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Evening journal., 1909-02-11
WARM WELCOME FOR
TAFT AT NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 11-President-
elect Taft and his party were trans
ferred from the cruisers North Carolina
and Montana to tho lighthouse tender
Magnolia and at 8 a. m. today were
taken 10 the scout cruiser Birmingham,
on which they viii be brought here,
arriving at p. m.
The streets are swarming with peo-
pie eager to see Taft Two thousand
men. members of military and civic
organizations. viii be in the line OF
march and will meet the Taft party
at the landing They win march
through the principal streets to the
city hall where Mayor Behrman will de-
liver an address of welcome.
Taft will then be taken 10 his hotel
10 rest until he is driven 10 the Carni-
val Ball Of the Elves Of Oberon, at Q
o'clock.
Frank IT, Hitchcock is expected to-
day accompanied by +. W. Upham, Of
Chicago. Colonel Goethals is a mem
Der Of the Taft party.
synopsis of the entertainment was
submitted TO Taft by wireless and he
reptile dthat he was in the hands Of
the reception committee.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
DEATH FOR FIRST
DEGREE MURDER
Continued From Flrst Page.

ginia Railroad Company, additional tax
on express companies, Wholesale liquor
tax measure. increasing the taxes of the
Wilmington and Northern Railroad Com
pany providing a collateral Inheritance
and succession tax. ali bills being intended
TO carry out recommendation of the
Revenue and Taxation Commission.
BY Representative Janvier, providing
that moneys appropriated by the State
shalA remain in the treasury until drawn
on by>warrants by tho persons. depart
ments or institutions 10 which they were
appropriated.
BY Representative Reeves, approprlating
1924 to Isaac Clark Othoson for cremating
cattle that died OF anthrax
BY Representative Reeves, increasing
the number of notaries public 70 be named
by tho Governor from IS TO so.
BY Representative Bradford, authoriz-
ing an additional constable for New Cas-
tie county.
Lobbyist Bill Passes,
Should the bill requiring lobbyists TO
register. go through the Senate like it did
the House yesterday afternoon, it will
have easy sailing But It probably will
run up against a snag IN the Senate. Rep
resentative Connolly introduced the bill
II requires all persons appearing for hire
before the Legislature or any of its COM
mittees to register in the office of the
Secretary Of state, and the secretary is
10 furnish the Legislature weekly with a
list Of men so registered. The penalty for
any hired lobbyist falling TO register IS
fine of from 500 to $1,000. Representatives
Grub. Townsend Jester and Hazel voted
against the bill, and all the remainder
voted for Il.
Pension For Police Mstrons.
The House also passed the House bill
enabling the police matrons of Whining
ton TO participate in the police pension
fund. Representatives WEIGH and Con-
nelly spoke in behalf Of the bill, and
Chief Of Police George Black of Whining
ton was given the privilege of the floor
and said It was the desire of the Police
Commissioners and the department in
general that the bill should be passed.
Representative Hopkins introduced his
bill to provide a tax Of $500 upon bands
Of gypsies passing through the State.
Representative Bradford yesterday az
ternoon offered a resolution providing that
all bills reported unfavorably TO the House
be removed from the calendar without be-
ing voted upon. Several members thought
that all measures should be left on the
calendar to be called up for final action
should the member fathering the bill de-
sire it, and Mr.. Bradford withdrew the
resolution.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
Eveninq Social.

An evening social was given by Miss
Margaret Grant. Wednesday evening,
February 10. at her home. 1902 Apple
street TO her friends. Those present
were Miss Mary mckinley. Beatrice
Podolsky. Agnes Fahey. The Misses
Ethel and Elizabeth MacClintock Helen
Cannon, The Misses Moilie and Reba
Shapero. Marguerite Hayes, Florence
Luff. Anna Cohen. Elizabeth Sester-
henn. Mary Slower. Fannie Collision
Minnie Derry and Lottie Wells. Musi-
cal and vocal selections were rendered
which were followed by a late supper
Evening journal., 1909-02-11

great American with an open camp
fire at which war "reminiscences will be
repeated again. The Ladies' Auxiliary
will Join in making the celebration a
success.
At Dover the State Legislature will
hear eulogies of Lincoln, and at Sea-
ford a public observance will be held.
A Lincoln Day service will be held
in First Church of Christ, scientist.
Park Place and Van Buren, street. at
IL o'clock tomorrow morning. The
subject will be Freedom" Hon. OHM
G. Gray will deliver an address appro
pirate to the occasion. The public is
cordially invited.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
TRY THIS FOR
YOUR COUGH

Mix two ounces of Glycerine with a
half ounce Of Virgin OIL Of Pine COM
pound pure and a half pint Of straight
whisky. Shake well. and take in doses
OF teaspoonful every four hours. This
mixtures possesses the healing. health
ful properties of the Pines~fand will
break a cold in twenty-four hours and
cure any cough that is durable. In
having this formula put up, be sure
that your druggist uses the genuine
Virgin OH OF Pine Compound pure,
prepared and guaranteed only by tile
Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati, 0.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
DEATHS.

Andrew j. Dougherty.
Edward Hinsworth.
Robert McFarlin.
William c. Mssr.
Martha Merritt.
Joseph p. Bander.
Sadie J. Bloekson.
Samuel r. Ball.
BANDER-In this city, on February
10th. Joseph P. Bander, aged So
years.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral at his late resi-
dence, No 921 Market street, Thurs
day evening, February 18th. at $50.
Interment Phillipsburg, n. J.
BALL--In New York city on Febru-
airy 9th. at his late residence, S31
West one Hundred and First street,
Samuel r. Ball.
Funeral services in First Baptist
Church, New York City, Thursday.
D. m. Interment in Wilmington and
Brandywine Cemetery, Friday Las
p. M
BLocKsoM-At Newport. Del, on
February 9Th. 1909 Sadid J., beloved
wife Of William Blocksom, aged 20
years.
Relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral on Sunday after
noon, February 14th. Services at her
late residence. Newport. Del, at
o'clock. Interment st. James Gene
terry Newport, Del.
DOUGHERTY--In Philadelphia, on
February 10. 1909, Andrew J. Dough-
erty, Of this city.
Relatives and friends, and members
Of the Water Witch Fire Company, anc
members of the fire department are
invited to attend funeral services from
the undertaking parlors or {. o.
Dougherty, No. 217 West Sixth street
Requiem Mass at Cathedral. inter-
ment Cathedral Cemetery.
! HINSWORTH-At Newport. Del, on
/ y February 9th. 1909. Edward Hins-
worth. aged 20 years.
Relatives. friends and Andastaka
Tribe. No. Ia, Impd. o. r. NJ. are invit-
ID ed TO attend the funeral services at his
late residence at Newport, on Saturday
afternoon, February 18th. at O'clock
Interment at St. James Cemetery
Newport.
| McFARLlN--At his late residence
Federal Green Farm. near tarnhursl
Del. on February 9Th, 1909, Robert
NcFarlin, aged IS years and mohtn.
relatives and friends. also st. John
Lodge. No. >. A. II. and A. NJ. of New
Castle. are invited 10 attend the tun-
eral on Friday afternoon, February l2tn.
Services at his late residence Federal
Green Farm at , o'clock. lnterment
GIebe Cemetery, New Castle Del.
WEER-On the 9Th Of February, 1902
william c. Weer aged II years.
The relatives and friends Of the fam
lily are invited to attend the funeral .
on FRIDAY afternoon at 1 o'clock, from
his late residence. Brandywine Hun
dred. Del. Interment at Sloan Gene
terv carriages will meet trains at
Carpenter Station. East bound lilo
West bound 10 o'clock
MERRITT-In this city, on FEBRUARY
9th 1909 Martha, wife of the late
A ] Merritt. in his S1th year.
relatives and friends are invited to
attend the funeral services at the resi-
ldence of her son in-law, M. i. Hobbs
No. zoos Lombard street, on Thurs
dav evening. February 18th, at 1870
o'clock. Interment at Galena, Nd, on
Friday. the 18th.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
NeddIe Children Leave Hospital.

Frank and Mary Neddle, two chill
dren, living at Second and West streets
who were taken to the Delaware Hos
pital recently, suffering with pneu-
monia, have recovered and left the in
stitution today.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
Surprise Party.

Mr. and Mrs. J. s. Boldly gave a sur
prise party on Monday night at their
home. No. 7O6 West Eighth street. in
honor OF their SON S. birthday anniversary.
Among those present we're Tho Misses
T. A. Beauchamp. J. !. Beauchamp, NJ.
Sharp, r. Sharp. A. Bishop, A. Brown,
H. Brown. NJ. Stradley, NJ. Johnston, T..
Mc1ntire. j.. Morrow. T. Jacobs, M. Good
ing and Messrs W. Foulk, II. Stausebach,
]. Black. r. clark. w. Almond. e. Nc
Kay, f. Dawson. II. Parker, N. Brown
and W. S. Boldly.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
STORM DAMAGE
REACHES $4,000
Confined From First Pare

Continued From First Page.
summon the inmates of the dwellings
10 their front doors. Failing in this he
broke in the doors of all the houses
and found nearly all the occupants
in the cellars of the buildings where
they had gone for safety
The Webb family. in Linden street.
seemed TO have been singled out by
the storm. Mrs. Webb had just taken
her infant child, IN with pneumonia,
from the room in which a roof beam
fell. Katherine. the three year-old
daughter Of the couple. who was play
ing at the corner OF Linden and Broome
streets, was picked up by the WIND.
carried a block across the fields and
dropped in a pond Of mud, unframed.
The roofs from the houses. Nos. 1901
and 1927 Linden street were crushed
like paper. Mrs Marie Sandusky. who
was in the upper story Of one OF these
houses. was struck by flying debris and
her collar bone was broken.
Considerable damage was done to st.
Hedwig's Catholic Church The win
COWS in the tower were demolished;
the cornice on the back Of the roof
blown away and the roof damaged.
Surrounding Towns Suffered.
Elsmere and surrounding towns also
suffered from the storm. Even as far
as Newark was its effect felt. At that
place all COMMUNICATION with the outside
world was cut off, telephone and tele-
graph having been levelled. The Cur
tbs Paper Company's plant was dam
aged to a considerable extent. A wall
at one end of the building collapsed
and a part Of the roof was torn off.
DR.. Steel Of Newark. was caught in
the storm while driving. His horse be-
came frightened at a falling limb OF a
tree and ran away. The carriage was
upset but the physicians colored mat
managed 10 hold on 10 the horse until
they could extricate themselves from
the tangle. Neither was injured.
The lightning played in vivid flashes
while the storm hovered over the town.
STAFFORD. Del. Feb. 1.-THE violent
rain and wind storm which swept over
this section OF the country was one Of
the most destructive ever known here.
/ Manv hundreds Of fruit trees were laid
/ 10 the ground. the tide in the Nanti-
| coke River rose to such a height tina 2
the use of the bridges were impossible
here. while further down the river the
| tide was so great that travelling was
| impossible and the schools were closed.
The heavy rain swelled the waters
in the Seaford mill pond. and It is
feared that tho mill dam in Lovers
Lane" will break. II was destroyed
about two wears ago, and there was
much difficulty in having It rebuilt
Special to THE EVENING JOURANL
DELAWARE CITY. Del. Feb. 1.-THE
storm Of yesterday was unusually severe
IN this section The wind leveled the barn
ond outbuildings on the Henry Virgins
farm here and on the Newton farm. al
| 81 Georges
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
Yale Alumni 20 Dine TonIoht

The Yale Alumni Association of
Delaware will hold a dinner at the
Wilmington Country Club tonight.
There are ABOUT 80 Yale graduates in
this State. Anthony Higgins, former
United States senator, will be toast
master.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
AZ the Y. M. c. A.

Two teams of volley ball have been
formed by the Y. NJ. c. A and two
more will be organized.
The boxing class is getting along
nicely.
The First Aid to Injured Glass will
meet tonight.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
CHANDLER q Y sSSai,ns,

No. 214 w. Ninth Street
Careful attention day or nignt
Bodies In Boarding Houses. Hotais
and Hospitals removed and cared for
until claimed. Carriages furnished
Appointments frst-clsss Both Phone2
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
Dismiss charae AGAINST Bow,

William West a white boy, accused
OF trespass on a property beyond Mar
ket street bridge, was dismissed by
City Court Judge Cochran this morn
ing with a warning.
The charge Of begging against Ben
jamin Blackwell was held.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
Sale of Farm Stock.

An administrators sale Of the farm
Of the late Rebecca Nicholson on Naa-
mans Creek Road, will take place this
afternoon on the premises. Eben Y.
Talley is administrator.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
mo- Test the Fre Alarm.

A special alarm was sent in to the
fire companies at 2.S0 o'clock this after
noon for the purpose Of testing the
wires.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
Y. W. c. A. After Member.

Interest I'm the membership contest
of the Y. w. g. A. is high. Al present
the score Is. Reds. ia: White. 1S4.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11

The Junior Board OF the Homeopathic
Hospital is giving the second OF its series
of card parties at the hospital this after
noon. The ticket committee is composed
Of Miss A. Z. Purdy Miss Emily Stout
and Mrs c Miller Turner.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
Pieture Eramina Reduotions.

Bring your pictures 10 be framed this
week and we will allow you a discount
of from 10 to so per cent II cash ac-
companies order. w. Roy Fryer No.
IL East Third streets
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
Entertained Guests at Dinner.

Mr. and Mrs. William II. Bowers gave
a dinner last evening at their home
No. zoos Broome street, in honor Of
their guest, Mrs. Mahoney, Of Phil
adelphia.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
Nsw pwelIlnas Eor suburbs.

Plans for two eight-room dwellings
at Richardson Park have been prepared
by Architect Brinckle for Charles C.
Gray.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11
pr. and Mrs. Palmer Entertains.

Or ana Mrs. Palmer Entortalnss
Or and Mrs. John Palmer, Jr., enter
tanned at dinner yesterday Colonel and
Mrs Howard Winslow OF Portland, Me.
enroute from the Pacific Coast. Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Mulhatten, OF Lancaster,
Pa. also visited DIR. and Mrs. Palmer for
a weeks end stay. James Tyre, of Oak
Lane, West Philadelphia, was also a
visitor at the doctors home
Evening journal., 1909-02-11

Architect Brinckle has prepared
plans for an addition to the Home of
Merciful Rest.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11

Mrs Rambo Of No. 5is jefferson street
entertained the Fishers Union of Union
NJ. e. Church last evening. Tho occasion
was the eighth anniversary OF that or
eanization.
Evening journal., 1909-02-11

Special to THE EVENING JoURANL.
DELAWARE CITY. Del. Feb. 1.-THE
storm Of yesterday was unusually severe
IN this section. The wind leveled the barn
ond outbuildlngs on the Henry Virgins
farm here and on the Newton farm. at
ST. Georges.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
D. A. R. LEADER
IS DEFENDED
BOARD OF DIRECTORS or So
GETTY ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
-DECRY ATTACKS MADE BY
IRRESPONSIBLE PARTIES.

Washington. June THE board ef
directors Of the fratemal society Of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, at it's June meeting, attended
by delegates from Iowa. Illinois, In
diana, Michigan and other states,
unanimously adopted a resolution en-
dorsing the president general. The
resolution follows:
Whereas, from time t. time. COM
munications rejecting upon the good
name of the National Society Of the
Daughters of the American Revoiu-
tion are circulated through the press
by irresponsible parties, work. 4
great injury to the society and pis-
venting many women from joining 1t
who would otherwise become mem
bors, adding thereby to its dignity,
prestige aud rcnown:
."Resoyed. that as .onr president
general, Mrs Matthew T. Scott, has
been the target of these wilful at
tacks, we express our absolute CON
hdence In her loyalty to the eoas'i-
tuition and her ability to foreward
the highest interest OF the organiza-
tion."
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
(Concluded on Second Page.)
BAR WESTERN ATHLETES
Colorado and Leland Stanford Track
Teams Declared Professional
pefied A. A. u.

New York. June Major John J.
Dixon, chairman of the national regis
tration committee Of the amateur ati
lctic uNion today received telegram
from Bert Martin chairman of tn"
reg istration committee of the Rocky
Mountain Association stating that his
committee had declared professional
the University of Colorado track
team and the Leland Stanford Uuivar-
sity track taem. The telegram states
that the University of Colorado with
drew from the Rocky Mountain Asso-
citation and scheduled and held a
meeting on the date set for the Rocky
Mountaae Association championships
In defiance of the A. A. L. and without
sanction or registration.
The suspension cf these track
teams probably will stir w a coutro-
versy in the west Leland Stanford
track team expects to compete in the
cdr ference meet at Chicago June :.
Later in tine season the A. A 4.
championships will take place at the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition anI
the University of Colorado teams Will
he barred from competing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
TRAINING TABLES
Reinstated at Meeting Of Missouri
Valley Conference Yesterday
Other Athletic Matters.

nes Moines, Iowa, June AT Z
meeting of the executive board of the
Missouri Valley conference here to
day the training table was rcinstatcd
as result of a flaw in the proceed
ings of abolshing it last spring n
order to act upon this point at the
November session the training table
had first to be rcirstatCd,
Summer baseball was instituted at
the conference and it will receive cv
cry encouragement. In tomorrow &
track m"ct teams viii be- present from
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri Washing
ton. Amcs, Drake GriuneIl, South
Dakota and Nebraska Wesleyan
Iowa has entered its team AZ the biz
Eight meet in Chicago,
Last years records wore abolished
and every mark made tomorrow will
be conference records.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
NOTABLES HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE
AUTOMOBILE SkIDDED ON SLIP
Ferry BRIDGE AND BARELY
STOPPED AT EDGE, 100 FEET
ABOVE GROUND.

Washington. June 4-Senator Bur
kett, OF Nebraska, o. Skyback, secr2-
tary of the Norwegian legation, and
several others, mad miraculous es
cape from serious injury tonight
when an automobile in which they
were riding, sliidded while crossing
Sligo Mound, Maryland, bridge, ten
miles northwest OF this city, and was
prevented from plunging over with
its occupants by the chauffeurs pres
ence of mind and quickness in apply.
ing the brakes.
They were returning from a dinner
given by the Se' snth Day Adventists
at which they were guests. Rains
made the bridge floor slippery The
automobile slid to the edge of the
bridge which stands hundred feet
above the ground Just at the edge
the brakes stopped the machine,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
ILLINOIS S0LONS
OUT CAPITOL
LEGISLATURE FORMALLY AD
JOURNED AT 9:10 O'CLOCK
LAST EVENING.
The STATE TAX RATE
viii ProhabI. Re Sc cents-speaker
Shurtteff Refuses to Certify
Bill Creating Office of
Fire Marshal.
special to The Bulletin.

SPECIAL to The Bulletin.
Springfield, June 4.-Eoth houses
of the legislature formally adjourn d
at $40 O'Clock tonight. Speaker
Shurtleff was called to Marengo by
the ILLNESS of his daughter.
He took final rap at tn bill Great
ing the office of fire marshal which
Ee refused to certify TO Governor De
neen for apnrovai. He wrote acre IS
the back OF the bill in ink This bin
passed the house under a misapprC-
hension of many members as 10 its
contents. This bill, in effect, repeals
the magma char,a 1t provides for
the absolute confscatiCn of property,
and in establishing sccre hearing re.
enacts the Spanish inquisition. and |
therefore refuse to certify this as a
bill.n
Governor Dencen transmitted the
bill to Attorney General Stead who
gave him an opinion that the speak.
er's note and his signature served t.
sufficiently certify its proper passage
through the house Tho provisic rs
to watch Speaker Shurtlcf objects
authorizes the fire marshal or bis as-
sistants TO at all times of the day and
night enter and rsamine any buildin1
where any fire has occurred. and all
"othcr buildings and premises adj,
Joining or near the same" and giving
the fire marshal the power TO remove
any building that is considered dan
gerous to tho surrounding property.
Senate bill No, 40. relating to dis
puted handwriting being submitted
to the jury together with the nndis
puted hand writing of the person in
question, which passed boh hcus S,
is dead because the SPEAKER of the
house gave notice of a motion to re,
consider which placed the bill on the
calendar subject to the motion, which
was later carried, that all bills re
on the calendar be ordered
10 lie on the table,
The state tax rate will probably
be Sc cents, instead of so cents as the
pres mt rate. The attorney general
has been asked to give an opinion
as to whether the AK rates shall be
computed on one-fifth for tho actual
valuation as under the present law
or Cnethird as rnder the new law,
which goes into effect July /, 1909.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-06-05
THAT HE WAS RIGHT IN SAYING
GERMANY SHOWED I'M
PERTiNENCE.
CRITICISM BY GERMANS
OF Statements Made BY Americans
Before Ways and Means Com.
mittec Viii Be Shown
in Senate Today.

Washington, June "A summary
of the conents of the various memo,
riaIs of German chambers of conf
merce and Industrial establishments,
cIiticising the statements made by
the American manufacturers who ep-
neared before the ways and means
committee of the house, will be pre-
sented to the stnate tomorrow by
Chairman Aldrich of the senate
finance committeee He considers it
sufficient vindication of his action in
charging that the German manuIac-
turers had been "impertnent" in
their invasion Of the American legis-
atiye halls for the purpose Of IN
iIuencing congress in their behalf
while the tariff bill was under consid-
eration
The statement OF Aldrich having
provoked storm, an abstract Gf the
German memorials was prepared aad
the entire report ordered printe /.
The abstract is now ready and the
whole report will be printed as soon
as it can be translated from the Ger
man text,
It is coutcndcd by the members of
the house awys and means commit
tee that the request made through
the American diplomatic aud con
snlar repro resentatiyes in Germany for
facts relating to the wage scale in
the various indus rics in Germany
Was sent abroad before the hearings
on the tariff hll we're begun, Never
tholess II is shown that the desired
information WAS not gathered by the
German chambers of commerce and
snanufactureFs unlli after the hoar4
iugs given by the committee had been
published, and that the German
manufacturers made their replies H.
rectly to the statements made by The
Americans to the ways and means
committee instead of supplying the
facts concerning the wage scale.
without exception the names Of
individuals who supplied the informa-
tion to the German chambers of COM
mcrce were withheld by the German
government aud as far as the senate
finance committee is concerned all
the statements are anynomous. The
witnesses before the house commit
tee are criticised by the German
fConcluded on Second pagpl