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The evening times., 1898-08-26
A Steer Runs Wild.
without

Baltimore. Aug. ga steer without
horns, supposed to have escaped from one
of the Light Street wharves, created ter
ror in East Baltimore yesterday after
noon. The animal soon became terror
stricken from some unknown cause. and
cavorted about the streets in a way that
The evening times., 1898-08-26
THERE IS 4 CLASS OF PEOPLE

MAO arc injured BY tho nss Of coffee. ~
Gyocefy Sforeo . nsw preparatto0 cae00
IRAlE-O. made Of pure EIaias. thae takeo
ths place II o0ffee. Ths iaoss oe1tcatD
few can tell IL from oof1e@. 1t dos noe eo0
-.re1 0alc-QnAYtee n uuch. CAAldrsn NAP
dFtnk u With Epaat beneflk. 19c elA -
pes ceSksgs 1sSs6 AZ - o&A1aO :;
The evening times., 1898-08-26
Jean drawers, Csc: 3for 81.

We shall sell the most perfect-ftting
jean drawers to be had tomorrow at
35c. pair or pairs for 81. instead of
Soc pair. which is the price asked for
them by every furnishing store. They
are shaped like a pair Of custom-made
trousers; have string anklets. finished
with pearl buttons: all re-enforced
seams: and are so well finished inside
that they will not chafe. made Of finest
pepperill jean. 35c instead of soc.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
ESQ duck skirts. 89c.

go navy blue duck skirts. trimmed
with three rows Of white braid around
the bottom. will be offered at soc to-
morrow. This is special purchase,
and the value is immense, because the
skirts are all the very finest made.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
Not the Same.
(From he Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit free fress.s
''why, Mr.. Grumpy" exclaimed his cid friend.
whom he said he had not seen for years, your
daughter looks just the same as she did when !.
baby '-weli, she's not the same by COED
deal. Then you could never get her to sleep.
Now. you can never get her b wake up when you
want her t..
The evening times., 1898-08-26
Special offerings
S. TO IS suits, $I.69.

A lot OF summer suits con-
sisting of piques. ducks and all linens:
in a splendid variety of effects: all
richly trimmed with colored piaue
stripes or colored soutache braid.
which formerly sold for 81 and s.. will
be reduced tomorrow to $169.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
So skirts, $1.49.

Lot of all-linen and white pique
skirts. made with the new and very
desirable fiounce, which have been s..
will be closed out at $l.i9
The evening times., 1898-08-26
Great Bargains.

Dasherly-The Spaniards call Us "nation d
| shcpkeepers."
Flasherly-Kell what kick have they got COM
1 ing? We gave them = great deal more than they
| barganed for.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
week-EnA b. 4 o. seashore Exc.r.

Beginning Juns u to Atlantic City. caps
May, Sea Isle City and Ocean City. N. J.
Tickets good. going. ON 1900 O. m. and
l1:os nooa trains. Fridays and Saturdays.
valid for return until Tuesday following.
at rate Of 8. W&f-t0Seo
The evening times., 1898-08-26

themselves into rich materials. which
have hitherto been relegated to older wo-
men. while they. in their turn. are apt
to adopt giriishs fabrics.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
81 and $3.50 negIigee
shirts, 49c.

II you have any intention of taking
advantage of the offerings we are
making of mems Anchor BTand''
negligee shirts at &C.. the identical
styles and sorts which sell for 81 and
N.5. you better get here this week.
The finest cheviots and madras are
going rapidly.
The evening times., 1898-08-26

spend Sunday In BsltSnore-Oniy
S1.:3 Round Trip via Pennsyiva-
nia Railroad.
Saturdays and Sundays during August
and September; good to return following
Monday All trains except the Congress
si0nal Limited
A,nt-to-seQA
The evening times., 1898-08-26
Barred O.s.

ssYou arc not printing much var poetry 100. =
epid caller to the editor.
s'No; have erected . trochs-"
The evening times., 1898-08-26
Special offerings in mems goods.
Band bows, i5c.

A lot of mems black satin Band
Bows. which have been &c. will be
closed out tomorrow at 15e. each.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
New shirt waists, 48c.

The boys new fall shirt waists are In
now, and as they are we thought 1t
best to tell You Of It. The best value
in the whole lot. perhaps, are the
boys percale waists in all styles Of
collars-iaundered and unlaundered-
at s8c.
The evening times., 1898-08-26

A lot Of mems fine madras string
ties and shield bows. for turn-dovn
collars. which sold for 10 and Il I-2c.,
VIII be closed out tomorrow. at &c.
each.
The evening times., 1898-08-26
Boys Combination Suits, $3.50.
Lot $3.50 to $3.50 suits, SITS

Tomorrow we shall put on sale a lot
of boys double-breasted REFER, sailor
and yestie suits. which sold for $50
to $3.50. for ;l,7s. They are in blue
and black plAids and plain coiored
cheviots, and some of the sailor and
yestie effects are eIaborately trimmed.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20
AN INTERESTING DECISION.


,Jus,ice Harlan Of the United States supre,ne
Court says That when sane Person
Commits suic,ne lila urir# Cannot Re-
cover upnn His Insurance PoirrS.
Washington, Jan. IS. lin the United
States Supreme Court, yesterday,
Justice Harlan banded down IN opininn
in tho CASE of A. Howard Ritter, exc.
cu,or of William NJ. Runk, w. the
Mutual Life Insurance Go. OF New
York, involving the question OF whether
the heirs Of a man who commits 5uiclue'
when in sound mind, can recover an
insurance policy. The court held that
they cannut,
Ii appeared from the facts suited that
MIR. Runk. a resident Of Philadelphia,
committed suicide within less than a
year after increasing his insurance to
the extent OF 5000, 600, making an
aggregate insurance of $500, GOO upon his
life. or tho $500. 000, the New York
company carried sI5, 600. which il re-
fused TO pay on tho ground that kunk
was sane when he took his life. 1t wae
shown 10 the trial court that he had
written leitHr the day before his
death, stating that ii was his purpose
to put All end to his lifD, SO that his
life insurance muney could be collected
for the payment Of his debts.
In deciding the case, Justice Harlan
said that whom an Insurance compan!
entered into contract to insure q
mans life Mother party to the contract
could bB supposed TO have suicide IN
contemplation. and it was not intended
in entering into such contract tnat
the life Of the person insured should hi
at the option Of either Of the parties
Concluding, he said explicitly that NJ
insured person committing suicide, ami
found to be of sound mind, could re
cover upon his policy.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20
PEGGY AocArNE.s AAArER.
samuel Henderson Rscummittch, to Await
The AriInn of Tic Grant lInrr.

The Actlnn 0t the Grant Jury
Philadelphia, Pa, Ian. IS. Coroner
AHhbridge, 10 day, held an inquest In
the case of Percy Lockyer, aged 5
years, who was killed by Samuel Hen.
dcrson, aged 10 years, who, it is be.
lieved, is mentally unbalanced.
According to Henderaon's confession,
he stabbed Lockyer several times with
a large knife, and then threw the body
into creek and put two heavy stonea
upon it.
At the inquest the father of the
youthful murderer gave way TO
paroxysms of grief and repeatedly
cried out that his hoy Was irrssponsi.
BILE for his crime, as his brain had
been affected by sickness. The mother
sat by him, silently weeping. The
scene was an affecting one, and tears
came to the eyes of many in the room.
After hearing the testimony. which
conGlusively connected Henderson with
the crime, tho coroner recommitted tue
boy to prison, to await the action oil
the grand jury on the accusation oil
murder
The testimony of the coroner's ply
STEFAN was to the effect that an OK.
animation Of the internal organs of thc
murdered child showed that he had moi
been dead when put in the creek.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20

Friends Of the Civil Service Reform
system throughout the country may
well congratulate themselves over the
defeat Of the attempt by the Repuhli-
can spoismen to emasculate the system
by snactments OF Congress-, and once
more make the Federal offices merely
the rewards of party work. 1t Is
already assured that they have met
with crushing defeat, and that Con-
gress is not disposed to pay any Rtten-
ton to their partisan appeals.
No one who views the situation
calmly and impattially can but feel
satisfied at this result. Even extreme
partisans may find cause for congratu-
lation, if they will study the disastrous
effect that tho spoils system has had
upon grave political concerns in the
past. 1t has ON more than one occa.
sion disrupted party organizations, and
turned their political prestige into
humiliation and defeat. 1t has made
of the recipients of official favors in.
CRATES and traitors, and induced them
to turn from the power that favored
them, as soon as that power gave the
slightest intimation of weakening in
the struggle for partisan control, in
the furtherance OF which the Offices
were go freely and go indIscriminately
distributed. 1t has demoralizsd the
public service, and elevated incom,
potent men to positions of trust and
responsibility.
In no State are the evils of the 10
discriminate spoils system of the dis
posal of Federal Offices as rewards tc
party workers--pore clearly apparent
than in Delaware. Who can forget this
lesson of Senator Higgins efforts Il
make himself strong with the Repuhli
can party, and the party strong witt
the people, by means of distributing al
party fayors the official places in Della
ware under the Federal government
lie spread his gifts with a royal hand
but, as usual, every effort to please ont
Republican displeased half tozor
others, and disqualification reignec
throughout tho party. And in tht
end, the ono that was pleased in eacl
instance Joined with the half-dozer
dissatisfied ones, to turn upon ant
rend tho power that placed them il
Office. Stewart, MahafTy and Hollis ii
this county, Watson, Moore and Jeffer
son in Kent, and Smith, Burton ant
others in Sussex, are conspicuous in
stances Of mon who, after having bcei
placed in Office by Higgins for tn
purpose Of building un his politica
machine, deserted in tho end an,
COINED with the opposition in the worI
OF accomplishing its destruction. An,
they did destroy it, and destroyed Hir
gins politically at the same time.
Thus it ever was, hnd ever will be
with the apoils system. All good citi
zens will rejoice at the failure Of til
otfortB to rasurrect it in it's old tim
offensive prevalence, and even politi
clans, when thsy look at the matter il
tho right light, will have cause to joi
in the general rejoicing. The Civi
Service Reform system has fully prove
its excellence, and may now be con
sidored as one of the permanent insti
tutionH Of our government, no matte
how political parties may como and GO
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20
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BOUNDRY LINE AGAIN.


Pay His Taxes.
The Levy Court on Tuesday passed
an appropriation Of $500 in favor of ST,
Georges Marsh 90. Two small claims
for overpaid taxes were refereed tilis
P. Crossan, who lives near the State
liue, asked tho court for information.
Before the resurveY of tho boundary
line, his property was in Delaware, but
that survey put his property in Penn
sylvania, and for two years be has paid
taxes in that State. But the White
Clay Creek hundred tax collecto. has
tried to collect New Castle county taxes
from him. In view of the fact that he
was not allowed to register and vote in
Delaware, and that hu has already paid
Pennsylvania taxes, he does not care to
pay in this State.
Undor a decision OF tho Chester
County Court, the new boundary lire
has not yet gone into effect. and his
property would therefore be still 10 Del
aware. The Levy Court will prevent
the White Clay Creek hundred collector
from prosecuting against Mr.. Crossan
for ths present, giving him opportunity
to see the Pennsylvania authorities con
corning the taxes he has paid them.
Mr.. UroEaan ia brother of Register OF
Wills Calvin w. Ciossan.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20
RUSSIA MOVING IN C0REA.
Oriental Adviers Coniinu" TO Indicate tn
Ap.ressiyn pnlicY Of the CHhr.

Oriental AdyiGns Continu. TO Indicate the
Aggressive Policy of the Gar.
San Francisco, CAL, Jan. is. -
Oriental mail adricRs state that Russia
is keeping up her policy Of aggresslnn
in Corea. Tho appointment of new
Russian minister to Corea was taken
advantage of by tho Cars government.
First the military power Of Gorea was
assumed; next thu finances Of Corea
were brought uBjer its superintend,
ence; then. in addition TO tho coaliug
staiinn she now plssessas, Russia is
making efforts TO obtain another on an
island opposite Fusan. A peninsula
in front of WoDsan will also he orru
pBG, and she will make settlement
or coaling depot.
1t is also said that Russians are
going to be engaged shortly as customs
house officials, aud thero il to he a
great Russo. Corsan bank. Further. 1T
is stated that the Russian minister is
employing Coreans on the Russian
frontier in various Southern cities,
and that tho railroad in ths southern
part OF Corea will he built by contract
in CO joint work with Russia.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20
NOT RE4Dr FOR rnE nAAnIxa.


kmprOVfnenL IIaus
Washington, Jan. Is. The commit.
tee OF Councils and other representatives
OF Philadelphia coming here to morrow
will have only hearing before the
naval affairs committee of the House.
Con. Bingham having decided that it
would be inexpedient at this time to
60 before the rivers and harhors com
mittee in support of the general scheme
OF improvement for the Delaware River.
In speaking Of the matter this after
noon Gen. bingham said: major g,
W. Raymond forwarded on January 9th
his report to Gen. Wilson, chief Of en-
gineers, Of the survey of the Delaware
River, with view to obtaining chan.
mel Gu0 feet wide and 30 feet deep from
n point at or near thu city of Philadel.
| phia TO tho deep water of Delaware
Bay. This report was not received by
Congress from the Secretary Of War
until January 18th. 1t will not bp
printed, with drawings, &C., ready for
uae by the committee aud others, for
some days. Whilo am in possession of
advance sheets, the information and
data are SO necessary for general use
that | think it unwise to proceed TO-
morrow, however inconyenient it may
he TO the Philadelphia visiting delega.
TONS
The proposed 80 feet channel is a
stupendous undertaking, covering an
expenditure of almost So, 600, 600, re-
ouiring six years or more before com
pletion, and neoessitating the work to
be done under a continuous contract.
If the legislation can he accomplished
at this tins it will be the largest con
tract ever made 10 the history of legis,
lation for river improvement work.
THE delegation in Congress from
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania will re-
quire from Philadelphia's commercial
trade, Industrial and official hodies,
the largest help and mnst Intelligent
guidance to impress tho COMMITTEES on
rivers and harbors with tho necessity
and Importance Of this great undertak.
ing. During the next few weeks oui
friends at home must do thoroughly
organized ard energetic work. Of
course, We will do all possible at this
end Of the Inns, but it necessitatss thu
hardest of hard work on tho part of all
No fear is Hpprohended as to securing
the $500, 600 estimated to complete thu
work on the 26-feet chaunel. T"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20

Nav York, Jan. 10. Policeman }.
j. llunnigan, yesterday. was found
guilty Of assault in tho second degree,
in having shut Charles McNally. The
penalty is from one to tive years. i'm
nrisonment. with fine Of $500. Han
nigan was taken to tho Tolnbs to be
sentenced on Friday. McNally was
playing foot. ball in the street, and ran
away from the policeman, who shot
him in Inc leg. Tho wound was not
geriOus
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20

Washington, Jan, 10. limited States
Minister Powell reports to the State
Department. from Port Ru Prince, that
Americans suffered greatly from thu
recent fire there, which destroyed 800
residences, rendered more than 1000
people homeless and sntailod loss of
moro than $1,000, coo. Many of the
largest American commercial houses
were in the burned section. The fire
spread rapidly, and got beyond control,
owing to the lack Of water and made
quata fire service. The minister says;
This is one of the saddest blows that
has ever bsfallen Port au Prince; many
who were in affluent circumstances yes
terday are paupers to-day"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20
Need of a New Party Advocated.

AN Original Republican, in a
communication to tho New York Even
ing Post, aays that the Republican
party-as TO tho objects for which it
was formed-is dead and should be
buried out Of sight. lie adds:
There is need of new party on an
ssue which concerne every honest man,
gNery Garner of wages, every one who
has any insurance on life or property,
every one who has anything In n
savings bank, and the families of ali
thesea party for honest money, for
the single gold standard, by which the
wages and money of every man, rich or
poor, shall DO kept equally good. Such
party should gather in th. honest
and respectable portion of the Demo.
cratic party; it should gather ia all OF
tile Republican party except the cor
rupt politicians and the silver MINING
millionaires and their deluued adj.
herents. 1t should 20 what tho Demo-
cratic party does not wiah TO do, and
the Republican party ia afraid TO do
stop this nonsense of bimstallism. and
make the American money standard ms
good as that of all other civilized
nations. Can We have such party?
1t Is very probable that unless the
situation changes there will be such 4
party before long. Tho people have
been deceived. Sound money was the
great issue of the last campaign, bu,
it was not settled by the result of The
election. Currency reform and th,
maintenance of the gold standard dt
not seem to find great favor with th.
Mckinley administration, which fondl,
nursea the phantom of bimetaIlism anC
thus gives hope and encouragement t,
the friends Of free silver coinage.
There is no doubt that majority o
the people of this country are in fayo
of honest money and the gold standard
And il they cannot get what they wan
in any other manner, they may organic
anew party with these objects in view
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20
a RdiLRo4D TUNNEL Ann4zE.
Contains Fierce FIRE From One End I
the Other.

contains fIcrce hire From One End to
the Other.
Williams, Ariz.. Jan. 1s.-An acct
dent which occurred at the Fairyiew
tunnel, about nine miles west OF here,
Yesterday. resulted in one man being
killed and another probably fatally in.
iured. Several others had almost miracr-
lous escapes.
Sparks from an engins ignited the
timber in the roof of the tunnel, and q
mass OF rock and burning timber fell
upon the mon who were fighting tho
fire. Roadmaster Lyons ana Foreman
Matthews were caught under the rock
and timber. Mr.. Lyons died in few
minutes, and it is not believed that
Mr.. Matthews will recover.
No trains will pass through the tun.
mel for several days, as il contains a
sheet of fire from one end to the other,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20
ELEpHAsr JENNIE IS DEAD.
Smallest of the Large Ones at the Phila-
delphia Geological Garden.

Smallest of the Large Ones ut the Phila-
delphia Geological Garden.
Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. ls.-Ths
smallest of the thres large elephants at
the Geological Garden died this morn
ing, after a noticeable illness Of two
weeks Her death is bslieved to have
resulted from rheumatism of the heart.
jimmie, by which name she was known,
while not having the national rsputa.
tion of her companions, Bolivar and
Empress, was the pet Of the children
and in fact Of all the visitors to the
garden. She was an Indian elephant,
about 80 years of age, and weighed
about 81 tons She was purchased in
1874, BY the Geological Society, from a
Spanish circus company travelling
through ths Vest Indies.
Every effort was made to relieve the
suffering animal, but on Thursday last
she lay down on her side, and did not
again rise to her feet. a space was
fencad off for her in the enclosure. TO
save her annoyance frum her compan
ions. Bolivar and Empress, however,
paid 10 attention to her sutferings.
The body of the dead elephant was
hauled out of the enclosure to-day, and
the work of dissection, which will oc.
cupy 10 or - hours, was begun. Tine
skeleton will be given to the Academy
of Natural Science.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20

This pertinent point about Hawaiian
annexation is made by the PhiladsIphia
Ledger: mot enough stress is being
laid upon the obvious point that, if wo
annex Hawaii, we shall need a much
larger navy Heretofore our inter
national policy. as inspired by the
MONROE Doctrine, has been defensive
we have asked only to DO let alone, and
we have bsen able TO defend our ter.
ritory by shore batteries, which are at
once safer and much lsgs expensive
than battle ships; but If we annex
Hawaii VIC must have ships TO defend
it, and our navy armament must be
greatly increased-that, too, at time
when the progress of naval improve
ments is 50 rapid that the costly
crsRtions Of decade ago are the dis.
aarded hulka Of to-day"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20

London, Eng, Jan. IS. Mrs. Edith
Walker, wife of A. Barclay Walker,
owner of the raciug cuttur Ailsa, has
heen granted judicial separation from
her husband. Sho brought suit last
Thursday. asking for a judicial separa.
tion on the ground of cruelty. Counsel
for Mrs. Walker said that MIR. Walker :
income is 500, o00 per year, adding that
he is addicted to drink and that ire.
quently. WHOM suffering from delirium
tremens, he threatens to kill his wife,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20
War Against the American biscuit Co.

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. is. The Bakers
Union has begun a var against the
American Biscuit On. and, Incl
dentally, against all employers of non
union bakers. This officers of the union
say that they will carry tire war into
every State whsre the American Biscuit
Co. does business. According to the
officers of the union. the fight is in re-.
taliatinn for tine alleged action on the
part of the American Biscuit Co. in
discharging members of their organi-
cation whenever il has secured control
of bakery and placing non union and
cheaper men in their places In this
way, the union men ray, wages have
boon educed in the compRny's bakeries
and in other establishments.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20

Prof. Pratt of Delaware College, who
spent last summer in Alaska, in the in
terest of the Yukon & Alaska Trading,
Transportation and Mining Co., will
lecture at the New Century Club. next
Saturday evening, on "a Trip to tho
Interior OF ALASKA Tho lecture will
be illustrated with stsreopticon views.
Tickets can be gotten at &. IL. Bay.
narG's STORE The procseds will BIO for
the benefit of the Delaware College
Annual.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20

Washington, Jan. 10. arrangements
are making for the entertainment OF
President Dole of Hawaii on a scale be-
fitting his rank as the chief mag istrate
OF friendly nation. II has been de-
ciasd that be shall be regarded as this
nation's guest, and that our government
shall bear the expense of his entertain
mept whils in ashington.