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Evening journal., 1902-05-20
AsnhaIt Renort EiIed.

Trenton, N. j.. May 20.-Messrs.
Mack and Tatnall, receivers for the
National Asphalt Company and the
Asphalt Company of America, yester-
day filed an inventory of the assets
and liabilities of the two companies
with the clerk of the circuit court. The
report shows that the National AS
phalt Company has assets amounting
to S25,600,006, and liabilities to the
amount of $25,743,947, the assets be
ing composed almost exclusively o.
the stock of the subsidiary companies
The Asphalt Company of America has
assets amounting to S32,0378S2. and
liabilities of s36,574,OO6. The losses
for the past two years reached 81,
926, ,966.0S.
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If the ideal could be made synony-
nous with the actual, the Dutch Re
public would rise again, grander and
fairer. Never has a people been more
obviously equal to the task Of self
government. The establishment of the
republican form could add nothing to
the liberty enjoyed by the Dutch under
the sway of the Orange princes, but
there would be the certainty that the
Inc OF presidents would never fall
that. from out of the ranks of the
"plain people" would come an un-
broken succession of rulers to body
forth the ideals which lived in the
great Stockholders Of the bygone CEN
turies.-New Orleans Times-Democrat
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WHO'S AFRAIDq

Doar reader, upon certain pOlhb we
shall never agree, and we had as well
accept that conclusion. Upon political
questions If we all had the same ideas
we should have a dreary time on cleo
ton days, and during campaigns the
brewers would suffer. SO while we
regret that all persons are not suffi-
GENTLY open to the light which we are
prepared to shed on all subjects, yet,
seriously, there are points Of general
agreement which it would be well to
emphasize at the present time.
In the first place we have a right
to assume that all political parties and
factions have primarily the public in
terosts at heart This is their only ex-
cuse for existence. and to this all per-
sonal interests are supposedly subor-
dinatod. Nobody will contest the idea
that the public welfare is supreme. To
this end we all. presumably, desire the
nomination and election Of clean men
for oaice. we demand that they shall
not only have the honesty, but the abil-
ity and natural fitness to discharge
the particular duties which shall de-
volve upon them. We want our af-
fairs conducted economically, decently
and with am idea to progress.
Now is the time for those who love
the State more than they do personal
advancement. TO take stand not inde-
pendent of politics. but above It. II
they shah insist on following out these
ideals and in placing parties, candi-
dates and voters on record, a whole
some influence will be felt throughout
the State, and will be shown, not only
in the election. but in the nomination
of candidates. It has been frequently
said that it is hard to defeat parties
that are intrenched after a ticket has
been named, but wholesome public
opinion may dictate nominations.
What we need is not a ticket for ON
party representing all virtue and
ticket for another representing all ras
cality; but good citizens should pra
that every candidate nominated TO
Office no matter ON what ticket, shal
be intelligent, brave and clean. The
our affairs would suffer in no event
We all are loyal enough to party, bu
there should be a crusade to arous
men TO n deeper feeling of loyalty I
the institutions which have cost S
much. which mean 50 much to us, an
which we prize so little.
We want to ask whether the new
( papers, the politicians and the votel
p will endorse these views? If they wi
not then we should like to have the
e reasons. Is it not possible TO crea
! public sentiment that goes beyor
e party. to demand clean political met
: ods. the nomination of the best cand
! dates and The elimination of all forr
u of bribery We throw down the ch;
longo-or rather we extend the invit
tion for others to join in the mo'
: ment Who's afraid?
Evening journal., 1902-05-20
NEWSPAPER OPINION
A Tragedy and Athletics

From the Baltimore Sun.
The murder of Paul Leicester Ford.
the well-known author. by Malcolm
Webster Ford, his athletic brother,
raises a question as to the part ath-
letics played in causing the crime. The
brothers were of a wealthy family, but
Malcolm was possessed with the ath-
letic craze and devoted himself to an
athletic career. against the wishes OF
his father, with the result that he was
disinherited and spent the rest OF his
life unhappily in various extravagances
of conduct. He engaged in a number
of athletic or sporting enterprises. ths
last of which has just become bank
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PLor AoAINer -AusrRlAM RuLER
Bomb Was Found In Cav In Which
His Majesty Was Travelling.

His Majesty Was Travelling.
London. May 20.-The correspond
ent of the Daily Chronicle at Buda
Pest reports the Illustration of a plot
against the life of Emperor Francis
Joseph.
The emperor was recently going on
a night train from Vienna to Buda
Pest. In the final inspection of the
imperial train. in the terminus of the
state railway at Vienna, made 10 min
utes before his maiesty's arrival thePe,
a bomb covered with paper was found
in the emperor's compartment Il was
evidently calculated that this bomb
would explode the moment his majes
ty entered the car. An investigation
of the matter led to the dismissal ol
several railway employees. The great
est secrecy concerning this plot has
been observed, concludes the cores
pondent and the emperor forbade the
newspapers of Vienna to mention it.
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KING con-

With something like 10000 miners
out of employment and the mines
closed. we begin TO see the probable
outcome of a continuance Of the strike.
There is very little coal on hand, as
the demand has been equal to the sup
ply. The last year has been a period
OF unexampled industry, and industry
means a consumption Of coal. II is the
basis OF nearly all the energy employ
ed in the mechanical world. Both
steam and electricity depend upon it,
and it supplies the means Of lighting
our cities.
no one can predict what would hap
pen should these deposits suddenly
become exhausted. since modern civili'
zation is based upon coal. The intens'
industry of the last few years ha
taken 1t all At no time have tn
mines been a month ahead. Conse
quently the strike finds the consumer
ill-prepared to meet it. Should it e1
tend to the mines Of other sections
and take in the bituminOus fields, tn
industries Of this country would 500
come to a standstill. and no one ca
predict the suffering and inconvenient
which would follow. Next to shuttin
on foodstuffs. would be the baleful r
suits OF a general coal famine.
1t is not lilsay t1At To- matter vi
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TEXAS TOWN SWEPT BY STORM
NInety-eight Killed and 1903 Injured
BY Tornado at Goiisd.
Injured Bv Tornado at Coliad


Injured BY Tornado at coliad.
Houston, Tex, May 20.-The latest
reports from Goliad state that SO per-
sons were killed and 1O3 injured by the
tornado which passed over that city
on Sunday afternoon. The property
loss in the city and surrounding coun-
try will probably reach 100000. The
storm swept the city from end to end,
and demolished $50 stores and resi-
dences. many of which cannot be re-
paired.
The tornado, which was preceded
by a terrific downpour of hail, lasted
only a few minutes. The hail storm
drove the people into their houses,
where they were caught like rats in
a trap, and the death-dealing wind
came down upon them with terrific
force. leveling everything in its path.
The tornado swept an area two blocks
wide for a distance of a mile and a
half. Houses collapsed as if built of
cardboard, covering the dead and in
iured with debris, which necessarily
made the work of rescue slow. Peo-
pie flockea to the town from all Of
the surrounding country. Many of
them had relatives in the city. The
work Of rescue has been carried on all
day, and the funeral of several Of the
victims took place yesterday after
noon. The supply of cofins has been
replenished from other towns, and a
large force Of labOrers is still at work
digging graves for many of the unfor
tunate victims.
The citizens have perfected a relief
organization, and everything is con
Quoted in an orderly manner, the
work of caring for the dead and in
iured now being on a systematic
/ basis.
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snhnnlmasterls snicide.

Portland Ore. May 20.-Professor
Eugene /. Schaeffer, senior master at
Bishop Scott Academy, a school con-
Quoted under the direction OF the
Episcopal Church, committed suicide
yesterday by shooting himself with
revolver. His body was found sitting
in chair in one of the class rooms.
He had not been re-employed for the
coming year, and it is supposed he be
came despondent. He came here from
Bethlehem, Pa. and was for some time
employed in the engineering depart
ment of the Union Pacific Railway
Company.
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be allowed to go on, as too much de-
pends upon a peaceful settlement But
for every day of idleness, business
must suffer and the people be obliged
TO pay higher and higher prices for
coal. The manufacturers will not lose
it. but it will be added to the articles
we buy. Not only the miners, but the
manufacturers. the transportation
and the people are interest
ed in the adjustment of this question.
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Mont Pelee is reported very active
again. Il looks as though the mon
ster were Jealous Of the encroaohihent
of man and is determined to reign m-
disputed master OF that part of the
world. Relief parties have been driven
to their ships, and temporarily, at
least. st. Pierre is abandoned. Il is
probnble that for many years, per-
haps for centuries the region viii be
left uninhabited.
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cRAzED LOVER KILLS A FAMILY
Mad Infatuation For 13-Year-oId
Girl Cause Of Crime.

MdQ ANNdAndliOI TUT To- OtA
Girl Cause Of Crime.
st. Augustine, Fla, May 90
Crazed by his infatuation for little
Abitha Mccullough, a 13-year-old girl,
William Austin, a young man, killed
the girl and four other persons. and
then committed suicide, in a lonely
farm house Of William Wilkinson, near
Hastings, a thriving settlement is
miles from this city, yesterday morn
ing.
The crime was first discovered by
John Keller, who visited the Willzin
son house. He found six corpses
scarcely cold, and but one living wit
ness to the tragedy, a helpless infant
Austin had been madly infatuated
with the girl. who lived with the viii
kinson family, and it is claimed that
he killed the entire family because his
advances were rejected and his desire
to wed the girl was opposed.
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viii Protect Catholic Subjects.

Rome, May 20.-The sultan of Tur-
key has issued an trade recognizing
the rights of Italy and Germany to
protect their Catholic subjects in the
East. This action by the sultan is a
blow to Frances claim to the exclu-
sive right to protect Catholics in the
East, and ends the prolonged contest
over this matter between the powers
concerned
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Where Contentmeut DweIIs

James z. Jones. who is chief clerk tn
she offices of the Pennsylvania railroad
repair shops, and Deputy
sheriff ] w. Foraker, went to Dover on
sunday to visit some friends During the
dav they took drive through the coun-
try. when several miles outside Of
Dover. and between that town and Ken
ton. the men stopped at a place known
as Denan's Corner. Here they were sur
prasel TO see men In the fields working
at an the pursuits OF the regular farmer,
and women performing the regulation
household duties
Mr. Jones and his companion were s"
surprised that they stopped and inquired
who the people were. They were told the
inhabitants Of the lNtle village were
Seventh Day Adventists and called them
selves Moors. though the peo-
pie there call them mulatoes
Mr.. Jones asked them why the,
worked on Sunday. and they said satur'
day was their day Of rest and Sunday
was only an ordinary week days e
them Mr.. Jones said they were all big
hardy, healthy looking men, not one o
whom was under six feet IN height. Thl
women also were OF large size. The.
seemed to be fairly well educated an'
Industrious They attended 20 thei
=. farms and carefully cultivate thei
crops. They live I'm enatly painted house
amid pleasant surroundings. Perfec
} happiness and contentment seem 10 pre-
. lvail IN the whole place.
Evening journal., 1902-05-20

The President yesterday sent the
name of James H. Maull to the Senate
for confirmation as postmaster OF
Georgetown. Mr.. Maull is a Regular
Republican, and succeeds himself.
There is a rule of the Senate that
when the senators of a State oppose
confirmation. that body turns him
down. What will the Delaware sem
ators recommend?
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Mlnnrs confiscate Meat.

Hazicton. Pa, May 20.-About so
striking Italian miners at Lattimer
yesterday afternoon connscatod 500
pounds of meat belonging to a Drifton
butcher. who refused to sell any beet
TO the strikers unless they paid fer 1t
in cash. Heretofore the people got
their meat on credit and the inaugu'
ration of the cash system was the
cause OF the raid on the butcher
wagon
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slxty Days More Of Congress.

Washington. May Ex-senator Tel
Ter, of Colorado said to Senator Platt'
of Connecticut, yesterday that the ses-
sion Of congress would be likely to
continue 60 days from the LIST of June.
Senator Teller says he estimates that
80 days will be occupied in discussing
the canal bill, and the same amount
of time on the Cuban reciprocity bill
when IL is taken up.
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President commutes Life Sentence.

Michigan City, Ind, May 2O.-The
sentence of Isaac Sloan, sent up for
life in 1895 from Kentucky for killing
a secret service agent, was commuted
to 10 years by President Roosevelt
yesterday. Allowing for good time,
Sloan will be released on July 20 of
this year. He is the last Federal
convict, save one. in the Indiana state
prison.
Evening journal., 1902-05-20
LIahtnIna Kills Two.

Roanoke. Va, May 2O.-During the
storm in the lower end of this
county yesterday afternoon, Robert
Short. a bridge contractor, and Haden
Peters. a rural mail delivery agent, en-
tered the railway depot at Wertz Sta
ton for shelter. Lingtning struck the
building, setting it on fire, and instant
ly killed the two men.
Evening journal., 1902-05-20

Who would not be a gallant soldier
boy? To be member Of the Delaware
National Guard one must attend TO his
duties. and without pay. If he is re-
miss he may be fined by magistrate,
and if the fine is not Immediately paid
in the coin of the realm, the work
house will offer an asylum. What a
thing It is to be a soldier.
Evening journal., 1902-05-20

Belva Lockwood has taken up the
cause of ehe poor. prosecuted, peace
loving. patriotic Filipinos, and Belva
never stints her eloquence or halts for
a word. What have the minions ci
tyranny to say now?
Evening journal., 1902-05-20
Mare Paw For Two Thousand.

New York, May 20.-The P. Loril'
lard Company has advanced the wages
of all employees under the grade Of
foreman 10 per cent Two thousand
get the benefit of the increase, which
has been authorized by the directors
OF the Continental Tobacco Company.
Evening journal., 1902-05-20
DOES IT PAY

To neglect your eyes, ruin
your sight, and to allow dis
ease to gain a foothold? To
avoid such a disaster, upon the
first symptoms of any trouble
with your eyes, consult our
optician.
An accurate examination
free, combined with painstak'
ing adjustment. Prices for
glas es moderate at
Evening journal., 1902-05-20

UnderNa cartoon in the Delaware
Life is the name Of William II. Heald-
He has not yet instituted proceedings
for libel. which shows what a sunny
natured gentleman we have for post
master.
Evening journal., 1902-05-20

Certain Of our citizens who demand
ed that there should be a new bidding
fsr street lamps. and who said the
Welsbach would get the contract any
way. are somewhat perturbed during
these days Of uncertainty.
Evening journal., 1902-05-20
SEARCHING FoR PRENTIs FAMILY
Victim Of Volcanic Disaster to BE
Buried With Military Honors.


Buried With Military Honors.
Fort De France, May 20.-.A party
from here has gone to st. Pierre on
the British cruiser Indefatigable, car
rying with them collins. for the pur.
pose of recovering the bodies of the
family Of Thomas T. Prentis. the late
United States consul at that place,
who were killed in the disaster The
interment of the remains Will take
place here, and will be conducted
with military honors. The Indefati-
gable brought 12O tons of supplies.
There was another eruption from
Mont Pelee Sunday. Ashes fell here.
The volcano is still violently smok.
ing, and there are no signs of ceasing
its activity
Evening journal., 1902-05-20

ANS well that ends well. Get a lot.
build a house. dig a we'll at the Cedars.
You will get a well of health out of
that Well
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BRITISH UNIFORMS APPRECIATED
The Sad Fate of Kamrs Who Accumu.
lated a secondhand Supply

Blackwood's Magazine.
TIL predominant attribute of the Kaffir
is vanity, an attribute which he possesses
in common with all Savages and most
white men. This vanity has caused the
Kaffirs in South Africa to acquire about 50
per cent. of the British army tunics which
have landed in that continent. Thomas At
kins, as a rule, is not overblessed with
money; consequently he cannot resist the
temptation of the five golden sovereigns
which the Kaffir is prepared to give for
any scarlet tunic which is not in the last
stage of decay. The transfer of uniforms
came to such a pitch that an army order
was issued on the subject. Not that an
army order was sufficient to stay the gen.
eral traffic in British uniforms, but it fur
nished such right-minded soldiers as the
horse-gunner majors with the 'cue" which
they required. Certain Kaffirs had struck
a new and green regiment, and, being them
selves near the end of a six months con-
tract, they were full of money"
Consequently at Britstown, where money
had possessed extra destinations for the
British soldier. the boys" attached to the
battery had been able to lay in a very COM
plete outfit in line regimentals. An investi-
cation was made; every Kit was laid bare.
The revelation was wonderful. There was
not a driver or "voor topper who had not
his scarlet jerkin. Many, indeed, had two,
to say nothing of forage caps, field service
caps, dragon overalls and gunner Stacks.
The Kaffirs had at first looked upon the
kit inspection as a joke. But they lapsed
into a puzzled silence when they saw their
belongings cast upon a common heap. Their
great white eyes grew bigger and bigger,
and their repulsive lips wider and wider
apart. until. when the last bag had been
ransacked, the torch was applied to the
pile of clothing.
Then they realized the blasting of all
their hopes, and with one accord they gave
vent to a despairing yell which attracted
the attention of the camp. They became
like men possessed. Shifting themselves
heavily upon the head with their fists, they
went through the paroxysms of negroid
lamentation. One could almost feel for
them, great broned children that they are.
They had worked hard for months, shared
the privations and dangers of war with the
white men, in order that they might return
to their kraals bedecked. as they thought,
in all the glory of the white mans clothes.
To them the Utopia of life would have
been their homecoming. The admiration
of chattering women, the reclamation of
pickaninnies, and the hideous smile of their
| paramount chief as they humbly presented
him with a battered helmit in a semi-de-
cayed state of pipe-clay finish. But the
officer in was no philanthropist
| when the honor of the uniform which his
family had worn for two centuries was at
stake. And he was right.
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delightful lightness and grace along the
park bride paths. but the heavy work is
the work most in demand, and for that
we want the draft animals every time.
Enthusiasm is the spur to endeavor, and
at the same time IL is the SAVIOR Of life.
TIL country boy whose ambition has taken
him TO the town comes filled with enthusi-
asms. Even the little things are novelties
to him. and as he a~ccomplishes this and
that he feels that he is doing something
not only interesting but valuable. His sim
pie tastes have not been spoiled by a multi
plicity of qualifications. and so he is glad
of everything good thai comes his way.
At thirty. If he leads a clean life. he has
more of the boy in him than his city cousin
has left at fifteen. He does what is before
him because il is his duty. while the other
is too apt cynically to question the value
of doing anything and ask, What is the
user"
OF the men who have achieved great
prominence and high influence in our af-
fairs of state the country boys are at least
twenty to one over the city lads. Now
upon men who take an active interest In
public affairs as rather low fellows and
quite beneath their association and notice.
But the country boys are at the top in
| other lines of endeavor. In finance they
are pre-eminent, and the great bank presi-
dents to-day in the great cities nearly all
learned to read and cipher in country
schools where birch and ferule had not
| succumbed to the ciyilizing influences OF
scientific pedagogy. Our great railways
were in the main built by them, and to-day
the administrators of these great compa-
MES are I'm great measure from farms and
country villages. from places where work
began in early infancy, and a sense of duty
developed while still the lisp Of childhood
fingered.
Some city boys. however, are of such
sturdy stuff and endowed with such natural
gifts that they succeed by reason OF their
inherent superiority; others succeed album
dainty because they have used their OPP
portunities wisely, and " real life have
pursued the same course which enables so
many country BOYS TO win fame and for
tune. The more honor TO them for having
survived their too great opportunities. But
the country boy. when he comes to town,
reaches out for the high places; though not
all find seats of the mighty, nearly all Of
the exalted stations are filled In the end by
men OF country birth and country rearing,
for they usually start out with the sound
theory that what is worth having Is worth
| striving for
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other relatives and friends were with him
when he died. OF a long-standing liver and
kidney trouble.