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Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30

tho miners have incomplete figures
which will be presented in turn. Taken
together they will be laid before the
commission, which will appoint an ex-
pert to handle the subject when it
comos up for consideration. When
questioned by Mr.. Mitchell Mr.. Baer
stated that he and the rest ..of tho
operators would he willing at any time
to furnish the representatives of the
miners or the commission with any in
formation bearing Upon the question OF
wages This appeared to satisfy Mr..
Mitchell.
Judge Gray closed this subject at
this point by stating that the question
recurred as to when the coal fields
should he visited. 1t was argued as to
wEcther the upper or the lower coal
regions should first Ee visited. Mr..
Thomas suggested tnat the commission
had Ierha,s Letter visit tha upper
region at tho beginning of the inyesti-
eatlon. he looked to Mr.. Baer Tor APP
pFoval.
II know nothing of The upper region, :"
answered Mr.. Baer with q smile, my
knowledge is confined to the lower
regions = and the commission and
audience broke into q laugh as Mr..
Baer pointed to the liour.
~ understand you have IN lection
in Pennsylvania next week.. /" suggested
Judge Gray, when the question Of time
for the visit was being considered.
"ies, We have" responded Mr.. l.aer,
significantly, "and my understanding
! is that there is also one in Delaware, "
whersupon the chairman laughed.
| Gen. John NJ. Wilson wanted to know
4 if the commission was expected to ex.
anime into the living conditions Of the
! miners. MIR. Mitchell answered that he
considered this an important item fol
/ consideration and the commission coull
! investigate this subject within two ol
three days, il it saw fit to enter into it.
MIR. Baer suggested that Thomas 4,
! Watkins OF tbe commission outline al
I itinerary Tor 5he commission. Mr. Wat
kins suggested ihat il wolld not be al
visahle for tho commission 10 enter al
classes II hines, az it might Prov
dangerous to life and limb. Only mine
in com nFaIatirely good condition vii
be inspected therefore.
The Operators offered to place
special train ut tho ser"ice OF tie com
mission, but tho Offer MAS declined.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
GEN. YOUNG TO SUCCEED MILES.
That He VIII be Made
Head of the Army.

Announcement That He VIII be Made
Head of the Army.
Washington, Oct. 2a.-Maior General
S. B. NJ. Young will succeed Lieut.
Gen. Miles as commanding general of
the army vixen the latter retires next
August
Adjutant- General Ccrbin says: 81
think | violate no confidence when l
say that Gen. Young will succeed Gen.
Miles. - Gen. Corbin has always been
regarded as candidate for the COM
mand Of the army up)n the retirement
of Gen. Miles.
'.No one takes more pleasure in the
proposed honoring of Gen. Young than
myself" added Gen. Corbin, "and no
one has wished more for his advance
ment to the highest position in the
army than | have. 1t is extremely
gratifying to me to know that the placa
will SO 70 Gen. Young"
Gen. Young will retire for age in
January, 1904, while Gen. Corbin
will not retire until September, 1906.
1t is considered likely that Gen. Young
will first be honored and that upon his
retirement Corhin will get the place.
Gen. Young entered the military ser
vice OF the United States as private
in "a Pennsylvania regiment In 1881.
He rose to he colonel of volunteers and
brevet hrigadier general Mt the close of
the Civil War. He entered the regular
army from civil life as second lieu
tenant in 1866. lie has done coed
service in Cuba and tho Philippines.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Annual County Meeting to ne Held
Ilc..nII, Nn.r.LIl

Annual County Meeting to ne Held In
December ut Newark.
The 2sth annual session of the New
Castle County Teachers Institute will
he held in the college hall at Newark
on December 10th, 18th and 18th.
The following instructors for the day
sessions hayo been secured: Wednes-
day, Prof. A. r. Spaid will talk on
Mature Work, and DR.. George
Howell of Scranton, Pa, on Memory,
Columbus and a Lesson in Geography.
Thursday, the instructors will bs Prof.
Charles II. Albert of liloomsburg
Normal School, who will talk on
Geography and the Underlying Prin.
ciples in Teaching" and Prof. George
w. Twitmyer, who will talk on the
art of Developing Moral Power in
Pupils, y" What a Business Expects of
the School'' and Pr ofessional Study
for Teachers. Friday the instructors
will be Prof. Green Of West Chester
Normal School, whose subjects will be
Guiding Principles in Language and
Literature, Getting Acquainted with an
Author" Prof. Demarest of Hohoken,
N. j., whose subjects will DO ''Read
ing and Practical Grading in Public
Schools. " On Wednesday evening Prof.
Sraid will deliver an illustrated lecture
on Fangs, Fins and Stings,' - and
THURSDAY evenings entertainment will
be furnished by the Rogers Grilley
Combination.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
GHOLERA'S AWFUL RAyAGES.

Washington, Oct. %. Tho fearful
ravages of plague and cholera in the
Old World are set forth in mail ad-
vices received by the Marine Hospital
Service.
From Manila Chief Quarantine
Officer Perry makes conservative
estimate that the cases of cholera that
have actually occurred in the Philip
pine Islands since March Goth last
aggregate T5 600, with mortality of
% per cent. lie says under date of
September 10th that the disease bas
practically disappeared from the pro.
vinces first infected, but those most
recently injected are suffering severely.
The province of lloilo and the adjacent
island of Negros are badly infected,
and the situation is alarming. Some
of the towns in these provinces have
lost 10 per cent Of their population, and
the epidemic continues severe.
In Japan the latest adyices show that
there have been 4,329 cases and 1,65o
deaths from cholera.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
A BANK ROBBERY IN IOWA
The Safe Of the State Banking Instltu-
tion Dynamited Tuesday MOrn-
Ing and $4,000 Stolen.
FOUR MASKED MEN PARTICIPATED
Exchanged Shots With Police
and Escaped.
BLOODHouNDS ON TRAIL or ROBBERS

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 2S. The boldest
bank robbery of recent years in Iowa
occurred at Prairie City early today.
The robbers dynamited the safe OF the
iowa State Bank, and secured an
amount approximating $4,000. They
exchanged shots with local officers and
escaped.
Night Watchman Erskine discovered
four men approaching the bank at
o'clock. One Of the men cornered him
and kept him covered with rifle for
three hours, while another broke open
the pank door and worked on the safe.
The other two men patrolled the street,
and by a system of signals were able to
hold at bay dentist, physician and
two or three other citizens, who we're
attracted 10 the scene. Five dynamite
shots were fired by tho man in the
bank before he succeeded in getting to
the cash box. Tho sums were mostly
silver.
At o'clock four mon left the bank
and disappeared after firing a number
of shots to terrify those who had seen
them. Watchman Erskine opened fire
on the burglars, and narrowly escaped
death from return bullet. A general
alarm was given and posse quickly
formed, which ia now on the trail.
Bloodhounds are being used.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
NEGRO FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

A delegation of colored men from
this city went to Dover Tuesday
to place with Gov. Hum the name of
a colored man for justice of the peace,
to succeed Justice w. w. Pritchett,
whose term in Office will expire about
the first of next year.
The negroes are determined to make
the governor pledge to them that office.
They have realized that the appoint
menJ can be made even before next
Tuesday, November 4th, and many de-
clare that unlass the office is pledged
+. slide to sure defeat.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
OPERATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Annual Report of the Commnndant of the
InIted Stntes Marine CorItn.

Annual Report of the Commnndant of the
United States Marine Corps.
Washington, Oot 2s-- Major General
Charles Haywood, commandment of the
United States Marine Corps, in his
annual report to the Secretary of the
Navy, says it is his policy to keep tho
officers and men OF his command In the
Philippines only two years and half,
returning them after such service to
this country. He hopes to reduce this
term of service to two years, that be-
ing as long as it is advisable to keep
them in that climate.
During the past year, while there
have been practically no, demonstra-
tions in the Philippines by organized
insurgents, the marines, says Gen.
Haywood, have done excellent work in
ridding the islands of rowing bands Of
I.adrones.
The report presen ts in detail the
operations of Major Waller and his
courageous band Of marines on the
coast Of Southern Samar. Major Waller
is quoted as saying that the expedi-
tions early in last November in the
Sohuton district were the most i'm
portant OF the campaign, so far as their
effect on the insurgents was concerned.
A graphic account is given Of the
operations of the main expedition in
the Sohoton district. Concerning the
result OF the attack, the report says: i,
Son November 18th the shore column
struck tho enemy's trail, which was
followed, and the detachments soon
came upon number of bamboo guns.
One Of these, commanding the trail,
mad the fuse burning, and Acting
Corporal Harry Glenn rushed forward
and pulled out the fuse. The attack Of
the marines was perfect surprise, and
the enemy was completely routed, 30
being killed. After driving the in
surgents from their position, the troops
crossed the river, scaled the cliffs on
the opposite side and destroyed the
camps there. The enemy fired two vol
leys and then fled. MAJOR Waller says
! that he was not in this attack, being
in the river below and unable to reach
tho firing line in time: but he mon
tIons Capts. Porter and Bears as being
entitled 10 the highest credit for tht
| courageous and skilful manner il
which they routed the enemy in face oi
apparently insnrmountable obstacles.
| The effect Of the capture of this last
stronghold uron the insurrectns o.
| Samar cannot be oyerestimated, as they
had spent years of labor upon the de
4 fences and undoubtedly considered tht
/ cliir Qualifications impregnahle. "
The report contains an account of tht
march OF 100 miles across Samar o
Major Waller and his men and OF tn,
| incredible harGships they endured
Tho command was engaged actively ant
continuously against the insurgents TO
/ three months.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
Some Fairy Election Estimates.

Republican campaign managers, it
% grayely announced, have examined
ehe registration lists Of Wilmington
and Us il result feel convinced that the
vote in Wilmington at the November
election will show a Republican ma
jority of about 3, o00 Mr.. Walter Il.
Hayes is quoted by reporter as pre-.
dieting Republican plurality of 1900
In the State.
These fairy election estimates figure
10 every campaign, but they are
peculiarly inappropriate this year in
Delaware. They are also at absolute
variance with existing conditions.
How the Republicans can hope to
exceed the plurality of 1851 given for
Mckinley in 1900 is lone of the things
No fellow can find out" That was
the year OF Presidential election, with
all its attendant excitement. The Nc
Kinley vote of that year was swelled by
the votes of Democrats who will this
year vote with their party. These two
facts of themselves are bound to make
O material difference.
This year the Republican factional
divisions are more pronounced than
aver, while the Democrats are in bet
ter shape than they have been for ten
years. Put this ana that together, and
4 here is another perfectly reasonable
shaving of the Republican plurality Of
3,661 in Delaware two years ago. And
the Republican divisions over Legis-
lative candidates afford fine oppor.
tunity for the election of Democratic
Legislature.
AS to the Republican majority in
Wilmington, the returns of the muni
ripal election in 1901 offer good basis
of comparison. Mayor Fisher received
majority of only 399. Now, estimate
how much that margin will be in
creased by the Addicks Republican cor
ruption fund, and how much it will bt
diminished by the increased Demo
rratic activity, and the result will b,
the Republican plurality in November
1t is rather uncertain problem, to bt
sure, but there is no 5000 Republican
plurality in it, by long shot.
The truth of the matter is that tn,
result of the election is "a puzzling un
certainty. 1t would be idle to den.
that the probabilities are for Re
publican plurality in Wilmington ant
Republican plurality in the State
but nothing like the proportions o
those Of two years ago. And Demo
cratic plurality in the State, under tn
prevailing conditions, would not be
surprise.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
EASTERN sHoRE or MARYLAND.

Rev William +. Venables of Sam
salito, Cal, has accepted an invitation
to become rector of st. Bartholomew s
parish.
Miss Emma Williams Applegate and
Emmett Howard Moore will be married
in Snedden IS NJ. E. Church, near Grape,
today.
John W. Moore of Crisfield has made
an assignment for the benefit of his
creditors. Warren b. Long has been
appointed trustee.
The wedding of Miss Jennie B.
Graves and Rev. William P. Taylor, q
member of the Wilmington NJ. f.
Conference, will take place in Sped
denis Church today.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
The Voter and the Assistants.

Since, by the grace of Gov. Hum,
We are to have voters assistants at the
election, it will lie we'll for
voters TO consider their relation to
them.
In the first place, the voters as
sistants have nothin: 10 do with the
voter unless the vo.ar requests their
services. This. is a point that voters
will do we'll to hear in mind. If an
assistant approae-fra eater who does
not ask for his assis;anae, the latter
may tell him to go aeous his business.
In the printed instructions to
Voters, " that accompany tho publica-
tion Of the Official ballot in Kent
county and are attested by he signature
of the clerk of the peace an .sddioks
Republican, by the way--tnere is a
rather suspicious statement. After
telling how the voter should ente- the
polling place and procure his ballot
and pencil from tie clerks, the instruc.
tions say: He should then, il he SO
desires it,request tho voters assistants
| to go with him into booth, !" sc.
Now, the voter Should" do nothing
of the kind. He may" do SO, IL he
wishes, but there is nothing imperative
about the matter. 1t all rests with the
voter whether he shall have assistance
in marking his ballot or not, and there
is no warrant in law for forcing as
sistance upon him.
| ka fhnH ~ L. t1,,a
of words in the Kent county official in
structions was unintentional, but any
thing done by Addicks Republican
auspices under the Voters Assistants
law is open TO suspicion. The law was
enacted for the benefit of hddicks Re-
pulbicans, and it has been SO mutilated
in the printed pamphlet as to destroy
the penalty provided for violations, Sc
that Addicks Republican workers may
corrupt the suffrage under the guise
OF assisting voters without incuFrina
any danger Of punishment.
Voters should do without the services
of voters assistants whenever possible.
And it should also be horne in mind
that when one of these officials i:
called upon, tho other assistant must
, be present while the voter is being in
structed. In each polling place the as
sistants will comprise one Republican
and one Democrat.
! If voters are careful and watchful, the
scheme TO convert voters assistant:
, into agents for the corruption of voters
in the interest of the Addicks Republi
can party will be defeated.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
DEATH OF e. DANIEL E. HUGHES.

Phi,adelphia, Pa, Oct. %. .D-,
Daniel T. Hughes. chief resident
physiciln of the Philadelphia Aims
house, died at o'clock this morning
of tubercular peritonitis, the germs OF
which disease he is believed to have
contracted from patient in the hos
pital. DR.. Hughes had an international
reputation as an alienist. He devoted
his life to tho study Of insanity and
tho amelioration of the condition Of
the criminal and pauper insane.
The public agitation resulting from
DR.. Hughes peculiar ailment startsd
all Investigation which probably viii
result in material Improvement Of
the sanitary conditions existing at the
almshouss.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
FATAL PREMATURE BLAST.

Pittsburg, Pa. Oct. %. --one man
killed and one seriously and two slightly
hurt was the result of premature
blast in the Mount Washington end OF
the Wabash tunnel today.
The men are: Robert Baine, colored,
skull crushed, died before he was taken
from the debris; George Clark, ooiored,
loft arm broken, cut and bruised about
the body and thought TO be injured in
ternally; Howard Hall, colored, and
Howard Lennox, both cut and bruised.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
How to Secure rraiff Reform.

1t is truly said by tho New York
Times that "the practical way to
achieve tariff reform is the election of
Democratic congressman. An academic
tariff reformer is OF no use to the cause.
The voters of this city and this State
cannot be insensible to the influences
WHICH have wrought such change in
the public sentiment throughout the
country in respect to the Repnbli-
can policy of tariff protection and
favoritism. The opportunity is before
them to take a practical step with the
rest of the country for change in the
tariff laws. .
The soundness of this argument
cannot be disputed. Tho experience of
the past shows that the only tariff
reform that may be expected of Re-
publican Congress is a revision upward
and onward. This was proved by the
Mckinley tariff, with its ensuing reign
of high prices, and later by the Dingley
tariff, which far exceeded the Mckinley
bill as the 'crowning atrocity of class
legislation. !" Under the Dingley tariff
not only have prices risen, but trusts
have been encouraged which control
the necessities of existence, and hold
the consumer at their mercy.
The experience of the past also proves
that a Democratic Congress will reform
the tariff in downward direction, to
say the least, and this of itself should
be beneficial change. The last Demo-
cratic Congress did not give the country
purely revenue tariff, it must be ad :
mitted, but it made many material
reductions in the oppressive Mckinley
law schedules And with the experience
of that tariff, with the condemnation
that was visited upon its trainers for
not making it what the people de-
liberately voted for at the election of
1892, there is no doubt that another
Democratic Congress would perform
the work of tariff reduction in much
better and more effective manner.
II the people of this country want the
tariff reduced, they know how to gel
what they want-by the election of a
Democratic Congress. No Republican
Congress may be expected to reduce the
tariff.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
LARGE BOULDER ON THE TRACK.
Attempt TO Wreck the Rome, watertown
Oglensburg Flyer.

Ogdensburg Flyer.
Rochester, N. Y, Oct. 2S. S.-Th,
Rome, Watertown d Ogdensburg rail-
road flyer had narrow escape from
possible destruction yesterday near
Wallington. A track walker found
boulder weighing nearly 300 pounds on
the high trestle one and one-half miles
west Of Wellington, at the point where
the Rochester u Sodus Bay electric line
passes under the steam road. The flyer
is due at this point about 80 a. IN.
1t was not long before this time that
the boulder was found on the trestle.
The track walker summoned assistance
and the great rock was removed, but
not without difficulty, because Of its
weight and the position it occupied.
Early yesterday burglars entered the
store in the trolley road station at
Wallington. The postofIice is also In
the station. 1t is believed that ths
burglars placed the boulder on thu
track. The theory is advanced that tn
men meant to wreck the flyer and rob
the victims of the accident
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
SOUGHT $4,000, GOT 5000,

Irwin, Pa, Oct. 2s.-After binding,
gagging and badly maltreating the
night watchman, John Hamburg, at
the Westmoreland Coal Co. IS office, in
West Irwin, ut an early hour this morn
ing, four masked men entered tho build
ing, blew open the safe in the large
vault and secured all the money that it
contained.
The robbery was evidently timed, as
it was just before pay day, when the
sum OF $4,000 is disbursed for the two
weeks pay. This money was not kept
there, and the robbers secured only
about 1900. They escaped without
leaving any clue to their identity.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
Boy Killed by a Bea,.

Hot Springs, Ark, Oct. %. AT
Happy Hollow, a resort near here which,
among other attractions, has a ECO,
black bear fatally injured Robert
Tatum, aged years. Tine lad was pass
ing the animal which was chained,
but went too close, and before the hor-
rihed spectators could interiors tha
brute had the hoy hugged to its breast
Then the animal closed its great jaws
on the prisoners head. A keeper pried
the bears mouth open and released the
boy, hut he was unconscious and dying
from several fractures of the skull.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30

Cambridge, Nd, Oct. 2s. After a
lingering illness John Hirst died at
his home near Cambridge, Saturday
afternoon. Mr.. Hirst was born on
Long Island, N. ", in 1910 and came
to Cambridge in 1887, when he bought t
Rose Hill, the residence of the late
". Wilson Byrne, which he improved
very much, the estate being one Of the
best on the Eastern Shore. At this
place he had since resided. He gave
his entire attention to raising vegata-
bles and small fruits for the Northern
markets and achieved marked success
His efforts led to many of the farmers
living near Cambridge raising truck.
Mr.. Hirst married Miss Mary Cornell
in 1867, who, with three sons, survives
him.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY.
Investigation of the Mysterious Death Of
william II. Shuey.

Wiliiain Ii. Snuey,
Lebanon, Pa, Oct. 20. The officials
investigating the death of William II.
Shuey, q farmer of Bunker Hill, arc
convinced that murder has bsen com.
mitted.
Today they finished an inquiry intQ
Shuey s movements. The general belief
is that he was waylaid by a person OF
persons as yet unknown, who wers
after his money. Shuey sold lot Of
corn at Lebanon Monday, October
20th, and received 800 in cash. He then
went around Lebanon, visiting several
saloons and stores, and on Tuesday re-
turned to Bunker Hill, about four
miles from here. He showed lot Of
money to various persons on the street.
Further examination of the body
showed ihat he had either been cut or
slot in t ae neck, and nearby was found
a club. One side OF the head was
crushed ~ His silver watch was gone,
but the cnain was left behind. The
doctors think Shuey was murdered.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
InteryieM Them.

Politicians ara interviewed in order to
obtain their opinions for the press. Let
parties who are suffering from a cough or
cold, who are hesitating to use the new
some friend or acquaintance who has re-
sorted to it under the like circumstances.
They will find the testimony in its favor per-
fectly enthnsiGstio, and harbor no further
doubts us TO its ticelIonce. Sold by all drug
gists at 25c, 50c and 81. Ask for dollar
bottles as they are much the cheapest,
INito'a Tgri - ~ F'~ot- -. r, &, re- =
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-10-30
Iso,l, Legs cut on,

Salisbury, Md. Oct. IS. George
Barron. colored, aged IA years, Of
franklin City, Va, was run over by a
freight train at Fruitland yesterday
and had 10th legs cut off above the
knee. lie vas brought to Salisbury
Hospital Immediately after tho accident
on an extra tram. Barron and other
coioret boys were on top of a freight
train and while playing the former
was pushed OH by one of his com
uanious