The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-12
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TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER II, 1900.

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They had a hot time in the old
town Of Dover last evening. The
Hawkins crowd, who have the old
charter for an electric railway,
started in last evening to dig up the
streets of Dover, preparatory to
laying their rails. but were driven
from the streets by the authorities.
II now remains to be seen whether
Attorney General White will be al
lowed to lay rails for the electric
company he represents. 1t begins
to look as if it would be fight to
the finish between these rival cleo
trio railways. Mr.. Addlcks is in
terested in Hawkins Company and
the town authorities last evening
said that Addicks Company had no
legal right to dig up the streets OF
Dover to lay the rails for an electric
railway. The men arrested tor
violating the law were locked up in
the Dover Jail last evening. There
is every promise of legal battle
now before the courts of Kent coun-
ty. 1t is Democrat against Demo-
crat, and a high old time is prom
Used before the dispute is settled.
There is a disposition among the
down State people to awaken from
their Rip Van Wrinkle nap, and they
want an electric railway so badly
that they are fighting over who shall
put down and operate the road.
IT is to be hoped that the sugges-
tion of Mayor Ashbrldge OF Phila-
delphia, shall be carried out. He
wants to secure the cooperation of
the Congressman of Delaware and
New Jersey, to help IN getting a
30-foot channel in the Delaware from
Philadelphia to the sea. The money
thus far spent by the Government
in deepening the channel in the
Christiana river, will be OF untold
help to the city OF Wilmington.
Wilmington should IN axe more rapid
strides forward during the next ten
years than at any other time in its
history. With the building of the
new Diamond Steel plant, which
will give work to nearly thousand
new hands, it will be the means of
giving quite boom to South Will
mingt ton real estate, which needs it.
The stock yesterday sold in the
market for 81. Is per share, alter
having sold at $3.50 per share one
week ago. The Diamond State
mills are said to be now earning
e25, 900 month over all expenses,
and get the stock does not respond
to it's increased business.
VIM EVANS DARBY, L. l.. D., OF
London, England, made an address
before the Delaware Peace Society
at the Friends Meeting House last
evening. Mr.. Darby is Secretary
OF the London Peace Society and
attended the great Peace Confer
ence at The Hague. He said in
Europe there is standing army of
ten million men, and if war were to
break out, the number could be in
creased to eighteen million IN short
time, and even thirty millions could
be brought into the field for fighting
purposes. The people do not want
war, it is the military men on both
sides who bring war about and
their doctrine to preserve peace Is
to be ready for war. The military
nations were living beyond their
means and becoming burden on
the people. He did not favor an al
lance with England, as he SAID, a
political alliance would be disad.
vantage, as it would bring US into
quarrels with other nations, but a
spiritual alliance would be good
thing all around.
THE present fight for right Of way
between the rival street railways in
Dover, reminds lis of the fights there
in political times. Then it was
Democrat against Republican, but
now it is Democrat against Demo-
crat, and damned be he who first
cries, hold, enough, John u.
Hawkins has been foremost figure
in the Democratic councils, and is
now running up against his old time
friends, who, instead Of helping him
out in his present fight, are fighting
him for all they are worth. Dover
City Council last evening revoked
the rights granted to Hawkins five
years ago, tolay their tracks in the
streets Of Dover md granted the
Philadelphia Company, of which
Attorney General White is counsel,
the right to lay therraIls in Dover
A fght is now on in the Court of
Chancery.
THE judges who passed sentence
on Dreyfus ask that he shall not
be degraded again. Their desire
was yesterday submitted to the
President Of the Republic through
General Lucas. After making this
recommendation, it is hardly prob.
able that they will favor a pardon
for Dreyfus. Dreytus says he still
has hopes. 1t is good thing that