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Evening journal., 1905-11-23

W. O. C.-Please give me some informa-
ton regarding the Carnegie Hero Fund,
where commission is located and what
money or medals are awarded for? A.
Carnegie set aside s5.OO0,OOO FOR ''the de-
pondents OF those losing their lives in
heroic effort to save their fellow men, on
for the heroes themselves if injured only.
The secretary and manager of the fund
is f. NJ. Wilmont, Carnegie Building
Pttsburg, Pa.
s. W.-Can a husband claim any dowry
in his wife's land and personal propertyf
A. He cannot. Dowery Is that portion
which the law allows to a widow for her
life out of the real property in which
her deceased husband held an estate OF
inheritance-usually one-third.
G. S. D.-Why is Halloween observedf
CD How is gasoline made? 90 Was JEFF
forson Davis admitted TO bail after his
arrest. and if so who was his bondsmans
A. All Saints day. feast Of all martyrs
and saints. has been observed since the
fourth century. Halloween, which comes
the evening before, is an occasion OF
vigil. 1t has long been also the occasion
of certain popular superstitions and OBJ
servances i'm many christian countries
fairies, witches and imps OF all kinds
being then supposed TO be especially ac-
tive. It is frequently celebrated by young
people of both sexes, when various mys-
tical ceremonies are performed with "A
view of revealing future husbands or
wives. (2) Gasoline is commonly obtained
from the distillation of petroleum. CD He
was; Horace Greeley. editor Of the New
York Tribune then. was his bondsman
Inquirer-What is the value of five
dollar gold piece OF 1913? A. just five dol
lars, in any civilized country in the world.
A. p. Care there any books written
by Frederick Remington; what are they
and where can they be obtainedg A. He is
the author of Pony Tracks, Crooked
Trails, Frontier Sketches and a novel.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone. Any
bookstore will sell them.
] L. L.-When did Realr, John Browns
companion, commit suicide in Portland,
Ca? CD Who was congressman from Gin
cinnau in the spring OF 1863? A. John
Brown had twenty-one companions at the
time of his raid but none of them bore
the name you use. CO Ohio had twenty
one representatives in congress at that
period, but I cannot say which, if any,
was from Cincinnati
B. A.-What will take grass stains out
Of cotton or wooden clothg A. They may
be removed from cotton goods by satur-
ating with kerosene oil and then boiling
in clear water. This will not do for wool.
ems or prints, and I do not know any.
thing that will.
c. T. S.-How many American built
ships are there trading at European
ports. with their names. and how mans
of them are owned by Americans2 A Tn,
merchant marine of the United States
numbers $3.50 sailing vessels of fifty ton.
or over. and SAG steamers Of one hundred
tons or over cannot say how many Of
them are engaged exclusively in Euro
pean trade. and it would be impossible
to print the list.
C. M.-Has the effort TO obtain golC
from sea water proved practicablef A. 1
has not. BY new process patented il
Belgium a ton Of sea water is treate,
with about five cubic centimeters of con
centrated aqueous stannous chloride
Evening journal., 1905-11-23
Dr.. Murray Much Improved.

The Rev. w. L. S. Murray, who :
been absent from the city for some I'll
on account of his health, returned "
terday much benefited. He will
present at the prayer meeting OF
PauTs NJ. e. Church tomorrow event
and at the session of the Sunday SCH
on Sunday afternoon.
On Thanksgiving Day he VIII e
part in the dedication exercises /
Washington Heights NJ. Il. Church 2
will preach both morning and eVenl
on the first Sunday in December.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23
Theatrical Notes

Funny Wally Clark of the Simple
Simon Simple Company will be heard in
his great whistling speciality at the
Grand Opera House next Saturday af-
ternoon and evening for Nixon u zim-
merman's big organization is coming
back to town for a return date.
Lighthouse by the Sea-" Vance and
Sullivan's sensational melodrama, which
is one Of the strongest productions ON the
road this season will be given in this city
at the Lyceum Theatre for three days
commencing today. 1t is a play Of intense
dramatic action, replete with thrilling
climaxes and sensational episodes while
all the human emotions are Raieidoscoped
against a background Of ripping laugh
ter.
Whatever that mythical sea serpent
may look like. its fancied counterpart
is vividly shown in the new four act
melodrama, Dangers of Working Girls"
which is to hold the boards at the Ly-
ceum November q. 2S and % In one Of
the scenes of this stirring and exciting
play. there is a minute reproduction Of
the infamous rites praoticed by the motor
ious devil worshippers." Their god-an
immense IDOLS placed on the stage and
they do penance before this inanimate
substance with savage-like devotion.
This idol is a masterpiece of mechanical
ingenuity and construction.
To any one who takes any particular
interest in mystery and detection tand
few there are indeed who are not inter-
osted in either) Lincoln J. Carter's latest
detective drama TOO Proud to Beg" ."
Evening journal., 1905-11-23
MRS. FINGERS RELATIVES SA
Word Was Received From Odessa
That Effect.

Word has been received by NJ
Louis Finger. of No. SO9 West Foul
street. which indicates that her brotl
and sister who live in Odessa, Russ
are safe.
The letter was written on the eve
the outbreak against the Jewish re.
dents of Odessa but was not mailed U
til the massacre was over. A po
script added to the letter before it v
mailed states that the family was q
vised to remain indoors by their lar
lord who was a Christian, and in q
way they escaped injury.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23

Bargain counter-The department
store bookkeeper.
The man of the hour is the man who
lis always on time.
Piccolo Bassoon is the name Of a man
who appeared in a London Court the other
day IN answer to a summons.
Sir oliver Lodge, whose name is famous
in connection with psychical research.
was put into business at the age of Il.
Of 800 month.
Shipping and keeping grapes in cork
dust is quite an industry i'm some of the
European grape districts. A consider
able quantity of such grapes, shipped
from Spain, is annually consumed in
the United States.
House rents have risen i'm Rome so
much faster than the ability of the
poor to pay has increased that hum
dreds OF families have been camping.
so to speak in the porches Of palaces
and churches and the doorways Of
houses.
The smallest inhabited island i'm the
world is that on which the Eddystone
Lighthouse stands. for at low water it
is only thirty feet I'm diameter. At
highwater the base Of the lighthouse.
which has a diameter of only a little
over 2s feet, is completely submerged.
President Dabney. Of the University Of
Cincinnati. is advocating the forming Of
a student body at his institution TO con-
! trol college ethics. He believes that a stu
dent body. which would have general SUI
pervision over an student affairs. would
be a good thing
Evening journal., 1905-11-23
ennL. IInnn anan.

In St. Thomas Church. Lewes, "
terday, Miss Clara Nicely, Of Por
mouth, Va, a missionary from jurisd
ton Of Tyko, Japan, spoke before
woman's Auxiliary and Junior Au1
iary.
The services were opened by
reading of a shortened evening serv
Of the Episcopal Church by the rec
of st. Thomas. the Rev. Hamilton
Phelps, assisted by the Rev. Will
Schouler. of Elkton, Md. Miss Me
spoke interestingly on her work.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23

commissioner to open the ballot boxes
in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth ward
election cases was made By Assistant
District Attorney Farr. Attorneys for
the accused election officers opposed
the appointment. Judge Davis reserved
decision.
c. G.. A. Loder. testlfying in his suit
against the so-called drug trust" de-
clared that this combine set spies to
watch him and prevented his buying
goods, so that his business suffered.
a woman calling herself Ellen Kelly
was caught robbing a store. and the
police thought they had the notorious
Gold Tooth Tmey Kelly. They were
mistaken.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Miss Ann Josephine DIuviluers was
married al her home. ia Ctesson TO
George Whiteheld Butts, connected
with the Pennsylvania Railroad shops
at Altoona.
Miss Louise Harrison and Evans b.
Brown, both OF Washington: Miss Mar
garet Williamson. of Washington and
George w. Druler. Of Bedford Springs.
and Miss Ethel d. Hortsmann OF Wash
.ngton. and Phillip Sidney Small, OF
Toronto. were married at the national
.capital.
Baron Van Rosen the new Ambas-
sador from Russia and one of the
Portsmouth Peace Commissioners. will
arrive to-day. He viii speak tonight
in WithersDoon Hail.
Nillanova students gave a minstrel
show In the college auditorium.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Complete official returns Of the state
showed that w. II. Berry's plurality
for State Treasurer over J. Lee Plum
mer was SS.24i.
The postofiices at Telford and South
Perkasie were robbed within an hour
by the same gang of thieves.
The Federation of Labor win not have
a banquet because the city of Pittsburg
has failed to contribute and because
lit spurns what IL calls tainted money"
! Commissioners representing Pennsyl-
ivania, New Jersey and New York met
lat Easton to confer on uniform rules
for the protection of fish.
Attorney General Carson filed answer
TO the suit of the bondsmen for the
failed Enterprise Bank OF Allegheny.
NEW JERSEY.
The National Grange. Patrons OF
lHusbandry, at Atlantic City. elected
iohicers.
WASHING rON.
The Panama Canal funds will be ex.
lhausted a year ahead of time. BY tn,
lend Of next June S26.0O0,OOO will hav,
lbeen expended and this amount wa.
INTENDED to last until June. 1907
FL Hadji Abdallah Basha, Envoy o
Emperor Monelik. of Abyssinia. vislte,
the President, presented a letter from
his sovereign and gave Mr.. Roosevelt
three elephant tusks and a lions skin
FOREIGN.
The Porte rejected the proposals o
the Powers for international control o
Macedonia's finances.
RUSSIA
There Is a report current in 81
Petersburg and other Russian citie
that the Tsar has yielded to the publ
demand. and granted universe
suffrage.
SPORTING.
Cresceus. 2.O2 IA. the worlds champ
Il ion trotting stallion. was sold for S2i 90
To NJ. w. Savage. the owner OF Da
Patch, at the Old Glory sale IN Ne
n York
4 There was a double feature card a
Bennings track. Tom Cogan beat Woo
gatherer, favorite, IN the steeplechasi
Evening journal., 1905-11-23

T Football has all the capacity for
putting the virtues into men that is
claimed, the coming generation will
prove as great an advance over this
as this is over the cave jewellers.
What a pity our fathers didn't learn
to play It.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23

Sometimes a State might congratulate
itself II It had no Senators. The peo-
pie Of New York at the present time
would not worry greatly at the re-
tirement OF either OF her Senators
Pennsylvania has one she is not
proud OF; Oregon has one in Jail and
Kansas one under indictment. Per-
haps other States win copy the ex-
ample set by Delaware.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
Reports Show West Church to BE in
Excellent Condition.

The annual meeting Of the congrega-
ton Of West Presbyterian Church was
held last night.
Robert d. Morrow, A. Victor Hughes
and Alexander A. Capelle were elected
trustees for three years.
The report OF .the treasurer showed
that the receipts Of the church during
the year amounted to S4,OSO.5O. The
basket collection alone amounted 70
s54S.12. There was a balance OF SSS.fV
on hand at the close Of the fiscal year.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Figurative speech-A statistic ora
ton.
The Partisan municipal committee who
visited London recently were principally
struck in the English capital by "the
calm of the policemen
The authorities OF the Rand, South AZ
RIGA. are having trouble with an organi-
zation called the Red Door among the
Chinese coolies. It's object is to remedy
grievances by force"
In an English suit at law a dog is de-
scribed as a necessary fitting or utensil
Plaintiff bought fish shop of defendant,
who failed to throw in" the shop dog
when the transfer was made
In dischargng a man and wife charged
with "consprng" to defraud an nsur-
ance company a London magistrate said
that in law "a man and his wife were
one person, and one person could not
conspire.
In Paris some patient person has been
collecting statistics about women
journalists. There are 600 Of these. he
declares. who live by Journalism i'm
England. as against 2.193 i'm the United
States and L200 I'm Germany. OF the
latter q per cent. deal with literature,
rs l-2 per cent with political economy,
10 per cent with pedagogy. s 10 per
lcent with science, 1-2 per cent. with
fashions. 8 per cent. with history, 4 l.
lper cent with domestic economy. 4 l.
per cent. with housing problems, and
lS IL per cent. with politics. The same
lstatistician asserts that the incomes OF
these women vary from 1000 franc.
$4,000 to 5000 francs (S1. .2OO).
Evening journal., 1905-11-23
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Evening journal., 1905-11-23

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Evening journal., 1905-11-23
Arranoina for Dinner.

Arrangements are being made by the
sunday Breakfast Mission for dinner
for the poor OF the city on ThanksslV-
ing Day. Last year the mission ieu
over a hundred hungry ones.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23

An Enslishman who did not break the
bank at Monte Carlo has arrived in
New York There are quite a number
Of people In the country who can
claim the same distinction.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23

So Nan Patterson Raved when she
heard Of the election OF Jerome. did
sheg This Is another tribute to the
good judgment OF the voters OF New
York city.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23
ADMINISTRATIONS.

Brief communications on q"
iects OF interest temperate IN l''eil 10,
ture and signed by the writer 80 -
not to be published unless oes'eU' '''e
always welcome.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23
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Entered at the Wilmington Postoinee
as Second Glass Matter.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23

The Philadelphia Orchestra will be
the attraction at the Opera House this
evening. The sale Of seats has been large.
The music lovers of wilmington know
the work Of this organization too wei
for IL to need any extended notice. An en-
joyable concert Is assured.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23

The oarricl, continues to more than
Evening journal., 1905-11-23
Journals Question
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rs feature appear interest will be
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Evening journal., 1905-11-23

which will be the attraction al 'h Ly-
ceum November 30 and December ani
., il is said. can be recommended with
out hesitation for the story Of the play
has liberal sprinlSling of both. Mr.. Car
ter wrote this drama ON an incident in
the career of detective who was for
years connected with "a metropolitan de-
tective bureau.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23

Cresceus. 2.O2 IA. the worlds champ
ion trotting stallion, was sold for $1,000
TO NJ. w. Savage. the owner OF Dan
Patch. at the Old Glory sale IN New
York.
There was a double feature card at
.Bennings track. Tom Cogan beat Wool
gatherer, favorite. IN the steeplechase.
Evening journal., 1905-11-23

There Is a report current ia st.
Petersburg and other Russian cities
that the Tsar has yielded to the public
demand. and granted universal
euffra 90
Evening journal., 1905-11-23
FOREIGN.
RUSSIA

The Porte rejected the proposals
the Powers for international control
Macedonia's finances.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03

a very strong pull with the Mary
land officials. The same applies to
the crimps in Philadelphia and the
Quaker City police.
Though Maryland claims mo au-
thority,' it is a question in the mind
of Government officials whether
these outrages have indeed been
committed in waters outside the
jurisdiction Of any particular State.
If committed ir waters within State
Jurisdiction then it is held the pun
ishment Of the offenders must lie
with the State authorities and the
apprehension Of the criminals and
the stopping Of the outrages are
part Of the duties of the police
powers Of these States.
OF the fact of the 0utrages there
is no doubt: nor is there reason to
believe that the stories have been
exaggerated.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
Keep Men at Sea.

To prevent the escape OF the crew
the men are transshipped to a boat
that has just unloaded her oysters.
and SO kept out in the Chesapeake.
far off shore. weeks and months at
a time, first in one little schooner
and then in another.
So far this year the deaths of
three Philadelphians has been laid
10 the account of the oyster feet.
James McCabe, William Clark. and
Henry Frank are dead Their
bodies have been found in shallow
graves on Deal island. There seems
no doubt that they, came 10 their
deaths through the brutality of cap
tains Of the oyster feet.
Peter Barnes. Philadelphia agent
of Baltimore shipping house, who
sent the first two down. has been
arrested for conspiracy Captain
Wheatley, OF the Sadie Gibson, OF
which McCabe and Clark are known
TO have been shipped, has been in
dicted and will be arrested, if he
can be found.
Meanwhile, there have come walls
from John Dawson, presumably on
the oyster boat Patrick Keefer
somewhere on Chesapeake bay; and
from Wilfred Rodford, seventeen
years old, who doesn't say what
boat he's one, but wishes some one
would take him off quick: and from
Lawrence Davis, nineteen years old.
Of Oxford. Pa, whose letters seem
to have been edited and the name of
the boar erased. Aside from these
there are half a dozen whose fami-
lies have received no word, bur are
convinced that their lost ones are
on one OF the oyster boats. There is
Monroe Jones, also of Oxford. Pa,
who disappeared with the Davis boy
and has not been heard from; there
is man named Johnson whose wife
Ia looking for him. fearing that he
AaS been kidnapped for the oyster
The Washington times., 1905-12-03

through this time, for the decent
oyster men themselves are for the
first time awake to the real danger
that turks in the shanghai system
The capturing of men and boys in
Philadelphia and New York and the
fmpTisOning OF the crews will be
stopped through the efforts of the
leading men in the oyster business
Heretofore the oyster men, while
deploring shanghaiing, have been
more or less Indifferent, believing ii
possible to obtain crews in no other
way. But the startling developments
of the last week have opened their
eyes
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
SAMSON-LIKE KINGS

the evil one. who had run away with
his anvil
Peter had a worthy successor in Alex
ander III. father of the present Car,
whose phenomenal strength earned for
him the title OF the Russian Samson {"
Amazing stories are told of Alexander's
muscular pOwers-hOw he could burst
open the stOutest barrel doors by a
push of his great shoulders. crumpIe up
coins in his hand as if they were Ieath-
er instead of tough metal. snap iron
bars across his knees. tear n whole
pack of cards in two, and with a few
movements of his powerful hands con-
vert a pewter taukard into d bouquet
holder
Nor must we forget the Amazonian
Queen Of Poland. Cymburga. who used
to crack nuts with her fingers, and
when she was training her fruit trees
would hammer the nails into the wal
with her clinched fist
The Washington times., 1905-12-03

fleet; there is an elderly man named
Grimm whose family are sure that
he has been shanghaied. There is a
mechanic named Russell, who can
earn good wages at his trade, but
who occasionally drinks; and so il
goec.
Each year almost as soon as the
oyster season opens in September
terrible tales begin to come up from
the famous Chesapeake bay oyster
beds. Each year mysterious disaP-
pearanees are reported to the police,
and if the disappearance IS absolute.
if they can ild no clue at all. in
nine cases ont OF ten they decide
that the missing man Is probably
with the oyster feet. and the
chances of his ever coming to light
are perhaps about even Some
times he never does come 10 light:
sometimes he comes floating in on
the tide; sometimes he dTags him
self, bruised and bleeding, 10 the
door Of some hut or cottage on the
shore and is cared for. Sometimes.
of course, he survives, and seems
eventually none the worse for the
experience, though the chances Of
his ever being willing TO repeat it
are extremely sim. no matter how
desperately the man may need work.
The Washington times., 1905-12-03
:: LOVE BY LAW IN FRANCE ::

At The present time % not iucousid,r-
able number Of Freuclmcn are living
IN tho fear thar the law may comraI
them. under penalty, TO love their wives.
says the Paris correspondent of The
London Express. o. is not that these
men do not already possess some sort
OF affection FOR their partners in life.
but there is no knowing what awkward
Interpretation the ladies might Duf u1.n
the new reading OF the law
Hitherto the French marriage code
has limited itself 10 declaring that The
contracting parties owe each other mu-
tual esteem. fidelity. and srccor. Moth
ing IS mentioned about love.
An eminent playwright NJ paul Her
Nieu. however, thinks that people who
enter the bonds OF wedlocl should aIs,
be required by law 90 love one another
NJ Hervicu expressed his views 5.rar.
a parliamentary committee formed to-
consider certain reforms in the code.
and apparently majority OF the mem
bcrs are inclined 40 share uis view. on
the ground that fl is i'm the interests of
morality for the law 20 recognize love
H mairimony.
Curlousiy enough. love enters very
little. indeed. into the making OF the
vast majority OF French marriages
French people. as "a rule. marry because
IL is to their mutual interests. In
aristocratic marriages love is seldom
even taken into consideration. Il is
purely 81 question OF convention, o.
docOrum, Of mutual convenience.
Among the middle or bourgeois classes
marriage is principally question OF
pounds, -hiiliugs. and pence. 4 manu-
factWer lawyer, am official ana Off
Ger or a. merchant looks forward IN
contracting a marriage to finding I'm the
shape Of his wife's dowry value CORE
spending TO the position he holds or the
annual income he derives from his pro
fcssion or business.
one OF the first cares Of a French
father IS 10 provide "a dowry for each
of his daughters, and according TO the
value OF the dowry he can command u