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Evening journal., 1902-02-28

The "freboat." the comet, computed
by Herschel to be 100000 miles in
length. which blazed across the West
ern sky in the autumn of that year,
and the earthquake which destroyed
New Madrid. Mo. and other settle
ments and which shook most of the
Mississippi Valley, came Simultaneous
ly. and to some of the residents on the
river who saw it the boat seemed TO
be rather the most portenuous Of these
apparitions. Thus twenty-fOur years
after it was made Manasseh Cutters
prediction about the application Of the
new agent in the waters of his Ohio
settlement was certified. AS Cutters
death did not take place until 1929 he
lived to see scores Of steamboats, on
the Vests rivers.
Fulton's application Of steam to river
navigation. which soon extended to
of the Great Lakes, and
then to the oceans. had such momen-
tous consequences for Fulton's country
and the world that the memorial ,just
erected ought to have been put up long
ago. The day in the summer of 1918
when the General Pike. the first steam
boat which ascended the Mississippi
to any point north of the Ohio's mouth,
tied up at the foot Of Market street,
in st. Louis. ought to be one of the
great datemarks in the city's history.
When the Independence entered the
Mississippi in 1919, and went up as far
as Franklin. in Howard country, and
when Major Long, the explorer, rode
uD the same stream a few weeks later
in the Western Engineer, they revo-
lutionized the methods employed by
Lewis and Clark. by Pike and by the
Indians and voyagers on the same
stream before their day. In 1881 the
American Fur Company's steamboat,
the Yellowstone. went up the Missouri
into the Dakotas. and carried the new
era in the shadow of the Rockies. All
these boats. as we'll as the Bucania, the
Deutschland and the rest of the ocean
flyers of today are the lineal descend
ants of the Clermont.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
HOW TO no m

Here is the modern theory of mu-
nicipal government:
Create as many departments as pos
sible. with all the officers the patients
(the people, will stand
Let each department before pro-
ceeding TO business procure an attor-
ney.
Give to each officer the full right tC
employ counsel and enter suits.
If business is duh, get up a scrap
between the departments, and employ
counsel on both sides: the taxpayers
will foot the bill.
Never compromise a case as long as
there is any chance Of a suit
If business is slack see whether there
are not some suits of questionable out
come which may be brought. Give
some attorney any amount from one
half to two halves TO prosecute II.
Finally the citizens must form an
organization and employ counsel tC
investigate YOU
This makes an endless chain of liti'
cation which keeps the courts from
getting lazy, and makes news for the
papers.
II encourages great profession, and
induces the boys on the farms and in
the shops to plunge into Blackstone
under the assurance that their services
will soon be required.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
SiaY Away Ion KeniuckY

eAaI 0Woy ilNNl NNWANNNl
James Ponder. OF the law firm of
Salisbury. Ponder & Curtis, has re-
ceived the following copy of the al
legged game laws Of Kentucky:
Plain citizens may be shot from
January / to December 81 Senators,
governors and members of Congress
may be shot during any campaign or
within sixty days thereafter.
Niggers may be shot at any time
Hunters in search of this game, are
also allowed to use a stuffed club or a
butcher knife
If a man is caught drinking water
1t Is a sign that he is no gentleman,
sab. and may be executed with what
ever is nearest at hand.
Colonels may be shot with impunity
at any time. while a squirrel gun is
recommended for majors and captains.
No man shall be allowed TO kill in
excess of six persons a day. In case
of honor this number will be increased
to 1903. Every citizen who does not
tote the remains of his victim from
ipublic sight within fOrty-eight hours
I from the time first vOlley was fired will
be fined one gallon of moonshine.
Any citizen who steps on anOthcr's
toes may be shot with the privilege OF
lapologizing thereafter.
If a citizen leaves home half-ShO
and is found on the street a short time
thereafter full of huckshot, that is his
ault and his relatives are not allOwe,
more than seventeen suspects in theii
efforts to find the guilty person.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
law preaoh.rs Not Wanted.

Hazleton, Pa. Feb. 2S.-About $50
ministers are in attendance at the
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Of
the Evangelical Association, Bishop
William Horn. of Cleveland presiding.
Bishop Thomas Bowman criticised
lazy preachers, saying that drones
were not wanted in the church and
could not be tolerated in any Chris
tian community. He spoke sarcasti-
cally of the recent declaration of
Professor Pearson, of the Northwest
ern University. Chicago, that the
miracles recorded in the Bible are
mythical He said it was reported
that Professor Pearson had written
book and is attacking the Bible in
order to advertise himself and his
publication
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
GETTING TOGETHER

The Democratic gathering at Dover
yesterday is an indication that our
friends. the enemy, are waking up and
preparing for the strenuous work of
the campaign next fall. They have
based their claims for the support Of
the people on the necessity Of defeat
ing Addicks. and a faction Of the Repub-
llcans have thus put ammunition in the
hands Of the enemy. How easily Demo
cratic argument might be answered by
the retirement of Addicks. IL would
leave the Democrats demoralized and
Evening journal., 1902-02-28

How many Massachusetts men OF
what we are beginning TO call the past
generatiOn-the generation which rip
ened in the time of the civil war-are
there whose names could draw such a
following as that which appeared at
the State House yesterday to advocate
the erection of a memorial to General
BENJAMIN r. Butler? The hold which
this remarkable man established upon
his friends and associates during his
life has not been loosened in the years
since he passed AWAY. They keep his
memory green. u is an instance Of
personal devotion unusual in it's fervOr
and it's enthusiasm. II has survived
the departure Of the strong personality
which bound as strongly it's friends as
It. alienated its enemies. and it is TO be
respected and admired.-BOston Post
(Deml
Evening journal., 1902-02-28

Harvard will grant Prince Henry a
degree in June. Why? The Prince ap-
pears TO be a gentleman with good
manners, and average intelligence. but
what has he done to entite him to a
degree? The large universities have had
much to say regarding the tendency OF
the smaller institutions to grant these
honors To persons who happen to be in
a position to be benefit to them; bui
are not the larger institutions alsC
guilty? We imagine that Harvard hal
hundreds of graduates of attachments
at least equal 10 those of Prince Henry
who would be denied the degree it i
proposed to give him.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28

The most impressive incident in the
visit of Prince Henry occurred yester-
day, when he placed a wreath on the
tomb Of Washington, and stood before
the sarcophagus with barred head. In
that moment distinctions Of race and
rank vanished. and the soul Of the
Teuton paid homage to the great
American.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
One Young MANS lunch

Volumes have been written regard
ing the lunches ordered and eaten by
women. lt is safe to assume that
that these volumes were written by
men. for little appears in print regard
put into their long-enduring stomachs.
The ether day young man on the
business staff of a local paper sat down
to lunch and this is what he ate: Two
cream puffs, a whole peach pie and half
a dozen big bananas Wasn't It nice
and wholesome?
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
BIG TRACTION DEAL
Union Company, Of Philadelphia to Be
Leased BY New Syndicate.

Leased BY New Syndicate.
Philadelphia. Feb. 2S.-A committee
OF directors of the Union Traction
company, of this city, decided yester'
day to accept the proposition to lease
the Union Traction company to new
corporation. which will also take over
the franchises granted to thirteen
companies last summer by city coun
ellis through state legislation.
John NJ. Mack is the head OF the
syndicate controlling the thirteen
companies. II is understood that the
board will promptly ratify the com
mittee's action, and that the stock
holders of the company will take simi
lar action at the end of the lega
period of 60 days. The new company
will have a capitalization of 100000,
600, with S3,OOOOOO paid in, and viii
be called the Consolidated Traction
company.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
A coon c1rY roR nAwYERs

Every time piece OF business Is
done for the city by any Of its officials
or governing bodies, there is fat at
torney's fee. and frequently fees for
several attorneys We are improving
on the old conditions. for recently in
the Weldin purchase case, two depart
ments of government have been array
ed against each other. and the people
paid attorneys fees on both sides
This is nice for the lawyers, and we
do not blame them for taking any
business that comes in their way.
The latest development is a case
which the city has farmed out on a
contingent fee. There was question
as to whether certain corporations
were not owing the city certain taxes;
the city solicitor said they did not
while another prominent attorney said
they did. SO there was an agreement
TO place the case in his hands and to
allow him one-half OF any sum col
lected Already he has received for his
services between six and seven thou
sand dollars. and the end is not yet
Now in all cities there is much work
of a legal nature which requires the
best legal advice. and consequently
each municipality has its law officer.
When there is much business 10 be
transacted this officer has a sufficient
number Of assistants. The legal work
OF the city is done by its legal depart
ment and tho services OF outside roun-
sci is not required, save in extraordi-
nary cases.
AS we are conducting this branch
Of our business now. the legal work OF
. our municipality win cost us annually
at least fifteen thousand dollars,
without counting the salary OF the
city solicitor II this expenditure
is TO continue why not create a law
department with enlarged powers and
with a large stan? We might secure
the services of an able lawyer for s5.-
600 year; an assistant for $4,000; an
other al $4,000. and this would leave
something like $1,000 for clerk hire and
Office expenses. OF course we don't
urge this. but IL we must spend a great
part Of the taxpayers money on liti-
cation. let it be done in an orderly
manner.
There is yet another way; give 10
Council and to each OF the commits
sions a salaried attorney. and let each
public official have private counsel
and have the people pay the bill An.
other plan might be to elect only mem.
bers Of the bar to Office. pay them q
fair salary. and let them furnish theil
own law That would put an end Z,
litigation.
II is a new procedure to let our mu
niciDal suits to the best and lowest bid
der. when there is a man employe'
and paid to do the work. In that cas-
we are paying two persons for wha
one should do. OF course II our publi
sehravnts desire thisexcess of litigatio
10 continue. and choose to emplo
every disciple Of Blackstone in tn
city it will prove a boon 10 the leg;
profession. and that useful body Z
men may we'll rejoice. We sugge.
that the next prospective suit be give
out by contract to the lowest bidde
and that advertisements for bids be il
serted in the Wilmington papers.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
jealousy Led 10 Murder and suicide,

Pittsburg. Pa, Feb 2S.-The mad
infatuation of married man for a
woman other than his wife, which has
been on for several months, ended yes
terday, when William A. Rinard, a
steel blower and one of the best known
men in Braddock, shot and killed Mar
garet Lambert, or Wilbert, formerly
of London. England. A second or so
later Rlnard placed the revolver to
his own head and breast and killed
himself
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
THE LITERARY WORLD

Scribners Magazine for March be-
gins another of its important features
for the current year-the "reminiscences
of Daniel C. Gilman. who for twenty
five years was president of Johns Hop
kins University. President Gilman ere
ated a new type of University in Ameri-
ca. and one which has proved its sue
cess by the great number of scholars
and distinguished men which it has
already produced by its exact methods
Of study. THE Launching of a Uni
versity' tells the story of the cOncep-
ton of the idea. and the first steps in
gathering together the remarkable
group of professors who at the very
start gave the university prestige
among men of learning. President Gil
man has an unusual gift for telling an
incident with humor and directness.
This first paper is filled with good
stories Of such men as Huxley, George
Peabody, Rowland, the great scientist,
Sylvester. etc. The short stories in
clude a tale of a winter storm on the
Great Lakes; an amusing Adirondack
story; and a tale of sentiment entitled
"A Bridal Memory" Artistically this
number is very beautiful. 1t is led
with a series of paintings by Castaigne
printed in tint. showing the life along
the waterfront of London. Under the
title "The Heart of England" John
Corbin describes its picturesque fea-
lures.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
HOW Eehrnarv Ireaied lls

Tonight this month will go out. to
be remembered in history as one of
the most disastrous of the short months
of the year. BY storm. flood, fire and
other casualties the destruction
throughout the country has been
aiarmingly large. In destruction of
property Delaware has suffered. but
we should be thankful that we have
been spared the loss Of life by any of
the elements.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
FRUSTRATED BY GAS
FROM REFINING PLANT

New York, Feb. 2S.-Patrick O'Con-
nell is dead and jeremiah Murphy is
in a critical condition, and five other
men had narrow escapes from death
yesterday at the works Of the Stand
ard Oil company at Constable Hook
n. J. The men were at work around
till, in which 500 barrels of crude
Texas oil had been placed to be re-
fined. The gas from the boiling oil
settled around the still and the work
men were overcome one by one. Help
was summoned. and when it arrived
O'Connell was dead and Murphy was
found to be unconscious. The others
did not suffer so severely.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
Made New Record

Chapman and Cole prisoners at the
workhouse broke all records on We'd
nesday for trouser making. The two
men. working as team, made 100
pairs. For this work the prisoners
will receive 81 2-S cents for the day.
The workhouse will get 81 cents extra.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
A Nervv Bank Robber.

Glencoe. Mimi. Feb. 2s.-William
Matthews. a Hamilton and Dayton
railway fireman, yesterday put on
mask and entered the Bank of Plato.
overpowered and locked the cashier
in a back room, and took $L500 from
the safe. He caught freight train
for Glencoe and was arrested here,
confessine the crime. All the money
but SO has been recovered.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
ltls False Economy

A bricklayer in talking to the Way
farer about the soft condition of some
Of the pavements. says il is false econ
omy not to put large quantities of cin-
der and sand underneath a pavement
when IL is being laid. Those which
are properly laid with good foundations
do not develop the quicksand nature
that many now show.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
FOREIGN Ladies' Meet china's Ruler.

Pekin. Feb. 2S.-The foreign ladies
had a second audience yesterday with
the dowager empress and the en-
peSor. who conducted them through
the private apartments of the palace.
This reception was even more demo-
cratic than the first, which occurred
on February /.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28

Miss Stone is released and the ram
som is paid. But we have not heard
the last OF the matter. Large sums have
been offered her for lectures and syn
dicate articles. and we are threatened
with further discussion OF her trials
for year or two.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
charned VIII smuooIIna.

Newport. Vt, Feb. 2S.-Joseph Gotta,
a telegraph lineman, is under arrest
here, charged with smuggling into the
United States 10 packages of Cana
dian furs. valued at $4,000
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
Invitation For American Squadron.

Paris. Feb. 2S-The mayor of La
Rochelle has written TO Secretary Of
the Navy Long, inviting the American
squadron, which will go to England
upon the occasion Of the coronation of
King Edward, to visit La Rochelle.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28

Mrs. Mary f. Nealy a gifted writer
OF verse and prose. died recently in
Washington John G. Whittier spoke
of her as the faithful among the faith
less to Union liberty and by many
critics her writings were classed with
those of Alice and Phoebe Cary.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
rR1nAY. FRsRuARY as. IoOa

WEATHER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.:
Rain. high winds. Tomorrow: Prob
ably rain. high winds on the coast.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Enough -Cassidy-W hear
Flanagan called ye a loiar.
Casey-He did so.
Cassidy-An' phwat did ye do?
Casey did Flanagan.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28
New Jereev Red Men Eleet ofilcers.

Trenton, n. j.. Feb. 2S.-rhe New
Jersey Great Council Of Improved OF
der of Red Men, in session yesterday.
elected these officers: Great prophet
Mayor Joseph T. Nowrey, of Camden;
great sachem, Blanchard White, OF
Pemberton; great senior sycamore
DR.. Witmore, Of Red Bank; great jun
ior sycamore, Fred p. Rees. of Tren'
ton; great chief Of records. Daniel M.
Stephens, of Camden; great keeper OF
wampum. william J. Smyth, of Lone
Branch; representatives to the Great
Council of the United States. Joseph
e. Nowrey. OF Camden Arthur Fl
stiles. Of Atlantic City; II. H. Stepler
of Gloucester City. and Emil Scabilon
of Hackensack.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28

No attempt has ever been made to
get together any congress representing
the highest intelligence of the various
nations Of the world. The nearest ap-
preach to this was the Peace Confer
ence at The Hague. The failure of that
body was caused by the fact that it was
selected to represent political and per-
sOnal interests. IL will be interesting
10 note the results which must come
from the first Worlds Congress in
which all nations shall be represented
by men of the highest integrity and in
tellectual caliber. The difficulties in
effecting such a gathering are almost
insurmountable. but The Cosmopolitan
Magazine is making the effort with a
full recognition of the endless obsta-
cles to be overcome. In the March
number. The Cosmopolitan plan is
briefly outlined It's agents in Europe
and elsewhere are carefully maturing
lists of the ablest men of each country
considered with reference-First. To
their sincerity. Second Their ear
nestness Third. Clear thinking, that
lis. ability TO see the truth. Fourth
Broad experiences in affairs.
These names are five times as great
I'm number as the candidates to be
eventually selected. Upon these the
opinions OF leading men in other coun'
tries will be obtained. so that the ina
selection will represent a concensus o
opinion by the leading men of th'
world of thought. The Cosmopolitan j
also endeavoring to obtain by contribu
tion a fund of a quarter of milioI
dollars to provide for the expenses o
1.-THE first Worlds Congress.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28

J. Pierpont Morgan has offered to
add $4,000 so soon as $4,000 has been
subscribed. toward the payment of the
debt of the Hartford City Hospital. OF
this latter amount less than $4,000 re-
mains to be subscribed.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28

A theatre at Jackson, Tenn, has
been named after Julia Marlowe by
popular vote of the people of the town,
and Miss Marlowe is going 20 present
the establishment with her portrait,
painted in oils.
Evening journal., 1902-02-28

so your new cook stayed a whOl,
month My how did you manage 3,
keep her that long?"
Manage? Goodness iit was only til
Charles could take a tonic and get III
courage to discharge her"
The Grit-advocate., 1902-10-31

BRIEF DISPATCHER.
We may yet have genuine air linss.
1t is the nervous that are overbold,
Lawyers suits are sometimes mis-
ats.
Man has the making of his own
heaven or hell.
A man never needs aid more than
when he is loafing.
Crime is most dangerous when 1t
wears its glad rags.
No strenuous rolling stone Is anx-
ious to gather moss.
The counting of the cost has queer
ed many big enterprise.
The Oldest Of underground railroads
has a worm for station agent.
The most successful coronation ID
that in which Cupid ofaciates.
Hay fever is not to be sneezed 1t,
but its messy thing to catch.
Many 4 man who wins his bride in
a canter loses her in a decanter.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-10-31
he dividing line between drmn

anu Du1Ineauedness Is COnstAntIy bhixt-
ing.
If all new thoughts were photograph
ed there would still be men with no
use for a camera.
Whisky is one of the moving spirits
in the Oldest syndicate on earth
crime and misery.
man MIGHT ha hanDv IN having
The Grit-advocate., 1902-10-31

WITH THE sAGEs.
Strongest minds are often those Of
whom the noisy world hears least
Wordsworth.
Beyond all doubt. the worst of our
enemies are those which we carry
about in our own hearts.-Tholuck.
Have nothing in your house that
you do not know to be useful and b.
lieve to be beautiful.-William Nor.
ris.
Choose always the way that seems
tho best. however, rough it may be.
Custom will render it easy and agree
able.-Pythagoras.
All our relaxations, and every holi
day we enjoy, are hut means to that
important end. the better discharge Of
our duty.-Leathes.
When bad men combine the good
must associate. else they will fall one
by one. an unpitied sacrifice in a con.
temptible truggle.-Edmund Burke.
Mammon must be the lord OF both
worlds ii he is tho lord OF either. II
we admit him to make our earth for
US. he will also make our heaven.-F.
D. Maurice.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-10-31

SECTION 9, ARTICLE X,
Al
The Grit-advocate., 1902-10-31
eoHsuWe your UWH CHUIer,

smoke, Is a negative yet no slight vir-
tue. nor one Of the commonest in these
ttmes.-Carlyle.
The entire Rrace hanniness and
The Grit-advocate., 1902-10-31

TloN II, ARTICLE x,
M.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-10-31
AIJSTRAIASiAN TA)

AGAINST THE AMENDMENT TO
The Grit-advocate., 1902-10-31

FOR THE AMENDMENT TO Sc
AUsTRALASIAN TAX SYST
The Grit-advocate., 1902-10-31

Proposed Amendments the Constitution Of the State Of
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-27
NICHOLS MUST FACE TRIAL
supreme Court VIII Not Help Him
and He Must Take His Chance
I'm Court.

The Supreme court at noon We'd
nesday handed down an opinion in the
application of George T. Nichols of
Ionia for writ of prohibition re-
straining Judge Newnham Of the Su-
perior court Of the city of Grand
Rapids from proceeding with the con-
tempt case lodged against Nichols
for the alleged offense of trying to
bribe William Garman, one of the
witnesses for the people in the SAILS
bury case. The application was de-
MED and Mr.. Nichols Will have to face
the court in the contempt proceed
ings.
The G. II. Press says: This decision
of the Supreme court in the Nichols
matter is looked upon as another nota-
bic victory for the people in the cases
arising out of the water supply scan
dal, but the ruling was not at all a
surprise TO Prosecutor Brown and AS
sistant Prosecuting Attorney Ward,
who have looked for no other outcome
to the petition. 1t is stated that Mr..
Nichols intention has been, in case
the Supreme bench decided adversely
to his request, To come into court,
plead guilty in the contempt proceed
ings and take whatever medicine the
court sees fit TO intiict. Even if he
does elect to fight the case in the SUI
perior court he is to be arrested for
the same oiiense on a warrant charg-
ing felony, as announced some days