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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
THE NEWS or NEW CASTLE.
STAFF Correspondence Of Gazette and Journal

Staff Correspondence Of tiuzette and journal.
New Castle, March 81. An adjourned
meeting OF City Council was held last
night, with all the members present.
The ordinance granting contract Tor
lighting the city for u term CT i've years
was read for the third time and passed
by vote OF three TO one, Mr.. Reynolds
voting in thu negative. He stated that
he was opposed to giving lease for
five years. as he did not favor binding
those who would succeed him in the
Council. lie claim that the rate
offered by the trolley company was very
low and that he was In favor OF electric
lighting for the city, hut he thought
that 4 yearly contract was the Test
The contract was awarded TO the
trolley company for 30 lights at cost
of Sl7O per month. tn be paid monthly.
This is an average Of S6S per light per
month.
Word was received here Monday of
the death, in Philadelphia, OF Stephen
L. NJ. Tasker, who was we'll known
here. He was member of the large
iron firm of Morris, Tasker 4 Co., and
one of the most skilled mechanical on
gineers. lie was G6 years Of age. Mr..
1asker was son OF Thomas 7. Tasker
of the great iron firm lie served in
the pattern shop. and entered into
partnership when he was 2l. lie took an
active interest in the works, and
supervised the construction of the New
Castle iron works. which were sold to
the National Tube Co. last year. lie
perfected many large inventions. He
was man OF genel Gus spirit, and his
private charities were large. During
the Civil War he supported the families
of men in his employ who had entered
the service. He was never married.
lie was a prominent Mason. Three
sisters and brother survive him.
An eight.foot fence will enclose the
ground of the New Castle Athletic As.
sociation. Men will be put to work
next week, leveling the grounds.
Lumber has arrived at the Delaware
street wharf and the Adams Express
Go. will build platform at the LEAFS
siding, for the use of the men loading
fish into the cars.
A new stable, soxso feet, is bsina
erected on North Fourth street fol
Orvid A. Porter.
Harry Timms and Emmit Simons
secured seven wild ducks last night il
du Points marsh. Simons had narrow
escape fIom being shot. lie was cross
ing ditch. when he slipped and fel
into it. The cartridge in his gun OK
ploded, but the muzzle was pointed
away from him. Tinims had great diff
Guilty in pulling him out OF the mire.
Robert Bauer of Glasgow, a farme
who has been supplying number C
residents of this city for several year
with butter, eggs, poultry, &C., wa
arrested yesterday by Constable Hur
lock OF Wilmington and taken befor
Magistrate Kelley, charged with forginl
the name Of Martin Leonard of thi
city TO u note for sI7. Bauer was hel,
in $500 bail for court.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
The Porto Rico Tariff Iniquity.

How many people realize the amount
of the tax that will be imposed on Porto
Rico under the "l5 per cent of the
Dingley law" clause? The average rate
of taxation under the Dingley law is 10
per cent; hence most people probably
imagine that the average tax on Porto
Rico will be only about 7 pei cent. As
a matter of fact 1t will be far higher,
because nearly all the articles that
Porto Rico exports to the United States
ale among those on which the DiBgley
law imposes tho very highest rates.
Attention was called to this fact by
the Porto Rican planters, in their recent
appeal for Justice, when they said:
I'VE note with regret the principle
enunciated by certain speakers in the
lower House of Congress that tai if
between Porto, Rico and the United
States is the proper method of raising
revenue for this island. To this we are
uncbangeably opposed, because taxa
! tion on our exports means an embargo
oil our foreign commerce, and because
curtailment of our commerce with the
United States would lock up our pro-
ducts here and prevent us from gaining
our legitimate proportion of profit on
our productions. DO not mistake the
proposed 10 per cent of the Dingley
rates for a reasonable rate. 1t is fact
that no class of goods produced here
from leaf tobacco will be taxed less
than % per cent ad valorem, while one
Of the most important of this class will
be taxed l40 per cent ad valorem under
tho hin adopted by the House of Repre-
sentatives.
If the tobacco situation is considered
further, the outrage of the present pro
position becomes still more clear
. During last year, with the Dingley Law
in force against Porto Rico, the tobacco
crop there was Of course absolutel.
! without a market Cuba had tarif
, of IS pound. and Spain's rate was a
prohibitive as that of the United States
, The acreage was reduced and til
tobacco CROP, except million pound
, or SO for local consumption, was store
, to wait for the free trade with tn
United States which every one in Port
r Rico expected.
5 Then the Trust began its work. ]
5 attempted to buy up all this surplu
! stock in the island at rates based o
t the existing stagnation. The planter
: refused 10 sell. The Tobacco Trus
a first threatened and then acted. Il
8 work was evident when the House vote
n for the duty. Tho Trust had moved G
] Congress, and two Connecticut men
8 Senator Flatt and Representative Ru
9 sell-had led the fight for a tariff. Ha
d the island planters sold their crop
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
PENINSULA PARAGR4PHs.

Thomas Hughlett of Cambridge has
been appointed deputy fish commits
sioner for the Eastern Shore.
Wesley Church, Salisbury, has in
vited the Rev. +. G. Wright to return
as pastor next conference year.
Harry Dixon of Earleville, who was
accidentally shot by a companion, will
probably lose the sight of both eyes.
Thomas Reese of Colora had leg
broken and an ankle mashed Saturday,
by having them caught between logs.
John S. CULLEN of Snow Hill has
sued Isaac n. Hearn q son for $40, UvU
damages for injuries alleged to have
been sustained in the defendants mill.
Farms near Elkton have been sold ss
follows: The Vansant farm. to John S,
Higgins, for $4,000; the Marley farm,
to John r. Chapman, for So, 500; the
Andrew A. j.. Cameron farm, to John
Il. Cameron, for 81, 200.
The will Of John j. Williams has
been filed for probate IN Cecil county.
Tho estate, valued at $50, 900, il be-.
gueathed to his wife, Laura L. vii
liams; at her death, 1T is 10 be equally
| divided among his five children.
The will Of Jacob T. Biddle has bean
filed for probate in Cecil county. His
niece, Miss Bertha Biddle, receives
s, 600, and his nephew, George j,
Biddle, receives the tostator s farm.
The residue of the estate is divided
equally between the niece and nephew.
The House committee on claims has
reported favorably on bill authoriaiup
The Secretary of War to investigate and
pay all claims presented on behalf ii
churches, schools, libraries, hospitals.
NC. occupied, used, injured or DESTROYED
by the United States government daring
the Civil War. The claims include onf
from the Berlin NJ. E. Church, fur
1855. ava
Mrs. Annie f. Scott, who has beer
granted letters of administration upor
the estate of her father. Robert LYNCH
late OF Cecil county, claims that thf
mental condition of her father was sucl
that he could not comprehend what he
was doing. During his life Mr.. Lynch,
1t IS alleged, transferred all his ren
and personal property, valued at about
so, 600, to his son, Charles X, Lynch
Mrs Scott and the remaining heir.
have employed counsel to institute pro
ceedings. e-o
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
Gold standard Establlshed by Law.

The Financial bill. by which gold is
made the United States standard of
value, was signed by President Nc
Kinley, yesterday week, and is now law.
Its provisions are thus explained by
Secretary of the Treasury Gage:
Gold is now the United States
standard Of value.
A redemption fund of $3.50, 900, 900 in
gold is established.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
power to replenish this fund when it
falls below 500, 100000
The Secretary of the Treasury is
empowered to issue and sell bonds for
this purpose.
All Treasury notes issued for silver
bullion under the Sherman law arc to
be retired and replaced by silver GER
tificates.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
| power to suspend the issue Of gold
| certificates.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
power 10 coin any of the 1890 bullion
into subsidiary silver coins up to
S1C0, 900, Geo.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
power to refund $3.50, 900, 600 of out
standing bonds by exchanging for them
. per cent bonds, and pay the difference
in value in cash.
Rates at which old bonds will be ex-
changed for new 2 per cents are
los. 6S5l for the 3 per cents, lille
! for the per cents, and Ito. o75l for
the per cents.
Banks are permitted to issue cir
culation up to the par value of the
bonds deposited.
1t is impossible, OF course, to predict
with certainty the operation OF any new
law, but there can be no doubt that
the establishment, by law, of gold as
the standard of value will be good
thing for the country and the people.
1t places this country in line, as to its
financial policy, with the best nations
Of the world, and it ;nsures to oul
currency a stability and safeguard
for several years, at least-against any
assaults upon its integrity and honesty,
through such schemes as the fret
and unlimited coinage of silver at The
ratio of 16 to l.
The work accomplished by the enact
ment of this new Financial law is blu
I
the fruition of the campaign against ;
dishonest money standard inaugurates
, by President Cleveland upon hi
j accession to the Presidency in 1888
Leading representatives Of both politi
cal parties were so subservient to TIL
= silver interests that they hesitated t,
interfere with them to the slightes
extent, and only the firm insisteDce o
President Cleveland forced Congress t.
the point of repeating the Sherman
Silver Purchase law, which was fas
impairing the public credit and ha'
!. operated to bring disastrous bushes
panic upon the country. That DANCE
does not confront the country now.
The fact that the enactment Of thi
law practically removes the question c
free silver coinage from the campaig
issues of the year is matter of genera
congratulation. Silver fanatics ma
attempt to keep it alive, but thei
= efforts will DO failure. In fact,
= will not prove surprising il the silve
question now becomes eliminated froi
" national politics as completely as tn
. tariff question was eliminated by th
: Walker Tariff law of 1916, until til
Z necessities of the war, followed by til
= greed of personal interests, brought
. once more to the front.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
DELAWARE DOTS.

G. w. Katner has bought the j. L.
Messick farm, near Rodney.
Joseph Melvin, formerly postmaster
at Harrington, died Monday of con-
sumption.
Milton NJ. P. Church has invited the
Rev. Fl. L. bennington to return as
pastor next conference year.
SeafoIdl up. Church has invited
the Rev. ]. W. Balderston to return as
pastor next conference year.
The wedding of James Kitchen of
Philadelphia and Miss Virginia Lynch
of FELTON, will take place April 18th.
Jobr Schellenger has resigned the
position of assistant ticket agent at the
Lewes station of the Queen Anne's rail-
road.
The Seaford Town Council has elected
the following officers: President, L. e.
Wallace; Clerk, George I. Mckay +;
Treasurer, W. H. Miller Assessor, Nc
Clary Milligan. ,
The Rev. Maurice Penfeld Fixes,
formerly of Dover, will become pastor
of Brantly Baptist Church. Baltimore,
May LIST. He will be paid salary Of
$500 per annum.
William II. Fleetwood of Milford has
given notice that he will apply to the
Kent county court of General Sessions
for divorce from his wife, Mary E.
Fleetwood
Miss Jennie Short, daughter of Isaac
b. Short, fol- merly treasurer of Sussex
county, will enter the Delaware Hos
pital, Wilmington, for the purpose OF
becoming a tlained nurse.
Register Causey of Sussex county has
granted letters of administration as
| follows: On the estate of Louvinia III.
Dutton, TO Alfred p. Pepper: on the
estate of Ann r. johnson, to Emily G.
Wright. He has granted letters tesla.
mentary on the estate of Philip G.
Winsate to Sallie j. Gordy.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
TO THE CONFERENCE.


With kindly greeting, gentlemen,
Long may you each one live;
j take my paper and my pen,
A hint or two to give:
Send us the very best preacher,
In all the Conference,
An orator and teacher,
Who has good common sense.
Not too fat. and not too lean,
But one just so-and-so;
Not too liberal, not too mean,
Too high, nor yet too low.
An active man, q young man,
Who can Jump o four-rail fence,
A man that is. in fact. man,
With good, plain common sense.
We have the highest steeple,
We wear the best of clothes,
Indeed we are the people,
AS anybody knows:
SO send us gospel FOUNDER,
One in the present tense.
A real old-fashioned ronnder,
With plenty of common sense.
Send us a man annointed,
By power from above,
A man by God appointed.
To preach the Word Of Love,
With tact, and push. and grit,
Not too much for our pence.
But an uncommonly big bit.
OF good, plain common sense.
One who doesn't spend NIL his time
Before looking glass.
And doesn't care half dime
How the precious moments pass;
But one who looks beyond this vale
For better reward than pence,
Who knows with God he cannot fail,
And who uses common sense.
Good day, gentlemen so longl
Wishing yon every good;
trust my tiny little song,
MAY be well understood,
Perhaps yet NAV sirg again,
Before | journey hence,
But the need in sunshine and in rain,
Is good, plain common sense.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
NEWARK.

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal
Newark, March 21.--Prof. G. II.
Powell will deliver the third lecture of
the Delaware College lecture course
next Friday evening. Interesting
Phases of Insect and Plant Life" will
be his subject.
Prof. E. N. Vallandigham of Della
ware College, who is i'll at his father 8
residence, is improving.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22

government, whether the means be
through Republican ballot or ballot
in favor Of any other party.
When the negro voters recognize these
facts, they will no longer be political
chattols, either owned by united Re-
publican party rs n matter OF senti-
ment, or by corrupt faction of that
PARTY through the potent influence Of
money.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
A Delightful Experience.

The Chester Times says: A certain
young man in the borough of Marcus
Hook called on his lady friend one
evening last week and stayed little
longer than usual. When he went home
he found his parents had retired and
locked him out. Being unable to gain
an entrance or to awaken his parents,
the young man walked up and down
the pavement in front of his home until
9 O'Clock in the morning, when his
father, missing him from his bed, went
down stairs and let him in.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22

During dense fog Tuesday morn.
ing tho British steamer Rolnsdalen,
from Genoa, in ballast, grounded Oh
Reetiy Island between the Maritime
Exchange reporting station and the
lighthouse. The tug Reese was promptly
alongside and at flood tide assisted the
steamer off.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
GL.dYMON7.

special Correspondence of Gazette and Touns
Claymont, March q. The pike, N
the top Of Claymont hill to the railroV
needs repairing aud coating Of M
II was understood that the electric +
way company would keep half the
in repair, but as yet 1t has not d
menced the work.
Miss Lizzie B. Priest, teacher Of \
Claymont public school, is suffer
from Is severe cold. Frank Ford, JOsr|
Handy aud Pemberton N. Hapbart \
also i'll.
8 Thomas F. Callaghan, night trI
walker on the r, W. II b. rallied
VINO was injured a month ago by n
expects to resume his duties In A
days.
Mis-. Kaufman, formerly Of Mini
Pa, has moved into the j. b. Mopn
house
Many houses in Brandywine hund,
will have new tenants after March 81
Tayard II. Hamilton Dead.
Bayard II. Hamilton, aged 20 20,
Of this city. died in Washington /,
Saturday. The funeral took place II
Leruay afternoon from the residenes
his unole, Jacob +. Chamhers
Twenty ninth and Jefferson streets, n
ritv. Intarmnnt was made at
Salem cemetery.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22

Mrs. Diggs-How is it YOU are So
successful 10 managing your hushandY
Mrs. Biges -Oh, | simply feed him
we'll and trust to luck. --Chieago News.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
I.ayard II. Hamilton Dead.
wANAMA
Philadelphia, Monday. March 10. ia
A Modern Horse.Store

A Modern norSe.St0re
We've not said very mud
about our horse goods, b,
cause we weren't doing ID
business so much better ths
everybody else, as to justi
it. It's different now. Com
and we'll show you a betts
storeful of harness, whips, sad
dies, bits, blankets, and ever
thing else belonging to horsel
than you've ever seen before
Harness for every conceiv
Bile need and more kinds ID
bits and contraptions thai
anybody but horsemen knee
existed - everything that
friendly to the uses and healt
ola horse--from spurs to med
icine.
Single harness, $Ia to SID
but we'll make you a had
ness for $8 don't recommenl
it very much) and indulg|
your extravagances almC
without limit.
Double harness, $50 toSSm|
Whips, 25c to S25.
Women's saddles, $Ia d
S25.
Boys and mems saddles
IS to SIS.
Bits, 25c to Some of tn
most interesting cases in thd
store. -s
we are very proud OF ou1
model stable-the only kind
really, a horse ought to have
1t explains itself; but, to bring
you to see it, we'll tell yo1
that it is perfectly drained AND
saves enough bedding in |
year to pay for itself.
We should be glad to taxi
your order to build such stalk
for the comfort of your horses
And in fact anything that car
contribute to your horses
health and efficiency we have
or can get.
The head of this departmen
has made harness for the lead
ing horses in the world, am
what he doesn't know abou
horses-Well, ask him any
thing you like and he will b
ready for you with the RICH
kind of advice, and what
more to the point, with tn
right kind of goods.
We are on the right trac
now in the harness line; an
with your help, people, we al
going to have just the nice
) business that ever was done,
Millinery
The IS and Sc hats hs
their opening along with tt
more expensive Paris at
American hats over a wee
ago.
We try to make these ha
as sketchy as possible-full
the lines and suggestions tn
we study and learn from Il
artistic Paris beauties; or e
pensive and, often, as artist
American hats.
The styles are good; Il
! materials are not the excl
, slve sort, but good toot Il
: milliners who make them ha
. the same chance to study
those who make the more {
|, pensive hats. They make mo
:, hats, and do more of the wo
I by machine, than is done
e the more expensive; but the
j are people who can't tell the
t apart.
$ We're selling more tn
: ever, anG have had to ma
o the Golden Salon twice as |
: togive them-and you--roo
Il John Wanamaker.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22

This hope for the future of the Demo-
cratic party is INDUCED in by the New
York World: Sin the three months and
more before the National Convention
the Democratic votors and leaders of
the country may decide to make a plat
foim rational throughout; or the per-
verse use of power by Mr.. Mckinley
and his party in Congress may cause
the people to spit on the dead wood in
the Democratic platform and vote for
Mr.. Bryan for his soundness ON the
living issues and as the only way oil
preventing four years more of Nc,
Kinleyism and Hannaism and all that
these things mean and imply
The Regular Republicans had an old
fashioned, rough-apd, tumble fight Al
their primaries in New Castle, on Sat
urday, but the affair ended, fortunately
without any broken heads. 1t is Il
the credit of the party, however. thu
throughout the county New Castl
hundred furnished the only instance o
an attempt to sell out the Regular Re
publican party to the Addicks Republi
cans, and that the attempt failed, q
it deserved.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-22
wbv DISQUALIFICATION mead.

To correspondent who evidently
fears that because some silver fanatics
will continue to agitate the subject of
froe ard unlimited coinage of silver Mt
the ratio of l6 to II cannot he con-
sidered as settled, the New York World
makes tho following convincing reply:
Agitation cannot make dead issue
alive. Talk is not resurractionist.
If dozen speakers az eloquent as MIR.
Bryan should begin to oppose the e2-
tension of slavery or advocate war to
drive Spain out OF Cuba, could they
make live issues OF those settled gues.
tions2
Free coinage at Is to is dead issue
since the passage of the Gold STANDARD
law, for threesIeascns:
!. The Republican party is united in
favor of sound money for the first time
10 its history. The Gold Standard bill
passed the Senate finally by a majority
OF eighteen. Every Republican Senator
save one voted for it---including eleven
from the mining-camp and other far
| Western States that have hitherto been
the main dependence of the free silver
movement.
.. The Republicans will control the
| Senate over the next Presidential term,
preventing any disturbance of the set
| Element which they have made, nc
matter how the election may result.
3. Free silver coinage cannot be-
authorized unless and until the cheaI
money men shall control at one and the
same time both houses of Congress ant
the President.
There is force and pertinence In thest
reasons. And with respect to thu
misguided sentiment that may insis
upon attempting to galvanizing tn,
silver corpse by talking about i
throughout the coming campaign
another may he added:
At the national campaign of fou
years ago, when this issue was practi
oally the only one before the people, j
was overwhelmingly repudiated. An,
the attempt to again force it to tn
front, reasoning by analogy, eau blu
bring defeat-aud deserved defeat
upon the party that gives its consent t
such political folly.
There are many live and stirrin
issues upon which to conduct tho ma
tional political campaign now abou
opening, and they threaten defeat 70
the party IN power. Why should th
opposition party weaken its positio
and discredit itself before the people b
absurdly clinging to an issue which tn
voters Of the country have sternly re
pudiated, and which they could nc
restore to effective existence exceI
through a, complete revolution {
public sentiment. for which the politi
cal conditions of the county do nc
offer the slightest encouragement?
To clog political party with doa
weight, upon the threshold of can
paign full of living issues, would +
folly inconceiyable,