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Evening journal., 1900-08-18
May Launch No. ? Barre

An effort is being made to launch
steel barge No. 2. built for the Rock
land and Rockfort Lime Company by
the Harlan and HOllingsworth Com
pany, will be launched next Saturday.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18
Maireh a Hearing

In Magistrate Daley's court to-day
Albert II. Palmer. charged with steal
ing a team from Samuel Bayley
waived a hearing, and was held in $500
bail for upper court
Evening journal., 1900-08-18
omcers Ended Horse,s NIIscry

Officers Hancock and Freeman shot
valuable horse belonging to the Will
mington Steamboat Company yester-
day The animal was valued at $3.50
and was suffering with lockjaw.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18

II Delaware county, Pa, really wants
the whipping post as an instrument Of
legal punishment 1t need not 80 far
u er than New Castle for an approved
model
Evening journal., 1900-08-18
license Applications FiIed

Forty-one liquor license applications
have been filed with the clerk OF the
peace. These will be acted upon by
the court during the September term.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18
Ueptasopbs Go ~ Readir,

About 500 persons went to Reading
this morning on the excursion given
by Friendship Conclave of Hepta-
sophs.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18
Treed as a Cnndidare

Friends Of Charles c. Kurtz are urg-
ing him to become a a Democratic can
didate for clerk of the peace,
Evening journal., 1900-08-18

ally fair and warmer today. Sunday
Fair light southwesterly winds.
Sunrise. STA; sunset, 6:5S; length OF
aay, 1888; moon rises, 1855 D. m;
moonsets, 2.1S p. IN.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18
I.nonl Rnnk CIenrings

Clearings Of the local banks #
week ended at noon to-day wer
1O7.176, compared with Sl,Ol9,9l
the same period last year.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18
Few Gases for september Court

Few cases will come before the Sep
tember term of the Superior Court In
the Court Of General Sessions, also.
there will De few cases to be tried.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18

Down the Chesapeake Bay Via Penn
sylvania Railroad Sunday Next,
August 10
Only $3.50 for the round trip. Spe-
cial train leaves Wilmington at S45
a. m.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18
T1cursioniets Pass Through

Two sections Of the c. & o. Atlantic
City excursion trains passed through
Wilmington this morning
Evening journal., 1900-08-18
Orchestra at Rirerslde Pnrk

Albert's Orchestra will render music
at Riverside Park tomorrow. Isador
Singer, of the Grand Opera House or
chestra, will assist.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18
DIED

KIRBY.-At Edge Moor, Del, Augt
1900. Katie Kirby, in her 23d year.
Funeral private from the resideI
her brother, Matthew n. kirby
Moor. Del, on Sunday afternoon
gust 10. at $3.50 o'clock. lnterment
/ hardy Cemetery.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18

That Liberty Congress in Indian
apolis was swallowed by Bryan at one
gulp, and it wasn't a big mouthful
either.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18

Everything Electrical
AT 3l5 Shipley street. Morris.
phones.
Evening journal., 1900-08-18

The weather and the Almanac.
The temperature has risen somewhat
and continues high i'm the central Mis-
The evening times., 1900-03-07
Lord Roherts, Prnrress.

BY far the most important news from
South Ahica today is that of the Dutch
rising in the northwestern part Of Cape
Colony. The places which are nucleal 70
line disturbance are Prieska and Kenhardt
the former being a town or the Orange
River connected with De Aar by stage
line The location given viii at once sug-
gast The seriousness OF the trouble Our
dispatches state that large numbers Of
Afrikanders are nockng 10 the insurgent
laagers. and the insurrection seems gen.
eral. This viii be bad news for Lord Rob
erts. for the line Of his Cape Town commu-
Eications gees directly through the revolt
ed territory, and it viii be necessary for
him TO det3ch a strong force to keep it
clear
Another battle and butchers bill may
be reported by tomorrow, as the lines Of
Lord Roberts ana General Joubert are
close together at Osfontein-eyen within
cannon shot at latest accounts. Appear
snces are that the Boer commander means
TO make a determined stand against the
British advance eastward in the Free
state. He has a line five miles long drawn
north and south across the Modder River,
and including twenty-seven kopjes, well
entrenched and defended by artillery. The
chances are. however. that Joubert's posi-
tion is not iurinscally a strong one ex-
cept against frontal attack. There are said
TO be stretches Of open country beyond his
TANKS, easy to maneuver in and well sup
piled with water SO it is probable that
Lord ROBBERS. who has four 1Tigades of
cavalry and mounted infantry for light
OF rations, may use them in a turning
movement and perhaps secure position
10 take the Beers in reverse. Should that
be imminently threatened Joubert might
very likely fall back rather than risk a
battle, but the energy with which he Is
entrenching and fortifying appears to iudi-
cate an expectation to fight Roberts NAV
conclude TO meet him, but if there Is any
reasonable way 10 avoid assault on tie
bopjes consistent with military success the
British general is not likely TO sacrifice his
men. Joubert is believed to have his whc;a
Natal army at or near Osfontein. and se
is being re-enfOrced hourly What his
force may aggregate can only be coniec.-
ured. 1t is anything from ten thousand
up, but al best not a body thaoseti ally
The evening times., 1900-03-07
CARNEGIE coNsULTs sCHwAB.
The Suit Brought by ~. &. Frick May
BE Compounded

NEW YORK, March Charles "
Schwab. President of the Carnegie Steel
Company was in the city yes erday, but
started for Pittsburg last evening. MI.
Schwab, who stayed at the Holland House
came here to consult Andrew Carnegie
about the litigation in which the CarGe-
gle company and Mr.. Carnegie are in
yolved as a result of the suits brought
BY II. c. FTick and others. Mr. Schwab
and Mr.. Carnegie were in consultation the
greater part of the day yesterday. Nei-
ther would talk about the conference.
The time allowed for Mr.. Carnegie and
the Carnegie company 10 file an answer
in the suits in question will soon expire,
and it is believed the conference was in
relation to the wording and general tone
of this answer. While neither Mr.. Car
negie nor Mr. Schwab would talk ab ut
the matter yesterday. il was perSlste ltly
rumored that the troubles between Mr.
Frick and his associates and Mr.. Carnegie
and the Carnegie steel Company would he
compromised and the suits dis OntinCed.
The evening times., 1900-03-07
AN HISTORIC DESK.
! The President Uses One That Was
Presented by Queen Victoria.

The President Uses One That Was
Presented by Queen Victoria.
The one object of special interest in
President McKinleys office is the fiat
bread desk where he finds his mail await
ing his examination. 1t is a masterpiece
of cabinet work The desk is a gift from
Queen Victoria, and bears the following
inscription:
Her Majesty's ship Resolute forming
part of the expedition sent in search OF
Sir John Franklin in 1852, was abandoned
in latitude "A degrees Al minutes. north
longitude lei degrees. 90 minutes. west, on
18th of May, 1854 She was discovered
and extricated in September, 1855. in lati-
tude 81 degrees, north, by Captain Bud
dington, of the United States whaler
George Henry. The ship was purchased.
fitted out. and sent to England as a gift
for Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, by the
President and people of the United States.
aE token of good will and friendship. This
table was made from her timbers, when
she was broken up and is presented by the
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland to the
President of the United States as a men,
orial of the courtesy and loving kindness
which dictated the offer of the gift Reso-
lutte"
The evening times., 1900-03-07
KILLED BY THE ROYAL BLUE.
stranger Torn to Pieces by an EN-
press Train.

HYATTSNILLE Nd. March A Royal
Blue train which leaves Washington at 3
O'Clock struck and instantly killed an IN
known white man about one mile east OF
RiverdaIe yesterday afternoon The man
was mangIed beyond recognition and his
remains scattered along the tracks for a
distance OF 500 yards
The train was stopped and the trainmen
ran back and removed portions of the man
from the tTaCN.
The man. who was dressed in brown
checkered suit, blue oveTCOat and brown
derby hat. WAS seen 10 get OF an electric
car in this village about 2:30. and walk
along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks to-
ward Baltimore. He was again seen walk
ing upon the east bound track with his
hands in his pockets and in meditative
mood
Justice Carr deemed an inquest un-
necessary and the remains were taken in
charge b. the undertaken OF this village.
A pocke tbooA containing s.. a receipt for
one dollar in the name of Louis Schmatz
and a pair of gold eyeglasses were taken
from the dead man 5 body by the con-
duCtOr
The evening times., 1900-03-07
SOLON HUMPHREYS DEAD.
One of the .OId Guard' In the Palm y
Days of Jay Gould.

NEW YORK. March 7.-Solon Hum
phreys, who had been Treasurer OF the
New York Chamber of Commerce since
1878 and who was one of the "Old Guard
in Wall Street when Jay Gould was at the
height of his power. died early yesterday
afternoon at his home, in the Bergen Point
section of Baycnne, n. J. Death followed
an unusually severe surgical operation
which was necessary to prolong his life,
and which was performed in February.
1898.
Mr.. Humphrey was long an associate
partner with John T. Terry in the old
banking house of E. ID. Morgan & Co. OF
"a Exchange Place Manhattan and was
very active in the firm at the time when
Mr.. Morgan was war Governor" OF this
State. While he was not officially connect
ed with any of Jay Gould's companies, he
did much business for the great financier
and was identified with him for many
years.
His was a commanding figure. He was
more than six feet in height. and was
known by everybody in the Street" He
was man of recognized probity and
frankness, and everyone had confidence in
him He gave much away in charity, and
although he was considered a millionaire
his life was simple and devoid OF display
He had reputation in national railroad
finance. and figured for many years in
Western railroad consultations
Perhaps his greatest accomplishment in
the railroad world was in 1866 in organ
izing. with Azarah Bcody and others. the
Toledo, Wabash. and Western. a line ex-
tending from Lake Erie to the Mississippi,
which consolidated six railroads in Ohio,
Indiana and Kansas.
Mr.. Humphreys was long active in Wa
bash manipulation and the reorganization
of 1887 was made according to the plans
which he had laid out. He was president
in 1880 and 1882. and since May, 1881. had
been receiver OF the Wabash system. He
was one OF the original promoters of the
great Mississippi Bridge. at st. Louis,
which cost more than $4,000. 900, and for
a long time was president of the reorgaD
lied COMPANY Although he took much in
terest in politics. and was power IN the
Republican party. he never held office. and
would not be associated officially with the
machine.
In later years he founded many chaTi-
ties. He was president OF the Bayonne
Hospital Association and founder or the
Workingmen's Library.
He was born in 1921 in Canton. Conn.
and was graduated from St Johns College.
Annapolis Md. in 1888. He was CLERK
for time in the employ Of William g.
Harris in Baltimore but in 1915 he came
10 New York and entered the employ OF
the war Governor" f. y. Morgan. he
went to St Louis for a time. and was in
business with George u. Thatcher, but
subsequently, returned to New York and
became q member Of the r. d. Morgan
banking firm with which he was associ-
-. 10 Of his faath
The evening times., 1900-03-07
A NoNoGENARIAN's BIRTHDAY.
samuel II. Marks One of the I'D Do
mInioa's PatFinrchs.

PETERSBURG. Va March 7.-Samuel
Harrison Marks one Of Petersburg's most
honored ard esteemed citizens and who Is
the Oldest white inhabitant Of this place,
yesterday celebrated his ninety-secohd
birthday, He was born in Prince
George county. short distance
from Petersburg. on March 6. 1S0S.
When about fifteen years Of age
he came to Petersburg and accepted a
clerkship here. In 1929. when he became
Of age. he went into the confectionery busI-
ness for himself which he continued until
the first part of 1891. making seTenty-three
years in all that he was in business IN this
city. sixty-seyen years OF which he was in
business for himself
In 1929. when Marquis de Lafayette
visited this town Mr.. Marks. then
boy. was IN line with the citizens on foot
TO do honor TO that noble hero. Mr.. Marks
was a member OF the old Petersburg
Dragons. and in 1880 took part with his
company in tire Mount Turner insurrection.
He is the only survivor of that noble band.
Mr. Marks is the oldest Odd Fellow in the
State and perhaps the oldest in this coun-
try. He was among those who organized
The AppOmattOx Lodge of Odd Fellows Of
this city Notwithstanding his old age Mr..
Marks can be seen almost daily riding out
in his buggy. He has always been an in
veterate smoker and he is seldom seen
without his pipe.
The evening times., 1900-03-07
THE SAMOAN TREATY.
Copies 10 BE Officially Exchanged
This Afternoon

1t was announced at the State Depart
ment today that the ratified copies of the
Samoan Treaty between Great Britain,
Germany. and the United States would be
exchanged at the Department late this
afternoon. This is the last day for the
exchange of copies between the govern
ments mentioned and if it does not take
place the treaty becomes void and will
have TO be redrawn
The copies from Germany arrived in
Washington yesterday, but up to a late
hour last night the British papers had not
been received and arrangements were be-
ing made by Lord Pauncefote. the British
Ambassador. 10 present to the German
Ambassador and the Secretary of State
credentials from his Government author
izing him TO say in behalf of Great Britain
that the British copies had been prepared
and would be delivered later. This it is
stated, would have been far from salts
factory.
The Secretary of State had Just reached
his Office this morning when he received
word from Lord Pauncefote that the Brit
ish papers had arrived. Secretary Hay
sent a message to the German Ambassa-
dor and it was arranged to have the ex-
change of copies take place this afternoon.
The evening times., 1900-03-07

There has always been mystery sur
rounding the action of Mr.. Mckinley in
sending regular troops TO maintain martial
law in the Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho
and in approving of the bull pen horrors
established by the officer in command. The
dent could not have acted differently if he
had wanted to-that is. if it be true as
alleged that the Standard Oil Company has
the largest proprietary interest in the
locality named. Is there not some reason
to fear that the organized labor of the
country may want some more satisfactory
explanation Of executive action in the Coeur
dAlene matter than has yet been vouch-
safedo
The evening times., 1900-03-07
MAJOR WASHINGTON'S DEATH.
Served on General Johnston's stnn
I'm the Civil War.

| BALTIMORE, March THE body OF
Major James BarroIl Washington who died
| in Pittsburg, Pa. yesterday. will be
brought to Baltimore for interment to-
morrow. President Governs car will bring
| the body to this city over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad The funeral will take
place from Grace Protestant Episcopal
Church, Monument Street and Park Ave-
nue., and the interment will be in the lot
of the deceased in Greenmount Cemetery.
Major Washington was born in Balti-
more August 26, 1899. His father. Col.
Lewis W. Washington. Of Beall Air. JEFF
ferson county, Va, was grandson OF Gen.
George Washingtons brother, John Au-
gustine Washington. and his mother, who
was one of the most beautiful women Of
her day, was a daughter of James Barroii,
a merchant OF Baltimore. Major Wash
ingtons early education was received in
private schools in Baltimore, followed By
a course at the famous school OF Mr.. Ben
jamin at Alexandria, Va, where his faith
er had been a student. In June. 1853, he
entered West Point under an appointment
from President Buchanan. where he re-
mained until the breaking ont Of the civil
war when he resigned and returned to
Maryland
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston Immediately
rendered him a position upon his staff,
which he filed until he entered the ord
nance department of the Confederacy. On
the morning Of May 81. 1862. the day Of
the battle Of Seven Pines the then Lieu
tenant Washington was bearing an imPor-
tant verbal order from General Johnston
TO General Longstreet who was advancing
on the Williamsburg Road. when. mistak-
ing his route. he ran into the enemys re-
serve and found himself surrounded by
company whose captain was the afterward
famous Custer Washington was at once
taken to General Mcclellan. who, after
courteous interview. sent him 10 the rear
as a prisoner. He was subsequently ex-
changed and continued in the Confederate
Army until the close of the war when he
returned to Baltimore.
Upon the election of Mr.. William Key
ser 20 the Presidency of the Pittsburg and
ConnellsyiIIe Railroad he rendered Major
Washington a responsible position with
that company which was accepted. and
Major Washington removed to Pittsburg,
where he resided for the past twenty
years.
4 despatch from Pittsburg last night
stated that Major Washington died ct the
Passavant Hospital as the result of an op-
eraticn. Soon after locating in PittsbuTg
his many qualities Cf heart and mind wOn
for him the affection of a large circle. both
in the business and social world tie
leaves a widow. the daughter Of the late
Major ". l.. Lanier, Of Alabama and two
sons. William L. aud Lewis " Washing
ton. who are in business in PitJsburg-
Mrs H. Irvine Keyser and Mrs z. Glenn
Perine. CT this city, are sisters OF the de-
ceased and William de Hertburn Wash
ington. of New York. is MS half-brother
The evening times., 1900-03-07
English Soldiers, Wills.

From the New Castle, Eng, Chronicle
During the Soudan campaign of 1884 the body
OF one soldier WAS found on the battlefield OF
FL Teb, who. before death, had scrawIed with
the end Of a lead bullet in the inside of his he'll
mot the words: "All TO my wife, When an
English army invaded Afghanistan one soldier
Wss caught while doing scout duty and shot down
when none OF has comrades was in sight. Weeks
atierward his body was found living before
tail rock on which he had written in letters of
h'ood: Il want all to go to mother" In both
cases the War Department held the wills to be
faiid' and saw that the right distribution of the
nLarfrtv was made
The evening times., 1900-03-07
MAJOR ALLEN MISSING.
The Husband of Writer Suddenly
Disappears.

BRADDOCK, Pa, March Major
George Allen, aged sixty-one. who
served through the civil war and came
here with his wife four or five weeks ago
from Boston. has been missing since Fri
day. Major Aliens wife is known under
the pen name of Pearl Montrose. She is
also political speaker. and was about TO
take the stump for William ]. Bryan.
Mrs. Allen says her husband has suffered
for some time from dementia. and he
thinks they are reduced to beggary.
Last week, in a handsome black suit,
and wearing diamond studs he went dig
ging a ditch and returned mud d-bedrag-
gled. saying he had been digging for a
living
The evening times., 1900-03-07
free Sncech.

ltFom the New York Telegram)
Edward Everett once concluded a stately spaacn
II congress with a long. sonorous and sli,.ril,-
modulated citation OF a passage from Ta,,tus
and then took his seat No sou. was he
through than up sprang burly member from the
West. He had once been an Iadian agent snd
he began TO pour out a vehement harangue in
thoctaw. After while the Speaker called him
10 order. Il don't see why nv freedom OF
speech should be abridged he cried ''you let
the man from Massachusetts run on, and / didn't
understand the first word Of his lingo any better
than he does mine" The scene was comical bpt
IL struck the death knell Of further classical
quotations in Congress
The evening times., 1900-03-07
HIS MOTHER APPEARED.
SONS Death Causes the Discovery
Of His Parent.

BRIDGETON, n. J.. March Twenty
nine years ago Frank Hawthorne, then
a six-months-old baby, was abandoned by
his mother. Maggie Freeman, in Barns
boro. n. j. He grew to manhood in Union
Grove, Salem county. and vowed he would
find his mother He made plans for her
pleasure and convenience, but his search
was fruitiess.
Hawthorne was killed in a wreck near
Williamsport, and then it was dis overed
that he carried an insurance policy for $l0,-
600 on his life. Mrs. Freeman appeare
in Elmer, n. j., yesterday to claim the
insurance money. The policy was made
payable to MY mother
The evening times., 1900-03-07
The Observation-Disclosures AIIiance.

The Mch chfniey-Salisbury Alliance.
The President is exerting all the infiu-
enee of his high Office to cajole the Senate
into ratifying the monstrous and disgrace
full Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. Armed war
vessels viii be on both shores of Mica
ragua within four days. Ito protect Ameri-
can interests. That means that the Ad-
ministration hopes to buy or bully the
treaty through within short time. A
revolutionary outbreak in Nicaragua would
Immediately follow. The Nicaraguans
have no liking for the scheme to sell their
country 10 the Concert of Europe. Our
bluejackets and marines will be handy by
to suppress isthmian patriotism. Finally,
Lord Pauncefote is to remain as British
Ambassador in Washington. His work is
not yet completed. He must wait a little
longer for the rich fruits of his long mis-
sion: namely, the construction of a British
Nicaragua Canal at American cost, for
NAL surrender of the Monroe Doctrine by
( the Hon. William Mckinley, as President,
and a fine fat slice of Alaskan seaeoast
with a port. as an expression of esteem
from the Mckinley Administration.
No word has been allowed to escape from
the State Department to indicate that an
Alaskan boundary deal was made in con
nection with the Hay Pauneefote Treaty;
but there are excellent grounds for the
belief that such a thing occurred and
that. il the terms of the understanding
were published they would be found so
prejudicial 10 this country that a storm of
popular Indignation would sweep from
ocean to ocean. On this account il is pos
sible that the Alaskan part of the Hay
Psuncefote arrangement may be kept Sc
cret until after the Presidential election.
Just why the President is so anxious to
push the other and equally obnoxious ror-
tion to a finish il would be difficult 10
guess, except upon the theory that rati-
fication Of the treaty would mean destruc-
ton of the canal project. From that
viewpoint it would be easy to see into the
Administration hand. The powerful enc
mics Of the Nicaragua Canal would sub
scribe millions to the campaign fund if,
thereby. they could kill that great national
enterprise.
The evening times., 1900-03-07
PERISHED IN THE FLAMES.
Suspicious circumstances Said to At
tend New jersey Fire.

MT. HOLLY. y. J.. March THE vile
OF Rev. Adam Gibson, pastor Of the \. NJ.
f. Zion Wesleyan Church. at BucktO, was
burned to death Monday night in her bed
room. She was past seventy years and
had been almost helpless from paralysis
for twelve years How the fire started is
not known. Some say she dropped hot Goals
and her clothing caught fire. Only a small
part of the room was burned. Persons de-
clare that Just before the alarm was given
pistol shots were heard.
When David Parker and others wanted
to cary the woman out they say some one
exclaimed Never mind Sarah. She S
dead. and it won't make any difference
10 her. Save the building" Then the hus-
band refused to allow anyone to enter the
room.
Benjamin Alloway and others allege that
the woman had been beaten.
The evening times., 1900-03-07
Perhans il would not be imnroner 70 oa1

Perhaps it would not be improper to cali
the attention of the Boston Filip'no .Iunta
to the admirable activity which is beine
displayed by its Manila branch at present.
1t seems that the latter body now has an
assassination fund of two hundred thou
sand dollars in hand. after paying the man
who shot General Lawton twenty-five thou
sand. Compare this evident prosperity of
the cause in the Philippines with its desue-
tude in this country. Poor George Washing
ton Asuinaldo has had to send his cam
palgn collector to Europe for funds. as
signing as reason that he no longer gets
anything from the United States but phil
anthropic sentiments.