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Smyrna times., 1903-12-09
Musical Tones.

A stringed instrument suspended in
a favorable position near a pianOforte
will sound when tones corresponding
to the open strings are produced on the
pianOfOrte. The volume of the answer
ing tone will depend upon the atmos-
pheric conditions, the quality and color
Of the persuading tone and the sensi-
tiveness of the responding material.
There is familiar anecdote told of
famous tenor who by singing the tone
ton q. IS VsSnsOnant with that of
wineglass could make the glass shiver
so violently that it would fall to pieces.
1t is because of this tOnal sympathy
that the cause of a harsh. rattling
tone that may suddenly appear in a
pianOfOrte is detected with difficulty
Though it may appear to be in the in
strument, it is 0&en far away and may
come from loose globe or pendant on
a chandelier. Even key in a door has
been known to be the guilty cause.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-09

Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague via
steamer) l3O and $50 p. m. weekdays Return
ing, leave Chincoteague 1875 a. m and $50 p. N.
weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
at 10 a m, and 5.5i p. m.week-days. Return
ing leave Lewes 6.45 a. m. and l.s6 D. m week
days.
Leave Harrington for Rehoboth 1Oa a. m,
Returning leave Rehoboth l.13 D. m TUESDAYS
Thursdays aid Saturdays.
Leave Harrington f3r Berlin. 1896 a. m. and
800 p. m. weekdays. Returning leave Berlin
600 a M and 1886 D. m. week days.
Leave Massey for Chestertown and way sta
tions 9.59 a. m and SIG p m. week DAYS Re
turning leave ChestertOwn us a. m. and 2S5
p IN. weekdays.
Leave Townsend for Centreville and way sta
at $50 a. m and 447 p. m. week days Re-
turning, leave Centreville 7.46 a. m. and 2.3S p.
M, week days.
Leave Clayton for oxford and way stations at
g41 m. and 5.OS p. m. Returning, leave OK
ford 6H a. III. and las p. m. week days
Leave Seaford for Cambridge and interme.
dlate stations at Ills a. m. and 6 81 D. m. week
days Returning, leave Cambridge al OO a m
and 2.S2 p. m. weekdays,
CONNECTIONS. Porter, with Newark 4 Della.
ware City Railroad. At Townsend with Queen
Anne's& KentRaiiroad AtClayton, with Delaware
&Chesapeake ke Railroad and Baltimore & Delaware
Bay Railroad AT Harrington with Delaware
Maryland Virginia Railroad AtSes ford with
Cambridge e Seaford Railroad At Delmar with
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wicomico 4
Poc0moke and Peninsula Railroads
sDaily except Sunday.
W. W. ATTERBURY, General Manager
J. r. WOOD, Passr Traffic Manager.
GEO. w. BOYD, General Passenger Agent.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-09
The Cry For Helm.

From the cradle to the grave the cry
of mankind is for "help" We are all
in search of physician. some one who
will help us, some one who will in
spire us-give us a remedy. point US
the way. Not the poor and the sick
alone, but the rich and the strong, are
crying out for help. Sometimes it is
the doctor we want; sometimes it is
the banker; sometimes it is the clergy
man. And yet the doctor, the banker
and the clergyman are human. and
they are crying for help along with
the rest of US. Those whom we think
the strongest are weak. and those
whom we think the weakest are strong
We cannot stand alone. We all need
help. We must help one another until
the end.-SchoOlmaster..
Smyrna times., 1903-12-09

SMYRNA DIRECTORY.
TOWN OFFICIALS.
President of Council-James C. Robinson.
etary of Council-Henry S. Anthony.
wn Treasu:er-Ezekial V. Cooper
rk of Council-Samuel J. Reynolds.
Alderman-Eugcne Crow.
Chief of Police-B. W. Turner.
COuncilmen: 1st ward, DR.. T. C. Moore 2nd
Ward. Samuel j. Reynolds; 3rd Ward, Harry B.
Grieves; 4th Ward, JOS H. Wright; 9TH Ward,
8. Marriott Fowler; 9th Ward, James c. Robinson
and Henry 5. Anthony.
Council meets the second and fourth Fridays
n each month.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-09
The Physician.

A popular impression prevails that
the physician, by reason of the privi-
leges conferred upon him by the state,
is, in the absence of an adequate raa-
son for not so doing, required to e.. =
spond to all calls to render professional
services. This is clearly erroneous. ex-
cept where the physician has already
undertaken the treatment of the case
or except where he is an officer of the
government charged with specific du-
ties which he thereby violates.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-09

son saturd ays arrives at Ocean City at $50 pm
Daily. Daily except Sunday.
&c Regular stop to receive passengers
"f Stops on signal or notice to Agent or Con-
ductor to receive OF discharge passengers.
''g' Connects at Delmar with New York Phila.
delphia & Norfolk X. r.
III" Stops to let off passengers from points north
of Wilmington and from points on Maryland
Division via Porter.
81" Connects at Harrington for and from sta
tions on Del. Md. & Vir. r. r.
'j'' Stops on notice to agent, or on signal, to
receive passengers for Cape Charles and points
beyond.
"k" Stops to leave passengers from Whining
ton and points north, and to take on passengers
for Delmar and points south.
81" Connects at Townsend for and from sta
tions on Baltimore & Delaware Bay X. r.
IN" Connects at Porter for Delaware City
"n' Connects at Porter with Newark and Della.
ware City Railroad.
90" Connects at Harrington for stations on D.
NJ. d V. r. r.
"p'' Stops to leave passengers from Middletown
"r" Stops to leave passengers from New York
Division.
ct" Connects at seafJrd for and from all sta.
tiOns on Cambridge & Seafnrd r. X.
u" Connects at Townsend for and from all
stations on the Queen Anne Il Kent Railroad.
~" Connects at Harrington from stations be-
tween Lewes and Harrington.
"X" Connects at Clayton for and from all sta
tions on Delaware q Chesapeake Ry.
w Connects at Delmar with New York, Phil
adelphia q Norfolk Railroad to and from all
points between Delmar and POcomoke.
BRANCH ROADS.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City, and way
stations, 10 Sc a. m. and $50 p. m week days
Returning, tram leaves Fran kiln City 600 a
m, and l2.Ol p. m. weekdays
Smyrna times., 1903-12-09
rlOther Gray's Sweet Powders for Children

nOther dray's Sweet Powders-fOr Children.
successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the
Childrens Home in New York, Cure Feverish-
ness. Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders. move
and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms
Over 10000 testimonials. They ReUeT fail. At ali
druggists, 2oc. Sample FREE. Address Allen
S. Olmsied, Leroy, N. Y.
IL Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry.
Ask to day for Aliens Foot Ease, a powder. Il
cures Chilblains, Swollen, Sweating. Sore, Ach-
ing, bamp feet. At all druggists and shoe stores
25c.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-09
On the High Sens.

At the bow of the steamer sit the two
happy young people.
"How sweet it seems tonightr' sighs
the girl. How sweetly solemn is the
view spread before US! Even the sea
seems to be sleeping as it lies so placid
ly ahead of the boat"
"Yes, love-" agrees the young man.
at is asleep in front of the boat, but
It is a wake behind."-Judge.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-09
Doan's
Kidney Pills

relieve a bad back and cure it-cure ev-
cry kidney and bladder disorder, from
backache to complicated cases.
Mrs. Sarah Walmer, widow of the late
Jacob Walmer, the wagon maker of Union
Deposit, who spent thirty-One years of her
life in that corporation, but is now living
with relatives at the corner of North Sixth
and PETER streets, Harrisburg, Pa, says:
From a fall l received on a wet board
walk in my yard about sixteen years ago,
when injured my back, had any amount
of trouble with my Bidneys, having severe
backache very near all the time. 1t hurt
me to stOOp or lift anything of ordinary
weight Many times at night l could not
turn in bed on account of sharp pains.
Medicine did very little to relieve, and
had about given up taking any when | saw
such glowing accounts of DOan's Kidney
Pills. l concluded to try just once again,
and I got a box of them at FOrney &
Knouse's drug store, on Market street:
They did me wonderful amount of good
and relieved my aching back"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold at all drug
stores; 80 cents. FOster-Milburn Co., Buff
falo. N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-09

Leave Harrington for Franklin City, and way
stations, 10 Sc a. m. and $50 p. m. week days.
Returning, tram leaves Fran kiln City 600 a
m, and 1901 p. m. weekdays.
Smyrna times., 1903-12-09
Nothing Homemade.

Mrs. Gaddie-I see you're going in
for society. Has your daughter made
her debut yet?
Mrs. Nuritch-Well. should say not.
She got all them things made to order
in Paris.-Philadelphia Press.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-22

Shipbuilding Company have seen In one
slip a battleship, in the next a tug and
possibly in the adjoining one yacht.
1.-The Union Iron Works will still be en-
ployed to build battleships, at which they
have made such success in the past, and
also big cargo steamers.
within few days Max Pam. counsel
OF the Steel Trust and prominent officer
Of this company; Charles c. Deming, di-
rector, and A. c. Gary, the treasurer OF
this company, will arrive In this city and
look over the Union Iron Works with me-
II have little to say about politics. 1 re-
tired from Tammany because politics took
up too much of my time and there were
certain features which were distasteful 70
me. When 1 was the head of the organ
ization / often worked twenty hours a
day. 1t is a grand organization, however
and does much good. I cannot say
whether Richard Croker will return
and take an active part again in the or
ganization.
1T is hard to say how long I shall re-
main out here. l will attend the annual
meeting of the Union Iron Works, which
takes place in this city on January II. ]
shall then hurry East and expect to be
very busy, as we have on hand contracts
amounting to $50. 600 OO0."
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-22

refereTNs to Mr.. Mahoney Is utterly and
maliciously false, and no one knows It
better than the man who wrote 1t. The
charge that / was influenced by John D.
Spreckels or NJ. H. dc Young is also ut
terly false. The charge that 1 had any
understanding with the Mayor in refer
ence to the appointment of Mr.. Mahoney
is also false. The reason that made up
my mind as 1 did was that was looking
to the best business and commercial in
terests of this community They asked
me to vote for any one rather than the
old one-that the business of this city was
suffering. and that perhaps there would
be trouble with quarantine against CAL
ifornia-
"Dr. Buckley then said to me, You
have sold out to the Examiner and I re
piled that If 1 had sold out to that paper
1 had also sold. out to M H de Young
and John D. spreckels, because they
all feel the same way about the 'bu-
bonic' Board of Health
81 said it was faIse-I simply mention
those papers; might have mentioned the
other papers also, but it just happened
that way. The statement that made in
answer to the question about it's being a
deal-'Yes, that is just the case exactly
is utterly untrue and false in every par
ticular. 1 never said II at all. have no
reason to go and make an affidavit 1
come here as a man to make my state
nent face to face. This is an old politi-
cal trick to get man into private Of
fee and get into a conversation with him,
and then go out and put words into his
mouth. That is what Is known as dirty
politics"
BUCKLEY HEATEDLY REPLIES.
While Chief Whitman was speaking DR..
Buckley sat at his desk. his hands tightly
clenched and his face red and white al
ternately. At the conclusion of the Chiefs
statement he arose and In a voice full of
bitterness and modification said:
"I believe the Chiefs knowledge of dir
ty politics is better than my own.
His statement that my statement is un-
true l hurl back into his teeth 1t is a
question Of his word against mine. have
made a statement under oath. and can
corroborate every one of my allegations
If necessary"
! At the conclusion Of the acrimonious
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-22

II mer leader or Iammany, arrived
late last evening at the Palace
h- from Los Angeles. He is accom-
panied by his wife and his son.
Stanhope W. Nixon
Mr.. Nixon is comparatively a young
man. with pleasing and quiet manners. He
would be picked out by the most unob-
servant stranger after a moments con-
versation as a man among men, He re-
ceived the representatives of the press
heartily a few moments after his arrival
at the hotel and at once launched out
into an animated description Of the trust
Of which he is the executive head. His
only reservation was to refuse to talk
politics.
This is my first visit to California and
am here on a business trip he said.
i am going to look over the Union Iron
Works, which, as you know, was alb
sorbed by the United States Shipbuilding
Company. Of which q am the president"
What position does Henry T. Scott
hold with the company now?" was asked.
He is still vice president Of the COM
pany, but no longer chairman Of the exec
utive committee. You see, there was a
great deal Of work which had to be at
/ tended to here and so he came back to
! San Francisco. He asked to be appointed
/ president of the Union Iron Works here
and his request was granted. His stay
! in San Francisco is indefinite"
What shipbuilding companies are now
/ in control Of your syndicate7' he was
asked
1.-The Bath Iron Works, the HYDE
Windlass Company of Bath, Mass,
and the Eastern Shipbuilding Company Of
New London. Conn, which yard builds
the largest ships in this country. There
are two steamers now completed which
will be launched from these yards when
return to the East They are both Of q.
900 tons. We also own the Crescent Ship
yard Company of Elizabethport, N. j.,
the Samuel L. Moore G. Sons Company Of
New Jersey, the Harlan HolIingsworth
Company of Wilmington. Del. the Bethle-
hem Steel Company Works. which has the
finest armor forges in the world, and the
Union Iron Works of this city.
"Our buildings and works cover 375 acres
and we employ between 1900 and is 900
men. our capitalization is $40 900 prel
ferrcd stock, $25 .Oc0 900 common stock and
SIG. 900 600 bonds.
1--WE do not own all the shipyards In
America. but we have enough TO control
and execute every speciality of work. In
the past shipbuiders had TO do every kind
of work, but now we segregate the con-
tracts TO the yards where we think thai
the plant is best adapted to do the work.
For instance, in the yards Of the Crescent
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-22

IS frame quivering with emouop
4 and his voice choked with sup
pressed rage, Chief of Police
George W. Whitman arose to his
. feet at the meeting of the Board
of Health yesterday morning. and
facing DR.. Vincent p Buckley In few
remarks containing sundry sharp invec-
tives unequivocally contradicted the allie
cations made by that member of the
board In an affidavit sworn to several
days ago. The scene was most dramatic.
and when DR.. Buckley rose to his feet IN
reply and stated that he hurled the impu-
tation OF prevarication back into the
teeth of his accuser, the other members
OF the board shifted uneaslly in their
seats, speculating on the natural outcome
when two men indulge in such belligerent
language.
1t had been anticipated for several days
that the meeting would be productive Of
something of sensational character. and
when Secretary Emery called the meet
ing to order the room was well filled with
spectators. In calling the meeting to or
der Mr. Emery stated that inasmuch as
he was only elected to preside over the
deliberations of the board temporarily,
the first order of business would be the
election of permanent or temporary
chairman At this juncture Michael
Casey chairman of the Board of Public
Works and ex-offlcio member of the
Board of Health, no doubt realizing a
threatened outbreak was In the air.
sprung one of the surprises Of the day
when he moved that the board adjourn
until next Wednesday at the same time.
The motion was duly seconded, but before
the question could be put Chief Whitman
arose and said:
WHITMAN MAKES STATEMENT.
MIR. Chairman. 1 would rise to a ques-
ton of privilege and ask the indulgence
of this board before the motion to ad-
iourn is put. 1 read recently in the daily
press an affidavit purporting to have been
signed by a member of this board charg-
ing me with having made certain state :
ments TO him In my office. About the
only thing true in that affidavit is that
he did call and ask me to vote for him
The statement that deal had been made
between the members of the Police Com
mission and the Mayor of this city with
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-22
SHELLS
FALL IN
VILLAGE
FireRageS inSan
Carlos During
Attack.
Forts GunnerS Offer
Splendid Resist
allCe.
nuoot nor1a0oaa To nnno hT,
Great Damage Is Done by
the Guns of the
WarShipS.
special easpa.rh 70 Ehs caa.


CARACAS, Jan. 2I.-The
bombardment of Fort San Carlos
at Maracaibo, which resulted in
the defeat of the German gun
boat Panther on January II, was
resumed at 10 o'clock this morn
ing by the Panther, which was re-
inforced by the German cruisers
Vineta and Gazelle. When the
news reached here at ? o'clock
this afternoon the bombardment
was still going on furiously. 1t
was reported that the fort was
making gallant defense and was
returning the heavy German fire
with no sign of cessation, al
though the fort had suffered ter
ribly. Many of the shots from
the German warships had
reached the mainland, where they
did great damage.
Popular feeling in the capital
and elsewhere is inhamed over
this new outrage on the part OF
Germany.
A press correspondent in a
rowboat approached to within
three miles of the fort from Mar
acaibo at noon. The roar of the
guns was terrific. The Panther
appeared to be not more than
500 yards from the fort. The
guns were being fired every min
ute. The fort could not be seen
for the clouds of smoke, but it
was plain that the Venezuelan
gunners were answering the Ger
man fire splendidly and with
great rapidity.
al L ~ CIOOh oil ca p1OSlOll &c
Cured, apparently in the fort,
and a cloud of smoke covered
part of the ramparts.
A number of Indian fishermen
were intercepted, fleeing from
the direction of the fort in their
\
dugout canoes. They reported
that the smoke seen was from the
burning village of San Carlos,
which had been shelled by the
German ships and was in flames.
The shelling of San Carlos has
created much excitement among
the German residents of this CITY
and Maracaibo, who have pro-
tested against the action of the
warships. 1t is reported here that
the German ships landed marines
and set fire to the village.
The Government troops were
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-22
Chinese Telegraph in Danger.

HONOLULU. Jan. 2-The Honolulu
stockholders of the Chinese telegraph sys-
TEN have received news that the Empress
Dowager intends to seize the telegraph
system, giving decorations and orders in
payment for stock. A meeting of the local
stockholders has been called.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-22

IS frame quivering with emotion
and his voice choked with sup
pressed rage, Chief of Police
George w. Whitman arose to his
feet at the meeting Of the Board
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-22

Continued on Page 5, Column 8.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-22

EwIS NIXON. president of the
great shipbuilding trust and for
mer leader Of Tammany, arrived
late last evening at the Palace
from Los Angeles. He is accom-
panied nv his wife and his son.
The sun., 1903-11-19
M. Linn Bruce.

From out the foggy, nebulous, misty
filmy, gauzy, cloudy, murky, caliginous
discussions over the pink tea tables as
to the why and the wherefore OF it
on Mcclellan Low-Roosevelt-O -Odell Day
some recall it az Nov. 8, 1903-more
than one perspiouous reputation has
escaped without blemish
1t is reasonable and happy ex-
preston Of public sentiment that. amid
the strife, the bitterness and the dis
appointment which followed the an
nouncement of the results Of the voting
on that aforesaid memorable day, but
one countenance has been turned toward
M. LINN BRUCE. President of the New
York Republican county committee;
it reflects the confidence in his ability
to conduct more than usually grievous
campaign in q manner which rebounds
to his honor, his courage, his dignity
and, more admirable still in this in
stance, his prodigious patience.
The sun., 1903-11-19

they might agree to make over to Co.
lombia part, or, possibly, even the whole
of the ten million dollars to be received
by way Of bonus for the canal franchise
from the United States. Should such
generous agreement be made, the Re
public of Panama would content itself
with the annual rental ($25O,0O0 and
with the innumerable and inestimable
indirect benefits acoruing from the
construction OF the interoceanio water
way. That is a matter for amcable
arrangement between Panama and
Colombia, and the first step thereto
would be a recognition Of accomplished
facts by the Bogota Government.
Had such a wise and farsighted
course been pursued by Mexico when
Texas seeded she would probably
at this moment be the possessor of Cali
fornia and Nevada. By persisting in
her refusal to acknowledge the inde-
pendence Of Texas she condemned her
self to a struggle which lasted for a
dozen years, which ultimately pro-
voked the armed interposition OF the
United States and which cost her in
the end very large and valuable part
of her remaining territory.
II the Colombians are actuated by
common sense instead Of sentiment they
will profit by the Mexican precedent,
They will make the best OF the exist
ing situation. Nor should We be at all
surprised, if they meet the representa-
tives Of Panama in q conciliatory spirit,
to see them derive from the canal trans
action almost as much pecuniary ad-
vantage as they originally contem-
plated.
The sun., 1903-11-19
GRIGSBY MAY BE DISMrSSED.
Ono OF the Presidents Rough Rider Ap.
p0intees Under . Cloud.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 1s.-Col. Melvin
Grigsby, the organizer and commander Of
Grigsby's Rough Riders Immediately be-
fore the war with Spain, and for the las,
year and half United States District
Attorney at Nome, Alaska, visited the
Department OF Justice to-day. He came
here In response to a summons from Presi.
dent Roosevelt to answer serious charges
brought against him by citizens Of Nome,
which were subsequently sustained by
special agents Of the Department Of Justice
who visited Alaska last summer The
exact nature Of the charges cannot be
learned, but In q general way they relate
to alleged improper relations with mining
interests in and around Nome, and to his
1s se reSerp tS cear F PproSsss esSs tSo
Grigsby will be dismissed from the service
Grigsby was appointed by President
Roosevelt last year. Immediately after the
dismissal of District Judge Noyes, and it
was the intention to provide an upright
judicial administration for the Nome peo.
pie, who. had been complaining bitterly
that nearly every Federal officer in northern
Alaska Was corrupt. The President was
attracted to Grigsby because he was tho
organizer Of a Rough Rider regiment. al
though Grigsby's command was never
sent to the front. Nearly all the men in
the regiment were recruited from the North
western plains, Grigsby being q resident
Of Sioux Falls, s. D. He was also
recommended for the District Attorney
ship by Senators and members Of Congress
from South Dakota.
A year ago District Attorney Ghgsby
left Nome for the winter in express DISC
bedience Of orders from the Attorney.
General, and 1t was believed he would be
dismissed from the service forthwith. Tht
another chance, and Grigsby went back tc
Nome when navigation opened last spring