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Evening journal., 1899-06-09
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS FOR NEW CASTLE
COUNTY LOAN.

COUNTY LOAN.
Wilmington, Del. June 9. 1879.
In accordance with a resolution of the
Levy Court of New Castle county, Della
ware. passed on May %. A. ID. 1899, pro-
posals are hereby invited for the pur-
chase Of sixty-nime thousand d0dars of
bonds of said county, authorized by act
Of the General Assembly, passed March
@ A. ID. 1899. to refund the loan known as
the Court House loan, IN sums Of $1,000
each. Ten thousand dollars to be y
deemed each year, beginning July 1, A.
ID. 1914. Interest payable in january and
July. Rate not exceeding four per CEN
tum per annum Registered.
Bids must state rate of interest. Bids
will be received at the office Of the clerk
of the peace Of New Castle county until
the close of business on Friday, June l6,
A d. 1888. and will be opened on Satur-
day morning. June H. 1899 at 10 o'clock.
Right to reject any or all bids reserved.
JOHN J. MElAIIl1Y.
JOHN ]. GALLAGHER.
Committee Of Levy Court.
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WARREN CLUB OFFICERS.

SHOWER AND VAPOR BATHS PUT
IN-EXCURSION TO WASHING
TON T.NRK SOON.
The Warren Athletic Club has etected
these officers: PRESIDENT DIR. Philip
TraynOr; vice-president Edward Rey-
nolds; secretary, Edward Fahey; f.
nancial secretary George, MdGcnigie;
dsreoors, William Dukens, Harry Solo
way, George White. Ro6ert Maullin and
John. Ferris. The club would like TO
hear from the North End baseball nine
to arrange for a game of balh
Shower and vapor baths have teen
put in by the club. An excursion 20
Washington Park will be given s0-n.
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BLACK BRUTE PUNISHED.
JUDGE BALL lNFLlcTS EXTREME
PENALTY UPON JAMES HARRIS.


BoR. THE SENTENCE OF THE
COURT FOR THE NEGRO WHO
CRUELTY ABUSED HIS WIFE
OTIHER CASES DISPOSED OF.
Harris, you are a brute and this
court proposes 20 innict a sentence
upon YOU that will be warming to
others Of your class.
Such were tine words used by Judge
J. Frank BAN i'm City Court this morn
ing. when he sentenced james Harris
oolored. to pay fine Of 800 and TO
serve one year in New Castle Jail at
breaking stone for a brutal assault
upon his wife, Sarah.
The evidence produced this morning
showed Sarah 70 be a hard working
co.ored woman, who had dragged cut
FIVE miserable years Of existence with
h5r husband, during which time he
treated her to cuTses, threats and
Flows. Yesterday the couple had a
fight over a ietter written by James to
another "lady friend, and i'm which
was enclosed a s. bNh The result OF
the difficulty was THAT James grabbed
his wife by the hair, struck her once or
twice i'm the face, and finally con-
lcluded by dragging her downstairs and
throwing her into a room. She was so
weak This morning that ii WAS neces-
sary to bring her to the CITY Hall in a
cab
Mrs. Harris produced THE letter writ
ten by her husband to another woman,
and stated that, although he worked
lsteadlly he never gave her tive-cent
piece. He collected rent from room
ers, but THAT SHE never got cent OF
H.
MAY it please the court, said Assist
lant City Solicitor CahOOn, Il would
ask that THE extreme penalty Of the
law be imposed upon This man. BON
Yourself and | know what trouble this
woman has had with him. ask thai
this may be dcne as a warming 10 others
who commit Offenses OF Ike nature
Judge BAN acted upon The suggestion
lof Mn CalhoOn. and imposed the above
lmentioned sentence.
James Martin. Hugh Gru.bb and Will
liam Hickman We're before the c9ur
this morning, charged with the larcen!
Of a crate Of tomatoes from an Eas
Fourth street commission merchant
The boys range in age from 3 to 1.
years, and are thoroughly incOwigible
They broke open the crate last nigh
land stole five boxes Of tomatoes and
lcarying them to Fourth and Friend
streets. proceeded Ito throw them a
passersby. The case against the young
sters was held up, pending actiCn o
Agent Frank Stout Hickman an
lGrubb were before the court yesterda
charged with breaking into the mea
store Of r. p. Carey, On King stree
be.Ow Fifth.
The following cases were also dis
lposed or: Thomas c. DOllard and vii
liam T. Lynch. drunk and disOrderh
81 and costs each; Prank Cannon, as
sault and battery, s. and costs; JOSEF
Welsh. drunk; Charles r. Floyd, col
ner iounging, 81 and costs each; w. I
Stevens. drunk, dismissed; James Pa.
ton. disorderly conduct. dismissed upo
taking pledge for i've years; Aifre
Wright. cohored, keeping house Of IL
fame. SO and costs; Samuel Baker an
lOMie Lewis. both colOned. fighting c
tstreet. Lewis dismissed. The caI
lagainst Baker was held up.
60, Tro,, 12adatetde Sfdrbnar1s and +,
Evening journal., 1899-06-09

For Trunks, Grips. Harness, SaddleH
iRridles. Nets. Bits and an kinds OF
Horse Jewelry. 90 to Hiram Yerged, the
Practical Saddler. Thirty-two years eN-
perience. II East Third street. Delmar-
via phOup 5NS.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.

CASH for acceptable ideas. State il
patented. The Patent Record Baltic, Md.
LADIEsl Chichesters English Penny
royal Pills Diamond Brand) are the best.
Sefe reliable. Take no other. Send &c.
stamps for particulars. Relief for
Ladies'" in letter Dy return mail. At
druggists. Chichester Chemical Co.,
Philadelphia.
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rooRD ROTvrL1NG WORKS.

Having removed to their new plant at
No. 213 West Sixth street, Will be pleased
to receive orders from their OLD as wen
aa new patrons, and will guarantee en-
tire satisfaction. Delmarvia phone li9.
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DR.. Fowler's reply to the foregoing let
ter IS as follows:

State OF Delaware-Onice Of the In
surance Commlssioner-Laur May
25 1899
Mr.. -. Wilmington.
Dear Sir: The Economic has no
right TO work under charter with
out having obtained proper authority
from the Insurance Department, and
this they have not yet obtained. l
have their promise that so soon as
they can determine the number ana
personnel of their agents that they
VIII comply with all the requirements
OF law. No agent can lawfully solicit
without "a certificate OF authority from
Che Insurance Commissioner. the com
pany having previously certified TO his
appointment as such. / know nOth-
ine OF the terms Of their charter. as
none has been filed in this office.
Yours truly.
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HELP WANTED.

WANTED.-A girl for general house
vork. Good cook. Apply 1906 West
.fth street
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REAL ESTATE.

TO RENT. T.-Fourteen-roomed house
centrally located near street cars. Suit
able for bOarders or private family.
Rooms airy and light. Rent reasonable.
Possession July /. l.. A., Evening Jour
nal office.
FOR RENT.-Store and dwelling. APP
ply No. 1880 Walnut street.
Evening journal., 1899-06-09

It's going to be hot sunday Better go
to Reading with thelietail Grocers Cietks
ana get some mountain air. Tickets 81.
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A stu later inquiry Of Or. Fowler was
as follows:
Wilmington. Del, May q. 1899.
Edward Fowler. Ins. Commits

Wilmington, Del, May ~ loH
Dr. Edward Fowler. lns. Commits
sioner.
Dear Sir. In re the Economic In
surance Company of America, home
office at Wilmington, Del. Kindly
allow me TO ask you for some infor-
nation about this company. I note
that this company issues policies
stamped with the seal THE Eco
nomic Insurance Company OF Amer
tea. incorporated April i2 1899
Kindly let me know n the company Is
doing business under thls charter. II
so, have they compiled with the law,
as ] understand this charter calls for
20 per cent. Of the capital stock TO be
paid at once. Please correct me II
am wrong Also let me know n the
agents for this company are required
ITO have a certificate OF authority, and
do you consider that the company is
doing a legitimate business. viii be
pleased for any further Information
you can give me. Yours truly,
Evening journal., 1899-06-09

RETURNS OF THE BIG FIGHT.
Returns Of Fitzslmmons and Jenries
fight tonight by rounds. al James IT,
Halliday's. 303 Shipley street.
JAMES II. HALLIDAY.
Evening journal., 1899-06-09

Treat yourself to a trip to Reading Sun
day June H. The Retail Grocers Clerks
will take you for 81.
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NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

pIoyed at the Bellevue quarries, had a
narrow escape from instant death yes
terday afternoon. He was working ON
a bluff and losing his footing, fell
e.ghty feet to the ground below. GOvato
was picked up and sent to the Della
ware HospitaA where it was learned
THAT no bones had been brOlne.
Evening journal., 1899-06-09

The best, the finest looking and the
most durable Piano made Is the Ludwig
Piano. Store 5l5 Shipley street.
Evening journal., 1899-06-09

f-0r Iron Bedsteads. Sideboards and Ex-
tension Tables at reduced prices, so 90
Adairs, 20l Market street.
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l.. s. Revenue Stamp,
February %, 1899
THE STATE or DELAWARE.
INSURANCE DEPARrM ENT.

L. =. hDNtuuc stamp
February %. 1899.
THE STATE or DELAWARE,
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
Laurel, Del. Jan. 8, 1899
surance Company. located at New
York City n. Y, Ga life Insurance
Company has been admitted TO trans
act business in this state and has ap-
agent and attorney in this state. upon
whom service of process may be
made, and has filcd In this depart
ment "a certified copy Of its charter
or declaration OF organization, and
duly verified statement Of It's coudl-
ton for the year ending on the thirty
first day Of December, 1925 and has
otherwise compiled with all the re-
quirements of the laws OF this state
In relation 10 Insurance Companies.
and has received from the Insurance
Commissioner a certificate authorizing
the said company TO transact the
business OF Life Insuranc and estab-
lish agencies in this State for and
during the year ending January 81, 1900
And whereas, the said company has
certified to me the appointment o
-. -, Of Whining
ton, as its agent, for the transaction
of its business in this State:
Now, therefore. i, Edward Fowler
Insurance Commissioner Of the State
Of Delaware, do hereby certify that
Is duly au-
th0rized as the agent of the said
company. to transact the business OF
Life Insurance within the State of
Delaware, for and during the year
ending on January 81, 1900. as provided
by the laws thereof, so far as he may
be legally empowered so TO do by said
company; provided that this ccrtiti-
cate OF authority may at any time be
revoked by the Insurance Commis-
siOner. for amy violation Of the laws
of Delaware, or when satisfied that
the condition of said company is not
in accordance with the requirements
OF said laws.
In witness whereof ! have
hereuntO subscribed my name
IL. 81 and affixed my official seal this
nfth day of January. A. ID. 1893.
EDWARD FOWLER.
Insurance Commissioner OF the
State Of Delaware.
NOTICE.-iThis certificate In no way
authorizes the person named 10 solicit
business for or place risks In. any
other company than the one herein
named.
EVERY company that has legal J
serve is expected to be found in The ii
Insurance Policyholders' Pocket lnde
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bling me to furnish the information

abling me to furnish the Information
you desire
The agents OF no company have the
right TO work without a license 10 do
that particular class of business,
whether life or fire-nor can the agent
thus licensed TO do fire insurance or
life insurance work for another COM
pany without n certificate OF author
ity from this department for each and
every company thus employing him.
The Industrials however. are cx-
empted from this state license but
every agent should have the certih-
cate OF authority and is violating the
law II he presumes to solicit or pro-
cure insurance without 1t. And this
applies to the Economic as well as all
companies doing Industrial Insurance.
/ do not think the charter is vitiatcd
by the lapse Of two years
Yours, etc. EDWARD FOWLER.
Ins. Com.
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EDWARD FOWLER.
Ina HnIn
WHY FAIL TO ACT?

There you have it. The question mat
urally arises, "Why does THE state in
snrance commissioner fail to act?'"
This is a question which the public is
asking. II is felt that If something
is not done speedily tIhe state will be
flooded with wildcat insurance com
panies. which can only end in ruin and
disaster to pOlicy4hOlders. Legitimate
insurance agents who come into the
state to tr -saot business, are vitality
interested in this matter.
when we come into Delaware we
are compelled to give satisfactory proof
to the state insurance commissioners
THAT we are i'm sound financial condi-
tlon," said one Of the heading industrial
insurance agents I'M the city to an
Evening Journal reporter this morn
ing. 1--WE are lawfully required to give
security for the due performance OF
our contracts. We give the insurance
commissioner a fun and accurate re-
port of the condition OF cur business,
and pay to the state for The privilege
OF operating here, a certain percentage
Of the moneys wihich we collect. If we
fail to do this we are forced TO do 81,
we.l defined. Each agent OF insurance
solicitor, pays the state 81 a year in
addition to the above before he
can operate here. understand
that the Economic Insurance Company
claims that It has to do none Of these
things. Ut apparently is not doing them.
for here is the official list OF insurance
companies authorized to do business in
Delaware, and the Economic Insurance
company is not embraced therein. 1t Is
not even alluded to. as you will see. 1t is
apparent by this that no report has been
made TO the commissioner. An agent who
solicits insurance without a license Is d.
able to arrest. ! understand that none OF
the Economics agents has taken out a
license. This is the form Of the license.
AS he spoke he produced q paper OF
which the following is a copy:
Evening journal., 1899-06-09

Go with Retail Grocers Clerks TO Read
ing on sunday. June H. Tickets 81.
Evening journal., 1899-06-09

Dear Sir: The Economic ms. Co. has
thus far failed to comply with my
demands, and their promise 10 comply
with the laws as required Of all asso-
cations doing a like business. Hence
I have no data upon which TO base
an opinion Of their condition or en-
Evening journal., 1899-06-09

Pianos. s.. Sc and S monthly. Ludwig
& Co.. SIS Shipley street.
Evening journal., 1899-06-09

To another inquiry similar to the first
one DR.. Fowler replies as follows:
state OF Delaware-Office Of the In
surance missioner-Laurel, May
%, 1899.
Evening journal., 1899-06-09

| wilmington. Itl.s d, = 1879
Dr. Edw. Fowler, lns. Com, Laurel
Del.
Dear Sir: 1 am Informed that the
| Economic Insurance Company or
| America, with their home office In
this city, claims TO De ca fraternal or
| ganlzatiOn and are therefore not re-
| quired to report to your department.
| I am also Informed that II a. charter
remains unused for two years from
| date of its issue that IL becomes void
and Of none effect. II you will inform
| me as TO whether or not / am cor
| recuy Informed on both SUBJECTS /
will consider II a great favor Hoping
to receive the desired information at
an early date, I am
Yours respect, -.
- - street, Wilmington, Del
DR.. Fowler's reply IS as follows:
State of Delaware-Ofice OF the In
surance Commissioner-Laurel May
6. 1899.
Dear Sir: As / have been hoping TO
hear from the Econimic OF winning
ton, / have allowed several days 70
elapse since the receipt Of yours OF the
I'd instant.
The company, through III. IL Ward,
their attorney. has claimed that they
were not doing Insurance that would
, bring them under the control or su-
, pervision Of this department. some
weeks ago l visited their office IN
, edged that they were doing an indus
trial business. like the Prudential.
ETC. and promised that they would IN
"A few davs apply for certificates. etc.
I have heard nothing from them and
consider their proceedings illegitl-
I mate.
am not acquainted with any
statute that would forfeit the char
ter by two years non-use
Very truly,
EDWARD FOWLER.
Z To another inquiry similar to the hri
e one DR.. Fowler replies as follows;
: state OF Delaware-Office Of the In
surance Commissioner-Laur May
%, 1899.
Dear Sir: The Economic ms co. has
thus far failed to comply with my
demands, and their promise 10 comply
with the laws as required OF all asso-
e cations doing a like business. Hence
& have no data upon which TO base
az H.aNna 4 "a ny lHI.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-07
SONG OF THE SHIRT WAIST.

Hark. the pipes of Pan are pleading
like a sweetheart iLterceding-in behalf
of lazy fellows nowadaN s-for the proud
aud painted tulir--and the meek and
minted julep-are a-bloom again along
itia'S arid ways,
Yes. it works u chaps undoing-vhen
he knows that natures voning--from the
uplands and the lowlands and the meres--
When the nonntide plows in spleudor-
when the nights are soft aud tender
and the captivating shirt waist rcappears'
When the liver rad Is wiltirg-and the
lily pad is tilting--on the breeze bedimplsd
bosom of the pool-Wren the ripe red rose
comes pleasing-and the ripe red nose
stops sueezing-and the little boys play
hockey from the school
1t is lawful to be lazy--when ga Ii dear
old-fashioned daisY--brcath a message
from the fragrant yester years-.Whcn the
hclds are sweet with cloNcr-and ,be still
my heaItI moreoVer-When the airy,
iaiiy shirt waist rcapp, arS.
When the violet bossC ms hdppN---on the
coatlet of the Chappie--When we hustle
odt the old mosquito bar--Whcn the tipsv
bee holds wassall---in his honeysuckle
castle-when the troubadour is tuning mis-
catarrh.
When that tired. transcendent feeling
into every heart Genes stealing-sweetly
pensive. like a sunny maden's tears
When the bird choirs lift their voices
when. In sort all earth reioices-and tho
immemorial shirt waist reappears!
New Orleans Times. Democrat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-07
Figures That Surpass Fiction.

statistics of trade may be dun read
ing To- persons who see in them moth
ing more than lot of tircsome figures,
but to ina ginations educated so that
each figure stands for vital human
activity and means, among other
things employment to labor, increased
comfort and conveniences, homes made
happier and life brighter, they are the
most fascinating kind of literature
There have recently been published al
Washington by the bureau of statis-
ties in tabular form some figures rela-
tive TO the phenomenal growth of the
foreign commerce Of the United States
which. properly interpreted, beat the
imaginings OF Jules Verne or a H.
q. Wells.
The table shows that a decade ago
France, Germany and the United
Kingdom exceeded the United States
in their exports. those Of the United
Kingdom being more than double our
own. In 1897, the last year for which
full comparison can be made. those
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-07
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.

The possibility of the spontaneous com
bustion of coal when stored In large
quantities In closed pockets, as on shin.
board, Is now so well recognized that In
Boston electric light station now un.
der construction an unusual arrangement
Is provided for ventilating the coal so as
TO preclude this possibility. The pocket Is
designed to have capacity of 5000 tons
ana at every column around the coal
pockct is II square pipe, with bell and
spigot end. something like a sewer pipe,
attached with the bell end downward tu
the inner flange of the columns. A space
Is left between the spigot OF one pipe and
the adjacent bell end of the pipe above
The projecting and overhanging bell Pre-
vents the coal from entering the pipe. but
allows gases that might distill from tho
coal TO find their way to the atmosphers
through the ventilating pipes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-07
Dust.

According to Professor Wiley. the
chief chemist of the agricultural de-
partmcnt a. Washington. If it wasn't
for dust man would have 20 devise
new plan of existence. The professor
enthusiastically adds: You could not
have a garden or farm without dust.
IT would not be possible for crop to
grow unless the soil contained an or
ganism capable of converting nitrogen
Gus matter into nitric acid Nitrogen
is indispensable as plant food. and
plants can assimilate it only when pre-
sented in the form of nitric acid. That
is incapable of auto-locomotion and can
be distributed only through the dust
which falls upon the soil and upon the
leaves Of trees and plants. Hence dust
is essential to the pursuit of agricul-
turc. and If it wasn't being carried
about constantly on the breeze through
the air we would simply have to quit
farming; animals would nave nothing
To feed Upon. and We would have Meth
az meat nor bread nor vegetables
Going deeper into his theme. the DO
fessor Informs us: The soil is On
tinually being revived and enriched
from the particles that are noating
about in the atmosphere. They come
from two sources; first. atoms Of the
earth's surface caught up by the wind
ana distributed elsewhere, and, second.
what we can cosmic dust--that is, min
erll matter of meteoTIc origin, The
heavenly bodies are cons tantlv she'd
ding fragments of iron and other min
eral substances which fall with great
velocity, and when they reach the at
mosphCre that surrounds the earth are
heated by friction and catch ire by
contact with the oxygen. They are
then burned To ashes and scattered In
minute and invisible atoms. Some of
the larger pieces that become detached
from the stars reach the earth without
being entirely consumed. We call them
meteorS: bur the little particles that
permeatC the air, because Of this per-
petual and violent bomba bardment from
the stars, are composed of phOSphOric
acid. potash and other chemicals, which
are absolutely essential in renewing the
lellllllN Ol lne sou. w nat W" eau ter
| rcStial dust is also of great Importance
| to agriculture. In many places the soil
| il almost entirely composed Of par
| tCles that have been left there by the
winds. The clouds are water dust Fog
| Is a mixture of water coal, terrestrial
| and meteoTic dust The dust from the
| streets of cities is of composite ma.
| ture and carries all sorts of fragments
| and atoms in various stages of decay.
| II has a high degree of agricultural
| significance because it is loaded with
| germs of all kinds"
The complaining citizens of scranton
who during the recent brief Glimps" of
spring have been strongly tempted to
| profanity by the clouds of dust that
| beclog eyes and nose and ears should
| feel deeply indebted 10 Professor Wiley
| for his interesting and sympa thctic ex-
| planation: and hereafter. when they
are mhaling these innumerable and ir-
| repressiblc germs We trust that they
will curb their annoyance hy rejecting
that II is a necessary sacrifoa to ag'i-
| culture.