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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20
BARON DE STAAL.

nominate those of his own delegation
whom it might be desired to appoint
TO those respective committees, so that
each nation should be represented
upon ALL
Probably the comittee will meetnext
Tuesday or Wednesday to organize
and to arrange their procedure.
The opinion of a majority of the
delegates seem to be that the general
scheme to be presented to the confer
ence has been conceived in a broad
and liberal spirit, and the result OF
yesterdays meeting is regarded as
demonstrating the good will and con-
ciliatoriness of all the delegates Per-
lect harmony had prevailed thus far.
Today's session and all subsequent
sessions will be secret.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
The Chiefs Meet to Arrange a M

The Chiefs Meet to Arrange Mode
of Procedure.
The Hague, May 2O.-The chiefs Of
the different delegations to the peace
conference met yesterday. under the
presidency of the president of the con-
ference, M. de Staal, for the purpose of
discussing the business to be tranacted
today. The meeting resulted In an
agreement to appoint three commit
ices to deal with the respective groups
of questions proposed for discussion,
namely, disarmament, laws of warfare
and mediation and arbitration.
With view Of facilitating the ap-
pointment of the committee it was
agreed that each chief delegate should
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20
Sloop Lost, Three Probably Drowned

SIOOp LOHC, HTpG TTUUHUTv DTOWu6u
Seattle, Wash, May 20.-News Of
the wreck of an unnamed sloop in one
of the dangerous inland passes be-
tween the islands and mainland Of
southeastern Alaska is reported by an
officer of the steamship Alki. Those
who are supposed to have persisted
are: Blanche Lahore, actress. San
Francisco; Ike VIM, Juneau; Fred.
Cline, Juneau. The three embarked on
the sloop at Hoonah and intended to
sail to Juneau. Gales came up after
the party started and they failed to
arrive at their destination 1t is be-
lieved that their frail craft could not
withstand the storm and that all were
drowned.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

HENRY CLEws g. Co., in their f.
nancial letter this week says: Dur
ing the past week, the stock market
has undergone another sharp test
Of its strength. 1t had scarcely
ceased to feel the effects of an ear
lier break in the Flower properties
when the same identical interests
sustained a second blow from the
sudden decease of Mr. Flower him
self. The first effect of the intelli-
gence Of Mr.. Flowers decease was
a drop ranging from II to Is points
upon the securities directly affected
due mainly to heavy sales by alarm
ed and SHINY protected holders.
Within an hour, however, the
panic that first resulted subsidized.
The backing of 500, 900, 900, pledg-
ed to support the Flower interests,
put stop to selling and produced
quick recovery of one-half the
previous decline. Monday opened
with a better tone and throughout
the week the loss Of Saturday was
recovered. 1t seems probable that
from this time forward, one impor-
tant "bull' element will become less
conspicuous than it has been for
many months past. 1t was not to
be expected that the extraordinary
excess of exports over imports
could be maintained indefinitely.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

NOT word can be said against
George w. Bush, for he is one of
Wilmington's representative bust
ness men. He is in every way we'll
qualified to be chief magistrate OF
this city, is well and favorably
known to our citizens and needs no
commentator at our hands.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20
The Steamer Barbarossa Fire

New York. May 20.-What the pas
sengers and crew on the North Ger
man Lloyd steamship Barbarossa es-
capped on Thursday, when the ship was
on fire, was fully revealed yesterday,
when her hold was opened. The in
terror was seen to be smoked and
charred and watersoaked. Hundreds
of trunks and pieces of baggage, be-
longing principally to second class
passengers and those in the steerage,
had been thoroughly drenched. A
glance showed plainly the good work
that had been done by the fire hose
and the great danger the passengers
had escaped. 1t is probable the ad-
ventures of the Barbarossa on Thurs
day will cost the North German Lloyd
company fully s175,OO0, If not more.
II gives universal satisfaction, Dents
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20
Million Dollar Beet sugar Factory.

Million Dollar Beet Sugar Factory.
Groveland, Mass, May 2O.-A plan
is on foot here to form the New Eng
land Sugar Beet company, with the
object of building a million dollar fac
tory for converting sugar beet into
sugar. The idea is to prevail upon
farmers in New England to cultivate
the sugar beet. The farmers will be
offered seed and 81 ton for beets
raised.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

The Morse shipyard has as yet
failed to materialize and Whining
ton may yet get it. Mr.. Morse
knows full well that this city has
advantages that few others possess,
as the shipping facilities are such
that raw material can be procured
as cheaply as at any of the places
where locations have been offered
the syndicate. BY all means locate
the plant either here or at Edge
moor,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

THE Nashville American SAYS:
"Labor by itself creates nothing.
To dig holes in the ground one day
and fill them up the next day, ere
ates no value. 1t is labor and abil-
ity, or better, perhaps, labor and
the direction of labor that creates
wealth. If there were no rich peo-
pie to buy the silks. what would be
the use of fashioning them? The
rich will always be with us, just as
the poor are. There will always
be those who wear silks, ust as
there always will be those who wear
overalls. The tone of these re-
marks is really exasperatlng to the
poor. Pray, why should not the
time come-as we firmly believe it
will come in the course Of the twen-
tieth century when the laborer
wears overalls and his wife silks!
We think that there always will be
men comparatively poor, but we also
believe, with Mr.. Dcbs, that the
world will soon learn corporation
and that the extremely rich and cX-
tremely poor will be eliminated.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

The Every Evening does not take
much stock in DR.. Fahey's Hlber-
MAN pills. It's editor is going bush
whacking at present.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

Now is the time tor the usual fail
ure of Delaware peach crop to be
travelling the rounds of the press.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

The best medicine for coughs, sore throat
and lung diseases made Is Dr.. Smms
Viii o Pulmonic Balsam. SOC. and 81.
Depot, COS King street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

DR.. Simms White Pulmonic Balsan
will cure any kind Of cod. Cos King St
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

Takes tho burn out; heals the wound;
cures the pain. DR.. Thomas Electric
OIL, the household remedy.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

A FOURTEEN year old colored boy
stood in the pillory and received 20
lashes for stealing a revolver upon
which he received , cents, while in
young McColley's case, who was
sentenced to one year in Jail, the
whipping was RENTED. Whipping
is all right, but the Court should use
some Judgment in sentencing such
young boys. That boy should have
been sent to the Ferris Reform
School and probably he would in
time have been taught that honesty
is the best policy to keep out Of the
hands of the law.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

A ZIG fight is going on in the
Democratic party. The silver wing
is determined that the gold wing
shall not control the party nominees.
The silver wing succeeded in MAX
ing the nominations and from pres.
ent appearances their candidates
will be elected next month, Repub.
lican voters will only vote at the
coming election and their votes will
count for naught. If Dr.. J. c. Ia
hey can not win this year he will
never be able to win. AS the boy
says, everything is coming his way.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

NUMEROUS Republicans did not
take the trouble to vote last We'd
nesday and others say they will not
vote at the primaries held to-day.
They have become Disguised at the
attempt of dozen or more men to
force fight that will only result in
a defeat for the Republicans, y
party divided against itself cannot
win. 1t means a Democratic Water
Commission after July LIST, and a
Democratic Street and Sewer Com.
mission after July lst, 1901. Can
the Republican party afford to hand
the whole city government over tc
the Democrats
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

IT. John Cavailo, the Italian boot
black, had placed his cash in the
bank, he would have been richer by
forty dollars. He had the misfor-
tune to lose his wallet containing
$40, and is accordingly down heart
ed over his loss.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-20

1t gives universal satisfaction. Dents
Toothache Gum. All druggists Is cents.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-15
The Dartender'A Trick.

"In most places when customer calls
for whisky and apollinaris," said veter.
an bartender confdentially, "the chances
are shade more than even that he gets
whisky and settler. It's a trick of the
trade and pretty good one. You see,
the average man doesn't really want apol-
linaris anyhow. He calls for it out of
caprice or because the other fellow does.
So the bartender, or, rather, some bar.
tenders, will take q genuine bottle that's
been emptied and fill it up from the self.
ger siphon. Then they add little com.
mon salt-just pinch-drive in the cork,
give it shake or two and lay it away on
ice. When they open the stuff before
customer, the cork flies out like Il pop.
gun, and the settler foams over the neck
to beat the band. The salt gives the wa.
ter the peculiar apollinaris flavor, and
swallowed right after a nip of whisky, it
takes an expert to distinguish it from tho
real thing. New Orleans Times Demo.
nrnf
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-15

Among the nuisances that everybody
would like to see abolished are the people
who insist on illustrating everything they
say with gestures. They act as If you
were too feeble minded to grasp their
meaning il it was entirely conveyed in
words, and SO they help you out by shrugs
and contortions and grimaces. If they
are glad to see you, they think welcome
that expresses itself in few cordial
words is entirely insufficient. To be the
genuine warm stuff it has to be empha-
sized with hand shake that cripples you
for the remainder of the day. or slap on
the back that dislocates your shoulder.
lawfully funny story" they say, but
they don't trust to your unaided intellect
to see where the joke comes in. Instead,
when they reach the point, they invaria-
bly, give you dig in the ribs as your cue
to laugh. Or perhaps they are relating to
you the particulars of street brawl.
And Smith came up behind Brown and
smashed his hat down over his eyes,"
and, suiting the action to the word, the
cheerful idiot gives you a whack over
your head that ruins your new tile, and
for which none Of his apologies atone
New Orleans Picayune.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-15
Fitting on Shoes.

People would find less difficulty with
ready made Shoes" said the experienced
salesman, IF they would stand up to fit
them on instead Of sitting down. Nine
persons out of ten, particularly women,
want comfortable chair while they are
fitting n shoe, and it is with the greatest
difficulty you can get them to stand for
few minutes, even after the shoe is
fitted. Then, when they begin walking
about, they wonder why the shoes are
not so comfortable as they were Mt first
trial. A woman's foot is considerably
smaller when she sits in chair than
when she walks about. Exercise brings
a larger quantity Of blood into the feet,
and they swell appreciably. The mus
cles also require certain space. In buy
ing shoes this fact should be borne in
mind."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-15
CHAPTER XVII.
A BLOOD MARKED OAR,

When Guthrie announced to Miss
Colepepler his intention Of managing
to lose Henrietta, he was no doubt per-
fectly serious, but he reckoned without
the sailor woman's natural instinct Of
faithfulness to the spoken order of her
captain. Henrietta had been told to
nursery maid the two young people,
and inasmuch as she was q sailor, she
stuck grimly to her ordered duty; but,
inasmuch as she was at the same time
a woman, she had kindly feeling for
the lovers, and therefore trudged stolid-
ly along as far behind them as was con-
sistent with the duty demands of her
conscience. And by this compromise
she succeeded in the difficult task of
carrying out her orders to the satisfac-
tion both of herself and of her charges
They found the cave in which Mich
olas the First had established his inhos.
pitable snuggery in exactly the same
condition in which they had left it. So
it was obvious that the burly farmer
had not been there.
"But don't think" pronounced
Dolly, "that there's the least likelihood
Of his having followed the shore route
at all. There's far too much climbing
hereabout to suit his taste. He'd be
sure to take the easiest path he could
find. So we ought to stand the best
chance Of finding him by following his
example and picking out the smooth
bits.
"What do you think, Henrietta ?"
asked Guthrie.
"Well, you see," said the woman,
the told that muddling fool, Tom Jelly,
that lie was going poaching, and he
naturally wouldn't expect to find his
game along the coast So most likely
he's gone inland.
$50 you think we'd better strike in
land too7"
eyes. sir and miss. Ido." said Mrs
Jelly.
They took her advice and struck up
Into the country, but they found. the
going very disagreeable, for the ground
was for the most part covered with
dense scrub Of clinging bastard palm
Single plants Of this growing in flower
pots make graceful enough ornaments
for an English drawing room. no doubt
Init whan thav ara naekad into thick
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-15
BETTER THAN DUELING,
The Way the Chicago Man Finished
Three French Bullies.

During the Spanish-American war;"
said the foreign buyer for New York
dry goods house, Il was in Paris when
the French felt most hostile to us. Some
Of the more enthusiastic, who had moth
Ing to lose, were ready to pick quarrel
| with any American they came across.
One night after the theater, while was
seated in cafe, three young bloods began
talking for the benefit of Yankee from
Chicago. l did not learn his name, but
he was in Paris to promote some Ameri-
can enterprise. He was man Of 80 and
looked the gentleman, and the bloods
probably sized him up as man who
would scare. Not one of them spoke
English, but the Chicagoan understood
enough French to realize what they were
driving at.
'They pitched into us as nation in
great shape, but as all their conversation
was directed at the other man l waited
to see what he would do. We were in
room having five tables, and l believe
there were ten of us in all. The room
was on the first story, with an awning
below the two open windows, and as the
conversation grew hot l saw the man
look around and take notes on the situa-
ton.
"He had about half finished his meal
when one of the bloods asked his COM
panions il they had ever heard of an
American fighting duel. They replied
in the negative and broadly limited that
it was from lack of grit. Then the same
man wondered what Yankee would do
if glass of wine was flung in his face.
They didn't have to try the experiment.
The Chicagoan laid down his knife and
fork, rose up and peeled off his coat and,
with smile on his face, he said:
Gentlemen, you needn't go to that
trouble. We Americans don't go much on
dueling, but we have other ways which
solve the problem just as WELL
"And without making any fuss over it
he grabbed those young bloods one after
another ind dropped them out of the
window upon the awning, and each one
went clawing and sliding down to the
edge to take drop to the sidewalk.
Then he nodded to me and took his seat
again to finish his supper, and when the
waiter came in and looked around for
his trio, the promoter calmly said:
They found the room too close and
went out by way of the window. You
can serve the rest Of their supper on the
pavement "-Baltimore Herald.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-15

And, speaking of the way we use our
mother tongue. l think most of us have
not the faintest idea how slight our
knowledge of English really is. At lit
tie after theater supper down town a
few nights ago somebody said something
about "the sere and yellow leaf" A
Frenchman who was at the table looked
up nquiringly.
"What is it--that 'sere?" he asked.
"Oh," said the Vassar woman, "'sere'
means-why, sere and yellow you know
autumn leaf, Observation-Disclosures
really I don't know what it does meant"
And not living soul in all that party
of eight, five of whom were college
graduates, could give authoritatively the
definition and derivation of "sere." Ev-
erybody had vague idea of It's meaning,
but nobody knew "for sure" and the
Vassar woman said it didn't make any
difference, for it was an obsolete word
anyway.-Washington Post.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-15
v. s-..A - .'1S hkoA

One rainy day in spring an old York
shire fisherman returned to his native yil-
lage after an absence of Is years and fear
fully sought tho house which sheltered
his deserted wife. Entering without
knocking, he seated himself near the open
door, took long and vigorous pull at his
dirty clay pipe and nodded jerkily to
"t'owd woman"
"Mornin, Maria" he said, with affected
unconcern.
She looked up from the potatoes she was
pccling and tried to utter the scathing
TRADE sho had daily rehearsed since his
departure, but 1t would not come.
"Ben," she said instead, once more re-
Stunning her work, "bring the sen DER to T.
fire an Ahll darn that hole + thy jersey.
All meant doin t. day tina went away, but
summat put me ofi!"-Stray Stories.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-15
SlLENCED THE BULLY.
Tho witness Put o Stop to the Law
yer's BndHering.

The witness Put q stop to the Law
yer's Badgerins.
"The biggest courtroom bully ever
met in my life," said an old New Or
leans lawyer, was an attorney named
Simmondson, who was quite a noted
character in the early days of the Louis.
vile bar. / practiced in that city for
several years after / was admitted, and
1 used to encounter him now and then in
the local courts. He was a very large,
porty man, with singularly intimidat-
ing presence, and when he got nervous
witness in his clutches the way he
would put on the screws was something
frightfu.
"rhis habit led one day to a remarka-
BILE scene, Of which happened to be a
spectator He was engaged in the trial
of case involving the title to some farm
lands, and number Of countrymen were
called to testify on the other side. They
were naturally i'll at ease, being unused
to city ways, and when Simmondson
came to cross examine he found them
easy prey. He harassed them in every
imaginable manner, and whenever they
would show signs of confusion would
roar out: What are you hesitating for?
Are you afraid you may tell lie? If
the victim replied No. Simmondson
would retort, 4 was sure you didn't fear
little thing like that and if the an
swer was Yes he would say with q
sheer: Aha! thought SO! In short,
lie had them both ways, and the poor
fellows, being strangers to repartee, were
badly discounted.
"The last witness he took in hand was
a tall, lank farmer, with very thought
full eye. He had watched the batting Of
his neighbors in dead silence and took
the stand with perfect composure. Sim
mondson evidently set him down as
lout, and when the witness hesitated
over some question moment later he
fred his favorite shot. What are y
studying aboutF he beloved. 'Fraid
of telling lie, too, suppose? Without
any apparent haste the countryman
picked up a massive inkstand and hurled
it straight at Simmondson's head, catch
ing him on the bridge Of the nose and
knocking him perfectly senseless. That's
what was a-studyin about he drawled
in the moment of dead silence that fol-
lowed the act.
Needless to say, tremendous hubbub
ensued, but everybody was secretly
pleased, and, while the judge fined the
farmer heavily for contempt, he subse-
quently RENTED the sentence. Simmond-
son was carried home and was laid up
for several weeks. When he emerged,
he was as gentle as dove, and it was
said he never bullied another witness.
He subsequently drifted out to Califor-
mia, where he died during the war;
New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-15
the LITTLE AUTOCRAT.

Three years ago you could not ind
Upon our pleasant street
Another little home like ours,
So orderly and neat.
Our baby boy has changed all that,
But we are quite resigned
II but the little autocrat
Is easy in his mind.
1t may indeed seem rather strange
To unaccustomed eyes
To see the parlor chairs o'erturned
"a railroad enterprise),
But when we see within the cab
A curly head appear
We can but throw O kiss to him,
The roguish engineer.
And oft in military zeal
The sofa he'll invade
And with the downy cushions build
A sllken barricade.
Then If at times within the room
The silence settles deep.
We find upon the fortress walls
The general-asleep.
For him we bend the willing knee
In lowly sports and gay,
Content If by our loving wiles
He has a happy day.
And lightly do we count the care
Or work of any kind
If but the little autocrat
Is easy in his mind.
Anna L. Treat in Good Housekeeping.