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Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
n mrmoRY 81 MekINLEY
First Anniversary Of His Death {
4innIv Observed.

liuSty Ot9o|A W.
Canton. O., Sept. is. = Yesterday
here was a general observance OF Nc
x,plev Memorial Day in the city which
claimed him as its own. From almost
every pulpit there was a reference In
nraver or in address to him and his
work. His favorite hymns were used
There was no attempt at decoration
other than to have the portraits Of
Mckinley draped with flags and sur
rounded with choice flowers. The ad-
dress that attracted most attention
here was that given by Judge William
R. Day, former secretary Of state, and
a friend and adviser of Mckinley for
many years. The address was deliy-
cred in the First NJ. E. Church, Of
which Mr.. Mckinley was member,
and in which the public funeral was
held September 10, 1901. The only
decorations were flowers and a por-
trait Of the late president around
which were the folds Of the Stars and
stripes, emblemaric Of the patriotic
spirit of Mckinley.
In the Catholic churches of the city
special mass was said; tribute was al
so paid by some of the priests to the
memory of Mckinley, because, having
known him personally, they could no
forbear. Although deeply conscious
Of the fact that it was just one yea
ago that her beloved husband died
Mrs. Mckinley did not vary the pro
gram followed by her for severa
months. All days to her have beel
memorial days. Her usual trip t
West Lawn Cemetery was taken yes
terday morning, and she laid love
offering Of flowers on the casket tina
contains the remains Of the nation
martyred chief.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

mes on the banks Of the river Joruan.
A week before the festival itself !
crowds Of these slay peasants are i
seen trudging along the Jericho road. /
with every imaginable kind of haver-
sack and carryall on their backs. Some |
Of the pilgrims are old and weather
worn, others young and cheerful while
/ few, overcome by sleep and fatigue.
are lying prone along the roadside.
But somehow the whole lot. young
and old, manage to reach the banks of
the river in good time for the cere-
mony, says the London Traveller.
They spend the night perhaps in the
Russian hospice at Jericho like a flock
! of sheep. Before dawn the rooms are
empty. and the whole crowd has gath
cred on the bank, where Greek priests.
who will presently drive a most lucra-
tive trade. await them.
The principal articles sold are branch
es of trees from various sacred spots,
stones from the Mountain Of Tempta-
ton hard by, plants from the wilder
ness. and rosaries with olive stones for
beads. To whatever religious value is
claimed by these articles the Russian
peasants implicitly give credence. and
they willingly pay their money TO OBJ
tain them.
! During the hours Immediately pre-
: ceding the ceremony the motley crowd
is occupied in prayer and silent devo-
ton. To many pilgrims this occasion
is one of the greatest life can bring
? namely. to be permitted not only &c
s visit the Jordan. but actually to bathC
!. in its sacred waters Suddenly chant
/ ing is heard. and the crowd quickly
/ opens to let procession Of purple claC
o ecclesiastics pass to the waters thel
L the pilgrims close in again and station
themselves along the banks. eager ant
watchful
And now. quite reverently, a jewele
cross is laid by the patriarch on til
surface Of the stream to bless it. an
no sooner does the sacred symbol touc
, the water than dive is made into it b
the enthusiastic crowd. which splasht
and prays and wallows and dips-alt'
gether Il strange scene.
y Such is the baptism. and the longer
lasts the greater the merit the pilgri
will enjoy. All dripping with waite
each shroud is now wrung out al
slowed away to serve as the cereclot
when the pilgrimage Of life is over al
the body is ready for the grave.
ne As the traveller rides away the ne
~ day to Jerusalem he will see the
ID childlike peasants. bedraggled wi
be mud and fatigued by constant slice
to lessness. plodding along toward I
IL, Holy City. chanting and singing
by they go and leaning on their sticks
al reed. But there is now smile on tin
he faces and joy in their hearts. for ha
liz they not bathed in the waters Of t
ars Jordan?
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
From an old Hrmnbook.

A writer in the Outlook, discussing
the cid subject of meaningless hymns
or hymns whose sentiment is false,
unpoetic OF in bad taste. has been turn
ing over the pages of his great-grand-
mothers hymnbook. "She loved to
sing his praise in his temple" her cpl
taph says, and here is what she sang:
And whosoever wicked is
And enemy to the Lord
Shall quail. yea melt. even as lambs
grease.
Or smoke that flies abroad.
Or this:
Why dost withdraw thy hand abaclze
And hide it in thy lap?
Oh, pluck it out and be not slacke
To give thy foes a rap!
And was it only a hundred year,
ago since this was sung in worship?
Conceived in sin. oh. wretched state.
Before we draw our breath
The first young pulse begins to beat
| Iniquity and death
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
ELEPHANT EARS.
Tanya, the Big Lena Lawn Plant. Ii
Used as a Food.

Tanya, the Big Lenf Lawn Plant, Is
Used as a Food.
A plant that has received very little
attention as a source Of food In this
country is the caladium, or elephant
ear, Colocasia RntiQuorum, though it is
not uncommoniy grown for this pur-
pose in some of the southern states,
and it may surprise some readers who
know it only as an effective ornament
of their lawns to hear of it as an ar
ticle of food.
It is found oftenest in the coast re
gion of South Carolina, Geosyia and
Florida, where it is known as .'tanya,"
a local name, probably derived from
TANNER" the West Indian name of a
similar plant. In other countries. espe-
cially in the tropics, this plant fur
nishes food for many thousands Of
people. 1t is a very important food
plant in Japan. The negroes of the
Gold Coast in Africa have it under the
name of "eddoes." 1t is common in the
West Indies 1t Is the ''taro" of the
Sandwich Islands, where it is univer-
sally used as food, and from it poi"
is made by pounding the roots in water
till they are reduced to dough, which
is then allowed to ferment three or
four days before eating.
In this country the tanya is cultivat-
ed to best advantage in rather moist
rich locations, and It requires a long
season to bring it to maturity. 1t is
planted in rows, the plants two to
three feet apart, and cultivated like
other crops. It forms a large. tuberous
root, with numerous smaller tubers
clustered closely about it. These small
er tubers are used for the planting of
the next crop.
To make them properly edible the
roots require thorough cooking and
must be boiled for an hour. after which
the fibrous outer coat is stripped off
and the rest served in much the same
way as we do potatoes. One who eats
tanya for the first time is not likely to
be favorably impressed, but on second
trial usually likes it better, though il
is unlikely that this dish can ever com
pete with the sweet potato for the
favor of the American palate.
Botanically it is related to the Indian
turnip of our woods and to the cult
waited Gala lily. Its virtue as a food
plant is not made apparent by tasting
the fresh leaves or the uncoolxed root
but its relationship to the Indian tur
nip is easily recognized from the pun
gent, acrid taste. The persistent
smarting pain that even a small piecl
can produce remains long in the moutl
and throat This pungent quality dis
appears entirely after cooking, how
ever, and the tubers may then be eat
en- with impunity. The tanya /
starchy, like the potato, but eompac
and closer grained and somewhat lack
ing in flavor. 1t is entirely free iron
fibers or woody parts and possibl
might be cooked by different metho
SO as to appear to better advantage
Country Gentleman.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

Senator Stewart Of Nevada tells a
story in the Philadelphia Post of Mark
Twain's early days in Carson City.
cat that time" said Senator Stewart,
"the humorist had not attained to the
philosophic calm which comes with col
lege degrees. He was a journalist, and
an unterrifed one. In Carson City he
boarded at the home Of his brother.
who was a model citizen and a Chris
tan.
zone morning I was a guest of this
brother at breakfast. We had just seat
ed ourselves at the table when a voice
drawled from the stairway above:
"'Have you read the Scripture lesson
this morningY
Yes was the reply.
"'Had family prayersY continued the
voice from above.
Eyes, SAM said the host, smiling al
me.
"There was pause, and then in the
now well known drawl came the fur
cher question:
Said graceT
Yes responded the patient hea(
Of the household.
All right, them came the Cheerful
comment from the stairway; III b.
right down. And presently the irrev
erent youth, who in a few years wa
to promote the gayety Of nations, jOir
ed US at the breakfast table"
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
Fatal RIOT ON A TRAIN
Fight Between Negro Excursionists
Resulted In One Death.

Fight Between Negro Excursionists
Resulted In One Death.
Dover, Del. Sept. ia free-for-all
fight among 80 or more negroes on the
excursion train of the Queen Anne
Railroad from Rehoboth, Del, to
Queenstown, Md, occurred as the
train was leaving Rehoboth. One col
ored man was shot, and he died when
the train reached Denton. Nd. At
Hickman, Del, terror reigned to such
an extent that Fred Clifton, the con-
ductor, had no control over the crowd.
who threatened his life if he inter
fered. Windows we're smashed and
several persons were seriously in
jured
The sheriff of Caroline county was
telegraphed to meet the train at Hick-
man, but he had not arrived when the
train left. The sheriff of CentreviTe
Nd, was sent for, and he. with sew
eral deputies, took a special car over
the Queen Anne road to Queenstown
where several arrests were male. The
white passengers on the train fed tc
the baggage car for protection.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.


HOUSE AmENUMENI nUUSE BILL, No.
Strike ont all OF the bill after the word
"Siate' in the third line of Section l OF the
bill and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"First Tha. all OF Section OF Article 3 Of
the Constitution OF this state after the word
Corporation, where IL occurs the second
time in Section 3, be stricken out"
Section 3 That Section of said Article
be stricken out aud in lieu thereof substitute
and adopt the following. viz;
Section e. Shares OF the capital stock OF
corporations created under the laws Of this
STATE when owned by persons or corpora
lions without this state, shall not be subject
70 taxation by any law now existing or here
after to be made
Al Act proposing Amendments to Article Of The Con-
siuion Of the State Of Delaware concerning corpor-
atlons.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the state OF Delaware IN
General Assembly met ltWO-thirds OF the
members elected 10 each House agreeingE
Section l. That the following amendments
be and the same are hereby proposed to Arti-
Gle 8 OF the Constitution Of this state:
First. That All OF Section Of Article of
the Constitution of this State be stricken out
and To lieu thereof substitute and adopt the
following, viz;
Corporations created under the laws Of this
State, when owned by persons NOT residing
herein, shall not be subject to taxation by
any law nov existing or hereafter enacted
/ Second That all Of Section q OF Article OF
/ the Constitution Of this State be stricken ont.
pprOved March ., \ D. 1901
J. Caleb K. Layton, Secretary OF State OF
| Delaware, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Is % true and correct copy OF
House BIN No. 2lT with amendments thereto,
entitled SAN Act proposing amendments to
Article Of the Constitution OF the state OF
Delaware concerning Corporations, as the
same appears on the enrolled bill filed in the
office Of the Secretary Of state, and approved
by the Governor March 3, a. ID. 1901; and pub
hshed in accordance with the requirement OF
the Constitution Of this State
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, ! have
hereunto set my hand and official
fsEALl seal, at Dover this fifteenth day ol
July, in the year OF our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and two.
CALEB r. LAYTON,
SECRETARY OF STATE
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
rHE PREsIpENT,s euEsTs
NH. Roosevelt Shook Hands With
Ihouands of His Nelahbors.

Thouands Of His Neighbors.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. 16.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt yesterday received his
friends and neighbors of Nassau coun-
ty and between 5000 and 1000 people
shook his hand. The reception was
held at his country home, on Sycamore
Hill, and from 8 o'clock until nearly
6 he was busy shaking hands and re-
newing old acquaintance. He met
people yesterday whom he had not
seen for 80 years, and shook hands
with men who had known him when
he was a child. The president thor
oughly enjoyed the affair. and was
most as fresh when it was over as
wien he began. He expressed his
feelings to a woman in the crowd, who
asked him if he was getting tired.
Mot a bit" he replied. 1T takes
more than trolley car to knock me
out or a crowd to tire me-"
All sorts of people, in all conditions
of life. filed by the president. White
and black, poor and well-to-do, women
with babies in arms, and several with
dogs, small boys and little girls, all
got a pleasant smile and a shake of
the hand. Many were in line who had
known the president most of his life
ana their delight in renewing an old
acquaintance was apparent. but none
gave the president more pleasure than
the greeting of two old family ser
wants, Maggie and Bridget Mitchell
who had been servants in his fathers
family They came from New York
where they now live, to greet the
president and to show him a photo
graph Of his father and one of himself
when he was years of age. The
president was delighted to see the pic
lures and the old servants, and pre-
seIlted the sisters to Mrs. Roosevelt.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
BRANCH ROADS.

Delaware, Maryland q virginia X. H.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
Stations 10 a. m. daily and IA p. m. week
days. Returning, train leaves Franklin City
90 a. m. week and l2.O6 pm. week days.
Leave Franklin City for ChincOteague fvia
stsamerl % D. m. week days. Returning,
leaxe Chincoteague 81 a. m. week days.
Leaves Harrington for Georgetown and
Lewes at 10 40 a. m. GA p. m. weekdays.
Returning, leave Lewea 6.45 g. m. and l.32
D. m. weekdays.
Leaves Harrington for Rehoboth 10 40 q. m.
and0.i4 D. IN. weeks-days Returning leaves
Rehoboth 8.83 a. m. and 10 pm. weeksdays.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1910 a. m.
and 0.l4 D. m. Weekdays. Returning leave
Berlin 90 a. m. weekdays and l,O2 p m.
Queen Anne q Ken R.R.-Leave Towns
end for Centreville and way stations. 8 %
a. III. and s O8 p. M. week days. Returning,
leave Centreville 81 a. IA. and As p N.
week days.
Del. Chesapeake r. R.-Leavs Clayton for
Oxford and way stations at 40 a. m. and 6.2l
D. m. week days. Returning, leave Oxford
6.55 q. M and sip. m. week days
Cambridge & Seaford R. R.-Leave seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations al
IL l9 a. m. and So p m. week days. Return
p. M. week days.
CoNNECr1oN.-At Porter, with Newark 4
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Anne's q Kent Railroad. At Clay
ton, with Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad
and Baltimore i Delaware Bay Railroad. Al
ginia Railroad. At SeafOrd, with Cambridge
q Seaford Railroad. At Delmar, with New
York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wycomlco 4
POcomoke, and Peninsula Railroads
J. B. HUTCHINSON General Manag
R. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

AT OYSTER BAY
President Roosevelt Discussed the
Situation With Senators.
Nd ArTEMPr 70 RgvIsE rARIFF

Mr.. Roosevelt Will Maintain His Pc.
sitiOn On Trusts and Outline His
policy On Cuban Reciprocity During
Ills Western Trip.
oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. 17.-sena-
tors Hanna, Spooner, Allison, Aldrich
ami Lodge and Postmaster General
Payne spent several hours with Presi-
dent Roosevelt yesterday and discuss
ed with him the entire political situa-
ton. having special reference to the
western states which the president is
to visit on his approaching trip. The
parties to the conference were very
reticent after they returned from
Sycamore Hill, but it can be stated on
reliable authority that it was decided
to make no attempt to revise the tariff
at the coming session Of congress;
that the president is to maintain his
position as to the trusts, and further,
that he is to insist in his demand for
reCiprocity with Cuba. II is under
stood that he will fully outline his
policy regarding this latter question
in some Of the speeches he is to make
on his western trip.
1t also can be stated on excellent au
thority that the coal strike was no
discussed.
The presidents purpose in havinl
This conference was to ascertain
there had been any marked politica
changes in the different sections 0
the country during the past year TIL
conference yesterday, it is sai6
showed that there had been none.
THE conference was entirely ha
mOnious," said one Of the gentleme
who participated in it. but who d
clines to allow his name to be pul
Ished. mo differences of opinion d
veloped, and the presidents positio
on the different questions diseusse
, was endorsed. We talked over the e.
tire political situation, especially thi
in the states through which the pres
: dent is to pass. The coal strike WI
net talked about.
The senatorial delegation arrive
= here yesterday afternoon, coming fro
Long Island City in the private C
of President Baldwin, of the Lol
- Island Railroad. The senators refus
: to see a number of newspaper mi
= who were on the train. On their I
- rival here they we're driven at on
y to Sycamore Hill in President Rooi
= yelt's traps. They left in the priva
i car at 1910 last night for Long Isla
n City. Postmaster General Payne can
e over earlier in the day from Gem
" Island.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

Philadelphia, Sept. 17.-Caught in
rapidly whirling belt. John Stewart
Bowes. 46 years old, of 1876 Corinthian
avenue. was instantly killed in the
tark shop at Baldwin's Locomotive
Works yesterday. His head was
crushed beyond recognition, and his
body beaten to a pulp against the
metal rafters Of the building. Bowes
backed into the belt in some manner
as yet unknown. He was drawn In,
seized about the waist and carried
high in the air. The belt passing over
the wheel threw him against the roof.
A second later his body fell to the
floor Nearly every bone was found
broken when help reached him.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

Ieave or une lust.
"a liveried servant approached me
and asked if my carriage was waiting
and whether it was a single or double
conveyance. Out Of consideration for
a lean pocketbook had ordered a cab
rather than two horse carriage. As
I was taking leave Of few Of my
friends outside the door bad the
pleasure Of hearing the servant shout.
ing to the carriage drivers:
Senator Delivers one boss hack
Senator Delivers one boss hack!
"The man then came to me ana
with his head high in the air an
nounced. Your hacks waitin, Senator
Dolliver.'"
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
Reduced Rates to Washington via Perm
sylvania Railroad.
ACCOUNT NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT,
q A r

ACCOUNT NATIONAL ENCANIPMENT,
G. A. r.
For the thirty-sixth National En-
G. A. r +, to be held at
Washington, d. c., October 6 to IL,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell round-trip tickets to Washing
ton from all points on its lines at rate
of single fare for the round trip. From
Philadelphia and stations on the Mary
land, Central, and Delaware Divisions
of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad, tickets will be on
sale from October to 10, inclusive,
and good to return until October /
inclusive. BY depositing ticket with
the Joint Agent at Washington be-
tween October and IA, and the pay
ment of so cents, an extension Of the
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
sANKER FIsA kILLED IN 4 GOV
Private Detective Charged With As
saultinu the Millionaire.

Private Detective Charged With As
saulting the Millionaire.
New York, Sept. 17.-Nicholas Fish, I
millionaire diplomat, and descendant |
Of one Of the best known of American
families, died at the Roosevelt Hos
pital early yesterday morning, as the |
result of an injury received in Err
hardts saloon. 205 West Thirty
fourth street. Whether he was muir
dered or fell the police have not yet
determined. 1t seems that Mr.. Fish
had a quarrel with a private detective
named Thomas J. Sharkey, who join
ed the banker at a table where he
had been drinking for several hours
with Mrs, Libby ]. Phillips and Mrs.
Nellie Casey.
According to the police Mr.. Fish
entered Erhardt's saloon with Mrs.
Phillips and Mrs. Casey. The police
say that Mrs. Phillips knew who Fish
was. but that neither Mrs. Casey nor
Sharkey, who subsequently joined the
party, were aware of his identity. The
police say that Fish did most of the
buying. Fish then discovered that his
money was exhausted. and he an
nounced that he would have to draw
a check. Sharkey, ignorant Of Fish's
identity, questioned his ability to
make his check good. Fish, it is said,
took offense at this, and angry words
ensued. Then, according to the police,
some one slapped Fishs face. One of
the women, clinging to Fish's arm,
dragged him toward the door of the
saloon and out to the sidewalk. The
} police say that Sharkey attempted tc
follow Fish, but was for a moment re
J strained from doing so. He finally
went out of the saloon, and he anC
Fish encountered each other on the
sidewalk Sharkey's hat had beer
| knocked OFF, and he was bareheaded
There was a scufle, by whom com
menced it is not known. Fish fell o.
!, was knocked down. his head striking
] a hagstone, fracturing his skull III
e was removed to the Roosevelt Hospi
tai, where he died several hours later
: Mrs. Libby ]. Phillips. Mrs. Nelli
= Casey and Thomas ]. Sharkey wer
arrested yesterday in connection wit
> the case. Sharkey was held in $1,000
bail and the women for witnesses.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19

where, despite his protests, he is received as
Carajolo, the champion bullfighter,a and finds
himself in position wherel he is expected
to fight six wild bulls and lead Carlist rev.
olution of the most sangulnary character.
Mr.. Wilson's Interpretation ofthe comic con
sternation OF Gigg in this dilemma is indie
scribabiy funny.
The music presents a wide selection Of very
fascinating airs. Mr.. Wilson has never beer
surrounded by a stronger company,it includ
ing such widely known players as Christie
Macdonald, Joseph COyne, Carolyn Gordon
William Broderick, Clara Belle Jerome, Mel
willie Ellis, Miriam Lawrence, William Blais
dell; Nora Cecil, Robert A. Evans, and
chorus Of one hundred.
Milford chronicle., 1902-09-19
HuNpREps PERlsHEp
List Of Forest Fire Victims In Oregon
and WASHINGTON GROWING.

List Of Forest Fire Victims In Oregon
and Washington Growing.
Portland, Ore, Sept 1.-THE list of
fire victims in Oregon and Washing
ton number hundreds. In the vicinity
of Kalama, Wash, 80 bodies have been
found and around Vancouver, Wash,
16 are reported. In other districts the
loss is proportionately heavy, while
stories of farmers. woodsmen and
campers missing are told.
The property loss in the two states
is estimated at ss,OOO.OO0 which ,does
not include the vast tracts of timber
of value, reaching into the millions
Hundreds of families, homeless ant
destitute. are camping on the black
ened wastes.