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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06

I'm glad she's gene, said a woman
10 her friend as massive woman left
the trolley car, ana a trail OF some
odorcus perfume doated
away With her. 'she sme'ied like q
futerni In n biz church. an Elster lilies
ana inmorteles, and an that sort IL
thlns don't yon know. New York
sun.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06

The English language is 4 tricky
thing. The statement that General
White "still holds out' is none the
less true because the Beers are holding
him IN. --InaislavclIs Journal.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06
soCIAL AND pERsnNAI.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.
Edward Crossan, Of Ohio, who has
been the guest OF his brother, James
Crossan. at Hockessin. for several
weeks, has returned home.
DR.. E. NJ. Vaughan. OF Middletown.
was in this city yesterday.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06
1925

And
So 90 fol the hest car
pet sweeper on the
market. A new fea-
ture is the self-oiliI g
device and we would
like to show it TO you.
They are made to
sweep carpets clean
aud they do it. You
know there are a
great many that do
not.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06

The Order OF Patriotic Sons OF
America viii attend Bethany Baptist
Church on February Is.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06

Advertise your wants n the cvening
Journel employment ~anted heir
wanted, TO let Tor rent for sale. BOARD
ne and lost AID found ads All o. sup-
le he'd, three lines. oDt tine, tor q dtfne;
s.less TOT . qsafyYn --------.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06
$500

Our
Hat Racks star t in at
$5 and up to 1926.
New line now on the
floor in golden oak,
French bevel mirrors,
heavy brass hat hooks
and all with box seats
a n d lid. Splendid
values at IS so, $40,
$50 and $15.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06

The number OF old ex-yonfederates
who are not afraid 70 come out openly
ind defend The democratic policy Of
e~rension is expanding Arkansas
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06
Stops the Cough
and works off the Cold.


Laxative BromO-Quinine Tablets cure q
cold In day. No Cure. No Pay. Price 25c.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06

There is nothing left for Mr.. Roberts
TO do but to 80 home to the bosoms of
his fanjusa veIaAiRSsResis News.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-02-06

On "Wednesday we will sell
a fine Storm serge, black, 43
inch actual ID easpre, a CSC
serge for 48c on Wednesday,
commencing at 3 o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04

mistsd hy his vote sithar 70 bsiiding
the eanai By the Nioaragua routs o. 30
bull ding 10 10 defiance of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty. Undou btsdly they
reasoned that the passage Of the. bill could
do ne great harm, since the Senate eoulo
be rslisa upon next winter 70 change the
route II the Commission's report showed
. change was d ssirAbls, 3r to hold mp
the be iIding altogether until Q sstiHfac-
tory arrangement could be made with
England, while . refusal TO pass 10
might he interpreted as opposition 20 The
canal or subservienoy to England, either
Of which would seriously hurt them with
their constituents In the fall slsotions.
This 10 not m ideal line OF reasoning
Tor congressman to sdopt, but a. long ~
human nature IL what 10 IL. ard there 10
large constituency Of undiscriminat-
ing voters 10 IL sure to be adopted on
occasions like this one. OF courss all the
Arguments really applicable to the case
were with the thirty five who voted
against the measure ia IL clearly o
breach OF good fsith for the United States
to undertake. 10 assume exclusive control
Of canal sorofs the isthmus while the
Clayto -Bulwer treaty remains unabro-
gated. A feeble attempt was made By
some who felt the force Of shis objscticn to
show that Enzlard hrd violated the
treaty ard In that way had lapsolved us
from observing u, but conclusive an
swer to this Is that our State depart
ment has within a few weeks negotiated
a treaty with England for the very pur-
rose OF getting rid OF the Ciayton Bulwer
compact thereby recognizing In the
strongest way possible that that compact
was still alive and operative. II is clear
" too, g bad proposition from business
point, to fix upon route across the 18th
mus, as this bill does. before the commits
sion that had been examining the CON-
paratiTs feasibility Of the different
routes had reported. or indicated what
their report is to be. Luckily tefors
the government has irretrievsoly oom-
mitted itself there will DO ample op-
portuuity to 60 over the matter again,
when the atmosphere will not be sur
charged with politics.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04

The latest Rtory Is that Roosevelt Ia
willing to accept the vice presto sncy
provided Mckinley will adopt him as his
political hair and uss his Influence to
give him the presidential nomination
four years hence. AS such an attempt
on the part OF President to dictate his
successor would be likely TO hurt the
beneficiary rather than help him. and
as this is likely to be obvious to Mr..
Roosevelt, 1t ls pretty safe to pronounce
this story q creation of somebody's imag-
ination without particle of foundation.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04

record Of Eussbius. psrhAps the ysar
III. In the years 1871, isas, is47. many
Syriao documents we're brought from It 10
kitEian Monastery In Lower Egypt and
plaosd N me B sas.s.! hussu a,,; Among
he original records Of Eusebius.
Nv. Moses Of khorni In his history
written about 40 A. u. add other letters
Of King Ahgar regarding early Chris
tianity.
Ths esnuineusss Of tails oorrespondenos
has always been called into question.
Pops Gslasius VINO died IN $50 sxpre'slv
stated thst the isttsrs Of Abgar 70 Jesus
and Jesus 10 AhgsF were rejected BY the
ahurch as spurious. Likewise Augusta
(dlsd 4s0) and jerome (died s20l assure
"a that In their day no authentic writ
ings Of Jesus were In existence. But
thsre have always been men with imag-
ination strong enough and Of such con
trcl ing desire that they could not resist
the temptation to declare that such
felios Of Jesus still existed.
When We come to Csdremua. We ind
In his Com pendiuln OF history that the
portrait Of Jesus was obtained b. Hanan
face OF Jssua but the haht was 20 strong
about his face that he could not. 30
j sus took a pieoa OF the artists canvas
and wiping it across his face gave 10 back
10 Hanan with bis Image fixed thereon.
This story spears In otter forms In
connection with the similar story OF Yer
onioa's kercbisf. Il the origin Of all the
legends OF portrait CT Jesus.
4 Where the original tradition arose and
under what circumstances 10 IL impos-
sibis to B. H. 1Eussbips rs we knew IL the
first 10 mention 10. VT is simply one Of
the attsmpts to tell how Christianity was
first introdu ced into syria. There 10 no
reason tosaffirm or 60 deny that Thaddeus
first preached In Odessa. No record
survives. The frat Christian king. a bgs.
Of Edessa reigned from 176 TO 2lS. A. ID.
Abgsr IL the name Of vsrious kings.
who ruled between the years % b. q. arr
2i7 A. ID. Someone doubtless about the
year 200 Of our sra invsnted the original
kernel OF the story. which was afterwards
attached to the King AbRer Of the time
Of Jesus. This Abgsr 1880 "a. ID } died
goSd heathen and probably never beard
the name Of Jesus.
John Carroll Perkins.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04

Subscribers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested to notify the ONCE OF
the DAILY PRESS. No. Va Exchange street.
Portland Me.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04
STATE TOPICS.

Adiutant General Richards Is now
making plans for the Stats muster late
In the summer. AS yet the plans have not
progressed far enough 30 be announced.
not held. There are hundreds OF details
regarding the work that must be attend
ed to and 1t Is these details that make
the duties of the ofico SO onerous.
Speaking of the new fisgs which have
been ord cred for The LIST Infantry, General
Kiohsris said that new flags woul1 not
be ordered for the End Regiment. When
the LIST Regiment went to ChiokAmauga
the fiags became the property OF the gov.
eminent and therefore that regiment In
without haRe. Those OF the End Infantry
are In good condition, having been
bought a short time ago so that there 10
no necessity for new days.
AsVAEsalboFo CORRESPONDENT sends the
kenuebeo Journal a story Of a pet rab-
bit which Is as unique as it IL Interesting.
This pet Is the constant o0mpAnion Of q
flock of hens, going with them every
where during the day. The other Cay.
bunny was missing at supper time and
a careful search was made Of the barn
where he usually sleeps at night At
lest heiwas discovered settled oomfnr tAbly
for the night on the rocsts with the
hens.
The Eastport Sentinel says:
The 1T. Rev. Robert Goldman Jr.,
Bishop OF he Diocese of Maine, vas In
the CITY last Thursday. and on shat even
ing preached and adminiEt red the rite of
confirmation at Christ Church. Bishop
Goldman was created by . large oongresa-
ton, who listened TO q most interesting
discourse; during bis visits to the church.
% In the state. Bishop Goldman has been
the subjsct OF some unfavorabls news
paper criticisma, basfd on his reputsd
alluaions to the ilIiteraoy OF the reople
OF Maine. presumably his church people,
as they are the persons he would be most
liable 60 come In contact with; IN the
reports Of his sermons, the Bishop has
either been misquoted or he hes changed
HE views In relation 10 the lack Of In
tellinenoe Of Maine people. tor at Christ
Church Thursday evening he spoke
with warmth Of his reception throughout
the stsse, and OF the dignity. self,respeot
and intelligence OF the people whom he
met. Bishop Goldman is q mcss earnest
and eloquent speaker, and while he be-
lisvss the principles Of the doctrine e.
poussd by him Are those which our
Saviour taught, yes he has tolerance for
hose who differ with him. de says he
believes We need higher moral standard,
and II this Is taken at the common ao-
osptation Of the words, almost every one
will agree vita him.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

DR.. q. ID. MoIver, principal Of the
Normal school at Greensboro, N. O., be-
llevss that the most important sub sot In
the lopinent OF the South is the edu.
cation Of woman. ''Eduoate a man and
you do we'll" he saya "Educate q
W oman and you do bettsr. for you have
not only educated her, but have made
sure of the education OF four or five Of
the rext generation.
Mr.. Capron. widow Of the Rough Rider
Captain, who was killed In Cuba, " Ill
sail for the philippines In MAY, to do
Red Cross work. Sincs the death OF ner
husband she has Interested herself In the
welfare OF discharged soldiers, securing
employment for them.
Mrs. MCKINLEY contributed pair Of
bl lie worsted slippers whi3h she IN ads
herself to the Paterson, N. j.. Hospital
fair. They were put up lat auction ard
were sold for $50 TO n party OF gentlemen
who presented them to Miss J1lia Kyle,
who hes done IL uoh toward making the
enterprise success
Miss Helen u ould has disohsrRed her
private secretary. The young woman
who was hired to attend to Miss Gould q
correspondence seemed to think that her
one mission was to explois Mics Gould to
act as her press agent. In fact. She had
been newspaper woman. and never got
over her instincts to get q good STORY to
print. She knew that Miss Gould was
eoed copy" ard that distinguished
member OF New York society could not
90 visiting q friend or donate q millio n
to some college without having her pri
vate secretary send long account Of 1t
to some one Of her former newspaper
ohisfs. Miss Gould's patisnos was taxed
TO the utmott when shs saw. recently.
carefully tabuiat d statement OF the
requests made Of her for aims. The 1903
begging letters hau been carefully class,-
fed and quits an interesting story about
them was prepared for publication. She
Lost no time In letting her private score
tsry know that the sooner she got back
In the newspaper business the better Il
Wouli be for her.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04

Capt. Chadwick appears to have been
the victim OF too active tongue and o
treeoherous newspaper correspondent.
Doubtless he never intead6d his remarks
for publication, but even as private
communication they far transcribed
sonnd discretion. The one fault which
both our army ana navy officers seem
to be prone to Is that Of making careless
and III considered talk. ksticencs al
ways becomes soldier and never gets
him into trouble.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04
ARBOR DAY.

The homes villages and cities OF Maine
can be rendered still more beautiful and
attractive II all our psople will use the
day in the spirit and for the purpose
for whioh IL Is set apart.
Given at the Executive Chamber IN
AuguFta, this sevsnteent h day Of April,
In the year Of cur Lord one thousand
nine hundred, and Of this Independent e
of the United states OF America the
one hundred anu twenty-fourtb.
LIIEWELLYN POWERS.
BY the Governor.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04

1t certainly appears strange that all
but .thirty-nve members OF the House
should have voted to build canal to
cost SAC, OcO.C00 bsfore the commission
appointed BY the President had reported,
or expressed an unofficial opinion even as
to the best route, and TO commit rs
to the exclusive control of 1t in face of
treaty with England which bound both
her and US not 10 sack exclusive control.
But IL must be horne In mind that every
member who voted for the measure was
practically certsiD ttas the Senate would
not pass IL 60 this session, 60 that the
government would not really be COM
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04
STATE OF MAINE.
ARBOR DAY.
PROC6AMATION
by THE GOVERNOR.

Complying with the statute which
makes 10 the duty of the Governor to
name and set apart o day for the plant
Ing of trees and shrubs. 1, Llewellyn
Powers, as tiovernor Of the state Of
Maine, do, with the advios and consent
Of the Executive Council, designate Mon
DAY. the fourteenth day Of May, A. d.,
1900, to be otssrvsd throughout the State
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04

The DAILY PRESS Is delivered at these rates
every morning to subscribers In all parts OF
Portland. and In Westbrook and South Port
land.
MAINE STATE PRESS weekly
BY the year, 81 N advance, or si.2b at the
end OF the year.
For six months. so cents; for three months,
20 cents
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04

The Chicago platform was enthusiastic
caIIy chsered in the New Hampshire
Democratic platform and William
Bryan was styled the ''griatest living
American. This for the enemy's coun-
try ia doing pretty wslI.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04

The Massachusetts legislature has just
dsfsaTd a constitutional amendment
looking to the establishment OF the refer
sndum. or reference of important .legisla.
tion TO the people, for ratification. The
referendum Is one OF the dearest OF the
Populist "fads''. 1t is somswhs. taking
at first glance; but does not stand the
test of examination and experience.
1t has been in vogue In this
county since the Revolution In rs-
gard to constitutional snsndmants.
any addition to or subtraction from the
existing fundamental law. has to te rati-
led by popular vote before 1t becomes
operative. We nave had many referen-
dums In this stats, and in not single
case have the votes thrown reached any
where near the nun Der OF qualified
voters. Thirty thousand leEs people voted
for the prohibitsry amendment than
voted for governor at the same time. not
witsstanding the question had been I'M
der constant discussion and Tag tation for
months preceding. and on most OF the
constitutional amendments submitted,
though many Of them have Ebeen impor-
tant, the vote thrown has been insigniti-
can't. Ths same has been true all over
the country. The people cannot be in
duced to take a general interest in suoh
questions when submitted TO them. They
are content with the desision of their
Legislators. Fuit1srmore, q great many
OF the questions that come before isgis-
lators are Of a nature that admit of more
Intelligent decision by them than
by the people en- masss. TIE great ma
jority OF the people would have neither
the tins nor the opportunity. to say
nothing Of the disposition, to make the
examinations necessary co settle them
wisely. Their ceoisions controlled as
they would be ofteneimes BY dsma-
gogic and spsoious appeals would be quite
60 often wrong as right. There Is such
. thing as carrying the democratic idea
60 extremes, and the general referendum
Is an instance of IL.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04

Patrons OF the PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses OF their
papers changed as often as they may desire by
notifying the office
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-04

n having come 10 our notice
that we are reported as having
given mp the agency of the Hard
man Piano, we deem IL our duty
TO the public. aud ourselves 60
state that we still control the
sale of the IIardman Piano, and
shall continue as heretofore 90
carry in stock n full lime OF
those renowned instruments.
M. STEINERT & SONS CO.,
5I7 Congress street
II. c. McGOULDRIC. Mgr.
feL5dt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-15
THING OF THE PAST.
Plan to Eliminate Sympathetic
Strikes From Labor Troubles.

Chicago, June 15.-Sympathetic strikes
are to be a thing Of the past if a plan
of arbitration can be agreed upon by
the Building Trades Union and the as
sociatIon associated with the Building
Contract council A declaration TO this
effect viii come today from the dele
gates who participated in the joint COR
ference with the contractors On Tuesday
and Wednesday, and who were in secret
caucus all of yesterday debating q plaa
for the settlement OF the labor trouble
It was agreed practically by the dele
gates that the demands Of the c0ntrae-
tors for abolition of the Sympa thetic
strike was one which could be granted
without detriment to the case of labor
and a committee was appointed TO pre-
pare resolution which would give for
NAL expression to this sentiment. 4 sub
committee was formed to draft a com
munication to the building contractors
council on the same subject.
The subcommittee viii send TO the
building contractors council today q
general statement Of the position of the
delegates on the sympathetic strike. It
/ Will declare as near as can be learned
| that the sympathetic strike should be
/ abolished. At the same time the sub
committee Will reaffirn the determine
I ton OF union labor to preserve the
building trades council.
! The arbitration plan which has been
/ drawn up provides for the establishment
/ OF a permanent arbitration board and
/ also board of appeals, which shall act
speedily and adjust every difference
/ promptly as il arises. Pending the
finding Of the board work shall continue
j uninteFruptedly In this way strikes
! and lockOutS will be eliminated and il
no case Will building be delayed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-15

Secretary Long, who was launched today
as a full-hedged candidate by the general
distribution Of his picture on buttons
labelled For Vice President-John ID.
Long" and Representative Dolliver, of
Iowa, whose friends are urging him, be
cause of his reputation as orator and
also for geOgra phical reasons According
to the present outlook. besides the three
named, there viii be votes cast for num-
ber Of favorite sons. though probably in
many instances it viii be purely a COM
plimentary vote Among these are Sena-
ter Fairbanks of Indiana; ex-senator
Washburn, of Minnesota. Governor SEQ
field. of Wisconsin; Judge Bartlett Trip,
of South Dakota. and Colonel Jay L Tor
rey, of Wyoming, while the field is open
for any others, who may be entered for
the race
Extensive preparations are making for
the entertainment of the visitors. Each
Republican club in the city is to look al
ter the welfare of one or more OF the Wis
iting clubs and nothing is being left IN
done to make the stay of convention
guests a pleasant one BanQuets have
been planned. excursions will be given To
points on the Delaware and smokers with
out number are on the programme
been selected by Sergeant-at-A Arms Wis
wei to take charge of the minor officials
of the convention. announced the names
of the assistant chief ushers. There are
about sixty OF these officials, and they
come from nearly every state IN the
union. Each of the assistant chief usheFs
will have charge OF one section and vii
have d force of from four to eight assist
ants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-15
Rnrnaa AZ Cal on

Houston. Tex. June 1.-THE Post to-
day prints a list OF fifteen women and
children who have been burned to death
since June I as the result of the ex-
plcsiou Of kerosene oil cans u every
case except one the person was attempt
ing TO kf7dIe a FIRE with kerosene The
other was peculiar A Miss Sims, HV-
ing near Seaton. struck d match, the
head of which few while blazing on an
Gil can. the fame was communicated TO
the kerosene. an explosion followed and
the young woman was fatally burned
The statement IS made tuat since jan
uary 1. no less than f0rty-fve persons
have been burned to death il Texas as
the result of kerosene can explosions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-15
GIFT TO MINERS.
C. J. Devlin Provides a Hospital in
Pittsburg District.

c. J. DevIin, president Of the Mount
Carmel Coal company and the largest
coal mine operator in Kansas. has ded-
icated 40 acre tract of land between
Pittsburg and F'rontenac to the coal
miners of southeastern Kansas for hos
pital purposes. A new hospital to cost
81, 600 will be erected on the site this
year. and most of the money to build
il viii be given by Mr.. Devlin. It viii
be in charge of the Sisters of St Joseph
of Wichita. Bishop John ]. HennesSey
of Wichita, has charge of the enterprise
and is laying plans for a model hospi-
tai
At present the miners of the Pittsburg
coal district have no hospital facilities.
Whenever one is so seriously injured
that a surgical operation is necessary
he must be removed to Kansas City.
topeka or some other far away point.
In many instances the miner Is not III
/ financial condition to remain at honIc
during d sick spell. Accidents are very
frequent in the mines and sickness is
quite general among the miners and
their families. 1t was on account of
the poor facilities afforded the miners
and their families for treatment in case
Of accident or sickness that suggested
to Mr. Devlin's mind that a miners
hospital would be a good thing.
Mr.. Deviin in his various mines en-
plOys over 10000 miners. He is a great
/ friend Of the miners and never has any
I trouble with them 1t is said that he
1 was never sued by a miner in his life
During the labor troubles in the Pitts
/ burg district during the past Is months
/ his interests have never been involved
nor in jeopardy for a single moment He
I took the miners side in the controver-
sy- When President Reese was sent to
/ jail for contempt OF court and took an
I appeal to a higher court, Mr.. Devlin
1 went on his bond and employed counsel
for him TO fight the case.
! When asked about the matter Mr.
/ Oevlin urged that his name be not men
/ toned IN connection with the proposed
new hospital. He is extremely modest
and never believes in parading himself
! or his deeds before the public He ad-
mftted, however, that he had given 30
acres of land for hospital purposes AMI
that fine hospital, well equipped would
! be erected After its establishment. be
/ viii pay a large portion of the cost of
maintaining it The miners will proba-
bly, pay portion of the cost of main
tenance, also. The tract of land. aside
from site for the building and
grounds, will be used to raise garden
i truck for the hospital