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Evening journal., 1907-05-09
TAFT'S FRIENDS OFFER
MARYLAND'S VOTE

BALTIMORE, May 9-Secretary of
War Taft seems TO be in the saddle
as far as the Republican nomination
for the Presidency is concerned, and
Maryland's vote IN tho nominating
convention is not being overlooked. In
EX-Congressman Wachter's mail yes
terday was the following letter from
II. r. Burton of Ohio. chairman of the
Rivers and Harbors Committee in the
National House of Representatives
and one of the moss influential Re-
publicans in America;
While 1 cannot mix in Maryland
politics personally should have been
very glad to have seen you receive the
nomination for Mayor. 1 trust, how
ever, you may find a sphere Of activity
politically. as well as IN business, in
other directions, and nav not feel any
disappointment
Il am very much interested i'm the
nomination Of Secretary Taft for the
Presidency. and hope YOU win see your
way clear TO give him your valuable
support.
Il am going TO Cleveland to-day.
but expect to return here before very
long. I shall be very glad 20 hear
from you at any time, and hope that
YOU may meet with the best of Sue
cess"
The letter was written in Washing
ton on May 4.
Secretary Taft is said to be the
Presidents choice for the Republican
nomination in 1905 As those holding
Federal offices in Maryland received
their appointments frcm the President.
IL is very likely that other letters os
the kind written by AR. Burton have
been sent out from Washington.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
BRIDE
And GOT Her

MONTGOMERY. La, May 81 OBJ
ieci." she is my old sweetheart and prom
ised TO marry me, cried Daniel c ntee,
"a young merchant of ihis place, in the
Methodist Church, when the pastor in
performing the nuptials for Miss Mary
Tomisee. belle Of the town. and William
Tullos. a planter and her afhanced hus-
band. reached that part Of the ceremony
where the question is asked: III any
one present has any objections, let him
speak now or forever hold his peace"
The dramatic situation created almost
a panic among the large number OF spec
tators. Consee. insisting on his rights,
made his way from the rear of the church
20 the altar and there held "a whispered
conversation with the would-be bride. In
a few moments IL was announced that
Miss Tomisee would become Mrs. Centee
and not Mrs. Tullos. Tullos. greatly d's-
comfted. left the building. Contce and the
eirl we're then married on the spot.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
Personal and Pertinent

Governor John d. Long in speaking Of religious be-
efs, said: "The consus aker called last at the
residence Worcester OF the late Congressman Rock
well IIoar AIr Ioars Marjorie aged II years
answered the bell When the question regarding religious
beliefs asked Miss Marjorie said: Papa, he is
Unitarian is an Episcopalian; Alice my sister
Is only and is young decide and l. well,
waverng'
There is hoy clock out in Richmond Ind who is
something Of wonder because he tell the time of
day without the assistance OF a time-piece
He is Ernest Mckay 10 years old All coming changes
i'm the weather indicate themselves to him, also
AT any Of the day he tell just what the
rect sun time s whether the shines Ernest
says he foree disasters but his friends afraid
to listen to the predicts believing they might
como true.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
Increase in Land Values.

Editor The Evening Journal.
An article appeared in your issue Of
May 4th, headed Land Values on the
Increase" This article called attention
TO the enormous general growth of lard
values and told how Wilmington VII
profit by it, Land values are Increasing in
the United States over a thousand million
dollars "a year" What does this meang It
simply means that the earnings of pro-
ductive capital and the wages o. labor
relatively decrease as the entrance fee TO
the storehouse Of nature increases. The
reason wages do not rise and interest does
not rise with the march Of inveatlon is
that land values do all the rising
The article referred to says that VIII
mington will profit by the general growth
of land values. The owners Of Whining
toms land viii profit. but how about the
tenantsi Their profit viii BE- the kind that
chicken gets from a chicken hawk
Respectfully,
l.. J.. Ross.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
GOOD ROADS IN KENT.

IT HE Levy Court OF Kent county has decid-
ed to increase the county tax rate in or
der that money can be provided to improve the
roads The matter must have been thoroughly
considered blythe commissioners as the property
owners Of the county keep close watch on the
finances and should more money be secured they
will be anxious TO know that it is well expended
Kent county needs better roads Many Of them
are in deplorable condition. The improved roads
would greatly benefit the farmers as well as resi-
hdents of the towns who have occasion to use the
rrolighways The Levy Court is making a star, in
alo7e right direction. Money Of the county could
the 1t be devoted to a better purpose than road
ing sliding and the residents Of Kent after they
p,ysie had taste of improved highways will cry
hst e'nore-
'ns he kind Of road for Kent will call for much
ieration. The problem is not merely to raise
opey necessary, but to determine what form
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
Romance to sIeuthina.

bUTTIW0Te NoWS,
BY "a recent order, New York detec-
tives are TO wear masks when making
their regular daily inspection Of
crooks arrested the night before. The
idea is to prevent the crooks from get
ting 10 know the detectives: but the
arrangement gives a touch of dime
novel romance to sleuthing which has
heretofore been lacking in the real
thing
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
Philadelphia, May 9.
Vandalism Should Be Stopped.
L. l. Ross.

vandalism SnOuid be otoppeos
Editor The Evening Journal
One of the greatest acts Of vandalism
committed by unthinking men aud boys
is the scratching Of matches on the walls
of public and private buildings. This prac-
tice is not confined to any one Particular
section Of the city, but in every locality
one may md match scratches on the
sides of buildings The walls of tho pub
lie buildings in the center of the city
are marked ON an sides from tho tnous
ands Of matches scratched there by u1-
thinking persons. Even the wlndowsils
and the entrances Of these buildings are
scratched and dlshgurcd. While there may
be no law by which one can be punished
for such an onense, the police depart
ment should warn persons not 10 use pub
Tie of private buildings fUr match scratch
crs. / hardly think good citizen viii de-
libcrately take a match from his pocket
and scratch it on the wall of a building
Many men carry match boxes with them.
and 1t is not necessary for them TO use
a wall as a match scratcher. 1t is hoped
that persons who have been using walls
for this purpose will discontinue the prac-
tioe in the future
Respectfully.
W. a. c.
Wilmington. May g.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
AboIIshIna c0rp0raI Punisl,ment.

Shanghai Times.
The Jail has been wen administered.
but is fuller than IL should be. due.
fear. to the abolition Of the canguc
and bamboo. The ordinary crimincl
has no great objection to repeated
short visits 70 the Jail but shrinlOi
from repetition of corporal punish
ment Punishment with the bamboo
is in vogue throughout China, and
here only has it by special edict beet
abolished. We deprecate the Chinese
authorities making this settlement a
field for experiment, and will press for
the reintroduction OF this salutary
method of punishment.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
Fate Of the Petty ThIef.

OnlcaeO JOulndi.
man in Wilkesbarre. Pa. was ar
rested for stealing eight 6O-foot steel
rails. He might have known he'd be
arrested. Never steal less than 200
miles of steel rails. with 40 or so loco
motives, several thousand cars and 20
or 80 depots to round out the job.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
Editorial Opinion
Judaes and plnnitx.

Baltimore News
A New York justice has refused to
wear the judicial gown on the bench.
because he thinks it is IAN attempt
to add dignity to the court i'm an un-
worthy manner" Courts cannot he
invested with too mucn dignity: but
there may he judges who instinctivels
feel that dignity is not natural with
them.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
Peoples Column

Anonymous communications for the
peoples column will not be printed
Names of contributors TO the column
Will not be printed, but must be fur-
dence of good faith on the part of the
contributor.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
sold Effeets to Close Estate.

Effects in the Office of the late Mag
istrate George II. Hollis were sold to
close his estate this morning. w. A.
Huhn was the auctioneer. Good prices
were realized for the furniture and
other effects.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
ninninn for piamonds.

DR.. w. L. S. Murray dean Of Goldey
College, addressed the students of the
college this afternoon on the subject
Digging for Diamonds" The lecture
was exceedingly interesting.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
Misaonri Editor Explains.

Ozark Republican.
Owing TO the fact that we write our
editorials on Tuesday evening, and
were called home BY the urgent illness
Of our rabbit doc. our editorial column
this week Is shorter than ordinary.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
Waste. Sin Of Ignorance.

Reading Herald.
Waste is mostly a sin Of ignor-
ance. and people are thriftless just be-
cause they have never been taught to
be otherwise.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
The Best Support.

Philadelphia Press
Gov. Hughes of New York does not
seem to have the support of anybody
but the people in his hght against the
political gangs of both parties.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09

This newspaper is on sale regularly at every news %neWs
stand in wilmington and the principal towns IN @ 'ns
state Of Delaware; also Broad street StatloE 9l-
Twenty-fourth and Chestnut street station Philade-
phia Pa.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09

Advertising rates on application.
No attention paid to unsigned communications
Evening journal., 1907-05-09

The Evening Journal uses the Publishers Press aHG
scpps- AicRae news service received in its ealsori"
a special wire.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
stepfathsr eouaht Homo

Mr.. Campbell, the brides stepfather,
supplied her with money for the pur-
chase Of the house and it was Aand-
somely and tastefully furnished, as the
residents Of Braddock recall to-day.
OF course there was none Of the lux
ury that comes with millions, but there
We're handsome appointments and fur
nishings that are considered luxuries in
towns Of the size Of Braddock In this
house two children were born. William
Ellis Corey. Jr., lived only a short time.
The other boy, Allen, now seventeen, re-
malned with his mother after she had
obtained her Nevada divorce.
The Coreys lived in the Hawkins ave.
nue. home in Braddock for almost a
decade, by which time the young mar
had risen TO prominence in the affairs OF
the Carnegie Steel Company Then the,
moved into a fine mansion in Pittsburs
and began TO entertain on "a rich scale
Mrs. Corey's stepfather anu her mother
are now living in swissvale, small towr
adjoining Braddock.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
.COREY'S FIRST
WEDDING SECRET
Attachment a Real Case Of
Love at First Sight-.Wife
Was School Girl

PTTTSBURG. Pa. May 9.-Recent gos-
sip over the coming marriage Of Prcsi-
dert William Ellis Corey, Of the United
States Steel Corporation. to Miss Mabelle
Gilman. has recalled the fact that his
first marriage was practically an elope-
ment. A review of the early life Of the
millionaire by his former associates in
Braddock also throws new light on the
affairs of Corey at the time he took his
first bride who freed herself from the
bonds Of matrimony in Reno, New. 1t was
generally believed they were very poor,
which is far crnm true.
The first Mrs. Corey was Miss Laura
NJ Cook. 'She took the name of her step
father however, and was called Laura
Cook Campbell. Her stcpfather was then,
as he is now, a prosperous merchant of
Braddock, and his stepdaughter at .he
time Corey first met her was one of the
young bellies of the town.
She was then only sixteen years old and
attending the Indiana State Normal
School. Corey was young workman in
AHN NaA AHtAlN ntttA 0pulpAN9f hul not q
workman IN a humble capacity lie was
showing his mastercraft as steel worker
and rising rapidly. His first attachment
was a case of love at first sight Tor botf
him and the attractive young school girl
When Miss Campbells stepfather hac
his attention called to the intimacy
springing up between the young people
however, he frowned upon it and had
the girl sent back to school. Corey fol-
lowed her there. and they eloped and
got married. Braddock did not learn OF
the marriage, which occurred on Novem.
Der 4, 1883, until the following May. when
an announcement Of It was printed In
the Pittsburg and Braddock papers.
Corey was not a poor boy then. noi
was his wife a poor young matron com.
PEELED TO do her own work The young
man was earning a fine salary and his
wife was literally supplied with money
At first they went to live with Corey's
father, A. A. Corey, in Corey street. Nortf
Braddock. They remained there only
few weeks when they moved into a fin,
modern house that had just been com.
pleted.
Evening journal., 1907-05-09

TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION.
BY mail postage prepaid $500 year or 25 cents
month payable in advance BY carrier SIX Genus ee"
Evening journal., 1907-05-09

New York ONCE. 6o4 Cambridge Building Corner
Fifth Avenue and Thirty third Street
Chicago ONCE; 81 Boyce Building .I.-..t l-,i.e~
Evening journal., 1907-05-09
TELEPHONES

TELEPHONES:
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TheEvening Journal

FOUNDED 1SSS.
Republican Newspaper published daily every after
noon except Sundays, by
THE EVENING JOURNAL COMPANY.
Gilbert S. Jones Business Manager
Fourth and Shpiey Streets Wilmington Delaware
Evening journal., 1907-05-09

Wilmington. May 9.
The Republican journal., 1907-06-06
WHEN THE WAR BEGAN.

1t was a soft, heavily clouded night,
and when the band was drawing near,
its notes becoming clearer and clearer
as it advanced across the plain, num-
6er-ln fact, almost every one-in D
Company gathered at the open win
dows fronting the area. Just before
the band passed under the elms which
front the barracks it struck up the
"Star Spangled Banner" and came
swinging proudly through the Sally
Port. never have heard such burst
of music as on that moment when it
cleared the granite arch. Had Duty,
Honor, and Courage, had old West
Point herself and every Revolutionary
ruin called to the spirits, Go, join the
band and breathe our love for the land
into every note! Go, for the sake of
Peace! Go, for the sake of the i'm
pulsive, generous-hearted South itself!
Go, for the hopes of the world?"-
Morris Schaff, in the June Atlantic.
The Republican journal., 1907-06-06
BOLD BREAK AT CASTINE.

The boldest of many burglaries reported
in Maine this spring occurred in Castine
Tuesday noon, May 28th. The affair was
kept very quiet in the hope that the guilty
parties might be apprehended, but so far all
efforts in that direction have failed Tues
day noon, John Hooper, agent of the Ameri-
can Express Co. and of the steamer Golden
Rod Of the Castine- Belfast line, left his
Office on the boat wharf, closing and locking
the safe in which were $50 of the Golden
Rods money and $137 of the American Ex-
press Co.'s funds. When he returned, about
an hour later, the door leading into the office,
which was fastened with a new Yale lock,
had been forced, the safe blown and the
drawer containing the Golden Rods money
opened and the money missing. In addition to
the money in this drawer, three checks were
missing. One of these was later picked up
on the wharf and it is thought that the
burglars threw them away. For some reason
the burglars did not open the drawer con-
tanning the American Express money. This
leads some to think that the burglars had
been about the wharf that morning and had
seen Mr.. Hooper either take the money from
the drawer or put some in it. While sus-
picion points to one or two parties there is
not definite information sufficient to warrant
action in the case.
The Republican journal., 1907-06-06
HOME LIFE OF McKINLEYS.
Roosevelt Says 1t Could BE Example t
the Nation.

Roosevelt Says 1t Could BE Example tc
the Nation.
AKRON, O., May 20. 1t was half an
hour after the President boarded his
car at Canton before it left for Akron
Junction. A large crowd assembled in
the vicinity and the President several
times appeared on the platform and
wished the people good luck" to which
they responded with rousing cheers.
incidentally, on one OCCASION he took
advantage OF the opportunity to say a
word about his visit and of the beauti.
full home life of Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinley
as follows: owe have come here, today,
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Mckinley.
President Mckinley rendered very great
services to his country as public man,
but no greater than he and Mrs. Nc
kinley rendered by a home life which
could well be an example to all our
nation. The essential things after all
are the homely things. President Nc
klnley served his country as an Ameri-
can citizen should serve his country in
time of war and in time of peace But
1t was in his own home, perhaps, that in
the devotion to the loving woman we
have just buried he gave the best ex-
ample to us ALL"
The Republican journal., 1907-06-06
NAMES HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.

Mount Katahdin towers above all
other high places in the State of Maine,
and, barring the peaks of the White
Mountains clustered about Mount
Washington in New Hampshire, over.
tops New England. This fact, although
previously fairly well known, was con.
firmed last summer by field parties of
the United States Geological Survey
engaged in making surveys of the basin
of the upper Penobscot.
Even in these days of rapid transit
the region surrounding Katahdin is so
inaccessible that week must be allow
ed for the round trip between the near
est railroad station and the mountain;
and if the explorer wishes to make GER
tain of an opportunity to reach the
summit he must be prepared to stay
longer, for low hanging clouds may
wrap the peaks in thick fog for days
at time, and during such periods it is
dangerous to attempt the ascent.
From Bangor, from which it is so
miles distant, Katahdin appears to be
an isolated peak, rising from an almost
level plain, but nearer view reveals
the fact that it is merely the highest of
number of mountain masses, and
that it is itself cut into four peaks. The
timber line is well below the SUBMITS,
which support only lichens and a few
dwarfed plants, the vegetation being
purely of the alpine type. Below the
timber line the growth increases gradu-
ally from stunted birches and frs until,
at the base, the vegetation is that nor
NAL to northern Maine.
The mountain is made up of granite,
and great bare spaces caused by rock
slides are strikingly conspicuous on its
sides. From the north the ascent is
rather gradual and not difficult, but
from the south side the mountain rises
with abrupt and in places precipitous
slopes from the lowlands of the West
Branch of the Penobscot the view of
which from the summit well repays the
effort spent in the climb. The noun
tain is deeply snow covered in winter,
the snow beginning in September and
in many years lasting through June,
while even in midsummer the ascent is
sometimes rendered unpleasant by
freezing weather.
Previous measurements have deter
mined the heights of the peaks vari-
ously, the results ranging from 4, 700 to
5, 400 feet. Several years ago, however,
Doctor Fernald, former president of
the Maine State College, made care
full survey that gave 1926 feet as the
height of West Peak. The observa-
lions made by the Geological Survey
party, which was in charge of Prof. H.
S. Boardman of the University of
Maine, fix the elevation of West Peak
at 5,26s feet, only feet higher than
that given by DR.. Fernald. East Peak
was found to be IS feet lower than
West Peak. The observations and
computations for the Survey determi-
nations were made by T. c. McGunn,
Instructor in mechanical engineering
in the University of Maine.
The Republican journal., 1907-06-06

and is recommended by eminent nerve
specialists, the price dwindles into in
significance. The products of the
looms are sold through the Guild, the
operatives receiving one half the pro-
ceeds.
What is being done at Watertown is
only briefly described in this paper.
The undertaking, while practical and
constructive in every sense, is intended
rather as model, to show what can be
done in any community in the country.
School gardens are an introduction
to home gardens. The Guild is not max
ing the mistake of trying to make farm
ers, pure and simple, out of city work
ers. Mr. Maxwell, filled with the spirit
of common sense optimism, says:
''Give the city worker home in the
suburbs, with bit of land around it
where he and his family can have an
abundance of sunshine ard fresh air all
the time and good nourishing food from
their own poultry yard and vegetable
SdluCll, dIU Illtlo WOuiu UC uO lIlulC
tuberculosis in this country than there
is in Japan, where the disease is prac-
tically unknown.
The far-reaching and more substan-
tial feature of the Homecroft Move
ment, is the acquisition and sub-di-
vision of land into small tracts for
actual croft purpose as outlined above.
In the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona,
farm of 100 acres has been turned into
a Homecroft village, and we have all of
us heard in vague way something of
the Bonrnvilie Colony in England.
Prince Kropotkin's book, "Fields, Fac
tories and Workshops" labors to the
same end.
The Homecrofter enjoys a measure
of independence; he can sustain life
without continuously earning wages.
Social progress is always religious and
the inspiration of the Homecroft Move
ment is broad Christian spirit and love
of humanity.
Homecroft is good word. May the
tribe of Homecrofters increase.
ANNIE L. MCkEEN.
Waltham, Mass, May, '07.
The Republican journal., 1907-06-06
Carnegie Library at Good Will.

The dedication of the Carnegie libra
ry building, built at cost of SIS, 900,
and presented to.the Good Will Home
association by Andrew Carnegie, took
place May Doth at Good Will. The gift
was made on condition that an equal
sum be raised for maintainence and
purchase of books. The dedicatory ex-
ercises began with the singing of three
selections by the girls of the Good Will
Home. Judge Nathaniel Hobbs of
North Berwick, chairman of the build
ing committee, made a report and pre-
sented the keys, which were accepted by
l.. L. Walton of Skowhegan, in behalf
OF the association. Professor Henry L,
Chapman of Bowdoin college delivered
an address and the dedicatory prayer
was by Rev. l. B. Mower of Waterville.
The building is of red brick and granite.
The Republican journal., 1907-06-06
Dinner at the State Prison.

We have always regarded the solitari-
ness of the dining of the prisoners in
the State Prison at Tbomaston as a
relic of barbarism, when the chief idea
was punishment and only punishment.
What good would food do man when
he seized tin dipper Of coffee or tea, a
piece of bread and junk of meat, and
marched off to his cell to consume the
same, solitary and alone? But the
voice of humanity has at last been
heard, and the warden in our State
Prison is about to inaugurate new
ing them to eat together in a dining
room, instead of each taking his food to
his cell and eating it there. This is in
accord with the most approved ideas of
prison management, and it is based on
hygienic as we'll as humane reasons
Somerset Reporter.
The Republican journal., 1907-06-06
Hard Labor for Casters.

PORTLAND, Me-, May 20. Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Castor, convicted of being
accessories in the robbery of jewelry
valued at about $4,000 from two Port
land hotels, were sentenced this after
noon to serve five and four years, re-
spectively, at hard labor in the State
prison. CDR" Castor's sentence is to
begin at the completion of a sentence
of Is months in State prison imposed in
Androscoggin county in February for
performing an illegal operation.