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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24

Those partisans who are not satisfied
with the action of the Supreme Court
Of the United States in deciding that
it bad no jurisdiction in the Kentucky
oase-tbat IL would not NEEDLE with y
State affair, in eifect--and who desired
the Supreme Court to step in and
usurp the functions Of the State courts,
can console themselves with tho ro.
Election that the people OF the State Of
Kentucky can emphatically protest
against any injustice involved in the
proceedings that deprived Governor
Taylor of his seat And they can, il
they are SC disposed, make their pro-
test effective.
1t will be recalled that hero in Della
ware under our old Constitution the
people of New Castle county, par ticu-
larly tho Republicans, protested long
and loud against the inequality OF
representation ia the State Legislature
that then prevailed New Castle county,
with population anu wealth largely ex
ceeding that of Kent and Sussex com.
bined, had but an equal representation
with each of these two counties. The
injustice of this system was apparent,
but for years Kent and Sussex counties
insisted upon retaining the system Of
equal representation by counties, re-
CARELESS Of any other consideration.
Looking back upon this state Of affairs
now materially modified by our new
CONSTITUTIONAL can with truth be
said that, mo matter how politicians
and people objected, New Castle
county, as a county, never offered a
protest against the injustice, and Kent
and SUSSEX continued to rule with q
rod of iron. 1t was within the power
of New Castle county, by COM
bination of the votes ofsall lis citizens,
to elect Governor who could have
filled every appointive office in Kent
and Sussex counties with New Castle
county appointees. New Castle county
could have elected the member of Con-
gress continually. In fact, by COM
bination of its resources in this
effective manner, New Castle county
could have protested against the in
Justice of the then existing system Of
representation in manner that would
quickly have brought the people of
Kent and Sussex counties to their
knees. New Castle county had the
remedy in its own hands, but never
applied it.
Ard SO the State Of Kentucky has in
its own hands the remedy for whatever
injustice it may have suffered. And
the people can apply the remedy, il
one be needed, at the next election.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
Cost ofIIivIng in Germany.

Mr.. j.. T.. kehl. United States con-
sui ut Stettin, in areport to the State
Department states that The cost of liv-
ing In Germany has greatly increased
in the last seven years, but wages have
not kept pace with expenses, In POM
erania the daily expenses Of food for a
man, vito and two children are about
coffee. sausage. potatoes, 30. Two
rooms cost s2.3s n month. AS shoes
are expensive. half.shooB, costing from
10 to 70 cents pair, are used by the
poor, Petroleum costs 20 per cent more
aud house furnishings arc high. Beef
soils IN Stettin Mt % cents pound, pork
30 cents, chickens 60 cents each, l6
eggs GO conrs. butter 90 cents, tea sl.65,
sugar cents, flour s cents, coffee %
cents. Labor gets only one-third OF the
calling. A first-olass cook gets So. 95
per month, with board; nurse, 50. SO !;
housemaid, 81. So; ship carpenters get
S5.2s week; painters, s4.52; black
smiths, s., and laborers, S3.l4. The
first mate of coasting vessel gets
s26 Is q month, boatswain S1666, sea-
man sl2.6l, first engineer Sil.65, cook
$3.50, cabin boy Si.2S. On board ship
officers are allowed each 41.6 cents q
day for food and the rest Of the crew
297 cents each.
These wages would not be considered
high in America, comments tho Bal
timore Sun, yet they are much higher
than ID years ago. In 1885 ship car
penter. for example, got s4.37, as
against IS. 90 in 1899. 1t is to be OBJ
served also. that German workmen, hay
ing the benefit of perfected system of
public schools, may be assumed to be
as we'll educated as American workmen,
or perhaps to be better educated. As
producers they would be equally or
more efficient If fed as cheaply and
abundantiy as Americans arc.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
DOVER.

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal
Dover. May %. Miss Lizzie Colt
broke an arm Saturday, while putting
some goods on shelf.
Lizzie Turner, Samuel G. Morris,
Walter Jacobs and Edward Manlove,
colored, have been sentenced to SC
days Imprisonment, for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct.
Three bull dogs attacked colored
girl in yard on North State street,
yesterday, and severely bit her. Within
q weok, these dogs have madc two at
tacSs Tho Town Council has heen ap.
pealed to to prevent further attacks.
Thirty tramps, arrested between
Clayton and Dover, charged with tres
passing on the railroad, were com
mitted to Jail yesterday. The Jail now
is almost filled with Migrants.
The silk mill received several new
machines yesterday.
William Windal, for 20 years sextor
Of Wesley Church, has resigned thai
position, and will remove to Smyrna.
William Uhlig will succeed Mr.. Winda
! as sexton.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
The Lootinc of Cubn.

The more the Cuban postal scandal is
looked into the worse it grows, and the
investigation Of its depths has led to
Investigations in other directions. 1t
now appears that the Iooting of the
island has been conducted upon a
wholesale scale.
The official statement of the Seore-
tarry Of War to Congress Of the receipts
and expenditures OF the island during
1899 shows that out OF total revenue
of 100000 over sd,000,O00 was dis
bursed for official salaries and 81, 377, 600
additional on the labor payroll"
Here we have u total OF s., SIT, 900.
more than one-third of the entire rev.
enues Of the island for the year 1890,
expended for salaries and labor. This,
it must be remembered, is exclusive Of
the pay of the military governors aud
army officers still engaged in conduct
ing the military government. 1t is not
possible that the heighth of extortion
and robbery under Spanish rule in
Cuba ever exceeded this propoi tinn.
There is no lack of causes for this
extravaganza expenditure. There is an
item of 100000 for extraordinary
expenses ordered by the military gov
ernor" of Havana; Estes g. Rathbone,
the director of the postal service, lived
at the rate of $4,000 a year, in ad.
dition to his salary Nicely, the chief
robber of the postal funds, also had an
eStravagant establishment maintained
at the public expense; and so the dis.
graceful looting progressed.
The exposure is likely to prove most
embarrassing to tho administration. II
might regain some of its lost prestige
by relentlessly prosecuting tho posta
thieves, but it is said that Rathbone,
their chief, who was ono OF Mark
Hanna's best managers when McKin.
ley's boss secured his questionable
election to the United States Senate
from Ohio. declares that il he is do
posed he will disclose all the corruption
by which Hanna secured his election,
OF course, with this threat hanging
over his head, Hanna will screen anC
protect Rathbone TO the best of hi,
ability, and Hanna's word goes will
Mckinley.
But Congress can checkmate Ham,
and overcome the snineless inactiyit,
of Mckinley, by ordering prompt AMI
thorough investigation. The disgrace
full scandal should be probed to tn
bottom.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
r1uslin Underwear

We've been looking
round town to see what
doing in muslin underwea
and are surprised to find iii
someone has as good a corse
cover as ours for lac.
We don't mean to have
said that anybody serves I'd
in any particular as well |
Wanamaker's; but if it's q
to be said, we're the ones
say it.
As to the rest of our sale Of viii
things, we couldn't find anything 80 10,
and we tried hard, too.
It's delightful--every investigation
have made gives us more faith In .
store; and every test to which we
your confidence IN us shows that "
faith is growing, too.
Performers on the stage say that Il
live on appiause-a scant diet for a b
cry actor. We perfer the silent app
citation that comes through buying
goods we offer, and your criticism wi
you look at them and don't buy.
We never lose sight OF either.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
Aaron Burr's Fight Against Fate.

Aaron Burr was 60 years old when
he resolved once mole to battlo with
fortune. writes William PerrIpe Of
The Mysteries Of the Century, - in
the Ladies' Home journal. Going
quietly into New York, he opened an
Office for the practice of law, and in n
fortnight had earned $1,000 dollars ia
fees. But hardly had he written I'd b,s
daughter about his luck when There
came from South Carolina the news
that her beautiful boy, who had been
the idol of the ambitious statesman.
was dead. But there was in reserve for
Burr a still heavier blow. Toward The
close OF the year 1912 Theodosia Alston
mace preparations to visit her father
~ New YORK.. Passage was engaged ON
the. schooner, The Patriot, for Tbeo.
dosia, her physician and her maid, and
the lovely woman was radiunt with the
expectation of meeting her father within
the next live or six days. The Patriot
sailed from Charleston out into the
ocean In Christmas week, and NOT n
vestige OF her was ever aguin seen, and
IT IS surmised but nothing ia know MS
TO her fate that she foundered off the
coast OF Hatteras. Day after day, and
long after all hope had been abandoned.
there might be seen on the Battery nj
New York tho lonely and unhapny
father, peering far down the bay AZ II
he we're scanning the sea fol a sail Of
his agony Aaron Burr gave tho world
but little view; ha had schooled b,m.
self 10 the habit of never exhibiting his
emotions; but in one CT his letters be
declared that be felt as II he had been
severed from the human race. -
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
Rathhone Was n Dictator.

We publish elsewhere the full text Of
the grant of powers bestowed upon
Estes G. Rathbone, the political favorite
of Senator Mark Hanna, who was given
the appointment Of Director General OF
Posts Of the Island Of Cuba. 1t will be
seen that he was practically a dictator,
so far as the administration of the
postal affairs of the island we're con
cerned.
This extraordinary grant of powers
was pronounced by Senator Hale of
Maine, when the document was made
public in the United States Senate, last
week, as great as was ever given to a
Roman pro-consul. 1t will be seen
that it placed everything in his hands,
without check. lie could establish gen
oral offices and bureaus as he chose; es-
tablish local Offices and discontinue
them at will; appoint ali the employees
of the service; establish rules and regu
lations as he saw tit; enter into any
kind of postal contracts that he might
deem necessary; in fact, he was the
entire postoffice system of the island.
Such grant of powers would be
dangerous in the hands of the most
qualified and competent person; in the
hands of politician like Rathbone il
was simply disastrous. The result is
not at all surprising. That extrava-
gance, corruption and maladministra.
tion should have marked the official
career of Rathbone is but natural
sequence.
The administia must have been
blind to entrust such manor any
maD--with such unlimited powers But
Mark Hanna was under obligations to
Rathbone, who rendered him great aid
in his corruption campaign for Senator
from Ohio, and Mckinley IS under oh :
legations to Mark Hanna, and there you
are. Instead Of an honest, efficient adj
ministration of the postal affairs o.
| Cuba tho result is Of character which
makes Spanish rule in that island
brilliant by comparison.
The administration has covered itsel
with disgrace in thid matter. The only
reparation it can mako is to ppy to the
Cuban people the money that has. beer
stolen from them, and turn over Il
them the entirs government of theil
island, without delay.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24

The Street and Sewer Department
has adopted resolution imposing o
penalty upon those who scatter posters
or circulars about the streets of the
city, or upon the porches or in the yes-
tibules and yards of houses. This is a
step in the right direction, and will
tend TO rid the community of what has
heretofore been an unmitigated nui-
canoe. The resolution also makes the
penalty apply to those who carelessIy
scatter wasto paper about the streets,
All this is in the direction Of keeping
Wilningtcn's streets clean and tasty.
The department arranRes for the oollec.
tion of rubbish, and receptacles will be
placed on the streets into which waste
paper may be thrown. The people are
thus givon an opportunity of aiding tho
authorities in keeping the streets clean,
and those who impede, instead of as
slsting 10, this good work, will deserve
the penalty. Wilmington is one of the
handsoinest cities in tho country, and
: its people should take pleasure in doing
oil in their power to msintain this rep
uta.ioa- s-.-a
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
MEMORIAL DAY PLANS.
p. o. s. A. to PaIade--Posis viii Attend
Services Next sunday.

u
Services Next sunday.
The Memorial Day committee OF the
Grand Army of the Republic met Tues-
day Weird was received from the
Patriotic Order Sons OF America of its
intention TO take part in the parade.
Eden Lodge. /. D. o. f., is to have
nearly 200 men in line.
One thousand flags have hecn receiyod
and these win he placed on the graves
of veterans on Saturday. 1t is desired
10 decorate, every soldiers grave.
Flowers will be gladly received at the
post rooms, Third and Market streets.
No. SOD Market street or No. East
Ninth street.
Memorial services will be hold next
Sunday. Posts Nos. l, ., > and %, ano
the Sons of Veterans will attend Fran.
dyxine M. u. Church in the morning,
where the sermon will be preached by
the Rev. j. W. Easley. In tho after,
noon, at 2 o'clock, the annual memorial
service will be held Ia the Grand Opera
House. Department Commander vii
liam a. Reilly will preside, and at
dresses and eulogies will be made by
Moses Bullock, the Rev. j. w. Long
of Greenhill Presbyterian Church, ano
w. S. Lednum. Epworth choir OF 3
oices will sing several selections at tbs
service. In the evening the posts ami
Sons of Veterans will attend Delaware
Avenue Baptist Church to listen to al
address by the. Rev. John Shape.
The assignment of firing parties tt
the various cemeteries on the morning
Of Memorial Day is as follows:
Gen. Thomas A. Smyth Post, No. j
Henry Iost, commander, to Asbur.
cemetery, Old Swedes cemetery, River
view cemetery, and to fire salute owe
Gen. Smyth's grave in Wilmington ant
Brandywine cemetery.
Admiral S. f, du Pont Post, No. 2
j. u. Rogers, commander, will leav,
post rooms at o'clock in hacks to tn,
dn Popt cemetery, and returning from
there will stop at st. Jeseph's GENE
terry, Greenhill cemetery and Mt. Salen
Cemetery.
Charles Sumner Post, No. 4, Georg
p. Phillips, commander, will visit al
the cemeteries containing deceased col
ored soldiers in Wilmington ant
vicinity.
Gen. Grant Post, No. l3, L. c
Grubb, commander, to Cathedral GENE
terry.
Phil Sheridan Post, No. 90. @. A. W
Frishmuth, commander, TO Wilmington
aud Brandywine cemetery and VI,
Cathedral cemetery.
Henry Yost, commander OF Smytl
Post, In his orders for Memorial Day
invites all soldiers Of the Spanish
American War to participate.
Cant MatlaclS. c,n,mandino tha Wi
mington detachment Of the First Della
ware Infantry, last evening, issue,
orders for the participation of the vii
mington companies in the Memoria
Day parade. Go. H of New Castle, ais
may parade with the local companies
Under Capt. Matlack's orders Cos. A
c, f and X arc TO report at the armor
at p. M, Memorial Day.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
Drawers

9 Csc. Muslin; trimmed with cambria ruff
file, edged with lace; cluster of pleats
above.
S5c. Muslin; deep ruffie trimmed with
embroidery.
Csc. Cambria: ruffle trimmed with threa
rows of hemstitching and pleats.
Soc. Cambria; trimmed with neat EN-.
broidery and pleats.
81. Cambria; lawn ruffie edged with
lara
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
BRTDGEPILLE.

Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal.
Bridgeville, May 23.-Mrs. Addie
Wiley, wife of p. Harry Wiley. died
in Philadelphia hospital Saturday.
Her funeral took place here Monday.
George W. hallowell, formerly of
Bridgeville, died at Cambridge, Md,
Saturday.
The straw berry season begins this
week. Already, 200 or 800 berry pickers
have arrived. A week hence, the popu-
lation of this neighboi hood Will be IN.
creased at least 1000. The piclsers
mostly come from Virginia, MARYLAND
and Pennsylvania and represent almost
every nationality. The great influx of
people will add considerably to the
work OF tho CENSUS enumerators.
kontucky, q vauable horse owned by
II. 2. Cannon, broke leg Sunday, and
had TIC be killed.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24

In single year the Protestant
Churches Of tile world have expended
about $40, COO, 600 under the super in.
tendence of LEGO missionaries on the
field, aside from the staff of secretaries
and others at home. The results secured
by this money appear to be out of all
proportion to the efforts put forth. Ii
rs no slight thing to gather million
and half of communicates ont Of the
communities of India, Africa, Japan,
China and other lands; to organize
and conduct several thousand schools
of every grade; to establish hospitals
and dispensaries in lands where medi-
cine has been identified with the
crudest superstitions; and to be the
medium of distribution of large sums
of money and to conduct relief works
for those who are stricken with famine
and pestilence. -Harper's Weekly.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24

When the report of the county audi
tors Is Printed in book form, 1t will
contain, in detail. all the warrants
allowed by the Levy Courtsfo, the pay
ment of Ellis during the year 1899.
Ordinarily these warrants would prove
very dull reading, hut there is SO much
suspicion attached to them, and to the
manner in which they were allowed,
that they are likely to prove the most
interesting sort OF matter to the tax
payers of New Castle county. Judge
Spruanoe has ordered that 200 copies
OF the report be printed. and this num-
Der will he sufficient to place the book
in the hands of representative and
responsible citizens in all parts of the
county. We have no doubt that they
will read it thoroughly, and with keen
analysis.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24

The women scored signal victory
in the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, at Chi
cago, Tuesday, by the adoption Of an
amendment to the constitution pro.
viding for their admittRnce 10 the
general and lay conferences Of the
church. They have long while to
wait for the formal opening of the
doors, however, as it will take several
years for the annual and lay con-
ferences to pass upon the amendment,
and there is a possibility that it may
be rejected, instead of ratified. How
ever, the first battle has resulted in a
victory for the women, and they may
continue the fight with renewed en-
couragement.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
A.. Il. M. p, CONFERENCE.
Amendments Announced mt the oios'nt
Session.

-
Appointments Announced at tho Closing
Session.
The closing session Of tho a. U. ~;
p. Conference was held Tuesday nignt
when tho following appointments iof
the ensuing year we're announced.
A, u. Church, French street apo'e
Eighth, Wilmington, George Brown.
Peter Spencer Station and Mission,
Wilmington, Robert L. Freeman.
ST. James, Church, East winning
ton, George W. Murray.
st. Petor's Station, and Guyencouft'
Wost Wilmington, 5. L. Nichols.
st. Paul's Church, South Whining
ton. NJ. 3. Hendley.
Star OF Bethlehem, Newport, DOL,
| L. G. Bostiu.
st, Matthew'S Church, West Phila-
delphis. Alexander Woodlands.
ST. Johns Church, Chester, Pa,
Thomas II. Skinner. :.
st, Thomas and st. Johns Circuit,
Glasgow and Newark, G. II. Walker.
Broadway a. U. Church, Camden,
N. j., Il. II. Potts.
Chippey Chapel, Hockessin, Robert
Salisbury
Ehenezer Church, Norristown, Pa.
L. Ii. Bantum.
Mt. Salem Church, Cedar Giove,
| N. j., Jonathan Jackson.
Now Jerusalem Church. Claysville,
Friendship Church, Kennett Square,
Pa. +. J. Lee.
Sit. Plymouth Church, Viola, Kent
county, Del, A. b. Selvey.
| (fh,,ah (toahan v :
Alonzo Jason.
John Wesley Church, Rutherford,
N. j., W. W. Gales.
st. Paul's Church, Passaio, N. j.,
George l.. Blake.
Scott Church, Locust street, Phila.
delphia, j. j. lIowell.
st. Joseph's Mission, Mt Pleasant,
DEL, Francis Handy.
A. q. Church, Laston, Pa, l. b.
Cooper.
a. U. NJ. p. Church, Merchaptville,
N. j.. James X. johnson.
Hosanna Church, Lincoln University,
s. \. Guam.
Marshallton A. U. NJ. p. Church, N.
j., j. A. Matteo.
Chiselhurst and McKoe City, N. j.,
NJ. r. Slaughter.
HURLEY Church, New York, W. L.
DesheiIds.
| Wickam A. U. M. P. Church, Port
Jervis, N. Y, G. N. Sheppy.
| A. U. NJ. p. Mission, Snyder avenue,
pat"rsan and craar MoM,,,;n v.,,or
N J.. Seo,pe " Swann "''''
w..5.;das ". n Smaun, ,,;.u, ~
| 6 Rail "'' O'''""'' ''ss'op' "
- 9. ,h,,, IT N n r,..
Chatham Sannda ont,ri, oa'i' a
Sainun u"'a' ontaiio' a. D.
EmanusI cbr,cb amb,or u,
Thnmas - cntt on' Anpier' ia
Nav Castle Gonntv Mission w,l,i,u
II T Tm,s Sa'''e eo'h'y m'sSion' "iiiiah
Nav Ern,sv;clx Mission r. A,
doraon - "D'"''N '"'s''op' d. y. an
Burlinoton Mission A,dror, T,;o,o
| htlnntio n T;tn ss,Jn, nnuieW , Ar's'e'
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
HELD WITHOUT BAIL,

Georgetown, May 90. Everett Der
rickson, Gilbert Dawson and Harry
Goodwin, who were arrested at Berlin,
Md, last night by order OF Attorney
General White on the charge of
feloEiously assaulting Miss Marcella
j. Tyre of Baltimore hundred, waived
hearing yesterday before Magistrate
Purnell and were held without bail for
the next term OF court.
They will have to spend five nor this
in jail before facing Jury. The young
mon seemed greatly concerned over the
serious charge, hut stuck 10 their
original statement that they had not
assaulted Miss Tyre.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24

An item in the Kansas City Times,
noticing the passage through that city
of some soldiers returned from tho
Philippines, quotes the commanding
officer, Captain Yeatman, MS saying
"Somehow, it's strange, you know,
those fellows believe they have right
to their own homes, and | believe they
will keep up the fight" One of the
rrivates asserted: Wherever the SOL
diers arc the country is quiet, but
everywhere else they are in arms, and
the country won't be pacfied until the
Triggers are all killed of, like the
American Indians. I" This is ezpert
testimony,b Ut it is in accord with the
great mass of testimony furnished by
our soldiers in the. Philippines The
war is one of aggression, Of .'nigser
killing, of Strengthening people who
"beieye they have right to their own
homes. " ls 1t not about time for this
great country to admit that these brave
people have "a right ito theii owr
homes?'
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
2OO-MILE pigeon FLY.

Good Time Made by the Birds of the VIII
mington District of the N. A. of A. II. p. II.
The birds of the Wilmington dis.
tr!ct, Of the N. A. of A. ii. p. +.
were shipped last Friday to Charlottes.
vile, Va, a distance of 200 miles, and
liberated, in a northwest wind, at o. is
a. m. The following are the first
arrivals at each loft:
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
Corset Covers

TIC. Cambria; high round neck trims.
with neat embroidery; pearl buttons. onlj
three to one customer.
isc. Cambria; felled seams: drawinl
string at waist.
25c. Four styles: made OF cambria. VAR
ously trimmed with lace and embroidery
pearl buttons.
s5c. Corset cover Of cambria: low NECK
neck and armholes trimmed with en-
broidery; drawing string at waist.
Soc. Cambria; v shaped neck trimm,
with embroidery and hemstitching.