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Evening journal., 1903-08-17
MOTHER" JONES
ON CHILD LABOR
Spoke Before the Central
Labor Union Yesterday
Afternoon
.FAILE] TOATTENO BASEBALL GAME.

Contrary TO expectations Mother
Jones did rot speak in this city on SAT-
urday night. or attend the Wilmington A.
A. baseball game in the afternoon. She
arrived in Wilmington about o'clock on
Saturday evening. When she arrived at
Fifth and Market streets that place was
alive with meetings, a divine healer hold
ing forth on one corner and Mrs Ella
Reeves Cohen was talking on the abuse OF
child labor On the other corner. Between
the two meetings There was a great
crowd, and as Mother Jones was un-
able TO find her manager in'the crowd. she
returned TO Philadelphia on the 9.O6 p. m.
train. Before she left she ipaid a visit
to the City Hall where she was introduced
to Captain Evans and Chief Black TO
whom she related some Of the happenings
on the march to oyster Bay with her
army.
Mother" Jones returned to Whining
ton yesterday and made an addres before
the Central Labor Union in the after
noon. Her address was confined wholly to
the child labor question.
She said that there were many thousand
of child slaves at work throughout the
country. and that many of them were
working in direct competition with their
own parents. She said that her recent
trip through New Jersey was already
bearing good fruit, and that next winter
she would take an army OF twelve hun
dred children to Washington. among them
she will not have one that is over twelve
years of age-all of them gathered from
the factories and sweat shops Of a few
of tine Eastern cities.
sne added that in West Virginia there
were children as young as five years who
were compelled ITO work fourteen hours
a day sometimes, and that when they
happeiSed 10 fall asleep at their work
some brutal boss was liable TO come and
cuff them.
She told Of the recent experience OF
herself and her boys" as she calls them
when they We're the guests Of Senator
PlaJt at a hotel at Manhattan Beach
The moment the army drew near the
great hotel all the guests disappeared to
their rooms, afraid that they might be
ar.aeked However, they had a grand
breakfast that morning. the best many
of them ever had.
In concluding her remarks. Mother
Jones gave a short description OF the
textile strike i'm Philadelphia. Before
leaving the room she shook hands with
every delegate. and said she would see
them again after her tour IN West vir-
ginia.
At yesterdays meeting the organization
committee stated that there would be
another attempt to organize the bar
bers on the evening Of August "A, at a
meeting in the Smith Building.
Preparations for the Labor Day cele-
bration are nearly completed. II is the
intention of the committee TO make the
celebration the largest of its kind ever
held m this city.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17

Judge Lore in his admirable address
at Chautauqua performed a public SER
vice by giving a short history OF the
celebrated Neal case. II was a rebuke
to those journals that have ralSed this
case up out Of the obscurity of the past.
It had absolutely nothing to do with
the recent lynching, as it had been for
gotten by all save few politicians who
thought they could make capital out of
its distortion. Certainly Judge Lore
cannot be accused Of being a partisan
Of the negro, and his statement Of the
particulars of that case viii be recog-
nized as judicial in its impartiality.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17

question should be discussed as a cold
fact that must be dealt with and senu-
ment need not enter into it.
In order to have a united party the
masses, men who own themselves, must
agree to dump the pirates. the incom-
netents and the party-wreckers, over
board. There will always be elements
that are undesirable and that will cause
trouble, FOR such is politics; but they
must be held in subsection. The Re
publican party can be united in no
other way. and all good Republicans
will ask for no other basis on which
to build a united party.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
FELL ASLEEP, ANOEE IN CANAL
Philadelphia Narrowly Escapes
Drowning in Canal Locks.

Delaware City, Aug. 17.-Alexander
Mclaughlin, Of Front and Walnut
streets, Philadelphia, narrowly escaped
drowning in the locks of the Delaware
4 Chesapeake Canal, by falling from
one of the Ericsson Line Of steamers
as the vessel was going through the
locks at st. Georges. Mclaughlin was
on the return trip from Baltimore, and
had fallen asleep when the boat gave
a sudden lurch and he plunged into the
waters He yelled for aid. but no help
was given him, and being a good swim
mer he reached the side Of the piling
and got ashore
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
rAe CALM PRocsss oE law.

The New York sun notes that from
three Supreme Courts come opinions
against haste i'm criminal cases when
the crime is Of especial atrocity. 1t
quotes Justice Brewer OF the United
States Supreme Court Justice Wood
ward of the New York Supreme Court
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
ATRANDOM


The Coneyvine. Mo-. new park will not
be called the coffee grounds.
The brilliant glare of the electric
lights i'm this world gives one uncom-
Portable feelings about the hereafter
The man who said he was after time
whea he stole the watch viii spend it in
Jail.
Il saw a bargain in bathing suits to-
day"
'where?'
Down on the beach 1t was Mrs Pork
and You know she married title.'
Professor Frederick e. Starr. Of Chi
cargo University, has come to the defense
Of cannibalism. There is no rest even in
vacation since they started summer
schools.
Colonel slemp, of Virginia. says the
Republicans win carry that state. Col
onel Slemp belongs in the same class
with the poor. distracted person who
names the Pullman cars
4
named Beauchamp.
And her pupils-didn't she teachamp?
For when they were bad
She made them feel sad,
II ever she happened to reachampl
Having made advances toward solving
the mosquito pest. what are the friends Of
humanity going TO do to the creature
Who has Just discovered a new Bacon
fcipher relating to the silly controversy
about the authorship of Shakespeare
works?
Joyce-"Changing the style Of those
last years Panama hats was hard
blow. wasn't il?
Boyce-I didn't lose on mine'
Joyce-"What did you do with it?'
Boyce-"Cut il up into mating and
covered the parlor floor"
DIR. style-why is Mrs. Nervls seek
ing a divorce?
Gunbusta-Bcause her husband
snores like an auto-horn and Il keep.
her lodging IN and out OF the bad al
night
suburb-But I tell you 1 haven't any
use for a stable.
Real estate Agent-But, man, this
is the only barn in this region, and IL il
so situated that you can make twice
your mortgage interest by having
patent medicine advertisements paint.
ed all over il.
r "See here. you. sir" cried the irat'
- father. didn't 1 tell you never to cal
. upon my daughter again?"
n NO. sir, you didn't" replied tn
n youth. You said not to cross you
a threshold. so 1 climbed in the win
dow"
4 James Brazil and Mrs. .Aggie Turner
r of Cashion. Okla. have created a rec
q ord by being married three times il
one day. They first sought the Pro
. bate Judge at Kingfisher. Okla, and q
there was contest over the Office the
, got both candidates 10 marry then
" Not feeling satisfied as TO the legaht
of the ceremony, they returned
+ Cashion and were married again by
j. minister.
We Dragged too early about our pro
perity. The Populists have engaged Ad
lima Patti TO make another farewell tor
rs of The country.
" Booker Washington Is not asked out
rs lunch with the white people of the Sout
n. but reither is he invited out 10 meet
c. mob in a church in this section.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
colchester Beach.

Last excursion Of the Tlesent sea-
son, Wednesday, August 10. S1.OO from
Wilmington. via Pennsylvania Rail-
road. Leave Wilmington SOB a. m.
Steamer on Chesapeake Bay from
Perryville. Returning leave TOlches-
ter 400 p. m.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
DEPUTY F0ILS PRISONERS
Those in Georgetown Jail Opened Way
to Liberty.

Georgetown, Del, Aug. 17.-Prisoners
in Georgetown Jail made another un-
attempt to break JAIL every
thing being in readiness to escape Sat
urday night.
Deputy Sheriff Ryan, however, maxi
ing an early morning round with some
visitors, discovered the plans and stop
ped the contemplated exit. An opening
had been made through the wall large
enough to drop a rope through and the
beam over the door of a cell was loos-
ened.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17

II you get a piece of cinder or other
foreign matter in your eye. don't rub d..
Close both eyes and gently rub the un-
affected one. This will cause the other TO
water in sympathy, and the cinder will
probably wash out.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
More land nisnosed Of.

City Registrar Charles IL. Tenweeses
this morning recorded the transfer Of
land az Seventeenth and Locust and
Church streets by the Landlith Improve
ment Company to Louis Platt. The con-
sideration amounted to Si9.630.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
Ruskin and Whistler.

From the New York Press.
There is one statement that always
ranked In the soul Of the late voluntary
expatriaie West Pointer. Whistler. II was
criticism Of him passed by John Ruskin.
OF certain picture exhibited by that &c
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
Opera House Ushers Have Room.

A room has heen constructed In the base
ment Of the Opera House for the ushers.
IL is made from doors that have been
taken of at different times and which
are valued at about $3.50.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
Porso's At ,ntion Called to situation.

Portc's At milton Called TO SITUATION.
ConstantAople Aug. 1.-THE British
ambassador has called the attention OF
the Porte TO the serious situation in
Macedonia. lie pointed out that grave
consequences may attend fresh muir
ders OF consuls or foreign subjects.
The ambassador had an audience with
the sultan on Friday.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
DIED.

COLE-In this city on August Il, 1903.
Annie wife Of Christopher c. Cole, aged
20 years.
Relatives and friends Of the family are
invited to attend the funeral services at
her late residence. No. 507 East Twelfth
street on Tuesday, August Is, at 2.5O
o'clock. Interment at Riverview Gene
terry.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
Thief and Liar.

From the New York Press.
There is a vast difference between a
thief and a liar you can lock the door
against a thief
Evening journal., 1903-08-17

s1.oo, Baltimore and Return, s1.oo, via
Pennsylyania Railroad, August so.
Special train leaves Wilmington. 900
a. M. Returning. leaves Baltimore,
Union Station. $50 p. m. Only S1.OO
for the round trip. Tickets good only
on special train in each direction.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17

Not only were the Spaniards and
yellow fever driven out of Cuba by
the Americans. but we have also evict-
ed cholera and smallpox from Manila.
Lard is 4; most economical animal fat
Evening journal., 1903-08-17

We Dragged too early about our pros
perity. The Popuiists have engaged Ade-
lima Patti to make another farewell tour
of ihe country.
Booker Washington Is not asked out 10
lunch with the white people of the South,
but reither is he invited out TO meet a
mob in a church in this section.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17

In an address yesterday before one of
he Catholic societies, President Roose-
'elt dwelt upon the qualities OF cour-
Ige and clean living. We cannot do
,efto,. thnp 10 ouote "A MIRA e,.a,l,.
Evening journal., 1903-08-17
Che GOeninss Juurnal.

Entered at the Wilmington postoffice as
as second class matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-05
Waste Paper,

The orders issued by Major Sylvester to
the police force regarding the enforcement
of the regulations about waste paper on
the streets should work excellent results.
For long time the streets Of this city
have been badly Uttered with papers and
other waste, thoughtlessiy strewn about by
people who ordinarily, II the matter were
called to their attention. would be cha
grined at the realization of their indiffer-
ence to the public interest.
Doubtless the judicious exercise Of the
discretion given the men by the superin'
tendent to warn violators of their duty In
the premises will work an immediate re.
suit. It is not desirable to secure the en-
forcement Of laws solely through prosecu-
lions. Reforms wrought by means of per
sonal appeals to the thoushtfulness and
the public-spirit Of the people are often
more lasting than those resulting from
drastic measures. If everybody will give
heed to the first rules Of cleanliness and
consider that even bit Of waste papar
fiuttering along the street, is dirt" there
will be little difficulty about keeping Wash
ington as spick and span as another mu IL
cipality, and perhaps much cleaner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-05
Mr.. Mason,s Farewell Address.

Mr.. Mason of Illinois, In his farewell
speech in the Senate yesterday, took part
ing fling at the rules of that body and
at American sovereignty In the Philippines.
He advised amending the one Ind termi-
mating the other. He offered, however.
nothing of convincing nature in support
of either proposition.
The rules of the Senate are not perfect,
but they were devised by wise men, and
have been applied by such for very long
time Now and then they work hardship,
but very much oftener they promote the
public good. The bad legislation which has
been defeated under them outweighs by a
thousand fold the good legislation which
has met that fate. A veteran OF thirty
years service like Mr.. Allison enters upon
his sixth term as senator without making
a motion for cloture. Mr.. Mason at the end
of one term regards cloture as OF the high
est Importance The views of the veteran
are probably OF the more moment. Cloture
would operate to control debate, but 1t
might also do many things not within the
calculation Of its authors.
The Philippine problem was difficult
one at the outset. But the archipelago was
taken over by men who for ability and pa
triotism stood in the front rank Of our liv-
ing statesmen. They acted with all the
facts before them. They realized that as a
people we were called upon to enter upon
a new task. and that complete success was
not possible in the immediate future. They
made a choice of evils; and. all things con-
sidered, we have done remarkably we'll
with the obligations they assumed for us.
Men like Gov. Taft and Lieut.. Gov. Wright,
who opposed American control when the
question was debatable, now, after several
years of personal knowledge Of the situa-
ton, insist that we should stay In the
islands. Mr.. Mason, who has not been
nearer the scene than Chicago. has not
changed his mind, but still holds that a
great mistake was made and that we
should confess it frankly and humbly. We
might cut and run. but in doing so we
should be certain to make our condition
much worse than it now Is, or can ever
become. by continuing the policy we are
pursuing.
Mr.. Mason for time at least, Is with
drawing from the turmoil of politics.
Everybody will wish him long life and hap
piness. But he will not live long enough TO
see the cloture rule adopted by the United
States Senate, or the stars and stripes
hauled down in the Philippines He speaks
on both subjects in opposition to the posi-
ton of veteran observers and trained ad-
yiSerS,
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The Protection of the President,

One OF the unfortunate results of the
tangle which marked the last days Of the
Fifty-seventh- Congress was the failure of
the bill for the protection of the person Of
the President and other high officers of the
government. which. having passed both
houses, was finally killed in the Senate in
the form of conference report. That
measure grew out of the intense state of
public indignation following the assassina-
ton of President Mckinley when it was dis
closed that the laws made no provision for
the punishment OF a person making a muir
derous assault upon high public officer.
During the days when there was hope for
the Presidents recovery the country feared
that Czolgosz might escape with merely a
term of Imprisonment under the New York
state laws. and the truth flashed upon the
country that owing to the lack of federal
statutes the chief executive was not given
adequate protection by means of punitive
enactments. There was no doubt what
ever that Congress would at once remedy
this defect and more than a score of bills
were introduced to this end one finally
emerging from committee and passing the
House in satisfactory form. The Senate
gave its agreement and the bill went into
conference, to emerge in somewhat different
form and finally to fail through a technical
objection on the score of new matter added
In conference. Thus the Congress has fail
ed in duty which the tragedy of Septem-
Der, 1901. imperatively put upon 1t. All that
has been accomplished is paragraph in the
new immigration law which prohibits the
entrance of anarchists into the United
States. This will serve in some degree to
close the doors to the dangerous classes of
Europe. but 1t is only a slight safeguard in
view OF the lack of an efficient International
police exchange There are enough Of the
vile creatures in this country now to To-
ment the spirit of assassination. There is
urgent need for strict state laws defining
the anarchistic doctrine and furnishing those
who preach 1t as well as those who at
tempt to put 1t into practice. Not until the
nests of reds such as that at Paterson have
all been broken up and their conspicuous
occupants either driven from the country
or imprisoned as dangerous characters will
this menace be lessepen-
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Mr., Coler in Baltimore.

What does Bird s. Coler mean by invad-
Ing the state of Maryland at this time and
inveighing against bossism in politics? Isn't
he the young man whom Richard Croker.
notorious as a boss, elected to office in New
York city several years ago? Isn't he the
young man whom David B. Hill, a most ac-
complished boss, tried to elect governor OF
New York state last year? What has oc-
Cured to prejudice political bosses in Mr..
Coler's eyes? Or was Mr.. Coler's speech in
Baltimore last night only a "sly dig at
Mr.. German at the instance of Mr.. Coler s
boss, who Is Mr.. Gorman's rival for the
next democratic nomination for the presi-
dency? The ball has opened little early,
but interest in 1t Is not likely to flag. Why
should not Mr. Raisin now visit New York
and inveigh against bossism over there?
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The Fiftv-Seventh Congress.

The Fifty-seventh Congress did some
things which 1t ought not to have done, ana
left undone some things which II ought 10
have done. Still. judging by general re-
suits. there was considerable health in 1t.
The body which created the Department OF
Commerce. which made the initial appro-
priation for the isthmian canal, which
strengthened the laws for the control or
Strusts, which established civil government
in the Philippines and gave the archipelago
necessary currency laws, and which pro-
vided for a more efficient administration OF
the affairs of the army, has claim to
grateful remembrance. That claim will be
allowed. Those things will stand out the
more clearly as time passes. and hide de-
ficiencies which just now are the subject
of sharp criticism.
If national campaign were on the CARDS
for this year we should hear a great deal
between now and November about the sum
total of the supply bills. The figure is large,
and would lend itself to passionate stump
oratory on the subject of extravaganza. A
moral would be pointed and tale adorned
with every large item. The party In power
would be pictured as lost to all reason and
as plunging the country toward bankruptcy
1t is an old cry, and much smaller sum
has served in times past to start 1t.
Mr.. Allison's statement however. is clear
upon the point, and shows where the money
will go. The people without regard to
party have demanded an isthmian canal,
have approved the increase in postal facili-
ties, have recognized the necessity for add
ing materially to the strength of the navy,
and they always through their representa-
tives manifest an active interest in contin-
uing provisions for improving rivers and
harbors. Big enterprises call for liberal
OUTLAWS. That is the whole of it, and yawps
about waste of the peoples money are be-
coming less effective year by year.
The country is growing rapidly. 1t is
playing a large part both at home and
abroad. 1t must meet the requirements Of
Its sta tion. The man who replied to the
shrek about the bilion-dollar Congress
with the quiet statement that this was
bnlion-dollar country was as philosophical
as witty. He almost deserves a monument,
unless his statement is a sufficient monu-
ment in itself. For the pith of 1t will an
swer cheeseparers in either party as long
as they lift their voices against an ample
provision for the needs of advancing insti-
tutions
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precinct clean and law respecting, he will
be expected to keep his inspection district
equally respectable. So the Jerome detect
ives will continue to shadow Schmittberger
and to watch his inspection district, and the
results will be noted and perhaps disclosed
when the time comes Although defeated In
his fight against the man, Jerome has
scored a point by forcing him to prove the
possibility OF the enforcement OF the law.
This is good news to those who hope to see
the Low administration in New York justi-
fly itself before the voters of the city. AL
though the time for effective reform work
is short much has been accomplished, and
/. has at least been proved that with the
proper degree of support from the courts
and with the right men In the appolntive
places the municipal government of any
city can be made and kept fairly decent.
And behind the courts and the elective and
the appointive officers stand the voters, and
on them Is the whole responsibility, which
they cannot shift.
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e to 7 yards.)
Half Former Prices.
Cotton Dress Goods

e to 5-yard lengths.)
1oc. and 12Hc. Ginghams, &c. yard.
I2Hc. Percales, &c. yard.
I21zc. Lawns, &c. yard.
Main floor, New building.
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and south Now 1t Is altogether unreason-
able to suppose that the Brooklynite who
crosses the river and does not return dies
In New York. or merely passes through to
some distant port intending to remain away
permanently from his beloved borough.
That would drain the city Of churches OF It's
people in few months. Yet how does he
get back? The ferries are now crowded De-
yond the limits of comfort both ways, ana
while 1t is possible that those who take
the bridge over in the morning take the
ferries back at night, 1t remains for Stats
tics to demonstrate the fact So here Is this
daily loss of nearly 10000 persons unac-
counted for. This Is a subject for the soci-
ologists to investigate closely. 1t Is indeed
one of the most remarkable phenomena of
modern life.
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Black Goods Department.

yds. 45-inch Crepe de Paris. Reduced from
8N yds. 44-inch Wool Crepe de Chine. Reduced
from Sc Is to $5.25 for pee.
Az yds 44-Ineh Crepe de Paris. Reduced from
800 to $500 for pee.
8 yds. 45-inch Henrietta. Reduced from 5000
to $500 for pee.
6 yds 45-inch Albatross. Reduced from $3.50 to
s.. rs for pee.
~ yds. 45-nch Wool Henrietta. Reduced from
1913 to $3.50 for pee.
2 yds. 45-inch Canadensas. Reduced from $500
to $1.25 for pee.
2N yds. 44-inch Wolfe. Reduced from s225 to
81. Is for pee.
3M yds. 4s-inch Crispine. Reduced from 81. 90 to
yds 42-inch Etamine. Reduced from 1878 to
81. rs for pee.
6N yds. 48inch Wolfe. Reduced from $s6s to
$7.25 for pee.
2K yds. 52-inch Cheviot. Reduced from $1.6e
to 81. 90 for pee.
AZ yds 5O-inch Canvas. Reduced from 1851 to
500 for pee.
to $3.50 for pee
2M yds. 54-inch Broadcloth. Reduced from 1851
2h yds. 5e-inch Thibet. Reduced from $s25 to
a. Is for pee.
yds. 64-inch Broadcloth Reduced from 5000
to $500 for pee.
Main floor, New building.
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Friday Bargain i'm
Mems Handkerchief.

40 dozen Mems All-linen Hand
kerchiefs, full size and excellent
quality.
18c. each, 6 for $Ioo.
The usual 25c. quality.
Ladies' Hdkf. Dept, main floor.