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The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
LAW MAKERS
IN THE CITY
Democratic McmberS Of l.e9isIat,
uro Discuss Scnatorahjp Qnc.-
ton And Other Topics.

The Democratic, members and
the members elect Of tn" General
Assembly lmet i'll the rooms Of The
Young Mems Democratic Club thi-
morning. According to the state
ments Of several of the members
the meeting was held to enable them
to become acquainted with one
another. 80 that. when the Engisla-
ture meets. they may act harmoni-
ollsly on all questions ot interest to
the State 1t Is an open secret how
ever that the legislators rmuUord
the organization Of the house, IF
the l.eyislatur" and attorneys.
1t was said Un the str-2ts that
the meeting wu- called for the pur-
pose Of discussing III" Senatorial
problem. and for impre>,ng upon
the members the dangers of any f
them voting for anyh"1y other than
Il Democrat
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
MERGER PLANS
KEPT SECRET,
Officials Of Rival City Trolleys
Refuse to Discuss Consoli-
dation Talk.

AS Superintendent Van Trump of
the Wilmington City Railway Com
pany alighted from the L15 p. B.
4 w train at French street station
this afternoon, he was asked by a
reporter of The DAILY REPUBLICAN
if the railway Of which he is su-
perintendent and the Peoples Com
pany were to be consolidated as
reported, but he replied that he had
nothing to say on the subject.
When pressed for more definite in
formation Mr.. Nnt Trump replied,
Il will neither deny nor affirm the
report The attorneys for the COM
panies also refuse to discuss the sub
iect.
AS Spottswood Garland, pres dent
Iof the Peoples line, is yet in New
York on business for the Sons Of
the American Revolution, no state.
ment could be obtained from him
this morning.
Superintendent Crook of the
Peoples Railway Company denied
that the deal had gone through.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
POLISH WOMAN
AFTER COAL.

Annie Skapinski was arrested this
morning by special officer Cannon
while stealing coal from car on
the 81 ding Of the ?. B. d W. rail
road north Of Church street
About o;3O O'Clock the officer Sc.
crete himself in Il box ear and
few minutes later he saw tho wo-
man climb to the top Of coal car
nearby. Then She began to fiji! Il
bag with the coat. Sne was sent TO
the police station and will be given
a hearing in the ely court tonight
on charge Of trespass. As the po-
lice failed to have the Polish officer
In court tins morning to act Us in
terpeter the ease WAS not tried
CCnarICs l.. Cus,ir wa, fined Is
and costs tor being drunk and dis,
orderly last night Officers tounv
and Fox found him III the middle
OF tn" street using very bad lau-
gllawr.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
WILL. HAVE BIG
CHRISTMAS TREE.

Mrs Wogau and Mrs. White are
encouraged In their vcnlurG TO have
a Christmas tree for the poor chit
drcn Oh Christmas moraing. The
sale Of tickets Tor the lecture lin
Asbury Chnrch tomorrow night has
been very large. When it is coz
sidered that there arc probably $50
children III The CITY whose homes
will not lie visited by Old kr,sS it
can readily De understood what u
task is ahead oil the police matrons.
None but the real poor children
will lie admitted into the courtroom
on Christmas morning.
Contributions for the tree are not
coming N with the generosity That
has N rked the Ch uity Of Whining
tOn pcnp'e III former years.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
MORE BOOKS
BEING READ
Library Circulation Last
Month 2,928 Volumes Over
That Of Previous Month.

The monthly meeting of the
Board Of Managers of the Whining
ton Institute Free Library was held
in the librarians office last evening
The librarian, Mr.. Bowermau, re-.
ported accessions during the month
OF November 705 volumes. After
deducting the Withdrawals, the net
increase in the library was 53l vol.
umcs.
The total circulation of the month
was 23,O46. This is 2, 92s greater
than in November, 1901. OF the
total circulation, 1880 volumes
were circulated from the central
library o3p from the. Rockford
branch, and 2271 from the schools.
The circulation from the various
schools WAS as follows: No. 10. 80:
No. II, 2O3; No. l., 20; No. II. 80;
No. II. 80; No. II, 1879; No, Is, 90;
No. -, 2lS; No. u, lis; No ". 9;
No. %. 20; No. a, 359; no -.
~: No. 2G, Is. With the close of
November, nine months of the Ii.
brA''y'S 1lscl! year have passed. In
those months the circulation was
1919 greater than in the CORES.
pondlng months Of the previous Ii,
brary year.
During h" month there were 43S
new card, issued: the tuta! regiStra-
ton now stands at 2O9Ol. This in.
rIudrs 300 public school pupils, 10?
l"arheaS, and oGl out-Of-tpwu bor-
rUwcrS.
Among thenumerous gifts Of Nov
ember, the following should be not
ed: William p. Bancroft. mos.
of magazines; Norris $. Barratt.
Philadelphia, vol. and = pamph.
lets, year books of the Sons of Del
aware and the Delaware Society;
DR.. John }. Black, New Castle. vol.
and pamphlet autograph copies
Of The Cultivation of the Peach
and Pear on the Delaware and the
chesapeake PeninsuIa' and Con
NlImptIvrS in Delaware" +. A. Couch
l9} nos, Of magazines; Mrs. John
Dandy vol. and 80 nos Of maga-
zines; Howell 5. England. - vol.
aud u pamphlets; Rev. George G.
Hall, pam; William r. Hill. , vol.
and Il pamphlets: J. II. kluud, col
nos. ut magazines, William Turner,
l1O nos. OF magazines
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
LOCAL POLICE AFTER
AN ABSCONDING MAYOR

Although he is the mayor of Min
neapolis, Mimi, Albert A. Ames is
fugitive from justice, and author
tiles Of many cities are after him.
Several days ago the mayor was in
dicted for acceptinga a bribe. He was
released on a bond Of $4,000, after
which he then fled the city.
Yesterday the local police were
requested by sheriff j. w. Dredger,
of Hennepin county, Mimi, to aid
in the search for the rlissingmayor
The police have circular bearing
photograph and description Of the
fugitive, who is said to be G2 years
of age, tall in stature, of light COM
pleXion and good appearance.
When last seen he wore Il stubby
gray beard.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
MORE BILLS DISCUSSED
Levy Court Discussed Notarios' Bills Be-
hind Closed Doors.

The Levy Court resumed its ses-
sion yesterday afternoon, and pass
ed the following resolutions;
"N Nhereas, A communication has
been received from Messrs. Bigham
and Wagner, claiming sum of
money due Captain Fish for dam
ages done by the Market street
bridge to the steam canal boat
Charles Hamilton.
Resolved, that the communica-
ton be received and filed and the
clerk instructed to notify Messrs.
Bigham and Wagner that the mat
ter had been thoroughly investigat-
ed and found to be due to the neg
ligence of the captain of the boat
There was much discussion be-
among tho commissioners relative
to roads throughout the county, but
no action was taken,
The court also met as q com,ni ttee
of the whole, and considered he
bills of Hugh c. Brown and Bald
wen Springer for administering
oaths to registration officers, but
did not decide to pay them.
Another injecting will be held to.
morrow morning at TO- 80 o'clock.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
GOVERNORS MEET
shiri,- tive Prov in""S Represented at
NnuiIn-t Reception Gi,eu.

Naniia-t Reception Gi,eu.
MANILA Dec II. Thr governors OF
tNirly-tiye provinces have assembled
here 10 receive instructions regarding
census work from Gruera Sanger, tIl"
Inspector general of In" division Of the
Philippines: meet the st. Louis rXpn>i-
ton commissioners and discuss general
affairs with the government. The rrO-
NiuciHI gONrrlurS will supervise the
census.
Al y reception held iu homer Of tie
Visiting governors Governor Taft said
1h"y were the first elective r"prrS"nl't-
tive body Of E'iiipiuos which had "vrI
a>>rmb,d and informed them that the
guN"rnmrni WAS preparing 10 Import
cnrahdos to meet the pressing need
for farm ANIMALS. Governor TAfl urged
III" governors Mnid in putting an end
to l0druniSm and said the government
had determined to suppress it.
THE governors will remain here dur
Ing the holidays ana will meet the
Philippine commission and discuss iii"
land taN. forestry tax. road building.
raNoAds. III" proposed bureau OF "ng
npcring. "r.
rh" trial 10y c"Ilri lnartiai Of captain
Rogers uf the Twenty seventh infantry.
charged with using diSrespcrtfuI Ian
gImge to General Davis. was runciudru
yesterday. The verdict is not known
hu' II is douht'd that th" court took a
serious view Of the ease Tn" accused
othrcr admitted ihal he ihouuhtl"ssiy
used object iolable language before
General Davis aid d"ramp, denied any
intent to be ,lisrr~pertful and pleaded
illness and encouragement at his ina
hility to secure lcAv" of absence in
cxl"nIlaIion
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17

present criminal trial. however, that
question has been disposed OF, Miss
Biggar having wit hdrawn her claim
as Benefits wife in Septcmb Der and
resting her entire case now on the
actual provisions Of the will.
One of these provisions is that u
contest shall invalidato tho claim
of the contest, but it was admitted
yesterday by attorneys for the other
heirs that III any event there would
be no further contest on that point.
One reason, perhaps, for this. is that
even as the will stands it will be
at least five years before Miss Big
gar realizes anything Of importance
from the estate, which one Of the
executors, John +. Hawkins of AS
bury Park, testified yesterday was
worth not million or more, as h as
been believed, but about $500, 600.
Of this Miss Biggar's share is i'll
great part in connection with the
theatre in Pittsburg. This is mortS-
aged for 1850, 900, Mr.. Hawkins
said, AMI before anything is paid 10
Miss Bigsar or the other heirs the
mortgage must be cleared of, For
this five years has been allowed,
and Mr.. Hawkins thought that even
this length OF time might not be
sufficient. It was said that Miss
Biggar. even it successful in fight
ing the present charge against her,
could not reasonably expect to re-
ceive more than few Thousand
dollars for Il long time 10 come.
1t is expected that the trial will
will not be tiuishel before to-mor-
row night.
DR.. llendrick yesterday sent in
his resignation as Health Inspector
to the Hulson County Boarl OF
Health at Jersey City. The Board
nrpAnfnl | ti,a rAslipnl1
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
JESSE F. WILSON
ENDS HIS LIFE.
Sends A Bullet Through His
Brain at His Home
This Morning.
ILL HEALTH The CAUSE.
Dissoluvionof Blacksmith Part
nership Also Believed to
Have Worried Him.
Planned Death.

Jesse +. Wilson, committed sui
eide this morning at his home 1918
West Sixth street. lie left his bed
about I3O O'Clock and gong to a
third story room sent bullet through
his brain. He died half an hour la
ter
Mr.. Wilson's daughter Ida, heard
the report but paid no attention to
it. Mrs. Wilson, her son Frank and
daughter ate bre akfast together and
as Frank left the house Mrs. Wilson
told Ida to call her father. Upon
going to his room she found the bed
empty. Then it occurred to her that
she had heard noise in the third
story Of the house and upon going
there she was horrllied to find her
father lying on bed in back room
with his brains oozing from a wound
over the right temple lie was not
dead but died few minutes later.
Mr.. Wilson was mem Der Of til,
firm OF Martin and Wilson, black
smith and wagon repairers, 413
Orange street. For the past nine
years they have been partners but
two months ago Wilson asked to
have the partnership dissolved.
lie ha, been 10 poor health for
some time and this, compiled with
the business change, preycd on his
mind. Yesterday word was re-
ceived by Mrs. Wilson that a reIa.
tive died leaving a humber of small
children, which furnished a topic
for discussion In the home last even.
ing. Mr.. Wilson lamcnted their
position,
The revolver with which Mr.. vii.
son shot himself belonged to his sou.
When bursl:rs were making the
systematic raid on Wilmington resi-
dences, the weapon was purchased
for protection from them.
Mr. Wilson waa about SO year, OF
age and was u member OF the | O.
O. f., and A. o. L. W. lie recently
rented blacksmith shop Oh Orange
street near Third where he intended
going in business alter January lst.
Deputy Coroner James Il Chandler
visited the scene of the suicide this
morning and Coroner Trjck will
hold an inquest later.
Frank Wilson. son Of the dead
man had just reached the onlcc OF the
DUPONT Powder Company wLcn he
was notified othis fathers suicide.
As early as last May Mr.. Wilson
complained o! loss OF appetite and
then it was that he insured his life.
He tod friend at the time that it
was proper for man to have a good
Insurance as it was not right for a
man to die suddenly and leave his
family depending on Others.
POLISH WOMAN
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
FRANCHISE IS GRANTED
New York Aldermen Vote For Big
pcnnSylyania Railroad scheme.

Pennsylvania Railroad scheme.
NEW YORK. Dec. 17.-Thr frnnSyl-
vania SJn,UtO.o0 tunnel franchise was
passed by the board Of aldermen last
evening hy Il vote of 1 10 80.
The tight was II bitter one, each side
insisting that il had Il majority UP to
tie roll rul.
Borough President Cantor and Alder
men Sullivan and Gai'npy led the ol'-
position to thu franchise, which ll"y
based entirely upon the omission Of the
"lbur cEruSr>
The lie was PASSED during the heat
Of the discussion.
Two minority reports; against thP
franchise wrr" preSt ntch to the board.
One rejected tllr contract rs II stands;
the other was TO send il back 10 the
rapid transit commission with inStrur-
tion tu insert the "lnhor CLAUSES" ana
prov idnG that if the P"nnSy lVania rail
road refused to accept the amended
contract it WAS 10 be considered as re-
crtpd
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
YEATM\N BLOCKS
TROLLEY WORK.
But West Chester Railway
Will Progress Just AS If
He Were Off the Map.

Judges HemphilI and Butler, sit
ting at West Chester yesterday
refused the Wilmington Kennett
and West Chester Electric Railway
, Company The privilege of planting
poles on property Of N. p. Yeat-
man i'll kennrtt Square and placed
the costs Of the case On the Railway
Company
The work IF the company in Ken
nett Square will not be undone.
however The company will file an
extension over the line of the Oxford
aud kennett Square line, and the
latter company will not object.
An extension OF its line by a road
already i'll operation isCOmparative-
Iy easy. IT can be accomplished
without asking any change in its
rharter \ resolution to extend its
line over any named route is passed
by the Board Of Directors, and Il
.ropy ot the same is placed on file in
the office Of the Recorder of Deeds
.of the county in which the cXten-
sion lies, and another is filed with
the Secretary Of the Common
wealth. Rights Of way may then
be- secured, H. hpwr,er. rights Of
way have been already ~~rurel by
another friendly company they can
be assigned to the friendly company
and all opposition gives way. 1t
WAS by securing control of the West
Chester street Railway line that the
Tennis Company secured the undis-
put"d right to build it, extensions,
and i'll the same way the Whining
ton. kcnnrrr and West Chester
Company will work. aud proba bly,
in 50 doing viii block some Of the
schemes Of Tenui, Construction
Company. hUt that is another story.
The Wilmington. kennett and
West Chester Railway Company's
proposed nnc uaNerses the bor-
ousoh OF Iieunctt square, and
by way oil Jnlouviic is TO so to West
Chester THIS road i, graded from
the Delaware State line Morth as far
as State street, >ennett square
Along tn Iluc Of The oxford and
h"nuett Square .ino grading has been
in progress for months and this part
of the work Of construction is about
from the western Iimlts
OF kennctt square " ToUghkcnaLOn.
These '"O companies are in harm ny
aud The Naniegrift Construct GA
I'ompauy ma, contract with inc
Kenneth ond West Cues-
ter Halfway Company for the con.
,tructlon Of ,s r3ad, 1t is under
that contract that work has been
done on both iiueS.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
Mrs. t.rnnt's Funeral.

WA$IIINGTON. Dee L. While III"
final arrangements for the cpS"uuirS Of
Mrs. Grant will not he made until aft
rr the HlI iyaI here of General Grant
ana other members Of the family to-
morrow. il is settled that There will be
shorl religious services in his city and
thai the remains will be- placed by thr
side Of those Of her h>Shand in the
iuulh at EiNrrIlu" park. New York.
General liurArr Porter. Hmha> >SadOr 10
France. is president Of III" Grant Mon
Umcnl G>@uciHton. which has charge
If the GrHll tomb At New York; and
Secretary Root and Genera GrenvIle
NJ. Dodge, president Of til" Army Of the
rcunr~S"r ar" wee presidents. Militia
~ honurS Will be accorded til" body of
Mrs Grant il. New YORK.. \ committee
from the Army 1T III" T"nn">Srr will
attend the funeral service in WaSuiuE-
ton
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
4 MOTHER RAILROD VICTIM
Ella. niger. But"htr,"i h,>:rI LU.c- ii'
on tn" !. Is, an" ".

Elias Ingpr, German butcher Of
Chester ami we, knoWa her: was
killed at the IertraI Avenue Cross
ing, Chester iast evening By 4 south
bound y. B. x ", trAIth I n%er vas
warned Of tuc appr acA Of The rain
but he evidently dir 20. Hlay II.
The wagon on which ha wa, rltirg
was demolished ana (nser Naa h.l-
ed instantly.
UngeI was large au1 heavily
built mau. lie WAS about IS years
old, married and leaves 4 Ni.iow and
one child, boy. 1t was only a few
years ago that his father met death
on the railroad.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
ANOTHER BARN FIRE

The large barn ami i'm" out
buildings Of Georg" Brown, near
GLASGOW, were totally destroyed by
fire last night. The loss will he
very heavy, but the amount can.
not a, Yet be stated 1t is not known
whether any live stock WAS burned.
though il is rumored that several
tino horses and thoroughbred COWS
We're destroyed, Ih" cause Of tn"
fire is unknown.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17

publishors Christmas List,

During the past week calls ha w
been made at tho Wilmington In
stituto Free Library for publishers
catalogues and in particular the
special illustrated catalogues of
books suitable for gifts. Acting up
on the suggestion OF these; hand
some catalogues of holiday books
have been displayed on a ledge be.
side the newspaper reading room
and will there be available to any
who may desire to consult them.
If the catalogues thus displayed
have sufficient use orif any consider
able number Of readers express the
desire of having the feature of dis
playing publishers catalogues made
a permanent one. the library will
secure extra copies Of publishers
catalogues and book announcements
for the purpose of making them
readily accessible at all times TO
readers
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
ABOUT SPECIAL OFFICERS.
Police Commission Will Ask City Solicitor
For an Opinion.

The Police Commission at its
meeting last hight discussed the au.
thorlty Of special officers and decid-
ed 10 ask City Solicitor Relnhard for
an opinion touching on the subject.
Special officer Gordy on duty at
the P. b. and w. r r. Company
made an arrest last May for which
the railroad company was sued on a
charge of false arrest. In the Super
ior Court last week non-suit was
granted in the case and the decree
handed down that as the officer was
appointed by the Police Commission
he was uuder its control at the time
OF the arrest and not uuder that of
the railroad company.
1t is to have the power Of the spec
ial officer known that the Commission
appeals 10 City Solicitor Relnhardt.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
Oil 1x,unnu lirnke Lnn Ii

The big tank wagon Of the Allan.
TIC Refining Company broke down at
Third and Bridge streets to-day.
bu' luckily none oil the oil was spill.
ed. The centre pin Of The wagon
slipped out ami allowed enc ot tho
springs 10 come apart,
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
WORK AT IODD'S CUT
Foundations rf Nearly All the New shop:
Ha," Been Completed.

The foundations for al lie new
shops at Todd 5 CGl except The big
rounu 4ou>e have been competed, Dat
very IttIc work viii he lua- Uu the
structure, uutri spring, The cod
weather woDld in.e.'erc with the
brick work ana masonry, ald le,
>deS the iron gIIdcr, and structure
work that viii Ue used IN lhe cV'I-
lon Is not yet ready. Work
VIII bcg!n II e4rnrst IN the aprsng
and then rushed "a 1omI cj'on.
ANOTHER RATLROD VICTIM
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
sailing to Wrong FORT.

The ship King George, from Chile,
with a cargo of nitrate Of soda, was
yesterday towed by The tag Doane
up the Delaware river as far as New
Castle. when the master of the
ship earned tina, lie was Bound 10
New York instead Of Philadelphia.
There was no aIlerna atIrc but to
anchor the vessel aud wait for ia
vorabic weather 10 be tUwed 10
New York,
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
sea t,lll Mere

Asca gull that had come inland
to seek refuge from the recent storm
was seen along tho ChrIstiaua river
this morning !, had been resting
in the marshes and when II arose t
70! lowed the wind ing Of the river on
its way to the sea,
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
Repaired n Bridge.

Third street bridge IL III running
order today. The repairs to the
machinery were completed ycstcr-
day and the structure was turned
on at once.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
Ncw Brewery Opened

The Wilmington Brewery Company
put It's first beer on the market 10.
day. Henry BIouth, the vel known
proprietor OF the crane mon Hotel.
Is the manager Of the new concern
Anthony lLaubey will be his outside
representative.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
IIpu,Is,,ip, l'ypIIpui\ -pl,I

harles {, Kurt has sold the
property at $40 BrOnmc street to
Alfred g. CrOHier of Grand Rapids,
Michigan. The price paid was slo.-
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
NO MEETING HELD.
Rain OF Last Night Kept the Brand, wine
t'ransers at Home.

Dr.. Neale. John n. Carswell and
Francis NJ Walker drove to Talley.
vile last night to address q Changers
meeting on the subject Of Good
Roads" but upon arrival there they
found the hall in darkness
The lecturers We're disappointed
as a big meeting had been expected.
The farmers had remained at home
on account of bad roads made doubly
50 by the inclement weather Of the
past few days.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
Promotion. Among Railroad Men.

BENJAMIN r, Gormau, brak eman
on shliter No. IS. has been promoted
to tlagm Andrew Burns, former
flagman. has been promoted to yard
conductor. Robert Hlman, former
yard hagman has been promoted to
yard conductor.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
Can't SDttl,.pl' sick

Court Officer William II ell IS con.
hned to his home with an attack OF
the grippe. Tie veteran officer, who
has been member OF the police
force for nearly forty years was
missed from his usual place Ia the
City Court room 10. day.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
Nurk an Sr,pntu street Hriun,

Frank Wells. the contractor start.
ed torepair Seventh street bridge
this morning. The machinery will
be Ovcrhandcd and ru, III running
order and the spproaches will be
nNt in or ler.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
Resumed Duties TO-lay,

G. II. Cantwell, who has been con-
fined to his home for three DAYS with
a severe cold, resumed his duties to-
day as yard master Of the local 7. B.
Il W. yards.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-17
kCCnrNtr Names nenMtiCs

James S. Moore, Recorder OF Deeds
elect, has appointed the following
deputies Anthony MEG arvey, Irwin
l.. Ball, Walter *, Babcock and
William ii, Taylor.