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The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
The Henry Durkee Family.

No death in fifty years. Fifty
members celebrated the liftleth we'd
ding anniversary in Baltimore.
James H. Wright Of the Wright
and Davidson Company, married one
of the daughters and our enterprising
Wilmington bachelors can take a
hint to promote their names in faml-
ly health and longevity.
The press is noticing the remarka-
bic concurrence OF family flties: so
years married; SO in the family: no
death in 80 years and 80 present at
the Golden Wedding, respondent
with golden presents and golden
colored plants and flowers.
We congratulate our enterprising
fellow citizen and clothing merchant
and recommend him to have a Dur.
kee family reception during the
Christmas holiday week and invite
the Wilmington young men who buy
the best custom made suits and over.
coats Of his Company between now
and the auspicious event.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
BARRIERS ARE
SUCCESSFUL.

The journeymen BARRIERS continue TO
work hard on the shorter day movement.
Every day they succeed in getting more
boss BARRIERS to close at 8 o'clock in tho
evening and il the progress is continued,
In few weeks every shop in the city
will be working on the shorter day sys-
tenn. Patrons of the shops are becoming
accustomed to the new system and 20
to the shops earlier Of evenings to get
shaved. The committee consisting Of
Frank Bacon, William Shockley and
W. s. Carney recently appointed to Sc
cure permanent headquarters for the
union, having not succeeded in finding
suitable rooms as yet.
The BARRIERS examining board will at
tend the meeting of the Board Of Health
this morning in the interest of its new
regulations.
Since the matter was discussed before
the Board of Health two weeks ago men,
bers of that body have been making
inquiry on the subject among the BARRIERS
Of the city.
Lewis Reynolds, who was recently
interested in movement to organize the
local journeymen tailors, has been ap-
pointed organizer of Italians. Mr.. Lewis
was in Philadelphia yesterday Oh import
ant business. He will probably start the
work of organizing Italians in his city
in short time.
John Wethcrell, who is attending the
annual convention of the National Asso-
citation of Stationary Engineers. will re-
turn to Wilmington the last of this week.
Mr.. Wetherell. while away, will visit
the Buffalo Exposition and number of
other points of interest.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
Negro Shot and Burned.

Troy, Ala. Sept. 3.-Bill Tourney,
alias Bill IIillard, negro charged
with assaulting Miss Wilson at Chest.
nut Grove, was shot and his bod y
burned by a mob near the scene Of
his crime to-day.
Miss Wilson, who Is 1G or II years
Of age, and the little daughter of DR..
Carroll, about - years Of age, were
on their way to school, when the ne
gro seized Miss Wilson and the little
girl ran off. The negro fired at her,
but missed.
The little girl raised the alarm and
when posse reached the scene they
found Miss Wilson unconscious and
terribly bruised In the face and about
the head.
The negro was found in bed. say.
Ing he was sick. The little girl iden.
titled him and he was taken out and
shot and his body burned.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
Did Not Need Ambulance,

A well known Kent county young
man who had attended the monu.
ment unveiling, appears to have
gotten into bad company last night
and had a tritle too much on board.
As a result, he became an object
for the small boys, who insisted on
pelting him with water melon rind,
one piece striking the young man
knocking him down and out. Some
of the people standing near at the
time, thinking he was seriously.
hurt, summoned the Phoenix ambu.
lapce. but it was sent back to the
stable, while Officer Maloney. in or
der that the young man S identity
should be hidden, hustled him down
Shipley street to the city hall.
On arriving at the police station
he imagined he was on the Della
ware Railroad train and wrote sew
eral long dispatches TO Superinten-
dent Holiday. of the Delaware
Road, asking HIM TO instruct the
conductor 10 release MIN. Finally
a friend OF the young mans e1me
to the city hall and the young man
was given into his care.
The dispatches the young man
wrote we're mailed to him to-day to
show him how loolishly he acted.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
National Guards

In your Issue OF Monday, saw an ar
tic.e from an old Guardsman, asking why
the National guard OF Delaware had no
Fife and Drum Band, 1t Is strange when
tho Military Law Of Delaware says dis.
tnctiy there must bo a Fife and Drum
Corps for field music, and appropriating
s75 90 year for their use, as the officers
approve Of.
lhey had a corps some years back which
was II credit TO he guards and which com
pared we'll with any In the country. and
hardly cost tho State anything for
years. And even at that when the
Guards turned out they were at tho head.
Why have seen one company como down
French stree. to drill. aud they always
had al leas, iifer and drummer. Last
Decoration day ,he Guards did not have
even drummer All Of this Is quite q
ontrast 10 tn, a;t!oliot tn, Bsa IS Ban
lately mustered out, thay refused TO play
at a doad comrades fuueral, (Farrsl) even
aftor getting instruments valued at over
81, 1900. 90 besides room and uniforms, also
i275. 90 o year and teacher, $500 year
OF this was donated by ono OF the officers
ou' OF his pay. All OF this Is direct TO
the provisions OF the Law. 1t docs not call
for n brass banl but says Fife and
Drum Corps. aud II cannot be changed
tor two years yet as the money Is used.
Anyhow the law provides for drum
corps. let us have one like we use to see
and hear. II helps us old soldiers to keep
alive the memories OF tho conflict between
the North and South, when both sides
wen, Into battle to the music Of the Ffs
and Drum. think myself we could get
along without the entire National Guards
as easy o. we could without the Fife and
Drum Corps. they have never been needed
anyhow, and We could use the money that
Is required to support them for school pur.
poses which needs 1t bad enough.
Iremain respectfully,
AN OLD SOLDIER
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
GAME LAW
UNPOPULAR.

There has been a great deal of dis
satisfaction among the local Sportsmrn
of late on account of the new Reed bird
law. Nearly all of the old gunncrs claim
that it was big mistake in making Il
law whereby the reed bird season opens
on August % instead of September
as had been the law before this year.
Edward McIchoir, ST., who conduLlS
n gun store at No. PIG King street and
who is wrll-known as Il gunner, stated
last night hat he thought il was II mis-
take making law whereby the reed bird
season opens earlier than in past years.
In one way he said it was favorable to
the gunncrS, but in another it was very
Objectionable. II gives the gunncrs on"
more week cunning, hut the birds that
are killed the first week are no good.
This, Mr.. Mclchoir said, was the main
objection to the new law. Before Sep
tcmbcr / tha reeds are not ripe and con-
seuuontly the birds the first week have
nothing TO feed on and are in poor coIdi-
ton. The birds which were killed Oh
the marshes last week were unfit to eat.
The first couple of cold nights, which
as Il general thing, is about he 10th Of
this month"; drives the reed birds south.
Mr. Mcchoir also thinks that it is Il
mistake for the rnil bird season not to
open the same time as the reed bird
season. The rail bird season opened Sep
tcmhcr /. or one week later. For in
stance. he said, if on the first week of
the reed bird season rail birds get up in
front of u gunner, he is not allowed to
shoot at them.
Joseph Cross, another prominent gun-
ncr, is also much opposed TO the present
reed bird season. The reed birds are
getting in condition this week and many
old gunncls :wbe were not ouI all of last
week. went 6tif on the marshes yrstpr-
day and Monday The birds are no'y
plentiful.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
MANAGERS ELECTED.
Annual Meeting of the Wilmington
Savings Fund.

The members Of the Wilmington Say
ings Fund Society met yesterday morn
ing and elected the following managers.
For term Of one year-Wilmer Pal
mer. Mark NJ. Cleavrr, John Richardson
Jr., Albert q. Thatcher. J. Ncwln Cav
throp, George q. Lobdell Jr, John
Bancroft, Edward Il. Belts.
For IL term Of two years--Thomas Da"l-
ingtoli, thomas s. Ballah, Charles Il.
Jones. Edward Il. Ca,by. Thomas II.
Savery, Henry L. Jones, John NJ. uar-
vey, Linton Smith.
For Il term Of three yearS-Richard p.
Gibbons. William NJ. Candy, Elwood
Garrett, Washington Jones. Edward
Bringhurst, Ir., Alfred ID. Warner, Al
bert W. Smith, Y. James Belt.
All the foregoing were in the old board.
with the exception of Edward r. Belts,
who takes the place Of the late DR..
Jacob Derickson.
The managers will meet today to elect
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
STEEL LWAR'SPR0CRESS
Charges Against Shaner Cause Much
Talk In Pittsburg.
GAINS BY THE CORPORATION
New WOrkmen. Said to BE skilled
Enter Star Tin Plate Plant, and
Many MachiniHta Resume
Work In Tube Plants,

Plttsburg, Sept. 3.-Members Of the
Amalgapated association are greatly
worked up over charges made against
President 9haffer by ex-vtce President
J. d. Hickey in speech to the Mil
waukee strikers.
The Pittsburg men are deeply inter-
ested in Hickeys declaration that the
terms of settlement offered by ]. Pier1
pont Morgan at the New York confer
ence We're eminently fair and should
have been accepted.
In an interview referring to the truth
of the statement attributed to Hickey
That Mr.. Morgan had offered in consid
GRAFTON Of acceptance of the terms pro-
posed for this year that in two years
all the mills would be included in the
wage agreement Mr.. Shaffer during the
day said:
"When Mr.. Hickey was here, he told
me of several supposed statements that
he was credited with and said they
were untrue, as no doubt this one is.
If he made the statement, however, 1t
referred to the executive board and not
to me alone. That is all can say con-
cerning It,"
Mr.. Shaffer said further that he had
heard nothing from the west and that
there was no change in the situation.
which continued to be satisfactory to
them.
Talk of Starting DemmIer Works.
1t Is stated at McKeesport that the
Demmler Tin Plate works will be start.
ed within f0rty-eight hours and with
its old employees. Three mills are to
be put in operation, enough strikers, it
Is claimed. having pledged themselves
to return to man that number Of rolls
From nearly every point in the Pitts
burg district the reports are of dis
couraging nature to the strikers. Thir-
ty-two new workmen, all said to be
skilled, entered the Star Tin Plate plant
without molestation, 125 nachinlsts re-
turned to work in the Pennsylvania
and Continental Tube plants and twelve
imported men went to work at the
Steel Hoop mill in Monesscn.
At Duquesne no further efforts were
made to get the men out, and the
works We're in full operation. Paint
er's and Lindsay & McCutcheon's mills
were again running, with increased
forces. while the conditions at McKees-
port were without material change.
A report that the strikers would
make another demonstration at the
gates of the National Tube works and
prevent the men entering thr mills
drew large crowd, but as til, hlen re-
manned away there was no disturb
ance. Rumors of peace still continue
in circulation, but nothing definite can
be traced to reliable source.
Advices from Warren. o., says steps
are being taken for meeting Of en-
ployees of the American Steel Hoop
company in Warren, Girard. and
Youngstown to discuss the strike stu,
alton and perhaps appoint a committee
to confer with President Shatfer. 1t is
believed that satisfactory settlement
of the strike so far as it relates to the
Steel Hoop company's mill is in pros
pect.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
STATIONARY ENGINEERS MEET
An Important Convention Now Undel
Way at Rochester.

Rochester. n. T.. Sept. 3.-Over 1000
delegates and alternates were present
when President 2. Il. Lealy of New
York city called the twentieth annual
convention Of the National Association
Of Stationary Engineers ta order in the
council chamber, city hall.
. The convention will undoubtedly be
one of the most important gatherings
of the clans in the history of the organ
ization, and it marks an epoch In Its
career, as matters of grave Importance
are to come up for discussion. The
most important matter will probably
be the question of whether 1t shall he
resolved into big labor organization
or shall maintain independence and
freedom from labor union entangle-
ments. %
A majority of the national officers
and committee members arrived late at
night and were escorted to their head
quarters In the Powers hotel. The New
York delegation is quartered at the
Livingston, and the New England del
egates are at the New Osborn. There
are 357 lodges, with membership Of
10000, In the association, and from one
to five delegates represent each.
Lodges as far west as Tacoma.
WASH, south to Galveston, Tex, and
east as far as Augusta, Me-, REINFORCED
by a fraternal delegation from Canada,
are in attendance at the convention.
Besides the actual routine convention
there Is a machinery exhibit on a grand
scale In Fitzhugh hall, and most Of the
big machinery manufacturers in the
United States have sent exhibits.
Chainmakers Strike at York, Pa.
York, Pa, Sept. 3. One hundred
employed at the two York
factories of the Standard Chain COM
pany are on strike. They went out
because of the refusal of the company
to sign new wage scale. The men
want the same wages paid in the east.
ern chain factories that are paid in the
western factories.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
Robbed While sleep.

Bridgsviils, DEL, Sept. a. Gsorgs
Polk, who has been conducting board
Ing house at tho camp at Greenw wooi
near here. last night was relieved Of all
bis money. over l6J by William Carey, q
notorious C0lored man.
Carey entercd>tho house by the window
Stole to where Polk was sleeping aud
snatched the pocket book from under
Folks pillow. Polk awoke and gave
chase. but Carey succeeded In getting
away with the money. Carey Is wanted
here on the charge OF iarcenoy Of buggy
which he 10 said 70 have sold for hog.
The loss has has completely upset Polk,
who is.a hard working man.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
Will Interest You

Mention the REPUBLICAN is all
that we ask.
A wedding ring was lost August
30th, with the initials NJ. J. to M.
H. S. inside Of it. Reward will be
paid if left at M. J. Csllan's. N. W.
corner Of Front and Harrison
streets.
A woman 10 wanted for general
housework at No. 1913 Park Place.
Experienced help and also learn
ers are wanted at the Troy Laun-
dry, Eighth and Orange streets.
A competent cook and laundress; ;
good wages: reference required.
Call at No. $40 Broome street.
A girl is wanted for general
house work at No S22 Harrison
street.
A halt grown colored girl at No.
806 Aoa street.
A journeyman plumber is wanted
by Cbarlrs Thomas at kennett
Square. Pa.
A boy about 16 years Of age at
bakery at No. 706 Tatnall street.
Fine roll top desk, fire proof. can
be purchased by addressing p. O.
Box l54.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
RAILROAD COMPANY
ANXIOUS TO BUILD
Pennsylvania Officials and Street and
Sewer officials to Meet.

John Biggs, attorney for the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad Co., called upon the Di-
rcctOrs Of the Street and Sewer De-
partmcnt yesterday morning and made
inquiries concerning the resolution pro-
viding for an elevated railroad through
the city. which is now pending before
the department. He states that the com
pany is anxious to begin work ON the
elevated structure as soon as possible.
He was informed by the directors that
the plans had been in the hands Of Chief
Boughman of the City Engineering De-
partment, who had IN examination Of
the route made and is about ready to re-
port and it was decided that the dircr-
tors and Mr. Biggs are to have a con.
ference on the subject some afternoon
this week.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
10 Northern Pacific nj 9Sts
General Markets.

New York, Sept 3.
FLOuR-S:aic and western steady and I'm.
changed; Minncsots patents, s3.7o4i, winter
stlaiehts, S380s54j, winter extras, S2,5oa2 50;
winter patents s. GjaS So
WHEAT Opened easy. but quickly recovered
on strength Of corn, light offerings and higher
con,ncn'al markets; December, 7C}4a'7isc; May,
1aIsa.0isp
RYE Stt'ir; state. jjsiJ,.. c. !, l., New York,
,ari0ts; No. 2 western, dc, {. o. b., ahoat.
CORN Strong and higher on good demand
from shorts and earl, Hrmness abroad; December.
sl!sAG24c May B2ass62Tsc
OATS Active and higher with corn track.
white state. 3ligai7C; track. white. western,
39iyai1c.
poRK-f,rm; mess SIS 5oals. 50. family. sle.25
0lG;D
LARD Steady; prime western steam, 92jc.
BUTTER Steady; state dairy. lisloc.; cream.
cry. lfa2oc.
CHEESE-Quirt; fancy, large. colorcd, 9hc;
fancy, large, white 9isa9kc, fancy, snail. col.
orcd. pi.c. fancy, small, white. q.
EGGS Firm: state and PENIS lyania, lsa2oc.;
western, canded. l7alsc.
SuGAR-Raw steady. fai, refining, sl5'l6c.;
centrifugal. 90 test, IL Ice refined steady;
crushed, 5 TIC, powdered, $3.50.
TURPENTINE-St at 3Gi.l3Gs4c
MOL OLASSES-Stcaty; New Orleans 3jat9c
RICE STEADY. domestic. p.aHAc.; Japan, l&c
TALLOw-Firm, city, 5Nc, country, 5ka6hc.
HAy-steady, shipping. 7N75c,; good to
choice. s5a90r.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
Discovered Deep Well.

While walking through the back
yard yesterday afternoon, Lewis Bill
derback, Of No. 2ll0 Market Street
discovered that the brick pavement
for several feet around had fallen sew
eral inches. Upon a closer examina.
tion 1t was discovered that one brick
was entirely gone, disclosing we'll
25 feet deep
The we'll has never been filled In,
and was simply covered over with
boards, which finally rottcd causing
the bricks to fall In.
Some Of the Oldest residents Of the
Ninth Ward say that a pump stood
there many years ago, before the
present block Of houses were built
and that the water was always very
coc..
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
MORE STREETS FOR CITY.
Com mmissiOners Appointed to View
Property and Assess Damages.

City Solicitor Iseinhardt Tuesday made
application before Judge Spruanrc TO
have the following streets opened:
Second stree! between Searlcs and Lin
coin; Third street between Scales and
Lincoln: Third street between Lincoln
and Union; Fifth street between Dupont
and Union. CLAYTON street between Front
and Fifth; Scott between Lancaster ave-
nuc ana Seventh: Dupont street between
Lancaster avenue aud Third street.
The following commissioners wcr" ap-
pointed and will make Il return 10 Judge
Spruancc on September IA George $.
Capclle Charles W. PuSey. Alfred Cav
throp. William Lawton and Andrew Il.
johnson.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
TRUST MAY TRAIN
THE GUN ON MINERS

The strike of tue steel workers is our
strike.
",rhe same moneycd interests which
controls the Steel Trust owns the coal
mines of the anthracite field. and the gun
will be trained on us if the steel workers
are downcd.
sit is your solemn duty to support the
steel strikers in every possible way.
II do not say there is going to be any
strike [of coal minersl, but we are going
to enforce that contract agreement be-
tween anthracite mine workers and their
employers] OF we are not going back to
work"
Extract from speech and statement
made by John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers, at Lake Lodo"r.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
The 1arkets,

Eggs were selling from 90 to ?5c.;
butter, CSC to ESQ a pound; corn l0c to
l2 cents ~ dozen; pork, II cents \ lb,
oranges, Is cents to 3oc a dozen; mutton
&c to l8c pound potatoes. $50 a bu shell;
cabbage Be to DC head; chickens, 4Oc to toe
each; beef from &c to 25c pound veal l0c
to 20 cents do; calf liver, 25 cent,;do.
tomatoes % cents . quarter peck pine.
apple. l0c each; string beans 10c bali
peck; cucumbers lc 10 Sc each; beets be a
bunch.
Egg plants Sc to 100 each; peaches l0c to
20 osnSs aquartsr; can tsloupes ~ u basket;
water melons 100 to ~ centI each; lima
beans So pint: sweet pota os. 200 gu
tor Of . peck; peaches TO, aud III q basket
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04

DELAWARE
CITY NEWS.
From cur Correspondent.

Delaware City. Sept. 4.-The pub.
lie school of this town started its
fall term yesterday, the Academic
department in charge OF Principal
Norris w. Wilkinson; the Grammar
department in charge Of Miss Ella
Claaver; the Intermediate depart
ment in charge of Miss Jennie W. J..
Marley; the Primary department in
charge of Miss Matte Price; the
First Division IN charge Of Miss Fa-
roma Tull and the Kindergarten de-
dartment in charge Of Miss Mary
Johnson.
Frank Dunlap of Wilmington, was
a Delaware City guest lately.
Miss A. Burnett of State Road,
was guest OF this town today.
j.. L. Johnson and H. Wilson. Of
Wilmington, spent the day cunning
on the marshes between Delaware
City and Port Penn, Del.
The Misses Sadie and Annie Rob-
erts and Harry Gladfellow spent yes
terday IN wilmington.
The workmen on the local trolley
line are busy filling up the places
which the heavy rain washed out
Sunday evening.
Mrs. John Shunder was a Whining
ton guest lately.
Several gunners left by trolley last
evening with many dozen Of rail and
reed birds.
Rev. Van P. Northrup was vii.
mington guest yesterday.
Thomas Swan and Robert Hen
erickson were Wilmington guests
today
Reed birds were selling at As cents
a dozen today.
Mrs. H. Hall spent the day in
Wilmington.
Several residents of this town at.
tended the interesting ceremonies
which were held at Cooch's Bridge
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Stoops have
returned home after spending short
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Hughes.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
THIEVES LOOT A STEAMER.
The Block Island Visited at Norwich
by Light Fingered Gentry.


Norwich. Conn, Sept. 8. - Thieves
boarded the sotnd steamer Block Is
land at her slip in this city and secured
booty in the shape of cash TO the
amount of $1,JOO. The robbery was
discovered in the morning. and the po-
lice We're at once notified
The Block Island. which is owned by
the New London Steamboat company,
plies between Norwich and Block Is.
land. At o'clock she was made fast
for the night in her regular slip. On
board was the regular night watch
man. Early in the morning Purser
Cleveland discovered that the office
had been entered during the night, a
strong box containing the proceeds OF
the large holiday business, about ST..
500, had been forced open and the cash
removed.
There is said TO be no clew.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
VENEZUELA'S DEFIANCE.
Timc For RcprisRls Has Come, De-
cIares Il Government Newspaper.

Timc For RcprisRls Has Come. De.
cIares Il Government Newspaper.
Caracas. Venezuela. Sept. 3.-The
Republica. semiotiicial organ of the
government, publishes an inspired arti-
Gle on the crisis with Colombia. ending
as follows:
"l'he hour for notes has passed and
the time for action has arrived Diplo-
macy has laid before the world the just
reasons which it has had and has for
asking compensation for the grievances
suffered 1t has exhausted all the
Teaus at its disposal for settling
threatening questions between nation
and nation. We have waited enough
Now is the time for rcpri>als."
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-04
Double Tragedy nt Corning, Y. Y.

Corning. y. y. Sept. 3.-Miles r. Ger
man shot his wife in the head with Il
revolver inflicting wounds from which
she died two hours later. He after
ward killed himself with the same
weapon. Before shooting himself he
fred at his mother-in-law. Mrs. A. d.
Hollis. wounding her slightly in the
head. and attempted to shoot his six
year old girl, but missed her.