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Evening journal., 1907-06-04
Tuesday June 4, 1907.
COMMANDS 10 COUNCIL.

THERE seems TO be little doubt concerning
J. the effect OF the vote upon the Initiative
and Referendum proposals which were carried by
an overwhelming majority at the election ON
Saturday The affirmative answers on the ques-
tions, are in the nature Of a command that must
be obeved by the. Mayor and City Council. The
first question according TO the answer, requires
the Mayor and Council TO "memorialize the Leg
islature to enact law enabling the people of
Wilmington to govern themselves, delegatng to
the Mayor and Council subject to Initiative ana
Referendum, as full powers of government for
municipal purposes as arc vested in the governor
and legislature for State purposes"
1t is mandatory upon the Mayor and Council
to present such a petition to the next Legisla-
ture. but whether the General Assembly grants
the memorial is for that law making body alone
TO decide When they shall have sent such a
memorial to Dover the duty of the Mayor and
Council will have been fulfilled.
The answer to the second question is similar
The Mayor and Council are compelled to mem
orialize the Legislature to provide new system
OF assessing property in this city and it is for
the Legislature to decide whether such request
shall be granted.
The three remaining questions answered IN the
affirmative refer to specific duties imposed upon
the Mayor and Council They are required to
pass ordinances providing for the publication 'of
minute and accurate detailed statements of the
receipts and expenditures of the city
The Mayor and Council are required to pass
ordinances which will compel the bonding Of as
SCISSORS and collectors by trustworthy companies
and the prompt settlement of taxes OF the ac-
counts OF the collectors and assessors The
Mayor and Council according to the affirmative
answer to the fifth question, must adopt meas
ures requiring the street railway companies to
make such repairs to the streets as are pre-
scribed in their franchises and to make such inn
provcments in their cars as will afford TO the
public efficient and convenient service
The two first questions concern the Legisla-
ture and the three last ones refer directly to the
Mayor and City Council We cannot imagine
how there will be difficulty growing out of the
referendum decision any OF these matters.
The course is clear for the Mayor and Council.
Those who did not vote on the referendum dis
franchsed themselves in considering these ques-
tious, but as the matter now stands large ma
jority OF public sentiment expressed at the
polls, is an authoritative mandate TO the city
officials which they will undoubtedly obey with
out equvocation or evasion.
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A DOUBLE EVENT
Jaeoby's New Daylight Store" to
Open With Music and Big Displays.


"Jacoby's Daylight store"-a new
idea for Wilmington will be opened
to the public on Thursday. II will
open auspiciously. There will be
music by the First Infantry Orchestra,
j. y. Robinson. leader, which will give
concert numbers from all the leadins
composers from 10 o'clock to II noon,
and from o'clock to $50, and from
Z o'clock to 10 in the evening. The
musical numbers will he so selected as
to please the lovers of the classics and
those that prefer the lighter airs. To
each visitor fine souvenir VIII be
given. but just what this is, Mr..
Jacoby viii not say, desiring 10 sur
prise his visitors and friends, who are
many.
In conjunction with the stores OPEN
ing another event is on the tapis. on
April 10th last Mr.. Jacoby was five
years in business in this city, and he
purposes to celebrate both occasions
together. The new store has been in
the hands OF decorators for sometime,
and its appearance is decidedly high ia
tone. New Wilton carpet, green in
color. covers the Daylight store"
proper New glass cases have been
put in and fine effect is had Of the
displayed goods. On this floor suits
and millinery are on Wow. and COM
petent women are in charge The
entire store has the parlor effect"
making il highly inviting to pur-
chasers. No expense las been spared
in fitting out the store. and Mr.. Jacoby
prides himself on having one of the
very best laid out stores in this city.
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NEw IDEAS AND NEWCOMERS.

THE MILFORD CHRONICLE notes the
4 improved methods OF agriculture that are
being adopted by the young farmers of that
neighbortood. The abandonment of the "old
fogy ideas is favorably commented upon by
the Milford paper. 1t considers that with inn
proved methods the future OF the young far
mers ought to be brighter and better This is
undoubtedly the correct view
This kind of weather, however is not an op-
portune time TO hold out any rosy views for
Delaware farmers. The fruit growers had a
disastrous season last year and this year, be-
cause Of the weather everything from the view
point of the farmers, appears TO have gone to
smash" We are wondering just where this
frealxish weather will leave the agrculturists at
the end of the year. Certainly it is a most dis
couraging time for them. The interests of the
cities and towns of the state are bound up with
the welfare Of the farmers. Everything depends
upon the weather.
A few years ago the fruit growers had large
and profitable season and the hope was raised
that the turning point had been reached and that
Delaware again would take her place as one of
the foremost of the fruit producing states On
that belief thousands OF new fruit trees were
planted in the lower counties. But even under
adverse weather conditions there is much that
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Jests and Jin9les

rs he well one"
Extremely So"
what kind a wife has he?"
He hasn't any."-Niilwaukee Sentinel.
Casey-Pur-rty Por Polly want a cr-rackerg
The Parrot-You're a liarl
Casey-I beg your pardon. Teddy want a or-racker?
Puck
wife-Kari, when / go to the Riviera I will dream of
you every night
Husband would rather you stayed here dreamed
Of the -Messendorfer Blaetter.
Yeast-Brandy and water supplied at the expense
the government TO member Of the Belgian
lament who makes a long speech.
CrimsonbeaB-I should say was aiding and abet-
ting crimei-Yonkers Statesman
Gunner-wen. see cOsscrs automobile has broken
down again.
Guyer-Broken dovng why hear it going 'chusl
chugl"
Gunner-That isn't the automobile. That is cosgsr
pufnns for breath while he pushes behind.-chicago
News.
Eliexer has painted picture of a winter landscape
well that if look at it long will to get
quite cold"
That's nothing. You ought to see schmirinslsy's
Flight so realistic that after the first look you
are obliged to take to your hees"-Tit-Rits.
DO you think that actors response to curtain calls
destroys the artistic fusiong"
'9ge" answered Mr.. stormington Barnes. Sometimes
esAances the effect contrast convncs the audi
ssss thst he really aetins."-washington star.
Evening journal., 1907-06-04
Personal and Pertinent

A minister who had long been noted for the undue
length OF his his way service
Sunday when he overlook Of the oldest menu
bers OF his congregation and walked along with him.
From discussing the the dnfted to the
discourse itself
Il must congratulate you, Doctor" said the old pa
rshioner. 4 think have heard you deliver every
you preached in church and it's my opn-
ion that your effort this morning the best OF them
ALL"
"why-er' stammered the minister, who plainly
disconcerted-"your words surprise greatly.
thought had made botch OF my You see
my dear sir found my voice failing and l had
cut it short before l half through."-Harper's
Weekly.
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BIG FINES FOR CORPORATIONS.

nIL companies guilty Of violating State and
- Federal laws have been hit heavily in
Texas and in Illinois. They can pay normal fines
without much complaint, but the impositons Of
fines that run into the millions will not be rel
ished even by concerns with overaowing treas
uries.
A jury in Texas has rendered verdict against
the Waters-Pierce Oil Company which carries
with it penalty, fine of more than ST. soo-
600. The permit OF the company TO do business
in the State may be cancelled should the verdict
be sustained by higher courts.
The Standard Oil Company must pay heavy
financial penalty in illinois, Under the conyic-
tions secured there Standard Oil would be
subject to a fine of SI26oooooo but the slightest
penalty that may be imposed is a fine of more
than $I,2oo,ooo.
The trusts that violate the law may learn to
understand that the government and some State
authorities are in earnest in dealing with them
1t is, however, question whether the mere fin
ing of the companies will successfully break up
the practices OF which they have been guilty To
meet the fines monopoly will merely need to
increase the price of its product to consumers
The people, therefore, through the government
fine corporation and then pay the penalty
themselves.
The Texas plan OF preventing corporation
guilty of violating the laws, from doing business
i'll the State, may bring the concerns to terms.
They do not wish to lose business.
Evening journal., 1907-06-04
Troubles Of Jim Palmer.

Milford Chronicle.
Last Thursday, Jim Palmer, OF Mil
ton. wanted TO put his COW in
meadow. but the COW appeared 70 want
to go back to Slaughter Neck, where
she came from. And they had II OF.
Union street. Palmer and the COW.
When they crossed the bridge, Palmer
wanted the COW TO 90 about and set
into the meadow. The COW demurred.
Palmer insisted. The COW started in
a trot. and Palmer frightened on the
line he haa around her neck The COW
broke into a gallon. ana Palmer tried
10 catch q turn with the rome around
a post they were passing. He failed
to do this, and lost his hold OF 'he
line The dow continued 70 run until
some one stopped her. and rave her
10 Mr.. Palmer, who had not given up
the chase The COW Gidn't get any
Grass that afternoon. but was con-
fined IN the stable. The language that
was used during this exciting affair
wen. we'll say no more on the sub
iecti
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places of six hundred to the thousand,
something besides digging would have
TO be done first A vigorous campaign
was commenced at once at disease
breeding mosquitoes and then upwards
Of two million square yards Of brush
and grass were required to be cut and
burnt. more than one million yards Of
swamp have been drained and filed in.
Upwards of one hundred and fifty
thousand feet Of ditch have been filed
in and three million cubic feet Of house
area have been fumigated, and this IS
only a beginning"
In every respect the cities Of Colon
and Panama were found to be worse
for the spread OF yellow fever than was
Havana previous to the American oc-
cupation. There are three factors en-
tering into the construction Of the
canal which are dominated by a fourth.
The first three are time. excavation
and transportation. and above these
rises the dominant question of efficient
labor. The money needed FOR the un-
dertaking is assured bv the richest
nation the world ever saw. but money
reaches IT'S limit in making labor ef-
hcient. The negro Of the south aod
the cookie from the Orient are subject
TO their environment should Il be a
healthy one well and good If unhealthy
the work suffers. although millions are
behind IT, The French and all The
succeeding companies found Il so. that
the surest way TO build the canal was
TO make the Zone as healthy as the
places as the laborers came from. and
in the immensity OF this task lies the
true solution OF the waters-meet be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
across the Isthmus Of Darien.
Yours,
II. B. S.
Willnin otOn Tune
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PoIIeemen,s saIari...

Editor The Evening Journal.
/ notice that there has been some
stir about the increase Of the salary
OF policemen on the grounds that any
Increase would not be warranted. es-
pecially at the present time. II strikes
me that those who oppose any move
ment along this line do not stop to
consider the salaries of the police and
the hours that they are compelled to
work in comparison to the pay of other
workmen and the hours that they
labor For instance The patrolman
puts IN ordinarily three hundred and
seventy-six hours a month Including
the hours he puts in at City Court
For this duty the policeman gets s75
a month. on the other hand the me-
chanic, who works on an average Of
one hundred and ninety-two hours
per months makes from $50 to $40 a
month.
Yours truly,
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GOT JUST SICK
ENOUGH TO DRINK

BY our own Wire. Publishers Press
TOPEKA, Kan, June 3.-The fright.
fm prevalence Of stomach trouble. %
indigestion" Kidney disease" colds"
and rheumatism" among tie people OF
Topeka is told In the reports Of sales
OF liquor made By tho twenty-five
Evening journal., 1907-06-04
druggAts here.

uluBBKlS mere.
The total liquor sales for the month.
made o persons under sworn afidav-
it's. ars p. s2s. All these persons swore
that they were suffering from one or
more d the diseases above enumerated
before they got the liquor.
These sales give no idea as to the
amount Of liquor sold. A sale may be
a bottlc or a case OF beer. II may be a
half pint or a gallon of whislzey, just
Jas the severity OF the disease" may
require.
These sales are 80 per. cent. more
than ever before reported in single
month";
One store reports nearly one hum
dred sales OF liquor each day, which
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How They DO It in Baltimore.

Baltimore American.
A man in New York car gave a
weman his seat ana then fell in a III
when she thanked him. What would a
Gothamite. who plainly is unused
startling unused-to such treatment
from the fair sex. do ii he gave up his
car seat in Baltimore 20 a girl here AMI
was rewarded not only with thanks,
but also with sweet smile2 He would
probably have TO be carted away in an
ambulance.
Evening journal., 1907-06-04
Peoples Column

Anonynous communications for th1
peoples column viii not be printed.
Names of contributors to the column
VIZ cot be printed. but must be fur
nished Ine Evening Journal as an evl-
aenee Of sood faitn on the part Of the
contrlbuto-.
Evening journal., 1907-06-04

There is still need for subscriptions to the
Bayard memorial fund. The statue is a gift to
the city by an unknown friend, and Delaware
and Wilmington should respond literally to show
just appreciation Of the handsome monument
that is to be erected. We have far too few mem
orials OF this kind in Delaware.
Evening journal., 1907-06-04
Editorial Opinion
one Anainst unoIe 10

One Against Uncle Joe.
Kansas City Star.
Among other objections to Speaker
Cannon. he wears his cigar at an angle
that ought to he prohibited anywhere
except in a poker game.
Evening journal., 1907-06-04
A Select Enterprises.

Washington Star.
With tainted monev and undesirable
citizens barred. the raising of a future
campaign fund win be a very select en-
terprise.
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Had b convinoe Thenn.

st. Louis Globe Democrat
Recent events are calculated to con-
vince corporations that they will never
get TO be bigger than the American
people.
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Extravaqanoo.

Sibley DAD Tribune.
The franchise for a bar at the inter-
state fair at Sioux City sold for S6.eoo'
and that for operating eating-houses
brought $3.50 What an eNtravagart
people we are-to cat so much!
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This newspaper regularly at every newsstand
IN Wilmington and the principal towns IN the Stae OF
Delaware; also at Broad Street Station and twenty
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New York once 6o4 Cambridge Building, Corner Fifth
Avenue and Thinty-third street
Chicago ONCE 81 Boyce Building. hssi asAA.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
BY mail postage prepaid. $500 year. or 20 cents a
month payable in advance BY carrier six cents week
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The Evening Journal uses the Publishers Press and
scrpps- McRae service received IN its editorial
rooms over special wire
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Advertising rates on application.
No attention paid TO unsigned communicatons
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TELEPHONES:

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Business ofce-D. & A., s75. Demarvia 2e4S.
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oThe wistful Rich"

Atlantic Monthly.
It was one of the faces of the visit
full rich. unsatisfed from very fulfil
ment Of desire. hungry for hunger.
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Gilbert s Jones' Business Manager.
Fourth and Shdpley Streets. wilmington, Delaware.
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TheEvening Journal
FOUNDED 1855.
'HE EvENING JouRNAL coMPANY.

Republican Newspaper published daily, every after
noon except Sundays, by
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Yours trulN
Problems Of the Panama Canal.

Wilmington. June 4. -'A'i'' -.
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RaIIoonists In the Sea

1t is not a little remarkable that al
though scores of balloons have beer
driven out to sea cases in which this
misadventure has ended fatally are
few
More than century ago, when Maj
Money made an ascent from Norwich
England. he was compelled to descend
in the sea, where he remained for
seven hours until his plight was seen
and he was rescued by the crew of
revenue cutter Some years later, In
1872, James Sadler narrowly escaped
drowning in an attempt to cross the
Irish channel; his balloon dropped
into the water some miles off Liver
pool and he was an the point of sue
cumbing when rescue came in the form
of fishing boat.
In a similar attempt Mr.. Crosbie
was saved when almost in extremfs
many miles from the English coast
Lunardi, ia 1855, nearly lost his life IN
the sea off Edinburgh, and in the same
year two aeronauts, in an attempt to
cross the English channel, had also
narrow escape.
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every wei. Now wen keep quiet
about this Don't mention 1t or dis
cuss 1t with any one"
Certainly not, sir" He rose, stag
gering little from weakness, but
crossed to the broad mantel shelf in
the great chimney-breast, rested his
arm upon it for a moment, passed his
hand over the dark wood with a sort
of caress, then bent his eyes upon the
floor Uttered with books, drawings and
papers. torn from cabinets and all
splashed with tallow End wax from
the candles. The: daylight had in
creased until the havoc wrought by
the nights visitors was fully apparent
The~-narauders had made sorry
mess of the room, and I thought
Bates lip -quivered as he viewed the
wreck
1T would have been a blow to Mr..
the room was Ills pride
his pride, SIR
7 He went out toward the kitchen, and
I. ran upstairs to my own room.
cursed the. folly that had led me to
leave my window open, for undoubted-
1y Morgan and his new ally, st. Ag-
atha's gardener, had taken advantage
of it to enter the house. Quite likely,
too. they had observed my departure
for; Cincinnati, and this would I'M
dodbtedly be communicated to Picker
ing / threw open my door and start
ed back with an exclamation of
amazement.
A stranger stood at my chiffonier,
between two windows, calmly shaving
himself. He was clad in a bath gown
my own, 1 saw with fury-and he
hummed softly to himself as he seized
the brush and applied lather deity
to his upper lip.
Without turning he ADDRESSED me,
quite coolly and casually, as though
his being there was the most natural
thing in the world.
Good morning Mr.. Glenarmi Rath-
er damaging evidence, that costume. I
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Facetious Testators.

Will making often affords a man an
unrivaled opportunity of paying of
old scores and speaking his mind
without any fear of unpleasant conse
quences to himself
The great duke of Marlborough evf
IDENTIFY could not resist the tempta
ton of farewell slap" at his Ouch
ess when he left her 10000 where
with to spoil B1enheim in her own
way and ELS, 900 to keep clean and to
go to law with"
There is also a distinct note of
spitefulness in the extract from the
testament of a Mr.. Kerr, who, after
declaring that he would probably have
left his widow 10000 if she had al
lowed him to read his evening paper
in peace, adds: But you must re-
member, my dear, that whenever I
commenced reading you started play
ing and singing. You must therefore
take the consequences. 1 leave you
E ZOO. Grand Magazine.
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Kind Woman's Assistaneo Meant
Much to This Tramp.

A certain lady. noted for her kind
heart and open hand, WAS approached
not long ago by q man who, with
tragic air. began:
"A man. madam. is often forced by
the whip Of hunger to mahy things
from which his very soul shrinks-
and SO it is with me at this time I'M
less, madam. in the name of pity. you
give me assistance, will be com
PEELED to do something which never
before have done, which would
greatly dislike to do"
Much impressed, the lady made
haste to place In his hand q fve-doI-
lar bill As the man pocketed It
with profuse thanks. she inquired:
And what is the dreadful thing
have kept you from doing. my poor
man?'
Work" was the brief and mourn
ful reply.-Harper's Weekly.
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a SMALL SECRET.
Couldn't Understand the Taste Of
His Customers.

Two men were discussing the var
ious food products now being supplied
In such variety and abundance.
One. grocer, said, Il frequently try
p package or so OF any certain article
before offering it to my trade, and in
that way sometimes form different
Idea than my customers have.
For instance, thought would try
some Postum Food Coffee, to see what
reason there was for such call for it.
At breakfast I didn't like 1t and supper
proved the same. so naturally con-
rluded that my taste was different
from that of the customers who bought
1t right along
"A day or two after, waited ON a
lady who was buying a Csc package
and told her couldn't understand how
one could fancy the taste.of Postum.
know just what is the matter
she said, you put the coffee boiler on
The stove for Just fifteen minutes, and
ten minutes Of that time it simmered,
and perhaps i've minutes it boiled;
now il you WIN have it left to boil full
fifteen minutes after 1t commences to
boil, you will find a delicious Java-like
beverage, rich in food value of gluten
and phosphates, SO choice that you
will never abandon it, particularly
when you see the great gain In health
Well. took another trial and sure
enough joined the Postum army for
good. and life seems worth living since
have gotten rid of my old time stom-
ach and kidney troubles"
Postum is no sort of medicine. but
pure liquid food. and this, together
With a relief from coffee worked tho
change. There's . Reason
Read THE Road to Wellvilla. IN
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Emhroidered Letters.

These are practical for the busy
housekeeper, for they can be applied
in much less time than it would take
to embroider them on the cloth. They
come in two sizes suitable for table
cloths, napkins, towels, sheets and pill
low cases. The letter, which comes
on small square of paper, is basted
ON the right side of the material, the
paper is torn away, and then the in
itial is whipped on the material from
the wrong side. Unless closely ex-
amined the initials look as If they
were embroidered directly on the ar
ticle Both sizes are the same price
10 cents apiece and 81 Dozen