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Evening journal., 1909-07-26
ACCUSE SEAFORD NEGRO
AS A HIGHWAYMAN

sEAFoRD. Del. July 26-William NJ.
Jefferson. colored, was arrested Saturday
afternoon near the outskirts Of town by
Constable steen and taken before Mag
strate stengle John J. Perry, a manu-
facturor. was summoned TO the court
and after careful observation stated that
jefferson Is the negro who attempted to
hold him up near tho Pennsylvania Rail-
road station early last Monday morning
jefferson denied the charges and said
he could produce several negroes who
woull swear that he was In Dover at the
time tho hold-up occurred Magistrate
stengle had the prisoner locked up tC
await an investigation.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
.SPENCE'S TERM
ENDS TOMORROW

Tho term Of BENJAMIN J.. Spence, for
mer city auditor, who was sentenced to
one year Imprisonment at the workhouse
for embezzllng city money, will expire
tomorrow He was committed to the work
house on September %. 1905 and for good
behavior two months were taken OF his
term. Tomorrow Spence VIII take an affi-
davit to the effect that he is unable to pay
the fine imposed upon him and the paper
will be sent to the court. Upon its re-
turn which viii be within a day or two
he will be released.
In less than a month, Horace G. Ret
tew, former county treasurer. who has
served nearly two years for embezzline
county funls will be released.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
FARMER GATHER
HAY ON SUND AY

Passengers on a Kennett Square car
approaching Brandywine Springs yester-
day afternoon were surprised to sec a
farmer south Of Hockessin at work in
his hay field He was on hay rake and
had raked up about five acres OF hay into
rows.
A young farmer who boarded the car
.at Hockessin said the mas belonged to
the Seventh Day Adventists. These peo.
pie no not work on Saturday and that
is the reason more farmers come to the
King and Madison street market on We'd
nesday than on Saturday
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
GOOD OUTLOOK
FOR BUILDING

Pierson and Connell, architects said to-
day that the prospects for building are
very good Many persons are having plans
prepared and the fall season will be a
busy one.
Bids are being received by these archi-
tects for three-story store and dwelling
at No. s05 Market street. Under plans pre-
pared by Pierson and Connell the store
property at No. 207 Market street, owned
by II. S. Dure will be remodeled.
The same architects are preparing pans
for ten-room residence for Samuel II.
Baynard to be built in the Boulevard The
dwelling will be modern in every way and
will be built Of brick and stone.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
HEAVY FINE FOR
&c KE" SELLERS

One hundred dollars and costs each was
the fine imposed by city Court Judge
Cochran this morning ON Lottie Douglass
and Henry Floyd, both colored, charged
with having sold cocaine on Saturday
night The prosecutions witness was VII
liam Gray. colored, who Identified quanti-
ties Of the drug which he had purchased
from the couple on Saturday night al
Johnson's Flats.
Lottie Douglass denied Gray's testimony
and declared that Floyd alone was guilty
Floyd asserted that the charge had beer
trumped up by George in revenge foi
some fancied offense.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
NEIGHBORS' QUARREL
GETS INTO COURT

Neghborly difficulties resulted in tho
appearance of Harry Lind in City
Court this morning as the defendant
and Of Hery II. Thorpe as the COM
plainant in a charge Of assault and
battery. It seems that Lind took
offense at a remark made by Thorpe
about someone moving away and pro-
tested. Thorpe. Lind said called his
his sister a "lia." and Lind says he
pushed him away. Thorpe and mis-
wife said Lind struck him twice The
charge was held up against Lind.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
ALLEGED SPEAKEASIES
RAIDED At DOVER

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, July 26.-A roundup OF
alleged spcalcasies particularly the walk
ing variety. was made last night by Con-
stable w 5. ii. Davis, assisted by Deputy
Sheriff Henry wheatley The hearing Of
Littleton Barker and others who we're
gathered in the net is set for to-moTrow'
upon the return of Deputy Attorney-Gen-
eral w. Watson Harrington. The deputy
attorney general himself, swore out the
warrants. In nearly all spealS-easy cases.
now. the liquor is captured and held as
exhibits in the evidence.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
POLICE READY TO
SERVE CIRCULARS
Will Distribute Notices Warn
in9 Public About Waste
Paper Nuisance

The police will serve circulars to-
morrow but will be careful not 70 vio-
late the city ordinance preventing the
throwing of waste paper in the streets
In fact the circulars bear on the sub
ject OF waste paper. The 'coppers'
will begin the work Of distributing the
circulars tomorrow morning. They
will ring doorbells and knock at the
doors of houses. and will hand the cir
cular TO the person opening the door
The circular reads
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
SEAFORD MAN
DIED NEAR HOME

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
. sEAFoRD, Del, July 26.-William O'Day
aged about fifty years, was found dead
near the front gate OF his home early yes
terday morning The funeral will take
place on Tuesday afternoon He is sur
vived by a widow and four children.
The coroner's jury In O'Days case de-
cided that alcohol caused his death. A
bottle Of whiskey was found near him and
il will be analyzed to learn whether it
was "doped''
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
PLEA FOR SATURDAY
CLOSING OF STORES

strong plea for the closing Of the
stores on Saturday afternoons was made
by the Rev. W. e. Greenfield I'm the course
Of a sermon on "rhe Lunch Basket in
silvorbrOok NJ T.. Church yesterday
morning. He said that n the store clerks
were allowed to be off on Saturday af-
ternoons and evenings so that they could
take their lunch baskets and get into the
woods or for rides on the river, they
would then be more liable 20 attend
church services on Sunday. He favored
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
SAYS HIS WIFE HIT
HIM WITH WHISTLE

The charge Of wife beating against Geo.
W. Sparks. colored. was dism'ssed by city
Court Judge Cochran this morning when
he learned from Sparks wife Elizabeth
that she had hit him first with bis
whistle made cut Of tree limb
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
NOTICE

Throwing waste paper and other
refuse on the streets, sidewalks,
lanes, alleys, or elsewhere within
the city limits, is a violation Of the
ordinances Of the city, and is strict
ly forbidden. Policemen are in
strueted 70 use due diligence and
arrest any and all persons violating
the low in this respect. The opening
. or disturbing Of any bundles Of
paper or other refuse placed on ash
= cans or other receptacles for re-
. movaI must be prohibited.
. BY Order Of the Police Department.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26

ing the store owners TO agree 20 close.
He said he was willing TO do his shopping
before Saturday noon.
lie commended the Wilmington City
Railway Company FOR raising the wages
OF the employees and wondered which
would get the most pleasure from the
raise the officials who ordered the raise,
or the men. He Is OF the opinion that
more notice should be taken OF the good
and kind acts Of corporations and em-
ploycrs.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
Governor PenneWiH Goes
To Look After Potato Crop

The Governor has conhded to a few
friends that he expects to make an
exhibit OF tubers at the New Castle
County Fair in Wilmington will prove
that Sussex is the champion potato
patch OF the world.
The Governor has a farm of several
hundred acres about Greenwood that
is regarded as one Of the best in the
State. and the Governor supervises Il
personally.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
Services at the cedars.

The Rev. John y. Blake, pastor Of
Red Clay Presbyterian Church. preach
ed last evening TO a large congrega-
tion i'm the Cedars church. The Sun
day school is growing steadily under
the superintendency Of William Nc
Cormick.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
Boat Upsets. Four Drown.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
BILLINGS. Mont. July 26.-Through
the capsizing of a row boat in which
they were enjoying a ride, Alderman
John Staffel of this city, Press c. West.
aged 16, Minnie Waggoner, aged lS'
and an unknown child were drowned
in the Yellowstone river late yester-
day.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-The indi-
cations are that the area Of unsettled
weather and showers will spread east
wardly from the Mississippi Valley to
the Eastern and Southeastern States
during tonight and Tuesday. The tenn
perature will be somewhat higher in
the Middle Atlantic States, and West
Virginia tonight.
Forecast till 8 p. m. Tuesday:
For Delaware-lnereasins cloudiness
tonight followed by unsettled weather
and probably showers Tuesday; slight
ly warmer tonight light variable winds,
becoming southerly.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26

It is a secret mission that called
Governor Pennewill from Camp Watson
back to his Sussex farm today, hut
somehow the secert has leaked out. The
Governor went back TO arrange for har-
Vesting his potato crop.
He harvests II by machinery. too, and
has mechanical potato digger that
1proots the potatoes and keeps an army
OF men busy picking up the "spuds'
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
BULLETS IN HIM, RECEIVERS.

SEAFORD, July 26.-"BOss" Walker,
negro who was shot and thought
fatally injured by a negro known as
Texas" is recovering rapidly, despite
the fact that physicians have been un-
able to locate either Of the three bull
let's that entered his back below the
shoulder.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
New Typswriter Eor cIerks.

The clerks in the office Of the Clerk
OF the Peace are wearing smiles be-
cause they have new typewriter The
old one which has been pounded for
six years has become worthless and
the new one is on trial.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
To Award Road Contracts.

Bids will be opened tomorrow by the
Levy Court for building the piece Of
road from the Cedars to Cooper's Cross
Roads. II is probable that the con-
tract for the Blackbird hundred road
and the road leading west from Chris
tiana will be awarded.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
Y. N. c. A. Boys Home From Camp.

The twenty-five Y. NJ. c. A. boys who
had been camping near Pennsville. n.
j., arrived home today. Professor
Schatzel of the Y. M. c. A, visited the
camp yesterday and found the young
men in perfect health. brown as ber-
ries and much improved by the outing.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
Warner company's Dividends.

The Charles Warner Company has
declared a quarterly dividend OF one
and three quarter per cent. on the pre-
ferred stock, and a dividend of one
per cent. ON the common stock.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
Work on New suiIdino.

ing, No. S26 Market street was laid
today. The front of the building wiz
be OF enamel white brick with stone
and copper trimmings.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26
To.NIeHTs BAND CONCERT.

The band concert this evening
will be given in Eden Park.
Tomorrow evening the concert
will be in the North 5rsndywine
Park.
Evening journal., 1909-07-26

Tell The Public where TO
find you-fhey'H do the resi-.
Advertise.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-01
PERSONAL.

Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller is suffer
ing from a cold. at her home in Cleve-
land. Her physician says it is not
serious.
Friends Of DR.. Cook anticipate a
bitter attack on his record and the ex-
plorer has sent for Edward Burrill,
at Hamilton, Mont, his guide in the
ascent of Mount Mckinley. to come
to New York at once.
Lee McClurg, the treasurer of Yale
university, has been selected by Pres
ident Taft to succeed Charles H..
Treat as treasurer of the United
States
nj. F. Ryan of Kansas City was
elected grand chief of the Brotherhood
of Railway Carmen of America at At
lanta, Ga. Frank Paquin OF Chicago
was elected first vice-president.
Until the question OF the north pole
has been decided Commander Robert E.
Peary will accept no public honors or
invitations to receptions. He will
reach his home on Eagle island Fri
day.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-01
WIRELETS.

Railroad traffic officers assert that
tourist travel from the west to the
Atlantic seaboard was increased from
% to so per cent this summer by the
granting for the first time of reduced
summer tourist rates.
Millions of dollars worth of valu-
able paintings are being bought
abroad by millionaires for free entry
under the new tariff law. One Phila-
delphio millionaire recently imported
100000 worth OF pictures.
Gov. johnson left no will, hut II is
understood II was his wish that his
entire estate be turned over to Mrs
Johnson II is estimated that the
value of the estate will not exceed
$4,000.
A. Milton Musser. 70 years old. as
sistant historian OF the Mormon
church and one OF the pioneers Of
Utah, died last week. Mt. Musser
had four wives and was the father
OF 35 children.
The Spanish general In charge of
The operations against the Riff Moors
says the main body of the enemy is
uing for Deace
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-01
THE C0OK-PEARY
SCRAP WARNS Up
WHITNEY coRRosoRATEs THE
STORY TOLD BY COOK
OF DISCOVERY.
PEARY STILL DENIES 1T
Says Whitney Docs Not Play Any
Part Whatever In the Controversy
as to the Doctors Claim.

Harry whitney, OF New Haven, who
was with DIR. Frederick A. Cook at
Annootok and to whom DR.. Cook Is
said to have given a detailed account
of his trip to the Pole, has sent a
wireless message from Indian Harbor,
Labrador, in answer to the question:
did Cook reach the Pole?" saying:
IT have no reason to doubt Cooks
statement" He was told by DR.. Cook
at Etah that he had reached the Pole,
Whitney telegraphed DR.. Cook from
Strathcona, via Indian Harbor and
Cape Ray. N. F.:
Started for home Roosevelt Moth
ing arrived for me. Peary would al
low nothing belonging to you en-
board. Forced TO leave everything in
cache at Etah"
Questioned as to the effect Of the
loss, Dr. Cook said:
1T may be that the instruments
will arrive this year after ALL and as
for the records and observations,
their nop-arrival here makes no differ.
ence whatever, as | have complete
duplicates, so that there will be no
delay In compiling my story with all
its details"
Harry Whitney does not play any
part, one way or another, In my evil
dence regarding DIR. Cooks claim of
first reaching the Pole" said Com
mander Peary to q score Of nswspa-
per men at his summer homo In
Maine. He said that he was unable
TO say In what way Whitney Is con-
neoted with the controversy.
whitney, he said. was with him on
the Roosevelt from Aug. II TO "a, but
never told him that DR.. Cook. had dis
covered the Pole. nor did he know
that any one on the Roosevelt heard
II until he received a message from
the Associated Press.
I Continuing, Commander Peary said:
Il have absolutely no intention to
mako statement previous TO my in
terview with Gen. Hubbard at Bar
Harbor unless there is a change of
plans 70 suit Gen. Hubbard Having
turned over certain papers to him.
the whole matter IL now In his hands
These papers bear almost entirely on
the main proposition, which is, Has
Cook been to the Pole?'
Il feel the utmost reliance In Gen.
IHubbard's judgment" he added.
Gould DR.. Cook have reached the
Pole II he had had your equipment?"
lwas asked.
Yes" replied Commander Peary,
II he had known what my sledgs was
and had had 20 years experience In
the Arctic. but not otherwise"
Tho bringing OF the Morris X. Je-
sup sledge to its state OF perfection,
he said. was the result of experience
gained on every expedition, as changes
were made after every trip"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-01
New York's Great pay.

The great parade of shipping on the
Hudson river Saturday, a gorgeous
pageant, which was the central idea
OF the Hudson-Fulton celebration was
almost beyond description. The vast
illuminations it Is estimated were
viewed by FIVE millions Of people. The
ships of the merchant marine. and those
from the worlds great navies with
fac SMILES Of Henry Hudson's vessel
and Fulton's first steamboat formed
picture never to be forgotten. 1t
was great historic observance for
oven the great city Of New York.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-01
sHoNTs DENIES.
The Husband says He Has a Very
Strong Case.

The Husband Says He Has a Very
Strong Case.
THE whole thing Is a very great
surprise to me-" said Theodore p.
Shonts. discussing the $1,000 alien
alton suit of Frederick p. Hipsh.
II met Mrs. Hipsh only once. That
was In 1907 at Narragansett Pier.
where she was a guest of Mrs. HaTTf-
son b. Moore, Jr.. at a house party.
have not seen her since. and can
say frankly that l wouldn't know her
IL did see her.
Il simply was presented to her
among many others. | have a faint
impression of her She was, think.
stylish and fairly good looking. Mr.
opinion is that upon her return she
had difficulty with her husband and
he selected my name as one which
she mentioned when telling him of
persons she had met at the house
party
Hipsh. however, Is most positive In
his assertions. It was none other
than the railroad man, he asserts
vehemently, who won his wife away
from him, although in his interview
he did not give any strong substantl-
atory testimony.
Il could not be mistaken" he said.
ut will be shown in court that l am
right. Until my wife met Mr.. Shonts
and II is admitted that she did
meet him at house party at Maria
gansett Pier-she was a loving, con-
tented woman.
Mistaken identity nothing!" he
exclaimed, clenching his fists. 'Tll
show you how much a case of mis-
taken identity this is.
My wife was, as you have heard,
my stenographer. She was, and still
is, beautiful. | was SO much in love
with her when l realized in 1904 that
she was more than a stenographsr
TO me that l even changed the faith
of my father to marry her. was a
Jew and she was a Catholic. We
were married. at her wish. in the
church of the Paulist Fathers. / took
her out of life of hard work and
placed her In new world of leisure
and luxury"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-01
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN 6RIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
TOUR OF THE PRESIDENT.

President Taft preached a sermon
on amity between the people at the
Mormon tabernacle. Salt Lake City,
TO large audience who cheered him
most enthusiastically.
President Taft reviewed the troops
at Fort Douglas during his stay at
Salt Lake City, and was the guest
of the Commercial and Alta clubs and
the Yale Alumni association.
President Taft in speech at Den
yer Tuesday declared that the corpora
ton tax, passed as part OF the Payne
tariff bill, was far better than an in
come tax and urged all states to
adopt IT,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-01

Fire at Beaverton Thursday de-
stroyed Powell's hardware store,
Mann's saloon, Mrs. Deane's notion
store, the postofiice building and
three unoccupied stores, entailing a
loss Of $4,000, partially insured.
The town was shaken by a dyna-
mite explosion in the hardware store
during the fire. Farmer Geo. Nc
Graw is believed to have had his
back broken by the explosion.
The second bad fire to visit the
business section within "a hours start
ed shortly after midnight Friday, and
did $4,000 damage before it was got
ten under control. The Pere Mar
quette railroad depot, the general
store OF L. z. White and the Ross
Bros store were destroyed, while the
building in which the telephone ex-
change IL located was badly damaged.
II Is supposed that some lingering
Goals from the first fire may have
started the second.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-01
Sickness in Refugee Camp.

Sickness Is beginning to appear in
some Of the camps where thousands
of homeless sufferers from the recent
gale are being cared for In Louisiana,
and a health bureau has been organ.
lied in Terrebonne parish to guard
against an epidemic.
Tales of hardship continue to come
in. One woman clung for "a hours to
a raft on which the body of her
husband lay. A family of seven ap-
peared at Houma late yesterday, none
OF whom had tasted food for four
days. In Grand Gallon. floating on
a bit Of plank, was found a nine
months-old baby, alive after three
days without food
In Little Gallon, Chaisson Armo-
gene, resident of that section. found
an eightmonths-old baby tied to a
tangled mass OF debris.
Charvil Dupre swan three miles
pushing a heavy plank TO which his
wife and three children chung. Olin
and Clodo Maquin chung for more than
a day to floating log.
Over the devastated fields, strewn
with carcasses of animals and human
bodies, focks of vultures are hover
ing.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-01
Tried In Silence.

The most remarkable court trial In
the Ann Arbor court records wss
held Thursday when George Fletcher
came up before Judge Richie on a
charge of stabbing Chas. Weinkopi
during quarrel on the street 10 days
ago
Fletcher Is deaf mute So IL
Weinkopf, whose home is in Wayne.
Fletcher was defended by deaf mute
attorney imported from Chicago for
the occasion. The principal witness
for the prosecution was Louis Smith,
OF Denver. Col, the travelling repre-
sentative OF newspaper published
by and for deaf and dumb folk. and
himself deaf mute. He CHANGED to
be passing at the time of the stab
bling, and as he showed no disposition
TO remain for the hearing he was
held by the police as a witness.
The court room was crowded with
excited members of the local deaf and
dumb colony, and during the entire
hearing, which was filled with inter
est for the people concerned, there
was hardly the sound OF a spoken
word
At the close of the hearing, Fetch
er was bound over to the circuit court
In bonds of $1,000. He produced a
couple of mutes as bondsmen, and
was released.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-10-01
DYNAM|TED THE
STRONG BOX
vEoeMEN PLUMBER TIVE RIVER
ROUGE PosToFFlcE AND
ESCAPE.
A SILENT COURT TRIAL.
Got Away With $3.50 w casb-Mutes
Before the court-Ths Village Of
Wexford Destroyed.

River Rouge villagers were terror
lied by three postofflce robbers. early
Thursday morning. The safe was
blown open and the explosion was
heard for several blocks around
Frightened by the holiness of the
robbers, the awakened villagers hest
tated to leave their doors to go In pur-
suit OF the safe crackers. The rail-
road employees. fearing the robbers
would attempt to crack the station
safe, gathered around the building to
ward off an attack, but the robbers
left Immediately with the postoffice
loot, which was 5000 in cash, $50 in
stamps and all the postofice books.
This latter fact puzzles the authori-
ties.
Although the safe was cracked
about 2 o'clock in the morning, Il was
after o'clock before the sheriff's Of
fice was notified Sheriff's officers and
Postmaster Maynard followed foot
prints of three men from the post
office building, through fields and
down the road almost TO the village OF
lakewood, where the trail was lost
About two blocks from the postofflce
the officers found 60 cents in the mud
the robbers evidently having stopped
to count the loot.
Three pickaxes and an ordinary ak
were found at the rear OF the build
Ing, having been used to force the
back door OF the Office. The safe was
dynamited and is a complete wreck,
but the building was not badly dam
aged.