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Evening journal., 1900-06-06
Solemn servioe Ended
speclal Do the Evenlne Journal

New Castle. June 6.-The Rev.
Father OFT last night conducted the
closing service Of the forty hours devo-
tion which opened in st.
Peters Church on Sunday morning.
The sermon last night was Of especial
interest and benefit to those who heard
il.
Evening journal., 1900-06-06
city 20 Have a Rar shop

Special TO the Evening Journal
New Castle. June G.-John T. Stoops
yesterday rented his property at the
wharf to a Chester man. who proposes
TO engage In the rag business here. The
shop viii be opened next week.
Evening journal., 1900-06-06
Officers ON an outing

Special 70 the Evening Journal.
New Castle, June 6.-Ten Whining
ton policemen were on the river In
Captain Rodgers yacht on Monday af-
ternoon. Il was pleasant outing for
the officers Of the law.
Evening journal., 1900-06-06
Big schooner Attracted All ention
Special 10 the Evcnlnc journal.

Special 10 the Evening Journal.
New Castle. June Gone OF the
three fve-masted schooners that are to
be found in Eastern waters. the Cover
nor Ames OF Bath. Me-. passed up the
river yesterday. The big schooner was
noticed by many people at the wharf,
several Of whom had never seen such a
craft In the river
Evening journal., 1900-06-06
women win Not Ten rhelr Ages

Special to the Evening Journal
New Castle. June 6.-Return cards
forwarded at the close OF each day by
Enumerators Gordon and Steward to
Evening journal., 1900-06-06
COUNCIL SHORT
AS TO FINANCES
Subjects Of Importance We're
Discussed by Members
Last Night
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New Castle. June City Council
met in regular monthly session last
night After several committees re-
ported progress in the matters of busi-
ness before them. the attention of the
body was called to the unsatisfactory
working order OF pumps on Vine and
were ordered.
The city treasurer reported the col
lections from James E. White. of S1S2.-
50, on account OF school taxes for 1898.
Salaries OF the police were ordered
paid
COUNCIL SHORT OF FUNDS.
Upon motion OF Mr.. Martin the sub
ject of delinquent taxes was left to the
Finance Committee. with power to act.
Mcssrs Martin. Reynolds and White
were appointed a committee to wait on
the Trustees OF the New Castle Com
mon. and ask for financial aid until
such time as the city has in hand the
present years taxes, but as the latter
body had adjourned the committee
subsequently reported that it could not
act on the subject until the next meet
ing The report was accepted.
- ADANiNhiAANtAiNAAi iARiA 'AN' ANthNiRAtAA
Tube Company, asking that Council re-
pair the approaches to the bridge on
Washington avenue. was received. Ac-
tion was postponed until the next meet
ing OF Council. Action on a proposi-
tion by Michael Rodgers that he keep
in repair the pumps of the city for one
year for SIS, was also postponed until
Messrs Reynolds and White could con-
suit with Mr.. Rodgers relative to the
matter.
TO FIX THE TAX RATE.
The proposition to install a telephone
in the office of the mayor for the con-
venience OF the officials of the city, was
talked of at length. but no definite ac-
tion taken. Council adjourned to meet
tonight. when the books of the city as
SCISSOR will be examined and the city
tax rate for the ensuing year fixed.
Evening journal., 1900-06-06
DO YOU WANT A wHEELP

you do you if of three obtain the
greatest number of subscriptions for the Evening Journal
The contest is school girl in the city of Wilmington
There will be
Evening journal., 1900-06-06
UB-STATIONS.
aARnETT s. sMITH.

GARRETT s. SMITH. Druggist, Della EDO
ware avenue and DUPONT
T. b. cARTMEfI. Druggist. Sixth and DIR.
Madison streets.
Or THOMAS d. COOK, Druggist 531 NJ
East Tenth street.
DR. HENRY r. SPRUANCE. Druggist. DR.
Eighth and Lombard streets.
Or. H. c. MOORE. Druggist. 1901 Della DIR.
ware avenue.
Or. ]. w II. BOONE. Druggist Lancas- J. ]
ter avenue and Franklin street
DIR. W. f. THOMPSON. Druggist. Lam DIR,
caster avenue and Jackson street.
Evening journal., 1900-06-06
One for High School Girl; One for a
Grammar School Girl; One for a
Primary School Girl
BEAUTIFUL PRIZES GIVEN FOR INDUSTRY
These Wheels Are on Exhibition in the Window Of
the Capelle Hardware COmpany'S Bicycle De-
partnent 500 Market Street

School girls get sample copies soliciting subscribers
by calling at the Evening Journal Office for them.
Evening journal., 1900-06-06

iAR r. ALLABAND. Druggist, A and
Heald streets.
BUCKMASTER. Druggist Fourth
and Poplar streets.
Il. SEEDS. Newsdealer, Tenth and
Orange streets.
W. f. SMITH. Druggist, Fourth and
Harrison streets.
THEODORE BECKER, Druggist,
Fifth and Poplar streets
GALLAGHER, Druggist, Fourteenth
and Market streets.
3 Fl BERT & STEVENS. Druggists.
Tenth and French streets
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Mexicans Arrested in New York for
Smuggling Them Into This Country

New York. November 1.-TWO Mex
leans, who gave their names as Velino
NJ. PreZa and Alexandra M%aroucci,
were arrested today charged with
smuggling into this country part of the
famous jewels at one time worn by
Charlotte, the widow of Emperor Maxi
milan, of Mexico. The jewels in the
mems possession are said to be worth
SIC, 600.
The men were Swallowed and this
morning Special Treasury Agent Theo
bald saw them with another man meet
at the corner of Broadway and Seven
teenth street. He approached them
and told one of them that he was a
prisoner. The man protested and as he
did SO handed two packages to one of
the other men. A policeman was called
and the two were arrested. The third
man was not arrested. but went to the
West Thirtieth Street station in a
closed carriage.
At the station the men protested
against their arrest. but were held not
withstanding. The packages were open
ed n in one vas found two diamond
rings. The stones were single diamonds
set in plain gold and are said to be
worth about SIS, 900 a piece. The other
package contained a diamond pendant
which is sal to have been worn former
ly by Queen Charlotte suspended from
q jeweled necklace. The pendant con-
sists of a large diamond set around
with eighteen smaller stones and two
large stone hanging beneath. The
stone in the centre is said to be a famous
diamond. 1t is of SO carats. hawless
and the pendant is said to be worth
$40, 900. The jewels were turned over
to Agent Theobald. The men were ar
raigned before Commissioner Shields
and were held in bail-Preza in S., 900
and Maroucci in 81. 500 and their exami-
nation was set for November 18th.
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DAUGHTERS OF coNFEDERACY
seventh Annual Convention to Meet fn
Montgomery Tomorrow

Montgomery, Ala. November Il
The seventh annual convention OF the
United Daughters OF the ConfederacyI
will be held in Montgomery this week
commencing Wednesday morning.
Two questions of live importance Will
come up. First will be the question Of
purchasing the White house Of the
Confederacy" as a museum for south
ern history. and the second will be the
taking of some action looking to the
introduction into the public schools OF
histories treating OF the civil war in a
acceptable to the organization.
The attendance at the convention is
expected to be large.
The opening exercises Will be held in
the capitol and in the hall in which q.
confederate convention held its historic
sessions and declared the right of Sc
cession.
In that hall Jefferson Davis was
i~naugurated. 1t is expected that all
the old officers with the possible excep-
ton of the first vice president will be
reelected. They are: General presi-
dent, Mrs. Edwin CT. Weed. Jackson
vile, Fla; first vice president general,
Mrs. w. w. Reed. New. York; second
vice president. Mrs. S. T. Mccullough.
Staunton, Va; recording secretary,
Mrs. John J. Hickman. Nashville,
Tenn; corresponding secretary, Miss
Mary F. Meares. Wilmington, y. c.;
treasurer. Mrs. J.. Jefferson Thomas,
Atlanta.
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IMPORTANT LEGISLATION
That 10 to Come BEFORE Congress-Mr
Hanna on the Subject.

Cleveland. November Ex-senator
Hanna has returned here after a brief
visit to New York. He expects to re-
main in this city until congress con-
venes. In discussing the coming ses-
sion of tina body Mr.. Hanna said:
Congress this year will have very
important duties to perform Three
great bills, the Nicaraguan canal bill.
the army bill and the ship subsidy bill
are all to come before it. The Nicara-
guam commission will make its report
early il the session and the debate in
the senate will probably begin early.
Il presume there will be changes OF
some Importance in the bill. 1t is rea-
sonable to suppose that a lapse of sew
era months has made a difference In
the sentiment of the people on the Dill
and a change in some o. its main fea-
lures will be the natural result. The
Costa Rican treaty especially involv-
ed us in considerable difficulty, and
the Costa Rican government had TO be
consulted with"
When asked with what measure he
would most interest himself during the
session, Senator Hanna said:
81 have no pet measure this year and
shall take no particular interest in any
of the bills before congress. Perhaps i
am as much interested in Senator
Frye's ship subsidy bill as in any"
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CONTEST OVER THE SEAT FROM THE
PROVINCE OF HAVANA.
THE THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The Question Raised and Discussed as
gally Constftuted-The Committee on
All Delegates Except the Que From
Havana The Spectators Chiefly
Negroes, who Take Great Interest.

Havana, November 1.-THE Cuban
constitutional convention met at 2
o'clock this afternoon. after adjourn
ment from the second days session in
the Marti theatre. Seats for the dele
gates had been arranged in a smaller
area nearer the platform; the curtain
of the stage had been lowered and the
windows hung with heavy draperies,
thus shutting out the noise of the street
and making it possible for the dele
gates TO speak in ordinary voice.
The upper galleries were crowded.
colored persons predominating. They
are taking an intense interest in the
proceedings. On the first and second
days the boxes did not contain many
spectators. but today several prominent
families were present.
The committee on credentials report
ed as to all the provinces except
Havana.
Havana is the only province where a
contest has been talked of. the oppo-
nents of Senior Seayas wishing to seat
Senior Pierra in his place.
The report was laid or the table and
a DISCUSSION IOllOW6Q dS 10 WneIner the
convention was legally constituted.
Senior Seayas claimed that the order Of
the government of Intervention SOM
moning the convention had made it le-
gal. Senior Berriel argued. or the other
hand. that it would not be legally con
stituted until the report of the COM
mittee on credentials had been accept
ed. The delegates took this view and
so voted.
An attempt to discuss the question Of
holding secret sessions was voted down,
the matter being left to the committee
on rules. An adjournment was then
taken until Thursday. when, it is I'M
derstood. both committees will report
finally.
Santiago province. a v notice to the
convention that he had resigned his
membership and had appointed Senior
Ferrera as an alternate delegate.
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OUR DEMANDS ON MOROCCO
Refused by the Sultan-A warship to
be sent to Enforce Them.

Washington, November 12.-The gov
eminent of Morocco has again declined
to meet the demands of the United
States for the payment of an indemni-
" on account of the killing by a mob
OF Marcus Essagin, a ~naturalized
American citizen. The last request
was made by United States Consul
Gummere, and the declination of Mo-
rocco was accompanied by an intima-
ton of his freedom from liability, un-
der the terms of the convention be-
tween Morocco and Spain. The state
department has come to the conclusion
that the consul's representations will
be more effective if he is supported
morally by the presence in Moroccan
waters of a United States warship and
it is probable that he will make his
visit to Fee to again present the case
as a passenger on a vessel to be select
ed by the navy department for that
purpose which will proceed to the port
nearest to the Moroccan capital.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-16
YELLOW FEVER IN HAVANA
The Reports Greatly Exag&eratsd-No
More Fever Than UsuaI

Jacksonville, Fla, November 12.-Dr.
John Guiteras, the yellow fever expert
of Havana, Cuba, arrived in the city
today. He is professor in the medical
university of Havana. In an inter-
view with the Associated Press tonight
he said:
The is no more yellow fever in
Havana this year than in former years.
More has been heard of it in the states,
on account of the number Of Ameri-
cans who are in There were
"a, 900 Spanish immigrants LANDED in
Havana last winter, n it is among
them that the fever has spread this
summer. Three hundred have arrived
from Spain this winter, but we have
not allowed them to enter Havana,
having erected barracks just outside
the city, where they are kept until
they are sen to the interior of the is
land. 1 believe hat yellow fever will
be stamped out in Havana in the course
Of the next two or three years There
is no reason why it should exist now
if proper precautions are exercised"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-16
ELECTION
To be Canvassed the goth, by state
Board OF Canvassers-A Giri In Mans
C1othing-


Raleigh. November 12-Election re-
turns are being rapidly received by the
secretary Of state. The law requires
all to be in his hands in twelve days
after the election, and within three
days after the expiration Of the twelve
days they nus be opened and can
vassed by the state board OF V
ers. They will probably be opened on
h 10th instant The board is COM
posed of the governor, the secretary OF
state IN Messrs. Neal, Mcneil, Lamb
and Wilson
Ten days ago a white girl. about 16
years old, put on her atherS clothes
and fled from his home at Durham.
She has since been wandering in this
county. Today h was found in West
Raleigh. Her father came after her
and carried her home this afternoon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-16
PARIS EXPOSITION CLOSED
The Attendance Had Reached Over
Fifty Million

Paris, November 12.-The exposition
closed today with the evening illlumi-
nation. Five tickets were charged for
and admission. There were few visitors
in the day time, tickets backing pur-
chasers at a sou each.
h booming of a cannon from the
first story of the Eiffel tour announced
that the exposition of 1900 had ceased
to exist. 1t ended in a blaze Of illumi-
nation, the final evening being cele-
brated b. q night fete. The attend
ance, however, was small, visitors be-
ing kept away by a cold, drizzling
rainfall.
Official statistics show that the eX-
position was a gigantic success from
the point of view of attendance,
which was double that of the exposi-
ton of 1889 when %, 121 ,975 passed the
gates. When the gates of the exposi-
tfon of 1900 closed this evening, more
than $1,000, 900 persons had passed
through. The British and Belgians
headed the list in 1889 in point of num-
bers; but this year the Germans We're
first and the Belgians second, with the
British far behind. Americans also
formed a very noticeable contingent.
Indeed they were UNNECESSARILY more
numerous than at the previous p
sition. The record paying day this
year brought out more than 600, 900 Wis
iStoTs, as compared with a maximum
of 325,377 in 1889.
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THE NEW RICE COMPANY
Formed to Control the Crops of the
Southern

Chicago, November 12.-The Tribune
tomorrow will say:
1.-The incorporation of the American
Rice Growers Distributing Company
was announced yesterday. The CAPT.
tai stock is SIS, O0O, 900, of which $780,
900 is reported paid in. Local grocery
circles credit John w. Gates with being
the prime mover in the new corpora
ton, principally to control the ship
ment Of the southern rice crop over
lines Of railroads in which he is inter-
ested.
"Mr. Gates is at present out of the
city. The scheme contemplated is to
buy the bulk of domestic refined by
contract with the growers to sell their
crops for a stipulated figure for a pc
riod Of four years., with the privilege
Of extending the contract an additional
four years. Guaranteed prices to grow
ers are undertook to be somewhat in
excess of the present market price"
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No External
Symptoms

The blood may be in bad condition,
yet with no external signs, no skin
eruption or sores to indicate it. The
symptoms in such cases being a variable
appetite, poor digestion, an indesclbable
weakness and nervousness, loss of flesh
and a general rundown condition of the
system clearly showing the blood has
les. is rutritive qualities. has become thin
and watery. 1t is II just such cases that
SIS S. has done ON Of its quickest and
most effective wc-k by building up the
blood and Supplying the elements lacking
to rrc1,e it strong and vigorous.
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ANOTHER FRAUDULENT
The Plaintiff Had no knowledge of the
Suit for

New York. November 12.-AnotherI
light in the supreme court today. AL
though a decree in her favor appeared
upon the records in the county clerks
office. Mry. Carrie D. King asserts that
she never instituted such proceeding
and knows absolutely nothing about
the case, except that sometime ago she
signed what she believed to be separa-
ton papers in the office of Attorney
Madison.
Mrs. Kings story of the matter is
that she had trouble with her husband
a couple of years g and they sepa-
rated. He agreed to pay her Sc a week
while they were living apart. Some
time last July, she say her husband
came to her and asked her to go and
see a lawyer. He told her that the at
torney would draw up PAPER for her 10
sign which would protect her in the
matter of getting alimony.
Mrs. King says that the name Of the
lawyer was Madison. When she got to
Madison's office he told her hat he had
evidence against her husband on which
she could get a divorce. He said that
he had seen King at a hotel with an
other woman. Mrs. King asserts that
she told Madison that she did not want
a divorce from her husband. Before
she left the office Madison, she says,
induced her to sign a paper which she
believed a separation agreement be-
tween herself and her husband, where
by he was to pay her weekly alinaony.
The papers in the case SHOW that a
few days after Mrs. Kings visit to
Madison's office the application for the
appointment of a referee to hear the
testimony was made to Justice Dugro.
In the papers Henry Zeimer appear as
counsel for the plaintiff.
A careful investigation OF the papers
shows that the paper which Mrs King
signed was an affidavit in which she
vas made to apply for a divorce.
The grand jury this evening devoted
it's whole session to the investigation of
the alleged divorce mil loperated by
Madison. Indictments have been found
against Madison. Zeimer and Wilson.
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THE STEERING GUESTS HEMMED IN BY
MIDNIGHT FIRE
NUMBER OF DEAD NOT KNOWN
The Clifford House at Poplar Bluff,
Ark, Burned-The Guests Aroused
From Sleep to Find Their Escape Cut
Of-Many Jump From Windows and
Are Fatally or Seriously Injured
Four Dead Bodies Already Found.
Many Badly Burned

Popular Bluff, Mo, November 12.-
Hemmed in by flames in the upper
stories of the Clifford house, an old
frame structure, that burned like tin
der, a number of persons were burned
or suffOcated to death; others leaped
from windows and suffered the loss Oh
limbs and other injuries from which
some died, while scarcely one OF the
forty-five or more sleeping guests in
the place got out without injury, and
none saved anything but the night
clothes that were worn at 1870 o'clock
when the alarm was given.
-Four are known to be dead, one is
missing, three are fatally injured and
than twenty are burned or other
wise hurt. In the halls of the hotel a
dozen or more persons were overcome
by heat and smoke and this leads to
the belief that the loss of life will be
nue.. greater than is now known.
There were a number of unregistered
guests at the. place. The casualties SO
far reported are as follows:
The dead are: Berry, Curly, Pop
lar Bluff: Clark, Heck, Doniphan, Mo-;
De Hart, Shelby, Poplar Bluff; Owens,
Rebecca, Poplar Bluff.
Eugene Dalton, Hot Springs. Ark, is
missing.
The fatally injurned are: Hargrove,
Eta, Poplar Bluff, both legs broken,
internally injured by jumping from
third story. SwOte, Winslow. Uni
Identified woman.
The seriously injured are: Smith,
7. A. Poplar Bluff; terribly burned.
Pernaud, Barney, DeSoto, Mo-, hands
and face burned. Stanley, Charles,
Poplar Bluff, pack injured, burned and
bruised Berry, Pink. Freshear, Ell
mer. Upchurch, James, Poplar Bluff,
severely burned.
About a dozen more were slightly
burned or received bruises in trying to
escape from the building.
Only one person. the Waterman, was
awake in the hotel when the fire start
ed and he was unable to warn the
guests, for the flames had spread so
fast that he was driven from the build
ing.
Escape for every one on the second
and third stories was cut off and the
fire department was unable to give
them any assistance. Here the deaths
occurred and in jumping from the win
dows the others were hurt.
There werN many acts of heroism in
the rescue of women. and a number of
guests had very narrow escapes. sever
al having their hair and eyebrows
Singed. 1t will be several days before
the number of dea is known.
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DEPARTMENT OF PORTO RICO
Abolished and Island Attached to De-
partment ofthc East.

Washington. November i2-The war
department today made public an or
der discontinuing the department OF
Porto Rico on December 18th. and at
taching ii TO the department OF the
east. as the district II Porto Rico. one
battalion of the Eleventh infantry and
the squadron OF the Fifth cavalry are
ordered TO New York General Davis
is ordered TO Manila for duty as inspec-
tor general.
This order leaves in Porto Rico the
native regiment. consisting % $50 men.
a battalion OF the Eleventh Infantry
and battries F. and G. of the Fifth ar
tillery. These roops will be under
command of Lieutenant Colonel James
A Buchanan. who is now in command
OF the native regiment.
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BOERS' FORCES SURPRISED.
General Obert reports Several
Severe Engagements

London, November 1.-THE war Of
flee has received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts:
Johannesburg, November 10.
"Methuen surprised Commandments
Snyman and Vermass, near Lichten-
berg. yesterday. Three dead were
found and thirty prisoners and several
wagons We're captured. There were no
casualties among the British.
"Kelly-Kenny reports that Major
Macintosh, of the Seaforth High
landers. occupied PhiIippolis Novem-
Der Sth. The Beers fed in all directions.
Three wounded were brought to our
hospital. Surgeon Hartley and seven
men We're wounded.
LyttietOn reports hat Kitchener NC
c~essfuliy surprised the Beers during the
night Of November eth. A mounted
party of the Nineteenth HuSSarS and
n Manchester mounted infantry, I'M
der Captain Chetwode, managed to
pass the Beer outpOsts and while the
latter engaged the enemys picket the
HuSSarS charged the Beers in the moon
light. Sabring many. Chetwode and
several nOn-commiSSioned officers be
haved with great ~gallantry, but the
HuSsaIs would probably ave suffered
severely as they got n a ground,
had not they been supported by the
mounted infantry. In the morning ar
tiIIery and infantry Joined Chetwode's
force and completed h Boer rout, who
are said to have lost heavily.
Smith-Dorrien'S wounded were re-
turned from the Boer camp and report
that Commandant Prinsloo and General
Fouris were killed and that General
GrobeIer was wounded in the recent
fighting.