The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-16

are on the raise.
ATTORNEY General Robert {.
White is now on top, for the present
at least. The Levy Court OF Kent
county, in special session held yes
terday, rescinded the former action
Of that body in granting John d.
Hawkins trolley Company the priv
ilege to build an electric railway in
that county. This action looks like
a preference for the Delaware Cen
eral Electric Company. Mr.. Haw-
kins procured the permission of the
Levy Court two years ago to build
the road in the Kent county and he
says the present Levy Court has
not the right or authority to rescind
the action of former court grant
ing his railroad the right of W ay.
He will now apply to Chancellor
Nicholson Tor an injunction restrain
Ing the Delaware General Electric
Company from further action in It's
work of construction. The law
kins Company claim a right of pri-
GRITTY, in fact OF its having laid one
mile OF its road. The people OF
Kent county want a trolley road
and they mean TO have it. They
claim that John u. Hawkins had the
charter of the road long enough to
have had the road built and by his
procrastination it looked as if he
never would build the road, until
the new Company, headed by States
Attorney General White, got the
charter Tor the Delaware Electric
Company and deposited ST. 500
with the Kent county authorities as
forfeit If the road was not finished
i'll one year after commencing it.
The doctrine of the Levy Court
looks like knock out blow for the
Hawkins Company.
THE Philadelphia Record has a
very suggestive cartoon on its first
page to-day, 1t represents prcsi-
dent Kruger Of the TrAnsyaal Re
public in bed, with a figure stand
ing over him grasping revolver in
one hand and a coat in the other,
with mash over his eyes, labelled
Chamberlain. The following under
the carton, is from a speech made
by President Kruger before the
FofkSroad on September 8th; They
1.-THE Britsh) demanded my trous-
ers and got tileni; they asked Tor
my coat and got it; and now they
want my life. 1t is said that all
the trouble in the Transvaal IS
caused by tine British owners ot
the rich gold mines, who want com.
plete control over them. And Eng.
land, from present appearances.
intends that they shall have contro
of the Trausvaal. The Beers thin,
otherwise, and may protect then
rights with the sword and gun
Kruger's answer will reach Eng
land to-day. aud may decide wheth
err there shall be peace or war
Peace is what we hope for,
THE Police Commission last irh
held a special session to inyesti. ate
the harness case, i'll which set o
harness was stolen from Francis K
Vincent, OF 40. il West Twenty
third street, on the night Of Angus
3lst, Captains Kane and Chamber.
and Scrgcants WEIGH, Black, Lucas
Bayley and Evans and Officers Bur
chnal, Mullen, Sheehy, Burns
Jakubowski, Flynn and II. J. Mas
sey and several other witnesses Wer,
examined. The session lasted unit
II. 80 o'clock when the Comm siol
adjourned until Monday night, wher
decision will be given.
JAMES PIERCE, formerly of thi'
city, but now of New Albany, Indi
ana, is visitjngrelatiycs in this city
Mr.. Pierce says he can see rapi,
strides made by Wilmington in tn,
last few years. II has better fir
system, better police force AM
bet ter paved streets. This last j
the most notable Of all the improve
lnents.
The latest silly acton of the Cit,
Council is that they will remove til,
two Republican Police Commlss ion
ers. There will have to be charge
made and sustained against them
then Council can remove them, so i
is said, by Il twu-third vote Bn
how about appointing th-'r succ
ors2 The Associate Indgc appoint
and he is d Republican, 50 VIVA
will the Demo crate Ir1iry