Evening journal., 1905-06-17
Albert Vining Refused to
Take a Dare" and Sprang
Into the Water
THAT WAS BUT FOUR FEET DEEP
speclai to The Evening Journal,

lflenuS on lut Nndll iNhdttiiib ~"
jumping qualities. u dare you tol
jump of the top Of that thing said
one. pointing TO the driver.
you do. eh?" replied Pete. and u
an instant he was climbing up the lift
Reaching the top he discarded his
clothing and with "A here goes" sprang
of.
In going down feet first Vining turn
cd in the air and plunged into the
water head first and disappeared. AS
there was about three feet of water Ia
the dock at the time Vining's compan-
ions expected to see him injured. il
not killed. To the contrary, however,
Pete" bobbed up serenely clambered
on the machine, donned his clothing
and departed up town.
FEW PAY POLL TAX.
Much adverse comment is heard re-
garding the possibility Of a raise m
the tax rate by City Council at its spc-
oial meeting to be held on Monday
night next, at which time the tota, as
sessment will be submitted TO that
body
IN speaking Of the taxables Of .he
city an official says;
"The hardest tax to collect. naturalls
20 possibly is the per capita or poll tax.
OF the four hundred and some names
on the assessment list OF this class Of
taxables there is but about one out of
every four who pays his tax IN years
when there is no election. Yet many
OF these persons have children whom
they send 70 school and who enjoy he
same privileges as children of those
parents who own property and pay
their taxes promptly" Just how This
proposition can be remedied at the
present time is not evident, but tlar
the more delinquents there are the
more is the tax that must be paid w
those who settle each year is a self
evident fact
DIED FROM DIPHTHERIA.
At the home Of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John n. Stoops. Willard, their g.
year old son. died last evening of diph
iberia. Private funeral services We're
held al the graveside In the Preshyter-
ism cemetery at o'clock today
SEWER PLATE DERAILED CAR.
a sewer plate at the curve in .he
trolley Alne at Second and Delaware
etrstts caused the i1.35 "A. m. norea-
4 found car to jump the track at that
point yesterday. The plate projected
several inches above the roadbed sur
face, throwing the front wheels OF the
truck off the rails. A relief car was
sent for at the barn and transferred
the passengers.
SCRAPES GROUNDS WITH AUTO.
Eugene Chase. who has charge OF
the baseball grounds at Battery Park,
las engaged an ally TO assis. him in
the work. Mr.. Chase yesterday OBJ
tained q piece of planking on the top
of which he fastened a heavy steel
track rail. Summoning Robert Meg
ginson. who was nearby with his auto
mobile, Chase attached his improviseo
scraper to the machine and Mr Meg
gnson dragged II over the surface OF
the diamond several times.
WILL ERECT NEW BRIDGE
Omciais of the r.. b. q w. railroad
are preparing TO erect a new BRUCE
along the New Castle cut-off tracks
where the line crosses the marsh land
at the Buttonwoods. That portion OF
the structure which spans Holcomb's
lane viii be Of iron and the approache.
viii be filled in with earth. Through
this 5O-inch iron culverts will pene-
trate. thus giving ample drainage from
the land TO the west The new bridg.
viii replace the present wooden struc.
ture.
BIG CRANE BROKE DOWN.
one Of the big 30-ton electric crane.
over the drying floor at the Baldt Steo
Casting Company broke down shortly
before noon yesterday. The breakag'
necessitated the laying of Of aDou
eighty men, moulders and helpers, un'
til Monday morning.
MOVE TO BURNHAM PROPERTY
Mrs. Morris Barnswen and Mr.. an,
Mrs. A. V. r. Barnswell. Of New York
arrived yesterday and are quartered a
The Louise The Barnswells will NOV
into the Burnham property. Fourtl
and Delaware streets. recently pur
chased by Mrs. IT, II. Hay. as soon a
it is ready for occupancy.
HERBERT PROPERTY FOR SALE
In order that the estate may be set
tied administrators OF the late William
Herbert have ordered the entire prop
erty to be sold. The holdings consis
of thirty-one properties located in var
ious parts OF the city and includin
the home place" at Fifth and Della
ware streets. Inc SAFE VIII De netu z
the court house at 2 o'clock on June p
A. V. L. George and r. 1. w. King an
the administrators
MISSING BOY NOT LOCATED.
Mayor Boyd is looking for Roy Stan
ton. who disappeared from his home i
Chester on Friday of last week in com
pany with William Brannon. and VIII
is believed to have come TO New Cast
TO work. BY inquiry at the Brylgo
plant 1t was learned that two boys az
piled for and obtained work there o
Wednesday last and il is thought pos
sble that one Of them may be III
missing boy
KNEW CASTLE WON.
BY a score OF > to the Knew Cas-
tie team defeated the Baldt Senate mir
on Battery Park Thursday afternoon
one of the best games of the season.
The score by innings:
Knew Castle ....1 0 0 O Q o.
Baldt Senate 800 0 o 0 o.
Batteries--X- New Castle Hall an
Reynolds; Baldt Senate ]. Sibley an
Harrington. Umpire, w. Rogers
Dyspepsia--bane OF human existeno
Burdock Blood B.tters cures
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