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Evening journal., 1904-02-29
MAN ARRESTED
ON OLD CHARGE
Harry Smiht, Charged With
Stealing Horse and Buggy
Held for Court
TRIAL CAUSED MUCH AMUSEMENT
Philadelphia Carter Identifies Defend
ant as the Man From Whom He
Bought Harness Shortly After the
Discovery Of the Theft.

Oats de man, yo' Honah, / gave him
TO do.lahs dead cold, 10 set OF harness
and lost de harness on de boot Of t.. lie
robbed me Of 70 dollahs and 70 dat rea-
son / could never forget MIN. Yassar, he
am so. de man" Such was the positive
evidence Of Alfred Mckenzie a colored
lcaterer who bought a set OF harness from
Harry Smith, colored. last August, four
years ago. The harness together with a
J. rse and buggy was stolen from the livery
STABLES of j. b. Carpenter In this city.
Smith was charged with the theft this
lmorning and mainly on McKenzie's evil
dence, was held under $500 bail for the
Court Of General Sessions.
The stolen rig was valued at about s22i
and with the exception Of the set Of har-
ness bought by Mckenzie. none Of the
stolen property was recovered. In order
not 10 arouse the stable help, blankets
were spread on the floor over which the
thief led the horse TO mufhe the sound OF
its steps.
Charged with stealing a cornet from
Norman Scott, colored. Harry Hunter and
Walter Scott, also colored were held In
500 bail each for the Upper Court. The
instrument was stolen on February q and
pledged by Hunter at Levy's pawnshop
Shortly after the horn was redeemed by
Hunter and pledged by Walter Scott OF
the same day at Harris pawn broker es
Establishment.
John Fitzgerald was discovered b,
Special officer Gordy Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company riding between tw,
baggage cars on southbound train las
evening. The prisoner was fined s. anC
costs for trespass and win probably
spend forty days with Warden Msserv'
at the Workhouse.
For creating disorder I'M Tatnall stree
Saturday night. Charles Lewis and Au
gust Trans. both colored. We're fined $
land costs each. Samuel Lothian. charge,
with a similar offense. was allowed hi
freedom upon payment of costs.
The case Of Grovanni Quinzlo. charge
with assault and battery. was dlsmisse
lie was not the man wanted.
At the request Of his father. Matthew A
Kelly, a youngster, was committed to tn
Ferris Industrial School His father sal
he was ihcorribIble. but Matthew as h
stood in the dock with tears in his eye.
looked anything but a bad boy. He gaze
lappealingly at his parent but the latte
was not 10 be touched by his boys tears
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
For a Week Twenty Families Have
Been Without Water

About twenty families in the vicinity
of Chestnut and Adams streets have
been without water for some time. The
water main on Chestnut street burst
a week or so ago and since then famil-
les living on the south side of Chest
nut street between Adams and Jack
son have had no water in their houses.
They have been carrying all the water
used fro mresidents on the north side.
These people are tired OF this state
OF affairs and think the Water Depart
ment should have made repairs before
this.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
M'FEAT DAMAGE CASE
Action Against P. B. & W. Railroad
VIII be Tried TOMORROW.

The damage case of McFeat's ad-
ministrator VS.. the p. B. & W. Rail-
road Company win come up for trial
i'm Superior Court tomorrow.
IL is an action to recover damages
for the death of McFeat. The accident
happened at the French street station
1t is alleged that McFeat in trying to
get out of the way of a shifter, stepped
on the northbound track in front OF
the 1.37 express. He was so seriously
injured that he died about one hour
after the accident. Because of the
fact that it occurred at French street
station, the case is attracting a great
deal of attention. Horace G. Knowles
-and Levin f. Nelson represent the
plaintiff and Ward and Gray the de-
fendant
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
An EXPLOSION FOLLOWS At
TEMPT TO LOOT THE FIRST
NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
ONE BLOCK OF BUSINESS
HOUSES SWEPT BY FLAMES
LOSS IS EsTnATED AT ABOUT $4,000

of some material thoy were about TO use
caused the terrific outbreak Of flame be-
fore anybody could come to the rescue.
President William Ellison and the bank
directors and Cashier j. b. Menahan.
who declare that there was no fire near
the apot whore the connagratlon broke
out could only stand by and see the bank
destroyed.
/ II. A. Booker, whose fine shoe store was
the pride OF all Camden. could not save
his books ard had to turn around and pon
the effort to save other places while stock
which he had selected an over the country
burned like kindling.
Col. Levi G.. sterncr. a member Of the
Governors stan. broke into his store on
the corner of Main and Commerce streets
In time to save over 81 900 OF his 5000
stock
Levin Wilmer Hollis. whose meat store
was destroyed has within the year lost
ibis residence by FIRE, failed m business.
found his brother murdered and now to-
day had to stand and see his store con-
sumed.
President William Ellison OF the First
National Bank, which has a capital stock
lof twenty-five thousand, as soon as the
bank was destroyed at once began the
work Of cooling or the vaults and opened
Temporary quarters on the opposite cor
3 ner where the bank win do business
"The fire was certainly OF lncendary or
igin probably started by robbers in the
bank said Mr.. Ellison.
Loss About s2o,ooJ.
The Insurance companies place the total
lloss az between fifteen and twenty tho,e-
and dollars minimum estimate being as
follows:
Sardcs Hall 6O00
Levi O.. Siernor. 5000.
First National Bank $1,000.
r II. A. Booker, 5000.
p Camden Town Hall. $500.
Camden Is fourishing town OF about
s 200 inhabitants and Is the centre of a rich
D lfruit-growlng country. IL lies few miles
r east OF the Delaware railroad.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
special to the Evenlng Journal.

Special to the Evening Journal.
Camden, Fob 20. 1.-The people OF Cam
den we're aroused from their beds at ais
this morning by violent cries OF fire and
within a half hour the whole heart Of the
town appeared to be IN a roaring blaze.
The big sardo's Hall. an amusement hall
at Commerce and Main streets was a
mass OF flames.
Help From Dover.
The Rescue Hook and Ladder Company
OF Camden summoned to us aid the wy
oming Company and the Robbins Hose
Company OF Dover and soon people wer,
pouring in from all the surrounding ooun-
try to help the struggling townspeople
over 800 arriving from Dover before day.
break.
The town has no fire engine and n,
public water supply, so bucket brgadei
were formed and the water was passe,
from hand to hand. The whole town wal
aroused ana the people nocked to th'
scene many IN scant attire. 10 help ngh
the flames. The scarcity Of water was
great drawback and one building ate
another took fire, though IN many case
a great deal Of the stock OF the stores wa
carried out In time TO save q from th
flames.
Fire Under Control.
After lighting for several hours the mr.
was got under control about $50 O'Clock
lbut not before whole block was IN ruins
The only provision The town has for fight
Ing FIRE is hook and ladder company. an
the work accomplishing by its member
saved the town from destruction.
May be Burglars Work.
The fire had started IN the First Ma
tional Bank and there Is we'll authont
Gated theory that lt was OF lncendiar
lorgin, many asserting that burglar
were attempting to loor me bank ana "a
Explosion Ia front of the outside counte
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
Minister From Japan.

The Rev. u. G. Murphy, who spent a
number of years i'm Japan. and for
whom the credit of breaking up the
practice of natives of that country SELL
ing their daughters into slavery is
claimed, spoke in the First Methodist
Protestant Church in this city yester-
day morning and i'm the Second NJ. p.
Church in the afternoon and evening.
There were large audiences.
The services of Holy Week will be
carried out in st. Peters Pro-Cathe-
dral with solemnity.
The palms on Palm Sunday viii be
blessed by the Rt. Rev. John ]. Mon
aghan before the high mass. The dis
tribution of the palms will take place
Immediately.
The Office of Tenebra will be chanted
by a number of clergy on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings. After
the exercises a well-known Jesuit
Father from Woodstock College will
deliver an appropriate sermon.
Solemn Pontihcial High mass will be
celebrated on Holy Thursday at 10. 80
a. m. During the progress Of the mass
the Holy Oils will be consecrated by
the bishop
Good Friday, the morning office will
begin at o'clock. Promptly at u m,
the Three Hours Devotion will begin
and will be conducted by a Jesuit
Father. The blessing of the new fire
paschal candle and baptismal font will
take place on Holy Saturday morning
at s o'clock.
Solemn Pontifcial Mass will be cele-
brated on Easter Sunday morning al
1880 o'clock. At this mass Bishop Mon
Afghan will bestow the Papal blessing
Evening journal., 1904-02-29

by the Levy Court il was decided unan-
imously last May not to appoint capi-
tation tax collectors for Wilmington
hundred. This action OF the Levy
Court is causing a saving 10 the tax
payers Of this county Of $4,000 per year
by reason of the fact that the collec-'
tion OF the capitation tax collectors. for
the city OF Wilmington, aggregated less
than 500 per year.
Whereas, This body, mindful Of the
interest and welfare Of the county and
not desiring to incur an expense of
about $500 for the purpose Of writing
up the capitation taxables when it is
understood and has already been de-
cided that there are and will be no
.capitation tax collectors, thereby MAX
ing the writing Of the books Of the
.capitation taxables a useless and mex
cusable expenditure and waste OF the
county's money when no possible bene-
fit or good can be derived therefrom.
for season that when the books so writ
ten up would never be opened or used
In any way but would be relegated to
a top shelf or the scrapbasket; there
fore be il
Resolved That the clerk Of the peace
is hereby authorized and directed to
not write up the capitation taxables for
the city Of Wilmington for the year
1904 and that the amount about $1,000.
thus to be saved to the taxpayers be
retained in the treasury of New Cas-
tie county.
The contract for repairs to the Sew
enth street bridge was awarded to the
Wills Construction Company for S4Ss.
The bridge was damaged by Z barge
running into it during the recent
freshet. Ryan & Kelley win probably
be asked to pay for the repairs as it is
claimed the damage was caused by the
above firm dynamiting the boat causing
] i 70 go down 70 the county structure.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
Lie IS St. oswaIda pax.

ST. Oswald is the only saint in the
Catholic Church calendar who is hon
ored on February 20, the added day of
leap year. He was bishop of Worcester
and Archbiship of York, a noted Anglo
Saxon prelate honored with canoniza-
tion for his zeal in church work. He
compelled his clergy TO live single in
stead OF marrying. He died in 992.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
OU POINT OFFICE BUILDING
Project to Build at Tenth and Market
Streets Said to Have Been
Abandoned.

From a reliable source comes the IN
formation that the DUPONT Company has
abandoned the project OF building a large
office building at the northwest corner
of Tenth and Market streets. The rea-
son Tor this is said TO be the failure Of the
company 10 reach an agreement with one
of the tenants who has a lease for sew
eral years
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MEETING
Officers Elected and Committee Ap-
pointed For ths Year.

At the annual meeting of the New
Castle County Law Library Association
on Saturday afternoon last the follow
ing officers We're elected;
President, Willard Hall Porter; secre-
retary and treasurer David J. Rein
hardt and librarian, Enos c. Brinton.
The executive committee appointed for
the year follows; Willard Salisbury.
John Biggs, George A. Elliott. Thomas
Davis and willard Hall Porter The
matter Of improvements to the library
room We're discussed.
The Bar Association also held its
annual meeting and reelected the
saem officers for the year. These Off
GERS are H. II. Ward, president and
David J. Reinhardt, secretary and
treasurer. The president will appoint
a board of censors.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
BOARD OF TRADE MEETING

At the meeting of the Board Of Trade
on Thursday night officers for the year
will be nominated. to be elected at the
April meeting. It is likely that the
old officers viii be reelected. Another
matter Of importance win come up be-
fore the meeting on Thursday night.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
SCHOOL NUMBER 4
HUSTLING FOR PIANO

School No. 4 is humping itself in its
efforts to get ahead in the race for the
Hoppe pianos offered by The Evening
Journal and there now seems to be
little doubt but that the two leaders
viii have to hustle to continue in ad-
vance Of the city institutions.
Steady gains are the ones that count
most In the long run and the pianos are
very likely 10 go to the schools which
are persistently energetic.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
To Enter eoIdex coIIene.

New students are now making ar
rangements to enter Goidey College this
week. AS the college viii be open all
of this summer students beginning at
this time win be ready for positions
next fall. The summer session, held by
the college last year. was decided
success
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
Discussed stsndard's Endowment.

Methodist Preachers Association today
was devoted to a continued discussion OF
plans for the Stewards Endowment Fund.
The discussion has been IN progress for
several weeks and win be concluded next
Monday morning.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
GARRICE THEATRE MEETING
Secretary r. o. Hopkins Described Pas
sion Play to Large Audhnoe.


The Y. NJ. c. A. meeting in the Garrlcis
Theatre yesterday afternoon was largely
ATTENDED q being estimated that eleven
hundred men were present. Secretary
Hopkins was greatly pleased with the at
tendance.
The feature Of the service was the
throwing on a screen Of fine moving pic
lures Of the Passion Play.
Secretary f. d. Hopkins entortalningly
described dhe play for the audience. stll
Illustrations of different parts OF Millions
Paradise Lost were also shown. These
were also explained TO the audience by
Mr. Hopkins.
Miss Alice Humphrey sang very beauti-
fully the Lost Chord" which was Illus
trated by pictures and Miss Martha Brad.
field accompanied the sololst on the piano.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
ceIebrates Leap year Rirthdax

Deputy Csty Court Judge Phillip L.
Garrett is celebrating his birthday today.
As the event takes place only once every
four years he looks forward to the oc-
casion with much interest. This is the
first time he has had birthday for eighq
years.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
Stole $50 Worth Of JswsIry.

Thieves entered the store of the
Wilmington Trading Stamp Company
at No. 604 Market street last night and
stole about $50 worth of merchandise.
The stolen articles consisted mostly Of
Jewelry.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29

FREAKS OF THE WEATHER.
Some Of the things it did yesterday;
Il rained.
II showered,
II Hailed,
II thundered,
Lightning flashed,
The sun was obsoured all day.
The moon shore for time last night.
And it rained today.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
Very truly yours.
LAYTON HOME EXERCISES
Junior Board Will Hold Entertainment
At Bethel Church.

At Bethel A. NJ. E. Church on Thurs
day night, the second anniversary exer-
eises Of the Junior Board OF the Layton
Home viii be held. wrights Orchestra
viii furnish the music.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
To Enlist in Navy.

II. T. Ware Of No. 427 East Third street
left for Newport Rhode Island on Satur-
day. where he will enlist in the United
states Navy. Mr.. Ware entertained a
party of his friends en- Friday night.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
Dundas-Tabout.

Miss Flornece Tybout. sister OF DR..
r. Raymond Tybout. and James Doug
las Dundas, were married on Saturday.
The. ceremony took place at No. S03
South Broome street and was perform
ed by the Rev. william L. Freund,
pastor of Hanover Presbyterian
Church.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
FEAST OF PURlM TONIGHT
Will be Observed With Short Services
Then and Tomorrow.

The Jewish Festival Of Purlm begins at
sunset this evening and viii be observed
with short services this evening and to-
morrow morning.
At the evening service the Book Of
Esther is read. The celebration Of this
festival takes the form Of chlidren's en-
tertainments and dances are given by
Jewish organizations.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
WEATHER BULLETIN

The New York Herald predicts Eng
winds nearly stationary temperature
tuesday cloudy cloudy
eastery suheastey
with slight
Ito w
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
A. o. 4. Rannnet.

The annual banquet OF the A. o. II.
viii be given in Shields Library Hall on
st. Patricks night.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29

BLUE GREEN AND RED TRADING
STAMPS AT LYNcHs with all purchases
except sugar. Save all pound coffee bags.
Whea you have 10, we give you 1 pound
free. Same kind that you buy. We are
headquarters for good Tea and coffee.
Fourth and Madison. Eighth and King SITS.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29

Miss Bessie Blocksom, of this city,
has returned from Milton, Del
Evening journal., 1904-02-29

a. 9. Dorsey plumber. phone l5dA .adv
Evening journal., 1904-02-29

Buy Glass Cheap.
Phone Cartmell, .. & A. 1893. Del
----
Cummings. the photographer. so7 Market.
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
WEATHER:

TOmOrrow--PartIy
cloudy fresh winds
Evening journal., 1904-02-29
WATER MAIN BROKE

sral years.
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The Mischiesou. Maggie.

Here is an anecdote illustrative OF
the magpie's love of mischief and of
sport: There was !: field wherein clothes
We're often hung out to dry on posts
which We're let down into deep wooden
sockets buried. in the ground and were
carried away and put under cover when
they were not in use. A gravel path
ran round the field, and q tame mag
pie, which had the u of it, was OBJ
served to walk repeatedly and demure-
ly from the path to q particular point
in the field. conveying each time a
stone in her bill and then returning
without it. A magpie seldom continues
at any n amusement for any length
of time, but this amusement went on
90 long that the curiosity Of the owner
was arouoed. There must be some.
thing unusually novel or piquaDt about
1t. BE went to the spot and found that
Q large toad had fallen into one of the
wooden sockets and that the maybe
was amusing herself by deliberately
stoning it! As each shot told, tie toad
gave a little hop Of distress in the Lole
deep below, which the maybe capped
by a big hop of satisfaction and an
irresistible "currack' of delight above.
RI Bosworth Smith In Nineteenth
Century.
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HORSES AND AoRsEMeN.

Blanche Louise, 2:lO. has a fall foal.
Q bay flly by Nelson, 2:09, at foot.
Lola Mix. 2:10h. has been bred to
Aerrick Diver. brother to John r. Gen
Try. 2:0o1A.
1t is said hat Dave McClary recently
drove his green PAGER Morning Star, by
Star Pointer. 1:59A, a mile in 2:05 at
Louisville.
The South park commissioners Of Chi
cago will lay out a winter speedway In
Washington park and one of lesser
length on the Midway.
G. L Hopkins, Granger. o., has sold
the tw%o-year-old stallion Billy Bayard,
by E. G. Bayard, dam Belle dam of
Dexter Bayard, 2:29A), by Atwood,
2:23A. to William A. Rohr, Wooster, o.
Trainer james Brady has closed his
engagement with the Idle Hour farm
Of r. II. Plant, Macon, Ga. For several
years past he has trained the colts at
home while Roy Miller has canpaigned
the farms grand circuit stable.
A deal is under way which if con
summated will result in the control OF
Baltimore's historic race track. PIN
leo, passing to a New York syndicate
The syndicate is in favor with the east.
ern branch of the National Jockey club
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FOREIGN FACTS

Permanent salvage CORDS to rendee
aid in cases of accident are about to be
organized by the Swiss Alpine cluDs.
Two proprietors Of a Leipsic honey
refinery have been fined $25 and $125
respectively for permitting the sale OF
honey into which a cat had fallen.
Some Spanish fishermen at Aguilas
found a corpulent fish in their catch.
Cutting 1t open they discovered twenty
old letters it had swallowed.
The present policy in Greece Is not
to sell archaeological objects, but to
keep them in the places where they
were exhumed and exhibit them in mu.
seums.
A postman who was recently arrest.
ed In C%hristiania, Norway, admitted
having opened and destroyed within q
year und a half 1000 letters from
America in quest Of money.
1t is expected that after the compile.
ton OF the new boats, 300 feet long and
80 to so feet wide, which De to take
sleeping cars from Dover to Calais,
passengers will be able to leave Lon.
don and wake up in PERKS without real.
izing chat the train ever left the land
Some of the old Nile lakes, which
were formerly dry salt plains in sum-
mer and covered with a few inches Of
alkali water in the wet season, have
been reclaimed by the British govern
ment and are now worth from 5000 to
$500 an acre. They produce magnif.
cent crops.
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MODES OF THE MOMENT.

Be sure to have one white hat among
your winter millinery.
II you have an unbecomins waist
you can easily transform it with a deep
lace collar.
New among toques is a curious little
hat shaped like an Indian canoe turn.
ed upside down.
Fringes of glittering beads are ar
ranged in varying lengths TO form a
scalloped trimming.
Blouses are made of almost any fab
rtc, but are shirred and gathered and
therefore must be of soft texture.
Morning gowns of cloth are severely
plain, but afternoon dress makes up al
elaborate overlooking of decoration.
Little French knots are still fash
ionable, but are no longer somber
black and blue, all colors of the rain.
bow being used.
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SHORT STORIES.

Bears in Alaska eat the insulating
overs Of the electric cables, and the
land lines have therefore to be aban
doned.
The ivory plant has recently been dis
covered in California, but the nut it
produces in its wild state is of inferior
quality and will not make good but
tons.
Half of the ground known at the
time Of the Chicago exhibition as the
Midway plaisance is to be made the
site of the greatest medical school in
the world.
In the forty-fve states of the Union
twenty-one elect governors every two
years, twenty-one elect them every four
years, one every three years and two
every year.
They cut an old time pine down in
Sangerville, Me. The tree was 147
feet tall, six feet through at the base
and ran up sixty feet before there was
Q limb. 1t will be used for a mast
There is a hotel in the lower part of
New York which boasts a continued
existence Of eighty-ive years. One of
the traditions of the place is that a
game of penuchle started forty years
ago is still in progress, although the
men who first sat in have long ago
been gathered to their fathers.