Evening journal., 1904-02-29
To REMEMBER
WILLIAM PENN
Movement on Foot to Erect
Monument in Memory of
the Great Proprietor
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF RATS
$500 % the EvenIng Iournal.

Sucrlal 10 tno ElNtuAts 1NoA""ts
New Castle, Feb. 29.-There is move
ment on foot In this city TO erect a suit
able monument to the memory Of William
Penn. The city possesses lloo acres OF
land which the proprietors granted TO II
and which is a constant source Of revenue
thereby giving the town something to de-
pend upon.
Wholesale Slaughter Of Rats.
Hundreds OF rats on board the British
ship Mersey lying at anchor on the ma
tional quarantine station al Reedy Is
land. are being slaughtered by the author
ities TO prevent the spread OF any disease
which might be carried ashore should
they leave the ship upon its arrival I'M
port.
The Mersey Is one OF a fleet Of ships
which carry hundreds Of coolies from the
disease-infected city Of Calcutta to Brit
ash Guiana, where they find work on the
numerous sugar plantations.
Because Of this the ship, on Its arrival
wednesday. was placed IN quarantine, al
though at that time there was no sick
ness on board.
Just before the vessel was fumigated
the crew was brought ashore and all op-
enlngs closed TO prevent escape Of the
rodents. A deadly gas was then pumped
into an parts Of the vessel. Besides thor
oughly dislnfecting the ship, the gas will
extermlnato an the rodents and other ver-
min on board.
The Mersey will be released from quar-
antine today and WIN be brought up to
load & fun cargo OF case oil for Calcutta.
Wilmington, 22i Columbia, 49,
The Wilmington basketball team defeat
ed the Columbia team In the game here on
Saturday night by the score OF % to 10.
1t was an exciting game all through and
the locals kept the visitors on the jump
from start TO finish to win out. Hance,
who has been sick for some time got into
the game and distinguished himself by do
Ing some good work. Lawlor also came In
for a share OF the glad hand when he
threw two goals from field. The lineup
follows:
Columbia. Wilmington.
Mckay. o.. q. forward. .. e. q. Holt
Lawlor.. =. .. .. forward .....-..p Proud
Hance.. ....... centre. .......... Heal
Virden O.. ........ defense. Cunningham
OConnor. .. ...defense..... .....Clough
Gemmin
Goals from field, Mckay, ]; Lawlor, 3;
Hance, 3; virden i: Holt. q Proud. q;
Heal, q; Cunningham. 8; goals from fouls
Hance. 3; goals called, on Columbia. 8.
on Wilmington, a referee Loomis o.
Wise: timekeepers. John O'Connor, Jr.,
w. Ellison; time, twenty minute halves.
Bowlers Break Even.
The second bowling contest between the
Xock and the Reliance teams OF Whining
ton. was held on The Rles aHeyss-,his city,
on Friday night and resulted ina Victory
FOR the Reliance by the scorc Of 2506 20
2SsS. Each team now has a contest TO IT'S
credit so that the third moeting VIII have
TO be held IN order to decide the superior
ity Of the two teams respective merits
Many spectators from Wilmington and
this place witnessed the game and much
interest was manifested by those present.
There was much excitement az the close
of the second inning when the score was
very close. Nesbit. who broke the bowl
ing record on Thursday night, rolled the
highest individual score, making 5S2 The
scores follow