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Evening journal., 1903-08-19
Arrested for an Old Murder.

Charlottesville, Ind, Aug l9.-James
i. Meyers, who came to Darlington,
near here. to attend q family reunion,
was arrested for a murder committed
2S years ago. Meyers killed Brant
Sloan during a quarrel and immedi-
ately left Meyers is now a prosperous
mmberman In Tennessee He thought
his changed appearance would prevent
recognition He says he is ready to
stand trial and will prove th.-t he killed
Sloan in self-defense.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
wuI Ireland Be cardInaI7

Rome. Aug. 19.-The pope has re-
quested Cardinal Gibbons to remain
for some time in Europe, ae he wishes
to consult with the cardinal relative
TO the appointment of anoher AmeIa-
can cardinal at the next consistory.
This has given rise to the belief that
Plus X intends to raise Archbishop
Ireland TO the purple.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
Spanish Enterprise.

The shoemakers al Madrid. spain. re-
Gently combined to encourage dancing,
with the object OF wearing out as much
shoe leather as possible. They hired sew
oral dancing halls and charged 10 cents
admission. Each admissnon ticket bears
a coupon. twenty Of which entitle the
owner 20 a new pair Of shoes free of
charge at the union store.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
PoTTsv1LLE.
scoRn ~ INNINGS.

wilmingn A. A. 5000 OOo ks
Pottsville.. ......0 0 0 0 0 90
Earned runs-Wilmington A. A., l..
Two-base hits--Evans. Bagley. Sacri-
fee hlt-Matthews. Bases on balls
on Faulkner, l.: off Evans, 4. Struck
out-By Faulkner. 6. Stolen bases
Hummell. wild pitches-Evans. Passed
balls ALTMAN. Left on bases-Wil-
mington A. A., q; Pottsville, 4. Umpire
--Flannigan. Time, LIS.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
Naval officers silverware stolen.

New York, Aug. 19,--It has become
known at the Brooklyn navy yard that
thieves had entered the officers club
house in the yard and stolen nearly all
the silverware. A committee OF the
club is making an investigation. The
thieves got into the mess hall Of the
club house by forcing a window. One
Of the pieces of silverware stolen was
a large punch bowl
Evening journal., 1903-08-19

Itching hemorrholds were the plague
of my life. Was almost wild. Doan's
Ointment cured me quickly and perman-
emily, after doctors had failed" c. f..
Cornwen Valley Street, saugerties, n Y.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19

The tonnage passing the Suez Canal
last year was: English. 6.772.9i1 tons;
German. l.707 322 tons; French. 76s,l10
tons: all other l.sss.07O tons.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
Dover Easv For Smyrna.

Dover. Aug. l9.--With MeAlleer IN the
box Smyrna had a walk-over with Dover
Hartman, formerly OF the Will
mlngton A. A., Is playing with Smyrna
ana got four hits In yesterdays game.
Ilhn .nnr..
Evening journal., 1903-08-19

sf.oo, Baltimore and Return, s1.oo, via
Pennsylvania Railroad, August 80.
Special train leaves Wilmington. 600
a. m. Returning. leaves Baltimore
Union station. $40 %. m. Only 81 90
for the round trip. Tickets good only
on special train in each direction.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Results Yesterday.

Pittsburg, 3; Boston. 0.
Cincinnati 2; New York, 0.
st. Louis, s; Brooklyn, 6.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE

sToNE IRON AND SLATE coNsTRUo
TION.
Atlantic City's newest hotel Sea water
In all baths, telephones tn rooms. music.
valet service and otner modern hotel con
Veniences. Golf. Booklet.
JOSIAH WHITE q BON9.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
standing on the Ladder.
Where They Play Today.

Athletic at Detroit
Boston az Chicago.
New York at 81. Louis.
Washington at Cleveland.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
II You Have a Den at Homo.

Can at Durstein's and see what you
can find to put in Il. Burnt Leather
Novelties. Durstein. East Second
street.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Results Of Yesterdays

Athletics. 3: st. Louis. 2.
Boston. 10; Cleveland. ..
Chicago. 3 Washington, 1.
New York. 1; Detroit O.
New York, g; Detroit, L.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
Philadelphia and
Reading RaiIwa,
(Wilminstsn Division.l
Timetable in effect June %.

Trains leave Wilmington. CIxinR stree
stauion), FOR Elsmere Junction, Mont
chanin, hAerthur. Guyencourt, Gran
egue, Cossaft, Chadd's Ford Junction
Pocopson, West Chester, Embreeville
Mortonville, Coatesville and intermediate
stations, daily. except sunday at 7s5 q
m, daily 2.i0 aud 90 II Sundays oDly
$40 a. m.
Frr Suplee, Elverson and lntermedaate
stations, daily, except Sunday, at TBS a
m, daily, 2.lo and $50 M Sunday onlI
$40 q. m.
For Joanna, BirdsbOro, Reading and In
termediate stations, daily, except Sunday
at q. s5 a. m. and 2.10 p. m sunday onlJ
at sic a. m
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION.
From Chestnut street and South str4s,
Terries
Evening journal., 1903-08-19

*Daily. . Sundays. Weekdays.
South ST., $50. South ST., I.3o. =
South ST., 400. d South ST., AIS. e
South ST., $50. Saturdays only. s s.. 90
Excursion.
Detailed time tables at ticket ofncA
18th and Chestnut Sts.. SS4 Chestnut ST.,
Market St. and at Stations.
Union Transfer Company win call for
ana check baggage from hotels and raHi
dencss.
A. n. DICE, EDSON ]. WEEKR.
9eni Supt. Genl Pnss'r Agt.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
New Wilmington A. A. Record

Games Won 500. 60. ............ i
Games Lost ... .......... ....... o
Percentage ..... 80. ...... 1000
Evening journal., 1903-08-19
standinq Of tho Clubs.
Where They Play Today.

Chicaao at Brooklyn.
Pittsburg at New York.
Cincinnati at Boston.
Evening journal., 1903-08-19

Rsad Lhs EyenIns J0arnaI.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-03
MANY NEW CONCERNS.
Articles Of Incorporation Filed with
Secretary of State.

Indianapolis has a new fuel and ice COM
pany, which was incorporated yesterday for
$4,000. The directors are: Robert Keller.
Gideon Ginner. G. w. Kern. A. c. Ward,
A. M. Reed, Leo Krauss, w. +. Johnson,
L. p. Oscenbach, S. H. Moore. George NJ.
Kreig and Harvey Hoffman.
Other interpretations yesterday were: The
Union Investment and Loan Company. Ma
rion. Capital, $4,000. Incorporators and
directors-I. w. Price, C. G. Barley, w. B.
Westlake, E. J. Franklin, E. f. Eward. F.
O. Eward, Frank Snively, T. II. Bedell, jr..
and j. F. Charles.
The Turner Zephyr Heaters Company,
Indianapolis Capital stock. $4,000. .Incor-
porators and directors-William H. Turner
j. w. Turner and A. III. Turner.
The G. r. Stewart Company, Indianapolis,
to deal in coal. lumber and building ma
and directors-Garland r. Stewart, Cath
crime T. Stewart and Minerva S. Wallace.
The WinOna Publishing Company yester-
day filed notice with the secretary Of state
that the company's principal place of busi-
ness has been transferred from Indianapolis
to Winona Lake, Kosciusko county. Notice
is also given that the capital stock has been
increased from 1000 to SIS, 900. The incorpo-
rators are r. A. Wilson, III. s. Elliott and
c. j. Tussley.
The secretary of state has been notified
that so per cent. of the whole capital stock
of the Peoples Bank of Madison has been
collected and paid into the corporation.
Benjamin f. Law is president of the bank
and Ben T. Head is secretary.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-03

Twenty years ago. or even ten years ago.
practically all roads to foreign trade led
through London, but the condition Of to-
day is vastly different Then it was that If
the American exporter of manufactured
products desired to sell goods in any British
colony outside of Canada, in South Ameri-
can countries or on the continent of Europe
1t was essential that he have some house In
London handle the business. London was
doing the banking of the world; London
with the British steamship lines diverging
in every direction and a worldwide net
work of business organizations, was doing
the shipping of the world, and London mer-
chants, with agents and correspondents ev-
erywhere. were doing the merchandising of
the world.
With the scepter of finance passing away.
London is rapidly losing its grip on the
worlds international trade. German and
American steamship lines are beginning TO
ness, and American banks are extending
their scope to the financing of foreign trade
very rapidly. Bills of exchange on New
York are obtaining recognition everywhere.
and we no longer have to transact all our
foreign business through the London clear
inghouse. England mills a very small pro-
portion of American wheat these days. and
the price of American raw cotton is made
in New York and not in Liverpool.
Nowadays the big American manufac-
turer has his agency in every European
capital of note, and he organizes his own
trade in India, South Africa. Australia and
South America. To finance his trades in all
these countries he can use American bank
ing facilities more easily and oheaply than
he was ever able to use English credits. In
burst Of commercial patriotism two
years ago our British cousins began a cam
paign against the quality of American man.
ufactures that has resulted in many Lon
don houses dropping American goods. and
this, in turn. has led to the very general
dropping of the London merchant by the
American exporter-and he Is surprised to
find how well he gets along without Lon
don.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-03
FROM EATON TO RICHMOND.


Work is progressing rapidly on the trac-
ton line between Eaton and Richmond, and
before the summer is over cars will be
making the trip. And they will not stop az
Eaton. 20, for when that city is once
reached Dayton and Hamilton are acces-
sible by electricity. The lines of Dayton
and Hamilton connect with lines running
throughout the Buckeye State. so that
Richmond will be connected with all the
large cities of Ohio. And for Richmond
to be connected means that Indianapolis
will also be connected, for the line of the
Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
connects with the Richmond company,
which, In turn, connects with the Ohio
roads. Rails on the new road from Rich
mond to Eaton have been laid to a point
one mile west of Westville. The road will
be one of the smoothest in the country.
as the hills and grades are being cut down
and ~leveled or being encircled The bed
of the road will be of crushed stone. Poles
are being placed as the track is laid. A
tramway will be built from the main road
to the little town Of New Paris.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-03
REPORTER WAS INDANGER
HE DISTURBED SUPPOSED TRAM
aUILLITY OF CHURCH MEETING.
Members of Plymouth Church Con-
gregafion Meet at the Home Of
Mrs. David AIlerdice.

Absolute silence rs the s'ogan Of the con-
gregation OF Plymouth Church, which met
last evening informally at the home OF Mrs
David Allerdice, on Park avenue. presum-
ably for the purpose OF discussing the
question of purchasing lot upon which To
erect new building. The services at pres
ent are being held in the Temple on Nerth
Delaware street. and il was supposed the
meeting last night was to be there a
small number gathered at the meeting. but
what was done is not known
Just before adjournment was taken
prominent member Of the church, after
sly peep through the curtain, said: Now.
there must be nothing said about this meet
ing so the papers Will get it,. Immediately
a resolution to the effect that no one shonlo
make any statement whatever as to the
business transacted was passed. The meet
ing was far from being uninteresting. for
there was frequent applause, and the sese
sion did not come to an end until after ~
oclock
The meeting was truly representative Of
Plymouth Church, many prominent MEM
bers being present. AT the close or the
meeting reporter cautiously knocked and
was admitted into the house. But his stay
was of short duration. Young man." said
one of the best known members OF Plym-
outh, do you wish 10 dangle in the air from
that transom?" This question came after
IT had been loudly announced that news
paper representative was IN the MIDST OF
the gathering. OF course, the visitor had
no desire to be hanged. even in the atmos-
phere Of a church meeting, and between
questions and negative answers. inter-
mingled with assurances that nothing was
to be given out concerning the meeting, the
intruder made his escape. while the MEM
bers OF the church continued talking mat
ters over as calmly IL they were ad-
journing after a love feast.
Despite the fact that no statement was
made concerning the result of the meeting
last night, il was learned that the matter
under discussion applied to the financial
condition of the church. The church Is
known to be in bad way financially. and
the matter of purchasing a new site has
been the source OF much turmoil in the or
ganiZation. An account of the meeting
week ago last night printed i'm the
Journal, and the situation explained. There
are two factions, one favoring a site on
Meridian street and the other the purchas-
ing OF the Porter property. IL was thought
at that time that definite action would be
taken at the meeting last night. However.
ii is said that a meeting will be held short
ly, when the matter will be completely dis
posed of and definite announcement made
of the decision.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-03
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS.

can energetic newspaper correspondent
can sometimes amass a surprising amount
Of misinformation in a surprisingly short
time,'' said an Indianapolis man yesterday
in calling attention to lengthy special dis
patch from this city to the Cincinnati En-
quirer, which purports to sum up the po-
lititcal situation in Indiana. IT cannot
commend the dispatch as instructive; on
the contrary it should be headed, Tmpor-
tant If True but it is certainly diverting -
The article is certainly a curiosity, in it's
way, and some of the more entertaining
paragraphs are reproduced. 1t begins:
1T may be called un-Democratic but IL
is simply truthful to say that one issue for
the present dominates the politics of both
parties in the State of Indiana.
'.Ostensibly there is Democracy and Re-
publicanism, in fact there is but a contest
between the unmufffed gas motor of the
young Mr.. Beveridge and the smooth-run-
ming locomotive of the cautious MIR. Fair
banks.
"At this moment the contest is active
only in the city of Indianapolis where in a
municipal campaign, the Fairbanks and
Beveridge forces are masquerading behind
the fronts of Repubicanism and Democ-
racy. There are some interesting details
in a most complicated situation.
There is a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bev-
eridge barrel waiting to be tapped if not
of various Republican campaign funds
There are accusations and counter accu-
sations, concerning vice and crime. printed
in the columns of newspapers which es-
pouse opposite sides of the great and all
absorbing Beveridge- Fairbanks question.
The Beveridge forces are for Bookwalter,
now mayor and renominated. The Fair
banks forces are against the city admins
tration and for anything else. The strug-
gle is of significance only in the moral
effect which the result shall have in the
Beveridge-Fairbanks war. The alignment
of forces is not dissmilar to that in Ohio.
Beveridge is, as Foraker assumes to be.
the particular friend of the person and
policies of the President Fairbanks, a
follower of Hanna, is not politician of
the Roosevelt stripe The chief difference
is that in Ohio, with a large majority to
be counted upon, the Republicans do their
fighting within the ranks of their party.
Here, despite eleven years of Democratic
defeat in the State, the sturdiness of De-
mocracy's rank and file has not been ma
terially overcome. There must be dark-lan-
tern dealings and political miscegenation.
1T is a threatening situation for Democ-
racy. The Democratic strength has stood
valiantiy against the GENERALIZATION OF
continued defeat. Just now a glorious op-
portunity presents itself to be seized upon
by solid and harmonious Democratic or
ganization.
IF such an organization existed In In
diana. IL need but mark time and close up ita
files while the Beveridge-F Fairbanks forces
should tight each other to fatal hnish. But
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-03
THE INVESTIGATION.

If the Journal understands the trend of
the Board OF Works investigation. witnesses
are confined strictly to the question of what
edge, about the sprinkling contracts in
question. If that be the case, the sooner it
is over the better, for all those that had
any personal knowledge that they wanted
to tell have been examined.
The important points thus far brought out
are the assertions of certain bidders that
they were asked by the man that got the
contract to go in with them and contribute
money to the Republican city campaign
fund; the explanation by the contractor
that the percentage he asked was for his
time and trouble in getting the contract;
the fact that two or three young politicians
very active for some years in support of
the present mayors political aspirations
are stockholders in a construction company
that has secured a good many city con-
tracts, and the further fact that by loose
bookkeeping or something this company
was paid for certain work it did not do.
which money has been refunded.
In an effort TO investigate charges of
political corruption it is difficult to see any
good reason for combining the inquiry to the
narrow scope that is given by law in a
criminal trial. where the law very properly
guards against confusing the jury with a
lot of hearsay evidence. In this case the
jury is committee Of the Council. COM
posed of very level-headed men, a majority
Of them friendly to the men under investi-
CATION. With the larger jury. the public
all the harm that can possibly be done has
been done by the publication and reiteration
of the charges by unfriendly newspapers
by which they were put in the worst light
Under the circumstances, the broadest kind
of an investigation could do no harm,
while it might do what a narrow inquiry
cannot possibly do. namely. fully vindicate
the Board Of Public Works before the
public.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-03
TOO MUCH EXPLOITATION.

There has been a great deal too much
newspaper exploitation of the frauds in the
Postoffice Department. Publicity is healthy.
Public Affairs are the peoples affairs
and they are entitled TO know the
truth about them, but there is moth
ing healthy or beneficial In such a pro-
longed and continuous patter of rumors.
gossip and exaggerated half-truths as has
been going on during the last two three
months. 1t was not necessary to excite the
public mind to such an extent. The investi-
CATION should have been begun quietly.
prosecuted thoroughly. and when results
were reached they should have been made
known. 1t was not necessary to keep the
air filled with rumors OF dynamite explo-
sions. as IL not only the Postoffice Depart
ment but the whole government was hon.
eycombed with corruption. This is far from
being true. The crookedness and jobbery
that have been discovered are confined to
few officials in one bureau of the Postoffice
Department and as far as known the rest
of that department and all OF the other de-
partments are not involved. The frauds
are bad enough and the perpetrators should
be punished to the full extent of the law,
but the amounts involved are insignificant
compared with the total operations Of TIE
government or even of the Postoffice De-
partment. When one considers the almost
inconceivable magnitude of these opera
tions and remembers what an army of
officials and employees are employed. it is
surprising that so few defaults. peculations
or breaches of trust occur. The vast ma
jority Of government officials and employees
of all grades are strictly honest and faith
full In the discharge of duty. The exceptions
prove the rule. The discovery Of a few
rascals in office wonld not cause so much
comment were ii not an extraordinary oc-
currence. The unnecessary publicity that
has been given to the postofice scandals
and the exaggerated and often untruthful
accounts sent out have tended to shake
popular confidence in the honesty Of the
public service. whereas there never was a
time since the foundation Of the govern
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-03
CAMDEN MUST PAY INTEREST.


The case of the Merchants and Clerks
Savings Bank Company of Toledo, O.,
against the town of Camden, which has
been contested for over two years, was yes
terday decided In the Federal Court in favor
of the defendant The suit was for bonds
that had been issued in 1872 amounting to
$1,000 to raise money for building school
house. The bonds drew 10 per cent. interest
and were payable in ten years. Suit was
brought by the complainants on the ground
that the 10 per cent. interest was due on
the twenty years limitation after they had
matured as well as during the ten years
that the bonds ran. 1t was further claimed
that as the bonds were drawn in this State
the laws of this State at that time allowing
10 per cent interest. should cover the case.
Jesse ]. M. La Toilette and Rowland
Evans, who represented the defendant
claimed that as the bonds were made pay
able in New York, the New York laws
should cover the case. and that per cent
only should be charged on the twenty years
after the notes had matured Judge Ander-
son decided in favor of the New York laws
and the town of Camden will be called upon
to pay only A,S5511 instead of sl9,50o, as the
plaintiffs demanded.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-03
CORN.

Persons who have been about the State
much report corn as unusually backward.
In central Indiana much of it is not more
than four or five inches above ground, and
further north it Is less advanced. This is
due to the wet and cold spring, which de-
layed planting fully a month beyond the
usual time, and when conditions were not
the best, even then. But the seed Is rooted
and the plant started, and 1t remains to be
seen if the crop can be made In three
months. To get the best results from corn
steady heat and timely rains are required.
We can count with pretty fair degree Of
certainty on pretty steady heat during the
next two months. with probably a suffi-
cheney of rain. So, too, until the middle
or latter part of September, but ordinarily
corn does not do much more than mature
during that month. Its main growth is gen.
orally during June, July and August, and
this year June has been unfavorable.
Whether an average crop can be made in
the remaining months is somewhat doubt
full. Corn is what gardeners call IAN ac-
full for small favors and will win out if CIV
en- half a chance. Sometimes it almost
seems to exert itself to overcome unfavor-
able conditions and to accomplish the
growth of three months in two, just as a
student by extra exertion will sometimes
accomplish three or four years of study In
two. He is none the better for it, though,
and the best corn is that which natures
slowly under normal conditions.
Corn is Indiana's great crop. The State
stands sixth in it's corn product, having
been exceeded last year by Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. Indiana
produced III 1892 142 bushels last year. This
was considerably more than an average
crop. The State produced s7,753,541 bushels
in 1901 and 153, 300, 500 bushels in 1900, and
while II may exceed these crops it will
probably fall considerably short of the crop
Of 1902 Corn has a poor start this year,
and although 1t can be depended on to do
its best it will scarcely be able to make an
average crop.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-07-03

Whatever course the Russian government
may take with respect to the petition soon
to be presented regarding the treatment of
United States. Russia will not abandon
her traditional policy OF cultivating friend
~ relations with the United States as an
ofKset to Great Britain. Moreover. she may
want to place loan in this country be-
new reason for cultivating friendly rela-
tions. 1t is a great mistake to suppose
that Russia's friendship for the United
States Is sentimental or disinterested. She
looks out for the Bear first. last and all
the time