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Evening journal., 1906-10-31
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BUILDING BOOM
UNPRECEDENTED
Lack Of KOrkmen IS Greatly
Handicapping the Con-
tractors
MANY PROPERTY TRANSFERS


Never before in the history Of the
city has wilmington experienced
building boom the like OF which has
been going on since last spring. Com
tractors have been kept on the go and
skilled workmen and laborers have
been IN demand. In fact the lack Of
suaicient number Of woriumen has
greatly retarded the operations and held
down the number Of improvements
that would have been made had
greater force Of worlzmen been avail
able
The operations have been confined
mostly 10 the erection OF small houses
or homes suitable to the needs OF the
ordinary wcrkingman making from fif-
teen % twenty collars a week. The
enormous demand FOR such houses has
kept the builders on the constant move
trying to meet the requirements, and
as q result an parts OF the city have
been enlarged By the addition OF whole
rows % such houses.
One OF INC lNltfnl hlAlAAi'itN INV tt
der way Is being carr ed on by Com
tractor John Il. Healy who has twenty
houses 10 build A row Of ten viii be
located at Front and Jefferson streets.
some OF which are already In course Of
construction and tho remainder viii be
located al Maple and Conneil streets
opposite Delnmoro Park. The houses
on Front street VII cost about $500
each while the others Will cost about
$1,000 each.
TWO fne houses are 10 be built at
Delaware avenue and Lincoln street by
Contractor George 8. Mckee for Len
dcrman and Brother The new con-
crete work is becoming more popular
with the hulders and In short time
It is thought this win be the only ma
teriai used by the contractors. A. x.
Taylor has just finished two such
houses az Richardson Park and has un-
der construction another large building
Of concrete blocks The blocks are hol-
low and the houses therefore are guar
onteed .to. be dry. ---.-
Evening journal., 1906-10-31

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Evening journal., 1906-10-31

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Evening journal., 1906-10-31
Must Keen in Line.

The committee has decided that no prize
will be awarded TO anyone who does not
20 over the entire line. The prizes Will
not be awarded until the parade counter
marches IN the Court House Square. The
judges win be az Sixth and Delaware.
Front and Harmony, Eighth ana South.
Third and Chestnut and Court House
Square They win select winners IN an.
ferent classes, so Il will be impossible L,
drop out and hope 10 win prize
In order 10 avoid the rush the opor,
House will open at O'Clock The bal
promises to he a grand success. fou
special officers have been engaged 70
duty az the Opera House. 80 that no dis
order Of any kind win be tolerated
Everyone entering the hall must have
ticket.
Evening journal., 1906-10-31
surprise for Teaehers.

When the pupils in St Peters parochiaI
school went 70 their different rooms yes
terdsy afternoon. there was a merry
twinkle in every eye and a smile on every
face. When the sisters called the schools
10 order for lessons there was a move
ment In every room 70 the desk. Each
child had bag Of fruit. cake rr candy.
Every sister received a genuine surprise.
During the afternoon II was songs and
hymns instead Of lessons Sister Gem
arosa was presented with a handsome
inkstand by her school. The children
were warmly thanked for their treat
Held Business Meeting.
The Young Peoples Society Of the First
Presbyterian Church held business
meeting last night and the results OF the
bazaar were given. Everything but the
ice cream were gifts 10 the society. and
there was a large profit In the receipts
Of the AFFAIR
The report shows that about 500 have
been cleared. which fact is gratifying 10
the members. A social wiz be given in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
FRANCE IN TURMOIL.
A BITTER CONFLICT BETWEEN
STATE AND CHURCH..
New French Law, Under Which
Church Property Has Been Confs-
Gated, Likely to Precipitate Civil
War-CIericaIs Prosecuted.

Soldiers have been standing guard at
the door of every Roman Catholic
Church in France outside of Paris, and
have prevented the celebration of mass
Prosecutions have been begun against
the ultramontane abbes of the churches
OF St Pierre Du Gros Gallon, st. Au-
gustine, and st. Roch, where the great
est resistance to the taking of the in
ventories occurred, and it has been de-
cided to Immediately take over the
buildings belonging to the ecclesiastics,
stop the pensions of the clergy. COM
pei aspirants to the priesthood to full
fill their military obligations, and, if
necessary, treat the clergy as subjects
of foreign power.
A call is printed by La Croi. Cath
Ollie organ, to all men and youths who
are loyal to their religion to attend
services, defend the priest in charge,
and prevent any hostile demonstrations.
This is the answer of the church to the
official instructions given to the police
to allow free thinkers to start dem
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
National CnDifaI Notes.

Representative Gaines of Tennessee in
troduced a bill to raise the salaries Of
members of Congress to $500.
Representative Lacey of Iowa introduce
ed a bill in Congress for a new division
of the southern judicial district of Iowa
to be known as the Ottumwa district
Harry st. George Tuck, president of
the jamestown (Va.) Exposition Com
pany, announced that he would ask Con-
gress for a loan of $1,OO0,O00 to be re-
paid out of gate recenpts of the exposi-
ton.
An investigation of the alleged lumber
trust by the Department Of Commerce
and Labor is asked in a joint resolution
introduced in the Senate by Mr.. Kittredgc
of South Dakota.
The Senate confirmed large number
of appointments to consular, postoffice
and other positions, among then that of
Herbert 6. Squiers Of New York to be
minister to Panama.
a report made to Congress by the Gov
ernor of New Mexico shows that &c. 19j
voters in that territory favored joint
statehood in the recent election. while
14735 voted against if.
Secretary Shaw issued an open letter
to bankers asking them to exchange idle
SO bills for ones and twos to help in
relieving ''the marked scarcity Of small
bills noticeable everywhere"
The actual cost Of producing class 4
arrnor plate is S29j-S5 ton. according
to a report made to Congress by a board
of officers named by the Secretary Of 5!ic
Navy to investigate the matter.
Speaker Cannon announced the fol-
Loving committee appointments: Cole OF
Ohio. committee on agriculture: Bannon
Of Ohio. judiciary Cihams Of Indiana,
industrial arts nd ezpositions and Tevis-
ion of tie avs.
Ii cost S19.GO4. 40 to keep the ships
of the navy in commission during tic
last fiscal year. according TO the annual
report of Paymaster General Harris. Ex-
penditures for building new ships were
S31. 7e4. $50 and for repairs S5,5J0.3G9
The Senate committee on foreign rela-
tions considered the AlSaciras treaty j..
reference 10 Moroccan affairs and ordered
that it be fayora5ly reported 10 the Ssi-
ate. This action was taken. however. If.
Ter a committee consisting CT Seaafors
Spoener. Lodge and Bacon had Jeez ra..,-
ed to phrase a resolution which would
declare that the United States had no IA
tention OF interfering in the regulation
of European internal affairs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
SHAKEN BY EXPLOSION.
Nitroslycerin Magazines Blow UP,
Causing Great Damage.

Nitroglycerin Magazines Blow Up,
Causing Great Damage.
A tremendous explosion of nitrogly-
cerin at the magazines of the Aetna Pow
der Company at Miller's Station, Ind,
Nterrified residents of towns for twenty
five miles around. The shock wrecked
buildings within a radius of three miles.
The business portion of Hammond, Ind,
was badly damaged. The damage to fcun-
dations and water mains has not been
estimated. Scenes at other towns were
equally exciting. At Valparaiso, the seat
of the Valparaiso Normal university, the
students poured from their dormitorles
at the first shock. Many of them, 1T Is
reported, sprang from windows to the
ground in their anxiery to escape before
the buildings should fall. A number OF
injuries are reported to have been re-
ceived in this manner by the terror-strlck-
en- collegians. At Whiting, Ind, the
thousands of employees in the refineries
of the Standard Oil Company were panic
stricken at the shaking of the ground
and buildings and the crashing of window
glass. Work on the improvements at
Gary, the new city of the United States
Steel Corporation, was stopped when the
explosion was felt. The laborers were
induced to resume only after the cause
of the disturbance had been explained to
them. The explosion was also distinctly
felt at Tolleston, Hobart East Chicago
and other Indiana towns.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18

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Belmont, Ohio, was wiped out almost
completely by fire. Loss over 100000.
The reports of the illness OF King
Menelik of Abyssinia are reported I'M
founded.
w. E. Dodge is said to be the donor of
100000 for lodging house for friend
less boys in New York.
Brig. Gen. Otis H. Marion died at his
home in Allston Mass, from pneumonia,
a the age of 80 years.
An earthquake shock lasting two sec
onds was felt at Milazo, on the north
coast of the island of Sicily.
The Canadian government has decided
to establish life-saving stations along the
Prince Edward island coast.
The safe in the postoffice at Gallman,
Miss, was blown open and several hun
bred dollars in cash and stamps taken.
A Paris street car dashed into a wag-
on loaded with 67,000 eggs. The wagon
driver was half drowned in broken eggs.
Thomas Stout, negro, was hanged at
Lexington, KY, for the murder of Sam
Lee, another negro, eighteen months ago.
The long-standing coal strike in Al
berta, Northwest Territory, is over, the
operators and men having come to terms.
The dreaded San Jose scale has been
discovered in several fruit orchards in
Massachusetts by Tree Warden Walker.
Stewart NJ. Brice, son of the late
Senator Calvin s. Brice, and Mrs. Cath
crime Mount of Indianapolis were married
in New York.
Ethel Smith, the 15-year-old girl of
Thornton, Ohio, who shot and killed FL
mer Briggs, will be tried on charge of
manslaughter.
Robert A. .Ammon, convicted for con-
nection with the Franklin syndicate fraud
in 1908. was released from Sing Sing
prison Monday.
James Donnall, Central American mer-
chant, who arrived in San Francisco re-
Gently, brought the news of the complete
destruction of the town Of Tutupec, on
the Isthmns of Tehuantepec. during a ter
rife hurricane a few weeks ago. Fifty
lives were lost.
The Spanish gunboat Alvarado. captur-
ed during the war with Spain has been
transferred to the naval militia OF the
Louisiana.
Keel plates of another Dreadnought
were laid at Portsmouth. England. The
new battleship will be larger than the
first Dreadnought.
Fire in a Pi-tsburg automobile garage
caused loss OF about $4,000. The FIRE
was started by the dropping Of an iRcan-
descent light bulb.
Arthur May Knapp. editor Of the Dails
Advertiser of Yokohama, says japan
locks upon the trouble in San Francisco
as local affair.
Alfred G. Smith. secretary of the Ward
line of steamers, denies a report that
Charles W Morse is negotiating for the
purchase of -he line.
Donate Milanetti of Midland Ohio.
fred two shots into his wife's breast, kill
ing her instantly, and then shot himself
twice He is IN a hospital.
The annual report Of the commissioner
of Internal revenue for the LAST fiscal year
shows that Illinois ontributed more than
one-ffth OF the total revenue collected.
VIII johnson. negro OF Atlanta. Ga
has been found guilty of attacking Mrs
Georgia Hembree. a white woman. and
has been sentenced 10 be hanged Jan /.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
All Around the Globe.

The Wade Hampton statue at ColGm-
bia, s. c., was unveiled in the presence
CT a vast thrOng.
knights Templar Of Mexico City ex-
Dect to be represented in the triennial
conclave at Saratoga, y. Y. next July.
The Spanish cabinet reafiirmed the de-
cision Of the preceding ministry that
Spain shall participate in the jamestown
exposition.
A heavy pail Of smoke 20 darkened
st. Louis up to 10 a. m. fee other day
that lights had to be turned on in stores
and streets.
Five men were injured, two seriously,
by the collapse Of a scaffolding on the
seyen-story Arnstein building now under
construction at Knoxville, Tenn.
Patrick II. keenan,, dean Of the Tam
many district leaders, veteran Of the old
Croker and County Democracy days in
New York, has retired from politics.
The National Grange convention at
Denver appointed special committee OF
Eve members to consider the question of
creating a life insurance system in the
organization.
A coroner's jury exonerated Clinton G.
Clarke. sailor on the United States bat
tleship Indiana, from all connection with
the death Of Mrs. Mary Herman, who was
found ls-ng dead at his side in Riverside
Park, y Y.
The coroner's jury ia the case of VIII
Harris. the negro who was shot to death
by posse at AshevilIe, y. C., after kill
ing three men. returned verdict prais-
ing highly the 'public-spirited citizens"
Who slew the black.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
coNFEssEs HE MURDERED GIRL.
David Curtis Tells Oficers-Many
Paranns

Persons Doubt His story.
Yes, | did it; l am the murderer OF
Dona Gilman" Coolly and without the
slightest sign of emotion or remorse. Dan
Curtis made this confession to County De-
tective Mcbride, Coroner Kline, Detec-
tive Coleman of the Pinkerton agency
and Prosecuting Attorney Nevin, in the
prosecutors Office in Dayton, Ohio. Alter
the confession had been made to the ON
GERS Curtis broke down and cried Ike
child. He was questioned closely as 10
the truth of his story and declared posi-
lively that he was the murderer and wee
glad to make a confession to relieve ms
mind. Curtis is q years old and earned
precarious living selling newspapers.
He is half-witted and at times has labor
ed under decisions that he was great
detective. Among newsboys Curtis was
known as Baby Dave" Many of those
who knew him allege his story is partly
the result of his own disordered magma
ton and that he really had no connection
with the crime. Dona Gilman, 20-year-
old girl. was attacked and strangled to
death Tuesday evening, Nov. 20, within
fifty yards of her home on Arlington
Heights, a suburb of Dayton, while re-
turning home from work. Her body was
discovered by her 16-year-old brother, Col
Inns, two days later, lying in vacant
lot nearly opposite the Gilman home. Her
fellow employees at the National Cash
Register Company subscribed $4,000 as a
reward for the capture of the murderer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
WHEAT ACREAGE INCREASES.
Government Report Indicntes Gain
Over Last Years Area.

Government Report Indicntes Gain
over Last Years Area.
The Department of Agriculture finds,
from the reports of its correspondents
and agents, in conjunction with informa-
ton derived from other sources, that the
estimate made last December of the area
sown to winter wheat in 1905 should
have indicated 31,312,0O0 acres instead
of 31,341 900 acres; also that last De-
cembers estimate of the area soWn to
winter rye in 1905 should have indicated
100000 acres instead of 1,129,O00 acres.
The corrected figures are used as bases
in computing the area sown to each crop
this fall.
The newly seeded area of winter wheat
is estimated as IL per cent greater than
the area sown in the fall of 1905, equiv
alent to an increase of $4,000 acres and
a total acreage of 81 ,665,000. The con-
dition of winter wheat on Dec. / was
OIL. as compared with 94.1 on Dec. 1,
1903, S2.9 at the corresponding date in
1904 and nine-year average of 92.9.
The following table shows for each of
the principal States the percentage of
acreage sown to winter wheat this fall,
the average condition on Dec. l and the
mean of the December averages for nine
years:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
NEW YORK.

Colder weather, combined with the
apprO%ch of the holidays, has greatly
stimulated retail trade at most points
and the outlook favors a record break
ing Christmas trade The car shortage
continues, though grain deliveries in
the Northwest are freer, but ON the
whole the paucity of railway facilities
is seriously affecting many sections,
and in consequence some foundries in
the St Louis and Cleveland districts
have been compelled to close. Manu-
facturers are busy the country over,
the pressure being so great as to cause
a considerable number of plants to
work night and day. Labor still con-
tinues scarce, and wage advances are
recorded generally, but the tendency
to avoid higher wages seems to be I'M
dergoing continuous expansion. Money
is high in the cities where the demand
is extensive, but most interior towns
appear to be plentifully supplied, hence
country bankers are seeking CONNER
cial paper Bradstreet's Mercantile
Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
VARIETY OF MAYORS.
KANSAS CITY, KAN, lNDULGES
DESIRE FOR CHANGE.
Has Had Five Chief Officers i'm Past
Eighteen MonthS-YOung Man
Confesses Bank Robbery and Tells
What He Did with Loot.

DR. George NJ. Gray, who headed the
''Citizens' ticket, was elected Mayor of
Kansas City, Kan. DR.. Gray will be
the fifth Mayor of Kansas City, Kan,
during the past year and half. In
April, 1905, w. w. Rose was elected to
the Office. He was ousted by the Attorney
General for not enforcing the prohibition
law. +. E. Venard, president of the
City Council, then became Mayor. A
special election was called and ex-Mayor
Rose was again elected. The Kansas
Supreme Court again ousted Rose, hold
ing that the original custer proceedings
debarred him from holding the Office for
two years from the time of his first being
elected ~ the Office. Following Roses
second removal, ]. E. Laughlin, presi-
dent of the Council. became Mayor, which
position he will relinquish when DR.. Gray
takes the oath of Office.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
HUNTING SEASONS DEAD.
Record shows Seventy-four Persons
Were Killed During Year.


Seyenty-four deaths and seventy per-
sons injured, some of them so seriously
that death may result, is the record of
fatalities for the hunting season through
out the country. Northern Michigan and
Wisconsin went ahead of the record for
last year in deaths, twenty-eight being
reported this season, against twenty-six
for the previous one, but in the number
of persons injured this years record falls
Ear below that of the previous one, hav-
ing only twenty serious accidents which
did not result in death. The larger part
of the deaths were the. result of acct
dental discharges of shotguns. many of
them occurring while the owners were
cleaning the weapons. In many of these
cases the victims were children. Many
OF the deaths were those of boys who
were hunting. and the mistaken for deer
reason accounted for large number of
others.
Michigan leads the list in the number
Of dead and injured, with Wisconsin a
close second. the former having fifteen
deaths and the latter thirteen. Illinois
had a total Of eight deaths, three of the
victims being Chicagoans, but there was
not large number of persons injured.
Following is the list of killed and in
sired by States:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
MADE BAD BOY A GOOD ONE.
What Surgery Did for "a Lad In On
of the New York Schools.

What Surgery Did for "a Lad In one
of the New York schools.
According to DR.. William II. Maxwell,
New York City superintendent of schools,
and DR.. John j. Cronin, assistant chief
medical inspector of the board of health,
it has been demonstrated that surgery
can transform bad boy into good one.
This achievement, among others equally
beneficial, was the result of an operation
performed recently upon pupil from
school on the lower east side, whose name
is withheld. Primarily the operation was
resorted to- not with the notion OF I'M
proving the lads moral character, but for
the removal of a physical defect. For
long time the boy, who is about IA years
old and the son of poor parents, had been
incorrigible in and out of school. After
the operation, which was for the removal
of adenoids, there was surprising
change in the boy. He became more cheer
ful, lost his surly manner, and, without
threats or coercion, but merely in re-
Spouse to kindly suggestion, he stopped
smoking cigarettes a habit to which he
had been addicted. He also developed
quickness of apprehension and readi-
ness to study and is now considered
model pupil.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
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Chcago-Cattle, common to prime,
S4.O0 to $50 hogs. prime heavy, $500
to $6.42: sheep, fair TO choice, $500
to $3.50: wheat, No. 2, 73c to 74c corn,
No. .. 43c to 45c; oats, standard, 32c to
34c; rye, No. ,, 65c to Csc; hay. timo-
thy. $500 to $1,000; prairie $500 to
$1,000 butter, choice creamery, 24c to
Sic: eggs fresh, 29c to 36c; potatoes,
3Jc to 4cc.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500
to 500; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
$6.40; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, 73c to Toe; corn,
No. . white, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2
white, 33c to 35c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $G.40; sheep, $3.50 to
$40; wheat, No 2, Toe to 76c; corn,
No. 2, 42c to 43c oats, No. 2, 33c to
34c; rye, No. 2. Gle to 63c
incinnati-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $6.40; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat. No. 2, Toe to 76c; corn
No. 9 mixed, 42c to 40; oats, No. 2
mixed, 35c to &c; rye, No. 2, zoe to
re.
DetrOIt-tattle, Nt.DO 10 po.pv, HOSs,
$500 to $612; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 9, 76c to 7Sc; corn. No. 3
yellow. Acc to 46c; oats, No. white,
35c to 37c; rye, No. 2 69c TO Toe.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
nc to Sic; corn, No. 3, 42c to 43c;
oats, standard, 33c to 35c; rye, No. /,
SIC to 69c, barley, standard. 54c to soc;
T,ork mess 1880
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to 1925; hogs, fair to choice, 800
to $500; sheep, common to good mixed,
500 to 1913; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $50.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, 74c TO
7Gc; corn. No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c;
oats. No. 2 mixed. 34c to 35c; rye, No.
2, &c to SIC: clover seed. prime, $S.25.
New York-Cattle, $500 to 1925;
hogs. 500 to 1913; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 7Sc to SOC;
corn, No. 9, sic TO 52c; oats, natural
white. 39c to 40c; butter, creamery, 25c
to 32c; eggs, western, 30c to 35c.