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Middletown transcript., 1901-04-06
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WOMAN ASSISTANT AT STATE HOSPITAL

DR.. Floreuce Hull Watson, OF Pennsyl'
vania, has been elected to the position oil
assistant superintendent Of the State Hos
pital at Farnhurst, vice Dr. John H.
Hammond, resigned, at a salary OF $9CO
per annum. She is one of the brightest
pathologists and bacteriologists IN the
country and is well-known in Europe.
She formerly was pathologist and bacter-
iologist of Norristown (Pa } Hospital.
She is 81 years of age and has done ex-
cellent work. Sometime since through
ill health DR.. Watson went to Munich,
in Germany, where she was engaged with
the largest hospital for number of years.
She continued to translate for France and
Germany journals relating to her line OF
work.
Some years ago DIR. Watson repre-
sented Pennsylvania at the Pan-Ameri-
can Congress which met in Moscow,
Russia. She has wonderful executive
ability.
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Free of Charea

Any adult suffering from cold settled
on the breast, bronchitis, throat or lung
troubles of any nature, who will call at
]. S. & w. Lattomus. Townsend, will be
presented with sample bottle of Bos-
chee's German Syrup, free of charge.
Only one bottle given to one person, and
none to children without order from
parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever had
such sale as Boschee's German Syrup
in all parts of the civilized world. Twenty
years ago millions of bottles were given
away, and your druggists will tell you its
success was marvellous. 1t is really the
only Throat and Lung Remedy generally
endorsed by physicians. One rs cent
bottle will cure or prove its value. Sold
by dealers in all civilized countries.
Get Green's Prize Almanac.
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New Concerns Incorporated

The folloSing companies were ineorpor-
ated at Dover on Saturday: The South
western Mining and Developing Com
pany, of New York, to o'do general min
ing business. Capital 81 100000; incor-
porators, w. P. Brown, Charles H.
Welch, Kansas City, Mo-; George A.
Beaton, and John B. Leake, New York,
John J. Welch, Chicago; the Industrial
Trust Company, of Chicago, capital,
100000; the Farquier Copper Company,
of Brooklyn, capital 5000, 900; the Glen
Iron Furnace Company, of Philadelphia,
capital 100000; the West Side Rink
Company, of Philadelphia, capital
S75, 900.
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HICKS FORECAST FOR APRIL

Very high temperate in most parts
with low barometer and rain, hail and
thunder, may be expected promptly on
or next to the 1st. Storminess with
heavy April rains will continue up to
about the 4th. Dangerous, tornado
storms need not surprise careful readers
of these forecasts on or touching Monday
the 1st, to Wednesday the 3rd. A relia-
BILE barometer, and other unfailing indi-
cations, will precede any and all danger
GUS storms that may possible arise at this
or any other time. Very cool weather
will follow on the heels of this storm per-
iod, with possibly late snow northward
and frosts in many sections, even central
to southwark, from about the 4th to 7th.
On and touching the Sth and 9th will fall
marked change to warmer, the barome-
ter will react to lower reading and heavy
April rains, hail and thunder will visit
many sections in their general march
from west to east. Barometer will rise
rapidly behind these reactionary storms,
bring quite cool winds from west and
north, and frosty nights in northern di-
rections. The 18th to the 18th constitute
another regular storm period, containing
equatorial passage of the Moon on the
18th and new Moon in perigee on the
18th. The crisis of this period will fall
en- er next te MeHdayy the the 18th 18th abeHt,
which date look for vicious electrical
storms attended by hail, rain and danger
GUS winds. Low barometer, high temper
ature and daily parovyms of wind and
April downpours, will most probably con-
tinue over the conjunction of Moon and
Sun on the 18th and into the reactionary
storm period on 10, Goth and 21st. While
under ordinary circumstances only nor
NAL April showers would fall at this time
on account of numerous causes prevail
ing, storms, in all probability will prove
widespread and heavy. Every reason
able precaution against disastrous hail
storms should be taken at this and other
April periods. Another dash of high
barometer, cold winds and frosty nights
northward, will be the order behind the
storm conditions of this period. The
last week in April is also covered with a
Mercury period, the same being central
on Monday the Goth. This throws the
regular Vulcan storm period from the
oath to the 2Sth fully within the Mer-
curry influence. From about Thursday
the 25th to Sunday the 2Sth inclusive,
it will be wise to anticipate storms of
much energy with heavy rain and hail
over wide localities during the progress
of the genial storm conditions eastward.
= The Mercury periods, as a rule, are
characterized by much cloudiness and
drizzling rains in warm weather, and
sleet storms when the temperature is low.
In extreme northern parts there is pos
sibility of sleet and snow during this last
period. But all along the south of low
barometric pressure, look for heavy YER
nal rains, eliminating in electrical storms
about the passage of the Moon over the
equator on the 2Sth. We predict that
April will bring many extremes of very
warm and qnite cool weather-a war with
northerly and southerly currents, Rains
will be sufficient generally, amounting to
cloudbursts freqnently-two wet for low
lands.
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Home DESTROYED by Fire

At an early hour on Thursday morning
of last week, the large frame mansion
house on the farm owned by Samuel
Frazer, in Sassafras Neck, on the Elk
river, was destroyed by fire, together
with all the household goods and large
quantity Of clothing, etc. The family
was in bed at the time the fire broke out,
and the flames had gained considerable
headway when discovered. Mr.. Frazer
and his family were compelled to escape
from the burning building in their night
clothes The origin of the fire is a mys-
terry. The loss will aggregate 5000,
which is partly covered by insurance.
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paysrd Memorial Association Meet.

The Bayard Memorial Association held
its annual meeting Monday afternoon and
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: President, William H. Swift;
Vice-P President, Samuel Bancroft, Jr.;
Secretary, Howell S. England; Treasurer,
Robert G. Harman; Directors, the fore
going and John S. Rossell, J. Harvey
Whiteman, Henry c. Conrad, Charles B.
Palmer and Andrew G. Gray. The model
for Bayard statue, prepared by Miss
Effie Stillman, of London, is to be ex-
amined by committee of experts prob
ably this month.
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button Held for Court

In Wilmington City Court Saturday
Ernest Dutton, colored, was held in $500
bail for the Court of General Sessions.
having been charged with administering
poison to William and Rachel Ellegood.
Amos Ellegood, their son, and William
Gibbs, William Dennis and Joseph Hop
kins, boarders, all colnred, living at the
house No. 4, Mechanic street, Whining
ton, with intent to commit murder All
of the sick people have recovered except
Gibbs, who is still in critical condition
at the Delaware Hospital.
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CONFERENCE ACADEMY

A meeting of the Wilmington Confer
ence to apportion the Indebtedness on the
Wilmington Conference Academy was
held in Wilmington and the amount each
district will be asked to raise was decided
on, Wilmington, Dover and Salisbury
districts each were apportioned $4,000,
and the Easton district s., 600 or, So, 100
in all, covering the Indebtedness. An
other apportionment is to be made to the
various churches in each district, and a
determined plan to raise the money will
ba followed. 1t is the intention to try to
secure at least $4,000 on the debt by
July /.
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Contract for Fifty Cars

The Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Wilmington, has received contract tc
build so cars for the New York Central
& Hudson River Railroad Company
The railroad company proposes having
100 more cars built and the Harlan &
Hollingsworth Company probably will
get the contract The coaches will have
all modern Improvements and will cost
S. 800 each.
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Appointed CITY Court Clerk

City Judge Philip @. Churchman Mon
day appointed Harry P. Joslyn to be
Clerk of the City Court. Samuel s.
Adams, Jr., the retiring clerk, entered
a formal protest to his removal pending
the decision of the Supreme Court on the
question of Judge Churchman's right to
sit. He assisted the new clerk in his
duties. The clerkship pays 81, 200 annual
salary, but the Democratic Council will
probably hold up the salary of both
Judge and Clerk until the Supreme Court
has given its decision.
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PENINSULA NOTES

| Richard Patzowsky, who is to erect
large morocco plant in Wilmington, ha'
awarded to Amos Hall, Sons & Co., o
Philadelphia, the contract for soaks ant
lime vats.
Wilmington Cinnamon, on Sunday
placed food on the graves of two OF theil
race in the Wilmington and Brandywlne
Cemetery. 1t is a custom they have fol
lowed for years.
Bids for the removal of the wreck OF
the schooner Samuel Applegate. in Ap'
poquinimink river, are to be received at
the United States Engineers office, III
Wilmington, until April Is.
The residence of Mrs. Joseph Pyle,
2103 Lancaster avenue, Wilmington, was
robbed of large quantity of siiverware.
The thieves carried off plated ware and
left lot of solid ware behind.
DIR. John H. Hammond, late assistant
superintendent and resident physician at
the Delaware State Hospital, at Farnhurst
may resume the practice of medicine at
his old home in Georgetown.
Seven Methodist ministers Of the VIII
mington Conference, including Presiding
Elder G. S. Baker, attended the service
at Wesley NJ E. Church, Dover, Sunday,
and participated in the services,
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church,
Wilmington, is observing Holy Week by
evening services, at which addresses on
the passion of Christ are delivered by
the pastor, the Rev. DR.. William W.
King
The steel yacht Alvina, built by the
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company for
Charles Fletcher, left Wilmington Mon
day for Cramps ship yard, Philadelphia, to
go into dry dock for the painting of her
hull.
The Wilmington Methodist Episcopal
Preachers Association Monday adopted
resolutions of good wishes for the Rev.
James Grove, formerly of Asbury Church
who goes to the American University at
Harrimun, Tenn, to become its vice
chancellor.
The wife of Captain A. F. Matlack sus-
tanned an injuiy to her left foot in a fall
from bicycle last autumn. Necrosis of
the bone developed, which neeessitated
the amputation of the foot above the an
kle few days ago, at the Homeopathic
Hospital, Wilmington.
After long contest before Register of
Wills Causey, the will of the late John
Shipley Phillips has been sustained.
The reviewers. however, through Robert
Pennington and Andrew G. Gray, have
now appealed to the Superior Court.
Former Judge c. M. Cullen and Charles
F. Richard are defending the will.
Mrs. NJ. w. Ridgeway, of 3O5 East
Seventh street, Wilmington, has received
word that her mother, Mrs. Allen Fish,
about go years old, was killed last Friday
night in cyclone which demolished her
residence near Galveston, Texas, Mr..
Fish and daughter, the other occupants
of the house, escaped. The family were
living in Galveston at the time of the
great storm, but escaped to Houston.
Singularly enough, their house was the
only one in that particular neighborhood
that was not destroyed.
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SUIT AGAINST ADDICKs

S. Appel & Co., Of New York City,
clothiers and uniform makers, Saturday,
filed libel against ]. Edward Addicks,
owner of the steam yacht Vision, in the
United States District Court.
The claim in the libel is for 1928. 70 for
uniforms, outfits and supplies furnished
the crew of the Vision on the 24th OF
May, 1900 It is asked that as the defen-
dant is not resident Of that Jurisdiction
libel be filed against the Office fixtures
and furniture owned by him at II
Broadway, New York City, n0w in
custody Of George A. Kelly.
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DR.. Wolfe Nav Not Testify

Dr. Theodore R. Wolfe, State Chemist
and Professor in Delaware College, was
in Wilmington Monday to see Attorney
General Herbert H. Ward in relation to
the Cordelia Botkin case. DR.. Wolfe
made the analysis of the candy sent to
Mrs. J. P. Dunning, Of Dover, which
caused the death of Mrs. Dunning and
her sister, Mrs. J. D. Deane, and found
that it contained arsenic. He testified
at the first trial of Mrs. Botkin in San
Francisco. He said Monday that he had
not decided whether he would go out
there again.
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No Small Pox

H. w. Viven, president of the Board
of Health of Bridgeville, emphatically
denied the story appearing in morning
paper the first of the week under a dis.
patch dated Seaford, that there was case
of smallpox in Bridgeyille and that the
Board of Health of that place wanted the
health board of Seaford to receive the
patient Mr. Viven is indignant at the
report and SAYS that there is not single
case OF the disease in the town, and that
the statement, as it appeared, is entirely
untrue.
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Had Her Foot Amputated

Mrs. A. F. Matlack, wife of Captain
Matlack, of Wilmington, had painful
operation performed at the Homeopathic
Hospital last Saturday. While riding a
bicycle last Autumn, Mrs. Matlack fell
and sustained an injury to her left foot.
Necrasis of the bone developed and last
Saturday the foot was amputated. Mrs.
Matlack is reported to be doing we'll.
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Pulling Up Peach Trees

This Spring fully 100000 peach trees
will be pulled up in this county, $4,000
of these in the First district. For the
past several years the peach crop has
paid so little that our farmers think the
land can be made to pay more in other
crops. The upper part of this county
has, for a number of years, been con-
sidered peach centre, but it is only a
matter of few years before the peach
will have almost entirely disappeared as
a marketable Centreuille Record.
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Reduced One Way Second Glass Rates to
the West via n A n Railroad

Every Tuesday until April 30th, inclu-
sive, the B. & 0. Railroad Co., will sell
second class Settlers and Colonists tickets
to the West at greatly reduced rates.
Colonists tickets will be sold to Arizona
California, Mexico, Nevada, New Mexico
Texas, Oregon and Washington points.
Fares to California points viii be $40. so.
For full particulars write or apply to H.
A. Miller, P. A., Delaware Avenue Station,
Wilmington, De-.
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HAD Dog Terrorizes Dover

The heroic measures adopted by Dover's
municipal authorities to exterminate dogs
have not stopped hydrophodia Monday
an animal belonging to Edward johnson
went mad and ran through busy part OF
Dover, attacking dogs and persons.
Richard Colt managed to fight the dog
off after the animal had torn his trousers.
Down toward New street the dog bit a
little daughter of William Clendaniel and
the child beside being badly wounded,
was terribly shocked. The dog was pur-
sued beyond the town limits and shot.
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Presented with Fire Extineuishe-s

The three chemical fire extinguishers
which were used in the Delaware build
ing at the Worlds Fair have been pre-
sented to Governor HUM, who in turn
has presented them to the Robbins Hose
Company of Dover. The company now
has five chemical fire extinguishers and
it will petition the Town Council to
purchase them carriage to accommodate
them, 80 they may be used at a fire In
advance Of the hose carriages,
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Golden Eaele Knights in seasinn

The Grand Castle of Delaware, Knights
of the Golden Eagle, began its annual
session at Wyoming Monday. Grand
Master of Records, Charles H. Hudson,
reported a total membership on Decem-
Der S1st, of 1858, an increase in the year
of 81. The total receipts were $l3, 704. 72,
and the expenditures Sl1, ,705.58.
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Quarantine Surgeon eoes soutb

DR.. George E, Young, who has been
urgeon-in-charge at the Delaware Break
water National Station for the past three
years, has been transferred to the Gulf
coast, and is succeeded at Lewes by DIR.
G. H. Lavender, transfer from the
service in Porto Rico,
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..TrustY" Convict Esoapes From Iail

William Flamer, colored, convict in
New Castle County Jail, ran away Mon
day and was captured outside Of VIII
mington by Warden John Barnes and
returned to the Jail, where all freedom
will be taken from him. He was en-
ployed about the kitchen Of the jail and
waited upon the table Of former Sheriff
Taylor and was retained in the same
capacity by Sheriff Mcdaniel. He was
allowed outside.
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Application has been made by the vii.
mington, Newark and Elkton Railway
Company to the Wilmington Street and
Sewer Department for permission to
build a line in Fifth street from Market
to Franklin, on Franklin to Oak, to Clay
ton, to the city line. No action was taken.
The company is to build a line from VIII
mington to Chesapeake City, Md, by way
of Newport, Stanton, Newark and Elk
ton
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Selling "philippine csnaris.,,

1t is said young man wearing tie
uniform OF United States soldier has
been doing a thriving business in some
of tie down State towns by the sale of
wlat he calls philippine Canaries, u
which are nothing more than English
sparrows,
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Quarantine Raised

The Town Council at Georgetown has
decided that there is no longer any dam
ger of smallpox and Saturday at noon
the guards placed on the roads were called
in, and no further attempt viii be made,
to prevent people from the western side
Of the County visiting Georgetown.
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Fire at Dover

The phosphate factory of Wotten &
Co., near the fair grounds, Dover, was
totally destroyed by fire Sunday night.
The loss will probably reach $1,000 and
was covered by insurance. 1t was only
by hard work that the fair buildings and
numerous dwellings nearby were saved.
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shad Becoming Plentiful

The shad fishermen of New Castle were
cut in force Tuesday for the first time this
season, and the catch was fair. The fish
caught are large and fat and command
ready sales at good prices. The fish are
sold as caught at ss$S35 per hundred. In
the purchase of fish singly the prices
range from 20 TO so cents each as to size.
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Judge Boyd, of N. c., former Assistant
Attorney General, who was in Washing
ton, when the news of the collapse of
the attempt to impeach the judges of the
Supreme Court of his state was received.
Speaking of the matter, Judge Boyd said:
''There could have been no other honest
verdict. There was never any ground of
impeachment in the first place, but the
places of the judges were wanted, and it
was thought that they could be ousted by
impeachment proceeding. What seems
strange to me is that the trial did not at
tract more attention. If there had been
an impeachment of judges of any other
state in the Union, there would have
been columns of the story printed with
pictures of the judges, of the Senators
who formed the court, and of the princi-
pal lawyers in the case. There were
many interesting aud even dramatic feat
ures in the trial"
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1t is very confidently expected by the
President and Secretary Root that the
improved conditions in the Philippines
will make it. unnecessary to recrnit the
army to the full strength authorized by
Congress. No orders will be issued to
stop the recruiting until Gen. Macarthur
and the Taft commission have been fully
heard from, but both the President and
the Secretary of War are fully determined
that no more men shall be recruited than
are considered absolutely necessary to
meet the conditions, and both will be ex-
tremely gratified if the total of the army
can be kept far below the maximum
fixed by Congress. Neither wishes for a
large army unless it is necessary.
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The insinuation that the President and
Secretary Root were not disposed to give
Gen. Funston proper credit for capturing
Aguinaldo, is fully answered by Fun
ston's promotion, and by the following
cablegram sent to Gen. Macarthur, by
Adjutant General Corbin: 'The Presi-
dent instructs me to express his high ap-
probation of the gallant conduct of Gen.
Funston and of the officers and men of
the army and navy engaged with him in
the Palanan expedition. The Secretary
of War personally joins in this express
sion."
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The entire exhibit Of the Post Office
Department, which will be the largest
and most complete ever shown anywhere,
for the Pan-American Exposition, has
been shipped to Buffalo.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY is delight

DRESIDENT MCKINLEY IS delighted
with the recent news from the Philip.
zines, including the gallant and daring
eapture of Aguinaldo, by Gen. Fred Fun
| stsn and the continued surrender of Fill
pinO Officers and men as well as the
rapid anogress of the establishing of civil
goverHmeRt in the various provinces by
the Taft esHsmission. 1t looks as though
peace and prosperity were ahead of the
Philippines, and that both would come
much sooner than the most sanguine
would have predicted few weeks ago.
President Mckinley promptly assured
Senator Burton and Representatives Cur
tbs and Long, of Kansas, that Gen. Fun
ston's good work should be rewarded
and as promptly made him Brigadier
General in the regular army, although
that action on the part of the President
did not meet the approval of some of the
army fossils who say that Gen. Fun
ston is to young to be Brigadier General
in the regular army-he is only 35. The
answer to that argument is that Funston
earned his commission as Brigadier Cen
eral of Volunteers by his bravery and gal
lantry, and that now he has earned a
similar commission as regular, what a
man is cid enough to earn, he is old
enough to have. To properly reward
him was to encourage future Funstons to
perform gallant deeds when the occasion
for them arises.
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Mr.. C. A. Orcutt, of Elizabeth, n. j.,
President of the Newport News (Va. J
Ship Building Company, who is in Wash
ington for the purpose of signing con-
tract with the Navy Department for con-
structing the Charleston, which is to re-
place the cruiser of that name in the
Philippines, speaking of the great pros
perity of the ship-building industry, said:
'eThe total ships under construction in
our yards will represent cost of nearly
$28, ,0O0,00 when completed. About
one-third of this is merchant work, and
the other two-thirds are for the govern
ment. The Korea, building for the Pa
cifc Mail Co., which was recently sue
cessfully launched, is the largest mer-
chant vessel ever constructed in this
country. Her sister ship, the Siberia,
should be ready for launching in about
two months. The ships we now have
under construction are the battleships
Illinois and Missouri, one sheathed bat
tleship, two armored cruisers, one protec-
ted cruiser and the monitor Arkansas.
In addition to the two Pacific mail steam
ers, we are building four steamers for the
Morgan line. We are now employing
$500 men, and before many days we
shall have 1000 on the rolls"
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THE TaANscRrrr, s1.Oo per year.