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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09

DR.. Blochmann, of Kiel, has been at
work for some time trying to concen-
trate the waves of the wireless tele-
graph so that they will only be trans
mitted in one direction, and so that
their reception at the other end of the
line will indicate the direction from
which they come. He has succeeded
by means Of lenses composed OF resin,
parafIin, glass and other materials hay
ing a high di-electric constant in limit
ing the rays to special directions The
detector lens at the receiving station
only admit rays nearly at right angles
to its surface, so Il close approximation
to their source may be attained. APP
parently DR.. Blochmann has not as
yet succeeded in using his apparatus
over distances of more than mile or
two; but If It should prove available
for longer signalling. UP to fifty miles,
for instance, the value of wireless tele-
graphy would be much enhanced. BY
picking up signals from several coast
stations a ship lost in a fog could &C
curately determine her position, and a
practical secret system could be read
l lily procured.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09

ADVANTAGES OF THE PHONE.
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
~ Rruan.s nefense.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
The attorney for the relatives Of the
late Mr.. Bennett OF Connecticut whose
win bequeathed $4,000 to William J..
Bryan and family. makes the assertion
in court that Mr.. Bryon's conduct in
drawing the viii in his own favor, In
suppressing the facts from the widow,
and In attempting by agreement with
her to prevent a contest by dlsgorging
a part OF the bequest was dishonest.
In replying to this charge in let
ter TO Mrs. Bennett and in q speech i'm
open court Mr.. Bryan makes no de-
fense except that the lawyer who thus
arraigned him is a gold Democrat. and.
therefore. in the language Of the chies
spokesman for the bonanza silver trust,
an enemy OF mankind
The attorney for the contestants may
or may not be gold Democrat-the
point is not essential. IL is important.
however. to recognize the fact that he
represents in court the family Of a man
who was an extremist IN the free sill
yer movement. embracing several peo-
pie. no doubt who sympathzed with
him in that contest. who probably IA
vored Mr.. Bryan's candidacy. and who
IN IlAL Id-t MNAoA AtANE AlIAWANA vi Ills
principles but who are not particu-
larly infatuated with his methods OF
acquiring a fortune
A man who imagines that it is q
sufficient answer TO any charge against
himself to allege that the person max
ing It is a sold Democrat must natural
~ enough have an idea that an advo-
cate OF free silver in the full odor OF
sanctity is at liberty 90 do as hs
pleases and IS not 70 be called to ac.
count in any place by anybody.
Enough has been shown and .dmittes
in this case to maze IL plain that Mr
Bryan's part in the drawing of III
Bennett viii was neither that oi "a self
respecting lawyer nor os an honorable
man. From the begianine of the al
fair until the latest developments fl
the Connecticut court he appears Il
the role OF a shifty and avaricious self
seeker with very decided unee o
hypocrisy and tricEery'
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
An Artistic swIndIo.

FROM the Phlla. Evening Telegraph.
Critical occasions call forth sharp
phrases which characterize the situa-
ton IN a few ringing or stingmg
words, and stand thereafter to mark
the time and the event until both pass
into the realms of ancient history. 1t
is not every man that is capable OF
constructing a new phrase which will
be adopted into the body of the Ian
guage, but when the right man is in
the right place an expression minted
in his mind may pass current as tok-
en- representing the value and signifi-
cance Of the matter with which he is
dealing. Such phrase has been
struck ont white hot by Senator James
Smith. Jr. IN his report as receiver
for the United States Shipbuilding
Company. submitted TO the United
states District Court, under Judge An
drew Kirkpatrick in Newark, and made
public recently. In his summary of
the situation the receiver gives a brief
review Of the promotion Of the ship
yard combine, and the transactions by
which the organization was forced into
bankruptcy, and he characterizes the
whole movement as IAN artistic swim
die
This swirdlc was carried into effect
by means of dummy directors, false
statements of the value of property
the issue of many millions of stocl
having no basis in actual investment
and the creation Of bonded debts fan
in excess Of the actual worth of the
properties pledged as security. Thes,
transactions the receiver does not hes.
itate TO condemn in the severest Ian
guage. nor does ne fail to name
names in designating the perpetratori
of the frauds he exposes. The plans
they devised were artistically conceiv,
ed-that is. We're perfected devices il
the art of swindling they were
carried out with artistic ability by ex
pert manipulators. Had the combine
~een iioated on the floodtide Of boom
/ ing prosperity. these artistic scheme
might have been carried through IA
enough to realize immense fortunes 70
those who voted themselves assign
ments of S55.00O.O00 of alleged values
having no real existence; but befor
the deal could be consummated tn
United States Shipbuilding Compan
struck n hard money market, and wen
to pieces like a handful Of hay in
gale OF wind. Today the receiver de
mands that the promoters OF this ar
tistic swindle shall be held to. accom-
and forced TO disgorge whatever OF IN
gotten gains they realized IN their be
, gus transactions
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
WILL GIVE ILLUSTRATED
LECTURE ON IRELAND
Benefit OF the Orphans in
the Orange Home at
HatborO

An illustrated lecture on Ireland, show
ing "A "trip from the Giants Causeway 20
the Cove of Cork. viii be given in the Odd
Fellows Hail. Highlands on next Thurs
day evening at O'Clock The lecture
which ls fun Of wit, humor and magnih-
cent sctlery. will be well worth hearing.
The scenes are interesting as wei as
laughable. and fuzzy illustrates such
places as the Giants Causeway, Lakes
of Killarney. Blarney stone, Derry's
AIaiden Walls and with such side split.ers
.as Dcaeybrook Fair. Pat joining the
lodge the low back jarm.ing car rid,
genuine Irish wedding party, the boy
from Tipperary and over so others.
The lecturer the Rev. George Worrelll
president OF the Orange Home at Hat
boro Pa. was born near EnUsklllen in
Ireland. The lecture is his own produc-
tion and he can do justice to the famous
"Old Sod. " The proceeds are for the benz
fit Of the orange Home, Hatboro, Pa. ,he
emily protestant orphanage in the United
States, where orphan children of every
denomination are admitted regardless Of
who or what their parents were. and edu-
Gated in the Protestant faith.
The home IS under the jurisdiction OF
the Loyal Orange Institution Of the
United States and has several Whining.
ton children among its inmates.
The lecture on Thursday evening was
gotten up by the local lodge. Several or
lphan children from the home will sing al
Intervals during the evening.
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
LET'S sIFr THEIR ARG UMENT


of pleading Following his disqusion stumbes adms
pleas
valuable too for those who do not wish to have their protests sed in
words and smooth phrases the salient
editorial and hold them the light First notice this:
to
bring back better condition to ito make Our
tempt has been a miserable fsHlure
world chat Delaware
faied2
declared failure At Bull Run struggle
declared Failure
should that in and that isn't
innate events until the Lass chapter For twelve years the people Of the eo-
witnessing the struggle of to bruy buy place
the heroic resistance little They
propose that he shall never get mar seat De presumed a history
win down that heroic protest as failure?
In running our eye along the snes remarkable se We are al"
rested by the following
debauchy notd matter Of
reputation It has all been eFonsn rough al about by sensees
0nsa Joined % T the f m,es % [ of ' m sS o 1Dia s % ddp of s % @ gene @
Bringing u 4eproach and sortenlps upon their own state
whether uows the
publsts the regardless of politics
ona bias have all been deceived about political condition % twelve
in this enghtened the telephone
~ n 40 a,6e a,ss,,op t not whether delaware
and disgust
in
plea which is the plea ostrich
nes work applied gcnerang had
investigation Of the poomce
scandal prosecutions lest the Republican nest be a how much re-
that 1tnhess should
posed might NJ cleared doesn't speak
estimate then
expect lei concealit Then listen 70 tps'
Together he Republicans of thousand
doneti
eywnbe this
o max thereof
dandp
wards purity through
epolsnen dangerous
don't think
an should Of oupng the
ballot be connudq stn the
senate and resistance continues
mon while he makes entrance And here Is
the Imposition; let the burglar in
allow him viii reform and
II cunning suner editorials It
makes the most desperate politics elsewhere there but
justified Men themselves
any,h,np hut
they are the editor sntne his
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
THE VOICE OF GOD.

Today in a number OF States and
cities Of the Union the people are go
ing to the polls TO decide on their
local governments. In certain in
stances principles are involved. in
others passion and prejudice cut alarge
figure. Occasionally the record or
standing of an individual will play it's
part. but the main fight everywhere is
over moral questions.
Today the sacred principle Of ma
jorlty rule governs. It makes little
difference how majorities are obtained,
the defeated win acquiesce. No man
capable OF forming judgments win
say that Tammany Hall with all its
vicious record deserves 10 win. yet It
is probable that it win do so. Should
it succeed. the people Of New York
win smiiingly accept the verdict, pre-
pare to submit 10 red lights extor-
tion, insolence and every form Of crime
under oficial protection. They Will
take their medicine like men with a
CONSCIOUSNESS OF rectitude. saying that
"the voice Of the people is the voice OF
God"
Today the people OF Maryland will
assemble at the polls with their at
tention ccnteeed on one issue--the
negro. Just what the Democrats un-
der Gorman propose to do With hip
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
Killed to Pay Lawyer.

"One day some years ago said Law
yer John Z. Kehoe, "a man came INTO
my Office and asked me to take up
his case and defend him. His name
was George Jacks. He had been ar
rested for stealing jewelry from
woman living on the north side ana
was now out on bail. Jacks had been
chief OF police in n city somewhere IN
Michigan. Several mysterious burg
laries occurred in the place. Ihe
burglar was never detected. II was
only when Jacks Chicago record came
out that he was suspected Of the Mich
igan crimes.
After he had told me his story the
question arose as TO my fee. he SAID
he had no money; that he was dead
broke. but hoped soon TO be able TO
pay me. | declined to take up his case
without fee. At this he seemed
much depressed, but soon recovered
and went out saying he would get my
fee for me.
That night an old milkman named
Alexander smith was killed at 22d
street and Indiana avenue-struck me-
less with a piece of gaspipe. He was
supposed to have had a considerably \
sum of money with him at the time
OF the murder and this had disappear
ed.
There was great excitement over
the fate of the old man. who eVloehus
had been killed for his money Every
effort was made by the authorities t'
discover and arrest the murderer. rms
seemed al first a hopeless task, but by
and by clew developed and stront
suspicion pointed to George Jacks az
the criminal. He as arrested. tried Ioi
the murder OF Smith, convicted an'
hanged.
.'The affair caused me grea
shock. believing as / did that II wal
lin order to obtain money 10 pay me TO
defending him from the charge o
theft that Jacks added to il the crim'
of murder. This is the only instanc
Ii know of where a man deliberatel.
sacrificed human life to raise law
yer's fee"
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
Thouqhts on tho Seasons.

Flaitered with promise Of escape
From every hurtful blast
Spring takes o sprighty May, thy
shape
Her loveliest and her last.
Less fair is summer riding high
In fierce solstitial power
Less fair than when "a lenient sky
Brings on her parting hour.
When earth repays with golden sheaVes
The labors of the plow,
And ripening fruits and forest leaves
All brighten on the bough,
What pensive beauty autumn shows,
Before she hears the sound
OF winter rushing in, to close
The emblematic round
Such be our Spring, our Summer such
So may our Autumn blend
With hoary Winter and life touch
Through heaven-born hope, her end
William Wordsworth.
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
MHAr VII rAEV po7

We understand that st is proposed
to cali public meeting of the citizens
of Wilmington TO express their views
regarding the most remarkable con-
duct OF our Water Commissioners. I'll
is time. II then 1t appears that our
people favor the partiaiity which has
been shown to a particular company; !
II they wish TO tax themselves to pay
a large sum of money under a con-
tract which is believed to be void. and
whose legality is now being considered
by the court then we shall have moth
ing further to say.
Here is a company which secured
contract without the public being aware
of the negotiations. and without right
10 do business in this state. There is
nothing to indicate that by experience,
or reputation. it is better qualified than
other concerns to do the work. The
public was informed by the commits
eioners that the total cost Of the oper-
alton would be 100000. This was
gradually raised till the estimate was
81. 5000. At every step there was
evinced a disposition to shield and pro-
tect the contracting company.
Then it claimed that the city owed
IL s1s7,5OO for plans and patents. II
30 the commissioners who made the
contract had performed a service for
which they should never be forgiven.
We stake our reputation on the as
sertion that plans could be secured
from the most skilled water engineer
IN America for $4,000. and Louis X.
Davis is not regarded by the profess
sion as that man. But the matter was
taken to court by three of our citizens
The commissioners, however, cannot
await a decision. Why2 Again we
ask why7
The City Solicitor comes to the res
cue Of the Commissioners. and indi-
rectly aids the contracting company.
He thinks compromise OF s65,ooo
would be a good thing for the ;ity.
Well, We want TO ask right here II the
city ewes the United States Sand Fill
sratien Company sis7,5oo, why doesn't
It pay It in fullg And. again, II that
amount is really due and owing, why
doesn't the company insist on payment
of tae f,.ll sum? Isn't it an admission
To agree TO accept about a third of
lhat suplg If, on the other hand the
9,ty owes 1athins, let il pay nothing.
Our CITY Solicitor has come out as
Z, delasaer Of the Commission and az
fs<2r2eic. "a the connromiSe. He tells
Evening journal., 1903-11-03

does not appear but it is plain to
every Marylander that Democratic sue
cess means the abridgement of the
rights of great part of the States
citizenship-that which has helped TO
build up her industries, and added to
her wealth. II the Republicans are
beaten they win say "the voice of the
people is the Voice Of God"
What nonsensei The voice Of an
ignorant or purchased individual is the
Voice of retrogression, and it is not
changed by added numbers Majority
rule is an expedient not question Of
right and wrong. And just as long as
Ignorance, criminality ana venality en-
ter into our popular verdicls our peo-
pie viii be- dlscontented no matter
though on the surface they acquiesce
N the verdict secured by these factors.
We are willing to admit that popular
verdicts as a rule are perhaps the best,
but It is an insult TO our intelligence
to say that every verdict reached by
the mass Is right.
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
Theatrical Notes

remarkable presentation IS given only
by Mildred and Rovclere and is impossi-
he CT duplication. 1t - not clair1ed 20
be supernatural but there IS an undevsl-
cpcd force back Of It that ,-puzzics sc.en-
t:sts nd makes the seers anl soothsay-
els OF the Orient believe that Mldrtd and
Rouclcre, the great wizards Of the ccci-
deas can beat them at tlieir own game
ArildI edism is the most advanced example
of .elepathy or mind reading. e nlllSes
one believe in a sixth sense. Il Is vai.cd
by trilliant speoiaCties given by tho asso-
citied arIsts including the Ha.amura's
Royal japanese Troupe, the Colonial rio
Eos. Shei wood and Warda, Cain ard
iiunter. musical comedians; belmont,
cleo rical fire dancer; Dogue, ramp Jug
g..r and hers.
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
College Athletics.
Philadelnhia Prese.

From the Philadelphia Press.
President Carroll d. Wright, of Clark
College, Massachusetts. is new in his
position, but he has the courage TO
express his convictions on college ath-
letics. intercollegiate games are
gambling institution primarily ne
said, and not without more or less
truth. A good deal of money changes
hands on these games. "The annual
contests are an injustice to the insti-
utions involved and should not be al
lowed" he went on to say, adding that
only few have the attention and nec-
.essary training, while the rest are not
benefited in the least. He predicts that
the intercollegiate games will stop in
time, but that the students viii have
the benefit of athletic contests with
out discrimination. The interest in the
games is so great that 1t is not proba-
BILE that they will end soon, though
President Wright is not without sup
porters on college faculties. The ma
jority however. are on the opposite
side
Evening journal., 1903-11-03

a reporter OF the Evening Journal that
he has never made statements from
which it might be inferred that he re-
garded the contract illegal. We know
not what TO answer, but we do state
that a man whose reputation FOR We
racity is equal TO that Of Mr. Harman,
says that he told the three citizens
that in his opinion the contract is void;
that il is against the public interests
and that he would neither defend il in
Court nor authorize the employment Of
other counsel 10 defend il. That citi-
zen's name can be given II necessary
What are our people going to dc
about Il?
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
OPINION
INV YoRK THE oNLY.
Fate Of the Nation Depends on Result
Of Municipal Election.

Fate Of the Nation Depends on Result
Of Municipal Election.
From the Chicago journal.
We have received a CHARACTERISTIC
communication from one of New Yorks
newspapers. we are Informed there
in that the eyes of the nation are fixed
upon Greater New York's forthcoming
municipal election, and that no event
of such universal interest Is scheduled
for the immediate future. We are
given to understand that all over the
country the people VIII be unable to go
to sleep on the night OF November 3
unless they have first heard whether
fusion or Tammany has triumphed, and
that he win be missing one of the
great journalistic opportunities Of the
age if we fail TO subscribe for an elab-
crate series of sDeciai bulletins and a
liberal allowance Of general descriptive
matter which our contemporary pur-
poses TO send out on the occasion in
question.
The whole tone OF the letter is
amusingly illustrative Of the New York
viewpoint. Your true New Yorker has
not a suspicion that there is anything
of the slightest interest or importance
outside of his own town. He iabors
under the impression that all those con-
demned TO live beyond its borders con-
sumo their time i'm longing to be there
land that their attention is chiefly oc-
cupied with its affairs. So far as the
western hemisphere is concerned, his
geography extends no further eastward
than Sandy Hook and no further west
ward than Hobolen. A road-brimmed
hat would cover his horizon. and his
idea is that the United States. ol
which he sometimes hears is a serie:
OF truck gardens i'm Jersey where food
is raised for the residents OF Manhat.
tan Island The reason he believes
that all eyes are turned upon his cleo
ton Is that he cannot understand how
it could be otherwise.
Evening journal., 1903-11-03

our contemporary, the Morning
News, has improved considerably re-
Gently both in matter and appearance.
We commend its enterprise and wish
.it success. Much OF the progress. pub
lie spirit and intelligence OF our people
is due to the press and IL has a right
to expect in return an encouragement
from the people. We suggest on a
neighborly impulse, however that our
contemporary is not improved by it's
cartoons.
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Why say Governor German Is not a
smooth diplomat, when one of the very
first things he did after they began
booming him for the Presidency was
to get the Commoner against him?-
with an Gladstones admirable and
strong qualities. Bt Is a question whether
or not his lasting fame will not depend
on the fact thar John Morley wrote his
Efe.
Many stories about the abundance Of
bears and other game now fnd thelr way
into she city papers. but the ambitious
hunter should remember that whenever
he reaches one OF the happy hunting
grounds he always learns that the real
place to find game is further on.
Many persons are inclined TO become
angry because the anthracite operators
ana coal railroads are shutting down the
mines in order that coal may be main
tained at s6.75. but as the robbers have
the power to force the price to IS a ton,
let us admire their moderation.
Harker-say. old man. whom do you
prefer as an after-dinner speaker?
Barker-Any one but my wife,
Bettem-why did the negotiations far
through?
Loosem-The fighters could not agree OF
name for the new punches Invented.
Evening journal., 1903-11-03
SHERIFF SAIL

SHERIFFS SALE.-BY vi
writ of Levari Facias, 10
viii be exposed TO public
Hotel in the town of Silanto
hundred. New Castle cou.
Delaware,
ON WEDNESDA
THE 18th DAY OF MOVE.
at 10 o'clock, a. I
the following described real
All that certain lot, piece
land with a stone dwelling
blacksmith shop. stable, 4
erected. situate In stanton,
hundred aforesaid. bounded
mingbon and Christiana n
the Line Stone road, lands {
nett, Levi Workman and o
contents thereof what they
Seized and taken in eXes
property Of Alexander Elli'
mOrtgagOr, and ITO be sold !
EMMi1 +. STlDH.
Sherinfs Office. Wilmingt'
November 2. 1903.
Evening journal., 1903-11-03

SHERIFF'S SALE.-BY VII
writ OF Levari Facias, ITO II
will be exposed TO public
Court House, on Market S
Tenth and Eleventh street
Of Wilmington. New ca
State of Delaware,
ON uIIURSDAN
THE 18th DAY OF MOVE
ait 10 o'clock. a. =
the following described real
All that certain lot of la
story brick dwelling thereo.
the said city of Wilmington.
described as follows. TO wit:
Beginning at the easterly s.
street between Thirteenth an
streets at the distance Of
from the sOutherly side Of,
street: thence sOutherly alo
Of Orange street sixteen fee
more or less. no a point Oppo
die Of the northerly gable
wall of william ID. Sedgv
thence eagterly through an
middle of said party wall
dividing this from said Sed
one hundred feet to a line OF
late of Samuel File; thence Z,
erly parallel with Orange s
feet four inches. more or les.
of other land late Of the sai
Pierce. and thence thereby W
lei with Fourteenth street
the centre cf the noitheiiy III
hundred feet TO the place OF
the contents thereof what tiI
Seized and taken an exec
property of Benjamin r..
] Amelia Pierce. his wite' mo-
to be sold by .,
EMMTT f, SIl DHA
Sherif's office. Wllmlnsto
| November 2, l90J.