Evening journal., 1902-03-13
COMPLAIN OF TAMPERING
Valuable Mail Said to be / En Ella
ware Road News Of Dover
Special to the Evening Journal

Dover. March 13.-The MethOdists
of Wesley Church, Dover, are prepar-
ing for a rOusing all-day service next
Sunday. the closing Sunday of the pas
torate OF the Rev. Alfred Smith, d. D.,
and the beloved pastor will probably
have an the 140 persons who have been
quietly brought into the church dur
ing his pastOrate, seated in the front
pews. DR.. Smith will preach in the
morning upon the text whittier Than
Snow and the special musical num-
bers for this service will be Seek ye
the Lord" by Millard and a solo rem
dition of There Were Ninety and
Nine That Were Safely Laid" Ira ID.
Sankey's famous evangelical song. In
the evening, at the church service,
when DR.. Smiths subject will be
l"God's Great Love for the World" the
chorus choir will sing God Is Our
Strength and Salvation" by Lorenz,
and who Follows in His Train" by
Schneider. with basso solo parts by II.
c. COLLISION. Jr., and Grover c. Parvis.
Wesley Chorus. with its full mem
bership OF forty singers and a number
Of new voices. will appear at the Easter
both morning and evening. THE Strife
Is Der" from Palestrina, and the cele-
brated chorus. why Seek Ye the Liy-
ing Among the Dead?" will be rem
dered and Miss Mary Wharton, so
prano. Will sing Redemption, one of
the finest Easter songs ever written.
il is composition by r. NJ. Stultz.
Alfred A. Farland. the concert banjo
| isi will give a musicale before the
Century Club in its rooms on March
IS.
W lii III Walton Satterheld has hoen
appointed deputy grand councillor ror
Lodges Nos. 8 and q, by State Coun-
lcil,r James W. Robertson.
Nun, pal Judge z. R. Cochran. Jr.,
of Wilmington, was a visitor IN Dover
estorcay.
COMPLAINT ABOUT MAILS.
Compgint has been made THAI mail
bass On the Delaware division have
been iampered with and in several in
stlvLcs Gu, open and robbed of valu-
ahlc letters. II is believed that most
Of the Cffenses have been committed
onNIhc H. a'dnight Cape Charles express
trains ~ icE run rapidly through the
State ard Peninsula and MAKE very
/ f5. Steps. IL is atl'ed TIA. scv.: =.
pouches have been cut open and then
thrown on the tracks. to be destroyed
| by the car wheels. 1t Is understood
! that the Post Office Department will
place secret service men on the line, IN
order to discover the offenders.
The Council of Milford has sent Pc
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Sussex counties for new bridge over
the MispiIlion river. Railroad avenue,
on which the bridge is situated, has
been widened and the present bridge
is inadequate to the demands of travel
The councilmen desire a modern struc-
ture OF iron. The bridge spans the
river which divides the town of Mil
ford. one-half being in Kent. the other
lin Sussex county
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond ]. Taylor
celebrated their tenth wedding ami
versary al their home. I'm St. Jones
near Dover. last night and the event
was the occasion of a large gathering
lof weli-knOwn farmers Of that section.
Mrs. TAYLOR. who was formerly a
/ teacher in the Philadelphia schools
was married to Mr. Taylor ten years
ago. In that city. During the evening
an excellent musical program was fur
nished. Miss Edna Cariss, a talented
Dover pianiste. playing several selec
luons while the Lebanon NJ. b. Choir
sang A typical Delaware county
supper was served to the guests.
Chancellor Nicholson has notihe,
i Attorney Anthony Higgins that he ma!
appear before him on March "a, il
. Wilmington, and make motion 70 dis
p solve the Injunction against James E
Otis which was recently granted b.
the Chancellor. In the injunction OH
twas restrained from issuing any writ O