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Evening journal., 1908-05-25
SPEEDY AUTO ON
PLEASURE RUN
in Which Richard
Croker, Jr., Met Death
Passed Through City

Stabbed at the Bradford garage.
Tenth and Tatnan streets, for a short
time Yesterday afternoon was an auto
mobile. which is known the world over,
It being the machine which, while be-
ing driven in the auto races in 1905,
at Ormond Beach. Florida, turned over
and as the result Of the accident Rich
ard Croker. Jr. its owner and driver,
was killed
The auto. which is a Mercedes racer,
looked as If it had passed through
many hard runs. although when first
purchased by tho son Of the famous
leader of Tammany Hall cost $4,000.
Its horsepower is forty-five, and is
attainalJe speed 72 miles an hour. The
machines rear wheels are equipped
with heavy. fiat canvass-covered tires,
36 inches by s inches which, by the
way. cost but S9s a piece. while the
front wheels tires are SO by 3 II
inches.
The racer is owned by Charles
Warner Of Philadelphia, who was ac-
companied by Edward Barrett, of Phil
adelphia. and G. E. Davis Of the same
city. both of whom represent the Ape'-
son people. Mr.. Davis being one Of
their demonstrators. They were on a
pleasure run from Philadelphia to Del
aware City by the way Of West Ches-
ter. Young Croker's death was caused
by the machine turning over while try
ing to avoid a collision with a motor
cycle.
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
BROTHER RENOUNCES WILL
IN FAVOR OF SISTER

ELKToN. Nd. May 25-The will Of
James ]. Hall. late of the First dis
trict of Cecil county. was renounced
in the Orphans Court here by his son.
Charles o. Hall. Of the firm of Mus
grove. Hall and Company, expert ac-
countants. Of Baltimore. When Mr..
Hall died last fall no win could be
found and the document was recently
found in lock box in a national bank
at Middletown. Del.
Under the will. tho testator he
dueaths all his property to his son,
Charles. with the proviso that he pay
his sister. the only other heir, 5000.
The beneficiary renounces the will. SO
that his sister, Mrs. Charles r. Ditman,
may get an equal division of the estate
The Orphans Court viii pass upon the
renunciation papers at its next session.
It is said to be doubtful whether the
law permits a child to rcnounce a par
ent's will. It is the first time in years
that such a proceeding has been taken
in this county.
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
PLAIN MARKS ON
ALL SHIPMENTS
After July | Railroads Will
Insist That All Packages
be Labeled

All the railroads East Of the Missis-
sippi River operating in the territory
covered by the "Omcial Classification, -
will this week send out notices to THEN
agents that on and after July /, 1908,
they viii refuss TO receive for trans.
portation all shipments in less than
carload lots which are not plainly
marked with the name Of the consignee.
and the station. city, and State of
destination.
For many years past, Il has been
customary for n large number of ship
pers to mark their packages with an
initial or some hieroglyphic. the key
to which would be on TIE bill of lad
ing. 1t was the theory that this saved
time, and also prevented competitors
from observing the names OF a ship
per's customers on the outside Of the
packages.
Great abuses have resulted from this
practice. When a large number of
packages are intended for the same
consignee. shippers often mark only one
or two. the others have no marks at
all. If the shipments become mixed
with others at transfer points, there is
no way of identifying them. The con-
sequence has been great delay, vex-
alton on the part of both shippers and
consignees, and claims against the rail-
road.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
on its lines East of Pittsburg, last year
paid out sS42, $50 for claims for goods
Lost in Transit" an increase Of q
per cent over 1906. or this amount
s176,26O was traced to the fact that
shippers had marked their goods i'm
properly. Likewise. during 1907. the
Pennsylvania Railroad sent to its I'M
claimed Freight Station at Downing
town. $4,000 packages on which there
were no marks to enable the company
to forward the freight TO proper con-
signee and destination.
Some 416 railroads win participate in
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
DIAMOND STATE
PHONE co. SOL
Bell Company Gets Dover
Concern and Changes
will be Made

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del. May 25-There was a
stir in Dover business circles. affect
ing the entire peninsula, Saturday.
when it became known that the Dia-
mond State Telephone Company had
been practically absorbed by the Bell
Telephone Company Of Pennsylvania,
and sweeping changes viii result.
William II. Baker. general manager
Of the Diamond State; j. Harry Eckert
the general auditor. and others of the
expert telephone men whom Senator II.
A. Richardson brought tc Dover TO de-
velop q peninsula telephone system for
him about eight years ago. and who
have built uD system which nov
connects every town and hamlet Of the
peninsula and many farmhouses. were
notAed that their services were dis
pensed with and that all books and
property OF the company's Office must
be delivered in Philadelphia on Mon
day. June l.
The neW office building. built under
the direction of General Manage
Baker. viii be. it is said, let out for
rent for office purposes. Some parts
Of the upper story Of the building may
be occupied by the telephone company.
but there is a prevailing opinion it will,
eventually, be sold or leased for office
rentals for long term Of years.
Under the new regime. Il is said,
only a supervisor viii be kept on duty
at Dover and W. Branch wainwright.
the present traffic supervisor, viii be
retained.
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
Valuable information.

No tinsmith or new roof required. Tx
posed surfaces needing a durable aid
economical paint, nothing can be found
equal to superior roof paint, manufac-
tured only by James NJ. Bryan. If you
have a roof which leaks, put a coat OF
the above paint over the leak, then on
the top of that place a piece Of thu
muslin, such as butter or cheese cloth:
another coat Of paint on top of this
will give you a tight roof that will last
for years Remember that the painter
will charge you quite as much for ap-
plying poor, short-lived paint as he
will for the best and most durable. At
any rate, as you pay the bills, is it not
better for you TO select the above paint.
which will last 10 to 10 years, instead
Of some inferior article which will not
stand two or three years? We guar
antee this paint to be the best paint
in existence
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
RIVER MAY BECOME
A SALMON STREAM
Pennsylvania Fish COmmiS-
SiOner ExpeCtStO Plant Eggs
in DeIaWare'S Tributaries

w. f. Meehan. State Commissioner
of Fisheries. of Pennsylvania. said yes
terday that he was sanguine his plan
for making the Delaware a famous
salmon stream would be successful
About four years ago the Commissioner
planted upward of 10000 salmon eggs
in tributaries to the Delaware. ami
since then as many salmon eggs as he
could obtain have been planted annu-
ally to stock the stream
In communication 10 Mayor Rey-
burn yesterday Mr.. Meehan said that
this year he expected TO plant 100000
Atlantic salmon eggs which he is to re-
ceive from Charles G. Atkins. superin-
tendent of the Craig Brook Station,
East Orland. Me. ECgs Of this At
lantic coast fish he had been endeavcr-
ing to obtain. he said. for four years.
but had been unsuccessful until this
year because of their comparative scar
city. only two Maine rivers-the Ken
nebec and Penobscot yielding a sup
Dlv.
Several years will elapse before the
Delaware win furnish salmon fishing
Mr.. Meehan explained that after be-
ing Matched the young fish will remain
in the smaller streams where planted
until next fall. when they will enter
the Delaware and remain there for a
year. At the end Of ihat time they
viii seek the Atlantic ocean, where
they will apparently disappear for foui
years. when they win return to the
Delaware to spawn.
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
BEES ON THE FARM
Article No 70

ArUCTe NO. Y.
A series of articles on Practical
Bee Keeping.
BY Joel S. Gilfillan, Newark, Del
After Swarms and Abseonding
SWarms.
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
Reached For Her Boa.

A young woman with her escort en-
tered a Broadway theatre the other
evening after the performance had be-
gun, and while the auditorium lights
were low. Having seated herself, she
removed her hat, then proceeded to re-
move a dark brown boa which had en-
circled her neck, but had become dis
arranged in the handling of the hat.
Reaching up with her right hand to
recover the fugitive boa from the
of her left shoulder. she
seized the
Excuse me. madam. but those are
my whiskers," suggested a strange
man on her left in a panied tone.
Did-she-let-go? She did.-New York
Globe.
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
Phoenix Fire company's Benefit.

The Jefferson Dramatic Company, an
organization of amateurs of this city,
has a treat for their friends and ad-
mirers in the production Of the comedy
drama, "Esmeralda, or Out of the
Fold" which viii be seen at the Gar
rick Theatre this afternoon and even
ing for the benefit Of the Phoenix Fire
Company's ambulance fund.
The story of the drama deals with
life in the rural districts. where a
stranger comes among the village
folks. whose past life is unknown to
them. She is protected from the
sneers and gossip of the neighborhood
by the hero. a young school master,
and a good-hearted rustic The play
is full of thrilling situations, and has a
superabundance Of comedy, especially
the school scene in the third act, which
Is a continuous roar Of laughter.
The committee in charge is very
much pleased at the support it is re-
ceiving for this good cause.
Evening journal., 1908-05-25

Her lips were red and one was thin
Compared with that was next her chin,
Some bee had stung it newly"
As a usual thing, bees are very quiet
when out in a swarm, and there is lit
tie danger of being stung However,
there are exceptions. The weather has
been so wet that many swarms have
come out in seemingly i'll humor this
spring, so it is well TO be prepared.
The first or primary swarm seems to
be a provision of nature for the divid-
ing of the forces and for the increase
of colonies. and Is followed by good
results in honey production, but second
and third swarms will decidedly inter-
fere with the production of honey.
When the first swarm comes out there
is an equal division of the forces. A
large number of field bees go out and
in the hive is left a large amount Of
brood that will soon hatch out another
force Of workers. but when a second
swarm issues there is left much
smaller amount of brood in the hive
for since the issuing of the first swarm
with which the queen went out, there
have been no eggs laid and the young
queen that was reared to take the place
of the old goes out with the second
swarm, and IL a third swarm issues
things are in a most deplorable condi-
tion, for by this time nearly all the
brood left in the hive by the old queen
is hatched and a great portion of them
have gone out with the swarm and
such a colony has not a sufficient force
of bees to harvest a crop OF honey.
After the first swarm issues, the others
follow at intervals of about a week
to ten days.
It may not be out Of place to repeat
what I said about preventing these
after swarms, as one cannot have after
swarms and honey too. If one desires
TO increase the number of his colonies.
and does not care for honey, these
after swarms, properly treated, will
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
COACHES FOR
GILLIAN RAILWAYS
Ordered From English Firm Will be
Built by American Car and
Foundry Company.

In connection with the visit to Will
mington Of Frederick w. NJ. Kits, Of
Workington, England, who is a guest
lat the Clayton House, there is an in
cident which indicates how widely
known are the industries Of Whining
ton and the skill of Wilmington work.
men.
Mr. kits viii superintend the con-
.struction of thirty passenger coaches
which have been ordered from Lon
don car building firm by the Chilian
Government and which will be con-
structed here by the American Car and
Foundry Company, knocked down,
boxed up and shipped to Chilli
Mr.. kits is a typical Englishman,
bluff. good-natured and hearty.
We're just going TO see what sort of
"a job you fellows can do over here in
the car building line" he said yester-
day. He will probably remain in Will
mington for two months. the English
firm having contracted with the local
firm to build the coaches.
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
Ieveiop into good strong colonies.

develop into good strong colonies.
After the first swarm issues, IL is
well to move the old hive to a new
location and place the swarm on the
old stand. Then the bees going out to
the fields from the old colony on the
new stand will return not to the old.
but to the new colony on the old stand.
This will so deplete the old colony that
swarming is usually discouraged, but
to make assuranL. doubly sure, it is
well to cut out all queen cells but one
! in the old colony after the first swarm
issues. While the bees will doubtless
build other queen cells, that one queen
will have hatched and will have begun
laying, when she will sting through all
the queen cells in the hive and imm =
diately the bees win set about tearing
them down and destroying the young
Queens and allow her to reign supreme
.among them.
This new queen will also begin to
I'll up the brood frames with eggs, and
she will command the bees to empty
the cells in the brood chamber and
carry the honey up into the super, for
after the old queen had gone out with
the swarm and until the new queen is
reared and is ready to lay, the bees
have been saving the trip with the
honey up into the super and have
stored away in the brood chamber. as
the cells have become empty by the
Matching out of the young bees.
A peculiar circumstance about these
after swarms is the fact that some
times there are found a number of
queens instead of but one. This arises
out of the fact that there were a num-
Der of queen cells and several queens
were hatched at the same time, and
usually the surplus of queens may be
found in the last swarm that issues
from the hive. The colony having de-
cided that the swarm that is about to
issue Is the last that it will send out,
sends out with it all the surplus
queens. After this multiple queen
swarm finds a new home, these queens
will fight II out and the one that sur
wives the contest will rule the new
home
Abseonding Swarms
Why bees that have been we'll
housed and cared for should take to
the woods is hard TO determine Most
~ the first. or primary swarm. viii
cluster somewhere near the parent
hive. It will remain there from fifteen
Evening journal., 1908-05-25

minutes to a day. But it is best to
look after them as soon as possible.
Sometimes an after swarm will 20
without clustering. but the annoying
thing to the beekeeper is to put
swarm in nice clean hive and then
find them dissatisfied with It and 60
out and seek an old hollow tree in tho
woods, but such things do happen.
Bees will desert a hive sometimes for
lack Of honey Sometimes a swarm
comes out and for a few days after Il
is wet and disagreeable. and if there
was no honey i'm the new hive into
which they were put they may go out
the first clear day. SO in the spring
of the year a hive that has no honey
in it will sometimes be deserted. Why.
we do not know. unless it be that they
conclude that change of location may
benefit them.
Evening journal., 1908-05-25

Golden Rule silk Ia a Wilmington
Products
Evening journal., 1908-05-25

ahe enforcement OF the new rule. The
companies are TO give very strict in
strucuons TO their agents, placards will
be posted conspicuously IN all stations.
and every effort win be made to inn
press shippers with the importance Of
needing the new rule. In fact. the
campaign of education which is PLAN
ned by the railroads along this line Is
almost unprecedented in its thorough
ness II IS the belief of the carriers
that the enforcement Of the new rule
will be OF great value 10 the public
in the removal Of such a prolific source
Of delays and losses.
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
SEVERE STORM DOES
HARM TO SUSSEX CROPS

LAUREL. May 25.--Lower Sussex
county was visited by the most violent
rain. hail and electric storm in yearR
Thousands Of dollars worth OF prop
erty was destroyed. while fruits OF all
kinds were greatly damaged Early
varieties OF strawberries suffered the
greatest and the yield will bo reduced
at least a third, peaches by a half
Keiffer pears a total loss. a prominent
|canner says.
Telegraph, telephone and electric
light companies were early put out OF
business. Laurel. Bridgevilie, Seaford
and Delmar were In darkness except
for the light a few oil lamps could
give. In many places the country
roads were impossible. owing to the
washing away OF bridges.
Joshua Disaroom's large barns wero
struck by lightning and destroyed.
with nearly all of his farming imple-
ments, vehicles and stock. excepting
one horse.
Evening journal., 1908-05-25

Her lips were red and one was thin
Compared with that was next her chin
Some bee had stung it newly"
Evening journal., 1908-05-25
HAT SAVED
BARN FROM STORM

GEORGETOWN. May 25.-with
charred sticks and burnt straw, Rural
Mail Carrier Warrington was aston
lshed TO find an evident attempt to
burn his stable, in the centre OF the
town. From appearances the flames
had quickly shot up, but burnt itself
out without catching on the hay on the
inside. made wet by lealSy roof.
Read THE EVENING JOURNAL
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-12-23
General Baptist Association
Meets.

At Fulton, KY, on Dec. Is, the
General Baptist Association of
America assembled in its fourth
annual session. About 200 mes
seneers from not less than twelve
States were in attendance.
The body of the General Baptist
Association of America is made up
from the thousands of Baptist
churches not in cooperation with
the Southern Baptist Convention.
The object of the association is
missionary work throughout the
world, along different lines, in OPP
position to cOnventiOnism, vet it is
not to be constructed as a diver
sion of the denomination. Their
plan is for the missionaries to 90
out directly from the churches and
receive their support through the
churches without the intervention
! of the boards of foreign missions
as operated by the Southern Bap-
fist Convention.
1t is claimed by those in attend
ance of the association that not
less than $lS5,OO0 annually is ex-
pended by the various boards in
disbursing the mission fund, which
goes to pay the large salaries of
the State secretaries and their as
sistants and other expenses of the
boards, which could be used to
better advantage if this plan were
abolished and the churches send
out their own missionaries, and re-
hitting direct the fund for their
support through them. and larger
force of missionaries placed in the
field.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-12-23
LOCAL OPTION
Election In Jcffersonv' .de pro.
clnct---Drys wa BY y
s.Stes.
OEt'Ct 4 OF ELECTION ARRESTED

. In the local option election in
Jacksonville precinct on last Sat.
urday, December 10, the vote was:
Drys, 1876; vets, ia; total, $50;
majority for drys, %.
A large vote was cast, as in the
recent Congressional race the vote
was $50.
The officers of election were Eph
May, g. B. Martin, John Graham
and David Brown.
The election passed off quietly.
We give some statements of what
is reported since the polls closed.
Two of the. officers of election.
Graham and Brown, REFUSED to
sign the election returns. When
the vote3was counted there were
three ballots missing. AS tive
officers refused to sign, the others
did not sign. All came to town
on Monday After discussion
of the situation, inquiry as to pen
atty for refusing to sign the re-
turns, ETC., Mr.. Graham agreed to
sign. Messrs. May and Martin,
who had been willing, also signed.
Mr.. Brown still declined. G.. B.
Martin filed complaint before
Judge A. A. Hazelrigg, who is
sued a warrant for the arrest of
Brown on the charge of failing
and refusing to sign the election
returns. ] deputy Sheriff Richard
son arrested Brown and brought
him before Judge Hazelrigg.
The Judge set the trial for Jan
uary 2, and released Brown on
bail in the sum of 500. The
bond was signed by Clarence
Cooper, the keeper at jeff
crsOnville.
Hearing comments about the
day Of trial, we went to the County
Clerks office to ascertain about
the expiration of license at Jeffer-
sonville. The record slows in re-
gard to ONLY STATE and COUNTY
LICENSE. The present license ex-
pires on January II, was issued in
the name of F. NJ. Brown and has
been transferred to Clarence
Cooper, the present holder.
OF the men with whom we
talked concerning the license is.
sued by the reputed or supposed
authority at Jeffersonville no one
could tell anything definite as to
date of expiration.
If any developments occur be-
fore January 2 relative to trial,
bond or license, we will call atten-
ton in our next issue.
Lewis Apperson has been and is
the lawyer for the temperance
side of the affair and X. A. Chiles
represents Mr.. Brown.
p. S.-After the above was
written we learn that on Monday
afternoon Mr.. Brown signed the
returns. The prospect of as 900
fine is enough to produce recon
sideration in some cases.
LATER Tuesday the County
Election Commissioners met: c..
X. Prewitt and q. l.. Kirkpatrick
being present, A. ). Johnson be-
ing in Georgia. They certified
that in the above election a ma
Jority of the vote was against the
sale. loan and barter of liquors.
p. 5. No. 3.-On Tuesday the
whiskey element, represented by
II citizens, filed a contest before
Judge Hazelrigg through Attor-
ney X. "A. Chiles.
Buy Waterman Fountain pens
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-12-23

Public wish or will followed by
strict enforcement of law works
great changes.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-12-23

The fireworks are cheap enough
to burn when U buy them at The
Fair. Large line of Roman can
dies, all sizes. SiX-ball Roman
candles, 1c each; tOrpedOes, box 1c.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-12-23

We send congratulations to the
Jacksonville precinct and shall
expect a higher type of citizenship.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-12-23
CONGRATULATIONS.

We wish to congratulate the
voters of Jacksonville precinct
because a majority of them on
Saturday were opposed to the sa-
loon. The victory for sobriety
and better homes is not yet COM
plete. The first engagement has
taken place. Let this be followed
up (when the law goes into etfect)
by a determination to see that viO-
lators are reported. There should
be united effort to make better
conditions for ALL men, even those
who have been in charge of the
saloon and those who have sought
in any way to tempt and lead
astray the weak and thoughtless.
Opposition to the traffic should
be attended by good wishes for and
efforts to bless the men engaged in
the business.
In the election on Saturday a
large vote was cast. The majority
against the traffic was 22.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-12-23

Buy Waterman Fountain pens
for ladies and gents at |. A.
WiSe'S.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-12-23

We wish for our readers a JOY
Gus Christmas time. Let there be
cheer, good will and happiness.