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Smyrna times., 1903-12-02
HOG KILLING BEGINS AT cHEswOLD.
Cholera Did Not Become an Epidemic There
and Farmers Are fiaI Ing Good Results.

CHEswoLD, Dec. Hog killing
seems general with us at this time.
Cheswold is more fortunate than other
localities in the pork line. There is a
section south and west of us where
farmers have lost all or part Of their
pork by cholera or some sickness
which was fatal. Indeed it was al
most clean sweep and farmers can
only hope now to obtain pork from
later killings, February or March.
Cheswold's heaviest hogs this year
are those of james r. Browns, the
two weighing ttle less than 500
pounds.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-02
FARMERS INSTITUTE AT SMYRNA
WIN BE Held at the Smyrna Opera HOuse
thursday of Next Week, December IIth.
With an All Day OpLn Session.


FARMERS of this vicinity will be given
al annual treat on Thursday, Decem-
Der the 18th, when the Farmers Tn
stitute OF Kent County will meet at
the Smyrna Opera House for an all
DAY session. The program has been
arranged with considerable care and
the subjects discussed will embrace all
the departments of farm work. and
promises to be most interesting. en-
teftalnlng and instructive. The meet
lngs are free to all and farmers are es-
peclally requested to bring their wives,
daughters and sweethearts. Miss
MARY Wharton, of Dover, will add
splce to the program by singing sew
eral selections during the session
One OF the most interesting numbers
on the program will be the address of
Mr.. Fred H. Rankin of Illinois on
The Improvement of the Corn Crop
by Breeding, Selection and Cultiva-
ton. Out in Illinois the work has
been carried on systematically and
perslstently for several years, and Mr..
RANKIN has been associated with the
movement from the beginning. 1t
means much for Delaware. The corn
crop of Delaware is about 5000, 900
bushels, grown on about 200. 900 acres.
Why not make it 10, 900, 900 by doubl-
ing the yield per acre? 1t can be done
by Planting improved seed and better
culture. Farmers are requested to
bring samples of corn for comparison:
Mr.. Rankin is also an expert breeder
and feeder of hogs.
Will Have COlOuy of Bees at Work.
DIR. Gilfillan of Newark, will have
with him colony of bees at work and
will talk about "The Romance of the
Honey Bee and the Pleasure and Pro-
tit of Beekeeping, and show how bee
keeping and poultry keeping 90 to-
gether. Bees board themselves and
bring in honey and money. The pro-
gram IS as follows: a. M, Exhibit
OF live bees, hives and honey; exhibit
of ears of corn grown in Delaware for
comparison with Illinois corn, Judging
corn, its quality, value for feeding.
typical forms, ETC., question box; The
Hog-Feeding and Breeding, Fred H.
Rankin, Urbana, Illinois; The Ro-
mauce of the Honey Bee and Bee
Keeping for Profit, DR.. Joel l.. Gill
tillan, Newark, Del. 1.3Op. M, The
Improvement of the Corn Crop bv
Breeding, Selection and Cultivation.
Fred II. Rankin; Address by Prof.
Foord, of Delaware College; A Talk to
Young People, Mr.. Rankin; The Edu-
cation of the Farmers Boy, Prof. J.
A. Foord, Delaware College. Pre-
serving our Holly and Other Trees,
Mrs. Annie E. Williams, Milford.
There will be sessions of the Instl.
tute held in twelve towns in Sussex
and Kent counties. The first session
was held in Frankford, Sussex coun-
ty, November Both, and the conclud-
ing one in Dover, December 10.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-02
SArRNA HIGH SCHOOL LITERARY SOCIETY
Meeting Friday Afternoon as Reported BY ]
DericksOu Cummins, Correspondent

SNsO" Suimlus, correspondent,
The Literary Society of the SMYRNA
High School met Friday afternoon
November 81, and the following nro-
gram was rendered: Essay, ''Thapks-
giving, John Gearhart; defamation.
"Our Obstinate IT," Miss Edna Dick
reading, Tommy Bates Thanksgiv-
ing, CARL Price; defamation. "Pop-
ping Corn" Miss Julia Funn; ESSAY.
"Adelina Patti" Miss Z .hel FAIRIES
reading, "The Armenian lag, Avres
Stockly; defamation, The Lost
Chord" Miss Caroline iggs; 7say.
"Coal," Davis Bell; .arexajng. The
Man and the Mosquit'',R ',Rlissa. the ?
essay, "EdE-atIon," Miss Gussia
Chandler, read by Miss Julia HUM:
paper, Miss Henrietta Jones; debate.
resolved, ''That the playing of foot
ball on Thanksgiving day is iustif-
able;" Affirmative, Miss Elizabeth
Start and Miss Anna Talbot: negative.
Miss Stella Short and Miss Elsie
Chase. The judges, Miss La Nette
Bitter, Miss Florence Lurty and
Lester Voss decided the debate in
favor of the affirmative.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-02
CHESwOLD MAN wEDs DOVER GIRL
Miss Ella F. Ennis Of Dover Becomes the Wife
of Mr.. Harry DugIas Wrench of Dover.

In the presence of the members of
the family, Miss Ella f. Ennis, of
Dover, and Harry Duglas Rench, of
Cheswold, were married at eight
thirty o'clock a. m. The ceremony
was performed by Presiding Elder
Baker of Dover. The maid of honor
was Miss Ethel Ennis of Philadel-
phia, and Mr.. William Ennis, best
man. After the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served, after which the
bride and groom left for New jersey.
and other places.
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WOMEN UPHOLD INSPECTORS.
Charge Preconcerted Effort to Re
move New Officials.

New Orleans. March a.-The National
Council OF Women to-day adopted the re-
port of its Committee on Resolutions. Of
which Mrs Elizabeth Grannis is chair
man.
The resolutions urge that the date of con-
vening The Hague conference be uni
versally observed as peace and arbitration
day; protest against the order OF the Fed
erai postal authorities prohibiting married
women from holding salaried positions in
its service as a discrimination against mar
riage and home-building; and recommend
that local councils interest themselves In
securing lockers. lavAtories and other con-
veniences in shops and factories. The reso-
lutions close as follows:
Whereas, The United States has APP
pointed women emiyraut inspectors for
three months trial: and
Whereas A preconcerted effort is on
foot to have these inspectors removed. and,
BELIEVING that the public morality and the
safety of foreign, unprotected girls will be
saved by having this office continued:
Resolved. That the National Council Of
Women petition the United States Govern
ment to continue the office a sufficient
length of time to give the inspectors fair
trial."
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Big Combines Specializing on How
They Can BE Compelled to Re
veal Inner Workings.
OBJECT TO EXPOSING SECRETS.
New Law Places the Magnates at
Mercy of the President, Who
Has Full Powers in Con
Quoting Investigations.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. March 2S.-Some of the larg-
est trusts in the United States have been
diligently seeking for information as to
how far the new Bureau Of Corporations.
which is part of the Department Of Com
merce. will proceed In compelling them to
divulge their secrets. Their representatives
admit that all trusts violating the law are
absolutely at the mercy of the President,
Secretary Cortelyou and Attorney General
Knox.
These trusts are showing considerable I'M
easiness since the appointment of James
r. Garfield as head of the bureau. es-
pecially as Mr. Garfield. as a member of the
Civil Service Commission showed that he
could not be controlled by any political in
fuence.
There was great deal of uneasiness in
Congress about the possible operations of
this proposed new branch OF the executive
arm OF the Government. Senators and Rep
resentatives were averse to equipping a
bureau with inQuisitorial powers so sweep
ing as those contemplated by the projec-
The Senators took care to put in saw
ing clause: A line waa.inserted providing
reau should be reported to the President,
and the information SO obtained, 'or az
much thereof as the President may direct"
should be made public.
RESTS WITH THE PRESIDENT.
The bureau is taking that admonition of
secrecy literally and Is combining its COM
munica lions to the President. OF course,
the latitude of the President in this respect
Is unlimited. 1t Is unique case and there
is no other institution in the Government
like it.
In this case the President can lay bare
the Utmost workings of such firms as he
thinks ought to be exposed and hold back
information about others.
The. trusts are anxious to learn at this
time how far this inquisition is to proceed
when it is to commence and who is to be
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REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington, March 2s.-President Reose-
velt's tour of the West, which will begin
on the morning OF April 1. II carried out In
its entirety as planned. will be the longest
trip ever undertakenJby a President of the
United States. 1t viii take the party over
1851 miles Of railread and through twenty
four States and Territories.
Alphabetically arranged. the States and
Territories the President will visit are Ari-
xona. California Colorado. Idaho. Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas. Maryland. Minne-
sota. Missouri. Montana, Nebraska. Nevada,
New Mexico, North Dakota Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania. South Dakota, Utah. Wash
ington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The special train will go through the
States Of California, Idaho, Iowa, Montana,
Nebraska. Pennsylvania. Maryland and
Wyoming twice. II will be in Illinois three
times.
With the exception OF the State OF Mis-
souri,, the President will not be in single
State which he does not hope to carry in
the National Convention.
The trip is not a political one. viewed
from the White House standpoint but 1t is
impossible to divorce it from the effect,
good or bad. which It will have on the
Presidents political fortunes.
NEEDS REST BADLY.
In the matter Of distance covered the tour
viii be equivalent to q trip half way around
the world. 1t will extend from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific, and from the Mexican bor-
der TO the Canadian line. The President
will be absent from the White House for
slSty-siX days and will sntersperse his
journey with stay in the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park Of sixteen days, in the Yosemite
National, Park of four days and each Sum
day Will be devoted to rest. Thus. while
the trip is to last sixty-six days. the Presi-
dent will pass at least twenty-eight OF
them OF the special train.
In the Yellowstone he will get what he is
so greatly in need of-compiete rest from
official cares and open-air recreation, which
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put on the rack. The purpose of the Bu-
reau or Corporations seems to be to with
hold intimation in advance of its opera
tons In this respect, so as to spring upon
Its victims unawares.
Industrial corporations are now beginning
to realize that the Bureau of Corporations
Is an immense dragnet. backed by the law
which can scoop them in bodily and sift
ITEM thoroughly. officials have been DEL
uged with demands for copies Of the act
winch undoubtedly has been read by the
lawyers of the big corporations, and as the
the inquiries now coming in are as to the
scope OF immediate operations.
Under the law the Commissioner of Cor
porations has the power and authority to
make diligent investigation into the organ
ization. conduct and management of the
business OF any corporation joint stock
company or corporate combination engaged
in commerce among the several States and
with foreign nations" Exception is made of
ialIroads, as they are supervised by the In
terstate Commerce Commission
CAN COMPEL DISCLOSURES.
The Commissioner In invested with u,a.
power to prosecute each diiiRent invest;eae
u1n. He is invested with the authority to
subpoena and compel the attendance OF u,tt
Iessss. to compel testimony and the nrn.
ouCuon OF documents, and to adninfsfer
oaths. He can compel the officials of Indus
t ,riai corporations to produce Contracts
~, poo ~ agreements, prices. etc. and, failing
10 do SO, they can be fined 5000 and i'm,
prISoned for two years. an
LIE, Inc department Of Justice has been
equipped with added powers To nrosecTts
cases against the trusts The sum Of Ssol M
mas Deen appropriated for the empIoyment
o on COUNSEL, ana another law provides for the
epeeuS 'riai OF the cases in the courts.
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the duties of his Office have deprived him
Of TO great extent for nearly a year.
NO HUNTING PLANNED.
1t is stated with positiveness that he will
engage in no hunting while he is in the
Western country. No shooting is allowed In
the Yellowstone Park at any time. In nd
disiea tossth1t. the close season for game.
such as deer and antelope, will be on. The
President Is too good sportsman TO think
Of violating the game laws. He will prob
ably spend most OF his time when of the
train in the saddle or on foot. and living
in the simplest way
No ladies will accompany the party. nor
will any of the members of the Cabinet.
The train will probably consist Of four cars.
which will be the smallest special train the
President has had for any OF his tours
HIS SPEECHES.
Much interest will, no doubt. be attracted
by the first five or six speeches Mr.. Roose-
Welt will make. These will be carefully
prepared and will discuss national ques-
lions from an administration viewpoint. He
will endeavor to show Just how well he
thinks the administration and the Congress
have kept their pledges to the country.
One. and possibly two. of these speeches
will deal with the question of the trusts.
He will tell what Congress did and why the
programme which was adopted by the ad-
ministration was carried out by Congress
He will probably devote enc whole speech
to this,
He il likely to find enough in the &C.
tons brought by the Attorney General
against the trusts to furnish him with a
topic FOR another speech He viii devote
one OF his addresses to the subject OF Gu
ban reciprocity and another to the tariff
FOR HIGH TARIFF.
His tariff speech is expected to fix the
pace for all OF the speeches which will be
made on this question during the various
State. conventions this fall, which will be
adopted by such State leaders as Senators
Allison. Aldrich. Hanna, Lodge, Plstt OF
Connecticut and Spooner, and by such Rep
resentatives as Cannon. Dalzell, Payne and
Overstreet.
From this list 1t can be inferred that the
President will make a pretty good high
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CONSUL COLE APOLOGIES.
Note to Doctor OBrien Not In
tended to Criticise SaxOns.

Dresden. March 2s.-United States Consul
Cole has, according to a note published by
the official Dresdener Journal. expressed his
regret to Premier Metzschenbach for Civ
ing Doctor OBrien, the American dentist.
who was recently expelled from Saxony, a
certificate expressing sympathy with him
and rejecting on the Saxon Government.
The note says Mr.. Cole was asked for an
explanation of the occurrence, and in an
interview with the Premier he admitted he
had furnished Doctor O'Brien a certificate
at his request in order to help him in
America.
Mr. Cole added that in so doing he had no
intention of charging the Saxon Govern
ment with acting arbitrarily, and expressed
regret at the fact that he had been drawn
into the matter. Mr.. Cole begged the Pre-
mier to rest assured that no idea of insult
mind.
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that spell has been cast over her by Nj
kola Tesla. an inventor. Anna Thierstein q
swiss. forty years old. who lived at No. 20
East Fifty-eighth street. was arraigned yes
terday afternoon before Magistrate Barlow
examined as to her sanity.
Several months ago the woman wrote let
tiers to Judge Foster Of the Court OF Gen.
eral Sessions. and to District Attorney Je-
rome, in which she declared that Mr.. Tesla
was using her for experiments. The Swiss
Benevolent Association placed two of her
children In an asylum and sent her and am
other child back to Switzerland. She came:
back to this country with her boy few,
weeks ago and resumed writing letters.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-29
FIRE AT JOLIET PRISON.
COnvicts Assisted Warden and
Guards in Fighting Flames.

Joliet. ILL.,, March "a IRE at the Peni-
department Warden Murphy, the guards
and convicts fought the flames, hut they
threatened TO spread. and the city Fire De
fighting, the IRE was extinguished.
The loss Is estimated at $500. The cause
of the fire IL unknown. There was intense
excitement among the convicts, but per
feet discipline was maintained.
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WILL ARBlTRATE DIFFERENCES.
Miners of Alton Subdistrict Come
TO q Decision.

Springfield. ILL., March 2S.-Miners of the
Chicago and Alton subdfstrict, who have
beer attempting t. reach an agreement
with the operators for the past two weeks,
held separate meeting to-day and de-
cided to allow existing differences to be de-
cfded by a Committee. on Arbitration, to be
chosen by the operators and miners.
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ROOSEVELT'S TRIP LONGEST
EVER MADE BY A PRESIDENT.

II Carried Will Take Him Miles Of
Railroad and Through Twenty Four Territories
Visit Meeting With Grover Cleveland Ma
ture Study in Yellowstone Park, Tour of Yosemite,
Steamboat Trip Puget Sound and Fifty Mile
Horseback Ride From Laramie Cheyenne.
eMostIn Interest ing Features of Two
Months Plea Tour.
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New York. March 26.-Laboring under the
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
AN UNLUCKY NUMBER.
Elevator Continuing Thirteen Per-
sons Fal1s-FOur of the Occu-
pants Are Killed.

Pittsburg, May 23.-One man and
three women were killed and five or six
injured Friday night at 1926 Fifth ave-
nue., the building occupied by dancing
academy. The cause of the fatalities
was the swapping of the elevator ropes,
allowing the cage to drop so feet. The
dead are SO badly mashed that identif-
cation has been impossible up to mid
night. The only one whose name may
be correct is Catherine Curtin. On her
body was found railroad ticket with
the name on it.
A banquet and ball was being held
in the building by the Pennsylvania
Electro-Mechanical institute. AT about
ten o'clock the elevator, with a load of
ID passengers, started for the banquet
room, on the sixth floor. When that
floor was reached it was found that
every place was crowded and the pas
sengers decided to go to the fifth floor,
where the dancing was in progress.
When between the sixth and fifth floors
the steel cable snapped and, with re-
sounding crash that was heard blocks
away, the cage dropped with its load of
human freight. 1t smashed through
the floor above the cellar of the build
ing and was stopped by braced post
of wood three feet below the first floor
In this inaccessible position the pas
sengers were damned under broken
timbers and twisted steel, yet none
might have been killed had not the
heavy iron balance weights, weighing
over ton, come crashing down upon
them. Miraculously all but four were
able to scramble out. The others were
pinioned under the heavy weight. Four
were mashed almost beyond recogni-
ton
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27
INJUNCTION GRANTED.
Restraining Order Issued by Federal
Judge Against Labor Unions
in Kansas City.

Kansas City, May 23.-An injunction
was granted Friday by Judge Phillips
of the federal court against the indus
trial council and most of the labor or
CARNATIONS in Kansas City restraining
the defendants from interfering with
the employees of two restaurants, from
posting the names Of customers eating
at these restaurants, and from doing
anything calculated TO injure the bust
ness of the restaurants. The iniunc,
tion is the most sweeping in character
that has ever been granted by the fed
eral court against the labor unions in
this city. The cooks and walters were
enjoined some time ago from pacing
back and forth in front of nonunion
restaurants and shouting to people to
boycott such places. After that the.
union men watched the people who
ate at the nonunion restaurants and
had their names printed on cards as
being unfriendly to working people,
after which the cards were scattered
broadcast. The injunction granted Fri
day fOrbidS This
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-27

perintendent of public buildings and
grounds. He has graded, sodded, ter
raced, erased walks and drives and
has undertaken to bring the beauti-
full grounds up to his idea of what
they should be with reference to the
mansion they surround. He has had
full opportunity to display his con-
ception of landscape gardening, and
it must be said that in the main the
result of his labors has been exceed
ingly good. There are stretches of
lawn and gentle grassy slopes where
formerly there were granite retain
ing walls, stone steps and aspha1ted
drives and foot paths.
In these spring days the white
house park, in it's new dress, forms
picture which is beautiful indeed.
But in the process of identifying the
architect has not always had III mind
the convenience of the great Ameri-
can public. Indeed, it may be doubt
ed whether he has had it seriously in
mir d at all. He seems to have gone
on the theory that the white house
was hereafter to be the residence Of
a private family into the precincts Of
which the public were not to intrude
except on sufferance.
Fortunately he had not gone far on
this line when Mrs. Roosevelt inter-
fered. She will permit no more
changes which will make it any less
convenient for the thousands of
sightseers who come to Washington
to wander about the historic grounds,
and she will probably insist upon a
return to some of the old ways.