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The sun., 1901-10-01
ITYBETNG CLEANED.
Secretary 0ahill Says Health
Board is Alert.
Meeting Of The State Officers OIL
Thursday Awaited With
Much Interest.

Secretary Cahill last evening said that
the Board of Health did not expect IN
epidemic Of smallpox this winter but
that the board was preparing to meet
it. In case of the disease getting u
foothold here it would be handled in
about the same way that il was last
year. In reference to the sanitary con.
dition of the city he said that the town
vas gradual: beng cleaned up and that
by the time cold weather set in il would
be as clean as it was possible to make
il under the conditions existing hero.
He said owing to the fact that the dis
ease was both north and south of Will
mington ii was not at all improbable that
there would be some smallpox here this
winter. Mr.. Cahill would not say that
the board expected it.
The meeting of the State Board Of
Health on Thursday is awaited with
much interest. At that time action will
be taken regarding plan to quarantine
the cases in the lower part of the State
near the Maryland line. 1t is thought
that the suggestion of Dir. Lowber, the
secretary. to have the patients sent to
The county farm in Sussex county will
be followed ont. 1t is believed that tho
disease in Sussex was brought there
from Maryland and some action win he
taken to prevent relatives and friends
Of the sick from visiting the sufferers
with the dread disease.
The sun., 1901-10-01
COMMITTEE Is POOR
Refcrmers Make a Pathetic Appeal
for Funds.
Nosing Cannot Start Until Coin
Pours Into the Treasury of the
Association,

Now that the Citizens Reform AS
sociation has succeeded in getting fifty
men to serve on its smelling" committee
it finds itself in dire straights for the lack
of funds. meeting was held last even
ing and a pathetic appeal was issued to
the taxpayers to come up and deposit
their hard earned funds to aid this aggrc-
cation in nosing around for some dread
full wrong that has been committed by
someone
This committee has further made the
discovery that the prosecutor of the
State is limited financially in his power
to employ necessary aid and that the
Citizens Committee is bothered by the
same limitations. Now the members of
this committee are giving their services
to IT, good % cause without pay. For
that reason the committee is exhorting
the public to bring forth its Offering.
The committee does not want any prom
iSes and wishes all those who are in
clined to think kindly of the committee
to be liberal and contribute their coin
at once.
The work before the committee has as
sumed such mammoth proportions that a
committee composed of William F. Kurtz.
DR.. Peter w. fomlnson and Howell s.
England has been appointed to confer
with other organizations. This is the
committee into whose hands the liberal
are supposed to leave their mite: Ed
ward Il. Belts Of Belts Machine Com
pany; Thomas III. Melvin. James Is.
oberly and Henry w. Sesse.
The sun., 1901-10-01
PIKE DIS MISSED.
Nan Accused of Larceny Tried in
City Court.

Charles Pike. arragned in City Court
last night on the charge Sf larceny. was
dismissed. On April 20 1899, Charles Nc
Cool. who ii that time was in the com
mission business near Third and King,
left his store in charge of Pike, who
was employed by him. When he re-
turned, he alleged he found that Pike
had sold two crates of eggs. sixty dozens.
for six cents a dozen. a box of lemons
md five bushels Of potatoes.
According TO his story he informed the
police and got out warrant for Pixies
arrest But. until yesterday. when he
was arrested by patrolmen Paulman and
Barr. Pike could not he found.
Sylvester u. Townsend, who represent
81 Pike. held that the accused could not
~ held on the larceny charge and the
Judge sustained him. Consequently Pike
was dismissed
Joseph Wcldin, George Bergman and
Jeremiah Mccormick were fined So each.
lnd Robert Oldworth 81 for disorderly
conduct. Spencer Wright, colored, was
fined 50 for heing drunk and disorderly.
Tie was brought in while the court was
in session having been arrested but few
minutes before by Detective William II.
Tones for acting disorderly at the p, W.
& r. station.
The sun., 1901-10-01
MORE WORK OF
COAL TRUST
Working Men Kept From Getting
Fuel at Cost.
RAILROAD is HELD UP
And Kept From Selling Coal 10 Em-
ployes at Cost. Experience OF
One Man in Buy
ing Coal.

With the dawninE of every day there
is some story brought to light concerning
the efforts Of the Wilmington coal trust
or some members Of that organization To
make the working people Of the city pay
an abnormal price for coal. The general
opinion is that the Labor League stand
ing as ii does MS the champion of the
workingman. should do something To
bring about Il reduction III the price ct
coal in Wilmington. From the present
outlook coal will be $675 or 81 Il ton be-
fore the winter is over, unless soni"'
thing is done to stop the trust from
squeezing the workingman.
II was not generally known until the
matter was ngitated by The Sun that
tho people of Wilmington were paying
50 much more Il ton for coal than the
working people of other places. A we'll
kncwn professional man in speaking
about the matter yesterday said:
For II number Of years ! lived in the
lower part or the State and always
bought my coal by the ear load. | went
to Philadelphia and inquired the price
Of fuel and found that | could buy the
coal there and have it delivered at my
home much cheaper than ! could procure
il i'll this city. The agent for the com
pany in Philadelphia asked me why
did not buy the coal from the Charles
Warmer Company. | told him that
could buy it in Philadelphia cheaper.
He said that he did not know how il
was as the Warmers were authorized Ia
sell the conl at as low figure as the
Philadelphia office. The coal trust is m
imposition on the people of Whining
ton and ! am glad that the thing is being
exposed"
y workingman who has reason to re.
member the coal trust tells this story.
Sometime ago before the Wilmington
Northern Railroad was acquired ly
the Philadelphia Il Reading Company the
railroad company furnished coal TO its
employees at the cost price. This practice
was finally stopped. The reason given
was that the Warner Company had gone
TO the railroad officials and told them
that if the practice Of furnishing coal to
tn" employees ut cost was not stopped
the Warner Company would stop ship
ping coal over that road. The railroad
company not wishing to lose the business
iefused TO sell its employees coal at the
I'D terms.
The sun., 1901-10-01
Mo0THLY REPORTS.
Arrests and Fines During the Month
Of September.

Chief of Police Massey reports the fol-
lowing arrests in September: Assault, / !;
assault with intent to commit highway
robbery. 81 assault and battery, 21; bas-
iardy, Il carrying concealed deadly
weapon, 1; corner lounging, 1; cruelty to
children. 1; cruelty to animals, 1; drunk
10; drunk and disoldrlly, 30; drunk and
trespasS, .; disordcrly conduct, "a; es-
capped from Ferris Industrial School, /:
fighting, 3: fcloniouS assault, 1; harbor-
ing unregistered dog. 3; incorrigibility. @;
Interfering with officer, .; keeping dis
orderly house, q larceny. %; leading idle
and vicious life, /; murder, 1; non-sup-
port, 3; neglected children. 81 obtaining
money under false pretences, 2; obtain
ing goods under false pretences Il pa
ti"nts, 3; peddlng without license, 4;
gcfusing to give transcript, l. rape, 8;
selling liquor on Sunday, L; selling liquor
without license, 3; selling liquor to
minors, L soliciting, |; threats, l; tres
pass, IA; vagrancy, G; witnesses, 8; total.
309
The following fires occurred in Septem.
her:
Williams and Thomas stable, rear No.
l21 West Front street. No damage.
Frame building No. 1913 Scott street,
owned by Henry Barklcy, partially de-
str0yed.
Stable, NJ. 1921 Gilpin avenue, owned
hy Peter Tyre. Damage about $50.
Stable, Brown and Stroud streets, own
I'd by Mrs. Catharine Tully. Damage
S25.
Easement of Opera House. No dam.
age.
Wilmington and Brandywine Leather
Factory, Fourth street between Orange
md ratnall. Damage about $1,000.
Residence Joseph Nicholson, 1907 East
Eleventh street Damage $40.
The sun., 1901-10-01

Il For accidents yesterday afternoon was
In record breaker. Within four hours
from about 2.3O O'Clock until within II few
minutes before g., there We're six acci
dents in which three persons We're badly
injured. The list follows:
Frederick Brown, aged 16 years, Of M
1916 West Eighth street, bad scalp wound
and body bruised.
Dennis Conner, of No. I'll Adams
street. ankle sprained and face bruised
James Hennis of No. 1l3 West Thir.
tieih street, conclusion of the brain.
X Lawrence Roman. aged years. No. 5l'
Orange street, head injured.
Elwood Mcdaniel, No. 101 'Shipley
street. head injured.
William Simms, right leg broken.
Ellis Mendinhall. No. S44 Poplar street,
shoulder dislocated.
iIcnnS is the most seriously injured
and his fall from the deck of vessel
may result in death. While working on
the steamer Denver ut the plant Of Tho
Harlan Il lIollingsworth Company Hen.
mis-. who is Il iitter-up, fell from the
upper deck to the lower deck. He fell
shrough a hatchway on the second deck.
When picked up by his fellow-workr
men ii was seen that ITennis was Seri-
yously injured He was taken to his
home in the Phoenix Ambulance and DR..
Joseph T.. Wales was summoned. Tlf
doctor found slight conclusion of the
brain and the mans body badly bruised
He will be able to tell today what tho
result of the injuries will he.
by the falling Of u tree in st. Peters
cemetery M Front and Union street <
Frederick Brown, aged 16 years, son Of
John Brown. the organ builder, of 30
s13l5 West Eighth street. Dennis Conner
Wf No. 21l Adams street, and several
nthcr boys were injured The tree was
Pcrowded with hoys who were watchin..
Ethn baseball game. Suddenly the trc"
We'll, The roots tearing free from tho
igronnd, carrying the boys down with IT,
The sun., 1901-10-01
TO OPEN NEW LINE.
Noodlawn Avenue Road to be Pu,
in Operation Wednesday.

The Woodlawn avenue branch of the
Peoples Railway system is to be put in
regular operation tomorrow, unless some
thing unforeseen occurs to prevent that
from being done. The cars will run on n
10 minute headway and will go over the
tracks of the Sixth and Seventh street
line. The western terminus will, for the
present. be at Woodlawn and Pennsyl-
vania avenues and the eastern terminus
1T Seventh and Buttonwood streets.
Eventually the ears will run to Wood
lawn and Shallcross avenues, to conneet
with the Park railway, provided permis
sion is granted by the Board OF Park
Commissioners to build the upper end Of
the connecting link.
While, as stated above, the schedule
'alls for II 10-minute headway, cars will
run mt more frequent intervals and
special cars will he put on when there
are attractions at the Wilmington Horse
Show Park. in front of which the road
passes. The first football game of the
season mt the Horse Show Park will be
played there next Saturday. General
Manager Crook of the trolley company
'ays he will see that ample accommodate
tions are provided for the people who
desire to go to the park.
The sun., 1901-10-01
TWO BOXING BOUTS
ssTim" Callahan Given the Decision
Over "JO6" Allen.

The Wilmington Athletic Club gay,
its second exhibition Of the season il
Pyle's Cycle Academy last evening The
audience was small There We're TIVE
bouts. The first contest was scheduled
to be a ten round go between Yourg
Kelley and George Walker, both Of
Fhiladclphia. II went the limit and was
called II draw by Referee Diamond.
The referee did not give entire salts
faction ana Tim Callahan refused to 20
on IL he was 10 otliciate. Jim" Dough
erty was iinniy secured to referee the
second bout. What was to have been n,
fifteen round srt-to between Callahan AMI
Joe" Allen only lasted nine rounds
In this round the referee stopped the
fight as Allen was unable to defend
HIMSELF Thc contest was good while il
lasted. In the ninth round Allen was
Knocked down twice. The decision was
given to Callahan.
The sun., 1901-10-01
BUCKED AGAINST SCRUBS.
Delaware College Team Has a
Hard Practice Game.
Although Still Suffering With Sore
Hand Captain Huxley Will
sn Play Saturday.

The Delaware College football team
plnyed Il hard practice game against tia
scrub team yesterday afternoon. On"
sk-fI1inute half was played in which
neither side scored The Varsity had the
ba1lsin the scrubs territory most of the
time but on account of penalties given
IDst the ball. Huxley was ont III foot
hall togs and took light practice. His
hand is still very sore but he hopes to be
IN the game Saturday. All the rest oi
tIif team is in fine condition. The work
S8 Evans ut fullback is especially pr0m.
rKing. lie runs hard and hits the line
with great force. He is also one of the
best men on defensive work.
Il Harrington. who has been playing
quarterback is getting along very well
considering the short time he has been
playing that position. He uses very good
Judgment in running the team and H.
also Il good man on running back kicks
His greatest drawback is that he Is
rather light.
In yesterdays game with the scrubs
tho interference was much better and
the men helped each other more than
heretofore. II is very likely that
should Huxley get in the game Saturday
lc will do the kicking MS Lawton is
tri.le uncertain.
The lineup Of yesterday was as fo-
The sun., 1901-10-01
TALKED HIMSELF FREE.
Philip Davis Colored, Charged With
Drunkennr ss. Escapes Fine.

Philip Davis. colored charged with
drunkenness, talked himself to liberty
He told Judge Churchmnn that he WAS
G5 years old, was born in Smyrna, had
been drunk but twice in his life, was \
soldier had been shot FIVE times, received
only $1i Il month pension, and promised
10 do right in the future. The judge told
him to 80 and sin no more.
The case of Annie Johns, colored.
charged with keeping disorderly house
at No 107 " alnut street, was continued
until next Monday. Edward NJ. Warren
and John Ash We're fined S. each for
pcddlng without license. Robert Har-
man. colored. was fined 81 for trespass.
Clarence Cooper. colored, was fined 81
and Martin +. Colder, colored. SO. for
lisordcrly conduct James Rogers aud
Thomas O'ConpelL.. charged. with acting
disorderly. We're dismissed on payment of
costs. Frederick Moody, colored, was
fined SO. and Frank Welsh. SIS. for disor
derby conduct. Andrew Crumish was
fined IS for resisting an officer.
The sun., 1901-10-01
LUCKY MR.. FAHEY.
Mistake of Court Clerk Saves Him
Money.

In Superior Court yesterday the case
If Patrick Fahcy, who was fined $25 ~
City Court last April on the charge Of
assault and battery on James @. Rutan
was heard on II writ of certiorari.
Charles w. Smith. for Mr.. Fahey. had
filed exceptions on the ground that the
record did not show that Mr.. Fahey had
had Il trial in the City Court. City So
liclor David j. Rcinhardt, representing
the city. examined the certificate and
admitted that the exception was well
founded.
The clerk Of the court, Harry T..
Ioslyn. had duly stated in the certificate
that Fnhey was arrested and pleaded not
guilty. and was adjudged guilty. but
had failed to state that he had been
tried.
The court sustained the exceptions ard
Mr.. Fahey will not have to pay the fine,
The sun., 1901-10-01
COUNTY TREASURY RICHER.
During Yesterday About $4,000
Was Received at Tax Office.

Many people beseiged the county tax
office yesterday and Receiver of Taxes
md County Treasurer Rettew and hi
assistants were kept almost continually
busy from early in the morning until
nearly o'clock last night, when til,
office was closed. In receipts yesterday
was record breaker though there was
not rs many people in the office as there
were on Saturday. About $4,000 was the
amount taken in during the day. 500 O0o
Of which was deposited at S.35 O'Clock
The remainder will be deposited this
morning.
The receipts for September exceed
those Of any month in the history of the
office. The deposits for the month wer
1921 .23919, 100000 more than ever was
deposited before in any one month. 1t
will require several days for the books
% he Strengthened out. The rebate on
tax bills in October will he three per
cent.
The sun., 1901-10-01
FIVE ACCIDENTS WITHIN
FOUR HOURS BREAKS RECORD

Young Brown fell head first on II
small rock and sustained II bad scalp
wound on the back of the head and 4
severely bruised body. lie was taken
TO his home by Columbus Neal and DR..
4. u. Frantz was summoned to ht-
tend to his injuries. The boy Is not seri-
ously hurt.
Conner had one of has ankles sprainel
and his face was bruised. The other
boys sustained slight injuries.
The tree was the one from which Wal
ter Gamble fell and afterwards died of
his injuries.
Lawrence Roman, aged years, son of
John Roman of No. SIG Orange street.
was run down by the wagon Of Under,
taker William III. Robinson, Jr., at
Sixth and Orange streets The child was
knocked down and rear wheel OF the
heavy wagon passed over his head. The
little fellow was carried home, It WAS
thought dead. and Dr. Smith Cooper was
summoned. After an examination he
said the child was badly injured.
Mr.. Roman is much incensed about the
accident. He claims to have witnesses
who saw the child run down aud, accord
ing to him. they say the men in the wa
ron, one Of whom was .,ir. Robinson,
drove on without stopping to ascertain
anything about the chid's injuries.
Elwood Mcdaniel, of No. 101 Shipley
street fell from a wagon of the Hygeia
Ice Company at Seventh and Market
streets and was injured about the head.
He was taken home in n wagon.
William Simms, aged 55 years, while
working in Gorman's wood yard at the
foot Of Orange street, fell from n pile nf
wood and broke his right leg. He was
taken to the Delaware Hospital in the
Phoenix Ambulance.
Ellis Mcndnhall. Of No. S4i Poplar
street. while climbing up "A steep garg.
plank to n vessel in the Harlan & Hoi-
lingsworth Companys shipyard. slipped
aud fell One Of his shoulders was dis
located.
The sun., 1901-10-01
LIVELY TINE PROMISED.
Several Matters of Interest to be
Taken Up.

Th" Levy Court will meet today anl il
has gone the rounds that there will be
an interesting session. 1t is expected
that the committee on magistrates and
ronstabes will report concerning the
hcld-up bills of Magistrate Daley and
Constable Smith.
The Seventh street bridge matter also
is expected to furnish something of in.
terest. MessrS. Mealey, Lynn and Meg
ginson, the bridge committee, it is said.
have examined the plans for the bridge
and found no provision for approaches
A short time ago, after n long discus
sion. the specifications for the bridge
were brought into court mt the instance
of Mr.. Chandler and il was found spncl-
fled an approach at the northern end
These specifications were recorded on the
minutes when the contract was awarded
TO Patrick Fahey.
The sun., 1901-10-01
DistiIiers Disappointed.

Deputy Attorney Revenue Collector
Daniel Burton returned 10 Wilmington
rom the lower part of the State yester-
lay morning. On his visit week ago
lr learned that fruit was scarce and
hat some OF the distilers would not
operate their plants, and now he brings
thr report that the fruit is 50 scarce
hat some of the distillcrs who bonded
md expected to have their plants III
,pelaton will not have wheel turning,
This will be a great disappointment
% some Of those who bonded as they
nid made their calculations to run dur
NJ the season, believing there would
10 /; reasonable amount of fruit.
The sun., 1901-10-01
TO BUILD NEW BOSTS.
Delaware Navigation Co. to Have
Two Steamers Buiit.

1t is reported that the Delaware Navi-
CATION Company is to have two paSScn-
ger steamboats, constructed by the Har-
Ian X Hollingsworth Company for SER
vice on its line between this city and
Philadelphia, Officials Of the Harlan &
Hollingsworth Company said that thei
have not received the contract MS vet. II
is understood. however, that that com.
pany will be the builders and will be
awarded the contract in a short time
The boats are TO he completed by next
Spring.
The steamer Diamond State, chartered
by the company. is tied up at the Pusey
4 Jones Company's wharf, where sht
will undergo repairs. From there tht
boat will return to the great lakes, from
which she came last spring
The sun., 1901-10-01
PRESBYTERY MEETING.
'ynod Of Baltimore to Meet at Cum
herland.

The Prcsbytcry Of New Castle will
meet at the head of the Christiana NJ
: O'Clock this afternoon. The Rev. W.
i. Schall, the retiring moderator, will
reach the sermon. l.. j. Bush of Cen
raj Presbyterian Church, will represent
he session Of that church. Only routin,
BUSINESS is expected to be transacted.
The Synod Of Baltimore will meet 1T
cumberland, Md, October IA ut 8 O'Clock
fhe Rev. Tunis NJ. Halin. ID. d., Of
Washington, d. G., is moderator The
synod of Baltimore includes District OF
folumbia, Maryland and Delaware.
The sun., 1901-10-01
FIREMEN TO VISIT.
Friendship Company Making Ar
rangements to Entertain Guests.

Members of the Friendship Fire COM
pany are making elaborate arrangements
FOR the entertainment of the Union Fire
Company of Lebanon. Pa. on the occn-
sion of its visit to this city on Friday.
The visitors will arrive by boat from
Philadelphia about noon and will be met
at the ', ..nington Steamboat Co.'S wharf
~ Il delegation of members of the
Friendship Co. who will escort them to
he Clayton House.
In the evening they will be given ban
met 1T the Friendship home. On Sat,ir-
lay morning the visitors will be taken to
New Castle on special trolley cars.
After visiting the Jail they will go to tn.
mginrhouse of the Lcnape Fire Co.,
where they will become the guests of thr
Nrw Castle iremen. The visitors Will
return home on Saturday evening.
The sun., 1901-10-01
Held for Non-Support.

Before Magistrate Bradley last night
James Moritz was charged with non
support and was held in $500 bail for
court: John ID. PancOast was charged
with assault and was assessed the costs
III default Of which he was committed;
Alice Robinson was charged with breach
If the peace and threats and was re-
0uired to furnish Il peace bond and John
Dillon was charged with obtaining $f55
from William Toy by false pretenses blu,
the case WAS adjourned until tomorrow
morning. There We're also three other
cases tried, each OF which Were dis
missed
The sun., 1901-10-01
To Erect New Brid ge.

Mnrter Carpenter j. Il. Smith OF thr
Maryland division Of the r., w. & B.
will start the work of erecting
A new bridge below Elkton. to replace
he one washed away several weeks ago.
inns week. Large abutments of solid
granite will be built on either side of
the creek and will be so firmly fixed that
! waShout will be impossible. The iron
for the bridge has arrived. The work
VIII not Interfere with the traffic over
the road.
The sun., 1901-10-01
MR.. HAUBER TREASURER,
Local Man Named for National
Officer of LIQUOR reaIers' Assn.

flames III. Kane. Anton Hanber and
i"hn -. Hartmann, the delegates to the
National Retail Liquor Dealers Asso-
'iation Convention, held in Niagara
iNnlls, have returned home. They all re-
'ort having had u good time.
Mr.. Ilauber was elected treasurer.
This is an honor for Wilmington. Ed,
yard J.. Jordan Of Washington was
lcctcd president. Resolutions of sym
,athy for the soldiers affected hy the
tholition of the canteen were adopted
md The hope expressed in the records
" the meeting that the canteen will be
etnrned To them as Il necessity TO com
ont, recreation and sobrcty.
The sun., 1901-10-01
Can Select Either posi,;on

An important change in civil service
examinations for postoflice positions has
been made by the department in WASH
'ngton. Heretofore clerks and carriers
have been examined separately, while in
The future their examinations will he
the same and those who pass can decide
whether they will accept a position as u
carrier or clerk.
The sun., 1901-10-01
Permits for Buildings.

Buildmg Inspector Cassidy yesterday
granted permits for ten twn-story dwcll-
ings Eight are to he built by William
q. Tindall on Sixteenth street east cl
Wnshlngton 1T Il cost Of 81, 800 each, and
two by Emil and William Johnson. ol,
the east side of Pine street north of
Nandever avenue at a cost OF 81 400 each
A permit was also issued to ]. Mason
Phillips to build an addition AMI MAKE
improvements to the house No. 1902 Della
ware avenue, at Il cost of $75