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balance $50 monthly. For plat and full particulars
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
Another Reclamation Scheme.
m the Boston Advertiser.

From the Boston Advertiser.
Yesterday we noted the undertaking
to reclaim the Florida Everglades. An
other enterprise of the same kind.
though Of somewhat less magnitude, is
now in the hands of the Department
of Agriculture. This project is to re-
claim the Yazoo delta. including the
Mississippi bottom lands between
Vicksburg and Memphis. The soil
there is perhaps as rich as any cotton
land in the world, but there is an area
of nearly 100000 acres which has re-
mained uncultivated and must be
drained to make it available. The soil
il alluvial, like that of the Nile VAL
ley, the land being subject to the an
nual overflow by the Mississippi. The
water recedes too late in the season for
cotton planting. but it is proposed to
provide a system of equalizing canals,
supplemented, If necessary, by pump
ing plans, and perhaps by levees. The
experts of the department, who have
been making a thorough study of the
conditions and possibilities of the dis
trict, believe that the value of the re-
claimed lands will amply pay for ex-
penditure by the State or nation. II
is. of course, too large an enterprise
for private owners to undertake.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
Verdict for stoeokIe.

The case OF Netter Brothers. of Phila-
delphia vs.. Harry j. Stoeckle was tried in
Superior Court this morning. Stoeckle was
garnishee of Sarah Nester in the judg-
ment Of Meter Bros. againt Sarah Nester
an dthe question involved was whether
Stosckle owed Mrs. Nester any money
from March q to November 10. when she
conducted a saloon at No. 2l7 East Front
street. The jury returned a verdict for
the defendant and was then discharged
until 10 o'clock Monday morning, when
the McCloskey case will come up in the
Court of General Sessions.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
JOHN WEsLEYs WORK.

John Wesley was born two hundred
years ago, and the various Methodist
bodies all over the world are celebrating
that event In this city last night were
gathered the prominent ministers ana
a great part Of the laity to do honor
20 the man who originated religious
movement which was destined TO grow
until a great church was the outcome.
John Wesley was the son OF plous
parents, and his youth was passed IN
an atmosphere that was almost Puri-
tanical in its observance Of both the
letter and the spirit Of Biblical pre-
cepts. Most men owe their character
and the direction theirlives take to their
mothers, and this was peculiarly true Of
John Wesley. Her splendid mind and
her unhagging religious zeal played
great part In forming the character OF
her illustrious son, and helped to deter
mine the course he was destined to
take when ne became a minister.
Wesley had no thought OF establish
ing a new religious denomination when
ne began his evangelistic work His
early ministry suggested more the de-
votion and zeal Of one who in these
days would be classed as high
churchman." He believed In the forms
Of the established church, and preach
ed under its authority. Fer long time
he continued his evangelistic work
while his followers We're still obliged
to 60 TO the mokher church for the
sacraments. The organization grew
however, until there was a great body
which demanded a separate organiza-
ton, and this In time was the outcome
The Wesleyan idea has done its par
TO transform religious practices. Il
has shown a zeal I'm striving for IN,
realities rather than the forms. Tha
the idea appealed TO the minds OF mel
was shown In the remarkable growtl
OF the denomination. There were crudi
ties IN the early days. and much o
it's preaching was grotesque, but
made worship not a matter for prizes
and preiate alone, but brought it dow
to the hmnblest individual. The churc
has gotten rid Of its crudlties; its ser
vices are now more dignined and Il
ministry educated, yet it is to be hope
I that II will not outgrow its earnest
ness and enthusiasm, and its zeal
e taking the Gospel to the lowly.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29

Soon the wounded began to make their
appearance. Those who could walk came
IN great numbers. seeking hospitals.
Ambuiances, batteries of artillery. and
stan officers were moving in all direction
at a mad rate Of speed
At this time I was mounted. The major
Of our regiment had given me an extra
horse OF his ITO take care of and while not
directly I'm the fight 1 was very near and
In close touch with my regiment. We
were on the extreme right of the line, my
regiment being a part OF the old First
Army Corps. AT this time we were con-
soldated and made the First Division II
Army Corps. We were permitted to wear
our old army corps badge, which was a
red moon, while the rest OF the corps had
a star. our corps general, Mansfield. was
killed that day and many lesser light
gave up his life that this nation might
survive. The line OF battle was about six
miles long through a beautiful country.
There were three Delaware regiments
engaged In this hght; the First, Second
! and Third regiments. 1t was the .Iirsl
Delaware's first engagement. This regi.
ment was one OF the best from this Stat,
II being well organized and disciplined
Being full OF patriotic motives, Il wen
into this fight with all the glorious feeling
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
EDITORIAL OPINION
Has Mr. Hanna eaoISed D0wn7
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
We do not share the opinion expressed
by so many esteemed contemporaries that
the Hon. Mark Hanna has backed
down" A long ana careful observation
of that gentlemans public career has
convinced us that he is not OF the backing
down persuasion. Indeed, as we see the
matter, Mr.. Hanna's action in this par
hcular case could not be truthfuhy de-
scribed as an act of cowardice, even
though Il had been committed by the
most faint-hearted craven on the surface
Of the eanth.
The question with Mr.. Hanna at least,
was not one of courage, but of common
sense. He believed, and he put his faith
into simple words, that an Endorsement
of Mr.. Roosevelts claim to next years
nomination by the Ohio convention Of 1908
would serve no useful purpose. This con-
vention cannot bind its successor to any,
ching When the time comes to select
and instruct the delegates it win have
ceased to exist; its authority will be as
dead as Hector 1t Is easy to understand
that a man of Mr.. Hanna's shrewd, prac-
teal turn of mind saw in the proposed
unQOIStlntnA a AutIt DlIAd DbulAD P1A
Torrance, signifying nothing and of about
as much service to Mr.. Roosevelt next
year as a Dead Sea apple would be to a
starving man. Doubtless 1t never once Oc-
curred to him that the President would
take kindly TO such obvious mummery.
We can understand that ne regarded the
proceeding as undignihed, because un-
meaning. But 1t does not follow that Mr..
Hanna has Tackled down" in withdraw
ing his objections when he found that
Mr. Roosevelt took another view Of the
matter.
There can be little doubt that, II he had
regarded It as a matter involving any
important principle, Mr.. Hanna would
have adhered to his original attitude, and
quite as little that, dn the event of a de-
termined fight, he would have been able
TO carry his point. The truth, we think
is as we have stated It. Mr.. Hanna as
sumcd that the President would have nc
appetite for such a Barmecide feast as
the Ohio convention of 1903 could Offer
him, and acted on that assumption. Now
that the President has declared a prefer
ence for that particular kind of banquet
Mr.. Hanna amicably withdraws his oppo-
sition. In a word, he doesn't care for
that sort Of thing himself, but IL any
/ friend Of his likes 1t he has nothing "a
say.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
,SILASs OLDFLELD-
DECORATES THE GRAVE
OF HIS SUBSTITUTE

shun out of things hit pears to me. If
you air handy with your tongue and
talk your Ticker straight you can be
purity good sort of an imitation, and
a make-believe patriot is better than
the real article with flowers on his
grave. My substitoot can't vote, but l
can, and / can also see that many
uthers does the saim under my art of
perswashun.
Now l amt sayin a word agin' them
soldiers that done their dooty. They
saved the country and set the darkies
free. If they hadn't done hit / should
have had no job, cause slaves amt got
no vote to manipulate. They done their
dooty then just as me and Frank Alice
and Gale Latun and Mister Addicks is
a-doin' ourn now.
They is different opinions about war
and fitin', Lauray. When the time
comes when we get into a scrap and
enemies begins shootin' holes in the
old flag, some wants to fite, and they
volunteer to shoulder a gun and make
things hot FOR the uther fellers.
But there is them that holds a diff
ferent view. They believe in the coun-
try defendin' herself, but they can't
bring themselves to soil their hands by
takin' their brothers blood. That's
about the way that 1 feel. And since
the country has got to be defended. let
them do hit that wants to. but don't
propose to do no solderin' against my
consciens. Not met
Well. Lauray. hear I've been a run
min on and hits a-gittin' late. and
they is lot of things I've got to do
before gentle slumber teches my eye
lids and l sink into repoas. 1 must get
that wreath ready. and prepair to do
some internal decoratin' as well. They
amt nuthin' like that TO fire my pa
triutism. Lauray. and you must excuse
me on this occashion.
Your patriot husband.
Silas Oldheld.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29

knowledge his mistake and TO proclaim
his error 70 all men. Another Incident
that recently came under our observa-
tion is worth the telling. At the out
break OF the Civil War a regiment was
stationed In New Mexico. A lieutenant
who had recently come from West
Point and who. because of his di-
minutive stature and his long coat, was
called "the blue-bottle hy" was with
the regiment. In his company was a
Delaware boy who had enlisted out OF
sheer restlessness. The war came on.
and the officer went South. Many years
afterward there was another war, in
which that officer played a conspicuous
part fighting the battles of his country.
but the boy remained at home. lie was
poor and blind, and his grateful coun-
try did not pay him a pension because
the clerks in Washington seemed un-
able to reach his case. one day he
heard someone reading of the work OF
the gallant Joe Wheeler and his mind
reverted to his old officer, "the blue
bottle fly" So. on the impulse OF the
moment, he dictated a letter to General
Wheeler stating his case. Imagine his
surprise when by the next mail he re-
ceived a reply, which said: Il am glad
to hear from one Of my old boys. Your
claim should be allowed at once. am
now going to the Pension Office TO see
about it." And he saw about IL to some
purpose, for within a month the PEN
sion was allowed.
These incidents, and there are thou
sands like them, tell us why the ami
mosities Of the past have been buried.
The Northerner and the southerner are
OF the same race. the same antecedents
and traditions. At bottom we are a
generous people, and we cannot long re-
fuse the hand Of friendship to brave
and chivalrous foe. 1t is proper, then.
that when We go forth tomorrow with
our garlands to deck the graves OF the
dead that we shall make no distinc-
tion between those who wore the blue
and those who wore the gray.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29

that the battle would be resumed every
thing was as calm as summer morn, not
a shot to be heard anywhere.
our commander had granted flag of
truce to the enemy to bury it's dead, but
instead OF doing that General Lee with
drew from the field, and the Union army
laid three days idle on the battlefield sur
rounded by corpse, while the enemy
crossed the Potomac. Mcclellan made
the great mistake of his life. The battle
should have been resumed In the morning
and there is no doubt that General Lee
and his army would have been prisoners
OF war and Mcclellan would have covered
himself with glory.
I saw Grant In front OF Petersburg. Va.
in 1864 with his old army hat and his
cigar, with only one attendant I did not
know who he was until asked 1 thought
how different II would have been hat
Grant been in McClellan's place at An,
tietam. Grant never had such an opportun
ity. With all due respect to Our LITTLE
Mac, the idol OF the army in 1861 and 1862
Very Respectfully,
William j. Gardner,
Late Company B. Third Regt., Del. Vol
Infantry.
Wilmington, May %, 1908.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29

Addicks redeam the Stait
War is terribel, Lauray, and / shall
never forget them dase in the sixties
when ] spent a few months a-hidin' i'm
the huckleberry swamps, waitin' for the
tied of war to pass. l shall never for
get that day when they beat the swamp
and / had to come out into the open.
That was when l got my substitoot.
/ spent three days in Wilmington
tryiR' to get exempted, but it wasn't
no go. Why / had SPAWN and ring
bone and the glanders, but they said
was sound in body, though dwarfed
in brane. So l Dade that substitoot
$500 to go and ketch bullets insted Of
me. He done hit, Lauray, and that's
why / shall deckorate his grave toiEVr-
.or- Fit amt for whlt ~ dtI for
his country-so much as what he done
fUr me.
Hits a grand thing, Lauray, to be a
patriut just so you don't get shot. A
ded patriot don't get much satisfack-
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
DRUMMER BOYS MEMORY

To Editor Of Evening Journal:
Sir: / did not know what war meant
but 1 soon learned, and as Decoration
Day approaches my mind Is carried back
to those stirring times when / spent my
early manhood. At this particular time
the scenes that witnessed at the battle
Of Antietam vividly Impress themselves
upon my mind.
Ihat great Confederate General Robert
e. Lee, with his army, had invaded
Maryland and threatened to carry the war
into tho very heart OF the North.
The Union army, under the command
OF General George b. Mcclellan. after
many trials and marches had at last con-
fronted that great master of the art Of
war on the Confederate side. and on the
night OF September l6, 1862. the two armies
were in close proximity TO each other and
only waited for dawn Of dhe morrow 60
renew the deadly struggle
The Confederate army, flushed with re-
cent victory, was now on Northern soil
and were filled with determination 10
destroy the Union army.
The Union army, after suffering many
defeats in Virginia was now assembled
In vast battle array In Maryland with n
determination 10 die or drive the Con-
federates of the field at the first peep Of
dawn on September H. 1862. The battle
opened with a tremendous artillery duel
that seemed TO shake the earth. and soon
the troops were rushing into position
This was a fair open field fight. All day
long the battle ragged, neither army gain
ing much advantage over the other.
The air seemed filed with bursting shells
and deadly cannon shot and the fatal
bullet sped its fearful course.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
Education is Too Easy.
IN the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
Education in America. in college and
out. seems TO many to be getting too
easy to be OF the greatest use. From the
kindergarten TO the graduate school every
grade has felt the temptation 20 make
education something that the pupil or
student shall Ike. The old idea of break
ing a child's will off short has become a
barbarism, and with 1t has gone the idea
vt can be made into something more worth
while by enduring things that are hard
and difficult. II has ceased TO be a prin-
cip.c that any good comes i'm doing what
one does not like peruse. Not only on the
intellectual side is this clear, in natural
methods and elective systems, but on tho
moral side also, where IL takes the form
Of student government or no government
at all We have given up much of the ap-
pMcliion OF discipline upon character. II
n true that our American boys do wei
under this system. They are as a class
/ independent, strong wiiled, active fellows
They are used to doing things for them
selves before they go TO college, and a
college they wish TO continue. They d.
not like control, they wish to be treate'
as men, they early do their best TO be men
This characteristics has always been I
necessity In Americans; II Is not less 81
now than II used TO be. But we must Ger
tainly find some way of keeping this spiri
of independence and power and yet direct
ing 1t dnto paths that experience approves
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
REPUBLICAN, TICKET

Mayor:
WILLIAM II. BOWERS.
City Treasurer:
LEWIS B. MORROW.
City Solicitor:
HERBERT L. RICE.
President Of City Council:
HENRY +. PICKELs.
Assessor and Collector, Northern
District:
THOMAS S. LEWIS.
Assessor and Collector. Southern
District:
~ WILLIAM BALL.
For City Council.
First Ward-Gilpin s. Woodward.
Second-Andrew L. Cole.
Third-Thomas II. Holt.
Fourth-Samuel p. Green.
Fifth-Charles n. Bower.
Sixth-David r. Smith.
seventh--wnliam C. Taylor.
Eighth-William p. White.
Ninth-Wiiliam II. Jones.
Tenth-G. L. Stradley, Jr.
Eleventh.. ]. Broman.
Twelfth-George Rommcl.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29

that animated an organization of that
kind. The records Of the dead and wound
ed the sorrows Of the widows and orphans
Of that regiment and that day bear testi-
mony to my humble tribute.
The Second Delaware covered Itself
with glory and my regiment sustained its
reputation with the loss Of many Of my
old comrades.
]. being mounted, and not under dis
cipliae, gave me a better opportunity TO
observe my comrades.
At early dawn my regiment, with the
rest of the corps moved directly to the fir
ing Zine through a woods. This place
seemed alive with bullets. and your hum
bic friend. the mounted drummer boy,
paused and returned TO the open field, and
while pondering what was best to do ]
observed a company of officers and cav
airy approaching. 1t proved to be General
George b. Mcclellan with his brilliantly
dressed staff officers not less than
fifty, accompanied by troop Of cavalry
known as Rush's Lancers, from Philadel-
phia. They were close to where / was.
The air was fun of bursting shells.
salutcd and the general looked and smiled
and moved away to the right of the line
at n full gallop.
just after he passed a battery Of six
pieces Of artillery came with a maddening
rush. Very near me they unlimbered and
went into action. l paused and watched
them. They fired very rapidly, but soon
the enemy returned the fire and death and
destruction was in our midst. The whole
day was filled with just such scenes, and
only when the night came this dreadful
scene of blood and carnage ceased.
In the morning when every one expected
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
STEWART TOOK NO ACTION
Mandamus Proceedings Talked Of and
MAY Be Instituted Today.

The Citizens Republican party did not
apply this morning for a writ of man
damus ao compel the Department Of Elec-
tons to place the ticket upon the official
ballot. as was expected, but some action
may be taken this afternoon. Daniel f.
Stewart, candidate for mayor on the
ticket. when seen this morning, stated that
the matter was entirely in the hands of H.
II. Ward and Robert II. Richards.
Mr.. Richards stated no action had been
taken, and he could not say when there
would be anything done.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29

Says the Delaware College Review:
Parts Of our commencement exercises
have usually been characterized as a
bore. The extended remarks in the
presentation Of the prizes are invari-
ably meant" Possibly the Review
holds that the less said about some
things the better
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
Eleven seamen Doubtless Lost.

Corktown. Queensland, May 2s.-Ad-
vices received here from Port Moresoy,
say that the overdue German ship H.
Watjen, which sailed from New YORK
October % for Yokohama, has been
towed TO 4 safe anchorage at Hall
Sound, New Guinea, with the loss OF
her foremast. mainmast and rudder.
About fifteen thousand packages of her
cargo were jettisoned. The Watjen
saved eight Of the crew Of the Hamburg
bark Edith. hound from Puget Sound
to Porto Rico, which was totally wreck
ed on the Nereus Shoals in January.
The caotaia of the Edith and ten Of her
crew are missing.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
Woman Fatally Burned.

Philadelphia, May 39.-Sarah LAWN
was probably fatally burned while pre-
pairing breakfast today for her brother
at their residence. No. 1929 Swain
street. To quicken the fire she started
to pour kerosense oil upon it. A loud
explosion occurred and the woman's
light wrapper was covered with blazing
oil.
A policeman summoned an ambu-
lance from st. Joseph's Hospital. Phy-
sicians there did all that is possible
but they say the woman's injuries ara
fatal.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
Bach Was Not There.

The Evening Journal IN yesterdays issue
stated on authority received from a re-
liable source that Fred Il. Bach and
Jimmy" Jones were present and took an
active part dn the Election Department
meeting on Wednesday night. 1t has
since been learned. however, that the
man who Informed the Journal, was mis-
taken. Mr.. Bach denies he was at the
meo.ing
Evening journal., 1903-05-29

Two great professors" Of music in
the West are going to give a test Of
their musical skill. Each wagers that
he can pound the piano longer than
the other. One OF them holds the rec
ord for twenty-five hours perform
ance at one sitting, but the other de-
clares that it is a rather amateurish
feat. 1t will doubtless prove a rare
treat for music lovers OF the West but
as for us in the effete East. well. the
miss next door plays long enough tc
Isuit our taste.