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Evening journal., 1910-10-08
WON'T SOMEBODY
PLEASE FIND ITSE?
Captain Cove Must Have Pet
If Cat Has to be Shipped
to Him

The L. S. S. Delaware will leave
Wilmington tomorrow afternoon at 8
o'clock and Wilmington VIII see her
go with deep regret. A large num-
Der OF Wilmington Yacht Club boats,
and other private craft have agreed
TO escort the battleship as far as New
Castle. that she may leave Delaware
waters with Citing ceremony. They
will assemble in the river al 2.3O .. m.
The Delaware goes to dry-dock at
Norfolk. Virginia. Afterwards she
Will leave for Gibraltar. Half the
men OF the Delaware have been away
on furlough, and many are coming to
Wilmington TO reioin the ship to-mor-
row. The other half will be given
furlough when the ship reaches Nor
folk
Captain Cove and all the men on
the ship are still mourning the loss OF
ltse. The cat was a universal fav-
orite and is q great pet of Captain
Gove's. The Captain has requested
Josiah Marvel. Of the Battloship Com
mittee, TO keep a watch for ltse, ant
If the cat is ever found to return IN,
muchwanted animal to him. II 1.
feared the cat has been stolen. Every
one is asked to look for white
breasted Maltese. with collar will
| the words, "ltse. IT, S. S. Delaware.
Captain Harry v. Lyons. wit
brought the Delaware safely ND m
river, will also pilot her down tn
river.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
MANUEL WIRES
GABY HIS LOVE?

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
VIENNA, Oct. S--Gaby Deslys, whose
twinkling toes danced a nation into
a revolution and kicked q kingly
crown from the youthful head Of
Manuel of Portugal, is considering
three cabled offers from American
theatrical managers. The dancer de-
clared to-day that contracts probably
will be closed by cable, calling for
her appearance in New York during
the present season.
While waiting for the result Of her
cabled conference with the American
managers. Gaby Deslys has been In
communication with Manuel. who Is
on board the Portuguese royal yacht
Queen Amelie, in Gibraltar harbor.
81 am happy, happy, happy" she
almost sang to-day as she received
the United Press correspondent, 81
have heard from the King. TIL,
dangers through which he has passed
have not been sufficient TO make hin
forget me. From Gibraltar he has
sent me a long cable message of love
/ believe he will meet me in Paris
ON October 1G, as he had planned
Then I will show him that though his
own people have turned against Inn
/ Gaby Deslys IS still loyal"
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
Heart toHeart
= Talks.
By EDWIN 4. NYE.
MADE his Own ROAD MAP.

HAUEf MS OWN Nt0AO ANfAAs
When he was eight years old Ray
mond G. Brown went stone blind
It was bitter blow to the boy.
He had been great reader and at
nrst gave up in despair. Then he de-
ternined that in spite Of his blindness
be would be Of use in the world.
His people, financially well OF, were
able 10 help him.
scorning to use the raised letter sys-
tenn BY which the blind learn to read,
Young Brown had everything read 70
him and substituted his menory for
his eyes. Sticking to bis uphill task.
he was graduated from high school
and prepared for college.
He went TO Harvard, taking the reg
ular classical course, and continued his
studies at the law school there. That
he was a careful student Of the law
is shown by the fact that of class
of 200 Brown was graduated ahead OF
1sS Of them
II Is said his standing would have
been even higher had not illness pre-
vented some Of his work.
Brown is a good student" said his
friends. but he viii not be able to
practice" But Brown did practice.
Finding he could do his legal work
much better by setting as his own sec
rotary, lie learned TO operate a type
writer.
He is an expert on the machine.
Yorra innot stop that sort Of man.
He will jump the highest hurdles ana
so a short time ago he was appointed
assistant United states district after
ney for New York.
He got what was coming to him
And Brown is no mere counselor IN
the busy prosecutors office He does
the hardest sort Of work-the prepare
ton of briefs. pounding out the inter
minable legal phraseology on his ma
chine.
And you?
You have two good eyes.
And vet you sometimes whine about
vour lack of a fair chance in life Let
this blind mans heroic struggle put
your complsiniuEs 10 shame.
: He had money. you say.
Surely. And the more credit to him
Most Young men Of wealth and with
rood ewes choose 70 be drones because
they do not need TO work
Honor to this man who bravely SUD
stituted brains for eyes.
When you begin 10 feel that th'
world is not good 10 you. think OF the
hind boy who made his own road mar
TO success
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
INDIAN LANDS
FOR HIGHEST BIDDERS

by United Press Leased Special Wire.
WASHINGTON. Oct. S-Uncle Sam
has found 81 necessary 10 go into the
bargain sale business In order 30 dis
pose of "shopworn' parcel OF
| I 500 900 acres Of land in Utah and
Montana. according 20 Information oh
tnined at the department OF the IN
terror, to-day. Tie took the lands on
the hands OF the Uintah ana Crow
e Indians I'm 1905 and promised lJls42s
r the indians for them as soon az w
were sold OFF to honest go ~
4 The announcement that such appar
7 eht bargains were being offered h,
! Uncle Sam has brought forth consid.
! cradle protest by citizens. who assert
e. that this method is directly in opposi-
ton TO the conservation movement.
officials of the land Office reply that
home seekers have not entered the
lands. aud that IL is up to the govern
ment TO satisfy the Indians.
The secretary of tho interior VIII
sell the homesteads 10 the highest bio
doris az auction sales to be held ~
Billings. Mont. and al Provo. Utah. +
on October 10 and November /. te-
spectiyely.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
U. S. GUNBOAT
FOR HONDURAS
Princeton is Dispatched to
Protect Americans Who
May be in Danger

by United Press Leased Special Wire
WASHINGTON. Oct Sat The 70
quest OF the State Department, Acting
Secretary Of the Navy Winthrop to-
day sent cable instructions to the
commander of the United States gun
boat Princeton at Acapulco. Mexico,
20 leave al once for Amapala, Hon
duras TO protect American interests
as the result of reports that revQ
luton has broken out IN that city ~
that all foreign residents are In dan
ger. The action was taken az the ~
quest OF the Honduran government.
According 10 information Obtaine
] here. the government of wester
province Of Honduras has threatene
10 overthrow the government and ha
{ further threatened the lives and PROF
! eriy Of foreign residents in Amapal
IN case the government resists.
Requests for aid are said TO have
been sent to other governments be
sides the United States, and the war
ships OF several nations With interests
IN Honduras viii soon De al Amapala.
The Princeton sails from Acapulco at
/ 3 o'clock this afternoon
Since the last Bouilla revolution,
Honduras has been la q state border
/ ing on anarchy. To is known that very
/ little was needed to cause crisis.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
MERCHANTS FOR A
GREAT WHITE WAY
Market Street Business Men
Back Of Decorative Light
ing Plan
COMPANY WILL EXTEND
OFFER UNTIL MONDAY

Nearly all the merchants on Market
street who have been asked their
opinion Of the Wilmington and phila-
delphia Traction Compsny's project.
to retain the strings Of electric lights
on Market street, have expressed
favor.
Solicitors Of the company reported
to David l.. OFT, OF the electric light
ing department, this morning. that
about 80 merchants had accepted the
proposition. and Mr.. OFT has decided
that should the proposition be accept
ed by Is or 20 other merchants, the
lights viii remain up until January /.
"Of course. this VIII not pay the
company" Mr. OFT said thig morning,
but we think it VIII boom The city and
we are willing TO bear our portion
of the expense. Things look pretty
( favorable for the continuation OF the
decorative lighting. All we want ia
the acceptance OF 10 or 20 more
merchants, and the lights viii be kept
up. We win keep them up until
Monday at noon in order to give
merchants time to accept the PROPOSE
ton"
concern, and Lynn Thomas, tho
ieweler, have given the project their
appreciation. and viii cooperate with
the electric lighting department. Of
the traction company in arousiag in
terest in the plan
Many inquiries as to the project
We're received by telephone by the
company this, morning, attesting to
the general interest in the lighting
Of Marke, street In offering The
proposition, the traction company
makes this query:
How many buildings occupants on
each side of Market street from
Front to Eleventh. will pay one-hali
TO three-fourths OF a cent per foot
front per night TO continue the pros
ent decorative lighting until pecem-
Der 31?'
The company points out that in most
cities Of any promlnence-many OF
them not one-third the size Of VIII
mington-ornamental lighting is a
feature of the city
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
QUITS AS COUNTY
HOSPITAL ASSISTANT

Mrs. Emma Louise MoFarlin last
night resigned the position Of assist
ant mstron az the County Hospital at
Farnhurst. She said to-day that she
had forwarded her resignation 20 Or.
Columbus Henry, president Of the
board Of trustees, but would not say
why she resigned.
superintendent Foster, OF the hos
pital. admitted to-day that Mrs. Nc
Farlin had resigned. He said tho
only reason he knew Of why Mrs. Nc
Farlin should resign was that she
had become tired of the place He
said Mrs, McFarlln handed her
resignation to him yesterday but gave
no reason for quitting
b Mrs. McFarlin lives in Wilmington.
She has been at the hospital for about
seven months.
IL was reported that superintendent,
Fosters daughter would be appointed
to succeed Mrs. McFarln, but Mr.
Foster denied this to-day, saying thai
his daughter was only fourteen years
of age and attended school
Mr.. Foster said he had as yet reach.
ed no decision as to whom he would
recommend to the Board of Trustees
for the place. He said that two
other appointments were to be made
one as head nurse of the mems de-
partment, TO succeed Mr.. Ferris, who
recently died. and the other a
laundress. TO mi a vacancy made by
a resignation.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
IN GUN FIGHT
WITH OUTLAW
Deputy SheriffS May Have to
Kill Family to Get
Bad Man
By United Press Leased special Wir,

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
WINTER, Wis, Oct Sin terrific
gun battle az GAS o'clock to-day. John
Dietz. the OUTLAW of Cameron Dam"
and his son. Leslie, are believed to
have been wounded. Both dropped
10 their knees under hail Of bullets
from the deputies, but succeeded in
getting back into the cabin.
Dietz precipitated the battle. He
walked about one hundred yards from
the house alone, carrying two heavy
I revolvers.
John Britton, a deputy sheriff, call
ed on him to throw up his hands and
surrender. Dietz wheeled and ran for
the cabin and the army OF deputies
opened fire on him About fifty feet
from the cabin Dietz dropped to his
knees probably wounded. However,
he faced the deputies and bgan shoot
ing with a revolver IN each hand
Leslie Dietz then ran out to his
fathers side, emptying his own CUR
a. the besiegers, and rehlling his
athers reyolvers with cartridges. Az
ter several minutes Of fighting Leslie
ragged his father toward the cabin
The boy apparently dropped on th'
threshold and is believed TO be wound
ed. Mrs. Dietz came out and helped
them inside.
After the battle Sheriff Madden ex
pressed the belief that it would b.
necessary to kill the whole family :,
get Dietz He said the deputies coul,
easily capture Dietz we're It not foI
fear of harming the wife and children
The firing continued at noon. 1t wal
reported the deputies would rush thu
cabin in an attempt to destroy Il a
sundoWn
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
COLD RAIN HARD
ON ARMY OFFICERS

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
ROCKVILLE. Md. Oct. S.-Suffering
from cold and drenched 10 the skin
after their ride of thirty miles up and
down the muddy Gettysburg pike. 30
army officers who are undergoing a
three days test ride. dismounted short
IL after noon to-day at their camp In
the fair grounds. Many OF the older
riders we're cramped and could hard
" stand as their feet touched the
ground.
They had been in the saddles ever
since Z o'clock Most Of the men are
perilously near the age Of retirement.
After luncheon, which was most
elaborate was served in the dining
hall at the fair grounds, the officers
spent tho rest OF the afternoon read
ing and furnishing up.
Major General Wood, chief Of staff
rode at the head of the swivel chair
brigade" and showed but little effect
OF the outing. Some of the others were
ia worse condition than they were
willing TO admit. IL was announced
however that all would proceed to
morrow morning for Fort Myer, oil
the last leg Of the ride.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
TAFT REYERSES ROOSEVELT.
Purchase of Supplies for District Gov,
eminent Changed.

WASHINGTON. Oct. S.-President
Taft and Colonel Roosevelt clashed
in matters Of District government, and
President Taft has reversed the Col
onel over the purchase Of supplies for
the District Government.
Colonel Roosevelt when President,
in 1908, required the District to buy
through a central purchasing com
mittee. President Taft submitted the
matter TO Attorney General Wicker
sham. asking his opinion whether
"the Secretary of the Treasury eau
legally enter into a contract for fur.
nishing supplies for the use of tho
District OF Columbia"
Attorney-General Wickershsm's re
ply holds that it was not the legs
lative intent of Congress that tn
District of Columbia should be re
| Quired to transact this phase Of Il
affairs through the Secretary Of n
| Treasury.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
AEROPLANE BEATS
AUTS IN HARD RACE

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
SPRINGFIELD, H.. Oct S.-Archie
HoNsey in HIS Wright raeoplsne. won
the aeroplane automobile race. the big
card Of the week.
Barney Oldfeld, driving a Knox car.
failed TO cover six miles on the race
track in less time than it took Hoxsey
TO go Ave miles.
HoSsey's time for the Ave miles was
seven minutes, six and three-Quarter
seconds. Oldheld's time for the six
miles was Z minutes, 46 seconds.
BY winning tho race Hoxsey re
ceived the $500 silver cup offered b,
a local company. Oldfield received
smaller cup.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
FOR UNIVERSITY CLUB

The first annual meeting OF th7
University Club Of Delaware viii be
held az the Wilmington Country Ciun
on Thursday evening, October lS, II
which time permanent organizatiol
VII be eAected and the election Of
officers and committees held.
The club organized last January
and elected temporary officers. Tve
meetings have been held since and
now il is proposed TO make the or
ganization permanent. The present
temporary officers, it is expected. wiz
be elected permanent officers. Charles
R. Miller. is president; W. \. Ban
nard. JT.. is secretary and DR.. Lewlr
Rumford is treasurer.
There are about zoo members q
the organization and thirty-two cor
leges and universities are represent
ed. The organization proposes "
have its own club house.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
PINCHOT AND TEDDY
RIDE BEHIND MULES

BY unitedsPress Leased Special Wire
ROME, Ca, Oct S.-Gifford Pinchot
met Colonel Roosevelt here to-day.
Pinchot was waiting when the Colo
mel was unloaded from his train In
the mud al the Berry school grounds.
He and the Colonel behind a pair of
frisky Georgia mules. Wee driven 20
the school. where the Colonel inspect
ed the work OF the~students
The Berry school is a philanthropic
institution for the education Of poor
white children and II received hearty
commentator from the Colonel in a
dents.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
COURT GRANTS
TWO DIVORCES

Joseph Burris, in Superior Cour
to-day. asked for the seyering Of thS
nuptial knot between him and Violet
Mabel Burris Burris told the court
he and his wife had been separated
three years. Tho wife did not make
any defense. They were married In
Middletown fifteen years ago The
divorce was Tough on statutory
grounds, aud decree nisi was
granted.
Frances Beatrice Klair alleged that
her husband, Frank Klair. Jr., had
been cruel toward her since their
marriage in 1906. and sought a decree.
A decree nisi was granted.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
PASTOR EiEETS
FORMER MILDLY FRIENDS

The Rev and Mrs. Thomas T. Hol-
l0way were pleased TO meet on the
hattleship Delaware yesterday Lieu
tenant Braisted ard Lieutenant Simp-
son, who had been ia their church
squad when N Holloway was pas
tor OF College a enue baptist Church
in Anna soils The midsaipmen chose
which clu ca they would atteno. and
College AYSlue Church had the largest
church squad in the city.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
Americans Ash for Help.

RI United Press Leased Special Wire
NEW ORLEANS. Oct S.-A New
Orleans trading house to-day received
private advices that Americans in
Honduras have appealed TO Washing
ton to send a warship to Amapala3
which town is under martial law.
Death 10 Taft's Dogs, is a by-word
of the Honduran element whose hos
tility is a result OF American inter-
ference I'm Central American affairs.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
MANY GO TO SEE
PARAMOUNT AUTO RACES

Many Wilmingtonians went 10 the
Belmont track. Philadelphia. this
morning TO witness the automobile
race there. City Court Judge Cochran
and number Of other enthusiasts
journeyed to the tracks in their au-
tomobiles aud a big crowd went by
rail.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08

Coal briouetting is slowly incress-
ing in the United States. The produc-
ton in 1903. according to compila-
ton by Z. w. Parker. of the Geological
Survey, reach 139.6e1 short tons, val
ued at s452, 697 The output IN 1905
was sO.S5S tons, worth sS2S,057. and
in 1907. 66,524 tons, worth sos, 42e
The survey has an experimental bri'
quoting plant at Pittsburg.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
sPRAINS ARM RY FA1L ON me

Miss Leila Murch, daughter OF
Charles NJ. Murch, of the George ".
Bush & Sons Company, sprained her
arm as she was returning from the
battleship Delaware to the tugboat
Media, yesterday afternoon. She had
stepped to the tugboat without not
ing an opening in the deck, aud she
fell into IT,
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
POISON IN INK STAINS.
Stenographer Dies After Scratching
Herself With Stained Finger.

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-AIiss Sadie e.
Mihksn. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs,
George Milliken, of Lexington avenue
and Monroe street. Passaic. n, j.,
died at ST. Mary's Hospital yesterday
of blood poisoning. She was stenog-
rapher Tor an Insurance. company in
New York. Last Saturday while AZ
work her nose itched and she scratch
cd t. Sunday morning her face began
70 swell.
H0gseaold remedies were admins
tered. and on Monday the family ply
stefan diagnosed the trouble as blood
poisoning. caused, Il Is believed, by
her nose becoming infected with type
ink. which had been on her fin
gers.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
Marriare LIcense for Whose.

Fred r. Marshall and Ethel White
head, of Philadelphia, obtained a mar
riage license from Magistrate Gluck-
man to-day.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
pronertr al Pnblic Sale.

Michael McGillon, administrator OF
Hannah Daley, sold the property at
No. POS East Front street to-day to
William z. Hawkins for $3.50
Evening journal., 1910-10-08

Press Leased Special
OPORTO, Portugal Oct S.-Two Of the prisoners the
local Jail killed to-day injured attempted
jail breaking The prisoners attacked the guards who used
their carbines in restoring order.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08

REPORT TOWN DESTROYED BY FIRE.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
WINNIPEG Man.. Oct. S--A report reached
ernoon that Baudette, Minn Just the border
in the Rainy river district had been destroyed by fire. The
report unconfrmed.
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
NO CHOLERA IN NEW YORK.

by Inlteu Ffebs Ltdstu optcIaI VIE
NEW YORK, Oct s.-New relieved today OF
prospects invasion Of cholera by the an
Hoffman Island that the suspects neio W
have found to be free of the disease
Evening journal., 1910-10-08
nALTINoRE AND OHIO Z. R
sneciaI One Dollar Excursion to Bal
fimore. SUNDAY, October IT,

e,erS1I train win leave Wilmington.
rs,sr.are Avenue station. at $40 A.
i, Newark. at $50 a. m Returning.
leave Baltimore. Camden Station, ~
$50 y. m. Mt Royal, at s.S5.s
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a line of some eight or ten people.
When, step by step, l had almost
reached the window, tall woman
whom I had not noticed before spoke
to me from my elbow. She had q
ticket and money in her hand.
win you try to get me a lower
when you buy yours?" she asked. Il
have travelled for three nights in up
pers."
l consented, of course; beyond that
hardly noticed the woman. l had
a vague impression of height and a
certain amount of stateliness, but the
crowd was pushing behind me, and
some one was standing on my foot.
got two lowers easily, and, turning
with the change and berths, held out
the tickets.
Which will you have?" I asked.
Lower II or lower 10?"
1T makes no difference" she said.
Thank you very much indeed"
At random l gave her lower II, and
called a porter to help her with her
luggage I followed them leisurely to
the train shed, and ten minutes more
saw us under way.
looked into my car, but it present
ed the peculiarly unattractive appear
ance common to sleepers. The berths
were made up; the center aisle was a
path between walls of dingy, breeze
repe;ling curtains, while the two seats
at each end of the car were piled high
with suit cases and umbrellas. The
perspiring porter was trying to be in
six places at once; somebody has said
that Pullman porters are black SC
they won't show the dirt. but they
certainly show the heat.
Nine-ffteen was an outrageous hour
to go to bed, especially since | sleep
little or not at all On the train, so
made my way to the smoker and
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had been drinking; as / looked, he
raised an unsteady hand and sum-
moned a waiter with a wine list.
The young woman bent across the
table and spoke again quickly She
had unconsciously raised her voice.
Not beautiful, in her earnestness and
stress she rather interested me- I
had an idle inclination to advise the
waiter to remove the bottled tempta-
ton from the table. I wonder what
would have happened If I had? Sup
pose Harrington had not been intox-
icated when he entered the Pullman
car Ontario that night!
For they were about to make jour
ney, gathered, and the young wom-
an wished to go alone. l drank three
cups Of coffee, which accounted for
my wakefulness later, and shameless
ly watched the tableau before me. The
woman's protest evidently went for
nothing; across the table the man
grunted monosyllabic replies and grew
more and more lowering and sullen.
Once, during brief unexpected plan
issimo in the music, her voice came
to me sharply:
eff 1 could only see him in time!"
she was saying. ooh, it's terrible!"
In spite of my interest I would have
forgotten the whole incident at once,
erased it from my mind as one does
the inessentials and gatherings of
memory, had l not met them again,
later that evening, in the Pennsylvania
station. The situation between them
had not visibly altered: The same
logged determination showed in the
mans face, but the young woman
daughter or wife? I wondered-had
drawn down her veil and I could only
suspect what white misery lay be-
Meath
l bought my berth after waiting in