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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-14

station in Suffolk has been remodelcd
and enlarged.
Four members of the Suffolk Whist
Club will go to Norfolk Saturday night
to play match game of duplicate
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-14

81 ~ Pittsburs- RHE
Philadelphia go. 80 44S4 5-23 "a &
"a CINCINNATI R.H.E.
St Louis 80 o o o 0 0 % 5
At New York R.HE
Rrooklyn -. ...oOo0ooio &
New York -. ......4 o 90 ! Q III 10 !
EASTERN LEAGUE GAMES.
At Syracusc--Syraousc. 5; Rochester. 6.
y liartford-Hartford. S: Worcester. l.
Al ringticld-Springield. 4; Provi-
dence ).
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-14

Amt those gentlemen from the Old
North State got lots of check.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-14

Manager Smith was present In the press
box yesterday.
The North Carolina magnates have sent
search OF players for their league.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
ARTILLERY WANTED MEN
FOR FORT DELAWAF

Major Craigie, in charge of the PEI
sylvania recruiting station for the regu
army, received orders from Washinga
yesterday to at once enlist men for Il J!
terry l., Fourth Artillery, stationed
Fort DUPONT. The major believes 4
order to be significant in view of the fl,
that heretofore this battery has been o
Of the smallest in the service. The re
son for this is that Fort DUPONT is in
malarial district, and the soldiers obi,
to staying there. 1t is not improbal
that the battery is being filed up {
service abroad
Captain Clark, superintendent of I
League Island Navy Yard, received wo
from Washington yesterday that the :
tons of ammunition sent from Norfc
would reach Philadelphia tomorrow. a
should be placed on board without dels
Announcement also came from Washin
ton that the Arethusa must be put
proper condition TO go to China witho
a single stop, that she was TO be sent
the front with the least possible deli
In compliance with orders from Was
ington Captain W. $. Seconds, who. is
command the Arethusa on her long vc
age, arrived at League Island last eve
ing and paid his respects to the col
mandant. The day for sailing has I
yet been fixed.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
LEI HIM RETlRE

Someone should save DR.. Edward
Fowler. state Insurance commissioner,
from his friends. They are doing him
an incalculable injury by prolonging
the controversy over the Republic
Savings and Loan Association and its
illegal operations in this state. He
has no defense. His own letters con-
vict him ia the public mind of official
incompetency. and every word offered
In defense OF his conduct but serves
to strengthen the criticism to
which he has subjected himself by
permitting the Republic Savings and
Loan Association to prosecute business
In Delaware without a license.
This scandal comes to the fore at a
time most unfortunate for State In
surance Commissioner Fowler. Having
enjoyed the emoluments of the office
by appointment, he seeks a second
term by nomination and election. Until
this exposure of his official incompet-
ency came. many Democratic leaders
were inclined to let him go on the
ticlxct Since then. however, there has
been revulsion OF sentiment. He has
become too big a load for any party
TO carry. He would be made a cam
paign issue. There are too many vic
tins Of his incompetency in Delaware
to permit Of his nomination. His pro-
per course is to withdraw from
the field and content himself with what
he has obtained by governors favor.
The people no longer have any use for
him in the insurance department. They
want a man who will be on the alert to
protect them against unlicensed
and unsound life insurance companies
and loan associations, and not a man
who sits quiescent until the crash
comes and then attempts TO hide him
self between the Inns Of the statute de-
hning his duties.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
Rerister Next Saturday
From The Morning News.

From The Morning News.
Any citizen who wishes to take part in
the primary elections this year must be
registered ON either August 4, August IL
or August IS. Under the primary election
law only those who have been registered
can vote at nominating elections. Thus
it becomes an imperative duty for those
who intend TO do their part in helping Sc
lcct candidates to register on one of those
three days. Any person who registers af-
ter that time can vote at the general cleo
ton hut the real effective work is done
at the primary elections and it is just Us
necessary, in the interests of good gov-
ernment. to help select candidates as it
is TO vote for those named.
There should be no holding back at this
time. There should be a united effort TO
secure the best results The Republicans
especially have a grave duty to perform.
and if every one does his duty he can do
no more. That duty includes prompt reg
stration and participation in the pri-
mary elections.
Next Saturday the registration places
will be opened for the first time and there
should be a good showing when the days
work is summed up. There is no occasion
for being dishcartened and discouraged.
The electoral vote of Delaware may play
an important part in the selection Of d
president and Delaware should be in 4
position to give Mckinley and Roose-
welt plurality as great as that given for
Mckinley and Hobart.
The threats to defeat the Republican
party by those claiming to be Republicans
should not deter single Republican from
registering. 1t must be remembered that
the Republicans would have elected their
mayor last year if all the Republicans
had voted. There should be no hesitation
at this time. Every vote will be needed
Register on Saturday next.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
IThe pmIndllng IN on RepubIlcan Voc

From the Wilmington Every Evening.
In the course of an interview with re-
porter for the Baltimore Sun, Mr.. j. Ed
ward Addicks said: I'VE are getting
stronger all the time and the bolters are
getting weaker" BY 1--WE" is meant the
Union Republicans: in the Addicks ver-
nacular the "bolters" are the Regulars.
This statement is what is termed
"bluff' that is, intended To conceal M
unfavorahle situation by making most
favorable presentation. In plain words
II is not true, as the undisputed facts will
show.
At the general election Of 1896, wher
the line between the Republican factions
was sharply drawn, the Union Republic
cans polled 62 per cent OF the total Re
publican vote of the State; in the city Of
/ Wilmington they polled 81 per cent Of the
total Republican vote.
At the municipal election held on the
first Saturday in June. 1S99-after the
corrupt tactics of the Union Republican
party had been made manifest al the pre-
/ vious session Of the legislature in at
\ tempts 10 buy Democratic votes for th'
i senatorship-the Republican vote in vii
4 mington radically changed. Again the
u lines between the Regulars and tn
Il Union were sharply drawn. ana com
parison OF the totals shows that th'
\ Unions poled hut 80 per cent of the toia
i, Republican vote Of the city.
So the figures establish the potent fac
that while the Union Republicans com
. prised 81 per cent OF the total Republican
. vote OF Wilmington in 1896, their strength
had decreased by 1899 to only SS per cent
No election has been held in the Stat
Z since 1886 by which a like comparison o
I the strength Of the factions may be mad
2 but there is no reason to believe that ia
loss is confined TO the city OF Whining
p ton. On the contrary, there is ample rea
r son to contend that the Union Republ
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
THE EVENING JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST /. 1900.

licans as given by Mr.. Addicks and
published in the Baltimore Sun Mon
day, created quite ripple in political
circles. lt was discussed everywhere
and condemned. The people should
say who shall represent them and I'm no
other way will the candidates be sue
Icessful at the coming election. An hon
orable compromise can be effected by
which every Republican candidate can
be elected. But conciliatory measures
will have to be adopted. The voters
of New Castle county cant be whip
ped into line or bull-dozed, but they
can be fairly persuaded TO support the
Republican ticket Delaware should.
by all means, give Mckinley a good
sized majority. But II two tickets are
in the field that means giving the three
electoral votes to Bryan, and electing
Democratic officials. The Democrats
are much better organized than the Re-
publicans at the present time. The Re-
publicans have their choice. victory or
defeat Which shall IL be?
Time and time again we have told
the Daily Republican that Addlcks is
the only man who stands between the
Republican party and success at the
polls in November. 1t apparently now
comedies in that view Of the situation.
Now will 1t go to the extreme of repud-
iatlng the one-man policy OF Addicks
and assisting the true and loyal Repub-
licans, who know no man and but one
party, to obtain a single ticket which
will defeat the Democrats and, a. the
same time, end the political career Of
the man who has wrecked the Republi-
can party?
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
Il Makes Him Laugh

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
1t makes Addicks. the Gasman. laugh
this report that there is TO be harmony
in the ranks of the Republican factions
Of Delaware during the coming cam
paign. That is. he regards as very anus
ing the report that harmony is to be Sc
cured by conceding to the so-ealled reg
ulars" the position of governor. Not
much" says the Gasman. The Union
Republican party, of which he is the head
and front. will take the governorship.
the attorney generalship, the congress
man--all these positions, at least. If the
regulars wish for harmony on that
basis. well and good; they can have all
the harmony they can get away with,
provided the Gasman is given the Offices.
Harmony in everything, or harmony in
nothing is the way Addicks pu,s
it. For that is he Gasman
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
EDICTs COMMEND BOXERS

A message from PelSin, under date OF
July q, has reached Tien-Tsin giving
details of the siege Of the Legations.
1t shows that seven Americans have
been killed. and that the United States
forces now occupy a strong position on
the city wall. Provisions are sufficient
and hospital arrangements excellent
Total killed and wounded is 9s.
Consul Fowler reports Pooling Fu
city full Of rebels. and impossible to
get slightest news or send messengers.
He says about a dozen Americans are
supposed to be in the city, including
Mr.. Hodge and wife.
Imperial edlcts have been issued at
Pekin commending the Boxers and or
derine missionaries to leave the inter
ior. All viceroys have been command
ed TO help Pelkin.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01

toral vote may be valuable he must be
reckoned with.
But what sore of preaching Is this
FOR the Democrats to be indulging in?
Are they keeping up with the news of
the day? Are they not aware that Mr..
Clark of Montana. moved on Kansas
City by special train. accompanied by
a crowd of cheering retainers? Is it
difficult to understand what that
means? He was made to feel very much
at home, and in return for that recog-
milton he will whoop il up with his
money for Bryan for president. and for
Clark for senator in Montana this Fall.
VIII his triumph at Kansas City he
anything else but triumph of Doodle?
They arc birds of a feather are Mr..
Addicks and Mr.. Clark. The former may
be called the Clark of Delaware, and
the latter the Addicks of Montana.
Both aspire to high political honOrs.
and both rely upon lavish expenditures
Of money TO carry their ends. Except
for the possession of a fat wallet.
neither could hope for a moments con-
sideration as a senatorial aspirant 1t
is serious rejection on both states
that their highest hOnOrs are sought so
and so persistently by men
30 thoroughly unworthy of them.
But in fairness let it be remarked
that neither party has a monopoly of
such men or of such methods. In the
matter of boodlers, as in that of trusts,
both of the leading parties have sins to
answer for. Both have within their
ranks men whose only claim to notice
is the size Of their campaign
and who attain to both
honors and Importance on strictly a
line of procedure.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
FAsTEsI IhAINs IN mas WoRLn


In the Philadelphia Ledger Of Mon
day we find a special article on the fast
est trains in the world. 1t is especially
interesting to Wilmingtonians because
the banner railroads ON the list come
in direct touch with this city. The
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Railway Company leads on the run
from Camden to Atlantic City, dis
tance Of 55lh miles, the speed attained
being 66.6 miles an hour from start TO
stop. Next to 1t in the speed table
comes the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, between the same points, with a
distance of so miles covered at the rate
OF 64.3 miles an hour. The Ledger says:
A glance at the list will show that
the first four trains run between Phila-
delphia and Atlantic City. When a
Philadelphian visits his favorite sea-
side resort he may feel confident that
on either the Reading or Pennsylvania
road he is being shot through space at
a greater velocity than he could be
anywhere else on the face OF the earth.
The speed ofthese trains is so great that
some Of the English directors refused
to believe the schedules, declaring il
impossible TO move trains at such
speeds.
The Atlantic City schedules OF the
Reading road for 1900 show an increase
in the number of these fast trains over
the schedules from which the compiler
of the list got his information.
The trains this Summer make th,
same speed both ways, which they die
not do in 1899. New engines OF greate
i steaming capacity have been built. Tn,
Reading engine is a pOnderous affair
with total weight OF 10000 pounds
The total heating surfaces have beel
I largely increased. The driving wheel
are seven feet In diameter, and tn
trailers four and a half feet. The ca
pacity Of the tender has been Increase
fully 80 per cent
The table shows that out Of ST
] trains which run more than a mile
q minute, only one French train is In
al cluded; all the rest are American. On
Of IA trains running a mile a minut
and upwards, 10 are American.
= are French and English. Out of III
a 5I trains reported above So miles q
+ hour p are American.
The fastest long distance trains
the world run less than 55 miles q
hour. The fastest Of all, with the lon
lel est run, is French. the Empire Sta
Id express, on the New York Central. b
r ing second to the French train.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
WILL IT HELP2

Il is gratifying to note that the Daily
Republican is regaining political con-
sciousness. as the following shows:
The Union Republicans make a great
mistake II they insist on the nomina-
tion Of DR.. Marshall for governor and
DR.. Layton for Congress. The Repub-
licans Of New Castle county are not
prepared to yield everything which
lrightfully belongs to this county. II
the unionists expect to harmonlze, they
must be prepared 10 give something
otherwise defeat will be certain. Tn,
nomination Of governor rightfully be
longs to this county. and certainly on,
OF our citizens should be named for tha
office. The grab-all policy will not bl
acceptable and we cannot see how ra
tional men can ask its adoption.
The ultimatum OF the Union Repub
Evening journal., 1900-08-01

Instead of 5000 Beers only about
1000 surrendered with General Prinsloo
on Monday. Lord Roberts has directed
General Hunter to resume hostilities
forthwith.
Lord Kitchener has been despatched
from Pretoria to Krugersdorp to organ
ize column to relieve General Baden
Powell, now besieged by General De-
larry at Rustenburg. in Western Trans
vaal.
A Lorenzo Marquee despatch says
the Beers are preparing to retreat from
Waterfall Bowen.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01

can party has suffered a loss in the state
fully equal TO that which the Official hg-
ure5 show IL has sustained in Whining
ton. Taking the entire state. it is re-.
sonable 10 estimate that the Union Re-
publican party has lost 20 per cent Of its
following since the election Of 1896, and
has fallen from the majority faction to
the minority faction.
These assertions are based upon the
figures of q fair test by election. and. 81
far as the city OF Wilmington is concern
ed. are borne ont lay the official count OF
the votes.
What folly-what rank falsehood--
therefore, TO declare of the Union Repuh-
LEANS of Delaware that I'VE arc CROWN
stronger all the time"
Evening journal., 1900-08-01

Continue to bear in mind that next
Saturday Is registration day. II Is the
bounden duty Of every Republican TO
qualify himself for participation in the
primary election. The only way to do
It is to get registered, for under the
new primary election law it is a pre-
requisite. The primaries to be held on
August 20 are important. They will
have a direct and far-reaching iniiu-
ence on the destinies of the Republican
party. Every Republican has q vital
interest in the matter, and he should
not hesitate to go to the place Of regis
tration and have his name placed on
the books.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01

Were any person to attempt to keep
tally OF the various falsehoods put in
circulation by the Addicks leaders ami
newspapers. he would have to give con-
stant employment to a stan Of expert
accountants. No day passes that the
desperateness OF their situation does
not inpel them to make many state
ments which are entirely foreign to
truth and fair dealing. Here is sam
pie, clipped from local Addicks con-
temporary;
Taxpayers in the Montchanin dis
trict are not pleased with the raise Of
tax from S1.09 to $3.12. And all since
Colonel DUPONT became school director.
For the sake Of sacred Truth let II
be said that the school tax in school
district No. "a, commonly known as
the Montchanin district. is at present
S1.l0 on the 500. Last year the rate
was 81 on the s1OO and it was raised
ten cents this year to defray the ex
pense Of making needed repairs to the
school While it is a fact that Colo
mel DUPONT is a commissioner in tn,
district, it also is true that the matte
Of whether or not the tax rate shoul,
be increased ten cents on the 500 thi
year was referred to the voters at tn
school election. Twenty-Five taxpayer
voted at the election and twenty-five
OF them voted for the increase. Thes
statements Of fact give the lie direc
to the item in our Addicks contem
) porary and make. its absurdity OF state
ment and maliciousness Of purpose pei
fecly manifest
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
SuR.STATIONS

The Evening Journal has established
the following sub-stations, where adver
tisements may be left:
Want ads, For Rent For Sale. Lost.
Found, or any Business notice costs one
cent a word each insertion:
GARRETT s. SMITH, Druggist, Della
ware avenue and DUPONT
T. j. GARIMELL, Druggist, Sixth and
Madison streets.
DIR. THOMAS d. COOK, Druggist, 5S2
East Tenth street.
DIR. HENRY II. SPRUANCE, Druggist.
Eighth and Lombard streets.
DIR. II. G. MOORE, Druggist, 1901 Della
ware avenue.
]. W. IA. BOONE Druggist Lancaster
avenue and Franklin street.
DIR w. u. THOMPSON, Druggist. Ian
caster avenue and Jackson street
EDGAR X. ALLABAND, Druggist. A and
Heald streets
DIR BUCKMASTER. Druggist, Fourth
and Poplar streets
Orange streets.
W. T.. SMITH. Druggist, Fourth and IIar-
rison streets.
THEODORE BECKER, Druggist, Fifth
and Poplar streets.
J. ]. GALLAGHER, Druggist Fourteenth
and Market streets.
DRS; EBERT a. STEVENS, Druggists
Tenth and French streets.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
A Notable Loss

From the Philadelphia Record.
In the death of ex-United States Dis
trict Attorney Lewis c. Nandegrift, OF
Delaware, the public has suffered not
able loss. He was a graduate OF Della
ware College, OF Harvard Law School
and in a sense Of the late Thomas #.
Bayard's school Of politics. Like Mr.
Bayard, he was high-minded man, and
his bent and promise were toward states
manship Of sterling quality. 1t is pity
that so useful citizen as was Mr.. Van
degrift should have been thus cut of b.
his prime
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
LEWIS c. vANDEGRlFT


Lewis c. Vandegrlft is dead-struck
down in the prime Of life and in the
midst of great business activity. The
announcement comes as a shock to the
people of the entire State. 1t is read
with sorrow and regret in many places
outside, for Mr.. Vandegrift was a man
whose mental. moral and social worth
was known and appreciated far beyond
the borders of Delaware. Possessed of
keen intelligence, indomitable cour-
age, answering persistency and un-
firing industry, tempered with a kindly
heart and generous sympathy and full
OF noble impulse and good purpose, he
recommended himself to the admiration
Of all with whom he came in contact
In social life his record is spotless.
He was kind and loving son and
brother, a true and tender husband and
father, and a loyal and considerate
friend and neighbor. No good man
said aught about him but good; no bad
man said aught against him but what
was prompted by badness. He so con
Quoted himself that he was a living ex-
ample Of what a young man without
even ordinary advantages could max,
OF himself by careful application anC
seizing and properly using those oppor
tunities which were open to him.
His legal learning was recognized b,
all his colleagues at the bar. AS q prac
titioner his methods were beyond re
proach. He was entrusted with tn
transaction Of business involving ex
ceedingly large interests and performe
his work in a manner becoming a thor
oughly honest man.
In politics he was a Democrat OF th
better type. While for many years &C
tive in political work he refrained froI
those practices which mar and blacke
the lives of those who hold to the cree
that in political transactions the en-
justifes the means.
He was a man Of great mind, gres
heart and great soul. To him persons
selt-respeet was dearer than the frui
of an ill-gotten victory at the bar or
the field of politics. Being true to hin
self, he was true to others. He enjoy
public respect because he respected q
public and had high and sincere co
ception OF his duties as a citizen,
lawyer, a party man and public {
ficer. f
His home is desolate. because he C;
ried to his hearthstone the same mol
qualities-intensifed by the love he b
for his wife and children-that chi
acterized him in his dealing with
outside world.
With the universal regret which
tends his death, there Is in the pull
heart sympathy without measure
the widowed woman who. in the de
Of her sorrow. strives TO assuage
grief of the group Of little ones VIII
now clusters about her for comfort
consolation.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
NEWSPAPER OPINION.
A PAR Of BoodIers
e Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
The Democrats are making a good
deal out of the Addicks episode at
Philadelphia. They find in it another
evidence of the power of money over
the Republican party. and therefore
another reason why that party should
be Overthrown. The episode was any
thing but creditable to the Republi-
cans. That 50 unsayOry a politician as
the Delaware boss should have won
recognition at the hands of a national
convention, and been strengthened by
It for another assault on the decent
politics Of the state, must be q source
of humiliation TO many members of the
party outside of Delaware. It canno
very well be explained except upol
the score that Mr. Addiclss has mad,
an impression with his money at home
lIad in a campaign when every elec
Evening journal., 1900-08-01
Brought Here for BuriaI

From Baltimore this morning Il
body of James Hirst arrived in Wi
mington for burial. The funeral W;
held from the residence of James
Hill. an engineer on the Delaware roa
Mrs Hill is daughter of the decease
The body was inferred in Rivervie
Cemetery.
Evening journal., 1900-08-01

All persons now have pecuniary
interest in the apprehension Of the men
who wrecked the Baltimore and Ohio
express train at Folsom some time
ago Rewards aggregating $1,000 have
been offered, and it is hoped this viii
lead to their detection and arrest, for
it will justify detectives in devotng
their time to the search. No criminal
Evening journal., 1900-08-01

is more worthy Of punishment than a
train -wrecker. for his crime always car
ries with It the element OF the deliber-
ate murder Of persons who never have
wronged him, and whom he does not
even know. His is a dastardly offense
against the great travelling public, and
hanging is none too good for a man
convicted Of the crime.