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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-01-04
A GREAT YEAR FOR BUILDING
Valuable Additions Made to
Industrial Establishments.
THE WORK COST ABOUT $4,000
Twice That Sum Was Spent for
New Machinery.

The jackson & Sharp Co. Has Orders for
Three or Four, Months Ahead, the Pusey
o Jones 90. sees Good Prospects for 1900,
and the Rarian g. Holiingswortn Co. win
ne hept Busy for Five or six Months.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-01-04
WRECK ON THE UNION PACIFIC.

Denver, Col. Dec. 20. The CheyennI
flyer nm the Union Pacific RAILROAD
crashed into the Boulder Valley trail
ut Brighton, COL, today.
One man was killed, and II person
we're injured,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-01-04
CABLE LEV7ER FROM LONDON
Christmas WIS Not Celebrated
With Usual Festivities.
MOURNING OVER WAR LOSSES
Many Soldiers Are Being Mar
fled Quietly. p

Martial Spirit and UNIVERSAL Desire TO Serve
Great Britain % the fSant Show no sirns
of Aoating-ssrures Of arsoes OF Ameri-
can Flour or Delasua hay.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-01-04

The Rev. Charles A. Grise, pastor of
Union NJ. e. CHURCH, sprained his hand
in fall from widow at the church
on Thursday.
The evening times., 1900-10-02
The Strike settlement Fails.

II may be presumed, now that the first
much -heralded settlement of the anthra-
cite strike by the Intervention of Messrs
Hanna. j. p Morgan, and Rockefeller has
failed. that the first named will find ocea-
sion to visit New York again and take an
other turn at the screw. It is quite un-
necessary to state that the amused Indff-
ference with which the strikers received
the offer OF the Reading Railway Col pany
to pay ten per cent advance in wages
from which proposed reduction in the
price of powder was to be deducted has
created a positive panic in the Republican
National Committee. Hanna, in his we'll
known contempt for organized labor. felt
sure that almost any concession on the
part of the Coal Trust would bring the
miners trooping back to work, and destroy
the power of the union in the anthracite
field In a certain way a concession-tem-
porary and not binding beyond election day
on the trust-has been proposed by it: and
the men on strike, who now include all but
seven thousand of the whole force lately
employed in the anthracite region. merely
laugh at such a barefacedly treacherous
proposition.
The Coal Trust and Hanna will now be
compelled TO face a situa ton Of much
greater seriousness than they have dream
ed of hitherto. They will either have to
meet the full demands of the United Mine
Workers Union, recognize it, and neg0-
tfate with 1t for a settlement or the
strike will continue Indefinitely but GER
tainly until after the Presidential cleo
ton, and there will be coal famine in
New York and Boston and other places OF
grave proportions.
Little as men like Hanna and President
Mckinley care for the American working
man, they want his vote this year and
very badly. If they can wield the neces-
sary influence over the Anthracite Coal
Trust. through the magnates of the oil,
sugar. steel. rubber and other associated
trusts. to induce it to swallow the bitter
pill of union recognition, there is no rea-
son to doubt that they will hasten to try
i. on. Mr.. Mckinley, with the political
shrewdness characteristic of the man. at
once saw that an egregious mistake had
been made when ]. P Morgan's instruc-
tions to the trust mining superintendent.
not to recognize President Mitchell or any
other labor official, leaked out in the press.
Mr.. Mckinley Immediately teIephoned
from Canton that the blunder would prove
costly to the trust ticket unless it should
be instantly remedied. He warned Hanru
and Morgan that the party could not afford
TO fout organized labor at this time, as 1t
was already suspicious of the trust ma
chine mascuerading under the name or
Republicans"
So far the warning does not appear to
have had much effect. The Coal Trust is
still treating the miners, their organiza-
tien, and officers With supercilious con-
tempt TO a degree that does not augur
we'll for the ability OF the trust mediators
to secure a cessation of hostilities. In
the end however, 1t seems to be the gen
eral opinion In EastAr~ AAA1 4-i-AIAs. that
The evening times., 1900-10-02
4 DAYLIGHT METEOR.
Recent Observance of Curious
| FirebnI in England.


Just before sunset on September 2 a
magnificent meteor was observed in the
north of England and in Scotland large
number of descriptions of the object have
appeared in the newspapers. and it ap-
pears that notwithstanding broad daylight
the spectacle was a very brilliant one.
At st. AnRe's, Lancashire, the meteor
fell in a northerly direction, and left a
column of white smoke, which remained
visible ten minutes. At Hunts Cross the
time was noted as 6h. 52m., and the OBJ
ject is said to have fallen near lakewood
leaving a long trail of white dust for sew
eral minutes AS seen from BIrkenhead
the meteor appeared at Oh Sam in the
northeast, and looked like a descending
rocket. It's path was nearly vertical, and
it left ''dust trail'' for nearly six min
utes. At Wetherby, Yorks, the smokelike
cloud left~by the nucleus remained visible
until III. 30Tn. At OVerton, Ellesmere, the
object is said to have apparently fallen on
a field on the left bank OF the Dee about
mile from Danger Isycoed-
At and near Edinburgh the frebali was
witnessed by many persons. One obser-
yer says that at Sh. 55m. there was sud
den fash and what appeared to be a streak
of molten silver followed by a train of
sparks whizzed past, apparently falling
into a large field of turHips on his right
hand
The evening times., 1900-10-02
Circulation Statement.
The Prophet Benjamin.

There is no doubt in the world that the
Great American Refrigerator, Benjamin
Harrison. is the sort of man usually spok-
en- of as "a sincere Christian. devoted
husband, and a good father" But those
qualities do not necessarily endow one
with the gift of political prophecy. Mr.
Harrison has taken the public into his
confidence, to the extent of saying that
Mckinley will win easily" AS the eN-
President has failed TO furnish diagram
to accompany the statement, We are left
in the dark concerning his reasons for
making SO confident prediction.
Perhaps they are of a character similar
TO those which once led the distinguished
grandson OF his grandfather to feel sure
that Harrison would win easily in 1892.
We are confident that he felt so, because
on election night of that year he had the
Corps DIplomatique invited to the State De-
partment to read the returns. Minister'S
secretaries, and attaches, therefore, as
sembled early prepared for a cheerful
evening, at the end of which they would go
over TO the White House and be the first
TO congratulate the successful candidate
for reelection. By half-past ten, HOW
ever, the frcst created by kilograms giving
news of the general landslide had become
so pervadfng that one veteran diplomat had
chill inside of his fur-lined topeoat, and
another caught the Group. So the meeting
adjourned sine die
In his calculations of eight years ago
Mr. Harrison omitted to take the Home
stead affair into account Yet it was =
factor in his defeat and possibly the domi-
nant one. Perhaps this year he overlooks
considerations which may be unfavora Dle
to his amiable friend Mr. Mckinley. He
should not forget the anthracite strike
for one thing, and it might also be useful
to remember a good many other things
of record. Departure from our plain
duty to Porto Rico" and the violation OF
the Constitution thereanent; the Hay
Pauncefote Treaty; the disgraceful sur
render of American territory to Great
Britain; the Treasury Standard Oil Bank
and other scandals; carpetbag imperial
ism and the loot Of the colonies by Ad-
ministTat1on relatives and favorites; AL
gerism. Eaganism, Abnerism, Sampsonism
and matters of that kind. should be kept
IN memory
Measured by the kind and degree OF his
success as a political seer in the past We
can hardly fancy that Benjamin Harrison 5
present predictions will carry much COM
fort to the heart OF the anxious man on the
little front porch; or a great deal of added
hope to the minds of the trust multf-miI-
lionaires who are bleeding rivers of gold
to keep their man in office.
The evening times., 1900-10-02
REPORT ON TRUSTS.
Findings of the Industrial Commis-
sion Not Now TO Be Made Public.

The report of the Industrial Commission
On the subject of trusts. hearings on which
have been had during the past summer.
has now been completed and printed. The
report. so members of the Commission say.
will not be ready for general distribution
for several weeks-not until after the cleo
tion. 1t was learned this morning that the
quota of reports for distribution by mem
bers OF Congress had been sent to the
document room OF the House and Senate
It was also learned hat the Democrats had
not been notified that the Industrial Com
missions report OF trusts was ready for
distribution. The report of the Commits
sion viii be much sought for during the
remaining weeks Of tae campaign. II IS
said to be a complete refutation OF Mr.
Hanna's assertion that there are no trusts
The Industrial Commission was appointed
by President Mckinley at time when 1t
was not known that trusts would be one u
the leading issues in the campaign.
The evening times., 1900-10-02
The Treason Bogy.
(From the Baltimore Sun. J

Democratic voters in this part OF the country at
least Will not be dismayed deferred from
voting for Mr.. Bryan and against the unconsti-
tutional, un-American, and extremely dangerous
policy of Mr. Mckinley in the Philippines by the
Republican partys revival % its favorite parrot
cry of Treason" They not disposed to re
tort in kind to this campaign c.aptrap, because
they have taste for that strained and shrieky
style of argument which, if put into pain terms,
declares that clear half of all the voters of ths.
natcp, somewhere between ,G00, eco and $3.50 900
OF American men, are at heart traitors to their
own Government. bent upon dishonoring its flag
and destroying It's power Republicans have had
exclusive use of this order of Campaign thun-
DER in the past, and tiuSt the day will never
come in which Democrats viii tG steal ii
from then
The evening times., 1900-10-02
CRANK SHOOTS a PRIEST.
East Boston Pastor Likely to Die
of His wound.

BOSTON, Oct. Rev Lawrence P. Nc
Carthy. pastor of the Roman Catholic
Church Of the Redeemer in East Boston,
was shot and possibly fatally wounded
this morning by John Gleason Gleason
is supposed to be religious crank The
priest is very popular in the district
Gleason was arrested shortly after the
crime was committed.
The shooting occurred at S:45 o'clock
a. N. at the priests residence. Gleason
called and asked for Mccarthy. Were
you born in Irelaad?" the crank asked,
No, in East Boston" was the reply
Without further talk, Gleas-n drew a
revolver and fired four shots
One shot took effect in Father Nc
Carthy's back Another grazed the side
of the priests head The two remain
ing went wild. Gleason, after the shoot
ing, went to the police station with the
revolver in his hand. There he gave
himself up. His eyes and manner iEdi-
cate a person iaboring under sreat ex-
citement or insanity. He is confined at
the station.
The evening times., 1900-10-02
PNEUMATIC TUBE SERVICE.
a Committee Considers It's Essab-
Ushment In Washington.

Iishment In Washington.
The committee appointed by the Post
master General to investigate and report,
upon the advisabi!ity Of extending the
pneumatic tube mail service il the larger
cities OF the country met this morning in
Postmaster MaTTitt's Office and took up
the question of establishing a tube service
in Washington. connecting the Postofhce,
Capitol Printing Office, Pension Building,
and stations B, C, and G. Later, should
such service be inaugurated, the various
departmt nts might be connected also, al
though at present, 1t Is said. the commit
tee is opposed to the proposition for va
rioUs reasons.
The work of gathering information as TO
cost. etc, and also as to whether mall
might be proftably sent from the main
office to the depots through pneumati tic
tubes is not yet completed. and it Will be
several weeks before any definite concIu-
sion viii be arrived at.
The committee consists Of Postmaster
Merritt Mr.. Eickery. General Superintend-
ent of the Railway Mail Service; Superin-
tsndent of Mails Maston, of the Brooklyn
Postoffice: Superintendent OF Mails Alex
andsr, of the Philadelphia Postofice, and
Superintendent OF Mails Montgomery, OF
the Chicago Postoff1ce.
The evening times., 1900-10-02
LIGHTNING RODS ON ST. PAUL,s.
A New System Of Safeguards to the
Cathedral.
{From the London News. }


total Encouragement OF the systcm
of lightning conductors On st. Paui's
Cathedral is now virtually complete. It
is interesting TO learn from Killingworth
Hedges, NJ. l. Z. E, the electrician
under whose superintendent the wcrk
has been carried cut. that the old idea
that the erection of a lightning rod on
the highest point of a structure pro-
tected an area all round it is quite
illusoTy. The safeguarded area was
supposed TO be the space within a circle
whose radius was equal to the height
of the lightning rod This theory. we
understand is now discredited and the
cathedral has been protected by a sys-
tenn of conductors, perpendicular AID
horizontal, comprising over mile OF
cables, on which at various prominent
points are placed about fifty s.aigrettes"
groups of solid copper spikes radia ting
upward and effectuaIIy connected at
the base with the cables
The old system Of joint making BY
Junction pieces or splicing and solder
ing, has also been abandoned, it having
been found that if surfaces were merely
screwed together they were apt to oxidize
and set UP resistance, and if they were
soldered the soldering sooner or later
would be very likely to become Ioosened
and detached by the natural expansion
and contraction of the metals.
a new method of running to earth has
also beer adopted. The usual plan is to
connect the conductors with plates of cop
per embedded deep down in the moist
earth, and these plates, to be effective
must be of considerable size. 1t is often
difficult 10 get them down low enough.
At st. PauIs Cathedral they have made
earth connection by means of iron pipes
perforated at the bottom and driven into
the ground by special tackle. thus afford
ing a passage down which the conductor
Is passed to the necessary depth, and by
means of which, if necessary, the earth
below may be watered. The whole work
has been carried out by the cathedral sur
yeyor's staff under the personal superin-
tendence of the electrician
The evening times., 1900-10-02
CEDAR LAKE POINT MYSTERY.
Human Head Found May Be That of
n Woman.

CHICAGO, Oct 2.-The latest devel-
opments regarding the human head
found in Cedar Lake Point is the possi-
biHty that it is that OF woman. This
is the opinion of Dr. Pinkham, the den
tist, who examined the tooth plate found
with the head. He says that the plate
is toe narrow to have been in the head
OF a mar, and he thinks it came from
the mouth of a woman, or at Isast
young person There are a few fine ha rs
in the possession of the coroner which
appear 20 have come from a woman s
head They are long and silky.
Among the theories advanced is that
head is that of Pearl Bryan, of Green
castle. Ind, whose headless body w&s
found near Covington, KY, in 1896. Her
head was never found. The authorities
at Greencastle have been furnished with
a description Of the dental p!ate in tie
hope that it may be identified by friends
or by the dentist who made it.
The evening times., 1900-10-02
HAITI MUST PAY.
Judge Days Decision in the Metz
ger Case.

Judge Day, the arbitrator in the
Metzger case, has rendered decision
in favor of the claimant, and has ordered
that Haiti pay s23, GOO.
This case was submitted to arbitra-
tion in accordace with a treaty drawn
year ago between Secretary Hay and
Minister Leger- The claim for indemnity
was made by John D. Metzger & Co, an
American firm, on account Of the seizure
and sale of their goods at Port au
Prince for the non payment of certain
licenses, on account of an alleged failure
to furnish them with an adequate supply
of water for the operation of their mill
at Port au Prince, and on account of
quantity of lumber alleged to have been
sold by them for the relief committee
on the occasion Of the devastation by
fire of Jacmel.
The treaty requires tt Haftion Legis-
lature to provide for the payment cf the
judgment within six months.
The evening times., 1900-10-02
Hill on the Stumn.
(From the Atlanta Journal.)

NFItIII INT +AII<tLIla JNtIl I''II'J
No man in New York is more hated and more
feared by the Republican party than David L.
Hill They have nobody who is Hills equal as a
eampaigner, and they appreciate the fact that he
is a power among The Democratic masses of the
State Mr.. Hill will probably devote most OF his
time from now until the election TO the canvass
in New York, but it would be an excellent thing
for the Democracy if he could be induced to make
speeches in Indiana Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan
and Ohio. The Democrats are likely to carry
several OF these States ii they put forth their best
efforts. and in every of them Mr.. Hill would
be strong influence.
The evening times., 1900-10-02
The ParamoSRt Issue.

IFTUln LIe FhIIausIphIl IIInts.J
The paramount issue between the two great par
ties today is that of imperial prerogatves against
Jefersonian theory Of government by the people,
and ii must now be obvious TO all intelligent
voters that there be no hope of haltinl: the
present reckless and riotops spirit of Imperialism
in any other way than by the election of William
]. Bryan the next President of the United
States. 1t is the vital, the paramount issue and
il must triumph whenever the people of the ma
ton appreciate their sovereign power and assert
the majesty of popular rule,
The evening times., 1900-10-02
\ Dangerous Reveriage.

The irrepressible expansive Senator from In
DIANA vino refuses to be chastened or counseIcd
into polite silence upon the subieei of universal
land grabbing, promises 10 become troublesome
bull in the Republican china shop. lie Is rapidly
developing into a political know-it-all without
conscience a of justice and lie is a.
cheeky about it as a sidewalk fakr and as noisy
as a steam ealIiope
The evening times., 1900-10-02
sIush Money win Not Avai1.
(From the Syracuse Telegram.

Mark Hanna's big slush fund viii not be likely
70 change the tide which has set in strong for the
Democratic candidate this year. The people are
aroused as they Tare never have been before
against the candidates OF the un-Amefican party
and its policy, Fad ttey will register their dis
approval of that party and its candidates at the
- ia NauArsahar
The evening times., 1900-10-02
With the Gnds.

(From the indianapolis Press.)
kinney?
Mars-Certainly. Isn't he engaged in the war
business? And you?
"oh, guess FL cast my vote for Brine
The evening times., 1900-10-02
Not IE,,rossfbIe.
CFrom the Philadelphia Record,

CFrom the Philadelphia Reeord)
'tNo one,'' graveiy announces Socrates, tcan
arrest the flight of time
''No?" queringly interrupted bystander 4
even tie disciples Of the great philosopher
forced to smile behind their togas.
The evening times., 1900-10-02
CURRENT HUMOR.
Thing Aftosethe

(From The Indianapolis News.)
The Suitor-1 think, sab, I'm prepared to sup
port Yeuah daughter in the luxury she IS accus-
toned to.
The Father-Dat's well enough sub. ii you Kin
make it go; but you'll find dat what she wants is
de luxury dat she's not accustomed to-
The evening times., 1900-10-02
Dire Revenge.

(Frora the Chicago Tribune.)
Wattelle-0ld Bullion fred you frou your Job
in his banking house, did he2 What you 60
ing to do to get even with him7
Foyle d dAgayne-i am going to write 10 him
postal card and tell him l must not be corlsd-
cred any longer an sspiEant foz the hand OF his
daughter.
The evening times., 1900-10-02

Harrison Jndecided.-The Hon. Ben
jamin Harrison has come from his retreat
in the Adirondacks and has starLsd back
to Indiana via New York city. He will
spend this day in the metropolis, and he
fore leaving there VIII probably decide
with the assistance OF P1att. Bliss, Scott
and others at Republican national head
quarters, what part he Will take in the
campaign. He acknowledges that he has
been invited by the Chairman of the Ma
tionaI Committee observe that he does
not mention the name Of MIR. HanIa1-to
make "one OF two speeches during the
campaign, but he falls to say whether or
not he will comply with the request. II
he takes the stump the people Of the coun
try will confidently look for the most fe-
licitous speech of the campaign, in point
of the purity Of its English and the round
ed beauty Of its periods. They Will also
look with a great deal of interest for the
ex-President's palEation of the Admins
trati0n's course with regard to Porto Rico.
remembering that last winter he denounced
the OXnard bill as "a serious departure
from right principles. spontaneously
with the announcement OF General Harri-
son coming out OF the woods the latest
movement Of the Hon Thomas Bracket
heed Is chroalcied. II Is noted tnat the
big ex-CZar has had time to leave his Law
office long enough to go down TO Oyster
Bay, the resting place of the incerrIgiDie
Rough Rider warrior, and purchase a sum
mer home. II is noteworthy that Mr.. Reed
has not yet found time to talk politics,
either IN his office or from the stump,
though it is recalled that the Hon. Joe
Manley gave solemn assurance TO the eoun-
try several weeks ago that his erstwhile
compatriot would make some speeches for
Mr. Mckinley
The evening times., 1900-10-02
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
The campaisn Fua.Is.-A New VI

The CampaisA FunIs.-A New York
newspaper which is usually reliable
claims to have discovered the approx
mate amounts of the Republican and
Democratic campaign funds. The Repub-
lican fund is given in round numbers as
five million dollars and the Democratic
fund is stated to be two million ard six
hundred thousand. The paper accomoan-
les it's statement with an elaborate ex-
hibit of detail that gives to its story the
appearance of eredibility- The guess IS
perhaps as near the truth as il IS prac-
ticabie for outsiders to approach that sa-
cred goal in such matters. 1t has bcs-a
learned with satisfactory deiHiteness that
Mr. Hanna had a fund of five million dol
lars in the last campaign, and that he had
a surplus of sufficient dimensions to af-
ford "a good time to a large number OF
newspaper writer's who had been friendly
TO him and Mr.. Mckinley in the campaign
and who assembled in New York at his
invitation after the election and enjoyed
his hospitality, or rather at Mr. Hanna S
urgent solicitation they accepted and
made merry at the expense of the Repub-
hcan National Committee. Whether MIR.
Hanna will have enough left from his fund
tion. II is understood that he has not yet
spent much Of the money at his command.
He is holding his cash in reserve for use
in the close States when he learns ap-
proximately where the money can be e1-
pioyed to the best advantage. After TIE
final polls have been made in Indiana, Illi-
nois, Ohio New York, and two or three OF
the small States of the Northwest he viii
turn his money loose in proportion to the
needs OF each community 1t is said that
he now has on hand about four million dol
lars which he will disburse at the eppor-
tune time. II the Democratic managers
have the amount of money stated by the
| New York newspapers, then it can be as
serted that they have about two million
! dollars more this year than they had in
| the last campaign-not bad augury- The
| highest estimate of their fund in 1895 does
not exceed 5000, 600. fully half of which was
| said to have been secured toward the close
| OF the campaign. 1t is stated that the bulh
| of the fund now al their disposal was rails
| ed by Tammany Hall-a statement which
seems improbable in view of the needs oi
| Tammany itself in the New York State
| campaign.