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Evening journal., 1907-09-11
ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE.

Falling downstairs, Solomon Chairs.
aged 4. Chestertown, fractured an arm.
William E. Morgan, Of Aberdeen, has
been chosen foreman Of the Hartford
grand jury.
Joshua Miles was indorsed for United
States senator by the Princess Anne
Democratic Convention
The Cecil County School Board has
ordered the Barksdale school reopen ID
and appointed Miss Sarah Scott
teacher.
His horse frightening John W. Dor
man, driving near Princess Anne. was
thrown TO the ground, breaking his hip.
-Four tons to the acre, Kent county
tomato growers report will be theii
average yield this season, where In
some seasons the yield has been as
high as ten.
Kent county Republicans nominated
John c. Davis. of Chestertown. for
state senator: James A. Casey. Of
Rock Hail. and Perry 3. Rasin, of Wor-
ton. for House Of Delegates; Louis s
Price, Of Millington. and Thomas w
Trew, Of IAnkford.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
LOOKING AGAIN
FOR UNPAID BILLS
Book Accounts Of WOrkhOuSe
Reported Correct by
Comptroller Chandler

Trustees Of the New Castle County
Workhouso to-day are continuing their
examination of the accounts of the in-
sututlon to ascertain whether there are
outstanding any more bills beyond the
$500 LETT by A. S. Mesorve, former chief
warden of the workhouso The work was
begun yesterday afternoon but was post
poncd until to-day to permit Of the dlspo-
siton OF other important business chief
Of which was tho election of Leonard
Crawford as chief warden of the nstitu-
ton TO succeed Mr.. Mcserve.
The trustees We're IN session an day.
County Comptroller Chandler attended tho
afternoon meeting and reported that the
book accounts Of the institution were core
rect. Furthermore, he was satisfied that
the institution was under the proper man-
agement
The trustees discussed with Amel Op-
penheim of Oppenhcim and Company. who
have the clothing contract at the insttu-
tion new method of work. which. how
ever, cannot be put into efect until after
two years, the present contract between
the county and the company holding good
for that period. The now plan will be more
profitable 10 the county
The trustees examined the books Of
tne institution to ascertain the amount
or bonus money paid the prisoners. and
while agreeing that the books showed
a proper accounting between prison
ers ana the institution il is probable
that more thorough system will be
adopted. This charge was suggested
by the Dill OF 5000 from Mr. Meserve
representing bonus money paid the
men out OF his personal funds without
the knowledge of the trustees.
Dr s C. Rumford was elected physician
70 the workhouse 70 succeed the late DR.
Ralph stubbs and william II. Wingato
was chosen deputy warden.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
40 HARM lN DRlNK.

"No harm in a drink, they say No
harm? And yon drink k-maddened
wretch draws the weapon of the slayer
and enpurples his garments in the
blood of his friendi No harm I'm a
&rink? Staggering and disappearing
the brutalized drunkard seeks his
wretched abode and finds the patient
suffering wife he won when he was a
man and she a girl, waiting to receive
him, a demon spirit seizes him, he
takes up a chair. a club. a bar-any-
thing that is heavy, and strikes her
down; blow after blow is dealt. until
the victim is still in death at his feet!
No harm in a drink? See that moth ar
yonder? She has a heart to feel when
clothed I'm her right mind. But now she
has been TO the fountain and drank
deep potions from It, She seeks her
dreary abode. A little child watches
her approach. It's little eyes brighten
and its little hands are clapped in an
ecstacy Of JOY. Motherl No; that
drink maddened being is a fiend Of hell.
she approaches the child she has borne
and while its little heart is still re-
ioicing, she takes it up. swings 1T
around crashes its tender head against
the hard wall. and then casts IL from
her, crushed, bleeding. dead No harm
in a drink? And it has nerved the
hand of the father TO slay the son he
had begotten; it has caused the son to
stain his hands in the blood of his par
ents; it has inspired the mother to
murder the child-more monstrous stil
it has generated a fiend in the hearts
of daughters which actuated them to
cruelly put to death the very mother
who bore them. No harm in a drink
MOI Not if all we dream or fear OF
that pandemonium where devils and
damnables exist and suffer is to be es-
tablished on earth and become the nor
NAL condition Of this brave and beauti-
full world in which we live and where
man alone is responsible for the
miseries which ahiict at most but g
part of the myriad millions of its in
habitants. no harm in it? And yet
we have seen that hundreds of thou
sands are made wretched by it every
year in our land. The first drink is the
first step on the road to destruction
and every successive one carries the
drinker further down the incline Of the
pathway which ends in the hopeles:
swamp of despair. walnut Eagles
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
BRITT STUNG BY
DOUBTS OF GRIT

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept n.-Britt evil
IDENTIFY feels the criticism that has been
his portion as the result Of Monday nights
fight. He made this statement to-day;
'The fans have no reason to doubt my
gameness. demonstrated time and again
that I won't lay down for punishment and
/ certainly have been punished many
times moro than I was Monday after.
noon. My wind was perfect and I was
going right when my arm snapped.
fought with my left arm limp and every
body knows 1 do most Of my work Will
my left. gave up because 1 saw 1t was
hopeless to continue"
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
washinaton,s Nickname.

William Makepeace Thaekeray has
been credited with naming Washington
'the City Of Magnificent Distances"
This is incorrect. Thackeray may have
used the phrase. but il originated with
John A. Corwine Of Bellefontaine, Lo-
gan county, o., who was a very IA
nous parsonage in the forties and tif-
ties. Once on a visit to the national
capital he wound up a period OF ex-
hilaratlng experiences in the visitors
gallery Of the house OF representatives,
and as that august body came TO order
Mr.. Corwine felt impelled to rise in
his place and make a few remarks.
lie began, Il have been visiting this
city Of magnificent distances" There
was q lot more, but this sentence lived.
New York World.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
Norway Scenery.

When you think Of Norway you see
glaciers reflected in the sea OF the mid
night sun sending its red rays over the
landscape. whales ejecting water foun-
tains in the fiords, or you see the win
ter with the glimmering frosty white
snow, girls and boys in bright colored
dresses running on skees. This is all
very pretty. writes William Peters, In
the international Studio. but in pic
lures it is rather suggestive Of Christ
mas cards. ! will not say that 1t is un-
paintabIe, but it does not give place for
art. It becomes vulgar. Why, cannot
shortly tell. but am sure it would Of
fer an interesting subject for examina-
ton. What is picturesque and what is
too picturesque? ! give this question
to art critics.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
THE LICENSED SALOON.


NOTICE-Wishing to get a living
without hard work, I have leased COM
modious quarters in Mr.. Lovemoneys
Block, corner of Rum Street and Perdi-
ton Lane (next door to the Under
takers), where / shall continue my
business Of manufacturing drunkards,
paupers, lunatics. beggars, criminals
and dead beats" for sober and indus
trious people to support.
Under my license. backed up by the
law. l shall add to the number of ar
rests Of fatal accidents, of painful dis
eases of disgraceful quarrels, of riots
and of murders. Ny liquors are war
ranted to rob some of life; many Of
reason; most Of property; and all Of
true peace; TO make fathers iends,
wives widows, children orphans.
/ shall cause mothers TO forget their
infants; children 10 grow up IN ignor-
ance; young women to lose their price,
less purity; young men TO become loaf
ers, swearers, eamb blers, skeptios, and
"lewd fellows OF the baser sort"
Lady customers supplied with beer as
good as the best "homebrewed. which
will not intoxieate" but only make them
slovenly, lazy, coarse and quarrelsome.
Young men and young women are
the raw material out of which 1 make
drunkards etc. On two hours notice I
agree to put husbands in condition to
reel home, break the furniture, beat
their wives. and kick their children out
Of doors; l shall also fit mechanics 70
spoil their work, sell their tools FOR
rum, be discharged. and become tramps
be trying TO reform, / WILL for a Few
pennies take pleasure in inducing him
again to take just one glass and start
him again on the road 10 hell. The
money which he has been wasting IN
bread and books for his children will
buy luXuries for me. And when hi,
money is gone 1 viii persuade him &C
run in debt and then collect the bill by
attaching his wages.
orders promptly filled for Fevers
Scrofula, Consumption, Kidney Diseas,
or Delirium Tremens. In short 1 agree
TO help bring upon all my customers in
this world Debt. Disgrace. Diseases
Despair and Death; and in the mex
world the death that never dies.
have closed my ears to Gods Warn.
ing Voice CHab. .; 1919. we have
made a covenant with death. ana viii
hell are we at agreement" ! have pais
for my license and have a rsght TO brini
all of the above evils upon my friends
for the sake Of gain.
Some have suggested that I display
outside the door assorted specim ems O
my art-but that would blockade th'
street. A fine assortment OF my manu-
factured wrecks may be seen inside, o
at the station house every morning. il
the Poorhouse, in the Asylums, in tn
Prisons and on the callows.
4 If you approve Of my business. ant
consider it respectable and desire IL
continuance TO debauch the youth AM
ruin the young men IN Delaware, don
fail to vote "for license" on Novembe
the fifth.
While many Of our trade refuse 4
drink the deadly stuff themselves ever,
saloon-keeper will vote solidly ''for II
cense" on that date. What does it mat
ter If thousands are ruined by Il
There's money in it-that's what W
are after. Will you join us?-Saloon
Keeper
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
". c. 7. U. CONFERENCE
AT KIRKWOOD

The New Castle County w. c. r. H..
fan institute win be held I'm Kirkwood
M. =. Church on Thursday, Septem-
Der %. There viii be o medal con-
test. "Y" conference. j. 4. L. confer
ence and many features on the pro-
gram. Royal Raymond will make an
address in the evining Mrs Ellie
Lambert win address twenty-five
unions and "Y's'.'
RoclSland w. c. T. y. viii hold a
Harvest Home tomorrow. Mrs.
Lambert VIII speak at o'clock. Sand,
witches. cake and ice cream can be
had. on Friday she will make an
address for tho Wilmington "Y' In
Union M. =. Church. Returning 20
this county from Maryland, on Sep
tember p. she win make an address I'm
Epwcrth NJ T. Church and at Clay
mont in the evening
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
LEADERS
WIN IN JERSEY
BY THE JoURNALs Special wire

- a - 1C1Ae-ftAl- - obNNi"A wire.
TRENTON, n. j., Sept. 11.-Even
New Jersey has repudiated reform.
Even after Philadelphia went back to
its first love-the machine-Jersey and
Essex county pecially'-remained
steadfast. Alasl even Essex county
has Joined the backsliders. The Re-
publican State Convention. which viii
assemble next week. will be machine
from temporary chairman TO the indi-
vidual who makes the final motion to
adjourn.
The Democratic convention win be
the same. In Hudson county Mark n.
Fagin, the lighting mayor OF Jersey
City. won out after a hard fight by an
inhnistesimal majority, and will head
his delegatIon again.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
NATIONS LIQUOR MEN,
DRIVEN INTO A CORNER
CRY OUT FOR A SAVIOR
Prohibition Progress Moves Like
Prairie Fire." Says journal.

Prairie Fire." Says journal.
Chicago, Sept. I.
The Associated Prohibition Press.
which circulates news relating to pro-
hibition, in its most recent circular,
reprints with apparent delight an ar
ticle from Bar and Buffet. liquor
journal, admitting that prohibition was
gaining ground.
That the movement is gathering
strength like prairie fire and spread
ing almost as fast and relentlessly," is
admitted by the Bar and Buffet Here
is what the Associated Prohibition
Press says:
THAT Georgia victory looms up more
and more menacingly to the liquor
press the Longer. they think about it,
"Now comes Bar and Buffet for
September, one Of the leading
and most influential leaders in the
movement for reform in the saloon
business. with a blast upon its rams
horn that swells the warning note Of
Beverages TO a shrill pibroch Of alarm.
"C1ear across the top of the cover
page Of this issue the editors have
flashed in huge display type the words:
What Shall We Do to Be SavedY"
"The editorial comment on an inner
page betrays the motive behind this
astonishing paraphrase of Scripture.
The liquor trade is not repenting; there
IS no evidence Of conversion I'm the
editorial discussion. Not conversion,
but a desperate resolve to prevent the
trades inversion and extinction is the
manifest sentiment.
''Here Is what Bar and Buffet says
under the editorial heading, What
Shall We DO to Be saved?'
Georgia has gone dry. Another
great State has placed the ban upon
the liquor traffic. Furthermore. those
who profess to be able to read the
handwriting on the wall say that all
the rest of the Southern States win
follow suit.
'"That is the condition that eonfronts
US. It is an undeniable and concrete
fact. The Prohibitionists are gaining
ground steadily and rapidly.
While our ranks arc torn by in
ternecine strife. while the straight
whisSey people and the rectihers are
fighting each other, while the wine men
are pulling one way and the brewers
another. the cohorts Of total abstinence
are marching steadily on.
"'In their ranks there is unity, we'll
defined aim. singleness Of purpose, en-
thusiasm. and they all work together
In our ranks there is none Of these
Instead. all is confusion. We are not
only doing nothing to oppose the en-
emy, but we are playing into theiI
hands by fighting among ourselves.
Every thinking man Of the liquor
interests knows that this is true. The
picture is not overdrawn Prohibition
is no longer a remote possibility. but
a menacing probability The movement
IS gathering strength like a prairie fire
and spreading almost as fast and re-
lentlessly.
"'And it is our fault. We have beer
blind. We have refused to see. We
would not believe. Now we have to
We cannot longer evade the issue.
"'The whole trouble lies in the retail
end of the business. Certain customs
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
CHESTER MAN BELIEVED
Thai FlENp PURSUED HIM

CHESTER, Sept. lin a frenzy of
FEAR not unlike that which made famous
the ride OF Tam OShanter OF poetic
fancy when pursued by the witches.
Samuel Smith Worthington. laboring
under a delusion that he was being fol-
lowed by fiend, ran down Edgmont
avenue at breakneck speed this morn
ing and jumped headlong into Chester
creek. He was rescued by several
young men who were I'm a rowboat.
"A man was chasing me with a big
butcher knife, and he was going 10 cut
my head of,' he told his rescuers.
Worthington Is being held az the city
Hall. lie has a sister I'm Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
BLACK HAND
DOUBLE MURDER
Quarrel Over Release Of Man
From Jail Lends to-
Tragedy
ny rHE IouRNAEs speeIal We.

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
PITTsBURG. Sept 1.-Two Italians
John Rizzo and his son Pascolino are
dead and two others have fed leaving
McKeesports Little Italy in "a panic
following a double murder last night In
which two Black Hand factions are
thought to have figured The trouble
was the result of a quarrel over Joe
Sparrato who was released yesterday
from jail after serving a sentence for
the murder Of Antonio Tucco.
Tom and Fred Jordan, brothers,
thought by the police to be connected
with the tragedy have fled They are
said TO have resented the praise he
slowed on Sparrato for his heroic act
in killing Tucco. who is said to have
belonged to a rival faction.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
eleventh STREET
RINK TO REOPEN

Edmund Mitchell. Jr.. and j. Chester
Gibson, receivers for the Eleventh street
roller rink. have decided to reopen the
rink on Saturday, September 2S for the
fan and winter season.
During the summer the rink has under
gone many improvements and the interior
effect has been changed pleasingly. The
band stand also has been lowered so that
have been overhaulcd and are in better
shape than ever.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
Her SUFFERING.

Hattie - What humbugs men are!
Harry tells me sometimes that he is
suffering for a kiss. The ideal
Carrie-Oh, but one can suffer for a
kiss! have myself.
Hattie-Why. Carrie, what do you
meant
Carrie - Mother saw me kiss Jack
Milings, and she wouldn't let me see
him again for ever so long.-Boston
Transcript
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
ATurtIe.

A little four-year-old girl was enjoy
ing her first visit in the country and
while playing near a brook made the
acquaintance Of a specimen Of the
fauna Of that region which she could
not name. After carefully observing
# for some time, she ran into the
house, exclaiming: "Oh. grandma, I
saw something so funny down there!
II put its hands and its feet in its
pockets and swallowed its head"
Evening journal., 1907-09-11

The Word Of the Lord deolares;-
"Woe unto him that siveth his neigh
Dor strong drink, that puttest thy bot
tie to him, and makest him drunken
also.'-Hab. 2; IS.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
POISON IN THE
"PURE RYE WHIsKEY."

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wro.
WARREN, Ohio. Sept. ia mys-
terious attempt 10 poison George
Hayes. living near Cortland Is being in
vestigated today by officers. Hayes and
his wife are near death as the result
of drinking from a bottle found in the
rural mail delivery box.
The bottle was marked pure rye
whiskye."
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
LAND HOLDERS
MUST PROVE THEIR CLAIMS.

CLEVELAND. o.. Sept. 11-Jamcs
r. Garfield. Secretary of the Interior,
at his summer home today in outlin-
ing the departments policy in regard TO
the land frauds in the west said pres
ent holders are to be compelled to prove
ownership. We are going back into
the title of every piece of land owned
by railroads. coal miners or private
persons.
e IL will mean an enormous sum to
the government"
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
JOHNSON THE
FAvoRITE OVER BURKE.

NEW YORK. Sept. 11.-Bnly Delaney
and his protege AL Kaufman are going
over 20 Bridgeport tomorrow night to
see the bout between Jack Johnson and
Sailor Burke. Johnson is an over
whelming favorite. II he wins De-
laney will match Kaufman to meet him
somewher here in the East probably
lln Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
The Saloon Must GO---Thc People Demand if.

Monday afternoon. Mr.. Lynch has the
reputation Of being one OF the most
expert gun shots on the East Eide.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11

methods, usages and practices which
obtain among the wholesalers, brewers
and distillers and which we hear so
loudly criticised. are as nothing when
compared with the disreputable saloon.
1T is the dive-the doggery-that Is
poisoning the buslness-the saloon with
the sitting room attached, the saloon
where liquor is sold to minors, the
saloon that caters to thugs and
thieves. Il must go. And the liquor
interests must speed its going, or In
the end go with it. There is no alter
native. There must be no temporizing
or delay We either cast IL overheard
and save ourselves or we all go down
together. Which is it going to be-? w.
philadelnhia North Amorican.t
Evening journal., 1907-09-11

A new washboiler has a sectional lid
which greatly facilitates the laundry
work.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
Bagaed Three Dozen Reedies.

Edward Lynch, of Eleventh and VIII
son streets, in two hours shooting.
brought down two dozen fat reed birds
Evening journal., 1907-09-11

do you know, my husband had a
terrible habit Of sleeping In church, but
be broke himself Of ltr "HowT
"Gave up going!"-sketchy Bits.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11
ANNOUNCEMENT

On Sunday next, September IS, at
$3.50 p. III, the Hon. William H. Berry,
Stale Treasurer Of Pennsylvania will
deliver an eloquent address on the
local option question in the West
Presbyterian Church, Slh and Wash
iRgtOn. Everybody welcome.
Evening journal., 1907-09-11

Tons OF grasshoppers have been
found imbodded in an ancient glacier
of Montana.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-18
CENSURE POLICEMEN
VERDICT OF CORONERS JURY IS
 RETURNED.
Declare That Although Medical Assist ance Might Not Have Saved LH- ienthaIs Life, Indifference is Deserving of Criti-
 cism.

Selma, July 17.-tSpecial. )--After hearing the reports of State Chemist Ross upon the contents of the stomach of the late Ralph Lillienthal the Cor oners jury, which was empanneled on the morning of July 1. to investigate into the cause of the death of the de- ceased, rendered the following verdict:
 We. the jury duly empanneled by Coroner Judson Brislin. to investigate the death of Ralph Lillienthal, having been, as required by law. duly sworn and having viewed the remains of the deceased. hereby render out verdict as follows: (The said Ralph Lillenthal was found in an unconscious condition by an officer of the police force Of the city of Selma on the night of Juno 30, 1907. and was by said officer carried to police headquarters and lodged in the city prison, remaining without medical assistance from II D. m. until about q. m., death ensuing about two hours later after his removal 10 his home. corner of Church and Dallas Streets.)
 From the evidence presented, includ- ing a report on the chemical analysis of the contents of the stomach of the deceased 1t Is the opinion of the jury that the deceased came to his death from natural causes. either a cerebral hammorhage or the effects of acute
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-18
THE VESTRY BALKED
WOULD NOT ACCEPT BELOVED
 RECTOR's RESIGNATION.
Dr.. R. H. CObbs, old and Beloved in
 Service of Church, Will Not ==.- Re Allowed to Re-

Greensboro, July 7.-(Special.)- .)-At a. called meeting of the vestry Of St. Pauls Episcopal Church. the much be- loved Rector. Roy. Dr. R. H. Cobbs. rendered his resignation. He said his infirmity. deafness. which increases. interfered with his work.
 The vestry refused to accept his res- ignation and begged that he reconsid- CT. pr. Cobbs says he has given the matter mature thought. and that his resignation takes effect September l.. The vestry says they will not call an other rector and that Dr. Cobbs can not refuse to administer the rites of the church.
 Dr. Cobbs has really been suffering from rheumatism of late. and 1t is hoped that after a vacation. which he will spend .on the coast below Mobile. with Bishop Beckwith. bis health will be restored and he may be induced to take up his work again.
 Dr. Cobbs has had charge of this parish for forty-six years, and there Is not a minister in the diocese more re- spected and beloved. In rendering his resignation he says he hopes to live and die here among the people he has loved so long.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-18
PRISONER RELEASED.
Judge Holds That Justice CourtF Are
 Not Collection Agencies.

Judge Holds That Justice Couft4 Are
 Not Collection Agencies.
 PNading that courts of justice should not be transformed into collecting agencies and that his client had been detained in Montgomery an undue length of time. an attorney yesterday secured the release from police head quarters of Charlie Rutledge a negro. who Is supposed to have been wanted in Florala on a. charge of stealing coat Judge w. w. Pearson. of the Circuit Court granted a writ of habeas corpus for the discharge of the priso- ner Rutledge was in custody at the police station since July 2. and no off, ficer was sent from Covington for the negro.
 The attorney for the negro, in plead ing his case before Judge Pearson. ex- hibited a telegram from the justice of the peace, before whom the warrant for the arrest of Rutledge was sworn out, directing the release of the priso- ner provided he pay over S5 and costs. On this point. the attorney hammered. setting up that courts of the state should not be used as collecting agen- c1es.
 Judge Pearson gave the prosecution two hours time in which to find the person who, 1t was said. had come to Montgomery for the negro. The police could not find Ihe LAT and Judge Pearson released Rutledge on the ground that he had been held a sufti- cient length of tina