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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-24
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Quotations the Past Few Days Have
Steadily Advanced,
Until They Have Reached a Higher Point
Than for Years.
Twenty-Three Dollars a Ton Quot
ed for Wine Varieties, With
Small ORers-The Price Obtain
ed in the Field is Seventeen and
a Half Dollars Per Ton.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.-During
the past few days the market price for
wine grapes has been steadily advanc-
ing and to-day's quotations were Szo
per ton, with small offers. The price
obtained in the field is S17.5O f. o. b.
This rise in the price for wine grapes
is of particular interest in view Of the
Henry j. Crocker to the wine growers
of the State. Mr.. Crocker offered TO
take the whole of the crop for seven
years and pay therefor S14 per ton.
This offer received favorable accept
ance by majority of the wine grow
ers of the State, about So per cent. of
whom acceded to the proposition. Some
time later they withdrew and now Mr-
Crocker declares the deal off.
Everybody seemed to think my offer
very LIBERAL said Mr.. Crocker this
morning, "but some dealers thought
they saw a chance to boom the market,
so they drew out. 1t was my offer or
S14 per ton, together with the shortness
of the crop throughout the State, that
led to the present advance in the price.
LAS it stands now, nothing further
will be done this year by me. | have
been importuned to make another offer
at a higher price, but will not do so. l
believe that the future will prove that
my offer for seven years would have
been the best thing for the wine-groW-
erS of the State"
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LABOR TROUBLES.
Ten Thousand Carpenters on a
Strike at New York.

NEW YORK, September 16.-As a re-
suit of receiving no satisfaction from
contractors and builders in this city,
through a circular sent them by the
joint carpenters organizations demand
ing wages of 81 per day and a Sat
urday half holiday, 10000 carpenters
laid down their tools to-day and quit
work.
A meeting was held and addresses
concerning the strikers position was
made and a letter was received from
Samuel Gompers congratulating the
men on the stand they had taken and
offering them the assistance of his or
ganization if necessary.
Letters were read from a number Of
contractors and builders, acceding to
the striking carpenters. One of these
was from the firm which was erecting
the Dewey arch. The carpenters
threatened to send a petition to the
Mayor Offering to erect the arch with
out cost to the city if the contracting
firm did not agree to the carpenters
terms.
Committees were appointed to wait
upon the contractors not heard from
and get their decisions. 1t is believed
by the leaders that all the men will
be back to work on Tuesday.
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VANDERBILT'S WILL.
Will Not be Probated Until Young
Alfred Can Reach Home.

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-The will of
Cornelius Vanderbilt will not be pro-
bated nor its contents made public un-
til young Alfred Vanderbilt, the sec
ond son, can reach home. He is now
in the mountains of Japan. 1t will be
four or five weeks before he can ar
rive in New York at the earliest.
The entire will and eodicils are in
Mr.. Vanderbflt's own handwriting. He
wrote the original document several
years ago, submitting the rough draft
to his lawyers. Several codicils were
added from time to time. All in turn
were revised by the lawyer, that each
might be in proper legal form. Then
they were returned to Mr.. Vanderbilt,
who is said to have copied the entire
will and codicils out again in his own
handwriting.
1t is not a long will. Mr. Vanderbilt
had very clear ideas about the divi-
sion of his vast estate. and framed
these ideas in very terse English, which
left no doubt as to his intentions. He
often told his lawyers that he did not
wish his will crowded with. mass OF
legal verbiage.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., has not
been diSinherited because of his mar
riage to Miss Grace Wilson against
his fathers wishes.
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BICYCLE RACES.
The N. G. A. Meeting Opens at St.
Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 16.-Athletic Park
was filled with bicycle enthusiasts to-
day, the occasion being the first N. G..
A. championship meeting of the season
held in st. Louis under n. c. A. sane
tion and rules.
The one mile professional handicap
produced the most exciting contest of
the afternoon. Tom Cooper won the
final by the narrowest of margins, after
a desperate race with Stevens. Kiser
and Kimble We're right at their wheels.
The half mile professional handicap
proved TO be the fastest race of the
day, Orlando Stevens riding the final in
0:57 fiat, which is within a fifth of a
second of the worlds competition rec
ord for the distance Summary:
One mile, professional, national cham
pionship-Final heat, Tom Cooper won,
Orlando Stevens second, Earl Kiser
third Time-2:33 2-5.
Half mile, professional, handicap
Final heat, o. Stevens first, Floyd Nc
Farland second, Lou Coburn third.
Time-0:57.
Multicycle race-Stevens and McFar-
land, tandam C75 yards), won; White
and Plummer, tandem 025), second;
Cobern and Rebelscheid, tandem (200),
third. Time-4:25 So
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ON COAST DIAMONDS.
San Franciscos Defeat the Oak
lands in a Well Contested Game.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1f.-San
Francisco defeated the Oaklands to-
day in a well contested game by a
score of 1 to 0. Up to the seventh in
ming the play was of a peculiar order.
few hits, plenty of men on bases, but
no runs. Some good fielding and ex-
cellent work of the twirlers kept the
score at low water mark.
Score: San Francisco /, hits 5, er-
rors 3; Oakland 0, hits g. errors Z.
Batteries-Fitzpatric and Swindells;
Harper and Hammond. Umpire-Levy.
GAME AT SAN JOSE.
SAN JOSE, Sept. 16.-San Jose and
Stanford baseball teams played for the
Associated Charities to-day before a
large crowd. The college boys were not
in good form, though they exhibited
plenty of energy. San Jose won by a
score of 8 to @.
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Inside and Outside.

Those outside the charmed circle are
always eager to get in Those inside
have the advantage of realizing the dis
advantages of their position. Recently
Sir Walter Besant and party of
friends We're engaged on discussion as
to which was better-to be born of the
high Of earth or of the commonplace.
Says Sir Walter: Presently it came
round to the question whether it is bet
ter for a lad of the highest ability to
be born among the people or in the in
ner ring. You know that there is still
an inner ring. It consist entirely Of
what the Germans call the High Well
Born. The occupants of the inner ring
may be younger sons of younger sons,
but they do belong to the class which
provides the greater part of the house
of lords, good half of the House of
Commons, all our ambassadors, all our
diplomatists and all our officers of
State.
If one is born in the inner ring he
hears from boyhood that kind of talk
about craftsmanship, office, and party
which leaves no illusions and deprives
ambition Of it's highest aims. He who
meets the great ones of the earth day
by day; he who sees them in intimacy;
he who knows from boyhood their
foibles and their weaknesses and their
little vanities-grows up without he
roes. This is a distinct loss for a young
man. On the other hand, such an edu-
cation helps TO make him regard the
front place in politics as his own by
right; he has no hesitations about step
ping to the front. He takes the respon-
sibilities with a light heart; he knows
the real inwardness of things, and he
never fears defeat nor longs for victory
with the same fierce eagerness of the
man who has made himself
Nov, consider the other fellow. He
is born low down, quite below the re-
gions where the people of the inner
ring can be watched or overheard He
sees splendors; he reads about honors;
he reads of speeches, of debates, of ap-
polntments, of successes. AS he grows
UP he passes from one school of success
TO another; his vision broadens; his
possible world widens; he begins to see
that there may be room for him, too,
outside the shop. He gets scholarships
and goes into the university he enters
the bar; by this time his ambition is
fully awakened. He sees men who have
done great things at the university sit
ting in seats of honor. Cannot he. too.
do the same?
But as yet he is diffident; he does
not, like the young man of the inner
ring, go into the house with light
heart to carry on the traditions of the
family. Everything is new to him; he
is not conscious of himself; he does not
know how good man he is. After this
every upward step is something more
achieved; he reaches the higher levels
by steep and dangerous climbing; he
gets Tar more than he wants, and,
though he may possibly discover that
the greatness is worth far less than he
once thought, it is certainly worth far
more than what he left behind. In the
talk about these two young men the
general agreement was that it was BET
ter to be in the outside ruck at first
than in the inner ring. Chicago News
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
High Temperatures Prevail in the
Interior of the State

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.-Maxi-
mum temperatures: Eureka SO, Fresno
96, Los Angeles S4, Red Bluff "a, San
Luis Obispo rs, San Diego rs, Sacra-
mento 81, Independence 81, Yuma 9S.
San Francisco: Maximum 6S, mini
mum 81, mean CO.
The pressure has risen rapidly over
the coast of California. An area of low
pressure extends from Arizona north
ward through California into Oregon.
Warm weather prevails over the en-
tire country west of the Rocky Noun
tains, except along the coast from San
Francisco northward. Maximum tenn
peratures of about 95 degrees are re-
ported from many stations in the in
terror. The weather continues favor
able for raisin making at Fresno.
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YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.
Surgeon General Wyman Encour.
aged at the Hopeful Outlook.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-The satis-
factory development of yellow fever
situation this week has given Surgeon
General Wyman of the Marine Hos
pital service much encouragement. The
fever has made its appearance at only
one new place-Pass Christian, Miss,
and but one case exists there The fever
is confined to three States, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Florida In Florida not
a case has reached the mainland, but
the situation in Key West is quite Sc
we're, thirty new cases being reported
to-day No one is allowed to leave
Key West without going to the deten-
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CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS.
Medals Bestowed Upon Members OF
the First Regiment.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.-An in
teresting ceremony took place at the
Presidio this afternoon. 1t was the
presentation of medals to the First
California Regiment and to those Cal
ifornians who offered themselves to the
service of Uncle Sam during the war
with Spain in the Philippines.
At large crowd was attracted to the
Presidio to witness the ceremony, Which
was one of the most imposing scenes
of military life at the Preside. Nearly
1,200 men were decorated to-day, and
within the next few. weeks the yolun-
teers of the Seventh and Eighth Regi-
ments will be similarly honored, and
later on the California soldiers in the
regular army and navy will also re-
ceive medals, bringing the total num-
Der to nearly 5000
Grand Orator of the Native Sops l..
E. Byington inaugurated ls,c program
with an address, in which he referred
in glowing terms to the bravery of the
California boys, and to their splendid
record in the Philippines. He con-
graduated Colonel Duboce, Major Rice
and other officers upon the courageous
fighting abilities displayed by them4
Then Grand President Frank Madi-
son made few remarks, after which
he decorated Colonel Duboce and Major
Rice with the medals.
The Presidents and Secretaries of
thirteen local parlors of Native Daugh-
ters of the Golden West then bestow-
ed the medals upon the other officers,
concluding with the men in the ranks.
General Shafter and staff, Colonel
Freeman, commandant of the post,
and Mayor Phelan, occupied prominent
positions during the ceremonies, to-
gether with the Colonels of the diff
ferent regiments now stationed at the
Presidio.
General Dickinson and his staff were
also present.
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State Series of School
Books

Revised First Reader. -. .$O.I6
Revised Second Reader. .2S
Revised Third Reader. IA
Revised Fourth Reader. SO
Speller -. .25
Primary Number Lessons. 30
Advanced Arithmetic. -. AZ
Lessons in Language. rs
Revised English Grammar. AT
U. S. History. ........... 10
Elementary Geography. so
Advanced Geography 1.O2
Physiology ............ so
Civil Government. ..... .46
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Protest Against Special School Tax.

SAN DIEGO, Sept. ia number of
taxpayers have joined in a suit against
the city to prevent the levy of a spe-
cial school tax of 81 cents on the S1OO
recently voted at a special election in
this city, The levy is opposed by many
citizens on the ground that there is
money enough in the school fund, it
economically expended, and that the
election was illegal, and the levy is
therefore illegal. An injunction was
applied for in the Superior Court to-
day against the Board of Supervisors
to prevent their adding this tax to the
annual levy, which is to be made on
Monday.
Judge Torrance declared that the Su-
perior Court had no jurisdiction and
denied the application for an injunc-
ton.
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Five Women Injured.

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 16.-Five women
were the victims of an accident on the
elevated incline of the Twelfth-street
cable road this evening. A gripman
lost control of his train, and it dashed
down the incline and into another
train that had been stopped halfway
down to rescue a drunken passenger
who had fallen from the car and lay
upon the trestle. Nearly all of the wo-
men who were hurt received their in
juries in jumping when they saw thar
a collision was unavoidable. Mrs. Wal
ter g. Cheney sustained fracture of
the skull, and is believed to be fatally
hurt. The other women We're pain
fully injured.
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Six Men Blow Open the Safe Of an
Illinois Bank,
Carrying Away Nearly Two thousand
Dollars In Currency.
They First B1indfo1ded and Gagged
the Night Watchman and Threw
Him Into a Ditch, One of the
Robbers Standing Guard Over
Him While the Others Looted
the Safe.

JOLIET Qll), Sept. 16.-Six robbers
blew open the safe of the Exchange
Bank at Frankfort, small village t1fty
miles east of here, early this morning,
and carried away nearly $1,000 in cur
rency.
Night Watchman Knipple was blind
folded, gagged and thrown into ditch,
While one man stood guard over him.
Then the bank was broken into and
work began on the safe.
Three explosions were necessary TO
blow off the door. The first aroused
family living above the bank, but the
terrified people We're ordered not. to
make an outcry or strike a light under
penalty of death.
Having secured the money the rob-
bers disappeared, leaving the night
watchman helpless in the ditch. Nc
trace of them has been discovered.
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To Prevent a Corner in Jute Bags.

SAN QUENTIN, Sept 16.-The State
Board of Prison Directors, indicating
that they feared that an attempt was
being made to get a corner on the
jute bag output of the prison jute mill,
made provisions against such result
at the regular monthly meeting to-day
by adopting a resolution declaring that
until further order of the board not
more than $500 bags will be supplied
to any one person. The board reserves
the right to accept orders at the pres
ent price whenever it may appear that
their aggregate may exceed the out
MT
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Delegates to Irrigation Congress.

LOS ANGELES, Sept 16.-Governor
Gage has appointed c. M. Heintz, edi-
tor of the Rural Californian" and
George H. Wigmore Of the firm of Wig
more & Sons, delegates to the Irrigation
Congress to be held in Missoula, Mont,
September 25th to eth. Both have
accepted and will be in attendance. Mr..
Heintz, who was Secretary of the con-
gress for several years, will make an
effort to bring the next congress to
Southern California
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tion camp at Dry Tortugas unless he is
certified as an immune.
Egress is not prevented from New Or
leans, but there is strict steamboat
inspection there of boats bound up the
river, and no passengers gre taken.
For the week there haze been lou
new cases and five deaths at Key West,
making 354 cases and II deaths since
August 31st
KEY WEST, Sept. 16.-Thirty- EIGHT
new cases of yellow fever were reported
in the past twenty-four hours, and one
death. The increase is probably due to
damp weather and frequent showers.
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A SwindIer Captured.

WASHINGTON, Sept 16.-An ac-
complished swindler, shrewd confidence
man and a fugitive from justice for
years, Rev. DR.. G. T. Howard, was cap
tured to-day by Postoffice Inspectors
Baird and Gould at Jackson, Miss. A
telegram to the Postoffice officials re-
ceived late this afternoon, announced
Howard's s arrest, and conveyed the in
formation that the inspectors would
take him by the first train to Columbus,
Ohio, to serve out the unexpired term
of his sentence in the Ohio Peniten-
tiary.
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of San Francisco to determine the ques-
ton whether the bonds of railroads and
other quasi public corporations held
in this State and secured by the prop
erty, real and personal, of said cor
porations, situate in this State, are
proper subjects of taxation. Attorney
General Tirey l.. Ford has filed his re-
spondent's brief, holding that the bonds
are taxable and not exempt under the
United States laws. Should this case
be carried for the State it will result
in an increase of the public income
amounting to 100000 annually.
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A Jockey Suspended.

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-The stewards
of the Brooklyn Jockey Club suspended
the license of Jockey O'Connor for the
rest of the meeting for reckless riding
and disorderly conduct, and referred
the case to the stewards of the Jockey
Club for further consideration. The
stewards also ordered that the entries
of the bay filly Decimal be refused for
the remainder of the meeting.
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Troops Sail for Manila.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.-The
transport Belgian King, with seven
companies of the Thirtyfour Regi-
ment on board has sailed for the Phil
ippines. There are 900 men in all on
the vessel. Five companies of the
Thirty-fourth sailed on the Columbia d
few days ago. The hospital ship Re-
lief, which was to sail for Manila to-
day, did not get away. Before she can
leave port survey will be held upon
her, and upon the result of it will de-
pend whether she can leave, 1t has
been stated that she is too high out
of the water, and cannot carry suffi-
cient coal to make the long voyage.
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JUDGMENT REVERSED.
Supreme Court Decision in Kern
County Bonds Case.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.-Julius
J. Mack, a resident and taxpayer of
Kern County, brought an action to en-
join the Board of Supervisors from car
rying out a contract entered into by
the board and Trowbridge & Co. rela-
tive to the sale of refnnding bonds of
that county. The lower court decreed
a perpetual injunction, from which an
appeal was taken by Trowbridge. The
right and power of the Supervisors to
dispose of the bonds at all was the
principal question before the court.
The Supreme Court has reversed the
opinion of the lower court, and directed
that judgment be entered for defend
ants and the intervenor, Trowbridge.
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Red, white and blue pencils.
Price, Sc each.
Pencil and sharpener COM
bined. Price, sc each.
Eagle 314 draughting pencils.
Price, 3 for 10c.
Dixon's NJ No. 3 pencils. Price,
sc each.
Cheaper grade, for ordinary
use, in good lead pencils. Prices,
Sc, 7c and 15c dozen.
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A Clubman Badly Injured.

SANTA BARBARA, Sept. 16.-In the
course of a hurdle race at Agricultural
Park this afternoon Sidney Stillwell,
a well-known English clubman of this
city, was thrown with his horse and
received very serious injuries. In 60
ing over the hurdle the horse fell on
the rider. His shoulder is broken and
he is now suffering from concussion of
the brain.
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Scandal Threatened.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. ia scandal
is threatened at the County Hospital
here. A patient brings charges of gross
negligence and brutality on the part
of attendants. A communication ask
ing for an investigation has been pre-
pared by Charles H. Farley, patient
at the hospital, and will be filed with
the Board of Supervisors late this aft
ernoon.
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Warned,

did | understand you to say some
thin about teaching the young idea
how to shoot?" asked a Clay County
Q<y) citizen.
''Yes," answered the man VINO is in
terested in the work of education.
We'll, so fur as this part of the
country is concerned, you're workin'
on the wrong line. What you want
to do is to watch the boys at recess.
and lam the fust one that brings a gun
to school with him. m.'-Washington Star.
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Mexican Congress Opens.

CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 16.-Presi-
dent Diaz opened Congress tonight.
His message was a long one, dealing
with the varied phases of the national
administration s. activity during the
past half year. Regarding the Yaqui
outbreak, the President says the rebels
have been defeated in various skir-
mishes, and it may now be expected
that small forces of troops will bring
the revolt to an end, while the Mayo
revolt in Yucatan will also be speedily
SUPPRESSED.
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Murder and Suicide.

HARTFORD (Conn), Sept 16.-
Frank Goodrich, a produce peddler
aged 80 years, of Wethersfeld, to-day
murdered Mary Banning, a fifteen
year-old girl of that place, and then
committed suicide. 1t is said that the
man had been paying attention to the
girl and jealousy is believed to have
caused the crime.
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Fatal Stabbing AfPray.

SAN DIEGO, Sept. ia telephone
message from Ell Cajon, twenty miles
east of this city, says that about 1O
o'clock tonight Catruza Almadras, a
Mexican, and half-breed, 20 years
old, named Rodriguez, quarreled while
going to dance, and Almadras stab
bed Rodriguez to death and fled. The
affair was witnessed by Mexican, who
is now in custody.
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Assessments on Railroads.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.-Auditor
Wells reported to-day to the Board of
Supervisors that the State Board OF
Equalization had made the following
assessments on railroads in this city
and county which extend into other
counties: San Francisco and San
Mateo Railway, total assessment S1oO,-
000 San Francisco apportionment
$12O,000 Southern Pacific, total assess
ment $15, 800, 900, San Francisco ap-
portionment $73, 800; Central Pacific,
total assessment, $13,O00,00O, San
Francisco apportionment $42, ,S25.
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Americans Captured Every Event

TORONTO, Sept. 16.-For the six
teenth annual tournament of the Ca
madam Amateur Athletic Union to-day
at Rosedale, the weather was perfect.
The results in the different events do
not pay a very high compliment to the
ability of Canadian athletes, the Amer
leans capturing every event
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Like It's Father.

Charley, DEAR said young Mrs. Tor
kins, the baby is trying to talk again.
It's wonderful how it takes after you.
What was he talking about?"
II think it must have been politics.
He started very calmly, but in few
minutes he was as angry and red in
the face as he could '-Washington
Star
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Cadet Sylvester Dead.

SAN DIEGO, Sept 16.-James J. Sill
vester, the st. Louis boy who was a
cadet on the United States Coast Sur
vey steamer Pathfinder, and who was
brought ashore from that vessel yes
terday, suffering from appendicitis,
died at Coronado tonight.