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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Porto Rico's expectation Of coffee Is
larger in volume than that Of any OF
the other native products Of the island,
and according to Gen. Roy Stone much
Of the coffee Is sold MS genuine Mocha
and Java. The average Porto Rican
agriculturist, whatever his depriva-
lions otherwise, is usually the posses
sor Of coffee-patch, which he cult.
Yates and from which he secures a suf.
iciency of the berry to supply the
needs Of his family. He bakes the Der.
rics till black, and pounds them into
powder in mortar. The beverage re.
yulting therefrom has the color of ink
and the consistence of broth. Since the
close of the war some Of the natives
have learned to prepare coffee for
drinking purposes after the American
fashion; but most Of them practice the
ways Of their fathers.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

There Is a fiction that above the land
ing place ut st. Helena is written the
words Of Dante's vision, "All nope
abandon, We who enter here" 1t Is not
quite SO bad US that, but 1t Is bad
enough.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26
bandit Fired Into u Crowd.

Eagle Pass, Tex, April 24.-News
has reached here of the killing of Jor.
dan L. Cook, at Acatlan, Mex. Cook
was in charge OF a railroad construc.
ton gang. He was standing in group
of half dozen men when bandit
rode up and fired several shots into the
crowd, killing young Cook. His
father, who is ex.sheriff OF Maverick
county, Texas, has taken the matter up
with the Mexican authorities.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

A young lover in New Orleans pald
800 to hear his sweetheart sing to him
from Philadelphia over telephone
wire. At all events, he made his money
20 a long way.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Of the "priest's" letters quite seriously
and a Western man Of prominence Is
reported to be on the point Of claim.
Ing II LEGACY" left him by hitherto
unheard-Of Spanish relative. The
fools are still a numerous branch Of
the human family.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26
Dose Was Too Strong.

Lewiston. Idaho, April 23.-Mrs.
David Watson. an aged lady residing
six miles east of Lewiston, died ut 10
O'Clock tonight. Yesterday afternoon
she drank half bottle Of cherry pee
toral. and soon collapsed into an un-
conscious state. from which she never
recovered.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26
Many Cases of worthless Checks

Chicago, April 24.-The police say
they have Is cases against G. o. Charl.
ston. under arrest on tho charge Of get.
ting money from various persons on
worthless checks. He is said to be q
former member of the Nebraska legis.
laturo.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26
Norway buying war Supplies.

Stockholm. April 2l.-The riksdag
has voted 100000 kroner for ammu-
milton and rifles, $4,000, 200 for new
field artillery, $4,000 for volunteer
rifle associations, and has agreed to in
crease the new naval construction esti~
mates for 1901 to l,725, 900 kroner.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

The Dowager Empress persists IN be-
ang reactionary for all she must know
that so long as China wears the queue
It will hang behind.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Nineteen hundred is year that can
b. divided by 4, but nevertheless mocks
the fond longings Of many an eager
&pinster.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

rews Of non-paying holders in a Ra-
cine church were nailed up. 1t would
be much better If the trustees had at
the proper time nailed the pew-holders
down.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26
DAMAGE BY FOREST FIRES
Much Timber Destroyed and Probably
Lives Lost.

Much Timber Destroyed and Probably
Lives Lost.
Winnipeg, Man., April 24.-Exag.
gerated reports OF heavy loss of life by
forest fires in the southeastern portion
of the province are denied. A special
train from the scene OF the conflagra.
ton today brings news that much val
liable wood and timber has been de-
stroyed, but there has been no loss OF
life. Another story says:
''Fires along the southeastern region
are still raging. The entrapped spe.
cial train succeeded in breaking through
the flames, and arrived this morning.
brought III with it were several strag.
gle,s, found in desperate condition
near Vassar. These fugitives lost
everything. All tell thrilling stories
of escape from death.
''Besides immense quantities of lum.
her and wood, two large numbering out.
fits are known to be burned. The driv.
ers and bushmen have scattered III all
directions, and out OF 200 only about
80 are known to have reached place
OF safety. The fatalities will not be
known until the contractors can call
the roll of their men. The total loss
is estimated at 81 900, 00O."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

New York, April 2S.-Miss Mary
z. Dinse, OF this city, jumped form the
Brooklyn bridge at 2 O'Clock this after.
noon without serious injuries.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Detroit, April 24.-Charles G.
Fleischmann, sec, etary of the Trust
Security & Safe Deposit Company, Of
this city, hanged himself in = bar" to-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26
Not Afraid of English Law.

Chicago, April 24.-Earl Russell.
whose recent divorce in Nevada from
the Countess Russell, and marriage I'M.
mediately afterwards to Mrs. Mollie
Cook, arrived in Chicago today, &C.
companied by his bride. The earl
says he will leave in a few days for
London, regardless of the theories OF
some English lawyers that his divorce
is not valid there.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Discussing the ACCESSIBILITY of short
engagements recalls that the summer
girl brought them into vogue seasons
ago.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Mrs. James G. Blaine is collecting
her husbands letters for publication in
biography.
Workingmen in California are he.
coming alarmed at the steadily in.
creasing number OF Japanese immi.
grants.
The Pennsylvania supreme court has
held that u company incorporated in
another state and not registered in
Pennsylvania cannot recover in an
action at law.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Europe's coal famine Is feast for
mine owners.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

The report of the death of Osman
Pasha, like that Of Mark Twain. seems
to have been greatly exaggerated.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

The evil that men do lives after them.
but the ones who preach the funeral
sermons are careful not to mention IT..
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

There are 6, 100000 volumes in the H.
braries Of American cOlleges-and the
freshman generally knows 1t all.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

1t Is wrong to judge by appearances
when the gun doesn't seem to be load
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

ABERDEEN WASH.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-04-26

Former Secretary Of the Interior
Hoke Smith has sold his Atlanta, Ga,
Journal to u Boston syndicate.
Germany and Russia are said to have
reached al agreement as to railway
concessions, practically dividing Asia
Minor between them.
Cyril Arthur Pearson. principal
owner. manager and editor OF Pearson
magazine and many other journals.
intends shortly to launch London
daily newspaper modelled on American
lines.
The sun., 1900-09-04
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

Evangelist William X. Galloway is
conducting series of revival meetings
in Epworth Church.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Womans' Foreign Missionary Society Of
st. pauls NJ. Il. Church will be held
in the church at 2.S0 o'clock this after
noon.
The Sisters of st. Francis will open
a day school in connection with St.
Joseph's colored orphanage at Eleventh
and Walnut streets on September 10.
A novel electrical display will be given
at Brandywine Springs sometime before
the close of the season.
American Lodge, A. o. U. W., will
celebrate its fourth anniversary on Fri
day evening.
Another consignment of trolley cars
for Cuba was shipped from the Jackson
and Sharp shops yesterday.
A child of Columbus Neal of No. 1912
West Second street died Sunday of
dirhtheIia.
About thirty members of the Ados
Kodesh Baron de Hirsh congregation
were present mt the raising of Il tomb
stone over the grave of Mrs. Betty
Cooper, in Lombardy cemetery yester-
day.
The sun., 1900-09-04
RECOVERED His CAP.
Marine Kept valuables in His Cap
and Lost Them for a Time.

As Il train passed Pocomoke station on
Friday, the cap Of James Thompson,
marine who was with Dewey at Man
lila, blew off and Thompson, who was
asleep, woke up to find that he had lost
his honorable discharge papers, his
transportation papers, and his pocket
book, all of which We're in the hat When
this city was reached Conductor Owens
telegraphed Mr.. Rogers, superintendent
of the n. y, l.. x \. road, and had him
send his men out over the road in search
of the lost articles. While the search
was being made the marine continued
on his way, purchased new cap and
was returning to Norfolk yesterday on
his way to San Francisco, his home.
Conductor Thomas Hawkins took charge
of the train mt this city and seeing the
man with the unusual headgear on,
entered into conversation with him
and learned that he was the one who
had lost his hat and the valuable papers
with il. In the meantime men had
succeeded in finding the lost hat and
word was sent to this city to that effect.
Conductor Hawkins informed him that
such was the ease and the marine was
overjoyed
The sun., 1900-09-04
CHAIRMAN EWART REPLIES.
Two Sub-COmmit ees viii Meet
Tomorrow az | 0'cICck.
The Question as to Whether There
Shall be Comnon Primaries in
Ne" Castle County viii
Probably be lJecided.

The question rs to whether there shall
be common primaries il NV Castle
county will probably he finally decided
Union Republican, County Chairman
Frank Ewart has sent Il reply to H.
II. Billany's recent letter, making ar
rangements for Il meeting Of the com
mittee of ten comprising the Union Re-
publican subcommittee and the Anti
Addicks subcommittee, to decide whet-
her or not there shall be common pri-
maries in New Castle county. The let
ter is as follows:
H. II. Billany, Chairman:
Dear Sir:-ln reply to your commune
cation concerning the meeting of the
subcommittee referred to by you, / beg
to state that our committee will be pleas
ed to meet YOU at the building formerly
owned by the Wilmington Club
ON King street opposite the Court House
on Wednesday, September 5, 1900 at
O'Clock p. m.
Yours respectfully.
:. ). FRANK EWAIiT, Chairman.
Viii, Del, Sept. 3, 1900.
The sun., 1900-09-04
CITY CHARTER REVISION.
A Draft of the Proposed Election
Law Bill Received by Char
ter Committee.

Another meeting OF the joint commi :
tee of the Board of Trade and City Coun-
Gil to revise the new city charter VAS
held last night.
The committee received from their at.
torney, j. Harvey Whitman, II dralt on
the proposed election law bill for the
city of Wilmington, under which the
city elections are proposed to he held.
The election bill is separate from the
charter bill and takes the pace oi tie
provision in the charter bill in rrspec' t.,
holding city elections The election bin
was referred to Chairman Bancroft for
examination.
The committee has not determined a.
yet v b 1t method will be adoi ted for the
election OF Councilmen. Several Meth
ods, however, have been suggested an !
the one finally ad opted will OF embodied
in the charter bill
IL is expected that Clinton Il ,ge :
Woodruff, Of Philadelphia, who has a
national reputation as student Of mur :
cipal government, will atte' Che ext
meeting of the committee aud give his
views ON he bert methods for ehcI NJ
ity C.uucilmen.
The sun., 1900-09-04
GALLaHER TO THE RESCUE.
Although Lame, Court Crier Gal
laher Joined in G. A. r. Pa
rade and Saved Banner.

The Delaware G. A. Il. veterans who
attended the national encampment at
Chicago are nearly all home.
A banner was awarded to the post i'll
each State having the largest number
of members for that State in the
parade. and du Pont Post captured the
Delaware banner. having nine of its
own members in line. Smyth Post was
next in order, having eight members.
Each of the posts had more men, hut
not its own members. 1t is due to the
efforts of Court Crier John Gallaher. Il
member of du Pont Post, that his post
received the trophy
When it became time for the parade to
start Smyth Post and du Pont Post
each had eight men without Mr.. Galla-
her. and although he has Il lame foot,
and walks with difficulty. his pride got
the better of his personal comfort and
he joined his post and marched I'LL the
way over the route, which was five miles
in length. thus enabling his post to win.
The sun., 1900-09-04
CHINESE FIGHT HARD
SAYS WILLIAM EDLER
WRITING FROM CHM
lie Could See fen or Twenty
Men Fa'l ArOnnd
200 KILLED OR WOUNDED
He Describes His Experience on the
Firing lime Near Tientsin--Eigh-
teen Men Out of His Company
Were Wounded, Some
Very Badly.

While war dispatches from China tell
i'll general way what is transpiring
there it is from the letters of the sold
iel'S that graphic information is obtained
of the hard fighting done by our troops.
For this reason the following letter from
William Edler of this city to his father,
Philip Edler, No. 2530 West Eighteenth
street will be OF great interest to the
public generally and his many friends
III particular.
He is Il member Of Co. II. Ninth Il. s.
Infantry and saw hard service in the
Philippines before being ordered to
China.
The letter was written from Tentsin.
China. and was dated August is. 1900.
I'VE landed in China safe hut we cer-
tainly did see some fine sights before we
landed there. We stopped in Magashi
for three days. We were not here long
before we went ont on the firing line
and it was an awful day for every man.
We have ten men i'll the hospital ont
of our company. They are shot very
bad. We had about eighteen men hit
but ten of them very bad. Our men suf-
fercd terrible. We only had six compan-
les out and out of the six we had 200 or
injury NllIttl anu MOullucu.
The Chinese fight hard for they have
everything to loose. The shells bursted
in front of our men and you could see
ten or twenty men fall all around you.
1t was the worst sight anybody could
/ look ut.
"If Il man got shot he had to lay
where he got shot until night time for
| the shells and bullets were flying so fast
nobody could get near them for they
would get killed. We could not show
our faces unless Il million bullets would
come flying 50 fast that You would think
| il was pouring rain. We had our Col
onel killed and nine other officers wound
ed.
Every nation in the world is here
! think and they were all ont fighting and
| they lost heavy. The Japanese are !, lot
of good fighters and they have lost II lot
Of mon since they have been over here.
! Men are finding watches. diamonds
and gold in biz hulkS. This is Il big
city. SGmc men take everything they
come across bnt it is risky if You are
caught for the Russians had 10 killed
for plunderimg and amt going tn Ike
any risk of being shot for punderng.
If | ger shot ii will he in battle and |
hope not for they don't care how they
throw you away.
1T was the most awful sight | ever
laid my eyes on. They buried eighteen
of our men day before yesterday. Tell
all hands | was asking for them and
give my love to them all. There is
another big city to take and when that
is taken the war will be over so they say
for that is the last.
"'fhe climate here q the same as in
the States and every man has an awful
bad cold coming from such hot clim-
ate as we We're in, but it makes us feel
better and wish they would send us
back to the States for none of these
places are as good as the States.''
The sun., 1900-09-04
AROUSED OVER RAPE CASE
Magistrate Discharges Accused
Negro Without a Hearing.
Detective McVey Was Notified of
Affair by Husband of White
Woman Who Was Assault
ed But Found the
Man Gone.

Residents of the vicinity of Christiana
are aroused over the fact that John
Goldsboro, colored, charged with COM
mitting rape on Mrs. Ezekiel Barlow
was discharged by Magistrate Smaley
of Christiana On Saturday afternoon be-
cause Mrs. Barlow was late in appearing
ut his office at the hearing. The hour
fixed was O'Clock III the afternoon and
she being i'll from the effects of the as
Sault. was delayed and did not reach
his office until $50 o'clock when the
negro had been discharged and had dis
appeared.
The case was reported to State De
tcctivc McNey on Sunday morning ut
2 o'clock and he ut once went in search
for the negro, but he had left for parts
unknown.
Mrs. Barlow lives mt State road and
while driving home on Thursday after
noon, was met by II negro when between
Bear and State road. The negro whom it
is alleged was Goldsboro jumped into the
wagon. He seized hold of her and
threatened to kill her and cut her throat.
After feloniouSly aSsaulting her he made
his escape.
The woman managed to drive home.
Her husband notified Constable Porter,
who arrested Goldsboro Mt his home
near State road ON Saturday. Magis-
trate Smalley held Go'dsboro in $500
bail for hearing in the afternoon.
The Magistrate waited with the hearing
for about half an hour, when he discarg-
ed the negro.
The sun., 1900-09-04
ONE CENT.
GIVE TEACHER A PuRss7,
A High Compliment Paid General
Wilson of This CITY,

1T is with pleasure" says The Havana
correspondent of the New Century Of
Washington that | write of the very
graceful act of Gen. James II. Wilson.
military governor of the provinces of
Matanzas ana Santa Clara, who recent
ly presented his Spanish teacher, Faith
er Mendez, Il young Cuban priest. with
Il purse of $1,000 to enable him to pur-
sue 4 course of studies at the Catholic
University in Washington. Gen. Wilson
is Protestant. yet $500 of this sum was
contributed by himself, $100 to honor the
memory of his lamented wife and an
other hundred i'll honor of daughter.
The balance of the money was contrib
uted by wealthy friends of the general
ut his request. Such an act as this not
only testifies to certain generosity of
character in the man, but enables him,
by placing him on plane above those
men of little minds. who fail to appreci-
ate the worth to society of an unselfsh
and cultured clergy"
The sun., 1900-09-04
F|END|SH NEGRO
ASSAULTS YOUNG
GIRL NEAR NEWPORT
Pretty Fourteen Year Old Cir
Victim of a Brutal
Attack.
NEGRO In NEW CASTLE JAIL
Constable Porter Arrests Vandy
Frisbie, Aged Nineteen Years
and Places Him in Prison
to Await Trial on a
Serious Charge.
NEGRO In NEW CASTLE JAIL

Residents of the usually quiet town of
Newport were thrown into a fever of
cXsitemcnt early last evening on ac-
count of an assault which was commit
ted on foulteen-ycar-old Laura Camp
bell Of that town by Yandy Frsbie IL
young negro. The feeling against Fris-
bic was very strong and citizens would
probably have resorted to extreme meas
rreS had not Constable Porter put him
under arrest lit once. lIe was taken ia
New Castle Jail by Constable Porter
where he was lodged in Il cell about 10
O'Clock Miss Campbell is said to be in
a serious condition. The penalty for
rape in the State of Delaware is hang
ing.
The sun., 1900-09-04
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Thomas O'Connell. tailor at ]. r.
Mullin X Sons store, is enjoying n
weeks vacation.
Mrs. John @. Short. wife of United
States Marshal Short, who has been
seriously i'll. has recovered sufficiently
to go to Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spottswood Garland and
Miss Garland have returned from two
months European trip.
Misses Louise, Anna and Caroline
Mayer sailed from New York Saturday
for their home in Germany.
George S. Perry, .Ir., of Aberdeen, s.
D., enrolled yesterday as II student at
Goldey's College.
Mr.. and Mrs. William du Pont have
returned to Bellevue Hall on the Phila-
delphia turnpike after an absence of
five years. during which time they lived
near London. England.
Bessie Clark and George Corridor
both of Elkton. Md, were married III
this city last Friday by the Rev. John
France.
The sun., 1900-09-04
Attending Annual Convention.

The 25th annual convocation of the
knights of St. John and Malta opens at
Erie. Pa. this morning. The delegates
from this city are: Moriel Encampment,
No. 35, Charles Hayward. James Nc
Kelvey, Samuel Taylor, w. ]. Lackey,
Il. Il. Shriner. G. II. Bot and e. 4.
Reinharlt; Wilmington Encampment,
No. 8, ]. Il. Fitzgerald Charles Bird,
w. r. Sawyer; Germania Encampment,
No. 80. Charles Blocher, Julius Rauhut,
August Winklcr, George Staib Charles
Hayward is candidate for most emf
ment grand commander for which posi-
tion he was defeated last year by one
vote.
The sun., 1900-09-04
WARNING TO CUTTERS.
Glass Workers. Union n, titles Them
Not to go to Work.

1t is not likely that the Christiana
Glass Factory will 20 into blast for some
time. The following letter has been re-
ceived by the Cutters Union in this
city:
"Brothcr:-You must not go to work
under any circumstances until You re-
ceive notice that we have control of all
cutters, and | advise you to keep away
from the factory. See that every mem
her receives this notice. The little time
lost now will he well spent" The cir
cular is signed by the president of the
Glass Workers Union.
1t had been expected that the factory
in South Wilmington would resume this
week.
The sun., 1900-09-04
Insults Women.

The police are on the watch for Il man
who has been insulting young women on
the West side Of town. His chief field
of operations is on Tenth street between
jefferson and Adams. Within the past
week he has stopped two or three women
and followed them for IL block or two
after they have resented his attentions.
He is described as Il short thicl-set man
with smooth-shaven face and wearing
Il dar; blue suit of clothes.
The sun., 1900-09-04
Landed on Pitcnfork.
Snncinl hal The Snn.

SppclnI 10 The Snn.
Smyrna, Del. September 3.-William
Fcnnmore. living near Blackhird. met
with Il peculiar accident that will likely
cost him his life. Fennimore was
thrown from a load Of hay in runaway.
pulling large pitchfork from the wagon
with him. The fork struck the ground
first handle down. Fennimore landed
on the prongs which pierced his left leg
going clear through that member. The
force of the fall drove the fork into
the ground, suspending the lower part
of the mans body in the air. while his
head and shoulders rested upon the sod.