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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
ADMINISTRATION TO FIGHT AODICKS.
Disguised at His Intense SeIflshness and
Will Join In the Efforts TO Defeat Him.

Disguised at His Intense Selhshness and
Will Join In the Efforts To Defeat Him.
Philadelphia North American special,
Washington, May 3. = Postmaster
General Payne has not succeeded in
strengthening out the Republican
tangle in Delaware.
1t is learned tonight that at the
recent conference held with Addicks
and his representatives Addicks refused
absolutely to consider any proposition
of settlement which eliminates him as
candidate.
Addicks was here yesterday, and
repeated this declaration to the
Postmaster General as an ultimatum
Postmaster General Payne has urged
upon the Addicks men the acceptance
of some one of the compromise PROPOSE
tions offered by the other side, but as
they all exclude Addicks from the con
test the gas man will have nothing to
do with them.
1t is probable now that Addicks has
shown himself willing to consider only
his own interests, that the weight OF
the National Republican Committee
and the influence of the administration
will be eXerted against him.
Senator Hanna, Postmaster General
| Payne and the President all agree that
the situation in Delaware is disgrace,
full, and, as they have failed to bring
about possible settlement by friendly
advice, they will try now to force Ad
dicks from the field.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
SAN JOSE SCALE RAVAGES
Will be Fought by LadybGss Brought
From China to This Country,
GOVERNMENT WILL
MAKE EXPERIMENT
Some of the Bugs Are Now at
Washington.
A NUMBER DIED AFTER ARRIVAL

Washington, May 3. The Department.
of Agriculture is preparing to fightthe
ravages of the San Jose scales through
out the country with its natural
enemy, the ladybug, brought from the
interior of China
Assistant Botanist Marlatt has Just
returned from the Orient, where he
sought the original home of the dreaded
scale. Far in the interior of the latter
country, where European plants had
not penetrated, he found the scale and
also the ladyhugs, which kept the
scales in subiection and permitted the
native plants to flourish.
Mr.. Marlatt started home with d
good supply of these ladybugs, but only
l6 survived on arrival in this country,
and IA of these subsequently died. The
two remaining, however, we're nursed
carefully by the government with a
view to fighting the scale in the same
manner as in China. There are now
so of them, requiring the constant
gathering of scales from the department.
grounds Tor food.
While not expecting the scales to be
exSerminated from this country, ex-
perts are planning to attack them with
The increasing breed of their natural
enemies.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
VERDICT EXCITES FEELING.

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal.
Milford, May 3.-The finding of the
Kent jury in the case against John R.
Mills, John Bennett, Wilbur E. Mills
and Jacob G. Wilson of this COM
munity, drought for assault and bat
tory by Bethuel W. Hall, has created
considerable feeling hereabouts. There
seems to be no division OF sentiment,
but that the evidence given iustities
the sentence; yet it is held by many
that the parties were not all equally
guilty. The whole of Milford Neck
has taken sides in expression of sym
pathiesTat any rate.
John Bennett, one of the convicted
men, is the brother of Joseph I. Ben
nett of this town, a man of considera-
BILE wealth. His father is retired
farmer and a man of monGs. Every
effort was made to keep the men out of
Jail, thesMills boys being in the family
by marriage.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
THE CASE AGAINST PRATT.
There Are Numerous circumstances That
Seem Strongly Corroborative of His Con-
fessiou

There Are Numerous circumstances That
Seem Strongly Corroborative of His Con-
fession.
The fact that the Pinkerton detect
ives employed in this now famous case
we're engaged by some of the relatives
and close friends of Elmer Collins, is
taken by some people to mean that
these relatives and friends have adopted
this means to fasten the crime upon
someone other than the dead woman S
husband, and many of those who are
inclined to believe in the guilt of the
husband have allowed this thought to
run away with their common sense.
1t is, of course, but natural that the
friends of Collins should believe in his
innocence, and do what they can to
prove it; but it is surely not reasona
bic to suppose that an agency such as
the hPinkerton' is known to be,
could be used as criminal protecting
agency rather than criminal detect
ing agency. When the Pinkerton men
were first called into the case they in
formed those who engaged them as
much, and it seems evident from the
manner in which they went to work on
the mystery that they were as ready to
fasten the crime on the husband Of the
dead woman as on anyone else; and
there is no reasonable ground for the
belief in the minds of some that they
attempted to shield Collins in any way.
The fact of the matter is the Pinker-
ton men appear to have tried every
reasonable means to connect the hus-
band in some way with the crime.
They spent much of their time on the
Collins farm the first few days they
were here, and finally Detective Butler
put Collins through a sweating
process which lasted for one hour and
u half, sitting face to face with the ac-
cused man and looking him straight in
the eye Afterwards Butler stated that
Collins answered every question put to
him with perfect frankness and that he
could secure absolutely nothing to show
that the husband knew anything more
about the crime than what he had
already made known.
At the Collins hearing in Georgetown
on Friday, April 25th, Detective ". G.
Butler first saw William Pratt, alias
William Waite, the negro who has since
become such an important factor in the
case, and about whose subsequent con.
fession there is such wide difference
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08

mitted the awful deed. 1t was these
friends who secured the services of the
Pinkerton detectives. The enemies of
the accused man say that the detectives
we're brought here by Collins relatives
in order to shield him and place the
crime at some other door, but it is not
true. Some of those instrumental in
employing the Pinkerton men were
relatives of Collins, but all of them
were not, and the detectives were not
engaged to shield any one man, but to
find the murderer.
The agencies which endeavored from
the very first to fasten the crime upon
the husband, could see no clue that
would lead them from the Collins farm
Other people saw clues, and there we're
all sorts of rumors, but the State de-
tectives confined their suspicious to
Elmer Collins from the hour they set
foot on the farm the day of the murder,
They have been criticised, and criti-
cised severely, by many. and while
they may have been pursuing what
they thought to be the proper course,
in view of all the circumstances sur
rounding the case, it would appear tc
the unbiased mind that they have been
| guilty of official neglect or colossal
ignorance OF the real duties of theii
office.
On Friday last Detective Butler
offered to confer with Detective Rat
ledge. and furnish him with the evi
dence he had collected in the case, but
the State detective refused absolutel.
to follow out any clue that the Pinker
| ton men had discovered.
Detectives Butler and Di Mayo art
| positive that Elmer Collins is innocen
of the crime of killing his wife anc
equally positive that the colored mar
now in Georgetown Jail is the guilt.
man. W. +. NJ.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
AWFUL SLAUGHTER IN CHINA.

Victoria, B. c., May 3-News has
been brought by the steamer Olympia,
from the Orient, of further successes
by the Kwang-Si rebels, whose ever
growing armies were besieging Nam
king, on the West River, at last reports.
sFugitives who were flying to Canton
from the scenes of hloodshed ana
pillage reported that the slaughter at
Ching Shang Fui when that city fell
was awful. More han LOCO persons
we're killed, and their bodies were left
lying in the streets, while the rebels
burned and looted the stores and
houses.
Terrible slaughter is also reported in
other captured towns. =,
Several thousand of the imperia |
army are said to have deserted.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
FATAL BOXING BOUT.

Allentown, Pa, May 8. = Frank
Smith died at the Allentown Hospital
today, from injuries received last night
in boxing bout with Hans Hartranft,
at the keystone Athletic Club.
The boys were scheduled to fight
eight rounds. In the seventh round
Hartranft landed blow on Smith s.
chin, telling him heavily to the floor:
Smith soon became unconscious, and
was taken to the hospital, where he
sank steadily until death resulted.
The physicians say Smith died from
fractured skull, or clot of blood on
the brain.
Hartranft is under arrest, and all
officers connected with the affair will
be arrested.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
FORTS HEAVILY SETTLED.

Manila, p. l., May 3.-Gen, Davis,
in command of the American fosces in
the Island of Mindanao, cables thas
his ultimatum has not been answered,
that his messenger has not returned,
and that the American outposts were
fred upon this morning.
The troops advanced and shelled Fort
Moro, but did not capture it until the
infantry reached the ditch. This fort
was strong and we'll defended by 300
men.
Fort Panda Padto was next sur
rounded and heavily shelled.
Heavy firing continued as the dis
patch was sent.
Gen. Davis also reports that Lieut..
Henry 8. Wagner of the Fourteenth
INFANTRY was seriously wounded, that
two other officers were slightly wounded
and that 70 enlisted men were wounded.
This As the substance of brief cable
message from the field.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08

Everett Moore Of Lr,;rnl hGs been ap-
pointed land agent in South Dakota.
The removal Of t!r plyaDnug, Of Nassau
NJ. L. Circuit from Nassau to Lewes is con-
tenplated.
William Kitchens Of lewes has been
granted marin" engineers license, and
been assigned to the tug Gainor.
Register Causey of Sussex county has
granted letters testumentaly On the estate of
William f. Cannon to George W. Emery
and letters of administration on the estate
of Sarah l.. Tenant TO William j. swain,
and on the estate of Charles II. Warren to
Annu L. Warren.
enscampineeting, Kent county, will
begin July Both, and continue two weeks.
The Rev. W. b. Guthrie of Magnolia will
have ministerial charge The campmeeting
association has elected DIR, L. W, Cooper
president, and Thomas simpson treasurer
and secretary. and the Rev. [. W, Lnyfeld
and Mcssrs. Cooper and simpson have been
appointed committee to draft u new
charter. The board OF managers will award
contracts next saturday,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08

West Chester, Pa, May 8. 3.-Georgs
johnson, negro, who shot and fatally
wounded John Henson on the street
here on the night of April 18th, was
brought to prison here yesterday after
noon from Mount Holly, N. j., where
he was captured Thursday evening. He
fed Immediately after the shooting,
and Chief of Police Jefferis traced him
from town to town until he located
him in the New Jersey city. He will
be charged with murder. The men had
quarreled over woman, and johnson
shot Henson, whose wound was an
exact counterpart of that received by
the late President Mckinley.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
Al correspondenee Of Gazette and Journal.

A al Correspondence of Gazette and Journal
Xaurel, May 3.-Mrs. Ida Collins of
near this town, was brutally
1Srdered two weeks ago this morning.
'hus far two arrests have been made
n1connection b with the crime-those of
Nd husband and the negro William
'fbtt, he of the numerous aliases. And
lid sentiment of this community is
adically divided as to which of the
~p, if either, is the guilty man.
For it may be that both are innocent,
I'LL that the murderer was one against
HON even the breath of suspicion has
LW yet been directed.
But as TO Collins and Pratt, the situ-
Ion is peculiar one. With respect
he former, large number of people
KS e simply assumed that he is the
NJ lty man. Their suspicious rested on
l}h from the first, and apparently they
{Hld to them simply because they will
}7lf admit that they were mistaken.
&1bre is absolutely not a scintilla of
#klence against him; not the sugges-
Id of motive. Nothing but a sus-
&6ion, which thus far has been sup
|$lfted only by the miserable gossip
.a@ scandal that invariably attends
#hation like this, and that invariably
'jsnes to have no foundation in fact
run to the ground by close and
'62bartial investigation. How the court
ked upon his arrest was clearly in
ted when they granted the motion
4# his release on bail, and fixed the
g6ideration of the bond at the nomi-
II sum of $500. Had the testimony
N inst him been of the slightest
Might the bail would have been of
lAS$ substantial figures, or the motion
Wild have been denied.
lfgAs to the negro, the situation is diff
Rifent. He is man of bad reputation
711n dangerous disposition. He has
de confession which, no matter
a Iht may be said about the conditions
ending it, was his own admission.
H|Eb statements of that confession coin
H{|e with the circumstances and sur
SXNndings of the crime in such a man
3f as to indicate that the man was
l&ling the truth, and was not merely
IIsred into damaging admissions. A
3I#n closely resembling him was seen
jf&Eing the Collins place about the
IEIihe of the murder. Pratt's shoes were
|5ibnd to fit the footsteps made by this
iH1An. There was blood on his clothing,
5BN blood was observed upon the fence
IN the place where the colored man was
S6en leaving the farm.
A3So much for the situation as it ap
38{es to the two men who have beer
|lApd by the law on suspicion of being
2lililty of this horrid murder. The one
RN object of mere suspicion and base
l*s accusation; the other the self-con
Elssed murderer, whose confession
I3grees with all the material circum
S]&nces of the crime, and whose recorc
Nj; that of a man who would not hesi
iijite an instant to commit murder, TO
sine purpose of either robbery or re
al&nge.
3sNIf the crime was committed by on,
JHf the other OF these two men, i
Mould not be difficult for the unpreiu
51ced mind to select the one agains
Hkhom rests the greater presumption o
SSSpilt.
n land yet someone else might hav
llS3Qdnmitted the crime.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
THE CASE AGAINST COLLINS.

'AReview of All the Evidence Makes an
4 {'*ssumption of His Guilt Almost "a Refec-
4 fzen on Common Sense.
y The Collins murder is as interesting
rs snbject to the people of Laurel and
auarounding country today as it was
Qn that fatal Saturday morning two
IXisaks ago, when the body of the dead
3'oman was found in the stable on the
'MAllins' farm, and the people of the
aaS{4n are far more divided upon the
10 fFifstion of the guilt of the unfortunate
hsther and husband than they have ever
3een known to be upon question of
4solitics or church. There does not
ippear to be any of the conservative
11s3sement who are disposed to withhold
&aidgment in the matter until later on,
4 who hesitate to express an opinion.
Yerybody has their mind made up,
there can he no denying the fact
o large number of people believe
Elmer Collins is guilty. And in
fEteWR Rf all the circumstances surround
llting the story of the crime and careful
sl slAYsew of all the evidence that has been
N N,rought to light, to the unbiased mind
~ least, it almost seems a reflection
N hpqu the common sense and better
1iudEnent of many of the people that
\ lugtA tulnR SnOulQ De,
NJ. There has been entirely too much
Intention paid to the talk of idle
4 3ussipers in the Collins murder. MANY
Hf the newspaper stories published
'4llriKinated in the minds of those who
'IIAfeeuent the hotel porches and street
,iS4fnsrs, and there has been too much
,I3x Vi desire to make them sensational
fl0atHad of getting at the real facts of
t31s matter. All of this has tended to
4 ph4sor the minds of many, and is
II ffsl III Irresponsible for the condition of
4 stfaiz6 Today.
* Thefe are those who point to the
! ,loody clothes of Elmer Collins as
violence that he killed his wife, but
Slsnere does not appear to be any good
why these articles should CON
Meet him with the murder. Collins
ted from the very first that when he
eavered the limp form Of his wife
l, ID stable, that he picked her up
I, carried her into the house and
i N ifap84 her on a couch. 1t would not
4 ~ possible for him to have done this
gM aithout getting blood upon his cloth
*jsg. When the State detective on the
%4sternoon of the murder asked Collins
|# VT he had done with the clothing
Va Aoh he wore that morning he frankly
N M him that it was upstairs in the
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08

Port DSk osit, Md, May 3. At con-
gregational meeting of the Port De-
posit Presbyterian Church held Thurs
day night the following building com
mittee was appointed: J. H. Rowland,
S. G. Rowland, George II. Buck, Will
liam 2. Cummings and H. r. Cameron.
The present building which is located
at the extreme north end OF town, will
be disposed of and new building will
be erected on the Sitzler lot, which
adioins the residence of H. G. Nesbitt.
j. H. Rowland, chairman of the build
ing committee, has contributed
S1O,0 toward tho fund for a new
church
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08

Levin Bounds, brakeman and bag
gagemaster on the n. Y, P. & N. rail
road, who had both legs severed be-
tween tho knees and hips several
months ago at Princess Anne, Md,
while uncoupling cars. is the guest of
his father law, William Townsend,
a freight conductor on the Delaware
railroad. The unfortunate man was at
the French street station Monday
in a wheel chair which was cared for
by Mr.. Townsend He was warmly
greeted by many railroad men. Mr.,
Bounds will secure artificial limbs,
which he hopes to be able to use
within a short time.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08

II has been truthfulIy said that any dis
turbance of the even balance of health
causes serious trouble. Nobody can be too
careful to keep this balance up. When
people begin to lose appetite, or to get tired
ness, weakness or debility. The system
needs tonic, Graves it, and should not be
denied it and the best tonic of which We
have any knowledge is Hoods Sarsaparilla.
What this medicine has done in keeping
healthy people healthy, in keeping up the
even balance of health, gives it the came
distinction as preventive that it enjoys as
cure. Its early use has illustrated the
wisdom of the old saying that IA stitch in
time saves nine, Take Hoods for appetite,
strength and endurance.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
PATRIOTIC SOClETYS WORK.


Washington, May Tho National
Society OF the Sons of the American
Revolution elected these officers yester-
day: President General, Edwin War
field, Maryland; Vice Presidents. Cen
eral, Cornelius A. Pugsley, New York,
Samuel Z. Gross, Illinois, Noble ID.
Larner, this. city Howard De H. Ross,
Delaware, and Albert j. Logan, Penn
sylvania; Secretary General, Charles
VI. Haskins, New York; Treasurer
General, NathanWarren, Massachusetts /;
Register General, A. Howard Clarke,
this city; Historian General, George
w. Bates, Michigan Chaplain General,
the Rev. Rufus W. Clark, Michigan.
Resolutions were adopted urging that
immigrants arriving be educated in
our methods Of government; that the
Senate aid the people of New Jersey in
the erection OF monument to the
revolutionary heroes who met death on
the battlefield of Princeton. and chat
the proposed memorial bridge between
this city and the National cemetery at
Arlington be constructed.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08

. Denton, End, May 3.-The Town
Commissioners nia n0f Of Denton 20 have sold the be
Robert Taylor u Co of Baltimore at
1O2, The bonds are to run 80 years,
with the right of paying them after 10
years. The bonds are dated May lst
and bear AZ per cent interest. The
work of constructing the waterworks
will begin next week. AT the next
meeting of the Town Commissioners
the lighting of the town by electricity
will he considered.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08

West Chester, May 3.-The West
Chester street railway, which has been
owned for three years by the Whining
ton & Northern Railroad Co., has been
sold to the Tennis Traction Co. of
Philadelphia. The Tennis company
will next week proceed to complete the
line between here ard DowniSgton,
and will extend it to Parkesburs this
summer. The company will also con-
struct line from Lenape to Union
Vile and Kennett Square.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
Nineteen Barges Lost.

Memphis, Tenn, May 8. Because Of
an accident to the gearing Of one of
her engines, the towboat B. B. Finley
yesterday drifted about the bends in
the river near Friars Point, Miss,
carrying destruction in her path. The
vessel was almost uncomfortable, and
sank 10 of her 3S coal barges in tow,
including the barge Texas, which was
heavily loaded with steel rails. The
barges are total loss. No lives we're
lost. The coalboats were owned by the
Monongahela River Consolidated Coal
and Coke Co. of Pittsburg.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
TWO DEATHS IN DOVER.
special Correspondence of Gazette and Journl

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal.
Dover, May 3-Mrs. P. j.. Cooper,
widow of former Sheriff and Magistrate
Peter l.. Cooper and mother of the late
Peter l.. Cooper, Jr., of Wilmington,
died here this morning at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
]. Stevenson. She had returned only
two weeks ago from visit to her son
in Nebraska
P. B. Norman, father of State Audi
tor Norman, died here this morning at
the residence of his daughter, Mrs. @.
B. Keilum, aged so years.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
Odessa crenlnery Bnrnad.

Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal
Middetown, May 5.-The building of the
Odessa Creamery Co., at Odessa, was burned
to the ground Saturday night, shortly before
midnight. The fire originated in the ice
house, but just how nobody knows. The
building cost about 5000, and the com
pany has insurance for $500 placed with
the Cantwell Mutual of Odessa, This is the
first serious fire in Odessa for u years. The
creamery company has leased the Cook y
il until the new creamery, work on which
will begin Immediately, is finished.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
ACCIDENT TO DR.. BISHOP.

Delaware College Professor Sustained
Broken Leg i'm Runaway.
Prof. W. H. Bishop of Delaware Col
lege is suffering from broken leg.
While he was driving in Bristol, Pa,
Friday, the carriage axle broke,
which caused the horse to run away
The doctor was thrown out and sus
tanned the injury mentioned. He was
taken to his residence in Newark last
evening, where he is under the care OF
DIR. Waltar Steele.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-08
EASTERN SHORE or MARYLAND.

Steadman Cross has bought the Hopper
farm, near CentreviIle, for 5000.
The Rev. A. j. Vanderbogart has re-
signed the rectorship of st. Peters Church,
Salisbury.
The wedding of Miss Bessie Eunity
Stevens and Frederick Clifford Brown will
take place in Denton ME. Church May 10Th.
+. p. Roc, 4. G.. Curry, Il, j, Raughcy,
L. Irving Jones and Ge7rga W. Wooers
have been elected town commissioners at
Greensboro,