The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-05-12
NEWS OF
THE DAY.

Trenton, May, 1.-Two mea, each OF
whom has Passed the allotted three score
years. and ten, engaged In desperate
fight In this city last evening over the low
thov both bear for pretty young miss.
The rivals are Harry Tilton. 70 years
old, and Samuel Dean. who recently cee-
brated his seventy. first birthday. The
gill Ia Mary Enright, comedy lass OF
twenty summers,
Huntingon, May 11-''Not guilty was
the verdict of the jury. and Charles Rob
tor, who riddled the body OF John O'Neil
with bullets on January II, Is a free man.
The jury retired Tor deiberation Mt ~
o'clock this morning, and at O'Clock this
evening verdict was reached.
New York, May II. Philip c, Dresser.
u policeman, was shot aud killed to.nay
by his wife in her apartments on flfty-
second street.
Mrs. DreIser gave herself up to e,police
In explanation of tho shooting she said;
II shot him because loved him. His
folks have done their utmost to separate
us. Twas afraid that they would succeed
in separating us, and 50 made up my
mind to shoot"
Wa ,hington, May 1l.-Ssnator Lodge
caused tremendous stir To-day by his
speech opposing ne amendment of Sem
ators Chandler and Tiuman to build
Government arInor plant and force re-
ductlon in tho price Of armor plate for the
navy.
Tho only result of snoh efforts, Mr..
Lodge said, had been to put stop to the
cons ruction Of the navy. The project of
II Government arnor plant In the remote
future would stop absolutely the building
of ships. The danger of this Mr.. Lodge
dilated upon with startling plainnes'. He
elaborated the recent academic PROPOSE
ton of Secretary Root that o navy was
needed for the defense of tho Monroe Doc.
trine and applied his argument directly to
the menace offered by Germany in Brazil
and the Danish West Indies
Unknown men who were seen running
away from the scene ut an early hour this
morning loosened the brakes of several
cars on Iamaqua manned freight train
which 81 God detached from the engine on
siding No. / of tho Reading Railroad yard
ut the "" above town, and caused the
cars to start of at terrific speed. The
train was large one, and coming out on
tho main nOrJhbound track sidewiped an
engine in charge of Engi Driver John
Mongle and Fireman John Berkheiser
The locomotive was badly damaged, but
the engine driver was unhurt, as was also
tho fireman, the latter leaping from the
tank just in time TO save his life.
On the southbound track stood an en-
gine directly in front of the coming run
away train, but Engine Driver Joseph El.
lott pulled OCT of harms way, while his
fireman. Lott kerslejter, leaped to the
ground and ran after tho men who started
The train. He failed to capture them. The
collision bel wcen tho locomotive run by
Mengle and tho cars caused the latter to
jump the rails and five piled up, the de-
brs blocking four tracks. The roadbed
was badly torn up, and tho local wrecking
crew was unable to use its wrecking ap-
Daratus because the "Y' tracks waro CO.
vered with wreckage, and the rails showed
to one side
The crushed body OF John Sharpe, q
young man residing at Tamaqna was
found dangling in mldair between two
box cars which stood wedged on their
sides,