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Evening journal., 1902-01-31
CHILDREN RESPOND SPLENDIDLY
FOR MCKINLEY MEMORIAL FUND

A veritable avalanche of money has
descended upon the Office of City
Treasurer Seth II. Feaster. One natur-
ally expects to find money in the office
of the treasurer of a city, but this is
mostly in small change. and it belongs
to the Mckinley Monument Associa-
tion. It is the contribution made by
the children Of the public schools on
Mckinley Day.
On Wednesday night Herbert N.
Fell. a member of the association, re-
ceived a telephone message from Profess
sor Twitmyer. requesting him to send
for the envelopes, which had been col
lected in the schools. He said they had
been coming to the High School since
the exercises in the afternoon, and as
there were a good many. and there
was no safe there in which to keep
them. he thought It better for them to
be removed.
Accordingly, Mr.. Fell himself went
out to the High School, taking with
him his dress suit case in which to
bring back the envelopes. Upon arriv-
ing at the school he was surprised by
the number that confronted him. He
not only filled his dress suit case, but
he procured a bushel basket as well
and fined that Still there remained a
small-sized mountain. and in his des-
Deration. Mr. Fell hailed a passing
wagon and had the envelopes removed
to his office There he dumped all his
own belongings out of his safe, In Or
der to deposit those envelopes therein.
Bright and early the next morning
he had the envelopes carted to the Of
fiice Of the City Treasurer. Then they
set about opening them-Mr. Feaster,
his clerk Thomas Monaghan, and Mr..
Fell. They worked with a right good
will. and such a tearing of paper and
clink of small coin the old office never
witnessed before Mr.. Fell worked
until he was surrounded by en-
velopes ankle deep. Then he made an
excuse of pressing business and left.
Mr.. Feaster says he just got tired
and wanted to go sleigh riding, but he
didn't blame him. because he could
count money when there wasn't any
snow
Mr. Feaster and Mr.. Monaghan kept
on tearing open envelopes ana dump
ing money on the tables and counting
II all day long until o'clock when the
ianitress appeared on the scene, and
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she threw up her hands at the sight
The floor was covered with envelopes
knee deep. They disported themselves
on chairs. tables, desks and every
other available resting place, and
others displayed quite rare degree OF
tenacity by clinging to picture frames
and to the walls. The collection OF
cents. nickels. dimes, quarters and hall
dollars was such as she probably had
never seen before.
The envelopes contained amounts
ranging from ] cent to SO. One was
found to contain only a Chimes coin
but perhaps it was dear to the heart of
some little chap. who gave it freely to
the cause. Another contained a check
good for cents worth of merchandise
at a certain store An envelope that
excited considerable curiosity was
thick and looked as if it might con-
tain numerous bank notes. In 1t were
found two quarters. each carefully
wrapped in four pieces of tissue paper.
Up to o'clock yesterday the contri-
buttons of nine schools had been
counted, and they amounted to $2l7.45
AS these are only about one-third OF
the schools it is probable that the
whole amount will reach at least 5000,
Almost $50 was contributed by the
High School alone.
The members of the association are
greatly encouraged by the spirit shown
in the movement to erect a Mckinley
memorial by the school children of the
city. A principal of one of the schools
remarked that at first she was very
much opposed to anything of this sort
but when she saw the interest dis.
played by the children and realized
what a really extraordinary occasion il
was. she considered it a great thing
This is in strong contrast to the
sentiment of one parent, who when his
little girl went home from school Will
her envelope, took it from her, sayins
that she should not have a cent to con.
tribute, and who later expressed his
disapproval of the whole matter in un-
qualified terms to the president of the
Board of Education over the telephone
The work of counting the contTibu.
tion was resumed this morning. IL is
said that before closing the office last
night City Treasurer Feaster went tC
the Adams Express Company's offic,
and borrowed a trunk to convey the
money from his Office to the big vault
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THOUGHTS ON rHArnA1n

our contemporaries seem to be Of
one opinion regarding the recent
wholesale raid on certain nameless re-
sorts. while the law has been openly
dehed for many years There seems to
be feeling that the law in these
cases cannot be enforced, and that we
must wink at the evil. cover It up. and.
keep ii from the eyes of all good peo-
pie. May It not be true, however. that
to uncover the whole matter for an in
stant and allow the people to see the
extent and hideousness of the evil. will
give the people an understanding OF
the exact situation. and allow them to
invoke and apply whatever remedies
may be az hand?'
There is a law on our statute books
covering the matter; Shall it be
evaded. enforced or repealedg We leave
the answer to the good people of VIII
mington- Are we prepared to take the
anomalous position in regard to this
matter, that the people of New York
seem TO have taken regarding the Sun
day opening question there? A major
ity of the people of that city seem to
want to retain the statute prohibiting
the Sunday sales Of intoxicants, and
yet a majority also seem anxious to
have the law evaded.
Il is said that the police of this city
had all the evidence in their possession
which would have warranted raids OF
arrests at any time, and that they
made no more because for months
there had been no complaints lodged.
Therefore the Law and Order people
say that the police should have done
their duty, and, failing in this, the law
had to be enforced by other agencies
The answer to this is always that it is
impossible to enforce such laws strict
ly, and by segregating the offenders W,
have done all that is possible.
Now If this is true. and il may be
we are in the position of retaining Z
law in Difference to moral sentiment
and conniving to evade it for practica
reasons, The unfortunate thing abou
, such a position is that it establishes
. precedent and IL is an easy thing 70
p our police to decide that other law
cannot be enforced, and, therefore
: that they may be evaded and thei
! violations winked at. II would be easy
for instance. to decide that gamblin
cannot be entirely suppressed, an
= that. therefore, it may be practiced i
8 secret under police protection.
II is not a question to be settled, an
" dismissed off-hand; it presents prol
!, lens which have perplexed the mos
gifted sociologists, but it has an aspe,
= upon which we should expect generi
agreement; the law-any law-shoul
~ either be enforced, or repealed
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tion OF president, but the tariff, an
inter-oceanic canal. and the Philippine
matter nave little to do with the fltness
of men for school directors and police
Officers.
The right Of national party TO in
terfere in matters THAT are left to the
States, and are peculiarly their affair.
may be questioned. OF course. in each
of the States there are certain Federal
appointments. and it is natural that
these should go to the men who have
supported the national policy. and who
hold ideas in keeping with it's spirit.
But with other departments Of the
State government, the national policy
has little natural concern. AS an in
stance, each State has the right under
the Constitution to send two represen-
tatiyes to the United States Senate. II
may avail itself Of the privilege. or fail
to do so. And its right TO do one or
the other is inalienable
Therefore the fundamental appeal to
the people should be to support a party
or faction because its principles are
sound. its organization the best. and
It's candidates above reproadh. This
is better plan than the party lash
used to whip men in line for that which
oftentimes is only masquerading as the
party organization.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Mr.. Cats EXPLAINS

To the Editor OF the Evening Journal
Sir. beg to be permitted through
the columns of your paper to correct
and explain statement which appear
ed on January %. 1902, that Sheriff
Mcdaniel sold a farm in Pencader hun
dred belonging to me. and while this
farm was advertised and sold as my
property. 1t has not been in my pos
session for more than year. The
mortgage for which It was sold was
made by me some years ago, and when
the property was sold by me mors
than a year ago the mortgageholder
an attorney of this city, made the
transfer and accepted the purchaser
for the obligation and promised TO de
lliyer my bond and mortgage to me "a
a stated time. which he refused to do
and has been trying for some month";
uast to force me TO take the prOpert.
back under threat Of foreclosure. ] re
fused. as ! did not want the propert.
again. and my part in the transaction
was done in good faith and honorable
The fact that the property brough
several hundred dollars more than tn
mortgage at a forced sale is proof tha
there was no deception on my par
Hoping YOU will favor me by givin
this space in your paper, I am,
Yours truly,
= John b. Cats.
i Wilmington, January 80, 1902.
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CUBAN DEMANDS

Every honest American citizen de-
sires that justice shall be done to Cuba.
Not only this but II is most important
that we should live up TO the spirit of
all our pledges and promises Con-
gress solemnly declared when we inter-
ferred in the contest between Spain and
her colony that we had no purpose Of
annexing Cuba. and no one is prepared
to advocate the breaking Of this pledge
II there was reason for us to desire to
add TO our possession Of any territory
belonging to spain,we should have re-
garded Cuba as most desirable. The
relinouishment Of any right TO that
island. then. even before the results
OF the war were known. was probably
a huge error But Uncle Sans word
must be held inviolate. and Cuba will
never become American territory until
she requests it.
We stand ready TO guarantee Cuban
independence as against other nations
and this is only an item in the series
OF philanthropic acts performed out OF
the goodwill of the United States. We
went TO war to protect her people and
TO give them their freedom. We fed
her starving, cleaned up her pest spots
and preserved government until she
could stand alone. In all this work,
which can be characterized by no word
OF selhshness. we have spent many mil
lions. and given the lives of many of
our citizens.
During all this time the Cuban peo-
ule have relied upon the United States
for everything, and have given little
in return. They have recognized their
helplessness save in the matter of gov
ernment. and that they regarded as a
natter Of their sole concern. We are
prepared now TO turn the island over
TO its Inhabitants. cancelllng the enor-
nous debt which they owe us. But
while they eagerly seize the sceptre of
governmental authority in one hand,
the other is still extended for aims.
There seems TO be a tendency to regard
us as the source of every good and per-
feet gift, save in the matter of govern
ment. and we are politely but firmly re-
quested TO keep our hands from that.
Now it is urged that there should
be certain tarim concessions made to
Cuba. and we are inclined to think
that these would not be altogether an
tagonistic to American interests; but
for Cuba to demand these as her right
is asking that our charity should con-
tinue One of the necessary incidents
of an independent government is that
it must rely on itself, and it is about
time for Cuba to learn the lesson. II
under these conditions she decides that
her only salvation is to apply for ad'
mission into our government, then W.
shall consider the proposition. Cuba
cannot regard herself as permanent
ward OF this country, without our TAX
ing a hand in her government.
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CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Baron and Baroness Moncheur have
arrived in Los Angeles, Cal, direct
from the City OF Mexico. The Baron,
who lis Belgian minister plenipOtentiary
to Washington, was married ten days
ago in the City of Mexico TO Miss
Clayton, daughter of Powell Clayton,
United States ambassador to Mexico,
and now is touring the Pacific coast on
his wedding trip.
No fewer than 5S7. .SS4 prisoners were
in the prisons of British India in 1899
1900. an increase OF 92,064 over the
number for 1891. OF this huge total
only 24555 were females, which is a
smaller proportion than in Western
countries.
The Rev. Homer c. Stuntz. superin-
tendent Of Methodist Missions in the
Philippines has arrived in San Fran
cisco on the steamer China, and will
make triD to the Eastern cities. He
declares that the FilipinOs are rapidly
becoming pacified. and about church
matters. says: 1.-THE people are giving
Professionalism a very good hearing.
About 1900 assemble every week in
response TO the Efforts of our mission
airy society working in the Philip
pines.
Before a recruit can be properly sa
to have Joined the British army MS
name must be entered siXty-two times,
and the signatures of superior officers
twenty-nine times in the documents
tortfffrnf Inv the. NNnr OfHpn
General Harrison c. Hobart who
died in Milwaukee on Sunday. was the
last survivor of the Wisconsin COnsti-
tutional Convention and one OF the
last survivors, II not the last Of the
original five who planned and made the
famous Ross tunnel. and by it escaped
from Libby Prison.
Professor Hugo Munsterberg. OF tn,
philosophical department OF Harvard
college, has started a plan for th'
building of hall for the philosophical
department, which will be named EN-
erson Hall.
MIR. Lessler the man who defeatel
Perry Belmont for Congress, is no
quite five feet tall. weighs little NOR
than seventy-five pounds and wear
boys shoes. In defense of his smal
stature. he philosophically remarks
Alexander stephens was the smalles
man in Congress, and yet one of th
greatest"
Mrs. Turohin. widow Of General Joh
ID u,u,.fl,in now over so wears of age
and who followed her husband throug
the Civil War and performed many he
lroic acts. is in sudh reduced circum
stances that she is being sustained b
the comrades and friends of her illuf
ltrious husband, while efforts are bein
made to secure for her pension.
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Vaccination unaer pIffcuItles

Some people are so busy that they
have not time to get vaccinated," said
a we'll known physician the other day.
Il was sent for yesterday by a young
woman who clerks in a store. She
wanted to be vaccinated upon the leg
lust above the knee and wanted me to
do it in the store while the proprietor
was out ] began the work and about
every other scratch l made she had to
wait on a customer. My patience was
we'll nigh exhausted but ] finished the
lob"
DO many people get vaccinated on
the Lego"
Yes. you would be surprised how
many. and especially young girls who
object TO having their arms SCARED
i by a mark of vaccination
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rhe lnterstate Commission
ON the Phlladelnhla Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Enforce the law or repeal IT, When
the Interstate Commerce Commission
takes this ground in its annual report
IL occupies an unimpeacable position.
No one can challenge it,
The law requires equal rates to all.
Chicago packing houses, five or six in
number, get rates from three to five
cents a hundred lower on their busi-
ness. This Is criminal. So the youch-
ers are destroyed. The Illicit profits
reach hundreds of thousands of dollars
on this one trade. The farmer loses
the consumer loses and the small
shipper lis destroyed. Grain and grain
products "move from point of origin to
the seaboard upon secret rates. Single
shippers ship all the grain over one
line The profit ON this secret rate is
divided with its officers.
This is a crime, a penitentiary Of
Tense. Under existing law 1t cannot be
suppressed. A mere agreed" rate low
er than the published tariff cannot be
punished unless the failure of some spe-
cihc shipper to get this rate is proved
individuals only can be indicted They
escape When the law fines corpora
tions. juries will convict
This is needed. If congressman talked
less about trusts" and dealt with this
crying evil instead, more would be done
TO prevent monopoly profits. As ths
commission says, and says II right, the
Supreme Court decisions in the Trans.
Missouri and Joint Traffic Association
cases have done nothing. The favored
shipper is getting the special rate anc
he is dividing with the favored rail
road official in the old way
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The Dover Index is advertising for
leader for the forlorn Democratic
hosts Of Kent county. Applicants
should apply to the Index Office. But
we cannot help asking where is the
Hon. r. r. Kenney who represented
the State for term in the United
States Senate? Where is John w
Causey. who was once sent to Con-
gress. and who has a host of friend:
among those who like a really gooC
fellow? Anu John +. Salisbury. who's,
name used to be so potent to conjurl
with. where is he? Has the Index for
gotten the Hon. Bob" Reynolds. o
Marshyhope? The Ex-Governor is al
! ways in training. Has our Dover con
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Leave Il 10 the President

Chicago Inter-Ocean (Rep0
The American people are weary OF
delay. OF investigation, of commissions,
They want the aspirations OF fifty
years gratihed, and they want some
thing positive done speedily. Under
these circumstances the best solution
OF the problem is for Congress to pass
canal bill in general terms and leave
the selection Of the route to the Presi
dent. The people have confidence In
his Judgment They feel assured thai
be will select the better route ant
speedily give them an American canal
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temporary forgotten the name of the
gentleman who graced the Democratic
ticket in the last campaign? Who was
he? Oh. come, we did not expect a
confession Of such ignorance. SO Kent
Democrats want a leader; we thought
they had them 70 burn.
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Hopln' for the Best

When the world seems full o. trcnbl
From the shinin' east TO west,
A fellow makes IL lighter
Just by hopin' for the best.
II brings In sight Che valleys
Where the weary ones can rest,
An he hears the birds a-singin'
Just by hoIln for the best
It's hike a benediction
To a soul THAT seems unblest,
The privilege of hopin'-
Just lhopin for the best.
Atlanta Constitution.
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Operators Get Increase

Telegraph operators on the p, w. &
.B. railroad received a welcome an
nOuncement yesterday. when they were
informed that an advance of s. per
month in wages had been granted, TAX
Ing effect January !.
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FRIDAY. JANUARY 81, 1902

WEATHER PREDICTIoNs.-Today:
Snow, light to fresh northerly to
northwesterly winds. Tomorrow: Prob
ably snow.
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lur FOrmer Our Sale

Children's heavyweight Oyercoats,
long and short lengths and Russian
Blouse Coats, in Oxford Grays, Blue
Kerseys and light colOrs, A to years,
all sizes
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The Every Evening, referring to a
rumor published in a Vienna paper 10
the effect that we may sell the Philip
pines to Germany, says: 1--WE cannot
sell the Philippines and that we can
not descend ito the level OF a public
prostitute selling our civic virtue for
paltry coin" That is noble senti-
ment and the Hon. Edward Atkinson
could not have done better It is Bry-
anesuue in it's sclntillation. Our con-
temporary says, Let us solve this prob
lem for ourselves and II appears 10
us that that is what we have been try
ing to do. Doubtless we should have
met with larger measure of success
had not such patriots as the Every
Evening given the insurgents comfort
and held out to them false hopes. But
our contemporary is consistent; we
must not sell the isuands, nor govern
them, nor withdraw our troops. nor
leave them to their own devices. We
must growl and find fault and continue
to denounce the American soldier. and
this shall be our glory.
Evening journal., 1902-01-31
GREAT REDUCTIONS
All Along the Line

so dozen Mems Extra Heavy III eeced-
lined Underwear go on sale Sac.
Mems COlored Laundered Shirts, were
Soc and 75c., now 39c.
All the 81 Shirts at half price, SOC.
Mems Neclkwear at half price, were
25c, now 13c., or for 25c.
Mems ColOred Border Handkeichiefs
were i3c., now &C.. or 3 for zoe.
Boys Skating Caps closing at 1gc.
Ladies Muffs and Children's Sets al
greatly reduced prices to chose out
balance of Furs.
Ladies' Flannel Waists were 81, now
csc.
Ladies Flannel Skirts, closing at 19c.
900 yards Alaska Flannels, &c. values
sale price, 5l5c.
.TOweling, closing out at 4l2c.
An Blankets at greatly reduced prices
during February sale
Ladies Fascinatcrs reduced to 19c.
Chfldren's Winter Caps, in colors wer,
Soc, now SOC.
Infants Winter Caps i'm white, YOU
choice, 17c.
Fancy Silk Carriers in boxes, were 15c
and 1Sc., closing at 10c.
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egular Price ON Former Onr Sale

Boys Long Swagger and Medium
Length Overcoats, heavy weight, in
Oxford Grays. Blue Kerseys and light
colors, to IA years, all Sizes
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Perfumery, closing cut at about halt
price-some at less than half.
Toilet Soaps, sc. goods at &c.
10c. goods at &c.
Hair Brushes closing at 1Oc.. 15c., lSc..
and 23c.
Shaving Brushes reduced to ic., &c. and
&C.
Clothes Brushes and Whisks-Great
values at 10c.
Backing Brushes closing at 13c.
Daubers at 4c.
Masonfs and BiXby's Standard Shoe
Dressings, for ladies' use, reduced to
&C., 7c., Sc. and Sc. bottle.
Whittemore's Standard Shoe Dressing
for mems use 13c. bottle
Masons' Shoe Blacking for mems use,
&c. and 4c bottle.
Mason's Stove Polish, 4c. box.
Bixby's and French Blacking. 2c and
&C. box
Bargain Counters. Centre Aisle. 21O
Market street. and Main Aisles. POS
and POS Market street. New Goods
placed on sale daily during Feb
ruary Sale
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Youths Long Swagger and Medium
Length Overcoats, heavy weight. in
oxford Grays, and Blue Kerseys, 10 to
19 years, all sizes
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ONE=HALF
The Former Price,

and keep the other half in your pocket Our
sale price Of from IS to 40 per cent below the
cost of manufacture on these desirable goods is
made to move the stock quickly. We will
guarantee them to be the best values in cloth
ing ever offered for the money anywhere