Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-18

power by suddenly springine two res,
iutlons on the Iammanv eve,,,t;,.,
committee, providing for tine refanti,,
On snaJ committee of all the district
eauers VINO lost their districts tbro,,,t,
sue la'e ieapEortionment ani for nam
ing leaders IN the five,ne,v distr;,+.,
created, lhs resolutions war. ,,..g.,,s
nul Murphy seems 10 havo ,,.@,,
,,,or nauIueI .,sa IN not putting in these five
lisn "ulle ne could do so unopposed
since the Mcclellan forces. taken nv
sulpllse When the resolutions were
PASSED. are now preparing to prevent
.nelr eiection. Murphy, however can
sva1e on a contest for some time. mas
.iuon us tne chairman, one of his men.
aione mas the power to call a meetino,
lieanwhile ~ the fight between The fac
uiVns Is centerlng on District Attor.
nsy Jerome, who is reported to have
peen slated for Governor. hy McClel-
lan' while some Of his enemies have
asked for his removal from office on
SSlarses OF corruption and the like.
NewM ork City politics promises to be
as Hot as the summer does.
Nopuuy knows what SUFFERING hot
weather can cause until he GOES into
new York s East Side streets and sees
u Tor himself. Among Young chill
dren its effects are especially Bitifpi
and babies die by scores and hundreds
lI9ul li, the neat Charitable people do
al tney can to relieve this misery, one
society having given nearly o, 600 chill
uren outings of various lengths last
season. Owners of $50 automobiles
gave l2JO orphan children run to
Coney Island the other dav-a custom
instituted only last year, but now To he
mace permanent The lot OF many slum
children Is SO hard that. as a we'll
known philanthropist recently said. il
is a positive blessing Tor them TO
undergo arrest for vagrancv on the
various small misdemeanors of which
they may be guilty, in order that they
may change conditions for the better.
Az great institutions, like the New
J ork juvenile Asylum, which houses
IT'S inmates in family cottages and
teaches them farming and gardening
on an estate miles from the city, they
learn and enjoy things they never
would have known in their so-called
homes. New York immense immi-
= -trA- tNa fN1 a Aec ~ u AAl Oh neglected
OF abandoned little ones which IS CON
stantly to be reckoned with.
One Of the most mysterious murders
which has lately occurred in this city
took place when Mrs. Alice c. ID.
hinnan went TO the door of her home
in the evening and the next moment
was struck dead by some unknown
assassin. Not sound but that of the
dying scream and the fall Of her body
70 the porch floor was heard. This is
absolutely all that is at present known
about the tragedy. The woman g aged
mother, who was in the house, heard
nothing more than what has been
stated and no one was seen by the
neighbors either coming to or leaving
the vicinity, although one person sat
at an open window directly under the
porch where the murder took place
and neither saw nor heard anything
until the scream and fall came over
her head. The police have arrested
everybody they could think of-mostly
Italians living nearby-but have Sc
cured no information and just now
have not even the customary "clue to
the perpetrator. " Mrs. Kinnan was a