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Evening journal., 1908-10-24
Mr.. CURRAN'S DEATH
SURPRISED MANY

The death Of Lawrence Curran. at his
home. No 1906 Adams street. yester-
dav. came as a surprise TO his many
friends in this CITY. The aged man
had charge OF the public bath house In
Brandvwine Park since it was opened.
and was known to almost every boy
in Wilmington.
Mr.. Curran followed the business of
butcher for many years. Years ago
he was known as one Of the best tenor
singers in the city and was a member
Of the Cathedral choir.
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
sHERIFF's SALES.


SHERIFFs SALE-BY VIRTUE or a
writ OF Levari Facias, TO me directed,
viii be exposed 10 public sale az the
> stanton Hotel, In the Village Of stan
ton, MIL Creek hundred, New Castle
'' On MONDAY.
THE 26TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1905,
At 10 o'clock a. m,
the following described real estate, viz;
All that old corner tavern stand and
erected, situate In stanton, Mil Creek
hrndred, New Castle County, and state
OF Delaware, which IS bounded and de-
scrhed as follows, 20 wit;
Beginning ut an old corner stone ~
land, now or late OF William Southgate;
thence BY said Souihgate's land north
eighty degrees and thirtN-hve minutes
east four hundred and ninety-seven feet,
20 stone on the westerly side Of q lane
thence along the westerly side thereof
south four degrees and nfty minutes east
corner of W. Hayes pickeys lot; thence
by said Dickcy's lot IN part and partly
hl other land now or late OF Emily Price,
these neNt three courses 90 Wit, South
siNty-thrce degrees and forty minutes
west two hundred and forty-ninc feet "a
stake against the northwest corner OF
sned attached TO small barn OF sta'
BILE; gouth sixty-twu degrees and cigh-
teen minutes west one hundred and for.
ty-onc feet 10 corner; and south nine.
teen degrees and forty minutes east
inmin W. pickcy's lott thence thereby
the next two courses, to wit. South six.
ty-eight degrees west one hundred and
seventeen and two-tenths feet 20 a stake
and south twenty-five degrees and TWEEN
ty-five minutes east ninety-nve and sever
tenths feet TO a corner stake IN or neal
the northcrlv side OF the old Wilmington
aud Christlann Turnpike, thence alont
or near the said northcry side thereof
south sixty-fivo degrees and fifteen min
utes west one hundred and twcntv-ninl
and thirty-six hundredths feet TO a cor
ner iron pin In or near tho eastcrly side
of the old limestone road. thence aloni
or near the easteriy side thereof norti
twcnty- and onc-half degrees wcs
one hundred and aixty-ono feet TO a COZ
ncr stake adjacent 20 land OF Rcuhef
SatterthwHitc. thence hv the last namet
land; these remaining three courscl
namely; north sixty-one degrees and
| nifty minutes east one hundred and nine
north twenty-five degrees and five min
utes west four hundred and twonty-cn,
and ore-half feet 10 a corner and rortl
sixty-one Gegrees and thirty minutes cas
eighty-dve and throe-quarters feet 10 th'
place OF beginning. Containing four ans
ninety-aight hundredths acres OF land
J be the same more or less.
! Seized and taken In execution as M
properly Of William J. Armstrong, nn'
Anna r. Armstrong, his wife and it's.
HENRY STAFFORD. Sheriff.
Sherinf's ONCE Wilmington. Delaware
October 9th. 1905 os,i2i5,i9.22.25
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
OBITUARY.

The funeral Of Mrs Margaret starr.
81 wears old. who died on wednesday.
was held this afternoon at 2.S0 O'CLOCK
from the home. No. s39 West Seventh
street. Interment was private.
JOURNAL Ads Draw Trade.
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
ONLY 500 CASH
ROOMS FOR RENT.

n IRARD- sos. so7 AND 900 RACE ST.
" Philadelphia. Rooms. 25. 70. Soc. Gen.
tlemen only ALLY
EOR RENT-ROOM AND BOARD FOR
two. Apply I02 West ST. ol9-6t
FOR RENT-NEATLY FuRNTSHED,
apartments. housekeeping and lodg-
Ing. iOfik Market St ol-lm-eod
FOR RENT-NEWLY FURNISHED
front room, also one unfurniahcd;
steam heat, an conveniences. d. and A.
aai7A. 1927 Market 81. s2i-im-eod
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
"GO South by Sea-

Merchants and Miners Trans. Co.
Steamers Philadelphia TO Savannah.
A most delightful route to Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and all Southern
points.
Low Fares and Excellent Service.
Through tickets on sale from Will
mington, Del Call on nearest Ticket
Agent, or for booklet address City
Ticket ofice. 1O5 S. Ninth ST.. Phil
adelphia, Pa.
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
HELP WANTED-FEMALr.

XKTANTED-HALF-GRowN WHITE
w girl to help with housework. lrs
Scott st. o24-2.
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

We have somo nico Offices In a cenfrr
part OF the city.
STORES
2l6 King street
a02 King street
s25it King street
b25 East 9th street
CHARLES O. KURTZ,
10ii Market 81
(opposite Court House.)
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
WANTED

XGy TED-EVERYBoDY NTEDING
" half-tone enBravings, zinc etchings,
or electrotypes. 70 get our estimate. Del
aware Farm q Home, 406h shpley st
IT ORsEs TAKEN TO BOARD, 800
= per week Best care and plenty of
reed J. ]. HARTMAN,
oz4-dt-eod Booths Corner, Del. Co.
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

7 osT-sTEEL ENGRAVING OF Ma
- poleon In a roll. While gong from
Pennsylvania depot 70 Wilson line wharf
and to Tenth and Washington st. Reward
If returned to Evening Journal office.
o3-2t
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

L OR RENT-coUNTRY HOUSES
4 new-back OF Eden Park. $500
month. W. Il. capelle. D. and A. Sill.
23-2t
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
NOTICES
LOST AN, F4,j.Nn

- tions asked for the return OF iady's
gold green enameled watch. lost in Doc :
stader's Theatre Wednesday night Oct.
p. l.. A. Yerkes. Is Willard St. oas .tt
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

7 osT, MIsLAID OR HAD STOLEN
= deposit book on Wilmington SAVINGS
Fund Society No. 81, ,496. In Name of
Mary e; Wivel. Notice has beck given
and application made for a new boQk
o24-Sl-n7
Evening journal., 1908-10-24

FOR SALE
A fine Chester county farm, half
mile from Mendenhall Station, on r.. G.
n. n. About ~ acres. close TO Kennett
Pike. Good buildings and water. convent
ent location. Address,
WILLIAM CARTER,
r. F. y. 2. Chadd's Ford. Pa
ONLY 500 CASH
Required to purchase n nice little house.
suitable for a coored family, Balance
may remain on mortgage. Has four
rooms, LOT l6xb0 feet, central Rents for
50 per month.
HAWKINS a co.
7i2 Market Street
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
PROFESSIONAL

a RTEMAs SMITH. ATTORNEY-AT-
a Law. has removed to Rooms No. IA
and rs Ford Bldg s2s-lm
D RoF. COHEN CAN BE CONSULTED
daily, 10 p. m. 9l6 King ST.
Fees, 30 cents. ol6-im
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PROPOSALS

JOS. l.. CAHALL.
Secretary Of State oot-3i
Evening journal., 1908-10-24
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-TYPE 10 BUICK RUN
4 about. Latest attern. brand new.
Sell cheap. Inquire VIM. ID. Haddock &
Co, sQi Orange street. o20-fw
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06
PROTTNG TITLES TO OFFICE.

An admirable example Of discriminating ex
petition IN judicial procedure is TO be seen in
fhc current case Of the New Jersey ripper
law and the Jersey City, officehoders 10 whom
that law intended 10 apply. The law turns
out of office ali appointive municipal Office
holders nj the end of the term of the Mayor
who appointed them. It's enactment
notoriousy secured st the instance Of the
Republican boss of Hudson County. who
wanted 70 make sure Of clean sweep
q cEM he succeeded ia preventing the re-
election of the Hepublican Mayor who had
contumaconsly refused 10 bow the knee to his
hoss-ship. lie did thus succeed. lay means Of
boltng the regular Republican ticket, and
brought about the election of his friend the
Democratic boss as head of the city government.
with a highly respectable young igurehead as
fituar occupant of the Mayors chair. On
"Wednesday last the change OF administration oc-
CURED. and under the ripper" law various i'm
pertant city officers whose terms had not ex-
pred by year or two were summarilv removed.
They disputed. however, the constituticnality
aud therefore the validity OF the law. and thus
an interesting situation was presented which
might. according to examples elsewhere have
been disposed of ia either of two ways The
incumbents might have refused TO obey the law
and have held fast TO their places by force or
strategy until dispossessed by similar means. the
CITY meanwhile having the embarrassment Of
two rival sets Of functionaries; or they might
have appealed 10 the courts and the courts might
have put the ease al the foot Of the regular cal
endar. 10 be finally reached and disposed Of a
wear or two after the terms Of both sets Of claim
ants had expired But neither OF these courses
commended Itself 10 the Jerseymen- The Old
ofiiceholders promptly and courteOusly surren-
fered their places 10 their successors, but under
protest. and n once appealed 10 the court and
tie court under the direction of Justices Pitney
and Hendrickson, gave the case urgent prece-
dence over all others. Information" was filed
on Thursday, the pieadings were all required to
be Rled on Saturday, and on or before next Sat
lirday the final arguments must be made.
Thus the question as TO who are legally entitled
TO hold office will be settled al the earliest possible
,oou,eut. and the rightfui officers will be con-
fTmed ia their places probably within fortnight
of the beginning of the dispute. That s precisely
ss il should be- We must confess a feeling Of
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06
PROTECTING THE HELPLESS.

Primal instincts may lie dormant In the human
race for generations without becoming really
dead. They may sink into condition OF IN
noc,,ous desuetude because there is nothing TO
call them into activity, nut, ike the germs OF
disease the human race is full Of them all the
time and. given conditions favorable for their
DEVELOPMENT they flourish like the green bay
tree Of late it has been held by some that the
instinct of chivalry died natural and painless
death years ago, but let the opportunity come
for protecting the weak and helpless and there
will be no lack of response TO the CALL
The modern man, proud of his strength, has
scorned to protect himself, and between the in
sistence of the modern woman that she is capa-
BILE of taking care of her own affairs and the
Brooklyn Bridge crush, which would have slain
every finer instinct even In Don Quixote, the
modern man has managed to get along fairly
well without ever suspecting that he possessed
the instincts which led the knight of other days
into the lists to fight for a lady's smile. But
the recent happening in Central Park, where an
enterprising bill poster was arrested as be was
ad0rning various bits of scenery with his works
of art and was about to paste an especially fine
lithograph on the side of one of the elephants,
shows that however careless man may be Of his
own welfare he cannot endure to have helpless
animals suffer the Ills which he accepts
complaningy for himself However willing we
may be to have inartistlc advertisements thrust
upon us at every turn we are determined to
protect the frail creatures of the Zoo, the ele-
phant and the hippopotamus, from their de-
moralizng influence Man may not resent hav
ing every vacant lot leer at him with its hide
GUS Autographs, for he confident that his
strength of mind will enable him to confine his
gaze TO the morning paper. especially If the car
is crowded and ladies happen to be standing,
but he doesn't want TO take any chances with
the leopard and the giraffe in the park. They
must not be corrupted by being compelled To
gaze upon the faring advertisements Of La
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-Advices received in Portland from
Vancouver say that all japanese veterans there
have beer ordered home - Newspapers OF
Paris, not having received the denial OF NiScoUht
Aokf-s reported statement in San Francisco.
1,rjlted articles regarding possible hoStlities
between America and Japan. = Prince Helie
de Sagan has brought suit for assault against
Count Boni de Castellane asking one franc dam
ages. - NJ. Schollaert. president OF the Bei>
gian Chamber of Deputies, may become premier
If King Leopold will make concessions on the
Congo question: the condition or the ruler II
said 10 be worse - Inc PERUVIAN soNeLh
,nent has signed contracts awarding 10 Aitren
AIcCune the construction Of the Cerro de Pasco
and Ircavali lines - r Blanchard, q mem
her Of the American Chamber Of Commerce at
paris has made public comparison of in
surance in England. France and America show
ing how national customs affect the form oi
policy
DoMESTIC-The Secretary of the Navy at
washington made public two letters BY PresI-
dent Roosevelt the Brownson affair -
The annual report of Frank H Hltchcock' fHSI
Assistant Postmaster General. made pub
;ic AZ Washington --- The bloody raids con-
Quoted by gangs of might riders" have brought
@ 1e eorTS The assignment ~ lottery of the offices
for Congresslnen in the new House once Bulid.
ing viii be made on THURSDAY = Ine annual
report OF Adjutant General henry was Hlaue
public at Albany. - w Z. Chancellor was
cisz Kissed as Superintendent of Schools by the
HST "a or Education of Washington Iof making
nefued statements dercgatory TO officials. --
yohn c. Cautier. a retired British army officer
was killed by a trolley car at Buffalo - the
home of T. 2. Carpenter. justice or the peace
at Andoyer, y. " was dynamited; there is no
clew toF1he peTpetra1or.
CITY-Two skaters and a wouid-be rescuer
broke through the ice on Jamaica, Long Isl
and. pond and were drowned --= Some light
was thrown on Tamnlany Halls treatment OF
the building code. The crew of the steam
ship President Grant charged by imnl-
grants with brutal treatment - There was
q ruTnor that District Attorney Jerome would
fry 10 bar Mrs. Evelyn Thaw from testifying at
her husbands trial, which begins to-day. ==
A committee of 250 Jews appointed to col
1ect contributions TO help their race in this city
- Two ships drifted together in d gale. dam
aging both - Some indignation was eN-
pressed by delegates at Central Federated
Union meeting what called the curt reply
of Governor Hughes TO resolutions sent TO him
by that organization 80 The explosion or
bomb wrecked a saloon in East 18th street.
THE observation-disclosures for to-day:
Fair and warmer. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 30 degrees: lowest i.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06
PERSONAL.

7-br.s x,oupp sons of Prince Frederick Leopold OF
Prussia, nephews Of the Kaiser. have gone to the
manual labor training school at Gross-LcnterIeiue
to take a course in practical mechanics This IS IN
zoiIern house The eldest boy, Prince Friedrich
Karl who is seventeen Is learning tne stasn and
trade. and his younger brothers ased i.eeIi s diu
thirteen, are being taught cabinetnakers "ork-
Her majesty Queen Alexandra has lately con-
ceived great liking for fencing and is now taxing
lessons from Of the best known fencng masters
IN the country says "Tit-Bits." The master IN
question was formerly instructor to one OF the
regiments of household cavalry and boasts - OF Oh
having trained more first class sWordsInsn t5ar b
majesty as being born fencer,' and as one who;
had she taken up the art earlier in hte' WouId
have achieved great prominence at H.
James C. Courts. who has received a reappoint-
ment as clerk OF the Appropriations Committee OF
the House of Representatives, is now serving MS
thirtieth year in the employ of the House, having
Tennessee. in 1877.
President HadIey of Yale will complete his course
in the Roosevelt lecturesnip at the University Of
Berlin in about six weeks and. with his family,
will sail for this country, arriving in New Haven
about March l.
Probably the oldest minister of the Gospel in the
world is the Rev John Shaeffer, who recently cele
brated the 1929 anniversary OF his birth at North
preached each Sunday.
Bishop Brent. of the Philippines has been invited
by the Episcopal clergy of Brooklyn to deliver a
parting message to the American people regarding
their moral obligation to the Filpinos on Wednes-
day evening. January 29, at Holy Trinity Church
Robert S. Mccormick. to whom the Emperor of
Japan has sent the decoration of the Order of the
Rising Sun. is well known Chicagoan and former
Ambassador to Austria Hungary. Russia and France.
He retired about year ago from the diplomatic
service. He is of William s Mccormick.
member of the reaper firm, born in Vir-
ginia in 1S49 In 1876 he married daughter OF the
late Joseph Medil. He made secretary of the
legation at London in 1889, and became Ambassador
to Austria Hungary in July, 1902 He was trans
ferred to Russia in December, 1892 and became
Ambassador to France in 1895.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06

some disappointment at the attitude of the new
Corporation Counsel OF Jersey City, who appeared
the other day in behalf of himself and his col
leagues in support of the ripper law, and VINO
argued for delay on the ground that there would
be plenty of time for deciding the case before
tic two wears terms of the present officeholders
expired That is to say, he would have men hoid
office for two years exercising the functions ana
drawing the salaries with the possibility that
then. Just as their terms were about to expire
il would be found that they had never been en-
titled to the places at all It is difficult 20 view
such proposal as other than cynical efrontery
seeking TO hold place and get peif as long as
possible without regard TO right.
II is gratifying 10 record that the court
promptly denied the motion for delay ana Or
dered an expeditions determination OF the case
What that determination will be remains TO De
SEEN The constitutional questions lnvoifed are
intricate and susceptible of much debate. IL the
matter were to be decided on grounds or equity
and public policy there might also be much 10
say on both sides But however 1t IS decideo
it will be promptly decided, and that Is alter
the Righteousness of the decision, the important
thing Men can and should endure having their
political adversaries in office. provided they are
legally elected or appointed thereto. But no
good citizen should assent TO the retention OF
even his closest friend in Office for single Gay
when he has no legal right or title TO IL.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06
Amusenents.

ACADEMY OF MusIC-s-The Rose CT the Rancho.
-ASTCE-S-iS-The Orchard
rSr-LASCo-s13-The warrens 90 Virginia
SERKEIET-2.sD-S-3o-Caa
tsTJoC-S:3a-The Comet.
1I.aNEYs-e.i e.i5-s:I5--The Bad Boy and His Teddy
Bears.
fSRcADwaY-sI5-Tfe Partisan Mcael
CASINo-S:l5-FunahaSh
sNoIFo-IA1-2-S-Fa FalTdevilie
s-EITERrON-S:I5-MssH Of Holland
DALY-S-s -ca-The House OF Thousand Cancies
rEwEy-2-S-ysudeyile
rDEN NCsEE-Tbe WorlG in Wax.
EMPIRES 45-t2uaty Street
-s:so-Jnder The Greenwood ire
GERMANS -eo-Der Dumnkopf-
iTACEETT-s:so-The witchine Hour.
HANfNERSTEIN -s:15-Nsuoevile-
HERALD SoT-ARE-s-1S-The Girl Behind the SounteI:
NIPPoDROME-e-s-The -Four Seasons ana Nih'er
Carnival
-So-fier Sister.
RBeCNER-s:1o-The Talk OF New York
I.TBERTY-s:T5-Poliy OF the Circus.
IsYCET.M-S:3o-The Thief.
1.TRIC-s:ls-R -Rosnershon- .,+
MADISON SQJARE-s:l9-Ihe RcjuNehauoh % -NN'-'
Mary.
MANHATTAN OPERA HoDSE-S-The MASKED tsai-
METROPOLITAN OPERA HoUSE-s-Fsust
AM--s-15-The Merry NlooN-
NEW rTRCIE-S:15-Pisyins the Ponies
MEN yGRK-a-s:3 s:3o-Advanced NsudeNiic
Sayoy-Sis-Nsn % the Hour
STI-E NESAN -s-15--A Grand Army Man
wkI-I-ACk'S-S15-A A knight for Day
NERER-S MUSIC Halls -i5-RuTlesoue o. tne merry
WIDOW
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06
.SrOUNDRELIHn AT LARGE.

Current news from Puerto CorteZ Honduras,
chiefly arouses contempt. Despite its insignif-
canoe however, it may cause some apprehen-
sion and a large measure of detestation. We
are told that person calling himself an Amer
lean and described by fiatterirG reporters as a
soldier of fortune" has been 'r-Tuiting Amer
leans" on the Guatemalan frontier with the
intention of working up revolution in Hon.
duras or in Guatemala. or war between the
two states-whichever, suppose, would be
most promising OF loot. Happily ii is added
that the Guatemalan government is alert and
energetic and has the whole precious gang I'M
der surveillance. Apprehension is inevitable be
cause Of the unstable equilibrium of peace in
those regions and the possibility that almost
anT lawless movement may have some evil
effects but We may hope that the prompt action
Of the governments concerned will minimize the
danger.
But il is difficult TO imagine anything more
contemntible OF detestable than for a man, and
particularly for an American, TO play such a
nart as that reported There have been true
soldiers of fortune" such as Lafayette, Coch-
rane and Gordon who gave unselfish service AMI
devotion TO struggling causes which they be-
lieved % be righteous and who thus won ever
lasting honor Tor themselves. But tine looter
or land pirate who tries 10 stir up trouble in or
among peaceful states just for what there is
in it is an animal Of quite different kidney.
He is not so much a soldier of fortune as Il
scoundrel al large, who is quite ready 10 make
himself an enemy 10 the human race if only
thus he can gain sufficient plumber blackmaiI.
To his sordd vision handful of bloodstainsd
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06

gold looms greater than all the patriotic prln-
ciples and humane aspirations in the World ana
he resorts to wholesale rather than retail hinr
der and theft partly because 1t IS more prohi-
able TO his covetous soul and partly because 10
his cowardly spirit it seems safer TO keep IN
courses in which he can claim the immunity OF
a political offender
II is a vilanous job for any one TO engage ILL.,
but # is pocuIiarIy abominable for any one call
ing himself an American at this time. For the
American government is deeply Interested III
tbe maintenance of peace and order in Cen
tral America. and has just succeeded. aftef
many Mains and Iahors in inducing under It's
own benevolent auspices the conclusion oil the
most hopeful treaties Of peace, friendship anu
cooperation ever made among those states
hat work is a legitimate cause or prlne 10 tue
American government and people, ana fC Is no
exacgeration to say that there nave peen 1e"
achievements In our International reiatlonS Ill
recent years in which q more sincere interest
has been taken or for the lasting success Oh
which there has been a stronger desire. The
yacabond criminal who tries to make trouble IN
those countries violates. therefore, the express
poIicy of this government and outrases the
moral sense and the earnest desire of this ma
tion. -,
We do,pot think that the present attempt VIII
have any serious results But IT is just as well
to bear in mind that the five Central American
states have recently agreed. through their pen-
ipotentiaries. to keep the peace among them-
selves. to regard Honduras as a neutral stale'
TO bring Immediately to trial all persons VINO
initiate or foster revolutionary movements in
one state against another, and to recognize no
revolutionary government in any state. Ihose
conventions have not yet been ratified, Out IL
would be we'll if the spirit of them were heid 10
.~1,A y,n yt-GH
United States and Mexico, in view or thelr
close relation to the making of those conven-
tions. to regard so far as they legally can, the
same principles as binding upon them, SO that
these peace breakers and loot seekers snail nave
no sure asylum from the grasp OF justice, bu''
since they have shown themselves the enemies
of all countries with which they have come INTO
contact shall be treated as outlaws among 'he
nations and as men without country.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06

Cabagerino three-for-five cigar, but every rock
and wall the roof of every barn by the wayside'
everything paintabe in the heavens ABOVE OF
the earth beneath the streets or New horh may
scream at him with its message and he heeds
it not Man is still looking for an opportunity
10 protect anything except himself.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-06

The Downtown Taxpayers Association, organ
ICED last Saturday evening In East Houston
street did commendabe thing when it decided
to exclude from membership all lessees. AS the
purpose of the new organization is to protect it's
members against the rent strikers" the lessee
who sublets tenements is likely to be caught be-
tween two milstones If hostilities continue much
longer the East Side. III the property owners
will remain steadfast and unanimous in their