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Evening journal., 1908-05-29
DEMOCRATS MEET
ALL UVEK lily

Democrats held meetings in the Fourth.
Sixth, Seventh. Eighth, Ninth and Twelfth
wards last night TO name committeeman
10 the various districts in the wards.
In the fourth ward Or. H. c. Buck
master was named as the delegate to the
county convention. and the following dis
trict chairmen were named: First districts
Martin V. Farrell; Second. d. i. McAllis-
ter; Third. Or. II. G. Buckmaster; Fourth,
John Gormley: Fifth. Michael Donlin
From the Eighth ward the delegate to
the county convention. who was selected
on Monday evening. is Andrew McGran-
ery. The committeeman follow: First dis
trict, George Leonard: Second. Thomas
Connolly; Third. Frank Mcguire; Folrth,
John Golden; Fifth. Joseph Sullivan;
Sixth, A. j. McGranery; Seventh, Harry
Ware; Eighth. George Wolf Ninth,
Joseph Donneliy; Tenth. Edward Hin.
At the meeting of the Democrats OF
the Seventh ward Daniel Lynch was
named as the hundred delegate to the
county convention.
This evening the voters Of the First,
Fifth and Eleventh wards win meet. and
this will end the meetings. with the ex-
ception OF an adjourned meeting of the
Tenth ward. the date for which has no.
been set.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
KNIGHTS HEAR A
SPECIAL SERMON
Members Of ST. Johns CON-
mandery Attend Second
Baptist church

Members Of st. Johns Commandery,
knights Templar. attended Ascension
Day services In tho Second Baptist
Church. Ninth and Grant avenue. last
night. and heard sermon on "The
Victorious Christ" by the pastor, the
Rev r, +. Holloway.
One hundred knights attended the
service and wore the attractive uniform
of the order. Assemblying at Masonic
Hail. the commandery was led to In
spring music by the First Infantry
Band TO the church. AS the Knights
entered the church. each with his
chapeau on his left shoulder, the con-
gregation sang "Onword Christian
Soldiers"
The Templar religious service was
conducted by John s. Grohe, prelate
of the commandery. Music was pro-
vided by the church choir Christ as
a Heavenly Knight Templar was the
picture drawn by Mr.. Holloway. He
said I'm part;
LET no self-hattering sophistry, no
despicable human vanity, lead us away
from grateful. cheerful. constant and
passionate recognition ol inc ltiNN luts
we honor Jesus Christ first and fore
most for His atoning sacrifice for sin.
Let no rhapsodies Our His matchless
teaching. His peerless oloquence, His
unparalleled power as amiracle worker.
His glorious and sublime moral and
philanthropic example, lead us to think
slightingly of His. soul-saving nission
and power. A following OF this Knight
Divine which falls short Of salvation
from sin through His cross and justih-
cation fer Christian service and char
acter through the power Of His resur-
rection is false discipleship. When We
fail to ioyfully recognize that the very
essense of the Lords victory for us
lies in salvation from sin and grace
for character building. we are either
foolish or reasonable; foolish II such
failure Is due to superficial thoughts
reasonable If a is deliberate purpose
to ignore the universal need OF O
Saviour.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
BUCKET OF COAL
LEADS TO ARREST
But Judge Cochran Dismissed
Woman Accused of
Tresp0Ssine

Wladyslawa Gudzenska. woman.
was charged in the City Court to-day
with trespassing on the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad property. She
was arrested by Special officer William
Weldin, and he testified to-day that ths
woman was stealing coal from the
tender of a locomotive when he saw
her.
How much did she take, two OF
three tons?" asked Judge Cochran.
"A bucketful," replied the witness!
Have you any other testimony
asked the court of Assistant City
Solicitor Satterthwaite. The latter re.
piled that he had not.
''Then the case is dismissed" said the
court.
Joseph NJ. Haffey, aged 2s years, who
has been an inmate of one of the insts-
tutions at Farnhurst, was charged with
taking sixty pounds of lead pine from
a house at No. 906 West Sixth street.
After hearing the eviderce the court
continued the case until next Tuesday
and in the meantime the police viii try
to have the -xOung mar returned to
Farnhurst.
Samuel Patterson appeared against
James Conner, who was accused OF
committing an assault on him. but the
prosecuting witness could not identify
the defendant as his assailant, and the
case was continued until Monday, in
order 10 summon witness who saw
the assault.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
NATION TO HONOR
SOLDIER DEAD
Memorial Day to be Observed
Generally in This
City
1T WILL BE A HOLIDAY

With their Wavering ranks reinforced
by the sturdy forms Of the Sons of
Veterans. cadets from the Peoples
Settlement and men prominent in city
affairs. the heroic veterans of the Re
bellion once nose tomorrow will rally
around the modest graves of their for
mer companions in arms to do homage
to the spirit that forty years ago pre-
served the Republic.
With good weather. tho day will be
widely observed. National flags, G. 4.
r. flags and the banners of many other
patriotic organizations will be flung
to the breeze to be carried to the citys
cemeteries. wherever the form of a
soldier may rest. With the bugle call
to be followed by the resounding burst
of musketry will the memory of thous-
ands of soldiers. now in eternal peace.
be revered.
The great event Of the day, Of course.
will be the memorial parade. starting
from Third and King streets at ?
O'Clock in the afternoon. The graves
in all tho cemeteries OF the city viii
be visited in the morning, the graves
decorated and the salute of musketry
to the dead fired by squads.
To Present a Banner.
In Wilmington and Brandywire
cemetery. in addition to the usual Me-
mortal Day ceremonies. an interesting
event will be the presentation of a
bannerette to the widow of General
Thomas A. Smyth, by the survivors Of
Meagher's Brigade, of New York. The
bannerette will be presented by George
c. Morton and will be received on be-
half of Mrs. Smyth by John f. Malloy
In numerous other ways will Me-
mortal Day be observed. Next to the
paying of homage to the nations dead
soldiers, sports viii be Of prevailing IN
terest. Wilmington and Trenton base
ball teams will play IN the morning
and DUPONT and Delaware College in
the afternoon. and there will be innum-
erable baseball games Of a minor ma
ture. At Wawaset Park. horse lovers
will witness a matinee by the Della.
ware Horse Show Association. On the
! links of the Wilmington Country Clut
the four play of the season, the handi
cap four ball foursome, will attrac
golf players.
The day viii also be made the oc
casion for many pleasure outings, an'
picnSc parties will take possession o
Brandywine Park. If rain does not ma
/ the days pleasures.
Will Be a Holiday
It will e. a general holiday, nation
ally and in State and city. and th'
Federal building and the county and
city offices viii be closed.
Most of the stores viii close to-mor.
row afternoon and night. but viii b,
open tonight and up to noon to-mor.
row to supply the demands of theh
patrons.
The George V. Farrell Camp. No. /
United Spanish War Veterans invite al
veterans of the Spanish war to TAXI
part in their exercises on Decoratio.
Day The camp will meet at II
o'clock at the State Arsenal. Twelfn
and Orange streets Then they will =
10 the Cathedral cemetery where tn,
exercises of the day will be held.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
COLORED VOTERS
HAVE MEETING

In the colored Odd Fellows's Hail.
Orange street above Tenth, last even
ing a meeting of colored voters of the
city of Wilmington was held and nearly
two hundred men gathered in the hall
TO listen to an address by the Rev.
Milton Waldron, Washington, d. c.,
OF Washington. president of the Ma
tional Negro American Political League
of the United States of America.
The meeting was presided over bv
John W. Bird, who after explaining
the object of the meeting introduced
the Rev. c. /. Jefferson. who made
brief remarks along the lines Of the
betterment of the cOlored race, its
present condition and its future hopes
and aspirations.
DIR. jefferson introduced Dr Wa dron
who. took as his subject. why the
Negro Ought to be an Independent in
Politics"
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
LAD TAKES BATH
in STICKY TAR

GEORGETOWN, Del. May 29-So
excited was 13-year-old John Eilings-
worth when he saw a real live Buffalo
Bill pony that he fell through the
head of a tar barrel, and now II is
feared that his legs will stay black
until the tar wears on.
Ellingsworth attended sale OF Wild
Western bronchos. He climbed on top
OF a barrel and was dancing with de-
light when one of the ponies started to
cut capers. Suddenly he disappeared
into the barrel
When drawn out the boys own moth
er wouldn't have known him, Whila
tears ran down his cheeks kind by
ISLANDERS tried TO scrape the tar from
him. and several times brought skin
and all.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
ASK PUBLIC TO
PUMPING STATION

The Board of Water Commissioners
has invited the public 70 inspect the
citv's new pumping station at Sixteenth
and King streets tomorrow, Memorial
Day. it being then thrown open for IN
spection.
The new pumping station, one Of the
best pumping stations IN the city, has
been completed practically in every de-
tail. The plant includes the pumping
station in which are the huge pumps
that force the water Ia the Porter
reservoir. the preliminary filter. the
new laboratory. boiler house and new
boilers.
The grounds around the station have
been converted into a pretty lawn and
is a decided step toward the "city
beautiful" idea as applied to Whining
ton. The buildings have been erected
with a view to attractiveness as well
as to utility.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
JUNE TERM OF COURT
TO BEGIN ON MONDAY

The June term Of oyer and Terminer.
General Sessions and Superior Courts
will begin on Monday with Chief Jus
tice Lore and Associate Judges Grubb
and Pennewil sitting. The term is not
likely TO be a long one. there being
but few cases to be disposed of. oyer
and Terminer Court for the trial of
capital cases. viii hear but one case.
General Sessions Court a small num-
Der of unimportant criminal actions
and Superior Court ninety-one cases
for trial and twenty-seven for argu-
ment. It. is likely that all the business
will be disposed of within FIVE weekr
No session Of the county courts will
then be held until September.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
GIVE VERDICT IN
THE DEMBY CASE
Dr.. Draper Says the Mans
Condition Warranted Dis
charge From Hospital

The Jury empanelled by Coroner Gala
way in the case of William Edward DEM
bv. the colored man, who was shot at
Middletown, last summer. and died at
the. workhouse after being removed fiom
The Delaware Hospital heard additional
evidence in the case last night
State Detective James L. Hawkins testr
fed that he had been instructed to remove
Demby from the hospital to the work
house as soon as he was able to be taken
out. Mr.. Hawkins said he was away
few days, but had left such instructions
at the hospital When he came back. he
was told that Demby was at the work.
house He called there but Demby had
net arrived. Later he learned the colored
man was in the city han.
Mr.. Hawkins said when he saw Demby
at the hall he was in bad condiccn, ac-
cording to his opinion. but he asked DEM
by if he was willing to go to Greenbanl
and the prisoner said he thoucht he was
strong enough to go. Mr.. Hawkins testi-
fed that he thought the prisoner would
die before he got there. He said the head
nurse or the doctor in charge at the
hospital had given information that DEM
b. was able to be removed He said tha
electors thought he would get well, but
tbs witness declared he thought Demby
was in a critical condition.
DR. James A. Draper testified that he
was in charge Of the ward at the time
Demby was allowed TO leave the Della
ware Hospital and he and the resident
physician thought his condition sufficient
Il improved to enable him to leave He
said he gave no signs Of developing
tetanus and although the germs were
in his body. there was no way to find II
out until the symptoms began to appear
He declared that Demby was as well ap-
Iarently as any man after a serious ac
cident when he left the hospital, and it
was possible for tetanus to develop after
he had left there.
The jurors had numerous questions to
ask the. witnesses but they finally re-
tired and returned a verdict that vii.
liam Edward Demby came to his deatl
/ from teanus which was caused by a gun
shot wound inflicted by Elwood Virgins
Virgins is now in the worlShouse.. and
he will be tried at the June term Of the
oyer and Terminer Court.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
SEVEN BREAK OUT
OF AN OHIO JAIL

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
STEUBENVILLE. Ohio. May 2s-
Fred Ely, one of the seven men who
broke out of the jefferson county jah
was captured today at the home of a
friend in the city. The others are ST..
at liberty, although men are detained
at Denison. Ohio, suspected of being
jail breakers. Last night Sheriff Noor
hees went in to lock up the prisoners
He had locked up five when he was
seized by two still at large in the cor
ridor, pinioned and showed into a cell.
The sheriffs keys and 500 were taken
frcln his pockets, the other cells vn-
locked and all prisoners liberated. one
of them under reformatory sentence re-
fused TO leave the Jail. The others
scattered and most of them are be-
lieved TO have fed into the West Vir-
ginia mountains. All the deputy sheriifs
and the entire Steubenville police force
are searching for the fugitives.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
WANT RAILWAY
ON TURNPIKE
Brandywine Grange Discusses
Proposed West Chester
Line
THEN HAD HARVEST FEAST

Brandywlne hundred grangess want
the line of railway or the West Chess
ter and Wilmington Electric Company
TO so up Concord like instead OF run
ming the line 500 feet back OF TIE pike.
At the meeting of Brandywine Grange,
Patrons OF Husbandry. at Talleyvillo.
last night need of having the line run
up Concord Pike was strongly express
ed, and as the meeting was the larg-
est held by the Grange, it is said. with
in seven or eight years. the demand
was more than ordinarily significant
The grangers declare that If tho COM
yany does not run the line up the pike
they Will petition that they be given a
pubic roadway along the tracks of the
railway No definite action was taken
on the matter last but Il will he at a
future meeting. The turnpike is con-
trOlied by the Interstate Railways Conn
pany.
The comforting Of the thirl and
euuI th degrees on seven candidates
brought out the more than usually
la~ge attendance. After the degrees
had been conferred with all due cere-
mony. the event Of the evening, "the
hars est FEAST took place. Harvest
FEAST is the farmers term Tor what
the city man would call a Spread
but there is a wide difference between
the two. the farmers conception OF a
spread being somewhat moro eiah-
crate than his city cousins. Every
thing good TO eat was served and eaten
with the gusto that only stout grangers
coming from the fresh open meadows
knUw. There was ice cream, home-
made cake Of all kinds. homemade
pies that had the Connecticut product
beaten "all hollow" and many other
things that go well with a summer
evening. A musical and literary pro-
gram served TO encourage digestion.
Owing 20 the meeting of Pomona
Grange. at Mermaid. BrandSwina
Grange win not meet next week.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
THAW INCURABLE
SAYS DOCTOR

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
ALBANY, n. Y, May 29.-Harry
Thaw will be returned TO the Mattea-
wan state hospital and will not be
transferred to some State hospital. DIR
Albert Ferris. chairman of the State
lunacy said today. The State Com
mission has supervision over the State
hospital and the criminal insane and
only through its consent can such a
transfer as is proposed by Thaw's
counsel be made.
DR.. Ferris believes that Thaw's case
is incurable and there is no telling
when he may have an outbreak. There
fore, he believes II is safer for the pub
lie that he be confined to an institu-
tion where there is no shance OF escape.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
LIGHTBOURNE
CASE UP AGAIN
General Conference Com
mittee Says Nothing to
Appeal On
THIS ENDS THE CASE

DOVER, May 29.-The Methodists Of
Dover were again stirred up today
when it became generally known thai
a fresh and unexpected attack had been
made on their pastor, DR.. A w. Light
bourne, this one before the General
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in session at Baltimore, and
like the preceding attacks, it had
failed.
Dr. Lightbourne was summoned to
Baltimore early in the week by Bishop
elect Charles w. Smith, to appear be
fore Dr. Smiths Judiciary Committee.
DF Llghtboume was called be-
fore the committee on Monday night
Meantime the committee had accepted
the resignation of Bishop elect Smith
AID had chosen to sue .cnd him as
chairman a learned lawyer. Henry
Wade Rogers of the Yale University
Law School.
Pastor Lightbourne was confronted
before the committee by r. II. Cantwell
of Bozman, Secretary William A. Wise
of the Wilmington Conference, pre-
sented the evidence taken at the tria
of Dr. Lightbourne last March in Will
mington.
Chairman Rogers asked Cantwel
whom he represented and he replied
Il represent DR.. Watt and the minis
terial delegation" The ministerial dele
cation i'm the General Conference is
composed of Presiding Elders S. NJ
Morgan. w. G. Rooms, Adam Stengit
and A. S. Mowbray.
The daily journal of the General Con-
ference last evening contained the fol
lowing complete finding which is ina
Ia the case and from which there i:
now no appeal:
your committee on judiciary. hav'
ing carefully considered the petition
Of several mc0lters of the Wilmington
Annual Conference, asking for deci
sions in certain matters of law relating
TO the Standing of A. w. Lightbourne
a member OF the said conference, re
port as follows:
~rhe rctition above mentioned ask
for rulings on certain questions OF Law
suggested to the petitioners by reason
Of the judicial proceedings in the salt
conference. but which questions, in s.
far as papers submitted to us show
were not ruled upon in such proceed
ings, and the said petition has no ap
pellate features whatever. For tn
above reasons, in our oSi non, there i
no warrant for action by this confer
cnce.
tsigned) Henry Wade Rogers.
"Chairm All
Harry c. Perkins,
"s.,..retarvi
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
MAY ASK COURT TO
END LIQUOR SALE

LEWES, May 29.-To have $500
worth of whisky and liquors on hand
in a dry county where il is ag3insi
the law to sell il is the plight of r. O.
TauEmany. trustee f5r a bankrupt hotel
keeper. William Ncasey. Veasey. who
kept a hote, in LcweG under license
rule. failed when the place went dry.
he bankrupt sale must take place
in the former place Of business, goods
cannot be moved nom place tc place,
and, although the creditors are anxious
for their money none wish to take
the risk of selling in Lower Delaware.
Tanmany intends asking the Court for
permission TO move the whisky 20 Will
nington, where he can sell II.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
SHOT in
MARYLAND FEUD
Brother of Former Victim
Shoots Midnight PrOwIer
About His Home

POCOMOKE CITY, Nd. May 29.-An-
other man has been shot az Pitts Creek,
about fve miles nm here the scene of
tho shooting ARRAY OF last week. IN
which Charles w Brlttingham and his
brother. Edward j., were shot by J. H.
Parks and his son. and which resulted
IN Charles w. Brlttingham's death The
I 'lncipals In the latest shooting are Grover
nrlttinEham. a brother OF the victims Of
the two Parks men, and a man named
John Eberson
Wednesday night. about sunset. the
widow of Charles w BrittinEham, was
badly frightened by Eberson coming to
the house and acting in suspicious man.
ner. Her 16-year-old son, Arthur. ordered
him away, but about 3 O'Clock yesterday
morning Mrs. Brittingham found that Eb
etson had returned and was endeavoring
10 gain an entrance to the house. He was
ordered away with the threat that x he
didn't leave young Brittingham would
shoot him.
After the man departed the boy went
to the adjoining farm and aroused mis-
uncle, Grover They harnessed a horse
20 70 for someone else to assist in search
ing for the man. and on their way out
from the Brttingham home met the man
again.
Grover Brittingham alighted and ca'.ed
out saying: "who are your There was
no response. and he repeated the quos-
tion. sull the man was silent. Brittlng-
ham covered him with his gun, command
ins Hands up! The only response was
-
Prittingham threatened to shoot. Then
Erlttingham fred into the air as a warm
ing. The man made a determined dive for
HIM, and Brittingham shot him.
Erittingham was arraigned before Jus
tice Quinn and waived a hearing. being
released on bail.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
odd Eelloms at Church.

BY invitation the members OF BrandY-
wine Lodge, No. IS l. o. o. F., Will at
tend worship on Sunday morning at the
Goodman Methodist Episcopal Church.
They will meet at their hall Seventeenth
and woodlawn avenue at $50 o'clock. 1t
is hoped there will be a large number OF
the members on hand and they invite any
of the members of the order to worship
with them on that occasion.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
Insneoied semer svnIern.

a party of Wilmington officials went
TO Baltimore on " ednesday TO inspect
the new system of sanitary sewers in
stalled in that city, which are atract-
ing much attcntion throush0u the
Those IN the party were
Chief Engineer Theodore A. Leisen,
Assistant Engineer Kienle, Sewer Engi-
neer Alexander NJ. Taylor. Assistant
Sewer Engineer Harry Mater and City
Cuuncilnan Matthew Kyle.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
SMELL INSANE
WILL UPSET

BY United. Press Leased Special Wire.
CLINTON, Ills, May 29.-The jury
in the Smell will case, early returned a
verdict setting aside the will OF Col.
Thomas Smell, the eccentric nlillion-
aire, who had cut off his son Richard
with a mere pittance.
The jury held that Smell was insane
when he made the will Richard Smell
becomes heir to half the estate valued
at $4,000, 900; the other half going
to the children of Thornton Smell.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
To Entertain Mr.. and Mrs. Henry.

The Rev and Mrs. II. Ashton Henry
will arrive in this city this evenins
from Palm Beach. Florida, to remain
one week. They will be the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Salisbury until
Monday and afterward by DIR. and Mrs
j. A. Ellegood Mr.. Henry will assist
in the services in Trinity Church. on
Sunday Mr. Henry has been preach
ing at Palm Beach during the wint,r
and will spend the summer at Sara
toga Springs. New York.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
WlII Hold Inauests TonIahr.

Coroner Galloway VIII hold several
iacuests this evening and among them
viii be the case OF the two coiored boys
who were killed last Sunday at The
Hedld street crossing of the f., T.. and
". Railroad. when they juTaped from
a carriage in front OF a train. Another
will pe that of the cOlored man. who
was crushed to death by the elevator
in L. S. r. Butler store.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
PERMIT FOR TWO - -'-''-'-'
MORE NEW HOUSES

Building Inspector Johnson issued a
permit to Alfred Downward to-day to
build two dwellings for J. Warren vod-
der at rwenty-first and Madison streets,
costing $1,000 each.
Permits were also granted to Jesse
Z. Talley to make alterations for the
Empire Manufacturing Company in
Twenty-sixth street, between Tatnall and
West streets costing $3.50 and to Stephen
Fardee for Charles c. Loeber alterations
at Nos. 5l7 and 5i9 Jefferson street to cost
$1,000.
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
ALLOWS
FIVE MORE POLICE

BY allowing the Board Of Police Commits
sioners an additional 5000 on the appro-
priation for police, for the coming fiscal
year. Council has made It possible 70 in
crease the force by fve men. rhoush more
men ere really needed. the addition OF
FIVE men will go far toward giving the
citizens better pelice pretecten-
Evening journal., 1908-05-29
TOWNSEND THIEVES
ARE STILL ACTIVE

Thieves still continue to prowl
around Townsend Last night an at
tempt was made to break into the
creamery Of w. c. Money, but the rob-
bers were frightened Off
For several weeks past the town has
employed extra night watchmen, but
so far no arrests have been made.
Still the thieves appear to be ac active
as ever, and the people are wondering
when the depredations will cease.