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Evening journal., 1900-07-18

the contract for stringing the electric
wire on the new New Castle and Della
ware City railway. is in this city.
Miss Lille Robinson, OF Marshall
avenue. Glenolden. is visiting Mrs. ii.
e. Baylis, in Washington street.
Colonel Grantley P. Postles has re-
turned from Atlantic City.
Mrs. Mary. Pennock and Mrs. Parker
Jefferis are spending the Summer in
Erie. Pa.
Miss Margaret Murphin has return
ed from Willow Grove, N. ].
Miss Nellie G. Haughey is spending
ten weeks in Cape May.
Mrs. William Burchinal and children
are in Hillsboro. Md.
Mr. and Mrs S. Thomas Kemp are
spenthng a month in fredericksburg, Md.
Clifford Young went to Leipsic, Del.
to-day. where he will spend a vacation
of three weeks.
Mrs. John f. Clark and son, Francis,
and Mrs Anthony Deverell will leave
tomorrow for Seaford and RehOboth,
where they will spend three weeks with
friends.
Miss Helen Murphy, Miss Eleanor
Shaw, Robert Willis, Claude Talley and
Frank Tindall are ON a weeks visit to
Cape May.
Frank McCafferty was the guest OF
New Castle friends last night.
William c. Clayton was entertained
by Holly Oak friends on Sunday.
j. Ernest Smith went to Atlantic
City this morning for several days.
Enos L. DOan left yesterday for a
two months vacation, which he will
spend in the Adirondack Mountains,
New York.
f. William Wagner. of Brooklyn, n.
Y. who has been the guest of relatives
in the city for a week, returned home
this morning.
John E. Chapman, OF Laurel, was in
Wilmington yesterday.
Robert T. Stuart. the bookbinder,
sailed on Saturday for a six weeks trip
to London and other points in Eng
land.
Mr. and Mrs. d. S. Purnell, Of
Georgetown, were in the city yesterday.
B. II. Downward has returned from
a three weeks trip in West Virginia.
Miss Katherine Nicholaski and Alexis
Darepka were married in st. Hedwig's
Polish Church yesterday. A reception
followed at No. 230 East Liberty
street.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18

Following the acceptance Of the hos
pital ship Maine by the British govern
ment for use in China, Mr.. and Mrs
Blow entertained the committee al
luncheon in London last week. Cable
advices inform us that the tables were
arranged to represent a large red cross
symbolical of the humane work OF
those who originally fitted out the ship
for service in South Africa. That ar
rangement was emlnently fitting, but
when the additional statement is made
that each guest had a figure OF a
Chinaman with a halter around his
neck as reminder Of the object of the
expedition on which the Maine is now
Starting" it fills one with disgust To
begin with, figures representing China
men who have suffered capital punish
ment for crime are scarcely appropri-
ate for a luncheon, and, again, the hos
pital ship Maine is being sent TO China
to save human life not to destroy 1t by
hanging or otherwise.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18

CALIFORNIA GIRL
Pretty Affair in Edge Moor
Last Night
Quiet Home Wedding of Miss
Gertrude Bullen to Mr.. Os-
borne, Of Chester

All communications intended for inser-
ton In this column should be addressed
TO Society Editor, care of the Evening
Journal Communications should be
written on one side Of the paper only.
Misses Reba and Mary Hoffecker gave
delightful reception at their home in
Edge Moor last night The guest OF
honor was Miss Pearle Lettellier, OF
Los Angeles, Cal, who is visiting Miss
Mervine Bloomsbury, in this city.
The Wilmington guests left French
street station at 6.59 o'clock. and upon
arriving in Edge Moor, tennis, croquet
and rope and clothespin contest were
INDUCED in. Later on the grounds
were prettily decorated with Japanese
lanterns. In the contest the first prize
was won by Miss Mervine Bloomsbury;
second by A. f. Pyle; third by Robert
Glover, and fourth by Miss Nellie
Crow.
In the party were Miss Pearle Let
TELLER, Of Los Angeles, Cal, Miss Reba
and Mary Hoffcker, of Edge Moor; Miss
Nellie Crow, Miss Mervine Blooms
burg, Miss Roberts, Miss Fannie Por-
ter, Miss Virginia Roberts, Miss Irena
Bailey, George Bailey, Robert Glover
Horsey Brown, George Collins, Mat
thew Elliott, Horace Crow and A. f.
Pyle, OF Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
Mr.. ASIoRls IRnuRLEs

William Waldorf Astor is in disre-
pute with the smart set in London.
Even the Prince OF Wales has taken up
eudgels against him. The trouble is
just here: Mr.. Astor invited the Earl
and Countess OF Oxford to a concert
which he was to siVe at Cliveden. As
the Earl OF Orford was unable 20 20.
the countess invited Sir Berkeley Milne
TO use his invitation and accompany
her. Sir Berkeley foolishly accepted
this secondhand invitation and went
Mr.. Astor resented the act and ordered
Sir Berkeley away from his place and
declared that he would publish the cir
cumstance in his paper, the Pail Nal
Gazette. Sir Berkeley wrote to Mr.. As
tor a letter Of explanation and apolog,
and begged him, for the sake Of th
Countess Of Orford. not to make publ
mention of the incident. In spite @
this appeal. Mr.. Astor made the publ
cation. The Prince OF Wales has dc
clared Mr.. Ast0r totally in the wronl
Military and naval officers treat the a,
as an insult 20 their profession an
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
THE EVENING JOURNAI. WEDNESDAY. july Is. 1900.

at Savannah he told them among other
things, that two of the negroes great
est needs are tooth brush and a bath
tub; that is, that when he gets to the
point Of personal cleanliness he will
have made a great advance toward
a higher standard of living. But this
IS need that is not peculiar to the
black man. The tooth brush and the
Dathtub are symbols Of civilization,
marks Of individual and social advance
ment that are of universal application.
In some sections of the South they are
as much needed by the poor whites
as by the negroes and their adoption
there would be equally a sign Of hope
ful progress.
II might be a subject of debate how
Tar the tooth brush is an aid to civili-
zation, or only the result; whether il
would ciYilize a man to give him a daily
bath or whether the bath is not simply
the evidence that he is civilized. But
their indissoluble connection is clear.
and Mr. Washington's point, as we take
IL, is simply that no people or class
can gain the respect of the world and
the right to place in the worlds con-
sideration till they learn to respect
themselves and keep their bodies clean
and their habits decent. immortality.
Incidence and uncleanliness" he names
as the great foes against which the peo-
pie he addresses have to strive
While this was spoken to the poor
blacks crowded into a Southern town.
II has an interest for every community.
If we go through the humber sections
or Philadelphia we shall find that the
moral and material well being of the
people is pretty exactly measured by
their cleanliness, or the reverse, and
that poverty and crime diminish with
the dominance Of the bathtub. To en-
courage and promote bathing is there
fore true missionary enterprise and
a proper object of municipal care.
There are more bathtubs in Philadel-
phia than in any other city in the
world, but there are many thousands
OF people who have none, and they
are our dangerous classes. Give a man
or a child the desire for a tooth brush
and a bathtub, and the means 10 at
tain the desire, and you have lifted him
a long way upward from the hopeless
degradation he was in before.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
Social and Personal Notes

]. Reese Bailey and family will go to
Georgetown next week on vacation
Assistant City Solicitor Medford H.
CahOon has returned from weeks
outing, embracing Cape May, Cape May
Point, Delmar, Lewes and Chinco-
league Island.
Sylvester ID. Townsend. Sr., of Ocean
Grove, is visiting Horce G. Vernon OF
Mount Cuba.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Robb are spend
ing the Summer at Highfeld in Chris
tiana hundred.
Miss Mary Green, Of Newport, is en-
tertaining Miss Blanche Carton of Lin
coin, Neb.
Mrs. II. Z. Baylis. OF Washington
street. has returned from an eXtende'
visit to her parents. in Chester.
Leihouser Gill. of the firm of Gill 4
Company, of Philadelphia, which ha
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
MAJOR DICKS RETIREMENT

Major Charles Dick, secretary OF the
Republican National Committee, has
been elected chairman OF the Executive
Committee Of the Republican State
Central Committee. OF Ohio. This has
led to his retirement from the secre-
taryship OF the Republican National
Executive Committee. and Perry S.
Heath has been elected TO succeed him.
Various stories are afloat about the
causes which led TO his retirement
from the National Executive Commit
tee, but none OF them is verified.
Like many other men in public life,
Major Dick has made some bitter ene-
mics, both on and of the committee,
but whether they are responsible for
his relegation to the conduct of a state
campaign is not stated in the dis
patches which come from Washington
and Ohio.
Major Dick is known personally or
by name TO nearly all Delawareans.
Several years ago he evinced a friendly
and active interest in the political for
tunes Of ]. Edward Addicks. and since
that time has been regarded as the
chief friend and advocate Of Addicks
on the National Committee. At the St.
Louis Convention four years ago he
worked assiduously to obtain seats for
the Addicks delegates, but was defeat
ed. Afterwards he exerted his influ-
ence for Addicks in the matter of
campaign literature and speakers and
Federal patronage Although his ef-
forts we're unavailing. he continued his
friendship for the gasman. Two Years
ago, while the Delaware Legislature
was in session. he went to Philadelphia
and had a conference with Republican
members and advised them to vote for
Addicks for United States senator.
They refused and the conference termi-
mated.
At the Philadelphia Convention both
he and his law partner. Mr. Bryan. did
all they could to advance the Addicks
interest. Major Dick had himself ap-
pointed secretary OF the Committee on
Credentials which tried and determined
the Delaware case, and his partner, Mr..
Bryan, lobbied increasingly among the
delegates to obtain recognition for the
Addicks delegation.
These actions have made him we'll
known in Delaware. The Addioksites
hold him in friendly esteem for services
rendered in their behalf The Republl-
cans remember him most for what he
has done against them.
But the Delaware case had nothing II
particular 20 do with his leaving th,
National Committee. There must hav,
been some weightier reason.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
34th Annual Encampment C. a. II

3Ith Annual Encampment G. a. II.
Chicago. August 20 TO Sept. f---Bal-
timore & Ohio Railroad. Battlefield
Route
For the Annual Encampment G. A.
r., at Chicago. August 27 to Septem-
ber 1. the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
will sell tickets from all points on its
lines East of the Ohio river at the very
low rate of One Fare for the Round
Trip. Tickets good going on all trains
of August %, 90 and o. good to return
until August 81. inclusive, except if
tickets are deposited with Joint Agent
on or before noon of September and
payment of fee OF so cents. tickets may
be extended for return to September 80,
inclusive.
Call on agent Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road for Routes and Rates. and folder
containing full and elaborte informa-
tion concerning the Importance OF the
/ b. & o. during the civil war, Battlefield
Map. Programme at Chicago, etc.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18

That Addicksism is losing ground
steadily in the rural districts of the
state is becoming more manifest every
day. The process Of disintegration is
quiet, and all the more effective because
of its undemonstrative character The
feeling that the personal ambitions of
Mr.. Addicks must give way to true Re-
publican principles is permeating the
Gasman's following and producing re-
suits which are astonishing and exas-
perating to the Addieks leaders.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18

AS rapidly as possible the trustees of
Delaware Hospital are bringing the in
stitution abreast of the times One of
the most important steps taken in re-
cent years is the authorization of the
construction of an additional building
to cost $4,000, and the spending of
$4,000 for heating and other improve
ments. The hospital is doing a great
work of mercy in the community, and
its benefactions are recognized by
everyone.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
VISITORS TO BAY VIEW
Wilmingtonians Enjoy the Hos
pitality of That Town
Special to the Evening Journal.

Bay View, Md, July 16.-Andrew
Crothers, Of Philadelphia, is visiting
his father, Jonathan l.. CrOthers.
Mrs. Ross Crothers and children, of
Chester, Pa, are visiting the family of
Jonathan l.. CrOthers.
Miss Lizzie Mackey, of Chester Pa,
was the guest of her mother, Mrs. T.
II. Vanfelt, last week.
Harry A. Brown, who has been visit
ing in Wilmington. has returned home
after a months visit.
Mrs. NJ. S. Brown, who has been Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs. n V. Cham
bers, of Wilmington, has returned to
her home.
Miss Edna Field, of Wilmington, is
visiting friends here.
Mrs. Mary Kimbel, of Chrome, Pa.
and Miss Lydia Johnson, of Whining
ton, are visiting the family Of William
Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Wivel was the
guest of Newark friends on Sunday.
The Rev. e. N. Scott, of Melvale, Bal
timore county. Nd, is holding services
at A. NJ. p. camp at Gilpin's Falls.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
GOLD DEMOCRATS ACTIVE

Gold Democrats OF four states who
believe that a third presidential ticket
should be put in the field, have issued a
call for a conference i'm New York on
the subject II is as follows
The alternative Of voting for McKin-
ley or Bryan confronts many thousands
of thoughtful citizens who are opposed
TO both candidates. The voter who
cannot bring himself to endorse either
the imperialist policy of the Mckinley
administration, or the financial illu-
sions OF the Kansas City candidate, will
find himself practically forced from the
polls on election day, unless some or
ganized effort is made to enable him
to express his political convictions.
We invite you. therefore, to meet at
the Plaza Hotel on Wednesday. July 1S
at o'clock p. m, to devise the best
method of placing in nomination a
third ticket forpresident and vice-presi-
dent upon a platform denounclng and
combating the fallacious and unconsti-
tutional creeds OF both OF the old
parties.
One OF the signers, Paul Fuller, q
prominent citizen OF New York, makes
this explanation OF the movement:
Shall the citizen who recognizes tn,
\ perils OF imperialism and protection
\ and who is not insensible to the dan
\ gers OF a debased currency, and OF tha'
demagogy which would fetter thos'
who have and give all power to thos'
who desire IL, be allowed no alternative
but to lend his vote TO enthrone one o.
the other Of these tyrannies7
Shall he be condemned to weigh II
! nice balances the respective tenors o
these pernicious policies and give aid 3
the one, that the other may be post
, pOned? Why shall not the citizen s
, eircumstanced record his opposition
! and his protest against both plaques?
The adoption Of the Democrat
o name by these usurpers. and the Pre-
r claiming OF one OF its prlnciples-tha
n all government rests in the consent {
a the governed-cannot disguise them.
there is no protest raised by tru
{ Democrats against this usurpation b
the Populistic element in control
Kansas City the Democracy will Just
be burdened with the sins OF both KaI
E. sas City and Chicago, and deserve
/, pass into dissolution.
The extent of such calamity
" presence Of the progressive centraliz
Is tion for which the Republican par
III avowedly stands cannot readily
rt measured.
As Here we have It. The Questi,
%. which confronts these people
ne whether Mckinley and expansion
nv Bryan and Free Silver constitute I
ed greater public danger Deep down
NJ their hearts they know exactly wh
"a they intend to do at this election.
"A a Sound Money Democratic ticket
a. put in the field they will vote it, a
-, every vote will count one on [
- Bryan total. But IL Sound Nor
- ticket is not put in the field, they v
'sy vote for Mckinley, and every vote v
'ne count one OF Bryan and one on \
'iio Kinley or in other words. be dou
OF effective. That the Bryan men will
Dill deavor to inject their influence h
de- this conference and prevail upon
'ng participants to abandon the N
act ticket movement goes without sayi
and They are hoping against hope that
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
GAVE A PLEASANT SOCIAL
Pretty Affair at the Home ofMiss
Helen Wright, in'Bridgeville

Special to the Evening Journal
Bridgeville, July 1s.-Mrs. Stella
Rawlins, Of Philadelphia, is visiting
relatives here.
Miss Rose Musgrove, Of Philadelphia
is sojourning here.
A delightful social was held at the
residence Of Miss Helen Wright last
evening. Among those present were:
Misses May Graef, Mary Rust, Anna
Rust. Margaret Richards. Lydia Mar.
tin, Helen Wright Molhe Harrie and
Annie Harrie. Messrs. Roland Elliott
Walter Parrctt, Carl Graef, Edward
Elliott, William Stewart, Fred Harrie
William d. Short and Ernest Wright.
j. r. Suller has returned from g
weeks sojourn in Rehoboth.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18

The Sunday Star talks like a tea
kettle. The Board OF Education is a
political body. II is part and parcel Of
the political machinery of our city. II
is Overwhelmingly Republican, and
that is all there is about it. The
Evening Journal has no apologies to
make for plain statement Of fact on
its part, and a display Of ignorance on
the part Of the Sunday Star.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18

have written a letter to Mr. Astor de
claring that he has treated Sir Berke
ley contrary to the usages of polite so
ciety and suggesting that he make an
apology. To this Mr.. Astor has re-
piled that he will recognize the inter
vention OF no club or anybody, the
matter being purely personal. He in
Inmates that he would rather be sued
than apologize. The friends OF the
Countess of Orford are up in arms be-
cause Of the affront TO her. The Duke
Of York has told his royal mamma
about It. and the Earl OF Hardwick has
expressed himself in the following Ian
guage:
1t is a gross violation OF the etiquette
and responsible traditions hitherto gov
erning the British press. If the owners
Of newspapers were to initiate Mr.. As
tor by using their property to insult the
individual with whom they have quar-
relied and advertise their own want Of
breeding and hospitality, our journals
would sink to the level OF the organs OF
the boulevards. We only regret that
this gallant officer so far forgot his
dignity as to accept a secondhand in
vitation TO the house OF O purse proud
American. whose dollars could not save
him from the contempt OF his country
men. II Mr.. Astor wishes his enter
tainments exclusive his desire is likely
to be gratified in the future beyond his
expectations.
Meanwhile Mr.. Astor has gone TO
Marienbad TO give the storm of un-
popularity an opportunity to blow over.
AS Mr. Astor left America and be-
came an Englishman to enable him to
move in the highest and most exclusive
circles in England. 1t is apparent that,
by one rash and illy-considered act, he
has brought himself into disfavor thatl
may be lasting. For him the bad fea-
ture Of 1t is that the military and navy
clubs are entrenched so deeply in the
social fabric that, If they take up Sir
Berkeley's insult in earnest, they have
power sufficient to shut the social
doors Of England against Mr.. Astor,
despite his millions and the lavishness
OF his social entertainments.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18

That the Democratic managers in
Delaware are afraid of the Free Silver
issue which their national convention
has forced to the front once mere is
made evident by their strenuous efforts
to relegate it to the rear and bring i'm
perialism to the front. One issue is as
weak as the other, but the Republican
party does not intend to let the people
forget that one Of the chief promises
made by the Kansas City Convention at
the demand of William Jennings Bryan
was to flood the country with fiat mon
ey at the earliest opportunity. Is the
Democratic party ashamed Of its own
child?
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
ANTHRACITE MINERS
CALL A CONVENTION

indianapolis, July 1S.-John Mitchell,
president Of the United Mine Workers.
yesterday issued a call for a conven-
ton of the anthracite miners at Halle
ton, Pa. Aug. 10. The purpose of the
convention is to devise means by
which a joint conference of operators
and miners may be held, also to ar
range for a readjustment of the price
OF mining and scale of wages now be-
ing paid by the anthracite operators.
This call is the first direct move of the
national organization against the an
thracite operators.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18

The murder Of Captain Oliver NJ.
Caulk. Of St. Michael's, Md. by Robert
T. Wyatt was one of the most brutal
crimes in the annals OF the Eastern
Shore. Wyatt was convicted and sen
tenced to be hanged. and a movement is
on foot TO induce Governor Smith to
commute his sentence to Imprisonment
for life on the ground that the con.
demned man is insane. Such pleas tC
save murderers are so common nova
days that it will be well for Governoi
Smith to give this matter his mos
earnest and careful attention befor,
reaching a decision.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18

Decent citizens of Delaware cannot
be patronized by Willard Salisbury.
Jr, or any other man of his political
school. He should have more sense
than to try to be condescending to
men who are in every way his betters.
It is a pity that the Democratic party
has sunk to such a low levd that its
chief exponents are Salisbury, Kenney,
Handy and Gray. There was a time
not many years ago when it had a
leadership more worthy of public re-
spect.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Civilization and the Bathtub
m the Philadelphia Times.

Y VIIT IIII T IIIIII'IITI TEIIf' E171E777
No one has given the negroes Of the
South more sound advice and perhaps
no one has done so much to help them
turn this advice to practical account as
Booker T. Washington. He has no SEN
timental illusions about his race and he
understands their faults and limita-
tions as we'll as their disadvantages
and wrongs, but he believes in theiI
capacity to become decent, Industrious
self-respecting men and women, and al
his teaching and effort is addressed tC
that end alone.
In an address to a meeting of negroes
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
MEEKER FOUND HIMSELF
In AN INSANE ASYLUM

Phoenix, .Ariz., July 1S. - John
Meeker, who disappeared from here
four years ago and who owned con-
siderable land at that time, has been
heard from in Arkansas. At the time
OF his disappearance blood was found
In his room, and his wife was suspect
ed of the murder. Proof was not suf-
ficient, but she lost the property to
eastern heirs. after a bitter fight.
Meeker says he was suffering from
sunstroke when he left home and
knew nothing until a few months ago
when he found himself in a California
insane asylum.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18

tween now and election day something
viii intervene to induce the Gold
Democrats to accept the work Of the
Kansas City Convention, and they
know that if a Sound Money ticket is
put in the field it will give those men
who are between the lines something
to cling to. and an agreeable method
of voicing their detestation of Democ-
racy's surrender to Populism.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18

"Addicks for governor! New Castle
county Republicans urge him to con-
sent. Want the national committee
man to allow the use OF his name for
the gubernatorial nomination. He has
not expressed himself" That's good.
Let him try 1t, and see how many
days 1t will take his henchmen TO dig
him out.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
OSBORNE -BULLEN
Quiet Wedding at the Home of
Brides Sister Tn-dav

Miss L. Gertrude Bullen. of this city,
and Harris Burnett Osborne, of Chester.
we're quietly married at 8 O'Clock this
morning, by the Rev. ]. D. c. Hanna.
Immediately after the wedding break
fast served at the home of the brides
sister, Mrs. n. ID. Kautner, the couple
left for the mountains. After their re-
turn they will reside in Chester.