The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-03-04
NEWS IN BRIEF.

hV iNt'. iii buDluIb, II min
lister of the Protestant Episcopal Church
died ut his home in Newark on Sunday
He was As years old. Mr.. Dunlap was
in charge of the Old Swedcs Church
Wilmington, until about two years ago,
when he had to relinquish active work
on account of i'll health
DR.. Thomas {. Stellwagen. of Me-
da. Pa. brought back from Cuba two
years ago two large boa constructors as
pets One of them died soon after it's
arrival and the other one escaped. While
cleaning out an unused barn last weel;
Edward Thicker, who lives near the
Stellwagcn residence. found the skele-
ton of the reptile in the hay NOV. 1t
measured twelve feet in length
FROM enc of the rareSt diseases ever
known to medical science and yulgurly
called gas bacillus. Potitio de Marco. a
marble worker, of No. 332 East One
Hundred and Twelfth street. New York.
is dead. The malady WAS Il sort of
blood poisoning. If the body had been
punctured with II needle Il gas which
would burn with II blue flame would
have escaped.
Joseph L. Richards. chief engineer
of maintenance of way OF the PennSyl-
wanna railroad has just completed Il
record of the mileage of the Prnn<yl-
vania system at the end of December.
1904. The line of the system extend
through and into II States and the Dis
trict of Columbia. and the total mileage
operated is O1 ..JSS.25 of which :IS5i.G4
miles are east of PittShurg and Erie.
and 4I3l III miles west.
According to Judge Adams. Of New
Jersey. Il boys life l. worth mere than
a girls. In awarding damages the 9TH
er day he said that .."tAO should be Civ
en- for the boys life, and &3OOuO for the
girls. He argued that a lry'>a earning
capacity made him that much more val
liable to his plrrrt>-H strange Gcci<-
ion in thee days when the burden of
support 80 frequently falls on female
shoulders.
Investigation into the cause of the
blaze which partly dDtlpYrl Ea>ton's
primary SchrIl last Tuesday night the
authorities having fastened. as they be-
lirvc. the crime upon a huyi$h incrnGi.
airy, who is alleged to have started the
fire in revenge for his expulsion from the
school. The lad. Roy WhitrhouSr. son
of Louis WhitchouSr. Il respected cti
zen of that town. is but II years old
He is alleged to have confessed his act
to Lloyd Mctiill. .Jr. who. MS Deputy
State Fire Marshal. has, been there i'll
vcstigAting the ease.
Samuel l.. Clayton is dead ut Jack
Sonville. Fla. He was Il son of the late
Judge Thomas j. Clayton. of the Dcla-
ware county courts. and 46 years old
He WIS twice married and twice dvorc
ed His first wife was Il Miss Partridge.
daughter of Il millionaire pork packer of
Chicago. They We're not long married
when she brought suit for divorce. Miss
Belle Clyde. daughter of J. T.. Clyde
became his second wife. in 1893. The
couple lived happily together until after
the death of Judge Clayton. in 1900.
shortly after which there WAS separa-
ton. and finally proceedings in divorce
We're entered by the wife. and again II
deere" WAS given against the husband.
Over 5000 bricklnyers in New York
city. in accordance with their agreement
with the Mason Builders Association,
will have their wages raised from "a to
10 cents an hour the highest wages ever
paid to bricklayer$ in this country. Tn
der this rate of wages it will he possible
for Il bricklaycr to make $1,000 a week.
Eight hours at 40 cents an hour is $500
and in the busy season. almost without
exception, they work twelve hours Il day.
For every hour overtime they get double
pay, SO for the extra four hours they To-
ccive as much AS for the previous eight,
OF S11 20 for the day. The men say
that this really is not so much. because
they are only employed six months i'll the
year. Employers say the average is
about nine months.
The Rev. Eli Clifford. pastor the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Clayton.
Del. who has been waging war ~n the
local dancing class there for months.
and through whose efforts Miss Nora
Dubois was expelled frcm the church.
is expected to make nn attack on the
dancers when he announces that Miss
Ada English and Miss Ada Nelson have
resigned and that Miss Dubois name
has been erased. In trying I" shield the
three girls summoned for trial this week
their friends mentioned others who at
tended the dances and had not been
bothered. Pastor Clifford thus obtained
considerable additional evidence. and it
is now expected he will hold another
trial before conference. which is only
two weeks off Mr.. Clifford said: 81
am afriad that the notoriety given my
efforts to stamp out vice here will great
" hinder me in getting a good appoint
ment, but | have done my duty, and will
wait to sec how | am judged at confer