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Evening journal., 1899-05-16
STEVENSON NOT A BANKRUPT,

JUDGE BRADFORD HANDS DOWN A
DECISION IN THE STEVENSON
BANKRUPT CASE.
In United States Court this morning
Judge Edward G. Bradford handed down
decision in the bankruptcy case OF Al
fred p. Stevenson, OF this oity.
on February 20 last the Importers and
Traders Bank, OF New York. filed pc
tition In the United States Court OF this
city, declaring Alfred p. Stevenson to
be a bankrupt, alleging he confessed
Judgment
w. S. Hilles. attorney for Stevenson,
filed petition to dismiss the cause on
four grounds, two Of which were dismiss
ed at the hearing
one OF the two remaining counts al
legged that the petition being filed on
February 20 and the alleged act of bank
ruptcy having been committed on Octo-
Der 20 preceding that, said petition was
not filed within four months OF the al
legged act as prescribed by law.
The court In It's decision construed that
the first day of confession. Oct. 90 to be
excluded from. but that the last day,
February 90 was Included in the peu-
tion and therefore It was filed within the
specified time.
The remaining ground for dismissal
presented was that the petition was not
hlNl in duplicate as provided for by
statute the original petition being filed
February 20 last, and the duplicate on
March following. In giving his decision
on this point, Judge Bradford held that
both original and duplicate should have
been fled on the sumo date, February 20.
and therefore dismissed the petition
against Stevenson as hlCd by the I'm
portors' and Traders Rink
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
BUSH AND ELLIOTT

THAT is THE TALK IN THE RBGU
LAR REPUBLICAN CAMP TO-DAY.
1t is given out from the Regular Re
publican camp to-day that George w
Bush VIII he the Regular Republican
nominee for mayor, the Seth II. Feastei
movement having been abandoned,
George A. Elllott's friends also claim
that City Solicitor Henry c. conrad'i
chances Of receiving the Regular Repub
Mcan nomination for reelection are hour
ly lcssening.
II these statements prove true, ans
Howard e. Staats secures the Union Re
publican nomina ulon for city treasurer
the lines between the two Repubncai
parties will be most clearly defined.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
ONE CENT.
CHIEF ONE YEAR.
IGEORGB w. slASSE COMPLETED
ONE YEAR AS CHIEF OF. FIRE
DEPARTMENT. YESTERDAY.

ONE YEAR AS CHIEF OF. FIRE
DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY.
George w. Sasse to-day entered upon
his second year as chief OF the WI
mington Fire Department.. and THE
citizens OF Wilmington are to be CON
3ratulated that he has still one year
more to serve.
During the past year the depart
mert has responded to n box and 54
still alarms, and one call by te1egraT,h.
making a totaq OF 1872 Nfre alarms
have been sent i'm the past year dur
ing Chief Sasse's term than amy year
pl eviou5 since the Organization on the
department, THE highest number lhsre--
tofOre having teem 3.
Since hills term OF office Chief Sassa
has proved himself to be an efriclenn
fireman. ar1 good service HAS been
dcme by The companies under his dir
nectlonA One marked Improvement
that has been much commented upon
by the public lis that at fires that have
c-me under Chief Sasse's direction. no
unnecessary amount of water. which
has often been the case heretofore
and which has dome much damage. has
beon thrcwn upon burning property.
CHIEF Sasse rs now engaged upon his
biennial report OF ths department
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
BURGLARS STILL AT WORK.

THEY ENTERED THE OFFICE OF
THE DIAMOND STATE CAR SPRING
COMPANY. BUT SECURED MOTH
ING.
An effort was made last night to bur-
glarize the office OF the Diamond State
Car Spring Company. at Dust Eighth
street and Railroad avenue The burglars
were evidently frightened on as no booty
was secured.
They entered by back door and pass
ed through the shop into the office. II is
supposed their intention was to crack
the safe, but they bec0me alarmed before
coming to that part Of the work. One OF
the desks was slightly damaged. where
they tried to open II, but did not even
succeed in this. They made bungle-
some job Of the whole thing There were
no papers found scattered around the
office this morning, so they evidently
did not have an opportunity to ransack
anything before being frightened on. The
loss to the company Is nothing
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
WOOD PULLEYS.
One 30 in; 6h in. face; 24 in. bore.
one IS in: IN. face; "a in. bore.
IRON PULLEYS.
One Is in.; s In. face; ~ In bore.
one Is In; IN. face; ia in. bore.
Two ga in: 2ik in face; IL In. bore.
One 10 in: 3la In. face; l5s In. bore.
One 9% In: "a In. face; In. bore.
one in; 81 in face; 1s In. bore.
One in; sin. face; 1% in. bore.
One 16 in; 6 in. face; "a In. bore.
one Z In; In. face; IL In. bora.
HANGERS, ETC.
Pair 20 inch; "a inch bore.
Pair 10 inch; ~ inch bore.
Pair 10 inch; IL inch bore.
Six blocks for hangers.
-Four sets oil cups.
Slxty-six wood screws and bolts.
SHAFTING.
six feet, 2h inch.
Six feet, ~ inch.
Five feet, inch, ia inch.
-Four and a-half feet, ia inch.
Shaft coupling, ia inch bore.
One shifter, with tight ana loose pune!
for platen press.
Half dozen wooden double stands.
Dozen pairs cases.
All will be sold cheap.
EVENING JOURNAL OFFICE.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16

In regard Ito the recent Bavarian Brew
cry robbery. Chief Dolan lis Of the opin-
ion that the safe was blown up by an
expert safe cracker and that his COM
panicns were tramps. He believes the
men were familiar with the movements
of freight trains and left this city by
boarding a freight train ait Montchanin
about 4 O'Clock. The chief thinks Local
man planned the robbery, being familiar
with the surroundings Of the brewery.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
Nh 500 RNFoRcEs rHE LAw.

Havana, May ia delegation repre-
senting citizens OF Matanzas waited upon
Major-General J. II. Wilson, governor OF
the Department of Matanzas and santa
Clara. with a petition for the revocation
of the decree prohibiting cock fighting
In reply to their representations General
Wfson said: Il am here to make you
understand that liberty Is not an object
of ridicule. You must learn to respect
the law. The civil governor has pro-
hibited mains. and they must not exist
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
AN IrGLY CASH.

As Charles T.. Purdy, Of No. sos East
Seventh street, AN employe of the Jack
son and Sharp Company, was using an
axe at the company's works he severely
cut himself upon the inner side Of the left
knee. heIinjured man was taken to the
office Of DR.. T. ID. Cook who, after TAX
ing several stitches in the wound, sent
the man home.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
MUST HAVE LICENSES

Chief OF Police Dolan mas issued an
order that will go into effect to-mor-
row, that ala huclxsbers transaoting
business upon the stneets of WiFlminle.
ten without The required lsoonIse VIII
ba arrested and brought before Judge
Bail fer trial on a charge Of vic.ating
a city ordenanca.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
nHE EEL FSCAPED.

Policemen Frank Kane and William
Gunm went "a-fishin' I'M the Delaware
and Chesapeake canal yesterday and
caught an eel and a sunfish. The Gel
got away, however. and after vain en-
.deavors to recapture ut with a sturgeon
net, the officers gave it up as a bad
iOh
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
REAL ESTATE.

FOR RENT.-Fane new dwelling. N. E.
corner Third and King streets. Is rooms
and bath. Heated by hot water. All
modern improvements. Suitable for
boarding house. Apply
M. GRADY. 800 King street
COUNTRY residence for remit will
rent for the Summer my residence, 'Hill
Top Farm In Red Lion hundred. House
furnished; sixteen rooms; six thousand
Eallon-tank of spring water; stabliRg for
Fcven horses; box stalls; room for eight
carriages; coachman's bedroom in tower
house; one-half mile from Reybold sta
tlon. Inquire Of LEVI c. BIRD.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
INTERESTING ADDRESS.

Fully 200 teachers Of the public schools
OF this city assembled in school No. !
yesterday afternoon and listened 10 an
interesting address on the work done in
Boston schools by Miss Mary c. VIII
hams. assistant superintendent Of ;he
public schools Of Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
RAILROAD PROMOTIONS.

John A. Finley, one OF the night callers
OF the Delaware railroad division at the
day messenger, has been promoted to
to brakeman on the road Otmar Baylor,
day messenger, has pbeen promoted to
the position Of night caller Thomas Fin
ley has been appointed to the position OF
day messenger.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
nIRncr rRnM crRA.

Hugh ]. Mcbride, formerly Of Company
X. Second Light Arullery, L. S. A., has
presented TO his brother, Daniel Mcbride,
of No. 7Os Orange street a slx-pound
shell which he picked up near Havana
while doing duty with the army Of occu-
patton in Cuba. The she'll is one that
was used by the Spaniards In rapid-dre
guns.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
PIIANs coNfPIETEn.

Chief Engineer Boughmann has COM
pleted the plans for the extension Of the
Boulevard from Concord avenue TO the
city line. They VIII be submitted to the
Street and Sewer Department at rs
meeting tonight.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
DINNER OF ALUMNI.

The Executive Committee Of the
High School Alumni met last night at
the residence cf Herbert l. Rice, the
PRESIDENT, and decided to hold the an
nual election of officers and their dim
.nIer at the Clayton Hcuse en- the even-
ing Of June z.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16

KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN AND MALTA.
Moriel Encampment No. S5, Knights OF
St. John and Malta, G. r. A., will give
an entertainment in Eden Hall this even
ing. Grace Orchestra and Temple Male
Quartet viii be present.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
ATTEMPTED HORSE THrrr.

Thieves carly yesterday morning at
tempted to enter the stable Of Thomas
f. Ma'in. near SIhellpot Park. Mr..
Maiin was aroused and fired several
shots at the burglars, but they escaped
unhurt
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
REPORT UNTRUE.

The report that Thomas Benson, super
intendent of the Harlan and Hollings-
worth Company. had resigned is denied
by Mr.. Benson. He says there Is no
truth in It and that he has no intention
Of resigning.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16

The clerks In the government Office
and the draughtsmen at the Harlan and
Holllngsworth Company will play ball
on Saturday. 1t is not yet known where
they will play.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
no REMovE rHE RnnY

Undertaken James T. Chandler to-
day was granted a permit TO remove
the body of Merritt A Layton, aged 2
years, who tiled cne year ago OF diph-
'enh, fucm Rlverview Cemetery, to
Raretts Chapel, near F'redarlca.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
ARRANGED FOR THE TRIP.

Companies X and A, Of the National
Guard, met at the Armory last night and
made arrangements to attend the peace
jubilee at Washington, provided they are
called out. They are not sure OF this yet
Fifty men Of Company X and thirty-fvC
men Of Company A signifed their viii.
ingness to attend. The rifles and other
accoutrements are expected by Saturday
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
ORGAN AND WINDOW BROKEN.

While an organ was being lowered
from the second story window, of the
Residence Of William O. Phelp, No.
2OO2 Market street, yesterday after
noon, the rope Slipped and the instru-
ment felt to the ground, and was
badly broken. In falling IT struck a
plate glass window in the store below,
smashing it also.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
NOTICES.

NOTICEAAu BARRIERS are invited to
attend a meeting OF the BARRIERS Protec-
tive Association, at their hall, Goodley
building, Eighth and Orange streets TINS
evening at o'clock.
l.. b. PRESTON, Rec. Secretary.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
CATCHING DELAWARE sHAD

More shad are being caught in the
Delaware this year than ever before.
Fishermen are catching in the space Of
twenty-four hours from 1000 to $500. On
account Of the large catch the prices
have fallen very low.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16

Wlnona Council, Jr. o. L. A. NJ, Is
making efforts to secure Mayor Samue
II. Asshbridge, Of Philadelphia. to max,
an address at the councils anniversary
Mayor Ashbridge is an ardent Mechanic
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
APPLICATIONS FOR POSITIONS.

At last nights meeting Of the Police
Commission, the following applications
for positions on the police force were re-
ceived: John Evans James Dennison.
Samuel p. Johnson, w. S. Coyle. Am
brose McVey. Thomas Bird, Walter NJ.
Watson. Chief Dolan made an interesting
report OF his trip to Chattanooga.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
BRoUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL

Edwin II. Gaydey was privately buried
in Wilmington to-day. The funeral ser.
vices were held at his late residence. No
l22 West Penn street, Germantown, at L
o'clock this morning.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
pPopERry TRlANsrEiR

The transfer OF the property No. 1902
Ford street from the Sarah White Home
for Aged Colored Women to Emma f. C.
Cook was recorded at the registry bu-
reau yesterday.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
PLANS FOR TWO BUILDINGS.

Architect Rice is preparing plans for
two buildings for the Delaware Glue
Works at Newport. one is one-story
warehouse 5Ox1OO feet in dimensions. and
the other a two-story breaking-house,
16xl0 In size.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16

Thirteen trainloads OF strawberries
passed through this city yesterday for
Northern markets. Several other loads
are expected to-day.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16

We will sell you any tire made. but
advise the use Of Victor red rubber sin
gle tube tire, most resilient, longest
wearing.
Greenman, 7th and King streets.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
REPAIRING
,G MARKET
BRIDGE.
STREET

The Delaware Construction Company
is putting in a new section Of track on
the Market street bridge. The track is
being put in in pieces so as not to throw
II out of operation.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
ANIMAL LAWN FErE.

The annual lawn party for The bensft
Of the Homeopauhic Hospital will be
held June s at the home OF Mr.. am Ms.
Lindley c. Kent
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
IuJRICA IN DRYDOcK.

The steamer Ulrica is at the Harlan
and Hollingsworth Company to go in dry
dock. The tug Laura b is running in her
place. s.!E8x
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
MIR. SHORT no LECTURE

Rev f. b. Short will lecture In the
First NJ. l.. Church this evening. Subject:
sixty Minutes Sunshine" Admission.
10 cents
Evening journal., 1899-05-16

SOLDIERS FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
Seventy-one men and officers passed
through this city yesterday over the p.
w. & b. railroad bound for San Fran
cisco. from where they will embark for
the Philippines.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16

The best, the finest looking and the
most durable Piano made Is the Ludwig
Piano. Store SIS Shipley street.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR SALE. on easy payments, saloon
doing good business. Apply Evening
journal Office.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
coAL.. Woop aNn GRAlN-

II. T. Sergeant Coal and Wood, office
Seventh and King. Delmarvia phone 5i5.
B. & L. checks with cash purchases.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16

We are pleased to announce arrival OF
Victor spinroller chainless. Call and eN-
anime 1t.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16
100 GALLONS OF ICE CREAM

Pianos. s., Sc and s. monthly. Ludwig
& Co.. 5i5 Shipley street.
Evening journal., 1899-05-16

IUU NAIsLU-No OF ICt NHtAM
OF all fiavors TO be made. The increasing
demand for Coxe's ice cream is due TO the
purity and excelle~~~ 80 'he article
Phones No. 736.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16

1t was always my wish to see him
succeed in whatever he undertook "A
he grew up hoped to see him enlist nm
the side of the Lord, and 1 used to
preach earnestly to him and the rest
Since he Is now a pugilist, 1 want ia see
MN at the top of his calling. The Lord
mas oeen with him and won that battle
at Coney Island. Nothing can happen
without coos consent, and that victory
on the night OF June was but another
step III the direction that the Lord wouId
nave Jim go. Some day he will SHOW
the pugilists of the world what a sacri.
nee he can make by preaching saIva-
ton just as I am now doing on IT,.
streets of San Francisco.
II Jim is going to stay in the fightin,
business let him be the greatest fighter
or quit. L told him when he first snol-o
OF it several years ago: Whatever We
do. for or against God, let It be done IN
dead earnestness'
never saw him take a droD oP5
liquor, and he seems to have no appetf+an
Ior IT, He was always sturdy boy and
his habits were good This may account
Tor his tine physical trim today. 1 hone
and believe he will never go the Wav os6
most prizefighters. Every temptation -
now In front of him. He will make Iare-9
sums of money; sporting men fron,
every corner of the earth will shake tho
hands that chasttsed Fitzsimmons. ~
this is of the world, flesh and the devil );
Jim will see it in the fuIlness of tima
and renounce it L have preached r.
MIN as L have to friends and strangers "
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16

jump in are afraid to dive, except in the
rare instances when there is a physical
reason that fOrbids diving. A good way
to learn to dive is to-stand on some slight
elevation above the water. bend over and
tumble in head first. Try it again and
do not bend over 50 far. Tumble in again
and again, until you can go in with a
spring and at an angle that will admit
your Strengthened body with little splash
and send you a distance under the water
You will strike the water fiat many
times, and get some smart slaps on chest
and face, but perseverance will make a
diver of you. Ears should be stuffed
with cotton If much diving is to be done,
as the continued conclusion when the
head strikes the water may have a bad
effect on the ear-drums. Cotton will keep
water out of the ears also The boy
doesn't use cotton. He stands on the
right leg, if the water is in the right
ear, and kicks violently sidewise with
the left leg, reversing the operation to
clear the left ear What the boy does in
contingencies of that kind, the adult can
very we'll afford to initiate High diving
is foolish and dangerous; so is jumping
from high places into the water.
Just here the reader may say, ''It is all
very well to talk about courage and con-
f1dence, but how am 1 to know that
can support myself on the water or In
it?" Try it, o timid one, try it. Have
you will power enough to wade out until
the water comes to your waist? Well,
then lie down on your back in the water
with your head toward the shore. 1t IS
perfectly safe there. You are out only to
your waist. Hollow in your back as
much as possible and throw out your
chest. Stretch your arms above your
head and bend your knees outward with
the toes pointing sidewise Keep your
hips rigid and your legs as close as pos
sible to the top of the water. Breathe
easily and naturally and keep the lungs
full. You will float, after a few trials,
and be convinced that 1t is possible to
go into the water without meeting sud
den and untimely death as soon as you
have wet your ankles.
1t was courage that made Capt Webb
a great swimmer. The first time he was
heard Of was when he jumped from the
deck Of the Cunard liner. Russia" into
a heavy sea, after a sailor who had fall
len overheard, and stayed In the water
thirty-seven minutes before the life boat
picked him up. 1t was courage that
brought him across the English channel,
when he was IN the water for twenty
two hours and swan thirty-nins and one
half miles It wasn't courage that sent
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16

He learns what to do with his feet and
legs right then and there.
In a few days he is out a little deeper.
He tries to touch bottom with his hands
to support himself and finds he cannot,
unless he puts his head under. So he
paddles away dog fashion," and before
he realizes it is swimming Dog fashion
does for a season. Soon he has con-
fidence enough to go out eight or ten or
fifteen feet from the shore, and in short
time he can go anywhere in reason. He
has learned to swim and he never for
gets how. Observation along the sea
shore, where it is much easier to learn
than in fresh water, has formed the con-
clusion that fresh water boys and salt
water boys get to be swimmers in prac-
tically the same manner.
The method of the boy is atrociously
non-theoretical, 1t must be admitted, but
it has it's advantages, inasmuch as the
boy usually gets to be a strong. swift and
untiring swimmer, provided he has the
essential personal basis of courage and
power of will. He does not know much
about the theory of the right angle for
his hands when making a stroke, but
he does know how to make that stroke
with the least effort to himself and with
the best results. After any person, boy,
girl or adult. has learned to keep afloat
and make progress swim, in short
proficiency depends entirely on practice.
for when all is done and said the object
of swimming is to keep yourself aboye
water and to get somewhere with as
much CELEBRITY as desired and with as
little fatigue as possible. The breast
stroke follows the dog fashion padding.
naturally and quickly. One learns In
stinctively. almost, to swim on. the back,
or to use the side or overland stroke.
Diving demands practice and courage.
1t takes nerve to plunge in head fore
most. The swimmers who habitually
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16
MARTINIQUE WOMEN PoRTERs
Carry over a Hundred Pounds, and
Earn Twenty Cents Day.

Carry Over a Hundred Pounds, and
Earn Twenty Cents Day.
Chambers journal.
At the age CT nine or ten the woman
porter Of Martinique can carry heavy
basket or tray containing a weight of
from twenty-five to thirty pounds. She
then begins to go on long peddling jour
neys with her mother, elder sister, or re-
sponsibl6 female friend; walking barefoot
as many as fifteen miles day. At
eighteen she is vigorous and tough as
mountain pony, and, like most mountain
bred women, she is comeIy. She carries
now upon her head a tray and burden Of
from 120 to $50 pounds, earning less than
90 shifiingS@ q month ibyG travelling fifty
miles a. diary an itfh erant9 seller Forty
or fifty miles a day. always bearing a
burden of over 100 pounds-for stones are
added as the tray is emptied of merchan-
disc, to maintain the customary weight
and this for an income of a franc
day. Out of this franc she has her food
and sleeping quar- erss to procure, and her
clothes to get. Twenty francs a year
will keep her in. clothes, 49,. .n
A brief ChemiSe and light calico robe
constitute her travelling apparel. On her
head she wears soft toche, or pad, upon
which the TAFT Gray) is placed. She
wears no shoes; she needs none The
soles of her feet are toughened5 to some
thing like India-rubber, feeling no as
perities of surface, bidding defiance to
the sharpest fipts. Her food is simple
sous a day fer bread or biscuit, few
sous for a .ragout. few sous for some
cheap liquor tc mix with her drinking
water; perhaps IS sous In all. Her sleep
ing quarters might be expected to bring
her daily. expenses up to a. franc; never
theless, such is her ability to economic
that she not-oniy manages tc live on her
income (Which seems Incredibly, but
actually saves enough to set herself up in
some simple business when her youth
and physical powers decline.