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Evening journal., 1902-12-05
District No. 2-I,odges IA. 27. 9S 70

District No. lodges IA. 27, 3S, 80,
40. p. Jefferson Williams, Seaford.
District No. 3-Lodges -, %, 81, Al,
George M. Griffin, Newark.
District No. Hodges 10, 30, 35
John w. Killen, FELTON,.
District No. lodges II, 80, AZ, S.
IS. Stradley, Bear.
District No. 6-Lodges 6, z, 20, Rey-
nolds Clough, Dover.
4 District No. Lodges 3, 10, II, %
Edward w. Wiltbank, Lewes.
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Annual Teachers, Institute

All arrangements for the annual
Teachers Institute, to be held in the
auditorium of the Wilmington High
school ON Monday and Tuesday of
next week. have been perfected by Su-
.perintendent George w. Twitmyer..
The schools will be closed and every
teacher in the city will be in attend
: ,hnce. al cordial invitation is extended
to all patrons and friends of the
schools and those interested in edu.
cation 10 be present at the sessions
which will be held from to IL a. m
and 10 .. m.
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pecapltated Rv : rraln-

Lancaster, Pa, Dec. 5.-James Hill.
a fireman on the Pennsylvania Rail
road. was decapltated near Christiana.
During shifting he was sent ahead of
his train as hagman, and when re-
turning was struck by a westbound
train and hurled under his own train
and his head was completely severed
from his body. His home was in Phil
adelphiss and the body was sent there
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some good individual scores made, but
the team work of the Republican Club
was remarkable. every man playing a
strong game
In the game between the Young
Mems Christian Association and the
Wilmington Bicycle Club. the former
was defeated by the score of 2,076 to
2,O22. The game was a slow and un-
interesting one, 1t being almost IL
o'clock when the game was ended.
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15c.-Men's and Women's Black
IIersey Overgaiters; 25c. qualities, 15c.
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DIED

ATKINSON.-In this city. on Decem-
ber 3, 1902, Mary J. Atkinson, aged
IS years.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral services,
at the residence of her sister, Mrs.
Agnes S. Macdonald, No 1906 West
Tenth street, on Saturday, December 6
at 2 o'clock p. m. Interment at Silver
brook Cemetery.
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ANNUAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME
Sophomores1 Defeat the Freshmen
at Delaware by the Score of I 8 to o
in Yearly Contest

The freshmen and sophomores Of
Delaware College met yesterday in the
annual game of football, and the upper
classmen won by the score of is to 0.
The game was a kicking contest
from start to finish, and the fact that
the sophomores won was because they
were better kicBers than the freshmen.
When the game was over the ball
was in the centre of the field and there
was a scramble for it. the man securing
1t being entitled 10 keep it as trophy.
The pile Of students swayed back and
forth on the field for some time, trying
to get possession of the coveted ball
but finally Bevan and Hessler got away
from the crowd with the ball. The line
up:
1905. 1906.
Collins ........left guard. Derby
Warrington.
p. Pie left end. d..... Wyatt
Roberts left tackle. ...... Moore
Hessler .centre......... Fulton
Jones right guard ....... FadeI
Crumbaugh.
Davis ... right tackle. ........ Mel
Vernon
Hickman 80, right end. ....... HaubeI
Bell.
Wilson Capt quarterback ...... Ward
Taggart
l.. Pie ..... left half-back. .... Parvi'
Marshall right half-back. Poffenbergel
Bevan 49,. full-back (Capt) Lawson
Referee-Professor Short. Umpire
Professor Dawson. Tirne-keepers-
Sawin, 'O3; Dawton, 'O4. Touch-downi
-Hessler, Marshall Goal-Bevan
Goal from field-Bevan. Safety-Law
SON Twn twnntv-minmfes halves.
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viii Repalr Private Yacht

The steam yacht owned by +. Cole
man DUPONT, the Teclk. will be hauled
out at the drydock of the Harlan and
Hollingsworth Company's plant. and
will receive a thorough oyerhauling.
Evening journal., 1902-12-05

UP-TO-DATE GOODS AT LYNCH'S.
Seeded and Seedless Raisins, new
Citron, Orange and Lemon Peel,
Cleaned Currants, New Cluster Raisins,
Pure Spices. Wines and Liquors. N.
w. Cor. Madison and Fourth SITS. S
w. Cor. King and Eighth SITS.
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Significant Selling!

andsr oo
popularity 1t indicates public sterling
public offerings the
type
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BOWLERS MEET IN TOURNAMENT
Young Mems Republican Club and
Wilmington Bicycle Club Win by
Small Margin

The Young Mems Republican Club
ran away from the knights of Column
bus in the bowling tournament OF the
Wilmington League last night, the
score being 2.312 to 2,1S7. There were
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20c.-Child's Vici Kid Patent Tip
Boots, sizes to G; leather soles. zoe.
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woMEN's $3.50 4IDEAL~ SHOES

date styles. big 50 values. go at. 81 go
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nus ambition or courage, and soon wa
torherlng corn and oats. II appeared
ne was about to shake an the short,
once more, when sudden drop W.
prices FOUND him unable to meet mar.
sW 'alIs, ana on Jan II Of this wear
ne JAILED for the second time. The les.
son Philips taught the farmer and the
one by which he has pronted most. a
the power OF the producer
STILL FIGHTING FOR FORTUNE.
These four young men have not been
content 10 nurse their wounds and live
IN the memory Of the disasters they
nave met, Letter bold and intrepid ns
ever mas been In dozens Of big opera.
uons and Is said to have retrieved I'm
parl ms losses Price. who got mar.
lled TWO days after hig failure Is ON
aus rect again and gives promise ot
shaking up the dry bones in the cotton
market Stllwell Is the head of he
Kansas CRY Mexico ana Orient rail.
ROAD ana has obtained from President
nla8 the most valuable concession
MeAlca ever granted to any corporn.
loh' PtiIlips Is organizing new COM
pany ana VIII Try once more.
Inrhe men have distributed great
wealth. ANA have been grVt educators.
rallules they may be- but the world
O'"en'S by failures Of their kind.
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PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME.

Sir Samuel Romly was the first who
endeayored to soften the rlgor OF the
criminal law IN 1908 he passed bin
repeating the statute Of Elsabeth.
which made larceny punishable by
death, and three or four years later he
carried other bills Of a similar nature.
indeed II is chiefly owing to his ef-
forts that our criminal system is in
debJod for It's present characteristics Of
humanity.
one or two Of the former punlsh-
monts are so curious that It may be- in.
leresting to notice them. In the time OF
Henry VIII poisoning was made trea-
son ana the punishment was TO be
boiled alive, which was carried out in
the case OF one John Rous. who threw
poison into a pot Of broth prepared for
the Bishop Of Rochesters family This.
IN common with many more of Henry
Wits borbarous laws. was repealed by
Edward VI The law Of retaliation vas
introduced by statute &c. Edward H. as
a punishment for those who preferred
malicious accusations. II did not an.
sWer however, and was repealed after
one years trial. Crimes Of an unna.
tural nature such as a wife killing her
husband, a servant his master. an &c.
clesiastic his superior, were held petit
treason, and a man was drawn and
hanged and woman drawn and
burned We see something OF sim
llar nature in the ancient Roman law
that enacted that the murder ofa par
ent should be scourged and then tied
up In a leather sack with dog, cock,
viper and ape, and then thrown into
the sea Publicus Malicious who killed
his mother was the FIRST who suffered
this punishment In the year OF Rome
652 But the punishment has existed
In modern Europe.
Thus In SPAIN at Jaen. on March /,
1892, man, for numbering his daugh-
-ln-law, after being placed In bar
rel with a cock, q snake, a monkey.
and toad, was thrown into the river.
Another common punishment now
long obsolete, was Disagreement. az
every one acquainted with the records
Of the Star Chamber knows. Ears and
noses were most frequently cut or.
the excuse being that the loss of them
does not tend to weaken the cuIprit
whereas the loss Of an arm or finger
does Early law always advocated
member for member forgetting hat
on a repetition Of the offense the pun
lshment cannot be repeated, --Gentle-
mans Magazine.
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there, lie In wonderfully convincing
In his arguments and has great mag
netIsm.
There ~ story that IN the darkest
days Of the road-it was called the
Kansas city. Pittsburg 4 Gulf--Mr
Stilwell was riding In train bound
for Chicago, when he by chance got
into conversation with fellow passen-
ger who happened to be banker Of
Amsterdam The Dutchman WIGS look
Ing America over for the purpose OF
finding some good field for investment,
Mr. Stilwell talked to that Dutchman,
lie talked 80 earnestly and so well that
they raced to New York embarked on
the first vessel bound Hollandward, and
when Mr. Stilwell returned TO this
country enough Dutch capital was in
terested In the Kansas city Pittsburg
& Gulf to put It through with a whoop.
OBSTACLES OVERCOME.
And 1t was a wonderful road Never
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MT, Price was able to organize G firm
which soon took high rank 1t was
the house Of Price, Mccormick a GO.
The Mccormick was one of the sons OF
the maker OF roapors The zoo" was
George crocker OF san Francisco and
New York, one Of the largest stock
holders In the Southern Pacific Rail-
way
This firm was to do n general bank
ing ana brokerage business. dealing In
stocks. bonds, grain and cotton. MIR.
Price knew cotton better than he knew
anything else, ana when, In the SUM
mer OF 1888, drouth ruined the crop oC
the southwest he saw an opportunity TO
win fame and fortune In short order.
Az That time conditions In the south
were doporable, The crops for several
years had been very large but the price
had been fearfuly low Walls went mp
from all sections that the price was be
low the cost Of production. All the
great dumping grounds Of cotton--Llv.
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he desired 50 the road was practically
q line from Kansas city 10 nowhere,
Unable to reach the Gulf, Mr. Stilwell
hit upon a plan for making the Gulf
reach him He bought an Immense tract
OF land on the shore Of Lake Sabine, 10
~ IS miles north Of Sabine Pass and
he started In to dig a ship canal
through the shallow lake TO the deep
water at Sabine Pass. Immediately he
was bombarded with suits. The work
was stopped 10y the secretary Of war,
and once more Nh Stllwell was high
ana dry, with no terminal for his rail-
road.
DUG TO HIS OWN PORT.
Ever resourceful he changed his
plans ana dug his ship canal across the
prairie 90 Sabine Pass AZ the town
he built on the lakeshorc called Port
Arthur N his honor--he put up one Of
the finest hotels IN the southwest, Near
10y he established probably the largest
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bad occasionally, but they came out all
right by following the prophet ana
disrcgarding the alarmsts,
SO they sold futures instead Of buy
ing actual cotton and so added TO
Prices burden,
Price had managed TO get cotton a
trillp above cents hat II seemed Inn
possible Tor him to get it-any higher.
He had made q magnificent fight, but
the season wasn't half over when, on
Jan ], 1900 at conference In MS
house In New York city he ana his
friends determined to issue an address
10 the cotton men Of the south advise
ing them 10 sell spot cotton ana declar-
Ing that the advance I'm cotton was all
that the conditions could stand.
such a wave Of Indignation as swept
through the south hadn't been known
since the war Price had been lOok~@
upon by the cottongroWprs as great
captain, Now he was denounced as ~
traitor tie had acknowledged defeat
In the height Of the campaign, and for
a moment II seemed as II the senti-
ment he had built up and the feeling Of
antagonism 20 the 'oppressors' he had
fostered would by reason Of his deser.
ton, turn the tide and result In de-
morali2atlOn In the market owing TO
the rush to unload spot cotton
THE CROP REALLY SHORT.
But It didn't The crop was really
shorter than Price believed II was and
nus agitation had been more poverty
That he realized There was Il short
period OF weakness and then the mar
Ret got into rut II wouldn't 20 up
much nor It wouldn't decline much
There i remained week In and week
he alone can teu "I VIZ. uo,is ,, lnGon, .i,
Ior a Time, then bulish; then bearlsh
ana again bullish. Apparently he had
'osI ms reckoning
meanwhile the market was slowly but
surrey becoming healthy and the facts
were SINKING home To the lureigu spin
hers consumption was greater than
any one had anticipated the mountain.
GUS surplus stocks In the dumping sta
tlohs oi Liverpool Haym bremen
auu new orleans dWlndlod ID, am aston
lShlhk raie, ana ihtn suddenly the spin
her aWoke To the inct That he had to
s'' more cotton on his looms Would not
pe kept ousy unuI fall Once the real
puyIhs started there seemed o. be no
euI 70 H. cotton prices began 10 mmp
ana lhe way values We're enhanced
niue olu'limers gasp. Liverpool be-
came cottIon crazy The bears became
panlo-slrlcken'
ana Irlce JAILED for Sl3O00000.
Every prediction Price made early I'm
the season was verified, His campaign
as planned was magnificent AS exc.
cuted up 10 the time he lost heart II
was superb. And YET the great monu.
ment he builded was his undong.
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George H. Phillips. who twice has
been forced To- law down the corn crown.
has had more Intimate relations with
the farmer than any speculator who
has played n large nart I'm Inc market
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was there a line that had so many OBJ
stacles to overcome First, Mr., Stilwell
wanted TO make Galveston his Gulf out
let, but negotiations for the purchase
OF the Gulf aud Interstate Road, which
would have given the entrance he de-
sired failed He cast his eye on New
Orleans, but was blocked by the South
ern Pacific and the Texas & Pacific
The Gouds and the Huntingtons har-
Hssed him at every turn AS last re-
sort he determined upon Sabine Pass
the dividing line between Texas and
Louisiana. Sabine Pass was at that
time a thriving seaport Of about ll5
inhabitants.
Most Of the town and the land con.
tiguous was owned by KOuntze Broth.
els, bankers OF New York. Mr.. still
well wouldn't pay the price Kountze
brothers asked for right ofway through
the territory and the wharf frontage
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and most lmportont agricultural ex-
pertinent station IN America. A few
miles moth he built a town called Meth
crlands, and he brought over hundreds
c. Dutch farmers and started them
| growing rice, fruits and vegetables
He tapped the living streams and put
IN systems Of irrigation by which
thousands Of acres Of barren lands were
made TO blossom with many crops, and
1T Port Arthur he put up an export
grain elevator and wharves and piers
that would do credit 10 an ocean sea-
port instead Of a basin IN the prairie.
But that was merely incidental
Great manufacturing plants had been
fostered alOnS the line OF the road and
line of steamships had been put on
between Port Arthur and Europe. IL
vas necessary 10 furnish ample cargo
for the vessels AMI 70 keep all the roll
Ing stock employed The Kansas City
Pittsburs and Gulf, having been kicked
and buffeted by all rival lines, now be-
gan TO hit back.
II wasn't much AZ first but soon II
began TO hurt, and the Missouri, Kan
eas and Texas the Gulf Colorado and
santa Fee and other north and south
roads were forced to compete with the
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf or let
their young rival run away with the
business, Then II hurt the east and
west lines severely and rates were cut
TO meet the gulf competition.
THE FARMER PROFITS.
And here is whore the farmer came
In. Every cent a bushcl Of a cut IN the
transportation rate meant Just that
much added to the farmers pocket
When IL Is considered that the bulk Of
the export grain Of America goes from
the transmssssppl belt. and that this
amounts TO hundreds OF millions of
bushels, some slight conception Of what
Mr. Stilwell's action meant 30 the pro
ducers OF the west can be gained
II was not alone In grain, but In pack
inghouse products, In ores. spelter and
a host Of commodities that these rates
were cut The fight was long and hard
and bitter Just az the moment when II
seemed Mr. Stlwell was going to be
able TO dictate terms to his
rivals he was forced to the wall
The struggle had Slapped the money en-
ergy Of the road. The Dutch bondhold-
ers and some American creditors
sNOoped down upon nun, HIS great
scheme Is now one Of the baubles owned |
by George Gould, John w. Gates and
others.
But the rates he established had th2 |
effect OF making the Gulf lines the bal. !
ance or check on the Fast and West |
roads, and the exports he attracted by |
reason OF cut rates aided Letter ma |
terially In his de0l II has been esti- |
mated that the gain TO the farmers Of |
Kansas in three years by the estab-
llshment of this Gulf line would pay FOR |
the building Of the road
PRICES CAREER IN COTTON
II IS not many years since Theodore |
II. Price was a cotton clerk In Virginia |
learning the difference between "ordi-
nary, "middling" and good midding'
When he came to New York he had a
great deal Of knowledge Of the souths
staple product, and he had unbounded
confidence IN himself Smart young |
men who show marked talent IN any |
particular branch OF industry are not
likely to 80 unnotiesd In New York, aud !
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The farmer made millions upon
millions,
The farmer made enough out of
lower freight rates to pay for
such line.
The cotton grover got his first
touch OF prosperity through
Prices bull campaign,
The farmer didn't lost cent.
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SUCCESSES OF THE FAILURES.

Dr,
Ioscph Letter failed for s9,5OOoOo'
Arthur y. stllIwell's railroad was
forced into hands of receiver
Theodore II. Price failed for
10000.
George II, Phillips failed twice
within six months
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erpool Havre, Bremen, New orleans
were chOked with bales.
NELL HIS NEMESIS.
Worse than all else was the fact that
Liverpool absolutely dominated the cot
ton market ana dictated prices, Wheth-
er the yield was large or small Il
seemed 10 be impossible for the planters
to get fair return for the lint If the
price did not suit the Liverpool brok-
ers or the Manchester spinners they
ceased buying and drew out Of the
market until the planters were forced
to let go and sacrifice their bales.
Henry NJ Nell OF New orleans acted
as guide, philosopher and friend Of the
British cotton men He issued circu-
lars upon which they relied for their
Information regarding the growing
crop Many, many lines Nell was out
rageously wrong, but hts errors were Of
o kind that brought profit 10 the Brit
ish cotton mon
Neil, the prophet Of the Liverpool
bears predicted the yield Of lS99-lg0O
would be the greatest ever grown.
Price, basing his deductions on fact
predicted one Of the approximately g.
GOO 600 tales. A crop Of that size meant
disaster, Price had a few millions back
OF him. The bears had hundreds of
millong. Price started out 10 arouse
sentiment among the producers, lie
flooded the south with literature zee
garding the cuwailmont % The crop the
needs OF the spln"ers, the opportunity
TO appreciate valls II the planters
would go slow and not dump the crop
on the market Ia q lump. lIo Invaded
Liverpool and Manchester with his in
formation regarding the drouth In the
south. Thousands Of dollars were spent
bv him IN putting before the English
men the truth regarding the crop.
ENGLIsHMEN sCOFFED
But the Englshmrn scorfod They
preferred to depend upon Nell, whom
they paid FOR his services, rather than
this newcomer who gave his services
gratuitously
But Price, despite the tremendous OPP
position he had engendorpd forced
values up. From q level Of about $50
in August 1899 the market advanced
TO above cents In December
This had been accomplished only AZ
ter he most violent Of fits and starts.
st times u seemed as though the mar
Eet was going to the dogs When the
bears would find a soft spot they would
start Iaiding. and Price. the hun lead
or, would be compelled to step IN and
bolster uu the market Many times he
had 10 step into the breach. As The sea-
son advanced the movement Of the crop
went 20 confirm the predictions OF a
pronounced shortage John HYDE stat
isticlan Of the agricultural department
came out with an official estimate con-
hrmIng Price. BustOn. one Of the lead
Ing bears OF Liverpool made a tour OF
the cotton belt. and declared the crop
was a failure. and would be- millions OF
bales short OF what Nell predicted
UNLOADING on PRICE.
But the Liverpool people would not
be convinced. They had no faith In the
planters stories They looked upon
these reports much as the Old one OF
wolf" They had heard bad crop tales
before; had stuck TO Neil and had
come out all right. To Be sure, NELL
was wrong many times and crops were
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be convinced They had no faith IN the
planters stories, They looked upon
these reports much as the old one OF
wolf" They had heard bad crop tales
before; had stuck to Neil and had
come out all right To Be sure, NELL
was wrong many times and crops were
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