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Evening journal., 1902-01-27
OPINION
"Our Caesar

From the Delaware Democrat.
The Gas King is evidently preparing
Tor an early and a strenuous campaign.
lie is letting no grass grow under his
feet, but long before the first note of
preparation is heard I'M the other camps
he sounds a note of warning, and begins
to get ready for the fray.
He boasts of being able to take care
OF New Castle county himself, and says
the work done by Kent county men was at
his request. What a mighty man Of
valor is this knight who Thus pro-
claims his prOwess in the sight of all
men. Upon what meat doth this. our
Caesar feed, that he hath grown so
great2' Certainly no ordinary food is
sufficient to keep him in good condi-
ticn. II must be that he is puffed up
with air or gas, and has no real sub
stance The article i'm the Sun. writ
ten by him. might have been an emana-
tion from BOmbastes Furioso, so full of
wind is 1T and so egotistical is it's
spirit He, the great John Edward, is
tho Union Republican party. and those
who do not yield to his pretensions,
but claim that others as we'll as he are
to be accounted worthy of support. are
"bolters" and outside the organization.
We misiudge the Regulars very much
If this exhibition of spleen on the part
of the Gas Magnate strengthens his
forces in any way. IL will serve rather
to weaken them. as many must be dis
gusted at such vaporings, and will not
follow where such men lead
Evening journal., 1902-01-27
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
HE Was a Mean. Skinny Man,

There are many mean men in Will
said a prominent lawyer ITO
the Wayfarer few days ago, but
there are some who are meaner than
others. and simply are malicious in
their meanness. While going out Della
ware avenue in a trolley car Friday
evening, every seat in which
was taken, there was a
Thin, young man sitting next to me.
don't know his name, but he is the
meanest little skinfiint that it is pos
sible to imagine"
What did he do that was so mean?"
II win tell you. The car stopped at
Washington street, and a big, fat
woman got on. She must have weigh
ed 300 pounds. Up jumped this little,
skinny man and said, Here, madam,
take my seat. She began to sit down
and if you ever saw men crOwding 20
make room for her. you could have
seen it then. We were packed so tight
ly that one could not get UP without
the concurrence of about twO-thirds OF
that side of the car. The skinny fellow
looked smilingly on as we sat there in
misery. IL was mean trick He
should have let some big man got NJ
and given the woman seat.
Evening journal., 1902-01-27

Mr.. Addicks may write and publish
his manifesto. but he can neither buy
nor cudgel the people of Delaware into
supporting him. Nothing better than
moral idiot would ever have written
such a piece of blackmail. The day of
bluff with such a man is gone. No
longer can one man read another man
into the background as does Mr.. Ad-
dicks attempt TO read Congressman
Ball out of the Republican party. We
have no sympathy with Mr.. Balls pO-
litlcal principles, but so far as a Re
publican goes he is making an excel
lent congressman. Addicks has no po-
litical principles save that of a politi-
cal lshmaelite. an adventurer and a
sOrganizer-SusseX Journal.
Evening journal., 1902-01-27

The action of the Republican County
Committee on Saturday in adhering to
its rule previously adopted, of not al
lowing a candidate to stand for re-
nomination Immediately after having
served a term in office, raises a ques-
tion about which much may be said
on either side, II is urged that there
are many persons capable of filling
the various positions of trust in this
county. and that the offices should not
he given over to perpetual oifice-hold-
ers. Yet a rule of this kind, rigidly
adhered to, might exclude from re
nomination at times. men of eXcep-
tional ability, and whose qualih
cations are known to be super
Evening journal., 1902-01-27

The defaulting teller of the First Ma
tional Bank of Dover William N.
Boggs, has wife whom he should be
more than proud of, and to whom he
should give his whole love and devo-
tion as long as she lives. This woman
appeared before President Roosevelt
and stated the object of her visit. The
President admired the pluck and cOur-
age of this woman. and the sentence
of Mr. BOggs was commuted.-Dela
ware Ledger.
Evening journal., 1902-01-27
slIrht Blaze on saturdax NIeht

Through the rain on Saturday night.
the district fire companies dashed in
response to an alarm from box No. 1913.
al Eighth and New streets. The fire
was in the dry room of the dyeing es-
tablishment Of Henry Brooks. No. 2lO
West Seventh street The damage was
about SIS
Evening journal., 1902-01-27

refining influence Of the home is lost,
the race may well stop and wonder
whether perdition is staring it in the
face.
And this brings up a question that Is
likely 10 cause US some concern in the
future; what shall we do with our
leisure classes, particularly the women?
That satan finds mischief for idle hands
is a truth that applies to women as
to man. There is a large and growing
class of women who have no object in
life. save TO crafty their own whims.
The duties of the household are re-
garded as slavery, from which the new
woman thanks God she is
emancipated But often her
emancipation has not given
her the energy or capacity to actively
engage in other pursuits.
Collaborating among this class has
grown obsolete. All the offices of the
household are borne by servants. There
is nothing to do but to plunge into the
whirl of society. That may mean any
thing. But when a life is devoted to
it, there comes an unrest, a nervous
excitement that is unnatural. The
candle OF life burns fast, and at both
ENDS, and stimulants become almost a
necessity The physical and nervous
strain of certain society women Is
appalling. Every twenty-four hours
witnesses a round that includes the
theatre. a dozen calls, ball, and elab-
crate dinners. No wonder there Is a
resort 10 stimulants to keep up the spir-
its and 10 compel the wearied body to
continue to endure the unnatural strain
put upon it.
Long ago the man sought refuge in
The club. and tine fashionable woman
has followed his example. Some of
these are splendid institutions, and Of
fer to the earnest woman chances for
development along proper lines. But
in our large cities there are others
THAT are mere lomging places where
tppling lis common, and where distaste
for home is cultivated.
II the condition which undoubtedly
prevails, and which is spreading, is not
checked, how is the future generation
to be affected? There are children
which inherit the appetite for drink
from their fathers5 shall they add to
this a craving which has been drawn
with their mothers milk? The Thought
Is alarming. The remedy, If il could
be enforced, is having something to do.
No one wishes to keep in the home the
woman who has nothing to do there.
and who must suffer genteel poverty.
'or soil her hands with the occupations
.of men. Let the doors of trade and of
the professions be thrown wide open
for such, but do not extend the emanci-
patton to those who have the great po-
sitions of honor and trust, the ordering
and directing of THE home the rearing
.of children, and the mission of making
the lives of Those who reside there
brighter and better.
Evening journal., 1902-01-27

The Mckinley Monument Associa-
tion has two purposes in view, to
erect suitable memorial to the late
President. and to make it Of such a
nature that it will add to the beauty of
one of our public parks Mckinley
day will be observed in the schools
next Wednesday, and in the evening
there will be public entertainment at
the Opera House. This will offer the
opportunity for thousands to contrib
ute, who will doubtless be glad to give
small sums. There have been a mum
Der of large contributions. from 500
'downwards. There are numbers OF
our wealthy merchants and manufac-
turers who will subscribe now that the
project is assured.
Evening journal., 1902-01-27
Small Houses Scarce

A renter. who has been casting about
for trife better house, informs us
that there lis slight increase in
the rates of rent this year, which indi-
Gates. what one or two of our builders
have said. that there will be a greater
demand for moderate sized, modern
improved houses here than last year.
There were few small houses built in
1901. while there were several causes
TO lead 10 an increase in Wilmington's
population. Our Industries are increas-
ing in number, and in size. They are
prosperous and employ more people
who must find homes. The new troll
leys have done us good, and the pros
poets of more being constructed are
likely to bring MS a larger population
There have been few houses built tc
meet this demand. and there is an
/ opening for good investment in the
erection Of more dwellings.
Evening journal., 1902-01-27
Be Careful What You Say

A few days ago a man was heard
telling his son not TO take any abuse
from another boy. but to wade In and
thrash the other boy Now If that
is good doctrine to teach a boy, why
not the men do the same? And what
sort of a community would this be If
that principle be adopted.
Evening journal., 1902-01-27
Give Us an Inierpretsr

A well known lawyer says that the
Courts Of New Castle county should
have an official interpreter, as the bar
can employ whomever they please,
and then the case is really in the hands
of the interpreter. as no attorney or
Judge can understand foreign born wit
nesses. In cities of the first class in
terpreters are appointed by the Cover
nor. and sworn in as other officials are.
Evening journal., 1902-01-27

It seems that some peoples idea of
"our embrace of Cuba" is TO get her
foul and squeeze her to death.-Dela-
ware Pilot.
Evening journal., 1902-01-27
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Judge Thomas Breen, Of Michigan,
who served during the Civil War, has
just received mis- discharge papers, at
ter being lost i'm the archives of the
National Capitol for many years. What
makes the document particularly inter
esting is the fact that il bears the
signature of the late President when
he-was william Mckinley, Jr., cap
tain and acting assistant adjutant-gen-
Ieral."
Tho Very Rev. Dr. Charles +. Gran
nan. who has been named by the Pope
as the American consultOr on the Pom
ltifcal Commission on Questions Con
lcerning Holy Writ, is a priest OF th'
Evening journal., 1902-01-27

The volume prepared by the late
we'll known art critic CosmO Monk
house on Chinese Porcelain will be is
sued on this side by the A. Vessel
Company (Cassell & Co.. London)
about February l. The edition is linn
tied 10 1000 copies of which $50 are for
America, 1t is beautifully illustrated
with colored plates and numerous re-
productions from photographs of typi-
cal specimens of porcelain. The book
lis divided into two parts-historical
and descriptive. and has a preface and
notes by DR.. w. S. Bushell, author of
Oriental Ceramic Art" A chapter
on Marks" illustrated by facsimile
reproductions will help to decipher the
curious Chinese characters. A valu-
able glossary and photography are ad-
ded
Evening journal., 1902-01-27

field in which he has won his best sue
cesses-the contrast of a certain type
of American girl with a phase of the
old civilization of England. Flicker
bridge" is delightful in it's satire and
play of humor-with unusual char
-acters
Evening journal., 1902-01-27

Entered at the Wilmington postofnce as
second-olass matter.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30

The week opens with firm and steady
prices for all cereals and a good demand.
Inspections eysetrday were 63 cars, as fol-
lows: Wheat: No. red, 1 car; No. red.
3 cars. Corn: No. 8 white, q cars; No. 4
white. car; No. 8 yellow, cars; No. 2
mixed. / car; No. 3 mixed, Is cars; No. 4
mixed. cars; no grade. car; total So cars.
Oats: No. white, cars; No. mixed
car; rejected, l car. Hay: No. 2 timothy. 2
cars; No. timothy. / car.
Track bids. as reported by the secretary
Of the Board of Trade ruled as follows:
Wheat steady; No. red, 74c track; No.
red, 74c on milling freight; No. red, 7Od
74c track; wagon, 73c.
Corn steady; No. 1 white 4411c: No
white, 4419c; No. 3 white, 441ac; No. 4
white. 40hsq421zc; No. 2 white mixed, 44lkc
No. white mixed, 441xc; No. 4 white
mixed, 4011@4211c; No. yellow, 4415c: No.
3 yellow, 4415c: No. yellow 4O1b64215c:
No. mixed. 441zc; No. 3 mixed, 441kc; No.
mixed. 401za421ac; ear, 421zc.
Oats steady; No. mixed. 34G341kc; No.
mixed. 3311G34c.
hay strong; No. timothy, S13. 5OGl4: No
timothy, $12.50Q13.
WAGON MARKET.
Offerings yesterday were moderate and
they sold readily at good prices, the range
as reported by the wagon weighmaster,
being as follows:
Corn-42d43c per bu.
Oats-3OG32c per bu.
Sheaf Oats-S9G11 per ton.
Hay-Timothy, $14q15; mixed, $11Gl2
clover $9G11 per ton.
Straw-s5q6 per ton.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30
LOCAL WHOLESALE TRADE
BUSINESS QUIET AFTER YEAR OF
GREAT PROSPERITY.
Another Advance i'm Sugar Is Expect
ed and Canned Goods Are Firmer-
Grain Markets Are Active.

The week opens with trade very quiet
and such conditions will likely exist until
New Year. as IL is what one would call
a 'cleaning-up time i'm all lines. Business
has been so good in most lines of traffic
that merchants go out feeling cheerful and
convinced that they will have to do some
good work in 1903 to hold their own with
that of 1902 In prices yesterday there
were but few slight changes Provisions
in some departments are weaker at the
decline Of Monday, but prices of hog
products are still high and probably will
go lower the season advances. How
ever. the high price of fresh meats makes
that of provisions much firmer than other
wise would be. In groceries prices rule
steady, but advance in sugars is indicat-
ed. Canned goods are moving fast, and
while prices rule steady there is tendency
towards an advance On Commission row
fruits and vegetables are easing off, and
will doubtless sell lower after the new
year. Trade with the confectioners for
the year 1902 is practically over, closing
one OF the best years in their history. Ii
is quiet time in the dry goods houses.
Leather dealers are having quite a squirt
OF trade Prices rule steady and firm. The
hide market continues tame and prices are
easy Poultry is firm and receipts are light
Eggs, with the colder weather, are less
plentiful and very firm at the recent ad-
vance. Butter rules steady and the sup
ply Is good for the season. In other lines
there is nothing calling for comment.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30
PASSENGER TRAINS PAY
MR.. LOREE'S STATEMENT DENIED
BY RAILWAY OFFICIALS.
Through Service for Florida Points tn
BE Established Next MOnth-New
York's Transit Problem.

The recent remarks of President Loree.
of the Baltimore & Ohio, to the effect that
the passenger service was the frill in rail-
road operations. has brought out much
criticism, the opinion being that he was
too harsh in his remarks and overstated
conditions. The statement has been made
by others that the passenger business is
not a paying department on any railroad.
and that railroads carry people from one
place to another because they must do 1T,
as it has become customary. and in the
competition seek to furnish luxuries that
serve to make the business less profitable.
Passenger officials of such lines as the Big
Four, the Vandalia, the Lake Shore, the
Chicago & Northwestern. the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy and the Missouri Pa
cific take exceptions to the statement of
the unprofitableness of passenger traffic as
viewed by President Loree and others who
might be named. They say that. compared
with expenditures, passenger receipts may
not be comparable with those from freight
traffic. but that on a fair average no rail-
road man can say that passenger busi-
ness is not paying department. In view
of the proposed increase in freight rates
the subject of increasing passenger rates
has been considered. but move in that
direction was thought to be unwise. B. +.
Horner. general passenger agent of the
Nickel-plate, said that If railroads were
given authority to raise their rates to-
morrow they would just stay where they
are, as the best results come from that rate
which brings the greatest amount of legiti-
mate travel. According to Poor's Manual
in 1901, IL, 799, $50 925 railroad passengers were
carried I'm the United States against 1872
2S4. All in 1900. little more than 1900, 600 O0
in 1S99 the average receipts from each pas
senger were, in 1901, 60.7 cents, against
| 56.67 cents in 1900, and 55.31 cents the year
| before, and the passenger traffic of the
present year will certainly show even bet.
| ter results.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has commenced the building at South Eliz-
abeth, N. j.. of a large system of hot
houses and conservatories for the growth
and nursing of shrubbery, trees, plants,
flowers and exotics to be used principally
in the gardens at stations along the New
York and Pittsburg divisions. as well as
orchids and expensive flowers for the Off
GERS and for special occasions. Some of
the hothouseS will be constructed especially
with a view to accommodate some of the
latest Towering plants and trees. The
houses of glass will cover nearly twenty
acres owned by the company at South Elz-
abeth. 1t is the intetion of the company
to line many miles of tracks between Eliz-
abeth and Philadelphia with shade trees
and to lay out next spring and summer
pretty gardens at stations along the line
in a more extensive manner than ever be-
fore. Nearly ZOO will be spent, more
than any conservatory in the world has
cost.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30
Changes on wabash Lines.

BY an order issued by President RAM
say, of the Wabash & Ann Arbor Rail-
road. effective Jan. /, General Manager H..
w. Ashley, of Toledo. becomes assistant
to the president in the operative depart
ment of both companies. The office Is
newly created. z. b. Pryor becomes as
sistant to the president in the executive
department of both companies. This office
also is newly created. The offices of gen.
eral manager and assistant to vice pres-
dent held. respectively, by Messrs. Ashley
and Pryor, are declared vacant and abol-
ished. The two assistants to President
Ramsay will have their headquarters in
St Louis
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30

Minneapolis Tribune.

MlnneapoI1s Tr1bune.
The sudden passage of the Pennsylvania
tunnel franchise through the New York
Board of Aldermen shows what can be done
by public opinion when IL is I'm earnest
There was a hold-up combine against this
ordinance strong and greedy as that
which bled the Broadway Cable Company
years ago. The railroad company refused
ally work its way into the public mind.
Popular indignation grew stronger and
louder until public opinion was ready TO
support appeal TO the Legislature to
dissolve the Board OF Aldermen. The Leg
islature will meet soon and the thing could
be done In week. The aldermen sur
rendered, the franchise was passed and II
will be a gloomy Christmas for the COM
bine. The people are all right. even In
big cities. IL you can only get them to give
serious attention to public afYaiya
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30
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Boston Globe.

Here's light on another side of Presi-
dent Roosevelts character. While he was
entertaining Jacob A. Riis at breakfast
Saturday morning Mr. Riis said that his
mother. eighty years old, living in Ribe.
Denmark, was Ill, and that illness at her
age might prove TO be of the most serious
nature. Without waiting until the meal
was over the President wrote the following
.cablegram: White House. Dec. 20. 1902.
Mrs Riis. Ribe. Denmark-Your son Is
breakfasting with u.s. We send our loving
-sympathy. Theodore and Edith Roosevelt.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30
prices paid by SINNERS

prices paid by shippers)
Young turkeys. 12c; hens, Sc; cocks &c: youna
ducks. Sc; geese, rs per doz; springs, Sc.
Game-Rabbits. S1.25 per doz: Mallard ducks
"a per doz.
Cheese-New York full cream, 13I14c: Swiss
17c; brick, 14c; limburger, 13c.
Butter-Choice roll, lie per Id; country but.
ter 16c
Eggs-Firm at 24c per doz
Beeswax-30c for yellow, 25c for dark
Feathers-Prime geese, SOC per lb; prime duck
20c per Id.
WooEMercbantable, medium 16c; bury and
understandable, 345c less; coarse grades, 15c
fine merino, 13q15c; tub-washed, 2562Sc
HIDES, TALLOW ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No. ], Sc; No. 2, &c; No.
calf. 10c; No. calf, Slzc.
Tallow-No. ], 5hc; No. 2, 4isc.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE TO ABsENTEE.

State OF Indiana. k0sciCsko County SIS.
In the Kosciusko Circuit Court OF the State
Of Indiana. February term. ISe3.
Notice Is hereby given 20 William Foster or Ia
whom 10 may concern. that the undersigned will
at the February term. Isos. OF said court. on the
% day OF February. 1899. soon thereafter
ss the same be heard. apply for letters OF
administration on the estate Of William Foster
the grourG that said WiIlfau Foster has
been tbsent from. the State OF Indiana for over
Eve years. and for the further reason that his
family In In need OF the use and proceeds OF
hlp property for their support and education.
ALBERT r.. FOSTER.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30
Deaths.

Charles GabIer. thirty-seven. City Hospital
tuberculosis. .
Bruce Hicks. thirty-nine. $40 Douglass. small
pox.
FIoreI waSgoner. twenty. SIS Blake. blood
poison
Bessie f. wachstetten. eight. POI South Devid-
son. laryngftis
Ellen J. Day. twenty-one. $3.50 Norwood. pneu-
monia.
Michael scherrer. seventy-three. 1911 Chestnut,
Stella Young. twenty-five. $40 East North.
erysfpeias- -.
Henry Hofmeyer. sixty-eight, 3z3 North LID
erty. catarrh OF stomach.
c. F. w Brandt. sixty-five. 1923 Southeastern.
pneumonia
Ella Pope. thirty-four. City Hospital. small
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30
SEWING MACHINES.

s24.50 BUYS THE NEW HIGHEST GRADE
4-drawer drop head. oak cabinet genuine
Singer sewing machine: $40 for the New Home
or Domestic; sz1 for the White; Standard. s22;
Wheeler & Wilson. s24; Minnesota, $500; Bur-
dick, $l2s5; Seroco 1896. For free sewing ma
chine catalogue and most liberal free trial offer
cut and mail this notice TO SEARS, ROE
BUCK & CO., Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30

or gentleman with $500 cash. 10
take part interest in Al business; Will pay
Slto per month To investor; security given Tor
money; none need apply unless they can give
their undivided attention to the business. Ad-
dress Box 345. Journal.