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MARRIED

JONES-BRADFORD-On November
2S, 19OO at the Harrison Street NJ. E.
parsonage. by the Rev. w. e. Avery,
S. c. Jones and Miss Bertha NJ.
Bradford, both of Wilmington.
LEY-GILBERT-At the resi-
dence of the brides mother, No. 80 East
Twenty-second street. on November q,
1900, William T. Langley and Lurella A.
Gilbert, by the Rev. j. W. Easley.
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Sale or pesirabIe rronc,,,es

The Security Trust and safe Deposit
Company advcr,ises at public sale a
small farm near Ashland. aud a NUM-
her of dwellings IN this city An evce
lent opportunity is offered % person
desiring profitable invcs ,mcnts or com
Portable homes. The sale viii tai,
rlace at tho Court House on ID, cmbe
II
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Purchased New Trolley line

Tho United Power and Transporta- .
ticn Company, which controls the viii
mngton City Railway, has purchase }
the Prospect Park Trolley Compan
and the Philadelphia and Dslawar
line.
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Worked Many Years In Powder

Hugh Foster. aged Is wears. wli be
buried from his home In HCngy CAY
tomorrow. Mr.. Foster had ben en-
ploycd in the Dupon. powder mills 70.
sixty years. lie was a popular mem.
bcr Of the Ancient Order CT Hlbcrnian
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win Talk 10 BOYS

State Secretary G. f. Tribbitts, of
Washington, d. c.. will talk about
THE Password" before a meeting for
boys in the Y. M. C. A. Hall on Sat
urday afternoon next.
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Insncctnd O. a. r. I.nsts

William A. Reilly. department COM
mander, G.. a. r., visited Georgetown
on Saturday evening and inspected
the local pest
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Ola DweIlinp Torn Do,vn

BY order Of Building Inspector John
]. Cassidy. the old frame dwelling at
No. sos Walnut street. owned by the
Rev. NJ. T. Sluby. has been torn down.
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.Inmes cnnn nnried

James Cam, a weil-known resident
Of near Glasgow. was buried to-day. He
was 81 years of age. and a member of
the Peacader Presbyterian Church.
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Interesting FIGHT for Adiutant

Supporters OF Colonel l. Pusey Wick
ersham and Colonel Theodore r.
Townsend for the position of adiutant
general ef this State. are working day
and nisht Major Edmund Mitchell
also has been spoken OF for the posi-
tiOR.
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Has New business Manager

Edward J. Frysinger recently State
editor Of the Philadelphia Press, has
accepted the business management OF
the Sun.
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For a Cold in the Head, Laxative
Broino- -Quinine Tablets.
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Wilmington, Del, Dec. srd, 1900.
George Carter, Esq,
Manager Evening Journal.

Wilmington DeL, Dec.
George Carter, Esq,
Manager Evening Journal.
Dear Sir of the Life Policy
the Edward Rdgey of Delaware resulted in
such investment aodng protection
that have had inquiries reference to
this policy The Evening Journal
fore enclose Payment Life Twenty
Year Distribution Policy upon $40 which kindly
insert information of others who be
terested Yours truly,
Herbert N Fell General Agent
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DIED

BURNHAM.-On Thursday, November
90 1900 Mrs. Elizabeth Van L. Burn
ham, wife OF the late John Burnham.
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Diamond Brothers Big Double MIN
strel enterprise holds the boards at
the Opera House on next Wednesday
night The gorgeously staged attrac-
ticn is bigger and better than ever be-
fore this season, and has been enjoy
ing tremendous successes wherever II
has been presented. There is no doubt
but the same welcome will be accorded
here. In the cast there are fifty peo-
plo in number, of the cleverest black
faced comedians in the profession
among whom may be mentioned Mat
Diamond. Charles Cased, Fred Russell
and George Knox. The troupe is com
posed OF all white people. They have
two full brass bands, making one of
the finest parades OF any minstrel show
travelling, Each hand has its respective
leaders besides the grand first part
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B---The policy may be surrendered
and
The guaranteed surrender value in accordance
with the provisions of the policy, together with
the surplus, can be drawn in cash;
or,
The guaranteed surrender value, in accordance
with the provisions OF the policy, together with
surplus, can be used to purchase annuity on
the life insured, at the rates then in use,
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S952.SO

(5) fAnnuity for Guaran-
tccd Surrender Value
and Former Results.
FIlased ON Present
Annuity Rates.
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$lO,l56.40

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der Value and For
mer Results,
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tt has been truly said that the &C eai
White Diamond which comes to the
! Opera House on Tuesday afternoon, IL
the best melodrama on the road II
contains four big acts and four big ren-
sations that are entirely different from
anything ever produced on the stage
Its gorgeous scenery, marvellous effect
and wonderful stage mechanism are e
paragon OF realism. A heart story
which carries one with wondrOus in
terest from South Africa to the Sierrs
Nevada mountains. makes a daring ad-
dition 10 q plot which furnishes. be
sides It's romance the ghrill of
bravery as exemplifled in the Human
| pendulum" and the great Swing foi
life Moreover there Is a charming
vein OF comedy which runs through
the story as It Is told dramatically. and
there Is nothing lacking in the way o.
II specialties. which serve to liven things
as the whirling scenes succeed one an
other. Frank IIennig, a sterling actor
best known as one of the late Mr.
Keene's associates, Is the leading man
The Little Egypt Burlesque Com
pany will be the attraction at the
Academy of Music the first thre,
nights OF this week The company
carries all it's scenery and is one OF the
most thoroughly equipped burlesqut
organizations on the road. The pro
gram opens with n musical interlude
entitled French Visitors" and closer
with the burlesque, Forbidden Fruit
Sandwiched between is a strong Ollie
Of eight up-to-date specialties. In the
burlesque is introduced famous Orient
al dances.
Secret Service" regarded by man!
as William Gillettes best play, will b.
the attraction at the Opera House oi
next Friday night. II will be givei
with all the original scenery and effect
by a thoroughly competent and cl.ve
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Payne, Eppa Hunton and ]. G.. Abbott.
There We're eight OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Strong. S. T. Miller and j. l.. Bradley
of the supreme court Senator'S G. i.
Edmunds. o. p. Morton and #. T. Ere
linghuysen and Representatives. James
y. Garfield and George Il. Hoar. The
commission adjourned sine die March
-. 1877, after havi,g, by strict party
vote Of to 4. awarded 1S5 electoral
votes to Hayes and Wheeler and 1S4 10
Tilden and Hendricks. Consequent up
on this decision the Republican nomi-
nees were declared elected
The margins OF plurality on either
side grow smaller as the population of
the United States increases, and in the
election OF 1880, when James \. Garfield
for president and Chester y. Arthur for
vice president received 4,4}9,05S popu
lar votes and 2l4 in the electoral col
lege. General w. S. Hancock, Democrat.
rolled. up 4.4420S5. President Garfield
was the fourth incumbent of the office
to die the same year he was elected and
the second to fall by the assassins bull
let, the remainder OF his term being
filed by Chester y. Arthur.
In 1884 the Democrats came into pow
err through tho election of Grover
Cleveland and T. a. Hendricks. who
brought out q popular vote of 4.911,9l7,
as opposed to 4.SiS.334 for James Il.
Blaine and General John a. Logan. In
the electoral college Cleveland and
Hendricks received 2i9 votes.
President Cleveland was again the
contestant in 1883, with Allen G.. Thur
man as his coadjutor and was defeated
by Benjamin Harrison. Though the
popular vote for the Democratic nomi-
nees was 5,53S.233, and 5.iA0,216 for tire
Republicans. in the electoral college
Harrison and Levi p. Morton received
233 votes against l6s cast for the Demo-
Gratis.
The contest of 1892. with Harrison
and Cleveland as the principals, ana
Adlai f.. Stevenson and Whitelaw REID
as vice presidential nominees, was won
by the Democrats with popular vote
of 5,556.91S, against n Republican poll
of 5.l76,l0s, with 277 electoral votes Cor
the victors.
Changing conditions brought forward
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WILLIAM J. BRYAN.

Ia result has told In the cumulative
product. i'll the spiritual increment
/ mani
Few indeed have reached the plane
occupied by the immortal Washington.
our first president. whose lofty ideals
have beenof greater value TO this country
than the possession of untold material
wealth. and who is held, if possible. in
increasing veneration as the years roll
by. AS our first chief ma gistrate he would
occupy position of peculiar veneration.
irrespective of his numerous virtues
and high endowments. Looking back
10 the time when he was called by the
peoples SURFACES TO the highest Office
within their gift, we find that it was
with great reluctance that he accepted
his evident destiny.
He was inaugurated at New York on
the Goth of April, 1889, and before he
had we'll warmed the presidential chair
the Phi!istines were upon him, first
crlticisinS his receptions. which they
denounced as aping royalty, then, as
the subject became familiar, even ac-
cusing him of fraud and corruption.
But under his auspices Washington
saw national government firmly es-
tablishcd. menacing controversies with
foreign nations settled, the war debts
funded. credit restored, commerce and
agriculture nourish;ng and the re-
sources of the country beginning to he
exploited. Elected a second time 20
the presidency. he followed strictly the
lines which his superlative wisdom had
suggested during the first incumbency.
II was in the autumn of 1886 thar
| Washington delivered that most mem
orable of state papers," his famous
farewell address, and in the following
spring retired to private life.
During the first 80 years or so OF the
republic the records of the popular
votes received for president and vice
president are unreliable. but the cleo
toral votes have been preserved. From
these we find that George Washington
and John Adams in 1889 received re-
spectively, SO and 81 electoral votes, ana
these being the two highest numbers
cast. they were declared elected. At
this first election the eminent candi-
dates had What is popularity known as
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schuyler Colfax. the candidate for vice
president. received 214 votes
Grant was reelected In 1872 by 1897.
OI0 votes. the leader among his oppo-
nents, Horace Greeley. Liberal Demo-
cret. receiving 2,S34,079. The victor and
the vice presidential nominee, Henry
wilson, received 2S6 electoral votes.
In the presidential contest of 1876 a
complication arose which recalled the
dit1culty in 1900 between Jefferson and
Burr. According to the returns Sam
uei j. ridden. the Democratic candidate.
received popular vote of 4,2S4,SS5, or a
plurality of 250.935 over his Republican
opponent, Rutherford Il. Hayes, for
whom 4,033,950 votes were cast. To pass
upon the conflicting returns, those of
rloriqa. Louisiana, Oregon and South
carolina having been disputed, an
electoral commission" was created by
act OF congress. approved Jan. 20, 1877.
oy Which four Justices of the supreme
court We're made members, with power
10 select fifth. With these were ia
SIT five members of the senate and five
OIL the house of representatives. To
this commission was delegated the
power in the premises OF 1.-The two
houses acting separately or toge Their"
and Its decisions were to be reversed
only by the concurrent action of both
houses. -
The commission was composed OF
seven Democrats-Nathan Clifford and
stephen j. Field OF the supreme court,
Senators Thomas Il. Bayard and Fran
els herman, and Representative H. T..
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administration, needless to remark
that TIE irrevocablc step was taken
by which the southern states seeded
from the Union and the great civil war
resulted. Mutterngs of the gathering
storm had been heard for years, and
through the force of events paroles
were now aligned in accordance with
new political affiliations.
The crisis was reached in the election
of 1850. when for The second time Che
Republicans. as the adherents of the
new party were designated. appeared
in the political arena and put forth
Abraham Lincoln as a candidate. Ste
phen y. Douglas was the standard
bearer Of the regular Democratic par
ty. and the real contest was between
the "railsplitter" and the little giant
resulting in the election of Lincoln hy
l.S66,352 votes, Douglas having polled
1.375.157. Douglas had triumphed at the
Democratic convention held in
Charleston. but the southern wing of
tho party withdrew to Richmond, while
other dissidents adjourned to Balti-
more. where John C. Breckenridge was
nominated, and yet another faction
named John Bell as the Union" candi-
date. Lncoln's vice president was
Hannibal Hamlin. They received $50
1t would seem supernuous to narratc
the events of Lincoln's administration,
so familiar to every citizen and cover
ing most cventful period of our his
tory. In 1854 Lincoln was re- elected,
receiving 2,2l5.067 votes, against which
sos, 725 were poled for his Democratic
opponent, General George Il. AlcClel-
Ian. In the electoral college Lincoln
and the Republican candidate for vice
president. Andrew Johnson, received
212 votes. Killed by an assassin only
two weeks after the close of the war
Lincoln was succeeded by johnson. who
was thus the third 10 be elevated by
the intervention of death to the highest
position in the land.
The contest of 1865 was between Gen
eral Ulysses S. Grant. Republican. and
Horatio Seymour, Democrat, resulting
in a popular vote OF 3.0l507 for the for
iner and 2,7O9,6l5 for the latter. In tbs
electoral college General Grant and
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dread it is that of having 10 speak pub
licly, no matter how small the audience
may be. People generally expect such
a lot from an emperor, but when
speak l feel how little they are get
ting"
The emperor of Austria is not good
speaker, and he himself confesses that
it "upsets his appetite" at the very ldea
of having to say even few words IN
public. Anent this, there is good tale
told which occurred SO recently that 1t
may be regarded as quite new. The
venerable emperor had been speaking
at a political meeting-a political DIM
ner. rather. According to his won't his
majesty said q very few words, ana
these words WERE ii must be confessed,
very loosely strung together-in iact'
his ideas were very poorly expressed.
Next morning the emperor, on looking
over the paper. noticed that MS maj
esty had made q most impressive ana
important speech" and it gave In very
flowery language the address his maj
esty was supposed to have delivered.
The plain spoken emperor. turning to
one of his attendants. said, What's
this?" Sire" replied the attendant
solemnly, that is the speech 1t pleased
your majesty to deliver last night
",rhe speech deivered." replied his
majesty, thunderstruck. Look here!
Kindly go to the ass who stuck that in
and tell him that | may be an emperor,
but am not a COMPOUNDED orator."
The king of Sweden is magnificent
'all round" scholar. He can speak flu
entity in several languages. and he is
never so h2ppy as when addressing
some learned society or some public
body. Quite recently-since the present
anna hing outbreak in China-his maj
esty, in addressing the members of
Society For the Cultivation OF Foreign
Languages spoke during the evening III
no fewer than five different tongues.
| one of the members afterward, in
speaking to the king, said: Your maj
esty is splendid linguist. Can Your
majesty speak Chinese?" Sir. re-
piled the king, with dignity. Il have
many failinss, as l myself well Know,
but heaven forbid that 1 should ever
be cursed with such crime as thatt'
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walk over" but at the second cleo
ton. 1872. when Washington and Adj
ans, "Federalists," We're reelected by
1872 and a votes respectively, their RE
publican" opponents were gaining
strength.
In 1897 Washington having refused
the nomination for n third term. there
by establishing a precedent which has
mus far been rigidly observed, the
venerable patriot John Adams fell heir
TO his honors. He was elected president
as u Federalst with II votes. with
Thomas Jefferson. Republican. as vice
president with 6S votes. No one. espe-
ciaily at this distance of time, will ven.
ture to impugn the purity of the Adams
administration. In fact. the chief OBJ
lection urged against him was that he
had not turned the opposition out.
During Washington's eight year term
he removed only nine persons from Of
flee. and Adams replaced the same
number In his one term. in all cases for
some cause nonpolltical AS the people
outside who wanted to get In exceeded
in number those who were inside and
wouldn't get out, the inevitable result
followed. and Mr.. Adams was not hon
ored, like his predecessor. with another
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pledges of reform, but died a month
after he was inaugurated and was sue.
ceeded by Tyler, who was thus the FRS,
to be seated in the presidential chair
through the death Of the incumbent.
In 1874 the pendulum swung bac,,
again to the Democratic side, and
James *. Polk was elected by 1897. 2lS
votes over Clay. who had 1,299.o6S. In
the electoral college Polk received 40
votes. the same number cast for C. NJ.
Dallas for vice president
In 1S4S another soldier, General Zach
airy Taylor, like Harrison, also Wing.
led at the polls, with 1850. 101 votes, his
chief adversary. Cass, Democrat, re-
ceiving 1.220.544. He received 163 elec-
toral votes, as did Willard Fillmore, the
Wing candidate for vice president. The
parallel between Harrison and Taylor
was completed by the death of the lat
ter, In July. 1850, and the succession Of
Fillmore.
The Democrats made their power man.
ffest again in 1862. when Franklin Pierce
was elected by 1.601,4T4 votes, the Whig
candidate, General Winfield Scott, re-
ceiving 1,3S0,576. Pierce had 254 cleo
toral votes cast for him, and w. r.
King the same number as vice presi-
dent. Again in 1856 the Democrats
were victorious. James Buchanan re-
ceiving 1.S3S169 votes. and the Repub-
lican candidate, John C. Fremont,
1,341.264. In the electoral college ia
votes were cast for Buchanan as presi-
dent and J. c. Breckenridge as vice
president. 1t was during the Buchanan
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as standard bearers in 1896 William
Mckinley. Republican,, and William ].
Bryan. Democrat and Populist. who re-
ceiyed. respectively. 7.104,779 and $500. :
925 popular votes. In the electoral col
lege Mckinley and Carrot A. Hobart
We're chosen by 271 votes. Bryan ana
Sewall getting 176.
Ihere are at present. 1t is estimated,
lf'ooo.oOo voters in the United States.
ana In the election of 1900. If all entitled
10 the franchise avail themselves Of
,heir privilege. more than 100000 viii
pe necessary to constitute a majority.
me whole number of votes In the cleo.
toral college this year is 447, and 224 are
necessary to choice.
CLAIMING A. BARLOW.
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sion OF some real or imaginary virtue.
some positive force making for charac-
ter. Again. he has not been set upon Il
pedestal of alleged superiority, to ap-
proach which those who placed him
there have to PROSTATE and abasc
themselves, as is the case with royalty.
He has always been one of the people,
presumably their exemplar. and his ex-
ample and character have generally
been in themselves incentives to effort
and productive of commendable emula-
ton. Character. not accident of birth.
has been the tombstone for presden-
tial prcferment in this country. and
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MoNARCHs AS ruBL1o spEAKpns

Inc Kaiser as all the world knows,
certainly does not lack in self conn,
dence, and has thus given his opinion
as regards speechmaking: "As the ruler
of great nation know that I must
OF necessity have much to say to INV
people. Speaking with conviction. I
rarely fail for words. and am often car.
ried far beyond what 1 originally in
tended to say by the intense earnest.
ness of my thoughts
The serious. earnest minded young
car OF Russia. who certainly does not
take life frivolously. recently said to
MS royal cousin. the Duke of York:
me position of an emperor carries
with 1t many hardships, many ankle
ties; however. of all the duties I most
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fogate to ourselves the progress OF =.
world during the continuance of our ex.
istence as q national entity, we would be
justified in claiming for Americas pres.
tdenttal era much that makes for real
greatness and worth during the centu-
ry now drawing to its close For exam
pie, the English are fond Of alluding to
one Of the most important reigns in
their history as the "Elizabethan err I"
and to the latest and longest as tl,e
8"Victorian," bestowing upon each The
name of the sovereign who happened tn
be upon the throne while the great
events were transpiring which made
England what 1t is. And If they can
claim. as owing to the greatness of
Elizabeth, the genius of a Bacon. n
Shakespeare. Raleigh. and TO the vir-
tues OF Victoria the accomplishments
OF Palmerston, Pitt, a Gladstone n
Tennyson, q Dickens, Thackeray and
the great host Of men who have made
their country famous despite their in
sular environment. then surely we NAV
lay claim to moiety of the HERITAGE
accruing from the achievements OF this
century just ending.
The truth Is. probably, that neither
Elizabeth nor Victoria had much moro
to do with the innate development of the
geninses born and fiourishing in their
time than chip floating on the sur
face OF. stream has to do with the
powerful current that turns the wheels
pf mills and factories along its banks
If. however, the term may be applied
and a legitimate comparison introduce
ed, our era has surely been the lonccs.
In history, the most important and pro.
ductive OF the greatest good to the
greatest number, for we can point TO a
continuous government of more than n
hundred years duration, the constant
aim OF which has been the betterment
Of mankind and the Improvement of the
world. During the eras cited the SOW
sreigns mentioned merely happened 70
20 IN power and contributed very little
OF their own volition to the advance
faett. of their subjects. except in neg
alive way-by not setting an EXAMPLE
absolutely bad. In the United States
on the contrary, every president has
besn elected on account of the posses
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term. The anti Federal opposition had
been growing for years, so far back as
1898 party lines having been indicated
by the schism in NVashington's cab
met, and in 1900, just 100 years ago. the
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Votes by Which the Presidents Of
the United 6tdte5 Have
Been Chosen

!" ANY of our best citizens have
deprecated the oft recurring
. % presidential elections as dis
turbing factors in the body
polite and as deterrent events in the
nauon.s course OF general prosperity.
On the other hand. those observers are
NOT Few who declare that these quad
rennial occurrences are stimulative of
highest effort, serving as reminders of
the Fundamental principles of what is
nowSsrecognized as the most powerful
ana popular government on earth.
Indeed, IL we were to follow the ex-
ample OF certain other nations and ar