Smyrna times., 1899-05-03

Eenerai so asslduously investigating
tne bribery charges in Kent and Sus.
sex counties. 1t is passing strange.
says the Wilmington Republican, that
when so much clear bribery and rascal
lty were going on in this city for wears
when ballot boxes were stuffed and
election returns altered, there was
never a single prosecution. And those
men were Democrats.
HARRIS CONVICTED Charles Harris
who succeeded sometime ago in swind-
ing several cOlored people in this
state, by representing himself as pen
sion agent, and who, it will be remem-
bered, was arrested at Salisbury, has
been sentenced to pay a fine of 81, 900,
and i've years Imprisonment in the
Trenton penitentiary. He is an ex-
pert swindler in the pension line, and
has served time before for the same Of
fense.
VIM. N. Boggs, the star witness in
the Dover bank cases, will not be SEN
fenced until the case of Harry Ford of
Dover, is disposed of. Then the sue
torney will be appointed and not until
uhOh. MI. h6WlS ". Fduu6fRrlIJ
term of Office expired April 18th, 1898.
He has, therefore, served one year
over his four years term 1t is time
the change was made, but what can
you expect of authorities at Washing
ton.
FENCE VIEwERs.-The following
fence viewers for this part of Kent
county were appointed by the Superior
Court:
First district = Joseph Robinson,
Joshua L. Boyd, Thomas Kirby, J.
w. Denney and William M. Bell.
Second district-Thomas X. Taylor,
James P. Lamb, Thomas G. Roe and
Joseph p Moore.
Third district-William Hutchinson,
Jr., G. H. Dulin, Nathaniel Leverage,
Thomas E. Bailey, David Reese and
Thomas. Attix.
Arley Magee, the attorney for Frank
Downs, got $75 of the $3.50 he received
for running into an old reaper which
Ben" Allen had left in the gutter on
North street, in the town of Smyrna,
III July 1895. The case was evidently
not considered good one by the legal
fraternity, as no one would take il
until Magee was tackled, who
agreed to take it for half of the
amount awarded The expenses o1
going to Dover for several years, anC
of the two or three other lawyers
who took a hand in the trial wer,
paid, he will not have much money
left.
President Mckinley owes the citi
zens of Wilmington an apology. HI
never made MS appearance, although
hundreds of people were standing a
the depot to give him cheer. They
think they were snubbed and for tina
reason don't feel as if they had beer
treated right. The Presidential cam
paign is only few months off and tn
President will have to do better if h
is angling for votes. - Wilmington Re
publican.
If President Mckinley keeps on fol
lowing the the dictation of Col. Du
pont, Postmaster Brown and others O
that city, who control him throug1
Chas. Emory Smith, he will have niue
more of Delaware than Wilmington,
consider in the next presidential cam
paign.
The Union Republican of Georg,
town says: Whatever may be said (
the Union Republican party its adver
into Delaware politics is sure to r,
suit in substantial benefit to the Stat
The Union Republican votes in the Las
legislature were almost sOlidly cast fC
liberal and progressive Legislation
Among the most notable measur,
passed at that session the General L
corporation Act stands first. 1t wi
|, prove, as it already is doing, a sourC
of large revenue A liberal act of il
corporation was denied the people
the State under the old polite
supremacy. Under the new it is hel
and its benefits are already bein
seen.
SIX PEOPLE BLOWN TO AToMs.-S
men were killed by an explosion
: the Carney's Point, n. j., plant of t
DUPONT Powder Co., shortly after
o'clock Saturday aftern oOn. The e
plosion occurred while Capt. Stua
was experimenting in loading 12-int
: shell, pieces of which were found sca
: tered about, but the exact cause is L
: known. The press mill in which t
? shell was being loaded was baC
q wrecked. The explosion is suppos
to have been caused by the pressure
p. the guncotton being too great or 6
. piled too quickly. Joseph Yeager
foreman on the 30-calibre line, "
blown 30 yards from the building, a
II had the right side of his face torn (
} Amos Morris had part of his stomf
le torn away. Smiths body was cut
/ twain, while Freint's body was bio
D. to atoms.
- THE DOLLAR DINNER.-That mi
f. talked of dollar dinner, given unC
re the auspices of the Democratic Leae
t; of Brandywine Hundred, came off
|. Shellpot Park pavilion Thursday ev
s, ing. About 100 Democrats attend
Numerous well known, familiar ia
in the Democratic ranks were not
"A be seen around the festive beard.
10 ter the eatables had been slowed aw
20 ringing free silver speeches were M
If by ex-Congressman Handy, Edwi
i d. Hearn, of Georgetown and John
o. Gray. Handy and Gray dwelt on
2 possibilities of the Democratic pa
,v being triumphant in 1900. Will
n, Jennings Bryan will be the Presld
y tial candidate again at the next e
;s ton. The affair was simply an oN
y all one, the absence of the swall
~ tail element being noticeable and c.
= mented upon. Numerous well kl
Democratic leaders were not pres'
The fact remains that Patrick Ne
was not among those who set d'