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The sun., 1901-08-05
MRS. JOHN sYLvANUs BURIED.
Post Office Employees Send Beautiful
Floral 0ffeiing.

Mrs Grace A. Sylvanus. wife oI iehii
IL Syly.nus, who died ut the ftonleo-
nnthrtic Hospital on "Wednesday morn
;ny Was buried at Galena, Md, on sat
,rl,y morning. At 230 o'clock Ffi,iaS
afternoon services We're conductea ~ ~.
lt05 West street by Archdcacon 1e9fs"
q Hall. There were many heautilui
4oral offerings including one nom W
n,rents Of the deceased With the ~
.nr;ntion .Our Loved One. anu EiteS
III. from employees of the posloii'e''
,rhar. Mr.. Slyvnnus is employed rs =
letter carrier. ~,
Immediately after The services on ffir
l,v the remains were taken to l4ochst
Grove. Md, the home of the deceiseu
n,.n,,ts. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry y. Kelley
4. 10 o'clock on Saturday iiiorii'l'S ~. ~
funeral sermon was preachea ~ ~.
lhonsc by the Rev. Mr.. Frettymah' pastor
~ iii. Galcna NJ. r. Church. lh'"r'
lmnnt was made ut the cemetery "
lt;,Iena. The pallbcarcrs We're 'iarene'
Scotten. Samuel Comfy, George Suttoll
Holm Rcdmile, Carl Price and Wallace
| Atweu MI Of whom were former seii""
lcomronions of the Deceased.
Among the relatives and trielins Wi
,ttnnlrd the services in TINS city ah'
lsu tl,e burial services at Gaieha Wet
ma Rev. ID. NJ. Jones Of Grafton. Nei
ma,t. William III. Lewis and Miss Susl
Johns Of I.ansford, Pa: MISS l,'"''
Lewis ana Miss Lizzie Lewis 81 lh'''
delphia AMI Dr. G. \. Camphei
tHopkinsvile. Kentucky.
The sun., 1901-08-05
TO END THE READING STRIKE.
Possibility That Business Men Will
Act as Mediat0rs.

Reading, Aug. Alt was reported here
today that carpenters and machine hands
are being hired in Philadelphia and will
lie brought here in time to be put t.
work Monday morning in the Philadei-
phia * Reading Railway shops.
1t is said there is a movement on foot
among the business men here to nrihs
about a conference between Officials u
the company and Il committee OF the
men so that some conclusion may De
reached.
The Reading Iron Company strike,
lasting ten weeks, followed by the Phila-
iclphia 4 Reading strike, already enter
ing thc third month"; is leaving bad ef.
feet upon the business community and
it is on this ground that business men
believe they have = right to Interfere.
Five additional new men whose tinie
was M auit work and left for their
homes today The force Of new men i
low greatly depleted The usual Satul,
lay half holiday was observed by tht
lid men bur the new men continued "
work this afternoon in the blacksmith
| hop, as this department Is far behih'
| the machine shcp in work
The boileimakers who have taken posi-
tions ut Paterson. n. j.. are packing NJ
heir tools and preparing to leave fe'
hat place. The men who are out mss
that none will. return to work until ~
| ,rn taken back and some concessions
1 granted.
The sun., 1901-08-05
GREAT ARMY INVOLVED.
10000 Of the 100000 Trust
Workmen May Go Out.

M pittsburg, Aug. Aust what scope
thp expected general strike OF emplo!es
nf III. United States Steel Corporation
NAV assume is difficult to estimate pu,
ns closely as the matter can be hsurea
tonight in the absence of anything hhe
y sntticial statements from the Amalsailitt
cd people, the probability Is that the
nun1her Of men likely to-be involved Will
( Ia nt least 10000, and the number may
axcpel this figure should there be sym
pathetic strikes.
The Steel Corporation in its mills
orn mines, transportation lines and blast
furnaces employs total OF 4oo,ooo men.
< ar This number 100000 are employed AZ
tbe mills and blast furnaces. of the
men employed in the mills over oz,ooo
a i estimated, are members of the Anal
gm,tea Association, although TINS hg-
,,rn may be too high. On the othef hii'i
y ohout Sc. 900 non-union men are ehil'oseV
in trust mills. The situation may p'
talulluted as follows:
Men now on strike in seventeen aliern ~ ean
con Sheet Steel Company NILS lo'ooo
y tn non-union sheet works, 9'ooo men ar
~ york. Men on strike in tweht!-nin
4 American Tin Plate Company i,iii,S $
II y. 900. Tin hoop men thrown iole o'ou, oo
81 In oma non-union tin mill, Monessen, 6o
81 are working. g., roo
# Men on strike in American Steel HOO
I'm Company mills, 5000. In the hoh-.nlo
M plant at Duncansville 800 are worhih'
The following table shows the oispo'
The sun., 1901-08-05
WILL CARRY
STATE FRUIT
Delaware Veterans Will Hold
Aloft Delaware Peaches.
G.. A. R. PARADE NEXT MONTH
Cleveland People Will Not be Left in
Doubt Concerning the Identi-
fcation of the Della
ware Delegation.

1t is expected that the Delaware yeter-
ans will create a sensation Mt the big
parade at the G. A. II. encampment ut
Cleveland @. Each veteran will carry
Il peach on the end of cane thus
Indicating Delawares greatness as 4
peach growing State. 1t is likely that
il blue hens chicken will be carried III
line There will be Il scramble for the
honor OF carrying the chicken. Jesse *.
Baylis carried the chicken i'll the parade
ut the Philadelphia encampment.
About fifty veterans will represent
Delaware and Adjutant General William
e. Baugh is making arrangements for
the trip. About twenty-five will stop nc
the Delaware headquarters which will be
at one of the hotels. The remainder will
',e quartcred in one of the city school
houses.
There is some rivalry among the G. A.
Il. posts Of the State as to which will
| have the largest number in line in
| he parade and thus win the banner. AT
| 'hicago last year du Pont Post won it
,vcr Smith Post by one man.
The veterans will leave Wilmington
| m Sunday, September 8. The encanp-
mnnt opens Monday. September g. The
business sessions Of the enrampmcnt
| ,vill he held in Euclid aveneu Opera
| House. 1t is expected that quite num-
,er Of the veterans will go to- Buffalo on
September 13 which will be G. A. X. day
| It the exposition.
Among those who will go to the en-
ampment are: Captain Peter b. Ayars
md wife. r. ID. Bogie and wife, w. IL.
| Moystin and wife, William G. Baugh
md wife. Department Commander J. W..
Worrall and wife and Richard Buckington
md wife. both of Pleasant Hill; William
Kelley, Jr.. Samuel HAWKINS, James
Bantkum. Daniel Ross Lindsay Pierce,
Iohn II. Gallaher, William A. Reilly,
William r. Norton. j. Rankin Arm
trong and wife Of Newark. Allen A..
Anderson. George T. Phillips Walker
Mrs " illiam Robinson. Frank Nicely
: md son. Edwin f. Wood Of Dover and
III. G. Garner Of Smyrna.
1t is likely that the Delaware delegates
: will support General Thomas Ssewart
, If Philadelphia for Commanaer-in-Ch Chief
Delaware is entitled to n member on the
National Council Of Administration.
The sun., 1901-08-05
FUNERAL CAR INTRODUCED.
No Hearse or Cabs Used at Funeral
of Purnell J. Webb.

The Wilmington and New Castle Rali-
way Company on Saturday afternoon N
lroducpd Il funeral car i'll tins clty. lt
was used to convey the remains OF
Pnrnal j. Webb, taking the place Of y
nearse and cabs.
|, il Of the combination tpye, ana IS
50 arranged that in one end the casket
can be placed, along with the horal til-
butes, while the funeral party can occupy
thr other conbartment in the car. Inc
fittings are appropriate to the sompf'
nurlrpse Tor which the car was designed.
Al arrangement has been entered int"
With the Wilmington City Railway Com
pu,,y whereby the funeral car can pc
run over that company's tracks III TINS
city. ,
Saturday afternoon was the first time
thn cnr wns used. The funeral Of Purllal
j. Webb, who died in a Philadelphia
Eospital took place from his home on
Snndeyer avenue. The special car was
ltnken TO Nandeyer avenue over inc
L,nst Eighth street line of the Whining
ltcn City Railway Company, and was ~
.hnrmr Of Dispatcher Henderson.
! The caskct and the floral tributes were
plnced al ope end Of the car. The rela
Hives and friends occupied the Other ent
Of the ear. The ear attracted considep
Abe attention as it passed over the raj
way. ana particularly on Market stree
lit was observed with interest. Ihe cas-
kcr was III plain view of pederstlahs.
One Of the trucks on the car wa
I,lrrailed 1T Fourth and Market streets
lra,,sing Il slight delay until IT could y
Ireplaced on the tracks. The car pr,
..rr,lcd to Front street and then mai
!, connection with tine Fourth street in'
HI continued to 4 cemetery near l,eia
ware City whore interment was maae.
The sun., 1901-08-05
icOTT VERNON is PRESIDENT.
directors Of Republican Publishing
Co. Hold Meeting.

At a meeting Of the directors on Satllr-
lay w. Scott Vernon was elected preSi.
lent Of the Republican Publishing and
Printing Company. succeeding his father,
,eorge w. Vernon, deceased. No
'urther steps were taken on Saturday
eforc Register of Wills CrosSan III me
matter of the will of Mr.. Vernon. Proof
If the instrument has not been taken
md the cavcators have not filed specihc
grounds OF protest. The provision Of the
Siil which caused the discomfort OF four
ons ns-Howard. George f.. and W scott
Srrnon-is that in giving them and their
our nalf-brothers the Republican bu'ld-
ne. their father required that they pay
lis widow $40 a week for her life,
The protesting sons claim that $50 y
week is too much to pay for the building
The remainder Of the property, at Mrs.
verno,l's death, is to BE- divided among
the younger children.
So far as learned. no claim has been
rdranced that Mr. Vernon was incapaii"
II making will.
The sun., 1901-08-05
HEAVY FINES IMPOSED.
Fireworks Dealers Appeal Their
Gases to the Upper Court.

The eases of alleged violation OF the
fireworks ordinance We're disposed OF
Saturday as far as the City Court y
concerned. The defendants We're hnrd
but an appeal was taken in zach case
10 the upper court The defendants We're
James Pindcr Of the southeast corner of
Sixth AMI Spruce streets. who was ac.
cusad of keeping At his store firccrackerS
more than one inch iii diameter and thus
prohibited by the ordinance and Georse
". Pader of No. 221 King street. who
was charged with keeping in his store
pistols for the discharge Of blank car
trilgps in which loaded cartridges could
he discharged in violation Of the ordi-
nance Pinder was fined S25. A second
lease against Pindcr was held mp. Badr''
| was also fined $25. Two eases against
Radcr for selling blank cartridge canes
were nollr pressed, City Solicitor Rein
lhardt expressing the opinion that he did
lnol believe they were prohibited by the
ordinance.
After court Mr. Reinhardt announced
lthat he would request City Council Il
innend the ordinance SO as TO prohifh
1.-The sale Of cartridge canes.
The sun., 1901-08-05
LONG BICYCLE TRIP.
VIM. M. Smith, Of Augusta, Ca,
Passes Through This City.

William NJ. Smith OF Augusta. ia.'
xyho Il about to make bicycle NIP
n two years, rode through this city
saturday afternoon. During his stay
IN Wilmington he called upon Gfigss
sih,ny. formerly OF Georgia.
Hr proposed to visit Philadelphia ana 20
u fur east as Boston. From there he
will 90 to Canada and visit the IAN,
American Exposition ut Buffalo, ana
from there to Chicago. After y trip
through the west he expects to spend
;onl, time III New Mexico and then ms
travels viii he in Europe next summer
tsio. the Philippines. California. ana the
southern States together with Cuba and
Porto Rico will be visited before NJ
reaches home.
IIe i, making this trip TO obtain
4k.tcnes for the Atlanta Constitutions Y
,btain for himself the polish Of trave
md to physically improve himself. lie i
~ 4. il. graduate Of the North Georgli
('ollr.c and il Il. L. graduate OF .p'
lI-niyrrsity Of Georgia. lie is member
! 4 tho C;.orgio bar and will practice y
,t,anta lpan his return home,
The sun., 1901-08-05
SANS
WIRE STOLEN
Detective Francis Arrests Two OF
the Alleged Thieves.
sOLIIER BOY LOCKED UP
Wire Was Taken From the Trolley
Line at Fort Delaware and
Was Identified by
Officers.

State Detective Theodore w. Francis
as Il result Of an investigation, has learn
cd that the 200 pounds of copper wire
offered for sale ut Stirlith Brothers
place. Front and Tatnall streets Oh Sat
urday by William j. Steel WAS stolen
from the trolley line ut Fort Delaware.
This line is owned by the government
and is used for moving cars loaded With
dirt.
Stirlith Brotllcrs refused to buy the
copper us they saw it was feed Wife
from u trolley line and had evidently
been stolen. They reported the matter
and Sergeant kelleher and Policeman
:. ID. Scott arrested Steel and captured
the wilc.
Steele WAS tnken to the police station.
He said he received the wire fron /,
sol,l.er ut Delaware City and iishcd the
rest out of the Delaware Bay. Steele
| IS about 80 years of age ana lives at Del
aware City State Detective Francis
and Sergeant Kelleher procured Il silnll.
| of the wire and taking Steele with then
| went to Delaware City.
| Detective Francis went out to Fort
llu Pont and from there on the napth;
launch to Fort Delaware. He conferre,
with CaI.tain Caphart and showed th'
sample of the wire, when il was recog
lnized as being a portion of The feed wire
stolen from the trolley line at the fort
Steele declared that y soldier nance
Davis had given n portion OF the WIZ
10 him. Davis. together with otht
soldiers were brought before Steele Il
In hotel in Delaware City where Sci
geant Kellahcr had him in custody
iSteele Mt once picked out Davis.
Captain Caphart promptly place
lDavis under arrest and he was taken !
the fort and placed in confinement. IL
Twill be courtmartialed.
Ii was asccrtained that the wire WI,
taken to Delaware City by boat M
brought to Wilmington on the bhggae
. lear Of the Wilmington X New Cast
; Railway.
Steele was brought to this city by u
, officers and locked up, pending the actlo
/ TO be taken by the government
The sun., 1901-08-05
PURCHASED TURNPIKE.
wilmington City Railway Company
Secure Another Road.

The Wilmington City Railway Com
many has secured the controlling iiteres.
in the Wilmington and Philadelphia
turnpike Company. The transfer was
made on Saturday 70 Il man represent
ing the railway company.
I'll" pike starts near Shellpot ana runs
TO Chester. The company already mas 4
line 10 Chester. For the greater part of
the distance The company owns its own
right Of way BY getting possession u
Tie turnpike the company will be abb
to prevent amy ether company from nslnH
the turnpike for trolley purposes. TN
Wilmington City Company has con
Trailing interest in the Concord tnrnpik"
The sun., 1901-08-05
SPOKE FOR
CHILDREN
Service in Interest OF the Poor
Little Ones.
BIG OPEN AIR MEETING
The Rev, R. A. Elwood Talks for the
Country Week Fund-Collectlons
Taken for the Worthy
Charity.

The Sunday evening open ar meet
ings recently inaugurated by the Rev.
Robert A. Elwood, pastor of Oliyet Ires-
hAterian Church, are growing III interest.
An audience OF several hundred persons
attended the meeting ut Fourth ana
Rodney streets last night, which was
held especially to raise FUNDS to aid
III giving the poor an outing IN the co,in'
try. About $40 was raised all OF which
will go for that purpose. The Key. Il.
A. Elwood preached an eloquent SER
mon on the subject Saving the Chlid-
rem" His text was The Words Of
Jesus. Suffer Little Children to Come
Unto Ne and Forbid Them Not
Mir. Elwood told ut first about the
little children in heather lands suffering
for need of the gospel and how theS
could be helped. Then about famllies
| in this land that he had seen who could
lneither read nor write and never heard
I'M, story Of Jesus. Then to bring the
| lesson closer home Mr.. Elwood told
about families in this cify that in these
| bot summer days We're suffering for the
very pece ssities of life. He told very
nnthetic story of il visit to kome
where a child died in its mothers arms
| and the doctor said that it could have
lbecn saved il if had had little ice.
| Mr.. Elwocd commended the fresh ar
| fund as practical Christ like charity
land hoped that every church in the clt!
Irrespective of denomination would q.
something during the month to help viii
1.-The work He appealed to the people foi
ltha sake of their own children and fol
1.-The sake Of Christ who was child him
self and who Loves children to do all the!
lco,ild TO save the children.
Yesterday was the fifty-second ami
yrrsary Of the Oliyet Bible School. IN
IocaaSiGn was celebrated with appropriate
lcNel ciScs ut the morning service. WI
liam NJ. Pyle, former suparlntnndent
lmade nm address on The Early Histor.
~ Oiiyct Bible School" William =
Marks the present superintendent, mad
Ian address on .'The School To-day. fas
! Itor Robert 4. Ewood spoke on ON
Hopes for the Future" The Blbl
School 1T present is in better condltio
Than ever before. Every department
arganiZed from the cradel class to IN
lndult Bible class. The Rev. II. A. Elwoo
! stated last night that the school hi
bright hopes for the future.
There will be a special open mir NEE
INC next Sunday evening. The service
start nj o'clock and last one hour. NJ
! E.lwood will preach n special sermon !
request. The subject will be M
Fathers House." William III. DIV
will sing the Holy City"
The sun., 1901-08-05
settled with stare Treasurer.

cInrE &c tLr Peace Quigley has srtIIed
NH St,tr Treasurer Rurris for tn"
fwn mnnlhs ended July 81. handing over
\. ,afal ~ s37 .623. "a for $50 licenses. Or
~. 7so were merchants bringing IN
- 4ao ID. az manufacturers. $3,65s.,4: 1874
,,,,r.,,.n sass. 30 inn or tavern. $2.5l5.5o.
~, n,mher Of other licenses issued was
!, fnllnv,s. Retailers TO sell liquor, -
lntnrs. ": lawyers. H.; special Retailers
81 III, inuor. 6: druggists To sell liquor,
j. nnddlr. :: hnwker or peddler, 2oi
,nr.h,sts, siy months. 81: auctioncer, 3
im.knr i. ronveyancer. 1: dentists. p
natin. houses. 8: photographer. !; rea
."t,tr 4 stations and Jacks, 3; merry
go-round, 2.
The sun., 1901-08-05
TO MEET CRITICS.
President shortlidge Will be
Ready for Them Tonight
Lively Time Expected at the Meet
ing of the Board of
Education.

The meeting of the Board of Ed'ica-
tion tonight promises to be Il lively one.
some criticism has recently been made
about the appointment Of PensylvanlanS
i teachers in the schools and the als-
,.hnrre Of old teachers. President short
!iIre has challenged his critics to come
e. thr meeting where he will answer
them in open session. Thomas Il. y Z
ponnell, member Of the board has
.nro,nised to take up the gauntlet thrown
s,own BY President Sliortlidge. Some of
thn members are opposed to these sellSi'-
tion,l features to the meetings and N,
.f,ort will be made to prevent any heate0
arguments. i ,
Mr.. O'Donnell says he will demand Y
know why certain teachers We're uls
charged and others put on probation.
The sun., 1901-08-05
GoRMLEY NOT ACCEPTABLE.
Democrats at Loggerheads Over As
SCISSORS Assistants.

The trouble among the Democrats over
he appointment of assistapts to Inc
lSsessors has not yet been fixed mp. It
rad been agreed that in conjunction with
he finance committee of Council each
assessor shond be allowed TO name MS
assistants, who, if acceptable, would be
approved.
AsSt ssor Mccall named rs his assistant
W. ii. Foulk and in conjunction with
iim was named Hubert Cassidy. As
;essor Sayers named as one Of his as
,istants Thomas +. Gormley. clerk IN
the tax office. The comnitto" refused
10 endorse him and Mr.. Saytrs i re-
oorted to he obdurate and the matter ~
appointing assistants in the Southern
district has been held up.
The sun., 1901-08-05
CAR STRIKES MESSENGER BOY
Joseph Quinn is Severely Bruised
About the Head and Body.

Joseph Quinn. aged 70 years "l No. ~ -.
Monroe street. messenger w ~
Postal Telegraph Company. who was,
,.;d;n,, 4 hicyclc. was struck by car No.
,9s 81 the Maryland avenue line ~
Er,rth and Snipley streets YESTERDAY
III was severely bruised about the
hnnd and body. His wheel was broken.
The sun., 1901-08-05
BRANDYWINE SUMMIT
CAMP MEETING.

The attendance ut Brandywine sum
mir campmccting yesterday was large
ana during the morning and afternoon
there was almost continuous line Of
.alriagrs. All the services We're well
attended. Minister iii Charge Prettymhn
Is well pleased with the first Sunday.
The Itcy. X. III. Adams Of Union NJ.
T.. Church preached the morning ser,
mon. Tie Rev. A. II. O'Brien oiiiciatr'i
in the afternoon and w. l.. 5. Murray II
the evening. The Rev. i. n. Gruin vii!
preach this morning and the Rev. John
Shape in the evening.
The sun., 1901-08-05
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

George Reed. the popular young clerk
81 W. Il. Franks branch store, Second
ana Van Buren, streets. has gone to
Boyer and Bowers Beach to spend two
weeks.
Charles II. Mallory, of New York,
president of the Mallory Line of steam
hips, visited the yards of the Harlan
4 Hollingsworth Company on Saturday
ana inspected the steamers Denver and
San Marcos
Harry Macklin, car inspector Mt
French street station was slightly in
iured last night by falling from train.
Read The Sun.
The sun., 1901-08-05
BIG STRIKE THREATENED.
All Union Men in San Francisco
Nav Go Out Today.

San Francisco. Aug. 4.-Mnyor Phclan
endeayored to bring the opposing com
mittees together yesterday but was mn.
successful.
rhc strikers announced that unless
some settlement is reached before today
M tho union men in all lines Of trade
will be called on.
The sun., 1901-08-05

on the extra list for five days. The
reason assigned is that he sat down III
Il car while instructng a new conductor
when he should have stood on the plat
form. He and the other employees Of
the company are of the opinion that this
is not sufficient to place man on the
extra list.
The grievance committee of the union
this morning waited upon General Man
agr Siliman with demand for The re
instatement Of Mr.. Shea. Mr.. Siiliman
refused to grant the demand.
The sun., 1901-08-05
Musical at Mt. Salem.

( musical and Literary ntertainm"n'
ni,l IL ri,en III MI. Salem Church on
T"ssday. August Il S i m. 4 musical
mb comnosra If sixteen men under the
direction Of Alfred |. dn Pont will par
ticipate. Mr., du Pon has composed i,
niece ror the occasion which he calls
-..Mt. Snlrm Mnrch.
The sun., 1901-08-05
Captured Mad Dog.

mad doc running at large III the
,;c;nity or Second and Van Buren, streets
3..n.eI much excitement Saturday after
nann rbc animal was finally captured
hy Marion Vansant. He kept it in the
,.r,lm until Dog Catcher Korf nrriN ed
ma remoyed the beast to the pound
The sun., 1901-08-05
New sewer in service.

The large sewer which was fccchliS
built iii South Wilmington primarily %
the plant of the Delaware
Button Company mt Spruce and + streets
was put in service Saturday for tl'e hrS,
time. after the pump had been tested tha
lnroycl 4 success.
The sun., 1901-08-05
Received Injury to Foot.

Councilman ]. II. Morris is SUFFERING
With IN injury to his foot which kept MN
confined to his home for several daNs'
When young man Mr.. Morris had sew
nral foes of his foot cut off, but the in
iury never caused him trouble until !;
few weeks ago, when he dropped q piece
of iron on the member.
The sun., 1901-08-05
WASHINGTON street Bridge Order.

An order has been issued - Levy
Court Commissioners Chandler requ,ftne
the tender Of Washington street bridge !"
zoe thnt horses In nor go over the struc-
ture faster than a walk.
The sun., 1901-08-05
Lodges Picnic.

The Legion Of the Red Cross gave q
nicnic in Shcllpot Park on Saturday. The
attendance was large.
The knights OF st. John and Malta
held 4 picnic in Brardywinc Springs
Park on Saturday.