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Evening journal., 1904-12-27
WILL MAKE CHANGES
Contractor Fahey viii Alter Addition
70 Comply With the Law.

Contractor Patrick Fahey. who
the addition to the Hotel
Lynch in Fourth street. near Shipley.
and which was condemned by Building
Inspector William NJ. Connolly, wild
make the necessary changes required
to comply with the building laws. Mr..
Connolly declared when he condemned
the structure that the addition did not
comply with the building laws OF the
city and also that it did not agree with
the plans and specifications submitted
to him when the permit was taken out.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
ITALIANS WILL Be
BROUGHT HERE TO PLEAD
Arrested in Philadelphia and
VIII be Tried in Will
mington
nnington

The four Italians arrested in Phila-
delphia recently on charges OF obtain
ing naturalization papers by fraud in
this city, will probably be brought to
Wilmington tomorrow and arraigned
before Judge Edward G. Bradford in
United States Court to plead. The men
win be tried at this term which will
begin on Monday next.
The Italians are Cosmo Avicollo. OF
No. 612 Fitzwater street; Guissippi
Guarano, OF No. 922 Passyunk avenue,
and Michael Angelo Christizen OF No.
COL Fulton street and Angelo Baptisto
of No. 7O1 Delhi street, all Of Philadel-
phia. They were arrested by direc-
ton Of Operative Matthew Griffin OF
the Secret Service. who is well-known
in Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
GEORGE GORE FOUND
DEAD IN BED At HOTEL
Well-known Citizen of Mid
dletown Expires Sud
denly

Major" George Gore, a well-known
character around Middletown, was found
dead in his room at John P. McIntyres
hotel in that town about 1870 o'clock last
night. He had not been seen by anyone
since Saturday night and it is supposed
he had been dead since that time. when
found by Charles Thompson.
He was about so years OF age and had
lived in Middletown for number OF
years. He was a painter by trade. 1t is
said that he was a heavy drinker. Cor
oner Mccormick went TO Middletown to-
day to investigate the case.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
THROWN FROM A SLEIGH
Mrs. Henry BIouth Narrowly Escaped
a Serious Injury.

Mrs. Henry. Blouth, wife of the pro-
prietor of the Grand Union Hotel. and
one OF the best known business men in
Wilmington. had a narrow escape from
serious injury yesterday morning.
Mrs. Blouth was IN a sleigh owned
by her brother-in-law. Victor +. ulhl-
man. at Ninth and Adams streets. Just
as Mr.. Uullman was about TO enter the
sleigh the horse became frightened and
dashed off. Mrs. BlOuth grasped the
reins and endeavored to check the nai-
NAL but was unable to do so. The horse
ran down Ninth street to Lombard
where Mrs. Blauth was thrown from
the sleigh into the street, but beyond
some severe bruises she escaped unin-
jured.
The horse continued down Ninth
street to the Hilles & Jones Company's
building. where its flight was checked.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
Elrm Remembered BIZ EmpIoyes.

On Saturday afternoon the employees OF
the firm OF William D. Haddock and Co.,
builders and contractors TO the number
of twenty-five, gathered at the Office OF
the firm, No. SO4 Orange street and pre-
sented its members with a handsome ONCE
clock. Harry c. Draper, foreman. made
thep resentation speech, and Miss Bertha
Finley, stenographer, accepted the gift on
behalf OF the frm.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
The Crowd outside.
MRS. SARAH C. BELL DEAD
She was the Mother Of Jerome B. Bell
of the Sunday Star.

Mrs. Sarah c. Bell, aged 76 years,
mother Of Jerome B. Bell, editor and
publisher Of the Sunday Star. died at
her home in Elizabeth City. North
Carolina, early this morning. Mrs.
Bell had been i'll for several months
and death was due to a general break
down. Mr.. Bell was at his mothers
home at the time of her death, he hav-
ing gone there several day ago to
spend the holidays. The deceased's
husband was killed in the Civil War.
The funeral will be held at Elizabeth
City tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
Gift to Some Pastor.

Bob Shaw's etching Of Old Swedes
Church on exhibition at Baynard's
store, is to be presented to the pastor
designated by the votes of those who
contribute to the Home Mission this
week.. The Rev. A. f. Heisley held
second place for several days but at
the last count the Rev. Charles L.
Fischer had next to the highest number
OF votes. The Rev. Frederic Doerr has
the highest number of votes thus far.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
LOST, FOUND AND REWARD.

LOST-On Market street between
Banks jewelry store and Llppin-
cott's or from Lippincott's to Third and
King. black hand satchel containing
mileage book and pocketbook with from
$40 to SIS in It. Finder can keep money
II mileage book and pocketbook are re-
turned to Laura S. ellis, No. 20s West
Eighteenth street.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
CHRISTMAS AT ST. JOHNS
Annual Sunday School Entertainment
Will Be Held Tonight.

At st. Johns Episcopal Church to-
night the annual Christmas festival
OF the Sunday School will be given.
This is always a big event for the
members OF the school. The children
will be given candy and a short ad-
dress win be made by Archdeacon
George c. Hall.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
MORE VIOLENCE At LAUREL
Gang Of Toushs Said to be Responsible
For Robberies.

Laurel, Dec. 1.-Roughs robbed and
committed deeds Of violence here on Sun
day night. The homes OF Mrs. Stanford
Parker. wealthy widow; Miss Emma
Taylor and Sarah Williams. were broken
into. Neishbors saved the women from
injury, but considerable booty was se-
cured. Later the store Of Edward Mills
was robbed.
Tobe Cannon, recently liberated from
jail, is locked up as the leader Of a gang
o ftouEhs, the supposed thieves.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
Railroad TraveI Was Heavy.

Travel on the railroads was excep-
tionally heavy on Saturday and it is
estimated that fully 5000 travelled over
the Delaware railroad between this city
and points down the State.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27

There has been considerable complaint
during the past few days about the condi-
tion OF the cutters. Many OF them have
not been opened along the sidewalks and
II II thavs much more before there is a
cold spell, water will get into many cell
lars and o considerable damage
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
SERIOUS RI0TING IN RUSSIA
Colonel oiIyzky Killed, Bridges Blown
Up and Other Damage Done.
BY Publishers Press.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 27.-Reports Of
rioting in Poland reached here today.
At Badom two railway bridges were
blown up and Colonel Giiyzly was kill
ed. At Chenstocks, according to the
report, an attempt was made to de-
stroy the statue of Alexander II.
Dynamite cartridges were exploded
under the monument but fortunately
only the steps were damaged. Riots
caused by strikers have also occurred
at Rigo and Baku.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
Market street RrIdae pisahled.

By some means the gearing on Market
street bridge over the Christiana river
became disarranged last night and several
pieces Of machinery were broken. The
bridge is being operated by hand pre-
paratory to repairs.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
Distributing Telephone Cards.

The Water Witch Fire Company is dis
tributing telephone cards in the district
covered by that organization. The cards
read: IN case of fire, call Water Witch
Chemical. d. & A., phone ia A, Delmar-
via, 1919"
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
Masonic HaII stoekhoIdsrn.

The thirty-sixth annual meeting OF
the stockholders Of the Masonic Han
Company is being held this after
noon for the purpose OF electing ON
GERS and nine directors to serve for
the ensuing year.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
caIvary's Christmas Entertainment

The Sunday School Of Calvary Episcopal
Church will give it's Christmas entertain
ment in the Sunday School rooms tomor-
row evening at 7.S0 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
The Rev. M. 3. nnnlan II

The Rev Martin B. Dunlap, former
rector Of Old Swedes Church, is III at
his home in Newark,
Evening journal., 1904-12-27

Local theatres were well patronized
yesterday and at both performances in
each house the attendance was large
Evening journal., 1904-12-27
THE WEATHER.

Tomorrow, Cloudy and near
Iy stationary temperature will
prevail. Thursday, partly
cloudy and colder.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-15
CURRENT EVENTS.
Some Election Figures.

Most of the states have finished
the official count Of the vote cast al
the recent election and while in a
few cases, like that Of South Dakota
the final score may change the
fgurers slightly it is possible now
to realize the magnitude Of the
victory won by President Roosevelt.
According to the figures there
were cast throughout the country
7,654,S91 for the republican electors
and 5,200,665 for the democratic.
Mr.. Roosevelt's plurality, therefore,
was 2,454,226 in a total vote of
12,855,556. The republicans there
fore polled SO per cent of the total
vote, while the democrats polled Al
per cent, or about three-fifths and
two-ffths respectfully.
To get a fair measure of the popu-
larity of the president, however, the
south should'be neglected, for cleo
tons are not free in the south and
there is no way of estimating popu-
lar opinion there. Taking the
northern states we find that the
total vote was 10,6S3, 143, of which
the republicans cast 6,S37,616 or
ga percent, while the democrats
cast 3,S45,527 or 80 per cent, In
the north President Roosevelt
received the suffrages of two-thirds
of the people and Judge Parker of
only one-third.
Again it is interesting to note the
actual pluralities given in the
northern states and the following
table will be instructive:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-15

The most striking figures as ILL
ustrating the farmers prosperity
are those presented by the deposits
in banks in the three typical agri-
cultural states of Iowa, Kansas and
Mississippi, individual deposits in
all kinds of banks, national, state,
private and saving, increased, COM
pared with June 80, 1895, in Iowa
1874 per cent, in Kansas PIG per
cent, and in Mississippi 301 per
cent?, while in the entire country
the increase was 81 per cent. The
number of depositors in savings
banks show a gain of 800 per cent;
and in the United States SO per
cent. In Kansas the number
depositing in national banks
increased 25S and in Mississippi 1853
per cent,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-15

total vote and PERCENTAGE show that
President Roosevelt is by far the
most popular president elected since
electors have been chosen by popular
vote. OF the presidents elected since
James Monroe-Adams in 1924.
James X. Polk in 1874, Zacharia
Taylor in 1913, James Buchanan in
1856, Abraham Lincoln in 1850,
X. b. Hayes in 1875, James A.
Garfield in 1880, Grover Cleveland
in 1884, Benjamin Harrison in 1888,
Grover Cleveland in 1892, received
only a minority of the popular vote,
though all except Adams and Hayes
received a plurality. President
Roosevelt this year was given a full
majority Of more than one million
and a half.
1t is interesting to compare this
pescentage of the popular vote cast
by the two leading parties as com
pared with that received by his
most popular predecessors. Andrew
Jackson in 1923 received 56 per
cent and again in 1882 SO per cent,
William Henry Harrison in 1910 %
per cent, Franklin Pierce in 1852 "a
per cent, Abraham Lincoln in 1850
90 per cent, Ulysses S. Grant in
1872 90 per cent, Grover Cleveland
in 1892 So per cent, William McKin-
ley in 1895 so per cent, William
Mckinley in 1900 So per cent,
President Roosevelt received 50 per
cent.
The largest popular plurality ever
given prior to this year was McKin-
ley's over Bryan in 1900, 849, 100,
and the largest previous to that was
Grants over Greeley in 1878, 1922
991. This year President Roose-
welt received 2,454,226.
1t is a triumph which bids fair to
be remembered for generations.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-15

1t is also interesting to note the
percentage Of the total vote given
the president in the respective states.
Here we find that old Vermont leads
the list with 81 per cent, a remark
able tribute. Next comes Mime
sofa with 10 per cent and Washing
ton and Oregon followed closely
with 70 per cent. Idaho gives Y.
Pennsylvania II, and Michigan,
Kansas and Nebraska, South Dakota,
Maine and Wyoming gave 70 per
cent each Wisconsin, NorthD dakota
and California are close after with
go per cent. Ohio and New Hamp-
shipe with 65 per cent each, Rhode
Island and Montana with 81 pei
cent each, Connecticut with 81 per
cent, New York and Massachusetts
with 90 per cent each, New Jersey
and Indiana with SO per cent each
Colorado with 50 per cent, Wes'
Virginia with SO per cent, Delawar,
with % per cent and Missouri Will
81 per cent.
This table shows well hal Presi
dent Boosevelt's popularity wa'
universal throughout the north
There was no sectional division Al
III 1899 or sven 1900. East ant
west, The Atlantic coast the middle
west the Missouri valley, the Rock!
mountain states, the Pacific slope-
al vie with one another in paying
This tribute of respect and conf
Ihs figures given above q 81
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-15
~ncreas i'm Crime.

New York just now has a con-
spicuous murder mystery. Chicago
has one. New Elm, Minnesota, has
one and Denyer has one. These are
conspicuous cases. But the dis
patches these days TEEN with stories
of MYSTERIOUS disappearance and
brutal murders, and only now and
then does the law lay its hands
upon the murderer and inAict the
the death penalty. Crime is On the
increase in the United STAGES and it
will continue to increase until public
sentiment becomes strong enough to
insist hat capital punishment shall
follow speedily and unerringly on
the heels of such crime.
We like to say that we are grow
ing better as people but the murder
statistics do not sustain this conten-
ton. Murders and homicides have
been steadily on the increase for the
last twenty five years, and legal
executions have been on the decrease.
In 1881 there were 27.7 murders to
the million OF population with 80
executions. This was a little over
2 per cent. In 1903 there
8, 976 murders and only 124 execu-
tions. This is less than n and
half per cent. In the last twenty
three years there have been 129,494
murders and homicides in the
United States and 2,61l murderers
have during this time been hanged.
In other words in the last % years
98 per cent Of the murderers have
escaped capital punishment. So far
as capital punishment is concerned
il would seem to be about as safe TO
murder somebody as ii is to play
football or ride ON a railway or eel
ebrate the fourth of July.
The increase in murder, as com.
pared with the million of population
has been amazing. In 1881 to each
million population there 81 24.7
murders. In 1891 there were 92.4.
In 1901 there were 1884. In 1908
there were 112-the largest per-
centage Of murders and homicides
ever reached in this country.
In other words in % years the
number Of murders are five times as
great per million people as they
we're in 1881.
The laxity of law enforcement
must be charged with the awful
result. In England il is declared
than one murderer in FIVE is exc
cuted. In the United States in the
past % years we have executed only
one in so while during all that time
the number Of executions have beer
decreasing. In fact the courts are
70 blame; in part the governors q
the various states, in interpreting
execution cIemency; and in part
and IN greater part, public senti
lmsnt = 4 fault When : jur.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-15
Government Estimates Smaller
than Last Year.

The estimates of the appropria.
tons required for the support of the
government for the fiscal year end.
ing June 30, 1905, we're transmitted
Monday by the secretary of the
treasury. These estimates aggre-
gate $6l9,669,S52, as against 1914.
54S,937, the amount of the appro-
priations for the current fiscal year,
Following is the recapitulation of
estimates by departments:
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-15
: departments:
Estimates
Grand Totals 1919, ees, sS2 ssi4,54s,ss7

OTdHu IUIdIS vofoIUoSTo01 voIF,Vfo,5oF
The estimates for 1905, which are
nearly $5,000,0OO less than the
estimates for 1905, include $145,-
736,320 permanent annual appro-
priations already provided for by
Jaw.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-15
Mrs. Roosevelt Knits Sweaters
For Sons.

For sons.
Mrs. Roosevelt is the busiest
woman in Washington. Last sum-
mer some Of the matrons in Oyster
Bay passed the leisure time in knit
ting sweaters for their boys. This
appealed strongly to the young
Roosevelts and they asked their
mother to fashion them garments
after the approved Oyster bay
fashion.
Mrs. Roosevelt started to work
but every woman in the land who
has ever knit a sweater will realize
what a Job it was for a busy woman
to knit four. But she has bravely
struggled through pounds Of yarn
and has already completed three and
is busy ON the fourth for Baby
| Quentin. Besides the sweaters, she
has been knitting vests, which the
boys especially prize to go skating
Yale Wins the Annual Debate.
The annual intercollegiate debate
between Yale and Princeton Dec. 8,
was won by Yale on All unanimous
decision.
The question was; Resolved
that it should be the policy of the
United States to hold territory per-
manently useless with the purpose
that il shall ultimately only STAGE
hood" Yale upheld the Affirmative,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-15

refuses to convict a grating mayor
whom everybody knows TO be guilty,
or when the courts interpose a tech
nicality between a high criminal
and his just punishment life becomes
less secure, for what weakens one
part weakens all. 1t may well be
concluded hat so long as we con
tinue to let criminals escape, blood
crimes will continue to increase as
they have for the last generation.
Cheaper for Total Abstainers.
Leading life insurance companies
are about to issue a new kind of
policy to total abstainers, which
though differing little in general
form and none at all in the amount
to be paid at death, is granted on
much easier or lighter terms of pay
ment. 1t is stated that a number of
actuaries and medical directors have
been working on statistics running
owe a period of several years and
from the records of a large number
of life companies several of the
authorities have come to the con
clusion that the total abstainers as a
class live longer by twenty to fifty
per cent than the moderate drinker,
are to be worked out, when the new
policy will be issued and will be a
great saving in cost to the total
abstainer earring life insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-11

refrain from remarkng that the plaintiff
is not alone in her desire to improve upon
that which nature has given u.s. 1t Is not
even confined to the fair SEX but we
find the men, the lords of creation dye
ing their hair and boards when Father
Time has placed his touch upon them.
They, too, worship at the fountain OF
perpetual youth, and all this Is done,
by both men and women for the purpose
of deceiving, to make others think that
nature did for them what In reality, art
has tried to do; and how utterly they fail
in the deception all mankind are witness
SEES.
mo person is deceived thereby, but all
know 1t Is the work Of the bleacher and
the dyer 1t seems to me it is far better
to let nature have her way, and not at
tempt to improve on her work. We were
made in the image OF God and a little
lower than the angels and this ought to
be sufficient for the most fastidious.
For the plaintiff. in the loss of her
hair, I have nothing but sympathy. and
l indulge in the hope that she will profit
by her experience, and hereafter let ma
ture have its perfect way, and in short
time she will again be possessed of long
hair, which will be a glcry unto her.
II may be permitted to paraphrase the
words of Paul, l would say that long
hair is a glory unto a woman, for 1t was
given unto her for a covering, but that
bleached strands are shame unto her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-11
DECISION ON BLEAcHED HAIR.
judge Held That Beauty Doctors Vic
tim Was to blame.

From the Kansas City Journal
Miss Maud Stone of Kansas City sued
Alexander Godefro, & beauty doctor of
Denver, for $500 because her hair broke
off in punches after he had applied the
bleaching liquid, but an unsympathetic
bench declared that the risk was her
own. and that the beauty doctor could
not be held liable, especially as she had
patronized a Kansas City rejuvenating
factory to put on the first coat and the
touch put on at st. Louis had merely
crashed the superstructure which had
been weakened by the strains of acids
at Kansas City. But the judge went fur
ther and declared for woman as nature
made her. He announced that he had
sympathy for the devastated plaintiff.
He said:
This case is striking illustration to
me of what the 'devotees of fashion will
do to be in the mode Nature had
provided the plaintiff with auburn hair
which was not to her liking. She, there
fore. sought by art to improve on ma
ture, with the usual disastrous results.
I'm connection with this matter ! cannot
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-11
Change In Labor Parade.

In marked contrast to the Labor Day
of 1903, which was planned in yindcation
of Sam Parks was the parade on Mon
day last, when under Grand Marshal
James B. McCabe, former president Of
the Central Federated Union, the repre-
sentatives of the trades started on their
short but imposing parade. The leader
OF the parade of 1904 is a man chiefly
known for his conservatism, and the abb
sence of gaudy uniforms was noticeable
Most of the trades represented were of
men not participating in the present con-
test Withsthe building trades alliance and
the employers, and no representatives
OF any of the unions embraced in the
building trades alliance were represented.
The parade was divided into ten divis-
Ions and along the line of march vast
crowds assembled at many points, but
there was no remarkable degree of en-
thusiasm to be observed The number of
men estimated in the parade is given at
from twenty to thirty thousand, and a
new feature of the parade was the pres
ence of many women in carriages.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-09-11

world. The new guardian for the. sheep
in the park takes the place of a dog from
the kennels of the late William X. Grace.
who had supplied the park with Colies
for many years. Mr.. Grace took a great
deal of interest in the experiments In
sheep raising made under Director Smith
of the menagerie and was a frequent WIS.,
itor to the sheepfold. Recently the last
dog given by Mr.. Grace died and there
was no dog available at the Grace Ken
nels. Mr.. Morgan heard in some way that
a dog was needed and promptly offered
to supply the dogs In the future. In max
Ing the offer Mr.. Morgan wrote a letter
paying a graceful tribute to the public
spirit always displayed by Mr.. Grace and
said he would deem 1t great privilege
to be Mr.. Grace's successor in the work