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The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
WAITED
COSTS PENNSY
MUCH MONEY

The section of the retaining walls
of the elevated railroad at Fourth
street has cost the railroad company
more money than any one section
they have erected along the whole
Zine. 1t required thousands of dol
Ears to build the foundation walls.
Twenty five Car loads of crushed
store had to be put into the exca.
tyations to form a solid foundation
for the walls. It also required
severrl car loads o'sand and cement
as the foundations are concrete.
This was done on a small strip of
the foundations and it is thought the
same process will have to be fol
lowed from Fourth to Sixth street.
where the line will turn to the north
vest. The ground is very damp
and at depth of IL feet water
oozes freely from the soil and
makes it hard to strike a solid basis.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
C0LDEY COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT
Seventeenth Glass Will be
Graduated on June
4th.

The commencement exercises of
the Goldey Wilmington Commercial
College will be held in the Grand
Opera House at 7.3O o'clock Thurs
day evening, June 4th.
The programmes are the most
handsome ever issued by Della
ware institution, and are the work
of Philadelphia parties.
The following programme has
been arranged Music, beginning
promptly at 7.3O p. M; Prof.
Samuel, Compton. Conductor; over
ture, "Titanla, Hildreth; Potpourri,
"The Sultan of Sulu," Wathall;
March, "The strollers, " Englander;
Faculty, Guests and Graduates
Enter, Invocation, the Rt. Rey.
Leight on Coleman.S. r. D.. LII. D.
Presiding officer, Hon. George Gray;
Salutatory, Jessie Enos Carswell
Patrol, "The Saracen" DeKoven;
Address Graduates. Professor
George W. Twitmyer; Oriental Rondo,
"Halmar" Steele.
Presentation OF Diplomas, Princi-
pal II. 8. Goldey; March THE Court
Jester" Smith; Characteristic Piece
"Diaathus' Peters; annual address,
P. S. Henson, D. D., Of Brooklyn,
N. Y; popular songs--"The Cllmax'
Q'Hare; Valsdietory, John Walter
Boyer; Beusdlotion, The Rev. W. L.
s. Murray. Phi. D., D. D.; March y
The Jolly s!Yasq!" 4IgksI u ", +. =
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
ASCENSION
DAY SERVICES
TO Be HELD

Ascension day will be observed
o-morrow in all Catholic, Protest
ant and Reformed Episcopal and a
number of Lutheran churches. This
feast is held each year forty
days after Easter in commemoration
of the Savior's ascension. Many
churchmen call it Holy Thursday.
Writing in A. D., 395, st. Angus
tine calls Ascension day ono of the
festivals supposed to have been
instituted by the apostles. In the
system Of the Episcopal Church,
Ascension day is regarded as one
of the very highest festivals set
apart in honor of Christ. Proper
psalms, proper lessons and proper
preface in the communion service
place it on the same footing as
Christmas day, Easter and Whit
Sunday.
The services are usually bright
ened with special music and tho
altar is decked with flowers and
white hangings as symbolical of the
Joy which characterizes the celebra-
tion.
st. Johns Commandery, No. 1,
Knights Templar. will ttend spec
ial services in Trinity Episcopal
Church tomorrow evening,
Special services will be held in
st. Andrews church, Eighth and
Shipley streets, at II o'clock to-
morrow morning. They will be
= under de- charge 9f ths RsH Qserge A.
LAttiper ~ :; - Y !,
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
HciherY InYGatirutinn.

BOSTON, May 2O-The charges of
George j. Raymond, a merchant Of
this city, that Harry c. Foster Of
Gloucester, member Of the state SEN
ate this year as well as last, had de-
mandcd money of him to save" GER
tain measure We're emphatically denied
at the hearing before the senate inves'
tigating committee. The accused SEN
ator was on the witness stand about
twenty minutes. He readily admitted
going to Mr.. Raymonds Office, but said
he did so in response TO request from
that gentleman, who asked him for ad-
vice on a pending measure. Mr.. Eos.
ter told him that he had better employ
counsel and suggested ex-senator Viii
liam A. Butler as a good man to fur
ther the proposed bill. With the intro
ductlon Of Mr.. Butler to Mr.. Raymond
Mr.. Foster said his connection with the
case closed.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
ITALIAN .
CONVICTED IN
j. S. COURT

In the United States District
Court this morning the jury in the
case of Carmen Divoui returned a
verdict Of guilty.
Divoni was charged with know
ingly AMI wilfully accepting and
receiving his naturalization papers
with the knowledge they had been
obtained By a false statement. When
the affidavit was presented to the
court it was signed by the applicant
by ma king his mark.
10 answer 10 his counsel, John P.
Connolly. OF Philadelphia. he said
that he always signed his name and
never made his mark.
0District Attorney Byrne said 1t W
not a case Of making false ste
ment under oath but one where SO.
one else made the false statement
and then this man came here from
Philadelphia and got the papers.
The jury retired at s O'Clock and at
10 o'clock had not reached verdict.
Then Judge Bradford ordered the
jury locked up over night. The
Jurors were not furnished with cots
and spent the night sleeping in
chairs or on the tables. The court
suspended sentence.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
DUPONTS
CONTROL
BIG INDUSTRY
Company Re-Organized and
Chartered Under Laws
a,
Of New Jersey.
CAPITAL S5O,0O0,O00

The Ell. du Pont de Nemours Pow
der Company, was incorporated in
Trenton yesterday with a capi-
tai stock of $50, 900, 600 of which
$25, 600, 900 is preferred and $685.
900, 900 common stock.
The incorporators are William II.
Button and William A. De Witt, of
New York, and J. H. P. Reilly, of
Hoboken, N. J.
The local company controls the
Hazard Powder Company, the LAT.
fan and Rand Powder Company,
the Hercules Powder Company, the
Repauno Chemical Company, the
Atlas Torpedo Company and recent.
ly purchased number of mills in
California and Pennsylvania. 1t talso
controls the Manufacturers Con-
tracing Company whose main offices
were recently removed here from
Newark. N j., and which does the
constructing for the powder company.
The main offices of the new company
will be In the immense new office
building which the company will
erect in this city. There will not be
another concern in the world like
this one when the new organization
has been complet ted.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
HOlcomb Now Naval Cadet.

F. P. Holcomb, of New Castle,
who was recently appointed Unit
ed States naval cadet, has been sue
cessful in his examinations taken
before the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission on May IL. Sixty
five boys took the examinations,
and out of this number, thirty-seven
were successful.
Four hundred and thirty candi-
dates appeared for the examinations
in both April and May, and out of
this nuMthr $50 have been success
fui I 2ti4'~ lot l'i1TTia3i ss',lss!asesti- ti-Il
to be held this year will be AZ tue
Naval Academy, June 16, and it is
expected that nearly 800 will ap-
pear. The physical examinations
will take place during June.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
FIERCE FIRE
DESTROYS BIG
BUILDING
First Regiment Armory I'M
Philadelphia Ruined byl
Flames This Morning,
LOSS WILL Be HEAVY

The Armory OF the First Regiment {
n. G. p. at Broad and Ca!iowhill,
streetsPhiladelphla was almost COM
pletely ruined by fire early this morn.
ing. The flames were discovered a
few minutes after o'clock by sever.
at employ 10 the Baldwin Locomo.
tive Works. and police officer who
happened to pass at the time. 4
The fire broke out in the south
west corner of the third floor of the
building, and before the Gremen ar !
rived on the scene the blaze had COM
munica'cd to every section of the
floor. With lightning rapidity the'
flames spread, burning completed vi
through the roof and eating its wayl
to the floor below. When the fire.
men reached the armory the upper
floor was enveloped in flames, audi
it was with considerable difficulty,
that the department could approach!
the blaze. 4
The wooden lockers lining the
rooms on the upper floors, the hun
dreds of uniforms, and the various
stores in the Quartermaster's De-.
partment proved excellent fuel to
the ravishing flames, and they rag.
ed tiercely, consuming everything
they licked. Many of the company
rooms were wrecked, and those that
escaped the fury of the flames we're
Quilted by water and damaged BY
smoke.
For more than au hour the fire.
men battled with the flames before
hoy succeeded in checking and ex.'
:inguishipg the blaze. 1
The armorv will have to be tenn.
oorarily abandoned.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
LOCAL PREACHERS
TO MEET INSMYRNA
Forty-ifth Semi Annual Meet
ing Will be Held on
Friday.

The forty-tifth semi annual meet I.
ing of the Local Preachers and
ExhOrterS Association Of the Will.
mlngton N. E Conference, will con-
vene in the Asbury M. E. Church,
Smyrna, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. The programme promises
t, be an Interesting one and there
will he about twenty or more preseu t
The following will be the features:
Friday evening, May 22nd, Z. 45 o'clock
sermon by the Rev. J. w. Wilkinson;
alternates the Rev. Alfred Brooks,
G. Rutter. Saturday, May 23rd, 945 a.
M, devotional exercises conducted
by G G. Case; 10. 80 a. m, opening
service, followed by an address Of
welcome by the pastor, the Rev.
Vaughan S. Collins; response by the
Rev. VIM. L. Hammond and the
President. the Rav. Joseph Dc rrck-
som; 2 90 O'Clock p. IN. devotional
exercises; deferred or miscellaneous
business; papers by the Revs. j. W.
Wilkinson, Daniel Green, Alfred
DlODhS, NIDHHO DuSls, ~. II JeHuy
and c. A. Foster; reports OF com
mlttees. Saturday eY.niug. 745
O'clock. sermon by the Rev Alonzo
Davis; alternat.s, the Ravs. N l.,
Jenny and J. w. Harris. followed by
revival service.
Sunday, May 9th, $50 a. m,,
prayer meeting, conducted by the
Rev. g. G. Case; lovefeast, 8 a. m.,
conducted by the Rev. G. A. Foster;
preaching, 1870 Il. IN. by the Rev.
Daniel Green; alternates, the Revs.
William Stimmel and j. w. Fryer;
2p. m. children S meeting. ad-
dressed by the Revs. N. l.. Jenny,
j. H. Thornton and william Stim.
mel; 3 90, Old Veterans Meeting,
but everybody is invited to partici-
pate, conducted by the Rev. e. A.
Foster; 6 80 p. m, Young Peoples
Meeting, led by the Rev.. II. Thorn.
ton; 745, preaching by the Rev. DR..
j. II. Simms; alternates, the Rev.
William Il. Hammond and G. A.
Foster; followed by revival service.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
ROOSEVELT
MADE ADDRESS
TO STUDENTS
Spoke to 400 Scholars Of
Nevada State University
J. Yesterday.
MET OLD COMRADE

RENO, New, May 2O-The presiden-
tial party arrived at Reno after 317
mile ride from Raymond, Cal. Ten
minutes later the train left by the Vir-
ginia and Truckee railroad for Carson.
The president did not attempt to
make a speech here, but talked first to
one. then to another. When his train
started he kept waving his hand and
saying. "GOodby, goodby"
The president returned from Carson.
and he and his party were soon seated
IN carriages and taken to the court.
house, where the president made an
address. Afterward he was driven
about town and later spoke to 400 stu.
tents at the State university.
Il. J. Barlow of Battle Mountain, a
cough rider, was one of the presidents
callers. The president was presented
with string of Truckee river trout,
fresh from their mountain home, and
ease of Nevada honey when his train
passed through OIL its way to Carson.
Secretary Moody, who Joined the pres
dent at Riverside, Cal, and who was
soon to have left for Washington, has
accepted the presidents invitation to
go through to Cheyenne with him.
Cheyenne will be reached Saturday
week.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
pRESBYTERY
MET HERE
YESTERDAY

i At an adjourned meeting of the
New Castle Presbytery held in Cen
! trail Presbyterian Church yester.
terday afternoon members of that
body refused to denounce alleged
bribery and Vote buying on parlio-
mentary principles.
Those present were the Revs. T,
A, McCurdy, j. L. Vallandigham,
Newark; w. L, Freund, F. H.
Moore. Middletown; w. II, Logan,
J. b. North, Snow Hill; II. c. Pot,
ter, Glasgow; R. A. Elwood, John
L. Henderson, Charles s. Stevens,
Johu R. .Milligan st. Georges: w.
J. Rowan, Newark; J. Edgar Frank.
lin, S. Beattie Wylle, New Castle;
Elders ]. e. Price, DR.. Stewart.
Newark; Theodore T. Clark, Della
ware City, Robert G. White, George.
lown; Mr.. Harris Of East Lake AMI
Senator II. G. Ellison of Summit
Bridge.
The Presbytery was opened with
prayer bv the Rev. S. Beattie Wy
l,s 4 New Castle. Moderator J. B.
..VUr.h oil snow Hill, Md. was in the
chair and Stated Clerk John r.
Milligan was Ia his place.
In the early part of the session a
call from Georgetown Church was
placed in the hands Of the Rev.
John r. Henderson and accepted
by him. The installation was set
for June 4th at 7. 30 o'clock p. m.
The following resolution was Of
cred: "Churches receiving tinln-
c,al aid from or through the Pres
bytery, while so receiving such aid,
shall not Increase their bonded in-
debtedneSs without the consent OF
the Presbytery."
Mr.. Elwood moved that the reso.
luton be laid on the table, and the
Rev. W. F. Lewis seconded the mo-
ton. DR.. Logan thought the Pres.
bytery should pass the resolution
and also let Olivet increase its debt.
The resolution was carried.
A call from First Church, this
ty, for the services OF the Rev.
darles S. Stevens was placed in his
ands and held by him under ad-
sement, his answer to be given at
ne fall meeting Of Presbytery.
A call from East Lake Chure h 10
The Rev. Mr.. Seeley was held by
Presbytery pending his presenta-
Ion Of himself qualified to receive
The Revs. Messrs. McCurdy, Nc
icyle, Mllligan and Logan and
ets A. l.. Duyckinck OF West
ttingham, and J. j. Buck of Port
'oslt were appointed q committee
at resolutions on the death Of
.tE. Ramlal A. GsijsI,
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
Hurt In =. B. a. W. Shops.

Joseph Rcskowsky, a laborer at
the p. B. & W. car repair shops had
his face severely cut this morning.
He was cutting belt when it slip
ped and a bolt struck him in the
chin, inflcting an ugly cash. De-
tective w. I. Jones closed the
wound with several stitches and the
injured man went to his home 10Y
Poplar street.
S. R. Snitcher machinist in the
+. B. 81 W. erecting shops had his
left hand badly mashed this morn
ing by piece of machinery falling
in it. w. T. Jones dressed the in
jured member and Snitcher then
went to his home 1914 Washington
street.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
Always Get Big Results
PRODUCE PRICES TO SOAR
Lack Of Rain Causes scarcity of All Kinds
of Garden Produce

Unless it rains and the downpour
attempts to make up for past defci-
ency, the people of this city will pay
high prices for their fruit and vege-
tables, even If they are able to get
any at excrbtant rates. According
10 one OF the principal marke,men,
everything is burnt upin Delaware
and Jersey. 1t is dry asa chip"
In a week nearly all the fruit and
vegetables will rise in price. Already
the price Of strawberries has gone
up three 10 five cents box, when at
this time OF the season they should
have dropped as much.
The "green stuff now in the
market had the benefit of the rains
of March and April, but crops grow.
ing now will be unable to come to
proper maturity, owing to the lack
of moisture. One of the market
men who usually had wagon load
of Strawberries arrive every day
during their season received only
four crates yesterday, and they
We're all SO small and dried up that
they were useless. Potatoes, which
are just beginning to come up
through the ground, ought to be
healthy young --lants at this part
OF the season.
The grass is burning in the 6e Ids
and meadows and the outlook tor
even fair crop OF bay is slight. The
market gardeners hope for enough
rain to keep the later crops from
being failure. But it will have to
come soon or even the Autumnal
harvcsts will be affected. Among
the vegetables that have been 10.
Jured by the scarcity of rain are
asparagus, tom atoes, lettuce, radishes
scuilions, spinach. beets, peas aud
rhubarb.
Farmers from all sections of the
State are praying for rain. During
the month OF May there has been
but .35 of an inch IA anfall. United
States Marshal William R. Finn
says that the prospects Tor hay are
very poor. There is no grass and
fall OF rain can do but little good,
Wheat 10 some sections is very
much damaged by the drought.
Collector of Port Houston says
there will be a general failure of the
hay crop in Sussex county. Unfor-
tunately the pea crop is maturing.
This will cause a heavy loss to the
Sussexlfarmers. The soil of Sussex
is light and sandy and the continu-
ed drought will be ruinous to the
crops.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
PENNSY BUYS
LARGE TRACT
OF FARM LAND

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has purchased eight acres of
high farm land between New Castle
and State Road. The property be-
longed to DR.. John J. Black of New
Castle. The object Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company in buy.
ing the property is to secure the
necess ary earth to fill In at Edge
Moor and Todd's Cut and also for
tn, tns sSatsa I1sad sr,.t. through o.n. .n.
laid to the new property and steam
shovols haye arrived aud will start
to dig out the material iu a short
time. The grading at Farnhurst
has about reached the limit OF the
railroads property aud q new site
hsa 70 bsSesursd. NJ ~. -
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
Horses Wild Flight.

A horse attached to a lumber
wagon of William Weldin ran away
from the Weldin Lumber yards
overMalket street bridge this morn
ing. It was standing in the yards
and became frightened at the noise
of circular saw. 1t dashed across
Market street bridge narrowly es-
Gaping collisions with several other
teams and crashed into the safety
gate at the railroad crossing. This
was broken to splinters and the
horse continued it's wild flight down
the railroad tracks. 1t was captured
at West street. The wagon was de-
molished, but the { horse was only
slightly injured,
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
Living Pictures at Century Club,

Miss Mary l.. Lsech assisted by
Miss Cause and Norris e. Morg gan, as
accom- panists; Miss Wales, Miss Ethel
Rogers, Leonard e. Wales, Jr. In
solos; Miss Margaret Barnard,
Henry e. Conrad, the Misses Sparks,
WeldIn, Shortlidge, Wales, Savery,
Mrs. Browne, Mrs. Warner, George
w. Sparks, Mr.. Knowles, Miss Wales,
Katherine p. Rice, Miss Jeffe ris. in
pictures; Miss Leech and chorus,
MissKalherine Garrett and chorus 10
songs and Miss Mills. Mr.. Middleton
and Mr.. Max6eld In tableau,
'Columbjas Reward" "gave an eve n.
ing of living pictures and music In
the New Century Club last evening.
The affair was for the benefit o. the
Young Women's Christian Associ-
alton, and was a decided success.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
Glass Plant ut Glenshnw Destroyed.

II Sbt NJ, May -U.-A IRE WHICH
threatened to destroy the whole town
OF Glcnshaw. along. tha pittslurss s. az. an!l.
s'T'estern rairad, broke out in the plant
oH the Glenshaw Glass company. AS
sistance was summoned from Etna
and surrounding boroughs. In addition
to the total destruction of the plant
where the fire originated, it had al
ready destroyed the plant of the Witt.
mer Brick company, the Jackson and
Murray hotels and the residence of
John II. Meyers, the handsomest in tho
town. The loss is estimated at $780,
town is almost without fire protection,
depending on volunteer department.
The origin of the fire is a mystery.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20

The following new BOOKS naya
been received at the library:
Reference ard General Works.
Cham berlaln, photography of the
manual arts; Curtis and Cameron.
The Copey prints; Henry, comp.
Librarianship: what it implies; Inter-
national directory of booksellers and
biblophile's manual.
Philosophy and Religion, ,-Ander-
son; TheBible and modern criticism;
Andersol, Daniel in the critics den;
Argyll, Iona; Bufnch. Age of fable:
Cunningham. The church history of
Scotland, 2v; Delitzsch. Babel aud
Bible; Denney, The death of Christ:
Flint, Agnosticism; lIllprecht, Ex-
plorations in Bible lands during the
10Th century; Howard, The story
Of Il young man Ga life of Christi;
Lindsay, The church and the minis
try in the early centuries; M'Lauch-
Ian. The early Scottish church; Mi.
vart, The groundwork; of scienc,;
Presbyterian church in the U. s.
General assembly. Centennial of
home missions; Smyth, Through
science tofaith; Thomas A Kempis,
De imitatione Christi; Wagner, The
better way; Watkinson, Studies in
Christian character, work and eXper-
ienGe.
Sociology. - Bailey, The natura--
study idea; Dasent, trans, The
story of Burnt Mai; Hall. History OF,
higher education in Maine; Lane,
History Of education in Texas; Le,
Rossignol, History of higher educa-,
tionin Colorado; Planche, A cyclopae-
da of costume; Schouler, Constitu-
tional studies, state and federal;
U. S. Subsistence department, How
to feed an army.
Science. = Briuton, The basis Of
social relations; Scott, The story Of
4 bird lover.
Useful and Fine Arts. Baker,
Collegiate church of Stratford.on-.
Avon; Bic, History of the piano-
or and pianoforte players; Caffin,
Ameican, masters of painting;
Hammer Eminent actors in their
homes; Johnson, Water supply and
prevention of waste in leading,
european cities; Linton, Some prac.,'
ical hints on wOod.engraving.
Literature Cooke, ed, The poets
If transcendentalism; Dickens,
Poems and verses; Everyma II, A
moral play; Mathews, The great
and other ESSAYS.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
No Quarantine For Havana,

HAVANA, May 20.-President Ed
mOnd SOuchon Of the Louisiana state
board of health, DR.. George Tabor.
health officer of Texas, and other
health officers who are examining
heath conditions in reference to quar-
antine questions here We're dincd by
President Palma at the palace. 1t is
understood that no quarantine will be
recommended. The partial slackness
In the enforcement Of sanitary regula-
tons at Santiago, it is now announced,
have been fully reformed.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20

At the meeting OF the Water Com
mission yesterday afternoon delega-
tion appeared In behalf Of the Gu
forcement of the eight hour law.
Just before the labor deleg ton
went before the commissioners a
communication had been receive d
trcg C!tv S2'jGitor ID. J. NeGhardt
whose opinion was to the elect that
the labor measure was unconstltu-
tional and he advised the board to
take no proceedings under the law.
A communication was also re.
ceived from City Council which told
of the act being approved by that
body,
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20

In the Shields Library Hall last
night the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
A, o. H. celebrated the fifth ami.
versary of their organization A
pleasing programme was rendered
ana at its conclusion refreshments
were served and then dancing was
INDUCED in for two hours. Among
the numbers on the programme es-
pecially we'll received were those of
Miss Nellie Lynch, leading young
elocutionist, in the 'Swan Song"
Miss Carrie Burke, in a pleasing
solo entitled "If Dreams Came
True The principal address was
made by Eugene Lowell.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
Daughters of POcahOntas Entertained.

Waneta Council, D. of P, l. O.
r. NJ. were entertained Tuesday
evening by very nice programme.
Little Miss James sang and danced,
Misses Olga and Meta Vandersloot
sang, Miss Grace Goldberg gave a
piana solo. and Miss Daisy Kistler,
elocutionist gave two recitations.
Miss Kistler is graduate of DR..
Kings school in Pittsburg and also
the winner Of the Diamond Medal.
The daily Republican., 1903-05-20
GcOrEin Mob Kill SuRnect

VALDOSTA, Ga. May 20.-A special
from Madison. Fla, says that"a mob
entered that city, secured the keys to
the Jail from the night Waterman, took
out Washington Jarvis, a white man,
and after carrying him some distance
from the city tied him to tree and
shot him to death. lie was accused Of
numbering his cousin, John Waldrop.
The night Waterman was bindfolded
and held captive until the mob finished
its work,