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Evening journal., 1903-08-10

The letters in this paper signed "Sus-
sex" have given the editor of the SEN
tinel palpltation Of the heart He in.
slsts that they We're written in this Of
fee. We say they were written by a
Union Republican Of SUSSEX county.
We offered s1OO last week If we could
not prove this, and our offer yet holds.
The Sentinel In its usual polite way
says we lie-"you wrote them; you did,
you did didl" or words TO that effect.
Very WELL we will choose one man, the
Sentinel another. and they shall choose
a third. Before them we VIII submit
our evidence, and we will contribute
800 to DR.. Layton's private purse If
we don't prove our statement provid-
ing he will contribute a like amount to
charity If we do. II he objects to a
money satisfaction, we offer to print
any statement or retraction that he
may write, and to advocate the election
Of Addicks or Layton for Senator, If
the arbitrators find against us, provd-
ing DR.. Layton will print an article
from our pen and support the Regular
Republican party If the arbitrators find
for us. Now, watch him wriggle.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
RoosEvELr,s OPINION.

President Roosevelt has written a
lengthy letter to Governor Durbin Of
Indiana strongly commencing his
course in dealing with would-be lynch
ers and laying down the principles
which should govern i'm such cases. He
makes IL very plain that he has no
sympathy with wretches who commit
nameless crimes. and thinks no pun
ishment can be too severe. but he also
claims that mob violence means an
archy.
We have endeavored to discourage
the spirit in this community which ex-
cuscs or encourages violence under
great provocation. but perhaps the
same advice coming from the Presi-
dent viii carry greater weight. Here
are few salient extracts from his
letter-a letter doubtless intended
more for the public In general than for
Governor Durbin:
Men who have been guilty OF
crime like rape or murder should
be visited with swift and certain
punishment and the just effort
made by the courts TO protect them
In their rights should under no
circumstances be perverted into
permitting any mere technicality
to avert or delay their punish
ment.
But the fullest recognition of the
horror of the crime and the most
complete lack of sympathy with
the criminal cannot I'm the least
diminish our horror at the way IN
which Il has become customary to
avenge these crimes and at the
consequences that are already
proceeding therefrom.
Whoever in any part Of our eoun-
try has ever taken part in lawessly
putting TO death a criminal by the
dreadful torture Of fire must for
ever after have the awful spectacle
Of his own handworL scared into
his brain and soul. He can never
again be the same man.
The spirit OF lawlessness grows
with what II feeds on. and when
mobs with impunity lynch Grim
inals for one crime they are certain
TO begin 10 lynch real or alleged
criminals for other causes. In
the recent cases Of lynehing over
} three -fourths were not for rape at
all, but for murder, attempted MUIR
der, and even less heinous offenses.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
An Excellent ExampIs.

From the Chicago Journal (Rep.J.
Washington dispatches report the
fact that the greatest corporation in
the world-the United States Steel
Corporation-has filed a complete re-
port of its assets, liabilities and current
business with Secretary Cortelyou. of
the new Department of Commerce.
This is the first of the nations great
corporations to file such report with
the new department and it is an excel
lent example for the rest of the rail-
road, industrial and miscellaneous cor
oorations to follow
The greatest benefit to be derived
from the new department OF the gov
ernment undoubtedly is the enforce
meht of publicity of the actual facts OF
the so-called trusts and combines. The
Secretary is authorized and empowered
by law to enforce the presentation Of
such reports, in the event of the failure
or refusal on the part of the corpora
tion officials TO render them when called
upon. The example of the greatest OF
these corporations losing no time in
presenting its report shows, first of all.
an acquiescence in the public demand.
as expressed in the law creating the
department for the facts about these
great enterprises.
And just now, when the belief is
strong that the tide of Industrial pros
perity is turning, or is about to turn,
these facts are of great importance to
the public at large. It would be the
part of wisdom for the smaller corpora
tons to lose no time in following the
excellent example of the billion dollar
steel trust.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
Moon, superstatiors-.

The eclipse fof the moon issfull Of
portent to thelMaceCionianiM Motk mined
ans. 1t indicates lbloodshed- It is
met with reports of firearms. and the
imams call: from the minarets the
faithful to public prayers in the
mosques. This recalls in "a striking
manner the practices oflnnny savage
and barbaricl nations. Tire great ma
tions Of Asia, ,Isuch aslthedHindoos and
the Chinese. still cling totthe belief in
the eclipsemonster. TheEatter meet it
with prayers. like the Turks. But even
in civilized ,Europe.l botht ancient and
modern. one finds numerous proofs of
this superstition. The Romans came to
the succor of the afflicted moon by
hinging firesDrandslinto the air, by the
blare of trImpets and the clang of
brazen pots. The superstition survived
through the middle, ages into, a very
late period. France. .tWales andsIreland
offer manyf instances as late as the
seventeenth century.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
NOM sEE Ann souIaM

The State Sentinel, c. r. Layton. ed
itor, has discovered something; it's a
rather startling discovery, too. 1t has
found a lot Of politics in our water
muddle. and thinks that affairs would
not have reached this state had the
Union Republicans been in power. Well.
let us see: The Board of Water Com
missioners which gave out the contract
was composed Of three men, a Demo-
crat (by the grace Of Addicks). a Union
Republican (also by the grace of Ad-
dicks) and a Regular Republican Cby
the grace OF his own merits).
The Democrat and the Union Repub.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
ereat Am at shellpot pnrk.

Manager Malin announces a fine at
traction at Shellpot Park this week.
which VIII be seen at the theatre every
afternoon and evening. In fact. il is
one of the best of the season and well
worth seeing. The great Delmore
comedians are here with their store of
wit and wisdom. They have novel
act that is sure to please. Princess
Chinquilla, the only Indian i'm vaude-
Vile, appears in conjunction with Ed.
Newell, who is known throughout the
country as the great cowboy enter
tainer. Carr and Burns have a fine
sketch, being the acme of all comedy
singing acts. Short and Edwards. with
their musical comedy act have attracted
great attention wherever they have
have been. The bill is composed of
headliners and the patronage viii no
doubt be large. The free concerts
siyen by the Philharmonic Band and
the free moving picture exhibitions are
growing in popularity
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
ATTEMPT TO MURDER
THE FRENCH PREMIER
Man Supposed to be an An.
archist Fires Two Shots
at His Carriage

Marseilles. Aug. 10.-As Premier
Combes was returning to the prefec-
ture from a banquet given by the
Friendly Society of Teachers. at which
NJ. Pelletan, minister of marine, and
Henri Brisson. deputy for Marseilles,
and a number OF senators and depu-
ties were present, two pistol shots
were fired at the carriage in which he
was riding. The premier was un-
touched, and none OF those accom-
panying him was hurt.
The attempt upon the life of the
president of the ministry cused great
excitement, and the crowd pointed out
to the police as the author of the at
tempt a man dressed in fishermen's
clothes. His companion drew knife,
but the police quickly disarmed him.
The police had much difficulty in pro-
tecting the man who fired the shots
from the crowd. He. struggled des-
perately. but was soon overcome. hand
cuffed and taken to the prefecture.
where NJ. Combes had already arrived.
The first interrogation of the prisoner
took place in the presence Of the pre-
mier
The man said his name was San
varie Picolo. He spoke very bad French
whit strong Italian accent. He denied
that he had fired the shots. but when
searched a revolver was found with
two chambers which had been recently
his companion, who had effected his
escape during the confusion, are both
dangerous anarchists.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
GYPSY hp.TlcENCE.
II Was Not Proof Against Charles
Godfrey Leland.


Charles Godfrey Leland, author OF
the Hans Breitmd IN" ballads, had a
passion for studyiny the race Of gyp-
sizes and at the same time great human
sympathy with then !. The fact that
he was the greatesdE wing authority on
the gypsy tongue 81 I'd customs gave
him little pleasure 90 impaired with the
delight of being haile d as brother by
gypsy horse traders vat English fairs
and gypsy musiciansN in Russia and
Austria.
One day in Philadelp bia he met three
dark men whom he knew to be of an
ancient stock. He was quite sure that
they could speak a la4Hyuage which
contained roots of Sans Skirt Hindoo
and Persian. Yet they wo uld make no
display Of it. They woui d, like their
race. deny all knowledgewof it as gwen
rs the fact their gypsy tllood.
He addressed them in Ntalian, and
they answered fuen1lN. H'e changed
to obscure tongues of then east tand
again they replied.
"Have you got through allAyourHlan-
EuuHtNs lit A1oA-f
"Yes. sgnor, all Of them"
Isn't there ore left behind which,
you have forgotten? Think a,minute."l
"No. signors none"
What, not one|
"Signor. you haveSseent every egg'in
the basket"
Leland Hooked the man fixedly in the
eye and put a question in Romany.
There wasNa a startled glance from one
to the othtT and then a silence. He
asked them. \again in B;omany, won't
you talk witli\a gypsy brother"
That openedi the ,gates. They shoe *
his hands in greatl emotion and tri ed
to tell him how happy they were in
having met some ioneTvho knewsthem.
Youths CornpanionJ
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
A,Templeiof Divorce.

So long ago as 1880 the wife of
japanese regent obtained from the gov
ernment permission to rescue women
from the'hands of tcruel husbands. The
means she took were very simple. A
new sect of Buddhism known as the
Zen was just then being formed. In
the temple of the Zen sanctuary was
established for fleeing wives. When
they wished separation or divorce from
their husbands. ,they could claim pro-
lection under the wing of'the temple.
Once across the threshold, government
officials would not be allowed to inter-
fere. still less Hhe furious husbands.
This temple oftdivorce" was supreme
umpire on matters of matrimonial dis
agreement. Theipractice of the ''privi-
lege of the Temple" was maintained for
over GOO years.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
EDITORIAL OPINION
More Money Wanted.

From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Fifty thousand patriots want fifty mil
lions Of dollars from the poor little Re
public Of Cuba. Making due allowance for
losses In the field during the war and for
the decrease of number from natural
causes since the establishment Of peace,
there must have been not less than eighty
thousand men in the Cuban revolutionary
army As this army never did anything
in particular. and as the biggest engage
ment reported in any of the campaigns
never amounted to more than a skirmish,
1t would be an interesting question 10 ask
where these eighty thousand gallant
heroes kept themselves during the Cuban
IL Is not the Governments
official register that counts up such a host
of national defenders. but that of Cen
eral Gomez. who heads the list with n
claim for $4,000. His troops seem 20 have
the expansive character of Falstaff's men
In buckram SUITS they double up with
each counting. and their demands increase
even more rapidly. The first estimates of
back pay due to the soldiers of the revo-
luton amounted to S2O,O0OOO0. The Gov
ernment calculations subsequently extend
ed this amount 10 $50. 100000, and now the
aggregate Of General Gomez's demands
reaches the modest figure of S5O,0OOOoO If
the self-sacrihcng military men are al
lowed to have their own way they will
presently be claiming the whole island as
reward for their military services.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
Facts About Animal structure.

The comple1dty Of animal structure
is marvellous. A caterpillar contains
more than 2,000l muscles. In a h man
body are some, 100000 perspiratiOn
glands. communicating with the sur
face by ducts, having totatiength OF
some ten miles, while that of thegar-
terles. veins and capillaries must be
very great. ArheIblood. contains millions
OF corpusclesNeach' structure in itself.
The rods in the,retina, which are sup
posed to be the ultimate recipients /of
light are estimated at 30,0O0,000,, and
Melnert has calculated that the fgray
matter Of the brain is built Of atlleast
COO 100000 cells.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10

lican acted together in the matter and
agreed to the terms of that contract.
against the protest of the Regular Re
publican member. Had there been an
other Regular Republican ON the COM
mission instead of Mr.. Jones. things
would have been different. So we would
inform the Sentinel that II our unfor-
tunate condition is due to politics, it is
Union Republican politics. and we have
furnished the proof Now twist,
squirm and evade
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
Greatly Needed.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
All we need to crush out the lawless
spirit that rears its ugly head in some
new spot almost every day is a Sheriff
Whitlocl1 at every Jail door, with his
oath of office craven on his mind and
a repeating rifle slung across his arms,
and Gov. Durbin in every State capi-
tai, ready and eager to rush regiment
to the aid of the sheriff at a seconds
warning. When we get that kind of
men on guard we shall set folk to think
ing seriously upon the chances Of risk
ing their necks in business so perilous
as the Whitlocks and Durbins would
make the American lynching bee.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
The AnImal.. In uenNen.

According to the Mohammedan's be-
lief. there are tenranimals in heaven.
These form the following strange men
agerie: The calfl offered by Abraham,
the OK Of Moses.a the whale of Jonah,
the ass OF Balaam, the ram Of Ishmael,
the ant Of Solomon, the camel of the
prophet Salech. thescuckoo Of Balkis,
the dog of the seven sleepers and AL
Borak. the animal (which carried Mo
hammed 70 heaven.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
A sTREAK OF INDEPENDENCE.

A 5TREAk OF INDEPENDENCE,
Governor Pennyaacker. like Governor
Hum, of Delaware, has evinced a dis
position TO obey the machine at times
against the public interests. but unlike
Governor Hum, there is degree Of
subserviency beyond which Penny
packer win not go.
Recently a judge Of one OF the Com
mon Pleas Courts Of Philadelphia died.
and under the law the Governor is re-
quired to M the vacancy by appoint
ment As an election to M the place
takes place in less than year. the To-
cal leaders thought they could force
the Governor TO appoint their nominee.
SO they hastily called a convention and
named Robert Won Moschzisker, a young
attorney who Is connected with the
District Attorneys office. They took
for granted that he would necessarily
receive the executive appointment for
the term aniedating the election.
hut Governor Pennypacker has dis
cppointed them. Instead Of meeixly
submitting to their dictation he has
named one Of the greatest lawyers at
the Philadelphia bar-George Tucker
Bispham, a man who is known to every
lawyer IN the country. Mr. Bispham
has had very large practice. yet has
given a portion of his time to writing
text books on legal subjects and to lee
turing to law students. He is a lawyer
OF great learning and sound judgment
and is the type Of man to uphold the
highest traditions OF the Bench.
Now what the machine leaders win
do Is an interesting question. Should
they persist in their determination the
Independents will probably name Mr..
Bispham for the full term. and then
q viii be interesting to see the choice
Philadelphia will make But the most
significant feature OF the situation is
Governor Pennypackers independence.
ana we recommend his conduct to the
scrutiny Of Governor Hum Of Dela-
ware.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
Buffalo Bill in Swansea.
a the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
Buffalo Bilrs wild west show recent
ly visited the town of Swansea, in
South Wales. II remained there two
days, causing an entire cessation of
business. on the first day $4,000 per-
sons visited the performance. Iron
mines, coal mines. furnaces. rolling
mills stores, schools. churches-every-
thing in the way of business. education
and religion was suspended. The rail-
roads ran 'relief and duplicate
trains, as they are called there. Colonel
Cody made a speech i'm which he said.
Il take OFF my hat to Swansea; this is
the record attendance on my present
tour"
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
Anti-coIden,RuIe.

"what are you going to do for the
men who have put youiin your present
position?"
"My dear sir" said Senator Sorghum,
"that is not the question. Prosperity is
attained by observing what people can
do for you. not what you can do for
other people. e."-Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10

the importance Of careful scrutiny Of
such structures. II is said that the
timbers were rotten, and that st had
not been inspected for eight years.
When any company invites people in
large numbers to pay their money to
witness an amusement, It is bound TO
exercise all care and IL this is not
done, somebody should be held FOR a
offense.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10

"Old Swaddleford always pretends TO
be as deaf as a post. but 1 believe he
can hear as well as anybody"
"What makes you think so?"
Nobody everisaw him walking along
a railroad track in advance of train"
Exchange.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
Problems.

From the Boston Herald Qnd)
The Chicago Evening Post aptly says
Among the other problems involved in
the race question is the problem Of civ
iizing or suppressing the Tillmans in
our society" 1t is as hard a problem
as the civilization of the negroes.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
SEASON
OPENS HERE THIS WEEK
Zig Tag Alley at the Opera
House and Great White
Diamond" at Lyceum

Ihis weeS witnesses the opening of thoI
theatrica season IN wilmington and .heI
INDICATIONS arc for a particularly success
iui year Botn the Opera House and theI
Lyceum Theatre has been improved andl
le"oNateu generally and there will be mol
uearth Of good. clean PLAYS offered forI
'''. entertainment of local theatre goers
comedy trip TO wonderland would best
describe the new "Zie Zar Alley" which
comes to Grand Opera House on Thnrs-
day night
In organizing this now popular and suc.
cessful attraction Manager w r. rlacl,
had but one object in View and that was
ITO please So. with this idea IN mind. an
highways and by-ways where comic nov-
elites and wonderful illusions could be
found, were searched and not IN vain. as
all who have witnessed this entertainment
VIII verify. There is no use i'm trying TO
explain a plot unless X can be found
In the title, but no lenses are powerful
enough TO do 1t, so the management
leaves it to the imagination of the public
unless they secure Marconl and his wire
less telegraphy.
Zig Zag Alley" was designed for
laughing purposes only, enough bright
and witty dialogue being introduced as a
connecting link for a series Of ludicrous
situations by famous grotesques bright
ened with numerous pretty girls in pic
turesque songs and dances. the whole
embellished with a complete scenic envir-
onment equal ia beauty to a gorgeous
spectacular production i'm addition to ali
that is new In trick pantomlme one scene
in particular requires more mechanical
skill and ingenuity than has ever before
been attempted in stage mechanism. de
picting genuine cyclone. with houses
and inmates making revolutions so rapid
as to pale into insignihcance the speed
of any modern railroad train, and a real
horse and cob sailing In mid air. will tend
TO make this one of the most hilarious
scenes ever depicted ON the stage.
While convulsing the spectator with
laughter. N compels the audience when
IT is over to pause with wonder and
amazement and ask one another how IL
was accomplished There is no deep plot
10 lnravel. no hero to be admired, no vii
lain to be Missed. but an entertainment
created to amuse and overnowing with
1908 ideas, music, specialties and features.
The Telephone Girl" will be at the
Opera House on August p. Utah" will
be the next attraction and on Labor Day
Human Hearts viii be presented. Rob
ert Mantell will play an early engagement
here.
Walter Fessler, the author of The
Great White Diamond has disproved
the old saying that there's nothing
new under the sun" He has intro
duced to the stage en- entirely new and
original creation in the mysterious
"Nyctalops.' Mr.. Fessler. in building
this unique and interesting person has
given TO the drama a study in char
acter even stronger than Du Maurier's
"Svengali" of "Trilby fame The
of the Lyceum Theatre
is fortunate i'm securing The Great
White Diamond" for the opening az
traction on August 13.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
DIED.

Rising Sun road on
August 6. 1908. Mary Agnes, daughter
of Mary ana the late John A Dougherty.
aged "a years.
Relatives. friends ana SouaH'y u.
NJ. are respectfully invited 10 at'enu tne
funeral on Tuesday morning at CLOCK,
at the residence OF her mothei' NO. 20
Rising sun road. Solemn requiem mass
at St. Joseph's Church. lnterment 81.
Joseph's Cemetery
Evening journal., 1903-08-10

We understand that "a representative
Of the Sand Filtration Company is au-
thority for the statement that the wa
ter project would cost at least $1,000
600, and yet that company under its
contract would get 100000 for patents
for a filter costing sl25,OOOl Oh. my
We think it was about time to ask for
the Intervention Of the courts.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
A Tired Rrother.

"What you gwine to do wen you
gifts ter gloryT
''Nuthin' tall, but des'' crawl in en-
rest."-Atlanta, Constitution.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10

Difficulty is only a wordSindicating
the ,degree'of strength requisite for 'ac-
vomphshing particular object
Evening journal., 1903-08-10

Little Johnny-When / grow up I'm
going 30 be a diplomat.
Sunday School Teacher-Why not
be preacher, like your handsome
uncle?
Little Johnny-'Cause pa says
preachers goes to hell if they lie, but
diplomats gets promoted.
NO man is so valuable but the world
can get along without him. but some
lines When n man dies three are re-
iuired 10 do his work.
kead The EVening Lonrnal.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10

The sacrifice Of life at the Phiadel-
phia baseball park on Saturday shows
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
Stop That Leak.

IN your ROOT with cartmella roof paint
Evening journal., 1903-08-10

"The Telephone Girl" will be at the
Opera House on August %. Utah" Will
be the next attraction and on Labor Day
Human Hearts viii be presented. Rob
ert Mantell will play an early engagement
here.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10

Sod lhe EvenIng JournaI.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10

An Indiana physician says he can
create life. He would be a mighty
handy man TO have around when Sher-
iff Whitlock, of Danville, is defending
the jail from a mob attack
Evening journal., 1903-08-10

DR.. +. Benjamin Andrews says he
viii not attend the conference OF all
kinds OF reform" at Denver. DIR. An
drews has reformed.
Evening journal., 1903-08-10
Che Gprnins Juul7Ial.

Entered at the Wilmington postofice as
as second class matter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-06-20
Report on Railway.

Washington, June 1.-THE inter
state commerce commission has pre-
pared a summary of its report on the
railroads of the United States for the
fiscal year which closed June 80, 1902.
1t shows that the total single track
mileage on June 80 in the United
States was 202,471 miles, having in
creased during the year 1894 miles.
This increase was greater than for any
year since 1890. The states and terri
tories for which an increase in mile
age in excess of 100 miles is shown as
follows: