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Evening journal., 1904-05-07
MRS. POWELL IS
NEAR COLLAPSE
Nerves OF Accused Woman
Leave Her After Her Re-
markable Fortitude
STRONG PLEA FOR HER LIFE
An Early Verdict in the Case is Looked
FOR and Judges Will Remain on Hand
Until 10 o'clock Tonight So That Ver
dist Could Be Heard.
speeIaI % the EvenIng Jaurnal.


Dover. May 7-More than at any
other time this week, does Mrs. Mary
A. Powell today show the great strain
she is under. Her trial on the charge
Of numbering Estelle Albln is AZ the
crisis. and before the sun rises again
her fate may be decided.
Ths final addresses to the jury were
made by her counsel and the proseeu-
ton this morning. and Acting Chief
Justice Spruance began his charge. 1t
Is not expected to be lengthy one and
the case may be given to the twelve
men before the noon recess to decide
what penalty the forlorn woman in the
dock shall suffer for her confessed
crime.
Mrs. Powell spent a sleepless night.
When the sheriff retired at midnight
he said she was crying in her cell, and
the warden said she was up and dress
ed by daybreak. She did not eat heart
lily of her breakfast. and the hours were
long I'm passing until 10 o'clock, when
she was taken over the court room.
Her eyes were red, and several times
while the attorneys recounted the evil
dence to the jury she sobbed aloud and
laid her head on the railing of the bar
enclosure
Her emotion was pitiful. especially
while Mr.. Ridgely, her senior counsel,
was speaking. His address was a bril-
liant one With striking metaphor he
drew picture Of the accused woman's
home lie and the provocation to defend
herself that even caused men i'm the
court room to bow their heads.
Mr.. Ridgely was followed by Attor-
ney-General Ward. who went over the
evidence in detail, pointing out the dis
crepancles and showing where Mrs
Powell's recountal on the stand contra
dcted itself Like his deputy. Robert
H. Richards. he asked that the jury re-
turn a verdict of murder in the first
degree.
Dover May Talking up the sub
ject of the admission of Mrs. Powell
Mr. Ridgely vlvidly rescribed that mid
night scene I'm the womans cell, nc
lamp. impenetrable gloom, the prisoner
asleep for the first time for many
nights. The tall, muscular state de-
tectives walk in and just here some
thing oh, so pathetic, occurs to me
Great writer's have never written any
thing so replete with human pathos
Disturbed I'm mind as she must have
been, ready to tell the whole story in
as many minutes as the whole trans
action took. much faster than the
speediest stenographer could take Il
down. Mrs. Powell called him to her
Here is pathos pure and genuine" Sc.
lecting the State Detective. TN al
earnestness I say to you that James
Ratledge. and honor to him. is tn,
most remarkable State Detective
ever heard of in christendom.
THE man who had taken this woman
from her home arrested as "a murderer
the man who had taken the first step
10 secure her execution and yet wha
does she say Mr. Ratledge, you havl
been kind to me- Oh, what a worll
OF praise that is to James Ratledge-
be he ever for me or against me, 1 cai
never forget him."
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
Killed at Chester.

A. Warren Johnson, aged S5. Of this city
foreman Of the signal construction corps,
was killed yesterday afternoon on the
Jeffery street bridge Of the Pennsylvania
L-road at Chester. lie was working be-
ne1nh the truss and Raised his head be-
fore all the cars of train had passed and
had his neck broken by the blow. The fun
eral will take place from the home OF
Merr.s Taylor No. 1914 West Tenth
street at O'Clock tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
RAILROAD MEN CUT DOWN
Mechanics at Todd's Cut to Work
Shorter Hours.

Beginning on Monday, the men employed
In the machine and erecting shops Of the
Pennsylvania railroad ait The Todd's
Gut shops will work on shonior hours and
have their pay reduced.
The hours will be from TO o'clock
with no Saturday work, making 40 hours a
week. This is the annual custom of the
company After the work has been fin
tshed the men are curt down and laid on
until the faE. Within The past two weeks
40 employees have been discharged.
This VIII not effect the roundhouse
There is both day and night shift there
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
NO PARDON FOR JONES
Board Continues Until Next Month the
Case of John Lingo.
specIal 10 The Evening journal.

Dover, May THE pardon OF John
Jones, imprisoned in Georgetown Jail. for
arson. has been refused by the State
Board Of Pardons.
The application for the pardon Of John
Lingo the white boy sentenced to a long
term for fe,onious assault. was continued
until next month. IAngo's case had been
already continued from last month. Riheu
a number Of women presented themselves
before the bnard I'm behalf of ;ne boy. His
extreme youth is urged as a. cause for par.
don, and a icng term Of ddleness in Tn,
SAIL with its evai surroundings. would Ger
iainiy not tend to improve the prisoner
II is claimed.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
Media Woman's Club.

Media, May THE Women's club
OF Media held It's annual meeting last
evening and elected the following ohi-
GERS: President, Mrs Walter n. Cock
ran; first vice president. Mrs. Price w.
Janeway; second vice president, Mrs.
Frank Downing; third president,
Mrs. George NJ. Lewis; recording Sec
retary Mrs. Frederick Nash; cores
ponding secretary, Mrs. Maurice c.
Michener; treasurer, Mrs. J. Harrison
Campbell; directors, Miss Mary Wirz,
Mrs. Horace r. Manley, Mrs. Edward
II. Hall and Mrs. Empson Garwood.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
DOCS ACTION SUSPICIOUS
Canine Bit Small Boy and Was After.
wards Killed.

A fox terrier owned by Patrick Bo-
gle. Of No. COS Orange street. acted sus-
piciously recently and Mr.. Boyle locked
il In his yard to await developments.
While the dog was thus confined It
bit child OF Mr.. Boyle, and later II
escaped.
The dog was killed in Brandywine
hundred after attacking some other ca
mines. Its body has been sent to the
State laboratory at Newark for exam
nation to determine whether Il was
afflicted with rabies.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
Remembered Thelr Foreman.

A silver ice pitcher was presented to
William J. Gamble. who resigned as
foreman of the blacksmith shop at the
Harlan g. Holllngsworth Company's
plant. by several Of the employees last
night. He was also presented with a
gold smoking set.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
DECISION DAY At UNION CHURCH
Committee Arranging For Annual Ex-
eursion Of the Sunday School.

Tomorrow will be decision day in Union
NJ. Il. Church and Sunday School. All
the service VIII be devoted 10 the one
purpose Of inducing old and young to de-
eide ITO live a christian life.
The pastor will emphasize this thought
in the morning and evening discourses and
1t will be made prominent in the Sunday
School and Epworth League exercises.
Large results are anticipated and many
additions to the church will likely attend
these efforts.
special committee is engaged in ar
ranging for the annual excursion Of the
Sunday School and its plans will be en-
nounced az an early day
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
BIDS FOR BRIDGE
Pennsylvania Railroad to Haya New
Structure over susaushanns.

The Pennsylvania Railroad has adj
vertised for bids for the construction
.of piers for new S1.00O.O00 steel dou-
ble-track bridge over the Susquehanna
River at Havre de Grace, Md. The
work consists Of twenty immense piers.
eight Of which will probably have to be
built by pneumatic process
The bids will be opened by Chief En-
gineer w. II. Brown on Monday May
16. Mr. Brown says the work will re-
quire the highest skill in constructing
deepwater foundations. When COM
pleted the bridge will be one of the
finest in the country. II will be built
about 200 feet north OF the present
structure. which is but a single-track
bridge.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
BEQUEST FOR HOSPITAL
Mrs. Mather 5equeaths $1,000 For Es-
tablishment Of Memorial Bed.

In her VIII which was probated yes
terday. Mrs. Frances A. Mather be-
quenths $1,000 TO the Delaware Hospital
for the establishment and maintenance
Of a bed in memory OF her father, the
late DR., Henry r. Askew
Mrs Mather died on April o. Her
husband, Joseph a. Mather died Au-
gust 25, 1903.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
Atlantic City Special Put On.

The Atlantic City special will be put I'm
service this afternoon for the season. The
train. which goes by the Delaware river
bridge route will leave this city daily at
80 o clock p. m.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
st.oo, Wilmington to Baltimore and
Return, S 100.

Sunday. May Is, via Pennsylvania
Railroad. Special train leaves Will
mington s.45 a. m. returning leaves
Baltimore $50 p. m.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
Only st.Oo to Baltimore and Return.

Via Pennsylvania Railroad. Sunday.
May Is. Special express train leaves
Wilmington e.45 a. m. returning leaves
Baltimore CUnion Stauon) $50 p. m.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
Mon Oil Paintinn.

Miss Sarah ID. Dale was the winner Of
a handsome large oil painting of St. An
thony at the St. Thomas far last night.
II was given TO the fair by Father Con-
nelly. who brought It here from Rome.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
New Goods at Q. w. Lynch Co.,
Grocerc,

Darlington Hall steel cut coffee. S5c
pound; Lipton's teas zoe and 75c
pound. The old Tabard Inn teas and
coffees, soc. 4Oc and 60c the pound.
You get good goods at right prices
from us. Two stores, y. W. Cor. Mari-
son and Fourth SITS; s. W. Cor King
ana Eighth SITS. adv.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
BIG CIRCUS
HAS ARRIVED.
Came to Town and Was
GREETED by Big Crowd This
Morning
GORGEOUS STREET PARADE
There Are to Be Two Performances and
From Every Indication Immense
Crowds Will be on Hand to Witness
Them.

The circus is here. it Is Barnum e.
Bailey's and It arrived in the wee hours
OF the morning, but there was a crowd
on hand TO greet It.
There were boys. big and little and
men Of all sorts and descriptions and
not few young women. The presence
Of the latter seemed to occasion some
surprise among the men, but they en-
joyed Il as much as the regulars
probably little more. because Il was
all new 10 them.
The first section pulled into the city
over the Pennsylvania Railroad shortly
before 5 o'clock and the last. the fifth,
arrived about Z o'clock. They came
from Trenton, and from here will go to
Baltimore and Washington.
The greatest interest, OF course ccn-
tered In the unloading OF the ANIMALS
and especially the elephants
They came gladly enough out Of their
nights confinement aud shifted eagerly
Lac the dainties offered them by the
crowd.
Many Came by Rail.
Trains coming into this city from
both directions have been crowded with
people coming TO the circus. Particu-
larly large crowds arrived on the Del
aware division trains.
At l2 o'clock the parade appeared In
the centre OF the city. u needed hut
one glance at the first item 10 convince
the public that they were witnessing
most extraordinary spectacle. Full
mounted officers were conspicuous.
Many Wild Beasts.
Then followed "a large number Of open
dens OF wild beasts. a large number Of
closed dens, a herd OF twenty odd ele-
plants, "A score OF camels and Immense
other band wagons. and would really
make tableaux vvants.. All OF these
Immense floats were an most elaborate
~ carved and decorated IN gold: they
represented various Interesting things.
Each Of the fve continents had float,
and upon them rode representative
types Of people correctly costumed.
All the heroes Of childhood lore were
also represented IN these h0ats. Hump
ty-Dumpty. Jack and the Bean stalk,
the Cow that Jumped over the Moon.
Cinderella, etc.
one immense affair was great green
ldouble-headed dragon, upon whose back
rode princess. followed by two
knights In steel armor. Each OF the
Hodts was accompanied by Knights cos
TUNED according TO the float.
The Calllope Ostein Plano was a mat
ter, Of course. that brought up the rear
OF the parade that was over one and
one-half miles Of splendor, and il Is no
exaggeratlon to state that II was re-
garded by every spectator as the most
superb street pageantry they had ever
witnessed.
Add CIRCUS
II was great disappointment to many
that the great forty-horse team was not
In line. Il started out bur at the foot
Of hill ran into a gully. breaking a
brake. However. the parade was good
enough without Il and most everybody
was satisfied
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Evening journal., 1904-05-07

While working in the shops of the
p, B. & w. railroad at Todds Cut
yesterday afternoon. w. j. Jones, "A
machinist, had his right hand badly
lacerated. He was sent to his home,
at No. 240 Lombard street.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
Raw Cream

is inferior TO Borden's Peerless Brand
Evaporated Cream in richness and deli
cacy Of flavor. Peerless Cream is SUI
perior as q cream for cereals, coffee,
tea. chocolate and general household
cooking. II is the result Of fifty years
experience with the milk problem.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
POWELL RESPONSIBLE
DECLARES LAWYER DAVIS
Special to The evening Journal.


Dover, May THE State prosecutors
branded Mary A. Powell as the most
fiendish woman in recent history in
their final summing up to the jury.
They pictured her terrible slaughtering
Of Estella Albin In the only way. they
declared, 1t was physically possible for
her to have been slain.
All the while Mr. Richards was thus
summing up, Essie Albln's elder sister,
Mrs. Clara Williams. sat in an ante
room where she had been summoned as
a witness. AS the deputy drew his
horrible picture. Mrs. Williams became
convulsed in tears and refused to be
comforted.
The three degrees of murder-first de-
gree, second degree and manslaughter-
were outlined to the jury by Deputy
Attorney-General Richards in his OPEN
ing. The malice aforethought, as in
the choice of a deadly weapon, was
pointed out as the first degree; the
reckless shooting or killing as the sec
ond degree, and the spontaneous fight
as the third degree. or manslaughter.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
PimpIe May Cause Blood POISON.

George Wright, bridgetendcr at Third
street bridge, is confined to his bed and
may have blood poisoning as a result of
scratching pimple on his nose. His. face
is badly swollen.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
soc to RaItimors and Return.

Via Pennsylvania Railroad. Sunday.
May 10. Special express train leaves
Wilmington 9.i5 a. m. Returning leaves
Baltimore $50 p. m. Tickets good only
on special train.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
SERVICE PENSION For AGE.

Nov and important order. Sc when So, IS
when e5, $40 when 6S. sl2 when 20 years.
John Wainwrlght & Co, Pension Attys.,
End loor, 3 w. 9Th ST., Wilmington Del.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07

Unable to Stand Shock Of Operation.
Unable TO survive the shock OF an
operation for appendicitis, Miss Clara
May Workman. aged II years, of No.
PA Monroe street, died at the Delaware
Hospital yesterday afternoon.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07

Growth is usually
considered a sign
of progress.
In one week The
Evening Journal
published more
paid advertising
display and CLASH
fied-than any
other afternoon
paper in Whining
ton.
This is a record
that is extremely
valuable to the ad-
vertiSer. 1t shows
that The Evening
Journal brings re-
suits.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07

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Evening journal., 1904-05-07

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Evening journal., 1904-05-07
MaehInery For south AfrIea.

The Belts Machine Company has
shipped an immense boring and turning
machine to the De Beers Explosive
Works, Cape Town. South Africa.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07

Stop That Leak.
With Cartuel's Roof Paint.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
Mr.. Richards Opens.

Mr. Richards Opens.
This is a serious case-serious for
Mary A. Powell because her life is in
volved. The law favors her, because
it throws around her that presumption
of innocence and requires the State to
prove her guilty. 1t is not a question
as to the person killed. it is a question
whether or not you shall stand for the
preservation Of those laws which are
at the very foundation Of our civil
government.
You are not to consider this case
with favor upon either side-either be-
cause one side is the State in which we
are all so interested, or that on the
other side is this defendant, a woman.
Certain 1t is, for there is no division
taken by the hand of Mary A. Powell.
The undisputed evidence before you
shows that 81 bruises or confused
wounds, and 1S9 cuts appeared on the
body of Estella Albin. that the cut
across her throat severed the two car
otoid arteries both jugular veins, the
trachea and the nerve which connects
the brain with the heart. It is undis-
puted that the Powell garret was found
that night a vertable slaughter house.
Now this woman, i'm making her de-
fense, says that Essie Albin attempt
ed to kill her. And what ridiculous
attempt they have made to prove the
girl once prepared poisoned coffee for
the family. Mrs. Powell poisoned that
coffee and Charles c. Wootters drank
half OF his and Essie Albin drank all
of hers-mind you. poured by Mrs.
! Powell.
Now there is but one living witness
of that murder. She knows what oc-
CURED in that garret (pointing a sharp
finger at Alrs. PowelD and 1 doubt not
that the minutest detail of It is burned
upon her memory just as the fame
burns ones flesh. Under her own state
ments, this defendant stands guilty i'm
manner and form as she stands indict-
ed"
Mr. Richards demonstrated to the
jury and asked the jurors to expert
ment with each other. how it was ply
sically impossible for Essie Albin to
have clutched the throat of Mary Pow
ell as she swears.
Repeating over and over again Mrs.
Powelrs cry of Il didn't want to cut
her." Mr. Richards said unquestionably
Mrs. Powell got that off for effect. If
she did not want to cut her then why
did she take out the knife?
The Unspeakable Man.
Frank II. Davis, VINO opened the ar
gument for Mrs. Powell, thought the
whole occurrence nothing more than
an ordinary fight between two Jealous
women, one of whom. unbeknown to the
other. had a knife. The other dlscov-
cred it and then the fight became a
long, Bloody life-and-death struggle
for that sharp knife.
But l would omit an important duty
were to fail to pay attention to that
Evening journal., 1904-05-07

A. c. Dorsey, plumber. phone l5eA adv.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07

Yarscr sells room moulding. n' shipley.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
Hand Badly Laoeratsd.

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WEATHER.

Tomorrows Fair, light variable
winds.
Evening journal., 1904-05-07
wANr woRKf

The Evening Journal inserts
situation wanted ads free.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-11
ONE WOMAN AMONG THE
THOUSANDS.

We received a letter from Wayeross, Ga.
from woman who has been troubled with fe-
male complaint for a long time, until she was
get confused and so nervous and irritable sho
could hardly sleep. She described her case as
one similar to thousands OF other women, and
then ends the letter by saying she had gained
Is lbs last month and never felt better in her
life. having no trace of her former troubles,
slept well, and ate her meals with a relish. She
commenced she use of DIR Gums Blood and
Nerve Tonic just six weeks before she wrote
the letter from which we copy the above. This
tonic is in tablet form, and should be taken
right after meals. 1t turns the food you eat
into strong rich blood, feeding the nerves and
curing disease by making healthy flesh. Sold
by all druggists for 75c per box, or 8 boxes for
81. Pale weak, thin people should use this
Tonic. For sale by j w. Merritt Woodbury.,
N +
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-11
OF IXTERRsT re SICK People

We have all the sympathy in the world for
sick people. and want 30 treat them in SER
ious way. There is no humor IN pain and
affection. but hard earnest fact 1t is inapossi-
BILE for the patient TO impress on others the ex-
tent Of suffering they endure and their anxiety
for relief. To get well or be relieved is their
one thought any remedy that will bring this
about has their everlasting gratitude. We have
thousands of letters from people who have had
dyspepsia, k-headache and bilious attacks.
who tell as how thankful tney were for having
used DIR. Gums Improved Liver Pills They
are sold at all drug stores for Csc per box. Only
one for dose. These pills remove the cause Of
disease and make the skin clear and healthy
looking. For sale by J. w. A1erritt, Woodbury.,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-11
.PARKER'S PLATFORM
Democratic Candidates Speech
Accepting Nomination.
REPEATS GOLD DECLARATION

Denounces Executive usurpation.
Touches on Colorado Labor War.
Asserts Necessity of Tariff Revision.
Regulation of Trusts-opposes Mill
tarism and Imperialism.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-11

This paper is entered in The Post oeSce at Wood
ary, N. u, as second-cIass matter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-11
$4,000 ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN IN THE EVENING
Grand General Chorus of National Airs by Lberatis Band


In eGroveat Up M for the o sou Jersey.
TRAINS ndR eandine
G.. THOS ]. STRATTON,
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Exhibition Farm Products 500 in Prizes

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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-11

Geo. 6. Vest for 20 years .. S. sena-
tor from Missouri, died at his home IN
Sheet Spring, No. on the 9th inst, aged
"a years.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-11

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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-08-11
18c. Batiste lie.
August Sale Price.

The balance of a fine line of
Embroidered Batiste in very
neat stripes; every pattern very
desirable; values among them
from I8c to CSC. August Sale
Price, lie I'd.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-28
TopsHAM's TOWN MEETING.
Many Matters Considered at Session of
Saturday.

Topsham. Me. March .7.-At a srec,al
town meeting held in Topsham. Saturday
afternoon, Thomas Giveen was elected
moderator and action was taken on sev-
eral matters Of Importance.
1t was voted to amend the bylaw OF
the town in regard to tn election of Of
orator and town clerk. shall be elected on
Il single ticket.
AT the annual meeting it was neglected
to raise an amount for school supplies
and at the meeting, Saturday afternoon.
S2a was appropriated for this purpose.
It was voted that TIE Selectmen be au-
thorized to dispOs. of the land owned by
the town in the cemetery on Elm street.
originally intended for Il SchOolhouSe lot
to the best advantage
At the request of David II. FlagG the
town voted to accept the sum of 500 to D.,
deposited at once by Mr.. Flagg FOR :hf
perpetual care of the family tomb of Cy-
rus Flagg on summer street This sum is
to remain at interest and the interest t,
be added to the principal until thu death
Of Mr.. Flagg. after which the interest
shall lie used for the care OF the tomb
iThe lot ana right OF way to the lot are
to be decided to the town.
| The town also voted to accept the sum
of $40 from thu estate of Louisa l.. Jack
late of East Boston, Tor the perpetual
care of the lot in the old cemetery at til.
Cross Roads bearing the Eamc oi Thorn
as Graves. who died in 1876.