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Evening journal., 1902-04-28
10 ENTERTAIN At OLD SWRDRS
Kemsn'S Guild Of the Church Will Give
"a SpinSterS' Convention"

In the parish house Of Old Swedcs
Church the Womans Guild will
give a musicale and "The Spinsters'
Convention" tomorrow evening. The
program is as follows:
Part Plano, Miss l.. May
Minker and Miss Mary L. Dunlap:
solo. selected. Miss Josephine Fletcher:
piano, Miss l. May Minker. Master
Worral Minker; solo. selected. Miss
Clara Mason; w. II. S. Quartet,
Messrs. Hartmann. Lenderman, Hack
EFT. Wyatt.
Part 2.-"The Spinsters' C0nven-
tion.' Cast of characters: Josephine
Jane Green, president of the Young
Ladies' Single Blessedness Society;
Priscilla Abigail Hodge, secretary;
Calamity Jane Higgins, treasurer; Re
becca Rachel Sharpes, Mary Anna
Fraddler. Jerusha Matilda Spriggans.
Patience Desire Mann. Sophia Stuckup.
Betsy BObbett, Charity Longface, Cleo
Datra Belle Brown, Polly Jane Pratt,
Violet Ann Rugglers. Belinda Blue
Grass; France Touchmenot, Hannah
Biggerstaff, candidates; Professor
Makeover, the professors assistant
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
NEGRO NOW SAYS HE WAS FORCED
TO CONFESS TO COLLINS MURDER
10 Reporter Of the Evening Journal He Absolutely
Denies Killing Mrs. Collins and Being Near
the Collins Farm

at first so ! went to a farm and found
them. James told me to stay at his
house all night"
Did you do it?"
NO. some fellow came in and med
died with my wheel James Clayton
beat me and put me out, and l spent
the night in a hack near a mill pond. "
Where did you go next?"
Il went to Browntown and from
there to Harrington"
What did you do in Harrington?"
Il went around and asked for some
thing to eat, but they wouldn't give it
TO me. then went to the switch and
a canning factory and then into a sta
Bile where ! spent the night"
Where did you go from there?"
81 went to Pennington. Greenwood,
Bridgeville, seaford and LAUREL"
Did you go to the Collins farm?"
mo. sir"
Where did you get the wheel?"
1T was given to me in Brenford.'
who gave It to your
81 don't know"
"He afterwards said that he got the
wheel in Kenton.
Becoming tired Of the questioning
he suddenly closed up as tight as g
clam. The prisoner is more brute than
man. and has a low. retreating fore
head He will at times make a state
ment and contradict it in the next
breath.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
MOVING SMALLPOX CASES
OUT OF STATE HOSPITAL
There Are Nineteen Patients lnclud-
ing Three Attendants SHiieriOg
With Dread Disease

Since Saturday two new cases of
have developed in the Della
ware State Hospital for the Insane at
Farnhurst, and. although every precau-
tiOn has been taken to keep the dis
ease from spreading. scarcely a day
passes without new cases being re-
ported.
There are now nineteen well-defned
cases and about seven suspected cases
in the institution. Among the patients
are three of the hospital attendants.
Yesterday John NJ. Hance, with
twenty carpenters, began the erection
of five buildings for the accommoda-
ton of the patients, who were moved
into a large tent today. The buildings
will be completed and ready for oc-
cupancy tomorrow.
superintendent Hancker feels conf.
dent that the disease will be stamped
out by moving the patients out to tho
tent as soon as they are stricken.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28

THE TAX BOOKS
AttOrney-GeneraI Orders That
They be Inspected
COMMITTEE WAS STIRRED UP
50 II Is Alleged by the TauniS
Of the Members OF The Citizens
Association

Acknowledgement Ward on Saturday
began an examination of the affairs of
the city tax Office, and summons were
served on Thomas s. Lewis. Eugene M.
Sayers, collectors and Auditor John
Boughman. commanding them To pro-
duce all of the books used in the tax
office, including the duplicates, at his
office.
This action Is understood TO have
been made by the Citizens Associa
tion and accountants have been pro-
cured to go over the books. When
they will start is not known. and as
Acknowledgement Ward is in Dover to-
day. no statement could be obtained
from him.
Several members Of the Executive
Committee said this morning that the
action of Mr.. Ward was a surprise TO
them. as they had given up hope Of
him making any move in the invest-
cation. At the meeting OF the Citi-
zen's Association last week several
members scored the Executive Com
mittee, and said they thought the
members were not making sufficient
effort to clear the city of corruption.
This. it is said. stirred the committee
up. and the members prevailed upon
the Attorney-General to begin the in
vestigation.
Suspicious were aroused by City
Auditor Boughman reporting TO the
Finance Committee OF City Council,
that the cash books of the collectors
showed they had collected a greater
sum than they had deposited. He also
found erasures that puzzled him.
Il The collectors accounted for the diff
ference i'm their books by people Civ
ing checks which they requested TO be
held out OF bank until a certain date
when sufficient money would be on de-
posit TO meet the obligation. These
amounts the collectors paid in. and
3 showed a willingness to settle for the
amounts registered in their cash
books
Friends Of the collectors say that
there is nothing wrong in the books,
and il will be shown that the city has
received all the money 20 which IL is
lontitled.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
MILK DEALERS OF CITY
HAVE REDUCED PRICES
For Over Two Weeks Cutting Has
Been Going on and Dealers
Have Lost Customers

Although the price of milk Is sup
posed to remain at eight cents per
quart until May /, many dealers began
today to sell their product at six cents.
This price, however, is allowed only to
new trade, or until the old customers
demand a decrease in price.
Several dealers say that they were
forced to reduce the price Of milk by
other dealers who were undersellihg
them.
Cutting has been going on for the
past two weeks" said a dealer this
morning, "and ] am forced to reduce
my price by persons running in oppo
sitlon to me. The farmers are still
asking eight cents per quart for their
milk, and will do so until the tirst of
May. OF course. there are some per-
sons who buy their milk for six cents
all the time, but these are regular
customers"
Milk at the present time is plentiful
in Wilmington. but the people of Phil
adelphia are not so fortunate. There
milk is scarce. and is selling for eight
cents per quart, and from present re-
ports the price will be kept up until
June ! at least.
Philadelphia dealers are against
adopting a summer scale. and If they
can do so will keep the price up the
whole summer.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
REMARKABLE PROVISION
OF F. D. TAPPEN'S WILL
lnStruCtS Executors TO Invest Funds
in List Of Investments Of the
Mutual Life

New York, April 2s-A unique
tribute to the fidelity, ability. and
conservatism with which the immense
trust funds of The Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of New York have been
invested and administered during the
fifty-nine years of its existence is con-
tained in the last clause of the will re-
Gently filed of the late Frederick ID.
Tappen, President of the Gallatin Ma
tiOnal Bank, of New York, from 1868
to the time of his death, February 2S,
1902. Mr.. Tappen had been leading
figure in the banking world for half a
century. and had an international rep
utation for his knowledge of the values
of securities, and for his conservatism
IN investing the many hundreds Of
millions of dollars that came under his
direction. He was twice president of
the New York Cleaning House Associa-
ton. and many times chairman of its
Clearing House Committee. In every
panic that has occurred since the men,
orable Black Friday Of 1869, he had
been CONSPICUOUS in all the trying
times that have shaken the financial
community. At a meeting of the New
York Clearing House Association held
in memory of Mr.. Tappen, March TO-
the Hon. ]. Edward Simmons. President
of the Fourth National Bank, said:
''In times of financial peril HE was al
ways regarded as a wise and conserva-
time counselor, and on each occasion
when loan certificates were issued
1873. 1884, 1890, and 1898, he as chair
man Of the Loan Committee pilotec
many a tottering institution through
troubled waters. Who of us can eve
forget the great financial battle o
1893, the glorious victory achieved b,
the associated banks of New York un
der the brilliant generalship Of Mr.
lTappen?"
He was chairman of the Clearinl
House Loan Committee in 1873, whel
S26.5S5,000 of certificates were issued
in 1884 when S24 700 were issued
and in 1898 when SAL 100000 were Is
sued.
In the last clause of his will. aft
lmaking bequests to his family, he pro
vides for certain trusts. and instruct
his executors and trustees TO inves
his estate only in such securities a
b are 'dncluded in the list of invest
ments made by The Mutual Life Insui
ance Company of New York. not limit
2 ing my said executors and trustees q
their successors or successor to sue
D investments only as trustees are
: law authorized TO make"
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
SURRENDER OF
MORE FILIPINOS
eneraI GueVarra and En-
tire Command Quit
YER 800 MEN INCLUDED
rants Expedition in CuDbOatS
LauncheSsand LightcrSiBrOughtaa
--rf-rs slg.lE1r-llIi21Eb
Insurgents TO Coast So. ::

Manila, April 2S.-General Frederick
+. Grants expedition. in the gUnboatsI
aseo and Florida. several steam
lunches and native lighters. has as
ended the Candara river, in the
land of Samar, and has brought the
urgent leader Guevarra and his en-
e command down to the coast.
uevarra's command consists of Rafael
|ebastian. Abald and 3S other officers,
SO men and 161 rifles.
Guevarra succeeded General Lucban
i the command of the insurgent forces
]. Samar, when the latter was cap
llred last February. He announced
lis intention to surrender last March.
Three hundred bolomen, 2S of them
|rmed with rifles, surrendered on Sat
rday at Sulat. also in Samar.
Three thousand insurgents, with many
hes, are expected to arrive at Cat
alogan, Samar, to surrender formally
i } the American authorities.
Captain l.. w. V. KennOn, Of the
5 'lxth Infantry, reports from the Island
II Negros the surrender Of the ladrone
.ader Rufo. with 1853 officers and men
Il his command, together with u
+ Suns. 140 bolos, seven spears and a few
svolvers and daggers. Captain Ken
on says this surrender means the
zpening up of the whole Of the south
2 IN coast of the Island of Negros.
Il fter Papa Isio, Rufo was the most
Important ladrone chief Of the island.
e promises to force Papa Isio and
is few remaining followers to sur
Sender.
4 AT a farewell banquet here to the
zncers of the Ninth Infantry, Acting
*iwl Governor Luke E. Wright paid
glowing tribute to the military
,rces. He said the army, under cir
instances of surprising difficulty
adj paved the way for the work OF
ie civil authorities, and that only q
w cases Of friction between the two
ranches of the government had oc
lrred. He said that General Chaffee
hose opinion might at times have
ifered from those of the civil au
lorities, had been a most loyal sup
orter of civil rule.
Replying to Civil Governor Wright
eneral Chaffee said that the officers
ID the army knew that their duty tC
he country demanded their utmos
Z Iforts to sustain the civil authorities
nd to suppress the rebellion.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
IG TRUNK CONTAINED II
BEER and OTHER LIQUOR

William Wills was fined $50 and
bsts in City Court this morning for
bnducting a speak-easy at No 51l
Test Front street. The house was
dded last night by Sergeant Lyons
ld a squad of officers.
They noticed several cases of beer
ken into the house on Saturday
ght. but when they entered the
Hiding could not find any Of the
|jttles.
The sergeant noticed a large Sara
bga trunk. but when the officers
)ught to open it Wills objected, say
|lg it contained his wifes clothes. 1t
as given a tilt and the clink of bot
es and glasses was heard within. Mr..
'1d Mrs. Wills and the mysterious
|unk were loaded into the patrol
lagoon and taken to the police station.
When opened, the trunk was found
ID contain a number of empty beel
|ottles. a bottle of beer, a decantel
|aif filled with whiskey, an empty
.smijohn and several whiskey glasses
a one end was tin compartment fol
ne storage of ice. This is the mos
Ingenious sideboard ever confscated b.
le police.
Wills pleaded guilty when arraigne'
the court this morning.
Larceny Case Continued
Robert Stewart and Robert Spence
Headed not guilty to robbing Edwar'
SIcManus of about SO and razor yes
&,rday. McManus said several mel
imped on him at Front and Shiple,
treets and took the money from him
8 lie could not identify either of tn
risoners as the ones who had robbe
i'm. 1t was discovered that an i'm
ortant witness was absent and tn
ase was continued until this evening
The case of Luizu Puzzo. charge
s 18th feloniously Rssaulting 12-year-ol
sosano Marta. was continued until &c
morrow morning. When PuzzO wa
%earched $500 was found in a be
*trapped about his waist.
Daniel Fisher pleaded guilty TO as
!. ault and was fined $40 and costs.
Mary Potter was fined SO and cost
4 or corner lounging. Carrie Laws, co
red. was fined SO and costs. JOSEF
Ieyers. a confessed vagrant, was ser
b the county workhouse for sixt
avs.
Lizzie GRAY, colored, charged wit
4tealing a lot OF dishes from Harl
Evening journal., 1902-04-28

Bothman. was held for a hearing On
Wednesday morning.
Argument in the George Daniels lar
ceny case was postponed until We'd
nesday morning The question to be
argued is whether a person after being
dismissed can be rearrested charged
with stealing the same goods. The
argument will last for about three
hours.
The case of Victor Fisher, charged
with assault and battery. was con-
tinued until Thursday morning. He
was represented by Charles Curley.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
Burke VIII Not Hang

Dover. Del, April 2S.-Pu@dic feel
ing has been aroused in the County of
Queen Anne's Maryland. over Cover
nor Smiths remission 10 life imprison-
ment Of the sentence to death of Lloyd
L. Burke. who on October s, 1901, as
saulted little Helen Tarman, near
Centreyille. until her life was in
jeopardy.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Rents collected. A. b. stayton, 1903
West Eighth street.
Mrs. Beulah Gilbert Strayer viii
give a recital in st. Pauls M. Il.
Church this evening.
Superintendent Twitmyer will lee
ture on George Eliot and the Social
Ideals in Her Novels"' before the Pri-
mary Teachers Association in Willard
Hall Grammar School at 430 o'clock
this afternoon.
The othello Range. Johnson 9th & King.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
2 Engine ExpIodes at Dover. N. j.

Dover N. j.. April 2S.-The boiler of
engine 141, drawing a passenger train
on the Morris and Essex division of
the D.. J.. & w. railroad, blew up near
here this morning. The engineer and
fireman, names not yet ascertained
were killed. The train was not dam
aged and none of the passengers was
injured.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
LARGE Crowd al Montrose

Many persons visited Montrose yes
terday afternoon. and the Wilmington
City Railway Company ran a special
car for their accommodation. The shade
trees whicharrived last week have been
set out and add to the appearance Of
the section.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
Harmon Shows No Fear

Bridgeville. Del. April 2s.-Nehe-
miah Harmon. II years old, sentenced
to be hanged July Is. for numbering
william II. Mitchell, does not realize
his position, and spends a few days
he has yet to live in a playful man
ner. His attorneys are endeavoring
to get a commutation Of the death
sentence.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
Bloody Clothing Found
sneclnl Id Ihe Evenlnr Ionrnl

Special to the Evening Journal
Laurel. April 2S.-Some bloody
clothing. supposed to be that of Pratt,
the confessed murderer of Mrs Col
Inns. was found and taken to Delaware
College for analysis this morning by
George Smith.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
Large eoat in the Rlver

The steamer ]. NJ. Guffy, from Fort
Arthur. Texas, which came to Harlan's
for repairs on Saturday. is the largest
boat that has entered this port for
years. She is about 400 feet long, and
is in command of Captain Mcpherson.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
DO you WANT $1,000?

II so. every time you wind you
watch drop ten cents in The New
Idea" Savings Bank. Ask for booklet.
The Mutual Life. S37 Market street.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28

Only quick and positive cure for Ca
tarrhal Consumption, is Brazilian
Balm. ST.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28
TOLD DIFFERENT TALE YESTERDAY
10 the PinksrtOn Detective He SWOreI
That He Killed Mrs. Collins

STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal
Georgetown, April 2S.-William
Waite. alias Dashien. alias Pratt, alias
Collins. colored. yesterday morning
confessed that he killed Mrs. Elmer
Collins. near Laurel, on April II. The
confession was made after the prisoner
had been "sweated" for two hours by
Pinkerton Detective Butler, a compan-
ion detective and Sheriff Hart. At
the end of the interview he swOre to
the confession before Magistrate c. T..
Purnell.
Later. when taken to the scene of
the murder. the man denied the story
he had previously tod, and said he
had never been on the farm before.
His confession has deepened the
mystery. The impression prevails
here that the negro is demented.
Waite was arrested on the Monday
following the Laurel tragedy for MUIR
derously assaultng James Anderson
on his farm near Delmar. He was
committed to Georgetown. Ever since
the arrival of the Plnkerton detective
who was hired by the relatives and
friends of Collins. an effort has been
made to connect the colored man will
the crime Sheriff Hart believed the
negro was guilty and found what are
said to be blood stains on his shirt
Later investigation showed blood haC
been washed from the garment.
Forced the Confession
About Z o'clock yesterday morning
the detectives entered Waite's cell anI
began the questioning known as tn
"sweating process" Here the COMES
! sion was made The detective wrot
it and Waite swore to it. 1t follows:
Il went into the farmers carriag
house to sleep that night and found
soft carriage seat with which l mad
my bed Early in the morning ! hearI
the farmer stirring around and late
heard his wife. He called out to hi
lwife to bring the money out to th
field with her when she came to joi
him. / wanted the money. Later tn
{ woman came into the place where
had been sleeping and started to set
u hen. had found a bar OF iron and
|, llatchet and with these / did the deed.
At this point the negro becam
| highty and began to talk at random
b The officers managed to wiring froI
/ him that he had taken the money an
where he had left the bolt and "a
, hatchet He promised to take them
she spot.
Taken to the Scene
Bound hand and foot, he was bun
died into a closed carriage and drive
to the Collins farm. On the way
[ Laurel he supplemented his confessio
in incoherent. jerky speech, by stat
e ments that he had crept out to Il
{ ! Branch stream. when he saw Mr.. Co
h Inns returning from the field. He fea
I ed he would be trapped before he cou
{ ride away on his wheel, so he hid Il
I $50 which he had stolen from his vi
d tim. together with his bloody knit
e Jacket and shoes. in the bank of Il
Evening journal., 1902-04-28

It's Dollars to dots" you can't get
'em right - n.n8.t5
Evening journal., 1902-04-28

a NEW blhD.
DR.. Birds laxative quinine tablets.
Evening journal., 1902-04-28

Continued on Third Page.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-09

Tablets by the thousand from one
cent up, at McCoy's Book Store.
IS Ct
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-09

Mayor H. G. Meek returned to
the city this morning from sojourn
of a week at Webster Springs. The
recreation has been of much benefit
to Mr.. Meek, as he not only gained
a number of pounds In avoirdupois,
but the rest from the cares of his
Office and profession during the pc
rod he was absent have also had q
telling effect upon him. He reports
Mr.. Ed Roome Chief of Police
T. A. Williams, G w. Stocking and
DR.. John A. Grier as being In fine
trim and gaining flesh at the rate of
one pound day. They will return
to the city In a week or ten days.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-09
Have Been Signed for the Firemen's Carnival
and Tournament
I'M THIS CITY COMMENCING NEXT MONDAY
Celebrated Aeronau ENGAGED An Automobile of the --latest
Pattern Purchased for the Rattle. The Success of the
Big Affair Foregone Conclusion.

est amateur aggregations of the
Keystone State. These games will
prove to be salient feature of the
carnival program.
The famous Heathering Band
have been hired for the full week,
also the Middlebourne and Charles
Thistle Bands. The Heathering
ton Band combines an orchestra
which will be utilized for evening
dances in the city hall.
No pains or expense Is being
spared by the fremen to give Sis
tersville the greatest occasion of its
life and their efforts should be ad-
vanced as much as possible by all
OF our people.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-09

Rev. Cunningham held series
of meetings at Sugar Valley last
week which resulted In several adj
ditlons to the church.
BY living clean and pure lives we
unconsciously reform others with
out any apparent effort. That Is
true reform.
Jacob Grimes & Co. finished
threshing for our farmers here last
week.
Frank Tippins spent Sunday on
Elk Fork visiting his father in-law,
Marion Glenn.
One of Geo. Billeter's children, of
Slider Run, has the diphtheria Dr.
Schmeid Is attending 1t.
Rev. John Smith will preach at
Buck Run Saturday night and Sun
day. All are invited to come out.
u G Heslep and family spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. John H.
Tlppins.
Tony Haverly, of Sardis, Ohio,
vas visiting John Hays last week.
Milton Little and wife, of Mar
tins Ferry, O., were visiting P. M
Taylor, of Buck Run, last week.
John Tip 5ins and wife spent
Friday In Slstersville with Thomas
Smith.
It is reported that boils have al
most become an epidemic In this
community, and have greatly inter
fered with base ball on Buck Run
A Mr.. Wilson, of Miller's Run,
Ohio, has moved into the house
vacated by Mr.. Edwards. He has
taken charge of the Bartlett lease
on Owl Hollow In place of Mr.. Ed.
wards.
Among the improvements In our
neighborhood of late Is a new
house erected by William Mathews
on the Russell farm. "Bill" Is al
wavs doing something to the credit
of the United States.
William Tippins. the popular
farmer. Is nothing If not aesthetic.
He has painted his doors red. bis
kitchen brown and as he sits on the
lawn of an evening with his bald
head glistening In the dying sun,
the sunfower Is nowhere In COM
parison.
THE man who minds bis own
business will always have business
to mind. and what Is more 1t will be
his very own"
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-09
He Kept His Leg.

Twelve years ago J. w. Sullivan
of Hartford, Conn. scratche1 his
leg with a rusty wire. InAamma-
ton and blood poisoning set In.
For two years he suffered intensely.
Then the best doctors urged ampu
tation, but" he writes, ST used
one bottle of Electric Bitters and
~ bottles of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and my leg was sound and
we'll as ever" For eruptions, &C.
zema. letter. salt rheum, sores and
all blood disorders Electric Bitters
has no rival on earth. Try them.
D. A. Henderson, will guarantee
satisfaction or refund money Only
so cents.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-09
Don't Let Them Suffer,

Often children are tortured with
itching and bur ming eczema and
other skin diseases, but Bucklen's
Arnica Salve heals the raw sores,
expels Inflammation, leaves the
skin without a scar Clean, fra
grant, cheap. there's no salve on
earth as good. Try It. Cure guar
anteed. Only 2sc at D. A. Hen
dershot's.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-09

When man il sick and can only work
half the time he IL practically half q man.
Il requires his whole physical energy to
do half . ~.,aSsa ~wnra~