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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26
LIABILITY OF CITY.
AIN INTERESTING POINT BROUGHT
mp AT YESTERDAYS MEETING
on WAITER COMMISSIONERS


AN interesting point was raised at
vesterdny's meeting of the Water Com
missioners involving the liability OF
the city.
Commissioner Hastings brought mp
the matter Of the erection OF bridge
over the race at Market street Drlugel
over the Brandywine, and called atten-
tion to the fact that the city was IN
terfering with the tracks OF the VIII
mington City Railway Company. lie
wanted to- know whether it was the
business OF the city to place danger
signals there and also to shore up the
tracks while the Improvement rs go
ing on.
Mr.. Hastings said the superintendent
Of the company had spoken to him in
refernce to the matter. The company
has right OF way there, and its tracks
were being interfered with
Commissioner Belts said that If the
| city did not erect the new bridge there
the railway company would have to
put up one.
Mr. Hastings said that the question
was whether the city or the railway
company should look after the public
safety while the work was being done
He thought that it was clearly the
fright and the duty of the board to take
the Pcope- precautions for the safety
OF the people, and he moved that tn,
board place red lights at the work al
night, provide watchmen and shore tn,
tracks when the department digs be
meath them
The motion was not seconded.
Mr.. Belts then moved that Chief En-
lgineer Bond be directed to get the Opin.
ion of the city solicitor on the matter
and act accordingly. This motion wal
carried
Bids for furnishing coal for the yea.
beginning on May were received. Thi
bid of the Charles Warner Companr
was S2.SS, $2.33, 1928 and s.. is. accord
ing to the mine from which It was fur
nished; the Davis Coal and Coke Com
pany S225. $215. $2.O5 and 50
II. A. Brown, S223. The con
tract was awarded to the Charlie
Warner Company for jackson min
: coal at S2.3S.
I'm answer to a communication iron
City Council asking the probable sur
pMs OF the department this year. tn.
b board replied that the surplus woul,
D probably be SOS. 900.
q The balance in bank was reported II
y be SlOl ,420.56. The weekly pav-rolI 4,
o S9O2.76 and the monthly pav-ron =
n Sz'4.of were ordered paid.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26
ADJUSTMENTS.
THE DAzzDER' TONIGHT.

"THE DAZzDER' TONIGHT.
The secret OF the success Of Cosgrove
& Grants comedians in THE Dazzler"
lies in the fact that this farce-cOmedy
is always kept up-to-date and If pos
slble a little beyond. No matter how
successful a season may have been, no
sooner does it close than a strong ef-
fort is at once begun and kept up until
the object is accomplished, viz, the
gathering together of a lot Of new ma
terial songs, dances, specialties, ETC.,
and the clothing of this material in
bright new dresses, so that the follow
ing season the show shah be to all
intents and purposes new one. The
result naturally is that the old friends
lCf THE Dazzler" go to see Sc again and
again, knowing that, though the name
may be the same in every essential fea-
ture, the performance will be new. 1t
will be seen at the Opera Gcuse to-
might.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26
HENRY M1LIpR AS oHANTLET. /"

HENRY MILLER AS HAMLET"
Those who saw Henry Mil-er here re-
GENTLY in his charming play Hearts
ease" will be interested in hearing that
he will present at the Grand Opera
House next Monday night an elabor-
ate production of Shakespeare Ham
let" with himself in the title role. Mr..
Miller's purpose I'M making this pro-
duction is first to show that, with ade-
quate surroundings, as to scenery and
company, the Shakespearean drama is
as entertaining now as II has ever been,
and second to offer his talents, so much
admired by the public in plays Of lesser
writer's, in those plays acknowledged
for centuries to be the greatest writ
ten i'm the English language. This laud-
able ambition on the part Of Mr.. Miller
bids fair to be we'll received, for his
work, which has all been in The more
serious vein, in the lime which is neoes-
sary for such a play, and with the al
most total lack on legitimate stars
good, bad or indifferent. now before
the public, tho fair promise held out
by such an actor as Mr. Miller enter
ing that field, is worthy of careful con,
slderatiOn. His leading woman will b,
Miss Gallatin. who has starred success.
| fully in the West
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26
GREAT BAKERY AND ICE CRrA,
PLANT.

malcolm Patterson enters his third Ice
ereain season (aghough having manufac-
puIt ice cream ten years ago at Fourth
ms Harrison streets) at his present To-.
cSuon with the intention Of giving WI
mington the best.
ICE CREAM PAR EXCELLENCE.
ono place where you can be sure of rot
the the best ice cream and cakes al mod
crate prices. Immediately adjoiaing the
/ southeast corner of Seventh and French
streets i5 TO be found ono of the MOST
complete fancy cake and bread bakeries
anu nee cream plants I'm the state.
MT. I0llcrson has Recently added i'm.
| proved electrical machinery to his al.
/ ready complete plant. and now has The
/ most complete and up-to-date standard
/ machinery and force Of skilled w0rkmer
each man being an artist i'm his particu
/ Oar department.
| Mr.. lmtterson, having found himsel
| ana force greatly overworkod with tn,
| increasing business has found 10 nccos
| stry TO Increase his force of workmcn IN,
! present week TO do justice 10 am orders
! All material used In this plant Is of IN
nurest and must comply with the pur
Food Laws of the states I'm which the.
are produced.
Parties wishing the best OF anything 4
his line should send their orders 20 Nal
colin Patterson, Ga French street. Del
: marvia phone, l09. An orders for &c
) cream should be IN not later than Satui
day, 10 a. m, OF each week.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26
HYGEIAICE CO,
Office: 900 W. Front ST
Now prepared TO deIi"er Ice
to all Who may favor them
with their order.
JACOB P0SEY, Manager.
Telephones f02.
REGISTERS ORDER.
REGISTERS ORDER.

Registers Office.
New Castle County, Del, Feb. %, 1898.
Upon the application Of Susanna Cur
rinder Administrative Of George W. Cur
rinder. late OF White Clay Creek hundred,
in said county. deceased, It is ordered and
directed by the register that the admins
tratrix aforesaid give notice Of granting
of letters of administration upon the es-
tate Of the deceased, with the date OF
granting thereof, by causing advertise
ments to be posted within
forty days from the date of such
letters in six of the most public places
Of the county OF New Castle, requiring
all persons having demands against the
estate TO present the same, or abide by
an act OF Assembly In such case made
and provided; and also cause the same
to be inserted within the. same period IN
the Evening Journal, newspaper pub
iished In Wilmington, Del, and to be con-
tinued therein three weeks e. e. g
Given undcr the hand and seal OF
office Of the Register aforesaid, at
Wilmington. In New Castle County
IL. 81 aforesaid, the day and year above
written.
CALVIN w. CROssAN.
Register.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26
DIED

ADAIR.-ln this city. on April %. 1899
j. Asa Adair, aged A. years.
BLICkLE.--ln this city. ON the 22d in
slant. Margaret v. McCloskcy. Wife o
William !. Blickle, aged 80 years.
CLARk.-Entered into rest al st
Georges, Del, on Sunday afternoon
April p, 1899, Sarah r. Clark. aged s
years
GILLIS.-On April "a, 1893. at his resi-
dence, near Seaford Del. Edward Tat
nail ellis, son Of the late Commands
John =. ellis, Il. $. n. aged So years.
GRIFFITH.-On April %. 1881. Peter ID
Griffith. aged 20 years.
liAMMOND.-In this city, or April %
1889, Hannah +. Hammond, aged /
years.
ROBERfS-In this CITY. on April q
1899. Isadora L.. wife Of Jonathan 4
Roberts, IN the S9th year OF her age.
SEpGWlcK.-On April 2s 1899, Elizabetl
H. sedgwick, aged 50 years.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that Letters Of
Administration were in due form Of law
granted unto the undersigned, on the
twenty third day Of February. A. d. 1899,
and that all persons having claims
against the estate of the deceased must
present the same, duly attested. 10 the
said administrators, on or before the
twenty-third day of February, 1909, or
abide the Act of Assembly In such case
made and provided
SUSANNA CURRINDER,
Administrative.
or Address William 7. Lyman, Esq, At
torney-at-Law, Wilmington, Del.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26
Rockers { i ,

think Of furnishing the porch
or veranda rockers, chairs
and settoes here Ter the pur-
pose.
Rockers from 75c to So. A
hardwood maple frame rocker
with reed seat.
z5c.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26
CHARTER GRANTrD

secretary OF State Hughes has granted
a charter to the Universal Conduit Light
Heat and Power Company. OF this cit,
with capital stock Of Si5O.OOO
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26

Ino More of t h 0 G
.IZGu Cottage Carpets are
Carpet sss cent ,.- e. rii Ea's s5i
good enough for lots Of purpo-
SEES.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26
SIR aW
MattingS

Mating at 10 cents per yard
or $500 per roll. An extra
heavy jointless at 20 cents per
yard or 500 per roll and a
fine japanese mating in arts
sic patterns at % cents per yard
or So 90 per roll, while wo have
over IA hundred patterns, these
three arc particularly choice
ones for the prices.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26
MANFRED.

PYLE-BLEST.- No. West Eleventh
street, on Thursday evening. April %
1879, by Rev. John ID. G.. Hanna, ID. ID.
Frank J. Pyle and Miss Rebecca J
Blest. both of Wilmington.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26

COAL. WOOD AND GRAIN.
II. II. Sergeant Coal and Wood, office
Seventh and King. Delmarva phone 5i5
b. & L. checks with cash purchases.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-26

DO right this year; buy for your home
a Ludwig Piano. Nothing better. store
SIS shipley street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-20
6O-62 West 23d ST.
CITY PAYS KxoRBIrANr FxB..

Comptroller Investigating System Of Acquir-
ing Property by Condemn ntioa.
Comptroller Colsr has put some OF his ex.
ports at work on an investigation OF the " ork-
ing OF the present system OF acquiring property
By condemnation proceedings. Exorbitnnt
fees have long been paid to com missioners in
such proceedings. and much dissatisfaction
has been expressed The entire method lie out
lined and defined In the constitution. however.
and the bringing about Of any reform has been
desraired Of. The Comptroller announces that
he will issue q statement In short time show
ing to what extent he has found the system
abused. He 10 not yet ready to suggest any
specific remedy.
The establishment Of permanent board Of
commissioners In condemnation proceedings
has boon talked OF. and bill authorizing ono
In connection with acquiring lands for park
purposes was drawn up BY Assistant Corpora
tion Counsel Dreamer last winter. 1t 10 urged
In favor OF such . measure that the cost Of
acquiring all condemned property would be re-
duced to q small yearly amount.
The Comptroller pointed out one recent
case yesterday as an example OF tho fees
charged under the present system. A block Of
property. he said. had been condemned and its
value fixed at $40 900; and tho fees o'the COM
missioners who reached this decision amount.
cd to $50, 600
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-20
KILLED BIT PRACTICAL JoKERx

Tetonia Was Bathed In Naphtha and Then
Asked to Smoke-Four Men to Answer.
Coroner Bausch and jury held an inquest
yesterday In the case OF Joseph Tetonia. q
bookkeepcr OF 1913 East Twenty-third street.
who died in Bellevue Hospital on Sept. q. OF
burns OF the face and body. Tetonia was taken
to the hospital from the hack room OF q saloon
at 3S2 First avenue on Aug. 81. The ambu-
lance surgeon who took him away was told by
persona in the saloon that Tetona. after clean:
ing q fancy waistcoa: with naphtha, had tried
to light a cigarette. and that the naphtha
fumes had ignited his clothes.
The police o! the East Twenty second street
station Investigated the case after Tetonia
died. and they were convinced that he came
To- his death ms a result OF n practical Joke.
table In the back room OF the saloon and that
the other customers. rs good Joke. gave him q
"naphtha shampoo" awakened him and invited
him to smoke a cigarette. The police arrested
Charles Foster OF 37S First avenue and Francis
McGovern OF $40 East Twenty-third street as
the men who had planned the Joke.
the jury found that Tetonia came to his death
by burns OF body. face and arms. caused after
naphtha Ind been applied TO his head In Joke.
by George W. Dorney. who afterward. at the re.
quest Of deceased. handed deceased a lighted
match for the purpose OF lighting n cigarette"
Coroner Bausch committed Dorney to the
Tombs In default OF $4,000 bail. pending action
McGovern and John P. Wossemer. a bartender
at 3S2 First avenue. who got mixed up in his
testimony. to the House OF Detention as wit
nesBes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-20
City Violated Narration Law.

FREEPoRr. L. l.. Sept. 19.-Referee John R.
Reid has hled his report In the Supreme Court
In the case Of the Town Of Hampstead against
the City Of New York In an action to recover q
penalty for violation OF the Navigation law.
According to his report Referee Reid says that
tho Town OF Hampstead 10 entitled to recover
from the city $500. The complaint alleges
the defendant did continually divert from two
certain fresh water streams OF the town.
which water so diverted would otherwise flow
into a ttdewater creek or estuary known as
Freeport Creek was navigable for vessels OF
twenty tons or moro burden: that thu City Of
New York. alter the Mayor, was duly notified.
port Creek at depth OF at least three feet at
low water mark as provided by law, and that
the diversion continued from July ~. 1893, to
Nov. 20, 1869.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-20
FIGHTS NzBRAsKA's ANTI rRUsrLAW.
Standard OIL Company Eilss an Answer "a
the Attorney-Gensrars Suit.

Standard OIL Company Eilss an Answer to
tho Attorney-Gensral's Suit.
OMAHA. Neb. Sept. 1e.-Ths Standard OIL
Company day filed an answer to the petition
OF the Attorney General. which urged the OK
pulsion of tho company from the State under
the antitrust law OF 1897. The company de-
mics that 1t Is trust. asserting that the trust
feature was abolished In 1892.
The petition signed by the Attorn ey Gen eral
charges the corporation with q violation OF q
criminal statute OF the State. defining trust
and providing means for the suppression OF
the same and making the violation OF the
statute a misdemeanor. Answering that
allegation. the company says II has not COM
mitted misdemeanor until It has been con-
victed Of the misdemeanor under said pro-
vision OF said statute. and until judgment
OF competent court has been duly
entered establishing such conviction and
thereby adjudgine tho forfeiture OF dsfendant's
right to carry on business In tho State OF Ne.
braska. The defendant further says that no
such action has aver been brought against It,
The defendant alleges in conclusion that tho
antitrust statute Is illegal because It violates
the State constitutional provisions By "depriv-
ing persons OF liberty and property with
out due process OF law: violates tho
right OF the people to be secure
in their persons. houses and effects.
against unreasonable searches and seizures ;
compass persons in q criminal case to give
evidence against themselves: has the e feet to
lnjpre persons on their lands. goods. persons
edy therefor by due course OF law: II is ca post
facto and imnairs the obligations Of contracts
1t takes and damages for public use the prop
States without Just com pensatio therefor 10
that the penalty to be suffered by the defend
ant 10 d!sproportionate to the nature OF the
offence charged against It,"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-20
FRANK r PUGH KILLS HIMSELF.
Said to Have Spent All His Money and
Grown Despondent.

Said to Have Spent All His Money and
Grown Despondent.
NEW ROCHELLE. MY Sept 19.-Frank T. Pugh
committed suicide early this morning on the
estate OF his grandfather. tho late John Steph-
enson. the car builder. by shooting him self
through the right temple with revolver
The body was found By James Martin at
daybreak lying near brook and a
few hundred feet from the Boston Post
road. The body was still warm. but
life was extinct The. body was removed to
Davis's morGue. In tho clothes were found
Stuart ss:Phsnson Of thif city and the other
were opened II showed clearly that Pugh had
deliberately. planned TO kill himself He asked
to notify his wife. His uncle was requested to
take care OF HE wife until she could collect the
insurance on his life.
pggh was IS year. old. H. vas twice mar.
sss H. then Ss Yof
widow. He had been employed by New York
glass firm at salary OF - 600 Q year. but 10
said to have lost his place recently. Until last
year he owned q flne residence In Larchmont
Manor. He sold II and moved to New York In
sletters he gave his wife's address as 30l West
10th street. He came TO New Rochelle week
ago on q visit end y said to have attempted TO
unable to assign any reason for his suicide but
several persons who knew him said no wns In
financial straits: had spent oil his money and
become Respondent. Coroner Banning granted
q burial permit aud the body will be placed In
the Stephenson vault ut Greenwood tomorrow
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-20
QUEER CASE OF TkrANUs.

Five-Year-OId Boy Attacked. Though Not
Suffering From Any Misunderstanding Well.
At the ]. Hood Wright Memorial Hospital at
13fst street and Amsterdam avenue Is 9
patient suffering from what 10 believed to be
lockJaw. though the cause OF the disease 10 not
clear. The patient 10 Ave- yearsold Frederick
Heingel OF 1913 West 134th street.
Four days ago the boy became Ill with symp-
toms which alarmed his mother and she called
In a doctor. On his advice she took the child
to the J. Hood Wright Hospital When the doc.
tors examined him there they thought at first
that he was so little Ill that they would put him
on the outdoor list OF patients. but on learning
more OF his symptoms they decided to tax 9 him
In. 1t was not long atterward that they con.
Guided he had tetanus. A partial paralysis OF
the limbs developed and ut intervals he was
taken with spasms 10 far he has been
treated without resorting to the use NJ
tetanus anti-toxin, and Yesterday IT was
was still partly Paralyzed. but the spasms
were not as frequent: So far as the doctors
could learn the child had not suffered any
wound such as usually brings on the disease.
The only injury which he had received recently.
as well as his mother could tell, was a slight
bruise over the right eye. which he got eleven
days ago through fall on the sidewalk near
his home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-20
RKMiRKABLE DOG DEAD.
Was Fire Fighter Until He Broke His Leg
and Always Went to Sunday School.

Was n Fire Fighter Until He Broke His Leg,
and Always Went to Sunday School.
Port CHESTER. N. Y. Sept ia remark
able dog owned by Miss Lavna NJ. Horton. .
schoolteaoher Of this place. died yesterday.
Sport" as he was known to nearly every one
in Port Chester. was elected several years ago
to membership in the Harry Howard Hook
and Ladder Company. The members supplied
uniform and cap for him and he would sit on
the drivers seat and accom- pany them to q fire
or whom they went out on parade. His career
as fireman was suddenly ended one day
when he fell from the truck and broke his leg.
He wos the only dog in the village that went
Sunday school bell he would wag his tail and
intendent. On their arrival at st. Peters
Church he woul d visit each class, and. after
greeting the scholars. would lie down on the
platform until the close OF the session. 1t was
only on a few occasions that he could DO induced
to attend church, although he was frm friend
OF the rector the Rev. c. L, Brugler. One
Sunday. when the rector was in the middle OF
his sermon. Sport. who had boon asleep. awoke
and walked soemnly to tho chancel. where he
laid down In a corner. Ono OF the vestrymen
seized him by the collar and put him out.
When Miss Horton gave up her work In the
public schools and opened q private academy.
Sport would go through the classroom and
great the scholars before they took IN their
work for the day. His death was due to old age.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-20

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. O19.-The Supreme
Council. Thirty-third Degree Masons. Of the
Northern Masonic Jurisdiction Of the United
States. opened it's annual convention IN the
Tomple here this morning. The sessions viii
be continued tomorrow and on Thursday.
The allocution OF the Grand Commander read
at this morning q meeting showed the honorary
nom bership Of the Thlrty-third degree to b
slightly IN excess OF 100. The funds In the
hands ef the Grand Treasurer amount to
$50. 900 The Thirty second degree numbers
27OOO Tho allocuton dwelt at length upon
tho changed conditions resulting from
the Spanish war. Cuba. Porto Rico ana
the Philippines. having derived their Free Ma.
sonry from Spanish sources and long and
careful investigation will be necessary 10 %.
stabish their status.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-20
SUCH 4 BlD BoYi
Tony tho Pie-stealer Jumps 80 Feet From
Prison Window and Escapes.

AOhy tnO fio-Stonlor Jumps 90 rect from
Prison Window and Escapes.
Tony. Defiino. 10 years old. escaped from tho
Gerry society's detention room In the Criminal
Courts Building yesterday morning by saueeZ-
Ing through tho bars OF the one window in the
room and leapinR to the ground below. dis
lance OF thrty-lve feet. The jump didn't seem
and he rnn at full speed toward Mulberry Bend
Park. The Gerry Socicty's agents and the police
areiookins for him.
Def1uo's record Ia declared by the Gerry Soci-
ETY. to DO particularly atrocious. and not only had
he been sent to the House OF Refuge for play
Ing truant from school. but he was arrested
q month ago for kicking over milk can In the
public highway. His Inst crime was the steal
ing OF an apple pie. valued ut I'VE cents. from
venders wagon in Bleecker street about .
week ago He was put on trial before Justices
Holbrooke jerome and Hinsdale In Special ses-
sions yesterday. and when his record came out
in court he was promptly found guilty. Tony
wort and promised to be good and never to
Catholic i'rotectory and Justice HobrooEe
read him a long lecture, In which he told him
that q he didn't watch out no would land In
Then Tony. still In toars. was led away by
tne agents OF the s9c,sty and Locked up In th9
court and locked the boys In and left them.
noor. II II small and has but ono window.
heavily barred except for about ton inches at
the top. Tony waited n few moments apd
room. proposed 10 them that they should
try to. escspe. They were afraid. but Tony
waspt. He climbed up the bars In the
window. squeezed himself through at tho top
and climbed down again on the. outside until
his feet rested on the SILL Looking around for
some way to reach Centre street. thirty-1ve
feet below. no could find no con yeniont rain
spout. 90 he let himself fall. Right beneath
main entrance OF the building. and he landed
on thesa steps. feet first. and then fell on his
face. He lay on the steps for . moment. The
as he saw small crowd that had seen him jun p
coming toward him. he got on his feet again
and ran az fast as he could. Tony lives with
his mother at 80 Thompson street. and the
agents expect to catch him there.