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The sun., 1898-12-21

THE petition of our neighboring city
of Philadelphia to Congress that the
cords which bind her be stricken off
and the way opened for her to become
an equal competitor in the sea CARRYING
trade of the world, is not without it's
suggestions to Wilmington.
The trade, commercial and maritime
interests of this city demand such
legislation as will permit the early for
nation of thirty foot channel in the
Delaware river from the deep water OF
Delaware bay to this city.
While abundant production, coupled
with the best conditions of transporta-
ton, is a blessing, abundant production
joined with trammeed transportation is
a misfortune, since thereby the excess OF
production is thrown back upon the
community by excessive charges for
transportation, causing lower prices, and
consequent loss to the producers. The
Delaware river is the maritime outlet OF
not only Delaware, but Pennsylvania
and large part of New Jersey.
The shipyards of the Delaware river
at Wilmington, Chester, Camden and
AAItsNN Ap''tS "lS SAuiPPSu NAVll Vic IIIO
modern and approved mechanical appli
ances, and have behind them the addi'
tional advantages arising from abundant
labor and close proximity to the larges
coal, iron and steel center of the United
States. In this city are the largest
powder factories in the United States
These possibilities only await such en-
couragement as it is believed the Ma
tional Government can and will give tt
make the Delaware river the Clyde O
America.
Foreign statements establish the rea
sons for increasing channel depth in TIL,
Delaware river from the Quaker city tt
the sea. 1t is required in the interest O
cheaper transportation; it is justified BY
the amount of products tributary to til,
commerce of the Delaware river; it is re
quired by the greater draught Of moderl
steamships; it is justified as an invest
ment by the National Government; it i
required for the development and utiiza
tion of League Island Navy Yard, and i
is required for the utilization of the ship
yards on the Delaware river.
The sun., 1898-12-21

SAYS the Public Ledger: "The facts
that George Gray is one of the most
honored members of the United States
Senate, that he has shown himself a
statesman rather than politician, and
that he has rendered valuable service as
a member of the Peace Commission, do
not count for anything in the eyes Of the
men elected to the Delaware Legislature.
In deciding whether he shall be returned
to the position which he has filled SO
we'll, they will consider only the ques.
tion whether his particular political fac.
ton can command enough votes to elect
him. The idea that personal merit OF
distinguished public service is to be
recognized by reelection does not seem
to have entered single legislative mind
Nor are such sentiments confined tc
Delaware. They are becoming common
in majority of the States, and they and
their results explain why the United
States Senate is rapidly falling from it,
once high estate"
The sun., 1898-12-21

WHEN doctors disagree, laymen may
well be puzzled. A formal declaration
has been promulgated by the Board Of
Health Of New York, that Ia grippe is .
contagious disease which is transmitted
from person to person. Many physi'
clans, however, deny that this is the
case, preferring to hold to the previously
generally accepted theory that the infec.
ton is carried in the atmosphere, and
that the spread Of the trouble is due to
climatic conditions, rather than to per.
sonal contact between the sufferers ana
others.
This is an interesting question just
now, and it is certain to inspire lively
discussion among the medical experts.
In the meantime, afflicted mankind will
sneeze, shiver and experience the acute
discomfort which comes from the pre-
valent influenza until the present cpl
demic passes away.
It is officially stated that not fewer
than 500 persons in this city are victims
at this time. This is not pleasant con-
dition to contemplate, but it is best to
view it as philosophically as possible,
while taking all the precautions against
seizure that are practicable under the
circumstances. In all instances where
the malady has obtained hold compe.
tent physician should OF course be called
at once. If the men Of medicine are
unable to agree on the cause Of
grip, they can, at least, do much to
lessen the harm it does and relieve the
victim of great part Of the suffering he
would otherwise experience.
The sun., 1898-12-21
u q

Ii vt6W ~ the eonsiofion q Ooopes
ard Clark II seeno remarkable 70 6nd
the two juries that have heard the Ken-
ney cAse failing to agree There were,
Of course, some facts presented in the
ilrst two trials that did not appear in
either of the Kenney trials, but tho cases
were similar in many respects. II IL not
for us to discuss the evidence In the case
or to comment upon tho decision Of the
individual jurors. The fact, however,
remains that the issue 10 not settled and
il is still open TO the public, which has
q perfect right TO form it's own conclu.
sions as to the guilt or innocence of the
accused.
We do not believe it would be well to
dismiss the case. II should be tried
again, both in justice to the accused and
in justice to the Government. The dis
agreement Of two juries proves nothing
and the dismissal Of the case would prove
nothing except that the evidence has not
been sufficient upon the part Of either
the Government or the defendant to
bring twelve men to the same way oi
thinking.-The Morning Nea0s.
The sun., 1898-12-21

The Philadelphia Gull saws in speaking
of Senator Richard R. Kenney's relations
to the United States Senate: "Now that
Senator Kenney has made close call on
conviction for irregularities in connec
tion with bank failure and Senator
Quay is on the brink of a like narrow
precipice, it is entirely pertinent to ask
What is the Senate Of the United States
going to do about it?''
The question is indeed pertinent
However, more pertinent one is "Wha,
is Richard r. Kenney going to do about
it?"
This gentleman has expressed himself
as anxious to have the case settled and
the terrible charge now hanging over hi
The sun., 1898-12-21
CASHIER STEELE SENTENCED,
Prisoner Accepts the Inevitable With
Ca'mness---Sentence Could Hive
Been Made Heavier.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20.-In the United
States District Court this morning Judge
Butler formally overruled the motion
for a new trial in the case of William
Steele, the former cashier of the Chest.
nut Street National Bank, who was re-
Gently convicted of aiding President
siingerly in the misapplication of funds
OF the bank and making false reports to
the Comptroller of the Currency, and
sentenced Steele to pay the costs of
prosecution and to an imprisonment OF
six years and six months in the Eastern
Penitentiary.
Steele, although looking detected, took
the sentence calmly, and gave no out
ward sign OF emotion. 80.
The sun., 1898-12-21
HOTELS ROBBED.
Thieves Secure Cash Registers Of
Dover observation-disclosures Mans
Arm Almost Severed with Knife.

Thieves Secure Cash Registers Of
Dover Observation-Disclosures Mans
Arm Almost Severed with Knife.
Special to THE SUN.
DOVER, DEL, Dec. 2O.-Thieves with a
penchant for hotel cash registers and
whiskey held carnival in Dover last
night. When the Capitol Hotel bar
tenders opened up this morning they
found that Mr.. Millington's nickel plated
cash register had disappeared, and
things around the we'll kept bar room
looked generally as though the spirits
contained in the bottles OF every degree
that lined the shelves had been holding
picnic during the silent watches Of the
night.
Investigation developed the fact that
burglars had entered through thee negro
bar annex by breaking window and
that in addition to carrying off the cash
register bodily they had helped them
selves to whiskey and cigars ad libitum.
The register contained about SIS. 1t was
found this morning in field near town,
emptied of its contents and considerably
out OF gear
Whether before or after the CapitoPs
Hotel robbery, there is no record, but
sometime during last night the Bayard
House was also broken into and the cash
register robbed of its contents and the
whiskey and cigar stock also depleted.
1t is supposed tie same persons com
mitted both robberies and it is rumored
today that certain suspicious darkeys
were under surveillance.
A colored man was badly cut yester-
dav afternoon by Mrs. Fletcher, wife Of
farmer near Cheswold. Mrs Fletcher.
it is understood, was cutting meat with
large butcher knife when the negro
entered the kitchen and became abusive.
She attacked him with the knife nearly
severing his arm.
The sun., 1898-12-21

n = IL r. i
'ioGo ! Dslawsse Jury h ~ roll q :
UniAed 6tates Senator the question Of iiis
guilt will remain undecided.
II Richard Rollins Kenney 10 honest
in the declaration Of his desire TO have
the truth OF the charge known. he win
step down from the rock OF protection
provided (though unwillingly) by this
great Government. and appear before
twelve men q Richard +. Kenney,
citizen.
The pertinent question now is what
10 Richard R. Kenney going to DC
about il?
The sun., 1898-12-21
CHINESE KILLED,
An Appalling Disaster Reported Il
Have Occurred at Hang Chow.
No Americans Hurt.

LONDON, Dec. 2O.-A dispatch from
Shanghai to newspaper here says a
powder magazine situated in the centre
OF the Chinese camp at Hang Chow ex-
ploded, levelling square mile OF houses.
1t is estimated that 5000 soldiers were
killed, including the General command
ing the forces.
The American and French missions
are both reported to have been damaged,
but it is said there were no fatalities
among the Americans. ah t'a
The sun., 1898-12-21
MORE GOLD IN COLORADO.
Contractor jackson Bored for Waite
and Struck Vein "WOrth
Millions of Dollars"

COLORADO SPRINGS, COL, Dec 2O.-A
strike Of gold in the Trickler tunnel be-
ing driven through Pixies Peak to in
crease the water supply of this city has
caused the most intense excitement in
Colorado Springs. A splendid vein,
bearing large quantities Of sllvanite, has
been encountered by the contractor,
George W. Jackson, and samples of the
find assay up in the thousands. Today
pieces of the ore were roasted and
globulets of gold were apparent in the
rock.
The find is OF the most importance tc
this city, as the riches will revert to the
CITY Of Colorado Springs.
Experts who have examined the prop
erty say that millions Of dollars worth
of gold is contained in the vein encount
cred.
The sun., 1898-12-21
Gone.

Gone.
In this sad hour
OF his boomlet's despair,
Oh. what has become
OF Willie of Bear?
To what unheard of
Measly slope, ~~i
Do we owe the loss
OF Willie's hope?
And by what manner
Of sharp flim-fams
Are we bereft of
First Citizens shams?
Will some one tell us
Lastly, please,
What's become of the man
Whose surname's Hilles?
The sun., 1898-12-21
THE - SUN.
WILMINGTON. DEL.
CLEMENT \. coNeD0N. Sole Owner.
ontsssd 1t the Wilmisstsa Post Office -
Sscoad Class riatter.
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE 1867.
DELMARviA TELEPHONE. t24.
Bu.;nsss Office and Editorial Rooms.
No. 1O3 East Sixth Street.
Mechanical Department, No. 10i
East Sixth Street.

THE SUN is published every day in
the year and is distributed throughout
the City of Wilmington and the State OF
Delaware by authorized agents. Sub
scriptions should be sent to the puh)ica-
zion Office by mail or telephone.
The sun., 1898-12-21

WILMINGTON must not let all the cities
of the country surpass her in the system
of public education. Join the ranks and
vote women into positions on the Board
of Education.
The sun., 1898-12-21

y WANTED 4 solicitor.collector
one who 10 hustler. Salary. 5000 pcr month
and commissions. Apply Room ID, McVey Build
2 to 3p m.
The sun., 1898-12-21

WANTED Engineer wants POSITION, either
locomotive or stationary. A iirstclass. competent
engineer with 6rstclass references from last
iiss, Greene, Eagle, BAIL, Erie, WOOD and loco. 3 )
motives. Am firstclass fireman also. Address
ENGINEER Sun Office. u
The sun., 1898-12-21

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE ut q sacrifice, q
Pile SAINT, modern, double-front residence, at
Newark, Del. Ten rooms and bath. Ho. water
heating. Large porches Lot 60 by 200 iect.
Nice lawn Orchard in rear City conveniences
In house and town. Delightful place TO live.
Trains convenient, Price moderate Amply to
II. s. Goldey, northwest corner Eighth and
Market streets (second foor) city.
The sun., 1898-12-21

AURING 1895, l distributed over
/ 250,0OO pieces of advertising mat
- ter and up to date I have not
heard of single complaint. Results
assured if your printing is worth the
serving. HENRY J. CLARK, Box 81,
Wilkes-Barre Pa.
The sun., 1898-12-21
SITUATION wANTED--A

SITUATION wanted for q competent engineer.
Address 4. J. BURBANK, No. 523 West Eighth
street, city. -5I
The sun., 1898-12-21
Ip
itss'kl 3snfD Is TIN
SUN 0sill 81 Fun Tor 2s
esnts until either have
bssn secured and ORDER
Cd out.
HELP WANT

WANTED--A young man who understand
hardware and paints; hustler. No. 223 West
Second street.
The sun., 1898-12-21

THE Botkin trial has made the defend
ant sick. The country has been sick of
it for some time.
The sun., 1898-12-21

FOR SALE-Set (twol rev store curtains,
S feet wide feet long. Also set (two) door cur
tains, 81 in. wide. new. Can be seen at 9. E.
corner Sixth and Kirk wood streets.
The sun., 1898-12-21
'|is2lls.alxas

4 HOOK On fkpsasy evesii Z
pscsmter Is 1eo6 b nsv. A. n. xeiSvin. b. IL
s.scsEs |. y. Hoot "a Aary n. McCSddsn, boSk
The sun., 1898-12-21

WAhTED-A good white girl tnr general house
work; Apply at bakery, southeast corner Sixth
and Walnut streets.
The sun., 1898-12-21

Mattson goale, 70 years old, was buried
in Lornbardy Cemetery yesterday after
nooa. 20 F''fl ~ ~ Ftaie'' ED ni
The sun., 1898-12-21
HELP WANTED-.-FEnllEs.

WANTED-Half grown white girl to assist
with children Apply st grocery store, 625 West
Front street. ~
The sun., 1898-12-21

FOR SALE-Unredeemed pledges of diamonds
Watches rings and musical instruments at K
Levy's Confidential Loan Office. Seventh and
Market streets.
The sun., 1898-12-21
Wednesday, December q, 1898

Coon morning! Do you buy in Will
mington?
The sun., 1898-12-21
y. .W.ANTEI) thshs9s a. 6. w1sEnP hiHhsP

contains thirty decisions Of the highest courts in
the land, all proving that agents, peddlers, can
vassers, fakirs auctioneers and others are exempt
from the payment of all special town taxes and
local license fees. The book sells to every lawyer
and city official, as well as to agents, drummers
and others interested. Over 5000 copies of the
old editions have been sold each year. The
Eight Edition will be issued December /, 1898.
Send twenty-five cents now for complete copy
of the book and ter ms to agents The Sun, No. 5
Randolph Building, Philadelphia
The sun., 1898-12-21

WANTED-Gifl for general housework. Apply
from 8 to 8 at
1loo JACKSON STREET.
The sun., 1898-12-21
LOST AND FOUND.
MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED-Energetic agents, either sex. Char
acter must bear strictest investigation. Address
SUN Office.
The sun., 1898-12-21

FOR SALE-Canary Birds PHILIP A. MINK
No. 9U2 West Sixth street.
The sun., 1898-12-21

FOR sALE-st. Bernard Pups.
No. 4l0 Tatnall street,
The sun., 1898-12-21
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- sulalrat1oSa ~ oSB6v are that
G1GE1ne wesuaee Woaahee Nh! prcyeiL
Nu1ossow lAir 70 paEt,y osssdy, cooler
The sun., 1898-12-21

GREENE-.Intormation wanted Of relstive.
born In Middleton, Cork, Ireland: in nsinfsrs
business IN New York or vicinity; Jane ill.,
about 1860; Robert 1875. Address &, IS Herald
The sun., 1898-12-21

WILL John Tregoning cunm ul,,xxsc w1fil
HnIRAM 9. MAXIM, care Winslow q Lanier. M
The sun., 1898-12-21
SITUATION wANTED--FEnltEs.

WANTED-A Swedish girl wants place as q
cook; acquainted with the language: good ex-
perience and reference. Inquire at No. 1918
Head street, city.
The sun., 1898-12-21

MRS MARION Z, LUCEY. nee sterne ~
LIVED e 4os West 4sth ss a 1884 viii hesf 81
municating with WESTLO OTORNiG T - pSr.SsffWSsnS ~ sfSsns
AGENCY, S72 Broadway, N. Y. sss'sS M
The sun., 1898-12-21

BOARDING-Gentemen or married couple for
front room. 511 West street.
The sun., 1898-12-21

] AM 81, unencumbered widower goo .a,,.Y
standing, time appearance and weaithv syIani WI
a%ppreciate % devoted wife. Harlem" No. sias
The sun., 1898-12-21

o,yAlA ,VyAMEARA.-Wanted, the address OF Mary
City qg '1'. tseW AosA ~
The sun., 1898-12-21

WANTED--Occupants for furnished and uniur.
nished rooms. NJ. 902 West street.
The sun., 1898-12-21

SINGLE or communicating rooms with board.
No. 9O5 Tatnall street.
The sun., 1898-12-21

ANYBODY who can give information Z. !.
whereabouts OF Miss Dunlap or Dunlop. fnrm-
erly Mn. Lee Landes, will find adysnfaapnMns III i M
addressing A. A., 1856 Herald, New YORK ON. ~s
The sun., 1898-12-21

WANTED-Occupants for two second-story
communicating furnished rooms, with or without
board No. 902 Adams street.
The sun., 1898-12-21

!, INFORMATION wanted Of Margaret McMann.
lsst heard OF st Morrisiania N. Y; native n
CGnhnty ss'.h h care Ireisnd. Kindly communicate
York City. care Of Mrs. Blanco. . - - seS '''
The sun., 1898-12-21
BOARDING AND LODGING

WANTED-Refned gentlemen boarders to
occupy two elegant front rooms at No. 5O7 West
Fifth street,
The sun., 1898-12-21

FRANCIS HERBERT MAY, last heatd 81 q y
TIN stamping factory In Brooklyn, Ny. IN q
George May formerly Of wellin9tod Galop IA
Questsd TO apply to the underSigncd ~ ~ iSis
share OF bis mothers estate. HENRY IAEE
solicitor, SO Colmore row. Birmingham Enflard.
The sun., 1898-12-21
PERSONALS,

WANTED Information Of children 81 yoss
and Mary Doherty, Of MAidenb rQN, IOndGS
derry. ireland. Philip O'Doherty, 0ollcitor. r
East Wall. Londonderry, Ireland.
The sun., 1898-12-21

onACcu t1Va0es NoVeIulheHt against RICH
ard r. Kenney, charged with completely
in the misappropriation OF the funds of
the First National Bank of Dover. At
the first trial, which was held last July,
the jury was locked up for seventy. nine
hours, the vote standing seven for ac-
quittal and five for conviction. The inry
that was discharged last evening, after
being Looked up for seventy hours, stood
at the close OF their seclusion eight for
acquittal, three for conviction and one
blank.
As the result OF these two failures the
legal status of Mr.. Kenney remains the
same as 1t was established on June 7 last,
the day on which the United States
grand jury found on indictment against
him, accusing him of completely i'll the
embezzlement of the funds of the First
National Bank of Dover. On September
e another Indictment was found against
Mr.. kenney, charging him with con-
spiracy, and he was tried upon the two
charges. AS the case now stands the &C.
cused is forced to continue to bear the
odium OF the charges made against him
and the Government will be forced to
either retry the case or enter a nolle
prosequi. But an abandonment of the
, case by the Government would not give
; Mr.. kenney clear title in the eyes ol
the country. He would still be resting
, under the finding Of the grand jury and
the charges made by the witnesses fol
, the Government. He thus remains in 9
, most unenviable position.
1t was hoped that verdict would be
obtained at the second trial, the evi
! dence being direct and positive on bott
: sides. II anything the evidence for tn,
Government was more directly agains
the defendant than at the first trial ye
the jury stood eight for acquittal insteas
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-03-26
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

One of the most eminent authori-
ties Of the day on nervous illnesses says
that bicycling is a sovereign remedy
for every form of neurasthenia.
-Galician petroleum well owners
have formed a trust to control the pro-
daetion and distribution OF their oil
They have begun by raising the price
of raw oil in Austria Hungary from lS9
tlorins to three forms, but viii sell il
for export for LIS forms.
After waiting half an hour for the
contracting parties to turn up at a
swell wedding in a Providence OK. IL
church recently the organist, having
played almost everything he knew,
finally, with a keener sense of the feel
ing OF the congregation than Of the pro-
prieties, played "Oh, Dear! What Can
the Matter Be2e
-Diamond-baclted terrapin sold in
Damille, Ky. at u cents apiece one
day lately. They would have been
worth about five dollars apiece in New
York on the same day. The reason
they were sold 50 cheap IN Danvillew was
that a consignment of a dozen went
astraY somehow and were sold to pay
the freight charges.
Iceland is a model country, there
being neither prisons, soldiers, drunk
enness nor police. Colonized in s74, it
soon after became independent, and its
isolated position, far away from the
beaten track of ocean commerce, has
preserved its population from many OF
the vices which seem almost insep-
arabic from a high state of commercial
prosperity and extensive intercourse
with the rest of mankind.
One of the notable features of "a net
otherwise uninteresting crap game
down in Flemlngsburg, Ky, recently
was that after ii was all over the doc
tors removed three flattened pistol bull
lets from under the scalp of one of the
negro players. Aside from the slight
punetures in his scalp the man was UNI
injured. The bullets had not even
dented his skull. OF the other players,
one was badly slashed with razor, an
other had pistol bullet in his thigh
another had a bullet in his arm and an
other had a bullet in his hip.
-Ligonier, Ind, claims to have living
there the largest and the smallest men
in that state. George Washington
Walker is 46 years old, weighs 5bt
pounds and his weight is steadily In
creasing. He is five feet ten inches
tall. measures rs inches round the
waist, Is inches round the chest. ant
his arm is a trife more than two fee
in circumference. During the hof
weather he lives entirely in the cellnl
of his house. Jesse Allen, neighbor o
Walker, is 10 years old, has legs ex
aetly foot long and stands but tire
feet six inches high. He weighs Z
mounds
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-03-26


have been what is called in society
plrlance, IAN eligible sutton" but Mr..
Downing thought he knew better than
the girl what sort of a husband she
wanted, and he interfered, Besides,
Young Robcrtson's grandfather had
once gotten the better of him i'm law
case, and, like the typical Scotchmun,
Downing had been nursing his wrath
all these years to keep it warm. The
fiddle proved greater pacitier than the
Gospel. West Robertson was invited as
a yirtuoso to give Hosea, Jr.. some help
in his musical experiences. which usual
" drove the rest Of the family into the
woodshed. and although he had never
left Off counting he girl il gave him the
opportunity he coveted of seeing her
openly and ahoHe board.
Al this stage of the proceedings it oc-
CURED to some of the Downing family
TO give a musical, with Hosea as sole
performer, and quite a company as
semhled ON II e evening selected. which
was "a moonlight occasion and favor
otherwise IL the front door yard.
There the 'iddler was seated in state
us il he hac been a second Ole Bull. In
deed, to ms Goting family he was far
more. for The only son In family OF
girls is a ways a paragon. IL matters
very litt-e whether he has a wooden
heart o. not, for amy endowment OF
natural sense which he may have 10
begin r-ith will be fondled out OF him,
10y the injudicious attentions of his
Wom1nkind. The most brilliant youth
becomes yapid snder such treatment.
and Hosea was no exception To the rule.
West Robertson had driven over from
his home. although he felt as If he had
been transported on the wings OF love.
10 WIS, however. his fayorite roadster,
bay Dick. who did the transporting in