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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Another Letter

Another Letter
To the Editor of the Evening Journal.
Sir: Since reading the letter Of Mr.
Barnes, which was in your paper Tues
day, l wish, in reply, to say that Mr.
Addicks is not the defender OF the
poorer or working classes of Whining
ton, for the workingmen know that
Mr. Addicks represents capital instead
Of labor, and all the need he has for the
workingman is the vote he can cast. ]
am glad to see you contradict the state
ment that your brave little paper has
ceased to fight this man Addicks. ano
hope that you will successfully iigh,
him until he leaves Delaware's politics
10 honest Delawareans.
l can assure you that your paper Is
read with interest in South Wilmington,
and that you are gaining subscribers.
/ think that someone has pulled wool
over the eyes of Mr.. Barnes, and that,
as he is easily imposed upon, has
aroused his indignation. / am sorry
he has brought Mr.. Addicks out as the
champion OF the Labor Union, for it
is not pleasing to many of the mem
bers to have the name OF Addicks mix
ed with its affairs, and Mr. Barnes is
aware of this.
| am man who never
voted fer J. Edward Addicks,
and never will. don't think
that Mr.. Addicks ever was, OF ever will
be. a friend to the workingman, or ever
will be his candidate. He has been
thrown down by the ballots of working
men repeatedly, and we have shown
him right in the city OF Wilmington
that he is not wanted here In my
opinion, the only interest he has in us
Is to get our votes, and he would ruin
us body and soul If by so doing he
could win. His setting himself up in
defense of labor in the recent trouble
in this city was done for effect and re-
venge. His object was to try and in
iure the Harlan and HOllingsworth
Company. and try and capture the labor
vote of the city. Honest mechanics
cannot assist Mr. Addicks in his
schemes and trickery, and we know
that he represents capital and not la
Dor. We are neither cattle nor fools.
and we do not wear silk stockings, fine
linen and a Panama hat, we wear clean
hearts and hate corruption. AS l am no
writer, IL is impossible for me to eX-
press my contempt for the man and
his pretensions.
Any man who will give it out pub
licly that he has bought the Delaware
senatorship, and says that it is his,
think is too shallow to represent either
the Labor Union or the State He has
felt the force of honest ballots, and
will feel them again.
hope. Mr.. Editor, that you will put
this in your paper, for feel that Mr.
Barnes letter is unjust to the working
men. Yours sincerely,
A WORKMAN
Wilmington, Del. August 2, 1901.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02

ed in America, and look over his fields
of corn stretching farther than the eye
can reach in every direction.
AS a result of his early training on
the plains, where he spent months at
a time without an opportunity of talk
ing to another human being, the candi-
date for president is extremely taciturn
and can hardly be persuaded to express
his opinion on the issues of the cam
paign. He is the author of a book OF
adventure, called The First Battle" in
which some Of his encounters with the
Indians of the Tammany and other
tribes are described at length.
In the effort to partially neutralize
the strength of NJ. lie Colonel among
the cowboys and Indians, who make up
the larger part Of the voting population
west of the Allegheny mountains, the
Republicans have nominated NJ. lie
Roosevelt for vice-president. M. lie
Roosevelt is one of the leading cowboys
in America, and is especially famous
for once having vanquished a grizzly
bear in single combat. During the pres
ent campaign M. lie Colonel Roosevelt
has ridden a series of horses all over
the country, giving exhibitions of rough
riding such as were seen in Paris a
year or more ago under the direction of
another American statesman. "-Des
Moines Leader.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
Tale From Over the Sea

In looking over some old papers in
Smyrna recently, the Wayfarer found
letter from Delaware boy who was
cruising in the Pacific ocean in search
of whales. The letter was written
from Mowee, in the Sandwich Islands,
in 1885. 1t is written on foolscap
paper, and in the centre of the page is
picture of the happening and cap
ture OF a big sperm whale. The pic
ture is done in water color and shows
some proficiency in the art of drawing.
The letter. minus certain paragraphs
lrelating to family affairs, is as fol-
lows:
Ship Ores, Pacific Ocean, October 30,
1885.
Mowees, Sandwich Islands.
Dear Sister: l now take this oppor-
tunity of addressing a few lines to let
you know we are still rowing about
from one part of the world to the
other. The last letter l sent you was
from Boyta, in Peru 1t is a poor
place. The houses are but one-stOry
high. They are built so on account of
earthquakes. We experienced a pretty
severe shock whilst we lay there.
From there we directed our course to
the Gala Pages Islands, where we
Icruised about for three weeks and took
one whale, which made twenty-eight
barrels of oil. We went on shore and
caught some teTrapins, weighing from
fifty to 400 pounds each. have seen
one OF them run about the deck with
three men on its back. We next went
to Cocos Island to get wood and water
which we found in abundance. We
cut down the trees en- the top OF ths
mountain about 500 feet above the level
of the sea, and they came down the
mountain side. turning somersaults to
the beach below. where we cut them
up and carried the wood to the boats
We lay here ten days. This is the
most romantic place ! ever saw. There
are plenty of lcOcoanuts here, and the
island is not inhabited. While in thess
waters we took another whale that
made twenty barrels of oil. From
here we sailed for Panama bay. Here
it rained so that we were forced tC
leave it and sail for the Sandwich Is
lands. where we arrived on April 1.
Mowee is a beautiful place, and OF
the beach where we land stands a fins
cocoanut grove with the huts Of the
natives scattered through it. There are
several missionaries residing here
whose homes are in the States. They
have erected a fine church, which
have attended twice. and have hearC
good sermons both times. I think from
what can gather that the natives liveJ
happier before the missionaries came
among them. These preachers ge
about one-half OF what the natives
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
FRENCHMAN WRITES OF LIFE
OF BRYAN, WOULD-BE-P RESIDENT

In a paper published in the south OF
France is found an amusing account OF
the early life and exploits of Colonel
Bryan. The story, it appears, was writ
ten by the Paris correspondent of the
provincial paper, and is based, so the
writer AYERS, on information furnished
by intimate friends of the candidate
who have been prominent at tho
French capital during the exposition.
The Western wag who filed the
Frenchman so full of new and startling
information must have smiled to him
self as he read in cold print the state
ment that IN. lie Colonel Bryan first
came into fame as one of the strange,
half-savage band of cowboys grand
eur de vahees, it appears in the original
who roamed over uhe far West fight
ing the Indians and wild beasts. Imi-
tating, perhaps, the custom of the In
dian chiefs, each of the cowboys bore
a nickname based on some of his eX-
PLOTS as a hunter and fighter. Thus NJ.
lie Colonel Bryan's title among his
rough but brave and sturdy comrades
was Silver Bill, the dead shot. After
the treaty of peace was signed with the
Indians at Chicago in 1896, Colonel
Bryan went out of the cattle business
and became one of the bonanza farm
ers of the West. He can now sit on his
back stoop, as the rear veranda is call
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
THAT INVESTIGATION

There are a few things that need to
be said regarding the investigation
which has been in progress some time
by the attorneys general, of the ar
fairs of the Levy Court. the first Of
which is that that official is entitled
to a midsummer vacation and i'm
munity from petty nagging while he
is enjoying IT,
The next thing which is equally
pertinent is that all fair-minded per
sons agree that he should not be
hampered and pestered while the in
vestlgation is in progress. He has his
own methods and aims, and he was
elected to his present high position
because he was known to be a man
of ability and discretion. He will be
Judged by results, and at the present
time he is probably wise in not re-
vealing his processes and interme
diate conclusions.
IL also needs TO be said that while
sentimentally there is a demand for
open sessions of his investigation, in
all probability that would not be prac-
teal. The investigation involves, moi
the settlement of a single issue, but
countless computations. the examina-
ton of papers, and much technical
work. better suited to private study
than to a public hearing.
Finally IL should be remembered
that Mr.. Wards personal and public
reputation gives full warrant for the
superstition that the investigation will
be fearless, impartial and thorough
Let all show that this is expected o.
him. and if he fails, then the time viii
be ripe for free public expression.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
AMAZING

The burning question in Philadelphia
politics seems TO be whether the ma
chine OF the people shall rule in that
city This is to be the crucial test Of
the coming campaign Rothermel and
an entire Union ticket composed OF can
didates pledged to serve the people and
not the bosses. II the people shall de-
eide 70 resume their sovereignty.
Rothermel and his associates will be tri-
umphantly elected. If he shall abdi-
cate, the bosses will elect the tickle,
they have already placed in nomina-
tion, composed of those who, with rare
exception, would serve them and not
the people-Smyrna Times.
Considering the source of the above
its tenor is amazing. Has our contem
porary forgotten that the Quay machin,
in Pennsylvania and the Addicks ma
chine in Delaware are closely affili
atedg Isn't it aware that both have sue
ceeded by the same methods, and tina
each helps the other in the hour o
trouble? Isn't it aware that the supper
of Quay and Penrose at the last ma
tional convention resulted in Addick
being seated?
y If so, the above, and one or two othe
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
A PECULIAR IDEA

A downrState paper has this TO say
regarding the failure to arrest young
Windsor:
It is claimed that the family OF
Windsor are the people most interested
in his capture. and so long as they do
not desire his arrest there is no use for
the officers of the State TO exert them
selves and expend the money of the
State in an effort TO capture him. Eek
cept for the appointment OF a new State
detective, the matter would have been
almost forgotten by this time.
If people have gotten such fool idea
in their heads, it is time they had got.
ten it out AS a matter of fact, the
necessity for the arrest hasn't anything
to do with the feelings OF the Windsor
family. Naturally, they would prefer to
see the matter dropped in order to
avoid further publicity, but the ends
of justice are not directly concerned IN
their state Of mind. The punishment
Of crime contemplates neither revenge
nor sentiment; the protection Of society
at large is the object Every person in
the community is more liable to muir
derous attack when a crime such as
this goes unpublished. II we stop TO
consult the wishes Of the families Of
murdered men, we shall make trav-
esty Of Justice We punish felons to the
end that their crimes may be less pop
ular, and to deter other men of violent
tendencies. We repeat what we have
said heretofore that human life is less
safe in Delaware for the failure to cap
ture and hold to rigid account the
young Milford murderer.
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SPECIAL EXCURSION
To Various Points via Baltimore
Ohio Railroad

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extension to September 16 on deposit
ticket with joint agent and payment Of
cents.
For tickets, time of trains, sleeping 4
parlor car accommodations, call on or
dress nearest Ticket Agent Baltimore .
Ohio railroad for full information.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Our Shoes Abroad
m the Roeton Cloha

From the Boston Globe.
Jealous Of American shoes, it is re-
ported that the shoemakers OF Vienna
have risen in protest against the impor
tation and sale of American shoes in
Austria.
But If the people Of Vienna want
American shoes they will be pretty apt
to get them in spite of the forty shoe
manufacturers of that capital
The fact is that New England is ex-
porting the most popular shoes in the
foreign market. American competition
now places our shoes in Austria, South
Africa. Germany and England. If we
furnish the best and cheapest the people
are bound TO have them.
AS a matter of fact, there Is no shoe
trust in this country. One enterprising
promoter is said to have sent out circu-
lar letters to all the larger manufac-
turers throughout the country, endeav-
oring to interest them in such a combi-
nation, and proposing that representa-
tives of the different concerns consult
with him personally, II convenient, but
as yet nothing has come Of 1t.
The truth is that foreign manufac.
turers cannot compete with New Eng
land firms i'm styles and finish. This
fact counts for more than a score OF
trusts. Many foreign manufacturers
desire no trust.
Foreigners have had trust" on the
brain ever since Morgan got among
them.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02

The working ladies' of Chicago
have formed a union. and under the
system of hours regulations and priv.
neges. we imagine that many a house
wife would eagerly change places with
her servant. These people should get
all their work is worth and receive
all the consideration possible. but
there are thousands of women who
are the heads of families, who work
from sun to sun and who are denied
most of the privileges enumerated in
the new scale. Perhaps they will be
compelled to form union also.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02

editorials, amounts to rank heresy and
descends 10 the nethermost depths Of
ingratitude. We warn our contempt
,rary TO be careful; its party may need
'the Pennsylvania machine again, and
it is not the part of wisdom to go back
on pals, besides every argument for re-
volt against Quay in Pennsylvania, may
be urged with equal force against Ad-
dicks in Delaware. 1t doesn't pay to be
moral and honest in spots; and to adj
vocate straight party support for Ad-
dicks and revolt from Quay, is the ex-
IRENE OF Inconsistency. No; when you
take the bait; swallow hook and all.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
Kniehts vlslt che snrinra

The Knights of st. John and Malta
will hold their first annual picnic al
Brandywine Springs tomorrow. Moriei
and Wilmington encampments will play
baseball at p. m, and there will be
dancing at s p. m. The committee in
charge of the outing has spared nc
pains to make the affair an enjoyable
one for members and their friends
The committee is composed of Charles
II. Collins, Samuel w. Taylor. j. L
Fitzgerald, Charles II. Bolts. William
Jones, Charles Bird and Albert Camp
bell.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02

Our army has received a large
measure OF praise from the great stu
dents OF warfare recently. On several
occasions the praises of our boys in
blue have been sung in Parliament,
and now M. Jules Cambon, the French
ambassador adds his testimony. He
says thex are brave, enduring and
humane" and he might have added
the most intelligent on earth.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02

The morning Blatherskite objects to
some pleasantly in our columns, where
in there is a description Of mosquitoes
so voracious that they punctured crabs
and oyster shells. 1t says the state
ment is a lie. Now, how does the
Blatherskite know? Hasn't it heard of
these pests inserting their bills through
iron pots and theskin ofAddicks men?The
feat is no more difficult than TO pene-
trate the intelligence Of certain edi-
tor
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02

The Evening Journal goes by mail into
almost every post0ffice in the State. IL
Is delivered by carriers In Newark, New
port Stanton, Elsmere, Edge Moor Mar
ehallton, Falkland, Horklyn, Hockessini
Dover, Middletown Smyrna, Clayton, Cam
zen, Laurel, Seaford, New Castle, Della
ware City. Milford, Georgetown, Harring-
ton, Delmar, Bridgeville, Lewes, and
many other towns. 1t is on sale at all
Union News stands. at Stand No. l. Broad
Street Station. Philadelphia, and at Ches-
Ter. II is on file at several of the reading
rooms on Young's Pier, Atlantic City,
and on sale az the news stands near the
exposition grounds. in Buffalo.
Persons going away for a week or longer
can have the Evening Journal mailed to
them daily for cents a week.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
Hot Weather Hints

Hot weather? yes; but really not
Compared with weather twice as hot.
Find comfort then, in arguing thus.
And you'll pull through victorious;
For instance, while you gasp and pant
And try TO cool yourself-and can't
With soda, cream and lemonade,
The heat at ninety in the shade
Just calmly sit and ponder DER
These same degrees. with ninety more
ON TOP Of them. and so concede
The weather now is cool indeed
j. Whitcomb Riley.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02

There is talk OF nominating Thomas
B. Reed for mayor OF New York
Should he be named and elected, there
is no doubt that things would be done
under his management He could
twist the tigers tail and smile blandly
at its protesting bowls. He would
make the office a great one. by all
means name him.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02

City Solicitor Reinhardt finds him
self in peculiar position; he has ap-
pointed his assistant. but Council has
named another. If, Mr.. Garrett, his
appointee, brings mandamus proceed
ings Mr.. Reinhardt will naturally
represent him, thus defending his own
action But he is the city solicitor
and Council has the right to demand
that he represent them, and, conse-
quently contest his own appointment
There is way out Of the dilemma
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02

however. There is no law preventing
Mr. Reinhardt from representing
clients other than the city; therefore
in his private capacity he can present
Mr. CARROTS case to the court, and
then in his official capacity oppose his
former contention. Mr.. Reinhardt as
private attorney, and Mr.. Reinhardt
as city solicitor are two different men
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
SCHOONER FLETCHER RELEASED
Captain Paid COIOred Sailor Full
Months Salary

Deputy Marshal Clark has released
the schooner Laura Fletcher, which
he libeled yesterday on a claim for
wages made by a cOlored man named
James Flower, who had worked twenty
one days on the boat and was dis
charged, the captain refusing to nay
him for more than the trip. Flower
claimed that he was hired by the
month and sued for his money. The
captain paid the claim, and his boat
was allowed to leave Delaware City to-
day.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

The longest way home is through the
barroom at the corner nearest your
house.
Most women pitchfork regulations
with the same kindness an Indian
would scalp baby.
1t would be just as sensible if dogs
got scared at the way people act who
think they are going to bite them.
There is nobody who will condemn
gossip more than the woman who will
spend whole evening telling about
the way somebody she knows treats
her servants.-New York Press
Prince Edward of York was Z years
Old on June %.
Naval Cadet Herman Smith Turner
of Maryland, recently appointed, has
been admitted into the Naval Academy
at Annapolis, despite the fact that
while over six feet tall, he weighs but
|ninety-hve pounds.
An Indianapolis woman called up
her grocer by telephone the other
morning, and. after she had sufficient
ly scolded the man who responded,
said
And. whats more, the next order
you get from me will be the last I'll
ever give you
1T probably will. madam" said the
viocs at the other end Of the wire;
you are talking to an undertaker.-In-
dianapolis News.
Mrs Newife-I acknowledge that ]
have my faults and am sometimes
cross, Jack, dear, but il l had the last
two years Of my life TO live over again
should marry you just the same.
Mr.. Newife-I doubt it-Tit-Bits.
Every girl has a longing to be kissed
so II will take her breath away.
A mans business ambition is the
parachute that saves him when ht
falls out of love.
When a woman is in love she has
labout as much regard for other people
as she has for herself when she is sea.
Isick.
When a girl laughs at a mans joke
she generally keeps II up till some
one says something else, so nj
other woman can get her to explain 1t
New York Press.
Thomas G. Shaughnessy, who sue
ceeded Sir William Van Horne az
president of the Canadian Pacific rail
road system, entered the service o
that road as a general storekeeper a
lately as 1882.
q A set of BlackstOne's cOmmentarie
each volume of which contains Georg
,, Washington's autograph, is owned b.
Henry p. Davenport, Jr., of Clay Cour
House, w. Va. The books were un
doubtedly in the library Of the frs
president.
Miss Belle Lyman, of Chicago. viii
has been appointed a trustee of tn
Illinois Industrial Home. has bee
lblind since the age of four years. bu
/ lis an accomplished musician and lin
gust. and is well-known for her Ell
forts for the relief Of the blind.
Baron Nathaniel Rothschild Ia
e leased for FIVE years a piece of groun
at the highest point OF the Ampezz
road. between Toblack and Ampezz
lin the Austrian Tyrol In this charm
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-08-02

Lord Roberts receives a present
from Parliament OF 100000 for stay
ing in his tent while Tommy Atkins
went out to lick the Boers-and failed
Good for the general