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DID NOT NEED ADVICE.
Young Lawyer Sharp Enough to Make
His Own Way.

Ills OWn way
A prominent judge and a young
lawyer were taking a holiday jaunt
together, and having very jolly time
of it. One day the younger man said
to his companion:
Judge, 1 wish you would tell me
what it is to which you attribute your
very unusual success in the law"
"Well, 1 don't mind doing so; but
it must be on one condition, and that
is, that you agree to pay the rest OF
my travelling expenses on this trip"
To an ambitious young fellow of
considerable inherited fortune that
was not too much to do, and SO he
agreed.
1T is simply this" said the Judge;
ct always make it a rule to deny
everything and insist upon proof"
His friend acknowledged the re-
mark with simple thank you." and
nothing further was said about the
matter.
The Judge did not limit himself in
his wines and other expenses, and
was running up a pretty bill. When
their stay at that hotel was ended,
and they went to the desk for their
accounts, the judge received his, and
passed it to the younger man with
a twinkle in his eye.
why, what does this mean?" he
asked.
Meant" said the judge, cit sind
ply means that you agreed to pay all
my expenses on this trip, and here's
my BILL"
Judge" said the other, "I deny
everything, and insist upon proof.
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about them. For this reason she tried
to unravel the history of the Oldest
furniture in the executive mansion,
and wanted to place on each side of
it a small label that would identify
and explain it.
She also designed an elaborate cabi-
net, that she planned to have built in
the walls of the state dining room,
where all of the presidential china
would have been placed. Mrs. Harri-
son did not succeed in putting her
plan into execution, but she did sue
coed in restoring many of the dis
doubtful historical associations was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-05-07
immense canteIoupe patch.

The largest canteloupe patch" in
the world will be that which is to
be planted near Greeley. Colo. the
present spring. 1t will embrace 1000
acres. Hitherto cantaloupe raising in
Colorado has been mostly confined to
the famous ROCKFORD district, In the
Arkansas valley, but the farmers of
northern Colorado have now deter
mined to enter that very proe*Able
field Of horticulture.
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Widespread interest has been shown
in the undertaking which Mrs. Roose-
welt has started of collecting. as far as
it is possible, and preserving at the
White House specimen pieces of all
the china which has been used by the
Presidents of the United States.
That which makes Mrs. Rooseve1t's
undertaking harder than it otherwise
would be is the fact that there has
never been a curator at the White
House whose duty it was to look after
it's furniture and furnishings. Conse-
quently, very many things of value
have been broken, lost, or simply dis
appeared.
OF course, in the early days Of our
history as a nation, life at the Presi-
dents house was far simpler than it
is now and far less plate and china
were needed. Besides this, it is alto
gether probable that for many years
each President bought with his own
money part of, if not all, the better
grade of china that was used during
his administration, and that when he
left the executive mansion he took his
china with him.
Another thing that reduced the Pres
idential china was the custom, which
prevailed until a very short time ago,
for the new mistress of the White
House at the beginning of each admin
istration to discard much of her pre-
decessor's furnishings and wares, the
articles thus discarded being sold at
public auction. Naturally, quantities
of the china must have left the White
House in this manner.
There is probably more Washington
china of indisputable authenticity in
existence to-day than china which can
be identified as having been used by
all the other early presidents COM
bined. This is doubtless due to the
fact that both George and Martha
Washington described the ware in de-
tail in their wills.
Miss Mary Lee, daughter of Robert
E. Lee, now possesses a greater guam
tity of this ware than any other per-
son in the country. Her collection in
cludes many pieces of the Cincinnati
and Van Braam sets, quantity of the
French gold trimmed white china set,
some blue and white earthenware and
a number of unclassified pieces.
Mrs. Kennon's collection of Wash
ington china contains many other
things besides china. She has some
fine plate, several sconces and can
delabra, some of the furniture and pic
lures that were at Mount Vernon dur
ing Washington's lifetime, and the
old brass andirons which stood in the
wide mouthed fireplace of the room
in which he died. The Ladies' Mount
Vernon association has succeeded in
bringing back to Mount Vernon a
number of interesting pieces of the
Washington ware, among which is a
big punch bowl.
The National Museum has large
collection of Washington china which
the government bought of the Lewis
heirs. 1t includes many pieces of
blue earthenware, others of the gold
and white china set, besides a hand
some Neiderweiler bowl, and a very
| old and quaint plate containing an
ancient Chinese battle scene in its
| center.
| Aside from these collections some
| of the presidential china will of course
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White House Relics.

be found in private homes throughout
the country, and from one or all OF
these sources Mrs. Roosevelt hopes to
obtain specimens for the cabinets
which she has recently placed in the
White House 1t viii be difficult to
secure specimens Of Al the presiden-
tial ware, but lit is believed that those
who own such china will be glad to
lend it to the White House for the
purpose of exhibiting 1t there.
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CHI IN A

The matter of preserving the presi-
Dental china has been seriously con-
sfdered by several of the presidents
wives Mrs. Harrison, who was per-
haps more interested In American
history and in preserving the things
of historical value in the White House
than any of her predecessors, felt the
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4 Thank Thee God,

For light and life for strength and work.
For solemn hours and days of mirth.
For shine and shower. for death and
birth,
thank thee, God,
For pleasant paths. for thorns that Turk.
For those who scorn, for friends of
worth.
For love of old rebound on earth
/ thank Thee. God
Elaine in Boston Ideas.
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man, to be sure, had no money, and
would have many years to wait before
he could expect a paying position, but
Well, he was a man! Miss Gerda
shared her fathers opinion. though
she did not say so.
That night DIR. Roderick Mappes did
not sleep comfortably.
Why should th.E, distant tower-room.
connected with the rest of the house
only by spiral stair which was shut
on by a door from the floor below.
have been assigned to him? The
view, which Aunt Bertha had praised
so highly, could be seen only by day
NGht.
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great age, but which at that time
could not be identified. Capt PEN
dell, the oldest employe of the house,
remembered seeing it in the state din
ing room during the Lincoln admins
tration- It probably, at that time, be-
came disjointed and was laid aside
In the garrett and forgotten
Through Col William H Crook, who
has been connected with the clerical
force of the White House for forty
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The Abhe Fred Circus.

Sayl Since the circus struck the town
I've been there every day;
It's just the biggest streak of luck
That ever came my way.
First Grandpa dropped around an see
He didn't want to go.
But s'posed there wasn't no one else
To take me to the show
On Tuesday Uncle Jimmy came,
An seq he didn't care
To see the thing; twas jest in case
1 wanted to go there
Then sisters beau came up one night:
1t bored him, he had found,
But thought as p raps I'd like to see
The elephants go round
That cross old man who lives next door,
He comes an SEE to Ma
He had no kids, he would take
The circus job on Pa
When Pa came home on Saturday
L heard him grumblin' that
He hated it like sin, but guessed
He'd halter take the brat
-McLandburg Wilson. in New York Sun.
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jackson Fruit Dish and CandeIabra.
The Candelabra were presented to Presi-
dent Jackson by the Tammany Society
granddaughter, Mrs. Emily Wilcox of
Washington
carded pieces of china and plate, and
while she was its mistress none of the
old furnishings of the house of even
allowed to be sold or thrown into stor-
age.
One day in rummaging through the
garnet of the White House, she found
the three pieces of a high and CLASH
cal fruit bowl which was evidently OF
Evening journal., 1904-05-10
WENT TO WEST CHESTER
To TAKE TESTIMONY
Commissioner Will Hear
Witnesses in Case of Hell
delbaughvs. Dupont

John W. Brady went to West Chester
this morning to take testimony in the
case Of Sidney L. Heidelbaugh VS.. Al
fred I Dupont. Of witnesses who have
been i'll and live outside Of Delaware.
Mr.. Brady was appointed a commits
sioner to take testimony by the judges
Of the Superior Court at the November
term last year. He was accompanied
by l.. Irving Handy. who represents
the plaintiff, and John +. Neary, who
will look after the interests Of Ward &
Gray. counsel for Mr.. DUPONT.
1t is a case TO recover damages for
injuries sustained by Mrs. Heidelbaugh.
wife Of the plaintiff. The accident hap
pened early last fan while Mrs Heidel-
baugh was returning home from Will
mington in a market wagon.
While driving along the road II Is
alleged that Mr.. DUPONT passed at a
high rate Of speed. causing the horse
to make jump which threw Mrs. Hell
delbaugh from her seat. She fell in the
back OF the wagon and 1t is claimed
was injured to such an extent that she
was unable to go to market for months.
The amount of damages asked by the
plaintiff Is $4,000.
Evening journal., 1904-05-10
DOUBLE TRACK IN
MARYLAND AVE.
Street and Sewer Commission
Grants Railway Company
Permission
DISCUSSED STREET SPRIHELING
Law viii be Carried Out and no Frie-
tion is xpected--contraet Awards
ed For Paving Blocks and Printing
Of Annual Report.

The Street and Sewer Commission
this morning granted the Wilmington
city Railway Company permission to
lay double track In Maryland avenue
between Monroe street and Sixth ave-
nue.
General Manager Samuel S. Hon OF
the company appeared before the
board and said that he thought the
commission was doing his company an
injustice by compelling it to keep the
streets over which its cars run.
sprinkled between the hours OF and
4 o'clock. He said that In order to
follow out this law. it would be neces-
sary TO purchase four sprinklers.
Mr.. Johnson thought that as long
as the railway company kept the dust
down IN the busy sections OF the city
there would be no friction between the
board and the company.
The contract for supplying 1000
square yards of Belgium blocks for
paving IN East Fourth street. was
granted to Stewart & Donahue at S1.5S
a square yard. This is five cents more
than the price quoted by the same firm
before bids were asked for. The paw
/ ing work will be done by Davis and
Brother at lSi5 cents and the sand will
be furnished by John M. Solomon at 95
cents.
The contract to print the seventeenth
annual report Of the department was
awarded 10 John NJ. Rogers at sl.46 a
page for printed matter and 81 for
cuts.
Auditor John Goughman returned %
the board without his. approval the
bills OF James Dougherty the Della
ware Mining and Granite Company
and Philip p. Tyre for work done fol
the department because the contracts
did not accompany them. The seere.
tary was instructed to confer with
Auditor Boughman and explain the ma
ture OF the bills.
Evening journal., 1904-05-10
JAMES c. VAN TRUMP'S
SALARY INCREASED
superintendent of Plumbers
of Water Department Now
Gets $50 a Week

-rba Water Commissioners at regular
meeting yesterday afternoon were be
seieed with requests from empoyes OF
the department. James. e. Van Trump,
superntendcmt OF plumbers asked for
an increase IN his salary Of from S27 to-
$50 n week. The board recognized Mr.. Van
Trunip as a valuable man and granted his
request.
The plumbers Of the department sent
a noe asking that they be granted the
Saturday half holiday aud that their
working hours be from Z O'Clock In the
morning to A o'clock ia the afternoon.
They work now from O'Clock in the
norntng uls;E o'clock in the afternoon
1t was not thought advisable to grant
this request as the other employees of the
depirtmens would not feel mudh ike
worlzins if the plumbers quit an hour BE-
fore them.
Another letter w0s read from John II.
Fahey. superintendent of the paving de-
partment He said he WIS being paid $3.50
day whom the standard wages of first
class PAYERS Is SEQ a day and even high
er in some instances. He said that as he
was doing all work he thought ne was
entitled 10 more pay and asked the board
TO advance his salary to So a day.
In his letter he recommended chat VIII
dam jess and Robert Hail, men WHO
work for him. be gsvcn an advance also.
He recommended that less got s2.25 Il day
and IIaN g j day. Mr.. Garrett thought
the advance too generous and Engineer
Iesen was again consulted. The men
were good workers he said. and he
thought they should have an advance, but
did rot favor giving them so much. Mr..
Ford said he thought they did pretty hard
work and thought the advance was none
too much. The board finally compromised
by giving Fahoy slG.5O a week, Bess S12 a
week, and Hall so a week.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Garrett, John
Emory, Of No. 1887 East Thirteenth street
was appointed to a position at the city
pumping mill at present vacant, because
OF Jhe illness of one of the men.
Mr.. Leisen presented a letter from A.
+. Iwham an expert engineer of New
York. lie said he would come here fol
800 a day and expenses The board die
not take any action on the matter.
Mayor Brd was present at the meet
ing and upon being asked II he had any
thsng TO suggest said that the people wer,
getting anxious concerning the now N'atei
pant and wanted to know somethin,
about dt. MIR. Lessen told him that TN,
department was getting expert opinion oi
the matter now and would shortly be abl
TO make public the findings OF these en-
gneers.
Evening journal., 1904-05-10
TO GET ESTIMATES ON
COAL BINS FOR SCHOOLS
Will Be Erected With View
to Measuring Fuel De-
livered by Contractor

The members of the Board Of Educarion
last night decided 10 got estimates as 10
the cost Of Installing coal Gins I'm the cell
lars Of the various public schools. The
bins when erected viii be constructed with
view TO measuring coal delivered by me
contractor.
Mr.. Morrow was asked 10 make report
for the combined committees that were
to meet tho committee Of CITY Council re-
gardlng tho yearly appropriation includ-
ing ,he fve per cent. increase asked for
by the board. lie said the COMMITTEES had
held meeting on Thursday might and
Council committee had promised TO have
an answer ready for them IN time for the
meeting last 1sht but at the last mo-
ment Mr.. Morrow had received word that
this could not be done until after the next
meeting Of Council
The matter was postponed until che
next mecting when IL Is hoped It win be
settled definitely.
At the request Of the Athletic Com
mittee at the High School. the board de-
cided TO engage man TO take care Of the
baseball grounds at Front and Union
streets. which the students OF the High
School have rented for the season. Sew
eral things have been stolen from the
grounds that had TO be replaced at once
and at considerable expense 10 The Athletic
Committee.
The resignation Of Miss Martha J. Ca
hoon a teacher in the High School was
accepted and referred to the committee
ON teachers.
Evening journal., 1904-05-10
ELECTION OF A NEW
FIRE CHIEF TONIGHT
Two Tickets in the Field But
Companies Composing
Combination Will Win

The election for chief engineer and
two assistant engineers Of the Whining
ton Fire Department will be he.d tonight.
There will be two tickets in the field, but
the ',comblnatiOn,' which is composed Of
the Friendship. Phoenix. Washington.
Weccaooe, Liberty and Brandywine, wi /
win.
The candidates 70 be voted for by the
"combination'' companies are William
stlly OF the Phoenix Company. for chief;
August j. FuArmann, Of the Liberty for
first assistant, and Martin f. Farrell of
the Washington. for second assistant.
The anti-oombine ticket is composed Of
John A. Pha,en Of the Water Witch for
chief; william j. Lutz. OF the Fame, for
dIst assistant. and Charles Schulz, Of the
Delaware. for second assistant This
ticket VIII be supported by the Reliance,
Delaware. Water witch and Fame COM
panics.
The Union Fire Company desiring 20
keep out Of the fight. will not vote for
either the "combine" or "anu-combine'
tickets, but viii probably nominate and
elect an independent ticket, composed OF
members of uhat organization.
Following the election tonight the "com
bination' viii hold a banquet in German
Hail, at which the members OF all IN,
companies in the city viii be admitted, ,
fire badge being the only card Of admis
SION needed to gain an entrance to tn
hall
on Thursday evening City Council Wi
/ canvass sae votes and issue the necessar.
cert.ftatcs
Evening journal., 1904-05-10
WILL GIVE NO REASONS
FOR NEW POWELL TRIAL
Special to The Evening Journal.

Dover. May lO.-Having been relieved
of the ordeal of receiving a sentence of
life imprisonment today Mrs. Powell
was much more quiet in her cell in the
county jail last night. Sentence has
been suspended, pending the argument
for a new trial, which the attorneys
gave notice Of today. and for which
they were given until Wednesday to
prepare.
Counsel for the convicted woman will
give no reasons for the new trial, but
IN court on Wednesday they win be
taken up seriatim by Attorney General
Ward and answered. Then the court
will pass upon the motion. 1t is under
stood that the reasons for the new tria
viii be sensational, although the de.
fense will give out no information a:
to their nature.
Evening journal., 1904-05-10
TAX QUESTION
IS CONSIDERED
Rate Probably VIII be In
creased and Announced
Latter Part Of Month
AFTER TAX COLLECTORS AGAIN
It is said That There is $4,000 Out
standing and Surprise is Expressed
That Council Don't Take Some De-
cisve Action.

The tax question was discussed by the
finance committee Of City Council and sew
eral other members of that body last
night Tho new tax rate will be fixed
the laItter pant of this month and will go
into effect on July ]. The present rate Is
81 so on the 800 Of assessed value and 1T
Is expected that this rate will be sth fur
thor increased.
The city has no other source of revenue
other than that derived from property tax
alton and consequently taxpayers must
stand the brunt. There IS it is estimated,
800 900 outstanding in taxes which will be-
come outlawed in a short while, unless
collected.
1t was thought that after the recent
expose Of the amount Of outstanding
taxes due the city. council would take
some action to forcibly compel the tax
collectors to get in this money. In con-
sequence of council taking no action ir
this direction there is much surprise ex-
pressed.
A prominent citizen said this morning
that If a property owner cou'd not pay
taxes for one year there was little hkli.
hood of him being able to pay two and al
together improbable ITO pay for rhre'
years. "suoh delinquents should have
their properties sold as they establish Z
bad precedent and encourage othersto 70
low in their footsteps" said this property
| owner.
Evening journal., 1904-05-10
ASK
FOR DIVORCES
Nearly Halt a Hundred Viii
mington Couples Tired
Of Married Life
TRIAL LIST FOR MAY TERM ISSUED
It Also Contains 14s Gases For Trial.
Among the Cases Marked For Areu-
ment is One Against John Edward
Addicks.

Forty-nine divorce cases are now pend
ing in the Superior Court Of New Castle
county. The trial list for the May term
which came out today contains this num-
Der. Among others ON the list is the case
Of Louise Rodney Ho comb vs.. Chauncey
r. Holcomb. which caused such sensia-
tion in social circles several weeks ago,
when 81 was learned that Mrs. Holcomb
had entered a suit for divorce The di-
vorce cases follow:
Aubrey Thatcher vs.. Fanny f. Thatch-
er.
Benjamin B. Simpson vs.. Mary A. simp
son.
Jennie NJ. Messick VS.. seremus Messick.
Alice r. jackson vs.. George jackson.
Leonard x. Baylis VS.. Jennie Baylis.
Ida NJ. Gregg, VS.. Robert NJ. Gregg.
Alverta Ward vs.. Armor Ward.
Lawrence J. Potts vs.. Ellen G. POTTS.
Daisy L. Moon vs.. Ellsworth E. Moon.
James c. Smith vs.. Mary Emma Smith
Magda ena r. Farra vs.. John d. Farra
Georganna b. Ferguson vs.. Launes II
| Ferguson.
! Emma e. Day vs.. VIM. Herbert Day.
James Z. Stanton VS.. Elizabeth stanton
Jervis A. Smith VS.. Henrietta Smith.
/ Mary +. Gibbs VS.. William Gibbs.
Clara A. Hoffecker vs.. George S. Hof
fecker.
Florence B. Joyce VS.. John Henr,
Joyce.
Jennie L. Clements VS.. Thomas G. Glen
ents.
Lillian NJ. Thomson vs.. Joseph C. Thorn
son.
Lille Z. Coyle Reed vs.. George M. Reed
Mary l.. Crooks vs.. James Crooks.
Waiter johnson vs.. Alice r. johnson.
Margaret p. Jacques VS.. Horace Gar
rettson Jacques.
Anlry A. warrick vs.. Benjamin F
Warrck.
Mary L. Pearson vs.. Hiram +. Pearson
Lydia c. Downs vs.. Reuben ]. Downs
Sarah Z. Williams vs.. Richard WI hams
George scriven vs.. Elizabeth j. SERVER
Olivia Dawson vs.. George b. Mace
Dawson.
Robert Henry cubberly VS.. Maude Cul
berry.
Roderick s.Neviile vs.. Hortense Nevir,
Malindn sioewant VS.. Thomas r. Stewuar-
Bertha NJ. Dean vs.. William B. Dean.
Charles Clampitt vs.. Lizzie j. Clampit
william s. Clark vs.. Amanda e. Charl
Reba F0trlamb VS.. Marry V. Ralrhml
Clara L. Ostergren W. Axe W. Ostel
gren.
Elsie May johnson vs.. John c. johnson
Mary A. Lewis vs.. William C.. Levi.
Mary E. Seeds VS.. Joseph E. Z. Seed,
Catharine Marshall VS.. George f. MAJ
I shall.
Sela A. Ligger vs.. james II. Ligger.
Grace A. Gentry vs.. Franklin + Gentr,
Louise Rodney Holcomb vs.. Chaunce
p. Holcomb.
; Annie f. Mercer VS.. Harry 4. Mercer.
= Isaac S. Fredd VS.. AdiTa c. Fredd.
I In addition TO dhe divorce cases the trf
: list contains 20 other cases for argumei
and l4S causes for trial. Many Of the latt,
/ are carnage cases against the railroads.
The case OF ". o. Sullivan Ddmpfel v
& John Edward Addiclzs is among those Z
the argument list. W. II. Cooper, Jr., re
resents the plaintiff.
Evening journal., 1904-05-10
.RUM0R THAT POWELL
HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE

Dover, May 10.-A report reached here
this morning that Alfred NJ. Powell. the
husband Of Mrs. Mary A. Powell con-
victed OF the murder of Miss Este.n Al
bin, has committed suici1e. The story is
that his body was found in the creek back
OF his house near Bowers Beach. This is
the second time since the womans con-
viction that Powells suicide has been re-
ported. The report was brought here by
| fishermen from Bowers Beach. Efforts 10
secure verification from Bowers Beach
have so far been unsuccessful. I'm view of
the fact that the telephone lines between
here and Bowers are crippled.
Donation Day at Home.
Evening journal., 1904-05-10
NATIONAL TEMPERANCECONVENTION
Will be Held in New Castle on October
26, 27 and %.

The annual convention Of the State
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
will be held at New Castle on October
26 q and 2S. Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis,
National W. c. r. u; superintendent
Of Legislation Mrs. J. X. Barney, OF
Phode Island. and the Rev. Anna How
ard Shaw, of Philadelphia, viii be the
speaker at the three respective evening
meetings.
Evening journal., 1904-05-10
Another Expsrt views sizes,

Another hydraulic engineer expert
has been here to look over the proposed
sites selected for possible location of
the new water plant. The expert call
ed upon this time to give an opinion
was George w. Leland, of Providence,
r. /. He arrived yesterday and in
company with Theodore Leisen, the
chief engineer OF the Water Depart
ment, visited the various proposed
sites