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The sun., 1900-01-18
PRUDENTIAL BANQUET.
President OF Council Alexander Will
be Among the Invited
Guests.

President Of City Council, W. s. Alex
ander, has accepted an invitation from
Superintendent Charles n. McGahey, TO
attend the annual banquet Of the Will
mington, Delaware, District of the
Prudential Insurance Company. The
banquet will be held at the Clayton
House on Saturday evening. 1t is an
affair which is given every year to the
agents of the company.
The banquet will start at : p. IN. a
reception will precede it, starting at $50
D. m.
The sun., 1900-01-18
Extended southern Tour.

William l.. Scott of this city, who is
connected with Scott d Co., bankers and
brokers, left last night for an extended
visit to the southwest part of North
Carolina. Mr.. Scott's business there is
concerning a mine and his stay may be
indefinite.
The sun., 1900-01-18
Decree Handed Down.

A decree has heen handed down by
Chancellor Nicholson in the case of the
New Castle and Delavare Ci'y Railway
Company ve. The Delaware Gailroad
CompGn. Tie Chancellor granted rer-
mission to the New Castle and Delaware
City Company to cross the tracks Of the
Delaware railroad at the Seventh street
grade at New Castle
The sun., 1900-01-18
KENT SUPERIOR COURT.
Argument in the Case of Roebling
Sons Company VS.. Walter
ID. Mode.
By Special Dispatch to The Sun.

By Special Dispatch to The Sun.
Dover, Jan. l7.-In Superior Court to-
day the time was consumed by argument
in the case of John A. Roebling Sons
Company against Walter D. Mode. Her.
bert II. Ward is the attorney for the
plaintiff in error and William S. Hilles
is the attorney for the defendant in
error.
The question involved is one OF con-
struction'of statute imposing liability on
directors Of corporations declaring diyi-
dends not out OF net profits.
Mr.. Ward will close the argument to-
morrow
The sun., 1900-01-18
SIGNAL LIGHTS NEEDED.
They Could be Used TO Advantage
on the Third Street
nrEdna
Bridge.

While signal lights have been placed
at various points along the line OF the
Wilmington City Railway Company,
none have been put in position on the
Third Street Bridge.
Occasionally cars start to get on the
bridge before the bridge has properly
been placed il position after being
turned and the result is delay OF con-
siderable length.
BY The use of signal lights operated by
the bridge tender this trouble could be
remedied.
The sun., 1900-01-18
Election Of Iicutenants.

Ia the contest for second lieutenant OF
Company A, n. G. D.. it looks like r. L.
McVeigh. 1t is thought that Mr..
McNeigh's popularity during the Della
ware regiments camp life during the
Spanish-American war will prove a
winning card. Frank White, who is
running for first lieutenant, appears to
have good chance Of winning the posi-
fioy
The sun., 1900-01-18

seclf scverni members III tnc room ana
had heard Mcssrs. Steele. Davidson anil
other supporters OF Mr.. Clark discuss
ways and means of securing votes. lie
had seen sun of money. which he
thought was $1,000 paid to onc Of tho
members
Referring Gu Cross examination 10 lis
relations with Mr.. Steele. the witness
contended that tae latter was no special
friend Of his.
The sun., 1900-01-18
iteels Laid for Car Floats.

The Jackson & Sharp Company has
laid the keels for two zjO.ioot car floats
Tor the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The floats will be used in conveying
loaded cars IRON slip to slip in Ptiladel,
phia harbor. They will be completed
BY April |. Their numbers will be 263
The sun., 1900-01-18
Delaware Represented.

COL Theodore Townsend. Of Milford,
and Major Evan q. Boyd, OF New Castle,
will represent the First Regiment, IA
tional Guard OF Delaware, at the Inter-
state National Guard Convention to be
held at indianapolis, Ind, next Tues
dav.
The sun., 1900-01-18
Thirty.second Annual Convoontion

The NJ. f. Grand Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons Of the State OF Delaware
held their thirty-second annual convoea.
tion last night in Masonic Hall. A large
number OF Masons from down tie State
wore preeent.
The sun., 1900-01-18
REV. THOMAS B. ANGELL
DOES NOT IMPROVE

Rev. T. &. Angel, who is suffering
with pneumonia at No. S22 Adams
street, was reported last night TO be
about the same. on Tuesday night he
suffered slight relapse and is now not
out OF danger
The sun., 1900-01-18
Ceneral Increnso ~ Mnees.

Tie Pennsylvania Railroad has de-
creed general increase in the wages OF
yard employees. The new scale went
into effect January /, and will affect
about 1000 men. rhc increase is near
ly ten per cent.
The sun., 1900-01-18
Contract for Cars.

Thirty standard passenger coaches are
being built for the Reading Railroad
Company by the Harlan and Hollings-
worth Company. 1t will be about six
weeks before the contract will be COM
plSted,
The sun., 1900-01-18
Sacinl nndpersnnnI.

a, Il. Tyler, States attorney for Caro-
line county, Md, was in this city yester-
day visiting Clinton Cook, Of no. 1885
West street.
bliss Ida Ciensnts Is llsiLng friends
10 Laurel.
The sun., 1900-01-18
rrnnce and santo pomIns,.

Paris, Jan. 1.-THE French rovern.
ment expresses itself as pleased W th the
settlement Of the Santo Domingo trouble.
which, according TO a dispatch from Adj
miral Richard, was complete victory
for French. Santo Domingo undertook to
pay the indemnity demanded, 10 instruct
a responsible minister 10 make a 1uhlic
declaration that no ahront was intended
for France and to order the foreign min
istcr to write 10 the French government
and express th" regrets Of bis govern.
ment at the ant-French demonstrations.
The officials of the foreign ofIice here
deny that there is any question of the
recall Of the French consul at San;o Do
ming-.
I
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To Pnrcllasc Horses.

For the purpose OF purchasing num-
her OF horses for sale, A. IL. Tyson has
gone west. His next sale will take place
on Wednesday, January q, at No. l1l4
Tatnall street.
The sun., 1900-01-18
GsoLdsy College Alumni.

The Aluniniaoi Goldey'E College held
a meeting last nigh. 10 tGAe college hall.
An interestineSffoarsnh Fas rendered.
The sun., 1900-01-18
Alumni.s Efonthlr Meeting.

Th. Go!dey College. Alumni Asseeia-
tion red its rdonthly tnseting'last night.
The sun., 1900-01-18
DEFECT IN GAE1
No Provision Mad !
fDead Ca

A deiec. has bec1
proposals for tie 6, -
provision has bee "a |3l g
moval OF dead oat5
rats by the garba :.
The Board Of +
the contracts, ha T.
in the contract. -
was always cha
each dead cat q | - 4
The Board = 4 =
OF February, H. - w.
charging for q
moved. The .
be compelled
new propqs9 l r. =
The sun., 1900-01-18
SMYRNA GETS READ
FOR COLONEL
Merchants Hail His
cause Of the CH
Increased Bus
FIRST NOMINEE IN ElE Tg1 I .
VIII Arrive lathe
Mr.. Hay
FIRST KOMINEETTGgl4 TTg

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Smyrna ad barations being
Democra9 party r this immediate
vicinity hAs been encouraged BIZ tie
business Of smyrna 70 such an extent
that January 26 promises to be a holiday
in the towns history.
Many inquiries have been received
from residents all over the county and
Eastern Shore in reference to Colonel
Bryan's visit here. The farmer, whosek,
friend the Nebraska Populist pretends t(s
be, will be in Smyrna rain or shih2 y /
rare opportunity will be present
observe the evolution OF transpot
vehicles. 'fThe Man with the
not expected to come to town on J
26 in an automobile, but trave
dog-carts, farm wagons, dearbor
on horseback the residents Of. k7,I6fA
rounding country will hJck $r.zB@
on January 26 to see and hear ~ Ieadery
OF the National Silver Democracy
| A majority OF the merchants OF Smyrna
arc hOp ahiiiaeeu WIN tbc silfciitrN ~
the Democratic party, but they bail
Bryan's coming in anticipation Of an in
creased business on The day Of his son,-
ing. To chow that the local merchants
are right in their appreciation Of the 81
lection OF smyrna as the place to erect a
Bryan forum, it has developed that ox
merchant in Dover offered to pay the
penses OF a Bryan celebration II
was given the preference.
Col. Bryan will arriys OPP
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=: : ! :
LEN
Large s.
Ian,s

The lal >
structed q .
and Hol
New Yor.l
Company,
morning.
Laura B,
was part
Captain J.
in charge,
position
Samuel K.
was also pres
on behalf Of
After the
vessel was
tain LLOYD
Rico Steafy
proceeded
where sfa :
Porto Rico. She y
Ponce. She has a -
335 feet, and gross
| She has accommoda
first class and TWEEN
sengers aud is hu
speed of IL knots q
Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-03

There was one distinct Impress on in my
mind. The - regiment was ordered into
CAMP 1t was quite dusk when l walked
into my room and my old neighbor's lamp
was lighted, but she had evide ently forgot.
ten to draw the blinds, and l could see
her bustlHng about preparing supper.
Presently in comes the strapp.ng young
man, gathers her in his arms and kisses
her tendery. She returns the kiss, pats
his cheek and resumes her culinary operar
tions. After performing his ablutions at
a sink in the corner of the room and
brushing his hair before the tiny niri or
above it, the young man sat down to read
| the evening paper, but his eyes, instead
of fastening themselves upon the sheet.
follow his grandmother wistfully about,
| with an expires on that suggests a some
thing on his mind that he longs, yet
breads to tell.
Supper is on the table at last and the
two sit down to eat it. Presently the
young man says something that causes
the old woman to lay down her knife and
fork, drop her jaw and look across at
him in terrified, helpless way. The
young man reaches across the table and
takes hold of one of her bony old hands;
and thsm he rises. goes round to her $ de
and STOPPING down, lays his firm young
cheek against her withered one.
don't see amy more, because my heart is
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touched and my instincts of delicacy re-
xnlA 4, s,aiuSf further stSDvingo

touched and my instincts of delicacy re-
volt against further spying"
My ueighbor stood at her window next
form. The brass buttons on the coat
chnked against the stone copimg of the
window sill. and one strangely stained
and liddled sleeve s,treamed out for a mo-
ment on the breeze. When the task was
finished to her satisfaction she folded the
garments carefully and laid them away
In a receptacle that stood in the depths
Of the room.
That might orly the old woman's shad-
ow appeared ON the window blind.
After this, for weeks, she came to the
window every morning with the old UNI
form, which she shook and brushed. her
manner of doing 1T seeming to become
more and NOR tender. Sometimes she
stroked and patted the coat, as she might
have stroked and patted it if the owner
had been insude. And once / saw her lift
the riddled sleeve and lay her cheek
against 1T.
"Uxtra! Uxtra!" the newsboys were
sht.eking in the streets. All. the--
Regiment was ordered to Tampa! I sat
down in my room when 1 got home and
looked across the narrow strip of gloom
that INTERVIEWED between me and my old
neishbor. Her Windows were dark But
in THE room below a woman was laugh
ing boisterously over something she was
reading to her husband from The evening
paper.
Two days later I stood and watched the
-Regiment march away from Camp
to the music of fife and drum. There
were fearful faces and curious faces, and
faces stirred with deep excitenNnt or en-
thus.asm among tn crowd, but the one
that impressed me most was the face OF
my old neignbor! There she was, ap-
parently without companions, standing
ait the edge of the crowd near the road
along which the troops were passing
How SHE got there. heaven knows-and
holding tiny bunch of flowers in her
hand. Her face was very grave. but there
was no suggestion, of tears in her faded
eager eyes. and her mouth was firmly set
AS Company B came marching up a
familiar face and figure caught my eye.
They were these of my young ne Glib r
strong and handsome and bright in his
! sp:ck and span war.trappings. A quick
Hight flashed into the Old wCman's eyes
as she saw him. and with a smile on he,
brave Old face she pressed forward and
thrust her little nos>gay into his hand
! The youth grasned it and smiled fond.y
! back at her, and The company marched
| up THE HILL
! merning, hard at work on the old uni
| foiun. her face steady and cheerful.
! could even hear the notes of song she
was grooming in her high, cracked vo,ca
| Sudd My. she paused. Her wrinkleC
checks quivered and her lips trambled
/ and gathe ring the worn old uniform il
! her arms she sat down and bowed he
head over 1T. And them left. my win
dow
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THE OLD UNIFORM.
By Frances A. Schneider.

Between the. sparsely leaved brancheS s
Of the cypress tree that grows in the yard
can look across to the backs of a row
OF tenement houses. and through their
uncurtained windows see the inmates OF
the shabby rooms beyond. Often and CT
ten have been the unseen witness of bits
of domestic drama enacted amid the bare
settings of these poor rooms. Spying
upon my neighbors! Well, l suppose so.
But it lis a kind OF spying that does them
no harm and furnishes me iwth some
sound moral LESSONS
For months after began this practice
the windows of the rooms most directly
mine were closed and shuttered; but one
day early last March they were thrown
| wide open and I saw an old woman with
broom and brush and pail making great
clearance and cleaning.
She looked seventy. at least, but was
still active and hoped easily up on a lit
tie step ladder to adjust a pair Of blinds
which from the moment she had put
them up, UNTIL this day, have never been
drawn down except at night. The old
! woman is evidently fond of light and OF
as much suEshlne as she can gst.
When first she made her appearance in
| the rooms, handsome, strappins young
fellow, whom l took to be her grandson
| occupied them with her. They s sene
very fond Of one another and l often saw
| them embrace; sometimes in the morn
| ing, before he wert away to wock, or al
night, when the lamp light. casting theil
| shadows upon the drawn blinds, made q
| grotesQue Silhouette Of the tall youth
! bending affec tionately over the little old
woman.
One might I came home out OF the Dir
| a nd clamOr of the streets. where ths
| crowds were gathered about the rewspa
| per bulletin boards. like flies about &
| honey pot. and the neWsboys were crying
"UXtra. uNtra!" fit to drive one mad
Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-03
SISTER ANNIE'S STORY.
BY Edith May.

Sister Annie had history. That we all
knew.
She had come to Norville three months
before shrouded in the pecuiiar garb OF
the sist erhood to which she belong ID; not
Catholic nor Protestant nor denomina-
tiollal, she told us. but a s-sterhood apart,
devoted to good deeds and embracing all
religions
And as we grew to know Sister Annie
better we respected her creeds and loved
good always.
lit did not take long for us to see that
Old Silas Banker, the mon'eyed man of the
village, the president of the bank, ana
owner of the street railroad, had fallen
head over heels in love with Sister Annie.
OHten her mission of charity took her to
the bank, and when she came away it
was wlth Wide open eyes of gratitude and
a full purse With her eyes Sister Annie
thanked S.las Banker, and with the
money she went from house to house do
ing good.
That was Sister Annie
Yet we all felt that she had a history.
One evening I. the spinster of the town.
sought out Sister Annie, to call upon her.
I found her upon her knees in front OF the
window looking out. Her eyes were cast
heavenward and there We're tears In
them.
Tell me, Sister ANNIE said I, ''why do
you weep? Are you lonely?'
For answer she brushed away the tears
and turned away.
That evening, after We had talked about
the latest case of distress IN the village
Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-03
BALL TEAMS PRACTICING.

In spite Of the fact that it is yet sew
eral weeks before 1t will be possible to
play the first game of baseball the
nnes of the various colleges are al
readu making preparations for the
championship contest that is to open
as soon as the weather becomes settled
and fair. Naturally the first step was
the selection of the men to train the
teams and if the coach has anything to
d with the future work of the club
there is no reason why there should not
be some remarkably clever mines in the
collegiate diamond next spring. Among
all the men who have been chosen to
perform this important duty there is
scarcely one who has not already dis
tinguished himself in some of the big
leagues. In fact. to belong to a sue
css.'ful professional baseball club ap-
pears to be one of the principal requis-
Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-03

tiles required of the men who have been
engaged to coach the candidates for
the mines of the representative colleges
this season. In almost every instance
the man selected has been member of
one of the good teams ofthe National
League.
kid" Nichols, the pitcher. who has
helped to land man va championship
for the Boston club, has been engaged
as coach by the athletic officials at
Yale, and his selection is remarkable
for the fact that he will be the first
professional baseball coach that that
university has had for many years: AS
usual Fred Tenny will coach for Brown
/ University. but his selection occasions
| little comment, as hewas a member OF
! that college team before he became a
professional player in the Boston club.
Lewis another Boston man, will coach
! this season for Harvard, and Hughey
Jennings, the first baseman OF the
Brooklyn team, will perform the same
duties for Cornell. "Bill' Clark, OF the
Boston club. has been engesaged by the
athletic authorities at Princeton and
the team of the University OF Pennsyl-
vania will be coached by Arthur r. Ir-
win the well-known player and man
ager.
From such a list of coaches it can be
seen that the athletic authorities of the
avrious colleges are looking forward &c
Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-03
THE GAME OF PINOCHLE.

Pinochle is a distinctly German game.
1t is usually played with Iorty-eight
cards. using all the cards above the
eights.
One thousand points is the game.
The cards are dealt, in two-handed.
four at a time, and last one is
trump.
Meld is from the German, and means
to announce.
The nine of trumps counts ten, and
the holder takes the trump card for
1t.
The ace. king, queen, jack and ten
of trumps count $50.
Four aces cuont 100! eight, 1000, or
game.
The king and queen Of trumps count
forty.
Other kings and queens in same suit
ma atched count twenty each.
Four jacks count forty; four queens
sixty and four kings eighty.
After the cards are played each person
addsd to his meld by counting the cards.
their value being as agreed.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-03
WITH A GLAD CRY SHE RAN FORWARD.

and after Sister Annie had outlined plan
for the relief of the poor l turned again
to the subject which 1 had touched upon
before, her lonely life.
To my surprise Sister Annie burst into
tears; and then, she told me this story:
Il was not always sister, sad she.
'My life was in theigay word. l daccsd
until morning, and daytdmes flirted and
lived the life Of the gayest.
'That was until he came along.
II tired not to love Guy Werwick be-
cause | knew that he was engaged 10 my
sister During all the tTme when | was
growing up he was courting her, anu
when came back from school they were
engaged.
'"The first time met Guy, after my re-
turn fre4n school, 1 saw in him my IDEAL.
Our eyes met, and I think he Rad there
tine story which was afterwards to be 50
plainly told to him.
Guy tried to put me aside, to notice me
little, to never speak to me If he could
help it. But Sister Alice was blind. She
threw us together constantly and many
an evening l was seE,t into the paror tc
entertain Guy while Alice finished heI
toilette foir the evening.
Finally the story came TO be a We'll
known one to us. During our nlilouites to-
gether | learned to read Guys soul, ant
he grew to understand me.
zone evening hesaNd: "How prettl!
your hair nipples over your forehead.
wish Alice had such bright hair Thel
he stopped suddenly, for not for woi Id
would he then have been disloyal to Alica
''Yet could NOT have blamed him If h
had, for Alice, like many engaged girl
t1irted privately-though Guy suspecte
lt-and in public snubbed and neglecte
him. All the tyranny of an engaged gil
was hers, and many a time 1 have sse
Guys face cloud at some careless speec
made by Alice.
"Yet I thought that Alice loved hin
Or did she love his money and his pos
tfon2
,'"That was an to be decided soon.
Zone evening Guy came late to ca
upon Alice, and he had a worried loo
upon his face. After an hour Alice SCI
him home, telling him that he was s'tupi
"Alice was great belle. and had man
proposal. heard mamma tell Guy, II
evening of his acceptance that nothr
except his high character and-ahem
his worldly Advantages could have inf,
enced so great belle as Alice to decit
In his favor when so many were cour
tng her. Yes, Alice was a beauty; n
the small type like myself, but comma n
ing: a very JunO!!
1.-THE next evening Guy did not appes
and when no roses came from him, nor
much as line. Afilce sulked. That mig,
she was brilliant in white satin, ard e
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there, talking to Mr.. Banker, thes door
opened and Sister Annie came in. b
You sent for me-" said she.
Scarcely had she advanced three feet
into the room when, with glad cry she
ran forward With outstretched aran3a
At thesame time the young man arose.
'Annie!' he cried. "a
"Guy!"
think If either was astonished, he was
the moreastonished of ,the twoo. for in
her strange garb she was so changed as
to be almost unrecOgniza BILE.
After they had gone away together. Si-
las Banker, who proved to be their fairy
godfather. told me that he had learned
the story from Annies mother and had
purposely arranged the meeting with
Guy, ih
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terta.ned several callers with so much
grace that mamma was more pleased with
her than ever.
II am half sorry that Alice ever ac-
cepted Guy said mamlna to me. after
wards. Guy, is SO quiet, so almost dull,
you might say. while Alice is so brilliant
that she would do justice to the home OF
am ambassador
And then l saw that mamma had new
ly awakened ambitions for Alice. And
recalled the deep bow which Count Ter
licky Of the Russian Legations always paid
to Alice, and l remembered that Alice
had chatted with him alone for several
minutes that evening in the corner of the
sofa.
What is the use of living in Washing
ton if one cannot take advantage of the
social positions it offers you,' said
mamma, in answer to my uplifted brows
1.-THE next day the Court sent ,AEce a
basket of flowers and that afternoon he
called upon mamma, ard Alice saw him
And still no word from Guy, for three
whole days.
II was terribly worried about him and
late that afternoon l coaXed mamma to
send note to him inviting him to supper
that evening.
I'm answer to the note came a long let
ter from Guy telling mamma that he had
bad tidings for her. BY some unfOrtu.
| nate speculation his entire fortune hao
been swept away. and now r'he only hons
he could offer Alice was that Of a poor
man.
"Thela ter went on to say THAT he couc
not expect Alice to keep her engagement
and if she so desired he would give hel
her freedom again.
"Well. Alice broke her engagement. ant
when Guy came to say good bye tt
mamma and me. held out my hand tx
him. but could not say a word, for l felt