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Evening journal., 1899-09-01
A MIDNIGHT RAMBLE.

JOHNSON WALKED OUT
OF A sECOND-STORY WINDOW
WHILE ASLEEP.
.Pearle Johnson, who boards at the
hotel at Eleventh and Claymont
streets, walked out of a second-story
window of the house early yesterday
morning while asleep.
His cries awakened his fellow
boarders, who carried him into the ho-
tel.
Later in the day he was sent to the
Delaware Hospital in the Phoenix
ambulance. DR.. John Palmer, who at
tended him, found that no bones were
broken, but his legs were bruised.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
RAsEBALL TOMORROW.

The Brownson will play the strong
All-Collegiate team, one of the strong
est college teams of the East, instead
Of the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club, as
was advertised. AS it costs the Brown
son manager a large sum of money to
bring this team here, large turnout
is expected. Following is the batting
order: Brownson-COnnor, c.; Ken
ney, D.; Ferguson, S. s.; Mcdaniel,
h.: B. Mullin, 2b.; McGOnigle, 3d.;
Pemrick. !. T.; Stanards. l. T.; Fancy
r. All-Collegiate.-o. Glocker, lb.i
Taylor. 2b.; Clark. S. s.; King. c. f.;
Lacier. T. f.; DAILY or Jockson, c.; Her
man. !. f.: Bush 3d.; Hutton, p. The
game will be called at $50 p. m. Satur-
day.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
EDWARDS CASE ON MONDAY.

Examiners Hanson and Smith will
sit in Philadelphia on Monday, and
take additional testimony in the long
drawn-out case OF Edwards vs.. the
Bay State Gas Company. AS an order
for the production Of the books Of the
company has been made, it is likely
that there will be some sharp fighting.
Should the company fail to obey the
order, contempt proceedings may be
Instituted. j. Edward Addicks may
also be called upon to testify.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
BONDS ORDERED PAID.
COUNCIL PROVIDES FOR AMOUNT
WITH INTEREST DUE TO-DAY.

4. ----------- sissis hsl slzl!
THE SUM OF $4,000 WITH INTER
EST AMOUNTING TO s,9s15o
WILL BE PAID BY THE CITY
FOR BONDS IssUED-oTHER
WORK OF COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
AT the regular meeting Of Council
last night, the city bonds. due to-day,
amounting to $4,000, with interest to
the amount of sl.ss15O, were ordered
paid.
Little else in the way OF business,
excepting that Of routine nature. was
transacted. Mr. Smith moved that the
Printing Committee be given author
ity to have seventy-hye copies of the
charters and ordinances which have
been printed, for some years, bound.
The committee was directed to have
the volumes bound, and include the
important ordinances passed since the
books were printed.
cation from Chief sasse announcing
review of the fire department on We'd
nesday next Mr.. sasse also reported
having districted the department to
ihe three new fire alarm boxes.
The companies will respond as fol-
lows: No 152, box, first alarm. COM
panies Nos 1, and s, No. chemical;
second alarm, Nos. ?, A, 5, Z. and No.
chemical; No. 15s, first alarm, Nos.
and s, No. s chemical second alarm,
Nos. 1, 2, A, 6, Z, 9 and No. chemical;
No. 154, Nos / and T. No. z chemical;
second alarm, Nos. ?, 5, 6. z, 8. 9. and
No. chemical. The Phoenix and
Delaware trucks will respond to first
ALARMS from all the boxes.
The police payroll Of s5,644,S0, the
miscellaneous payroll Of sS,O747l. and
the Council payroll of s276.26, were
ordered paid.
The city treasurer reported the bal
ance in Union National Bank to be
s92, ,7s6.4S. in each Of the four deposit
tory banks, sSs,621; in Union Bank for
park purposes. s17,5s4.55; received of
E. NJ sayers, sl,O5O; T. S. Lewis,
Isl ,496.
After the meeting the members held
an informal discussion OF the advisa-
lbility Of securing the old Federal
building at Sixth and King streets for
la police station, but no conclusion was
reached.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
THIS CITY NOT REPRESENTED
NO DELEGATES APPOINTED TO
ATTEND THE CONVENTION OF
THE AMERICAN BANKERS AS
ISOLATION


THE AMERICAN BANKERS AS
ISOLATION
A convention OF the American Bank
ers' Association will be held in
Cleveland o.. early this month. The
advisability OF having the banks in all
of the clearing houses in the United
States adopt a uniform system Of
charges. for the collection of out-of-
town checks. will be discussed
One Of the Wilmington papers pub
lished an article this morning, stating
that the Wilmington Clearing House
would be represented, but on inter
viewing the officials of the association
here, it was learned that a meeting Of
the bankers has not been held here.
for some time. and that il will be
some time before another takes place,
No delegates have been appointed
from this city, and those who attend
win do so at their own expense and
on their own responsibility.
The local banks received notice
from the Produce Exchange and Trust
Company, OF New York, to the effect
that they had decided to retire from
the privileges, and withdraw all
claims from the New York Clearing
House. after August 81. All bills here
after will be collected by themselves
at par Had they not taken this pro-
ceedng, and notified the Clearing
House Of their intentions to withdraw,
they would have been subject 10 a fine
of about $1,000, and on the second Of
fense. expulsion.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
GOT THEIR WORK IN.

Norman Greenwood. aged 10, of No.
1l2 French street, ate a quantity of
green apples yesterday and enjoyed
them thoroughly. To-day he was
seized with a severe attack of cramps
at ne south end of Market street
.lge and it was necessary to remove
H. % his home in the Phoenix am
bulance
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
CLYDE DID NOT APPEAR.

About fifty excursionists were at the
Wilmington and Northern railroad
French street station this morning for
the purpose of going to Woodland
Beach on the steamer Thomas Clyde,
and when informed that the boat
would not make the trip to-day, they
swore vengeance against the company.
At last a number of them concluded to
so to Washington Park for the day.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
ASH BARREL ON FIRE.

The district fire companies were call
ed out by an alarm from box No. Z at
2.9O o'clock this morning, the fire be-
ing in an ash barrel at No. 701 Tat
nall street. The blaze had been ex-
tinguished before the department ar
rived
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
MAY TURN OUT FULL COMPANY.

It was rumored this morning that
the Weecacoe Fire Company would on
Wednesday next turn out the full
strength of the company and that they
have been negotiating for badges and
uniforms. When questioned this morn
ing in regards to the matter it was
stated that the company only intends
turning out the apparatus manned
with twelve uniformed men.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
DELAWARE HOUSE REoPENEp.

The Delaware House, under the man
agement of Edward B. Gipp, opened
for business yesterday. The place has
been repapered and painted through
out, and presents a handsome appear
ance. This morning the exterior Of the
hotel was handsomely decorated with
the national colors and between the
windows on the second floor are en-
blems representing crossed fire lad
ders with the figure 2 on each side.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
HOUSES BEING NUMBERED.

At present Building Inspector Cas-
sidy is engaged in numbering the
houses in Highlands, Rockford and
Kentmere. The work, which was
made necessary by the extension Of
the free mail delivery system. in those
sections, will be completed in about
three weeks.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
nor THE cHAMPIoNsHIP.

The Brownson baseball team will
play a series of games, five in all, with
the Brandywine team. for the cham
pionship of the state. The first game
of the series will be played on Monday
afternoon next, and the second on Sat
urday. September 9. The other games
will be announced later.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
AGED MAN DEAD.

David Hall, aged so years. Of Seventh
and Kirkwood streets, died at his
home on Wednesday night. He was
ship carpenter. and had been in the
employ of the Jackson and Sharp Com
Company for more than thirty years.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
MRS. MoonYs PuRcHAsE.

The executors of James Henry Guest,
through Robert c. Fraim, their at
torney. have sold to Mrs. Martha
Moody, wife Of Edmund p. Moody,
seven acres Of land, situated opposite
the residences Of Henry B. and VIII
liam Duncan, on the Duncan road, near
Bellevue station. The consideration
was s2,1OO.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
MIL sTART To-MoRRoW.

Appomattox Camp, No. 2, Sons Of
Veterans. OF this city, equipped as a
battery of artillery, viii leave this city
tomorrow morning for Camp Sexton,
Fairmount Park. Philadelphia, where
It will be encamped during the coming
week and will take part in the thirty
third annual encampment Of the G.
"A. r.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01

DELAWARE BATTERY REUNION.
The members Of the First Delaware
Battery Association held their regu-
lar annual reunion near ShelDsot Park
yesterday afternoon. Many Of the
members were accompanied by their
families and an enjoyable time was
spent.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
TRUST FIGHTERS ARRIVE HERE
MERCHANTS IN THIS CITY ARE
INTERESTED IN THE CONTEST.

Wilmington merchants are much in
terested in the great sugar fight, now
going on between the Arbuckle Sugar
Refinery and the Sugar Trust, and yes
terday representatives of the company
arrived here and began to sell sugar.
Under its agreement the sugar trust
has guaranteed to keep the price of
sugar at 51s cents a pound until Janu-
airy / next. The other people have sue
ceeded in cutting down the price by
competition until sugar has been sell
ing at less than cents a pound, and
the trust loses the difference.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
KuT crRMs OF DISEASE.

The modern way TO cure disease is to
destroy dts germs. Cascarets Candy Ca
thartic are modern germ-kilers, and
cleansers. Druggists, loc., 25c., soc.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
SEIZED WITH CoNvULsIoNs.

Isaac Morris, colored, of No. Ill
Tatnall street. was seized with a Sc
we're attack of commissions early this
morning. After several unsuccessful
attempts to have a physician attend
him, Officer Lyons summoned DIR. J..
w. Bastian, who treated the colored
man.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01

CHURCH FLAG FLOATING TO-DAY
This is st. Giles Day, and the only
Church flag in this country is floating
from the Flagstaff at Bishopstead. All
the churches of England observe the
day, but none has a flag to designate
it being a church holiday.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
MARsHALL SPRINGER DEAD.

Marshall A. J. Springer, of No. S25
Washington street, aged 40 years, died
last night after a short illness. De-
ceased was well-known in the city and
was a brother-in-law of ex-Police Com
missioner Lawson.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
IMPORTANT SCHOOL NOTICE.

Office open daily, s to 4, and evening,
to 9. for enrolment of students.
Business and Shorthand courses. Cata-
logue free. Goldey College, Sth and
Market.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
MR.. BRATTON HAS RECOVERED
HIS ILLNESS WAS AT NO TINE so
SERIOUS AS WAS REPRESENTED.

John w. Bratton. the well-known
composer. writes to a friend in this
citv that the story of his recent illness
with blood poisoning was considerably
exaggerated. He was i'll only for Few
days, and was at no time in danger OF
losing his leg. His foot was poisoned
by the dye in his stocking.
He is now entirely recovered, and
expects to open the theatrical season
with his vaudeville company at Gil
mores Auditorium, in Philadelphia,
the week of September is.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01

The Brownson Library Dancing
School opens on Saturday evening,
September 2, with a sociaDle; also
Wednesday evening, September g..
Dancing class for young men Tuesday
and Thursday evenings. September 8
and z.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
REPAIRS COMPLETED.
Friendship Fire Co.'s House
One of thu Finest in the City.

One of thu Finest in the City.
RECEPTION ROOM HAEDs0MR
THE ENTIRE BUILDING HAS BEEN
PAPERED THROUGHOUT. AND
THE FURNITURE REMoDELED.
THE HOSE CARRIAGE REPAIR
ED-To TURN OUT APPARATUS
ONLY.
The repairs to the house Of the
Friendship Fire Company have been
completed, and the house is now one
of the finest in the city.
On the second floor the reception
and meeting room has been painted
and repapered. The paper is Of pale
blue tint. with a border OF the same
color interspersed with white Around
the entire border, a blue and white
moulding extends. At the windows
pale blue shades have been put up,
giving the room beautiful color All
the furniture has also been revarnish-
d.
Opening from the reception room,
is the bunk room, which has also been
repapered in yellowish tint.
A new carpet has been laid and
the furniture touched up. The contrast
of colors makes the rooms especially
attractive. The large gilt frame. 7x9
feet, presented to the company by the
Friendship Company, OF Harrisburg,
Pa. and containing pictures Of mem
bers Of the latter company. has been
taken apart and regilded, and now
has the appearance OF being new.
On the third floor the pool and shuf-
|hle-hoard room and the refreshment
room have been thoroughly overhaul
ed and painted New paper has also
been put on these rooms. In the re-
freshment room zinc floor has been
put in.
The Friendship hose carriage has
also been repainted and renickeled
and now has the appearance OF new
II will not be put in service. however
until the day Of the parade Five hun
dred feet Of new white anchor hose hal
been received by the company, anS
will be placed on the hose reel for thu
turnout, after which It will be tested
In the parade OF September 9 tn
company intends to adhere to tn
agreement made among the compan
lies, with the exception Of the Phoenix
that only apparatus manned should b.
turned out
The Friendship will have their ap
paratus and nine men in line, that be
ing the number required TO man tn
machines in case of fire. Altogethe
the Friendship has now one Of tn
finest houses in the city, and one /
may be proud Of An open-house 70
visiting firemen win be held on Sep
tember and luncheon served.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
A DELICIOUS DRINK

Crown High Grade Ginger Ale. Bottlea
exclusively by FOORD BOTTI,ING
WORKS. 2l3 w. 9Th st. Also stoeckle's
and Lengers Beers. Both Phones.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
cOAL. WOOD AND GRAM.

II. T. Sergeant, Coal and Wood. office
Seventh and King. Delmarvia phone 545
Recleaned Oats, Hay and Straw.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
BUSINESS NOTICES.

LADIES Coats altered, repaired and
cleaned at Kings, No 6l5 Orange street.
LADIES! Chichester's English Penny
royal Pills Diamond Brand) are the best.
Safe, reliable. Take no other. Send 4c.
stamps for particulars. Relief for
Ladies'" in letter by return mail. At
druggists. Chichester Chemical Co.,
Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
Half dozen wooden double stands.
Dozen pairs cases.
All will be sold cheap.
Apply at
Evening journal., 1899-09-01
HELP WANTED.
NOTICES.

NOTICE.-The I.awton optical CO. en-
plovq no canNassers and anyone repre-
senting them rs such are frauds and i'm
THE I1AwrON OPTICAL CO.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-16
AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.

General Otis Gives Particulars of the
Capture of Pasig.
WASHINGTON, March ia cable
gram from General Otis was received at
the war department as follows:
Manila, March IA. -Adjutant Gen.
eral, Washington: Until yesterday
field operations here since capturing
Caloocan of minor nature, consisting of
driving back small bands insurgents,
with considerable loss to latter. Yes
terday, General Wheaton with Twen-
tieth and Twenty-second infantry, the
Oregon and Washington troops, section
Sixth artillery and squadron Fourth
cavalry, attacked large force of enemy,
drove them back and took line of Pasig
river, which he now holds. Two i'm
provised gunboats in lake have cap
tured considerable property. Insurgent
loss heavy. Our own killed and wound
ed slight, aggregating 35, mostly slightly
wounded. Insurgents made no deter
mined stand. OTIS"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-16
HE ATE THE SOAP.
Garland Would Have Swallowed 1t
4 1t Had Killed Him.

Garland Would Have Swallowed 1t If
| 1T Had Killed Him.
| The late Augustus H. Garland, who
was attorney general under President
Cleveland was very fond of practical
Jokes and during his term of service in
1.-THE senate frequently turned the laugh
on his colleagues. Senators voorhees,
and Vest, with whom he was very
friendly, finally determined to turn the
tables. Mr.. Garland had a habit like
Voorhees, of munching candy, and Vest
and Voorhees, made it up between them
to take advantage Of his fondness for
sweets to play their trick. They had
some tempting looking chocolate cara
mels prepared, with the interior filled
with brown soap. These they took to
the senate chamber and voorhees, placed
them on his desk. The lid being off
when Mr.. Garland sauntered down the
aisle he noticed them at once
"What have you there. Dan p he in
quired.
Voorhees, looked up carelessly from
his writing and responded: s'Caramels.
Help yourself. .
Garland needed no second invitation
and, picking up two or three, placed
one in his mouth. Steadily he chewed
away. his face betraying no sign of the
conflict within him. This alarmed
Voorhees,, who went to Vests desk and
said:
''He's eating them, Vest What shall
we do2 The stuff will kill him surep'
Senator Vest replied that it could do
no more than make him sick. Garland
swallowed the stuff, although he was
foaming at the mouth from the soap
suds He related the incident afterward
with great gusto and said he would
have swallowed it if it had killed him.
New York Sun
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-16
HIS FlRST,THlMBLE.
Inventor John Lofting Made a For.
tune From 1t 200 Years Ago.

Inventor John Lofting Made a For-
tune From 1t 200 Years Ago.
There is arich family named Loft
ing in England, said a dealer in fancy
articles. 1.-The fortune Of whose house
was founded by so apparently insignif-
cant little thing as the thimble.
1 'fThe first thimbles seen. in England
were made IN London less than 900
years ago by metal worker named
John Lofting.
Z "The usefulness of the article recon-
mended it at once to all who used the
needle. and Lofting acquired a large
fortune and great fame in the manufac-
ture OF the new accessory to the needle
workers art. 0
''The implement was then called the
thumb bell and was worn on the thumb.
1.-THE clumsy mode of utilizing it
was soon changed but when and why
the name thimble was given the article
do not appear. - :
lettings thimbles. and. in fact, all
thimbles, were made OF, either iron or
brass. and specimens Of them extant,
many of which are preserved as heir
looms. are crude and clumsy looking
things compared with the commonest
thimbles Of today, although their cost
was many times as much. A4S2 .svRys
"a To-day gold asilver. iron, ivory
steel. sometimes glass and even pearl
and ceHuloid are utilized in making
thimbles. Since art needlework became
fashionable thimbles of elaborate work
1lanship and great value, !tolaccompany
the rich and costly implements and ma
terials wealthy reedleworkers affect.
have found q large sale. ~ e.
Solid gold thimbles, carved and fire.
quently set with diamonds, have been
found none too good for some people.
Thimbles made to order, with the mono
gram or initials of the person for whom
they are intended set in precious stones,
are not by any means unknown -
Philadelphia Press
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-16
Strengthening Weak Eyes.

What is said to be an excellent lotion
for Strengthening weak eyes is as fol-
lows: Four teaspoonfuls of boracic pow
der and pint of boiling water. Put
the powder in jug and pour the water
over it. Stir until quite dissolved, then
put the solution into bottle and keep
well corked until required. When re-
quired. add little boiling water to an
eggcupful, with or without the addi-
ton of two teaspconfuls of laurel or
elder flower water, and battle the eyes
frequently with this, using soft rag
or fine sponge for the purpose. New
York Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-16
USE FORCE IF NECESSARY.
Cuban Troops Must BE Compelled to Lay
Down Their Arms.


UAvAEA, March 15.-Should portion
CT the Caban army support the military
assembly in rejecting the Gomez-P Porter
agreement and refuse to disband with
cut larger svm ,kan s., coo, 600 forcible
disarmament, iii Re cpinion of Cubans
well qualified to Judge. would follow.
The United States is completely COM
nisted TO the arrangement made by
Robert p. Porter. President McKinley's
special representative. with General
Gomez, and the details of the plan of
distribution are already far advanced.
The opinion Of Cuban civilians is that
considerable Icrtion of the army
probably the larger part, upholds Gen
eral Gomez in his contract with the
United States. and, therefore, the
American military administration sees
&c other course oIea than the forcible
,ilsanning of any faction of the Cuban
troops which, after being duly warned,
should persist in keeping the field.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-16
Latter Kept Upa Running Fight
land Suffered Very Heavy
General Otis Sends the War De
partment an Account of Mon
- : days Fighting. 4 saaa'

T.LqEE 80 ss.ffEA EEfa - ! seq "a
MANILA, March 1850 p. m. Brig.
adler General Wheaton's column ha,
advanced beyond Pasig to the shores OF
Laguna de Bay, sweeping everything
before them. The enemy made a run
ming fight and suffered severe loss. The
rebels avenue Of communicated, north
and south is now closed, the American
Gordon stretching over mile from the
river to the lake.
The rebels are in force at Pateros and
Taguiga. o4,}...n n
Two of Mondays wounded Private
Stewart of Company B, Twentieth regi-
ment, and Private Munson of Company
K, Twenty-second regiment, are dead.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-16
DEWEY Is WANTED.


Prominent Washingtonians Would Like
Him to Help Them Celebrate.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Admiral
Dewey will be in Washington May 20,
if the plans of committee of prominent
citizens here do not fail. An imposing
delegation will wait upon the secretary
of the navy and ask him to authorize
the admiral to accept an invitation from
the city of Washington to be the guest
of honor at the peace festival to be held
here the latter part of May.
Secretary Long will refer the request
of the citizens committee to the presi-
dent at Townsville, and if he gives it
his approval, the committee is san
guine that Admiral Dewey will accept
and arrive here in time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-16
Insect Notes.

The slow tapping of butterfy's
wing produces no sound. When the
movements are rapid, noise is produc-
ed which increases with the number of
vibrations. Thus the house fly. which
produces the sound Of F. vibrates it's
wings 81, 100 times a minute or 1856
times second. and the bee. which
makes a sound of A. as many as 26, 400
times or 440 times second. A tired
bee huns on E. and, therefore. accord
ing to theory. vibrates its wings only
$50 times second.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-03-16
STILL sNowBoUND.

No Immediate Prospects of Release of
Cheyenne and Northern Passengers.
CHEYENNE, Wy, March 15.-The
Cheyenne and Northern passenger train
which has been for three weeks block
AIDED by the snow near Iron Mountain,
is apparently little nearer being released
than it was 10 days ago. The rescuing
work train is still 10 miles or more from
the passenger. Monday 35 men with
picks and shovels did not make more
than $50 yards. It will require several
days to get to the train. There are now
plenty of supplies for the passengers.