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Evening journal., 1902-03-01

sistance IN helping to equip new tray
cling libraries.
Such gifts probably accomplish an
amount Of good and give more pleasure
than could be produced IN any other
way by many times the amount of ex-
Denditure. and the donors may feel
richly rewarded for their thoughtful
ness and generosity by the pleasure
and incentive they help to put into
many bare and arid lives
Free Public Libraries
How many of the incorporated towns
of Delaware POSSESS library of any
sort? And how many of them desire
To avail themselves of the new library
law passed last June? There are thir-
teen towns in the State which could
profit by it this year If they cared to do
so. and the State Library Commission
stands ready and viii ia to do anything
In ils power to promote the establish
ment and efficiency of any library In
Delaware. and to render all possible
assistance In any effort TO begin q IL
brary movement in any community.
To obtain town or State aid in the
establishment and maintenance of a
public library. however modest and
small. it IS necessary that the votere
should be consulted. and town cOun-
ellis must be petitioned no submit the
question to them at a special election
TO be held the day after the regular
election. at least thirty days before
that regular election, and the petition
must be signed by at least twenty-nv,
taxpayers, either men or women.
Wherever desired Miss Florence
Bayard Kane, the organizer of tn,
State travelling library system. will
make a personal visit to explain the
bearings of the new library law Oh
each community and how a library
movement may best be begun will
least delay and expense. These visit,
and this advice win be entirely with
out cost TO the cOmmunitise desiring
them. All inquiries should be address
ed to the State Library Commission
Dover. Delaware.
Below is a list of towns with tn,
dates of their elections. which can avail
themselves of the working of the H.
brary law this year:
Clayton, first Saturday in May; Della
ware City. first Saturday in April
Frankford. second Saturday in April
Greenwood. first Saturday in May
Lewes first Saturday in April; Newark
first Tuesday in April; Odessa. frs
Monday in April; RehobOth. last Satur
day in June, st. Georges. first Monda,
in April; Townsend, first Saturday il
May Magnolia, second Tuesday IN
April; New Castle second Saturday il
April.
Evening journal., 1902-03-01
OLD POINT COMFORT. RICHMOND
AND WASHINGTON, d. c.

Leave Wilmington, Saturdays, March
10 and %. 11.0l a. m. Rate, S31
for round trip, including railroad fare,
transfers, stateroom berth Washington
to Old Point Comfort. one and one-half
days board at Hygeia Hotel. Old Point
Comfort, one and one-Quarter days
board at the Lexington Hotel, Rich
mond, and two and one-half days
board at the Ebbitt or Riggs House.
Washington. For itinerary and full
particulars, write or apply to II. A.
Miller, Passenger Agent, Wilmington,
Del.
Evening journal., 1902-03-01
Cherry island Canal

Al the annual meeting Of Cherry Island
Marsh Company next Monday, a project
20 cur a canal through the marsh to the
Delaware river. about seventy feet wide
ana six feet deep. viii be considered. IL
Is proposed to drain Shellpot creek and
Prices run into the river. The Philadei-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Company own stock OF the Marsh Com
pany, and 1t is believed to favor the plan.
The city may be asked TO bear one-half
the expense and be allowed TO use the
canal for drainage purposes.
Evening journal., 1902-03-01

Judge Morris, of Ohio, recently held
there is a distinction between a habit
ual drinker and habitual drunkard.
Evening journal., 1902-03-01
DIED

BUTLER-On February "a, 1902, S. James
Butler, aged 81 years
Funeral services at his late residence
No. GO West Ninth street on Monday af-
ternoon March g. 1902, at o'clock. In
ierment private.
GREEN.-On February q 1902 at the
residence Of his mother, No. 1901 West
sixth street, Able T., son OF Sarah T..
and the late Isaac Green.
Funeral services Monday at II o'clock,
al bryn zion. near kenton. Del.
Evening journal., 1902-03-01
srandvwlne VII Entertain

Biandywine Fire Company will enter
tain its friends in German Hall tonight
The Amphion and Mozart Male Quar-
tettes will sing.
Evening journal., 1902-03-01
MARRIED
STBCIIEI

- BOWEN.-On February
II. by the Rev r. II. Adams. in
Union NJ. e. Church parsonage. Fifth
and Washington streets. Miss Anna
Stecher and James B. Bowen, both Of
OF Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1902-03-01

From Grand Central Station take cars
marked Broadway and 9TH Ave. Seven
minutes to Empire.
on crossing any Of the ferries. take the
9Th Avenue Elevated Railway 20 59th
ST.. from which il is one miute's walk to
hotel.
Send for descriptive Booklet.
w. Johnson Quinn. Proprietor, Mortimer
NJ. Kelly, Manager.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
NEGROES FORM A MOB
BENT ON LYNCHING ONE OF
THEIR RACE.
Believe That They VIII Garry Out
Purpose II Officers Do Not
Spirit Their Prisoner
f Away.

Memphis. Oct. ga special to The
scimitar from wynns, Ark, says:
Thomas Gibson. weii-to-do Negro
farmer, left his home near here yester'
day to attend circus, leaving his three
daughters, Mary. aged II years: Sophie
H. and May, 10, at home. Upon returning
a CHASTITY sight met his gaze. Two of the
girls were found inside the house with
their heads crushed to a jelly, while the
body of the third was found in the yard,
terribly mutilated. The girl had been
subjected to the most horrible atrocious
indisnities.
Posses. composed of both blacks and
whites. were formed and David Cross. an
old negro, was arrested. Cross denied all
knowledge Of the crime. but finally con-
fessed that he had witnessed the killing,
and said that a negro. johnson by name,
was the guilty person. The posses is now
looking for Johnson. who will be sum-
marily dealt with If apprehended.
Later Cross confessed to the triple muir
der and outrage, and he was placed in
Jail. Tonight at II o'clock a mob COM
posed exclusively OF negroes, formed with
the avowed purpose Of taking the prison.
err from the officers by force and hang
ing him. The sheriff and his deputies.
becoming alarmed at the increasing pro-
portions of the mob. spirited Cross into
the woods where they row are in hiding.
Il is believed that the mob will hang the
negro tomorrow unless the officers can
make good their escape.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
DAY OF THANKSGIVING
NOVEMBER 9th IS NAMED BY
THE PRESIDENT.
Tie Year That Has Just Closed,
He Says, Has Been One Of
Peace and Overflow
ing Plenty.

Washington, Oct. 29-President Roose-
welt issued the annual proclamation today
naming Thursday, November 9th. as
Thanksgiving day. The proclamation ID
as follows:
According to the yearly custom of our
people, it falls upon the President at this
season to appoint a day of festival and
thanksgiving to God.
lover a century and quarter has pass
ed since this country took its place
among the nations of the earth, and dur
ing that time we have had, on the whole.
mere to be thankful for than has fallen
to the lot of any other people. Genera
ton after generation has grown to man.
hood and passed away. Each has had to
bear it's peculiar burdens, each to face its
special crisis and each has known years
of grim trial, when the country were men,
aced by malice, domestic or foreign levy,
when the hand of the Lord was heavy in
it with drought or flood or pestilence.
when in bodily distress and anguish of
soul it paid the penalty of folly and a
forward heart We have struggled on
ward and upward. We now have abund-
antly enjoyed well being and under the
favor of the Most High we are striking
earnestly to achieve moral and spiritual
uplifting. The year that has just closed
has been one of peace and of overlooking
plenty. Rarely has any people enjoyed
greater prosperity than we are now en-
joying. For this we render heartfelt and
solemn thanks to the Giver of Good. and
we seek to praise Him not by words but
by deeds also
Now. therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States. do hereby
designate as day of general thanksgiv-
ing, Thursday. the 9th Of the coming
November, and do recommend that
throughout the land the people cease
from their ordinary occupations and in
their several homes and places of wor-
ship render thanks unto Almighty God
for the manifold blessings of the past
year,
I'm witness whereof, have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
18th day of October. in the year of Our
Lord, one thousa nd. nine hundred and
two. and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and twen-
ty-seventh.
(Seal) Theodore Roosevelt.
by the President: John Hay, Secretary
of State"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
CALLED ON PREMIER.
Socialists Not Satisfied With Pro-
GRASS of Strike NEGOTIATIONS.

Paris, Oct. 29.-The National Committee
If the Miners Federation, accompanied
by number of socialist deputies, called
on Premier Combes today to secure infor-
nation on the negotiations with the coal
companies looking to the arbitration of
the matter in dispute between them and
their employees.
The Premier expressed the hope of be-
ING able to secure arbitration. but the
committee, made restless by the delay,
notified him that 1t was intended to in
terpellate the government on the subject
IN the Chamber of Deputies tomorrow.
1t is claimed that the Committee has
learned that tho mine owners have not
agreed to treG. with the striking miners
or respond to the governments offer OF
al bitratlon.
The purpose of the Interpolation tomor-
row Is to establish before the country the
responsibility for the continuation of the
conflict. If Premier Combes response In
the Chamber is not satisfactory the So
ciaIist deputies will propose a resolution
calling for a parliamentary investigation
Of the strike.
In the meantime reports received here
from the mining districts show that the
miners are becoming discouraged and re-
turning to work. The resumption of
,,.ork is so general that the strike Is con-
eidered over at st. Etienne, at Alais and
q, other leading centers of conflict.
Tho Roanney cotton spinners are also
returning to work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
DOCK LABoRERs STRIKE.
1000 Men Quit and Tie Up Port d
Montreal.

Montreal, Oct. 29.-Two thousand dock
laborers went on strike today, completely
tieing up the business of the port The
men have been working all the season
on a fiat scale of 20 cents per hour, night
or day, and they now demand payment
at the rate of 80 cents per hour for day
work and 80 cents per hour for night
work. The demand was refused. Tonight
a mass meeting was held and resolutions
passed unanimously that the men would
remain out until their full demands have
been conceded. The demand is based
upon the great increase in the cost of
living.
The ship agents contend that the men
are being paid all that the conditions of
the port warrant. With twenty steamers
In port waiting for cargoes and as many
more still due, the situation Is a serious
one.
The shipping agents met late tonight
and decided to offer the men 25 cents per
hour for day labor and 80 cents for night
work.
Tonight the Elder Dempster Company
is paying IS cents for the men employed
in loading lake steamer due to sail to-
morrow morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
ARB1TRAToRs AT SCRANTON.
Will Make Personal Investigation OF
the Anthracite Region.

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 29.-The anthracite
coal strike commissioners who will make
an inspection of the mines and the homes
Of mine workers arrived here tonight
over the Central Railroad Of New Jer-
sey. Commissioner T. H. Watkins. whose
home is in this city, came here early
in the day and arranged some. of the de-
tails of the first days tour Of the upper
region. The commissioners headquarters
is at the Hotel Jermins. where the party
occupies fourteen rooms.
Tomorrow will be spent in the region
north of this city At 915 a. m. the
party will leave for Forest City. the
upper edge of the hard coal fields, twen-
ty-two miles from here President Mitch
ell will not come to this city unless sent
for. The train will travel slowly so that
the commission ers can get a good idea
of the country. At Forest City the party
will be lowered into one of the Erie Com
pany's mines and it expected the en-
tire morning will be spent underground.
AS a precaution against accident, a su-
perintendent, fire boss or a practical
miner will accompany each member of
the party through the workings. II the
program for the day is not dsarranged
by subsequent developments, lunch will
be had in Carbonate, four miles south
of Forest City. A coal breaker will he
visited at Carbonate, and then the re-
turn Journey to Scranton will be made.
The commissioners will stop at Oliphant,
six miles north of Scranton, for the pur-
pose OF visiting other collieries and to
look at the homes and surroundings of
the mine workers. Scranton will be
reached at about o'clock in the evening.
On Friday the commission will spend the
day visiting collieries in and about the
city of Scranton and viewing the min
ing suburbs. Saturday the commission
will go to Wilkesbarre to further pros
ecute their Investigations.
Mr. Watkins, in an interview today,
said the commission will probably not SIT
to take testimony until after tour OF
the region has been completed. 1t Is
possible though that session will take
place Monday in Wilkesbarre to receive
the statement to be presented by Presi-
dent Mitchell to which the operators
have agreed to make answer within three
days. It is almost certain that no testi-
mony will be taken in this city this
week.
THE purpose of the commission just at
present Mr.. watkins said. lis TO get
a general view Of the physical conditions
of anthracite mining with the idea or
giving the members of the commission
unacquainted with coal mining an oppor-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
REcRIvERs ARE NAMED.
Export Lumber Company Cannot Pay
It Bills.

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New York, Oct. 2s.-waterman A. Taft,
Edward ]. hathorne and Ben L. Fair
child were appointed In the Supreme
Court today temporary receivers for the
Export Lumber Company on the appli-
cation Of the majority Of the company's
directors asking for . voluntary dissolu-
ton Of the corporation. The petition
says that some .$5ea5o Of liabilities due
and about to mature cannot be met. The
total liabilities amount to $685. 8 and
nominal assets 3,59S, $40.
The company was incorporated in 1878
ana has capital stock of half a million
dollars. The principal stockholders are
C. r. Flint, Alden 9. Swan and John
D. Carberry. The company has branches
at Boston. Mass. Georgetown. 8. C., and
In Canada.
In the United States Circuit Court to-
day Freeman o. Farr and Edward
Hathorne were appointed temporary re-
ceivers of the properly Of the Atlantic
Coast Lumber Company within the south
ern district of New York. The same two
temporary receivers were appointed pre-
viously by the United States District
Court for the Eastern District Of Vir-
GINA Mr.. Farr was the former presi-
dent of the company. The appointment
of the receivers was due to an action
brought against the company by its trus-
tee. the Colonial Trust Company Of New
York, the lumber company being unable
to meet the interest payments due the
trust company.
A statement issued today by those In
terested In the two lumber companies
says the various receivers were appoint
ed In connection with the reorganization
and contemplated consolidation of the
principal lumber companies owning and
handling what Is known as North Caro-
lima (short lesO pine. The statement
says that even in the case of liquida-
ton the assets of the two companies will
be In excess Of all liabilities. Plans are
already in process of formation for the
organization of the company and the
consolidation Of the Southern pine lum-
her interests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
WILL VISIT THE SOUTH
ROOSEVELT MAY BE IN ALA
BAMA NEXT MONTH.
Probable That He Will Accept Booker
T. Washington's Invitation to
Visit Negro Industrial
- School at Tuskegee.

Washington, Oct. 2s.--President Roose-
welt viii make a trip through part OF
the South next month IL offlcial business
should not make his presence in Wash
ington necessary at that time.
The trip will be made about the mid
die of the month. the primary object OF
it being to enable the President to at
tend the reception to be rendered by the
citizens of Memphis to Gen. Luke Wright,
Vice-Governor of the Philippines. Sub
sequently it is expected that the Presi-
dent will accept an invitation to partici-
pate in a bear hunt in the canebrakes of
Mississippi.
He may embrace the opportunity while
in the South to visit the Tuskegee In.
stitute at Tuskegee, Ala. of which Book
er T. Washington is President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
STEEL TRUST ENJorNED.
Court Refuses to Permit Increase OF
Bonds.

Newark. N. j., Oct. 2.-vice- Chancellor
Emery today filed his decision in the suit
of j. Aspinwall Hodge and others to pre-.
vent the United States steel Corporation
from retiring $2Oo. oo9 900 of preferred stock
and issuing $3.50. 900 in bonds. In his
decision. the Vice-Chancsllor says:
II will edvise that a preliminary in.
juno ton be granted restraining the issue
of bonds under the resolution upon terms
that IL the defendant .tesires to appeal
the complainant shall consent that the
case be set down for hearing at the next
term of the Court of Errors and APP
pesls."
The resolution referred to by the Vice.
Chancellor was adopted by the directors
of the United States Steel Corporation
and ordered the retirement of the pre-
ferred stock.
vice-Chancellor Emery decides that the
meeting of the directors at which the res
oiution was adopted was prematurely
called and that the retirement of the
stock under the Nsolution must, there
fore, be enjoined. The decision OF the
ce-ChancelloT agrees with the decision
of the Court of Errors and Appeals In
tho Berger case on all other points.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
THE PROSECUTION CLOSES
A. A. Knowles, Handwriting
Expert, Last Witness.
Another Chirographical sIeuth, llrs
Ames, Admits That He Has More
Than Once Been Mistaken
in His Deductions.

New York, Oct. 29-Justice Lambert to-
day at the resumption of the trial Of Ro-
land B. Molineux announced that he
would exclude the testimony of Mamie
Melando and Joseph Farrell, given at the
last trial OF Molineux, which the prose-
cution wished to have read to the Jury.
Both of these former witnesses live In
New Jersey, outside the Jurisdiction of
the court.
Miss Melando was the first witness at
the first trial to connect Molineux with
the blue crescent paper and Farrell tes-
titled that he saw Molineux in Newark
with a small package the day the bottls
holder was bought in that city.
Assistant District Attorney Osborne
called Daniel T. Aames. the handwritings
expert. as his first witness today.
Ames said. as all the other writing ex-
perts said, that the same hand wrote all
the Barnett and Cornish" letters and
the addresses on the poison package. He
said he had compared those writings with
the conceded writings Of Molineux and
Is convinced beyond room for doubt that
his hand made the disputed writings.
Counsel for the defense, Mr.. Osborne.
said, has conceded that one hand wrote
the Barnett and Cornish letters and
tho poison package wrapper.
Counsel for the defense has conceded
nothing of the Sort" interrupted former
Governor Black. Counsel for the defense
conceded that the defense knows nothing
about those letters. and does not expect
to dispute the contention of the District
Attorney"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
BUILDERS WILL ORGANIZE.
Say They Must Have Protection
from Labor Unions.

Washington. Oct pa committee OF
the National Association of Builders, in
session in this city. called by appoint
ment of the President today to extend
to him the greetings Of the association
The committee presented to the President
an address on Labor Issues in the Build
ing Trades" Frank Harris Of Phlladel-
phia discussing the labor issue in its re-
lation to the building trade. pointed out
that there was never a strike when bust
ness was poor. only when trade was
prosperous. He added:
"As matters builders. we must organ
ize for self-protection or the unions will
oyerrun lis. There is no safety except in
organization and employers standing to-
gether."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
uKIBE-URIBE's SURRENDER.
Promises to Cause Other Revolu'
tionists to Give UP.

Promises to Cause Other Revolu'
tionists to Give Up.
Colon, Colombia, Oct. 2s-Further news
has reached here of the engagement Oc-
tober "a at Rio Frio near La Cienega'
which resulted in the surrender OF the
revolutionary generals U1bs-Uribe and
Castillo.
The government general Marjarres
reached Rio Frio with reinforcements OF
1900 men. These troops were destined for
the isthmus and their arrival at Rio Frio
was unexpected. The government forces
already before the rebel positions, In
conjunction with the men of Marjarres' 8
command, managed to surround the en-
envy completely and after well contest
ed engagement forced them to surrender.
Four hundred revolutionists are reported
to have been killed. The dead were left
unburied.
According to the terms of capitulation
General Uribe-Uribe undertakes to bring
about the surrender of all revolutionary
bands now in the departments of Mag
dalena and Bolivar. He goes to Bogota
to confer with the Colombian government
to this end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
SOUGHT BRIDE, FouED SALOON
John Valentine Kaiser Was Looking
for Mary Martin.

Chicago. Oct. 29.-Expecting to meet
rich and lovely woman who wanted
kind husband" John Valentine Kaiser
ceme from Festus, Mo, to Chicago today
He had been corresponding with the rich
and lovely" whose name was supposed to
be Mary Martin. and says he had Sc to
secure an introduction. When he went
to the address given by Mary 299 Wells
Street, instead of finding the residence of
his bride to be. he discovered saloon.
Kaiser told of his troubles at police
headquarters and the result was a search
of the premises in Wells Street and the
arrest of Jacob Strosser, who was found
in the basement of the saloon writing let
tiers which the police say were similar to
those received by Kaiser and signed Mary
Martin, A number of these letters were
secured as evidence. Strosser Is charged
with obtaining money by means of con-
fdence game.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
wood urges Reciprocity.

London. Oct. 29-General Leonard
Wood. former Military Governor of Cuba.
was questioned today on the subject OF
various special dispatches published here
alleging the existence Of serious economic
and political changes In Cuba. He said
to a representative Of the Associated
Press: I'm view of the present crisis.
the Cuban sugar industry Is absolutely
doomed without reciprocity with the Uni
ted states have the strongest reasons
for believing and hoping that reciproc-
ity bill will be passed during the next
session OF Congress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-30
FOUND HIS DAUGHTERS.
Professor Wills Discovers His Girls
in Orphans Home.


st. Louis, Oct. 29.--After search that
has extended over three States and last
ed for nearly three years. Henry NJ.
Wills, a Professor at the National Uni
versity, Washington, D. c., has located
his two little daughters in the Metho-
dist Orphans Home here. Professor
Wills applied for q writ Of habeas corpus
asking that the children be restored to
him.
In 1899 the parents were divorced and
the mother took the little girls to Ten
nessee. from their former home In In
diana. Wills claimed he filed an appli-
cation in the Circuit Court of Gibson
County. Tenn. asking for the custody
of the children, but that they were re-
moved from the State In the meantime
Mrs. Wills remarked in Kentucky.
Last August the two children were
placed In the home here and the father
learned of their whereabouts only few
days ago. Judge Fisher of the Circuit
Court. granted the application for the
writ of habeas corpus returnable tomor-
row.