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Evening journal., 1900-10-02
MADE FOR
Y. NJ. c. A. RECEPTION

Committees in charge Of the recep-
ton 20 be given tomorrow evening in
the Young Mems Republican Club to
the candidates on the state'ticket have
completed arrangements.
The Reception Committee has been
appointed as follows President VIII
liam w. Knox; State Chairman Philip
@ Churchman, John r. Nields. Harry
4. Billany. William II. Heald. Charles
Rudolph, Levi c. Bird, George W.
Sparks James H. Begrs and Harry p.
Joslyn. Mr.. Knox Will Introduce the
candidate for governor. John HUM.
and Mr., Head viii introduce the cam
didate for the long term in Congress,
Dr. l.. II. Ball.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
OPERATORS
ENCOURAGE STRIKERS

Scranton, Pa, Oct 2.-Scranton's in
dependent operators came back from
the Wilkesbarre conference with blood
in their eyes. The declare they viii
not Join in the proffer of n 10 per cent
increase unless the coal carrying COM
panies agree to reduce their tolls. or
to be exact. allow them 65 per cent in
stead Of 60 per cent of the tidewater
selling prices for their product. They
are not making 10 per cent on their
investments, they declare. and IL they
have to increase wages 10 per cent It
Will practically wipe out their margin
of profit, and they might as we'll close
up their mines
One prominent operator said that he
hoped the miners would not accept the
offer IF they do accept it." he con-
tinued, ut means that we small oper-
ators will have to grant the same con-
cessions to our employees, and that we
can not do unless the coal carrying
companies allow us better rates"
His wish viii be gratifed If the senti-
ment Of the miners here is any criter-
ion. They are in such high fettle over
their victory that they are now insist
ing on general arbitration in addition
to a 10 per cent increase, and as the
operators offer does not contemplate
a general arbitration, the chances are
that It will have to be revised If It is
accepted.
A committee Of the local independ-
ent operators left last night on the
midnight train for New York to pro-
test against being forced by the coal
carriers into an agreement which
means their undoing unless the car
riers give them better rates.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
EPIDEMIC OF ROBBERIES

Claymont Visited by Burglars Who
Entcr Four Houses
Ciaymont has had an epidemic Of
robberies during the past week. On sat
urday evening the home Of William
S. Bird was entered and a lamp and
several small articles were carried of
The burglar was scared, and was seen
going out of a window through which
ne had gotten into the house. The
night was dark and it was impossible
to follow him.
On the same night the house of
George S. Baker was entered. and am
attempt was made TO enter the store OF
Robert Casey on Sunday night The
homes of William Shute and Jacob l..
Merritt were entered, and several arti-
cles Of little value were taken.
Last week a COW and a calf were
stolen in daylight from field near
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
COMMERCIAL GREED is
BLAMED FOR UPRISING

Boston, Oct. 2.-At the Congrega-
uonalist ministers Monday meeting
the principal speaker was Rev. Francis
70. Clark, ID. d., president OF the Uni
ted Society of Christian Endeavor.
whose subject was Losses and Gains
From the Uprisings in China" DR..
Clarke, who has visited several mis-
sion stations in North China, where
the massacres later occurred, said in
part;
"The dragons teeth Of war and mag
sacre were sown by the foreigners, who
had come in the spirit of commercial
greed to push their cOnquests. Turn
the tables for a moment and imagine
China forcing her goods upon us at
the very point of the sword, sending
her opium here TO debauch our youtA
and compelling US to buy Il, seizing
the whole state of Massachusetts, be-
cause of two Cinnamon murdered by
mob, and we can imagine some of the
feelings which animated the Boxers OF
the more intelligent powers behind the
Boxers.
An heroic chapter of missionary
annals has been written, a chapter
whose records can never be dimmed.
The native convert has proved himself
worthy of the Saviour who died for
him. The taunt of rice Christians can
no longer be thrown in his face China
has been awakened from her sleep Of
ages. She can never again fall back
into the same comatose condition as
before. A trumpet call has been is
sued to the Christians of America and
treat Britain to go in and possess the
land 10 see TO it that their comrades
have not died in vain, and that the
blood of the martyrs have not been
spilled for naught. The regeneration
has been begun in the dark and trouB-
lous days that close the Nineteenth
century. The new century about to
dawn will see a long step taken to-
wards the complete regeneration Of
the land Of Confucius."
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
Levy Court Refers ApplIcations

Levy Court was in session this morn
ing and received applications for over
paid taxes from Michael Viagopski.
john T. Devine. L. c. Kent, G.. W..
Todd, Clara Valentine and ]. n. Todd
which were referred to the committee.
Collections for September were report
ed to be; Chrisuana hundred. sl5.220.-
so; Brandywine. s79S2.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
BISHOP COLEMAN WALKS
Isl NILES IN A WEEK

Bishop Coleman Is enjoying his an
nual tramp immensely. He was ia
BEDFORD Pa, on Saturday. and had
covered l6l miles during the week pre-
ceding.
rev, If any, Of those who see the
handsome bewhiskered pedestrian. rec
ognize In him the head of the Episco-
PAL diocese Of Delaware.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
wm BegIn E1eavatIon for Tracks

General Manager r. w. Crook, of
the Peoples Railway Company, said
this morning that the work OF exca-
vating for the new line will be begun
tomorrow. There has been consider
able material delivered along the line
and after the excavation has been COM
mensed work VIII be- pushed as long
as possible The plans Of the road have
been prepared and nothing remains to
be done except the actual work Of lay
ing the tracks and obtaining the ma
terial and the rolling stock.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
PANTHER CREEK VALLEY
IS NOW OBJECTIVE POINT
OF THE STRIKE LEADERS
They Are Trying Get the Miners OCT in That District,
Other Districts Being Tightly Closed Pending a
Settlement Of Trouble

lieries were closed down In this region
yesterday.
Notices of the increase in wages and
the reduction in tho price Of powder
decided upon by the operators at
Wilkesbarre yesterday were posted last
night at all Of the collieries in the Le-
high region.
President Mitchell, when shown a
copy Of he notice. declined to saw any
thing at this time He added. however.
that there would be no resumption of
work until convention of the anthra-
cite miners had been called and the
proposition considered.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
CoIored EmpIores Aner NIonor

About twenty colored men who have
been employed on the Baltimore and
ohio railroad near Newark, were laid
on yesterday and came into Whining
ton this morning to obtain their paw.
They marched down Market street i'm a
body.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
win Erect an Addition

George l. Lovett, Of Philadelphia. has
completed the plans, and John B. John
son has received the contract for erect
ing an addition to the Convent OF
the Visitation, in this city, to cost S25.-
600. The building will be of stone.
4Ox60 feet, and three stories high.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
Afasons TO Meet Tomorrow

In the Masonic Temple tomorrow
and Thursday the Grand Lodge OF
Delaware, Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons, viii ho,d its 94th annual
communication. Grand Master w. w.
Black. Of Laurel will preside. OIL
GERS will be elected and other impor-
tant business transacted.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
WIN. sfakc Alterations

Building Inspector John J. Cassidy
this .Hrning issued TO S. f. Tarbut-
ton a permit for the addition of a one
story brick structure tc- the building
No. 902 French street. to cost s972.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
TO HOLD BIG MEETING
Young Mems Republican Club May
Parade on Saturday Night

Farade ON Saturday Night
On Thursday evening there will be a
big Republican ratification meeting at
Tenth and King streets. and Il Is ex-
pocted that thousands OF Delawareans
will crowd around the stand and listen
to the speakers, who include: Former
United States Senator Anthony Hig-
gins. Charles F. Richards. Wilnam s.
Hil.es, Walter H. Hayes. Herbert H.
Ward, Horace G. Knowles and John p
Nields.
The First Regiment Band will fur
nish the music. and il is probable that
the Young Mems Republican Club viii
parade in uniform.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
10 Cnre a cold i'm ono Dnv

Take Laxative Bromo Quinina Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fats to cure. E. W. Groves signature
is on each box. 25c.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
Are Serving writs

Deputy Sheriff Char,es Green and
Constable Hurlock are In Brandywine
hundred to-day serving writs on varl-
ious parties.s
Evening journal., 1900-10-02

Letters Granted on Mecannon Estate
Letters testamentary on the estate q
Joel Mecannon were granted yesterday
to ]. Clifford and John E. Mecannon.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02
? Resigned From Police Force

Patrolman Lemuel Mari this morn
ing handed in his resignation as a
member Of the police force to Chief
Massey. Mr.. Marr IS a Republican.
and has been on the force for nine
years.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02

William McFadden. assistant sta
tionmaster at the French street sta
tion, is away on his vacation.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02

Il the advertiser is after circu-
lation he must use THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL. 4,052 more cop
les sold daily than there were six
months ago.
Evening journal., 1900-10-02

Last week l.oOS copies of THE
EVENING JOURNAL were sold
in New Castle. All the other
Wilmington papers combined did
not exceed this number.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24
A Wise Answer.

1t takes but an ordinary man to re-
turn an angry answer to an insult. The
extraordinary man is he who, under
such circumstances, holds himself 50,
well under control that he controls his
adversary also.
Persia once possessed such a man.
and was clear-sighted enough to make
him a judge He was the chief judge
of Bagdad in the reign of the Calf
Hadee, and his name was Aboo Yu-
suph. He was very wise man, for he
knew his own deficiencies, and was ac-
tually sometimes in doubt as to wheth-
er he possessed sufficient wisdom TO-
give just decision in cases peculiarly
shrouded in mystery.
1t is related of him that on one occa-
sion. after patient investigation of
facts, he decided that he had not suffi-
cient knowledge to pronounce on the
case before him. There was In his
presence a pert courtief, one of those
men who take long to learn that wis
dom and impudence are not closely re-
lated.
Pray do you expect that the calf is
to pay you for your ignorance? he
asked, hoping to place the Judge at a
disadvantage
Il do not" was the mild reply. "The
calf pays me-and pays me well--for
what do know. Were he to attempt
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24

ned three spokes. His arms were
until there We're three or four
spokes between his hands. Then feet
and hands were firmly bound TO the
feiloes of the wheel. Ii the soldier was
to be punished moderately he was left
bound in an upright position on the
wheel for five or six hours. II the pun,
ishment was TO be severe the ponder
Gus wheel WAS given quarter turn
after the soldier had been dashed to It,,
which changed the position of the man
being punished from an upright to a
horizontal one. Then the prisoner had
TO exert all his strength to keep his.
weight from pulling heavily and cut,
ting on the cords that bound his upper
arm and leg 10 the wheel.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24

and down in front of the guard house,
from the time he went on post until re-
lieved, at the end of two hours. by
another guard house prisoner. TO whose
shoulder the log would be transferred.
1t was also the sentry's duty to see
that the log humper' did not drop his
burden. The prisoner could shift 1t
from one shoulder to the other, or car
ry 1t under his arm, or horizontally in
front of him. or in any other way he
chose; but he had TO carry it, and he
had to keep moving, on pain of being
indented with the point of bayonet.
There are hundreds of old soldiers still
In the United States army who did
their little tricks at tree packing" in
the old days. and none of them speaks
with the slightest degree of enthusiasm
of the job. The guard house prisoner
of large physique was out OF luck in
those days. A 10O-pound log was in
variably bestowed upon him. The
smaller logs were reserved for the pris-
oners of less bulk.
"Trotting the BuI1-Ring."
One of the punishments meted out to
the cavalryman who got into the guard
house under the old regime was ''trot-
ting the bull ring" The bull ring is
the circular track upon which the
horses are exercised when there Is not
much doing around the post In the way
of drills on account of inclement
weather. Every cavalry post has its
bull ring. Upon the smooth surface
of the bull ring the fractions cavalry
man of a couple Of decades ago was
required to chase the intangible air at
regular intervals, named in the sen.
tence, every day of his confinement.
His bull-ring work was no go-as-you-
please walking match, either. He could
60 at any pace swifter than walk;
but he was not allowed to walk. Heel
and-toe business was barred. II he
chose to work it out in canterihx the
sentry was agreeable; did he prefer the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24

less graceful, but also less irkSome,
trot. the sentry hadn't a word To say,
but II for single instant he relapsed
into a common. everyday walk he
would hear the sentry's command. like
the crack of a circus ringmaSter's
whip. shake her up there, Pete; what
do you think this is, practice march?
G1ang" and if the bull-ring FOUNDER
knew his gait he would leave off walk
ing right away. The bull-ring work
was good for wind and muscle, but 1t
was hard and CALLING. A soldier under
going a bull-ring sentence dropped
dead from heart disease at post in
years ago, and then the bull-ring pun
ishment was abandoned.
Buried in Sand.
1t was reserved for the commanding
officer of an Arizona post, a one-com-
pany outfit, TO intlict so barbarous
punishment upon an offending soldier
that the whole scale of punishment in
the United States army was revised
aud made hard and fast. This com
manding officer was a captain, and the
affair happened In 1879. He had in
his company soldier who was very
hard case, and put in most of his time
in the guard house. He completed a
guard house term In the autumn of
1879 and Immediately repaired to the
nearby town OF whisky shacks and
made himself exceedingly drunk. He
returned to the post with the announc
ed intention of razing it to the level of
the desert and firing volley over its
ashes. The captain had him lassoed
as he was entering the post. He order
ed that hole sufficiently large to re
ceive the upright body of man be
dug in the sand of the parade ground.
When the hole was dug the captain or
dered that the hard-case soldier be
stood in 1t up to his neck, and that
the sand be then repacked around him
as tightly as possible, covering his
arms and shoulders and leaving only
his head protruding above the ground.
The captains orders were obeyed. The
offending soldier, still more than half
drunk, was packed in the sand hole,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24
One in Misfortune,

The soldier boy wrote home from the,
far Philippines:
"Father-My left leg has been shot
off by cannon ball. l want to buy me-
a good, first-class cork leg. Please send
me 500 in your next letter."
The father answered, from his home
in the Georgia pines:
"Son-I kin shake hands with you on
yer loss. | lost my wooden leg endur-
In of the blizzard. A niger stole 1t an
split 1t up fer kindlin' wood. Eff you
git that cork leg, let me know how it
works, an whar you got the money to
git 1t with. Atlanta Constitution.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24
Hollanders Smoke Mo.t

The Hollanders are perhaps of all the
northern people those who smoke the
most, the humidity of their climate
making it almost necessity, while
the moderate cost of tobacco with them
renders it accessible to all. To show
how deeply rooted is the habit, 1t is
enough to say that the boatmen of
Holland measure distances by smok-
ing
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24

Twenty years ago cruel punishments
indeed We're meted out to refractory
soldiers of the United States army. In
those days 20 or 30ttay trick in the
guard house was not a comparatively
minor matter. us 1t is now. The sol
dier who nowadays lands in the guard
house for drunkenness. insubordina-
ton, neglect of duty or any other vio-
lation of regulations is put to work at
some job around the post from fatigue
call in the morning till recall from ia
tigue late in the afternoon. The work
is never hard. The only discomfort
connected with the work is that it is
always performed under the watchful
eye OF a sentry with IA loaded gun. On
the other hand, the guard house pris-
oner gets every night in-that is, he is
permitted to slumber peacefully on the
comfortable bunk in his guard house
cell while his comrades who have not
committed themselves have 10 take
their turns standing guard over him
through the watches of the night.
Shouldering "A Log.
The soldier who worked himself into
the guard house prior TO 1879 did not
get any night in, from the day he be-
gan his term until its end. He walk
ed his post, two hours on and four off.
from the beginning to the termna ton
of his sentence. But he did not car
ry gun while on post. He shouldered
an Embarked log, from six to eight feet
In length and weighing from 20 to 100
pounds, and Dian in his rear carried
the rifle. The business of the soldier
with the rifle vas to see that the sol
dier with the log kept on the move. up
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24
Cordial Relations.

Mrs. Snow-My husband has grown
very fussy of late years, but he was
easily pleased when we We're married" !"
Mrs. Coldeal-He must have been.-
San Francisco Examiner.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24

If you must go to law, hire the best
lawyer in town. The law is always on
the side Of the best lawyer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24

to pay me for what do not know, the
treasures Of his empire would not suf-
fice.'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24
Population Increasin Q

The population of Jerusalem has
been rapidly increasing of late and is
now about $4,000; of these 2S,0OO are
Hebrews.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24
HORRORSUFU.S ARMY
CRUELTlES FORMERLY IMPLICIT
I'D ON SOLDIERS.

Shouldering a Log-Trottiug the Bull
Ring-One Man Buried Up to His
Neck in Sandstone Other Inhuman
NJ ethods.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-24

his head alone catching the rays of the
semi-tropical sun, and sentry was
placed over him. The sun was nothing
compared to the desert ants. The ants
sent out their couriers to the highways
and byways and dunes and hollows,
and 1t was no time at all before some
thousands of them, big, red spider
like and ferocious, were running over
the soldiers head. They crawled into
his ears and his nose and his mouth,
and they caused him such unspeakable
agony that he shouted in frenzy. The
sentry finally revolted against this
punishment, and his comrades joined
him. They threatened the captain. and
the latter, from fear of summary pun
ishment, permitted the prisoners re-
lease. The prisoner was taken to the
hospital, almost a maniac. The case
was reported at Washington, and the
result was a revision of the military
code.
Bucking and Gagging.
Although the new regulations ex-
|pressly forbid the punishment Of ''buck-
ing and gagging," men have been buck
ed and gagged in the United States
army within the past dozen years
Bucking and gagging consists in tying
refractory soldier-generally sol
der who Is maniacal with drink and
very abusiye-hand and foot with
cords and gagging him with block of
wood whitfield TO fit his mouth. The
gagging part of this punishment came
near choking number of soldiers to
death, which accounted in part for its
erasure from the punishment list.
One punishment much affected in the
light artillery was called tying on the
spare wheel" Sprlnging upward and
rearward from the center rail of every
caisson was fifth axle, and on it was
spare wheel. A soldier who had been
insubordinate was taken to the spare
wheel and forced TO step upon 1t. His
legs were drawn apart until they span
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-06-01
FATHER OF K1NDERGAR TEN.
Froebel Looked to Woman us His
Natural Ally to Make It
q Success.

After spending years wrestling with
the problems of education, Friedrich
Froebel, founder of the kindergarten,
arrived at the conclusion that the
school could never be success until
the home performed it's function as an
educational institution also, writes
Patterson Dubois, in the March Ladies'
Home Journal. Thenceforth his do1ni-
nant interest was focused on the cradle
rather than on the schoolhouse. Ho
became the great apostle of the home.
lie looked to woman as his natural
ally, yet he was not oblivious to the
fathers part in homemaking. His
proposition for general educational
union was addressed to fathers. He
firmly believed, however, that woman
was to be the worlds great education
al force. She was to regenerate the
race.~~-Yet- he realized that this meant
that she must suffer even as he suf-
fered. Whoever will go with me-" he
said, must undertake great deal,
must suffer ridicule and blame, and let
themselves be burned or torn in pieces"
He wanted mother to be something
more than a ''beloved mother" He
says: I'm order to render the COM
mand of Christ effective, education in
the family must first be reformed,
otherwise there will be no solid foun-
dalton for subsequent education to
stand on"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-06-01

thoroughly ashamed of the part they
had in elevating to the chief magis-
tracy a man with whose general po-
litical sentiments they had SO little
In common and are likely very gladly
to accept the hint of Hanna that he
has no further use for them.
The currency matter is settled for
six years at least. 1t is no longer an
issue. Mr.. Mckinley cannot be posed
by Hanna as the savior Of the cur
rency, as the champion of stability
and the Single standard.
He will come before the country
seeking the presidency not on any
question of free silver, but as the
wobbly champion of protection, So
called; as the particular friend of
British aggression against republics
of Dutch origin, as the friend and
defender of trusts, and as the origin
ator Of an imperialistic policy which
condemns the declaration of independ-
ence and seeks to give q new charac-
ter to the republic of North America.
AS such democrats cannot but con-
denim him. He will appeal to them
in vain. He had assistance from them
in 90; he can no longer claim it. If
he does claim it, If he does send his
corrupt and corrupting manager seek
ing to brighten democrats into sup
port of his candidacy he will not
get 1t.
Three years Of Mckinley have dem
onstrated to the people of the re-
public that to prolong his term would
be undesirable, perhaps fatal.-Chi-
capo Chronicle,