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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

The following property transfers were
recorded at the City Registry Bureau
yesterdays A property on the west
sido OF Rockford lane northeast of
Eighteenth street, west side Of Tatnall
between Eighth and Ninth, north side
of Seventh between Wilson and Poplar,
east side of Harrison south of Shall
cross avenue, Eouth side Of Tenth east
Of Union. west side of Warner southsof
Beech, east side Of Stroud south OF
Brown, south side of Sixteenth west of
Claymont, south side of Sixteenth east
OF Head, northeast corner of Lincoln
street and Lancaster avenue, east side
of Church north of Eighth, south side
OF Ninth west OF Lombard, south side
Of Seventh between Lombard and Pine.
west side Of Lincoln between Sixteenth,
and Seventeenth, southwest corner of
Seventeenth and West, north side of
Linden east OF Franklin, north side of
Gilpin avenue east of Scott, southeast
corner of ShallcroBs avenue aud du Pont,
south side OF Hhalloross avenue east of
du Point, north side of Shallcfoss avenue
west of Clayton, Dorthweat corner Of
Twelfth and Head, northeast corner OF
Sixth and Bayard avenue, southwest
corner Of Fifth and Union, west side OF
Union south of Seventh, west side of
Union north of Sixth, north side of
Seventh west of Union. by William P.
Bancroft and wife to the Woodlawn Co.
for S88, 600; north side of Twenty third
east Of the Boulevard, by ST. Johns
Church to the North Side Improve
ment Co., for nominal consideration.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04
aaarriages.

BRINcKLR-MoNouRE- June aeth, 1901 in
Zion p. e. Ceufph, Fairfax. Va, by the Rev. X.
]; Hammond, William Draper brinckle OF this
city and Anna Hull Moncure Of Fairfax. Va.
DIBEL ER-ADKINe-At Asbury parsonage, Will
mington. Del, June soth 1901 ,sby the Rev. H.
s. Dnlaney Nimrod pibsler OF Darby, Pa, and
Annie r. Adkins OF Berlin. Nd.
DoWNING-W Harrison street par
sonage, ON June 10Th, 1901, by the Rev, WI <,
Avery. Charles W. Downing ahd Lille Q. Work
man, both OF this city.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 81. Peters Pro-
Cathedral, on June 26sh, 1901. by the Very Rev
John A, Lyons. assisted by the Rev. Edward j..
Meyeigh. }9bsRh ?: lnopkherty and Miss Mary
Al. MoS&id Both on tbfs CITY.
LuTToN-FLA.EAd4N-At Harrison street par
sonaga .on June IN, 1901. by the Rev. W. K.
gan, both Of Darby, PA. KS
MEGEEC RossANf-At the home or Mr.. A. Ed
ward Bhodes, 29f6 West Seventeenth street,
on june 9th. 1901. BY the Rev. WE. Dawson.
Robert O. Mcgee and Bessie y. crossan, both OF
this city. 31 "
sHocKLRY-GEDbING--At st Paul's r. c.
Church. on June 2eth, 1901, by the Rev. John j.
conneliy, chancellor OF the diocese, John r.
shockley, formerly Of Trenton, N. j., and Mis-
Annie @. Gedllng Of this city. w
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04
TAXES MUST Be PAID.

Bills OF Delinquents Placed in the Hands
of Magistrates by Heoeiyer Rettew.
Horace G.tRettew. county treasurer
aud receiver OF taxes, has decided that
all delingnent taxes must be paid this
month and in order to bring about that
result has placed the bills OF delinquents
in the hands OF Magistrates Bradley
and Hollis and their conBtables, Charles
Green, Thomas ii. Buckley and Lucius
q. Jones, are to do the collecting. The
constables began work under the order
Tuesday.
Constable Buckley has one OF the
largest patches of hills. SO having been
placed in his hands. They range from
S12 to $500 and are fer the years 1891,
SO, 80 and 1900. The bills at Magis.
trate Hollis Office represent about
5000.
The oonstahles' instructions are to re-
quest the tsxaLles to pay aud If the
request ia not complied with to sell the
properties.
1--WE do not like to distress the
people" eaid Mr.. Hollis this morning,
but the Levy Court says the taxes
must be paid ano as the bills have been
placed in our hands we have no alterna-
tive and must collect the money
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

Jacob 5. Rogers, formerly owner Of
the Rogers locomotive works of Pater-
son, N. j., was found dead in b,s room
10 the Union League Club, New York
City, Tuesday, Mr.. Rogers home
was at Paterson. but he kept room
at the club, where he Was accustomed
TO stay whsn visiting New York. He
went to the club Monday night and
when be did not rise at his usual time
Tuesday an attendant went to his
room and found him dead. Mr..
Rogers complained Monday night Of
feeling the heat a great deal. When
the body was found 1t was on the floor
some distance from the bed, indicating
that Mr.. Rogers. who was an old man,
had tried to summon assistance. Mr.
Rogers was the uncle Of MRS William
du Point, Mrs. T. B. Bradford and
Theodore Beauclero Rogers
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04
TWO CITIES FLOODED.
The HOT SPELL.

No Permanent Break Can Yet be Predicted
by Weather Bureau ohicials.
Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires.
Washington, July 3.-louisville and
Baltimore were the two hottest cities
in the United States at s O'Clock thia
morning according to official figures,
the thermometers at that hour register
ipg 81 degrees in both places. Their
closest competitors for first honors are
Boston, New York. Philadelphia! and
sorautons in the East, Charleston and
Savannah, in tho South, and Cinoin-
natl and Kansas OIty, in the West, all
with ~ degreesNrecorded at that hour
of the day.
No permanent break in the bot spell
can yet be predicted by the 'weathes
Bureau officials.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04
oBITUARY.

George T. ". Dick, aged 76 years.
died in Washington Tuesday. He
was o former resident of this city and
q member of Delaware Lodge, /. o. o.
F., and Oriental Lodge, X. Of r. The
funeral will tahe place this after
noon, with services at Mt. Salem
Chuich and intSrment 10 the cemetery
adjoining.
Charles Mitchell. aged 70 years. died
at his home near Brandywine Summit
about noon, Tuesday. it was at first
reported. he had suocumbed from the
excessive heat, but such was not the
case. Mr.. Mitchell, had been sick for
several years. He was a former en-
ploye of the National Kaolin Works.
He is survived by widow.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04
WHEAT IN HIS EAR.

Serious Result of Boys Play While Going
H to School.
George Risler of 50a North Franklin
street, aged ID years, has been suffering
for sometime with pains in the head
and lett ear. Finally DIR. McColley
was called and made an examination
and found several grains of wheat, some
of which had sprouted. The boy felt
relieved after the wheat was removed,
but the side of his face is still swollen
and gives him pain,
The grains are supposed to have
gotten In the ear while boys were
throwing whoat at each other on their
way to school,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

Albert Il. johnson Of Cleveland, o..
brother of Mayor Tom L, johnson
died Tuesday at Fort Hamilton, New
York.
President O'Connell! of the Interna-
national Association OF Mschinists
stated Tuesday that he regarded the
great strike for e-hour day as practi-
cally won. Only 5000 men, he says,
are now out, and agreements are being
signed every day. e-73s
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal
Dover, July 3--Plsus and speciiicn-
tione Tor extensive improvements at the
f., W. 81 b. railroad station here have
been prepared and as soon as the deeds
for the two properties en- either side OF
the station, which the company
recently purchased, are delivered, work
on the intended improvements will be
started. They will consist OF a new
station, with all modern improvements,
and the extension of the company's
lines to at least 100 feet into LOCKER
man street, thus giving more room and
making the entranse to the station
nearer than at present.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04
COUNTRY WEEK.

In this heated spell, when the most
faoVred are suffering, word may we'll
be said for the country week work.
which aims to give an outing in the
country to poor women and children.
This work is under the direction of a
committee Of the Associated Charities,
Of which Mrs. William H. Hill is
chairman, Last year so persons were
given outings. Contributions for the
work will be gladly received by Every
Evening, or By John s. Rosseli,
treasurer of the Associated Charities.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

In Orphans Court yesterday, Judge
Sptuanee appointed Ashton r. Iatnall
guardian of Helen g., Sarah r. aud
Joseph Tatnall, his children. John
Wright, administrator of James Smith,
received permission to sell real estate.
John II. Rodney fled a petition to make
Judgments q lien, on the recognizance
in the matter CT the real estate Of Eliza
Cochran, deceased, Orphans and
Chancery Courts are to meet next
Wednesday when Chancellor Nicholson
is to preside. G4f
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

Mr.. and Mrs. P. &. Cooper, accom-
panied by DR.. Joseph P. Pyle, the at
tending physician, and Mr.. Cooper's
trained nurse, Miss McFadden, left
yesterday in the private car of the vice.
president of the Philadelphia & Reading
Railway for Clifton Springs, N. Y.
Mr.. Cooper has had critical illness Of
about Il weeks, but ia slowly recover
ing. The attending physician is DIR.
Pyle, and Mr.. Cooper's improvement
ia due to his skill and care.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

AssociatedPress Dlspltcn Dy Special Wires ~
Philadelphia, Pa. July 8.-Wheat. 1c higher No,
No. PennsJ lynnia in export elevator, TO1Sa7lc;
No. red spot in export elevator 6glSai0o
Corn. firm; No. for local trnde. 45a4aaec.
Oats, tirm; No. 2 white clipped, 33szc.
Bran, steady wlnter IN bulk 90; spring
in sacks, Slt.50nlo.00.
Butter, nrm; fancy Western creamery, 1870;
fancy western PRINTS 2oc. do. nearby prints, &c.
Eggs, steady fresh Nearby. 1ic.: do. Western,
1tc.; do. Southwestern, l2Lc., do. Southern, l2c.
Refined sugars unchanged.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

While Everett Chandler Of 209 Shir.
ley street, carpenter. was working on
the annex to Lippincott & Co. g build
ing, BOG Market street, about 10 O'Clock
yesterday, he fell through q sky
light, a distance Of IS feet, and was
badly cut ard bruised. He was taken
IN the Phoenix ambulance to the
homeopathic Hospital.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04
STORM DAMAGE OUT WEST
Various Parts of Michigan
Visited by Tornadoes.
ONE MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Dwellings, and Barns Over
turned by Wind,
The Cities OF Champaign and Urbana, I'm
Illinois, Flooded Tuesday Nigh, as tho
Result OF What is Supposed to Have Been
Cloudburst--rhe Loss Heavy.

Associated Press Dispatches by Special Wires,
Detroit, Mioh., duly 3.-Storms In
various parts of this State did CON
siderable damage yesterday AFTERNOON. (,
At jackson q small cyclone demol-
ished two dwellings, and uprooted trees
at Saginaw, James Davenport was
killed by lightning, and at Gold Water,
small tornado Overturned dwelling
and several barns. =
Similar reports Of wind and rain
come from other towns.
TWO crrIEs FLOODED.
Champaign, Ill, July 3. Cham.
naign and UrDana were flooded last
evening. az the result Of what is Thought
to have been a oloudburst The dsluge
lasted two hours,
The river, which flows through both
cities, operiiowed its banks, inundating
the university greenhouses and threat
ening the. home of President A. s.
Draper and the campus.
In the city Of Champaign, business
men have lost thousands Of dollars'
worth Of property by water.
Telegraph apd telephone wires are
down, and the street car service was
stopped for houra Lightning struck
several houses. <.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

George Bookius, Jr., of Delaware
avenue and Clayton street. who broke
his leg three months ago and has been
at the Delaware Hospital, has been re-
leased from that institution and Is now
at his home. He is recovering. but as
yet has very little strength 10 the
injured limb and cannot move about
much.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04
COUNTY DEFAULTS
ON THE PAYMENT
Levy Court Arranges to Extend
Time on $4,000 Bonds.
'lT WILL ALSO BORROW $4,000
Discussion Over Refunding of
Adams Tax Money.

Some Members Think Tint All the Money
Should be Paid Back by the County, and
That 1t should Look to the City and State
for REINFORCEMENT for Their Respective
shares--Attorney Knowles Statement.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

Thomas ougherty, who was drowned
IN Crum Greek on Sunday, was buried
Tuesday from the residence of rela-
tives in this city,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

Maybelle z. Bilderbaok and E. Cliff
ford Wilson we're married at Central
mause by the Rev. DIR. McCurdy at Il
o CLOCK yesterday, ---->----s seI
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

This 44th annual report of the Will
mingtou Institute Free Library has
been issued in pamphlet form.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04
now York ouotatlons.

Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires.
New York, July S.-The stock market opened
steady IL. - a ~
The suburban citizen., 1901-04-20

John Weir, fraternal delegate from
the British Trade Union congress to
the American Federation Of Labor
convention, which was held in Louis
Vile recently, was born in 1851, in q
mining village in the Scottish lowlands
called Parkneuk situated in the county
of Fife. Both his parents we're mine
workers, in a m Inc which was then the
property OF Lord Elgin, and having
attended school until he was IL years
Of age, he also went to work in the
same mine, to help support his wild
owed mother In 1872 he was chosen
to represent the Elgin colliery on the
executive board Of the Fife and Kin
ross Miners Union, and in 1876 he was
appointed permanent president Of that
body Two years later he resigned in
order to accept a position in a large
paper mill in England. His stay in
that part of the country was destined
to be brief, for the Fife miners in the
death of their old secretary invited Mr.
Weir to accept the vacant ONCE. This
he consented to do and since Septem-
Der, $780, he has performed that duty
with credit to himself and great ad-
vantage to the cause. In 1884 he was
heeted a member OF the Dumferlina
sehool board, and at the general cleo
lion of 1892 was requested to stand
election to represent western Fife In
The suburban citizen., 1901-04-20
A FORTUNE IN
OLD QUILTS

In Georgia a mother and daughter
have earned enough money by the
making Of old fashioned quilts to pay
of the mortgage on their farm and re-
stock 1t with the best blooded animals
and tue most approved implements.
The mother had received among her
wedding presents forty years ago near
ly halE a hundred beautifully made
quilts. Only a small number had ever
been used, and when the rainy day
came these wedding presents were as
good as the day when they had first
been stored away in the various cedar
chests of the garret.
At loss to know how they we're to
earn money for their daily bread the
mothey at last thought of the quilts.
Fancy!ng that some of her country
neighbors might be willing to buy
hem at reduced prices she took them
from their hiding places and suggested
It to her daughter. Fortunately the
laughter had learned that such things
we're IN demand among the northern
The suburban citizen., 1901-04-20
THE HOTEL CHECK PROBLEM.
a Question of whether TO Offend Guests
or Risk Losing Money.

or Risk Losing Money.
The hotel clerk was standing behind
the desk with a disconsolate look on
his face.
What's the matterG" asked q friend.
"Matter?' said the clerk "Why, it's
the same old story. I've been stuck
for another check This check bust.
ness causes us hotel clerks more
trouble than anything else in the world.
There is a general rule in hotels that
no checks shall be cashed but very Of
ten travellers run short of money. 1t is
good business policy to cash these
checks when you can be sure that
they're all right. No hotel can afford
to be continually offending guests. At
the same time, if a clerk cashes a bad
check he has to stand the loss.
"The average hotel clerk has learned
by bitter experience to be a pretty
good Judge of human nature, but every
now and then he slips UP. Only a
week ago a big, splendidlooklng fell
low came to me and got me to cash a
check for 500. 1 sized him up and de-
cided that he was all right, and that
he was a good man to keep among the
steady patrons of the hotel. A few
days later back came the check with
No funds marked across it. The re-
suit was that was out 500"
While the clerk was talking swag-
Ser-looking woman came up to the
desk, and smiling sweetly at the clerk,
said:
"wm you please cash this little
check?"
The clerk was all graciOusness. He
took the check and examined it care
fully without saying anything.
"Oh, it's all right" said the woman.
"0f course. if you don't want to cash
It you needn't. Mr.. So-and-So knows
me quite well, and you can telephone
him about it If you want to, but it
would save me a great deal Of trouble
If you would cash it for me now"
Certainly, madam" said the clerk,
and then he went over and held con-
sultation with the cashier.
They decided that the woman was a
good investment and gave her the
money. She went away smiling, and
then the clerk said:
"Now, there is just about an even
money chance. If hadn't cashed that
check she would have been highly in
suited, and would have talked about
this hotel as long as she could remem-
ber. If she is all right she will be
good customer, but If she isn't / am
out another twenty-five. New York
Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1901-04-20
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Sir George Murray Smith. the we'll
known London publisher. is dead.
Andrew Carnegie has been reelected
to the General Committee Of the
American Society.
1t is to be recognized that General
Cassius NJ. Clay ut ninety-two is just
as young as he shoots.
King Edward VII. has purchased a
French motor phaetOn capable OF MAX
ing fifty miles an hour.
Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist, has
Just passed successfully through the
grip and his seyenty-fourth birthday.
Senator Bailey, of Texas, has de-
clared for Carter Harrison for Demo-
cratic candidate for President in
1904.
Quartermaster-G General Ludington
partment in Washington after two
weeks in Cuba.
II Is said that the railroad presi-
don't with the largest salary is Charles
NJ. Hays, of the Southern Pacific, who
receives $4,000 a year.
Grand Duke Michael, the heir.ap-
parent to the Russian throne, will
soon begin 4 tour OF the Empire to
study administration methods.
Sir Arthur Power Palmer, X. G. b.,
the new Commander-in-C Chief in India,
is one Of the tallest men in the British
army. He is six feet four inches in
height, and is nicknamed Long F."
Philander c. Knox, the Attorney
General was, in his youth, expelled
from the West Virginia University
for attending a performance of East
lynne" 1T served me right" Mr.
Knox is quoted as saying.
Major Cardew, r. e., electrical adj
wiser to the British Board of Trade,
told the London Society of Arts the
other evening that there is not the
slightest doubt that electric trains
can be safely run at a speed Of 100
miles an hour, but the expense would
be so great that it is doubtful whether
such trains would be profitable"
The suburban citizen., 1901-04-20

( Several particularly pathetic cases
within the last few months have been
the cause of reviving the old agitation
in England for the modification Of the
law which requires that the sentence
Of death shall be pronounced in each
case Of a woman convicted Of infan.
ticide. This law is regarded by the
majority Of thinking Engllshmen as
Q crude and cruel relic Of those days
when in the early part of the last cen
tury persons were condemned to death
for stealing a few cents worth Of can.
dies or flowers. For many years no
woman has been sent to the gallows
for this crime in fact, the term Of i'm.
prisonment is being continually less
ened. But in the matter Of the pro.
nouncement of the death sentence,
there is absolutely no discretionary
power given to the presiding justice
Knowing full well that the Homo
Secretary will change the sentence tC
n comparatively short term Of impris
onment still he must 80 through the
ghastly form Of sentencing her to bC
hanged by the neck until she is dead
AS those interested in the proposed re-
form say, this is merely a form OF
exquisite torture, as cruel as It is un
necessary. An empty formula, it is
contrary to all the modern notions Of
justice.
The suburban citizen., 1901-04-20
LABOR WORLD.

Velvet mill workers at Mystic, Conn.
have won their strike.
The Brazil soft coal district, in In.
diana, win be indefinitely tied up by
q strike.
In Italy children Of either sex under
nine years Of age are not permitted
to work IN factories.
Wages OF puddlers at the rolling
mill at York, Penn, have been adj.
vanced twenty-five cents ton.
Fifty thousand citizens of Indiana
are employed in wood Industries, and
receive annually $15,0O0,000 in wages.
The coal workers at Marseilles.
France, decided to resume work. and
the prolonged strike is finally Mt an
end.
Five hundred carpenters and paint.
ers at Sharon, Pcnn., struck causing q
general suspension of building opera.
tiOnS.
Two hundred and thirty-two thou
sand eight hundred and twenty-one
women are employed in English cot
ton factories; only 1925 men.
-Four hundred coal miners who have
been on strike Mt Blossburg, Ala. on
account OF a difference regarding the
charges for yardage work, have re-
turned TO work
Over $50 union painters and deco
rators at Cincinnati, Ohio. struck
because of the refusal OF the Mas
ters' Association to sign the scale de-
manding $3.50 for an eight-hour day.
The refusal OF bosses to grant an
increase of two and One-half cents
per hour and that eight Hours should
constitute a days work has caused
strike of 100 painters and decora-
tors at Auburn, n. Y.
The Northern Pacific and Great
Northern companies have placed or
ders in the East for 2000 Italian labor
ers to do construction work in Wash
ington and adjoining States this sum
mer. They will take the place Of
Oriental laborers It is the largest
order ever sent from the West for
white labor.
The suburban citizen., 1901-04-20
The Happy Discovery
Made by e
Georgia Girl

boarders Of the large hotels in fash
ionable winter resort near them.
She took few Of the best quilts and
trudging a distance of nearly five miles
offered them for sale to the ladies OF
the hotel. The prices they paid made
her open her eyes, and when they ask
ed if she had more she invited them,
with all the unconscious independence
Of a Georgia cracker to call on her
mother and take their pick Of the
others.
Her invitation was accepted that
same day, and before the week ended
they had not only sold all the old quilts
that they would part with, but had
taken orders to make others like them
to the amount of several hundred dol
lars. From this beginning they have
worked up a trade that pays them a
snug sum each year, and which, the
daughter declares now that she has set
her farm to rights, she intends pushing
to an established and remunerative
business