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Evening journal., 1900-09-21
Discovered wei in a Street

While workmen Of the Wilmington
Coal Gas Company were engaged in
digging up a main in Shipley street
near Sixth several days ago, a well
thirty feet deep and having in it ten
feet of water was uncovered. A stone
slab had covered the well. which was
not known to have been there.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21
Has Not Been AsIked for OpInion

Referring to a statement that Chief
OF the Fire Department Welsh Is await
ing an opinion from City Solicitor Con-
rad as to his duties under the law con-
corning fire escapes, Mr.. Conrad said
this morning that the matter has not
been brought to his attention, and
therefore he has no opinion to give.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21
Wilmington Germans Get Bonds

Through f. d. Lackey & Co., several
Germans in this city have been award
ed $4,000 worth Of the German loar
bonds, by Kuhn, Leob & Co.. and tn,
National City Bank, of New York
These bonds were subscribed for a few
days ago, and this morning informa-
ton was received from the New Yorl
house that they had been awarded.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21
FINED for Trespass

Before Magistrate Sasse at the police
station this morning John Sheehan,
Max CLAM. William Howard, Henry
Stelling and Bernard Flynn, charged
with trespassing on the property OF the
Evening journal., 1900-09-21
Hearing in Bay state Case Postponed

Testimony in the suit of Edwards. ct
al, VS.. the Bay State Gas Company.
was to have been taken in Philadel-
phia yesterday before Commissioner S.
Redmond Smith, but because Of the alb
sence OF witnesses, the hearing was
postponed to October 4.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21

Sentiment in favor of electing United
States senator's by popular vote ought
to make great headway in Utah. The
situation out there becomes more and
more complex. While Governor Wells
the Republican executive of the state,
was beyond the state line on Wednes-
day night, Aquilla Nebecker, the Demo
cratic representative, whose position
made him acting governor in Mr..
Wells absence. appointed Judge o. w.
Powers, Of Salt Lake, a Democrat, as
United States senator to fll the vacan-
cy existing. Governor Wells had gone
to escort Governor Roosevelt, Of New
York. into the state. The affair has
created intense excitement there. or
course, it was a mean thing for Ne
becker to do. but he is a Democrat Of
the pothouse politician stripe and
better things scarcely could be expected
of him.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21

Chancellor to be Here September 90
Chancellor Nicholson will come to
Wilmington on eptember 26, instead
of September 81, which date has al
ready been announced.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21
II. L. EVANS & co. DISSOLVE
Mr.. Evans win Continue the Bank
ing business

Announcement is made by II. l..
Evans & Co. that on or about October
the partnership existing between II.
l.. Evans and John Craig will be dis
solved by mutual consent
Mr.. Evans will continue to conduct
the business Of banker, bond and stock
broker at Eighth and Market streets,
and Mr.. Craig will open offices at No
92l Market street and continue the real
estate, mortgage and steamship agency
The partnership was formed in 1894
and has been successful.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21
New FInes nisnlnrnd

New flags have been hoisted at the
Federal Building. One is the national
emblem and another is the regulation
custom house flag.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21

Of Ii Hung Chang does not commit
the American Government in any way,
the recognition having been extended
without doubt TO III in his capacity Of
viceroy OF Chih-L.
General Chaffee's statement relative
to the division Of his forces, indicates
that he is still carrying forward prep
arations for wintering his troops to
the best advantage.
BY order Of Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith a United States
postoffice has been opened at Tien-Tsin
to facilitate the handling of mail mat
ter for the troops in China.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21

These days the man or woman with
night blooming cereus is the most
popular and important person in the
block.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21

That the Young Mems Republican
Club is something more than a political
organization has been demonstrated
time and time again, and once more it
has come to the front in behalf Of a
worthy cause, far removed from parti-
san and political influences. To-mor-
row afternoon it will give a benefit in
the Academy of Music for the Calves
ton sufferers, having the cooperation
of the over the Fence" Company,
which is playing there, and also that Of
Dunn and Waldron. the proprietors.
Those who appreciate the distress un-
der which the people of Galveston are
laboring, and who would mlngle char
ity with pleasure should go to The per-
formance and help swell the fund.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21
REPUBLICAN, TICKET.

~
For President.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
of Ohio.
For Vice-President.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
OF New York.
For Presidential Electors:
CHARLES w. PUsEY,
OF New Castle County.
MANLovE HAYES,
OF Kent County.
DANIEL ]. LAYTON,
OF Sussex County.
For Member OF Congress-Short Term;
WALTER o. HOFFECKER,
OF Kent County.
For Member OF Congress-Long Term.
LEWIS IEIsLER BALL
OF New Castle County.
For Governor;
JOHN HUM,
OF Kent County.
For Neutenant-Governor:
PHILIP l.. CANNON,
or Sussex County.
For Attorney-G General:
HERBERT II. WARD.
OF New Castle County.
81, For State Treasurer:
MARTIN b. BURRIS,
OF New Castle County.
For State Auditor:
PURNEI.L b. NORMAN,
OF Sussex County.
For Insurance Commissioner,
.s'-.la ..,.. GEORGE w. MARSHALL,
OF Kent County.
Evening journal., 1900-09-21
BEDROOM SUITES.

To Fall
and ending 30 inclusive make special sale Bedroom Suites
that will eclipse anything offered this market Phia
depha during the past 10 years
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15
SUNDAY. APRIL Is, 1900.
WHY PAY TAXES AT ALL.

Local government exists among civillz.
ed people chiefly because there Is Grim
inal and defective class to take care Of
and because the citizen must be na1a
safe in his rights of person and prop
erty.
Police are not maintained to keep peace
able and law-abiding people in order nor
schools established to educate adults. ro,.
hospitals supported to heal those who are
not sick Neither does the citizen look
to pay his taxes in order that they may
be collected and dispensed among the
oftce-holding class.
With Republican control undisput adIy
in all departments of our local affairs AMI
in the work of legislation, our sys EN- of
local government for four years has beert
makeshift and a failure Robbery ard
violence have stalked unpunishe
throughout the city For a time the DO
lice We're openly and VIGOROUSLY the CON
federates of the criminals. The game af
bunco has been the effective substitute
for the hold-up when the intended y:c
tim has refused to allow himself to be-
led where he might be assaulted without
the danger Of interference by the passer-
by What the confidence game has not
been able to accomplish on the unwary.
the hidden gambling place is expected 20
effect. Our schools are crippled. Every
operation Of local government has frou,
time to time been subjected to judic al
examination, with view of testing it's
legality. Even the one. department Of
city government which is always booked
to for sufficient equivalent for the mon
ey OF the taxpayers expended upon it
the fire department-has not escaped tn
general sense Of insecurity
In what department of the local GOV
ernment, then, is it tfat-it may be said
we have been well and faithfully Sc. vel
in the past four years? All through the
past winter our streets were simply ney-
Iected. No attention whatever was Ia.
slowed on them, save when lame effort
was made for a day or two to cvereom.
the worst results of sudden snow storms
Dirt and infection swept throughout tka
community for the past few days, aud
the people had to endure the situation
without hope of relief from official quar-
ters. The administration of criminal ius-
tice is a conceded failure. Both in ;ha
police court and in the higher courts the
people. in the prosecution and punish
ment of the criminal classes, are i'll serv-
ed. The social evil fiaunts itseIf in cur
stores and tenements and on our public
thoroughfares without serious effort at
-concealment We have seen affixed to
itsthe badge of official sanction, and our
officials are so morally ealleusei that they
express open pride because by going into
the business of the protection of hariot-
ry. we have brought few thousand doi-
lars additional into the city treasury.
During the progress Of this carnival Of
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

crime and criminals our city legislators
dispense valuable franchises to private
corporations without dollar of equiva-
lent, and without any assurance of fu-
ture compensation save such as is fur
nlshed through tugglery of words plain
ly intended to deceive the public, and
which. even as subterfuge, must
arouse the scorn and contempt Of every
intelligent citizen.
This is the condition of affairs which
the voting population is now asked to per-
petuate. They tell US it pays, They say
we save money under it. 1t Is q good
thing True, the city has been brought
into much disgrace. The machinery is
expensive at best, but 1t Is less expensive,
we are told. than it was when the city
was growing, when our streets were be-
ing built and extended. our public build
ings erected, our bridges and causeways
constructed
But, however the question. of relative
cost may be disposed of, the real issue be-
fore the people of ST. Paul now Is, What
warrant is there for paying taxes at all
unless the people can get something like
a decent equivalent for this nnoEey they
contribute to sustain their local govern
ment?
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15
MrvART AND HIS CHURCH

Read in the light of his sudden death,
the last contribution of the late St
George Mivart to the controversy in which
he was engaged with the authorities of
his church possesses intense interest and
is almost pathetic in it's revelation of a
great mind struggling with a subject
which he was In no true sense qualified
to consider, apart from its immediate re-
lation to his individual conscience .s'.@o-
Roman Congregations and Modern
Thought is the title of the last work of
the deceased scientist. 1t recites at some
length his personal experiences in en-
deavering to do what history has revealed
to be an utterly fruitless task, and which
neither his learning nor habits of thought
rendered him at all qualified to discharge
successfully. He sought to make the
church of which he was so distinguished
disciple conform it's dogma to what he
search. In the domain of biology there
were few men of his age as learned as he;
in the domain Of theology or of theologt-
cal disputation he possessed no training
and but little skill, so far as his article In
the North American Review reveals. As
many other good men had done before, he
dashed himself in the closing dayssof his
life against the wallis of Rome, only to
Invite his own destruction.
T 1t is in all respects a singular feature of
'tRoman Congregations and Modern
Thought" that it's renowned author flies
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

in the face of the teachings Of his church
and warns its authorities of the danger
of petrifaction which. he declares. besets.
1t on errors of doctrfne which. asstiming
to be errors. areeeommon tossthe entire
body of Christian doctrine.
Quoting the language of papa1 en-
eyclieal about sculpture, Mr. Mivart says:
at wodfd surely beSimpossfblei to use
t'by the ROMAN CATHOLIC church that God
every sfafemenf in Every eTsfy pare I Of all ali the he
books Oa5,cdSse dsSsieereS by TFsPt sascred 3D. and
what,ehFea Sit. uD;ao at lsast within
the past @caees In which it, would be
practicable >for isir George Mivart to seek
| refuge srngs as siShsS ne does in most
absolute fsTita.. dhe .tnerrancy Off the
scripturesE He tpas a devout and well In
formed CatholtcS He surely did not re-
main in iS1oraaccs& 81 the language or
spirit of A4"enyclfcaa tOsmhish he takes
such ernpiiattO. execution, iaRtlIahe had, as
he declares to have been the case. DELHI
erately setSShtmaelf to evoke from his re-
| fhsious superlers~ s8ifn5fs declaration which
would leave no doubt about tine feFetieal
character of certain of his o#p beliefs.
If he could not emulate the example of
| the whale In the Bible in Swallowing
Jonah, By accepting sanquestiohingIy the
sBiblicals&elationsSofa. the event. itesurely
seems sadly q matter Of afterthought to
charge the improbability of the story as
proof of the faisity Of the teachings Of
a given church. and@that church, more
over, the one to which he had given his
faith and devotion since his seventeenth
year. and of whose teachings he had been
| perhaps its most storming defender, at
least in Englandl al
! st. George Miyart has been called before
judgmentssea whose existence or whose
infallibility he Never was disposed to
question during life He will surely there
receive all the charity which his deep con-
scientiousness made him worthy Of He
has passed beyond all human judgment;
but it would certainty not detract from
/ either his sincerity efy.hiss profundity of
thought had he left unwritten the work
on Roman Congregations and Modern
Thought" by which his work and In
fuence will Ha-be-- most largely tested, at
least by those who, in the urgency of the
demands sf daily life. have not the op-
portnnitfeS and, perhaps, 'Te2 even the
abfIity Il pass an inl4nfgeAt,4aad adequate
Judgment on either. F,,-4
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15
Mr. DOOLEY ON ADMIRAL DEWEY'S CANDIDACY.
ayr. r. DUNNE.

Copyrighted. 1900. by Robert Howard
Russell.
II see," said Mr.. Hennessy, that
Dewey is candydate FIR prisidint."
We'll. SIR" said Mr.. Deoley. ST hope
to hiven he won't get it. No rilitive iv
mine iver held pollytical job barrin'
mesilf. was precinct captain an wan
iv tn best they was In thin days, If I
do say so that shudden't I was called
Cap f'r nanny years aftherward an
Pd'V Joined tn GF-razld Army iv tn Ray
public IL 1t hadn't been FIR me poor feet
NANNY iy me riiitives has been candy
dates, but they niver cud win out again
tn r-rest Iv tn family. 'Tis so with
Cousin George. I'm again him I've
been rayspictable saloonkeeper f'r forty
years In this ward. an I'll not have th'
name dhragged into pollytics
''Iv coorse, I don't blame Cousin
George. I'm with him f'r anything else
in tn gift " tn people firm lovin' cup
to house an lot. He don't mean an
nything be 1t. Did ye iver see a sailor
thryin' to ride a horse? 'Tls a comical
sight. TIL reason a sailor thries to ride
horse is because be niver ERODE wan
befure. If he knew anything about it
he wouldn't do 1t. So be Cousin George.
Afther he'd been over here awhile an
got so twas safe FIR him to go out with
out bein' torn to pieces f'r souvenirs or
lynched be a mob. he took a look
ar-round him an says he to a polls
man: What's tn governmint iv this
counthry? IT'S a raypublic' says tn
polisman. What's tn main guy called?'
says George. He's called prisidtnt, says
tl' nOiiSm9n aTS II
Cousin George. ''Tis betther thin
thravelin beat says tn bull. What's
tn la'ads name that's holdin' 1t now?'
says Cousin George. Mack says the
cop. Irish? says George. Cross says
tn elbow. Where frm?' says George.
Ohio says the peeler. Where's that?'
says George. I dinnaw,' says. tn bull.
An they parted th' best iv friends
Well says George to himself, 4
guess I'll have to go up an have a look
at this la-ad's place, he says, an If II
looks good he says, p raps I cud nail It,
he says. An he goes UP an sees Mack
dfctatin' his Perther .Rickyan policy to a
kaleidoscope, an it looks like a nice en-
ploynint f'r a spry man, an he goes
back home an sinds fr rayporther an
says he: I always believe since 1 got
home In dealin' frankly with tn press
haven't seen many papers since I've
been at sea, but .whin / was a boy me
father used to take the Montpelier Palee-
junn. Twas r-run be man be tn name
of Horse Clamback. He was quite a man
whin sober. Ye've heerd iv him no
doubt But what I asst ye up here rr
was to give ye a item that ye can write
up in ye'er own way an hand to tn
r-rest fv tn boys. I'm goin' to be prisi-
.dint. / like tn looks iv tn job an no.
body seems to care f'r It, an I've got sc
blame tired since left tn ship that If
don't have ,somethin' to do I'll go crazy.
he says. I wisht ye'd make q note iy it
an give 1t to tn other papers, he says.
'Ar-re ye u Republican or q Dimmy-
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

capital for exploits abroad. Force. is al
ways that, in true craftsmanship.
South America is all very we'll; but we
have been next to 1t for hundred years,
and have not yet learned the pecufiah-
ties of the Spanish so as to trade with
them with profit. London and Berlin
cheap vessel freights, and by possession
OF cofgns Of vantage with home Spanish
houses. But Asia is wide open. And the
Mississippi valley is ready for the trade.
st. Paul and Minneapolis can afford to
go as mad over the prospects as any
railroad man that lives.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15
SMART SHORT STORIES.

Charles Bradlaugh. the English free
thinker. once engaged in a discussion
with dissenting minister. He insisted
that the Ininister should answer ques-
ton by a simple eyes" or No" without
any circumlocution. asserting that every
question could be replied to in that man
ner The reverend gentleman rose, and
said:
'Mr Bradlaugh, will you allow me to
ask you a question on those terms?'
Certainly" said Bradlaugh
Then, may I ask, have you given up
beating your wife?'
Mai. Hayford Thorold, second in COM
mand of the First battalion. Duke OF
Wellington's regiment, tells story or
his experiences in Matabeland in 1886,
when sent to restore order In lie
township called "Gwelo.'' On arf9%al
there he found the acting conmandant
(an ex-storekeeper) in a state bordering
on delirium tremens; so he had him lock
ed up. The commandant. however man
aged to break out and make his way to
the telegraph office, whence he dispatched
the following wire:
Chamberlain. London-Man here
named Thoreld questions my sob.iety.
Who is Thorold? Wire at once to avert
bloodshed.''
After the deeease Of the late p. T.
Barnum, the Greatest Show on Earth
continued for while to use the magic OF
his name Once when nearing Hartford
it sent free tickets to clergymen there.
Among the letters containing tickets was
one addressed to the Rev. Dr. Joel
Hawes. who had died some years before
The letter was sent to DR.. George l..
Walker then the active pastor OF the
First church On reading It, DR.. Walker
is reported to have said:
"a letter from P II. Barnum to DR..
Hawes! Mr.. Barnum is dead and DR..
Fawes is dead II is evident that they
have not met, yonder."
Gen. Sir Herbert Chermside, who is
now in South Africa. was formerly a
consul in Asia Minor. Once, In a weak
moment, he sent a couple of beautiful
Angora cats as present to a lady In
-Constantinople The lady was so pleased
thatsshe asked him to send some more
Sir Herbert gave his native servant some
money. and told him to go and buy
two or three Then came. demand for
more cats from the .consurs friends. and
he gave his servant more money with
which to buy cats This went ON for
two or three months. andsthe native servS
ant waxed exceedingly fat. One morn
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15

crat? says the rayporter. What's that?'
says Cousin George. Dye belong to tn
Raypublican or tn Dimmycrat party?'
What ARE they like? says Cousin
George. "Th Raypublicans ar-re in favor
Nv expansion Thin I'm Raypublican'
IN Dimmycrats ar-re in favor iv free
thrade' Thin I'm a D1mmycrat' "Th'
Aaypublicans ar-re f'r upholdin' tn gooId
standard Som I. I'm Republican
tnere An they're opposed To an in
come tax. On that. says Cousin George.
m Dimmycrat. tell ye, put me- down
as bimnycrat. Divvle tn bit / care
Jnst say I'm a Dimmycrat with sthrone
Raypublican leanings Put it this way:
l m a Dirnnnycrat be a point Raypublic-
an Dirnmycrat- Amy sailor man'Il un-
dnerstand that. 'What'H I say ye'er
PLATFORM is? Platform 'Ye have TO
stand on PLATFORM. L do. do L? Wen
don't. I'll stand on no platform, an
II hang on no sthrap. What aye think
tn pristdincy is-a throf1ey car? No. sir
whin We peek In tn dure toeseH ye'er pa
per yen &c yeer Uncle George settfn,
down comfortable with his legs crossed
tnrlppin up amy wan that thIies to pass
MIN. GO out now an write ye'er little
item L r tbs late an all hands ar-re piDed
to bed he says.
An there ye ar-re. Well, sir, tis q
nara year Cousin George has in store f'r
- HIsC tHIug ne KNOWS he'll have
10 pay fr havln his pitchers in tn ma
aper. Thin he'll larn iv siveraI nrevioue
convictions In Vermont. Thin he'll 6,s
cover that they was no union label or,
tn goods ne delivered at Manila. Twill
be pointed out be careful observers thar
he was ilicted prisidint iv tn A P A. bn
tn Jesuits Thin somewan'll dig up thar
story about his not feelin' amy too well
tn morn1n' iy the fight, an We can i'm
aJine tn pitchers they'll print, an tn
Jokes thatn be made an tn songs:
Dewey Lost His Appetite at tn Baltic
iY Manila Did Mckinley liver Lose
HisT An Georgell wake up tn mornjn'
afther Fiction an he'll have a sore head
an sorer' heart, an he'll find that tn
7 on'y support he got was fr'm tn goold
| dfrnmycratic party, an tn chances ARE
| he caught cold firm goin' out without
| his shawl an cuddent vote. He'll find
| that man can be fright an be prisl-
! dint, but he can't be both at tn same
| time An he'll go down to breakfast an
| issue gin'ral ordher number wan, TO all
| superior officers, commandin' adnliraIS
| iv tn United States navy at home or on
| foreign. service: If amy man mintiors
an admiral FIR prisidint, hit him in tn
| eye an charge same to me- And thin
he'll go to his Office an prepare a plan
f'r to capture Dublin. tn capital iv Eng
land, whfn tn mex war begins. An he'll
spind th' r-rest iv his life thryin' to live
down tn time he was a candydate."
''iVell. be hivins. 1 think il Dewey says
he's a dimmycrat an Joyce IS with him.
I'll give him a vote" said Mr.. Hennessy.
IT'S no sin to be a candy1ate FIR phsi-
| dint."
mo" said Mr.. Dooley. '''Tis some
times a misfortune an sometimes a
| joke. But I hope ye won't vote f'r him
He might be ilfcted If ye did. I'd Ike TO
raymimber him an 1t might be cudden
| il he got tn job Who was tn prisidins
befure Mack? Oh, tubby sure!'
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-15
HEARD ABOUT TOWN.

Ling Wah, the Chinaman who has
haunted the halls of the state house and
city hall, does not want to vote as state
in a morning paper, but would be very
glad TO return to his fiowery home, If he
could secure part of an estate which he
claims is due him. Ling Wah has been
IN st. Paul about a year and a half try
ing to interest the governor and other
public officials in his case, but his story is
always quite vague, and thus far the Of
flcials have been unable to assist him
Ling Wah still has his queue and has no
intention of becoming citizen of the
United States.
The morning after the returns came in,
two years ago, Fred Schiffmann waited
at the Jackson street Office for his pater-
nal ancestor that he might greet him
tendeFly with the salutatfen:
well, they skinned you, didn't they -
The morning after the recent Republican,
convention, 1t was the elder Schiemann's $
turn to wait at the office, and when fred
came in he said:
"Well, they skinned you, didn't tiley?"
Fred admitted that he guessed they
had, and then the father added. with cut
ting veracity:
well Fred. did get nomination out
of it,"
Moses E. Clapp says he was once argu-
ing case against Gordon E. Cole. who
had preceded him as attorney general
about twenty-one years before. Moses
had made what he thought was q con-
elusive presentation OF the states side
of the case. onlysto have Cole arise on
the opposite side of the table and densOi-
ish his argument by reading an adverse
argument as the "rullng ofsthe attorney
general on the point involved
ST was dumfounded.' says Clapp. ''un-
til could get back to the office and look
up the opinion. Then foundzChaE Cole
had been quoting from one of his OWN