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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-19

by the wife to establish intent as laid
by the Indictment?
No, was the quiet reply.
An attempt was made to correct the
record, but Judge Blair wouldn't ap-
prove.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle took new tack and
asked
Just prior to the shooting, what con-
versation had you with your wife?''
Object" said the Prosecutor.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle explained that the
question was put to lower the degree OF
the crime charged but Mr. Erwin object
ed to any Interpolation on the record by
counsel, who he said was trying TO get
in the very question on the record which
he wished the witness to answer.
Where were you on that morning 2,
resumed Mr.. Van Wrinkle
Midland avenue
Where did you come from?'
Home
The place where your wife lfved?'
II object to that said the Prosecutor.
did you have any conversation with
your wife about Mr.. Keller?"
object
"overrule the question: said the Court
wearily.
sAbout week before shooting did a
Mr. Thompson living in house with you
have any conversation with you and
make statements about your wife's rela-
ton with Mr.. Keller? persisted Mr.. Kel-
ler
"Object," said the Prosecutor.
Did you have any conversation with
Mr. Thompson wherein he made a state
mcnt about your wife's condition and ner
relations with Mr.. Keller?''
'Object."
Sustained" said the Court, and that
settled it. Barker's lawyers had butted
their heads against a wall raised up by
the State and they collapsed. Barker was
Withdrawn and two lawyers held con-
sultation the result of which was to try d
new move. They called DR.. B. D. Evans.
medical director of the State Hospital at
Morris Plains. Mr.. Wallis first question
indicated the PLAN
Doctor, is not domestic trouble a fire.
quert cause of insanity?''
81 object" Numbered the Prosecutor.
What has that got to do with this case?
If they want to prove this witness insane,
why do they not have him examined and
lnen take the testimony OIL tnoSei VINO ex-
amined him. A dozen things may make
people insane but that does not prove
that this man is insane"
objection sustained" ruled the Court,
and that settled it. Counsel for the de-
fence argued for half an hour or more,
but the decision remained and the doctor,
with the jury enlightened as to his name
and occupation, stepped down from the
chair. Then count adjourned until 10
o'clock this morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-19
GIRL FolLs KIDNAPPERs

Especial to "The Jersey City News."1
CAMDEN, June 19, 1901.-Two unknown
and well dressed men were frustrated in
bold attempt to kidnap four-year-old
August Suelke near his home. No. 22s
Erie street, yesterday afternoon, by
twelve-year-old Elizabeth Barry, who
snatched the boy from their grasp and
cried for help as the would-be kidnappers
ran off.
August is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Au-
gust Suelke. They are actors and are
now playing in Ohio. The stage mama
could not be learned.
The authorities were notified OF the
strange attempt at kidnapping, ana
County Detectives Cherry and SmitH
We're at once detailed to look for the men
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-19
TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

Counsel may proceed in the case,'' said
Judge Blair, after rapping for order, and
Lawyer Van Wrinkle began to ask for
correction of records and exceptions when
the Judge broke in:-
1.-The Court has decided to conclude the
case today if possible
Barker was at once called to the stand
and the first question asked was what ne
intended to do when he left his house on
the morning of the shooting.
Il was in terrible state of mind
"Object to this,'' said Prosecutor Erwin.
TELL us when you met Keller"
II was walking along, said Barker,
when saw Keller approaching. when
he was ten feet away from me stopped
and ne stopped"
What did you say?'
HE spoke first
what did he say?''
:. Good morning "
What did you say?"
Il said, You damned villain,- you have
outraged my wifen and 1 fred the Shots
THESE words made tremendous f1utter
of excitement in the court room. Barker
Missed out the WORDS and glared ffercely
at Keller.
''Why did you shoot Keller" resumed
the lawyer.
..On account of the story of the out
rage told to me by my wife"
81 object
question stricken OUT said the
Court.
"wno told you that story?" persisted
the lawyer.
a. Barker got that far.
Object
Sustained said the Court.
why did you go to the Town Hall?''
'tTo explain why l shot that raan,' said
Barker, pointing to Rev. Mr.. Keller, whose
face betrayed his emotion.
Explain your conduct before the shoot
ing ON this day
81 remember was in a dazed condi-
tion. / hadn't slept the night before.
The story"
..Object to any mention of the story
interrupted the Prosecutor, and the Court
sustained him.
'sWas there anything which influenced
your mind fifteen or twenty days before
the shooting?" asked Mr. Van Winkle.
eyes. in the middle of January read in
the public press
L
cause these occurrences were before Feb
ruaIy 3.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle read a statement here
made by William H. Baldwin, of Brook
lyn, chairman of the Committee of F'if-
teen, who publicly stated that if any man
outraged any member of his family he
would shoot him like dog. That state
ment was in the newspapers and Barker
read it and it affected his mind, said the
lawyer Judge Blair ordered it all strick-
en- out. Returning to his attempt to get
out the fatal story, the lawyer asked
Barker
How did you justify your deed?''
'.Because Keller outraged my wife,
"Was it the story alone?"
eyes, because Of the criminal relations
with my wife by this man Keller, shot
him., said Barker. The question and
answer were stricken out
Reading the evidence of Chief of Police
Tolen, when Barker was arrested,
in which the prisoner said:-"If you had
been placed in the same position as /
am you would have done the same
thing, the lawyer asked:-
what did you mean?'
Slmpiy THAI IL tH6 NHleI WlIe mad
been outraged as mine had been he would
have acted as I did" said Barker, firmly.
''You were friendly with Keller?"
Eyes. for some time
Were your relations afterwards un-
friendly?''
They were.''
Why?" demanded the lawyer.
In 1890 discovered that Keller owed
my wife $S8. =
Money borrowed?''
Yes. Z s4
With your knowledge r. q
M 4 didn't know until after.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-19
MRS. BARKER
SPEAKS.
She Tells Of Loans Of Money
Which She Made to
Mr.. Keller.

AS "The News goes to press today
Mrs. Thomas G. Barker is on the stand
in the trial of her husband for shooting
the Rev. Mr.. Keller. Mrs. BarKer testi-
fed that previous to the shooting she had
loaned Mr.. Keller money.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-19
Gods Way Of Getting Into China

At Raleigh on Sunday night Rev. DR.,
John G. Kilgo, president Of Trinity Col
lege, who is regarded as the foremost
Methodist minister in North Carolina.
made the declaration in a sermon that
God ''will get into China through the cot.
ton factory, the railway and the tele-
graph more quickly than through the
prayer meeting
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-19
WEATHER INDICATIONS

NEW YORK, June 10. 1so1.-Foreeast
for the thirty-six hours ending at eight
P. M. Wednesday, tonight; fair aud
warmer tomorrow; winds south to east.
Hartnett's Thsrmometrioal Report
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-19
An Old an w.ll Tried Remedy.

Mrs. Winslcw's Soothing Syrup for children
teething should always be used for children
while teething. 1t softens the gums. allays the
pain. cures wind collie and is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents per bottle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-19
MATTERS or FacE.

Pavonia Brand of Canned Tomatoes. extra
large cans, and filled with red. ripe tomatoes.
wholesale at D. r. cieary cv.'a stores. ASK
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1901-08-17
MOVIE PROJEKTY WSZECHGER-
MANSKTF

Swiezo ma niemieckich p6fkach ksiegar
skich uknzafy sic dwie broszury streszcza
jace W sobie ostatnie dazenia zwolennik6w
wszechgermanizmu Tytuf pierwszej napi
sanej przez Fryderyka Bleya "Ruch
wszechgermanski Holandya'', tytuf dru-
giej, nakreslonej przez profesora Ernesta
Hassego, posfa do parlamentu niemieckie-
go, prezesa stowarzyszenia wszechgerman-
skiego: 'Polityka niemiecka we wszech-
swiecie.' -
W broszurach tych znajdziecie tresc i O.
golny obraz przyszfych krucyat niemie-
ckich. Oczywiscie ME nalezy ich brac "a
wydawnictwa, noszace ia sobie sankcye
urzedowa: ME przemawia z mich ami cesarz
Wilhelm llgi ami zaden jego ministrow
tylko ludzie prywatni, ale rozporzadzajacy
bardzo obszernymj wpfywami umieiacy
spofwyznawcow poIitycznych
Otworzmy IA chwile 'Ruch wszechger-
manski Holandye,"
Teza broszury TAXA: dopoty Niemcy ME
beda mieli prawa spiewac spokojnie
"Wacht am Rhein'', dopoki Holendrzy
Szwajcarzy ME zdadza sobie sprawy vie
zow, kt6re ich ma zawsze faczyc winny z
Niemcami. Me idzie jednak bynajmniei O
zajecie sifa zbrojna Luksemburga HoIan-
dyi. Byfoby to zbytecznem, skoro wiado-
mo, il kraje te byfy niemieckie 'od czasu,
gdy SWAT jest swiatem.'' Me Idzie pre-
dewszystkiem zawiazanie przymierza po-
ityczno- -ekonomicznego pomiedzy Mem
cami, Austro- Wegrami i Holandya.
Holandya-mowi W jednem miejscu DIR.
Fryderyk Bley- potrzebuje kolonistow i
sif niemieckich, jezei chce utrzymac pod
swoja wfadza kolonie zamorskie. Mic to
ME znaczy, IL W chwili obecnej Holendrzy
nienawidza Niemc6w. Gas zrobi swoie
Wspolne sprawy zbliza diva Iudy do siebie,
rozpoczna sic rokowania, trwajace bardzo
dfugo przy wsp6tudziale przedniejszych
wspofobywatei Berlina Amsterdamu, ale
rezultacie obie strony dojda do przeko-
mania, IL zblizenie sic zapewnia i'm wzaie-
mne korzysci. Niemcy odzyskaja dawne
swoje kolonie porty, Holandya odzyska
'matke- -ojczyzne' wielka potezna Ger
manic. Ilekroc Holandya wystepowafa sa-
ma, bezowocne byfy jej usifowania Ma co
mp. przydafo sic to bohaterstwo floty ho-
lenderskiej W roku 1652im walce An
glia? Co wynikfo dla Holandyi dobrego
tego, re Rutyer r. 1667m wypfynaf ma
Tamize, spalif Chatam zmusif Anglikow
do podpisania pokoju W Breda? Kolonie
zamorskie szczuplafy wciaz, bo HoIandya
ME miaia W Europe silnego punktu opar-
cia, tax samo jak Portugalia. Doskonale
zrozumieli to Anglicy. kt6rzy wszelkiemi
silami przeszkadzai zblizeniu sic Holan-
dyi do Niemiec.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1901-08-17

sAmeryka" wychodzi W kazda S0bote, kosztue tylk0
kf50 rOk Ma osm mesiecy $780, pot r0ku as tow
4 miesiace so cent0w.
kanadzei Meksyku cena ia sama. Do PolSki innych
&raj6w eurOpejskiCh (Opr6cz ROSy azyatyckch ausra
skich Pofudaowe Centranei Anleryce prenumerata
synOsf diva d0lary waluty Stan6w Zjedn0cz0nych.
"a GAZETTE TRZEBA OPhACAC u CORY. kto opiaca
9drazu "a caiy rok CORY dostaje prezent.
Pieniadze najbezpecznie, najtaniej MONA rrzesaG
arzekazem pOczt0wym ub expresowym mOne orders male
my MONA przesiac znaczkach pOczto~ych Pieniadze
rebrne mo1na wtozy6 do stu Ia przesik
pienie1ne stach zwyczanych ME esmy odpowiedzia
u, gdyby zginey.
"Ameryka wychodzi ui II lat CO rOk jest ulepszana
vice ME pOtrzebuje sic mkt ObaiaG. peniadze
aprzepadna. Wydawca jest odpOMiedzianym.
Wszystkie przekaZy peniezEe musz4 bye wysawiOne
inie: A. A. PARYSKI TOLEDO, @.
ZamawaG gazette mJina kaideee cIasH.
Adres kaidegO prenumerat0ra bye ZmeniOny kie.
aykomiek, ale doaoszac o nOwym adresie, k0NIECENIE
NALEHY POHAC STARY ADRES.
Adres do Wydawcy jest TAXI:
~. a. Parry SKI,
S1e JACKSON AVE, TOLEDO, O.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1901-08-17

zaktocony Mysl utworzenia tr6iprzymierza
ma Baikanach Serbia, Bulgarya, Czarno-
gorze) ME da sic urzeczywistnit, ale czy-
MIA sic starania, ably skfonit te trzy pan
stwa stowianskie do przyiaznego porozu-
miewania sic we wszystkich sprawach,
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1901-08-17

Co sic tyczy flamandow, sa oni-wedlug
Bleya. dawnymi Cd serca przyjaci6fmi
Niemiec. Mic to. re niekt6rych prowin-
cyach flamandzkich widnieje obecnie sia-
by pokost francsuki, mic to, re Dunkierka
Cassel, Gravelines, Hazebrouck. Saint
Venant So miastami czysto francuskiemi
10 tylko pozory, DO ludnost rdzenna mysli
pc flamandzku, mysl flamandzka - to
mysl niemiecka.
Autor drugieJ broszur wymieniouych,
Or. Ernest Hasse, niemniejsza fantazya
traktuJe historye przeszfosci przyszfosci
w swolel 'Polityce niemieckiei We wszech-
swiecie' stara sic przedewszystkiem do
wiesc potrzeby olbrzymiego zwiazku celne-
go. Obecny rozwoj handlu przemysiu
Niemiec Jest wediug Hassego -dopiero
poczatkiem wobec sill i srodk6w. jakiemi
rozporzadza, wobec zadan i przeznaczen
jake moze powinien wykonac niemiecki
geniusz handlowy przemysfowy
Ale osiagnieciu wielkich rezultat6w sto-
ia ma drodze przeszkody potezne. Niemcy
ME mia1y nigdy przyjacio1 Anglo Sasi.
acz pochodzacy tejze rasy, byli ! sa "a,
zdrosni o powodzenie niemieckie. Pomimo
to wszystko, wick XXty bedze swiadkiem
stosunk6w nastepujacych
| az Ieooyo, JulotWo oIDl lIllt, IQOlIS ttO
wystarczania samemu sobie zupefnosci,
ME potrzebujaca niczego od t, wv "zgni-
lego zachodu."
b) cesarstwo brytanskie. obejmuiace,
wedfug prolektow angielskich MEOW sta
nu, Wielka Brytanie. wszystkie kolonie
kraje, pozostajace pod protektoratem,
zgrupowane pod wzgledem ekonomicznym
W jedna cafosc, do kt6rej dostep bedzie
niemozliwy, wskutek zastosowania najsci-
sleiszego protekcyonizmu. zwtaszcza wobec
Niemiec;
@ Stany Zjednoczone. raczei Gaia
Ameryka, zorganizowana wedfug zasad
neutrality-suspicious., kt6ra zada, ably
granice Ameryki byfy zamkniete przed eu-
ropejskim handlem przemsytem.
W tenn pofozeniu rzeczy, co pozostaje
Niemcom? Nasladowac metode pahstw
innych i stworzyc nowy 'zwiazek celny''
zfozony z cesarstwa niemieckiego, Austryi,
Wegier, Belgii, Holandyi a nawet, pc
wnemi zastrzezeniami, Rumunii. w ten
spos6b handel przemyst niemiecki mialby
ujscia mad caiym Dunajem, Renem, Elba
i Odra rzadzifby tam kolejami, pocztami
oraz telegrafami
A nazwa tel novel organizacyi ekonomi-
eznej? Professor Ernest Hasse ma ja jua
gotowa: "Konfederacya Europy."
Take So nowe projekty naszych SASHA
dow mad Szprei.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1901-08-17

takich fodzi. "Deiphino' r6zni sic od ty-
pu statk6w podwodnych francuskich. Ma
ksztaft cygara, cafy re stall; obletosc l07
beczek. Poruszany jest ME para. lecz ele-
ktrycznoscia, Pod woda pfynie niemal o
pofowe wolniej, niz na powierzchni morz,..
Ma rure do r2ucania torpedow przyrzady
do rozcinania sieci, kt6remi wielkie pan
cerniki chronia swe boki pred torpedami.
koszta budowy takiego statku wynosza
tylko 300, 900 frankow, vice jedynie Geese
dziesiata tego, co kosztuje duzy pancernik.
Jake przeciez sfabym jest taxi kolos sta
lowy wobec tego pozornie marnego pIzeci-
wnika. ktory sic moze podkrasc niepo-
strzezenie jednym ciosem wysadzic go w
powietrze wraz Gaia zafoga Przyszfosc
ma morzu nalezy do statk6w podwodnych!
SMIERC JELACZYCA.-W Zagrze-
blu zmarf emerytowany feldmarszalek- -po-
rucznik jerry hrabia Jellaczyc brat gfo-
snego pana Kroacyi, kt6ry podczas rewolu-
cyl 1S4S roku przedtem potem graf
role wybitna Ow hrabia jerry otrzymaf e.
meryture jeszcze 1861 roku, to "a mo-
we, kt6ra wygfosif po ztozeniu przysiegi
przy obejmowaniu godnosci vice kapitana
krajowego Kroacyi
Wolaibym oswiadczyf zapalczywy,
szczery Kroat- widziec moi nar6d pod
jarzmem tureckim. anizel pod wyiacznyfr
wpfywem tax zwanych cywilizowanych
Niemc6w. Turek bowiem zadawalnia sic
ciafem swych niewolnikow; Niemiec cywi-
lizowany siega takze po dusze ujarzmio-
nych-po ich narodowosc
| Mic trafniejszego ponad te sfowa! Re to
przeciez by1o W epoce, gdy system Bacha
usifowaf zniemczyc Kroat6w, jakby przez
wdziecznosc, il oddali Asturyi W lS4S roku
wielkie usiugi, -przeto hrabia Jellaczyc
W kilka dni pc swej przemowie otrzymat
dymisye.
ZBULGARYZOWANY POLAK. Ola
oryginalnosci warto wspomniec, re metro
polita sofijski i prezes synodu bufgarskie-
go, O. Klemens, zmarfy pred paru dnia-
mi, pochodzit z rodziny szlacheckiej pol
skiej, ktora pod koniec XVIII wieku
schroniia sic "a Dunaj osiadia W Turcyi.
Nazwisko jego rodowe byto: Branicki. "a
rzuci1 je dopiero przy postrzyzynach ma "a
konnika. Temu pochodzeniu polskiemu
sam O. Klemens przypisywaf bystrosc in
teligencye, dzieki kt6rym grai role prze-
wodnia narodzie bufgarskim przez lat
trzydziesci.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1901-08-17

"Ameryka jest jedynq gaSetQ pokQ 70 $Wiecie, k6rG
posiadG Wtasne mdszyny do St0Di0nta cac5Onek.
"Anaeryka' ME jest nG &otdze Sadnej poSty om kki,
a0ze 0Sec Cyp0UdddG pf0Gds 5eSstroaae, 0ez sadne-
NDrzedzenid
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1901-08-17

|. HRABIA TOLSTOJ.-Z powodu wy
stapienia krawcow sklepikarzy moskiew-
skich przeciw E. n To!stojowi podczas
posiedzenia komitetu trzezwosci, "Nowo-
sti'' pisza .sPanowie ci uwazaja hr. E. N.
Tofstoja "a wykluczonego, lecz oni zapo-
minaia, ze wielu pisarzy rosyiskich byio
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1901-08-17

W ARGENTINE W Ameryce Pofudn.
wybuchfy zaburzenia przeciwko prezyden-
towi kraju ministrowi skarbu Obu tym
panom poniszczono domy mieszkalne,
strzelano do Mich, gdy minister skarbu
pragnaf tfum uspokoic, rzucono ma niego
kamieniem. Wskutek tych rozruchow ogio-
szony zostai stan oblezenia ma pot roku.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1901-08-17
ANGLICY w AFRYCE POLN.-

ANGLICY W AFRYCE POLN. .-Trze-
ba przyznac, re Afryce P6nocnei Angli-
kom powodzi sic znakomicie Zwyciestwa
kitchenera W Sudanie pred lat trzech
zostafy nalezycie wyzyskane jego nastepca
sir F. Wingate, general porucznik GU
bernator generalny Sudanu ME przepuscil
ami jednej sposobnosci, by wytepic resztki
wojsk Mahdiego. Ma czele owych niedobi-
tk6w staf easy ostatnimi emir, zwany sza-
Tlonym MulIhaem''. Krazyi ma terenie po-
miedzy Bfekitnym Biafym Nilem, ponie-
waa owych okolicach znajdowaf popar-
Gle u mieszkancow sposobnosc do wywi-
jania sic pred poscigiem angielskim. Wre-
szcie az Anglicy 60 dopadli dniu lynn
zeszfego miesiaca. Po zacietei waIce der
wisze poniesli zupefna kleske. lie walka
byfa zacieta, swiadcza tenn powazne stra-
ty angielskie. Dzieki temu zwyciestwu Su-
dan MONA uwazac "a kraine spokoina i
MONA rozpoczac jeszcze na wieksze roz-
MARY prace cywilizacyjna stan ten kolo-
=1ii, luz dzisiaj niezgorszy, bedzie "a lat
kilka kwitnacym W cafem znaczeniu tego
sfowa.
NIEMCY I ROSYA.-Podr6z kancle-
RIA niemieckiego hr. Buelowa do Peters
burga oznaczafaby, jak pisza ''Petersb.
Wiedomosti," re Niemcom wiecej zalezy
ma .trzymaniu dotychczasowych stosun-
kow handlowych Rosya, anizeh Rosyi.
Dziennik rosyjski pisze, re Niemcy skut.
kiem nieurodzaju W Prusiech ME moga ma
kfadac cef ma zboze rosyjskie, przemysf
niemiecki, r6wniez skutkiem krach6w ban
kowych ucierpi znacznie cha rosyjskie
I'd wyroby fabryczne Niemec mogfyby
dorrowadzic je do ruiny. Rosya obecnie
znajduje sic wobec Niemiec W bardzo ko
rzystnem pofozeniu jezeli zechce, mogfa-
by raz ma zawsze pozbawic ich przywile-
jow, jake dotychczas wyroby niemieckie
Rosyi posiadaja. Wobec tego nazywa dzien-
mix Eosyjski przyjazd Buelowa do Peters
burga, gdyby przyszedf do skutku p6jsciem
do .Kanosy co tfomaczy dostatecznie "a
przeczenia pism niemieckich podrozy
Buelowa.
SPRAWY WSCHODNIE. Il Konstan-
tynopola donosza, re jedno najpotezniej-
szych mocarstw poruszyfo mysl nowego u
regulowania sprawy bafkanskiej uzupef-
n;enia traktatu berlinskiego. Wedfug tego
projektu, Bufgarya ma zmniejszyc liczbe
staiego wojska, zamian Turcya odstapi
od zamiaru odbycia wielkich cwiczen woi-
skowych W Macedonia. kt6reby byfy przez
ludy bafkanskie uwazane "a zbrojna de-
Serbia j Czarnog6rze po-
sic cd wszelkiego wystepowania
przeciw Albanczykom. Turcya zas da re-
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17
DOTS.
Y

Sunshine Circle Of Kings Daughters
held its regular meetina last evening and
trRn nsacted considerable business. The
olrcls has just raised $lU0 for the purpose
0I placing a deserving woman In the
Home Of Meroiful Rest for lucurables.
!: Under ths direction Of Bishop Mona
CHAN extensive improvements have been
made to the New Cathedral Cemetery.
City Tax Collectors Mccall and Ssyers
viii 20 to Baltimore to day Tor the pur
pose OF examining g the system OF ookksep
ing used In the tux Office there.
Repairs to tho City Couuoil chamber
have boon completed and it will be ready
for occupancy on Thursday evening. The
room now looks better than it has in yoars
and the place Is now comfort able and t
traotive.
70 Gold weather during the past fcw days
has had the effect OF greatly retnrding
0ng the tracks Of the :ailroad companies
and the quantity Of work done is far be
low that accomplished in milder weather.
l.. The regular meeting Of the primary and
junior teachers for The udy of the Sun
day school lesson will DO held this even
Ing IN Grace Church (primary room) ut
,a5 o'clock. Eve!y teacher Is cordially
EADvited to attend. Gus.
GTae lecture at Friends School by Miss
Mary Jeffers OF Baltimore, which was
scheduled for this afternoon. has been
postponed. Another date will be arrnng
cd after Christmas, due notice Of which
will be given.
Persons from this city who were travel
Ing yesterday, report thai the streams
ov0r which they passed were greatly
swollen and turbulo t.. Lac man of the
Delmarvia Telephon Companv, who are
engaged at the Susquehanna river report
agreat freshet and he water higher than
At any time since the year 1888.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17
r,issa ~ wansss.

4 lfiddicteaR, snse. an Iha inners
al Of Nfs. ElIzabsth K. Msrritt VII.
litts, took place ysstsrday aftsrnoon
and was largely attended. Services
were conducted In st. Anne's Church
by Rev. w. G.. Wilkie, assisted by
Rev. DR.. w. H. Jefferis. The pail
bearers were James H. Hofecker,
Joseph Biggs, Joshua Clayton, George
Y. Poverty, Joseph G. Brown and
Augustus Briggs. Intermsnt was
made at the old st. Anue's Cemetery
Deceased was in her 18TH year and
was a daughter Of the late Thomas
s. Merritt and was the mother of
Levy Court Commissioner NJ. N.
Willitts. Mrs. Willitts was one Of
the most charitable residents of this
section and she will be greatly miss
ed during the coming season.