of torpedo-boat
destroyers; these craft may be used as
dispatch boats and also as blockade run
nerS kF{
There is nothing the matter with that but
the Terre Haute president might have added
that the one in Washington, aided by Con-
gress. has greatly strengthened our coast
defenses and navy during the last few
weeks. No definite action was recommended
regarding Cuban affairs at present. but the
senate was advised to await further de-
veLopments That boy will do.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-28
Ernm the Other side.

Chicago's brilliant novelist, Henry B. Full
Ter. who has published nothing for some
time, now offers a collection of four short
stories under the general title given above.
The scenes of these stores are laid in Eu-
rope as the title indicates, and the persons
who figure in them are such as may De
encountered by any traveller IL IS not
every trayeIer however who could weave
romances about such unpromising mate
rial, for though there is little in the Incl
dents themselves there is much art SHOWN
in the Steliing 1t is an art that. without
conscious imitation, probably, has a curl
Gus resemblance to that of Henry James
so much implied without being actually
spoken. Literary artist and keen observer
that he is, it seems a pity that MI RULER
does not oftener choose American themes'
ton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-28
The Awnkening of a Natlon.

Whoever reads 1.-THE Awakening of
Nation" by Charles F.. Lumms, will there
after have new ideas and expectations re-
garding Mexico. Page after page will de-
velop the new nation which the genius of
President Daz may be said to have raked
out of revolution, ignorance and supersti-
ton. This change has taken place since
Diaz marched into the capital of Mexico,
Nov. %, 1876, a revoutionist. He was
elected President and since that time new
Mexico has been born. In fifty-nine years
before Diaz, Mexico had had fifty-two Pres
idents, Emperors and other rulers. Diaz
has been President twenty years. In that
time brigandage. which was the curse of
Mexico, has so ceased that life and prop
erty are nowhere so safe as in Mexico. This
is because brigandS were tried and imme-
d1ately shot, and because none but men
having education or incomes can be jurors,
and there are no appeals His marvellous
energy waged such war upon bandtism
that it is no more Courts have been es-
tabished and public education has been
provided for by the national government.
Indeed, there is no hamlet in Mexico of
one hundred Indians which has not a pub
lie school. Law reigns supreme. The Of
ficer who shot the man who fred upon the
President was tried for murder. All the
people ascribe this revolution to Diaz.
Railroads have opened the country and
manufacturing is growing and is very prof
table In chapter 6 on Cheap Money
among those that have saved Mexico in the
jaws of cheap money is-cheap labor The
average Mexican workman gets about 371a
cents a day. On the farms it is often less;
in the factories and the railroads it is more.
No wonder the manufacturer and the grow
or can stand it, This book, which intro
duces us to our neghbcr. is full of fascina-
ton beyond it's value an instructor. 1t
is beautifully illustrated. Above all, 1t
introduces to people that as the years
pass will be more and more to the greater
republic. Publishers, Harper & Brothers,
New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-28
FREsBETs AND THE JOURNAL.

Yesterday forenoon the agent of the Jour
nal at Bloomfield, in Greene county, called
up this office by telephone and said the
town was cut off from mail communications
by high water, the people were very
anxious for news regarding the Cuban sit
uation,- and would not the Journal please
telephone him a summary or at least the
headlines of the news so that he could use
it as a bulletin to satisfy public curiosity.
This was done, and the water-bound town
had the satisfaction of getting the con-
densed cream of the news. The Martins
vile Republican, in local account of the
present freshet, compares it with a mem
orable one in August, 1875, when railroad
communication between that town and this
city was cut off by a washout and the peo-
pie were without mail or daily papers from
Friday morning till Sunday evening, when
parcel of Sunday Journals was received
overland and quickly sold for 10 cents each.
In these days of daily mails and general
railroad communication a community that
is deprived of these facilities for a day or
two feels as if it were cut off from the rest
of the worll. People do not realize the i'm
portance of such facilities until they are
temporarily deprived of them. The daily
news has become almost as much of a ne
cessity to most people as their daily bread.
The Journal is the staff of life to a great
many thousands of persons in Indiana who
do not realize what an important factor in
their lives it is until they are deprived of it
for few days. The number of persons
who take a keen and intelligent interest in
public affairs is probably greater in proper
ton to population in small towns than in
large cities, and when such community is
cut off from the daily news the deprivation
is serious one. 1t is intensified at such
time as this, when the air is full of war
rumors and the patriotic heart of the coun-
try is stirred to its depths. HaDitual read
ers of the Journal could not be other than
patriotic, and when they are deprived of it
for day or two they cannot be blamed for
feeling like a man without a country. For
tunately, the deprivation is of very short
duration, and the people are soon in touch
with the world again. Freshets come and
go; the Journal goes on forever
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-28
BOOKS OF THE TIME.
Napoleon III and His Court, Imbert
De Saint-Amand's Latest Work.

One of the most fluent and graphic of re-
cent French historical writers is NJ. Imbert
de Saint-Amand No doubt his works lose
something of their original spirit by trans
lation, yet they are exceedingly spirited and
interesting in English. He has a wonder
full and admirable faculty of massng facts,
of grasping the salient points of history and
of grouping persons and events in way ,at
once dramatic and historically truthful His
Famous Women of the French Court"
series, making nineteen Volumes is a very
interesting contribution to French history.
His latest work, entitled Napoleon III and
His Court" the second volume of which is
issued, is in the same spirit and style. In the
hrst volume the author described the exiles,
misfortunes and chagrins of Louis Ma
poleon. In this one he describes his joys
and successes and shows him in the full
tide of imperial power. The period covered
by the volume is from 1853 to 1856, of which
the author had personal knowledge, having
participated in or witnessed many of its his
toric events. OF Louis Napoleon at the be-
ginning of this period he says: "At the
time of his marriage the second Emperor
was happy. Everything smiled on him. He
seemed to have made a pact with fortune
His only remaining regret was that his
mother Queen HortenSe, who even in blam-
ing MS ABSURD StraSbourg expedition. had
never failed to console and encourage. while
every one else disowned and insulted him.
was no longer there to behold his triumph"
The personal character of Napoleon III is
skillfully portrayed, and the events attend
ing the elimination of his power are graph
ically related. The reader is also made ac-
quainted with the Empress Eugene in her
personal and private as we'll her public
life Intelligent. active, well-educated, ;"
says the author. 1.-The Empress led a very
busy life. Good works occupied q portion
of her days. The rest she employed in fit
ting herself for her role as sovereign, in
giving audiences, in serious reading in
making acquaintance with books and keep
ing up with the movement in literature and
arts. To sum up everything smiled on the
Empress Eugene at the beginning of her
reign. She was really popular because she
had three qualities, the blending Of which
formed the most harmonious>whole: beauty,
goodness and charity" 1t would be difficult
to find a more vivid, accurate and spright-
ly account of Louis Napoleon at the zenith
of his glory than is contained in this vol
ume, or a more picturesque one of the
events in which he was a prominent figure.
Other prominent perSonages of the period
are sketched. Among the conspicuous events
treated of are the Crimean war. the great
exposition of 1855, the mutual visits of the
rulers of France and England, and at the
close of the book the birth Of the i'll f&ted
Prince Imperial There are portraits of
Napoleon III, the Empress Eugene, Nicho-
las | and Marshal Pelisser. The work is
published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New
York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-28
Open MINIS and Free Banking.

Under this title William Brough discusses
the money question. The central idea of
his plan of monetary reform is the abolish
ment of a legally fixed ratio of value for
gold and silver coin. In connection with
this he would repeal all laws which make
paper money legal tender; require the ma
tional banks to redeem their notes in gold
on demand repeal the acts which make
silver and gold dollars an equivalent tender;
repeal the law prohibiting state banks from
issuing notes and require that all notes
shall be redeemed at the counter of the
bank issuing them in gold; open the minis
to the free coinage of both metals; repeal
the law which authorizes the secretary of
the treasury to redeem either in silver or
in gold. and give that option to
the noteholder; repeal all laws which
require the secretary of the treasury
to pay out and keep in circulation any spe-
cilied kind of money; pledge the Nation to
the payment in gold money Of all its pres
tons are maintained with force, and the
general principles of the money question
are intelligently discussed. New York: G.
p. Putnam'S Sons.