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The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
MADE APPEAL
TO COUNCIL
Street and Sewer Directors Want
Increased Appropriation.
HARBOR BILL TURNED DOWN
Council Endorses Proposed Bill About
Action Against the CiJy for Per-
sonal Injuries-Two 0rdi-
nances Signed.

At the melting of City Council last
evening Chairman Kane of the finance
committee presented the following COM
munication
''To the honorable Mayor and City
Council Of " ilmington, Gentlemen:-We
do most respectfully inform you that it
is the intention of this department to
make application to the General As
semby of this State for the enactment
Of a bill restoring to this department the
annual appropriation of 100000 with the
additional sum of five per cent for each
succeeding year after the first appro-
priation shall have been made. To this
bill we most respectfully urge your
hearty approval and cooperation.
Respectfully
Harvey J. Wiley,
Secretary"
The communication was referred to the
| finance committee.
| Chairman Cannon Of the navigation
committee presented the following reso-
| luton:
''Whcreas, the Council having been
udvisod by the City Solicitor that there
IS no authority given to Council by the
charter Of the city to appropriate money
fOr the Improvement Of water ways,
therefore be it
"Resolved. that the council acting upon
the advice thus given cannot approve an
ict entitled AN act to provide for the
Improvement of the Christiana river
which has been submitted to it by the
Board of Trade of this city"
1,,+,
Mr.. Healy introduced an ordinance
which proposes to increase the salaries
af the first and second assistants city
engineers 1t was read twice and re-
) ferred to the Law Committee.
Mr.. Stewart presented the draft of a
ill which provides that no action for
personal injuries or damages shall be
brought against any municipal corpora
ion without giving written notice with
il thirty days after receiving the same.
; Suit must be brought within one year.
rhe bill was endorsed by Council.
Charles Thomas acted as bailiff in the
thsence of ]. j. Ryan who is ILL.,
The treasurers receipts included bal
: ince in bank, $5S.29631; T. s. Lewis
: INK collections. $612; e. NJ. Savers, tax
objections. $500: Wilmington City Rail
gay CO.. t:Ix ott poies, Sa2s4. ---
Levi c. Bird and A. e. Sanborn
j rcnresenting the Delaware & Atlanti,
g telephone and Telegraph Co., and viii
d lam Michael Byrne, representing thu
. Western Union Telegraph Co., held ;
,, Iengthy conference with the finance com
i nittee and Assessors Savers and Levi
l, IN reference to taxes owed by the com
pany.
Last year the companies had not pal,
the tax levied by the city and one o
the companies had given notice that i
:, would take the matter to court. 1t i
n said that the companies now desire t
is come to settlement with the city.
e. The Mayor has signed two ordinances
/ one regulating Fourth street market an
It he other changing the terms of the cit
rodmen.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
SCHOOL LAW DECISION.
Court in Banc Makes an Important
Ruling,
Voters at School Election Are Not
Limited as to Amount of Money
They Nav Raise.

Court in Banc sat yesterday. JufSe
Spruance was not present, being Ill with
the grip. Argument was to have been
heard in several cases.
In the case of the Equitable Guarantee
and Trust Co., trustees, vs.. John L.
Donohoe, tax collector, which involves
the constitutionality of the Adams law
for the taxation or fnwsstnients. Henrs
g. Conrad, the attorney for the city,
John H. Rodney for the county and
Peter l.. Cooper, Jr., for the State,
were present and ready and anxious for
a decision before the adjournment of the
Legislature.
Neither Willard Salisbury nor ALI
thony Higgins, representing the plam-
tifls, were present. Mr.. salisbury IS
confined to his house with the grip. The
court directed continuance of the case
until February 4th.
There was Il continuance in the eases
which involve the right Of the city to
fax the roadbcds of railroads, the city
being plaintiff, and the Wilmington "
Northern. Baltimore x Philadelphia and
| Philadelphia, Wilmington y Baltimore
Railroad Co.'S, being the defendants.
Robret G.. Harman, for the city, was
ready, but the other side was not ready
Levi G.. Bird, of counsel for the B. ~ T.
and w. & n, said great deal of law
was involved and it would tak2 good
while to get ready. February 10th was
SET for the opening of the argument.
Ii is agreed to argue the w. & n
.ase first, and not TO argue the Other
eases until a decision is granted in that
A decision was handed down in the
ease of William f. Husbands, tax col
| -. xI,D, u rTn11ay nnbOldinp tbi
verdict rendered against Talley in thu
i Superior Court. At the November tern
n verdict of between SIS and $19 wa;
returned by jury, under the instruction
Of the court subject to decision b,
the Court in Bone concerning the validt.
of section of the school law Of 1856
which limited to $500 the amount tha
could be expended III any one year fo
improvements. In Brandywine hundred
,. the voters had decided to eXpend $1,00
. on a new building. and the refusal 0
, Tallcy to pay his share of the cost, lie,
to the suit Talley was represented b.
H. Irving Handy and the collector an
school commissioners were represente
by William 5. Hilles.
: The Court in Banc in its decision hel
r that the law of 1898 was passed to prc
e vide a general system of free publ
n schools and that it supercedes and is
/. general substitute for all previous legi:
|. lation on schools. The new law is
h effect a repeal by implication of all tn
il statutes previously in existence concerl
Ii ing the public schools, and the preser
IS school law is to be found in the law {
II 1898 and acts since passed. The effect I
q tn, decision. which is a most importal
# one, is TO leave to the school votel
t. of each district when they assemble
is hold their annual election, the right
decide to raise as much money MS thu
please for school purposes. In 9th
words, they are net limited by the lay
The declsion will be certified to the S
: : pcrior Court. 1t upholds the verdi
= against Talley. Court in Banc adjourn
~ until February 4th.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
O. -

AT 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon Will
liam L. Porter, president of the Water
Commission, of the j. Morton Poole Co.
aid of the Farmers Mutual Fire In
surance Co., was buried in the Whining
con and Brandywine cemetery.
Many representatives, of the city gov
ernment attended the funeral services,
which were held at his late home No.
100 Adams street. The services We're
conducted by Rev. Hubert w. Wells,
.cctor of St. Andrews Protestant Epis-
.opal Church and Rev. w. NJ. Jeifries,
rector Of Calvary Church, of which the
deceased was Il vestryman. Interment
was private.
The honorary pallbearers We're y. Tat
nall Warner, Col. w. A. LaMotte, Al
fred Belts, Preston Lea, Il. u. Gilpin,
Dir. James 4. Draper, Samuel Bancroft,
IT.. Samuel X. Smith, George S. Cap
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

Tho Rev. Joseph Brown Turner of Do
yer will conduct the evangelistic services
at the Third Presbyterian Church, Ches-
ter, on Tuesday evening next.
+. Blumenthal 4 Co.. glazed kid manu-
facturers, have purchased from Freder-
lex Samworth and wife for s1,S50, Il prop
crty on the north side of Chestnut street
east of Adams.
Capt. Horace Wilson, manager of the
Wilmington Steamboat Co., who has
heen the president of the Cape May
Steamboat Co., has resigned the latter
position on account of having disposed
Of his stock in the company to other
stockholders.
The Alumnae Association of the High
School is to hold meeting on Saturday
evening at Miss Bradley's residence,
No. 2O1 East Seventh street.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
PRESIDENT WILLIAM 7. PORTER
WAS LAID TO REST PRIVATELY

ellie, Henry G. Morse, Alfred D. Poole,
Associate Judge Ignatius G. Grubb,
Horace w. Cause and William Luke.
The active pallbcarcrs were employees
Of the j. Morton Poole Co., as follows:
Thomas z. Morgan, w. III. II. Sharp
less, ~ G. Gibbons, Joseph Hayes, Sam
uel Darlington, Charles Sehl, John Dolan
and William Richardson.
Besides the officials of the Water De-
partment workmen of the department
attended, as also did workmen of the j.
Morton Poole Company, representatives
uf the State courts, Police Commission
and other city departments.
The wcrks of the ]. Morton Poole Co.
were shut down all day OIL account OF
the funeral Of Mr.. Porter and the Office
of the Water Department was closed
from 1.SO until o'clock for the same
reason.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25

bury, 20, Richards, IL; Gray, !
Fields /.
bre the separation of the two
Is after the joint ballot, Speaker
hnmons announced that the women
4 Century Club had extended an
lion to the members of the Cen
Assembly to visit their rooms at
ack, where an interesting meeting
aeld. There is one thing character
Of the women. When they want
,&any lobbying they get the legisla-
Hhere the law cannot touch them
3ley generally succeed in convincing
40 their way of thinking.
#AyAR ON CIGARETTES.
Brasure will present his cigarette
IA the Senate tomorrow morning,
provides that no cigarettes, cigar
Anpers OF cigarette tobacco be sold
q the State limits. The bill is so
ad that it will he impossible for any
II to obtain u cigarette or anything
ming thereto in Delaware. 1t
ID
4ion /. That from and after the
lie of this act It shall be unlawful
,hy person or persons, firm, company
to manufacture or make
In give To or purchase or procure
~ to furnish or in any wise assist
kpcrson in obtaining cigarettes
jette tobacco. cigarette paper spec
&perpared and intended TO be uset
khe purpose of making cigarettes.
xtion 2. That any person, agent, ol
u, employee or representative OF an.
a company or corporation violating
Sseyisions of this act, shall for ever.
sse. he deemed guilty of misde
flor and upon convlctlon tlereol W
64ment. shall he fined not less thai
hundred dollars and not more thal
dollars or be imprisone
A& term of not more than six month
AN. at the discretion of the court.
aetion 3. That all acts or parts Q
/ z2inconsistent with this act be an
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
sm,,n.oni.n In.titute changes.

Washington, Jan. "a. The annual
meeting of the board of regents of the
Smithsonian institution was held here.
The secretary announced the death OF
Hon. William l.. Wilson, member OF
the board, and appropriate resolutions
we're adopted to his memory The fol-
lowing changes We're announced IN the
membership of the hoard: Hon. Richard
Olney to succeed DIR. William Preston
Johnston; DIR. Andrew ID. White, to sue
ceed himself; Judge Gray of Delaware to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
DR. Wilson,
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25

/. Mr.. Robertson introduced an act
H. ahr salaries of all clerks of the
g.,gistcrs of wills, registers in
(,ery.. clerks of the Orphans oo"raS' 20 aar
-, ries, recorders, sheriffs OF cor
n"m n,o,,n,.s have not been fixed yet
II. ;s unde rstood tiiat they Will be
bno+e enough to prevent any kick
Eba mart of Office holders.
Il SENATOR'S HAT STOLEN.
bmeone stole Senator McFarlane.s
4 from the Senate cloak room this
hrnoon. He made close search Iol M
te a time and while doing so senator
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Judge Gray Succeeds Mr.. Wilson,

Washington, Jan. 23.-The annual
meeting Of the Board Of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution was held here
today. The following changes We're an
nounced in the membership Of the board:
Hon. Richard Olncy, to succeed DIR. W..
Preston Johnson; DIR. Andrew ID. White,
TO succeed himself Judge Gray, of
Delaware. to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of William l.. Wilson.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Protection Lodge Preparations.

Protection Lodge. No. 20, A. o. U. W.
Of st. Georges is making special prep
lrations for the installation of its officers
on Monday evening next. Besides the
installation there will be mutations and
a banquet. All of the grand lodge
officers will be present. They will prob
ably go by way of Delaware City, driy-
ing from the latter point to ST. Georges.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25

Of the Board of Health of Delaware and
prof Frederick D. Chester. Of Delaware
College, held an interesting meeting IN
the ante-room of the House at noon to-
day and had goodly number of Sena-
tors and Representatives as an audi
ence. j,
DIR. Cooper stated that they intended
TO have an act presented to amend the
laws governing their department, so as
to give them power to go into any town
in the State to ferret out the cause OF
contagious diseases, to prevent the
spreading thereof and to adopt stringent
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
May be Delayed in Laying Tracks.

The work of completing the Peoples
Railway Company's lines will probably
he delayed because Of the weather.
There is frost in the ground and it is
feared that should the work of laying the
tracks be started now that it will be
necessary to do the work over again in
the spring. The work of laying track on
tho Clayton street line will be finished
in few days. The power house and car
barn at Sixth and Webb streets are near
cOmpletion.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Samples Of Silk stolen.

L. III. Brittingham of Philadelphia, re-
ported to the police that he had been
robbed of 500 worth of silk samples,
which he alleged had been stolen by a
companion of his at the Clayton House.
The companion had registered as &c.
C. Benedict" of Philadelphia. The
samples were located at e. Levy's loan
office where they had been pawned fol-
s25. The men had gone to the hotel and
occupied one room.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
A., = = wixon Dend.

Newburg, N. Y, Jan. 24--Rev. Cyrus
Il. Wixon, superannuated clergyman,
connected with the New York conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church, is
dead in the SEVENTEEN year of his age.
His first appointment was in 1867. The
funeral will take place in Trinity church,
this city, Saturday forenoon ut IL
o'clock. He leaves no family, his wife
and adopted daughter having died about
Is years ago from diphtheria, about
three days apart.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Funeral OF Josiah X. Cox.

The funeral of Josiah X. Cox will take
place at o'clock this afternoon from
his late home, No. 63S East Sixth street.
Delegates from the Fame Hose Fire Co.,
Blue Rock Council, No. 33, L. o. r. G.
md Railway Ttranmen will attend the
funeral. Intcrment will be made in
Riycrview cemetery.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Water Tower for Fire Company.

A water tower ordered by the Della
ware Fire Co. to be used on its truck,
will arrive in this city early next week.
1t will be attached and tested at once
and if the members are satisfied that
they need such mn addition to their
apparatus its purchase will be consum-
mated.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Josiah Marvel ytce-President.

Alvin II. Morrison and Josiah Marvel
have returned from Washington, where
they represented the Wilmington Board
If Trade at the annual meeting Of the
rational board. At the election Mr.. Mar
vel was chosen as one of the vice-presi-
dents. The Wilmington delegates took
part in the discussions.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
1WN OF DOVER 'TAKEN" BY THE
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC

After passing in review before the
Governor at which time each soldier
shook hands with him the vets held
campfire nt the Court House. :.
At ihe banquet tonight in the Capitol
House there We're large number OF
men who years ago carried the gun for
Uncle Sam.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Assaulted an Officer.

In the City Court yesterday Lee At
wood. colored was held in 5000 bail for
he Court of General Sessions on the
charge of the larceny of a coat from
John e. Miller. No. sos Franklin street.
The case of Joseph Christy, colored
charged with the larceny of watch
from John Gordon, was continued until
his morning, the accused being held in
bail. Conroy Mouton, youth, was
fined s25 for committing an assault OF
Officer John Jakubowski. Kate Nc
Laughlin was accused Of the larceny Of
clothing from Sadie Mason but Assist
ant City Solicitor Lynn said there was
| no larceny and the case was dismissed.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Captain Carquhoun Guaranteed.

Captain w. 9. Il. Colquhoun, U. S. A.,
of this city, who is stationed in San
Juan, Porto Rico, where his regiment is
coated. is quarantined at his home there.
His 6-ycar-old son William G. X. Col
Iuhoun, Jr., is suffering from scarlet
fever.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Death OF John Hancock.

John Hancock died yesterday at his
home, No. 1908 Fast 18th street. He
was a member of Windsor Lodge, NO.
go, Sons of St. George and Keokuk
Tribe, No. 8, I. o. r M.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Wilmington Rahx Won Prize.

The baby born to Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. Parsons. of No. 1895 Poplar street, at
5.32 of the morning of January l, was
the winner of a silver set offered by a
Philadelphia concern for the first born
in Delaware in the new century,
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
MoNTREAL's BIG FIRE.
Feared That Lives Have Been Lost
In $2,5O0,O00 Blaze.

Montreal. Jan. 24.-Rusiness is practi-
cally stagnatcd in Montreal as n conse
uuence of the disastrous fire which took
place in the center portion Of the city,
and crowds of thousands Of people throng
the narrow streets around the burned dis
trict. which is scene of desolation. Ihe
board of trade walls are still standing,
but the building is otherwise completely
destroyed, though it was supposed to be
fireproof. The other burned buildings
are masses of ice and charred ruin, and
the streets are flooded by slush and wa
ter. The firemen are still pouring water
ON the ruins, but there is no further dan
ger to be anticipated.
The burned district is bounded on the
north by ST. Sacrament, thence south
along st. Peter and westward on Lemolne
to Fisk & Co.'s building. on the east by
st. Nicholas street to Commissioners, on
the south by Founding, facing st. Anne
Market square, to st. Peter, thence north
to st. Paul. A. Booth 4 Co.'s building,
on the southeast corner Of st. Peter and
Founding, is, however, intact The west
side of st. Peter street as far north as
Lemoine il also burned
| Sake s. Co., where the fire is supposed
to have originated, say their wholesale
clothing factory was closed at y O'Clock
and they know nothing as to the origin
of the fire. Their loss on stock is Sloo'
! 600.
The total loss will exceed S2,5O0,O0o.
The board of trade building, which was
only erected few years ago, cost Stuo,
600 and was insured for S4O0,000. Alto
gether about 30 buildings, chiefly whole
sale warehouses, occupied by some OF tn
leading firms of Montreal, were dc
stroycd, together with their valuable
stocks. Official reports as to losses can
not be obtained, owing to the fact ina
the offices and papers Of the CANADIAN
fire underwriters have been burned in tn
board of trade.
Ii is now feared that two men hav
perished. Relatives of a man name
Rosen, Jewish tailor, and Of q ma
named Wilson have reported at polic
headquarters that the men mentione
are missing and that they We're suppose
TO have been Mt work in one Of the clotf
; ing buildings destroyed.
! An army of clerks, storehouse mel
| workmcn and other employees are throw
i into temporary idleness.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Looking Up State Securities.

State Treasurer Martin B. Burris was
in this city yesterday afternoon looking
after State securities, which are to be
turned over to him by former State
Treasurer Ball.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25

scial to The Sun.
yoyer. Jan. 24.-The G. A. II. marched
o. Dover this morning ana TOOK tile
IN without resistance. They were
1ded by the Brunswick Fife ana Drum
ms from Wilmington and to the STR
y strains of marching Through
'orgia" the men seemed to be taken
III to '64.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
May Practice in Chanccry Court.

Edward w. Cooch and Charles +.
Curlcy members of the New Castle
County bar, passed examinations and
We're admitted to practice in the Chan
Gerry Court of the State yesterday after
noon.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Smith-stroud Marriage.

Miss Annie n. Stroud and Benjamin
S. Smith, the well-known operator at the
Delaware avenue station in this city,
were married ny the Rev. A. n. Keig-
win, on Wednesday evening.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Charters Granted in Dover,

Dover, Jan. 24.-Certifcates of incor-
ooration have been filed as follows:
The Coombs Co., of Apulachicola,
Florida. to construct, maintain and oper-
ate saw mills, tugs, &C.; capital stock,
100000.
The Columbia Lock Nut Co., New
York City, to manufacture the Br1ce
ock nut; capital stock, $4,000.
The FL. w. Vandever Co., of Whining
on, Del, to manufacture and sell bi-
.ycles, tricycles, &c.; capital stock
$50, ,00O.
The Washington Bill Posting Co., OF
Baltimore, Nd. TO engage in bill poster
business; capital stock, $4,000.
The Electro Chemical Rupture Co. ha
hanged its name to the Chemical Elec
rical Institute.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25
Condition of the DowaEer Empress.

Homburg, Jan. 24.-The condition of
the Dowager Empress Frederick con-
tinues satisfactory. Lately she has not
suffered any pain, but this does not imply
improvement. However, her majesty's
sorrow and personal loss owing to the
death Of the queen have been borne with
comparative fortitudc
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-25

Continued on Page Four.)
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-04-18
The Oldest Splnstsr.

The nations oldest spinster died a
few days ago in Iowa. She had seen
lO4 summers, and it is quite probable
that she no longer bristled up and let
her eyes snap when humorous people
made pointed remarks about old maids
in her presence. In other respects she
seems to have been quite an original,
She had never enjoyed a ride on the
steam cars, and, stranger yet, she had
never had her picture taken until afte.'
she was past one hundred years. Is it
any wonder that lady with such se7
habits failed to attract the serious at
tention of the other sex?
OF course she may have had offers,
but it is more than likely they came
from museum managers. A girl who
hasn't enough energy to ride on the
cars-even if it's no farther than the
presbyterian picnic grounds, can
scarcely expect to create furore am
ong the neighborhood's young men. OF
course it will be urged that there was
MT any railroad in Iowa until the lady
was a girl of fifty. But is fifty rec
ognized limit? And it's the same way
with the pictures she didn't have TAX
en-. No girl with so little pride in her
self, and her manner of dressing her
hair, as to dodge the camera for five
score years, could possess a face that
would cause break in the beauty mar
ket. But she's gone now, and man S
last chance to secure her coy hand is
forever lost.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-04-18
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY
| ocI Of Door in Rear of Stanley & Grass
Forced With Jimmy.

Some time during the early morning
hours of Wednesday burglars made n
desperate attempt to effect an entrance
into the store of Rex, Henry & Co., on
lower Front street. The men were evil
IDENTIFY not novices in the work as the
attempt was all but successful when
the men evidently were frightened
away. A jimmy was used and the lock
on the back door of the building was
almost twisted off and the. panel of
the door was broken where the men
had sought to effect an entrance. The
attempt must have been made during
the early morning hours as the watch
man, who remains all night at the
store OF Stanley & Grass had gone
home and when he left there was no
evidence of an attempted burglary.
The officers have been notified and
will endeavor to work up clue to the
identity of the crooks.