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few days; ldl guarantee that you'll
have something more than hot air to
write about. WAS the vehement remark
of Senator Conner. one Of the Addicks
Republican spokesmen. with wave of
his hand toward the press table in tho
Senate chamber yesterday afternoon.
The remark had a peculiar significance.
as he just emerged from the caucus.
The Union Republicans deny em-
phatically that they conferred over the
senatorial struggle. and contend that
only matters Of party policy on the inn
p0rtant legislation pending before
both houses were discussed. but Sen
.aior Conner's remark gives Al decidedly
different impression. II some of the
Unions do break away from Addicks
for a short term senatorship i'm a few
days, it will be the first division in
their ranks since Addicks assumed the
leadership Of the party.
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HUM SAID TO BE
AGAINST ADDICKS
He Launches a Senatorial
Boom for Himself Which
Alarms Gasman
UNION MEN HOLD A CAUCUS
Special 70 iho Evening Journal.

Dover. Feb. 19.-Governor HUM
has spread alarm among the Addicks
henchmen by pressing his senatorial
boam. launched after the Gasman's So
called withdrawal
Before Addicks' lieutenants could as
sure him that the withdrawal was only
a play to the public. the Governors
friends began to work. Yesterday his
business partner, George NJ. Fisher. Of
Wyoming, who was defeated by Sena-
tor J. Frank Alice. the Addicks leader
Of Kent county, came TO Dover and
openly discussed the prospects of the
Governor being chosen as the compro-
mise nominee should the Union Repub-
Leans begin to vote fer two candidates
dropping Addicks. 1t is believed that
the Governor will try to take advan-
tage of the dissension in the Addicks
ranks. Addicks' threat to sink into
Oblivion any man who opposes him
cannot affect him. He was a oompro-
mise candidate and unheard of pOliti-
cally before becoming the gubernator-
ial nominee by chance. Two years
from now he win be out of office and
he has all to gain at this time in
making a bid for one OF the United
States senatorshiDs.
Alarmed by these stories a caucus OF
the Union men was held yesterday.
There will ne Cain raised around
here when the outburst does come in q
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The cold wave that struck Whining
ton night before last. was the coldest
that has visited this section this year.
and has caused much suffering.
Following the spring-like weather Of
last week. as it did, the cold has been
more keenly felt, and those who We're
forbed to be ont last night and this
morning were bundled up in all kinds
of grotesque things, but the cold pene-
trated through the thickest coverings.
Very few people walked last night.
Those who did not ride in the cars ran.
and one could look up any streets and
see people running hither and thither,
The sight was rather funny. To see
dignified Old gentlemen trotting along
as though in training for a six-days'
s0-as-yOu-please race.
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PROPOSED BIG HOTEL
NEAR THE NEW STATION

Wilmington will probably have big
hotel. When the plans for the new sta
tion are finally given out its exact To-
cation fixed. there is every reason to
believe that a large hostlery viii be
erected within a short distance of it..
There were several New York and
Philadelphia financiers here yesterday
locking over the ground and they as
sured people that the hotel would fol-
low the nsw station and said It would
be one the city would have no reason to
feel ashamed Of.
In the estimation of those behind the
deal. it is the impression that first
class place near the new station will
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publican OF New Castle county held
meeting TO denounce the methods of
Mr.. Addicks. and TO ask the County
Committee TO expel It's member. Robert
J. Handy on account OF his co-opcra-
tion with Mr.. Addioks and the Demo-
Gratis in the fight for the senatorship
that year. AT this meeting Mr. VIII
liam Michael Byrne, whose nomination
as United States District Attorney for
Delaware is now pending In the United
States Senate, attacked ana denounced
Mr.. Addicks in the most emphatic lan-
guage. ana declared that no decent Re-
publican ought to have anything 60 do
with him. He signed the resolutions of
protest ana dcnunciation drawn up at
that meeting, as did also the principal
members of the Byrne family. including
Alexander Il. Byrne. James Il. Byrne. r..
y. Byrne. Michael Byrne and John L..
I3yrne. Five years later. however. Mr..
William Michael Byrnc seemed TO get
some new light on Mr.. Addicks charac-
ter, and soon aftcrward became one OF
the latters supporters. and eventually
his candidate for congressman.
In 1896, by the lavish use of money.
Mr. Addicks succeeded i'm getting ma
iority of the delegates TO the National
Republican Convention held that year
In ST. Louis. This led 90 split In the
iparty the anti Addicks Republicans
bolting and sending TO st. Louis a COM
testing delegation OF their own. Upon
full consideration OF the evidence pre-
scented, the Committee on Credentials at
the ST. Louis convention recommended
the seating Of the anti -Addicxs dolega-
ton, and declared thnt Mr.. Addioks and
his delegates did not represent the Re-
publican party in Delaware, or any
where elsei" that they were merely
"highwaymen on the road TO political
fortune, no matter what miqht be the
result to the Republican party" Mr..
Addicks thcreupon formed in Delaware
am organization of his own, under the
lnnme Union Republican" ana nomi-
rated his own state ticket
Dr. Layton told a friend in 1900 that
lup 90 that dnte, hc had expended s4OO..
600 in campaign years alone. Mr.. Man.
love Hayes, of Dover one of the oldes
most experienced and most respocte,
politicians ia the State has said that 4
is practically impossible TO spend NOR,
than $4,000 I'm Delaware. honestly am,
lositimatcly, In a single campaign Mr.
Addicks, by his own confession. apenl
three times that amount, and by ad.
mission OF Dr. Layton eight times that
amount in every campaign. II IS moi
surprising therefore. that I'm the I.egis.
lature of 1899 the number OF his SUP.
porters had grown from four TO elgh.
teen. AS the new state Constitution
however, had increased the total men-
hefship OF the General Assembly 1,
hfty-two, he still needed fourteen votes
HIS workers thercupon undertook. ai
usual TO buy legislators; and If It wa.
found impossible to purchase mar
outright, AN attempt was made TO brib,
him TO feign sickness and stay az hom,
when the critical and decisive vot,
should be taken. In one case. for ex.
ample, reference to- the Inventory
showed that "a certain representativ,
had indoraed notes that were not likeb
10 be paid, and had thus incurred "a LA.
lbility Of $4,000 or $4,000. one Of the Ad,
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dicks workers told this man that if he
would simply stay at home on some
plausible pretext, when notified to do
so. the indorsed paper would be taken
care of and he would be protected from
loss.
Toward the close OF the Legislative
session of 1899 three Democrats were
induced, I'm some way. TO vote with the
Union Republicans for Mr.. Addlcks,
thus increasing his strength TO twenty
one but their desertion OF their party
created such a storm Of excitement and
Indignation IN the crowded Assembly
chamber as to deter others-if there
were any others-from joining In the
movement and the Legislature ad-
journed without electing anyone to take
the seat of Senator George Gray, whose
term was then expiring.
o
In practice. the voters assistant part
of Mr. Addicks' machine consists OF q
secret booth corrupt voters assist
ant a cashiers Office and cashier.
The workers make deals with pur-
chasahle voters before election day, and
then furnish the cashiers with lists of
men bought and amounts OF money
promised. When the purchased voter
goes to the polls. the corrupt voters as
sistant sees that his ballot Us properly
marked and deposited. and then gives
him something I'm the nature OF a token.
as proof that the goods have been de-
livercd The voter thereupon goes to
the cashiers office, ce,surrenders the token
and receives the amount of money set
opposite his name on the workers list.
which has previously been turned over
TO the cashier for the latters guidance.
AT one polling place I'm the Baltimore
hundred In the early days the token,
given to the purchased voter was a
chestnut. which the assistant put into
the voters pocket. IL soon became
lnoiscd about among the colored men Of
the village that ordinary chestnuts at
the cashiers office were bringing $40
apiece. Two or three negroes provided
themselves with chestnuts from private
sources of supply. and went boldly into
the cashiers Office to get money FOR
which they had rendered no service. TO
their great surprise and disappoint-
mont. they were promptly hustled ont.
minus chestnuts and without any
money. All chestnuts looked alike TO
them. and they could not understand
what was wrong with their chestnuts.
until they learned a few days later that
Ian chestnuts Of the voters assistant
had been carefully and thoroughly boil
cd, for easy Identification and as a pre-
caution against this very trick.
Tho Addicks managers now provide
their voters assistants with tokens that
have been bought outside Of the State
and that cannot be easily duplicated or
counterfeited. In Daqsboro, IN last
falls election, thoy used a red oelluoid
button Of q peculiar form which could
not be obtained in Delaware. In the
Baltimore hundred they had tin tags
stamped 20. K" Tin taee were also
used in Milford, Kent county. In other
representative districts purchased
voters were given a certain number OF
links IA small, fine chain, or peculiar
large-headed black pins, which they
-. Ct-....-.I No.
Evening journal., 1903-02-19
THERMOMETERS REACHES
' ZERO THIS MORNING

The snow of Monday has heen pack
ed, and the sleighing is better than
for several seasons, and yesterday
many were out. On the Kennett pike
the sleighing was best, and there were
several brushes between the fast ones.
There will probably be skating at
Shellpot this afternoon, as the ice is
now more than an inch and half in
thickness. At Brandywine Springs the
ice is about the same, but the managers
will not allow anyone on II until to-
morrow.
In some places the thermometer reg
istered the zero mark until after 9
O'Clock this morning. but the thermom-
eter at Belts store registered the
following this morning: 2 degrees at g
o'clock, T. degrees at . o'clock, and II
degrees at noon.
Evening journal., 1903-02-19
GIVEN ELKS BUTTON
William j. Bryan Presented With Me-
mento BY Or. George w.
Quinn

At the conclusion Of the dinner i'm
honor of William Jennings Bryan at
the Hotel Wilmington last night, DR..
George w. Quinn presented Mr.. Bryan
with a handsome Illks' button. Both
Mr.. Bryan and Dr. Quinn are members
of the Order Of EllSs and the former is
a member of the lodge at Lincoln, Ne
braska. The button presented to Mr..
Bryan is sterling silver but gold
plated.
At the conclusion Of his address i'm
Carlisle, Pa. this evening Mr.. Bryan
will be entertained by the Lodge OF
Elks of that city.
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When on the Sth Of November 1894.
Mr. Addcks told the fourteen gentle
men who sat around the dlnner-table
OF Charles L. Moore, I'm Georgetown:
1--WE bought iti I've paid for IL; and
I'm going to have itl Il has cost me
S140,0O0l" he entertained no doubt. ap-
parently. that the legislators whom he
had just elected, az cost OF Sf4O 600.
would make him United States senator.
When the Legislature assembled, how
ever and the voting began. il became
apparent that, although the Repubn-
cans had "a majority of eleven on Joint
ballot, Mr. Addicks could control only
six of them, and needed Eve more votes.
| He therefore turned his attention from
/ buying votes in the representative and
/ senatorial districts TO buying votes in
the House and Senate. Selecting. from
! his inventory OF that year. the names
of half dozen Legislators who. he
thought might be purchased. he set his
agents az work. with instructions 10
get them. Some Of the workers seem
to have been willing TO pay as much az
$4,000 per man. At any rate. one OF
them asked "a wcll-known member of
the Sussex County Republican Com
mittee whether that amount would
tempt state Senator George Fisher
Pierce. IL evidently did not tempt him
as he voted against Addicks throughout
the legislative contest OF that year.
I'm another case, the sum Of $4,000
was offered to the brother Of a certain
legislator upon condition that h,
should 'use his influence" In Mr.. Ad.
dicks behalf-such influence. presum.
ably, TO be used with the brother.
in O third case. the tempter. aftei
, vainly endeavoring to buy the vote o
"a Sussex county legislator. went away
leaving $1,000 ON the table Of the mar
whom he still hoped to get" TIL,
Legislator returned the money. and sub
sequently told "a friend of his and ai
acquaintance of mine, in Dover. that /
ne (the leFislator) would vote for MI
Addicks he might own block O
buildings in that city.
Mr. Addicks' efforts 10 influence
! senators and representatives. i'm ia
D legislature OF 1895 seem to have bee
= WHOLLY unsuccessful. He could not OBJ
/ tain q single vote In addition to the sl
that he controlled on tho first day q
NiA' tfNNttANiif anu NAAt UT MS INlAIllI
'heelcrs' from Massachusetts was 81
disappointed and disgusted that ne sai
TO a member Of the Sussex County Re
/ publican Committee: ITS damnel
queer state of things down here fl
, Delawarel In Boston Mr.. Addicks cal
get all the men he wants for $500
lnpiece, but IL there's a man I'm thi
damned Legislature that can be bought
II haven't found himiF
Mr.. Addicks himself said TO a nromi
nqnt State senator, on a railway trai
between Dover and Harrington, that h
p had bought the senatorship, and that h
! was going TO have IL, even IL he had I
Z buy Il again.
e lHere Mr.. KEENAN, describes the Leg
e islative fight of lSa5 In which Addicx.
B held four votes. defeating the election
e Of "a senator. He quotes the Telegram
e Aadicks sent to Senator Nvashbur
n threatening TO bury the party ten thou
4 sand fathoms deepl
/, In December, 1895. the leading Re
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ANOTHER THEATRICAL SYNDICATE
Burt Stair and HavIin Complete a Cir
cult Of High Price Theatres.

Toledo. o.. Feb. 9.-Announcement
is made here that Frank Burt and Stair
and Havlin have completed a circuit Of
high price theatres in eighteen of the
principal cities of the country.
They are promised the cooperation
of Harrison Grey Fiske, James X.
Hackett and the Henrietta Crosman
management Stair and IIavlin win
continue their popular price houses as
at present, but merely as managers of
theatres and booking agents. Next sea
son they will own no plays and will
manage no producing companies, their
only interests being as the head of the
two circuits.
In Buffalo. ST. Paul and milwaukee,
and several other cities they have not
completed deals. as no houses can be
secured there. 1t is the avowed inten-
ticn in such cases to build new the
'atre in each town, with the aid OF local
capital in each place.
Frank Burt is the new manager oil
the Dyceum Theatre here.
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be a paying enterprise, as In most cities
there are large hosteries near the de-
pots where the travelling public may
find all the accommodations of an up
town place.
In speaking of the plans they said the
building would not be less than seven
stories in heighth and would cover a
big territory. Upon the first floor will
be located a restaurant, news stand.
cigar store and all the up-to-date APP
pointments The cafe will be feature
however. as those interested In the
building think there is an excellent OPP
portunity for first-class eating place
in that vicinity.
Evening journal., 1903-02-19
TWELVE HAVE
VIOLENT DEATH

Newark n. j. Feb. 19-Nine High
School children were killed in a trolley
car hit by a Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western train at Clifton avenue, cross
ing this city at $40 this morning. Fif-
teen or more were injured, some fatally.
The car was entirely demolished and
the dead and injured piled In heaps
among the debris. Frightful cries came
from the struggling mass and those
who witnessed the accident We're hor-
rifed.
Evening journal., 1903-02-19
Repairing Generator.

The work Of repairing the big gener-
ator Of the Wilmington City Railway
Company on the Brandywine was be-
gun yesterday. The old plant at Della
ware avenue and DUPONT street and the
Wilmington City Electric Light Com
pany furnish current for the running Of
the cars.
Evening journal., 1903-02-19

Public sale 1T Stidham & Sons auc-
tion rooms, No. III East Fourth street,
on Friday afternoon. February 20. at
1.S0, of parlor. bed and dining-uoom
furniture, 1000 yards of good carpet.
Sale positive. Goods can be seen this
evening.
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struek sv switeh Lever.

A switch lever on the Pennsylvania
railroad at Edge Moor few back and
struck Brakeman George Jackson, Of
No. zoe Pine street, in the face yester-
day. nnicting painful wound The
injury was dressed NJ the Emergency
Hospital.
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Three.K Killed in Fire.

Springfield, o. Feb. 19.--The new ".
NJ. c. A. Building, Fountain Square
Theatre and several mercantile houses
were destroyed by fire this morning.
Three men have been killed. Loss
100000.
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been made in the plans To prevent this,
as he had not seen the specifications
and the matter rested entirely with the
Philadelphia office.
Bulkhead improvement.
"The bulkhead" said Colonel Smith
twill be big improvement TO the
Delaware river and will also provide a
place to deposit dredging material TAX
en- up from the bottom Of the channel
The intervening space extends out into
the river from solid ground at the wild
est point about 1850 feet, but it will be
years before this strip can be used on
which to construct heavy buildings.
Another thing against the bulkhead
front as place Of business is the utter
impossibility to navigate the river at
this point for twelve months in year.
on account of the tremendous crush of
ice. Take three or four months en-
forced idleness, will it not cause a loss
in the business of firm, and for this
reason 1 do not believe the location
would be a desirable one. Aside from
this. however, the soft nature of the
filed in ground, viii take a good many
years to harden sufficiently for the
foundation of a large building, unless
piles were driven. even then it would
be necessary to go down about thirty
five feet to reach solid earth.
Evening journal., 1903-02-19
GEORGE KEENAN, TELLS
OF ADDICKS BOAST
Evidence of How the Adventurer Brbed People to Lend
Their Influence and Vote for Him Workings
of Voters Assistant Law Explained

o. which
n al to h o bill
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FEAR BULKHEAD
WILL AFFECT THE
RIVER CHANNEL
Manufacturers Who Use the
Christiana Will Talk Over
the Matter
VIEWS OF ONE MAN INTERESTED
Colonel Smith Says That the contem-
plated Improvements Would Be a
Boom to the Delaware RiVer-Skepti-
cal About Front for Business.

Now that the contract for construct
ing a bulkhead extending from Edge
Moor to the mouth of the Christiana
river has been awarded by the United
States Government to the Franklin F.
Wills Company, local manufacturers
who use the Christiana for navigation
purposes are uneasy for fear the pro-
posed improvement to the Delaware
will seriously effect the channel of the
Christiana unless some provision is
made in the plans to prevent such inn
pairment. For the purpose of dis
cussing this matter, a meeting has been
arranged for tomorrow afternoon at
the office of Colonel Jared A. Smith,
United States engineer, in the old post
office building at Sixth and King streets
and among those who have been re-
quasted to be present are:
w. w. Lobdell Charles S. Gawthrop,
Howard T. Wallace, Charles w. Pusey,
Walter d. Bush, A. d. Warner A. D..
Poole. David Reid, J. l. Smith, David
Lindsay and William Lawton.
The meeting will be held at 2 O'Clock
and a large majority of the manu-
facturers interested in the Christiana
will attend.
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Plan for Relief.

ut appears to me that it might be
we'll. in extending the south jetty, TO
gradually narrow the distance between
the north and south ietty insorder, on
The ebb tide, to make a rapid discharge
anil thus prevent more effectively the
forming of a bar at the mouth of the
ChristianR.
YThe expense of the extension Of
these rjettits should he chargeable 60
the Delaware River Improvement, as it
is in no sense just that any appropria-
tion for the benefit of the Delaware
river traffic should be permitted to i'm
pair the draft of water in the Christiana
without being chargeable for the means
of minimizing such impairment
Prompt acton should be taken on
this matter in order to secure the in
fiuence and interest of DR.. Ball in call
ing il to the attention of the Secretary
of War before the adjournment of thf
present session of Congress.
colonel's Smiths View.
When seen by a reporter of the Even
ing Journal this morning Colone
Smith said that if the present jettiei
wore not extended out to meet the bulk
head there would undoubtedly be shOa
water at the mouth of the Christiana
caused BY the ebb and flow Of the tide
He was not prepared, however, to stat
with certainty that provision had no
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The Objections.


A representative of a large Whining
ton concern has the following to say
in reference to the matter:
q find that at the mouth of the
Christiana the bulkhead will extend in
a direct line /, 200 feet east Of our pres
ent north side ietty. OF course, it will
be necessary to connect this structure
with the jetty by extending the present
north side jetty out to meet it.
1T will also be necessary TO extend
tha south side jetty out as far, or a
/ little beyond the eastern line Of the
bulkhead, else it will form slack water
at each change of the tide, and would
inevitably, not only create a bar at the
mouth of the Christiana, but would
rapidly lessen the draft of water in the
upper harbor, as you will remember the
upper harbor shoaled very noticeably
after the construction of the north side
jetty, and this shoaling was only pre-
vented by the construction Of the south
side jetty.
iAt prssent / am informed by our
captains that the channel in the Christi
aria along the, north jetty. IS now main
tanned, and that the bar at the mouth
of the Christiapa is no longer forming
ex eepting a bar along the north side OF
the south ietty.
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Continued on Fifth Page,.
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The Evening Journals News
Is the Brightest and Cleanest
of Any Local Paper.
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CONTINUED on Second Page-)
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Frank Burt is the new manager o.
the Dyceum Theatre here.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-10-29
How q Tramp Sawed Wood.


Harry Sanderson, manager for Tony
Pastor, who lives at Crawford. N. J.,
not feeling particularly well, took a
day of recently and remained at home.
From the window Of his library he OBJ
served a tramp entering his gate, and
he walked down to the rear door to
meet him. 1t was the old story-a re-
quest for a meal. Having a load of
unsawed wood in the shed, he told
the fellow that If he got to work and
performed on the sawbuck for q brief
period he would have something pre-
pared for him.
The tramp went to the shed and i'm
mediately the sound of vigorous saw
ing was heard, stick after stick part
ing under his energetic efforts. Calling
the tramp into the kitchen, sanderson
complimented him upon his energy,
and the tramp replied with a modest
air that whenever he had anything to
do he generally paid attention to 1t.
The meal was eaten and the tramp
expressed his thanks and departed.
Shortly after sanderson went out to
the shed and was surprised to find
every stick Of wood intact. Upon in.
quiry in the village he ascertained that
he had been entertaining q stranded
ventriloQuist, who was working his
way back to New York from Easton
Pa. The mean chap had simply gone
into the shed and given him imitation
of saving wood.-RocheSter IN. Y,
Herald