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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
THE PRODUCE MARKETS

Philadelphia, July N.-Flour weak: win
ter superfine, s2Q225; Pennsylvania roller
clear, $3a3.25; City mills, extra, $2.25d2.5o.
Rye flour steady, with moderate demand,
at 50 per barrel for choice Pennsylvania.
What firm No. red, spot, In elevator,
71A@711sc. Corn steady; No. mixed. spot.
in elevator, 361aQ36s4; No. 2 yellow, for
local trade. 41c. Oats easy No. 2. white.
301ac; No. white, clipped, 314Ihc. Hay
firm choice timothy, s1S91s.50 for large
bales. Beef firm: beef hams, s3o@3O.5O
Pork firm; family, sll.bog12. Lard steady:
western steamed. SETS. Butter steady;
western creamery 15d1Sc.; do factory, IL
@14lac.; Imitation creamery, 13916c.; New
York dairy. 13hQ17c.; do. creamery, $50
]Sc; fancy Pennsylvania prints jobbing at
22Gt24c.; do. wholesale, 2lc. Cheese mar
ket firm; large white, sac; small white.
SlENS9s; large colored, Size: small col
orcd, Shls4c. Eggs irregular; New York
and Pennsylvania, 15G16c. western fresh,
14I1bc Potatoes steady; southern frsts,
s125q2; southern seconds CSC. Qsl.25. Long
Island, $125d225 Peanuts firm; fancy
handpicked, 5iad6lsc.; other domestic Az
dc. Cabbage firm; fiat dutch, s5d7 Tai
low steady; city, Gssc. country, 4l2G44sc.
Muskmelons largely inferior and such Of
fered at very low prices; Maryland and
Washington, per crate, @N; Mary
land, per basket carrier, SOC. q s125; do. per
basket Soc. MSl. Watermelons firm for de-
sirable stock, per carload. $125Q20o; per
10O SSGo5
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
Street Gar Episode,

The open car was crowded. Men and
women were standing up in front of seat.
ed passengers. A large, Aorid, elderly
woman and her three daughters held
down the third seat from the rear. Sew
eral women were standing In front Of
this family party. The fifth occupant Of
the seat got of.
"Judie," said the large, fiorid. elderly
woman, touching her fourth daughter,
who had a place in the seat ahead,
"here's seat in here now. Come and
get it. I'll hold 1t for you." And she
spread her palm leaf fan over the vacant
place. A little, dried up woman, with a
determined mouth, who had been stand
Ing for straight two miles In front of
the seat seiaing mother Of the daughters,
slipped in and sat down plump on the fan
just as the fourth daughter from the seat
ahead was sQueesing In to make up a
family seatful.
Didn't you hear me invite my daugh-
ter into this seat?" asked the large, ford
woman raspingly.
YES" responded the little, dried up
woman amiably, "but I've had lifelong
aversion to nepotism on street cars"
That foored the woman who wanted a
little personally conducted car OF her
own.
II wonder what the little hussy means
by that" she inquired In stage whisper
Of her daughter on her left.-Washington
Post.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
CrushinK Ont ComnetItian.

woman in st. Gall went to Zurich
recently and bought 5000 pair of cheap
Swiss shoes, had them shipped to St.
Gall and then placed in the local papers
an advertisement to this effect: "Tele-
gram! Five thousand pairs Of shoes of
Swiss make will be sold by me cheaper
than the same articles can be sold by any
one else"
The police Immediately pounced upon
her and demanded for the commune n
tax of 800. Then the cantonal author
tiles appeared and required another tax
of 500 for the state, this combined tax
giving the woman permission to sell 5000
pairs of shoes in one months time. The
woman's objections were overruled, and
she appealed through the various chan
nels until the matter was laid before the
bundesrath, the highest authority in the
republic. This body, after long dclibera-
ton. decided against her and upheld the
action Of the local authorities.
The whole matter hinges upon the fact
that it is not considered for the general
welfare that one firm should advertise to
cell at lower price than any other firm.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
The Kingdom of Heaven.

In the Episcopal church catechism the
following questions and answers appear:
9. What Is your name7 A. N. or M.
Q. Who gave you that name? A. My
sponsors in baptism, wherein was made
a member Of Christ, the child Of God and
an inheritor Of the kingdom Of heaven.
A correspondent Of The Chuschman
(P. e., New York; points out that the
word inheritor In the phrase "inheritor
Of the kingdom Of heaven" is not eQuiva-
lent to heir. Nor is the kingdom Of heav-
en- identical with heaven. IAN inherit
Or" he says, rs one who has come into
actual possession there and now). The
kingdom of heaven is, here at least, sim
ply the church. The response in the cate
chism is rehearsing the benefits whereof
they are partakers who have been bap-
tized. They have been admitted into
the church. But since the church Is the
body Of Christ, they have been made
members of Christ; since the church ID
Gods family they have been made chill
dren of God; and since the church is the
kingdom Of heaven, they have been made
inheritors of the kingdom Of heaven
that is to say, they have been made
actual partakers of the privileges and
blessings of the Christian church.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
Odd Church Buildings.

England has some curious places Of
worship. On Reisate heath is Windmill
church. The people of the neighborhood
wanted church near at hand and some
body suggested turning the ground floor
room of windmill into one This has
been done, and services are held there
every Saturday afternoon.
The most interesting Of the hanging
churches is st. Swithin's. In former
times it was like any other church, but
when King Charles went to live at Win
chester he attended services at the
cathedral, and the St. Swithin church
building was in the way and prevented
his taking short cut SO he had road
cut through the church called Kings
Gate. The church was not demolished al
together, and services are still held in the
part over the gate.
Ilfracombe has church built on pier
and shares the distinction with no other
town in the world. A church that may
be reached by climb of 1919 steps may
be said to be queerly situated Whitby,
the Yorkshire seaside resort, has Its par
lab church on a steep cliff, and the climb
up to 1t on Sunday morning is most pic
turesQue.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
liz CLAIMED THE BUNDLE.

Nut the Girls Proved Him to he UA-,
truthful and Dishonest.
Coming In on summer car from High
land park a couple Of nights ago / was
occupying rear seat. A young man
who had had two girls out at the park
apd who was bringing them home was on
the same seat. The conductor picked up
a neatly done up bundle and asked me,
rs this your package?
ut is not" l replied.
us It yours ?" he asked one Of the girls.
mo, SIR" she replied.
rs it yoursY' he asked the young man.
'Let me see." he said with the hesita-
ton Of liar who is not an adept at the
art, I'LL believe 1t is mine. Yes,
that's mine"
He took it and looked guilty, though
he did his best to appear innocent.
II didn't know you had bundle with
you," remarked one of his female COM
passions in n low tone.
The conductor had gone ahead to COL
lect fares, and the young man looked my
way to learn whether was listening.
OF course I wasn't, because that would
have been unmannerly.
II had it In my pocket" he replied,
land probably you did not notice It,"
"What have you got in it?' asked the
other girl, with natural curiosity.
"Oh, Just couple Of things that
thought l might have use for" he re-
Piled, with assumed carelessness.
LET me see, now" said the girl. "Il
bet it's something you don't want US to
see."
''No, assure you it isn't" he answer
ed
'Then let us see what it u.s." she per-
sisted.
She reached for the bundle, and he
tried to keep 1t from her. There was
little struggle for possession Of it, and
the paper came off.
"Oh-h-hw screamed both girls.
1t was no wonder, for wrapped in the
paper was a nursing bottle half filled
with milk, with nipple attached, and two
very useful and necessary articles Of
wearing apparel for infants. A liar and
thief had been brought suddenly to JUS
tice.-Pittsburg News
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
SUMNER TOURS TO THE NORTH.
Two Tours to Canada via Pennsylvania
Dai road

Two Tours to Canada via Pennsylvania
Raj road
F,r the Summer Of 1899 the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has arranged
to run two personnlly-conducted tours to
Canada and New York.
The first tour, leaving July 49, includes
Niagara Falls Toronto Thousand Islands
Rapids of the st Lawrence Quebec, Lake
St. John. Tho Saguenay, Montreal, Au
Sable, Chasm, Lakes Champlain aud
George, Saratoga, and Highlands Of tho
Hudson, occupying seventeen days.
Round-trip rate, Sl25.
The second tour, leaving August H.
covers the same territory with the exc'pt-
ion OF lake St. John and The Saguenay
and Occupies fourteen days Round.trip
rats 500.
Each tour will DO in Charge OF one OF
the company's tourist agents. assisted by
an experience ed lady Is chnparon, whose
especial charge will be uncscorted ladies.
The rate covers railway and boat fare for
the entire round trip, pnrlnr-car scats,
meals OF route, hotel entertainment, trans
fer charges, and carriage hire.
For dc; allied itinary. tickets, or any othe
information, address. Tourist Agent. Penn
syivanin Railroad Company, 1876 Broad
way, New York; 8 0 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn; 7S9 Broad Street, Newark n. J.
or Geo. w. Boyd, Assistant General Pass
enger Agent, Broad Street Station, Phila-
delphia.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
! i sNAkt IN cHVRcA.
txe nsjti1s 6silex ItssIs Arss.S !

aSs nsItl1s 6siIe< ITSELF AssgnA :
-. lfaA's Les.
A god snake story somss from HAND.
yer township, In the northeast corner Of
this county, about Is miles from here.
The exact scene d laid In the Hargrovs
church, : country msstins house. Ia
which services are not held every Sun
day. The spot Il sequestered from the
main road. and. Is there Is NO telephone
or telegraph In the immediate vicinity,
the story has been belated III reaching
the outer world. II might be said that
the incidents to follow occurred last
night, but the facts are that the time
was last Sunday evening. 1t was the
regular preaching time, and, as the day
had been warm, the congregation was
little slow In assembling.
Among the worshipers were MT and
Mrs. James Arnold, members ard ".
HuehtiAl people. On entering the church
they took their accustomed seats far up
In front. The services had Just begun
when Mr.. Arnold was aware that there
was something wrong with one OF his
legs between the knee and the foot. He
felt this member being entwined, and
then there was Z squeeze.
BY the faint rays shed by the kerosene
lamps he saw q snake coiled about his
leg, the head Of the reptile reaching al
most to his lap, with Its forked tongue
protruding. With one swipe Of the hand
the head of the snake was knocked to
the floor, and instanter Mr.. Arnold had
set his foot on 1t. He then took out his
knife, with which be attempted to cut
the snake in two. BY this time there was
Consideration In the congregation; wom-
en- were on the seats; the service alb
ruptly closed; the men who were not tim
Id crowded about Mr.. Arnold, who was
still saving away ON his snakeship. Such
excitement rs reigned was never before
witnessed in Hargrove church. Finally
the snake, In two parts, was lifted from
between the seats. 1t was q black snake
and lacked only one inch Of being six
feet long-the largest snake killed In this
county for many years.
After the snake was killed the congre-
CATION resumed worship, the services
passing of just as IL nothing had hap
pened, but the reports are that the flock
was nervous and that every time foot
was scraped along the floor every wom-
an was ready to jump on the seats, and
the men were willing to get away. The
supposition Is that the snake crawled
into the church while 1t was being made
ready for the Sunday neutrality-suspicious.
apolis News.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
NINE BRITISH SEAMEN KILLED
And Four Injured by Explosion on a
Torpedo Boat Destroyer.

And Four Injured by Explosion on q
Torpedo Boat Destroyer.
London, July 22.-An explosion on
board the torpedo boat destroyer Bull
finch, on the Solent, during her trial
yesterday, killed nine and injured four
of those on board. 1t was the worst
naval accident of this nature that has
occurred in the British navy in 20
years The victimy were terribly in
jured, steam and boiling water filling
the engine room. The Bulltinch is one
of the latest designed thirty knot tor
pedo boat destroyers.
While the Bullfinch was running at
her full speed of 80 knots, the con-
Meeting rod Of the starboard engine
broke, and striking the cylinder knock.
ed off its end.
The engine room presented terrible
sight. The injured were groaning in
agony. One man, who had apparently
been struck by some flying metal, had
his head nearly torn off.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
x NBDLElLEIlNaENG
Five sioilians Strung Up bya Mob
I, in Louisiana.
HAD FATALLY SHOT 4 DOCTOR.

~S vs. AA~ s~'Fs 50
Quarrel Over Costs Trsspassins on
Doctors Premtsss--titisens Pleaded
v.,,,v ~. ~. v,,.. =, ~. nx.r
$50 = - - - -
Tallulah, La, July 22.-Eive Sicilians
were lynched here Thursday night for
the fatal wounding Of DR.. .. Ford
Hodge. The dead men are Of class
which has been troublesome for some
time. Some. It is said, had families
In Europe. but had no relatives here.
The dead are Frank Defatta. Charles
,Defatta. 10 Defatta, 6y Defferroch and
John Cereno.
'os Fer several weeks q lot Of goats be-
Z longing to Frank Defatta have been
Gesping and running on the gallery
vof DE : Hodges Office and residence.
The doctor on numerous occasions re-
Quested the owner to keep his goats
penned up, but he would not do It, and
ON the night Of the 18th DR.. Hodge
shot one Of them. Early next morn
ing Frank Defatta came to the doc
tors ONCE and said: ......
"You shoot my goat, now you better
shoot me-"
Inc QOctOT OrO0r0Q D0IAttA 10 leAV6,
and Defatta left, grumbling.
DR.. Hodge took his meals at the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Kaufman, and had to
pass Joe Defatta's shop in going to
them. About shutdown Thursday even
ing the doctor and Mr.. Kaufman
started for supper. Mr.. Kaufman, who
was In the lead, says that as they got
to Joe's store Charles Defatta was SIT
ting on the steps and Joe was standing
but neither returned the greeting. Al
DR.. Hodge passed Charles jumped up
and said:
"You shoot my goat" and struck the
doctor.
DR.. Hodge attempted to repel the at
tack, but finding his assailant too
much for him started to draw his. pis-
tol. Joe Defatta, at the door, fred
both loads Of the double barrel shot
gun at the doctor, striking him in the
hands and abdomen, At the crack of
the gun Frank Defatta, Sy Deferroch
and John Cereno, who were in the
neighborhood, started on run to Joe's
store with shotsuns and long knives
III LQelT QAQuS.
Court was in session and a large
crowd Of country people were in town.
They Joined the sheriff and his depu-
ties in the chase and succeeded In ar
resting and disarming Frank Defatta.
Sy Deferroch and John Cereno after a
hard struggle.
The sheriff with his nossee went to
the Defatta home and cantmred Charles
Defatta Joe was found hiddan mnder
a chimney IN an adjoining house He
was taken out ana the sheriff started
toward tho iail with his two nr,sonars
When Court souara was reached a
crowd ~ o5o cIt;yano ovarnovorad tha
sberiff and altar a severa arrmgu,e took
Ioe and Charlas to The slaurhter rem
and hung tham n Tho vaiIows used for
s,auot ar;nv haavas
Ioe Jid ~ .bnnt;no ona cold r,bor,o.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
NOVEL FIRE ESCAPE.
Persons Sliding Eight Stories Down
a Hollow Spiral.

Hollow Spiral.
A test was made at noon the other day
of the new fire escape erected by the
United States Printing Company at its
plant in Eggleston avenue. Three hun
dred employees from the seven floors Of
the shop were shot through the steel tube
at the rate Of so minute. At a given
signal men and women ran to the win
dows connecting with the fire escape and
threw themselves upon the winding in
cline. The building was emptied in five
minutes, without casualty.
The test was made with the co-opera-
ton of the fire department. The fire es-
cape Is cylindrical in form, six feet In d.
ameter and made of sheet steel. 1t is
erected alongside the building and con-
nected with window on each floor by
steel approach leading to an opening in
the cylinder. In the center of the fire es-
cape rises three inch standppe. At the
level of each floor a hose plug Is attach
ed. BY this arrangement and a ladder
running up the outside Of the fire escape
the use of ladders and water towers is
obviated, the fremen working direct from
the fire escape.
he Ptlnol uetlliS tAe HE btcpS
into it. sits down, folds his arms and lets
go. The escape does the rest The steel
incline, smooth as glass, is slightly curv-
ed to fit the body. The person goes flying
round and round the central standpipe.
When the bottom Is reached, he shoots
out an open door. During the trial two
men stood at this opening and caught
each person as he slid out, helping him
to land on his feet. There was no discom-
fort except possible tendency to sea-
sickness. A baby Or an intirm person
could be put in the fire escape from an
eighth floor, and either would land at the
bottom 'ithout injury.
OF the 300 who tried it on this trial
many were girls. Only one was affected
seriously. She tainted at the start and
went down IN inert body, yet did not suf
fer bruise and was quickly revived
when she reached terra firma.-Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
Struck the Right Portland For Him.

The other day Colonel Bleckley, the
Missouri Pacific agent here, received a
letter from gentleman at Portland, Or,
thanking him for favor performed by
Colonel Bleckley over ten years ago. The
mans name is withheld. He had played
the Wichita boom. He had won. But it
fascinated him, and he knew he must get
away with his money or he would not
get away at all. So, under inspiration, he
rushed into Colonel Bleckley's Office one
morning and said sharply:
Give me ticket to Portland"
Colonel Bleckley looked at him cool
ly and asked:
"Maine or Oregon"
II don't give darn which,"
Colonel Bleckley reflected. His COM
mission on ticket to Portland, Or, was
SEQ more than his commission on
ticket to Portland, Me. He said to the
man:
II get more for ticket to Portland,
Or, and III send you to Oregon"
Go ahead" said the man.
SO that man got away from the boom
and went to Portland, Or. Out there he
went into business and now owns one of
the big establishments of that city. He
ascrihes his lucky strike to Colonel
Bleckley, and his recent letter was one
of gratitude that he had not sent him to
Portland, Me.-Wichita Eagle.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22

New York, July 21.-Good cattle firm;
others slow. but steady; cows strong;
whole market closed strong and top
grades shade higher; steers S.SOM5,65;
grass bulls, $3d3.15; good to choice fat do,
A.15q4.GO; cows, 2.iOa39o; choice s4.2s'
Veals higher at $5I7; buttermilks Csc.
higher at s325q375; common southern
grassers, $3.50. Sheep more active. but
not higher, lambs steady; sheep $344.621a
extra export wethers, s5.l21a; lambs, s5l2ha
al; one deck at s7.l5; culls, $3.15Q4 Hogs
weak at $4.S0a49O.
East Liberty, Pa, July A.-Cattle
steady; extra, s5.5On5,6o prime, 6.3oa5,4o;
common, $4,000. Hogs steady; pigs and
light Workers., s47OQ4.75; mediums and
heavy Workers., A70; heavy hogs, $4,000
ass; grassers, $4.4OQl4.55; good roughs, $375
G41O. Sheep steady; choice wethers. SCo
Q47O common, $2a3; spring lambs, s3.76
Q5.75 veal calves, TG7O.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22

Washington, July 22.-Commissioner
General Powderly yesterday ordered
the deportation of IS Hungarians who
recently arrived in this country and
Immediately proceeded to Rathbun, Ia,
where they went to work in the coal
mines, on the ground that they were
alien contract laborers. The evidence
seems to show that the men were en-
gagged in Hungary to come to this
country under an implied contract to
work in the mines.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
A Juvenile Avenger.

Birmingham, Ala, July 22.-Frank
Susie, Portuguese, was shot and NOR
tally wounded at Carbon Hill yester-
day by his 10-year-old son George. The
father had Just returned from serving
sentence in the penitentiary for as
sault, and was on a drinking bout. His
7-year-old stepdaughter offended him
and he threatened to kill and wipe out
the whole family. The son interposed
objection and the father rushed at him
angrily Witha carving knife. The boy
picked up pistol and shot his father
as he approached. He then surren-
dered. The father will die.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22

Has Mauna Loa Been Shattered
San Francisco, July 22-The officers
Of the steamer Australia, which arrived
yesterday, say 1t would not surprise
them to hear that there had been
fearful explosion at the great volcano,
and that Mauna Loa is no, more Chief
Oficer Lawless said: 1.-THE afternoon
we left Honolulu the evening papers
contained the news that the lava flow
was within ten miles Of Hilo and trav-
cling steadily. In my opinion the whole
crest has been blown off, and II the
waters of the sea have found their
way into the crater. then the whele
island has been shattered. In no other
way can account for the peculiar ex-
perience we had after leaving Homo
lulu"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
REMARKABLE RESCUE.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfleld. III.
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she was
treated for month by her family physi-
clan, but grow worse He told her sho
was hopeless victim of consumption, and
that no medicine could cure her, Her
druggist suggested DR.. Kings New Dis"
covcry for Consumption she bought
bottle and to her delight found herself
benefited from first dose. She continued
its uso and after taking six bottles found
herself sound and well; now does her own
housework and is as well rs she ever was.
Free trial bottle of this Great Discovery Mt
N b. Danforth's drug store. Only 30
cents and $l.00; every bottle guaranteed.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22

National League: At Pittshurg-
Pittsburg, 6; Philadelphia, 8. AT Wash
ington-First game: Cleveland 5;
Washington, 3. Second game: Wash
ington. s; Cleveland, 3.
Atlantic League: At Allentown
Allentown, II; Newark, T. At Reading
Lancaster. A; Reading, 2. At Wilkes
Wilk.sbarre, 6; Reading, S.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22

Washington, July 22-The chief sig
nal officer has received the official sick
report for the month of April covering
all the signal companies on duty in the
Philippines. 1t shows total of only
4.2S per cent sick, remarkably favor
able state of affairs for any climate.
The sick report for the first company
for the month of June shows no sick
ness at ALL SO far the corps has lost
only one man from sickness in the
Philippines. This was from typhoid.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-22
General Ottss General Denial.

Washington, July 22.-'Ihe war de-
partment has issued statement quot
ing certain dispatches from General
Otis in answer to the press correspond
ents round robin" The general says
In substance that the correspondents
wish to send statements that imperil
operations; that they had no speciflca-
ton to support their charges against
him and that these charges were un.
true. He denies that he minimizes the
work of the navy and quotes from
naval dispatches to Justify his state
ment,