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Middletown transcript., 1906-12-01
ID EGIsTER's ORDER.
REGISTER OF WILLS OFFICE.

New CASTLE COUNTY, DEE. Oct, G9. 1905
Upon the application OF Benedict W.Hutch-
on Executor uf Mary g. Hutchison 1ate Of
rAppoquinimfnk Hundred, in said county
deceased, 1t is ordered and directed by the
Register OF Wills that the Executor
aforesaid give notice of granting of Letters
-festamentary upon the estate of the
deceased, with the date of granting thereof.
oy causing advertisements to be posted with
IN forty days from the date of such l etters
in six OF the most public places Of the
County OF New Castle, requiring all per-
sons having demands against the estate to pre-
sent the same or abide by an act of
Assembly In such case made and provided
and also cause the same to be inserted within
the same period In Tfg MIDDLEToWN TRAN
SCRIPT, newspaper published In Middletown,
DEL, and to be continued therein two months.
f-~, Given under the hand and seal of
SEAL office of the Register of Wills afore-
t@r-' said, at Wilmington, In New Castle
Co nty aforesaid, the day and year above
written.
FRED E. BACH, Register of wills.
NoTICE-Noticei is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary we've in cue form of law
granted unto the undersigned on the Twenty
ninth dayof Oct. A. d. 1905, aud that all per-
sons having claims g-.inst the estate of the
deceased must presenr the same, duly attested
TO the said Testanentary on 0r before the
Twentv-ninth day o. t'ct. 1877, or abide the Act
of Assembly in such case mace and provided.
BENEDICT w. HUUHISO =,
Executor.
Middietown. Delaware
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OUGHT HE?

The personal prejudice of the
editor of the EUeaing journal to
the present Clerk of the Peace
leads~him to make statements and
charges that even the usually
quick to attack Every Evening
dares not suggest 1t may be
that the difference in the fnan-
cial responsibility Of tie two
papers may account for the reck-
lessness of the one and the eau
ton of the other.
The Journal says that If the
votes cast for Brown and counted
for Quigley had been properly
counted, Mr.. Brown would to-day
have been Clerk of the Peace.
Ia saying this, it refers to the
Shellpot District vote at the Re
pablican Primary of 1904. In.
order to prove to its own salts
facticn that this statement is any
where near the truth ii mus tac-
cept the Iii gLest estimate placed
upon the changes made by Mat
tick, when he said he judged lie
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STATE BOARD MEETS

At Doyor Wednesday the State Buard
OF Agriculture met and nearly COM
pleted the progrom for tile Agricultural
Conference to be held there on December
is and 10. Among the speakers will be
DR.. Leonard Pearson, State veterinarian
Of Pennsylvania, who will speak on Tues
day, the 18th, on tuberculosis, anthrax,
rabies and 6ther diseases Of live stock.
In the evening DR.. Albert Robin, Of
Wilmington, will give an illustrated lee
ture on the Cause, Prevention and Cure
OF Tuberculosis" DIR. Peter Lowber,
secretary Of .he State Board Of Health,
and other physicians, will enter into the
discussion Of this phase OF the ] subi Ct.
The second day will be devoted TO agri-
cultural education as expliGed in the
schools, colleges and in the Farmers In
etiie mo, ehielt T. The speakers on this
subj IT viii include Assistant Secretary Of
Agricultural. hon. II. NJ. Hays, of Wa>li-
ington, u. G; lir. Ia. ward, professor Of
Agrieu tutai in Deta, are College q III
Director Il The ExperfH,eHt Station anil
atller we'll known ed Gators
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coLoaED TFacHFR MEET

Commencing Monday morning and
continuing three days the Delaware State
Colored / s,itnte was held III Whatcoat
Church, Dover. Tile Institute was under
the management ii Superintendent j. T..
Carroll I'D az excellent program was
rendered. i'rqf Wharton, Of Baltimore
Training sclnml; Prof. Stafford, Of Cherry
Institute, Pa; Prof. g. Scorer, Of Phil
adelphia, and Superintendent J. p,
Brooks, Of Milford. were tle day instruc.
tors. Mondas evening the students Of
the State Colltge gave an entertainment,
consisting Of music, recitations. Tues.
day even; Or. G. L. jefferson, of Viii
mington, l,etnred. On Wednesday even
ing J. Thomas Butler. celebrated elocn-
Zionist, was the entertainer.
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GR
OvERSTOCk SALE !!
All Former Low
Price Records
Gone to Smash!

Our store is overloaded and overstocked with the
finest and most magnificent Mems, Boys and Childrens
Wearing apparel for Fall and Winter needs and especially
for Holiday Never the power of Low Prices
orcby demonstrated than at the Great Oyerstock Sale
These are Few Of the Overlooking Bargains.
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TYRE IURy DISAGREED


Alter being ont since Saturday alter
lioas Al O'Clock the jury enipanstlrd Il
try the case Of the State IL. Ahratn
Tyre, returned 70 the County Cont room
n rs O'Clock Monday morniug II d re-
ported diragrs cement. Ii is stated that
on the last ballot tI,e inry stood eight for
conviction and fonr for acqnittal.
Twentv-fo,ir ballots were taken.
During the course of ballating tie votes
were switched considerably. The first
ballot stood eight for conviction and four
for acqnittal The ballnting hing at this
for some time aud then changed 10 nine
for conviction aud three for aequittal.
From this il again changed to six for con.
viction and six for acquittal and seven for
conviction and five for arqnittal, the final
being tile same as the first. It il nnler-
stood that three 6f tile four men Who
stood for acqnittal on tile last ballot v ere
JuFs men Robinson. Moore and Elkins
ton.
1tlo court room was crowded Monday
morning when Chief Justice Lore raped
for order and Court Crier Smith opened
the Conrt nf General SessipBs. A few
minutes later tl.s jurors fled into the
court room, haggard and Morn, and not ilr
the best oi llunor
As soon as tie Jurors took their seatr
Chief Justice Lore asked Foreman Wi
liam Cornelius if verde. had been
reached.
Your Honor. We can't agree" replied
Mr.. Cornelius.
Is there no possibility Of an agree.
mentP" asked Judge Lore.
"No cir; there is moi. promptly replied
Jnr, man Henry G. Robinson.
Upon receiving this assurance the Chief
Justice said ! Ger t'einen, the court
thinks you ought to have reached an
agreement in this case. We think, how
eyer you have stayed in your room as
long as possib e, therefore you are dis
charged until halfp 2 O'Clock Monday
afternoon.
Disagreemt Mt on the part Of the jnr,
was not expected by those who heard The
testimony at tile time OF the trial, as it
was Of the most conflicting nature.
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forty 10 fifty ballots,
Aud It must take this ID The face
Of the confession Of the same
Aatlack On the same stand that
lie was q perjnrer, at his own
trial last year. Quigley had 86I
majority over Brown and forty
four changes would be neces
sary 10 affect The result. After
ii careful examination of the.
voters in that district only about
forty would swear That they
had voted for Brown. and
he vas credited with Is. There
was ahsolately no Other cvi-
dencs bef,re the County Gem
mittee al the contest, and liuw u
could guess that 20 Or more men
had voted for Brown and we're
not willing to swear to IT j. be.
yond our comprehension. The
attack of the journal on the per-
sonnel Of the men who voted for
dismissfng the contest because
OF lie lack of evidence, Is be-
meath the notice Of anyone. Suf-
flee it to say that oil were sworn
to try the case on the evidence,
and there was no man who voted
on either side of the question who
is not the peer OF the editor Of
1.-The journal.
The whole affair was unfortu-
nate. Criminals operated to de-
fraud and debauch the very foun-
dation of the American system
of government. Who the parties
we're who actually did the work
| is yet unproven. The writer
heard every word of the evidence
in the recent trial Of Tyre and
has no surprise that the jury dis
agreed. There was abundant
room for honest differences of
opinion. But in all the testi-
monythere was not hint that
Mr.. Quigley knew of it before or
after. Before the trial, we heard
lot OF talk about what would
develop. The trial is over. In
the words of the street, nothing
doing, but more hot air. "
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poRTO RICO AND THE PRESIDENT

nowhere during his trip in
the south was The President
greeted more enthusiastically
than in Porto Rico Mr.. Roose-
velt, as the head of the great ma
ton which embraces the island,
was most cordially received.
The Porto Ricans, for the first
time, had the opportunity Of see
ing the chief magistrate and the
latter had a chance of observing
conditions in the island.
"Fhe visit will certainly prove
of benefit to the islanders. who
have for too long been neglected
by this country. The President
in his usual optimistic manner
promised the wards Of the
nution. that he would work TO
secure citizenship for them,
and that means Il great deal.
When Roosevelt has q purpose in
mind he usually succeeds in
carrying it out. With the Presi-
dent deeply interested in Porto
Rico, benefits are sure TO accrue
to the residents there.
"The American Federation of
Labor at it's convention in Mime
apolis called the attention Of the
to the condition Of
labor in Porto Rico. Fortunately
at the very time Of the passing OF
the resolution, the President was
in the island, and he will now be
able to speak from first hand. g.
Journal.
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SMILED Ar DEATH SENTENCE
n an Glad Ii's Ait Over. Lewis Johns
Said When Sentenced ID be Hanged

&fx@tA eAHAA%e& ~ ~ 10 q
Convicted 81 muFderin tie first degree,
Lewis Johns, eolofed, smiled when lie
heard The sentence Of death pronounced
upon him late Tuesday afternoon in
the Court of Oyer and Terminer by Chief
Justice Charles B. Lore. He ID to be
hanged between the hours Of l0o'clock
III tile morning ard 5 o'rlnck 10 the after
noon at the New Castle county work
house for numbering Aranefa Jones. also
calured, -bF battering her over the head
with stowe lex.
Johns had broken down and groveled
on lire floor when on tile witness stand,
but he was different person AZ he stood
ia the prisoners pen aud heard the YER
diet Of guilty that meant lie il 10 forfeit
his life He smiled faintIy as be heard
Foreman Mcknight pronounce the words
that sealed his fate.
He was sentenced shortly before six
o'clock and as the Chief Justice pro-
neunced sentence Johns laughed, he even
smiling as lie was led out BY the tip
slaves Il am glad its all over" he said
to Warden A. S. Meseryei as lie was being
led through the corridor,
The defense in Johns case was put III
during the morning, lie being tile only
witness called in his own behalf. He
said he and the Jones woman had kept
company and qnarreled. On tile night Of
tile murder, he said he had come out Of a
saloon at Klund and Pine streets, as she
came along. He stopped her and said
she threatened to poison him. lie said
lie struck her, but did not remember any
tllingmore until he was arrested.
The jury went out at 80 O'Clock and
returned al 8. 40 With its verdict.
Johns is the second murderer sentenced
to be executed during January as Will
liam Archer, also colored, is under sens
tence to be hanged on January llth at the
county workhouse for shooting Ida Eliza
beth Spires, also colored, during a fit Of
jealousy.
The men will be hanged by somebody
designated or engaged Tor that purpose by
the trustees Of the county workhouse un-
der law enacted by the last Legislature
taking liangings out Of the jnrisction Of
the sheriff.
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Mems and Boys Shoes

Real Value Sale Price
$500 Heavy Working Shoes sI.2S
200 Children's School
Shoes $I.2O
$50 Fine Dress Shoes sz.OO
ESQ Mems Box Calf Shoes $500
3.00Enamel Patent Leather s2.25
$50 Fine Dress Blucher $500
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MIppLETowN. DEL. DEc: i, 1906.
..M0PE LIGHT,

aA1&tf 49, - -s&eA ,
We rather think that Citizen"
is d little TOO harsh in some of his
criticism Of the Light and Water
Commission and its employees.
his first question, We think
that a large part Of the trouble
that some consumers are having
with their light is due to their
own carelessness in not changing
their lamps. After an electric
lamp has been run for a certain
time it loses q large part Of its
efficiency and should then be dis
carded or placed in some position
where full candle-power is not.
needed. The same applies to the
street lamps. They are not re
newed as frequently as they
should be. The authorities do
not seem to appreciate the fact
that current costs more than the
lamps. AS to the charge of mis-
management, we are not inform
ed exactly what caused the
breakdown the other evening,
but have attributed it to some
trouble with one or other of the
engines W fliis sbe plant IS dup
Heated in every respect, we sup
posed it was well understood that
each unit was in itself not fully
able to carry the entire load.
That is, if only one engine and
set of dynamos is running, the
street lights must be shut off un
til the closing of the stores re-
lieyes the load. On the "moon-
light schedule" we think his
complaint is just, as the law
creating the Commission ex-
pressly states that "for the pur-
pose of street illumination the
commissioners of the town Of
Middletown shall pay to said
Board of Light and Water Com
mission a sum>of money not ex
ceeding seventeen az dollars for
each and every all night street
lamp of "a candle power, XXX
payable in monthly installments
out of the general funds of the
town" This would seem to be
strong enough to compel the fur
nishing of light every night and
all night, of course barring acci-
dents. Our belief is that by an
agreement made between the
Light and Water Commission and
the Town Commissioners, it was
decided that on clear moonlight
nights, the street lights should
be shut off. Of the wisdom Of
such an agreement, we have our
doubts. OF its illegality, there
can be none, unless reduction
in the price charged be made
If the members of the Light
and Water Commission are favor
able to turning the plant over to
the town commissioners, they |
should be able to do so, or to
some other commission consti- |
tuted to carry on the work.
THE TRANSCRIPT has always
backed up the Commission be-
cause we are sure that in the
past their actions have always
been for the best interest of the
town, as they saw the situation. |
But no person should be required
to serve the public unless his
heart is in the work. The Leg
islature will meet shortly and any
changes in the law should be well
If the members of
the Conn mission are in earnest in
fheir reported desire to get out,
they are the proper persons to
call town meeting and discuss
with all tie citizens the kind of a !,
change wanted. There should
be no secret meetings or secret
measures presented. If more
light be needed let it be furnish
ed to all.
Middletown transcript., 1906-12-01
Bishop Going to Richmond

Rt.. Rev.JolH, ]. az naghan, Bishop Of
the Wilmi gtoi, Iiocese, left for Rel :
mond, Va. Monday, where lie will par
ticipate IN the ceremonies incident to
the dedication Of the magnificent new
cathedral which las inst been com pleted
ii lllat ei., Many high dignatles of
th.. Il aasan Catholic Churci, Win be pres
gut
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a STORE FOR THE
LITTLE FOLKS |.

While this large store al
, ways caters TO the little
J folks (the big ones OF to-
! morrow yet for the next %
{ days every inch of space,
every ounceof energy every
( clerk aud EVERY thing
from Top 10 bottom will be !,
{ devoted to The pleasures Of
the youngsters, and this will
indet'd be- the source of !
) Christmas Toys for this and
} surrounding cities and
} towns.
{ Through this store will go
} thousands and thousands of
\ dollars worth of Christmas
: cheer in The form OF dolls,
5 automobiles, trains, boats,
! etc, for tile Young as well
{ dis articles of wearing ap-
( parel fol. the older folks.
( IF yon have been in the
{ habit of going to the larger
5 cities for your holiday goods,
I jnst stop here this year and
not only save money laid out
} for your car fare but you
] will be enabled to save on
tile most of your toys and
) thereby buy more than you
J originally intended to.
Oar assortment is just as
s large as any store in the
5 country-our prices are just
as low and our delivery SER
vice and other facilities are
] perfect in every particular.
We Civ. TaH sp;asv GOLD TRADING STAMP
a1hhnzeA8 re-
n. wilmington. Del.
306-3l4 Market Street.
9 East Third Street
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NOTICE! !!
the sheriff.

Midlletowis, Delaware. Marrl. 5til, 1906.
4sting rented Tile l,ts nees -tanii III lie
late John w Jslls. III conn ctian Mish
sl,r Grain I'm iiless. ! an nnw prepared
ID furnish my customers AID tie public
~iIli the bpst grades III Coal. Wood, L me,
Feed, &c. | respectfully solicit 4 cpii-
IL Snnr patronage at the stand
III the late JtIissi w. JDlls, Raiiraasl Ave.
just Received a Car Load of
Goo d Sawed WOOD
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-15

If no hitch occurs in the programme
Judge William Kavanaugh, the president
of the Southern league, will see 'the cat
die" at West End park this afternoon.
AS reported sometime ago, President
Kavanaugh accepted the invitation of the
local club to be in Birmingham on the
last day of the season which the Barons
intend making glorious by handing a
double defeat to the representatives of
the burg from which the president halls.
The president will spend the seasons
last day in the burg solid for his re-elee-
ton. He will be in the burg, too, from
which the Lowry Arnold boom" was
sprung, and from which the generally
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Scoring Tho Runners on
The Famous Squeeze Play
Scoring two men on the squeeze"

Scoring two men on the squeeze"
Yesterday. in the third inning. with
Montgomery at the bat the ball was bunt-
ed to the infield. and before the batter
was downed at first, his play being sac
riflce, Wordsworth and Smith had crossed
the rubber from third and second, respec-
lively
The Barons' fame as sole and success
full workers of the famous Squeeze"
took on new lustre yesterday afternoon,
when not only the man at third tailed,
but one runner scored from second.
The Barons have the distinction of be-
ing the only aggregation In existence
which have ever worked such a play In
the memory of Manager Harry Vaughn,
who has been playing ball since Noah's
ark was foated, no such play was ever
made before.
The successful working of the play yes
terday afternoon, bore out contention of
Manager Vaughn and the players, who
have thought over the matter for months
and months. They figured that If the
man from third could score, the man
from second could also tally, 1t was only
tried yesterday and it was a great sue
cess
1t was the third inning. Wordsworth had
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advanced to third and Smith was on Sec
ond. Manager Vaughn gave the signal
for the squeeze" No sooner had Brady
wound up, preparatory to throwing the
ball across the plate, than Moleswirth and
Smith started for home. The bunt hit
by Montgomery rolled into the diamond
and was handled by First Eastman Kim
berley The first baseman looked at Moles-
worth, and saw that he would cross the
rubber before the ball could reach the
catcher. Therefore, he helded the ball to
first. When Wordsworth crossed the plate,
Smith was at third. The long legs were
getting over ground at the rate of two
yards stride AT third, he did not stop
but with the bit in his teeth, he dashed
for home. When half the distance had
been covered, McCay, who was on first,
seeing what was about to occur, threw
the ball home There was a shout of
warning from Brady, a ball hurting
through the air, a panorama of long
body flying as if on wings for the plate
the sound of a form striking the ground
a heavy cloud of dust! When all had
cleared away, Smith was lying on the
ground, with one foot on the plate.
Catcher Douglass was bending over him
with the ball in his hand. Umpire Rud-
derham said: well DONE" The great play
had been made. The audience gave a tre-
mendous cheer that made the welkin ring
The like was never seen before.
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The Barons will have a supper tonight.
Manager Vaughn entertains the bunch
at the Florence hotel, in the private din
ing room.
1t will be a little farewell affair and
all the fellows will be given an oppor-
tunity to say few words.
The feast will begin at $50 o'clock. and
will be contlnued-well, until it's over.
There will be menu cards and ice water,
in addition to what there is to eat. Cigars
will be passed around.
Manager Vaughn will preside at the
banquet. He has been preparing his
opening and farewell address for several
weeks, and the players getting wind of
this, are expecting something splendid.
There will be several talks. All of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-15

The poll-parrot plea of the campaign
manager of Judge Stiles as to "the Kyle
letter will not distract the public from
the real issue The selecting of the most
capable and deserving candidate for the
office of sheriff 1.-The Kyle letter relates
to a personal difference between Colonel
Higdon and a citizen of another county.
1t in no way interests the voters OF Jet-
ferson county in choosing peace ofncer.
However. Judge Greene's card and tnat
of his campaign committee do apply to the
question OF perpetual office holding quite
as pointedly now as when they resui.eo IA ~
Iudga Greene taking the office of probate
nudge from Stiles. The question is: VINO
the people of Jefferson county want TOT
sheriff? The people are not looking ior