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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-01
col. JOHN WAINWRIGHT
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-01

The coolest place on hot Summe
night is on the pavilion at the jefferson
House. New Castle.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-01
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-01

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and waists at 81 for good
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and wide turnups. A
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waists, extra sizes of same
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Plain Linen Trousers, all
sizes up to 48 waists at
81. so. Belt strap and wide
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regulars and stouts up to al
at 81 each. All kinds of
thin Coats IS cents up to
finest Alapacas and Mohairs.
Special values in boys Is
and so cent wash coats.
Open Saturday nights
only.
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9th & Market, Wilmington
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-01

VI. MEGAEY a SON. IN
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-01

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The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Sherlock Holmes of Today.

"The man of all men in Europe who bears the heaviest of all responsibilities is Chief of Detectives Froest of London, who, as
 Inspector Froest of Scotland Yard is the most famous detective in the world" said man who was formerly in the American government service abroad.
 'F'roest is primarily and directly person. ally responsible for the personal safety of King Edward, the Emperor William, and all the great and splendid company of Elm perors, Kings, Princes and the like who have gathered in England to pay the last tribute of respect to Queen Victoria by taking part in Her Majesty's funeral on Saturday. If there be one man in tRe world fully competent for his great task of pre- venting the murder of any one or those great personages that man is Froest who comes nearer to being Sherlock Holmes Tn flesh and blood than any other man living, and that applies equally to ms sklll as detective and his charm of personal man. ner. Froest is a thickset man about forty- three years old and weighs about lso nounds: has round, rosy face, blue eyes, frank, open expression, brown mustache and a remarkably bald head Every crook and criminal and every questionable char- acter in vast London know him by sight
 "Froest's fame was worldwide even oe- fore he tracked that precious scounorei
 Jahez Balfour, Gladstone's psalm-singlng swindler friend, to South America spot ted him, stayed by him eighteen months' and finally brought him up in the oio Bailey. London, and got him convicted ana sentenced to fourteen years penal serVi- tude for swindlng the public with pu,lo- ing and loan company-the greatest work ever accomplished by one detective. Froest told me that before he left London 10 ma Jabez Balfour the British treasury placed unlimited money to his credit; all criminal preceedure and prosecutions in England being by order of the treasury. since the treasury pays the bills, the actual suits being in the name of the sovereign. He further informed me that when his ship called at certain port in South America the British consul came aboard and brought with him bags of gold to the amount of s25,O00, which he had been in- structed to give to Froest and ask no ques- tions Froest refused the money He like
 wise refused bribe of $2OO,O0O which Bal four offered him to play sick for twenty four hours
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
VERDIS FUNERAL.
The Great Composer Laid to Rest With
 Very Simple Ceremony.

Milan, January 30-The funeral of Verdi took place today. All tho authorities fol- lowed the bier The ceremony was most simple but most impressive, owing to the silent homage of the populace who were present at the service in immense num- bers.
 his residence and placed in a modest fun eral car which, followed by a few intimate friends, proceeded to the Church of St. Francis, the facade of which bore the in- seription: Peace to the soul of Giuseppi Verdi"
 The religious ceremony lasted only five minutes Then procession was formed headed by priests, and with firemen march, ing beside the car, which was followed by the friends of the deceased, the local au- thorities and leading citizens, bareheaded, moved to the cemetery.
 A vast concourse lined the route, and people even climbed the trees to get a glimpse of the cortege Several houses were draped with mourning.
 On the arrival of the body at the ceme- tery the crowd was so large that two squad rons of carbineers were unable to keep open a space around the graveside. The remains of the composer were inferred without cer- emony, and there were no speeches made.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
E ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Board of Pard0ns.

Governor Sanford mas happily sug- gested work for the railroad commits sion. They have none now, or next to none. and they receive good salaries; they are competent and conscientious officials, and Governor Sanford there. fore proposes that they become also an advisory pardoning board, to whom all applications for pardc1 may be re- ferred.
 The suggestion is a very happy one. It will keep cobwebs out of the brains of the railroad commissioners, and they will have an opportunity at last to serve the State, and also humanity. They are to serve, if Governor Samford's recom- mendations be carried into law, without increased compensation, and it is safe to say they will do this in preference to resignation.
 The remaining time of the Legisla- pass brief bill making the railroad commissioners an advisory pardon board. Such work is now a clog upon the exec utive office, especially upon a Governor who intends to bring every subject up to the rule of justice and equity. The railroad commissioners have plenty of time in which to consider the petitions for pardon, many of them full of merit, very speedily. The railroads and trans portation interests of the State would work that would thus be imposed upon the commission
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
The Club Mans Undoinq.

"'You know Pony Moore?
 "'Yes'
 |" He is in the Second Cabin
 "'What does that mean?
 That's what we must find out. I'll ask him to join you/and me here as our guest in the First Cabin over a bottle of wine.'
 He soon returned with Moore, who looked sheepish and a trife ashamed of himself, not at all glad to be with Froest and me, for he had known me for some years. The wine was ordered. and Moore drank rather freely and thawed, just as Froest had calculated. After the second bottle had been opened, Moore smiled sickly sort of smile, and said:
 "'Here, you fellows have got me, and I'll own up. You know I've got a plenty of money, and don't need to travel second cabin, and I'm ashamed of myself; but left Chicago, where you know I have a whole sale fur business, very hurriedly, and when l reached the Majestic there wasn't first class cabin left, I came second, and he proceeded to say many other things, in all of which his wife was mixed up; and in truth she was the cause of his troubles, and Froest rallied him about being caught lying. The full truth came out at the Liver pool landing-stage, and Froest and l were amused observers of connubal infelicity. But that is another story which you can't expect a man with the grip to tell you now. Moore was the most noted sporting man of London and proprietor of the most luxurious of all those splendid midnight clubs of Lon don, a beautiful representation of which was seen in Birmingham recently in the play When We Were Twenty-One.' That scene was modelled on Moore's club, of which he made me life member that night on the Majestic I still have his card of membership
 "So much for Chief of the Detectives Froest of Scotland yard, whose name you now see conspicuous in the Associated Press reports of the movements of royal and inn beral personages in London! But it is of far greater moment that have got the grip!''
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
HOW TO LIVE A CENTURY.

From the Chicago imes-Herald.
 Don't try to use moral suasion on bull dogs Don't tell all the funny things your chill drea say.
 Don't go down stairs in the dark to hunt burglars.
 Don't take everything people recommend to you for the grip n. Don't read original poetry every time you are invited out to dinner.
 Don't experiment with the things that are concocted to proong life
 Don't stay to find out whether the other fools gun is really loaded or not
 Don't try to show people how gracefully you can jump on or off moving trains.
 Don't try to save three-quarters of sec ond by running in front of trolley car
 Don't try to see how near you can skate to the edge of the ice before it will crack
 Don't try to show that you are used to city ways by leaping out of the elevator before 1t stoos.
 Don't slap a large person on the shoulder and yell, Hello, Billp until you are sure 1t isn't case of mistaken identity. His vaccination may be working.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
The Kentucky Question.

Indianapolis, January S0.-When the Sem aate convened today the Kentucky question was brought up again by Senator Stillwell, who introduced his resolution of yesterday in slightly altered form, expressing the sentiment of the Senate that Taylor and Finley, Kentucky refugees in Indiana, should be returned to Kentucky on a requistion by Governor Beckham.
 MT. Stillwell conferred with some of the Republican members and an agreement was reached by which President Gilbert was to hold the resolution in order, and on motion of a Republican member it was to be made a special order for discussion one day next week
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
GREATEST "CATCH" IN EUROPE

From London Truth.
 The young Grand Duke of Saxe- Weimar, who is now in his twenty fourth year, is the best royal match in Europe, and consider ing the precarious state of the succession to his throne, it might be regarded as cer- tain that he will marry before the year is out. The Grand Duke William Ernest has immense wealth and a great position, without any of the responsibilities and anx- ieties which a throne usually involves. He has inherited very large and very valu- able estates in arious parts of northern Germany in Austria and in Holland, be- sides fortune of at least one hundred mill lions of francs. The Grand Duke is at present the next heir to the throne of the Netherlands, his grandmother, the late Grand Duchess Sophia, having been the aunt of Queen Wilhelmina The Grand Duke has practically a choice of seven brides the Grand Duchess Helena Vladimirovna of Russia, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Co- burg -Gotha, Princess Alice of Albany Prn- cess Thyra of Denmark daughter of the crown prince). Duchess Cecilia of Mecklen- burg-Schwerin (sister of the reigning Grand Duke) and the two daughters of the Duke of Connaught.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
THE OLD BOOKS.
London Spectator.

From the London Spectator. The old books, the old books, the books of
 long ago! Who ever felt Miss Austen tame, or called
 Sir Walter slow? We did not care the worst to hear of hu-
 man sty or den;
 fellow men, The old books, the old books, as pure as
 summer breeze! We read them under garden boughs, by
 firelight on knees, They did teach, they did not preach, or
 scold us into good; A noble spirit from them breathed, the rest
 was understood. The old books, the old books, the mother
 loves them best; They leave no bitter taste behind to haunt
 the youthful breast; They bid us hope, they bid us fill our hearts
 with visions fair; They do not paralyze the will with prob-
 lems of despair. And as they lift from sloth and sense to
 follow loftier planes.
 in the veins, Inheritors of mighty things, who own a lineage high, ~A We feel within us bubbing wings that long
 to reach the sky; To rise above the commonplace, and
 through the cloud to soar, And join the loftier company of groader
 souls of yore.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Demon of UnspeakabIe Terrors.

Demon or OnSpeakdple iSfIoIS' 'I have got the grip and so feel as if I l had robbed a widow, stole from an orphan, betrayed a woman's trust, beat little child, wronged the holiest confidence, com mitted the lowest of all sins, even the knave's sin of scoffing, got drunk, was beaten, kicked, cuffed locked in prison, was proclaimed in the streets dis graced man, was told that I had. but few hours to live, and had lost every friend 1 had, even the children who trusted me, and am coming now to die utterly without hope of the hereafter!'
 So ran the lament of a man who had ''the grip" and rheumatism combined, and who dragged himself to this smoky corner last night to leave some necessary facts relating to his obituary
 Grip Oh, that this too too solid flesh would melt and resolve itself into thin air to become plaything even of the Dust Devil! It is monstrous, terrible, horrible, hideous, helish devlsh. and truly and altogether damnable, this accursed monster that rides upon the viewless wind and car ries woe to women and little children, help lessness and cowardice to strong and brave men, and so darkens the soul that even the privilege of prayer passes.
 "Oh, terrible curse, With it's million shapes of terrors, it would daunt the stout est heart. Last night the grip took me, an absurdly sober person and total abstainer withal upon strange journeys and through wonderful experiences, quite as startling, l should think, as could come 10 the worst toper who eyer had his supplies cut off. Such crimes I committed such name less outrages, betrayals, wrongs monstrous iniqities l bore against some 1 love, those who to me are sacred were enough to drive any sane man to self-slaughter, if God had not forbidden that last of crimes! Hours of torture seemed ages of damna- ton, wherein murder, drunkenness, theft, nameless wrongs against innocence ran riot, and l new b tterly that I had lost every friend I ever had, and had forfeited the protection of the church, that last sure and safe refuge of all who are heavy-laden.
 Finally, along about o'clock in the morning, I found myself suspended inside the middle of a chimney of ice three mill lien miles high and tho rope severed en- tirely except as to one thin strand, and as I was being drawn up and down that hdeous chimne. witl incredible swiftness and the rope was just breaking in two I ""9 9u"oeHl9 anu al 9dilHgly rescueu by an accident in the street, and bunch of bananas asked me the way to the city jail. and a cup of peanuts asked me the names of Joe Lambert's gravediggers out on Oakhill
 'The next thing I knew I was strug- gling to get out of the way of the little water jug which expanded into a smoke stack seven miles high and was tumbling to pieces about me. In attempt ing to shift my position I felt the keenest most cxruitis7, and most dizzy pang of the most accursed rheumatism that ever afflicted any mortal. And then was the devil to pay The grip was chasing the rheumatism around water jug seven miles high. and both yelling like demons!
 "Ah let me die-I have the grip,''
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Uniform Text Books.

The parents of the State who are at present called upon to buy new text books with every change of teacher in their respective public school will appreciate Governor Samfords endorse ment of uniform text book law.
 The question now is, is the book trust bigger in the eyes of the Legislature than the Governor and the people of the State?
 This is just the size and nature of the problem. The people who buy school books want reduction of 33 per cent, as experience in Tennessee, South Carolina and Texas shows can be procured, and the Legislature has the request before them. When copy books are made in Chattanooga and supplied to the public schools of Ten nessee at three cents each, why should copy books made in Boston or Kalama- zoo be imported and sold in Alabama at ten cents each? This by way of ex- ample. When this question is answered, we have many more of the same sort to ask.
 The teachers and county superin- tendents who are rendering themselves conspicuous in this matter should be asked to grapple the subject of copy books. The copy books made by the Chattanooga Times Company are good copy books-good in size, good in finish, good in every other respect. They are supplied to the children of Tennessee at three cents each. In Alabama the book trust demands ten cents each And yet the Chattanooga publishers find a handsome profit under their contract with the State of Tennessee. The book trust wants the earth, including the State of Alabama.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31

its effects upon the boys who witness and take part n the barbarism-its con- tempt for law-its frequent injustice its general horror and license.
 The press and the pulpit and all good and thoughtful men should take hold of this matter. It is not beyond cure, be- yond public sentiment In South Car olina there was not single case last year, and there is no reason why Ala bama should not be brought up to the South Carolina standard, which is much above the Kansas level.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Lynch Law In Alabama.

Three cases of lynching have oc. cured in the State since Governor Samford's inauguration, and in no one of them was the victim charged with a capital offense. In other words, lynch ing is now applied to any offense that strikes the fancy of the mob, or per- haps of the few who organized or pro- noted it.
 Governor Sanford vainly tried in two of the cases to bring such outlawry be- fore the courts, but he plainly de. spairs of action in either case. In his message he respectfully says, "The in. formation I have does not give me great hope that the guilty will be brought to justice" He asks for 1egis. lation that will not let 'such barbarian and atrocities happen in Alabama with impunity."
 He will not get it. Laws are valueless that do not rest on an efficient public sentiment. If law were passed forbid ding theft, and theft were a fashionable and popular custom, the law would not alter the case. What Alabama needs is a rectified public sentiment on the lynching habits, its tendencies, mean ing, demoralization and consequences
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Whisky in Jasper.

From the Montgomery Journal
 MT. w. F. Dent of this city travels wido- ly and sells drugs largely.
 He keeps his ears open and hears many things.
 He was over in Mississippi recently and the people generally were discussing the census figures as related to the growth of their town and the sale of liquor.
 "They are impressed with the fact" says MT. Dent, that Columbus and West Point, both prohibition towns, show large gains, while Aberdeen, one of the few places in the State where liquor is sold shows a gain of just four in population in ten years. The three places have about equal facilities and there is no apparent reason why Aberdeen should stand still unless it is that the sentiment against whiskey in Mississippi is so strong that people avoid the town"
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Won't Live to Pay Bet.
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 Our esteemed contemporary, the Washing ton Post tells us that we are all wrong in our opinion that some years must elapse be. fore we shall see the beginning of the con- struction of the Nicaragua canal. According to the Post, which is cocksure on this sub- ject. but few .trifling preliminaries have to be attended to- and away we go, floating upon an azure cloud of commercial success. In a case of this sort there is, of course, no appeal except to time. We hope we are wrong, but we will wager that we are not. Let it be something of the cold and hot or- der, to be served on any premises the Post may designate. at the expense of the loser.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Governor Samford's Message.

The first message of Governor Sam ford is largely devoted to taxation and consideration of the state of the treas ury. He sees an accumulatlng deficit. He even presents on the face of the pa per a large present deficit; put he ex- plains this away when he explains the existence of special funds that cannot be used under the terms of the law for other purposes. "The State," adds Gov ernor Sanford, will likely be often in the position of having several hundred thousand dollars in the treasury, and yet not have dollar available for the payment of ordinary demands" Cover nor Sanford recommends that law be passed authorizing the treasurer to use these special funds to pay ordinary de- mands-these special funds to be re- placed as soon as other available rev enues come into the treasury.
 This sensible and business-like rec ommendation is doubtless all the rem edy that the treasury stands in urgent need of. They are some special funds, the convict fund for example, that do not need to be replaced at all
 There should be strict economy in the expenditures of the State, but that it is necessary to retain the back tax sys- tenn with all of it's abuses, is not cred ible. Something better and more equit- able should be devised-something that will not unload on the cities of the State all the taxes the rural districts feel like unloading. The system at pres ent is an injury to one-half of the coun- ties of the State, which are expected to shoulder the shortcomings of the other half. Other states have equaliza- tions boards that prevent comparative injustice among the counties. The back tax law as now applied promotes such injustice Governor Sanford states that he is not welded to he back-tax law, but he prefers it's retention until something better is devised. The statutes of Ten nessee or North Carolina or almost any other state furnish a ready remedy against insufficient returns of property for taxation
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Human Nature the Same.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 Some of the Alabama Republican leaders are entirely willing to a constitutional convention. They know very well that dis franchising the negro voters will leave a few good places for the faithful white Repub- jeans when that party is in power It makes Republican just as sick to be de- feated by a negro politician ,or by negro votes in convention. as 1t does Demo- crat Human nature is about the same irre- spective of parties.