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DEATH OF GEORGE w. BUSH
Prominent Business Man and Pro-
gressive Citizen Passes Away at
His Home in This City,

George w. Bush, one of the most pro-
gressive citizens and widely known
business men of Wilmington, died at his
home, No. 705 West street, at 9.35
o'clock yesterday morning.
George w. Bush was born August 81 :,
1924. He was the youngest son OF David
Bush, WHO, in 1916, gave his share Of
the business of David and George Bush
to his son. The firm name was then
changed to George and George w. Bush
The senior member OF the firm died in
1868, and the business was continued by
Mr.. Bush.
In 1873 he admitted his son Walter
ID. Bush into partnership, and the firm
became George w. Bush & Son. George
w. Bush, Jr., was admitted to the firm
in 1882, and the present name of George
w. Bush q Sons Company was adopted.
Samuel Bush commenced the business
ia years ago, and is one of the largest
and most favorably known of its kind in
the country.
Mr.. Bush was director of the First
National Bank since its organization,
and at one time was president of the
Artisans Savings Bank. He was a
prominent member of Central Presby-
terian Church.
Mr.. Bush had been in extremely deli
cate hea lth for several days, but seemed
50 much improved yesterday morning
that his family had hopes of his recovery
and felt much encouraged.
At 8 o'clock he had an attack OF the
heart which caused death in a few min.
utes. Mr.. Bush is survived by his wife
and four sons, Walter D., Lewis p,
George W., Jr., andJ. Danforth Bush.
The sun., 1900-06-13
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

The Pusey 4 Jones Company is ship
ping quantity of machinery to London,
England.
Tomorrow will be Founders Day at
the Home for Friendess Children at
Riverview.
The steam Yacht Amadis arrived at
Charles Warner g. Company's wharf yes
terday afternoon.
September and have been decided
upon as the dates for Farmers Day at
Brandywine Springs.
Wilmington is in a state of moral
apathy; there were no cases for trial in
the city court yesterday morning.
The men of Sacred Heart Church had
an enjoyable picnic at Bavarian Park
yesterday afternoon and evening.
The Delaware Granite and Mining
Company will begin work ON the $40, 1000
New Jersey contract about June 23.
system of sewers and a sewage dis
posal plant is being designed by T..
Chalkiey Hatton, of this city, for
York, Pa.
On motion of Henry Z. Conrad, Isaac
Fredd of near Newport was discharged
from bankruptcy yesterday in the United
States Court.
Charles Sherbourne, of No. 9l0 Jeffer-
son street, has wonderful rose ousn,
which is about 10 feet high and 80 feet
in circumference.
Lester II. Stradev, son OF John z,
otradley, formerly Of this CITY, w&- a
lured w''i'e id ng his wheel 4 !e S j
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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WEDNESDAY. JUNE I3, 49,

:.::e e -nS s37,:s 90; 10 80 5a iss5,iT.1oi,.,,,
it will be necessary to land more than
1000 men at Taku.
"'rhe powers count too much upon
moral prestige and too little upon the
eloquence of rifles and cannon"
The Russian. minister in Pcking, who
also acts as fAe envoy of Denmark, is
credited with having sent a dispatch t.
the Danish foreign Office to the effect
that a demonstration has been planned
under the leadership Of England and
Russia, in which all the great powers
and several of the smaller ones will take
part The latter are not called upon tc
send troops. as there are enough on the
spot. but they are to be asked to delegate
the right to hoist their flags to the great
powers in order that n demonstration
may be made or battle fought under
the flags of all Europe.
The sun., 1900-06-13
RAY LOSES SUIT.
Jary After Being Out About 24
Hours Finds Verdict For
Defendant.
The jury Stood Eight to Four in
Favor of the Defendant ON First
Ballot---Later Several Jurors
Changed and it is Said One
Man Held Them Out
Over Night.

After being out about twcnty-four
hours, the jury in the $1,000 damage
suit of Jesse j. Ray vs.. the Diamond
State Steel Co., returned verdict in the
Superior Court yesterday morning for
the defendant. The verdict was sur
prise, as it was expected that they would
disagree.
Eight ballots were taken to reach the
verdict. The first stood eight for the de-
fendant to four for the plaintiff. On the
second, the vote was nine to three. Later
jwo of the jurors changed leaving but one
nan for the plaintiff, whom it is said
kept the jury out all night.
After breakfast yesterday morning he
surrendered to the will of the majority.
Chief Justice Lore was about TO dis
charge the jury, when Mr.. Bird asked to
have it polied, but the demand came too
late.
Among those present in the court room
when the verdict was announced were
Levi G. Bird and Andrew Z. Sanborn,
representing Ray, and Lewis G. Vande.
grift and Charles NJ. Curtis the steel
company.
Jesse j. Ray, the plaintiff in the suit,
was knocked down by truck, loaded
with hot iron, which upset from ius
track, and he sustained a broken and
scorched leg. He claimed that truck and
track were defective.
One member of the jury once worked
in silver mine where he ran truck
on track. He had to keep both in
repair and he knew from experience
that the truck might jump the track
without the slightest apparent cause. S.
that he strongly advocated the theory
that Ray vas Injured in an unavoidable
accident. sNS 5..s ....
The jury was discharged with thanks.
Tfev received S2.3 ior pay ana mile
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MUCH LEATHER STOLEN.
Joseph Fisher, Shoemaker, is Ar
rested on Suspicion.

Joseph Fisher, Shoemaker, is Ar
rested on Suspicion.
Joseph Fisher, shoemaker, OF No. ZIG
West Fourth street, was arrested vester-
day by Detective Witsl on suspicion of
knowing something about leather which
has been missed by local leather and kid
manufacturers He was held in $500 bail
for hearing in the city court tomor-
row.
For several days Detective Witsil and
Chief Dolan have been at work on the
case. Some leather was found which had
been sold at place at Fourth and Arch
streets, Philadelphia, which was iden-
titled as property of the American
Leather Company. Just who has been
stealing the leather is not known, Fisher
being suspected of knowing about it's
sale.
Detective Witsil was in Philadelphia
yesterday afternoon and discovered about
500 worth of skins which it is belieued
were stolen from Wilmington parties. 1t
is claimed that q Wilmington man offered
to furnish Philadelphia parties with 200
fine skins.
1t is believed that the wholesale steal
skining of skins has been going on for
some time.
The sun., 1900-06-13
EACH SCHOOL WILL HAVE A FLOAT IN CARNIVAL PARADE
Twenty Teachers Confer With Dr. Swthn Chandler About the
Floral Parade Marshal Chandler Names Major Backford
and Captain BlackfOrd as Aides

Twenty teachers in the public schools
met with DIR. Swithin Chandler at No. 8
school yesterday afternoon and formu-
lated plans for the cooperation and par
ticipation of the school children in floral
parade of the Industrial Street Fair and
Elks' Carnival next week. Each teacher
will appoint six men as aides to act
under Dr. Chandler in charge OF the diff
ferent schools. Each school will place
one float in the parade to appropriately
represent the school.
Marshal Chandler has chosen two aides
for the floral parade. They are Major
T. A. Blackford and Captain W. II.
Blackford.
The Police Commissioners at their
meeting last night decided 10 turn out
forty officers in the firemen and police
parade of the Elks' Carnival on Tuesday
next.
The following twelve special officers
were commissioned for the Industrial
Street Fair and Elks' Carnival: Charles
c. Brown and Homer Simmons oi he
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Carnival Com ittee on Public Safety 4.
I. Stetser, amos Eastburn, Charles
Evans, John Mcclure, John Leahv,
William + Woodward, Walter Brown,
Harry Primrose. William 7. Ruff, James
Sewell, Nickles Ellwood.
Some OF the mel will 60 on duty o.
morrow night and tie others sIadaa y.
1t is expected Ihat Ill viii be o.. duty by
Sunday night
Superintendent Poi1e and Fire
Alarm JonatI an w. Aydon Las COM
pleted arrang' ments fer fire protection.
Special fire alfrm box No l64 will be
pit in service at / o'clock this afternoon.
This box is situated on Il e carnival
grounds an will continue in service un-
til the end ri the arrival on June %.
A committee o. Elks fir m Bal imore
visited the carnival grounds yes erlay
and called on s cretary Hunter Grubb.
They expressed themselves as delighted
with tn. arrs n2ement of tne Wilmington
exposi.i N.
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Trouble mt Thinkiang.

Washington, June 12.-The following
dispatch was received at the state depart.
ment from United States Consul Martin
dated Thinkiang, June -:
Large numbers natives organized Sc
cret society halted here. People very ap.
prehensive. No protection. Want cruis.
err"
The cabinet meeting was attended by
Secretaries Hay, Hitchcock. Long and
Gage and Postmaster General Smith. 1t
was devoted largely to a discussion of the
Chinese situation. Secretary Hay laid
before the cabinet dispatches from Min
lister Conger, which indicated that the
situation is very critical. The steps that
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that rcklng Is now cut oil in all direc-
tions."
Great anxiety Is fell ut Ticn-tSin re-
sprcting the fate Of the foreigners in
pcking. Ii is feared that an attack will
be made before the re-cnforccmcnts can
arrive.
4 dispatch from pcking dated June II
says:
''rhc dispatch Of more marines was in
response Ia il telegram from the ministers
to Tirn-tsin for additional troops. Con-
yeyances have left pciing to meet the
troops coming by the first train"
An American officer who returned to
Tien-tsin for provisions said that the
forces were repairing the track between
Lcfa and Long Fang. He caught a
Boxer who was attempting to set fire to
a bridge, and he saw several corpses, evil
IDENTIFY the bodies of men killed by the
troops of General Mich.
Fighting is in progress in the streets
of peking. say reports from Shanghai.
The fighting has been going on since
Sunday. 1t is possible that the mobs of
BoXers and their adhercntS attacked the
legations, which were defended by for
"A eign troops with a few machine guns.
All the papers here agree in saying
Z that the Chinese empress downgers ac-
tion in reorganizng the tsung-i-yamen
4 (foreign oiiice) on an antiforeign basis Is
the most serious news yet received from
peking.
The Times, which is the best informed
journal in Great Britain on Chinese af-
fairs, discusses the matter i'll these terms
This means that the empress dowagel
has finally thrown off the mask aud has
resolved to stake everything on her anti.
Z foreign policy. Prince Tuan is Il creature
of the empress, who is known to he one
+ of the chief patrons Of the Boxers and a
representative of the most rcactionary
party in China.
A Headstrong woman.
"That she is determined and head
strong woman is not 10 he disputed. Sh'
has 50 far enjoyed implnity, which has
4 encouraged those qualities, and, c0mbin
4 ed with her ignorance of the forces She il
"A defying and with the malign influence Of
y her encourage of runuchs and parasites
as well as place hunters, her willfuncSs
has induced her to offer direct cllal.
lengc To the foreign powers.
The challenge is one which they can,
Il not decline to take up. They must act
X and they must act together, as indeed
they are doing.
"If the empress is to have her way
the position of no foreign power in China
will be worth a months purchase, and
s western civilization will disappear from
the country altogether"
N A dispatch from Paris says that The
< Figaro in Il leading article on European
+ Diplomacy Mt Pcking," says;
An "If the collective action of the powers
" fails, the most likely combination TO re,
establish order in the Chinese empire
sswoud he Russia, France and Germany,
which came to the aid of the country nj
sAthe conclusion of the war of lS'l1 in OBJ
h .gstuining better terms of peace with Ja.
}~paA.
Not irg. hnweyor. shows nS ~ tN"f
su4ut.sh Vi ,ne el.s.s 40 .Mpos--U.e'
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FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER.
John Mullen Arrested on Seri-
OuS Charge Last N ght.
II is Alleged That He Committed an
Aggravated Assault or j. Il.
Reilly, Watchman at
Edge Moor Station,
Last December.

An important arrest was made last
night BY officers McGee and Flynn when
they took into custody John Mullen,
whom it is claimed is one Of the parties
who assaulted and nearly murdered J.
7. Reilly, watchman at the Edge Moor
station, on December IA last. Some men
were cracking" freight car and Reilly
interfered and was attacked.
Mullen has been out of the city ever
since. Detective Witsil learned that he
had returned and the arrest was male.
Mullen had been in Newport News. he
charge is assault with intent to commit
murder.
The sun., 1900-06-13
LEARNED MAN TO LECTU RE.
j. RendelI Harris of England to
Appear Here,

j. Rendell Harris NJ. A. L. |. T. I. D. i,
OF Cambridge, University, England, will
lecture at Friends Meeting House, Ninth
and Tatnall streets, on Saturday evening,
June l6, at O'Clock. His subject will be
"Aspects of War Policy" The public
is cordially invited to hear this learned
and eloquent speaker, who at one time
occupied char at Haverford College,
Pennsylvania, and now occupies the
chair OF Biblical Languages at Johns
Hopkins University, Bati more.
The sun., 1900-06-13
To ENLARGE Plant.

The Pusey & Jones Co. will enlarge its
plant by extending the iron foundry be-
yond the present building line east OF
Lombard street. The permit was granted
by the Street and Sewer Department
whose action was sanctioned by City
Council.
The sun., 1900-06-13
Three Children Graduate.

Mr.. and Mrs Charles f. Thomas ill
enjoy the unusual experience OF having
their three children graduate tlis month
from three different institutions. Victor
5. Thomas will graduate from Harvard
law school on the l9sh; Edna Thomas
will graduate from the Dread Institute OF
Domestic Science, Worcester, Mass, on
the goth, and Leon Thomas will gradu-
age from the High School on the 25th.
The sun., 1900-06-13
Trustees to Hold Meeting.

Trustees OF the Wilmington Conference
Academy at Dover will hold a meeting
at the academy this morning. The trus-
tees from this city who will attend are
as follows: Rev. @. A. Grise, Rev. w. l..
S. Murray, Rev. w. E. Avery, Rev. j..
D. G. Hanna, George w. Todd and Rev.
John France.
The sun., 1900-06-13
Hannah Reardon Is Well.

Hannah Reardon, the young Irish girl
who was suffering with an epidemic OF
needles, has returned from the Philadel-
phia hospital where DIR. Swithin Chan
dler sent her. She has entirely recoy-
cred.
The sun., 1900-06-13
Visited Paper Making Plants.

The Scottish Paper Makers Asaocia-
tion visited the plans of the Augustine
Paper Mills, the Delaware Pulp Mills
and the Pusey u Jones Company yester-
day. The men were the guests Of the
Paper and Pulp Association of America.
The sun., 1900-06-13
Work on Water Tower,

Work on the new water tower at RDck k
ford park is progressing nicely. The
tenth row of iron sheets on the tank will
be ompleted tonight. As the tank is in
progress of completion it has been fonnd
advisable to brace it with thirty foot
b"ame. These will be removed when the
work progresses further.
The sun., 1900-06-13
FELL AND BROKE HER LEG.
Mrs. Crossan Injured While AIight.
ing From Trolley Car.

On Monday evening while alighting
from z Brandywine Springs Car at Price s
Corner, Mrs Crossan, mother of James
Crossan, Of near this city, fell and broke
her leg.
The storm OF Monday evening washed
away the dirt near the railway and made
it treacherous to walk. Mrs. Crossan
stepped off the car and fell distance of
three feet. DR.. {. II. Ball attended the
injured woman. She was resting easy
Yesterday.
The sun., 1900-06-13
NO TROUBLE AT THE BRIDGE. y
The Hiawatha is Able TO Pass Under
Market Street Bridge.


An article in an afternoon paper stated
that the government launch Hiawatha
was held up for fifteen minutes Monday
morning waiting for Market street bridge
to be turned off in spite of the fact tl!at
the boat had given the required three
blasts OF the whistle. In speaking Of the
matter yesterday afternoon one of the
bridge tenders said that it was impos.
sible to hold the Hiawatha up as the
boat was small enough to go under the
bridge without the draw being turned off
and had been doing so for the past year.
He further stated that the boat landed
off the bridge thirty five minutes instead
of fifteen as was stated and the delay
was evidently of her own accord as she
could have passed under the bridge at
any time. The boat did pass under the
bridge without the draw being turned
off and cleared it by two feet
The sun., 1900-06-13
PURCHASE OF PIPE.
Work Done by the Water Commis-
sioners Yesterday.

AT the meeting of the Water Commits
sioners. yesterday, a connection was
granted St. Matthew's ?. f. Mission on
Chippey street. The balance in bank
was $50, 990.92. The weekly payroll of
SSl3. II was passed. Engineer Bond re-
ported that he had ordered 175 tons of
IS inch pipe from Philadelphia. The
price is S25 90 ton.
The sun., 1900-06-13
George II. Herman Arrested.

o Monday George II Herman OF this
''ty. was arrested ia New York b De-
teetlye McNeY and New York otilial,
IN cFarge OF en'bezz ing 81 200 II .
- IL. i a.2 i!. .t.-y ..4... (.
The sun., 1900-06-13
Home and Foreign missionary.

At West Presbyterian Church yester-
day afternoon union meeting of the
Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
of this city was held. Regular routine
business was attended to.
The sun., 1900-06-13
Christian Endeavor Social.

An interesting social was given in
First Presbyterian Church last night by
the Christian Endeavor Society of that
church. Refreshments were served and
silver offering taken.
The sun., 1900-06-13
ONE CENT
FIRST ENUMERATOR
TO FINISH WORK
John Il. Wright Closing the Taking
or Census in His District and
Others Will Finish Today.

All Of the census enumerators in this
city will probably complete their work
the last OF this week or the f,s, OF next.
John /. Wright, of No. 8o4 West seventh
street, finished his district Yesterday
afternoon and several others will finish
today.
The enumerators who were assigned
to quarters where great many foreign
ers reside also had their own troubles,
and in number of cases interpreters
had to be called into service.
From present indications the census
will show the population of Wilmington
to be nearly $4,000. In 1890, when the
last census was taken, the population
was little over 81, 200.
The sun., 1900-06-13
MILITARY CADETS DRILL.
Commencement Exercises at Acad-
emy Now in Progress.

Students of he Wilmington Military
Academy began their commencement
week yesterday afternoon with a drill
which was largely attended. In the
evening an interesting defamation con-
test was held At the commencement
exercises to be held this morning Bishop
Coleman will preside aud Chief Justice
Lore will make an address.
The sun., 1900-06-13
Lawn Fete Well Attended.

The lawn fete which was held at st.
Johns Church grounds last night for the
benefit of the carpet fund for the church
was largely attended. An interesting
program had teen arranged for the oc-
;aslOn.
The sun., 1900-06-13
To Go to Atlantic City.

William L. Dockstader and bis stage
carpenter John ]. Hoffner will go to At
lantic City today to get the Auditorium
Pier in readiness for the opening of the
season on Saturday, June So
The sun., 1900-06-13
schooner Of Cord Wood.

The two mast schooner Thomas Dale
arrived at Orange street wharf yesterday
morning loaded with cord wood The
wood is for William H. German d Com
pany and comes from Virginia.
The sun., 1900-06-13

In whose interests the
OXy-Hydrogeu Gas Conn
pany's ease. p', nding before
The Chancellor is held up by
the Street and Sewer Direc-
tors.
The sun., 1900-06-13

aavc necn raKrn 10 rc-enrmcr .,uann.
kcmplf We're gone over, and il was dc
cilrd 10 stand by the policy which his
been entered upon of pushing measures
for the protection of the livHs and prop
erty of American citizens ana Of acting
independently as far us possible.
Who pays the attorney
fees of Messrs. Hilles and
Spruance, counsel for the
Street and Sewer Directors
i'll the OXy-Hydrogen case ?
The sun., 1900-06-13
PEk|N'S WALLED
. PRECINCTS ISOLATED
FROM THE WORLD
French Consul at Shanghai
TelegraphS That Troops
Are Moving There.
ANXIETY FOR FOREIGNERS
Reported That Fighting Has Been
Going on i'm the Streets of the
Chinese Capital Since Sum
day --- Empress is
Headstrong.
ANXIETY FOR FOREIGNERS

London, June PA dispatch from
Paris says: Minister Delcasse an
nounces that 600 French troops have been
ordered to Tien-tsin on the cruiser Sal
gon.
"'rhe French consul at Shanghai tele-
graphs that all wires have been cut. so
The sun., 1900-06-13
The Weather Forecast.

T Judi atiol f1' toby are that
'nI cr'le - + ~ vs. IL Hre-
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Why the OXy-Hydrogen
Company injunction suit il
under the control Of the

'i.i.or!
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
.i
CRUELTY ASSAULTED
HIS own AGED FATHER

Persons in the vicinity Of No. AIS
East Third street, were indignant last
evening at the brutal assault made by
William Lot, Jr., upon his aged father.
The trouble occurred over Mr.. Lot re-
mOnstrating with his son over wasting
too much water in sprinkling the street
The father had been warned by the
Water Department that too much water
was being used by his family for
sprinkling purposes, and informed him
that he would be fined IS unless he
stopped the waste of water. Mr.. Lot
is one of the Oldest engineers on the
Maryland division of the p, w. & b.
railroad, and is considered an honest
and trustworthy man.
While at home yesterday evening he
noticed that his oldest son was using
too much water in sprinkling the
street, and told the young man of the
notice which was served upon him.
The son, who is a big. oYergrOwn fell
low, is said to have cursed his father,
and told him that he would use as
much water as he pleased. The father
knowing the penalty for not observing
the Water Departments laws, tried to
shut off the water supply, when the
son is said to have felled him with a
brutal blow in the face. The neigh
bors. who were sitting outside, saw the
occurrence, and were not only shocked
by the assault, but we're further shock
ed by hearing the young man curse his
bleeding parent.
Mr.. Lot was knocked unconscious by
the terrific blow delivered by the hand
of his son. and his face was cut in
several places.
It is reported to-day that Mr.. Lot has
decided to leave his own home and
board where he will be more respected
than he is by his own family.
Evening journal., 1900-07-18
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Secretary Roots experiences with
some of the permanent stan officers
have not been Of sort to weaken his
belief that army reform is needed, and
that il should begin high up in the War
epartment.-HartfOrd Courant.
The New Zealanders are somewhat
ambiguous. 1t is announced that they
will present gold brick to Sir George
White in recognition of his services in
connection with the defense of Lady
smith.-Boston Herald.
Ex-Congressman J. Ham Lewis has
made a rich contribution to the joke
columns of the Democratic press by
suggesting the name of Senator Chan
dler for place on the ticket with Col
onel Bryan.-St. Louis GlObe-Demo-
crat.
If the war taxes are not to be re-
pealed, as the Hon. William Sulzer de
clares, until William Jennings BryaI
sends his first message from the White
House, the outlook for posterity is ex
ceedingly gloOmy.-Chicago Tribune.
The United States Senate had. for tn
first time in the memory of its oldes
members, a secretary who could reai
distinctly and pleasantly. This plac
is filed by political favor, and IL cnl
chances now that a fit man gets it,
Springfield Republican.