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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
Suit Against Electric Company,

Civil action has been brought
against the Wilmington City Elec-
tric Company by j. Frank Curry
to recover damages for injuries al
legged to have been received in
1899.
An incident OF the litigation is
is that Walter Ii. Hayes who Or
iginallv was counsel for Curry is
now counsel for the electric COM
pany, and that j. Frank Ball, who
sat in Judgment in the case when it
WAS i'll the City Court, now repre-
sents Mr.. Curry.
In June, 1899, Curry proceeded
under Il city ordinance against the
electric company, charging that
they obstructed the streets. He
alleged that he had fallen across
Il board attached to one of the elec-
trlc company's poles at Tenth and
Market streets, and was hurt as Il
result.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
LOVE LETTERS
GAVE Him A W AY.

Philadelphia, Feb, 1l.-Love let
ters to his sweetheart brought about
the arrest in Columbus. Ga. of Moses
Friedman, who has been a fugitive
since Christmas. He is charged with
having stolen diamonds valued at
$500 from S. Goodman, a cigar deal.
er, at Eighth and Green streets.
Friedman. who IS 26 years old.
lived in Franklin street. near Column
bia avenue, with his parents. lie
spent much Of his scare time in Good
man S store. Often he talked OF
his sweetheart, Miss Mae Reed, who
lives in Wilmington.
Goodman had two diamond rings
which lie wished to sell, and Fried
man offered to dispose OF them. As
it later appeared, lie pawned the
jeweIry for $500 and Immediately left
town with the money. Goodm
notified the city detectives, AMI ef.
forts were made to find the missing
man.
Last week, Goodman thought Of
the girl in Wilmington. He notified
the detectives. and one was dispatch.
ed to See her. BY persuasion he got
her TO produce letters which she had
received from the fugitive.
One Of them was dated Columbus,
and begged the girl to join him in
Charleston. The Chief OF Police Of
Columbus was asked to look for Fried
man, ana as 4 result he was arrested.
Philadelphia detectives went down to
bring The prisoner here.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
SOUTH AFRICAN FIGHTING.
Kitchener Reports Lively Times and
Heavy CnAuaItteA.

LONDON. Feb. ia report recciv.
cd from Lord Kitchener at Pretoria
shows last week to have been the live
licst week. with the heaviest losses on
both sides for several months past.
Lord Kitchener gives the Rorr casual
ties Il total of 60 killed II wounded. 81
surrendered and "a taken prisoners.
III" British captured $50 rifles. one
ponlpom and the usual grist Of m,lni
tons and live stock.
The most serious British losses dur.
ing the week was the capture of sixty
donkey wagons conveyed by 100
troops. At Il point thirty miles from
Beaufort West, Cape Colony. the enc.
my swoopcd down on the donkey wag-
onS and cut up the convoy before as.
siSanre arrived. They were able to
romovr only twelve of tho wagons and
burned the rest. III this engagement
the British lost two officers and eleven
men killed and o'r officer and forty
seven men wounded. while the Beers
lost twonty-four killed and forty seven
wounded
Tha Beers also rushed detachment
Of a hundred men OF colonel DorunS
column the night of Feb. 3. when the
British lost three officers and seven
men killed and seventeen men wound
ed
Won Donop surprised Pnl@irtrr's Ina
ger near WOlmaran9tad. 1ransvaui
Colony. Feb. I. killing three Beers and
capturing thirty-six, as well as twenty
five wagons and live stock.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
L.incOlns Birthday. ssz

Tomorrow is Lincolus birth
day and under law passed at
the last Legislature is state holi-
day.
The law reads:
"That from and after the passage
Of this act the twelfth day of
February in each year, known as
l-4incolns Birthday" is declared
md hereby made legal holiday
Rnd all laws or parts of laws, of
The State of Delaware, applicable
TO or having reference in any way
10 legal holidays are hereby ex-
lended and are in all cases to be
deemed and taken as applicable
10 the aforesaid twelfth day of
February"
: The banks will be closed to-
morrow, and it is of the utmost
Importance that persons having
notes falling due on Wednesday
should present them at the banks
to-day. Unless this is done, it
will cause great annoyance to the
holders Of notes and negotiable
papers that happen to fall due to-
morrow.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
BRAKEMAN
CUT.IN TWO.

William j. Kelley, of Philadelphia
2. & r. brakeman was cut in two
by his train yesterday afternoon
Opposite Walnut street train was
being shifted and Kelley was walk.
ing slowly between two of the cars,
adjusting the couplers, when he Slip
ped and fell to the tracks. Before
he could roll out Of his perilous posi-
tion the wheels had passed over his
body. lie was cut in two.
Other trainmen gathered up the
remains. and they were taken in
charge by the coroner. Kelley lived
with his parents at No S2G Brown
street.
I e was % years of age, and prior
to entering the railway service he
was Postal messenger, and later was
telegraph operator at Quantico,
and then as relief operator.
He gave up that position and be-
camea fireman on the Philade phia
and Reading road, but later became
brakeman on shifting crew. He
was working in South Wilmington
yesterday afternoon when the fatal
accident occurred.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
Under Bail For Killing Burglar.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. 1O.-A
habeas corpus hearing was to-day
given to Isaac II. Evans, of Dur
yea, the hotelkeeper who shot
James Mulville, while the latter
was trying to rob his home. Ev-
ans is charged with murder, the
burglar having died last week at
the Pittston Hospital. Several
witnesses were sworn and the
testimony showed that Mulville
was a burglar and ready to kill,
and that he was shot while trying
to game an entrance into the
house of Evans. After the hear
ing the Court discharged Evans
on $1,000 bail being paid, pend
ing the action of the Grand Jury.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
CONGRESS DOES LITTLE.


WASHINGTON, Feb 11.-Through-
out nearly the entire session of the
senate yesterday the Philippine tariff
bill was under consideration. Mr. Tur
ner (Washl concluded his speech, be-
gun last Friday, on the legal and con-
stitutional phases of the Philippine
question. He held in the main that as
the Fiipinos had established an inde-
pendent government in the Islands prl-
or to the fall Of Manila the United
States under the principles OF interna-
lonal law had no right In the islands
Mr.. Teller (Colo) took the floor to
deliver Il speech on the pending meas,
IRE, but had scarcely introduced his
argument before he requested that lie
be allowed to continue his address to-
day.
General debate on the olconlargarinc
bill was closed The friends of the bill
have decided to offer an amendment to
make the 10 cent tax apply to oleO-
margarine in imitation Of butter "of
any shade of yellow" The amend
ment Is designed to meet the charge of
the opponents Of the bill that without
this amendment the language of the
bill might be construed to absolutely
prohibit the sale OF Oleomargarlne.
Senator Hoar from the senate com
mittec on privileges and elections re-
ported favOrably the amendment to the
constitution introduced by himself
changing the day for the Inauguration
Of the president OF the United States
from March 1 to the last Thursday in
April. The resolution provides that the
change shnll take effect In 1905 and ex.
tends the term Of President Roosevelt
from March to that date. The resO-
luton also provides that hereafter the
terms of senators and members of the
house Of representatives shall begin on
the last Thursday Of April Instead of
March I. as at present.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
Della " ares Deadlock.

The Washington CORES pondent
OF the Philadelphia Bulletin says;
Delaware is the only State in
The Union which has only one
representative in both houses Of
Congress. Delaware is without
a Senator. The Legislature being
absolutely dcadlockod and adjourn
ed a year ago without filling the
two existing vacancies. Delaware
will have no Senator beforc next
winter in any event and unless the
long dr;lwn-out controversy be-
tween the Addicks and anti-Ad-
dicks factions can be settled up
before the next election is may be
that the State will have to get along
without a representative in the
upper branch Of Congress for the
years to come. But then Della
wae has been represented in the
Senate by such men as Gray, Bay
ard and the Saulsburys, SO that
perhaps the people OF that little
State can wait a few years until
some other equally big men can
grow up.
The correspondent does not
have one word to say of Fl. X.
X, nney who served six years i'll
the Senate from Delaware. 1t is
reported that the Saulsbury's were
not much for Delawareans to be
proud of, especially the scene in
Senate which was figured in by
Q Delaware Senator.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
WORK MEN
IN SESSION.

In the A. o. y. W. Hall, Nintl
and Market Streets to-day began TIN
annual convention Of the Ancien
Order of United Workmen.
From all parts Of the State ,wher'
lodge of this most worthy order Il
established and from nearby Pennsyl
vania where Delaware has jurisdiction
comes the delegates. Into fifty homes
during the year went 500. 900 to pro
tect the widows and orphans.
This convention promises to bt
extremely interesting as it is tho
first since the classified plan went
into operation.
Grand Recorder Woods in his annual
report says during the year IA levc
and four classified assessments were
madc,a mounting to $lO4, l67. 4. Fifty
death claims, amounting to 500. 900
were paid and S.. Sl7.52 transferred
to the guaranty fund, leaving a bal
ancc in the beneficiary fund Of $5.04l
The amount in the relief fund trans.
ferred to John }. Aeker, supreme
recorder, was $5.04 These figures
are also given:
Balance on hand in general fund
January l, 1901, 81, 77l.3i; amount
collected during the year, S.. 552. 40;
total, SlO.323. 10; amount expended
during the year. $s. 623 SO: leaving
balance In general fund, $l.699. "a:
Transferred from beneficiary fund
to guaranty fund, $5.sl7.52; amount
collected during the year, s3.957 10;
total, $9.774.G2; amount drawn to
ordcrJohnJ. Acker, supreme receiver
~. 714.62. Delmar sufferers, amount
collected, $40; amount paid George
NJ Stevenson, treasurer 1910. Mem
bcrship January |, 1901, 1868; mem
bcrslip JanCary l, 1902, 4.J4s.
The finance committee reports
having found the accounts correct at
all times. The following statement
of receipt and disbursements is
made:
General fund January /, 1901,
balance on hand, S4.17l.34; receipts
beneficiary certificates, $3.50. 80: re-
cclps charter fee, 1886; receipts per
capita tax, 81 $50. S0:rcceiDts interest
$2l5.jS; receipts rent, $40. 81: total,
Sl0.323. So
DisburScmcnts-By checks on gem
eral fund, IS G23 70; balance to credit
tt grand lodge, VI. G9o.ol: total, $40.
323 SO. Beneficiary Fund January
|, 1901, balance on hand, $3. l01; col.
!cctcd On II level assessments. S65
zoo. 50; collected on Ii level assess
meuts, 3d. 40b, 81: total. Tl0.. lG1. IA.
Disbursements BY ~ 81. 600 death
claims paid, sos. 900: bv one $1,000
death Claim paid, $1,000; by amount
transferred to the guaranty fund,
So Sl7. %; balance IT, the credit Of
the grand lodge. S.-j496 81: total.
SlOI. l6I. IA.
Relief Ftnd January /, 1900, bal
ance on hand S4.974; from general
fund, SGt 80. total, So. O4l
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
l.andenburc News.

Wm. N. Kelton, Oh Eden, Pa,
lost three pigs a few day days ago.
from hydrophobia. They showed
no symptoms of the disease until
the bSth dav. When water was
given them one had a terrible spasm
rolling and Wheeling. The others
eyes became red ard protruded and
were promptly killed and buried.
Mrs. Spencer of the kaolln works
also lost l6 pigs that were bitten by
the same dog.
Frank Fl. Buckingham, of Pleas
ant Hill, has purchased 10 acres of
land from Samuel Worrall and will
erect buildings thereon.
A prominent lawyer OF Baltimore
lost a cuff and gold button while
out driving with Il young lady a
few evenings ago.
Abram Palmer is about to eX-
change the farm he bought from
Chas. Becker for house in Cough
kennaalor.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
NEW JERSEY AFFAIRS.
state Comptroller iinnrorh Resigns
Because briggs Il to lie Treasurer.

because UflHEh Is 10 he treasurer.
TRENTON, n. j., Feb. II. state
Comptroller Hancock last night placed
his resignation in the hands of Govern
or Murphy. The resignation was purely
formal one, but its presentation was
the result of the election of eX Mayor
Briggs Of Trenton TO the office of state
treasurer. Mr., Hancock is also II resi-
dent of Trenton and opposed Mr..
Briggs election. Al the time he stated
to the governor that if Mr. Briggs was
elected he CIancorkt would resign as
state comptroller
A number of Republican leaders held
n conference and it was practically
agreed as far as they were concerned
that Mr.. IlanrOrk's place should 50 TO
Camden county, and the Camden mem
bcrS of the legislature held a consulta-
ton md agreed to present the name of
!. Willard Morgan. formerly city soic-
itor Of Camden. Mr.. Morgan will have
the solid support Of Essex county, and
1t Is generally conceded that he will
be selected for the place. This is taken
to mean that Attorney General Grey.
who lives in Camden and whose tcrtn
is about to expire. will not be reap
pointed by Governor Murphy.
The principal work of both houses of
the legislature last night WAS the in
PRODUCTION of bills.
The two houses adopted resolution
for a joint session at noon today to
elect Il state treasurer. Th" place will
go to Frank q. Briggs, who is now fill
ing the position and who received the
caucus nomination at the hands Of the
Republicans last week. The Democratic
members of the legislature held their
caucus and decided to support W, Holt
Apgar of Trenton
The commission appointed year ago
TO revise the tax laws presented re-
port which took the shape of II bill in
troduCed in the senate
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
IN SIGHT OF
HANGMAN.

| West Chester, Pa, Feb 10. - AT
ter presenting one wtuess this morn
ing the Commonwealth rested IFS Cast
against William H. Pratt, Oh trial fol
the alleged murder Of his wife, and
the defense opened, Nearly all OF
the testimony for the defense to-day
was of an expert character, to prove
its contention that Mrs. Pratt COIN
\ mitted suicide.
After Mrs. Sarah McGrpgan, a near
ncighbor Of the praLts, testified that
SHE had seen Mrs. Pratt scrubbing
her front porch on the morning Of the
day she was found dead. District At
torney Baldwin announced that lie
would call no more witnesses.
Thomas W. Pierce then presented
the case for the defense. He said it
would be shown that Mrs. Pratt was
subject 10 fits of dcspondency, that
she had talked Of committing suicide
that all the facts indicate suicide,
and that she had shot herself while
lying in bed He also said:
THEORY OF THE DEFENSE.
We will show you that the trail OF
blood down the back stairs and across
the room to the cupboard, distance
Of 46 feet, could not have been made
iu any other way than by blood drip.
ping from small wound We Will
show you that as Mrs, Pratt went
down the back stairs she would natur.
ally, being weak, place hand Oh
the wall and one on the ba!ustrade
We will show you that the three fin
ger marks on the paper in the cup
board were those of the left hand.
There was no fumbling there. She
then went upstairs and shut the door,
and kneeling down there, inflicted
some Of the wounds We will show
you that in narrow stream the blood
flowed under the door, aud by levels
taken will! show that the fall was in
that direction. We will show you
that it was a mere guess as to what
amount OF blood she lost at that
point, and that if the loss of three
pints Of blood is necessary to weaken
a person beyond locomotlon, the Com
wealth S witnesses estimated it
at that amount to manc up their
case.
We will slow you that this lady
got through that room We don't
say just how, but she made the dis
tabcc to the front stairs and down
them The furniture was not dis
turbed, There was no blood upon it,
She paused in front OF the glass, and
there probably did some cutting.
There was blood on the mating at
that point, That she did cut the ar.
terry at the foot OF the stars there
can be no doubt When she reached
the foot Of the stairs she sat down
near the newe post; that while SIT
ting there she cut the artery and the
blood spultcd out against the wall
near the floor, leaving its stain there.
lie insisted that the Commonwealth
was in error IN its estimate Of the |
quantity of blood Mrs Pratt .ost at
the top of the stairs.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
CITY REFUSES HELP.
Paterson's Stricken Citizens
Not at All Dismayed.
BANK TREASURES ARE UNFAIR NED.
Loss From the Terrible Fire May
Not Exceed $4,000, ,OOO-Insu
Covers About One-hulf Of
This Amount.

amount
PATERSON, N. J., Feb. ia feel.
ing Of confidence in the future per-
yades the minds of the citizens of Pat.
erson. Mayor Hinchliffe has the situa-
ton well in hand, and to an offer of
assistance which came from Mayor
Low of New York an answer was re-
turned containing thanks and the as.
surance that Paterson is managing to
care for those in need.
Money and securities said to amount
to $3,000,0O0 were safely recovered
from the two huge vaults under the
ruins of the First National bank late
yesterday. Books, papers. bullion and
paper money were found to be unin.
jured. Guarded by files of soldiers
with fixed bayonets, the treasure was
conveyed to the Paterson Savings in.
stitution in a two horse dray.
Buried beneath the ruins Of the city
hall were found the safes which be.
lonsed to the comptrollcr's office. and
tE these also the papers, legal docu-
ments and public records were found
uhharmed The safes of the Pnssaic
Water company beneath the ruins Of
the building which stood at 10T and
100 Washington street were destroyed,
however. and the only part Of their
contents recovered was $500 in silver
The greatest tangle in the city af-
fairs will result in the tax office. So
far as can yet be nscertalned the rec.
ords Of the department are all de-
EtrOyed. There is set of books which
shows the valuation. etc. of each
piece of property in the city, and the
assessors have their field books, from
which all this could be duplicated
without Overmuch work. 1t is said,
however, that it is almost certain that
the records showing who paid their
taxes and who had not are all destroy.
ed and that there Is not in existence
anything from which the information
could be obtained
The work of clearing up the burned
district has not begun, but the iiremen
are busy with ropes and dynamite
tearing down the shaky walls that en-
dangered those who had to be inside
the burned area.
Conservative opinion inclines to cut
3,0OO.O0O from the aggregate loss Of
Sl0,0oo,0Oo agreed upon formerly. and
sS00O,OO0 will probably be accepted
finally as the actual cost of the fire
No tabulation Of individual losses that
can be accepted as reliable has yet
been made. and it will be several days
before satisfactory figures can be pre-.
pared.
Equally incomplete is the estimate
of insurance. 1t was stated here that
the insurance amounted to between
S4OOO,U0O and SIOHn,ODO, but what
gave basis TO the calculation was not
clear.
The board of aldermen assembled
last night. It WAS not Il formal meet.
ing. the body sitting rs Il committee Of
the whole. Mayor HinchIlfr read the
kilograms from all over the country
offering the city aid. The aldermen
voted thanks to all who had protfcrcd
assistance
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11
CIOubIpurst In California,

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. II. The
town Of Dunsmnir, SiSkiyou county. 100
miles north of here. experienced II
cloudbursl that wrecked six houses
and delayed railrond traffic many
hours. No fatalities have been report.
pants escaped injury. The food car.
ried imlnal,s" tree trunks and luwIdrrs
with ii and deposited some of the de-
bris on the Southern Pacifi" railroad
river at that point.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. II. Owing
to the dscoveryof the remains of race
of giants In Guadalupe. n. NJ, antigua,
rians and archMologists are preparing
an expedition further to explore that
region This determination Is based Oh
the excitement that exists among the
people Of scope of country near Me.
Las Vegas, where an old burial ground
has been discovered that hus yielded
skeletons of enormous size.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11

KANSAS CITY. Feb. ll.-Franli
of the famous James boys gang. has
secured Il temporary injunction in the
circuit court here restraining Il theat
rical company now playing ut Il local
theater from presenting the play The
James Boys In Missouri" in which the
members of the James family are made
TO represent train robbers. bank looters
and outlaws of the worst character.
Mr.. James says his main objection TO
the Play is that it glorilies outIawry
and is injurious to the youth Of the
country
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11

MUSKEGON, Mich. Feb. IL. - Be
tween Saturday night and Monday
morning robbers tunneled under the
Muskegon Savings bank until they
reached the vault. They bored Il hole
enough for Il boy or small man to pass
through. As only $:''229 In bills and old
silver coin is missing it Is thought the
thieves were frightened away before
they could penetrate the steel door of
the inner vault where larger sums
We're stored
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11

NEW YORK, Feb. l1.-Appliration
has been made for permission to pro.
bate the will of the late millionaire.
MarctIluS Hartley. The application
states that the estate is worth 'more
than $4,000" NIal,.rlluS Hartley
Dodge. the grandson. is not named, rs
Mr.. Hartley left Il letter to his wife
and his daughter, Mrs. Helen Hartley
Jenkins of Morristown, n. j., asking
that they see that he have suitable
mate from a reliable source places the
value of the estate at S2O,OUO,OUO.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11

WASHINGTON Feb. ll.-Thr navy
department hns received Il telegram an
nOunring that the battlrship Illinois.
which is to be the flagship of the re-
ccption squadron to meet Prime" Hen
ry, had left Newport News for New
York. The naval board of inspection
and survey is on board, it being the
purpose to run off he vessels final ac-
ceptancr trial on the way north.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-11

Gainesville, Pa, Feb, lO.-I'hc
prolopt action Of Engineer Edward
Gully, from Wilmington, OF Il south
bound passenger train on the Read
ing Railway here this evening. I'M
donbtedly saved the lives of train
load Of passengers. The train left
here and when half Il mile below the
station ran through a switch that had
been left open by Il shifting crew,
Gully could not see the danger On ac-
count of a short curve until close to
the switch.
He reversed the lever and did all in
his power to stop the train, but only
succeeded in reducing its speed. The
engine crashed into some cars on Tie
siding and wrecked the pilot, the tank
and the baggage car but kept the
track
| Fireman George McGonig1l was cut
about the head and face, but the en-
gineer and the passengers escaped in
Jury.