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Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

The fishermen on the Delaware, who
come down the river to meet the in
coming shad, are reported in the Will
mington and Philadelphia papers to be
in high gIee at the large catch. They
are expecting prosperous season.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Leave your order at office of the
Smyrna Transportation Co. for your
summer wood.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Cummings, the Wilmington photog-
rapher, is here every Wednesday.
Gallery, Post Office Building. Finest
class of work at reasonable prices.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
EASTER AT ST. POLYCARP'S.
High Mass Observed Ia the Morning.
Church Undergoing improvements.

At st. Polycarp's church, Father
Waldron, of Dover, held services at 8
O'Clock, so as to enable him to get back
to his church at Dover, to celebrate
high mass there at 80 o'clock. The
service was not as complete as it
would have been because of the torn
up condition of the church in the con-
struction of side affairs. The re-dedi-
cation of the chuach will take place the
second Sunday in May.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
FOR SALE.

A NEW TWO SEATED SURREY,
very cheap.
VIM. FAIRIES,
Hardware Store, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Messrs. Harry Slaughter and John
Farrell gave an enjoyable subscription
dance in the Smyrna Opera House last
evening.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Easter signalized the opening of the
season at Rehoboth. The past week
has witnessed an exodus from Balti-
more and Wilmington to Rehoboth,
many prominent society folk of Balti-
more having opened their cottages.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

For SALE.-120O bushels of North
ern-grown Early Rose Potatoes, SIC
per bushel; 700 bushels Northern
grown Early Hebron Potatoes, S5c per
bushel; 600 bushels black Cow Peas,
$1.25 per bushel; 1850 bushels West
ern-grown Glover Seed, So and $3.50
per bushel; 100 bushels white Onion
Sets, $3.50 and $2.75 per bushel; 90
bushels of Red Onion Sets, 80 and 81. %
per bushel.
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

William Wilds, Jr., who has been in
charge of the Smyrna Grocery Co.'S
store, corner Commerce and Delaware
streets, has resigned to enter on a new
line of business-selling clothing by
sample, for Wanamaker & Brown. Mr..
Wilds has a complete line of spring
samples that purchasers can make Sc
lections from. He would like the men
of this vicinity, both old and young,
to examine his spring styles. See his
advertisement.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

The entertainment given at the
Opera House, Monday night. "The
Return From Oklahoma, was attended
by twenty people from Dover, who en-
joyed with our citizens, the exhiler-
ating sequel to the cold Maids Con-
vention." They were spectators, not
performers, as stated by the Sentinel.
They had the Convention" in Dover,
for two nights, given by the ladies of
the Kings Daughters, who are work
ing to establish a home for the old
people
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.
NORTH 7.15, s.42, $50, A. NJ, 3.41, 521, P. NJ
SOUTH: 9.2S, 11.57, A. NJ. 3.41, 5.21, S.O3P.K
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Closing of Mails.
Going North.-7.OO, 9.25 A. NJ, 800, 500
P. NJ.
Going South.-9.O0 A. NJ, and 500 P. NJ.
For Clayton, Chestertown, ETC., 800 A. NJ.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

There is a great difference in wood.
The Smyrna Transportation Co. has a
supply now ready.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Some of the people who heard Rev.
Geo. l.. Hardesty's Easter sermon
Sunday morning at Friendship church,
followed him to Severson's church in
the afternoon, to hear him on the same
subject.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

The Morning NelOS has "special''
of three inches, dated Smyrna, that
gives an account of Rev. G. A. Hill,
by systematic outside effort" pay
ing debt of $17OO on Asbury M. E.
Church. Now this must be another of
those "specials" manufactured in the
Office of the Ne1OS, for it is hardly
likely that any one writing from
Smyrna should make such a mistake
as this, for it was tho Presbyterian
Church that was thus relieved, and
Rev. J. L. Estlin the pastor who did it.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

For Clayton, CheStertOwn, ETC., 800 A. NJ.
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
Short Items of General Interest Gathered
During the Week.
Shad have taken a small drop in
price.
Ten tons of good Timothy Hay for
sale. G. X. SNYDER.
All things come to those who wait,
chiefly trouble.
Fresh Delaware Bay shad every day |
at Weldon's Grocery store. *3
The Smyrna High School baseball |
team expects to visit Dover next Sat
urday.
The law permits a corporation to
water its stock, but balks at milkman
doing so.
Good oak wood we'll prepared, can
be had by ordering from the Smyrna
Transportation Co.
J. B. Cooper's is the place to buy the
best early seed potatoes, clover seed,
ano garden seeds of all kinds.
When you plant potatoes use the J.
E. Tygert Company's gold edge potato
guano, and you will be surprised at
the increased yield of potatoes.
Chas. H. Register has added the
"Usher" shoe to his stock. He is the
only one who has this shoe on sale in
town. They are especially RECON-
mended for youths.
Some of the people who heard Rev.
Geo. L. Hardesty's Easter sermon
Sunday morning at Friendship church,
followed him to Severson's church in
the afternoon, to hear him on the same
subject.
There is great difference in wood.
The Smyrna Transportation Co. has a
supply now ready.
Easter signalized the opening of the
season at Rehoboth. The past week
has witnessed an exodus from Balti-
more and Wilmington to Rehoboth,
many prominent society folk of Balti-
more having opened their cottages.
The fishermen on the Delaware, who
come down the river to meet the in
coming shad, are reported in the Will
mington and Philadelphia papers to be
in high glee at the large catch. They
are expecting a prosperous season.
1t is said in the Philadelphia papers,
that S2,OOO,OOO worth of flowers were
sold in the city alone last week, fol
Easter purposes. This is attributed tC
the good times as we'll as the growing
use of flowers in commemoratlon o
Easter.
Ruth E. Hynson, daughter of Mrs
Rachel Hynson, died on Sunday o
pne 1monia, aged five years. She wti
bright for her years and a member o
the infant Sunday School of the NJ. E
Church. The interment was yesterday
afternoon in Glenwood cemetery, Rev
G. A. Hill officiating.
w. B. Megear is making run or
muslin underwear. He was successful
beyond expectations in getting a larg
assortment comprising 492 pieces
The offerings are considered unequale
at the prices, whether in the every ola
sort or IN the daintiest pieces. II
asks an examination of the patterns
workmanship and general finish OF h
made garments. See advertisement
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

All things come to those who wait,
chiefly trouble.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Fresh Delaware Bay shad every day
at Weldon's Grocery store. *3
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

SWVa'n0, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, April 1s, 1900
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Chas. H. Register has added the
"Usher" shoe to his stock. He is the
only one who has this shoe on sale in
town. They are especially RECON-
mended for youths.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

The Smyrna High School baseball
team expects to visit Dover next Sat-
urday.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

Short Items of General Interest Gathered
During the Week.
Shad have taken a small drop in
price.
Ten tons of good Timothy Hay for
sale. G. X. SNYDER.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

When you plant potatoes use the J.
E. Tygert Company's gold edge potato
guano, and you will be surprised at
the increased yield of potatoes.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

J. B. Cooper's is the place to buy the
best early seed potatoes, clover seed,
ano garden seeds of all kinds.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

The law permits a corporation to
water its stock, but balks at a milkman
doing so.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Good oak wood we'll prepared, can
be had by ordering from the Smyrna
Transportation Co.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27
PARIS EXPOSITION TICKETS.

They Are Down to Four Cents Apiece
Paris, July 23.-The weather had n
very unfavorable influence ON the at
tendance at the exposition. Parisians
kept away entirely. The big drop in
the number of visitors brought about
an instantaneous slump in the price of
tickets which sold at IS centimes when
the show opened. They gradually
dropped to 43 centimes, at which price
they have been standing for the past
few weeks. Yet, however, the hawk
ers had difficulty in securing buyers at
25 centimes, and some sold tickets at
20 centimes, equal to cents in Amer
ican money.
This slump is a serious matter for the
Paris banks, which, on the opening of
the exposition, took over a large proper
ton of the 65,O0O,OOO tickets issued at
so centimcs, half their issue price. The
exhibition reaches the halfway post on
Thursday next, and thus far only 49,
100000 tickets have been disposed Of.
There remain, therefore, 5O,OOO,OOO tick
cts. Allowing for the natural increase
in the consumption during the holiday
months, it is still calculated that the
banks will have Mt least 15.O0O,O 600 tick
cts left on their hands. This explains
the fall in the price of tickets, which
eventually will probably be Obtainablc
ut 2 cents each.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27
Kansas Town Inundated.

Salina. Kan. July pa cloud burst
occurred at Solomon. fourteen miles
east of here early this morning and
more than six inches of water fell in
an hour. The greater part of the town
was under water in n few minutes and
people We're compelled TO flee from
their homes or seek refuge in upper
stories. The Union Pacific railroad
passes through the town and the resi-
dence district lies between the railroad
and a hill to the north. The railroad
is higher than the adjoining territory
and prevented the escape OF the water
which came in torrents of the hill
Half an hour after the rain ceased the
water stood several feet deep over the
residence portion of the town and
many houses Were flooded.
The United Brethren church has two
feet of water in it. The handsome res
idence of Il. +. Kimmerly, cashier of
the Bank of Solomon, was flooded to
the depth Of nearly three feet and
much of the furniture was destroyed
The same thing happened in nearly
every residence in the northern portion
of the city. Thefwater rose so rapidly
that people had little time TO remove
their belongings to higher stories as
the water poured in ut the doors.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27

home missionary work in the city of
Denver The headquarters of the
school will be in the building occupied
by the City Temple. 1t will be non
sectarian, the teachers representing at
least five denominations.
Tuition in the Bible Institute will be
free. Students of good moral charac-
ter. OF both sexes, will be received. A
good home and board for ladies can be
arranged for at about So per week
Young men can he cared for at about
the same rates. The school year will
occupy about thirty-six or thirty-eiglit
weeks, and the entire necessary ex-
pense for the same, including laundry
and books and stationery. need not ex-
coed SEQ. Many could get through. on
less sum than this. Persons interest
ed In the work outlined above, or de-
sirious of taking such course of
study. are invited to correspond with
A. G. Peck, 10S1 South Fifteenth street.
Denver, Colorado.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27
CHINA APPEALS TO FRANCE.
AND AMERICA FOR HELP

while not guaranteeing the truth Of the
advices from the Chinese government
as to the safety of the foreign minis
ters, Is willing to accept the statements
temporarily, In .he meantime remittiny
none OF Its Efforts to get access to Mr..
,Conger, through the use OF military
force If need be.
Paris. July 23.--At the council of min
listers Saturday the minister of foreign
Affairs read a telegram from the En-
reror OF China asking the mediation of
France with the foreign powers. The
telegram was signed by Kwany Su.
and not by Pub Chan, the son of Prince
Iuan- The reply given by II. Delacasse
was that the request would be consid-
cred only upon absolute knowledge
that the following acts had been ac-
complished:
First-That efficacious protection and
absolute freedom of communication
had been assured between the French
minister at Pekin and his colleagues OF
the diplomatic corps and their respec-
tive governments.
Second-When Prince Tuan and the
high functionaries responsible for the
actual events had been dismissed by
the government to await inevitable
punishment.
Third-When the authorities and bod
les of troops throughout the entire EN-
pire shall have received an order 10
cease hostilities against foreigners.
Fourth-When measures have been
taken for the rigorous repression of the
Boxers.
So long as these necessary guarantees
are not furnished, there is room only
for military action.
The edict which, as stated above. Is
dated Pekin, July IS. was transmitted
by the viceroy at Nankin under date of
to-day, and is as follows:
For a month past, with the excep-
tion Of the German minister. who was
massacred by rebels who are under ap-
prehension of severe punishment, we
have ordered all foreign ministers well,
protected by the court. and, happily,
they are safe and sound"
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27
New Invention in relerrnphy.


Chicago, July 23.-The Times-Herald
says:
Telegraphy by the use of typewriters
in place of the ordinary clicking KEYS
and receivers. familiar in telegraph Of
fees. has been made possible by two
Chicago men, Zalmon G. Sholes and
Alfred c. Gilmore
They have devised mechanism bv
which message written with ordinary
spelling on machine that has n key
board exactly like the keyboard of the
ordinary typewriter, will be printed il
transmitted over a telegraph wire by
another typewriter in the office 10
which 1t is sent. hundreds of miles
away.
The instruments have been tested
over circuit of G65 miles of wire. be.
longing to the Central Union Telephone
Company. connecting Bloomington,
Springfield and Pueblo.
The feature of the invention is that.
while 1t receives and delivers messages
In the ordinary alphabet spelling. it
transmits them by the use of the Morse
telegraphic alphabet of dots and
dashes. The transmitter turns each
letter. figure or punctuation point into
dots and dashes and the receiver.
which contains an instrument called n
"selector' turns the dots and dashes
back into the ordinary signs.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27
DETAILS OF THE
BATTLE AT TIEN TSIN

Tien Tsin. July II, via Shanghai.
July 24.-The Chinese kept up a fire
from the city walls till o'clock N the
morning of the l4th and then retreat
ed. The foreign forces entered the
south gate The city has been divid-
ed into four quarters. occupied by
Americans. British. French and
Japanese The Russians are in the
northwest suburbs Natives in the
street carry white flags. The shelling
did great damage to the city. Many
fires Were caused by native looters.
The soldiers and Boxers have entirely
disappeared
There was no formal surrender. SIM
ply the disappearance of The Chinese.
II Is doubtful If the foreign forces Will
meet further important resistance.
The effect OF the occupation of T1en
Tsin will be advantageous TO the for
eigners throughout China. Natives are
completely submissive outwardly. but
no doubt there are many Boxers left
who have discarded their uniforms.
A message from Pekin dated June
18th has arrived here. The Chinese
We're then bombarding the legation.
There Were twenty casualties among
the civilians and thirty among the
marine guards. Chinese from the
walled city report that the foreigners
in Pekin are living. having taken shell
ter in bomb-proof building.
About 1000 Chinese Were engaged in
the battle here July 11th. More are
coming from Pekin. General Nieh
was imprisoned because he opposed
making war on the foreigners. but af-
terward was released on condition that
he fight them. To this he acceded
with lukewarInness. After the battle
he committed suicide.
A large part of the walled city was
burned last night, and to-day the Chi
nese held perfect orgie. plundering,
smashing houses and fighting like de-
mons over stores OF silks, fnrs and
iewelry. Hundreds OF dead Cinnamon
along the walls. or women and chill
dren killed by shrapnel, are lying
among the smoking ruins.
I1 is rumOred that some correspond
ents have. in their dispatches, assert
ed that General Dorward thinks Col
onel Liscum blundered in taking the
Ninth regiment to the right instead of
to the left. and that the feeling IS
strained between the Americans and
British. The fact is that the greatest
harmony and cooperation exists. Gen
eral Dorward has asked the names of
the Americans. to report them for gal
lantry. All the wounded are doing
we'll
The Japanese We're the heroes of the
battle. Their fighting was remarkably
brave. and was praised by all their
colleagues When some of the foreign
officers comseled retreat last night.
the japanese general said: When my
men move. i; will be forward
In the morning they charged the
breaches in the wall made by the ar
tillery and fought hand 10 hand in the
streets. Their conduct after the fight
was equally good. as they refrained
from lootiug, while some of the
European soldiers We're having an or
gle.
Fifty guns were captured. The place
was full of munitions of war
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27

Washington, July 22-President Nc
kinley received what plrports to be n
direct appeal from the Chinese iRper-
ial government to use his good Offices
to extricate that government from the
position in which it has been placed
as result of the Boxer uprising. Al
though the exact text of the appeal
made by the Emperor of China to
France. as outlined In the cable dis
patches of yesterday has not been
known here, 1t is believed that the dis
patch to the President is similar in
terms. In that case, the communica-
don was made through Minister Wu
to the State Department. Thus far n
final answer has not been returned.
The French government answered at
once, but that answer will not serve
US. The United States government Is
proceeding upon an entirely new line
Of policy in the treatment of the case
Unfortunately the State Department
finds itself alone in this. but neverthe-
less 1t Is convinced its plan Is the best,
and it has behind it the consoling as
surance that at present all of the Eu-
ropean governments have tacitly ad-
mitted that an error was made in the
beginning in not following the COM
hoh seuse ADVICE OF tne Onlteu states
naval commander at Taku.
The point Of difference between the
State Department and the European
governments is that the latter are pro-
ceeding on the belief that all of the
foreign ministers and missionaries and
guards at Pekin have been killed and
insist in dealing with the Chinese gov
ernment on that basis, by assuming
a hostile attitude that tends to destroy
the last chance of availing of whatever
friendly sentiment may yet exist
among the powerful Chinese yiceroys
and the imperial government itself.
Thus the French reply. as indicated in
the four conditions laid down by NJ.
Delacasse yesterday. sets an impossible
task for the imperial government in its
present straits and tends to drive 1t at
once to make terms with the Boxers
and Prince Tuan's party.
On the other hand, our government,
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27
Bad Conditions at Cape Nome.

Washington. July 24-Surgeon Gen
eral Srernberg received n report to-
day from Surgeon Il. 6. Ebert of the
army, dated Nome Harbor. Alaska,
June goth, which gives details of the
conditions existing at that place. He
says that within Two or three weeks
the population has Increased from D
100 10 10000. with tents and buildings
irrcgularly located along the beach,
The sanitary conditions We're crude in
the first place and with the influx Of
the new population become worse.
He describes horrible condition ex-
isting. as there is no method OF clean
ing up the town and no provision for
the destruction of Accommodations of
garbage and filth. The thirst for gold
existing among the people who have
gone TO Nome City outweighs every
thing else. and no attention is paid to
sanitary conditions. Reports of cases
of entcric fever vary from 1T5 to 100
There have been thirteen cases of
smallpox and one death. Measles also
prevails.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27
Denver Bible Institute.

Denver, July 23.-A project is on foot
10 establish in Denver during the COM
ing autumn, probably about the 1st of
October, Bible training school. mod
eled after the Moody Institute of Chi
cago. There is no school of this char
acter between Chicago and the Pacific
coast, and the need of 1t has been long
felt by Christian workers. A compe-
tent faculty, headed, it is hoped, by the
Rev. DIR. A. S. Worrall of Louisville,
Kentucky, will be secured. The train
ing provided will be along the lines Of
both home and foreign missionary
work. Ample opportunity will be af-
eorded students during the course for
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27
Philippine WAR.
Past Week Saw 200 Insurgents Killed
AEnInaIdo Gets Amne.ty Resolution.


AguinaldO Gets Amnesty Resolution.
Manila, July 22.-It is officially re-
ported that last week 200 insurgents
were killed and 1870 surrendered, or
were captured. One hundred rifles were
taken.
Twelve Americans were killed and
eleven wounded.
This includes the casualties of Col
onel William E. Berkheimer's engage
volunteer infantry. who attacked 200
insurgent rifles, entrenched two miles
east of Taal, killing thirty-eight.
A detachment of the Signal Corps,
while repairing wires, was twice am
bushed.
Captain Charles ID. Roberts of the
Thirty-fifth volunteer infantry, who
was captured by the Filipinos last
May, has arrived here on parole. He
will not return to captivity.
Senor Buencamino last Thursday
sent to Aguinaldo by means of Agui-
naldo's mother, the amnesty resolution
adopted by the meeting of representa-
tive Filipinos on June 21st, together
with General MacArthur's answer to
them. and other documents bearing up
on the restoration of peace. 1t is un-
derstood that Aguinaldo will summon
his advisers and that n reply may be
expected within month.
Filipinos here will give banquet
next Saturday in celebration of Presi-
dent Mckinley's order of amnesty.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27
Sues Mayor for Heavy Damages.

Kansas City. July 21.-John NJ. Phil
lips. one OF the judges of the recent
election. to-day filed suit for $4,000
damages against Mayor James l..
Reed, Robert l.. Gregory and Hugh G..
Ward, police commissioner; John
Hayes, chief of police. and Patrick
Bray, police captain. He asks 500
WO for alleged false arrest. and $1O,-
wv Tor being prosecuted in police conri.
"nich he sets forth as malicious act.
The suit is the outcome of n Demo
cratic factional war that eliminated
May last in the arrest of several Judges
OF election, among them Judge Phil
lips, and their forcible expulsion from
the election booths.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27

The Hon. Peter A. Porter has writ
ten to the Niagara Falls Cataract
Journal calling attention to a relic
OF the struggle between England and
France century and half ago.
which lies about a mile and a half
aoove the falls. 1t is nothing less than
the outlines of one of the block-houses
which were built by the English Tor
the protection of the Portage Road,
which ran to the present site OF Lew
iston from the old stone chimney near
the rivers bank. According to Mr..
Porter. no other authentic relic of that
period is known around the falls. An
effort is being made by the Niagara
Frontier Historical Society to have the
relic preserved.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27

In Germany. A machinist who entered
the employ of a firm for the sole pur-
pose OF carrying back to his real en-
ployers all the points" he got, was
recently sentenced to three months in
jail. the business men who hired him
TO spy upon their rivals being sent to
keep him company. We do not know
OF any other Industrial nation in which
this pleasing event could have occur
red. Yet it is surely Just that man
ufacturer who invents a process for
perfectIng or cheapening his product
should be defended against unscrupu-
lous imltators who do not hesitate 10
filch other mems brains.