The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-06


close to the brick buildings which
completely surround it? The
Washington street school has no
ground worth speaking Of around
it that can be used by the children
as a place to get ten minutes air
and sunshine between studies at 10
o'clock and 3 o'clock, the same as
adopted years ago by all the public
schools. No more schools should
be built without play ground.
The children now grown to man.
hood demand it and the present
generation should have it.
The investigation proceedings
brought against Captains Kane, and
Chambers came to an end last even
ing. The Captains will be slightly
reprimanded and then the affair
will be dropped. The Republican
Commissioners, if they are real good
will be allowed to retain their posi-
tions until they do something really
bad in turning off Democrats and
putting Republicans in their places
on the force. 1t is to be hoped that
every body is now entirely satisfied
with the result OF the Investigation,
the public, the commissioners ard
the officers. It is passing strange,
what funny things take place even
on the police force and although
numerous officers are brought before
the Commission on different charges
they get off, nine times out Of ten.
1t remains to be seen how many po-
licemen are removed for cause, and
just cause at that, since City Coun-
Gil has thre atened to remove one OF
the Police Commissioners, il he does
his duty as he sees it and not as
Democratic politicians sect. There
is no doubt but that our city has as
good and efficient a police force as
any other city OF Its size in the
country and it has only been made
so by the way the men have been
managed by the head of the force.
1t is to be hoped that the latest dis
turbance has now passed away.
SPEAKING of the position taken
by the Every Evening on the Phil
ippine war the Sun reads that paper
lesson on Amerlcanism and the
support it owes to its country in
time of war.
The Every Evening says: How
long is the cruel and useless slaugh-
ter to continue? Until. with Dew
ey's ''timely and pertinent advice,
what ought to be done is we'll done,
and the Filipino nsurrection is put
down. President Mckinley has
promised Admiral Dewey and the
country at large, that there will be
no taltering IN maintaining what
Dewey won at Manila. "
The Sun says; "Only few days
ago this same wobbler in politics
was advising its colleagues to wait
patiently tor the Administrations
blunders, and then take advantage
of them to win the coming national
election. Now. this wobblcr, this
representative of decent (D Demo.
cracy, who has confessed that its
party has no policy that will COM
mand attention, no ability to dis
cover a timely and pertinent issue
upon which to make its national
contest, but must depend upon the
plumbers OF itsopponents, processes
to be assumes to be Inundated
over what it considers political
mistake OF Republican President
OF the United States.
What inconsistency! What GALL
IT IS said, but we do not credit it,
that Blumenthal's morocco factory
was set on fire. The stakers were
to have struck on Thursday, but
the fire saved them the trouble. 1t
is possible that live electric wire
may have caused the fire. But it is
strange, with two watchmen going
around the works every hour, that
the fire should have gained such
Roadway before discovered and in
less than 20 minutes be tapping the
factory in all directions. Watch
men, do not always discover fires in
time, although employed tor that
purpose. The origin OF this fire is
a mystery.
IT costs City Council $50 month
to look after homeless and unregls-
tered dogs in this city. The city
gets what money the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals
receives for dogs redeemed or sold.
1t used to cost the Association as
much, if not more, when dogs We're
taken up and killed by the dog
catchers and puppies four weeks
old were paid for by the city at 81
each. Ii costs too much, but can
it be done cheaper and better!
LAURA HASHBRoOK, of Newark,
Del, had an experience recently at
Il fair at Danbury, Conn. that she
will not forget soon. She made an
ascent in her balloon, but was I'M
able to cut the rope holding her
parachute. The balloon collapsed
and came down in tree, from which
she was rescued by ladders, after
which, woman like, she tainted.
A COLD bloodcd and unproyoLcd
murder occurred at Salt Lake City,
Utah, on Tuesday, when Captain
J. F. Milo deliberately shot and
killed John MclycMcy, Chief En-.
gineer of the Oregon Short Line Il.
II. Co., because he refused hun en-
ploymcnt on his stat. The MUIR
derer. who certainly deserves hang
ing, was arrested.
IHE person who sent word that
the steamer Republic had ,apsrzed