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WILMINGTON, DEL. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1894.
SIXTH YEAR.
_HELP WANTED.
WANTED A FIRST-CLASS ST\H('HEH.
Ti Apply I I« - im Lanmlrv. ' 3 Shii»JU*y St.
TtTAMTBD.-A BOY TO LEARN THE
v » barber trmle. Apply No. 8 East From. 8*.
WANTED—A PPLY AT BARBER.
TVOY
Iß shop.217 West Heventh itrwt.
PER WEEK USING AND
Belling Dynamo» for plating
watches. Jewelry and tableware. Plate« icohl,
silver, nickel, etc.. Ham« as new goods.
Different size« for agent*, famille« and «hon«.
Easy operated; no experience; big profits. W.
P. HAHKlfcUfl A CO., Clerk No. 14, Colum
bus, Ohio.
$75.00
_SITU ATIONS WANTK.H.
W ANTED.- BY A SINGLE HENTLKM AN
board in private family. M n.l be within
four square, of Grand Opera House. Address
this offic e. H. C. M.
_WANTED,__
"WANTED.— AT ONCE A GOOD HOUND
v ? bottom row host, ill to 21 feet long.
CHA8. H . SASSE. S3» Market street.__
W ANTED— F HTl MATES F B PAINT
lug outside Western Hotel. Apply No.
1118 West Eighth street.
ROST and FOUND.
1 OST —A PAIR OF GOLD SPECTACLES
J j between Fifth and Seventh street» on
Popi&r. Reward if returned to 812 West
Ninth street -
1 OST. -A SMALL SKY TERRIEB DOG
Ja answer« to the name of Sport. A suitable
reward will be paid for bis return. \V.d. H.
BLAKE. «25 West Fourth street.
HOARD AND ROOM'
ANTED.-TWO GENTLEMEN BOARD
ers, for fro nt roo m._Apply 81« King SL
HANDSOMELY FURNISHED ROOMS
J L wit it board. h|-i. t - I .ml. i.t «15 King.
WANTED—BOARDERS GOOD ACCOM
W modatlons. No. 406 East Fourth street.
w
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES._
Vorsale. real estate Bt •
X* and office fixturesinagoodlooation. Good
reason, given tor selling out. Address L. T.
this office.
_BEAL «STATE_
VL'BNISHP.D CITY HOUSE FOR RENT
J for the s umme r. Address », this office.
1AUK SALE OB EXCHANGE—FOUR 10
JU room houses, 217, 19, 21 and 23 Broome
street. Will be sold on easy term, or
changed for other city property. BROOME
STREET IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, No.
8 West Third street,
PERSON.-4L
J^OTICE.
CONFIDENTIAL LOAN OFFICE,
Rooms« and 5, in the Exchange Building, cor
ner Seventh and Market streets,
ADVANCES MONEY ON REAL E TATE
and personal property of all descriptions, at
lowest rates. Private consultation room at
tached Opel evenings until » o'clock.
ALSO FURNITURE STORED AT
LOWEST RATES.
E. LEVY'S
In the Middle Slates anil New England to
easterly wind», followed by partial cloudiness
and mi th* coast by haziness. On Thursday,
weÄ w^hfÆ* "Z&urW wîÂnS
nearly stationary, followed by slightly lower
temperature and by rain, with fog ou tho
coasts;and on Friday parly cloudy, cooler
weather , receded by showers.
_ BPSINE8K CARDS .
N otice—.Mrs. ÏÏërmÏk diehl lu
BOLD. of No. « East Thirteenth street,
will give musical Instrurtlon, both on organ
and piano. Having hud live years' experience
In the business heretofore, she now resumes it
again, hoping by strict attention to acquire a
liberal patronage from tier friends and the
public in gene-at. Beginners a specialty.
Terms reasonable.
\ffU8 MOORE, FASHIONABLE DREsS
.11 MAKER. B3J West Sixth street. Custom
Soli cited. __
'* F. BREWING COMPANY, BOÏ
TLKRS AND BREWERS, _
JEA COAL for family use.
Extra large size. $4.50 per ton.
Rea«ly-tnlxed Mortar, for all purposes, de
livered in any quant
Phones inland 203.
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M. SOLOMON,
No. 3 W. 3d »t.
BIMOVA1 S.
R. WM. E. SHF.KWOOD, HAH UKMOV
ed lo No. Ü13 Washington street. Tele
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phone 757 ___
R. J. R. SMITH HAS REMOVED TO No.
910 Madison street
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Telephone No. 497.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
moti:l atglex
Michigan Avenue, near beach. Rates. $« lo
10 » week. Home comforts. Thoroughly
eated.
I
J. F. REED.
HOTEL HECKLER,
Corner Atlantic and Pennsylvania avenues.
First-class accommodations. Open all tLe
year. HENRY HECKuEtt.
W ET HE KILL.
Kentucky avenue, near beach. Otien all the
year. Guests can have homo comforts.
C. WARREN.
Ilurlork Brother»' Luck.
This morning a clerk la the grocery
store of Hutlock Brothers, at Sixth and
Poplar streets, was grinding coffee in a
mill when the machine was suddenly
choked. The handle could not be moved
and it was concluded to take tho mill
apart to find the cause of the stop. On
doing so a block of gold abont half an
loch square was found. It had been in
the coffee. Not long since Mr. Hurlork
found a battered gold ring in the mill
The latest find will be analyzed in Older
to find the value.
An Evening Runaway.
Last night a horse attached to a fur
niture wagon owned by James Mayhart,
ran away at Seventh and Orange street
Before the team was caught it collided
After running
for several squares the horse was caught.
Cleared From This Port.
The British steamship Nnuwfiake
cleat ed from this port to-d»v for Cardiff,
England, with a cargo of 1,2(X),000 gal
lons of crude oil from Marcus Hook.
with several teams
The Weather.
New York Herald Weather Forecasts.—
An extended Western depression, with rsin
in the Mississippi Valley and snow iu Colo
rado and Wyoming« I« central in southeast
Nebraska, whence it will move slowly lo I lie
Eastward, its front reaching this section to
rain to t lie seaboard by
e weather conditions
morrow and bringing
Thursday night. TL
wlll bo favorable to growing crops in and
east of the Mississippi Valley to-day and to
morrow. Fog may form on the middle At
lantic coast to-morrow.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
—Thomas F. t'amldy, a native of Ireland,
was naturalized this morning.
—John Boyce, colored, win fined $5 in the
Municipal Court, lids marring for drunken
ness.
—A slight fire in the Arlington Mills, yes
terday, wo* extinguished by tome of the em
ployes
—The Columbian Glee Club will repeat the
King's Reception, which was recently held at
the Auditotiutn, on Mav '2.
—Bishop Caleumn will be 'at bt. Barnabas
Church, Marsball'on, to-night, and will ad
minister the rltea of confirmation
—The new Manning Library Building at
Union street and Lovering avenue. Is being
furnished, and will probably be opened on the
first Sunday of next month. ____
W.C. T. U. ANNUAL COHEHIM.
Interesting Exercises at MarHlialltoD lly
New Cast le County Temperance Women.
Address Ity Miss Henrietta Moore.
The seventh annual convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
was held at Marshaliton yesterday The
Wilmington delegates went on the 11 a
m train. The convention opened with a
Bible reading, by Mrs R. U Matiack, of
this city, state superintendent of
getistic work. j/fa
Newport, presided.
Tho first session was devoted to rou
tine business, consisting chittiv of the
appointment of cimmittees. After the
conclusion of this session, lunch was
served to the delegates at the home of
Mrs E J. (luest, president of tho Mar
shaliton union.
The convention met again at 130
o'clock, Mrs. W. J. DuHadway, of New
ark, conducting the devotional
The report on county work and
the treasurer's report were read by Mrs.
M. B. Donnell/ of Newark and Mrs. M
E. Watsou, respectively. These wete
followed by the reports of the local
unions, embracing Wilmington, Billes,
Highlands, Newport, Newark, Stanton,
Hocnee-iu, Middletown, New Castle,
South Wilmington, Delaware City and
Townsend. The "Y's" reporting were
Wilmington, Newport, Newark aud New
Cast le
During the ; session Mrs. Lafayette
Marks spoke on the Industrial School
for Girls and of the necessity for the
purchase of a building Miss Lucy H
Milchell, of Pleasant Bill, read a paper
on the work of the Loyal Temperance
Legion Miss Henrietta Moore, the
national lecturer, discussed the question
of scientific temperance. It was re
ported that in addition to local work the
unions had contributed to the World's
W. C. T U., to the Industrial School,
observed Neal Dow's birthday and
Crusade day.
In the evening there was an excellent
address by Miss Moore. She was present
at the Kent county convention at Clayton
to day and will be at the Sussex conven
tion at Seaford to-morrow. Site will
fill several other engagements in the
state during the mouth, and will deliver
an address iu this city on Sunday,
April 29.
evau
Mrs W. S. Cranston, of
exer
cises
THE FIDDLES WILL PL4Y TO-KIGHT
And Will Uoubtle.s Attract Many Psr
sons to the Flowery.Mowers Where Soies
Are Offered for Sale.
Sommers Brothers are now ready for
business, but not at the old stand. There
are three of them and any one is a« good
looking, courteous aud obligiug as the
others. In fact, they are thoroughly
conversant with the shoe business, and
apparently know just what the people of
Wilmington want
Some time ago A H. Sommers ran a
shoe stole at No 209 Market street, but
he w»s not altogether satisfied He wrote
to his brothers,—D. Sommers of Roanoke.
Va, ,atul E Sommers,of Washington, D.
C—aud proposed to them to join him iu
establishing one of the largest shoe aud
trunk houses iu Wilmington, They
evidently thought the offer advanta
geous, for they came and assoelited
themselves under the firm name of
Sommers Brothers, adopting as their
motto, "It's all in the family ',
When William M. Pyle, of No 4U
Market street, was sold out, they leased
tlie store house, had it extended back to
Shipley street, and .large bulk windows
wereputinat bith ends A, fores of
men was put to work. The storerooms
were decorated, electric lights '©ere put
in, French plate mirrors were introduced
aud a big guilt shoe was put up over the
front entrance
Now everything is ready for the re
ceptiou of the public. This is the
opening day.
shelves are
grade foot wear, and the flowering
plants and evergreens give the place
quite a holiday aspect. This evening
Kigg's orchestra will discourse its
sweetest music, while eight salespeople
»•»it ou the customers who want to wear
the best productions of the factories of
Hathaway, Soule & Harrington. Stacey.
Adams & Co, and C. P. Ford. The
wholesale department and trunk rooms
are on the upper floors.
A Suit Over a Lot uf Huy.
Mrs Anna L Hoopes brought suit
against Michael Boik. iu Magistrate Kel
ley's office, for $18, this morning. In
1889 Bulk moved ou the farm of Mrs,
Hoopes, iu Christiana hundred, and
signed an agreement to leave as much
hay on the premises when he isft as
there was at the time of occupancy.
Bolk left the farm laH March aud uo hay
could be found, hence the suit. Refer
ees John Pyl", Samuel Cuibert ard John
P Alimoud awarded the plaintiff $44 05,
$3 93 being allowed for tepaits made by
Bolk John Biggs represented the de
fendant.
Plumber»' A..eclation Complains.
John C Brisou, Joseph Jenkins and
James I) Traynor, of the Masters Plumb
ors' Association, complained to the
8 ! reet and Sewer Directors last night
that certain people have dralniayers
license under the rules of the board to
open the streets and do the work out
side of the building lines, while some
one who is not a plumber does the work
inside In other cases people who do
P'umbing work are not ready in the
plumbing business, though they ars
plumbers. The delegates will got copies
•» of other cities and present them
to the department,
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The windows and
filled with high
Selling Cigar. Without a Liren»©.
Peter Miller was arraigned in the
Municipal Court, this morning, on
ebrage of pacdling cigars w thont
license in this city. He was arrested
yesterdav on complaint of the Cigar
makers' Union. The cigars, he clalm-d,
were manufactured in Cuba, and it w.s
discovered that they were of domestic
make. Miller is a Spaniard, Ue will
have a besting to-night.
Fire Last Night.
The house of J. C. Johnson, corner
Eighth and Jefferson street», was dis
covered to be on fire last night. The
flames wete extinguished by ueo:hera
of the family after damage to thu ex
tent of $75 bad been done
More Italians Potto Work.
This morning about forty Italians and
Poles arrived In this city and wete pat
work on the P . W i ß section,
men were distributed in gangs aud will
take the place of the striking section
men.
The
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ISTORY OF fi CHURCH
Story That Will Go in a Wil
mington Corner-stone,
AT THE 000KMAN EXERCISES
•ronilnent Ministen Who Will Speak at
the Pobllo Exercises Attending the
Corner*.ton© Laying at the New Cook
man M. K. Church Struggles of Church
men iu liulldluB l o a New Charge.
I'
To-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, the
corner-stone of the new Cookman M. E.
Church will be placed In position with
impressive exercises. The new church,
which has already been described iu the
Evkni.no Journal, is being bnilt, by the
trustees of the ebutch, several of
whom are contractors aid prac'losl
builders. Lsnderman & Bio. will build
the outside walls of the structure wnich
will be of brick with stone trimmings.
The church auditorium will seat, when
finished, 500 people.
At to-morrow'» exercises, Presiding
Elder Barrett will probably pre.idel and
addresses will be made by R«v T. B Terry
and Rev. J D. C Henna The following
paper, prepared by M. T i'oft, showing
the remarkable growth of this church,
will be read by Mr. Tuft and then placed
in tho corner-stone:
"For some years previous to 1881 the
district a half mile west of Grace M E
Church, and three-quarters of a mile
east of Mt. Salem M. E. Church, com
monly known as Forty Acres and West
Wilmington, with a growing population
and consequent growing In numbers of
those who were in conviction and senti
ments Methodist, found it very incon
venient to visit, much less join, either of
the Methodist churches named »u account
of the distance. T'nev felt a longing for
a bouse of worship according to the dic
tates of their consciences. The talk aud
confeiences, from time to lime, of various
persons, always resulted in putting tbs
matter of estahlisbiug a new M. E
Church aside, owing to the needs of or
the thought of withdrawing support
from some sister church.
"With gratitude, we can refer to on*
who had lived and earned his living
among us, who, being advanced iu years,
felt the want and could see the need of a
new organization in our locality,and with
praito we can point to Rev. William W
Taylor, an honored local preacher of
Asbury M. E Church, who was so im
pressed with tho call to advance tho
kingdom of onr Lord, that on the fourth
day of July, 1888, he left his home to
see If he could not find a building that
be could secure, in which the Gospel of
our Lord Jesus could be preached and n
Sunday school formed.
Father Taylur Kents a Building.
"He succeeded in renting of Georg*
W. Gregg, the building No. 1107 Scott
street.
"Father Taylor at once began to place
the room iu condition for religious ser
vices With the assistance of Dr J H
Simms and others of his many friends
he succeeded in obtaining benches and
pulpit, and some furniture for the plat
form. Tho room accommodated about
150 persons, and on the afternoon of
Sunday, July 29. 1S88, Rev. J, E.
Bryan, pa.tor of Asbury M E Church,
preached the first sermon aud opened up
the buns« foi divin© worship Tu© hearts
of many Methodists looked upon the
movement with pride. Among those
present wn'e representatives of the
varions M E. CLuiches of the city.
"Ou the following Sabbath, August 4,
about twenty children gathered to join
the Sabbath school, to b© organized that
day Brother Solomon Hersey, of Uulon
M. E Courch, acted as superintendent,
and Brother W. L. Buck, of Mt. Salem,
as secretary. Preaching services were
held each Sabbath afternoon after
school, under the direction of Father
I'ajlor, who had been appointed to look
after the interest of the new chapel.
"At a meeting of the school on August
26, a school board was elected according
to the discipline William L Buck
was elected superintendent; Solomon
Hersey, assistant superintendent; W. T.
Morris, secretary; Mrs. W. L Buck,
treasurer, and Millard T. Tuft, librarian.
They Called It» Name "Cookman.**
"After s/me discussion on a name for
the new charge, on August 20 it was de
cidfd to call the school the Cock man M
E. Babbath School. At a meeting held
October 17, a committee of ways and
means was a .pointed by Presiding Eider
W. L. S Murray,composed of Rev. vV. W.
Taylor, William L Buck. Millard T. Toft
aud Mrs Mary L. Crozier This com
mittee uad Da first meeting at the rest
deuce of Father Taylor on October 25
and organized by eliding Father Taylor
«s chairman. M. T, Toft as secretary and
Mary L Crozier as treasurer. At a sub
stquent meeting Solomon Hersey, W T
Morris, W. J. H. Lingo, Charles Ueaden
kopf, George W Gregg. Mrs W. L
Buck and Mrs. W. J H Lingo were
addei to the committee.
Adopted By A»hnry.
"According to a request from I he Sabbath
school, at a quarterly conference held in
Asbury M E. Church, September 1,
Cookman school was taken a» one of
Asbury 'a schools with the understanding
that uo pecuniary liability would be iu
A shadow fell on the work
curred
December 1, 1688, by the call of Father
Taylor from labor to reward, from the
ChurchMilltaiit to IbeChurcbTi lumphaut.
At a meeting of the commilUe, Brother
BoLtnon Her»©y was appointed to read a
set of résolut! >ns and pieamble.passed by
the ways aud means committee, at the
funeral of Falber Taylor iu Asbury M.
E Church, Wednesday, December 5 To
show the high appreciation of regard lo
which Father Taylor was beid the com
mittee on *ways and means pmehased a
head and foot stone for the grave of
Father Taylor and bad inscribed on it;
"The Founder of Cookman M. E
Church."
and erected it on bis grave in Mt. Salem
Cemetery.
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of
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Rev. Seott the First Pastor,
' Rev. J, E Bryan, pastor of Asbury
Church, being unable to preach on ac
count of his work at bis own church,
and realizing the need of a- pastor at
Cookman, on December 9, 1888. at the
request of the presiding elder, a meeting
of the ways and means committee was
held and an unanimous call was extended
to Rev. Alfred T. Scott to become as
sistant pastor of Cookman until confer
ence met in March, 1889, at which time
he was again returned for another year
Thus, Brother Alfred T. Scott became
m m
first pastor of Cookman M, E. Church,
and continued to be pastor until the
conference in March, 1890.
' tirent prsi.e is due to Brother Scott
for his faithful performance of the duties
devolving upon him as pastot of a new eu
torprise, and be it esid to his credit that
we found iu him a pastor, a mau of God
who, ever looking to the good of his
(1 >ck, zealous for their upbuilding In the
ep'r.tUHl life. God blessed the church
with rich rewards, and there were added
to'lie church persons who to-day are
bright examples of Christian piety, of
whom the church may be proud.
Net Apart From A.bury.
held by the class on
a committee was ap
pointed to present resolutions to Asbury
quarterly conference asking to be sot
«part as a separate charge with a mem
bership of twenty one in full connection
and nine probationers and an average at
tendance of seventy at the Sunday school.
The request being granted on September
5, 1889, Presiding Elder VV. I, H Murray
preached the flint quarterly sermon and
then held the first quarterly canfeience
of Cockmatt M. E Church.
Rev. White's Appointment ns Pastor.
"At fite conference held on March
1690, Rev. William L. White wns ap
pointed pastor of Cookmau and by his
devotion to Christ, and his noble Chris
tian character, he has gathered around
him a cougtegaiiau to be proud of, he
has l/eeti blessed with rich and glorious
revivals which have added to our church
uutil it now numbers ninety-four mem
bers While it is true that pastor aud peo
ple have struggled during the years of our
progress—not only struggled to get very
close to Christ,but have wrestled with the
financial world in order to exist
without Incurring debt which we
would not be able to gel rid of—we are
thankful aud glad to say that we hare
thus tar been able to verify the precious
promises ot our Lord when he said that
They that, tmst in the Lord shall never
be confounded ' Financially, we can say
that outside of what is now being ex
pended iu the advancement of our new
building, Cookman stands out iu its
beauty free from debt aud burden.
"Much credit is due to our worthy
brother, Charles Beadtukopf, superin
tendent of our Sunday school, who, ever
alert to the very best interest of every
member of the Sabbath school, trying, as
far ns possible, by precept and example
to draw the hearts cf young aud old to
como aud c»s; their lot with the blessed
Saviour, he is ever ready aud has been
found to be a strong aid iu all times of
need.
"With devout meu of God at the
helm such as our p.ator, Uov, William
L. White in the pulpit, and Brother
Charles Bjadenkopf iu the Sabbath
school, as superintendent, we have no
fear for the future, and the completion
of our high aim of having a church
building, which will be a credit and a
profit to this community. We will take
fresn courage, and trust that the power
of the Lord will be so manifest Iu our
new church, that this conference year
will be forever remembered as one of
great spiritual advancement, aud that
scorts of souls will he added to tho
church, tbs' will at tbe( last day shine
like diamonds iu the skies, and as jewels
in the crown of our beloved pastor, for
his devotion and good works of cheer to
all with whom he comes iu contact."
"At « meeting
August 27, InnI, i
PILOT SUTflARD EXPELLED
FORRUNNING THE BELGIAN STEAMER
CAUCASE ASHORE.
The 1'llot Commissioners Illume the
Agents of the Ship, to Seme Extent, as
They Had Ilsen Notified That Suthard
Was Drunk,
Pilot Ë. J. Suthard is no longer in the
Delaware service. He was expelled by
the Pilot Commission ta-day at a meet
ing hold at Secretary B. Frank Town
send's office. No. 1005 Market atreet.
The commissioner» present were: Cap
tain J P. Virdeu, president; William
Bright, Châties 8, Morris and B Frank
Townsend.
Ou y two witnesses were examined
One was Captain Lappens, of the Belgian
steamer Caucase. Tue other wits Pilot
huthard, wbo [ran the steamer aground.
Captain Lappens stated that ou April 5,
tho steamer got uudor way and pn ceeded
down the Delaware river under Pilot
Buthard's orders. At 12 13 o'clock the
vessel struck the hank ou the starboard
side going tiowu off Chester,and remained
fast although the engine was reversed
immediately.
Ue requested the pilot to give him
an excuse for putting the ship aground.
He said he could not account for it He
said it was his tault, and an accident.
He could not blame it on the man at the
wheel A number of plates were loos
ened, and the captsiu estimates the loss
at $,6,000, which the nnderwiiters will
have to pay The commissioners -bought
this rather high.
The pilot was called upon to make his
statement. He had evidently been
drii king, cud (ailed to say anything in
extenuation of his conduct.
In cors deration of the fact that this
was the fifth offense, the board adopted
the following resolutions, which were
offered by Mr. * Morris and suconded by
Mr. Townsend:
"Resolved, That E. J. tinthnrd be ex
palled from the pilot service of the State
of Delaware,
"Resolved, farther, That E J.
Suthard should uot have b-en taken on
board after the agents of the ship bad
been notified by Ute pilot's agent tnat he
was not in condition to pilot said ship."
Suthard has been in the pilot service
since 1681, but the commissioners say
that be is now out for good.
A Verdict of Accidental Ueatb.
A verdict of accidental death was
rendered by a coroner's jury last eight
on the body of John M. Herflicker, wbo
was killed on the ilmtngton and
Northern railroad, on Monday, at Kent
mere.
New Snow 11111 Court House.
Snow Hill, Md.. April 18.—The con
tract for building the new court house st
Snow Hill wo» awarded yesterday to A T
Lankford, of Salisbury, his hid of $23.768
being the lowest. Ue was also awarded
the contract to build the jail.
lejnred Ity Falling Down Stairs.
George Aiden, a grace at Second and
Washington streets, fell down stairs at
his home last Saturday He sustained
severe cat ou the head but was uot seri
ously lujured.
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C
PUBLIC BUSLDISGTOWER
Visible From the Federal
Building Tower in This City.
AT LEAST THE CONTRACTOR» SAY SO
From the Top of tho Herrick Contractor
Fo.ter Says He Can He© the Mbit© Mar
ble - The Black Mae. of Iron In Phlla
delpla Can He Seen Here.
There are hut few stone-cutters at
work at the new Federal Building. Most
of them have begun what, will probably
be a ten-days' vatation. The yard Is
full of cut stone ready for tho masons
and iron, which Is being put In place by
theTaconey Iron Company's workmen
As soon as the yard is cleared the curb
ing will bo cut.
Afier an Evrnino Journal reporter
had walked around the yard this morn
ing Foreman Dunlap, who Is a government
representative, invited him to take a trip
to the lop of the tower. The ascension
was made iu su elevator of primitive
character. When eighty feet from the
ground the elevator stopped and
Mr. Dunlap and
stepped off
Mr. ;Hlewart, one of the contractor«,
expected a barrel of water, and was con
«iderably '.disappointed when he found
that the water had been side-tracked to
make room on the elevator for a re
porter.
The view from the tower I» superb.
The naked eye cm discern houses miles
inland iu New Jersey, and commands a
long stretch of the Delaware river with
its «hipping. The view northward is
beantiful and far reaching.
Contractor Foster «ays that from the
top of the derrick be can see the marble
work of the tower of tho Philadelphia
public building», and from the elevation
of eighty feet, be points out a black
mass which, ho asserts, a powerful glass
has proven to him to be the Iron super
structure of the same tower. It is visible
to the naked eye in a line about
twenty feet west of the spire of St.
John's P. E, Church. The black mass
looms above the trees, but. to the naked
eye suggests nothing out of theordiuary.
It is only when Mr. Foster assures
the visitor that he is standing on one
public building tower and looking at
another public building tower, twenty
seven miles away, that there Is anything
interesting about it.
•REV. F. W LONG MODERATOR,
Of the New Castle 1'reabvtery Now lu
Sent»» at I'ucuuiuk© City.
The Presbytery of New Castle met in
the Plr.ts Creek Presbyterian Church at
Poeomoke City yesterday afternoon. «The
first business was the election of officers
for the ensuing year. P W. Long was
elected moderator and W. E. Lewis and
L. A Oates, clerk].
The following repot t of the Com
mitt»': on Arrangements was adopted;
"The presbytery will assemble «sch
morning at 9 o'clock Devetlonal exer
cises 9 to 9 30; afternoon session. 2
o'clock; evening session, 7 80. WeJnes
day evening popular mass meeting in the
interest of temperance and home mis
sions, to bo addressed by Rev. W. P.
Swartz, of Wilmington, and Rev, S. W.
Relgart, D D., of Satlebury. Thursday
morning, weather permitting, there will
he an excursion to the old Rehoboth
Church, tendered by Elder E G, Polk,
of that church."
After the adoption of this report a re
cess was taken until 7 30 o'clock, when
the retiring moderator, Rev. John D
Blake, of Faulklaud, Del , preached. At
the conclusion of tIts sermon an Informal
reception was held to seventy delegates
present. To day commissioners were
nominated to the General Assembly,
which convenes at Saratoga Springs, N
Y. The election will be held this evening.
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WEST CHURCH CHOIR CONCERT.
Afforded a Trent for Mufdc-Lovlug People
l.aat Night.
Tho first grand concert given by the
choir of West Presbytetian Chnrch last
night was a complete success, and every
member has reason to congratulate him
self The choir's numbers were rendered
in excellent style.
Mrs Victor K Pyle was tbe's^prauo
soloist of the evening, She received an
encore, to which »he reepouded by sing
ing Reuitcke's spring song, with a flute
obligato
Oue of the snec'al features of tho pro
gram was the flute duet by Victor K.
Pyle and John Ritchie, .which was ren
dered very artistically. David Wood,
the blind organist, uf Philadelphia, as
sisted In the concert.
A iatgo and appreciative audience was
present.
Rev. Mccftflr Cunuot Lecture.
Rev. 8. B Meeser, the pastor .of the
Second Baptist Church, is suffering
severely from ulcerated sore throat aud
cannot appear in that church to night to
deliver bis lecture on "Yon," as has been
expected aud intended all this week Mr,
Meeser's physician this afternoon advised
him to postpone the lecture and refrain:
from speaking whenever possible, for
awhile, at least.
A Request to New M K Preachers.
Registrar' ot Deaths, Births and Mar
riagea W. C R Colquboun requests that
the new preachers in this city who were
appointed at the Balisbnry M. E Confer
ence, register, in accordance with the
stale laws, before they perform mar
riages.
Contracts Awarded Last Night.
The Water Commissioners at their
meeting lost night awarded the contract
for building two public comfort bouses
along the Brandywine, to Blackwell
Cassidy for $567 SI each. A caal con
tract was awarded t.» the Charles War
ner Company at $3.93 per ton.
Barry Van.ant'. Funeral.
The funeral of Harry Vansant, the
freight conductor who died Saturday
night from injuries received on the P..
W. A- B railroad, took place this morn
ing. Interment was made iu Roxborongh.
The funeral party loft the station in
special car.
Three LomI Children.
Little 4 year-old Samuel Miller and
two little girls were found erying on the
street this afternoon by Turnkey Little.
They were unable to tell where their
homes were and were taken to the police
station.
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NR. WATSON GAVE IT CP.
Mrs. Illletien. Wan Not Allowed to
Testify A cel nut Her Husband llltolieue
Set Free an the Kexult.
Judge Wales gave the following opinion
in the argument of District Attorney
Watson to have Mrs Anna H. Hl'chens
testify as prosecuting witness against
her husband, William G. Hitchens, who
was charged with mailing an obscene
letter, when the United States Court
opened yesterday afternoon: "I never
heard of a case where a wife could testify
against a husband, or a husband against
a wife. It Is a general law, but there
are some exceptions, caused by the neces
slty of the case A particular exception
is one In case of violence to either one,
or where a husband has committed an as
sauit and battery on his wife 1 do not
see how she can come Into this case to
prove tho fact that she received this
letter Mho cannot do it. "
Mr. Watson tried to prove his case by
calling United Slates Commissioner
Smith, who saw Hitchens sign his name
to ball bonds, and have him testify to
the similarity of the handwriting on the
envel.pe of the letter which he was ac
cused of writing, tot lie signature.
Cooper agatu objected and wne sustained
by the court Mr. Watsou gave up tbs
case and Hitchens was discharged.
Court adjourned for this term.
Mr.
COLONEL LA MOTTE IMPROVING.
CuiiHld*rhi|t MU Ag<* II« In Now R*ro*er
li K hn Bapldljr hn Could He Kspet'ied*
The many friends of Colonel William
A La Motto ate pleased to learn that he
ia making steady atrldes toward re
covery. Colonel La Motte was injured
at the P , W. B railroad station on Mon
day, March 19, while trying to slight
from a moving train. Uls right leg and
left arm were Iwth broken. Be ia 68
years old aud his advanced years was the
cause of the hours knitting very slowly
His arm gives him the moat pain, but
it is now healing nicely.
Ho tins stiff .«red much from the shock
and was unable to keep any food on bis
stomach. This trouble has been righted,
and considering his »ge and the serious
iujtuisa, the colonel is gettiug along as
well as could be expected.
Granite and Uriel« 1'avlug to lie Dene.
Tho Street sud Sewer Department baa
derided to pave the following si rests
wit h granits daring the summer: King
stieet. to Fourth, Orange »treel from the
wharf to Second, Christiana avenue near
Third street bridge, DuPont from Four
teenth to Sixteenth, Monroe from Ninth
to Tenth, west side of Fourth from
Franklin to Brooms. Brick paving will
«be laid on Washington street from Sev
enth to Delaware avenue, Washington
street from Eleventh to Washington
street bridge, Tenth from West to Madi
son, West from Tenth to Eleventh, Jef
fersim from Seventh to Ninth, Seventh
from Washington to Jefferson, Sixth
from King to Shipley, north side of
Second along the market bouse, Taylor
from Waiuut to Church.
Vote for George W Goodlay, Repub
lican nomination for sheriff, Apr ) 28.
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Hundreds of Pilgrims See the
Pope at Rome.
GREAT CHURCHMEN WERE PRESENT
Senator Vance's Funeral Procession Two
Mllrs Longat HI. North Carolina Home.
Admiral lienliam Return. Home, Arrlv
I ln| In New Vork About Noon.
Komr, April 18,—The Pope received
15 000 Spanish pilgrims to day. The
cardinal of Seville made an eloquent pres
entation address. Nineteen cardinals and
fifteen bishops wer* in attendance at the
memorable greeting. The Pope's address
was read by the Spanish ambassador.
Jumped From a Horning Hnlldlnc.
Bangor, Me., April 18 —Fire destroyed
the Merchants' Hotel this morning and
many of the guests were dangerously
injured by jumping from windows in
the second and third stories.
Ilei.ham Rearhes New Tork.
New York. April 18—Admiral Ben
ham arrived on the steamer Philadelphia
this morning. He is the United State»
naval officer who recently acquired fame
for his generalship while commanding
the United States troops In the Brazilian
harbor.
Great Hnmase to the Dead Senator.
AsHr.vu.LK, N. C., April 18.—The
Vancrt funeral train reached hero to day
st noon. The cortege Iu waiting at the
station was fully two miles long.
I'ernellltes Move for Repeal.
London, April 18 —The Psrnellltes In
the House of Commons to day moved for
the repeal of the Co erclon act.
Watchman Realen to Death.
Nkw York, April 18— Wstchmsn
Le filer was found where be bad been
beaten to death on Franklin street.
Robbery was undoubtedly the object of
the deed. There Is no clue.
A Shut-Out for Garfield Park.
CniUAtio, April 18 —It is understood
that the mayor has refused to license
Garfield Park.
Bloody Tragedy at Sydney.
hTDNKf, N.8., April 18 —This com
munity was stirred by a bloody tragedy
early this morning,
entered Ran aha bank and asked for
money.
President Mackty resisted and they
«hot him down and escaped.
The II <■ b tVwpHiInspect Gotham.
Nun Yoiik, April 18. —Boston officials
arrived on a.visit of inspection here this
morning.
Masked robbers
BILLY PLIUMËR A SICK MSH.
HU Kar la Swelled an Ills a« a Ooconuut,
thu lleiult of in Abaoeia-Bli Company
Shut Out From a Loral Theatre.
The failure of the Billy Plimmer com
bination to fill its engagement here at
the Ptople's Theatre caused a great deal
of dhaatisfactinn among the sporting
fraternity. However, there are two
sides to that story, as to all others.
Johnson, the manager of the People's
Theatre, s»ys t liât he Is «imply protec
ting the réputation of bis bonne in re
fusing to let the show open without Its
stai.
Owing to a misunderstanding as to
Plitnuier's being able to appear, the show
was allowed to go on Monday night,
Tuesday night be was not able to ap
p»»r and the show was refused the use
of the house a» the only man advertised
was not presen'. That is the theatre
pt opls's side of It.
Thu show people say that on Monday,
finding that Plimmer would not be in
condition to appear, they notified Mr.
Johnson, at d that he gave permission to
go ahead, opened the ticket office and the
company gave their specialties, to an $84
house.
Last evening the company came, all
but PliantT, aud the management re
fu-*Q to open the bouse and even turned
thu lights out in the dressing rooms so
that they had to get a lantern to get
their properties.
Meantime Plimmer is really a sick
man, and ae he Is the only man the people
wanted to see. the show ought not to
have been allowed to appear at all.
For some time the young pngiliat, wbo
once bested George Dixon, has bean
suffering with an abscess about his right
ear Since arriving In Wilmington the
'rouble became aggravated and now
Plimmer is a bedfast sufferer with an
ear the size of a cocoanut, at the Central
Hotel.
Manager Johnson, of the People'«
Theatre, hai secured damages from the
management of the show. He secured a
foreign attachment, but before it was
served the show people compromised on
$25. Walter H. Hayes represented
Manager Johnson.
:the market news.
Slgu. of .Spring Dl.played la the Street
Market*.
Tho street markets are reviving and
showing many indlcatbns of spring.
The delicate green lettuce and the bright
red radishes give color to the stall«.
Vegetable] are soiree, bat this state of
affairs will not last long and soon the
markets will be filled with the product«
of the truck farms.
Fruit is scarce and high with the ex
ception of the banana, aud the demand
for it is good. Oranges are high, the
best bringing 40 cents per dozen. There
are few apples left and good ones bring
50 cents a half peek. Strawberries from
the South are coming in slowly and sell
for 20 cents per quart.
Everything ia the fish market has
giyeu way for shad.
At Work on the Caaceee.
The steamship Caucase has been put
in tte dock at the Harlan aud Hollings
worth Company. The oil tank is being
wipedoutaaud as soon as this work is
eompleted the seanls will be tightened
and other needed repairs mod«.
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