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Evening journal., 1907-02-12

teachers would recommend that Miss
Carrie Tadman be given a position as
teacher at School No. 20. and that Miss
Sue Houpt and Miss Rebecca Cam be
gwen positions at School No. 2S at a
salary Of $3.50 per annum; also that
Miss Ethel Elizabeth Cotton, grad
uate of the Philadelphia Girls High
School now a resident Of Wilmington.
be admitted to the Teachers Training
school on such terms as will put her
work on the same basis as required by
graduates Of the Wilmington High
School"
The resignation OF Ellen V. Burns as
a teacher in school No. WITS accepted.
Evening journal., 1907-02-12
WHARTON FOR COLLECTOR
Special to The Evening Journal.

DOVER. Feb. PA delegation Of
thirty Kent countians. including a num-
Der Of Assemblymen and headed by Sem
ator Thomas c. Moore. went before Gov
ernor Lea yesterday in advocacy OF the
appointment Of Jonathan Burton Wharton
OF the Second district. son OF President
John p. Wharton OF the Levy Court for
State collector Of oyster revenues. Toe
candidate is an active Republican and was
defeated by six votes for election to The
House OF Representatives from his district
lzsl November.
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1T MUST BE DONE QUICK
No time be OOur store we must vacate
very early date

Our past reputation is sufficient guarantee that what
sodno matter what the loss and as the tins draws nearer
deeper cut today OF all lots of merchandise
Evening journal., 1907-02-12
Another vesseI Reaistered 1ere.

Deputy Collector Of Customs Jones
to-day enrolled the names OF a new
vessel in this port. The boat is the
schooner Charles Dumas, which was
purchased from New York parties by
William r. McCabe, of Selbyville. It
has a tonnage Of 697 gross tons and
was constructed at Milford.
Evening journal., 1907-02-12

tecahers' committee, presented the fol-
lowing report:
ITO the Members Of the Board Of Pub
Nc Education, Wilmington, Dela>
ware.
"Genuepen; Your committee on
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Ads
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KlCK-D--FINED
Young Man Was Too Strenuous in Dis
approval Of Sisters Cookery.

Jennie Mcfarland, a pretty young
CIR lwho acts as housekeeper for her
father and his family, appeared this
morning in Municipal Court as a wit
ness against ne brother, William,
charged by her with assault and bat
terry. The girl told Of how the young
man had found fault because the
breakfast on Saturday morning did not
suit him, and how he had dashed a
cup Of milk in her face and choked her
several times. She also exhibited a
dress to the court which her brother
had torn to shreds on a former occa-
sion. AS a result Of this testimony the
defendant was fined $40 and costs.
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ing him several times and endeavorlng
To insert her teeth in vulnerable points
or ms anatomy. Not wishing to be
the victim Of cannlbalism. the COM
plainant caused the woman's arrest
AS the prisoner has been a frequent Wis
itor to the court on various charges and
was given a bad reputation by the po-
lice. she was condemned to pay n fine
of $50 and costs and serve six months
i'm the worlShouse.
Evening journal., 1907-02-12
THE BITTER BIT
Woman With cannibalistie Tendencies
Severely Punished.

Hyman Rothstein. a merchant at 2i3
West Front street was the complain
amt against a white woman named
Grace Wilson In City Court this morn
in. stating that she had come TO his
place on Saturday afternoon and
smashed one Of his windows, later kick
Evening journal., 1907-02-12
Our New Prices

Our New Prices
and our way Of pricing the
garments have caught the
people. See them in the
window. Mems Fine Wor-
sted Suits. IS. S. IS. $6.75.
$3.50 and $3.50. If you paid
double these prices you would
st get the worth Of your
money.
Quite a few Overcoats, too,
S5, 81. $3.50 and SO. It will
pay you to buy for next win
ter, not counting the several
cold weeks we'll have this
winter.
Trousers. too for 81, 81 80,
ST % and S1.89 Fine Wor-
steds and Cassimeres.
Some of the New Spring
Clothes are coming in; we're
more anxious than ever 20 get
rid of our present stock.
Store closed evenings except
Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Evening journal., 1907-02-12

Advertise in The Journal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
SIX BIG TUNNELS UNDER GOTH
AM NEARLY COMPLETED.
viii Open New Life to Residents Of
Metropolis-Underground World
to Have Commerce Of
Its Own.

New York-Within a few months
New York will be more than ever the
human ant-hill, where men viii, go to
and fro, up and down. back and forth,
from home to business. business to
club, club to theater, never seeing the
sun or even the stars except when
they emerge temporarily from a won
derful series of subterranean pas
sages. Six big tunnels under the rivers
Will make the ant-hill almost complete.
One of these is open already. though
not for passenger traffic. Three more
will be ready inside of few months.
" thin year two more will be add
ed, and then the human ants may hur-
ry from place to place in Manhattan,
and burrow across to Jersey on one
side or over to Brooklyn on the other.
Narrow little Manhattan island can
not stretch sideways or lengthwise.
She has already stretched up almost
as far as she dares, and now, because
she has used up all the other dimen-
sions, she is beginning to make streets
/ and avenues under the ground.
In the early morning the New York
ants hurry from their homes and dive
like chipmunks into the holes in the
ground whose attractive entrance
kiosks proclaim them subway stations.
The subway goes almost everywhere
already, ana hundreds OF thousands of
workers now escape the unpleasant
weather-and the sunshine.
The human ants can go little more
quickly. and. they think, little more
comfortably, underground, SO all
through the "a hours the hurrying
trains drag their burdens back and
forth down underneath the streets and
| the skyscrapers.
Every day half million passengers
ride in the subway. 1t is complete
underground railway organization.
with an army of 5000 men to operate
1t. There are ticket agents, porters.
motormen, guards, tracllmen. switch
men, practically everything that an
open-air railroad has. including under
ground repair shops and storage
tracks.
The longest direct ride on the sub
way is from South Ferry to 23Cth
street. more than IA miles. Express
trains make this in As minutes. But for
cents one can ride on the subway as
long as he likes by using the cross
overs.
This underground railway has its
business world. The multitudes who
ride have cash. and cash may be spent
+ underground as well as on Broadway
! Big hotels have entrances of their
own. Department stores connect with
subterranean stations. Office buildings
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26

breviated skirt. They are without
shoes or stockings and are in this way
unincumbered in the way of apparel,
which has its advantages in the eli
mate which prevails in the islands.
The men are superb in physique.
hardy and of great endurance. They
go through the drills with great pre-
cision, and natives who do not belong
to the organization regard the mem
bers with great respect and envy. To
enlist in the company is a mark of
distinction to which princes of the
royal blood aspire, and throughout the
islands. such is the respect they com
mand, no disturbance has been record.
ed in the last year. The picture here
printed is that OF one of the corporals
OF the company, young man whose
father is one of the principal chiefs
of Tutuila. The loyalty of all the ma.
tives to the Stars and Stripes is most
pronounced. and the Fourth of July
Ia nowhere more enthusiastically or
universally celebrated than in these
islands, the only territories of the
United States which lie south of the
equator
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26

station of Tutuila and preserves order
in the American Samoan possessions
continues to evoke much interest in
military circles in this country This
organization has advanced rapidly In
military efficiency. and is now declared
to be second in value for its numbers
to none of the armed native auxili-
aries of the government. not excepting
even the very efficient Porto Rican
regiment or the Philippine constabu-
larry. They have been drilled to a high
state OF military capacity by
coxswain stationed at Pango-Pango
and naval officers on that station are
emphatic in their praise of their work
and the excellent influence they exert.
They do not have to have much in
the way of uniform, wearing usually
a turban. a sleeveless shirt and an abb
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
LIFELONG FRIENDS ARE AT LAST
PARTED.
Prospector Leaves Desert to Bury
Chum of Twenty-Five Years Who
Passed Away at Hospital
In Chicago.

Denver, Colo.-w. F. Harding, of
Bullfrog. New. passed through Denver
on his way to Chicago. where he took
charge of the remains of lifelong
friend. II. G. Sanborn, who died In that
city of typhoid fever, and who. In dy-
ing expressed the wish that Mr. Hard
ing be notified, and that he would
know how to care for the body.
The men, according to Mr.. Hard
ings story, are of the same age, so
years. and have for the last 25 years
been parted from one another but
twice. once when Harding went to
San Francisco to see a relative, and
this last time when Sanborn made the
trip to New York to see his aged
mother before her death. On the re-
turn trip to Nevada he was himself
stricken with fatal attack of typhoid
fever. and had to stop in Chicago
where he died. 1t was Sanborn's dy.
ing wish that he be buried in Death
Valley, where both men had made and
lost fortunes, and Harding will carry
out the desire of his friend.
The men have been inseparable for
the past quarter of a century. they
have prospected together in Colorado
and in Nevada; they have shared good
fortune and bad. and years ago they
mutually agreed that whichever of the
two was to die first. the other would
attend to the burial in the desert
country. where they had met with
such varied fortunes. The partners
were on their way to prospect OF
permanent fortune when death put q
finishing touch to their plans. and
now, after the body of his friend has
been laid to rest, Harding will con.
tinue to work their claim alone. He
says that he win go through all OF
his operations alone.
Four weeks ago both men wsre
working side by side on their claim
ten miles south of the Funeral noun.
tains. Then. one Saturday, a letter
came bearing the postmark of New
York and conveying the news that the
mother of Sanborn was declining
swiftly in health and desired to sec
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
THIEVES SCHOOL INSIDE PRISON..
AIonzo J. Whiteman Caught Teaching
Tricks to Convicts.

Rochester, N. Y.-Alonzo ]. White
man, ex-mayor of Duluth. Mimi, and
notorious criminal, has been removed
to Dannemora prison from the state
prison at Ashburn. The climate did
not agree with him at Auburn and
either on account of that or the prison
fare his stomach became affected.
causing much sickness and discom-
fort.
Whiteman was sent to jail two years
ago for stealing $3.50 from a trust
company of Buffalo. He is a native
of Danville. N. Y. and was a graduate
of Hamilton college.
The superintendent of the Auburn
prison says Whiteman is one of the
most intellectual men he has ever met.
When first taken to the prison he was
put to teaching in the prison school.
1t was ascertained soon, it is stated,
that he was teaching some of the stu
dents on the sly to work the banks
for an easy living when they were
once liberated. So Whiteman's career
as teacher came to a sudden close.
Then he took up the study of stenog-
raphy in the superintendent's office
and now can follow a speaker at 100
words a minute.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
MADE EXCHANGE IN WIVES.
Canal Boat Captains and Their Better
Halves Reach Agreement.

White Hall, N. Y.-Capt William
Runch. owner of three canal boats
plying between New York and Quebec,
and +. G. Emmery. n sherman in his
employ, while on their way to New,
York with tow of boats, traded wives
here. the change being satisfactory
to all the parties concerned.
While the two women were making
purchases in the local stores and the
boats were awaiting their turn TO be
locked from the lake to the canal.
Capt Runch called Sherman Emmery
to his cabin and approached the mat
ter of changing wives.
You like my woman better than
You do your own and l like yours
better than / do my own. so what's
the matter with trading" asked the
captain of the steersman. That's n
CO." replied Emmery, and the deal
was thereby agreed. When the wom-
en- returned they assented and the
bargain was closed.
One result of the trade Is that the
former wife of the steersman retires
from a life of labor to one OF ease.
inasmuch as she is promoted from the
cooks cabin on the rear boat to the
domicile of the captain on the for
ward boat with nothing to do. The
former wife of the captain assumes
the position of cook and chambermaid
thus made vacant.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
MOOSE scAREs cAMPERs..
Enraged Monarch Of the Woods Scat
tered Merry Party.

Duluth, MINI. A bull moose
brought genuine terror into the camp
of men and women fishing on the Riv-
er Blenol, near Port Arthur, Ont, a
few days ago. Capt. II. A. White. of,
the freighter Barlow, had several,
women passengers on the ship, which
carried a cargo of coal to Port Arthur.
During the unloading he took the
party up the river on a launch to fish
for trout They built fire near their
camp, and toward evening, when all
were near, bull moose appeared. His
attitude was not hostile until one OF
the men fired revolver In the air to
frighten him. Then, instead OF being
scared, the moose showed fight.
The women took refuge behind the
men and then the men fell back a lit
tie way. They feared to shoot the
moose with a revolver, lest, II wound,
ed, the moose would kill everybody,
and held. their weapons in readiness
as last resort. The moose approach,
ed the fire, shaking his head in anger.
and after scattering the fire with his
antlers disappeared much TO the re-
lief of the party.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
Latest Suitor Wins Girl.

Lancaster. Pa.-James Jones, of
New York, came to this city to wed
Emily Jackson, but when he reached
town the marriage license Office was
closed and the wedding was post
poned.
Marshall Richardson, who was also
suitor, heard of Jones being in
town, and of Emily's intention to
marry him. This did not deter him
from calling on the girl, and he was
so persuasive that Emily changed her
mind and dismissed Jones. Richard.
son and the girl received marriage
license and they were married.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
TOBE HUMAN ANTHILL

do likewise. There are newsstands,
mower shops, drug store and a rath-
skeller, and near Twenty-third street
there is whole block of underground
stores.
But even all this was not enough for
the New York ant. He wanted to bur-
ro~ under the rivers on either side.
and he has.
The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
company has driven two steelbore
tunnels under the Hudson, and trains
VIII be running through at least one
OF them this fall. The downtown term
fnal win be under the largest Office
building In the world. now rising at
Fulton. Church. Dey and Cortland
streets. The train platform will be two
stories underground
There is also to be branch under.
ground tunnel from Jersey City to
Hoboken, one and one-fourth miles,
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
CAUSES OF YEARS FIRES.
Careless Dropping of Matches and
Cigarettes Costly to New York.


New York.-A yearly chart has Just
been completed covering 6,357 fires in
Manhattan and the Bronx and calling
attention to some interesting facts. 1t
is estimated that fires started by
carelessly dropping matches and Gig
arettes cause New York city loss of
about 81. SOC. .060 each year. The city
has an average of 23 fires every day.
and fire losses in IL months from all
causes aggregate something like $10.-
100000.
OF the 6,357 fires charted in Man
haitian and the Bronx for the year,
9s9 of them happened on Tuesdays
Tuesday is ironing day. The chart
shows that the busiest hour of the day
for the fire department is between six
and seven o'clock in the evening.
1t is shown that the hours between
six and ~ o'clock at night are most
fruitful of fires. The chart gives 1856
to that period, while the early morn
ing hours have only S66 and the shop
ping and matinee hours have only
1907. From six o'clock to midnight
more lights are burning, there are
more open fires blazing away, alcohol
chafing dishes are much in demand,
cigars and cigarettes are being
smoked in large numbers. with the
consequent trail OF thrown away
matches.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
Example of Stores In the Manhattan
Tunnels.

making railroad connections. From
Hoboken a two-bore tunnel will dip
under the river back to New York,
connecting with a new subway follow
ing the line of Sixth avenue to the
new Pennsylvania terminals.
For several years 1000 men have
been working on the Hudson river
tunnels. Probably 10000 men are work
ing on the Pennsylvania tunnel from
New Jersey to Long Island under both
the Hudson and East rivers and under
the entire width of Manhattan. This
tunnel, together with the Pennsyl-
vania's new station, will cost 500, ,000,-
900.
Two tunnels connecting New York
and Brooklyn are nearly ready for OPP
Grafton, thus extending the Manhattan
subway system into the borough of
Brooklyn. This is to be opened in
about two months.
So that, when all this Is finished
and il is scarcely more than a matter
of months-the New York ants will
see less of the sun and stars than
ever, but hurry, hurry, hurry. all day
and all night, along their subterranear
passages for the sake of saving Ave
minutes every day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
Dug Out of Solid Cement Bed by
Australian Miner.

Melbourne.-A miner has sent to
the geological gardens, Perth, live
toad which he dug out of strata of
hard cement while Sinking a shaft
with explosives. 1t is believed that
the creature has been entombed for
centuries.
When released from confinement
the toad was quite inanimate. Its
eyes, which were transparent, with nc
pupil. gradually became normal, and
it is now in excellent health.
The chamber in which 1t was con.
fined was perfectly smooth, and there
was no room for movement. The toad
is now being examined by geologists.
The secretary of the geological gar
dens cites an Instance of a toad be.
ing found in bed of magnesium lime
stone rs feet under the earth. The
age of the toad was believed to be
5000 years. This creature was pre-
sented to the Hartlepool museum.
ut is well known" he says, that
toads at the present day bury them
selves in mud when the water in
which they have been living dries up.
and SO remain there till the next rains
come.
IF a drought sets In. and no rain
comes to that spot, there will be
no change in the condition of the toad,
and therefore nothing to bring him
to state of animation. and so he
may continue for all time. until some
one comes along with plug of gelig-
mite to unearth him.
This seems very harI to believe,
bat still we have the fact that the
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
FEW BACHELOR MAIDS LEFT AT
HANCOCK, MASS.
Only Four Now Remain in Quiet Little
Town, the Other Four Having
Played the Summer Game
Very Profitaby.

Pittsfield, Mass.-The announce
ment the same day of four engage
ments in the town of Hancock de
velops the fact that outside of the
Shaker settlement in the quiet little
town on the west slope of the Tacon-
les there are only four girls of mar
riageable age in the village. There are
424 souls in the town, and of these all
but so or so live outside the sleepy lit
tie village. There were eight girls in
the town who were eligible. Then
Mabel G. Eldridge announced her en-
gagement to Joseph C. Turner; her
sister, Alice l.. Eldridge, announced
that she was to be married to Robert
p. Easland; Miss Dora X. Gardner said
she was to become the bride of Arthur
G. Lewis. and Mr.. Turner's brother is
to marry Miss Emily Thomas.
The four remaining girls of the oc-
tet are Misses Julia Claiming, 90;
Marian Hopewell. 10; Anastasia Gal
lagher. %, and Sophronia Easton, who
declines to give her age.
But the girls are not bachelor maids
because they have no admirers. Han.
cock is splendid summer resort, and
Miss Easton said:
"The other four girls announced
their engagement recently. l suppose
our four could have done the same,
but we don't believe in summer en-
gagements. Besides, when we become
really and truly engaged, we will go
outside of this town. You know the
boys here are not very swell and there
is no place for them to earn money
except on the farm. We have only a
small shop and one store, so / don't
see how we could very well accept
their proposals. But proposals-we've
had more than care to tell you of.
Photographs? Well, / Guess not.
We are all right here now, but If you
publish our pictures folks will think
we are advertising ourselves
With that she directed the reporter
to stop at the Shaker settlement and
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
Follows Master Through Crowded
Streets of Washington.

Washington.-A large Chinese goose
was seen wandering along Pennsyl-
vania avenue and up Fourteenth
street a few nights ago, apparently
following its own inclinations in TAX
ing stroll. Its owner was near. but
no sign of his presence was given un-
til one friend greeted another by plac-
ing his hands on his shoulders. At
this movement the goose suddenly
darted forward in defense of the man
thus approached.
He is A. A. Bibb, of 302 Tenth
street northwest, and Doc Is the
name Of the bird. doc" is his mas
ter's pet He came to Washington
about eight months ago in a crate
filled with geese, and as soon as Mr.
Bibb saw him he was chosen for a
career that does not usually fall to
the lot of his kind. But DOC" did not
realize the honors in store for him. AS
soon as released, he flew away, soar
ing over the tops of buildings until he
was lost to sight. He was recaptured
near the Smithsonian grounds and re-
turned to his owner. His wings were
clipped, and there were no more at
tempts to escape. Docs" longing for
liberty apparently disappeared with
his means to enjoy it, and he has now
taken on many of the habits of
Washingtonian.
Doc" is a fine looking. swan-like
bird and weighs about 20 pounds. Al
most every afternoon. when the side
walks are cool, DOC" is taken out
for a stroll. He usually keeps in
front Of Mr.. Bibb, and picks his way
through the biggest of crowds with
apparently no fear of becoming lost
or trampled upon. II his owner be-
comes lost from sight. even for a mo.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
No More Glass Ewes for pios.

Flndlay, O.-That there is no mon
ey In furnishing hogs and pigs with
glass eyes. mending their broken
limbs or giving them false teeth is
seen In tho announcement OF the fail
ure OF Howard s. Kimmell. OF Timn,
who has filed a petition in bankruptcy
In the United States district court.
The debts are $35.414 and the assets
S11.107. Kimmell's business was to
set glass eyes in hogs t.iat had come
In contact with corncobs and other.
wiso doctor them up.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
SEPARATED BY DEATH.

her son before she died. Sanborn left
at once for the east, and after two
weeks visit with his mother. left her
in better health and started back for
Nevada. Taken Ill between New York
and Chicago, he concluded to stop on
in Chicago. where he died In a hospi-
tai
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
Goose Fights for its Owner.

ment. Doc" begins an unearthly yell,
and continues until Mr.. Bibb hurries
within view.
One of the peculiarities of the
goose is that he, although friendly to
most men. does not like women, and
Is continually making some sympa-
thetic girl fee when in his neighbor.
hood.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-26
TOAD IS 5000 YEARS OLD.

toads are there, alive. and SO must
have got there somehow. In some
cases they have been found at great
depths under the surface imbedded in
rock, as In the present instance.
THE toads seem to be In a state
of suspended animation. and do not
lose weight when in that condition"