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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
THE NEWPORT TURNPIKE.
Users OF the Road Held Meeting and
Agree to Take Decisive Action.


About 90 people who use the Will
mington IL Christiana turnpike-more
familiarly known as the Newport pike
held meeting Tuesday at James
III. Folks shop, in Newport, and took
decisive action in regard to the road,
adopting the following on the strength
of the report of committee which
had been appointed at u previous
meeting to confer with representatives
of the company:
II is the sense of this meeting that we
believe II TO be to the best interests of this
community and TO the commuters and travel
ing public generally of said Wilmington n
Christiapa turnpike, that we reject the COM
pany's offer Of the repairing of said road,
rs proposed by them; therefore, be it
Resolved, Tint this meeting SO orders and
instructs its committee, with the advice OF
counsel, to proceed at once to condemn
said turnpike and dempnd the opening OF
the Toll gates until the turnpike is put in
proper order, ms its charter calls for.
The meeting was presided over by DIR.
Frank l.. Springer and II. A. Dempsey
acted as secretary. The committee
appointed at the Stanton meeting
recently, which comprised W. j..
Stroud, Thomas Pilling and A. w.
Eversnn, reported that last Friday It
| had conference with John Richard
son, Jr, John Bringhurst and j. nj,
Mendenhall, u committee from the
directors of the company, who an
nounced that tho company intended to
at once begin improving the road; that
between Sl,20O and Sl,5@i had been
provided for the purpose to be OK
pended this year, and other moneys
would be so expended when received
from tolls. The commuters committee
was not satisfied with this proposition,
and on its recommendation the meeting
reje'ted the proposition after which
the above resolution was adopted
Addresses on the subject We're made
by Messrs. Pilling and Everson of the
committee, and others, and j. Harvey
Whiteman, attorney for the commuters,
explained the law on the subject.
After the meeting the committee in
strlfcted Mr. Whiteman to proceed at
once according to the instructions
given by the meeting, and yesterday
Mr.. Whiteman began his preparation
to comply. He said it was the in
tention of the committee to apply to
Justice of the Peace William w.
Pritchett of this city and have him
appoint three frenholders, according tc
the provisions of the comrany's charter,
and the commissioners so appointed
are to view the road, decide what
sections are in need of repair and order
the tollkeepers to refuse to collect toll
until the repairs are made. The com
missioners are to make their return
after completing their investigation.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
MILFORD.

somewhat Worried Over the Willis Matter
in Conference Local and Personal loics.
Special Correspondence Of Gazette ana journal.
Milford, March ~ There was some
trouble in tho Methodist camp here,
Sunday, occasioncd by the report tell
ing of the readmittance Of the Rev. j.
S. Willis into the Wilmington Confer
ence and his proposed appointment to
an assistant Eastoratc OF this charge.
A special meeting of the official board
of the Avenue church was held i'm
mediately after the morning service,
to take action in the matter. There
was no objection to Mr.. Willis going
back 10 the conference work, but the
Methudiats do not want an assistant
preacher here. So u dispatch was for
warded TO Crisfield, asking that the
place he not created. There was no dis
senting voice in this matter. Mr..
Willis friends here are glad to know
he is to resume clerical work and will
lend him all the aid possible.
That Milford will have another
national bank seems assured. Many
moneyed men are becoming interested
and will lend their aid to the scheme.
i'he steamer Emma Refs is making
regular trips between this place and
Philadelphia.
Farmers hereabouts are busy prepar-
ing their laaa for seeding Many have
already sowod their factory crop Of
peas and planted potatoes.
u. Refs has added an s0xS0 feet ad
dition TO his canning establishment.
Bethuel Meredith is erecting a com
modious dwelling on his farm, south
west Of Milford, TO take the place of
that burned few weeks since.
}. ID. Alexander, tax collector for the
Ninth district, is much perplexed by
tho loss of his tax hook by fire last
week. Mr. Alexander had $50 in cash
in the book, which was also destroyed.
lie has no other records and fears
mnnN combinations mnN arise.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
PEAT FUEL CHEAPER THAN COAL.
Associated Press Dispatch by speoInl wires.

Associated PreSs Dispatch py Speclu wires.
Ann Arbor, Mich, March &c -
Profs Cooley and Sadler and Messrs.
Allen and Anderson of the Engineer
ing Department, University Of Michi-
gan, are conducting experiments on a
new peat-drying process, with the
probability of great success, The pro-
cess, it is expected, will enable them
to produce peat for fuel purposes at
considerably less than the price of
hard coal,
One pound of dry peat gives tho
same amount of heat as three quarters
of u pound of coal and there are no
clinkers or refuse except ashes. The
machinery consists of rollers by which
the water is squeezed out. The peat is
then dried and pressed into solid
blocks of the density of bituminous
coal. There are millions of acres of
peat bogs in this country.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
ORPHANS COURT.
Opening Of the March Term With Judge
Snrmnnre presidIng.

Spruance Presiding.
The March term of Orphans Court was
opened At the Court House, Monday morning,
Judge Wiliiun q. SprHancc presiding,
Tho Equitable Guarantees and Trust Co,
guardian of juiettu G. Lea, was granted an
order 10 sall real estate. W. W. Pussy was
appointed guardian of Rosie Bicrlirn.
Samuel W. MuCaulley, trustee, made rp-
turn of the sale ot real estate OF Peter
Todd; Henry G. Parish, administration of
Loretta A. Montgomery, made return of
sale, both were confirmed.
treehultletH made il return of no partition
in the matter of the real estate OF Edward
curren. They made an appraisensnt of
SND William $. Prickett was appointed
trustee to sell. lreeholders mnde return no
partition in the matter of the real estate of
Samuel r. Thatcher. They appraised it ut
$13.4tRl
Orphans Court yesterday, Beniamin
Nields, trustee, made return of the
sale of the real estate of Edwin .Ietfers,
which was confirmed. An order WAS
made for PARTITION OF the roal estate If
Adelia l.. Justis, and IL. G. Clark, j.
Thomas Price, Il. G. Reybold, j. Y.
Chairs and W. A. Jester we're APP
pointed frceholders to make partition.
An order was made for the salt Of tho
real estate of Mary b. CheSney. Mary
L. Williams and b. A. Groves, execu-
tors Of the estate of A. j. Williams,
were granted an order to sell land in
Christiana hundred to ray debts.
Orphans Court will meet again noSt
Wednesday.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
CHESTER MAN MURDERED.
Latest Victim IN Tint city Was Clubroor
nrnnrinl nr-Gnhn SiirnIiIlnl in hINnlnrN.

Latest Victim Ia Tint city Was Clubroom
Proprietor Case Shroudnd in Mystery,
Chester, Pa, March % Harvey
Green, aged - years, rx- bother and ex
proprietor Of the Delaware House, and
tho reputcd proprietor Of II pokerroom
known as the Standard Club, on Third
street, near Edgmont avenue, was
murdered some limo today and four
men have been arrested and held n3
Witnesses. Tic case is shroudod in
mystery.
Late this afternoon George Smith
went to the clubroom and, finding the
duor locked, got in through roar
window lie found j. Il. Lynch asleep
on the floor. Then Smith discovered
the legs of Green nrotrnding from u
deep closet in the room and found u
CHASTITY wound in tho mans right
temple. GREEN'S oyerceat WINS pulled
up to his eyes and it appeared that life
had been extinct for some time. Smith
and Lynch were taken into custody and
later Frank Hall and David Mirtaugh
were arrested.
KILLED And DRAGGED INTO CLOSET,
Hall stated to the police that no,
Lynch. Mirtaugh and Smith had played
poker all night with Green at the club
rooms. Green was all right when he
lott, and he did not know of amy
quarrel with anyEo ly.
Lynch says that after playing pakcr
all night he lay down on tho floor in
the clu0room to sleep and heard moth =
ing lie was da4ed when Smith aroused
him and told him that Green was dead
The police seem to think, judging
from the way the body of Green was
lying in the closet, that the murderer
dragged his victim into the closet,
where his head rested on pile Of rags,
and pulled the ovcrcuat up ovor his
mouth. The wound, which is IL deep one
and looks rs il made with IL blunt in
strument, bled profusely, and it waa
tho blood on the iloor which first at.
| traetea the attention Of Smith.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
LARGE BUILDING OPERATION.

Joseph S. Itecne. Jr., to Make 100000
Worth of improvements at Bellevue.
Joseph S. keene, Jr., Of Philadel-
phia, who owns II fine farm at Bellevue,
is having improvements made there
which will cost about $50 coo. He is
having a large stone house built for his
and stables and other necessary build
ings.
John B. johnson Of this city has the
contract for the dwellings and wagon
house. and a man from Camden, N. j..
has the contract for the stable. The
work is we'll under way and under the
terms OF. the contract the large house is
to be completed by May 18th. All of
the improvements are to DO finished
during the spring.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
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ItnN INSTANTLY Killed..

Andrew Roberts, aged l6 years, of
No. 103 East Ninth street, employed
at the bleachory of tho Joseph Ban
croft a. Sons Co., at the kcntmere
mills, was instantly killed about 10. Is
o'clock, Tuesday morning, He was in
charge of the wagons placinglthe cloth
in the kier, and had PASSED in front of
tho wagon and attempted to clear it
killed.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
MARYLAND FAIR CIRCUIT.
over ssSO,OOO offered III Purses for This
Years Races

Elkton, Md, March "a. The circuit
of Maryland fairs has been arranged,
and the purses will amount in the
aggregate to ESQ, Coz. The purses this
year are larger and more numerous
than have ever been offered. OF the
largest purses offered the Kent and
Queen Anne's Fair, at Colchester, leads
Five races of 81, COO each are open, and
entries close April LIST. Tho fair at
Colchester will be held August Goth,
9th, 2Sth and Goth, with stake race
each day, and on the third day two of
the 81, 600 prize races will take place.
In addition to the five stake races, two
for trotters and three for PAGERS, there
will be a number of class races to he
opened later. They will be for large
purses and arranged to suit all horses.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27

Associated Press DiipNsn nv ansilA wires
Philadelph ia, Pa. March 26.-Mheat &c. higher
M. p Pennsylvania in export elevator. 65aS5lac,i
No. red spot IN export elevator. slahit2c,
Corn, quiet; No, for local trade, 6i5aa66c.
Oats steady; No ] white clipped sic.
Hran steady: winter IN bulk, slO.0oa2l.OOi
spring i'll sacks, tlg.25a20,O0.
Butter duh, lie, lower: extra Western creamery
2Sc.; DO nearby prints. 3rc-
Eggs steAdy; fresh nearby l5s9aldc.: do West
erIl, I5IsalBc, do, Southwestern, l5l2al6c,i do.
Southern, l5c.
Refined sugars. unchanged.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
THE TERRAPlN CONTROVERSY.
Extradition Proceedings Are Abandoned
Tor the Present

A dispatch from Trenton, N. j.,
says; Delaware officers who came hero
Tuesday with requisititn papers for
six Cedarvillc residents, accused of
Illegally taking terrapin in the
Diamond State, won't home empty
handed. After consultation with tine
lawyers they agreed that the papers
were defective and decided to drop the
matter for the present.
1t is understood that the proceedings
will be begun anew and another strcnu-
Gus attempt made to have the matter
brought before u Delaware court
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27

Arthur Wilson Of this city has rented
the store at Rose Hill, formerly ten
anted by Hickman Hewitt, and will
move there, Mr.. Hewitt, tenant of the
store property, win remove to the old
sutton homestead, short distance
away. The occupant Of the homestead,
Abraham Kelley, will remove to a.
nearby farm.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
DOTEI:.
special Correspondence OF fazette aud loullmI

Special Correspondence OF Gazette aud Journal.
Dover, March ri. Mrs. Mary Hancock,
vito of David II. Hancock Of this Town,
one week of pneumonia. She WIS the
daughter of Draper Voahell and was So
ycars of age. She leaves a husband and one
son.
q. II. ID. Club gave an enjoyable party,
Saturday evening, nj the Hotal Richardson,
which WIS attended by members of the
club and invited slssts,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27

There are two hotels ut &liudletown,
the National and the Middletown
John 7. Mcintyre has been tho tenant
of the National and J. A. Mianlove and
Brother OF the Mldaictpwn Now Nc
intyre has bough; the Mlddletown,
and the Alanores have rented the
National, Tues ky they exchanged
hotels,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27

Vancouver, b. c., March 26, The
Dominion government has offered a
fourth contingent to 60 to South Africa
TO aid the cause of the British Empire.
1t is understood that the contingent ia
to he the largest on record. If the inn
perial authorities accept, Canada, will
forward with the utmost dispatch
2, 600 armed men.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27

Balance ...-...,.r-.....-.5...... -. Sia,No.''
George ". Duncan of Port Penn,
who has Il bill of $3.50 against the court
for dirt furnished Silver Run road,
was present with his counsel, John ii.
Rodney.
William Gamble and James +. Porter
wore reelected constables for Chris
tiana hundred They had been elected
before, but had not bonded within five
days Of their election.
The investigating spirit of the Levy
Court manifested itself yesterday in Il
determination to make up u county
bridge book This is one of the bust
ness methods proposed by the now
county administration, which desires
to know its duty and to do it, There
has been county road book, but no
bridge book. AS some bridges are
under the care of the county and others
ara under the care of tho hundreds, it
is IN important pioan of information
for the Levy Court to know Just what
structures it is RESPONSIBLE for y"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
handkerchief FROM MRS. Roosevelt.

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal.
Newark, March 20. Mrs, Theodore
Roosevelt, wife of the President, has
sent u pretty handkerchief to the
women of the First Presbyterian
Church, to be disposed of at a hand
kerchief social to be held Thursday,
April Sd. In all probability there will
be some lively bidding for that par
ticular handkerchief.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
CECIL RHODES IS DEAD.

Associated Press Dispatch by SPECIAL Wires.
Cape Town, South Africa, March 26,
Cecil Rhodes, the eminent finanoier
and promoter, is dead.
His death occurred about 4 O'Clock
this afternoon.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27

Associated Press Dispatch ny Special wires
Constantinoplc, Turkey, Tuesday,
March %. AN official bulletin on the
subject Of cholera at Mecca and Medina
admits that 1928 deaths from that
disease have occurred at the two cities
n1nntioned
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27
STOPPED BY AN INJUNCTION.

A Disguised crowd of laborers and
their bosses were ut Gordon Heights.
Friday, when orders came to stop
work because of injunction proceed
ings. The proceedings had been brought
against the Philadelphia, Wilmington
n Baltimore Railroad Co by the Will
mingtun Steamboat Co., which is rep
resented by Messrs. salisbury, Ponder
a. Curtis.
The attorneys secured the injunction
from Chancellor John n. Nicholson,
which restraints the railroad company
from proceeding with alterations at
Gordon Heights, on the ground that
the work would render Gordon Heights
Park inaccessible Service of the writ
was made Friday by Deputy Sheriff
James Saville.
The work was stopped and the writ
was made returnable before the Chan
oellor in this city on Monday, whom the
March term of Chancery Court will
begin. Messrs. Ward and Gray repre-.
sent the railroad.
Capt. Horace Wilson of the steam.
boat company, which owns the Gordon
Heights Park, was asked Saturday
about the work which the railroad
company has been doing at Corridor
Heights. He said ii could not he tole
from the appearance of things just wbat
the company intends doing there. Ill
supposed that 1t proposed reducing tn,
curve at Gordon Heights. Whatever i
is, it does not look favorable for thu
park.
Sometime ago Harry Emmons securet
u restraining order against the railroad
because it's work was affecting stree
grades, but that case was reported al
in process of settlement some time ago
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27

Charles f. Graves, aged % years,
who had been living in Chester, Pa,
was killed by p, W. n q. railroad
train at Ridley Park on Sunday. The
body was brought to Wilmington Tues
day and was buried ut Wilmington and
Brandywine cemetery yesterday.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27


!. #s Take care of the pennies and tho
s polnds will take care of themselves. ;"
Large things are but an aggregation
sfsmall things. Ii we take care of the
unall things we are in effect taking
!, 'are of the large things which the
y small things combine to make
" Take care of what you eat, when you
" Leaf, and how you eat, and your
Y istomach will take care of itself. But
y who takes care of such trivial things?
IL That is why, some day, the majority of
y Heople have to take care of the stomach.
hen that day comes there is no aid
ps Effective in undoing the results Of
st p carelcssness as Dr. Pierce Golden
Zeal Discovery. Ii strengthens the
stcMaeh, and restores the organs of
If digestion and nutrition to IA condition
" Eof healthy activity. 1t cures bilious
10 ness, heartburn, ilatulence, Indigestion,
IL lpnlpitation, dizziness. cold extremities
N and score of other ailments which arc
~ the symptoms of disorder in the
y 8nach and its allied organs.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-27

The following pensions have been
yranted to Delawareans Elizabeth +.
Virden OF Lewes, Margaret l.. Sharpe,
OF this city, So per month
The following pensions have been granted
Ruth W. Smith of Cheswold, nm original
Widows, with special accrued interest for So
pen week; William Parsons, Salisbury, S.
increases, RESERVATIONS and reissues.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-20
YOUNG GIRL KILLED.
Loses Her Life In an Explosion In q
Cleveland Factory-sevcn other
Persons Inlurcd.

Cleveland, o., March 17.-An explo-
sion in the powder mixing department
of the Fairmount Manufacturing COM
pany at 1894 Euclid avenue, resulted in
the death of Anna Fritz, aged II, an
employe, while at least seven other
persons were seriously injured.
The cause of the explosion is not
known. The front of two-story
frame building was blown completely
out, and the plant Quilted by fire which
followed the explosion. The company
manufactures railroad torpedoes. The
pecuniary loss will not exceed $4,000.
About three weeks ago an explosion
similar to the one above. although
of considerably less force, occurred at
the torpedo factory. At that time no
one was hurt by the explosion, butsev
eral girls jumped from the windows.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-20
DO NOT YIELD.
ton to the Number of 1000
Are still Out.

Boston, March 17.-The final set.
Element of the great transportation
strike in this city has narrowed to
the issue between the freight hand
lers and the freight clerks of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
and the Boston & Maine railroads.
The issue made by the freight
handlers and clerks is that of being
taken back in a body, instead of be-
ing treated as new men.
Practically all others engaged in
the strike had observed the order de-
claring the strike off. Some of the
'longshoremen found that their
places had been filed, but those who
could not return, relying on Gov.
Cranes representation that all diff
culties would be settled in due time,
faced the conditions with more OF
less patience
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-20
Against Bucket shon-Brokcr..

Springfield, ILL.,, March Tin the
United States circuit court Saturday
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, Postal Telegraph Cable COM
pany, and the Cleveland Telegraph
company filed a petition for an in
junction against "bucket-shop"
brokers located in several towns Of
illinois, to restrain them from having
wires in their offices, over which
market quotations are being sent.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-20

There is a curious growth of trees
at Tilden's Point, Me. Three yellow
birch trees are growing on a pine
stump. The tree, which was about
two and a. half feet in diameter, is
thought to have been cut down some
80 years ago, leaving a stump three
and half feet high. The seeds Of the
birch must have lodged on this stump,
and as they grew they sent their roots
down its sides to reach the ground.
The three trees are, respectively, five.
six and seven inches in diameter.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-20

A new field Of usefulness has been
opened for especially intelligent dogs
by the keeper of a kennel in England.
The animals are trained to lead tho
blind, and, with this object in view,
they are taught to walk in a straight
line at a steady pace. To accomplish
this result with a frisky young puppy
requires about two months of constant
daily practice. The dogs are also
taught to avoid carts on the street,
and their sense Of locality is developed
to high degree. It takes about five
months to train the dog in Ill
branches.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-20

The natives of Liberia, in Africa,
have no clocks. They take the kerr
nels from the nuts of the candle tree
and wash and string them on the rib
of a palm leaf. The first or top ker.
mel is then lighted. All of the ker.
nels are of the same size and sub
stance, and each will burn a certain
number of minutes and then set fire
to the one next below. The natives tie
pieces Of cloth at regular intervals
along the string to mark the divisions.
of time
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-03-20

At his auction rooms in London, re.
Gently, j. G. Stevens sold large mum.
Der of curiosities, including an Egyp.
tian mummy, said to be that of the
daughter of Rameses H., about 1888
B. c.. in the original sarcophagus, to-.
gether with Roentgen ray photographs
showing the perfect state of preserva-
ton of the remains. The outfit fetch.
ed guineas. There was also the pair
of breeches worn by George II. at the
battle Of Dettingen, which realized Is
guineas.