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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

SOME FACTS \ BOUT Orr MONEY. -
The only coins of the United States
are those mintcd under the coinage
act of 1872. which, by the advice
Of Thomas jefferson. then Secretary
of State in President Washington $
Cabinet. followed decimal system.
By that act the unit and standard
of our coinage and currency was the
silver dollar, equal in value to the
Spanish millcd silver dollar. which
upon careful assay was found to con
tain Bit grains of pure silver The
silver coins authorized by the act of
1892 We're the dollar. half dollar.
quarter dollar. dime or tenth of Il
dollar and J-ccnt piece. or twentieth
of a dollar. The silver piece of 81
cents, Ur plcayune. WAS never coined
by the United State 1t is IA relic Of
the old Spanish coinage, being equiv
alent in value to one half of Il bit.
or One-SiXtecnth of Il dollar. The
price lists of dealers in rare coins at
hand do not make quotations on any
but COINS mintcd under the laws of
the United States. or pieces struck
under American u>a"r.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

TIE EARTH STILL SHAKING And
now still other earthquake horrors
come from over the sea-this time
from Africa - but so far, in such
meager detail as to leave hope of a
minimum loss of life. 1t is reported
to have happened on the 10Th ult. =,
and that several towns along the
Moroccan coast were destroyed by a
landslide that was started by the
quake. Morocco is situate on the
northwest coast of Africa. This is
probably a part of the same shake
which has been stirring up their
Spanish friends to the north OF
them. just across the straits of
Gibraltar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05
Fanatici>m versus Rpa son.

When the Republicans adopted as
a plank in their platform local OPP
ton. they if honest as they declare
they We're, meant to provide 10y law
reasonable way of aScertaining the
will OF the people on the matter of
liquor selling-not law to be SO in
geniously drawn. that it would prac-
tically result in prohibition. When
the Democrats favored in their plat
fern submission of the ycXed qucS-
t;nn 10 Constitutional amendment.
they rcliflrmrd that time honOrcd
principle that the will of the people
should rule. without the slightest idea
that it would %ravitate towards pro
hibiliOn. without some consideration
OF the property rights involved and
provision for their adjustment. The
slavery question would have been
settled long before it was as Il Sc
qucncr of the war. had it not been
for this very question. So that plank
meant likewise that r''f>on and jn>ttcc
should rule. and that was as far as
instructions from the people went.
This incontrOvcrtible statement de
fines the issue as it confrontS the Leg
iSlatul'r. and the bombaSt clap-trap
and gallery play of Billy Sunday and
his claqucrS. at the theatcr Monday
night. can have very little effect upon
sensible people. The clownish acts
of that bunch of ego are simply con-
tcmptiblr. He lives. moves and has
his being in vanity and conccit. His
language would not be tolerated by
refined people under ordinary cOndi-
tons; his geSticulation and posing is
that of harlequin. and his manners
set at defiance all rules of prOpriety
Like paddy flea he was constantly
hopping. He swaycd over the foot
lights; he pranccd on the orchestra
rail: danced on the piano: leaped with
prodigiouS strides from wing to wing
climbed the speaker stand; tore
passions to tatters: fumed. sweat and
Swore: moppcd his sweltering brow
shed his collar, tie, cuffs and vest and
as Il climax to that stunt. ended its
pcroratiOn with defiance of the
lawdefying rlmScllcr and his stink
ing whisky" with a pose and diabolic
grin intended to pcrsonify Ajax de-
Tying the Lightning After con
signing to eternal oblivion all il
lcrs. brewers. saloon keepers and
their friends, he told what he and
done for temperance, in the pose of
Sampson carrying off the gates of
GAIA, and boaStcd of what he intends
to do by Il travcSty on the arch-angel
that is supposed to sound the trump
OF Victory!
Let it not be said that the large au-
dicncc was a representative Olympia
aSSemblagc 1t was composed largely
of specially rallied visitors from Sc
attic. Tacoma. Spokane and Abcr-
decn. with u sprinklng of one-idead
g. 4 l..
1t seemed to be 4 unit. however. as it
was intended to be, revolving around
that little animated cNclamatiOn-
point, who played ball to sway by
hypnotic power such lawmakers rs
n,i"hl j." p"n>"n: that Wrr,. possibly
susceptible I" that iniiurnc, That
IL Vas not Il success WAS shown by the
side remarks of some of those present.
after the speaking was over.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

lT is now announced, upon what is
considered good authority, that Pres
ident Taft cOntemplates a clean
sweep of the present cabinet at
Washington, except it may possibly
be Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
and POStmaster-General Meyer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05
POrtlandS New Charter.

The new charter proposed for our
ncighboriny city. Portland. contains
the main features of the DeS Moincs
plan. The business management and
distribution of the powers of the
municipality are assigned to different
departments. This charter provides
for the election of a mayor and six
councilmen, by the votes at large.
The Mayor shall receive salary of
six thousand dollars. and each of
the councilmcn four thousand dollars
per annum The electors are To be-
non partisan. at least on the surface
without the designation OF any PARTY
name on the ballot. All city officials
are to be chosen by the city council.
All franchises relating 10 public
utilities must be referred to Il rcfcrcn-
dunn vote. There will be- inserted "a
provision for recall OF the Mayor and
any or all Councilmcn. a, an election
called for this purpose. Proposed
measures may be Submitted by the
council by petition OF IL percentage
of the voters to be- voted upon at Il
general or special election.
The cities and towns of Washing
ton might do we'll to follow in the
wake up of Our neighbor The icgis-
laturc is in session Il bill rmbodying
tie features of the new plan could be-
framed and adopted. giving the cleo
tors of our municipalities an Oppor-
tunity of determining whether they
desire a change from the present eX-
pcnSiyc and cumbersome system. to
one more responsive To the wishes
and interest of the inhabitants of our
growing cities and towns.
The STANDARD. from time to time
has called public attention to this
important matter. While many in
tlucntial citizens favor the change.
this far, it seems no one has made
any particular effort to have bill
prepared for obtaining Legislative
consideration of any measure with
regard to the new pan.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

THERE is a chance that after March 4
MIR. Roosevelt won't look so big, even to
the African lions.-Er,
True. And for a number of months
past the fact has been matter of
very general comment that he has
been rapidly growing smaller by
degrees and beautifully less"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

THE two worlds in which a man
lives, are Past and Future. The
Present forms the boundary line be-
tween the two.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

The Orrgon'an recently attempted
to show in it's editorial columns, that
Socialism and communism are sim
liar, giving part of the dictionary
definition. If this influential paper
had quoted the full definitions of these
two words, as stated by Webster, the
faulty conclusion would have been
apparent. The O,tgonion. in the
same connection, did show that it is
hard to find out the meaning of mod.
ern socialism. while its adherents
disagree and quarrel amongst them
selves over the meaning of the word
Gentlemen, bear in mind: A house
divided against itself cannot stand.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

SOCIETY will become harmonious
and reach the highest state of de-
velopment, when such conditions shall
exist that it will be easy to do right
and difficult to do wrong.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

lr must be exciting sport To hunt
alliSatorS in Egypt, where the rep
tiles are numerous and grow TO great
size. The Strand .Mrgo.imc, in an
article describing misunderstanding
IN that country, says that when Il
shot was fired the whole bank of the
river, over the extent of at least a
quarter of mile, sprang into hid
cous life, and my companions and |
SAW hundreds of crOcodiles of all
sorts and sizes, pushing madly into
the Nile, whose waters along the
line of the shore were dashed into
white foam. 1t could be no exagger-
alton to say that at least Il thousand
of these saurians had been dislodged
at a single shot What a splendid
place this would be for Mr.. Roose-
welt to finish up his hunting trip. to
stir up the "allegatOrs the saurian
kind, inthis instance, of course.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

a TENINO man remarked the other
day that politics is a choice of evils;
that when he came to vote, it is not
a question who will do the people the
greatest good in official life, but who
will do them the least injustice and
harm. This remark evidently i'm
plies. the voters no longer choose
their servants but their masters.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

The oath inst. will be tag-day here
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

QUITs THRONE TO WE'D AN OMAHA
GIRL.-hing Carlos, who ruled three
months over the llOcane tribe of the
Philippines, comprising more than
lOO,O 900 natives of the islands, abdi
Gated his throne forever. recently.
to return to the United States and
wed Miss Mary G.. Barr, of Omaha.
who he had met in his visit to this
country. 1t was true case OF not
loving Caesar less, for he was ex-
ceedingly popular with his subjects,
who pleaded with him vainly to re-
turn. and the sacrifice of a kingdom
shows quite plainly the influence his
tiance has over him.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-02-05

ALL sorts Of weather prevailed last
night by moonlight.
Evening journal., 1909-06-21
THIS, THE FIRST
DAY OF SUMMER

The sun rose to-day on the first day
OF summer. according to the schedule
figured out in the almanac and all
other sweltering days that have gone
before have been only spring days.
And sure enough Il was hot" day.
The mercury got a good start in the
early morning and by noon had climb
ed 20 the so degree mark with pros
poets Of going higher before the close
of the day.
Yesterday, though, was as warm as
any summer day has a right to be.
for from the time the sun came up
IN the morning until Il went down IN
the evening the temperature was high
enough 10 make people forget all about
the coolness that the frequent rains
have brought lately.
The days will now grow long. Yes
terday the sun rose at AL o'clock IN
tho morning and set at 7.S4 p. m, and
the almanac says Il did the same to-
day. Yesterday was the longest day
this year. with the exception Of last
Wednesday and Thursday, the sun on
the former day rising two minutes
earlier and on the other ono minute
before.
Evening journal., 1909-06-21
STAB WOUND
PROVES SERIOUS
COIOred Man Held Without
Bail on Charge Of MuT-
deTOuS Assault

When the case Of Philip Davis, colored.
IS years old. Of No. lil7 Cade. street,
charged with assault with intent to COM
nit murder upon Harry Parker colorcd.
OF No. 1923 cade street was called in City
Court this morning. It was stated that the
condition OF Parker Is so serious that he
would not be able to appear until to-mor-
row a week Davis was held without bail
until that time
Parker. Il is alleged. was cut in the right
side with razor by Davis. the wound
being four or fve inches deep.
The two men, II Is said. n ad some
trouble on Sunday IN Bantam's Hall. on
Fourteenth street, between Head and
Claymont Davis ran from the building
followed by a crowd patrolman Greer
Joined in the chase Davis ran TO I.andlith
then along the railroad tracks 10 Todd
Cut. He went around the shops 10 the rail
road Yards forded shellpot Creek and
was finally captured in a wheat field OF
the farm OF n. f. Sellers at Edge Moor
He was brought back 70 the city on
shifting engine. Parker, although badl.
injured. ran along with the crowd but wa
exhausted by the time he had reachei
Edge Moor. and was brought back on IN
same shifting engine. II required nineteel
stitches 20 sew up his wound lie re
fused to remain at tho hospital.
Evening journal., 1909-06-21
ODD FELLOWS
HONOR THEIR DEAD

Memorial services for deceased odd Eel
lows were held in Grace NJ f. Church
last night when the Rev DR.. Hiram n.
Kellogg. pastor Of the church, delivered
the sermon. Nearly 800 odd Fellows and
Daughters of Rebeckah, of Wilmington,
marched TO the church. The following de-
ceased members we're honored
Delaware Lodge, No. Theodore STRAIT
ton. Harry W. Fisher.
jefferson. No. Edwin +, Morrow
Samuel r. Lawson.
Fairfax, No. s.-Thomas u. Woods
Francis Hoffecker. William T. Groves
Brandywine. No. 1s.--samuel Andrews
Hope. No. 21.-John Bleasdale, George
Strickland. Henry S. stradley, Joseph Hib.
bert.
Columbia. No. % George X. Yates. II
Nelson Pedrick, Albert J. Way, John wag'
ner. Christopher Bauer.
Eden, 10. sf.-Iewis S. Lee, William F
Christensen.
Evening journal., 1909-06-21
MAKES PLEA FOR
CITY MISSION WORK

The Rev. ]. G. Bickerton. d. d., cor
responding secretary of Philadelphia
City Missionary and Church Extension
Society delivered the address at Home
Missionary rally held in Silverbrook NJ.
e. Church last night and the Rev. Adam
Stengle. d. d.. the newly elected cor
responding secretary of the Whining
ton City Missionary and Church EN
tension Society. offered prayer Tho
attendance was large.
Or. Bickerton told Of the great need
OF the city Missionary Society both in
Philadelphia and this city and the good
work being accomplished in the rescue
missions in Philadelphia. Meetings
were held yesterday in seven other
churches in the interest Of missions.
Evening journal., 1909-06-21
HACK PARTY SPENT
ALL NIGHT ON ROAD

When the Grace Quigg Circle Of the
Home Missionary Society meets this
evening at No. 4O5 East Tenth street
there win be some interesting ex.
periences related. Twenty fve mem
bers of the Circle, including the sup
erintendent, and five officers Of the
Sunday school. left at Z O'Clock on sat
urday evening in a hack for Elkton
They expected to reach that town ir
time to attend a strawberry festival
given by the women OF the Methodist
Church. of which the Rev H. A. G
Westerfield formerly pastor OF Asbury
M. r. Church is now the pastor, but
they didn't get there I'm time to attend
the festival The driver got lost o..
the road and whe nthe party drove ur
10 the NJ. r Church parsonage at Elk
ton il was a. m. Mr. Westerhelo
greeted the visitors and then sent them
back home. Shey arrived here at . a
m. yesterday.
Evening journal., 1909-06-21
TWO CAVEATS
AGAINST WILL

A second caveat was fled to-day against
the probate of the will of George Miller
who died in Pasadena, Cal. recently, by
State Senator W. Harry Miller, Of Henry
Clay. Senator Miller like. his brother.
John S. Miller. are not benehciaries under
the will.
Mrs. Jane Deer. wife Of william Deer.
Of Pohokus, is named as the beneficiary
She is daughter of Senator Miller and
a niece Of the dead man Her husband was
a former resident of Wilmington. The Sc
curity Trust and Safe Deposit Company 4.
TO look after the interests Of Mrs. Deer.
who Is given three-fourths Of the estate
after all expenses are paid.
The other one-fourth goes to Mrs
Georgianna Wood. daughter Of Mrs
Sarah J. Newlin. OF Coatesville and wife
Of John w. Wood, Of Pasadena, Cal
the latter being the executor named in the
viii. Mrs. Annie Kirk Pierce Of Brandy.
wine hundred is given 5000 and iona:
W. Miller is given a valuable farm ir
Kansas. The estate is valued at between
$4,000 and 10000
Evening journal., 1909-06-21
EPWORTH CHOIR IN
MUSICAL TRIUMPH

In Epworth NJ. e. Church last even
ing the last sacred concert Of the Ep-
worth choir was given and during the
summer months the choir Of the Ep-
worth League will sing during the SER
vices. The concert last evening was a
thrilling musical treat by the forty
trained voices under the direction OF
George E. King. The rendition of Mo-
zarts Gloria in the 18th mass was the
hAest musical number heard in Ep-
worth Church for years.
The sN-eet and cultured voices OF Miss
Reba Cochran and Miss Elizabeth Moore
in difficult solos were heard to great
effect. "Open the Gates of the Tenn
pie" was a mastery rendition by John
A. Booker while a chorus of seventeen
male voices. "A Talk With Jesus
was a rendition that will long be re-
membered. Mr.. King was warmly con-
graduated at the close Of the service
Evening journal., 1909-06-21
DR.. GREEN, VICTIM OF
AUTO, FACING DEATH

tended to hold meeting to discuss
the accident and added that he
thought IL was time that something
should be done with respect to auto
mobile speeding on the pike. "The
speeding Is done beyond Rising Sun
lane said Chief Of Police Black, par
ticularly after hours. at night i lay
In bed sometimes and hear machines
so by without hearing the machinery.
IL is simply a whizz and whirr and
the machine is gone"
Isaac Eaton. a tollgate keeper on the
pike az the lower gate, made the
startling statement TO a reporter for
THE EVENING JOURNAL to-day
that as far as he knew. there were
no rules governing speeding on the
Kennett pike. He said he remember
ed Mr.. Noblitt going through the toll
gate on Saturday evening. and he
thought that he was running at
speed Of between IS and 20 miles an
hour. The machine was then running
up grade
Statements could not be gotten from
Colonel Henry A. DUPONT. president of
the Wilmington Turnpike Com
pany, Of r. b. Shurter. secretary Of tho
company. as both were in Washington
to-day.
II was rumored that suit for DAM
ages would be brought against tho
company as the road is a private one
and should afford sufficient protection.
II rs claimed, TO those who use n. from
accidents resulting from speeding.
e. T. Candy. Of this city a director
Of the company. said to-day that he
had heard of no suit and he further
more did not think there was any
liability 80 far as the turnpike COM
pany was concerned. He admitted.
however. that the company had been
trying for ten years 10 control speed e
ing on the pike. He would talk nut
little concerning the accident. and
| finally concluded the interview by
stating that he knew Of no suit and
did not imagine there could be any
| liability.
The state laws governing the speed
ing Of automobiles allows a speed OF
twenty miles an hour on country roads
and this law and the question Of speed
enters largely into whether Mr. Mob.
lit was negligent.
DR.. Charles Green and Mr. Wilson
are both members or the board al
directors Of the turnpike company.
Mr.. Wilson cannot be seen at th'
Delaware Hospital, as his condition
viii not warrant Il. a statemcn
from him concerning the acciden
would clear away many Of the rumor
circulated with respect to the said AT
fair.
The accident was the talk Of tn
city yesterday and to-day and muc
, sympathy Is expressed for Or. Gree
} and also for Mr.. Wilson. The latt,
will. however, recover, whereas Il
but question of few days that ID
Green can live. His organs ar
paralyzed and he Is not susceptible {
pain and cannot distinguish hot fror
cold water by the touch.
Continued on Second Page.
Evening journal., 1909-06-21
His Sfoddard-DaYfon Pen
allied the Least Number
OF Poinfs-W. L. Ham,
mond Second, and A.
B. Hazard Third
CORDIAL GREETING
ALL ALONG ROUTE

Twenty-three competing cars. ideal
weather, good roads, a sociable party
and cordial welcomes by the folks
along the route made the sealed time
run Of the Delaware Automobile AS
sociation to Dover and return a sue
cess in every way on Saturday. six
hours and eleven minutes was the
sealed time secretly set for the 106
miles to Dover and return The drst
prize was awarded to Thomas NJ
Brown, who drove a Stoddard- Dayton
i40-horse power car. His running time
was 5 hours 55 minutes. but he
won first prize through having the
least points of penalty checked up
against him. He was penalized
twenty--four points. William l..
Hammond. I'm an 1s-horse power
Mitchell. was second, he having been
,penalized IS points. His running time
was hours and 3 minutes. eight min
utes off the aggregated sealed time.
A. B. Hazard, in a 20-horse Mitchell,
was third, he having been penalized
% points. his actual time being 9
hours Robert S. Baird's Stoddard-
Dayton 4O-horse made the trip I'm six
hours and seven minutes. The penal
ties were computed on the time con-
sumed by each car in running to each
checking station OF course the time
allotted for running between checking
stations was not known TO the con-
testants
How Score Was Computed
For each minute car arrived early
or late at a checking station a penalty
OF one point was imposed. Thus a
car that had a. perfect score at each
checking station but one might have
run too fast or too slow into one sta
tion and have sustained a penalty suf-
ficient 10 cause it to lose the contest
Most of the cars traversed the distance
TO Glasgow, over the fine macadan
road all the way. at the speed limit
clip. twenty miles an hour. The com
imttee set a pace OF between is anc
II miles an hour for this route ant
adhered to the Wilmington, Newark
and Marshallton reduced speed limits
While the distance to Dover and from
Dover TO Wilmington was about equal
the comnittee set hours and Is min